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THEEVERGREENSTATECOLLEGE
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 98505

.cooper point ··.,.
NOVEMBER 9, 1973
VO LUME 2, NUMBER 8

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MID-EAST
NALYSIS
Opinion by three
campus specialists

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cooper P,Oint
The Cooper Point Journal IS
published hebdomadally by
the Publications Board and
the Evergreen community.
Views expressed are not necessarily those of The Evergreen State College administration. The Journal newsroom is room 103 in the
Campus Activities Building,
phone (206) 866-6213. The
Business office is in room
3120, Daniel J. Evans Library, phone (206) 866-6080.
We welcome Letters to the
Editor, but we can't always
print all of them. Your letter
will have the best chance of
getting printed if it is brought
in on Monday or Tuesday , and
if it is typed and double
spaced.
Editor - Jill Fleming; Business Manager - John Praggastis; Editorial Editor Eric L. Stone; Assistant Editor - Colleen Hunt; Entertainment Editor - Gary
Plautz; Staff Writers- Bri~n
Murphy, Debby Shawver;
Staff - John Enlow, Chuck
Hauser, Kevin Hogan, Cathy
Holt, Leo Y. Kono, Leslie
Layton; Photography- Patsy
Galbreath.

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CONTENTS
ASH ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LETTERS.

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. . . . . . . . . . . .4,5

TUITION & FEE BI L L .......... . . . . 7
Ml D-EAST ANALYSIS

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EDITORIALS-COLUMN

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NEWS BRIEFS ....... . . . . . . . .

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OLYMPIA FOOD CO-OP

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Fl LM REV I EW-N W CULTURE

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RECORD REVIEW ........... .

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Rocking the boat
at ASH
by Eric L. Stone
Everything isn't coming up
roses at Adult Student Housing (ASH). Students who live
at the Adult Student Housing
complex at Evergreen have
been organizing to voice
grievances against the complex, the ASH corporation has
sent several representatives
to the Evergreen ASH from
Portland to talk to the
students, and the managers
have quit.
Susan Drumheller, Karin
Shorett, and Mary Opgenorth, three apartment mates
at ASH, have been working to
organize its residents to make
demands about conditions at
ASH. They first called a
.meeting for Monday, Oct. 29,
at which about 35 people
showed up to formulate a list
of complaints. Before the
meeting they met with Frank
Farley, a VISTA volunteer
working with tenant com plaints in the Olympia Area.
Farley told them to determine
if the rents at ASH were
regionally excessive or not.
Karin Shorett feels that
comparatively the rents at
ASH are excessive and she
told this to Bob Baker, the
district manager for the ASH
corporation. Baker attempted
to explain to her that,
"actually you are paying less
this year than last year."
The meeting on the 29th
drew up a list of 12 complaints
and demands. The list included: 30 per cent reduction in
rent, better fire safety features, turning off of unnecessary outside lights, insurance
for Joss and liability, and
several others. It was decided
at the meeting to present the
Jist of demands to the
management and have another meeting on Wednesday,
Oct. 31 to determine a course
of action.

On Tuesday a vice-president of the ASH corporation
flew to Olympia from Sacramento, California in order to
attend the meeting. This was
apparently the first time that
residents of an ASH project
had organized about their
living situation. The vice-president attended the meeting
on Wednesday. At that meeting the representatives of
ASH explained that the
reason rents were high was
due to the fact that tenancy is
always down during the
summer. Rents during the
school year have to make up
for the loss in revenue during
the summer.
Other than the delivery of
the rent explanation, the
meeting was basically a bitch
session and nothing much was
accomplished. A hard-core of
the protesting residents decided to meet and elect
representatives so as to
facilitate work on the demands.
At the meeting on W ednesday it was also announced
that the current managers,
John and Sharon Sandberg
had quit. The protesting
residents of ASH expressed
their desire to have some
voice in the hiring of a new
manager, and hoped that this
could be one of the duties of
their representatives. A third
meeting was called for Friday, Nov. 2. Other than
Drumheller, Shorett and
Opgenorth, the major organizing forces behind the meeting, only two other people
showed up. As Karin Shorett
said, "A high level of militancy is pretty hard to sustain
at Evergreen."
Asked about the ruckus at
ASH the resigning manager
John Sandberg said that,
"about 95 per cent of the
people here are really good

people, really nice tenants,
but they're the sorts that
President Nixon would call
'the sflent majority. Then
there's the other 5 per cent or
so who are loud and obnoxious
and don't pay rent and bitch
all the time .... I'm sick and
tired of trying to help people,
being a nice guy and getting
kicked in the ... in between the
eyes for it."
Not being an Evergreen
student himself, and not sure
that he finds the philosophy of
the school community compatible with his own, Sandberg felt that is was impossible for him to establish a
rapport with some of the
tenants at ASH, which is why
he resigned . .
In the meantime, despite
the general apathy of the
residents, activity continues.
Today, Nov. 9 the ASH
company architect will be at
the Evergreen ASH to inspect
the construction and lighting
of the complex. On the same
date, the residents of ASH
will elect their representatives to the management.

Pub board
vacancy
There is an opening for a
student to serve for one year
as a member of the Publications Board. The position involves decision-m~king that
directly affects the Journal.
Selection of the new member will be by random
drawing from names submitted to the Information
Center. The only requirement
is that the student be "exclusive of the Journal staff."
The deadline for placing
your name on the volunteer
list is Nov. 15, at 5 p.m. The
selection will be made the following day.

Kesey
to speak'
Ken Kesey, author ot

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a
Great Notion, and subject
of The Electric Kool-aid
Acid Test, will be on
campus Monday, Nov. 12,
at 8 p.m. to speak in the
second floor lobby of the
LibPary.
Kesey will also be speaking to some programs, including Dreams and Poetry; and Form and Function, on Tuesday and Wednesday. ,
He is being brought to
Evergreen through the
efforts of interested faculty and the Speaker's
Bureau: as he was one of
the most requested speakers in their recent poll .

Assaults
reported
Evergreen Security officials.
reported no leads yesterday '
in a pair of apparently unrelated sexual assaults, which
jarred campus tranquility last
week. The attacks came at
7:10 p.m. Halloween on the
parkway between Overhulse
and Kaiser Roads and the
following evening at 5:35 in
parking lot "B".
Neither of the victims both students - was able to
identify her assailant, according to Security Officer Mack
Smith, who asked that their_ _
names be withheld. The
women sustained no physical
injuries in the attacks, he,
added.
Smith advised women who
must travel the campus and
its vicinity after dark, to do so
in pairs. He said that the
Security Office - phone 6140
- will be happy to provide
escort service for anyone who
wishes it. (See related Women's Center story page 11.)
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LETTERS

TO
THE

EDITOR

can people. Rather they were
I am asking the Evergreen
and the Olympia Community
part of the Nixon "law and ornot to show the apathy and
der" machine of lawlessness
silence Mr. Nixon expects or
and suppression of the people's
To the Editor,
. constitutionally guaranteed
at least wishes for. The time
liberties and rights. Mr. Nixis now to move for an open,
Mr. Nixon is once again
on's perversion of governlaw and justice government in
challenging the American
ment operations has extended
Washington D.C. Write your
people to act. Repeatedly in
into t he Department of Justcongr essperson , learn the
his first four and a half years
ice, the National Security - facts , sign petitions and
of office he has publicly
Council, the Secret Service,
support and work for the imflaunted the Constitution and
the State Department, the
peachment and conviction of
its amendments and endorsed
Defense Department, the
Mr. Nixon . Impeachment is
illegal wire-tapping, burglarCIA , the FBI, and the Interthe appropriate constitutionies, perjury and usurpation of
nal Revenue Service.
ally prescribed response to
congressional authority. Mr.
It is time to change around
such lawlessness. Act for Mr.
Nixon has done everything
this pattern of governmental
Nixon's impeachment.
short of proclaiming himself
arrogance and intimidation of
king, because of his assump- . the citizens and the press. Mr.
Dave Mozer
tion that the people of this
Nixon thinks he has the
country are not capable of actpeople at a point where they
ing against him.
will not talk back and express
In putting himself above
themselves. We have to show
the law - those same laws
him he is wrong, we are not
that the rest of the citizens
intimidated, we condemn are _susceptible to prosecution
not condone - his unconstituTo the Editor:
under - he has also felt comtional acts and we are prepelled to drag other sections
The premise upon which
pared to support our convicof the Federal government
tions with action. (As was
the Gig Commission and
into unlawful activities with
shown a week and a half ago
Speaker's Bureau conducted
him. For a time it seemed that
when the country stood up
their poll is inconsistent with
they were no longer part of
a premise of education which
behind Mr. Cox and the courts
t he government of the Ameriis supposedly t he one that
-this must continue).
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More on
Nixon

Gig poll

scorned

brings us here, qualifies t his
mass congregation. Speaking
specifically of films, if the
"designated interests are accommodated" we'll be seeing
films that, over repeate d
viewing, have been reduced . '
to a level of entertainment,. or
the popular.
The idea of "popular" leads
only to a redundant enCULTuration, applause to one's own
security and stagnation. Gene
Youngblood in Expanded Cinema states "Art explains; entertainment exploits. Art is
freedom from the conditions
of memory: entertainment is
conditional on a present that
is conditioned by the past.
Entertainment gives· us what
we want; art gives us what we~
don't want. To confront a
work of art is to confront
oneself -· but aspects of
oneself previously unrecognized." Education as att: to
confront new information is to
confront oneself. . . . Entertainment as popular, a redundancy, reaffirmation of set
patterns, seeing your own
twenty-foot-high mug shining

pearly whites on the silver
sr.reen. Many millions of
people watch themselves on
television nightly, entranced
with the simple complexity.
There's no need to perpetuate this behavior, especially
when we have an alternative.
The present process of film
choice under the auspices of
being democratic is ac~ually a
wishy-washy process that will
end only as an opening for a
soap opera mentality. Let's
get some quality (not as
ethereal as dismissive arguments state) films that the
overwhelming majority has
~!ever- seen jlnd probably will
never see again. Once a week
(Wednesday's filled) for the
rest of the year is hardly time
to touch a fraction of such
existing films. I suggest a
board of people with a 'U.Jide
knowledge of films to do the
choosing. Forget the token
voice oF the student and do
the student a service.
Doug Boat
(alias Howie Silverman)
(can anyone get excited about
a rat?)_

Coffee
house
closing
Dear Everybody,
I'm writing trying to save
what I feel can be a good thing
for students here at Evergreen. The Coffee House is
about to be closed down at the
end of this month. Reliable
sources have told me it has
been running at a $70 loss per
week. Saga Foods, (the same
nice guys who introduced
"segregation" into our cafeteria) which is presently backing the coffee house, has been
doing so on a three month
· experimental basis because of
pressure from the administration brought about by student
interest in having a place
where people can go to in the
evenings.
The coffee house has had
little organization and publicity because of Saga's disinterest in the place, and what.
work that has gone into it has

been done by only a handful of
people, such as the students
who work there but whom
have had almost no voice or
support in organizing it or
running it.
I feel the coffee house has
the potential of becoming a
great place for students to
meet and discuss things, hear
some good scheduled entertainment and have a snack bar
offering a good selection of
food and drinks. All this will
not come about until there is
some energy put behind
organizing and managing the
place and making it indirectly
or directly independent of
Saga Foods. The only way
this will happen is by students
organizing and giving t heir
support to the coffee house.
If anybody is interested,
contact Mitzi or Paul who
work at the coffee house or
come to a meeting this
Saturday, Nov . 10 at 2 p.m .' at
ASH M 114. Let's make this
something good, run by and
for us the students, but let's
act now before it's too late.
George H. Cole 3

Journal
rece1ves
.
pra1se
Dear Cooper Folks:
Your · "new, improved"
publication (as I heard one of
your staff members describe
it) is a joy to behold. You've
done an excellent job on
layout and content - t~ings
can only get better now. On
the prophetic side of things, if
the changes you have brought
are any signals of the state of
the world, we are not at an
end. The Piscean Age bows
out, leaving us with a new
Aquarian Reality.
Anyway, all praises to the
good karma of the paper - I
mean the Journal. And
thanks.
Susan Dubin

To the Editor:
Not so long ago I went to
Portland to hear Gloria Steinem. I have read articles about
the conference in the Oregonian, P .l., Daily Zero and now
The Paper.
Debby Shawver wrote the
best article, in my opinion.
She shows the ability to understand what's happening
and t<l pick out the most important facets.
As a non-Evergreener I
don't often see The Paper, but
I'm glad I did this time.
Lu Sogge

Ring lost
To the Editor:
The Cooper Point Journal
was welcome. It obviously
took a lot of energy to change
its state. I hope it is a
reflection of increased awareness of the community that
our school is a part of.
Eric Stone, I, too seem to
have fallen prey to the
awesome influence of the
comet Kohoutec . Among
other things, I have lost my
handmade silver ring holding
a polished rock, in the
exercise room of the P.E.
building, Saturday evening,
Oct. 27. I am hoping we have
the strength to break this
alignment that locks us into
our transgressions.
Whoever found my ring
could you return it to me or
the Information Center in the
CAB. For the good of all.
Peter Hessler
3022 Simmons Rd. N. W.
Airstream
Olympia
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Silverma n
intolera nt
To the .i:'.,; ditor:
Howie Silverman displayed
blatant intolerance and insensitivity in his letter t() the editor. Intolerance is primarily
the inability to accept ourselves. This inability manifests itself when we lash out

at others in whom we see
those traits we find so repugnant in ourselves. Howie fails
to realize that the "guy
bathed in English Leather;• is
a human being with .poteritially the same feelings and
emotions inherent in all of us.
Hitler's lineage was Jewish.
Hamlet was a potential Claudius. Bob Dylan was raised in
the fifties. The Partridge
Family is a product of the sixties. Categories with labels of
'good' and 'bad' are erroneous.
We are, all of us, at the same
time, infinitely good and bad,
right and wrong, hating and
loving, rational and irrational.
If Howie Silverman would
only take the time to get to
know some of the 'traditional'
students and administrators,
he would find them to be extremely human - as I am
sure Howie Silverman is too.
Kaslon Karl Zoller II

Rappel ling
safely
(

Letter to the Editor:
This is an appeal for beginners to t hink twice about accepting invitations to practice
rappelling from campus buildings unless the practice sessions have some official sanction. Official sanction is possible if climbers would see me
first.
In case climbers insist on ignoring this appeal -then at
least they should be sure a belay is being used to protect
each rappeller, that all equipment is in safe operating condition, and that each climber
understands his or her insurance coverage.
See me first and I'll' try to
explain what those of us on
the staff are worried about.
Sincerely,
Pete Steilberg, Director
Recreation and
Campus Activities
CAB305

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Tuition change proposed
Ever~reen

Units

Current
Charges
$ 80
165<
185
165

$ 46

Washington State Residents

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4

$ 80
120
120
120

$ 35

l.Ja!Jhir;gton State Residents,
Who Qualify as Vietnam Veterans

1
2
3
4

$220
453
453
453

$129
258
386
483 or 515*

Out-of-State Residents
'

A tuition and fee bill, which
will propose setting student
charges on a cost per credit
hour basis effective Fall 1975,
will probably see introduction
in the first 1974 legislative
session this January . Although the Council on Higher
Education has not yet approved the final text, the bill
will most likely have the council's sanction . According to
Administrati ve Vice- President Dean Clabaugh, chances
of legislative adoption appear
good .
The council's principal rationale for the bill relates to
equity. They believe that students should pay on a per unit
basis, rather than t he present, somewhat arbitrary
"part-time/ full -time" differentiation.
The draft legislation's primary impact will be reduction
of tuition and fees for parttime students and increases
for full-time students. Evergreen's current fee structure
charges $80 for residents and
$219.50 for non-residents registering for a single Evergreen unit, and considers
those registered for two or
more units as full-time stu-

dents . The p ro p osed bill
would assess students proportionately accord ing to units
for which registered, and thus
substantially reduce costs to
all students carrying less than
four units. On t he other hand,
costs for students with a full
unit load would increase, but
to a lesser extent than the decreases for p a r t -time stu dents .
The bill is not designed to
increase or decrease gross
funds to Evergreen. It would
not change, according to Clabaugh, t he share of overall
t uition and fee charges made
available for Services and Activities.
If anyone wants to read the
current draft text, a copy can
be found in Vice-President
Cla baugh 's office, L 3127.
After reading the draft, if students wish to make suggestions for improving t he bill,
t hey can give them to Presiden t McCann, who is a
member of the Council, or
write to t he Council on Higher
Education; in J anuary, after
introduction and assignment
of a number to t he bill, legislative representatives from students' home districts would be
the best contacts.

Proposed
Charges

Difference
-$ 34
73
27
+ 8 or $19*

-

92
138
173 or 184*

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-$

-

45
50
15

70
105

-

131 or 140*

+ 11

or

$20 ~':-

-$ 9,1
- 195
67
+ 30 or $62>'<

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TUITION CHANGES - - the above chart shows how much
students are paying now for each unit, what they wiU pay if the
bill is approved, and the diffe rence between the old and new
fees .

"If people want any exhibits, or it they have something
to exhibit, they should come
to this office" said Doug
Kahn, Exhibits Coordinator,
of his new office in room 3208
in the Library. The Exhibits
Coordinator works- for the
Visual Environment Group,
(VEG) a volunteer group of
people from the community,
students, faculty and staff.
VEG coordinates school
exhibits and has scheduled ~n
area in the Library (last
year's Info Center) for a
Gallery. The Gallery will open
by Jan. 2, and is booked 1,mtil
May. Even though the Gallery
is booked, there are alternate
exhibit areas around t he
school.

Campus specialists comment:
I

Mid-East effect on · U.S. for•
by Brian Murphy
With another outbreak of
war seeming imminent in the
.Mid- East, (predictions say
shortly after Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger's · dep-arture from his Mid-East
toJir), the United States must
face a new role in world political powers.
The U.S., save for The
Netherlands, is the only_sup.porter of Israel. The rest of
the nations are either nonpartisan, or, as the U.S.S.R.
<Mtd nine Common Market
co~~tries- among oth~_rsare. in
support of the Arabs.
Three faculty members Andrew Hanfman, Dave
Hitchens and Ron Woodbury
- gave their views on U.S.
foreign relations and energy
policy resulting from the
Mid-East conflict.

u:s!:!!-'- . - _~

"Russia's interest in the
Middle East," points out
Woodbury, "is nothing new.
The Russians have been trying to get access to oil and
ports in the Mid East for a
long, longtime- I mean, preSoviet Russia. They hoped to
control what is present day
Iran -after World W:ar II but
got forced out of that."
The Soviets voted for the
creation of Israel back in the forties, Woodbury added, in
hopes of another potential
hold in the oil-rich region.
But, their hopes didn't tiear
out.
The newly developed relations between the Nixon-Kissinger administration and the
U.S.S.R. seem to be facing a
real test of strength through
the reopened Middle East
wound. The U.S .S.R. supplies
the Arabs with arms, while
U.S. war materials are sent to
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Israel, setting the two superpowers in direct opposition a far cry from the embracing,
praise-filled visits made earlier this year.
One of the most severe
strains on the relation so far,
was the Oct. 24 and 25 military alert. When the Soviets
intimated that they were considering unilaterally policing
the cease-fire, President
Nixon placed all American
troops, world-wide, on military alert. The action, it now
appears, was quite unnecessary.
"I think Brezhnev got something o{ the response that was
satisfactory to him, " Hitchens
said concerning the U.S. military alert. "He could say, as
he did, that it was an irresponsible, foolish kind of thing
- a complete over-reaction.
But at the same time, he saw
that we (the U.S .) would react
somehow and that's what he
wanted. And, by getting that
reaction, it also showed both
the Egyptians and the Israelis that we would take some
sort of action."
Hitchens said this was
merely speculation on his
part, but he felt it was the
Soviet's way of reinforcing
their influence with the
Arabs.
Despite these strains, however, Hanfman predicted that
the present crisis would not
cause any drastic change in
U .S.-Soviet relations.
"The detente between the
United States and the Soviet
Union," Hanfman explained,
"has been established as a
more or less long-range policy. Therefore, I don't believe
that it will collapse over this
particular episode."

Common Market
Nine Common Market nations met in Brussels this
week to decide on their stand
in the Mid-East situation. The
CoMart countries, primarily
because of fears of being cut
off from Mid-East oil, supported the Arab nations in the
demands of Israel.
The Netherlands , also a
member of the European
Common Market, has been
backing the Israeli cause. In
retaliation, the Arab nations
cut off all oil exports to The
Netherlands. The Dutch nation depends on Mid-East oil
for 80-90 per cent of their
supply. A proposal was made
by one of the nine CoMart nations at the Brussels meeting
to aid the Dutch. The proposal
failed in fear that the Arabs
would retaliate and cut off
their fuel supply.
In an effort to save fuel, no
cars are bei!fg allowed on
Holland's roads on Sundays.
On the first of these days, the
Holland freeways were clear
of cars and thousands of citizens rode their bicycles or
just walked .
Some concern has been
shown over the loss of the old
U.S. allies . However, Hanfman felt that there would be
no diplomatic crisis as a result.
"I don't believe we have
here an anti-American policy," he said. "What we do
have is
primarily the
general assertion of ~uropean
countries of a greater independence in their action and
the second, is that, dependent
on each individual case, they
would like to take an attitude
in this conflict which will not
prevent them receiving oil

and that will not force them to
be identified with one side or
the other."
Woodbury seemed to feel
that if there was added strain
that, in this case, the U.S.brought it on 'itself.
"The fact that Europe is
taking unilateral positions in
regard to Israel and the Arab
states is only a response to ·
our own unilateral behavior,
but we don't usually see
things that way. We regard
t~e Europeans as being wrong
for not consulting us, but we
weren't wrong for not consulting them. It's annoying," he
added, "but that's all it is at
the moment."

United Nations
In order to keep the peace,
or at least attempt to, the
United Nations arranged for
7,000 troops to be stationed in
the Mid-East. The troops designated to go were from Austria, Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Canada, Poland, Panama, Peru, Nepal, Indonesia
and Ghana . Some of the
troops are already posted in
buffer zones; others are still
on their way.
Keeping the cease-fire successfully could be a boon to
the United Nations. Frequently lauded for its potential and ridiculed for its inefficaciousness, this could be a
step in the right direction for
the world organization.
"The U.N. has been effective so far, because the two
superpowers agreed to this
particular way," Hanfman
said, "and agreed not to send
in troops unilaterally. It created all the conditions that the
U.N. can jump in and act
effectively."

ei.g n relations analyzed
"There is no question that
the Soviet Union has been
building up its military might
practically all over the globe
- very effectively," Hanfman
pointed out. "Some are in
areas of immediate concern,
like the Mediterranean, are
very visible." He referred to
the increase of 60 to 95 Soviet
vessels in the Mediterranean.
"No matter how you view
certain policies," he continued, "whether you look at
them ideologically, or a purely
pragmatic point of view,
whenever a great power begins to build up military
strength to that extent, it certainly does so to exercise
some kind of pressure with at
least a threat of military
Senator Jackson
means ."
Instrumental in both the
"Certainly he's a supporter
Mid-East conflict and the enof
the Alaskan Pipeline,"
ergy crisis, is Washington
Woodbury said of Senator
State's own Senator Henry
Jackson, "and that fits right
'Scoop' Jackson (Democrat).
in
with an anti-Arab foreign
Jackson, a leading candidate
policy. To hell with the Arabs
for the '76 Democr;:ttic Presiand Arab oil. Build the pipedential nomination, has long
line," Woodbury chided.
been involved in Soviet rela"Yeah,
they fit just beautitions and energy. His wari- •
fully."
ness of cold war powers has
been making the administraEnergy and Diplomacy
tion uneasy in their negotiaThe
Middle East has suptions and even more · uncomplied approximately six per
fortable since the Oct. 6 recent of the oil used in the
newal of the Arab-Israeli conUnited States. That six per
flict.
cent
was cut off by the Arab
Jackson, named most effeccountries causing President
tive senator in a recent poll of
Nixon to call for energy crisis
senate aides and employees,
measures.
is sponsoring the energy bill
"Within days of their ansupported by the President.
nouncement that they're shutBut, he is at the same time
ting off oil to us and we're
warning the President against
talking now about mandatory
Soviet military proliferation,
rationing next month indiespecially in the Mediterracates
that six per cent of Arab
nean.
oil that we use is a very signifHanfman said he felt that
icant percentage," said HitchJackson had a more realistic
ens. "It also illustrates the
view of the U.S.S.R. than a
interrelatedness of all the
lot of people have.

Should the U.N . troops control border conflicts and
· . clashes, Hanfman said, over
an extended period of time,
then they may gain some
cr.edibility. But, he added, if
they evacuate upon request,
as they did prior to the lightning war of 1967, then they
will have gone nowhere.
"I've long. felt," said Hitchens, "that any opportunit y to
use the United Nations could
do nothing but strengthen the
position of the United Nations
in the world - because the
United Nations is a forum that
the third world countries have
available to them. It is no
longer a two power show."

Ron Woodbury is a faculty member in Power and
Decision-making in America. A history specialist, with
emphasis on Latin America, W qodbury was elected to the
Tumwater School Board on Tuesday.
Andrew Hanfman, who works with foreign language
contracts, has a strong background in Russian political
science and teaches the Soviet Union Today module. Born
in St. Petersburg, [now Leningrad], he lived in Lithuania
during both the German and Russian tJccupations.
Dave Hitchens, American diplomacy specialist, works
with individual contracts and teaches the Studies in U.S.
History: Idealistic Nightmare moqule. Last year,
Hitchens, a blue grass and folk guitarist, acted as
program coordinator for American Studies.

technologized nations around
the world ."
Woodbury warned of the
dangers of getting involved in
disputes over items such as
oil.
"If we continue to increase
our demands for natural resources," he said, "and the
world gets increasingly hostile to our using those resources, we will get increasingly militaristic in taking
those resources. We're six per
cent of the world's population
and we use 45 per cent of the
world's resources . And, despite that, we · allow 25 per
cent of our population to live
in poverty. Justify that. No
way can anyone justify that,"
he emphasized.
Hitchens joined Woodbury
in his concern for the third
world nations and their relations with the United States.
"The newly developing
countries have been led to believe by the superpowers that
they, too, could achieve standards of living similar to what

both nations possess," Hitchens stated . "But, there aren't
enough resources available
for them to have it, too that's the big joke of inte'rnational affairs. The 'newly developing nations will never
have because we've already
used it up ."
Future Relations
Hanfman feels quite confident that present U.S .-Soviet
relations will not be damaged,
nor will European ties be too
shaken. Woodbury -and Hitchens seem to agree. But, they
are concerned that the United
States gauge itself to standards that are not as taJQ!tg on
the environment and that
make it possible for healthier
'growth' of third world nations . Woodbury summed it
up.
"The answer,"' Woodbury
said, "is to change the way the
United States relates to the
rest of the world and to
change the way that the
United States operates within
the United States."
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Kevin Hogan .

-Editorials
Off-year election
needed

,i

Things are getting complex in our nation's capital.
With disclosures pouring in as to crimes committed by
t he current administration it seems more and more
likely that Richard Nixon will not last out his whole
term as President. What is needed is a reasonable and
equitable means for obtaining a new president , if and
when Mr . Nixon vacates his office.
Common Cause , a people's lobbying group and
several Congresspeople have brought up the possibility of an off-year Presidential Election. The Constit ution allows for the Congress t o either select a
president when needed or to choose a process for
doing so in times when the regular process can't be
used. In Canada and Great Brit~in when a vote of
no-confidence is passed concerning t he Prime Minist er , a special election is provided for and has worked
successfully numerous times in t he past.
If elections are thought to be the best possible way
of selecting a leader to represent the count ry, then
they ought to be made better use of. An off-year election would not only be the easiest way out of a
currently sticky situation, but would also be a good
and useful precedent ~o set.

Going ·going
gone
What does Evergreen have In common wit h every
other college in America? Rip-offs, vandalism and student theft.
Specifically, students at Evergreen are in danger of
losing the Games Room on the t hird floor of the
College Activities Building. Canteen Corporation,
which provides the pinball machines and pool tables to
the school, has had enough. Six times the cash boxes
have been pried off the machines, wires have been
pulled out of the back of pinball machines and the
pockets of the pool tables have been stuffed with
garbage.
~· As a result, if there is one more incident of
vandalism to the macbines the Canteen Corporation
will remove them. That, unfortunately, is not the final
consequence. The income generated by the machines
enabled the school to extend the hours of the entire
Gollege Activities Building from 9 p.m . to midnight. If
t he machines go, so may those extra three hours, and
if those three prime hours go, it will probably mean
the end of the Geoduck Coffee House.
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'J

The danger

of groupthink
''It i;; painful to accept, of
course, but t.he N~xagnew­
R eganbirch part of our world
has 1~u monopoly on stupidity
noY on mindlessly idio tic
answeTs to real ques tions."
--Ralph J . Gleason

t he forces opposing his posit ion, but he can observe the
shaky condition of the foundations of his own belief system.

In the process of identifying
our roles, we've come up with·
some handy handles which
ca n -be attached t o the
We'd all like to t hink t hat opposit ion for easy identifica- •
t he above quote does n't apply tion. Labels such as "reactionto us, but t he t ru t h is t here is ar y," "bourgeoisie", "racist",
a te nde ncy in all of us to often "sexist" , "facist", "imperialput t hinki ng aside and let t he ist", "redneck", "chauvinist",
infl ue nces of a par tic ul ar a nd t he li st goes on ad
situation de rive solutions for infit ium . These labels are just
us. It is a difficult process, as useful as t hose others we're
developing a view of t he role all so familar wit h, such as
we expect ourselves to play, " hippie". " pinko" , " effete
but once t his ide ntity crisis is r adical s nob s", " commie
resolved , we travel t hat road dup es", " kik e", "s pook",,
with unswer ving loyalty. We "mick", etc .. ..
know who our friends are, and
who our enemies are, and we
deal wit h each accordingly.
Such words allow us to
t hink not in terms of individIt's fairly easy to determine uals and individual merits,
which way t he wind blows at but in terms of groups , which
Evergreen . and most of us is a far simpler way for weak -,
find it easy to accept that it's persons to look at themselves
foolis h to try to sail into t he as well as others. Words of
prevailing winds. If every such descript ive power have
now and t hen, a gust should another advantage ; they are
come up fro m another direc- substit utes for thinking. Why
tion, we simp ly cuss at it as it go t hrough all t he trouble of
ruffles our sails, but who listening to a person, underwould t hink of letting it catch standing what he says, evalut heir sails, for it might take ating it and then forming an
t hem somewhere other t han opint ion? It's much easier if
we can apply one of - these
where t hey're headed.
convenient labels t o a person.
Ofte n to make progress, a
sailboat must tack into t he
wind, which is a maneuver
consisting of changing directions in a zig zag course,
playing t he wind against t he
sa'ils. The sa me sor t of
maneuver is recommended for
a person wishing to maintain
some sort of perspective in his
view of t he world. When a
person adopts t he role of
devil's advocate, he not only
gains a more intimate view of

It's far too easy to leave
t hought and reason out when
di sc uss in g ideas and rely
solely on emot ions. Opinions
b ase d on rea son wit hout
e motion is at worst indiffere nce. But positions based on
e motion without reason are at
best dangerous .

~riefly

·

· Campus news
The billing statements for
winter quarter, 1974, will be
mailed November 30, 1973. If
you do not have a .~urrent
address listed with the Registrar you will not receive
yours. Please make sure you
do not miss this mailing.
Disenrollment will result
failure tO pay tuition by
December 14, 1973, for winter
quarter 1974.
If you do not plan to return
in winter quarter, 1974, you
must withdraw or take a leave
for winter quarter prior to
December 14, 1973. Forms
are available at the office of
the Registrar.
Failure to withdraw, take
leave, or pay tuition will result in forfeiture of your advance deposit and cancellation
of your enrollment at the College.

from

****
Are there any political
action groups on campus that
plan to infiltrate the
Washington State Legislature
this January? If so, Democracy and Tyranny coordinated studies program would be
very interested in knowing
your plans.
They have formed their
·own special interest task force
for the expressed purpose of
wither lobbying, or revitalizing the successful Citizen's
Action Network of last year.
It would be to everyone's
advantage if all inv.asionary
plans were coordinated to
prevent wasteful overlapping.
If you are a member of a
legislative action group,
please call Sean Jones,
866-5003, evenings. And remember, "United we stand,
divided we flounder around
and don't get things done."

There will be a meeting of
all concerned persons about
future dances and concerts, at
noon on Monday, Nov. 12, in
the CAB third floor lounge.
Those interested in the
selection of films will meet at
the same time and place
Tuesday, Nov. 13, and the
Speakers Bureau will meet
next Wednesday at noon, in
the same lounge.

****

Health Services will hold a
Dental Workshop next week,
Nov. 12-14, in CAB 110. Dr.
L(J.rson and Dr. Loe will be
screening for surface cavities,
peridontal disease, and will be
available to answer questions.

****
Today at 1 p.m. there will
be the First Inter-Gastric
Wholey Edible Cookie Festival on the third floor of the
CAB. The idea is that each
person brings a batch of cookies, and shares them with
everyone else who brought
cookies. It's sort of a cookie
cultural exchange.

****
Father Mac, Episcopal
Chaplain to Evergreen, is on
campus every Wednesday
noon. He usually can be found
in the cafeteria, and invites
anyone to join him for lunch or
whatever. He can be reached
anytime at St. John's Episcopal Church at 352-8527.

****

Gale Shangold, a Seattle
feminist who helped organize
the campaign that won the
ratification of the Equal
Rights Amendment in Washington, will speak Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m. in the
second floor library lobby. It
is open to the public.

Well known sculptor Ben
Sams will again be at Evergreen to conduct workshops,
the' week of Nov. 26-3"0.
Beginning Sculpture sessions will be held Tuesday,
Thursday, and Friday from
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at a cost of
$7 for students and $12 for the
community.
For the more ·a dvanced
sculptor are the 1-4 p.m. sessions held on the same days.
Registration is being held
through Nov. 16, 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. in the CRC. Enrollment
is limited to 20 persons per
workshop, with a minimum of
10 community persons.

****

The UJAMAA society is
sponsoring a new book drive
for the inmates at Walia Walia
prison. Donations can be
made at the Information
Center.
Their goal is 1,500 books.

****
The Library has announced
that the purple hump lounge
area has now been designated
as a quiet area. Please hold
seminars, meetings and conferences' elsewhere.

The coffee house DTF meets
Saturday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m.
in ASH M114 to discuss
saving it from extinction. All
are welcome to attend.

Women's Center
co-hosts rape
workshop
The Evergreen Women's
Center will co-host a Rape
Awareness workshop in CAB
110 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturday. The other sponsoring groups are the Olympia
YWCA and the Thurston
county chapter of NOW
(National Organization of
Women).
According to Evergreen
student, Marlene Willis, who
will head one of the panel
discussions tomorrow, this
society condones rape; women
are objectified and therefore,
they can be stolen. Myths

such as, "there is·- no such
thing as rape; women want
it," will be discussed. The
purpose of the meeting is to
help women to deal with :r:_~e ~
how to avoid it, what to do u ~
assaulted, and also what to ·do
afterward if rape should
occur.
There will be several panel
discussions dealing with the
legal, medical, and psychological implications of rape.
Anyone having questions
should contact Sharon Ryals,
or Marlene Willis through the
Women's Center.
PAGEH

Food and good vibes

Olympia Food Co-Op
By Kevin Hogan "We've got to concern
ourselves with the type of
image that we're projecting, I
mean the food co-op doesn't
exist just to serve health
freaks and people who want to
buy funny rolling papers."
Bill, the co-op manager,
thought for a moment and
looked at the display that sat
next to the cash register in
the Olympia Food Co-op. The
display ·was an obvious one, a
half filled box of small green
packages underneath a sign
that said "FREE MARIJUANA". I picked up one of the
packages and found that they
contained only rolling papers,
and upon reading the small
print, found that they were
the P.rod4ct of an organization
which was dedicated to the
decriminalization of marijuana. Bill replied in a slow
manner; "But you see, there's
a lot of our customers who
need rolling papers, and it's
our role to help serve the
needs of the people who come
in here."
The tall red haired dude
appeared unsatisfied with
Bill's reply and pressed his
argument; "But the type of
needs that we're trying to
satisfy is to offer people a way
to eat without having to pay
the rip off prices you see in
the market. We're trying to
offer an alternative to Safeway, but think of how many
people you're going to alienate with that." . .-.he said
pointing to the box of rolling
papers.
Bill appeared more defensive now; "But those same
people are going to be
alienated when they walk in
the door and see my long hair
and beard. I like working here
and I like to serve as many
people as I can, but I'll be
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damned if I'm going to cut my
hair and shave just to work
here!"
And so the conversation
went. .. with the red haired
dude arguing that the co-op
isn't doing enough to serve
the needs of the total community, and Bill, apparently
satisfied with the cur r ent
underground status quo. Later on as we drove downtown
in Bill's truck, he explained to
me some of the internal
politics of the food co-op.
"Yeah, it would be nice if
we could take care of all the
community, and there are
people who are all ready to go
out and organize, and that's
cool, but how are we going to
take care of all of Olympia
when we've got all we can
handle just trying to take care
of the needs of 300 freaks?"
My first contact with the
Olympia Food Co-op came as I
attended a meeting along with
about twelve other people on
the Evergreen campus. The
spokesman from the co-op
never showed up. The campus
organizer wa s very ap olo-

getic, and tried to explain to
the people who attended that
the co-op is sort of loosely run
as you might expect from any
freak venture. He also tried to
assure t he people that the
co-op is not trying to ignore
th e Ev ergreen community,
but is was apparent that he
had his own doubts.
I ask ed Bill about the
no-show and he explained to
me; "Well right now I've got
all I can handle, you know,
like lot's of times I'm working
12 hour days, and when it gets
to where there's more things
to do than time available, then
something has to go. In the
case of the college, it's not as
if we're trying to ignore the
college , it's just one of those
t hings I'd cut out before I'd
cut something else out.
"I really tried to get up
there on orientation day, we
had a booth all set up, and we
were going to take a boat
from downtown out to the
-college and_ make a neat trip
out of it, but t he trip took a
little lon ge r than we expected, and when we got

· there the place was closed."
Bill appeared to have mixed
emotions about the co-op's
relationship with the college.
He told me that the co-op will
be moving to a new store on
the Westside in the near
futuie, partly to be ci<~ser to .
the college. But he apparently
feels that the students have
done little to demonstrate
their solidarity with the co-op
saying "A Jot of students come
here and for them the co-op is
just a present .reality, but
there's more to the co-op than
that, you've got to look at
where the co-op's been and
where it's golng."
"The co-op was here before
the college was and we went
through lots of hard times
that most people don't realize .
Right npw things ·are really
easy, we're not getting hassled and worrying about our
existence on a day to .day .
bas is. If you're going to
understand the co-op, you've
got to get into it and take into
account past and future as
well as the present."
The present co-op building
is the third location in as
many years. The facilities are
at best marginal. There are
several small rooms, none of
which are large enough, - and
when it's a busy day, ten
people make an overflow
crowd. No one at the co-op is
satisfied with the present
accommodations but they'rethankful to have a roof over
their heads. As one member
s aid; "We were in one
building and the city condemned it, but we were lucky
to get any building ... nobody
would rent to us."
Prior to moving to their
present location, the co-op
was located on Jefferson St.,
until their building was condemned by the city. The co-op

(

iust keeps on happening
existed at the Jefferson St.
store for about one year·, prior
to that . being located on
Central Street. The co-op was
forced to leave it's Central
Street location because they
didn't conform to zoning
regulations at that location.
The feeling is that the days of
struggling with the city for
existence are over, despite
the recent delay in the
approval of the re-zoning
application for the new Westside co-op location.
At their present location,
the city hasn't hassled the
co-op about zoning or health
regulations, but co-op members are aware of past
struggles. As one member put
it; "We don't have to worry
about the health inspector
coming down on us as long as
we all assume the role of
being our own inspectors. The
people should be interested
enough to help run the
store .. .it's their store."
Cooperation and participation of the members is critical
to the survival of the co-op as
it exists now. The co-op's
manager, Bill, expressed his
view of what the co-op is
about; "It's a way for people
to get together and make
things better ... l'm not into it
just to get the food I want, or
to get cheaper prices."
. The co-op people appear to
look at their organization on
t,wo levels; the first being it
performs a function of supplying peoples needs, and second
it plays a role of bringing
people together and bonding
their energies into a community pool.
The co-op has a full time
manager in Bill, but he would
like to view his role as a
catalyst, for he feels that the
main focus · of energy that
makes the co-op go or not go

is in it's members and the
' coordinating committee. The
idea of a co-op is for people to
come in and ask; "What have
,;e got today," rather than
asking "What have you got
today."
The people can't expect
someone to run the store for
them. And although they
have a full time manager, the
job is just too large for one
person to handle.
When asked about the
operating budget, Bill replied ;
"I couldn 't tell you (our
monthly expenses). It just
keeps on happe ning. The
co-op is still dependent on the
people who are running it. It's
sort of loose, but it gets done,
and I think there's a real good
balance to it overall. "
"The co-op has got t o deal
with things on a human real
level, and it's got to have built
into the basic framework of it
a flexability to deal with
human situations. It could be
otherwise, run on a more
efficient business like basis,
but you'd lose a lot of what
you're trying to get. "
The co-op's being run on a
loose sort of basis, appears to
be to the satisfaction of most
members. Twice a month , the
coordinators, who happen t o
be the most active members ,
and the general membership,
get together to make decisions .and plans for the
operation of the store. The
final meeting of the month
usually is q.lso a time of
sharing, where ·m embers
bring food and good vibes to
feed the community ..
"It's supp<_>sed to be a
coordinators meeting but it
also can be a big picnic if
people want it ." Or, as one
member put it a little less
seriously: "No w we know
what the co-op is all about ; a

bunch of gluttons getting
together twice a month and
feasting."
The offering of the co-op
re flects the lifestyle of its
members. There's a noticeable absence in the co-op store
of pre-packaged and processed foods. The needs of the
co-op appear to be for more
basic foods for a more basic
lifestyle. The sweet smell of
awareness lingers at the co-op
building, an awareness about
the content of the food one
puts in one's body and the
balance that is about by a
b asic way of life.
As far as what is offered at
the co-op, they are little
competition for the larger
chain markets who sell the
processed · pre -packaged
"junk" foods, but as Bill sees
it, the co-op is in competition
not so much for business
volume, as for .a better'life. So
although the co-op doesn:t'
cater to everyone', they are
reaching out. · Bill feels ·that
most people in . tbe · C'O-op
would be glad to stop and
share something they know or
have a good perspective on
with someone else.
Membership;
To join the co-op there is a
$5 initial fee, and then a

monthly dues which can be
paid either in time or money.
A member can work 12 hours
and pay no dues, eight hours
and pay one dollar, four hours
and two dollars, or no hours
and three dollars . _In addition
to the dves there is a mark-up
which goes toward paying for
the operation of the store.
The mark-up is 15 per cent for _
members and 30 per cent for ~
non-members. The w-op
membership is divided into
various local regions, each
region with its own coordinator who represents them on
the coordinators committee.
The co-op's operating hours
are in a state of fluctuation as
they are preparing to make
the transition to their - new
Westside location. The move
will bring to the co-op the
abil ity to have a greater
operating volume, along with
warehouse space which opens·
the possibility of becoming a
.food depository for the vari'
ous other regional co-ops.
With the move, the ·Co-op will
be assuming a new leVel of
energy, which will require
increased committments from
its members. In spite of all the
forces working against it, the
Olympia Food Co-op keeps on
happening.
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f

Plaudits for
The New land
by Jill Fleming

The New Land, Jan Troell's
sequel to Th e Emigrants,
comes as close to perfection
on the screen as I have ever
seen. It i!> a simple movie that
explores each scene thoroughly enough to let the
viewer become part of the action and react to it.
It touches on more aspects,
much more skillfully, than any
text on that time period (1850
to 1862) and creates an empathy for the pioneers I have ·
only found once before, in the
novel, Giants in the Earth by
Ole Edvart Rolvaag.
The New Land, based on
the trilogy by Vilhelm Molberg, takes up the story of
Karl Oskar Nilsson and his
family after their immigration
from Sweden (covered in The
Emigrants) to the Minnesota
Territory in 1850. Max von
Sydow portrays Karl Oskar,
who comes to America to escape the hardships of the old
country and dreams of the day
when his children will thank
him for bringing them to
America.
Kristina, his wife (Liv Ullman), is not so filled with
hope, but agrees to the move
when, in The Emigrants,
their oldest daughter steals
the family gruel for dinner,
because she is so hungry, and
consumes so much that her
stomach bloats and she dies.
Kristina is very religious, believing in God's will, and is
willing to leave the religious
injustices of her homeland .
Robert, Karl Oskar's
younger brother, played by
' Eddie Axberg, sees in the
new country a chance to get
away from the inequity of becoming an apprentice simply
beca use his older brother
inherited the family farm . He
finds he has not escaped the
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tyranny of Karl Oskar, and
leaves for California with his
friend Arvid, where, en route,
they encounter the tyranny of'
the desert.
All three find that they
have not escaped all of the
hardships and injustices of the
old country. Karl Oskar finds
that while the land is fertile
and without rocks, the elements are still his enemy.
Caught by a blizzard, he is
forced to slay his only oxen
and use its body heat to save
the life of his son.
Kristina finds :religious intDlerance when her best
friend, Ulrika, becomes a
Baptist, and her neighbors
come to tell her that her house
is u!lclean as long as she permits Ulrika to enter it. Robert
can't escape a head injury incurred in Sweden that ultimately kills him .

The New Land deals with
such issues as white-Indian
relations, the whites' "right"
to the land, the morality of
the Civil War and killing in
general, and the simple,
everyday aspects of life.
At the end of the movie, it
is saddening to see a neighbor
writing to Karl Oskar's sister
of his death , because Karl
Oskar's children have for gotten Swedish, the tongue of
th&ir childhood.
There is very little to criticize about the movie . Troell
never assumes too much,
letting the viewer experience
each scene fully . I tend to
agree with Rex Reed who said
it was one of few films that he
had seen that · he never
wanted to end.
It is most definitely worth
the drive to Seattle, where it
has started what looks to be a
long run, at the Harvard Exit
theater.

Olympia
Walter Zuber Armstrong,
jazz flutist -- 4th floor TESC
Library. tonight at 8 and 9:30
p.m. FREE.
Friday Nite Movie, "Destry
Rides Again, and Pink Panther short "Psychedelic
Pink". TES.C Lecture Hall1, 7
and 9:30 p.m., tonight, 50
cents admission.
Wednesday Night Films,
"Desperate Characters" and
short "Blind Gary David".
Lecture Hall 3, TESC, 7:30
p.m. on Nov . 14.
Movies: State Theater ·
"MASH" and "Water Ski
Champ". Capitol Theater;
"Vanishing
Wilderness".
Olympic Theater; "The Folks
At Red Wolf Inn" and
"Frenzy". Playing thru the
week.
Exhibition of the prints of
Bill Ritchie. In the display
area of the library , TESC,
thru the coming week.
Folk Dancing (TESC) every
Sunday in the Multi-Purpose
Rm. and on Tuesday on the
2nd floor of the CAB. Everyone welcome, teaching included.
Seattle
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
and Mark-Almond -- Seattle
Center Arena, tonight, 8 p.m.
Bonnie Raitt -- HUB Ballroom (U of W campus)
tonight, 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Tickets at the door.
Earth, Wind, and Fire and
Ballin' Jack --Paramount
Northwest, Saturday, Nov .
10, 8 p.m. Tickets at the door.
Seattle Repretory Theater
presents "Jacques Brei is
Alive and Well and Living in
Paris". Tonight at 8 p.m.
"Allee in Wonderland", an
improvisation al play -- at
Empty Space Association, 919
E. Pike, 325-4444 . Tonight
and tomorrow at 8 p.m.
The Oriental Fighting Arts

Expo -- Nov. 10, 8 p.m. at the
Seattle Center Arena. Tickets
available at Bon Marche and .
suburban outlets. From $3.50
to $5.50.
"Rigoletto" -- Performed by
the Seattle Opera Association
at the Seattle Opera House.
Nov. _10 and 14 at 8 p.m.
Tickets from $6.50 to $l3. 75. ,
Information call 44 7-4711.
Carlos Montoya -- Nov. 11, 8
p.m. Seattle Opera House.
Tickets at the Bon Marche
and suburban outlets.
Leo Kottke --Seattle Opera
House, Sunday, Nov. 18, 8
p.m. Tickets at the Bon.
Movies: ''The New Land"
(Harvard Exit) ; "American
Graffiti" (Renton Cinema I) ;
"Love and Pain" (Varsity); ·
"Harold and Maude" (The
Movie House); "The Way We
Were" (King) .
Tacoma
Pacific Lutheran University
Children's Theater presElnts
"Rumpelstiltskin" at Eastvold -'
Auditorium. Nov. 10, 10 a,m.
Mr. B's Review :- jazz
group , at Court "C" Coffeehouse, 914 Broadway (downtown). Nov. 12 and 13, 9 p.m.,
50 cents.
Movies: "Last Tango in
Paris"
(Tacoma
Mall );
"Jeremy" (Temple) ; "American Graffitti" (Villa . Plaza
Cinema II).
Portland
Carlos Montoya -- Tonight,
8:30p.m., Civic Auditorium .
Masae Saheki, koto player- -- At a concert of the Lewis
and Clark College Community
Orchestra, tonight. 8 p.m. ,
Evans Hall, Free.
Earl Scruggs Revue: Olackamas Community College,
Portland, 8 p.m. Sat. , Nov.
10.
"La Boheme" -- Presented
by the Portland Opera, Nov.
15. At Civic Auditorium.

Walter Zuber Armstrong

Jazz flutist at TESC tonight
by Gary Plautz ·
Vancouver, British Columbia is known as a haven for
many people. It is a haven for
people who found America's
foreign policy in regards t.o
Southeast Asia to be sick, a
haven. for youthful Washing·
tonians attracted there by a ,
19 year old drinking age, and
a haven for political malcontents pleased with British Columbia's semi-Socialist government. One thing Vancouver is not known as a haven
for, however, is jazz flutists.
Paul Horn is one of these
jazz flutists living in Vancouver. He's released or participated on a number of albums
in the past but seems to have
become most popular for his
"Inside" albums, two in number. "Inside I" featured him
playing inside the Taj Mahal
and "Inside II'' has hiin playing in unison with a killer
whale, among other things.
Another of the "Vancouver
school" of jazz flutists is a man
named Walter Zuber Armstrong who, it just so happens, is playing here at TESC
Friday night, Nov. 9.
Actually, it is a misnomer
to say Armstrong is of the
"Vancouver school" of flutists
because he is a native New
Yorker and did his musical
studying at the J ulliard School
of Music, the New York College of Music, and Toronto's
Royal Conservatory. He now
lives mainly in Vancouver but
considers his home "all along
the West Coast" where he
teaches, performs, writes,
composes, and lectures.
Since he circulates so freely
up and down the West Coast,
Armstrong's excursions have
brought him to this area quite
often. He is a frequent
lecturer at Western Washington State College in Belling-

ham and last year performed
at Evergreen under the sponsorship of the Eye-5 program.
Around the time of his gig
here last year, he performed
with his group in a concert at
WWSC. Parts of this concert
are the basis for a live album
entitled "Alpha and Omega",
released by an obscure Vancouver record label called
IRC. This album is available
in the TESC bookstore.
On :'A lpha and Omega"
Armstrong plays bass clarinet, alto flute , piccolo and
percussion as well as flute .
The musicians in his band are
Martin Lund, piano, bass clarinet, and "flute; Michael-Ann
Burnett, cello; Dan O'Brien,
bass; and Bill Grauss, drums.
There are three songs on the
record, "Alpha and Omega",
which take up all of the first
side, "Meditation-Gaku" and
"Amchitka."
"Alpha and Omega", the be-

ginning and the end; is probably the hardest piece on the
album to get into on first listening. But bearing the title
of the song in mind, one can
eventually see what Armstrong is trying to do. The
theme is ·stated in the opening
passages and repeated at the
end of the song. In between,
however, the group soars into
places unknown, particularly
Armstrong's flute and bass
clarinet spots. Individual accomplishment is the highlight
of this song, Armstrong and
Burnett on cello be~ng the
strongest players, rather than
unified group playing.
"Meditation-Gaku" is the
most conventionally structured of the three songs on
the .album. It has a mysterious, soothing air to it and it's
very aptly titled. Lund on
piano and Armstrong on flute
are showcased and the group
makes a clever transition at
the end into "Amchitka".

In my mind, "Amchitka" is
easily the best cut on the album. The name of the song, of
course, refers to the Alaskan
island where the United
States detonated an underground atomic blast (for testing purposes). The piece
opens with a ~ery catchy
theme stated by piano and
bass and followed by the other
instruments. However, this
structur~ is soon lost as Armstrong takes off on an emotional, almost violent bass
clarinet solo. Eventually, the
group returns to the original
theme but· it seems to be a
little more subdued at the end
and certainly not as cheerful.
"Amchitka" is an effective
song, both musically and as a
political protest.
The album "Alpha and
Omega", as a whole, is good.
Musically, Armstrong is an
accomplished player arid tho
same can be said, generally,
for his band. As a composer
and arranger, Armstrong creates highly personal music
which, at times, is hard for me
to get deeply involved with.
And, though comparisons are
odious, his work matched
alongside other jazz flutists
like Hubert Laws, Rahsaan
Roland Kirk, Herbie ·Mann,
and Jeremy Steig probably
suffers, at least in the area of
audience susceptibility. But it
is guaranteed, nonetheless, ~
that his shows tonight will be
well worth the trouble of
attending.
i
Armstrong is playing two
shows tonight, one at,. 8 p.m.
and the other at 9:30 p.m. in
the fourth floor section of the
library building. These performances are free and are
sponsored by the Evergreen
Gig Commission and other
members of the community.
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