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"If we don't stand up and call out their names,
the next ones will be you and I" (Alice Dimicele)
Eva Solei! Clark 217/99
Julia Butterfly
Judi Bari
You have awakened hearts around the world
Converging the self with action
A selfless union that is tremendous in momentum
Inspirational and noble
Women sJfaking from hearts grounded for the good of life
Bridg{ng the gap between humanity and ecology
Judi Bari
You called for a union of laborers and environmentalists
You gave meaning to pUlling the Earth first
A vision with power to change the world
Judi Bari
Julia Butterfly
Two powerful and wise women
Whose vision will take root and grow
Whose words will fly
When you and I reach out to one another
And all the people
To make our dreams reality
When we the people take the lead
Our lives
Our world will benefit
When we begin to see
Our struggles really aren't that different
Then we have connection, we have power
And the stereotypes will burst with the momentum
Of water breaking through concrete
A Kaiser Steel worker on strike
An Olympia Earth Firster
Voices rising at the Capital Steps
Today February 11,2:30 PM
right here right now
United for quality in our lives
Call it out , speak your mind
Judi Bari
Julia Butterfly
Thank you to all the people who help us see.
A SURREAL POEM
Allies for Ancient
Forests
Cecilia Rodriguez
to visit Evergreen
page 10
page 73
Cooper (j>oint
(The rault ofFOVA studeata
tapping into the UDCODICicucc)
WhaI is special to you?
It is pointless.
What is forever?
It is IlInmine,
What is emotion?
It is a WODdcrful expteuioo of bow much I care.
What is orange?
It is sometbins you can touch. enjoy, and be younrelfwith.
What is 0IcIr Meyer bologna?
It is what is left over in my refrigeratoT.
lume 29 • Number 17
Jordan
Levinson
smiles
triumphantlyas
Alec Poor
holds the
remains of
an American
flag.
Levinson
ignited the
flag in Red
Square
Wednesday
afternoon,
after giving
a speech
railing
against
capitalism,
big business
and America.
Kevin Moore,
. who helped
Levinson
plan the
demonstration, called it
"a call to end
the apathy
on campus."
What is...love?
It is a tal) tree on a short hill.
What is a stranded cat on a too-tall roof?
It is scary.
What is absoJut~ zero?
It is all the government"s fault.
What is the pwpose of sJugs?
It is a terrible mistake.
What is funny?
It is crazy.
What is a dream?
It is leaping frogs.
What is joy?
It is the Holy Trinity in drag.
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after handing me the receipt.
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underneath a quiet ''thanks''
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starved animal after a piece of meat.
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The members of the student government
committee aren't daunted by the apparent
apathy with which many students view their
cause.
The general consensus was that students
are simply uninterested in the current process of
wri ting bylaws for the proposed studen t
government. The bylaws provide a framework for
how the government would work. Courtney
Aiken, a member of the Committee to
Implement the United Student Government,
said that students she's talked to showed "interest
in government, but not in bylaws."
David Taylor, another committee member,
said that the bylawproces5 is "boring. It's not fun
unless you're a process nerd."
Taylor said that he and Aiken, and other
committee members Robin Lea, Ken Radin and
Kevin Moore, have spent most of the quarter
crafting the set of bylaws . which were presented
at a forum earlier this month.
The forum was sparsely attended. with
only two students in attendance, though Taylor
notes that "the two people that showed up had a
lot to say."
The students who attended suggested that
the bylaws ought to make some provision in the
new student government for representation from
various academic departments. Suggestions like
this, Taylor said, "made us slow down the
process" to consider the students' input. The
group ultimately decided that this particular
suggestion was not feasible, said Aiken. since
by Mat Probasco
Editor
Noel fgnatiev spoke on·campus during the Day
ofAbsence at student and staff seminars and a
lecture. Noel is the author of How the Irish
Became White; co-editor/co-founderofthe Race
Traitor Journal (a journal of the new
Abolitionism movement); and a member ofthe
New Abolitionism Society. He has also tallght as
a professor at Harvard. Th e following is an
interview with Randy Engstrom, program
director ofKAOS, and Igna tie v.
nat0a~uum walls. Yet it was tilled with crap, thousands of pheasant feath~rs from a gogd got r~~dk'il 'fhthlf an
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Staff writer
majors."
Taylor also notes that the group, in talking
with students, has observed more support than
opposition, and more apathy than either. He said
this was "to be expected," and that Evergreen is
no different from other colleges in this regard.
Robin Lea said that she hadn't seen a lot of
student response, but that every student she'd
talked to had "been either for it or were not aware
that there wasn't a student government." Aiken
echoed this, saying she had "talked to a lot of
people who are surprised we don't have a student
government. ..
Eve~green students have made efforts to
start up some form of student government on
three previous occasions, all of them abortive. In
1997, students voted to give it another try.
Aiken said that she expects to see "more
interest expressed when the bylaws stage is over."
She said the committee may be finished by Feb.
26. though that could change.
.
Taylor said that the committee's current
plan is to hold elections in the spring for nextfaU's
student government, then step aside.
He said that the students' interest is at the
heart of the group's aims. "The way student
input's being collected is not the most efficient,"
he said, and students are "left running around
Red Square shouting about things" after it's
already too late for their input.
He noted, however, that if apathy and
hostility do prove to be the students' overriding
reactions, their say will be the final one. "Ifit fails
and that's what they want." he said, "that's okay."
"We want in the end what the student body
wants," he said.
Int!rview With. a
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Staff writer
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Student Government
Committee looks ahead
Randy: Why is whiteness more of a
capitalist tool, rather than an ethnicity?
Noel: This is a very competitive country.
.and whiteness is often a tool of some parts of the
laboring group to secure an advantage to
themselves. It also serves the interests of capital,
in that it makes some of the laboring class feel
they are favored, feel a loyalty, and be willing to
accept the system which degrades and explOits
them. Like any modern society, this country is
divided into masters and slaves, and the problem
is that many of the slaves identifY as part of the
master group because they think that they are
white and enjoy the privileges of the white skin.
In that sense, I think whiteness is an instrument
of capital. I think ethnicity is an all together
The search for a 1999 graduation speaker
different phenomenon. Ethnicity has to do with has ended, possibly.
a historically derived culture. It has something
Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Pennsylvania deathto do with language, religion,literature, music. I row inmate, was chosen Wednesday night to be
don't view ethnicity as any kind of tool, that is the speaker atgraduation by a group ofstudents
just the way people have lived over long periods and staff member Jesse Welch. dean of
of time. But whiteness is not based on any ofthal. enrollment se rvic es , who is organizing
Whiteness is based purely on social standing. graduation this year.
While I am pro-ethnic (I'd like to see it flourishing
About a month ago Welch's office sent a
with a multiplicity of cultures and languages), I questionnaire to each of this years graduating
am agai nst the white race as a socia l category, students. The mass mailing asked who students
because I think it represents nothing but wanted to have as graduation speaker. Of the
oppressIOn.
]600 letters sen t out. 68 returned; Gov. Gary
Randy: The new racism that exists isn't Locke was the most popular response.
direct racism, it's more of a "P.c." version of
Locke, however. declined the invitation
racism, it's institutionalized. more mainstream. because of a scheduling conflict.
Noel: Racism is not a term that I use ... It's
The runners-up were more or less in a three
interesting that when white folks talk abou t way tie: Mumia Abu-Jamal, author Tom
racism, they mean conscious intent to Robbins, and activist Terry Tempest·"'" ,:Harns.
discriminate against others. Whereas when black
In the interest ofspeed, Welch and agro up
people talk about racism, they mean differential of eight students met to resolve the dilemma .
results. So because of the variety of things that it Welch said he was concerned there were no
can mean, it is not a term that I find useful. Ithink faculty members in the group, and that the stalf
"whiteness" is an expression of injustice and was underrepresented.
oppression. What the white race consists ofis the
Discussion within the group came down
to a vote. Seven for Abu-Jamal, two against.
see Traitor on page 5
Welch, who voted against, said he was
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concerned by the student body's lack of
involvement. He added though, that he was
impressl'd by the passion of the students who
voted for Abu-Jamal. Although Welch said he'd
had just as many students tell him they would
not be happy with Abu-Jamal as the speaker.
Since Abu-Jamal's 1982 murder
conviction, for killing a Philadelphia police
officer, underground support has rushed to have
the case retried. Abu·Jamal worked as ajournalist
in the 1970s reporting on racial discrimination,
police misconduct, and the state of housing and
education in Philadelphia. In the 19605 AbuJamal was a member of the Black Panther Party.
Welch said the decision is far from final, "'1
have some things I need to clear up in my own
head. for myse lf." This is Welch's first time
running graduation and wants to be sure to
adhere tn preceding year 's processes. He plans
to take time to re-evaluate the decision .
Welch is most concerned with how people
will react to having a speaker who can't attend
the event.
Yuri Koslen, a student who was part of the
voting group said he hopes Abu-Jamal can record
his speech to tape. He points out that there is a
precedent setofhavinga non-present speaker at
graduation. Previously Leonard Peltier, jailed
Native American activist, spoke via a speech read
by someone else.
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you out) that the ACADEMIC FAIR for Spring Quarter is
comingl! ifby some freak of nature you do have some business
to take care of, the fair will be '1ednesday, March 3, from 4
p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Library building. Take heed, the date
published in the Academ ic Planning handbook, March 10. IS
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read. I've checked extensively on the details for this Newsbrief.
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First People's Advising is currently requesting recipe
slIbmissions for a cookbook to be sold as a fundraiser for this
year's community graduation dinn er and celebration (open to
all) . You can submit as many recipes as you'd like. Subm it
recipes for beverages. appetizers. salads, desserts, etc. Don't
forget vegan or vegetarian items too! When submitting, include
your name, telephone number, and a brief description of
yourself, and th e items you 're submittin g (origin, history,
hackgrollnd kinds of stllff). If yOIl 'd like to submit a recipe,
YOll can send it via campus mail. Address it to First Peoples'
Advising Services at mailstop: L1414. Or, drop it by their office
located in Lib 1407b. OR, use the miracles of our modern world
and e-mail your info to salinasr@elwha_evergreen.edu. By the
way, the deadline for submissions is February 26. If you have
any questions, please call them at x6284.
Latino Legislative Day
Thursday, February 25 from 9 a.m to 5 p.m., there will be
a conference on legislation affecting the Latino community at
the Department of Labor and Industries. The following is a
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tenlat ive agenda:
9 a.m.
Registration
10 a.m.
Opening remark and welcome by MC
Enrique Cerna , Executive Producer ofKCTS
9, and TV host for "True Colors"
10:15 a.m.
Legislative Issues Overview by: Maunuel
Romero, Exec. Dir. of Commission on
to
Hispanic Affairs, and other community
12: 15 p.m.
leadl.'rs
12:15 p_m.
Lunch: Courtesy of the Mayan Restallrant
1:15 p.m.
Guest Speakers:
The Honorable Gary Locke, Gov_, WA state
The Honorable Phyllis Gutierrez-Kenney,
House of Representatives
2p.m.
Legislative visits
to
5 p.m.
For more information or to schedule legislative visits in
the afternoon, please call the Latino Legislative Planning
Committee at (360) 753-3159.
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Vegetable Diesel?!
Thursday, February 18 in the CAL Lab (Lab II) at 1:30 p_m.
and again at 5 p.m. in Lab II, 2242 there will be a discussion
on producing your own diesel fuel replacement from vegetable
oil. The environmentally friendly product is called Biodiesel.
Wednesday, Feb_ 25 in Red Square at noon, there will be
a demonstration showing the steps in production and a vehicle
burning the wholemade fuel. For more information, call Amy
Best at 867-1182.
Confronting body image and
eating disorders
On Feb_ 23, 24 and 25, the Women's Resource Center, the
TESC Health Center, The Counseling Center and others will host
events concerning body image and eating disorders. All events
are free and open to the public
Tuesday, they will present The Famine Within, a
documentary investigating the contemporary absession with
body size and shape amoong North American women. The
documentary will screen at 5 p.m_ in Lecture HailS.
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Longhouse they will host
six panelists induding Nomy Lamm, Hilary Russian, jenn
Bowman, Courtney Aiken, Matthew Campbell and Ronnie
Hacken. They will speak on their experiences with body image
and/or eating disorders. Following the panel there will be an
open mic for students, faculty, and community members to
share their stories and experiences_
Wrapping up their event schedule on Thursday, they will
screen two movies in Lecture Hall 5, beginning at 5 p.m_ The
first film, Bulimia, a binge and purge obsession discusses the
cause and effect of bulimia and self destructive binge eating and
vomiting. which a high percentage of high school and college
women view as a routine part oftheir everyday lives. The second
movie, Eating Disorders, the slender trap describes the
symptoms and results of anorexia nervosa, bulimia and
compulsive eatingand identifies methods of selfhelp and ways
to help friends_
Safeplace seeking volunteers
Safeplace, rape relief and women 's shelter services is now
recruiting dedicatd volunteers. Application deadline is March
15. Volunt ee r training begins April S. Th ey are seeking
volunte ers for the following duties : counseling and referral.
workin g with youth, answering crisis line calls, facilitating
support groups, community outreach. fundraising, offi ce work
and more! For more information, plea se call 786-8754 V/ TTY.
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Blotto Thoughts ... .
By Aaron Cansler
Well, it's been two weeks since other! Steal from your amI your
the last installment of Blotto Thoughts jobs, or your churches, but not from
college students' Or at least, not me!
and I am sorry to announce that due to
Last Thursday- A "disturbance"
the extreme popularity of this column,
many people went through what talented in student housing .. _ How odd that this
vague discription is the only
doctors can only call "Blotto Thoughts
"disturbance" that occured recently. On
Withdrawal." Sym,ptoms of this
that note, just what does it take to be a
withdrawal are characterized by severe
"disturbance" here at Evergreen? I
nausea, shaking, opening the past two
mean, I've seen some pretty weird shit
weeks CPJ's and frantically searching
for the non-existent column, and violent go down 'round these parts, and it was
never classified as a "distrubance. "
exp losive diarrhea. If you think you or
anyone else you might know (even mere What exactly is the line you have to
cross in order to he classified a
acquaintances) is suffering from this
terrible malady, please slap them around "disturbance?" Can you drunkenly run
up and down the various hallways
a bit and give them some Immodium
wearing only plastic wrap and Vaseline
AD. And now on to a few thoughts on
while chanting the latest Bjork tune and
this week's Security Blotter:
not be classified a "disturbance?" What
Wednesday, 2151- A theft in Pif you have a banana up your butt and
Dorm_ Question: Why do people steal
you're bleeding from your ears?
from college students? Every time I
Oh,yeah , and on Thursday,
think about this question, it throws my
mind into some semi-confused stale and some guns were found in the woods and
someone stole some vegetation. What
I am forced to turn on the television,
the '*%$#@ is that all about?
cause I just can't think anymore . Of
By the way, I am now proud to
course, maybe it's just me_ Maybe I am
announce that I am starting my very own
the only one who realizes that
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and found out about it, I just stood there free, but you have to write a few brief
sentences stating why you love Blotto
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Thursday, February 18 at 3:30 p.m. in CAB 110. the
teachings of Marshall Rosenberg (intern ational peacemaker.
medi ato r and teacher) will be disc ussed. Rosenberg teaches a
form of co mmuni cation des igned to cre ate intim acy .
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NEWS
NEWS
Community lot support
by Nichol Everett
Staff writer
WashPIRG
worried about
Heritage Forests
TRAITOR
from cover
people who enjoy the advantages and privileges
ofwhiteness, and take part in that in this society.
The signs on the old drinking fountains in the
South didn't say "colored" on one side and
"racist" on the other, it sa id "colored" and
"white." Today, whiteness as a social category is
maintained through the operation of
institutions, which on the whole are
administered by well intentioned people, who
are for the most part unaware that they are
engaged in reproducing racial oppression. That
makes it all the more effective. Children today
are tracked into different educational systems.
In the old days, the schools were overtly
segregated on the basis of race. Today, they're
segregated on the basis of tests given in the early
years, which test nothing more than the ability
to take those tests. [Racial discrimination) is
being reproduced by standards and mechanisms
that appear to be objective, but when you look
at them they are in fact not objective, but are
racially biased. The difficulty is to challenge those
institutions.
Randy: How can we train ourselves to see
these institutions? Where can we notice it
becoming evident?
Noel: It is evident all over in every
institution. Just look at any school, any
neighborhood, any job category, and see the
racial make-up, and you will almost always find
that it is not the same as the population of the
country or region as a whole. That in itself is
objective, quantifiable, verifiable data of
whiteness - that's what it means. Then you ask
yourself: How is that balance maintained? How,
for instance, is the composition of the student
body at this institution maintained? If you
investigate it you will probably find that it is not
maintained by explicit, overt discrimination
agailllit people of color. Rather, it is maintained
by a whole battery of accumulated education
whose peak is the SAT system, or having attended
good highschools or prep schools. And so the
result is an educational institution that is not
representative of the country as a whole.
Randy: What role has suburbanization
played in maintaining and upholding the idea
of the white race?
Noel: The real impetus to the development
of suburbs came in the 40's and 50's with the
development of the Federal Housing Authority
and the Veterans Housing Authority, both of
which guaranteed low mortgages and low
interest loans to fami lies seeking to purchase
homes. That, combined with the policies that
were begun under the Eisenhower
administration of essentially subSidizing the
automobile industry by expanding the
interstates, and the largest federal welfare
submitted by Theresa Howell
Contributing writer
At the comer of Division and Harrison
stands a BP station, a travel agency, the Value
Village center, and an empty lot. TIle proposal
for development ofthe lot, which is owned in part
by the public, and a private owner, is a Fast Fuel
Mini Mart. Agroup ofconcerned citizens from
throughout the community took it upon
themselves this past weekend to reclaim this lot
as community property. TIley gat.hered. yowlg
and old, as citizens of our community who feel
that another gas station is not needed, and would
like to see the space cleaned up and t:umed into a
positive area for our community to gather. 111e
group cleaned up the litter, and made close to a
dozen signs reading messages such as Reclaim
This Space, What do you want to see here? and
Community Space. They also renovated several
old school bus seats to use as benches, and
planted flowers to brighten up the area.
What would you, as a citizen of this
community. like to see put in this space? A
community garden? Aplay area for children? A
neighborhood theater? Or a gas station? If you
would like to writeyourown proposal or to comment
on the existing one, please write:
837 7th Ave. SE
Olympia, WA 98507
or call: Jackie 753-8314 for conmlents or info. A
petition is also available at the British Petroleum (BP)
station on the comer of Division and Harrison.
The newly released interim moratorium on
road building in National Forests provides some
protection to wild forests, yet fails to satisfY the
Clinton-Gore Administration pledge to truly
preserve the last unprotected,wilderness in our
National Forests.
Dave Gates of Washington Public Interest
Research Group (WashPIRG) remarked: The
interim moratorium is the first step towards
protection of the last of our pristine, wild forests.
However, loopholes leave vast tracts of scenic
wilderness-our Heritage Forests-open to
destmction.
America's Heritage Forests consist of all
roadles'~ areasoflOOO acres or greater in our National
Forests. The last unprotected forest wilderness,
Heritage Forests serve a variety of important public
photo by Megan Davis
From left: Kylee Day, Ray Ray Klements, Carrie Day,
values including places to hike, camping & fishing
Zoe w., Sarah Vekasi, and Nichol Everett.
for millions ofAmericans, a habitat for wildlife, and
clean drinking water for communities. .
Council regarding any item related to City busines'~ around the community in opposition to the
The temporary moratorium draws a clear
that isnoton the City Council agenda." (Source: City proposed gas station. 11le petition asks the Council distinction between the lofty goal of protecting our
Council agenda). Several concerned citizens spoke to suspend the current plan and work with the Heritage Forests and the harsh reality of what will
up during this time about their feelings on the community on an alternative one. Other issues happen on the ground in our forests. While the
proposed gas station on the comer ofDivision and brought up by the remaining speakers were their moratorium protects some roadless areas in our
Harrison. One woman who had gone door to door concerns ofenvironmental hazards, the problem of National Forests, it leaves other areas, including
throughout the community related some of the the already busy intersection, the construction ancient forests in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest,
comment~peopleinthecommunityhadexpressed
needed to renovate the lot, and its' impact on the open to destructive logging and roadbuilding. In
Notes from the city council meeting...
to her. Among the top concerns were those of using immediate residents of the area, the economic addition, there are strong indications from the
The monthly city council meeting was held the area for positive development, and the question repercussions for local businesses, and the Administration that the roadless policy has more to
this past Tues., Feb. 16 at7 p.m. at City Hall. After an as to whether we really need another gas station. One compatibility of the scale of the structure with the do with roadbuilding than with protecting roadless
award presentation for the building design of AWC woman told her that she would rather see homeles'~ surrounding buildings.
areas.
office addition, and a proclamation that Olympia was people setting up tents on the property than another
The one thing not made entirely clear was
Specifically, loopholes in the moratorium
declaring 1999 George Washington Year, was a 24-hour mini· mart.
.
where the proceedings are at this point. One person exempt some of our most important National
segrnentcalled Public Communications. Duringthis
The next citizen to speak was a man who had said that the pennit had already been granted, Forests. including the Tongass National Forest in
section ofthe proceedings, "citizens may address the presented the Council with 250 signatures from another said that the proposal was still before the Alaska (our nation's largest) and the forest~ covered
----..!----:::..:...----..:....-----.:...------------"------, design review board. The last comment that was under the Northwest Forest Plan. lllese forests are
understood was that it wot~d be presented before key strongholds for old growth and home to
theboardsoon,andthattheproceedingswereopen . endangered species like the coho salmon and
to the public. Also, if the proposal is approved by
See WashPIRG on page 5
the site plan review committee it can still be appealed.
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respectable politics in this country. This has been
the tradition of the women's right's movement,
wnich became a movement of suffrage for wh it e
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which became a movement to defend th e
interests not of workers in general. flut of wh ite
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of black workers. Because of a variety of
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that exists in all those other movements.
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policy exempts roadless areas sma ller than
5,000 acres and allows for logging, oil and gas
development and illegal motorized activity in
all road less areas.
Gates concluded: Chief Dombeck has
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roadless areas. The Administration has shown
it can talk the talk, the real question is whether
it can walk the walk. Based on the temporary
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Wash PI RG is the state's leading
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program in American existence: the income tax African American culture, specifically now, Hiprebates to families that purchase homes, is what Hop culture. Do you think that there is a message
built the suburbs. At that tin1e, black folk were of hope in this, or is this just a traditional thing
excluded from those suburbs by direct action. that has always happened?
The real estaters would not show them homes,
Noel: I think there is a message of hope in
and when they were occasionally allowed to it. but hope differed maketh the heart sick. The
purchase a home, mobs surrounded the homes, fact that large numbers of white kids are looking
burnt them, and burnt crosses. In the 50s the to Hip-Hop music to me is a testimony to their
suburbs became white enclaves, and they were sense that there is something inadequate in their
created by people who wanted decent homes own tradition. There is a yearning to transcend
after the Depression and WWII ... which adapted the barriers orthe narrowness and provincialism
themselves to an American segregationist of their own world. They perceive something in
tradition, and maintained themselves by all- that music which is missing in their own lives,
white. This has reproduced itselfsince, and that and in that sense it is hopelll\. There is a tradition
becomes one of the sources of Whiteness today: of white Americans borrowing from African·
the accumulated wealth that ordinary white folks Americans, as there is a tradition of Africanhave, that black folks do not have access to. Americans borrowing from EuropeanToday, the income gap between black and white Americans as well· that is a universal cultural
families has narrowed considerably, but the tradition. By itself, it doesn't mean much . On the
wealth gap [has not l. The accumulated wealth other hand it may be significant ilit is politicized.
of white families is on average 10-12 times higher An example that I would like to give is the white
at all social levels than the accumulated wealth girls in an all-white school, in an all-white town
of black families. For white families of modest in Central Indiana a couple of years ago, who
means, essentially the source of that wealth is a watched MTV and decided to come to school in
home that was bought 40 to 50 years ago with baggy pants and the "Hip-Hop" unilorm. They
Federal Housing Authority assistance (bought for ran up against a tremendous amount of
$11,000, fifty years later it's worth $200,000). opposition from other students who said "if they
That money is being passed on to the next don't wantto be white, they shouldn't live here."
generation. It provides a base for even working What is significant is that those girls refused to
class white families of relatively modest means renounce their culture, but rather defended
to have something to start out on that black themselves, reached out to the black community
families don't have. ' Along with this in an adjacent town, went on the Mantel
suburbanization comes a different segregated Williams talk show, and politicized [the
school system. The general direction of mostly- situation]. They said "it means we are trying to
white suburb schools is to channel these students break out of whiteness, and we are going to
toward developing skills which are useful and are defend our right to do so," and they cracked open
marketable within the official economy, whereas whiteness in that town. But ifit hadn't corne to
access to those skills [in mostly non-white inner that point, it would have been meaningless, just
city schools] is largely denied.
as a whole lot of other cultural borrowing is
Randy: What about the role of the meaningless or worse. What this country needs
"suburban family?" You have mentioned that this is a whole lot of people who look whitr and don't
family has become a "prison" for women and act white.
children.
Randy: Why does this challenge to
Noel: Many folks have written and whiteness have such a large potential to allect
elaborated on this, such as the femin ist change? Do you see a way that it could nnifYother
movement, and I don't have a whole lot to add activist movements as well?
to that except to say that the suburbs, because of
Noel: A variety of different movements
the way of life there atomizes a community so have come forward with legitimate dcmands,
that there isn't even a community. It breaks and because of their unwillingness to escape or
people up into small nuclear family units, which challenge the rules of whiteness, they have
reinforces all of the traditions of patriarchy at adapted and accommodated themselves to
atomization and isolation. The fact that shopping
malls have become one of the few social spaces , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
for young people in the suburbs is to me a
testimony ... to the terrible cultural
impoverishment of their world· that they have
to hang Jut at malls in order to see each other
Randy: A lot of people have referred t.o
malls as "identity stores".
Noel: Yes, I would say that the shopping
mall is the heaven of the world whose hell is the
concentration camp.
Randy: Traditionally, and most recently in
large numbers, white youth have been emulating
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The Evergreen women's basketball team
closed out the home portion of its season last
weekend, and with wildly varying results. Jen
May's driving layin and three-point conversion
with three seconds left capped a furious rally
to give Evergreen a 60-57 victory Friday over
Concordia College. The celebrating was shortlived, though, as Evergreen could not overcome
a lights-out three-point shooting display by
Western Baptist University on Saturday, losing
66-48. The women are now 5-19, with one
ga me remaining at Northwest College this Saturday, Feb. 20, with a date in the postseaso n
looming with Western Or('gon Un iversity on
Saturday, Feb. 27.
The lady Geoducks we re stru gglin g
mightily going in at halftime Friday nigh t, having shot just 22 percent from the field. They
had made only five shots while committing 11
turnovers, and found themselves trailing
Concordia 33-]7. An initial spark out of the
ga tes was an imperative if they wanted to climb
back into the game.
Alex Dagnoll gave them just that. registering six points and a blocked shot during an
8-0 run that cut the deficit in half at 33-25,
prompting a timeout from Concordia head
coach Paula Nirsch!. Five straight points from
Concordia's Bobbi Benson pushed the lead
back to 38-25, and the teams traded baskets
from there until Renee Kesting's layup gave
Concordia a 46-31 lead with 10:25 remaining.
The game was slipping away from Evergreen slowly, and Concordia players, perhaps
sensing this, started to playa bit lackadaisically. This would prove to be a tremendous
mistake. They got soft on defense and tentative on offense, and Evergreen made them pay.
May got everything started with back-toback threes, and Chrissie Voyles's jumper from
the corner cut Concordia's lead to 46-41 with
8:46 left to play. May was then fouled on a
three-point attempt and converted two of the
three free throws. Dagnon capped the 13-0 run
with a free throw and a layup off an assist from
May, and just like that Evergreen was down just
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throws from Dagnon. After Concordia's Sarah
Peterson hit the second of two free throws,
Evergreen looked to pull even. Did they ever.
With apologies to May, Angie Desler hit
the shot of the night with 2:07 to play, She
drove hard along the baseline and scooped in
a phenomenal reverse layup just as the shot
clock was set to expire. All of a sudden it was a
brand new ballgame, thanks to what may have
been the shot of Desler's life.
Concordia's JillJohnson was foul ed while
converting a driving off balance runner in the
"We wanted the last
shot, " said Evergreen
coach Rick Harden
afterwards. "And we
wanted to put the ball
in Jen's hands," he
added with a smile.
lane but could not convert the free throw, leaving the lead at two. Evergreen's Erin Macleod
confidently nailed a 15-fo ot jumper off a feed
from Dagnon, but Kesting answered with a
layup, the last of her tea m-high 17 points. Indeed, she didn't even get another chance to
score, for on Evergreen's next trip down the
floor, she fouled out trying in vain to keep
Voyles from scoring on a runner. Voyles's
bucket and three-point conversion gave Evergreen its first lead since the earliest stages of
the game. With 54 seconds showing,
Concordia had lost not only the lead, but its
best player as wei!.
Concordia wasted little time getting back
on offense. Johnson drove into the lane for a
runner and was fouled by Macleod, who appeared to block the shot cleanly, at least from
the press box. Johnson made only the first free
throw, tying the score at 57 with 45 seconds to
go. After an Evergreen timeout, May's threepointer rimmed out, but Evergreen recovered
the long rebound and called timeout again,
with 16 seconds left.
"We wanted the last shot, we didn 't want
to give them another chance to score," said
Evergreen coach Rick Harden afterwards. "And
we wanted to put the ball in Jen 's hands," he
added with a smile. It was May who just two
weeks earlier had iced a win with some last secand drama.
The play was designed to isolate May at
the top of the key, with Evergreen 's taller players drawn away from the basket. "Both Alex
and Chrissie can hit an open jumper if Jen decides to dish," Harden would say. But May realized she had a smaller playe r defending her,
and her path to the hoop was essentially UIIimpeded. "No one was wide open, so I just
tried to shoot over her," May r('cou nted. Besides, the iso at the top of the k('y : that\
everybody's pipe dream play. Was there rea lly
any doubt what she was going to do?
With abo ut six seconds left, she started
hard to her right. With a little dip ort he shoulde r she raised and banked in a sligh tly o1I'I.J 3 1alice la yup. She was fouled 011 the play, calmly
converted the free throw, and O I1C(, Johnson's
halfcourt heave fell har mlessly to the wayside,
it was olftcial:)en May had WOII another ga me
in the closing seconds.
She saw it a little differently, however.
"We moved the ball around well ton ight," said
May after the game. "We never got down, we
just picked up the intensity. We pulled together as a team, and that's why we won ," she
added.
Saturday night was Senior Night, marking the last game that Sara lampo, Heidi
Haynes, Desler, and Dagnon would play at
home. However, the halftime ceremony to
honor the dearly departed was just about the
only highlight, at least for Evergreen.
Western's litany of perimeter shooters went
absolutely nuts, burying nine-of-18 three-point
attempts in the first half alone, running out to
a 44-18 halftime lead. On offense, Evergreen
had no answers for Western's full court trap.
When they did break the pressure, Evergreen
was unable to convert any transition baskets.
Western's defenders were getting back on 'D'denying lanes, anticipating entry passes, forcing turnovers. Evergreen was led by Dagnon's
17 points and 15 rebounds.
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Cooper Point Journal
February 18, 1999
Men's b-ball update
Player suspended, may miss
remainder of season
In the latest of a trying series of
adversarial circumstances, Trelton
"Tuggie" Spencer has been suspended from the team, due to a "violation of team rules, " said Evergreen
head coach John Barbee. He would
not elaborate further, saying only that
Spencer, who has already missed the
last two games, would likely miss the
season finale this Saturday, Feb , 20 ,
though he will rejoin the team. A decision has not been made as to
whether Spencer will be able to play
in the postseason game to be held
at Evergreen on Saturday, Feb . 27.
Spencer has been out of town to attend to personal matters, but will return in time for Saturday's game .
Before his suspension, Spencer
had been enjoying an all-Americacaliber season. He currently ranks
in the top 15 nationally in two offensive categories. His 22.4 points per
game ranks 15th, while his 86 percent free throw accuracy rate is good
for 12th.
Players earn regional honors
Two Evergreen players in a row
have been named NAIA regional
player of the week. Two weeks ago,
Spencer was named shortly before
his suspension after averaging 33.5
points, 6 rebounds and 3.5 steals
over two games. Last week, Chip
Griffith garnered the award after setting a school record for three-pointers in a game with a whopping nine
in last Friday's 77-60 pummeling of
Multnomah Bible College. He finished the game with 29 points.
Both Spencer and Griffith were
subsequently nominated for national
player of the week.
Only two home games remain!
Saturday's 7:30 game against
Seattle U _ is the final game of
Evergreen's regular season. The
team will honor its seniors during a
halftime ceremony. The men will then
host a playoff game on Saturday,
Feb. 27, against Western Oregon
University.
JJe ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
JJF REEDOM OF SPEECH:
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Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being
responsible for the abuse of that right."
- Article I, Section 5, Washington State Constitution 1889
A soda pop conspiracy
CIA: Corporate Imperial Army Armed police pose a threat
Piper's
Pit
bv Saab 1.0 liOll
(Cultural and political analysis for Evergreen
students and other Olympia residents-in case
you couldn't tell)
Every ciyilized society in history is steered
by the prevailing public opinion of its lime , bUI
has lasted because the people within Ih ose
societies have trusted each other (and whoever's
been delegated to take charge), People also have
to be able to tru st the means by which Ih e
prevailing public opinion of the times is sirercd- i,e. the media.
At last cou nt, less than a dozen
transnational corporations own every rnaj or
network and newspaper there is. And that's bad
enough, but my research indi ca tes there's
something else at work within Ihe already
corporately-owned media as well.
As much trash as I talk about the media , al
least it can be said (with a grain of salt) that rich
people usual/ydon 't lie outrighl aboul the news
of the day since their investments depend on
accurate information. Usually what happens is
a corporately-owned network will simply waste
invaluable time lalking about the Spice Girls and
Ihe Teletubbies instead ofMumia Abu Jamal and
Leonard Peltier.
Unless you're either an empathic , class
conscious intellectual or actually in jail for a
crime you couldn't have committed, you'll never
know politically-biased imprisonment exists in
"the land of the free" if you rely solely on the
corporately-owned media for your news, and
obviously that's evil. Bul there is a difference
(albeit sligh I) between reporting about a bunch
of dolls from England while ignoring political
prisoners altogether-and outright lying.
The CIA's never had a problem with lying
about something. Hell , thai's what they get paid
Ihe big bucks wilh our tax dollars 10 do! Be it
about JFK, crack, you name it. But on page 52
of Mark Zepezaucr's book, The CIA '.I' Grealest
Hits, you can read as I have that the CIA, "owns
dozens of newspapers and magazines the world
over." Zepezauer says the CIA uses these papers
and zines, "to planl misinformation that
regularly makes it back 10 the US through the
wire services." He Ih en goes on 10 say thai, "Ihe
CIA has ew n placed agenls on guard at the wire
services, to prevent incollvenient facts from
being disseminaled.'·
Carl Bernslein, of the Woodward and
BernSlein team who exposed Nixon, revealed in
1977 Ihat "over 400 US journalisls had been
employed by the CIA," according to Zepezauer-who also said that "nearly every major US news
organization has had spooks Islang for CIA1 011
Ihe payroll, usually wi IlIlhe cooperalioll of lop
management. "
Bernstein's landmark article in '77 also
told of how the CIA (then led by tile George
Bush) tried to, "limit CongreSSional inquiry into
the matter, with claims that 'some of the biggest
names in journalism could get smeared. '" But
the CIA couldn't qu ite do it, fortunately. The
February 16th, 1996 issue of The San Francisco
Chronicle spoke of how the CIA had to adopt a
regulation in 1977 barring the practice of media
infiltration, which was "a response to a public
outcry after congressional committees disclosed
thai the CIA had had clandestine agents posing
as American journalists for decades, "
But the regulation, "does not apply to
foreign journalisls, whom the CIA still looks 10
recruit," according to Ihe Chronicl~which also
reported Ihal there's a "little-publicized provision
Ihat il [Ihe regulation] may be waived, 'with the
specific approval' of the agency's director .... "
I want to make it perfectly clear that
corporale ownership of the media is NOTsome
kind of lesser-than-two-evils alternative to the
CIA running Ihe show. As far as I'm concerned,
there's barely a microbe's worth of difference
between Big Brother and Big Business. Workerownership is the way to go, but until we get to
that point, we had better damn well practice what
Noam Chomsky called "intelleclual self-defense"
every time we view the news from now on.
Civilized societies last because their
populations can trusl one another _.. At least to
some extent. But if our news has been molested
by the Corporate Imperial Army for decades, we
had better all pray Ihe prevailing public opinion
of our time hasn't already been steered down a
dark path from which there is no escape,
Evergreen ·has its own
victim
ritual
abuse
history
speaks out
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What a weekend il was. II had been slrange
Friday ni ght. Rill Sunday night my
boyfriend and I seemed to be swinging inl o Ihe
1l000munlii two tine genlleman of western back
hills clllture arrived to demonslrate how wrong
we were 10 think anyp lace is safe from homohating people. After seeing Ihe lireworks of a
beaul iful kis~, I saw the lirc"'orks of having a fisl
inll'r:lcl wilh our jaws. This, or (ourse , look ;1
111<))lIelil of adjuslmenl, 11111 after that we were
Ihri lied III fi nd thai two people had nol only Sl'en
"hat had happl'ncd bUI I'olunleered to lil1 out
\\, ltlll'\S r (' p()rt~ . 1 recall bcingconfilsed aboullh e
rl'aSO Il for Ihl' hil. although il was all obvious
h:lll' nillil', and happy Ihat SOllleone saw whal
IwJ h:lppcllrd in a semi-dark dub.
TInt is whall recall orone of the crappiest
Ilights in Ihe lasl 28 yea rs. Whal I know 1I0W is
thai ol'er a dozen people saw Ihis act ofscnseless
:lggres~ion. ~ot only did man)' people see th e
cnl ire sce lle, bUI were willing 10 tellihe managcr
tli:11 Ihey had scc n what happened .
Lllioriunatcly, no one exce pl for Scott and his
co mpanion were willilig to slep forward and fill
oul witness reports. It hit us really hard to find
oUll hat lIlallYof those who did nol step forward
wcre Evergreen si udents. All of Ih e sarcasms in
the world (ould not have put it so eloquently as
'ico tt Frank in his article; Students should hJl'e
MO llell in 1101 lied, ill Cprs last IFeb. 41 edit ion.
Thanks, Scott and friend.
~inc('
I am puzzled by Scott Frank's attempts
to publicly debate with himself on the issue of
Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) in the Jan_ 14 and
Jan . 28 issues of the CPJ. Does his first letter,
or his second one represent his true position?
Are the letters an attempt at humor; more of
the nihilism Evergreen iconoclasts offer up as
an antidote to the reflexive and reactionary
rhetoric and bellefthat is the Evergreen norm?
If so, I am unimpressed,
There were indeed victims of the ritual
abuse moral panic that swept the country in
the 80'5 and 90's - those falsely accused of
the crimes.
I wonder if Mr. Scott has been in
Olympia long enough to know that we had a
case that gained international attention - the
Paul Ingram case. The Cooper Point Journal
ran a multi-part series on the case by thenstudent Chris Bader. The series was the only
good coverage of the case locally. Bader
thoroughly
debunked the authorities' case, and put it in
the context of historicwitchhunts. It was
arguably the finest piece of journalism ever
published by the CPJ.
Paul Ingram remains in prison to this
day. while the chief inquisitor, Thurston
County Sheriff Department Deputy Neil
McClanahan went on to serve as interim
director of Campus Security at Evergreen, He
collaborated with his employers in the
Evergreen administration to bring guns to the
campus security.
The Evergreen community might have
been interested in learning that the man
entrusted with the job of arming security held
such delusional ideas - but the editors of the
CPJ declined to inform them, By then they had
joined their peers in the Olympia press (and
campus and community activism) in
advancing the wild and unsupported claims of
ritual abuse.
It's odd that the issue that provoked such
upheaval has been forgotten, for the most part.
Even the people who most vocally proclaimed
their victimhood have constructed new
personal narratives, now presenting
themselves as victims of unnamed and
imagined foreign wars, or as aggrieved sex
workers,
In the meantime, the falsely accused try
to rebuild their lives, or languish in jail, I expect
all of this to be of little interest to Greeners,
who generally like to beat their chests and
proclaim their support for putative political
prisoners incarcerated in, say, Philadelphia,
but who support false accusations when it's
closer to home_ There are still women
imprisoned at Purdy, in separate cases, on false
SRA accusatio~s who would love to tell you
their story, and have your support. They have
been ignored,
Matt Love
Jeremy Tibbs
Cooper Point Journal
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February 18,1999
opened the door to the dialogue which eventually
led to campus police arming.
I am not opposed to an officer being armed
in such a situation, It makes sense- the medics
don't want to be there if there's a risk of them
being knifed by someone who also slashed a
student, for instance. And an armed officer
would be present anyway-it just w<?uldn't be a
TESC cop. In fact , I would rather that it be a
TESC officer there than the TCSO-TESC cops
know our students, they are used to dealing with
th em, and they're known and generally liked on
campus, Dollars to doughnuts, a TESC officer
can defuse a situation involving one of our
students more effectively than a Thurston
County deputy.
Nonetheless, in light of Ihe incidents
involving the misuse of weapons on campus, I
Ihink that it is only fair for the dialogue to be
reopened
concerning
under
which
circumstances campus police may be armed.
According to Chief Huntsberry, an officer al
Police Services' headquarters can respond to an
incident anywhere on campus in under three
minutes. It seems to me that it would be possible
to keep a weapon at Police Services'
headquarters-under lock and key-where il
would remain "until such time as it is needed,"
The medics can't make it to campus that quickly
anyway-anCi it's my understanding that there's
always an officer on patrol , and an officer at the
station on backup.
Guns have already caused too much trouble
on campus, If an officer has a gun, he or she has
the option to use (or misuse) it-an~ may be
more inclined to solve a problem quickly and
violently than to engage in a dialogue and defuse
a situation peacefully. Furthermore, I think that
it is armed officers in bullet-proof cars which has
led to the confrontational "state of war" in
America between police and the citizens they're
supposed to be protecting. Wars always
escalate--what next, bazookas and tanks? Such
a scenario may not be far off in Los Angeles, but
this is a peaceful college campus. Why should
we start down that road, and make the same
mistakes?
Let's stop this madness before someone is
killed or badly injured. Evergreen is no place for
guns.
Robert Walker
More battleaxe responses
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CoM"PL I Al\ENrAR.Y
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Steven Gill asserted in his Jan. 28 letter to
the Cooper Point Journal that "officer safety" was
the "primary" reason behind arming campus
.
police.
Actually, the arming of police officers has
arguably been less safe to the Evergreen
community than them being armed. Already,
there have been incidents of firearms both
carelessly used, and used in violation of campus
procedures, One officer has already resigned as
the result of weapons-related allegations.
Additionally, Police Services did not seek
approval to carry weapons with officer safety as
the primary motive. They claimed that student
safety was more at issue ,
In my discussions both with Steve
Huntsberry (the TESC police chief) and with
various faculty members prior to my gun prolest
last year, the primary reason given for arming
police officers was that an armed police officer
must be present during medical assists.
Previously, when Medic One responded to an
incident involving an injury, the Thurston
County Sheriff's Ollice responded with an armed
officer. However, TCSO informed the TESC
police that they could no longer guarantee a
prompt response for medical assists. This
Welcome back to the GeoScoop"",
Evergreen '''''s (and pOSSibly the world'''''s)
foremost gossip, society and information
column, We here at the GeoScoop'''' take our jobs
seriously. You might think.we sit around eating''''
Doritos'''''all day-you are wrong. We know that
this week's edition will inform you like an animal,
you will feel the gossip from the inside, and your
whole existence will no (onger be flawed . Lt"t's
GO!
AI the GeoScoop'''' we hate 10 dredge up
silly 01' conspiracy'''' information, but this time
we had to. Many students on Ihis fmc campus
would like to think of the CRe'''' as a bastion of
physical fitness, smelly towels, saunas (you know
who you are and we hope you are staying safe),
and of course TESC"" Basketban"", but the swel'l
smell of sweal has become embittered by The
Man""(akkka Korporate AmeriKKKa). Our.
sources at Ihe Campus Food and Beverage
Council""have alerted us the stunning fact Ihal
the CRC"" contains the mosl sodalsnakfood
vending units on the campus. According to the
CFABC report the CRe'''' has over 9000% more
slsf units than the Arls"" Allnex and Parking''''
Booth combined. Some influential sources inside
the CRC'''' believe that the CocaCola Company''''
by Sarah Manvel
If you're a theatrical person, or if you don't
know what you're doing next quarter, have I got
news for you! The rest of you can skip to the next
paragraph .... I am part of a group of students
trying to produce a student-written play called
Good Morning. Midnight, from the novel by
Jean Rhys. We need ten actors, five women and
five men ages 20-40+, lechies, and deSigners. So
if you're interested in participating, especially as
part of a 1G-creclit group contract, please oh
pleasl' coni act me, either through the CPJ or by
emailingbanriona@holmail.com. Cheers big
ears!
Now back to the resl of the axe-swinging:
David Simpson: Thank you very much for
your thoughtful column of last week IFeb. 41. I
appreciated it a lot, since it reminded me that
what I say does affect people, and also that there
are at leasl a few good men out there. Well,
maybe even several. Thanks.
Saab Lofton: A few weeks ago, you wrote a
column about how outrageous it was that jokes
about bombs on planes were taken seriously by
airline staff. Well , paint me blue and call me
Smurfettc! Did you ever hear about shouting fire
in a crowded theater? That kind of free speech
endangers the lives of others. Come on. I knew
a girl who died on Pan Am 103, which was the
Iragedy that led to all the heighlened security. If
the bomber had cracked a joke or two, maybe
she would have lived to graduate college,
I also spent last year in Northern Ireland.
When the Omagh bombers called in their
warning, they lied about the bombs' location ,
and as a result twenty·nine people were killed,
and two hundred more lost Iheir arms, Iheir
eyes, their taces, their legs. Was the recipient of
thai call supposed to take a joke? A carnival
parade was due to enl er that intersection in ten
minutes. This all happened Aug. 16, and the
bastards still haven't been caught, because other
people who helped, people who probably joked
about the bomb ahead of time, have hidden
them. Yeah, it's a real laugh. One of the women
who died, Avril Monaghan, was seven months
H OW t 0 SU bml-t _
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pregnant with twins. Her mother and her twoyear-old daughter died beside her. Her husband
is now raising their three other children, all
younger than six, by himself. I wonder how they
would react if they were ever in line next to you
on a plane. All the rest of your columns have been
really solid, but for those motherless childrens'
sakes , keep this kind of humor Ollt of it.
Yeah, I know I should have included that in
last week's column, but it didn't quite fit with last
week testosterone-induced temper tantrum. And
the events of this past Friday, i.e . Clinton's
acquittal, have not cheered me up any, which I
am sure is a shock. But this is my school, and my
paper, and I don't want to feel like the girl in the
boys' room forever. I don't want to feel that
anywhere. If I'm not welcome, in my own skin,
what kind of a world is Ihis? And what kind of
paper?
Come on, Evergreen womcn, WHO'S GOT
MY BACK?
Next week: Why we should love Lorena
Bobbitt and Linda Tripp.
Alternative
media
In my attempt to point out the
tremenelous power of the Associated Press in
my "Power of the Press-Olympia Style"
article. I did fail to point out the fact that the
Olympia area has many great alternative
news sources, all of which you mentioned
[letter from Wendy Ortiz, CPJ, Feb. ill. I have
read, but don't forget the Cooper Point
Journal, which deserves mention for its active
student press,
Maybe what is really needed is a
meeting of the minds. We need to get all the
news out there, so pe9ple can make more
educated choices.
Patrick Kelly
Cooper Point Journal
has plans to make all Greeners"" lethargic, fat,
smelly, junk food consumers." A member ofThe
Evergreen State College Drill and"" Dance Team
asks the question- "Could CRC really stand for:
Coke is currently attempting to Ruin your
Cardiovascular system?" It very well could.
In other health news, it appears that Ihe
Fictional'''' Sociology'''' program has caused a
major psychic disaster throughout all Evergreen
students. For still unknown reasons, Greeners""
are birthing multiple personalities like bunnies.
A'''' truly troubled Fictional Sociology student,
Scott F., has been cursed with extremely vocal
inhabitants, and has written over 83 letters to
the CPJ and other publications (Playboy and
Vogue)wilh 96 diff.crelll views concerning pasta
and world economics. Many other students have
been reported to have similar yet mute Multiple
Singular Personality Inhabitations. A scientist
(who whishes to remain unnamed for safety) has
lold us here at the GeoScoop"" that the "only"
pOSSible reason for this outbreak'''' is Satanic
Ritual Abuse. What are the faculty ofFiclional""
Sociology'''' really teaching your classmates ....
Satanic Ritual Abuse??'??
A press release given to us, by Matt"" F. of
Lander, Wyoming, announces a stunning move
of corporate gall and stupidity.
Apparently Lucasfilms'''''''''''' has decided to
attach Slar"" Wars"" trailers to every cassette in
Ihe Washington State Video Library"". The
WSVL has neither confirmed nor denied this
claim, but apparently each video will carry a
completely unique preview of the upcoming
cultural event of the first half of the year 1999.
The naysayers of this report will quit saying nay
when they hear that the WSVL has received a
case of promotional "Spock Ears" for their
cooperalion with the promotion. So head down
10 the Library, find a video and get free ears ....
Yeah!!!!
As always, we at the GeoScoop have legions
of dish-grabbing ghouls looking over your
shoulder for loday's finest gossip, but if you have
hoi jive you need to unload give us a ring at:
zesl ysmk@elwha.evergreen.edu
Nathan Bowser
J Roca Beta and Sarah Manvel
The wave of the future
firsl superstars.
One hand washes the other. The river fl ows both
ways. L.ifl' is like a bicycle built for two. You're
on ly in Europe with us if we're ill Europe wilh
you. So here is our Baltlcaxe Complimenlary
Com menlary:
by J ROCA BETA (Nick Brandt, Casey Bruce,
Chris Brummel, Cameron Burr. Jon Grant, Ci
Hanekamp, and Dan Majer)
"Adam and Eve. Adal1l Jnd Slelle. Which is
wrong and which is right ?"
- The Frogs
Dear Sarah Manvel of Battle axe Complimentary,
How are you? We're doing fine. Your letter
was soooooo funny. We (as in J ROCA BETA and
you) are totally cool and rad together. You 're in,
but you gotta understand, it's not all coffee and
pee. We'll play toys, Rainmaker, and Heart s,
Harlots, 'n' Hariequins™.
First, the initiation: We put you in a large
tub of water. If you float , you re with us. If not ,
you can't join; you have to be Houdini - wldch
isn 't 100 bad, he is arguably one orthe world's
-9-
February 18, 1999
EI Salvador has death squads; we have
sitcoms: Yep.
Aweekend ofhoops to remember: Shyeah,
right. MAYBE IF I WAS FRYING BALLS!!!
Bob Marley Music Fest highlights
international performances: Whatever.
So let's cui the crap. We're obviously serio LI S a~ a
heart attack about this. Are you?
Post-Valentine's Day special: We're having a
conlest. Yep, it 's the WIN ADATE WITHJ ROCA
BETA CONTEST! (J ROCA BETA, 1101 Jay Roc a,
thai's Jllothercolltest.) To enr-er, e-mail us with
your name , phone number, and why you think
you would make a good date for us. All entries
must be submitted by Feb. 28,1999.
next week: Houdini 2: The Bride ofTwodini!
e-mail us:jrocabeta@yahoo.com
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Talking about our bodies
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The women's center discusses body image
by Tanya Cheeke
from the Women's Center
by Eva Soleil Clark
Staff writer
The power of moving hearts and people .. Butterfly in the sky: she can fly twice as high
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van~
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worth of Eve rgreen
stude nt s trickled into the room at
Orego n St a te Universi ty, t he Ash la nd
locat ion of thi s yea r's annual Ancient
Forest Act ion Con ference , last Friday
1II 0rning . It was the beginning of an
incredible weekl'nd pa ckl'rI wit h grl'at
\'Olcn from thl' environmenta l
movr lllC'nt acrn~s thr west. People co uld
be ~('en ,ipping cofl'el' wit h Rice Dream
a, nll'lllbcr , of lleadwater, Coa lit ion
ti Ilhrt'd wit h nli rfo pllllill" and adi u,t l'rI
\\' Ire\.
( halll '11« lll la ', ~1I1 eX pel'll' lI el'"
t!ra\' 1ll'~Hd l'Il\'irollllll'lIlali q , ,Iart l'd Illl'
d~I I'o ll wilh a JlI Ct'I'III'l giziJlgqlllll l' 'Id
li ke In ,('l' all thl' cnrl'or~ lll ('I'\)"~,, 1111
;1 1 1'11l 1l qU I'\[. )11' Illavbe ,it up III ~I
trl'I'''(Thollla, :U:)/9~ 1) . JUJi;1 llutllTll v,
thl' nexi 'I'l'akn, helpt'd to reinfllllT th i,
\'ision. "\\l' 1I11l,t ,top this isoiatioll :11 III
fragml'n tation that govrrnmr llt and big
co rporations are proilloting," her vo ict
reac hin g us through air waves from the
giallt redwood tree, Luna.
Susan Bowers from Ci ti zens for a
Better Earth rose to fo llow Butterfly,
words fl owi ng from her clearly. Bowers
is pursuing the intl'gration of religion
into the movement to save old growth
forests . Shr asks reli giOUS groups to
define what God's relationship to old
growth forests is, and she ha s ga th ered
suppo rt among Chri stia ns, Jews, and
indigenous groups. The Coa lilion for
Jewish Lile and Ih e Environment is an
example of a group thai has tak('n a sla nd
against commodity cIIIl ing in old growth
forest ecosystems .
Tim Lillebo, a wilderness ed ucator
Irom Bend, Oregon also look a slrung
stand agai nsl commo dit y cuttin g,
particularly in wilderlless areas. "We
have 10 save all of the rcmaining pieces
because we He down to that
point"(Liliebo 21:;/99). He also
llIentioned the danger of not planning
Ihings out carefu lly wilh a future vision
in mind , and illu stral ed his poinl with J
1I'0ndt'rful quote "from Aldo Lt'opold:
"The move of diligent linkt'ring i .~ to ~av('
all of the pieces." This quole ha s
pot ential to co nn ect loggi llg cOl lIl-' a lli e~
wi lh environlllcn ia l Jctivists. It is a
reillilider to pick lip after oursrlvcs and
have a vision of thc wl10lt' impact of our
act ion before beginning it. Tim teeis that
~ignificJnt damage is occurring in for e~ t
ecosystems, enou gh that ..... it 's time to get
people riled up to take art iOIl , th ere's enollgh
roOIll for C'v('[yone to ge t involved" (Lillebo 2/
S/99), lie then mentioned that voti ng alld
~ upp ort in g wildc'rnes, bills is a great place to
start. Th r rr 1\ a wilderness bill here in
Wash in glon to prr,erve tlVO lIIilli oli acres .
There is one in Ca liforn ia fur ~even mill ioll alld
onr in Oregon fnr illlir million . Rl'1l1l'lnhn that
\ tlld t' 1I1\ are th e l:irge\t group Ilf people who
dOIl't hother til votl'l
"Till' hot IOllllilll' i, t h:lt 1\'('\' (' gilt to h:lvl'
co lll'l ti n' :11 ti Ol1 a nd WI"\'(' go t til I\llrk
tOgl' th l' l" (II IJ/ III1" ~;:)/~ ' ~I). ') II'\l'llll llll n
IIOIl I :\ II Il' I'l LIIi 1" lIld , in \\':I ,h lll gti ln IU .
,t rt\\l' ri ,Ill' illi pllrt.lIlCl' of pulit 1(':11 , :(\'1'1 ill ,I
1'~ III1I' : 1 igll I" 1111"1'1IT lilt! gl'<l\\ tIi I iL- \\'a, l'l'rI
" IPI){ 1I t iI'l' ul ylli lt II :I("t iVI '"I , ~lIld (,',\ Il'l1lkd all
illl'II :lI inn h1r \,Duth to hC'Clll lIl' IIl voil'cd with
hi~ organizatioll, with th e p() ~,i hilit\ ' ()f
It'arlli llg back at thl' ba~e ill Wa, hington 11.C.
!fall)' ofyu u buddillg or bloOlllilig aeti\'i.' " Oll t
there should \\,:1I1t tn in(l'lirr ahollt thi~ ofl'er,
his l'-m:liI i~ lVafcdc@;] l1l er i ('a nl:lIld ~. o rg.
Il olmcr hrollght lip thl' va li d fa ct th at direct
act ion plays a crucial part in th l' political
process in the cas(' ofa rid er being ta cked onto
a bill. such as in the dangerous case tint madc
the Plum Creek Land Exchange possible. The
only way to stop such a bill is to brillg a tlen tion
to it through direct action . An upcoming bill
to be awarr of is thc for cs t crcdits bill being
proposed by Helen Chenowa h, It looks good,
because it gives timber companies credit for
not logging. Well, appearances are deceiving.
Read all farther and it becomes evident that
th e timber companies call still ge t this credit
cvcn if they clear-cut two years lat er. Also, look
out for the Clobal Warming Treaty, which is
associated with this one.
The room was warming some by this
tilTle, as people s tirr ed alld IlIIlrInured in
respolIS(' to th e speakeris words. Roy Krcnc
ruse to vo ice :I pa ss ion atc casl' to cnd old
growth cutting Iln pri\'Jtc lands as well as
fedrrallands, li e told us all of how he came
alive yea rs ago when his bare feet ca me in
con ta ct with th e ea rth in thl' forested area
around Euge ne , He beli evcs in biorcgiolls, not
state and federal bOllndari es , which makes
Sl' IlSe if you think about :111 ecosystcm in a
fores t. "It 's not a private forest. It 's a to rest.
It 's all co nn ected. The fish don 'l know when
the y pass frolTl aile section tu the next "(I\eene,
2/5/99). He says our fight "is not one ahollt
II 10 Ill' )' ... it is abullt t he power of moving hearts
and peoplc"(l\ccnc 2/S/99).
100 e are in a roolll at Oregon State Ulliversit y in Ashland, Oregon, ga thered together
~e Ancient Forest Action Conference, Everyone's eyes are focused on a screen at th e
front of the room, and th e wave~ of ea rly morning voices have quieted as we perk our ears
for th e trill of th e telephone. II comes, a short clear ring in th e still air, and the sc ree n
flashes to life, An old growth tree looms in the foreground of th e sc reen, fli ckering, it's
branches moving in what must be wind, There is a figure in the foreground, sweateied,
flreced and hatt ed, A voice comes ove r the so und sys tem:
"Il ello, Julia Butterfly." She answers with sureness, and pauses onl v briefly as th e
nowd come~ alive in waves and rllmbles of cheering and clapping.
Bllt tl'rtlv lia' Ill'l' lIli\'illg ISO fee t lip ill a gia llt red\\'llod cedH tret' c;dled LUlia ~i ll ce
Ike. to , f ~l lJ7. She ca llie th ert' ill :IIlSWl'f to a call ill her heart that moved her to tear, ill
the Ill id \t lll:1redwood forl'~t in C:l liforlli'l . 1\IO\t uf tlll' trces \lllTllIlliriing Bllttcrfly hal'l'
hl'l'1I 1'1 11. I'I' t ,lit, prt"l'rI'I" . .\t timc" wind, blm\' at lip trl '90 11Iiil' ~/ hour. alld her pbt
fO I III 11}(IVI'S "I' :lIH I dowli . III nlll' IlielTltlri:lhlt- incidellt . !\1:JX:lIll Corporation flew a hllge
Ill'hl'optt'r \\'ilhin :iO fl'\'t oflll'r tree , in :Ill apparl'nt attl'lllpt to ' l'.HI' hl' r nut Il l' it. I fer
l'Il ULI ).!l' ant! hlT prl'wr\,:ltl on an' ill'lming. Pl'opk arolilid th l' l\'\Irle! arl' hl·.trin g .Ibollt
111 l' wOlnan \\'ho ha, li l'l't! ill a tre l' 1m 11\'['r a ITaL
"Thi, l'SPI'I'lCllI'l' h,l s 1lf'lpl'lf ope n Ille ti l luve. I've re:dizl'd tll:lt 1'I1I1I1l'l' t1l1l1 i, th l'
I'ital importance Il f li fl,. ;1I1d tlie dtal illiportan ct' Or llllr \\'llrk"(f:\lIttntl) U(i/~)~) ) ,
Hutlerfly is a connl'l'I lOn between the trel'S , he loves and thc' people in lhl' world \\'ho
ide ntify with a human soul intensel y obeying what her heart tells her to do, Jul ia i~ an
incredible beacon of th e environInental ll lo\'cment because she h:IS opelled th e doo r or
COll llectioll and understanding tu man)' through opelling her uwn heart.
"T hi ~ trt'c has become a s),lllbolto the wurld alld a beacon oflight :Illd truth. The
forest is thr Ilings Ilrour phlllet. It has th e IlIlIgS ofo urselves"(Bu tl C'rfly 2/G/99).
Butlerfly proves th cse words to us by merging herself with this symbo l, by placillg her
body directly with what she cares about. She draws her breath high lip in the trees with
C'vC'ry intake . We really can believe that she understands the forest's lungs.
Early in her stay, she describes a time when the sleet and the hail were so intense
that she had to rol e caterpillar like in her tarp ill an attempt tu keel-' out some orthe rain .
She describes one stormy lIight early in her stay where she listen ed to the tree Luna, who
tuld her to: "t hink of th e trees in th e storm. Storm trees don 't try to stand lip straight and
tall and erect, th ey allow th emselves to be blown with the wind, It they
don't, th ey
snap and fall, Think of the trees, and allow yourself to be blown with the wind ... allow
yo urself to go crazy, and know that I'm go ing to hold liS up"(The Trees Foundation).
The inspiration floods from these words. Here is a woman who has found a sense of
piJce and selfhigh in the winds whipping and bedding through a tree, There is something
wOllderfil1 t herr, and someth ing wonderful in her that has created those words, In the
voice ofa speaker at the Ancient Forest's Co nference, she has grown wise up th ere. In the
words of anot her speaker, there is no way to manage for a five-hundred year old growth
tree, The only way to get one is to wait five hundred years. The admirable thing about
But terfly is t hat she is showing us exactly how valuable these old trees are, by giving us the
undeniabl e image and connection with her own love and devotion to th E'm.
"Onl' of the important thin gs I have lea rn ed up her r is the power of
connection"(Butterfly 2/8/99). A rising crescendo of support is ga ining momentum as it
travels around the room. "When tht' government is trying to categorize us as radical groups
of environmentalists, it is time lor us to stand to stand up and stay that we are one group
of peoplE' join ed in support for ollr environment "(Butterfly 2/10/99). The room is
practically vibrating with all ofthl' clapping. "It is time for us to take radical action and
join our hearts with ear h other"CBullerfly 2/20/99).
Ray Ayer stops in front of the Prison Action Committee's display, The display
was in front of the Library for a few days making an economic comparison
between Evergreen tuition and the cost of imprisoning one p~rson for a year.
Ayer said he thought the display was a good way to get students to stop and
pay attention to a part of life easily forgotten ,
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February 18, 1999
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
JJA work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity."
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Talking about action
Rainer Maria Rilke
Cecilia Rodriguez tells of her experiences
by Ashley Shomo
Staff writer
"We're providing the means for Mexico
to kill it's own people," Chanin said, "They're
killing people ,"
Cecilia Rodriguez talks to people. She
As a result, the people of Chiapas and
talks about Mexico, democracy, human rights, Zapatista have poor education . low wages. and
and money. She talks about her life as an few options of supporting themselves .
activist, woman and po litical organizer. On Rodriguez. is trying to solve the problem
Monday. Feb. 23, Rodriguez will talk to through political activism.
Evergreen students abollt
As the U.S.
two decades of bloodshed,
representative of the
years of culture. and what
Zapatista Army of
INFORMATION
it's like to chain yourself to
National Liberation,
a sewing machine in protest.
Rodriguez helps with
Speaker: Cecilia Rodriguez
Students from the
communication between
noon at the library lobby
Latin American Solidarity
the two cOllntries while
Monday, Feb. 23
Organization (LASO) have
gathering concerned
spent the last two months
Americans together to
trying to get her to stop at
take trips to Zapatista in
Evergreen during her national tour - she protest.
"The hope is. if there are observers there
accepted.
Rodriguez's experiences have kept her from rich countries. it's likely there'll be less
close to the people of Latin America and LA SO massacre." said Chanin.
hopes her appearance will educate students
Jennifer Blumenstein, another LASO
about the struggle these people are facing with member, said. "I think it's real important to
their government. Her main concerns focus on organize and say someth ing about the policy
two states in Mexico: Chiapas and Zapatista.
because it's evil. It goes against our rights to
LASO member Mitchell Chanin said food, healing, education, alld peace - so we're
people in both ofthese states have been trying going to say something."
to form democracy for at least 20 years and the
Rodriguez will be in the library lobby at
government has held them back with law. noon on Feb. 23. The night before, she will
money, and guns.
appear at Olympia's Capital Playhouse at 7
He said America adds to the conflict by p.m.
selling weapons to the Mexican Government
For more information on Rodriguez. visit
since the ·80s.
http://www.igc.org.ncdm on the Web.
Miyamoto moves her grains of
sand, and helps build a mountain
by Whitney Kvasager
Staff writer
In the circle of oneness. there is no first
and there is flO last. " - Nobuko Miyamoto
The ideas of multiculturalism and
racism overwhelmed me last week. The
more my class discussed them. the more
they
grew
to
enormous
and
unmanageable proportions in my mind.
What could I possibly do to combat
injustice? How could I possibly effect
change? Even if I did know the answers to
those questions. what difference would it
make?-I'm only one person. This was the
content of my mind when I went to see
Nobuko Miyamoto perform her one woman show "A Grain of Sand ."
The show chronicled Miyamoto's life
as intimately as if she were telling a story
to a friend . She employed dance and song
as well as spoken word to describe the
events which shaped her life in a way that
varied the tempo of her story and gave the
audience moments to reflect on her
messages. From her parents' experience
in the 1920s to her experience of the Los
Angeles riots. Miyamoto made it clear
that race relations have been an issue
throughout history. She also made it
clear that change does begin on a one
person level. In order for a movement of
unified people to begin, each person
involved must be wilhng to undertake
changing themselves and following what
they see is the truth. In her depiction of
the 1960s, Miyamoto described using
music as a tool to invite racial awareness.
"Music could help make change ... We·ve
got to sing our song- so what if nobody
else is listening?" This message of hope
was woven throughout "A Grain of Sand,"
After the show, Miyamoto sat on the
edge of the stage and invited questions
from the audience. Among other topics,
was
discussed.
mu lticulturalism
"Multicu lturalism-now the so-ca lled
accepted phrase-is not as easy as many
people would like to th ink it is. It's a long
process to make it work. Gandhi sa id.
'Finding unity in diversity is the challenge
of our time ...· Miyamoto said.
It seemed incredible to me that
someone could be honest in describing
horrific events like the Japanese
internment camps. yet retain an
optimistic out look. I think this was the
most important message with which I
came away from "A Grain of Sand:" To be
honest about the past but rema in hopeful
about the future. Perhaps with this in
mind. one can combat injustice and effect
change without feeling overwhelmed.
Rigl"")t: Nobuko Miyamoto smiles after
he r successfu l performance and
discussion with the audience.
Mike Alexitz's "Global Visions"
First drag show a flaming success
by Meagan O'Conner
Contributing writer
The library was packed last Friday night
for the Evergreen Queer Alliance's presentation
of "Cafe Ie Drag." the first drag show that was
ever put on at Evergreen, and the first one that
I had ever seen. 'rhe show was set up in a casual
"cabaret style," with the audience sitting arollnd
small .tables, thollgh thc turnout was so high
that the chairs quickly ran out. and the audien((~
spilled over into the aisles. All ufthe numbers
in the show were dallcing and lipsynching
routinl:s, broken up by short skitsfeaturing the
show's hosts, a comic drag duo who were
watching the ac ts while the flamboyant female
w?s trying to hook up with the somewhat
clueless male. These interludes were the best
parts of the show according to some audience
members, though the musical acts were the real
body of t he show.
There were both solo and group
performances, with music ranging from ZZ Top
to the Beastie Boys. The numbers invo lved
dancing, of course. plenty of skin, and plenty
of teasing the audience with whips. feather boas
and such. One of the most fun acts was an
appropriate rendition of Rocky Horror's "Sweet
Transvestite." It <llmost felt like being at the
movie theater, with the film playing in the
background while the actors performed up
front, and the audience lovingly shouting their
lines back at the screen. Another of the evening's
highlights was a performer who was not even
in drag, but rocked nonetheless. I'm talking. of
course. about Evergreen junior Caroline Hill, a
belly dancer since the age of 15. who helped out
with the show, though not in men 's garb.
The costumes in these acts. as well as all
the others. were fabulous. and the performers
were confident. energetic and. most
importantly. seemed to be completely
comfortable with whatever they were doing and
were defiantly having fun with it.
The audience reaction to the show was for
the most part positive. "Everyone was getting
into it." noticed TESC student Jed Finderup. The
audience, in general, did seem to be liking what
they saw, and some of the audience even came
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dressed in drag themselves (and looked
pretty damn good, I must say). Not all the
audience was completely satisfied.
however. Some people were a bit
offended by some of the more blatant
sexual scenes. and told me they felt the
scenes could have been don e more
tastefully. Others, such as students Mary
Dimniick and Claire Patoine, thought the
show was great, but "cxpected a little
more variety" in the scenes. They agreed.
along with many other audience
members, that the show may have been
too repetitive. and would have enjoyed
Right: Singing
"Sweet
Transvestite"
from The Rocky
Horror Picture
Show
Below: jiggly.
jiggly - wiggly.
wobbly. Belly
dancing shoO is
fun.
seeing more acting skits and comedy. or
perhaps more of a fashion show.
"I thought the show was well
presented. and it looked like they put a
lot of effort into it, " commented Jed
later. He was right. according to
performer Holly Shackelford. who said
that the show was the culmination of
months of work.
I think hcr sentiments arc the
same as the rest of the performers and
most of the audience: that the show was
a success, and that their hard work
definitely paid off.
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Two women wounded by the Army in Chiapas last November stand before
the camera, They were wounded while defending men working in the
fields,
Photos tell stories
Bill Hackwell captures the people
caught in the struggle
by Ashley Shomo
Staff writer
Vietnam as a photojournalist. where he
captured images of the Vietnamese people.
On Friday, Feb.19, social photographer These photographs made it into two books:
Bill Hackwell will lead a discussion at Evergreen "Combat Photographer" and "Reflexes and
about Chiapas, Mexico - a state ridden with Reflections; the Vietnam Veterans Arts
oppression, death and needy people.
Group."
Hackwell has spoken with
Since then. Hackwell has
images for more than 30 years
traveled the world. snapping
and tomorrow's slide show will INFORMATION images of people whose cultures
give students a first-hand look
have been harmed with industry.
at the pain and suffering of the
money and war. His photos focus
Images of Chiapas:
people ofChiapas.
on
the small details and
A People Under
Hackwell is one of lTIany
moments present in the lives of
Siege
whu travel around America
the poor.
Lecture Hall 3 at
helping to rccruit volunteers
His presentation, "Images
noon on Feb. 19 .
and raise funds for aid. This
of
Chiapas:
A People Und er
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