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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 7, Issue 10 (April 12, 1979)

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The Faculty Think
by Doug Riddels
April 10 and 11 are going to be very
important days in Evergrttn's history.
Not just because students have initia~ a
campus•wide
effort to evaluate and
improve the Coll~e. but because this is
the s«ond time they have done this.
The teach-in of 1975 was not a fluke.
nor was it the last outburst of a dying
Sixties militancy.
The call for the
symposium

is a

sign

of

the

concnn

students have for Evergrttn. It is a sign of
the inadequaciH in Evergrttn's structure
that such a symposium had to be called
for students
to have a voice in
decision-making.
The success of the Symposium will
depend as much upon the number of
students who choose (or are able) to
parhnpate. as it does upon the concttt:e
results that coml' out of it. The greater
the input into the Symposium from the
<.ommunity, the better the results. Two
possible problems face the Symposium:
the apathy of the students, and the
unwillingness of faculty to canal cla59e5
on Tuesday and Wednesd.>y.
Studflit "apathy" is often undentandable. Why att•nd a rally against the
lead•rs of Chi!• and lranl What good
does it do 1 Why join the Eve,wttn
Council? It's notoriously impotent. Why
come to an interview
of Provost
candidatn7 It's my program that co~
me, not some remote bureaucrat who
only indirectly affects my ~ucation. And
so on.
But this symposium is diffettnt. Vuy
different. There is nothing rem~
or
abstract about Evergreen's structutt, it ls
Evergrttn. The absence of the students'
voice in deciding what Evergreen will htis not a theoretical construct, it is a real
problem. The enrollment crisis is real, the
legislature knows it and the administr>
tion is running scared.
Changes are happening, change that
affect us all. W• havt th• right and tht
duty to do something, to participate. The
administration
cannot make decisions
without us: it is a violation of the spirit
and th• lrttu of th, COG (Covenant On
Gov•mance) and th< Socia.IContract. Th<

faculty must not hold classes on these two
days, they need th• informed involvement of th• student body in responding to
th• CPE report and th, mrollmmt crisis.
I only hop< they all have •nough respect
for the students' need tor involvement and
for Evergreen's
basic philosophy
of
collaborative work, outside of programs
as well as within.
Finally, we students have to make this
symposium work.
You can't come to
Evergreen and take an education; you
have to give as well.
Sure, the Symposium means we will
miss two days of class,s (•ctually ono day
for most of us), and we may lose a day of
our frtt time to make up for that. But in
the long run we risk losing much more if
~ don't act to save Evergrttn and to
save the essence of its educational
concepts.
We, the students,
risk a
continual loss of influena in Evergrftn's
affairs. If we wait for others to ask for
our input, we may very well wait f01TVer.

continu~ from page ,even
during students' junior year and focus on
creating career options, not on specific
vocations.
Th• fourth faculty study group,
concern~
with part-time and evening
course offerings, researched part-time
enrollment
in other colleges.
These
figures
have risen in relation
to
Ev,rgrttn's. Accordingly. TESC should
offer part-tim< coordina~
studin and
group contracts that are complete in
themselves. In addition, "options in our
full-timt daytimt studin
should b•
designed so that two unit options remain
interdisciplinary and not watered-down
versions of full-tim• program• or only
parts th•reof,"(PrReport from Parttim</Ev•ning CPE Study Group. March
7, 1979).

Th• polici,s and proca,,s of individual
contracts and internships have ca.med
confusion and controversy
for years.
Charl,s T<sk<, the chairpenon of the
filth faculty study group, says th<tt has
alttady bttn enough thinking done on th•
polici,s and procedures of internships and
contracts. But this information is spread
out in various docummts and not readily

availabl•. It nttdsto be consolidated and
perhaps simplified by all studmts and
faculty.
Another important issue this group is
add,.,.ing is the rudiness of students 10
und<rt•ke individual study, •lth<r by
contract or through int<mship. One id,a
th, group has is that studmta be required
to present prospective sponsors with
"proficiency
cards signed by seminar
I.adtn evaluating their work," (Progress
Rrport, Individual Contracts and Internships CPE Study Group). Exceptions
would be made ba9<CI
on demonstration
of expmena of skills.
Another
area of concern
i1 the
qualifications of th, faculty Jnffllben who
sponsor contracts and internships. The
study group's PrReport state, 'W•
should ascertain areas of high demand for
sponson and UH our knowledge, 1) to
rxamin< what kinds of faculty txp<rtiH
are necasuy
to run contracts involving
int•mships with qualified li<ld supervisors
2) to M!t priorities for faculty asslgrunmta
and l"KT'Uiting and. 3) to communicate
realistically to students that our collective
ability to support cerwn kinds of work Is
limited."

CPE Recommendations
RecommendllUon 1 : 11la ,wcommended that
the 1979-81 and 1981-13 bJennle be dedtcated
to 111'1oppor1unlty tor The E...-gran State
Col ...
through .,, lnatltut~wtde
effor1, to

lncreue Its enrollment I.,_ end Nlduoe lt1
unit coet• by mMllng adjultffWltl
In Its
and lltlracilng o1.-.1a.
T~ anrollment1of 2!500--2800
~ (fuU-tlme
equl-)
by ,_,
and 30II0-,1t!OO FTE

oc1.-1ora1

concopt

students by 1982-83.,. euoo-ted. 11aleo 11
1'9Commendldthat during this period the
Coti.ge oontlnue to be funded at lnatrucUon,
Student Semcee, and other einrotlment-dnvien
Physical Ptant formula ,.,_, 00fflP9lllbMto
thOM appUed to h1 1let• lnatltuttona. Other
auppo,1 program upan..
lhouk1 be maintained at CUtTenl
expenditure ...._,, adJuated
only tor Inflation. It 11 further l¥00itw1•'1ded
tha1 during this period EvergNanpreipare and
preHnt annual progrH1 reporta to the
Council for Poltaecond• y EducaOon NCtl
No¥ember, and thal the Councll OOf'rl9YtheN
t'IIP()rt1 with 111 comment• to the Lllgtalal:UN
and ~ not tat• than the following

At c ,wsu.dltlDn 2:: h le N00fflffllf'ldl that
ways of reducing thl coat.I

Eve,gf'Nf1 Nik

aa1oclatld with 111 support programs.
lnt•-orgenlzatlonllll'NOUf'OI etwtng a,rano.
ment, and oontinuae ,..,... of tta admlntatraprlofltla within •

11
.. ....and context of uro ..,_

dol._.. growth lhould

bo..toualy-andU.-_,.
fl: lffAIQ .. 11 I •:

&ergrNn

and Dlpwl-

ment of Paraonnal, along with other
appropriate QO¥lifflfflllfltal euthof1tiee, should
bo ancoun,g«I to -"otudy of tho

teaalblllty of transferring the lnteragancy
training function to the College. H tMM
affor11 conclude th1t such • tranafer 11
t-lb4a,

It 11 further rwcornmended that the

,,..,,.,_ occur.

:w111odltl0flI: It II racommendld to

ft

the Board of Tru1tee1 at E'#lfVl'Nl'I that Is

con1lde, expanding th• Coll1g1'• degr....
awarding range to encompau the Bachelor or
Sc-deg-.
A
•••

.. tk:.•1:ltle~lhat

EvergrNn study the feaalblllty of an
lntw4natltutlonlll agreement wttf'I one or mor.
lnatltutlone In lt1 Hnlc1 region for lh•
contolnt provtalon of programs In tNCIW
-lonon--

A :wee t Mm I: tt 11 1wconm1odedtO
thl 8owd of TnMtal E¥lf'QINf'I that CllrWi'
pathway• In the College'• curriculum ~
clNrty ldtlntlfled and that 1tud1nt1 and
amp1oyor lor _,uonol polhwoyo bo
Identified and the currlculum augmented

A
••·tlon
I: It I• i8CXWIWl•idld that
e-,i,-,,
In conjunction wtth lta graduate
otudla alforta, ~ •and _,1ng
cn,c111.-ng
-'"'ly
-od
to

-lngly.
In ..,,,._ng
th4a q.mtlon, tha
ec.d la encouraged to tllM Into account thl
-If-Ion
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lhol -•Y
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wof'tl.Jng In the 0tymplli .._
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n
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the lducaOonal nNdl

of

prof1■1lonala

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otf•lno• In tM va,loua carNr t11ld1,
requirement• that must be met before

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by Walter Carpenter
"Shoot the politicians and do-good<rs,"
was the reaction of a local servia station
operator to the present oil situation. Gas
prices for all three grades may soon reach
$1.00 per gallon and beyond. As a result,
the local gas station may be hurting just
as much as the consumer. On top of the
spiraJling price of gas and rising demand,
many companies have cut their monthly
allocations to dealers, forcing the dealers
to establish daily and weekly sat.. ceilings
and to close down when they normally
would be open.
Companies figure a station's allocations
according to its past performance and to
what they are abl• to supply. John Wut,
operator of the Gull service station at
1706 W,st Harrison Av,nu,, had hi,
monthly allocation
cut from 95,000
gallons in March to 65,000 in April. In
order to insure that his supply lasts, he
has to regut.t• th• amount of gas he s,lls
daily. "•ach day is difl,rent; one, I ...ach
th• day's figure 1 shut down." H• IOHS
money and business. laRue went on to
say, "Many were regulan and when you
dos, tarly th,y get huffy and it's bad for
business." Whether h• clOHS.on Sunday
depends on the extent of his allocations
and the wttk's business. When asked ii he
could appeal for mo .... laRu• said, '"H•ll
no, you can't appeal tor more."
Jeff Sayer, operator of J•ll's Westside
Shell, has a similar story. In December,
when Shell Oil began cuttin!I allocations,
his supply was reduced frOm 95,000
gallons to 45,700. He too must regulate
his daily afld weekly sales and close his

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atudenta what It ott... Uu the other effort,
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bl an ln1lltutlon-wlde ~,
lnw>MngE'#llf'gl'Nn1tud■flt■ mNtlng

community ooneoe

■tudlnt1,

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thl OU1 wfth new Pf'OGtlffl rwtaw p,ocedurN
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other publlc ln1lltutlon1. New program

ot EVO.V,_ allould with procedures
In the Councll'1 new
d■grN
gutdlllne■. A1 part of thl■ '9MW pn)ON8,
prop,oeaf1 for new prooram ■t th■
Institution will tint be clrcutattd among the
other publlc tour-year lnetttuUona fo, the
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ol qualfflod -20: tt 11 r•comm11ocl1d

study the twlblttty of otfer1ng
off~pu• programato NrWil rNkllrtt1 In th■
Longview. AberdNn/Hoqul■m, ■nd Port
AngefN.,_., ■nd, upon determln■tlon of the
nNd ■net twlblltty ot wen •.d■efo.1, that It
ptOCNd to dilvllop
and off• ott-cempu1
program• In theel clU• In IIC00rd wtth th■
procedurM In the Council'• guklellnea for
that E"91grwt1

otf-e■mpul

progtaffll.

College

To Mv

conaktandlon be gt.en to addltkM'lal NqUINthol _,Id

State

A Muzzle

tho
- theof COiiege
nuoi.a to
- lnetl1ute
bo grMter
aougllt
within
atruc:lln and ..--nty
1n tha eun1cu1um,
Including tho ol!Ollngol optlona In tho
dlly prognm. tt ll llleo ,eoom.nwndld thlil
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The Evergreen

pumps if he exceeds them. Money
generated from gas sales, which used to
pay the rent, is down, forcing him to rely
more upon auto repairs.
The Washington State Department of
Energy does maintain
an emergency
reserve. But, as one dealer put it, "By the
tim• you g•t through all the red tap,, you
don't need it anymore."
Demands for gas have risen 8 percent
over last yur. Sayer said, "It's like I have
a muzzle to my head. We're caught
between high prices, and having to cut
___badun the lau..oLhigher demand5--from
the increased traffic in the Westside area."
Both operators
agree that the oil
shortage is not a hqax. They attribute it
to a variety of things: a shortage of crude
oil, companies holding back, federal
regulations, OPEC, past mistakes, and th•
American appetite for gas.
Ar< th, dealer associations helping anyl
Wu,. a m,mber of Tho Ev"'11Tttfl Stat•
Oea.len .Anociation, said the auociations
are not like unions, but were formed to
protect dolen against tht oil companies'
over-charging
on rentl and thereby
cutting into a deal<t'a prolita. ''Ya aell gas
for rent. The back.room'•
the most
profit-gmeratlng. ••
Tht dtalers are in a bind ~-.
and are hurting just u much u the
a>nlUIIIU. They the PfOIJ'ffl ol $1.00
per pllon u inevitable.
For the local po alallon down at th,
comer, the future la not briaht.

What's the Word?
Harrisburg!
by K,n O.rmota
The escaping radiation from the Three
Mile Island nuclear plant is six to one
hundred times that reported by federal
agencies, testified Carl Morgan of Georgia
Tech before the Senate sub-committtt last
week. The committee, chaired by Sen.
Edward K•nnedy of Maseachu1<tts, h•ard
ev1dence that during the tirst days of the
cri_sis persons
taking geiger-counter
readings had not been properly instructed
in the use of the instruments and had
reported radiation levels far below that to
which Pennsylvanians
were actually
exposed.
Some of the geiger counters were
shielded
to read only gamma and
hig.h~level beta radiation, .tnd others were
able to be switched to read both kinds of
rJdiat1on. unbeknownst to thr operator-..
Accnrc!ing to an unnamed source at the
plant, accurate readings taken at the top
0£ a cooling tower werf" 30(X) milhrems 0£
beta radiation per hour far higher than
the highest official readings of 1200
mr hr
\
During a telephone
interview,
Lee
Musselman of the Three Mile Island Alert
Plan Committee dryly commented, 'We
were bothered ht-cause we were in front
of the governor's house in what they
called seventeen rems, in the radioactive

rain. The dosage could have been ten to
one hundred times what they actually told
us."
People in the Harrisburg area have been
demonstrating over four issues; the main
one is that they have been receiving false
information from federal agents. They are
also calling for the permanent shut-down
oi both reactor units at Thrtt Mile lsland,
a moratorium
on the licensing and
building of all plants and a h•ahh
survey of local people. 'We're the guinea
pigs of low-level radiation," said Lee. He
also said that locals are demanding that
the economic impact not be pushed onto
the consumer. "It's ridiculous for us 10
have to pay for power and to have to pay
for their mess-ups, too."
Lee said the accident has gone far to
change the consciousness of Harrisburg
citizens; the Alert Plan Committee plans
to ra1!>tconsciou,;ne,;-, even higher. "Some
people Me 5w-lyed by the Mgument that
coal 1s un,afc too. .ind that nuclear
power is the only way lo go from here
lee explained the Committee's position,
"H they havrn't been straight with you on
the safety issue, how can you expect that
they will be straight with you on other
thingsl""
One of the local citizens whose attitude
has changed because ot the accident is

April 12, 1979
Governor Richard Thornburg. Ltt said,
"Thornburg was scared a whole lot, and
was to get federal agents to check the
other six nukes in the .1rea 'to makes sure
that nothing like this ever happens again
in Pennsylvania.'
I don·t think he's
pro-nuke anymore; he's very receptive to
the anti-nuke position."
The N•w England Clamsh•ll Alliance
has been surprisingly active during the
crisis. They have provided beds for 1500
refugees who fled to New England and
have fielded calls from people all over the
country who are frustrated
by their
inability to get honest information from
authorities.
The--Cooper Point JournaJ spoke with
Renny Cushing of The New England
Clamshell Alliance, who was m Harrisbrg
burg to help with the organizing
According lo Renny. there have been
large and small demonstrations from New
England to California. He said, ''There are
a lot of New England officials who did an
about-face," in response to the Harrisburg
accident.
A 151 to 1 vote in the
Massachusetts
Legislature called for a
moratorium on construction.
planning
and licensing of nukes in the state. In
New York, Governor Hugh Carey has
cancelled the building of a proposed
nuclear plant.
In the nuclear battleground of New
Hampshire, Dudley Dudley, a member of
the Executive Council of the state, made
one of the strongest statements yet to
come from a public official in support ol
a nuclear moratorium:
"After Three Mile Island, can there be
anyone left who does not have deep
doubts about what the utiliti~ or the
government tell 1..,s7Can we trust thoSt:
who have radiated land, air, water and all
living creatures in m1d-Pennsylvan1a7 W,11
they do 1t Ae4'eat Seabrook? You can bet
your home and your precious land and
your lives anJ your children's lives that
they surely will
"They promi'>ed us .safety and brc1u~ht
us to the brink ol the dreaded melt-dcn.,·n
They promised us cheap energy and thC'\
brought u<, higher fuel ch,H~C'" and ,1
bill1on-J0llar mausoleum. Thl'y prom1,ed
u<, expertise and .,howrd u., the t,q·
~c1enti-.1..,and tt'chninan, :n •t-1-, l,,untr\
1n total di"-.Hr.:l\
habt·, ,r 1 hl' nuclt>.ir
wc,ods
contwnu·d
bv thl h\,nor !h~\had made t'ut unild neither l,..nm,-. ,,r
cuntrol V\'e h..iJ better h.in~ \In t11r dl'.lf
life 10 the r,t-(iple Jnd l.rnd \.-'o.t' \...m11,,..
\\l
love and tn energy ..,t,urces we 1..an
. manage. or we won; want to leave
• anyone behind u, to mhent the wa,;telan<l
we've created
I Join the call fl-,r o.1
moratorium."

The Road Not Taken

by Ben Alexander
Recently, near disasters and impending
doom have been the most-discusR<l topics
of the day, as the possibility
of
technology-related
c.1tastrophes draws
near. Yet little has been done to get to the
r..oot -ef -the --p«>blem ..---New unte1,ted
technologies proliferate at an unprecedented rate, creating new pown- demands
which beget new technologies,
in a
C.ttch-22 situation. Unfortunately,
this
cycle has accelerated beyond our ability
to comprehe.nd or beneficially use the new
technologies.
In today's trend of industrialization and
mechanization, perpetual~
by governments and multinational
corporations,
many important
queations have been
bypassed or Ignored. Moot fundammtal,
though olt,n most obscllred, la th•
qu<stion, "Do w,, u th, final u,on of
this new tool, want or even NEED lt7"
Many oth<r pointa ftftd to be e,q,lored u
w.U. such u. 'Who will rully bentflt
from ltl" "la It friendly
to th•
envlronmmtr' -0it n\axlmally utlliu
people powu and cnatlvityr' '"Is It u,y
to undont.and
and maint.1.inr' and '"Is It
tnlly coot-afldentr'

A growing number of people and
organizations are developing alternatives
to present technology, with these questions in mind. Still, many ,"experts" in the
government and corporate power structures persist in the assertion that there are
....,-illlemetiw..
lris-is--just -not-tror,.nd
this article provides many examples of
alternative technologies that answer these
important questions.
According to a study by the American
Physical Society, the U.S. uses energy at
a rate of lS-20 percent efficiency: That is,
we waste up to 90 percent of the energy
produced. Our tnergy bill would be cut in
half by increasing our UK efficiency by 30
p<ra,nt. Los Angela reduced its m•rgy
consumption by 18 porant In 1973 with
virtually no economic hardship.
Ironically, nuclur power la considered
10 danguous
th•t It must be located as
far from large popwation anten. This
wutn the major energy byproduct of
nuclear power _.lion:
heat.
"Bllt what other lorma of rnergy
_.tlon
ha,heat .. tool'" you may
ask. Co-generators
are one answer.
Co-pneraton
produc:e more than one
. form ol lfflttl)' from ono fuel aoura, Nch

as heat and electricity generated from
methane (a renewable resource). In Italy,
the Fiat Corp. has been producing such a
generator for years, and they claim it can
substantially
cut energy bills for the
average single family dwelling
One
ene.gy analyst, Dr. Barry Commor.er, has
suggested
that
neighborhood
co~enerators may be an excellent solution ICl
che needs of dense urban residential areas,
where there is little usable sunlight.
Wind is another renewable resourcr
that has been proven viable in the U.S. In
New York City, a tenement block recently
renovated by its tenants has all its energy
needs met by a windmill. In fact, they
now tell electricity to the local utility .11
peak production times.
The use of wood chips in coal burning
plants is becoming increaaingly popular.
In Burlington, Vt. th, local utility usn
wood chips to produce almoat one third
of th, total output. Th, initial chanpov,r
from coal took only a few days and th,
final adjustmenta wert made within two
weeb. Planta In Michigan and Wiaconain
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Letters
effort, we could come: up with some
games worth playing-games which could
reflect our culturo and valu... Probably
we could agree for instance that our
games should be: nonsexist and noncompetitive:. Perhaps, as in the Trobriands, they might include singing and
dancing, but that's a detail to be worked
out.
John McCl•ndon
Bill H•id Daniel
Daniel Esper
676-3680-1-2-3

The students on the TESC-Vancouver
program campus would li_ke to have a
much more visible voice an the Cooper
Point Journal. and on the Olympia
campus, in general. We do not receive
individual copies of the CPJ. The program
assistant and friend of all, Anne Turner,
receives about S copies of each issue heTf
at the TESC campus
facility
in
Vancouver.
The copies are always
received too late for any one of us if we
To the Editors,
were so inclined to take part in any of the
Whoever came up with the idea of
offerings on the campus of TESCusing herbicides on campus should be
Olympia, or even those things available
fired. For anyone who cares at all abc...it
in and around the city of Olympia.
nature, the idea is unthinkable.
The
l. for one, am getting a bit fed up with
ecological implications of paraquat are
being just an "after-thought· of the other
notoriously ominous. Why should we
s1udents up there in Olympia.
For
give any l~itimacy to its use by usin~ it
instance, we had no prior notice of the
on our own campus? Here we are leammg
CPE report committtt meeting. When I
about "living lightly upon the earth" and
discovered that not any lll the students
professing to live in an ecologically sane
were involved in the tinal decision making
manner while our own school is soiling
or discussion,
it only added to my
its grou.nds with poisons. Introduced ~nto
indignation. 1 would \il..e 10 k~ow why
the environment, they are absorbed mto
none of us, either on the Olympia campus
the food chain, wrecking general mutation
or here in Vancouver. \,·ere invited to
and death among the fauna, as well as the
participate and offer our suggestions?
flora, of the region.
Many of us here in Vanniuver have had
Paraquat
contains
dioxin,
also
many discussions conce~nmg this report
contained in 2, 4, 5-T. 2, 4, 5-T has bttn
and have a myriad ol ideas to help
removed from use pending further study
promote our enrollment and to get the
because of dioxin's
mutage:nic and
picture of TESC out to the public.
carcinogenic effects. How many lunches
Part of each student" tuition, as you
will you eat on the lawns around Red
know. goes toward the 101al S &: A B~ard
Square this year7
budget. We are or have not been given
The use of these chemicals in regions of
the opportunity. until 1u.c.t recently. of
America devoted to agriculture has been
even being invited to attend a weekly
largely
stopped.
However,
•there
session of this Board. v.·C' would also like
continued use in general environment,
a voice on that Board lH at least, the
combined with previous applications may
cl,urtesy of being asked '" ,Htend.
have unforseeable
effects upon the
Though our campus ~rnJ student body
ecology of the continent Why must we
1s small. compared lo Olympia, we are all
endorse and emulate this misbegotten
adults. Most of us are over 30. and the
atrocity7 You're not only accepting 1984
ma1ority are over 40. We resent being
-you're helping it along.
treated as step-children, and ignored. We
Dead Head Wars
especially resent not being considered an
active, viable part of TESC. We ar~ all
-peopl~ whe wan~ to E;nrich.our P~A lives.•
'!'~ne t.a1tors,
• ",9,.... .
thus our return to the College ~en,.t;,.Vfe
·...;YfW~'hame
is Yonathan. "~mtfy
I
have the cooperation
and the full
have been discovering that some other
fnendsh1p of our wondertul faculty and
people have had some of the same
staff Here in Vancouver,
it is not
thoughts that I have had. Actually, they
students and professor
so much as
had the thoughts long before I did. long
student and co-learner.
before they were even stirring inside of
Many local events of interest are
me. I'm not referring to any simple
coming up. It is essential that t~e t~o
"facts," but to something that may be
schools are cooperating and coordmatmg
call~ wisdom or understanding. 1 am
their voices in getting the future of the
discovering that Exiltentialism seems to be
whole TESC assured. This is not only in
the focal point of the concepts of
regards to the Master's degree prog_ram,
responsibility,
rationality,
fre~dom to
but in the future picture of what 1s to
form
commitment,
discipline,
choice,
etc.,
become
or Evergreen
Have
you
that have been stirring inside me for
considered that by a stroke of the pen,
awhile now. And of course there are
Governor Ray, or whoever is in office in
other people around me with these same
four years, can make us non-existent as a
stirrings in them, too.
viable, living force in American ~uca•
I would like to hear informally about
t,on, and in particular, in Washington
other people's experiences who can relate
state7
to these ideas. Not on a lofty intellectual
We have a good thing going for all of
level. but as how these things are coming
us. Must we lose out to some politicians
true in your real lives, how they bring joy
without the vision to see just what we are
or hurt.
Jonathan
trying to do in order to tum higher
education
into something
that can,
P.O. Box 1961
perhaps, change the future of the state of
Olympia 98507
Washington, and maybe, even the whole
86b-0253
United States7
There are many of us here in
T Q th~ Editors,
Vancouver who fttl strongly that we
In the past two and a half years, as
should have a student "voice" on campus
well as in my eight years of schooling
in Olympia. That it should not be up to
immediately prior to that, I've heard a lot
Dr. Will Humphreys alone to represent us
of talk about student's rights to make
and to do battle for us. Is thete any way
decisions for themselves,
and it has
the CP] could help us have: this "voice"7 I
always been the same - dissatisfied
am on campus at TESC•Vancouver most
students want to make things the way
every day and evening. Any suggestions,
they want them without apy tt~ thQ.\liht
ideas or help will be most deeply
about all concerned or about the real
appreciat~ .
\..•• all of us.
consequences. Decision-making for ourDorothy R. Stewart
selves, as students, is not a God-given
CardU.er
right. It is a rapol\Ubility that must not
TESC-V ancouver facility
be tak•n lightly or ,.lfishly.
1002 E. Evergreen Blvd.
On• of th• problmu that w• - hett
Vancouver, WA. 98661
repeatedly
is that people make big
(206) 693-.;2,:,4,o,88<---decisions in areas that do not affect them,
so they never are forced to deal with the
effect of their decisions. Neverthe:le:u,
when students
here are given the:
opportunity to effect some change, they
To the: Editors:
seldom take it.
We noticed the Council for PostThe students in the Expressive Arts here
seconcbry Educ;ation has recommended
at Evergrttn were givm just such an
th.at Evergreen begin an intucolle:giate
opportunity last quartn, and I find now
athletic program. We were watching the
that it is one of the 11U1jorIIKttts kept on
film "Trobriand Crick<t, An 1-nious
campus. I was involved with the Studmt
RHponse: to Colonialism"
when it
Work Group for the Expra,ive Arts
occufftd to us that an inter-collegiate
Review, and l'v• bttn uked to divulge
··athletic"
program could indeed be
this "t.eettt" act of student involvement.
worthwhile. lt tHms th.at, given a little

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My knowlodg• of th• d<tails is sk<tchy,
but ru do my best.
As many people hett know, w• hav,,
come: up for re-accreditation,
which
m•ans that peopl• form the outside aro
looking at us to - if we are legitimat•ly
~ucating ourselves. To help with this
study, a number of work groups were set
up to study different aspects of the:
school.
On• of these was th• Studmt Work
Group for the Expressive Arts, guided,
very ably I must say, by faculty members
Paul Sparks and Joan Wind•n. This group
was given a list of questions which we
were supposed to answer, concerning such
things as curriculum predictability, catter
options, meeting students' needs, and so
on - very simple, right1 A questionnaire:
was put together, originally as only a first
step, to determine: the cliente:le we were
studying. Questions c!e.ilt mainly with
background - ethnic, financial, family,
interests, and studies so far. Also indud~
was a space for ideas, comments,
criticisms of the: school as we know it.
Many of the questionnaires
remain
untallie:d. Some three hundred to four
hundred w•re distributed in penon by
member so the work group. All have: been
read and it was on the basis of these
que~tionnaires,
as well as our own
experiences, that we filed our report,
answering each question with facts and
observations.
The most interesting part of the report,
however. dealt not with the answers, but
with the pro'blems that remain, questions
to be asked, and recommendations for
action and further study. The: report
totals some twenty-odd pages, including
appendices of graphs and enrollment
figures, courses offered and their frequency, an so on.
The report was submitted and the
contrast between it and those filed by
faculty groups was quite revealing.
Unfortunately, the: report, a labor of love,
hope, and many hours, has fallen quietly
into obscurity.
The Cooper Polnt Journal now has a
c0py of the report. an they asked me to
write this letter. The report is an
important one. for it is an example: of
students' getting involve:d, taking responsibility, in good faith that their work
rnight have some value and see the light
of day. Let's keep that faith, and continue:
to commit time and energy to the
decisions that affect us all.
GlennHorton

Wendy

To the Editors:
It makes me very angry to think that
we here in our smaH Evergreen
Community would be so devastated (and
rightly so) by a death of one penon who
has lived a full and happy life. who died
the: best way he could have, and yet feel
and do practically nothing for Wendy
Wilson, the young woman who felt t~e
need to take her life here: at TESC m
December, still with so much of her life in
front of her.
I do feel that we should mourn Willi
Unsoeld's
death,
as well as Janie
Diepe:nbrock's.
But, I also feel that
Wendy's death was just as importa.1't and
should have been treated so.
Julie Tamler

Solution:
.
Computerize
To the Editors:
The recent "accident" or breakdown of
the: cooling system in the nuclear power
plant at Harrisburg, PA, is not entirely a
bad tbing . .l.,ee much to be learned-from
this as it offen a fin.al solution to the:
problem of nuclear power plants.
It has been determined
that the
"accident" was caused by human error.
Theroin 11.. th• answtt. All cum,ntly
operating nuclear power plants. as well as
thote being constructed, must be fully
automa\ed and computerized to eliminate:
the: human e:rron.
The: way to insure. this is to simply
•llminat• all the hum,ins. After all th•
nucl•ar plants att fully automated and
operating ...
,imply exterminat• all the
humans. Just think of th• problems this
would 10lve:.
The entire controversy over nuclear
power would end. Billions of dollarw
would be saved by th• corporations,
government and the: people. However,
since there would be no people I doubt
th•y would appreciate th• savings. No

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Letters
mott protHtorw, thettby ttlieving th•
police and court systems. ~w~uld
cenainly solve the energy cnsis s1na
human nttd and consumption would, I'm
sure drop dramatically. That's enough.
Wh~n yqu roally think about it th•
benefits
are really too endless to
enumerate.
Does this solution sound too ridiculous7
Not ttally. It appears to me that if .w•
don't take: this action the same solution
will occur sooner or later anyway
by "accident."
N•il Shamberg

Co-op
Moves?
by Anna Schlecht
Yep, you'ro right. Th• co-op is a hard
place to shop. Fint off, if you'n, driving,
you have to vie with all the: rest of the
downtown traffic for parking places.
Ona, inside th• door, you'ro alttady
contending with too l!Ulny other peopl•
who an, al10 trying to navigat• their
box .. of food through the narrow alsl ...
The lighting is poor. Th• cool•rs mak• an
infernal noise. Things g<t messy last
because it'S so hard to maneuver. Much
of the stock is cramm~ into the strangest
places. And then to get out, you have to
wait in record•breaking slow lines.
To address this problem, a task force
has been researching all possible buildings
in the downtown and we:stside areas. In
this research, we've used a list of criteria
partly developed from a survey of the
membership.
Presently. we are circulating a second
survey that focuses rather specifically on
things like: downtown location? Westside

Student

A
Warm Wind
To the Editors,
Gooeyducks one and all : There is a
highly poisonous attitude going aroun~
this campus that says, "I've got my shit
together, why the fuck don't you7" It
stems, I think, from a fear that most of us
highly motivated greener types succumb
to every now and then. It's a fear of being
seen as weak or confused-which,
of
course, we all are from time to time. It's
very hard for us to allow ourselves to feel
that way, particulatly if it lasts for a
length of time. So, we, in an attempt to
"get our shit together," pull ourselves up
and frown on those who seem to be
wallowing as much as we hate to be.
Obviously, I speak from experience.
.
Spring checked in yesterday. She said
she'll be in and out for a few weeks until
she: moves in semi-permanently in April. I
was glad to see her; she's an old friend.
I've got a lot of decisions to make
about Spring Quarter: which program to
be in, that is, if I stay in school: whether
to live on•campus or off - or out of
state: ...
You know, the old life and
death decision routine.
I'm a little
confused, a little anxious - we:11neither
right now. actually, because I feel a lot of
love for myself. Jesus, these are hard
times to live in and a school like
Evergreen makes choosing incredibly
difficult.
I have every right to feel
however I do, and you do too.
I hope I ve made myself clear.
May a warm wind or two blow your
way.
Sue Peabody

Sy01posiu01 '79
by Pam Du .. nberry

to ha"' m•de th• •lfort worthwhil•. Many
more people haw been made aware of
Ewrgree:n's serious situation. Some a.re
prepared to work hard owr the: next few
~e:ks to find ways to mak.e: Ewrgreen
more appealing to regional high school
students without alienating cuMnt Ewrgree:ners.
Symposium
'79 wu
planned
by
s tud•nts ang•red by th• fact that they
haw not been inwlved in n:sponding to
the: Council for Pos tse:condary Education's recommendations.
Sewral speakus addressed the crowd
at Tuesday's
opening
meeting.
Bill
Otance, co-author of the CPE Evergreen
Study, spoke about the background of
the study and stressed that we "not dr.ag
our feet" in responding to the recommendations.
Bill Aldridge spoke next.
expressing the opinion that Ewr&reen's
"period of revolution" necessitates proce~ding wry carefully in implementing
the proposed changes. Tom Rainey rose
to counter A1dridge, stating that structure
is necessary and we must not be shy 0£
it.
The workshops that followed essentially
paralleled faculty groups studying the
CPE recommendations. Each workshop
began with a panel presentation, and then
broke down into smaller groups to
brainstorm and discuss the issues.
Wednesday morning began with a bring
your own bagel breakfast, after which
Dan Evans spoke about Evergreen's
status in the legislature.
The CPE
recommencbtions were amended a.s law
Tuesday as part of the Master's program
bill.
Wednesday afternoon was devoted to
wrapping up the symposium and outlining
future action. Workshop
tacilitators
summarized the major ideas that came: out
of the sessions. Student study groups will
be· using these ideas, lo com.. up with
proposals .
Byron Youtz then detailed the timetable
for future action. He sttt'S5ed that student
and faculty groups must work together.
for time is short - final proposals are
expected in May. He also made it clear
that the decisions are: ultimately
the
faculty's.

The problems confronting E~rgre:e:n
are being addffssed by a larger segment
of the community than is usually the
cas•. Symposium '79, which took place
April 10 and 11, provided the opportunity
for students to learn about the issues
and respond - and add to th•
proposed changes in Evugree:n's academic and public relations policies.
The turnout was good - close: to four
hundred people gath•rod Tu•sday for the
all-campus meeting and the nine issues
workshops that follo,..,d. 0, Wednesday,
fewu appearod, three hundred at most.
But concern is clearly widespread enough

Satsop Charges
Dropped • • •
by Ell•n Kissman
Friday, April 6, trespassing charges
against 148 members of the Crabshell
Alliance: were dropped. The: charges
stemmed from an occupation
of the:
Satsop nucl•ar plant site lut June. The
county prosecutor, Curt Janhun•n, Dropped th• charg .. because, he said, a lair
trial was not possibl• du• to th• publicity
of the Thrtt MU• Island disaster.
John Day, on• of th• ex-defendants,
heralded th• dropping of th• charges as a
vindication of their innooma,. They had
intended to use a "necessity Offense" in
which they would have proven that they
trespassed in order to prevent a far
greater danger,
nuclear power.
By
dropping the charg .. , said Day, Janhun•n
in effect conceded that nuclear power in
indttd a greater danger than trespassing.
John pointed out th• absurdity of trying
to hold an impartial trial when the
dangers Of nuclear power have been so
clearly demonstrated
in Pennsylvania.
·11•s lik• trying to find a jury that's
impartial about the dangen of dynamite:,"
he said. John also noted that, politically
speaking.
Janhunen
made the only
decision possibl•. Rather than risking a
humiliating defeat in court, he: chose not
to presa charges.
In a news release:, Bill Gavelis,
Crabshell 1pok.. person, stated, 'The trial
would have bttn an opportunity for
citlzms to hear t.. tlmony on the hazards
of nuclear wu. Citizens will not be

Prejudice
To the Editors:
A Lesbian for Self-Determination's view
(March 1) sounded like it was com~g
from an immature, insecure, paranoid,
close-minded penon. Sh• undoubtedly
has never had a meaningful relationship
with any man (meaningful doesn't have t~
include sexual). She's quick to blame this
all on men. It's her inadequacy if she
hasn't learned how to convey her worth
to peopl~. Instead of trying to work
through her struggl•. sh• gave up and
blamed th• problems of her Iii• and all
society on men.
Her idealistic picture is one of women
controlling our society. What would be
accomplished by having women in control
and m•n opp......dl Attn't w• trying to
help •v•ryon• and not cut off h•lf the
population? Her future long-term fantas~
of phasing men out entirely seems a bit
naive. Where does she: thll\k she came
from - a stork 7
She thinks all men are into controlling
and dominating women. She obviously
hasn't dealt with many. I. for one
woman, can aay I have a lot of male
friends that treat me as an equal and with
warmth and respect. I also have an
intimate relationship with one: man who
isn't just "'using my body for his
emotional and sexual nttds." lt doesn't
---,,,atter---tfthl!ff---a"ff'-two--'W'O'fflffl, -.two men~
or one man and one woman, we: are all
people and need love and emotional
involvement.
Omying the exist•nce of and avoiding
half the: world's population ~ not going to
solve anyone's problems. This "selfdet•nnined" lesbian has obviously had
some negative experie:nca with men. But
inst .. d of fighting them why doesn't she
do 10m.thing constructive lib educating
them. I think this woman needs to look at
all her hate and ... how littl• she's
h•lping our society.
Sure, there are: some idiot men out
there:. But who hasn't met an obnoxio111
woman7 I don't know how she can fttl
she's any better than• racist, sexiat, whit•
male. It doesn't matter who you're
unfairly
judging
and stereotyping.
Pn,judla, Is pmudia,.
C. s.

locationl •tc ... Thi, wilJ give a cl•attr
sense: of what the most important and
most common needs are.
The results of th ... two surveys will be
published in a short report. Along with
th• survey results, th•ro will be detailed
descriptions of all the buildings w•'v•
looked into. And thett wUI also be a
section on the: sources of financing that
we're consirl.-rinR. • This report will be
availabl• by April 18.
Th• g•neral mtttlng on April 16 will be
the last chance for open discussion of
criteria. Th• propos•d ballot will be
pr ... nted for roview at that tlm•. Then
on April 18, th• balloting proa,ss will
begin for a period of two wttks. During
this period, th•ro will be another open
forum on April 22 to go over all th•
pertinent information.
From there a
two-thirds majority will decide where the
co-op will move.
The decision won't get us the perfect
co-op. At best, it will be a sensitive
compromise between the: diverse needs of
this community and the reality of what
buildings are available. If the co-op's
location affects your life, then you are a
part of this decision. Fill out a survey,
read the report, and find out what's
happening so that you can vote from an
informed viewpoint. It's your co-op.

denied this opportunity. Th•y can hur
experts speak at pubhc torums planned
for th• wttk of April 16-20, and judge for
themselv ... W• an, also planning a legal
rally on April 21, in Grays I-'arbor
County when people can gather and
show their support for a non-nuclear
Futun,."

At a regional meeting last Sunday,
Crabshell
decided not to plan an
occupation of the Sat.sop site at this time:.
When asked about this decision, John
(who strnsed that h• was speaking as an
individual, not a Crabsh•II spokesperson)
explained that Crabsh•ll's focus right now
is to ge: as many people: as possible
involved in the: anti•nucle:ar struggle:. ln
th• past, many peopl• who w•ro opposed
to nuclear power found it difficult or
impossible to partlcipat• in civil di10bedi•nc:•. In th• wak• of Three Mil• Island,
Crabsh•II is Sttking a much wider public
invovlement in the anti-nudear movement
by expanding into a broader range of
activities.
They will be sponsoring a presentation
•ntitled 'Washington's Nucl•ar Industry
in the Aftermath
of Harrisburg,"
at
7, OOpm in th• w.. twater (formerly th•
Greenwood)
Inn in Olympia.
Sister
Rosali• S.rt•ll. PhD., Dr. Stephen Stalos,
and Dr. Ruth Wimer, all experts on the
effects of radiation, will be speaking. Th•
presentation is free and open to the
public. For more: information on this and
other activities call the Environmental
RHoura Cmter, 866-<,784.

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Two Rood• divorgod in • wood, and I I took the one ltH travelled
by,
and that hos mad• all the diHaa,co.
-Robert Frost
One or Amory Lovins' favorite solutions to the- "energy crisis" is to bum all
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shame. If you are
seriously interested in energry issues, this
book sh0uld be ,fl on your reading list.
Soft En~rti?, Paths documents
and
amplifies arguments which Lovins' first
intro<tuct·,.J i:· i·is now classic article
"Energy Strategy The Road Not Taken?':
The article appeared three years ago in
the Octobe-r 1976 issue of Foreign Affairs
magazine: nuclear power, it said, is
unnecessary, uneconomical, and already
"a future technology whose time has
passed."
Instead of pursuing the "hard path" of
increasin~ly centralized electricity generat1on (born coal and nuclear), Lovins
argues th,H America can mttt its ene-rgy

Entropy

..Entrop , 1-'ropaine began. He was
dictating.
"Whatl'
"Don't ask questions." the Dr. growled.
··Just write. Got that1"
'Uhu ... This column busint>SSis really
going to Propaine's head, I thought.
"Entropy.· he repeated. " ... a measure
of the una\·ai.Jability of e;nergy in a closed
system ... also, the irreversible tendency of
any closed :,,y,;tem, including Institutions
of Higher Education, towards increasing
disorder and ir,ertia; "the final state
predictabl, ,.,.......•Lis tendency."
"Wait a minute Propaine," I inlefn!pt·
ed, "just " ...... u. .he hell are you getting
at?'"
Dr. Propaine raised his eyebrows. He·
knitted his fingers together and looked at
me very pointedly, like a doctor about to
render an exceedingly painful di~osis to
a faithful and beloved patient. "How shall
I put this7" he mused. "The energy crisis
at Evergreen is so far advanced that it's
no longer an energy crisis .. it's an entropy
crisis
I began sagging in my chair like an
overstuffed geoduck. "Propaine," I said.
"Why is it that every time you walk into
this office I get upset or depressed.1"
''Maybe you're oversensitive," the Dr.
quipped. "Have your wisdom teeth been
bothering your He chuckled at his own
overbearing wit.
"Not funny," I said glumly. ''Not funny
al all. Even if things are as bad as you
say, why start off your article with

something so determinis11c1"
"Shock value." Propain• paused and
smiled. " 'Electrify your reader with a
catchy pun or metaphor,' does that sound
familiar1 Then get into the statistics of the
thing, Ev•rgr .. n has already tapped all
the traditional
sources of energry:
graduating seniors, minorities, women,
veterans, etc. All the curves are flattening
out, all e,c~t entropy. Entropy is on the
rise...
' .... ,
"There's a couple different solutions to
the problem," F'ropa1nP continued. A
colleague of mine has suggested we
employ Hot Potato Technology."
"I don't know what that means," I
sai_d."But I don't !ti..('the sound of it."
'1t's death by fire, pure and simple.
You've heard the Federal Government is
desperate to find a Federal Nuclear Waste
Depository site. w.11. this coll•agu• of
mine proposes we retrofit Evergreen to
meet the need. She says its a very colorful
way of killing several million birds with
one stone ... "
I was rapidly finding the Dr.'s latest
revelations to be the most horrifying
ever; far more disturbing even than his
recent prognostications of death by ICE.
By the time he finished his description of
Evergreen as fossiliz.ed Hot Potato, my
shoulden had sunk nearly level with the
armrests on my plush copywriter's chair.
Propaine eyed me with professional
concern. "You look like an Olympia
skyline on a winter day,'' he said. "Don't
get so gloomy. I see an alternative." 'he
paused. "Geoduck Power .. .Jet me tell you
about it. .. "

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by Bon Alexander
The recent accident at the nuclear
reactor outside of Harrisburg. Penn. ha,
shocked the nation. Th• country's nuclear
energy 'exports' still claim that nuclear
morgy is the safest, cloan.. t option. In
mid-January of this year, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) ttpUdiated
th• findings of th• controvonial Rnmu.sm report of 1975 on th• probability of
nuclear power accidents. Yet as recently
as last w.. k. Gov. Ray cited the report as
evidence of nuclear safety. In light of
those ... mingly contradictory reports and
events, a review of the facts is in order.
A) Nov. 1955 , Tho fint experimental
breeder reactor in Idaho Falls had a core
meltdown and came within one-half
s•cond of •xploding. Th• •xplosion,
equivalent to 100 pound, of TNT, was
prevented by th• chance observation of a
scientist that the reactor had reached
super-critical.
B) Jan. 3, 1961, A ro•ctor n•ar Idaho
Falls exploded because of a power
excursion. Intense radiation inside the
building .. veroly delayed rescue oporat ions. Eventually, three bodies were
removed, and th•ir h•ads and limbs had

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·needs by following Frost', path '1ess
trav•led by," combining "a prompt and
serious commillnfflt to efficient use of
en•rgy, rapid dev•lopm•nt of reMWabl•
energy sources matched in scale and
energy quality to needs, and special
transitional fouil fu•I technology."
Th• thHis sent shockwav .. through the
nucl•ar •norgy industry. In March 1977
the Edb,on Electric Institute ~oted
its
whole magazine, Eectric Pcnpectivee, to
articles attemptirlg to refute Lovins.
'ndustry critics have described the soft
energy path as "a cuddly road to
nowhere," a "freeze-dried Townsend
plan," and "utopian bullshit." Needless to
say, the bulk of the criticism seems to
misconstrue or sidestep the pertinent
issues which Lovins has raised.
Be forwamed: when you read this
book, and I hope you do, you'll 1tt it is
divided into thrtt sections: "Concepts",
"Numbers",
and "Toward a Durable
Peace". Skip the se-cond section the fint
time through:
it is a semi-technical
evaluation of the issues of economics,
scale, energy quality, and load forecasting. U you don't have a head or an
interest for figures, it will put you to
sleep. The rest of the book, pardon the
metaohor, is dvnamite.
All the bookstores in Olympia (except,,
of course. "The" Bookstore) seem to have
one or two copies of Soft Energy Paths on
hand, and Word of Mouth Books has
some of the new, reduced price edition for

Mon.tlll'U....

F) March 28, 19?9, A water pump
failed •t th• Thtto ~ Island reactor
out.id. of Harrisburg. Radioactive steam
l•aked into tho atmosphere. A back-up
system failed, causing the mnporaturo
and th• p.......,. to ris< in tho ....,ctor. A
safety valve opened and released further
radioactivity into the atmoophoro, then
failed to close. This sudden drop in
pressure caused a bubbl• of radioactiv•
gasses to form at tho top of th• reactor.
Tho basement of the reactor was Aooded
with radioactive
water which was
subsequently pumped into an adjacmt
building, outside tho con~ent
v....,l.
R•l•asos of radiation continued, and th•
bubbl• was moving toward, th• point of
Aammability. Saturday, March 31, ninety
hours later, the •ngin .. rs fin.Uy regained
control of the reactor's ttmperature and
deflated th• bubbl•. Radiation had bttn
measured as far as 20 miles away. The
NRC extimates that clean-up costs will be
at least 540 mlllion and take "a year or
two," and may have to be closed
permanently.
ls this th• kind of safety record that
you trust and support7 If the answer is
"no," there are a number of organizations
pointed out in this issue that are working
for safe alternatives. There are choices,
and it is up to us to make them.

Organlutlons
Alt<mativo Energy R,soura, Organization IAEROI - 435 St•pi•ton Bldg.,
Billings, MT 59101 - now d•velopm•nts
in solar and wind e.nergy.
Cascadlan Regional Library ICAREL I
-1505 10th Ave., Seattle, WA. Olympia
contact: Sego Jackson - information
network on cooperative efforts in the
Northwest.
Committee for Nuclear Responsibility
Inc., - Box 332. Yachats, OR 97498 technical reports, Ryen, and essays on
nuclear hazards and alternatives.
Crabshell Alliance - Box 7185,
Olympia, WA 98507, -191
- alliance
of Northwest grouPs fighting nuclear
power.
f.cotopo Group - 2332 E. Madison,
Seattle, WA 98112, 322-3753 - dov•lopments in solar power.
Th• FarallonH lnstltut• - 15290
Coleman Vall•y Rd., Occid•nt•I. CA
95465 - research, education and practice
of .. 11-suffici•ntliving and technology.
Solar St<am, Inc., - Box 32, Fox
Island, WA 98333 - d•nloping
a
to be buried with other radioactive waste.
parabolic reflector powered co-generator
Ont! person had a control rod driven all
for small seal• u...
th• way through him.
Puiodicols
C) Oct. 5, 1966, Th• cooling system •t
Aero Sun-TimH - publish•d by
tho Fermi reactor near Detroit jammed.
AERO, address above, monthly, $10/yr.
The reactor went out of control; th• core
Cucad• - publish•d by CAREL,
started to m•lt. and came within on•
address above, $10/yr.
second of exploding with the force of
Co-Evolution Quarterly - Box 428,
1,000 pounds of TNT. The radiation w..
Sausalito, CA 94965, $U/yr.
so intense that the reactor wasn't opened
Mother Earth Newt Box 70,
until a y•ar later. On• of th• plant
Hendersonvill•. NC 28739, $U/yr.
technicians said, "W• cam• within
Rain - 2270 NW Irving. Portland, OR
seconds of losing Detroit!''
m10, monthly, $10/yr.
D) Sep. 30, 1970: Tho Hanford reactor
Smat!m - 22 Carmel. El C•rrito, CA
in Eastern Washington dov•loped sovoro
94530, quarterly, $9/yr.
coolant l•ak. A back-up systm1 failed to
Boob
drop any of th• 87 control rods into the
Direct Ut• of th• Sun'• Energy
reactor. Liquifiod metal short-circuited the
(Farrington Dani•lt; Ballantine Boob)
second systm1, but the third and final
r--·
~-5o1u , watu, Wind ,
n-:
syst•m narrowly averted further damage.
and Blofuolt. (edited l,y Rlclw:dMerrill
"1!)4\1111'th22;7'975' Flrt swept tli'-'rougl\=r--~an=;d""'Th="'o~mu=c,Gt'ag=•.~'=0ec'+.ll-aPuc"!'b,;,lishing,,,,,__
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the Brown's Forry reactor at O.C..tur, Ala.
Othu Hoand Garbage (LKl<i•.
Once th• lire was put out, it took sixtom
Masters, Whitehouse, It Young; Sierra
hours to bring the reactor under control,
du• to the fact that all of the "fail-sale"
Club
Th•Book.)
Solar
Hom• Book (Brue•
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Anderson; Ch .. hire Book.)

Gasohol:
Another Pump?
by Walter Acuna
Drinking too much straight ethyl
alcohol7 Put It in your gas and run your
car on it. That's the advice from our State
Legislature.

Road
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continued from page one
suited to the Northwest, with all of its
lumbering operations.
According to
George Tyson of the Leagu• Against
Nuclear Dangers, most logging operations
waste about 80 percent of the trtt, all of
which could be utilized in th• form of
wood chips. This also clears th• forest of
slash and deadwood, making it healthier.
Let us look at the most cost-intensive
technology of all the alternatives
to
nuclear: solar cells (photovoltaics). Recent
breakthroughs in the production techniques have reduced the silicon waste in
photovoltaic production by 50 percent. In
a.Department of Energy (DOE) study, the
Defen.. Department .. timated how much
equipment they could convert to photovoltaic power, and how many solar cells
that would require. For any existing solar
cell manufacturer to supply that many
cells, they would have to gear up for mas
production. The study concluded that this
would cause the production price per cell
to drop an incredible 80 percent within a
year, making solar cells cost-competitive
with other forms· of electricity.
Though WPPSS might not want you to
know it, solar home-heating it fusible in
the Northw .. t. Cloud cover reduces the
eflectivenHs of Aat-plat• collectors by
only 30 percent. A Coos Bay, Oregon,
house gets 80 porcmt of im heat from tho
sun. The Solaris system of Harry
Thompson h.. ts • hou .. 95 porcmt as
well as h•ating th• water and cooling th•
hom• in th• summer. In 1976 it sold for
$2,500.
"But all of tho,e technologiH are still in
th• hands of exports and big corporation,," you say7 Not true. In Donmarlr.,
students ~ and bwlt a windmill

Gasohol is ninety percent psolin• and
ten percent ethyl alcohol, and can be used
in any gas engine without conversion and
with no drop in miloag,,. "You should
only us• •thanol
(ethyl alcohol);
methanol corrodes your gaskets," says
Merl• Stofl<nson, Administratnr of Fu•I
Tax and Probat•. H• also says that
alcohol has already bttn used in tim .. of
ps shortages. As you·v• probably hoard,
oil reserves att drying up daily, so We are
forced to attk out reasonible alternative
energy sources.
At this tim•. it costs about $1.20 to
produce a piton of •thy( alcohol. Th•
price makes marketing gasohol impractical, since it would cost more than the
most expensive gas. That's why the
government is stepping in.
Th• Washington Stat• Legisl•ture is
now consid•ring two bills, HIM 16 and
HB 1000. Th... documents would make it
easier for gasoline and ethanol producers
to get together and mark.et gasohol. You
may grimace at the prospect of another
pump at the filling station or more
avenues of profit for oil companies. But
gasohol will reduce automotive pollution
by up to 30 percent, conserve on gas
with even more astouncl.injt results than the
one in New York City. The windmill was
built almost entirely by the labor of
students and teachers, including the
technicalities of construction that critics
predicted would require outside 'experts'.
In a recent issue of Popular Science
magazine, a reader wrote in with plans
for converting his hot water system to run
off home--heating in the winter, and the
sun in the summer. His total material
costs were less than $50, and the most
complex technology involved was cutting
a pressure tank in half and then welding it
back together apinl (Plans are availabl•.)
An Evergreen student rec•ntly helped
install a composting toilet in the Organic
Farmhouse. This ·is yet another example
of "hands-on technology." Conventional
centralized sewer systems can cost up to
$10,000 per hou... according to a 1977
EPA study. Evon with the worst soil
conditions for a drainfield, a functioning
composting toilet could be installed for
under $3,500, says an installer. This cost
can be substantially reduced by sellinstallation or by home manufacture of
th• toilet (plans are availabl•).
The composting toil•t has the added
advantages that it serves as a garbage
disposal also, and it produces rich, useful
compost.
Don't be misled. The Northwest is at
the forefront of the movement towards
more appropriate technologies, or the
"soft path," as Amory Lovins calls it. In
fact, the Seattle First Nation.al Bank was
the fint bank in the country to offer
low~interest loans on passive solar heating
systems. If you want to get involved, or
simply desire more information, there are
a number of groups you can contact.

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more money. This technology won't fulfill
all of the U.S. energy requirements, but it
can certainly make a contribution.
Geothermal energy can be cheaper than
conventional fuel sources are. This is the
natural heat of the earth stored as steam,
superheated water, or hot, dry rocks.
There is one geothermal plant presently in
operation
which provides
an undeminished energy supply over long
periods of time. Economic difficulties
prevent
its efficiency
from being
improved.
Sixty percent
of the land with
geothermal potential is controlled by the
government. Complicated procedures for
leasing the land need to be changed. How
much geothermal will contribute to the
total energy supply is uncertain, but if
demonstration projects in Southern California are succe-ssful, there may be more
commercialization.
The -ma•jor Problem; iS' financing.
Companies with the scientific expertise
and capacity for technical innovation are
increasingly dependent on federal funding.
ERDA supplies virtually all research
funding, yet half of its budget is absorbed
by nuclear power and fossil fuels,
guaranteeing that alternatives will not be
fully developed. President Carter said
today, "There is no way of abandoning
nuclear energy in tlte forseeable future:·

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by Patricia Cleland
Every American is now aware that
there is a depletion of oil and gas
reserves, but large oil imports ensure that
the U.S. will always be subject to Middle
Eastern political situations. h is essential
to become energy independent.
What
alternatives
are there to oil based
economics7 The potential of solar power
is still controversial, yet nuclear power
has been proven dangerous. Presently
there are several hundred companies
developing new energy technologies.
Ocean Thermal Electric Conversion is
based on the temperature
differences
between the warm and cold layers of the
ocean. One advantage of this energy
source is that large portions of the Pacific
have these differences. Lockheed and
TRW believe that it can be practical
within ten years.
Lack of capital inhi,bits commercial
development of this energy sourre. -ERDA
(Energy Research and Development
Administration) has alloted it a very low
budget. Lockheed sugg.. ts that ERDA
change its priorities according to which
technologies can pay back the capital
investment first. Ocean Thennal Conversion is a low risk alternative
with
immediate potential.
The Pacific Northwest has coastal areas
well suited to harnessing wind energy.
This would cause no adverse impacts on
the environment. Industry and government agree that large scale wind
conversion can be developed easily. An
energy storage system can be developed
for windless days. However, Robert
Seamens, Administrator for ERDA, is
unenthusiastic about its ability to meet
energy needs.
Consequently, wind energy has a low
priority. Companies will not make large
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In Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Mi55t.luri,
Wisconsin, and Texas, legislators havt
already passed bills encouraging guohol
production. Washington and California
have bills ponding. Most of th• abov•
states have the idea that someday cars
will run on straight alcohol.
Anne
Gressani of the California State Energy
and Utilities Committee says, "lf the
alcohol industry is stimulated enough,
Detroit plans production of alcohol driven
cars." Brazil has already convmed most
of its stationary and diesel engines to
alcohol, to make up for its lack of oil and
over-abundance of sugar cane. .Volkswagen manufactures an tthanol powered
car for that country.
But, folks, if you don't want to wait for
legislation enactment to run you car on
gasohol, use a nine-to-one mixture of
gasoline to ethyl alcohol. Make sure the
temperature difference between the liquids
is no more than ten degrees fahrenheit.
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on foreign oil. Also, gasohol would m•an
an increase in ethyl alcohol production,
which creates new sources of jobs and
income in agriculture (ethanol is most
•asily produced with grains).
But before we can reap these benefits,
th• legislature must pass HB 1000 and
HIM 16. House Bill 1000 reduc.. th•
excise tax from eleven to six percent per
piton on psolin• used for gasohol. This
cut insures that the price of gasohol will
st•y comparabl• to tho price of unl•aded
gas. Sources at the Capitol think that HB
1000 will not be passed until it has boon
amended. The amendment will state that
only grains and alcohol produced in
Washington State may be used with
tax-reduced gasoline to make gasohol.
House Joint Memorandum 16 will tell
President Carter that the Washington
State legislature backs the use of gasohol
and that they desire that investment tax
credits be extended to "stimulate action
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beginning and an end, making them easy
for the media to ttpart on. Something
happens, the media say som~hing about
it. and that's that. Rarely do we hear of
the long-term repercussions.
But when the immediate threat (or
thrill?) of a nuclear accident is ovtt, the
effttts have only begun. The media move
on to new stories.
On March 31, my friend Fang moved
from Harrisburg, PA, to a home I left in
West Virginia when I came here. Fang's
story on Harrisburg was quite different
from what our friends in West Virginia
were getting from the Washington Post.
They deduced that whatever we're hearing
w w out here must be further watered
fo" ., and thought they'd set the record
!.trd1)-.'.1t.
Ht> ~ are some excerpts from ..
,t'ttt',
....ated April l.
The (rad1at1on) cloud is supposed
1,, n•
any time, if ii hasn t alreadv
It when it aves will be the really bad
thin>:, Farmers and gardeners
have
~t,st oned plowing and, of course,

planting ... Every day they're evacuating
more people. Pregnant women are, of
course, long gone ...
You can sn,ell
iodine in the air . . . The leak is still
going steady: what they say in the papen
is a "stabilized situation." Childttn don't
go out for recess . . . Small animal• are
already dying off in the Harrisburg area .
... W,U, while th• paper, p•int • wm
picture of the goings-on in PA's capito'.
city. reality is a very nervous, cautious
and freaked out community ... "
The media moves on to newer stories,
giving many the comfortable impression
that the disaster is over and all is well in
the Harrisburg area. like a disaster movie
that's a box office hit, it's big one day,
but soon is pa.sse; there's always another
movie around the corner.
But a nuclear di.Qster just doesn't work
that way, which is it's greatest danger.
Once it's over, it's just begun. It will stay
with the Harrisburg area, and they'll be
reminded of it. But will a few dead
animals, a few extra cases of cancer, and
a few deformed babies be considered
enough to warrant the return of reporters
and camera crews? Will we be reminded?
Harrisburg may seem far, far awoJy to
us. But Trojan is very close to home, and
Satsop is drawing nearer. There's always
anotht:r movie around the comer.

Whale May Day

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by performing a very simple yet powerful
act. 1/IJe ask all who read these words to
participate in an international effort to
stop the killing of th• whales.
The 31st meeting of the International
Whaling Commission opens in London
this July. Join the people around the
world who are proposing a mor.itorium
on all commercial whaling.
lf this resolution is to be placed on the
agenda of the IWC meeting, it must be
done so by a member country before May
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Our goal is 100,000 letters to President
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him to make a public commitment that
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this year. Deadline for the whales is May
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most refined te,:hniques. The session is
FREE to TESC students, and participants
can expect good r.. ults. Friday, April 27,
11 :00 a.m .. in Seminar 3153, 3155, and
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s,rvlc,s
to promot• knowl,g, of •nd
action on environmental issues. This one
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other environmental groups, as we:11as
being a rHource library for anyone
wanting information on environmental
issues.
In the past, due to understaffing,
overwork of its one coordinator, and
subsequent problems with communication
and organization,
the ERC has been
unabl, to fully accomplish •ll of its goals.
In answer to these problems, ten students
have formed the ERCs new colJective
coordinatorship.
The 'task of coordinating
all the

Children's Paint-In
On April 21, the Olympia Association
of Young Children is holding a fn,e
"Paint-in" for kids. From 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. artists' easels, paper, and paint will
be available to •ll young childttn at
South Sound Center. Simultaneously,
KAOS Radio will broadcast live •interviews with the young artists.
On S•turday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., pamtts and t••ch•" ol young
children a~ invited to participate in a
series of eight workshops
at The
Ev,rgrttn St•t• College. Th, ninth annual
"A Tim• for All Childttn" Co~
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first-aid for kids, cooking with your
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opportunity to get hands-<>nknowl,dg, of
the law. Working
with a lawyer,
interviewing clients and organizins a
resource center will enable you to be an
effective legal •dvocate. Applications •tt
available in l..3224 for the academic year
I 979-80 until April 20. No previous
experience necessary.

Tuition Break
Registration for the most extensive
Summer programming ever offered at
Evergreen is now under way, and will
continue until June 25.a total of 39
programs att being offettd, including
special offerings for teachers, arti1ts,
women, and ethinic minorities. ~ an
•dded bonus, residents and non-rnidents
will pay the same tuition: $83 for one
Ev,rgrttn unit, $123 for two units, and
$206 for thrtt or lour units of credit. To
receive a Summer Catalog, or further
information about Summer offerings,
contact the Registrar, 866-6180.
Catalog of unigue, nostalgic, and
_,;alty
itan• m.any....Coll«tor It.an&.
with good investment possibilities.
Items include: coins, stamps, antiques,
artwork, comic boob, old recoNls, old
maguin,., old photos, boob, buttons,
and many <>then. Send $.50 (deductible with flnt order) to: Frank Louis,
P.O. Box 548, Allwood St•tion,
Clifton New Jerxy07012.

AU WAd

functions of th• ERC is monument•l. far
mo~ than one penon can do justice to.
The ten new coordinators
intend to
ttvit•lltt the ERC and ,.pand its s,rvices
in Ev,rgrttn and Olympi,i.
Th, collectiv•'• structutt, whil• w.Ud,fin,d, •llows for p,nonal initi,itive and
creativity. M•jor decisions •tt effected by
th, group •s • whol• through • conRnsus
decision-m•king proasa they designed.
Immediate and minor decisions are ttadilY.
entrusted to whoever is staffing th• office
at the time.
Over th• past few wttb, th• ERC has
been the sane of much activity and
excitement. The coordin.aton are in the
process ol organizing th, office (not to
mention themselves), cataloguing and
updating all retource materials,
and
beginning work on numerous other
projects. Thes, includ, outttach, educationals, speaking engagements,
fundraising, and expansion of the ERC's
resource library.
•
The new coordinators intend to make
the ERC a vital entity in itself, beyond its
continuing role as home for other groups
and the resource Jibrary. They att excited
about the ERCs potential as a center for
action on environmental issues, as well as
their own potential in meeting these goals.
Member, emphasiz• that th• ERC is
there for people to use. They encourage
people to become involved or to simply
stop by for information. They also want
your input, and will be_ holding wttkly
open meetings, to be announced.
The Environmental Resource Center is
in CAB 103, 866-6784.

Health Open House
''T alt, P•rt

in Your H••lth" is th,
H,a)th Sciences
Op•n House on April 20-21, •t th•
University of Washington.
Over 160
exhibits and display• for vislton have
been prepared. P,nons can hav• their
vision, hearing, •nd blood pressure t.. ted.
They can hav• their blood 11Upr I,v,J
detennined, and th,ir tttth ,.•mined. All
ahibits •tt part of • self-guided tour,
describ.d •nd m•pp,d out by a tour
booklet. For further information,
call
Open Hous, h,adqu•rt•rs, 50-3620.
them, of th• ,ighte,nth

Provost
Byron Yout7 acting provost and
academic vi« pn-sident at The Evergreen
State College since Spetember. has bttn
named to that position on a permanent
basis by President Dan Evans.
Youtz came ti;, Evergrttn in 1970 as a
faculty member, and was tnnporarily
appointed to the top academic spot last
fall, after the resignation of Edward
Kormondy. A former academic dean at
Evergreen, Youtz gained administrative
,xp,ri,nc,
at Rttd College •s Executiv•
Assistant to the President and then as
acting president, and u academic vice
president of th, Stat• University ol New
York/Coll•s•
at Old WHtbury.
H•
conducted studi.. in France, Germany,
England, Denmark, and Holland b.fott
coming to settl• in Wuhington.

S&A Seat Open
On, student pooltlon on the Savicn
and Activiti.. Ptts Review (s..A) Board
11 nowVicini. Someone• nH&d loflllthat position and intuated students can
•pply immedi,it,Jy.
Board appliants lhould have 10m,
,xpa iehu, In group proca1 and muat be
able to spend moot ol Wednesday each
week this quarter in moetinp. ContKt
BUI H11cb in CAB 305, "6220 If you'tt
lnternted.

Review:

Rich Theatre
II within It's Only Money th,re is one
concisely statable theme, ·it is beyond me
to find it. N,v,rth,l,ss,
th, show Friday
and S•turday nights at th• Exp,rim,nt•l
Theater here at TESC was thoroughly
entertaining, well conceived and masterfully ,.ecuted. Multi-medi• in th, tru•
sense of the term, it combined painting,
movement, music, poetry, and drama
with a twist of satire and the flavor (for
lack of a better modal generaliution) of
Dada.
Brent Ray, Stephen Gallira and Jefftty
Morgan conceived
and starred,
as
themselves and extensions thereof, In the
three-act
production.
Morgan
is a
well-known local musician and Eve.rgrttn
graduate with an affinity for the atonal
and a sense of the biurre. During th•
play he portrays a bank robber, • bored
lounging cowboy, a self-oriented beer
drinker who doesn't give a damn, a test
tube baby who writh,. to th• chant of,
"Life in a test tube don't get me down;
living in the round," a histrionically
inclined horny fantasist who has wet
dreams about saxaphones and jazz in a
singles bar, and a saxaphone player who
appears first in a polyethylene body mask
and later in boxer shorts, wandering
through the audience. In the second act he
becomes a worried reefer smoker who
dreams of being tick.led by a troupe of
masked candle-bearing danurs.
Gallira, a poet and painter, started out
picking a safe. then dreamed of sex in the
desert. produced a magic carpet for
escaoe. and delivered a sermon on
corpuscular unity at a bus stop, placing
himself at th• h.. rt. Later, he danced a
whirling, exhausting solo dance in the
wake of which he panted through th•
reading of a composition called My Bat
Max 171By Matt while ,.,cuting a larg•
abstract painting (resembling five such
paintings which largely comprised the
stage setting) to the accompanime:nt of
Morgan's piano and Ray's dancing.
Brent Ray, a danur and musician,
suggested yoga in the desert as a means of
escape-from the mind, equated the eyes of
a woman with the eyes of a goat, played
a funky bass solo, and claimed that the
new
problem
with
women
is
"deliberation." Throughout the teeond
and third act he fought invisible demons
in a solo dance piece while spouting
profundities centered around the notion
that, '1 can be over he.re . . . or over
~~" and " each step is one-half of a
lifetime. Each side refleccts the other. We
ride the cosmic mirror."
The three moved beautifully as a unit,
using various types of contact improvisation including a thrtt-man B.A. during
the lint act. They could be sttn as
various representations of one conaciousness, p,rh•ps th•t of the artist. Their final

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message, in act two, chanted by a chain
of nine figures, reflected this view
poetically:
"Everywhere's around
Rowers grow
Slowly turning into one"
The play ,nded with Ray discov,ring
his saf, ,mpty and .. cl•iming, "Fuck, I've
been robb.dl . . . Oh w,11, It'• only
money!"

SF Mime Troupe
Returns

In the background of the women's
every move is Juan Hernande:z, alias John
Henderson, upwardly mobile production
manager who has denied the Mexican in
him to become 99 percent American.
Henderson wants a penthouse at the top,
and to get it he has to squeeze more and
more work out of the overworked,
underpaid women.
Haunting Henderson is the ghost of his
grandfather.
who rode with Zapata
during the Mexican revolution.
This
comic spectre of working-class solidarity
is losing the struggle for Henderson's soul
to Mike Roebucks, Perrier-drinking.
awareness-trained owner of the plant,
until Dela enters the picture. She soon has
Henderson singing Spanish and dropping
in at the local disco. But their romanceand the plot-must
take
several
increasingly
farcical turns before a
surprise ending deals out justice and sets
our hero straight.
Electro-Bucks features original songs in
English and Spanish, as well as a medley
of country-western, soul and salsa tunes.
The performance,
sponsored
by the
Evergreen Political lniormation Center,
will bein th, 2nd floor Library Lobby at
8 p.m. Tickets are $3.50 general. or $2.50
for senior citizens and high school
students. They are available at Yenney·s
Music Co.. Budget Tapes and Records,
Rainy Day Records, and the CAB lobby
at noontime during the preceeding week.

Linda Is Back!
The San Francisco Mime Troupe
returns to The Evergreen Stat• College
April 25 with its latest original musical
com~y. EKtro-Bucb.
The multi-rad.II
troupe, packed houses hett last year with
a comic dramatization of urban renewal,
The Hotel UnJvene. Eectro-Bucb anatomizes, in one action-packed hour, the
"me" movement, the emerging Chicano
middle-class,
and the glittering new
electronics industry.
The scene is the windowless assemly
line of a microprocessor plant in the
Santa Clara Valley, or the Willamett•
Valley. Traces of harmful solvents and
acids hang in the fetid air. Edith, an Okie
dust bowl survivor turned company
loyalist; Dolorn, a black labor rebel
turned cynic; and Dela, a Chicano street
siren, strain their eyes to inscribe
programs on tiny components that might
be destined for anything from Pong games
to guided missiles.
Wanted 0.•d or Alive: Bicycl,s and
TV's. 352-9102.

Country Music Product u; 1s I!:> 0qering
music lovers of Southwest Washington
another fine concert on April 13 at 8:00
p.m. Linda Waterfall and the Gone
Johnson Band will perform in the 2nd
floor lobby of the TESC library, the same
place she drew hundreds of people to last
spr_ing.
,r
Linda I is a Padfk Northwest'"favorite.
Her music depicts the beauty of her name
with a natural, cosmic, sensitivity that
can bring the listener to a different
reality. Creative songwriting is her first
talent, and who would be more apt to
touch our hearts in performance than the
creator herself? Most of her music is given
to the audience without
a lot of
instrumental clutter. An occasional pedal
steel cry in the background accompanied
by various percussion instruments is all
she needs to bring home the warmth of
her words. Linda accompanies herself on
acoustic guitar with complex lines and
delicate chords. Her music is very light
and pure in order to convey the feeling of
the words she writes. She loves life and
nature and wants to touch everyone with
her song-s.
Linda Waterfall has performed with
such greats as John F•h•y, th• Sky Boys.
and The Raft,,._ Tick•ts •re $3.00 in
advance and $4.00 at the door and are
avail•ble at the TESC bookstore, Budget
Tapes,
Rainy Day, and Yenney's
downtown. Come experience Linda and
tt\e Gone Johnson Band. Keep in touch
with Country Music Productions for more
incredible concerts to come.

lzquierda
Ensemble

The lzquierda Ensemble returns to
Evergreen for one performance Friday,
April 27. at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall.
The Ensemble, consisting
of Naomi
Littlebear, Kristan Aspen, Izetta Smith,
and Robin Chilstrom,
incorporates
exquisite vocal harmonies and acoustic
jau for a unique musical performance
Many of the songs reflect feminist and
Third World consciousnesses.
They
present relevant jissues, leaving their
audiences breathless with innovative
melodic qualities.
This is lz.qUierda's first visit to the
Pacific Northwest in over a year. Tides of
Change Productions is pleased to present
this rare concert with lzquierda Ensemble
and four of our own local female
musicians: Myra Mel.ford. June Hoffman.
Lorree Knutson, and Barbara MarihO.
'The·show price is a fflert $2.50. Seating is
lim11ed. Tickets will be available at the
Dud House, Rainy Day Records, and at
the dot•r

Spanish Group
An lnlormJ•1i,nal
Spanish group 1s
starting Friday. Arril 13. It will take place
in Lib 2103 from noon to 1 :00 p.m. If
there is enough inlt'rest, the group will
meet weekly. Call 8o6--0376 for further
information.

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