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The Cooper Point Journal, Volume 8, Issue 24 (July 10, 1980)
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State Collep
Olympia, WMhfn&ton
Court ruling threatens future of Evergreen vets
by Dave Coble
Military veterans attending Evergreen
will face cutbacks in their G.l. Bill beneRts if they don't spend enough time in
dass, according to a court ruling handed
down June 23.
As a result of the ruling, Evergreen administrators may consider curricu1um
changes that will afttct all students.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francilco ruled against
1cSC and in favor of the Veteran'• AdrrinistratJol' in a legal c:hallmp to the
VA's "sot time" rqulation inJtiated by
Evergrttn •and five Wuhington community colleges. The "aeat time" rule is a
regulation ,uting that benefib received
undu the G.I. Bill should~ granted on
the basis of the amount of time a student
,pends in a claaroom each week, rather
than for academic aedit a student receives.
The ruling does not affect Evapea,'11
status as a VA-acxndited school. The
only efttct of the dedaion It to redefine
who qualifia .. a "'full-time" student.
Veteran wdenb in u,dependent etudy
and internship programt, and other program, not fflftt1ng in a facu1ty-eupervbed
daaroom for at least 10 houn each week,
will no longer be able to draw full VA
bmefib, even thouihthe ecbool ii granting them full.time credit. TheM ltUdenta
will qualify f« tuition and feet only. The
new ruling will probably bec:oaMeffective
In fall quamr, 1980.
Thae art appl"CIIXbnatel
.DO lbidenta
reoavtng G.J. embenefits at Ewtipffl'I.
This includes perlOfll receiTiftaentitJemmt
• widows and orphans of wartime
casualties and dependents of medk:alJy
disabled Vtta'anl.
Evergreen fi1edeuit against the Vetffal\'1
Administration two ~an ago when the
VA announced their Intention to bepn
enforcing sat time requlremenb. E~
green won the flrat lep] round in February of 197'9when Judp Walter T.
McGovern of the U.S. District Court in
Seattle ruled in the school's favor. Mc,.
Govern'1 ruling stated ln efttct that if the
r
school deems a student full-time and
grants hlm full-time credlt, then the VA
should also accept the student as full.time.
The VA appealedJudge McGovern's
decision and two weeks ago the appeals
CX>Urt overturned his ruling.
Still undetmnined from the court ruling
is the possibility that the VA might require some students to pay back past
bmefita by making enforcmtent of the
seat time rule retroactive. Alllltant State
Attorney General Richard Montecutte>,
who r~raented Everpftft ln the suit,
aid '1t will inJtlally be up to the Veteran's Administration to 10rt that (the
question of ovupaymentl) out. If they
decide there won't be any overpayments,
that'll.be the. end ob it. If they dadde there
will be, then we11g,et it before Judgt
Mc.Govern and tab a second look at it."
Last year the VA sent letttts to E~
peen wteran, warning that If they haw
hem tteeivlng benefits without adhering
to the aut time rule, they might haw to
pay back money to the VA. Evergreen
President Dan Evans says this mow was
meant to intimidate. In two other court
c:hal1mgesto the seat time rule by other
collega, overpayments haw not been
charged. William Jacbon, Eve.peen'•
Veteran'• Coordinator, ckall lt ..otnmety unlibly'' that the VA will do a complete audit of Yeta'an students at TESC,
and says that VA offidala ln Suttle do
not expect uy
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VA State Director Didt Murphy ln
St.attle told the CPJthat the court dedlion Is being oamined by the VA Central
Office and he expecu a ckdslon shortly
on how the ruling will be enfon::ed.
Murphy decUned to comment on the subject oi overpayments, stating that must be
dttmnined by the Central Office.
TESC1 suit wa baaed
on an ambiguity
In the G.I. Bill a palled by Congre11
after World War ll. Nowhere does-the bill
define a ..claaalalion" or ..aemeatu
hour." The VA establishedtheir own c1time requinmenta baeed on their lnla'pre-
tation of the bill. Ewra,een'1 suit ~
limpd the VA'1 atatutofy righb-that is,
the power granted them by Coc,gras to
intffpret andregulatethe law. The VA
claimed ln the IUit that they do indeed
haw regulatory authority, andfurther
claimed that VA replatioftl are not subject to judidal ft'VWW.
The circuit court decision,rendered by
JudgeByron Sblton, ft'Va'ledJudge
M!£oftffl't district court ru1ma
that the
VA did not haw authority to ave the
regulations in question, but upheld the
clstrict court by suting that the regulations should be subject to judicial review.
A "claaa.-ion" by the VA's definition
is SO minutes long. In order to qualify for
full-time benefits a ltudent must haw U
dua lalions (10 claaa houn) per weelt,
and be receiving full-time aulit (12 or
fflOft quarter hours).
Traditional Khools have encountered
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Attention all draft-age men!
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Alltllffl bo min 1960 ex 1961 should
seek draft COUNellngimmediately, 8"rording to 0 le:nAndenon of OCARD
andtheThunto n County Draft CounselIng Center. The decisionslnvolwd in
draftreglstn tlon "an among the moat
important dedslonl a penon make in his
entire life," he says, "and they daerft at
least theamo unt of consideration a penon
puts into deciding 'what coUep will I go
tol' or 'who will I marryr "
Men born ln 1960 must register durina
the week of July n. and mm bom ln
~ 1M wet1t or JuJy 28, lavtng
very Utile time . It ii important, Andenon
emphf:!iz.a, to Melt COUJIRlinc
Waft you
registff, IO yOU will undnstand all the
quations in¥ olved. He added that ,.llnin1 Is not a quation of simple patriotic
cklty, for It brinp up the dairabillty- of
aipportlnl an aar-ive
lnte.rventionilt
military policy. As attorney Davkl
Landau of the AOlJ told the L.A. Times,
1'he decision to reptu may not be
much better thanthedecWonnot to."
The queadOQof whether or not to
re,later Is of huge -.,nanc:e. Resistance
to reparation tnala you liable for a
maximum $10,000 8ne and 8ft yan in
prison, not to menlion the moral dilemmu involved. Anyauch decision mull be
hued on a ~ review and evabttion of one's value andbelim.
Draft resiatance Im an ap-old hbay
(for more on th-. see the CPJof Jan.31,
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1980). In the Vidnamee War, appraD(imately 570,000 1IWl brob draft lawt,
acmrdlnato JadtColhoun of n.
Qarcllan. Of lhlR, only a very II.NI
pa'Cffltap
W...pONCUt.d,
and D'IOlt of
the con.tcta,... aiftl'Iprobation. In
1972, the 8'""111 lffllfflce WM 11/2
y,an with no fn. Tm of probation
Mft
thl'ft yean, with SS..pproved wutt
for two of thaa ,an. People were
J)l'09etUt.d
for • wide ....
of offeNa,
&om failure to provide • malbna _._,
to cow,-ling I aiding and abettina my
p flOn to Yiolut draft laws.
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&rm the Friedomof Information Ad.
wNch would~
thiln wtdl ncadl
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nan-1ept1ants. In amaral.
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cimlaeN1/d1M1ltQII~
procediina.
Pan of the 111W itiwilJiMd pwciicmna
ii the Poe1 Olb ,._...ado.I.,.._,
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the abemcie
of chft cirda, l,oth of which
ndaacethe ~ties
for effecliw pn>...._ The poelal emplo,-.,.
undlr
arden to ac:apt .. Information and ,lff
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no ha.Jes to anybody. The SS wants as
lttlt trouble upcaible.
In spill! of this.the War Resister's
Lague andthe National Rnisunce Comrita an actiwly promotfna naistance
anl prolillt, andtheNRC plans extenlive
demonstrations at poet offica throupit
lhe country.
The Olympia Coalition Apinlt lup.
tration andtheDraft (OCARD) and
llunton County Draft Couneelina
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hffe not takena and 011 the ilMae «
Jlllatance,thoup OCARD ii promoting
llaia)politk:al oppolit.lon. Both of these
a,oups recomnwnd
writing.;;.. on
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althoqh there ii no apace provided to
indicate that belief.lronk.ally though.
tlwn Is a apeceto indicate if you would
lb an army nauilff to call youl
Both of these&rOUIMneed voluntan
desperately, npedaDy people.who haw
ecperimce with CXJUNdlngor anlffplnon•
al relationahipa. If you need more Worfflldon or advb about the draft,
illlltanc:e, etc., here art some helpfw
orpnlutiom:
Dunton County Draft Cou.-Ung unter
WO Capkol lhd. South
Twnwatti', WA 91:JOl 351-34CM
Haun: Mon-5:30 p.m.--9 p.m.
Wed-5:30 p.m.--9 p.m.
Pri-U noon-.5p.m.
CJymp1a Coalilioa Against Rqlstntion
and the Draft
1ll1 Cora SE
Lac.y, WA 9l9ll3 491-9093
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HEAVENON EARlH
~ar Editor,
After reading the letter sent in by Andy
Mouse (May 28). I felt that l should write
to dispute a few statements. Among
those; the ··Evergreen experience" of "con•
tormmg to the alternative lifestyle," us
kids who want the draft, braless females,
and the first paragraph complaint that my
own beloved college is no longer heaven.
Not to mention this stuff about how we
all loved each other back in the sixties,
implying that we no longer feel this way.
As a present high school student, there
are a lot of pressures on myself and
others to mindlessly conform to society's
norms. It bothered me much to see this
bit about conforming in that letter for l
believe that Evergreen students are not
only unique, but not afraid to show it, IF
a person attends the college and doesn't
carry a backpack, doesn't have long hair
or a beard, doesn't wear ''greener-ish''
garb, that person is not treated with contempt or cussed at. not stared at.
When I attended a class, part-time, at
TESC. I felt at home on the first day. I
made several friends whom I could talk to
as equals although I was just a high
schooler. However, at the school I am
attending now, I am not quite at ease,
even though my peers surround me. I
have been c•lled filthy names, pushed
around, and even spit on because I am
diff"ent. It's amazing what a backpack
will make people think of you. Other students shriek "Greener" often accompanied
by obscenities, and throw food at my
friends and I in the cafeteria (where we sit
'1'\inding our own business). We carry
packs for convenience, not to become targets at lunchtime.
Not all of us are for the draft, but,
sadly. not many are against it. Most guys
I question on this issue claim that they
won't wait to be drafted-they'll sign up
to join the military. I'm still praying thal
some sense will come to them before they
come face to face with reality on the
battlefield its,lf.
EDITORS
Ben Alexa.nder
Kathy Davis
Production Manager
David Innes
Businns Manaau
Ken SilvttStein
Entortalnma,I F.dltor
T. J. Simpson
Summer Campen Jefferson Allen, Brad
Sharmon, Anne Geddes, Cissy Twedell,
Stuart Smith, Micha.el Diamond, Dave
Coble, Eric Martin, Charlene Goldstein,
Richard Klein. R.tndy Hunting.
OLD FRIENDS Stiu,rt Smith
I'd like to point out that going braless is
not only uncomfortable, but unhealthy as
w-ell, especially for us well-endowed
persons.
As to TESC not being heaven. . II111
After a high school of food-thrower,,
name-callers, elite snobs and Evergrttn
student-haters, TESC is Paradise, pure
and simple. My "college student days"
w-ere th~ best of my life. Often late for
seminar or lecture, l would run into class
trying not to pant, gasping out "I'm sorry
I'm late," to the teachtt. Instead of a
why-are-you-late-young-lady glare, I re-crived a smile and an ''I'm glad you could
make it." I felt welcome.
I still feel welcome. Out here at the college. I have a feeling of security, th•t I'm
part of a great family who cam, a.nd I
am 100% sincere when l say that. I hear
"greeners" put down at school and if I rise
to defend them, I too am put down. Put
down by these clean. decent, clean-0.&t
high schooler, who b•dmouth those
filthy. disgusting grttners. No wonder my
school spirit has gene bputt. There's
nothing more disgusting than a narrowminded student body.
Students of TESC, Thank you all! Also,
Thanks to the faculty. who maike classtime enjoyable.
Sincerely youn,
Bianca E.
a.osm DOORS,
UOSEDMINDS
Deilr Edi•or,
Most traditional colleges like Reed and
Cornell try to kttp their libraries open u
much as possible; many are opm 24
hours a day. Yet our non-tradiUonaJ college does not evm strive to keep the
library open, Is this the "alternative education I was promised in the atalogl Are
""' supposed to get an education which is
an alternative to a libraryl Or is it the
rost1
Certainly the library could be run by
two competent students, at the checkout
desk and in the periodical section. The
~erence section does not need to always
be manned by a libraria.n. At CUJTffll college r•tes of p•y it might cost the school
$6.50 •n hour to kttp the library open. ls
this too muchl U so I am sutt that our
library could be run with volunteer labor.
It was built by 1tudents who ca~ about
the place. I am sure it could be run by
them.
Though usage is down, a library is the
heartbeat of the intellectual life of a college. If the library is closed then our
minds an: closed off in ffW\Y important
ways. Without books, .iccu.s to them and
!!000places to rud them, the college ~
oomes just another community of people
going •bout their daily business. Without
a libr•ry students an, left to the T.V.
rooms for cultun,, ideas and news of the
outside world. Should we leave the quality of higher education in the hands of
ABC1 If so then what is the point in having a library1
Doe the College believe that the library
is to be used only for "work'' five days .i
week and Saturday ahemoon. Does the
College deny us the time to ...., the library
for recrution. An w,, to deny oun.tv ..
the enjoyment and pleuure which is
pined from an ~ ,pent wandering
among book.sl
If this is ,o then I ask why bother1
Why have a library, 1 swnmary of all
human experience, undentmdlns and life
itself, if it is only going to sit behind glaa
while students bloody their hands bruking down this steal door of lifd We
wander around always asking why1 We
osk for the meaning of this life while the
answen .ire locked away in words, in
books which an, shelved and waiting ~
hind locked doors.
John o.Golyw
The Cooper POlnt Journal la DUbll&hed..
wtekl
tor the 11006rila, itarr and faculty of The Evergreen Slate College. Views expra.eed are not
neceaaarlly those of the Col'8ge or of the
1RAVELLING1HE
ELECTION
TRAIL
Dur Editor,
Your n,aden should know that Allw•ys
Travel Service on Olympia's westaide
supports Diley Lee~y. Allways Travel
recently contributed $150 to ~y•s rttlection camp&ign for governor, .iccording to
records on file at the Public Disclooun,
Commission in Olympia. Since Allwaiys
Travel regularly places ads in the Journal.
Evergrttn students should know that
when they do buswith Allw•ys
Travel, they •"' also supporting Dixy Lee
Ray's reelection. Thank you very much.
Sincen,ly
TedMM,r
Two calendan listing .ictivities during the 1980-81 ac.idemic year an,
being planned. The lint, ORAC80,
will include .ictivities for Orientation
week and the following two months,
October and Novembor. The second
calendar, AC80, will list •ll events
occurring during the l'ffl\aining months.
Both will incorporate coupons daigniited for redemption .it different timq;
throughout the year.
Peter Epperson, Evergreen·, new
Activities Coordinator. is in search of
information, photographs, illustr•liona,
birthdates, Ripley's Bellew It or Nots,
trivia and anything elso people would
lilr.eincluded on thesocalendan.Dudlines for tidbits for ORAC80 is AIII!. 16
and for AC80 is Oct. 24. Bring your
contribution
to Peter in the S&:A
office, CAB 350.
RAPERELIEF
1RAINING
DEANCOSTSDISPlITED
To th• Editor:
Perhaps you would allow me space to
m>ut a point of misinformation cont.ained
in story headlined, "New Academic Dun
0.0Hn"
(CPI, eight, May 22. 1980).
The misinformation ls th.ii:
"According to a high admlnistrative
oource, the need to tftlr.out minority and
women candidatn wu the cause of the
... ,ch', considerable oxpmse."
Of the "'PfflMI ,ubsequa,tly listed,
only one, "other'' advertising (a $200 item
in • $1525 heading, out of a total budget
of $3317) is attributable to affirmative
action purposes.
Your "high administrative ,owa," apparently needs to ...,.. both costs and
rnponsibilities moro carefully, and I
would be happy to help him or her do so.
Rebecca Wright
Affumative Action Officer
Thunton County ~P" Relief will
hold new volunteer training beginning
July 22 for women who want to usist
victims of sexual assaalt or participate
in community education.
Training will lake place on a oerin
of evenings, and one wttkend day, ~
twttn July 22 and August 7. Wormation will cover medical and legal procedures, crisis intervention theory and
skills, working with children, and
mun related to sexual •-ult.
New
voluntftfl are asked to make a sixmonth commitment to Rape Relief
before beginning training.
Penons who want to sign up for this
training, or who want to explore hemming a volunteer at some future
time, should contact the R.tpo Rolief
office at th• Olympia YWCA, 220 E.
Union, 352~93, between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. weekdays.
THE
Journal's staff. MYertlalng materialcontamed
herein does not Imply endorNment by this
EVERGREEN
A new merit scholanhip program
with annu•l awards of $1500 has been
announced by the WHhington Council
for Postsecondary Education. Seven
scholarships will bo awarded to entering freshmen .ind up to seven .idditional scholarships will be awarded to stud!nts with "junior'' st..itus. The awa.rds
will bo bo,ed on academic achievements and demonstrated leadership.
financial nttd is not considered. Selection is limited to residents of the st.ite
of Washington.
Applications may be oblained at
Wuhlngton high schools, college and
unlvenlty financial aid and admluions
offices or by writing the Council for
Postsecondary Education. Completed
applications must be lfflt to the Council postmarked no later than July 25.
Wmners will be announced by September 1, 1980. For further information
oont.act the P•ul L. Fowler Scholarship
Committee, Council for Postsecondary
Education, 908 East Fifth, O!ympi•.
WA 98504, (206) 753-3571.
SUN POWER
If solar mergy is used to heat your
home, water, or produce electricity or
if you are involved in any solarrelated project, or businesses, the
Olympia Solar Outreach Center wants
to know about it.
Th• local Solar Outre•ch Centers
for Thurston and Muon counties,
w.,tem SUN, and the Washington
Solar Council •"' developing lists of
solar installations and profusion.a.ls in
an effort to spur commercialiution of
the solar technologies. We.stem SUN is
one of four Regional Solar Energy
Centen funded by th• U.S. Department of Energy. Western SUN's purpose is to in~ase
public aiwareness,
acceptance and use of solar technologies .ind consttVation related to solar
energy in a 13-state region.
The Washington Solar Council is a
non-profit education.ii corporation
dedicated to the promotion of community-b•5ed solar technology. The
Council is developing .i directory of
sol.ir business,es and professionals, as
well as installations, to aid consumen
interested in obtaining solar products.
The Council is composed of over 20
local solar ellfllY asoociations of which
the Olympia Solar Outttach Center
is one. Any penon with .i solar device
or installation in their home, any solar
profnsional or business, or organizations which prpmote energy conservation and solar energy. should contact
the Olympia Sol.ir Outreach Center at
90-4595 by August 1.
FORAGERSBEWARE
E.irlier this year, the Facilities Office
sprayed m.iny roadside .ire.as with
Simazine and Caseron. Both of these
diemicals a.re highly toxic and residua.I,
and will undoubtedly find their w•y
into the water t.ible. Neither of them
an, approved by the FDA. As • general
ru.le, you should not e.it .iny plants or
berries growing along the roadsides
near c•mpus. M•ps of the sprayed
areas .ire av.iilable at the CPJ office or
from F•cilities.
EVERGREEN'S
ALBUM
If you haven't yet purcha~
your
copy of Evergrttn's fint record album,
now's the time.
Collaborations includes four sides of
music reprewnting the diversity and
originality of Evergreen's musicians.
Producing .in album is upensive. and
we need your immediate support to
help cover fin.al production costs. You
an order your double a1bum now for
only 56. When the albums arrive in
mid-July, other outl•ts will be charging
up to $11 or more for the same two
record .ilbum. So send your check or
money order today! Address it to:
The Evergreen Album Project
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington 98505
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House checks can be a good burgJary
prevention tool. The Sheriff's Office is
also recommending to home owners
that a residential security survey by a
crime prevention deputy is to their
benefit. The call receiver will be suggesting that the people get a security
survey either ~ore
they leave or
when they return.
Some helpful hints when you go on
vac.ition:
H.ive a trusted neighbor pick up the
newspaper .ind the mail.
Leave lights on inside, preferably on
a timer.
A r.idio left on a 24-hour station
rnakn the home sound occupied from
the outside.
Close the garage doors.
Be certain all windows and doors are
oecurely locked.
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HEAVENON EARIB
Dear Editor.
After reading the letter sent in by Andy
Mouse (May 28). I fell that I should write
to dispute a few statements. Among
those; the "Evergreen experience'' of "conforming to the alternative lifestyle," us
k.ids who want the draft, brains females,
and the first paragraph complaint that my
own beloved college is no longer heaven.
Not to mention this stuff about how we
all loved each other back in the sixties,
implying that we no longer feel this way.
As a present high school student, there
are a lot of pressures on myself and
others to mindlessly confonn to society's
norms. It bothered me much to see this
bit about conforming in that letter for I
believe that Evergreen students arc not
only unique, but not afraid to show it, lF
a person attends the college and doesn't
c.arry a backpack, d~n•t have long hair
or a beard. doesn't wear "grttner-ish"
garb, that person is not treated with contempt or cussed at, not stued at.
When I attended a class, part-time. at
TISC.-l f•lt at home on the first day. I
made several friends whom 1 could talk to
as equals although I was just a high
schooler. However, at the school I am
attending now, I am not quite at eas,e,
even though my peers surround me. I
have been call•d filthy names. pushed
around, and even spit on because I am
different. It's amazing what a backpack
will make people think of you. Other students shriek "Greener" ohen accompanied
by obscenities, and throw food at my
friends and I in the cafeteria (where we sit
minding our own business). We carry
packs for convenience, not to become targets at lunchtime.
Not all of us are for the draft, but,
sadly. not many are against it. Most 81.JYS
I question on this issue claim that they
won't wait to be drafted-they'll sign up
to join the military. I'm still praying that
some sens,e will come to them before they
come face to face with reality on the
battlefield itself.
EDITORS
S.n Aloxander
Kathy Davis
Production ~r
D•vidlnnes
Bu51netsM.,._
Ken Silverstein
OLD FRIENDS
ACI1VI11ES
CALFNDARS
PLANNED
I'd like to point out that going braless is
not only uncomfortable, but unhealthy as
well. especially for us well-endowed
persons.
As to TESC not being heaven ... II111
Alter a high school of food-throwers,
name-callers, elite snobs and Evergreen
student-haters, TESC is Paradise, pure
and simple. My "college studmt days"
were the best of my life. Oft•n l•te for
seminar or lecture, I would run into class
trying not to pant, gasping out "I'm sorry
I'm late," to the teacher. Instead of a
why-an,,-you-late-young-lady glan,, I n,,ceived a smile and an 'Tm glad you could
make it." I felt welcome.
I still feel welcome. Out here at the college. I have a feeling of s«urity, that I'm
part of a great family who cares, and I
am 100% sincere when I say that. I hear
"grreners" put down at school and if I rise
to defend them, I too am put down. Put
down by these clean, decent. clean-cut
high schoolers who b•dmouth those
filthy, disgusting grttnen. No wonder my
school spirit has gene k.aputt. There's
nothing more disgusting than a narrowminded student body.
Students of TESC, Thank you •Ill Also.
Thanks to the faculty, who ma.ke class-time enjoyable.
Sinefft!yyoun,
Bianca E.
O.OSED DOORS,
O.OSEDMINDS
f.ntertainmatit Editor
T. J. Simpson
Summer Campen Jeffenon Allffl, Brad
Shannon, Anne Geddes. Cissy Twedell,
Stuart Smith, Michael Diamond, Dave
Cobl•. Eric M•rtin. Charlme Goldstein.
Richard Klein. Randy Hunting.
Dear Editor,
Most traditio~I collegu like Reed and
Comell try to kttp their libraries open as
much as possible; many are open 24
houn a day. Yet our non-tradiUonal college does not even strive to kttp the
library open. Is this the "alternative eduation I was promised in the catalog? Are
we supposed to get an education which is
an alternative to a library? Or is it the
rostl
Cortainly the library could be run by
two competent students, at the checkout
desk and in the periodical oection. The
rderence section does not need to always
be manned by • librarian. At current college rates of pay it might cost the school
$6.50 an hour to kttp the library open. ls
this too muchl If so I am sun, that our
library could be run with volunteer Ia.bor.
It w•• buUt by students who cu-.d about
th• plac,,. I am sun it could lie run by
them.
Though u.. ge is down, • library is the
heartbeat of th• intellectual life of a college. If the library is clooed then our
minds an, clooed off in many important
ways. Without books. •cass to them and
good pl•cn to n,•d them, the college ~
oomes just another community of people
110ing•bout their daily business. Without
• lib(•ry students •tt left to the T. V.
rooms for cultun,, ideas and news of the
outside world. Should we i..,,., the quality of high<r education in the hands of
ABC7 If so then what is the point in having • libraryl
Don th• College believ• that the library
is to be u,ed only for "work" five days •
w..k and Saturday afternoon. Doa the
College deny us the time to UM the library
for recnation. Are we to deny ounelva
the enjoyment and plusun, which Is
gained from an evenJna
opont wandorintl
among books?
If this Is so then I ult why bother?
Why have• library, a summary of all
hum•n ""perience, undemanding and Un
itself, If it Is only going to tit behind alau
while students bloody thrir hands bruit·
ing down this ste•I door of Ille? We
wandff •round •lways uking whyl We
ask for the meaning of this life while the
answen are locked away in words, in
books which ..,.. shelv.d and waiting ~
hind locked doors.
John o.Golyer
The C00pef Point Jou~
ls pubUahed weekly
to, !he students, atafl and faculty of The e-t.green State College. Views •xPf'Need are not
nec.aaartty those ot tM Co0ege or or the
Joumara stall. AdYertlslng
materialcont8'ned
herein does not Imply endorMment
1RAVELUNG 1HE
ELECTION 1RAIL
Dear Editor,
Your ttaden should know that Allw•ys
Travel Servic,, on Olympia'.• westside
supports Obey Ltt Ray. Allw•ys Travel
recently contributed 5150 to Ray's ....,Jection campaign for governor, a«ording to
records on file at the Public Disclocun,
Commluion in Olympia. Since Allways
Travel regularly placH ads in the Journal.
Evergreen students should know that
when they do business with Allways
Trav<I, they an, also 1upporting Obey Ltt
Ray's rttlection. Thank you very much.
Sincettly
Ted Mahr
Two calendan listing activities dur·
ing the 1980-81 •cademic year ..,..
being planned. The lint, ORAC80,
will include activities for Orientation
...,..k and th• following two months.
O:tober and November. The 11«0nd
calendar, AC80, will list all <vents
occurring during the ttmaining months.
Both will incorporate coupon& desigrat.d for redemption •• diffottnt timeJ
throughout th• year.
Peter Epperson, Evergreen', new
Activities Coordinator, is in oean:h of
inform•tion, photographs, Illustrations,
birthdata, Ripley's Believe It or Nots,
trivia and anything eloe people would
lib included on these calendan. Dudlines for tidbits for ORAC80 is Aug. 16
and for AC80 is Oct. 24. Bring your
contribution
to Peter in the SlicA
office, CAB 350.
RAPEREUEF
1RAINING
DEANCOSTSDISPl.TIID
To the Editor,
P•rhaps you would allow me opace to
rebut • point of misinformation con!Ained
in story he•dllned, "New Academic Dean
Oosen" (CPI, right, May 22, 1980).
1he misinformation Is this:
"According to a high •dminlstratlve
tource, the needto -it out minority and
women candidata wu the ca .... of the
oearch's considerable expen,e."
Of the .,._
tuboequently list,d,
only one, "other'' advertising (a $200 item
in a $1525 heading. out of a total budget
cl $3317) ls attributable to affirmative
action purp<>RS.
Your "high administrative source" appanntly needo to ....,. both COlb and
reponsibilltles more carefully, and I
would be happy to help him or her do so.
Rebecca Wright
Affirmative Action Officer
Thunton CO\lflty Rape R.u.:f will
hold new voluntttr training beginning
July 22 for women who want to auist
vlctlmt of sexual ._u1, oe participate
in community educatlo'n.
Training will t•b place on • series
of evenings, and one weekend day, ~
twttn July 22 and August 7. Wonnation will cover medial and lepl proczduret, crisis intervention theory and
skllls, working with children, •nd
issues ttla.ted to sexual uuult. New
voluntftl"I are asked to make a lix·
month commitment to Rape Relief
befo..., beginning training.
Pe.nons who want to sign up for this
training, or who want to ""plore ~
a>mlng a volunteer at some future
time, should contact the Rape Relief
office •t the Olympia YWCA, 220 E.
Union, 352-0593, betwttn 9 •.m. and
5 p. m. wttkdays.
THE
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boots Fits womens' size 6½. Seldom
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A new merit scholanhip program
with annual •wards of $1500 has been
announa:d by the Wuhington Council
for Poet5econdary Education. Seven
ochol•rthips will bt •w•rded to mterirlj! frnhmen and up to sevm additional schola.nhips will be •warded to students with "junior'' status. The awards
wIII be based on •cademic •chievemmts and demonstrated le•denhip.
Financial need is not considered. Selection is limited to raidents of the state
of Washington.
Applications may be ob!Ained •t
Washington high schools, college and
university fiJw\cial aid and •dmlssions
officH or by writing the Council for
Post5econdary Education. Completed
'l'Plications must be sent to the Council postmark.cl no Ia.ter than July 25.
Winnen will be •nnouna:d by Septm,ber 1, 1980. For further Information
a,ntact the P•ul l. Fowlor Scholanhip
Committee, Council for Postsecondary
Education, 908 Eut Fifth, Olympi•.
WA 98504, (206) 75J-l571.
SUN POWER
If solar energy is u,ed to heat your
home, water, or produce electricity or
~ you an involved in any solar~
related project, or businesses. the
Oympi,a Solar Outttach Center wants
to know •bout It.
The local Sola.r Outn,•ch Cent<n
for Thurston and Mason counties,
Western SUN, and· the Washington
Sola.r Council •tt developing lists of
,ola.r inttallatlona and profasion.ils in
an effort to spur commercialization of
the solar technologies. Western SUN is
one of four Regio~I Solar ~
Centers funded by the U.S. Departmmt of Energy. Western SUN's purlX)Se is to increase public awa.rmess,
acceptance and use of solar technologin and conservation related to solar
energy in a 13-state region.
The Wuhington Solar Council is •
non•profit educational corporation
dedicated to the promotion oi comnmnity-based solar t<ehnology. The
Council is developing • dir«tory of
,olar businesses and professionals, as
~11 as installations, to aid consumers
interested in obtainffl8 solar products.
The Council is compo,ed of ov~r 20
local solar mergy uoociations of which
the Olympia Sola.r Outn,•ch Center
is one. Any pe.non with a solar device
or installation in their home, any solar
professional or business, or organizations which prpmote energy conservation and solar energy, should contact
the Olympia Solar Outttach Center •t
94~595 by August 1.
FORAGERS
BEWARE
Earlier this year, the Facilities Office
sprayed many roadside areas with
Simuine •nd Cueron. Both of these
chemicals ar• highly toxic and residual,
and will undoubtedly find thrir way
into the w•ter t•ble. Neither of them
an •pproved by th• FDA. A. • general
rule, you should not eat any plants or
~ growing •long the roadsides
near campus. M•pe of the spray.cl
areas are available: at the CPJ office or
from Facilities.
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The Thurston County Sheriff's Office will be making vacation house
checks this summer which will be performed by volunteers from the ranks
of our reserve deputies.
House checks can be • good burglary
prevention tool. The Sheriff's Office is
also recommending to home owners
that a residential security survey by a
crime prevention deputy is to their
benefit. The call receiver will be suggating that the people get a SKU.rity
survey either ~ore
they leave or
when they return.
Some helpful hints when you go on
vacation:
Have a trusted neighbor pick up the
ntWspaper and the mail.
Leave lights on inside, prderably on
a timer.
A radio left on a 24-hour station
makes the home sound occupied from
the outside.
Close the g,arag• doors.
Be certain all windows and doors are
securoly locked.
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If you haven't yet purchased your
copy of Evergrttn's first record album,
now' s the time.
Collaborations includes four sides of
music representing the diversity and
originality of Evttgrttn's musicians.
Producing an album is expensive, and
we nttd your immediate support to
help cover final production c05ts. You
can order your double album now for
only $6. When the •lbums arrive in
mid-July. other outl•ts will be charging
up to $11 or more for the s.ame two
~ord album. So send your check or
money order today I Address it to:
The Eve:rgrttn Album Project
Th• Evergrttn State Collog•
Olympi•, W•shington 98505
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Veterans Continued
continutd from pap 1 •
no problems with the ...,t time requirement ,ince they generally grant one crtdit
for each hour of clutroom Instruction on
a w.. kly basis. Evergreen entertd the controveny becaus, of ill pj>licy of granting
crtdit by contractual agreement.
The appeals court ruling stat .. in part,
• ... in th,: case of Ev.._,
State, there
is little or no classroom instruction to
support the semester houn offered... the
school ofttn no set cb.ssroom counes ...
a few Evergr,en Stat• '1earning contraru"
submitttd as Exhibill in the district court
illustrate the deficiencies illustrated
above."
The ruling goeo on to cit• t.hrtt "typical
..amp! .. " of Evergr,en learning contracts : a student who received thrtt quartrrs of full-time crtdit for hilting through
Mexico and Guatemala and writing a
guide book; a student who receivtd full.
time credit for skiing and rafting in
Idaho; and a student who received fulltime credit for '1nter..Cultural Research in
Brazil."
The ruling impli., that these exampl..
are standard academic offerings at Evergreen and are indicative of the school's
..deficiencies."
In 1978 Congress mandattd the VA to
commission a tax-financed independent
study of the seat time rule. The 400-page
study, entitltd the Shannon Report,
examined numerous "alternative" educational programs around the nation. 11-te
report concluded, "The VA is erroneously
equating educational value with ''seat
time" ... Current regulations defining "seat
time" have had the effect of improperly
setting institutional policy not only in
terms of attendance requirements, but
aJso by limiting the veteran's choice of
educational courses or programs."
The report recommended that the seat
time rule be abolishtd and that the VA
should accept each institution's definition
of a full-time student. Another report,
filtd by th• VA's own advisory committee, came to a similar conclusion.
In compelling Evergreen to file suit, the
head VA administrator, Max Oeland,
apparently discounted or overlooked the
findings of these studies commissioned by
his own organization.
Educators and accreditation teams from
more traditional academic institutions
have been unanimous in their acclaim of
the educational structuf'f: at Evergrttn.
The results of their reports are publicly
recorded.
The only exhibits mentioned in the
Ninth Circuit Court's ruling to illustrate
the educational offerings at Evergreen are
the three previously cited individual contracts where students received college
credit for non-academic pursuits. The
decision did not mention a.ny other
examples of contracts, the Shannon
Report, or the VA's advisory committee
report.
President Evans says it doesn't seem
"reasonable" to carry the matter to the
U.S. Supreme Court, the school's only
remaining legal rKourse. Richard Mont~
rucco stated in a memorandum to Evans,
'We could file a petition ... with the
United St.ate Supreme Court, but l don't
believe there is much hope for any sucC!SS in tha.t direction."
Two previous challenges have gone in
favor of the VA, .. tablishing ample lqal
precedent in their fa.vor. The circuit court
ruling concurred with the previous deci-•
sions by concluding that the VA is empowett'd to enforce the seat time requirement by Title 38 of the Unittd Stat ..
Code.
In a remark to The Daily Olympian,
!'resident Evans accustd the VA of being
"grossly selective" in its enforcement of
9eat time regulations, stating, "They
haven't bothertd Harvard or other places
when, they'd really get a reaction." Evans
continued, "I still think they're wrong in
not believing that th~ is mo~ than one
way to tducat• and to quality tducation ... they make no distinction betwttn
a student who spends an hour in an individual confera1ce with a Nobel Prize...
winning professor and one who sits in a
huge lecture hall for an hour listening to
a teaching assistant."
The only light at the end of the tuime!
for Evergrttn veterans appears to lie in
Congressional legislation. A bill CUffffltly
before Congress, th• G.I. Bill Amendments Act of 1979, includes some pro-visions for alteration of the seat time rule.
According to Veteran's Coordinator
William Jackson, a vigorous letter campaign to both the Washington Congressional Delegation and the House and
Senate Veteran's Affairs Committees
might still produce a favorable chang,, in
the law.
Jackson said the Veteran's Adminisiration Regional Office in Seattle will continue to process Evergreen student certifications according to pa.st procedure .until
the VA receives additional interpretation
d the new ruling. Veterans who are curmitly satisfying the seat time requittments have no personal cat11e for concern,
and it is unlikely that thO«! now enrolltd
in learning contracts will have to pay
back money. Future curriculum planning,
however. must be taken lnto account. In
certain circumstances internships may still
qualify for full-time benmll, but 1tuden11
on individual contracts will probably only
receive tuition and fees.
Veteran's comprise approximately ten
percent of Evergrttn's student body. The
school administration, hard-preued to in·
a-east enrollment and not wishing to
aclude veterans from academic programs
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oonsider possible solutions to the seat
tim• ruling. Larry Stenberg, Dun of
F.zlrollment Services, said, 'The chief commitment of the college right now is to
make sure we can give the veteran some
very clear. concise information so that
they can make informed detj.sions about
their education."
Asktd if general curriculum change
were being contemplattd, Stenberg ,aid,
,t's somewhat premature to consider dictating to the curriculum based on • court
d!cision until we've had a chanc:e to work
with the state approving agency, and
we're going to be negotiating with them in
the next couple of ....Ju."
The approving _,c,
is empowered by
the VA to determine whlch cour.s of
otudy are full or part time.
A problem vetenN are liltely to ena>unter i1 that 10me P1'UPand a,ordinattd 1tudi.. contracts do not utisfy the
by Ken Silventein
seat time ru.Jeas full-time counes. Stenberg said the school would be looking at
programs from last year to determine how
many did not satisfy the rule. Of thooe
that didn't, the administration wishe to
know which of them may have had a
course option that would have satisfied
the requirement.
Registrar Walker Allen &aidthat imposing .. at time requiremenll for all programs removes options for faculty to proceed with education as they feel it is most
appropriate. "The question for the institution," Allen stated, "is do We want to
establish a requirement that will be levied
on all studenll when there are a limittd
number of veterans who may~ impacted
neg,,tively1"
The veteran community at Evergreen
has not yet reacttd strongly to the ruling.
Most are confustd about the decision, and
the issue will remain cloudy until the
cli&trictcourt, the Veteran's Administration and Evergreen'• administration decide
exactly how the new rule will be imp!~
menttd. According to employees of the
school's Office of Veteran's Affain, only
one student has withdrawn from classe&
in reaction to the court ruling. Howne:r,
s,voral who had been conoidmng coming
to Evergreen are vatcilating, and many
students have calltd in with conoemtd
queries.
Most students eligible for G.I. benefitt
are not eligible for financial aid. In addition, veteran students as a group are older
than most Evergreen studenll and many
have dependent spoUIOSand childn,n.
Without the G.I. Bill, it is impossible for
many of them to attend college. TESC has
always streutd .. If.motivation and "real
world" e,iperience as an integral part of
an Evergreen tducation. Uni... veterans
are capable of providing their own
finances, many of EVergrftn'• learning
options are no longer available to them.
A marritd full-time veta:an student with
one child now receives about 13,800each
school year to defray his tducatlonal
costs. Under the new ruling, the same student talting an individual contract will
receive $618-a financial lost of alm01t
$3,200. In addition, many veteran 1tuden11 must work to suppo(I their famili.,,
and individual contraell have previously
afforded them a way to get collep credit
m, thei. ow11 tinllt!,TIK11tshtdent9-would--not be able to attend college: if it meant
scheduling dally clasa-ions.
The VA is the only ftderal. state or
local ·tducational usiltance program that
bases its payment on the amount of time
a student spendt in daS&. The only stipulation in other prognuns is that the student must be earning crtdit applicable to
• degree.
Future veteran enrollmentt are !inly to
be a problem. Many veteraru are attracttd from outtlde the Olympia area by
Evergr,en's alternative 11yleof education.
Under the new requlttmenll, few lhldmtt
are likely to go to the effort and expente
ol moving to Olympia if they - their
benefits endangertd and are unabl• to
talte advantage of Ev_,•,
tducational
optiont. Current and protpKtlve 11udon11
thould be aware that their benefits are in
no way in jeopa,dy, u Ionau they
adhere to the ...,t time requirement.
A recent poll shows that 58'!1, of American voten are dissatisfied with the choice
of Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan for
president. Over 40'!1, of registertd voters
consider themselves independents, not
affiliattd with •ither of the major parti ...
Only SO% of all rqlotered voten bothertd to cast a ballot in the 1976 presidential election.
The "Citizens' Committ .. " recently
• foundtd the Citizens' Party to rep,...nt
the millions of Americans who feel they
are not represented by the Democrats or
Republicans. The party, whos, general
philosophy can loosely be described as
"leftist populism," recently nominattd environmentalist Barry Commoner and
American Indian activist la Donna Harris
for president and vice-president. A1JStuds
Terkel said at the Party's founding convention held April 11-13 in Cleveland, the
Citizens' Party is out to "reclaim the
American dream from the predators who
have stolen it."
In August ol 1979 the "Citiuns' Committee." which had formed several months
earlier (and includtd Maggie Kuhn of th•
Grey Panthers, Mother Jone, editor Adam
Hochschild, and political consultant Don
Rose) announced the intent to form a new
political party with goals and objectives
including:
1. Public control of the energy and
other key resource industries, such as
banks and credit institutions. utilities of
all types, the railroads, etc.
2. An end to nuclear energy and a conversion to solar and other renewable
energy resources.
3. An immediate and significant reduction in military spending which is inflationary, unnecessary (35,0CX>
nuclear warheads would seem to provide sufficient
"defense"). and could be better spent elsewhere.
4. A guaranteed job for everyone who
wants to work. This could be accomplishtd by ftderal, state, and local governments creating jobs in fields such as
housing, energy, health care, environmental dean up, public transportation, educa-
by B. Shannon
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There is someone new in the political
limelight in Washington State. His name
is JIM MCDERMOTT and he is running
against Duey Ltt Ray for the Democratic
nomination for governor in September.
The race is just getting into stride and
promises to be one of the most hotly
divisive and contagiously interesting
showdowns in many a year.
McDermott tried to get the nomination
011cebefoae iu 1m but f-.iled. lie had
then served only one two-year term (from
1970 to 1972) in the State Hou .. of Representatives from the 43rd District in
Seattle. According to Lynn Wilson, press
aid to the current campaign. McDermott
had come out of the Navy. where he was
a psychiatrist, disturbtd by what he had
,..n during the Vietnam War. "He just
wanted to be able to kttp the A.me from
happening again ... Politics was the best
avenue," she said. After loting the governor's race he tttumed to his child
psychiatry practice.
In 1974, McDermott was electtd to the
State Senate from th• oarnedl1trict. later,
he became ChainMn of the Education
Commltt .. where he umtd respect for
his ability to work the political apparatus.
In retponte to Judae Doran'■ 1975 mandate-that the IAgi■lature define and provide adequate mant for bulc education
in the state-McDermott stripped the
tion, day care, etc.
S. Stable prices for th• basic necessiti.,-food, fuel, housing, and health
care. This could be achieved fint through
price controls and then by restructuring
thos, s,gments of the economy so they
produce goods and services for use instead
of profit.
6. Support for human rights at home
and abroad. Dom .. tically this would
mean working for the ERA and women's
rights, national health insurance, and affinnatiye action and other programs de-signed to combat racism. Overseas it
would mean the end of aid to countries
that violated the rights of their citizens
and a strict policy of nonintervention in
the internal affain of other countries .
7. Democratic control of the economy.
The founders of the Citiuns' Party felt
that large corporations' control of the.
economy was the major cause of America's economic, social, and political problems. They propo~ "citizen control of
major investment and resource decisions ...
This control, they stressed, should be as
decentralized as possible.
5
They rejected the socialist solution of
nationalization of all the economy's productive forces a.nd instead pro~
different answers to situations which they
felt were qualitatively different. Commoner explained what some of these
answers would be in a recent interview.
"Let me take one extreme-the railroads.
Social control means rebuilding the railroads. How do you do it1 There's no way
of rebuilding the railroads without owning
them. Nobody else wants to own them.
The reason why they are being ripped
apart is that they are taking out the pieces
that don't make a profit. So you say, we
are for social control of the railroads
which means rebuilding the railroads,
which means nationalizing them."
"Now let's go to another example-the
Youngstown steel plant. U.S. Steel has
abandoned the plarit. The steel union
wants to take it ove:.r.The company is
trying tC' block them. Our position is that
there is a social governance issue there.
What we're in favor of is that the workers
should take the plant over, gettil_lgthe
necessary capital in the form of loan guarantees, etc."
'Will we be in favor of public ownership of that plant7 Hell no. Imagine going
to the union and saying, 'You want to
buy that plant7 Move over, the U.S. government is going to buy that plant.
"Now there are two lessons. One is that
governance is the key thing. The second is
that l don't think it makes any sense to
decide what to do without looking at the
specifics of a particular industry." (In
The.. Times, 4-23-SOl
Nationally. the Citizens· Party has
grown rapidly. There are now close to
200 chapters in various communities
across the country, and the party will
probably be on lhe ballol in aboul 40
states (including Washington}. If the
Commoner/Harris ticket gets 5% of tht>
vote in November the Citizens' Party will
qualify for 9-12 million dollars in federal
funds and become by definition a ··major
party," thereby eliminating the difficult
task of gaining ballot access in 1984.
Sources inside the Citizens' Party fear
that independent candidate John Anderson
will gamer enough votes to prevent
Commoner from reaching the S % goal.
They point out that, in spite of his liberal
media image, Anderson's voting record is
extremely moderate. (For a closer look at
Anderson's record, see the CPJ of
April 24. 1980.)
On the other hand, according to cam•
paign manager Bill Zimmerman, the Citizens' Party could potentially benefit from
Anderson's candidacy. Anderson's cam•
paign legitimizes voting outside the twoparty system, he points out, and liberal
voters may realize that on many issues
Anderson is basically conservative.
A Thurston County chapter of the
Citizens' Party has recently formed (a
Seattle chapter started in December and a
group is now forming in Bellingham) and
is considering running candidates in the
local elections in November. There may
also be a candidate for governor of \Vash•
ington State running on the Citizens'
Party ticket this fall. The party's state
convention will be held July 26 at tht>
Langston Hughes Center in Seattle (Barry
Commoner will be speaking there during
the early afternoon>.
The Thurstcm County chapter will be
holding an informational meeting on
Thursday. July 24 at the Olympia Public
Library. The meeting will start al
7:30 p.m. For anyone wanting more in·
formation on the Citizens' Party. call
943-80n.
initial Hou .. proposal bare, ltd his committ .. •s rewrite of the bill, and introductd
a fresh venion that passed both Hou..,
with astonishing speed and support. This
bill, The Washington Basic Education Act
of 1977, moved our public school systems
out of "the dark ag., and into th•
twentieth century," according to Jim
Sjoland. (Sjoland, an Olympia resident,
works for the state Superintendent of
Schools and is a McDermott campaigner.)
The act has become a model, says
Sjoland, who (xtalls a:nomer of McDermott's apparent virtues. 'What I like
about him best is his willingness to listen
to new ideas!"
In 1978, McDermott was reelected to
the Senate. He became a vice-chairman in
the Ways and Mea.ns Committee: which
gave him experience at fitting program
goals into budgett. He came away a ,.If.
confesed realist. His "honest" appraisaJ
of the upcoming billion-dollar shortfall in
the state's treasury is a guarded call for
more taxet. McDermott has gone on
record favoring a state income tax ... yet
he knows a political pi.,..bomb when he
tees one. He ii considering alternatives to
such a tax but he prefers to wait and ....
He is not the quint-tial
liberal.
Whil• McDermott'• record Is more
'1iberal" than any of the other candidat ..
for governor, lie don not completely endone the ectremely liberal platform
adopted at the state Democratic conven-
tion in Hoquiam on June 14. Rather, he
"considers himself a progressive, (the}
Dan Evans-type who wants a positive en•
vironment for the citizens of the state,"
says Lynn Wilson. He will take "a
problem-solving approach" lo government. When asked about the meaning of
the word "positive," Wilson describes
McDermott's personality. He is a "good
leader and he motivates people very
well .. in an upbeat way." She contrasts
his manner with the dosed doors and
decrees of the current administration.
The following is a list ot a te:w urgenr
issues facing Washingtoni.ins and Mc•
Dermott's respective stands:
Energy: McDermott wants a "public
forum" to decide on the state energy plan.
(P-1 June 25, 1980) He would r-eale a
"concerted state policy for st.ate altem.itive energy sources." His priorities are as
follows: (1) Conwrvation; (2) AJternative
Energy Sources, including a Solar Bank
that could make low-cost loans to homeowners wishing to go solar; (3} Nuclear
power as a "last resort"; (4) Coal still
must be evaluated. (Wilson)
Education: McDermott would "follow
through, fulfill what we set out to do,
(whatever is) not being implemented."
(W,lson)
Nuclear Waste Disposal: McDermott
does not want the state to become "the"
national dumping ground. 'What Jim
really wants is a regional compact between states, something that everyone will
work on." (Wilson)
Northern Tier Pipeline: He ,... no
need for it and "doesn't understand why
they are pushing so hard for it." The
legislature should be the final arbiter in
the dispute, not the feds. (Wilson)
Priaon1: The current situ.ition is a
"mess" due to poor planning. McDermott
would immtdiately try to secure McNeil
Island Penitentiary from the ftdt with the
help of Sen. Magnuson. McDermott
would review the entire prison situation,
including parole board functiont, and
make the board 1ep1e9e:ntatlveof mott
than jutt law-enforcement people. He
would requ .. t that the Council on Crime
and Deli~
"'pply four nam.. for
the board, as previous administrations
had done until 1976. (Wilson and P·l
June 25. 1980)
Land-Use: McDermott favors land-use
plans "that have teeth in them" at the
local level. He wants to give local areas
the tools to "do it themselves" so that in•
coming interests can't run roughshod over
local interests. For public lands. the public
interest must be served. With this goal in
mind. he introduced a bill in 1980 that
restricted the export of whole logs harvest~ on public lands. This bill died in
infancy, but could have helped keep local
mills running. (Wilson)
The McDermott people are now run•
ning a "typically volunteer campaign"
with only one full-time, paid staff member, Wilson said. Many loyal Democrats
who feel betrayed by a "closet-Republican"
governor have become very active, says
Sjoland. The Thurston County Precinct
Democratic Caucus was overwhelmingly
in favor of McDermott. At the State Convention, well over 70% of the delegates
polled put lheir supporl behind McDermott, signalling a long and divisive
battle in the primary week.
Though big-business and big-labor have
donated heavily to the incumbent's cam•
paigr M<O.nnou·, people.haYL.Seew:ed
several individual endorsements and SS-10
donations stream in at a rate of .about
$500 a day. according to Wilson. Among
the union endorsements are the United
Transportation Union and the Washington Education Association. Of the WEA
endorsement, Sjoland says that "tens of
thousands of dollars will fall." Wilson
calls $450,000 a "pie-in-th.... ky buclaet,..
an amount alrea.dy amassed by the incumbent, Dixy Ltt Ray.
McDermott plans to spend this money
on paid advertising. since he is not too
well known state-wide. Yard signs,
mailen, and fundrai~n are planned
locally. Sjoland says that a ''Paranoid
Party and Masquerade Ball for StateWorken" is coming up soon. On July 26,
a champagne breakfast fundrajser will be
held. Sjoland asks anyone inttte1ttd in
the campaign, or the parti.,, to call him
at 866-3953 fr;om 7 to 9 in the evening.
Registration is first step ()Dthe warpath
6
An addicting wa~rt() ,vaste ()De's
by Jefferson Allen
For many people a Frisbtt® is a casual
pl,ything left over from an era of HulaHoops and the Beach Boys. But for a
growing number of disc enthusiasts,
Frisbee® is an addicting way to waste
one·s time.
In the past ten years. disc sports have
diverged into many diffuent areas. One
of the first invented is called Ultimate, a
competitive. non-contact game. Two
seven-member teams play on a 60x40yard field with 30-yard end-zones. To
score a point, the offense passes the disc
up the field and into the end-zone. Any
incomplete pass results in a turnover to
the defense. Ultimate is a fast-moving
sport like soccer or basketball, but the
floating nature of the disc adds a unique
twist to the play.
Double Disc Court is like doubles tennis in organization. Two discs are used,
and instead of a net there is a neutral
zone in between the squares the players
stand in. Two points are scored if the
opposite team is caught with two discs in
their square. Points ue also gained if the
other team drops or mis--throws the disc.
Another development is Folf or
Frisbee® golf. Tree ~d other targets are
used as holes. One must possess a variety
of skills, especially in distanu throwing
and accuracy, to be good at Folf.
Maximum Tlme Aloft or MT A is
ilrlother individual disc sport. The throw
must have the right amount of power and
ilrlgle to "shelf" (1evel out) into high altitude air currents. In order for a MTA
throw to qualify, a clean, one-handed
catch must be made.
Frttttyling is probably the most amaz ..
ing and exhilirating disc sport. It is a
series of coopffative throws and catches
usually done by a two-person team. Since
its birth in the e3.rly seventies, state-ofthe-art disc frttStyle has risen to an incredible blend of body and ruse movement. A basic skill in freestyle is the "nail
delay." By catching and spinning the disc
on one's finger (delaying), one is able to
prolong the spinning energy of the disc
while performing.
These are a few of the ways that disc
has progressed. Tournaments, on a local,
state. national and international level
have helped in these developments by
bringing Frisbee® freaks together.
One of these competitions, the 1980
Volcanic Open, was held June 28 and 29
1n Seattle's Lower Woodland Park. The
tournament was hosted by the Olympic
Windjammers, a Seattle disc club, and
sponsored through Wham-0 (the maker
or Frisbee® flying discs) and local merchants. Over 100 competitors entered in
the two main events, Folf and Double
Disc Court. There were four divisions to
compete in-open (for anyone), womens·,
masters and grand masters-for a more
equal competition.
The Folf competition was played in
three rounds on two 18-hole courses.
Many of the holes were par two or thrtt,
and required throws up and down small
hills and forested an,as. Lowell Shields
won by having the lowest cumulative
score. The Double Disc Court competition
FRIS8£E€> OISK
had a round robin elimination system. Al
Bonopane and Charlie Duvall won by
having the best won/lost record.
Weather conditions for the tournament
w,,n, near perfect and the Sunday finab
dttw a sizable crowd to the park. For a
$10 entry fee, the player received a teeshirt, a mini Frisbeee, and a salmon
NC)'
Come to a bendit for the Thurston
County Draft Counseling Center for a
mere $2. On July 20, the eve before
dralt registration is scheduled to resume, Paul Becker presents an evening
of guitar and folk singing at the Gnu
Deli. Show your opposition to involuntary servitude! Show starts at 7:30.
BACK-TO-SOIOOL
PLANNING
Working persons and others intereste<l m returning to college but unsutt
ot how to set or achieve their academic
obJl'Ctives may wa.nt to consider a
noontime course offered this summer
by The Evergreen State College. Called
''Educational Planning for Part-Time
Students," the course begins July 22
and continues through August 21 at
noon on T u~ys
and Thursdays in
downtown Olympia.
Course instructor Earlyse Swift currently serve, as educational outreach
coordinator at Evergreen. Her twocredit class will nplore educational op,portunities in Thurston County, induding those available al Evergrtt-n
and other institutioN of higher education which serve this area. 'Tm not
going to be pushing Evergreen," says
Swift. "Instead, I want to encourage
intere,ted back-to-schoolers to explore
what's availablt locally and select what
best enabln them to complete their
education."
Prerqistration
for her cli15.s, which
costs $42, ma be arran ed
C l°
6-6128 wee days during regular
,vorkinK hours. Persons may a.Jso com:,lete registration at the fint class fflftt•
in~ at noon July 22 in State Office
Building Two (DSHS), Conference
room 48.
Our old-fashioned ice cream social
was such a success last year, we
drcided to make it a yearly event.
Come join the fun on Friday July 11
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The place is
Olympia's Sylvester Park on _Capitol
Way between Legion and 7th. Then,
will be ice cream and cookies plus
loads of musical entertainment, including the Harlequin Players with musk:
from "The King and I." the Kitchen
Band, the Blackberry Jammer,, the
Senior Centu
Singers,
and the
Olympia All City Band. Sponsoned by
the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
ESSAYSFORPEACE
Unilateral
Friendship
is offering
$2,000 in prizes for essays of lCXlO
words or less on the following th~:
'The Drift Toward War Between the
United States and Russia Seems Inexorable: What Fresh Ideas Could You
Offer Toward a Constructive New
Relationship Between the U.S. and
the U.S.S.R.7"
Participation is unttStricted. Essays
will be judged for originality rather
than literary ncellence. Priority will
be given to imaginative a.nd heretofore
unexplored approache,.
Fir,t prize, S1.000: s,cond prize,
~:
third prize, ~All nsays will become the property
o/ Unilateral Friendship. The top 10
essays wi receive w1 1ntemat10na
publicity.
Entries must be reaived by October 1, 1980. Judge,' decisions will be
final. Prize, will be awarded Oecem·
ber 1, 1980.
BANDSTAND2000
We the produ=,
Michael Zwffln,
!'jay Guttierrez and Ben Goldfarb, of •
"Bandstand 2000" need people to dance
for the production. ''Bandstand 1/Xl(f'
is an informal futuristic look at America's No. 1 discoshow,
American
Bandstand. Our attflnpt is to show
what we think American Bandstand
will be in 20 yean. The bands are
Customer Service, from Evergrem, and
the Beaker, out of Seattle. The music
i., ultra modem and can only be placed
in a class by itself.
This is an experimental production
and will be closed to the pablic. The
audience will be by inviQtion only.
If you art interested in dancing and
want to hear the music we an: using,
fffl (rft to come to an audition or any
of the practicn. Rehearsalsatt rvff"/
Monday and Wednesday 7-9 p.m. in
th• 4300 lounge on the 4th floor of tho
library. For further information, you
can contact: Micheal at 754-HEAT or
Play at 866-0542 or leave name and
rumber with the TESC S&Aoffice.
TIIAtlCL SClltllt:C,
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The Thurston County Citizens' Party
will be holding a benefit -1,etti
dinner on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m.
The dinner will be at 1521 Bowman1 block up from tho Co-op-at Bowman and Thomas streets. For $3
there'll be spaghetti, salad, French
inad, and music. Bring your own
beverage. Tickets can be bought in advance by calling 943-8077, or on tho
night of the dinner.
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The ume trumpets, the same print
fading over the edge of the taftl'I . . . But
no, you haven't returned to Star Wan for
the twelfth tlmt. It's a new movie, 11,o
prrwvern and the heron are discovered,
but not befon, Luke taka a Fttudian
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into his past and future. We att
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Numemus churches and church groups
have announced various degrees of opposition to the new registration and the
draft, including the Disciples of Christ, the
Episcopal Churdt, the Sojourners, and activist ex-priest Phillip Berrigan. Also, the
National Resistance Committee is gearing
up for a series of nationwide demonstratfons beginning on the weekend previous
to resumption of registration.
On the legal front, the ACLU has filed
suit in U.S. District Court of D.C.,
charging that draft registration is unconstitutional ~ause it applies to men only.
The lawsuit contends that exclusion of
women is unconstitutional because it is
not "substantially relat~ to any important governmental objective," and takes
note of support fon-egistering women by
Carter, the Department of Defense, and
Selective Service Director Roster.
The strategy behi"ld the lawsuit is that
the administration would drop the whole
issue if women werr fo~
to register, for
the subject would become too volatile.
Another lawsuit bmg discussed, based on
the same strategy, would contend age
discrimination.
The dft>ate over the necessity and
meaning of registration and the draft is
far from closed. Proponents claim that
registration wouki save va.luable timt:,
invoking those all1>owerful words, "in
casreof national NCUrity emergency."
However, just one wftk before Cuter
announ~
his intmtion to renew registration, Selective Service Director Bernard
Roster completed a report claiming that
registration would save only seven days,
and was too expensive and unnecnsary.
P.ntagon officials have bttn split on the
issue.
Much debate ta. focused on the draft
itself. Though Carter claims up and down
Empire is a fun fantasy t,)r all
by Ann Gedda
,
Wcata1Dll
Four million young men between the
ages of 18 and 20 must sign-up for draft
registration, the first step in military con•
scription, according to an order issuedby
President Carter last Wednesday, July 2.
All young men born In 1960 and 1961
must register at their local post offiu
between July 21 and August 2, or faa,
possible prosecution with a maximum
penalty of a $10,000 fine and five year,
in prison.
The appropriation to renew registration, passed by Congn,ss on June 25, and
Carter's subsequent order have raised as
little fanfare as possible. Upon signing the
appropriations bill, Carter n,fu,ed to
comment at all. With the order to resume
registration, Carta gave a five-minute
statement centered around the laughable
Idea that renewed conscription it meant
..not to threaten war but to praervr
peace," and emphasized the dubious assertion that he is "not in favor of a peac:e-time draft."
The mass media i, only paying lip
tttVi~ to Carter's ridiculous rationali.z.a09.ns, A survey of the major national
nrwspapers shows that the L.A. Times
~It that Carter's order only merited a
brief, page 6 article, although it affects
the lives of four million Americans. The
Wa■hlngton Pott relegated the IWWI to a
two-,entence aMOW\Cffllentin their News
in Brief IKtlon, and tho N. Y. Times felt
that Congraslonal appropriations for tho
,hit was worthy of page 14 mention.
The Christian Selena, Monitor, hu ytt to
write an artidt lonpr than two oentmca
on the return of the draft.
Why this indownplaying of what
smn, to bt a major ...,.. story7 QI>.
viously, the Carter administration and the
P.ntORon an, running ocared. In 1972 the
draft system broke down because nona,mpliance was 10 widtspnead. According
to the Central Committee for Conscientious Objection (CCO) be_~een 1964 and
1973 over 219,000 men were reported to
the Justice Department for refusing to
register. Add to that the 370,000 men
(50% of aU registrants) who applied for
C.O. status between 1970 and 1972, and
you have one hell of a mess, as Nixon
realized when he called off the draft in
1972.
Because of the Vietnam-era experience.
plans for the new registration, and the
draft when it comes, severely limit deferments, exemptions, and opportunities to
gain C.O. status. 1n fact, one internal
Selective Services document made public
by Rep. Robert Kastenmeier (D-Wis)
claimed that 42% of registrants in 1971
neceived C.O. cla1Slficatlon. Los Angeles
lawyer BUISmith believes that the report's author, Major Don Guritz "deliberately overstated tho percentage and actual
numbers of Selective Service registrants
classified as C.O.s during the Vietnam
War to support his conclusion that the
C.O. classification be severely restricted."
Carter has good reason to fear widespread resistance. The U.S. Student Association (USSA) recffltly issued a call "to
all young men of the 19 and 20 to
seriously consider refuting to comply with
military draft registration." The USSA,
which represents three million college and
univenity students, stated, 'The massive
failure to register for tho draft by patriotic
youth of our country is necessary to prewnt this unjust law from being macted."
They also announced a "full scale campaign to Impedeand prevent the mum of
the draft."
Sunday Brunch-$5.95
WE'll
SEE
YOU
ALL wAra
dinner on Saturday night. Also held Sunday were exhibitions ih MT A, Ultimate,
C.,nine Dile, and FrHStyle. A Frisbtt ~
tournament is not an everyday athletic
event and because disc is new sport, there
is a feeling of subculture among the
playen. Enjoying one's self is often more
of a priority than the competition.
OTIZENS'PARTY
RESIST1liE DRAFT
ICE CREAMSCXlAL
by Ben Alexander
943-918.1
I Blodt South of
Harrison on Divialon
For ReHrvatlona 1143-8812
cast.
When we Jut saw our heron, everything was hunky dory. Luke and Solo
received gold medals for a job well done.
The Death Star blow up into so many
hmks of metal forever fl<>atlngthrough
the unlvene. Yet Darth Vadar, the IIChvillain with throat problems, escaped.
Now, after three years and 19 mUllon
dollars, Vadar returns with hit evil empitt
reassembled. As In Star Wan, hit hierarchy is based on fear and absolute obedi•
ence. Three of his admirals att Xed out
for minor infractions within 20 minutff.
Darth cannot tolerate. mittakH, nor don
he appreciate apologies. One wonden
where he finds so many incompetent
admirals.
The plot is simple. As in the original
movie, Vadar tracks our he.rOH back and
forth across the univene. His decrepit
ship hides in unexpected harbors. Darth
runs.
Now that Obe Wan is dead, another
materiallut to take Luke under his
wing, Yoda, tho small whimpering puppet
is much more than he Sttms. The roll of
his eyes sttm too human lo bt a puppet's.
(They were dtlibtrately fashioned after
Albert EINtrin's,) Hit facial gestures, like
that of a four-year-old boy or an eightyyear-old man, convince us that he cannot
be make believe. Grover of Sesame Street
has made the big time.
As a Jedi knight appnentia,, Luke trains
briefly with Yoda on a steamy jungle
planet. He.re he is given a true explanation
of THE FORCE as taught by Yoda. However, Luke departs abruptly in midtraining and we are at a loss as to
whether he wlll return. The answer, of
cours,e, lies another three ye.an a.nd
umptttn million dollars away.
Although the story line is generally
banal, relentless action obscures it even
mott. The film moves too fast for one to
absorb the nuancu of each particular
tcene. The animation is beautiful. but one
barely has time to appreciate a new
gargoyle before ytt another figutt
appean, We are c01mt:11tlybeing mo
from planet to battle to starship.
This is a good movie for children. it
gives them a sort of pleasure that no Walt
Disney movie or Saturday morning car•
toon can. It sets them completely into
another world, like a fond book read
many times over.
Such a fantasy of good I find very
soothing to the soul. Whether or not it
has any basis in reality it beside the point.
If the fantasy can make one-believe that
good can prevail, then it has proven its
worth. At least on leavifl8 the theater it
makes me hope for it.
Not since I n,ad fairy tal,s regularly
have I bttn so entranced by a makebelieve story. I take m)'Rlf much too
,eriously in everyday existence and need
more of something like The Empire to get
mt to break out and laugh at my
,obriety. This movie did that and also
left me with the age old. yet essential
question What i, THE FORCEl
7
that he is against the peacetime draft,
opponents point out that we have nrver
instituted registration without it leading to
the draft and war. Milton Mayer of
The Progressive sums up the argument:
''There is no war without an army.
'"Thereis no army without conscription.
'There is no conscription without registration. And there is no registration-not
with thirty minute ICBMs flying aroundwithout advance registration. (There •
wouldn't be time to mobilize the advance
~strants,
so the registration has to be
followed by peacetime conscription.)"
There seems to be no answer. with the
radicals pointing al historical evidence,
and all good Democrats standing finnly
by the party line. For an unbiased
opinion, one must look beyond the
Lruted Stales. Stanley Reynolds of the
ronservative British Manchester Cu•di.a.n,
says this about American draft registration:
"Registration would mean young Americans were all classified and ready to call
up. It does not mean there would be a
chft. Given five minutes examinatioo.
you can see that this is ridiculous. It took,
in my day, 18 Wttk.s to create the greenest
d troops, to complete nine weeks basic
training and then another nine weeks socalled advance infantry training. Now•
adays, with mud, more complex weapavy, the training is obviously going to
lake .nuch loJ181!f',
and it is obvious as
"'~II that if they register the men they are
@Pingto call then up no matter what
they say now."
The question remains, if the draft is
such a political hot potato. and it does
not effectively mttt the military's needs,
why is Carter pushing it, especially in an
election year7 Reynolds offers one answer,
when he says "the draft is returning because the generals have at last realiud
they need those smart-alee college boys
because the volunteer army does not have
the menial capacity to handle complicated
weaponry."
Glenn Andersoo of OCARD and the
Thurston County Draft Counseling Ct'nte,r
offered another explanation. He pointed:
out that this admmistration has INJ the
nation into a rec:.-ession.He claims that the
craft. and the whole ··get tough on
Afghanistan" routine are part of a ple.t
for "national unity" !words almost as
ominous as "nation.ti security") in the face
c;Ja foreign crisis-a divenionary tactic
to shift the nation's attention away from..
problems at home, at least until after the
dections. Anderson addNJ that many
influential politicians, such as Sen. Sam
Nunn (D-Ga.), have •lways opposed the
volunteer army. and have pressed fOf' the
<k-a.ft'sreturn eve-rsince it ceased in 1972.
Though there may not be one simple
answer to the question of Carter's
~ives,
one thlflg is certain. As activist
Sidney Lens poiited out, 'We aren't regist,ring people just to set if they have good
penmanship, we att rtgistering people
b<cause they an, going to be drafted!
They an, not going to be drafted before
November, beaus, that is election day,
and Carter is liable to lose the election it
h! insists on drafting 2-4 million people:·
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