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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 9, Issue 17 (February 12, 1981)
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Olyq,ja, Washington 98505
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COOPERPOINT
Arts & Events
a drMngtpatlal work by Vera Blah-.., directed
by Scott ~ from a Labanotatlon ICOf'8.
For rweervatlona and further lnformaUon,
call 326-9949. Wahington Hall Is located al
14th & Fir, 1 block north of Yeulef'.
GallaryExhlblts
0.llefy Two
"Image Making": drawings and pelntlngs b-,
studenls of E¥9fgreen ln1tructor1 Ann Lasko
and Young Harvlll wl11 be on dlaplay Jan. 17Feb. 8
0.llefy
IActww
R.E.I.S1-
Thura.,Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. R.E.I. holta two
alldeahowa from 1h11National Partta Serrice.
F•tured la "Olympic a Alplne Tranaplant:
Blessing or Blundef?" II explorea the alluatlon
lhat ha.a occurred by Introducing of tne non,.
native mountain goat1 In the Olymp4c National
Park. The program wu dewfoped to help
pe0pM become aw.,. of the mountajn ga.t
man■gement luue at the pa,k. Al.a ahowlng
la "Hlgh Country lmprnalon1" a spec'-!,
mufti.protector alldeahow Nt to mu•~ on
alpfne traYel In the Northwest.
Four
"New Photographies," a collection of professional and student work from throughout
the nation by Central Wuhinglon University
Alms-on
campus
Photography Director James Sanlstrand, Is In
Gallery Four. The exhibit features the besl In
black and white and color phOtography from
shows S.htstrand has curated 0\'91" the put
nine years The show, on view through
Feb 22, exhibits w011tsfeaturing con\'91lllonal
photographic techniques and directions, as
well as mDfe experimental and mixed media
approaches
Rock Film
Woibhaps
-ToysiAn evening exploration lor women of sexual
toys, bOoka and rnar1t■I ald1. From comnon
lubrtcanta to far out clothing, this 9't801ng la
loaded with Information and fun. All Items
will be ■vallabte for ute. For women only,
please. $5 In edvanc::e,S7.50 at the door,
Feb. 12. Thia event WIii be hekt at the Uni-veraity Tower Hotel In the Ballroom. Spon,IOf9d by Seattle Institute fo, Sex Therapy,
Educallnn and Reaeerch.
"'The Last Waltz Is a fllm aboul a rock concert slamng "The Band," Enc Clapton, Nell
Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Bob
Dylan ··Muddy Waters," and many more. Sal .
Feb 7 at 3 JO. 7 and 9:30 in L H. 1, $1 50.
Fllma by Women
Recen1 Films by Womens Senes," presents
'Righi Oul of Hislo,y The Making of Judy
Ch,cago·s Dinner Party," 7 30 pm , Rec11.11
Hall $1 The dinner Party is • controverslal
landmar11m the w0<ld of art and women's
henlage F,ve years in !he making and lnvoh1•
ing the slolls ol oYet" 100 women. the Dinner
Party also represen1s a radical break tram
rational concepts ol how art 11 "made." This
line Mm documents the excitement, and lrus•
trat1ons, ol !he women whO made !he Dinner
Party a reahly
Thul"ldlly N~t
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Feb. 6 "'A FOfe1gnAlfalr," stars Marlene
Dietrich who plays a IOfrner Nazi m occupted
Befhn who Is a star nightclub pertOfmer and a
black marketeer John Lund plays !he American office, desperately In love with hef, and
Jean Arthur 1s a member ol a Congressional
tn~tigalive commlltee sen1 10 uncc:,,;er the
depravilies of Yanks ,n Berhn A brilliant black
comedy, clever, sw,11, and shrewd. Direcled
by Bltly Wlldef, HMS. bw L H t. 3, 7. and
9 30, $1 25 Plus Colo, Superman cart00f1
"The Magnelic. Telescope,' 1942
Wed . Feb 11, Greed and Faust Is featured
lust /Of money and gold comes to a scorchmg chmax m southern California Sly. willy,
mti1hst1c Salan visits ag,ng, crusty, ""painnc
docto, of philosophy who dumps college
career for reslorecl youth, travel. wild me and
a letcl'ung blonde Showings on ,n L H 1 al
1 30 and 7 XI. free
local Produc.,
Jeff Meyer's "Gas City" ts among the ra,e
independent fealure litms conceived, lmanced
and produced in !he Northwest "Gas City" IS
an urban odyssey abou1 a 25-yMf-old drifter
named Lyle who takes a Job at a local gas
stat1on-bu1 he keeps a lull tank of gas In his
hol rod and a pocketful ol money to constantly guard against any inclmallon towards
permanence Lyle Is set up with a 30-iah wa,1•
reas who seeks marriage as a tolutlon 10 the
boredom of 9¥9f'yday existence.
"'Ga.a City" was !limed In the SN1tle/
Tacoma area. The locallon Is Hlgf'l Hopes
Media Serviea, 233 Summit AYtl. E., S.ttle,
322·9010 Admission is S2. 8 p.m on Tues.
Feb 10.
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n-i.
A twa.weeken(t Mfles OI theater. directed
and produced tolely by s1udenta, will be ~
sented In rotating repertory thla monttl at
TESC. The Nf'iea opens Feb. 12 with Martin
Sherman's hit Broadway drama, "Bent," whic,
continues with performances on Feb. 14, 20,
and 22. On alternating 8¥8nlng1, Feb. 13, 15,
19 and 21, Arthur Mlll8f"a powerful drame, "All
My Sona," will be alaged. Ticket• available
Feb. 4 at the TE.SC8ook11ore, BudQe( Tapes
and Records and Rainy Day Records IOf $2.50
general. $1.50 lo, students and eenlor clli•
zens Tickets will also be aold at the ooo, of
lhe library Bldg. beginning at 7:30 eech pre,.
ductlon SYenlng
Music
The Ruaslan Balalaika Trio will play a wide
variety of Russian music SIi., Feb 7
Featured are Kur'! Armbruster, Sergei Qlfov
and RObert Sotnlk, playing tradillonal Auaaian
instruments. The lrlo hu played throughout
the country, and ha• recorded an album
Juz
Altve!. an all-women Jazzquintet from San
Francieco, returns lo Olympia lo, lwo per•
Page 12 Cooper Point Journal
On Friday, Feb. 6, CPJ Editor Theresa
Connor was barred from a meeting between members of the Third World Community, President Evans and other college administrators.
Accordins to Connor, when she arrived
at the meeting she was told by Dean York
Wong, that the meeting was a "private
discussion" between the Third World
Community and President Evans. Other
Third World members supported Wong's
position.
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. et : p.m., ~
,.u .... from the Nlequ■ lly Trtbe, the Nlaqually
Dolta Aaaoc:latlon and lho Wuhlngton Dopl.
of Ecology wtll meet In L.ectw. H•U 1 to di►
CUM the current 1tatut1 of the dispute owr
landa acli-,t
to lho Nlaqually Dolta. dlapute 01n1.. around
plan
lo build • log OXPorl laclllly ..
Whtie ,..,Ing many environmental quee,tlona, the laaue muet be vktwed • e basic
confl let between publ le end private rlg"11. All
.,. urged to attend, and to find out how
decltJona affecting conatruc11on.,. u~y to
affect the Delta'• ecology' and thoN dependent on It.
The meeting Is CO-apon&Onld by the E.R.C.
and E.P.1.C.. end I• free.
w~,
lormancea on ThUf"a.. Feb. 12 Ind Frt.,
Feb. 13, al 8 p.m. at lhe Gnu Oen. 111 w.
Thurslon. Ticlle11 are S4 at the door. For
details call 943-1371.
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K.ZOK and Albalroas Production• are
Pleased lo announce "The Heata" will be at
the Paramount Thealer on Sal .. Feb. 7. at
8 P m Opening the concert is "JOllnny & The
Distractions." followed by "LO'Mfboy" and
!hen "The Heals." Tlckels lo, this conoert are
$5 advanced general admission and S6 the day
ol the ahow and are on sale now at all Budget
Tapes & Record stores and Paramoun1 Bow:
Ofl,ce Also llckels are still available al all
Fidelity Lane llcket oullela for "Molly Hatchel""
at the Seame Center Coliseum on Tues.,
Feb 10
Dance
RhuThe 0anoe Club 100 lnvtt• you to ._,.,, the
Rhumbl., taught by John Dom, from s to
10 p.m .• Frkl■y, Feb. e. al the Otympla Ballroom (legion Way and W■ahlnglon SI.). FOJ
lnformallon c■JI: Diana 352·9273 or Vic
IMU733.
On Slago
Sob Foaae'a "Oancln'," !he Tony Aware,.
winning Broadway musical that celebrates the
dance. open1 at the Opera House tor 11.,. pe,•
lo,mances, beginning Sun., Feb. 8. The
musical. currenlly In Its third year on Broad•
way has dances ranging from clanlcal ~let
lo modefn dance to ......y form of show busi-neu and diaco dancing. Showtlmes are
8 p.m. Sun. through Wed. A matinee Is
scheduled fOJ 2 p. m. on Wedneedey. Ticket a
are now on sale at The Ticket Place at the
Bon downtown and lhe usual suburban
outlets.
T---~
Dance whleh amuNS, myautles and exhll•
rain will 1111the at.age of the Experimental
Theat• at Evergreen when Tandy BtaJ and
Company perlorma. One show only Fri .•
Feb. e. at 8 p.m. A contemporay dance and
theater en~e
bl.Nd In Santa Cruz, Tandy
Beal & Co. dltplay bolh lhNtrk:al and musical
talent• that prOride■ a lhowcaN tor the tresh
Ind witty choreog,aphy of Beal, who atrlves
to PTNent dances that "delight the eye and
prod the mind." Ticket1: S5 generaJ, $4 atu-ctenl• and Nnlor clt~•-
Fcltulaoelng
Fofkdanclng .,_.., Sunday from 7 to 10 pm
at the Organic FannhouN. ln1tructlon gl....,; •
lrom 7 10 S.
lnlemetlo..al F~
The Olympia Ballroom Aaoclallon will
aponaor an e-..nlng of lntematlonal Folkdaflc-.
Ing on Saturday, Feb. 7. A wide vallely of line
Mld couple dances from many countMN will
be featured, Including simple dances fo, t,.,
ginners. All are welcome. There wlll be one
hour ol ln11ruc11onMglnnlng at a p.m. The
dance program wlll begin at 9 p.m. Join the
lun al fhe Olympia Ballroom, Legion Way and
Washington Street. Admlulon S2.50.
Tf9dltlonal 5qua,. Dlndno
The Olympia Ballroom Anoclatlon will
•ponsor an evening ol tradltlonail aquare danc•
Ing on Sunday, Feb. 8. All dancH WIii be
laugh I ao no experience la necna,ary. All are
welcome to Join. Todd Litman will be lhe
caller and there wlll be llw fiddle music to
dance to. The dance begin• at 7 p.m Come
join the fun at lhe Olympia Ballroom, Legion
Wa and waa,,1 ton Street. Adffflulon S2.
Kl-Co.
Kine Ilea Co. : Peggy Hackney, Janice
Meaden Reel and Pamela Schick, relldent
dance feculty at Wuhlnglon Hall Pa'formence
Gallery, have formed a new~
company.
Their preml• performance WIii be FrtdaySunday, Feb. 20, 21, and 22, at lho WMhl"l>ton Hall~
Gal._.,, 15314th Avie.
in S.ttle.
Thia unkJul enHmbfti brtnga together pre,.
teealon■J pertoonera from varied backgrounds.
JMice portMCIIOUIWd
with the Atl■nt•bued Cart Ratcliff Dllnce.
Co .• PalMta Schk:tt w• a founding member
ol 0onco l'IMot,_ Soolllo, and Peggy HKknoy
toured the U.S. extenefvely with The 8111
Evan.aDance Co. Aa • nottd tem of moviem.,1
educators they haVII bNn f•turao In ,..1-,
denciea In New YOfll and In unl\l'ltaltia
throughout the country.
The eneemtH baNe Its wOf'k In L.-.n
M0¥9fflenl Analyala and 11pwt~lll1y
con-oerntd with the expreulon of Inner fNtlrlQ
and the UN of lull lhf'N-dJmenalonaUty In
•-In thla, their first concert,
KINETICS Co.
present• a wlde-ranglno program Including
"Black Angef1," a dramatic WOf'kby Pame,a
Schick built on the Iheme of pe,aonal recao-,
nlllon of death. II WU commlaaloned by The
Kronoa String Quartet In 1978. Ma. Schlcil will
also ~how "Ulyuea," a fluid, f&at•movlng
group piece to an Orlglnal acora by o.car
Spkiahl. "Attic Suite," by contemporary New
YOf'k ChOreographer Marta Renz.I, WIii be per.
formed by Janice Meaden Real 10 11-..eetlo
accompaniment. "No Subttltullona, ~-"
by Peggy Hackney wlll keep the lud~
chucilllng and thinking about 10¥■, Intimacy
and food.
Alto on lhe program are "Oaaeoua V<Mcee,
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• 1010
Hack
and "
reaalon "
Potlucll
Member1 of the Graduallon Planning eom.
mlHee will hoat • DOtluck dinner meeting
Thurs .. Feb. 5, lro,n &-8 p.m. In lib. 2204.
Graduating seniors will dllCUH poulbllltles
fOJ faculty and ■tudent commencement
speakers and plans lo, the annual graduation
dance. All persona ftttendlng to perttclpete In
the June 8 cer.mony are urged to attend. For
more Information call Slevie, fk3..1372 o,
888--6180;or Cr;s•1. 886-5118.
-Tacoma
r-.,..""
The Tacoma~-of the WNhlngton
State Mu.ale Teecher A-■oelatlon Is he¥1ng a
..,._ of free lec:turee. "TNChlng TechnJc
Through & StoriN" la oc:lloduloCIlo,
Feb. 11 et 9:30 a.m. at The Fl,.t Methocllal
Church, '23 South K St. In Tacoma.
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In S..tUe on Set., Feb. 7. a public forum
on "lntemattonal Gey Rlillatance: A Soc&aUal
F..-n,nfal Vlew." wlll be held. The ■p111ker ii
Omd Fagan, Au1trallan gayactMtt who hu
recently vlallld Cuba, N6ceiagua, England end
Canada on • world lout. Forum WIii •tart et
8 p.m,; dinner at 8·30 p.m. ~on
fo, the
t,pNker WIii fotlow the fo.,,m. 5poneorad by
the Comm.Ill• tor • AevoluOonery SoclaUat
Party, FSoclallal PartyMCI-!cal
Women. For Information or cttlldc:ara, ~
c:atl 032-7449, 032-1815 or 123-2482.
Sparta
Swtm T•m
Ttle Evwgraen State CoOege IWlm tMm I•.
In 111NCOnd ~ of lntercoUeglate compeu.
tlon, COIChed by Don Martin. An1one Int••
Hied 11 welcome to attend upcoming 1wtm
meet• lo IUpport lhe team.
Upcoming ,-,ts
Include:
Tue1., Feb. 10: Hlghllne College, 7 p.m. et
Ever;reen.
Fri., Feb. 13· Pacific Lutheran Untveralty,
7 p,m. al EY9t0reen.
Thura.•Sat. Feb. 19-21: NAIA Champion-shlpt (tlmee 10 be announced).
Responding to what she views as restrictions to public access to information,
Connor sent a memo to President Evans,
which stated that the action taken by the
Third World Community, barring her from
the meeting, violated the Evergreen Social
Contract and the spirit of the Open Meetings Act
She cited a section from the Washington State Open Meetings Act (42.30.030)
that declares that all meetings in which
action is to be taken, are open to the
public She also quoted the Social Contract which states "that meetings of public
significance cannot be properly held 1n
secret."
She pointed out the contract also states
that it is up to members of the Evergreen
Community to protect the atmosphere of
the community here bv "responsibly
obta1n1ng and providing full cine!accurate
information."
Commenting vn the role of the Social
Contract in determining whether or not a
meeting may be held in private, President
Evans said, "On the face of 1t, the Social
Contract seemsall•inclusive; it appears to
say that nearly every meeting at Ever·
green must be open " Evans said, however, that "at the same time, the need for
privacy has to he respected."
"Although it is haid to draw a fine
line," he said, "when the question arises
of whethera meeting should be open or
closed, I believe 1t should be open."
eme'\c
Frtdly Nlte FIim•
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By Robin Willett and Andy McCormick
Meditation Worbhop
FIims
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CPJ Editor Protests Closed Meetings
A medltaUon wontahOp fo, women wlll be
hekt In Olympia Sunday, February 8 from
110:30 to 5:30. Margo Adair,• aoc:Lllll1t•
femlnlat from San Francisco, wlll lead the
wCWUhop. The UM of meditative Ital .. lor
pqcUcal problem aotvtng, wtth an aw-.neu
that IOlutlon1 e.nnot bl lndtvfdual, wltl be
emphulzed. On Sol., Feb. 7 1'17 p.m., Margo
will glw a talk about pollt)ca and tJHrttuallty,
with dllCUUk>n to follow. For coat Ctlldlng
ecale), location, ,-ervaUona, and Information
about chltdcarl and whlefch&lr acceaa, call
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Feb 5, ··c1lizen Kane," Herman J. mank1
ew1c.z' and Orson Welles' celebrated tllm abou'
money, power, friendship. 10i1e,and lhe lull!•
ity ot human aspirations. Explolling WIiiiam
Randolph Hearst's story In the same way
Hearsfs papers e11:ploitedeveryone else, the
febr""ry12, 1980
Volume 9, Number 17
In a later interview, Wong supported
his stand that the meeting was a "private
discussion." According to Wong, the Thi,d
World Community had not intended "the
meeting be held in an atmosphere of
public scrutiny." Wong further stated that
the issues aired durin& the meeting are
public issues and will be the subject of
public forums in the near future."
Also _,,t
at Friday's meetins was
Gail Tremblay, exchan11efaculty member
from the University of Omaha. Expressing
her vi- on the need for a private meeting Tremblay said, "While - (Third
World community) want access to print
media, people need to have the freedom
to talk privately. When you hit the print
medium, your freedom is aone."
Affirmative Action officer, Rebecca
Wriaht, who also attendedthe meeting,
felt that Connor should have beenallowed
to stay. "Policieswere discussedandI am
in favor of havina·suchmeetingsopen,"
she said.
Evans outlined three categories under
which an issue can be classified as open
or closed: (1) complaints or formal
grievance procedures, (2) discussions of
policy, and (3) formulations of policy
In an instance when the grievance
process takes place or a complaint is
made, Evans said he thought it was clear
that the person's privacy must be protected.
Once the complaints or grievan~es are
identified, Evans said. a decision is made
that we'd better do something. This action
falls under the second category. Meetings
are called to discuss policy and those
meetings, while respecting the Open
Meetings Act's pr011isionabout personnel
and land acquisitions, should be open.
The third category applies to meetings
at which action is formally being taken.
In this case, said Evans, the meetings are
also open.
Statements made by Wong, Tremblay
and three other membeu of the Thiid
World community who asked that their
names be withheld, placed last Friday's
meetina undel--the first cateaory. They
claim that they were voicing their per·
sonal grievances to Evans, and although
the group Was discussing, in part. the
position papers on recruitment policies
and support of Third World needs at Evergreen they were not forming POiicy.
Connor argues that Friday's meeting
comes under the second category "It
doesn't matter," Connor said, "whether
formal action 1s being taken because that
meeting may very well influence future
decisions on those policies."
Connor said she recognized the need
for some meetings to be closed For
example, she said, in the President's
cabinet meetings, "a group of advisor~.
who are assumably ob1ect1ve, are simply
counsel1r,g Evans on v,mous issues "
Connor strongly emphasized that any
meeting at Evergreen bet>Neenthe ad,rnn•
1strat10n and a campus group which 1s
held to discuss future polic1t>!.-pol1c1es
whlCh that particular group has a vested
interest in-should be open "The rest of
the hergreen Community has a nght to
know what 1s going on," she said
Director of Educational Support, Stone
Thomas and Director of Upward Bound.
Thomas Ybarra said that 1nsens1t1veand
harmful coverage of Third World issues by
the CPI in the past was another reason
why Third World members asked the CPI
to leave the meeting on Friday
Connor acknowledged past conflicts
between the CPJ and Thtrd '-' "orld groups
She noted a memo senl by [htrd World
C P I Fd11orTheresa Connor
C0ctlit1onCoordinator, Apnl West to the
\Pl last Spnn~. which addressed mmorlt\
students' conct'rns with "rnadequate ,md
incorrf'rt reporting 01 act1v1t1esand 1<.')uf'\
relevant to them ••
Connor said this 1s one of the things
which must be corre-cted
I would l1kt~to
see a rec om d1at1on betwC'f"nthe Third
World Comrnun1tv and the Coo~r Point
Journal. • -.he "aid
Third World Community
Dissatisfied
with Recruitment Policies
bv Andy McCormick
Representatives of the Third World
c.ommunity met with President Evans and
members of the administration last Fn·
day to discuss Evergreen's minority rel ruitment policies
The meeting was held to voice the
rhird World community's reaction to the
President's Report on Third World Recru1t1nent and Support Efforts at TESC,which
was released in late January.
Last December Evans rec1ved a strongly
worded statement from the Third World
rommunity reprding the College's efforts
to recruit and serve Third World students.
The statement charged that "Third World
people at TESChave lost patience with
the college," and that "we have been
forced to withdraw our support for the
rPCru1tm~effat untd such time as thtollege re-established its cred1bd1r, "1th
'htrd World people ..
The statement further asserted th,H m
:hf' .>,astthe adm1m~trat1on had • 111Tused
ontroversy by calling for furthe ,tudv of
;iroblem areas .. The Third Worlo group
rt-1ected the notion that the problems
(l1scussed in the statement require further
,tudy
President Evans said the dis1llus1on•
ment expressed in the Third World report
did not surprise him "They (the Third
World Community) have problems which
have understandably bothered them,"
Evans said. I le noted that at the tune the
statement was written, the controversial
termination of an Admissions Counselor
Continued on page 2
Moral Majority Takes State Library to Court
By Kenneth Sternberg
In a decision headed for a court hearing, State Librarian Roderick Swartz refused a request from the Moral Majority
for the names of orpnizations and ii>dividuals who have borrowed the film
"Achieving Sex""I Maturity" from the
State Film library.
Michael Farris, Washinaton Director of
Moral Majority, first made the request by
telephone two -eits ago, but it was refused becau.e he had not submitted it in
written form. On Feb. 5, the State Library
received Farris' request in wrltina.
Although Farris first said that hi• only
objective was to aet a list of school
districts that had used the film, both
Swartz and Tom Bjoraen-the assistant
attorney aeneral handlina the matteraave a different story.
"The request had two parts," Bjor11en
told the CPJ. "He asked for a list of the
school districts and a list of school district
employees that hallbooked the film."
At a press conference Wednesday
MichaelFarrisDirectorof MoralMajority momina. Farris ,-ted
that all he
wanted was a list of the school districts
involved. Bjorgen said afte,wardthat this
was differentfrom the originalrequest,
and that Farrishad changed his objective
after Swartz'rulina.
Under the WashingtonAdministrative
Code (304-20{,()),the library "will reprd
the disclosureof subscribersand the idei>tification of materialsthey have utilized
as an invasion of privacy."
The W.A.C.furtherstates that "circulation recordsshall not be made available
to anyone except purs""ntto such
process as may be authorizedunder
the law."
While not refusfnato give Farristhe
namesof school districtsthat hadused
the film Bjorgenpointed out that the
State librarydoes not keep such records.
Only individualsmay check materialsout.
So, while it may or may not be properto
release circulation records of oraaniza-tional borrowers, none exist to be released.
In announcing his decision, Swartz said
that "The release of [circulation) records
would have a chillina effect on the use of
libraries for purposes for which they are
•
intended " He added that "fear of oubltc
disclosure, particularly among those who
read or view controversial materials, would
result in deterring citiz~ns from seeking
information through their libraries."
On Wednesday, the State library was
served with a court order to show cause
why Moral Majority may not receive the
information they requested.
At the pres, conference, Farris said that
his ora,anization is not concerned with the
name of any individual who has used or
seen the film. However, he added that in
Moral Majority's opinion, release of information about public schools or the
actions their employees take in carrying
out their jobs does not violate any right
to personal privacy.
In an affidavit filed Wednesday before
Thurston County Superior Court, Farris
outlined what he wants from the state
1. The lil;>rarywill supply a list of cities
where all borrowers of the film reside
2 Moral Majority will then lurn,sh the
library with the names and addresses of
public schools in those cities.
Continued on paxe 2
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Controversial NW Power Bill Becomes Law
by Elizabeth Johnson
After a three year battle, the Pacific
Northwest Regional Powe, Bill was finally
passed by Congress in December of last
year Originally p,oposed to deal with the
fact that the region's hydroelectric
resources were being outstripped by the
power requirements of the Pacific North-
west, the bill has been the subject of
much controversy during its three years in
Congress
Although the region's public and p,ivate utilities tout the bill as the answer to
the area's powet' allocation and resource
development p,oblems, the bill was opposed by ratepayer and anti-nuclear
groups on the grounds that it would put
too much control over energy decisions in
the hands of the Federal government and
big business. Critics also charged that the
Power Bill would, in effect, allow the
Bonneville Power Administra:'on (BPA),
the Federal agency that owns and operates the Columbia River dams, to subsidize the construction of new nuclear
plants.
Ratepayer groups lobbied long and hard
to defeat the measure, but business and
the BP A. lobbied harder. After a last
ditch attempt by Congressman Jim
Weaver (O-0re.) to stall the bill failed ii
was enacted into law as one of the last
acts of the lameduck 1980 Congress. As
passed, the Act states that the B.PA will
have a set JX)llcy for acquiring new
energy resources.
Under the formula set by the Act, con·
~ervat,on will be given first priority
)econd on the list are such renewable
resources as soldr, hydro-electric, geothermal and wind Third priority is cogenerat,on-the use of industrial waste
heat to ~enerate electric energy. Coal and
nuclear power wtll also be considered
The Power B1ll wrll also establish a
planning council, consisting of two members from each state m the region plus
the B PA'.-, top adm1n1strator The council
will determine how the area's energy resourc.eswill be allocated, and set pnorItIe<.for tht=>development of new sourc~
ot energy
One ot the main arguments used for
pas-.ageot the Power B11\was the fact
that energv allocation policy m the Northwe,i;;twas bc~c.omingincreasingly chaotic
The cut-off in B.PA. power hit the
issue in the latter part of the '80's.
Besides its power allocation and resource development p,ovisions, the Power
Bill also deals with the conflict between
power needs and the Columbia River
fishery. Supporters hope the bill will allow
greater co-ordination between the use of
the river for the p,oduction of power, and
the maintenance of viable salmon runs.
Ken Billington, legislative consultant
and lobbyist for the P.U.D. Association,
feels that without the bill, the Northwest
would not recieve the full economic
benefit of the Columbia River resources.
He states, "The power people would have
private utilities very hard, since most of
spent time arguing over conservation and
them are dependent upon B.P.A. for the
large majority of their power. The p,ivates
were forced to purchase power on the
open market, and the open market being
what it is, they paid through the nose for
it. This resulted in rapidly diverging public
and p,ivate power rates, and brought the
U,reat of legal action by one of the dis-
there would still be differences of opinion." Billington also believes that the
Power Bill gives the Northwest utilities
the opportunity to work together in
developing new and cheaper energy
satisfied parties.
energy resources, so that a shortage will
Under the new act, any power company
can arrange contracts to purchase power
become less likely, and if one occurs, less
Faced with a power shortage last year, the
B.P A notified regional aluminum compa·
nies that it would have to suspend existing supply contracts. At the same time
notices were sent to the various private
utilities, telling them that they too faced
the loss of B.P.A. hydropower. This move
was made necessary by the "Preference
Clause" of the B.P.A.'s initial charter,
which stated that public utilities would
always have first claim on any available
B.P.A. power. Any other claims would
have to wait until the public utilities' ~
mands were met.
from the B.P.S., which is then obliged to
serve them with the specified quantity at
the time the power is needed. This means
that energy will be acquisitioned from
whatever resources are necessary. This
policy is refered to as the "Guaranteed
purchase clause " The Power Bill provides
for these new contracts to be negotiated
by next August.
2 That the staff of tl,e Office ot Adm1.-.sIonsreceive training th.:11will
lead to dc>veloping ability to effecI1vely serve Third World people,
1nclud1ngcross-cultural skills and
\f'n<,ItIv1ty
That the College develop and implement a comprehen.-.1veplan to recruit
and enroll Third World students
➔ 1 hat the College president 1mmechatPlv clarity the College's polrcy and
Intrnt with respect to 1nst1tullonal
.i< cf'..,.,for Third World people
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Pomt lournal
The Power Bill wiII not keep power
rates from going up, but proponents maintain that they will go up less with the Act
panies, entirely dependent on Columbia
Rrver Power, can only renev.rtheir contracts with Br.A at much Higher rates.
This means that residential customers w,11
pay lower rates tor the low cost hydropower while aluminum companies pay
much higher rates for the electricity This
1.. refered to as the "compromise
formula"
The compromise formula will only be
111 effect until 1985. After that the aluminum companies will be guaranteed lov,,er
rates, the ..ubs1dy will be reversed and
private utility rates will agam mcrease
Since th,., nse m private rates was responsible for th(' legislation in the first place.
there 1.-.certa111to be controversy over the
records and the grade levels of the stu-
furnish the dates shown, attendance
dents involved.
Farris added that he wanted to compile
a statistical rundown of how many times
the film has been shown in Washington
state. His reason tor wanting such proof is
to show legislators Just how widely distributed "Achieving Sexual Maturity" is.
Farris told the CPJ that while speakingto
members of the legislature about a sex
education bill, many had asked him for
verification that certain materials were
being used in classrooms.
"The film has been universally con·
demned by all who've seen it," said Farris.
He said that he had shown photographs
from the film to some legislators, but refused to name which ones he had spoken
to "It wouldn't be proper for me to give
their names," he said. "they spoke to me
in confidence."
Last Friday, Bill 3521 was introduced in
1
be€-naffected, "renewed progress" Is
currPntlv being made m these areas
Evans listed steps the College has
taken-or intends to take-under two
headings lmt,al Action Steps and Spec1f1c Action Steps Undt=>rthe category of
ln1llal Action, mention was made that a
ment of new resources. With incre~
conservation efforts and new resources
coming on line, they believe that electric
rates should decrease sometime in the
future.
Although the Act has positive aspects
in dealing with conservation and fisheries,
there are some major environmental and
economic concerns that it may not meet.
Richard Cellarius, Chairman of the Sierra
Club Northwest Regional Conservation
Committee, states that ti)e guaranteed
Purchase Clause will enable the B.P.A. to
underwrite p,oposed and uncompleted
coal and nuclear power plants, thus ensuring a p,ofitable return at public expense.
Cellarius points out that many of these
p,oposed coal and nuclear p,ojects would
be virtually impossible to finance if they
were deprivedof such a Federal guarantee. He is also worried that despite the
mandate to explore conservation and renewable resources first, the Power Bill will
be an incentive to concentrate·on the
development of centralized, complex
sources of power, sources which he says
are inefficient, and less subject to public
control.
Moral Majority
3. The library will then reveal which of
these schools used the film. They will also
the Senate Education Committee. The
crux of the bill would be to require public
schools to let parents review sex eduation
ence, "but it shouldn't have been shown
in the first place."
Produced by John Wiley & Sons of New
Yori<,"Achieving 5exual Maturity" was
first brought to Farris' attention in early
January by a Moral Majority member who
was disturbed by the film.
'We were taken aback," said Montagne.
commenting on their feelings after seeing
the film. He said it was beyond a high
school level of comp,ehension, and that it
included French kissing and explicit shots
of masturbation. It was at this point that
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consent form for abortions while there is
one for hysterec•omies. Derby explained
that the Informed Consent BHI(HB 266)
would require the doctor performing the
abortion and the fetus' stage of development in the uterus.
Dr. Mac lntyre testifies in abortion
hearings.
by Emily Brucker
State Representatives and members of
the public heard conflicting testimony at
a public. hearing by the House Ethics, Law
and Justice Committee concerning two
bills which would change current abortion
laws.
House Bill 266 would require doctors to
inform patients of the consequences of
abortions and the other options available
to them. The bill would require that
women sign Informed Consent forms
before the abortion. A second bill, HB 149
would require medical treatment for an
by Jeff Radford
Protection Island, located off the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula will
becomeWashington's newest wildlife
refuge if the U.S. Senate passes a bill
introduced by Congressman Don Bonker
library, but shortly after he made his
request, the state contacted Debbie
Robinson, Evergreen'scirculation manager
They asked her what Evergreen's circulation policy was. Robinson replied that it
was the same as theirs-that borrower
inf°'mation
was confidential
On Feb. 6, one day after Farris' request
was received, Robinson issued a memo to
all circulation staff, reminding them of
the privacy of user information. All in-
earlier this year.
The bill would give the Secretary of the
lnte,.ior authority to acquire 350 acres of
1,mdfor the establishment of the national
wildlife refuge. A state game sanctuary,
which comprises the remaining 48 acres,
would continue under state management.
The island p,ovides a home for many
varreties of nesting seabirds. "Seventy two
percent of the nesting seabirds in the
state's inland waters depend on Protection
Island for nesting and rearing their
young," said Congressman Bonker
According to Jim Van Nostrand, leg1sla•
tIve assistant to Bonker, the majority of
these nesting seabird; belong to five
distinct species. Other species not adequately p,ote<-ted include a herd of harbor seals, and at least one pair of bald
eagles.
(<>sponsors of the bill include the
entire Washington State House delegation. On the day the bill was introduced
Senators Henry Jackson and Slade Gort.,;,
introduced a companion bill. Susan
Nitsche, an aid to Congressma.!1Bonker,
stated that this bill has the same wording
as Bonkers, and was introduced to repre-
Counselor/Third World Recruiter's pos1t1on The fact that the job description
chffers In the President's report from the
deo;criptmn In the Third World Commu•
n1ty\ statement Is noteworthy The latter
ment supplied to him by Farm, and that
he agreed with Farris' pomt of vie'N regarding the issue
Scott Montagne, Farris' assistant, told
the CPI that the only point of the bill was
that ''parents should know what Is being
taught to their kids, and that the Moral
i'Aa.1or1tyIs not out to legislate what
should or should not be tauRht."
In an article published in Sunday's
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Farris said, "It
(the film) is definitely not the type of
material that should be shownin schools."
'We're not out to censor any film,"
Farris told reporters at the press confer-
qu1r1eswere to be directed to Les Eldridge,
Evergreen's records officer
who asked to rPfllain anonymous, Robin·
son told them "He [Farris] might come
decision.
abortion law.
Dr. Kesling supported the bill requiring
immediate medical treatment for an
infant born alive during an abortion pro-
cedure (HB 149). He argued that the fetus
tals regulate "neglect-procedures" which
allow the baby to die unattended. "Once
a fetus is born," said Derby, "it is a baby
and has a right to life."
Rep. Shirley Winsle from Pierce County,
a supporter of the p,o-life issue, asked
who was going to pay for keeping the
baby alive. She asked Dr. Kesling if he
would support a tax increase to pay for
keeping the child alive. Kesling answered
yes.
"Who's going to pay for foster home
care?'' continued Winsley. "Life is nothing
if there is no food or education. Will the
state absorb the cost?"
Derby dismissed her stand. "life cannot
be reduced to dollars and cents.'' he said.
His reply drew applause from the p,o-life
delegation in the back of the room.
Another representative asked, "What if
a doctor doesn't try to keep the baby
alive/" Kesling answered that although
no criminal penalties could be brought
against the doctor, a malpractice suit
could be filed.
The two doctors who testified against
the bills were Dr. Macintyre, representing
the Washington American Medical Association (A.M.A.), and Dr. Barbra Scheiderman from Seattle.
Dr. Macintyre first noted that the
Washington A.M.A. is p,o-choice He
rebutted Dr. Derby's argument on the
Informed Consent Bill saying that a consent form is already present for all medi-
saying that 20 weeks is the limit that you
can have an abortion in hospitals, and
that even during a miscarriage the fetus
exhibits signs of life.
Dr. Scheiderman spoke against the bill
requiring medical treatment for infants
born alive in an abortion procedure on
the basis that the bill requires two physicians to be present during a second tn·
meste, abortion which would increase the
medical costs.
A representative asked whether the
national trend of more women deciding
to carry their pregnancy to full term. and
keep the child, is also true in Washington
Dr. Macintyre thought so.
Due to the lengthy testimony, no time
was left f°' representatives to ask qlJes-
tions about HB 149.
The last person to testify was a woman
who had an abortion in California. She
said "I felt I had made the decision mv·
self." later, she received some pro-lift'
literature in the mail marked "adult
material enclosed" depicting fetal development. She said that she had sleepless
nights from knowing that before the
abortion her 11 week "baby" had feet,
hands and a beating heart.
Her testimony Well accepted without
further questions The hearing will be
continued next week to hear further test1·
many regarding the abortion issues
sent the senator's support of the original
bill.
A briefing held last year in Seattle by
the foh and Wildlife Subcommittee of
the House Merchant Marine Committee
obtained local views on the bill's legisl~tion. Much of the p,oposed 350 acres are
under private ownership and local residents were concerned about fair reim-
bursement for their land and p,operty.
Of 535 property owners of the island,
less than 100 seemed dissatisfied over the
issues discussed in the meeting in Seattle,
Van Nostrand sa,d
There are bet-..veenone and three
permanent re~idents on the Island, with a
,dozen or so mobile homes and small
campers
The Beach Club, a homeowners association representil"g the majority of the
property owners, has considered the construction of an airstrip and boat basin on
the island
Admiralty Audubon Society members
are raising money to purchase lots on the
island. Van Nostrand believes these lots
may be donated to the refuge in the
future. The ten existing lots of the Audubon Society have a value of S25,000. The
Beach Club owns 850 lots on the island.
Van Nostrand stated that about one
half of the p,operty owners were willing
to sell and indicated that p,operty on the
island is currently worth one half of its
original p,ice. Van Nostrand suggested
that real-estate owners "feel good" after
the negotiations in Seattle. He has not
heard from any of the local land owners
since last year's discussions but figures
that "No news is good news." Van
Nostrand attributed landowners' willingness to sell to a lack of a proper water
supply on the island
The Washington Federation of State
Employees local 443 swore in 18 new
members Wednesday, Feb. 11th in Evergreen's recit;,I hall. The new members are
Evergreen classified staff from all areas of
refuted this. According to this person,
said there was "no story in it," but did·
not deny that she had made that statement.
,:he show-cause hearing is scheduled
for Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. At this time neither
state nor Moral Majority representatives
will speculate on the outcome of that
hearing, or if either will appeal the
had many patients say later, 'if only I'd
known what I'd done, I wouldn't of done
it'," said Kesling.
One representative asked Kesling
whether the Informed Consent form
would also state the possible emotional
and physical complications caused by
p,egnancy. Kesling responded that p,egnancy is a natural event and that a section on pregnancy risk has no place in an
He explained that a baby is born alive
during a seco:id trimester abortion, hospi-
Bonkerp,oposed the same bill to
Congress last year but no action was
taken at that time. This year, Bonker Is
urging Congress to take prompt action
when considering the bill. "Although time
unfortunately ran out befcre all the details were complete," Bonker added. "we
can now resume and finish that effort this
year··
by Allen Levy
Although Robinson denied any connection between Farris' request and the
timing of her memo. one library staffer
around this weekend. Don't give hIm any
information." The memo was issued after
this. Asked to comment on this, Robinson
emotional consequences of abortion. "I've
born alive, hospitals can save its life.
Dr. Derby supported Kesling's position.
cal and surgical procedures including
abortions. tv\oreover, informed consent
would put abortion in a separate class
from other medical procedures "You
can't regulate everything a doctor says"
said Dr. IV\acintyre. "fv\ost women have
their minds made up before any counseling occurs."
Dr. Macintyre spoke against HB 149
Union Swears in New Members
Assistant Attorney Gener;I Tom Bjorgen
matenals before they are used in their
child's classroom
Senator J T. Quigg, prime sponsor of
the bdl, said that 1t was based on a docu-
Derby claims that many women are not
informed of the extent of the fetus'
development at the time of the abortion.
'Women are made to believe that the
fetus is a meaningless blob of p,otoplasm," said Derby.
The bill would also require that patients
be informed of the possible physical and
has heart beat by the second trimester,
and that if the baby is older than 20
weeks at the time of the abortion and is
Washington May Get New
Wildlife Refuge
circulation records.
No indication was given that Fams
made any inquiries of the Evergreen
members was formed m mid-November
The admm,stration hopes that through
representation on the ECC, the Third
World community will jrnn with them in
developing and 1mplementmg a more
active recruiting and retention effort
The main focus of the President's report, however, was found m eight Specific
Actmn steps outlined The first four dealt
mainly with the newly htred Admissions
wanled the 1ob called Third World Re-
infant born alive during an abortion
p,ocedure.
Testifying before the committee w«e
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