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The Evergreen State College
, VOLUME 37, DECEMBER 11,2008
Police services
A PDF copy is available online at http://cpj.evergreen.edu
quests firea11ns
funding
by MADELINE BERMAN
This week's Geoduck Student
Union Meeting was full of controversy and feedback.
A topic that received a lot of
responses
from
representatives was the proposed $10,000
purchase of three rifles and
protective gear for campus police
officers. The intended purpose of
the rifles is that they would be
used under the circumstances of a
school shooting.
A large incentive for this
purchase is that the pistols police
services are currently issued are
not as effective at long range as
rifles, and because too much time
would be lost calling in Thurston
County Police to respond to
school-shooting type situation.
The move for these purchases
first arose when the Washington
state senate asked all state school
to asses safety on campus and
create a general safety review. This
incentive was partially spawned
by the shootings at the Virginia
Tech campus in 2007. Where
the money for this purchase will
come from is not entirely clear at
this time.
Two representatives from the
Library renovation
complete
Police Services Community
Review Board (PSCRB) - Tim
Markus, the Chair ofPSCRB, and
Michael Varvus, faculty member
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feedback regarding the proposal.
GSU representatives had much
to say in response. Some felt that
arming the police further was a
fear-based action and, should the
purchase be made, that proportional armament of the students
was a temporary solution. Others
felt concern that while there
was money in the budget for
this expenditure, the school is
looking at cutting back on social
services, such as the health center.
Another representative felt that
AN AREA OF THE LIBRARY ENTRANCE ONCE BLOCKED
if the school is concerned about
BY TEMPORARY, POSTER, AND GRAFFITI- COVERED WALLS
safety, they should focus more on
earthquake response, considering I According to Paul Smith, director of Facilities, in the CAB can be moved into their temporary
that there have been more earth- I construction on the library building is now complete locations in order for CAB renovations to begin.
Facilities only has to make sure library construcquakes at Evergreen than school 1 and administrative offices have already started
shootings.
moving in. By the time winter quarter begins, tion meets contractual specifications, and install
Another big problem is the most of the offices that were moved to temporary bookcases and other smaller projects. With the
timeline for the rifle purchase. locations will be back in the library building. move back into library, many rooms in Sem II that
Campus talk about the rifles was
Moving will continue until the beginning of winter are now occupied by administrative offices will
set to begin in June, but pushed break and resume on January 5. According to Smith, be available for academic use by spring quarter.
Library renovation began in fall of 2007 and had
back until summer quarter and the moves are on schedule and there have been
then again to fall. Official paper no "major glitches." All offices should be moved reduced access to most of the library building with
copies of the proposal were not out of the temporary locations and into the library the exception of a couple offices.
printed until December,
I by mid-February. After the moves to the library
-JASON SLOTKIN
see GSU MEETING, page 5 building are completed, offices and organizations
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'BRIGADE' THE GAP OF THE AMERICA
"A human being is a part of
a whole, called by us 'universe; a
part limited intimeandspace.He
experienceshimself,histhoughts
andfeelingsassomethingseparated
from the rest ... a kind of optical
delusionofhisconsciousness.This
delusion is a kind of prison for
us, restricting us to our personal
desires and to affection for a few
persons nearest to us. Our task
must be to free ourselves from
this prison bywidening our circle
of compassion to embrace all
living creatures and the whole
of nature in its beauty:'
-Albert Einstein
by REBECCA SCHABERG
care, and the Water Brigade will be testing and treating village water sources.
Students at Evergreen agree with Albert. Other ideas include an Art Brigade and
We want to widen our circle of compas- an Environmental Brigade, which will be
sion as we recognize our privilege and discussed at further meetings. We need
our obligations.
volunteers to plan, fundraise and prepare
This is why we are starting an Evergreen each group, and we are looking for people
chapter of the Global Medical Brigades with skills in all·of these areas. Even if
(GMB). This internationally recognized you feel you may not have anything to
nonprofit organization aims to bring offer, your time is all we need.
about a holistic model for a sustainable
This is an excellent opportunity for
health care infrastructure in rural and people with an interest in the Spanish
underprivileged villages. This may sound language, public and international health,
intimidating at first, but this organization sustainability, political science, social
is the medium for students and commu- work, or education. However, anyone,
nity members to act as change agents in (including those who do not attend Everthe realm of international health.
green) is encouraged to join. We are also
The focus of the GMB at this moment is , in need of health care professionals willHonduras, based on an assessment of the ing to come with us, so please spread the
needs of basic health care, clean water, word if you can.
and disease-preventative health educaIf you are interested or have questions
tion. Our Evergreen GMB chapter will about the GMB, visit http://www.globalbe designing, planning and implementing brigades.org or email evergreen.gmb@
temporary free clinics as well as helping gmail.com. We will be holding an interest
to improve water quality in a select few meeting for our 2009 trip in on Thursday,
villages in Honduras.
January 15th at 4:30 p.m. At this point
So far, the Evergreen GMB has decided the location is tentative, so keep a lookto split into subgroups that will focus out for GMB flyers around campus. Hope
on different aspects of sustainable to see you there!
health care. The Medical Brigade will
be collecting medicine and supplies to
treat patients, the Dental Brigade will be
Rebecca Schaberg is a junior enrolled in
teaching about and enabling proper dental Introduction to Natural Sciences.
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Percussion Vibe
Another new student group!
Meeting times TBA
MISSION STATEMENT: Our intention is to bring drumming to the Evergreen community at least once a week. We are dedicated to learning about
Western African music tradition in a respectful and appreciative way.
2009 Middle
East Film
Festival: Roots
and Realities
of Occupation
by JANCIE CHOQUETTE
The Sixth Annual Middle East Film Festival: Roots and Realities of Occupation will
begin on Wednesday, January 21 and end
on Friday, January 30. Roots and Realities
of Occupation challenges the Orientalism
of the Western imagination of the Middle
East through films and speakers that deconstruct and negotiate notions of western
feminism, queer rights, religion, identity,
displacement, ownership, representation,
resistance, solidarity, neo-imperialism, and
economic development.
Possible films include Meeting Resistance, Heavy Metal in Baghdad, Allah
Made Me Funny, Slingshot Hip Hop, A
Jihad For Love, Palestine Blues, 33 Days,
Refugees for Life, Voices Beyond Walls,
Enraged, Burned Hearts, All My Life,
Marias Grotto, and others.
Possible speakers include Azhar Usman,
internationally performing Muslim comedian from Allah Made Me Funny; Parvez
Sharma, director of A Jihad for Love, the
first ever full-length feature documentary
about queer rights and experience within
Islam; Nir Rosen, un-embedded rock
star journalist whose recent article on the
Taliban was published in Rolling Stone;
activists from Anarchists Against The Wall,
a direct action group of Israelis working in
solidarity with Palestinian-led resistance to
the occupation; and Jackie Salloum, director of Slingshot Hip Hop.
Synopses for the films and a number of
trailers are easily accessible online, as well
as speaker bios and some interview and
performance clips.
Finalized programs will be available
starting in early January. The festival is
sponsored by Students Educating Students
About the Middle East (SESAME). For
more information (or if you might be interested in co-sponsorship), visit our blog at
http://sesame-evergreen. blogspot.com/ or
email us at sesame@evergreen.edu.
Jancie Choquette is a student at The Evergreen State College.
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Remembering Mathew Help shape school policy:
Sloboclkin: writer, art-
join a committee
ist, student and friend
Mathew Slobodkin had passions for
journalism, photography and the fiddle, at
which he was proficient. Mathew pursued
his interest in journalism working on
Quatto.net, the internet magazine which
he founded. The site featured news articles
and artwork from Evergreen students. He
wrote on public health for the Winter class
catalog, for which he was paid with a $25
gift card. Recently, Mathew had been
working on a series of essays on Hurricane Ike, and was enrolled in the program
Beyond the News.
On Wednesday, December 10, Phyllis
Lane, the Dean of Students, sent a campuswide email announcing Mathew's passing.
Mathew's friend Sarah Morris called
him an exemplary person, above all. "Mat
could talk to anyone," she remembers.
"He would play devil's advocate,
but not in a bad way.. .in the most
constructive way," said Raissa Huntley-Fryer, one of Mathew's classmates.
"Nietzsche needed somebody to debate
with, so they took Mat," said Morris.
According to Morris, Mathew was someone who would challenge ideas. "Mat was
a master of the Socratic Method," said
Morris.
Mathew was born in September of
A Disappearing Task Force (DTF) is a
committee made up of students, faculty,
and staff that meets and makes recommen1985 and he was from Chicago. Accord- dations that shape school policy.
ing to those who knew him, he was
The following is a list of DTF's and
someone who was going to change I committees that have open student
things, and he impacted many lives.
positions.
To apply to be on any of these committees
or find out more about a particular committee go to http://www.geoduckunion.info
and fill out the online application.
Governance Committee ---------------------------------Students Needed
-JASON SLOTKIN
Words from
Mathew's faculty
I only knew Mat through our program,
Beyond the News: Media, Theory, and
Global History. I really enjoyed having him
in the program. He was an engaged student,
and a particularly interesting contributor in
seminar. He combined a critical and independent mind with a strong sense of humor,
and this made it so that his comments were
always an encouragement to further discussion, even when they were challenging
the emerging consensus of the group. He
seemed to me to be someone who was
almost infinitely interested in the world.
Student ConductCode HearingBoard ----------------------------------------------------15+
F acuity Hiring DTF and Subcommittees --------------------------------------------------8 +
EnrollmentCoordinatingCommittee-------------------------------------------------------1
ThePresident'sAdvisoryBoardonDrugandAlcoholAbuse------------------------------2
Emergency Response Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------1
Campus Land Use Committee----------------------------------------------------------------2
Deadly Force Review Board------------------------------------------------------------------2
BookstoreAdvisoryCommittee---------------------------------------------------------2or3
HealthandSafetyAdvisoryCommittee-----------------------------------------------------2
PoliceServicesCommunityReviewBoard-------------------------------------------------2
CleanEnergyCommittee-----------------------------------------------------------------2or3
The SustainabilityCouncil-------------------------------------------------------------------2
The Copyright Committee -------------------------------------------------------------------3
BudgetaryPlanningCommittee-------------------------------------------------------------2
Student Conduct Code DTF ------------------------------------------------------------3 to 5
Sustainability Council ----------------------------------------------------------------------2
ADACAC ([Americans withDisabilitiesAct] ComplianceAdvisoryCommittee)---- 3
DiversityandEquityStandingCommittee--------------------------------------------------2
F oodServicesAdvisoryCommittee --------------------------------filledbutwill take more
Fund for Innovation----------------------------------------------------------------------filled
GraduationPlanning Committee -------------------------------------------------------filled
SpaceManagementCommittee---------------------------------------------------------filled
S &AF ee Review Board------------------------------------------------------------------filled
-PAUL MCMILLIN
S&:ABoard's Special Initiative Fund update
This year's S.l. Fund budget began at $109,
064.83. This week the S&A Board funded
the following groups:
Chemistry Club-December 8
Totalrewarded: $2,833.77 in Goods and
Services, Travel and Stipend
Evergreen Anime Club-December 8
Total Rewarded: $5,013.59 in goods and
services and stipend
Women of Color Coalition-December 8
Total rewarded: $4,350.34 in goods and
services, travel and stipend
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Students Education Students About the
Middle East-Dec 10
Total rewarded: $6,797.00 in goods and
services
El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de
Aztlan-Dec 10
Total Rewarded: $6,574.00 in Goods and
Services
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Evergreen Queer Alliance-Dec 10
, Total Rewarded: $4,652.00 in Goods and
Services
Currently the Special Initiative Budget is
in the red at -$0.35.
Note to unfunded student groups: 1t ~~
still possible to secure funding for Speciaf
Initiative projects. Throughout next quarter
budget sweeps will be initiated and an~
money currently unclaimed or unused wil
go back into the S.l. Fund. We will kee
you updated on that process.
The S&A Board meets Mondays and
Wednesdays from 3 to 5 PM in the CAB
Solarium. Meetings are open to all of the
public. If you wanted to come to a meeting
but weren't able to, our meeting minutes are
posted next to the KAOS bulletin board on
the 3'd floor of the CAB.
Registered Student Organizations can si~
up for budget hearings during our meeting
times. Before you sign up, please complete
your budget proposal and ~ve it signed by
an advisor!
The S&A Office Manager, Board Coordi-<
nator and Board Members are always available to help you with your group's budget
proposal; all you have to do is ask! Budget
hearing sign-up sheets as well as our office
hours are posted outside our cubicle ~
Student Activities: CAB 320, WorkstatiOl~
6. You can also call us at x6221, or shoot an
e-mail to saboard@evergreen.edu.
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CAMPUS POLICE OFFICERS, DWIGHT MONOHON (BACK) AND APRIL MEYERS (FRONT),
SERVE FOOD AT THE PANCAKE FEED 2008 IN THE HOUSING COMMUNITY CENTER
(HCC). THE PANCAKE FEED WAS HELD ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 8.
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thus finally allowing for discussion to
begin.
The PSCRB wants all of the feedback by
mid-January. Representatives agree that
this poses a problem for obtaining student
input, because ofthe fast approaching winter
break. The student body was informed of
the rifle proposal when Ed Sorger, Chief
of Police Services, sent out an email on
campus safety earlier fall quarter.
The GSU intends to create more awareness about this issue and make sure student
voices are heard.
Another issue that was brought up at the
meeting was The Evergreen Committee for
Full Funding asking for the GSU's support
in the movement for no budget cuts. Representatives felt that wording of the proposed
movement was vague and voted to deliberate on and revise the proposal over the
break.
This week's GSU meeting was the last
one for fall quarter. The next will be on
January 7.
Madeline Berman is a sophomore enrolled
in Health and Human Development
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December 11, 2008
Unite against the
budget cuts or
we will fail
by BENJAMIN GALLUP
and EVAN ROHAR
Every sector of
spending in Washington State will be
under attack during
the coming legislative session. The
/ budget deficit for
2009-10 will almost .
certainly reach $6
billion,
while some
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say it could be as
high as $8 or $9
billion. Legislators
are now discussing
a 23% cut to the higher education budget
as part of their efforts to eliminate the
deficit. Other large items on the long list
of cuts are health care, social services,
and primary education.
In the coming months, legislators will
use "fiscal responsibility" as a rationale
for cutting spending to programs that
students and workers need most in a
recession. Yet economists have said
recently that fiscal restraint is likely to
make our economic woes worse. The
state needs immediate aid from the
federal government to continue vital
services as well as a progressive tax
code which taxes corporations and the
wealthy to provide a consistent and
predictable source of revenue. This is,
in fact, the "fiscally responsible" course.
Our elected officials have not yet put
forward an acceptable solution to this
budget crisis, so we must organize and
do it ourselves.
Given the task ahead, students, faculty,
state workers, and indeed all citizens of
this state must unite against the looming threat to our quality oflife. We must
build a statewide coalition based on our
common interests. This coalition will
need to embrace a variety of tactics to
accomplish the goal of full funding for
all state programs.
Realizing the interconnectedness of
each vulnerable program is the key to
creating and maintaining a coalition of
all the parties with a stake in this fight:
students, faculty, and staff; state workers; and those dependent upon state
social and health services. Perhaps most
importantly, we must remember how the
decisions made in the coming months
will affect an already ailing economy,
and therefore every person living in this
state.
Last week Governor Gregoire asked
for a minimum $600 million from the
federal government for infrastructure
Sticky ex
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won't ever tell them to go away because
honestly we don't want them to go away.
In the very front
Of course, in my head, I say that when I
part of my brain a
meet a wonderful guy I'll eventually tell
Mr. Bull to take it to another ring, but
projects. At the same time, she sought a thought, like a moth,
$600 million budget cut to higher educa- keeps throwing itself
what if I keep having him stick on and
tion (which has since been increased to around as if it was
that new guy just can never measure up?
trying to show off.
Perhaps the real test of these sticky exes
$690 million).
is telling them to go away. Because after
Addressing joblessness through a That thought is of
federal stimulus in one sector of the one person, a person who two years ago I that, your relationship with him will be
different. Maybe he'll realize things have
economy while laying off state workers would've never even known existed.
in another makes little sense. We need
That person is the Sticky Ex. A Sticky changed; that you won't allow him to stick
a holistic approach to this economic Ex is a person you've been super roman- to you anymore. And perhaps, when you
crisis, not an injection of funds into one tically involved with but, for whatever say those words, perhaps you can finally
part of our ailing system while others reasons, obviously, things did not work find a stable relationship without the ex's
are crippled. The government should out. However, the person doesn't exactly outside influence. Perhaps it's not exes,
not force faculty, staff, and students go away; he stays in your system, your though; maybe it's us who stick on.
Last night, I was waiting for the bus in
out of higher education just to seek the ' community of thoughts, without any sort
infrastructure jobs it is creating to stim- of release. Mr. Bull to me, Mr. Whoever powerful rain and I couldn't help thinkulate the economy. Yet we as students to you. And when you're with another ing of course it's raining today.
My friend stood next to me, and I asked
cannot say to a laid-off construction guy, cuddlin' it up, whispering sweet
worker who would benefit from a state whispers and trying to make a new rela- her, "What's the point of dating someone
infrastructure stimulus, "Our education tionship, the Sticky Ex is there too, acting who has someone else? Being second."
is more important than your ability to like a fucking moth , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , She gave me a look
and said, "Everyone
find living-wage work." Similarly, attracted to flame.
the government should not present
I have to wonder WE'RE IN A BIG RACE has had someone;
the construction worker with two bad about these Sticky
you have Mr. Bull.
AND WE'RE TRYING The guys you date
options: a good education for her child Exes and how they
basically put a handihave other people,
or a living-wage job for herself.
We face a long struggle, which could cap on dating. LiterTO HIT THE BIG
too; you're not the
take us until the end of June and the ally, we're in a race
second man. You're
deadline for a new state budget. We must and we're trying to
HEART AT THE END just a different
steel ourselves and square our shoulders hit the big heart at the
man."
We waited for the
to the task ahead. Above all we must end of the track, and OF THE TRACK, AND
bus for another ten
have faith in our collective ability to this Sticky Ex cuts
minutes, and my
THIS STICKY EX
make a difference through organizing both of your fucking
mind was traveland mass action, as did those in the legs off, just so you
everywhere
twentieth century's civil rights, labor, can't move another CUTS BOTH OF YOUR ing
between the two
and anti-war movements. Along the inch. How is it that
FUCKING LEGS OFF guys, and I wanted
way, the governor and lawmakers will we can have two
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___) to unleash it.
make concessions to groups within our different people in
My final thought on this whole situation
coalition. We must build the strongest our head, when we're only dating one?
A few months ago, I wrote an article is that we're basically sleeping with two
bonds of solidarity so that when one
group gets what it wants, it does not just about the ten guys you should definitely people, albeit one of them is always in
give up the fight for full funding of all avoid. And the number 2 (ha-ha) guy our head. That's probably more powerful
was "The guy who is still in love with than being in the physical because your
our distinct, yet interconnected, needs.
In this economic climate, tuition hikes his ex boyfriend." It got me to thinking mind expresses more than you can on the
and layoffs of state workers should be about myself, rather than some guy. In a outside.
And also-when am I going to find one
out of the question. So, too, should way, I sort of realized that I've had this
a reduction in services to a growing sort of double dating life-one with Mr. single guy who has never fallen in love?
number of people who need them. The Bull and one with Mr. Whoever. When I Are there any out there, because if there
federal government gives trillions of was with any other guy, Mr. Bull always are, please find me (is that desperate?).
Perhaps that guy will never find me, as
dollars in bailouts to banks and rich sprang up-sticky like no other.
Is everyone like this? Does each person you remember that everyone has their
investors. Students and workers must
unite to demand that the federal govern- have someone we can call if things go own story. And everyone experiences the
wrong? That person who we know we'll difficulty of love. But, there has to be one
ment fund our needs.
For more information and analysis spend time with if we need it, and if they out there. There has to be.
of all the news on budget cuts: http:// need it, too. The guy who we think in
Gerald Blanchard is a sophomore
evergreencommitteeforfullfunding. the back of our minds think we'll end up
blogspot.com. To get involved contact dating? Fuck these thoughts. Dating is enrolled in Acting and Directing: Queer
us at evergreencff@gmail.com and keep hard enough with one person, and now Theory.
an eye out for events on campus. The we're adding some sort of obstacle in the
Evergreen Committee for Full Funding game.
How do we un-stick this person from our
is also on Facebook.
head? From my perspective, the best way
Benjamin Gallup is a student enrolled to get rid of this Sticky Ex is tell them
in evening and weekend studies. Evan to go away. Although it may seem difficult, it's what needs to be done. But we
Rohar is an Evergreen alumnus.
by GERALD BLANCHARD
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I don't get out to
downtown Olympia
much. It's cold and
frightening. Last time
I was there, a random
guy on the street asked
me what time it was,
but I got scared and started walking faster.
Then I tripped on a crack in the sidewalk
and some middle school kids laughed at me.
That was a trying experience for me.
However, recent events have made me
want to go down to the Capitol building and
bust some heads Jimmy Hoffa-style.
Okay, so I wouldn't actually do that. I'm
a nonviolent person; I don't play Thumb
War unless both parties are wearing protective gloves. I also wouldn't actually go
anywhere, especially not during the weekend. That's me-time.
An atheist organization, the Freedom
From Religion Foundation (FFRF), recently
installed a large sign at the Washington
state capitol building that read, "There
are no gods" and "Religion is but myth
and superstition that hardens the heart and
enslaves the mind," among other cheery
holiday sentiments. A federal lawsuit a few
years ago led the state to institute a policy
that allowed groups to sponsor a holiday
display, regardless of what their views were.
The atheists' sign, along with a Seinfeld-ian
"Festivus" display, resulted.
The reaction to the atheist sign, which was
erected December 1, was entirely predictable. First, the sign became a minor local
controversy after radio hosts and other
critics decried its message. Then Governor
Chris Gregoire and Attorney General Rob
McKenna defended the sign, citing their
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policy. The sign was stolen on the morning
of December 5, apparently by fans of the
radio station that criticized it. Then it was
found, slightly damaged, returned to the
Capitol.
Now the whole dumb story is a national
media dumb story, with Peabody Award
winner Bill O'Reilly slamming Gregoire
and the atheists in an eight-minute segment
on his show. Several pro-religion protests
are also planned.
As a proud atheist, I raise my clenched fists
of rage towards the true enemy of reason,
tolerance, and civility: the atheists.
Seriously, fuck those guys. They weren't
trying to promote a holiday. They were
trying to start a really stupid fight, and
hey-they succeeded. Way to go, dudes!
Make no mistake: I'm fervently irreligious.
If I sneeze and you say "God bless you" to
me, be prepared for a lengthy philosophical
debate. Just kidding; I'll probably just kick
you in the shin or something. I don't think the
word "God" belongs on any type of money,
and I certainly don't think children should
have to say it in the Pledge of Allegiance,
or that it should even be in the Pledge at all.
I believe that the Establishment Clause of
the First Amendment to the United States
Constitution prevents such mention of God
in public documents and state mottos.
However, unlike the FFRF, I'm not a total
dick. I would be 100% behind a respectful
display that said something like, "It's okay
to not be religious! You can be irreligious
and still celebrate a winter holiday!" In fact,
the American Humanist Association has
put up such signs over in London. But the
FFRF's sign was intentionally derogatory
and intolerant. Just like many Christians
would probably be happier if all folks were
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folks were irreligious. But this doesn't mean
I advocate openly calling the religious "hard
hearted" and "enslaved".
Derogatory language only serves to hinder
the irreligious cause. Talking assholes like
O'Reilly live on this kind of fodder, and it
strengthens negative sentiments towards the
secular. A recent study by the University of
Minnesota identified atheists as the least
trusted minority in America. If the irreligious
want a better social standing, we need to be
patient, reasonable, and compassionate.
By and large the worst consequence of
this clusterfuck is that it has given Pastor
Ken Hutcherson national airtime. For those
unaware, Hutcherson, of the Antioch Bible
Church in Kirkland, is Washington State's
Bigot-in-Chief. He used to play in the NFL,
which is his one redeeming quality if only
because football players generally have
shorter life expectancies. A figurehead for
douche bags everywhere, Hutcherson has
picketed Mount Si High School's Day of
Silence, opposed protections against hate
crime toward LBGT people, and threatened
to lead a nationwide boycott of Microsoft if
the company didn't stop its support of a bill
that would protect employees from being
fired over sexual orientation.
Even if whoever said "Any publicity is
good publicity" was dead wrong, any publicity that Hutcherson receives is too much.
(In fact, forget everything I just said. Cross
out this whole paragraph-and any other
mention of Hutcherson, anywhere--with a
big Sharpie pen. I know you guys all have
one, or else I wouldn't always get drawn on
whenever I pass out drunk.)
published musings on the subject, or if
he's caught you lighting up at a non-tent
campus locale and directed you to the
I know what you're
nearest designated smoking area.
thinking,
especially
As of late however, the discussion has
after last week's call to
moved towards possibly banning onarms by Ryan Bareither (Smoking Articles:
campus tobacco sales. There are a million
reasons why this, in my opinion- and I'm
Enough is Enough;
December 4). Another smoking article? sure that of fellow unapologetic smokers
It's not as if the "issue" hasn't been talked - is, without mincing words, completely
to death on and around this campus, and asinine.
perhaps nowhere more publicly than in
As far as I've observed, the alreadythe CPJ's pages. I can say with almost existing tents strike a perfectly functional
certainty that grievance office-appointed compromise between smokers and nonpeer educator Nathan Brockett is one of smokers. And if you still believe that
the most recognizable Greeners pres- those nicotine fiends and those placing
ently enrolled, be it from his extensive higher value on their lungs alike could
ever convince each
EIGHTY-SIXING TOBACCO
other to change sides,
"gullible" is out of the
SALES WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT dictionary.
Eightysixing tobacco sales
will in no way affect
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ratio,
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whatever chasm already existing between
the two pronounced factions.
Here's a question: what do pizza, soda,
and cigarettes have in common? Legal,
proven to be harmful to one's health ...
and all sold at multiple points on campus.
A campaign for a campus-wide junk food
ban is truly no less logical than what the
proposed tobacco ban suggests.
Last and seemingly most importantly,
why anything - anything - bringing
funds to the college could actively cease
operations without protest is beyond me.
I hope that at least less self-righteous
non-smokers (as opposed to the anti-stoge
vigilantes) can understand the evident
uselessness of this proposition. And at the
risk of sounding gluttonous, there's nothing I'd like more than to close the book
on all dwelling on the total non-issue that
is on-campus smoking policies from this
point on.
I recently had a
discussion
(which
I promptly walked
away from), that
dealt with reason and
faith. I said something to the effect of,
"To surrender reason for faith is essentially sacrificing your life." They said
something along the lines of, "So surrendering logic to passion is suicide?" This
switching up of words was frustrating; I
plainly had said "reason" and "faith" not
"logic" and "passion."
This is where the schematics ofthe words
came into an argumentative nature rather
than a discussion of reason or faith . Faith
was replaced with passion, which has a
nicer tone to it; faith is usually compiled
with religion and passion is associated
with the absolute love of something.
Let's get this straight: faith is believing
in something blindly and wholeheartedly without any concern for reality or
reason. And reason is objectively believing in reality and rationality.
If a man has Hodgkin's disease (lymph
node cancer, which is relatively easy to
treat as far as cancers go) believes that
God is testing his faith with the disease,
this is the ultimate futility in faith. It is
not faith that will become stronger if
this man survives; it is reason, science
and rational medicine that will grow in
believability.
Personally I cannot accept that a person
who believes that an invisible being in
an invisible place is either testing them
or helping them has any base of reason
within his mind. These people are not
living within reality. When their faith
overflows their reason, their natural
instinct of survival is thrown off balance
and this can be detrimental. This is why
I say that surrendering reason for faith is
self-sacrifice.
When a person is willing to sacrifice
their life (which can be anything from
their physical life to their personal time)
for something they cannot see, there is
something wrong.
Passion is something that can flow
easily into reason and logic-faith
cannot. Passion can incorporate a love
for something that a person can do,
build, or accomplish. Faith incorporates
a fundamental unreasonable approach
to survival and life. Subjective realities
are not realities. They are irrationalities
that play along with people's whims and
wishes that can never be accomplished
because whims are something without a
thought process, and a wish is just that, a
wish, not a goal. Thank you, Ayn Rand.
Charles A. Zaillian is a junior enrolled
in American Places.
Mikey Badger is a freshman enrolled in
Creativity and Constraint.
Scott Moen is a sophomore enrolled in Spain
and the Americas: Cultural Crossings.
Prohibition a threat to the Black Lung Club
by CHARLES A. ZAILLIAN
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December II, 2008
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Richman!
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for the week
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1. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
- Swinging On the Chains of Love
2. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Jingle All the Way
3. Toni Childs - Keep the Faith
4. Eleanor Murray - For Cedar
5. Desolation Wilderness - White Ught Strobing
6. Lucky Dube - Retrospectrve
7. Roxy Perry - In My Sweet Time
8. Thievery Corporation - Radio RetaJiation
9. Totally Michael - SIT
10. Mary Chapin - Come Darkness, Come
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by D. LUCAS JEWELL
In a town whose local music is drenched
in irony, Jonathan Richman is a light
from above. Richman is a man with a
storied past. He befriended the Velvet
Underground as a teen, released the
seminal punk record of the seventies, and
redefined himself throughout more than
30 years as a performer.
By not giving in to musical fads, Richman has been able to avoid burnout or
lack of audience. He has toured . the
world, never put out a bad record, and
remains a cult figure .
After breaking up the original Modem
Lovers in the late seventies, Richman
began recording music with just a guitar
in the eighties when the music industry
was filled with lavish records and unlimited budgets. Later in the decade as his
peers leaned towards electronic music
and ridiculously boastful lyrics, Richman
wrote songs about ice cream, dinosaurs,
and riding the bus.
As Richman aged, his songwriting began
to evolve from cute songs to moving ones
about everyday life as a husband. Unlike
most middle-aged musicians, Richman
was able to evolve musically without
sounding sappy or old. In the nineties
Songs of Christmas
11. Wintersleep - Welcome To the Night Sky
12. VIA - Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples
13. Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions
14. Arliss Parker - Handsome Uke a Uon
15. Greyboy - 15 Years of West Coast Cool
16. Her Space Holiday - XOXO Panda and the New f<Jd RevrvaJ
17. Hot Buttered Rum - Uve In the Northeast
18. Joe Louis Walker - Witness To Blues
19. Seattle Labor Chorus - Ring It In!
20. Susan Tedeschi - Back To the Rrver
21. Tchavolo Schmitt - Mirifamilia
22. Toure Kunda - Santhiaba
23. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything
That Happens Wil Happen Today
24. Mavis Staples - Uve At the Hideout
25. Drew Danburry - This Could Mean
Trouble, You Don't Speak For the Club
26. Hilde Marie Kjersem - A f<JIIer for That Ache
27. Paris - Acid Reflex
28. Asylum Street Spankers - What? And Grve Up Show Biz?
29. Grey Anne - Facts in Rgurines
30. Lou Reed - Beriin: Uve At St. Ann's Warehouse
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when low-fi music and sparse punk bands
began making it big, Richman went into
the studio and cut a country album with
a full band.
Richman's latest album, Because Her
Beauty Is Raw And Wild, is his best in
recent memory. Recorded with longtime
drummer Tommy Larkins, Richman's
guitar playing and vocal melodies are
spot-on. His lyrical style remains unlike
that of anyone else.
Part heart on his sleeve, part silly and
fun, Raw And Wild is one of the top 10
records of the year. Just as he's always
done, Richman remains a quiet icon by
fleeing pretension and only employing
irony when speaking about how snotty he
was in the seventies. Even in his fifties,
Jonathan Richman dances better than
anyone else.
Jonathan Richman plays Friday, December 12 at the Capitol Theater (206 5'h Ave.
SE at Washington). Tickets are $8 with
an Olympia Film Society membership
and $10 without. Tickets are available
at Rainy Day Records (301 5'h Ave SEat
Franklin) or online at BuyOlympia.com.
D. Lucas Jewell is a senior at The Evergreen State College.
Amnesty International, rebuilding hope
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One-on-one with Jen Marlowe, part 1
by MARISSA LU CK
On Friday, December 12''\ Amnesty International will be hosting a sneak preview of
"Rebuilding Hope". This work-in-progress
documentary chronicles the story of four "lost
boys" returning home to Southern Sudan.
The story also sheds light on the situation in
Sudan and people's struggles for peace. Jen
Marlowe is a filmmaker and activist who
produced Daifur Diaries.
Why did start making this film? What drew
you to these "lost boys"' stories?
JM: It grew out of my first film which was
Daifur Diaries and as I started to get more
involved in that issue I realized that one thing
that was troubling to me about the advocacy
movement that grew around Darfur was how
it was basically looking at Darfur almost in
isolation-as if Darfur didn't have any political context or historicaVgeographic context,
which of course it does, and that very much
involves South Sudan. There had been
decades of ongoing civil war in South Sudan.
I recognize that if anything constructive was
to happen for Darfur, it has to look at the
bigger picture. That was where my interest
in South Sudan really developed. When I
was invited to go along on this homecoming
journey and make a film about it I said yes
immediately.
How is the situation in Southern Sudan
related or different than what s going on in
Daifur?
JM: Essentially, what's happening now in
Darfur is exactly what has been happening in
a decades long civil war [between North and]
South Sudan. And it's really the same tactics
being used by the same government for essentially the same reasons. The government had
marginalized South Sudan and Southerners
were not happy about distribution of power
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Burger & Fries
and resources and unequal access to political,
material, or education opportunities. Government answers to insurgencies were horrifically brutal counter-insurgencies which
included arming and dispatching militias.
You could copy and paste that story to the
situation in Darfur. The rebellion in Darfur
occurred because Darfuris had been suffering
from increasing marginalization. Again, the
government's response to the rebellion can
best be understood as a very brutal counter
insurgency campaign.
Another connection was the timing of the
Darfur rebellion, which has a connection to
the peace agreement negotiations [between
the North and South Sudan] that were
happening. The rebellion in the South was
beginning to pay off and the government was
making some concessions about resource
and power sharing and that's when folks
in Darfur started asking "Well, what about
us?"... [The Darfur rebellion] is connected
to the rebellion in Southern Sudan and also
to rebellions in the Nuba mountain region of
Sudan and the East region of Sudan. Essentially, the power in Sudan is held by an elite
group in Khartoum [the North government
that has control] and the rest of the country is
marginalized. There's groups all over Sudan
that
are rebelling, not all simultaneously.
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power and control.
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There are some criticisms that the movement for Daifur is racist against Arabs. The
Khartoum government that is perpetuating violence is part of the North which is
generally considered Arab. How can people
approach the issues without generalizing a
I whole group?
JM: Really the way the conflict has been
characterized [is] at best...overly simplistic
and actually inaccurate [calling] the conflict
Arab vs. African [is simplistic] the same way
the North/South war was overly simplistic
and spun as a Muslim versus Christian
war. Not to say religious or ethnic tensions
haven't happened, but it's not the core of the
conflict. Yes, the government in Khartoum is
a fundamentalist Muslim government, is an
Arab government, but they do not represent
the majority of Muslims or Arabs in Sudan.
There are dozen of tribal groups in Sudan
and the whole Arab/African categorization
is ahistorical and super-imposed. You can't
look at skin color of Darfurian and say Arab
or African; it's not religion because everyone
in Darfur is Muslim. In many cases it was
associated with economic and social status.
All those characterizations we're used to
looking at to determine ethnicity are really
inaccurate. The conflicts in Sudan have
much more to do with power and privilege
and what people who don't have it are doing
to try to get it and the means by which people
who have it are trying to hold onto it and to
expand it. If you look at the Darfur conflict
as Arab/African you are going to have a hard
time explaining why there are Arab people
fighting against the government because
Arabs in Darfur are also marginalized.
Part 2 of this interview will discuss art and
activism, how to be aware of Western privilege, and remaining culturally conscious with
advocacy, and actions that regular people
can take.
Marissa Luck is enrolled in (R.e)Imagining
the Middle East and Afro-Brazilian Samba.
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December II, 2008
'Tis the season
to be an artist
Weird Shit
* happened *
by ANDY ROSENBERGER
A series ofperformances (mostly
dance and interpretive movement)
containing nudity, droning existential dilemmas, and a crescendo of
terrifying circus-like demonstrations at high-wire levels without
a net-that just skims the surface
of Weird Sh!t Cabaret. Indeed, this
experimental theatre production
offered a complex array of acts.
Although somewhat slow, it brought
an Evergreen perspective to distant
forces, Wall Street stock exchanges,
seagoing songs, and the contradictions facing bohemians these days.
The interpretive dance segments
provided a sequential description of what was communicated:
salsa dance following cerebral
passages,
a
shower-curtainwrapped light movement that
seemed angelic, alien, and street
suffering at the same time ...
Then, open room was given to an
byJEN SMITH
Olympia is full
of brilliant musicians and artists;
so many of them,
it's almost ridiculous. While there
are many different
places and types
of art I could
highlight, I'd like
to point out two
Olympia-based
distributors, primarily music, that I think you
should check out.
One is Bicycle Records (www.bicyclerecords.com). They are a record label/
distro/studio that has been in operation
for the last few years. They release artists
such as Polka Dot Dot Dot, Yes Please,
and The Next Door Neighbors (to name
just a few) and distribute a ton of other
music, from Olympia and around the
world. They work really hard to promote
the music and art community in Olympia
and are working toward expanding their
business so that local names reach further
out into the world.
The second is brand new (as in, two
weeks running). It's called Ms. Valerie
Park (msvaleriepark.blogspot.com) and
it carries local CDs, zines, cassette tapes,
vinyl, and other handmade things. Its
accordion as the odd, somewhat
violent intonations of the show
were brought into a familiar
passage, the turnings of the circle
inflected blowing bubbles of water
and air. From there, it only moved
further into darker misnomers.
The end of the show was clearly
stolen by a girl who chose to climb
up a cloth, at once dancing and
teasing, making the audience guess
where the safety wire lay, then
defying gravity and any sort of
reasonable judgment of self preservation, instead moving up, down,
and around in what appeared to be
some kind of artistic trance. Then,
if that wasn't enough, sheer panic
was instilled in the audience when
the girl pretended to fall. It certainly
was some sort of awakening.
Andy Rosenberger is a sophomore
at The Evergreen State College.
ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF MS. VALERIE PARK
artists are mainly from Olympia, and it
keeps things really cheap. It also tries
to focus on items that don't have other
distribution options, so you'll find some
things you won't find anywhere else.
These organizations are great, but only
function when they are supported, so
please take the time to check both of
these distros out.
Jen Smith is a senior enrolled in evening
and weekend studies.
Slow death of OPAS
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ers such as other p eople, since rushing to
the "international papers" section would
ensure they'd find the most vital scrapbooking materials.
I usually try to look people in the eyes
unflinchingly. Black Friday was no
exception, though the majority of people
saw beyond me only to focus on the
SALE! stickers stuck to bottles of gesso
and indigo ink. I always wondered what
it would be like to stand relatively still
and let my body be swayed, directed by
the tides of a crowd; these undulations
appreciate the severity of what had
caused OPAS 's liquidation - an economic
It's bright blue on the outside, and inside
recession, a monetary blow in which the
it houses many more colors. Just off of
arts are usually the first to be impacted.
Harrison Avenue, Olympia Art & Frame
Creative expression isn't widely accepted
(OPAS) is dying a slow, discounted death.
as a staple. It is either considered tasteCajoling frequenters with coupons, raffle
less or gives people gas.
tickets, special store-hours, and other
I'm fully aware that my last experivarious sacrificial offerings, OPAS is
ence and critical observations at OPAS
just one of the few local Olympian busiis partly my own microcosm; sometimes
nesses that may be shutting its doors and
I take myself too seriously. No amount
blacking out its windows for a while ... or
of subsequent chagrin can temper that.
maybe indefinitely.
However, I hope this glimpse into my
Omens first started appearmicro-Black Friday can warn,
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that announced special preview hours, found me at the register sprawled with
more discounts for frequent customers, a few items grabbed here and there.
and an upcoming OPAS liquidation sale. Lady-at-register rang me up; the damage
Samantha Sermefzo is a sophomore
I ignored this, though any crafter knows was solemnly done; nice-weary-looking- enrolled in Spain and the Americas:
they can never have enough supplies. man-at-card-table and I agreed to forgo Cultural Crossings and Afro-Brazilian
OPAS's electric blue now only reminded various raffles with extensive rules, and Samba.
me of a house of melancholy, the likes of I left.
which would put little-girl-blue's sadness
I probably looked like a kid at her
in The Year Without A Santa Claus to pet's burial, gravely standing in line
shame. Even morbid people mourn over with canvas and clips whilst trying to
ends, which are deaths in themselves.
Black Friday found me shuffling through
a crowded and emptier-than-ever OPAS.
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BASKETBALL TRIP A SPLIT DECISION
Women's basketball team
Geoducks men's squad
outplayed in Oregon
makes it look easy
by CHARLES A. ZAILLIAN
by CHARLES A. ZAILLIAN
The women's basketball squad had a tough
time throughout last weekend's visit to Salem
and Portland, Oregon, where it dropped
conference games to Corban and Concordia
colleges and is still searching for its first win
in a Cascade Collegiate Conference game.
Storming out of the gates with a 5-0 record
that included three wins in the preceding
week, the lady Geoducks were regardless
outplayed by Corban on Friday night to
the tune of 61-47. Evergreen lost the lead
halfway through the first quarter and never
reclaimed it; for an explanation, one mustn't
look further than the team's 28.3% field goal
percentage (22.2% from three-point land and
42.9% at the free throw line).
Rosalind Lee led Evergreen with 10 points
and 10 rebounds; Alex Sabb, Kristi Auckland, and Britney Knotts added eight, six, and
five points respectively. Corban's 61 points
were a group effort spearheaded by seniors
Kailey Bostwick (a game-high 12 points)
and Jennesa Miller (10 points, seven assists),
with contributions from Katie Steigleman
(nine points), Monique Tribble (seven), Joani
Reimer and Becky Buhler (six apiece).
There was little relief the next evening in
Portland, where the lady Geoducks' scoring
woes persisted (35.7% - a slight but ultimately insignificant improvement) while its
best defensive efforts couldn't keep Concordia's junior center Ann Snodderly from
notching her second consecutive doubledouble (21 points; 10 rebounds) en route to
a 72-61 _Cavaliers victory. Snodderly was
EVERGREEN ATIII.ETICS
AMIDST THE GEODUCKS' OFFENSIVE
STRUGGLES, KRISTI AUCKLAND'S (#21) 8.67
POINTS PER GAME HAVE BEEN GOOD NEWS.
assisted by teammates Danielle Clauson and
Rachel Scarpelli's 11 points apiece. Multitalented guard Rebecca Gimeno dominated
the boards (12 rebounds) and added eight
points and six assists to Concordia's cause
on this night. On the Evergreen side, Sabb,
Auckland and Knotts all elevated their previous night's scoring totals - 12, 10, and 10
points respectively- but ultimately the team
couldn't recover from shooting just 28.1%
from the field during the first quarter even if
they managed to catch Concordia for a 35-34
lead at the half.
After last night's 48-38 home loss to the
University ofPuget Sound- the third-lowest
single-game total in Geoduck women's hoops
history - the team attempts to regroup this
Saturday, December 13 for a game at Tacoma's Pacific Lutheran University.
Charles A. Zaillian is a junior enrolled in
American Places.
The men's basketball team's road trip to
Oregon this past weekend was successful.
The National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics' 20th-ranked Geoducks made quick
work of both Corban (Salem) and Concordia
(Portland) colleges in its first two matchups against Cascade Collegiate Conference
opposition, elevating its cumulative record to
5-1 on the season.
Despite their home-court advantage, Corban
was no competition for Evergreen, with the
clock reading 93-69 at game's end. Leading
41-34 at the half, the Geoducks ultimately
ran away with the game thanks to a group
effort that saw four players finish with double
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EVERGREEN ATHLETICS
MICHAEL WARD (#0) AND TWO TEAMMATES
COMBINED FOR 61! POINTS THIS PAST
SATURDAY AT CONCORDIA'S EXPENSE.
figures in the points column. Nate Menefee
led with 20, while Marcus Wright contributed
14, Michael Ward 11 and Steve Trotter equaling a ten-rebound night with as many points.
Corban's Clay Martin scored 27 points while
Ben Potloff added 20, but teammates could
not manage to pick up the slack.
The Geoducks then ventured to Portland
to face the Concordia Cavaliers in a second
night of CCC action. Concordia, too, was
overmatched by the three-headed scoring
monster that was Menefee, Ward and Steve
Trotter, who joined forces for 68 total points,
71% of Evergreen's total scoring output.
Menafee was the catalyst for a momentumbuilding 7-0 run late in the game from which
the team never looked back, while Trotter
shot a near-perfect 9 of 10 from the field,
converting all three-point and free throw
attempts. Concordia's Achilles heels were
subpar efforts on the boards, where they were
dominated 39-29, and an inability to capitalize on free throws (57%). Alex Tiefenthaler
and Steven Vaughan were the scoring leaders, with 21 and 17 points respectably.
The two victories allowed the Geoducks
the luxury of returning home with an as-yetperfect 2-0 record in conference games, while,
as previously stated, the team's record is 5-1
overall. This weekend finds the squad back
in Oregon, to face Linfield (December 12)
and Western Oregon (December 13) universities, while another in-conference weekend
doubleheader planned for December 19 and
20 against two more Oregon schools, but this
time taking place at home. Southern Oregon
comes to town first, followed by the Oregon
Institute of Technology. Tipoff for both
games is at 7:30p.m.
Charles A. Zaillian is a junior enrolled in
American Places.
"I can't remember the last time I was so excited about algae."
-TOM KEOGH, THE SliATTl.E nMES
"Watch the movie, learn from it, make it happen."
-DAMIAN VACA, MTV MOVIES
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Thursday. December 11
Happy Year of the Brian!
Vagina (monologue) meetings
You know you want to. Every Thursday,
Sem I Annex F (Rainbow Lounge) noon-1
p.m.
Wymon 's writing circle
Everyone is welcomed to "Use free-writes
& writing prompts to unlock creativity
that many leave buried deep." Get ready
for musing, creativity, and tea! Thursdays
CAB solarium 3rd floor 4:30p.m.
Lighting the Heart
Common Bread invites you to celebrate the
Mystic inner Light within us, meditate, and
chant. Longhouse 5 p.m.
Nonprofit organizations El Porvenir and
Water for People Nicaraguan lecture
"El Porvenir Devopment Director, Mary
Ellen Carlow will give a presentation on
the current projects, future plans and the
compelling needs addressed by El Porvenir. Learn about upcoming 2009 travel
opportunities and how you can make a
positive difference." For more info and to
RSVP call (303) 861-1499 or email info@
elporvenir.org. At El Guanaco Restaurant
(415 Water St. SW) 6-7:30 p.m.
Open mic night
Sign-up starts at 6 p.m. HCC 7-9 p.m.
"International Conflict and the Internal
Contradictions of the Islamic Republic
of Iran"
Free lecture by Cascadia College Professor
of Political Science and Chairman of the
Global Rights Alliance, Dr. Nader Nazemi.
For more info call (360) 867-0919. Olympia Center (222 Columbia St. NW) 7:30
p.m.
Lost Dogs NW-Xmas Tour 21 + show
Featuring special guest Aaron La Mere.
For more information call ( 541) 722-7771.
$5 cover and $10 donations suggested. Le
Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave. E)
9p.m.
Friday. December 12
King Ubu auditions
Auditi~n for a play that parodies traditional
Shakespearean plots. Cold reads, optional
monologues, mid no appointments necessary. Performances will be at the end of
winter quarter. Contact Brandon Custy at
mostlyirishjuggler@gmail.com. COM 210
2-5 p.m.
Hatha yoga practice
Free community yoga! Contact Shon
Murphy for more info: mursho29@evergreen.edu CRC 314 3 p.m.
Screen Printing Party
Join the Carnival club and BYO shirt,
curtains, socks, whatever to screen print.
CAB 320 4 p.m.
Kanehsatake: 270 years of Mohawk
warrior resistance
Sabot Infoshoppe brings you this film
depicting Oka, Quebec's army and native
Mohawk warriors' social, political, and
territorial standoff. HCC 5 p.m.
Rebuilding Hope (in Sudan): prescreening of Jen Marlow (ongoing)
documentary
Followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Jen
Marlow about what the future holds for Substance-free Sunday movie
southern Sudan and its struggle for peace, Hosted by I and J housing, open to all residevelopment, and stability. Lecture hall 3 dents. HCC 8-10 p.m.
5:30p.m.
Le Voyeur 21+ show
End of quarter celebration!
White Boss, Number Bear, Afternoon
Evergreen Queer Alliance sponsors this Brother. Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404
social mixer. Longhouse 6 p.m.
4th Ave. E) 10 p.m.
Ballet Northwest's The Nutcracker
The Washington Center for the Perform- Monday, December 15
ing Arts will host this seasonal favorite. Evaluate, and go!
$16.50-$27.50 (512 Washington St. SE, Le Voyeur movie night
Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave.
stage 1) 7:30p.m.
Free Hair!
E) 10 p.m.
The Evergreen Singers present music from
Hair and it will be superfly, yo. Recital Tuesday, December 16
Hall7 p.m.
John Brown's Body Amplify Tour
The Book of Liz
The Capitol Theatre Backstage brings you
Evergreen's new student theater group, John Brown, featuring guest High Ceiling.
Riot to Follow Productions, puts on its first $10 tickets in advanced (purchasable at
show: David and Amy Sedaris's Book of buyolympia.com) or $15 tickets at the door
Liz. Go! Lecture halll 7-9 p.m.
(206 5th Ave SE); doors open at 8 p.m. For
Wobblies and Zapatistas
more info contact info@ulotrichi.com.
Students for a Democratic Society sponsor Le Voyeur 21+ show
this lecture led by Andres Grubacic. Long- Eric and Matthias and The Squealers. Le
house room l 007 7 p.m.
Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave. E)
Contra dance
lOp.m.
"Social dance with live Fold music and live
Caller." CRC Back Bay 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 17
The Almost-Midnight Show
Anime Club Meeting
Generation Friends comedy troupe Watch Japanese animation. For more info,
performs live improv at almost-midnight! contact:
EvergreenAnimeClub@gmail.
$1 tickets at TESC bookstore or at the door com. 3rd floor CAB 6-9 p.m.
on the day of the show. Lecture Hall 1 Poetry Night
11:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Olympia Poetry
Network. Open mic and a featured poet.
For more information, contact: www.
Saturday. December 13
kalarna.com/-yake/opn.htrnl. Tradition's
Ballet Northwest's The Nutcracker
$16.50-$27.50 (512 Washington St. SE, Cafe (300 5th Ave. SW) 6:30p.m.
stage 1) 2 p.m.
Le Voyeur: Trivia Night
Icarus meetings
Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave.
"A radical mental (health) support collec- E) 10 p.m.
tive." All are welcome. Media Island (816
Adams St. SE) 5 p.m.
Thursday. December 18
Open mic night
The Book of Liz
Evergreen's new student theater group, Sign-up starts at 6 p.m. HCC 7-9 p.m.
Riot to Follow Productions, puts on its Le Voyeur 21+ show
first show: David and Amy Sedaris's Book Moonstruck, Sunn Dagger, Friskey. Le
of Liz. It's free, so go! Lecture Hall 1 7-9 Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave. E)
10p.m.
p.m.
Ballet Northwest's The Nutcracker
$16.50-$27.50 (512 Washington St. SE, Friday. December 19
Ballet Northwest's The Nutcracker
stage 1) 7:30p.m.
$16.50-$27.50 (512 Washington St. SE,
Burning Man benefit party
stage
l) 7:30p.m.
Help fundraise for various Burning Man
Le
Voyeur:
A21+ show
hopefuls. There'll be music, fire play,
Jettycats,
Slo-Mo
Diablo, The Shackles.
dancing, and food. $2 donations asked and
Le
Voyeur
Cafe
and
Lounge (404 4th Ave.
crazy costumes encouraged. 1219 Tabitha
.E)
10
p.m.
Ct. 8 p.m.
To Speak without Words: an exercise in
Saturday. December 20
empathy
A ritual performance by Shizunomargot Ballet Northwest's The Nutcracker
as Madame Puss Eclipse, featuring Daniel $16.50-$27.50 (512 Washington St. SE,
Dance on flute. Free, all ages, but not stage 1) at 2 and 7 p.m.
wheelchair accessible. ABC House (1 05 Icarus Meetings
"A radical mental (health) support collecSherman St. NW) 9.p.m.
tive." All are welcomed. Media Island (816
Adams St. SE) 5 p.m.
Sunday. December 14
Le Voyeur 21+ show
Ballet Northwest's The Nutcracker
$16.50-$27.50 (512 Washington St. SE, Gender Smash. Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge
(404 4th Ave. E) 10 p.m.
stage 1) 2 p.m.
The Book ofLiz
Sunday. December 21
Lecture Hall 1 7-9 p.m.
Ballet Northwest's The Nutcracker
Body care day
Healing Art Collective will host a hands- $16.50-$27.50 (512 Washington St. SE,
on workshop of making salves and other stage l) 2 p.m.
handmade body products. Farmhouse at Substance-Free Sunday movie
Hosted by I&J housing, open to all resinoon.
dents. HCC 8-10 p.m.
TESC~
SPSCC AND ST. MARTIN~s
STUDENTS AND STAFF
357-7527
LIVE JAZZ EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
no cover
Tuesday. December 23
I'm sure you '/I be doing vague things.
Wednesday. December 24
Le Voyeur: Trivia Night
Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave.
E) 10 p.m.
Thursday, December 25
Chinese food? Mistletoe? Coal? I'm sure
you 'II be doing exciting things.
Friday, December 26
I'm sure you '/I be doing strange things.
Saturday, December 27
Icarus Meetings
"A radical mental (health) support collective." All are welcomed. Media Island (816
Adams St. SE) 5 p.m.
The Makedonians
Northwest musicians "perform traditional
music of Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and
the Near East- but not always in a traditional way." Tickets $5-$10. Tradition's
Cafe (300 5th Ave. SW) 8 p.m.
Sunday. December 28
Substance-Free Sunday movie
Hosted by I and J housing, open to all residents. HCC 8-10 p.m.
Monday. December 29
Le Voyeur movie night
Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave.
E) 10 p.m.
Tuesday, December 30
Le Voyeur 21 + show
Blank Tapes, Indianna Hale, Sleepy Todd.
Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave.
E) 10 p.m.
Wednesday. December 31
Winter Quarter tuition DUE!
Le Voyeur 21+ show
With Johnny Stranger (special homecoming show!). Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge
(404 4th Ave. E) 10 p.m.
Thursday, January 1
2009, the year of THE OX
Open mic night
Sign-up starts at 6 p.m. HCC 7-9 p.m.
Huge Selection of Fresh Toppings!
Pizza By The Slice & Whole Pie•s
V&ll$n Pb:za's Available
Salads, Calzone, fresh Baked Goods
Micro Brews on Tap, Bottled Beers, Wine,
Wi-fl Available
Just show ID
112 4th Ave W
Messiah Sing-Along
Join various Olympian choral groups and
orchestras and listen to Handel's masterpiece. Washington Center for the Performing Arts, FREE. (512 Washington St. SE)
7:30p.m.
Le Voyeur movie night
Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave.
E) 10 p.m.
New York Style Hand Tossed Pizza
20% off prices on regular menu
BEN MOORE'S
Since 1940
Monday. December 22
Dine In or Call Ahead for Take Out
PIZZERIA
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December I I, 200H
The Carnal Hypothesis
of the empty wooden eyed people
there or here
back and forth
or not back and forth
by ANADA SELAH OSEL
confined to a leaky and sinking old boat
confined by chance
by the aware yet archaic brain
by the thought
the emotions
by evolution
for or against
restricted by the lungs
neuro-plasticity
choice
fallacy
and function
constrained by rightness
and non-essential wisdom
confined to the limiting possibilities
limited by time
the four directions
Newtonian physics
metaphysics
quantum mechanics
oxygen
and ether
confined by imprecise language
by imprecise education
by certainty and uncertainty
or
by the idiot hands
Centering
~ JORDA NJ. WARMACK
encircled by the world-savers
the time-wasters
the paper-faced herd
ensnared by the black mosquito
or mile marker 146
or this time
or no time
or anything
or nothing
less than
more than
or nowhere
confined by the lines in the road
by 29 miles to go
limited to the cell
to the prison outside the cell
to the larger cell outside the prison
larger yes,
but a cell anyway
confined in ability
confined in unknown bias
unknown and known galaxies
known and unknown loves
confined by the answer to the question
by the question
by the words that form the question
confined by this poem
drowning in impotent ideas
morals, values, or
lack thereof
peenng in during the last
moments of solitude
or perhaps
confined by underwater warfare
by changing sides
and walking home afterwards
shoes blown to smithereens
confined by no j udgment
or too much judgment
or just enough
or just right
confined by it
confined by what
by how
when
deadened by politeness
by tambourines
by porcelain
or locomotives of faith
pounding on you like broken piano keys
confined by why
deadened by why
dead because of why
yet, released by why
opened by it's absurd arbitrariness
unbound by it's empty nothingness
sedated by the rising concrete
and moreover
and therefore
nevertheless, however, furthermore,
and whatever
and your escape from whatever
and whatever's escape from you
being set free by the breathtakingly plain
and ultimate conclusion
is as decent a thing
as anyone can know.
forced under by too much
or not enough
forced under by rotted vegetables
or a burnt out headlight
confined by psychological voyeurism
Four poems
tell the stories of students'
creative journeys through
words. This week, a special
poetry section gives
ode to these expressive works.
My eyes are fearful but stuck
On this centered light before me
Walking on deep tumultuous waves I ponder further
I blink and start to sink
I glance sideways at Islands mounted and stayed
Long before I realized my feign of man
I slept on those sands
Nestled softly in grains
Chilled by the breezy atmosphere
I woke there in the morning
With the realizement of those life-long hungerpangs
And for long ignored them
My eyes are fearful but stuck
On this centered light before me
Stanced on canyon edge darin, to leap across
Continuously
Continuously
Continuously centering
Instead, I fill on empty fruit
Roaming further into deserted reaches
Much like fine sand beaches
Try again abysmal stepping darkness
To not fall, but find footing below me
Unseen. Not equal and opposite, somehow greater
Continuously
Continuously
Continuously centering
Flying over open pastures
with golden locks in the breeze
Hovering 'round this centered light
to never touch with ease
Who is this Light? This 'dream disease'?
My eyes are fearful but stuck
On the centered light inside me
Wetted feet danced in dirty darkness, and
cleansed by the One more worthy
Continuously
Continuously
Continuously centering
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by JAKE SALZER
Ripples on the surface
of a forgotten lake
a shattered mirror/ distorted images
wavering in-and-out of rain/ what will soak through?
drops expanding circles then rest in swift currents
like rivers running with faces
flooding the streets to sleep
the oceans constant pull
a dying man
by JAKE SALZER
a change in perspective
or angle of vision/ vision that was once
obscure seen through/ to the depths
through the lenses & the windows
left behind my fingerprints .
Rain washed away the remnants.
And from all that stands still:
arms rise through unseen skies.
The sudden blink of an
eye/ images passing by
glimpsed below my
moving shadow/ the outlines
of a human shape drawn out
and soon gave itself away.
unfolding under the warmth
like a white rose/ a showering of
petals falling like dried leaves/
what hidden power
soon gave its wings.
Yet I am still here and
waiting/ if he may return
after leaving this place and
in the remembrance of
all that lived when he
gave himself away.
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