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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 29, Issue 28 (May 27, 1999)
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Choose Evergreen's
president for 200 1
by Greg Skinner
Staff writer
Evergreen is looking for a few good
students. Your mission, should you choose
to accept it, will be to search out and
identity a new college president.
Three students- one grad student
and two undergrads- are wanted to
participate on the Presidential Search
Committee. The three students will be
elected from those nominated at large.
Students can be nominated by other
students, faculty , staff and even
themselves.
Make no mistake, this is an
important committee. jane jervis,
President of TESe, hopes to have "good
students" nominated, "people who will
take it serious and give it [the search J time
and attention."
The deadline for nominations has
been moved to Friday, May 28, at 5 p.m ..
Forms can be picked up at the Stud ent
Affairs desk in CAB 320 or the office of
Phy lli ~ Lant'. de~1I of student and
Students to be asked for more money
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Staff writer
During the past months . gas shot up to
$1.60 a gallon and butter pushed to $4 a
pound. A pack of smokes will set you back
$4.05 in the bookstore.
It is a "market fact," priers will go up and
you will pay.
Prices are about to go up again in the
marketplace called The Evergreen State
College.
Almost as consistent as the summer
solstice, tuition will rise. It will climb for the
14th time in 16 years. In 1982, tuition was $
206 per quarter - it has gone up 126 percent
since then.
Students seem to accept that prices go up
with little concern.The trend is up, up, up.
jeff Lowery, an Evergreen student, shared
his thoughts on tuition while a drum circle kept
time near the clocktower. '" worked for the
legislature last session and my understanding
was that Evergreen was the only state
institution that was not going to raise tuition
over 4 percent. They do it every yea r."
Lowery says it is an OK thing in his mind.
"Absolutely. 'f their operational costs go up
then they have to increase tuition . I wish th ey
were getting more money from the sta te
gove rnment, but it's not realistic from a budget
standpoint. , don't mind it. "
In terms of what $105 means to him.
Lowe ry says, "I don't have to worry about it
right now beca use it's a loan ."
Lowery has paid for his education here
by cookin g at the Olive Garden and Staffo rd
loans. "I plan on ge tting a good job and make
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payi ng otlmy 10Jns part oft ha!. I'm $10.000
in debt. $105 is nothin g." Lowery plans un
making $2,SOO a month working with at risk
youth after he graduates.
"II 's like gas, water or food , everything
goes up," says Josh Daley, a volunteer in the
GIL. When asked how $105 less in his budget
would affect him Daley added, 'Tve put a lot
of money into my personal computer this year.
so I might have to work here [the school]
more."
During their june 10 gathering. the
Board of Trustees will be considering a tuition
increases of 4.6 percent ( in state $105 , out of
state $414) for the school year 1999 -2000 and
3.6 percent ( in state $87 - out of state $339)
for the school year 2000 - 2001. Student
Activity fees are also slotted to rise in equal
porportion to tuition $16.00 for 1999-2000 and
$12.00 for 2000 -2001. The price increase
comes on recommendation from the office of
jane jervis, President ofTESe.
Setting tuition is a new job for the college
trustees. For the first time in Evergreen'~
history, tuition is the domain of the board uf
tru stees. Recent chan ges in the state
Legislature have transferred the power to set
tuition to the school's Regents or Trustees,
within limits. The limit is set at 4.6 percent and
3.6 percent for the next two-year budget plan
by the Per Capita Perso nal I nco me Index
(PCPI). The PCPI is recognized by the state
legislature to represent what students can
afford to pay in a statewide tuition increase.
4.6 percent is the maximum increase allowed.
The PCPI index is a statistical abstract
of the ris e in personal wealth throughout
Was hin gto n sta te. The legislature says that
Washington state is 4.6 percent richer this yea r
su th at is most likely what students are guing
to pay.
Jervis, Art Cos tantino and oth er
administrators gathered in the main lobby of
the Library Buildingat noon on Monday. May
24 to discus s the proposed increase with
students, Staff and faculty before it went to the
Trustees for final approvaL Not one student,
staffor faculty member arrived to say what was
on their mind or get more information
regarding the increase. No one showed up.
Costantino said that the point of the
forum would have been to do a brief review of
the proposed two-year budget and review the
funding needs of the college, then answer any
questions. "I like to have some feedback from
students. You know, get some reaction,"
Costantino said.
On th e point of not one stud ent
participating, Costantino said, "I don't know
for sure. We had hope for an article in the CPj
the week before (see apology on page 4) but
we should not have to rely on th e CPJ entirely.
We did have posters up around campus."
The "posters" in the form of a memo were
posted around campus in the institutional way.
nea r a few doorways in 12 point type on 8 1\2
by 11 paper. clea rly not enough to grab student
attention.
Down in the Graphics Imaging Lab (GI L)
there is a wish list written on a board. At th e
top of th at list is a desi gn program ca lled
QuarkXPress. something the students would
love to have. At around $770 per copy there is
a reaso n the software is on a wish list.
Over in th e Cam pus Recreation Cen ter
OHicial Bal lots for the ~'o t e will be
available on June 2. and 3 in the second
fl oo r lobby oflhe CAB and th e main desk
of the Tacoma Campus.
(eRe) they want to become full members of
th e NCAA, req uirin g the addition of two new
sports, one wOIIlen's, one men's.
janette Parent. assistant director for
athletics, says the current discussion "is can
we afford it. "
With almost halfofthe faculty and staff
retiring in the coming years, the students who
follow will want the best fa cul.ty that th eir
money can buy in the booming education
"market." Faculty recruitment is getting more
expensive as the clock ticks.
These are little things in the grand
scheme of college operations but they do add
up. Washington state is only going to cough
up 45 percent of Evergreen's budget from th e
State General Fund . That leave s
$61,820,515.50 to come from student tuition
and college generated funds .
jervis says she understands that even
any tuition increase could affect students. "I
know that a number of students are on very
tight budgets. When people live_o_n_Ta.rgi nal
income. $5 could be a catastroph e."
Jervis says that she does not know huw
the board will vote. But says th e increase is
esse ntial for Everg ree n to continue with its
plans. As for th e trend of dumping cos t
increases onto th e students. jervis says until
peo ple decide to spend more on the pu blic
good [th e state ge neral fi.mdl tuition is going
to go up.
One student. lea ning ba ck ill hrr chair
in th e blue light of th e GIL. sUIIlmed up till'
other side orlhe tuition increase. She simplv
said. "I"m poo r, so it wo uld flot be a good
thing. "
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POLICE BEAT
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- Dorm Loop, Verbal Warning for failure to stop
case #99-1439 - Responding Officer(s) E-12
0257 Traffic - Wild Current Loop, Verbal for failure to stop case #99-1440 - Responding Officer(s) E-11
0420 Traffic - F-Iot, Verbal warning to speeding - case #99-144Responding Officer(s) E-11
0828 Traffic - Verbal Warning issued for speeding on Parkwaycase #99-1442 - Responding Officer(s) E-9
1539 Traffic - Verbal Warning given for speeding· case #99·1443
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1602 Theft - See C/R for details - case #99-1444 - Responding
Officer(s) E-3
2019 Trespass - See C/R for Details - case #99-1445
Responding Officer(s) E-7/E-3
So we finish the 18th, and he's gonna stiff me! And I'm like, 'Hey! Lamma! How about a little somethin', you know, for the effort?'
Health center to close,
counseling center to remain
open during the summer
Evergreen admitted to NAIA
athletic conference
The Cascade Collegiate Conference, an
NAIA conference comprised of 10 schools across
three Northwest states, has admitted Evergreen for
membership.
Evergreen has held dual membership with
both the NAIA and NCAA for the last three years.
That's not likely to change, says Evergreen
assistant athletic director Janette Parent, at least
not in the near future. For now, Evergreen will
maintain its dual affiliation.
Athletic director candidates
interview, tour facilities
Can you rhyme and chew
gum at the same time?
The Student Health Center, located in
Seminar 2110, will be closing Its door for the
summer on graduation day, Friday, June 11, at noon.
It will re-open the first day of school, September 27,
for all your student health needs.
Anyone who needs prescriptions refilled for
the summer months (birth control and such) should
drop by the Health Center and see if theirs is a
prescription that Is refillable for a three month
supply. Any questions? Call Kris at x6200.
While the Health Center will be closed, the
Counseling Center, located in Seminar 2109, will be
open throughtout the summer. Someone will be
available at x6800.
First peoples' graduation:
Africa theme
"Rot your teeth not your brain." That's the
The pool of candidates for Evergreen's
the motto of Gumball Poetry, a new company
athletic director opening has shrunk to two. James
started by Evergreen alum Ben Parzybok.
This year's celebration will be held in the
Krause, most recently the a.d. at Benedictine
A fancy new gumball machine will be placed
Longhouse on Thursday, June 10 at 6 p.m. This
College of Illinois, and Joe Worlund, currently the
outside Gallery Two in the Library on June 10, 1999.
year's theme is Africa, and there will be music,
assistant a.d. at Washington University of Missouri,
It will be there "until time ends," said Randy
danCing, and singing. Dinner will be provided;
were interviewed by Evergreen's selection
Stilson, Evergreen archivist. For 25 cents you will
tickets are $5 and are now available. Please RSVP
committee on Monday, May 24 and Wednesday, May
get an orange gumball and one poem. Poems will
26, respectively.
be changed quarterly.
The selection committee will make its
There are currently nine poems with titles
recommendation to Art Costantino, vice president
like "Arse Poetica" by Karah Stokes and "If I Only
of student affairs, next week. Costantino hopes to
Had a Brain" by Scott Poole.
have made a decision before graduation, says Tom
Any profits gained from the library machine
Mercado, co-chairman of the selection committee.
will go to the Malcom Stilson Library Scholarship
"But I would be surprised if a decision is made by
Fund for Evergreen students pursuing an education
then," he adds.
in library studies or media studies.
Two students' senior thesis projects: Todd
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AILee's "Inflatable Underwear and the
8 Drunken Immortals" are to be
screened Thursday, June 10 at 7 p.m.
In the Recital Hall of the
Communications Building.
Works include experimental
animation and live action narrative. A
reception will be held during
2 bedroom duplex , older, gas &
intermission followed by a screening
electric heat, small wood stove,
of Eli Chessen's and Maki Hojo's
kung-fu parody, "Laughing Cow: The
hookup for stackable washer/
Movie."
Admission is free. Parking is
dryer, quiet residential area, close
$1. Some adult content.
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- communication
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The offices of Academic Advising and First
Peoples' Advising are currently taking applications from qualified students to work for
the 1999-2000 school year. '(We have both work
sludy and institutional positions avai la ble)
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We have full job descriptions and applications in our offices. Please stop by or call to
find out more info:
A cademic Advising, L1 40 I , ext. 63 12
-1st Peoples' Advising, Ll413, ext. 6462
Help Wanted
AMERICORPS OPPORTUNITIES! Reading/math tutors, mentors, volunteer managers & more
positions with Community Youth
Services' AmeriCorps programs in
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GED, previous vol expo FT, yrcommitment. Benefits, monthly stipend , $4,725 ed award, prof dev
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A naked mall made "inapp ropriate remarks" to a woman
at the Evergreen Beach.
The man was later spotted flashing women outside of A
Dorm.
Police believe the man escaped into the woods east of
Overhulse Place. Police tried to locate him there but were
unsuccessful.
The suspect is said to have been wearing a small sidepack,
a ball-cap, and at times, green shorts and a white t-shirt.
Alarm clears CAB
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Monday afternoon
Reach more people! Turn your
poster or flyer into a Classified.
Deadline 3 p .m . Friday.
Student Rate is just 52.00/30
words .
Contact Amber Rack for more info.
Phone (360) 866-6000 x6054
or stop by the CPJ, CAB 316.
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4 Escorts
2 J umpstarts
0028 Arrest and re1ease -Minor in Possesion of Alcohol arrested
and released on his own recognizance to appear in court. - case
#99-1482 - Responding Officer(s) E-I0
0630 Traffic - Vehicle stop for defective equipment, verbal
warning issued - case #991483 - Responding Officer(s) E-10
0820 Malicious Mischief- Vehicle Prowl in B-Lot -case#99-1484
- Responding Officer(s) E-4
2202 Traffic - Verbal warning issued for failure to stop - case
#99-149 -Responding Officer(s) E-12
. 2202 Traffic - Verbal warning issues for improper display of
License plate - case #99-1492 - Responding Officer(s) E-12
() 2202 Traffic - Verbal warning issued for defective equipmentA case #99-1493 - Responding Officer(s) E-ll
U 2330 Traffic - Vehicle illegally parked in handicap zone, Cited case #99-1494 - Responding Officer(s) E-ll
Nude man eludes
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early Sept for creative 5 year old
boy (Walqorf kindergartener). 3
days/week. Must have own
transportation. Jeff, 491-3325.
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Student fakes call
for help; cited for
booze
Officer George Oplinger was chatting with a Crime Watch
student in F-Iot when the blue strobe light from an emergency
telephone caught his eye. Upon investigation, the officer spotted
a male jogging toward him on the Beach Trail, carryingan open
bottle of beer.
The man identified himself, said he was 19 years old, and
stated he was carrying the beer because he likes to drink.
The man admitted he had swallowed about five beers
previously and then admitted to pressing the emergency button
on the phone. He said it was fun.
The officer gave him a stern warning about false report of
an emergency and cited him with a Minor in Possession of
Alcohol.
May 27 Is the magical day of
science fun and frollics in the
Evergreen Library lobby.
The science fair will last from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with refreshments
to keep you going.
Students who would like to
join the fair should contact the
Science and Math Net at x6033 or
email snmnet@yahoo.com
113 Thurston Ave. NE
1 Escort
2 Jumpstarts
0322 Assult - Domestic Violence - see C/R for details - case #991455 - Responding Officer(s) E-7
1639 Medical/Injury - Person injured at the Outdoor Rec.
Center, See CIR -case #99-1459 - Responding Officer(s) E-9/E-3
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1558 Traffic - Vehicle booted in F-Lot - case #99-1470 Responding Officer(s) P-3
1558 Traffic - Vehicle booted in F-Lot - case #99-1471 Responding Officer(s) P-3
1855 Traffic - Vehicle booted in F-Lot . case #99-1473 .
Responding Officer(s) E-1O/P-4
2107 Theft - Jacket Stolen from Library, see C/R for details case #99-1474 - Responding Officer(s) E-12
2350 Traffic - Vehicle Stopped, no proof of insurence, driver
cited and released - case #99-1480 - Responding Officer(s) E·
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2350 Traffic - Vehicle stop for defective equipment and failure
to yeild. verbal warning issued - case #99-1481 - Responding
Officer(s) E-I0
Early Tuesday
It's all about science
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Sunday, 5/23/99
1 Jumpstart
3 Escorts
0030 Traffic - Vehicle impounded for overtime parking, Dorm
Loop case #99-1428 - Responding Officer(s) E-12
1230 Medical- Attempted Suicide - case #99-1431
Responding Officer(s) E-12/E-10
1612 Arrest - Criminal Trespass and Resisting Arrest, C/R for
Details - case #99-1431- Responding Officer(s) E-12/E-10
1818 Theft - Sand T dorm recycling bin, C/R for details - case
#99-1433 - Responding Officer(s) E-ll
CLASSIFIEDS
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or improve your skills in:
1 Escort
1527 Vehicle Prowl- Report of a vehicle prowl, near the steam
plant - case #99-1449 - Responding Officer(s) E-3
1844 Theft - Report of a Microscope stolen in Lab I, see C/R .
case #99-1450 - Responding Officer(s) E-7
Thursday, 5/20/99
Screenings of students'
animation and video/film
works
to the inlet, $500 monthly lease,
available June 1 st. Clean and
mature student preferred. Call
866-0438.
3 Jump Starts
2 Escorts
0114 Traffic - DUI, dorm area - case #99-1413 - Responding
Officer(s) E-12/E-10
0835 Fire Alarm - 4th floor Library Building emergency elevator
penthouse· case #99-1414 - Responding Officer(s) E-5
1600 Criminal Trespass - MOD area, C/R for details **LATE
ENTRY** - case #99-1418 - Responding Officer(s) E-12/E-10
1648 Suspicious pesons - Student Activity, C/R for details - case
#99-1419 Responding Officer(s) E-I0
1726 Arrest - for Burglary, 2nd C/R for details - case #1420 Responding Officer(s) E-12
2225 Traffic - Verbal Warning, Failure to use turn signals
case #99-1422 - Responding Officer(s) E-11
4 Escorts
0140 Vehicle Prowl - See C/R for details - case #99-1464 Responding Otflcer(s) E-7
0218 Vehicle Prowl- F-Lol. See C/R for details -case #99· 14G5 Respo nding Officer(s) E-7
1224 Indecent Exposure - Vicinity of F·Lot and Trail from FLot to Beach - case #99-1468 - Responding Officer(s) E-5/E-4/
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Car burgled in C-Lot
Lost credit card
finds way to theft
Friday afternoon
Wednesday, May 26, 7:35 p.m.
Someone pulled a fire alarm on the first floor of the
Campus Activities Building. successfully clearing the building.
Olympia Fire Department responded.
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A woman left her Twin County Credit Union Visa debit
card in a campus cash machine.
The person who found the card did not turn the card in
to a lost-and-found. Instead he or she decided to go buy things
with it.
The victim has alerted her credit union .
Cooper Point Journal
May 27,1999
Early Monday
While four people played kick-ball on Red Square. their
car was invaded by an unknown party.
Most of the valu:tbles left in the car were stolen, including
a $150 cell phone. a $300 watch. a $300 ring, a $300 CD player.
and around $180 worth of CDs. The prowler(s ) had also
removed. but not stolen. a set of go lf clubs.
There were no signs offorced entry into the vehiCle. ~tlr h
as a broken window. but there was considerable damage to th e
car's dashboard. The gas ta nk cover had been broke,; nlhnd
th e back seat had been taken out of th e vehicle.
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UTa admire is to love with the mind, and to love is to
Student Workers bring up
Graduation glory and other annoyances
know is this guy has been sitting on death
tough questions at DTF forum Chris Gray
row since the early seventies for allegedly
admire with the heart."
COMMENTARY~
by Steve Hughes
Contributing writer
Theophile Gautier
Contributing writer
On Wednesday May 19 the Student Employment DisappearingTask Force (DTF) presented
their plan to create a Student Employment Office (SEO). After some initial questions about the
nut s and bolts operation of the office's duties. including the running of a twice-a-month payroll
for student workers , the questioning turned to a new topic: the voice of student workers in their
new office.
The DTf, as part of its preliminary recommendation, is calling for the creation of a student
worker/community council to address student worker issues and grievances on an ongoing basis.
Members of the audience pressed the DTF for more detail.~ about the oltice and student worker
coullcil: how detailed would the recommendation for the council be? Would the Union ot Student
Workers be included in the council's process? Would student workers have a say in who gets
lured to run the new oltice? Would the council have decisio-making power over student worker
policv'!
Laura (;rabhorll, chair ol the Disappearing Task Force. conceded that the DTF had not had
lime to pursue such questions in much depth, but assured the audience that USW would have a
place in the ne\\' oltice. Oneofthe tasks of the office. she pointed out , will be to clarifY theexisting
Urlel'ance procedme open to student workers. Student workers With grievances. she contllllleo,
~\'ill be welcome to pursue them ~t the SEa with the accompaniment of anvone they choose.
IIlduding a representative of th e Un ion of Student Workers. In response to questions about
\Iudl'n t worker; controlling the otTice, director of coll ege personnel../im LaCo ur. concluded that
IOU C311not take away the right of management to manage.
According to members of th e DTF, the SEa should be up and runnin g by the time students
return to school next fall. After the hou r-and-halfforum student workers and employers left With
a sen~e tha t the office was one step closer to completion, and members of the DTF left with
IIlvaluable feedback that they will be incorporating into their final recommendation and into the
start-up process slated to begin this summer.
WE APOLOGIZE
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Last week, the CPJ failed to inform you of an important opportun ity to discuss the
proposed tuition increase with the administrators of Evergreen. Somehow, the planned
article never made it into the paper and we're not even sure how it happened. As a result,
you did not show up and your voice wasn't heard - for that we are truly sorry.
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Due to misguided organizational skills, the CPJ printed the same 'EARN weekly treat'
twice. We apologize and hope even more people got a taste of the goodies.
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Last week's letter. headlined 'Tacoma student responds." was attributed solely to
Noah Prince. In fact, the names Kahlif and CEEE Amin should have also appeared in the
byline. Sorry I
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Last week, the CPJ received a submiSSion from ChriS Gray. Unfortunately, the Issue
went to print without his article. We're not sure how It happened and did not do it
mtentionally. We apologize, Chris, and ask everyone to check out his article in this issueit's on this page!
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CAB 316, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505
Volume 29 • Number 28
May 27, 1999
News
Staff Writers: Saab Lofton, Josh Manning,
Trevor Pyle, Greg Skinner
Contributing Writers. Mike Anchors, Jennifer
August, Chris Gray, Steve Hughes
Staff Photographers. Sam Haskin, Tan-ya
Gerrodette
Letters & OpiniOns Editor: David Simpson
Copy Editors. Jen Blackford & Mikel Reparaz
Comics Page Editor' Jason Miles
Guest Calendar Editor' Richard Myers
Newsbriefs Editor.' Whitney Kvasager
Seepage Editor Staff
Sports Editor Jef Lucero
Systems Manager' Tak Kendrick
Layout Edllors. Michael Selby & Quynh Le
Pholo Editor.' Aaron Cansler
Features Editor. Whitney Kva sager
ArlS & EntellOinmenl EdllOr' Nick Challed
Managmg Editor. Ashley Shomo
EdilOr m Chid Mat Probasco
Business
Busin ess Manager' Amber Rack
Assistant Business Manager' Carrie Hiner
Advertising Representative. Alicia Webber
Ad Designer: Tan-ya Gerrodette
Circulalion Manager· Joanna LaTorre Hurlbut
Disrribulion Manager Ben Kinkade
Ad Proofer' Ben Kinkade
Advisor: Dianne Conrad
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killing a cop. Because he was a member of
the Black Panther party, this makes him a
The Evergreen State College has got to be
natural target for injustice and has placed
the whiniest campus in the historY--<J0ps, I
him in the "political prisoner" category,
meant HERstory, of higher education. The
Bullshit.
problem is that the majority of students here
The thing that most enrages me is that
have an issue with something but the majority since I moved to Olympia seven years ago,
of them seem ill-prepared or even willing to
I've noticed activism steadily becoming more
do something about whatever it is that's
and more fashionable and less and less
pissing them off in the first place. If you have
effective. It seems especially fashionable for a
an itch, you scratch it. If you have gas, you
group of white kids from middle to upper
flatulate . If you have a tumor, you have it
class east coast families to rally in support of
examined and hopefully removed. QU IT
a black man or in the case of Leonard Peltier,
BITCHlNG, get off your
a Native American.
ass and do something
What has always
PLEASE!
puzzled me is that here
The latest in
Evergreen, the vast
at
... I've noticed activism
Evergreen's ongoing saga
multitude of protests
becoming more and
of social malaise is
staged 011 campus are
cemered aro und the
more fashionable and
hitting an audience
whole Mumia Ab u-J amal
already familiar with
less
and
less
effective.
issue. Ten students (not
and in some case~
actual number)
actively participating
expressed interest in
in the issue being
having the convicted cop
protested in the first
killer speak at Evergreen and now it's become
place. The last time I checked, this was still
reality. This is what the college considers to
the state capital. Wouldn't it make more
be a valid campus wide voting process. When sense to hold protests on the steps of the
asked, most students declined comment for
capitol building· say - when all orour
fear of being reproached by the agro-activist
bourbon swilling Legislators and
faction of campus upstarts. The truth of the
Representatives are in session? If that doesn't
matter is most people would much rather
work, why not fill the mailboxes, desks and Egovernor Locke speak. Many are unhappy
mail addresses of our elected officials with
but because graduation is in less than a
official looking documents of protest. These
month, it seems as though the class of 1999
are things they are familiar with and more
can look back 10 years from now and
likely to read then a placard held by a
remember not the inspiring words ofa
barefoot, dread-head who hasn't showered in
famous author or politician but the
six days.
videotaped words of a murderer broadcast to
There are a great many people in this
the graduating class from his cell on death
community who have for many years been
row. What message exactly are we sending to very active in several different issues and have
our peers when me make choices such as this? effected great change in varying venues of
I personally don't have too much
interest. But, these people seem to fall into
background on the Mumia case, so in a sense
the back of our minds because their actions
I'm in the same position as those annoying
are held over the phone or internet and not
"activists" stuffing "FREE MUMIA" handbills
on Red Square where they fall on deaf ears.
at me as I rush to class. The thing that I do
Many in our community are deeply
engrossed in social issue that affect us all.
Timber, Soil Erosion, Fish and Wildlife,
Pollution, Fairness in the Workplace - the list
goes on. I don't consider Mumia Abu-Jamal
a political prisoner and although others
would surely argue it, I don't consider his
plight in any way connected to my life and
future.
I do think the justice system in this country
is and has been operating on medieval levels
for years unchecked and unchanged but I
don't think the students ofThe Evergreen
State College are going to change it. Death
Row by definition is a form of torture. You're
sitting in a place named after the eventual
reality you will most likely face. Knowledge
of death is something we are all faced with at
some point but these people suffer daily
knowing their number may be pulled at any
time. The prison system has also quietly
become the next third-world. Think ofthe
money your corporation can save by having
inmates do the work of those 10 year old
Malaysian girls! Inmates are commonly paid
ten cents an hour for their labor. Think of
this the next time you phone in an airline
reservation. You could be giving your Credi t
Card number to a convict. Anyway, that's a
tangent far from the subject. We've gone
adrift.
I'm embarrassed and am certainly happy
that I won't graduate with this years class.
My parents already think Evergreen is a sham
and having a convicted cop killer speaking at
graduation is more than I could bare to
burden them with, The people who think
having Mumia speak is monumental and
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Cooper Point Journal
May 27,1999
Students of color share vision and voice
A white man shares his reasons for organizing the anthology
He says once people saw how hard he
worked, they no longer questioned why he
was involved with the Student of Color
It might seem odd that a white man is anthology.
co-editing something called the Student of
Jeremy sees the anthology as not only
Color Anthology. Editor Jeremy Segel-Moss a place for students of color's voice, but for
realizes this, but for as long as he can artwork and writing about students of color.
remember he's felt more at ease around
The woman who painted the cover is
people of color.
white. She seemed like the right choice to
"There's a culture that surrounds black Jeremy and co-editor Angela de Ito because
Americans that I really like and feel she was interested in representing everyone.
comfortable with," Jeremy says.
Jeremy says they didn't wait for writing and
Jeremy comes from
art to come to the anthology,
St. Louis, which he says
they sought it out.
is separated into black
Jeremy doesn't feel like
and white sections.
the anthology is the place to
lilt's organizing
He says many of his
air his voice . None of his
other people's
friends in St. Louis grew
writing is in it. "It's
up
in
all
black
organizing ot her people's
voice into
neighborhoods, had
voice into something larger,"
something
mostly black friends and,
he says. "When they look at
larger."
despite their light skin.
it they don't say 'this is
are cultura lly black.
Jeremy's voice'."
Although he was
It's like setting up a show
one of on ly two Jewish
at an art gallery. The idea is
Jeremy Segel-Moss
st udent s
at
the Co-editor of the Students of to set it up so the art speaks
cOlllmuni ty co ll ege he
for itself."
Color Anthology
attended in Missouri,
Jeremy's commitment to
Jeremy was active ly
race issues surrounds his life.
involved in black student groups.
"The images we have of people who aren't
At first, he says, he was crit icized by like us tends to be wrong. bu t we tend to
both black and white students for being believe them."
in\'.olved in the black student groups. But
He works with the Nationa l
after nearly getting expe l/I'd in the in the Association of Multi-Cultural Education and
proces s of organizing a campus Martin other simi lar groups.
Luth er King celebration, Jeremy's fellow
It's Jeremy's conviction that makes him
students accepted him. "Someone who is skeptica l of other 'Greeners. "People at
white has to really prove themselves in those evergreen take up a cause just because it's a
situations. and I did here."
cause," he says. "Work in g with people of
He had to prove himself at Evergreen color, or the culture, is something that I'd
too. When Jeremy started at Evergreen he do anyway. So I had to prove that it isn't just
initially wanted to volunteer with First a cause."
Peop les Advising, an office where stlldents
The Student of Co lor Anthology will be
Illustration from the cover of the 1994 Student of Color Anthology by Lynn
of color support each other.
for sa le this Friday, May 28 and costs $5.
Teresa Williams. The 1999 edition is for sale this week.
The folks at First Peoples suggested he
app ly to edit the Student of Co lor
Anthology. Each spring, the antho logy is
published containing writing and pictures
by students of color.
"At first I think there was some
Schedule
Lvents
fir 5 P 0
5)
friction," says Jeremy, who adds it took hard
work to smooth things over.
He dove into helping organize and
Music
commence Day of Absence/Day of Presence,
a time when students of color bind as a
Dinner
Honoring our Graduating Seniors of 1999
community.
by Mat Probasco
Editor
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May 27,1999
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
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fila u ~'; ~ p" ~
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FAUX PAS
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from opposite side of page
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disciplines: theatre, dance
and music, and Faux Pas
will feature pieces from all
three areas .
The people and the
stories surrounding this
news tidbit are only a
A (i#~-f!(;J calleret
by Mic~ael Selby
'\' s tude ;;1 E ork-'that h<l.$
Staff writer,
, i . cell",.ATlo n} hs ' )1\.. the
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E~t ra 'l -':;x' tra l " La,te- three shows bejig 9ffer~a:
breaking ar t new ~% rom . seats are expected , to go
the, ( . Commu nic ~ ti?n ~ .....quickly ang S,h o.wing up
BuddIng. Tomor~ow on early IS a.dvlsed: ·
,
Friday" May 28; and ,
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been
Saturday ,
May
29, togetlyeT now for nearly
roundatio£1 s •. pf ' the th!. ~e quarters)and while
Performing Arts (FOPA) is together, the artists have
gi v i ng . three free fi n a I s tudi ed . th re'e diffe ren t
performances of Fa'ux P-as. /' ,r.,.
se 'Faux Pas.on
Faux. Pas. is a showcase of\ ,/ (
. ar side of page
withVJpQ
An Evening of Wilderness & Spirit
handful of the dozens of
actors, musicians, dancers
and behind-the-scenes
technical staff that have
been working tirelessly to
mount this collaborative
production . Faux Pas is a
two to three hour montage
celebrating the arts and
featuring a great deal of
self-originated student
work.
by
john Pielmeier
... a play about the life and adventures of mountain climber
and Evergreen faculty Willi Unsoeld.
When:
june 10 - 13
Where:
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts
512 Washington SI. SE, Olympia
Cost:
$20 for the june 10, 11 and 13 performances
$100 for the june 12 performance* with a Gala
Reception
For more information:
Call the Washington Center Box Office at 753-8586
or David Carlson at 866-9125
* The June 12 performance will be hosted by the Ibsen Adoption
Network who will hold a reception before and after the
performance and a panel ofspecial gllests invluding Willi's wife,
Jolene Unsoeld, and his climbing partner, Tom Hombine.
5th Annual
Olympia Experimental Music Festival
... an annual event created in 1995 by the Olympia Strange
Music Society. Bringing together unconventional music such
as post-punk, free jazz improvisation, and electronic noise.
The festival will feature an internationalline·-up,
There will also be an "Improv Hat Draw," where all are welcome
to have their chance to experiment with others.
When:
• 8 p.m., Friday, june 18 • 1 p.m., Saturday, June 19 •
• 1 p.m. , Sunday, june 20 •
Where:
the Midnight Sun Performance Space
113 N. Columbia, Olympia
Cost:
$18 full pass for all three days, or $16 for KAOS members
For more information:
Call 455·7621 to reserve a pass
Ph oto s and capt iol1S by Michael Selby
DAWN LORD
Left: Suzanne
Above in the right-
Greenfield wandering
hand foreground:
the campus making
Suzanne Greenfield.
noise to draw attention
Above in the back-
to Faux Pas . Greenfield
ground (from left to
is a multi-talented
right): Jessie Calhoun,
saxophone goddess
Susannah End, and
and is performing three
Carrie Zanger. End is a
pieces with three
deft performer; singing
into dance and (with
Above: Jessie Calhoun
different musical
for one group, dancing
another student)
as a confused
groups for the show.
for another group as
choreographed her
multinational tourist in
She also has the energy
well as writing and
own dance piece.
the FOPA parade,
for a band outside of
performing her own
Zanger is also one of
Calhoun is a dexterous
FOPA, that performs
monologue. Zanger,
the many FOPA stu-
and graceful dancer
dents doing the un-
who is adding her skills
sung backstage techni-
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locally, called the Infinite
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Cooper Point Journal
May 27,1999
by Jennifer August
Contributing writer
The hypnotizing melody of En Agua, a performance by
the Rites of Spring dance class floats through the COM
building every day. Countless hours and buckets of sweat have
been invested in preparation for the June 4 and June 5
performance.
The performance is an eclectic selection of dance styles
and techniques. Ballet, modern, African, character dancing,
and even gymnastics were used in creating the performance,
The seven members of the class cooperatively
Studel1t 110
24 ho
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choreographed parts of the dances and designed the
costumes, In addition to preparing for the performance, the
class got a crash course in stage management and production.
Evergreen's finest staff contributed ideas and instruction to
help create an astounding dance performance with fire and
meaning.
Admission is free so, come join us in the Experimental
Theater at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 4 ano Saturday, June 5 to
soak up the dance. On Friday, june 4, there will be a perking
fee of$1.
For further information, please ca1l866-6833
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Thursday, June 3
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*The Board of Trustees stipulated that the committee include three
students; one must be a graduate student.
lie
ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
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"FREEDOM OF SPEECH:
Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being
responsible for the abuse of that right."
- Article I, Section 5, Washington State Constitution 1889
Makah heritage deserves our support
To the Editors:
That the Makah killed their whale is a
good thing,
They are honoring their traditions by
working hard to kill an animal that they
respect , that is part of their identity, that is
part of their spiritual and cultural heritage,
Whale s are large, powerful, spiritual
animals for all of us, not just the Makah, Tha,t
is why there is so much resistance to their
slaughter. But why is there not more vocal and
active resistance to th e institutionalized
slaughter of domestic animals? I know, Those
animals are bred to be stupid and killed in
factories, in cold blood, They are eaten
without much regard for th ei r (previous)
existence as thinking, feeling beings, Meat in
this country is factory food, Meat is Cheetos.
Meat is Spam , Meat is Velveeta, We are numb
to th e me at indu stry if for no other reason
than its shecr,juggernaut-like omnipresence,
In li ght of the meat industry's gross
spiritual vac uum , it is rath er refres hin g to see
a people sheddin g blood as par! of an
important spiritual tradition and exercise,
I am a vegetarian, I do not eat animal
Oesh , I did grow up eating meat. No one ever
talked about the animals that I was eating as
if th ey had feelings or awareness or
spirituality, And I have killed animals,
But when you respectfully kill and
consume an animal you care about, an animal
that you revere, that has meaning for you, It
is not just food for your stomach, If the animal
represe nts your culture, your land, your past,
your ancestors, your being and the being of
your people, and you do so reverently ,
consciously, conscientiously, then, when you
kill it, you are in church. When you consume
it , you are taking communion,
When yo u eat at McDonald's, you may
not know it, but you are in HelL You are
co nsumin g anti·food, spiritless food , food
that ha s been robb ed of its ability to be
spiritually nouri shing by how it has been
raised , trea ted, co ns idered, surrepti tiousl y
s laughtered, packaged, shipped and
prese nted , This goes for plants too. It is
equally important to respect the plants we eat
and see them as spiritual food as welL
The Makah need support in pursuing,
celebrating, cultivating a nd strengthening
their heritage , The Makah are not the enemy.
Th e anti-whaling protesters are misguided in
th eir anger and protests, The enemy is the
culture of consumption, in which I too was
raised, that stole this land from the Indians
and is destroying our families, our forests,
and
our
communities,
Microsoft,
McDonald's, and Wal-Mart are examples of
corporate interests that are fooling us into
trading convenience for justice, eftlciency for
family, and the generic for the locaL
The Makah are not inter es ted in
comme rcial whaling, The Makah are
interested in being Makah,
The Makah are not the enelllY, The
enemy IS us,
Since rely,
Ethan j. G. Rogol
No party line about the Makah
I
Wrote
This
part of a c lass proj ect, "Fifth Wh ee l," Will Ca rls e n di sp lays Mumi a Abu -Jamal
rchandise for a TV "mo c umentary, "
Students defend Mumia
"A ll essential condition for Il'aJ1ling is the
freed om ,1I1d right on the part ofan individu,ll
or gro llp to express minority. IInpopular, or
conlroversial points of view, Only ifminority
ilnd unpopular points of view are listened to
and given opportunity for expression will
Evergreen provide bona fide opportunities for
significant leaming,"
-TESC Sorial Con traCt
By now, everyo ne is aware that a taped
speech hy Mumia Ab u-jama l will be played at
this years graduation commencemcnt. There
has been a lot of cont rove rsy surro unding this
iss ul', and Everg reen ha s been subjec t to a lot
of internal and ex ternal crit icism, We as
, tudent s wi sh to give our support to Mumia 's
gra duation spccch and urge o th er~ to edu ca te
thelllsc ives about both Mumia's str uggle, as
wrll as th e (in)justice system at large , We wish
to thank Larry Mosqucda for hi s uutstand in g
a rti cle ill last weck's CPJ (Mumia lIollors
TESC C rad uati o ll CPJ 5/20/99), alld urge
thm(' who have Ilot ye t read it or don't have
(' n (lU g hill fo I' mat inn a b o ut Mum i a , to
l'\:i lllin e the pie cc, Mumia represe nt s thc
((l unt I(' ~~ nlllnb er~ of people wh o have bee n
11 1I1 ,lirl )' trea ted, du e to ra ce, cia,s or ge nd cr
h~' 1) \1[ Jlldi cial '> y, telll ,
1\.1 II In i a , Ii k l' a n \' 0 t Ill' I' g ra d u a t io n
~ I )('akl'r, dn l' l \' l' ~ to hl' paid lor hi ,
participation in the graduation ceremo ny, As
shown in the beginning qllote from our social
co ntra ct, which we students all signed,
Evergreen believes minority and unpopular
opinions deserve thr same respect that any
other view or opinion does, Rather th an pay
Mumia, th e administration selected faculty
member Stephanie Coontz wilhout student
input to speak at com'mencemrnt; she now
ha s the power to allocate the $3,500
honorarium , To show our support for
Mumia's defense fund, th e following studen t
orga ni za tions will be working together to
raise money ill pla ce of the honorarium
Mumia will not be receiving: Talking About
Race , Umoja, Prison Action Co mmitt ee, EPIC,
Studellt Arts Coun c il, Women Of Co lor
Coa liti on, KAOS, ASIA and The Un ion of
Student Workers, We will be tablin g to collect
money on Tuesdays and Thursdays for th e
rest of the quarter. We join Mr. Mosqueda in
imploring Ms , Coon tz to COli sider allocat ing
a portion of her honorarillill to th e defense
fund, Agai ll, we encourage people to educate
thems e lves abo llt wh a t is happening to
Mllmia, and what is happ l'ning with our
criminal justi ce system,
III Sulidarity- Randy Engstrom, Summer
Thoma s. jen Bow man, jaco h Wooton, Noah
Pr ill ce
Cooper Point Journql
I like th l' Makah \\'ha ling co ntroversy,
\)O ll 't "et IIll' wrollg, I'm not craz)' abo ut
"
,
th e wi laling itsclf. I don 't hll\ the <lrgllllll'lIt
that hunting \\' h;d l' ~ With ,1~ III1S allLl 1l1O tur
IlIla" i, a "traditl ol lal P';l ctl l'l' ," Iwr dol kl'1
that cl'nturin 01 ,,·hi te "I' prl'\\IOll of :\a ti vr
A illericall~ are ill all Y way lesselled by lega ll y
all o\\' ill g a fl'w peop le to painfully kill a wha le,
But Ili ke th e is~u(', I like how Cre eners
rt'ac t to it. I like th at th ere is no part y line,
Life does n't ex ist in bla cks and whit es,
Are t here moral abso illt es'! SlIr e, ill an
ab s tr ac t sense, But in the real world.
sometimes we can't agree o n h ow th ose
ab so lut es shou ld be pursued , So metim es we
need an iss ue like this one-o ne th at pits tw o
ideas we believe in against each other-to
remind us that no group or philosophy has a
monopol y on truth or justice.
Last week, I wrote about people's
perception of the media , I ne g lec t ed to
mention the most significant reason why
people hate th e press, The left thinks th e press
is "corporate," The right thinks the press is
"libera l. " Why'! I think i(s because people
with strong op inions almost always feel that
their vi ews are th e only ones a moral person ,
untainted by self-interest, co uld possibly
hold , When th e press doesn't ec ho what the y
fccl i.> .. to,,, lutl' II'uth
whcth~r w h a t the ),
believe is "ch ildren should pray in sc hoo l" or
"a ll corporations ar e ev il"-th ey concl ud e
th at the press is hiding the truth alld active ly
supportin g th e oth er side,
\'\' hat dol'S this hav e to do with Makah
wha lin g? \Veil . uSllall), you ca n walk a roulld
Eve rgrl'en derlarillg yo ur suppor t for :\ati\'e
:\llI ericam and \'Ill ir ~ llpp nrt for aniln al rlghl\
,lI ld lI ot ~ tir up allY co ntr ovcrsy, ,\ lost people
here aoree 011 hoth cou nt s,
S~ lll et im es, th o ugh, life forces yo u to
choose whi ch YOll fee l stronger about. And
when yo u make that cho ice, people who make
th e other ch oice are go in g to assume you
made that decision beca us e of the worst
possible motives, Their opinion is ri ght and
jllSt, and you disagree with it. Yours,
therefore, must be wrong and unjust.
Did yo u want the Makah to kill the
whale? You must be a "speciesist." You place
human traditions, however barbaric, above
th e life of an intelligent creature. Shame on
yo u.
Did you want the Makah to refrain from
killing the whale? You must be a "racist."
Co untless pigs and cows die in this co untry
every day, mostly to feed white people , and
you don't raise nearly the fllss you raised when
so me nonwhites killed a whale in accordance
wit h anci ent tradition ,
This iss ue is not easy.
If yo u look :Hound, you may find that
mo st people , righl or "'<01115, alc tl'r ill l) l""J
t o ac t on their consci en ces, Co nscien ce
does n' t ne cessarily mean that two people will
rea r h th e same exact concl usio ns all th e tim e,
MI' peo pl e who disa gree with ),011 lTlaliciom
all d ~(' If: interested? Maybe ill ,o me cases, but
il\ IIl1 fair to ass um e that with out tak ing a
1,"·".1t thelll , It cOll ld hl' ~illl pl )' that the ir
""II ,('i l' II (,(" tah th elll ill;1 dilferl'lI t dircl'tio ll,
Arl' they Illi'>gll ided, th ell 'l I\I:l)'bc. Bllt
ho\\' do )'OU kno\\' \,oll 're right'l .\ \ay lll' YO II ' r,'
th e one who's nli sglild ed, Or (and I think this
is III Os t likely) may lw there's llIo re than O Il C
valid wa), to look at thin gs,
I'm not advocating moral rela ti vism,
mind you, I know what I thillk is ri ght. I also
firlTlly believe that people should put all th eir
energy into supp ort ing what th ey believe in
th eir heart s to be right, and ne ver
cOlllpromiseth eir co nvi ctio ns. (Fartoo many
people do,) I'm just saying that yo u don 't do
you rself. your ca use or your relationship with
tht, rest of humanity any good by assuming
that anyone who disagrees is a mis guided ,
malicious pig,
Sometimes it takes an issue like Makah
whaling, an iss ue where nobody can simply
ec ho the party line, to rem ind us,
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May 27,1999
Religious revelations ... and Reagan
Piper's
Pit
by
Saab Lofton
(Cultural and political analysis for Evergreen
students and other Olympia residents(in case
you couldn't tell ... )
This iSIl't a free co ull try, it 's ~II ex prllsive
onc , We don't ha ve free speec h, we have
expens ive speec h, Jnd we don't havc fre e
ele cti o ns, we have ex pensivc un('s, so how
dare the Pledge of Allegian ce claim we're on e
nation IInder Cod?
Jesus H, Christ (1\ Cod ly dude if th ere
ever was one--and a brown-skinned brun et,
thank you very much, , !) is eas ily th e single
mo st recognizable pacifist (despite all those
revisio nist pictures of. him lookill g like Ted
Nugent) in the world tod ay, and yet unlike
Gandhi or Dr. King, jesus did commit one
violent act during his non -violent ca reer:
When he went plumb off in that
moneychangers ' temple, The greates t pacifist
of all time, and the only bunch of folks who
ever mad e him lo se hi s cool were th e
cap itali sts! Speaks volumes, doesn't it?
Ifit won 't, I wiJJ(that's why God put me
here) , I'm tir ed of fascists like Palwell and
rarrakhan acti ng as th ough they have a direc t
lin e to the divin e, They don't , I do, and thi s
week I'm go ing to give you th e low dow n on
th e hi gh and almighty (OK , so I dOli 'r talk to
God, but if there's go ing to be a religiolls ri ght,
th ere damn well bett er be a reli gious leli) ,
Be lie ve it or not , CI'IS' Touch ed by an
AIIKel is pretty dea d on (no pun int end ed)
insofar as accura tely depictin g Sa tan's morl al
fo rm here on Ear th as being that of a 1\\1 Klllx
I\l a nslllan ( the s h ow's done thi~ twi ce
alread y). but ~ in cc C BS is ow ned by
West inghous e, th e show ca n onl y go so far.
Fear not, I'll take yuu th e res t of th e way
Cooper Point Journal
First of all , God has n't abandoned li S,
Th e Lord has given liS all we nced ill the form
of helllp , lu'>t ;li )Ollt any thin g r ,1I1 he made
out "fh l' IlI\!, it can grm\' illill m t anI' "'illl ,tl l'!
~('a'>nll, and t lie niH' 'pe ri l"
th;11 1.111
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('I('n illl .lgil'l' th nl' hl'lII,~.1 (; "d, i'hl~, II',
III ('ri ic;dly illll' m~ ib ll' to Il.t!. Oil I Il l' -1 / 20
(\\ ur~l' l:l Se sCl' nar io, YO II 'I I illSl P;Is\ ' li lt), so
cl ea rl \, Cod has hili It in an all n:l I 11[:11 '> tr e,s
r e liP\'~'r for the l'nd of a 10llg day.
Nex t lip is gays alld AIDS, AIDS IS lI ot a
puni s hmcllt fr o lll Cod , it's obv ious ly a
gov('I'lIl11ellt plot (do ll ' t s tarl) , I lI1 eall, a
disease that initiall y/p rim ar il y wellt after
Alllrrikkka's lea st favorite "und es irables" and
hits Africa of all pla ces harder than anywhere
else? That's no more a coin cidence th an the
previous paragraph, And homosex llality is an
integral part of God's plan, Think about it:
Ifall th e queers in history (from Alexander the
Great to Leonardo Da Vinci) had had kids
betause of that "be fruitful and multiply"
nons e n se (no doubt the product of
heterosex ist revi sion ism-·just like the Sodom
and Go morrah myth) we would've starved to
death ages ago due to overpopillation. Homo
_,_
Sa pi ens don't have involuntary mat ing cycles
like animab (llr the Vulca ns' Pon Farr) , ,0
what ke eps 1vla lth u, ' d v<;(op i" of "n
oVl'I'po plilat ed p lan ct (rolll c'Olll lllg trl l'''''
l ,,,. 1\ l! il l tn 111,1 11' utli n m(,II '
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tlrL-d ul Idllt t' It >lb ~ WlllllllllI~ III d"II I,1I I) ITI
tim Oil l', bllt 11\ c1l'a r that RIlilald (, ix lettl'r."
\\'il so n (~i.\ lett er, ) Reagall (,ix kl ter~) i, th l'
Anti-ellri't. Pe riod, The r ea~on why white,
d e ilioilil e tlie concept of a one -wor ld
gove rnmcnt as being the base of operat ions
fo r th e Beast is bec au se thcy oh so
conveniell tl y fail to mak e th e dis tin ction
between a one -wo rld dictatorship and a on("world democracy. In a one-wo rld democra cy,
the majority would obviollsly rille , and since
the majority of th e world is brown skinned ",!
Uh huh , so mil ch for the co nspiracy th eo ri es
of all th ose Montana/Mi chi gan militias,
Black heli copters my ass! Fear of a black
planer is more like it!
Is God a leli -winger? Let's all pray \I e/
She/It is , because most of LIS won't stand a
chance in hell otherwise , Nex t week.-tbe final
chapter, when I go after the real Phantom
Menace. , ,
Niceness afterword
All ri ght, after a we ek of refl ec tin g on my articl e in th e CPj la st week, I think I ha ve
to refule it..It see ms obviou s to me that my article, "W hat happened to being nic er is
di so rgani zed, a little unloc used and mayb e too persunal. A com mon rea ction mi ght b('
"Who cares'!" and I can ulld ers talld that. It fcels like I am ven tin g a great dea l of personal
frustration on th e read er, who is co mpletely non-af1iliat ed with my lifc, alth ough th ere
was a lot I wa nt ed to ,ay to both people ill alld ali t of my life, And Imll st admi t it kit
go()d publishing it eVl' n th ough I didll't work 0 11 it a~ mu ch as Illy ot her articl es ,
I\ ein g 3n an gry perso n require, a lil t of sk ill ill ('x press ioll, I felt li ke Ill y cred ibilit y
as a writer ma y ha ve ~ uff('r e d with III )' la ~t artirie , hilt I ~till stand by l'very poillt I made ,
Peo pll' II ('cd t() be more empa th eti c tOIl'Jnl\ ear h oth er and wurk un CU lllllllllli ca ti on, To
l'x pl ain th l'~e id ea~ to my sa ti ~ l-acti o n wo uld tak e the length of an essay, So , I will lea\'L'
you wi th thi ~ , through the cin oti onallllll dd le- plc J~(, , till sce k to un de rstand nw lTIessage
Peo plc need peo ple.
\ 'ita Lu,t )'
May 27,1999
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The comic voice of Colin Helsley
Making a difference
Somewhere in the middle of a big place with lots of
peoplel there are students that just want to learn something.
They sit outside on a sunny day watching the campus
morph like an anthill. Butl with the sun in one eye and a
maple tree shading the otherl they donlt care.
Right nowl theylre thinking about their class project. It's
due in one hour. Theylre thinking about their faculty and
their last seminar. Theylre thinking about the things that
could make their life better and they're wondering how the
hell to make a difference.
by Trevor Pyle
Staff writer
They're not sure if the faculty evaluation they turned in
last quarter ever made it to the eyes that needed it. Theylre
not sure what the grievance process is and why they would
ever use it. They're not even sure what an academic dean iS
or why they would ever talk to one.
They look down at the pen between their fingers and
wonder if the thousands of words itls crafted ever made a
difference or ever will. The sound of drums barely squeezes
throu9h the concrete buildings and they wonder, "Is anyone
listening? Does my voice countr'
When Colin Helsley has something to
say, he goes to the drawing board.
Helsley, a third-year student, is the
creator of "Onyx Towers," a comic strip that
appears in Evergreen's student newspaperand sometimes razors the assumptions and
attitudes of Evergreen's population.
Colin says h is cartoons - s impl e
draWings with jagged , allgular lines - are just
a vehicle for him to say what he thinks about
Evergreen.
"Everyone is kind of hypersensitive," he
says. 'There's a lot of walking on eggshells.
There's a lot 01"1 don't want to be seen as this'
I don 't want to be seem homophobic, I don';
want to seem sexist, I don't want to be seem
racist...' It's rea lly disheartening to try to get
any kind of conversation going that way."
Colin believes that the fears that
Evergreen students have keeps them from
communicating.
"I think a lot of people are afraid to talk
because they're afraid of putting their foot in
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AFISH deals with backyard problems
by Josh Manning
Staff writer
Comeau , Crocker and Hannon sent out a su rvey to
grad uate students in the environmental science program and
out-of~s t a t e students to find out what both felt were their
concerns about salmon, The out-of-state studen ts ~aid they did
not know anything about the loca lly endangered salmon and
AF ISH has begun its upstream hattIe.
The newly funded student group Advoca te s For told AFISH that they wanted to learn more about the issue,
Improving Salmon Habitat will be fighting not on ly against the The graduate students told AFISH that its number olle priority
currents oflegislative process, but student apa thy towards the should be to inform the public so studellts could be best
informed about the salmon crisis, .
endangered salmon.
The bake sale was part of this education, Alongside the
Its three coordinators- Hillery Crocker, Nora Comeau and
Steve Hannon - met each another and planned the group tim and pans of baked goods they placed some scattered letters
during autumn and winter quarter in a Native American Studies and press releases from Olympia-area salmon groups,
program called Regeneration : A Celebration of Land. A Towering above the papers was a large posterboard on which
component of the curriculum for the class was planning a group they posted snapshots of Houston Creek, which runs just to
that worked for a natural resources cause. The three picked the south of campus by the organic farm, The reason for the
salmon habitat recovery because they felt that it was the snapshots was to show a proposed plan to eliminate a culvert,
strongest clue that there was something seriously amiss with a short drainage pipe, that makes the journey of the salmon
down the creek more difficult. They also plan to plant trees
the Puget Sound environment.
Comeau, a third-year student emphasizing on indigenous along the banks of Houston Creek ~ince salmon are "llr~ct .. d
peoples studies, and Dan johnson, a second-year student to shadier and cooler stretches of water.
johnson blazed a worn-over path from the campus down
emphasizing on fisheries biology and the group's student
to
the
culvert so people can hike there and see the area and
advisor, set-up a booth on the second floor of the Campus
Activities building the afternoon of May 20. Since they have salmon for themselves, He said that they are planning to have
not recei ved th eir funding, the), ran a small bake sale (cookies Todd jones, an Olympia resident and environmentalist with
and pie) to begin fundraising and to let students know that th ey People for the Salmon, come examine the culvert and help
them alleviate its blockage.
exist.
AFISH plans to do more-than simple habitat rebuilding.
Comea u is in the group hecause the issue of the salmon's
Th
ey
want to make things more "creative and fun" as well.
possible extinction "dea ls with a problem in our backyard."
Johnson, a dose friend of Crocker's, said that he is in the group Comeau said that they have already gone to the students by
because "salmon are a very resilient species. When they start allowi ng them to participate in the creation of a "salmon
disappeari ng, it is an indicator that th ere is a larger, more mobile." They handed students a small piece of salmon-shaped
paper and th e students were allowed to paint it however they
~ e rious problem going on."
saw
fit. They will then hang the collective paintings over the
The prohlem, they said, is one that is complex. It is the
balcollY
on the third floor of the Library building. Comeau,
complexi ty of the sa lmon cris is which they wallt to make
students aware of. Wlut makes the issue more' convolut ed . johnson and Hannon said that Crocker, who was unavailable
Comeau said. that it is not as simple as irresponsible behavior for comlllent , plans to make an outreach effort to the Olympiaon the part of timber companies or landowners, but that people area elementary and high schools to help th e yo unger
are apa thetic to the sa lmon 's situation. She remains aware of generation understand this issue as well.
The major problem facing AFISH right now is getting
this apathy on ca mpus, but also sees that students arr wanting
more
people in the group. While other student groups are
to hear what is goi ng on .
interested and supportive of
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having a hard time finding
students tq work with them.
Besides
the
three
coordinators and the advisor,
th eir mission statement lists on ly seven other participant s
registered with the gro up. johnson sa id that a recent field trip
th ey planned brought out on I)' two people, he and Comeau.
"That was a result of bad publicity," he said. "We only put up a
few flyers around campus."
Comeau saw the field trip as a learning lesson for the
gro up. She wants to bring AFISH into the mind of every student
on campus through extensive publicity and an active role on
campus, hosting concerts and potlucks. "We should have a
salmon bake," johnson said with a smile.
Comeau and johnson do not wallt what they are doing to
be perceived as a morose undertaking. Comeau said, "This
doesn't have to be a miserable thing that we're do ing. We can
make it fun b), allowing students to express their creativity to
help educate people."
"We are a small, but important part of the picture," added
johnson. "We want to bring this to everyone."
Comeau will be spending the summer in Olympia with
thp,o)p pllTpo~e of keeping up with Pllget Sound salmon
groups. "I didn't want to come back at the end of the summer
and be scrambling to find out what was going on," she said. "I
want to watch this process every step of the way and be able to
tell people what is going on."
Hannon will be back to help the group next year when he
returns to Evergreen to continue on as a graduate student in
environmental science. He said that he is coming back because
he wants to help "express the group's concern to not let it [the
salmon crisis] go away and to not let it leave the public eye."
Crocker and Johnson will be returning to AFISH as well.
johnson and Comeau are aware that AF ISH may not make
the ultimate difference on the process. Where they do feel that
the), will find eventual success is if they ca n manage to educate
and inform the student body of the crisis facing the salmon.
"We might not be a big bang," said johnson. "But we can say
we did our best and took our concern for th e salmon to the
public and managed to make them concerned too."
What this means to them is that they wish to see a campus
which takes a more peaked interest in what they are doing.
Whether students go on field trips with them, create artwork,
organize events or corne to meetings, the coordinators of AFISH
will not feel that they have succeeded until they see a majority
of the campus thinking about and working against salmon
endangerment.
In the AFISH mission statement, they write that "the
salmon are calling, we are listening. " Comeau, Hannon and
johnson just wonder who is listening to AFISH.
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After a pause, he adds:
"In actuality, that's the best way I've
learned, by putting my foot in my mouth many
times, and learning from that."
Instead of talking, Colin
uses his cartoons.
He loved drawing as a kid,
and uses cartooning for humor
because, as he puts it, "I can't
rea lly tell a joke. Another person
can say [the joke 1. and it'd be
funny, but I just can't say it ... it
doesn't comr out right."
Instead . th at humor flows
through his pen. And when he
reached Evergreen, Co lin
realized that pen had a fat
to go against the majorit)'."
Helsley, who is from Dallas, adds:
"If! was back in Texas I'd be making fun
of Republicans."
Of course, Helsley is at Evergreen, not
Texas; so his cartoons
attack student apathy,
the arming of campus
police, and ignorance
of current events.
One recent comic
began with a teac her
reading off the book
list for his class; the
books' ti tIes were a II
bleak
(example:
"Ge neration X: The
Screwed Genrration").
The
class's
response is equa ll y
bleak; one student
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says, "group two is
sett ing lip a Russian
Roule tt e tournament."
The cartoon, Helsley says. is a response
to lhl' depressing fare usually found at
Evergreen.
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Therefore I am
target.
"I feel that Evergreen has
providrd me with so much
material to work with. I'm afraid
that if I grad uat e, and by chance
ever start doing a comic, I'm not sure where
my material will come from.
'This place is a big fountain. 1\'ot
necessarily of stuff to make fun of, but... I like
by Mat Probasco
Staff writer
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If an Evergreen student has a complaint
about their faculty, it's up to that student to
follow through on it.
As an academic dean , Rob Knapp
oversees a number of faculty. When a student
comes to Knapp with a quibble he or she has
had with one of those faculty, it's his job to get
involved.
Most often that involvement is a
suggestion this way or that, depending on the
situation.
"A dean's job is to urge people in different
directions," says Knapp.
When students come to Knapp's office
with a complaint, they're often expecting to
have someone else take over and follow up on
it. "Sometimes they wish that a pre-ordained
sce nario will fill out just because they
complained."
Knapp says Evergreen doesn't work that
way. He says the choice given to students is,
"How far do you want to take it?"
He says the first thing he does when a
student come to him is to listen to their story.
This gives him a sense of the severity of the
problem and its context.
"
In situations that aren't ill ega l or
dangerous, Knapp advises students seek out
the faculty. "Sometimes it turns out that going
and having a talk with someone is what's
needed, rather than going and having redress
or something."
Knapp is reluctant to get involved in a
dispute between a student and faculty until the
two have spoken face to face about the
problem , In fact, he makes it a rule not to
believe anyone in a dispute situation until he's
spoken to both sid es. "You can't get a
resolution based on a partial story, " he says.
If the program is taught by more than one
facult)" Knapp suggests the studen t speak with
the entire faculty team about the problem.
He admits it takes some bravery by the
student to approach faculty with complaints.
The faculty, after all, have the power to give or
take away credit. So part of his job is to give
the student a "pep talk."
If the student feels uncomfortable about
approaching faculty, Knapp suggests the
student find out where that discomfort comes
from, Is he or she under the real threat of
loosing credit for complaining? Are they afraid
they will look silly because apparently they
don't know the way things work at Evergreen?
"We don't believe in intimidation as the
sort of thing that should happen," Knapp says.
If a threat is made by the faculty that credit
would be improperly withheld over a dispute,
it would be "something we would take very
seriously indeed."
If the student has spoken with the faculty
and there is no resolution, Knapp will step in
and find out "the degree of disagreement."
He says the next step could be opening
the discussion up to the entire program; 'rhat
way he co uld see if others in the class
commiserate.
According to Knapp, it isn 't his job to
"find the old testament truth of the matter,"
but to find the solution that will work for most
people.
There are instances when the procedure
moves along more quickly. The most obvious,
and rare, is if there is actually illegal activity
occurring, such as sexual harassment or
assault. In a case like that Knapp is required
by law to report it to the proper authority,
depending on the situation . But Knapp says
he's never dealt with a situation that called for
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Later, he says , "I don't disagree with a
lot of what people say here, I just think it 's
an itch to knock them off their high hor~e.
To say , 'you dOll't know evrryt hin g quit e
yet. '"
Somr of Co lin 's cartoons aren't that
political.
One shows the familiar clark tower and
seminar buildings of Evergreen. Among a lot
of co ughing and pot-smoking, the foullders
or Evergreen hit upon a lIlascot: a geodu ck.
"A geoduck," Colin says, looking at the
cartoon . He smiles. "Somebody had to he
smoking something. "
Rob Knapp sorts students' woes
this.
He can a lso be stirred to immediat e
intervention in cases that aren't illegal. He says
one or two times in his six non-consecutive
years as a dean, he has heard something clearly
from a student that caused him to take faculty
behind closed doors and have a serious talk.
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Knapp isn't in the position of doubting
faculty, though. "[I] wouldn't intervene on the
fear that something would go wrong."
One way Knapp sees problems being
resolved is to set up guidelines for how a class
is to run before a problem starts.
At Evergreen there aren't many formal
college-wide standards that classes have to live
up to. So Knapp says he and the other dean~
urge faculty to devise a covenant for each
program.
The covenant should cover how students
will be evaluated, when th e class meets, and
ot her gray areas often misunderstood . But
faculty are not required to create the
document.
"About every year th ere are some issues
that are kinda messy, and everyone would
have been happier if there were a covenant,"
says Knapp.
Knapp says the deans are not there to
put hurdles in front of students, but they do
like to make the best use of their time. He says
for a st udent to have their opinions h ea~d
most clearly four steps should be followed.
The fir st is to pay attention to the
program covenant. This can help prevent a
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Secondly, ge t a clear picture of what th e
problem is. Knapp says, on occasion, prople
come to him with several unrelated complaints
and act as if they were one problem. The story
presented to the deans needs to coherent. Each
piece mllst fit together.
Next, the student must give thought to
what a useful step to solving the problem might
be, Knapp says that's a part people may need
help with,
Finally, if a student has a problem with
faculty, he or she should try to talk to them. It
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Bible Jim brings gospel, evokes anger
by Aaron Cansler
Staff writer
,
The leaves are blooming. tank tops and
shorts are out, and it's the first sunny day in
a long time. Spring has cometh, and so have
Bible Jim and his supporters. Last Friday.
around 10 a.m .. the annual arrival of Bible
Jim commenced in Red Square. and the
yelling and screaming lasted for hours.
For those of you who don't know this
story, Bible Jim and friends travel across the
country. and also the world. preaching their
version of Christianity at colleges. cities.
sporting events. abortion clinics. Benny
Hinn performances (famous evangelist-they
don't like him). and various other festivals
and going-ons. The annual affair at
Evergreen has gone back farther than most
people can remember, including Jim himself,
and every year the same series of events play
themselves out over and over. Jim arrives on
Red Square wearing signs that warn
everyone, including "bratty college
students." "unsubmissive wives ," and
"homos" to beware God's wrath and
damnation. He begins yelling at the top of
his lungs line after line of very controversial
exclamations, damningjust about everyone,
and then following them up with. "why are
you so judgmental?" Inevitably. a crowd of
Evergreen students forms. mainly yelling
and screaming. but also spitting. throwing
trash. and in years past. dumping buckets
of water on him.
This year. it wasn't mu ch different .
except that Jim brought along several new
fares to preach the gospel with him. Dianne,
Jeremy. and Willy all came to Evergreen for
the first time on Friday. For all those who
didn't get to know them by name. here's a
brief discription. Dianne was the only
female there that day; she wore the "Fear
God" t-shirt and "Jesus Forgives" jacket,
Jeremy was the fellow with the giant sign
calling for everyone to repent. Willy was the
guy who wore the "Get Ready- Jesus is
coming" sandwich board and looked exactly
like a 50/50 blend between Jeremy Irons.
and Henry Winkler (the Fonz). and of course
Bible Jim- the very loud red-faced man with
the huge crowd of people screaming at and
taunting him.
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When asked if she would consider herself a
fanatic, she answered: "Somebody called me
a nut. I said, '1 am a nut. I'm a nut for the Lord.
~. am totally commited to what his word says.'
Bible Jim and his supporting trio called "bratty college students,"
"unsubmissive wives," and "homos,"to reevaluate their lifestyles and values.
Jeremy: Jeremy didn't have too much to say.
The quiet soldier with the really big sign.
Moved to Portland recently, before that, San
Francisco. Had a lot of work to do there.
"There was plenty," he says. He's been doing
this for about three and a half years now. Does
he feel he's accomplished much in that time?
"Yes. Very much."
Jim: What's to be said about Jim? Is he sane?
There's some
pretty
persuasive arguments for
and against. He's spent over
30 years of his life preaching
in every state in the U.S. and
a number of foreign
countries. Willy described
Jim 's approach to Evergreen
best: "He believes the soil is
perhaps hard here at Evergreen. and he's
gonna take this hard soil and go through it
with a rototiller and stir it up." l"'hen asked
how his day at Evergreen went, he replied
..... people were not apathetic. so I had a
wonderful, blessed time today." Why
Evergreen? "Every day I've ever had at
Evergreen . I've had stimulating days. I feel that
a lot of the kids here at Evergreen would be
disappointed if I wrote them just as a small
school." But why does he do it? Why at all?
Of course he answers with a statement that
makes perfect sense. and none at all: [t's
because he loves. "Our job is to try to rescue
people from hell."
So what was the purpose of it all? Just
to get people to talk, and to think. [fthat was
the goal, Bible Jim was successful. Discussions
about Jim's appearance took place all over
campus. from the CAB to the HCC. Some were
mocking, and some were genuinely heartfelt.
All four religious visitors there that day
described their work as "planting seeds." and
to that end. they accomplished their task.
What those seeds will blossom into remains
to be seen.
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The game of liberty andjustice, for us
by Mike Anchors
Contributing writer
in the eigh th sp o t looking to ha ve' a
GonLaga-type upset.
Hello once again eve ryo ne l
Well the regular season IS over in the
intramura l basketball league, Pepe beat
Gangrene 95 -54 to tinish tied with th e
Lovely Men, who defeated Ga ngrene 2-0
and Hawaii Five-O 63-58. fo r first place w ith
a reco rd o f 6-1. After the two losses
Gangrene dropped to 7-5 all the ,ca,Of1
and wrapped up the ,ixth plJyoff seed.
Duval was out enjoying the great weather
and h,ld [ 0 torrelt to the Olympia Fatties
7-{}Wit h thl''' los". Duval finished 1-6 all til t"
season Jnd I) t he 5cv"lllh <,ccrl in the
playoffs. The Olympia FJmes fi nished the'
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Hawaii I ive-O will e nter the p layoffs as the
flhh seed Ladies of the 80's COlitinue to
improve and are sti ll looking to break into
the win columnThey will enter the playoffs
Results from Sunday May 23:
The Lovely Me n d Gang rene 2-0 (fo rfel'
Olympia Fatties d Duval 2-0 (forfeit)
The Lovely Men d. Hawaii I-ive-O 63-58
The MOllsters d, Lad ies of the 80's 81-24
Pe pe d,Gangrene 95-54
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are harmonious (but harmless) taunts or jabs
I am going to abuse my new-found aimed at the opposing tea ms fans or players. I
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powers as the onetime sports editor to give
everyone. I mean everyone. homework for the that every soccer fan must know: "01<'''.1'11 spell
summer. It will not be that difficult; nothing it out for you: o-Iaay o-Iay o-Iay a-lay o-Iay o-Iay
like quantumn mechanics of the rubi cks cuhe (repea t). It's that easy. And it sounds fantasti c.
or a stroke-by-stroke reproduction of aJackson Eve n better if more than five people came out
Pollack painting. Your assignment. and YO ll can to a ga me. And remember. yo u ca n only cha nt
not choose to accept it. is to spend the summer it AFTER a goal is scored by YOUR team,
Also from th e Latin Americans. there is J
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great deal of noisemaking to
full-fl edged
fill the voids between "o le's"
members of soccer
and chants. DrulTls are a
hooliga nism.
definite yes. I know there are
Yes.
th e
a bunch of you out there who
British gave it a bad
go t the fever for the rhyt hm.
name by beating the
Make yourselves even more
tar out of anyolle
IIsefi.I1 than the moments you ,
that dared to cheer
bang away on Red Square or
for the opposite side
by the recreation building. In .
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team. but to a lesser Justy Leppert works over a hapless
muvements on the field.
degree, th ere is a Lady Logger from the University of
beauty and a Pugest Sound in a match last October. Wouldn't that be keen.
Besides the drums. there's
brilliance in being a Without chanting and taunting to aid
all
sorts of instruments that
soccer hoo ligan. them, Evergreen lost the game.
can
add to the real-life feel
And to their credit ,
the British soccer enthusiast has a great deal that there's a living. breathing soccer game
of personal and national pride on the line every afoot. Wind instruments (flutes. saxophones.
time their team takes to the pitch. If the clarinets, etc.) are another great addition.
Tranmere Rovers beat Sheffield Wednesday. Other percussion instruments can work too,
England will cease to be a national power and cymbals have their moments as well as rattling.
Graham Yorke (fictional, for my purposes) will shaking devices (maracas, cowbells. milk jugs
feel ashamed to show his face in public for filled with gravel or what have you).
At any rate, some sort ofintrumentation
weeks to come.
For the most part, British soccer fans are can provide a soccer game with a pulse. Heck,
more ruffians than hooligans. And the same just having people there can give the darned
needs to be true amongst Evergreen State thing a pulse. Many a soccer team has gone
College Geoduck enthusiasts. Maybe not the from the basement to the penthouse because
ruffian part (although I admit a certain joy in of top-notch fans. Don't you think our skilledforseeing some Geoduck true believers of-foot Geoducks deserve that?
roughing-up members ofThe Clan from Simon
Frasier University), but there should be that
personal and college pride on the line when our
human-shaped bivalves take the field.
It can, and must. go beyond simple hooBed '&?
ha'ing and hooliganisms for our 'Greener
Breakfast
footbalistas. We also must pillage and plunder
from other places to perfect the patriotic
purposes I promote.
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The Europeans have their chants.
Overwo/Ung the
Beautifully constructed and harmonious
Puget Sound
chants that fill entire stadiums. Sometimes ripStudents eat
offs of so ngs . England fans led the" Rule
free!
Britannia. Britannia rul es the world " (the
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Willy: Willy was a nice guy. Full ofstories. Just
a Christian who used to be a
"fornicator" trying to preach
his message. He's been
doing this for about two
years. Been to Japan and
Russia. Performing skits at
a train station in Kamakura
in the cold. taking evangelism courses in
Seattle, this man is dedicated. He even tries
to convert telemarketers that call his home.
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Dianne: It may be hard to belive, but Dianne
is a nice woman. Once you
turn off the "This woman
must be insane to be here"
part of your brain, she can
be quite pleasant. Her views
weren't nearly as extreme as
Jim 's, and she wasn't
confrontational at all. by far the mellowest of
the four. We had a nice chat about her life
her dau hter and how she
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