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by MADELINE
BERMAN AND XANDRE
CHATEAUBRIAND
Though they have decided what to
recommend about the proposed AR15 rifle purchase, the Police Services
Review Board (PSCRB) have not
chosen to make their decision public.
Even Art Costantino, Vice President
of Student Affairs, the person charged
with the final word on whether or not
the police will receive the rifles, doesn't
know what the recommendation is.
"We're in the dark," said Costantino.
"The recommendation will not be
released until PSCRB has had time
to put their decision into proper
framework," says Sky Cohen, PSCRB
member and student. "The issue is too
complex to release it without context."
Cohen mentioned that putting the
recommendation in context includes
acknowledging the concerns of those
who hold the minority opinion about
the recommendation. Cohen would not
specify what the minority opinion is.
The decision was made at a closed
meeting Monday, April 20. The meeting was closed to everyone who was
not a voting member of the PSCRB,
including Costantino and Police Chief
Ed Sorger.
According to Cohen no official minutes
were taken during the meeting.
According to Costantino, because the
PSCRB makes recommendations and
not decisions, they are not required to
follow state open meeting laws - RCW
42.30.110 -which would otherwise
require their meetings to be public.
When asked why they closed the
meeting, Cohen said he did not know
who made the decision to close the
meeting.
Visit www.cooperpointjournal.com
for updates on this story as more information is released.
Madeline Berman is a sophomore
enrolled in Image and Sequence. Alexandre Chateaubriand is a sophomore
enrolled in Inventing the Citizen.
A-dorm open for music
Budget
Comm
visits union
by MADELINE BERMAN
Steve Trotter, Executive Director for
Operational Planning and Budget, and
Ben Anderson, a student member of
the Budgetary Planning Committee
presented a budget update at this week's
Geoduck Student Union (GSU) meeting.
Trotter explained what would happen to
tuition assuming 7% and 14% increases.
"Originally the instate undergrad tuition
would be [raised] 7% ... This means
that tuition would be an extra $110 per
quarter," says Anderson. "Out . of state
undergrads will pay an extra $1,090 next
year. No changes will be made to out of
state grad and instate grad tuition."
Anderson also explained the need for
the tuition increase. "Students have to
step up to pay for this; if we go against
it, the cuts will be worse. An extra $200
a quarter next year will save Evergreen
from 10% budget cuts by reducing them
to 6%."
"The students will pay more next year
to help ottset budget cuts," Anderson
continued, "The extra $1.7 million from
tuition will go to operations and $700k
will go towards financial aid."
Trotter strongly encouraged everyone
to attend the budget forum to be held at
the end of this month. More information
about the budget is available at www.
evergreen.edu/budget
GSU elections are on track since hiring
elections commissioners last week. Elections will run from May 18-29. Applications for candidates will be out by the
end of this week and are due by May 8.
The GSU did not meet quorum.
Madeline Berman is a sophomore
enrolled in Image and Sequence.
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Voices ofColor
Art For Survival:
A MEChA Conference
by NICHOLAS GONZALES
AND MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ
We as a student organization would
like to invite our fellow students, staff,
faculty, and community members here at
Evergreen to participate in our upcoming
conference "Arte Para Sobrevivir" (Art
For Survival) happening this weekend,
April24-26. The conference will include
MEChA members from colleges and high
schools across the state. The conference
will consist of workshops, guest speakers,
and the live concert Give Peace A Dance
to follow the events held on Saturday,
April 25. Among the conference highlights will be presentations by Teatro
Chicana- an intergenerational group of
women who were highly involved in the
Chicana/o movement by utilizing theatre
as a tool for liberation, Simon Sedillowho has helped youth document different struggles in regards to the resistance
of Neo-Liberal Policies in their own
communities throughout Oaxaca, Carlos
Marentes- who is involved with the
organization COMITE-ProAmnestia in
the greater Seattle area regarding immi-
grant rights, Marlyna Gangi- who will be
presenting a workshop on radical Queer
Chicana Feminism through an Anarchist
lens, and Pachamama- who will be
performing soul reggae from the ghettos
of East LA.
Registration for the conference will
begin on Friday, April24 at 5:30p.m. in
the Rotunda and will run during the open
Mic, which starts at 7:30p.m. Registration will continue at 8 a.m. Saturday,
April 25 and will close at !2:00pm.
Registration will cost $ 10 for Evergreen students and Olympia community
members. High school students are FREE
with school I.D!!! A full detailed list of
conference scheduling will be placed
around campus as the conference nears,
so keep your eyes open!
With Hopes Of Peace Justice and
Love,
MEChA de Evergreen
Student of Color
COnference giveback
EVERGREEN STUDENTS SPENT THE WEEKEND AT THE
STUDENTS OF COLOR CONFERENCE. THE CONFERENCE WAS HOSTED BY THE WASHINGTON STATE MULTICULTURAL STUDENTS SERVICES DIRECTORS' COUNCIL.
by CERISE PALMANTEER
Nicholas Gonzales and Miguel Rodriguez are members of MEChA.
This past weekend, April 16-18 students
from the Evergreen, Tacoma and Olympia
campuses took a tour bus to Yakima to
attend the 19'h annual Students of Color
Conference held by the Washington State
Multicultural Students Services Directors'
Council. The conference is organized for
community college students and fortunately Evergreen is the only 4-year college
invited to attend. In an effort to create
unity, the conference utilizes the rich
resources and knowledge found within
the group of people invited to attend to
bring people together from across the state
to talk about issues that students of color
face. The conference theme this year was
"Uniting Colors, Shaping the Future!" and
it focused on personal identity, learning
about other cultures, and creating changes
together for the future .
The conference's keynote speakers
were legendary Chicana activist Dolores
Huerta, who was instrumental in the
United Farm Workers (UFW) movement
as the co-founder of the UFW along
with Cesar Chavez; enthralling public
speaker, humanitarian, and indigenous
leader Haunani-Kay Trask, who is also
a professor of Hawaiian Studies with the
Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian
Studies at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa; and professor Andrew Jolivette,
who is an associate professor in American
Indian Studies, Critical Race and Resistance studies, and Educational Leadership
Studies at San Francisco State University.
Another noted presenter at the conference
was Evergreen Tacoma faculty Gilda
Isabel Galvez
Sheppard, who screened her documentary,
Women Together As One, which focuses on
her work with Liberian women refugees.
On the 16'h Evergreen students arrived a
little behind schedule and weary from the
journey due to an unfortunate mishap with
the tour bus, involving a blinking light on
the busses dash board and waiting a while
for a new bus at a small shop along the road.
Though we made it to the conference in
time for the racial/ethnic/cultural caucuses.
These caucuses were divided into several
different groups or identities including,
African American/Black, Asian American,
Chicano/Hispanic!Latino, International, 1
Middle Eastern, Mixed Race/Multi Racial,
Native American/Indian/Alaska Native,
Pacific Island American, White/Caucasian/
European American, and Islam. During
these caucuses, students chose to attend I
whichever group they most identified with
and explored issues of racial/ethnic/cultural
group identity and self-awareness.
The next day was focused on several
concurrent workshops that focused on
themes such as, Awareness 10 I , Skill
Building, Social Justice/Activism, and,
Personal Development. During Awareness 101 students were invited to attend
workshops to learn more about groups that[
they do not identify with and wanted to
learn more about. Skill Building focused
on developing skills around community
organizing, money management, educational success, awareness in our children,
and empowerment. Social Justice/Activ- '
ism worked to emphasize issues of social
justice and especially action. Personal
Development worked to help participants
build upon their own knowledge of health,
wellness, and creativity and grow from
their participation in the workshop.
Rounding out the rather engaging learning experience was the journey back to
Tacoma then Olympia because Evergreen, ,
Tacoma and Olympia were riding that same
unfortun'ate tour bus hoping for a smooth
ride home. Luckily the dashboard's lights [
were dim and unlit all the way back.
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Take Back the Night! Olympia .Mural Project
HelloOlympia!
It's almost here! TESC's Coalition We
have
acquired
a
space
against Sexual Violence and Women's in town for a mural project!
Resource Center have been working
together to bring you Take Back the
Night. Next Wednesday, April 29, meet
We want to paint a series of portraits
in Red Square at 8 p.m. for a rally and of radical American heroes that
march through housing, ending in Sem II inspire
the
Olympia
community.
B 1107 for a speak out and snacks. Bring
your voice, drums, saxophones, signs, We need your help! If you want to
heart, mind, body, and respect.
contribute ideas, please email us back
Evergreen has been hosting Take Back at
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the Night with the vision of ending with people's names and why they
gendered violence for almost 15 years, are important to you. For example:
and we still have work to do. This April
29, we want to raise our voices to cele- Myles Horton founded the Highlander
brate our survival, honor our humanity, Folk School in Eastern Tennessee
and energize ourselves for continuing 1 organized around the civil rights movethis fight for freedom from violence. ment and was a leader in the practice of
We have been making progress this year ~- popular education. He is important to
by opening campus discussions of daily us because he worked for inclusion and
work and struggles with gender, and by empowerment for oppressed peoples in
working to make consent workshops a a region we are both proud to be from.
staple of the Evergreen campus.
Help us end Sexual Assault Awareness We're looking for activists, environmenMonth in veneration of our lives and talists, artists--anyone who inspires you!
potential! We'll see you in Red Square We would like to start painting in two
next Wednesday.
weeks, so please submitas soon as possible!
Tell all comrades and cohorts because we
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appreciate as much input as we can get,
I and let us know if you would like to be
updated on the progress of the project.
Let your heroes inspire others!
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S&A Board Fee Forum
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Date and Time: April29, 2009 from
Location: sEM 11 c 11 os
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What do you think of an increase in Service and Activities fees?
Do you have any questions about S&A Board budget decisions?
Bring your questions because the S&A,ll.pau-d has answers.
student organizac:tons.
The board will also discuss their recommendations on the ·following services: the Flaming Eggplan~
Ever~reen
Cafe, the
Childcare Center,
K~OS-FM,
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Geoduck Student Union's Statement in Response to the Police Service Rifle Proposal
and Active Shooter Response Plan
Let it be known that the Geoduck Student Union (GSU) does hereby recommend to the Police Services Community Review Board
(PSCRB) that they reject the current spending proposal of $10,000 from the Student Affairs Equipment fund for the purchase of three
rifles, ammunition, body armor, helmets, and active shooter training. Consequently, we reject the "Active Shooter Response Plan" as it
stands.
Although both the Active Shooter Response Plan and the proposal for the purchase of rifles from police services (we make a
distinction between the two) are put forward in terms of an active shooter situation, the GSU must take into account a broader view of
the potential consequences that this rifle acquisition may have. The policy for rifle use has not been solidified. In the draft policy, the
definition of an 'active shooter' is too variable and vague to warrant assurance that rit1es will only be used in an active shooter
scenario. As such we cannot treat the proposal as being applicable only in the case of an active shooter. The GSU must take into
account a broader social context of potential consequences that this acquisition may have on students and the broader campus
community.
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We reject the purchase of three patrol rifles and ammunition.
We support additional campus safety training for Evergreen's Police Services.
According to our forum and survey, the most prominent safety concerns of students have been sexual assault and natural
disaster preparedness. Sexual assault has been consistently prevalent on the Evergreen campus. Natural disasters are common in
this area and in the past have had a significant destructive impact on our community (Our region regularly experiences
earthquakes in magnitudes ranging from 7.0 to 9.0 and beyond. This would be incredibly deadly and require a fast and efficient
response plan in order to reduce the loss of life and begin to organize a relief effort. We have no such plan, which is deeply
neglectful of our region's natural history). The risk of an active shooter on campus ranked lower on our survey than either
of these two concerns. Addressing the two former issues (and other issues of more pressing immediacy) should be our
top priorities in regards to campus safety.
We recommend the creation of a student organized escort and first responder service coupled with mandatory consent training
for all freshmen and transfer students to reduce the threat of sexual assault on this campus.
A community response to safety concerns is not only preferable, but required by law. The GSU is concerned that the creation of
this proposal by Police Services is preemptive and did not involve the community members that Substitute Senate Bill 6328
section Sa states requires.
"Each institution shall establish a task force that annually examines campus security and safety issues. Each task force
shall include representation from the institution's administration, faculty, staff, recognized student organization, and
police or security organization."
We recommend the creation of a DTF (Disappearing Task Force) made up of Evergreen students, faculty, staff, administration,
and police to address the mandate presented in SSB 6328 in order to adequately and democratically evaluate our current threat
assessment structure and levels of preparedness in the event of an emergency.
We encourage preventative, non-violent means to deal with the unlikely problem of a campus shooter. The GSU is concerned
that the proposal by Police Services is preemptive; we feel a prevention plan must exist in its place. One of the responsibilities
of the above mentioned DTF would be to craft our own threat assessment and response policy so that students, staff, and faculty
know where to turn if a community member is showing symptoms of violence to themselves or others.
Our Stated Reasoning:
The previously mentioned proposals were written and produced by the administration and police services without input from the
largest group in the community- students, faculty, and staff. According to the many student voices we have heard: the survey and
forum we conducted and the PSCRB survey, which showed a 75% student disapproval rating (of the proposal to purchase the package
equipment and training), it is clear that the larger student body is in opposition to the acquisition of rifles for our campus. Therefore the
proposals do not in a greater sense reflect the voice of the students.
During the greatest economic .crisis since the Great Depression, we need to be incredibly careful about how we spend our college's
budget. We understand the probability of an 'active shooter' incident happening on the Evergreen campus to be extremely small. We
also encourage preventative, non-violent means to deal with this unlikely problem.
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. Unfortunately, our liberal arts college community does not exist separately from tyrannies that exist in the world. The role of
structural oppression and its influence on the institutions that have power over our lives need to be constantly investigated. Of primary
concern for this particular issue is that of structural racism and heterosexism. People of color and queer people, who have been
historically targeted, marginalized, and abused by the traditional institution of US law enforcement, are still disconnected from, and
made to feel unsafe within, the greater American community. The unfair treatment these oppressed communities have received from
police actions on a local and national scale is relevant and no doubt in peoples' minds. Students of these communities are the most
effected by change in police armament and have had the least institutional say in the matter~
The incidence of students being harmed by police on campuses is much higher than the incidence of an active shooter on campuses
across the country.
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The Wonder Collective
is here, now
CLEAN Energy
by MATT TROKEN
by GEOFFREY S. BOK
1) Research into renewable energy and
conservation technologies;
2) Clean energy projects intended to
save energy or produce electricity; or
3) Demonstration projects which
educate the community about sustainable
technologies
Clean Energy grants will be accepted
on a rolling basis spring quarter. With
a little ingenuity, determination, and
thoughtful planning you may see your
vision become a reality. Please contact
cleanenergy@evergreen.edu with applications, questions, or inquiries:
If you do not have a clean energy
idea or project but wish to get involved
with energy conservation, clean energy
production, or sustainable technologies on campus, JOIN THE CLEAN
ENERGY COMMITTEE!! The Clean
Energy committee is comprised of dedicated faculty, staff and students who
have a passion for reducing dependence
on fossil fuels, a commitment to carbon
neutrality and a continued desire to
support the progressive ideas and visions
of students, which make The Evergreen
State College a national leader in oncampus sustainability.
We are currently accepting resumes for
two paid committee positions. Responsibilities include:
Bi-Weekly meetings
Reviewing Grant applications
Updating the Committee webpage
Promoting Clean Energy on campus.
Experience is not necessary, but you do
have to be a current Evergreen student.
Please send resumes, and questions to
cleanenergy@evergreen.edu by May 13.
As a student of The Evergreen State
Last Wednesday there were tea parties across the nation in protest of high taxes and College, you have an opportunity to
shitty-ass government, but one tea party ironically happened to coincide in support cultivate your ideas of how to reduce
of common ground and togetherness. The Wonder Collective, a newly congealed greenhouse gas emissions into applied
student group, has begun its mission by putting on these impromptu gatherings called solutions. In 2005, 91% of Evergreen
students voted to pass a radical initiative,
UniTea.
Keep your eyes peeled for this group of eclectic individuals. They may be out on which made The Evergreen State College
red square or in front of the HCC sometime soon offering you tea and their trademark one of the first schools to offset 100% of
Wonder Wads, a gooey, chocolaty treat full of fresh, local ingredients; or perhaps just its electrical emissions.
Through the Clean Energy Initiative,
some casual conversation.
These spontaneous gatherings are put on to help people slow down to catch their each student voted to contribute $1 per
breath during their busy day and hopefully breathe a sigh of relief through a cup credit hour to purchase green energy tags
of tea. They also serve to get people together and allow for an outlet of creativity. from Puget Sound Energy. The Clean
Already there have been hack circles, jam sessions, and poetry readings, often times Energy Initiative also established a Clean
Energy Fund (CEF) to provide financial
simultaneously, during UniTea.
The Wonder Collective meets on Thursdays at 3 p.m. in the CAB solarium and all support for on-campus renewable energy,
who are genuinely interested in getting involved are welcome. Already there has been energy conservation, and educational
contact between The WC and the Yoga and Juggling clubs, as with the Environmental projects. With every $1 of energy saved
Resource Center, among others. One ofthe aims of The WC is to bring these diverse on campus, 10 cents returns to the CEF,
which is managed by the Clean Energy
groups together to foster new and powerful types of events.
Future plans of the WC include weekly open-invitation meditation sessions, a Committee. Some past projects the CEF
massive Alice in Wonderland themed tea party hosted by the Mad Hatter (a WC helped become a reality include: The
member), and storybook readings. In addition, it is a goal that more spontaneous Evergreen Biodiesel Project, a biomass
happenings will begin to spark up frequently with the growth and expansion of this gassifier,' an electric vehicle for parking services, additional bike racks ongroup.
campus, and a new solar-to-LED lit bus
This is their Mission Statement:
"The Wonder Collective serves to catalyze events and happenings that aim to inspire shelter to name a few. During spring
wide groups of people to come together and share ideas, dreams, and experiences that quarter, the Clean Energy Committee is
will bring about constructive and positive change to serve the Evergreen community. accepting both resumes for committee
We want to provide avenues that enrich the daily experience and help people access positions and grant applications.
If you have a clean energy idea or
the wonder that lies within our collective human experience."
project, the student body has set aside
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The real India
by CLAIRE ROSENFELD
"Apka naam kya hai?" 'What is your
name?' The small, underfed child asks,
bouncing up and down in front of me. She
looks about five years old. Like the other
children at the orphanage, her hair is cut
unfashionably short, to protect her from
lice.
"Claire," I reply.
She laughs out loud.
"Nahi, nahi" 'No, no." She seems to
think that I am playing some sort of game
with her.
"Apka naam kya hai?" She asks again,
still giggling.
"Claire," I saw slowly, in my best Indian
accent. By this time, she is in hysterics.
Later, I will learn that 'Claire' or 'Klaer'
as pronounced in Hindi, actually means
'to the point.' I will opt to adopt the name
'Rose,' which is short for my last name,
'Rosenfeld.' The children will refer to me
as 'Rose-Deedee" or 'sister Rose.'
This spring quarter, I am studying
independently in Jaipur, India as part of
Ratna Roy's program, India: Tradition &
Beyond. I am volunteering part time at
a government run organization, reading
about international development, continuing Hindi language studies, and travel
writing. In these first few weeks of the
quarter, I have learned an immeasurable
amount about poverty.
As much as I love the children, the
orphanage isn't an enjoyable place to
work, per-say. I spend four hours every
day with malnourished, barely-clothed,
cooped-up, lice-infected orphans age 0-6
years old. I don't exactly feel like a bundl,e
of sunshine when I return to the volunteer
house, mentally and physically exhausted.
Did I mention that I have acquired lice,
despite the scarf I carefully wrap around
my long hair every morning?
I volunteer at the orphanage with an
unusually mature 18 year old from Denver,
named Megan. Our day begins with a 30
minute auto-rickshaw ride. Once we exit
our quiet neighborhood, the streets come
alive with a cacophony of sounds and
sights. I nervously study the chaotic dance
between pedestrians, motorists, rickshaws,
auto-rickshaws, and drivers. My senses
spring to life, despite the early hour. First,
we dress the children after their baths;
then they have snack time in the kitchen;
most of the children then attend school,
while Megan and I play with the disabled
children. Finally, we feed the kids lunch
with our hands, before heading back to the
volunteer house. For the rest of the day,
we read, write, and nap-that's all any of
us feel like doing in the relentless North
Indian heat.
After my sister read my Evergreen
blog, she asked "are you happy there?" I
honestly replied "yes." It's all of the small
things that have helped me to fall in love
with this enormous country. It's the way
that the children shout "Rose-Deedee!
Megan-Deedee!" when we arrive at the
site in the mornings; it's the way that the
maid smiles at me when she serves me an
ice-cold mango-lassi in the afternoon; it's
the way my supervisor earnestly encourages me to speak to him in my broken
Hindi during the evenings. I am thankful that this program is allowing me to
see The Real India-the ugliness of its
poverty, and the beauty of its people.
Claire Rosenfeld is a junior enrolled in
India: Tradition & Beyond.
CLAIRE ROSENFELD IS AN EVERGREEN STUDENT STUDYlNG IN INDIA. SHE KEEPS A BLOG OF HER TIME IN INDIA
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Loot by the late Joe Orton is rolling into its
closing weekend at the Midnight Sun this
Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. The play
is directed by Tom Sanders. The who-dunnit
Sherlock Holmes farce/Catholic dogmafying
show is riotous.
The play is set in the rural and highly Catholic
English countryside. It begins with the death of
Mrs. McLeavy, survived by her husband and
son Harold. Malcolm Sturdevant is spectacular
as Harold. He amplifies the farce using doubletakes and near acrobatic facial contortionism.
The eccentric Harold is a driving force behind
the comedy. He calls himself a super sinner.
"One does not have to commit murder to obtain
a corpse."
Sturdevant talks of his dream to open a brothel
and his subsequent descriptions of the women
"birds" was hysterical.
Michelle Grayua plays Fay. A repeat widower
who has seen seven husbands buried and smiled
each time. She is after Mr. Mcleavy and his
money. Garayua is a pro. She handles the accent
and farce with extreme ease. She is small in stature but fills the room with her sweet Catholic
devotion to Mr. Mcleavy and his money.
Mr. McLeavy, played by Mark Matthies, is not
small of stature. Mr. McLeavy is quite rotund,
so in love with the flower arrangements at his
wife's funeral he forgets to grieve, and the
"Leading Catholic Laymen in 40 miles."
Jesus is everywhere on the set ofLoot. Rosaries,
crucifixes, signs of the cross, and many other
wholly religious symbols fill the room and the
play, which makes being the ''Leading Catholic
Laymen in 40 miles," a very good thing.
Truscott, posing as an agent of the Water
Company," visits the McLeavy house. Trus-
cott is Sherlock. He is a pipe-toting master of
disguise.
The Detective pokes and pries m good law
enforcement tradition. He never shows a
warrant, and frequently interrupts conversation.
He has no sense of privacy, which is likely why
he joined the force. Truscott's best line, "Give
me an example ofyour stupidity," which initiates
a one minute "he is stupid' laugh, Truscott ends
with "or you could be the cleverest criminal."
Hal's best friend Dennis the hearse driver,
played by James Holmes, is in love with Fay.
He is constantly swooning and adoring and
writhing in pain, extolling his love for her in a
Cockney accent.
He is taller than Harold and terrified of Truscott. His fear is warranted later when Truscott
reveals he is from the 'Yard.
Tiffany Pollack plays the corpse of Mrs.
McLeavy. She is able to stay gloriously still
while being moved from the coffin, to the closet,
to standing leaning against the wall, and carried
around the stage like a sewing dummy.
Matthew Green appears as the Constable who
arrests the culprit at the end of the show. Green
adds a unique flavor to the farcical collage of
characters with his obsessive obedience to
Truscott.
When the lights go down the audience laughs
itself quiet and then cheers raucously as the cast
re-enters from the two upstage doors and exits
hurriedly.
Loot will close this weekend. So scoot on
down to the Midnight Sun and catch this hilarious farce! Midnight Sun is located at 113 N.
Clolmbia Street.
Brandon Custy is a senior currently enrolled
in an ILC entitled The Producers: Borscht Belt
to Broadway.
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- CASEY J AYWORK
If-gods of taste and eyeliner forbid-you
ever get tired of listening to Thorn York
mope about how black his swan is, try Muse:
it's Radiohead plus adrenaline. Using the
tried-and-true band architecture of solid
drums-and-bass supporting twin electric
guitars-one the brash, intense leader Prince
William, and the other the kooky, experimental sideshow Prince Harry-added to
an androgynous-voiced male lead. They're
~
the-head-wrapped-in-an-attack-by-a-rabidpolar-bear busta-stompery that put "Shrinking Universe" on the trailer for 28 Weeks
Later and "Take A Bow" on the trailer for
Watchmen. Incidentally, this seems to be the
beginning of a trend in which Muse-scored
trailers for films are infinitely better than
the films themselves (even more-so than the
usual trailer/film disparity).
In a creepily karmic way, the stupendity of
these trailers makes up for the shittiness of
the bands' own videos, which are generally
IN SUMMARY, MUSE MUST BE TREATED
LIKE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
pretty much the best thing since acid in
Death Valley (yes, I'm talking to you, Mr.
Foucault). This reliable schema is bolstered
by two additional strengths: first, they're just
plain good musicians ("Knights of Cydonia"
is one of the most difficult songs on the video
game Guitar Hero), and second, they know
when to experiment, a la The Beatles, and
when to just rip chords. No joke--I once
mistook the beginning of one of their songs
for modem composer Phillip Glass; if that's
not experimental for a mainstream rock band,
I don't know what is.
Muse is music for sprinting down endless,
identical corridors while being chased by a
sexy, slow-motion lion. How is this accomplished? Pure, undiluted .badassery, broiled
in a festering stew of bipolar crescendos and
1-dare-you-not-to-head-bang melodramatics.
If there is one word to describe Muse at their
finest, that word is climactic: music by which
to slit your wrist while riding both a mild
hallucinogen and a nuclear warhead into
God's quivering eyeball.
It is exactly this PCP-wrapped-in-a-kick-in-
populated by pale, makeup besotted hottie
anorexics (starting with the lead singer, who
should not be allowed visual appearances
anywhere until he starts getting nakeder)
who are being tortured by an impersonal, yet
somehow coldly sexy, maze/corridor/hotel
room. It's moderately less interesting than
watching Linkin Park watching a sink back
up with dripping water. There's a strange
contradiction between sound and sight: just
listening to the band renders up visions of
rebel angels, yet the moment they appear
you (well, at least I) kind of want to punch
them in the face and spill Kool-Aid on their
designer clothes, lest they tempt my younger
brother into joining a fraternity.
In summary, Muse must be treated like the
ark of the covenant: close your eyes to reap
immeasurable power, but beware that looking at its source will release hell-spawned
demons to melt your face.
Casey Jaywork is a senior enrolled in
Algebra to Algorithms.
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K Records, being one of the best known
local providers of both independent music
and catatonic boredom, released a new
album from an up-and-coming artist that
could be a bright new solution to sleeplessness across the U.S. The album, entitled
Off- White Wall, could be the story of success
for the artist now known as Humdrum Boy,
who has been releasing on K Records since
early 2006. Even those persons stricken
with record-breaking cases of insomnia
have been lulled into immediate slumber
by less than ten minutes of Humdrum Boy's
perpetual dreamy droning and wholly
changeless song structures; an aspect of the
album which many sufferers of insomnia
consider simply miraculous. Even the K
Records producers and employees cannot
manage to listen to more than thirty seconds
of the album without swiftly falling asleep
in their desk chairs.
"It's amazing," reported long time insom-
niac Linda Knoble. "I've tried Lunesta,
Ambien, Rozerem, all the prescriptions.
I've tried counting sheep, I've even tried
tying all my limbs to the bedposts, but nothing works like K Records. They've sure put
out sleep-inducing records in the past, but
five minutes of Off-White Wall, and I'm out
like a light. It's a miracle!"
Due to the clinical success of the album,
sleep professionals have been rigorously
studying the correlation between lethargy
and mind-numbingly dull and puerile music.
When presented with Humdrum Boy, test
subjects have reportedly described a sensation similar to slowly drowning in molasses
while suddenly losing all cognitive thought.
The subjects then immediately began snoring sluggishly. "I can't believe it," said one
expert in the field of insomnia. "We haven't
had results like these since the K Records
release of The Stagnant Hipsters back in
2004."
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27 Million. 27 million
is the number of estimated slaves in the
world today. That is 27
by LIZ DONEHUE
million sets of hands at
The recent decision
work without choice
to not publish any
to guide their actions.
articles covering the
That is 27 million pairs of feet which do
not walk freely to the places they choose
Israeli/Palestine conflict
to go. That is 27 million voices that are
in the CPJ has caused
a large stir on campus.
not heard in the world of the free.
In an age where FOX
Where does someone hide 27 million
News covers news that isn't newsworthy, people? Everywhere. Though hidden,
where CNN blows trivial conflicts out of they are visible in nearly every country in
proportion, and where Democracy Now! has the world, every culture; they are of every
brought under-discussed, overlooked issues skin color, of every ethnicity, and from a
to light, I was surprised that my own school range ofbackgrounds, religions, ages, and
newspaper made the decision to not cover the sexes.
topic because of its high intensity of debate.
They are hidden behind the kitchen wall
After studying the political economy of in restaurants across the U.S.A. They do
the media for the last 13 weeks, I've been the dishes and cook meals 7 days a week
academically buried with statistics, facts and are locked in a room upstairs when
and figures, and opinions about how the they are not working. Without legal documedia has misrepresented or completely mentation or knowledge of their rights
ignored certain issues in society, and how they are worked without pay and suffer
abuse daily.
They are hidden in shacks in faraway
THE ISSUE OF THE
lands weaving rugs for export to wealthy
countries. Taken from their villages as
ISRAELI/PALESTINE
children they are barely fed, and going
blind from the strain of weaving for 14
CONFLICT WILL
hours a day with only a slit in the shack
to provide light. They cannot leave, learn,
NOT DISAPPEAR
or play.
INTO THIN AIR
They are hidden behind the smiles of
the women passed in glass windows or
different news corporations cover the standing on street corners along red-light
same instances very differently. One of districts in any country, everywhere. They
these issues
happens to be the Israeli/ are forced to have sex for money and
Palestine conflict, which has been a high beaten by their pimps when they fail to
subject of debate for the past few decades. bring in the days quota.
They are hidden next door. In the house
This recent decision has a two-pronged
effect. For one, threats and personal attacks with the quiet girl who never really seems
have accumulated, something that some- to play with the other children, laugh, or
one should never have to go through as a smile. The one who seemed to just show
result of their beliefs in certain issues. At up one day, but the neighbors never talk
the same time, the decision to eliminate the about.
entire discussion from The Evergreen State
College's own source of print media creates
the illusion that they are blending in with the
rest of the media community.
Since first emolled at Evergreen in 2006,
I've been guilty of turning to the CPJ for
comic relief and getting updated on community events. But having a controversial
subject absent from the "news" hits a nerve.
Requirements
A lot of media resources are umeliable; this
unfortunate fact makes individuals, like
myself, turn to alternative sources to find out
WRITTEN
what exactly goes on in the world around
Written submissions must be:
me. But this decision seems to scoff, "If we
• Typed in a .doc, .rtf or .txt
don't report opinions and ignore it, the issue
• 12 pt. Arial or Times New Rowill go away."
The issue of the Israeli/Palestine conflict
man font
will not disappear into thin air. We can't • 800 words or less ( note: 800
Oxyclean it out of the rug, Windex it aside,
words is approximately half a
or use a Shamwow! to make sure every last
page
in the CPJ newspaper)
morsel of the issue is absorbed. Ignoring it
won't make it go away. It's not Britney and
KFed's marriage. It's not Ron Paul. It's not EMAIL
Michael Phelps being photographed while
All emails should be sent to
ripping a bong. This particular conflict has
cpj
@evergreen.edu.
survived for over fifty years, and instead
of having it be misrepresented by popular Include the submission attached to
media, it has temporarily killed off in our the email, and in the body of the
local media. Just because the Israeli/Palesemail. See above file type requiretine conflict isn't being reported on in the
ments. Include the word "submisCPJ doesn't mean that people will forget
sion" somewhere in the subject
about their causes and their beliefs. At least
I'm not.
line.
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They are in homes,
mines, fields, restauTHE 27 MILLION PEOPLE ARE
rants, brothels, and
ALL AROUND US. THEY ARE
anywhere else that
slave
masters
can
VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFexploit people. While
most of today's slaves
are in India and other
FICKING: THE POLITICALLY
"developing nations"
many of their products
SOPHISTICATED PHRASE
find their way to the
U.S. and other priviFOR SLAVERY TODAY
leged countries. An
estimated 15,000 slaves are trafficked in ery has evolved, how it stays with us, how
or through the United States every year. to spot it, and how to end it.
Over 100,000 are in the country at any
Slavery can be fought effectively. There
given moment; both U.S. and foreign born are laws on the books in every nation in
the world criminalizing slavery and it is
slaves are here.
Maybe you've seen slavery firsthand and no longer considered the primary economy
not even known it. The odds of seeing of any nation-state. We also have an army
women sex slaves, workers struggling of intergovernmental organizations and
under illegal bondage. Children forced non-profits working to build awareness
to hawk wares for a master increase with and make sure that politicians and law
travel but like I said earlier, you don't enforcers know how to fight slavery and
have to leave the U.S. to find slavery.
do so. Also, we have more knowledge and
The 27 million people are all around us. communication tools at our disposal than
They are victims of human trafficking: any generation before us.
the politically sophisticated phrase for
All of us can play a part in the fight for
slavery used today. They have their free- freedom. This is just the first of a two part
dom taken; their skills, labor, and bodies series on human trafficking in the CPJ.
appropriated, and are exploited through The goal is to get awareness out there
violence, threat, and deceit.
and get people learning and talking about
The average price of a slave globally is something that so many Americans tend
$90. At $90 per person human trafficking to think of as a topic for the history books.
is the second most profitable criminal The second part will better inform you of
industry in the world with an estimated how you can get educated, involved, and
$32 billion in annual revenue. Only the help to free slaves today.
drug trade makes more money. Human
For those that cannot wait to get involved,
trafficking surpassed the illegal arms try Googling human trafficking or log on
industry in profitability a few years back. to www.freedominitiative.org to register
At $90 on average slaves today are often for Unbound the anti-trafficking conferused and then discarded.
ence in Seattle May 8-9.
One of the biggest hurdles in fighting
slavery today is bridging the gap between
Justin Prazak is a senior at Evergreen
perception and reality in mainstream and very passionate about ending slavery.
consciousness. We need awareness. People Email him ifyou 'd like to learn more and
need to learn and understand that slavery get involved: jcprazak@gmail.com
never died, it just went underground. We
need to educate one another on how slav-
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arHcles for this .lovely paper
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Economy of the Media.
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aub sports in the sun
by NICHOLAS PACE
For those who don't pay much attention to club sports at Evergreen, perhaps
you should. Considering the weather on
Evergreen's campus who would want
to neglect opportumt1es, especially
when rain is not an unlikely possibility?
Whenever there is sun students come out,
predominately on the main field and in Red
Square. It's enough to make a wandering
traveler wonder if he's gone back in time
to Monterey, California in 1967. Already
the field is laid out with people practicing
juggling, tossing frisbees, and throwing
footballs.
Senior William Weatherford, Captain of
the Ultimate Frisbee team at Evergreen, is
excited to host a tournament at Evergreen
in May in order to boost spirits, not only
for his fellow teammates, but also for other
Frisbee players in the Northwest U.S.
and British Columbia. "We just finished
competing for the first time in the Burlington sectionals a few weeks ago and
we thought a good fundraiser would be to
bring teams from sectionals, which weren't
able to continue through Regionals to our
tournament to compete at our campus. I'm
definitely looking forward to it."
In the sectionals, Weatherford and his
teammates competed against such teams
as University of Washington, Washington
State, and Whitman, which proved to be
tough competition. Only against Puget
Sound B did they meet with victory. "Still
it's our first time at sectionals, and I think
our teammates did learn quite a bit facing
more experienced teams, particularly the
University of Washington," Weatherford
adds.
In the meantime the UF team continues to
practice and play pick-up. Practice usually
occurs at nighttime in the pavilion, while
games of pick-up occur in the blazing
sun. Unfortunately, the hope for creating
a women's team for Ultimate Frisbee has
been stalled. One of the prominent teammates, senior Erica Wahl stated, "we need
women to commit to this sport, because we
often only get to play pick-up because our
numbers dwindle." Considering the lack of
women's club sports at Evergreen, with the
exception of Crew, Ultimate Frisbee would
be a natural addition.
However, it can be said that each individual who participates in club sports at
Evergreen finds going outside not only a
routine but a privilege. As the Baseball
team prepares for their challenges, so does
the Crew team when they wake up each
morning. The Crew team now has a men's
team at long last, and will be competing in
May 2 and 3 ofWIRA championships.
In intercollegiate sport news the Track
and Field team continues to draw some
noticeable glances, as many athletes in
the field set personal records at their most
recent meet at P.L.U. last week. They
will be competing at Western University
Twilite, April 24 on Friday, which will be
the last meet of the season besides Cascade
Conference Champions of May 7-9 and,
the NAIA Championships 21-23.
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WEEKLY STUDENT GROUP
MEETING TIMES
Mondays
Cooper PointJournal CAB 316, 5 p.m.
Hillel meeting CAB 320, 3:30p.m
Men's Resource Center CAB Solarium, 6 - 8 p.m.
S&ABoard CAB 320, 3-5 p.m
Thesdays
CapoeiraAngola CRC 316, 5:30p.m
ERC Environmental Resource Center CAB 320,
!5:30p.m.
Folk Dance CAB 320 cubicle 4, 10 am
Freedom of Consciousness CAB Solarium, 8:3010p.m.
Greeners 4 Christ SEMII D 1107, 7-8:30 p.m
HABOO LIB 2147,4 p.m
Men's Resource Center CAB Solarium, 1 -2 p.m.
OuParaPoSemiiA2109, 12:30-2p.m
S.T.A.RSemiiA3107, 7p.m.
Wednesdays
Amnesty International CAB Solarium, 1-2 p.m.
Anime Club HCC, 6-9 p.m.
Barrier Breakers Club LIB 2318, 1-3 p.m.
Center 4 Sustainable_, Entrepreneurship SEM II
~109,2p.m.
CENSE Nature Walks Clock tower, 1 p.m.
Chemistry Club Lab II2211, l-2p.m.
Committee i.n Solidarity with the People of El
~alvador (CISPES) CAB 3rd Floor Lounge, 4 p.m.
Clean Energy Lab II 1250, 3 p.m.
Evergreen Queer Alliance SEM II A21 09, 4 p.m.
Evergreen Queer Christian Alliance Sem II
jA3116, 5:30p.m.
ESSAA Evergreen Students for Sustainable
~Agriculture Sem IIA3109, l p.m.
Folk Dance Alliance CAB 320 (cube 4), 1 p.m.
Geoduck Student Union Scm II Ell 05, 14 p.m.
Healing Arts Collective CAB 3rd Floor Pit, 5 p.m.
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Students
Hip Hop Congress Lecture Hall Rotunda, 3:304:30p.m.
MEChA CAB 320 cube 12, 5-6 p.m.
Middle East Solidarity Committee CAB 320, 2
p.m.
Pre-Health Society Lab I 3033, 34:30 p.m.
S&ABoard Solarium 3-5 p.m.
Students at Evergreen for Ecological Design
(SEED) CAB 320 cube 17, 12:30 p.m.
Socialist Alternative SEMII B21 07, 6 p.m.
SynergyCAB320,cube 17, 1:30p.m.
Women's Resource Center CAB 320, 1:30-3
p.m.
Thursdays
Common Bread Comm Building 3rd floor lounge,
5:30-8p.m.
Cooper Point Journal CAB 316, 5 p.m.
Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30-9 p.m.
Global Medical Brigade SEMII E2109, 4 p.m.
Gun Club CAB 108, 5 p.m.
Hip Hop Congress Board meetings: Lecture Hall
Rotunda, 5 p.m.
Juggling Club CAB 2nd floor, 6 p.m.
Sabot lnfoshoppe CAB Solarium, 4 p.m.
Fridays
Cooper Point Journal CAB 316, 12 p.m
Carnival Club CAB 320,4-5:30 p.m.
Evergreen Student Productions 3rd floor of the
CAB ('IV Lotmge), 5: 15 p.m.
Men's Resource Center CAB Solarium, 1 - 2
p.m.
Saturdays
Anime Club HCC, 24 p.m.
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CALENDAR OF EVEN15
Thursday. April23
League of Women Voters of Thurston County
general meeting
The topic will be Education Reform and
Funding.
6:00p.m., Traditions Cafe
SESAME presents: Isreal? Palestine? What
the heck?
Q & A forum about current Middle East issues.
12:00 p.m., Sem II Cll05
Common Bread presents: Way of the Agnostic
Discussion of agnosticism, led by Ian O'Donnell.
Free!
5:30p.m., Comm Building 3rd floor lotmge
Generation Friends presents: Medical
Emergency!!
Improv comedy show. Free!
7:00p.m., Lecture Hall!
"Macbeth Did It"
Directed by Leslie Van Leishout. Runs April23 to
May 2. $5 for students.
7:30p.m., Lacey River Ridge Theatre
Punk Show
Featuring Twin Crystals, Mutoid Men, Modem
Creatures, and Infinity Gauntlet. All ages.
9:00p.m., The Phoenix House 421 Phoenix St.
Friday. April 24
Downtown Olympia Arts Walk
April24, 2009 -April 25, 2009 Free!
Four authors of Teatro Chicana and Hijas De
SuMadre
Speakers and performances. Free!
10:00 a.m., Recital Hall
Sizizis Crafts Bazaar
Featuring over fifteen local NW artists. Free!
4:00- 7:00p.m., Sizizis 704 4th Ave.
MEChA Regional Conference 2009: Arte Para
Sobrevivir/Art for Survival
Registration is required; you may register sameday! This conference is open to the off-campus
community as well as the Evergreen community. It
continues April 25-26, contact Nicholas Gonzales
for more information.
4:30 -6:00p.m., Lecture Hall Rotunda
Art Heals Your Heart
In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness
Month. Free!
5:00- 10:00 p.m., 314 Legion Way
Viva Las Vegas Drag Ball
Featuring DJ Becca of Jakes on 4th, plus drag
performances and dance contests. Dress with a
Vegas theme! $3.
7:00p.m., Sem II Bll07 (Room change!)
George Winston plays folk piano
Call the Washington Center for tickets at 7538586, and please bring one canned food item to
donate to the Thurston County Food Bank.
7:30p.m.. WA Center for Performing Arts
ChichArOnes CD Release Party
Celebrating the release of the new CD "Swine
Cotmtiy'' with DJ Deadbeat. $5. 21 +
to produce and support diversity-related activities.
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Field Day!
Fun field games and huge water fight F
12:00-3:00 p.m., Evergreen field
Substance free movie night
8:00- 10:00 p.m., HCC
Monday. April27
La Victoria: Report Back from El Sahilifor
It's not everyday the left gets to celebrate a~ctory!
Come hear stories and analysis from 3 ~SPES
members who were there, in El Salvado~ for the
historic day of change.
7 p.m., Traditions Cafe and World Folk
Tuesday, April28
Personal Approaches to the Essay
"Free Your Mind: What is an Essay?"
This first of five Creative Approaches to
workshops identifies various types of
the importance of process in essay writing.
2:30-3:30 p.m., Lib 2310
Wednesday.Aori129
Center for Sustainable Entreoreneun
ents: Business Plan Workshop on
and Staffing
Series of business planning worksho~
come to one or as many as you'd like!
are open to the public as well as the
community.
2:00-4:00 p.m., Scm IIA2109
Burlesque Workshop
Burlesque performer to give worksh~
art form that is gaining popularity and ~g
much interest in the queer community,
Evergreen Queer Alliance. Free!
4:00-5:00 p.m., SemiiB2109
Take Back the Night!
Presented by. · the Coalition
Violence and ·
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8:00p.m., Ri .
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9:00p.m., The Clipper 402 E. 4th Ave.
Saturday. April25
Sizizis Crafts Bazaar
Featuring over fifteen local NW artists. ~!
12:00 -6:00p.m., Sizizis 704 4th Ave. r}
Street Medic Training
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Presented by M.A.S.H. Pre-register with~piamedics@gmail.com. Free! Sat. - Sun.
10:00 a.m.-7:00p.m., Evergreen farmhOUSe
Art Heals Your Heart
In recognition of Sexual Assault ~ness
Month. Free!
2:00-7:00 p.m., 314 Legion Way
15th Annual Procession of the Species::
Check out the Procession art studio d~town,
which is open every day tmtil April25. F-!
4:30p.m., Downtown
Give Peace a Dance
A gathering of music of New Monsooo.' rock
and experimental band from San Franci
Ionz, a reggae, rock and roots band from
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Pachamarna with afro-beat, reggae and
from
Los Angeles. Students w/ ID: $7
6:30p.m., Evergreen CRC
Fair Trade & Sweatshop-free
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Concerts of international and local performers.
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Peace Meditallon
6:30p.m., Comm Building 3rd floor
CASV presents: Babeland Sex and
I Workshop
In . recognition of Sexual Assualt
Month.
7:00- 9:00p.m., Rotunda
"Little Women", the broadway
Presented by Capital High School. $10.
7:30p.m., Capital High School
Substance free movie night
· 8:00p.m. - lO:OO p.m.
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