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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 6, Issue 6 (November 10, 1977)
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ANNOUNCING THE
GRAND OPENING OF
Your Rights As A Tenant
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h.1ve to settle J1sputes. Some
landlords don't know the laws.
Ten.in ls sh(,uld be aware, for exJmplt> that ii there is a clause in
,1 n':.1dent1,1\lease or rental agrerment which say!. that the landl0rd can enter the residence with•
C1ulthe N:nant\, permission, it is
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'l,11,I :h,· rerh.-'lt
home Y0u're
.....,d•,•ut ll' ,1i-:n the rent.ii agree·.r,1 1, ht.•r, , ,,u realize that the
111,ll,,rd 1<.asl-.1ng kr a deposit
, •il .. il 1,• t,,ur month~ of rent
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\,h1lh ll' you, may as
.,l·II l...l ll,ur million lsn t there a
1in1t l'n Jt>pl'~1ts7 Can that de('1•-.lf f'l, lnlrt'ased
once you ve
ni.ned m; In the State ot Wash•
tn)-:h'n thert' 1s nl, hm1t on how
·nm h m.iv bt> demanded for derl'S1l II you are a month-toml,nth tenant V\lur landk,rd can
inlrea,e an el!:1sting deposit as
ll•n~ as he l'r she gives you a
\\'rJlt<'n notice at least 30 days
r,etl,re the end ot the rental pe·
yerc; but Jlm t worry. 1l was
\Vrtttcn m English. The authors
dli not .1.!>sume
that you have any
J...nowledge 0f the law; for ex.imple, they explain th.H before
vou take legal action against
vour landlord. you sometimes
must send a wntter: notJCe to the
landlord
Tenants' Rights then
tells you when and how to do
this so that you will legally cover
yourself. Thert> are sample letters
tor most s1tuaticms so you know
exactly what to say in your notice(s). If you w,mt to find out
whether or not you have a good
case against your landlord, or
wht>n 11 1s time lo consult a lawyer, this book will b, helpful. If
you are about to move, or you
are having trouble with your
landlord, you should know your
rights and responsibilities as a
tenant and it doesn't take to(1
much time to learn these things
from Tenants'
Rights
Some
clauses in rental agreements an•
not binding. The law is also unclear in areas where a Judge may
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Tenants' Rights A Guide for
Washin~lon State by Barbara A.
t,enhl,ur
James E. Fearn, Jr.,
.1r,d Steve Fredrickson 1s a handl'1'C1kl0r tenants writlen as a reo,;11Jt of the 1073 Residential Landlt,rd-Tenant Act It answers most
l't the can thev (landlords) do
that ll' mt', and the ··what can I
.J,, al--1,u! 1!~ questions which
'l'n.rnt-. J'-J... The bnok also out·
,c .. .,1mrll ..,ter, tenants can fol',,\, 1n t1rd1'r ti1 rrevent future
··••l1f'lE' ,1nd cPntusion. Tenants'
IH~ht., \\,1'- \,r1tten bv three law•
One i,I the more important aspects ol renting which is covered
1n Tenants' Rights is how to reach
the in1t1al agreement with your
landlord. They have the questions which sh$uld be answered
at the beginning. "Here is a list
of things that should be discussed
before you agree to move in:
I) How much is the rent and
when is it to be paid? 2) Are
there any late charges for delinquent rent? 3) Is there a deposit,
if so how much, and how and
when will it be refunded? 4) Who
will pay for what utilities (water,
heat, electricity, gas, garbage
collection. sewer, telephone)? 5)
Is the tenancy for a fixed period
( like one yt>ar) or is it for an indefinite period? 6) What are the
rules on pets, guests, parking,
etc. 7 7) What repairs or cleaning
does your landlord agree to complete before you move in r Eviction is also explained. If you do
not pay your rent, do not comply
with terms in the rental agreement, if you destroy property,
create a nuisance, move without
permission, or even if you are a
mod.ti tenant with a month-tomonth agreeT?lent who has received a 20-day notice to end the
tenancy, you can be evicted. The
only legal way your landlord can
evict you is by filing a lawsuit,
and getting the judge to order the
sheriff to evict you. Landlords
cannot evict you by shutting
your utilities, by locking you
out, taking your possessions, or
by moving new people in while
you are still living there.
There is al least one loophole
1n the law The authors explain
that a landlord must give monthto-month tenants at least 30 days
notice ot a rent increase. (There
is no limit on increases.) A landlord can give a month· to-month
tenant a 20-day notice to terminate the tenancy along with an
offer to allow residents to stay if
more rent is paid. By doing this,
the landlord can get the rent hike
with a shorter notice time.
Some readers may find the
most helpful part of the book in
tht' appendices at the back. The
authors have included two model
rental agreements, one a lease
and the other a month-to-month
rental agreement. These can be
used for actual contracts or as
comparisons to other agreements.
There are also 12 sample forms
such as a Counterclaim form,
and a Three-Day Notice to Pay
Rent or Vacate. The 1973 Residential Landlord-Tenant Act is
included in full. The intent of th~
L-T Act was to update, and define more clearly the rights and
responsibilities of Tenants and
Landlords. (It was revised in June
of 1977 by the Washington Supreme Court.)
Tenants' Rights is clearly written for tenants in Washington.
The problems are not discussed
from a landlord's point of view.
The authors have slanted it this
way because "While landlords
will find this book useful, many
of the rights and remedies provided landlords, as well as many
of the problems they face, have
not been fully discussed. One
reason for this is that the professional landlord is more likely to
have access to legal advice and
information about his rights than
the average tenant. We hope that
this handbook will improve the
odds a little,"
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LAW SCHOOL
A representative
of Gonzaga
University School of law from
Spokane, will be on campus to
speak with interested students
Date Friday, November 4
Time 1 - 3 p.m
Place CAB 110
Register for information session
at Career Planning and Placement, Lib, 1213
Phone: 666-6193
The Evergreen campus was
thrown into controversy
last
week over the scheduled showing
of PINK FLAMINGOS, a 1972
film by John Waters that depicts
a struggle between a transvestite
and two day-glo coiffed lovers
for the title of ''Filthies! Person
Alive." Evergreen student Chris
I'~ Gauger rented the film to promote her Flamingo Justice League
and during the week a group of
offended individuals organized
themselves to discourage attendance at its presentation.
Gauger began advertising her
showing of PINK FLAMINGOS
on Friday, October 28 with posters supplied to her by the film
distribution company. Soon after
she hung the posters around campus, however, most of them were
ripped down. On Wednesday,
November 2 several individuals
opposed to the film called a
meeting to discuss possible responses to its presence on campus, and invited Gauger and
representatives from KAOS, the
film's co-sponsor, to allend.
Although KAOS had nothing
to do with selecting PlNK FLAMINGOS and in no way endorsed its content,
they had
agreed with Gauger to co-sponsor its showing because, as an
S&-A group. they have free access to Evergreen's Lectu1-e Halls.
According to Mary Fitzgerald,
one of the students responsible
for calling the meeting, it was
held to "get our feelings out in
the open" and "decide what to
do about its (PINK FLAMINGO's) coming to campus." They
felt the film to be sexist and oppressive, and were concerned
about the effect its showing
would have on viewers. But
Gauger contends that: "They
were not willing to make any
compromises with us. They said,
'We want you to not show the
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Date: Friday, November 11
Time: NOON Place: Lib. 1213
Register at Career Planning and
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Phone: 86!,-6193
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students considering graduate
study,
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Time: 3 - 5 pm.
Place Library 1213
Contact Career Planning and
Placement to register·
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advisory group are examining
and compiling information on
campus strikes and collective
bargaining in relation to Evergreen's strike policy which was
radically altered in June of 1977
with the adoption of Resolution
77-3. State laws are unclear on
strikes, especially faculty strikes,
and it is up lo the college to determine policies. The Board of
Trustees and President Evans
called for the strike study to obtain a community analysis upon
which the Board might base
changes m the college strike policy. The studiers have drawn up
a Second ()jscussion Draft Paper
On The Question of Collective
Bargaining and Strikes. They
held a meeting on November 7 at
which ideas and opinions on the
paper were exchanged. Written
comments can still be sent to
Eldridge in L31!4, The Advisory
Group's analysis will be presented
at the November 10 Board of
Trustees meeting. Later, the Advisory Group's final draft, which
will contain recommendations,
will be given to President Evans.
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Chris Gauger of the flamingo Justice league displays an anti-PINK nAMINGOS
film. That's the only acceptable
thing for us.·"
Gauger had spent approxt·
mately $250 of her own money
lo rent and promote PINK FLAMINGOS, She says when she
told the group objecting to its
being shown about her financial
stake in the matter, they replied,
"Money is not the issue here.
The issue is social responsibility.··
Gauger answered that, "No, the
issue here in my mind is censorship. You dictated the issue when
you started tearing down my
posters
These students were not the
only people opposed to the showing of PINK FLAMINGOS at
Evergreen. On Thursday morning, November 3 Dean William
Winden, a member of the KAOS
Advisory Board, spoke with Station Manager Toni Holm and expressed his concern about the
radio station's co-sponsoring of
the film. A number of Washington State legislators were planning to meet at Evergreen the
same day PINK FLAMINGOS
was scheduled for presentation.
Windcn admitted that his concern
was based on the possible adverse reactions this combination
of events could provoke m the
lt>gislators.
There was also a rumor circulated late in the week that Administrative Vice President Dean
Clabaugh planned to intervene
and prevent the film from being
shown. He clarified his position,
however, at another meeting of
the anti-FLAMINGO forces hdJ
on Friday. November 4.
At this meeting Clabaugh out·
lined what he considered to be
"pro" and "con" arguments regarding the showing of PINK
FLAMINGOS at Evergreen, He
said, "The movie is sado-masochistic in nature and demeaning
to women and possible third
world people," and "We are under the eyes of the Olympia community and the legislature." But
Clabaugh also recognized reasons
why the film ought to be shown.
"We are indeed a college campus," he stated, "and it's prob-
sign
ably only on campuses that ideas.
no mailer how controversial, are
allowed to flow freely. To me
that's far more persuasive than
all the negative arguments."
Clabaugh .idded before leaving
that, "'The Senate, which h.id
originally planned to meet (here)
this weekend, h.is cancelled those
meetings."
Individuals attending this meeting lo work for non-support of
PINK FLAMINGOS' presentation agreed that cenc;orship of
the film would not be in the bt-st
interests of the Evergreen com•
munity. They decided to concentrate their efforts on educating
people as to its content and probable social impact. A statement
was subsequently
drafted and
mimeographed
for distribution
outside Lecture Hall I before both
screenings of the film on Saturday night.
Another matter discussed at
the November 4 meeting was the
possibility of screening films to
be presented on campus m the
future A questioning of student
control over the content of films
sponsored
by S& A ., Friday
Night Film Series, a studentfunded group, took place, and it
was suggested that students be
appointed to preview these films
so that their content might be
understood in advance.
Filmgoers patronizing
PINK
FLAMINGOS last Saturday ni~ht
were greeted outside Lecture Hall
I by protesters armed with lea!•
lets urging them not to attend the
film. A member of th1s_...w(fup
also read the prepared statement
before both screenings; among
other thing'S, 11 cla1meJ that
' PINK FLAMINGOS 1s extremeh
oppressive to all people
th1
Flamingo Justite League ··1c; d
conteptual .irt pro1ec1 which hd"
nothing to do with en1!0gv l1r
other public serv1n•-.
achie\'t'·
men! ol th1c;dubious statu.., ! Filth
,e.,t [lcrson on Earth l invnlve"
rape JnJ Jei,;raJati(1n nf men ··,rnJ
w0mt:n ec;peoally Je.,b1an'> anLl
'"PINK FLAMINGOS
" '"'II
made and terrifying •
The ,1uthor of this statement
had obviously ne\'er seen PINK
FLAMINGOS Says Gauger (v. ho
has seen it) 'The point of th{•
him was to be gross; thats whv
he ( Waters) made 1t and I can
see them not wanting to watch 11
lor that reason, but I obiect tc•
them .,,atmg that tht' film 1s this
way e-.pec1ally when they haven t
seen 1t She also tak.t>sissue with
the film's detractors
becauc;t'
"They made it sound like I v,:a..
pretending to be some ecologically based organization
and
I think that anyone who's hearJ
of the Flamingo Justice Leagut'
knows that isn·t true ••
But the final word, appr0pn·
ate\y enough, was spoken by the
filmgomg public. A d1scuss10n llt
PINK FLAMINGO had been arranged by the protesters to t.i.J...e
place between screenmgc; ut tht•
film It attracted onlv lour 1'r
five viewers 'NuH s.aid7
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tom scott
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November 10, 1977
The Evergreen State College
VoL6 No.6
•Karta Bonoff
TOMSCOTT
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and the fourth draft will be ready
for consideration for the Dt>cember Board of Trustees meeting.
'THE HARD APPROACH'
Evergreen's Trustees adopted
the current strike policy during a
theoretically
impending strike
which never happened. At that
time the Board's several Washington State schools asked the
Attorney General's
Office to
draft a resolution which would
give the college presidenffi extra
powers during strikes to keep the
schools operating. Resolution 773 1s generally considered to be an
unsatisfactory policy because it
gives the President and Vice Pres·
idents the power to adopt, suspend, modify and/or repeal any
or all rules and policies of the
college during an employee
strike. It also "delegates to the
President and I or Vice Presidents
the complete and absolute authority to make any and all per·
sonnel decisions, including, but
not limited lo, decisions to fire,
discipline, demote, hire, transfer.
reassign, and/ or otherwise effect
the employment of persons at
The Evergreen State College."
The resolution leaves the determination of when a strike situa-
tion exists up to the President
and Vice Presidents. President
Evans compared the resolution',:;
power shifts to martial law.
Resolution 77-3 is typical of
what the Strike Policy Advisory
Group refers to as the "hard approach." It begins with the statement that state employee strikes
are illegal and suggests that striking employees could be replaced
if there is interference with aca·
demic classes.
'THE SOIT APPROACH'
The 1975 Draft Policy, 77.3·!,
predece-.sor, was Evergreen's "soft
approach.'' This policy also meets
crllicism in the Advisory Group's
paper. The "'soft approach·' does
not include teaching as an essential service of the college, and
does not include the option of
replacing employees. At Monday's meeting, Stone Thomas,
Director of the Third World Co•
alition, pointed out a problem m
the sott dratt. It might require
certain administrators and academic deans to work during a
strike, against their will. The '75
draft doesn't outlint' definitive
steps of resolution.
An idea which the Advisory
Group has put under the heading
of 'Tossible Compromises" 1s to
give the collegt' several options
during a strike. The group has
pointed out in the paper that the
hard and soft approaches both
predetermine the college's prior·
ities and actions. and that since
strike situations differ the college may want to have choices.
Eldridge is especially adamant in
his belief that Evergreen shoulJ
not be locked into just one course
of action.
Some options which the college
may want to have are: I) Lett mg
the Board of Trustet'S decide
whether or not to repl.ice employees, 2) Having the opt10n of
closing the college, 3) In a situa·
tion where the Board feels there
has been irreparable damage to
the college·s enrollment ,.rnd con·
tinuat1on. having the ability t(1
give broad powers to the pre<;t•
dent. and 4) Tht> chance for the
Board to change its strategy m1Jstrike The Advisory Group also
feels that a strike policy might
include: 11 A statement def in mg
the essential services of the college. 2) A commitment of the
Board and the president lo make
efforts to resolve a strike, and
3) Frequent opportunities
for
union leaders and Evergreen administrators
to discuss their
STRIKE QUESTIONS
The c;trike study als0 r.11.._e.,
'Some Questions and T tir1c,;. Relating to Strikes
which mJv
have tc1 be anc;wered m d 'itnJ...e
p<1l1cy.If teaching 1s the m1ss10n
0f the college. can 1tc; 1nterrup
110n be t0lerated 7 If s0 h1r hl,,,..
lon~? The study el!:rlain, that
when student-. are admitted .rnd
rex1stered. thev are contr.icted 111
get the things they havt' raid tN
including classes and imtruct1on
When can the school break th<1c;e
contracts? When ic;, the d1-.Cl1ntmuation out nl the 1nc;t11utH,n"'
control 7 Would d strike damage
Evergreen\ rerutat10n ,ind c.iust"
enrollml?nl Jam.ige7 Could .1
c;trike clo-.e the college perm.1
nently7
The member-. 0t tht• Strike r,,l
1cv Adv1sorv Grour are ludv
Annis.
lovana
Brown
Rita
Cooper
Dean Clabau~h
Peta
Hendersnn. Rob Knarr Ed Kor
mondy. Richard Montecucc\,
Mac Smith, Willie Parc;0n anJ
Bob Strecker Anyone can sub·
,mil a comment or suggesflon to
L31 l4. Eldridge would prefer
comments to bt> tn by Friday.
November 11 so that the Advisory Group can consolidate In·
formation on the 16th
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To the Editor:
Well gang, I'd say it's about
time to wipe the egg off your
taces. You know who I mean ..
You vigilantes who would have
us believe that you are merely
concerned individuals. but we all
know where you schemed and
printed leaflets against the delightfully innocent Flamingo Justice League. You have probably
heard that the film was merely a
bad film. Sorry, kids, you fell
I or tht> oldest trick in the book Promoter's Hype. lf you know
~nythmg about films, especially
Underground films, you know
not to believe a word they say
about the films they are trying to
sell. You blew it, kids. It was a
bad film. degrading only to filmgoers 1n general. Know your enemies before yvu launch crusades. It wasn't worth your
breath. It was poorly made, and
did not - repeat - did not "perpetuate any myths" as you expected. Don't take ii too hard,
but watch out - you'll be eating
your words before the year is
out. Oops - you missed a spot
on your chm; oh I see . . it was
1ust a little yolk.
Respectfully,
the egg man
Oppression
On The Silver
Screen
To the Editor
In response to Chris Gauger I am deeply disturbed and
greatly agitate-d by your attitude
m regards to "Pink Flamingo
Ethics" exE'mphf1ed by your IE"tter
to the editor CPJ Nov 3 By
this letter I hope to exte-nd your
1ns1ghf into th{' issut> 1n hope-;
that you may bettE"r understand
the 1mplicat1on5 of your actions
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to my life, and all that grows
around me.
Your letter brought to light
what I consider to be a strong
confusion of the issues at stake.
In requesting that the Pink Flamingo not be supported on theEvergreen campus I am not attempting to censor, but hoping
to instill a sense of community
responsibility from individuals
who are attempting to gain monetary profit from the Evergreen
populace through the showing of
exploitative material.
The showing of this movie
made possible with the help of
KAOS. Through your connection with the radio station you
a~ allowed the use of the lecture
hall free of charge. KAOS is a
student organization whose existence is made possible through
the funding of S&:A, i.e., my
money, and the dollars of every
other student enrolled here. Without this pool of student money
KAOS would not be here and
you would have had to look elsewhere for support in showing
your movie. By KAOS's logistical support, we, as students, are
indirectly supporting you who
choose to show this movie
(whether we attend or not) as
well as contributing to the livelihood and profit of a man who
chooses to use visual filth to distort and destroy the lives of
women (especially lesbians) as
well as perpetuating the mythical
horror which continues to invade
our lives and impede our progress
as human beings.
I am abhored at your refusal
to accept any responsibility towards the Evergrttn Community
as to educating people in regards
to the content of the film. I am
equally disgusted at KAOS's
connection and their "'dollar'"
commitment
to an individual
over a moral and political commitment to the community at
large.
I do not blame you or KAOS
for these actions as they are perfectly rational in our capitalist
~ociety which puts profit. individual righls and self indulgence
above all else However I am
asking you to look into where
you are coming from and to take
responsibility for your own actions so that the responsibility for
educating and screaming no is
not always left up to the "minorities." An attempt to stifle sexism
is not "unethical. .. Your lack of
responsibility for its perpetuation
is. I furthe-r submit that if you
are secure in your position you
should not consider a demonstration against it "a threat."
I am also gravely concerned
with your assertion that ''an obvious demand ... alone is reason enough for the showing."
Again this is a result of your surfacing indoctrination by capitalist ideology. Once upon a time
there was a gieat demand for
slaves. Would demand in this in&tance justify the existence of
slavery 7 Should we supply anything which a demand surfaces
for7 Again, think.
I am also infuriated by your
assumption that the rights of a
minority necessarily negate the
interests of the whole. (However
whether or not we are a minority
is also debatable.) Ever since "'the
majority" set foot on this continent, minority groups have bttn
oppressed, exploited, repudiated,
raped and controlled. And all
this in the name of majority rule.
The human rights of minorities
are basic human rights which no
one has the right to deny another. These rights are refused
because their denial serves to further the social and economic well
being of a majority. To allow
equality to exist between groups
would serve to destroy the status
quo. Therefore, consistently, I as
a woman am downgraded; by
the media, by the government,
by our educational systems and
by my fellow human beings. Every day of my existence I am
forced to confront attitudes, obJects and institutions which serve
to PUT ME DOWN. Chris, my
friend. where are my rights7 Yes,
you have the ··nght" to show the
Pink Flamingo and the "right" to
dispense lies perpetuate myths
and to further inhibit my growlh
as a human being Your "rights"
are even guaranteed by the U.S.
Constitution. The founding fathers have laid the groundwork
for you to kill my soul if you so
desire. But I am going to fight
back my woman friend. I am no
longer content to sit back and
watch you smear my life and my
dreams across the silver screen.
That will never be your right.
K. Koenig
Never Ever
Trust
The Reviews
To the Editor,
I am writing this letter as an
individual who was involved in
the group who objected to the
way in which Pink Flamingos
was brought on campus. I feel an
obligation at this point to explain
the history and actions of this
group from my point of view.
The promotion blurbs for the
film around campus attracted the
attention of several individuals
who in tum found reviews of the
film which billed it as well made
and terrifying - the caliber of
Clockwork Orange and Last Tango in Paris. From the reviews we
gathered that the film promoted
making light of rape and laughing al le-sbians. None of us had
seen the film but because we
could not see the film first and
still have the opportunity to inform people and because the reviews were so strong we wanted
to warn people as to its content
and raise thE' issue of condoning
rape culture in entertainment.
The film was poorly made and
certainly not terrifying and we
learned the lesson of not believing film reviews. What was more
unfortunate. however, were the
rumors that grew around the
group and tht> fact that the full
import of what we wished to
communicate was lost amidst the
o;t1rover one film.
First the group responsible for
the poster and leaflets wao; a
group of individuals cCtncerned
about the promotion of rape culture - not EPIC or the Women's
Center. Second while initially
some individuals were for banning the film the eventual concensus of the group was to advocate that neither this nor any
other film be banned. In fact
when it was learned that there
was a possibility of the administration banning the film the
group expressed strong objection
to such or any censorship. Finally
the group did not propose to
censor certain films in the Friday
Night film series but was rather
interested in seeing the films beforehand so as to be able to write
informative reviews and hopefully to have some input on
bringing in films which do not
support degrading images of people in an unconstructive way.
We felt it was important for
people to realize that many films
under the rubric of entertainment
perpetuate - albeit in subtler
and often unrealized fonns - attitudes which we all agree are
unhealthy. More thought needs
to be given to what we view/
support. We were urging people
not to attend films which reinforce dehumanizing values.
In order to clear up mistaken
ideas on the group's view on censorship I feel it appropriate to
reprint in full the leaflet which
we handed out at the film.
STICKS ANO STONES DO
BREAK OUR BONES ... BUT
WHAT ABOUT WORDS,
PICTURES AND CULTURE?
OR
CENSORSHIP VS.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The issue of censorship is an
ominous one for all of us. Most
of us have been brought up thinking we have the right to read,
watch and do what we please,
unaware of the effects these actions have on ourselves and our
sociE"ty.
Though ~ oppose authoritarian censorship, we- do not live in
a social vacuum. We must real1zf' that one person's freedom often limits ,mother's For example,
the frt't'jomof ten white- men to
(ontmueJ on pd,KE'2
Lett
Continued from page 2
organize the Ku Klux Klan severely limits the experiences of
500 blacks. Thus, we must learn
to move beyond a simplistic anticensorship stance and view the
issue within its larger social context.
Three thoughts immediately
come to mind:
1) What are the social responsibilities of artists and promoters
who create and advertise art
fonns which play on and reinforce people's oppression and oppressiveness 7
2) Rapism in its violent physical fonns must be halted. A
woman resisting her attacker,
even to the point of injuring him,
is generally applauded for her
self defense. The same woman,
resisting rapism in its cultural
forms is immediately branded
"censor." What is the mystical
line that divides rapism's concrete violent physical forms from
its depictions in books, pictures
and films7 It is still rapism, it is
still violent, in many ways it is
still physical. Rapism feeds on
these legitimizing depictions of
women's oppression.
3) What kind of society is it
that breeds these oppressive art
forms, that drives people to feel
a need or a desire for its presence
in their lives7 It is a society that
preys on its own members and
causes them to tum on each other
and devour themselves. It is a
society that infects us with cynicism, distrust, oppression and
defeatism to the point that all we
have left is our embattled individualistic selves, alone against
the world, and ultimately even
against ourselves.
This is perhaps the root of the
issue. As long as society is Dased
on the exploitation and oppression of certain sectors of our
population by others. cultural
sympt0ms such as Pjnk Aamingos
will continue to appear and in
turn continue to feed these social
forms. But how do we struggle
against exploitation and oppression and their symptomatic
forms) Any thoughts)
Barbara Taylor
Know
Your Enemy
To the Editor:
I just wanted to let you in on
a scary event that just took place
on our campus, and I am referring lo the Pink Flamingo hubbub. The film was bad, as expected. and was not repressive
nor degrading lo any minority. It
was just plain gross; sloppy camera work, bad acting, dumb
story, you name it. it was bad,
but don't go trying to tack on
any big sociological significance
to it. What was scary was that
people who didn't know anything
concrete about the film we-nt up
in arm, against it on the basis of
promotional publicity, and under
the banner of Fighting Repression
sought to bar the film from being
shown on campus. Perhaps there
are things which ought not to be
allowed on campus, but this was
the wrong cause, and all the
more scary because so many impressionable people followed a
cause they knew nothing about.
My god, stand up for your
morals. by all means, but know
your enemy. This was like banning Catcher in the Rye from libraries because you Heard that it
had dirty words in it. Fight rape
culture, but fight where it makes
sense. It's apples and orangn,
k.now what I mean 7
Oh, and about the Flamingo
0 0 fiITllll@ITllLette~fimlfi@ITll
Justice League . . . lighten up a
little, huh kids7 It is fun, it's creative and enjoyable, and adds the
levity we often lose when we
take ourselves too seriously. It is
not a personal jibe. Too early
this year we're splitting into factions, teams, fighters, Don't give
in, but just realize that you don't
always have to fight. Give some,
huhl
Glenn Horton
Refuting
the Flamingo
Statements
To the Editor:
Last week a group of students
protested the showing of the film
Pink Ramingos. They claimed to
be members of no particular
group, although most were supporters of EPIC and the Women's Center. They felt that the
film was demeaning to people,
and women in general. Even
though 95 % of this group hadn't
seen the film, they demanded
that Ramingos not be shown on
campus. (Shades of Catcher In
the Rye7) When Chris Gauger
stuck up for her rights and
showed the film anyway. the unnamed group of dissenters protested outside the film by handing out two statements urging
people not to attend (entirely
within their rights).
I came to support the film's
showing as I would have done
for any film, no matter what its
content. Between taking money
for the film I was able to read
the statements of the opposition.
To make a long story short, I
disagreed with most of the statements. When asked which onl'S,
I said that I would like to look
them over closely and write my
disagreements to the C PJ.
The first statement was called
"Sticks and stones do break our
bones . . etc." It was composed
of three major thoughts about
the art that they feel is "opressive" (a vague word which is
much overused) to people. The
first statement wanted to know
what the artist's responsibilities
were to society. In my opinion,
art is a personal statement. The
only responsibilities the artist has
are to himself. He can't be bogged
down in the political rhetoric of
a political group. He must be
free to create even if it doesn't
agree with the norm. There are
many Russian artists having this
same argument with their government. If you don't like the
picture, don't buy it. Don't prevent someone else from buying it
if they want it.
The second point was about
rape. This group felt that art that
depicted rape was as bad as the
act itself, and that it legitimized
that act. In all the films I have
seen depicting rape none have
perpetuated the myth that women like to be raped. Films like
Somethin1 Wild, Two Women,
fritz The Cat";' etc., have shown
rape to be what it really is; a
terrifying and humiliating e-xperience for the woman involve-cl. If
this group had actually seen Ramingos, they would have seen
t~ rapist get his in spades.
Th, third point that they made
was that a society that sees violence in films will go out and
pe-rpetrate that violence
on
others, that a society would tum
on itself and "devour
themselves." Pink Aamingos, or any
movie for that matter, isn't going
to influence an audience to go
out and devour someone else. If
anything, Pink flamingos kept
people from devouring anything
for a couple of houn.
The closing statement spoke of
"cultural symptoms" (art) that
"oppressed" segments of the population. Okay, as long as we are
on this subject, what about the
yearly Women's Music Festival.
and its oppressive policies toward
men who wanted to attend7 You
can't change someone's opinion
if you won't let them into the
hall to hear what you're saying.
The second statement
was
shorter and was untitled. This
seC"ondstatement also had many
gross misstatements. First they
accused Kevin Wildermuth of being part of the FJL and of being
in cahoots with Chris Gauger in
the booking of the film. Other
than supporting the showing and
being a friend of Chris's, he had
nothing to do with the film (guilt
by association?). Secondly the
group felt that the FJL contributes nothing to "ecology or other
public services." Whal has EPIC
and the Women's Center done
for the public lately7 Their third
point was that the film picks on
lesbians. I thought the film was
very kind lo lesbians. In the film
two lesbians adopt a baby from
Raymond and Connie Marble, a
disgusting duo that runs a baby
ring. The fourth point was that
the aim of the film was to be as
disgusting as possible. Of course
it is. It even said so on the poster.
You were warned, what else do
you want7
"Pink Ramingos is well made
and terrifying," was their last
misstatement.
Pink Flamingos
had a budget of $4,100.00 and
had the production values and
acting talent of a homemade
super 8 movie. If this group had
actually seen the movie they
would have known this.
Finally it was suggested that
there be a screening board of students to view films prior to their
showing and to cancel them if
they offend certain groups. As a
fonner Friday Night Films Chairperson, if someone or some
group had told me this last year
I would have told them in no
uncertain terms "to go fuck
themselves," and I hope Gary
May, who is head of FNF this
year will do the same thing.
It's well within any group's
right to protest, but the majority
should never cow down to a
bunch of humorless Marxists, female chauvinist ladies, or any
other minority that attempts to
stop the legitimate rights of the
majority to view what they wish.
If you don't like the movie, then
dammit, don't come.
Don Dapp
Ho Ho Ho Chi
Min, The NFL
Is Gonna Win
To the Editor:
"Pink Flamingos" was rented
"purely becau~ of the title to
support the 'Flamingo Justice
League' which is a 'conceptual
art" project having nothing to do
with ecology or other public
services.
It also has nothing to do with
the National Football League or
the Justice ~p't.,
but if Jimmy
Carter can lust in his heart and
still become president, why can't
Divine eat dog-poo7
Well, I agree with EPIC.
There's something terribly wrong
with our society. It's the over
zealous political consciousness of
Kids with too little at stake.
I'm sorry ladies, but your reasoning has all the consistency of
a gooshed gastroped.
laird Bauer
Hey, Sancho,
Is That A
Giant?
To the Editor:
Don Quixote JS alive, and he
lives and works out of the third
floor library offices. Support
those who would protect us all.
Sancho Panza, esq.
P.S. With Pink Flamingos
gone. we art> looking for other
windmills. Any ideas7
Next to
Godliness
To the Editor:
Another strange story from the
strange land goes as follows: An
Olympian told us she picked up
an Evergreen student who was
hitchhiking. After she dropped
this student off she had to get
her car cleaned and fumigated
because the B.O. from this person was so bad, it had contammated her car.
This is not uncommon
on
campus minus the car. It can be
in an elevator, room, or just
plain passing someone and in the
process getting a knockout wiff
of jiff.
Both of us have lived in Third
World countries where soap is a
luxury and there is no running
water, in fact in some places
water is not easy to get just to
drink. Yet. these people try hard
in every way possible to keep
themselves clean, but in this
country whert> soap and water is
in abundance we do not understand why so many people have
the need to keep themselves unclean.
ls this the in way to be? Is this
another dubious trait of The Evergreen State College 7 or has
there been a new scientific discovery showing that uncleanliness is healthy? We both are ininterested in knowing.
Donna Hayes &:
Sutapa Basu
A reminder, all of you people
who haven't the common courtesy and human decency to clean
your body at least every two
days. yes. the smell of your body
does reach the noses of the people around you. It is annoying.
You know who you are.
Tear My
Playhouse
Down
To the Editor:
Go ahead; tear my playhouse
down. Fourtttn thousand bucks
is not minimal.
Never mind hC'w accessible the
thing is. It's accessible enough to
me: sure, okay, it's a neat idea,
neat to look at and neat lo think
about. But the trouble I have
with this thing is the same trouble I have with the wretched
monolithic buildings they tack
this stuff onto. Neat to look at
and neat to think about, but
where do the humans go 7 People
will have to live with this stuff.
you know. They'll be spending
hours on end trying to make
meaning in their live-s and in the
environment you make- for the-m.
They'll be trying to get a s,ens,eof
wholeness in the-mselves and their
world, so that there's continuity,
there's integrity, there's meaning.
What kind of meaning does this
trapezoid stuff give-them 1 Meaning that's "a series of perceptual
experienct-sr' Come on. there's
niore to human being than that
There ought to be more to art
than that, too.
Okay, existential art, art that
tries to come to terms with the
dichotomy between perceiver and
perceived. that's one thing. But
there's something very peculiar
about an art form that wholly
ignores the totality of the human
spirit, the perceiver, and glorifies
the trivial abstract perceptions of
the human brain.
Michael Mehaffy
Evergreen 90 %
Ostriches?
To the Editor:
An open letter to the 90 % of tht>
Evergreen students who d1dn"t respond to the Tnal Balloon:
Wake up! Where are your prionties7 We shudder to think that
such a vast majority of this student body doesn'I care about the
quality of their education. Does
this poor turnout mean that there
is not an important need for an
annual assessment of Evergreen's
curnculum, or does it mean that
90 % of the study body do not
care who decides what courses
are offered?
In a place that allows so much
student input regarding the planning of program offerings, such
a pitiful response is an insult to
the academic deans, faculty, and
concerned students who are trymg to assess our academic needs.
It is disgusting to see such an important frttdom shunned by so
many. How will Evergrttn be
able to keep evolving if the majority of students don't care
enough to spend half an hour
filling out a questionnaire? Evergreen's curriculum will remain a
hodgepodge array of overlapping
programs, with many holes and
inadequacies, unless we all state
a need for change.
Again folks, WAKE UP! Get
your heads out of the sand and
back to what you hopefully came
here for - to attend a school
that responds to students' needs
by allowing all students to actively participate in the plannin~
of the curriculum.
Teresa Pruden
Lenny Brennan
Hit And Run
To the Editor:
Has an administrator gotten in
your way lately7 Are your faculty giving longer lectures 7 What
about that long overdue evaluation 1 Your roommate with the
boa constrictor7 How about that
butt-pinchu
down the hall?
Well, this letter is to ~ind
all
of you who've- forgotten th.at
November 14 - 20 is Evergrttn's
annual pie week. As part of Evergreen·s ongoing evaluation
process, this is your chance to
present your favority faculty,
staff, student or administrator
with their just desserts (sorry).
The advantages of pieing are:
l. Your victim will look dumb.
2. Flavors consist~nt with your
victim's personality can be used.
3. You will gain the admiration of your friends and acquaintances.
4. Boy, will you fttl good.
So, dust of your pig mask and
lace up your running shoes because November 14 - 20 is piewttk at TESC. Give or ye sh.all
rKeive.
Love,
Th, Evergrttn Geo-Pie Board
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KAOS Needs Money, Chewing Gum, And Love
KAO$ FM's longest-ever fund
raising marathon will last for ten
days, running from November
11 - 20. KAOS is a community
radio station located at 89.3 on
-the dial. The station i~ oriented
toward serving the public and it
depends partially on its audience
for financial support. KAOS is
funded mainly by Evergreen students through the Services and
Activities Board, but dollars must
be raised by the KAOS staff,
Commercials are not broadcast
on KAOS, so there are no commercial gains and money is raised
from benefit events and marathons.
The marathon will make listening a little more fun with trivia contests, comedy, interviews
with local personalities, auctions,
and give-aways. Nifty black and
yellow KAOS T-shirts will be
given away with donations. Local businesses are supporting
KAOS by donating items and
toys for grown-ups which will be
auctioned off. The businesses and
their donations include a one
hour plane ride and tour of
Thurston County from Cascade
Airlines, a year long record-permonth from Budget Records and
Tapes, a full body massage at
Radiance Massage, an Olympia
Brewing Company beer stein, a
pizza with or without the works
at Jo Mama's, a first ffiition of
Tolkien's "Silmarillion"
from
Pat's Bookery, and more. During
the marathon, the SO - 60 student
and community unpaid workers
and the five half-paid core staff
members will be pooling their
talents and efforts to make the
ten days a success. Some of the
marathon highlights are:
November 13, 12:30 p.m. Kidd Rhythm presents Whot it
Is, featuring the Fltttwoods and
the Wailers, as well as other
Olympia and Tacoma groups
from the year 1959.
Novir.mber 14, 7 - 8 p.m. Thurston County Commissioner
(and Evergreen graduate) Marj
Yung and Mrs. Martha Davis of
Davis' Brown Derby; and 9 p.m.
There are two benefit dances
coming up this Friday night (November 11), First of all, the Crabshell Alliance, in conjunction
with EPIC, is having a dance on
the 4th noor of the Library at 8
p.m. with music by Obrador. A
two dollar donation will buy you
an evening of Latin, Funk and
Jazz, with the proceeds going to
the Crabshell Alliance.
Over on the Eastside, • in the
Old Washington
Junior High
Gym Complex (Legion Way and
Eastside Street) there is going to
be a big band era dance with
SALES
AND
SERVICE
1010
M01l11 Fronter,d Loudneu
;1'1"
KAOS staff members show off the Marathon Program Guide.
Olympia mayoral candidate
Lyle Watson (all of whom will
present music of their choice).
November
16, 7 - 8 p.m.
Olympia Public Works Commission candidate Rita Robison returns to her alma mater to serve
as disc jockey.
November 17, 7 - 8 p.m. Thurston County Commissioner
George Barner, also an Evergreen
alum, plays his favorite selections.
November 18, 7 - 8 p.m. Dave Mathews of Montesano offers his musical tastes.
November 19, 6 - 10 a.m. The Sports Bag, with sports personality Dusty Anchors hosting;
and at 10 p.m. - an exclusive
recording of a live concert at Seattle's "Rainbow Tavern," featuring Oifton Chenier and the Red
Hot Louisiana Swamp Band playing Cajun and Zydeco music.
November 20, 12:30 p.m. Kidd Rhythm presents Whot it Is,
featuring original 4S's by Buddy
Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Big
Bopper,
You may ask, "What has
KAOS ever done for me7" Aside
from broadcasting public affairs
programs which are otherwise
forgotten by the media, and the
wide range of music which is
aired on KAOS, the station gives
you the chance to become involved in the world of radio.
Free workshops which last for
six weeks each, are offered four
times a year. Participants, who
,.need no previous experience,
learn how to operate the station
and basic production techniques.
1f you want to tell the world
(Olympial
something,
KAOS
has a weekly spot reserved for
people who are new to radio
called This is Your Radio Show.
Some of the KAOS equipment
is held together by chewing gum
and they can't afford the gum
any more, so, if you like alterna.
tive radio in Olympia,
help
KAOS during the marathon.
Women's Shelter And Crabshell Benefits
SANSUI
Control
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Tuning Meter
music by Swingland
Express.
Proceeds from the dance will go
toward the opening of the pro•
posed Thurston-Mason
Women's Shelter.
The purpose of the shelter
project is to offer emergency and
temporary housing for women
and children. The shelter will offer counseling advocacy,
and
self-help survival skills.
"We're ready to move," says
Colleen Spencer, one of the shelter's organizers, "We're at the
point of being ready to open the
shelter. We just need to raise
money." Spencer says that they
hope to be able to open the shelter, at least temporarily. for the
Christmas season.
Free expert child care will be
provided for children over three.
and there will be refreshments
and door prizes. There will be a
dance contest and a photographer
roaming about.
The dance is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. and tickets may be
obtained at the YWCA, 220 E.
Union, 352-0593, A five dollar
donation is asked, $2.50 for senior citizens, and $3.00 for students with ID.
The CounMtlngCen_, located in Lib
3223 la open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday- Friday. The center provides
plfMMI countellng, MIi-heip groupa,
consullatlon and ,..ernl. Kathy McKinnonla the coordinator, Ellen Ahana
la a cllnlcal paychologtat who wlll be
In on Tueadayaand Don Akutagawala
a clinical paychologlat who'll be In on
Thurldaya. The phone number at the
center la OM-6151.
The Gay RNource Center will be
meeting on Wednesday, November 16
at 7 p.m. In the 3200 Loungeof the Library Bullding. Toplca WIii include social events - a dance, hiking trip and
more - and organizing our counseling
program. EveryoneInterested la Invited
to attend.
Sabbath NffiCN wlll be held at
Temple Beth iiattlloh (8th and Jetter•
son, near the Post Office)on November
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necessary for transcript copying
and sending. The estimate on the
number of transcript copies for
this year is about three thousand.
The average length of an Evergreen transcript is eighteen pages.
In a small scale study conducted by the Registrar, it was
found that students
average
about three requests a year. One
student had twenty-seven copies
made and sent out. A suggestion
made at the S&:A meeting was to
charge about three dollars for the
first ten copies, and then to up
the price for further requests.
The S&A Board also decided
to bring to the Evergreen Coun·
cil's attention the fact that Wed•
nesday is traditionally
governance day at Evergreen. The
Board would like to reduce academic conflicts by eliminating
regularly scheduled classes on
Wednesdays.
Next week the S&A Board will
discuss allocation of last year's
leftovers. The Board will decide
if thl'se extra funds should go to
groups or back into the discretionary funds. Budgetary unit
heads will make recommendations and Lynn Garner will give
a report. The Board will also
consider other suggestions or requests for funding.
The Services and Activities
Board met on November 9 and
discussed three topics which concern students.
S&A Executive Secretary Steve
Francis brought to the Board's
attention a proposal from the
Office of the Registrar. Walker
Allen has proposed that a fee of
five dollars be collected from
students for each transcript which
is copied and sent out. The S&:A
Board discussed alternatives and
decided to submit a statement to
the Board of Trustees which has
the five dollar proposal on its
agenda for the November 10
Trustee meeting. The S&A statement will consist of a request
calling for a DTF study on transcript charges and a disapproval
of the lack of publicity the fee
has received. A one dollar charge
per quarter used to be taken
automatically from each student's
S&A money for this purpose.
Last year the Registrar's Office
asked for an increase of from
fifty cents to one dollar per quarter per student. Last year"s S&A
Board felt that the charge was
regressive since students don't
use the transcript service equally,
so the Board cut S&A funding
completely. The Registrar has requested $16,470 for Xeroxing,
goods and service charges, part
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interested in social work or
human services. Professionals
leading the workshop will include representatives
from:
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Department,
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Youth Group Home.
Date: Wednesday,
November 16
Time: 2 - 4 p.m,
Place: CAB 110
Register at: Career Planning
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Lib, 1214,
KAOS It looking tor an Interim Program Director to fill the position from
approximately November 15 through
Chrlatmaa.
QUALIFICATIONS: AppHcants
should have a atrong tnterest In Com·
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with radio station KAO$. All apptlcanta must have a home telephone and
be wllllng to make at leaat e 15 hour a
weett time comniltment. Appllcatlons
ahould lnctude a brief resume ol H·
perlence and a statement of ldeaa1
phlloaophyand a telephone number at
which you can be reached. All appllca•
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Olympia, WA 96505 by noon Friday
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Individual Contracts:
Evergreen's Invisible Curriculum
by Nancy Ann Parkos
Individual Contracts have brrcome a major upect of the curriculum at TESC. Curttnt figunos
from the Registrar's office show
six hundrN stud~t•
to brr enrolled in Individual Contracts
this Fall; this accounts for nearly
one-quarter of the total enrollment figu~ - 2,5«. These contracts are not receiving academic
emphasis proportionate to the
ptr«ntage of students they involve.
Contrary to Evergreen mythology, no one is doiJl8 a contract
in "Knowing My Psych• Through
Bog.I M~lc.ing," "Th• Common
Cockroach ls My Frie:nd," or
"How To Win Dialing For Dollus." (This is not meant to imply
that students don't occasionally
try to obtain such contracts.)
The subject matter being covered by learning contract stuents is deserving of considerable
attention. Contracts are signed in
Psychology, Mathematics. Social
Sciences, Artificial Intelligence,
Ecological Research. Creative
Wntmg, Government, Women's
and Minority studies, Educational
Theory, Business Administra •
llon, the list goes on.
Even though one•quarter of
the student population is cur•
rently working under Individual
Contracts, only thlrtttn of the
one hundr<d and thirty foculty
members were assigned to this
Fall's contract pool. Other faculty
who are engaged in Coordinated
Studies can and do take contracts; but their time is extremely
limited. This results in frustrat~
for both faculty ~d student,, Th, students fttl slighted
by the lack of attention they receive, and the facuJty have reservations about awarding academic
cr.dit with so littl• knowl,dg, o/
the students' work.
HISTORY VS. OtANGE
In order to unde-rstand the rnervations of both faculty and administrators towards placing a
greater emphasis on Individual
Contracts, it is nttessary to un•
derstand the pa.st history of contracts in relationship to the col•
lege u a whole.
Faculty members stress that In•
dividual Contracts were intended
for advan~
study projects, and
to fill cracks in the curriculum;
they were not intmded to become
a m,,in focus of the coll~,. ~
Daugherty, faculty m~ber
and
former Academic Dean, explains:
"All the work done at Evergreen is done full time, just about,
and the dominant mode of the
place is Coordinated
Studies.
What that means is we have to
focus on Coordinated
Studies
here because that's our mission.
That's the primary educational
mission of the place and always
has bttn. When you put those
two facts together, the full time
nature of study here and the
dominant commitment to Coordinated Studies, it simply means
that contracts can't exist here,
except as faculty resources allow."
What needs to be questioned
at this stage is whether academic
focus should be d,termin.d by
raculty preference, or student
need. The only factor of Evergreen which should remain a
constant is its dedication lo providing an alternative education
which fits the needs of students
as well as society. Richard Jones
articulated this commitment in
his writing from 1971, The First
Five Years - One M~'s View:
"We shall only be specifically
concerned with what a student
learns to the extent that it may
enable us to enlarge his general
capacity to learn. We want to
serve the student who wants to
come to college to learn how to
think, not what to thinlc."
The initial establishmmt of an
alternative college implies an ac•
ceptance of changing
needs.
Without this acceptance, the in·
stitution is no longer an alternative. lf Evergrttn refuses to recognize the growing needs of students in regard to Individual
Contracts, they will be a step
closer to becoming an imitation
of th• U. W.
It is difficult for the administration to cope with the increasing demand for learning contracts for several reasons. For exampl•, som• faculty fttl they
were not hired to deal with con•
tracts in such great numbers. Individual Contracts arr an intrinsic part of the entire weaving
which makes up Evergrttn, and
they cVtnot ~ dealt with by
thmlSelves. According to Daugh•
erty,
"A lot of people don't like to
talk about it becau1t there's no
way to answer the ha.rd quntions about Individual Contract,
at Evergrttn without going into
all of Evergreen because it's one
of the m•jor parts o/ the pl•c,e
and whatever happens to it impacts on the whole thing. It im·
pacts upon faculty assignment; it
impacts upon hiring; it impacts
upon what studfflts can take and
what they can't take; it impacts
upon everything. So it's almost
impossible to talk about it in isolation."
This does not negate the fact
that, proportionately ·speaking,
more students
are presently
working under Individual Contracts than in the past. For Vt·
ample, in the Fall of 1972, onlv
nineteen percent of the student
body worked under learning contracts. Presently, almost twentyfive percent of the student body
is engaged in the Individual Contract mode.
This change in percentage reflects more than one thing. On
the positive side it shows that
TESC is creating self.motivated
students who are learning to
think for themselves. Basic Coordinated Studies programs can
generate ideas which necessitate
in-depth study. Students here are
excited enough about their learning processes that they are willing
to put in long and often painful
hours researching their own ideas
in an independent fashion.
On the flip side of the coin,
the growing number of Individ·
ual Contracts is reflective of the
consistent inadequacin in the rest
of the curriculum offered at Evergreen. Advanced programs are
few and far ~tween. Whm they
do materialize, often students
who are not advanced are admitted to the programs for the
purpose of fulfilling numerical
enrollment requirements.
Advanced students who pursue these
programs often waste both time
and money repeating basic ~terial. More times th.an not, advanced curriculum is unavailable
in the areas where Evergrttn students need it most.
Some faculty feel it is rare that
VtY Individual Contract mmt be
pursued during a particular academic quarter. Observes Chuck
Pailthorp, member of the fac•
ulty,
"Some way ar another I would
like to encourage students to
look upon this plaa as a resource, in which they have a variety of options. I think the students who hav• the hard.st tim•
with Individual Contracts are
those students who see their
nttds u ~ singulu at any
givm time and 1 think that' 1 really not tru•. It's rully rare tNt
in any given quarter the student's
nttds are unique in just one
thing."
It cannot be forgotten that the
median age of Evergrttn students
is twenty-tru-tt. Students of this
ag• group should be deemed capable of knowing what thftr academic nttds are. Occasionally a
studmt could and ohould hold
off until another quarter to work
under a particular contract in order to work with the best available faculty, in addition to having access to the best available
resources. However, this rationale should not be us.ed to tum
away students who have concrete ideas which they are yearn·
ing to see materialize.
For most students, settling for
a program when they feel they
need a learning contract entails
giving up important visions and
self-paced goals. Working alone
can far outweigh working in a
group situation because the student can fully devote time to his/
her particular interest area. To
tum down students who are capable of defining their own needs
is in essence telling them that it
is too bad the college has given
them so much self.motivation,
because there really is no place
for it.
CONTRACT ABUSE AND
MISUNDERSTANDING
Evergrttn is placing too much
emphasis on increasing enrollment at the expense of academic
excellence. According to Mary
Moorehead of Academic Advising, a good num~r of contracts
are being written in "Introductory" areas which would be
turned down if TESC did not
face its current enrollmmt bind.
ln some cases there is a place for
introdu,ctory contracts. For example, the beginning writer has
much to learn by writing in
quantity and the experience is
likely to prove invaluable.
In other casn, thtte is no valid
excuse for allowing unprepared
studmts to n~oliate and acquire
learning contracts. The nature of
an Individual Contract is such
that students should have some
rel•t.d b•ckground In their chosm areas of study. Students receive far Ina teaching time under
lndividual Contract than they
would rKeive in a program.
Th• Individual Contract mode
is also used for part-time: students
and members of the community
whos, sch.du)., will not permit
daytime attendance. Often these
contracts are similar in nature to
such •n extmt th•t they could be
coordiMt.d into • form o/ modular education.
Some faculty
member,, such •• Mfrk Le,rinsky
and Chuck Pailthorp; ~,,a
willingn ... to teach thn. modules as long as their daytime
schedules are pared down in correlation to the evening hours this
type of study would necessitate.
ln the long run, this process
would use up less faculty (in
num~r) and less individual faculty time, thereby creating space
for legitimately needed Individual
Contracts. It would take less time
for one faculty member to tea.ch
twenty students than it would
take twenty individual faculty
members to prepare for and
sponsor twenty learning con•
tracts.
Evergreen CU\ maintain academic excellence and up enroll·
ment concurrently.
Explains
Moorehead:
"I think without lowering our
academic standards
we could
raise our enrollment by being a
lot more ingenious with the cur·
riculum. It would require the cooperation of a lot of different
people. For instance, we have a
problem now with Washington
State Patrolmen and law enfor~
ment people feeling that an Individual Contract is the only thing
they could possibly do given
their working situation. If we
had more programs for work.ing
students, and it is possible to
work those out, I think our enrollment would shoot up. We
need to experiment with different
modes of delivery such as mobile
seminar rooms for one thing ....
wttkend programs, evening programs, full time •nd half time
programs in small towns around
Southwest
Washington
that
would literally "hook" th• student into full time study or even
a contract that the student was
p~~ to do here at th• coll,ge."
CURRICULUM DESIGN
There is a sha~
complaint
among TESC faculty that you
will hear over and over again:
Many students do not have a
concrete plan for an Individual
Contract, they are coming in at
the last minute with "a last min·
ute idea." The mimicry (faculty
of students) runs somewhat like
this:
STUDENT,
Hey, you Mr.
Honcho7
FACULTY, Yes, yes, indttd I
am (no, I'm sitting at his desk
pretending ... ).
STUDENT: I wanna do a contract in Astrology.
FA CUL TY, Wh•t particular
aspects of Astrology do you intend to cover under this con·
tract 7
STUDENT, W,11, you know,
how it feels and all. like maybe
it has something to do with when
the rivers get polluted. And Carter, like what's his sign7 Would
you rather vote for a Gemini or
a Virgo7
FACULTY, Well actually I"ve
already taken all the contracts I
possibly can, and .
The saddest part of this de•
meaning transaction is the likeli•
hood that it will happen more
than once. The student becomes
a figurative ping-pong ball and
with each bounce he/she- becomes
more frustrated. Paihhorp comments on the process of contract
negotiation:
"I know • lot of f•culty get
annoyed with the knocks on the
door and find contract negotiation unpl .. sont. I do; I think t~
whole prOCftS is a pretty d,meaning one; for the student it
is d~eaning because often what
they r\ffd primari1y is a sponsor.
Given that the resources in contracts are always more limited
than the d,m=d,
it', real euy
for a student to ~t in a frame of
mind where, 'I'm going to find •
project that this person will buy.'
from my end of it when I'm negotiating with students, each
contract represents potentially a
very large demand, so 1 have an
interest in controlling the way
the. contract goes so lrult it's
so"'etl!lng I doh'( haw to spend
a whole lot of time preparing for;
because it's hard to manage a
whole lot of contracts and do a
responsible job of it. . . . The
process gets repeated too many
times, people get tired of it and
it's just hard to do pleasantly and
effectively."
Wha.t faculty ideally would
like to 1tt from students who approach them with contract proposals is a well-defined contract
containing a sufficient amount of
work for the time period outlined. and preferably with a proposed reading list. The student
should be able to outline the initial steps of the contract and have
the ability to keep up with a self•
set pace.
Yet students at Evergreen {or
any other undergraduate institution for that matter) have had
little or no training in curriculum
design. {Most Evergreen students
come here from public school
systems and community
colleges.) The result is that a student who has th• seeds of • brilliant contract may ~ punished
for his/her inability to articu.late
it due only to a lack of training.
Ideas are termed meaningleu
which could have provided a fulfilling and worthwhile endeavor
for the student.
Beginning on November 23,
Muy Mooreh,ad will offer a
workshop for students who are
planning a future learning contract. This will ~ the fint workshop of its kind in the history of
TESC. Stud•nts will hav• the
opportunity to hear from Mary,
faculty mem~rs. and weath,red
students who know the ropes of
contract work at Evergrttn. The
content of these workshops
should contain for example, how
to think out and articulate the
initial idea for an Individual Contract. From there, it should help
the student to construct a reason-
able and meaningful contract
proposal. Such training will hopefully eliminate much of the frustrations many students have en·
countered during last minute negotiations.
TRYING TO OBTAIN
A SPONSOR
The Individual Contract pool
is selected first on the basis of
those faculty who volunteer. The
remainder of the pool is assigned
when there is no need for particular faculty members in Coordinated Studies programs. On occasion, faculty members are withdrawn from underenrolled programs at the last minute to be
placed in the contract pool. This
is not meant to imply that these
faculty are inept. According to
Rob Knapp, the deans m.Ue a
strong attempt to allocate faculty
in correspondence with the de·
ADMINISTRATION,
Have
you thought of taking Autobiography]
Another problem the prospective student fac~ is the lack of
concrete profile material available on the TESC faculty members. The "'AARGi," (Academic
Advising R~urce
Guide) put
out this year begins to help out.
But according to Moorehead,
even though the faculty have
signed their own profiles, stu·
dents are coming back nearly as
distraught a.s before. The profiles
are innacurate; the faculty will
not necessarily sponsor a con•
tract in a Quoted interest area.
Th ... profiles nttd to be updated
on a quarterly basis. Faculty
could attempt to project how
many contracts, and in what
area, they will be able to sponsor
during future academic quarters.
" ... in the Fall of 1972, only
nineteen percent of the student
body worked under learning contracts. Presently almost twentyfive percent of the student body
is engaged in the Individual Contract mode."
mands of Individual Contract
students.
Oftm th• contract pool don
not correspond
with student
nttd. Many students are unable
to find ovoiloble faculty in their
given areas of interest. The response to this dilemma is often
"No studmt Is guarant..d th•
right to an lndlvld...I Contract."
This statement should not be
made unless the college makes itself responsible for providing
curriculum which will meet the
needs of students, as well as faculty and administrative needs.
It would seem feasible (with
one•quarter of the enrollment
working
under the contract
mode) to plan in advance the faculty who will be assigned to the
contract pool. Studmts who are
planning future learning contracts could submit ideas to the
Academic Deans so facu1ty could
be aUocated ln direct corresponda1ce with student demand.
Not only does the student of.
ten run amuck when searching
for a faculty sponsor, he/she is
told that outside professionals
cannot sponsor an Individual
Contract. Numerous willing profflslonal1 "subcontrad" learning
contracts what they art the. ones
who ue actually providing th•
=l<>rity of tuching time. At th•
same time, the contract is included in individual faculty members' students pu te.acher ratios.
Students who are being legitimately taught ,l..,.here
should
not be but an included in these
statistics. This type of situation
can arise:
STUDENT; I wont to do a
contract in feature reporting.
ADMINISTRATION,
H•ve
you tried ...
STUDENT, Yu, look, l"v•
spent two weeks, tried them all,
none of them can do it. But the
editor of the Seattl• P. I. will
sponsor me , .
ADMINISTRA TJON; No, h•
can subcontract you. I'm sorry,
you need a faculty or staff signature. Have you tried Burt Pastel,
he's an art teacher but he likes to
read ...
STUDENT, But the editor of
the P.1.111
Studmts should also be aware
that they can tum to the faculty
for academic advising. Faculty
members are responsible for student advising, and this is a major
consideration in the initial hiring
process of a TESC faculty member. Most faculty members will
do student advising, although
most of them take care not to
advertise the fact by listing open
office hours. Students should be
aware, however, that no faculty
member is going to be elated at
the prospect of advising thirty
students during the final day of
registration (nor will he/she have
the time). The student should
seek advising sufficiently lhead
if he/she expects to be welcomed
and listened to attentively.
STILL MORE PROBLEMS
TESC has no standard criteria
for the acceptance or rejection of
Individual Contract proposals. A
great disparity of opinion exists
among Evergreen faculty as to
what makes a valid Individual
Contract. On June 14, 1977, a
memorandum sent to Dean Bill
Winden from Pete Sinclair re•
ported on the Individual Contracts DTF which took plaa, l•st
Spring. Th• s,cond of the committtt's
recommendations
sug·
gnt.d,
To insure that contract
proposals are carefully read, and
to insure that a student who
wanted to do a contract but isn't
prepared or can't find a sponsor
has time to enroll in a program
or group contract, we propose
that a committtt of four faculty,
chosen from the contract pool
for the proposed contract quarter. evaluate the contract proposals in the quarter prior to the
proposed contract quarter. This
will necessitate an earlier and
definite date after which time no
proposals can be considered. The
deans should determine the date."
This propooal usurps both faculty and studmt1 of their rights
to indlvldml dlsetttlon. A,dmitt.dly, Ac,,demic 0.ffls should
continue to make recommendations on lfflproving propoaa.ls,
but th• f•culty should .--rv• th•
right to mlle a (filir) decision as
to what makes a valuable con- -4
tract as they will be the persons
facilitating those contracts. In the
words of Leo Daugherty:
"It's a tendency in innovative
institutions
once people have
found how fraught with difficulty
they are, to look to bureaucratic
solutions. The concept of such a
board is such a bureaucratic SO·
lution; my own feeling about it
is that it would probably just be
another light that failed; that it
would be a bureaucracy per se."
If students f.. l th•t proposals
have been unfairly rejected, they
have the right to appeal to the
Academic Deans. A board such
as that recommended by the DTF
would be indicative of the college's failure to adapt itself to a
philosophy of innovation.
Students should also be aware
that it is entirely within their
rights to complain to the admin·
istration if they feel a contract is
failing because the sponsor is not
providing the assistance he/she
legally contracted him/herself lo
provide. Too often students wait
until contracts have ended before
they take this initiative, and by
then it is too late for aoything
but apologies.
ACCESS RIGHTS OF THE
LEARNING CONTRACT
STUDENT
According to Rob Knapp, contract students are entitled to the
same basic rights as Coordinated
Studies students are. This relates
to budgtet•ry needs u w,11. Eight
dollan per quarter is allocated
(per student) for academic mate•
ri•I sp,cific,,lly related to th•
learning contract. This money
can be used for reasonable acad,mic purpos,s ( to be d,termined
by the sponsor and/or Academic
Deans - this would not include
such things as textbooks or art
materials). This money is commonly u~
for xeroxing, but
many Individual Contracts require little or no money. This
creates a surplus which can be
~ by other contract students
who apply in advance for it. For
example, transportation to Seattle
for an opera could be detennined
as reasonable academic need in a
music contract.
STUDENTS ARE CONCERNED
During the process of gathering
research material for this article,
this reporter randomly distributed
three hundred questionnaires related to Individual Contract studies al TESC. Of the students who
filled out the questionnaires, 156
had not done contracts, and 144
had worked under the mode of
study. Over two•thirds of these
students felt that Individual Contracts are essential to Evergreen.
and many of them stated that the
offering of Individual Contracts
was a major consideration in
their enrollment.
Students complain of isolation,
and would like to see a system
organized whereby they could
have access to other students
working under Individual Contracts. (This could be done simply
by establishing a quarterly file
system in the library for inter•
ested students.) In addition. students would like to see an office
established especially to deal with
learning contracts. This is not an
unttasonable request when one
considers that a quarter of the
student population is currently
pursuing the contract mode. Further results of this questionnaire
can be obtained by posting a request on the door of Lib. 3508.
PROTECTING THE
ALTERNATIV£ PHILOSOPHY
Individual Contracts are essen·
tial to th• philosophy •nd objectives of The Evergrttn State College. It is time for the college to
recognize and treat the learning
contract mode as a major part of
the curriculum. When one•quar-
ter of the students are pursuing
such a mode, there is no other
available choice. Evergrttn w,11
be no more than another state
college if it does nol define itself
and consistently REDERNE itself
to meel the needs of students
who choose an alternative educa•
tion. The Alternatives must con·
tinue to exist - uid expand.
Nuicy Ann Parkes is in hu last
yev at Evergreen and is on lndi•
vldua.J Contract in writing. She
intmds to continue working on
the issues r;ai§W in this ilrtide.
lf the issues in this ilrticle con•
cern you: A panel discussion on
he subject of lnd~vidua..l Conracts will ~ held on the first
~oor of the Libruy building,
Thursday, November 17, 1977
rom J:JO until 5:00. This is an
Opportunity for you to hear the
idifferent arguments ;and present
tyour own views. lnterested fac•
Ulty, staff, and students are wged
o attend this discussion.
Editor's Note:
It has be-en a number of months
since the Individual Contract
DTF submitted its report, and no
action had been taken on the task
force's findings until thrtt days
ago (Nov,mber 7). It might be
merely coincidence, but it doe
sttm a little odd that this long
overdue ~ponse from the deans
would appear on my desk the
wttk of the publication of an ex•
tensive article on the Individual
Contract mode (an event that the
deans were well aware of). The
recommendations in the memo
which will be discussed at Dean's
Group Meetings and acted upon,
artfully avoid many of the prob·
lems with contracts. Instead the
proposal builds further bureau·
cratic structures and reaffinns the
notion that the contract pool
should be filled at faculty members' convenience rather than in
relation to the academic needs of
the students. The following are
the three strategies which appear
in the November 7 memo·
"l. The sixth class day of each
quarter, 5 :00 p.m., will be an
absolute cut off after which the
program secretaries will not ac•
cept contracts from anyone faculty, staff, or sludents. Tht>
final date in Winter quarter, 1978
will be January 12. Once the
contract and registration card
have been signed by the student
and faculty, program secretaries
will compare the details of each
contract with details shown on
the registration card. If the duration of the contract, the number
of units indicated, and all other
details are in agreement program
secretaries will sign the green
card. The Registrar's Office will
not accept registration cards for
individual contracts until they
have been signed by the appropriate secretary.
··2. On the seventh class day,
the deans will spend the entire
day reading all of the contracts.
Those needing adjustment will be
returned to the sponsor on the
next day. These must be returned
to the deans within one wttk
with the adjustments completed.
"3. To further facilitate the
negotiation
of contracts.
the
deans each quarter will send a
returnable sheet 10 all faculty.
and staff who sponsor contracts,
asking for an indication of how
many new contracts (no more
than lwo in the case of staff
mem~rs) they anticipate being
able to handle in the following
quarter and tn wha.t subject areas
This infonnation will ~ widely
disseminated - to all faculty
and to Mary Moorehead - for
use in advising students.'"
Winden stresses that these
strategies are only the beginning.
We hope that there are better
things to come.
- KJ
Q
8
Stumbling Blindly Through The .Past .
by Karrie Jacobs
•
There are no antique
we dd.mg
i,:owns souvenirs ot• t he 1934
World:s Fair. Gramophone records bull blinders, or mysteri•
ously• vanished
great-uncles •m
Evergreen's attic. However, tht>re
art> many, many documents,
posters, publications and assorted
relics crammed into the tiny Li•
brary study room w h •1ch const1lutes Evergreen's Archives Room.
· IIy, t he space 1s
• not an
Technica
·
b
•
attic,
ut rummaging t h roug h
•
b its an d pieces o f Evergreen h 1story in that poured concrete
• d floor of t he
c ham ber on t he t h 1r
•
Library,
evokes much the same
•
h•
d
tt>eling as crouc ing un er. a
sharply slanted cobwebby ceiling, picking through dead ancestors' possessions.
I found myself in that room the
other day in pursuit of a wild
goose which was nowhere to be
found. Whilt> hot on the trail. I
stumbled upon numt>rous items
of interest that I thought might
be entertaining
to JOURNAL
readers.
In the Archives Room are
b00I.." containing
the master
plans tor the college, which are
illustrated with photographs of
architt>cts' modE"ls, populated by
t wo-d1mens1onal
paper dolls
dre,ssed 1n m1m-sk1rts and Nehru
suits. There are binders with all
the c0rrespondence relevant to
the hmni of the president, and
the v1ce-pres1dent and provost.
complete with hundreds of xer0xed newspaper clippings from
when the decision was made to
hire Charles McCann, "The Pres1dent Without A College.· Tht>re
are minutes from Board of Trustee~ met>t1ngs dating back to
!Of.7 and studies done by various
t1rm~ on what high school stuJents want in a college, what the
modern college library should
contam and what the local soil
conditions
are, among other
things.
A STUDENT VIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL NEEDS is a
market study conducted by the
Arthur D. Little firm by means
of a questionnaire that was distributed to high school seniors in
23 high schools within a 35 mile
radius of Olympia. It asked such
•
•
pertinent
questions
as ··H ave you
ha d f our d ates •m one
ever.
week 7 at1ended a professional
ball game7 cooked a meal for
-~> a Ione for groguests? shopv,;u
cerie-s for the family for a week7
typed a letter to a friend?" and
so on. From the multitude of
questions they determined things
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• • a b out m
• 1968 .
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In 1968 t he D at·1Y OJymp1an
•
was gleefully anticipating a college with an athletic team that
t hey cou Jd root for, an d w hen
the name The Evergreen State
College was chosen in January of
that year Olympian Sports Editor
Jim Kadyk wrote, "Now that a
"In all probability, TESC will
• • Wh.1tworth , Westpro ba bl y 10m
t'r:'I w as h.mgton, C entra I w as h ington, and Eastern Washington
as Evergreen Conference membe rs. Western, for ex.ampIe, 1·1eIds
teams in football, basketball,
swimming, wrestling, golf, gymnasties, baseball, track and tennis."
By 1969 worrisome facts were
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womens I u ens1 mmg mg m eac
other's rooms was approved
Monday by the trustees of the
new Evergreen State College."
FOOT IN MOlfTH
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DEPARTMENT
In an editorial printed on September 23, 1969, The Daily
Olympian quotes a Bellingham
Herald editorial which quotes
Dean Clabaugh making a speech.
On Evergreen's effect on the town
of Olympia Clabaugh said ".
Olympia will be dragged first
into the nineteenth century, and
then into the twentieth," and the
Daily O editorial said, "Bellingham, the site of Western State
College, as far as we know always has had a good relationship
between townsfolk and the academic community. Concerning
Clabaugh's remarks on dragging
Olympia into the nineteenth century, the editor of the Herald
had this to say:
'"Nothing like getting the town
and gown relationship off to a
good start, is there? But that gratuitous little comment is something for the college and the city
to work out. h's none of our
business if they want to start out
by putting the folks in their
place.'
But Clabaugh', capping
statement was too much. Said
he, 'In five y~ars we will reach a
point where Evergreen and Harvard will be mentioned together
- and in that order ... !'"
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An artist's representation of the first Door of Dorm A from the
plans for the dorms.
like the fact that students who
are qualified to go on to college
on the basis of their grades, but
choose not to go, are more likely
to have planned a party for forty
or more people than their peers
who are qualified for college and
are planning on attending. They
also determined that potential
college students like elevators,
and would like to go to a college
that had buildings tall enough to
justify elevators. And on the type
of campus environment thal high
school seniors would like for
their ideal college it was coneluded that " . . They challenge
design skills in planning a parklike campus when they urge that
there be more nearly a 'five-minute walk between classes' rather
than a ·20-minute walk between
classes.' They want to walk
around campus rather than take
buses." Indeed, this could have
been quite a challenge if Evergreen turned into the "mini-city"
name has been chosen for the
college that doesn't exist, we feel
that it is not out of line to think
over some names for its athletic
teams which also don't exist.
"The name Evergreen practically screams out for an outdoor,
woodsy type of nickname. It
seems like this might be one time
when we can all save ourselves
from all the animals.
"Some might like something in
the Loggers and Lumberjacks
type of name. But those have
been used in this area and somehow seem to be a bit degrading
to Evergreen.
"Others might like something
that fits in with an evergreen tree.
But who ever heard of a college
football or basketball team called
the Needles or the Branchesl.
. Speaking of The Evergreen State College, it might be
interesting to take a quick look
at what kind of athletic program
the new school will enter.
COLLEGESTUDENT UNREST
Student unrest was a much
discussed subiect in the fonna-
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By May of 1971, a few short
months before the opening of the
college, townsfolk were getting
angry. Daily Olympian columnist
Mike Contris cited a straw poll
of the Delphi Valley areas in his
colmn of May 21, 1971 titled
"City's Future: To Be Or Not To
Be. "
"It'll be no more, the panicky
ones say. When those Evergreen
youth project their life-styles.
hair styles, an'd clothes styles,
the elders of this community will
regret their ever promoting the
college for this paradise of the
Puget Sound country.
"That's just a lot of nonsense,
other pollees answer. What's here
now will pretty much remain the
same. After all, the college is
way out in the woods. Those
collegians won't hit the town that
often or with that much impact."
INFLATABLEDREAMS
DEPARTMENT
Evergreen, the college of the
future with no competitive sports
and peculiar curriculum, also had
some pretty strange ideas about
on-campus structures. The opening of bids on a large bubble that
was to house tennis and basketball courts was reported in the
Daily Olymplarr of July 18,1971.
The article quotes Dick Nichols,
former director of Information
Services, and Director of Facilities Bob Strecker. "Nichols said
work on the playfield bubble
should start in about a month;
and the oval structure should be
completed by December,
'"Evergreen's blimp,' Nichols
said, 'is planned as a temporary
gymnasium since the Recreation
Building as now designed - and
scheduled for completion in the
Fall of 1973 - includes no high
ceiling space for indoor games.
Eventually a gymnasium may be
added to the building. if and
when construction funds are provided by the state.
"'Meanwhile the bubble will
serve. It will be an oval structure
268 feet long, covered with a
skin of white transluscent vinylcoated Dacron, erected upon a
concrete floor. It will be located
at the south end of the playfield
area west of Overhulse Road.
The air structure will be large
enough to cover three tennis
courts and additional space the
size of a regulation basketball
court.'
"Nichols explained that the
globule will not be supported inside. Instead it will be inf1att>d by hundreds of Olympic runners
taking tums blowing on the inlet
tube 7 No: By two powered air
handling units installed in the
sides of the bubble .
"'How,' inquired an admirer of
The Evergreen State College, 'will
a person get into this bubble and out of it7 Won't the ceiling
sag a bit every time someone
opens the door7'
'"No,' explained Strecker, ·the
bubble will be equipped with two
sets of revolving doors so that
little if any air will escape
through the doorways.·"
Obviously
the bubble idea
popped, and Harvard we're not,
but it's intert!'Sting to rummage
through the archives to find out
what we might have been, and
why we are what we are now.
Musical Misunderstandings
And Frustration
by George Romansic,
KAOS Music Director
am easily frustrated these
days. I mean, everytime I put on
a record of some kind of esoteric
music. be it free jazz, troubadour
ballads, or punkrock, someone
complains.
Last week, while
broadcasting at KAOS, someone
called up during a loosely structured piece by Steve lacy, soprano saxophone player, and demanded that I be censored from
the airwaves. He was outraged,
he said, because I was playing a
piece with no discernible melody
and no constant rhythm (in so
many words). I replied that
·\ liked the music and that I
wouldn't have played it if I
didn't think it had any redeeming social value. He then asked
if I had any musical training that
prepared me to choose what a
radio audience should hear.
When I said that I'd had no technical training in music but that I
knew a great deal about it tinyway, he jumped on me by saying
that only people with musical
training should be allowed on
the radio. He didn't seem to realize that KAOS couldn't function
with only five programmers.
The main thrust of his entire
argument depended on this belief: Music must confonn to a
narrowly defined set of parameters - it must have a "nice"
melody, a steady beat, and pleasing sounds. Good music was, in
his opinion, soothing and safe.
There was no room for the experimental, the challenging, or
the difficult. Anything that failed
to mttt his guidelines was worthless. Steve Lacy, a man who has
devoted his life to the financially
unrewarding task of exploring
the possibilities of the soprano
saxophone, was a worthless musician. Lacy might as well have
been a mechanic or an insurance
salesman - these jobs certainly
offered more in the way of security and stability.
My question to him was: Why
didn't he7 Trying to survive as a
performer/composer of unpopu-
George Roman5ic displ~ys the album in question.
that I lend to elevate people li~e
tion.
Steve Lacy or Iggy Pop to hero
I believe in the strange powers
status. 1 admire people with
of music, and I believe in the
dreams and ideas about music
strength and intelligence of indiand who remain true to their
viduals, and so it follows that I
personal artistic ideals even if
would admire those people most
those ideals meet with loudlywho are least concerned with
" ... I tend to elevate people
like Steve Lacy or Iggy Pop to
hero status."
lar music is such an absurd existence that it would be almost
laughable if only it weren't so
real. Why. especially now in
these laid-back 70's, impose such
an unpromising life-style upon
yourself? I'm a romantic, I guess,
because I believe that people like
Steve Lacy do it for the sake of
the music. The music is of such
importance to me, and there are
so few men and women to whom
the music is of eciual importance.
voiced negative response from
both the musical establishment
and from that portion of the listening audience that comes in
contact with their music. Maybe
this is a bit strongly stated - I
don't admire iconoclasm for its
own sake because I don't reject
the past - but I do strongly believe in personal vision, in ideas
far enough ahead of their time
that virtually no one appreciates
them at their moment of concep-
commerciality and whose chief
concern is with what they can do
with, to, and in music.
What I would most like to see
- what this whole article is about
- is a kind of change in people's
general approach to music. I
want to see more of a willingness
to listen, if not to enjoy. l really
believe that the individual listener's realization of the essential
humanness behind the expressionism of free jazz (Omette
Coleman, Albert Aylerl or of the
New Wave (The Clash
Tht'
Talking Heads) or the mtrospec
lion of minimalist musicians and
composers (Steve Reich, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno) would result 1n
a more profound view of what
they're attempting to accomplish
TOWARD UNDERSTANDING
It also helps, 1f you contain
any intellectual pretensions at all,
to be philosophical about unusual styles of music. I wrote a
manifesto once about feeedom in
music, which my old roommates
seemed to enjoy a great deal
(well, they thought it was okay,
anyway). Here, for your perusal,
are a few fragments from it:
..Crisp, clean, unison playing
is great. but a steady diet of il is
unreal. Life is fragmented, relations are loose - things don't ht
together neatly all of the time. or
even for very much of the time •
"As I hear it, modern Jazz has
just about the nght amount of
togetherness (as in 'playing together') that we can expect. It
corresponds with 1ust how much
we can (or should) expect from
people in life."
"I like music that reflects freedom, but I also like music to express the freedom within a group
(interaction, push/pull. solo and
unison activity). You can tell
people are listening to each other
yet still playing with a freedom
within the context of the group."
See how easy it is 7 Music
should be fun. There are other
ways of approaching
difficult
music but that is really beside-the
point. What matters most to me
is that you take the time and the
effort to approach it at all. The
world is an unfair place in at
least one way; It is much too
easy to be lazy and dumb. Take
me for instance. I get frustrated
sometimes. Nobody ever said it
would be easy.
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lative experience in suspense,"
"masterful movie," and "a movie
that has everything" to describe
Director Fred Zinnemann's Julia.
Other critics, notably Pauline
Kael and Andrew Sarris, have
found the film "surprisingly dull
and pompous," and "almost static" and "inert." So. who is one
to believe?
A late night viewing of Julia at
the Guild 45th, in Seattle, offered
no easy answers. By outward appearances, the film is sumptuous.
Scene after scene features picture
postcard skylines, exquisitely furnished interiors, and elaborate
and stylish "period" costumes.
Douglas Slocombe's cinematography is memorable for its pictoral composition and vivid lwcuriant color. The acting, especially the leading roles of Jane Fonda
as Lillian Hellman, Jason Robards
as Dashiell Hammett and Vanessa
Redgrave as Julia, is consistently
well paced and natural. Few
would argue that the film's subject matter, a famous writer's
portrait of a close woman friend,
is a stimulating change from this
year's roller-coaster
suspense
thrillers and epic WWII spectacles.
But, but, but ... At the core
of the film lies a structural flaw
which leaves one with a puu.led
unsatisfied feeling. ! think this is
primarily due to Alvin Sargent's
screenplay
which awkwardly
tries to adopt much of Lillian
Hellman's reminiscent style.
The story of Julia is taken from
Pentimmto, A Book of Portraits
(1973). Writing in her late 60s,
Lillian Hellman was establishing
contact with the memory of a
childhood friend who was murdered in Frankfurt by the Nazis
in 1938. The main action of the
memoir takes place in 1937, while
Hellman is in Europe, with Allan
Campbell and Dorothy Parker.
lo attend a theater festival in
Moscow. During a phone call
from Vienna, Julia tells her friend,
"I have something important for
you to do." Two days later,
Lillian teams she is to carry
$50,000 to Berlin, en route to
Moscow; the money to be used
to bribe political prisoners out of
jail. Hellman's train trip into
Gennany with the money provides a dramatic
backdrop
against which her portrait of
Julia is unveiled.
Her feelings toward Julia are
evident throughout the memoir:
"In .
the years after Julia's
death, I have had plenty of time
to think about the love I had for
her, too strong and too complicated to be defined as only the
sexual yearnin~ of one girl for
another. And yet certainly that
was there. I don't know. I never
cared, and it is now an aimless
guessing game. It doesn't prove
much that we never kissed each
other .
While camping: "At night,
wrapped in our blankets, the fire
betwttn us, we would talk. More
accurately, I would ask questions
and she would talk; she was one
of the few people I have ever met
who could give information with•
out giving a lecture."
After Julia asks Lillian to travel
to Berlin, she writes: "It would
not have occurred to me to ignore what Julia told me to do
because that's the way it had always bttn betwttn us."
lt is clear from the memoir that
Hellman views her friend in
somewhat idHlized terms. Becauae of the strength and style
of the- writing, it really isn't so
important that Julia may be remm,be~ by th, author, •• being slightly larger than Iii,,. H•II•
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man is basically presenting a
tribute to a woman that she loved
and admired; who provided the
inspiration for parts of two plays,
Watch on the Rhine and The
Childttn's Hour.
In the film's screenplay, Alvin
Sargent has attempted to recreate
much of the book's narrative
style. Unfortunately, this often
makes an awkward transition on
the screen. It almost works in
the film's opening s«ne where
we see a dimly lit figure fishing
from a dinghy in the early morning. An overdubbed. voice enters
(Jane Fonda) to tell us "Old paint
on canvas, as it ages, sometimes
becomes transparent. When that
happens it is possible, in some
pictures, to see the original lines
... " and she goes on to describe
pentimento, the central metaphor
of the book. In the movie, as in
the book. this monolog sets the
stage for what is to come.
However, the author's narrative appears clumsy when it b(,.
comes a literal tool of description. Two passages in the book,
describing Julia, are rendered al~
most lifeless in the film as we
hear the voice confiding: "I cannot say now that I knew or had
ever used the words gentle or
delicate or strong, but I did think
that night that it was the most
beautiful face I had ever seen."
The camera closes in of Vanessa
Redgrave's face and holds. Later,
Fonda observes, "There are women who reach a perfect time of
life, when the face will never
again be as good, the body never
as graceful or as powerful. It had
happened that year to Julia ... "
and we see the nine-tttn year old
Julia dancing through an archway to meet Lillian at Oxford.
Both scenes basically depend on
Vanessa Redgrave's ability to
embody and project Hellman's
idea of the perfect woman. That's
a tall bill for any actress to fill.
To expand the scope of the
story, much of the- film deals
with Lillian He-llman's relationship with Dashiell Hammett and
writing. He-r struggles with writer's block while working on her
first play, The ChUdren't Hour,
are amusing but I'm afraid a bit
overblown. I've sren plenty of
writers yank half finished paragraphs out of the ty~ritu
in
frustration and stare glassy-e-yed
for hours at a blank piece of
paper. But I've never known anyone to shriek and hurl their typewriter out an open window, as
Fonda d~ at one point in the
movie. Writing tends to be a
ti~-consuming
solitary experience and I doubt then is any
way to make the- process appear
exciting on SCTttn.
With much of the film's emphasis shifted to Lillian Hellman· ..,
private life and career and the
main action sequences centering
on the train ride to Berlin, the
story of Julia and Lillian's friendship often seems secondary. The
flashbacks to their childhood
friendship are rewarding as far as
they go. Th• young Julia (Lisa
Pelikan) is a precocious child.
We see the beginnings of a socialist conscience as she begins to
understand and reject her family's
great wealth. Lillian clearly wor•
ships her friend.
The trouble with these flash•
backs is that there aren't enough
of them and a\ least ~ is qoite
sketchy. W• are shown Julia and
Lillian decked out in matching
foul weather suits, joyously sailing across a windblown seascape.
That's it. It wasn't until I referred
to the book that I understood
this was taken from:
..I don't think we had seen
each other more than ten or
twelve times since we were eighteen years old .
we had once.
in the last ten years, spent a
Christmas holiday together, and
one summer, off Massachusetts,
we had sailed for a month on her
small boat, but in the many letters we had written in those years
neither of us knew much more
than the bare terms of each
other's life, nothing of the daily
stuff that is the real truth, the
importance."
The drawback of Alvin Sargent's screenplay is that little of
the daily stuff of the women's
relationship makes it onto the
screen. At the Hlm'S close, we
are left wondering what qualities
Julia found attractive- in Lillian
Hellman and ultimately, what
was the-motivation that led Hellman to become- a professional
writer? Certainly it couldn't have
primarily been the patient encouragement of Dashiell Hammett, as the film suggests.
Director Fred Zinnemann could
have centered the-story on an exploration of the two women's
love for one another and what
influence their careers and the
politics of the 30s had on the
friendship. Instead, he has created a portrait of "Lillian He-II•
man: Hard Boil«I Writer, Faithful Friend" with all the visual
trappings of a "work of art."
Julia is an inte-resting, often moving film but not even the superb
efforts of Jane-Fonda, as the edgy
chain-smoking Lillian, can illuminate a screenplay that borrows
action sequences from the book
but fails to clarify the intent and
depth of Hellman's tribute to her
childhood t•acherlfri•nd.
ELSEWHERE
FILM
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Friday, November 11
RIDER ON THE RAIN (1970, 119
minutes) A fllm by Rene Clement,
a distinguished
French director
whose later lllma "have disappointed" according to TN FHmgo.,.. Companion. Thia Is one of his
later fllms, and II lnYOlves a mad
rapist who Is 8\18fltually murdered
by the woman that he pursues. The
woman ls subsequently pursued by
a strange army colonel that was
owed money by the rapist. Stars
Marlene Jobert, Charles Bronson
and JIii Ireland. Also a short eta,.
ring Jeyne Mant1!eld and Mickey
Rooney at the Foreign Preas Awards
(COUidbe titted "Friday Night Fllmt
Lays a Flamlngo Egg"). LH one, 3,
7 and 9:30, 75 cents.
Monday, November 1.c and Tueaday, No\18fTlber15
NOW IS FOREVER la a film featuring Interviews with older people
who contrast their active 11'194with
societal stereotypes about aging.
The mm wlll be followed by a dis•
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Grey Panthers. Monday at 7:30 p.m.
and Tuesday at noon. LH one.
Wednesday, Novembe< 16
MOUCHETTE (France, 11166)Robert Breaaon'a free adaptation of
NouveUe HlalolN de Mouc:llette,the
story of a young glrt's laolatlon and
defiance In an atmoaphef"e of cruelty. Praised fOf !ta r~hneu of detall, especially when compared to
Breaaon·s mOfe austere films. LH
one. 1 :30 and 7:30.
IN OLYMPIA
SEVEN SAMURAI
The uncut
( long) 't'81'"SlonWIil be al the Cinema
through November 18. Thia Kuro•
sawa epic NI In medlevat Japan
wu the costllnt
picture 8\l9f made
In Japan In Ila day (1954) and WU
OY9f a year In production. It It the
story of HYen samurai warrl0f'1 who
turned lnlo cowboye In 1980 u the
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. The person
who dell\19fa the opening comments
at The Cinema will no doubt 1pend
far too much time comparing the
two; 9'3·5914,
CARRIE stare Sisey Spacek u a
strange girl (nol unllke THREE
WOMEN and BADLANDS) A delightful fllm IOf anyone who was
8V9f harrassed In high school by
the slick kids wllh hot cars. Olympic Theater, 357 •3-422.
THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY la
still al 1he Gapltol Theater, but don·t
worry I'm sure the ueual Ofsney
lllm will be !here soon; 357•7181.
STAR WARS Telephone conversation 11 /7/77·
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VIVA PORTUGAL la a graphic ac•
coon! of the revolutionary upheaval
of a society emerging from half a
century of fascist dictatorship. It
chronlcln the first year of the Portugese Revolutlon which began In
1974. Thia documentary le making
lts Seattle premiere on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November
12 at 8 p.m. and Sunday N0\19mber
13 at 3 p.m. at Freeway Hall, 3815
5th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA. For ticket
lnlo call 632•74-'9 or 832·1815.
Sponsored by the Freedom Soclatlst
Party
JOURNEY INTO FEAR ( HM3) An
American munitions expert played
by Joseph Cotten Is relentleasly
hunted down by Nazi agents In
Constantinople. It was directed by
Norman Foster with a uttle help
lrom Orson Welles and stars Do·
lores Del Alo, Orson Welles, Ruth
Warrick and Agnes MoorehNd. November 10 • 13 at the Rote Bud
Movie Palace, Pioneer Square In
Seatlle; 682·1887.
JULIA Jane Fonda, Vanessa Red·
: grave, Jason Robards, and Hal
Holbrook star In this current film
baaed on llltlan Hellman's memoirs. See r8\llew In thla Issue. Guild
45th, Seattle; 633-3353.
DANIEL POLLACK a clualcal planltt performs In the Recltal Hall at
8 p.m. Friday, NOW1mber13 for the
tmpreul\18 sum of '5.00.
OIRADOR, Oly's favorite Latin
Funk and Jazz band play a No
Nukes benetll on November 13 from
8 • IQ p.m., 4th floor library. Spon•
sored by the Crlbshell Alllance and
the E\lefgreen Polltlcal Information
Center, $2.00.
ELSEWHERE
FIREFALL and JESSE WINCHESTER at the Paramount In S.ltle,
November 18.
HERBIE MANN at the Paramount
In Seattle, November 18.
PAUL HORN at the Paramount ln
Seallle, November 10.
RA.NOY NEWMAN and STEVE
GOODMAN at the Paramount In S&attle. November 19.
DANCE
SQUARE DANCING with a 11ve
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FOLK DANCING everv Sundav
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IN SEATTLE
MUSIC
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FERREL Is an ace uooler
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WOODY HARRIS plays guitar In the
Intricate picking alyles ot Fahey
and Kolke. He hu a ,mall label album out which he will probably
plug. Applejam, 220 E. Union, November 11. 8 p.m. Two bucks.
ERIC PA.Rt( and DAVE AUER
One's lrom San Francisco and the
other's from Beltlngttam. Together
!hey play rags, orlglnals, and old
time stuff. Finger-pickers both. Ap•
plejam on Union, November 12, 8
pm., SI .50
JERRY MICHELSON plays old
time Jass (ale) piano and sings too
Gnu Dell, Capito! Way and Thurston
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ROUND TOWN GIRLS Debby Nagueky on guitar and Annie Thomas
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SWINGLAND EXPRESS plays a
benefl1 dance for the YWCA Wom•
en's Sheller Program The Iheme ot
the dance Is the ..Big Band Era"
Refreshments, door prizes and tree
child care abound November 13. 8
p.m to midnight at the Old Wash•
lngton Junior High Gym, Legion
Way and Eastslde Sl Call 352-0593
for ticket Info
SOVIET GEORGIAN DANCERS
collaborate with the TBILISI POLY·
PHONIC CHOIR In the Opera House
al Seattle Center on November 15
and 18 at 8 p.m. The performance
combines whirlwind dancers and a
choir harmonizing
melodles
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counterpoint. A real cultural event.
Go, and tell your parente about it.
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