The Cooper Point Journal, Volume 8, Issue 17 (April 24, 1980)

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The Cooper Point Journal, Volume 8, Issue 17 (April 24, 1980)

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maker falls In love with his maater'a wile. The
IOYerl run away together and rebel aoa,lnat Ille
reprnsl.,. cuatoma of their society~ Like moat
Mlzoguchl tllms, thlt one examines the n:,,ot women In Japenese aoclaty, hu beautiful
photography, la alowiy paced, and uUtmately
very fflO'llng. It Is conald«ed by matt crtllcl
to be one of the wwy beet tllms lo come out
ol Japan and Is noted for Ila feminist perspee.Uve. Plusl An encore showing of Ub twtRa
Incredible 1937 cartoon, Me,ry MafWlellUffll.
L.H.I 3, 7, and 9:30. S111Ionly a buck. ~

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LendtcepN:audlol
visual en¥1ronments with mualc by Paul Tison, Jeffery
Morgan, Robert Heywood, and Jim Stonecipher; dance by Andrea Wagner and Shirly
Kollman; and llghllng by Roger Mclnto1h.
The ColMCtorl 0.1..,,. proudly preaentt the

new April Show. Nk:hola

krt1ten: The En-

hanced Moment, "A Voyage Into the Mind ol
Ar1 and Nature" and HMJJ Knldt..t»oc:ker
"Ml.:e<J Media, New Images and New Visions "
The Gallery Is at 23CM Harrison and 11 open
Tues-Sat. 11 a.m .5 p.m. Thru the 30th.
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An evening of poetry followed by an in!OJ•
mal discuaslon with the authors of Pie In The
Sky, Ellen Greenlaw, Devi K Hunt, Adrienne
Lauby, and S Reddick starts al 8:00 at Cale
Intermezzo

The Phantom Projectlonlat presenta A Ntght
at the Opt,,11 (U.S.A , 1935, 93 min.) starring
The Mau Broa., Margaret Dumont, Kilty
Carlisle, and Allan Jonea. Directed by Sam
Wood. Thtl Marx Broa.' first fllm for MGM,
where their anarchl9tlc humor w•
toned
down quite a bit. Irving Thalbwg put lhl dllgustlng KIiiy Garllsle and Allan Jon• kl lhe
lllm as rwo drippy opera singers 10 give
audiences "something lo ldentUy with.,. However, audiences stlll preferred to Identify with
the Marx Bros. If you can plug your ..,. and
close your eyea during !he IOV8f1' pathetic
opera duets, you·u llnd one of the funntesl
lllms ever made. L.H.I 7:30 only. Freet
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EPIC presents Part two of The Bettle of
Chi ... I believe this Is the one tha1 shows a
cameraman film hla own death as he I• shot
down by a fascist soldier, which la OM of the
moat horrifying things I've eY9f' seen on tum.
Plusl Puerto Rico: PMldlN lnnded. Monday
at 7:30. Tueaday at 12 noon. Free.
Wod.-.y,
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The Academic FIim Serles present• Federico Fellini's I Vllefk>nl (Italy, 1953, 104 min.)
starring Franco lntarlenghl, Alberto Sotdl, and
Franoo Fabrizi. Felllnl's third lllm and hi• first
reelly personal one, this la an autobiographical atory about nw young men who waate
their lives by sponging olf their parents or
just tooling around. "I Vltellonl"
literally
means "the fatted calves," but In the U.S. It
was released under the title "The YounQ and
the Passionate" and In England aa '"The
Splvs.'' There Is IIOfT'l9 almllarity with this fllm
and American Oratlltll
(especlally
In the
endings). It's also one of FeUlni's lour Of five
bell fllma and an excellent example of ht1
wortc.from the neo-realiat period. L.H.I. 1 :30
and 7 :30. Free.

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A riall to China shared through slides and
lecture by traveler/ llbrarlan Jaccle Trimble
starts at 8 p m In the recital hall Tickets
are $1 00
Wednnday, April 23fd
The next i.bfan community mMtlng slart!.
al 7 30 Contact the GRC Of the Womens
Center tor tocatlon
MUSIC
Thursday, Ap,1117
TESC presents Jim • .,.... and the Vlrglnla
Boys playing oldtime bluegrass and gospel in
the 2nd IIOOf library lobby. The show starts at
8 p m. Admission Is $5, $3 lor students and
seniors.
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8anlo/Flddte Fonim. Banjo & tlddle featured this evening al the Gnu Dell from bluegrass to Irish. The players Include Carol
Elwood. John Epstein, Dale Russ and many
others It starts at 9 and admission Is $2.
Saturday, Apftl 19
"Chin. Blue" Origin.I b4UN and folk from
1 10 3 p.m. al Gale Intermezzo.
Urry Hanks I Laura Smith present tradlllonal folk music thal wlll have you humming
and singing 10 yourself lor weeks to come. A1

OlympIa·s Cen!M ol Folk Music and Arts In
!he YWCA, 220 East Union. Tickets are $2.
The Gnus presents Rk:k Rualdn. He comes
from L.A. and ls among the honest gul1ar
pickers around loday The show starts at
9 p m and coats S2.
Monday, April 21
Jett Morgan'• exploratory sounds lor piano
and suophone al the Gnus starta at 8 p.m ..
S2 admission.
FILMS ON CAMPUS
Thuf'9day, April 17
Olympia's Trident Resistance Group p~
sents Play II AgliJn, s.m (U.S.A., 1972,
85 min.) starring Woody Allen, Diane KNton,
Tony Roberts, and Susan Anspach. Directed
by Herben Ron. Based on the i,lay by Woody
Allen. Woody plays a mm buff who has no
tuck wlt:1 the ladles unlll he geta the ghost
of Humphrey Bogart tor his coach. Next to
Manhattan and Annie Hall, lhls Is Allen's best
tllm.
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Friday Nlte Fllma presents KenJI Mizoguchl'a
The Crucified
lower,
(also known
as
Chlkamatsu
Mono9a1arl)
(Japan,
195.4,
110 min.). In 17th century Japan, a shy acron-

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JOURNAL

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Vol. 8 No. l,7

April 24, 1980

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Facilities halts use of 2,4-D
Wallbomyields to EAC

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Casoron and Simazine
still being used
By Jefferson AUen
Dave WaUbom, Director of Facilities,
announced Tuesday, April 22, that the
herbicide 2,4-D will not be uaed on
campus this year. "2,4-D will not be used
on campus because of the controversy
surrounding it," WaUbom told the CPJ.
WaUbom'sdecision apparently otemmed
from meetings with the Environmental
Advisory Committee (E.A.C.) and concern expressed by students.
Casoron G-4, simazine, and 2,4-D are
selective herbicides Facilities baa utilized
every year to control weeds and tansy
ragwort, a plant that is poisonous to
livestock. E.A.C. clearance must be
sought by Facilities before spraying
herbicides.
When asked what he would use to con•
trol tansy on campus, Wallbom responded, "I don't know, we'll have to
look into alternatives."
John Peard, a member of the E.A.C.,
expressed relief upon hearing of Wallbom's decision. "The biggest accomplishment in the E.A.C.'s history was the
adoption of the ground11 maintenance
policy. One part of that policy is that the
campus will eventually eliminate herbi•
cide use," he said.
Until now, Facilities has not actively
sought alternatives to the use or herbicides. Any alternative mt:thods or weed
control had to be researched by the
volunteer
E.A.C. It appears
that

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Map of Evergreen campus with roadside areas sprayed with simazine shaded.
Facilities is now willing to take this
responsibility on itself.
Herbicides like 2,4-D are the cheapest
and easiest routes for controlling tansy
ragwort, according to Don Tapio, a
noxious weed expert in the St.ate Department or Agriculture. "Introducing a
biological control, such as the cinnabar
moth, has restrained the tansy ragwort.
But the moths just maintain tansy, they
don't get rid of it," said Tapio. When
asked what would happen if tansy were
allowed to grow on campus. Tapio
responded, "The school would gel a lot of
heat Jrom the community."
Developed at the U.S. Center for
Chemical and Biological Warfare, 2,4-0
has been used since the late 1940's for
control ol weeds. Combined lilly-fifty
with 2.4,5-T (a sister herbicide which has
been temporarily
banned from the
market by the Environmental Protection

Agency) 2,4-D makes up Agent Orange,
th~ infamous defoliant used in Vietnam.
A little more than a teaspoonful of pure
2,4-D is lethal. Acute ellects ol 2,4-D
observed in humans include headaches.
dizzine.ss, impaired !lenses of taste and
smell. nausea, sore throat, muscular
spasms and nerve damage. A summary
statement in "The Other Face of 2,4·0,"
a citizen's report compiled by the South
Okanagan Environmental
Coalition in
1978, capsulizes the scanty evidence:
"Extensive research on the effects of
2,4-JJ on test ammah1 indicates that the
herbicide is teratogenic (causes birth
dcfecls), carcinogenic, and very likely
mutagenic (causes genetically transmitted defects)."
The only effect casoron (one herbicide
being used on campus) is reported to
produce in humans is chloracne. a severe
skin condition. Hardly any tests in the

area of birth defect research have been
done on casoron: it's effects are relatively unknown.
Simazine was sprayed last Tuesday on
campus roadside areas (see map). Thi~
spraying was cleared by the E.A.C. on
March 3.
"Simazine is applied for protertion of
the roadways." Wallbom told the CPJ.
A spokesperson from tht> Statt• De
partment of Agrirultun• told tht• CPJ
that simazine
powder
C"arrieo; lhC'
E.P.A.'s "not highly lOXH' .. ratin~. ~f>Vf'r
theiess. caution should be t..1krn wht•n
near the sprayed areas because simazine
causes eye and skin irritation. Sima1.ine's
half-life depends on the templ'rnlure; it
could take from 20 to 140 days for fifty
percent of the chemical to break down.
It i,'J ~visable not to walk on the
sprayWareas with bare feet, or eat any
thing growing m the roadside ditches.

Anderson ain't what he seems to be

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Sunday, Ap,1120

EVENTS
Thursday, Ap,tl 17
bon Society al the rear ot the State Museum
In Olympia, 22nd Ave W and Water St
at 7 30
Friday, April 18
The ollicers and board or the Nlaqually
o.tta Auocl1Uon
are gIv1ng a WIM and
ChMM Par1y lrom S to 9 p m at lhe Margaret
Mcl<enny House, 2201 S Water St A S5
donation Is reQuested
Saturday, Aprtl 19
Non-violence training tor trainers al Ground
Z..-o In Bangor Call Fran at 866-3652 or 1<111r
at 866--6764 Car poollng aYal1able.
In observance of Earth Dey, TN It.a
HIiis
Audubon Sockity wllt sponsor a look a1 Inner
cl1y shoreline resources ol what was once the
Deschutes estuary. Th'e mee1ing will be at
9 00 a m in the parit on lhe west side of
Capitol Lake where the railroad ln18f'S8CIS
Deschutes Way
The Olympla Ballroom Grand Opening •
Benem stans at noon with an open house
ending at 5 p m. The evening program slarts
al 7 p.m with performances of ethnic music
and dance At 8 JO an old-time couple dance
w1l1 start and at 9 30 lhere wtll be lnternallonal lolkdancing till midnight
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than likely don't know, is that JBA's
economic philosophy is not substantia11y
different than any ol the other Republican candidates, and on many issues he is
equally conservative.
As John Judis
wrote in a recent story on JBA in
In nTlmu, "That many liberals
should now be looking longingly toward
his candidacy testifies to the utter squalor in which the '80 presidential race
has sunk.''
JBA, a congressman from Illinois, ha.s
served in the House since 1960. When he
resigned to seek the presidency (a move
which many attribute to his fear or
losing hia House seat in the upcoming
Congressional elections-in
1978 JBA
narrowly defeated his opponent, rightwing Reverend Don Lyon) he was chair·
man of the House RepubUcan Conrerence.'ma"kfng hfm ibe----U,rr-ran ,iig GOP"
member of Congress.
JBA is often referred to as a "born
Representative
John Anderson
again" liberal. He wa.s given an 88%
approval rating by the conservative
Americans for Constitutional Action over
By Ken Silverstein
his first six years in office. His political
progression from right to left seems to
W11.hthe spectre of a Jimmy CarterRonald Reagan race looming larger by have begun in 1968 when he cut the
the day, and Senator Edward Kennedy only Republican vote for LBJ's open
houaing bill, thus breaking a 7-7 comseemingly out ol the race (and Jerry
mittee deadlock.
Brown definitely), many diuffected
He attributes his progreasion to a
Democrata and other liberala are urging
Republican congresaman John B. Ander· "process of maturation. The longer you
""" to run u an independent candidate serve, the more you realiu what you try
in the November pruldential race. They to do ia reconcile the view of your dis•
cite his oppMition to tbe new "Cold War" trict with the larger goal of trying to be
mentalit7, his aupport of the ERA, gun aware of issues of a national acale"
control, and aid to the cltleo, ao weU ao (ComaODwMI, 1-1·80). But this movement toward a more liberal ideology
progressive views on a number of other
social issues, u reuona to support h.ia doesn't extend to such areas u the ecdnomy, energy, labor, health care, and
campaign.
What they don't mention, or more consumer protection.

JBA has been a major supporter of
nuclear energy development
and received $3900 in contributions from the
nuclear industry during his 1978 reelection campaign. His major objection to
the development of nuclear power is that

we need stricter safety standards to
guard against a possible accirient.
JBA's concern with safety however
hasn't been extended to the Third World:
he champions the use or nuclear energy
Continued on pagf' '6.

Plans scrapped for
Bangor Campus
By Ella Blackwood
Plans for an Evergreen outreach campus at the Bangor naval base have been
cancelled,
according
to Dean Will
Humpb.rey.s~
Discussion
of the plan began in
December or 1979 when Commander
Cobb of the Education Stall at the nuclear submarine base contacted President Dan Evans. Cobb felt that Evergreen's interdisciplinary studies would
be ideally suited for the base's education
plans, which included course• taught by
!acuity from Southern Illinois University,
Chapman College, Olympic Community
CoUege and possibly the Univeraity of
Puget Sound and Pacific L.Jtheran Uni•
versity. Evergreen would have remained
the principal institution, coordinating the
program, oupplylng the !acuity,, and
eventually awarding B.A. and B.S.
degrees.
The major problem with the plan
stemmed from a conflict of policie1 between the Council for Poot-Serondary
Education and tho U.S. Department of
Defense. Earlier in the year, the CPE
had ruled that Eastern Wuhington Uni-

versity. who had planned to offer programs at McChord Air Force Base. could
not count the military personnel toward
their enrollment goals. EWU immediat.ely w-iu.drew -t.Jiteir 1)ttl·ns. --&,ttgreen
was raced with the same dilemma. Unless navy officials were willing to open
the high-security base to non-military
students or to offer the courses off of the
base. Evergreen could not afford to
participate in such plans.
Humphreys admitted that the strong
anti-nuclear sentiment on campus was
considered by both himsell and Presi•
dent Dan Evans but commented that in
hi.s opinion, "Evergreen is a state school
snd a public institution and we don't
have a right to turn away .students no
matter who they are." He also added
that, had the plans become more definite, the iuue would have been raised
at an open faculty meeting. •
Unable to reconcile the CPE and Department of Defense policies, Evergreen
hu abandoned plans for the outreach
campus. Central Washington University
is now looking into the possibilities
at Bangor.

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TI-IE MY1H OF SlUDENT
INVOLVEMENT
To the Editor,
Student involvement in curriculum
planning al Evergreen is a myth. The
student input process for the Scientific
Knowledge and Inquiry (SKII area ii a
sham to which the SKI area convener,
Burt Guttman, pays ont,-lip service.
1 have expressed an interest in curriculum planning in the SKI area since
coming here lut fall. I was put off by
f«ulty who told me that the planning for
1980-81 would take place in the spring. I
put my name on the voluntary service
list and waa never contacted. A SKI area
questionnaire to which I put my name
asked for the names of those interested
in curriculum planning in the area-I
never heard a word.
ln the curriculum planning meeting
last week (1 heard about it from the
CPJ). Burt Guttman ststed that closed
meetings among area faculty had been
necessary to deal with things which only
faculty could deal with (... what?). He
said that faculty are always available to
discuss curriculum individually and will
communicate students' thoughts to the
other faculty (not true in my experience).
In response to questions about interdis•
ciplinary programs having a science component. Burt told students to see the
convener for Annuals. In response to
discussion centered around specific programs, he told students to take that up
with the faculty teaching those programs. Although no decisions are supposed to be made during the faculty
r~treat (in order not to violate the Social

"NO EASYANSWER
FOR nns DILEMMA"
To the Editor:
I have become increasingly upset
and frustrated by the attitude towards
Charles McCord"• friend,, specifically
Jay Odell and Jessie Ushakoff. I have
heard people express: they deserved
what they got: they shouldn't have
gone along with his actions, and their
caring was "destructive." I have seen
Jessie and Jay suffer from condemnation by associa lion.
On April 3, four students, including
Jay and Jessie, attended a meeting
with Mac Sith and Ken Jacob. 'When
Jay was accused of various crimes including vandalism, he was upset by
the false accusations and protested
his innocence. He agreed to take a
polygraph test if necessary, and Mac
and Ken expressed an apparen,tly
genuine belief of his innocence. Yet
according to a recent CPJ article, Mac
stated that he was sure that all of the
students had been responsible for
recent damages. and the only reason
no formal charges were brought
against them was because he had no
proof. There is no proof of Jay and
Jessie's vandalism because they have
never ~ommited vandalism. Although
their names did not appear in the
article, it was widely known that Jay
and Jessie had attended the meeting.
Subsequently the all-inclusive implicatinn of guilt left them under a cloud of

Contract by excluding students from
decision•making), Burt indicated that any
student proposals must be in before the
retreat to be considered.
The net effect of all this is to discourage student input. de ■ pite student
interest. If the faculty in the SKI area
don't believe in student input to curriculum planning, let them say so and get rid
of this sham. II they do believe in ii, it's
time lo initiate policies that will make it
happen, rather than allow the convener
to keep the doors clooed.
Jon R. Gribskov

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TREETRAGEDIES
Dear Editors,
You kow what the problem is living
with a woman? They use up a whole rolJ
of toilet paper a week! By them1elvesll
Can you imagine the thousands of trees
destroyed for the sake of clean privies!?
Why, my roommate could probably keep
Weyerhaeuser in business for years.
Just sign me,
A Concerned Ecologist
Editor's Note:
You know what is really disgusting'/
My male roommate pees all over the
seat. My male dog drinks out of the
toilet and leaves doggie cappings all over
the seat!!! I use atacka of CPJ's spread
all over the bathroom each weeklll Not
to mention the roll, of toilet paper. Can
you imagine the thousands of trees
destroyed
because these guys are
(1 I lousy aims (2) sloppy slurpersm
Why, my roommates could keep Simpson
Timber scabs employed for years!!!

disapproval and susp1c1on, for which
there ha.s never been the tiniest shred
of proof. Are we to consider them
"guilty until proven innocent?"
There is no question of Jessie and
Jay condoning or advocating Charlie's
destructive behavior. Charlie's friends
did not base their affection on moral
approval. It ii one-dimensional and
unrealistic to consider Charlie only in
negative light. He is angry, often
frightening-lashing
out destructively
and sometimes dangerously. He is
also intelligent, confused, and sensi•
live. Much of his over•reactiveness
comes from his high sensitivity, and
his inability to neutralize the effects
other people have on him. He demonstrates a great capacity for love as
well as hate. I do not cite these traits
as an excuse for his behavior, but to
show the basis of the love Charlie's
friends have for him. I cannot, in my
conscience support his actions, nor
can I in my heart condemn his entire
person. As a community, we must
look at this conflict realistically. Placing a moralistic. abstract system of
'"right or wrong" above compassion
does not fulfill our responsibility to
society.
Those of you who feel Charlie"s
friends should have turned him in, I
ask: What is going lo be the actual
result of Charlie's "punishment"? He
will suffer prison. While this may
s3.tisfy a righteous demand that he
··pay for his sins," it will not make
him less likely to be destructive.

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True, it doe• also remove him from
Evergreen, and his threat lo the
community necessilates this.
There is no easy answer for this
dilemma: the well-being of the individual versus the well-being of the
society. I do not feel that Security
was wrong in apprehending Charlie. I
must point out that Charlie's friends
tried repeatedly both to prevent bis
actions and to get him to leave Ever•
green. I can't agree that Jessie and
Jay were wrong in their actions.
The only interference occurred Ht
in an attempt lo prevent the arrest,
but to prevent Charlie's pain. Their
actions were not violent or aggressive, but defensive of Charlie. People
who condemn Jay ancl Je91ie's behavior point out that Charlie was
hurting people too. This is true, but
did Jessie and Jay join in his attack?
No. They did not condone or participate in his violence, but later became
emotional at his screams. Jay was not
even present at the beginning of the
evening and had not seen Charlie's
initial outburst. Retrospectively their
actions did just get in the way. but
they had neither the hindsight nor
the calm foresight to weigh the advisability of their actions. They acted
impulsively and I consider their
actions understandable rather than
justifiable. As I said in the recent allhousing meeting, I would have been
compelled to do the same. Also at this
meeting, Jay publicly stated that he
realized the mistake of his behavior

and apologized.
Even before Jay met with Ken
Jacob and was given a letter terminating his housing contract, he freely
admitted to me, "I wu yelling and
swearing and calling them names. I
was really rude and sarcastic." He
also indicated to me that participants
of the fray were in extremely aJtered
states of consciousne11.
I must emphatically reiterate that
Jessie and Jay did not support,
participate in, or have prior knowl•
edge of Charlie's vandalism. The only
occasion when I knew of an incident
beforehand (this time a relatively
harmless prank), I warned the person
involved. The situation was not people
knowing in advance and saying, "Well
I won't stop you; I'm your friend,"
but "'Shit, Charlie busted something
again, now what am I going lo do?,"
and a flsing atmosphere of tension as
his actions became more serious and
more harmful to people. including
his friends.
I cannot agree that Jessie and Jay's
actions merit complete banishment
from the homes of their friends.
Jessie and Jay pose no threat to the
community. They are not violent, or
deslructive. but alienated. They have
been victimized by their friendship
wilh Charlie. I ask you to consider
the grave danger of the reactionary
measures taken against them, and the
drawing of "sides" it has begun,
separating the community.
Kerry Lusignan

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To the Editor:
In Ken Sternberg's article last week, I
was cited as having said that security's
treatment of Charlie McCord was, to
quote the article properly, "fair and
rational." When asked about his treatment, I said I didn't think that Security
was brutalizing him (as did many people
who are seemingly unfamiliar with actual
police•like tactics). Even in their fear and
anger, I thought that security was
attempting to be rational. After it was
over I was grateful that the deputies
had not been there when Charlie had
emerged from behind the door. From the
deputies' first visit I was convinced that
they would not hesitate to use their
police attire (i.e., billy clubs, etc.) on
Charlie or anyone in the way. The deputies accompanied security on their first
visit to the party-and as Security left
convinced that Charlie was not in room
C203 (he wasn't), the deputies were
strangely anxious to go in and ..bust all
the minors." Somehow they saw this as a
step to finding Charlie. If there was any
more force exerted on Charlie, a riot
would have been unavoidable.
In the article, Sternberg used the
word "fair." I said that Security wasn't
using unnecessary force to subdue him,
but I did not say that it was fair. It was
not fair that violence had to enter the
picture at all. It was not fair that a
bicycle was thrown off the roof, nor was
it fair that anyone, Security, Charlie, or
anyone at the party was hurt.
It was also stated in the article that
Security was called for backup. He does
not mention-as I did-that the woman
that called did so beuuse she thought
that Security was too emotionally involved; the call was made basically as a
protection for Charlie.
In the latter part of the article, Ken
Sternberg paraphrases what Ken Jacob
said " . those evicted as well as McCord
were not the only ones responsibJe for
crimes in and around the dorm ... " This
quotE' (whether it was Sternberg's or
Jacob's) does an exce0ent job of making
harmful innuendos. It implies that the
two people evicted were guilty of vandalous crimes. Guilt by association'!
Many parts of the article, through
paraphrasing instead of direct quotes. as
well as the intentional or unintentional
use or ambiguity-seemed
to lead
readers unknowingly to the underlying
subjectivity of the article.
Cyndee Baudhuin
ITESC C2031
Editor's Note:
According lo Ken Sternberg,
the
author of the article in question, Ms.
Baudhuin definitely used the words "fair
and rational," regarding Security's behavior. Concerning the "quote" about
those evicted being guilty by association,
Sternberg did paraphrase something
Ken Jacob said at the meeting and feel.s
it was an accurate representation of
what was stated.

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Power & Academic

3

Vulnerability

By Greg King
plinary or not. And we are losing that."
The curricular planning process illus•
··Evergreen is an institution in process.
trates clearly the lack of commitment to
It is also a campus community in the
meaningful
student
input. COG III
process of organizing itself so that it can
work toward clearing away obstacles to states: "Decisions must be made only
after consultation and coordination with
education." These are the opening words
of a document that alarmingly few mem- students, £acuity and staff who are both
affected by and interested in the issues.
bers of the Evergreen community are
Decision-making processes must profamiliar with, the so-called COG Ill docuvide equal opportunity to initiate and
ment. This "constitution" of TESC is a
participate in policy making.
The govlegal statement of the political relations,
ernance system must rest on open and
ideals, rights B nd obligations governing
ready access to information by all memthe college.
bers of the community.
The Ever•
Few students are more than casually
green community should avoid fractionaware or its existence and content.
ing into constituency groups which reCOG III is, however, a vitally important
statement intended to guarantee deci- place rather than augment the deliberations of bodies composed of all major
sion-making proct!dures that avoid the
constituencies." To assert that the presevils of traditional colleges and universi•
ent state of curricular planning at Everties. Notable among these evils are the
green is an agreement with these guideapathy, alienation and cynicism stem·
lines is absurd.
ming from lack of involvement of stuThe recent ~pecialty area meetings
dents in decision-making and governance.
point out the lack of avenues for slu•
It is my contention that the decisionmaking power at Evergreen is being con- dents to participate. There was a general
lack of prior information about the meet•
centrated into fewer and fewer hands.
Particularly in the fundamentally im• ings; many students were never aware
of their occurrence, and except for the
port.ant area of curricular planning. the
Expressive Arts meeting, only a handful
students are being increasingly frozen
out of the process. This is in clear viola- of students and faculty showed. The lack
tion of both the letter and the spirit of of encouragement of student involvement
in planning is best illustrated at the
our governance documents. The adminisScientific Knowledge and Inquiry meettration of the college is the immediate
beneficiary. The entire campus, as a ing, where Burt Guttman, the area's
convener, asserted that students weren·t
community and an educational instituinformed and invited to specialty area
tion, is the victim.
I do not make these ststements lightly, meetings for the previous six months because they were discussing issues that
or from ignorance of the issues confront•
ing the college. I have attended TESC didn't involve or concern students.
I do not accept the notion that there is
for nine quarters. I have been involved
a period of six months where student inin governance issues to a greater degree
volvement is not vital. Are we to believe
than most students, but usually in spite
that the curricular plans announced al
of the lack of encouragement on the
campus. I realize that there is still con- the meeting arose without discussion,
siderable opportunity for students to that they simply appeared on the day of
the meeting'! Virtually all decisions made
have impact on policy decisions, certainly
on this campus affect students and remore than at other colleges. But Everquire their participation from the begin
green cannot judge itself by the standards of other schools. TESC has at- ning of the process in the dialogues that
lead to decisions. To not involve students
tempted to be (!Ualitatively different
at this initial level is to encourage ..frac
from the mainstream of education. It
tioning into constituency groups."" and
must judge itself by iu. own standards.
makes a mockery of the ideal of "equal
Those standards
are articulated
in
opportunity to initiate and participate
COG Ill.
in policy making.""
What is it that sets Evergreen apart
Last year, Academic Vice President
from other institutions of higher educaand Provost Byron Youtz organized the
tion? I came to Evergreen because Everfaculty into study groups to respond to
green is unique in two ways: I. The
the Council on Post-Secondary Educa
power over, and the subsequent involvelion's study of Evergreen, without enment that students have in their own
couraging
student participation or con
education, and 2. the interdisciplinary
tribution. In fact, Youtz stated, ··we
curricular structure.
have to be careful not to be influenced
The first of these is increasingly overby the wishes and attitudes or this par•
looked, particularly
in the publicity
ticular year·~ students." Youtz appar
materials emanating from the adminis•
ently thinks present students should
tration. Student empowerment is essential to the creation and maintenance of a have no say in setting general policies
for the future, yet the responses to the
dynamic educational process. How can a
political pressures for increased enrollcollege expect ita students to be vitslly
ment are already affecting present
interested in their education. but not
students.
vitally interested in the planning of that
The increasingly predictable curricu•
education on all levels? The results of
lum, defined career pathways, and modlack of student involvement are already
ularization
of courses have already
apparent in the increasingly traditional
changed Evergreen. The administrative
structures in some programs, (particuTo the editor, CPJ:
larly the use of lectures), accompanied decision to publish the catalog and program descriptions at an earlier date than
People at Evergreen generaUy like the
by growing numbers of students who sit
in the past, with the accompanying need
phrase "the Harvard of the West:" they
pu,ively, waiting to be told what to
to plan one year further in the future,
like to think that the West can have ita
read, and what to think. As one faculty
has severly limited the opportunities for
own Harvard, and they like especially to
member stated in a recent conversation:
innovation by students in particular.
think that Evergreen can be it. I have
"If we lose the power that students have
-Even
if -tlrm-.vere--rror.o; It I~ ?ldicufous
-nner been certain wf.ethei- tliepnrase=------cr=-tlheir-eduutmn·,
then we re lust noT
to assert that student concerns, present
and its use reflect genuine aspiration and
that different whether we're interdisciidealism, or gross pretension and premature satisfaction, but I have lately
come to see that it barely matters. We
All of this new secular zeal would be
is clearly in distress.
have so much to do in the way of fine-even
inspiring-if
our academic
I am not suggesting that we bury ourstraightening up, that even such aspira• zeal weren't falling off. But it is. The
selves completely in books and talk to
lion would be in some sense pretensious.
University of Puget Sound recently
one another in dead languages. nor that
Our shortcoming has two sides: our hosted a conference on the works of we forsake the frisbee in favor of absoincreasing interest in what is not schol- George Eliot, the Northwest's academic
lute intellectualism. But I am proposmg
arly, and our decreasing interest in what big event for the year. At a scholarly
that we reinstate scholarship as our first
is. The unscholarly is becoming more and convention which brought high-powered
concern: that we raise scholarship to a
more popular on qmpus, and hence professors, school teachers, students,
point at which the question ..What promore prominent: it is reflected by the and .general buffs from fifteen states,
gram are you in?" is not Just a Friday
reeling of red square and the conversa- Canada, England, and Japan, Evergreen
night pickup line, but a genuine interest;
tion at Saga, by the content and quality
was represented by only three students
that we raise scholarship to a point at
of this journal, and even, I think, by the and not one member of the (acuity-not
which we no longer ignore major aca•
recent troubles in the dorms (although one of the Victorian scholars in the
demic evenU, and opportunities in our
there is much to be said in favor of English department. not one of the lit- own backyard.
thinking men and women throwing their erature lovers in any other department.
Until this happens, the words ..the
TV sets off of tsll buildings). People who To say that this is unbecoming a
Harvard of the West," however attrachave been here for more than a year
Harvard of the West would be unnecestive, will ha•e not a meaning in the
should be noticing a difference. More and sarily generous; it is even unbecoming a
world, or at least not a meaning here
more happens here that is not scholar• modest liberal arts college in Olympia,
in Olympia.
ship: it is something else.
Washington. Our West Coast Ivy League
Matt Jacobson

UNSOIOLARLY
IS POPULAR

or future, will get heard unless present
students are given a voice. There is no
guarantee that the faculty and administration involved in long-term planning
will all be around to see the results
either.
With such a fundamentally
paternalistic altitude at the top, it is not
really surprising that, often, little more
than lip service is given to student in•
volvement in curricular planning.
At the time of this paper's publication,
the faculty and academic administration
are holding a retreat. where they are
discussing and planning the curriculum
for 1981-82 and beyond. This retreat is
being held in isolation, with no student
involvement encouraged or. apparently,
desired. Senior Academic Dean Barbara
Smith has even strongly resisted the
attendance
of CPJ representatives.
Provost Youtz also discouraged
the
presence of the press or other students.
Smith asserted that the presence of students would somehow stifle free discussion by faculty. Youtz also felt that some
faculty might be inhibited.
I am greatly disturbed by the notion
that faculty at Evergreen are inhibited
by the presence of students. Teacher's
who cannot feel free to express their
ideas and priorities on issues affecting
the campus, but are willing to make
policy in a private and closed process,
should consider the option of moving to
~chools where that is the accepted
status quo.
In any event, the retreat is in clear
violation of COG III. Whether or not
there is precedent for such retreats, the
fact is the retreat shuts out student involvement from the crucial part or ~he
curriculum-planning process. To hold the
major discussions and planning in pri•
vale, then to present the plans to the
student body (who have not had any
voice in the process) is not "equal opportunity .. in any sense of the words. It
fragments the community. and damages
the educational process.
How can we improv(' the situation?
Faculty need to see that student involvement is in their interest as well as the
students. The fa<"ulty interests lie more
with the students than the administration. The administration often has dif
fercnt priorities, and are much more
willing to compromise Evergeen·s ideals
and educational process. As a farulty
member put.'! it: "If we don't answer to
the students. we"II answer to the administration, totally. I"d prefer to answer to
the students." l"ve heard many faculty
complaints about students who sit back
and passively wait to bf' taught. Faculty
stand to benerit along with students
from increased involvement.
Students, as they enter TESC, need to
be politically educated as to their powers
and rights. All members of the community need to encourage active, concerned
participation by students (and staff, who
are even more ignored). One student
characterizes the situation for sludents
this way: "They give us freedom and put
us in a dark room." I agree. Once in a
great while, one of us stumbles into the
light switch and is able to have some
impact on policy making. But this is not
enough. The more actively involved
students are in setting priorities and
plannin_g p~ams,
the more vibranL
exciting and fulftlling the educational
process will be, for all of us.

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Carter's credit
By Pam Dusenberry
The latest battle-plan in the as yet unsuccessful war on inflation could be compared to using nuclear missiles on a
venereal disease epidemic that's already
been treated with massive doses of
penicillin. Not only has the disease already been treated, but the new technique doesn't even treat the symptoms,
much less eliminate its causes. If the
missile treatment is deemed appropriate
despite the £act that it is obviously so
inappropriate, one wonders why such
excesses are being used.
Selective credit controls are the nucl('ar Missiles. Consumer credit spending
1s the target. Carter and the Federal
1-lC'st'rvt• Board (America's

affecllonately rererred

central

bank.

to as the Fed)

bC'lif'\ e that by bombing consumer credit
,pt>ndinj,!;, inOatlon w1U be slowed. But

d1sea-.t•. mnation, is ;!.]r<'ady b<'ing
tr1•ated hy rt'C('SS1on. credit controls
prites lo satisfy themselves. Spending c,n
v.t>rt' 1mpl1•mented Uter th<' economy ('redJt makes lh(' situation worse by
hat! aln•ad~ had five straight months of t'nabling ronsumers to buy even more
cl1·t·hnt•1~1:,..
mon1hs bl"ing tht• official dc-f than their (f'ollectivrl income alone
1nit1vnof a rP('t•:.::-1nn1.
would allow. Controlling consumers' US('
It'-. my l'ontent1l1n that rnnauon will he of t.'redit. then. stiflrs this excess de·
-.],H, ,•d, µr11narily hf't'3USf' America's
mana and ('ases thr upward pressure on
hat t1•rnJ t•<·onnmyha::. finally entered the Pfll'PS.
Besides the fa('l that <'redit controls
lunl.! ,1v.:11tt•dand much heraldt•d reces
camr after the rrcession began, there
"-ton. ZaµptnK consunwr crf'dit simply
are other serious flaws in the plan. F'irsl,
-.,·n f'" to makt' the hard times of reces
,ion 1.•, en mure d1fficult to bear.
credit controls will inhibit spending in
Tht• rt"a::.oningbehind Carter's and F'cd areas that have not shown lhe biggest
( 'ha1rman \' olker·s credit controls got's increases in pricf•s. Sectors that have the
g-rt>atest rates of inflation, such as
:-.omethtnt likt• this. They h('lieve inrfa
t1on 1s often causf'd by consumers de- en('rgy. food and medical care, will not
manding more than the business commu- be affected by Carter's credit controls.
nity is supplying. It is a basic tenet ,.of The two types of credit that are receiv•
PConomic tht•ory that when this situation
ing the tightest restrictions are credit
t'XISLs. prices rise. Consumers want so cards, used mostly for apparel and genmuch that they're willing lo pay higher eral merchandise. and personal loans
th1·

Carter, Congress, and the Fed-are
shoving an awful lot onto the policy
takers-American
work.ers/comumers.
Recession hurts workers and consumera:
as production
falls, l:!,wainesses lay
workers off and ul)<(mployment increases. That hurts workers, especially
the unemployed ones: it steaia their
purchasing power. It also hurts workers
who are still employed. Because more
people are clambering for fewer jobs,
workers' bargaining power is undermined. And with no drastic decrease in
the rate of inflation visible in the near
future-no one has proven that a recession will cool inflation substantially-a
decrease in labor's bargaining power
means that wages, thus purchasing
power. will lag even farther behind
inflation.
Consumer credit controls clearly add
insult to injury. Spending on credit is
the only way low and average income
which usually finance "big ticket" items
like cars and vacations and medical or workers/consumers can stay abreast of
rnflation. Borrowing enables us to buy
other emergrencies.
things now and pay the money back
Second, and more important. excess
later with dollars that are worth less.
demand for goods and services is not the
Though extensive credit ~pending ma)
sole reason that the price level is rising.
Credit controls will limit thf' C'ol\ective fuel inflation by increasing consumers·
demand for goods and services, con·
rurchasing power of Americans, if the
sumers cannot be blamed for trying to
F'<'d follows through with its restrictive
policies. That may dampen inflation for minimize the impoverishing effects of
inflation. The credit controls the Fed
awhile. But the 1973-75 recession showed
has instituted literally deny consumers/
us that even when demand was particuworkers their single means of battling
larly low. in the trough of that recession
in January, 1975, prices still continued to inflation.
Thus most Americans are being forced
rise at a rate of 4.9 percent. Even such a
to take a very large and useless does of
large deaease
in demand was not
enough to stop inflation altogether or "medicine" to cure the disease of inflation when it's already being treated
even to slow it for an extended period;
by recession.
by 1977 inrlation was of double-digit
Where did those "doctors" go to medproportions.
ical school, anyway?
It seems to me that p~licy makers-

(cont.)

Anderson

m the underdeveloped nations. In July of

he voted against the Cavanaugh
Anwndment which "
would have requ1rrd the Export-Import bank to evaluatt' nuclC'ar safetyY'Stan~rds
in every
rountry where it might help finance the
"ale>11reonstruetion of a nuclear reactor.
~,ncP tht• Export Import bank lends
rnorf' than $1.5 billion in tax dollars
1•,·f'ry yl•ar lo foreig-n nuclear projects
m(lrt•
~Lrtngt~nt rf'gu\ations Sl'emed pru
d1·nt'' 1Village Voice. Marrh 24, I 980\.
:\ ndn ..on. and oth<•r pro nukr congrPss
m1·n. didn't ,1~ref': nudPar plant f'On
,1ru1•t1on10 fnr<'l.i{nf'OuntriC's has helped
pirk up tht• ,;;\a,·k ,·n•atl'd hy sagging
domest Lf' orrlerc..
In 1975. JBA ,·ott>d against lifting the
~.=mo
million limit of liability to be in
(·urrecl b.,· the nuclt'ar industry in the
1•n•nt of an accident.
;\nder)-on's record on the Clinch River
hrl:'t·dr-r reactor \a breeder reactor
rn·ates bomb-grade material and is far
more dangerous than a conventional
n•,H·tor and is also the only renewablt>
t•nergy source associated with nuclear
energy) is equally bad. In 1978 he voted
against a $159 million reduction in federal funding for the breeder reactor, and
in July of 1979 (four months after the
accident at Three Mile Island), in one of
the most crucial votes regarding the
future of nuclear energy. JBA voted
agarnst termination
of the breeder
projt:!ct.
J BA has also continuously
voted
against bills designed to stimulate solar
energy re5earch and development.
His record on labor issues is unequivocably pro-business. It's amazing that so
many are willing to ignore JBA'5 record
on labor issues. The unions are a traditional ally of liberal candidates, yet labor
is almost unanimously opposed to JBA. I
talked to a local union official who
laughed when l suggested that organ•
1zed labor would back JBA. He even pre1978

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seling Center. Rowan does ..approach
people outright," but he often "encourages people not to talk about too much."
Rowan explained that when an individual
comes for the first time to a Counseling
Center with a particularly severe personal problem, she/he will try to totally
expose her/himself because emotions or
ideas have been so long suppressed.
Two of us from the CPJ talked with
Rowan and Shary Smith, both professional counselors, and Hadrian Micciche,
a paraprofessional, about the problema
Evergreen individuals encounter and
what direction the Counseling Center
will be heading.
Rowan outlined the problema that individuaia from the Evergreen community
frequently
bring to the Counaeling
Center: self-image, anxiety stresa (apprebenaiona, for example, of the world out
~ there), relationships, transitional eriAes,
and depression. The import.ant rationale
behind the Evergreen Counseling Center
1 is to help the individual, in the most
" efficient way possible, deal with and
11rectify his or her problem. As Rowan
§ stated, the staff members want indivi•
5: duals to be their "own therapists" as
soon as they have recognized their problem and see a way of solving or coping
Richard Rowan, Counseling Center head
with the 1ituation.
Io the fall quarter of 1979, there were
By Mark Powell
283 appointments for 117 persons. Last
..I understand that you pop bubbles in winter there were 369 appointments for
141 persons. Rowan attributed the in•
people's idea of life" is a common fear,
says Richard Rowan, head of the Coun- crease to the world crises and dismal
weather. To get an idea of individuals
seling Center, that many individuals
express when first coming to the Coun- coming to the Counseling Center this
spring quarter, Rowan said that although

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By Mary Young

ferred Carter.
In 19n JBA voted to withhold food
stamps from families whose principal
wage•earner was on strike. More recent•
ly. to deny black-lung benefits to coal
miners (1976), he volt"d to cut the budget
of the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration 10SHA) by 17% 11978).
and has supported a lower minimum
wage' for younger workers. HE" has also
voted to t>xdudt> migTRnt farm workers
from employment b('nefits. Most significantly, he has voterl against labor on th£'
two issues the unions consider most Im
portant-l'ommon
situs picketing (this
would allow construction
workers to
pickt't an entire construction
site:
presently. workers can only picket the
contractor they are striking against, at a
gate set up at the construction site) and
\abQr law reform.
JBA's economic views jibe well with
his position on labor issues. In a story on
the candidates·
stands on economic
affairs Di.In's Review (Feb., 1980), a
business publication,
wrote: "While
Baker, Bush. and Anderson generally
project moderate imaged, their positions
on the economy do not indicate that they
are any more moderate than their four
avowedly conservative rivals-Reagan,
Connally. Dole, and Crane."
Anderson favors a balanced budget to
right inflation and is opposed to "excessive" government spending and "over
regulation.'' He voted to diminish the
power of the Federal Trade Commission-an agency designed to protect consumer and citizen interests that is al•
ready virtually impotent. He also voted
against the-rreatton
of -the- eonsumer
Protection Agency, though he now insists this was due to his belief that the
CPA " just wasn't going to be effec•
tive .. (Rolling Stone. 4-17-80).
He favors traditional Republican tax
laws that clearly favor business, is opposed to the Chrysler bailout, and is
against national health insurance.
JBA has taken a bold stand against
the oil companies, but here again his
record does not coincide with his campaign statements. In his 1978 re-election
campaign he received $6000 in contributions from gas and oil companies, more
than thr.-e times the average contribution to other GOP congressmen .
And with good reason, JBA's solution
to the energy crisis is a 50t per gallon
tax on the price of gaaoline, which he
believes will reduce consumption and
lesaen our dependence on OPEC in meeting our energy needs. Althou1h JBA's
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the creation of a national energy policy
that would have encouraged conservation
and taxed gas-guzzling automobilea. This
S<"heme. which is innationary, and will
seriously hurt the poor (JBA claima
money raised by the tax would be redisll'ibuted to the. poo,. .t.hrouglLlhe ....l&x
system), wiU also do nothing to lessen
the power of big oil.
Socializing the oil industry or government controls on energy prices are rejected by JBA, and he voted with business in the battle to decontrol the price
of natural gas. "Decontrol ... has been
sought by the oil industry since the passage of the Natural Gas Act of 1938. It
has been pursued vigorously by Dwight
Eisenhower. Lyndon Johnson, Richard
Nixon, and Gerald Ford. It was finally
won under the supervision of Jimmy
Carter, with Anderson, among others,
assisting. The deregulation of the price
of natural gas was one of the greatest
victories for business during the postwar era" (Alexander Cockburn, James
Ridgeway. Rolllq Stone, 4-17-80).
Finally. on the issue where JBA has
been most courageouit-hil oppoeition to
the new militariam, including ,peaking
out against the draft and larse increues

in defense spending (actually, he favors
a 3.40 increase), he is not entirely consistent. He supports a naval presence in
the persian Gulf, aid to the dictatorship
of General Zia's in Pakistan, and in 1977
voted to develop and produce the
neutron bomb.
To-change the s7atem in an-y~ningful way, through the current tw~party
system, haa steadily become less and
less of a possibility. In 1968 there was
Eugene McCarthy. In 1972 it was George
McGovern. In 1976 Jimmy Carter. And
now, in 1980, we have JBA. The need at
this point is for progressives to develop
a third party, that 11 different, and not
another false hope. The recent founding
of the Citizen's Party ia clearly a step in
the right direction.
JBA is a likable and honest man. But
if elected, he will not reduce military
spending. He will not put an end to
nuclear energy. And he is not prepared
to challenge the control that corporations
exercise over our lives. Studs Terkel ha.s
summed up the Anderson phenomenon
nicely: ..... people who are ao tfred of
dealing with these tw~foot midgeta that
you giye them somebody who's two feet
four and they et.art proclaiming him a
giant" (Rolllq Stoae, 6-1-80).

I pulled my car around the corner oil
of State street onto Capitol I was looking for a parking place in front of the
Mandarin restauranL What I u.w on the
sidewalk in front of the alleyway was a,
woman lying on the cement. A man wu
on top of her smashing her bead into the
cement. I drove at them honking and
flashing my lights. When I jumped out of
the car, he climbed off of her and leaned,
hia arms folded acroaa his chest, againat
the bumper of a parked car. The woman
staggered to her feet, her long, black
hair strewn across her face, tears
streaming and moaning bleary•voiced. I
held my hands out to her. She approached me timidly, stumbling to gain
balance and wiping the running mascara
from her eye~ and cheeks. I /quickly
looked for blood, bruises or cuts.
The man shouted something at me
about calling the cops if I dared . ..She's
my wife!" he yelled. But my business
~as not with him.
I asked the woman her name and how
much she hurt. Her eyes were glazed
and as she tried to answer I could see
that her front tooth was broken. "Come
with me," I said, "I can ta.ke you somewhere where he can't hurt you."
"I can't," she said, ..I can't go. He's all
I got ...
I kept reaching my hands out to her.
She told me about her job which she
liked. about how afraid she was of'him,
about how he'd find her and beat her
again. that they didn't have children.
She was trying to be brave. She kept
telliQg me she'd be okay. She kept trying
to stand straight. She could not believe
that there was a way to get away. She
kept sayin&.JJ).me, "Why d<L)'OJLW:&11Uo
help me? It's my fault. I deserve it. I'm
no good. My life is so bad. You don't
even know me. You're so nice."
But she also said, "Where can I go?
Can I really get away? Are you sure he
won't find me? I'm afraid."
We talked for what seemed like an
hour. Her husband kept trying to get
our attention. I wanted to grab her and
take her away. I wanted to hold her and
brush her hair and put ice on her lip
which had begun to puff up.
My friends in my car waited. Two of
them men who knew this was something
only two women could work out. The
people in the cars that had to go around
us yelled at us to get the hell out of the
way. I yelled back, ''This woman's been
beaten up by her husbandl .. Nobody elae
stopped.
Then a couple came out of the bar

there have been a "fair number of students," the level is not as high as it was
during the winter. Io regard to the
recent dorm vandalism, Rowan says that
although there have been students
coming in with "housing concerns," the
dorm meetings have seemed to have
filled the student need.
Distinguishing the Counseling Center
from other mental health services,
Rowan states, "A lot of mental health
services operate under the assumption
that the person is either sick, mad, or
crazy; therefore they have a whole lot of
psychodiagnostic
categories
that are
pathologically staled: manic depreoion,
characteralogical disorders." Rowan says
the "philosophy of the Counseling Center
is not that the person is a problem .. but
that the problems that people encounter
are situational. To provide ongoing meetings, catagorizing
the individual into
pathological disorder groups-both
ideas
only serve to isolate the individual from
the real world.
We asked the counselors whether they
could pinpoint other problems that were
particularly pertinent to Evergreen because the college's approach to education
creates certain problems that wouldn't
exist elsewhere. Shary Smith replied
that "Evergreen makes people take responsibility for themselves," rather than
relying on faculty, parents, or bosses.
"For a lot of people who haven't done
that," she continued, "that has caused
some problems."
Smith aiao believes that the Evergreen
community is very tolerant towards students who aren't doing well academically

because of extreme personal crises.
From what she ha.a seen, people who
have failed academically several times
and were given a third or f~urth try,
have "blossomed as individuals.H Smith
continued, "There are a lot of people at
Evergreen who wouldn't fit in anywhere
else" at a particular point in their life.
The majority of people who come to
the Counseling Center are new to TESC.
Whether the individual is 25 years old
and coming from Brown University or 18
years old and coming from Olympia High
School, acclimating to the Evergreen environment is not always easy. To be put
in seminars and forced to talk, to work
and study at the pace you choose, to find
your niche amongst the diverse and
varied Evergreen student body-all of
these things, implicit in the idea of
personal growth, are often foreign and
difficult for new Evergreen students.
Rowan i8 currently working on a plan
that would serve as a student orientation
process in the Basic Programs during
their first or second weeks of class. He
states, "I would like to inform new and
returning students about Counseling
Services, and to provide some open discussion about "being new to Evergreen."
Rowan hopes to finalize the framework
of such an orientation unit at the upcoming faculty retreat. If the proposal is
accepted, he and his staff will talk at the
Buie Programs in the fall and out.line
some of the problems that new students
frequently encounter. Rowan might say:
"Here are some problems which you may
encounter and here are places and counselors that may help you deal with them."

battered women

next door. "Who are you? What are you
doing? Is she b~gging your they asked.
! Our connection was broken. The woman
backed away from me, newly aware of
her fear and her vulnerability.
She
moved over beaide her husband who
eyed me gloatingly. She was gone and I
knew -I had better leave before a fight
broke out. As I got back into my car I
prayed to God she would not forget that
for one instant she had found the
strength to question this violence.
Two and one-half years ago, had I encountered this woman being beaten,
there would not have been a place in
Thurston or Mason counties for me to
take her. I would have had no one to call
to help her except the police who had
little to no training in domestic violence.
I would have had to leave her with little
or no hope of breaking this tragic cycle
in her life.
In 1976 the Thurston-Muon Shelter
and Support Services Planning Program
began the preliminary planning, needs
assessment and grant writing necessary
to eatablish a Women's Shelter Program
for Thurston-Mason county. In February
1977. a collective of six Evergreen
women working on contract with Russ
Fox and calling themselves the Women's
Shelter Task Force, began their work to
establish a Women's Shelter Program in
Olympia. With a bare minimum of grant
money from the Drug Abuse Prevention
Office and the sponsorship of the YWCA,
the program began serving the ThurstonMason community in January 1978. By
June of that year, with financial support
from the Ludlow Foundation, Harbor
House was opened. This shelter, localed
on a secret site, provides
temporary
emer enc accommodations to a woman
and her children who &re viciims of
abuse.
Since 1978 the WSP has expanded its
services t-o include crisis intervention
counseling, a share and support group,
a parenting
skills group, childcare,
agency referral, personal counseling,
anger control counseling for men, emergency food and transportation,
court.
police. welfare and other social service
advocacy, and legislative action, as well
as emergency shelter and crisis inter•
vention.
During 1978 the WSP sheltered 125
women and 129 children. In the first six
months of 1979 they received 211 calls
requesting services. As of 1980 the WSP
has served over 1200 women from dif,
ferent ethnit, economic and social backgrounds. The crises these women face
include physical and emotional abuae,

abandonment, financial crisis and transition from the battered lifestyle to an
emotionally healthy lifestyle.
The WSP trains its staff and volunLeers with the philosophy of (I) providing and/or ensuring comprehensive services for women in crisis and transition
aid to support similar efforts in the state
and nation, to (2) encourage women to
seek positive change from a destructive
situation or lifestyle, to (3) reduce the

As a member of the Washington State
Shelter Network and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the
YWCA WSP can advocate for changes in
laws and policies on the state and
national level. One such bill, The Domestic Treatment
and Prevention
Act
1S1843) which will provide $65 million for
three yean for programs to serve and
prevent domestic violence in the U.S., is
now awaiting action in ~he Senate. Both
Washington senators Magnuson and
Jackson support the legislation which is
currently threatened by the Right, whose
campaign states that such a program will
"break up the family" and "intrude in
the private relations of a man and wife."
Most of WSP's services have been
provided, says Newman. because of the
people of the community who have provided money, food, services, and forums
for public discussion of domestic violence.
She believes that these important
sources go a long way in helping community families in battering situations,
especially as st.ate and federal funds
dry up.
Right now the WSP has an impressive
fund-railing program planned. An Art
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by the Robert Sills Gallery of Hollywood,
numbers of violent crimes against worn- • California, will be held Friday, April ~
en, to (4) reduce the numbers of women from 7 p.m. The collection, says the
who are or may become dependent on WSP, is of international origin and indrugs or alcohol, and to (6) increase the cludes original oils, lithographs, etchings,
opportunities for women to become equal watercolors, sculptures and graphics all
members of the Thurston-Muon
com- signed and numbered by artists such as
munity.
Dali, Rockwell, Miro, Kelly, Calder, and
With this philosophy in mind, Harbor Curry. Says Newman, "Even if you can't
House is staffed 24 hours a day with afford to bid for art, come, be counted
workers providing an atmosphere of and have a good time looking. If 250
sharing and support which gives a people are there when the auction starts
woman a chance to end the fear, shame at 8:30, the WSP will make back their
and -tsol·a1ion-that---often attom·pa-n·ie-s expenses, even If no one buys. H's an
crisis, and to help her clarify the options exciting way to obtain some nice art
available to her. Says Robin Newman of pieces." Newman encourages everyone
the WSP, ..The shelter staff do not ad- to come, have fun. and show support for
vocate any particular course of action this program which has proven itself to
but support a woman's own decision• be an important one for a large number
making powers."
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CORR[CTION
Last week's arttcle on Tides of Change
mistakenly reported the all-women's
production group's estimate of their
recent expenditures to be $38,000. The
actual figure is $3,800. As correctly
reported in that article, $1,600 of that
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Selective Service opposes peacetime draft

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By Kathy Davis

By Ben Alexander
"The draft must not happen, because
the draft not only disrupts the liv,.. of
young people; the draft makes inevitable
little wars like the wars in Vietnam and
Korea; and beyond them it makes almost
inevitable nuclear confrontation between
the two powers."
Thus spoke Sidney Lens, voicing the
theme of the recent weekend-long Northwest Students Against the Draft Conference. Lens, who is an author, contributing edi ..or of The Pr-ogresaive magazine,
trade union organizer, and current senatorial candidate of the Citizen's Party in
Illinois, received a standing ovation from
about 120 conferees, as the weekend
dn•w to a close.
The presidential study of the Selective
Service System seems to confirm Lens'
a~.a;ertion, for it calls "for registration
only after mobili1..alionis ordered, not
for peacetime registration," according to
a report of the Central Committee for
Consl'it>ntious Objectors (CCCO). Chris
l;nilN
of the Fellowship of Reconciliatum explained that Selective
Service
opposed the peace-time registration becauSt' "it would not save enough time for
the amo,.rnt of money it would cost." In
far!. one Selective Snvice official pred1ctf'd that peacetime registration would
Karn less than a week on mobilization of
armed forces. Griner added that Carter
rejertC'd the report and asked for a
m•w study.
ThC' (1uestion of when registration
,;;hould happen aside. the Selective Service• still has prepared extensive plans for
instituting registration and the draft. In
a major court victory. the CCCO and the
Friends Peace Committee have forced
the Selective Service to release these
plans to the public. They include the
National Registration Plan. the Emergency Military Manpower Procurement
Systems Manual. Mobilb.atioo Readiness
Exercises, and the state Registration
and Reconstitution
Plans for New
Jersey. Pennsylvania,
and California.
These are some of the points revealed
by the plans:
• Registrants will be processed by a
new, centralized computer system,
which limits the chance to challenge
your clcissification.

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• There will be no opportunity to deal
directly with a draft board until after
the induction notice has been received, and then only if claims are
submitted written 16 days from the
induction notice's mailing date.
• Selective Service plans to recruit
draft board memhers mainly from
the VFW and the American legion
halls.
These plans and aU local areas' plans are
now available from Selective Services,
and the CCCO will help individuals and
groups obtain this information.
In a workshop on conscientious objection, Griner walked through the registration and induction process which is most
probable, judging from current information and experiences
with the Vietnamese war.
First off, he pointed out that there will
probably be very few deferments of any
kind. The draft boards will not grant any
student deferments, eldest son deferments, or only son deferments, and they
will tighten up on medical. psychiatric
and divinity school deferments. Also.
registration cards wiJI have no space to
indicate CO status. although Griner
recommended writing that information
on the registration card, anyway.
Griner then discussed the six questions on the CO Form 150 which was in
use when registration ceased in 1972.
Probably. these questions are similar to
the ones to be used in the future:
l. Describe the beliefs whirh are the
basis of your claim for classification as a
conscientious objector. With this question, the draft board wants to see if you
can articulate
in writing what your
general beliefs are.
2. Do your beliefs permit you to serve
in a position with the armed forces
where the use of arms is not required?
What type of CO classification you apply
for depends on the answer to this quesLi_on.Class 1AO states, "I claim exemption only to training or service as forces."
Under this classification, you wil1 be
in~ucted and go through basic training
with arms. but you wiJl be assigned to
duty that does not require arms. However, in Vietnam. many COs found it
hard not to bear arlTls when they were
in a combat area, being attacked. The
other CO classification, 10, states "I claim
exemption to all training or service as a
member of the armed forces." In this
case, you will be assigned to live with
other COs and work at a civil service
job, for low pay. Once you have been
classified, ii. is virtually impossible to
change classifications.
3. Explain how you acquired the beliefs on which you base your claim. This
answer could include the influences of
family members, religious training,
school experiences,
membership
in
organizations and books and readiogs.

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This answer might include participation
at rallies and demonstrations, etc.
5. Do your beliefs affect the way you
live? Describe how your beliefs affect
the type of work you will be doing to
earo a living, or the types of activities
you participate
in during the nonworking hours.
6. Describe any specific actioos or incidents in your life that show you believe
as you do. Both of these last questions
demand specific examples from .your life
to back uo vour slaim.
As well as answering these questions,
applicants for CO status will need five or
six letters of reference from "figures of
authority." Letters from people who are
personally pro-military are especially
helpful, and letters from ministers and
teachers can help. Applicants for CO
status should remember
that draft
boards are extremely arbitrary, inconsistent. and skeptical, so it is completely
up to the applicant to convince the draft
board of his or her sincerity_ To this end,
draft boards usually like documentation
of religious training, and philosophical
consistency over a long period of time.
Everyone of draft age who intends to
apply for CO, should also file a statement of beliefs with their church and
with the CCCO or the Fellowship of
Reconciliation. As the workshop ended,
Griner pointed out that minorities will
have an especially hard time gaining CO
status, and that they should get draft
counseling soon.
Both keynote speakers, Lens and Saul
Landau of the Institute for Policy Studies
in Washington, D.C., discusaed the re1ated topic oTJ\merfcan defense policy,
both now and in the recent puL Both
argued that, since World War ll, American foreign policy has been based on
increased militarization,
against the
advice of many leading defense aoalyats,
both within and outaide of the pental{on.

This increased military force, according
to both Lens and Landau, is based on
manpower ,upplied by the draft. Fur•
thermore, both of them argued that our
current policy is completel_y ineffective
and, in {act. obsolete, as shown by our
recent experience with Iran.
Lens exclaimed that "the war in Vietnam was impossible without the draft.
The American foreign policy was impossible without the draft. The policy of
waging little wars while maintaining the
nuclear threat is "impossible unless
there is an endless supply of cannon
fodder to be used in t~ose little wars."
He also pointed out the political nature
of the draft, stat:ng t:,at "The present
president.. who claims to be a born-again
Christian, is putting something over on
the American people: the drafL We
aren't registering people just to see if
they have good penmaoship. We are registering people becauae they are going to
be drafted! They are not going to be
drafted before November. because that
is election day, and Carter is liable to
lose the election if he insists on drafting
2·4 million people."
The conference ended with discussion
about what is a _logical step. One
group in Seattle decided to plan another
regional conference, to focus specifically
on methods of draft resistance. High
school students who attended the conference are trying to organize draft
counseling centers in their schools, but
they are up against overwhelming odds.
Local anti•draft groups traded names
and addresses, aod vowed to continue
regional networking. Some Washingtonians decided to set up a phone tree to
l.l,U).J2ly
up-to-date infor.m&tioo-en- dra-rt
legislation, modeled after a system that
Oregon Rep. Weaver and Sen. Hatfield
instituted. Conferees assigned the highest priority to rapid, regional communications to aid them in the continuing
battle to stop the draft.

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Look out RCA. Move over Columbia.
Evergreen is hitting the musical airwaves. "Collaborations," the f,rst album
ever to be written, recorded, promoted
and distributed complet<>lyby Evergreen
students is scheduled to be released
on May 16.
"Collaborations" will be a double album featuring the wide diversity of
music. The main criteria in the selection
process was to get a representative
variety of the music being generated at
Evergreen. The range of musical genres
includes AM/Popular,
Country/Folk,
Jazz, Contemporary,
Rock, Classical,
Orchestral and Avantgarde. There is
something to satisfy almost every taste.
The enthusiastic coordinators of the
album project are students Thom Farris
and Karen Kramer. Dan Dissault, who
served as artistic consultant as well as
being involved with the musical side,
was responsible for selecting the designs
for the album jacket.
Doug Wallace airbrushed a watercolor landscape for the front cover. A
pointalistic pen and ink will be featured
on the inside panel and a photo/collage
insert will show the musicians in the
studio during the making of the album.
"Usually, the cover is the thing that
suffers most in any low-budget album
production," says Dan, "But, thanks to
the artists who Yolunteered their time
and the guidance from TESC's graphics
department, we were able to allot most
of the cover budget on a custom fourcolor printing process."
David Englert, Evergreen's first audio
faculty. has been the motivating force
behind the project. "David was willing to
take on the responsibility and put his
neck on the line to support us," says
Thom. "The project couldn't have happened without him. He waots students
to get the most out of their education."
Evergreen's Communications Building
contains some of the most sophisticated

Dan Dissault. David Englert, Karen
Kramer. Thom Farris, record project
coordinators and faculty
professional-quality recording facilities to
be found in a liberal arts college. The
16-track automated recording studio is
the state-of-the-art in audio technology.
Because of these impressive facilities,
the idea of doing an album has been
tossed around for years. Because of lack
of organization and support. however,
the most students were able to accomplish in the past was to put out some
45's. All the elements were present, but
students needed a concerted effort to
pull it all together. "The time was right
to do it at Evergreen," says David.
Motion on the project began in January. Thom an0 Karen, beginning with
no guidelines, dove into the task of re,

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searching every aspect of putting out an
album. What would the cost be? How
would it be promoted and distributed?
What were the musical markets? How
would they get funding? "We tapped into
our sources," says Karen, "We talked to
many people to see what kind of support
and information others had."
Funding for the project came from
three sources: $1000 loan from the Ever·
green Foundation,
$1000 from Dan
Evan's Contingency Fund (a special re,.erve fund which Evans is free to use at
his own discretion) and $1000 generated
from pre-sales. Many of those sales were
made to various offices on campus and
t.o the Alumni Association.
Members of the administration approached by Thom and Karen have been
thrilled about the public relations potential of the album. Of the 100 copies to be
pressed initially, 200 are reserved for
~ promotional distribution. Most will go to
► high schools, universities and community
~ colleges in Washington and to selected
2 commercial, non-commercial and college
a. radio stations nationwide .
Arnaldo Rodriguez at Admissions
helped to draw up the list of high schools
to receive a promo copy. "l think it's a
good project because it shows what student.s can do cooperatively. It shows the
caliber and talent of students at Evergreen."
Students involved with the project see
it as an impressive highlight of their
portfolios when they are trying to get
their foot in the door of the highly competitive music business. To this end,
promotional copies will be going to
people like John LP-nnon, Elton John and
his producer Thom Bell, review magazines like Billboard and such prestigious
schools as the London Conservatory of
Music.'
According to Thom and Karen, the
most important part of their promotion
strategy is to get airplay. The couple

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Have you been awarded work/study
bucks but you can't find a job? Do you
want to earn a pile then have all summer
to spend it?
Have We Got a Job for You? Yes!
Housing needs work/study qualified
people to work during our annual June
clean-up. Yes, you can earn the remainder of your work/study funds beginning
in early June until the clean-up project
is complete (approximately 2-3 weeks).
These are full-time positions. We work
7 days a week for the duration of the
job. At $3.24 per hour plus overtime, you
can earn money fast.
Each year we have exprienced no less
than 4-5 applicants for each position.
With 4lf.50 pos1 ions to 1il1;7.Jle only Iair
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We are taking applications now in
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number is 6114. Although work/study
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you from coming in and applying for a
position. All applicants will be given fair
consideration. All application ■ mu■t be
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started their own mll~,c pubJi.thing company last summer, Mount Washington
Music. The compositions on "Collaborations" will be the f1rst they've published.
"The big thrust, I think, is that it's
totally student initiated and organized,"
says David Englert proudly. "The stu·
dents really have chosen the pieces
themselves and done all the recording
themselves." Though some students a.re
receiving academic credit for their work
on the album. most are volunteering
their time and t.alents just for lhl' educational reward. None will receive any
money for their efforts because this is
strictly a non-profit venture. AU royalties
generatec! will go back to the school, ear
marked for future album projects.
Submissions were recruited by means
of posters put up on campus during the
second week in February. By tlu deadline of March 14, 80 tapes had bct·n sub
milted for consideration. A core group of
10 students, dubbed The Album C'11mmittee, spent approximately 10 hours one
weekend deliberaling over their selec
lions. Their first priority was tn gel a
wide variety of music, so they grouped
the submissions inlo broad catt·gories
and picked the best from each. A:- a last
consideration, student musicians in their
last year of school received high priority;
these people will not have ano1her
c'hance like this.
Thom and Karen hope that a result of
all their work this spring will be future
album projects at Evergreen. "Thi~ has
truly been a collaboration," says Thom.
He considers coordinated, experiential
projects such as this to be representative
of the Evergreen system of education.
"Collaborations" will be available in a
limited amount, so if you are interested
in getting a copy. it would be wise to
reserve one now. The price is $6. Contact Thom Farris or Karen Kram~r at
866-6096 or write to Evergreen Album
Project, in care of David Englert in the
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HANDS-ON SOLAR
WORKSHOP

The Environmental Resource Center is sponsoring a letter-writing
campaign to promote support from
the Evergreen community for the
Cougar Lake Wilderne95 Area. Legis•
lation has been stalled due to energy
and foreign policy issues. If the
Cougar Bill, H.R.4528, does not reach
the floor of Congress in May or June,
it is likely it will not in this legislative
session. Senators Jackson and Magnuson as well as Congressman Bonker
need to hear your support aow. Urge
them to bring legislation to the Door
as soon as poesible. On Thursday and
Friday, April 24 & 25, on the second
floor ol the CAB, we will have
stamps, paper and envelopes for
your uses.

Energy Systems Program presents
a hands-on Solar Collector workshop
on Saturday, April 26 from I to 4 p.m.
at the Olympia Community Center.
Learn how to build your own system,
as well 89 the theoretical knowledge.
Metal forming and soldering, insulation installing, and glass sealing will
aU be taught, and a tour and reception will follow. For more info, contact
Jake Romero, LAB I, 866-6053.

INVENTORSWIN $100
Solar, bio-mass, co-generation,
wind, gasohol. conservation.
tide,
buildings. electric cars, hydro, geothermal, volcanoes or any other wild
and crazy idea you may have can win
you $100. Just bring your energy inventionts) and your $5 entry fee to
the Southwest Washington Energy
Fairgrounds June 13 or 14. Judging
will be on Sunday, June 15 at the
Expo Hall.
The judging will be based on these
criteria: (1) How ingenious, (2) practical. !3) environmentally clean, (4) efficient, (5) economical, and (6) how easy
it is to live with. Your idea may be a
drawing. a scale model, or a fullsized demo. FIRST PRIZE: SIOOto
the best energy-producing (or saving)
device. The top six inventions will be
displayed at the Southwest Washington fair in August. The fair is sponsored by C.U.R.E. (Communities
United for Responsible
Energy,
P.O. Box 430, Winlock, Washington
98596: phone (206) 296-3248).

JOB OPENINGS
The position of S&A Coordinator i.s
open for the 80-81 school year. The
responsibilities involved are moderation of S& A board meetings, selection
of S&A board members,
survey
design and development, structuring
of allocation process and clerical work.
Qualifications include being able to
type 30 words a minute, experience in
group process, good writing skills,
good interpersonal
and familiarity
with budgeting processes. Application
must cont.a.in a resume and a letter of
intent including responses to the following questions: 1. How wilJ the
S& A benefit from your involvement?
2. How will you benefit from your
involvement in the S&A process? and
3. How do you perceive the role of
the S&A proce!!I in the Evergreen
community. Submit applications to
Ellan K issmen in CAB 305 and for
more info contact her at 866-6220.
Also. two student positions on the
S& A Board are open now. Contact
Ellen.
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NEW VIETNAM

COG IN PROGRESS

SIN COMMITTEE
LOST SHIRT
To the Evergreen Community:
Sometime last Friday (April 18) I
lost a red T-shirt with white Japanese
writing on it. I "lost" it somewhere
between the CAB student lounge, the
REC Center, & ASH. The T-shirt has
my name on it in Japanese and has
very high sentimental value. If you
know of its whereabouts, please contact me through the CPJ.
Thanks, Kelly

BRIDGESBETWEEN
NATIJRE & HUMANITY
This summer, The Evergreen State
ColJege is sponsoring its first outdoor/
environment.al education program for
junior high and high school students.
Conceived in 1979 and planned by
Evergreen students Marjorie Butler,
Cedar Raup, and !acuity member Rita
Pougiales,
the program,
called
Bridges, is aimed at exploring the
intricately balanced relationships with•
in nature, between that ffological
community and people, and among
people themselves.
Beginning in July, the program is
planning two, ten-day sessions (July
6-16, 19-29) in which students will become better acquainted with accepting and utilizing the chaJlenges,
stress. and growth inherent in community and personal life. For the fint
two days Bridges will use Evergreen's
unique environment-a
microcosm of
what they will experience later-for
initial "base camp" preparations, before leaving for eight days of whitewater canoeing and backpacking in
the Olympics or Cascades.
Courses will embody historical/
geological perspectives
of northwestern Washington, and explore the
relationships between flora communities, emphasizing the effects humans
have on these resources.
Majorie
Butler says, "Bridges is aimed at
building closer ties with out 'one
earth' while simultaneously connecting our human bonds." Bridges is a
young program and one that will
hopefully become an annual contribu•
lion to the Olympia community. For
more info, cont.act Marjorie in Seminar
Building, Room 4124. TESC, Olympia.
WA 98505, phone (206) 866-43195.

• By Kenneth Sternberg

VET PROGRAM

President Evans is asking for volunteers to serve in the COG IV DTF.
The DTF will review deciaion-malting,
the Evergreen Council, recommend
changes and asoess strength• of the
current system. The DTF will meet
weekly during Spring and Fall Quarters. It's recommendations, along with
Evans' response, will be forwarded to
the Board of Trustees for act, n.

The Student Information Network
is forming three committees:
Advocacy c-.iu.e:
Thia committee will be made up of student& who
are familiar with bow Evergreen
works and can help steer students
with complaints or disputes through
the bureaucracy.
Evergreen Coaaell Llal1oa Committee: Thia committee would select
people from itself to !ill student
vacancies on the Council, and meet
regularly with them to provide support and feedback.
Currieulum
Plaaniag
Llai1on
Committee: This committee will modi•
tor, and involve, students in the curriculum planning process by keeping
in contact with the deans, provost.
and specialty area conveenera. It will
also work on a position paper defining
and specialty area conveners. It will
also work on a position paper defining
adequate student involvement in curriculum planning. This committee will
meet next Wednesday, the 30th, at
9 a.m. in CAB 108.
Students interested in any of these
committees are strongly urged to sign
up at the info center.

GA TIIERING SUPPORT
FOR WALLA WALLA
PRISONERS
Riot conditions exist at WaUa Walla.
Corrections officials, prison admini.s·
trators and guards admit that riot
conditions exist. Instead o( upgrading
overall conditions and decreasing the
possibility of a riot, they have only
made changes that increase tensions
inside the prison.
A raging pressure cooker fired by
human lives could blow at any time.·
WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER
SENSELESS A'ITICA. . . The state
obviously doesn't care. But, we do!
We are asking all people concerned
about prisoners' lives to join our
caravan to Walla Walla. April 27 is a
special day of solidarity with prisoners to show VISIBLE support of
their just struggle for basic human
rights. The prisoners' primary lifesupport system is hope .... JOIN US
ON APRIL 27!. Contact April 27th
Coalition Transportation & Information: Seattl~-6082
days, 323-5658
evenings:
Olympia-352-3814
or
357-8323.

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How I spend my summer vacation
"What are you doing for the sum- and wtldlife. II you have friends that
state any job or life experiences remer?'', an Evergreen student asked her have worked for the government before,
lated to the poaition you deaire. Some
friends one sunny spring day. "Oh, noth- seek their advice.
people duplicate the akill categories from
ing much. Probably hang out in Olympia
Once you've decided what position
the application, and write a descriptive
and think about life," came one reply. you're applying for, decide which area(a) paragraph concerning each one. rve seen
"Guess I'll try to find a job to aave mon- lo aend your application. In the Park applications as thick as 16 pagea, and
ey for school," another remarked. When Service application materiala there is a
have been personally successful with this
a third person replied, "I'm going to get list ol all park areas, including those that
method.
paid to hike around the North Cascades traditionally get fewer avplicants. II
Above all, be as honest and thorough
for the Park Service," all mouths and you've never worked for them before,
in your self-evaluation u possible. Let
eyes were suddtmly wide open.
you are well advised to choose one of them know in no uncertain terms that
The most common question asked at these places. Remember to be sure that
you possess the skills needed to do a
this point is "How'd you get THAT job?" the area suits you geographically, and great job, and they should hire you.
Most people believe that to get a JOD m a
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desirable location with the Park Service r---~
and most other government agencies
takes an act of God. of Congress, or
both. Such measures may be necessary
LO land a job at one of the "crown jewels" like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite,
but few realize that Lhere are dozens or
smaller, less known spots that are equally as pleasurable to be at. and which usually receive fewer applicants than the
more famous parks.
Summ('r seasonal work can be very
satisfying, and can provide a number or
uniq11e experiences, as well as a decent
paycheck. Some jobs lead into permanent
work. usually after a few seasons as a
temporary. If you are contemplating a
career with an outdoor related government agency, there's no better way to
check out what the job would entail. In a
recent seminar regarding careers in the
outdoors. sponsored by Career Planning,
George Bowman, sub-district ranger at
Olympic National Park, said that in the
that your schedule fits into their season.
time a seasonal employee works, that
While such statemenlS as, "Will do anyAlways put the first day of their season
person has a chance to look at the host
thing," or "I like Lo work with people,"
organization. and the organization can as the first day you can begin work.
are admirable, they have no place on an
check out the employee. II you do well Remember, that after you've worked a application. Communicate these things
season at a small park or monument, you through your job and life history.
and enjoy the work, he said they'll remember you, and possibly hire you for stand a much better chance of be1r:g
Most of the information I"ve given
hired at one of the "crown jewels,"
more permanent duty in the future.
here is for completing Park Service
So how do you do it7 In the last 10 especially if you get good recommendaapplications because they are the most .
tions.
years the number of seasonal applicants
involved. Once compleled. you can use it
While research is an important step,
has skyrocketed, rar outnumbering the
as a model for all similar applications.
even more vital is how well your applicaavailable positions. Even those with the
The usual deadline for applications to
right combination of education and ex- tion is written. Even ii you're the best
be received by the agem:y of your choice
perience are often disappointed. Some human being since Jesus, you won't get
is January 15, except for 8.L.M. in
hired unless you can convey that in- Alaska, which is December 15. "Fine,"
people are very lucky and get incredible
jobs without much effort, but for the
formation. Not that you need to exhibit
you say, "but this is April." Well. right
rest of us there are really only two ways
the skills of a polished novelist, but it's
now, and continuing throughout the sumftot as simple as the instructions for
to get a good seasonal job: preplanning
mer season, many national forests inand hard work.
opPning a milk carton. Somewhere in
itiate an open recruitment policy. This
between is the goal. Spelling and legibilThe three organizations I apply to are
occurs when thl' number of positions
ity are important, but equally so is the
the Park Service, Forest Service, and
available in a particular
forest are
lhe Bureau of Land Management; (!)be- ability to communicate that you have the
greater than the number of applicants.
cause Lhey offer more jobs Lhat coincide skills needed !or the job.
The best way lo find out whether such
On most applications, particularly with
with my interests, and (2)they hire the
open recruitment is happening now is to
the Park Service, the most important
most seasonals. Positions in the Forest
call the supervisor's office of the forest.
Service and B.L.M. mostly deal with fire section is work experience and skills
A spokesman for the Olympic Forest
suppression, campground and trail main- acquired. The Park Service even has a
told me that two forests in the Northlarge menu-like list of skill areas, from
tenance. and field biology related work.
west. Gifford Pinrhot
and BakerThe Park Service's major ro~ is to help which are taken the majority of your
Snoqualmie, presently are foilowing open
ratings. The trick here is to put down as
people enjoy the park areas as best they
recruitment procedures. The phone numcan, so duties can include operating a much as you can, emphasizing your exber !or Gifford Pinchot is (206) 696-4041
vUlitor's center, wilderness patrol. and periences toward the position you've
and !or Baker-Snoqualmie (206) 442-5400.
chosen. Rather than listing the things
giving campfire talks.
This method is chancy. but it oft.en
you did at a particular job in shoppingFirst, decide just what it is you want
works. Call as many forests as you
to do. It may be helpful to speak lo sn list fashion, be dynamic. Use active
choose, and speak lo the personnel secagency official so you can gather the in- verbs to say what you did, such as,
tion. Contacting the separate district
formation you need. Most people will be "Taught rock climbing, supervised three
offices can also be fruitful, as can a perglad to assist you, and will be pleased giraffes and a toad," rather than, "Duties
sonal visit. As far as I know open reincluded being a climbing instructor and
you're expressing interest in their organcruitment is characteristif: only of the
ization. Ask them what types ol poai- working with animals." This is pivotal in
Forest Service.
its importance. If you ruo out of space,
tions are in their parks, and how many
Apply to u many jobs as you can, so
people they hire. Also request any infor- proceed to the next maneuver, using lots
you'll have a choice of vptions. The Park
of extra paper.
mation they can send you about the
Service allows two choices, Forest ServUse as much paper as you need to
place, including information on the plants
ice one, and B.L.M. is unlimited. Always

In July ol 1979, the Veterana Administration began a new program to
provide special assistance to veterans
o( the Vietnam war. We recognize
that those veterans
who served
during the war, and particularly thoae
who !ought in it, have had special dif.
ficulties in readjusting to civilian life.
The new program, referred to u
"Operation Outreach," ha• involved
them in a new venture. ..Outreach"
teams are scheduled to open at 80
sites in major cities. They are low-key
storefront offices in the community to
provide counseling
1ervicea, rap
groups and other &95iatance to aid
veterans in their psychological readjuetment.
•
The Tacoma Outreach began ita
operation in October of '79 and was
one ol the very first teams to go to
work. On April SO from 9 to 12 noon,
Mlke Mcwaters will speak in Lib
3500 to explain the program and services provided.
All veterans
and
persons wishing to attend are invited.

OPPOSE THE
BREMERTON WATER
PIT
On Saturday, April 26 at noon,
assemble at BremerWn Ferry Terminal Park. Parade to Eve-rgreen
Park for 1 p.m. rally. Bring posters,
banners, and friends!
Thia action is being organized by
the Olympia Trident
Resistance
Group and the Committee Oppoaed to
a Radioactive Puget Sound. No civil
disobedience is planned. The action
will be taking place in coordination
with a national action in Washington,
D.C., organized by the Coalition !or a
Non-Nuclear World, whoae five-point
goals are stop nuclear power, zero
nuclear weapons. safe energy, full
employment, and honor Native American treaties.
There will be carpooling from the
Olympia area. II you need a ride or
can drive, contact Fran Williama at
866-3652, The Christian
Campus
Ministries at 861Hl145 or an Olympia
Trident Resistance Group/Person at
The E.R.C., 861H1784.

GRADUATESTUDY
GRANTS
Grants for graduate study in more
than 50 foreign countries are offered
by the Fulbright Program and other
donors. II you will have your bachelor's degree by Fall 1981, and want a
grant for the 1981-82 academic year
to study the arts, humanities, or
sciences abroad, come to Career Planning & Placement for information.
Applications are aceepted from May I
through October 31. (Please note:
Home Economics in the United Kingdom is a "n<.nrecommended
field
of study.")

make copies of everything for your own
records, and observe deadlines. You can
expect to pay a bit !or postage and copying cost.a, but remember that two hours
of work will cover these easily.
Speaking of pay ... you won't get rich
working for the government, but neither
will you starve. The pay system works
on a GS (general schedule) system, with
specific experience requirements
for
each grade of pay. Usually, your first
season it at a GS-3 level, with advancement to GS-4 after a couple of seasons.
The exact figures change each year due
to a cost-of-living increase, but this year
GS-3 is about $4.30/hour and GS-4 is
$4.83/hour. Overtime is Lime and a hair
and hazard pay is an ~xtra 25% on top
of everything else. Fire crews definitely
make more than anyone else, but such a
job is not glamorous after thP twentieth
day of digging around dirt and ash and
breathing smoke.
Once you get "in" to a particular
organization, being rehired 1,;; usually a
simple matler.
Many people make
seasonal work a way of lift• working
summers. collecting uncmploymt•nt. tta-n
going back to work 1n the spnnK. A ft•v.
also work as wmter seasonals.
All is not peaches and c-r,,am in thest·
jobs. There are some ternhll- bosses.
awful conditions. and somr of the most
socially unenlightened peoplt:' under tt1t>
sun working for the government; but
there arc also som(' great people. fan
tastic experiences. and some excellent
learning opportunities.
Like anything
else. there are good and bad points.
There are also some jobs that could only
be de[ined as being harmful for people
and the earth, and if you have the moral
courage, you refuse lo do them. However. these jobs aren't common.
The greatest reward I see to working
seasonally is that you go to a new place
with people that are different from you.
This can provide a refreshing change
rrom the ordinary, as well as create longlasting friendships. Some of the best
times I've had have been while working
on a fire crew. sharing my life with
others. I enjoy being with those who
aren't worried about being politically
proper all the lime. and who can accept
the good and bad in others.
Certainly, there are more ways to go
about it than I've oullinl•d, bul I feel
strongly that if you keep mosl of what
I've said in mind you'll have a better
application than most. I've tried to dispel
thl' myslique about governm1•nl seasonal
work, and lo share ideas that I have
found useful. in the hopt> that you can
use them with some degree or success.
There are definite formulas for getting
seasonal jobs. a.nd they work for many
J)f'Ople.though not for all. The best way
lo do it is to develop your own style,
doing whal you feel is in your best interest. I think tht:re are worse ways to
spend a summer than living in a remote
area. close to nature. There probably are
better. but when I was getting paid to
be on a fire lookout. spending my days
observing hawks and animals, and play•
ing music, I certainly enjoyed myself.

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Genesis Evolving

By T. J. Simpson

By Joseph Clements
Genesis, a progressive rock band out
of Europe. has had a long and productiv-;
career spanning virtually two decades.
The band presently consists of members
Phil Collins (percussion and lead vocals),
Mike Rutherford (basses. guitars, and
backing. vocals), and Tony Banks (keyboards, guitar, and backing vocals).
The band has released a multitude of
albums including Trespau,
Foxtrot,
Nur8ery Crime, Wind and Wulhering.
Selling England by the Pound, and the
double-disc epic, The Lamb Lles Down
on Broadway. Mosl of these were done
with long-time members Steve Hackett
and Peter Gabriel, who have since left to
pursue solo careers.
After Hackett's departure (Gabriel left
much earlier) the band released a doubleIi vt> recording from france entitled
Second's Out. and after a short hiatus.
released And Theo There Were Three.
When "Three" arrived on the market in
1978. I purchased it with some trepidation as I did not know what to expect
and was attempting lo keep an open
mind. All in all it was a good album.
Collins did an outstanding job in the
percussion and vocal departments. which
allowed Rutherford and Banks to perform equally well. The only major problem being an "over-processed" sound to
the album due to the rather extensive
use of synthesizers because of lack of
personnel. Really not a bad outing for a
trio who were used to being a quartet.
After "Three," there came a two-year
period of re-releases (a standard industry
practice if an original release is not soon
in the offing) while the band searched
for another guitarist to play in a stageonly capacity. At the same time, they
were also working on their newest
release. Duke.
Duke consists of 12 cuts. half of which
are up to Genesis· basic level of production, which me? .. S insightful lyrics, emo-

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tional music and tight, intricate instrumental/vocal performance. The rest are
basically "company hopefuls," ·which
means the record company tells the band
that they are to produce two or three
songs that are appropriate for AM airplay. This problem didn't occ:.ir until
Gabriel left. Then the band went from
their long-time label "The Famous
Charisma Label" to Atco. (Alco was
later absorbed by Atlantic Records, Inc.)
Since then commercialism
has been
slowly creeping into the band's music.
As far as performance and overall
sound engineering
is concerned, the
opening cut "Behind the Lines," has
"Duchess," the second cut. iS a stand-

by ballad about the rising star who lacks
ideas for the future, loses sight of her
goals and falls by the wayside. Typical,
yet Genesis pulls it off well with moderate lyrics and a fair melody.
The third song, "Guide Vocal" is a
very mellow, very meaningful song of
Jove and betrayed love. It's quite short,
yet handled well in spite of its terseness.
The fourth track, "Man of Our Times,"
attempts to say something about society,
but with its repetitious back-beat and
buried vocals, the message is lost in the
instrumental cachophony.
"Misunderstanding" is again typical.
This time though, an up-tempo love song
a la Banks and Rutherford Beach Boys

harmony background. Need I say more?
Rounding out side one, "Heathaze''
approaches you unpretentiously. Sneaking up on you slowly, with solid, deliberate musical movements. Hitting hard
with "The trees and I are shaken by/
The same winds but whereas/ The trees
will lose their withered leaves/ I just
can't seem to let them loose." Rutherford
and Banks are exacting here on guitars
and keyboards, as is Collins. The recording is clean and the mixing, tight.
Side two starts weak with "Turn It On
Again" but grows steadily through
"Alone Tonight" to a sustained climax in
"Cul-de-sac" an interesting lyric, lending
itself easily to individual interpretation.
For example. "Far below/ Where shadows fester/ as they grow/ An army
thousands strong/ Obsessed by right and
wrong/ Sense their time is coming near."
These. combined with an outstanding
musical accompaniment,-.. help to make
this one of the most listenable songs on
the album.
The disc continues with "Please Don't
Ask." Another love song, but this time
•,he sad lyrics are mated with equally
feeling music to form a sensitive counterpoint to the climax mentioned above.
To digress a moment, if l may.
Genesis has made it a general practice
on previous releases to wind up the
album with a medley of various melodies _
from that album. In keeping with that
tradition, here again Genesis takes excerpts from "Behind the Lines" and
"Guide Vocal" combining it with original
material to form "Duke's Travels, Duke's
End." A rather lengthy. fast-paced and
quickly changing pair of tracks that.
because of its use of excerpts, gives an
incredible feeling of album continuity.
Collins right on target with crisp. clean
percussion and clear, precise vocals. His
use of a drum machine in the latter part
of the song, however, detracts from
what is occurring in the foreground.

Sansho the Bali££
By Erich Roe
Sansho, the Bailiff directed by Kenji
Mizoguchi, wil! be shown next Wednes•
day. I consider it one of the best I've
seen and can't recommend it enough. As
to my experience of it and my recognition of its significance or meaning. I can
only oHrr a rew comments and allusions.
The film tells a story which, it
announces. is "well known among our
people." ln 11th century Japan a mother,
her maid and two childrer. are on their
way lo join the father who as governor
attempted humanitarian reforms beyond
his legal powers and was banished to
exile. Kidnapped and separated
by
bandits, the maid is drowned, the children are enslaved in a labor camp run by
the tyrannical Sansho, and the mother is
forced into prostitution on Sado Isle
where, after numerous attempts at freedom. her Achilles tendons are cut. The
son grows up to escape while his sister
drowns herself to facilitate it. He regains
his father's governorship and learns of
the latter's demise. In a grand but
doomed gesture he frees the slaves and
banishes Sansho only to hear of his
sister's death. After resigning his post
he searches for his mother and finds her
on Sado Isle, old, ragged and nearly
blind.
The story has an archetypal resonance.
As with other poet-it: repf'e9eflt:ati0fts-oflolk tales IOedipua}. foreknowledge of
the plot And outcome encourages more
attention to how it is told or shown.
What could have been a dismal tearjerker has been transformed by Mizoguchi's style. Members of the crew have
commented that on the set everybody

cried, but when they saw it on the
screen, nobody cried.
Its photographic compositions were
inspired by Ze~ monochn·me ink paint•
ings and are as beautiful as any you'll
ever see. The pathos of the humi.n
drama is shown in the context of nature.
It begins by a stream. The kidnapping is
shown _inlong takes in a setting of tranquil sky and shore. The final reunion,
after its significance seems to have been
destroyed by a series of calamities, takes
place by a large beach where we are told
a tidal wave had struck earlier. A
-nt
i• eollecling t~aweed--l<>ft-b¥the WRve. The complex interweaving of
imagery. of which I've given only simple
indications, exerts a subtle but powerful
innuence on our response to the drama.
Mizoguchi wants us to respond in a
particular way. His technique creates an
accumulating sense of tension between

opposites. Sympathetic involvement and
detached contemplation are perfectly
balanced and harmonized.
If we attune ourselves in accordance
with this sensibility, we can experience
the shock and pleasure of being brought
to awareness of something we've always
known but which had been as if out of
tune, out of focus for us.
Whereas Mizoguchi rebels against the
cruel and oppressive structure of Japanese society, his ~anner of doing so it
deeply steeped in the traditions of tha•
culture.
-'l'he>{ilm a"4ino-Lh.,_.I1tnr• ol 1,agedy
as it moves toward catharsis, resolution
and intuitive recognition. It shows a
world moving to a relentless, cyclical
pattern the protagonists cannot alter and
guides us to a final affirmation of their
experience through an inward rather
than an outward process.

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this indifference to the individual,
tot.al lack or interest in intimate knowledge of the isolated unlq"" human being.
atrophies human reactions and humanism. TOO MUCH SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND NOT A BIT OF INSIGHT
INTO HUMAN BEINGS.
Anais Nia ( 1940)

"I know I've just got to get out of this
place.
I can't stand anymore of that mechanical grease.
Though you say it's only an industrial
squeeze,
It looks like a luxury, it feels like a
disease.
... I need. I need, I need a HUMAN
TOUCH"
-Elvb Costello on Get Happy
It appeared as if it was going to be
just another one of those crummy, rainy
Saturday afternoons-the
kind that
would even make playing Ru11ian
Roulette seem boring. I thought that
playing some Elvis Costello albums
might brighten up things somewhat. So
I plopped Thia Year'• Model on the
phonograph and drifted into a euphoria
of nostalgia and daydreams. Elvis' songs
had those same qualities and sounds that
made me love rock 'n roU when I was an
adolescent in the mid•sixties, which to
me was rock's finest period.
In 1965, I could turn on the top-40 AM
radio and, at almost anytime, hear such
greats as The Kinks, The Yardbirds,
Sam Cooke. Bob Dylan, The Beatles,
The Supremes, The Rolling Stones, or
Them. Then there were the semi-punkish
one-shots like ? and the Mysterians, The
StandeUs, and The Castaways, who made
some classic contributions. Listening to
Elvis, I could hear all these old groups
again in his music. "Radio, Radio" came
on, where Elvis was lamenting about all
those old songs "bringing tears to my
eyes" and bitterly protesting about radio
now being in the "hands of such a lot
of fools."
When that wu over, I put on his last
album, Armed Fon:e1. The opening bars
of "Oliver's Army" reminded me of The
Four Seasons and listening to them as a
kid in the back seat of my father's car.
The song itseH is a satiric gem about
modern British imperialism ranging from
Northern Ireland ("There waa a checkpoint Charlie./ He didn't crack a smile./
But it's no laughin' party/ When you've
been on the murder mile./ Only takes
one itchy finger/ One more more widow/
One leas white nigger.") to South Afriea
("When you're out of luck, you're out of
work./ We can send you to Johannesburg .... ")
"Day-um!" I thought. "Elvis is the best
thing to happen to rock since Dylan
went electric in "66. There hasn't been
too much of a progression since then."
Until the "New Wave," I hadn't been
following rock music hardly at all in the
'70s. (The main exception would be paying attention to the new works of old
favorites like Dylan or the Stones.) In
the earl;• '70s, there was glitter rock,
heavy metal, and that pseudo-claasical
crap that groups like Yes and Jethro
Tun would inflict upon us. Not being a
fan of any of these sub-genres, I found
myself rediscovering '50s R&B and get•
ting into pre-W.W. II blues and Western
Swing. These, after all, were the roots of
rock 'n roll.
I also didn't care much for "punk"
when it first came out around 1976,
thinking it sounded too much like crude
heavy met.al. I was ready to dismiss the
"New Wave" with similar disdain until
Elvis came out with his first album,
My Aim lo True, in 1977. Alter reluctantly listening to that album a few
times, I eventually realized that I was in
the presence of a work of genius. I was
converted. Elvis made me a born•again
rock 'n roll fan. Maybe there's some hope
for the '80s .un_A!!,_
Like such Uylan masterpieces
as
Blonde on Blonde and HI1hway 61
ReviaJtecl, Elvis' albums are a mixture of
memorable melodies, tantalizing vocals,
complex lyrics, hard-driving rhythms,
lilting baUads and cynical and angry reactions to love and politics. Whereas the
'60s biggies (Dylan, The Rolling Stones,

too many shock treatment.a in the 60'1.
Wauhing "The Lawrence Welk Show,"
while listening to The Stones' EJdle oa
Main Street. ean be particularly amusing.)
"Goon Squad," a sublimely jaundiced
rallying cry wa■ blaring a■ I watched an
old rerun of "Adam-12." Suddenly, the
doorbeU started ringing like a thousand
fire alarms.
"Hold on, hold on," I grumbled u I
,tumbled to the door. "Goddammit, rm
coming." I opened the door and there
stood a man who looked like a composite
of Woody Allen and Buddy Holly, or like
something Roman Polanski had thought
up. He was carrying a soggy umbrella
and was holding a .stack of bright orange
record albums in his arma. I realized almost immediately that this person was
none other than Elvis Costello himself.
··EJvisl''I stuttered, somewhat in shock.
"That's ri,R"ht,"he snarled.
"Why. er, ahh, come on in. Here, let
me take your umbrella."
"Take it then." He walked by the TV,
hi.s galoshes sloshing like he was walking
in oatmeal. He squinted at the TV, then
looked directly into my eyes and asked,
"What're ya watchin?''
"The Detectives."
"Don't get cute," he snapped.
"Aw, Elvis. I was only kidding. Hey,
what are you doing here anyway?"
"Sellin' my new album to people who
are known as being my fans." He stalked
around, bumping into furniture. "Hey,
where's your record player'! l wanna put
this on. I've got better things to do than
talkin' with physical jerks."
"What's the new album called?"
"Get Happy," was the sarcastic reply.
As he was putting the record on the
turntable. he noticed a Led Zeppelin
album nearby. "ls this yours?" he
demanded.
"Naw, that belongs to my roommate."
"Good," he said, as he shattered the
album over hi.s knee. "Those guys've
always sucked. Now sit down an' listen
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to this."'"
Get Happy started out with a Doorsy
rocker called "Lover for Tender" (a pun

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"Twenty," he answered, smiling for
the first time. 11Ten cuts on each side.
Notice tha{ they're all under three minutes long, just like in the early 60s."
We listened next to "New Amster·
dam," a waltzy thing that at first sounds
like the Stones' classic, "Back Street
Girl." Here Elvis was obviously having a
field day with double pury, and word play.
"New Amsterdam, it's been gone much
too much./ Do I have the possession of
everything she touches?/ Do I speak
doubl&-dutch to a real double dutchessT'
The song also has great lines like
"Everything you say sounds like it was
ghost written." The final verse sums up
the alienation. "Soon I find myseH down
by the dockside/ Thinking about the old
days of Liverpool and Rubberhide/
Transparent people who live on the
other side/ Living a life that is almost
like suicide."
When the final cut on side one ("High
Fidelity" with music that reminded me
of the Supremes) ended, Elvis was turning the album over as I said to him, "Your
songs have all the qualities that have
always made the best rock 'n roll so
go«XI.You sing about rebeUion, frustra•
tion, love, and all that, but I've noticed
that this album is less political than the
previous ones."
"Clean out your ears and listen," he
quipped. And so I did. Trying to pinpoint
his influences was the most I could do
upon the first listening. I could hear the
ghosts of the Beatles in "Clowntime Is
Over," "5ive Gears in Reverse" (compare
the music in it to ''I Call y-:,ur Name"),
and "Riot Act," Little Richard's '"The
Girl Can't Help It" in "Beaten to the
reply.
Punch," and the Association's "Windy"
The next o~e was "Opportunity," a in "Temptation."
eatchy and bouncy tune which showed
Get Happy fittingly concluded with
• a "Riot Act," a mournful self-confession in
Elvis' paranoia and alienation. "I'm m
foxhole./ I'm down in a trench./ I'd be a which he lamented, "Forever . doesn't
hero/ But I can't stand the stench./
mean forever anymore/ I said. forever/
. .. Opportunity, Opportunity/
This is But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be
your big opportunity./
Shop around,
around much anymore/ When the heat
follow you without a sound/ Whatever
got so tropical/ and the talk got so
you do now, don't turn around" ... and topical/
Riot Act/ You can read me
the Dylanesque, "I'd like to be his the/ Riot Act.· "
funeral direct.or."
"Golly Elvis, I sure hope you do ,tay
around a lot more."
Ther, e&lll,O"The lmpoater": ... AIways
been too smart/ And you know all our
He angrily replied. "Why do you talk
boys are girls at heart/ And he is not such stupid nonsense when my mind
the man that you think he can be./ I could rest much easier? I would be
don't know why you cannot see/ That he happier with amnesia." (This is also a
is only the lmmposssttterrrr."
line from "Riot Act.")
"H ey El vas.
• y ou k now, I rea IIy like th e
"But hell, your songs keep recurring in
way you use the same kind of tonal. but
my head. Yesterday, while a friend of
mine was listening to one of your alnot nasal, expressions that Dylan used.
The song gets all its power in the way
bums, he said, 'Everytime I hear this, I
wonder why I don't play it more often.
you hold on to certain syUables."
Like all the time.' I think that could be
"Yeah," he acknowledged, ''Wait until
said of any of your albums. One week
you hear how I do it on "Human Touch."
I'll think Armed Forces is the best, then
And don't forget to stuff that into your
the next week ['II change my mind to
review and choke it.''
This Year's Model. It sounds like Get
After "Secondary Modern," .. King
Happy might even be .vour best."
Horse" came on. "I'll bet you end un
"What the fuck do I care what you
liking this one best," Elvis said. (He was
think unless you really understand my
right, but I might change my mind
songs?" He was picking up his umbrella.
tomorrow.)
"Just give me my six quid-I mean
It began and ended sounding like the
bucks-for the record and let me outta
old Four Seasons, although a bit of Peter
here.''
and GordC\n's "World Without Love"
1 wrote him out a check, shook hands
could be heard in the melody at the very
with him, and he lefl in the slme manner
end too. The chorus went. "Now I know
he had come in. J went back to the
that you are King Horse/ Between tenphonograph and put Get Happy on again,
derness and brute force."
II
pondering on the notion that maybe a
"What does that mean, Elvis?"
of his albums are equally good. It really
"You gotta figure that out for yourdoesn't matter as long as Elvis makes us
self."
listen. And I don't want to stop listening.
"Well. it's hard enough just trying to
Besides, just wait until he triPs to cash
underst&!ld the vocals." But just then I
that check and it bounces from here to
realized that this is one thing that makes
Liverpool.
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his albums so great. Every time you -----------------,
listen, you can discover some new lyrics.
meanings, and insights. Boy, that Elvis
CLASSES
has it all figured out!
NOW
Alter a few more songs (all o! which
were good), I asked Elvis how many
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songs were on the album. (This was stiU
on Presley's "Love Me Tender"?) in
which Elvis compares love to money
(legal tender). "You won't take my love
for tender/ ... You can put your money
where your mouth is/ but you're still not
sure./ I could be an advisor or a big
spender/ but ya might get more than ya
bargained for.• The song ended with a
pounding organ crescendo similar to the
Doors' "Touch Me."
"Say, that wu pretty good," I told
him. "What'• next1"
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the Beatles) rejuvenated rock 'n roll by
drawing upon such influences as '30s
blues and folk (Leadbelly, Robert Johnoon, Woody Guthrie) and '601 trendsetters (Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Hank
Williams, Muddy Waters, eu.), Elvis'
main influence is obvioualy early to
mid-'60s rock 'n roll
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the sound. (Listening to ll'uoic on the
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