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Greenery relocation must wait
by JASON SLOTKIN
Like all of the other businesses
and groups in the CAB, the
Greenery will need a temporary
space during renovation. Out of
the several spaces considered,
the 4300 kitchen, a kitchen on the
fourth floor of the in the library,
would have been ready for the
Greenery the soonest. But preparing a kitchen for a food service
takes time, especially considering specifications for power and
health department standards.
Construction on the CAB is
scheduled to begin in April and
the 4300 kitchen would not be
ready to house a food service by
then.
Facilities is still in the planning
stages of preparing the 4300
kitchen, and according to Paul
Smith, director of facilities, the
kitchen would take 90 construction days to be ready after
construction starts.
According to Smith, the kitchen
may not be ready until graduation or the last week of summer
school. The Greenery will remain
in the first floor of the CAB during
the renovations until the space is
ready.
THE GREENERY IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION.
JASON SI.OTKIN
see REDESIGN, page 4
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Potential for tuition increase,
changes in academic offerings
by MADELINE BERMAN
JASON SLOTKIN
Ben Kapp, performing here with the Nature Girls. They were among one of four bands that
played in the HCC last Friday, November 7, along with Generifus, Black Garfield, and 4skin.
The HCC was packed with Evergreen students listening, and, during the Nature Girls set,
dancing.
On October 7, Governor Chris
Gregoire imposed a freeze on
spending for all state institutions.
Though Evergreen was already
under a self-imposed freeze since
August, there is now a need to
further decrease spending.
This means budget cuts at
Evergreen, with a long process to
determine what will be cut in order
to reduce the budget by $714,000
as requested by the state.
That brings up the question of
how students will be affected.
"Some support services might be
negatively impacted, along with
flexibility in academic offerings
and cost of tuition," said Wendy
Endress, executive associate
to the vice president of student
affairs, when asked what is most
likely to be cut. "Right now it is
hard to predict, but we expect
cuts to be pretty severe."
"It's hard to say what will be
cut since we don't know the
size [of the budget]," said Holly
Joseph, executive associate to
vice president for finance and
administration.
The college has a centralized
model budget, with a budget
coordinator in each division.
Trotter works with the budget
see BUDGET, page 4
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What's going on with the
CPGay
Women's Resource Center
by CALLIE MARTIN
Howtohavea
super-cooler-than-me queer life
by LARRY MILTON
A common theme among queer people I visible. You don't have to go out to eat
know, is that we don't know where to find for that, though. Just wandering around
each other or make connections (I mean, window-shopping or street-smoking can
besides Facebook). Most of us know that work. If people have seen you around
Oly is chock-full of homos, which makes town, they'll be more likely to talk to you
it all the more confusing to us. We ask on the bus or at a party. Plus, if you're
ourselves, "Isn't every other queer going downtown, you'll probably have a better
on dates and having a super-cooler-than- chance of running into a flier for something
me queer life?" A few do. However, queer than you would if you were eating
super-cooler-than-me queer lives don'tjust at home.
Volunteer for one of the queer-friendly
happen. People need to put themselves out
there and learn a little about queer culture. nonprofits in the area, like United CommuThese are just a few suggestions of how to nity AIDS Network (UCAN) or Bread and
Roses. The folks who work there know a
get that hella-fab queer life going for you.
Don't
assume
lot of people and
can be great connecthat just because ~H~ QlJ E~l,\., IS
tions. Plus, you'd
someone is talking
be giving back to
to you, they want
the community and
to date/screw you.
you'd have someI think we tend to
thing to talk about
make this assumption because we
OF THE NEW SHOES. in social situations
other than your
generally didn't get
program.
If you
the chance to do all
that crap dating in middle and high school haven't noticed, Oly queers especially love
that straight kids got to do. As a result, up kids who volunteer.
Have a party! Give it some sort of theme,
until we're around 25, when we're around
people we're interested in, we act like we're like flannel or Alice in Wonderland. Queers
members of the cast of one of those rich- love to give themselves an excuse to dress
white-people teen shows. Not everyone is up. Have some sort of prize for costumes.
into you. I know that's hard to believe for Invite only queers or not- a diverse crowd
some of us. But casual conversation with is best to meet new folks, though. There
one queer who might not be interested are a lot of folks I know, in our community
could only open doors to another queer who have problems with substance use, so
don't push drugs on anyone, either.
who could be interested.
These are just some suggestions. Don't
An obvious place to meet queer kids on
campus would be to go to the Evergreen freak out if they don't work out quickly;
Queer Alliance (EQA) or the Society for it'll take time. The queer is always more
Trans Action and Resources (STAR) meet- rainbow-y on the other side of the new
ings. These meetings are at kinda wonky shoes. Assuming that everyone else has it
hours if you don't live on campus, but better off with the homos will only make
they both have night events on occasion. your experience less then theirs. You're
EQA has an office up in CAB 320 and fabulous; even if you don't know it yet!
the coordinators and intern have office
Larry Milton is a senior enrolled in
hours-they're helpful kids. It's okay
to come just to hang out there, too. They Gender and Sexuality: History, Culture,
have a library of queer books and mags for and Politics. He may be contacted at (509)
845-0581.
anyone to read.
Get out of the house. There are so many
queer/queer-friendly restaurants downtown. A few places off the top of my head
are Darby's, The New Moon Cafe, and
Oldschool Pizza. Grab your fag hag, tranny
nanny, or whoever, and make yourselves
AitWAYS
Hey y'all-we're partway through fall
quarter and the Women's Resource Center
(WRC) is alive and kickin'! We thought we'd
give everyone an update so y' all knew what
we're about, what we were up to, and how
you can get involved!
The WRC's mission is to actively combat
all forms of oppression that affect all women,
female-identified people of all orientations,
and the greater campus community. Our
office is a safe space where you can hang out
and get the resources you need. We offer free
tampons, pads, and pregnancy tests to anyone
who needs them.
Our weekly meetings are Wednesdays at
1:30 p.m. in CAB 320 at the couches right
outside of our office. If you are even a little
bit curious, please come and hang out with
us! We love new people! Everyone is always
welcome to attend.
Publishing a once-a-quarter zine is one
of our big projects starting this fall. We are
asking for submissions of all kinds from
female and trans-identified folks. These
submissions could include art, photography,
stories, poetry, recipes ... anything you want
to put out there. The envelope for submissions in located on our bulletin board outside
of our office in CAB 320.
We have several events coming up during
the second half of fall quarter, which we hope
you all can attend:
Wednesday, November 12, 1:30 p.m. CAB
108 (same floor as the Greenery)---MEN
CAN STOP RAPE TOO. This is a discussion
group sponsored with the Coalition Against
Sexual Violence and the Kicking Rape's Ass
Working Group. We are living in a violent
society that normalizes sexism (as well as
racism, classism, and many other forms of
oppression). We become desensitized to real
violence as a consequence. When violence
does occur, we see it as an isolated incident
rather than a manifestation of a constant and
seemingly-inescapable culture of rape. Join
other people socialized as men to discuss
how to find new ways to combat rape
culture. Our goal is to move beyond guilt and
towards education and truth. The discussion
will be facilitated by a male-identified person
and targeted towards male-identified people.
However, all are welcome.
Thursday, November 13, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Main floor of the CAB- BAKE SALE
BENEFITING THE WRC. This is how
we raise funds to pay for pregnancy tests,
tampons, and pads, so come and buy a baked
good from us, or make some to sell!
Sunday, November 23, 3 p.m. CAB 320-MOON-PAD-MAKING WORKSHOP. The
feminine hygiene industry is really messed
up and is destroying our bodies. Come join
us for a fun afternoon of crafting and making
eco-friendly, non-toxic, reusable DIY
menstrual pads with a group of really rad
women. Bring any extra fabric you've got
laying around (especially flannel and fleece),
some extra friends, and some treats to share.
Or just you is awesome too!
Wednesday, December 3, 2 p.m. and
6 p.m. SEM II C1107-NORTHWEST
NETWORK
WORKSHOPS:
ANTIOPPRESION (2 p.m.) and BASIC LGBTQ
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING (6
p.m.). The first workshop is a basic antioppression training that is open to the entire
Evergreen community, and is encouraged for
both allies and staff. The second workshop
is all about LGBTQ domestic violence and
what you can do to stop it. It is also open to
the entire Evergreen community.
Callie Martin is a sophomore enrolled in
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Necessary cost reductions GSU meeting II/r1Jo8
still under discussion,
no decision made
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heads, the president, and vice president. All acknowledge the limitations
of resources. The board of trustees and
the legislature decide on the school's
budget based on the information and
budget outline they are given by the
coordinators.
According to Steve Trotter, executive
director of operational planning and
budget, Evergreen has faced this dilemma
before.
"It cycles every five years, and now
we're on the downside of the equation.
The difference this time is the dynamic
and the global economy. In the fiscal year
of 1993-95, we went through 20% reduction plans. We know how to do it, but
we'd prefer not to do it."
A group of budget coordinators is in
charge of deciding what is superfluous
and what is necessary for the school to
continue to live up to its mission statement of educating its students. This team
of people includes Walter Niemic, vice
president for academic budget and financial planning, as well as Endress, Trotter
and Joseph.
"A lot of things are taken into account
when deciding on a budget," said Endress.
"A major thing is forecasting the degree
of legislative funding, tuition, enrollment
and what we want to provide."
"You assume that with a good economy,
last year's budget will work," said
Joseph.
At the last biannual budget review,
Evergreen was asked to look at safety
on campus and to improve cell service.
"[They tell you] here's an issue you need
to address, [then we say] we need money
to make it happen. Then we're just asking
for new money in addition to what we
have allocated."
At this point, coordinators are still in the
preliminary stages of the process. According to Niemic, there are weekly meetings
to discuss emerging budget issues. There
is also a biweekly meeting with the faculty
advisory panel in order to educate them
about the acade~ic budget.
"There will be college forums and
updates as information is received," said
Niemic.
For more information on the budget
please visit www.evergreen.edu/president
and click on the link for "office of budget
operations" and then "budget 101."
Madeline Berman is a sophomore enrolled
in Health and Human Development.
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This week the Geoduck Student Union
(GSU) made the decision to walk away from
creating a new contract with the WashPIRG
organization. It is now the seventh week of
the quarter and WashPIRG has yet to send
Evergreen a representative. The GSU will
work with the business office to refund the
collected money to graduating students
and tum the collected fees into credit for
students returning next year.
Another item on the agenda was getting
applications from students who want to be
on disappearing task force committees. The
list of possible committees to join include,
among others, bookstore, space management, and food services.
There was also more discussion about
lack of representative involvement and
attendance to the weekly meetings. Many
GSU members are beginning to feel frustrated with the inability to take action due
to lack of quorum. All GSU members present at the meeting expressed a wish to try
to resolve these ongoing problems.
Lastly, GSU representative Courtney
Witcher has resigned. Shannon Thompson
is the newest representative.
- MADELINE BERMAN
Kitchen causes construction dilemma
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According to to Dick Clintworth of Facilities, there are several things that need to be
done before construction of the kitchen can
begin: a plan has to be laid, bids need to be
put out, and the Board of Trustees need to
approve it.
The college is working with the DLR
group, the architecture firm responsible
for the CAB redesign, to determine what
needs to be done to keep the Greenery in
the CAB during reconstruction.
According to Judy Whittaker of Thurston
County Environmental Health, a food
service like the Greenery requires special
conditions to operate in a building undergoing major construction. The areas undergoing construction need to be sealed off
with something such as plastic sheeting,
and the area undergoing renovation needs
to be well-ventilated.
"We haven't even gotten to that part,
but it will be walled off," said Clintworth
about separating the Greenery from the rest
of the building.
For the Greenery to remain open during
the CAB construction, that construction must not interfere with the kitchen's
everyday operations. This will mean keeping electric power to the kitchen consistent
in order for food storage and cooking to
be safe, as well as clean water sources that
can produce. hot water and othet: r.espurces
required by the health code.
Jason Slatkin is a senior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
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by HANNAH ETENGOFF
In the spirit of Halloween and justice,
Amnesty International decided to put on
some costumes and take to the CAB in
an effort to close the Guantanamo Bay
detention camp.
For six years and running, Guantanamo
Bay has been the epitome of abuses by
the United States in the war on terror.
This U.S.-controlled detention center
has been a dark hole where detainees are
often held indefinitely, without charges
or trial, lacking access to lawyers or even
to the courts.
Allegations of torture have been widespread, and inhumane conditions have
been reported. The Bush administration
has continued to reject these allegations,
and despite widespread international
protest, has continued to operate this
center of human rights violations.
Amnesty International is calling for the
closure of Guantanamo Bay. It is a stain
on the moral fabric of America's standing abroad. We cannot expect our international allies to consider our opinions
of human rights when we in fact are one
of the biggest human rights violators.
Sudanese representatives, when engaged
in a discussion with Amnesty International about the atrocities committed in
Darfur, justified their government's policies by simply stating, "Look what the
United States does in Guantanamo."
Amnesty International is committed to
human rights not only internationally,
but also within our own country. Before
we begin to stand up to other countries'
human rights violations we must end our
own. We must call for our government to immediately close
Guantanamo, and to
either charge and fairly
try the detainees, or to
release them. The U.S.
government
should
establish an independent commission to
publicly
investigate
reports of abuse.
This commission must
ensure that those responsible
for abuse are held accountable,
regardless of their rank or stature.
We cannot let our government get
away with gross human rights violations.
Amnesty International calls upon all
members of the community to make their
voices heard. There are many ways to
get involved. You can write your representatives, or better yet, attend Amnesty
International's weekly meetings on
Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in the student
activities center.
Hannah Etengoff is a sophomore
enrolled in Olympic Peninsula.
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by RODGER BROWN
CE!t8RATES
HISToRic ANNIV£R5AR
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Have you ever lost your mind? How
about your temper? Have you found
unexpected beauty or meaning in a song?
Chances are you have felt some sort of
related emotion, and we are interested.
Not only in your specific situation, but
also in how we, as humans, express these
sometimes-intense feelings.
We are a group of students working
on a project which we have titled "The
Language of Emotic:m." This project
breaks into two parts, the first of which
we invite you to be a part of. We have set
up a blog (1-and-f.blogspot.com) where
there are six prompts that urge you to tell
your story of loss or finding . In order
to get the real "juicy" stuff, or maybe
more like, to get complete honest stories,
we have set this up to be completely
anonymous . .
The second part is a bit more researchorientated. In our class, Computational
Linguistics, we have been working with
programs that are able to break down text,
revealing certain qualities about them.
We are going to examine the (potentially
your) anonymous posts. Our goal is to
make certain discoveries and possible
determinations about the · language that
people use when talking, or in this case
writing, about emotion. We will make our
findings available to anyone interested.
So along with telling your story, you also
advance our basic understanding of how
we convey emotion.
Even though we are coming up on the
end of the quarter, there is no intention of
ditching this blog once we have fulfilled
our project requirements. One of the
reasons I personally joined this group,
is because this project is bigger than a
class. It's more than four weeks of work
and a final paper.
Our hope is that the site will grow, we ' ll
add new topics, people from all over the
world will share their stories, we will
continue to make new discoveries, and
that you will come back again and again
(to 1-and-f.blogspot.com).
Rodger Brown is a junior enrolled in
Data and Information: Computational
Linguistics.
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10 COOPER PorNTJOURNAL 2008
ASHES: the seed of smokinglnon~smoking alliance
Cooper
Point Journal
....................................
November 13, 2008
Be the change
you wanna see
by ERIN GRAY
should be the home of conscious smokers
who say, "I'm not afraid of smoking, and
A new president
I'm not afraid of dying for it." The rarity of will take office in
this proud variety of smoker demonstrates 2009, and whether
the true distance we have yet to come as or not you voted
a burgeoning body of forward-thinking for Barack Obama,
allies.
I hope that we can
Furthermore, how can we hope to face the all agree that Janusmokeless day of November 20, the Great ary 20 will be a great
American Smokeout, with such disunity day for the United States of America.
and self-delusion? This is a national holi- This country needs change and Obama
day for lungs everywhere, and I daresay can be the vehicle for it. No president
the poor lungs of many Greeners will still can change the country with a stroke of
have to deal with smoke while all the other a pen, because the president's power is
little lungs go on vacation to frisk and checked and balanced by other branches
frolic in the fresh air. Our only real hope is of government, something we hopefully
to embrace unity and support each other in all learned in our civics classes.
our efforts to go an entire day without our
If you believe it is the time for change,
cig fixes.
then become the change you want to see.
As a united body of smokers, ex-smokers, I saw Obama when he came to Seattle
and nonsmokers, we can finally confront during the primary, and I stood outside
these ancient issues and create the changes Key Arena with many others to hear him
we wish to see. Finally, rather than facing speak. There was something he said that
a smokescreen of silence and oppression, resonated with me: "Change starts from
smokers will be given an opportunity to be the bottom up." Change does start from
heard and be granted the voice they deserve. the bottom: the president doesn't just
As ashes serve to fertilize fallow fields, decide things for the nation on a whim. If
so too will ASHES fertilize fallow minds he did he would no longer be a president
with the shared experiences of smokers but instead a monarch or an emperor.
What I think is so brilliant about Obama
and nonsmokers blending in a rich medium
of collaboration, blooming with ideas and is his ability to inspire people.
insight, seeding change where there once
As an Evergreen student, I know how
was only dirt, brick, or ignorance.
important it is to be environmentallyIf you want to see this seedling of an alli- friendly, but like most of us, there are
ance grow, email me at liberatedponderer@ little things that I miss or forget. Recently,
though, when I leave a light on in a room,
gmail.com
my boyfriend will yell, "Barack Obama
Nathan Brockett is a peer educator on says we need to conserve energy," and I
ashamedly tum off the light. It isn't like
smoking.
I don't know that I should tum off the
light- I just forgot. But my boyfriend,
like many others, now is much more
environmentally-conscious. This may
not be only because of Obama, but that
increased awareness on a national scale is
influential.
Help Obama be the change you want to
see. Make your voice heard not in anger
or violence but throughout our political
by AARON LEE
Electoral politics by their very nature are community, am I not? Why, then, if I was system.
I recently watched the "School House
exclusive and exclusionary. The way the barred from voting, are you saying that I
Rock"
clip about how a bill becomes a
electoral system works, in a very basic do not have a right to express my feelEvery four years the
ings,
ideas,
and
concerns
about
a
system
law,
and
I was amazed at how simple it
people of the United
way, is that he who collects the most
was.
I
know
that in practice "simple" is
votes
wins.
What
about
those
people
that
has
purposefully
excluded
me
from
States elect new
who
voted
for
the
other
guy?
Don't
participating
on
such
a
basic
and
fundanot
a
word
that
would be a word used to
people to represent
their
voices
matter?
They
are
now
told
mental
level
in
the
political
life
of
this
describe
the
transformation
from idea to
them .... Well, somebill
to
law,
but
when
the
little
bill said it
that
their
opinions,
their
concerns,
were
nation?
one elects them. This
I made the purposeful choice not to starts with an idea, something clicked.
nation has a long and
wrong. Regardless of who you voted for
wonderful history of
on Election Day, you did not exercise vote on election day for many reasons; Laws do start with an idea-an idea that
voter disenfranchisement. From having your right to make your own choices; you the least among them is the fact that I you or I could have. I had forgotten my
refuse to pass off my civics lesson on what a representative
to be a white landright to choose to does, but it is in the title: they represent
owning male to literacy
IF THE PERSON YOU VOTED FOR
another person. That the people in their district. So if other
requirements, the elecis what you do when people and I see a chance to improve, we
toral system of the U.S.
DOES NOT GET ELECTED YOU CAN
you vote; you pass off could bring that to our representative and
has always been one of
your responsibility to be one step closer to making change.
exclusion and elitism.
SAY, "IT WASN'T ME, I DIDN'T
the rest of the people
I want to end with Obama's wise words
On Election Day in
in
your
community
from
November 4: "This victory alone
Red Square I saw someELECT HIM." OR IF THAT PERSON
to another person. is not the change we seek. It is only the
thing that bothered me
If the person you chance for us to make that change. And
more then I expected it
WAS ELECTED, "I DIDN'T ELECT
voted for does not get that cannot happen if we go back to the
to. It was a sign from
elected you can say, way things were. It can't happen without
people trying to get
HIM TO DO THAT!" BUT YOU DID
"it wasn't me, I didn't you, without a new spirit of service, a new
other students to vote
elect him." Or if that spirit of sacrifice." He went on to say,
that said something to
the effect of"Ifyou don't vote then don't passed the buck off to someone else; in person was elected, "I didn't elect him "That's the true genius of America: that
complain." I was deeply offended. Such the process, you purposefully excluded to do that!" But you did; if you cast your America can change. Our union can be
a privileged statement came from a group another person with a voice, a mind, and vote you are accepting responsibility perfected. What we've already achieved
of people who spend their time trying a right to make their own choices and to for every elected official by justifying gives us hope for what we can and must
the system. So to those who thought it achieve tomorrow." Help bring a new
to get others to vote. What if I was a be heard.
Back to that lovely sign I saw. When you a good idea to make that sign I would chapter to the story of the United States.
former felon? What if my ballot had been
Help make the changes that this country
purged? What if I had moved and was say something like that, you are showing say, don't complain about those that are
unable to cast an absentee ballot? All are just how exclusive you really are. You in office not making the "right choices." needs. All it takes is a little thing like turning off a light.
cases in which I would be unable to vote. didn't take into account those who have You voted for them.
Does that mean that I cannot complain been purposefully barred from expressAaron Lee is a junior enrolled in
Erin Gray is a senior enrolled in Work
about a system in which, though no fault ing their rights to speak politically. I live
and the Human Condition.
of my own, I was unable to participate?
here, do I not? I am a member of this Gateways.
those erroneous cigs not sheltered within
the designated areas.
In memory of the flames of fury that
Amidst the grisly
fueled the conflict that wracked the student
scene of scorched
body with its bitter battle, this alliance is
lungs and parched
lips-smoke waftto be called ASHES (Allied Students Helping Evergreen Smokers). Its purpose is to
ing, cigs blazing,
represent and advocate for the smokers
the very air going
gray with the pallor
of Evergreen, to empower individuals to
of terror-the foes of
create positive change within themselves
old at last are taking deep breaths and shak- and within their communities. For too long
ing hands instead of fists. Yes, finally, with has the tobacco industry pushed smokers
smokers hoarding their precious fumes, around; for too long the addiction itself has
and nonsmokers fleeing them, an alliance robbed students of free will, and for too
is precipitating from these most unlikely long irate nonsmokers have been unnecesgasses. A seedling, young and tender in an sarily rude to meandering smokers.
If people smoke it should not be because
inhospitable landscape, is indeed winding
its feathery roots around cigarette butts, they chose to take a first drag sometime
steel poles and plastic tarps of smoking in high school and do so evermore for
areas and public spaces, around the hearts addiction's sake, but because they choose
and minds of nonsmokers and smokers, to consciously, regardless of biochemical
who at last, unified with this verdant vision, or psychological fiendishness. Similarly, if
can smoke, or not, in peace.
smokers use designated areas, it should be
Indeed, the very water that caused this because they care about other people, not
alliance to germinate rains down (almost because someone made them stay under
every day now), thereby extinguishing the the tents.
These beginnings of order are truly at a
smoldering remains of animosity clutched
still in the yellowing fingers of stray smok- delicate stage of development, however.
ers. Extinguishing, it should be noted, only During this month ofNovember (ironically,
National
Cancer
AS A UNITED BODY OF SMOKERS, Awareness Month),
many smokers do
EX-SMOKERS, AND NONSMOKtheir best to forget
cancer, taking drag
ERS, WE CAN FINALLY CONFRONT after drag with
desperate ignorance
so that smoking can
THESE ANCIENT ISSUES
keep its full joy.
Alas,
Evergreen
by NATHAN BROCKETT
Don't vote, don't complain
Pointing the blame away for the vote you made
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I'm gonna eat your brains
(WITH A SPOON)
what you believe in. You are not eating
brains if you are letting others influence
You
think
I'm
your beliefs; you are not eating brains
kidding? I really,
if you take whatever someone says and
honestly, like brains;
incorporate it into your own moral code.
they happen to be a
Maybe, though, someone says something
part of this balanced
to you-like a teacher-that really gets
breakfast
(which
you thinking; study that fact, that story,
balanced breakfast?).
that whatever-it-was, and let your brain
No seriously-think
absorb it because you have learned it, not
about this for a second: brains are good,
simply because a teacher has said it. That
kind of like a gooey plate of Jell-0
is the beauty of the school that we attend:
in a way. You disagree with me? You
we are not being told how to think, we
think I could possibly be a brain-eating
are being asked to think for ourselves.
zombie? Well, believe me, I am not a
Take advantage of the fact that you are
brain-eating zombie, I just enjoy eating
asked to learn, because once you get out
brains-particularly yours
of college your brain
(whose?). Okay, maybe
TO EAT BRAINS IS TO LISTEN TO WHAT will be depleted of
think about it in this way:
all remaining energy
brains are good for the
EVERYONE HAS TO SAY, BUT WHILE
and people like me
brain, or even, minds are
will be able to eat
good for the mind.
KNOWING WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN
it... whenever we
Do you understand wha_t I
damn well please.
am saying now? Are you picking up what
So what would you have to learn from But don't worry that's not for a few more
I'm putting down? Catch my drift?
someone yelling at you, blaming you for years, unless you're a senior.
For those of you who don't, let me spell something you didn't do? The answer
But that's enough rambling about beliefs
it out: I enjoy learning from other people. is that you learned what not to believe. and morals for now ... which I don't even
I don't mean learning from people in that You learned what is right and wrong, and think should be incorporated into newsI take in whatever they say and use that there you go-you just happened to learn papers, but oh well. What I really want
as my own means of value and judgment. the basic fundamentals of life. Impres- to say is simply: brains are good in the
I mean that I learn from people by hear- sive, no? By listening to others yell and right dosage, when taken the right way,
ing what they say, and since I usually complain, you have learned that you do and they are healthy when you don't
disagree with them I can listen and there- not want to live that way and that you do substitute "theirs" for "yours."
fore learn what I don't value and I can not believe in their cause. It's beautiful,
learn what I don't hold high on my moral I tell you.
pedestal.
This obviously isn't the only way to eat
Mikey Badger is a freshman enrolled in
Confusing? No come on, it's not that brains. To eat brains is to listen to what Creativity and Constraint.
hard to grasp. Let's say you happen to be everyone has to say, but while knowing
by MIKEY BADGER
a man, and a woman is yelling at you,
telling you that since you were born with
a penis you are a sexist pig, a chauvinistic bastard, that you hold yourself higher
than women, all because throughout
history, men have discriminated against
women. Is this true? Well, if you are
constantly bashing on women and being
sexist, then yes. But chances are that you
aren't, and if you personally haven't, then
only the history of men remains true, not
the history of you. You can't take blame
for something you didn't do. (Of course
we can take this situation visa-versa as
well, or apply it to any of the millions of
other conflicting arguments.)
SDS, state governDlent: both hypocritical?
by JEFFREY LUXMORE
Oh, the irony of the
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS):
while
advocating
for the eradication
of our government,
the group simultaneously holds its hand
outstretched for government funding. On
November 5, I watched the SDS make
their case to the S&A board for funding.
I still haven't determined who is the butt
of this joke. On one side, a group is using
government funding to "resist" the government. On the other, a government funds
groups that use the money in attempts to
undermine it. And in the middle are all the
students who pay S&A fees.
Does the SDS's use of government funding to further their anti-government cause
undermine their existence? I think that
question answers itself, but what about the
reverse question: what does it mean that
the government willingly funds groups
that advocate against it?
While the SDS can easily be seen as
hypocritical in the area of funding, the
government actually appears almost saintly
by comparison. Washington state law has
stipulations about the dispersal of money
for student activities, and these laws guarantee that funding to the SDS cannot be
denied because of their social and political
agenda.
Ultimately, the SDS cares so much about
the free money that their anti-government
message is sacrificed. The government is
concerned so much with the free exploration of ideas that funding an anti-government group is not of concern.
The unintended results of the SDS
"resistance" only serve to contradict their
message and further legitimize the government and the Evergreen administration.
Aside from the funding example, look at
the SDS's illegal habitation last spring on
the third floor of the Seminar I building.
While the SDS continually demonized
the administration as "oppressive" and
claimed that the SDS was "targeted," the
administration didn't try to forcibly evict
the students, despite its legal capacity to do
so (WAC 174-136-042).
This immense restraint and toleration
by the Evergreen administration is quite
impressive, especially given that they were
supposedly the oppressive establishment.
Further, my respect for the administration increased substantially after the SDS
repeatedly advertised and held gatherings.
While SDS effectively exploited campus
resources for their personal agenda, the
administration tolerated their taunts.
The seven items agreed upon by Student
Affairs and the SDS on June 12, 2008 was
nothing impressive. Most of the items
could've been avoided if the SDS had
simply behaved thoughtfully; instead, they
immediately accused the administration of
oppression. Then, in an attempt to prove
this oppression, the Evergreen administration demonstrated the opposite by dealing
with the SDS in ways that proved that the
administration is made up of understanding, tolerant, and reasonable people.
I recently learned the phrase "capitalist
infrastructure." The SDS is clearly against
capitalism, and, given the current economic
climate, it is particularly easy to join this
bandwagon. But when the SDS is deriding this "capitalist infrastructure," they're
doing it on computers, using the internet,
cars, buses, roads, phones, and often while
wearing clothes that were purchased-all
parts of "capitalist infrastructure." Again,
this is just another example of the SDS
speaking against something while simultaneously using it to their advantage.
The SDS certainly is a "fringe" group
and I can't imagine this group existing and
functioning at a meaningful level outside
the socially-lenient bounds of a college or
university. Interestingly, the history of the
original 1960s SDS ends in a particularly
amusing fashion. Different factions of the
SDS fell into disagreement at the 1969
convention. Ultimately, one group was
expelled by a vote, and the SDS's existence petered out in the period afterwards.
Undoubtedly, consensus was not met.
Despite the fact that I see the SDS as a
particularly harmless group, I still speak
up against their attempts at government
eradication for one reason: I pay S&A
fees. If I'm going to be required to fund
this group, then I will certainly offer my
opinion along with my dollars. Yes, you
fund the SDS, and every other Registered
Student Organization on campus, whether
you like it or not.
I do not advocate, however, for the
eradication of the SDS. While I generally
find their message and actions irrelevant,
they do occasionally provide some much
needed excitement on campus. I just wish
they could have their fun without making
the rest of us students look misguided
and useless to the population outside of
the campus community. I also wish that
they wouldn't take our dollars under false
pretenses.
Jeffrey Luxmore is a senior enrolled in
evening classes. He may be contacted at
(425) 770-0794 or at luxjejV92@evergreen.
edu.
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November 13, 2008
Let's bury the E.L.F.
Ptlrt 1: Analyzing and Relining Our Ttldks
by DANIEL SHELLEY
is to destroy an object, then burning it is
probably the way to go. How~ver, confuThe United States
sion can arise when the people doing the
government has been
burning profess to be acting on behalf of
among the most
ecosystems.
formidable obstacles
Setting fire to a housing development
to effectively combat(or any development) that is insured by
ing global warming.
the developer is senseless and ineffecStonewalling climate
tive because the structure will probably
change talks, censoring outspoken scien- be rebuilt. Homebuilders in Washington
tists, blocking state efforts to reduce state need something called "builder's
greenhouse gas emi~sions: the Bush risk" insurance in order to get a loan
administration (and various administra- from the bank to finance the construction.
tions preceding it) has made it abundantly And with this insurance, the developer
clear that the health of this planet and its can sleep soundly knowing the insurance
inhabitants is not a pressing issue.
company will cover the costs if something
At what point does underground direct pernicious happens to his project. He may
action stop sounding irrational and (when not be totally unscathed by the damage,
carried out responsibly and effectively) but he won't be financially ruined either.
start sounding logical and even necessary? In almost all of these instances of arson,
Is it when the federal government impedes the developer makes the decision to
efforts to combat a global crisis? Isn't that rebuild, because he still has the means.
when the threshold has been breached and To illustrate my point, let's examine some
it becomes prudent to support any and all high-profile E.L.F actions of the past: the
means of effective resistance?
1998 arson of a ski resort in Vail, ColoDesperate people employ these methods rado (rebuilt); the 2003 arson of a condoduring these desperate times. Some. of minium complex in San Diego (rebuilt);
these people fight back under the banner and the arsons of the "McMansions" here
·of the Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.), in Washington this year (being rebuilt).
but many more resist autonomously. It's
In a tragic twist of irony, torching housa two-part article, with part one covering ing developments has proven to be more
tactics in the field, and part two covering harmful to the environment. It doesn't take
the law and courtroom strategy. I hope it a brain surgeon to see why: the reconstruchelps spark discussion (in hushed voices tion process entails the slaughter of more
perhaps) on a taboo, yet always relevant, trees for lumber, and all those commutes
topic.
by dirty diesel trucks hauling the lumber
I cannot critique the E.L.F. without to the construction site are repeated. An
critiquing arson as a tactic. If one's intent action intended to curtail urban sprawl
and protect the wild is having the opposite to have replaced the more traditional
effect.
communique. This trend is remarkably
The problem with igniting suburbia: it's a stupid because there is no guarantee the
myopic action that does little-to-nothing to action will go as planned. Fire is unprecurb sprawl. By fixating on the offending dictable, and we don't want the environdevelopment, saboteurs have overlooked mental movement discredited if somemore valuable and strategically impor- thing goes horribly wrong. Please, if you
tant property: the developer's company feel compelled to take credit, do so only
headquarters, as well as expensive and after the smoke clears and the damage is
essential earth-moving machinery such as assessed.
bulldozers and excavators.
And speaking of taking credit, if winning
Setting fire to carbon-belching trucks the hearts and minds of the American
and SUVs is another misguided tactic people is one of our goals (and it should
favored by eco-warriors. It's a tactic that, be), then I'm afraid we have a lot of work
like burning subdivisions, has unintended to do. The transition from sensational-yetresults: automobile tires contain up to 17 alienating-actions (torching SUVs parked
different heavy metals, including lead, in private driveways) to effective actions
arsenic and chromium. When a tire bums, (disabling SUVs in an auto park by deflatthese highly toxic elements are released ing tires and then releasing a cogent and
into the atmosphere for us all to breathe.
compelling communique)* is what will
Let me clarify my point: the effects of get people off the fence to support
these trucks and SUVs cannot be ignored: underground resistance movement. We
they are, after all, the source of signifi- cannot win by coming across as deranged
cant C02 emissions in the U.S. But any terrorists. But by prudently planning
action must be executed rationally, after and carrying out our actions, I sincerely
carefully weighing the pros and cons of believe we can inspire and build solidarity
each tactic. If a byproduct of a tactic is air with a discontented populace.
pollution, then that tactic should probably
*this, by the way, is perfectly legal as
be abandoned.
Also, we need to be more conscious of long as the tires are not damaged. All one
who it is we are hurting with our actions. needs is a pebble.
Are we crippling a wealthy auto dealer, or
a low-income student who just happens
to drive an SUV? Those who profit from
Daniel Shelley is a sophomore enrolled
ecological destruction should be the in Venezuela: Building Economic and
primary recipients of our rage.
Social Justice.
Leaving a calling card at the crime scene
(usually graffiti) is a trend that seems
this
No, we couldn't
A RICiHTF1JL ACCT.JSATI()N T() THE NATIC)N
by COLIN BARTLETT
for our nation. Like so many of you, I
hosted voter-registration parties, and
knocked on doors trying to get people to
vote. I was so thrilled by the unprecedented
number of Americans of color, youth, and
lower-income who voted this year. This
election would come one small step closer
to being an accurate depiction of the opinion of American society.
I guess that is what made the sting of the
losses to come so great.
The second time I cried came the next
day.
I was elated this summer when California,
the nation's most populous state and the
world's fifth largest economy, followed
Canada, Massachusetts and Connecticut
in relaying a beacon of hope for the Queer
I have cried twice
since last Tuesday.
The first time was
watching
President-elect
Barack
Hussein Obama give
his moving victory
speech.
We have the most pro-science president
since Thomas Jefferson, a man who said
that he is "down with Margaret Mead,"
who made a point to include not only
queers, but the First Nations and (god
forbid) Republicans among the citizens of
the nation he was elected to represent.
I will never forget where I was and who I
was with when Obama
WHEN YOU TRY TO REMAKE
said, "As Lincoln said
to a nation far more
divided than ours,
THE REST OF YOUR PEOPLE
we are not enemies
IN YOUR IMAGE, YOU DO
but friends. Though
passion may have
DAMAGE TO YOURSELF
strained, it must not
break our bonds of
people of the Americas. Then, last Tuesday,
affection.
"And to those Americans whose support I one half of that state smothered that beacon
have yet to earn, I may not have won your by denying the desire of the other half of
vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need their state to acknowledge my humanity,
your help. And I will be your president, and the humanity of my fellow queer Americans. This denial was echoed in Arizona,
too.
"And to all those watching tonight from Florida, and Arkansas. These states joined
beyond our shores, from parliaments and the nineteen others that have brought instipalaces, to those who are huddled around tutionalized homophobia into their state
radios in the forgotten comers of the world, constitutions since 2004. I was crushed.
What hurt the most was that this vote
our stories are singular, but our destiny is
really did represent, to a large degree, the
shared ... "
We worked hard in assisting this victory will of the people of California. Half of the
state genuinely believes that my desire to
raise a family with my husband is somehow tainted. They don't want to be associated with it; they don't want their children
to think that it's normal. They took from us
a fundamental human right.
To the 70% of African-Americans who
voted in favor of Proposition 8, to the 53%
of the Latino community who supported
it, to the 49% of European-Americans
who didn't support their gay friends and
family, to the communities of faith who
couldn't look past their own religion to
strive for a more representative democracy, to Barack Obama who failed to show
his leadership when he told reporters that
while he opposes Prop 8, (he believes that
Marriage is a sacred act between a man and
a woman), I say fuck you. Fuck you, for
denying me something you acknowledge
as precious when it would cost you nothing
to allow me to have it. Fuck you for damaging the lives of your friends and relatives
for short-term political gain. Fuck you for
forcing the rest of your state into the shape
of your specific brand of ignorance.
Most importantly, fuck you for hurting
your own. All of these communities intersect, and when you try to remake the rest of
your people in your image, you do damage
to yourself along with the rest of us.
Just as I hold all queers responsible for
policing against latent racism, sexism, classism, xenophobia, and ignorance within
our community; I hold African-American,
Latino, European-American, and religious
communities responsible for keeping their
homophobia in check. Log Cabin Republicans and ethnocentrists are held in disdain
by every respected leader in the QBLGT
community. Queer culture and media strive
toward multiculturalism not just because
prejudice does violence to our own community by claiming to be a part of it, but
because it's the right thing to do. If one of
our leaders strays from this path, they cease
to be a leader to us. I'm still waiting for a
similar commitment from the rest of you.
We need to keep this in mind as we
move ahead: we have not won the hearts
and minds of the American people. This
was a mandate for populism. It was a vote
against something, not a vote for it. Our
job, over the next two years, is to prove
to them that stewardship of biological and
cultural diversity, pushing religious bias out
of government, and supporting the myriad
ways there are to build a healthy family
will benefit all of us directly, and benefit us
more than wasting these resources out of
fear and selling out for short-term gain.
A decade ago, a Republican-controlled
congress jammed the Defense of Marriage
Act down the throat of an unwilling president. What can we accomplish now, with
willing partners collaborating in the House,
the Senate, and the White House? Once
more, I look with hope to President-elect
Obama's speech in Grant Park:
"That's the true genius of America: that
America can change. Our union can be
perfected. What we've already achieved
gives us hope for what we can and must
achieve tomorrow."
Colin Bartlett is a junior enrolled in
Animal Behavior and Zoology.
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Hodgepodge of reviews
by DIMITRI ANTONELIS-LAPP
A lot happened this past week: turned in a six-page rough draft, went to
Enum-scratch for the weekend, made Bass-Ackwards Mushroom soup,
and realized it was Fragile Wednesday (which consisted of me crying into
my beef stroganoff atThe Place). Instead of picking one topic to drone on
about, I picked several to belabor, but you should be able to get through all
of them. Enjoy-"a spoonful of sugar helps the newspaper go down!"
KAOS Top 30
for the week of 11/11/08
MUSIC: My newfound Olympia friends
gave me a local albwn on a temporary
Halloween loan, and it's my new favorite
CD. I'm going to have you guess the name,
instead of me be like, "Oh my God, that local
band blank-in-the-blank-blank are like, so
epic! Bllleeccchhhhh, listen to me wordvomit about the local scene!"
Seriously though, the albwn art is a collage
of activities that can literally only be done in
the shadows. If you scooped the albwn up
when it was new, you probably saw them
play it live about a year ago (when they still
played the clubs).
Their songs are as if someone banged a
hammer against a crane tower, scratched a
harmonica against a washboard, and screamed
like the seventh level of hell was chewing on
someone's neck. Pwnmeling, brutal, dark,
and neck-breaking: these are some words
people might use to describe this band. They
are able to drive back the forces of evil with
their epic hands vigorously grasping the air,
but ... might they actually be evil themselves?
If a defibrillator could be a band, this is who
they would be: completely unforgiving, life
changing, battery-boosting, face-melting,
drooling, power-charged metal. This albwn
alternates its songs between making me
want to kill something inside a black hole,
and wanting to pick flowers with angels on
a cloudy day (not the gray-fog clouds, but
dark-blue probably going to rain clouds).
All in all, this albwn is so astounding that it
makes me want to fly towards the sun just so
I can bum up in a huge cacophony of sound.
Pick it up.
1. Taj Mahal - Maestro
2. Various Artists - Rich Man's War
3. Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs - Dirt Don't Hurt
4. Mavis Staples - Hope at the Hideout
5. Gaye Adegbalola - Gaye without Shame
6. LAKE - Oh , the Places We' ll Go
7. Dark Dark Dark - The Snow Magic
8. Eleanor Murray - For Cedar
9. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
10. Guitar Red - Lightnin' In A Bottle
11. Senior Coconut - Around the World
12. Wallpaper - On the Chewing Gum Ground
13. Common Market - Tobacco Road
14. Hot Buttered Rum - Live in the Northeast
15. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Scratch Came, Scratch Saw,
Scratch Conquered
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Desolation Wilderness - White Light Strobing
Past Lives - Strange Symmetry
Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Arabia
Still on the Hill - Ozark
Michael Falzarano - We Are All One
Melissa Ferrick - Goodbye Youth
Lucky Dube - Retrosp'ective
Trio Romen --The Russian Gypsy Queen
Byther Smith - Blues on the Moon.
Grampall Jookabox - Ropechain
Other Lives
SIT E. P.
Danielson - Trying Hartz
Rathbone - A Life Transparent
Younger Sister Band - The Lady Wins Again
Vic Chesoutt, Elf Power, and the
Amorphous Strums - Dark Developm~nts
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Dutch Taco. It sounds like one of
those dirty sex legend-myth-rumors you hear
thirteen-year-old boys giggle about-something their friend's babysitter's lawyer did
to his girlfriend last week. (Think of them
in your head) . .. Dutch Taco, oh wait, it fits
better on this sort of list: mushroom quiche,
Denver omelet, eggs Benedict, Dutch Taco.
Not so down-and-out, recuperating at a
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and waiting for our tacos to arrive. Oh did
they. I ordered the 1HB, and got Thrown
Hard Back against the proverbial, "I'm a
food-head" wall. The Dutch Taco consisted
of: TURKEY, HAVARTI, BACON, and
MAPLE BUTTER, all wrapped up in a
WAFFLE. Quiver, thy mortal taste buds,
quiver. After devouring the first one, (and
laughing maniacally), I twned to my friend
Ryan Barnaby III (fake last name).
"Hey Ryan, what kind of taco should we go
bite-for-bite for?'' I pondered.
"I'm thinking savory," Ryan Barnaby III
replied.
I made the order. After we destroyed a
Black Forest Ham and Havarti taco, Portland
had convinced me that Saturday was going
to be as if this weekend got a specialty of
two Sundays. Super-chill, with no rushing or
math involved (especially Calculus ll: The
Redux). Thanks, Dutch Taco.
MOVIES: Head explosions, crowbar
fights, blood puking, eyeball gouging, slow
motion flashbacks, 12-year-old boys, Code
Red, ''fire at will" . . .
I'm not talking about what would have
happened if McCain had won the election. WARNING: BOLD STATEMENT
COMETH. I'm talking about the greatest
horror movie of all time: "28 Weeks Later".
You guessed it folks; I was blown away by
blood-soaked Britain, this time for good. I
plugged in the movie, and watched the first
30 seconds. "Wow, this is really intense." I
watched it again. And again. "Oh boy, how
did they know to repeat this scene over and
over?'' I thought, completely melted into the
futon. "Oh wait, I should probably hit the
'play' button." Any movie that's DVD intro
twns you into stone (ala Medusa) needs to
be thrown into the spotlight. Begbie decides
to have the decency to clean up his act, stop
drinking pints with Spud and glassing dames,
and makes a large appearance in the flick. His
coup de grace is making out with his infected
I wife, and turning all of Great Britain into a
bloody, mess (and FAST). "Begbie doesn't
do drugs, he does people."
Stars baby, I'm seeing the first stars on the
night of Shabbat, and giving them all to this
movie. Congratulations "28 Weeks Later",
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you've been made. You made it to the big
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time I checked. Oh hey-y, Obama!)
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Kayaking proves a peaceful meditation
An aquatic escape
provides serene respite
from ordinary worries,
no experience needed
by ARISA NOGLER
It was a Saturday in late October,
and I had pounds of homework
ready to ambush me back at home,
and another day of work waiting for
me in the morning. All the pressures
of everyday life were putting on
their football helmets and readying
the cheerleaders for another victory
over my peace of mind. You
know those days when your head
hurts for no reason, you stub your
toe on everything, and nothing
sounds better than setting all your
possessions on fire (homework
included), and just watching them
bum while thinking, take that, real
world. During times like these I
just want to spend a moment with
George Castanza from "Seinfeld",
ferociously
yelling,
"serenity
now!"
At least I'm smart enough to
know that it won't help me in the
long run to rip every carefully-lined
page out of every school-related
notebook I own and adding them
to a smoldering pile along with all
my past evals and any semblance
of obligation I have to any entity,
school, or person. But on days this
bad, you have to do something. I
do, anyway, because I don't have
any desire to be stressed out, ever.
Enter kayaking.
That Saturday in late October,
I wasn't burning books and
decorating my face with war paint,
because instead of letting life drive
me crazy, I went kayaking. And I
learned something my schooling
thus far has neglected to mention:
kayaking is the best way to escape
all the pretend stress and other
mind-strangling artifices of the
world as we know it. In a kayak,
paddling leisurely along m no
particular direction, in circles if I
wanted to, with nothing but water,
birds, seals, and the occasional
island, I discovered what the world
looks like when it's worry-free.
And it was awesome. It was
that supreme "Aha!" moment, the
light bulb of serenity, the ultimate
discovery of pure Zen being. I was
in the middle of Boston Harbor, far
enough away from the marina that I
could barely see the boats bobbing
reluctantly against the docks, and
far enough away from the shore
that I couldn't see into anyone's
front yard. The air was freezing
and wonderful, my skin was rapidly
turning deeper and deeper shades of
pink, and I could finally breathe. I
was untouchable. No teachers, no
neighbors, no friends, no family,
no appointments, no commitments, expert, but I don't see how you
just me, the water, the sky, and of could flip a kayak over in the water
course no beer stashed inside my unless you decided to suddenly
kayak.
stand upright in it or otherwise used
It was pretty easy, too. All I had to it as an impromptu surfboard.
do was drive out to Boston Harbor
So that was it. I was off, I paddled
Marina and I got two hours in my aimlessly for two hours, thinking
very own kayak for fifteen dollars. about nothing but the water, the sky,
Included were the paddles, life and making it to that tree-covered
jacket, and a crash course in How island which looked awesome but
turned out to be a
to Get Back In
When You've INCLUDED WERE THE little too far away
for my liking. I
Flipped Your
Kayak In The PADDLES, LIFE JACKET, didn't get wet
or stub any toes,
Of
Middle
The Bay And AND A CRASH COURSE and I found out
what it feels like
No One Is
IN HOW TO GET BACK to be completely
Around.
free. I found out
The man
IN WHEN YOU'VE
doing
the
nothing is really
demonstrating
worth stressing
made it sound FLIPPED YOUR KAYAK about.
Instead
easy.
of stressing, just
pretty
Flip
kayak
escape. It's much
IN THE MIDDLE OF
better for your
over, balance
THE BAY AND NO
paddle
on
overall
health.
And to anyone
kayak,
use
who thinks you
as
ONE IS AROUND
paddle
leverage to get
can't go kayaking
in
November,
just
put on some
back in-1 had the instructions on a
frenzied repeat in my head, trying gloves. Being cold is half the fun
to commit them word-for-word to anyway.
And when you're out there, alone
memory. I'm an extremely cautious
person. But once I'd stepped-very, in the middle of the water, you can
very gingerly-into the kayak, my yell "serenity now!" as loud as you
fears were assuaged. The kayak want, and maybe you'll find it.
held my body so tightly and sturdily
I couldn't help but trust it. And, Arisa Nagler is a student enrolled
really, I'm definitely no kayak at the Evergreen State College.
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Thursday. November 13
Bake sale to benefitthe Women's Resource
Center (WRC)!
Help support women and fund the
WRC's free pregnancy tests, tampons,
and pads. Main floor of the CAB, 11
a.m.-2p.m.
Free lecture Krishnamai Jagganath,
Disciple of Gandhi
.
Hosted by Common Bread. COM Recital
Hall, 5 p.m.
Open mic night
Sign-up starts at 6 p.m. HCC 7 p.m.
Tibetan philosophical lecture
Tibetan Buddhist Lama, Anam Thupten
Rinpoche. Hosted by Common Bread.
Longhouse, 7 p.m.
Seattle Capoeira Angola workshop and
roda
Rainier Beach Community Center (8825
Rainier Ave. S), 7 p.m. For more info:
olycapoeira@riseup.net
Olympia all-ages benefit
Tender Forever, The Lovers, Explode into
Colors, Romanteek 508 Legion Way, 8 p.m.
$6
Saturday, November 15
The Angry Arab speaks on "President
Obama and the Future of the Middle
East"
Abu Khalil, freelance Middle East ABC
and NBC News consultant and a disdainer
of mainstream U.S. media, will lecture
and discuss president-elect Obama and
the future of the Middle East (angryarab.
blogspot.com). Hosted by Students
Educating Students About the Middle East
(SESAME). Lecture Hall 5, 7 p.m.
Harmony Hill Cancer Program and
Retreat Center concert
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Fundraiser, donations .encouraged! Traditions Cafe (300 5th Ave SW), 7 p.m.
Friday. Noyember 14
Re-Energize the Northwest, A Regional
Youth Climate Summit
Hosted by the Sierra Club of Seattle. To
tegister and for more info: http://cascade.
sierraclub.org/node/1884
Rain or Shine Student Walkout Against
the War
Students, activists, and many guest speakers
"will gather at the State Capitol to protest
continued U.S. continued involvement
in foreign occupation and to deliver the
message to the newly elected president that
we demand an end to the loss of life and
wasted money overseas." Meet at SPSCC
at 10 a.m. March to the Capitol at 11 a.m.
Rally at the Capitol at noon. For more information: Walkout2008.blogspot.com
Hatha yoga practice
Free community yoga! CRC 314, 3 p.m.
Contact Shon Murphy for more info:
mursho29@evergreen.edu
Re-Energize the Northwest, A Regional
Youth Climate Summit
Hosted by the Sierra Club of Seattle. To
register and for more info: http://cascade.
sierraclub.org/node/1884
Afro-Brazilian Arts Festival and Mestre
Pastinha Weekend
Honoring Mestre Pastinha, an Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Angola master, this festival
will include Capoeira Angola, Samba
Dance, Brazilian Percussion, and West
African Dance workshops (all levels!) and
films. One day $20, 2 days $30, and TESC
student price for one workshop $10. Sem II
C4107: CapoeiraAngola Workshop 10:30
a.m.-noon; Discussion/Film w/ Mestre
Jurandir 1-2 p.m.; West African Dance
w/ Awal Alhassen 2-3:30 p.m.; Capoeira
Angola Workshop 4-5:30 p.m.; Closing
Roda6p.m
National Protest of Proposition 8
Featuring various speakers, rain or shine
(bring umbrellas). Olympia City Hall (8th
and Plum) 10:30 a.m. For more info: http://
j ointheirnpact. wetpaint.com
Olympia Icarus Project
Explore community alternatives to mental
health care and other solutions to mental
illnesses. Media Island International (816
Adams St), 5 p.m.
Viking Moses at the Finger Complex
It's a show-you should show. Eleanor
Murray, Golden Ghost, Ben Kamen, and
Annah. The Finger Complex (203 Rogers St.
NW, Harrison and Rogers), 7 p.m. $3-$5
Afro-Brazilian Arts Festival and Mestre
Pastinha Weekend
One day $20, 2 days $30, and TESC student
price for one workshop $1 0
Sem II C4107: Capoeira Angola Workshop 8-10 a.m.; Brazilian Percussion and
Samba Workshop 10 a.m.-noon; Closing
Roda 12:30 p.m.
Music of love and melancholy. KAOS
Radio 89.3 FM 3-5 p.m.
Free bike class: hubs
Weekly bike maintenance classes and workshops. Evergreen Bike Shop, the basement
ofthe CAB, 5-7 p.m.
Facilitation and skills workshop
Open to the entire community, w/ speaker
Grace Cox. Longhouse, Cedar Room, noon3p.m.
Citizens' Initiative for Peace in
Columbia
"An educational evening w/ short films.
'Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia' about
the Colombian youth movement, 'U'Wa V.
Oxy' about the struggle of the indigenous
population, and a Q&A session w/ a former
Colombian resident. What role is the U.S.
Government playing in Colombia? What
can we do to support nonviolent struggle
in Colombia?" Sem II A1105, 6-8 p.m. For
more info: olyamnesty@riseup.net
Monday. November 17
Wednesday. November 19
Careers in psychology and social work
;workshop and panel presentation
Open forum, question-and-answer, and
presentations from various psychological
and social workers. Sem II B1105, noon-2
p.m.
Bi-monthly clean energy meeting
Deadline for clean energy grant applications
is at noon. Lab II 1250, 3 p.m.
Geoduck Student Union meeting
Sem II E 1105, 1-4 p.m.
Hatha yoga practice
Monday yogic philosophy discussion and
subsequent community yoga! CRC 314,
discussion at 2 p.m. and yoga at 3 p.m.
Information. Inspiration. Action.
The struggle for democracy in El Salvador.
Hosted by Olympia CISPES. 1-3 p.m.
Lecture Hall 1
Poetry SLAM!
A Gateways for Incarcerated Youth benefit.
$5 student, $7 general admission, donations
at door. Cedar Room (Longhouse), 6-10
p.m.
Hatha yoga practice
Free community yoga! CRC 314, 3 p.m.
Re-Energize the Northwest, A Regional
Youth Climate Summit
Hosted by the Sierra Club of Seattle. To
register and for more info: http://cascade.
sierraclub.org/node/1884
35 Years of Queer!
Gay bingo, cake, and good times with the
Evergreen Queer Alliance (EQA) founder
and fellow grads. Hosted by the EQA.
Longhouse, 7 p.m.
Study abroad workshop: The Jackson
School at the UW
Sem IIA2107, 4-5 p.m.
"Cobra"
Film screening brought to you by Mindscreen. Lecture hall 1, 7 p.m.
Thursday. November 20
FREE 2nd Annual Anti-Sweatshop Film
Festival
Every Monday this November-this week
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and Robert Bahar. Sponsored by South
Sound Clean Clothes Campaign. Traditions
Cafe (300 5th Ave SW), 7 p.m.
"The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of
the Desert"
"It's friggin' fantastic!" says Brian Fullerton. Bring two non-perishable food items
for admission. Lecture hall 1, 7 p.m.
Open mic night
Sign-up starts at 6 p.m: HCC, 7 p.m.
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