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THANK YOU, CONTRiBUTORS, FOR AN EXCITING AND FRUITFUL YEAR
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SDS, administration negotiate in private
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ISSUE 28, VOLUME 36, JUNES, 2008
by MADELINE BERMAN
As of June 1, Students for a
Democratic Society (SDS) has
entered into closed-door negotiations with the administration.
This past Wednesday marked the
second full week that SDS has
occupied the hallway outside of
Art Costantino's office with the
intent of getting reinstated as a
student group.
On Monday and Tuesday,
seven SDS members met with
Art Costantino, vice president
of Student Affairs, Phyllis Lane,
dean of Student Access and
Support Services, Tom Mercado,
director of Student Activities, and faculty members Jose
Gomez and Jeanne Hahn. SDS
members at the table included
Billie Burlock, Jonathan Steiner,
Brendan Dunn, and Stefanie
Gottschalk. Confidential negotiations will continue until an
agreement is reached.
According to Costantino, many
different topics have come up
see SIT IN, page 5
ADMINISTRATORS MEET WITH SDS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO NEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF THEIR DEMANDS
by DAVID RAILEANU
The Chemistry Club volcano, once
mysterious, then disappointing, lost
and found again, gasped its way
into Evergreen legend Friday, as
hundreds of onlookers witnessed its
penultimate eruption.
The. journey of the volcano has
become the stuff of lore. After its
debut, in which coordinator and
engineer Mikako Gillespie nearly
fell into its sizeable crater trying
to coax the chemicals along, the
volcano spent six months in hiding.
After discovery, revisions, illuminations, and prognostications,
the chemical mountain met its fate
on Red Square amid a halo of children, scientists, and other interested
parties.
Dharshi Bopegedera, Chern Club
mentor and chemistry teacher,
applauded the hard work of the
students, regardless of the results. "I
admire them to come back in front
of the community. That's really
ABOVE, KIDS ENJOY THE VOLCANO SHOW;
GILLESPIE IS. IN GOOD SPIRITS
see VOLCANO, page 7
Wash
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depends on board of trustees
by SETH VINCENT
WashPIRG is likely to stay on campus
if Evergreen's board of trustees approves
a recommendation to modify the existing contract between WashPIRG and the
school.
WashPIRG recently had a ballot initiative voted on by students that, if passed,
would continue the waivable fee that
funds WashPIRG's presence on campus.
WashPIRG narrowly missed the contract's
requirement that 25% of the student body
vote in favor ofWashPIRG's return.
The school's attorney recommended
revising the contract, which was written
before the Geoduck Student Union was
formed, to recognize the GSU's processes JUSTIN SHEPHARD, WASHPIRG
and requirements for ballot initiatives.
ALLY, READING ON RED SQUARE
With the contract revision, WashPIRG
would be able to return for the next two require 25% of the student body to vote,
years, and the next time students vote on with a majority voting yes.
WashPIRG's waivable fee and presence
on campus, the initiative will follow the
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an
GSU's requirements.
internship with the Cooper Point Journal.
For an initiative to pass, GSU's bylaws
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*Congratulations, student groups, onyour accomplishments
thisyear. Have a great summer aruJ good hu:k mxtyear!
Stadeat Group Spotlipt/
Ad:Mty BJotter, Part cJe.a:
As the academic year comes to an end, it's nice
to reflect upon the accomplishments and think
about the opportunities offered to Evergreen by
the students passionate about the student groups
they are involved in. 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.
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and U.S. foreign policy. Through bridging
communities and acknowledging differences,
we will find new strategies for building a
broader and more effective movement.
SESAME plans on meeting through the
summer to assist in helping plan this conference and make it accessible to Evergreen
students. If you are interested in getting
involved in this or any of our other projects,
email sesarne@evergreen.edu.
-ANNA MARIE MURANO
- RAINBOE SIMS-:JONES
SESAME
(Students Educating Students
About the Middle East)
SESAME raises awareness about human
rights, immigration, the Diaspora, and U.S.
foreign policy in the Middle East and surrounding regions. By challenging stereotypes and
misrepresentation of regional conflicts and
training organizers, SESAME works as an
advocate and ally. SESAME serves as an
active educational resource, a tool for solidarity-building, and a means for anti-racist organizing on campus and in our community.
SESAME's fall lecture series was packed
with events attracting new membership.
Events included various forums on academic
freedom, development and feminism. We
featured our first international art exhibit in
the Library through the Israeli Committee
Against Home Demolitions (ICARD). The
Iraqi Student Solidarity Committee (ISSC)
began as a SESAME Committee organizing
to help Iraqi student refugees complete their
education at The Evergreen State College. The
ISSC is now a community-wide organization
dedicated to supporting the ongoing project,
and works with Evergreen Administration,
the Rachel Corrie Foundation and various
religious and community groups.
The 5th Annual Middle East Film Festival:
Origins. Exile. Refuge brought awareness to
the ISSC project and educated students about
historical and current issues ofMiddle Eastern
identity and the Diaspora.
Mark your calendars for SESAME's big
fall event! Along with the Rachel Corrie
Foundation for Peace and Justice, Evergreen's
academic program, (Re)imagining the Middle
East, SESAME is helping plan the 2008 Peace
Works Conference "Dual Occupations: Sovereignty and Freedom from Iraq to Palestine"
from October 17-19. This year's conference
aims to assist our movement in sharing skills .
and fresh ideas to become more effective in
our organizing. We will educate each other and
challenge oppression through political, media,
and gender analyses, with new knowledge of
our role in the dynamics of the Middle East
MEChA
(Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
deAzat1an)
During orientation week, MEChA will be
hosting a dance party for freshman, transfer,
and returning students to get to know each
other, other student groups, and some of the
resources on campus in a fun environment.
Theme, date and time are yet to be set, but
expect music from south of the border!
CISPES and MEChA will be holding a film
festival from October 6 to 10. Many of the
details are still in the planning stages, but
look out for us!
MEChA will be hosting Mexica Tiahui for
the annual dance ceremony in solidarity with
Indigenous Peoples Day (October 13) and in
opposition to the celebration of a genocidal
conqueror (Christopher Columbus).
The first week of December, we will be
participating in World AIDS Day events. We
will host a panel with speakers from Rise and
Shine to raise awareness about AIDS and to
stand in solidarity with AIDS survivors and
those affected, as well· as their families and
friends.
- ISABEL GALVEZ
The Generation Friends Comedy Arts
Coalition is planning sketch comedy shows
for the winter and spring, as well as plenty
of improv shows along the way. We're also
looking into bringing outside comedians or
groups to the school.
- RYAN lllTCHCOCK
'Wfttas' Guild
nals were assembled at the PRESS Literary
Conference, and the remaining journals will
be assembled over the summer and released
at the beginning of fall quarter with a public
reading. The Writers' Guild wants to turn
Printfor Breathing into a traditional quarterly
publication that will carry on through future
years. Next year, in addition to the quarterly
journal, they will continue holding readings
at least once per quarter. If you love writing,
reading, or book arts and you want to learn
more about the Writers Guild, you can email
them at writersguildevergreen@gmail.com.
- RAINBOE SIMS-:JONES
Riot to Follow Productions, a new student
theatre group, will be putting on a production ofDavid and Amy Sedaris' comedy The
Book of Liz in the fall, with other plays to
follow in the winter and spring.
-RYAN lllTCHCOCK
disease was, trees were marked with root rot
that showed no signs of it, and a hazardous
tree was leaning over the Child Care Center
that Sound Urban Forestry didn't mark at
all. With this evidence, ERC convinced the
college to hire more qualified arborists. If
you think this is really cool and want to get
involved in the fall, keep an eye out for their
new meeting times!
- RAINBOE SIMS-JONES
Chemletzy Club
Chemistry Club will start next fall with
a bang with their Week One Blast Off for
Chemistry, as they set off (once again) that
big ol' volcano that didn't go off last year and
then got stolen and is now returned. They
are looking into more impressive means of
explosion than vinegar. If you'd like to get
involved with the Chemistry Club this year,
there's still time! Over the summer they are
planning a Stream Clean at Deschutes. If this
sorinds like fun to you, email chemblub@
evegrgeen.edu for more information, and
bring your own inner tube if you can.
- RAINBOE SIMS-:JONES
Next fall, ERC is working on having a
Forest Defense Workshop at the Olympic
National Forest. They will have opportunities to learn about tree-climbing, forest activism and security culture including FBI agent
provocateur awareness.
They also want to have a benefit for Green
Scare Victims - environmental activists
encouraged by undercover FBI agents to
engage in illegal activities, resulting in their
being imprisoned and flagged as environmental terrorists.
They also want to work on stopping the use
of liquefied natural gas in Washington State,
and stop the building of a gas pipeline that
would cut forests, diminish salmon habitats,
and be a huge fire hazard.
Their biggest accomplishment this year
was their campaign to stop the cutting of
trees on campus by Sound Urban Forestry,
the company the college hired to do assessments of dangerous trees and cut them down.
When members of the ERC used their map
key to check out the trees Sound Urban
Forestry wanted to cut, they found that the
map key didn't correspond to reality at all:
Wrong species of trees were listed, trees were
marked as diseased but didn't say what the
Evap~ Queer AWance
EQA has big plans for next fall. As next
year will by the 35th year that EQA has been
on campus, they are hosting "35 Years of
Queers," when EQA's founder will speak
on campus. Over the summer, EQA will
continue having a discussion group twice
a month. Also this summer, EQA will be
marching in a parade for Capital City Pride at
Sylvester Park. Capital City Pride will be on
unday June 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. If
you'd like to volunteer, contact the volunteer
coordinator at larry.locke@capitalcitypride.
net.
One of the things EQA is most proud of
is this year's Drag Ball, bringing over 100
people. The goal of the event was to build
community, and when at the end of the ball,
when everyone stopped dancing and started
cleaning, it was evident that we accomplished
this goal. To be a part of this awesome
community, contact eqa@evergreen.edu, or
better yet, join their Facebook Group!
- RAINBOE SIMS-:JONES
The Writers' Guild's biggest project this
year was creating Print for Breathing, a 70page hand-bound journal with letter-pressed
covers, displaying the writing talents of 21
Evergreen students. A portion of the jour-
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Mindscreen's midnight movie owes thanks to late-night bus
by SETH VINCENT
Evergreen's late-night shuttle that's been
operating this quarter, unofficially referred
to around campus as the Drunk Bus, is
doing more than just carting around drunk
college students.
The existence of the Nightline, the official name of the late-night bus, helped
Mindscreen secure S&A Board (Student
Activities Fee and Allocations Board)
funding for a midnight movie at the Capitol Theater.
"Being able to do midnight movies with
student fees is entirely contingent on the
continuation of the Nightline," said Gavin
Dahl, graduating senior and this year's
Mindscreen coordinator.
"The Nightline has ... allowed student
groups to do more diverse events downtown," said Dahl.
The S&A Board has now approved two
midnight movies for fall quarter. The organizers of the Nightline still have to hire
a transportation service for next year's
Nightline, and Dahl is hoping that Intercity
SDS Negotiations
SIT-IN,jrom cover
Transit will continue as the provider.
Not only does the Nightline currently
provide a safe alternative to driving home
after a night of drinking, but it allows
Evergreen students and Olympia residents
better access to downtown nightlife.
"Now the cultural element of downtown
Olympia is more accessible to students,"
said Dahl.
Money from student fees is typically
allocated for events that are accessible to
a large number of students, so if the Nightline did not continue in the fall, Student
Activities-funded events like Mindscreen 's
midnight movies would not be able to
continue. With the Nightline, anyone on
campus or on the west side of Olympia
can easily attend downtown student group
events.
To give your input on the late-night
transit system, visit www2.evergreen.
edu!studentgovernment/nightlinefeedback.
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an
internship learning contract with the
Cooper Point Journal.
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during the three meetings that have already been held, including
conditions of reinstatement, the review process for student group
discipline and rehiring Kelly Beckham, an Evergreen employee who
lost her job with Parking Services for participating in the sit-in.
Because SDS uses consensus-based decision-making, the negotiation process may take some time. Costantino says he would "like to
reach closure before students graduate this year. People have been
putting in long hours to solve this." A negotiations meeting Tuesday
afternoon went from 4 until at least 9:30p.m. that night.
When asked about the negotiations, Steiner verified Costantino's
statements, but declined to comment further.
On May 25, Phyllis Lane sent out an email mentioning that SDS's
"People's University" events in Seminar I were "not in compliance
with The Evergreen State College Policies and Procedures for Event
Security and Safety." There has been no attempt made to vacate
SDS from the space. When asked why there had been no attempt to
do this, Costantino replied that "We're trying to emphasize restraint
and dialogue and we are hoping that it will pay off and I think that
in large part it has."
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Solidarity not charity: a report from ISSC
by SAMMI WEBSTER
to raise around $3000 from Olympia's
finest attendees. On May 30, Evergreen's
The Iraqi Student Solidarity Committee faculty union chose to donate $825! The
has been busy as bees this quarter. In mid- Washington communities of Chehalis and
April, the ISSC received a tuition waiver Seattle have started to show support for
from the administration that will go to a ISSC as well. Chehalis donated $1200
student in Iraq who has been displaced through its rotary club, and Seattle KPLU
reporter Bellamy Pailthorp covered a
and denied access to education.
The ISSC works side-by-side with a story on the history of ISSC for an NPR
student group in Iraq called the Iraqi spot.
Student Project to help facilitate the
The ISSC has been fundraising to pay
selection process for the tuition waiver. for the costs of living for the student who
Although the ISSC was originally is attending in fall, and has successfully
requesting three tuition waivers for fall secured at least one full year's worth of
2008, the ISP could only manage the funds for costs such as textbooks, healthpaperwork for one student this year due care, and airfare.
to lack of resources.
The secured tuition waiver that is now
Despite this setback, the ISSC has made in place is part of a program that secures
tremendous progress through a core of the future availability of this waiver for
dedicated individuals and community years to come.
support. A major success followed the
Another part of this program is an addiinitial waiver: the May 23 silent auction tional waiver that may extend to students
benefit that was held at the old K Records living within the United States who are
studio downtown. The ISSC managed unable to access higher education because
of military conflict or natural disaster. If
(THE IRAQI STUDENT this type of situation does not apply to a
domestic student, the second waiver will
SOLIDARITY COMMIT- extend itself to the international community, providing an additional international
TEE] HOPES TO MAKE watver.
Challenges to ISSC's project still
THE TUITION WAIVER remain, although the group has achieved
a great amount of success in such a short
PROGRAM A MAINSTAY time. Andrea Robbins, one of the group's
founders, says, "At this point, we are
mainly concerned with keeping the ISSC
WITHIN COLLEGES
sustainable so that a group of students
will continue fundraising for a student's
AND UNIVERSITIES
living expenses, making the waiver
applicable."
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DESPITE THIS SETBACK, THE ISSC
HAS MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS
THROUGH A CORE OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Fundraising is the largest hurdle in
extending the waiver program to more
students internationally. The waiver
requirement stipulates that any international student must prove that he or she
can pay the living expenses for one year
while in the U.S.
If students in the future do not take
it upon themselves to raise funds for
these living expenses, the waiver will
go unused. The ISSC's six-month goals
reflect a greater desire to spread the project around Washington's higher education circuit.
By planning to visit and network with
Western Washington University, Whitman College, and Saint Martin's University, to name a few, the ISSC hopes to
make the tuition waiver program a
mainstay within colleges and universities
across the state.
Though fundraising and administrative
meetings have been key goals for the
past quarter, the ISSC hasn't lost sight
of their original sentiments. Reiterating
what attracted her to this project, Andrea
Robbins says, "It is our responsibility
as United States citizens to take action
in solidarity with the people of Iraq. It
is our responsibility as students of Evergreen to make sure that these waivers are
filled in the future."
Ashley Harrison, another key worker
bee in the ISSC, states, "I'm really
pleased with our success, but the scope
of the problem is enormous. I hope that
as ISP expands its capacity, Evergreen
students continue working to provide
Iraqi students with access to education.
Reparations now!"
Anyone wishing to get involved with
the ISSC can contact our email, ISSC.
Evergreen@gmail.com, join our listserv
at core-issc@lists.riseup.net, or visit our
website at http://olympia-issc.org/events.
php.
Sammi Webster is a sophomore enrolled
in Political Economy and Social
Movements.
"IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS UNITED
STATES CITIZENS TO TAKE ACTION IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ."
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Science
Carniv81
rocks!
Largest festival
of its kind brings
kids and science
together
by DAVID RAILEANU
The fifth annual Evergreen Science
Carnival featured exhibits and activities
from across the scientific community and
up and down the spectrum of accessibility. Many different groups participated in
the event, bringing a measurable attention
to the Evergreen scientific community.
The Health Center put together a health
fair on Red Square, presenting useful
and healthy information to passersby.
Student medical assistants staffed the
table, answering questions about health
and fitness. Of Evergreen students, medical assistant Joel Stewart said, "I think
they're relatively health conscious."
Much of the information involved home
remedies that could potentially replace
store-bought, synthetic alternatives.
They introduced everything from weight
management, alternative diets, cosmetic
information, self-care, and nurturing using
naturopathic and homeopathic remedies.
In the Lab buildings, the Chemistry
Club manned the welcome table, offering
visitors information on the day's presenters, science at Evergreen, delicious
baked treats including a periodic table
of cupcakes and a variety of specialty
printed t-shirts.
PHOTOS: DAVID RAILEAN U
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: JESSE MAUPIN' S "MODELING THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM," A PERIODIC TABLE OF CUPCAKES,
CHILDREN MAKING ICE CREAM FROM CREAM AND LIQUID NITROGEN, STUDENTS EDUCATING AT HEALTH FAIR.
Children participated in many scientific
activities, including mixing their own
instant ice cream, which was cooled
rapidly by liquid nitrogen. The event
traditionally brings local elementary
school-age children to campus in order to
expose them to a level of science interac-
tivity they might not see at their schools.
Residential and Dining services also
made a guest appearance, serving hot
dogs and chili (and maybe a little bit of
both, if you like) to attendees.
Presenters from a handful of sciencebased programs spoke Friday and Satur-
day on a number of topics. In all, the event
once again proved itself an exciting asset
to the community and valuable example
of the nature of science.
David Raileanu is a senior enrolled in
Molecule to Organism.
A view to Cascadia
cal culture within this region and show
readers that they "have the opportunity
Senior Jeff Mocniak has spent the last to integrate the influence of ecological
three quarters of his academic career functions into the way in which they
doing an independent learning contract organize their societies."
with the objective of producing a guide
Now Entering Cascadia will not only
to Cascadia, the ecological region that include maps and camping resources,
spans much of North America's north- but volunteer opportunities and fair trade
stores as well. Some of the example
western coast.
According to this guide, Cascadia is regions included in the sample version
made up of an intricate series of water- of the guide include the Deschutes
.. sheds in many eco-regions within several · watershed, in which Olympia is located,
larger bioregions.
and the Lake Washington watershed that
Mocniak first had the idea to · create houses Seattle.
this guide while hiking the Pacific Crest
The guide goes further in depth and
Trail several years ago. He realized he explores the assets of the various neighhad difficulty finding co-ops and locally borhoods within the cities. There is even
owned food stores along the route and a guide to forecasting the weather, and a
that there was little to no information lunar calendar in the back.
about them in any travel guides.
Though he is graduating this year,
Mocniak decided to take advantage of Mocniak hopes to .continue his research
Evergreen's independent contract option and eventually publish Now Entering
in order to pursue the idea of creating a Cascadia. He is collaborating with
guidebook to Cascadia. He wanted it to Cascadia Commons, a group from Portinclude local ecological resources and land dedicated to creating unity within
allow readers the opportunity to incorpo- the region.
rate sustainable practices specific to the
If you are interested in contacting
region into their lifestyles.
Mocniak, his email address is abore.
Accordins to Mocniak's sample version sional@yahoo.c~.
of his guide Now Entering ·Ctuclldla,
his book ·hopes to encoUrap ccoJosiMtxlelbwllenrtafJ u_ a~ enrolled
by MADELINE BERMAN
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from VOLCANO, cover
room for improvement," said a baking
soda-caked, vinegar-smelling Gillesp~e.
courage," she said.
She took on the unenviable task of
While the eruption can hardly be called "massagins" the reaction through access
anything more than a sputtering forth of holes, as fellow club member Isba Kuhns
frothy baking-sOda-and-vinegar ejacu- put it.
late, it was no doubt a victory for the
orpnizers.
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June 5, 2008
A Plo Anti Anti War Musical Review (Whoa)
This side of Fox News, there's nothing
quite like having "If we bomb Evil's mom,
Evil can't be born" belted at you in a four7
part harmony. Yet Mr. Bill O'Reilly and the
other bleeding-head conservatives on that
"fair and balanced" station do not seem to
have intended the knee-slapping irony that
accompanies their every broadcast, while
the creators of The Once American Dream
must have permanently organ-spliced their
tongues into a collective cheek.
The collective cheek of Theatre!
Taking my seat before the performance,
I was wary. Evergreen art kids are, in my
experience, perpetually intoxicated on the
masturbatory genius of pop-postmodernism, and I feared I was about to subject
myself to yet another inane rehearsal of the
well-hashed "Art is indefinable and war is
bad" commentary.
But no! Instead, playwright Jais Brohinsky
(accompanied by David Cohen on music,
Kate Arvin directing, and Micah Slawinski-Currier on design) treated me to a fine
evening of intelligent "Art is paradoxical
and war is funny" musical diatribes.
The summary: We follow the domestic life
ofMommy (Vanessa Postil), Daddy (Benjamin Michealis), and Baby (Amy Shepard),
who is a recently born senior citizen
-people now age backwards. War has been
abolished, and across the globe the oppressive forces of peace and enforced goodwill
grind the human spirit down to a pinprick.
Individuals are no longer even capable of
committing violence: Whenever characters
try to hit another, they impulsively revert to
hugging at the last moment.
"Work!? There is no work- they won't
even let us pick up a tool, the fascists!"
laments Daddy as he stumbles home from a
grueling day of saying "Please" and "Thank
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you." Considering this abuse, it's little
wonder that he pursues the only method
of inebriation still available to the public:
talking nonsense.
"[C]abbies are flying spaghetti monsters
and public transit is a pagan temple ... " he
cries, eyes lolling as he flails across the
stage in an absurdist high. (This is not a
phrase I ever anticipated hearing.)
But in some respects, Mommy has it even
worse: In this post-punching dystopia,
she's relegated to caring for the little one
at home. (We wouldn't want women working - such social instability might lead to
violence!) Yet even trapped in domesticated
monotony, some dreams cannot be denied
- particularly dreams narrated by Niki
Bilodeau. "I can't speak- so I sing," cries
Mommy, before Daddy joins in, "War saves
lives ... War saves the right lives."
Were this all the show had to offer - caricaturing the insanity of war-hawk politics
by taking them literally - it would merely
qualify as a slightly cleverer vers!on of
the same old hippie tripe. But the theme
of linking individuality to dissent, and the
importance of the possibility of violence
to protect that dissent, which resonates
throughout the play, makes Brohinsky's
message harder to pin down. Is he saying
war is a good thing? Must we choose
between peace and freedom?
The play culminates in a play-withina-play (whoa, that's so meta!) in which
the mustachioed villain Peace (Bilodeau)
chases the wayward Princess War across
the stage, ultimately eviscerating her dear
little heart. War is played by Baby is played
by Shepard (whoa), whose hysterical facial
acting in a role with virtually no lines hits
its highest notes of awesome during this
scene. The characters hope that by reminding the world of the virtues of War, their
slavish inability to commit violence will be
negated and sanity will return to the world.
It is to no avail. Mommy and Daddy
collapse in despair when they find that they
still cannot hit each other, whereupon Baby
starts up her chorus-like wail, "CANDY!"
As Daddy hands her the empty mason jar,
the product used for this prop, Mommy
shouts, "These jars- they're empty!" Whoa.
Is this a metaphor for the illusory nature of
truth in art? Or a comment on the consuming-your-way-to-happiness philosophy of
mainstream America? Are we just being
told that war doesn't solve anything- that
it's an empty solution? What does the jar
signify - and more importantly, who is
Baby?
Slowly, the jar's emptiness dawns on her.
Shock and grief give way to rage. Shattering the empty candy jar on the ground,
Baby crawls on her hands and knees behind
Mommy and Daddy, a knife-like shard of
glass in her hand. Her arm is poised above
them, ready to strike - and the lights drop.
I think I just crapped my pants. Dammit,
Brohinsky, this was supposed to be a musical comedy. So where's the final punch
line?
Casey Jaywork is a junior enrolled in
Knowing Nature.
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2. Watson Twins - Fi~e Song
3.Jenny Jenkins- The Oventoucher
4. Sonny Landreth
- From the Reach
5. VIA· Bollywood Steel Guitar
6. Tex Mex Experieq.ce - S/T
7. Anthony Smith's Trunk
Fulla Funk - life As ffi Know It
8. Tab Benoit - Nzght ·
Train to Nashville
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10. Miles froDl lndi~- S/T
11. Fire Water - The Golden Hour
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14. VIA - Crife St. Trope;::,
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- Madness and Moremes
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- Everywhere At Once
18. Sergio Mendes- Encanto
19. Cut Copy- Found
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20. Fayssoux - Early
21. Forro in the Dark
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27. Eliza Bilkyson
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29. Pacifika- Asuncion
30. Anne Weiss - Concrete
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As part of the unregularly scheduled
programming put on by the participants
of the sit-in, Evergreen stalwart and international chanteuse Kimya Dawson took a
break from her transnational tour to visit the
fourth floor of Seminar I Tuesday night.
A decidedly different affair from her
February 19 performance at Evergreen,
the moist and pungent atmosphere was
punctuated by the collective tension of exteenagers waiting for the police to arrive,
thumbing a collective, unwashed nose at
the fire marshall.
An announcement made before the show
assured everyone that this was "by no means
solely about SDS," though the beleaguered
former student group made numerous references to their struggle.
The clumsy and tired guitar play took a
back seat to politics as Dawson expounded
on her feelings about the "fucking douchebags running the [school]."
Students called out requests as Dawson
complained of fatigue, due in part to a
grueling schedule but mostly raw indignation at an administration that has failed to
make any real change since her own, similar struggle here.
The set was occasionally interrupted by
impassioned pleas from SDS and other
students seeking legal and fiscal support
after the most recent slew of round-ups
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Prez concert, and the May Day rally.
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June 5, 2008
The Entrapment of Eric McDavid
by DANIEL SHELLEY
and justice rallies, anarchist conferences, and Republican and Democratic
On May 8, Eric
National Convention protests. After
McDavid, a 30-year
crashing these aboveground events,
old vegan, environher job was to disrupt them and gather
mental activist from
information on select individuals.
northern
California
In June 2005, Anna infiltrated a protest
was
sentenced
to
against the Organization of American
19 years and seven
States. She showed up in the Miami area
months in prison. His alleged crime? posing as an activist and medic. Miami
Conspiring with two friends - Lauren organizer Ray Del Papa said she didn't
Weiner and Zachary Jensen - to damage seem very interested in offering medior destroy government property, includ- cal care to protesters - she was more
ing cell-phone towers, a dam, and the curious about the protest organizers.
Institute of Forest Genetics (IFG), which
"She started asking all these really
is responsible for the genetic develop- specific questions about who was
ment of disease-resistant trees.
coming. She got really aggressive
His accuser? An FBI informer and about wanting
detailed
informaprovocateur paid $75,000 for her tion about our plans," said Del Papa.
duplicitous "work." This work entailed During the march, Del Papa said, Anna
bringing the defendants together by driv- started recruiting younger activists to
ing them across the country, paying for stage a sit-in to block traffic, right in front
bomb-making supplies, renting a cabin of a large group of cops in riot gear. "It
to plot their actions, teaching them how was a trap," he said. That's when Del Papa
to make explosives, and prodding them realized Anna was a government agent.
along any time one of them began to "What bothers me is that they've
lose focus or have second thoughts. gone from being information gathEric's story is alarming for a number of erers
to
being
provocateurs. To
reasons, but primarily because it illus- provoking people into these actions."
trates just how far the government is
It troubles me in this post-9/11 world,
willing to go to spy on and repress people when bonafide terrorists fly occupied
based on their politics and lifestyle. The planes into occupied buildings, that the
informer, in this case, a woman known federal government has put ceo-actionly as "Anna," crisscrossed the U.S. vists (saboteurs) on the same footing as
to attend and infiltrate various peace Al-Qaeda.
Reclaiming space
and sitting in
by C.V. ROTONDO
Listen to FBI Director Robert Mueller
at a press conference after the arrests and
indictments of a dozen earth and animal
activists: "Investigating and preventing
animal-rights and environmental extremism is one of the FBI's highest domesticterrorism priorities." Misplaced priorities are causing the FBI to look for and
manufacture crime where crime doesn't
exist: at aboveground activist gatherings.
The "conspiracy" in this case never could
have materialized into sabotage, not with
these activists. They had no idea how
to make explosives, which is why they
failed when they tried. Furthermore,
they could never decide on a target.
They dismissed the idea of taking out the
dam when it dawned on them that homes
and people would be deluged. They
dismissed the idea of bombing the IFG
because they were never quite sure what
the scientists there did.
Many of their conversations were
recorded because Anna was wearing a wire
and the cabin they lived in was bugged.
After listening to these recordings, it
becomes readily apparent who was calling the shots in this "conspiracy." Listen
to Anna, that despicable rat: "Alright,
what do we wanna' do next? Do we want
to go back to Auburn and recon banks
and gas stations?" Then, later: "You
guys change your mind a lot. It seems
like you guys don't want to do it at all."
This is entrapment, my friends. Not
organizers and participants in the sit-in.
Despite the regressive politics and inexcusably sorry journalism of the Cooper
Point Journal and corporate media, those
who have actually visited the space and
spoke directly to participants would be
disingenuous to deny our sincere, articulate intentions.
I ask of all those hostile to this project:
What are you defending with your callous
words?
The sit-in attempts to unceasingly redefine space, defy oppressive frameworks
for interaction, and establish space in
which collective liberation and egalitarianism are paramount. This work demands
questions. We must constantly question
ourselves, the ways we interact, why
actions are taken, where we are going,
and who 'we' are. Members of the administration and police have made clear, by
suspending SDS, handing over student
records to police, and actively aiding
police investigations and arrests, that the
campus as they envision it is not safe for
these questions.
We create new spaces that are. This project is about questioning, and resists not
questions but illegitimate proclamations
made by those detached (administrators)
from those affected (students and staff).
· While much work remains to be done, at
the sit-in I feel much safer voicing these
questions and proposing and collaborating on alternatives, than I would in any
other space on campus. This sense of
safety comes from community accountability and a commitment to dismantling
hierarchy.
The sit-in poignantly reminds me just how
empowering it is to create my own space,
and to work not in the prescriptions of the
powerful but to defy them and create·my
own. I would ask those who have been so
hostile: Do you recall the feeling of being
an active creator, what it is to exert power
over
own space? Engage in this work
with us.
sit-in have been working to intentionally
define the collective 'we' in this struggle
The prevalent hostilas students, faculty, and staff (excepting
ity on campus towards
certain administrators) and the 'other'
as police and those administrators who
Students for a Demoseek to retain their power in the face of
cratic Society and its
allies in their struggle
our challenge. My personal experience at
against the administrathe sit-in over the past 12 days has been
tion's political represexemplary of the inclusive, radical space
sion is misguided and disturbing. While created on the fourth floor of Seminar I.
It is a transitory space for the radically
constant criticism of our radical social
movements and organizing is necessary altered society that serves as its vision:
and much of the criticism of SDS' prior long meetings, communal meals, informal
organizing continues to be valid, the discussions, popular education workcurrent hostility obscures the genuine gains shops, musical events, film screenings,
made at the sit-in. It divides the campus at and a community atmosphere well beyond
a time when all students, faculty, and staff anything that currently exists on campus.
working for direct democracy and popular The most crucial aspect of this process,
which so many of the virulent critics fail
education are under assault.
Many of the assaults launched over to recognize, is the intense energy created
camp!lS listservs, in the newspaper, and in by a group of people actively and continuperson make the claim that SDS' current ously pursuing common goals; not only
action is self-righteous and alienating. The· goals of resistance but goals of creation.
·contradiction in many ofthe proclamations, · While it takes incredible concerted power
especially those most vitriolic (and largely to oppose oppressive structures, it tai~:es an
incoherent) is that they are blatantly more equal amount of organization to engage i~
self-righteous than the truth of the inclu- prefigurative politics and create the spaces
sive, democratic process of creation that in which we wish to live. As individual
is occurring on the fourth floor of Seminar participan~ and group communications
I. These vainglorious attacks obscure the to the community have emphasized,
fact that SDS' struggle is symbolic of a the sit-in is a space within a continuing
much:larger struggle: for student, faculty, process that every member of the campus
and staff direct democratic control of this and Olympia community (besides police
campus against administrators' pursuits of and certain administrators) is invited to
power. Criticisms and productive discus- participate in.
On several occasions, faculty, almi,
sions~. along with popular education, are
and student and professional reporters
occ~ng at the sit-in itself, while the
mos1 avid defamers of SDS launch their have visited the space and conversed with
tirades without engaging with the actual · SQS members and their allies. The genuine
space and the people who occ:upy it.
dialogues that ensued qUickly transc:ended
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deliDcatioaa
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only is it entirely unprofessional, it is
illegal.
By pushing and cajoling the others,
Anna was violating the law. I've learned
that this illicit behavior is widespread
within the Bureau.
In a scathing report released by the
Department of Justice in September
of 2005, DOJ inspector general Glenn
Fine found: "In an analysis of 120 informant files from around the country, FBI
agents violated procedures in 87 percent
of the cases, including some in which
informants allegedly engaged in illegal
activity without proper oversight or
permission."
These three defendants were not terrorists. They were idealistic and impressionable young adults taken advantage
of by a very skilled liar and manipulator
with a lot to gain($$$). Lauren Weiner's
attorney said, "This is as extreme a case
of pushing as I've ever seen. This girl,
Anna- Lauren was completely enamored
of her. She was like the sister she never
had. This is a' very disturbing case."
Eric McDavid, a victim of government entrapment, is awaiting transfer
to a federal prison. To support him or
to learn more about his case, contact
sacprisonersupport@riseup.net or visit
www.supporteric.org,
Daniel Shelley is a sophomore enrolled
in War: Consequences and Alternatives.
Why can't I
by CASEY JAYWORK
Since 2006, it's been
a felony in Washington .
State to "knowingly .,
.
.
~
engage m, orgamze,
promote,
conduct,
advertise, aid, or abet,
participate in as an
observer, or perform any service in the
furtherance of an act involving sexual
conduct or sexual contact with an animal."
This explicitly includes dead animals, so
lambskin condoms are illegal. Additionally, the use of "promote" and "advertise"
smacks of thoughtcrime.
(The hell with it: I hereby promote and
advertise that you engage in zoophilia.)
However, the law goes on, "Nothing in
this section shall be construed to prohibit
accepted animal husbandry practices,"
because an act is only bestiality if it is for
the ''purpose of sexual gratification or
arousal of the person. "
So it's fine to chain, ride, muzzle, milk,
steal babies from, subject to medical
testing, scream at, and murder (for the
purposes of eating) animals. Indeed, tying
up animals and owning them as chattel is
mandated by law in many towns. You can
still jerk off your horse or shove whatever
you want up its butt- so long as you don't
sexually enjoy it, you filthy, filthy pervert.
All of this is the result of a Seattle man,
Kenneth Pinyan, famously dying ftom a
perforated colon in 2005 after bottoming
for an Arabian stallion at a farm in "Enumclaw. ·It's easy to understand bow such
legislation came about: The public saw
someone engaging in taboo sexual eonchict
and was disgusted.
So now it's illegal for me to suck off~
dog, abould I so cboole. .
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LETTERS & OPINIONS • 11
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BLOW DOG from 11
Some claim, of course, that these laws are
concerned for the welfare of the animal, but
the enormous hypocrisy of this argument is
illustrated by all the aforementioned things
we do allow to be committed against animals
so long as no one is sexually enjoying it.
Sexual pleasure itself is not abusive, so nonsexual animal abuse laws should already
outlaw abusive zoophilia. (One could well
argue that existing animal abuse laws are
inadequate, but that's still no excuse to single
out zoophilia.)
Others might say that because animals
cannot give consent, all zoophilia is rape and
therefore animal abuse. Unless articulated by
primitivist vegans, this is another hypocritical red herring (how's that burger taste, by the
way?).
But even taken seriously, the most this
establishes is that certain types of zoophilia
can be prohibited. If I simply lie naked on
my floor and my dog starts nuzzling his
red-rocket in my face, he's obviously given
whatever consent he's capable of
Only agents - things that are capable of
giving consent in principle - are capable of
being raped (e.g. you can't rape a blowup
doll).
Children or the comatose can be raped
because they are incapacitated agents: We'd
be fine with Susan having sex with braindead Tyler if he'd left a note of consent. We
outlaw sex with children on the assumption
that they can't give consent yet: If there were
a species divide between humans who age
into adults and humans who remain in a state
of pre-pubescence, we would reconsider our
stance towards such "children's" sexuality.
The point here is that either animals are
agents who can give some form of consent,
r they're not and their consent is irrelevant.
(You probably assume the latter whenever
you put Fido on a leash.) We're committed
to establishing consent-criteria for animals
if we really believe that non-consent is what
makes zoophilia wrong.
Almost none of us really believe that. The
abuse argument and the consent argument are
(perhaps subconscious) red-herring attempts
to hide the fact that we want to make zoophilia
illegal because it disgusts us. It's gross. Even
when no one is hurt, it's 'just wrong.'
This willingness to impose the sexual preferences of the majority onto an unpopular
fringe-group is frightening and dangerous.
The rationales for crirninalizing zoophilia are
exactly the same as the rationales for outlawing homosexuality: It's 'just wrong' or 'for
their own good.'
Advocates ofboth kinds oflaws have painted
each respective sex act as psychologically
sick and have tried to associate it with sexual
abuse of children. Both minorities have been
almost universally reviled as 'sick perverts.'
I believe that human beings have moral
obligations to animals, and the current state
of animal abuse in this country is a disgrace.
I also believe that adult humans must have
inalienable sovereignty over their private sex
acts, and that disguising self-righteous sexual
Puritanism as animal activism is shameful.
While I recognize and support laws against
harming animals or other people, I deny any
claim the government or anyone else might
make to regulate my sex life.
Anti-zoophilia laws are identical in principle to anti-homosexuality laws and are
equally oppressive; the bottom line is that the
government has no business regulating sex
acts. Period.
Casey Jaywork is a JUmor enrolled in
Knowing Nature. Quotes on legislation are
taken from Pasado s Safe Haven website:
www.pasadosafehaven.org/LEGISLATION/
Bestiality_Law.htm. Fee/free to contact him
at burch_9030@yahoo.com.
·
The big picture of the sit=in
by BROOKE STEPP
The sit-in on the
fourth floor of Seminar I continues. After
much
deliberation
among participants,
those involved began
to think about revisiting our tactics and came to the agreement
that we would enter into negotiations
with the administration. This Monday,
which also marked the 12th day of the
sit-in, was the first day of negotiations
between students and administrators
Art Costantino, Phyllis Lane, and Tom
Mercado. Sit-in participants see this as
an effort on our part to utilize every tactic
available in order to address concerns
raised by Olympia SDS 's suspension
regarding free speech and student power.
We entered into these negotiations with
our previous three demands as well as
one new demand. These demands are:
1) Full and immediate reinstatement of
Olympia SDS.
2) Kelly Beckham will be offered her
job back in the Parking Services office
as well as receive compensation for time
lost.
3) There will be a change in the process
by which student groups lose their
Registered Student Organization (RSO)
status that is determined by those most
affected, the students and members of
these organizations.
4) Participants in the sit-in will not
incur disciplinary actions or punishments for their participation in the sit-in
or events surrounding it from The Evergreen State College administration or
other authorities.
Sit-in participants see negotiatiOns as
a starting point to making our vision of
increasing student power and involve-
ment at TESC a reality. Negotiations "In the spirit of our social contract, we
are another way to further this goal by recognize the importance of seeing an
beginning to revisit college procedures increased level of direct and participain a way that gives students a say in what tory democracy at our college. Intrinsic
goes on at our college. We've managed to this is recognizing the unfair power
to transform SDS 's situation from an balance between students and adminisissue that was only about that one group, tration. Students, staff and faculty should
and turned it into a broader student issue have priority in determining policies at
of free speech and of building student our college, given that they are the most
affected by these decisions. We approach
power.
The space that has been created at the this vision with the realization that our
sit-in has allowed for this goal to be task is complex and is going to take time
furthered in concrete ways including the and hard work. We also recognize that we
creation of People's University, where must explore multiple avenues to make
workshops and teach-ins are held peri- this vision a reality. These aren't things
odically, and the increased awareness of that are going to happen overnight, but
issues at our college. Most importantly, will hopefully happen slowly, over time,
however, is that sit-in events have illus- and in a way that addresses our immeditrated that students can work together to ate concerns while staying true to the
make responsible and informed decisions original values of our college.
Concretely, this means making the
and get results from these decisions.
The goal of building student voice lays college more accessible and relevant to
the groundwork for a broader vision based people by making tuition more affordable
on returning to the values upon which while also providing more grants and
Evergreen was founded. Evergreen's scholarships. Increasing the accessibilSocial Contract states, "The Evergreen ity of our college also includes expandcommunity should support experimen- ing services like childcare, healthcare,
tation ... to achieve Evergreen's goals, and housing. This also involves ensuring
specifically, it must ... attempt to empha- funding for all types of programs and
size the sense of community and require pursuits at Evergreen, not just those that
members of the campus community to legitimize us to the legislature.
play multiple, reciprocal, and reinforcIf we, as an Evergreen community,
ing roles in both the teaching/learning revitalized our commitment to the prinprocess and in the governance process." ciples upon which this institution was
To us, this points to the vibrancy and founded, sit-in participants believe,
uniqueness that the college once embod- assuming good faith on the part of all
ied. We feel as though Evergreen has our community members, that we can do
departed from these founding principles all these things safely, efficiently, and
and that negotiations are a step toward with the best interest of students, staff,
getting back to these roots. This quote and faculty. Increasing student power
also points to the importance of flexibil- is necessary for making this vision a
ity and fluidity in decision-making. This reality.
means a commitment to experimentation
Brooke Stepp is a senior enrolled in an
in regards to how decisions get made
independent learning contract.
and who is involved in making them.
Washingtonians drew first
blood against Rambo
by JARED TEER
Its a Long Road When You 're on Your
Own is the name of the
Rambo series' theme
song, written by Dan
Hill. On my own, it
is just how I felt when
I brought up the classic Sylvester Stallone
series at Evergreen. "Did you guys see
the new Rambo? It was awesome," I said
in class. "What's Rambo, a bathroom
cleaner?" was the response.
Are you "shyting" me? When were you
guys born? I thought Rambo is a timeless
classic. I know I wasn't the only one who
had the pertinent childhood involving
the "who is better" debates regarding
Schwarzenegger and Stallone.
I assume that in "liberal" Washington
State, Arnold came out the better in that
argument. I mean, "The Governator"
married into the most well-known liberal
family in the country. His breakthrough
role was that of a violent cyborg from
the future; but that was "progressive" I
guess, since the antagonists in that film
were Americans defending conservative western values such as the natural
advancement of Homo sapien society.
My assumption s~ems validated by my
classmates' reactions and the troubled
history of the Rambo character in Washington State that I would soon recall. I
purchased the Rambo collectors' set,
which included Rambos one through
four, and after eagerly watching the latest
installment, I watched the original Rambo
for old time's sake. During the opening
credits of Rambo: First Blood, I was
enlightened with the forgotten fact that
the film was set in Washington State.
Washington is my home now, so,
"Cool," I thought, until the movie
progressed. After venturing to a Vietnam
War buddy's home in Washington State
and finding that said buddy had perished,
John Rambo, in his Army-issued shirt,
complete with nametag and American
flag, proceeds to traverse the Evergreen
State highways on foot, a vagabond on a
long, lonely road. After covering many
miles, Rambo comes to a small town
where he is accosted by the sheriff, who
is particularly apprehensive of drifters.
The sheriff confronts Rambo and informs
him, "Wearing that flag on [your] jacket
and looking the way [you do], is asking
for trouble around there."
So much for my thinking, "Cool, First
Blood took place in Washington State. "
All that came to my mind at that point
were the Port of Olympfa blockades and
citizens' defying police and military
authority.
As a former soldier, I found myself
wondering whose side the Olympia
protesters would be on in Rambo's case.
Would they be on the sheriff's side,
seeing that he was opposed to the war
and its American participants, clad in
their flags and fatigues? Or would they
be on Rambo's side, seeing that he was
confronting the ever "oppressive" police
authority?
My conclusion is: Who knows how the
"protesters" would react in that situation? It seems to me that as the winds
change, so do the "protesters"' attention concerning the latest threat to their
ideal dystopia. One week, it's the Army
with their imperialistic ambitions. Then
it's the police with their oppressive,
profiling tactics. Then it's Arby's, for
contributing to cruelty to animals. Then
it's those damn cows that are destroying
the, environment by producing 18% of
greenhouse gases.
I'm not alone though, here in Washington State. I purchased my copy of the
Rainbo collectors' set at the Ft. Lewis
Post Exchange (tax free I might add). I
was happy to .see that there were many
others with the same idea. I must say
that it pleases me .to know that there is
at least one place in Wa~hington where
the long road for fans of a real Am'e;ican
hero is not a lonely one.
~
Ja"i-ed Teer is a junior enrolled in
Communicating Across Differences.
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June 5, 2008
Bank of America
Campaign takes on ethical mission
by ANNA ISSACS &
ALEXANDRA MAVRIKIS
We have asked community members what they think
You have probably seen us this quarter
around campus, passing out petitions,
performing mountainous theater, and
posting sheets with alternative banking facts on Bank of America's ATMs.
Why are we engaged in this campaign?
Because the financial actions of The
Evergreen State College directly
contribute to global warming and there
are ways for us to bank better.
Banking better means doing social
good, meeting our financial needs, and
addressing our ethical concerns.
For example, BoA coal investments are unethical and do
not fit into Evergreen's mission to work toward carbon
neutrality by 2020. However, because we are a state institution, we must contract the lowest bidder, regardless of our
mission. The goal of this campaign is to prompt Evergreen
to challenge the status quo by responding progressively
to the environmental impacts of companies we contract
with. Ultimately, our goal is for Evergreen to bank more
responsibly.
If you have questions or want to get involved, please
contact us at div~stmentboa@gmail.com.
Anna Issacs is a freshman enrolled in Sustainable Practice.
Alexandra Mavrikis is a junior tJnro/led in an internship
learning contract.
about Bank of America. Below are their responses:
"I hate Bank of America for several reasons.
First and most importantly, Bank of America
has no central authority to take accountability
for their irresponsible practices."
-Will Malchow
"It's important to bring awareness about
where the money is going so that people can
form an opinion, and consequently that the
bank hears that their customers care."
-Mike Ruesdner
"It is ridiculous that the hippies are all up in
arms about BofA's 'coal investments.' I love
BofA. They are convenient, easy to work
with and have served me without problem for
almost three years. They are international, and
have many useful programs and partnerships
that promote responsible fiscal practices and
investments. Just because they (and they are
not the only bank) invest in 'dirty energy,'
they should not be kicked off campus."
-Calen Thompson
"This opens my eyes. Although I don't bank
with Bank ofAmerica, but [sic] now I wonder
where my bank invests my money."
-Josh Levine
"It is the best and most efficient bank ...
not."
-Borja Vela-Sanchez
"I don't like Bank of America. They screwed
me over." -Josh Vickrey
"I think they need [their] cotporate charter
revoked. Investing in strip-mining and also
nasty fees - I got rid of my account after trying
for about a year several years ago.
P.S. Get them off our campus!"
-A.E. Wilson
"BoA sucks ... we should be supporting our
local economy by banking with our community credit unions and banks."
-Frank Maldonado
Violent terrorist police state
by TRAVIS GREER
"This whole system is
destroying itself - killing off the rivers and the
forests, poisoning the
air, stockpiling nuclear
waste,
the
and
ugliest
building
buildings
HOW CAN WE MEASURE VIOLENCE BY THE
OPPRESSOR, VIOLENCE AIMED AT SUPPRESSING HUMAN DIGNITY, WITH THE SAME
YARDSTICK AS VIOLENCE USED BY THE
SLAVE TO BREAK HER OR HIS CHAINS?
iniaginable."
- Amt G\Ulther. as quoted· in George
Katsiaficas' The Subversion of Politics:
European Autonomous Social Movements
and the Decolonization ofEveryday life.
Is violence ''the wealthiest families, top
managers, their cmporations and governments" exploiting and ravaging the world
for their selfish gluttony? Or is violence
exploited people desperately fighting against
this tyranny in everyday life by liberating
space, time, and resources? Walter Rodney
once asked: How can we measure violence
by the oppressor, violence aimed at suppressing human dignity, with the same yardstick
used by the slave to break her or his chains?
History shows us who fights wars, who
pollutes, who upholds structures of patriarchy and racism, inequality, and repression.
The capitalist state system is the most viol~nt
entity in society. It fosters imperialist wars,
police, militaries, and psychopathic corporations that receive billions of tax dollars
for profit prisons, censorship/one-sided
dialogue, false enemies, fabricated divisions,
and alienation.
Fascism has long been prevalent and is
becoming increasingly visible in this country. It is, as Benito Mussolini explained, the
merger of corporate and state power, the state
intermingling with and funding large industry,
as the exploited will move from factories
to prisons, from the service sector to the
warzone. Prepare for the worst, understand
your enemy, and stop cooperating with the
power structures. We cannot expect compassion from the ruling class fascists!
the privatization of state-owned enterprises,
the reduction of corporate and inheritance
taxes, the defeat of unions, and the repression
and suspension of civil liberties.
The violence remains one-sided. Governments and corporations are unprecedentedly
exploiting and destroying life. The business state has a monopoly on violence - it
is very apparent that those who push back
will face increased government terrorism,
the sort of institutionalized violence that
is the most prevalent globally. The United
States of America is the number one global
terrorist, followed closely by other industrialized nations and cultures that outsource the
responsibility of their consumptive habits.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) prison camps, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Operation Garden Plot, Rex 84,
NSPD-51, and the Northwoods Document
are some major indications that the current
state system is planning extremely violent
and repressive measures against dissenters.
As Christian fundamentalists, corporate
profit-loving capitalists, militarists, xenophobic racist politicians, and all their flunkies get
the trains moving again, from Sadr City and
Fallujah to New York City and Olympia, will
the resistance win the fight for a future?
The contemporary evidence and historical
parallels show that capitalists will take brutal
to retain power. Subverting this
culture, as has become immediately apparent in the past year in Olympia, will bring
measw'CS
Thurston County Sheriffs, Olympia Police,
and scores of other anned state employees to
your door ready to brutalize whoever dares
to stand up and question the divine authority
honorably handed down to them by the very
reputable United States legal system.
It is certain that if business continues as
usual, humanity will not survive as it is
- industrialism will decimate our land base
beyond repair. Effective resistance to this
domesticated lifestyle is a call for collective
survival, but also a call for war and intense
preparation.
The Gestapo police, the tools of the wealthy
criminals, are already snatching people off
the streets and from their houses throughout
OlYmpia, WA. Those who resist this authoritarianism are not criminals; the irrational
nation state and corporations are criminals.
All the institutions that perpetuate, validate,
and excuse our culture's murderous nature
are at fault. The wealthy keep us alive to
exploit us. Once we are of no use and decide
to abandon the culture that feeds into capitalism, we become expendable.
Profit is the only motive. As machines take
our place on the assembly lines, our place
7ravis Greer is a sophomore enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
LETTERS & OPINIONS ~ 13
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June 5, 2008
Consider this:
Don't give
up hope
Where has all the justice gone?
by MARISSA MAJOR
I returned from a
winter quarter spent on
the carefree beaches of
Chile to find two of my
best friends in a very
undesirable situation:
They are part of the
small, unfortunate group of youths identified as participating in the February 15 riot
and slapped with felony charges. To me,
the charges seemed incredibly excessive
for the crime. To be clear, I am not debating whether or not rioting was acceptable;
I was simply blown away by the simple act
of attempting to blame five people for a
riot, which, by definition, demands a large
number of people.
But it didn't stop there. As if the load
of lawyer fees (one friend owes nearly
$10,000) was not enough for penniless
college students, Evergreen's administration
decided to pass on the cost of the damages
to the cop cars, $45,000, to the four defendants who opted for diversion. Apparently,
this is acceptable behavior for the powers
that be, but not for me. Even if the Evergreen 5 were all enormously wealthy, this
decision would still be immoral in my
eyes. As it stands now, however, I know at
least one of the five who has to drop out of
school because all would-be tuition money
is going to pay for the backlash of what I
see as a misguided expression of the hope-
lessness and outrage at the actions of our
government and police force.
Power is an intoxicating thing. The hunger
for it is what drives many police officers to
commit many of the unjust actions that we
have seen or heard of. It is also, I believe,
what led to the riot. The people involved
found they had power in their hands,
something that is usually intentionally and
systematically denied to them. The police
were afraid of them and the situation was
in their hands - what a liberating feeling to
replace the familiar fear of cops.
What the mob did with that freedom
was up to mob-mentality, which involved
a number of variables that are not worth
going into. I believe my point is made best
by quoting the Flaming Lips: "You cannot
know yourself or what you'd really do
with all your power." Power corrupts and,
unfortunately, nobody is exempt from this
oft-quoted phrase.
What the rioters really needed was a positive focus for their power in order to make
some sort of change. Coincidently, that's
also the only way in which we can resolve
this incredibly cold and unjust decision
made by our own administration. We need
solidarity in order to support our fellow
community members who are being unacceptably scapegoated.
Just so we're clear: That's $11,250 for
four people and $0 for everyone else. We
need to show compassion and do our part to
help. We need the courage to stand against
injustice and show that we can use the
power of the masses in a positive way. A bit
of math for you: If every student, faculty,
and staff person at this school agreed to
share the cost, it would come out to about
$10 per person, which should pull on your
heartstrings, despite any strong opinions
surrounding the events that unfolded on this
disturbing night.
What you can do: If you are as outraged by
this unreasonable decision as I am, there are
a few ways you can help and I can assure
you, it is much-needed and much-appreciated. First, it's essential to have as much
support from the Evergreen community as
possible. With the support of you and your
friends, we can express to the administration how unjust it is to impose the financial
damage of a riot on four people. To express
your opposition, we are asking for people
to sign their names and pledge some financial support on a petition. To do this, you
can find a petition by the whiteboard near
the S&A front desk, at Sabot Info Squat, or
outside of on-campus apartment Pl08. An
account to which you can donate is being
formed. Be aware, though, that there is
already an account opened at Evergreen
called the Vehicle Damage Donation. The
money acquired in this account is not going
to help relieve the students' new financial
obligation; it's going back into Evergreen.
Why am I writing
this? I am writing this I
article (which is somewhat
investigative)
because I can share
some of the information
and
changes
regarding the February 15 incident with
almost total neutrality. This article has
two purposes: first, as a reminder of one
of the biggest things that has happened
on this campus in years, but also to:seek
support for those still learning ' their
lesson from that Lord of the Flies-esque
night.
So, what happened again? On February
15, the conflict with county police at the
Dead Prez show grew into a heated battle
in which students and non-students (and
a police officer) were maced and hit with
flashlights, a police car was flipped over,
and four more were damaged. Most
of us have probably not forgotten the
specifics, the emotions, and the unhealed
wounds that may have been left in our
community. It was an issue that created
deep conflict (which I would not judge as
necessarily bad) among members of the
campus, and that somewhat created will
be a "with us" or "against us" mentality.
The administration did what it felt to
be an adequate job of dealing with the
issue as a community, held open forums,
and fully supported the police investigation. This divided the community
as to whether we should deal with this
internally as a family or allow others
involved to take the lead and make the
decisions about what should be done.
Well, as the administration is the one in
power, there was not much of a dialogue
about how we should deal with it. While
many student groups made a strong
effort to heal the wounds and explore the
conflict, the police arrested five students
(later calling three others to court.)
These students, if you didn't catch it
in The Olympian, are Jake Silberman,
Chase Hill, Monica Ragan, Nina Hinton,
and Peter Sloan (who is a non-student
arrested for tagging the police car.)
These folks faced charges related to
involvement with the incident. The two
females arrested were suspended from
participating in the college soccer team,
and Jake was suspended from playing on
the Evergreen baseball team.
These five have been in and out of court
since they were arrested (and jail for two
days and a night,) and have been taking
this challenge as an opportunity to learn
and grow.
While they are of course unhappy about
their situation, they see the necessity
to take responsibility for their actions
that night. After the trial, the students
received sentences of two years of
probation and a wonderful amount of
community service. After they complete
these two years of learning and helping rebuild the community, they are
fortunate enough to have their felony
charges dropped to misdemeanors, and
the misdemeanor dropped.
Here is the issue: When Evergreen
decided "we" should take responsibility
as a community, and that "we" should
pay the restitution of $45,000 for the
damaged cars, they did not share the full
story about who "we" are. Apparently,
they have told the four students that it
There is something
very wrong here. For
the past several years I
have been noticing it,
a creeping dread that
maybe all is not what
it seems, that there is a "' ~
dark undercurrent in our world that speaks an
unspeakable truth. This society is so diseased
that it does not even know it. The symptoms
are obvious.
Consider this: It is very easy to blame many
of our current problems on the current administration. Bush is the most easily despised
public figure I have ever known and I don't
doubt that many of you feel the same way.
But the war in Iraq and the persistent rape
of our environment are symptoms of this
diseased society. United States foreign policy
and the idea of the superpower are endemic of
a greater problem.
Consider this: Today's liberated women are
rushing in droves to see Sex and the City, a
film apparently about four rich white women
whose life goals seem to be the accumulation
of sweatshop-produced shoes and clothing.
In a promo for the movie, the main character states that she and her friends finally got
their "fairytale ending." I imagine that such
a fairytale ending must be an unattainable
goal for successful wealthy white women
in Manhattan. Never mind all the repression
and blood that go into the production of their
Marissa Major is a junior enrolled in Math
Systems and evening and weekend studies.
What happened On February 15,e
by SEBASTIAN
STRATTON-CLARKE
by EOIN HIGGINS
is now their responsibility to pay the
$45,000 back to Evergreen. So it may
seem that we have healed this wound
and really come together to take responsibility for the actions in our community,
but really it turns out that it is just the
four students who will have to do the
real work. And, if one is unable to pay
his/her portion of the restitution, it then
becomes the responsibility of the other
three to pull the weight of the one unable
to pay. While they are amazingly courageous and open to doing what they have
to, they are also a little overwhelmed with
the burden of both court and "school"
fees (restitution).
So, this article comes to its second intention. These four students understand that
many members of the community were
not a part of this incident and are not
directly linked to the issue, but they are
also hoping that the Evergreen community can help them in any way they can.
The main goal of this article is to gain
ideas about what to do, but it may also
be to see if any of us can help our family
members in a way that feels fair and just.
As far as financial donations go, anything
is more than appreciated, and you can
contact Monica Ragan at monica4ya@
earthlink.net. Again, these students are
mostly asking for comments, suggestions, or any other kind of support, but
obviously there is a financial burden that
is an amazing challenge for any college
student to take on. Have a beautiful
summer, and don't forget to heal those
wounds that you may have brushed over
or just don't go away!
Sebastian Stratton-Clarke is a senior
enrolled in Children and Education.
1
s~o:~s:;r=~:~~ieshavebeendyingoffat
an alarmmg rate for the past hundred years, a
direct consequence of ongoing industrializaI tion. Acres of rainforest are cut down every
second, despite the well-known fact that these
forests are essential to the delicate balance
of life. Automobiles spew toxins into the air
across the U.S. in frightening doses, yet there
is no great call for, at the very least, mass
transit for the people of this country. All this
damage, with no thought for the future, is
I done in the name of a concept: private property, which assumes that one can own land
that is older than humanity itself and exploit
it for profit.
Consider this: Nations across the globe
spend millions of dollars (or euros, or yen, or
whatever) arming themselves to the teeth with
hyper-destructive weapons, not only capable
of the mass murder of every human on the
planet, but also capable ofblowing vast holes
in the earth, harming the very organism that
gives all of us life. Of course, our own country is the worst perpetrator, even spreading the
love to client states, notably Israel, Colombia
and Turkey. But regardless of who is holding
the gun, it is insane to use potentially lifeenhancing resources to destroy life itself.
I don't intend for you to think I know where
this disease sterns from or that I know why
we haven't been able to diagnose it and treat
it. But I know it exists. And I know that
unless we change something in our society,
there won't be any society to salvage. I don't
believe we will be here to create one.
So this summer, when you are on your break
and at home, shop locally and eat locally
grown produce - don't eat fast food. Get
educated about the global economy and how
it is killing the earth and the less fortunate.
Help activists in your area. Love. Live. Don't
give up hope.
Eoin Higgins is a sophomore enrolled in
Looking Backward.
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Graduation and
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The 2008 Graduation Ceremony will
take place on Friday, June 13 at 1 p.m.
on Red Square, rain or shine. No tickets
are required for the ceremony. Keynote
speaker will be James Loewen, sociologist, historian, professor, and author of
"Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything
Your High School History Textbook Got
Wrong."
Eagles Hall basement, the Midnight Sun,
and the Capitol Theatre over the course
of four days. K.AOS radio DJ Domenica
Clark returns from a successful outing
last year to host this year's event. Thursday, June 26 through Sunday, June 29.
Four-day passes are $20, individual
passes are $7 a piece, except for double
Sunday, which is $8.
Evergreen's Student Originated Studies:
Visual Arts presents Mitosis, two gallery
shows of paintings, drawings, sculpture,
photography, fiber arts, installation,
jewelry, altar spaces, and things-as-yetto-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 12 to 6 p.m. Snacks and beverages
provided in the evening. Mitosis II will
be in SEM II E4115. Open house will be
Graduation Day, Friday, June 13, from
3 to 5 p.m. and Super Saturday, June 14
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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 performances at 7:55p.m. Thursday
through Saturday and 1:55 p.m. matinees
on two Sundays. The Sunday performance on June 8 is in the evening at 7:55
p.m.
Super Saturday, June 14, marks the 30th
anniversary of this event at Evergreen.
There will be live music and entertainment on four stages, more than 100
arts and crafts booths, native arts and
entertainment, community groups, Kids'
Country, and the Greener Oasis wine and
beer garden. Super Saturday will run
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free and open to
the public.
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 the 15th and 29th at 2 p.m.,
Sunday June 22 at 8 p.m.
Arts &t Culture
The Office of Sexual Assault Preventions presents Stitch and Stitch, a crafting group for survivors, allies, and activists on 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.
Common Bread honors seniors with
"Blessings and Dreams," a potluck event,
on Thursday, June 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the
Longhouse.
The Olympia Strange Music Society
presents the 14th annual Olympia Experimental Music Festival. The event brings
together international superstars and
local favorites alike. Bands will play the
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Pastors for Peace brings its 19th friendshipment to Cuba to Olympia Thursday,
June 19. The caravan, visiting over
120 cities in the U.S. and Canada via
14 different routes, will bring medical
and educational supplies to challenge
the half-century-old blockade. Those
interested can contact the Seattle/Cuba
friendship committee at (206) 523-1720
or warner@scn.org.
Community Events
After graduation, the student facilities
crew of Residential and Dining Services
has to clean all the resident halls. This
year, resident hall tours are being offered
to the community during the June cleanup to give the opportunity to visit the halls
and see where students live on campus.
View rooms as their occupants left them
behind! Ride one of the new elevators!
Tours will be on Wednesday, June 18
from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and from 1:45 to
2:45 p.m. Meet in Red Square by clock
tower; look for the green RAD shirts.
Nina Palmer, writer and activist from
Canada, will be speaking on Thursday,
June 19 at Media Island, 816 E Adams
St. For more information, call Rick at
(360) 705-2241.
TESC Alumni and members of the Evergreen community host the 27th annual
Mud Races across Mud Bay behind
the Blue Heron Bakery at 10:00 a.m.
Friday, June 13. The event challenges
2008 graduates to a "short trip you will
never forget." There are pizza prizes to
male and female winners. Refreshing
showers and experienced coaches will
be provided. Shoes and duct tape are
required - vaseline is suggested, but
clothes are optional.
Issues
On Thursday, June 5, Evergreen will
host a talk by Joel 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,
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2300 Evergreen Park Drive
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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 Entrepreneurship SEM IT C3107, 2 p.m.
Chemistry Club LAB
ll2207, 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
SEMITA3107, 12:30to2p.m.
: Evergreen Wilderness Adventure ,
: Group SEMITA3105, 1 p.m.
: EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance
: SEM IT Wednesday C2107 3 p.m.
: Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30p.m. :
: Geoduck Union SEM IT
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: C1107, 1 to 3 p.m.
: GRAS Giant Robot Appreciation
: Society Anime Screening CAB
3rd Floor TV lounge, 5 p.m.
: Hip Hop Congress Library
i Proper Room 3303, 4 to 5 p.m.
: MEChA CAB 320, 4:30p.m.
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: Musicians Club CAB 320, 1:30 p.m~
The Phrontisterion SEM
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: ITB3109,2p.m.
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: Students about the Middle
: East, SEMITE2107, 1 p.m.
: SESAME Iraqi Student
: Committee, SEM IT E2107, 3:15p.m~
: STAR Society for TransAction
: Resources SEM IT, C2107, 4 p.m.
: Society for Transaction Resources
: Umoja CAB 320 3rd
: Floor Pit, 2 to 3 p.m.
: Women of Color Coalition
: CAB 206, 3:30 to 4:30p.m.
: Women's Resource Center
CAB 320, 1:30 p.m.
: Writers' Guild Lffi 2130
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Public Notice
Due to the smell of the fumes from the
annual CRC gym floor refinishing project, the main entrance to the C.RC 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
re-open at 12 p.m. on Monday, June 16
for summer hour_s.
for
RED LION HOTEt:
Mondays
Capoeira COM 209, 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Cooper Point Journal
CAB 316,5 p.m.
EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance
SEM IT Wednesday C2107 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.
Do you need Washington State residency? Are you looking
entry
levelsocial services or education positions? We are hiring full-time
AmeriCorps members to serve in Thurston County elementary schools
and social service organizations. Positions start 8/16/08 and end
7/15/09. You must be between 18-25 years old on Sep. 1st and have HS
diploma/GED. AmeriCorps service comes with a $1,037 monthly
stipend, $4,725 education award and other benefits. Find Ol!t ~ore on our
website www.communityyouthservices.org (follow the "Programs" tab to
"Youth In Service") or call Allen Stanton@ 360-943-0780 xl61.
: Common Bread
: Longhouse 1002, 5 to 8 p.m.
: CPJ CAB 316,5 p.m.
: Sabot Infosquat Library
Proper Room 3303, 4 p.m.
Generation Friends SEM"
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VOX CAB 320, SolariUm, 5 to 6 p.m~
Fridays
Capoeira COM 209,
12:30 to 3:30p.m.
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