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Joules Graves rings in
Earth Day.

Greetings. David Simpson here, filling in for Jason Miles, who is slightly under
the weather. (Jason, get better Quick so I can work less hard!) This, of course, is your
oasis of humor within the epJ's dark universe, but I'd like to take a moment, if I may,
and address something serious. It's something that many consider a normal, even
healthy sport, but which is in fact quite cruel, to say nothing of unnecessary in this
modern, civilized age. I'm talking, of course, about the "sport" of hippopotamus
tossing. Sure, it seems like a wholly natural thing to do with hippos, but it's mean,
unnecessary, and in the long run you gain nothing by doing it. So, in solidarity with
Students For Earth-Bound Hippopotami, for God's sake have consideration for our portly

May Day super thing on Red
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banner of Leonard
Peltier, April 24. Behind
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Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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murder. Both men's
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On April 14, the office of jane jervis sent
a memo which stated: "The Evergreen State
College announces that Govenor Gary Locke
will be the keynote speaker at its
commencement ceremony on Friday, June 11,
at 1:00 p.m. on Red Square"
Locke decided on Friday to withdraw his
acceptallce of this honor. "Thank you for
inviting me. on behalf of the st udent body at
The Evergreen State Co llege. to deliver the 1999
commencement address. I regret that I must
respectfully withdraw lI1y participation from
this even t ... 1applaud and respec t th e student~'
efforts to develop a graduation program that
includes a diversity of views. However, now
that I have received confirmation that the taped
speech of a convicted murd erer will abo be an
official part of the program, I cannot, in good
co nscience and out of respect for law
enforcement officers throughout our state and
nation . participate in this year's
commencement exercises," Locke said in an
April23 press release.
The events leading up to the governor's
decision are hazy. In the middle oflast week,
knowing Mumia Abu-Jamal's involvement in
graduation ceremony, Locke 's office went
ahead with plans for the Governor to speak. By
Friday, Locke had reversed his decision . "I
don 't know what happened between
Wednesday or Friday," Locke said.
Was Locke pressured by law enforcement
factions? Did he make a decision of conscience?
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Or both?" Well, I just didn't think that I could viewpoints, why not be concerned about all the [Mumia's speech) is ten minutes in an hour and
in good conscience be on, uh , be on, sharing viewpoints?" Welch sa id . .. I hate that we've a halfprogram. When did we get so intolerant
the podium with a person who's been centered on 'Mumia is a cop killer.' He was also that we can't listen ten minutes?"
convicted of killing a police officer," Locke said. a journalist ... I thought it was alright to hear
) a ne Jervis does not see Evergreen as
Although Locke and Mumia were never I his opinion I. It's little scary when we as a intolerant, but respe cts the governor's
intended to share a platform, members ofthe society become so sure that we have the right decision.
law enforcement comllnity felt the coupling information that we don't have tolerance for
The Ilew keynote speaker will be
was insensitive.
another opinion," Welch sa id , "When our Evergreen faculty Stephanie Koontz.
"I didn't think it was appropriate to have values are put to the test, we want to back off.
a convicted killer - cop killer or
whatever - to be honored at
commencement ... the college
should probab ly have thought
There's a kn ock at the door ... Do you hear it?
about it. I think ILocke l got
blindsided"· sa id WashingtLJIl
It 's u ~ - the CPJ types. We don't want to sell you a proJlICl. w~ oniy want YO ll to under~talld the
State Troopers Association
possibilities. Since things run a little differently around here, you don't haY(' to worry abollt "making
president Bill Hanson, "We're
the grade" or "the perfect resume."
very pleased with his decision not
to speak. I think it's Ollt of respect
In fact, the hest qualificat iOIl , as we Sl"e it , is a gelluille drive to be a part of the ca mpus voice. There are
of law enforcement."
so many doors open to YOII at the CPJ when' YOIl ca ll learn. learn . and leanl. You ca ll even have lun
"In iti ally, I didn't think it
doing it.
was appropriate. But I work for
the college. It was a political
format Iwasn't comfortabie with.
You see, you own this paper. This is your idea, effort and money. Therefore, YOIl have all the right in
It became a debate: pro-death
the world to come on up to CAB 316 at any time and join in on th e fUll .
penality versus anti-death
Next year is around the corner - we need your help,
penality," said TESC police chief
Steve Huntsberry.
So, if you're feeling the bug - get on up and let us know. We'll help you find a place for your ideas .
Evergreen dean and chair of
Here's what to do:
the graduation planning comittee
Walk up to the third floor and go into the glass doors to a humble place where st lIdent activities
jesse Welch, is disappointed by
dwell. To your farthest left, there is a modest dwelling with computers, couches, dry erase boards ,
Locke's rejection and feels that
light tables, lots of great people. You're in the CPJ. Now say. "lli, I'm here to 90 stuff."
focusing on Mumia reflects
The rest will come naturally. We'll see YOIl soon.
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Do you like lunch? Do you like blown bags? If you
answered 'YES' to either of -those questions, well,
April 27 is your lucky day. Jane Jervis and company
is hosting an all-campus brown bag lunch in
Longhouse 1007A from noon to 1 p.m. The event is
intended to be a forum for staff, students, and
faculty to voice their questions, comments, and
ideas. The session will begin with an update on the
budget process.

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Write now
Writers, the time is now. Or now is the time.
Depends, ·spose. Sort of an "is the glass half full?"
question. Anyhoo, On May 5 from 1:30 to 3:30
p.m. the Writing Speakeasy will convene in
Longhouse 1002. Local writers will speak on their
experiences in the writing industry. For more
information contact Dave Rottersman at x6312.
Now back to that time/glass question ...

Doe - si - doe?
Is it a spanish yes-man deer? Or a complicated
traditional dance step? This and other questions
will be answered on Saturday, May 8 at the South
Bay Grange (on the corner of South Bay and Sleater·
Kinney roads). The Olympia Old-Time Country Dance
will feature the trio "Spare Parts." Cost is $6
regular admission; $3 for seniors and folks ages 1018. Attend the workshop at 7:30 p.m. to learn
contra, square, and big circle dance styles.
Dancing begins at 8 p.m. Yee-HAW!

Evergreen student and Senior Thesis recipient,
lisaNa Macias-Redbear will be exhibiting her work
beginning May 7 at 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the
Evergreen State College in Gallery four. Beginning
with an artist reception on May 7, the exhibition
runs through May 31. This extensive Installation,
titled Malina Rises to Free Her Grandchildren,
includes the use of paint and canvas, ceramics,
metal, wood, neon and glass, in combination with
audio-video media. LisaNa's five year old son,
Natchee, will also be exhibiting his artwork in
Gallery four.

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So I have this hefty space into which I have
absolutely nothing of worth to put. Instead, I think
I'll pose the questions that've preyed upon my mind
for eons.
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1. Why, when something is full of awe, it's really
bad, but when something only has some awe, it's
really good?
2. Why does the mouth have so many functions
placed upon it?
3. Is it possible that the color I call "red" could, by
your standards be "blue"?
The last question is espicially troubling because it
is impossible to see the world through another set
of eyes and prove whether or not people see the
same colors. Hmmm. Now that's food for thought.

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Do you have a body? Do you care about it? If you answered 'YES' to either
of those questions ... aak! I'm running out of lead ideas! Anyway, the
Well ness Resource Center has organized an explodaganza of events for
spring quarter. On April 29 at 5 p.m., the First People's Peer Support will
host a 'Go Fish ' tournament in the A-dorm edge. There's gonna be
prizes ... The following June 6 events are also for your body mantenance
enjoyment:
-Herbalist Janet Partlow from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in CRC 112 to heal
your ailments.
- John Walck, M.D. lectures on the spirituality of medicine from 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. in Lecture Hall 4.

Randall Beth Platt will lead
a writer's workshop to be
held in the Student Activities
Conference Room, 3rd floor
of the CAB, from 2:00 to
3 :00 p.m. on April 29,
1999.

She will also sign her new
novel, The Cornerstone,
along with her previous
works at The Evergreen
State College bookstore
from 3:00 to 4 :00 p .m .
Please join us l
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Blotto Thoughts...
You've failed me. You've all failed me.
I know it hurts you to hear me say it ,
but I have to. I must. Last week, I
asked you- Nay, I begged you to
provide me with things to write about
in my column by means of making the
police blotter a little more "beefy" and
not only did you not do that, but you
did even less! Look at the blotter this
week. Nothing! Nothing but jump
starts and escorts. Can't you people
take better care of your cars?! Look
how big the font is up there!
Okay, wait. Calm down. Breathe.
Okay, let's think rationally. How do
you expect me to riddle you with
spasms oflaughter until you pee your
pants a little, when there is nothing
in the blotter to write about? Thatthat's impossible . Only some kind of
genius could do that. Some kind of
super genius. But that's beside the
point, the point is that you kids need
to get to work. And by work, I mean
you need to make with the madcap
hijinks, so as I can make with the
funnies .
And look, causing mayhem and

ballyhoo isn't all that hard! Here is a
few tips:
1.) Okay, this one is very simple:
Alcohol. Alcohol is the one of the
largest causes of buffoonery there is,
and one of the easiest to procure. And
get this, the more you drink, the
higher the possiblities of idiocy and
juvenility! It's easy! Just throw a big
party and have lots of booze there.
It's guaranteed that someone will get
themselves in a "s ituation" involving
campus police.

2.) Other mind altering substances.
Don't forget about these! Let's break
them down into two sections: legal
and illegal. First, the illegal. Illegal
sub S tan c esc a n g rea t Iyin ere a s e you r
chance of getting in the blotter, not
only because they are illegal, but
because ifused correctly, the can give
you the correct "mindset" to perform
illegal activities. Give 'em a shot! But
I know what you are saying, you're
saying" but Blotto Thoughts, illegal
substances can be expensive and
sometimes hard to get!" Well, dont
worry, that brings me to my second

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You-co, We-co, E-co feminism
First The Forest: An Eco-Feminist Fable will be making it's northwest
premiere at The Evergreen State College Friday, May 7, 1999 at 8:00 p.m. at
the Longhouse. Hosted by The Women of Color Coalition, this spoken word
performance begins as a fable recounting the destruction of a southeast
Asian forest at the hands of multinational interests. As trees are cut down,
the people's livelihood is stolen, and women's connection to the land and
the ancestors disappears. Juxtaposed with this fable is a new urban tale:
Jump to the city, where sex work and global sex tourism are described
through monologues of a young woman, her personal story describing larger
political issues.
This describes the core of First the Forest, a new interdisciplinary
performance work created by the collaborative team of Joanna Kadi,
Cynthia Lane, and Juliana Pegues and directed by Dipankar Mukherjee. The
three collaborators combine a range of approaches, talents, and artistic
skills. Pegues has worked as a performance artist for six years, while Lane
has performed Afro-Cuban and West African drumming for 18 years. Kadi Is
a musician, author of Thinking Class: Sketches from a Cultural Worker, and
editor of Food for Our Grandmothers, an anthology of Arab-Canadian and
Arab-American feminist writings.
In First the Forest, vibrant monologue and prose are Illuminated by
shadow puppetry (designed and performed by Roger Peet). Live music ties
the themes together. Lane and Kadi play congas, Jembes (West African
standing drums), and derbekes (the traditional Arabic hand drum).
Rhythms and melodies reflect Afro-Cuban, West African, Arab, and rural
white American Influences.
First the Forest deals with political topics such as environmental
destruction, global economics, the exploitation of women's bodies, and the
concept of women-centered culture ... The work addresses the relationship
between women and land, not In a simplistic 'love Mother Earth ' way, but
through a deep and creative exploration
femlnls'm and environmentalism,
racism, and classism," said Pegues. "ThrouCh fable and monologue, music
and puppetry, the result is a powerf'" vision."
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information contact the Women of Color Coalition at (360) 866 6000 x6006

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The doctor is in

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Sunday, 4/25/99
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Friday, 4/23/99
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point, legal substances.
Legal
substances can be very cheap and easy
to get. A few examples: paint thinner,
spray paint , industrial waste , glue,
cough syrup, whippets, beating
yourself on the head over and over,
and so on . All these things are great
to use on your quest of hanky-panky
escapades and zanyisms.
So now that I've given you a few tips,
I expect you to go out there and get
busy with your skylarking and
clownishness, and get me something
to write about. Please, if not for me,
then for yourselves. And if not for
yourselves , then for me. Please.
photo by Dani Voorhees

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Housing's Emergency Response Team
probably survive, although their outer walls
in it s path. The concrete columns in the Library
would
probably shake off. Dorms E through U
building could fail in which case all the floor s
by Ian Maddaus
would
probably survive fairly intact. The mods
would collapse onto each other. The steam
Contributing writer
would suffer the least damage. The fLre
tunnels would collapse from the steam plant,
department and ambulance crews would be
The Pacific Northwest is due for some through Red Square, to the west side of upper
earthquakes. Three hundred years ago, a series
of tsunamis struck the coast of Japan after
having crossed the Pacitic Ocean . A geologist
in Japan calculated that the earthquake was a
magnitude 9 and that it shook alollg the entire
Cascadia Subductioll ZO lle wh ere a series of
tectonic plates arE' bring pushed und er the
No rth American Plate Just off th e coast of
northern Ca lifornia, Oregon. Washington. and
southern British Columbia. Geologic history
has shown that a major earthquake from the
Cascadia Subduct ion Zone cycles every 300
years, making the Cascadia Subduction Zone
primed for another big quake. Furthermore
there are fault lines running through the Puget
Sound area. including faults running under
Seattle and Olympia. Those fault lines produce
smaller earthquakes, around magnitude 6 to
7.5, but they occur approximately every 25 to
30 years, and the last occurred in 1965.
In the event that a large magnitude
earthquake strikes the Pacific Northwest there
photo by Joa nna Latorre Hurlbut
could be substantia l damage to Evergreen and
Evergreen students tleft to right) Jenn, Aaron, E.J., lan, and Emily look
Olympia. Evergreen was built before it was
known that substantial earthquakes would
through one of the Medical bags used when responding to an emergency.
strike and the structures are not deSigned to campus. The walls of the CRC would fall
overworked, notthatthey could travel anyway
withstand large magnitude earthquakes. In a straight outwards from the base of the building
since the roads would be covered with fallen
worst case scenario there would be substantial crush ing everything for the entire height of the
trees and powerlines, and all the bridges would
damage across campus. The first to go would wall. The rest of campus would also suffer
be destroyed. Since the emergency medical
facilities will be overwhelmed, Evergreen will
asagerasagerbe the clock tower and anything significant damage. A, B, C. and 0 dorms will
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CAB 316, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505
Volume 29 • Number 24
April 29, 1999
News
SraffWnters: Aaron Cansler, Nichol Everett,

Josh Manning, Kevan Moore
Sraff Photographers' Aaron Cansler, Nichol
Everett, Joanna Hurlbut, Kevan Moore,
Justin Solondz, Dani Voorhees
Letter5 & Opinions Editor. David Simpson
Copy Editors,' Jen Blackford & Mikel Reparaz
Comics Pag£' Editor, Jason Miles
Calendar EdilOr. Jason Korneliussen
Newsurieis Editor, Whitney Kvasager
Seepage Editol , James Cropsey
Sports Editor: Jef Lucero
Systems Manager.' Tak Kendrick
Layout Editor. Michael Selby
Photo Editor Ray Ayer
Photo ASSlstanr: Turtle
Features Editor.' Whitney Kvasager
Arts & [nrerra illl7len t Editor. Nick Challed
Man aging [d,tor. Ashley Shomo
Ediror In Chief Mat Probasco
Business
Busin ess Manaql:'r: Amber Rack
Ass istan t Busilless MOIlOger. Carrie Hiner
Adve({/slng Represl:'lIw live, Alicia Webber
Ad Oellgner' Tan-ya Gerrodette
Cirwla/lon MCIIICi(jcr ' Joanna Hurlbut
Dis tfliJU/lOIi Man(](wr , Ben Kinkade
Ad Prooler. Ben Kinkade
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I'm no dog owner, but I'm fairly certain if
dogs could talk, at least the ones I
continually see tied to trees and things all
over campus, they would not have friendly
words for their owners.
Let's take a look at the average Greener's
class schedule. Seminar: usually two hours
with a 10 to 15 minute break. Lecture: two
to three hours with a half hour lunch break.
Now, in keeping with Evergreen's policy of
looking at and appreciating other cultures,
let's translate the above mentioned averages
into dog time, keeping in mind that time
without companionship to a dog is stretched
out on a scale equal to ... INFINITYl
There are exceptions to the rule. Let's say
you just need to run into the library or the
CAB real quick to pick something up. Fine.
Leave your dog outside with a friend ... or
perhaps another dog he or she is familiar
with . If you have a long class day ahead of
yo u. I'm sure Rover would be much happier
left at home for a few hours rather than tied
up outside in the cold and wind surrounded

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OLYMPIA - College students who are parents in
lIeed of convenient child care may have one less thing to
worry about with the creation of the Washington Fund for
Student Child Care in Higher Education (SB 5277). The
bill passed the Legislature Saturday and is now headed to
Governor Locke, who is expected to sign it into law.
"Many college students today are parents who'd be
unable to go to school and better their lives without
accessible child care." said state senator Jeanne KohlWelles, D-Seattle, primary sponsor of the bill and chair of
the Senate Higher Education Committee. "After three
years of working on this issue, it's a real victory for
student-parents, children, and the student lobbyists who
never gave up on this bill."
The fund, which gets a $250,000 jumpsta rt in the
state budget, aims to make chi ld care affordable and more
convenient for parent-scholars by awarding grants to
Washington's colleges and universities to provide child
care services on campus. Matching funds are required
from the institutiolls and their student governments.
Priority will be given to innovative proposals that can
serve as a model for others.
"This is a wonderful opportun ity to help studentparents move forward and succeed in life," said state
senator Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, co-sponsor of the bill.
"/t's a positive step in recognizing the importance of
affordable, quality child care in our higher education
system."
The grants to four-year colleges and universities will
be distributed by the Higher Education Coordinating
Board. The State Board for Community & Technical
Co lleges will award grants for those colleges. Grants have
a two-year limit. after which time the institution may
app ly for renewal.
For more information :
Sandra Sarr, (360) 786-7370
Courtney Schrieve, (360) 786-7569
For interviews:
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, (360) 786-7370
Sen . Lisa Brown, (360) 786-7604

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injuries.
ERT was started by Chuck McKinney
three years ago. Initially it started off slowly,
but last year ERT had its first trainings in AFA
and USAR. This year ERT got some new
recruits and gave a presentation at the North
West Resident Life Conference as well as going
through the AFA and USAR training's again.
This summer a current member of ERT is
being trained to be a certified First Aid
instructor and when he returns to ERT next
fall he will do the AFA trainings. The ultimate
goal of ERT is to be hooked up with local
emergency services and Thurston County
Search and Rescue which would make
responding to an on-campus emergency that
much easier.
The AFA training is done by a certified
instructor who trains members in basic life
support, CPR, and first aid. The training is
twenty four hours long as opposed to the eight
hours of training for basic first aid so it is more
comprehensive than basic first aid. The
training also comp lies with the American
Heart Association's requirements for AFA
training, so the card that members get at the
end of the training is nationally recognized.
The USAR training consists of bringing
members of a Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search
and Rescue Task Force to Evergreen to train
ERT members. The FEMA team demonstrates
how to search for trapped patients, how to
backboard a patient, and how to move large
blocks of concrete to gain access to a trapped
patient. Every Monday ERT has a meeting to
practice these skills.
On May 8 and 9, ERT will host an
informational training for members of ERT
and other people interested in joining ERT.
The training will demonstrate basic patient
assessment, back boarding, search and rescue
technique, as well as covering the threat of an
earthq uake to Evergreen and the Pacific
Northwest. For more information about the
training or ERT call x6191.

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Beyond those working for environment there are those
working for a living. The United Steelworkers of America
(USWA) gathered last weekend, April 10 & 11, in alliance with
Earth First! and other grassroots organizations in Humboldt
County, Ca liforni a to participate in a forum regarding
MAXXAM Corporation.
For those of you not familiar with the USWA, here's the
rundown:
I In 1988, MAXXAM Corporatioll (the same corporation
that owns Pacific Lumber Company) took over Kaiser
Aluminum.
I In September of 1998, Kaiser workers in Washington State
went on strike for unfair labor practices, elimination of jobs,
madequate pension increases, unfair contracts. and wage
disputes.
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In December of 1998, Kaiser workers joined forces with
Earth First! and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
for a rally that occurred at the Port of Tacoma in protest of
MAXXAM's dealings with both the Kaiser workers and the
logging of the redwoods.
I Workers at the Kaiser plants in Tacoma and the Spokane
area are still 011 strike.
The forum, which ran for several hours, allowed anyone
who WIshed to speak do so. Many of the Steelworkers spoke,
including David Foster, president of the USWA. "People should
have a voice. I am proud to be part of the fight to save the
redwoods," he said.
The phone rings and Julia "Butterfly" Hill, an activist who
has been living in an ancient redwood tree for close to 16 months
is on the line. She speaks from 180 feet in the air to attentive
listeners who nod in agreement to her words of creating a
commulllty based 011 love not only within Humboldt County,
but throughout the environmental movement itself.
Evergreen student Sarah Vekasi , recounted the rally at the
Port of Tacoma for those who had not been there, to show that
labor and environment can work together.
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A resident of Stafford, California also spoke. He and his
family lost their home in a massive landslide that
environmentalists say was a direct result of Pacific Lumber's
clearcutting.
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A representative from Measure F, which recently passed
JJ1 Arcata , California, discussed how this measure is an attempt
to remove corporations from their community. Measure F is
what Olympian's Concerned About Democracy (OCAD) are
using as their model.

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by funky-looking unfamiliar people. This also
poses a possible danger to those of us who
would think that petting an obviously freakedout and restrained animal is a good idea. No,
this is how people get bitten and then "the
man" steps in and makes the situation worse.
I'm no animal hater. In fact, I would love to
own a dog, but there are reasons why I don't. I
live in an apartment, I don't own a car, I work
four days a week, I'm genera lly an
irresponsible person (which is coincidentally
the same reason I have no children ... that J
know of) and I don't have time.
Dogs are wonderful animals that bring
happiness into all of our lives but we need to
return the favor and think about their best
interests more often. For example: will your
pooch really be mad at you if you don't take
him! her with you to the co-op? They
probably won't know the difference but they
will sure as hell be happy to see you when you
return home, maybe with a little rawhide chew
toy for them to show just how much you love
them.
This all comes to me without mentioning
the fact that it is a breach of campus conduct
to leave any animal unattended and can result
in that animal being "impounded" by Police
Services. To me, that entails a modest fine and
a stern lecture from one of the many lovely
and personable workers at Police Services.
Would you rather listen to the rants of a fellow
concerned, albeit annoyed student or some
paranoid badge-wearing misanthrope? It's all
in your capable hands, folks.

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Constitution 1889

by Sarah Manvel

Free speech (once you agree with G.E.)

(Cultural and political analysis for Evergreen
students and other Olympia residents- in
case you couldn't tell.)
According to the movie cntle
community. Steven Spielberg' s Schindler's Lisl
was a nigh-perfect diamond with but a single
flaw: its ending. I'm talking about the scene

when Schindler was lamenting over how many
more jews he could have saved. "I cou ld've got
more out ," Schindler says, "I threw away so
much money, you have no idea." The scene also
showed Schindler glowering over his material
possessions. ''This car. Goeth [a Nazi] would've
bought this car. Why did I keep this car? Ten
people , right there [referring to Schindler's
"p'urchasing" of 1,100 jews in order to save
them from the ca mps!. ten more I cou ld've
go t. "
Schindler then mutters as he fee ls at his
swastika button, "this pin ... Two more people.
He [presumably this Goeth person] would've
given me two for it. At lea.l t one. He would've
given me one. One more. One more person. A
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theirs!."
That's my favorite scene. It reminds us of
how much revenue we've wasted on assbackwards priorities over the past several
decades. I've always hoped that capitalists who
saw the movie came away thinking maybe they
ought to hock a couple of those collector's item
cars which never leave their five car garages and
give the money to a homeless family living in a
car. Ca n't you just hear the head ofGE saying,
"{()[Ir more ... Four people I could've got .....
But, as I said, the critics decided this was
the one flaw in the perfect diamond that is
Schindler's List. David Denby of New York
Magazine said on 12/13/93, "the film is an
astounding achievement except for one scene
at the end that was positively bad." And that,
"for the first time [in the course of the filmJ. he
[Spielberg] loses his scrappy, edgy style and
falls into bathos. But it's just a single scene."
john Walker, editor for the 1995
Halliwell's Film Guide, said "it avoids
sentimentality until the end." Scott Rosenberg
of The San Francisco Examinerwas quoted on
12/15/93 as saying, "only in the final scenes
do traces of Spielberg treacle leak in, but by
then it's too late to wreck the film's
achievement." The SaIl Francisco Guardian's
Susan Gerhard said on 12/22/93, "Spielberg's
cartoo n ish ending sh rinks that heroism
[referring to the heroism of the survivingjews J
even further." Now was there some high cabal
of conspiring movie critics intent on
discrediting the scene because of its socialistic
message? Idon't think they regularly sit around
some long, board table in a smoke filled roam
and are thatformally organized, no. But it does
remind me of something Noam Chomsky said

Graffiti article was inaccurate
To Whom It May Concern at The Cooper Point
journal,
Your article in this week's CPJ on the
subject of graffiti art , Arts Walk, and the
closing of the legal walls in downtown Olympia
wa~ grossly uninformed, belligerent , and
misleading to both the artist (such as myself)
and th E' cOlllmunity members of this city, ThE'
IIrst thing I would like to address is the most
obviously appalling-the fact that you printed
th e image backwards . For future reference,
when taking pirtures of ANY Jrtwork, it should
be J basic priority to AT THE VERY LEAST to
prillt the picture correctly. not backwards .
(You have the image reversed.)
I am aware that you are a 1I0llprolit
IIl'wspaper. but nevertheless, if you will publish
yourselfin a public forum. it seems that some
form of professionalism should be required,
l'\'en on the smallest levels, i.e. printing the
photos orthe paintings in the correct format,
with th e proper credits due.
VVhich brings me to my next point. The
caption next to my picture read: "Menace at
work." I aIII not Menace. I am AM PROK , hence
till' fact that the piece it selfsa id DR. AMP. the
tail nex t to tht, plecr read AMP. and th E' crew
113111t' 011 tlil' plecl' read ITP. :\one of the~t' in
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mater.
If you had spent halfthe time you claimed
to have spent in the alleys appreciating graffiti,
learning about gratllti, and talking with the
writers themselves, it seems that the natural
level of knowledge obtained would grant you
the ability to read graffiti. Also a basic
understanding of the importancE' of giving
credit to the artist for their work if you are
going to choose to publish it.
Cranted, the O.D.A [Olympia Downtown
A~sociatiolliand th e O.P.D. arf terrible
org;lII izations. and have donE' llIany
questionabl e things . i.e. I get harassed for
skateboarding, and until recently I had
nowhere to exprE'SS myself in a legal manner.
However the whole process of thE' Capitol
Theall:r wall reopening relied entirely in the
hands of the O.F.S. (Olympia Film Society),
local gratllti artists. and, yes, the monsterized
O.D.A. You failed to mention any of this in your
article. which seems to me that this would be a
pretty vital piece of information in all article
about the closing orthe legal walls .
The pointless meE'ting at th E' Capitol
Theatn yieldE'd-for the first time-an
opportunity for dialogue between graffiti
arti st . business OIl'nPrS, and the O.D.A.
Through this pointless open dialogue, separate
meetin gs lI'ere arranged with the O.D.A. and a
compro illise was IIlct that led to the partial
reopening of the Capi tol TItE'at er wall. The
p()s~ibilitl ' of opening a wa ll at th e future
,kat ehoa rd facilitl at )auger Park. and th e
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regain legal walls, and search out other
business owners who are willing to allow us to
muralize their buildings.
I hope that this docs not sound like I am
in support of the O.D.A. because for obvious
reasons I am not. The walls would never have
to be "reopened" if they were not shut down in
the first place. I truly believe that the surging
increase of illegal graffiti in Olympia helped the
city realize that they NEED these legal walls. I
just fail to see the point in bitching if you're
not going to do anything positive about it.
Writing an article three weeks after the fact,
with all the information, including the picture
comp letely backwards is not in any way
constructive to this situation . If you would like
to write a more informative article on this topic
I suggest you contact graffiti writers
themselves, or Trish at The Olympian,the
Olympia Film Society, or perhaps the O.D.A.,
the O.P.D. etc. There is a truley large number
of people who would bend over backwards to
help you, and help reopen more legal walls.
I hope I didn't come across as too much of
an assho le, but this subject is very important
to me and the last thing we need is more
setbacks. If you have ANY questions PLEASE
contact me . I would. and am alwavs willing to
help with allY aspect of the reopening, and
fi.lture opening of lega l praffiti walls in A;\!Y
community.
Yours trull·.
Antholll' AM PROr; Acock

about the corporately-owned media.
In Secrets, Lies, and Democracy,
Chomsky told David Barsamian that someone
like Tom Wicker of The New York Times will
claim nobody tells him what to say and that the
media is absolutely free of any undue influence.
But Chomsky pointed out that while investors
usually don't personally browbeat reporters,
there are still "complex mechanisms that make
fairly certain that the people on the air [or in
the press] will do what the owners and
investors want. There's a whole, long, filtering
process that makes sure that people only rise
through the system to become managers,
editors, etc., if they've internalized the values
of the owners."
And Chomsky says of Wicker's case,
"after he'd demonstrated to the satisfaction of
his bosses that he'd internalized their values,
he was entirely free to write whatever he
wanted."
So it's not a movie critic conspiracy so
much as it's simply being the case of birds of
an ideological feather flocking together. Those
critics might not have gotten fired had they
written that they liked the end of Schindler's
List as much as I did, However, they probably
wouldn't have gotten hired to begin with were
it known that they had it in them to like such a
scene in the first place.

You know, I'm having a really rotten day
today. Really, really bad. My husband done left
me, my dog ran away, I missed the bus, and
people were mean to me at work. It's really
upsetting. Did you ever have one of those days
where you just can't take it anymore?
Well, I'm having one right now, and you
know what else? Marilyn Manson is to blame.
That-that-he calls himself a singer, he
thinks he's jesus, he names himself after a
murderer and he wears makeup even though
he's a man! It's all his fault, my bad day. Hey!
Don 't you even think that this bad day might
be my fault, or on~ of those things that just
happens, 'cause it's not. If Marilyn Manson
wasn't such a bad int1uellce I bet I'd be much

happier. Man. am I depressed.
Then I went to class, and because I was
depressed I wore black clothes-black
turtleneck, black jeans, black socks, red shoes.
(Inside I'm good.) Boy oh boy was I unhappy
when my teacher threw me out of class! "Look,
Sarah," he said, "black clothes are not
conducive to learning. It's been scientifically
proven it makes you a troublemaker."
"You're just persecuting me because I'm
an outcast and I am depressed." I said, sticking
my foot in the door. "Besides, I'm wearing red
shoes!"
"Sorry, kid," he said. "New rules. No
Marilyn Manson tee-shirts either, because of
the bad influence he is on people like you."
"just because I listen to his music doesn't
make me a troublemaker!"
"You're provoking me to violence, and
disrupting the class. Get out ," he said as he
slammed the door.
Now, I had thought my day was bad
already, but then it started to rain, this being
Olympia. "Hmpf," I thought. and put on my

raincoat to walk into town. But I hadn't gone
halfWay there before a cop stopped me.
"Up against the wall!" he screamed.
"What the hell are you doing?" I shrieked
as he patted me down.
"New rules," he said. "It's very easy to
hide automatic weapons under a trenchcoat."
"WHAT?"
"You really should think about the image
you're putting across dressing like that."
"I am depressed, and it's raining! And
don't you think that if I had an automatic
weapon my clothes wouldn't make much of a
difference?"
"You're provoking me to police brutality.
Go away," he said, driving away.
So then I got soaking wet walking into
town because I carried my coat so no one would
think Iwas a violent killer. I started singing "Bei
Mir Bist Du Schon," but then thewaitress told
me that speaking German made me a violent
person, and she wouldn 't listen when I told her
it was Yiddish.
As I sneezed into my cofiee, feeling even

more depressed, I saw an the news that schools
nationwide are banning black clothes and
trench coats because of th e shootings in
Littleton, Colorado, done by two boys wearing
black. Thirteen people were slaughtered and a
town's heart has been destroyed, and no one
anywhere wants this to happen ever again.
But are the black clothes to blame? just
because I'm unhappy doesn't mean I'm going
to kill someone . How does my choice of
clothing make me a potential murderer? How
does making me more alienated and more
outcast keep me from killing someone?
Well, I said to myself as I finished my
coffee, if Marilyn Manson didn't exist, I'd
probably never have another bad day ever
again in my whole life. It's all his fault. Why
should I be responsible for my own actions and
my own life when there is someone else to
blame?
Like I sa id , I'm having a bad day. and I
am depressed. Bllt hey, it's not my fault.

Greeners react to Colorado shooting

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It seems that everyone in the nation is
talking about and grieving over the shootings
that took place on Tuesday in Littleton,
Colorado. Schools in the surrounding areas
were shut down and secured. The Rockies and
Nuggets postponed games scheduled Tuesday
night. President Clinton canceled his trip to
Texas the following day. There are articles
interviewing families who experienced similar
traumas in recent years around other school
shootings . Officials at every level of
government, legislation, and school faculty are
asking questions like- how can we prevent this
from happening again? What laws must be
written or reinforced? How do we know when
a teenager's pain will become a violent crime?
President Clinton addressed the
shootings and said, "ifit can happen in a place
like Littleton, it can happen anywhere." This
statement seems to suggest that Littleton is one
of the least likely places for this to occur. A
Littleton fact column gave some statistics that
try to prove what a safe and unlikely place for
violence Littleton is. Littleton ("Any town
USA") is a suburban sprawl in the rolling hills
with a population of 40,000 and a Republican
strongho ld. More than 50 percent of the
population has a college or technical degree
and 93 percent are white. Littleton is a
metropolitan area with booming growth, highend investors, companies and new rich homes
are sprouting like weeds. There are 49
homeowners' associations, and 17 major

Let's get our
priorities"

straight
I was driving down one of our area
highways today, and I noticed that it was
badly in need ofrepair. 1 had the radio on,
and they were talking about the teachers'
strike in our state, and how we couldn't
afford to pay teachers a higher pay due to
state budget problems, and a few thoughts
came to mind.
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We live in a society where we pay
police officers $35,000 a year to start, and
we pay prison guards about $30,000 a year
to start, and the law enforcement and
prison budget in this state is eating up a
good portion of the overall state budget,
and we can't affort to repair our
infrastructure either.
Our federal government dedicated
another 18 billion dollars to the Drug War
in tttis country this year, and it have invested
hundred of billions over the years, but there
are far more drugs, and more dangerous
drugs on the streets than when they started
this misguided war, yet the criminal
element is thriving as they always do during
times of prohibition ,
Now teachers make about $25,000 a
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year to start, which is not nearly enough for
their de'dicated service, and I am not a
teacher by any means, but there is
something very wrong about this picture.
I really think that ifwe had more good
teachers in this CQuntry, we wouldn't need
many police or prisons. Let's get our
priorities straight!

shopping centers. These are some simple facts
that suggest that Littleton is a highly
developed, wealthy and mostly white,
therefore low in crime and highly civilized.
Back to Clinton's statement, of course
this "can happen in a place like Littleton."
Clinton, like many others, seems to think that
middle class suburbs are safe and ideal places
to raise families. WEal they don't recognize is
that middle class culture IS at the root of the
problem. It creates an imbalance that offsets
individuals. There is no diversity, no
entertainment, and very little challenge in the
daily living of cyberspace and the high
technological comforts of wealth. Those of
older generations who have worked to create
such comforts and technological advances may
enjoy them as a success, but the youth being
raised into this reality have a completely
different experience of it all.
I grew up in Littleton, Colorado, in a
predominantly white school where everyone
lives in big homes in fenced off neighborhoods
with names like Highlands Ranch and Heritage
Greens. The streets are lined with corporate
stores and strip malls. Anyone who's reached
16 must have their own car to get around. The
buses are ineffective, the traffic is horrendous
with the ever-expanding Highlands Ranch and
Tech Center, and there is no place to go for fun.
Entertainment in this part of the world
includes dinner at your pick of a family
restaurant chain and then a movie at one onhe

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malls or theaters in between. For cheaper
entertainment, there is a movie rental place at
every intersection, and those families with the
best stereo equipment are favorable places to
go. Have you ever seen "The Terminator" with
surround sound so the house shakes when
something explodes? Get my point? Everyone
is isolated here by the constant use and
dependance on computers, media, and other
technological toys. Most kids entertain
themselves with video games or the Internet.
People have very little chance to relate when
they face screens all day and then sit in a theater
with friends. There's no use going for a walk
with your friends at night because of enforced
curfew laws_ Most youth have had a few curfew
tickets by age 18.
All this may seem unrelated to a mass
shooting, but I consider this to be a formula
for something like "postal worker syndrome."
Consider that the most "shocking" and violent
shootings this nation has seen in the past few
years are committed by _postal workers and
teenagers in "quiet, safe" neighborhoods. In my
years in school, not a day went by that some
kid wasn't talking about burning down the
schoo l or shooting someone they disliked.
Everyone fantasizes about creating a violent
upheaval in the schools. The students are
oppressed; the school system is a disaster.
Fortunately, there are only a few who choose
to act on such fantasies and when they do, the
American public becomes shocked and
horrified. This incident may seem like a one
time event but this violence is going on all the
time in the minds of youth.
These were intelligent kids who
developed a sophisticated crime and built their
own weapons. They acted out their goals. Its
unfortunate the goals were so destructive and
unguided. Listen to what they are saying about
their schools, their peers, and the environment
they live in. These things are not new, and they
should not be a "surprise" to Littleton. Rather,
they should be an eye opener to the citizens,
the parents, the faculty, and the developers of
Denver's surrounding areas that this
environment is not quiet and safe and it does
not breed happy, healthy lives. Governor Bill
Owens was quoted in one article saying, "this
is a cultural virus ... we have to ask ourselves
what kind of children we are raising." The
youth are questioning the realities their parents
have formed. Listen to them.
Cloud

Where have
all the
protests gone?
In Littleton, Colorado, 15 high school
students will never see another pop quiz.
Across the nation , people are stunned by an
act ofviolence above and beyond anything they
could have imagined. On April 20 , less than a
week before the day I wrote this letter, two high
school students, ostracized by their peers,
woke up a nation to the very real possibilities.
And yet aU of this causes hardly a murmur here
at Evergreen. The day after the shooting, I
heard the news over a Seattle-based radio
station I was listening to. For days since, I was
all over the campus; I visited the library, the
CAB, the HCC. In all the time since the 20th,
the only time the shooting has even come up
as a topic of conversation was when I brought
it up.
The day after the Matthew S. fiasco, I
learned the news quickly and thoroughly. On
my way to lecture that morning, I was met by
students handing out flyers summarizing the
crime and announcing a candlelight vigil to be
held downtown. There were flyers posted all
over campus, both legitimately and otherwise,
letting everybody know exactly what was going
on and what the authors felt about it. There
was a public protest in front of the CAB, there
were letters from our administrators regarding
the horrible incident. There was a controversy,
as reported in this very publication, over the
flying of a black flag from the clock tower.
And yet as 15 kids, not too far removed
from our own ages and our own states, are
buried, there is nary a whisper here. Where are
the activists? Where are the humanists? Where
are the people of this campus fighting the good
fight, the people that seem at times to be ready
to protest at the drop of a hat?
Oh yeah, that's right, they're out
arranging carpools to the "Millions for
Mumia" rallies . Or maybe petitioning for
Mumia to be a graduation speaker. Perhaps
some are fighting to save the planet on Earth
Day or fighting to Free Tibet from an
oppressive regime. Or maybe it's another cause
du jour that has kept everybody so busy that
the deaths of 15 teens barely makes a dent in
the Evergreen Bubble.
Fifteen kids died last week. TaKe a
moment to think about that on the way to your
next rally.

Patrick Kelly
Tali Sherman-Hall

Cooper Point Journal

April 29, 1999

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LETTERS AND OPINIONS

Do other death row inmates matter?
by Josh Manning
Guest columnist
On May 4, Manny Babbitt will be killed
by the State of California.
His story was buried on page A15 of
Monday's New York Times and was a blip of a
link on the Times web page. That is how I
found Manuel Pena Babbitt. It happened by
pure cha nce .
I am sure that fl ot llIan y of you reading
this have any idea who he is or what he has
done . Rage Against the Machine and ot her
mega popular socia l justice bands are not
covering his plight. I haven't seen posters,
billboards or flyers for his cause anywhere. Just
a short piece in a newspaper a week before his
scheduled execution.
So, does he matter?
The night of Dec. 18, 1980, Mr. Babbitt

broke into the apartment of Leah Schendel,
beat her, stole some change from her and
caused the heart attack that killed her.
But it is what happened beforehand that
has created an outcry against his punishment.
Mr. Babbittwas a marine, !ierving two tours of
duty during the Vietnam War. He fought in the
battle of Khe Sanh where troops were
entrapped by the North Vietnamese forces for
77 days. UpOh his return to the United States,
he was spit upon by protesters and his suitcase
stolen when he went to the bathroom to avoid
th e expactoration. He spent eight months in
the Bridgewater State Ho sp ital for the
Criminally Insane after he forcefully raped a
prostitute. He was released in 1975, diagnosed
wit h paranoid schizophrenia and seen fit to
wander the streets again.
Laura Schendel's body was found with a
mattress over her body and a leather strap
wrapped around her ank le. According to

sources cited by the Times article, both of these
represent the core of Mr. Babbitt's case for
clemency. The mattress over her body was
what Mr. Babbitt had been trained to do as a
soldier, to cover the bodies of his fallen
comrades until aid arrived and the strap
around the ankle was like a dog tag, an aid for
identification. All of which are signs that point
to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mr. Babbitt's defense was a joke. None
of the previous items were offered by his
attorney, James Schenk, who resigned last year
after pleading "no contest" to embezzling
$50,000 from his clients' trust funds . A Federal
Court ruled that Mr. Babbitt go t a "very good
defense" even though his defense argued that
it was not as hunky-dory as they had believed
it to be.
The list of people rallying around a call
for clemency for Manny Babbitt is growing
every day. Two jurors who set his sentence have

now jOined the list, as have his trial lawyer and
over 600 marines whom also survived Khe
Sanh.
In less than a week, Manny Babbitt will
face death. Perhaps Governor Gray Davis will
grant him a stay of execution, but being
another tough-on-crime and pro-deathpenalty governor, it is doubtful.
Mr. Babbitt has fought an uphill battle
since the day ofhis arrest. His past as a Vietnam
veteran has made him less appealing as a
candidate for infamy on both sides. While both
the State of California and the Federal
Governemnt are reluctant to parade his case
as a success story in the fight against crime, the
same is true ofthe leftists who parade these sort
of causes for social justice; neither side is
willing to face-up to the horror that they
created.
On May 4, Manny Babbitt will be killed
by the State of California .

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Faculty and staff discuss Mumia as speaker
Editor's note:
These two letters were
taken, with the permission of the
authors, from a much larger
exch~nge of letters which took
place on the "all faculty and staff"
mailing lis~, The exchange
reflected the passion and
divergence of views held by
faculty, staff and studen~ . Only
these two are being reprinted
because of space limitations-the
exchange could easily have filled
i~ excess of a page. However, it's
our hope that these two reflect the
character of the exchange.
From: Wood,Jane
I, too am expressing my frustration at the
latest turn of events regarding our graduation
speaker(s). As a former police officer, a person
of color and as a student who will be graduating
from the MPA program this spring, this issue
fills me with many conflicting emotions about
speech, power, respect and diversity.
While I maintain that I respect diverse
viewpoints, I must say that at any other time I
would welcome Mumia's message- but not on
Ju ne 11th. I have family traveling from all over

the United States to share an amazing day with
me and 5,000 of Evergreen's closest friends. I
am upset that we've lost Governor Locke's
presence on a day meant to honor and
celebrate our achievements. There are those
that will argue that we hear the mainstream
point of view from all fronts- our news and
other media, our society and its institutions;
etc. and that we should really try to give voice
to those who've been oppressed and to respect
the minority, radical and other opinions.
However, I believe we've lost sight of what a
commencement ceremony really is. Please
reflect for a moment on what you believe
graduation day to be all about.
Knowing that Gary Locke , a respected
politician who has chosen Evergreen as the
place to issue his first commencement address
as Governor of this state brought great
excitement among many students about
graduation-I included- it was with anger
and sadness that I heard Governor Locke will
not share the stage with Mumia Abu Jamal.
What a shame that we must choose
between the two, and what an amazing time
we are in when we have two speakers-both
of color, one a political shining star, the other
a political prisoner-who've faced incredible
challenges, obstacles, and objection. I only
hope that students, staff and faculty can come
together to find an equitable solution that
draws from a wide range of students, rather
than a vocal minority. Remember there are
some 1,000 students graduating this June .
How many have voted for graduation speaker?
Can we demand a recall?

From: Bohmer, Peter
Whether intentional or not, what is
happening is an attempted campaign of
political censorship to prevent Mumia AbuJamal from being the graduation speaker.
Those of you who are asking for the
cancellation of Mumia are accomplices to the
attempt by the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of
Police and their supporters to silence Mumia's
voice. If you don't believe this, notice, for
examp le, how there was less opposition to
Leonard Peltier, being the speaker a few years
ago. It was because there was not a concerted
campaign by law enforcement to stop Peltier's
voice from being heard ..
Consider, for example, the memo by Lana
Brewster, where she calls him a convicted cop
killer. That is a misrepresentation of who
Mumia is, similar to what "The Olympian has
been doing. It focuses on one disputed aspect
of an important contemporary voice who was
convicted in a totally flawed trial. I just
retUl'ned from San Francisco where more than
15,000 rallied and marched to call for a new
trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal on April 24th ...
There was an even larger demonstration
in Philadelphia with a similar demand as well
as in many other cities throughout the world.
The reason why so many people support
Mumia is for many reasons including that he
an important writer and the issue he is dealing
with-the death penalty, the insane
incarceration of more and more people in the
U.S., particularly African-Americans are
central issues of the day. He has an important

message. Many students and faculty want
Mumia to speak. Please reconsider your
attempt to deny this important opportunity.
Is Mumia a murderer as some of you
imply or state? The evidence used against him
is bogus and suspect-he had never been
arrested before; had incompetent lawyers; the
police who testified that he had confessed
mentioned none ofthis in their initial reports;
the major witness against Mumia recanted her
testimony. Many people who have challenged
injustice in the U.S. have been executed for
crimes they did not commit-the Haymarket
martyrs, Sacco and Vanzetti, the Rosenbergs.
I t is easier to see injustice in the past than in
the present. This is a chance for Evergreen to
stand up for justice. Don't be swayed by the
pressure from the Philadelphia police, one of
the most corrupt and brutal police
departments over the last 30 years.
It is Governor's Locke's decision not to
speak. It is his decision not to allow diverse
voices to be heard. I urge you to accept this
rather than find some way to cancel the
invitation to Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Finally, to those who believe that
graduation speakers should not say something
that is controversial or be someone
controversial. The likely result ofthat line is a
speech full of platitudes signitying nothing. Let
us take a chance on making this a meaningful
and socially significant event for the
graduating class and beyond!!
Stand up for the right for an important
voice to be heard. Let Mumia Abu-Jamal speak!

A call to speak out What is Locke afraid of?
After "applauding the Evergreen student s
for efforts to develop a graduation program
that includes a diversity of views ," Governor
Gary Locke has decided that he "cannot in
good conscience participate in thi s year's
commencement." I would assume at this point
that Mumia Abu Jamal will be the speakersince
he has bee n nominated to do so, but at this
point I am not clear about where the decision
i~;.it. I do know that this could be huge .
By decli ni~ g. Lo cke is pressuring th e
college into dec iding between him or Mumia .
My guess is th at the administrators will do
whatever th ey Gill to accolTlodate Gary Locke.
which is exactly why we all need to be loud.
This i~ a ca ll out to all who want to hear
the words ofaward winn ingjollrna list MUlllia
Ahu Jalllal at graduat ion: we lI eed tu rai~e ollr
\'(]il'e\ alld \Ve lI e('d to be organized and 101ld
l'1I0llgh to ('Il\lIre that MlIlI1ia's ~peec h will be
heard. 1'leJ\(, tell all ybodv YO ll kl10w who h
graduati ll g what i\ goillg U I1 alld to ei thn write

a letter to the CPJ or the Olympian or any
local newspaper. If you cannot write a letter,
please call 866-6000 x6879 for more detaib.
Again, this is huge, this is bigger than
Mumia Abu-Jamal. This is about using our
voices to control the events which shape our
lives. If Mumia speaks we have an
opport unity that is revolutionary. We have
the stage to raise awareness about the harsh
realities of the prison system, which includes
race, sex , class, ablility, age, gender, and
cu ltural oppression.
We have the
opportunity to hea r the truth spokel1 by
somebody who dares to think and feel with
his heart , mind and spirit behind bars and
in a society that destroys the spirit and
teaches us 110t to think for ourselves everyday
of our lives.

SUllllller Thomas

I'm writing in response to Gary Locke's
refusal to share the stage on graduation day
with Mumia Abu-Jamal, who may be
innocent ofa crime he may die for. In the first
place, it seems rather hypocritical that Gov.
Locke has chosen to use the power of his
office to discount the message of many
Evergreen students, which is that we don't
want to see an innocent person killed. The
fact that many of us feel that this issue is
important has nothing to do with who
Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted ofkilliilg.
It has to do, instead, with the fact that we do
not believe that it is just and fair to kill
someone who may be innocent. The injustice
is in the apathetic attitude toward this
important issue, which Gov. Locke sweeps
under the rug with the casual term "death
penalty supporter." Since you brought it up,
Governor, what is it about the death penalty

you like so much? Is it the feeling of power
behind premeditated murder? Aieyou even
aware of the fact that a disproportionate
number of minorities are on death row right
now, awaiting execution for crimes they
pOSSibly didn't commit? Have you forgotten
your own heritage, Governor?
What, exactly, is Gary Locke afraid of,
that more of us students will support Mumia
than win laud his governorship? Even Art
Costantino is (albeit uncharacteristically)
supporting the students in thesharing-ofthe-stage idea/ calling it "diversity."
Personally, I would much rather hear
whatever Mumia has to say-I admire his
character far more than that ofour esteemed
governor.

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with a dizzy, delightful and
dedicated space to play.
Unlike other papers,
everyone's welcome in this joint .
"It's like a public
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This year, the walls of the
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Friday, Apri/30,
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Student Workers and Evergreen
Beginning last year, USW approached
Evergreen's administration with a ca ll to
address issues that made it hard for working
students to attend school. They brought lip
issues of low pay, unpredictable pay raises, an
inadequate, once-a-month p.ay sc hedule"aJld
the la ck of union rec og nition fur student
workers . The eight student workers who
attended the meeting were told they did not
represent student workers and that they had
too many concerns to be addressed at one time.
The Union then met with the administration
again carrying with them 400 signed union
cards, petitions and written statements,
outlining how the once-a-month pay schedule Why May Day? Why Now?
Now with almost an entire school year
was creating hardship for student workers.
by,
a meeting between the Union and the
gone
The administration criticized USW members
at the meeting for being too narrow in their administration that brought together 400
focus on just one issue.
student workers and supporters, inroads made
At the beginning of this year members of toward creating a work station to workstation
USW attended the college's Student Affairs communication system, and the student
retreat. The meeting , ho sted by Art employment DTF seriously considering
Costa ntino, brought together staff from across creating a student employment office and with
campus who provide services to students from it implementing a twice-a-month pay schedule
financial aid administration to recreation for student workers, May Day will be a time to
facilities. Costantino's office provided a list of celebrate all this work. The Union, along with
Student Affairs goals for the '98-99 school year the Women's Center is bringingJudy Gorman
which listed student worker paycheck issues as from New York City to perform and hold
workshops for the May Day weekend (see
some thing to be looked at ill the coming year.
Based on this, USW began organizing more related article). Students and student workers
intensely on the twice-a-month paycheck issue. who attend the festival will also hear speakers

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On Friday, April 30, Evergreen's Red
Square will be the sight ofUSW's International
Workers Day celebration. As student workers
and suppo rters gather for music, speakers,
and free food USW hopes to turn thE' squarelong a gathering place for students, including
student workers after their Nov. 18 meeting
with the administration- into linion Sq uare
for the day. International Workers Day, or May
Day as it is also known, has a long hi story
dating back to the turn of the century (see
related article), and is celeb rated around th e
world. This will be the third an nu al May Day
festival that USW has hosted, and in ligh t of
the progress that ha s been made already on
student worker issues, the ('vent prom ises to
be a new benchmark in the Union 's organizing
campaign.

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Speeches by Steelworkers,
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3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Hugo Flores
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such as Cicih Sukaesih, a NIKE worker fired for
leading a walkout of her Indonesian plant,
representatives
of the Steelworkers/
Earthfirst!/ IWW coalition, a groundbreaking
example
of
cooperation
between
environmentalists and labor, and many other
speakers and musical acts.
There will be a new component to the
May Day celebration which is borne out of the
mallY developments student workers have seen
this year. With the Student Employment DTF
so close to completing its work and planning a
forum open to all student workers sometime
in the next few weeks, USW organizers see May
Day as an opportunity to re-focus the
administration on one of the goals they laid out
for themselves at the beginning of the year. In
order to restore "pay check issues" as a student
worker concern to be taken seriously USW is
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and supporters can participate in. The action
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The history of
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Union of Student Workers
The roots of May 1 as International
Worker's Day originated here in the United
States in 1884, when the Federation of
Organized Trades and Labor Unions passed a
resolution declaring that as of May 1, 1886,
eight hours would constitute a full and lega l
working day. They were jOined in the campaign
by anarchist and socialist labor organizations
like the Knights of Labor and the International
Working People's Association. With workers
being forced to spend twelve, fourteen, and
sometimes up to sixteen hours on the job, rank
and file support for the eight hour day grew
rapidly. One common slogan was, eight hours
for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours
for what we will." By April of 1886, the cause
had the support of a quarter million workers,
and the second week of May saw 350,000
workers involved in a general strike for shorter
hours. Many of these workers were able to win
the eight-hour workday, a right that many of
us take for granted without realizing the very
real and personal sacrifices that were made to
secure it.
On May 1 in Chicago, in the midstofthe
turmoil of the eight hour strikes, half of the

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McCormick Harvester Co. walked off the job.
Two days later police opened tire on the
picketing workers, killing four and wounding
several more. In respOllse, a thousand workers
held a peaceful mass meeting in Chicago's
Haymarket square to protest the ruthless
killings of the strikers.
The meeting was peaceti.11 and rain sent
away most of the large crowd. As the meeting
was nearing its end, with only 200 people
remaining, 180 police officers moved in and
ordered the meeting to disperse immediately.
At that moment a bomb was thrown into the
ranks of the p olice, killing olle and injuring
seve nty. The police opened fire on th e
spectators, killing and wounding many people.
Following the Haymarket incident, the police
and business community mobilized to crush
the labor movement in Chica go. Ill ega l
searches were common practice. "Make the
raids first and look up the law later," was th e
statement of the Illinois sta te attorney.
Eve ntually eig ht Anarchist agitators were
arrested. While no evidence linked any of these
men to the bomb throwing, and in fact the only

0111' who was present was on the speakers
platform at the time of the explosion, these
men were sentenced to death by a jury that
received ample reward from the business
community for their decision. Albert Parsons,
August Spies, Adolf Fischer, and George Engel
were hanged on Nov. 11 , 1887. One of the
accused committed suicide, and the rest were
pardoned due to public outrage seven years
later.
The mas sive strikes and courageous
effort of Chicago's workers to fight against
exploitation, along with the growing legend of
the Haymarket martyrs, inspired workers
throughout the world. To this day in most of
the world, May Day is a time for workers to
take to the s tre ets and to celebrate their
co ll ective power and solidarity. Today we
commemorate the bravery and commitment
of the workers who sacrificed themselves to
fight for a better workplace. We also celebrate
to remember the struggles that have earned our
society such benefits as the weekend, the eight
hour day, child labor laws, overtime pay, and
safety regulations.

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Jews letting one negative experience with
Jewish religion or with a particular Jewi sh
commu nity determine one's en tire concept of
Judaism.
I Christma s. Need we say more? Being a
member of a culture that is not a dominant one
in this society.
I Feeling alienated/rejected from the
mainstream Jewish community because of
one's sexuality or gender identification.

The Evergreen State
College will hold a public
hearing on Wednesday,
May 12, 1999, between 4:00
p.m. and 5:00 p.m. in CAB 108,
regarding required changes to
release of student disciplinary
hearing records . The college
will amend WAC 174-280-015,
by adding definitions for "crime
of violence" and "sex offense,"
and WAC 174-280-030, by
adding a paragraph stating that
results of campus discliplinary
action(s) involving a crime of
violence and/or sex offense(s)
will be disclosed only after a
finding has been made and
appeal options have been
exhausted. These amendments
are required by changes in
federal law.

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It's still going to be a
fairy tale graduation

A

giant Mumia street puppet
prepares to break down a 30 ft
fabricated prison industrial
complex to begin a march through
downtown San Francisco on
Saturday, April 24. The march
ended with a rally in front of city
hall. Speakers ranged from Angela
Davis, who addressed the plight of
political prisoners in the US to the
President of the Longshoremen's
Union who announced the shut
down of all ports on the
west coast for Mumia.

by Tak Kendrick
Guest columnist

Questions lurk in wake
of governor's absence
by David Simpson with sidekick Whitney Kvasager
Staff writers
First it was Gary Locke. Then it was Mumia Abu-Jamal. Then it was both.
then Locke jumped ship.
Now a lot of Evergreen students just don't know what's goin g 011 with th e
graduation speaker process,
"I heard there was some kind of clusterfuck," said sen ior Jesse White.
Clmterfucks as id e, it would Sl'('m that Evergreen students lack a
ron~e n s u s on this issue. Even now, wit h th e selection proCl'SS complrtl', all of
the proposed ~peakers st ill have fervent advoca tes and detractors. Some
st udents know most of the details, while some, including some seniors, have
onl ya vag ue sensr that something is going OIl.
"I will admit to not knowing the breadth of the MUlilia issue, " said a
Junior who asked that his name not he used. "So I was kind of in favor of Tom
Robb ins for grad speaker."
"I haven't thought about it that milch ," said sen ior Luke TrnicC' .
Told that some student s knew very little about the issue, sophomore
Richard Myers said "That's crazy. It was in th e paper. Front page, SOllth Sound
[ill the Olympianl."
SonI c studcnb, ho\\'ewr, not on ly ullderstand th e issue. bllt have strong
(lpinion~ regardi ng ir.
Many sCllIl-ed at Lockc's dl'ci~ion to wi Ihdraw, ca lling it a "pol it icallllol'l'."
"I ie\ iu~t a ca re er politician taking advice Irollluther carcC!' pnlitiriallS
wh o wi\h tLI co ntlilue thi~ racist sy\tl'nl." hl'slllllan Ryan Berkebile said of
Loc ke\ deci\l(}n
" ll lll,lk<' ~ hilnllll1k likt' lre\ ~r;IJ'('d L
lfMu11l ia," said junior EI'anjacobsen
Otlrcr.~. lr o\\,el'er, ~aid th ey clluld understand Locke's decision, "I
undnstand uur Guvernor's position." said jUllior Marisa Kaneshiro, "Ilr has to
~tand behind law enforcelllent."
She' added, more cynically, "lots of money comes from them."
So me felt th at Locke may have been trying to avoid giving hJtuf(' political
llppo nrnts something they could usc against him . "I think he's going to be
war y ofhe ing involved in something that might be used aga in st him later on,~'
said th e anunymous junior.
Gradu ating senior Mollie Chazcll said that the school should havr taken
~tt'ps to kee p Locke on th e bill. since he was the origi nal dwic e. "The whole
thing about Locke declining-I ca n understand that." she said. "We should
gil'(' [Locke 1 the right to speak, since he was our tirst choice in the first place,
Ethi ca ll y Ilhink that th e right way to go about busin ess is to give it to him ."
Ilowev('r, she added "I personally would have voted for Tom Robbins."
5< 1111(' ~Iudenh vo iced l'n thusiasm liJr having MU11lia Abu-Jama l speak at
til l' gra du<ltion . jesse \'\'hite ca ll ed him "somebody wi th SO lne really grra t
I lllng~ In ~a(' adding "I think it\ grea t "
l(v,ln Ikrkchile ~a id it was guod to .\ c(' ,\hu-Jalnal "getting all thi s
,ltll'll tllln ," l' lIing l1\lt olll y Ab ll-J alllal\graduatioll speedl, but also th e Apri l 2..t
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see QUESTIONS on page 20

Commentary

~ a human being sat alone in a concrete box,

010te to seniors: Bebre you start slapping those
parental warning stickers on your graduation
invit ations . sto p, take a deep breath and repe;lt after
me: "Th is year's graduat ion ceremo ny will be rated
'C' by th e attending masses."
When I first heard muttered rumors that
Covernor Cary Locke had declined to speak at
graduation after learning that convicted murderer
Mumia Abu-Jamal would submit a recorded speech I
was ready to take up arms. My ire was particularly
raised when I had heard that graduation would instead
focus on Mumia's speech. Then, like any [insert chuckle
herel distinguished journalist, I got the faq~ . Yes,
Mumia has submitted a speech. Yes, the governor has
declined the invitation to be the keynote speaker. No,
Mumia's speech will not be the keynote,
In fact, Jesse Welch, dean of enrollment services
and organizer of the graduation committee, denies that
Mumia was ever intended to be the keynote speaker,
simply one of the many speakers which include
undergraduate, graduate and faculty speeches, "As far as
we were having our discussion, it never was the
governor versus Mumia," said Welch, "We thought we
could carve out 10 minutes in a two hour program to
allow diversity of thought. It is my understanding, it is
my hope that it [Mumia's speechl is not going to be
political in nature, we're not going to be talking about a
lot of things that might be objectionable to the
community as a whole."

over 15,000 people amassed to celebrate his
birthday and demand that justice be served.
After 17 years of incarceration, Mumia Abu-Jamal,
whether he killed someone or not, has not yet
received a fair trial.

filled calls frolll various relatives concemed not only
with wh ether grad uatio n would be safe for children,
gra ndparents or those faint of heart , but also with th e
quality of my ed ucat ion. But have faith , valiant
seniors and relatives alike, all is not doomed , In fa ct,
having Mum ia Abu-Jamal speak (albeit through
prison bars) is not on ly an honor, but speaks direct Iy
to th e quality of education and the diversity of
thought that we hold so dear here at Eve rgreen.
The way the media has been portraying this
Disney fairy tale, our hometown hero, the stalwart and
venerable Covernor Cary Locke, has been chased out of
town by the vile cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal,leaving
the fair princess (Evergreen) defenseless to the ravages of
a convicted murder. But, like a Disney movie in which
everything is depicted simply as either good or evil,
nothing could be further from reality,
In reality, what Locke did was pass on the
golden opportunity to showcase the gem of diversity
that is Evergreen, As Welch so eloquently put it, "We
tout, we talk about being tolerant of diversity and
diverse views, and now when our values are put to the
test, some of us want to back off."
And that, my friends, is exactly what Gov. Locke
did, Backed away from the chance to put aside his
political interests and ambitions and help promote
the rich diversity that not only is Evergreen, but that
is Olympia and (ideally) what we want for
Washington state, Not that I blame him,
We live in a society in which the almighty
government must succumb and cave to political
interests. Surely in the soundbite world of politics,

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It's time to grow up, get over it and go to graduation
Keva n M'o ore
Graduation commentary

Non habeas corpu~duo
Why did papers print a gubernatorial confirmation to
spea k on Thursday and th e governor backed out Friday'? I
asked the govemor, in so many words. and he didn't know,
But, who can blame the guy, I wouldn't bet on any governor in
this republic sharing a stage, or in this case, billing, with a
convicted cop-killer.
Cop-killer? Nah, that doesn't carry too strong a
connotation, Governor? Nope, No baggage there either.
Governor and cop killer don't exactly roll off the tongue when
they share a sentence with graduation.
Don't get me wrong though. I was surprised Keith Love,
the govemor's communications director, didn't read the whole
press release two weeks earlier and gave a quote for th e
governor confirming. I thought that sort of thing happened at
this end, not th ere too. I was surprised the Governor's office
thought it was rude of Evergreen to tell thelll so late in the
game about Mumia because it pleased them just fine to
respond a month arie r the president's invitation.
Anyway, if the Govern or had listened to th e tape he'd hal'l'
to l'Ollle. lie couldn 't do Lllherwise, His role in the state would
makl' it a sort of J:l~ri\ln to not sho\\' lip. Bllt th ere have bl'en

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indications that Evergreen officials have heard th e tape. ;-,Jot true.
The president invited one key note speaker, Locke, and
that was it. Locke at some point later, (it is still a mystery to
me) found out about Mumia speaking. At that point he had to
make what he called, "an extremely difficult decision," I
believe it, and in good conscience he made a good decision. It
is why he, not I, should be governor.
Grow up and go
In 1994 NPR decided Mumia Abu-Jamal's Democracy Now
wasn't worth the trouble, WRTI in Philadelphia, home to
Temple University, followed suit by canceling a syndicated show
with Abu-Jamal's commentary, Temple's Vice President for
student relations said at the time, "We're trying to move the
station in a new direction, to do a better job reflecting Temple's
academic excellence," I like the basketball team and all, but that's
why I didn't go to Temple and chose Evergreen instead,
Is Abu-Jamal an appropriate speaker? Mark Mann,
Burien's Criminal Justice Training Center project supervisor
does n't think so. Five Evergreeen students now won 't have a
chance to attend use offorce training courses and no interns
will be cons idered, "Action is suspended. The ma in reason,"
says Mann, "is not to be anal. It's kinda sacred here." Oh.
Pres id ent of th e state troopers associatiun, Bililianson ,
think ~ "it's a cryin' shame that a publi c institution woul d host

a co nvicted rop- kill er."
The governor, even as the chieflaw enforcement officer
of the state, answers to th ese people-not the other way
around, They protect him daily, and vote regularly.
My answer to these gen tlemen? Well, let's talk about
sacred and cryin' shames, I've got convictions but I'm not
co nvinced of much , Life is sacred- for a state to take it, now
that's worth crying for. I'll tell you why, The death penalty is
dead wrong because it says so on the button on my backpack
and because it is immoral (murder), costs more money,
studies show peaks in crime around th e time of executions, it
provides a model for racial inequality, and sometimes we get
the wrong person,
If you've decided not to go to graduation because Mumia
Abu-Jamal is speaking and Gary Locke isn't, good, because you
haven't learned anything yet anyway, Also, if Governor Locke's
decision plays no part in your absence (i.e, Mumia makes up your
mind), the same rule app lies. Ifaunt Recalcitrant and uncle
Muley don't wanna make the trip, sorry Charlie.
N,B,
Someday there wi ll be kids that do not know where
Kn~ ovo is, ifit\sti ll there . On that day, th ereJ ust might be
parents who went to Evergreen and ca n't point it out on a
map. j ll ~t ~o ll1 et hin g to Ihink ahll ut 'till nex t week, that's ~II,

Illustration by David Simpson
After a rather lengthy conversat ion with Welch,
I personally am convinced th at this yea r's graduation
will be as 'G' rated as an epic DisneyTM tale. But that's
not necessarily what the majority of the media would
like to tell you .
This weekend, reports of the governor's refusal to
take part in our (e relIlony flourished across n ewspapl'r~
throughout the state, weaving fcar into th e ht'art ~ of"
inn ocent parents and gra ndparents who'\'(' cu nl t' t(llo(}k
Ilpon gradua t ion as the day they can poin t to tIr eir
~(' h () lar l y dr'sccndanb and gleam with pridl'.
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refusing to share th e stage with a convicted kill er will
play better on the 11 o'clock news than the potential
political backlash of sharing that stage. But that is the
easy way out, not (I hope) the Evergreen way.
Perso nally, I also thought ofboycot1ing graduat ion
for fear that th e special interests (parents, gra ndparents
and other well-wishers) would be oHended, but I dOIl't
ca rl'. Thi~ is our graduatioll and we should he proud of'
th e environment thai we'vl' C01l.Stfll('trd herl' al
Evergrl'l'n - a ll L'nVi l'ullllIl'llt ill which In' (';111 ;IlTl'l't

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FEATURES

ea ures

by Whitney Kvasager
Features editor
"Cover yourse lf1" an Elizabethan lady gasped . I, in all my
had entered the world of the Society for
Creative Anachronism (SCA). Members gathered in the
Longhouse last Saturday to belt out bardic melodies and sport
hand-crafted costumes in commencement celebration of the
"Sergeant's Trials."
The trials are a process of promotion; candidates are
elbo~-exposedness

tested in arts and sciences, heraldry, dancing, medieval games,
and geography. If a candidate proves himself worthy, he is given
the title of"sergeant," the position below knighthood in the
SeA's hierarchical sv... tem. The candidates must also create and
adopt a persona.
One Sergeant .... Trials candidate. Elisabeth of Evergreen
Shore\, arcided to attempt the trials to further involve herself
in the SCA. Her persona IS a 1400\ Lipper claS\ merchant's
daughter. She joincd becau\(>shr "loves to do costum ing,"
and has "always liked dressing up. "
But the SCA also fulfills 1Il0re fundamentailleeds. "Most
orm who do ISeA evelltsl have a lIeed for chivalry alld honor.
Wc call lind that herr." said SCt\ member TamLin. It is from
this need that th e SCA grew, "The Society for Creative
anachronism started as a protest to 20th century morals," said
Lady Fionnbharr Starfyr of the isles. People saw idealism fall
orthe wayside and decided to create an ideal society - one in
which desirable aspects ofhistory were blended together. Hence
creative 'anachronism:' when a person, object, thing, or event
IS chronologicall y out of place. "It's a cultural crossover that
would have never happened in history," said Vasilisa Myshkira,
or, as another SCA-er said, "it's all the romance without the rats."
The result is not a bunch of individuals who escape reality
to a world of make-believe: "We do know it's a game," Myshkina
said. Instead the result is an imaginative society comprised of
idealists. "Honor plays a big part [in the SCA J. I appreciate ...
people when those qualities are stressed," TamLin said.

,

the land oftoques and cheese
by Josh Manning
Staff ethnocentrist

photo by Whitney Kvasager
Sergent's Trials candidate Elizabeth of Evergreen
Shores constructed her full circle gown out of
velvet curtains and modeled her headdress on a
portrait of the Countree of Arundel.

En garde! SCA members duel like so much banjo. It looks dangerous, but
they're all friends, so they won't stab too hard. Hopefully.

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This is a public apology. A
public apology to the great,
wonderful, goofY nation of Canada.
I am sorry for the years and years
(and years) of hatred and mockery
and disdain that I had held tor you.
Aher spending a weekend in your
gorgeous and historied city of
Vancouver at the refurbished and
~plendid Cambie hostel, I fe el that
lowe it you, Canada, to apologize
and grovel for forgiveness.
But what could be sLich an
important evellt , such a cataclysm
of paradigm shift, that I would
renege on joyful years and years
(and years) of Canada-bashing? A
major portion of this comes from a
night's stay in the historic Cambie
hostel.
The Cambie ho~tel was the
Cambie Hotel before Vancouver's
Gastown regioll fell into a slump. A
few years ago, the city of Vancouver
decided it was time to reclaim the
historic Gastown regioll as all area
ripe for tourism and aesthetics. The
Cambie hotel fell under new
ownership and it was decided that
it would function best as a
international hostel.
The decision was a good one.
photo by Josh Manning
The hostel has what realtors call
"charm" and "rustic beauty." The The Cambie Youth Hostel has two locations - Vancouver and Nanaimo - and boasts $15 per night rooms. NICE!
hostel is comprised of three
separate entities: the lodging itself (with over around the town and checking out the sights
offerings from the Cambie in this area, and if to pass up. You won't feel like you're staying in
100 rooms), a restaurant/saloon, and a bakery. is well worth the time. Vancouver's Chinatown
a hostel as much as you feel like you are at
they don't have a recreation for you I'm sure
One cou ld easily spend the weekend just is the second largest in North America and it's
home. The Cambie receives the 'Greener seal
they
can
locate
one.
that
staying at the Cambie as its own miniaturized a short trip up the block from the Cambie. You
of approval. Give them a caU at 1-877-395-5335
Cambie
is
located
at
300
Cambie
The
can get a good supply of live fish, prawns,
town.
to set-up reservations for rooms or recreation.
Street off of Cordova. A short trip on the Sky
The rooms themselves are a bit cramped oysters and frogs if that's your fancy and the
While Vancouver is a big city, it does not
Train (get off at Waterfront) can get you there
and sparse (don't be expecting a stay at the fresh produce is the cheapest in Vancouver.
seem
to be so. It is a city proud of its history
if you're coming in by the Manning-approved
Marriot with HBO and swimming pools, but Gastown is also a short walk away and while it
and its present day. I'm sure that not every city
public transit methods by train or bus. For
don't expect the four bunk beds filled with 50 doesn't present the same live animal show
in Canada is like this, but for my money every
those
flying
in,
take
the
#100
Airport
bus
to
foreigners) but still offer a good night's sleep. I (remember: it's not a sidewalk pet store, it's a
Canadian city should be like it. If you go there,
Granville
and
70th,
transfer
to
the
#8
Fraser
would recommend going with a group of meat market) as Chinatown, there is what I will
go there soon. It's prime time for the whale
and get off at Cambie and Cordova. They also
friends as the two rooms that are built for call the coolest clock on all of the planet: the
watching, the sunny days and a ridiculous
offer
a
free
shuttle
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no
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which
student groups are placed in a location with a Steam Clock. There is also a fine assortment of
exchange
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way you get into town. It costs $20 a night with
great vantage point to sit by the window and restaurants, tacky tourist shops and Cuban
So
Canada,
I hope you can forgive me.
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"Passed and paled into the darkening land, the world to come"
-Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

A Humpty Oly Dance Native poet
Digital Underground Brings The Funk To Oly
by Ben Kinkade
Staff writer

Joules Graves celebrates Earth Day
by I\Hchol Everett
Staff writer
They say that every day is Earth Day. But not every day
does a performer as amazing as Joules Graves come to
Evergreen.
They filled the room, young and old, dancing and si nging
ill celebration . They celebrated life , love, the Earth and each
other. I wish I could explain the energy in th e room. Maybe it
is best left up to Joules herself.
"You guys are beautiful," she yells. 'Ya ll up for singing
some more?" The crowd screams with delight at the thought
of singing another number with this magical woman. She
arrived on the stage and the audience was hers, captivated by
her presence.
"This song is called 'What Comes Around goes Around'
and your part is what comes around goes around," she says with
a laugh. Those in attendance belt out these lyrics as Joules
paSSionately strums her guitar and smiles that amazing smile.
"This next song is called love ," she says. "I want to share
a little story with you.

"Sometimes it seems too
damn slow. But we crawl
before we walk, you know."
-Joules Graves

"A friend of mine was in the Southwest talking to a Native
American elder, I can't recall the name of the tribe .. . this Native
American elder was singing 'Songs, and at the end of a song my
friend would say 'What's that song about?' and he would say
That song is about rain.' Then he'd sing another song and he'd
say 'What's that song about?' He'd say That song is about rain.'
And on like that. Every single song was about rain . And my
friend said 'How come all of your songs are about rain?' And
he said 'Because that's what my people need. We need rain.' It
was silent for a moment and then he said 'I guess that's why
your culture needs to sing about love so much.'" Then Joules
laughed "That kind of hit me like a ton of um ... butterflies."
As ifher stories and her presence were not enough, joules'
lyrics and her "happy go-lucky, lesbo love songs," as she calls
them, speak for themselves.

Photo by Robert Adams

Joules Graves gives the audience one of her many smiles during
her performance on Earth Day. Graves helped Evergreen celebrate
life, love, earth, and community.

"It's true when they say that
you can't love someone else until
you can truly love yourself. I'm still
learning how to love myself.
'It's true when they say that
you can't accept someone else
until you can truly accept yourself.
We're all learning how to accept
ourselves.
'Sometimes it seems too
damn slow. But we crawl before
we walk you know.
'One step and then another.
We're learning how to love each
other. One step and then another.
We're learning how to love and be
loved." -Teaching My Heart
Other favorites include:
"What are you willing to do
for what you believe? Are you
going to get up and take a stand
or roll up and go back to sleep?
Risk it all to be free."
"Heal the Mother Earth. "
"Don't it make you wonder?
Don't it make you think? Why so
many species are going extinct?"
"Humanity is stark raving
crazy."
.. Sell your souls to the
corporation what will be left for
generations to come?"
"The time is now."
Joules rocked the house.
Throughout her performance, a
benefit for Olympic Wildlife
Rescue, one thing remained
constant- "Love is where it's at."
Thanks to EARN, ERC, WRC,
EPIC, and Freaks of Nature for
putting on a phenomenal show.
And thanks to Joules for
reminding us on this beautiful
Earth Day that "we are one."

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Ch rystos
captures
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In case you didn't make
it downtown on Saturday
night, you missed a great
show. Oakland's Digital
Underg round made their
Olympia debut at Club
Liquid, delighting hip-hop
and rap fans alike, while
By Nick Challed
pleasantly surprising more
A&E Editor
than a few long-time
followers.
"There is no time to waste space. " -Chrysto.~
After its opening act,
Although Chrystos has sold over 10,000 copies of a Single
The Element, worked the
book of poetry, which is among the highest of any Native
packed crowd into a frenzy,
American writer, The New York Times has never bothered to
Digital Underground was free
review any of her work. The one review she does know of
to bring the crowd to its
occured in a PhD thesis, which labeled her as "hating whites."
loudest. DU played several
Many of her books are also currently going out of print, since
hits from its new album
her publishers believe she is just too "different."
"Who Got the Gravy?,"
"And I am," responds Chrystos.
including "Holla Holiday,"
These reactions seem all too common when women and/
"W ind Me Up," "The
or people of color express their anger concerning centuries of
Mission," and "The Gravy,"
-genocide and injustice in our nation. Rather than
among others. And for those
acknowledging our country's history or taking action to help
that attended, an extra
solve our lasting inequalities, many people seem to relapse into
surprise guest: Yuk Mouth
their numbness and apathy by pointing the finger towards
from the hit rap group The
"hate." Is there not justification for people creatively expressing
Luniz pleased the crowd with
their angst over the injustices of our world?
"Five on It."
The poetry of Chrystos is not only justified, it is needed.
For
this
writer,
Chrystos explained the need for Native writers and artists to
attending the concert was a
be heard in mainstream America:
.
great treat. DU and I go way
"In the past we were silenced through violence. Now, we
back to my sophomore year
are silenced within the publishing and literary world."
in high school when DU 's
She went on to say, "It is dangerous to be a woman, native,
best-selling debut, Sex
and lesbian, and read your [poetry]. We aren't taught to have a
Packets came out in 91' with
critical mind."
the smash hit "The Humpty
The attention Chrystos captured during her poetry
Dance."
reading in the Evergreen Longhouse two weeks ago forced the
On the same note, DU
audience to acknowledge the injustices we are surrounded by.
performed their infamous
Her powerful images awakened the awareness of many, and
song "The Same Song." For
encouraged social change.
those of you that didn't know,
. Chrystos has found a way to arrange blunt words into
DU appeared in the movie:
elloquent prose. Most importantly, Chrytos' poetry is honest.
Nothing But Trouble, in
She is honest about the history of this nation; honest about the
which this song was sung live
reality of our prison system; and honest about the results of
with outstanding comedians:
domestic violence. Her emotions are exposed through her
the late John Candy, Dan
poetry, unashamed.
Photo by Ben Kinkade
Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and
One \YQuld think that a reading ofChrytos' poetry would
actress Demi Moore, in their
be filled with the inevitable anger she feels . However Chrystos
Digital Underground gets the crowd hoppin' at Club Liquid last
midst.
is a woman who also encompasses laughter and love.
Saturday night. The hip-hop group performed some of their classic
Although eight years
She explained to the audience, ''I'm not actually all that
songs such as "The Same Song," as well as many songs off their new
have passed since DU's debut
mad, I just don't like how people are treated in the world."
album, Who Got the Gravy?
album, in my mind the group
hasn't slacked. Expect
something unique and
unexpected each album, from their exuberant, Dr. Seuss-Iike between people I was able to make my way up to the bed where
clothing selection-to their gyrating lyrics.
Shock G sat talking to people. Upon yelling over the sound, I
Indeed, DU is no stranger to change. New members to had the great fortune to ask Shock a couple questions. Literally.
the group are frequent, but the outcome is unchanged -the band
B.K.: "You were in the movie'Nothing But Trouble, what
always emerges with a partygoers version offun music. The late was that like and what was your group like back then?"
Tupac Shakur even made his start with Digital Underground
Shock-G: "Great, it was great, man! [Pausing] It was Dan
back in the early 90's. Meanwhile, Greg Jacobs (you all know Aykroyd's first movie that he directed. He's good friends of the
group. It was great."
Someone yells, "F·in paparazzi!" The room buzzes like a
hive.
B.K.: Shouting above the crowd: "Are there any new
What most impresses me with
groups out there that you're supporting?"
Shock-G: "Yeah, The Luniz solo albums, and Saafir."
Digital Underground is their fun,
What most impresses me with DU is their fun , all-ages,
all-ages, all-races style of hipall-races style of hip-hop: don't expect many of their songs to
hop ... DU focusses on having fun
be about politics or gangster life, instead. DU focuses on having
fun
at all costs and enjoying life. This holds true in "Who Got
at all costs and enjoying life.
the Gravy?"
DU's next stop is Oregon where they will dish out another
portion of that cool "Gravy."
Club LiqUid is located downtown on 4th Ave. Liquid is
him as "S hock-G, " and "Humpty-Hump" the "big-nosed Olympia's exciting new underage dance club, but people of all
rapper") maintains his spot as group leader · heck, he even ages are more than welcome to attend. Fridays feature Hipillustrates the hilarious comics that appear in every DU album. Hop, Dance, R&B, .and Old-School with Djs joey LaRock and
After the show, I was informed that DU would be having Doctor Rob. Wednesday is Swing, and dance instructors are
Words can be scary. Words can be fun . Allyone who
a party back at the hote l in which they were staying. I arrived on-hand, while Saturday features Breaks/jungle. $7 before 10
knows how to utilize words to their full potential
on the 8th floor to find a huge mob of fans, family, and friends p.m., and $8 after. Come check them out !
should contact UMOjA at x6781 before Friday, May
of the group. As I pushed my way forward through the spaces
7 so you can share them with the masses gatherillg at
the Urban Arts Expo.

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May Day Internation Worker's Day; live music &speakers. noon·
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Writing Workshop. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Longhouse Cedar Room
Performance Workshop. 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., lib. 1002

May 12
Activities Fair. 3 p.m. - S p.m., Red Square

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May IS
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9 a.m. - noon, Longhouse and Red Square lawn
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May 4
Cinco de Mayo Celebration w/ live music.
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Longhouse & LIB 4300

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The Urban Arts Expo:
·Urban Art Show. 10 a.m. - (j p.m., library lobby
-Spoken Word Performances. noon -4 p.m., Red Square
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7 p.m. - on, soccer field
-Hardcore Show w/ bands "Backside Disaster." "Himsa." and
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The Urban Arts Expo:
-Community Mural Project. noon - 6 p.m., red square
-B-Boy Battles hosted by DV-One.1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., CRC
-Panel Discussions. 4:40 p.m. -7 p.m., Red Square
·Guest Speaker "BOOTS" of the COUP.
7 p.m. -8 p.m., front of the CRC
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May 22
Transgender Film Festival. 10 a.m. - midnight, lecture hall 1
For more information on the Spring Arts Festival,
Contact the Student Arts Council at 866-6000 x 6412

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Gay film fans, take note IGreen Little Woman
by Sean Savage
Contributing writer

Producer Michael Solinger pr ese nts
hi s film "Bent" on Saturday, May 8 at 7
p.m. as a benellt for Olympia Picture s'
current production "Sophisticated," and
as part of a week of movies continuing the
May tradition of the Northwest
International Lesbian /G ay Film Festival.
Solinger, who graduated from The
Evergreen State College, operates De
"Lane Lea Studios in London. Solinger will
appear at the request of one of his faculty
members at Evergreen, Marge Brown,
who is a producer for Olympia Pictures .
From Sunday, May 2 through
Thursday, May 6 and on Saturday. May 8
"Mob Queen" a nd "The Brandon Teena
Story " screen as an effort to bridge what
the Olympia Film Society hopes is just a
temporary absence o f th e annual
NWlLGFF held eac h year in May.
"Mob Queen, " a genre-comedy
about an unconventional Malia-mistres s,

screens Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at
9 p.m. ; Monday and Wednesday at 6:30
p.m . and Saturday at 3 p.m ..
"The Bqlndon Teena Story" is a
wrenching documentary about a hate
crime in America's heartland. It screens
Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30
p.m.; Monday and Wednesday at 9 p.m.
and Saturday at noon. In addition to the
double feature, some wonderful short
films are also included in the program.
Tickets to movies cost $3.50 for OFS
members, $6 for non-members. Annual
memberships begin at $18 ($10 for
seniors, students and low income), and
can be purchased at the Capitol Theater
or by calling the Olympia Film Society at
(360) 754-6670.
The Olympia Film Society typically
screens double features Sunday through
Thursday. with single features and other
special programming on some Fridays
and Saturdays. Shows tah place at the
Cap itol Theater, 206 East 5th Ave. in
downtown Olympia.

Evergreen student Christine Dew
is performing in the Abbey Players'
production of "Little Women ." She will
be making her acting debut as Meg.
The original script, based on the
classic by Louisa May Alcott, was
written by Olympia's Rick Wehmeyer
and Scott Stilson, and features two
original pieces of music by Malcom
Stilson.
The role of Amy is played by
Janelle Martinez from Capitol High
School. Jo is played by Becky Wilton
who is a 1995 graduate of Shelton High
School. Beth is played by Jennifer
McBride of Timberline High School.
The role of their mother, Marmie, is
played by Amy Ulen, an experienced
actress and director and a English/
drama teacher for the Clover Park
School District.
The last three shows will be April
29 and 30 and May l. All shows are at
the Washington State Center for the
Performing Arts, Stage II. Tickets are
$15 for adults and $11 for children 12
and under. For tickets, call 754-8586.
For further information , call Tori
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Intramural hoops in full swing

"No, Mr. Brooke, I cannot marry you."

An expose on Evergreen's newly retired athletic director Pete
Steilberg was to run this week. We apologize for the delays in
bringing it to
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It's death that haunts Spalding Gray.
"Everyone knows they're going to die," he
explains, "it's just that no one believes."
Spalding Gray is one of those writer/
performers that make other writers and
performers jump offbridgeso He can take the
most simple element of his life and turn it into
a nightmare of neurosis and issues. His gift for
over-analysis streches beyond anything
rational. He's also one of the world's most
gifted teller of true stories.
Gray reaches new heights with his latest
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Why Are We Silent?

FAIRY TALE

Former Chinese prisoner speaks at Evergreen
By Nichol Everett

was no point for me to answer your question
because you never listen to me, you never
listen to us, we have no rights .. the guard
He survived 33 yea rs in Chinese prisons.
then grabbed a cattle prod ... and said 'So you
He has served more time behind bars
do not have human rights, I will give you
than any other surviving Tibetan Iu rcach Ihe
rights, I will free Tibet, take this for free Tibet'
West.
and then he hit me on my mouth ... then he
He escaped Tibello India after his release
jammed this inside my mouth while the
frolll prison in 1992.
current was still going from this electric cattle
He walked 300 lIliles to commemorate
prod. It was very powerful and I became
Tibet 's
Nalional
unconscious. When I
Uprising Day.
gained
my
At 6G yea rs old,
consciousness after a
Palden Gyatso has now
few days, my whole
devoted his life to
body and my clothes
ex posing the atrocities
were full of blood, I
of
th e
Chinese
could
not walk
occupation of Tibet. A
properly, my jaw did
Tibetan monk, Gyatso
not feel like mine, I
was put into prisons
could not hear well...
and labor camps in
all my teeth were
1959 during the Lhasa
shaking, and in a
uprising against the
months time all of my
Chinese occupation.
teeth fell out, my
Tens of thousands of
tongue, even today is
Tibetans were killed
not normal, I cannot
during this time for
taste well even today... "
resisting
the
Palden Gyatso
government rule of
finished his story by
China.
saying
"I
am
Palden Gya tso
optimistic, I still have
spoke this past Tuesday,
hope." He went on to
April 27 in the
explain that his hope is
Longhouse to a room of
photo by Nicho le Eve rett fueled by young
over 200 people.
people,
primarily
Paiden Gyatso speaks with his translater Tuesday at the Longhouse.
"T he conditions
students
doing
in prisons were terrible," he explained. "As for us for help," he said. "We could 1I0t do anything. everything they call to put an end to this
food, we were given a ladle hili of soup a day. all we could do was look back at them and shed devastation. At a rally in New York Gyatso
It was so up just in name beca use literally it was lears... This is true, and I am not the only witness spoke about the occurrences in Tibet.
water. .. even the ladle full of soup, most of the of this, there are others ... "
"People come out of compassion for us," he
priso ners were not able 10 get it because they
"If the situation has changed, it has only . said, "not because we asked them to. Do not
did 1I0t have a plate or bowl... a prisoners most galien worse ... " Gyatso explained of the prison ·think that we are alone. Donit close your eyes
prized possession would be ... anything th ey camps.
and don't be blind. The world is watching... "
could use to get the soup in."
Gyatso brought with him several lorture As Palden Gyatso stood and raised his hands
In th e camps prisoners could not evrll be devices used within the Chinese prison system. to the audience crowded in the Longhouse
let ou t of their cells for months at a lime Among them were cal tie prods designed for use he said "I have truth on my side."
because of rioting outside.
on animals that can release up to 75,000-100,000
There is a power of the human spirit
"I even ate my shoes, m)' leather shoes I volts of electricity. "They believe that through that will never die. I held his hand, he put
ate myself and shared thrm with my prisoll inflicting us physical pain they can win OVfr our his head to mine and I felt his power. Palden
mates." Oth ers . he said. ate filthy rab that spirit... they can change what we believe in ... We Gyatso showed us all that the human spirit
inhabited thei r cells.
newr gave in ...
will prevail.
"Peop le were dying eve rywh ere.
This event was part of Tibet Awareness
"They use these on all of the prisoners,
Everywhere in front of yo u peopl e were dying. especially political prisoners," Gyatso explained. Week, and was made possible by Evergreen
Truck loads of people would be taken away "Generally they use it on our body, but even Students for Free Tibet (SFT) and EPIC.
everyday."
worse Ihey use il inside our body. My worst Please stop by the SFT table in the CAB today
Gyatso also described how IrIany Tibetans experi ence ... was after I was being questioned for more information, or call x6493. SFT
working in th e fields wilhin Ihe labor camps by a guard and I refused ,0 answer. .. I said there meets Wednesdays at 1pm in L4004.
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would collapse from exhaustion or malnutrition
and "the guards would declare the prisoner dead.
They would then tie their hands and feet, they put
a long, wooden pole between his hands and feet
and throw him over their shoulders, and they
would throw the body of the prisoner in some place
they had dug purposely to dump dead bodies and
such prisoners." Many, he said, would be crying
out for mercy, saying that they were still alive.
"Others would just keep crying and look back to

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and support such diversity as to have the
governor and a convicted killer share a stage,
even if one of the speakers has decided to
depart from our little fairy tale.
I believe that we must embrace this
diversity and share it with the world. Not to
try to hide it from ourselves, the community
and our friends and family members.
Welch had an interesting comment
that is key to the decision to include Mumia
in the graduation ceremony and also
supports this theory, "It is 10 minutes in an
over an hour and half program. When did
we get so intolerant in one another that 10
minutes in that length of period is too much
for us to be exposed to? See, we're all
speculating what might be said and how we
might disagree. Nobody knows."
Welch was qUick to point out that there is
more to Mumia that what has been promoted
in the headlines. "r hate that we got to the point
where we're all centering on the idea that
Mumia is a cop killer and that is all that he is. I
don't know that much about him, but I do
know that he is a journalist, he's a radio
personality, and that there is thousands and
thousands of people who have a question of
what happened," he said, noting that, Mumia
will be speaking on this year's theme, "Live
your life deliberately."
Granted, saying that Mumia has more
to offer the students of Evergreen is a lot like
saying Monica Lewinsky has a really nice
smile. It's hard to avoid what they initially
became famous for. Still, this is your school.
This is your graduation . This should be your
time to revel in being a college graduate. Not
to fear the darkness, but to embrace it and
celebrate it. Let Mumia take a few minutes of
our time. Let the man speak for himself and
air his thougbts. Then, if you still disagree
with him or think that he is a vile fiend, then
you are perfectly welcome to your viewpoint.
But give him, and more importantly the
graduation committee, a chance.
That is what "Live your life
deliberately" really is all about. Choos ing to
embrace the diversity oflife with co nscious
and careful thougbt.
Okay, so this year's fairy tale
graduation won't exactly go the way of
Disney, but since Disney has become just
another colossal mega corp who succumbs to
formulaic devices to submit to the desires of
its major interest - the moviegoing masses
- that might not be so bad. And, in this
case, the much-maligned hunchback might
turn out to be the true hero after all.
"Graduation will be a celebration ... we

Thursday

Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man
Walking An Eyewitness Account of the Death
Penalty in the UntiedStates"will be speaking at
Saint Martin's Women's Symposium, Saint Martin's
Pavili on at 7pm Call (360) 438-4488 for reservations.
Tibetan dancers: As part ofTibetan Awareness
Week, agroup ofTibetandancers will host a
performance at 7p.m.1n the library lobby. We're
pretty sureit'sfree.
Talking About Race IS meeting today from 4-7
pmin CAB315 They'll be watching and discussing
the film Slam. Bring food. POSSibly beverages.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 20 Days.
Character of the day: Salacious B. Crumb.

Friday

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that's still our goal and we think that we will be
able to get there," said Welch and I believe him.
But you still should be sure to bring your
umbrellas to graduation. Just because this is a
happy ending doesn't mean Red Square will be
free of rain on June 11.

QUESTIONS
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Others, however, were less enthusiastic.
Of Abu-Jamal, Evan Jacobsen said ''I'm just
kind of tired of him. " Of Abu-Jamal's Evergreen
supporters. he said "they don't care about
Mumia, it's just a cause for them to jump on."
Some students said they would have
liked to hear Locke 'and Abu-Jamal in the
same forum.
"I was looking forward to it. It would
have been ironic," said Mollie Chazen.
"[Locke] could have taken other
measures. He could have said something in
his speech," Richard Myers said. He called it
a "potentially awesome situation."
Our anonymous sophomore, of the
goings·on, remarked "I'm sure there's a lot of
things involved." •
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campus, that may be quite an understatement.

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Apr! 29,1999

04.30.99

International Workers Day, Starts at Noon in
Red Square, and features aplethora of live bands
and speakers. Plus ... games, street theater,and FREE
LUNCHI
The Campus Child Care Center's 12th Annual
Bubble Blow istoday at 10 a.m.in Red Square.Bring
your own bubbles, 01 JUS! sil back and watch the
Inevitable zaniness that will ensue from providing
small children with soapy water.
Visionary Voices, amulti-mediawomen's art
show is going down in the TESC library lobby.
Reception starts at 6 p.m., and the show starts at
630. Admission is FREEl
Terry Tempest Williams will be giving alecture,
with a booksigning and reception 10 follow, today
from 3- 10 p.m. In the Longhouse.For more info
call Jeannie Chandler @x6402.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 19 Days.
Character of tile day: Admiral Ackbar

Kiss me, you
hulking brute of a man .
Take me with the passion
that you usually reserve for
obi iterating Imperial Storm
Troopers and ravaging that sevenfoot apeman friend of yoursl
Take me now, and do it with the
fury of a thousand Sarlaccs I I nee
to feel the pulsating explosions of
your powerful laser blasts as you
navigate my trenches and set
my reactor core on fire l Use
the Force , lover I Use the
Force I For the love of
Yoda, use it now I

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THIS YEAR A LOT OF COLLEGE
SENIORS WILL BE GRADUATING
INTO DEBT.

04.29.99

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Saturday

05.01.99

Submission Hold, Port Radium, and Manor
Farm will be playing the Arrowspace at 8 p.m 4
bones,take it or leave it.
Salsa dance with DJ Olivia Salazar and Latin
drag show with dance troupe "Sombras de
Crista!': 8 p.m.on the 4th floor of the Library
Building.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 18 Days
Character of the day: Uncle Owen

Sunday

05.02.99

The Olympia Film Society: amembers-only
screening of Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights"will
follow the OFSAnnua l Meeting, which starts at
2p.m.
Michael Sinclair's Birthday. Be sure to wish
little Mikey ahappy n nd if you see him traipsing
down theside wa lk.He loves agood spank, so go
nuts l
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 17Days
Character of the day: Man Mothma

Monday

05.03.99

Men and Rape Panel. Adiscussion about
transcending rape culture sponsored by the Men's
Center Will be held at 730 pm. in LectureHall1.For
more info, call Mark Elias @x6092.
Open Mic, featuring the legendary Thomas
Diognardi is being held tonight at the Burrtto
Heaven.Come when you feel like it, leave when they
kick you out for public drunkenness.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 16 Days
Character of the day Wickett

Tuesday

05.04.99

Scott Askew and Friends, that quirky yet
sIrangely spi ritUal pop rock group, will be playing a
playing aset at IheBurritoHeaven tonighlWant to
know what time it starts) Guess ... It'S all part of the
fun l
Teatro de la Vida Real, local Latllla"playback"
thealer, followed by Agustin Lira and "Alma"
presenting "Chicano 500 Years of StrugglO p.m., III
the Longhouse.
Cinco de Mayo Celebration with live musicby
MeCHa and LASO.Goes from 630 p.m. to 830
p.m.in the Longhouseand Library 4300.
SHAPE will be hold ing alunch/tea today In library
3500@ 1p.m No price listed, which probably
indicates free food. Make the most of this eat your
weight in finger sandwhirhes.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 15 Days
Character of the day Porkins

But Han l I, Chewbaeca,
learned English and shaved off most of my
facial hair that you would love me! I needs
your sweet lovin's, papa bear l

Wednesday

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05.05.99

like the blues? Come see the Brian Fiest Trio
tonight at Burrito Heaven.Thelr lively soul/blues
blend is as world-renowned as the Taco Bell
Chih uahua. Again, the lime has not been sel in
stone, so Just arrive at your own convenience.
Ocho Pies. Aperformance by the Olympia-based
world musIc group at High Noon InRed Square
Immigrant Rights in Washington, wllh
speakers from the Washington alliance for
immigrant and refugee justice and theNorthwest
immigrants' rights project. 1p.m. intheLonghouse.
Hump Day. Do whal you muSI to expel Monday
and Tuesday's negative energy from your body as
you make room for the lIlevltably good Vibes that
will come with the end of the week. Not every day
IS Hump Day,so take advantage of it while you can.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 14 Days
Character of the day Snaggle Tooth

Thursday

SHAVED

05.06.99

Vampire Gatherings Camarilla are going on all
over campus, such as in LIB 1000,1505,1507, 1508,
1509,2220, 2221,and 4004.From 730 pm to 1
a.m. Bring your own artficial fangs.
Jewish Identity Workshop IS being held by the
Jewish Cultural Center today from 330 p.m. to 630
p.m. inthe Longhouse.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 13 Days
Character of the day:the Rancor Keeper

Ongoing Events
AprilS-30, the Evans Library is holding Shannon
Tipple-Leen's photography In Gallery II.
Every Monday at 3 p.m. theQueer Boyz Discussion
Group meets in The Edge.
Every Tuesday at 4 p.m., the Gender DISCliSSlon
Group meets in CAB 110.
Every Wednesday at 3 p.m.,the Queer Women's
Group meets III the Women's Resource Center, CAB
206.
All Day, Every Day: Computers tighten their deathgrip on humanity.
Don't sweat it,
sweet thang. Big
Han's got enough lovin's
for all the lovely ladies in
the galaxy, and he's feelin '
nasty tonight l I'm a nasty
smugglerl A nasty, nasty smuggler l Let me tell ya what ' 01 Han
likes to do, baby... Han like 10 get
a piece of !"Ope, ahout two fee t
lon g, and he lik es to tic it to the
hack end of a lonely womp -rat ,
and he Iikes to ... well, we'll tal k
about thi s later. Say, has Han
ever shown you th e
Millenium Falcon's other
secret compartment ') It· ,
wherc I keep my
lotiolls allli
oils ...

Student Group
Weekly Meetings
Monday: The Bike Shop, in the bike shop @2pm
Evergreen Political Information Center CAB 320 @3
p.m. Evergreen Queer Alliance CAB 314 @330 p.m.
Yoga Club CRCl16@4p.m. Students for Christ L2116
@7 p.m. S& A Board CAB ConI. Room @4pm
Tuesday: The Bike Shop, in the bike shop @2 pm
WASHPIRGH, Sem inar 3156 @4 p.m. Union of
Students with Disabilities CAB 320@ 3pm.EQA CAB
1104pm Evergreen Medieval Society CAB 320 @5
pm. WASHPIRGH Arctic Meeting, Seminar 3156 @5
pm. Swing Club LIB 4300@ 7p.m. RED LEAF L2103
@7 p.m.
Wednesday: Amnesty International
CAB 315 @ 1 pm Latin American Student
Organization CAB 320 @1 p.m Women's Resource
Cenler CAB 206@ 1pm Evergreen Studentsfor Christ
LIB 1505 @1p.m. Students for FreeTibet L4004
@lp.m.UmolaCAB 320 @lp.m. Science and Math
US01 @lp.m.Freaksof Nalure Longhouse @2 pm
The Ninth Wave CAB 320@ 2p.m. Yoga Club CRC 116
@2 p.m. Men'sSupport Group L1505 @230 p.m
Environmenlal Resource Center USOO@ 3p.m Men's
Center L1509 @2:30 p.m. Student Arts Council CAB
108 @3 pm Evergreen Animal Rights Nelwork
L3500 @430 p.m. REDLEAF L2 103 @7 p.m.
Percussion Club LHlO07l@9p.m Thursday: The
Bike Shop, in the bike shop @2 p.m. Prison Action
CAB 110 @3 pm Gaming Guild CAB 320 @4 p.m.
SEED Lab II #2242 @5 p.m. Peer Health Advocacy
Team CAB 320@ 5 p.m. Coming Out Support GlOup,
Co unseling Center, 5pm. WASHPIRGHHunger and
Homeless,Seminar 3156@4 pmWASHPIRGH Clean
Water Now,Semlnar 3516@5pmWASHPIRGHWater
Watch, Seminar 3516 @6p.m . Friday: Jewish
Cultural Center CAB 320 (fight outSideoffice) @2:30
pm Slightly Wesl CAB 320 @12 a.m. Saturday:
Percussion Cl ub CRC 116@Noon.Swlng Club HCC 24p.m. Sunday: Evergreen Medi eval SocietyCAB 110
@1 pm
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after dlscovenng the ability to manipula tethe force
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whic hIle falll tothe [mplre and becomes known dl
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