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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 4, Number 17 (February 12, 1976)

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Long^lerm Curriculum

A sunny day in February, something of a rarity, found Seattle's
Pike Place Market bustling with activity last Friday. The Market, with its labyrinth of intriguing shops and fragrant smelling
restaurants, is always a fun place to explore no matter what
the weather is like.

EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURE
CONTROVERSY STILL
SMOLDERING
The Experimental Structure controversy
is still smoldering as opposition to the
structure's fiery fate begins to gather
momentum.
Over twenty students met Monday
afternoon with faculty member Bob
Filmer and school architect Bill Knauss at
the building site to discuss alternatives to
the proposed burning to the ESP.
The administrative decision to burn the
building was countered by proposals to
bring the building up to code or dismantle
the structure in an orderly manner. .

Culture is coming to Evergreen
in the form of Bertolt Brecht's
and Kurt Weill's 1928 musical
satire "The Threepenny Opera."
The production is being presented
by the Live and Recorded program under the direction of faculty member Ainara Wilder.
Lead players for the March 4
through 8 productions are Walter Hilton as Macheath, Linda
Cox as Polly Peachum, Paul Bigley as Mr. Peachum, Margaret
Simms as Mrs. Peachum, Cheryl
Wickland as Jenny and Daniel
Deprez as the street singer.
The play will open for the first
of five evening performances
March 4 at 8 p.m. in the Daniel
J. Evans Library Theatre (in
other words, the Library Lobby

Evergreen student Jean-Pierre Bressieux
is working on a detailed, cost/material
estimate to determine the necessary steps
in bringing the structure up to code. He is
expected to present his findings to VicePresident Kormondy at the end of Winter
quarter.
One final note: The person or persons
who removed two stained glass windows
and two propane tanks from the
Experimental Structures Building late last
week are kindly requested to return the
materials to Bob Filmer — Lab rm. 1002.

gets the treatment' again).
American audiences will best
remember the work for its introduction of the character of Macheath, or Mac the Knife, whose
theme song was turned into a hit
pop recording by the late Bobby
Darin. The play, based on an
18th century ballad opera, is set
in London in the 1900's where it
centers around its hero Macheath, a defender of the oppressed who comes to a position
of wealth and honor through illegal means. Overnight, the play
became a huge success and
launched the careers of Brecht,
the author, and Kurt Weill, the
composer.
Also included in the cast and
chorus are Michael McGalliard,

by Lenore Norrgard
The Long-term Curriculum
DTP is in the process of determining how to go about longterm curriculum planning. The
DTP was appointed by Ed Kormondy early this month, and at
present consists of eight students,
eleven faculty, and three staff.
Seven of the student members
were elected by student delegates
from program seminars, and one
additional student was appointed
by Kormondy.
The DTP has outlined two
stages of how to determine how
to go about planning. First they
will look at where Evergreen is
now — what are Evergreen's
goals and objectives as espoused
by the instutition? Are any of
these goals and objectives in conflict, creating problems that the
DTP should evaluate? An example that Joe Dear, student
DTP member, gave, is that Evergreen offers the opportunity for
individual study, but also stresses
interdisciplinary group study.
This causes a tension, Dear said,
that must be dealt with.
After defining Evergreen's goals
and objectives and examining the
conflicts, the DTP will go on to
stage two. Where does Evergreen

want to go? Do changes need to
be made in the goals? How can
problems be eliminated by changing the institution? Which problems will we learn to live with?
Member Joe Dear said that
"there is a definite intent by the
entire DTP to make real longterm plans, not simply a "bandaid" plan. He said this obligates
the DTP to involve the community in the decisions the DTP will
make, which he said means DTP
members have to discuss the decisions with their constituent
groups.
Dear said there are two ways
students can influence the DTP:
One is to attend the regular
Wednesday meetings the student
DTP members hold every Wednesday in CAB 108. The other is
the Student Information Office
located in CAB 206. The office
is open daily from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. with a student DTP member always there around noon.
Dear said the faculty seem
well-organized in their dean
groups for discussion of DTP
issues. The faculty groups will be
discussing individual study vs.
interdisciplinary group study this
Friday.

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evergreen

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JOURNAL
Volume IV Number 17

February 12, 1976

Opera Premiers March 4
James Kahie, l_arla Becker, Geoffrey Aim, Kevin Phillips,
Clark Sanford, Mark Bullis,
Laurel White, Erin Kennedy,
David Larsen, Thomas Lindsey,
Mark Blumenfeld, Carolin Currier, Tess Martinez and Brent
Ray.
Faculty member Don Chan is
directing the music while Pam
Schick, also faculty, is in charge
of choreography. Set design is
under the direction of Denny
Kochta and costumes are being
designed by Mai Pina Chan.
The cast of "Threepenny," and
those working behind the scenes,
are busy in preparation for opening night when Macheath and his
gang will once again roam the
streets of London.

Preparations are underway for the March 4 opening night of
The Threepenny Opera. Some of the cast are pictured during
rehearsals of the final scene of the musical comedy which is
being presented by the Live and Recorded program.

A STEP TOWARD RESPECTABILITY

FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT EVERGREEN
by John Dodge

Does foreign language study deserve a higher
rung on the academic ladder at Evergreen? In recent weeks the question has been dealt with by
concerned faculty and students and the answer appears to be "yes."
Sixty-one percent of the respondents to a fall
quarter survey said they would be more likely to
study a foreign language at Evergreen if the present
situation were improved — in terms of hours, levels and choice of topics.
"Evergreen students do want to learn foreign languages, but they want to learn them well — with
continuity, with professional instructors and as an
integral part of coherent programs in foreign area
studies," said Lynn Struve, faculty member and foreign language coordinator for winter quarter.
But so far in Evergreen's brief history, foreign languages have lacked respect as a serious study area.
"They (foreign languages) are often treated as a
basic skill or recreation without academic validity,"
said Lynn Struve.
Only one faculty member, Therese Bonin, is
scheduled for full-time work in a specific language
— French. Other full-time faculty members such as
Lynn Struve, Andrew Hanfman and Susan Fiksdal,
to name a few, work with students in foreign languages when the needs arise and when the faculty
have the necessary time.
Eight native speakers of foreign languages form
the nucleus for foreign language instruction at Evergreen. These eight tutors, only half of whom are

academically trained in language instruction, work
three hours a week with an equal mixture of credited and non-credited students.
Tutorial assistance was originally provided for
students who were expected to work chiefly on
their own with texts and tapes. But the demands
on the tutors have increased since the tutor system
was initiated at Evergreen.
In a letter to foreign language students this quarter, Lynn Struve said the haphazard system of language instruction was partly a freak offspring of
the college's philosophy of self-directed learning,
partly a reflection of an ethnocentric orientation of
the curriculum as a whole and partly the result of
hiring only full-time faculty members.
"More than other kinds of study, language learning requires self-motivation, discipline and time,"
Lynn continued. The student must make a rigorous
commitment and the instructor must be somewhat
of a "relentless drill master" for effective results in
learning a foreign language.
French instructor Therese Bonin was quick to
point out that a rigorous approach to foreign language does not necessarily mean a traditional approach. She said foreign languages can be taught
creatively and in the context of the culture from
which the language emanates.
"With a good team of committed language teachers, social scientists, linguists and historians, Evergreen could offer the type of language programs
that the whole country would envy and emulate,"
said Therese.
Short range steps to solidify the structure of lan-

guage instruction at Evergreen include:
• Use of faculty and tutor time for credit students
only.
• Send non-credit people to Learning Services or
the Self-Paced Learning Units.
• Provide fully professional instruction in a limited
number of languages with tutoring in other languages paid for by the students themselves or by
programs.
Ideas suggested to the Long Range Curriculum
Planning DTF include:
• The establishment of a cohesive core program in
each language offered. (Under the present system, language sequencing is divided into four
general areas: beginning, advanced beginning,
intermediate, and advanced.)
• The inclusion of diversified modules or group
contracts for advanced and intermediate students
seeking continued skill-building.
• The periodic availability of coordinated studies
in specific languages and cultures.
A school of Evergreen's size must make choices
in its effort to organize and upgrade foreign language instruction. We cannot offer instruction in a
large number of languages. But we can emphasize
learning the languages and understanding the cultures of important historical and contemporary civilizations.
In the first five years of Evergreen's existence,
the foreign language dilemma has settled in the
corner "like so much dust." Now is the time to at
least sweep the dust into a pile and decide what to
do with it.

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LETTERS

BAH A'I
AND WOMEN

To the Editor:
I was very happy to see the
Principle of Unity adopted by
the newly-formed Women's Coalition.
What that principle states is
nearly identical with the sacred
writings of the Baha'i Faith to
which I belong.
My only question is: will a
coalition open to women promote the rights so long denied
to women? It seems reasonable
to ask in the light of unreasonable men's societies which have
excluded women — the result of
those acts being the present
injustice, anger and hatred demonstrated by men and women
alike. Does one sexist act deserve
another?
No. Revenge and retaliation
are immature and seek selfish
ends — these sexist actions and
reactions. Alas, there is no sex.
We are all equal in spirit and
need not be biased by a person's
exterior adornments.
Such is the teaching of the
Baha'i Faith — held by the
Baha'i for over 125 years. The
Women's Coalition reflects these
teachings and I can well appreciate its intentions from that
standpoint. I hope that their
efforts succeed non-offensively.
Rob Stauffer

WEENIE ROAST
To the Editor:
We think the plan to burn the
Experimental Structure has much
to recommend it. Among other
things, burning one of the most
beautiful buildings on campus
will be a strong testimonial to
the bureaucratic wisdom that has
characterized so many of the
decisions at Evergreen.
To further enhance the learning possibilities inherent in this
experience, we have two suggestions:
1) Set fire to all the buildings
on campus, carefully controlling
the starting fires so that the
amount of heat (in BTU's) in
each beginning blaze is proportional to the square feet of floor
space in that building. This will
give all of us an opportunity to
gather data on differing rates of
combustion for various materials,
effect of shape and style upon
combustion rates, and so on.
This plan will also provide the
campus fire crews with a much
greater learning experience.
2) Use this occasion for a gigantic Evergreen weenie roast.
We certainly have an adequate

supply of weenies on campus to
use for that purpose...... . . . . ,
Bill Aldndge
Earle McNeil

BLAZE OF GLORY
(Ed. Note: This letter was
originally sent to Vice-president
Kormondy.)
To the Editor:
I'm very concerned about the
proposed burning of the Experimental Structure this Spring. I
sincerely hope that you, President McCann and Dean Clabaugh will reconsider this decision.
When I first came to Evergreen
this Fall and was getting acquainted with the campus and
vicinity, I happened upon the
house quite by accident. Its uniqueness was refreshing and the
lovely way that it blended with
its environment impressed me as
few other houses have. Naively,
I thought that it must be the
home of the President of the College, and thought how appropriate it seemed in that context. I
didn't get close enough to read
the sign which told of its real
identity, preferring to leave its
privacy intact.
I haven't had time to visit the
Experimental Structure since that
day but have described it to a
number of people and set aside
time in my mind to pay it another call. What a shock it was
to find out that someone would
consider burning it as an exercise
in "community service." The
structure is a unique, beautiful
and potentially useful thing that
the College should treasure as a
resource for future years. To
burn it in order to end its life in
"a blaze of glory" seems needlessly destructive and shamefully
wasteful in light of resource use.
My proposal would be to rehabilitate the structure, an exercise
which would give students at Evergreen and other people an excellent opportunity to hone carpentry and masonry skills as
well as provide the College with
a lasting piece of valuable property which would serve the community in years to come.
Marguerite A. Stroh

CULTURE VULTURE
To the Editor:
It is definitely a drag that the
disappearance of posters causes
many to miss cultural events on
campus. However, let's consider
that the posters are, in a sense,
cultural events themselves. Appreciators of good graphics realize" that the only way to obtain
copies of these fine posters is to
rip them off. And to do so be-

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NEWS EDITORS
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FEATURE EDITOR
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PHOTOGRAPHY

NEWS STAFF
Joe Morawski
Molly Wright
Lenore Norrgard
Chris Cowger
Catherine Riddell
Matt Groening

fore anyone else does. The early
bird (with or without conscience)
gets the worm!
We have an idea (!). Why
don't the poster makers print up
an extra 100 or so and sell them
for 50 cents each at the Info
Desk or some such place. The
money could go to defray printing costs, contribute to future
events, and the like. More people
could enjoy the posters. And we,
for two, would be more than
willing to pay the tiny fee for
these works of art.
- Galleries, etc., at other institutions provide this simple and delightful service. They even keep
back issues in stock. Why not
here?
2 Culture Vultures
(Please don't print our names.
We're chicken.)

SHAMELESS PUNK
To the Editor:
Would the shameless punk
who ripped-off my green hooded
sweatshirt from the JorganCruse/Patchwork concert on the
Library 4th floor please return it
before my faith in youth is
destroyed?

THWARTED
BY EVERGREEN . . .
To the Editor:
Monday night, February 9, on
Channel 9, a special was
presented on the only exhibit to
ever tour the world from the
LETTERS POLICY

The Journal welcomes all
signed letters to the Editor
(names will be withheld on
request) and prints them as
space permits. To be considered for publication that
week, letters must be received
by 5 p.m. on the Tuesday before the Thursday of publication. Letters received after
deadline will be considered
for the next issue. Letters
must be typed, double-spaced
and 400 words or less. The
Editor reserves the right to
edit letters over 400 words.
Generally, a photo or original art is also run on the letters page. To be considered
for publication, photos/art
from the community must
also be submitted by 5 p.m.
Tuesday before the Thursday
of publication. Submission
size: 5" x 7" or 8" x 10" although other sizes are acceptable. Name, address and
phone must be on all submissions and all originals will be
returned.

People's Republic of China. I
had neither the money or time
off last summer to travel to San
Francisco to see the show and
being a potter and art student I
was excited to view the television
special.
First I had a small problem
finding the exact time of the
program. The bookstore had run
out of newspapers and the
library does not receive the
Daily Olympian until the day
after the issue is released (a
practice which makes no sense to
me at all!) But a call to the Daily
O gave me the information I
needed.
I went to the library to the
T.V. viewing room but the
reception and color were bad on
Channel 9 so I went to the CAB.
The program was perhaps the
best I have ever seen on any
country's art treasures, showing
the pieces chronologically with
brief descriptions of the events
taking place during each period.
A security guard came down
and said the building was
officially closing at 9 p.m. but
since there was a whole class of
people on the same floor which
would be staying until 10 p.m.,
he saw no reason why we
couldn't watch the show until
9:30 but the head of CAB security
didn't see it this way and kicked
us out promptly at 9:00. I
frantically looked for another
television to view the most
important last half hour of the
show but the Olympics were
being viewed by a whole crowd
of people on the only other
television in the library. I
returned to the CAB to try to
reason with
him
but he
had no interest in my problem
and literally slammed the door in
my face when I was trying to
talk to him. My episode is over,
it will take months of reading
and research to regain the
information contained in the last
half hour of that program. It is
sad that rules are set up which in
this case kept me from getting an
education. Somewhere on campus there should be a television
set for use past .the normal
building hours, the learning
process does not always stop
precisely at 9 p.m.

NO COMMENT
• That woman is really scared,
she looks very sexy, (from a
Tuesday morning A.R.T.|S. seminar)
• The richest people in that
country are the most religious;
they have the most fun and get
the best women, (from a Tuesday morning A.R.T.S. seminar)
Patti Simon

LOOSE
AT LAID BACK
To the Editor:
Just a note regarding the list of
car-repair prices. Please don't
think of this as a plug for Laidback Motors, but I would like to
make a few things clear about
the price.
1) There are two people who
work there. Bob owns the place
and does most of the work.
Muntz does jobs there occasionally. Prices differ between the
two.
2) Laidback doesn't have a lot
of fancy testing equipment, hydraulic stuff, etc. Because of this
some jobs take longer while they
do things by hand or run down
to other places. So some jobs are
harder for them to do and could
cost more.
3) There are some type of cars
they prefer to work on, others
that they don't like. So prices
vary.
4) I think this is the most important point — if you want to
know what they're doing to your
car, they'll try to help you understand. Please realize that it takes
a lot of energy to explain things
and it often makes the jobs take
twice as long.
5) If you want to do your
own work they will help in diagnosing and advise w/o charge.
The tools are all Bob's and I
really don't know what his current stand on lending them is.
I live with Muntz and the Laidback jobs bring in money. But
I'm hot saying that they'll do a
better job or that they're cheaper
than anyone else. But they are a
little loose at Laidback. Their
prices vary and not as fixed as
the article made out.
Hope that's clear and your
cars run, cause they're a pain
when they don't. You got machines — you got problems.
Barbara Liles

Lisa Crubaugh
STUDENT PERSONNEL
ADMINISTRATION WORKSHOP

WHEN :
Friday, Feb. 13, 12:00 -1:30 p.m.
WHERE:
CAB 110
SPEAKERS : George Horn, Director of Human Growth
Center, TESC.
Larry Stenberg, Dean of Student Development Programs, TESC.
To identify careers in college and university student
affairs. Particularly appropriate to students studying
counseling and social services.

BUSINESS MANAGER
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COMMENTARY
by John Woo
I would like to present a case for mural art.
As pa^t of the Third World Bicentennial Forum — a
symposium of identity, pride, work and nation building — a mural competition was sponsored in conjunction with Present McCann. The mural was to depict
the artist's perception of the Third World peoples'
struggle for self determinism, equality, justice and
brotherhood throughout the 200 years of this country.
In June of 1975 the entry of Seattle mural painters
Curtis and Pauline Alley-Barnes was judged the winner. The mural, 10 feet wide and 30 feet high, was to
be painted on panels in the artists' studio, transported
to Olympia and mounted on the proposed exterior
wall site on the front of the CAB. What was to
follow was a maze of administrative and bureaucratic
ping-pong.
At the June meeting of the Board of Trustees the
proposal was presented for the Board's endorsement.
The Trustees were asked permission to accept the location for hanging the mural, the issue being, "should
art be displayed on the exterior of campus buildings?"
Opposition was raised by the Director of Facilities
Jerry Schillinger and Administrative Vice-President
Dean Clabaugh, who questioned the mural's effect on
the design continuum of the campus, the danger of
setting precedents for f u t u r e proposals and the
question of campus esthetics. The Board asked for further consultation and opinion from three sources —
the architects committee, the Visual Environment
Group and the community.
Meanwhile, despite no confirmation of a site, artists

were laying ground work and making studies on techniques, lighting conditions and community esthetics.
In October of 1975 a contract was signed, thus beginning the project. The completion date was set for
Fall of 1976. The contract included a $4,500 artist
commission and $2,000 for materials, of which $2,500
was paid from the President's Greater Evergreen Fund.
The remainder of the balance was anticipated from a
grant through the Washington State Arts Commission.
The following folly issued with a series of catch 22's,
23's and probably more to come.
The Arts Commission denied funding for the project
because Evergreen has two buildings under construction which will use one-half of one percent of their
monies for art. (A recent state law provides one-half
of one percent of the capital building cost on all public construction to be set aside for the purchase of art.
Two Evergreen projects, the Communications Building
and the Lab Phase II, apply to this law.)
Upon recommendation from the Washington State
Arts Commission, the Visual Environment Group —
overseers of the one-half of one percent monies —
granted the Bicentennial Mural Project $2,000 from
Phase II, with no stipulation that the work must be
placed in that building. "No go," said Clabaugh, art
purchased with Phase II money has to stay in Phase
II. So, lacking any interior 30 by 10 area to hang the
work, Phase II money is no longer available.
Next scene: Clabaugh asked the S&A Board to
fund the $2,000 balance and the Board agreed — but
not in the way Clabaugh expected. The S&A Board
asked that the mural be funded from the CAB Reserve

Fund (money set aside for a future addition to CAB)
provided that the mural be placed on CAB's face —
the original proposed location.
Clabaugh cries blackmail!
So we sit. Nothing has been settled. But a $4,500
contract has been signed and $2,500 has been paid.
With the President's signature on the contract the
school must act or face a breach of contract suit with
. the artists.
The time is upon us where people will no longer sit
quietly while art becomes more and more institutionalized, categorized and exclusive. Sad as it is, art is
being so entwined with capitalism that artists are in a
constant struggle with the need to survive as artists
and self-expressors.
As art becomes more confined to an elite few who
control the quality of art because they control the
money, people will seek out other forms for expression and enjoyment.
Art for the future must be for the people or there
will be no art. No art, no poem, no building will satisfy everyone and it shouldn't. No mural will find universal acceptance either. That is what I expect. So for
a few to judge what is right, what is truth, or what is
beauty for all of us, is absurd.
The time is right for murals.
Upon recommendation of the Board of Trustees the
campus community is being polled for an opinion on
mural or exterior walls. No judgment is being asked
as far as content, esthetic or political. Petitions are to
be circulated soon and all opinions are welcomed.
Speak up for your campus.

After the Flood :
A CENTRAL AMERICAN
AN EVERGREEN

The Muller Mount Rainier flag

Bicentennial Madness
by Jill Stewart
God protect the Renaissance.
The Bicentennial Rip-Off is
chewing away at our mentalities,
offering us bicentennial underwear, maple syrup and car parts.
Now it's killing our art.
Terrence Geiger of Seattle and
Jean-Claude Muller of Temple
City, California have designed
two flags, in which they have attempted to depict state scenes,
for a regional bicentennial competition called New Glory.
The Seattle Times outrageously
refers to the Geiger entry as
"green trees and wheat fields,"

and the Muller design as "Mount
Rainier." They are nothing but
large triangular blocks of color
uncreatively arranged within a
rectangular border.
Attempts by the imagination
to relate these flag designs to the
Pacific Northwest are futile. The
works are boring, uninspired,
impersonal and far removed
from the atmosphere and environment of Washington.
Our state will choose between
the two entries for its official bicentennial flag. Maybe they'll
both lose.

The Geiger trees-and-wheat flag.

The land ruptures in Guatemala and we
don't understand . . . We see pictures of
devastated cities and emergency hospitals
sprouting haphazardly in the streets. We
see dazed mothers clutching broken babies
to their breasts and old men stoically recording another cruel twist of fate. The
mind boggles trying to comprehend someone else's bitter reality so many thousands
of miles away . . .
(Guatemala City, Feb. 7, 1976)
Hundreds of earthquake tremors rumbled across Southern Mexico and Central
America in the pre-dawn hours last Wednesday. Reports show Guatemala was
hardest hit with the death count at 17,000
and climbing. Over one-sixth of the country's six million people have been left
homeless. Transportation systems are
paralyzed and the extent of damage done
in remote, highland Indian villages is still
anybody's guess.
Guatemala is not well-equipped to
handle the situation: There is only one
doctor for every 3,600 Guatemalans and
the ratio jumps to one doctor for every
23,000 people outside the capital (Guatemala City). Guatemala already suffers
from the highest mortality rate in the
Western Hemisphere and 75 percent of all
Guatemalan children under five years old
are malnourished.
Early this week a handful of Evergreen
students began organizing a fund-raising
project to help the people of the stricken,
Latin American country.
Cathy Hoover and a few friends set up
a sale of clothes, books and miscellaneous
items — most of the items were initially
donated by Cathy. Soon other members
of the Evergreen community were donating personal possessions for sale and an
even greater number of individuals were
buying.
By Tuesday morning Cathy had generated over $500 in sales. All proceeds will

EARTHQUAKE,

REACTION

be sent to the Save the Children Federation, a United Nations organization with
field offices in Central America. Cathy
knows the federation director, Andy Ruvi;
in Honduras and she is sending him a certified check with instructions to see that
the money reaches the needy victims in
Guatemala.
It is a sad yet painfully true fact that
most severe natural disasters strike impoverished, Third-World countries. The
narrow isthmus of Central America was
ravaged by another powerful earthquake
three years ago when the Nicaraguan capital city of Managua was destroyed, leaving over 10,000 dead.
So easy to forget or ignore the sudden
misfortune of others. So easy to go about
our daily lives depending on a vague
"somebody else" to come to the aid of the
needy. What a refreshing, positive feeling,
in the shadow of all the sadness, to see
the Evergreen community take the time to
care.
. . . Ready to leave Guatemala City after a lunch of chicken chow mein and bitter Guatemalan beer. (Guatemala — the
land of the Quetzal bird and the fat tortilla.) . . . One last look in the .central
market where the meat hangs in hot, narrow aisles, and the fruit sits softly stacked
in ancient comers. One lingering glance
permanently etched in my mind — the
arroyo-lined face of a Maya-Quiche Indian — his face reading like a history
book of repression.
So hard to find a map of this country
I'm in. I just want to know where to expect roads. 1 just want to know if I can
drive to the Maya ruins of Tikal in the
Peten region of Northern Guatemala.
Found a map at a Texaco gas station on
the edge of a city that moves with the
earth .
(Guatemala City, Feb. 7, 1972)
1. Figures provided courtesy of the North
American Congress on Latin America.

^backspace,

Backspace isn't attacking Earth Shoes this week. Maybe next
week.

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good thing when compared to
other schools. Dorms are co-ed
with men's and women's apartments being mixed on each floor.
Apartments are just that, with
real bedrooms, a bathroom and
living room/kitchen. Dorm hours
are unheard of and regulations
are few.
So at WSU, as at most colsimultaneous, but beginning Jan- leges, a dorm is a dorm and, as
style. Advertising is not obnoxThe station has guts and
uary KZAM's AM must do its
ious. What is advertised is clever
consistency. KZAM hired two
was recently proven, a gay is ...
by Catherine Riddell
own programming, hopefully
and successful. Offensive styles
women DJ's no one else would.
well . . . not exactly wanted. De"But, i we're going to hire a
maintaining the same format.
and offensive products are not
Like the rest of the staff, they
bate is still raging over the
woman, too, real soon!" said a were intelligent, talented, and
KZAM has had success with
broadcast, such as Ronald McASWSU Assembly's decision last
staff member from a traditional
Evergreen interns in the news
Donald and Safeway.
unable to break in any place
fall to fund the campus gay peoradio station when told an
department. They find them
They've made gutsy decisions
else. They were hired at wages
ple's organization to the tune of
advertising account was being
more sophisticated than interns
below parity, but after the
that have paid off.
an unheard of $160. This so the
transferred to KZAM radio. A
from the professional broadcastDennie Fleener, KZAM News
phenomenal response of the first
gay people could have an office
true anecdote reported by an
ing schools, knowing how to go
six months, the pleased owners
Editor says, "They told them
and phone of their very own.
advertiser and told to me at the
where to get what. Says current
(the owners) it wouldn't work,
responded with hundred to twoThe resulting clamor caused
KZAM studio.
intern Bill Hirshman, who is
but now, well, they're less in the
hundred dollar raises all around.
the amount of funding to be deT u r n i n g to K Z A M , which
generally glad to be there, "if
They have made a genuine
red." The Bellevue station was
creased to $95 . . . and they're
broadcasts 92 FM and 1540 AM
you're going to get an internship,
desperate enough to try anything
committment to public service.
still fighting about it.
simultaneously, people find a
They co-sponsored and provided
and it did. The free-form result get one that pays."
Meanwhile, at Evergreen the
station striving for the same kind
advertising for the Women in the
was an outrageous success.
Gay Resource Center received
of intelligent radio as KAOS,
Arts Festival. Their news is AP,
According to demographic sur$3,118 in S&A money for the
but tighter. Some people don't
but there is a focus on news
veys listenership has tripled since
'75 - '76 school year. Students at
like KZAM just because it's so
relevant to the local area and it
the new format began in April.
Evergreen have more control
unpredictable. It's not a "rocker"
is rewritten to fit the KZAM
Currently the AM broadcast is
over their activities money than
or "top 40."
most schools. At WSU, students
Carl Cook, KAOS production
-WSU (ALMOST) HAS TUITION STRIKE
are attempting to gain the type
manager, says, "They don't yell
centered around the SWAT (Stuof control Geoducks take for
placement of two students and a
at y o u . They're like KAOS,
by Curt Milton
dents Withholding All Tuition)
granted.
except commercial."
faculty member on the WSU
committee. The strike would
As a result of their many disA
student
tuition
strike
at
The attraction is the commuBoard of Regents, student conhave been implemented during
agreements with the Board of ReWashington State University? It
nici tion with no robots. Each DJ
trol of all activity fees and an
registration week by students
gents, WSU students want to
almost happened. If student orplans h i s / h e r own programaudit of university expenditures
voluntarily placing their tuition
seat two students and one faculty
ganizers
had
had
time
to
plan
ming — including American folk
to determine whether Gov. Evand fee money in a trust fund inmember
on the Board. The Board
the
strike
and
enough
money
to
dancing if it fits.
ans' tuition increase proposal is
stead of paying them to the Uniof Trustees at Evergreen offered
cover printing and attorney's
necessary. Students were reportversity. SWAT was to have coto seat a student, a faculty and a
fees, Washington state's second
edly angered after the last Board
ordinated the establishment of
staff representative on the Board
largest college campus might
of Regents meeting at which the
the fund and depositing of the
last June yet, due to continued
even now be in the throes of a
Regents voted not to remove the
money but, according to com- wrangling and argument, the facstudent rebellion.
controversial 14-year-old live-in
mittee member Tom Hall, there
ulty and staff weren't seated unThe aims of the strike were the
rule for college housing. They
just wasn't enough time and
til the last BOT meeting Jan. 20.
also refused to allow the Univermoney to complete plans and
The student rep, Charles Albertsity to act as collection agent for
make the strike work.
son, has just been chosen. Once
student funds to support the
Hall said that although the
again, Geoducks appear to be
401 N. Columbia
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taking for granted a right that
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doesn't mean that the goals that
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colleges don't have.
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Hot Chili
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NEW GROUPS STARTING
the differences between EverLETTERS.
AND EMPLOYING VARIOUS
green and Washington State UniTECHNIQUES AND INTERALL DAY
continued from page 2
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stitutions like WSU are now facFORTH.
I would rather go climb the
ing have apparently been preGRANDOPENING
Cascades. Actually it's a much
vented from arising at Evergreen
more pleasant experience. Thank
through common sense and adyou.
vance
planning.
PLACE: OLYMPIA COUNRed
Take WSU's Freshmen live-in
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6078
sororities officially recognized by
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to remove the rule has been a
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unfurnished ASH apt. $77.SO/
One of the issues in the current
mo. Call 866-2609 and ask
strike debate, the live-in rule is
for Don.
opposed by almost everyone, including ASWSU President Linda
Licensed day care — WestCarlisle.
side, Conger Ave. Part-time,
At Evergreen a different attiday or evening. Phone 357tude is taken regarding such mat9264.
Applications for the job of
ters and the mere suggestion of
establishing a live-in rule would
probably be laughed off the
campus.
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WOMYNCIRCLE ROUND/FOR WOMEN ONLY
by Lenore Norrgard
The Womyncircle Round (sic)
Sunday evening was "a celebration of women's consciousness in
movement and music for women
only." The small group experienced silence, laughter and chat
while standing in a circle,
moving in rhythm to songs by
women: Nina Simone, Hazel
and Alice, Joan Baez. This was a
participatory celebration led by
Bonnie Sundance and Parker
Lindner. One woman who participated said that through the
movements the women were
directed to make and expand on,
she felt "the tension of always
being directed into the feminine
mystique" was illustrated and
released. She went on to say,
"The movements used made
women aware of basic everyday,
taken-for-granted things like
walking, r u n n i n g , breathing,
looking and making eye contact."
Revelations for Women (Only)
was a slideshow created by
Bonnie Sundance and M. A.
Parker, shown Monday evening
to a group of some fifteen
women. The artists explained
that through this slideshow they
were exploring "what it means to

be a woman artist in this
society." The slideshow explored
"Womens" sensuality" as related
to their view of lesbian sexualtiy.
The artists described the slideshow as a "looking backward
and forward."
. The slideshow opened with the
opening of a crocus, the woman
unfolding. The show consisted of
slide after slide of full color
nature slides interspersed with
black slides. Poetry was read in
conjunction with the slides
throughout the show, adding to
the message. Sundance and
Parker read both their own
poetry and the poetry of other
women.
the slides focused on flowers
and woodsy natural settings,
often with women featured as a
childish part of nature, a part of
"Mother Earth." The women
were often nude and touching
one another, the poetry caressing
the caressing women.
The traditional characteristics
of women were featured in this
slideshow by women (and "for
women (only)"): childish, emotionality, spirituality, femininity,
sensuality, sexuality, and "superrationality" ("beyond the ration-

al"). Now and then the nontraditional adjective, "strong" is
added for balance. The show
glorifies the traditionally "feminine" — right down to female
genitalia. However, there are
none of the traditional men in
the show; at one point the
dream is expressed as a world
without men. Interesting, since
the characteristics of women
highlighted are those that this
male-dominated society has always assigned to women.
It is important that women
express the feminist movement
through art to communicate and
build the movement, but this
slide show did not carry through
on this much-needed task. Instead, through enchanting slides
of women in traditional roles
and dreams, the artists succeeded
in avoiding the real issue of
feminism, of women's equality:
Keeping traditional characteristics that are good, throwing out
those that are destructive to both
women and men and building
those characteristics in women
that have not traditionally been
assigned to women that are
productive. The finished product
would be men and women who

all share the productive and not
the destructive elements. This is
what feminist art needs to
portray and the message that
needs to be conveyed.

211 DARKROOM
Although it has long since
served the purpose of its
existence, Evergreen's 211 building continues to play an active
role in campus life.
Erected as a temporary structure when Red Square was just a
field of mud and the Library a
mere hole in the ground, the
building contained offices for
many people at the primitive
campus site. Now it houses a
darkroom, a jewelry studio and
an industrial sewing machine, all
open to Evergreen students and
community members enrolled in
workshops.
The darkroom, managed by
Kathleen Meighan, is the only
general access darkroom on
campus. Woody Hirzel, of Photo
Services, says it is so popular
people are being turned away.
Equipment included in the
facility includes 6 enlargers, a
film processing area, a print and
film drying area and a print
mounting area. Students pay 50
cents for each use or $7.50 per

quarter for unlimited useage.
The facility is c o n s t a n t l y
supervised by Kathleen and her
assistants, Michael Cohen, James
Adams and Toni Nasser. Budget
support is a shared effort
between TESC Photo Services
and the Campus Rec. Center.
Hours for the 211 Darkroom
are: Monday — closed; Tuesday — 12:30 to 10; Wednesday — 12:30 to 10; Thursday —
12:30 to 5; Friday —12:30 to
10; Saturday — closed; and
Sunday — 2:30 to 10.

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• Ken Davis, chairperson of the
Alaska Committee of the Mountaineers, will speak and show his
slides this Tuesday night, February 17, at 7:30 in Lecture Hall 4.
At this Sierra Club meeting, Ken
will particularly focus on endangered lands of Alaska.
• The next meeting of the
committee to organize the women's coalition is Tuesday the
17th at 7 p.m. in the Board of
Trustees room, Lib. 3112. The
committee is open to all interested women. For more information, see bulletin board between
Lib. rm 3219 and 3218.
• The flavor of the old time
dance marathon will be brought
back to life by Pacific Lutheran
University (PLU) Friday, February 20, to benefit the Muscular
Dystrophy Association.
James Clymer, PLU' Activities
Vice President, said the 27 hour
marathon will "feature many of
the Northwest's most well known
groups."
"Side shows" will include Seattle Sonic and Seattle Sounder
players and the 7 foot Rainier
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Robot, Michael Recycle.
Evergreen has been invited to
participate. For more information
call (1) 272-6200.
• The Human Growth Center
offers three more sexuality workshops, including Is Biology Destiny? February 25; Is Biology
Destiny Part 2, March 3 and
Myths, Signposts and Decisions,
March 10.

• A meeting
for students
interested in an outdoor education group contract for next year
will be held Thursday, February
19 at noon in the board room.
• F. Lee Bailey, defense attorney
for Patty Hearst and the closest
thing to a true life Perry Mason
will speak at Pacific Lutheran
University, Friday, at 9 p.m. Admission is $2.50.
• A conference on "Building
Community" will be held in
Olympia on April 17 and 18 at
the Olympia Community Center.
Individuals and groups interested
are urged to come to the next
planning meeting on February 19
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Daily Olympian building) at
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THE TEN WORLD WAR II
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(The maximum population
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with the dates of its operation)

POSTON, ARIZONA (17,814)
5/8/42 to 11/28/45
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5/27/42 to 3/20/46
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6/1/42 to 11/21/45
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7/20/42 to 11/11/45
M1N1DOKA, IDAHO (9,397)
8/10/42 to 10/28/45
HEART MOUNTAIN, WYOMING (10,764)
8/12/42 to 11/10/45
GRANADA, COLORADO (AMACHE) (7,318)
8/27/42 to 10/15/45
TOPAZ, UTAH (8,350)
9/11/42 to 10/31/45
ROHWER, ARKANSAS (9,475)
9/18/42 to 11/30/45
JEROME, ARKANSAS (8,497)
10/6/42 to 6/30/44

ASIANS IN CAMPS
by Robin West
Executive Order 9066, placing
more than 110,000 residents of
Japanese ancestry in remote concentration camps from 1942 to
;°4o, was promulgated by Pres.
Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942. Of
he 110,000 affected, 70,000 were
L'.S. citizens by birth. More Japanese might have become citizens
if there had been no law barring
them from doing so.

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The Order was a result of racism, greed, and hysteria. Because
of it Japanese were uprooted
from their homes and businesses
on short notice, herded into assembly centers and then sent to
"relocation" camps. They could
bring with them only what they
could carry, and had to leave
everything else. Inside the camps
medical facilities were usually
poor, and the food spoiled. They
were guarded by rifle-toting
soldiers and fenced in by barbed
wire.
There were 15 official Assembly centers, operated by the wartime Civil Control Administration. These were only temporary
quarters for evacuees before being sent to the 10 major camps
built and operated by the War
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In essence, Japanese civil rights
were legally violated by Executive Order 9066. The Order
could be used in the f u t u r e
against anyone the government
chooses. It was almost used
against Chinese-Americans during the Viet Nam war. The
major catalyst for stopping this
move were the Japanese, raising
their voices to say, "you made a
mistake once, don't make the
same mistake again." No criminal charges were ever brought
against the Japanese, they never
had a trial, yet they were convicted and imprisoned for as
long as four years because they
had Japanese ancestors.
At the same time as their parents and friends were being imprisoned in America, the segregated all-Japanese 442nd Regimental Combat Team was fighting for democracy in Europe and
becoming the pride of American
troops. In World War II the
442nd was the most highly decorated and suffered the greatest
percentage of casualties of any
combat team.
The United States has never
justified Exec. Order 9066, and it
has never been rescinded. There
is a drive on now to pressure
Pres. Ford into rescinding the order as a symbolic gesture of true
democracy and as a catalyst for
further remuneration of material
losses suffered by the relocated
Japanese. The damage done to
the spirit can never be redressed.

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heart, U<WE Will!"?

by Stan Shore
It was a wet and bitterly cold
Thursday night; Red Square was
deserted. But in the Board of
Trustees room, inside the Library
building, students were searching
for a place to stand. Over a hundred students jammed into the
room and lined the halls trying
to hear.
They weren't there to hear a
speech on curriculum planning
or to see a macrophallic film.
They gathered, instead, to hear
two Olympia poets, Faculty
member Marilyn Frasca, and Cal
Kinnear of W o r d - o f - M o u t h
Books, read their poems.
"Poetry is only a label," Steve
Weinberg, one of the coordinators of the Center for Poetry in
Performance which staged the
reading, explained, "Poetry is
really a thousand different
things; saying that there is a
poetry reading doesn't tell anything. It's not like saying there's
going to be a film Thursday
night. Poets who read are looking for the audience to participate in some way. You can't

don't have poetry, but just want
to listen, then come anyway. We
expect all of the readings to be a
festive occasion. People'll bring
food. It'll be warm and nurturing, casual and . . . womb-like."
At the first open reading close
to 18 people read. The rest of
this month will be devoted to
women poets from the Northwest. (See box.)
On top of seeing that most of
the poets who read on Thursdays
also make themselves available
to different academic programs
where they are able to talk with
students about their work, the
center has also begun two other
"important projects relating to
poetry."
The first is a survey of the college library's present periodical
and book collections, to find
possible deficiencies in their poetry collection.
The second, still in the planning stages, is a Poetry Newsletter, which would inform students
about writing going on in the
different academic programs and

THE CENTER FOR POETRY
IN PERFORMANCE
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spend a half hour, if you're at all
receptive, without becoming a
part of the event."
The Center for Poetry in Performance was founded this year
by student Bill Taylor with the
help of Steve Weinberg, who
graduated from Evergreen in
1974, and went on to Johns Hopkins to get an M.A. in writing
before returning to Olympia.
The center was awarded $750
by the Services and Activities
Fees Review Board in December
and also has received support
from a number of academic programs. The poetry center, after
the surprisingly successful first
reading by Kinnear and Frasca,
went on to stage readings each
Thursday in January. Now, they
are going ahead with the Thursday night series until the end of
the academic year.
The first Thursday of each
month will be devoted to an
open reading. Taylor explained,
"Anyone who has poetry can
come and read it. Or if you

workshops at Evergreen and announce poetry readings and
similar events throughout the
Northwest.
For both of these projects the
center needs help, both volunteers and funds.
"We wanted to have oral readings for a purpose," Taylor
stated, "instead of just relegating
the poems to a page, like Rainroots. For one, there's something
of a Northwest circuit for poets.
Now Evergreen is becoming a
part of that. Second, reading poetry is completely different from
seeing it written. Some poets
only write to be read aloud."
"At a reading there's a much
wider dimension," Weinberg continued in the same vein, "there's
the poet. The room. The audience. Musical and theatrical elements come into play."
Anyone who would like to
help the Center can contact Taylor or Weinberg through the Activities Building room 305 or at
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ON CAMPUS
Thursday, Feb. 12 — The Evergreem Coffeehaus presents
singer/pianist and guitar player
Enid McAdoo and 12-string
guitarist/banjoist Sid Brown at 8
p.m. in the main library lobby.
A percentage of the donations go
to the Guatemalan earthquake
victims. The funds will be channeled through the Save the Children Federation, a United Nations organization. For more on

the Guatemala situation, see this
week's After the Flood column
on page three.
Friday, Feb. 13 — The Friday
Night Film is Little Big Man
(1970 - USA) - directed by
Arthur Penn and starring Dustin
Hoffman as 121-year-old Jack
Crabb. Ol' Jack reminisces about
his life as an adopted Indian, a
drinking pal of Wild Bill Hickok
and the sole survivor of Custer's
last stand. Co-stars Chief Dan
George and Faye Dunaway.

LITTLE BIG MAN

Unsparing Attack
by Matt Greening
"/ don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away
from them. There were great numbers of people who needed
new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for
themselves."
— John Wayne, in an interview, 1971
Traditionally in Hollywood Westerns, Indians are obstacles to
be confronted and defeated in the name of civilization. At best
they are noble savages straight from the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, at worst, tomahawk-wielding maniacs thirsting
for blood. They rarely speak, but when they do, it is only in
simple-minded, monosyllabic English. And as a final insult
their parts are almost always taken by white actors.
Much of the powerful impact of Arthur Penn's 1971 film
LITTLE BIG MAN lies in the contrast it presents to the established role of Indians in the movies. Penn's skilled direction of
an excellent story (from the novel by Thomas Berger) makes
LITTLE BIG MAN a major satirical comment on the values
and appeal of the Western genre.
The film recounts the adventures of Jack Crabb (Dustin
Hoffman), who survives an Indian attack on a wagon train
when he is ten, is captured and raised by the Cheyenne, and
whose life then bounces between the Indian and white civilizations until the climactic battle at Little Big Horn in 1876. Along
the way he becomes, among other things, a Cheyenne brave,
gunfighter, hermit, boozer, and scout under General George A.
Custer. He is the lone white survivor of Little Big Horn, and
lives to tell his story in a nursing home at the age of 121 to a
young reporter.
Dustin Hoffman gives another exciting performance as Jack
Crabb. After two child actors portray Jack as a boy, Hoffman
takes over the character from the age of fifteen on. The only
disappointment is the rubber mask he has to wear as an old
man, which looks like a half-melted reject from Planet of the
Apes. Most of his supporting actors do fairly well, except Faye
Dunaway, who overacts badly as the preacher's wife. Jeff
Corey is fine in his small role as Wild Bill Hickok, and Martin
Balsam has a good time as a swindler who loses parts of his
body (ear, leg, etc.) throughout the movie.
A special note must be made of the outstanding performance
of Chief Dan George as Jack's Cheyenne "grandfather" Old
Lodge Skins. His part, played with great dignity and humor, is
the first major role in a large budget movie given to an Indian
actor. Although he speaks in English throughout, there is an
authenticity in his voice which is missing from every previous
Indian role.
Much of LITTLE BIG MAN is outrageously funny, but that
is only to set us up for the horrors and message to come. It is a
very effective device, even though some of the jokes don't
work at all. A young girl's disappointment about not being
raped by the Indians (immediately after her family has been
killed) and a couple of homosexual jokes are especially irritating because the rest of the movie is handled so well.
Three big massacres give us the theme: the end of the "natural" life in America and the triumph of brutality. The cavalry's genocidal policy offers a direct parallel to Viet Nam that is
obvious, intentional, and chillingly effective. The film's unsparing attack on white society may be seen by some as being
merely fashionable, but given Hollywood's attitudes about
Indians and Manifest Destiny for the last sixty years, LITTLE
BIG MAN is a good beginning for a much needed antidote.

Showing at 3 p.m., 7 p.m. and
9:30 p.m. in LH I for 50 cents.
(See Matt's review for more on
the movie.)

through Feb. 29 with curtain
Saturday, Feb. 14, Applejam
will host a mixed bag of Valentimes 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday, 2:30 p.m. and
tine's Day festivities including
music by The Strings Attached
8:30 p.m. on Saturday and 2:30
String Band, a one act play by
p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday.
All are invited to attend the Gay
Tickets
at the Bon Marche.
Greg
Youtz
and
Terres
Unsoeld,
Center Valentine's Dance this
and Dorothy Punderson promises
Christopher Parkening, AmerFriday, featuring excellent disco
to lead the crowd in a sing-along
ica's leading virtuoso of the
music by Etoile and Cupid and
of "popular old melodies." Same
classical guitar, comes to the
his Arrows. Dance begins at 8
time, same $1.00 donation.
Opera House for a concert perp.m. in the main Library lobby.
CHEHALIS
formance Sunday, Feb. 22 at 8
50 cent donation.
The Sunny Side Folk Arts
Saturday, Feb. 14 — Evergreen Center in Chehalis features Val- p.m. Andres Segovia, classical
guitar master, has called ParkenCoffeehaus brings us Day of
entine's Day music by Larry
ing one of his most important
Wrath (1943 — Denmark), diHanks. Larry is a popular, well- ;heirs. When Christopher isn't
rected by Carl Dreyer. Dreyer
traveled minstrel known for his
touring, he heads the Guitar Dedeals with the themes of witchmellow baritone voice and mupartment
at the USC School of
craft and martyrdom. The film
sicianship on guitar, Jew's harp
Music. Get your ticket at the
shows at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and bamboo flute. Doors open
Bon Marche or a suburban outin LH I.
at 8:15, open mike at 8:30 and
let. (And we all know where the
Also on Saturday — A ValenLarry starts around 9. $1.00
suburban outlets are, don't we?)
tine's Day Dance and bake sale
please.
with the benefits going to the
SEATTLE
The Seattle Art Museum ModOlder Women and Healthcare
ern Art Pavilion displays the
Conference sponsored by the
work of pioneer American AbMen's and Women's Center. "Festract Expressionist Willem Delicidades," a reggae-calypso
Kooning now until March 14.
band, will play for your listening
The paintings, all dating 1975,
and dancing pleasure, 8 p.m.,
PAUL'S MOBILE SERVICE
are joined by lithographs and
4th floor of library, $1.50 please.
Automotive
Tuesday, Feb. 17 — The Fac- sculptures from the early 1970's
to provide a rare treat for the
ulty Film Series shows Sunday,
Repair Specialists
Northwest art fancier. Various
Bloody Sunday (1974 — England)
works from such outstanding
starring Glenda Jackson and
artists as Warhol, Oldenburg,
Peter Finch. The movie revolves
Diesel
Tobey and Lichtenstein are still
around a love triangle in which
on display too. That's quite a
Glenda and Peter are in love
Stove Oil
collection all under one roof.
with the same young man; 2
A world premiere stage prop.m. and 7:30 p.m. in LH I. No
Kerosene
charge.
duction, The Belle of Amherst,
OLYMPIA
starring stage and film star Julie
Solvent
Applejam kicks off the weekHarris, opens Wednesday, Feb.
end with Texas swing, old-time
25 in the Moore Egyptian Theand bluegrass music by longatre. The one-woman play writtime Applejammers K.E. England
ten by William Luce deals with
'LOWEST LABOR RATE
and M.R. Bristow. And Irish fidthe life of famous poetess Emily
IN TOWN"
dler Dale Russ will fill the rest of
Dickinson. The play is produced
the evening with tunes of Ireland
by Mike Merrick and Don Gregand America. That's Friday night
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by John Dodge
Take an adventuresome spirit and
nurture it with the literary works of Jack
Kerouac and Jack London. Equip the
same young man with a camera and a
tape recorder. Transport this budding
romanticist to a small town railroad yard
m Pennsylvania and place him on a
;reight train for an unknown destination.
Tell the aspiring vagabond he is about
to partake in a ten year odyssey; the end
result b e i n g the production of two
unusual photo-journalism books — one
on sheepherders, the other on hobos.
So goes the direction of the life of
Michael Mathers, a rough-hewn man in
iiis thirties who has captured in pictures
the l i f e s t y l e of two subcultures of
down-trodden, lonely men. . .
HOBOS
There is a certain prevalent myth about
hobos. . .that they choose their life-style,
that there is such a thing as a happy
hobo. I think these men have been
romanticized beyond the point of reality.
Do you agree with that?
Oh yeah. . .The idea of a hobo is
someone who doesn't care about material
things because he doesn't have them and
he doesn't work for someone he doesn't
want to-. . .There are no responsibilities
in being a hobo. . .and t h a t ' s kinda
bullshit, but that's where the romanticism
comes in. . .A lot of the romanticism
came in the 40's. During the 30's
'Depression years) the men rode the rails
out of necessity not out of choice.
In reality, hobos are outcasts, moving
along the edges of society with a tattered
bedroll, a plastic waterjug and if money
allows, a cheap bottle of wine. The
tramp's world is a closed world full of
secretive, self-conscious men. With this in
mind, the work Michael Mathers has
done takes on heightened significance.
Like most subcultures, the hobo world
has a vocabulary all its own. The
Continental Divide is the "hump" and
you're not considered a hobo until you've
crossed the h u m p . The area near a

railroad yard where the hobos congregate
to tell stories, pass the bottle and sleep is
called the "jungle." The largest jungles left
on the hobo circuit are in Wenatchee,
Spokane and Havre, Montana.
West of Chicago, hobos prefer to be
called "tramps" because the word hobo
infers that a person doesn't work. (Most
railriders are migratory laborers.) East of
Chicago the label hobo is preferred.
East of Chicago riding the rails is
risky — the men are often hassled by
"bulls" (railroad yard security officials)
and there is very little migrant work
available. Hopping freights in the Deep
South is also dangerous — if you're
caught you may spend three weeks on a
chain gang.
There is more to "catching out"
(hopping a freight) than meets the eye of
the casual observer. Tramps look for a
boxcar with both doors open so if one
door closes from a sudden jolt caused by
"coupling" (joining of cars to make a
train) the tramp runs less risk of being
trapped inside.
All the hobos have "road names" like
Pasco Slim and Reno Blackie, Denver Red
and Spokane Bob. Hobos usually ride the
rails with a partner for added protection.
A drunken rage, a sudden push off a
speeding train, a flashing "equalizer"
(knife in this case) — all pose threats to a
tramp alone.
Why does a tramp stay on the rails?
If you sit in a boxcar door once, you're
hooked. Looking out the open door at the
landscape rushing by. . .No matter how
many times you've traveled that same
track before, it's like a new movie every
time. . .Tramps stay on the move for
excitement. . .to fight the boredom. . .
When you get to your destination, it
never quite meets up to your expectations. . .The only thing to do is head
back down to the yard and catch out. . .
SHEEPHERDERS
Michael spent a total of eight months
studying and documenting sheepherders in
Central Oregon, Wyoming and Idaho. He

immersed himself in their daily life, using
anthropological field techniques and his
ever-present camera to portray their lives
as honestly as possible.
"I got a much nicer feeling from the
sheepherders than the hobos," said
Mathers. "Sheepherders are a very mellow
group of men — kind to their animal
companions (dogs and horses) and in a
constant flow with nature."
Sheepherders live in almost total
isolation from the civilized world.
Working for large ranches and tending
anywhere from 15 to 2000 sheep, the men
spend the summers in the mountains and
the winters on the range. The months
from February to April are set aside for
"lambing" (when the ewes give birth).
Sheepherders, usually men 55 and over,
are the loneliest among people. Their
sporadic trips to town inevitably lead to
extended "tears" (drinking sprees). They
often spend all their money in a few days
and if they can't spend it all, they give the
rest away. Then back to the range they
go.
More so than hobos, sheepherders are
an eccentric bunch. Mathers, a storyteller
to the first degree, loves to reminisce
about the unforgettable characters he has
met:
Fred Murdock, 75 (?), and a sheepherder for the past 70 years, gives the
word eccentric a new dimension. For the
past twenty years his diet has consisted of
ginger snaps and sardines with an
occasional slice of moldy bread — he
insists that the bread be moldy. Fred has
subscribed to U.S. News and World
Report for 45 years and loves to talk
politics. Miserly with his money, Murdock
has saved over $100,000 over the years
and plans to donate his saving to the U.S.
Government to help pay off the national
debt. Fred also hates to throw anything
away. Fred's small cabin is so full of junk
that he can't even get to his bed
anymore: consequently he sleeps sitting
up on a small shelf. . .
Since one ram can service up to 200
ewes, castrating young rams is common
activity and the responsibility of the
sheepherders.
When you showed your picture of the
sheepherder "docking" (castrating) the
young ram. . .1 got a feeling people were
not quite ready for what they were
seeing. How'd you feel about it?
A herder told me we were going to
dock sheep. Dock sheep. What's that?
O.k. I'll go out there. . .1 watched and
here's this man cutting the tip of (the
young ram's) sac and pulling the balls out
with his teeth. I had to be real cool, calm
and collected. I see it every day, you
know, no problem. . .And I just photographed it. . .1 couldn't believe it. . .
But the picture itself is very tasteful.
That's a good pun.
As Michael Mathers said himself: "I'm
really into the bizarre."

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by Ti Locke
The people begat Ralph Nader, and
Ralph Nader begat the Public Information
Research Group (PIRG).
PIRG groups have been formed to give
college-age students a means to study
complex societal problems — and effect
change. Hundreds of PIRG groups have
been established on college campuses nationwide. Students in those groups are not
only receiving public recognition, but also
academic credit for their work.
INPIRG (Indiana) won a major battle
against telephone rate increases through
its successful intervention in a Public
Service Commission meeting. The PSC
denied the request for 10-cent directory
assistance charges. (A similar directory
assistance charge is currently being considered for Washington.)
MaryPIRG (Maryland) succeeded in
banning an industrial by-product salt.
The salt, which contained cancer-causing
asbestos fiber, was being marketed as
table salt.
CalPIRG (California) studied fat content in ground beef. The result was a lawsuit by the California Attorney General
for false representation in the sale of
meat.
OSPIRG (Oregon) and others have
taken action against the sales of
dangerous toys. And in Washington, a
WashPIRG group has recently been approved on the Western Washington State
College (WWSC) campus. The University
of Washington has nearly completed its
petition drive.
Petition drive? Fifty-one percent or
18,000 UW students have to endorse
PIRG before it can be implemented on
campus. By endorsing PIRG, UW students agree to pay an~ additional, refundable, $2 tuition fee. Later, if more than
half of the student body requests its $2
back, PIRG would be abolished.
The students, and not the administration, have control over PIRG. WashPIRG
would be controlled by students elected
by statewide governing bodies. Those
students would have the responsibility of
setting policy, .hiring staff, and reviewing
projects statewide.
On the individual campus, students
elected by their peers would have responsibility for WashPIRG activities. At departmentalized universities, representatives
would represent individual departments
(Political Science, Engineering, Agriculture, etc.). At Evergreen we would perhaps have an interdisciplinary PIRG DTP.
The individual contract-group contract
system at Evergreen would also provide
an ideal home for PIRG studies.
Provided that there are a number of Evergreen students interested in PIRG and
faculty is available to advise, then the
only major stumbling block is money.
WWSC, and the UW are using tuition
annexations, and therefore the university, as a collection agency. However,
a bill before the Washington legislature
would prohibit the use of the tuition system as a method of collecting fees for organizations that do not operate solely for
the college's benefit.
Next week: the finances of PIRG.

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The Demiurge, the Journal's anthology of student poetry and prose, photography and original art, will be published March 11.
The Journal welcomes all members of the Evergreen community to bring their assorted creative work to the Journal office. Let's make
the Demiurge into a showcase of printed art.
If you have any questions concerning publishing your work, call John Dodge, The Demiurge Editor, at 866-6213 or stop by the office.
We look Forward to seeing you and your work.