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The Evergreen State
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Cooper Point Journal
Cooper Point
Journal
The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington
New Looks
Vol. 3 No. 10
December 5, 1974
Pages 16&18
It's that time of the year again, for some of us at least: as an academic
project draws to a .close, we have to write evaluations . For many students
who come here from a more standardized school, where "evaluations" are
grades handed out by a teacher, the new system of evaluating oneself in
prose on a permanent carbon-generating form can be a confusin and alarming one. What do you say? To
praise yourself is ungracious, as
ery child learns, but it won't look
good in your portfolio if you
catingly write " I did badly ."
To help out new st.udents unfamiliar with the process of evaluation writing, and to give experienced - - -E.vergreeners what may be a new
look at it, the Journal has assembled
a multiple-choice " evaluation kit" in
this issue which everyone is encou
aged to use as a reference in filling
out their own forms .
And as students evaluate themselves at the end of the term, many
members of the Evergreen community are' trying to evaluate the
school itself - how well is our system working? Are we accomplishing
goa s we are ere
lines , the Journal thought it might be helpful to look to the stars for guidance, and consult an astrologer. We were lucky to find on campus a student
named Vince Foster, who describes himself as " a student of astrology," to
draw up a complete astrological chart on Evergreen as if it were a living
entity . Astrological charts are not a rigid guide to character, according to
Foster; they are "a framework to work from" in pulling together one's character and life. We hope that it will serve such a useful purpose for Evergreen.
ADMISSIONS COUNSELING HERE AT HOME . . ........... . ...... . ... . . . . PAGE 20
ESSAYS ON EVERGREEN ... ... ....... . ..... . . ........ . ... . ..... ... .. .. .. PA.GE22
RAPE AND ITS VICTIMS . .. . ... . . . . .................... . .. . . . . . ... . ..... PAGE 25
.Departments
Times at TESC .... . .. . .. ... .... . . . .. 5
Letters . ............ . . .. : . .. . . . . . .. . . 6
Campus News .. . .. . .. . . . .. . . .... . . . 12
Announcements .. . . . ... . ... . . . ... .. . . 15
Dt-cember 5, 1974
Books ... . ...... . .. .. ... .. ...... . ... 28
Food .............. . .. . . ... . . . . .... . 30
N . W. Culture.· . . . .. . ........ . ... . . .. 31
EDITOR
Will ia m P. Hirshman
MANAGING EDITOR
Nicholas H. Allison
NEWS EDITOR
Diane Hucks
SPECIAL EDITOR
Sam Solomon
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Knute Olsson H.G .S. Berger
PHOTO EDITOR
Mark Ov.erland
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Ingrid Posthumus
ADVERTISING DESIGN
Liz Orred
BUSINESS MANAGER
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John Foster
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Gary Peterson
SECRETARY
Stan Shore
GENERAL STAFF
Carl Cook, Andrew Da1y, Aubrey Dawn,
Jim Feyk, Vince Foster, Kim Goodman,
Matt Groening, Cecile Henault, Wendy
Kramer, Barbara I. Madsen, Vince Pepka,
Lynn Robb, Rachel Rousso, Bob Sundstorm, Len Wallick, Nanette Westerman .
Faculty Adviser : Margaret Gribskov
The Cooper Point Journal is published
hebdomadally by the Evergreen State College Board of Publications and members
ohhe Evergreen community. It is funded,
in part, by student services and activities
fees. Views expressed are not necessarily
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Cooper Point Journal
Dept. of
Continuing
Academics
Reflecting upon the furors that have
arisen through the span of this quarter,
we decided to take a look in retrospect at
• what has been accomplished by programs ·
and contracts on campus.
Two Cities of Destiny has been putting
on High Tea every Wednesday at 4 in the
afternoon in the Oxford sense with music,
goodies, tea, and good conversation. This
fact, though little known, has been open
to the campus for those wandering by
with nothing to do but socialize in the
"best" of company, ·and will be continued
next quarter.
Pacific Northwest: People on the Land
has been making excursions around the
state to locations such as Cape Alava and
the Columbia River Gorge to study the
effects of dams and irrigation on the land,
Willipa Bay, Neah Bay, and other places
to further study human effects on the
environment of the state.
Marx and the Third World . has
extensively studied Marx and Hegel ,
learning the different aspects of political
and economic socialism , reading such
high class material as Das Kapital, The
Communist Manifesto, and other analytical papers of Marx, and have been
working in the context of doing a serious
study of Marx.
Applied Environmental Studies has ,
after much serious deliberation, determined that they will do at least two
projects during spring quarter, possibly
dealing wit,h areas such as solid waste
disposal in Thurston County, aquaculture
in lower Puget Sound, a study of the
Yakima River Basin 'or maybe even
cranberry culture in western Washington .
Not exciting you say? You haven't seen
anything yet.
Marine History and Crafts, though not
building the Queen Mary, will be building
a waterborne craft of some kind during
spring quarter, and are deciding this and
next week on what parameters will be
used to build the boat and what design to
use in the spring quarter .
Dreams and Poetry, a program of last
year ; is putting together a book of
writings by individuals within the
program which will hopefully be published by some firms that are interested in
it. The book is going into its final stages
before going into publication for the
individuals who contributed material to
it, according to faculty member Richard
Jones, who is doi ng most of the final
cqmposition of the book .
Communications : Inside & Outside has
been making progress in many directions,
according to faculty member Craig
Carlson. Carl Cook had a very good
show on KAOS, said Carlson and thus
w~ will take his word for it. As for
everyone else, they appear, in Carlson's
estimation, to be "doing terrific. "
We were slightly embarrassed by
Gordon Beck of Human Expression when
we found out we had missed the
"Celebration of Materials" given by the
Human Expression program on November
18 . Beck said that examples of ceramic
- work, print work, audio compositions
and films , among other types of
performances, were presented by students
in that program. He also reminded us that
another celebration of materials would be
presented in January, and that we will
have no excuse next time.
Backgrounds in America's Future has
been studying literature and history
extensively . An in-program module
looked into the effects of Social
Darwinism on the United States coming
out of the 19th century. Although they
had no real projects, the future holds
much for it in terms of spring ~nternships.
Even though we were not able to
contact all the programs and contracts,
the general consensus within those that
we have contacted has been a general
feeling of well being and success, and the
completion of initial goals being attained
without too many hard feelings getting in
the way of doing what had to be done .
There have been rough times this quarter,
mostly caused by administrative proliferation, but as far as academia goes it
appears that , at least temporarily,
Evergreen is in the clear .
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Barnett's aid
"absurd"
To the Editor:
I am writing in regard to Emtice Barnett's absurd letter, published in the N ovember 21 issue of the Journal. It seem;
to me that no one who gets 300 dollars
per month plus full credit should worry.
In my eyes, affirmative action seems to
function quite well . I. am a white, Jewish
male with parents who make more than
Financial ,A.id thinks they should, which
makes me a quadruple m inority or something like that, but · I'm not ·walking
around playing any violin. Since my folks
make money, I don' t qualify for workPage 6
study, and as a resul t I don' t have a job
(the only other jobs are institutional and
are pra:cticall v non-existent thanks to Affirmative Actio n). So I chose the course
of instructing a workshop, for which I receive $297.70 for the quarter. I should
like to comparatively review expenses.
Your ren t, a t $139, is fitting for a fulltime secretary, and I assume y ou have
chosen the obvious luxury of living alone .
My rent is $33 and I live with two other ,
people - you must be housed in the capitol dome. At $200 for gas, that's 400
gallons which is a t the least 10 miles per
gallon, 4,000 miles (where the hell do you
go, LA for weekends?), compared to $20
or $30 per month in my 1951 Chevy
truck. I think the payments on yo ur 1975
Buick LeSabre Gross P lus are showing.
At $100 for food you must weigh 200300 pounds - I spend $40 to $50 and
don't ge t any food stamps either. At $300
for books and. materials, I can see that
much of your rent has to be for storing
all that junk. Mine cost $50 to $100 at
most . For $100 in doctor bills I'm sure
yo u must bP seeing a shrink (I suggest it).
I spent $25 to have my teeth cleaned for
the first time in a year. $100 for clothes
exemplifies your absurd econemy . I spent
$2.50 last spring at Salvation Army for
two pairs of pants .
In closing, my questions to you are :
a) why is your lifestyle so different from
mine, b ) what is a "double minority,"
c) if there are special circumstances influencing your budget, why didn' t you
say so, and d) what do you want from
the college, an education cr a new stereo?
I do agree that, at 15 percent, bank loans
are no t the answer. I stress: you ' re making two to three times what I make and
until now the only noise I've made is the
rumbling of my stomach at different times
of the day .
D . Schy
Cooper Point Journal
on
Harbaugh
ACLU
To the Editor:
I do not know if Chuck Harbaugh is
qualified for the faculty position for
which he was interviewed. But I do hope
that the rejection of Mr. Harbaugh's candidacy was not based upon his homosexuality .
Evergreen State College has achieved a
reputation as an exper,jmental and innovative institution, one whose administration
and faculty are committed to the principles of freedom . I do know that some, if
not most , of the College's instructors
came to Evergreen after their devotion to
those principles forced them to leave institutions more concerned with security
than the high standards of the academy .
Should i t be true, as your recent article
asserts, that Mr. Harbaugh was denied
appointment because of his sexual orientation , I will conclude that the devotion of
the College's leadership to freedom is
nothing more than a mask to shield its
own notions of security.
Mr. Harbaugh will surely survive denials of his constitutional rights. And Evergreen wiil probably survive the annual
attacks launched by state legislators. But
the principles of freedom for which the
College supposedly stands cannot survive
the assaults of the enemies within.
Lauren Selden
Executive Director
American Civil Liberties Union
(sic)-basic, sophomore-intermediate, junior-advanced, and senior-contract work?
We are thus permitting the establishment
of a system which is in direct conflict
with the philosophy of Evergreen.
Question 3 points to a division of
"Subject Matters" or "Fields" as listed on
page 6. All knowledge is plugged into
tour boxes: General Arts, General
Humanities, General Social Sciences, and
General Natural Sciences; further each of
these boxes is divided into seven to ten
cubicles . Had this list of fields been used
to determ(ne a high school ' s elective
classes, it might have been. appropriate,
but as a survey. of students at Evergreen it
is a disgrace and a sham of our principles.
I would like to look more closely at
field number 21: "Area Studies (geographic area, Black, women's etc.) "If we are
committed to an affirmative action policy
and a genuine attempt at providing
curriculum aimed at these "areas, " how
could the deans possibly make a decision
as to a women's or Native American's
program , when a student can only
respond with a single number-21? They
have cleverly built into their survey a
mechanism of eliminating areas of stU:dent
interest with which they do not politically
agree. If the survey, on a number of
levels, contradicts Evergreen's philosophy,
why the survey? I propose that it is only
a placebo, i.e. candy medicine, and an
excuse to the question, "What about
student input?"
Does it meet its claim that it is an
improvement? I think not, and ask is it a
mere "improvement" in last year's survey
that is needed? The system needs a total
change, not reforms of questionaires. To
do this students mus.t take the initiative,
the deans appear unwilling to do the job.
Geoff Rothwell
Critiquing the
questionnaire
Modules
inadequate
To the Editor:
Again it is apparent that the program
planning process has shown ·its obsolescence. I am refering to the "Curriculum
Planning Survey ," distributed by the
deans Wednesday , Novembwr 27, to be
turned in this Friday, December 6. The
questionaire claims to be "an improvement of the one used .. .last year." Does it
meet this claim? Will the survey serve
any purpose?
The first thing that strikes me is the
presentation of a sample response to
Question #3 on page 1 of the survey. It
announces that there are three levels:
basic, intermediate, and advanced ; and
that "g roup contracts and individual
contracts are by definition advanced
work. " Is this not institutionalizing a
grade/ class-level system, i.e. freshmen
December 5, 1974
To the Editor :
The modules offered for winter quarter
do not include any kind of humanities '
modules (literature, history, etc.) . I am
glad to see the science ones but fePl that
there should be more of a balance offered.·
I tried to find out about the proposed
modules in mid-Ncvember and no one I
asked knew anything about them except
that sooner or later a list would come
out. On Monday, December 2, Rudy
Martin sent out a list. I read it and then
went to talk to him. He told me that it
was the final list and that it was too late ·
to change anything about the modules,
and that maybe something could be
worked out for spring quarter . He said
t.hat he had sent a . memo to the faculty
and staff asking what modules· they either
wanted to teach or to see offered and that
these turned out to be science modules .
I asked if there were any faculty
persons I could talk to who might want to
teach some sort of humanities module and
he replied that no, he didn't think so and
besides it was too late. I find it frustrating
that the list of proposed modules is
seemingly not available until all decisions
concerning it are already made.
It--is not the fact that the final decisions
were made by the deans that frustrates
me, as much as the fact that the decisions
were not based on any student input and
do not reflect the variety of student
interests .
I would like to see some sort of
humanities module offered next quarter. If
other students, faculty, or ·staff also feel
this way the Ombuds-Advocate Office is
compiling a list of interested people so
that possibly some sort of module can be
formed.
Kate Loughney
Watergreen
College
To the Editor:
We may have not become a Woodstock
Nation , but we have succeeded in becoming a Watergate- Nation . The most recent
event that qualifies Evergray for its membership in Watergate Nation is the deans'
reasons for rejecting Chuck Harbaugh.
To many, such an incident might seem
a first for w hat some might call an "experimental" college. This might seem like I'm
crying wolf in the Garden of Eden, but
the clues and loose ends are there for anyone but the most apathetic to find.
It was because people had been led to
believe that such incidents were to happen
only at "other" colleges which in turn led
to the student apathy that dominated Evergray's first two years. The change in at:.
titude, now that so many things have
been changed with only weak student objection, is evident in Evergray's founding
of an Ombuds / Advocate Office .
In talking with newer students, I'm always amazed when they call Evergray an
"experimental" c..ollege . The founders and
planning faculty with a few exceptions
never considered this an experiment, for it
is little more than a compilation of various structures used by some private
schools .
I am not a prophet of doom, but I have
been here for four years and have· not
seen ariy alternative proposal to bureaucracy seriously considered; we have an
Experimental Structures Projects group
contract and yet all major buildings, even
bike shelters, are erected by outside contractors who are told to build buildings
that will impress the legislative branches;
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we have painting groups and yet it isn' t
until a mad painter strikes that we consider painting any of Evergray's gray desert.
Perhaps it is time to stop impressing,
perhaps it is time we did a few things for
ourselves, perhaps it is time to stop
saying we are experimental and seriously
consider an alternative to our traditional
bureaucratic administration that is making
us more traditional each year.
costs involved in maintenance of the uniforms . Since the nature of our jobs involves filth y work, which is damaging to
our clothing and our shoes, we feel that if
this proposal to discontinue uniforms and
shoes is adopted, it would equal a sharp
reduction in pay .
In the 2 1/ z years I have worked at Evergreen I have had a multitude of individuals ask me for directions, help, information, etc . because my uniform identifies
me as an official employee of The Evergreen State College . It looks neat and
clean; I am proud to wear it.
I, myself, have polled a number of the
faculty , staff and students in reference to
the wearing and non-wearing of the uniform. Many of them say that they are
glad we are wearing them, due to the fact
that they can readily identify us for help
or directions and that when they see us in
and out of offices, theY know that we are
authorized personnel. ·
Twenty-two out of 26 custodial / maintenance people desire to wear the unifo rm. If discontinuance is ever adopted, a
direct payment should be made to each
individual member of the maintenance /
. custodial staff who performs duties that
cause damage to their clothing and footwear. This would be to cover the cost of
clothing that is understandably damaged
in the course of their work.
However, if the supplying of uniforms
is ever discontinued, I ·see no other course
than to take the matter up with Higher
Education Personnel (HEP) Board.
In summarizing, I would like to recommend that the next DTF be a DTF to disband all future DTFs as I see no forward
motion from any of them, just time consumed.
Christopher Carson
Keep uniforms
To the Editor:
We have been informed that a certain
member (or members) of the Fringe Benefits Disappearing· Task Force (DTF) is
proposing or is about to propose discontinuing the use of llniforms for the custodial staff and maintenance staff.
When I was hired by Evergreen as a
custodian 2 V2 years ago I was promised a
certain number of uniforms to be furnished by the college, including the costs
and trouble of cleaning and repair. Approximately a year ago the college rescinded the cleaning service, which results
in a cost to each individual employee of
approximately 75 cents per day, plus the
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To the Edito r :
I guess most of us have had a chance
by now to look at the deans' program
planning survey. It is short and sweet. No
ifs, ands, or buts .
According to the grapevine (at least my
branch of it) the surveys in past years on
program planning revealed that what students wanted most faculty wanted least,
and what faculty wanted most students
wanted least (a gross oversimplification, I
realize) . So this year it was done in a different way so th at could not happen again
(grapevine still).
As you look at the survey, questions
one and two are relatively non-controversial. "What is your I.D . (social security)
number? " and , "What programs have you
taken? " But then we get to question three,
and we are faced with the most traditional list of subjects that anyone could
possibly compile . I suppose (deans, correct me if I am wrong) that the rationale
here is that "interdisciplinary" means several traditional "subjects" stuck together!
Maybe for some of us here at Evergreen
that is a good definition. For myself it is
not.
Then I tried an experiment. I took what
I knew .of several programs of the past ,
good programs in my opinion, if the reports are reliable, and I tried to describe
them using up to four (the maximum for
this survey) of the subject areas . I could
not . They just wouldn't fit.
So it does indeed look like the problems
of student-faculty differences have been
resolved. Resolved by amputation, and
the use of a subject list that was a little
more applicable when most faculty were
going to school than it is today . So in a
time when human society seems to be
changing faster than ever before in history, we (and I am guilty too) are trying
to fit the process of human growth into
34 traditional subjects. And I just realized
that even for a traditional list, it is very
incomplete .
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Third World
To the Editor:
I have received a number of responses
regarding my November 14 letter appearing in the Journal under the title "Third
Worlders Ignored? " The form and nature
of these responses has been diverse and
wide ranging .
I believe it incumbent that I address the
more pertinent responses.
It has been pointed out by certain Third
World students, faculty, and staff, that in
the brief account I gave of Third World
activity on campus, I failed to mention .
the Non-white Disappearing Task Force
(DTF) and its subsequent report. This, I
must acknowledge, is an egregious omission on my part. For the record, on January 24 of this year, a charge descended
from the office of Vice-President and Provost Edward Kormondy (right wing of the.
Library building, rm. 3131 ). The charge,
accepted by DTF chairperson Rudy Martin, indicated a serious need to "take
stock of what we are doing and what we
need to do " respecting Third World
people on this campus . The DTF, consisting mainly of Third World persons,
though not entirely, was then formed .
After much painstaking investigation and
compilation of information, the group
came forth with its report.
The report contained 11 " General Recommendations" under which, addressed
with specificity, are a multiplicity of viable alternatives to the status quo. The report must be viewed as unifying, for in its
words it "specifies and clarifies in concrete
action terms, the needs of Third World
persons on this campus. "
From other quarters stemmed charges
that the letter "served to further divide"
Third World and white students. If such
is the case, it is certainly not the result of
malicious intent on my part. If anything,
the letter should have had a completely
opposite effect. The problems I cursorily
touched on, affirmative action (especially
as it relates to Third World Students) , financial aid (or the lack of it), exploitation
within this institution, and other concrete
problems upon which I did not focus, i.e .,
increased staff hiring on every level, faculty hiring, etc., are issue:; around which
the Third World neighborhood and the
white community can unite and struggle
for. That is, o f course, if those who express concern for unity in theory are
committed to the sa me in practice.
Is such unity possible? This write r is inclined to answe r in the affirm a t·ivc . How-
ever, it must be seriously · questioned
whether it can be affected by extant white
chauvinism, and hence tokenism , frequently employed around here (e.g . notes
addressed "to whomever," going on to
say, " Somebody told me you people ... "
[italics mine]). Furthermore, until the
hidden agendas are shredded and deepsixed and replaced by candor and flexibility, stacatto plea s for unit y will b e
sounded but drowned out by scurrying
feet . jockeying for position. Until leadership from Third World persons and
women can be accepted, until white students (and faculty) make honest attempts
to educate th emselves to the problems of
their darker-complected contemporaries,
Aretha Franklin 's words will suffice:
"Ain't no way. "
There also appeared to be concern regarding the letter's apparent lack of "class
analysis." This I must assent to . Was it
due to inability? Unwillingness? My
mother - who has been involved in 40
years of struggle (as you read this she is
in Louisiana killing softly a gro up of
health providers for the ir relationship to
consumers) - would disabuse custodians
of such notions. Most likely she would
say I am indeed cognizant of the class
nature of oppression , that I, in fact, speak
bf the existence of class struggle and need
for working class unity, but that while I
hold these truths to be self-evident and
she does too, I also recognize there are.
some preliminaries which need attending
to . These preliminaries include survival
work ip Third World neighborhoods; for
in the words of Angela Davis, referring to
the revolutionary role of the African
Woman during slavery, " . . . her survival-oriented activities were themselves a
form of resistance. Survival, moreover,
was the prerequisite to all higher levels of
struggle [Black Scholar p. 7, Vol. 3, No. 4,
Dec. 1971 ; italics mine]. " Also, there is
the matter of whi te chauvinism, which ·
would take reams of paper and gallons of
ink to address superficially! Nevertheless,
it must be combatted - by any means
necessary - whenever and wherever it
rears its ugly head .
· Now, I am fully aware, as Earl Ofari
points out, that "in purely economic
terms the American bourgeoisie's dominance has little to do with race. Since the
majority of whites are also excluded from
any kind of capital control. " Ofari defines
the bo urgeoisie as " . .. a small group of
capitalists who own and control the bask
means of production . Included are the
banks, factories, farms, mines, shipping,
transportation, communications, and commerce ." Continuing, he says, " Most of the
productive wealth is tied up by the top
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Co. at the top . [Ebony, p.l38, August
1973]." While recognizing this, it must
also be said that because of the nature of
American Society (the Kerner Commission
Report of 1968 indicated 66 and 2 / 3 percent of the whites in America are overt
racist - I have reason to believe it much
higher) people are forced to unite first
along racial lines. Realization of this fact
is no way tantamount to forsaking class
unity. As Earl Ofari states in reference
to Afro-Americans campaigning for elected of~ices independent of the two capitalist parties, "A far better political solution
would be for black workers, with their
untapped power in industry's point of
production, to create their own demands .
This could lay the base for political coalitions with other poor non-white [and
white 1 workers around common class in-
terests [italics mine, ibid]. " Investigation
will reveal concrete examples of this.
This raises another point. Certain individuals (some of whom expressed inordinate concern over my letter's apparent
lack of "class analysis") gain a smattering
of knowledge and feel , as Bill Withers
says, that "it's their appointed duty" to
force this information upon others. And
by elitist, doctrinaire advances . they at- ·
tempt to delimit the parameters of cognition. As a result of this, they effectively
"turn off" potential allies. Perhaps Pope
had this in mind when he said, "A little
learning is a dang'rous thing . .. "? Or, as
Mao put most trenchantly, "Many who
have read Marxist books ' have become
renegades from the revolution, whereas illiterate workers often grasp Marxism very
well. Of course we should study Marxist
books, but this study must be integrated
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Advanced, also, was the position that
views I put forth were "simplistic ." Regarding this, in my behalf I shall allow
William Blake to speak : "He who would
do good to another must do it in Minute
Particulars . General Good is the plea of
the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer, for
Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars and not in
generalizing Demonstrations of the rational power. " The term "simplistic," as
used around here, is one of the most
haughty and intellectually chauvinistic
terms ever formed between teeth, tongue
and palate. In my way of thinking, if
views put forth ignore complexities and
complications but contain a sizeable element of truth, then that element of truth
must be used as a foundation. Let's build
on it.
A phenomenon somewhat remotely related to tendencies to label views such as
those I advanced as "simplistic" is the
peccadillo exhibited by some in taking up
very important but distant causes. These
· causes, i.e ., the African Drought , Chile,
Puerto Rico, Vietnamese Prisoners, etc. ,
while of utmost importance, and while
having direct and indirect relationships to
domestic circumstances, must be linked to
within touching distance . Starving AfroAmericans down (and up ) South (for that
matter) , Chicanos and Latinos subjected
to spying and murder, brain-carving and
"vegetablizing" that goes on in "penal" institutions in this country are not disconnected from the above matters. Noteworthy is the fact that most of these
issues seem to directly involve Third
World People . Of equal importance is
that while most of these issues directly affect Third World people, the recognized
Third World campus organizations are
either not contacted at all to develop,
conjointly , approaches to these particular
issues, or contacted after the fact (e .g. to
put on a cultural program). Also the form
this contact assumes is usually, "We are ·
having a meeting at --- , be there, " rather
than "What time is it convenient for you
to meet? " As long as these attitudes, and
• actions, which the spawn prevail , inco- 1
herent babbling about solidarity will be
largely ignored.
Concerning complaints of "poor journalism," I have never masqueraded myself
as a journalist. Of necessity, I did, however, work a semester as a staff writer for
the Black Call at Los Angeles City College. Poetry (We Speak As Liberators:
Young Black Poets, Apollo, 1970) is more
or less my area of focus . . Still, I owe no
particular allegiance to prevailing ethnocentric standards regarding quality. More. over, relative to the letter being construed
as a personal attack, it must be said that
certain individuals - via mental gymnastics and semaptic subterfuge - are adroit
enough to contort anything into such posture. However, no amount of twisting
Cooper Point Journal
will obscure white chauvinist tendencies
possessed by such persons. No, the letter
was not a personal attack. It was, instead,
a feeble attempt to shed light on the
plight of Third World Students in contrast
to some of the more fortunate students;
little more, nothing else .
An interesting aside: Stevie Wonder
was singled out for "class analysis" for
singing idealist love songs and making
millions off Afro-Americans. Again, I
must call upon Mao, "No investigation,
no right to speak." He says, further,
"When you have not probed into a
problem, ·into the present facts and its
past history, and knGw nothing of its essentials, whatever you say about it will
undoubtedly be nonsense . Talking nonsense. solves no problems, as everyone
knows ... " Stevie Wonder, as did Billie
Holiday and as does Aretha Franklin and
James Brown, sings love songs . However,
he nor the other artists mentioned have
repertoires quite that limited. Going back
as far as "Uptight" and perpaps earlier,
Stevie Wonder exhibited proclivities
toward pointed social commentary. Latter
tunes "Superstition" and "Living For The
City" (all one need do is listen to the lyrics) unequivocally bear this out. The same
may be said of James Brown's "Say It
Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud" (which
coupled with material conditions of the
time served to advance Afro-American
consciousness) , Aretha Franklin's "The
Revolution Will Not Be Televised, " Lady
Da y 's " Strange Fruit" (a poignant
comment on lynching · of Afro -Americans), etc. Parenthetically, .it was this
writer's experience to be in a room with
revolutionaries from Guinea-Bissau (who
had been involved in at least two years of
armed struggle against Portugese Colonialism) who spoke little English but upon
the first four bars of guess who, could say
guess what? Stevie Wonder. And as for
making millions off Afro-Americans, I
know for a fact Mr . Wonder had put
money back into .the Afro-American
neighborhood via the Black Panther Party
and other survival-oriented programs ; as
has Vicki Carr in the Chicano neighborhood via scholarships to undergraduate
and professional schools. Also, he like the
other artists mentioned have done numerous benefits for the neighborhoods which
produced them.
It is also most important to note there
exists a question of langtiage when attempting to categorize music - especially
Afro-American music - as idealist. Case
in point is the lyrics "Swing low sweet
chariot, coming for to carry me home . .. "
during chattel slavery . To slave masters
and overseers this meant the nigras were
callin' on the almighty, but for Africans
on those plantations - who never lo!it
the will to resist - it meant Harriet Tubman and other conductors of the underground railroad would soon lead them to
freedom ...
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HEARING -BOARD MEMBERS RESIGN
Campus News
In Brief
NO DECISION FROM KORMONDY
ON HIRING HARBAUGH
On Monday, November 25, in a
reversal of their earlier decision, the academic deans recommended to Vice-President and Provost Ed Kormondy that
Chuck Harbaugh be hired as a visiting
faculty member for the Developmental
Learning program. This reversal came as
a result of an informal mediation session
between the deans and the Gay Resource
Center Steering Committee held November 19.
Kormondy has not made his decision
yet, despite the fact that a week has
passed since the deans recommendation
and it is nearing the end of the quarter.
Kormondy sent a request to the Gay
Resource Center to review the tapes of the
Gay Symposium where Harbaugh spoke.
In his request Kormondy said, "In view of
the highly unusual circumstances attending to this particular recommendation,
and in particular to the highly atypical
interview conducted according to the outcome of the mediation process, I will not
only review his portfolio but also the tape
of the interview."
Marcel Hatch of the Gay Resource
Center said, "To me, Kormondy is saying
that the issue is much broader then we
were led to believe. It shows the inability
people have to make decisions on this
campus." Craig Conner, also of the center
said, "The fact that Kormondy wants to
listen to the tapes seems contrary to what
the deans told us, namely tha~ only
academic qualifications would be considered when deciding about Chuck. "
Some students feel Kormondy is using
the tapes as a possible reason for not
hiring, and that he is stalling his decision
until the end of the, quarter when a
negative decision will not have as much
impact on the community. "I expect
Chuck Harbaugh can smell a run-around
game because he's been through it all
before," said Conner.
When asked about his request for the
tapes and their importance to his decision
Kormondy said, "I haven't had time to
review all the material yet, and that
includes the tapes. This issue is a matter
of public concern, and it · is my
responsibility to deal with these concerns.
This has been a highly unusual situation. "
Kormondy had indicated originally,
when the deans recommended not hiring
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Ed Kor'mondy will listen to tapes before
making a decision .
Harbaugh, that he went along with the
· decisions of his deans because "I have not
had reason to question them . I rely upon
the deans ."
Now, however, he said that he is not
questioning the deans but it is his "responsibility" to review the entire matter in
the way he sees fit.
The delay in Kormondy's decision has
caused concern on the part of many
people. Harbaugh has said he will make
no decision until he sees a contract. "It's
hard for me; I know there are those who
don't want me here, and it would be hard
to work here knowing that. I feel like an
injured party, so it's hard to make a decision."
Kormohdy says he will make a final
decision by the end of the quarter . If
Harbaugh is sent a contract, then the
decision will be up to him . If not, there is
still the possibility of legal action being
taken. Craig Conner and Marcel Hatch see
the issue relating to student power. "We
represent a major power block, and justly
so . This is what we will be concerned
with in the coming months . We have to
utilize the power we have. The issue of
Chuck's gayness is still of concern on all
levels of this campus ."
Members of the all campus hearing
board in the credit dispute case between
Robert Wcodand faculty member Medardo Delgado have resigned, creating, for
the time being, a major gap in the campus
grievance process. The board, consisting
of three permanent and four temporary
members (two from each of the
disputants' peer groups) was finally
dissolved at a meeting held Wednesda·y
morning, December 4.
The board members' resignations came
after it was discovered that they had not
followed procedures set down in the
Committee on Governance (COG) document. Faculty member Peggy Dickinson, a
temporary board member, said in a memo
addressed to the board members that
COG had been violated when the board
continued a hearing after Wood had to
leave for the hospital without having
completed the presentation of his case . "I
think the board made a mistake in not
stopping the hearing," said Dickinson.
She requested that the board dissolve
itself.
.
Dickinson also cited personal bias as
part of her reason for resigning from the
board . " Frankly , I am so prejudiced
against Robert (Wood), feeling strongly
that he tampered with the process and _
acted unethically in contacting both Bob
Barnard and Phil Moor (both board
members), that I could not serve on a
reconvened board, " she said.
· Wood said that faculty member
Bernard and student Moor were contacted
because he wanted to find out what had
happened after the hearing during ~hich
he had to leave.
When asked about the board's resignation, Wood said he felt the decision was
"honorable" in light of the fact that there
was admitted bias .
Resigning members of the board are:
student Berne! Hill, staff member Candy
Spencer, faculty member Russ Lidman,
student Carlos Rose-White, Moor, Barnard, and Dickinson.
The former board members and the
Ombuds-advocate Office are planning to
convene a Disappearing Task Force to
review and formulate recommendations
for hearing board procedures.
It is not known if a new board will be
appointed in the meantime .
BUDGET CUTS MAY
CAUSE REORGANIZATION
Evergreen's budget for the next biennium may result in a reorganization of the
college staff and administration in an
effort to cut expenses. The budget
recommendations, which have been characterized as "austere, " were released to
college administrators late last week as
part of the state's Office of Program
Planning and Fiscal Management
(OPP&FM) rwort.
Cooper Point Journal
"At least subjectively the budget
recommendations seem austere indeed,"
said Administrative Vice President Dean
Clabaugh . " I am pleased with the
governor's support of student growth and
continued faculty growth, " he said. But
Clabaugh and other administrators are
concerned with the total recommendation
and how it will affect staff and
administrative operations.
The OPP&FM report, which contains
Governor Dan Evans' recommendations
for the entire state's budget, will not be
made public until after he officially
presents it on December 20 . Until that
time the governor has ordered that no
part of the budget be released .
of director of auxilliary ser.v ices. The
college is also not seeking a _replacement
for former Director of Development
Marianne Nelson "pending better definition of the organizational structure into
which develop!l\ent ought to fit. "
"I don't anticipate a reorganization or
reduction in force as occured in the spring
of 1973," said Clabaugh . "But there is a
need, as the austerity of the budget
shows, that the management of attrition
will bring down administrative overhead."
At present Evergreen has 270 staff
members. The college's attrition rate is
just below 20 percent . Fifty-one staff
members have resigned since January
1974. Some sources indicate that the staff
may have to be reduced by at least that
much in the next biennium .
Directors and deans of the college
sectors such as the Library and Student
Development, have been requested; to
re-evaluate how the governor's recommendations will affect their areas. This
may mean a reduction in staff as well as
the services those areas provide. They will
make their preliminary reports on
December 23 .
KORMONDY RESPONDS TO
NON-WHITE DTF REPORT
But sources indicate that as far as
Evergreen is concerned, while the total
dollar figure as requested is higher than
last year's budget, it is not high enough.
Administrators are also worried that if the
legislature behaves as it has in the past,
the already low recommendation by the
governor will be cut even further. "The
governor's figure is what we'll get on the
outside," said Clabaugh.
In light of the apparent low recommendation and the fear of further budget cuts
by the legislature which comes into
session in early January 1975, plans are
now being developed to handle any cuts
in funds . "In the next seven and a half
months, when a position becomes open,
we'll have to ask ourselves a question : is
that a position that can be left empty?"
said Clabaugh . This program of attrition
management (leaving positions vacant)
will be the primary way in which the
college will cut its administrative overhead, which is now double that of other
state colleges in the state.
The program of attrition management is
already underway. Upon the resignation
of Diann Youngquist as directo r of
personnel, John Moss assume d her
responsibilities as well as retaining those
December 5, 1974
In a memo sent to Rudy Martin,
chairperson of the Non-white Programs
DTF , Vice-president . and Provost Ed
Kormondy stated .the reasons for his
belated assessment of the responses to the
DTF's report, issued early' last summer,
and his personal reactions to them.
Kormondy stated he was "gratified to
have had reported to me that, regardless
of formal action on the report, a great
deal of progress has been made in
interpretation and implementation of
numerous of the recommendations
through interaction of the various units to
which s.e ctions '·'0.t_ the report were
addressed and non-white members and
groups in the community."
Kormondy did not respond specifically
saying, "Because of the level of detail of
the responses to it, I do not feel the
necessity to itemize that which needs to
be addressed." He is sending the responses
back to the DTF for "careful review,
consideration and reflection."
The areas Kormondy feels need
attention are the elimination of ambiguities, establishing priorities, especially in
fiscal areas, and seeing that there is a
consistency with established college
· policy .
SWIFT MISREPRESENTED
In its last issue (November 21), the
Journal mistakenly identified Ned Swift as
a "principal organizer and proponent of a
student union at Evergreen" under a picture of Swift. We apologize for this error,
as Swift has not been an active organizer
in the movement.
FACULTY LOOKING AT UNIONS
Due to. apprehension about contracts
and financial considerations, some Evergreen faculty members are looking at the.
possibility of organizing a faculty union
on campus .
. At a meeting Monday, December 2,
three representatives from the Washington
Education Association (WEA) spoke with
seven faculty about the WEA and what it
as an organization can do for aiding
faculty positions and bargaining. A
representative of the American Federation
of Teachers (AFT) was also to have been
present at the meeting, but was unable to
attend.
The major worries voiced by the
faculty at the meeting were uncertainties
about the Evergreen three-year faculty
contract. Also, at the present time,
faculty are dealt with on an individual
basis which gives them no group
bargaining power in contract negotiations
and financial considerations.
One point stressed by the WEA
representatives was the ability of the
union to bargain for the faculty with the
backing they receive from a membership
of 37,000 other faculty. and four lobbyists
in the legislature. They also pointed out
that they could join in coalition with
other unions and the affiliation of the
WEA with the National Edueation
Association .
Faculty members expressed doubts as to
the effectiveness of the WEA to deal with
other than short term bread and butter
concerns rather that long term goals,
which they felt the AFT dealt with more
adequately . Concern also arose to remind
the union representatives about the
· uniqueness of the faculty situation at the
Evergreen. campus in reference to faculty
positions at schools with a more
traditional 'o utlook.
There is still a large amount of
uncertainty about exactly what course
faculty members will take on union happy
birthday skip organization, but deliberations with different unions will continue
through the rest of this year and early
next year, with a decision to be made as
soon as possible.
NEW JOURNAL EDITOR CHOSEN
Sam Solomon, special editor of the
Journal for fall term, has been selected as
editor for winter and spring quarters by
the College Publications Board. The Journal's current editor, William Hirshman,
took the post early in fall quarter when
the previous editor resigned; Hirshman
was filling the remainder of that term.
Solomon, a first year student from California, said "I strongly urge anyone interested and I or experienced in newspaper
work , either writing and editing or
production, to stop in the office and talk
to me." The Journal office is located in
CAB 306.
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CAMPUS NIGHTClUB
TO OPEN AGAIN
Headrest, a nightclub on campus designed and run by students in the Minorities for Economic Development group
contract, will open for business for the
' second time on · Saturday, December 7
from 8 p.m. to midnight. The club, which
premiered on November 23, attracting between i.SO and 300. students, will be open '
to everyone on campus at a cover charge
of one dollar for minors and two dollars
for those wishing beer and wine.
Students in the contract organized all
aspects of the club's operation which include obtaining a banquet license needed
to serve beer and wine to customers over
21 , and the backup money to begin the
nightclub . A portion of this money came
from the group contract, and some came
from a loan from President Charles McCann. Enough revenue was generated
from the first night to repay the loan and
support Headrest's further operation.
Student Isreal Mendoza, one of the initiators of Headrest, said that there was no
problem obtaining the banquet license
which must be renewed each time the club
opens. "The purpose of the nightclub is to
learn how to get into business, among
other things, we really researched what it
takes to have a license. There's no other
campus in the state that sells booze," said
Mendoza.
Not all those who attended the opening of Headrest were pleased with it. Student Lee Riback said, "Every aspect of the
gig was poorly done . The band wasn't
jazz, it was funk rock, the handling of the
drinks and door was extremely disorganized ."
Mendoza said, " A lot of bugs have
been worked out which we couldn't foresee until we actually opened. " Due to the
unexpectedly large turnout, the group ran
out of wine and purchased Gallo wine, a
commonly boycotted product, because it
was all that was available. Mendoza
stated, "It won't happen again, we apologize publicly."
As for the band, Mendoza said, "We
wanted jazz. The people who went
wanted to dance. Like any other business
you supply what the crowd wants ."
· A dance band called The Rainbeaux
Band will play next Saturday ..
LIBRARY DETECTION SYSTEM
UNDER CONSIDERATION
The library staff is now "talking
seriously" about implementation of a
library detection system, according to
Dean of Library Jovana Brown. As a
result ·o f the increase in library thefts since
October and necessitated by the preliminary budget plans due December 23 in
which a detection system must be
included, an "electronic book reminder"
system has been recently under consideration .
Brown
reached
solicited
solutions
invited .
said that before a decision is
community opinion would be
and any ideas for alternative
to the problem are strongly
TOWN MEETING HELD
AT EVERGREEN
An Evergreen "town meeting" was held
November 22 in the Campus Activities
Building to discuss student power and the
formation of a student organization to
handle complaints . The first of such a
meeting, Dean Clabaugh mentioned that
this type of meeting had been envisioned
since the first year at Evergreen but had
" There 's nothing definite yet," Cia- f
baugh said. "I haven't really even talke?
to Charles (President McCann) about 1t
yet." Clabaugh said the plan was being
developed because maintainence costs for
the lot are not accounted for in the
budget . The money for parking lot
upkeep, some 15 thousand dollars a year,
must come from campus contingency
funds. "If we could get the money we
need from the parking fees, we could
spend the reserve money on other
important projects," said Clabaugh .
Due to inflation and ·unforseen expenses
somt· of the reserves are already
overcommitted. "I nev.er supported the
abolishing of the fees in the first place,"
he said.
Clabaugh said the plan . may exempt
students who live in on-campus housing
and visitors from paying any fee.
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
AT EVERGREEN PROPOSED
ing at 2 : 30 p.m., over 200
students were in attendance and the
meeting lasted two and a half hours . Willi
Unsoeld and Naomi Greenhut were
among the few faculty present and they
expressed their views in addition to the
many students wh'o spoke.
Some of the concerns represented were
Media Loan equipment , S&A Board ,
ceramics equipment , curriculum planning,
student workers at Evergreen, and the
Harbaugh incident . The major issue
discussed whether of not to organize
students for power, and if so, how this
might be done. No conslusions were
reached at the end of the meeting
although some of the issues were clarified .
The next town meeting will be held
December 6 in CAB 110 at 2:30p.m.
PARKING FEES MAY BE REINSTATED
Evergreen car owners may once again
be paying to park on campus. Vice
President Dean Clabaugh disclosed Tuesday, December 3 that he was working on
a proposal, for presentation to the Board
of Trustees sometime after Christmas
which would re-instate parking fees for
those who park in campus lots. The
parking fees were abolished during the
1973-1974 aca!iemic year by the Board of
Trustees.
In the next week a proposal will be submitted to the Dean / Faculty groups which ,
if approved, would set up a ITiechanism at
Evergreen to certify Evergreen students
who wish to teach in public schools.
The present system of certification relies
on existing programs and contracts, with
no coordination among all interested students and the new mechanism would
both 'provide that coordination and begin
a program of student teaching through the
Cooperative Education Office.
Clint Smith and Marty Lind, designers
of the proposal, foresee that if they receive support from the college community
they will go ahead and form a "consortia
committee," in keeping with the regulations for approving and certifying prospective teachers set forth by the State Board
of Education . The committee would include representatives from Evergreen, the
participating school districts, and so!T)e
professional teaching organization.
.
This committee ' s prirr:,ary functwn
would be to draw up a list of the skills
and objectives of those students planning
to teach , and to evaluate their knowledge
"in the art and science of teaching, " according to Smith.
He added, "What we need now is to
know how much student support there is
for such a certification mechanism, verifying one of our basic objectives - t_hat
there is a need. " He urged students WIShing more information or to submit written
feedback to' contact the Input Resource
Senter (IRS) on the second floor of the
Activities building or the ESSENTIA office on the fourth floor of the Librarv
building .
KAOS OFFERS NEW PUBLIC SERVICE
Evergreen's FM radio station, KAOS, is
beginning a new feature for members of
the college and local community to air
their gripes, entitled "What's On Your
Mind?" which it will begin as soon . as
there is avail<Jble material.
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Announcements
• The final date for payment of tuition
and fees for winter q uarter is, appropriately enough, Friday the 13th of December. Those in a coordinated studies program or contract which continues through
winter need no t re-register, but anyone
starting a new program or contract for
next term are required to fill out a re-registration form in the Registrar's office,
Sem 2150 .
e Approximately one hundred students
will not receive their tuition bills for
winter quarter due to non-locatable
current addresses for these students.
AI Hanson, director of Student Accounts, concerned that these students pay
their tuition by deadline by going directly
to the Student Accounts office, said, "If
they don' t 'get their tuition in by December 13, it'll be bye-bye for them ."
Student Emergency Loans , another
student monetary concern , will be
indefinitely discontinued as a resul t of a
large percentage of the loa ns remaining
unpaid. Director of Financial Aid Bill
Smith said that the continuation of that
type of loan is dependent upon a number
of previous loans being repaid.
• All program proposals for the 19751976 academic year must be submitted to
the academic deans by Friday, December
13. Proposals currently on the Curriculum
Wall in the deans lounge in the Lab
building may be read by any interested
member of the community .
e People needing a place to stay during
Christmas vacation have been invited to
stay at the Muku nda Community.
Interested pe rsons may contact Ron at
866-0404.
• Professor David McLellan, of the University of Ken t at Canterbury, England,
will give a public · presentation entitled
"Karl Marx: The Vicissitudes of a Reputation," at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, in Lee. Hall 1.
• Six students and one faculty have been
chosen to serve o n the Services and
Activities Board. The board members
were chosen randomly from 66 names on
the Volunteer Services List. The student
members include : Steve Valadez, Cindy
Stewart, Brent Ingram , Douglas King,
Eunice Barnett , and Patricia Eskridge.
Tom Rainey is th e faculty board member
and one staff member is still needed, and
a facu I ty a! tern ate will be chosen
randomly from the filculty roster.
• The Services and Activities Board will
meet Wednesday December 11 from 9
a .m. to noon and on Thursday, December
12 from 1 p.m. to 5 p .m. , both in CAB
108. The amount of money available for
allocation is approximately $54:500.
• While the after-hours book drop at the
library is being repaired, the Security office (Sem . 2109) will function as a place
to return books when the library is
closed . The new book drop, being built
because the o ld one damaged books
dropped into it, will be finished sometime
during winter quarter.
• Faculty member AI Wiedemann has announced that information a nd application
materials for the Evergreen Environment
- IV group contract are now available in
Pearl Vincent's office (Lab 2013) . The Evergreen Environment will be a three quarter group contract in field biology and
natural history .
Although it does not begin until spring
quarter, 1975, most student participants
will be selected by the end of fall quarter
since Wiedemann will not be on campus
during the winter quarter.
eA program entitled A Year in Taiwan
beginning next fall is being planned by
faculty member Lynn Struve and several
students presently enrolled in the Chinese
Civiliza tion program . The plans include
students living with individual families in
Taiwan while studying specific fields of
interest to each student. Students interested in joining this program must plan to
study conversational Chinese during winter, spring ·and / or summer quarters and
contact Struve by mid-January.
Struve can be contacted in Lib 2215 or
866-6620 ; during the evening Pete McCann at 866-0515 or Sherry Palmer at
357-7966 may be called .
• Evergreen student Jonathan Ott will
present a leCture and slide show entitled
"Hallocinogenic Plants of North America," in Lee. Hall 1, at 8 p.m., on Monday, December 9.
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Many people around the campus, the editors of the Journal included, have spent a good deal of time and energy in an attempt
to understand the problems Ev ergreen is hav ing currently. Unions
have beer,~ suggested, petitions circulated, meetings held, essays
written . But one method of diagnosing Evergreen's needs and fu ture that has not - as far as we know - been used yet is astrology.
,
With this thought in mind th e Journal located Vin ce Foster, an
Evergreener who is "a student of astrology ." He consented to
draw up a complete astrological chart on Evergreen , using as a
birthdate the time that the first seminar met, and here are his results.
BY VINCE FOSTER
The concept of Evergreen as an individual e'ntity with a certain
birthdate is approached with the idea that the life of a school is its
students. Therefore the time of birth, the first breath, is the minute, hour, and day of the beginning of the first class or seminar.
Evergreen as an individual entity was born on October 4, 1971, at
9 a.m. The college, then, is full of the qualities of Libra with
Ascendant Sun, Mercury; Venus, and Uranus in this sign . ~ver
green was born on a full moon in Aries. Mars is in Aquarius,
Jupiter and Neptune in Sagittarius, Saturn in Gemini, and Pluto in
·
Virgo.
Before breaking down the individual aspects of the chart I'll try
to give a holistic view. As an entity Evergreen's main focus is
strong, magnetically attractive, and individualistic. If the .time of
birth is correct this energy manifests from the collective subconscious forces of the whole . This magnetic center in Libra, the sign
of relationships, beauty, and harmony, interacts well in defining
and energetically stabilizing itself as a vehicle for social transformation. Though Evergreen has a natural flair for attracting financial support, its independent and unusual form creates some conflicts which cause it to become aware of its effects on others and
its own modes of operation.
Following is an interpretation of the Ascendant and individual
planets in their respective signs and houses :
ASC 29°
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Symbolizes the way the entity pro~ L--jects itself in the outer world. Creative and sociable ; expedient and
practical. Apt to try hard to please
others and negate principles in order
to be popular.' Adaptable and versatile, but can be too much so ;
there is trouble finishing projects. Very intuitive ap.d restless. Full
of change.
SUN 10°
· Sabian symbol - a professor peering over his glasses at his students
- keynotes the problems attending
the transmission of knowledge in a
special cultural setup. The centering
and integrating principle is for the
transformation of individual participation within the social whole through the process of human interchange - i.e., relationships. Has idealistic principles in mind
for redefining values and social standards. Its position in the 12th
house shows this to be in conflic_t with society but due to the dynamic magnetism - formed by the conjunction of this principle
with those of attraction, association, and transformation, and the
harmony of the integrating principle with -that of defining and energizing- it results in being dynamic and constructive.
MOON
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Cusp of 5th and 6th house. The bio.,t_}
psychic functions and the feeling /
instinct r esponses which provide
protection and nourishment are directed towards the formation of a
particular individuality. Its position
shows conflicts as a result of the
outward manifestation of the self, bringing self-judgment and introspection and resulting in an objective awareness of the ways
and me~ns of these funct-ions .
PREDICTIONS:
Uranus transiting the Ascendant of the last couple of months is
creating a dramatic change in Evergreen's appearance to the outer
'world . .
Spring of '77 will be a time of defining or confining Evergreen's
energy expression, and the beginning of a new cycle or mode of
financial operations.
Horoscope
On the 11th and 12th cusp. The
principles of interchange, association, and relatedness, i.e., intellect
and reason, unify with the energy
center in intensifying and strengthening its purpose, bringing about
new forms of social expression and
relationship through the processes of transformation and rebirth.
VENUS
~
12th house. The Attraction principle
which works to establish values and
ideals for inner meaning are refined
- aesthetic and artistic - and they
combine with the powers of transformation to create change in these
areas as well as genius and inventiveness . This principle also works in harmony with the forces of
initiative and assertion .
In 4th house. The principles of the
MARS
manifestation of energy and will are
expressed in response to social need
operating with the humanitarian.ideals and often genius. The position of Mars at 15° Aquarius makes
this an especially concentrated expression of this response to social movement for the purpose of integrating and stabilizing foundations .
JUPITER
2nd house. Natural · ruler of Sagittarius is the principle of growth and
preservation, manifested here for
the establishment of larger frames of
reference, especially in academic
and philosophical areas. Inspiration
and idealization strong. .ly1akes for
ease in expanding financial support but tends to spend easily, too.
Combines with the universal tendencies toward the dissolution of
old forms and values which can sometimes cloud judgment but
gives a generous and sympathetic nature.
· SA TURN
8th house. The principle of definition through the process of focusing
life force is based on the expansi~n
of relationships through the creation
of systems and techniques. Focuses
on the exchange, regeneration, and
transmutation of vital energies. Defenses against the outer world are weak but there lies a great deal
of inner strength and security. This principle is in opposition to
that of expansion, creating confrontations which result in objective
awareness of how these operate.
URANUS IN LIBRA /
The power of transformation is a
significant force within the whole,
sparking conflicts and disruptions
that bring forth change in _social
consciousness - the unconventional
aspirations and acts of _genius which
.transform are one of those, factors
that create the magnetically attractive air of independence and individualism.
·
Principle and force of · disJ>olution
NEPTUNE IN
manifesting in the realm of the acaSAGITTARIUS.
demic and philosophic but on the
material level. This principle combines with those of expansion .to establish larger frames of reference
out of the antiquated forms.
The seeding principle and that o_f
PLUTO IN VIRGO.
birth as in individuals and societies .
Acts in the area of social expression. Operates by means of discrimination through critical analysis of
the outcome of action.
MERCURY
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1980-81 will call for strong redefinition of Evergreen, its
purpose and goals. It will most likely sail on through this test.
1982 will be a time of transformation of financial structure due
to this test.
.
1983 and '84 will be years of taking on a new form to the outer
world.
·
· 1985 will be a time of expansion of the energizing forces i.p ~.it __.,
well-defined and stable area of activity.
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a) Pacific Northwest: People in the Mud
b) Creative Sod Shoveling
c) Backgrounds of Backgro\lnds of Backgrounds
d) Implied Banality
e) Implied Banana
f) Implied Banana in Your Ear
g) The Marx Brothers and the Third World
h) Human Responses to Human Refrigerators
2
a) for $3.95
b) on
c) together
e) for free
f) without trying
g) off
h) but then I lost it
J
a) contrived
b) growing
c) shrinking
d) sexual
e) final
f) dull
g) incomprehensible
h) blank
4
a) myself
b) everyone else
c) goosing
e) death
f) late-night TV
g) sleeping
h) the properties of tin foil
5
a) the sublime to the ridiculous
b) the first page to the last page
c) here to there
d) north to south
e) good to the bad to the ugly
f) the· library to my bookshelf
6
a) Laurel to Hardy
b) cucumbers to Gerald Fo~d
c) chiCkens to lips
d) blank to blank
e) the pied to the piper
f) one to ten
·
7
a) Baudelaire
b) Donald Duck
c) a book
d) Carol Burnett
e) Howard Cosell
f) L. Ron Hubbard
8
a) strive back
b) explode
c) sink
d) take a dive
e) get its nose out of joint
f) sit in the catbird seat
g) try to fight City Hall
h) take so much for granted
9
a) that for which we strive
b) the influence of marijuana
c) the influence of peyote
d) freedom
e) Howard Cosell
f) quotes like this
g) jock itch
h) Saga cookies
10
a) hiking
b) strange sex
c) smoking
d) drinking
e) relaxing
f) drinking
g) eating
h) drinking
11
a) working in the lab
b) groveling in the dust
c) flying in the plane
d) begging in the street
e) screaming in the hall
f) living in the material world
g) dying in the material world
12
a) specimens
b) moss
c) dust
d) together
e) bits of string
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a) relax
b) read
c) rot
d) burp
e) keep time
f) sleep
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g) bored
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a criticizing me
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c) breathing
d) a mouse in his trousers
e) dark secrets
. f) a diary
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Admissions Goes Calling
How Local Students Hear About Us
BY RACHEL ROUSSO
: One of Evergreen's perennial problems
is its image in the outside world. As an
~xperimental and unusual college we seem
often to be misunderstood by those who
hear about the school second- and thirdhand, a problem which surfaces in our
"dealings with Washington's legislature, for
example. This information gap extends
also to high school students in the Northwest who are looking for a college.
. Although prospective Evergreen stu'dents find out about the school through a
variety of sources, the Admissions staff
performs an essential function in providing information about the school and dispelling the many myths that surround it.
I talked with Ken Mayer, Director of
Admissions, and went with Rich Nathan,
one of Evergreen's three admissions counselors, to a high school-college conference
to find out just what Admissions does.
The two college conferences we attended on November 14 at Centralia and
Mossyrock high schools were near the end
of an eight week conference tour run annually by the Washington Council on
High School and College Relations. Every
fall, admissions counselors from universities, four~year colleges, community colleges, and vocational-technical institutes
throughout the state visit approximately
eight Washington campuses per week giving informal presentations on their
schools. The college conferences are attended by three to . seven local high
schools and anywhere from 15-18 state
institutions.
Sometime prior to a conference, high
school seniors and sometimes juniors sign
~p for three sessions they would like to
attend. The admissions counselors from
~~ch institution give one to three presentaiions depending on the amount of student
interest, which varies widely from area to
area within the state.
~Although different schools and individual counselors from the same school had
slightly varied approaches to their presentations, they all included general information about their schools, including application procedures, financial aid, living situations, academic programs, and extracurricular activities. Mayer said, "Evergreen counselors are handicapped by the
fact that they have to explain what we do
here, while other school representatives
just have to explain standard programs ."
·The students are encouraged to ask
questions during the 25 to 50 minute sessions but the shorter sessions often don't
allow adequate time for this. Students
wanting more information about a particular school are asked to fill out a short
form in order to receive answers to specific questions.
Some Drawbacks
The college conferences tlo have some
drawbacks. According to Nathan, "Some
high school students see it as just a free
day from school. They don' t know what
to expect and they don' t know why
they're going." Their reasons for attending
a certain session may not always be due
to interest in a school. One student at an
Evergreen presentation said he knew nothing about Evergreen but was there because his high school counselor told him
he would like it. One girl frankly admitted that she wasn't interested in a particular school but that she was instructed
to choose three sessions to attend and Evergreen was one of them .
"A lot of students know nothing about
Evergreen, " commented Nathan, "they
come to the session because they've heard
it's weird and they are curious, and others
come because they've heard it's a radical
school and they want to see what a radical school representative looks like. "
Mayer found that the tour this year has
been entirely different than last year.
More students are coming to the sessions
and the students he has talked to are
more academically oriented and serious
about their education.
The counselors' main intent at these
conferences is to develop an awareness of
their school. Nathan echoed the thoughts
of admissions personnel both at Evergreen
and other institutions saying, "We feel
• that Evergreen has so much to offer that
if a student is made aware of what we
have he will be enticed to come here ."
As opposed to the efforts of scouts for
college athletic programs, Nathan and
Mayer agree that what they do "is not a
recruiting effort. It is giving information; ·
'it's telling students about other colleges as
well as your own. There is not much
competition between college admissions
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counselors to get students to their schools.
The main goal is to disseminate as much
information as possible."
In addition to regular college conferences, the Admissions personnel also represent Evergreen at Team Conferences.
"Basically the purpose ·of Team Conferences is to draw disadvantaged and nonwhite students," Nathan indicated. "The
format is similar to the college conference
except the target population is different."
The only difference in format is that after
one or two fonnal presentations the students are free to "flqat" and go to as
many college presentations as they want
instead of the usual three. The rationale
behind the team conference is that often
at college conferences the non-whites
don' t attend.
After the fall tour _the three counselors
also do follow-ups at individual high
schools. Generally they return to schools
that have sent the ' most students and to
schools from which they would like to
draw more students. '
Campus Visitations
Although much of the counselors' time
is spent on the road, they actively encourage interested students , parents, high
school counselors, and faculty to visit the
campus . Evergreen Admissions has a program for counselors coming to Evergreen
to familiarize them with the school.
During a recent visitation program Mayer
noted that some counselors came to Evergreen doubtful, but left impressed by it.
"We want faculty from high schools
and community colleges to visit in order
to generate more awareness of Evergreen, "
said Nathan. "They are more likely to
suggest Evergreen to their students if they
realize the extent of lab equipment and
other resources that are available to continuing students. It's a difficult school to
understand and many school personnel
have not done the research necessary to
understand it."
The Evergreen Admissions staff feel
that educating parents, community college
and high school counselors, and teachers
is especially important because according
to Nathan, "a lot of students never make
it here due to the fantastic negative feedback they receive from school counselors
and parents." According to one eastern
, Washington high school counselor, "If
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you go to Evergreen you'll come out an
educated fool. " The Admissions counselors have found that on the whole parents
are very appreciative for an opportunity
to hear about Evergreen .
Clearing Up Misconceptions
Although much of their effort is directed toward providing information, admissions counselors find that an equally
important aspect of their job is clearing
up the many misconceptions that evolve
about a school. Like other institutions,
Evergreen has been subject to stereotyping. The most frequently heard descriptions about Evergreen students include
long hair, hippies, radicals, and students
who don't study . Many people also entertain the notion that Evergreen involves
totally independent study . As Nathan
puts it, "Students here are given the independence to make their own choices but
that is an entirely different concept from
independent study. "
Ideas about the school range from
slightly off the track to completely absurd. For example, some people think that
Evergreen is a two-year college . At a recent Board of Trustees meeting the following misconception was repeated: "I hear
there is one student doing a contract trying to communicate with clams," to which
McCann responded, " ! heard the other
day he got a 'hello' out of one of the
clams ."
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Most college students are probably unaware of the important function they
serve in terms of admissions.
"Every .college's best recruiter is its students returning to their high school," ·
Mayer said . Nathan added "We get a lot
of students at Evergreen because other
students have talked to them, but we also
lost a lot of students due to negative comments they hear. Students should be
aware that what they say about the
school not only affects the people they're
talking to but also their friends." He feels
that the college's worst ambassadors are
the students who know the least about the
school.
Like many others, Mayer has noticed a
change at Evergreen. He indicated that the
first couple years it was every man for every interest and that Evergreen is now establishing .its clientele. "The roots for the
negative reaction we now get developed
during the first two years of Evergreen's
existence ." Evergreen students indirectly
affect outside opinions through publications including a compilation of what Evergreen graduates have done . Evergreen
students doing internships in various communities are also a good source of information about the school.
Handling the Correspondence
The other side of the Admissions counselors' work is back at their offices where
a phenomenal amount of correspondence
keeps them busy. They receive 20,000 telephone inquiries, 10,000 mail inquiries,
and 3,000 personal inquiries each year.
Admissions sends out 17,000 pieces of
correspondence annually .
Evergreen had 1,200 new students last
year and only 130 of those were fresh out
of Washington high schools . Most new
students have been out of high school a
year or two and come here from a twoyear community college, another fouryear institution or a period of working
and I or traveling. Mayer feels that "these
individuals are likely to be interested in a
school like Evergreen because they tend to
be more independent. They are not as
subject to peer pressure, parental pressure, hearsay, and the influence 9f high
school faculty and counselors as a high
school senior."
There were 498 applications from 35
different Washington high schools . this
year. Evergreen receives a lot of applications from students who attend middle
and upper-middle class high schools such
as Bellevue, Mercer Island, and Roosevelt
in Seattle. According to Mayer, "students
at these schools have more of an opportunity for independent study and are better prepared for this type of school. Also,
parental attitudes toward education seem
to be different in high and middle income
areas ."
There were 516 applications from state
community colleges and 31 applications
from Washington's two vocational-technical institutes. The largest number of community college applications, 86, came
from Centralia, and Tacoma was close behind with 73. There were 35 applications
from Fort Steilacoom Community College
and 34 from Seattle Central.
Applications from Washington's 17
four-year institutions totalled 435 with
138 of those being returning Evergreen
students . There were 92 applications from
the University of Washington, 57 from
Western Washington State College, and
35 from Washington State University.
Students apply to Evergreen from all
parts of the country contributing to a
high percentage of non-residents in the
student population. The first year 20
percent of Evergreen students were nonresidents while last year the figure rose to
25 percent. As a result Admissions has
discouraged applications from non-residents in order to admit the necessary
quota of residents as expected by the state
legislature . A large number of out-of-state
applications come from California (266)
and Oregon (141) while New York ,
Illinois, and Colorado are also well represented . The total out-of-state applications
numbered 1,050 and the total from Washington state alone was 1,500. Evergreen
also has received applications from 23 foreign countries with Japan and Germany
heading the list.
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Everg-reen Essays in Response
In its last . issue (November 21) the Journal published an essay
entitled "Evergreen: Goals and Realities, " in which we as editors
tried to define and analyzt;> in depth the difficulties that the college
has been facing in recent times. In response to that essay we received the following three short pieces, all by members of the
campus community.
Communication breakdown
To the Editor:
•· Be!ng a refugee from a predecessor of Evergreen, Goddatd College 1~ V~rm~:mt , to be exact, ·I see a trend developing here that is
.very similar m nature to the one that is causing the Goddards and
Antiochs to draft students to their ranks through the New York
Times, yet: The last few weeks have shown that real problems in
the educational process exist here. We can either use them to
point out weakness and correct or wallow in them.
As we deal with this reality I feel It is important to keep in
mind a couple of ideas.
1) Free education implies to me a common effort working toward a common end (the Evergreen ideal). Alternative education
~n th~ past seems to have broken down as soon as faculty, adminJstr.ahon, stu~ents, and staff have lost sight of the goal they are all
t~mg to achieve and, at the same time, lost. the ability to interact
With one another.
2) In order for barr~ers not to be built, the idea that as people
we are all students until the day we become one with the universe
is very much implied.
I see that right n,ow it would be very easy to forget all this and
l~t the br~akdown of communication on all sides continue. Ommpotent deans, anti- (but just as much) omnipotent student body,
?nd f~culty, all lead to Confusion and everything that Evergreen
IS t7mg not to be. It is time to "tear down the walls, motherfucke~, and apply the learning process again. If we don't become a
smgle Evergreen people body, each body receptive to . the others it
• won't become real in the 3-D world and that would be a sham~. 1
· am ~ere because I know it can. It also means work, not ripping
off library books because of frustration at the establishment administration.
W~ . all must contribute - otherwise I predict Evergreen Commumty College and a state legislature who will be able to say "I
to!d y~u ~ol" As a friend of mine at Godd~d said once, "Just
think, if SIX hundred people can't get it together, especially with
money at the root of the problem, what .the fuck is going to hap-: pen out there I"
Peace, love, and all that o.t her bullshit,
Randy Harrison
. Randy Harrison is an Evergreen student.
Psychology and power
To the Editor :
My thanks to the Journal for their attempts to clarify the issue.
1·_: !ike to lend what intellectual abilities and experiences I have
here at Evergreen toward continuing the effort. One of my colleagues suggested that the w lution to what the Journal calls "our
present turmoil" is to graduate all the students who embody the
vestigial remains of the Sixties' i deology and fire all the faculty
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under forty. I begged him to revise that number downward to 39
(which, it just so happens, is my age) but he was adamant, "you
just can't trust anyone under forty. "
The · best description of the causes of the Sixties' ideology is
David Gutm,ann's:
"This is an age which belittles the conventional holders
of power, as well as the conventional routes for attaining
power, but which at the same. time eulogizes power itself.
Indeed, a major impetus to group formation and cohesion
in our time is the shared feeling of powerlessness among
founding members and subsequent recruits .. . However,
the history of our time gives us ample reason to believe
that there is a subjective face to power, and that the inner
sense of vitality, of substance, is not completely tied to
the individual's sociopolitical situation, to his objective
power base. The sense of inner malaise, of inner depletion, can occur at the highest levels of society, infecting
precisely those groups who have the greatest leverage
over their objective circumstances . . . The inner malaise
is politicized, rephrased into a plausible attack !igainst social injustice, but the ultimate complaint is against a self
that seems devoid of substance rather than an establishment that withholds power. In fact, for the '1onely crowd"
activism itself rather than any particular piece of social
change becomes the real goal and the real remedy. A fullness of rage against the establishment and a sense of unity with other activists are partial substitutes for the absent morale, the missing core of self."
Notice that there is no mention of the Vietnam War, multiversities or corruption in high places. That's because the deepest ,
causes are not policital but cultural and psychological and, as research in the next decade will undoubtedly reveal, biological. Obviously I can't go into that here partly because of space ·and time
but mainly because my sense of the format of "our present
turmoil" (as opposed to the causes) is that the debate is to be political rather than intellectual and scholarly. As an old Sixties Activist, that suits me fine. As a friend of mine puts it, "Ho-hum,
back to the barricades."
In the Sixties one of the firmest beliefs buttressing my distrust
of "conventional routes for attaining power" was that if you did
that, bureaucratic . black magic would co-opt you rendering you
instantly impotent. I hadn't grown up enough yet to recognize
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that co-opting is a process which requires the cooperation of both
parties. I believed that the bureaucracy had all the magic and I
had none. Still, I was hooked enough on learning and believed
enough in the tradition of Socrates that I managed to get through
graduate school, proudest, I suppose, of my part in getting rid of
the all-university requirement in Freshman English. That experience taught me that even an institutiqn the size of the University
of Washington could be moved. So when I eventually ended up at
Evergreen I went to work to make sure that this bureaucracy
could move even faster. That mechanism now does exist and it is
embodied in COG II.
The trouble is, nobody uses it. I am, therefore, forced to conclude that the sense of powerlessness and impotence that people
talk about has very little to do with the structure of the bureaucracy . What we are seeing then is a lot of people who feel themselves to be without inner resources hoping to get supplies from
elsewhere. We see faculty hoping to get supplies from students.
The students apparently perceive this going on widely enough so
that they don't look for their supplies from the faculty but from
the administration. Of course there isn' t much you can do with
the table of organization, or governance structure except structure
the bureaucracy .
If the problem is in the structure of the soul then it might be instructive to look at some people who don' t feel powerless. I happen to be one of those people and as near as I can tell my sense of
personal authority sterns from what .I've learned here. I have
bright colleagues and bright students who challenge me intellectually in my own discipline and in theirs. I've been keeping score
of my working hours this week and, not counting Saturday and
Sunday, they add up to 53 1/ 2 hours . To be sure, only 12 hours of
that is in activities that can be defined as personal scholarship unrelated to my current teaching assignment but it seems to be
enough to make me feel that I am still intellectually alive. I think I
perceive a similar phenomenon in students; those that are learning
look pretty chipper and those that aren't seem less so.
I can't defend myself from the charge that L have become politically naive because of the inordinate amount of time I spend in
teaching and learning and there may be people who can only gain
a sense of potency by acquiring political power. Nevertheless, it is
a matter of historical record that those at Evergreen who feel
themselves powerless have consistently evaded making contact
with the chief avenue to redress, the COG procedures, and their
sense of impotence is not likely to diminish so long as they persist
in their evasion.
Pete Sinclair
Pete Sinclair is a faculty member at Evergreen.
Political
_power
To the Editor :
I carne to Everg-reen because of one major word: community.
Attempted definitions of that word are generally vague or
rnisinterpretive, so rather than define it, I will state my feelings.
They are : I am not the community; we are.
·
Today (November 22) at the town meeting many students with
private concerns reverted to the use of the word "power" as a way
to achieve their ends . The students are not alone, there has been
talk in faculty meetings bout unionizing, also. Power is a word
alien to my notions of community . By relegating ourselves to the
use of that word and everything it implies, we admit to ourselves
and to the world that Evergreen is a failure as originally
conceived . Rather than any feeling of community, we'll soon be
left with a political power structure of personal interest groups
vying for whatever they can wrest from the others. In short we
will be playing the games of the outside world that, hopefully, are
repulsive to most of us and were part of the original impetus for
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corning here. Rather than something unique, Evergreen w ill
become a cruel joke. A student union, or any kind of union other
than a generai forum, is only the result of blind individuals
relating to their experiences of the outside world to Evergreen and
trying to impose · the same old methods for solutions to their
problems.
The administration is a direct power connection with the
outside world. They are responsible not only to us, but to the
much larger society that funds us. As a result, we are not
autonomous. We do not have the right or the power of self
government. We cannot fire them; the administration w ill
continue to exist no matter how many groups are formed or how
adamant they may be. If people think · they will be any more
responsive to a student union than . to present methods of
persuasion, I think they are mistaken. Experience must have
shown us by now that the contrary is true : that such polarization
is in the interests of no one and is a digression from any spirit of
community.
There are means of implementing change at Evergreen that few
of the people at the town meeting seemed to have exhausted. A
good part 0f the people were not even aware of the means
available . If they 1 were aware, and had exhausted those means,
then they carne to the meeting in hopes of finding a way to
circumvent those means. They claim that the present system is
inadequate for implementing change. They don't seem to realize
that no matter which way they go, they will ultimately have to
reckon with the administration . That is the impasse. Short- of
going to the Board of Trustees or the State Legislature, we haven't
any means of circumventing that fact . What, on the face of
things, seems to be a way of achieving a greater autonomy or
implementing change at Evergreen in the form of a student union
is a futile and dangerous gesture. What we'll be left with as means
of communication will be the methods prescribed by one pf .the
people at the town meeting: that we should take our demands
and cram them down their throats.
At what point are we, as individuals, willing to sacrifice
personal interests in the interests of the community? When w e
have exhausted all means of attaining goals through exisiting
channels , do we then try to form our own channels? At what
point do people come to the realization that they can't have
everything they damn well please out of Evergreen? When do. we
come to the realizatipn that Evergreen as a unique experiment in
education is worth more than individual aims? If, at some point,
people can't reconcile themselves to the community, which
includes the ·administration, then they are not members of this
community. They are here under false 'pretenses in the first place.
The college catalogue in the form of a social contract specifically
states that for people with no flexibility about what they will be
able to study, or for people who wish to use Evergreen as a
political tool, Evergreen is not their place. They can decide to
leave and learn what they want ~lse~here . 'bu·t i:hey have no right
to impose their power trips on the rest ot ~s.
A student union certainly would not represent me or the
majority of the people I've spoken with. Our problem is that we
who refuse to wield political power leave a vacuum for any group
that cares 'to fill it. Such a group is ultimately signing the de:Jth •
certificate of any ideals that Evergreen may be based on. We must
not let that vacuum be filled. We must boycott and ridicule any
factional power group as being counterproductive an d
anticommunal. We, as a community, must either reconCile
ourselves to administrative power or go higher in order to ch~ge
it. There is no reason to destroy the community in the process,_ _
Above all, we must not lose sight of the dream.
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A member;
Philip Henfnler
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Rape: The All-American Crime
8 ) WENDY KRAMER
"The difference between rape and
romance is a very thin line and we have
to be carefu.l. When a man is charged
with rape, he loses a tremendous amount
of respect in the community."
This statement, made by a New York
state legislator, perpetuates a common
myth in this ~ociety-that women ask for
rape and deserve what they get. It is this
widespread belief that has pushed rape
into being the most increasing violent
crime in the United States today.
Somewhere between six and nine p.m.
on Friday, November 22, an Eve~green
woman was hitchhiking from Westsi8e
Center towards her home on Cooper
Point Road, when a young man driving a
brown station wagon offered her a ride.
He drove north on Kaiser Road to the
college parkway and then out on Cooper
Point. After making a few "wrong turns",
he stopped at · Cooper Point and
44th-not the woman ' s home. The
assailant then pulled a gun and ordered
the woman to undress. She did and was
raped .
After the attack, the woman passed
out, only to wake up lying in a ditch on
Overhulse road . She lay there for about
three hours before some other students
found her and took her back to their
house, where they called the campus
Security office. She reported the rape to
the sheriff's department.
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The number of rapes involving Evergreen students has been on the rise since
the school began four years ago . There
have been six rapes reported either on
campus or n.e arby , and ten sexual
assaults. Two of those rapes and one of
the assaults have occurred this quarter
alone.
Rape of women hitchhiking occurs
frequently around the country. But
although hitchhikers seem most vulnerable to rape, the majority of rapes occur
under much different circumstances. In
about one-third of all rapes, the victim is
acquainted with the assilant. Various
studies have revealed that most rapes
occur inside, and that the "dark alley"
rape is not as common as many people
believe.
In 1973 there were 51 , 000 rapes
reported around the country; a 10 percent
increase over 1972, and a 60 percent
increase over 1968. Yet at least 40 percent
of all rapes go unreported. It has been
estimated that one rape occurs ,every 1 Vz
minutes in this country. Statistics show
· that out of a total of 1,000 rape cases
brought to trial in 1972, only 133 rapists
were convicted. It is estimated that there
are four women raped every week inSeattle alone. And that is a conservative
estimate.
December 5, 1974
The suspect is in his early twenties, about 5'8" to 5'10". He has a medium build, short
dark hair, blue eyes, and small, delicate facial features . His car is described as being an
older brown station wagon with no door handles on the inside. If you have any information at all about this man, please call Security at 866-6140 or Detective Jan ice Marks at
753-8100. All information will be held strictly confidential.
There are more my~hs surrounding
the crime of rape than any other violent
crime .· The idea that a woman "asks" for
rape is totally untrue. Only about four
percent of all rapes reported involve any
provacative behavior by the victim. And
the belief that rape is a spontaneous crime
is just as incorrect. About three-quarters .
of all rapes are premediated .
Contrary, to popular belief, more white
men rape black women then black men
raping white woment. The figures are
four percent to three percent respectively .
Many states have begun to change their
legal attitudes towards rape. Indiana now
p r ohibits a suspended sen t ence for a
convicted rapist. Iowa and California law
now bar defense lawyers from asking
questions about a victim's past sexual
conduct . These changes in . the law will
force the courts and the public to
recognize the guilt of the rapist and not
the victim.
Here in Washington Senate Bill No.
3173, relating to the revision of the rape
law, will be introduced to the legislature
this January. It is similar to the California
law is not allowing the victim's past
sexual behavior to be admitted as
evidence. It will also break down rape_
into varying degrees.
These steps will help to deal more
effectively with the problem of rape, but
it will take a radical change in .people's
attitudes before the situation is totally
remedied.
While you have been reading this
article, about twenty women will ha"e
been raped around the country.
It has been determined through various
studies that rapes occur most frequently
between 8 p .m . and midnight on Fridays,
and particularly during the summer
months, with July having the highest
report rate of incidents. Rape has
generally become a weekend and nighttime crime. Most victims are between ten
and nineteen years old, and most
offenders are between fifteen and twentyfour.
Any woman can be raped. There is no
stereotype of a rape victim. Men rape
regardless of a woman's age, race, or
physical appearance. The one real
boundary with rape is sex. Only a small
percentage of rapists are women. However it is rare that a man would report a
woman for raping him. The only
instances of such reports seem to be
women raping under-aged men .
On the Evergreen campus, November
18-22 was designated "Rape Awareness
Week." There were discussions, workshops and films shown to bring people
into touch with the serious problem of
rape, and the possible ways in which
solutions could be found. All areas of
rape were discussed from the motivations
of a rapist to a victim's treatment by
police and the courts.
Few Cases Go to Court
Too many cases never go to court
because the prosecutor will not accept ·a
case which isn't foolproof. A woman
faces judgements made by police, juries,
friends, relatives, and a host of others.
She is forced to bear responsibility not
only for the rape, but for the reactions of
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paper, including assigning stories, guiding
and directing reporters, editing copy, and
writing. Newswriting experience and good
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PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Responsibilities to include helping with
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In charge of correspondence, subscriJ?tion
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regular columns, events and announcements, and entertainment features .
WRITING AND PRODUCTION
Anyone interested in journalism or simply
improving their writing skills is welcome
to join the staff. Writing workshops will
be held regularly next quarter, and all
writers are worked with individually. A
special need exists for creative writers
interest-ed in writing commentary and
news features in a more personal style
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PHOTOGRAPHERS
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All positions will run through winter quarter. Two of the salaried positions will be work-study. Applicants should talk to Sam
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3210. We are in need of concerned , energetic, conscientious people to help Evergreen
stage such an event. Areas of
media, public relations, financing, art management, facilities
and much more need design
work and participation.
Students are now organizing to
form a Bicentennial group contract for Winter and Spring
quarters. If you would be interested in working for academic
credit, contact Jane Gorai,
April West in the forum office
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866-6034. Please contact one
of those persons as soon as
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Books/ Aubrey Dawn
BREATHING THE AIR
The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath.
Published in paperback by Bantam.
"What I've done is to throw together events from my own life, fictionalizing to
add color," said Sylvia Plath of The Bell
Jar. "It's a pot boiler really, but I think it
will show how isolated a person feels
when he is suffering a breakdown."
One cannot disconnect The Bell Jar,
Sylvia Plath's first and only novel, from
her life - it is in fact a chunk of her life.
It is the time she tried to die. It is the
summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs. ·
It is the canvas of her life painted with
her pain - in blood red rage .
The book derives its greatest strength
from its political impact. It is a chronicle
of what happens to a woman with talent
and belief in herself who isn't living her
life to someday become Mrs. John Doe . .
'Plath performed brilliantly in school
and won all the prizes. Beneath her nervous social manner she was ruthless about
her perceptions, wary, and very individual.
It is hot and New York and Esther, the
. heroine of this thinly-veiled autobiography, is one of a privileged batch of
"girls" winning a one-month scholarship
to work for a Ladies Day-type magazine
- a publication whose main focus is on
such "feminine" concerns as fashion and
glamour .
The destiny of woman is the destiny of
civilization. Sylvia Plath . once said when
discussing her work that one cannot separate one's personal life from the Dachau
death houses and the massive cold wave
of p~in that breaks across the face of all
the disinherited of the earth .
The Bell Jar is perhaps 'not a work of
great literature. Plath herself questioned
its literary value and used a pseudonym
when it was first published. The Bell Jar
is, however, a political statement of tremendous power.
Esther's "boyfriend," Buddy Willard,
was an up-and-coming med student who
told her that one day she'd forget about
all her poetry nonsense because she'd be
Mrs. Buddy Willard . He seemed so pure
- when he admitted he had had a
"cheap" waitress for a lover, she saw him
as a hypocrite.
!'It might be nice to be pure and then to
marry a pure man, but what if he suddenly confessed he wasn't pure after we
were married, the way Buddy Willard
had?" 'she asked. "I couldn't stand the
idea of a man being able to have a double
December 5, 1974
life, one pure and one riot."
Buddy's mother loves to say, "A man
is an arrow and a woman is the place the
arrow shoots off from." Esther didn't like
the idea . Mrs. Willard also loved to repeat that what women wanted was infinite security .
"The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place the arrow
shoots off from, " said Esther. "I wanted
change and excitement and to shoot off in
all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. "
She decided that she never wanted to
by a slick, rich, white-suited woman-hater.•
"I began to see why woman-haters
could make such fools of women . W orn-·
an-haters were like gods: invulnerable
and chock full of power. They descended,
and then disappeared. You .c ould never
catch one ."
This was her last night in New York .
She took her "stylish" wardrobe and
threw it out the window into the city's
"dark heart."
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Her mother immediately suggested that
she take a secretarial course, that a :
woman might be smart but she'd really be ,
in demand only if she knew a skill - like ·
shorthand. Then she "could transcribe let- .
ter after thrilling letter.
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"The trouble was, I hated the idea of ;
serving men in any way," said Esther. "I :
wanted to dictate my own thrilling let- ·
ters."
She was home after her New York
fiasco . She didn't want to take a secretarial course and then she didn't make it into
the special writing seminar she had
planned on. She couldn't sleep night after
night. Her mother took her to a psychiatrist.
"I hated him the minute he walked
through the door. "
She thought about dying and tried to
die, by hanging, by slicing her wrists, by ,
swimming and swimming until she sank . '
But she found out that humans float.
Then she took a bottle of pills and
glass of water into an unused hole in the ·
cellar. They found her three days later in,
horrible condition.
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She was taken to a mental hospital •
where she slowly grew out of the death-·
hold she had on herself. But in her life she
did not win. Plath destroyed herself and'~
was destroyed by the bell jar where she;
sat, "stewing in my own sour air.
"I've tried to picture my whole world
and everyone in it as seen through the ,
distorting lens of a bell jar," Plath said . :;
"My second look will show the same ·
world as seen through eyes of health."
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That second look was never written. It ,
was found stillborn in a cold London flat
in 1963.
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get married.
"I know that in spite of all the roses
and kisses and restaurant dinners a man
showered on a woman before he married
her, what he secretly wanted when the
wedding service ended was for her to flat- :
ten out under his feet.
"I began to think maybe it was true
that when you were married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and
afterward, you went about numb as a
slave in some private, totalitarian state. "
She was trapped with "fashion conscious," "clean" women and decided to go
to a party with the most "unclean" one.
She ended up being handed a diamond
and then knocked down and nearly raped
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The writings of Anne Sexton, the poet.
and friend of Sylvia Plath who also ,
committed suicide last October, will be•
read by Carol Fuller this Sunday , '
December 8, at 10 :30 a.m . at th e
Unitarian Fellowship of Olympia, 219 "B"
St ., Tumwater.
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Food I Nanette Westerman
THE BIG CHEESE
into thin slices enough sharp cheese to fill
It has been said that cheese is "milk's
bread and biscuits, make a soup of it or
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ne cup . Butter a baking dish and place in
leap t\>ward immortality, " and in some
put it into a cheese pie like this one : First
it alternate layers of bread, onion, and
c.1ses this has been almost literally true,
line a pil' pan with pastry . Sprinkle the
cheese. Combine 2 eggs and 2 cups of
fo r thl' recorded praises of cheese go back
bottom with about one cup of grated
milk and pour this over the layers . Bake
turther than 500 B.C. There are many legJarlsberg cheese and about one cup of
at 350 degrees for about 112 hour or unends surn>unding the origins of cheese,
frozen chopped spinach , thawed and
til the custard is set.
but all of them have this in common: a
drained . Over this pour a well-blended
From all the signs, this winter promises
rider lwgins a long journey with milk
mixture of one cup cream , one cyp milk,
to be an exceptionally cold one, so it will
sti m:~ d in a pouch made of the stomach of
3 eggs, half an onion minced, 1/4 cup
be important to remembe-r warm and susa young cow . Later he discovers that his
flour, 3 / 4 teaspoon salt and 114 teaspoon
taining
foods like this Cheddar Cheese
milk has separated into thickish lumps
each pepper and nutmeg. Baise at 425 deSoup : In a large saucepan cook one sliced
a nd a pale, thin liquid. Even so, he finds
grees for about 15 minutes, lower the
onion and one cup diced celery in butter
it tn be quite delectable, and the first
temperature to 350 and bake for about 20
for ahout 5 minutes. Blend in 1/4 cup
_cheese is eaten .
flour, 112 teaspoon
Cheese has come a
dry mustard, 1 tealong way from that
spoon Worcestershir~
of the early legends,
some crushed garlic,
but milk and rennet,
which is made from
and salt. Add 2 bouilthe · stomachs of
lon cubes, 2 cups of
young cows, are still
· water, and one diced
the basic ingredients
carrot. Bring to a
in cheese making.
boil, and simmer covered. for 15 minutes .
Milk for cheese can
co me from several
Add 4 cups mi)k and
sources . Besides cow's
heat almost to boiling. Add 8 ounces
m ilk , the milk of
grated sharp cheddar
goats and sheep is
cheese , stir until
frequently. used. Moz- .
cheese is melted . Seaza rella was originson to taste with salt
ally made from bufand pepper and
falo milk and still is
serve .
in some parts of
lt_a ly.
The best way
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which I can think of
Beyond the basic
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to enjoy cheese is in
ingredients, the proc:
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a cheesecake. This
ess used for every
recipe. is exceedingly
cheese is different,
simple and yet prowith any slight varia.
duces one of the best
tion in method procheesecakes to be
d-u cing an entirely
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crumbs, 1 I 4
including the "proc~ ·-----cup sugar, and about
e sed" cheeses. I am
6 tablespoons melted
not sure that some_
of these deserve to
butter, or more if
necessary . ·With this
be p~t in the same
mixture line a 9-inch
category with natural cheese, agreeing
more minutes, or until an inserted knife
springform pan, or two ordinary 8-inch
with Clifton Fadiman when he says that
comes out clean . Let the pie stand for at
pie pans . Beat together until smooth 3
"process cheese represents the triumph of
least ten minutes before serving, so it has
large packages cream cheese, 3 eggs, one
technology over conscience."
a chance to set. This recipe can be varied
I Cheese can be made at home if you
cup sugar and 112 teaspoon vanilla.
with different vegetables such as asparah' ve the right equipment, most of which
Pour this into the waiting crust and bake
gus or broccoli, or with the addition of
is found in the average kitchen . The comat 350 degnies for 20 to 30 minutes, Re-. ham or bacon.
plete instructions for making cottage and
move from the oven and cool to room
The flavors of cheese and onion often
Neufchatel cheese are to be found in Joy
temperature. Mix one pint sour cream
blend well, as shown by this Bread and
,,f C>oki,.lg in the section entitled "Know
with 3 tablespoons sugar and spread on
Onion Custard with Cheese: Saute in buty,,ur Ingredients. "
top of th<' ch<'<' ~Pcake . Bake another 5 to
ter until clear one chopped onion . Cut
Cheese is a nourishing and versatile
10 minutes at 500 degrees .
into cubes .1 /. 2 small loaf of bread . Cut
t ,,,d . high in protein . You can put it in
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Cinema
Academic Film Series (Tuesday, Lee.
Hall 1, 1:30 and 7:30 p .m. , free ) : Children of Paradise - The complete 188minute vers ion of the French film made
over a period of two years.
Friday Nite Film (Friday, Lee . Hall 1, 7
and 9:30p .m ., 50 cents): Teorama - A
mysterious stranger seduces a bourgeois
family. Directed by Pastolini.
Frank Capra's Mr . Deeds Goes to Town
w ill be shown free tonight , December 5,
at 8 in Lee. Hall 1.
Evergreen Coffeehouse (ASH Commons): The Virgin and the Gypsy--Based
on D .H. Lawrence's last novel , the fi lm
stars Joanna Shimkus and Franco Ner:o.
Screens Sunday, December 8 at 7 and
9:30p.m.
Capitol: Gone With the Wind -- Long
live the South.
O lympic: That's Entertainment -- Long
live MGM.
State: The O wl and the Pussycat -- The
Barbara Streisand musical, co-billed with
Confessions of a Window Cleaner .
Evergree n Coffeehouse (ASH Comm ons) : Friday, December 6, Lee A nn
Bosworth si ngs and plays guitar. Saturday, Jeff Steinhart will perform. Both
shows run from 8:30 to midnight.
ni ght in the seco nd floor Library lobby .
Included will be the Old Time String
Band ; British Isles music; ballads ; bluegrass; co untry-western ; fiddling; open
jam sessions; concert and squa re dance
from 7: 30 o n ; and workshops cove ring
women in cou ntry music, bizarre but virtuous instruments, bluegrass fingerpicking, and old time clawhammer.
Students from Interplay present a program of expe riment a l theater , dance ,
mus ic, and art Friday, December 6 at 8
p .m. in the second floor Library lobby.
Exhibits
Evergreen Library Gallery: Drawings
by Les Lepere and jewelry by Merrily
Thompkins will b e on display th!ough
December 20. Outside the Gallery, an exhibit entitled "12 Good Young Pain ters"
by members of Susan Christian's contracts
runs through December 9. Included in the
exhibit is Barbara Shelnutt's Hot & Cold,
bearing the inscription, "Come closer.
Lick this paper. Smell it. Smell yourself.
Don't go to the bathroom - you can do ' .'
it right here ."
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On Stage
The Flaming Zucchini returns to Evergreen - tonight, December 5 from 8 to 9
in Lee. Hall 3. According to organizers,
the Zucchini has added a new trick to his
fire-eating act: laying on a bed of nails.
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The Silver Image Photography Gallery .
727 Commerce St. , presents an exhibit of t...~
p hotographs by Carmel area photographers including Ansel Adams , Wynn
Bullock, AI Weber, and Edward Weston
beginning Monday , December 9 , and '~
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running through January 12.
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Applejam: Tonight , December 5, Papa
Kennedy, the 88-year-old son of an itinerant logger and an Indian mother, will
share his memories of growing up o n th e
Choc taw and Chickasaw Indian Reserva tions. Friday, T om Maddox and Susan
O sborn perform original and contemporary pieces on voice and guitar . Saturday,
the . Gypsy Gyppo String Band performs
o ld-timey, old mountain dan ce music.
Doors open at 8:30, ope n mike at 9, and
featured entertai nm ent starts at 9:30p.m.
for all performances.
The Country Music cont ract presents
·Country Music Day <J t Evergreen today,
Decembt•r 5. from 10:30 a.m . until midDecember 5, 1974
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