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JOURNAL
Volume IV Number 9

November 20, 1975

Student Curriculum Resolutions

by Jill Stewart
In a call for action unlike anything seen
before on this campus, a group of about
375 people—predominately students—met
in CAB 110 yesterday, Nov. 19, to
discuss student involvement in policy and
curriculum planning. After three major
resolutions were passed by the group
during the three-hour meeting, about 145
people—including some faculty—marched
in an orderly procession to Vice President
and Provost Ed Kormondy's office on the
third floor of the library.
Although Kormondy was not in town,
a petition was presented to his office
which all students have a chance to sign
today before 3 pm. The petition reads:
We, the undersigned, resolve:
That a two day moratorium will be
held, calling off all classes and school/
business, so that students, faculty,
and staff can hold teach-ins for the
purpose of discussing the processes of
restructuring, governance, and planning at Evergreen.
The dates of this teach-in shall be
November 24 and 25.
We resolve that the faculty and
staff have these two days off with
pay, for the purpose of attending the
teach-ins.

not accepted and enacted upon, a strike
will be called.
THE MEETING
With the room filled to capacity by
12:30 pm, late-comers squeezed into the
hallways and strained to see the person
talking. The dynamics of the group
fluctuated, at times volatile, at times
coldly rational.
Representatives of student organizations
—including the Women's Center, the Gay
Center and the Third World Coalition—
began by giving brief statements concerning the lack of support from the
administration in areas such as curriculum
planning. They cited student and
faculty-proposed programs that were
dropped without explanation, and, also,
the refusal to hire gay faculty—harkening
back to the Chuck Harbaugh controversy
of last year—as a few of their grievances.
As the meeting opened, individuals
shared past experiences they felt were
incompatible with the "way Evergreen
should be," such as student-intitiated
program proposals forced to compete
with faculty program proposals, no real
influence in the firing or hiring of faculty
and the up-to-now inability of faculty,

staff and students to affect any changes in
these situations. A few faculty and staff
also spoke out on these problems.
The tension in the group became
evident when a vote for a resolution was
called. The resolution—which was resoundingly defeated by the group—would
have "used the consultative pool (formed
by Dean Lynn Patterson) as an interim
mechanism to coordinate student involvement in curriculum." As the debate on
this issue increased, a predictable situation
in a group this large developed. A few
people became unreasonably obnoxious,
cutting others short, snubbing the
moderator, and pursuing any immediate
thought aloud. At some point in this
confusion, more than 50 people filtered
out, obviously unhappy with the change
in the tone of the meeting.
The situation vacillated from that point
between long periods of reasonable
discussion to upsurges of noise and anger.
The original moderator stepped down,
replaced by a woman with a greater
knowledge of parliamentary procedure to
guide the group. Despite occasional
stagnation in the discussion, there was
surprising cooperation and progress

Three other resolutions were passed at
the meeting which represented the feelings
of the group. The resolutions were:
I. The students of Evergreen assembled
here today resolve that any restructuring
of the Evergreen program should occur
only after maximum student involvement
and that students shall be an integral part
in any decision making body dealing with
these changes.
II. We resolve that a moratorium be
placed on enactment of all restructuring
proposals until the students have formed
an organization that will have a deciding
voice in that restructuring.
III. Be it resolved that the above
petition advocating a two-day teach-in
be taken to Ed Kormondy this afternoon.
If this petition dealing with this teach-in is

among a group as large as the one yesterday.
The first resolution was passed largely
in response to Merv Cadwallader's
structural change proposal (see page one).
Students were concerned that they are not
being included in planning their own
education—in obvious disagreement with
statements put forth in the yearly
Evergreen catalog. No resolution was
made to either support or reject his ideas,
however, partly because many people
have not seen the proposal yet, and partly
because those students familiar with it are
on both sides of the issue, but most
because the issue is not the point. The
concern is with student absence in
planning all areas of their education,
including re-structuring the college. An
overwhelming majority approved the
resolution.
Resolution two is aimed at giving
Evergreen students time to form a
cohesive, stable organization to represent
them in any planning for re-structuring of
the college. It also demands a decisionmaking role for students in any
re-structuring.
Resolution three demands, through
petitioning, enactment of two consecutive
days, called "Teach-ins," for all staff,
faculty and students to disregard other
activities and seriously share and discuss
problems and successes in the structure,
policy and curriculum of Evergreen. The
organizational-planning of these two days
will begin at noon, today, in CAB 110,
and all are encouraged to attend.
Kormondy will respond to the petition
on the moratorium in CAB 110 at 3 pm
today. A large crowd is expected.
Petitions on the moratorium resolution
are available at the Information Kiosk,
and anyone is welcome to circulate or
sign them for the 3 pm meeting with
Kormondy.
The march to Kormondy's office by the
145 people drew curious stares and
questions from bystanders—"Hey, what's
going on?" The great umbrella of apathy
protecting this campus has apparently
lifted.

Restructuring Evergreen

by Bill Taylor and SamI OOlOmOn
Solomon
A faculty member's plan to divide
Evergreen into four separate colleges is
one of many plans proposed during this
past week in response to a steadily
growing awareness of student needs and
institutional demands. Students concerned
with finding processes for change have
been organizing to become a creative and
necessary component in the formulation
of any plans for future curriculum or
restructuring of the college.
The plan to divide the school into four
separate colleges, proposed by faculty
member Merv Cadwallader, was put forth
in response to a "nosedive in enrollment,"
coupled with what Cadwallader sees as a
"kind of a mandate" from the recent
Washington State Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) report.
"The reason I'm stirring the pot now is
I've become increasingly disturbed over
the enrollment picture," said Cadwallader.
"We could see as far back as two years
ago the coming nosedive in enrollment.
The crisis is serious enough that the
faculty should get agitated."
Cadwallader also pointed to the CPE
report which—while recognizing Evergreen's role as "the" innovative college to
serve the entire state—concluded that
Evergreen must also do something else;
the school must serve the needs of
potential students within its own regional
"service area," the southwestern portion
of the state.
Cadwallader's plan would divide Evergreen into four separate colleges, each
with a separate dean and operating
budget. Faculty would have freedom to
move around between colleges, but would
be asked to identify with a home college.
Students would be permitted to enter any
one of the colleges and move around
freely, "as advised."
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the more exact delineation of responsibilities and duties of deans, the increased
emphasis on "majors" and what Cadwallader calls "interdisciplinary departments,"
the introduction of a graduate school and
the decrease in size of the coordinated
studies curriculum.
College One, or "The College of
Coordinated Studies," would consist of 30
faculty members serving about 500
students. Faculty members would be
selected for their competence as well as
desire to teach in the coordinated studies
mode. The school would offer four or five
basic, and two or three advanced
programs.
College Two, consisting of half of
Evergreen's faculty and students, would
offer "several major areas of interdisciplinary study" and "stable opportunities for
students to pursue a major course of
study." Cadwallader divides this school,
which he calls "The College of Interdisciplinary and Disciplinary Studies
Through Group Contracts, Courses, and
individual Contracts," into several loose
departments. Among them are "Area of
the Policy Sciences," "Area of Environmental Studies," "Area of Visual and
Performing Arts," and others.
College Three, "The College of Special
Studies," would focus on individual work,
both on and off campus. It would have 20
faculty and offer co-op education, internships, external credit, self-paced learning,
and other individual modes of study.
College Four, "The College of Graduate
Studies in Public Policy," would offer
evening courses and individual contract
work to ward a masters degree in that
subject. Its ten faculty members would
also teach courses in College Two.
Cadwallader sees as major advantages
to his plan the facts that the offering of
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regular, specified courses will help attract
more students to the school; the division
of the school into four units with separate
deans would increase their effectiveness
while forcing a more active role on the
academic vice-president; and a solution to
the problem of coordinated studies programs which "blow up" because faculty
and students are forced into them against
their wills.
Cadwallader and faculty member Richard Alexander, a proponent of the plan,
feel that every advantage of the proposal
will reinforce the main one—that of
meeting the problem of declining enrollment. "We've got to make Evergreen
attractive to students so they'll come here
instead of PLU or elsewhere," said
Alexander.
Opposition to Cadwallader
The major faculty opposition to Cadwallader's plan comes in the form of
apprehensions about the potential competition, isolation, and elitism that could
result from splitting the school into four
colleges.
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"A hierarchy is inevitable with anykind
of division." "Some aspects will have
more status, especially in terms of
faculty," said faculty member Greg
Portnoff.
In seeking discussion and suggestions
on the plan, Cadwallader has been
holding a series of meetings among small
groups of faculty members at his home.
Since the first meeting on Nov. 10,
Cadwallader has talked to close to half
the faculty in this manner. He plans to
present the proposal at a faculty
work-day meeting scheduled for this
Wednesday, Nov. 26.
"The issue is not whether Cadwallader's
plan is good or bad," said student Leslie
Owen, "but that it's being conceived and

discussed in ai mmatter ignoring that we're
all in this process and must get together."
Cadwallader denies he is deliberately
ignoring students in the presentation of
his plan, but points to his upcoming presentation of it to Dean Lynn Patterson's
curriculum "consultative pool" and pleads
time restrictions for not doing more as he
prepares for presentation of the plan to
the faculty at Wednesday's meeting.
Student Donald Brooks believes that
Cadwallader has deeper obligations to
students. "I don't know anything about it
and I want to know why I don't know
anything about it," said Brooks.
Administrative Vice-President Ed Kormondy views Cadwallader's plan as "one
of several" ways to examine and
re-examine Evergreen's original structure
in attempts to solve problems such as the
proper support of coordinated studies
programs and improvement of the
efficiency of the deans. However,
Kormondy does not view declining
enrollment as a major problem—yet the
seriousness of this problems is precisely
what Cadwallader sees as the primary argument in favor of adopting his plan.
"Next spring I may be eating my words,"
said Kormondy, "but this is the
turnaround year for declining enrollment.
The enrollment nosedive is not happening."
Faculty member Greg Portnoff also
believes Cadwallader's plan is addressed
to the wrong problem, but has yet
another view of the relevant concerns. He
sees Evergreen's internal difficulties as
stemming primarily from human failings
(e.g., inability to do quality teaching,
inability to cooperate) rather than
systematic ones. "Structural changes cop
out on these problems," says Portnoff.
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by far less radical surgery; for example
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BRING BACK MY
PORTFOLIO TO ME
To the Editor:
Dear people out there: Last
week I left a red portfolio
outside of Sem. rm. 4151. And
now I can't find it. . .Please
return it whoever found it. I
have looked everywhere for it
and can't locate it. The paper
inside it is worthless except to
me for my research project this
quarter, and also in it are all my
notes from" this quarter in
Africa and the U.S. I have a
t;reen folder (3-ring notebook),
and a manila folder with a red
iabel — "Africa and the U.S.
October" inside it. I am offering
a $20 reward, no questions
asked. Please please please . . .
Red

FROM MEXICO
Last Saturday morning (Oct.
18), seven students left for Mexico City and parts unknown accompanied by four people who
had also been studying here, but
aren't Evergreeners. Eight students remained, then Karl Franz
'author of A People's Guide to
Mexico) and two others took off
on a backpacking trip in the Sierras north of here. Those remaining have a really full schedule: five hours of Spanish, six
hours of seminars and 15 hours
of voluntary work each week.
Sergio Dorado, my co-coordinator, is teaching the Spanish
classes. I'm doing the seminars.
We're reading one book a week
or a part of one (from our book
list) for one session, and in the
other we discuss our voluntary
work, sharing what we've learned
with the others. So far, the book
seminar has been in English
(most of the first books we're

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EDITOR
Ti Locke
MANAGING EDITOR
Gary Plautz
NEWS EDITOR
Chris Carroll

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There are a few frictions here
and there, but we're adapting
very well — when Karl Franz arrived, he couldn't believe how
friendly .the people were here
and how beautiful the town is.
We're situated in the hills — or
Sierra Mountains — at 7,300 feet
above sea level; a 419 year old
town called Chalchihuites (we
celebrated the anniversary of the
town's founding two weeks ago,
but that's another story) clustered
around a beautiful cathedral and
gardens.
Food is another involved subject. It's really good, but not.
much variation, and certainly
different from Moreno's and
Taco Time! Our dinners are always consistent — soup, rice,
stew, beans and lots of tortillas!
At times we have enchiladas,
tacos, or chili reelenos, but they
are certainly a treat rather than
regular fare. There is just one
kind of cheese here and it's very
distinctive; beer, tequila and
coke are everywhere and the
milk is true "raw" milk. Everyone's been sick but me — I just
had a cold from the change in
climate. It's quite warm during
the day — in the 80's — and
cool at night. The houses all
have walls at least 18 inches
thick, so it's always quite cool
inside.
Hope all is well at Evergreen.
Do write soon. Tell everyone
we're sorry you're not here!
Susan Fiksdal
Faculty member
Mexico Program

reading are in English) and the
second is in Spanish.
Our voluntary work is fascinating — one student is probing
public services — electricity and
water, how it's distributed and
regulated; one is'learning weaving from two masters here; one
is working in a tienda and a cantina (bar); another is attending
classes and teaching English in a
secondary school. We're all a lot
busier than we'd imagined —
have fiestas every time we can
dream up an occasion and since
we all have good imaginations . . !
On weekends we go on excursions — yesterday (Oct. 25)
drove for hours up in the hills in
the back of a truck to visit a
mine. It was an incredible experience just being there. People
kept asking what could have
brought you here! First gringos
they'd ever seen.
We've been particularly lucky
to have met a group of professors and grad students from
Southern Illinois University who
are working on a dig only eight
kilometers from here. Besides
being able to visit the ruins and
learn first-hand from a very able
Doctor Kelly, the other professors have given us several hours
of their time to introduce the students to pre-Columbian Mexican
culture, and relate it to current
conditions and practices. They've
all done huge amounts of field
work here, have practically lived
here for 20 years, speak excellent
Spanish and are generally very
fine people.
This town is becoming more
and more interesting the longer
we stay. The population is 4,000
but swells to a good 5,000 on
weekends, particularly Sunday,
market day.

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POOR WHITES
To the Editor:
After reading the Honkey Pig
letter and the reactions to it I
feel there are a couple of points
that I should address. First,
There are a lot of poor white
people who attend Evergreen.
We aren't all rich and middle
class. Believe it or not there are
a few of us who don't come
from Bellevue, Mercer Island,
Westchester County New York,
or other relatively middle class,
affluent, obnoxious, places. Not
all of us can afford to "call up
daddy and ask for a little more
money." Some of us whites
wouldn't be here if financial aid
or the government didn't help us
out.
Secondly, Even though poor
whites are oppressed in this society, I don't want to form another center or coalition. After
all, Evergreen has plenty of those
already. You see I was here before factionalism became the
thing to do. The good old days
when it was us against them.
(Them being everyone outside of
Evergreen.) Now it has eroded to
us against us. Honkey Pig and
the reaction to him brilliantly illustrated that point for us. There
was a lot of hate contained in
those letters. I'm not saying that
we should disband the coalitions,
or that they are inherently bad.
The problems facing Evergreen
are real and should be dealt
with. But before we huddle into
our own little opposing groups
let's take a good look at what we
are losing.
A member of the P.W.N.C.
(Poor White NonCoalition)

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Shoplifting in Olympia
To the Editor:
As an advocate working in the
legal aid office at Evergreen, I
have repeatedly run across a
situation which I feel should be
brought to the attention of the
community.
Since our office opened a year
ago, a number of students have
come in because they were
arrested for shoplifting. There
seems to be a common misconception about the severity with
which this offense is regarded by
the courts. An individual who is
convicted of shoplifting in Olympia municipal court is likely to
be fined from $150 to $200,
regardless of the value of the
item stolen. We recently spoke
with a person who received a
$200 fine, and a 30-day suspended jail sentence for shoplifting an 87 cent item.
Many of the students who
have visited our office concerning shoplifting problems were
arrested at Sea Mart. It seems
that Sea Mart has a very
effecient security system, and
they prosecute even the most
petty offenses. Perhaps this
information will deter people
who cannot afford to pay
exobitant fines.
barah Garraty

TOODLES
To the Editor:
Gary Kaufman's joke in last
week's journal about assassinating Ford had us in the dorms
rolling on the floor in laughter.
We especially like the part where
Gary said that nobody has tried
to kill Ford for almost a month,
but what really had us roaring
was when he said, "Better luck
next time folks."
Hey, Gary, now do one how
Betty Ford hasn't had a mastectomy for many months. Then
say, "Better luck next time
folks." Get it, Gary? We knew
you'd like it. Feel free to use this
witty blurb if you can't come up
with anything funnier. Or repeat
your Ford joke—we can't get
over how witty and perceptive is
was. The thing we like about
you, Gary, is that you speak on
our level. Toodles.
The IQ 80 Club

WATCH OUT BIKERS
To the Editor:
To a bicycle rider of Evergreen: I almost killed you the
other night—I don't know who
you are, but you came out of the
dark on Cooper Point Road with
no lights and one reflector on
your bike.
If I had been going any faster
or you any slower, you might be
residing at Selene and Eros
Funeral Home, or at the very
least, you would be recovering
in St. Peter's Hospital from the
impact of my truck. (I wouldn't
feel too great myself).
I plead with you and all
Evergreen bicyclists: get lights
and reflectors for you and your
bike (leg lights are most effective
and cost about $3.) Also, wear
light clothing so a car's headlights reflect on your clothes
(you spent quite a bit of money
on that neat bike; doesn't it
make sense to have lights so
you'll be alive to ride it?)
Plus, the fine for not having
working lights on your bicycle
or body can be as must as $25.
So, here's the choice: a $3 light;
a $25 fine; or a $1,000 funeral
you won't even be around to
see?
Name Withheld by Request

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On Curriculum
by Jill Stewart
Throughout the many discussions of
curriculum planning, master planning,
and structure changes recently, Academic
Dean Lynn Patterson is in a position to
reflect upon the events of the past week.
She is the dean directly responsible for
curriculum planning for next year.
Patterson stressed that if students are
going to tr^ to change the decision-making process and obtain power and
authority, they should look at the whole
COG document, recognizing specific
instances (such as curriculum) as not
being the root of the problem.
"If COG isn't working or isn't
responsive, we should look at the whole
governance issue. These curriculum issues
are convenient for rallying, but they don't
speak to the underlying question," she
said.
While she agreed that energy and
excitement are running high this week,
she cautioned that energy "not be
diffussed from solid discussions. I hope
students will read and make comments on
the faculty proposals and engage faculty
in discussions of them. It would be a
waste if energy was focusesd on
governance, decision-making or Merv
Cadwallader."
To futher a f f i r m her feeling that
information is the key to curriculum
planning, Patterson urged students to read
the faculty proposals for next year,
1976-77, and the following year, 1977-78.
The proposals have been posted near her
new office on the second floor of the
library by the elevator. A suggestion box
will be available for responses to the
proposals made thus far. Patterson will
personally read each response. She noted
that the deadline for proposals has been
extended to Dec. 1 to allow more time for
planning student-initiated programs, but
these groups must have a faculty sponsor

or backer. Each group should make
several copies of their proposal, posting
one on the wall with the others and giving
one to Patterson's secretary. An additional
wall is located in the Lab Building, first
floor near the Cooperative Education
Office.
On the issue of faculty and students
working together to plan curriculum, she
was optimistic. However, she went on to
say, "There is a sense among faculty that
there are certain issues with regard to
academic credit, curriculum planning and
hiring that faculty have traditionally held
to be in their domain. My sense is that
indeed there would be much controversy
and disagreement on the part of a large
number of faculty were we to propose
that faculty and students had equal
determination of curriculum."
Another question being raised often is
that of actually empowering students to
make curriculum decisions. Patterson's
thoughts: "Faculty don't make curriculum
decisions. The four academic deans have
all the decision-making authority as a
delegation. They can choose to involve
people in many ways. They have chosen
to use involvement from students and
faculty. You can be sure that if students
got power like this while faculty have
no power, they are certainly going to say,
'Wait a minute!'"
Patterson pointed out that under the
present system, relaying information to
the deans is necessary.
"So long as we (faculty) believe that we
have deans who really can listen and
assimilate information, who are moderately wise and intelligent and able to
make decisions, then we can free
ourselves to teach. We have to believe
that these people can do the work, and
support them. The support is information.
Keep them informed. Deans have to know
what is going on from both faculty and
students," she said.

AND NOW . . . TWENTY POINTS
by Neil Marshall
A new curriculum has been designed
each year in Evergreen's past. One of the
unfortunate results of this yearly planning
is that no one knows the shape of Evergreei\ curriculum more than a year in
advance. Currently-enrolled students have
no guarantee that future offerings will
meet their future wants. And each spring,
students must reorder their priorities to
meet the offerings as they appear during
registration week.
Sometimes students find a course that
lines up exactly with their wants, but
more often we compromise some wants
for others and sign into a program meeting our major interest along with other
less important interests.
This situation is compounded for new
students who have never taken an Evergreen course. Students who can't know
what the offerings will be until late
spring, when many have already chosen
their college and their courses within it.
In order to correct for this unpredictability, Dean Lynn Patterson is currently
developing a curriculum for next year and
the year after. The idea for developing a
two-year curriculum was first discussed at
the Lake Quinault Planning Retreat last
March. By that group, and by Lynn, it is
felt that Evergreen has operated long
enough to recognize the general outlines
of its curriculum. If this is so, there is
good reason to abstract this outline and
to present it to current and prospective
students. This outline would guarantee all
students that certain types of educational
opportunities will be offered by this
school for the next two years.
Patterson has drawn up such an outline and it contains what she calls, "the 20
'must be's' for curriculum 76-77 and
77 - 78." Patterson doesn't feel she has
necessarily included all of the points that
should be included, or that what she has
included is in every case the right thing.
Because of this, she has formed a pool of
50 students — two from each program
and contract — to read over the points
and inform her of what they lack or misstate.
The pool of students has felt that all
students should have the opportunity to
review these points and to give input both
to the pool and to Patterson about them.
The pool members from your program
should have a meeting this week or early
next week to discuss these points with
you.
To facilitate this, the Journal is printing
the 20 points. We hope you'll read them
over, think of their merits and demerits
and attend the program meeting relating

to them.
I. A number of basic programs (7) which develop
facility in reading and writing and provide for
familiarity with basic concepts/tools in several
disciplines. They should be good starting points
for any future college work. They should have
some similarities but each with a clearly different
emphasis.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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II. At least one of these basic programs would
clearly deal in large measure with visual and performing arts, and understanding and appreciation
rather than a training ground for professional
work . . . but with focus on reading, writing analysis.
III. A number of programs — probably 5 —
which are designed to teach method and theory in
specific disciplines, with problem solving or applied focus, plus one program or good contract
each year which teaches method and theory in social science through community study field work
experience.
IV. At least one program which features an area
study with intensive language study.
V. An opportunity for intensive language training
in a summer total immersion setting.
VI. One program which provides an opportunity i
for performance as a major focus of activity/development of expressive techniques, but not to be
thought of as advanced professional training in
any performance area — and not "basic" unless it
has the other qualities of a basic program, specifically clear theme, major focus on reading, writing,
analysis, book seminars.
VII. Opportunity to participate in credit-generafing performance groups through modules in chamber orchestra, jazz ensemble and chorus.
VIII. Opportunity for study in environmental/
biological sciences program, group contract and
individual Contract levels each year.
IX. Opportunity for study in specific subject matter through evening modules designed to support
program activities. These modules will include at a
minimum these next two years general chemistry,
calculus, pre-calculus, organic chemistry, statistics,
general physics, biology, life drawing, music theory and image making.
X. Opportunity for study in visual arts through
programs at basic level (see above) and through
the following types of group contracts: one each
in conceptual art, 2-dimensional art, 3-dimensional art and photography or film.
XI. Opportunity for study of proposals, techniques
and theory in the field of communications in an
interdisciplinary program aimed at intermediate to
advanced students.
XII. Opportunity for intensive work in group contract mode in the following social science areas
each year: history, sociology/anthropology, psychology and political economy.
XIII. Opportunity for advanced individual work
or internships with faculty assigned to contract
pool, five each from humanities, natural sciences,
social sciences and at least three from arts/media.
XIV. For the next two years a program designed
for those students interested primarily in studying
management/administration/public affairs within
an interdisciplinary setting, to be available at
hours suitable for students who work part or fulltime.
XV. A Native American studies program designed primarily for Native American students.
XVI. One advanced humanities program which
operates at a lower faculty/student ratio than normal, with support of funds from national endowment.

cuntinueJ from page 1
three or four coordinated studies programs run solely during the evenings and
weekends, or perhaps a serious commitment to women's studies."
Klyn Offers Plan
"I agree we need changes," says faculty
member Stan Klyn. "Lack of definition
confuses a lot of people. We do a lot of
lying. We need to be more honest. If we
say students will participate, let's find a
process for this to happen."
Klyn has proposed a plan of his own
consisting of a college with three major
components. The first would be "Continual Studies." Encompassing 40 percent of
the faculty with an average teacher/student ratio of twenty-two to one,
Continual Studies would provide an
ongoing content curriculum on all
undergraduate levels.
Continual Studies would be "offered
periodically and continually on a predefined schedule" so that students desiring
this mode of study would have a clear
idea of what choices would be available
to them. Klyn's plan did not elaborate on
specific curriculum but said "content
would be determined by faculty."
The second component of Klyn's plan is
"Experimental Studies; to provide diversity and exploration/development." Fifty
percent of the faculty would be assigned
to this area, resulting in seventeen to one
student/faculty ratio average. Programs
and study modes in this area would be
innovative and explorative. "It is here we
try many different approaches to deal
with education," said Klyn. In this
experimental component "Neither mode
nor content are predefined. Students and
faculty determine both on a need and
interest basis."
As well as dealing with an eclectic
curriculum, an intrinsic part of the
Experimental Studies component would be
programs which continually evaluated
overall needs of the college, with students
and faculty doing this work together.

The third component in Klyn's proposal
would be Topical Studies—"to provide
specialization and depth." This program
would be open to seniors of Evergreen,
graduates of other four-year colleges, and
working professional people. Ten percent
of the faculty would be assigned to this
area, providing a fifteen to one
student/faculty ratio. Says Klyn, "This
component would focus on multi- and
interdisciplinary study of a highly focused
topic of contemporary social concern, e.g.
'Energy—Present and Alternative Uses.'"
Klyn speculates that one and possibly two
topical areas of study would be dealt with
during every two years with a new topic
offered at the end of the two year period.
In this component studies would culminate in "major publication and a public
symposium."
Klyn feels that the problem of
restructuring is something that no one and
no one proposal could solve. Klyn says,
"I am arguing for the existence of many
proposals so that we can seriously grapple
with all the issues. We must all be together in building a solution."
All Plans Immaterial
Faculty member Joye Peskin offered not
a plan, but a process for evaluating the
need for any plan at all—a process for
evaluating individual power with a desire
for creating a coalition between students,
faculty and staff. "The process I am
looking at is one where people start
talking with one another," said Peskin.
Peskin sees the problem as being one of
a basic incongruity between governance
policies and the needs of students,
staff, faculty and community.
Faculty member Susan Strasser agrees.
"How plans are decided on and
implemented is as big a problem as
Merv's plan itself. I am against the COG
(Committee or. Governance) document
and the ideas inherent to it," she said.
The COG document delegates power to
the administration alone.
continued on page 10

Hooker St. James
by John Dodge
An overflow crowd jammed Lecture
Hall 1 Wednesday night to hear Margo
St. James—Chairmadam of COYOTE
(Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics)-rap
about the role of the prostitute in society.
Margo St. James took the stage after a
presentation of the film "Hookers." A
casual, self-assured woman, Margo introduced herself as born and raised in
Bellingham. Flashing a toothy smile, she
told the audience that COYOTE, a loose
woman's organization, was founded on
Mother's Day in 1973. She followed her
opening remarks with this recital:
"any woman can be a whore
any woman is a whore
but man can't tell the difference."
Scattered applause followed.
Margo talked about the need for
feminist support at the national level to
enable COYOTE to realize its goal of
XVII. At least three off-campus offerings in the
form of small intense programs designed to meet
needs of off-campus students, i.e. state workers,
Tacoma, probably a new program someplace in
Southwestern Washington area. Faculty will be
assigned to work with these groups.
XVIII. One faculty member who has major part
of assignment coordinates study program, individualized or group, for Evergreen staff.
XIX. Two faculty members assigned to provide
counsel to students in preparation of external
credit documents.
XX. One program or group contract each year
which deals i,pecifically with concerns/issues/
themes important to Third World students and
women students.
I estimate that doing all these things would require
approximately 90 faculty members — we've got
about 120

decriminalization of prostitution. Here in
the Washington State legislature, Representative Kalich has sponsored House Bill
727 which calls for legalization and
control of p r o s t i t u t i o n . Legalization
would include licensing prostitutes and
placing them under the jurisdiction of the
State Board of Health. Although personally unfamiliar with the bill, Margo
voiced displeasure with any bill advocating legalization, rather than decriminalization.
In an issue that strikes close to home
(Martin Way between Olympia and
Tacoma), Ms. St. James categorized
massage parlors as the "the epitome of
rip-offs." The prostitute working out of
massage parlors or brothels pays up to
half of her earnings to the boss. Margo
was persistent in her demand that
"whores" be allowed to manage their own
lives.
A little closer to campus, Margo stated
figures showing that the venereal disease
rate among prostitutes is 3 percent
compared with up to 25 percent among
college student populations. She said the
typical "trick" ranges in age from 35 to
55. "It has been my experience that
customers under 25 are bad news," said
Margo. "They are often insecure, brutal,
and want their money back."
Chairmadam St. James revealed some
interesting statistics about women engaged
in "the worlds oldest profession." "Of the
'whores' I have talked to, over 90 percent
entered the profession between the ages of
13 to 17," Margo said. "And 90 percent
were also incest victims in their youth."

IN BRIEF

"critical, issue". This may be due to
ignorance on the part of faculty and the
Also t h a t day will be Driftwood
administration, the ambiguity and vagueness of the student complaints, or House's Craft/Rummage/Bake sale schedpossibly a belittling of student intelligence uled to run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
and maturity in regards to curriculum CAB Lobby. Designed to help raise funds
for the building of a much needed rainy
planning.
day shelter for the children enrolled at the
At the curriculum planning meeting, the
only Day Care Center for Evergreen partheme was on establishing a student
ents, the sale will include craftspersons
power base from which to work from,
from throughout the community who will
but student organization in this is young,
be selling their wares, a percentage of
and the diversity of feelings, and plans of
which will be donated to Driftwood
operation towards gaining a concrete
House. Persons having crafts they would
foot-hold in curriculum tend to scare
like to sell should contact Nancy Mesta at
faculty away from making solid commit456-3429. Anyone having any rummage
ments toward student power.
they would like to donate may deposit it
It appears, either through talking with
in the box located just outside the bookthe nominees, or reading their PQF's, that
store in the Campus Activities Building.
all are concerned with student ideas, but
Food will be served at the sale as well,
how seriously this input is taken is, in
along with playdoh Christmas tree ornamost cases, questionable. There seems
ments made by the children down at the
little excitement on the part of the
Day
Care Center. When you're meandermajority of the nominees to incorporate
ing around the campus with the pre-break
student opinion as part of thier function.
blues coming down around you in big
Country Music and Driftwood House
drops of clear wet liquid, take time out to
Thursday, Dec. 4 will be a busy day stop in the library and the CAB building;
for the Evergreen campus, as two events
as someone brimming with the stuff tritetake place to usher in a much needed
ness is made from once said, "It'll warm
winter break. In the Library Lobby, start- - the cuckolds of your heart." (Too bad
ing at noon and running until 5 p.m. will
they didn't look up the meaning of cuckbe performers from the American Country
old first.)
Music group contract, as well as comSOUNDING BOARD
munity country music persons. Individuals
The foremost topic of discussion at
involved in the program ^have been given
Wednesday's Sounding Board meeting
a 20- to 45-minute time slot. Then, starting at 3 p.m., will be an open mike was Evergreen's Master Plan and the
Master Planning Interim Team.
period, during which people outside of
According to Michael Lemon, student
the contract are encouraged to perform.
member of the group, the Master
Sign up for the open mike sessions can be
Planning Interim Team (MPIT) is a group
done during the course of the afternoon's "
of students, faculty and staff called
performances just prior to the open mike
together by Dean Clabaugh to provide
session.
input to Evergreen's Master Plan. The
At 7 p.m. will be shown, as part of ther
Master Plan was drawn up about 10 years
Country Music Day, "Rootin' Tootin'
ago and it is, quite simply, the physical
Rhythm," a Gene Autrey movie. Followplan for Evergreen, dictating how and
ing the movie will be a square dance in
where the buildings, parking lots, beauty
the Library Lobby. Anyone desiring more
bark and sidewalks will be located and
information can contact Marsha at 943built. Although a good plan at the time,
5722.
there is now a need to "Have the plan
adjusted to the situation that exists" at
Evergreen, says Lemon.
The MPIT was created to advise the
actual Master Planning Team on such
STUDENT & FACULTY HOUSING
matters as budgeting, financing and how
to realize their goals. What they would
like to do is have the Master Plan brought
2 - 3 BEDROOM APTS.
out to the campus community and allow
it to be changed where necessary.
The MPIT submits its final report to
AS LOW
-.^-^
Clabaugh on Dec. 1, but they still need
As
more student-faculty input. Anyone may
submit a proposal. "It's really an attentive
PER PERSON
group to what people have to say,"
Lemon remarked.
Joe Deer spoke for the student group
BASED ON 4 PERSONS SHARING A 2 BEDROOM
that organized after the play "Once Over
APT. AT $155.00/mo. - SELECT YOUR OWN ROOMMATES
Lightly" to voice their disapproval with
ASH TREE APTS.
the curriculum planning process. The
group staged a meeting at noon
3138 OVERHULSE RD.
Wednesday.
866-8181
Sounding Board member Bill Hirshman
wanted to make the restructuring proposals an agenda item next week. Kaye V.
Ladd felt that the real concern should be
the method whereby proposals such as
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
this
are made. She disliked the way the
AND PLANNING
proposals are first made in secret and then
JOB AND GRADUATE SCHOOL
discussed openly.
DEAN NOMINATIONS
by Bob Herron and Chris Carroll
Eight faculty members nominated for
deanships now held by Lynn Patterson
and Rudy Martin, will under-go interviews with the Dean Screening Disappearing Task Force next week, which will try
to submit a non-prioritized list of four
finalists to Provost Ed Kormondy by Dec.
5. Kormondy will announce his selections
for the two posts by Dec. 15.
The academic deans, under a three year
rotating policy, are to work "under the
general direction of the Vice President and
Provost" to "support the total academic
effort of the college, including leadership
and planning, implementation of policies,
consultation on procedures, and evaluation of programs and faculty members."
A nominee must have served for at
least one academic year as a full-time
member of the faculty and have been
involved in coordinated studies. Nominated for deanship are: Bob Barnard,
Richard Brian, Betty Estes, Mary Ellen
Hillaire, Richard Jones, Mark Papworth,
Niels Skov and Bill Winden.
PQF's (Personal Qualification Folders)
on all nominees are available in the
Library and students are urged to
comment on them. The PQF's contain
letters and evaluations by deans, other
faculty, and in some, students, concerning
the overall performance of the individuals
as faculty members.
The DTP, presented a list of critical
issues for each candidate to comment on.
The list asked for ideas on issues such as
student recruitment, long range planning
for the college, the nature and advisability
of special progams for Third World
students and women, and the fulfilling of
student needs "With respect to teaching
introductory bodies of knowledge in
specific fields."
In light of the present furor over
curriculum planning and the concern for
real student say-so in the matter, it is
interesting to note the apparent assumption that this student voice is not a

mo.

INFORMATION DAY
December 3, 1975

Students interested in environmental sciences and
planning careers are invited to participate in the Environmental Science and Planning Job and Graduate
School Information
Day to be held Wednesday,
December 3, in the Board Room, Library 3109. Professional representatives from these career areas have
been invited to campus to lead workshops on the job
market, resumes, job search, and interviewing. Graduate school representatives have been invited to talk
about their specific programs in science and planning.
Activities begin at 9 a.m. with introductory remarks
and the workshops. At 1:30 p.m. students can participate in "Information Interviews" with the representatives of their choice. For interviews, students must sign
up in the Career Planning and Placement Office (Library 1220). Interviews will be scheduled on a first
come, first served basis and we encourage interested
people to sign up prior to Thanksgiving.
SPECIAL NOTE: A Job Day Preparation Workshop is scheduled for Monday, December 1 at 3:30
p.m. in the Career Resource Center (Library 1224).
Please attend to learn more about Job Day and to prepare a resume and to get ready for your interviews.

The meeting concluded with a short
"identifying" statement by Steve Ehrmann. He is working at TESC under a
two year National Science Foundation
grant to help students and faculty
the results of the Evergreen
{'evaluate
experience. Steve is located in Lab. 1005. A

S&A BOARD
The Services and Activities Fees Review
Board (S&ABoard) and representatives
from S&A funded groups met Wednesday, Nov. 19, to discuss fund balances
and to make decisions regarding them.
The point of the meeting was to decide
whether to recapture negative and
positive balances that S&A-funded groups
ended the fiscal year with, or to allocate
them forward. The meeting, in which
about 40 people participated in, was
unusual in view of the fact that individual
representatives of S&A-funded student
groups enjoyed equal decision-making
power with regular members of the
board.
For the most part, a list of recommendations for fund balances made by Lynn
Garner, Assistant to the Director of
Campus Recreation and Activities, was
approved by the group. The fund
balances for which the most discussion
involved were on those of I.D. Cards,
Cooper Point Journal, MECHA, Third
World Bicentennial Forum, Men's Center,
EPIC and Transcrips and Portfolios.
The budgets for which decisions made
Wednesday had the most impact were:
Cooper Point Journal, for which a
$1,084.64 deficit was allocated forward;
the Advocacy Center, which became
non-existant in about 20 seconds of
consideration; the Gig Commission, for
which a $1,136.84 deficit was allocated
forward; and the Third World Bicentennial Forum, which accepted a $2,365.74
deficit.
As an experiment towards a more
democratic decision-making process,
many considered the meeting a success.
• The Interim Campus Master
Planning Team is attempting to
identify and locate student work
focusing on the interaction of the
people on the campus (sociological, cultural, or behavioral studies, and literary or philosophical
works would be especially useful). Copies of such individual
contracts, program projects, research papers, proposals, maps
or stimulus are not needed,
merely a reference to them. Call
Donna McMaster, 866-6700 if
you think you can help.

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Volume I

Number II

CRAWL WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY RUN

A LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
TO THE JOURNAL
NEXT SUPPLEMENT
DECEMBER 11

"Only those who still have hope can
benefit.from tears. When they finish, they
feel better. But to those without hope,
whose anguish is basic and permanent, no
good comes from crying. Nothing changes
for them. They usually know this, but
still can't help crying."
Nathaniel West

How well can you find
your dots and lines?
They separate us you know,
between every one and every thing.
Make them into constellations, radius vectors of
elliptical orbits,
paintings, memories, symphonies, driving manuals,
conversations,
orgasms, strawberry shortcakes, slugs, ribbons,
back seats on greyhound buses,
poems.
Just pick the ones that please you most.
And who knows,
maybe one day our destinies will meet
on some distant dot between our souls.
And you may like what I have.
We may even hold hands, ^
and nail one another to our crosses,
and start a funky new religion when we rize.
But please don't expect me to love you.
Please.
Because love isn't made with dots and lines.
Donald Everette Hansbrough

terry Mitchell

Brian Globerman
-.

The Beast gave a howl,
(
The Beast gave a curse.
The Beast recited poetic verse.

primal me screaming
to be free of painful past
falling pieces of ghost or ghosts
shouting i'm you, i'm you
shattered they
a dusty, moulding, putrid pile
of hurts, lies, unrealities
again, but softer, phantoms cry
to the last, then gone
unrelenting, self tormenting
shades of that not me

Panting gently, he crouched and crept,
He looked upon his prey and wept.
For it was a Judas Lamb whom the Beast regarded.
Open thighs, dripping vulva, begging eyes.
Slinking away to drink
from the sub-conscious stream,
standing behind her waiting for the light to change,
innocent look, turns to a gaze, "waiting for me to
grab you between your legs?" I slipt my hand under
her dress. "What'reya doing? Do it some more!"
One hand does me, the other hand undoes her dress,
Why digress? Fucking on the sidewalk, people going
around, pretending that it's business as usual.
My cock, my cock, "My beautiful cock!" "Awake,
Awake!" I crow inside her. Better than an alarm
clock. She's ashakin', clutching with her legs to
keep-hold me there, sperm on her thighs, moans and
cries, "How beautiful! It's just what I want, what
I need! Please don't stop. Go On! Go On! O O O Orgasms
rolll," LIGHTS!

Alan Gyorfi

THIS PIGEON FLIES

Yes. Slinking away to drink from the subconscious stream. It's wet,
but it's a dream.
The Beast gave a howl,
The Beast gave a curse.
The Beast recited poetic verse.
Senses sharpened by hunger,
Desires increase.
"Without cease! Without cease!"
Sharpening the knife for some skinnin',
The Beast is grinnin',
As he starts
The dim-litted forest
Aflame.
"Gee now. Who's to blame? Must be some pas'sin
civilization threw a burning desire into some
kindle wood mind."

I
This pigeon flies
Between folds
In the slippery sky
Among architecture
Of city streets
This pigeon skates!
And casts a silver
Shadow, glance
Across the glass.

II
The Romans, equipped
With regiments
Were never quite so fortunate
As this common pigeon
Magnificent
Against the glaring firmament.

Like a Hydra Snake, here comes
Social Creature
Chased by the forests fiery,
'"Wake!"
I cut of the heads thoughts. They'll grow back.
Meanwhile . . .
The Beast and Lamb
Jump into the sack.
Matthew Sperling

PARTLY CLOUDY,
60% CHANCE OF RAIN

Joseph Mitchell

when you dance
when you dance you create
the space around you:
each moment of motion
contains the complete rhythm.
i watch you
discover your body
for the first time:
when you stand
playfully poised
on the edge of a note
i seem to hear
the petals of your skirt
breathing

Partly Cloudy, 60% Chance of Rain

Getting There
Today
of all rainys
. I feel the road lightly before me.
Wanting to feel every bump,
every curve,
every stop
so that the getting there
is not blinded
by the arrival.
Lucy Woods

A lot of white cats
crossed wet fields
with wet mouse bodies
in their mouths
today. I
saw them.
Lucy Woods

Post Veterans Day Weekend
Home again, home again
jiggety jog.
To diet, to diet
God, what a hog!
Lucy Woods

Stephen Palmer

Wilma and I had talked it over
or a long t i m e ; we f i n a l l y
agreed that I realy should quit
moking cigarettes. 1 was a conf i r m e d smoker, my vice was
very strong. Will power? I could
nly give it up, not use it, for it
was will power in the first place
hat had led me to a daily pack
md a half. We had heard of
The Rank Center for the Aboliion of Vile Personal Habits"
hrough all those T.V. advertisements, and I remember well, as
we sat immersed in the six o'clock
news, the first time one of their
nessages conveyed its point.
A well-known actor, whom I
•emembered from last nights'
movie, "Reaching Out," implored
us to pay attention to what he
/vas saying.
"Two years ago, my health
vas failing. The mornings found
me cranky, with heavy lungs
and a scratchy throat. And then
my doctor informed me of an
abnormal cell growth in my left
ung. (At that point I shuffled off
o the kitchen, Wilma shot me
in anxious glance.) "It was that
/ery day he also told me about
The Rank Center for the
Abolition of Vile Personal'Habts, so I decided to take a chance
n what may well have been the

most important, and I might
add, fruitful undertaking in my
life. 1 decided to call this number."
In the kitchen, I was blissfully
unaware of the digits flashing in
f r o n t of Wilma's eyes as I
munched thoughtfully on a sour
dill. Little did I know how many
things I was unaware of; for
one, the truly delicious taste of
what I was eating. And the tar
stains on the back of my teeth,
well, I left it to my dentist to
remember those, twice a year. In
fact, I didn't even give them a
thought as I lit up after the dill.
This simple process of going to
the kitchen while Wilma stayed
and watched frightening antismoking commercials went on
quite unobtrusively for many
months (perhaps years), so it
was difficult for me to see the
many ways in which she was
pleading with me to cease my
consumption of tobacco. She
was a subtle person, a twitch of
the eye here, a dropped book
there, in these ways she told me.
And then one day — though
which one I can scarcely remember — I returned to the living
room following a strangely
dissatisfying dill and was immediately startled at the way in

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which her eyes flicked quickly
from the T.V. set, to my baby
blues, to the butt in my hand
and back to my eyes again, all in
a frenzy, just like that.
Soon we had to speak openly
on the matter, for it was clear
that her darting eyes contained
all too brightly what was being
repressed in her heart. She was
searching for the first signs in
me, a pillar, of the ravages narrowly escaped by the late night
actor. Once she laid out her
stake in my decision, I saw
clearly that where there had once
been two happy individuals
under our roof, there were now
two unhappy souls and an evil
gloating villain — the smoke! the
smoke! The realization of the
problem (as is often the case) did
little to solve it though. I was
loath to spend the price of
twenty cartons merely because of
medical advances which, in
keeping with technological traditions, exposed problems and
dangers far more readily than
cures and safety devices. This
feeling, like air and other
stagnant gasses, soon passed
however, and I began to feel I
had one more obstacle to face.
The station break-dill picklecigarette syndrome had been part
of my life for years unsung,
indeed I only smoked after
eating one of my precious sour
dills and most certainly dills
were best enjoyed during station
breaks.
You can easily see now, as I
did, that will power itself had to
be abandoned at that point, my
only other course of action being
to place myself under someone
else's guidance.
I was ready.
The drive was less than an
hour to the east, and while it ran
its course, I quoted passages of
philosophy in the manner of
those embarking on a new and
difficult journey, as the effect is
often soothing to the mind. "To
travel is better than to arrive" I
said. Wilma glanced over from
her duties at the steering wheel
and smiled .that smile. . .that
smile. . .that smile! The one, so
fondly remembered from our
carefree younger days, that had
grown worried and pastey over
the long years and months of
married life, and now, to see it
again tore fifty and a hundred
pound sacks from the weight on
my back and steeled me, as it
were, for my upcoming venture.
Walking in from the parking
lot, I was no more nervous than

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turned in his civilian clothes,
yet, like this lad, I was quite full
of questions. Our advance calls
had given us assurance as to the
Tightness of my decision, but the
response to our inquiries of their
methods was rather guarded.
"Due to the subtle nature of our
cure, it is policy that our
patients not be informed of its
exact workings until the very
moment of its use, as expectations, were any prompted, could
only be precursors of failure."
We ascended the steps, and I had
no idea of what medical and
psychological forces I was about
to be exposed to, and I trembled.
Naturally.
No sooner had we passed
through the doors of the center
(these doors were very indistinguishable from any other
doors; they might even be called
non-ominous) than we were met
by a man in his late twenties and
an older woman, both the
picture of health and radiance. I
saw them as the type one might
expect to bounce into a patients
room with a little brown bag to
ask "And how are we this
morning?". This expectation was
quickly dispelled when the woman said merely, "Wilma and
Phillip Groppy?" to which we
nodded, and with nothing more
than a "Please follow me" the
young man pointed the way for
Wilma, while my escortess sang
out with a hearty "Walk this
way please, Mr. Groppy," and
no more. Only a fool could
ignore that classic line which
some limping, stoop shouldered
butler had offered to Groucho
Marx in last night's late movie.
It set me to thinking of the
upcoming station break which
(naturally) led to thoughts of a
dill pickle which led to
I musn't think.
"Yes, right this way, I'm
coming. And where are you
taking Wilma?" I asked, as she'
had just tilted her head and
waived to me before disappearing around a corner. "Only to
fill out a few forms, so that we
can help you as soon as possible,
Mr. Groppy," said my assistant,
giving a little wink and a nod to
emphasize the words 'Help you.'
With that, she said no more but
only strided purposfully down
the hallway. I was, of course,
very involved in looking for
signs, groups of other people like
me, in fact, any hint as to how I
was going to proceed with my
task of discarding cigarettes, so I
was unaware for a moment and
nearly bumped into her as she
stopped and pointed out the
room she had just unlocked.
"Please wait here for a few
moments, and feel free to make
yourself as comfortable as possible," she said with the same
twinkle, and then started to walk
away. Being left so quickly, the
effect was strikingly similar to
Nanny letting loose the hand of
the child she has brought to the
zoo and saying, "Go into the
snake-house, I'll be right back."

My nurse didn't even say if she
intended to come back! But I did
go inside, shutting the door as
an afterthought, to hide my
pacing back and forth.
The room was along the lines
of a one man apartment. Double
bed, night-table, a small combination stove and fridge, T.V.
set, bathroom; etc. Though I
had set to pacing right off, it is
not, as you may know, an
especially satisfying method of
relaxation, so it gave way soon
enough to simply lying on the
bed. The remote control switch
for the T.V. was convenient on
the night-table and needing some
distraction, I turned it on. A
most delightful one act play was
in progress, of the type that were
so common before television
"Came of age," as they say. The
combination of my head sinking
into the pillow and the lightheartedness of what I was
watching served to relax me a
great deal, and I was about to
reach the point that so often
interrupted a late night movie —
that of sleep.
It might serve me well to tell
you now that only one thing
can wake me from a sleep so
acheived. Words from Wilma's
mouth might sooth a nightmare,
should one occur, but tbpy
would not wake me; the ringing
of the phone could only send me
into deeper sleep, and the cats so
often tread upon my lap as to be
unnoticed, but always, without
fail, the cue which was the local
station's signal was mine also,
and I would arise to make my
way to the kitchen. Being in a
room of "The Rank Center for
the Abolition of Vile Personal
Habits" made no difference, I
rose again and walked over to
the refrigerator.
My hand had already touched
the latch before I realized that
this was merely the repitition of
an altogether too unconscious
act. So realizing, 1 said half. \—
aloud, "Ah-Ha! They put this
refrigerator here to trap me, yes
to force me to open it up. . .only
to find it empty??" Poised on
that thought, as the poker player
who has not payed to see the
hand grabs at his opponents'
cards for fear of being bluffed, I
pulled the handle, the light went
on inside, and it was not empty.
Sitting on the upper shelf,
plainly marked, was a single jar
of my beloved dill pickles!
I trembled. Naturally.
Removing the cover, I pulled
out and ate it normally, not at
all like a compulsive, for I know
now that it was not the pickle at
all, but the idea, the half-formed
thought, the slight suggestion,
the want, yes, even the need of a
cigarette that immediately followed the ingestion. My resolve
of the morning hours had led me
to resist buying a pack right
before Wilma and I started off;
it was this resolve that was
crumbling as I noted the night
stand next to my bed, for there
was a little drawer on its front,

The White Cat's Secret

/ think of you
sitting alone on your
wild beach
sand water gulls crying
you
pondering your heart
\ wash over stone

Nine Shadows grasp
shade a dark wall
Whiskered girl
whole and smooth
holds an ancient pearl
Rolled from lost seas' tides
it's bare
and smooth.

pondering me and
the pain I brought you
\ gulls
circling over the wet stretch
of dying foam

now
later
the wind keening outside

I wonder
the constancy of your love
rain falls
in a space of still wind
the ocean is distant
you in the midwest
I by the coast
and I wonder

The lady leapt
like skin across a fire.
The water danced beneath her
paws
the pearl, gripped like
mouse in jaws.
She crouched,
leaping
yet ever still
Stood quiet
with the darkening of the house
Stood . . . eyes big
in the dark
snowing
house
Connie M.

the turnings of your heart
Lynda Hillman

- what one may learn if one does
not learn as one properly lives vlaybe they
asked me out
>ut I don't think
could go.
One learns quickly
that there is nothing left.
Aubrey Dawn
portrait of sebastopool What do they catch
in Sebastopool?
Pool of bright and
changing mirrors.
What do they teach
beneath the red waters?
Waters that weave
smoke icing
lover's fear.
What is the tourist shooting
with his lens?
Tomorrow the change
may come again.
For what is Sebastopool famous?
Its banks of earth and human
keepsakes are filled
The ruins of a civilization
carried on horseback
while asleep.
Aubrey Dawn

Oval Pebbles
Live in Round Homes
river.
hasty water;
froth, foam waterfall,
mist thunder.
gorge bound caldrons.
gray, smooth granite
folds of whale skin.
intrusive capillaries,
veins,
knurling,
probing undulating surfaces.
history of a pebble:
hard,
angular at first,
stopping in an eddy
to rest.
wafted around and
around.
old man pebble,
becoming oval.
hole home,
rounder,
deeper.

Shooting holes inside of silence,
slowly
drips
the
hours
past.
Tying in all illusions
the final
• .-'

JITie clouds unpair
andsdrift off
to pie painted in departing colors,
this end of a day,
by the diving swallows.
Lynda Hillman

the last.
acting out the players and,
playing right into her hand,
comes a termanance,
slowly
falls
the
waiting
sand.

Bruce Golob

Person in Performance
i also feel that burden
the pulleys and props
rhythmic rising and falling of
corrugated smiles.
it is not so new..
under the groping finger
of a spotlight
the mouth burns
or twitches artfully
with all the
epilepsy of our speech.
in the end though we
recede to the cave
dwell with the darkness
and wait for the screaming
gentle ambush
of the inrushing tide.
a sightless bird
beats its wings
to a state of contusion
then falls
rubble of bonefeather
and warm limp flesh
washed out by the reflux
Stephen Palmer

- monday and what it said remember monday at 11 a.m.
its pink toenails
may well never
tiptoe through your open door
again.
remember member monday
its cold hands
had to warm themselves
in your pits
and even when the furnace spoke
ice hung
condemned
on the fire's thin beard.
Aubrey Dawn

Today
this mere flash
of 24 typical hours
could be the first, the very
start, why that fabulously
fresh beginning you've all
been so anxiously waiting for
has arrived.

The teacher tells you all, you know,
you're not to blame. Delirium takes you
off, to play his games.
shouting to recede, pausing in regain.
And find yourself, a place in your world,
deliver me now, myself exclaimed,
Breath into me, the cord of life- now
within,
turn round, changer,
cast off, preserve,
reach out, pretain,
sun shower, sonic rain,
as one, sees them,
feeling, reaching,
climax, certain,
fearing, final curtains,
transform, actions,
reasons, seasons,
total, time warp,
so saying, distorting,
but the words and their meanings
escape me now. Coming into a friend, adjusting to the crowd.
breath out, but not in, in this place you
hold. My life is my own, i presumed and
immortalized.
for the truth will remain, as others die.
We begin to believe, we accept, and
realize.
Bruce Golob

My collared citizens. Only
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this veritable steal, this
pompous opportunity
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of imagined reality
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life. Imagine —
this day as the first
that 4th of July
supermarketspecial day
of all those best of better days
in that something
called land of tomorrow, from now
till the fat elegance
in simulated forevers
of the rest of your life!

Vivisection
What insanity provokes me
to imprison this delicate feather
of a poem
On a sheet of paper
to be hacked and trimmed
and destroyed by the editor's art?
How can I trust him to be gentle?
Who the hell cares?
(me)
Just let him slash the thing to
shreds.
All I need is his 'Journal' as a referenceSomeone who's printed my fragile
junk So I can take my good things to a
surgical editor
Who will be knowingly quiet
And will appreciate
(my swelled
pen?)
me.
_________
It still hurts to see the junk
experimentally slaughtered,
dissected.

Hallelujah! Rest that blessed
cellophane soul, praise the A
T&T this is IT!
(now hold your peace)
(but not your breath)

Susan Beyer

Joseph Mitchell

now.
oval rock perfect.
home perfect.
other pebbles come to see
perfect round
hole home,
oval pebble prison.
dizzy,
trapped,
they grind into silt.
green deep water
seaward flows.

My brother, prostrate on sun
warm rock, touches the pothole
bottom with a six foot stick.
Woody Barmore

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8
!t was a cool, damp, covercast day,
v i t h just enough of a threat of rain to
cop everyone looking furtively skyward. Hundreds of new and used faces
curried back and forth, trying hard to
ind out who thev were and what they
vanted to be. Occasionally, a familiar
ace would zip by in the September
egistration frantics, but would only
iause, 'smile, and say gottarunseeyaater. 1 walked around the square and
fched other old faces touch and
ile and care about what had haplened while they were apart. 1 was new
this town, having just arrived from
joulder,
Before I'd lett there, some people had
brown a party for me. Some of them
,vere climbing partners, and they talked
imong themselves about the winter ascent of Long's Peak we'd just finished
planning. They were talking about the
strategy to be used on the base-camp
raverse just prior to the actual assault
if theDiamond. One of the perifery,
ion-climbing audience began trying to
convince them the traverse could be
ivoided. He'd done some fourth class
climbing: he knew. I had left the party
around nine that night; they told me
ater it went on till three am. Posted on
the door ot the house the party was in
lad been A list of the addresses of all
the people who'd come to the party to
goodbye to a friend — me. It blew
! the car window somewhere in
Idaho. Before I'd left town I'd managed to talk the fourth class Royal
Robbins into buying all my old equipn e n t : including my three year old 180'
GoldLine. I imagine he's still got them
hanging on a cedar-shake living,.room,
ivall gathering dust but looking great.
There was a tace in the anonymous
herd s w i r l i n g a r o u n d m e t h a t w a s
newly old. We had been lovers and
friends •- now we loved. But I still
needed to touch and that need: the
need to feel the touch so I would know
the feel grew, until it made the touching
impossible. The past had had a face
like t h a t .
Her name was Sam and she had invited me for dinner. We had duck and
soda-pop wine in beer glasses and flaming peach melba without the brandy
because we were too poor. But it was
f u n . W e c u d d l e d a f t e r dinner a n d
w a t c h e d the t u b e . We toked and
Johnny Carson told not quite funny
enough jokes. We dozed one at a time
while grasshoppers ate Chicago — or
was it crickets? She asked me to stay
the night: I drove home. Two weeks
later I left for Washington. She left for
Maryland. The mountains stayed in
Boulder.
1 went inside, sat before the stage
and w a t c h e d the play begin. She
walked up the stairs and sat behind me
saying hellohowareyou silently so as
not to disturb the performance. 1 had
kriown she would be there. It was a
good play; I had mentioned it to her —
or had she to me?
There were three women performing
three different mimes while a man
strutted across the stage. They accused
him of invading their world so they
dressed him as a woman. He became
their mother. She begged them to stay;
they were the meaning of her life. They
had to find their own meanings they
said. They were not rejecting her; they
loved her. But they loved themselves as
well. The stage went black.
She sat with her feet on each side of
me. It made me feel good for a while;
someone liked me. But I was mistletoe;
I was. because my root were buried
deep within another. One summer my
father had planted a holly bush so we'd
have it to send to our relatives at
Christmastime. A mistletoe sprig latched
itself on and took root and by the time
we noticed it, it was too late. The holly
died that August. The following spring
I cut down the dead trunk and dug out
the roots that hadn't even had time to
work their way out of the burlap they
had been wrapped in at the nursery. I
wished I w7ere her so I could make me
be. The play went on.
There was an empty chair. A woman
walked on stage and sat down on it
while behind her anotherwoman came
out yawning. She said doyouwantmore-

coffee. No thanks. Lastnightwasgood
Yea. Imeanwefinallyopenedourselvesupandexpressedourfeelings. Yfe but what
did it mean. Idon'tunderstantweloveeachotherandwesharedthatlovebytouthi n g w h a t e l s e i s t h e r e . I don't k n o w ; I
know I love you, I just don't want to
sleep with you anymore. They froze
and the lights faded . . .
It had been the Thursday before the
Fourth of July weekend when we first
met. C o m e v i s i t m e t h i s w e e k e n d she'd
said as she gave me directions to where
she was farm sitting. The directions had
been incomplete; it took me 2 ' ihours
to find the place. We stayed up late
and watched the "Door without a
Latch" After the movies over let's go to
bed 1 said. Okay. Thankyouforlastnight she'd said in the morning.
A woman walked up the steps and
sat down. She came down and sat next
to me. Our shoulders touched; our hips
touched. Do you want a plum she
asked. Yes thank you I said smiling.
We watched the rest of the play in silence, lust before it ended, I had to
leave. Thank you for the plum it was
good I said. I put my hand on her leg
and looked at her for the first time. She
was beautiful. Her eyes smiled and her
face, smiled and her words smiled.
You're welcome she said. I turned to
my friend and said seeyoulater. The
plum pit was still in my m o u t h . I
tucked it away in the corner.
As I picked my way down the now
crowded stair's, I realized, almost regretfully, that I didn't know her name.
As I walked past the stage towards the
door the left heel of my boot clicked
loudly each time the nails holding it in
place came into contact with the brick
floor. My roomate walked by. A group
of people dashed by the two of us,
shaking the last stubborn drops of
water off their umbrellas. I won't be
home' for dinner don't plan on me being
there he said. Seeyalater I said.
I went to visit that night. They sat
on her waterbed. I sat down on the big
pillow her dog slept on. It coma over
and licked my face asking me to move
s(f he could ,get some sleep. I got up
and drove the carload of her things
over to the house she was going to be
moving into.
The driveway was long,dark,empty
and there were still puddles scattered
down its length — a momento of day's
of welcome-to-Washington-in-the-winter weather. The house was empty; and
cold; and silent. The floors and walls
sucked up the sounds my footsteps
should have made. Even the water,
dripping from the faucet in the tub,
was absorbed by the stillness. I turned
the light on the front porch so I could
see my .way back and forth from the
car and managed to get the first load in
without any problems, But there were
no lights inside. Stumbling my way
into the bedroom, I tripped over the
empty paint cans we'd left from the
night before. Her room was lavender, it
matched her bedspread. I finished unloading the rest of the boxes and drove
back.
They were on the waterbed. The zipper on her new tights was down further
than it had been when I left. Stayforawhile she said. I took off my coat and
sat on the floor.
She was reading him R.D. Laing's
Jack and Jill dialogues. I listened and
scratched her dog's ears t(\\e fell
asleep. She paused from her recital and
looked up. HeyarewestillmovingthebedSunday. Sure, I'll finish moving the rest
of the stuff tomorrow and we'll do the
bed and whatever else is left Sunday.
Sounds fine she said I'llcallyoutomorrownight. I got up and put on my coat.
Youleaving. Yup. I'llseeyoutomorrowmorninglhavetopickupsomestuffbeforeltakehertowork he said. I won't be up
see ya later. The car lurched forward
when I turned the key in the ignition.
I'd forgotten to put in the clutch.
Driving home, I stared through the
cracks in the cloud cover, searching for
Mt. Rainier. On full moons it could be
seen shining, phosphorescent, despite
Tacoma's smog. I spied Venus trying
hard to poke her way down to me. But
it was a cloudy night; Neither of us got
through.

HERE'S TO "FASCINATING WOMANHOOD" AND MODERN DAY CINDERELLAS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A
FELLA . . . I MET MY PRINCE AT THE
GOLDEN CARRIAGE AND HERE'S
WHA% HAPPENED TO M E . . . HE
TOOK ME^OME . . . AND I SHOWED
HIM MY DOMESTIC SKILLS . . . BUT
HE NEVER CAME'ftACK. TELL ME ...
DID I TAKE MY SHOES OFF TOO
SOON?
FRAGMENTED FEMlN
1975

PATRICE CAMMACK

brown dirt
endless
I burrow beneath my house
Do you ever wonder
hands and heart ache
about those people who demand:
I love you, don't I; isn't that
I dream
enough?
a wasted life away
What do they mean?
my cold summer
Lucy Woods
is spent with the moles
of blindness
Lynda Hillman

josh Touster
the vegetation on
the dream tundra
twists purple and
green august
snappers in
november

the dream tundra
a cracked piece of
brown field
hoarfrost
barking

everybody had a
party on the
dream tundra

the penguins ate
anchovies too

Once upon a time, a LONG time ago there was
a little girl named Patrice Cammack. She lived
way up in Entiat (by Wenatchee) in an apple orchard. Yes, she lived and was one with the apples,
winesaps, delicious, and occasionally with pears.
Her daddy owned the apple orchard so Patrice got
to play with apples all day long. One day Patrice
was on her way home from school, going the
short-cut through the orchard when, shoosh!
Down came a GREAT BIG BEE! Oh no, the poor
little girl, the bee landed smack dab on her head,
she didn't know what to do! She ran and slapped
and ran and swatted! Finally, right before she
reached home the horrible bee stung her right on
her poor little head. Patrice was scared half-todeath and began screaming loudly, but, alas, no
one heard her no matter how loudly she screamed
she had to suffer in silence.
auks to that horrible little bee Patrice
. . j and difficult existence as a young
girl. May iSsli.you Master Mind Reader and Favored Magician jf Jt shows in her writing? Do
you, Great and M^njfjcent Musician see her difficult existence as a permanent scar on her poor
head ? Is there hope h* this child ?
To continue with my, ^ rather Patrice's story.
Patrice was a very active iX(d; she would consistently run to her brother an&uck and stomp on
him while he would yell in hisVipnnng voice "I
AM SOMEBODY!" Yes, Patrice ^x-yery happy
in her childhood despite the incident wi^, tf,e |,ee,
Needless to say she grew up, as all little^ cj,j]_
dren do, to be a woman.
And now, at this time in her life, she is stud
with the Master Poet, learning her trade so someday she will be able to write her own incantations.
Her goal in life is to be a Master Wizard so she
may someday stand before the Master Mind Reader/Favored Musician and say: "My name is Ca/
mmack not Cam/mack, from this day forward
when you mispronounce my name you will find
yourself missing a big toe and every toe until there
are no more toes. Also for those who call me Patricia my name is Patrice. If you dare to call me
Patricia you shall find spots on your face, big purple spots."
For those who will meet Patrice Cammack beware of her power. She may scratch your eyes
out; due, of course, to her difficult existence as a
child.
ME.

pushkin makes it all sound so romantic
youth
challenge, escapade, love
in the end justice smiling as it hangs by a
rope
plath makes it sound so comfortable
death inside a bell jar
concealed in a seductive cellar cell
cobweb confinement
Joey Blum

10

while i sleep
and she sleeps
hoarfrost barks
between our legs
the moon squeezes
from between
two clouds

when i wake:
the dream tundra
is covered with penguins
and co-eds

so did the co-eds

Parking Lot F

11
we all made
a pizza and
swiss steak
on
the dream tundra
Nov. 4, 1975
Oly (Indian summer)
Steve Weinberg

golfers leave
tiny holes in the
dream tundra
spikes in
their spats

6
the cinematographer
went crazy on
the dream tundra

As the crystal shadowing
by Athenas orb
etches itself across your car
I shiver
(Damn you — are you late again?)
And the puddle of mud-water
grows to engulf me as I wait.
Something in me reassures me you'll
come
And laughs at the doubt the Cynthiax priestess
plants in my mind
Trees shiver cascades of liquid sun
Onto my dubious braids.
Waiting.
Susan Beyer

Divorce
Going through our old things
reminiscing.
You looked up from in the midst
open and wondering,
"You did love me once, didn't
you?"
"I still do."

You closed yourself and turned
away
And again I remembered
the why of our separation.
i ate anchovies on the dream tundra
Lucy Woods

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Warm autumn night wind
gushing across late grass
Teasing, with the last of summer's
warmth
like a clinging to the past.
The wind,
she ravages tree branches
(the coming of winter's dances)
A tug-of-war 'tween seasons;
warm autumn night impasse.

Socialist
Feminists
by Lenore Norrgard, Radical Women and
Marcel Hatch, Freedom Socialist Party
CLARIFICATION
\e

to

a shortage of space,

week's column was cut short before the
conclusion. Also, there was a misprinted
question mark after one of the last sentences, "What is needed is our own democratic governance, to insure that our decisions will be carried out." This sentence
is one of our conclusive statements, not a
question. The rest of the article that was
not printed last week follows:
We must never view the Sounding
Board as an alternative community government as the administration would have
us believe. We instead should use the
Sounding Board to present our issues and
grievances, and keep alive the open discussion and debate necessary for us to decide action.
Students, staff and faculty must work
to build organizations in which we can
democratically make decisions to meet
our needs. In turn, our democratic organizations must have the power to
determine our own directions and goals at
Evergreen.
It is only when we have final say over
our working conditions and educational
needs that the administration will be put
in its appropriate position of managing
and administering our needs as we determine them, not as the State does.
CURRICULUM CONTROL
Last Wednesday and Thursday, Nov.
12 and 13, The Theatre of the Unemployed presented their play, "Evergreen;
Once Over Lightly." It was a post-view
of TESC in 1977 after it had been closed
down because of chronic underenrollment.
The play concentrated on the frustration students face in not getting their curriculum demands met by Evergreen's unresponsive administration, and it sparked
much productive and lively discussion
after the performances. The play covered
some of the modes which students at Evergreen have traditionally used in attempting to affect curriculum design. It didn't,
however, mention last year's movement
for a student union, and it failed to
suggest any new proposals for student
control of curriculum.
"Evergreen; Once Over Lightly" incorrectly identified faculty as the main roadblock for students in curriculum design,
rather than the deans and administration
who have the first and last words on curriculum.
The play drew anti-organizational and
anti-political conclusions. It mimicked the
confusion students usually face in
working to solve our problems instead of
showing how it could be done, and it incorrectly put Marxists on the same level
as it did reactionaries.
The play failed to draw what we — as
Marxists — see as the necessary and only
workable conclusion: organizing for real,
long-range student control over curricuHEALTH FAIR COMING SOON
The 1975 TESC Health Fair will be
held on Dec. 3, from 10 am to 6 pm on
the second floor library lobby. The fair
will reflect the philosophy of Health
Services in highlighting preventative
medicine, and will feature representatives
from various health agencies and organizations from the south Puget Sound area.
Folks from the Politics of Health Care
group contract will also take part.
Several mobile units will be on hand
during the day, including Medic I and the
Blood Bank. There will be two main
speakers: Betty Avery, who will talk
about nutrition (Fads and Facts about
Health Foods), and Mike Beug on
• l j re-registration for winter
quarter will take place at the
Registrar's Office from Monday
to Wednesday, Nov. 24-26, from
8 to 11:45 am, and from 1 to 5
pm.
This pre-registration will be a
time for any eligible person to
register for a class next quarter,
to re-register for a new class
(such as if a person's class ended
after fall quarter, or if a person
wanted to transfer into a new
program), to take a leave of
absence or to withdraw from
school.

NEWS FROM
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lum, and other areas as well.
The play did allude, however, to an
idea that threatens to bureaucratize the
curriculum process even more, and would
ourserve
lastas a bulwark against student control
of curriculum. This idea is gaining support among small groups of administrators and students — that of "student paraprofessional deans." The concept of a
"student para-professional dean" says that
one or several salaried students would
serve as a liaison between students and
deans. They would "communicate" curriculum needs of students to the deans and
vice versa.
This concept reduces the whole conflict
between students and administrators to
that of a "communication gap." This is
the same line that the administration gives
us to keep us unaware of the real problem
of no student control over curriculum.
We've heard enough about "communication" and "input;" what we need to do
now is organize for control.
The proponents of the "student paraprofessional deans" imply that by establishing positions of salaried translators,
the deans "could" begin to respond to student needs since they would then
understand what we say.
This is how the "student para-professional deans" (SPD's) idea would work.
The SPD's transliterate student proposals
into language that the deans could comprehend. The SPD's move with sensitive
appraisal in this act since they too were
students at one time. The deans would
proceed to cut and slash, then reconstruct
the transliterations into sleek new curriculums, safe and removed from students
demanding to participate in this process.
The deans then would channel the approved new curriculum back to their
translators. The SPD's would again transform the curriculum from "deanese" into
"student language," and on mandate of
their job, "sell" it to the students.
SPD'S ABSOLUTELY UNSUITABLE
We want no opportunist and potentially
sell-out individuals to rise to the deanchosen positions of SPD's, unaccountable
and uncontrollable by students.
We say no to the SPD proposal in any
form. The better of two evils is the situation we have now where we have direct
access to the deans, where their actions
are naked and undisguised.
There is only one form of student representation to the deans that will meet our
needs on curriculum. That is a representative elected by the students — from a
student union — prepared to negotiate
and bargain. A team of student negotiators, backed by the students and accountable to them, carrying with them welldeveloped curriculum of student and faculty design, would be most powerful. The
deans then would be put in their appropriate position of managing our curriculum needs, not controlling them. Our task
as students this year must be to organize
ourselves, and build a democratic mechanism that will meet our needs.

by Molly Wright
Career Planning and Placement is in the process of developing a graduate
school advising referral system. In September we sent out a memo to all faculty
and some staff explaining our role in graduate school advising, which is more
factual information giving and gathering than advisory in nature. We view faculty as the major on-campus information source regarding quality and content of
graduate programs in specific academic disciplines. Many students utilize their
faculty sponsor as a graduate school resource on an informal basis. We requested
that faculty and staff interested in graduate school advising of students who may
or may not have studied with them, respond with information about schools they
have attended, graduate field of study, areas they would be able to advise students about, and special interests. Out of 125 faculty and approximately 20 staff
persons contacted, we received 39 responses. A wide variety of graduate areas
are represented, from librarianship and philosophy to law, economics, and all
areas of music. Senior students interested in talking about a specific graduate
field or school should contact Career Planning and Placement at Lib. 1220, 8666193.
Colleen Hunt, a Student Counselor in Career Planning and Placement, is helping to coordinate the Career Film Series. She says the first two films will focus on
women and their roles in the work world. Included will be The Women's Film,
by, for and about women, and a New Day Film entitled Betty Tells Her Story,
about a woman's self-esteem and confidence. In addition to the films Thelma
Jackson, a representative from Work Options for Women (WOW) will talk
about WOW efforts to place women in non-traditional jobs, and the possibility
of internships in positions not customarily staffed by women. The films will be
shown this Friday, November 21, from 2 - 4 p.m. in Lib. 3319. Colleen adds that
although the focus is on women, men are encouraged to participate, to share
homemade refreshments and their viewpoints in the discussion afterwards.
Featured this Friday at the Career and Graduate School Lecture Series will be
Dean Clabaugh. Dean will discuss graduate school programs in Business and
Public Administration and the effects of this particular career choice on working
climate, life-style and job possibilities. His background includes: B.A. in Political
Science, University of Illinois; M.A. in Public Administration, University of
Minnesota. He has held positions as Operations Officer, Navy; Underwriting Reviewer, life insurance company; Director of Legislative Research Council; Legislative Auditor, Executive Director, Business Manager and currently Vice-President for Business at The Evergreen State College. The lecture will be in the Lecture Hall Lounge, 12 - 1:30 p.m., Friday, November 21.

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B9 MICHAEL CORRIGAN
.Evergreen is in serious trouble these
days. Our failure to meet enrollment
projections was a serious symbolic blow
for the school. The gap, while not very
large, undermined a major claim of the
i n s t i t u t i o n , t h a t we are providing a
service for the state of Washington that a
growing number of high school seniors
desire. This year we only provided that
service for 66 Washington high school
graduating seniors. At a time of fiscal
difficulty, many people can correctly feel
that we are a high-priced diversion for the
very few who desire this kind of
education. With the number of college-age
youths declining, this is a very unpleasant
position to be in.
With this over our heads, I would hope
to see some solidarity and a rallying of
support at Evergreen. After all, we should
be the ones who see most clearly how
special and important this institution is. It
is sad then to see increased division,
erosion of trust and some incredible
nit-picking at a time when we can least
afford it. Faculty unions, student unions,
gay demands for a place of the board of
Trustees and all of the other demands
coming from various groups.
At this point the Tightness or wrongness
of these demands are of little significance.
These demands reflect serious problems at
Evergreen, problems which must be
resolved. We must be careful though. We
are in a position where students can
demand themselves right out of a school
and faculty and staff, right out of their
jobs. Moderation is clearly the key here.
We can become reactionary in dealing
with our problems, but clearly, that will
only make them worse. We can
re-structure ourselves to the point that we
become another second-rate state college.
We can unionize students, staff and
faculty I suppose, but those institutions at
other schools have shown that they are
neither democratic, powerful or for that
matter, very helpful. In short, We can
revert to all of the tried and true
procedures but the end result will be a
second-rate college with very high costs
per student. When it comes time to cut
the budget, any reasonable legislator
would cut this place without a second
thought. After all, this physical plant has
many possible uses. I suppose this would
satisfy some of those who have always
regarded this as an expensive playground.
The governance system, teaching structure, a d m i n i s t r a t i v e organization and
many other aspects of Evergreen are
coming under fire these days. Some claim

that one or all of these are failures, crazy
ideas which don't serve the needs of very
many of us. If this is true, I guess it
means one of two things. Perhaps
Evergreen really is a failure, the whole
idea just the product of academia's idealist
drop-outs. I would insist that this isn't
true. The second possibility is that one
contradiction was built into Evergreen
when it was created. A spirit of
community is essential in a place like this.
Unfortunately the creators were unwilling
to accept an integral part of the idea of
community, the necessity of occasional
submission of individuals for the benefit
of the group as a whole. Clearly no one is
willing to do that these days.
We can go on like this and have (as we
•no doubt will), our little war. People are
already taking sides for this war but when
its over and the time comes to pick up the
pieces, I would wager that the victors will
have very little to lord over.
If this place is worth saving, it is so
only within the original concept of this
institution. Hopefully we can solve most
of the very real problems within this
context, but if we can not, an Evergreen
based on unions, departments and the rest
seems the only solution. In fact these
kinds of things are already being
proposed. If that happens, I would rather
see the place turn into a state office
complex.
After all, why waste taxpayers money
with another second-rate state school, we
have more than enough of those as it is.

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Both Peskin and Strasser feel the need
for change but acknowledge this cannot
happen unless the f u n d a m e n t a l and
humane processes are created. "After four
years, the community finally views us not
as a bunch of weirdos," said Peskin. "This
could be a perfect school, if only we
would use our imagination."
Peskin decried the de-emphasis of
students and staff in the faculty-hiring
process at Evergreen. "No student ever
asked me about my qualifications when I
was being considered for a position here,"
she said. "And the staff knows more
about this place than anyone else, but
people just give them shit."
In regard to student participation in the
restructuring proposals now being circulated, Peskin said she would like to see a
moratorium on all long-range planning,
with an agreement not to resume until
students were guaranteed an active and
creative role.
Student Concerns
The students, rather than concerning
themselves with declining enrollment and
the efficiency of administrative structures,
see these problems merely as stemming
from the more basic problem of lack of
student involvement in decisions affecting their lives.
Ernest "Stone" Thomas, director of the
Third World Coalition, had some
personal observations to make regarding
problems Third World people have when
dealing with student participation, institu-

'ONCE OVER LIGHTLY:' CATALYST FOR CHANGE
by Jill Stewart
"Evergreen: Once Over Lightly" is
gone, but the effects of this recent play,
the brainchild of ex-Evergreener Beth
Harris, are present this week as numerous
meetings were held and planning groups
were formed, including one discussing the
possibility of forming a 'union of students'
here. What nature of play could produce
the whirl of student gatherings and
energy rarely seen before on Evergreen's
moderately apathetic campus?
The play was performed by students. It
was written by students. It was directed
by an ex-student. It was about students,
and their past role in curriculum planning
at the now defunct Evergreen. The year,
1977.
Tammy Trying, Brenda Burndt, and
Clark Capable portrayed students dissatisfied and frustrated with the curriculum
structure. Their feelings are summed up
by this exchange between Brenda and
Clark: Brenda—"The problem is that
programs are being designed without any
kind of analysis of what the students need
or want, and programs will continue to be
designed that way until students can be
responsible for curriculum development.

FOOD/NANETTE WESTERMAN

EATING IN ONALASKA
(with help from Doug Schuler)
Occasionally the academic scene here at
Evergreen becomes too heavy, too nerve
shattering, or too overwhelmingly mundane, and I am forced to take refuge far
from the insidious intellectualizing. Most
frequently sanctuary is found in the small
town of Onalaska, Washington, about 35
miles south of here.
Onalaska has about 400 people, among
whom are Aunt Peggy, her two sons,
Trots, Dixie, and Schmoogan, all members of an extended family who've
adopted one another over the last few
years, and more recently, adopted me.
We gather at Aunt Peggy's house to play
cards, drink beer, listen to Frank Zappa,
laugh and eat. The cuisine of Onalaska is
noted primarily for its spontaneity and
lack of inhibition.
They are a resourceful bunch:not only
the garden, but the nearby woods and the
trash cans behind the supermarkets in
Chehalis provide components for a meal.
Following are the directions for a
traditional favorite, Onalaska Stew,
straight from Schmoogan, the resident
stew expert.
Step 1: Saute at least one onion.
Step 2: Look around the kitchen for
ingredients that would be good in the
stew.
Step 3: Think about the ingredient and
its possible influence in the stew for a
little while before dumping it in. If it's a
pretty spicy thing, add a little and taste it
before dumping it all in.

continued troit;

Step 4: If you think it's tasting OK,
and there's enough for everbody, go to
step 5. If not, go back to step 2.
Step 5: Serve with bread and Buckhorn
Beer, Buckhorn Beer poured into Budweiser bottles, or coffee. Don't forget to
throw the rotten part of the vegetable to
the animals and the good part in the stew.
Don't eat meat or eggs found in
trashcans. If doubtful, sniff before eating.
This stew has been eaten in such diverse
places as Spokane, Washington and
Audobon, Minnesota.
Sometimes life in Onalaska gets boring,
so we all pile into the Blue Whale arid
head out to the Dome. The Dome is a
vaguely spherical, hand-made structure
built by Space Enclosure Systems, a
construction company consisting of all the
aforementioned people, plus others now
scattered over wide areas of the state and
Mexico.
The Dome is a great place. There's lots
of land and quiet, no plumbing or
electricity, and it didn't leak once in
September. It was the site of The
Evergreen State College's First Annual
Bogus Rowdy Ball, held last June. The
well-attended event provided an inspiration for a number of digestive delights,
not least of which was a large pot of
Merdes Petite d'Onalaska, or Dome
Cooked Beans. To re-create the dish,
thereby re-creating in part the enthusiasm
and spirit of the Bogus Rowdy Ball, begin
by cooking up a pot of beans: pinto,
kidneys, soys, garbanzos, or any old bean

And that will never happen until we
re-educate the faculty and administration." Clark—"We don't have all the
answers, but neither do they."
The faculty roles, including Buddy Boye,
Stu Pidgeon, and Francine Frank, were
often thinly disguised representations of
faculty at Evergreen. Buddy Boye —the
idealistic wanderer interested in co-operation and interchange with students; Stu
Pidgeon—the all-knowing teacher who
prefers to mete out bits of knowledge to
the intellectually-starved students; Francine Frank—the outspoken troubleshooter
for student rights; they all are alive and
well at Evergreen.
The play attempted to define some of
the problems at Evergreen and look for
solutions to them. Em'phasis was on
increased dean support of student-intitiated programs, and re-educating faculty to
become more aware of student needs,
especially in continuing co-ordinated
studies programs and individual contracts.
Presented by The Theater of the
Unemployed, the play acted as a catalyst
for the intense discussions that immediately followed both performances. It
was from these discussions that many of
the meetings this week originated.
will suffice. Add sliced onions, enough
tomato sauce to envelope the beans,
molasses, and moderate to extravagant
amounts of vinegar, garlic, cayenne (just
a pinch), mustard, oregano, thyme, and a
chili pepper. Beware of the seeds: They're
HOT. If you find that someone has
added too much molasses, a discreet
amount of lemon juice will help to
counteract the sweetness. Any kind of
vegetable can be added, or meat, if the
group to be served is carnivorous. Ham
hocks are especially good. Cook it all up
together for at least two hours; it gets
better everyday. When the beans have
reached the right thickness, cover them so
they won't dry out. If the lid should get
knocked off, or used as a plate, add
tomato sauce, water or red wine to thin
the mixture out. On the second or third
day, mix up some cornbread, put grated
cheese in the batter and bake it on top of
the beans, which are now thick and
hearty. Served up warm with dark beer
or milk, it's almost a company dinner.
Cooking at the Dome is really very
simple. Only the ingredients on hand are
used, and everything has to be cooked on
top of either a propane or wood stove.
This combination of circumstances has
been known to produce rather exotic
results. One night, when Schmoogan's
culinary artistry was at a zenith, he
presented us with Peanutbutter-Garlic
Sauce. Don't be afraid to try this recipe,
it's deceivingly good. First make a white
, sauce. (SEE the first food column, or
consult a cookbook for directions.) Add
sauteed onions and at least two cloves of
garlic, sauteed with the onions. Add a
little curry powder, Vi - Vi teaspoon, and
one to two tablespoons peanut butter.
Mix it all thoroughly over low heat, taste,
and adjust till good. Pour over chicken,
pork, shrimp, or rice. Chutney's good
with it.

tional structure, and curriculum planning.
"The minute the institution talks about
restructuring and prospective curriculum,
Third World people must first have a
comprehensive overview of what is going
on," said Thomas." Third World students
cannot afford to buy into a non-functional system."
Thomas felt" we must clearly define the
influence Third World students will have
on the curriculum. "Third World people
have been left out of shaping curriculum.
We have been interviewed out of
programs we need." He felt more
discussion was needed in an attempt to
articulate the consciousness and ideology
of the institution as a whole.
Both Thomas and academic Dean Rudy
Martin felt that we must all keep in mind
the Quinault II document as it relates to
Third World Students.
"Third World students need a broad as
well as in-depth education with specific
curricular offerings dealing with our
particular, unique position in society,"
Martin said. Curriculum and restructuring
proposals must "key into our experiences," he said.
"We must cut through jargon and
sloganeering. We must find out what
terms like 'responsive curriculum' mean."
Martin emphasized the need for identifying the kinds of consciousness and
awareness being talked about.
Gay Studies Rejected
Lenore Norrgard, speaking for the Gay
Center, points out the difficulty of
implementing gay studies at an institution
which does not allow gay students to
participate in faculty hiring.
"A proposed gay studies program was
rejected by the deans for lack of a faculty
member competent to teach it," said
Norrgard, "but when a gay applied for
the faculty, he was rejected."
A representative of the Women's Center
at yesterday's all-campus meeting expressed a similar frustration regarding a
feminist studies program which was killed
by the deans last year. "We found we
needed a new faculty member in women's
studies, but we couldn't get one." she
said. "Finally we ended up doing
individual contracts with four separate
faculty members."
It would seem that factors which have
been around for a long time, such „=
student involvement in curriculum planning and faculty hiring, combined with
the new development of proliferating
proposals for the radical restructuring of
Evergreen, are acting together to catalyze
a new activist attitude on the part of the
students. However, unlike similar attitudes caused by various controversies and
conflicts evidenced in the past, student
activism now seems to have a clearer
direction than ever before.
If you awake one morning to find that
you've spent the night at the Dome,
chances are good you can get some food.
If offered one of Dixie's pancakes,
proceed with caution. Before eating one,
sniff it, and offer a bite to the dogs. If the
dogs decline your offer, the compost pile
is the logical place for the thing. A more
trustworthy item on the menu is Potatoes
au Trots. This begins with Trots frying up
some potatoes. Cooking at the Dome
being a flexible process, Aunt Peggy is
liable to walk by, notice a zucchini or
green pepper on the shelf, and add it to
the potatoes. Sensing that the potatoes are
almost done, Trots returns to add onions
and garlic to the frying potatoes. When
he's almost ready to eat, he cracks a few
eggs into the stuff, stirs it around, adds
hunks of cheese, and covers it till the
cheese melts. By this time, everyone is
standing around, fork in hand, waiting
for the final unveiling. We eat it all and
another day at the Dome has begun.
Downtown movies (by popular demand)
Capitol Theatre: "Fantasia" by
Walt Disney is back for another
round. Showings at 7 and 9:45.
Olympic Theatre: Starting Friday, Nov. 21, is "Rooster Cogburn" with John Wayne and
Katherine Hepburn. It's her first
western and his umpteenth.
Shows at 7 and 9 p.m. weekdays.
State Theatre: Continues
showing "Tommy" and "Let the
Good Times Roll." Of the two,
I've been told that "Good Times"
is the better. Showing of
"Tommy" is at 9:25. "Good
Times" shows at 7:45.

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ENTERTAINMENT
\y Gary Kaufman
Last week, or was it the week
before, someone wrote a letter
complaining the Journal altered
History. Tallyho! Someone has
finally got History all figured
out.
A
OLYMPIA:
Applejam: On Friday, Nov.
21, Eric Park and David Levine
will split the bill. Eric performs
finger-picking and slide guitar
along with a bit of harmonica in
an almost bluesy style. David
continues the evening with
guitar, Irish flute and pennywhistle with a series of Irish,
American, and British folk tunes.
Saturday, Nov. 22, Applejam
will be moving to the Chambers
Pririe Grange on the corner of
Henderson Blvd. and the Yelm
Highway for an Old Time
Harvest Hoedown. It'll start at 8
pm and will includes waltzes,
polkas, much square dancing
and just plain good old down
home music. They're asking
$1.50 for adults and 75 cents for
kids under 12. Folks over 100
years-old get in free. There will
be live music and a caller.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Friday Night Film Series presents, "Dark Star", plus a Lauel
and Hardy short entitled
"Scram" at 7 and 9:30 pm in
Lecture Hall One. Admission is
50 cents.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
The Evergreen Coffeehaus presents, as a part of its Saturday
night film series, "Jason and the
Argonauts" at 7 and 9 pm in
Lecture Hall One. Admission is
50 cents. Starring Tod Armstrong and Nancy Kouack, this
classic shmaltze covers, in the
typical macho style, the myth
around Jason and the golden
fleece. If you haven't taken your
tomatoes in from the garden yet,
this cold spell should have made
them just right to take to the
movie.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24
EPIC presents as part of its
film and speakers series, "Appalacia: Rich Land, Poor People"
at 7:30 pm in Lecture Hall One.
Depicting the struggle of the
poor and uneducated in Kentucky and the struggle they fight
against exploitation and ecological destruction by mining companies, this film will provides an
excellent basis for the discussion
to follow.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25
Faculty Film Series presents,
"The Trojan Women", a film
based on Euripides tragedy at 2
and 7:30 pm in Lecture Hall
One. This film was requested by
the program, Social History of
Women with good reason; it
successfully re-creates the attitude of women established by
the play. Go see it.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29
The Evergreen Coffeehaus presents, "The Bishops Wife",
starring Loretta Young, Cary
Grant and David Niven, at 7
and 9 pm in Lecture Hall One.
Admission is 50 cents. If you're
around for the turkey break, it's
an entertaining movie.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1
EPIC presents a slide show on
Chile in co-operation with the
group, Non-intervention in Chile
(NICH), at 7:30 pm in Lecture
Hall One.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2
Faculty Film Series presents
two movies, "Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town" and "Meet John Doe" at
2 and 7:30 pm in Lecture Hall
One. Both movies are early
Frank Capra, and follow in the
vein of "Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington," also a Capra flik.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3
Health Services, in conjunction
with their Health Fair, will be
showing the film "Away With
All Pest" at 11 am and 4 pm in
Lecture Hall One. A documentary by Dr. Horn about his
personal experiences in the
Peoples Republic of China, this
film explores China's liberation
and how its medicine has grown
with its politics.
Those of you who brought me
Demiurge material, thanx very
large. Toodles.

by Gary Kaufman
NORWEGIAN CELEBRATION
As I stood in front of the wina fleck of Scandanavian blood so
could not alter the festive spirit
dows on the third floor of the
I too could beam with the
that moved outdoors as the
Library lobby Sunday, Nov. 16, national pride that worked to
wedding procession marched
watching the crowd flow endlesssuccessfully coalesce the afteraround Red Square, putting the
ly beneath me to help celebrate
noon into a truly community
finishing touches on the activities
the Sesquicentennial Norwegian
event.
part of the evening. Afterwards
Folk Festival, I found myself
School children from the third
was a traditional Norwegian
trying to figure out exactly what
and fourth grades of L.P. Brown
dinner, which I have been told
I would say about the evening. It
was as well done as the bulk of
grade school — under the direcwas a good evening, and proved
the evening. If Sunday's festivition of Lorraine Lattaire, Lisbeth
to both the Olympia community
ties prove to be any sort of
Johnson and Peggy Kormondy —
and the Evergreen administration,
precedent for the college, Everpaved the way most pleasantly
I hope, that the college can
green can be anxiously looking
for the Mayfest Dancers, a
indeed act successfully as a
troupe of students from Pacific
forward to many excellent comcenter for community, rather
Lutheran University who study
munity events.
than merely college, events.
Scandanavian dance. The dancMOBY DICK
In the Library proper, craftsers maintained beautifully the
people sat carving wood or
illusion of Norse life as they
by Bob Shumate
spinning, while still others worked
It was raining outside; the
enchanted the audience, twining
with the calm certainty that
turnout was small. After the
their way intricately and graceyears of work at rosemaling or
drudge, what one saw was a-tall,
fully through a series of folk
embroidery brings. The festivthin, shallow man dressed in a
dances to infect all present with
ities, ushered in by Nels Christuxedo, centered on the stage
the joy and pleasure the dancers
tiansen playing a birch trumpettalking pleasantly to the audiderived from sharing a part of
like instrument called a Lur, did
ence, preparing them for "Moby
their heritage with people who
just that as it lured me with its
cared enough to be there and
Dick."
magic back into the days of
watch. Following the dancing, a
Philip Hanson had no expenhardangers and Norse gods, and
sive set and lighting, nor cast of
traditional Norwegian wedding
I imagined myself looking shoreceremony brought out all the
thousands. All he had was himward towards the lyrical sounds
self, a red cafeteria chair, an agcameras in the house as bride
beckoning me home. And it was
and groom, decked in elaborate,
ing, tattered French Provincial
in Norway I stayed as the
traditional garb, stood before a
stool and a worn copy of Moby
festivities continued with the
priest similarly dressed. The
Dick to aid him. ,„;
singing of the beautiful Norwewords of the ceremony, perHe began in a mild ,rnanner.
gian national anthem and our
formed entirely in Norwegian,
"Remember, I am not alone,, ;qn
own not-so-beautiful American
were totally incomprehensible to
this stage. The words are not
counterpart. As the anthems
my unfortunately bilingual ear
mine, they belong to Herman
were sung however, the audience,
(English and English), but their
Melville, the author of Moby
estimated by some to be over a
tone carried the unmistakable
Dick." He then placed the book
thousand people, became a parbeauty and splendor that those
on end and began an old whaling
ticipating crowd as their voices
involved with the tradition's
song. Soon, though the stage reblended into those of the
origins had incorporated into it.
mained unchanged, it seemed to
Normanna Male Chorus, making
All in all, the afternoon was
take on the form of a whaling
me wish that I could claim even
pleasing despite the rain which
town. You could feel the salty

Preview: A DOLL'S HOUSE
by G.H. Kaufman
First dress rehearsals, as a
rule, tend to be choppy and static
with many awkward pauses, and
breaks for second guesses at forgotten lines. But rules were made
to be ... and all that. Such was
the case with last Sunday's rehearsal of Henrik Ibsen's "A
Doll's House," scheduled to premier Thursday, Nov. 20, at 8
p.m. in the Library Lobby. Presented by Director Andre Tsai
and the Live and Recorded program at Evergreen,
Doll's
House" will be performed, as
written, in the round.
Watching the performance
Sunday was quite a treat for me,
as it has been many years since I
have witnessed and/or participated in the tensions of dress
rehearsals. The first act began
and ended slowly and painfully,
but as I listened and watched, I
was filled with the uncertainty of
whether it was the fault of the
play or the actors, as the first act
is designed as a tone and character display in which the paradox
between the outside world swirling around the inner one of the
Hilmer home is established by
Ibsen. The actions did not lend
themselves to anything but boredom throughout the entire first
act. But that was the'first act
seen in the first dress rehearsal.
The rest of the play is an entirely
different story.
The second and third acts
were performed properly enough
for me to wonder how Ibsen —
the master of dramatic realism
— would choose to end the production. I found myself laughing
at the oftentimes ludicrous antics
of the Hilmers and cringing as
their lives collapsed in front of
my eyes.
sea wind whipping through the
wharves and hear the creaking of
aged lumber as the bows of the
whaling vessels groaned while
men scurried about busily preparing to set sail. Philip Hanson
was no longer the form upon the
stage as he began, "Call me Ishmael." The tale progressed
through the various passages as
the form became an old man,
Queequeg, Ishmael, then Ahab
and on as Hanson became each
and every character. Just to
watch the audience was sight
enough to behold. There wasn't
a stir in the crowd of about 30
to 40 people. All watched the
changing form on stage brimming
with the awe of children seeing a
fantasy for the first time as he

The technical and prop crew
have already done an excellent
job with the positioning of lights
and getting hold of piece props
(19th century furniture). They
spent the evening experimenting
with lighting to help accentuate
the performance. The costumes
fit the characters they were designed for, and worked well as
an extension of their projected
personalities to help the audience
(me) identify with the characters.
Theater as a whole, I feel, is
made up of two essential factors
— a stage with performers and
an audience for them to respond
to and interact with. Dress rehearsals more often than not
lack the critically needed audience to help make the performance work as "Theater." However, after Sunday's sneak preview, I found myself walking
home through the snow (yea!)
pleased with my decision to stay
until after midnight to watch the
topical ending. Henrik Ibsen
walks away at the end of the
play as a playwright on the top
of the list of men involved with
the struggles of women in the
world today, and with the extrapolated problems of humans
as they struggle to overcome the
pressures of a society needing to
structure the lives of the people
comprising it. The people from
Live and Recorded have managed
to capture and project that struggle, as well as the irony with
which Ibsen oftentimes approaches the subject.
Tickets for the show may be
purchased at Yenney's (downtown), the Music Bar at South
Sound Center and at the door.
Admission for the general public
is $2, students $1.
proceeded with his tale. The
form was dynamic,' powerful;
smiling, giddy; sad, evil as the
characters ran fluid-like from
one into the next.
After the hunt of the great
: white whale, the form finished as
he began with an old whaling
song and once again the form
became Philip Hanson. The audience stood waiting, not realizing
the end had come. Philip looked
out over them smiled and said,
"That's all there is, there's no
more words." He was still smiling as he left the stage to the applause of the audience. Everyone
rushed to congratulate the man
on his magnificent performance.
As I shook his hand, I felt I had
met a great storyteller and actor.

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Doug King

Gregory Krall

cc-itti. .ted fr---in uage 6
and we all know what is in the
drawer of a smokers night stand.
(After all, the dills were in the
fridge.) I did not lunge for that
drawer, but reason, in its infinite
wisdom, allowed me to smoke
one more cigarette before they
forced me to quit, and once
decisions have been made, it is
best to move rapidly.
I was happy to find that my
brand had been placed in the
drawer; it made me think that
Wilma had been secretly consulted in some way to help with
the Center. But to be completely
frank, after this thought had
passed and I had taken a puff,
all hell broke loose. The ceiling,
apparently stable to all lay
observers, descended with such
rapidity as to cut my exhalation
short. It stopped short at a point
so close to me that, despite
clutching the sides of the mattress
with a vigorous downward
force, the tiny hairs in my nose
actually touched the plaster and
I had a chance to examine the
rough white surface at much
greater length than I cared for at
all. Without warning, as before,
the roof ascended quite suddenly
to its former height, and the bed
ironically shot up to where the
roof had stabilized.
And being thus pressed, I
could hear the sounds of many
tiny ball bearings all about the
room which stopped at precisely
the same moment that my bed
plummeted with great alacrity to
its starting place. This event was
perhaps even more shocking
than the first in that it mirrored
the trauma of the birth. My
eyes, being open to the utmost,
immediately and unavoidably
caught sight of the figures that
were roller-skating about my
room, all of them with umbrel-

that one places against the teeth
las, make-up, and padding
and plays with a Sproing!
around the mid-section as one
Sproing! sound imparted from
might see at a circus. Or a
the thumb? At that point, I had
contest for that matter, for each
to run and run I did, across a
smiled huge toothless smiles and
deep chasm, the type that is all
then took a wide arc towards my
too common in movies concernbed, leanmg to pick up speed,
ing ape-men, the artic, the
and then LEFT! up and over,
ocean itself, the face of Jupiter,
holding out the umbrellas to
and through, and through, and
slow their descent considerably,
out, out, out, out, out into the
until they landed on the other
side, some coming down t o . parking lot and Wilma was
there, running towards me with
execute a figure eight, some a
tears streaming down her face,
pirouette or a haughty bow.
and laughing too. She was
Those who landed particularly
shouting, "They told me how
well were applauded and cheered,
they were going to do it!! They
while one who fell down
told me how! Phil! They told me
disappeared altogether. When
all about it! As soon as I reachec
they seemed to tire of this sport,
her, I kissed, scolded, forgave
several of them grabbed the
and fell in love with her again al
corners of my bed and began to
at the same time, and then we
spin it around quite rapidly,
both laughed for a long while.
while the others held matches to
Since then, we send out
the sheets and spreads that had
kindest regards to The Rank
been flung about. Needless to
Center for the Abolition of Vilt
say, the worthless things caught
Personal Habits each year,
fire, and I was obliged to sit up
have never even told my friends
rather quickly as the space that
how I quit smoking.
had been the bed was rapidly
going up in smoke. In seconds, I
was down to standing room only
on a small patch of bed which
diminished even further to about
the size of, oh, roughly that of a
cigarette butt. Standing in such a
spot, I could only hop with one Warm November night and the stars
shining, Alabama, right outside
foot and then the other as it was
now almost inside
y
burning with a scathing heat.
with the loft doors owpen waide.
The room was filling to the brim Little sparks up there
in the navy pecan pie-sky,
with smoke, I had lost sight of
arcing their route
the skaters, and I no longer
all night without clouds.
knew if I was spinning or not. In The Southern Exposure Cinema Corp
giving loft seats away
k
this condition, I looked down at
free.
the ember I was standing on,
Lucy Woods
and angrily jumped full force
upon it with both feet, and upon
so doing, it lost its burning
characteristics and became instead like a teter-toter board
which had been jumped on and
unbalanced. My fingertips dug in