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Cooper Point Journal - Page 16 - May 13, 1999
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by Mikel Reparaz
Staff writer
All the seats were filled, and the walls
were lined with people standing and listening
attentively. A line stretched out the door, and
those in it tried to crowd in to see what was
going on . It was standing room only, but it
wasn't a concert, a lecture. or even a poetry
reading. Rather, this was the scene at the lastditch contract fair.
On March 31 , a horde of students
congregatep in a classroom in the library, all
with the hope of finding a faculty member
willing to sponsor their independent learning
plan. What was especially striking about this
quarter's fair, however, was that at least 10 of
the attendees were freshmen. They, like many
other students this quarter, had simply been
unable to get into a class for spring quarter,
The warning signs were present at the
spring academic fair; most faculty members
had already reached their contract quota by
the time it rolled around. and many programs
and classes were not accepting new students
for a variety of reasons. At first, rumors were
circulated that this problem was a result of
overcrowding, of the college being made to
accept more students than it could provide for.
Evergreen tells a different story, however.
According to administrative faculty. the
problem was not overcrowding, but planning.
"Because ofthe way we design the curriculum,
with full-time academic programs," said
academic dean Virginia Darney. "We can't ever
predict exactly how students are going to fall
out in the registration. In the ideal world, they
would register evenly across the curriculum.
And they don·t."
The foundation for this problem was set
about two years ago, when Evergreen began
introducing two-quarter programs into its
curriculum. This year, when spring rolled
around, a lot of those two-quarter programs
ended, forcing a large number of students tu
find a new class.
Most of the continuing three-quarter
programs, however, were not accepting new
students. Andrea Coker-Anderson, the
registrar, explains that this was because the
programs in question had reached the point
where the students were doing independent
projects. Any new students would have been
drastically behind and difficult to work into the
programs. As Coker-Anderson puts it, "it
wasn't appropriate to take on new students for
the spring."
According to the information compiled
by head oflnternal Research Steve Hunter, this
was particularly true in the case of the
freshmen-only "core" programs; of the 10
programs offered this year, three ended in
winter, and only two were accepting new
students for spring. Even with mixed-level
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programs as an alternative, however, only
seven of the 12 courses offered were accepting
new freshmen in spring. The end result of this
was that a total of 49 freshmen were left
without a place to go.
The problem was not limited to
freshmen, however.
A number of
sophomores, juniors. and seniors also found
themselves with extremely narrow options at
the beginning of spring quarter. Some had
been unable to secure a contract in time, while
others had tried for part-time classes and were
unlucky enough to find them full or canceled
when the quarter began.
A number of these disgruntled students
(rumored to be over 200) made their plight
known to Academic Advising, and it quickly
became apparent to faculty that there was a
serious problem. To deal with it, a group of
administrators and faculty convened several
meetings to discuss what should be done.
As Virginia Darney put it , "Th is is the
sort of issue that you don't know about until
the first week of class. When we saw it was an
issue, thell... there was this amazing thing that
happened. which is that people from all parts
of the college got together and sa id, 'yikes,
these folks really need to be better served than
they are.'"
The result of their efforts was the
creation of a coup le of new programs. In
addition, they contacted the faculty in charge
of severa l programs that had previously been
closed. and were able to convince them to
redesign their programs in order to
accommodate new students.
Darney makes it clear, however. that this
situation is not ideal, although"it feels like we
really did right by those students who needed
a place."
When asked how this problem could be
prevented in the future, Darney stresses the
importance of finding places for first-year
students, as well as making registration more
accessible to them. However, she also stated
that there is no certain way to prevent this
from happening again.
"What we can't guarantee. and what we
can't make happen," Darney said, "is that
students will register evenly across the
curriculum ... And Ijoke about how that would
be ideal, but that's not what we want."
Of the many students who attended the
last-ditch contract fair, relatively few came
away with a signature on their contracts.
According to Kitty Parker. the director of
Academic Advising, one of the faculty who
attended took on three contracts, and the
other two felt that they hadn't heard anyone
who they could appropriately support.
Sophomore Laurie Cox, one of the
see STRUGGLE, page 13
Counting Greeners
by Mat Probasco
Editor
They don't seem to go together. But it's
never been any other way. The office of
Institutional Research and Steve Hunter have
20 years of history together. They chart
Evergreen.
Charting Evergreen means keeping track
of enrollment. Years ago Evergreen was under
enrolled . Recently. however, enrollment has
pushed Evergreen at the seams. Aspurt of over
enrollment and how to solve the problem fall
under Steve's numerical eye.
But Steve's not exactly the kind of guy you
think of being a number cruncher.
His long red beard hangs over a denim
jacket. He has on blue jeans instead of the slacks
and ties that his colleagues prefer.
Does he fit in? "Sure. as much as I fit in
anyplace."
He came to Evergreen in 1976 for the
Management in Public Interest program. He
got involved in social sciences studying
research methods.
In his senior year, Steve landed a workstudy job in the first ever institutional research
office at Evergreen. After graduation, he was
hired on as the head of the office temporarily.
A year later it was permanent.
'Tve changed from being the young pup
on the third floor to being one of the old dogs,"
says the self-professed crossword puzzle
fanatic.
Pillows of folded newspapers fill a large
shelf in his office. "I do a crossword puzzle a
day then recycle them every couple of years."
see HUNTER, page 4
Overcrowding:
one student's story
by Mat Probasco
Editor
Sarah Meadows wanted a.little science.
Although she's a Portland native, Sarah
transferred to Evergreen la st year from a
Scottish art school. She couldn't paint there.
"You have to devote yourself to it. Devoting
myself to it right now would be dangerous."
She knows she needs an education to be
able to paint. "( can't do that right now. (mean,
I don't know anything."
So she came to Evergreen for some
science. art history, and life experience.
Fall and winter quarters Sarah fell in love
with her art history class, Images ill Context.
Spring quarter was a different story.
"Spring quarter was just a mess."
explained the 21 year old. "( read the catalog.
and there wasn't anything that made any
sense."
This was fine with Sarah. She was just
after a little science, not a full program. She
started looking into several part-time
programs. Easier said than done.
She wasn't the only one in this position.
Because so many fall and winter programs
were ending. and so few full year programs let
in additional students . Registration had
became constipated.
Sarah's fr iends and roommates were
scrambling to find contract sponsors. But the
contract pool was only bathtub size, and full.
"I only know like two people who got a
contract, and almost everyone I know tried to
get onc."
She thought she'd try her hand in Met,?1
Working. It was more than full.
''I've always been in crowded classes where
people didn't get in, but I was never the one."
Bob Woods, the Metal Workinginstmctor.
told Sarah the class is more than full every time
see OVERCROWDING, page 5
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"Hi! Welcome to the first ever NW Transgender and Inte.rsex Film Festival. We hope you enjoy It
and learn a lot," quipped the NWT&I Fest pamphlet. "Hey," I thought, "This is neat. Good, even!" I
read on. There were events. There were films. There was even some mud wrastlin'. "I'm gonna tell
everyone all about it!" I exclaimed aloud.
Saturday. May 22
all events are $3 unless stated otherwise
Lecture Hall 1: FILMS!
-10 a.m.- 11 a.m.: BoyGirl/GirlBoy
-11 a.m.- noon: Juggling Gender
-noon -
1 p . m.: Shinjuku Boys
-2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: The Remarkable
story of Joah/ John (Free)
-2:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.: Jareena, Portrait
of a Hljda, Gendertroublemaker
-3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.: Adam,
Hermaphrodites Speak!, Cinema Fouad
-6 p.m.- 8 p.m.: Trappings of Transhood,
Transmissions. Speakers are Phoenix,
Untitled, Exploratlons(FREE}
-8 p.m. - 10 p.m. : A Prodigal Son?, You
Don't Know Dick, Scent uVa Butch
Sunday. May 23
MUDWRESTLlNG!
All women welcome to wrestle, including
trans people who identify in part or in
whole as women. All genders welcome to
attend. The emphasis here is on fun, not
physical ability, All costumes, personas,
rivalries, etc., are optional but encouraged.
We need women of all ages, sizes, and
abilities. You choose your own opponent or
we will help set up a match for you. Any
participation in a "tournament" will be
totally optional. If you plan to wrestle
please call ahead with questions and arrive
by 1 p.m. on the big day. ATTENTION: Boys
and anyone else who doesn't want to
wrestle, your bootie is needed on the go-go
stage. We have a live band .... For
directions and other info call 704-3084.
-10:30 p.m,- midnight: Pansexual Public
Porn, Dysfunctional, Alley of the Tranny
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Food, glorious food
Hey Ladies
The Food Services Design DTF Invites you to
participate In the Initial stage of creating a new
food service facility. The committee has selected
BJSS, an Olympian architectural firm, to initiate the
design process. Please join the committee and
BJSS in the first design workshop on Monday, May
24 in CAB 104. The workshop is scheduled from
noon to 3 p.m. People are welcome to participate
In any part of this process. To learn more about
this project, visit www.eyergreen.edu/user.foodDTF.
The Women ' s Resource Center is sponsoring several
activities before the end of the quarter. Coming up
May 20 from 4 to 5 p. m. there will be a bike
mechanics workshop in the bike shop with Murphy.
On May 26 from 1 to 6 p.m. there will be an open
house with free coffee, tea, and goodies, in the
Women's Center, on the second floor of the CAB.
We are also planning a veggie-ffiendly barbecue!
potluck with S.H.A.P.E. and the Women of Color
Coalition on Saturday, May 29. And don't forget:
every Wednesday at 1
p. m. w e hoi d PIann i ng
and organizing meetings
• 2 FER TUESDAY
in the Women's Center;
$2 Micro Brews
queer women meet at 3
$2 Food Specials
p.m. For more infor,
• WEDNESDAY
give us a call at x6162.
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What do parking cars, wolves, hordes of people,
and facepainting have in common? They're all
elements of Wolfhaven's 1999 Summer Evening
Howl-In series. If you're interested in volunteering
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1 Escort
1 Unsuccessful jump-start
Sunday, 5/16/99
3 Escorts
0121 CAR PROWL F-lot E-7
0122 FIRE ALARM Malicious pull, S-dorm E-7
0154 ASSAULT See case report for details E-7
0844 MAL MISCH Vandalism in Lecture Hall E-9
2221 FIRE ALARM Boiling water E·7
Monday, 5/17/99
Thursday, 5/13/99
corporate dominance
Cleanup Commentary
Saturday, 5/15/99
3 Escorts
1 Jump-starts
1 Unsuccessful jumpSlart
1625 TRAFFIC Vehicle booted in B-lot P-3
1841 THEFT Backpack slolen from librar y entry E-11
Learn how save fellow aquanauts from Neptune's
briney grip. Oh yes, on Thursday, May 20 from 8:30
a.m. to noon you too can learn the glory of CPR.
For more information, contact Human Resource
Services at x6361. Participation is limited to 30
bodies, so sign up now.
Compost the corporations on May 21, 22, and 231
Students For Unity and End Portland State
University Is howling its second annual regional
conference to end corporate dominance over
ecosystems and communities. The conference
seeks to bring together persons working on a
variety of issues; from labor struggles,
environmental battles, humanimal rights work, and
from other struggles against global corporate
control. Students For Unity and End Corporate
Dominance Alliance believes the following:
* Corporations should not have the rights of
persons (i.e. the right to free speech)
• Corporate rule is neither necessary nor inevitable.
- Alternatives to corporate dependency already
exists and need our support to grow spread
• We need to pay attention to and protect
indigenous ways of organizing and sustainable
cultures that are not totally destroyed by corporate
colonizing practices
• Alternatives to corporations have been around
longer than corporations
• We don't need corporations, but we need clean
water and air, fertile soil, healthy ecosystems and
each other. The institutions we create must be
under our control to meet our real needs in balance
with nature's laws and limits
For more information, call (503) 725-9047 or write
to ecda@angelfire.com.
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0959 THEFTReport of possible th eft of a cell ph one at th e
ca mpus library E-5
1448 SUS P e iRC Backp ack takr n from socce r firld E-5
1454 TH EFT Backpac k and laptop stolen fr om thr CA B E-5
1907 TH EFT Backpack stolen fro m Library roo m 22 19 E-J
2213 INSECURE Central receiving/ mail room, Librar y ro om
1321 Custodial supervisor
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1008 CRIMINAL TRESSPASS Person escorted of campus,
issued a criminal tresspass warning E-1 and E5
1245 THEFT Passport stolen from student E-5
1410 INDECENT EXPOSURE Student reported at Red Swuare
in the nude E-5 and E12
1450 Traffic Speeding on Overhllise and Parkway, verbal
warning issued E-5
1806 THEFT Cellular phone E-11
1940 SUSPICIOUS CIRCCUMSTANCES Libray room 3211 E-11
2149 TRAFFIC Citation issued, no proof of vehicle insurance
E-11
2149 TRAFFiC Citation issued, defective vehicle equipmen #12
2302 TRAFFIC Vehicle impounded, dorm loop E-12
A student called Poli ce Services and complain ed she had
a 6 foot 6 in ch, 240 pound unwanted guest in her roo m whom
had bee n abu sive to her in th e past.
Offi ce r Ta lmadge, Chi efHuntsberry and Lt. Russell went
to the apartment and told th e unwanted guest he was no longe r
allowed on c ~mpu s. Th e man was given a war nin g for
tres passing.
Th e man was coo perative and pa cked his Ihin gs when
th e office rs ask ed him to leave. After' a di spute aboul the
ownership of a Walkman (s he go t th e Walkman, he got Ih e
headph ones) th e man was escorted to his sister's residence.
2 Escorts
2 Jump-starts
0127 THE FT DUI E-7
1820 TRAFFI C Vehicle booted in B-lot E-3
2210 FIRE ALARM B-dorm second floor E-7
Tuesday, 5/18/99
1 Escort
1 Jump-start
0152 DISTURBANCE In !Tont ofR-dorm E-7
0845 TRAFFIC Vehicle booted in housing are P-3
1610 TRAFFIC Vehicle towed from dorm loop E-12
1850 TRAFFIC Vehicle booted in B-lot P-4
2212 TRAFFIC Citation issued, no proof of insurance E-12
2212 TRAFFIC Verbal warning for speeding E-10
2235 TRAFFI C Verbal warning, defective vehicle equipment
E-12
A student was walkin g home from th e party around 12:30
or 1 a.m. and had go tten confused as to which way to go. She
walked past A Dorm and was on th e sidewalk go ing toward th e
CA B wh en an unknown and obv io usly intoxicated mal e
co nfronted her. He asked whal she was doing and where she
was gomg.
The man reportedly then threw her on I he ground and
fell on la p of her, smacking her head aga inst th e ground.
She stated in the police report that she ki cked him thr ee
times and pun ched him before her esca pe.
She ran to her off ca mpu s home on 17th stree t wh ere
fri ends comforted her. Officer Brewster re ported th at victim
was emotionally all right and was offered advice to not wa lk
home by herself
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has long been t~ sight of protes ts and oth er types of con fl ict
resolul io n.
Las l Thu rsday, around 2 p.m. on Red Sq uare, a th ird ycar
slu dent resolved hb own inlernal co nfli ct. He rl'I novr d h i ~~ hi r l ,
pa nts, and hlac k Ca lvin Klein Boxe r short s.
"I walked onto campus and I had like. th e impulseJo take
my cloths off, and like, be crazy," he said. "II was also a lillIe bi I
scary, so I wanted to face my fea rs. So that's wh y."
He said he didn't see any police around , so he did it . He
didn 't fore see any consequences other than people might think
he's weird.
He sat down and involved himself in conversation wilh
some fellow students. until th e poli ce showed up a nd ,.,
remembered I was naked."
Officers Talmadge and Neeley checked Ihat the student
was coherent and made sure he understood he was not to take
hi s cloths off in public again .
The officers explained that if someone under 14 years old
saw the student nude in public. and took offen se, the student
would be cited for a gross misdemeanor. If th at were the case,
th e student might have to register as a sex offender. Luckily for
the student th at didn 't happen. Instead, he will deal with Sue
Feldman, the campus grievance officer.
"I was not really trying to make a big deal out of it. I guess.
Then everything came down on me." He's heard students have
been kicked out of school or made to write essays after seeing
the grievance officer. He admits he's a little scared.
Teacher alarmed
student armed
On May 13, at 5:40 p.m., Brian T. McMorrow walked into
police services to inform them ofa "student that he is concerned
about," according to the police report.
The student in question is in a contractual class that is
affiliated with his Social Service curriculum. McMorrow said
that the student had been behaving in class in a manner that
caused him "concern." He said that she is fearful of an "ex-male
friend." She also told him that she has a gun permit and at one
point during class she told him that she forgot to leave her gun
locked up and had brought it to class. McMorrow did not see
th e gun .
She also told him th at a man is tr ying to harm her and
police offi cers from the city wh ere she lives are doing nothing
to help her. She said that "she has to take things into her own
hands now. "
Officer Ga rl and gave McMorrow a pamphlet on th eir
coun seling se rvic es in case he and the student should talk about
her fea rs in the future.
Ga rland called'th e student's local poli ce departm ent and
spoke with an Officer Busey. Busey told her that the student is
listed as an "Officer Safety" h azard. Busey stated th at he does
not beli eve thal she is an actual danger to them, but th at she is
"armed" and may have "unresolved mental issues and anything
may se t h er off." He a lso to ld Ga rland that th e polic e
departmenl attempt ed to stop her from getting a weapons
per mit but could not do so lega lly. The poli ce th ere in vestigated
her claims of a man stalking her but none of the reports could
be verified.
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May 20,1999
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NEWS
NEWS
HUNTER
continued from cover
week. Steve produces a massive
cOlllprehen sive report charting Evergree n's
grOl\·th Jnd change ill "agonizing detail." The
reports rdlcct numbers trom every conceivable
angle in order to best describe trends.
The hall:ernpty Pepto-Bismol bottle on
th e shelf above th e newspapers seems well
earned as the only man on the third floor of
th e library with a can of Skoal straight-cut
chewing tobacco on his desk and a picture ofa
cowboy holdin g a pig on his wall explains
Evergreen's enrollment problems.
It all boils down to FTEs.
FTE stands for Full-Time Equiv~lel1t
student. That means a student who is taking
15 credits. If two students are taking eight
credits, they count as just over one FTE. IHour
students are taking four credits, they count as
just over an FTE.
The state of Washington pays for a
varying amount FTEs at Evergreen each year.
If Evergreen enrolls more FTEs than the state
will pay for, Evergreen picks up the bill with
out aid from the state on what it costs to
educate those students.
This year the state funded 3,576 FTEs at
Evergreen. The college enrolled 3,822 FTEs.
In the fall Evergreen usually shoots to
enroll around 100 more FTEs than the state
funds so as to make up for those who drop out
in winter and spring.
Steve explains that if Evergreen goes
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loses money since the state will only pay for
the FTEs Evergreen is funded for.
Accoding to Steve applications for fall
quarter have been sluggish the las t two. The
school accepted applications longer than it
usually does. and then got surprised by a
hi gher rate of enrollment of students
admitted. This. coupled with an unexpectedly
high number of students co ntinuing at
Evergreen. resulted in the 246 more FTEs than
the state had funded .
"It's hard to guess any given year
whether retent ion will be up or down from the
las t." SteV(' says ...... Last year we got surprised
by a favorable outcome. We shouldn't be sorry
about that."
Over the next two years Evergreen will
have an additional 137 FTEs funded by the
state. 62 for 1999-2000 and 75 for 2000-2001.
Steve has all this down pat. He scrolls
through a database pulling numbers Ollt of
obscurely labeled columns.
This year 3.822 FTEs at Evergreen
worked out to be 4.194 actual students in the
fall.
Evergreen wants to have fewer FTEs over
the amount funded by the state next year. So
Steve is helping work out how next year's
target 3,738 FTEs can work out to only 4,116
students.
Even though he works with vast
abstractions, Steve is foremost concerned
about the quality oflearning and teaching at
Evergreen. He says over-enrollment becomes
a problem when the quality oflearning suffers
because of it.
In recent years the requests for
information that come to Steve don't always
have to do with teaching or learning. It
becomes a struggle for balance. "The other
hard thing is, the more information people
get, the more they wan t."
On the shelf next to the Pepto are several
open boxes of computer disks and random
discarded office supplies.
"Sometimes it feels like I'm scrambling
to keep my head above water. And other
people feel like that. The pace has gotten
faster," he pauses, "or we have gotten older."
Take back the
night confusion
Evergreen 's annual Take Back the Night
almost didn't happen this year. The invitation
to keynote speaker Rosalinda Noriega had
been sent out, the flyers had been made, and
the signs had been posted. The evening was
being organized by Evergreen 's Sexual
Harra ss ment and Assault Prevention
Education (SHA PE) group. Then, for various
reasons, the event was called off. "The whole
thing in 12 hours got canceled and just fell
apart..." said Mary Craven, Evergreen's Sexual
Assault Prevention Educator.
"We fOLilld ourselves in a position that
was a complete conflict of interest, " explained
Robin Lea, SHAPE co-coordinator. "We had
advocacy versus promoter issues going on.
Our roles were conflicting because someone
was coming to us in the role wanting advocacy,
but we were also the promoters ... we were put
in the position where bands didn't want to play
for one reason or another, but they would play
if other bands didn't play. We had conflicting
roles, so we had to remove the whole band
section."
"It seemed," chimed in Courtney Aiken,
SHAPE's other coordinator, "strange as it
sounds, to be the most fair thing to do. That
way, we weren't taking sides." She explained
that they did not want to continue with an
event that was supposed to represent unity
when the bands could not even come to good
enough terms to play at the same venue.
Lea also explained that due to publicity
issues, the SHAPE office decided to postpone
the event. "Unfortunately, our article didn't
get run in the CPJ ... " she said, "so we decided
since no one knew about it, and itwas two days
away we Iwould] put it off, especially since
emotions were running really high with the
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May 20, 1999
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band people." In addition, "no store in a 40mile radius had candles for a vigil."
Craven expressed that she felt the
dissapointment of the band situation, as well
as academic pressure during spring quarter
were both factors in SHAPE's decision to
postpone the event. "They had spent hours
making banners and posters ... and then all
of a sudden it just seemed to drop dead right
in front of us."
Yet, the annual vigil and march
continued anyway. Thanks to Rosalinda, the
keynote speaker. An Evergreen alumni,
Rosalinda said she didn't care if the bands
were there, she was coming anyway.
She led a group of over 20 students ill
the silent vigil. and then the entourage
marched from Red Square throughout
housing and back again chanting "End the
Silence. Stop the Violence."
"This event is very important to
Rosalinda, " said Craven. "She called me and
said 'I'll come down and I'll stand in the
middle ofRed Square and talk to the birds if
that's all that wants to be there." However,
close to 30 people attended 1999's Take Back
the Night to listen to Rosalinda's words.
III November ofl978, Andrea Dworkin,
along with Women Against Violence in
Pornography and the Media, led 5,000
women from 30 states into San Francisco's
pornography district. This rally shut down
the district for the night. Today, the annual
event is a way for men and women to speak
out against sexual violence through a march
and oftentimes an open mic. "This is not just
a woman's issue or just a man's issue ... we
must all work together to effect change."
declares the publicity flyer.
The event pledges in its flyer to
"support and commit to carry the torch of
freedom- freedom to tight social racism,
sexual violence, and every form ofoppression
that plagues our society today." All voices
chime in as the vow continues, "we pledge our
commitment to take back tonight and every
night; for tonight our voices echo strong, and
when tomorrow comes, our fight goes on!"
The general line-up for the event
traditionally includes a vigil, protest march,
and open mic, a time when victims of sexual
and domestic violence can share their stories.
This year, SHAPE coordinators chose to bring
bands to the event instead of the open mic to
end the event on a more positive note
according to Craven.
Although the event did not go off as
planned, men and women alike took back the
night on May 13. "People who showed ... were
people who needed to be there," said Craven.
Those involved in the organizing ofthis
event hope to put on another, larger,
reclamation of the night early next school
year. For more information please call
SHAPE at x6724.
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Olympia's B)SS group, an architectual
design firm , survived the bidding process
between it and three other firms to redesign
the food service facility on campus. Architects
from B)SS, along with students and the food
services design committee disappearing task
force, will now begin the next step by mapping
out a structure for a food services area .
Nancy McKinney, chair of the committee
and special assistant to the vice president of
finance, is looking forward to this next phase
of the process. She thinks that there will be
"extensive renovation" within the Campus
Activities building where all of the current food
services are housed. "I t's time for something
different," said McKinney. "But we need the
students to give us ideas on this as welL"
She is not sure whether or not the only
two food services offered, the Deli and the
Greenery, will continue as part of the plan. "I
hope we can get some new places," she said.
She hopes that construction will begin by
next spring, but she feels that it will be more
likely that construction will begin next
summer.
The committee and B)SS will be holding
a public design workshop on Monday, May 24,
in CAB 104 from noon to 3 p.m. Students are
strongly encouraged to attend this meeting.
The food service committee can be contacted
through McKinney or e-mailed at
fooddtf@evergreen.edu. For updates on the
process, there is a web page:
www.evergeen .edujuserjfoodDTF.
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Josh Manning
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There is a hierarchy for the operations of
the campus police department at every college
and university in the country. Each one has
officers, sergeants, lieutenants. directors and
administrators. Evergreen 's Police Services is
no different in many of these rules and
regulations than its fellow institutions. But in
the supervision of Police Services, there are two
men that have a special insight into their roles.
As a college's vice president of student
affairs, Art Costantino would not normally
hold the utmost authority over the campus
police department. A majority of colleges and
universities place the power to supervise the
police with the vice president of finance .
Costantino was charged with the power to
oversee the police, in part, because a police
officer at The University of Toledo shot a
student.
It was the spring of 1992. Costantino
vacated his position as vice president ofstudent
affairs at UT to take the same position at
Evergreen. The day that he interviewed for the
position here, a young woman student was
shot 14 times by a UT police officer.
It was a "horrifying" experience for
Costantino. But it was also a situation which
he feels gave him a different outlook on how a
police department should be run.
It was one of the rare instances where a
campus police officer shot a studen t. He said
that it happened because a single, rogue cop
attempted to create a situation on a relatively
crime-free campus. He believes with certainty
that it could not happen at Evergreen because
"it's just not the sort of thing that happens on
any college campus."
Costantino did not campaign to take
control of Police Services.
But he feels that it was a good fit for
student affairs to join with Police Services. The
reason that the vice president offinance usually
takes the reigns is because the administration
fee ls that it is the duty of the campus police to
something that Huntsberry takes lightly.
A copy of "The Tao of Muhammad Ali"
is the lone non-procedural book in
Huntsberry's office. Above it, paintings and
portraits of Native Americans hang on the wall
next to tacked-up reports. In his window rests
a black sheath for a samurai sword with red
stripes wrapping around it.
Whether in his uniform (sitting upright
and attentive in his chair) or in plainclothes
(the heels of his cowboy boots supporting the
weight of his outstretched legs), Huntsberry
looks at home in his crowded, but roomy,
office.
Huntsberry does not have a story as
momentous as Costantino's.
"AliI can say, is that since the day of my
birth my parents raised me to be a reasonable,
rational and ethical man," he said. "So it is
always at the back of mind that I don't want
something bad to happen. [ always think 'how
will this affect the community?' because I don't
want something bad to happen on my watch."
As the director, Huntsberry must not
only pay close attention to how his officers are
following the laws and procedures set forth by
Evergreen, but he also has to make sure that
they are following the laws and procedures for
the State of Washington.
He has a unique perspective on what he
believes that anyone wanting to pursue a career
in law enforcement should do : "People
shouldn't be cops until they're 30. They won't
be ready for it yet. If they are truly serious about
it, they should spend the time beforehand in
the military, as correction officers or as a
private investigator." At least one of the jobs
he described is on the resume ofeach Evergreen
police officer.
"If you're a hook-'em and book-'em type,
Evergreen isn't the place for you," said
Costantino of any prospective police officer.
Huntsberry agrees with this as well.
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Expressing her voice, by making others express their own
her, it takes experience to gain the right to have a voice.
"So I'm testing out everyone else's voices," she laughs
energetically.
She thinks of her art on two levels: The fir~t is to repulse.
In a science lab converted to art students' work space
is more important. She wants people to think of
The
second
in Lab II, Erin Cearley sprays toxic-smelling chemicals onto
a silver trough-like sink. "There's this attitude that you can't meat out of its normal context.
"I wanted to subvert things that aren't really
touch meat," she says as she scrubs the sink vigorously.
Erin is not like most artists at Evergreen. She makes art acceptable," she says, as she pulls black, drippy handfuls of
rotting chicken fat out of the sink's drain, "and present them
out of meat.
"I think part of it stems from the fact that I'm in this in a way that makes them acceptable."
"I hear a lot of joking around. People call me 'psycho,'
super ecological, politically correct school and this is my way
you know, just joking around."
of saying 'Fuck you'."
One corner of the studio she shares with other artists
This quarter, Erin bought a bunch of whole raw
chickens and several packs of chicken parts. She pulled out is covered in photos, another in paintings, a third with cloth.
their insides and flesh, put a pickling solution on the skins, Erin keeps her stuffin a ventilated hood once used by science
students.
and stuffed them with cotton.
She moved the chickens out of the open room in respect
It started with her affinity for taxidermy. "I think [it
came I just out of my fascination with dead animals." She says to her studio mates, who'd been complaining. "Really, the
taxidermy is seen as the ideal state for an animal, frozen in smell is the most repulsive thing."
She said because the chickens are art, they're different.
time, still.
"I guess everyone is fascinated with death in one way," "I guess because they're treated as if they're not dead animals.
she says as she slides on clean, clear rubber gloves. "What But the smell reminds us that it's dead and it's rotting."
The stink, she thinks, comes from bacteria on the
exactly is a bird when it's dead? It's not a bird. I mean, is it a
chicken skins, which is all that's left after she stripped them
pile of flesh? No, it used to be a bird."
Erin has worked with other elements she calls of their meat and fat.
She sent the meat to her father to eat. She says not
. "forbidden objects." She's done bronze casting with her own ,
throwing
the meat away was her way of fitting in with the
well, "poop."
environmentally
conscious nature of Evergreen. "I think my
Coinciden tally, she thinks some student art on campus
"is just shit." The art is out 'to fi.trther a political cause with student voice is limited to the institution I'm going to,
because, really, I'm still just a student."
over-the-top technology and exaggeration.
Erin has done a lot of work preparing and arranging
''I'm trying not to just present something as a way of
complaining about something," she says. She doesn't want the chickens. She says that when she extracted the fat from
to prove any point, just make people think. "I guess it's a the birds' feather tracks she could poke in one area and fat
sneaky way of getting my opinion out without being didactic would squeeze out a couple of inches away. "There was all
and dogmatic. I'm just usingjargon there. Because that's what this liquid fat everywhere," she says.
"This is kinda like Biology 101 . I'm learning a lot about
I've heard.
"I don 't really feel I have a student voice," she says. To the chicken body."
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Editor
Two students for Mumia -
the ins and outs of
activism
activist, as she wants to distance herself from extremely accountable to what's happening."
some of the negative aspects of activism. "I She, like Summer, is also a vocal supporter of
Staff writer
think it may feel exclusionary to people, and Mumia Abu-Jamal.
How do Summer and Stephanie feel
hostile, and intimidating," she says. "I take on
Summer Thomas bristles when people
about
the recent outcry against having Abuthe
word
activist,
but
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call Mumia Abu-Jamal a "cop-killer."
Jamal
speak
at graduation? ''I'm really excited
wanting to change it, not deny the negative
"My first reaction is anger, because I have
to have the debate happen, and have this much
things that come with it."
done a lot ofresearch on this case," says the
exposure,
and have people feel passionate
She
is,
however,
the
coordinator
of
the
diminutive young woman in a quiet voice.
about
anything,"
says Stephanie. "What I get
Prison Action Committee (PAC), one of the
"Personally, I don't believe that he killed
student groups that has been doing extensive discouraged about is the misinformation,
anybody." That's why Thomas, along with
lobbying for Abu-Jamal's cause. In addition, whether it's about the process or about Mumia
many others, has been working to bring
himself, or about what we are doing or who
she will be graduating this year.
Mumia to Evergreen for the past year.
Despite her reluctance to be classified as we are or who I am.
"And regardless of whether or not he did,
"Some of the letters we get are quite
an
activist,
Summer is passionate about
'cop-killer' provokes a lot of frustration and
attacking.
And I don't feel that we or I have
activism.
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does
volunteer
work
in
prisons
anger and sadness in me, because he's a
attacked
anyone
in this process. And so that
and regularly participates in causes on
person. And if you don't know ifhe is in fact
campus. For her, activism is not a matter of feels discouraging and alienating, and so that
[fairly I convicted of this, then how can you
choice. "It's kind of directing me, activism that makes me angry sometimes."
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Although Summer has been politically
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make that assumption?"
Unless you've been living in a cave on
Mars with your fingers in you ears for the past
month or so, you've probably heard something
about Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the debate over
whether or not he will be a speaker at this
year's graduation ceremony. Certainly, much
has been said over the past few weeks about
this subject on both sides of the issue. The
debate, as well as Governor Locke's decision
to step down as keynote speaker, has attracted
attention from papers outside of Evergreen.
But who are the people who started it all?
Summer Thomas is one of these people.
With a soft voice and friendly demeanor, the
Mount Vernon, Washington native says she
"usually" doesn't consider herself to be an
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to get to the whales, I had to swim through all the
monsters and crap."
H'er first published work appeared in the
She strains towards the bright light at the end of a student literary magazine, Slightly West
narrow, dark tube and emerges on an island big enough to during fall quarter. This led to her first public
support her feet, but too small to keep them safe from the reading at the Visitation show.
terrifying, murky water and slimy momters that surround
Next was her performance at the
them.
women's art show. Visionary Voices, in
She looks to the distance and catches a glimpse ofher Spring. She said the turnout was slim,
salvation - whales gliding through a clear. blue sea.
but she valued the feedback.
When Liz Kober awoke from this dream at her home
"People say, 'I really connected
in Colorado, she had a realization - whales were her passion. with what you were saying'."
She decided she wanted to study them, and she wanted to
This means a lot to Liz because
do it her way. So she moved to Washington and enrolled at personal growth is just as important
Evergreen in 1996.
to her as speaking, and she said it's not
Now, at age 21, Liz works to articulate her whale love just her voice that helps her learn.
through poems, stories and journal entries. She collects them
For instance, she recalls the night
together under the name , "Save the Humans," and she heard people screaming outside the
occasionally reads pieces of her work at Evergreen College Recreation Center. The screams
represented the freedom and expression Liz
performances.
One of her stories titled "Evolution Next" tells of an worships at Evergreen.
Earth dying from overuse. In the tale, water spurts through
"There were about eight people
cracks in the ground and begins to
just
screamlllg
flood the planet. There's only one
screaming. I just thought,
way left for humans to survive 'This is Evergreen and this is
adapt to a life in the sea.
beautifuL"
Luckily, Liz brings the
She looks to the bizarre outfits
... examples of what we
whales into her story to teach the
and bare feet that adorn the campu,s.
could be if we got over
humans a new style - a,
They give her a sense of safety atJd
this human stuff.
"complete ly peaceful, noncourage to express herself in any way
conflicted, non-violent way of
she sees fi t.
existing," she said.
"Anyone who knows me knows
For Liz, the whales are
that's what I'm doing," she said.
"examples of what we could be if
Recently, Liz has spent her time
we got over this human stuff." By human stuff, she means saddened over the female grey whale that was killed by Makah
She participated in a
anger, conflict and hatred. ''The whales are really a hope for tribesmen in the Pacific Ocean.
us.
vigil for the whale on Monday night in Seattle where the crowd
When Liz first came to Evergreen, her whale dreams remained silent for 10 minutes in memory of the time it took
helped her bust through fears of rejection, vulnerability and for the whale to die.
"It's really painful for everyone. It was really sad. "
exposure.
"I have fear, but I dive in anyway. I knew that in order
She wishes the Makah people would honor whale
MUMIA
continued from page 6
I'm surrounded with people who really
support [Mumial," she states, "so it's easy for
me to say, 'yeah, I think the majority supports
him."
Both Summer and Stephanie want to
make it clear that nobody should feel afraid to
speak out about the issue, whether they are for
or against Mumia speaking.
"I would never verbally attack anyone, or
discourage anyone from speaking their
minds," says Stephanie. She does, however, feel
that everyone takes a risk by speaking out,
including herself. "There are people who are
angry about this, and my name is very out there
as being part of the organization and organizing
of this."
"I know that it may seem attacking," says
Summer of the work she does. However, "I don't
want to give off that, that you can't talk to me or
you can't speak up, or you're gonna get attacked.
Idon't wantto create that intimidation or threat."
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photo cou rtesy of Liz Kober
attributes through education and observation. She doesn't
understand how killing shows appreciation.
"Whales have brains that are bigger than ours but just as
complex," she said. And, they "could take a bite of us and eat us
in one gulp." But, Liz said, that never happens because of their
gentle and altruistic nature.
She sorted through the charms on her neclace and
displayed a gold and silver fish . She said her dad found it on tbe
street and gave it to her.
"It's not a whale, it's just a fish. I like fish, too. They're like
little whales."
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Mumia honors lEse graduation Deciphering the media conspiracy
By now, everyone probably knows that
dea th row political prisoner Mumia AbuJamal will be a fea tured speaker at the
graduation ceremonies on june 11 at TESC.
The co ntroversy has been marked by a great
deal of misinformation and selhighteous selt~
victimization by the opponents of his talk.
First, in the matter of Governor Locke
deciding not to speak, it must be made clear
that no one at the college disinvited Locke. The
administration , students, and faculty were
quite willing to hear what he had to say. It is
only after he presumably heard about the rest
of til<' program that he decided to back out.
With a Clintonesq uc eye toward thr polls and
three weeks after the program was public
informa ti on , hr suclde nly succllmbed to
politi ca l pressure from the police not to
participate. If co mmullity members want to
vent their frustration at tli e last minute
changes , th ey should direct their anger at
Locke.
Regarding the more important issue of
Mumia, he is not a "convicted cop-killer" any
more than Nelson Mandela was a "convicted
terrorist." Mumia is an innocent man who was
fraudulently convicted and framed for the
killing of Philadelphia police officer Daniel
Faulkner. Mumia has never been convicted on
evidence beyond a "reasonable doubt."
Even a cursory examination of the facts
of the case demonstrates this. His gun did not
match the lethal weapon, his jury was
systematically limited in the number of black
jurors allowed, his counsel was inadequate, his
judge (who was a member of the police union)
has sentenced more people to death than allY
other sitting judge in the US, witnesses were
coerc ed by tli p police during hi s trial and
during hi s appea ls. a nd hi s so-called
"collfe~sioll" was ,uddeilly relllembered by
the local police two months after he was
alleged t o have stat ed it. Thl' attend in g
phy~ician, who was wit h hinl the l'lItire time,
has stated that he uttrrrd 110 co ntrssion. His
appeals to rehear the evidcncl' have beell
What happened to being nice?
Dear Readers,
Ove r th e past couple years of my co llege
career. I have noticed patterns in the way people
act with each other. The majority of my young
adult life has been spent in a committed
relationship, but since that has ended-being a
si ngle woman has been as frustrating as poking
a fat string through a needle hole. But before I
go on, it is important that you, th e reader, do not
perceive this article as male bashing of any sort.
Since my problems with intimacy involve men,
I am go ing to write from that perspec tive.
I have not dated someo ne in over a year,
partially because I have had my heart thrown in
a blender, whipped up with margarita mix alld
se rved at dinner parties. Sure, I have tru~t i ~s ues
II ow that I didn't have to deal with a co uple years
ago, as eve rvoll e doe,. It i~ difiicilit de\'e loping
fe e lill g~ for other people whcn ce rtain other
intimate partners humiliated )"011 for iJl'ing
honl'st about your emo tion,. Hut evell with th at
a,ide. becomi ng friends \l'ith member, of the
oppo,ite ge nder has turlled in to a big pain ill
th e ass. Either they d iscard vou when yo u have
de llil'd all ,exual pl1\',il,ili ti l's, they treat you like
a lo\'e,ick pupp)" clog in the 1110,t co nceited \\'a:
po\\ible , or th ey hecoll1e one of 111)" fi\"(' best
friends (until l\"l' hal'e ,ex, then I becollll' a
stranper) . I am tired ofgning through the sal11e
routinese\'l'ry time I try tOlllake a friend . /\t the
S,lmr tim l', 111:II'e l'ollnd prop Ie to be \\'onderfiill"
intl'rc, tillg alld ,erk til IIl1drr~talld th em :1'
lTlmh as pn ~,i hk .
:\, lor 1I1l'1I that I ha ve had littl e to
11l(,dl'ratl' 'l'xlial illterc~t in. th ey seC'm to hal'e
tll'ITlopl'd a philosophy of their 011'11. 1f"ll1 irt lI'ith
tlmll. I allilollking 10 br in a rriatiollShip \l'il h
tht'lI1. II Ilwrllllll' I'IJI',ira lh intima te lI'it h thelll,
1,1111 'l'ek illg ,I <'<llll illi tlll('n t. r\nth of which ha H'
IIl'I"('1 hl,(,11 the (;I\l' II'ith 111(' perso n:dl\,. at least
,ill\'l' I hroke lip witlllll\' high ,choo l hoyfril'lId.
I 1t,IIT In llild that ther e are I'rI"l' silili lar
I'XIHTil'IICl" fW1l1 talkillg wit hili)" hll'lld.' and
d rllilk \{rangn,. \\'hat thest' egoti'h dllll't
r('alill' i, that a gn';lt dl'al ufthl' tilil l'. the (lthl'r
1'1 '1"011 h:I' Illllr l' lon' illteJ"l' ., h thall thl'\"
thl'III'l'it-n dn. I tlllll'l \1'; llIt tll say th :1I I'I'OI'Ie
"dian' tlii, II;IY "11it- tOll'a ld, 11'"nlt'lI, I'LThap~
1"'I.""l' l,j 111l' n' plltalioll thl' IIledia ha' giI"L'1I
11\. Illi t I \, III't think Ilf;II)('III\'r n';I,tl ll.
" 'h,,t l'I""l" tillll g' '1I(lIT drltinrit i, Ihal
P' " IJ/l' d"II ' t CO lllllllllli ca te 10 CaCl1 "thn
,Il 1.11 Ilor('. I'l'''p it- ar(' In"n' lI'il llllg tt) t;dk ;ri HHl t
lH'r,oll ,ri (onl1l(t' 11'lth ;lcql lalll\;lIl( l" IIi :111 ti ll'
IUrI , din'l til' inl'oit-cd :\"t onll' l' il rlltit' alill
,I"lr olll·' t, hili II d,I)(" I,l!l" thl' illl;! gl' 011111'
1'(' 1' '' 11 lOll ,11'\' dl' l l""llg. It" l"I'l'l'I;!""
I" Il \l ri l,' t I" ,~ ' "I " " h ,I "1I,rill ,1I" I'll ' . \ \ ' Ii l' n I, l\ I
heard by the same corrupt judge, Albert Sabo,
who originally denied him a fair trial.
Obviously in a short article it is not possible
to "prove" the above assertions. Rather than
accepting the tea rs of those who believe that their
perception of a little party might be spoiled by a
dose of reality, I would suggest that thc reader
check out various so urces such as
www.mumia .o rg; www.prisonactivi st.org;
www.iacenter.org. These web sites will provide
num ero us links. Books to be examined include
Leonard Weinglass, Race for Justice; Refuse and
Resist, Resource Book on the Case of Mumia
Abu-Jamal; and Mumia 's books, Live frum Death
Rowand Death Blossoms,
Also there is a video documentary called
Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable
Doubt? which lays out many of the main issues
in the case. This documentary will be shown on
Wednesday, May 26, 1999 at 2 p.m. in Lecture
Hall # 3, and is free and open to th e community.
Among the thousallds of people who have
studied the case and who have publicly called for
a new trial for Mumia are Noam Chomsky, Julian
Bond, Maya Angelou, Ossie Davis, Ramsey
Clark, Pete Seeger, Manning Marable, Howard
Zinn°, Geronimo Pratt, Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Alice
Walker, Salman Rushdie, Elie Wiesel, Angela
Davis, and Nelson Mandela.
Among the organizations who have
publicly supported Mumia are the European
Parliament, the International Parliament of
Writers, the National Black Police Association,
Amnesty International, The African National
Congress, and unions representing hundreds of
thousands of workers, nationally and
internationally.
If we are to accept some of the arguments
whi ch have been articulated over the past two
weeks agai nst Mumi a, we should believe th at
Black police are anti·cop and that people like
0:oam Choms k), and Ne lson Ma ncl ela arc
"children in adult bodies" who are incapab le of"
making up th cirowlllll ilids. Of co urse, Ma lldela
has spent a few years in prison himself. so maybe
tr y alld int pra ct with the persoll 011(' 011 Olle, it
fecls like you have just been initiat ed int o an
irritating game of charades. I do want to find a
comfortable levpl to commllilicatp with ppo pl(',
but I don't havr the encrgy to guess what two·
syllab le phrase they are spellillg out.
Finally, th e treatment people receive Ii-olll
eac h other has become despicable. Often, I find
people viewing me as a special guest on the Jerry
Sprillger show, I am not a character 011 TV for
yo ur entertainment. There is 110 screen
separa ting us; I am an emotional being with
th ollghts and feelin gs. Are we so distanced from
eac h other that we ca n't recogni ze that in eJch
ot lw r'l I meall, rea lly, what eve r happened to
being nice? I can remember elemrntary school.
and the boys that followed lllr hOllie (rolll sclad
and always pe~tl'red ll1 e to he th eir<;<fllare dalll"('
partn er in P.E. I treated thelll with resperl.
C;rantcd, I \l'asn't alw;ll's Ir O Ill'~t with th em. but
1 W;I', l'ight Yl'a rs old, lor l ;od\ sake. I stilililillal
enough l"olllras~ion to befriend thelll. talk III
tlrelll and even clllllplilllcnt theln.lt i, fla tt ering
if sOIIll'bodv like, \'olll'nollgh to try :nHI initiate
a flll'ndslrip: \l'hy do pl")pll' act like that i~ Iwlllll'
tlmll '/ I'e('plt- jllkl' alld Inake lUll lI'hile ca rr ving
,HI a p:lssi\'l'·aggrl'ss iv(' flirtation with anot hl'r
hUllldn bl'ing. \\'hy'l Wlrat i, th(' point?
to my own andllJ 3ny ot hers' dp(,p sorrow owr
To E\'crgrl'l'11 st lld ents and co nlllllinit y:
Ali rr 20 yea rs of being lIi re, I rall't help but
I :lIn \l'riting ( 0 addrl'ss th e vigil that lI"e the dl':lth orth e whale. It was not a protest or a
Il'el a littll' hitter that peopll' relilse to trrat lIIe held toc\;}y, Tuesday, ""' th e II"hall' t hal was killed dl'nlollStratillll , bllt silllpl)' an outlet fur people
the sallie . I don 't know whether to blallll' it on by th e "lakah \l'halers early Monelay morning. to express their sad nrss ove r what h;ld happc ned
grow ing prrs[Jnal relationships with llIa chin cr), Althollgh lIIan ), s( lIdellt s were glad to havt' a ;lIId what is still happcning to whal es and all
or IlISt the cruelty olhuma n nature. hut I illTl fed cha nce to honor thl' whale, II'C encount ered so nl e ani ilia Is every day.
up! Iwant fril'nds. 101'crs and pl'ople I ca n enjoy strong arcusatiollS during the vigil. We did not
This leads me to one of the acc usat ions ,
at all dillen'nt lewls.fl ut tl lP dalliage people haw . addn'ss th ese at the tillie, Oll t (If res pec t li)[ the . which was that il'e lI'ere unjustI ), singling out the
dOIlt' to peo ple li ke lIle. Ill )' fri ends and Illy si~ t e r whale, II'hosl' lill- was worth mu ch more than th e i\ b kah over ilia ny gro ll ps of people who exploi t
i, permanent. Sure, II'OUlJ(1s heal, bllt trustin g bickerin g or hum an bei ngs. H011' evl'J", I would and kill animals. In case anyone hasn't noti ced ,
people agai n secl11~ to t:lke longc r ancl more like to rl'spond to a couple thin gs right now and the Everg ree n Animall\ight s 0:e twork seeks to
e/li,rt t han a lot of people are willing to put Ollt. invit e an)'olll' to talk to lile about this issuc at add rl' ss a wide \'arie ty of anima l oppre<;si on
SOIlll'day. tlll'~l' peoplc are going to realize how any time ill till' lilture. First, I \\'ould like to clarify issu es. Except for co-spo nsoring the Whalin g
ill iportant and \'a luahl e close fricnds ;mcl lol'ers the intent of the vig il. I organized the vigil due Syn lp osiu mla ~t llJonth in whic h th e Maka h were
arc and will tn' to retril'l'l' that support-when
they arl' ready. I don't think th :l t i, going ttl work
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we should not listen to him.
One of the comments which has been
articulated is "what willI tell my parents and
relatives?I'1 must admit that I am not entirely
sympathetic to a few (l hope) adults who are
college graduates who are either elitist or
fearful ofteUing other adults a simple thingthe truth. Mumia is a political prisoner in the
tradition of Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela.
Like them, he is controversial and an
international hero to many becau se of his
activities in the Black community before and
during his imprisonment. For the details, see
the sources cited above.
Like the gradua tion speaker offlve years
ago, imprisoned Native leader Leonard Peltier
(who also supports Mumia), the issues around
Mumia are more important than one perso n.
Th e issues include a criminal justice system
where people of color are systematically
imprisoned and executed disproportionate to
their numbers. The current rate of
incarceration for males of African decent in
the US is four times that of South Afri ca under
the worst days of apartheid. The issues include
basic fundamental justice tor a man , a people,
and a nation. I am very proud of the class of
1999, as it prepares to not only enter the "real
world" but also is already part of that world.
The only embarrassing part of the day
is that the administration ofTESC is not going
to give Mumia any customary honorarium.
Q.uite cheap and tacky. The question is not
whether we are going to honor Mumia by
hearing him speak, He is going to honor us by
his presence. Presumably Gov. Locke was
going to speak on how the graduates should
take advantage ofl ife's opportunities. I suggest
that we take up th e governor on this one. The
speech by MUlllia will be a s ig nifi ca nt
opportun it y to celebrate ach ieveme nt ,
courage, and the struggle for fr eedo m and
resistance.
Llrry Mosqueda
It's not racist to mourn whales
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1~lirl y represellted, ollr gro up hJS 1I0t addresscd
thi s particular issue at all as a grollp .
l;nlorl unatcl y, death and dl'structil1l1 are all
aro lllld li S, and as a sma ll st udellt gro llP, 11'l' try
tuaddrcss many issues that are impor lanl to liS.
Thi~ is a local issuc th at weigh, heavily in all our
hea rt s.
This b rin gs me to ncst accusation of
racism. I will not deny that ra cis m defi nitel y
exis ts in the animal rights and ell viron ml'n tal
Illovement. In <;( itllti ona li zl'd r;1(' islll is
pve ryw here, alld is connl'cted to speciesism and
all fimns of oppression. Ilowew r, I do not believe
that feeling sorro\\' over the death of a beantiflll
crea ture automatically makes one rac i\ t towards
th e person or group of people that killed it.
Con trar y to popular belief. I also do not thillk
that opposi ng the MakJh whale hunt mea ll\ that
OIH' is racist towards th e tribe. I p('J"sonally
respec t th e Ma kah tri be, their traditi ons and
their treaty rights. But some times moral right ~
rei gn ove r lega l rights . There :Ire nllmerollS
cilitural traditions around the \\'orld that involve
anima l ,lIfferillg and death. and I cl o no t
condone any of them. indige nollS or not. Our
car th has ~ufrcred so much. We kill each oth er,
\l"C kill anim als, we arc killing Olll" r\'lot her Ea rth .
\\'h en will \I'e stop killing and ~ t art hea ling'!
flriJn;) \Vale r,
I
Wrote
This
We in t he media shou ld be proud. Our e\'il
co nsp ira cy is \l'orking beyond our \l'ildest
dreams.
A number ofCreencrs firml y beli eve th;u
all media, from th e Coope r Poi nt .IourJJJI lip
through The Npw York Tilnl's, is in ca hoo ts. Thl'
"mainstream corpora te ne\l's !lll'dia," thl')' ca ll
us. Particularl y in the CAB's third fl oor cluhs.
Meanwhile, outside DC Evergre('n, we'\'e
managed, in a display of brilliance which a\l'e~
even me, to persuade everyolIl' that Wl' in tire
med ia are all in ca hoo ts-fo r the oppos it e
reason. The "m ainstream liberalne\\'s media,"
they callus. Particularly on ri ght ·wing radill.
We've mana ge d to bombard peopl e,
.
simult a neo usl y, with a godless, soc iali s tic,
secular·hulllanist ic liberal agenda, and a
soullcss, capitalistic co rporat e agenda. I am
damn impressed.
It's particularl y impressive to note that the
Cooper Point journal, without benefit of
corporate money or any particular allegiance to
the school's administration, has succeeded ill
being The Man. How do we do it'!
Partly it's our own st upid fault. Partly it's a
kllce·jerk reaction agaillst media alld against
anything that looks or sounds like allthority.
Our blame lies in the fact that we, like most
media Olltlrts, take tir e eas)' road far tno often.
Th ere are two ways to approach an)' story: ask
th e difficult qucsti ons. as~ume nothin g, and
Illake thin gs difficult for yourself. or quote
people directly and end lip presenting the oflicial
version as th e truth. The latter is inlinitely easier,
\l'hich is why 1II0 St reporters, cllllege alld
proles<;ion;11 alike, fa ll into that trap on a lai rly
regular b:lsis without knowing th ey're doing it.
Repor ters are 1I 0t participants ill sOllie
lII;rssil'e cnllSpirac),. It 's just that onl y thl' best
reporters learn to see through phrasrs like
"collatl'ral damage" (innllcellt people being
killed by Ih e military), "Iilllit ed arilling" (cops
packing h e~t) , "didactic" (th ere's no exc use f'or
['ver qllllting anyone say in g this), etc. This
applies not on ly to stories which quote
bureaucrats speaking in bureaucrat·ese, but to
stories ahollt artists, activi~t.~, athletes- any
group of people with its own confusing language.
~ot enough reporters both er to translate their
quotes. It ought to be regarded as simply part of
the job.
Unlortunatply, we're also helped along by
people's ge neral hatred of authority around here.
It's not that we actually have any authority. (Heh.
We wish.) It's that, to a lot ofGreellers, any media
Ollt let that isn 't either a cheaply xeroxed 'zine or
a communist publication (with a title like "The
Prop Ie's Strugglr" and he ad lin es that end in
exclamation point~) is the \'oice of Tile Man .
Sure, the CPJ ge ts school funding. But we're
alsll legall y protected agaillSt any effor ts by
out.s id e forces-including th e co ll ege-to
intluence ou r co ntent. And we run art icle,
written by pretty much anyo ne who co me,
through th e door, about prett)' much anythin g.
It 's becausl' of this that student activists are, if
anyt hing, overrepresented in the CPJ. They're the
ones who feei strongl), enough to actua ll y cO llle
ill and write.
Na tur a ll y, this ha sn't stopped the
Evrrgreen Politica l Informatio n Center (EPIC)
from declaring in its anllual Diso ri entatioll
Manual that the CPJ has, at times, se rved as the
admin istra tion's "lapdog."
As noted , I'll readil y co ncede that CPj
reporters, like a lot of other reporters, are
sometimes guilty of acts of intellectual la ziness
suc h as accep tin g th e word of wboever we're
ta Iking to. But I co ntend that that isn't any lazier
than, say, assuming that anyone in a position
vaguely resembling authority is just looking for
an opportunity to oppress you.
Journalists and activists, ultimately, have
very similar responsibilities. If we're being
honest when we say we're interested in bettering
society with our work, we shouldn't take for
granted that anyone is telling the truth , or that
anyone is lying. We should never assume
anything about anyone's intentions-good or
bad. Our first obligation is to find the truth,
Why I don't give advice to authors
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Cooper Point Journal
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May 20,1999
Arts)
110 ear diary, my bullshit teen angst now has a b
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Veronica, from Heathers
Wookiee here
Death star mania
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Does it exist? Does anyone care?
by Josh Manning
Staff writer
Th e Evergreen State Cullege wa~
given a $10,000 grant fr om the 7'btional
Endowment for the Arts for thre e
apprenticeship programs in Native art
forms of ca rvin g and weaving. The
apprenticeships will be offered at the
Longhous e on th e Olympia campus of
Evergreen and at the Suquamish and
Skokomish reservation sights ill the
Puget Sound area as part of Evergreen's
Artist-in-Residence program.
This grant will cover the cos t of
"tuteledges" with three artists:
David Boxley, who is a Tsimshian
carver from Met lakatla, Alaska and
works with his apprentices to reestabiish
Northwest carving traditions. His work
has been shown at galaries in Portland
and Seattle.
Bruce Miller, who is a Skokomish
artist, educator and spiritual leader. His
work focuses on Native American
theater, storytelling, carving and
basketweaving. He is the current
president of th e ;'\!orthwest ~a t ive
,\mcrican Basketweavers' A~sociation.
Pete Pet e rson, Sr., who is a
Skokumish master carver of bentwood
boxes . lie is one offive rellIaining carvers
uf bentwood boxes in his tribe. Du e to
the popularity of his first visit to
Evergreen. Peterson is offering a secolld
apprenticeship in bentwood boxes.
More than 160 artists have
participated in Evergreell's Native Artistill-Residence program. Participallts go
from youth to elder and include tr ibes
from the Pacific Northwest, the Plains
and the Southwest. The program itself
includes art exhibits. receptions . lectures
and demontstrations by th e artists.
Quoted in a press release , Longhouse
director Ti.na Kuckkahn said. "Evergreen
is establishing a program of enormous
importan ce not just to loca l native
artists, but to those many aspiring artists
for whom access to mentors is difficult.
This grant for the res idency program wi ll
help emerging artists develop creatively
and professionally."
INFORMATION
KAOS is sponsoring two upcoming shows
at Club Liquid which headline the Seattle based
suul/funk band, Maktub. Over the last year,
Maktub has gained much respect and interest
with the underground music scene in Seattle. If
you haven't yet had the chance too experience
their music. it's well worth your time (and your
feet, cause you'll be groovin'). The band brings
together unique blends of funk and hip-hop
rhythms with blazing keyboard melodies and
the soulfi.ll voice of its lead singer.
This Saturday, Maktub will be joined
by fellow JMe; hip·hop artists
Source of Labor and Piece of Sol.
These two groups recently
pleased crowds at the Urban Arts
Expo with their underground hiphop beats and conscioius lyrics.
I-lip-hop group Tilsen and OJ
GoldDrop will also share their
skills during Saturday'S show.
Next Saturday, May 29, M
return to Club Liquid, this time beingjoined by
various house DJs. San Jose OJ Spun, who has
WHAT: Maktub, joined by Source of Labor,
Piece of Sol, Tilsen, and DJ GoldDrop
WHEN: This Saturday night, May 22
WHERE: Club Liquid - 4th and Franklin,
downtown Olympia
COST: $5 with can of food, $6 without
helped pioneer house music on the West Coast
will be present, as well as DJsJosh Stanton from
Seattle and Magus from Portland.
Good morning, midnight
Resisting oppression
through dance, animation, Evergreen student directs her J/worst nightmareJ/
and visual art
literary executor, who gave permission to
use the book for free because ofManvcl's
acadt'mic status.
The setting is a cold winter ill Paris,
1937. Sas ha Jansen has just blown back
• The People·
into town and she's in search of a drink.
Sasha
thell flash es back to her life in Paris
I sat down on the CPJ couch late
of
15
years
ago and meets the man who is
Tuesday night with if very harried Sarah
her
last
chance
at love. When I asked
Manvel for a thespian-to-thespian chat
what
the
impetus was for her
Manvel
abollt the show she's directing, entitled
Good Morning . Midnight. The show is writing the script she said. "This play is
going to be performed IIext week and my worst ni ghtlllare." She went on to
final preparations are keeping Manvel, elaborate that the play is what she is kind
her cast, and her crew bustling, which of afraid ofwhat might happen to her life.
So I'd imagine writing this script may
It'ft us only about half an hour to talk .
As it turns out, not oilly is Manvel have been cathartic for her.
Gallegos agrees with Manvel's
directing, but she also wrole the script.
description
of the play.
She has been working on the play since
"It's
a
very
intense storyline about a
last summer when she started writing
woman
searching
for something, but the
the piece. Which leads one to question :
world
arollnd
her
is
cold and it makes her
is she merely an overachiever or (as she
likes to put it) is sht' "a big fucking cold," said Ga lIegos .
masochist? " Speaking from experience,
• The Performance·
I've noticed most theatre folk art' a littl e
of both .
The world premiere of Good
Another possibly masochistic
Mornillg,
Midnight is being performed
person involved in the play is Jessica
Gallegos. who is performing the roles of on Wednesday, May 26 and Thursday,
multiple characters in addition to her May 27 in the third tloor library lobby
regular classwork. Almost all of the 10 and both shows are at 8:00 p.m. Manvel
actors and actresses involved have explained that the performance is in the
different varying parts. However, even Library building because there was
with her work for Good Morning, confusion surrounding her senior thesis
Midnight , Gallegos still hasn't had any project, but she feels that regardless of
problems with time commitments for the confusion the performance is going to
be a success and she encourages anyone
her class performance, Faux Pas.
who is having problems getting a
performance off the ground to go to the
• The Script·
show and talk with her.
As for the audience 's maturity level,
The play is adapted from a novel by
Jean Rh ys , titled Good MOflling, Manvel stated, "It's a comedy, and not for
Midnight, and Rhys took that title from rea lly young children, but if I knew any
a poem by Emily Dickinson. There is a 14·year-o ld girls, I'd drag them to it." She
lot of literar y sharing going on and slyly ad,? ed, "Plus , there's some good sex
Manvel is grateful for the sharing spirit scenes.
of Francis Wyndham, Jean Rhys's
by Michael Selby
Staff writer
by Nick Challed
A&E editor
This weekend, the
Imagining Movement:
Art in a Social Context
program is presenting
Resjstance, an artistic
examination of the
world of oppression,
suffering,
and
resistance. Students, as
well as alumni and guest
dancers,
will
be
creatively combining
the visual arts, Orissi
dance, experimental
animation, and live
music in order to
express true experiences
of oppression.
The performance,
produced by Evergreen
faculty Ruth Hayes,
Ratna. Roy and Gail
Tremblay, is sure to
leave the audience
contemplating their
own perspectives on
battles of oppression
and resistance.
Guest performers
will
include
internationally
renowned
dancer,
Sachiko Murakami,
vocalists Ahin Das and
Juyce Stahmer. and live
music from Gamela n
Drg un g
Girija ya.
co nducted by Sr3 11 Williams.
{iesistance will take place TlltlrsdJy. May
10. Friday May 21, and Sa tllrday May 22 ill
The EI'CIRreclI State Coll('ge Experimcllt:11
May 20,1999
Wookiee here
f ,';!
Wookiee here
by Chad Park
many stopped to look at him. Another person
Star Wars Cross Dressers' Action League
,
who cOQtributed theif presence was Aerick
Maccintosh of the Super Secret Lodge Show.
It all started a few weeks ago, late one Arrick was repeatedly seen donning a Bobba
night with a roommate of mine. We had been Fett helmet '!-nd ' rawkin' out some good 01'
watching the trilogy back to back (mostly out Bobba Fett country music songs. Some of the
of boredom) and had just finished another six more colorful highlights of our three hour
pack of Hamm's. Suddenly, some unexpected excursion were,esponses we received from the
friends showed up and by the time we got to public. Although Iwa~riefly absent and Eric
Jedi, Princess Leia' s slave girl outfit became the claims to know notlil~g~Tim asserts that a
subject of a heated debate. Had Carrie Fisher's small unidentifiable, gro!lp pf people were
outfit (not to mention a cut away scene of playfully threatening h,is' puppet's existence
Jabba' s tongue licking her as a romantic with mockknivesaDd~dge~tures. Hmmm ...
prelude to whatever) shattered the purity of the time to caU in I:!~]ective" ~oj~. Some people
film? Wasn't the image ofLeia sitting beside . came to t)..s in uJ.1 ohtro\l ~l~ &ts of laughter
Jabba on a leash a tremendous step backward while others 4mr~~. o.<O~~Q'~fhe othe~ way.
for the young heroine who ,used to blast However/py'fai el)e$~ J. all of this was
storm troopers with the best ihem~ _These the participat\~':'~'~~i~ . :, h our survey.
and similar questions"forced 'some of the . Overall, 59 people ~QI
surveys. A lot
people in our apartrilenHo believe that Stat more complit~~.·' .
We expected.
Wars was sexist. But [begged to ,differ. {. Initially ' we w'iJ;~:1~Ee,
; omewhere
suggested that if Han hadn't been frozen iI) between twoand.lQ. mlo(~ . '9 P ticipated
carbonite, then he would have bee,n subjected walked away.Wi*->'lt':r •. ~~~p~riefi~e." As
by Jabba to the same treatment as Lela. Well. for me, rthougbtit;,wa:&s,reatfup ~ ' ..,.
they didn't buy that and neither did I. However, .
The folloWing ~e the res~of.the survey
this quickly lead our discussion (it felt like . that was recently take ; at~Evergreen State
another seminar discussion) into visualizing ~ College. The su\>,ey
of59
of our favorite characters in Leia's slave' girl comple~ed ,"rv""'~ StuclePts~lli(J
outfit. And then, Bingol! Why not? Wht not filled o~t th~::S.Ul!YI!y~:_slJ.c!.~~!)-""QIi:~bij(!.9;~n
inadvertently raise cross-ge'nder issues while behaif. The
having some fun with Star Wars? Why not start ' reprinted here~t~~~e!rs'lrmij'~iqllirii~tiji
a Star Wars Cross-Dresser's club just to see Numbers placed next to
what kind of reactions we could get out of how many p~ple cnosethat
people? Besides, I've never been much ofa fan which include'tlie abbrevi
of mainstream anything or conformity in write-in answers that were not originally
genera!. Iwas more into Star Wars six years ago provided by the survey list. Some people chose
when it had been largely forgotten than to answer questions more than once. This is
recently, with all of the media hype. After all, why adding up the answers for any given
there is something to be admired in expressing question may result in a number higher than
ideas that are not commonly held by others. If fifty nine.
nothing else, they contribute diversity in our
Finally, I would like to apologize for
society and enrich our lives for better or worse. the question about the Harlem globetrotters.
With this in mind, I made my ideas concrete Somebody wrote on a survey that they felt thai
and took to the CAB on Tuesday, May 11, to question was "racist." I did not have any
strut our Star Wars savvy. Amongst people attentions in printing material that would
who were part of this were Tim Mattson from offend anyone. Maybe I'm naive but, I
"Tears of Joy" puppet troupe as well as his personally fail to see how the Harlem
reptilian space puppet he called Capt. Gowak . Globetrotter question is ncist. If anyone feels
His green puppet was probably what most strongl), abollt this, then they can contact me
people remembered from our table since so at orthon77@hotTnail.com
of
Q. Make millions endorsing Colt 45s' 26
dressing?
WI Make him repeat his realistic girlish shriekll Ii. It's about time somebody addressed the
IfStM Wars charafterswere real. which-would ~~. Millions of people buy newStar Wars Using terminology from the trilogy. which
make a good U.s. presidential candidate?
merchandise every year, which is nothing more tenD best describes Luke?
' 11. . Yoda 30
than the old Star Wars merchandise 'only . Ii· Nerfherder 17.
~. . , Chewbacca 14
slightly altered. 13
ft. Fly boy 14
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Jabba 6
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Billions were spent on the Star Wars~. Farm boy 19
12. Lando 6
National Defense Program in the 80's and it 12. Bantha Boodoo 7
WI Princess Leia 2
doesn't even work. 22
WI Whiney Wimp 1
Which administration best represents the 12· Stormtroopers always miss at point Which Star Wars character would make a good
Imperial government in Star Wars?
blank range 25
Harlem Globe~otter?
A. The Food and Drug Administration 7 What are your feelings about Ewoks?
A· Admiral Ackbar II
!!. The Drug Enforcement Agency 24
A· Too cute to kill 29
!!. Jabba 6
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k. Darth Vader 9
12. The administration at TESC 8
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Cannon fodder for the rebellion 16
12. Chewbacca 31
A total of 15 seconds camera time was spent 12. What's an Ewok? 1
Of the following, which do you think is the
mourning one dead Ewok and only,5 seconds WI Should have been Wookies 1
most bizarre manifestation of Star Wars?
were spent on the deaths of millions on Billy Dee Williams (Lando) bas recently A· "The Force of Star Wars", a book which
Alderran in Star Wars. Are you miffed by this? appeared in advertisements for the psychic gives an exhaustive Christian interpretation of
A. Yes 18
friends phone network. Do you think he Star Wars comparing Darth Vader as a false
!!. No 21
should...
prophet and Governor Tarkin as the anti·Christ
~.
Don't care 8
A· Beg George for a tiny two-second role in 18
12. Stuff II
the next film after the Phantom Menace 12
ft· Yoda Gooseberry popsicles II
WI Stuff it 1
ft· Calmly accept his resignation as the token k. X-rated C·3PO Topps trading card 21
Whicb do you find more ridiculous about Star "black guy" in Star Wars and step aside for Q. Jefferso n Starship played on the 1978
Wars?
Samuel Jackson 15
Star Wars holiday TV special 10
/i. Stormtrooper armor always proves C Use the Psychic Network to see that he
Finally, what do you think of Star Wars crossuseless J 2
hasn 't any future in acting 9
Cooper Point Journal
Cooper Point Journal
/
Res'u1ts from THE QUIZ
Wookiee here
Wookiee here
by Jen Blackford
Staff writer
lines for hours 011 end or just the sheer mass of
people, these Greeners can
wait for the madness to die
down.
011 olle end, senior Kathy
Peters believed "it's going to
be just as wonderful now as it
is today." She's waiting until
at least July.
On the other end ,
sophomore Aerin Tolbirt
dismissed the mania and the
myth with the realization that
"it's just a movie. It's just
wrong."
Second year student Kevin
Doria didn't "want to be in
there with the guys in the
Stormtrooper helmets." while
junior Devin Boothe 's
"Wookie suit is at the dry
cleaners." Both are planning
The moment we've a ll been wait ing for: a toddler
to see it "eventually." Colin
is given Jedi wisdom by Master Qui-Gon "Rob Roy"
Delrossi just stated, "Because
Jinn. Later, their exploits include - oh wait - I
I'm not a freak," to the
won't spo il it for y'all ...
question of why he is not on
hour-long shifts like many
other t1Imgoers in the nation.
So where are the rabid Star Wars fans
Every generation has a legend. Every
jOllf11ey has a first step. Every sagJ has a dwelling? Why haven't I seen tht'm sooner?
beginning.
Why is it the only failS I've seen are the Star
If you don 't recognize where these lines Wars Cross Dressers Action League?
Maybe it's as Tolbirt later suggested in
coming Ii-OIn, then you've managed to block
the release of Star Wars-Episode 0111': Tht' her respollses. "Everyone who's going to see
Phantom Mellace li'om your mind. Indeed, this this immediately is in line right now."
However, not everyone is willing to wait
is a feat hard to pull offin this increasing man ia
in
line
for The Phan tom Melwci'.
for all things Star Wars. It climaxed on
Wednesday, May 19 with the grand premierr Both Corbin Chalmers, a sophomore, and
Krista Fracker, a first year student, said that
of the t1Im.
But is this obsession sweeping Evergreen? they didn't like the trilogy in the first place. "It's
1 questioned 16 Evergreen students to pointless ... didn't like the first one," said
t1nd out if they were going to The Phantom Fracker.
The question that remains is this: why are
Menace, when they were going, and what their
reasons were for attending or not attending. 1 people going to see Episode One?
was curious to know if they had caught the
Both Joy Anderson and Roxanne West,
fever for all things Star Wars.
sophomores, say they feel obligated to. Added
Apparently, for these Greeners at least, Anderson, "Because you have to lsee Star
it's not a big priority in their lives. On ly one Wars]. It's one of those movies you have to see
out of those questioned had even gotten on the big screen."
Christian Carmine, t1rst year, is also
tickets, and here it was due to a more
seeing it for a similar reason. He's going to see
passionate friend who had obtained them.
"Eventually," was the most common The Phantom Menace "in order to maintain
response when I asked when they were going my position in my culture."
Jun ior Moriah Eustace simply stated,
to see it. And the most common reason for the
delay? The crowds. Whether it's waiting in "Cause it'll be legendary."
Wookiee here
.11.
May 20,1999
absurdity of Star Wars fandom by creating
some absurdity of their own 27
,!!. I have tOQ mqch respect for Star Wars and
common decency to support Star Wars cross·
dreSSing 11
~.
Don't care 5
12. ' other
15
Cross dressing leads to the darkside
I heart Star Wars
Love itll!
It's lovely
Way to go guys!1
It just aint the same on a woman, I put on a
Luke outfit, I look like a zenesque martial
artist.
About time
Amused (all which makes me smile is good)
I don't have the chest hair to do Chewbacca
justice
I think it's about time!!
Hot sex
Stupid endues
Cross dressing is the only way. the right way,
the true way, to r('deem
Star Wars. I, personally. wuuld like to see
Chewbarca ill a lac(' teddy.
NEWS
Panel addresses pornography STRUGGLE
Kung Fu club welcomes guest
~ee ~ports
by Mike Anchors
Contributing writer
Sifu Gianni de Michele (at left) instructs a member of the
Shaolin Eagle Claw Kung Fu Club.
by Sam Haskin
Contributing writer
Evergo/~en
Evergreen's successful martial arts team. the Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw Kung Fu Club.
welcomes Sifu Gianni de Michele to Evergreen. Sifu Gianni is not only a long-time disciple of
Grandmaster Fu Leung of the Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw system. but he is also a member of the
Dutch National Wushu team. which represents Holland in Olympic-style Chinese Martial Arts
competitions sanctioned by the People's Republic of China. He will be on campus for several
weeks giving a training seminar for the members of the club. During his visit. he will also be
working with national coach Sifu Dana G. Daniels to prepare the team for their big national
competition of the year. the 1999 Taiji Legacy and Kung Fu Championships in Dallas. TX on
June 26. From there the National Team. along with Sifu Gianni. will travel south to Harlingen.
TX. near South Padre Island. for the annual summer training camp which many of the members
from the Evergreen team will also attend. Wish us luck and we'lI see you at the beach!
Helloooooooooo. rec sports fa ns!
Well. I didn't think that lightn ing
could strike twice in two weeks. but
it did. The Olympia Fatties beat Pepe,
th e intramural basketball lea gue
leaders. 56-46 last night, in one of the
most hard -fought games of the
season. You must al l be asking why
lightn ing struck twice. Well, because
two of the Olympia Fattie s' team
members are none other than
Jeremy Clark and Jef Lucero; i.e. the
Siamfest Dynamic Duo.
Here's the situation: there are
seven minutes left and the Olympia
Fatties are down by seven points.
Clark says, "You're not going to beat
my team tonight." and proceeds to
put his team on his back and carry
them to the promised land.
The key substitution came with
about eight minutes le ft when
Lucero came back into the game. No.
ladies and gentlemen, he did not
bring spectacular offense. but he did
bring a form of defense that even the
NBA all-defensive first team would
have been proud of. holding one of
the leagu e's leading sco rer s, Sharif
Corner
Crawford. we ll below his points-pergame average.
In the closing minutes. the
Olympia Fatties were perfect from
the fou l line and put Pepe away.
Results of Sunday's games:
the Lovely Men d. the Ladies of the
Eighties 88- 36
the Olympia Fatties d. Pepe 56-46
Hawaii Five-O d. Gangrene 49-48
the Monsters d. Duval 78-59
Standings as of May 17,1999:
Pepe
the Lovely Men
the Mon sters
the Olympia Fatties
Hawaii Five-O
Gangrene
Duva l
the Ladies of the Eighties
5-1
4-1
4-2
4-2
3-3
2-3
1-5
0-6
Ongoing Rec sports events
Drop-in softball: Mondays and
Wednesdays from 6 p.rn. until around
8 p.rn. on field # 1.
Ultimate frisbee: Mondays and
Wednesdays from 6 p.m. unt il it gets
dark on field #2.
Drop-in soccer: Thursdays from 3
p.rn. until 6 p.m. on field #3.
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May 20,1999
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Staff wnter
On May 18 in Lecture Hall I. a panel
discussion sponsored by the Men's Center
occurred about pomography. There were five
panelists that shared some oftheir experiences
and views about pornography. There was a
question and answer session at the end.
Lemur Le Fagg began the discussion with
his background with pornography. He grew
up around pornography. and got interested
enough to attend a movie in a small theater that
to his delight was helping him get off because
it was tilled with the sounds of groans from the
other spectators. But someth ing happened in
the film that made him lose his erection. The
plot was about a man baby-sitting a "child" that
he raped and then convinced that she really
enjoyed the sex. So he got up and left the
theater.
Lemur showed a distinction that is
sometimes made between pornography and
erotica. Erotica is anything about "hea lthy"
sex where it is portrayed in a positive manner.
while pornography is about "negative" sex that
often involves oppress ion (particularly of
women). Lemur doesn't like to use those
distinctions though. with one reason being that
the political right will almost certainly never
allow depictions of homosexual activity to be
labeled in any positive way.
Another reason for not making a
distinction between porn and erotica is
because the labels can sometimes confuse the
issues behind people being allowed to view
visual representations of even the most hardcore fantasies. "Saying that pornography
cause-s rape is like saying heavy-metal music
causes kids to go out and kill people." he says.
The point is not what fantasies are allowed on
the screen. he feels. because the point is. what
fantasies we are going to seek out? Alot of porn
does lead to unfair gender roles. has negative
connotations etc. There is also a disturbing
frend in porn {due to thefactthat more camera
angels are available when participants' bodies
are far apart) that people are usually dista nt
from each other when their fucking. If children
don't have a positive way to learn about sex.
. then they're gonna learn about it somehow.
and this often may involve turning to these
porns where the children may grow up to
perpetuate trends they see. But if you don't like
a porn. don't buy it. He doesn't like labeling
fantasies as good or bad. and we're gonna have
them anyway. so there is little to be gained by
censorship and much to be gained by
proactively consuming or making it for the
better.
Mary.whostartedworkingonandofHor
peepshows at nineteen and then was a
prostitute for some time. had some interesting
perspectives of the industry. As in most
industries. it can be ditticult to get into place
where the worker is not somehow being
victimized by a torm of management. because
in prostitution. to be the manager one would
have to know about advertising places. have
connect ions with the cops. etc .. things that are
usually done by people who may not have the
workers' best interests at heart. But working
for sex can be empowering because it is a job
that the workers can sometimes enjoy doing.
and it pays a lot of money. If the worker is able
to be in a place where they are in control of the
situation. as she usually was. then it can be a
safe and very rewarding experience.
Pornography and prostitution is not a problem
'Green Beans!
Amy loskota
Free Community Food Pantry
It's coming to the end of the year. everyone's
moving out. and The Free Community Food
Pantry needs your unused food. furniture. and
appliance donations. All things will be used
either by the Food Pantry. or sold to help run the
Pantry during the summer. We can use any dry
foods. canned goods. canning jars. unopened
perishables. frozen meats. and veggies.
Just call us and we can pick up just about
anything. Call now to schedule pick-ups. We
started the ear with nothin . and now we have
continued from cover
in her opinion. but problems are coming up
because of the way we as a society are treatina
itandbecauseofcurrentformsofmanagemen~
over the industry.
Tara then told us how she got into
feminism. was against porn. evolved her point
of view. actually started working as a stripper
and got to see some realities of the industry and
how people look at it. It wasn't all sleaze and
exploitation. although it does exist to a great
extent. What she found was that there were
some good sides to the industry where it
involved empowering women. and she also saw
negative reactions from people that wou ld
label themselves as progressive. However.
there are some glaring problems throughout
most of the industry because it involves the
disempowerment of women ill the way that
they are used. treated and represented. and she
feels that producers have a vested interest in
keeping women submissive and uneducated.
So the problem is not with representing sexual
experiences. but with many of the current ways
that it is done.
Tara recommends some questions to
(male) people considering llsing pornography
(but want to be ethical about purchasing and
using it): Why is it arousing? Who made it?
Is it consensual? Where are you buying it? And
most of all. why not make one yourselves? It
can be a lot offun. and is totally punk rock.
After a brief intermission and viewi ng of
Caro l Leigh at the Sex Worker Art Show.
Shawna spoke to us. She spoke some of being
involved in making porns (she actually filmed
one in her own driveway once!). talked about
some issues that came up. and was very pointed
in her comments about porns involving S&M.
She feels they don't emphasize safety
mechanisms nearly enough. So for people
watching the S&M movies who are interested
in getting involved with it. they may be
learning things that can get them (or others)
into very unsafe circumstal1ces because the
issues of consent (and safety) are
inappropriately unclear in the films. Things
that could be emphasized more in the movies
are the usages ofsafe words and having safe
equipment (i.e. something available to quickly
cut someone's bonds if they are freaking out).
Holly spoke some about her experiences
in a few porn films and some experience doing
phone sex. The phone sex was totally different
than making porn for her because it involved
talking one on one with someone. and she was
often told things about men's fantasies that she
didn't necessarilywantto hear. One man even
told of his arousal viewing children in a pool
(causing her abrupt disconnection). and other
men sometimes told stuff lik e fantasies
involving family members. But it was fun for
her overall. just as making the poms were. She
got some of the things out of it that she was
looking for. such as feeling like she was making
some difference in the industry in relation to
body issues. she was able to work some things
out herself. she had a lot ofhm. and it was all
very interesting. But while she would do it
again there are some main things she would
change. like researching the producer more
beforehand (they can be pretty shady if you get
the wrong one) and being more assertive
(particularly with issues involving money).
I'd like to thank the Men's Center and the
speakers for putting on a very interesting
forum. It didn't feel unsafe. and there was
some very cool knowledge ami perspectives
put forth.
a refrigerator. a deep freezer. a weekly bread
donation. a space to house us. and a budget for
next year.
Thanks to Catherine Anvil. Evangeline
Rand. and Charlene Davis for picking up bread
consistently. and helping out.
We are currently seeking a part-time
coordinator who can go beyond the call of duty.
and to help make this food bank a reflection of
the needs of our community of working-class
staff and students. You must have lots of energy
and be in good health. Please apply in CAB 320.
Student Activities Oftlce. or come to our cubicle
to read and exact job description. Ca ll x6636
for more info. or come by the free bread table on
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Cooper Point Journal
students who was able to find a sponsor. says
it was an uphill battle. "We must have written
to about 50 or so facu lty. and gotten no's from
everyone of them." she says. "And then the
last-ditch thing was a joke." However. both she
and her contract partner were able to find a
sponsor in Nancy Taylor. one of the faculty who
attended. There were initially problems.
however. in that Taylor's field of expertise
didn't fit it with what Laurie intended to study.
"We're studying humor." says Laurie. "That's
what we started with." Taylor's focus, however.
is on European literature. and Laurie had to
rewrite her contract to include more European
authors.
"I like what we ended up with." she says.
"so that's not bad" She also says that this is the
third contract she's taken at Evergreen. but that
it's the tlrst time she has had this much trouble
securing one.
Michael Danielson. another sophomore.
was not so fortunate.
Starting with a contract on small
business management. hewas turned down by
a faculty member who didn't feel comfortable
giving contracts to sophomores. Later. he tried
again with a contract on multicultural
mysticism. He was again refused by several
faculty. either because they had reached their
contract quota or because it didn't fit their
experience. and the last-ditch fair saw him still
without a sponsor. Much like Laurie. however.
this is the first time he's had so much trouble.
Despite the fact that administrators and faculty
have said several times that it's inappropriate
for freshmen to pursue independent contracts.
he had no trouble finding a sponsor last year.
"Because of a very interesting registration
foul-up spring quarter of last year. I was not
able to register for any of the classes that
interested me." Michael said. "I was looking
for a computer class. because that was the field
I was hoping to get into at the time. but there
weren't any." Rather that talking to Academic
Advising. he went straight to Nancy Allen. a
faculty member who he had previously studied
under. and presented her with his idea for a
contract. On the way there. he met up with a
person who had just arrived at the college and
who had also been unable to get into a class.
This person. who had hitchhiked in from
Maine over the winter break. liked Michael's
idea and asked to join in the contract. "We
went up and we said. ·hey. we wanna do
this ...·says Michael. "And she said. 'great! I've
got this third person that happens to have kind
• of the same idea. so why don't I just give all of
you contracts and you can do your work as a
group?'''
.
According to Michael. it mad e no
difference that he was a freshman and the
hitchhiker had just arrived at the college.
Looking suddenly reflective. he says. "Oh. and
the third one. I'm almost positive was a
sophomore at the time. So none of us were in
a prime category for getting contracts."
Kitty Parker. director of Academic
Advising. felt that the large turnout for the lastditch fair was fairly normal. "Spring is usually
pretty big. The smallest number of contracts
and internships happen in fall. larger in winter.
and the largest in spring." In sprin g. it is
expected that many advanced students will
move out of programs and into individual
study.
"That's a very typical pattern." says
Parker. ''I've run those fairs with no studen ts
and six faculty. no faculty and about that
number ofstudents ... and that's not the biggest
one we've had." On the number offreshmen in
attendance at the fair. she said that the number
was"very atypical... we don't usually get
freshmen." She goes on to say that those
freshmen were most likely able to take
advantage of the "options that got invented at
the last minute." such as the new programs and
the programs with increased enrollment.
In general. Kitty dislikes the last-ditch
fair. "It's people who haven't prepared or been
in the process early enough." she says. "and
there are some people of course that did
prepare and something fell through. I feel like
it means that we're advertising that people
don't have to prepare early, and that is. like.
way wrong. We do it because it seems to serve
a purpose . we are sometimes able to help
students make matches. (andl occasionally we
have one that's very successful. But overall. I
wish we didn't have to do the last-ditch. I think
it's a bad idea."
She also feels that the majority of the
students present at the fair were not very wellprepared. "We try to make them focus on.
'what are you going to learn?' Because ifyou're
going to work independently. you really need
to prepare and be ready to work on your stuff.
And that's a group of students ... they're in this
situation not through their fault. but often
because they tried. but they aren't prepared.
and it's hard for them to hear the message that
they're not prepared. and that message comes
across as. 'I'm sorry. but I'm not going to
sponsor you ...·
Biodiesel: Organic diesel
replacement questions
answered
Amy Best
Contributing writer
Many people have approach ed me
recently asking about the biodiesel project. ..
Are you still making fuel? Is TESC supporting
you? Will the school ever use the fuel?
The answers to all these questions is yes.
We (my new partner Samue l Pixley and
myself) received a $1000 grant from the
Evergreen Foundation to finance a biodiesel
production plant at the Motor Pool. We have
been purchasing equipment and supplies and
are ready to start construction very soon! TESC
has been running biodiesel th rou gh th eir
backhoe all quarter with no problems. We have
received tons of support from various facu lt y.
students. administrators. North West Food
Services. and various lo ca l bus in esses.
Everyone seems to support the idea ui"lIlaking
diesel fu el from used vegetable oil.
I've had many people tl'llllll' the y arc very
interested in learning more. but were unable
to make any of the past talks or
demonstrations. Well, yom last chances this
quarter are rapidly approaching. I will he doing
• 3
May 20,1999
two more talks- the first will be on Thur~day.
May 20 at 7 p.m. in Lab II, 2242 (that's today!).
This will cover the basics (what is biodiesel .
why should we use it. how is it made. etc.). The
second wi ll be th e following Wednesday. May
26 at 3 p.m. in Lab II . 2242. After this talk. we
will move to the lahnratory and I will
demonstrate the actual process of making this
amazing fneli A lIlust for anyone wanting to
make their own fuel. The final event for this
year will be the grand openillg of the biodiesd
plant at the motor pool. This is tentatively
scheduled fur Wednesday. June 9 at 2 p.m. This
is during evaluatioll wel'k. so IIIOSt everyonl'
should be able to attend. This opening will
show folks just how easy it is to make your o\\"n
med illm to large scale prodllction facility.
Please co me share our joy at having om vcrv
own alternative fllels production site.
So many people have exprc'.~sed int erl'st
and support of this biodicscl program that I
jllst want to take this tillll' to thank )'ou. Thank
YO ll for yo m kind word~ - 1'011 :111 rock .
~a
Thursday
05.20.99
Once again ,theHonoring Spirit ofVouth
Summit Conference ISgOlng' on.Ends tonight at
5p.m
Transgender Forum, completewithaspeaker
that IS yet to be announced. It'll be happening in
Lecture Ha113, tonight from 6-10 p.m Sponsored by
th eEvergreen Queer Alliance.
The Vampire Gatherings Camarilla wil l be
held tonight in Librarres 1000, 1505, 1507,1 508,
1509,2220,222 1,and 4004 from 730 pm to 1am
Blood donorswelcome to attend I
Bike Mechanics Workshop,at the Bike Shop In
the CAB, from 4-5pm
CPR Training,830 am - 1200 pm, In CAB 108.
The class Will be given by acertified instructor from
Medic One, and Will cover CPR only.
Marc Olsen and Pete Krebs areplaYing Ecstatlca
at 10p.m.The cost is 3 dollars,and th ele are special
guestsyet to be announced. Just in case youdidn't
know,"Ecstatica" is fancy talk for the 4th Avenue
Tavern.
Friday
05.21.99
Funk, Hip-Hop and More! Featuring: Ghetto
Monks, PF.Squad, Helter Skipper, and Gilligan
Mansons. At the Capital Theater, only FiveBones.
Swing Fever! With live music byCasey Macgil\
&the Spirits of Rhythm! Lessonsat 630,
Dancingfrom830 to Midnightl lnthe Longhouse,
$3 for
students,$5 for everyone else.
Compost the Corporations at the 2nd Annual
Regiona l Conference toEnd Corporate Dominance
Over Ecosystems and Communlties l At Portland
StateUniverSity.For more info call (503) 725-9047
mc
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Saturday
05.22.99
Continue to compost the corporations See
above for more detailson this th ree-dayevent,
which ends tom morow
Maktub, Source of labor, Peice of Sol,and OJ
Gold Drop will be performing at Club LiqUid.
Tickets at Phantom City, $5 for advance. Sposored by
KAOS. Show up whenever.
Transgender Filmfest,ln Lecture Halls3and 5,
from 10 a.m. to Midnight. Cost Five dollars per film
for students. Sponsored by the EQA.
Dance 14, sponsored by th eGam ing Guild, isbei ng
held in Library 2000 and 3000.8 p.m.- 2a.m.
Sunday
Tuesday
05.25.99
The Future of Jazz,and Nice Nice are playing
the4th Ave.Tavern ton Ight.Time:unannounced.
Access to Progress, with speaker Dave Griffiths
ISgoing on in Red Square, or the LIBLobby if it rains.
From130 pmtp 5:30 p.m .. Sponsored by the
USWD.
Wednesday
05.26.99
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Dance 0' Dance, 4-5 pm Your chance to dance on
TV, for free Come to studio'A" 440 Ya ugerWay.If you
ride IT bus#47, it shou ld takeyou there. Subm it
your music too Cal l 754-1728 for moreinformation.
05.23.99
Angel Rot (wlTomFive,formerly of White
Zom bie), Portrait of Poverty, and larry & the
Go No Wheres are playing the 4th AveTavern
tonlghl.lO p.m., 4 bones.
Monday
05.24.99
Know Your Options. Nancy Young Diaz - asexual
assault nurs~ examiner - will bein CAB 108from
4pm .to 530p.m.Sponsored by PHAT.
Nosferatu (The original vampire movie) will be
shown tonight In Lecture Hall 3from 730p.m.to
11 p.m. Sponsored by Mindscreen.
Tai Chi Chiha Veron aWinn workshop It's gOing
downtoday InCAB 108 from 1:30 p.m. to 330 p.m.
Special Bulletin: Only three
years, two months, three weeks,
and five days left until the
release of Star Wars: Episode
Two. You have been warned.
Mindscreen presents
Classic Horror Film
Free to students
Monday, May 24th
Lectu re Ha II 3
7:30 p.m.
Bring your Comb to
the CPJ in CAB 3I6
Happenings in
Evergreen & Oly
Godspel\- a Musica\.Tonight at 7:00 p.m.in the
Library Lobby Admission isfree, but acanned food
donation would be greatly appreciated.Sponsored
by Evergreen Students for ChriSt.
Just likeevery week at thistime, the Vampire
Gatherings Camarilla are going down from 730
p.m.to 1a.mWhere? In LIB 1000,1505,1 507,1 508,
1509,2220,2221 , and4004.
Science Fair! Come check it out in Library 2000
and 3500, from 1000 a.m. to 500 pm.Sponsored
bytheScience and Math Network.
Want free publicity? Just submit to
The Calendar at the CP J, CAB 316.
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the CPJ in CAB 3I6
Student Group
Weekly Meetings
Monday: •The Bike Shop, in the bike shop @2p.m.
'Evergreen Political Information Center, CAB 320 @3p.m.
'EvergreenQueerAlliance,CAB 314 @330pm' Yoga Club,
CRC 116@ 4pm'Studentsfo~ C hrist,L2 11 6 @7pm'Qu ee r
Boyz DiscussionGroup,TheEdge@3p.m. ·S&ABoard,CAB
Conl. Room@4pm Tuesday: •TheBike Shop, in thebike
shop@2p.m. ' WashPIRG, Seminar 3156@4p.m. ·Union
of Studentswith Disabilities, CAB 320@3p.m.'EQA, CAB
11O@4p.m.·Evergreen Medieval Society,CAB 320@ 5pm
·WashPIRG ArcticMeeting, Seminar 3156@ 5pm ' Swing
Club, LIB 4300 @7p. m. ' REDLEAF, L2 103 @7pm
Wednesday: 'Amnesty International,CAB 315 @1p.m.
•Latin American Student Organization, CAB 320@1p.m.
'Women's Resource Center, CAB 206 @1p.m. 'Evergreen
Students for Christ, LIB 1505 @1p.m. 'Studentsfor Free
Tibet. L4004@1p.m.'Umoja, CAB 320 @1pm 'Science
and Math, USO 1@1pm 'Freaks of Nature,Longhouse @
2pm 'TheNinth Wave, CAB320 @2p.m. 'YogaClub,CRe
116 @2p.m. 'Men's Support Group, LlS05 @230p.m
' Environmental Resource Center. L3 500 @3p.m.·Queer
Women's Group, CAB206@3p.m. 'Student ArtsCouncil,
CAB 108@3p.m•EvergreenAnimal RightsNetwork, L3500
@430p.m. ' REDLEAF, L21 03 @7p.m. 'Percussion Club,
L1007C@9p.m.Thursday: 'The Bike Shop, in the bike
shop @2p.m.'Prison Action, CAB 110 @3p.m.'Gaming
Guild, CAB 320 @4p.m.·SEED,Lab II #2242@5p.m.' Peer
Health Advocacy Team, CAB320 @Spm -Coming Out
Support Group, Counseling Center @5pm. 'Wash PIRG
Hunger and Homeless,Seminar 3156@ 4p.m.·WashPIRG
Clean WaterNow, Seminar 3516@ 5p m'WashPIRGWater
Watch, Seminar 3516 @6p.m. Friday: 'Jewish Cultural
Center, CAB320 (right outsideoffice) @nOpm 'Slightly
West, CAB320 @noon. Saturday: ' PercusslonClub, CRC
116@ noon,'SwingClub,HCC@ 2p.m.Sunday:·Evergreen
Medieval Society, CAB 110@ 1p.m.
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the CPJ in CAB 3%6
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