The Cooper Point Journal, Volume 8, Issue 15 (March 6, 1980)

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The Cooper Point Journal, Volume 8, Issue 15 (March 6, 1980)

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6 March 1980

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ARTS AND EVENTS

POINT

THE

JOURNAL

THE
Olympia. Washin!(ton 98505

Vol. 8 No. 15 The Eveq1;reen State College

March 6, 1!)80

Dorm vandalism causes crackdown
By Ben Alexander

Graph~ by Setty Anderaon

MUSIC

Thursday, February 28
The 'th

Ave

Tavern (Z1O E

4th) presents

The Enemy wllh Urry and th9 MondeUoe
8 JO pm . s, 50 cove,
Friday, Febfwr -,q
The Gnu Dell presenls a weekend ol modem
compos1tlons by 1au group 0bradcH Through
March 1, 9 pm. SJ
The Gay Resource cenler sponsors a LNP
v .. , Dance Non-~lcohollc ctnnks and homebaked munchies wHI be available llbfary 4300.
8 p m -mldnlghl Admission, 50 cents•$2
whatever you can af!Ofd
Allen·s Bay Goulash Review presents the
Rainy City Rambten, i blue-grass band
Through March 1 9 p m . $1 50 ID required.
Saturday, March 1
Apple1am, 220 E Un,on, presents Lltcht~
and Tuel sing,ng orlgmat music and Irish
1unes Also per1orm1ng !hat &Yemng w1tl be
pol1t1ca1 satirist J. W. McClu,.
Door• open
8 pm S2
Working members of lhe Olympia Food
Co-op are inv1led to a SquaN O.nca and
Potluck al the A1gnall Grange Hall There will
be carpools leaving from tt}e ~op
and lrorn
TESC circle 7 30 Freel
Sunday, March 2
The G,a Commission presents Bert WIiton,
billed u "the greatest sax player since Chart~
·e,rd' Par1'.er," pertonmng orlginal jazz compos111ons RPJCitalHalt 8 p.m. $2.50 a1 the

door. S2 advance.
W«lnndey, M•rc', 5
The Third WOf J Cr ,lltlon presents a Winter
Fu0val of Ethnic r ,,ce and Musk: Actlvttles
will beQln at 1, ~ ., in CAB 108 and conclude
with a per
.~tnce by Duml beginning al
I p m FOf nore tnforma!lon call 866-6034
Ame,ica's Music presenls P .P .tic. for FrN
an evenmg ol blues, lolk, jau, and bluegrass
B p m Recital Hall Free
S.turday. March 8
Gig Comm155lon sponsors The JIit..-., !n
concert 1n the CAB Building Appearing wlth
The J11ters witl be TM Frau and The Nu
Yllatlons
All ages are welcome Refreshments will be available Tickets are SJ In
advance and SJ 50 at the door 9 p m
EVENTS
Thurlday, Fet>Nary 28
Man ot La Mancha will be performed In the
TESC Expe,Jmenlal Thealre through March 2
8 p m U oene<a1admlnlon, S2 sludents and
seniors For reservations call 886-6070
A strategy meeting tor Iha W.-hlngton
Stata Conf-,enca on FamlUN wlll be held al
4 p m in CAB 108 Only lhOM atrNdy regI•
tered tor one conte,ence should attend The
conterence 11self is March , from 9-5 For
mOfe information call Alexis Jetter Cab JIXI.
"6220

The Olympia Food ~op
(at the COffl8f ot
Rogers and Bowman) will hOld an open houN
fOf WNtuda
1..i,lvhbor• from 7:30--9 p.m.
Questions aboul the ~op
will ba anawered
and memberahlps will ba available.
Saga and the Food Service Advisory Group
presenl What Aboul PfoWn?, a leetu,. by Tim
JOf"danIn Lecture Hall One from 10-12 noon.
Ffkiay, Februli,y 29
The next mee11ng of the LNblan Suppof1
Group wl\l ba held In lhe GRC/ EPtC Lounge.
For lnlormallon contact the women·•
Cent.-,
LIB 3214, x6162.
Saga and the TESC Food Sefvlce Actvtaory
Group present two tllm1: Diet for • Small
Planet and Br"Nd and Ute In CAB 110•t noon.
A seminar. Tha Hlatory of Hoffleopllthy In
Amefk:an MecHdna: Ila princlplN In Mlf-c..-a
and the treetmenl of chronic dlseue wlll ba
held In Library Lounge 2100. 7 p.m.
Satu,dsy, March 1
An economic forecast tor small bualneues
In the 1980's wlll launch a day-long seminar
spon80fed by the Eve,v,..., Stale College
Alumni Auoctallon.
Included ara a peM1
discussion by Evergreen graduatN, talks by
two faculty members, and IOUf W'Of1tshOpl.
Registration cost Is $25, S15 lor Evergreen
Grads. For more Information xMM.

w-,.-•
Can,er Planning

and Placement hoata •
workahop on c.,..,. In Altemathie Ag,tcuttu,.
lrom 2--4 pm. In CAB 110.
ARTS

1"hlHoday,F28
PhOlographs by Marsha Buma, Sealtle Ir_.
lance photographar,
and llthographs
by
Thomas John1ton, head ot lhe printmaking
program at Western Wahington unl...,.slty, on
dlsplay In Gallery -4. Through March 9.
1n Gallery 2 an exhibit ot drawl~Jnts
and patnn~
by em"""Colbyare on display
The exhibll fealurea workl completed IOIIOW'·
Ing a recent tnsll to lndla. BIii Colby la •
member ol lhe UntvtM-slly ol Puget Sound Art
Department Through March 1-4.
A. travelling exhlblllon ol phOtography and
printmaking organized and circulated by TESC
appears al Western Wahington
University
The exhibition 11 1uppor1ecl In part by a grant
trom the Washington State Arts Commla,lon
Satunlly. Mafdl ,
The Vueh Lung Shadow Theatef brings Ila
ancient art form to llfe tor two partonnances
in 1he Recital Hall. Presented u part of the
Evergreen Expressions performing art aeriee,
Yueh Lung perform•
authentic
Chinese
puppetry using 12- to 14-lnch Peking style
figures crafted ol animal hides and manlpulaled behind a beck-llt screen by four puppeteet"s Per10fmancea al 2 and 8 p.m. Tlekets
tor matinee are S3 general adml11lon ancl
s1 50 tor students and senior citizens. Ev.
nlng ticket• are $A gene,al admission and
S2 50 tor student• and ,enlor clllzans.

FILMS OM CAMPUS

F-,,
F-ry
2t
Friday Nlte Fllma presanta a John Ford
double feature with two of Ford's moat
popular clanlca, The lnfonNr and SN WON
1 Yeltow Ribbon. (SOme of Font's other films
include n. a,.._. o1 Wrath. How a .... ••
my Volley, end Tho Mon "V-.)
The lnlCM'IMf (U.S.A., lffl,
91 min.) la I
drunken allegory set during the 1922 r11bemon
In Ireland. Y~tor McLaughlin plays Gypo, I
crude and simple man who turns In hi• belt
friend (an I.A.A. IMder) to the British. Me
plane to uae the reward money to get hlmNtf
and hia prostitute glrtfrktnd lo Amerlca, but
he ends up waatlng It on • drunken IPf'll8
whlle hla comrades become lncru1lngly
suapk::lous of him. AlthOugh the film Is
blatantly pro-I.A.A., Gypo 11 shown u an
Ignorant victim ot clreumttance. Thts brtlUant
mm now seems aomewhlt dated, but 11 allll
quite powerlul. It won thl'III Academy A.Warde
(Including onu fOf beat director and belt
ecreenplay)and the New VOtk FIim CrftlCI
Award for Beet FIim of the YNr.
She W019 a Yelto. Ribbon (U.S.A., 1949,
103 min., In colot) 11 one of Ford'• moat
beautiful Weetem1. Cinematographer Wlnaton
Hoch baaed hit atyle of photography here on
the paintings of Frld«ic
Remington. John
Wayne playa an aging calvary offk::ef who
befrtenda an lndlan chief In hopa ol pt'WM'tl·
Ing a war between the wtlltee and the lndlana.
The film hu about the moet sympaithetk:
treatment Native Americans recef'l'ld on the
screen at that time (1149), AlthOugh both the
calvary and the lndlanl .... treated wtth equal
respect, how many other ~d Weatem1 portray
Indians not u ..S,.avaget," but u proud, noble
people the way 1h11mm don? Polltlcally, the
tllm 11 somewhat conaerv..llb't, but aJ10 ver:y
pRTflstlC ""in<rhumanltarlan.
Ben Johnson,
Joanne Dru, and Victor Mclaughlin c~atar.
L H. I 3 1nd 7:30 p.m. only. Just a buck.
-T.J.S.

Setufday,Mars:h1
The A.e6anCoelltlon p,Nenll
FIN .,_.
SP1uo Fout (U.S.A., 197•) a Wuhlngton
state premW. St8'111 Bader, ol thl Mlat'I
CoallUon, wrttN, '"Thia artl1tlc movie expkna
the !'Nim of MHflng, end It In no way ,...
aembtN thl bubblegum beach ep~ of the
-,ty 80"1. The rncwie 11 In fact a collection ol
self-cont•lned
aequencH
that dHI with
varlou1 upecta of aurtlngand the surfing life..
style. FM Summer Slol'IN wu ahOt atmoet
entlt'llly In Ha.wall by Greg McGllllny and Jim
frHman,
who were alao rHponslble
tor
--(1987).
The r~neu
of the fllm U• In lta exeeUent
cinematography and a tuty Jazz-rock soundtrack. 11 It has eny problem, 11·1 that It
uaumes Ila eudlenot are e4ther surf.,.., or
'beach' t~k. Thus the uninformedv....., may
not recognize tha placee or perwonalltl•
being PfllN"lled, and lhly may get loet In tha
iaroOOOvllrall, It la .,, entertaining film, end
If 1urflng dOMn't tum you on, maybe Iha
photog,w.phy, aoene,y, Of mualc wlll." L.H. ,,
7 and 9 p.m. S1.50 tor G,.....,
$2.50 for
general public. Ticket,
available In the
Bookstore.

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Tho ERC _,.Tho__,

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A rash of fires, thefts, and other forms
or vandalism has ravaged the dormitories
in the past month. Fires have been set in
trash cans and in the hallways. A conduit
has been destroyed in an "A" dorm
community kitchen, public restrooms
have been defaced and paint poured into
plumbing fixtures, and car break-ins
have increased in parking lot "F."
Consequently,
a full-time security
guard now patrols the dormi: and "F"
lot and will continue to do so until the
problem is solved. Housing Director Ken
Jacobs requested the guard, after dis•
cussing the matter at length with
Security guards, Hou.sing staff members,
and student.5. In addition to the guard,
Security is sending occasional patrols
through "F" lot and the dorms, at odd
hours of the early morning.
AU of the vandala who have been
apprehended
so far live off-campus,
including the two who were caught by
the new Security guard within his first
lour days on the job. "I think all that
points to is that the problem is largely
nonresidents,"
explained
Jacobs,
"though some probably ia residents."
However, a student who refuaed to be
identified, clainu that he bu witnened
numerou1 occasions of vandali ■ m by
residents in the dorma. He says that
those students
re1pon1ible for the
damage, 1ucc:eaalully avoid the guard
and the Housing 1taff member on duty.
He userta that if the ,tudent managers
stayed up !ate at night, they could cat.th
the vandala.
"Well, I wiah he would come tell one
of ua," Jacobs responded
to these
charges. "What you have just done ia
crystallized the problem." Jacobs says
that two other students have claimed to
know the vandals' identities, but are not
willing to tell Housing members. "until
residents get concerned enough to tell us
who ia doing it." He added, "there isn't
anything more we can do. It will take a
real turnaround in the residents' philoe-ophy, in order for community-type action
to work, in the long run."
When the problem fll'st started getting bad, Jacobo met with Security,
Housing and Maintenance atalf members,
to examine the alternatives. About 30
people were involved in the final
decision, and over hall of them were
studentl.
"It was my preference to get more
security guards, like we bad when I lint

--

Fllffl. A.n NBC Special 1t.-ring WIii! Unaoetd
and 0on Hun,phr9y being lntervtewed In 1170,
with muak: by Joni Mltchell. A benefit fOf
wUdemeu. S1 .00 dOOatlon. L.H. 5, 12 noon
and 5 p.m.

Wiidi ty,llan:hl
Thi Academic FIim MrlN prllNf'lta T...,,.
(Italy, 1981, 93 min., In eolot) directed by the
leta, grut
Pier Paolo Paaollnl {TM 0...
c•meron, Salo), Starring Terrence Stamp.
Erich wrtlN,
A young man, ongollc
end/ or demonic, ent.,.. a wealthy lnc:tuatnal111'1 f•mlly,
makes love to the mother,
daugt\ .. l 80ft, fethef', matd, and ahaCJl11Cf,
lea¥N. This tttm la bNutllul. someUmea en~
matk:, highly contrcNWtlal, almoet entk'llly
vlaual, and WU tlercaty attacked by the
Church. Puotlnl, In tha tradition of CM1Uan
and Freudian my1tlcl1m, equatN Mxual and
divine expe,lence.
He wH Indicted tor
obecenlty and tha film WU binned In Italy.
Ac:cOfdlng to Puollnl, 'The Him In ., attempt,
dellbetate4y lefl open lo Interpretation, to confront the 1plrttual emptlnesa of the mlddle
clue and 11, lnablllty to r-.,ond to retlgtou,
axpertencea.' .. L.H. I, 1 :30 and 7:30. Freel

came here in 1973,"· Jacobs explained.
"They were in the dorms all the time-a
real low-key aecurity force. Now there ia
only one st~dent manager on duty late
at night, for all the dorms, and one
person just cannot be in all places at
once."
After Jacobs discussed the matter
with Security and Houaing members,
they concluded that the problems were
mainly being caused by high school
student.5, and they felt that a highly
visible, uniformed security officer would
be more effective for dealing with that
problem.
"Before we decided to request a
guard, we tried to solve the problem
with our own staff," continued Jacobs,
"mainly by instructing our staff and the
Maintenance staff to start actively chaJenging non-residents who are hanging
around in the dorms." Also, Housing ,tall
members on night duty were inatructed
to make at least two trips per night,
through
the halls of the dorms.
Jacobs said that the staff members were

responded to in some cases with threaU
of violence.
At that time, Jacobs sent a memo to
all housing residents, expl11n1ng the
problem. describing the action that they
intended to take, and asking for the
cooperation of the student residents.
After that, even more vandalism
occurred. Vandals broke into two cars in
..P' lot, and stole one car. Also, there
was more vandalism in the restrooms
and around the pool table, and a conduit
containing 400-volt wiring was ripped
out in a community kitchen. Asked if
this was unusual for the dorms, Jacobs
responded that vandalism had never
been so widespread in the whole time he
has been here.
The guard has been given basically the
same instructions as Housing and Main·
t.enance staff members. First he is supposed to ask any suspect student if they
live on the premises. He will doublecheck any affirmative answers. If the
suspect is not a resident, the guard will
explain the situation to him, and uk him

to leave. Security will keep a file on any
troublemakers who have been caught,
and, if they return, they will be prosecu
ted under criminal trespass laws.
So far, the guard has caught two
vandals. both or whom were asked to
leave. Also. two weeks ago two students
were apprehended in the act of van•
dalizing the elevators because the elevators jammed with the students inside.
Those students are repaying Housing for
lhe cost of repairing the elevators.
Some students have been upset about
the recent crackdown around the pool
table. They claimed that the pool table
was paid for with S&A funds. and that
all students had a right to use it. Jacobs
responded that the pool table was
originally bought with S&A funds, but
housing pays for all or the maintenance
and repair costs. He said that Housing
had received numerous complaints from
residents about non-residents monopoliz·
ing the pool table, loosball table. and the
wuhers and dryers.
In general, student reactions have
been mixed. One student who frequents
the pool table, said "I think it is great. It
is about time they did something like
this. The situation here wu getting
pretty bad."
Another student disagreed. "( think it
sucks. Or, at least I think it sucks that
they have to do it, but I guess that it's
needed. It sure seems a lot more tense
around here now, though."
Jacobs seemed somewhat exasperated
about the whole situation. "We've done
everything we can do," he exclaimed.
"Our student staff has gone to people
who they heard was doing this stuff, and
so has our custodial Maintenance staff.
Other students who are not employee~
and have no formal connection with us,
have gone to these people ~ho we have
heard were doing it. and they have all
gotten nowhere. What we need is for
someone to come forward and say. 'Look.
I saw this person do this!' ...
He continued, "I don't think we would
have needed to call in assistance from
Security if the residents here had been
more assertive and taken care of their
own personal property, where it was
being ripped-off, or the public facilities,
when they were being vandalized. The
only way it will work is if the residents
take it into their control and deal with
the situation:·

Family conference provokes controversy
By Margaret Gribekov
• Are you for the family?" uked the
blonde, bearded young man as I came
abreast of him. I had been aware that
the O_lympiaWhite Houae. Confuence on
"FamlIIes wu drawing two competing
factions, but his question ■ tartled me.
Wu I, mother of four, grandmother of
two, for the family? It's somewhat late
for me to be apiaot the family, I mused,
but I countered it with, "It depend• on
)¥bat you mean b7 'for the family'."
He pulled out a sheaf of white pages,
stapled together in a bundle, and pointed
to 1tatements in tbe middle of the first
page. The gilt of these was an accusation
that the true purpooe of the White
Houae Conference on Familie• wu to
justify further bureaucratic meddling in
family life and to alter the present legal
definition of "family" to include persona
not related by blood, marriage or legal
adoption. Although conscious of the aimmering controveray between religious
tradltionaliats in our IOciety and another
group which I ,ball here call modernists,
I was not prepared for the highly
charged, political atmoepbere of the con•
ference. I nodded at the young man,

wet/, t1trt y•., ~r

.,,..,,'-*il't. ??

accepted the sheaf of papers and folded
them over the orange and green sheets
given me earlier by the opposing faction,
and looked around
me in aome
amazement..
The parking lot of Capital High School,
where the conference wu being held on
a mild, Spring-like Saturday, wu already
jammed with can. In fact, when I drove
in to the lot at 8:45 a.m., I watched an
acquaintance take the lut parking apace.
My car wu now one of several parked
on the atreet outaide the 11Choolgrounds.
I bad passed two Olympia police can
on my way in, and there were more

police cars in the parking lot. Clearly,
someone wu expecting trouble; I could
not recall seeing 10 many police cars and
officers in one place in Olympia, other
than the state patrol cara at the capitol.
Olympia is a tranquil, often aleepy town.
What kind of trouble would occur at a
conference on families, I wondered.
Adjacent to the walltway where I was
atanding, the Traditionaiiata had inatalled a large trailer and a loudapeaker.
Thwere behind the young bearded
man, and there were people in and
around the trailer. Organized, very
organized, I thought. By contrast, their

competitors seemed to consist only of the
kinds of partisans one expects in a smallscale political tussle: individuals handing
ouL b.a.ndbillt:. Obviously, this was not
small-scale; I had been naive, to put il
kindly.
My mat.erials in my hand, I strolled up
the walkway toward the entrance, greet·
ing acquaintances and friends along the
way, studying the numerous clumps of
people gathered at various points on and
beside the walkway. As I came closer to
the entrance of the high school, I met a
tall. blondi.,h man who looked at the
white sheaf of papers I was carrying. "If
you're for the family and are put in odd·
numbered group. vote for the evennumbered issues." The Traditionalists
were leaving nothing to chance or
individual initiative, it seemed. Again, I
w.. nettled by the slogan, "for the
family," and my stomach tightened a
little.
Just outside the doors of the building
a young friend stood holding a large silfl)
which read, "It's a WHlTE House Con •
ference," a reference to the alight
representation of minorities and virtual
Continued to pag• ◄

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I._____LETTERS.

I

GOD IS A GREENER

HEAD IN THE
CLOUDS

STILL
CRUISIN'FORA BRUISIN'
it, but because it had to make money. So

of the country for new students. ~trong
interest in even basic level med1.a programs is continually exhibited by waiting
list& for the Recording and Slructunng
Light and Sound .prograi:n, a~d various
module! dealing w1lh medta •kills.
Because of the concerns outlined
above we feel it necessary to exercise
active' representation in the staffing and
structure of the proposed Intermediate
Filmmaking program. We hereby request that a meeting be scheduled_ as
soon as possible between representatives
of the undersigned T.E.S.C. student& and
all parties involved in the hiring of film/
media faculty.
Susan Bogni
Susan Sanders
Calvin Allison
Jim Murch
Nancy Curtis
Erich Roe
Tom Berglund
Stella Marrs
Judy Schneps
Duane Sisson
Vincent Werner
Susan Bell
Tanna Stotts
Gary Katz
Todd A. Denman
Guy Guillet
T. J. Simpson
Chris Palmer
Celia Zilka

the residents to "cross the fence" 80 to aa possible. What really gets me, though,
speak. People have learned to cros• over is that when l write an article on so~ethe fence and spread out over the land thing important, like collective ~gamwrite an
as a defiance and growth system. I ing no one responds-but
To the editor;
arti~le
on
an
hour-long
meeting
of little
ll has recently come to my under· would see no difference in this area u
consequence, and look what happens. .
standing that Evergreen used to have a students seek {reedom·of "roof."
Before closing, I should add that_ this
T.V. station. I also understand that the
On the construction
and building
u.me author sent two other letters m at
school still has the equipment to put that
codes. How can we, u nonprofessionals,
station back in operation. I would like to· be considered to have any part on what the same time, written on the same
typewriter, with made-up. names for
see it back in operation. I think that
can be put on the roof. And since we ar~ signatures. One of them claimed that I
there is sufficient support from the
"non-administrative" how can our deci- wasn't even at the meeting, and then
student body to get it started again. I
sions have any relevance to this situa- said that if I was, I didn't take any
lhink that a T.V. station would be help- tion, barring of course the "Evergreen
notes. Both of these charges are not only
r~I in getting more publicity for the
Eperience."
BA
school. Alternative T. V. is needed to
A comment that must be made is if false, but ridiculous.
combat the junk usually viewed on com- the open-air-deck issue concerned the
mercial T.V. I hope we can have it here
Dorm-residenU, then why were they not
all given a say-so, such ..as by ~ay . of
at Evergreen soon.
Tim Gilbert "tally" or "voting sheet&. The Mmonty Dear God,
Your observations are so superficial
should not be the only ones to make any
kind of a decision such as this especially and your remarks are so inane that it is
one that will concern monies and no wonder that your creations are brainultimately all of the resident's future. less. Better brush up on your homework.
Another concern is why did only You can have them, I don't want them.
Signed, The Devil
To the Editor:
"30" persons ahow up at a meeting that
This is an account of what actually
P.S. If you really are who claim to be,
was meant for obviously many more.
occurred at the Tuesday meeting in the
And how many leas people would have then the whole world is in trouble. In
"corner," of which dealt with the pro- came to the meeting if refreshments had fact. I suspect that you are just another
posed solutions for the problem of ~Lu,: not been freely served.
..mindle11" 'Greener.
To the Editor;
dents climbing onto the roof of A
On terms of the drawings presented
At this time, we have the opportunity
Dorm.
(the ones depicting the varied forms of
to see our educational desires made
Housing is considering building a sun
the Open-air-decks), a rebuttal would
manifest at Evergreen.
dec.k on lop of "A"' Dorm, a move whic~ only serve to enhance the misnomers Dear C.P.J.,
Every three years, the COG document
appeared to be supported by dorm resiWith 1980 being an election year, we (Covenant on Governance) geU revised.
and discrepancies that were inherent of
dents. Of truth only a minority of seven
the diagrams. For any one with just a all have a chance to participate in the The current COG III, details The Ever·
people voiced their opinions (and rather
procen.
In W_ashing~on green Council as a group of thirty volun•
minimal amount of structural designing political
loudly st that) for the proposed Sun comprehension could have pointed out State this means more than Just votmg teers who are supposed to be elected.
Deck, out of the group of 26 persons
the flaws present. In conclusion, it would in a primary or general election.
The Council is here to hear issues of
which attended the meeting. It seems
March U, at 8 p.m, precinct caucuses campus concern and make "recommenda·
be logical and more appropriate that if
that Mr. Alexander was deafened by the
something is going to be reported then will be held at a location in or near each lions." When a Dean for example, want.a
minority voice, thus reason for him to all ol the part& of that tru~h (instead of precinct. (See notices around campus, to place two new faculty, she selects a
"feel'" that this was the truth of the
half-truths) should be noted. And on check the Daily 'O,' or call the
team of folks called a DTF, (Dl11P-·
matter:
something of this magnitude it is Auditors office.) You must be registered
Inc Tuk Foree). "All DTF's dealing with
Collier did not "shoot a rapid-fire
destructive to all when this is allowed where you currently live to participate
nontrivial matters will be charged in
series of questions at the audien~·• a..s to occur.
in the caucus. You may register at the
consultation with The Evergreen Counwas stated, but did an informal series of
Scott Arthur Cox Information booth up to 5 p.m. the day cil." (COG Ill)
question and answering lecture to the
of the caucus. It is at this caucus where
Jay
A DTF is now being charged, to pregroup on the reasons of why Housing
Democratic or Republican county and
pare COG IV for the Board of
Editor's
Reply:
residents get on the roof. Mr. Alexan·
Truatees. If approved, COG IV becomes
I have never met this student before, st.ate platforms are begun. You must
der's two sLatemenU are conflicting and
but he obviously has something in for sign a statement of party pref~rence for the major amendment to The Evergreen
somewhat inflammatory in that Collier
me. As any other student who was at participation in the caucus. It ts _also the
constitution.
did nol "tell" us why students did what
J have already requested to be on the
that meeting could tell you, he was the time when delegates, uncommitted or
they did.
.
COG IV DTF. If selected, I intend to
only person there who disagreed with committed to a Preiideotial candidate,
Students were split on the question of
suggest that COG IV make provisions
the idea of building a sun-deck. When- a.re chosen. The precinct caucus is the
whether to have a deck or to have a
for a study group, dedicated to informing
ever he said something, the other stu- only chance citizens in Washington ~tate
closed-in deck or just to have warning
students (especiaUy new students) of
dents would mutter things under their have to voice their choice for President
signs posted. They were not split on the
until next November.
their rights
and social responsibreath like, "There's one in every
subject ol the deck itself. Those who crowd." Since then, I have heard through
Precinct, caucuses can be educational,
bilities.
approved of the deck proposal were .in the grapevine that he disagrees with vital and stimulating if you attend. Don't
Secondly, the role ol the Evergreen
the position that any type of open-all'·
miss this chance.
Council should be expanded to help more
everybody about everything.
deck was greater than anything at all.
Margaret Knudson
students gets involved with decision
If anyone compares this letter with
Precinct Committeewoman
Mr. Alexander suggests that all of the
the article, it becomes obvious that the
making.
students were split on the deck proposal
MP!
Most import.ant is our need to reach
only contradictions are in this muddl~
itself, and then says the majority, or
each other. Communications. ''Decisions
Jetter which is trying to pass for logic.
many. of the students preferred the
must be made only after consultation
Furthermore, Mr. Cox puU words in my
over the-elevator proposal. If this is not
,nd coordination with students, faculty
mouth that I never said. There are some
a contradictory statement then I do not
and st.a.ff who are both affected and
interesting points. t.hough:
know what it represents.
interested by the issues." (COG 1111 .
One of the most misleading charges
Dear President Evans:
.
The students thought that building an
Whatever your opinion, please say 1t.
leveled at a newspaper is that it had a
We, the undersigned, are potential
open air-deck would prevent other stu"wrong perception" of what was going intermediate and advanced level film• To the CPJ or better yet, address your
dents from climbing onto the roof. I
on-implying,
of cou.rse, that . th!
making/media students al The Ever· comments about COG [V to Ms. Rita
would like to point out that as a few
.
letter's author had a "right perception.
green State College. For ?'ost of . us, Grace c/o President Evans office.
other people noted. "Most people go on
The
new
Student
Information
Everyone wants us to see things
participation
in
a strong intermediate
the roof to gel away from the earthly
exactly as they do. However. most of filmmaking/media program is the sole Network, SIN for short, will meet on
pressures, to be free, look.at the sky an?
these people have a vested interest in reason for considering attendance at Wednesday, March 12, at 10 a.m. m
mountains and to experience the ultithe issue at hand, and their perception
T.E.S.C. next year, especially since CAB 108. The SIN is trying to form a
mate in spirit and mind.'" Well if this
would be much more misleading to
T.E.S.C. so infrequently offers programs group o{ representatives, one for each
statement is of the general consensus
report-such as in this case. To make
in these mediums beyond a basic level. seminar. They will attempt to gather a
then would it not be logical or should I
sure that the article was accurate, I
Therefore, we believe that we collec- consensus each time a question of serious
say emotional to expect students ~o showed it to Collier and two students
tively and individually possess strong nature needs, to be answered. Please
climb out onto the roof. The deck will
who were present at the meeting, before
vested interests in the structure and attend and speak your piece.
provide easy access points to get onto
Isidor Farash
we went to press. I do this as a standar_d stalling of the proposed Intermediate
the A Dorm. Also, the fence that will be
practice. The skill of a good reporter ta Filmmaking program scheduled for fall
enclosing the deck will generate ~he to report as accurately and impartially
and winter quarters of the 1980-81
"closed in feeling,··
thus causrng
academic year.
We believe that T.E.S.C .. because of
it.a large investment in hi~h qualiLy
media equipment and ser~ict:s, could Dear Editor.
easily build a strong contin_wng fl.J.m·
We, the proletariat are hold_ing ~he
making/media program which ~ould
CPJ responsible for Oagraotly 1gnortng
qualitatively surpass all offered _m th e the revolution and keeping the greatest
Pacific Northwest. ~use
of ~emeot
.,.-.ket15111 heffi Amerllta
l!Dewrhad,
MANAGING
EDITOR
Bea Aleseadar
BUSINESS MANAGER Jon Todd
and services already in ex11tence, th e (and they don't even know it yet) under
reA:TURE"'EDlTOR 'T .l, SliiiP&O!-.1
ASSISTANT EDITOR David JoJDer ART DIRECTOR Rudy Hutlaa
only outlay of money u we see I~ would journalistic incarceration. I speak to Y,ou
NEWS EDITOR Carol Tllcker
be
for
qualified
staff
members
hired
unabout our leader Tim Nogler, otherw1Se
ASSISTANT
IJiN Eclunbers
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Mary Yo-.
der
long-term
contractual
arran~me~te
referred to as "that Man."
EDITOR Larry StOlwell
Pam Daoeaberry
Tim Nesler
to ensure the building up &Rdcontinuation
A longtime symbol of bask!t~all
of
a
strong
mm.making/media
program.
oppression,
Tim was the or1g1nal
ACCESSORIES TO THE FACT: Charlene Gold1teln, Kalhy Davi■, Ella Black·
Furthermore, we ourselves wish to ~e
anarcho-syndicated low post center-long
~ Dan Botkin• Jan LollneH, Sharon Coonlz, Rob Roach, Matt Perldn1,
full advantage of the high quality equip- before the bougeiouse lackeys of the run;ar ;.,et Gribokov'' Leo Daugherty' Eradio Zavala, Pater Eppenon, Erich Ree,
ment and services owned and operated
n.ing dog full court press of Am~ri.k~. We
Ch.:. .. Klyn, Neill Kramer, all lh• photographers, ~';:'ley ~~
by
T.E.S.C.:
use
of
which
':"e
can
only
rriusl unite to free him. Journahsm 1s the
Olympia Newi, And Olympia manual typewriters, Wit out w c
benefit from with intermedl&te and ad- opiate of the fans. No m~re artic~es! Gi.ve
esist.
vanced level information and training not us revolutionary hooper,sm, ravmg wt.th
commonly offered at T.j;.S.C.
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We also believe e,.hat a strong
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Stale
College
Views
expressed
are
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neceaur
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filmmaking/media
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cw-able. 1f you are interested in reading
imply thal people who oppose the film
some gay persped.ives on the finiaJ\ed
To the Editor;
much for moral concern• of Movieland.
are over-reacting, counter-effective, and
As a member of the Olympia Gay
All In all, T. J.'a article is another version of Culliiac, come lo the Gay
narrowminded. He strategically states
Rights Coalition I must object to t?e
reason (and example) why gay people in Resource Center (we do not exist ()nly
way our motivations and goals were d11- several poiota u facta without backing
this community feel the need to stand up for gays). If you are at all interested in
lhem up and chooses ouotes that set
torted in T. J. Simpson's
recent
against filma like ~ or Wl■dow, learning about the people you have
CnuiJ11 up to be a harmleas little film. or about the politics of the receol bath- maliciously slandered, please come or
article. Because T. J, failed to verify bis
This was an effective 1trate117, T. J. My houae scandal, or about the religloua call. We (the GRC) exist primarily for
information wilh the Coalition I question
point is that there is aa much available
the fact that the article waa preaeoted u
right wing's vicious altack.s on homo- educational purposes. And we do not kill
information to preaenl the olher side of
"NEWS AND ANALYSIS," at besl the
sexuala. T. J.'1 point of view is indicative the people we go to bed with!
the 'plcture'-tbat Cnololllflia an exploit,Jeff Cochran
article was an opinion.
of many people's reaction to the protest,.
ative,
anti-gar,
and
generally
harmful
In the first place, Simpson'• criticiam•
ing of Cruising. I'm sure tbal wherever
film. It just depends which side you
of the Coalition's actions were taken out
there are picketers there are crillcs
are on.
of the political contexl in whic~ l~ey
writing up otoriea like T. J.'s. The point
The article then proceeded with TJ's
Well, it looks like it's counter-response
occurred. The picket of ~ IS JUSl
ia no longer to debate if Cruising is antiown personal digs. Br the end of the
one facet of the Coalition's long-range
gay or not. Thal is a futile debate. It is a time again. First of all, Diane doe~ a
plana to counter recent attacka on homo- article, a reader could easily feel that
bad fllm on manr grounds. My point is, pretty good job of twisting and mangling
proteatlng this 'hannlesa film' wu a silly
sexuals In Olympia. We are concerned by
however, that il is all loo easy to under- the point& in my or1gmal article. What I
waste of time. After all, who waota to
lhe fael lbal the recent arreot of three
estimate the inatilutionallud hatred that wrote wa.s " ... there's been a number of
men for lewd conduct for alleged homo- hear "mfaguided zealota," only calling ungay people are subject to because of lhe fine, positive, and realistic films about
necessary alteotioo to a bad film tbal
sexual activily baa resulted In Increased
conditioning every one of us bu received gay life made in the pa.st decade,"' not a
persecution of the gay communit:r In would have "paned br and died a quiet
lo 'hate queers.' But, this conditioning is ..significant number"' or "long list" as
OI:rmpia. The repereuniona are felt by
obvioualy strong. ll can be seen in the Diane implies. Besides Tlte Word b Out,
lesbians and gay men everyday, Within
moviea, and on this campua, and perbap• the other Wms that I had in mind as I
this context, to aggresaivelr protest the
In you, the reader of this article. And In wrote the article are the foUowing:
appearance of one more attack on ga:r.,._
T. J., In his flippant, eoodeacendiog Portrail of JIMII, Shirley Clarke's classic
which Cralal■a clearlr repreaenhjudgments. Can a film critic be a 'mis· 1967 documentary about a black homosexual; That Certain 811D1mer,an early
bardly seems unjuatifled.
11Wdedzealot'?
Diane Halpern 70's made-for-TV movie about s homoIn his article Simpson aJeo refers to
sexual father that won several "Emmys"
lhe imposaibillty that "anrbod:r ia atupid
To the editor:
enough to take the film aerioualy In the
Io 7our Feb. 28th issue there is a and many other awards, besides having
'\: "review" of a movie, Cralalas, by one high Nielson ratings; A Very Natural
lint place," I commend T, J. on his high
level of political awareneas and sophistiT. J. Simpson. I couldn't help bul notice Tllinc, another early 70's film that wa.s a
cation in reeogoizlng stereot7pes when
gay love story and used to show a lot on
tbal this article does not really review
be see• them. However, whether he
the film, but Instead allows Mr. Simpson college campuses; and A Biaer Splaah.
realize• it or not. be is a minority.
lhe opportunily to presenl his own views a fairly recent autobiographical film on
The Olympia Gay Righta Coalition begay life. More recently, there ~as ~•
about the controversy surrounding lhe
lieves lbat we can't aasume people will
wtth Craig
film. In lhla article I am labeled a "mis- Richard Benner'• O.~
take CnWaa for what il ia. na~el:r a
guided zealot." Perhaps Mr. Simpson is Russell, a film that is much more popular
than Cralai■-; Paul Aaron's 1978 mm,
film which deals with a verr small iector
not aware of "queer-bashing," eviction
of gar llfeslylea and values. Had CnW■s
from homes, jobs !oat, and other actions A Different Story, a "serious'' comedy
been preceded by wbal T. J. refers to aa
aboul a gay couple who try to go
used by hets. to keep faggot& and dykes
"a number of fine, poeitive fllma about
In their pla..,.,._.ioaets and bars. I pick- straight that had a long run in Boston
gar life" it might be posaible to let
eted at Cnlolac'•
opening because I am anyway: and La C.C• au F.U.., anaudiences decide for themaelvea. Howbolh afraid and angry. But Mr. Simpson olher comedy about a gay couple lhat
ever, lbia ia not lh~ case, I can only
makea no altempt to underatand my jusl did fairly well in Seattle. The "New
think of lwo or three recently made films
anger and fear, Being a white, bet. male Wave" German director, R. W. Fasswhich fit T. J.'s deacription. Moat of
binder, a homosexual himself, hlls done
he simply dono'l need to. inatead be
them. like Mariposa'• w..i b 0. and
..U. me "misguided" In m:r rage. b il · at lea.st two fascinating and very political
Iris Film'a I■ die llel& l■tenou af die death.'' Admitedly, the film does "help to
rtlms on gay life, Tit• Bittel' Teara of
because of my sexuallly? It couldn'l be
Uilldrea are fine, poeitive documentaries
Petra Voa Kut and Fu and lli1 Frle■da.
reinforce bigotted attitudea towards ga_y because of m:r raee, for I am white.
John Schlesinger's and Penelope Gilliat's
made by indepenclenl film collectivn on people"-but that'a only "if anybcJ:dy,.
Maybe it's my politiu, ahhougb I am un·
1971 Suday, Bloody Suday (with Peter
sboe-atring budgela. And, like most
stupid enough to take the film oenoualy aware of ever being asked aboul them.
documentaries, lher are rarel:r ahowo In lbe lint place." Piekellng will "only
Mr, Simpson would have the world Finch and Glenda Jackson) and Claude
outaide the fllm festival/public library hurt lheir cause." And beaidea, the film believe that il is because I pass oul leaf- Miller's 1976 TIie BHl Way handle
homosexuaJ themes with great sensieirellil. So, in mr mind, to compare the is more "anti-cop than anti-gay." Just
let&lhat have untrue messages. Thal the
potential impact of theae excellent,
leaflet, quoted by Mr. Simpson, is a lie tivity. All these films offer very •ym!'"·
look at lhe "number of fine, posilive, and
thetic and diverse views on gay life.
independently produced and diatributed
is not a total picture. This leaflet was
realistic film• about gar Ii{• made In the
(Most good fums don't come from Hollyrumato a multi-million dollar film like pasl decade."
compiled from a script of Cnml■a thal
wood either.I Mosl of these fllms probCnio1i1s ia miaslng tbe point.
Here ia where the twiata and mangles exis\l. Filming was done from that
ably would have received more attention
A lol of people will see Cnllbol-Even of TJ's argument& are really evident. He
scripl. Honest. Now, Mr. Simpson, do
than Cralolag if it hadn't been for the
more people will be unable to diatinguisb dismisses the consciousneu of people you understand why gays are upset with
belween lhe stereolypea on the screen working together to make a stand by this film? That it could even be con· controversy started by the gay groups.
and the truth aboul who and whal gaya simply labeling lhe protesters "misDiane and Jeff also grossly misinterceived is an affront to human sensibiliare like. That is. unless someone
pret things that I wrote with ~heir
ties. But wait, before you think aboul
guided zealota," He underestimatea the
point& oul lhe dangers of the film'• awesome innuence of media on people's
simple-minded, knee-jerk rheto_r1c. I
lhis remember thal this letter is from
perspectives which In T. J.'s word• are attitudes and values. He assumes one someone who is not only a ..misguided
wonder if they really read my article or
"just t.oo one dimensional and one-sided"
just went thru it trying to find things to
would have to be 'stupid' to be affected zealot" but is also ..irresponsible and
overreact to without thinking about
to accept.
stupid."
Mr.
Simpson
does
mention
in
by the film. A grooe error indeed. He
Ideally rd like to see people boycolt then proceed• to parrot the reactionary
what was written. For instance, Je[f. I
passing that "gay groups were refused
Cnlll■a to a degree thal would make a
am aware of "queer-bashing," evictions,
copies
of
lhe
final
!Cfipt,"
but
does
not
line of 'don't make aucb a big deal of it,
financial difference
to the Tranaetc. You may have noticed that in my
let il blow over if you know whal's good make a logical connection between this
American Corporation, who owna the for you.' Again, be invalidates lhe need
article I wrote, "It's a facl that gay
fact and lhe picket&. Namely, thal given
film. Bul, I have no illuaiona thal
people suffer from harassment. an~ dis:
only this third revision of the scripl to
people have to •ta?d up for lhe~ ~•Cnai11q will leave lhe Capitol Mall, or vietions. He aJeo ignores the rtak incrimination every day of their hves.
work with, "irresponsible and slupid"
lheaters in Sea ti.le or New York, u a volved In doing lhis.
And the kicker for the article said
gay people had only one real courae of
result of our picketing effort&. At the
"News
and Analysis,"
not "movie
action-hit
the
atreeta
wilh
all
available
Then he cbeerlly cues ua in that lhere
aame time, I don'l think it's unrealialie
review."
have been a 1ignificant number of information and hope for some good to
to aak people to think aboul the implica· 1:,mpalbetie-to-gay1 filma released in lhe come of it.
The term "misguided zealots" was in
Uona of mau media atereot:,pet and
reference to those picketing Life of
It waa exactly this course of act.ion
last ten yeara. rd like to see lbat long
aerioualy question their validlly. •To
Bria■ , Pretty Boby, and Hallo•-·
In
list of filma, T. J. No. better yet, rd like • that thousands of gay men and womyn
paaaive):r ail back and wait until some- to see lhoae filma. I 111 no war is lbat look when the ftlm site protesta were
lhe following paragraph I wrote, "Gay
thing I find offenaive baa "passed by
people do have a good case againat
true, Hollywood baa no intereat in that. arranged. It is because of this course of
unnollced and died a quiet death" baa
Cnailtna ... " There are many more d15A few documentarin and docudramas action that CnWas does not resemble
never ,truck me as a partieularl)' effee- have appeared on T.V. Then lbere wu
tortions of my article in Diane's and
the notorious leaDet. I feel -tbal the protive way to deal with oppreuion or
Jef.1'1attack,, but I just don't have the
testers
that
nece11itated
the
script
"The Word b Out" which wu a private
create social change.
space available to go into all of them.
changes are to be commended. and I do
venture
whose
producers
are
atill
1trug·
P. L. Howell
But the fact remains (and almost
not
wish
lhat
some
of
tbe
material
in
the
gling lo get out of debt.
every critic who has reviewed the [ilm
I am disappointed lhal someone so leaDel had made it pasl the cutting room
To the Editor,
agrees) that most people will go to see
involved with ftlma, could be 10 naive Door, as Mr. Simpson does. I consider
As 10meone who is involved in the
Crulolq only because of the publicity_
aboul popular media'• vested lnlereal In my own action• in distri>utiog thal leafworld of film and media aa well aa some- promoted common myths about homo-_ let a form of self.deferuse Which hriop
nd contTUVe~sy-thllr Diiiie. Te!T, anil
one who is against the film ~ leX'll&lrtm' en,
Patty have helped to create-an
issue
wor peop e, to mind a polnl about my not having
y to I. J. Simpson·s art.1
that they seem unwilling to deal with lit
prisoners). I am also surprised at how ...,n Cndalq, I will not pay for my own
"Cruising for a Bruising." Aa usual, easily TJ can avoid the well..:ultivatqj oppreHion.
was aJso the main point of my article).
T. J.'a article is an example of how be anti-gay attitudes and laws tbal are
Their letters also indicate that they still
Now some of you reading this letter
manages to develop a plausible polnl and
don't believe that people are capable ol
rooted in our society u fundamentally as may wonder why I feel tbal Cralalaa is
then twists and mangles it to eons•.rue a
thinking for themselves and we need
mom'• apple pie. Stop and think about opprnsion, after all "Frank rich of Time
distorted view of the subject.
self-appointed guardians of morality to
the implication, of lhe original screen· found the ftlm to be a mesa, but not
T. J. is correct that the leaflet handed
tell us how to think. I feel that they cerplay. It was so vulgar and violent In ita threatening to gays." Maybe Mr. Rich
out at the picket included excerpts from
tainly deserve criticism for the things
did
not
notice
that
every
time
that
boy
depiction of its gay characters
and
the x-rated version of the rum and not
that I just mentioned and hopefully, they
seen es that il had to be revised in order meets boy in Cndoln1 one boy winds up
the R-version being shown at the Capital
will be mature and open-minded enough
•
dead
or
mutilated.
This
is
certainly
a
for it to get to the box offJCe.The film
Mall Cinemas. There was a misunderlO at least think about some of those
would have remained that uglr if United bizarre statement on homosexual affecstanding on the part ol the people who
criticisms.
-T. J. Simpson
tion.
Mr.
Simpson
apparently
did
nvl
see
Artiata could have gotten away with it.
asaembled the leaflet and therefore the
P. S. These are the last words I intend
The film 'waa revamped not because it this either, bul I do not label him stupid,
persons reading it were misinformed.
to write on this subject since Cru.ialnc is
wanted to present gay people differently just blind.
That was T. J .'a atrong point. This
simply not worthy of any more conWhal I really wanl to say with this
and not because it was concerned with
point ahould be separated from the real
troversy.
letter
is
lbal
thia
sort
of
bllndneu
it
tbe implicationa of the overall violence In
of the article. He makea several • ba to

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Family confere
absence of Native Americans.
"I may be in jail before the end of the
day," she said. "They keep telling us we
can't picket because we don't have a
permit. We tried to regiater, long before
the deadline, and they wouldn't let ua,"
she explained. Several Native Americana
had sent in registration forms as soon u
they heard about the conference, my
friend told me, but were told the conference was lull Later I heard that a stale
legialator had handed out 1500 regiatration forms to the Traditionalists before
the Department of Social and Health
Services, the agency in charge of planning the conference, releued it.a official
supply of forms. As a result, the Olympia
conference hit its original limit of 600
long before the regiatration deadline
passed. DSHS officials then moved it to
Capital High School instead of EvergNen
in order to accommodate larger numbers.
I weal inside the high school,
signed be1ide where my name w11
listed-I had pre-regiatered weeka earlier, having more than a puaing interest
in familie.,_ehowed my driver'■ licenae
to prove my identity, and picked up a
packet of conference materiala. The
packet included a cheery name tag which
read, "Hello, my name ia .... " With the
conference looking like an armed camp
and exuding about u much geniality, the
name tag aeemed inane. The fiut
seuion, the agenda told me, wu in the
gymnasium on the lower level; u I
walked down the long ramp from the
main floor, I studied the collection of
printed materials I had acquired in the
few minutes since my arrival Both the
Modernists and the Traditionaliats
recommended undidates for delegates to
the state and national conference on
families. Io addition, the Traditionalisto
had provided a numbered list of iaaues
which "pro-family" conferees were urged
to vote for in the small group discuuiona
later in the morning. Nos. 1 and 2 were
identical: "ln what manner should 'the
family' be legally defined in order to
strengthen the familyr This conference
began lo look wired, Even ii the Traditionalists are not a majority, there'll be
enough of them in the two sela of discussion groups-the
even- and oddnumbered, that is-to set the agenda for
discussion. Yet I found myself more
curious than angry.
To enter the gymnasium, I had to
show my "Hello,... " name tag, and then
I was confronted by the difficulty of
climbing to the lop of the bleachers in
high heels and a skirt a shade loo narrow to comfort.ablymanage the required
leaps from one row or seats up to the
next. It's been a while since I last attended a high school basketball game,
and I had forgotten how unsuited gymnasium seating is for a traditionally•
garbed female. But I made it up lo the
top row without incident and sat down
among some Olympia women I hadn't
seen for several months.
The conference started late. We were
welcomed and addressed briefly by a
keynoter who tried to bridge the obvious

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photoby ay W)nlo,
divisions in the audienee by telling us
how resilient the family ia in spite of Ila
problems and about the variety of !ta
forms. We were instructed u lo how our
small-group discussions were lo be conducted. Then we filed out lo look for our
respective small groups, which were
located all over the sprawling high
school. AU the long balls looked alike; I
and other conferees tracked and backtracked to find our groups of 20; a number on our name tags designated which
group we would attend. Unfamiliar with
the school's design, people continued to
straggle into the discussions for the next
half hour.
The procedure followed in the conference, a relatively new teehnique called
"Delphi." was designed to produce max•
imum participation while minimizing

conflict. Under the Delphi system, each
participant has opportunities to initiate
iaaues and lo vote, without having lo be
an expert in parliamentary law, Each of
our groups wu asaigned a carefullyschooled facilitator, who wrote down the
iaaues we propoeed and tabulated our
votes. I bad read about Delphi and had
seen it applled on a ,mall acale, but
never at a large conference or in auch a
volatile situation. I was impreased;
despite the higbly-<:harged atmoepbere
outaide thfl high aehooL the morning
group meeting,, lnaide the aehool were
calm and orderly. Oura bordered on
being friendly, thanb lo our facilitator.
Tbe . re10lutiona which emerged from
our morning session were varied. A
1tatement about "right to life" was
there, but 10 wu one supporting "free.
dom of choice in all matters affecting
one's body," A statement IIC(uarelyin
favor of keeping the exiatlng legol definition of "lamil1" wu jurtapoeed with
propo■all for broader economic and
aodological definitions. In between patent!J on,.,.lded viewa were ambiguous
ltalementa which could not dearly be
identified u Moderllilt er Traditional
While the facllitatora gathered to tabulate the reaulta of the 80-plua group
meetlnp involving 826 eo,.,__
we returned to tbe gymnuium for
inatructlona about the delegate voting,
which involved depoeltlng paper baUota
for two candidates in l»JJot boxes located
in the acbool tafeteria. The balloting wu
to take plaee between noon and 1 p.m.
The voting lnatructlona were brlet At
11:80 we beaded out of the 1D111:
thoee of
Ill who had not brought luncbea loobd
for oometbing to buy. Tbe Traditionalista
Immediately lined up outalde the
tafeteria door, however; their mimgrapbed abeeta uld ltmnly, "Lunch can
wait. V.U.C
CANNOT!r A thick line of
people already wound up the ltaira and
down the ball to the tafeteria, waiting
for the doors to open at 12, u a friend
and I went seatthing for a aandwicb or
anack.
Lunch wu a hot dog and a carrot,
eaten standing up in the welcome 1unshine outaide. Tbe Indiana were lllill
picketing but had moved to a apot away
from the main door. M7 friend and I
were part of a little group that gathered
lo talk with them. Our eonverution.
however, wu nearly drowned out by the
loudapeaker, over which a Traditionalist
aermon wu blaring, It wu IO loud that
anyone on the school grounds bad little
choice but to hear every word, Aggravated by the noise, a young woman who
herself looked like a refugee from a
church choir uked the man who wu
speaking to lower the volume. When be
refused, she 'pulled the plug on the
portable generator powering the loudspeaker. After that, two burly males
guarded the-generator.
When I went inside to cast my ballot
at I2:45, the line outside the cafeteria
had nearly disappeared. I voted for a
Native American and a second candidate
of my own choice-i.e., not endorsed by
either side.

The afternoon session in the gym was
supposed to begin with distribution of
the printed results of the morning's
voting. The tabulation was taking longer
than expected; finally someone read 111
the re1ull8, Then we disperaed to our
groupa of 20 again, which were broken
in\<)even smaller groups. We diacuased
and wrote individual atatementa on five
of the 15 "priority" iaaue1 identified in
the morning's voting, The lop "priority"
iaaue, not surpriaingly, wu the legal
definition of the family,
When my group voted on the individual atalementa of the group members,
now down to 17 persona, it wu Instantly
apparent that we were spilt 11 to 6. We
voted 11 lo 6 for the individual'• right to
reproductive freedom, 11 to 6 for the
incluaion of abortion in medical care p~
grama. Yet the diviaion did not alway,
bold. We voted unanimoualy for
parental involvement in or control of
publicly funded cbild care progruna. and
16 to 8 (after another member returned
to increue our group to 18) for job
sharing and Dellible hours for all workers
u one wa7 of 10lving child care problem,. We even voted unanlmoual7 that
government regulation, and policle1
ahould not infrinp upon religious free.
dom. I wondered if &IIJODe elae WU
aware that we were voting in favor of
the First Amendment, at leut part of it,
to the U.8. Constitution.
While the Traditionalist minority in
our group-other groupa. I later learned,
often had a Traditionalist majority wbicb
voted more rigidly than • oura-atayed
behind lo file a minority report allowed
under conference rules. the reat of 111
trooped back to the gym. The rnulta of
tbe delegate voting were not yet complete, and it wu clear by then that we
would not receive the rnulta of the
afternoon iaaue voting at all. We were
given a phone number to call later for
tbe iaaue rnulta.
Finally, the delegate winnera wen,
announced. Two Tradmonal11t men
would go to the national conference; the
runners-up, two Moderniat women,
would be alternates.
A Modernllt
woman.who came in fifth, would be the
slate delegate.
Tbe parking lot wu emptying quickly
u I threaded my way paat the still
numerous police officers to my car. It
was 6 p.m, I had given half my weekend
to the White Houae Conlerence on
Families, a curioua and, I believe, meani ngle ■■ exerciae. If President Carter
really wanta to know what we all think
about families, be would obtain more
accurate information by hiring a competent public opinion survey firm. I tried
to reassure myself with the result& of
our unanimous vote in favor of religious
freedom. Maybe we are not so far
apart-Moderniata, Traditionalist& and
the rest of us who are somewhere in
between-u
the police and carefullyinstructed conferees sugge1t. But I kept
thinking about the loudspeaker blaring
sermons during the lunch break. Whose
religious freedom had we voted for,
unanimously? Not mine, I feared.

Grad program changes TESC 's status
By Charlene Goldstein
and Pam Dusenberry
EverKJ"een's first graduate program,
the Master of Public Administration,
marks the end of Evergreen as a solely
undergraduate, liberal art.a college. The
master's program maintains Evergreen's
devotion to interdisciplinary education,
collaborative teaching, and skills development. But it is designed for a different
audience than is most of the undergraduate curricula, and it inatitutes prescribed degree requirements which are
'llew to Evl!l'g!'een.
Public administration was decided on.
as the first master's degree because it
seemed the most obviously needed. Dr.
Russ Lidman, one or two co-direc:tors or
the progrAm, noted that in the western
Wuhington area "there are a large number of people who work in state government who don't have the profeaional
training that they would lite to have ...
to gel a job that might be more challenging .. One of the thinp we are trying lo
do is provide an eduutional opportunity
for th... people."
Employee, from all levela of the JOV·
ernment,.-federal. state, and local--plua
people working for public ingroupa
and non-profit or1ani.ution1, are ex•
pected to 11Dabout two-tlllrda of the

approximately 33 openings for fall Context of Public Administration, will concentrations are aubjed to r-ev111on
quarter. Therefore the program will be integrate political science, economlca, bued on the interests of the students
offered in the evening on a part-time sociology, and cultural 1tudies, among enrolled in the program.
basis to accommodate students who other things. Another core program,
lnternahipa are required for atudenls
work full-lime. Co-director Dr. Guy Quantitative Analy1i1 for the Public lacking relevant work experience, Adams
Adams commented that this is not un- Sector, will examine the way11in which feels that practical experience is an irusual. Nationwide, the majority of MPA quantitative methods are uaed in a broad replaceable lea1·ning tool and will alao
students attend on a part-time baaia.
range of diaciplinea: pure matbematica, help students "break into" the job
Another reason the MPA was chosen, statistics, economics, political science and market once they obtain their degrees,
according to Lidman, ia that "a lot of sociology.
Individual contracla are not encourinterest has been ei:prea■ed by our
Since the muter'• degree is a opedal- aged. Since only two faculty members
undergraduates in government servbed one, unlike BA and BS degrees. it will teach during each quarter, the coices ... We know that a lot of our people foUOwsthat ita cuniculum ia more atruc- directors think individual contracts
ultimately do begin to work for the state --1w:.e.d.J,han
...
.thOM of rnderpdoetes
pro- would "'dem11td I dieproportionat
government.a.. :COUnties,planning bodies grams. MPA studenta take the core amount of lime" from faculty, Exceptiona
and so on."
programa in a preaerlbed aequence that will be made for studenta with apecial
Six core programs that focus on issues leaves little, if any, room for im- academic need■. For example, ttudenta
in state and local government will be proviaalion.
- who find a particular core program a
offered over two academic years. These
Each core program ia designed with repetition of their previous oxperience
core programa account for 80% of the
the achievement of apeeific'compelenciea will be permitted to do an individual
degree requirementa. The remaining
in mind. The curriculum will ,treas the contract.
credits will be earned through couraea in development of clvll and ethical responaiWhen que1tloned if undergraduate,
concentration areu. Tbe curriculum will bility, competence in communication
could participate in the MPA program,
examine public adminiatration through
•kills. and the ability to critically anaiyre Lidman aald yea. provided apaceis availthe interdisciplinary approaeh typical of information. Both co-directon feel com- able, which ian't expected, He added,
Evergreen undergraduate atudies. Col- petendet In th- areu are -ntlal
lo •you don't 1uddenly get mw1er once
la bora tive teama of two facult7 per
becoming an effective publlc adminia- you go frOm undergraduate aehool to
quarter will rotate from appropriate
trator.
graduat. ochool."
undergraduate dladpUto teach the
The remaining 12 credlta will be
People lntereated In the Matera of
core programaand courML
earned In a eboeeD area of cnncentratton. Public AdmlDiatration prorram are
Adamo elaborated OIi how the core 8 of which ue outliDed: Environmental urged to contact a.... Udman or Guy
JJl'OlftlJIIintegrat. &dplinM. Tbe !Im Pollq, 8odal Pollq, &lid Public and Adams.
-.
procram. PollUal and E com':
Orpaiatlooal
CammaleatloL ,.._

Il

New spring programs
By Carol Tucker
With six programs ending winter
quarter, and a goal to ~t
enrollment,
several new programs have been added to
th= listed in the catalog. New students
and students who plan to continue will
have more options from which to choose
and to confuse.
Listed in the catalog are: A la
Recherche du Moi; The Presocratics;
Techniques of Visual Anthropology;
Pathways to SocialChange: Pueno Rico
and Cuba; Money, Bankin&,and Investments; Writing Populist Political
&onomics; Fishes and Fishing in the
Puget Sound; Ornithology; Poets Write
Poetry; and Nutrition.
Not listed in the catalog include
' •Malting News' ', a spring quaner Group
Contract. Margaret Gribskov, faculty
sponsor, says; ''Interpretive and investigative journalism, and its impact on
Americans, will be the main topic.
Students will be expected to produce
written or broadca,t materials for the
college newspaper or radio station. At the
same time, they will study significant
examples of both forms of joumalism. "
As a part time option, ''Muckraking, An
American Tradition,'' will be offered.
Hiro Kawasaki plans to sponsor "The
Evolution of Modem Art: The Armory
Show and its impact on the Development
of American Art.•• This program ha, a

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prerequisite of one year of liberal arts, and
a class size of l 0, and may provide 8 or 12
credit hours. Mr. 'Kawasaki states, "In
spite of open rejection, the avant-garde
11\0vementshad a profound impact on the
s11bsequent development of American
Art . . . We will examine the development of American an up to the time of the
Armory Show (1913), the American
Modernists and A. Stieglitz, the Armory
Show and its content, and the impact of
the show on the development of American
Art.''
Another
Spring group contract
scheduled is "Problem Youth," sponsored by Mary Nelson. A solid
ba~kground
in
research-writin3,
SOCIOiogy,
or psychology is required for
this study. Concentrating on the area of
juvenile justice systems, the study will
focus on anthropology, minority studies,
psychology, and sociology.
A Freudian cluster contract is being
arranged by students Burt Y arkin and
Lori Morrow. The complete works of
Sigmund Freud will be studied by advanced students in the social sciences with
a sustained interest in Freud. A sponsor is
still pending, and if enough interest is
shown, a full-time faculty is possible. Call
866- 5208 for information.
Evergreen Television, a cluster contract, is being arranged by students Mike
Zwerin, Rick Lewis, and Eric Kjeobu.
With the goal to begin and continue

broadcasting Channel 6, closed-circuit,
from the Library, this proposal has had
great support from advanced AudioVisual students, two deans, and six
possible sponsors. Prerequisites include
one year in film or video with portfolio, or
one year of theatrical background, or one
year ol a Ba,ic Program with portfolio.
With more students interested, a group
contnct with faculty member(s) is
possible. Call 866-3577 or 491-5196 for
more information.
Another proposed cluster contract is
"Body and Visual Therapies." Ac·
cording to Guy Diamond, student
coordinator, "Two new schools of
psychology ... concern the use ol body
movements and mental, images .., a means
of altering psychological and phy,ical
patt~. ' ' A sponsor is still pending, and
all mterested should call Guy at 8665208 •
A 4, 8, or 12 credit module, "Politics,
Value, and Social Change,'' will be offered
this spring. "We must examine the
established political, social, psychological,
and scientific responses to current conditions,'' according to faculty sponsor
Beryl Crowe. Auditors will be allowed in
this <Jass.
'
To accomodate students, several
programs have been carried over into the
Spring. Society and the Computer, and
Form and Content will continue, .., will
Race Politics in the Third World.

. With a full-time equivalency goal of
2 l 95 students for spring, faculty have
been asked to work closely with the in·
c,reased number of students who desire
individual contracts. All faculty who have
less than a full student load have been
urged to take on individual contracts in
addition to these faculty who us~y
sponsor individual contracts:
Aurand, Susan: Art, French
Chan, Don: Music
Crowe, Beryl: Political Science and
Sociology
Filmer, Robert: Design, Energy
Systems
Gottlieb, Robert: Music
Hardiman, Joye: Acting, Aesthetics,
African Studies
Johansen, Bud: Dance
Klyn, Stan: Arts, Energy Systems
Marsh, Paul: International Relations
Milne,
Dave:
Aquaculture,
oceanography, biology, ecology
Skov, Niels: Oceanography, Business
Administration, Physics
White, Sid: Art
On April 2, a meeting of faculty willing
to sponsor individual contracts and
students seeking sponsors is planned from
3-5 p.m. Location has not been announced.
The Evergreen Evening News, with
module listings, and the Leisure Education
Bulletin, for noncredit offerings, should be
out soon to help students gel Spring plans.

Spring S&A funds coming soon
By Carol Tucker
The frogs' loud chorus, pussywillows,
and sunshine herald the cominsol Spring.
And, of coune, Services and Activities
appropriations.
Each Spring, the S and A Board divides
S54 of your money per quarter between
student groups (MECHA, UJAMAA,
etc.), CAB and CRC, various services
(CPJ, KAOS, TESC bus, Women's
clinic), and activities (Gig Commission).
This is the only direct student say-so over
tuition spending. The S and A Board is
made up of six students, one staff, and one
faculty member.
During Winter quarter, the S and A
Board met to discuss the allocation
process. Ellen Kissman, S and A coordinator, drew up a historical re-creation of
the S and A process to increase Board
Members' awareness of pa,t allocation
methods. Since the Board's inception,
many decision-making tactics have been
employed ranging from private retreats to

open meetings. Written evaluations of the
processes have been conspicuous by their

absence.

By wading 'through past processes the
Board rediscovered an old commi~t
to
participatory democracy. The plan for this
year's allocation process is designed to be
.., open .., possible. Budget proposers will
have a voice in setting allocation levels and
in making 6naJ decisions. A skeleton
structure for allocations is:
I . Workshop for proposals
_2. Ope~ meeting to set target levels
usmg previous allocations
3. Informal meetings for proposers to
reach target levels
4. Final allocations made by the Board
and one representative from each
proposal. (Other people are encouraged to
attend and will have indirect affect on the
meeting.)
The Board is trying to develop a picture
of student needs and desires and the ef.
fectiveness of present services. A survey

Annual programs explained

Although student groups should begin
drawing up budgets for the next fiscal
year, there's no reason to panic yet. Ellen
suggests following these guidelines when
developing next year's budget:
l . Decide amount of money sought
2.0utline specific goals of the group and
the use of '!'oney requested for the goals
3. H 11 IS a new proposal, find out if
anyone else is doing it already. Talk to
Ellen about surveying for a need.
4. H it is an old project, critically
evaluate it.
5. Prioritize budget items. Realize that
probably only about half the funds
requested will be available.
Feedback
is important to the allocation
process, both for this year and the years to
come. Suggestions are welcome.
This Spring two Board Member
positions will open up. Anyone the least
should be conducted during the first week bit interested should contact Elkn in Cab
ot_Spring quaner. Also during this week 305. Board Members attend weekly hourwill be a workshop for proposal writing long meetings and will devote two days
conducted by Lyon Garn~ an<t
Ellen.
per week to the allocahon process in May.

By Leo Daugherty

or Evergreen's curricular flexibility. The
When Evergreen first started out in DTFers hoped that the area wouJd serve
1971, virtually all of its programs were as a seedbed for good new ideas-and
of the sort we now call "Annuala." But in that making it a part of the official adthe spring of 1976, the Long-Term Cur- ministrative setup would ensure that
riculum Disappearing Task Force pre- such good new ideas would not get shut
sented a new plan-built for the most out of the curriculum u a consequence
part from student demand-which estab- or the rigorous organization of more
ti.shed some definite areas of continuing "departmental " areas.
concentrated study. Those areas now
It was clear, for example, that not all
form the main basis for the college's worthy curricular ideas would "'fit" the
curriculum.
commited-to areas of specialization: so it
In case you don't remember all or seemed wise to put up an administrative
these areas, here i! a list: Enviromneatal
umbrella under which they would fitStudles, European and Amerlean 1tadle1, again, if they were pod ideu,
Es.preafve Art■, Healtll ud HUJD&D In recent years, such good ideas were
Development, Marine Scieaee1 and made into the foUowing programs: Art■
Croft,, Manacement and tbe Public
of ladla and Japan; Eaerc, Syotema;
latereat, Northwest Native Amerlean Mathematica u a Dealgn Tool; Peace,
Studle1, Political EcoDOmy,and Scientific Confllc:t,and Social Chaqe; Studle1 In
Knowledge and Inquiry. (A teachers'
Greece; Televiaion and Drama; The
certification program and a graduate
Novel Esperfeace; Problem ■ of Phll__program in public 1drnini1t.rai,i<ie.,n,.....w.-e01r,.e..-~•1t1•No,sp,thi,
1r,,-,arnnd-T..,-t1111tqae
1 of ViiUA
set up later.)
Anthropoloc,.
The DTF also set up two other areas:
In 1979-80, we offered the following:
Buie Program, and Annual Pl-ograa,1.
A_ la Rec:herc:bedu Moi; Community
I am the convenor or the Auual1 area.
Studle■ (Vancouver campus program);
~•ch or the areas has a convenor; the Poet, Write Poetry; 'l'be IJ&Dce01 Met.at1tle refers to that person's function as phor; Creative Writing and Movement;
the holder of meetings for his or her and T-biag In the Twentieth Century.
area-though convenors do more than
During 1980-81, we are thus far comjust convene meetings. Twenty-five
mitted to two programs: The Humaa
faculty are affiliated with the Annual• Condition: Our Neolltblc Reota (Beryl
area.
Crowe, Coordinator; Susan Aurand;
What exactly is an Annual program? Mark Papworth); and Wrltinc and
you may 89k.
Tboucht !Mark Levensky, Coordinator).
Good question. And not all that easy a
Aa■aal1 are normally offered only
q_uestion to answer in a brief space, once. TheoreticaUy, though, aucceuful
either.
ones can go on to '--~ome offerinp in
The intention of the DTF in setting up other areas-but such repeals have not
the area waa to ensure the continuation to my knowledge happened before, due

to shortages of faculty and funds.
So: You can say that the Annual■ area
is a place i.n which new and good ideas
whic~ don't quite fit elsewhere can get a
hearmg and can possibly become part of
the college's curriculum during the year
after they get lhe hearing.
But: You can also figure that staffing
problems, funding problems, and spirited
arguments against a given idea's being a
g.ood one for Evergreen to offer as curnculum for at least 20 students will all
serve as stumbling blocks-and rightly
so.
And: You can also figure that the area
will mainly serve as a referral aervice
for people with ideas which do naturally
fil elsewhere. (This means that ii you
come to me with an idea (n;,· a program

in, say. the visual art.5, I will refer you
to the Expressive Arts area's convenor.
And the same goes for the other speci•
alty areas.)
Convenors are currently inviting stu•
dents to meet with them to discuss their
areas of specialization. It is important
that such meetings take place before the
faculty's retreat in April, as the 1981-82
curriculum will be planned at that retreat.. and as it is important that every•
body's "input" be gathered before that
week•long session takes place.
So I am holding a meeting for all students interested in the Anaual1 area.
The place is the little lounge outside my
office (1014) m Lab I. The time is Wednesday, April 9, at 1:30.

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Protesters found guilty
By Ella Blackwood
Despite what Aaaistanl U.S. District
Attorney Jerry Diskin termed "obviously
sincere motives," 38 anti-Trident protest·
ers were found guilty on February 29 of
trespassing at the Navy's nuclear submarine base at Bangor. Twelve Evergreen students were among the 39 defendants tried lut week al the federal
courthouse in Seattle for their participation in civil disobedience actions l&at
October.
Although a total of 112 protesters
went on trial. the 89 defendant.a. all
under the age of 26, were tried separately under the Youth Corrections Act
which provides for a jury trial. The remaining 73 protesters were tried earlier
in the week and found guilty of trespassing on February 27.
The allowance of a jury trial was un•

precedented in such cases and the defendants were hopeful that a jury would
be more receptive to their extensively
prepared argument&. They had hoped lo
call several expert witnesses to testify
on the dangers of nuclear weapons and
t.he effectiveness of civil diaobedience
but U.S. District Court Judge Gordon
Thompson. Jr. ruled against admitting
such testimony as evidence. The defendants were, however, allowed to call
witnesses to give "offers of proof' without the jury's presence and Dr. Owen
Wilkes and Dr. John Fried, both experts
on international law, were allowed to
give statement& which pointed out that
Trident is a "first-strike weapon" and
violates international law.
Defendants were allowed to testify in
their own defense and they argued that
the Trident submarines carrying nuclear

weapons were "an atrocious aggression
against peace." Evergreen
student
Mason Bowles told the jury. "Our admission of trespass is no admission of
guilt," but Aaaistant District Attorney
Diakin contended that these argument&
were "irrelevant."
Defendant& were bitterly disappointed
when they were unable lo uae the testimony of their experts as evidence. ~
defendant Fran Williams put it, "What
we say doesn't have legal standing unless it's backed by expert testimony."
After two hours of deliberation, the
jury of nine women and three men relw-ned a verdict of guilty for 38 of the
defendant&. One of the defendant&, Evergreen student Tim Poe, 17, had his caae
dismissed due lo his age but he reportedly went back over the fence at
Banl{or last week in defiance of the

court's ruling.
Sentencing of the 38 proteslors is
scheduled for March 21 and they are preparing an appeal lo be submitted at that
time. Sentences could include finea up lo
$500 and jail terms of up lo six years.
Defendant Fran Williams thinlu that
there is a "slight possibility" of a jail
sentence, particularly since the court
would like to dissuade the younger protesters, who are more likely lo continue
civil disobedience actions, from further
involvement in the Anti-Trident protest&
but says that jail "aeems unlikely for
first off~nders." The remaining 73 protesters will be sentenced on March 28.
The Olympia Trident Resistance Group
will be holding a general meeting concerning the trial on Sunday, March 9 at
7 p.m. in CAB 108 and anyone interested is invited to attend.

Cut-off date kills bills
graphic by David Innes

By Kathy Davis
The bill lo give faculty the right to
collective bargaining is as good as dead
in this year's legislative session. So are
many other pieces of legislation which
were not fully passed by the cut-off date
of February 19. Aller that day. only bills
with appropriations or those dealing with
energy issues could continue to be
considered.
That still leaves a tall order or business for lawmakers, however, and initial
hopes of ending the session in only 45
days have disappeared. Along with themany bills still alive after the cut-off,
there is the complicated task of approving a state budget. The legislature is
expected to accelerate into a flurry of
bill-passing activity in order to finish
their work by March 13, the legal dead•
line for the end of the session.
Two appropriations bills of concern to
Evergreen have passed the House and
are still alive in the Senate Ways and
Means Committee. One provides funds to
replace the roofs on the library and
seminar buildings. The other would fund
a 1 1/2% salary increase for faculty and
administration.
A bill to give students more control
over how and where their services and
activities {S&A) fees are spent has
passed both houses and is on its way to
the Governor's desk. Last year a similar
measure was vetoed by Gov. Ray.
A legislative committee will be set up
to investigate the feasibility of providing
financial aid reciprocity to students
attending schools in other states in the
Pacific Northwest region. The other
states involved-Alaska, Oregon, Idaho,
Montana and British Columbia-will all
be setting up similar committees.
Perhaps the most controversial bill of
this session has been the one to impose ■
ban on out-of-state nuclear wastes. After
much haggling, the bill unanimously
passed by the House called for that ban
to take effect as of January I, 1982.
Over in the Senate Ecology Committee,
lhe bill was suddenly and unexpectedly

nation of their managing director, Neil

0. Strand, a request is pending lo
establish a special legislative committee

killed with a tabling motion by the chairman. Astonished, other memben of the
committee pushed hard lo bring the bill
back to life.
Now the committee hu amended the
bill so that the ban would not take offed
until the beginning of 1986 and the governor would have the authority
to
extend the date for another year. Some
members of the House aay they will
refuse lo support the bill with lbe later
date. They fear that in that time, Wuhinglon will end up taking on much of tbe
radioactive material from Three Mile
Island. They want lo put more pressure
on other stat.ea to develop their own
waste storage sites. Supporters of the
later date say that that much time is
needed lo work out the complicated

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interstate compact&needed to implement
the bill.
Don't Wute Wubington, an arm of
the Wuhington Environmental Council.
has already filed for an initiativ~ lo the
people lo appear on the November balloL Regardless of the fate of the legislature's hill. they are hoping that the
voten will show their aupport for a 1982
ban on nuclear wast.ea.
In other nuclear ne•a. the Wubington
Public Power Supply System bu been
fighting for aurvival during thia legislative aeasion. WPPSS, the conJtruction
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to conduct a full-scale investigation of
WPPSS. JJ'be committee would have rare
subpoena power lo look into soaring cost
overruns, major delays and allegations of
safety violations at the five construction
sites.
The Senate has paased a bill which
would require voters to approve the
siting of a proposed nuclear power plant
in their county. The bill exempt& Benton
County and the Hanford reservation so
that planta rejected by other counties
could be built at Hanford. Gov. Ray bu
strongly denounced the measure, saying
that nuke planta, like prisons, an, tbinp
that the majority of the people want, but
only u long as they can be built in someone else's backyard.
The Governor and the legislature are
still at odds over how beat to provide
more pruon space in the atate. The
Houae nearly unanimously paned legislation which would force Ray into pur1uing acquiaition of McNeil bland
Federal Penitentiary for uae u a state
prison. Supporters hoped that the strong
vote would show that this ia not a
partiaan issue and that the McNeil site
has broad backing. The Democratic
F!enate. however, is expected to be mu.Cb
leu likely lo paaa any legislation wblch
is adamanUy oppood by the Democratic
governor. Even if the bill wen, lo paaa,
it would face a pouible gubernatorial
veto.
Legislation lo require counties lo preserve their agricultural lands appears
fatally stalled in the Houae Appropriations Committee. Sponsor of the bill.
Olympia's Mike Kreidler, baa been
urging support for •hat be calls "a very
moderate bill" becauae he lean that
failure to act will ruuJt in a more severe
and restrictive statewide initiative.
Finally, here is a comforting development for•all you "enlightened" folb out
there. There is no need lo nu,b out lo
your favorite head ■hop and ■tock up on
a lifetime 1upply of bonga and rolling
papen. That bill which would have made
sale of such items (for the purpoee of
uaing controlled substances) illegal hu
been killed by tbe cut-off. May it forever
rest in
ee.

TESC Narrow World of Sports
By Tim Nagler •
Evergreen spons came from behind
during winter quarter to dominatce in the
late B<>in&Swimmers got a good jump at
the stan, men and women's basketball
clubs gave it 100%, and intnmurals got
off the ground, even sporting co-ed
basketball teams. Men and women's
socaer clubs continue to go al it, recffltly
startin&
their spring .-ans.
In a lau, development, the CP J learned
cl plans for a new playfield. The new field
will be locatcedbetwttn the pavillion and
the parkway,~ to Modular Housing.
Worlt is scheduled to begin soon, according 10 Pete Steilberg, Director of
Rectt11tion. By next fall. grass should be
ready for romping and stomping. Soccer
goals will be set up. Fwthtt plans for the
are,o include a 440 yard oval tnek,
bleachers for spectators, and a restroom
and storage facility. Plans for the field itself
are for soccer and possibly softball.
In an~
development, new men's
and women's soccer coaches we...,
recently hired by TESC. Jacque Zimiclri, a
TESC graduate and experienced soccer
player, already has assumed duties as
women's coach. Willie Lippmann, local
businessman and sportS enthusiast, will
direct the men's team beginning next fall.
The men's
team represents
TESC's primary hope for entry into
official intercollegiate
competition.
However, eligibility rules w= violated
last fall, and though the learn was never
officially pan ol the NAIA (National
Association for lntercollegiau, Athletics),
they w= still required 10 play under
NAlA rule; to be accq,ted into the league
next fall. The matter is cum,ntly under
appeal.
In ~ sports news, the Evergreen
men and women's swim teams recently
concluded their initial sea.,on cl competition. The swim learn is not af6liau,d
with an athletic association, but found
plenty cl competition anyway. Ten men
turned OUI for the learn at the beginning cl
the season, but as winter progrrs,ed that
number thinned out. Four men part:icipattd
in Evergreen's 6 OlfflS, in which
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w= on the club or intramural level. Eight
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enthused participant, commented on the
RESTROOMS & STORAGE
team's play: "We dido 't have a coach.
But we did learn a lot from each other. We
gave it a1Jwe had.'' The TESC women's
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team scored 4 wins along the way, against
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8 losses.
The men's basketball club, when they
Curr..-nt plan for future recreation fields.
managed to get past the police, through
the snow and into the gym on the eastside
at the right time, played well enough to
3 times, and found themselves on the over EWU in Spokane, Bruce Robin.son have fun. The TESC men's team also
short end 6 times. (Several meets involved swam to first place in both the 200 and participated in the Olympia City League,
more than 2 teams.) The women's team
200 meter freestyle events.
and thoroughly outscored the same team
was blessed with 14 loyal participants. But
Other blue ribbons were secured by twice, and were thoroughly outscored by
competitioo was tough, and the women Ken Phillipson, John Bailey and Bruce everybody else.
ended with a record cl 2-7.
Robinson in the Evergreen pool against
On the intramural level, an open gym
The competition included the likes cl EWU swimmers. Phillipson placed first in and lull coun basketball has received good
Pacific Lutheran University, Whitman
the lO and 100 yard freestyle, Bailey took response. (Evergreen has an arrangement
University,
Eastern
Washington
the 200 yard individual medley event and with Olympia Schools for the us., of
University
and Washington
State the 500 yard freestyle, and Robinson won Jefferson Gymnasium on the westside, in
University. Rounding out the schedule, the 200 yard freestyle. The wins secured exchange for us., of the Rec Center by
~ opponents were Highline ComEvergreen's sec:oodvictory over EWU.
local high school students.) Six basketba.11
munity
College,
Montana
State
In the season's final meet, a four team teams have been formed, 2 of them co-ed.
University, Fort Steilacoom Community
invitational held in Evergreen 's pool, They play Thursday evenings in the
College and Pcxtland Community College. TESC men's 200 yard freestyle relay team pavillion and Sunday evenings a1 Jefferson
The men scored victories over EWU placed s«ond. Swimming the relay were Gym.
twice, and ona over Fort Steilacoom. The
Wayne Dickinson, Geoff Penu, Bruce
Other current activities bring the men
women defeatrd Highlioe and Fort Robinson and Ken Phillipson. For the and women's soccer clubs backout on the
Steilacoom. You figure out the rest.
women, Carla Blacl<finished sec:ondin the field. Both teams are in the Southwest
Individual perfonnanoes w= a real
100 yard butterfly, Isabel Childs took Washingt on Soca,r Associatioo, and a...,
splash, though. In Evergrttn's first win second in the lO yard freestyle and Mimi under the directioo cl Jacque Zimicki.
the women's learn squeaked past HighJine Andmon placed third in the lO yard The women's team plays their first match
57 -55. Lynn Roeder took a first in both butterfly.
cl the season this weekend against a team
the 500 and 200 yard ~le
events.
On the lacl<ol participation by men, called McMuggers. The men's team,
and then went oo to anchor the lllffl·
swimmer Ken Phillipson com.mented, "I currently 1-1, play this Sunday in
clinching relay. In the men's initial win spenta lot cl time swimming alone. I wish Tumwater.
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By Matt Perkinl and Rob Roach
In Japan then, ia a popular joke about
climbing Mt. Fuji. Such a beautiful
mountain it is, they aay, that if you ever
get a chance lo climb it and you don•~
you are a fool. U you climb it a seeond
time, then you must .be twice the foolll If
you have ever had Acute Mountain Sicknesa (AMS) you might well agree.
About a year ago, a group of Evergreen student& led by Rob Roach began
inveatigating the phy■iological effecta of
altitude on climbers at ML Rainier. They
also tested antacids u a preventative
medicine for AMS. A $7,500 grant from
the National ,Science Foundation (NSF)
funded the reaearch. The reaean:b team,
which included Debbie jobnaon, Matt
Perkins, Susan Bartlett and Jeff Hardesty, will preaent their findings on
March 11 at 7:30 in Lecture Hall I.
D.. pite report& lo the contrary, the
researchers
found no correlation between the use of antacids and reduced
symptoms of AMS. They te■ ted 61
climben lo compile thia finding.
Acute Mountain Sickneaa (AMS) ia a
fum1-nf alt.itude..Jllness, _w.bich
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altitudes. AMS develops when a person acute mountain sickness. Many climbers
climbs lo high altitude quickly; that is, on Mt. Rainier become seriously ill with
when their body is unable lo cope with AMS because they climb too faat (often
the lower availability of oxygen in the lesa than 30 hours elapse between the
thin, mountain air.
time a person leaves their home at sea
The most common symptoms of AMS level and their arrival on the summit),
are headache, nausea and vomiting. The and the altitude is so high (at 14,000 ft.
unfortunate victim feels sapped of just on ML Rainier the air is roughly 65% as
about every last bit of energy in severe
thick as it is here at sea level).
cases; which leave that person virtually
In 1977 a manufacturer of climbing
unable lo perform any sort of physical equipment published a pamphlet recomexertion al all. The diaeue uaually be- mending that climbers use antacids to
gins within four to twenty-four hours combat (and perhaps completely avoid)
after a peraon arrives at high altitude, Acute Mountain Sickness. While this
and disappears within 24 lo 36 more may sound kind of silly, a large number
hours.
of climben have been taking antacid tabAMS may repder a peraon incapable of let&or eating spoons full of baking soda
safe travel over mountain terrain. If a every time they climb lo altitude, believperson with AMS remains at high alti- ing that they will feel better because of
tude, however, the illness may develop it. Many doctors refuse to even consider
into a very serious form of altitude ill- the pouibility that the antacids might
nesa such u pulmonary edema (filling of work, and until last year nobody had
the lungs with Ouid), or cerebral edema ever actually tested the use of antacids
(filling of the brain-case with Ouid).
for thia purpose.
AMS does not only affiict the advenSixty-one volunteers from Evergreen
turous Evergreener who struggles 00 and the surrounding community particireach the summit of ML Rainier. Hike.rs pated in the study, which included nine
at 5,000 ft. in the Olympica, and skiers in climbs on Mt. Rainier between July and
Jacluon-1lole,
Wyoming. 1requenUy
0-elo.bet, .l.919_ All participants wer.e
report moderate to severe symptoms of divided into two groups. the treatment
(antacid) group, and the placebo (dummy
pill) group. Each climber took their
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the ascent of Mt. Rainier, and recorded
the severity of their AMS symptoms !or
lack thereoO on questionnaire forms.
Physiological tests were conducted at
regular intervals throughout the climbs
as well. The work of comparing the signs
(physiological measurements) and symptoms (questionnaire answers) is just now
nearing completion.
The antacid tablets used in this study
do not appear to have been of any significant help in relieving or controlling
acute mountain sickness; despite their
use, over 50% of the subjects who
climbed above 9,500 ft. reported nausea
al their high point, and nearly 75% had
headaches. The physiological effects of
altitude are extensive. The blood pH
changes. breath rate and pulse increase
while vital capacity (lung volume) and
peak Oow (speed of exhalation) decrease.
These alterations in body function are of
primary interest to mountain climbers,
who cannot always take the time necessary to acclimatize to high altitude. or
climb above the level to which humans
can acclimate. Tuesday's talk will discuss the results of this particular study
and include other informal.ion of interest
to those who enjoy the high mountain
environment.

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DOBBS ON LAND
As a panicipant in the Piece of My
Mind series, laculty planner Dr. Carolyn
Dobbs will provide practical tips and
outline her philosophy on farm
preservation. The free brown bag
discussion will take place at the First
United Methodist Church, 1224 E.
legion Way on Wednesday March 12 at
12:15 p.m.

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hour time slot has bet!n scheduled fo-;.the'
future to better serve the public. This •
extended program will not only contain
traditional Hispanic music, but will consist or some classical and mariachi
melodies; also, Latin rock and jazz. Last
but not least, the music as a whole will
be reflective of the Hispanic experience,
whether the listener be of Indian heritage or Puerto Rican ancestry. The main
purpose for this program's existence and
continuation is to expound through the
media our cultural pride and our musical
achievements.

murals plus drawings and paintings plus
large color photography of his murals
will be featured. During the same period
of time, a small display of his work will
be exhibited at the Olympia branch of
the .Timberland Regional Library. Both
exhibits are free and precede a series of
lectures Sharnsud-Din will present later
this spring. Exhibit hours for his
Evergreen show are noon to 6 p.m.
weekdays, I-~ p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays. For more information contact
Sid White, Library 1414, x6702.

Faculty members will be available in
their officeson the mornings of Mar. 12
and 3 I. Academic Fair days, to meet
with advisees and other stu\knts. Each
Faculty member has the latest Academic
Update information. The academic
advising office urges students to take
Jdvantage of this opportunity before
attending the Academic Fair.

Well-wishers
donate dollars
Monday March 10, 8 p.m. in the
Library Lobby. In addition to its incisive
humor, the show features lively music
by l;he Mime Troupe musical unit
rangmg from salsa to ranchero to
Broadway showtunes. Advance tickets
are $3.50 at the book.,tore and Rainy
Day Records. For more information and
to make reservations call 866-6144.

TESC STUDENTS GET
MOST NSF GRANTS!
This week Evergreen became the only
institution in the country to be selected
this year for receipt of two (u opposed to
one) Student Originated Studies grants
by the National Science Foundation.
Awards were granted to senior Mary
Fleischman to conduct a human
nutrition study on zinc and to senior
Anna Marie Cahall to lead an investigation into the distribution and
effects of chemical contaminants on
shorebirds and falcons. Work on both
NSF grants began March first and is
expected to be concluded by .the end of
next February.

THE JITTERS
EvC'rgreeners where are you'! The Gig
Comm1ss1on is putting on another large

CAB dancC' hoping to appeal to the broad
tastes whirh exist here and need our
support. Earlier this quarter they pro
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her label then "good Rock &

Roll"-Pl '~K ROCK. It is interesting to
obst.>'"\e that most attempts tn label The
Jitter<. havp been feeble and inade<1uate.

~cott McCaughey of the RockE't had a
h'.trd time deciding what category The
Jitters should be pla<'ed in and so am I. 1
have seen Thi· Jitters and heard their
album many times. They are a band
worthy of all the praise and publicitv
and much more.
•
Their music reflects the "neurotic and
unfulfilled aspects or love" in a manner
?latched by few. The song titles clearly
illustrate this: "Don't You Remember
that You Burned Down the Bridges that
I Built over Rivers of Tears that I Cried
Over You," lhreath) "You Say You Love
Me but You Won't Do Anything About
It." and "lrrc>ronrilable
Difrerences."
Some>might rompare PK Dwyer to Bob
Dylan and llonna Beck to Grace Slick.
Even thnugh there is no comparison, I
chOO!iit'lo leave that up to you.
"Thr JITTERS event will represent a
broadn taste m music," one Gig commis·
sioner said. ··The Frazz play sixties
psychadPlia music. 96 tears, Cool Jerk.
and Dirt) Water, while The Nu Vitations
play Motown Rhythm and Blues. Evergreeners as well as townies will love
'em. If you ran't dance to this music
you're dead£'r than dead."
•
So, let your freak flag fly, let your
hair hang out, and do what you wanna

do while dancing to THE Jl'ITERS.
THE f'RAZZ. and THE NU VITATIONS•
March 8. 1980, in the Campus Activities
Building for only S3 in advance and S3.50
at. the door. The event begins at 9 p.m.
with The Nu Vitations. The doors open
at 8 p.m. Entertainment until 9 will be
prc.,vided by The Ramones, a band Th('
Gig Commission hopes to bring in th('
near future.

3rd WORLD RADIO
With a keen awareness on the part of

the Third World Coalition, MEChA and
KAO~ broadcasting .of The Evergreen
State College, a new program serving
the n('t>ds of the Spanish-speaking
audi~nre wa" formulated last September
and has bl'en readily accepted by the
~o~~un1ty as a whole. The primary
tnd1v1dual whose expertise and efforts
have made the program such a success,
Rafal"I Villegas. has been the key ele•
ment ~n~ for this we extend our deep
apprec1at1on for his desire to make the
program a pleasing and enjoyable experience. Muchas gracias carnal!
It has been evident that a new format
introducing the diversified era or music
by Hispanic musical artisl.1 is desired by
the community. With this in mind,
thanks to KAOS broadcasting, a two-

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We cordially extend to the Englishspeaking community, an invitation to
listen and be supportive of our efforts.
Ff>el free to call and let us know what
you think of thl" program because without your input. communication throu,gh
whatever mf'nns would unly Oe self•
serving.
In conclusion, the scheduled time for
El Mensajt> Del Aire (Our Message
Throul{h lht> Air) is from 2 to 4 p.m.
every Saturday. Assisting Rafael when
need('d will be Jose Pineda and Ernesto
Zavala. Because of the small collection or
records and tapes that we have. we
would be ever so grateful to those indi•
viduals who have Hispanic albums or
cassettes to let us borrow them for our
broadcast sessions.

BIRDS AND
SERPENTS AND
SHOES, OH MY!

"Birds, Serpents and New Shoes," a
multi-media performing arts event, will
transform the first floor of the Communications Building at The Evergreen State
College for two performances March 14
and 15.
The two-hour productions combine
performance,
film. video, dance and
three-dimensional artistry. The present.a•
lions_ at 8 o'clock Friday and Saturday
evenmgs are the grand finale of two
quarters·
work by students
of the
"Words, Sounds and Images" program.
Forty students collaborated with three
teachers on this original production.
To introduce each of the non-traditional
theatrical pieces, the audience will travel
1hrough "'Passages." in corridors of the
Com_munications
Building with mimes,
A seminar entitled Medicine Talk for
Indian Families will be held here at music, puppetry. laser lighting and unusual environmental sets.
Evergreen on March 13 through the
The first theatrical piece is "Lilith," a
I 5th. The event, sponsored by the metaphoric work about the myth of
Northwest Indian Women's Circle, will Lilith. Adam's first wife, and man's
focus on the needs of the Indian family in reconciliation with the female spirit.
a time of rapid change and increasing
"Tarnished Garden," the second piece,
cultural pressures. Among the issues to uses a massive computer set and several
be addressed are: A women's duty to video monitors to dramatize humanity's
herseU, sexual roles, sexual abuse, dependence on technology and ignorance
women's health, child raising, and social of its impact on natural cycles.
The concluding piece, "Blue Heaven,"
service programs for Indian women.
Non-Indians are also encouraged to portrays the lives of a group of friends
attend. A registration donation will during the last 30 minutes of life on
cover lunch on Fri. and a feast Sat. night. earth. The characters are forced to
Registration donation is SI O per day, examine how they've lived their lives
SI~ at the door or S25~for three days, and how they can reconcile what they've

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wom~n, el~rs, or. students may request
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payable 10 the Northwest Indian
Women's Circle, P.O. Box 80~ J.
Tacoma, Wa., 98408. For more information call Janet McCloud 4 587610.

done with wha~.they had hoped to do.

Advance tickets for the multi•media
production are on sale now in Olympia at
the Gnu Deli Restaurant, Budget Tapes
and Records, Rainy Day Records and the
Evergreen Bookstore. Tickets will also
be sold March 14 anrl 15 at the door of
the Communications
Building for S3
general admission or S2 for students and
senior citizens,

MURAL ART
S. F. MIME TROUPE

The artwork of Portland muralist Issac
Sharnsud will be displayed in Gallery
Four in the Evans Library Building,
The San FranciscQ Mime Troupe will
Wednesday March 12 through the present SQUASH, its zany musical
22nd. Large color phO(ography of his com«ty about the gas crunch, on

Pbone-a-thon '80 collected $12,666from
Evergreen

well-wishers

according

to

Suaan Wuhburn, Director of the Office
of Developp,enL Thia figure more than

3. The Development Office is reimbursed
for ita efforts.
4. Di.sttetionary fund. Thia makea funds
available for research, and is open to
anyone who applies and meets certain
requirements.

Faculty, ataff, and •~udent volunteers
firm contribution
completed 2,418 calla, and received 458
profit of $5,156.
The money will be included in the donation ■ from various parents and
college's Annual fund, and later allocated alumni.
by the Foundation, Evergreen'• fundWhile Jut year's intake was reported
raiaing organization.
at $5,156, the Phone-1-thon actually reDiatribntion of the funda will be in line ceived a little over $10,000. Thia ia
with the following prioritiea:
because aome of the parents and alumni
I. Creation and funding of ocholanhipa.
promlae to contribute but do not specify
2. Prealdent'a contingency fund. Latterly the amounL They ...., then sent a blank
known as the "Coffee and Donuts contribution form. Since no one know•
fund," this money coven loc:ial amenl- exactly bow much theae people will contiea like juice and cookiea before plays tribute, their glfta cannot be tallied with
and other aucb ..-ptlonary
eventa. the other ..firm" contributiona. Hence, as
Other uaea in tbia area include Career these glfta are received and counted,
daya, eatabliabing communit7 contaeta their amounts are added to the "firm"
and legislative contaeta. Some money contributions, with the effect, Jut year,
baa even IIODe to the Evergreen 88.
of doubling the latter amounL
doubles last year's

Phone by 0.vk1 lnnet

Whole foods a success
By Larry StilhreD

burgen and grilled cheese aandwichea
will be made with natural, not proceued,
cbeeae if the customer requeota IL If
theae more nutritioua Jtema continue to
he popular, Morrish 11ya, SAGA will
continue to serve them.
While ahe expects to collect another
800 Food Service evaluation forms later
thia week, Morrish 11ys the 250 llready
returned conaiatenUy rate the whole
fooda experiment higher than similar
evaluations of SAGA'• regular aervice
did Jut fall
Man7 of the forms were filled out by
viaitors to the campua; Morrish 11ya
many community people came to the
campua juat to eat at SAGA. Whole

Artwork by students currently
enrolled at Evergreen are to be exhibited
at Gallery Two, Library 2300,
beginning Saturday, March I ~. The
exhibit, featuring a wide range of
mediums
including
photographs,
sculpture, fine metals, ceramics, prints
and paintings will remain on display
through April 3.

SAGA cuatomen will he able to have
their organic cake and eat It too. Whole
Food Service Week wu a tremendous
auceeu, aaya Kriatl Morrish of the Food
Service Advisory Group, and SAGA will
continue to offer nearly every "organic"
item it introduced last week while atlll
aervlng its traditional ~ of fntndl
frlea, PepaL and all~• reat. Falafel and
tabouli will he offered regularly, the improved aalad bar will 1ta7 like It was
during the whole food• e&periment,
entreea will continue to he cooked according to low fat, low sugar, low aalt,
and high fiber apecificatlona, and ch_.

SPRING
REGISTRATION

•
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Tipi evictions 1mm1nent

STUDENT ART SHOW

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··great success."
Many peoplc- had the false impression
that the Ht•ats were punk and once again
people ha\ e labeled a band-which

By David Joyner

. Registration for more than sixty parttune courses offered Spring Quaner at
Evergreen begins Wed. March 12 with
an Academic Fair from 5:30-7 p.m. in
the library lobby and continues
weekdays in the Registrar's Office
weekdays from 8:30-4:30 through April
4. Educational Outreach coordinator
Earlyse Swift will also offer four off
campus registration and information
sessfons. Swift will be available from 11
a.m.-1 p.m. March 13 in the lobby of
Office Building Two; March 18, in the
lobby of the General Administration
Building; March 20 in the lobby of the
Dept. of Transportation Building; and
March 22 from 11 p.m.-6 p.m. at the
South Sound Mall. Special evening houn
for on campus registration are also
offered Monday through Thursday,
March 31-ApriJ 3 until 7 p.m. on the
first floor of the Evarts Library.

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NO-NUKE
INITIATIVE
The Environmental Resource Center
will hold a meeting to discuss two different state-wide initiatives that address
nuclear wastes and spending on nuclear
plants. Come to the ERC Monday,
March 10 at 5:30 to find out what you
an do. For more information contact
Conrad Drucollat theERC, x6 784.

Morrish advises.
A few old and new items will not be

are,

dents are unsure whether, if they aren't
granted a variance, they will remain put
the 11th.
The implications of this issue are far.
reaching. Those involved as well as a
number of other tipi enthusiasts and
sympathizers hope lo set a precedent for
future habitation. Cabins fall within code
jurisdiction
also. Under the existing
statutes, few, if any. rustic cabins can be
legal residences. Recognizing the need
for a new. revised Building Code, Cali•
fornia recently wrote into law a second
code designed specifically for owner-built
homes.
David Snyder, a yurt inhabitant who
has lived on his site for 2 1/2 years,
described the situation: "There must be
hundreds, maybe thousands of ·substandard' dwellings in Thurston County
alone. The Building Department ignores
most of them. The enforcement of the
code is actually quite arbitrary-and
questionable at best. The codes were
written to proted buyers and tenants
from shoddy, unsafe homes, not to wield
in social arbitration."
Perusing through the pages of code
articles. Snyder came to the section outlining the requirementa of floor st.ability

by code,

unacceptable.

County

health officiaia indicated in a meeting
last week with student representatives
that they would be amenable to the uae
of Sani-Can portable toilet units as a

temporary measure. Composting toilets
o( various constructions were also discussed as potential solutions. However,
the prohibitive cost anij the fact that the
Building Code specifically requires a
nush toilet in every dwelling kills these
options. By code, the students are liable
for the dishwater they dispose of.
The Evergreen community has fos•
1 tered a rich and long-standing
history of
alternative lif~styles and living strucLures. Over the years, tip is have been
the rage.
Serious studenl.1 have, however, set
up housekeeping as weU in yurts, domes,
army tents, in trees, and in cabins of all
dimensions and styles. The large por•
lions of undeveloped nearby landsc.pe
have provided many a haven for students who shared the yen for simple,
outdoor living. This, however, is all

5c>'o'I GOD,\'OU'Rt.
GO~Nl'I \..IVE IN
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LEISURE ED
WORKSHOPS
Registration for over fifty Leisure
Education work.,hops opens Monday
March 17. The work.,hops in martial
~• sports, movement, visual arts, and a
vanety of other activities are offered to
the public and Evergreen students and
will begin the week of April 7. Room
30 2 of the Recreation Center will be
open weekdays from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. for
those wishing
register. Compiet,,
details .on all_Spring Quarter work.,hops
are available m a new brochure published
by the Rec Center. Call 866-6 530 for
more information.

Foods Service Week had been publicised
by an article in the Daily Olympian. A
cla11 from one of the cit:,'a middle
aebooia read the article and came to
Evergreen Friday for lunch.
Morrish 11ys SAGA'a staff, which bad
been mooUy receptive about the week.long experiment, was exhausted by the
extra work involved but wu eventually
affected by the enthusiasm of the- euatomera and the popularity of the fooda
and now feels supportive o( the new
menu. SAGA customers who would like
to show their support and encouragement.. and who would like to influence
continued nutritious offerings, should
voice their encouragement to the staff.

changing fast.
West Olympia is quickly undergoing a
By Daniel Botkin
Local tent dwellers who were ordered
to vacate their tlpi homea last month
may face the enforcement of that order
next week. The 13 residents, all Evergreen students, were served notice on
January 29 that they were in violation of
local Health and Building codea. During
the cold lint wff.Lof Febniacy -the1
were granted a SO-day continuance
request in order to find alternate

housing. On Tuesday however, that
extenaion expires. Of the original IS
violaton, i ■till remain on their sites.
The students will attempt an appeal
thia week of the Building Commlasionen
order. They are seeking a variance of
the code, an exception to it, although
moot among them believe that the code
itaeU needs to he rewritten. Aecording
to long-time tipi advocate Paul Fitch, the
code doea not realiatlcaD7 allow for the
inherent differeneea ol hla canvu home.
"It'a written for framed, tradllional
auueturea," he aald, "There's no junifiable need for aheetroekwalla, a coaaete
fowidatiollor a flulb lolletIn a tlpL"
"-nct•nr U.. code lt a ltnrtJa7, labor-I

ious process. It entails presenting a
documented cue before a legialative

hearing. Those involved would have to
coordinate experts to provide tec:hnical
reports on the safety and structural
properties of the tipL Needle11 to aay,
there are few ezperta. It would he
necessary to prove tipi's resistant t«
fire bich wind, snow accumulatio111Jn.d
structural har.ardo.
It is unlikely that the existing code
could be changed to accommodate tipia.

massive commercial development. The
real e1tate hu become lucratively valuable; too valuable to remain in forest and
pasture. According to widespread rumor,

the tracts where all but one of the tipia
stand are to be cleared this year to make
way for duplexes.
If they do not comply with the eviction
order, the residents will face possible
proeecution. The potential sentences for

violators are still:
is t e max mum,

$800

or 90 days in jail

utevery
suCCeiiive
day of violation can carry the same pen-

alty-compounded in addition. The stu-

continued.

Fruit

"drinks"

have been

permanently replaced by lemonade and
limeade; beef burritoo aerved last week
will not be continued because, Morrish
says, they were pre-packaged; both high
and low sugar deuerts will be available:
smoothies will only be available during
noon hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays;
and whole wheat buns for burgers will
probably be discontinued becauae customer surveys have revealed an unwillingness to pay the extra coat.

Morrish and Vonda Drogmund, SAGA's
campus dire<:tor, are discussing posting
ingredients lisl.1 for all items.

and strength. He looked up and smiled,
then, stomping in mock indignation on

the hard earth noor, he quipped,

"Ya

know. we've got the strongest one of all!"
NOTE: The students involved wish to
make a plea to anyone who is familiar
with either the Building Code or the
structural attributes o( tipis and who
mig_htbe willing_to offi,r_s.uggestionsand
teciifllcaTadvice. Cont.act them through
,Self-HelpLegal Aide. Thanks!

However, the code as it atands provide•

for alternative "materiaia or method of
construction"

u long u they are ..at

lout the equivalent of that pretcrlbed ...
in quallt7, strength, effectivene88, firereaiatance, dunbility and aafety."
The burden of proof falla, of course,
upon the 1tructure•1 advocate. "We know

that tipia will bold up," exploded reaident
Jac:l<JeWalter. "They've proven themselvea time and time again. It'a the
building ofliciaJowe now have to convince!"

Convtne.dor not, th-

motions atlll

leave the Health code vlolationa unNNlved. The pit toileta p,-nt!J
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Siddhartha
By Charles Klyn

•••••••••••••••

showings of the movie Siddbartha along
with the short subject Flub GordonThe Purple Deatb. The first will be at
5 p.m. and the second showing at 8 p.m.
in L.H. 1. Siddhartha is Herman Hesse's
tale o( a young man who leaves his home
to see the world and find himself. In his
search for truth, he encounters religion,
money, and lust ... (if you have read the

and have expanded and experimented
ever since. We were delighted when
home brewing became officially legal at
the end of 1978 through a congressional
act sponsored by Senator Alan Cranston
of Oregon. Since that time, interest in
home brewing has increased greatly, as
have the products that are commercially
available. The interest and availability of
quality imported beer has also increased
over the past few years. The CO.OP has
attempted to increase its purchasing

book, you know the rest). Conrad Rooks,

power in both of these areas through

who wrote, produced, and directed the
film, remains true to the simplistic

collective buying. We also enjoy collective brewing and imbibing together. If
you would like to join us in one of these
areas or help expand into others, we wilJ
be holding an organizational meeting on

On March 13, KAOS and the Buds and
Suds Brewing CO-OP will present two

beauty of the book although he sidesteps the more mystical and controversial parts.
This movie is a benefit for KAOS and

the Buds and Suds Brewing CO-OP, (a

March 15, at 1 p.m. in CAB
Coffee House, TESC.

306,

The

group that is new to this area). Buds and
Suds is a small group of people devoted
to the promotion. production, and drinking of quality beer. We formed in the
summer of 1978 to brew our own beer

is simplistic
By Erich Roe
A pampered-looking youth with pouting lips, a flabby belly and a flabby
behind wanders into the. desert. After
years of solitude, fasting and mystical
suffering

he emerges,

pouting

lips,

flabby belly and fat ass mystically intact.
Two men are sitting on a raft. One

says, "Ahl I am enlightened!" The other
answers, "Ahl Yes you are!" In blissful
contentment they float into the twilight.
Here is stunning conviction and profun-

dity to match Werner Erhart's 'Tve got
it!" and John Denver's "Yes you do!"
These are but two of many such
mystical scenes in Sicldllartlaa. a movie

ally met with embarrassment or disgust
and was quickly flush..: to box-office

oblivion. But now, thanks to the mystical
workings of KAOS and a brewery,
innocents are once again tempted to part
with cash and time for the dubious
pleasure of peeping at thia waste.
A "cover" in the record business· is a
watered-down,
hyped•up commercial
version of a gutsier original. Most KAOS
DJ's would think twice before playing a

l

Pat Boone "cover" of a Little Richard
original. Then ., hy this movie which is
nothing but a cheap "cover," both ol

I

other films dealing with "spiritual
search" and of a novel which itself ia a
"cover" of more earnest literature?
Furthermore,
why does a collective

which takes itself SO seriously and SO
deep, but is SO stupid. It could have
been high camp and real fun, like Reefer
Madae11, but even at that, it failed.
What a stale Hostess Twinkie is to food,
Slcldbartbais to cinema and mysticism.

offer us this
movie?

When this perversion of Hermann
Hesse's popular novel was rnt exposed
to unsuspecting audiences, it was gener-

Those who fall for it may want to sit
close to the doors for a quick exit. But
It's best left for the dogs to 1nilf out.

j

which supposedly endeavors to bring us
home-made, wholesome, quality, brew,
saccharine,

piss-water

Male strip teases

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a.fter that, to everyone's delight, leaving
only a pair of red poly-stretch briefs
with glitter. He did the same dance and
the announcer asked, "This sure· beats
the bell out of Mork & Mindy, doesn't it
ladiesr·

STERNO MASTOID

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MINOR

"Woo Wooool"

MAJOR

BRACH/ALIS

of money produced

an

unnaturally huge bulge. He daneed on
the tops of paid tables and got around by
leaping from one to another.
''This is better than the State party
down at the Elk's, isn't is ladies? He's
all man!"
•
The gleeful women shouted out their
agreement and the Italian Stallion received a tremendous applause.

RECTUS FEMORIS --

Next came Mr. Macho (I'm not making
these name, up) in a black leather
jacket: He bad basically the ume routine, except at one point stretched bis
bikini out away from him, providing the
spectators on the aide with a quick look.

•
VASTUS INTERNUS

GASTROCNEMIUS

The Italian Stallion lept off-stage and
into a throng of waving outatretcbed
bands that clutched dollar billa. Ho
plucked out each one and the quick
accumulation

SARTORIUS

-PERONEUS

~--;

LONGUS

Following

1
The Italian Stallion (really!) came out
first to talk to the ladies and explain the
rules. No touching or pulling at the
clothes. Booooo!'" But if you hand the
men your money, they'll stuff it in.side
their undies and dance on top of your
table. "Yeaaa!"
A woman standing in front of us said,
'"He's so short I could fall in love with

him!"
An announcer who interjected things
like, "Isn't that some hunk of man,
ladies?" took over and The Stallion himself jumped on stage. To a heavy disco

beat, he ran his hands up the inside of
his legs and stopped to encircle his
crotch. He thrust his pelvis up and down,

back and forth, inside and out, and any

ALL WAYS TltAtlCL SClftllCC, IMC.'

other way· possible. This was the buic
dance for all of the men. One variation

was to put clasped hands behind
head, John Travolta style.
The announcer asked, "What's
word ladies?"
"TAKE IT OFF!" they replied.
threw his coat to the corner and
crowd that crammed itself up against
walls, on top of the tables, and into

the
the
He
the
the
the

corners whooped and cheered.

"That's not enough is it ladies? What's
the word?"
"TAKE IT OFF!"
He peeled off his vest and let it drop.
The shirt came next, but before discarding it, be rubbed it like a bath towel
against his behind. The pant& came off

him came every

woman's

fantuy: a set of Hawaiian twins called
the "Flyin' Hawaiiana," who appeared in
grass skirts and plastic leis. Of course,
they eventually dropped the skirts and
wiggled around the room without them.
Two amateurs followed: Mr. Macho's
little brother who stunned the crowd in
black briefs, and some poor fool who
found out after he got his jacket off that
he wasn't an exhibitionist after all. The
announcer foreed him to get down to his
underwear before he let him leave the
stage, but be eventually got up a little
courage and made a few bucks off one or

two tables.
This•was the end of the lint show and
we didn't stay for the second. I don't
know if they ever got past the briefs,
but I doubt it.
Personally, I wouldn't recommend this
to any woman, even as novelty enter-

tainment. I found the men thoroughly
sickening

OLYMPIA.

5,.0~~•""G

Cc.NTIER

WASHINGTON

By T.

J.Simpson

is what most o1· the film is about. It
After a shot d a plane flying through becomes an odyssey ol dead=ds and sellthe air, the camera slowly pans along a revelations for Phillip. After first trying to
seashore and a boardwalk. The camera get rid al her, he comes to~
that he
resis upon a young man who takes pic- and Alice are inseparable. This rwve and
tures with a Polaroid. He looks directly at innocent, yet instinctively wise child
the audience and stam singing the words becomes Phillip's source of sell-knowledge
to an old Drifters' hit, "Under the and purpose in life (at least for the time
Boardwalk,'' with a heavy German accent being).
and totally deadpan expression.
As they're travelling through GerSo begins Wim Wenders' wonderful many, we see many of the same things one
I 97 3 film, Alice in the Cities. I fed that secs in the U.S., the Holiday Inns and all
it's not only the best ol the German that. American Rock 'n Roll is constantly
''New Wave'' films that I've yet Sttn,
but also one that sums up Wender,;'
themes and reflects many ol the themes of
the other German New Wave dittctors as
well. (Admittedly, there are a number ol
New German films that I haven't seen,
most regrettably, The Marriage of Maria
Braun.) The most prevalent and obvious
of these themes is the dfect oi American
culture and consumerism upon Germany.
The young man in Alice ... is Phillip,
an alienated, londy, and brooding German
journalist who is travelling around
America in order to write a story on the
' 'American scene• for a German
magazine. He drives from Florida to New
Y <>rkCity, becoming very disillusioned
along the way as he passes too many
Motel 6 's, Howard Johnson's, MacDonalds, etc. "It's just the same as
home," he commenis in regard to the
roadside symbols ol American commercialism. In a hotel room, he kicks in a
T.V. set after becoming disgusted with
the commercials.
·Throughout the film, he is constantly
Vella Rotllander and Audi Vogeler
taking pictures with his new Polaroid
because the photos prove to him that it is heard on the radios, juke boxes, and in the
really he who secs these things, but the songs Phillip sings to himself. Wenders
photos never come out the way he wants has stated that listening to Rock 'n Roll on
them to. Phillip becomes more disen- the American Armed Forces Neiwork
chanted and alienated to the point that he during his youth had saved his life. About
is .uninspired about his article and develops the only things Wenders (and his German
filmmaker contemporary,
R. W.
a writer's block.
He gets stranded in New York due to Fassbinder) seem to like about American
an airline strike and behiends a young culture is Rock 'n Roll and old Hollywood
German woman and her nine-year-old movies.
There are recurring hommages to John
daughter who are also trying to get back to
Germany. He stays with them for a few Ford throughout the film, but Wender's
days and tries to find some salvation from biggest inJiuences seem to come from
his alienation through the woman, but she Truffaut (especiallyin this film) and early
too is confused and alienated and cannot Godard. Trufaut and Godard, two ol the
help him. "You take leave ol your senses earliest and most important of the French
New Wave director.;, were also inspired by
when you lose your sense of identity,"
she tells him in her motel room as he is the same American films and directors
that Wenders was. But there are many
striving for some kind ol comniunication.
She deserts Phillip and her daughter, differences, as well as similarities, between
Alice, in order to patch things up with her the development of the French and
ex-husband, and leaves a note saying that German "New Waves."
Between the end of World War I and
she'll meet them in Amsterdam in a few
days. Phillip and Alice leave for Am- the year Hitler took power (1933), the
sterdam, which is the closest they can get German ••Expressionist'' Cinema was
the
most
progressive,
to West Germany due to the airline strike. perhaps
As their plane leaves New York, Phillip imaginative, and daring in the world.
points out the Statue of Liberty to Alice, When the Nazis came into power.
who nonchalantly states, "I already saw practically all the German expressionist
filmmakers fled to Hollywood to work
that when we came in. ' '
When they reach Amsterdam, Alice's their craft, which is where most of them
mother never shows up, so Alice and stayed for life. During the Nazi years,
Phillip take off in a rented car to find her Goebbels controlled the film industry for
propaganda purposes. After W.W. II, the
grandmother's house in Germany.
All ol what has just been described German film industry was totally in
happens in the first half hour of the film. shambles. Due to the lack of talent, very
Alice's and Phillip's journey on the road little of any value was released until the

late 60's when a new generation of
6lmmaker,;, mostly inspired by the French
New Wave of the late 50's and early 60's,
started putting out independently
produced films.
The French New Wave had staned out
as an artistic and critical reaction to the
mediocrity ol the French films produced
during and after the war. These new
French directors were formerly critics who
admired films by American directors
(n01J1blyFord, Hawks, and Hitchcock)
that the American critics had previously

and unprofeesional:

as in-

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tended to ignore. As Francois Truffaut
wrote,
a taste for escaping one's
own milieu, a thirst for novelty,
romanticism, and also a spirit or con·
trariness, but mostly a love of vitality,
made us love anything that came from
Hollywood.''
Many of the new German directors
were critics also. They studied these
American films too, because, as with the
French, they were better than the stuff
being produced in their own country. In
1962, a group of young German film·
makers signed a manifesto calling for a
new personal and liberated cinema that
would challenge the dull, impersonal,
post-war German Cinema.
However, unlike the French, this new
generation of Germans had grown up with
an
American
military
presence
dominating their country. In addition,
they were suffering from having lost the
war and from the guilt of Nazism,
something the new generation was too
young to remember but had to realize.
West Germany had become the moot
Americanized of any European nation.
Although there are many German New
Wave directors _making films today, the
three that get the most attention in this
country are Wenders, R. W. Fassbinder,
and the most popular, Werner Herzog. In
Wender,;' The American Friend, Herzog's Stroszelt, and Fassbinder's The
American Soldier and Fox and His
Friends, we see the many different (and
sometimes outrageous) ways in which
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America has inflicted its "dream" upon
German society. But these three filmmakers differ very much in style.
Fassbinder is the most difficult and
prolific of the new German directon.
Although still under
years old, he has
made over 30 feature films in the last
decade, and has done a number of shorts,
T.V. shows, and plays. His films are
demanding and complex, but original and
often rewarding. Whereas Wenders' and
Herzog's chanicter> are sympathetic
loners, Fassbinder's are more than just
that. They' re usually the dregs ol society
- pervens, strange misfits, impoverished
gays, or weird criminals. He also shares
with Wenders a love of old Rock 'n Roll
and uses it very effectively in many of his
films.
Unlike Fassbinder and Wender,;, who
are specifically preoccupied with life and
problems in the modem world, Herzog
tends to be more metaphysical. Moot oi
his fiction films are set in the past, way
before the 20th Century even. Herzog
tends to be poetic and undramatic whereas
Wender,; is both realistic and lyrical and
Fassbinder IS usually audacious or
satirical. Both Wenden and Fassbinder
are more emotional and dramatic than
Herzog, and both are better storytellers
too, but all three share a sense of brooding
that is distinctly Germanic.
Herzog will take on monstrous,
timeless themes, such as the meaning and
story of human life itself in Every Man for
Himself and God Against All. Or the
question of the existence of God and man
pitted against himself and nature in
AguirTe, Im Wrath of God.
Fa.s.,binderand Wender,; are more down
to eanh, concerned with the bonds of
friendship and love, the power of
relationships,
childhood,
and the
alienation or man in modem society
(especially modem Germany with its
technological wealth). Fassbinder's Ali:
Fear &ts tm Soul is simply the best film
to deal with racism that I've ever seen,
something no American film has done as
well with at all. And Wenders' Alice in
the Cities has the moot remarkable film
portrayal done yet of the frustrations and
quiet anguish of being an artist.
But why is Herzog the most popular of
these three 7 I sure wish I knew. I certain!y
prefer Fassbinder, and especially Wenders,
mostly because I prefer the down to earth
realities of today, definitive statements.
and human feeling over Herzog's ambiguous metaphysics and lack of warmth,
drama, and emotion. Still. I admire
Herzog's art very highly.
The German New Wave has come to
mean to Cinema what the French New
Wave did in the 60's and what Italian
Neo-realism meant in the 50's. They're
each the most progressive and artistic film
movements of their decades.Maybe I like
Alice in the Cities so much because it
expresses so perfectly the desolation of the
70's. To experience Alice. . . is like
attempting to define one's own life while
trying to feel it and find it at the same
time. In the end, we realize that nothing
has been gained except, perhaps, another
lesson has been learned. And that alone
can be cause enough for euphoria.

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Journey down the dead end highway

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By Jan Loftness
For three dollars on Thursday nights,
Captain Coyote's is offering a brand-new
line of entertainment for the women of
Olympia. Male striptease has made its
debut. and judging from the overcapacity crowd that attended la.st week,
has also made a monstrous success.
At 5 o'clock, 2 1/2 hours before showtime. the parking lot was jammed and
not a single seat remained inside. No
men were allowed to enter because, as
my l female) friend and I were told at the
door. they wanted to keep out the gays.
Wl" leaned against the bar and ordered
a pitcher and watched a mass of females
gush through the door. They came in
two basic types. The first and most
prominent was the Bon/State worke1,
who in last year's permanent wave and
this year's Capital Mall clothes provided
the bulk of thf' screaming later on. They
wore excessiv(• amounts of make-up
(possibly proving the theory that women
Jre.ss for each other instead of for men)
and smoked long cigarf'ttes. The other
type was tht. curious older woman,
ranging in age from 35 to 66, who came
with their daughters or in groups of four.
The men's restroom had a sign on the
door which read "It's all yours tonight
ladies" and a rew dropped in hyslerics
when they almost walked in on a male
bartender who had no place else to go.
"What if we had gone in there!'" they
shriekerl.
To fill up the time between arrival and
show, most kept their places at a table
and drank, or wandered around com•
paring their own attire to that of others.
We moved down to the pool tables to
rest our elbows and sit down. There. five
men in three-piece polyester suits were
posing on steps for somebody's camera,
and giving their best Sears catalog
smiles. These were obviously
the
dancers. You know the look: open neck.
gold chains, moustache, and short puffy
hair. Arter the pictures were taken, they
played foosball and cooly igno..ed the
comings on of women pool players who
wanted the guys to put a quarter on
their table. Soon the men left to prepare
themselves for their act and the pool
players squeezed themselves into the
crowd that congested the floor in front
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Merwin is interdisciplinary

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By Neill Kramer

In one of his stories, Merwin writes or
an old man who goes around building
houses, each to the shape of the words
that live in that area, which the old man
that. for ..J.everal yeua__be_.ma.d.e._Lhe.-Un bear .When aaked ..of---Lhe w.oi:da.
greater part of his living by translating
"Are they like insects, then?" the old
from French, Spanish, Latin and Portuman responds. "You know they are not.
guese. His first book of poems was Some are like shrews, some are like
published by Yale University Press in btrds, some are like water, or friends of
1952 at the age of twenty-five.
various kinds, some are like old aunts,
Although W. S. Merwin is best known some are like lights, some are like feet
as a poet. I chose to review one of his walking without bodies in a hall lined
two books of prose because it is the most
with everything any of us remembers,
"interdisciplinary" of his style of writing.
and so forth. They are like us. Each of
To quote Linda Pastan !The New Re- them has to have been offered its rightpublic, Oct. '77), " .. , the majority of ful abode if we are to be able to speak
these narratives fall somewhere in be- from one day to the next and know what
tween and could roughly be called
we mean."
myths, parables, or (airy tales. They
At other times, there are metaphorical
have for their antecedents
not only
conversations: "They tell their dreams to
Borges and Kafka but the folk tale, the each other, the garden and the desert.
conte, even the Bible
Each of these
They dream above all of each other. The
small tales is in itselr an illumination, is
desert dreams or the garden inside it. It
itself visionary. Even the language is
loves the garden, It embraces the garluminous
"
W. S. Merwin is a Pulitzer Prizewinning poet. He started as a tutor in
France, Portugal, and Majorca. After

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poet
den. It wants to turn it into desert. The
garden lives within it.self. It dreams of
the desert all around it. and of its difference from the desert. which it knows
-H-U

frairn-feeting."

There is a voice. something like a
song or story that we have heard when
we were frightened little children unable
to sleep. A voice would come in our
room and melt the daggers of our images
away from us. A poet, like the shaman,
convinces the sick patient that he can
heal himself. It is not so much the medicine, but the belief in the sacred presentation. The poet's guts must vibrate the
heartbeat of trees, soil, rock, brother,
sister; echo the doorway to bones and
stars.
W. S. Merwin will be giving a reading
at the beginning of Spring Quarter
(April 1). He is not a touring poet;
rather, I hitchhiked down to San Francisco to hear him read, wilh the intention
of inviting him to appear at Evergreen.

Through subsequent
letters. we arc
finally bringing the seed to flower.
Evergreen is not reknowned for having large turnouts &t poetry readings. In
1act. ---for

thrl)Ut

t11l'ee

years I fiave

rarely seen an audience larger than 50
people. Now I am urging all of you to
return from your vacations in time to
hear him read. He is one or the great
poets or our time.
As far as this reviewer is concerned,
the obstacle that I had the most trouble
with was turning the last page.
Lansuq•

Certain words now in our knowledge
we will not use again, and we will never
forget them. We need them. Like the
back of the picture. Like our marrow,
and Lhe color in our veins. We shine the
lantern of our sleep on them, to make
sure, and there Lhey are, trembling already for the day of witness. They will
be buried wilh us, and rise wilh the rest.



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