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"BULLIES COME IN BOTH BADGES
AND BANDANAS. FREE SPEECH
INVOLVES NOT BEING AFRAID
TO SAY WHAT YOU SAW:'
by MADELINE BERMAN
Geoduck Student Union (GSU)
representative Jake Mixon is
going public with his decision
to identify individuals involved
in the incidents following
last school year's Dead Prez
concert.
"I will not be intimidated by
anyone who's trying to threaten
me out of my right to free
speech," Mixon said. "I went
to Police Services to identify,
not the people who flipped the
car, but to see who was doing
the looting, who was doing the
vandalism, and who was doing
the real damage. l don't really
have much of a problem with
flipping a cop car, but ... if you're
going to move for social justice,
[it] shouldn't come at the price
of the students on campus '
reputation."
Mixon says he is going public
about these actions because
many people have approached
him who share his sentiment
that the students responsible for
the riot last February need to be
accountable for what happened.
"An overwhelming number of
people have told me privately
that. .. they feel that they can't
tell about what they saw or
stand up against these threats of
violence," Mixon said.
Last February 14, a fight broke
out at a Dead Prez concert at the
CRC. Police Services arrested
the person who started the fight,
but concertgoers encircled the
arresting officer's patrol car,
chanting for his release. The
vehicle was turned over, vandalized, and a laptop and radar
taken from the vehicle. Olympia
Police Department arrived on
the scene with riot gear and
pepper spray. Mixon was security personnel at the concert that
was the catalyst for the riot. He
claims to have witnessed the
fight that broke out during the
OLGA PETRUS
GSU REPRESENTATIVES KATE ,SCHIFFMAN AND CHRIS
ROTONDO AT THE MOST RECENT GSU MEETING
show and can testify as to
whether the student who was
arrested was the one who started
the fight. Mixon said that he
had to pull the student in ques- 1
tion off of the other kid he was
punching. He said that there
by MADELINE BERMAN
last week's disagreements carried
were a number of events that I
over into this week's meeting, but
andJASON SLOTKIN
caused him to come forward and
in the interest of time constraints,
TheGeoduckstudentunion(GSU) representatives eventually agreed
identify people.
"Someone I love, after Febru- appointed Aaron Lee to the Police to move forward and Ben Anderary of last year, was turned Services Review Board Committee son was appointed to the Budget
away from a job because ofwhat (PSCRB). This appointment had Committee.
Appointments were also made
happened on campus." Mixon been delayed during last week's
said that this person was told, meeting due to concerns regard- for the Clean Energy Committee,
"It doesn't seem like too many ing appointment bylaws. Much of and the American Disabilities Act
of the students at the college are
standing up against that kind
of behavior and in a sense are
condoning it."
Mixon says he also received
We still accept articles and· other
threats of bodily harm if he were
To the readers of the CPJ,
The Cooper Point Journal will not content a student wishes to submit
to come forward with information about the riot. "[They told accept any submissions that were out of his or her own independent
me] snitches get stitches."
agreed upon or assigned by the desire, as long as it is not required
by faculty or staff that they do so.
In addition, Mixon recently Campus Grievance officer.
We at the Cooper Point Journal Students can still submit articles,
went to Texas to sit in on his
father's trial, the result of what wholeheartedly believe that every- photos, or artwork created for
Mixon believes was an illegal thing published in the paper should academic purposes; it just requires
be the result of a student who that no one outside of CPJ editors,
search and seizure.
"I said to myself, if my dad's desires to express him or herself.
be it college faculty or staff, can
brave enough to fight against
For this reason, and for other assign work for the CPJ.
Cooper Point Journal organization
police and their hypocrisy and reasons relating to the First Amendtheir intimidation, them I'm ment, the Cooper Point Journal members approved this amendgoing to stand up to kids on my organization (the student group ment through a consensus decision
campus. You can't tell people that puts together the newspaper) last Thursday, and Cooper Point
that you want free speech and in amended its bylaws to define griev- Journal coordinators adopted
the same sentence tell them to ance-initiated content and content the amendment on Monday. The
shut up about what they saw."
required by a staff or faculty new bylaw is titled, "Section H
The message that Mixon wants member to be submitted to the Grievance Sanctions/Academicto send is that people should hold student newspaper as material that Required Submission." This revithemselves accountable for their we will not accept for publication. sion further enhances the college
own actions and consider those This new amendment is available policy regarding student media,
Cooper Point Journal bylaws, and
who might be affected by their to read at cpj.evergreen.edu.
actions. He also feels that they
shouldn't be intimidated into
silence through harassment.
"Bullies come in both badges
Arts & Entertainment: Photos from the Big
and bandanas. Free speech
Lewbowski Night. Page 13
involves not being afraid to say
what you saw."
GSUUpdate
Commlttaa appolnt1nents •
Compliance Committee.
A new revision of Cameron
Morris's proposed bylaw for filling empty seats on the GSU was
reviewed by the GSU. GSU representative Charles Loosen voiced
concerns regarding the language
in
see GSU Update, page 4
bylaw revi ion
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the First Amendment rights of the
staff of the Cooper Point Journal.
According to the college's Student
Communications Media Policy,
"The editor-in-chief, the business
manager and their designates have
the authority to make all content
decisions without censorship or
advance approval." The policy also
states, ''No one acting on behalf
of the college may infringe upon
the First Amendment rights of
the Cooper Point Journal student
staff."
Jason Slotkin
Editor-in-chief, CPJ co-coordinator
Bryn Harris
Business
Manager,
co-coordinator
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HIP HOP CONGRESS UPDATE: GAZA I-IIP ..H6P SHOW SUCCESSFUL
FUNDRAISER, M 1 OF DEAD PREZ TO LECTURE FEBRUARY 19
by CHRIS FOSTER, LEA KRONENBERG and
produced by HIP HOP CONGRESS
Hip Hop Congress is back and will be bringing yet another dope event to campus.
M1 (of Dead Prez) will be visiting campus to grace the Evergreen community with a
powerful, educational lecture titled, "Which Way Forward? On to the Next Offensive: A
Dress Rehearsal For The Revolution." It will be held in the Longhouse on February 19 at
4 p.m. Admission is $2 for Evergreen students and $5 for general public. This would be
a great chance to hear some of the perspectives from one half of Dead Prez outside their
raw, consciously controversial music.
In other Hip Hop Congress news, the Gaza Hip Hop Show, held at the Loft on Cherry,
was a great success! Included in the many artists who came hard with it was our own local
DJ, Turtle Dove. Over $1000 was raised for rebuilding homes along the Gaza strip.
The first performing artists, a rap duo mixing spoken word with ill rhymes, Mark
Gonzales and Skim were very insightful. Their critiques of the American government
were presented in manners that were received well by the audience as they dropped lines
like, "Look through I's not yours," and stressed that the American government has done
the same things as the countries that they victimize-"Going from caste to class."
The next two acts were a rapper and a singer: Mohammed Al Farra of the international
rap group Palestinian Rappers and Abeer Alzinaty representing Slingshot Hip Hop. They
moved the audience while rapping in Arabic; the crowd was going insane throughout the
event, despite the language barrier.
Seattle was also in the house, with a surprise guest performance by two young ladies by
the name of Canary Sing. Their lyrics played well together, and their drive was intense.
Following Canary Sing was the show's headliner, Gabriel Teodros. After his killer verses
was a traditional Pakistani dance performed over bumping Pakistani techno. The crowd
persisted until the venue was closed. Overall the night was very successful; money was
raised for a good cause, and the community came together to enjoy a sick show!
Thanks to all our volunteers and to every person who came out to the show. Your contributions have helped an outstanding cause! Also a special thanks to Slingshot Hip Hop.
Gay prime minister a
gay-rights milestone
by JASON GROOMES
Iceland has a new prime minister as of
Sunday, February 1. Her name is Johanna
Sigurdardottir, and she is the first openly
gay head-of-state in the modem world.
Though she is only an interim leader until
elections in May, many in the gay community see this as a milestone for homosexuals and gay-rights movements all over the
world.
While Sigurdardottir's sexual orientation is making huge news all around the
world, Iceland is more focused on the fact
that there are equal numbers of men and
women in the new cabinet.
"I don't think her sexual orientation
matters. Our voters are pretty liberal,
they don't care about any of that," Skuli
Helgeson, the general secretary of Ms.
Sigurdardottir's Social Democratic Alliance told BBC.
If only we could be so liberal with our
views.
It is important to note that Iceland is
currently experiencing an economic crash,
with high unemployment rates and rising
numbers of street protests. The general
approval of the government is plummeting, I
but Sigurdardottir has an approval rate of '
higher than 70%. Sigurdardottir is considered to be one of Iceland's most popular
politicians in history.
If we take a step back and look at politics
today, we have higher hopes for gay rights
movements around the world. More and
more politicians are coming out as gay, and
those politicians are holding higher and
higher positions in office. Not only that, but
here in the U.S. we have a president who
made it a point to include a gay minister in
his inauguration, as well as a gay marching
band in the inaugural parade. Even the fact
that the Democratic Party had a black man
and a woman as their leading presidential
candidates speaks highly of the level of
acceptance our country is reaching.
From here on, we can only hope that the
level of acceptance continues to climb
until gays can eventually reach our goal of
having the same rights as any other U.S.
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Another fundraiser happening that evening was The Gateways Prom for Incarcerated
Youth, a space-themed prom in the Longhouse. The Gateways program has two different
ways to get involved: through the challenge partner program where Evergreen students
volunteer their time once a week to visit an inmate of either Maple Lane or Greenhill
and act as academic mentors, and through the full-time college class in which students
at these two institutions actually participate in college-level programs and have seminars
with Evergreen students from the program. The prom was a success. Upon entering the
longhouse where it was held, prom-goers were greeted by friendly faces, good music,
and lots of cupcakes. At the beginning of the night there were live performances by
aforementioned Canary Sing and Gabriel Teodros, both out of Seattle. Once the live
performances were over, DJ Huzzl T took over with banging dance music that kept the
place rocking late into the night. Crazy costumes and traditional prom attire were both
in abundance. The prom was organized and facilitated by Evergreen students from the
Gateways program, raising around $1,600, which is a great accomplishment for such an
underfunded, but necessary, program.
The night was a great night to be out and be involved in either cause; both fundraisers
were successful, and this night was a perfect example of the many positive impacts that
hip-hop, music, and dance have on our lives and our communities. A shout-out to all who
helped to plan and execute such great events!
Be sure to come to the Ml lecture in the Longhouse on February 19 at 4 p.m. And
watch out for our bake sales, where there will be vegan, non-vegan, and gluten-free items
available!
Come to our weekly meetings and chill. Hip Hop Congress meets at 3:30p.m. in the
Lecture Hall Rotunda.
Chris Foster and Lea Kronenberg are students at The Evergreen State College and
members ofHip Hop Congress.
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GSUUPDATE
DAWN BRADFORD ACTED AS FACILITATOR FOR THIS MEETING
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EVERGREEN PRESIDENT LES PURCE AT WEDNESDAY'S TEACH-IN
Global Warming Teach-In
Evergreen held The National Global
Warming Teach-In in Lecture Hall 3 on
Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Last year
known as Focus the Nation, The National
Global Warming Teach-In focused on
alerting the student body about the economy and more sustainable energy.
The Evergreen State College President
Les Puree introduced the event by talking
about Evergreen's goals for the future.
Evergreen's current on-going goal is to be
carbon-neutral by 2020. He also acknowledged all the students contributing to
sustainability.
Other points of interests were Brian
Baird's goal of every person dropping
20 pounds of carbon in 20 weeks. A big
emphasis was put on taking the economy
in a new direction.
Economy and energy-preservation go
hand in hand, and until there's no change
of how resources are used, money will be
lost.
A webcast promoting PowerShift 2009,
a conference in Washington D.C., was
promoted and President Obama's first 100
days in office were also discussed.
bylaw. The bylaw would enable students
to join the GSU and fill an empty GSU
seat by petitioning signatures of registered students. Students signing a petition would have to also provide their
student ID numbers. The GSU would
work with the campus registrar office to
make sure signatures were from registered Evergreen students.
The GSU moved to work on the bylaw,
and Xandre Chatueabriand has decided
to work with Morris on the bylaw.
Chateaubriand had created a bylaw with
a similar function earlier in the year.
Last spring, in a campus-wide election,
students approved an amendment that
Madeline Berman is a sophomore
enrolled in Image and Sequence. Jason
Slatkin is a senior enrolled in and independent learning contract.
Cultivating Voice: A
Wiiting'Ibtor's Craft
Eging and tire-slashing
ofpoHce cars
This past week, unknown suspects have
damaged two police vehicles on the Evergreen campus.
On Thursday February 2, a police cruiser
was reportedly egged outside of a Hai
Seizures show at the HCC. The tires on the
passenger side of the car were slashed and
he back windshield was broken, according
o the police report. Officer Perez found a
ock on the floor of the vehicle.
An Intercity Bus driver witnessed two
!People egging the car.
On Tuesday February 3, an unknown
!Person had shattered the windshield of a
Crime Watch patrol car.
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allowed the GSU to develop a process
for filling vacant seats.
The GSU also agreed to have a hand in
archiving the contents of HappyLand, a
legendary art space on campus. HappyLand will be dismantled during the CAB
redesign this June.
Director of the Evergreen Writing Center
Sandra Yannone and current tutors
welcome students to attend an information session on Monday, February 9 at 4
p.m. in Library 3301.
The info session familiarizes students
with the spring class Cultivating Voice:
A Writing Tutors Craft. Students interested in composition theory, collaborative
learning, or possible employment in 2009
as a peer writing tutor are encouraged to
attend.
Cultivating Voice requires a faculty
signature; the staff will explain the
requirement, the application process,
and
answer
general
questions.
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GET INVOLVED: DAY OF ABSENCE
BE A PART OF IT, EVERGREEN!
by HILARY HACKER
"Although many of us focus on issues
of diversity each and every day, the
entire campus is asked to think about
racial diversity for two days each year
when we observe the Day of Absence
and Day of Presence. These events are
designed to discuss relevant cultural
community issues and celebrate who we
are as a diverse campus." -First People's
Advising
"Re-envision. Re-create. Re-unite.
Re-spark!"
This year's Day of Absence theme
ignites a sense of passion, excitement and
an urge for action. Day of Absence will
take place on Friday, February 6. People
of color are invited to spend the day
building community at an off-campus
retreat while white allies stay on campus
experiencing this absence. There will be
workshops on campus in the morning
focusing on white privilege and power.
Because we can't spend all of our time
talking about change, this year a special
piece is added to the mix. Community
projects have been designed to educate
students about what it means to work with
communities that have been marginalized
by racial, social and political injustice.
This is a great way for students to put
theory into practice and to learn from
their community members what it means
to be an ally in their community.
It all begins at noon in SEMII A 1107
with Reflections & Orientation to
Community Service. Groups will gather
and head out at 1 p.m. to Community
Youth Services, Stonewall Youth,
Books to Prisoners, De Colores Books,
Squaxin Child Development Center,
The C.I.E.L.O. Project, Evergreen
Elementary School, Camp Quixote,
POWER, and The Salvation Army.
For more information about these
opportunities and projects, contact
Hilary Hacker at the CCBLA, hackerh@
evergreen.edu. First People's Advising
will also be tabling in the CAB Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, where you
can find more information about Day of
Absence and Day of Presence.
Action Days
• Friday, February 6: Day of Absence
• Saturday, February 21 we will help
the Thurston Conservation District put
on their annual Native Plant Sale. Stay
tuned for more information!
• Saturday, March 7 we will spend
the day at the Fertile Ground Guest
House doing permaculture gardening
and getting things ready for the spring
season. We'll even get to make pizza in
their cob oven!
Community Events
• The Rachel Corrie Foundation
for Peace and Justice and Break the
Silence Mural Project present "Art
and Resistance in Gaza, Palestine: An
Introduction to the Olympia-Rafah
Mural Project," a multimedia presentation with Dr. Susan Greene and special
guests Friday, February 6 at 6:30 p.m.
at St. John's Episcopal Church (114 20' 11
Ave, SE).
Community Requests
• Catholic Health United for Medical
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Assistance International (CHUMA)
practices global solidarity and environmental stewardship by ensuring that
useful medical supplies and equipment
are shared with charitable healthcare
organizations in economically developing countries. Volunteer opportunities
are available Monday through Friday,
7:30a.m. to 4p.m. If interested, please
call (360) 493-5641 or email raymond.
reyes@providence.org or peter.barry@
providence.org.
• YES! (Youth Empowerment Strategies) Community Technology Center
is a program available to Mason County
youth 12 years and older, adults, families, service agencies and businesses that
provides community access to computers
for education, home work clubs, GED
preparation, testing, job search, job
training, resume building, workshops,
and more. Currently, YES! is searching
for mentors and tutors to spend time
with youth. For more information, check
out www.yestechmentoring.org, email
yesprogram@live.com or call (360)
432-0815.
• Camp Quixote is an independent tent
city in Olympia. Be a friend of the camp
by stopping in and saying hello. Bring
a prepared meal. Help brainstorm about
fundraising opportunities. Sign up for a
three- to four-hour hosting shift at the
camp once or twice a week. The camp is
now located at the First Christian Church
(downtown Olympia at Seventh and
Franklin).
• Students in Service is anAmeriCorps
program and a way that students can be
rewarded for their time spent within the
community. Email sis@evergreen.edu
for more information.
While striving to better address these
needs, we would also like input from the
student body. If you have ideas for Action
Days or are interested in a particular
organizations that you would like to see
represented here in this column, please
contact Hilary Hacker at hackerh@evergreen.edu or call (360) 867-613 7.
Hilary Hacker is an AmeriCorps VISTA
and an Evergreen alumna.
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enduring option.
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How is a good God
rationale.
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But really, if our aim is to reject evidence,
principle?
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Or not. I don't know.
believing in some teddy-bear God (or
Perhaps I'll wake up
karma, or universal love, or whatever
tomorrow morning born again, to wile the ]>seudo-Eastern hippie bullshit you care to
rest of my days away in blissful contem- replace him with) then why even bother
plation of His ineffable glory. Really, I with all these intellectual acrobatics?
can't rule-out the possibility of revelation, Rational attempts at justifying unreason
divine or otherwise. If anyone's omni- "smell offensively Hegelian" in their selfscient, it's definitely not me. But until defeating lack of confidence. Why not
then, God's not here for me any more than just get fucked up? We don't need Kant's
the Easter Bunny; and I suspect, if you're antinomies or Nietzsche's tribunal of the
honest with yourself (which, by the way, Socratic to justify our unreasonableness,
I can think of no compelling reason that but only to keep drinking or frying until
you should try to be honest in the face of reason becomes incoherent to our transalternatives), He's absent for you as well. formed ears. Done and done.
Okay, fine, sure: we can have "faith" in
To return to the question: when you ask
the sense of "belief despite evidence" as a me why my life is worth the effort, whatvehicle to turn God into our blankie with- ever reason I give is logically susceptible
out ever daring to take Him seriously. We to the same inquiry. So the trick is to find
can make God into a prostitute to alleviate some reason that I'm incapable of doubtthis priapism of angst. We can have our ing. (My inability doesn't mean it's actucake and eat it too, by just imagining more ally a good reason, whatever that is, but it
cake.
does get me out of that slippery slope that
Or we can note that scientific belief is seems to lead to meaninglessness.)
based on arbitrary axioms and substitute
And, for me, it's the value of other
our own God-guaranteeing axioms-and people. Killing myself would hurt people
even have the convenience of switch- I love-and, more fundamentally, they
ing them back when we want the dentist just make it worth the effort, Principle
to heal the pain in our tooth, or look up of Harm aside. Not some absent God of
something on the Internet. (I'm talking to which a perverse religious tradition raised
you, postmodern art kids.)
me up in expectation, nor the cold distance
of theoretical forms (or some modern
variant therein).
I love-imperfectly, selfishly, clumsily,
sadistically-and I cannot honestly doubt
this. By implication, I cannot doubt that
something in my life matters, fundamentally, to me-and so on the nights when
God's absence hangs heavier than ever
and the walls menace like the heaps of
dead matter that they are, and the tears
run, and the tiny doorway beckons, I am
living for the moment when I will again
hold you in my arms.
(Appendix to avoid a Hallmark
catharsis)
You know what's "life-affirming,"
Nietzsche? Hallmark cards, in the style of
gutless, masturbatory sentimentalism.
Or; conversely, if you mean taking life,
a.k.a. god, a.k.a. your own existence seriously, and having the courage to ask questions that might quite literally kill you,
then the desperate man with the shivering
revolver snubbed tight against his sweaty
temple, eyes peeled up at the spectacle of
God's vacuum amidst star-struck chaosthat, that is the man who loves life enough
to reject the blasphemy of comfortable .
half-truths. This is the only life I get:
spending it tipsy, on a couch, numbed by
television, religion, and common sense
seems to render suicide-proper a pale sin
by comparison.
Casey Jaywork is a senior enrolled in
Nietzsche: Life, Times, Work.
Do I belong in
The Institution1
"Because you're growing into a learning community here. It's very interesting
to use old friends to gauge the progress
You walk across Red
of your growth against theirs."
Square most days
We are concerned with potential.
of the week. People
Potential growth. Potential job oppormill about, . walktumttes. Potential artistic success.
ing here and there
Potential relationships. Potential enrollwith cups of coffee,
ment rates. Potential shooters. Potential
talking and smiling
preventions. We strive to be agents of
between class times, playing drums,
change, acting on the smallwalking on a rope strung
est
potentials, hoping.
between trees. People
WE STRIVE TO BE AGENTS OF
sell books, food, clothWe have resources. We are
ing. Crows hop on the red
CHANGE, ACTING ON THE SMALL- privileged. We are responsible. We are angry and
brick ground. Someone
compassionate. We have a
surreptitiously smokes a
EST POTENTIALS, HOPING.
voice.
cigarette halfway up the
WE HAVE RESOURCES.
They must hear our voice,
clock tower. You are an
even if its effect is minimal.
Evergreen student.
I am an Evergreen
WE ARE PRIVILEGED. WE ARE
We must speak and speak
and speak and speak and
student, but I can't admit
RESPONSIBLE. WE ARE ANGRY AND talk and discuss and blather
it.
and scream and raise voices
I am an individual!
I walk to a class lecture. COMPASSIONATE. WE HAVE A VOICE and blather and gesticulate
and insist and apologize and
My professor is a stern
and white-haired man. He drinks coffee distraction (no music); keep in touch never backpedal and preach and proselywith a certain authority, sits with a with old friends, he said. The workshop tize and argue and seminar and research
certain authority. Today he's in a good was held in A dorm, in the cozy and dim and teach and disagree and sympathize
mood; I see him laughing with a fellow little room that Academic Advising calls and/or empathize and be heard and be
student. I wish I had such easy rapport. Primetime. One of the four workshop counted and counted and counted by
I open my notebook to a page of notes. attendees came expecting free condoms. them again and again and again.
Some of them follow nearly enough the Another attendee raised his hand to ask
Derek Hain is a junior enrolled in an
ideas of last week's lecture, in outline a question,
"Keep in touch with old friends? independent learning contract.
form. Some seem disconnected. I can no
longer remember the purpose of these Really? Why?"
by DEREK HAIN .
notes.
In the center of the page, I've circled
two questions:
Might I belong in a gendered body?
Do I belong in The Institution?
Last quarter, a campus R.A. hosted a
workshop on good habits for college
students. Don't drink too much; practice
self-care; set aside a few hours each day
to study without interruption or outside
1
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I black of night, I would
get a rush of panicked
I adrenalin. In a flash my
mind would play out
every possible terrifying scenario-from
Imonsters, to burglars, to voracious animals.
For many years I slept with a night-light, I
Iand even with the night-light ifi got up in
the middle of the night for a glass of water,
1 when I came back to my room I would
jump into the bed from a few feet away,
Ibecause there could be something lurking I
Iunder my bed that would grab my feet.
I have overcome my nighttime fears and
1
I ditched the night-light long ago, so I was
surprised when I found the dark still held
some control over me.
I was at work doing the closing shift.
It was late and I was in the store alone. I
went into the bathroom to grab the trash
and lazily didn't turn on the light. The
door swung closed and the small bathroom
became very dark. As soon as the dark
engulfed me the surge of panicked adrenalin ran through my body telling me to run.
I didn't run the step and a half to the door,
but I did not calm down until I was back
I into the light.
1
It was just like when I would have to take
out the trash at my parents' house. If it was
Inight and I had to take out the trash, I would
walk to the trash can while leaving the glob
of light that the porch light gave off, and I
would be okay until I turned my back on the
night- at which point unknown adrenalin
would pump through my veins and I would
have to fight the urge not to run.
I have always been a bit of a "fraidy cat,"
I as my brother would say. I see it as just I
choosing to do the safe and responsible I
I thing. But to be honest, I am a little afraid
of the unknown, of what is lurking in the
darkness.
I
When I was young we would take vacaItions with my father's family to the Toodle I
River. My father had eight siblings, so
I there were always plenty of cousins to play
with.
I
I But what I remember most was the rock.
In the middle of the river there was this
enormous rock and in the wake of this rock I
was a deep pool. All of my cousins would
Imake the slippery climb to the top of the I
rock and leap into the dark waters below.
I I would never do it. No matter how much I
taunting or encouraging, I would not even
climb on the rock let alone jump. I did not
know what was in the deep pool. What
if there was a sharp rock waiting in the
depths to break my leg? I much preferred
to inner-tube down the meandering river.
I always seem to make the safe choice, the
one without the dark unknown. Come Jupe,
I am on the top of a rock, and I can jump,
or I can climb down and get in my familiar.!
inner-tube. I think I might be ready to jump
ready to risk my limbs for the rush of the I
fall, but I say this now in February, and as
much as I hate to admit this, sometimes I
still
I launch myself into my bed so the scary I
monsters don't grab my feet. Come June I
might revert back to the inner-tube.
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February 5, 2009
HunterS. Thompson said simply, "Gonzo journalism is a style ofreporting based on
William Faulkner s idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind ofjournalism--and the best journalists have always known this. " Thomspon s belief that
through fiction, one could get to greater truths than with facts. Gar Russo employs
fiction in his article to provide comment on certain ideas and beliefs.
Activists see
polar shift to West
Olympia in 2012
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is a traditional catastrophe scenario. Even
eccentrics, inspired by Darwin, are in the
mix, predicting an "evolutionary leap" by
Bloggers worldwide
might be confused
some or all of us into a spiritual realm,
about what will happen
sort of like the first lizard that jumped out
when
the
Mayan
of a tree and flew.
calendar expires near
Although most Olympia City Council
members were sobered by the Darnnuts'
the winter solstice in
chilling prediction of polar shift, other
2012, but a group of
West Olympia activists think they know reactionary officials were skeptical.
One council member said: "This is just
for sure what to expect.
"The planets are looking more and more plain horse shit. Those Mayans have no
like a train wreck out there for December credibility. They would cut out the still2012," Penelope Damnut told the Olym- beating hearts of twenty thousand at a
pia City Council in a closed executive whack to celebrate Dia de los Muertos.
session during last December's two-week They would put a drugged young girl alive
snowstorm. Her words were an arctic on the alter-at the top of their step pyramid
blast of chill wind howling through the and have their psychopathic necrophiliac
toasty council chambers.
priest come in dressed all funny and he
"We were planning to put city buildings would have unprotected sex with her
up on stilts for the rise in sea level," a before, during, and after he murdered her.
longtime city council member said, "but Cut it out, you're killing me."
this changes everything. I'm worried."
Another Council member said after the
"The rock record
closed secret session:
shows
sudden
"MAN, DUDE. IT'S
"What? The Mayan
changes
in
the
calendar ends. So
Earth's
magnetic LIKE PARTY ON NEW what? This is all
field," Damnut told
about
know-noththe wide-eyed City
YEAR'S EVE
ings chatting up each
Council members,
other. The Roman
who sat with their
calendar never ends.
IF LIKE NOTHING
mouths
gaping.
Does that mean we
"Polar shift would
COMES DOWN AND will all live happily
just be a variant on
ever after? Those
what has already WE LIKE BEAT FATE" Mayans were just
happened."
too lazy or stupid to
"Poop
happens,"
make up more days·."
her husband Filbert Darnut added in
Randomly-solicited comments on Divitheir joint testimony. "Change needs to sion Street were not so skeptical.
be planned for. Snow and ice is coming
"It makes sense to me. I know something
and it is going to stay. Businesses and is going to happen."
government need to adjust to the cold and
"Those planets never lie," another
snow."
said. "What if it happens and we aren't
"Classes could continue at the college," prepared?"
Ms. Damut continued. "The neo-StalinAnother fellow with a black stocking
ist architecture at Evergreen is an ideal cap pulled low over his forehead riding
configuration for ice caves. Dog-sledding by on his bike through December's slush
and igloo-building 'will be a big tourist stopped and said: "Man, dude. It's like
draw, and Capitol Lake could be chopped party on New Year's Eve 2012 if like
nothing comes down and we like beat
up into ice blocks for export."
The Damnuts went on to testify under fate."
oath that they project the polar ice cap
The west Olympia activist community
will shift suddenly and without warning might already be getting behind the Damnear the winter solstice of 2012 to the nuts in urging the government to prepare.
area of Dead M~n's Gulch, where Divi- A march of public concern for polar sP.ift
sion bends west past the stump forest and was staged at the state Capitol building
meets Cooper Point Road.
on Tuesday, January 20 and already at
Blogger pontificators and prophesy- least one sign in support of the Darnnuts
dabblers could have years of entertainment has appeared on Division Street: "We see
in the 2012 controversy-books, articles, polar shift-and WE VOTE!"
and lots of TV-watching. (Has there been
a 2012 movie yet?) New writers could
Gar Russo is a senior at The Evergreen
get trendy and famous, but 2012 watch- State College and a satirist.
ers are mixed in their view of what will
happen. Predicting non-specific natural
disasters is popular. Nuclear conflagration
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by MIKEY J. BADGER
Let me indulge you
in an epic journey
through the eyes of the
aptly-p.amed "birthday
suit," as it were.
A normal Wednesday for this particular
aspiring nudist goes along the lines of this:
wake up, make oatmeal, go to class, swim,
go to the CPJ office, hopefully finish the
L&O section before 2:30a.m., and then try
to find some beer to drink-all the while
smoking a pack of Winston's throughout
the day.
This was almost how Wednesday, January 21, 2009 went for me. But instead,
on this particular production night (that's
what we call the night when a group of
students vigorously and tirelessly creates
an in-depth and iqformational newspaper for you blokes), I finished the L&O
section around 8:30 p.m. as well as the
comic page for your student newspaper
(you're welcome). I left the offices with a
fond farewell to everyone still organizing
the luscious paper you so adamantly read
(I hope).
I headed over to the dorm room of my
good girl friends; we'll call them Helena,
Meriwether, Emily, and Betty for the sake
of their dignity ... or whatever. As I was
knock knock knockin' on Helena's door,
I heard screams of amusement and was
greeted by the crack of an open door, and
Betty saying, "Hey, Mikey Badger. You
can't come in. We're naked."
Ensuing laughter from behind the door.
Then a distant, "I don't give a damn if it's
Mikey Badger!"
What am I to these girls, asexual? Whether
I ·am perceived as asexual, heterosexual,
or homosexual, I was allowed to come on
in. Needless to say, I was confused and
felt slightly surprised, because as I ascertained, Betty was not indeed naked. But as
I came into the living room area, it turned
out Helena was, and had just covered her
body with a blanket. I didn't realize what
the shit was happening until I saw another
girl (we'll call her Jessie) with a drawing pad, charcoal, and multiple drawings
skewed about the floor which depicted
bodies, breasts, stomachs, faces and the
works-Oh, I see.
"Guess who this is!" It's charcoal Betty
on paper. "Guess who this is!" It's charcoal Helena on paper, but I guess wrong.
"Okay now close your eyes. I have to
finish Helena's ass."
Jessie seemed well-versed in the terms
of artistic expression. I was amused. I sat
through this with my hat over my head and
listened to jok~s of the big-ass nature.
Then apparently it was my turn.
"Okay, just take your clothes off and
stand there." This was said by Jessie, and
I couldn't help but reply, "But I just met
you."
To describe being stared at by five girls
and drawn while stark naked with nothing
but a fedora covering my pressssscciousssess \YOuld be something like this: take
one part feelings of insecurities because
of cold temperatures ... and being fucking
TAKE ONE PART FEELINGS OF INSECURITIES
BECAUSE OF COLD
TEMPERATURES ... AND
BEING FUCKING
NAKED, ONE AND A
HALF PARTS CHILDISH
LAUGHTER OF SQUEAMISH AWKWARDNESS,
SQUEEZE SOME LIME
IN, AND SHAKE, DON'T
STIR-NEVER STIR
naked, one and a half parts childish laughter of squeamish awkwardness, squeeze
some lime in, and shake, don't stir-never
stir.
After a while, though, I got used to the
idea and the action, and became confident
enough to enjoy being drawn nakedreally, it's quite exhilarating. I was proud
that people wanted to draw pe. I was proud
of my jawbone and shoulders in charcoal
on paper. I was proud of-knocking at the
door. ..
Two more girls walked in from the floors
below, and one who we'll call Kat said,
"Oh my god, can I draw you too?" and
ran back to grab her own charcoal and
paper without waiting for an answer. But
at this point, I'm just thinking the more the
merrier.
And then Meriwether grabs her drawing
pad as well (but she's more of an abstract
artist, so no charcoal for her, just wonderful renditions of my chest, with added
muscle, scribbled in amazing Technicolor).
So now there were three girls drawing and
four girls simply watching.
After lounging on the couch for about 4560 minutes (this was my second pose, as
opposed to the first of simply standing), I
made some jokes, got up, and got dressed.
But the thing is, I didn't want to. I wanted
to tie that fedora around my crotch region
and walk around freely and maybe, when
the seasons changed for the warmer, take
the fedora off my head.
I felt good about myself afterwards, and
around 1 a.m. I took home one of the
charcoal Mikeys on paper and taped it
right above my bed, because yes, I am that
.·vain.
If you gain anything by reading the meaningless and pointless rant of sorts, gain
this: being naked is worth every second of
it. Whether you get laughed at for whatever, or get hypothermia, you must know
that nudity is the essence of beauty... or
something.
Mikey Badger is a sophomore enrolled in
Self and Culture: Studies in Japanese and
American Literature and Cinema.
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What our
Evergreen's political problem
by BLAKE VIOLA
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How
does
one ·
bring about real
change? Not change ·
that puts. another
authority in power,
or creates a new
oppressed group, but
real change? I think I know a possible
answer; it's simple, yet at the same
time one of the most difficult things for
a human being to do.
I believe the answer is community,
not marginalizing people because of
the !abel they have attached to them,
but treating them with compassion
and seeking to know them. Would we
have the issue between cops and some
students if people dealt with one another
on the level of inclusive community?
I think all of us at some point in
our lives have felt like an "other," an
outsider. Because we were different we
were therefore "bad" according to the
group around us, and because of it, we
didn't seek to know anyone, or only
ended up coming to know others who ' d
had the same experience as we had .
I T H INK ALL OF US
AT SOME POINT IN
OUR LIVES HAVE FELT
LIKE AN "OTHER"
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AN OUTSIDER
As great as this commonality is, it
isn't sustainable. The resentment felt
towards the group that caused the
alienation is still there, and with that
can come hatred and anger and dehumanization of that group, because of
"We" or "Us" felt ourselves dehumanized and therefore took the path of an
"eye for an eye."
In the end, this gets us nowhere. We
can stick together and hold strong as a
student body, and I believe we should.
But if we don't reach out to the janitors, the teachers, the cops, and the
administrators, are we really a whole
community? Are we really being the
open-minded campus willing to listen
to all ideas? Or are we just coming
from a place of fear? If we can' t trust
each other, then how are we ever going
to get anywhere on the issues that
affect us all? How can we create fairness in an environment where no one is
listening, where people refuse to listen
to one another?
I believe that we can do it. Evergreen
can rise to the challenge and build
bridges between all the groups that
make up this community. We are the
change, but the first step is a willingness to share ideas, and to listen.
Cameron Morris is a sophomore
enrolled in Language M atters and Law
and the Legislative Process.
Why do we have
to look at everything
through a socio-political
lens at this school? I am
mostly concerned with
outlooks on art and literature. Why can't we just
appreciate a work of art or literature for what
it is? Looking at everything within a political
lens greatly reduces the value and deepness
of a work of art. Why do we have to make
up some sort of shallow political bullshit to
justify creating a work of art, to even justify
why a work of art is worth something?
When people start to look at any form of
art in a political way, they put boundaries
upon it. "In the novel, the main character's
suffering symbolizes the plight of the native
peoples abused by colonial invasion." Okay,
yes, I can find that out in anthropology, political science, sociology, and history classes.
Why apply a completely rigid and limiting
system of thinking upon something so fluid
and creative?
Political experts are not experts in literature.
That would be like trying to apply science to
religion. It doesn't work very well. That's why
many rationalists and scientists have come
to disregard religion. "Because it doesn't
make sense" or "It cahnot be proven." This
is only because a system that human beings
designed as an attempt to understand life and
the world does not work well together with
another system.
"I can feel spirits around me."
"Where is your proof? I see nothing? You
are delusional."
"I just know. You are not experiencing what
I am experiencing. Your physical sight is
an illusion. You cannot hope to understand
anything of what I am talking about if you
try to apply scientific analysis. Science
completely misses and misunderstands what
is sacred because science has rules of perception which do not allow one to experience
that which religion or spirituality puts forth."
There is, of course, art and literature that has
been created for the sole purpose of expressing a political opinion. In those cases one is
forced to apply politics to art. There is no
problem with this normally, but when political artwork begins to dominate the majority
of a population, such as Evergreen, it fosters
a very unbalanced limited environment for
education, thought, and expression.
Art as political expression is at its core
extremely shallow and limited because
artists are forced to express one specific idea
or message in their work. Therefore in order
to get the viewer to understand their specific
messages, they need to create a crude,
extremely obvious, blatant, in-your-face
piece of art so that there is little confusion or
misinterpretation.
When one simply follows one's own
subconscious, the work ends up becoming a
sort of hypodermic needle injected into the
subconscious minds of other people. A work
of art that is created from the subconscious
will affect other people's subconscious
minds. (Yet nowadays this is not always so,
because we have grown up in a society that
holds a certain fear of the unconscious and
disregards it as mere fantasy and delusion.)
When art affects us in a subconscious way,
we cannot always formulate a concrete
response to it, because the experience is
nameless. We should just feel and experience
this kind of expressionless, deep, meaningful
emotion or state of mind without attaching
any concrete ideas or systems to it. This, I
believe, is just as worthwhile, if not more so,
as finding some kind of physical, shallow,
political excuse for art. It has the potential
to change the individual on a very intense
personal level that political art and expression could never achieve. A person affected
in a deep subconscious way is transformed
greatly and more likely to evolve within,
whereas political art merely shows something
physical and sensational-almost like an
advertisement-to the viewer. (I know there
are some avant-garde political art forms out
there in which the subconscious does play a
significant role. Yet from my experience, of
this type of art and literature is still quite shallow and physical, simply because of the fact
that it still stems from shallow the physical
political systems that limit it.)
Politics is a system, a game of rules, lies,
and bullshit. Unfortunately, it dominates our
lives because our country is run upon it. So I
am not denying that it is somewhat important.
I just don't believe we need to worship this
game and categorize everything in life into
its rules. And of course if it can't be categorized into the rules, then it isn't considered
anything of "true" value because it cannot
have a physical impact upon the community.
(Yet, as I mentioned before, the physical
does not always affect people as deeply as
the internal.)
In placing overwhelming value in political,
social, and scientific thought, the population
of Evergreen (students and faculty alike)
successfully constrains the learning offered
here and the diversity of thought and expression that could be fostered and expanded and
grown in a much more dynamic, interesting,
diverse, deep, and meaningful way than it is
in its current state.
Blake Viola is a student at The Evergreen
State College.
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February 5, 2009
Open letter to the
student body
by C.V. ROTONDO, KATE
SCHIFFMAN, SHYAM KHANNA
and PATRICK WALSH
meeting, representative Stair has appointed
himself to the PSCRB through channels
not previously agreed upon by the GSU.
By betraying the consensus decision of
the GSU, representative Stair is betraying
the recognized voice of the student body.
During the January 21
Moreover, he is abusing his position of
meeting, the Geoduck
power by deliberately violating the process
Student Union (GSU) ·
agreed upon by his fellow representatives.
discussed
appointThe voice of students, especially in
ments to the Police
regards to campus police buying rifles,
Services
Commuis imperative to fulfilling the goal of the
nity Review Board ,
(PSCRB). The Union
GSU to seek a balance of power between
students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
decided by consensus
In the contentious atmosphere surroundto appoint representaing this issue, if administrators and police
tives to the task of
do not respect the decisions and actions
receiving
student
of the GSU as the recognized voice of
applications
and
students, then this balance of power is
conducting interviews
for appointments to the various boards and clearly skewed.
Historically, the GSU only wields as
Disappearing Task Forces (DTFs).
Shyam Khanna was appointed as the much power as any other student group.
GSU representative who would find As such, the GSU's power lies in its ability
applicants to be student representatives to organize students. Appointing oneself to
at the PSCRB. After protesting the candi- the PSCRB goes against the vision of the
dates whom Khanna had interviewed and GSU as a transparent organization that can
brought to the GSU meeting, as well as effectively organize student voices regardKhanna's position in general, Tez Stair less of administrative opinions. We, as
members of the GSU who want to achieve
nominated himself to the PSCRB.
Stair's proposal was blocked, and within this vision, propose certain changes in
the consensus model under which the GSU structure and direction.
operates, any blockmg concern prevents
Broadly speaking, we want the GSU to
the motion from going forward. Since that become a hub for student organizing and
an open source of policy information while maintaining its capacity
MOST IMPORTANTLY
to issue statements on behalf of
students and the liaison positions
THE
SHOULD BE
it holds with bodies such as the
A PLACE IN WHICH
Board of Trustees. Most importantly, the GSU should be a place
HISTORICALLY-:NIARGINAL- in which historically marginalized student voices can find an
IZED STUDENT VOICES
outlet. This vision is a response
to the consistent conflict between
CAN FIND AN OUTLET
student needs and desires and
those of the administration.
GSU
'
It's clear to us that the administration
is pushing issues such as the financial
crisis and police rifles. Students, while
concerned about the same issues, are also
vocal about other issues such as sexual
assault prevention, as well as many other
issues, which don't seem to be on the
administration's agenda. In the pursuit of
becoming an effective organizing body for
students, we have been actively seeking to
participate in the creation of a student-run
escort service already in the works among
active student groups and organizers.
Representative Stair's example shows
that the GSU has not achieved the goals
of transparency or being an effective
organizing body for students. The structural and ideological changes that we as
representatives seek are in direct response
to such counterproductive actions. We are
also taking the first steps towards being a
transparent organization by relaying this
to you, the students, and seeking a just
response to Stair's actions. In order for
these necessary changes to the GSU's
structure to occur, we need the concerted
support of the student body, which we
will actively seek to engage. If you have
concerns regarding the direction and
actions of the GSU, recognized as your
voice on campus, then we invite you to
collaborate upon our future projects, of
which there are several. In this moment of
financial crisis for the college as well as the
broader world, and in light of the dramatic
changes being proposed, we need to work
together on creative responses. Actions
like Stair's inhibit this process.
C. V. Rotondo, Kate Schiffman, Shyam
Khanna, and Patrick Walsh are all students
at The Evergreen State College and representatives at the Geoduck Student Union.
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As a point of contact
at Residential and !~
Dining Services for the
collection of the unac- ·
counted STAR Passes,
I was dissatisfied with
the lack of explanation
to students about the $20 per month fee .
To students who started to receive phone
calls about their passes, there wasn't
much in the way of explanation about
how keeping the pass was jeopardizing
the program.
Parking Services merely insisted that
temporary employees had signed an
agreement to pay $20 per month up
until June 30. 2008 if their passes were
not turned in. Since these phone calls
were happening in November of 200R. it
didn't make any sense for students to be
concerned about being charged for the1r
passes.
When asked about why giving th
STAR Passes back was such a big ded ,
the student at Parking Services who
was in charge of collecting the passes
transferred me to Susie Siep, who
then explained the situation about the
program's tenuous position due to the
lost passes. The responsibility was then
handed off the student leads at Residential and Dining Services to explain the
STAR Pass issues to student employees
who had not returned their passes.
Gathering the passes became even more
difficult because some student employees
began to use the "spare" ID cards granted
during summer as elevator access cards.
It was later clarified by Parking Services
that the card itself wasn't even necessary
for them to collect-just the "STAR"
sticker on the card.
If the circumstances surrounding the
program's delicate position had been
explained to students 11 the first place,
I think we all would h ve been spared
a lot of confusion and ·. ··ess. Instead, a
threat to charge studems $20 a month
was utilized to bring tn. cards back in.
This does not foster a feeling a trust
among students, and 1 • an example of
why many students arc displeased with
how they are treated as student workers.
In the future, I'd like to see student
employees from different organizations
work collaboratively, rather than against
each other. Our communication with
Parking Services often felt adversarial,
as if we were somehow at fault for the
mistake regarding the dates on the forms
with which they provided us . Hopefully,
we can cooperate better next year, and
the STAR Pass program will continue. If,
for some reason it doesn't, I would hate
for us to have to shoulder the blame for
it.
J
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Anthony Sesari is a senior and an intern
with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
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February 5, 2009
Hip-hop nights, charitable and sensational: Gateways to Space
Prom and Hip Hop Healers
for Gaza
by CATHERINE KANA
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The Gateways to Space Prom, held at the
Longhouse January 30, was a benefit for
the Gateways Incarcerated Youth Program.
It funded college-level education and
books for incarcerated youth at Green Hill
School and Maple Lane School Juvenile
Rehabilitation Administration (JRA). The
Incarcerated Youth Program is also a safe
place to develop cultural identity.
At 9:30 p.m. the crowd was still gathering, but there was an exciting collection
of costumes. Aluminum foil and gel-glow
space rings seemed to be the most popular.
Some cheeky, happy people were getting
their prom portraits taken. The prom-goers
were inching closer to the performers in a
ballroom that was dim and beautifully lit
with Christmas lights. Some people started
to get their groove on as I left, and I had
a feeling that the night had some serious
potential with hip-hop and spoken-word
artists Gabriel Teodros and Canary Sing.
"Hip Hop Healers for Gaza, Breakbeats
that Break Walls" was a South Sound Save
Gaza Campaign Event that raised $1400 for
Palestinian families in Gaza. The Cherry
Loft had in store a stunning performance
of compassion and dignity by performers
Mohammed Al Farra (from Palestinian
Rapperz), Abeer Alzinaty, Gabriel Teodros,
Def Poet Mark Gonzales, and Skim.
I DON'T HATE
Mark Gonzales sang, "global bites of all
displaced people and all we want to do it
go home."
The audience was reverent; they stood
with one another, as well as with the musicians, in solidarity.
"You're a really good audience, you
guys," Abeer Alzinaty said when she
hopped onstage.
We all spoke with our body language
that her performance was beautiful. She
sang "childhood" in Arabic and, "Give us
childhood if you don't want terrorists." Her
voice was sweet, deep, and strong.
"I don't hate anyone, but whoever is
going to cause my anger and whoever is
gonna cause my hunger should be aware of
my hunger and my anger."
Her listeners still stood in solidarity.
Abeer sung hip-hop that was real, she said
"in a world that loves mainstream." Love.
Every song to Palestine was a love song.
Also known as Sabreena Da Witch, Abeer
sung the "Witches Intifada," a song for
women in Palestinian and everywhere:
"I want to change what it means to be
masculine so that hip-hop can raise strong
women."
At the end, the crowd felt love for Palestine, love for a phenomenal performance,
and love for the music that everyone could
feel. The crowd grooved in unity and
concurrent harmony for the music and in
the name of community.
ANYONE BUT
WHOEVER IS
Catherine Kana is a sophomore enrolled
in (Re) Imagining the Middle East.
GOING TO CAUSE
GATEWAYS TO SPACE PROM, CORY HACKER AND SAMANTHA FRANLOS AS "ROCKY RETRO" AND ''JUDY jETSON"
MY ANGER AND
WHOEVER IS
GONNA CAUSE
MY HUNGER
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by EVVIE ALLISON
AWARE OF MY
HUNGER AND
MY ANGER
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If you participated in Saturday's Westside Arts Walk, you are likely to have
encountered more than your share of hip,
drunk, twenty-something Olympians.
You're also likely to have seen some
cutesy zeitgeist-perfect artwork, several
secret cafes, and possibly your favorite
local band (unless that happens to be
Twig Palace, Briana Marela, or Eleanor
Murray, and you got to the Petting Zoo
after 10 p.m., at which point it was so
overcrowded .that no one could get in
unless someone came out.) If you were
lucky, you might even have spotted a
medieval knight. The only thing missing,
if you ask me, was a circus.
1 started my night at the Finger Complex,
taking orders and serving pizzas, nachos,
and hot cocoa for the Sundance Kids' tour
send-off show. They followed local band
Ssunndagger and Seattle darlings Iji, a
gleeful choir of charming boys whose
music, apart from summoning Daniel
Johnston, asks nicely to be danced to,
please.
Afterwards, I headed over to the Stump
House where Evergreen students Ryan
Converse, Juliana Furioso, Erin Tanner
and others exhibited their work. The
general feeling was of otherworldli- famously delicious milkshakes. If you
ness, from photographs of heroic toy were there and didn't jump at the chance,
zebras and narcissistic clay figures shame on you.)
Big crowds are not my thing, so
(Furioso) to a benevolent paper-miiche
reluctantly
I headed back to the Finger
moon (Converse) looming over resiComplex
to
top off my night with leftdent Kenrick Ward's interactive video
over
chips
and an incomprehensible
installation. Complementing the latter
piece was M.C. Firedrill (Tony Miller, amount of nacho cheese.
accompanied by friend Dakota), whose
Some of the other events I did not have
GameBoy beats I can only describe as the the good fortune to attend included a
auditory manifestation of an underground folk show at Square 1 with Killywell and
nutria war in which land mines explode June Madrona, the Hail Seizures at the
into streamers that litter the ground like Mad House, and an all-night dance party
sprinkles on a cupcake which, subse- graced by Joey Casio. Next time, Westside artists, let there be aerial dancing.
quently, is swallowed by God.
I left to catch the quiet show on Thomas.
Peeking in, I saw Briana Marcia whisEvvie Allison is a Junior enrolled in an
per-singing serenely to an astonishingly
full, discouragingly hot room. (Those independent learning contract.
dedicated not-so-few also had the oppor.-tu_n_i_L._to_ in_d_u_l""g_e _in_ o_n_e_o_f_D_a_v_i_d_R_t_·v_a_s_'s_________________
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Glimpse the
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hip-hop
show
by JAH'DI LEVVI AND
YONATAN ALDORT and produced
by the HIP HOP CONGRESS
Hip Hop Congress' March 11 show will
feature a wide variety of extremely talented
artists.
Headlining the show is One.Be.Lo, hailing from Pontiac, Michigan. One.Be.Lo
was formerly known as OneManArmy.
(You might remember him as half of the
killer Binary Star duo with Senim Silla.)
He has been a consistent force in the realm
of hip-hop since his solo debut in 2001
dropping Waterworld Too. Lo is known for
his skillful wordplay and thought-provoking lyrics. He is dedicated to hip-hop as an
art form and emulates that constantly in
was in late 2008, but he will be performing
on Valentine's Day with Whiskey Blanket
at The Fox venue in Boulder, Colorado. He
is one of the Northwest's most prodigious
hip-hop artists and continues to establish
himself as an influential white emcee.
The Elements is a hip-hop group whose
members are Rhino and Energy. The
Elements are also based out of Seattle
(although Energy is a student at Evergreen). They are fairly new on the scene,
but anticipate the release of their first
album in April of this year. The Elements
have already performed alongside a variety
of successful artists. Their next show will
be on February 11 at the River City Saloon,
in Hood River, Oregon. Artistically, while
they are based in hip-hop, the duo has a
LEBOWSKI NIGHT HOSTED BY SIMONE
EVAN MANGOLD. PICTURED, THE
CONTEST WINNER, PONTWAM VISHNU
FOLWER
HE IS ONE OF THE NORTHWEST'S MOST
PRODIGIOUS
HIP-HOP
ARTISTS
AND
CONTINUES TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS AN
INFLUENTIAL WHITE EMCEE
his music. His latest album, L.I.F.E. (Lo
Is For Everybody), is considered by many
to be his best work to date. He is currently
touring the country and most recently
performed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the
Blind Pig venue. Josh Martinez, a.k.a. The
People's Champ, is a Canadian emcee,
producer, and record label executive. His
first solo album was Maximum Wellbeing
in 1998, and his most recent work is World
Famous Sex Buffet, which is presently
number one in Canada. He is currently
on the "Swine Country" tour with emcee
Sleep of Oldominion, who is the other half
of their group, The Chicharones. Their last
show was at the Kilby Court venue in Salt
Lake City, Utah. His music is rooted in
hip-hop, but he has an eccentric style and
regularly experiments with other musical
genres, including rock and funk.
Macklemore, a former Geoduck, is a
Seattle-based emcee and has performed
previously at Evergreen on multiple occasions. H~ has op.e solo album to his name
thus far, critically-acclaimed The Language
of My Wor.ld1 r-eleased in 2005. He is also
l\~1£-. oftht; duo Step Cousins with Olympia
emcee XPeri~ce. Macklemore's last show
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diverse musical background and favors
a widely experimental style, frequently
introducing electronic or dancehall themes
into their songs.
Asliani, from Boston, Massachusetts is
currently an Evergreen student, . She has
one solo album, U Do It Or U Don~. which
dropped in fall of 2008. Asliani is quickly
making a name for herself in the Northwest. Her music is inspired by powerful
female emcees, and she favors raw, reality-based lyricism over soulful beats. She
is also known for her ability as a bilingual
artist, rhyming in both English and Spanish. Her most recent performance was in
the December 6 Hip Hop for the Homeless
show at the China Clipper in Olympia.
In the following weeks we will provide biographies and more in-depth information on each of the artists listed. We will
also suggest albums that you might want
to check out from each of the artists before
the show on March 11. Stay tuned!
Yonatan Aldort is a junior enrolled in
Decolonizing the Mind. Jah 'di Levvi is a
sophomore enrolled in Health and Human
Development.
KAOS Top S0 for the week of 2/0 S/09:
1. Umphrey's Mcgee - Mantis
2. Bobby Jones Featuring the Mannish Boys - Comin' Back Hard
3. Brigitte Demeyer - Red River Rower
4. Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele - The Good Feeling Music of ..
5. Disciplines - Smoking Kills
6. Magnificants - Year of Explorers
7. Mark Olsen and Gary Louris- Ready For the Rood
8. My Dear Disco - Oancethink
9. Saffire the Uppity Blues Woman - Havin' the Last Word
1.0. Various Artists- Putumayo Presents African Reggae
11. William Elliot Whitmore - Animals in the Dark
12. Yximalloo - Unpop
13. Various Artists - Sambas and Other Music of Carnival
14. Alice Dean - Beautiful Thief
15. A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
16. Alice Russell - Pot of Gold
17. Animal Collective- Merrfweather Post Pavilion
18. Anne Heaton - Blazing Red
19. Beirut - March of the Zapotec and Real People Holland
20. Coco and Lafe - Cafe Loco
21. Dry Branch Fire Squad - Echoes of the Mountains
22. Fake Problems - It's Great to Be /!Jive
23. Nous Non Plus -Menagerie
24. Novalima - Coba Coba
25. Guy Davis - Sweetheart Uke You
26. Her Space Holiday - XOXO Panda and the New Kid Revival
27. Joani Taylor - In My ONn Voice
28. Kokoura - Anitie
29. Department Of Energy - Faster
30. Lonely Dear - Everything Tums To You
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Ca(endar!
Thursday. February 5
Day of Absence/Presence meeting
Tuesdays and Thursdays, LIB 1003, 12-1 p.m.
Vagina (monologue) meetings
SemI Annex F, 12-1 p.m.
Wymon's writing circle
Thursdays, CAB solarium, 4:30p.m.
Video game tournament
Hosted by SVGA. Gears ofWar 2, Halo 3, Call
of Duty 4. 3rd floor of CAB, 6-9 p.m.
Common Bread: Dances of Universal Peace
Lecture Hall rotunda, 6-8 p.m.
Open mic night
Sign-up starts at 6 p.m. HCC, 7-9 p.m.
Homeland Security Seattle Hip Hop 206
Legends Show
Featuring Nite Owls (Barfly of Oldominion
and Gatsby of Cancer Rising), Mr. Hill, Billy
the Fridge, and more. $5 at The Royal (311 N.
Capitol Way), 9 p.m.
Friday. February 6
Day of Absence
On-campus events:
•Correo Aereo is a Latin American/world
music trio who performs traditional and original
music from Venezuela, Argentina, and Mexico.
Concert from 1-3 p.m.
•Workshops on cultural identity: fihns, meditation, and anti-oppression issues including the
intersections of race, gender and the internment
ofJapaneseAmericans in the early 1940's.
•Reflections & Orientation to Community
Service. Meet at SEM II A II 07, noon.
Off-campus events (Meet in the CCBLA office
SEM II All07; vans and carpools will leave
for these events by I p.m.):
•Community of Color off-campus retreat at
the Lacey Community Center at Woodland
Creek Community Park, 6729 Pacific Avenue
SE, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
•Learn more about the variety of programs
offered by Community Youth Services
(CYS). Participate in a discussion with Street
Outreach, Rosie's Place staff and youth, or help
the Transitional Housing Program spruce up
some housing properties (downtown Olympia,
41 or48 bus).
•Spend the day with the Stonewall Youth
Community, a nonprofit community organization that supports and advocates for youth who
identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered.) Help Stonewall spice up their offices
(downtown Olympia, 41 or48 bus).
•Books to Prisoners: Spend the day with
volunteers responding to the requests for books
for prisoners throughout the region (Westside
Olympia, 41 or48 bus).
•Camp Quixote Meal & Parents Organizing
for Welfare and Economic Rights: Come
enjoy the afternoon preparing a meal to be
shared with the camp residents and learn more
(First Christian Church, downtown Olympia,
41 or48 bus).
•Hang out at De Colores Books and experience this amazing community and its diversity
(downtown Olympia, 41 or48 bus).
•Join the CIELO Project (Centro Integral
Educativo Latino de Olympia) community at
Radio Ranch and learn about issues facing the
Latino population (Olympia, 15-minute van
ride).
•Evergreen Elementary School: Visit schools
with this local language program and help as
reading buddies in Spanish and English (Shelton, half-hour van ride).
February 5, 2009
•Evergreen Vista: v1s1t the after-school
program at the center of Evergreen Vista apartments that serves a diverse group of youth
(Olympia, 15-minute van ride).
•Salvation Army Children's Project: Visit the
children from Madison Elementary's Welcome
Room, a place for homeless children to transition in and out of the school day (downtown
Olympia, 41 or 48 bus).
•Squaxin Child Development Center: Join
for story time and art activities at this highquality child development center and learn
about early childhood education and cultural
activities (Kamilche, Mason County, 20-minute
van ride).
Hatha yoga practice
Free yoga! Contact mursho29@evergreen.edu
for more info. CRC 314, 3 p.m.
Saturday. February 7
Ivy Basketry and Storytelling
Join this CENSE-hosted workshop ofharvesting English Ivy, basketry, storytelling, and
more. Westside Co-op (921 Rogers St. NW),
starting at 11 a.m.
Beatles karaoke night
HCC, 7-9 p.m.
Sujata Mohapatra - The Odissi Legacy
continues
Live dance performance. $5- $20 tickets on
sale at TESC bookstore, Rainy Day Records,
BuyOlympia.corn, COM box office, or by
phone at (360) 867-6833. COM Experimental
Theater, 8-10 p.m.
Sub-free show
Free concert oflocal Washington bands. Second
floor of A-dorms (Primetime), 9-11 p.m.
Sunday. February 8
Casino night!
Free night of poker, cribbage, and craps. HCC,
5-11 p.m.
Monday. February 9
Hatha yoga practice
Monday yogic philosophy discussion and
subsequent community yoga. CRC 314,
discussion at 2 p.m. and yoga at 3 p.m.
S&A Board meeting
Open forum, CAB 320, 3-3:10 p.m. and business meeting 3:15-5 p.m.
Cultivating Voice: A writing tutor's craft
info-session
"Students intrigued by the spring class offering
which leads to becoming a writing tutor, Cultivating Voice: a writing tutor's craft, are invited
to attend this info-session." LIB 3301,4 p.m.
Moon pad workshop
Join the WRC and make reusable and sustainable menstrual pads. SEM II B 2109, 5-8 p.m.
Thesday. February 10
"Songs of Freedom" Day of Absence/Presence meeting
LIB 1003, noon- I p.m.
Bushara Dosa Speaks
Bushara Dosa speaks about the conflict in
Darfur, hosted by Amnesty International.
Lecture Hall I, 6-8 p.m.
Black History Month movies
Free movie series. HCC, 9-11 p.m.
Wednesday. February 11
Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship
speaker
Alaffia Sustainable Skincare founder, Olown'djo Tchala, discusses certain topics involved
in sustainable business. Sem IIA2109, 2 p.m.
Grammar Garden essay "bits" workshop
"This week is about exploring the sentence patch:
subjects, objects, clauses, phrases, fragments, &
dangling modifiers." LIB 2310,2-3 p.m.
Creative approaches to the essay workshop
This workshop "defines framework and its
purpose in essays and analytical writing." LIB
2310,3p.m.
Hatha yoga practice
Free yoga! CRC 314, 3 p.m.
"Insurgent Architect or Let's Get Organized" essay workshop
This Creative Approaches to the Essay workshop will help anyone organize and write
through brainstorming and discussion. LIB
2310,3 p.m.
S&A Board meeting
Open forum CAB 320, 3-3:10 and business
meeting 3: 15-6 p.m.
Mindscreen Presents (a film)
Free admission, open to the Evergreen community. Lecture Hall 5, 6-10:30 p.m.
National teach-in on global warming
Lecture Hall3, 7-9 p.m.
Century Masters Series pianist concert
Benjamin Moser, 2007's Young Artists International Auditions winner, will be performing several concertos. For tickets, call (360)
753-8586 or go to Washingtoncenter.org. The
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
(512 Washington St. SE), 7:30p.m.
Thursday. February 12
Open mic night
Sign-up starts at 6 p.m. HCC, 7-9 p.m.
Club meeting times:
Mondays
S&ABoard
Open forum CAB 320, 3-3:10 p.m. and business meeting 3:15-5 p.m.
Women of Color Coalition (WOCC)
CAB 216, 3 p.m.
Hillel meeting
CAB 320, 3:30p.m.
Greeners for Truth and Reconciliation
Sem II B 3109,4 p.m.
Cooper Point Journal organizational
CAB 316,5 p.m .
Tuesdays
FolkDance
CAB 320 cubicle 4, 10 a.m.
Black Student Union
CAB 3rd floor (TV Lounge), 3 p.m.
HABOO
LIB 2147 First Peoples' lounge, 4 p.m.
Capoeira
CRC 316,5:30 p.m.
Student Video Garners Association
CAB 3rd floor (TV lounge), 6-9 p.m.
Greeners 4 Christ
SEM II Dll07, 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesdays
Students at Evergreen for Ecological Design
(SEED)
CAB 320, cube 17, 12:30 p.m.
Amnesty International
CAB 320 Solarium, I p.m.
Barrier Breakers club
Outside of the Assistive Technology Lab, LIB
2318, 1-3 p.m.
CENSE Nature Walks
Front of clock tower, I p.m.
Chemistry Club
Lab II room 2211, 1-2 p.m.
Folk Dance Alliance
CAB 320 (cube 4), I p.m.
Geoduck Student Union
SemiiE1105, l-4p.m.
Synergy
CAB 320, cube 17, I :30 p.m.
Women's Resource Center
CAB 320, 1:30-3 p.m.
Black Student Union
CAB 3rd floor (TV Lounge), 2 p.m.
Center 4 Sustainable Entrepreneurship
SEMIIA2109, 2 p.m.
Students Educating Students About the
Middle East (SESAME)
CAB 320, 2 p.m.
Clean Energy
Lab II 1250 (February 18), 3 p.m.
Pre-Health Society
Lab I room 3033, 3-4:30 p.m.
Freedom of Consciousness Club
CAB 3rd floor (the pit), 3:30p.m.
Committee in Solidarity with the People of
El Salvador (CISPES)
Please note this new weekly meeting time.
CAB 3rd floor, 4 p.m.
EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance
SEMIIA2109, 4 p.m.
Hip Hop Congress
Lecture Hall Rotunda 4-5:30 p.m.
Writers' Guild
LIB (Writing Center), 4 p.m.
Greener Organization
HCC, 5:30p.m.
AnimeClub
For more info, contact EvergreenAnimeClub@
gmail.com. CAB 3rd floor, 6-9 p.m.
Socialist Alternative
SEMII C3109, 6 p.m.
Thursdays
Zionist
CAB 3rd floor, 3:30p.m.
Global Medical Brigade
SEM II E2109, 4 p.m.
Sabot lnfoshoppe
CAB Solarium, 4 p.m.
Cooper Point Journal
Post-mortem and story planning meeting.
Everyone welcome! CAB 316, 5 p.m.
Gun Club
Semii Cll07, 5 p.m.
Hip Hop Congress
Board meetings in the Lecture Rotunda, 5
p.m.
Common Bread with centering prayer
Longhouse 1002 (Cedar Room), 5:30-8 p.m.
Gaming Guild
CAB 320, 5:30- 9 p.m.
Juggling Club
Red Square, 6 p.m.
Fridays
Carnival club
CAB 320, 4-5:30 p.m.
Evergreen Student Productions/MEl
3rd floor of the CAB, 5:15p.m.
Saturdays
AnimeCiub
CAB 3rd floor (TV Lounge), 7-9 p.m.
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