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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 29, Issue 14 (January 28, 1999)

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Pat Graney dancers get in touch
with their intuitive memories.

by Chandra Beauman

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layers of blind romance.
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watching t he strong flail stronger,
while feigning fair faced and alone.
Beyond high school vengeance and ashamed cruelty.
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mention the extreme personal space,
mention the ugly masques , mention the wild -eyed romps,
mention frightene d little ch ildren and
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Contributing writer
As you may already know,
minimum wage has been increased
from $5.15 to $5..10 beginning this
month. It seems, however, that some
student employees at Evergreen
might not reap the benefits of this
raise.
What usually happens during
a minimum wage hike is the
difference between the old and new
figures (in this case $0.55) is applied
to every student employee's wage, a
proportional increase called a "cost
of living" increase. But for the
workstations that are funded though
S&A, employees currently earning
more than $5.70/hr are not
scheduled to receive anything.
Student employees who work
at the CPJ, KAOS, CRC, Childcare
Center, and coordinators for student
groups are paid with money
allocated by the Services and
Allocations (S&A) fund. These funds
are budgeted every year for each
workstation, but with the new
Washington State minimum wage
increase having gone into effect at
the beginning ofthe year, the current
budget former budget levels will not
be sufficient for each worker to
receive a pay raise.
At the beginning ofthis year's
budget period S&A created a fund to

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Address Service Requested

meet the needs of the new minimum
wage law and other anticipated
expenses. $31,000 was set aside from
which programs and workstations
were given the opportunity to
petition for extra funds. For instance,
some of the money, about $13,000,
went towards raises for professional
staff members, a new building for the
childcare center, new medical costs
for the college, and a small amount
went to raise the bottom end of the
pay scale the necessary $ 0.55. As far
as giving student workers
proportional increases across the
board, as is customary, no other
requests were made on the S&A
funds, and they soon found their way
to other areas on campus.
"The workstations [had] to find
that extra money somewhere in their
budgets, or petition for it," said
Denise Robertson, S&A assistant
director. Denise was in charge of the
distribution of the $31,000. "I gave
all the workstations plenty oftime to
ask for their money," she said .
Robertson set a deadline of January
13 for petitions and received no
requests for extra minimum wage
funds. Had the above· mentioned
workstations made their requests in
time, all of their student employees
would be receiving a raise.
Student workers at S&A
funded workstations feel supervisors'
inaction reflects poorly on the

workstations' opinion of their
workers-a point even more biting
to employees who have put in two or
three years in one place while slowl,
raising their own wage a dime and a
quarter at a time. For them, their
bosses' failure to budget a
proportional raise is seen as
cheapening the amount of service
they have put in at their jobs.
The budgets at S&A funded
workstations may start to feel the
strain from their bosses' inaction.
"We thought that the raise would be
applied to everyone, so this is quite
a surprise. I knew we had to give all
our employees a raise, or they would
revolt," said Corey Meador, Facilities
Manager at the Recreation Center
(CRC). The CRC is living on
borrowed time for the moment. "We
are most likely going to overspend
our budget [with the cost of living
adjustment]. We are going to have to
make some decisions about where
that money comes from." These may
include closing the CRC on weekends
during spring quarter, or reducing
the need for staff. Both options
present a huge hassle for the CRC
and its workers.
But all hope i ~ not lost. There
are $22,000 in Special Initiative
funds also available from S&A that
could be applied to the workstations'

see WAGE on page 4

by Mat Probasco
Around 9:20 that same evening
Editor-in-chief
a second crisis occurred in A-Dorm.
The evening of Monday, Jan. The sprinkler head above the second
25, turned out to be an especially floor entrance burst into activity
wild night in Evergreen's A-Dorm, sending sheets of water in all
causing police services to investigate directions. Two emergency vehicles
twice.
responded within five minutes.
At around 6:40 p,m. the sound
Fire fight ers fought th e
from an explosion echoed off the sprinkler's forc e wearing full
cement buildings of The Evergreen protective equipment while the
residents of A-Dorm gawked and
State College.
Police Services Officers Chris milled around. Housing workers
Lewis and George Oplinger, acting tried to stop the flooding on the first
on a tip, arrived in front of A-dorm a floor with a wet/dry vacuum while
few minutes later. They spoke with the second floor collected around a
witnesses who said the people half inch of standing water.
In side the sprinklers, located
milling around on the fifth floor
balcony were responsible for the throughout campus, a glass element
holds back a small pin, which holds
explosion.
Moments lat er, while Lewis back the water. When the glass
was in the building, a second element is broken or melted, the pin
explosion erupted outside, several shoots out, followed by gallon after
gallon ofliquid.
yards in front of Oplinger.
Fire fighters said the sprinkler
The officers questioned the
residents of room 501 who at first could have been set off by a lighter
denied any involvement with the held up to it or by smashing the glass
bombs and then changed their story. element.
claiming it was a science experiment.
The sprinkler was finally shut
A student in room SOl, who off at 10:05 p,m., but residents were
said his name was Dave, admitted to told they wouldn't be allowed back
making the bombs and setting them into the building until after 11 p.m.
outside the room on the ledge. Dave
At 11:30 p.m. residents were
said, however, that he was not told they wouldn't be allowed back
to their rooms for at least another
responSible for their detonation.
Lewis and Oplinger found a hour while Police Services conducted
pair of mangled two liter plastic interviews with the 12 to 15 residents
bottles under the bakony: one green who refused to vacate the dorm when
and one clear. The bottles were the fire alarm went off.
At midnight the residents were
believed to be the exploded
herded into the first floor "Fish Bowl"
containers of dry ice bombs
A dry ice bomb is created when and lectured by a fire marshal. He
dry ice and water mix, creating gas, explained the nature of the incident
which will expand an enclosed space and its damage to the building.
causing it to explode. Once made, a Officer Lewis, who responded to the
dry ice bomb needs no other actions incident, said he had no suspects at
that time.
to detonate.
When students returned to
At this time no charges have
been pressed, but Officer Lewis said their rooms they found their doors
at the very least the residents of 501 wide open, even if shut and locked
will be brought before the when vacated.
supervising housing authority.
photo by Ray Ayer

Students join community members in a protest at the Black
Lake Blvd. Shell station on Monday to protest the murders of
cilivian youth in Nigeria . The youth in Nigeria were killed while
taking direct action against Shell for the pollution and
economic effects that have
ative influenced their lives.
Bulk-Rate
U.s. Postage Paid
Olympia,WA
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SECURITY
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Northwest Popular
Education Conference
On February 12, 13 and 14, popular educators, labor
activists, and students will gather at The Evergreen State
College to share ideas, techniques and resources in a unique
conference on popular education as a tool for social change.
The conference will feature innovative techniques in education.
individuals, organizations, and labor educators who have
studied with the Brazilian pioneers of popular education.
Participants in the conference will have the opportunity to
learn from Latino street musicians, a local carpenter's union
organizing program, a public theater group, a muralist, and
many others.
To register for the conference or for more information,
contact Ellen Short-Sanchez at TESC's Labor Education and
Research Center at 866-6000 x 6527.

.ey to Security Blotter Codes
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Huntsberry
Savage
Eddy
Russell
Talmadge
vacant
Brewster
Stretch

P: Parking Enforcement
E-9 Lewis
E-lO Oplinger
E-11 Garland
E-12 Neely
P-1 Woodall
P-2 Seip
P-3 McHendry

tiscellaneous Cases
1-20-99- 0129- Fuel info- C/V @ 114014 miles & 10.5 Gals
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/21/99- 0640- Fire alarm- Activation in Housing- burned
>bd (E-10)
654- Narcotics- Paraphrenalia found in Housing (E-12)
035- Theft- Report of purse stolen from LIB. bldg (E-8)
/22/99- 0930- Mal misch- Vehicle broken into in the
-1otorpool area btwn. 1-19 and 1-21. (Brewster)
226- Attempted theft- LAB II, see C/R for info (Brewster)
537- Fuel info- Chev. refueled@miles105824/ 17.0 Gallons
Smith)
616-Fuel info- rord refueled @ miles 114312/ 13.0 gallons
Smith)
vo cases reported 1/23.
11-24-99- 1101- Stolen veh- Vehicle taken from F-Iot (E-10)
11-25-99- 0118- Medical- F female hyperventilating trans to
:t. Petes
.614- Theft- HCC laundry room. C/R for details (E-lO)
.749- Fire alm- Dorm Q, cause fire in oven (E-9/E-10)
.849- Explosives- A-dorm, C/R for details (E-9)
!113- Fire alm- A-dorm 1st fl. main elect. rm., 2nd fl. 2 East
:ause, (E9/E5)
)1-26-99- 1320- Possible- Possible theft of CD's (22).
Oplinger)
!235- Narcotics- Paraphrenalia confiscated from A-dorm,
'*Late entry** 1/25/99 (E-9)
fraffic
)1-20-99- 2030- Vehicle booted in C-Iot (P-4)
2231- Citations issued on swing shift (E-9/E-10/E-12) 7 cases.
1/21/99- 1740- Vehicle booted in MOD Parking (P-4)
2215- Citation and verbal warning issued on swing shift (E1O/ E-12) 2 cases.
No cases reported on 1/22 and 1/23.
01-24-99- 1500- 4 infractions, verbal warnings (E-1O/E-9) 6
cases.
2200- Verbal warning issued (E-9)
01-25-99- 1752- Boot placed on vehicle in MOD parking (P-

4)
2225- Verbal warnings issued on swing shift (E-9/E-10/E-12)
2 cases.
01-26-99- 1445- Traffic completed on dayshift (Neely) 2 cases.
2025- Boot placed on vehicle at CUP Parking (P-4)
2235- Verbal Warnings issued on swing shift (E-9/E-1O) 3
cases.
Public Services
01-20-99- 1710- Vehicle entry completed in C-Iot (E-9/E-10)
2230- Lock (E-9)
2230- Unlocks (E-9/E-1O) 3 cases.
2240- Escorts (E-12/ E-11/ E-5/ E-9/ E-10) 6 cases.
1/21/99- 1321- 1/S in C-lot. (E-11)
1314- J/ S in Flat (E-10)
1734- Jump start completed in C-lot (E-3)
1824- Jump start completed in B-Iot (E-8)
2215- Lock (E-3)
2216- Escorts (E-3/ E-11) 3 cases.
2216- Unlocks (E-3/ E-7/ E-8) 3 cases.
1/22/99- 1512- Letter delivered to Cooper Glen (E-3)
1706- Jump Start completed in F-Iot (E-3)
2230- Lock (E-3)
2231- Escorts (E-3) 3 cases.
01-23-99- 0600- Escorts (Stretch) 2 cases,
1101- Jumpstart F-Iot (E-7)
01-24-99- 1626- Jumpstart completed in C-Iot (E-lO)
J83S- Unlock co mpleted on shift (E-5)
2357- Escorts (Talmadge) 2 cases.
01-25-99- 073 0- Unlock (E-2)
1841- Lc tt rr de livered to B-dorm (E-9/E-1O)

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First aid and CPR training
State law requires TESC to have on each shift and in
widely dispersed locations, employees that hold a valid
certificate of first aid training. In an effort to meet these
regulations, the college is offering first aid training sessions
for classified and exempt staff and faculty. The classes are
scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23 and Wednesday, Feb., 24 from
8:00 a.m. to noon in the Library boardroom. The sessions will
cover bleeding control, CPR, choking, poisons, shock. burns,
sunstroke, hypothermia, sprains, fractures, dislocations,
transporting the injured, bites, stings, and health hazards. But
hurry - participation is limited to 25, so sign up today! Contact
Human Resources in Library 3238, or leave your name and
campus phone on voice mail at x6361.

Safeplace Valentine's Day
fund-raiser
In exchange for donations to Safeplace, local businesses
will display colored paper hearts through Valentine's Day. All
proceeds raised during the event will help continue crisis
intervention and support work vital to the health and safety of
women and children . You too can make a donation: Safeplace
is encouraging everybody to buy a heart and honor a loved
one.
just think, for Valentine's day, you could buy a heart, write a
message to your sweetie, and have it displayed in a local
storefront. They'll love you even more for contributing to a
great cause.
Safeplace provides ongoing services to victims of sexual
and domestic violence in Thurston County.

Help keep 4th and 5 th
avenues pedestrian friendly!
On January 29, 30 and 31, the City of Olympia is
encouraging citizens to attend a series of workshops focusing
on creating a pedestrian friendly atmosphere along the 4'" and
5'h avenue corridor. The Olympia Gateway Corridor - the
project that includes the replacement ofthe 4'h Avenue Bridge
and other improvements on 4'h and 5'" Avenues - is the focus
of the workshop. The workshop offers activities and meetings
and discussions hosted by Walkable Communities, a non-profit
organization, specializing in incorporating the needs. comfort,
and aesthetics important to pedestrians in the design and
construction of street improvement projects. For more
information, call Mike Terrell at 709-0301.
Public Meeting
Friday, Jan. 29
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Public workshop
Saturday, Jan. 30
9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Presentation of Recommendations
Sunday, Jan. 31
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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In honor of African-American Heritage Month , the
Olympia Film Society will screen Taafe Fanga , Down in the
Delta. and SlamNation during February.
The comic Taafe Fanga shows the magic that occurs in a
quiet Mali village when a gender roles get mysteriously
switched. The movie shows from Sunday, Feb. 7 through
Thursday, Feb. 11. [n poet Maya Angelou's directorial debut,
Down in the Delta, a mother and her children find sanity in a
rural setting after faCing disaster in Chicago. This movie shows
from Sunday, Feb. 21 through Thursday, Feb. 25. Showing with
Angelou's film, SlamNation presents the diversity of poetic
voices in a Portland, Ore. Poetry slam competition.
Tickets are $3 for members, $5 for non-members and $2
for kids 12 and under. OFS screens double features Sunday
through Thursday, with single features and other special
programming on some Fridays and Saturdays. All shows take
place at the historic Capitol Theater, 206 East 5'h Ave. in
downtown Olympia. For more information, call Sean Savage
at 754-6670.

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Registration deadlines for the up-coming Spring Arts
Walk are rapidly approaching ... This is the last call for
applications!
• Applications for teaching family arts activities and for
Saturday performances are due by 5:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29, at
the Olympia Center, 222 N Columbia.
• Registration forms for downtown businesses participating in
Arts Walk are due by 5:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 5, at the Olympia
Center, 222 N Columbia.
If you need a registration packet, or have questions about
Arts Walk, please call the Arts Walk hotline at 709-2678 .

A cultural feast for the
senses!
The City of Olympia's Parks, Recreation and Cultural
Services Department will hold its sixth annual E,thnic
Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 6, 1999 at the Olympia Center,
222 N Columbia , from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The free festival
honors the many ethnic groups that constitute the South Sound
Region, and includes over eighty ethnic vendors and
entertainers! The "International Marketplace" will showcase
diverse foods and wares, while four separate performance
venues will feature live dance, theater, stories, demonstrations
and music.

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Nalini Nadkarni, Ph.D., TESC faculty member, is soon to
make several appearances on local and national television
programs for her research on forest canopies.
National GeographiC has produced the first full-length
documentary covering the mysterious and diverse world of the
forest canopy. The program features the research of four
scientists, including TESC's own Nadkarni. The film will show
Saturday, Jan. 30 at 8:00 p.m. on NBC. A preview of the film
and interview with Dr. Nadkarni will air Friday, Jan. 29 on
"Dateline NBC" at 9:00 p.m., the night before the National
GeographiC presentation. Additionally, NBC's local affiliate,
KING 5, sent a film crew to the Evergreen campus onJan. 14 to
interview Dr. Nadkarni. This segment airs on "Evening
Magazine." Friday, Jan 29 at 7:00 p.m.
As if this weren't enough coverage, Dr. Nadkarni has also
co-deSigned a companion web site for the National Geographic
documentary with director/producer Tim Scoones. The site,
located at www.evergreen.edu/ican, provides additional
information on countless communities of animals and plants
residing in tropical treetops.

Are you a dedicated individual seeking training in
communication and problem solving? Receive 54 hours of
exceptional training in exchange for four hours a week
answering their crisis lines. This is an excellent opportunity
to directly serve your community! To be a part of their March
training session , please contact Amy Hagen at 586-2888. All
applications must be received by Mar. 5.

BLOTTER on page

Blotto Thoughts ...
By Aaron Cansler

You know what the greatest dorm in the
world is?! A-Dorm! Oh, man, yeah, it is sweet
I 'mean, I've lived in some pretty cool places
in my life, but nothing like thisl Where else
can I sit down to eat a nice quiet dinner, and
have it amusingly interrupted by loud
explosions and the shouts of police officers? I
mean, really, where?!
Oh, hey, before I forget, I just want to give
a big "shout out" (is that how you kids say it?)
to the people responsible for setting off the
sprinkler system and fire alarms in A-Dorm last
Monday (see cover story). Genius. That's aliI
can say. Sheer genius. You know, I've always
wanted to amout to something really special
and important in my lifetime. Something real.
something meaningful. And I've always envied
those people who have achieved this in their
lives. Case in point: The people that set off
those sprinklers and fire alarms in A. My God.
what sort of brilliant mind does it take to
accomp lish something like that? [mean ,
whoever did that must have spent hour after
countless hour studying the "greats" of comedy
in order to prepare for that hilariolls prank.
Chaplin, Pryor, Hope. Carson, Bruce, Cosby,
Williams, Gallagher, and Manson. And
whoever you are , know this: You did good.
Real good .
Get this: There I was, reading my book
that was due for class the next day. when I
became very tired and decided to take a nap.
So I gently put my head to my pillow and
drifted off into a peaceful slumber. Oh, boy,
little did I know, I was about to be a part of the
most gutsplitting practical joke to be pulled in
Evergreen history! So. after being asleep for
about 20 min (You know. just enough to where
waking up is a real bitch!), I was suddenly

awoken by the screeching wail of the fire alarm
and forced to get out of my nice cozy bed.
"Golly," I thought to myself, '" sure do hope
that this is another one of those crazy, and yet
amusing, prank pulls of the fire alarm!" And I
was right! So I put my shoes and my coat on,
grabbed my book, and headed down the stairs
to find a place to read that didn't have a loud
screeching wail. Unfortunately, I never even
bothered to look inside the second floor to see
all of the "stupid" people getting wet as the
sprinkler system rained down drenching
showers offunniness in the form of cold,cold
water. How I regret that now!
Well, to make a long story short, , went
over to a friend's place and finished my book
for class. Little did I know it at the time, but I
could have seen all those firefighters battling
raging sprinklers and then giving a lecture to
the residents of A-Dorm! What suckers! That
would have been so funny! And I mean funny
ho-ho. Hot funny ha-ha! Well , I gu ess I've
learned my lesson!
Anyway, point is, be proud sprinkler
breakers, whoever you are! You really stuck it
to all those stupid bastards! Just take a look:

01-20-99- 0000- Lewis/ Talmadge/ Young on
duty. Key 20 still out. David Wells on callback
for CUP. Hl/RA-Kenny H2/RA-Mike RM1Kate RD-Malik
0800- Huntsberry, Savage, Russell, Riggins,
Oplinger and Garland on duty.
Every second Saturday, from
1600- Neely/ Smith/ Oplinger/ Lewis/
September to June, an Old-Time
Garland on duty; All keys accounted for.
Country Dance will be held at the South
1630- H1/RA-Laura H2/RA-Mike RMI-Kate
Bay Grange . Dances are a mix of
2208- Davod Wells on call back for CUP, via
Contras, Squares, and Big Circle styles.
pager.
All dances are taught and newcomers
1/21/99- 0000- Lewis/ Talmadge/ Ashby on
are especially welcome!
Dance
duty. All keys accounted for. David Wells on
workshops begin at 7:30 p.m., the real
call-back for CUP. H1/RA-Laura H2/RA-Mike
daricin' begins.at 8:00 p.m.1 The next
RM-Kate E.
The students - Think about all the things
dance is scheduled for Saturday, Feb_13,
0800- Savage, Russell, Riggins, Brewster,
students have done to you in the past: Walking,
at the South Bay Grange (located at the
. Neely, Oplinger, and Garland on duty.
breathing. etc.
corner of South Bay and Sleater Kinney
Huntsberry on Iv.
The Housing staff- Serves them right for
Roads). Dances are sponsored by the
1600- Eddy/ Smith/ Brewster/ Garland/
fixing people's toilets all day!
Traditional Arts Council of Olympia.
Oplinger on duty; All keys accounted for.
The firefighters- They think they're so
For more information, call 357-5346.
1630- Hl/RA-Brent H2/RA-Wendy RM1goddamn special, saving lives all day. Fuck 'em!
Brian
2200- David Wells on call back for CUP, via
Yeah, be proud. folks. you've don e good.
'Cause from now on , whenever I remember
pager.
this event, I laugh so hard, , puke and pee my
1/22/99- 0000- Stretch/ Ashby on duty. All
keys accounted for. David Wells on call-back
pants
a little. Thanks for the memories ...
It's that time of year again, folks.
for CUP.
Rugby season. I know you've all been
0800- Huntsberry, Savage, Brewster, and
anticipating the return of the NCAA
Young on duty Russell on sick leave.
ph oto by Ro ni Hodi s
Divison III number one team.
1600- Eddy/ Brewster/Smith on duty; All keys . Considering their current ranking, the
Lest you forget,
accounted for.
men's r~gby team should once again
the
Evergreen
1630- Hl/RA-Tim H2/RA-Vita RMI-Brian
make Evergreen proud. Their first game
swimming team
2200- David Wells on call back for CUP, via
is Saturday, Feb. 6 against Whitman.
hosts
the last
pager
Then, thefoll6wing weekend of Feb. 13,
.. 1-23-99- 0000- Stretch/ Pinho on duty. Key 4
home meet of its
the team'has·a tournament in Portland.
outstanding David We\1s on callback for CUP
season on
The guys .practice every Tuesday and
H1/RA-Tim H2/RA-Vita RMI-Brian
Thur~day from 5 to 7 p,m. in the
Saturday, Jan. 30.
0800- Brewster/ Ashby on duty. All keys
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udgets. To receive this money, managers from
ach station have to make a direct request to
H' S&A Board. It requires proposing a budget.
Ihich demonstrates financial need. scheduling
n appointment with the Board, and making a
resentation to them. At this time. no
ppointments have been made with the S&A
loard for this purpose. Pressure from students

on the managers may help to speed up this
process.
The Union of Student Workers has taken
an active interest in this issue. To gain more
information, attend a meeting of the Union
(Wednesdays @ 2:30 p.m. in the S&A offices)
or call x609S. All students are encouraged to
attend.

by Greg Skinner
Staff writer
Look out world. here comes an Evergreen
student government.
This Friday, the Students to Implement
government Coalition (SIGC) will be posting,
for community review, the proposed student
Government bylaws around campus. The rules
will be posted in the library lobby, the Housing
Community Center and at the S&A desk
Last October a group of about a dozen
students got together with Tom Mercado.
director of student activities, on a Monday
afternoon in CAB 315 . At that session,
Mercado explained the history behind past
efforts and failures to create an undergraduate
st udent government. Mercado says that the
motivation was high and their attitudes
positive. Mercado's role in this affair was to
encourage and assist in the creation 01 some
form of organized student representation.
"This has been a goa l in this ollice." Mercado
said, adding. "They just ran with it.
A core group of six students created a
mission statement, worked out the details from
scratch. and proposed the first undergraduate
st udent government to get this far in
Evergreens history. Th ey have met weekly
since then to work out the details and adopt a
community model government as opposed to
an e-mail government or no government at all
said Kevin Moore, member of the SIGC.
If the bylaws are voted in by the student
body we will have a general election this spring
to elect a nine member board for the followmg
fall. One of those elected will be from the
Tacoma ca mpus. The group will then elect a
chair. a vice chair and a secretary each quarter.

Board meetings will always be open to the
community and separate forums will take place
each quarter allowing student to bring up
special issues.
.
In regards to what will come from thiS
new government Moore said. "l'm not sure
what kind of leverage a student government
will have . But a student government will be the
most effective means to voice student
concerns. In reality, I'm not sure what pull the
students have here [Evergreenl. but we expect
student government to be looked at in a
positive light.", Mercado's thought on the
subject are student government as a cleanng
house to address issues. "Right now it's too
co nfusin g. There is no one place to go for
st ud ent gri evance" said Mercado. Other
benefits are to address the stude nt body
overall. to inform students of opportunities,
share respo nsibility of the S&A board, to
address student concerns of campus and to
build coalition support on reoccurring issues
that affect st udents. David Taylor,another
member of SIGC, said he feels that the point
of this government is. "To proactivly meet
students needs instead of being reactive. falling
back to the standard protest mode. "
The next step towards this government's
success is getting the word out. Without a
student vote on the bylaws this government
will not happen. Tonight, at 6 p.m., there will
be a poster party in CAB 320 open to all who
wish to help or go and ask questions on the
subject. The Monday meetings in CAB 320 at
4 p.m. are open to all those interested.Taylor
has developed a web site to post mformatlon
regarding the elections. Go to - http //
members.xoom.com/furmp.

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Experimental Theatre
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Salmon Club, Olympia
Seminars with Noellgnatiev,
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contacts the cell and removes its outer
envelope while its contents enter the cell.
There in the cell, the virus' RNA (the genetic
information of some viruses, analogous to
DNA-the blueprint for progeny and activity)
transforms into DNA. This DNA then
combines with the human cell's DNA and
directs it to produce HIV. The cell replicates
the DNA and turns it into RNA, and it makes
many outer envelopes to contain the new
RNAs by budding off the human cell. The cell
releases thousands of new viruses that go on
to infect more T cells. The end result of HIV
infection is that T cells progressively decline
in number, ultimately shutting off the immune
system.
The course of HIV disease starts with
HIV infection and progresses as described
above. Some people may experience Acute
Retroviral Syndrome in the first 12 weeks after
infection. This stage is usually dismissed as the
common cold, and it occurs because the
immune system is successfully clearing the
system of HIV. What it doesn't know is that
HIV is entering cells where it remains hidden
to the immune system. Three to six months
after infection, antibodies to the virus appear.
This is the first time that HIV infection can be

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detected in the blood because the tests test for
the amount of antibody. After this, the virus
replicates and kills T cells (and other cells)
without causing any sickness in the person.
The median time from a person 's infection to
showing signs of immune impairment is 10
years, and throughout this 10 year period of
time , the person 's bodily fluids can infect
another person with the virus (a person with
AIDS can transmit HIV too).
A person is considered to have AIDS
when they are infected with HIV and their T
cell count is below 200 and/or have recurrent
pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, invasive
cervical cancer (if female), Kaposi's sarcoma,
wasting syndrome due to HIV, among other
symptoms.
If a person is infected with HIV. it's
important for them to get a diagnosis and to
start treatment early because it can add years
to their life. Drug treatment has made man y
advancements in the past few years and other

hopeful drug treatment is now in research.
Acupuncture and naturopathy ha s also made
progress in treatment.
If you or someone you know is concerned
and would like to get tested, the Health Center
here on campus does free anonymous testing
every Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The
Thurston County Health Department has free
anonymous testing at the Health Mobile at
these times and locations: Monday at South
Sound Mall by the Bus Station (where
Woolworth's used to be) from 6 p.m. to 6:30
p.m., and Tuesday at the corner of 4th and
Columbia downtown from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Thurston County Health Department asks
for a donation but it is not mandatory. At the
Thurst o n County Health Department,
Wednesday afternoon appointments are
available in which they ask for a donation of
$25. Planned Parenthood does both
anonymous and co nfidential te sting by
appointment for $42.

The Women's Resource Center goes beyond the barriers
by Nichol Everett
Staff writer
I am woman, hear me roar! According
to Webster the word woman means: 1, An
adult human female; a wife; a female attendant.
To the three amazing women who run the
Women's Resource Center (WRC), it means
much more. Erica, Tanya, and Lia are breaking
down the barriers that make women just wives,
and heading up a resource that celebrates
them. "We just want to be here for women on
campus," explained Erica Lam, co-coordinator.

"The center is a comfortable place for people
to come and hang out and where they can
receive information about different services on
and off campus." The center has been very
involved in creating workshops for women
such as a bike repair workshop, a car repair
workshop, a women's health and herbal
medicine workshop, and a welding workshop.
They are also addressing a different health
issue each month. The month of January the
center has been creating awareness on HIV and
AIDS . Next month the topic will be eating

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CAB 316, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505
Volume 29 • Number 14
January 28, 1999
News
SraffWril ers: Kamala Butler, Deirdre Coulter,
Nichol Everett, Saab Lofton, Nicole Peterson,
Tim Radar,Joel Silverman, Briana Waters,
Jenna White
SraffPhotographers. Brandon Beck, Nichol
Everett, Tim Radar
Letters &OpiniOns Editor' David Simpson
Copy Editors . Jen Blackford & Mikel Reparaz
Comics Page Editor. Jason Miles
Calendar Editor' Aaron Cansler
Interim Newsbriefs Editor: Gordon Dunbar
Seepage Editor' James Cropsey
Sport s Editor. Jef Lucero
Sys tems Manager Tak Kendrick
Layout Editor Ashley Shomo
Interim Layout Editor: Michael Selby
Photo Editor' Ray Ayer
Photo Assistants Brandon Beck, Eva Clark
Features Editor Whitney Kvasager
Arts & Entertainment Editor: Nick Challed
Interim Managing Editor' Suzanne Skaar
Editor in Chief Mat Probasco
Business
Business Manager. Amber Rack.
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Assistant Business Manager: Carne Hiner
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Ad Designer: Tan-ya Gerrodette & Jennifer
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Circulation Manager. Staff
Distribution Manager' Jennifer Miller
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copyright for their material printed Advisor: Dianne Conrad

January 28, ,1

by Jenna White
PHATmember
Everybody knows how to prevent HIV
infection. Avoid high-risk behavior: don't
share needles and other injection equipment,
use latex condoms and/or barriers (such as
latex dental dams, lollies, licks, and/or finger
cots), mimimize one's amount of partners,
have long-term monogamous relationships
with uninfected partners, practice abstinence,
and/or do not come in contact with bodily
fluids (saliva with no blood is virtually no risk).
Not everyone knows how HIV acts within the
body.
Once a person becomes infected with
HIV, i.e. once the virus has entered a person's
bodily fluid, the virus looks for Signals on
bodily cells. These signals are present in large
amounts on CD4 T cells. Other cells that can
be infected with HIV to a lesser degree are B
cells and certain human brain and intestinal
cells. Both T and Bcells are are involved with
immunity, hence the lowered immunity in
AIDS patients. T cells organize other cells to
respond to invaders (nonspecific), and B cells
produce antibodies which directly target
invaders (specific). Once HIV recognizes the
signal, it homes in on the cell. At this point, it

PHAThealth tip of the week:

disorders; and self esteem issues. The WRC is
working with the Women's Health Collective
and addressing issues such as safety in
feminine products. Another project is clinic
defense where the group goes to clinics where
abortions are being performed and walks
people to their ca rs to keep them safe from
protesters.
Beyond the resources provided to women
on campus, the WRC sponsors speakers to
speak out on issues concerning both women
and men . Letta Neely, an African American
feminist poet, spoke in
October, as well as Dolores
Erica Lam
Huerta who spoke about
follows the
the United Farm Workers
old
struggles. "The WRC has
traditions
been working in coalition
with other groups on
of the
campus like the EQA, EPIC,
blacksmith
and
the Health Center,"
as she gets
expla
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WRC coready to
coordinator Tanya Cheeke.
hammer
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some redinvolved with events
hot metal
preceding the.dea th of
in the name Matthew Shepard, dealing
of shaping.
with activism, awareness,
and homophobia . The
She is one
Women's Issues Poli cy
of the
coordinators Committee also attempted
of the
to obtain a grant from the
school to provide diversity
women's
training's at Evergreen.
center and
Due to the recent passing of
will be part
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of the
ballot it is illegal to have an
all women anything. The
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workshops
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women's
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recent election, anyone, male or female, may.
contribute . Another issue pertinent to both
sexes is the sexual assault policy at Evergreen,
or the lack thereof In comparison to Antioch's
30 pages, our page seems trivial. The WRC is
working on expanding the policy and
prevention program.
Also coming up this quarter is
International Women 's Week, Black History
Month, and Asian History Month. The
resources at the center are awesome. There are
an incredible amount of books and magazines,
as well as an entire file cabinet filled with
information on job opportunities, internships
and scholarships. Plus, Cheeke explains that
"if we don't hav.e a book that you want then we
can order it for you and you can check it out
from the resource center." The center has also
done work on Mumia and women's prisons.
Upcoming events for the WRC? There
will be a welding workshop this Friday, Jan. 29
from 4 to 6 p.m. Then, on Feb. 7 from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. the WRC will be holding an auto
mechanic workshop. There are only 12 spaces.
so reserve one soon. Also in the next month
or so the center will be holding a multimedia
art show, which will include USW co·
spo nsored speaker, Judy Gorman. Also in
coalition with First Peoples, Day of Absence,
Day ofPresrnce, will be held . On Feb. 5 at 6:30
p.m . in lecture hall 5, the WRC, along with
Native Student Alliance (NSA), and others will
be showing a movie about Mumia . To sign up
for a workshop, find out more information, or
to suggest new ideas, give Erica, tia, or Tanya
a call at x6162, or come to a WRC meeting on
Wednesdays at 1 a.m. in the Women 's
Resource Center. "People should know that
we're here if you need us, and that we're a
resource, " Lam explained. "Anyone can come
in and get material for their research papers,
or to get counseling or help. "

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by Amy Laskota

E.A.R.N. makes a difference

by Briana Waters
and Deirdre Coulter

Contributing writer
Our main purpose is to provide food to
the financially challenged persons who work at
and attend The Evergreen State College. As a
student group, we provide volunteers,
education, and work experience by running the
on-campus food bank. Through weekly
distributions, community food drives, and
fundraisers, students will be able to have new
discourse with other people they may not come
into contact in their daily lives. Through
potlucks, cooking classes, and community
gardening, we want to encourage a new sense
of community, nutritional knowledge, and
create a closer web of support for a population
that is usually marked with shame and
alienation . Student volunteers will also serve
as troubleshooters, being able to extend
invitations to people who need services, or
finding folks who are in a crisis situation. Our
services will be extended to anyone who is in
an emergency. Student volunteers will be
eligible to use the food pantry, too. Work-study
students, staff, faculty, and low-income
students will be required to provide a picture
I.D. and a pay stub from TESe. We are exploring
a plan is to use the CAB 014 as the new Pantry
Location. This is due to its close location to the
loading bay, easy accessibility for all students,
and the fact that it is only used for Student
Activities storage (which it will still be used for) .
Services will include usage of the food bank by
the college in case of natural disaster or crisis.
We need some enthusiastic volunteers.
Your job will be to help us set up the new Food
Pantry, solicit donations, and pick up food
donations from outside businesses and
agencies. You will receive one visit per hour
worked, unless already eligible for services. We
want to get a weekly distribution going by the
first week of Spring Quarter. If you can drive,
you can volunteer to do a weekly bread pickup,
or help us get our equipment. We are looking
to find a deep freezer, and another refrigerator.
We also will happily take canning jars, and
canning equipment. Come Fall, we will be
starting a group of "Greener Gleaners," with
weekly trips to pick unwanted fruits and
veggies, and then learn to can and preserve
them .
On Monday, Feb. 22, we will be coming
to your dorms to pick up any non-perishable
food items you have. You can leave them outside
your doors, or if you forget, we will come and
remind you. You can help us out by encouraging
your roommates to give up that can ofSpaghetti
O's they bought fall quarter.
Nobody should go hungry just because
they need an education!
Our meetings are Mondays at 4 p.m., CAB
320, Student,.Activities Couch Area. You can
leave messages at x6412 until we get an office
extension.

Contributing writers
On Jan. 16, the Evergreen Animal Rights
Network (EARN) took their second trip to the
Wild Burro Rescue Sanctuary in Onalaska,
Washington. Wild Burro Rescue (WBR) is an
organization co-founded by Diana and Gene
Chontos. Their goal is to rescue wild burros
(donkeys) from Death Valley National Park,
where they would otherwise be shot and killed.

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photo by Deirdre Coulter

by Joel Silverman
and Steve Hughes

Contributing writers
The disappearing task force (DTF), as
many of you know, is a collaborative effort
between faculty, staff, administration, and
students to make recommendations to resolve
a particular set of issues that concern the
Evergreen ;:ommunity. Student employment
on campus is being reviewed by a DTF in order
to gain a better perspective of where changes
are needed most.
Many student workers have a growing
sense of urgency in addressing student
employment issues. In light of the Nov. 18
meeting between the administration and
Union of Student Workers (USW), and the
organizing efforts ofstudent workers, the DTF
was seen by some as a tool to slow momentum

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of changing policy. Students have won a great
victory in that the DTF, having now met twice,
has already decided to
release
recommendations as they make them instead
of waiting until the end of spring quarter.
The DTF has also agreed to conclude by
the seventh week of spring quarter, much to
the benefit of student workers hoping to see
changes as soon as possible.
As the task force grapples to understand
the complexity of all the jobs students fill,
they've begun to focus on the reciprocal
relationship involved: student employees play
an essential role in helping the college run,
while the school provides an important
opportunity for students to earn money to
afford tuition and gain experience for future
careers.
Already, the DTF has begun to examine
the current bureaucracy necessary to provide

students a paycheck once each month.
Wishing to improve this, the DTF will be
looking at how other schools in Washington
organize their student employment. Many
schools have transferred much of their student
data to computer files, and some have opted
for a student employee office (SEO), a central
facility that addresses a whole host of issues.
The DTF is researching the feaSibility ofan SEO
at Evergreen.
The progress being made by the Student
Employment DTF is indeed encouraging news
for student workers. The willingness of the
DTF to address the issues, and the alreadyexisting organization of students around
campus employment, show promise that longneeded changes may be just around the corner
at Evergreen. The DTF is open for anyone to
attend.
Meetings are currently on
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hack her. Evergreen head coach Rick Harden
would say after the game, "We didn't get her
the ball enough. It's good to see her step up,
The Evergreen women's basketball team
she's got a lot of skills."
returned home last weekend after a five-game
Another key to Evergreen's steady play
road trip, but found that home-court advanwas patience. They methodically erased leads
tage doesn't mean much to nationally ranked
of 18-10 in the first half and 38-31 in the secopponents. Despite losing 61-37 to Northwest
ond halfby turning up the defensive intensity
Nazarene College on Friday and then 56-52 to
and waiting for the open look at the basket.
Albertson College on Saturday, the
The Lady Geoducks took their first
Lady Geoducks showed some signs of
lead of the night on a layup from
encouragement, and now look to snap
Gretchen Pederson with 8:03 left in the
their 13-game losing streak this weekgame. Albertson's Andrea Jensen anend, with games against Southern Orswered right back with her third threeegon on Friday, Jan. 29, and Saturday,
pointer of the game, and Jeannie ThJan . 30. The games, both of which are
ompson hit the front end of a one-andat home, start at 8 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
one. Dagnon came back with a layup,
and Voyle's 17-footer gave Evergreen a
respectively.
45-44 lead at the 6:25 mark. After
On Friday night, Northwest
Nazarene brought its 17-3 record and
Albertson reeled off six straight points,
Evergreen's Angie Desler nailed a short
number nine NAIA Division II ranking
into Evergreen's gym. Boasting a rosjumper, and Pederson backed that with
ter that lists nine players at 5'10" or
a runner off a screen from Dagnon to
cut the lead to 50-49 with two minutes
taller (Evergreen has four), Nazarene
left. Albertson's Amber Paulson then
certainly posed all kinds of match-up
drained an improbable 18-foot fallaway
problems. Everg[een would have to be
extremely creative on offense, while
jumper from the baseline, but Pederson
playing fierce defense, if the game was
answered with a tremendous driving
to stay competitive. To their credit, the
layin, and was fouled on the play. She
Lady Geoducks knocked out half of the
calmly knocked down the free throw,
knotting the score at 52 with 1:27 to
task.
Evergreen had a fair amount of
play. But a couple of defensive breaktrouble getting anything going on the
downs led to two consecutive easy shots
offensive end, and for one stretch went
in the paint by Albertson'sJanelle Marwithout a field goal for nearly 20 minciano, the second of which determined
utes. Their last points from the floor in
the final margin with 30 seconds to go.
the first half came at the 10:21 mark on
Evergreen was further done in by
a runner from Erin Macleod. They
missed free throws, blowing two front
would not score from the field again
ends of one-and-one opportunities in
until 11:12 remained of the second half,
the dosing moments.
on a layup from Alex Dagnon. The dry
Afterwards, Albertson head coach
spell lasted 19 minutes and 9 seconds,
Todd Corman expressed relief at escapfeatured 16 consecutive missed shots,
ing with the narrow win. "Evergreen believed they could beat us, so we will have
and put Evergreen in a 38-17 hole.
to be careful when they come out (to
Dagnon's icebreaker started a 6-0 surge,
Evergreen's Heidi Haynes battles for a rebound ·
which also included another drive to the
Idaho) to play us. Rick is doing a great
during Friday night's game.
hole from Dagnon and a sweet 16-foot
job, he had his players ready tonight.
with the six they'd handed out the night be- But we found the ways to win at the end, and
jumper from MacLeod, and prompted a
that was the difference," he said.
quick timeout from Nazarene coach Roger fore.
Schmidt. Nazarene then went on a 9-2 run
The beneficiary of many of these dishes
Harden seemed pretty pleased with the
was Chrissie Voyles, who played perhaps her team's performance. "Playing a ranked team
that effectively put the game away.
Despite the offensive struggles, Ever- finest game as a Geoduck. "I felt great during this tough and this dose shows how far we've
green's defense kept the game respectable. It's the shootaround, and [didn't want to jinx it," come," said Harden. But he remains mystified
rare to play dose to a full half of basketball said Voyles, "but it carried over into the game." at the small turnout for the women's games.
without scoring a field goal and emerge facing She would finish with 16 points, shooting a He said flat out, "I want to see more students
only a 21-point deficit. Evergreen forced Naz- sparkling eight of nine (89 percent) from the coming to our team's games."
Pederson led all scorers with a strong 21
arene into 17 turnovers and held them to just floor, on an array of postups, putbacks, and
38 percent shooting for the game. Dagnon led short-to-midrange jumpers. She had only one points. Voyles had six rebounds to go along
all scorers with 15 points, while Staci Wilson attempt from the foul line, suggesting that with her 16 points, and Dagnon put up 10
many of her moves were executed so quickly points, eight rebounds, and five assists.
led Nazarene with 14 points.
The ladies played a much more fluid that Albertson players had no time to react and Paulson led Albertson with 13 points.
by Jef Lucero

Why does the student employment OTF affect you?

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implementation of a policy at TESC which
allows students the right to choose alternatives
to dissection. If you or anyone you know has
lost credit or is in danger of losing credit for
refusing to dissect, please contact EARN. The
group is also planning exciting musical /
speaker events for spring quarter. Any input
or help from students is gladly welcome. In
addition to special events and campaigns,
EARN is also working on expanding their
lending library, complete with literature and
videos on every aspect of animal rights,
including many fabulous vegetarian/vegan
cookbooks. Please feel free to utilize this
valuable resource for personal or academic
pursuits.
In the past, some students have viewed
EARN as an exclusive group, open only to
hard core vegans. We would like to vehemently
dispel that myth. Anyone, regardless of their
eating habits or taste in music, is always
welcome to become involved with the group.
We strive to make our meetings, potlucks, and
events accessible and fun for everyone. We
wholeheartedly welcome ideas and opinions
from the entire student body as well as the
Olympia community. We are also very eager
to work with other student groups. Our
meetings are every Wednesday at 4 p.m. in
CAB110. We can be reached at x6SSS. We look
forward to seeing you!
ATTENTION STUDENTS: [fyou or anyone you
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Contact us atx6555. Meetings Wednesday 4 p.m.
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any in 1999. EARN has been going to the
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Sports editor
Citing personal and medical reasons,
Evergreen's head tennis coach Jim Wood resigned his position last month. Women's basketball coach Rick Harden will act as interim
head coach until a permanent replacement can
be found, said athletic director Pete Steilberg.
Basketball trainer Todd Sandberg will serve as
assistant coach.
"My decision had nothing to do with the
job, the players, or the school," said Wood. "It"s
just that I'm not well right now, and if I wasn't
feeling like this, I'd still be out there," Wood
continued.
According to Steilberg, there are eight
returning players from last year's team- four
men and four women. An organizational meeting for the approaching season has not yet been
planned, but Steilberg hopes to have it scheduled for next week.
The first men"s match of the season is
slated for Saturday, Feb. 13, against Albertson
College. This may prove to be an inconvenience for Harden, said Steilberg, as there are
women's basketball games scheduled for Feb.
12 and Feb. 13.
Wood, who replaced the fired Bruce
Reed, is disappointed he did not get the chance
to coach at Evergreen after all. "I wish everyone well," he said.

This weekend offers an array of
athletic events. The Evergreen men's
and women's basketball teams host
back-to-back doubleheaders this
weekend. The men (who won both
of their games last week) kick off the
action on Friday, Jan. 29, at 6 p.m.,
against Multnomah Bible College.
Shortly afterwards, the women will
off against Southern Oregon University. On Saturday, the women will lead
things off at 5:30 p.m . against
ern Oregon University, and the men
will follow up against Carroll \..-UllItl'Utll
shortly thereafter.
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consistently making the extra pass and finding the cutter rolling to the basket. As a team,
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ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

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The power of the Cops have a right
press, Olympia style
Have you ever wondered about the power
of the media'! Do thesE' powerfi.11 information
~ources, such as the Associated Press, con trol
what is honest public information and what is
just the crap that they want yo u to know or
support?
Well, just as William Randolph Hearst, the
father of the media mega-monopolies, spread
his form of propaganda , the Associated Press is
filling in where Hearst left off
Look at our local news so urer , the
Olympian . Do you think that they are an E've nhanded news source?
Over the years, I have noticed a steady
decline in th e Olympian's handlin g oj loca l
issues. I have watched thE' Olympian go Iroln
an open-minded ncwspaper that l'Ow rl'd lora l
issues with int egr ity to a special interest
clearinghouse with their own agenda, which has
become increasingly conservative.
Another thing that I am worri ed about is
the Olympian's open endorsement of local
political candidates and the initiative process. I
would rather they gave the basic information
about the person , initiative or bond in question ,
and nothing else, yet the Olympian continues to

endorse candidates and spread their new-found
form of conservatism.
I would like to see a local newspaper that
would deal with comlllunity, envirolllnental,
politica l, mlliti-cultural , educational, etc., issues
with integrity, a news source that would be
willing to deal with various issues that the
Associated Press refuses to deal with, but will
also cover any maimtream community isslles. I
would like to see the fa cts about political issues
and candidates but no endorsements, leaving the
public to mak e choices of their own .
I think that Olympia is ripe far J Ill'W news
source, and I thillk that there are a lot of great
local writers in th e area. The Evergreen State
College has so me oCthe most creative and prolific
writers that I have ever seen .
Student s int eres ted in writing and
journalism should take advantage of the possible
opportunities in this area. I don't think that you
would have to look too far for great talent, but
remember, don't be fooled by the power of the
press!
Patrick Kelly

Happy black ,h istory month
... and beware the ethnic bomb
our already microscopic DNA that a customdesigned Anthrax virus would aim for hypothetically, of course ...
Before you think me paranoid (because I'm
certain you can see by now where I'm going with
this), keep ill mind it was the ITN newscast that
coined the term "ethnic bomb," not I, and
by Saab Lofton
implied its possible deployment for "ethnic
cleansing" by those in Bosnia, for example.
We 've had a wide variety of ethnic
(Cultural and political analysis for Evergreen
students and other Olympia residents-in case cleansings in America over the years. They go
by many names: Jim Crow, COintelpro, Death
you couldn't tell ... )
Row, CIA-imported coke, and whereas someone
When my cat had to be operated on, the with enough money and power in Bosnia might
vet said the longer she could hold on, the better use ethnic bombs to end old feuds, in America,
her chances were. The same can be said about such a weapon would invariably replace the
Earth: The longer we go without some global lynching rope and the burning cross.
One day, Americans in a position of power
holocaust, the less likely one will happen. We
who
are
blond/red-haired, blue-eyed, and so
survived fifty-plus years of Cold War saber
rattling without nuking ourselves back to the illc1ined(that's the key) could very well feel more
stone age , we've even survived five hundred-plus beleaguered than usual over being outnumbered
yea rs of Columbus-inspired imperialism, but globally by their fellow Earthlings who just
happen to be darker in hue (because the latter
now there's even more to have to live through.
evolved
in Africa MA.NYyears before the former
KBTC is a local PBS affiliate known for
did
in
Europe),
beleagured to the point of taking
running a lot of British broadcasts like A Bil of
Fry and Laurie and Dr. Who (it's channel 28 if the same attitude
YCJu 're in Bremerton and without cable, like me), the Pharaoh took
One of the broadcasts it runs is a nightly news towards the high
amount
of
~how called ITN World News, and on Friday,Jan.
22, ITN ran a segment about how it's now Hebrews there
sc ient ifically possible for the lethal disease were in ancient
Anthrax to be designed to specifically taIget Egypt. And on
that day ...
individuals with a particular genetic code.
This is nola
One of the few times Oprah showed her
ave rage daily audil'nce often million something conspiracy
other than bread and circuses, she had a fish tank theory, this is a
filled to the brim with blue marbles. The tank warning, pure
was to rep rese nt our DNA and the marbles and simple. ITN
represented all the different components of om World News, a
DNA: How tall we are being one marble, how respectablE' news
heavy we ca n be being another, and so farth . source if there
Oprah then picked up a single marble, held it lip ever was one ,
;"Z
the
to the camera melodramatically, and said one reported
c
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..
marble repre:;ents all it takes in our DNA to be technological
D~
fl at-fea tured, kinky-haired, and dark·skinned. ability to build an
I./)
And I imag ine it 's that one microscopic part of ethnic bomb now

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exists, and since our government has wiped out
the Black Panthers like they were Buffaloes on
the plains in the 1880s, I'm not going to assume
the technology will be shelved and dismissed as
an option. The price ofliberty is eternal vigilance
for a reason.
King Solomon married the Pharaoh 's
daughter in order to make peace, but they had
the luxury of time to spare we don't because no
one could drop or launch bombs during Biblical
times. The longer we're around, the greater the
chance of the world getting smaller and us
outgrowing this violent, adolescent phase we've
been going through. Let's just hope our chances
are better than my cat's. Though it's still the
shortest even during a leap year, try to have a
happy Black History Month anyway,
"The thing is, the problems facing black
people in the future may be worse than the ones
that were around during slavery."
- author Ishmael Reed, Florida Times Union, Oct.
25, 1998

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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

Satan ic:r,itual
abuse 'is,:,eal

to be armed

Once again, Greeners are imaging
themselves in their own world .
This time the issue is guns, or the fact that
Evergreen police officers now carry them.
There is a lot of protest on campus about
the new policy arming campus police officers.
Those who oppose the new policy aim their
protest at the school's administration or police
services itself; by this they are ignoring the issues
that lead to the' new policy, primarily officer
safety.
In case those who oppose the policy haVE'
not noticed, or maybe it is all they look at when
they see a police offIcer, police offIcers all across
th e United States (arry firearms these days.
There are a few of reasons for this; number one
on the list is officer safety. The ultimate mission
of law enforcement is to preserve life, this can
mean the life of a citizen or very often the officer's
own life. Ironically enough, the act of preserving
a life means that officers have to be prepared to
use deadly force when necessary. The vast

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majority of police officers will never fire their
weapons in the line of duty.
However, a firearm may very well be the
only thing that keeps an officer alive in a life or
death situation. The Evergreen State College's
new arming policy was passed for this reason.
Officers on campus perform the same law
enforcement duties as police officers everywhere
else. This often put officers in situations where
they can be dealing with individuals who may
be violent. Allowing officers on campus to carry
firearms is an act of officer safety, not aggression,
as those who oppose the policy would like to
believe.
Perhaps these people should focus on how
officer safety might otherwise be improved, or
on the overa ll professionalism of the law
enforcement field. At the very least the criticism
might be better aimed at other gun related issues,
like how to take illegal guns out of the hands of
criminals.
The police officers here at The Evergreen
State College deserve more then the naive
criticism that I am hearing toward the new
arming policy. They deserve the right to defend
themselves in the same way as police officers in
the outside world do.

As acting director of Victims of Satanic
Ritual Abuse (hereafter referred to as VOSRA)
I feel compelled to respond to Mr. Frank's letter
of Jan. 14, I will take pains to avoid a debate
regarding Me. Frank's naive and cavalier
attitude towards victim's of Satanic Ritual
Abuse-I'm quite sure all right-minded people
feel the same way about his sort of tiresome
rhetoric-and will instead focus on the doubt
he attempts to cast upon the existence of such
crimes and the credibility of those who fall prey
to them,
I would like to extend an invitation to Mr,
Frank, and for that matter anyone who doubts
the credibility of survivors of SRA, to come to
one of our group sessions and hear their stories,
To demand evidence from these people after
what they've gone through, to seek proof after
you've met them and shared their pain, is not
only unconscionable, but superfluous to the
real issues involved.
Jf, for a moment, you could believe Mr,
Frank's dubious claim of Uno phYSical evidence
ever ~merging in a single case of satanic ritual

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abuse" you would still be ignoring the larger
issue-being that these people have been
victimized and someone has to be made
responsible for·it. Therefore, the claim-even
if it were true-is irrelevant.
More importantly, in acting in such an
irresponsible fashion, Me. Frank does a
disservice to the mental health care profession,
whose job it is to aid victim's in their recovery
and to educate the public about emerging
social ills, This work can't be done in good faith
ifthe credibility of victims and specialists alike
is being undermined by skeptics and
·reaction-aries. - ,
. .- .
On a final note, I would encourage the
(P] to exercise some editorial restraint with
regards to publishing letters that are not only
poorly researched but fall outside the
standards of good taste and the good of the
public, .
Rev. Scott Frank
Acting Director ofVOSRA

More about liMen .
Against Mammary
Implants"
Many thanks for publishing my letter, Jan.
14. We are most pleased with the discourse that
has ensued since publication of the
aforementioned letter and are really excited at
the level of interest your readers have shown in
our organization. Surprisingly, most of the
interest has corne from women. Rather than
address all the inquiries individually, I thought
it best to take advantage of the unique forum the
CPJ offers to clarify what MAMI is all about.
MAMI has no intention of dictating to, or
influenCing women, in any way whatsoever. Our
mission is to educate men. Hopefully, reestabli~hing a sense of awe, wonder, respect and
good taste in their attitude toward the opposite
sex. We feel that the oversexualization of the
female breast; the notion that bigger is better, is
in fact, quite simply,a symptom of male neurosis.
The mass media has robbed men of the
Twentieth Century the opportunity of
developing their own personal aesthetic and

sense of beauty. This same media has
unheSitatingly foisted the icon of the perfect
synthetic breast upon the minds of generations
of young men and boys, further alienating men
from their mothers and destroying any chance
of experiencing real intimacy with women . The
synthetic breast undermines our relationship
with 'The Original Breast' (i.e. our mothers) thus
compromising any opportunity we have of
accepting women as they are, in their natural
state. The time is right for sheding this unreal
ideal , we look forward to the new millenium
where we should look to an ideal that can be
realized by all females , not just those that can
afford a boob job.
MAMI is commited to seeing the female
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to join us and do the same.
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President. Men Against Mamary Implants,

Steven J, Gill

The best day ever

Interested in barter?

Money, moolah, damned filthy lucre: it it going, and generate the interest that will allow the shops. If you want to take this one 011, if you
dominates our days and denominates our the next phase to happen without flunking out want to help make non-financial exchange part
dollars. How do you feel about it? If/ove, accept, of school or burdening our schedules to the point of the evergreen experience, call Rllsty at 705or worship aren't the first terms that leap to where sleep becomes a concept: a faintly but 2403 or e-mail edgewise71@hotmail.com.
fandly remembered thing of the past.
mind, you might like this project.
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I have a logo in mind - a three-foot screw Rusty Oliver
I am interested in finding like-minded
Brummel, Jon Grant, CJ Hanekamp, Dan Maier,
persons to help set up a bulletin board dedicated head with the dollar sign in the middle, I'd like
and Cameron Burr)
to barter: the non-financial exchange of goods to make it out of brushed steel or aluminum from
and services, This should be a pretty easy project.
"Anything I've ever wanted to do, I've done.
I have talked with facilities, Student Activities,
Anyone I've wanted to be with, I've had."
and other persons who have an interest in how
-Calvin Klein
our bulletin boards are used/ abused on campus.
I can provide the tool skills and information that
This bright, bright, yellow, yellow Monday
will faciltate this project but I don't want to do it
morning
began just like any other J ROCA BETA
alone for several reasons, First, I will need a lot
Morning
"": helping out the elderly. We carried
of help making sure the board does not get used
on
our
Monday
morning traditions by meeting
for housing, lost/ found, or the for-profit
our Monday morning friend: the glorious CPJ
exchange of sundries once it is set up. Secondly,
writer
Whitney Kvasager (pronounced witI want to do this quickly as a stand up/ knock
knee),
She
came to do an interview with us, but
down project and you probably want to as well.
what
she
didn't
suspect was that we were doing
Thirdly, I would like to see us establish a series
an
interview
with
her.
of dedicated bulletin boards that will allow us,
as a campus, to access political, housing, social, . ; ,.
JRB: So, ah, Whitney. Do you want to make a
and other vital info without contributing to the
blanket fort?
increasingly rapid deforestation of the
COLONEL, HOW DO YOU TELL THE SMART BOMBS FROM THE DUMB ONES?
Whitney:
Where I COl1)e from, we don't make
Northwest and British Columbia. Hopefully we
forts,
we
play
dress-up
can get together and knock this one down, keeep
JRB: Well, Whitney. We're proud to announce
that we, too, love the fine art of dress-up. Well,
fellas, you know what that means! [ALL IN
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·9

We all loaded into the J RO-CAR ™ and
headed off to the BOMB-uh, I mean the BON.
Whoops, classic Freudian slip. As soon as we
stepped in the door, we noti ce d Beautiful
Brummel 's mouth crusties and, the
flibbertigibbets we are, we totally spaced on the
first and maybe most important step ofa fashion
fit: complete and total body makeovers, A true
makeover will not only cleanse the body, but

soothe the soul. We were all in agreement when
the Bruce whispered over to us, "Don't you feel
like Evita, and that Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote
the moment especially for us?"
Upo'n our return to the BON, we floated
into the warm arms and open mouth kisses of
Niko and Celeste, You know you're dealing with
Niko and Celeste when you receive their
patented chin-suck. In the Bon's J ROCA BETA
Dressing Room ""; the interview commenced:

JRB: Whitney, what's your favorite movie that
we've done?
Whitney: Probably Body Heat 2: Rad to the
Bone. It was better than ClaIr-starring Denzel
Washington and Matthew Broderick.
JRB: SO, who did Kobe Bryant take to his high
school prom?
Whitney: Well, it was teen-pop star Brandy. You
may know her from TV's "Moesha."
jRB: Isn't Fictional Sociology your favorite class?
Whitney: Yep.
JRB: How great is [CPJ L&O Editor] David
Simpson?
Whitney: He's the only one who draws political
cartoons. Hey fellas, now that this is all said and
done, I can't decide who's better: Niko or
Celeste?
jRB: Well Whitney, close your eyes, relax your
mind , and think of the most sensual moment of
your entire life.
Whitney: The tongue·suck-chinl! Of course:
Nikol!
JRB: Ta·ta, Whitney!
Whitney: TlI-ta-Iu.
jRB: Tutles,
Next Week: The Cord ial Visit of Coin head (Pa rt
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ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

L

UF REEDOM OF SPEECH:

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The power of the Cops have a right
press, Olympia style
to be armed

Have you ever wondered about the power
of the media? Do these powerful information
sources, such as the Associated Press, control
what is honest public information and what is
just the crap that they want you to know or
support?
Well, just as William Randolph Hearst, the
father of the media mega-monopolies. spread
his form of propaganda, the Associatrd Press is
filling in where Hearst left off.
Look at our local news source, th e
Olympian . Do you think that they are an ('venhanded news source?
Over the y('ars , I have nc tirl'd a steady
declin e in th e Olympian's handling of lo ca l
issues. I have watrhed the Olympian go from
an open-minded newspaper that covered loc31
issues with integrity to a special int erest
clearinghouse with their own age nda , which has
become increasingly conservative.
Another thing that I am worried about is
the Olympian's open endorsement of local
political candidates and the initiative process. I
would rather they gave the basic information
about the person, initiative or bond in question,
and nothing else, yet the Olympian continues to

endorse candidates and spread their new-found
form of conservatism.
I would like to see a local newspaper that
would deal with community, environmental,
political , multi-cultural. educational , etc., issues
with integrity, a news source that would be
willing to deal with various issues that the
Associated Press refuses to deal with , but will
also cover any mainstream community issues. I
would like to see the facts about political issues
and candidates but no endorsements, leaving the
public to make choices of their own .
I think that Olympia is ripe for a new news
source , and I think that there are a lot of great
local writers in the area. The Evergreen State
College h a ~ some of the most creati ve and prolific
writers that I have ever sern .
Students interrst ed in writing and
journalism should take advantage of the possible
opportunities in this area. I don't think that you
would have to look too far for great talent, but
remember. don't be fooled by the power of the
press!
Patrick Kelly

Once ilgain. Greeners are imaging
themselves in their own world.
This time the issue is guns, or the f:act that
Evergreen police officers now carry them .
There is a lot of protest on campus about
the new policy arming campus police officers.
Those who oppose the new policy aim their
protest at the school's administration or police
services itself; by this they are ignoring the issues
t hat lead to the new policy, primarily officer
safety.
I n case those who oppose the policy have
not noticed, or maybe it is all they look at wh en
they see a police officer, police officers all across
the United States carry firearms these days.
There are a few of reasons for this; number one
on the list is officer safety. The ultimate mission
of law enforcement is to preserve life, this can
mean the life of a citizen or very often the officer's
own life. Ironically enough, the act of preserving
a life means that officers have to be prepared to
usc deadly force when necessary. The vast

Happy black history month
... and beware the ethnic bomb
our already microscopic DNA that a customdesigned Anthrax virus would aim forhypothetic3lly, of course . ..
Before you think me paranoid (because I'm
certain you can see by now where I'm going with
this), keep in mind it was the ITN newscast that
coined the term "ethnic bomb ," not I. and
by Saab Lofton
implied its possible deployment for "ethnic
cleansing" by those in Bosnia, for example.
We've had a wide variety of ethnic
(Cultural and political analysiS for Evergreen
in America over the years. They go
clean
sings
students and other Olympia residents-in case
by many names: ]im Crow, Coin tel pro, Death
you couldn't tell .. . )
Row, CIA-imported coke, and whereas someone
When my cat had to be operated on, the with enough money and power in Bosnia might
vet said the longer she could hold on , the better use ethnic bombs to end old feuds, in America,
her chances were. The same can be said about such a weapon would invariably replace the
Earth: The longer we go without some global lynching rope and the burning cross.
One day, Americans in a position of power
holocaust, the less likely one will happen. We
survived fifty-plus years of Cold War saber who are blond/red-haired, blue-eyed, and so
rattling without nuking ourselves back to the inclined(that's the key) could very well feel more
stone age , we've even survived five hundred-plus beleaguered than usual over being outnumbered
years of Columbus-inspired imperialism, but globally by their fellow Earthlings who just
happen to be darker in hue (because the latter
now there's even more to have to live through.
KBTC is a local PBS affiliate known for evolved in Africa MANYyears before the former
running a lot of British broadcasts like A Bit of did in Europe), beleagured to the point of taking
Fry and Laurie and Dr. Who (it's channel 28 if the same attitude
you're in Bremerton and without cable, like me). the Pharaoh took
One of the broadcasts it runs is a nightly news towards the high
of
show called [TN World News, and on Friday, ]an. amount
22, ITN ran a segment about how it's now Hebrews there
scientifically possible for the lethal disease were in ancient
Anthrax to be designed to specifically target Egypt. And on
that day ...
individuals with a particular genetic code.
This is not a
One of the few times Oprah showed her
average daily audience of ten million something c onspiracy
other than bread and circuses. she had a fish tank theory, this is a
filled to the brim with blue marbles. The tank warnin g, pure
was to represent our DNA and the marbles and simple. [TN
represented all the different cornponents of our World News , a
DN A: How tall we are being one marble, how respectable news
heavy we ca n be being another, and so forth . sourc(' if there
Oprah th ell picked up a single marble, held it up ever was on e,
the
to the camera melodramatically, and said one reported
marbl e represents all it takes in our DNA to be technological
fl at-fea tured. kinky-haired , and dark-skinned. ability to build an
And I imagine it's that one microscopic part of ethnic bomb now

Piper's
Pit

exists, and since our government has wiped out
the Black Panthers like they were Buffaloes on
the plains ill the 1880s, I'm not going to assume
the technology will be shelved and dismissed as
an option. The price ofliberty is eternal vigilance
for a reason.
King Solomon married the Pharaoh's
daughter in order to make peace, but they had
the luxury of time to spare we don 't because no
one could drop or launch bombs during Biblical
times. The longer we're around, the greater the
chance of the world getting smaller ilnd us
outgrowing this violent, adolescent phase we've
been going through. Let's just hope our chances
are better than my cat's. Though it's still the
shortest even during a leap year, try to have a
happy Black History Month anyway.
"The thing is, the problems facing black
people in the future may be worse than the ones
that were around during slavery."
-author Ishmael Reed, Florida Times Union, Oct.
25, 1998

Every person may freely speak, write and publish on a'll subjects, being
responsible for the abuse of that right."
- Article I, Section 5, Washington State Constitution 1889

majority of police officers will never fire their
weapons in the line of duty.
However, a firearm may very well be the
only thing that keeps an officer alive in a life or
death situation. The Evergreen State College's
new arming policy was passed for this reason.
Officers on campus perform the same law
enforcement duties as police officers everywhere
else. This often put officers in situations where
they can be dealing with individuals who may
be violent. Allowing officers on campus to carry
firearms is an act of officer safety, not aggression,
as those who oppose th e policy would like to
believe.
Perhaps these people should focus on how
officer safety might otherwise be improved, or
on the overall professionalism of the law
t'nforcement field. At the very least the criticism
might be better aimed at other gun related issues,
like how to take illegal guns out of the hands of
criminals.
The police officers here at The Evergreen
State College deserve more then the naive
criticism that I am hearing toward the new
arming policy. They deserve the right to defend
themselves in the same way as police officers in
the outside world do.

Satanic ritual
sb·u.se is, ·~ r.ea-I
,

I

As acting director of Victims of Satanic
Ritual Abuse (hereafter referred to as VOSRA)
I feel compelled to respond to Mr, Frank's letter
of ]an. 14. I will take pains to avoid a debate
regarding Mr. Frank's naive and cavalier
attitude towards victim's of Satanic Ritual
Abuse-I'm quite sure all right-minded people
feel the same way about his sort of tiresome
rhetoric-and will instead focus on the doubt
he attempts to cast upon the existence of such
crimes and the credibility of those who fall prey
to them.
I would like to extend an invitation to Mr.
Frank; and for that matter anyone who aoubts
the credibility of survivors ofSRA, to come to
one ofour group sessions and hear their stories.
To demand evidence from these people after
what they've gone through, to seek proof after
you've met them and shared their pain, is not
onlYJmconscionable, but superfluous to the
real issues involved.
.If, for a moment, you could believe Mr.
Frank's dubious claim of "no physical evidence
ever ~merging in a single case of satanic ritual

'

~'.

abuse" you would still be ignoring the larger
issue-being that these people have been
victimized and someone has to be made
responsible for it, Therefore, the claim-even
if it were true-is irrelevant.
More importantly, in acting in such an
irresponsible fashion, Mr. Frank does a
disservice to the mental health care profession,
whose job it is to aid victim's in their recovery
and to educate the public about emerging
social ills. This work can't be done in good faith
ifthe credibility ofvictims and specialists alike
is being undermined by skeptics and
rcactiOllaries~- , - ...
.
On a final note, [ would encourage the
CP] to exercise some editorial restraint with
regards to publishing letters that are not only
poorly researched but fall outside the
standards of good taste and the good of the
public,
Rev. Scott Frank
Acting Director ofVOSRA

More about lIMen .
Against Mammary
Implants"
Many thanks for publishing my letter, ]an.
14. We are most pleased with the discourse that

has ensued since publication of the
afor('mentioned letter and are really excited at
the level of interest your readers have shown in
our organization. Surprisingly, most of the
interest has rome from women . Rather than
address all the inquiries individually, I thought
it best to take advantage of the unique forum the
CP] offers to clarity what MAMI is all about.
MAMI has no intention of dictating to, or
influenCing women, in any way whatsoever. Our
mission is to educate men . Hopefully, reestablishing a sense of awe, wonder, respect and
good taste in their attitude toward the opposite
sex. We feel that the oversexualization of the
female breast; the notion that bigger is better, is
in fact, quite simply,a symptom of male neurosis.
The mass media has robbed men of the
Twentieth Century the opportunity of
developing their own personal aesthetic and

sense of beauty. This same media ha s
unheSitatingly foisted the icon of the perfect
synthetic breast upon the minds of generation s
of young men and boys, further alienating men
from their mothers and destroying any chance
of experiencing real intimacy with women . The
synthetic breast undermines our relationship
with The Original Breast' (i.e. our mothers) thus
compromising any opportunity we have of
accepting women as they are, in their natural
state. The time is right for sheding this unreal
iaeal, we look forward to the new millenium
where we should look to an ideal that can be
realized by all females, not just those that can
afford a boob job.
MAMI is commited to seeing the female
form just as God made it, and I encourage aU men
to join us and do the same.
Scott A Mantle
President. Men Against Mamary Implants.

Steven]. Gill

The best day ever

Interested in barter?

Money, moolah , damned filthy lucre: it it going, and generate the interest that will allow the shops. If you want to take this one on, if you
dominates our days and denominates our the next phase to happen without flunking out want to help make non-financial exchange part
dollars. How do you feel about it? If love, accept. ofschool or burdening our schedules to the point of the evergreen experience, call Rusty at 705or worship aren't the first terms that leap to where sleep becomes a concept: a faintly but 2403 or e-mail edgewise71@hotmai/.com.
fondly remembered thing of the past.
mind, you might like this project.
by] Roca Beta (Nick Brandt, Casey Bruce, Chris
I have a logo in mind - a three-foot screw Rusty Oliver
I am in terested in finding like-minded
Brummel,]on
Grant, CJ Hanekamp, Dan Maier,
sign
in
the
middle.
I'd
like
head
with
the
dollar
persons to help set up a bulletin board dedicated
and
Cameron
Burr)
to barter: the non-financial exchange of goods to make it out of brushed steel or aluminum from
and services. This should be a pretty easy project.
"Anything I've ever wanted to do, I've done.
I have talked with facilities, Student Activities,
Anyone I've wanted to be with, I've had."
and other persons who have an interest in how
-Calvin Klein
our bulletin boards are used/ abused on campus.
I can provide the tool skills and information that
This bright, bright, yellow, yellow Monday
will faciltate this project but I don't want to do it
morning
began just like any other] ROCA BETA
alone for several reasons. First, I will need a lot
Morning
"": helping out the elderly. We carried
of help making sure the board does not get used
on our Monday morning traditions by meeting
for housing, lost/ found, or the for-profit
our Monday morning friend: the glorious CP]
exchange of sundries once it is set up. Secondly,
writer
Whitney Kvasager (pronounced witI want to do this quickly as a stand up/ knock
She
came to do an interview with us, but
knee).
down project and you probably want to as well.
what
she
didn't
suspect was that we were doing
Thirdly, I would like to see us establish a series
an
interview
with
her.
of dedicated bulletin boards that will allow us,
as a campus, to access political, housing, social, .; ..
]RB: So, ah, Whitney. Do you want to make a
and other vital info without contributing to the
blanket fort?
increasingly rapid deforestation of the
COLONEl, HOW DO YOU TELL THE SMART BOMBS FROM T~E DUMB ONES?
Whitney: Where I come from , we don't make
Northwest and British Columbia. Hopefully we
forts,
we play dress-up
can get together and knock this one down, keeep
]RB: Well, Whitney. We're proud to announce
that we, too, love the fine art of dress-up. Well,
fellas, YOll know what that means! [ALL IN
e
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The cpJ wants to use as much space as poSSible on these pages for letters and opinions. Therefore, in practice, we have allowed
contributors to exceed the word limit when space is available, When space is limited, the submissions are prioritized according to
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Please note: the cpJ does not check its e-mail daily; the arrival of e-mailed letters may be delayed and may cause the letter to be
held until the following issues. We will accept typed or handwritten submissions, but those provided on disk are greatly apprecia ted.

All submissions must have the author's name and a phone number.
Cooper Point 10urnal • January 28, 1999

-9

We all loaded into the J RO-CAR TM and
headed off to the BOMB-uh, I mean the BON.
Whoops, classic Freudian slip. As soon as we
stepped in the door, we noti ced Beautiful
Brummel's mouth crusties and, the
flibbertigibbets we are, we totally spaced on the
first and maybe most important step ofa fashion
fit: complete and total body makeovers. A true
makeover will not only cleanse the body, but

soothe the soul. We were all in agreement when
the Bruce whispered over to us, "Don't you feel
like Evita, and that Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote
the moment especially for us?"
Upo'n our return to the BON, we floated
into the warm arms and open mouth kisses of
Niko and Celeste. You know you're dealing with
N iko and Celeste when you receive their
patented chin-suck. In the Bon's] ROCA BETA
Dressing Room "", the interview commenced:
]RB: Whitney, what's your favorite movie that
we've done?
Whitney: Probably Body Heat 2: Rad to the
Bone. It was better than Glorrstarring Denzel
Washington and Matthew Broderick.
]RB: So, who did Kobe Bryant take to his high
school prom?
Whitney: Well, itwas teen-pop star Brandy. You
may know her from TV's "Moesha."
]RB: Isn't Fictional Sociology your favorite class?
Whitney: Yep.
JRB: How great is [CP] L&O Editor) David
Simpson?
Whitney: He's the only one who draws political
cartoons. Hey fellas, now that this is all said and
done, I can't decide who's beller: Niko or
Celeste?
]RB: Well Whitney, close your eyes, relax your
mind, and think of the most sensual moment of
your entire life.
Whitney: The tongue-suck-chin!! Of course:
Niko!!
]RB: Ta-ta, Whitney!
Whitney: TII-ta-ILI.
]RB: Tutles.
Next Week: The' Cordial Visit of Coin head (Part
1 of 4)
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sharply agitated, violent, and even suspenseful."
•

Agent Flan penetrates J Roca
Beta's wall of deception.
1/27/99
My archenemies will soon realize their demolition! Under the guise of a dress-up-playingfeatures-editing-ingenue, I, Agent Flan of Squad Sooper Cooper, was able to infIltrate} Roca
Beta's lair (month after grueling month of.stake-out) and document their debauching. After
I submit my findings to Captain Forehead, victory wiu be mine! AU I need to do now is sit
back, laugh maniacally, and revel in my ultimate investigative achievement. Excellent. One
question remains in my mind, though. Is J Roca Beta Evergreen's only fraternity or
Evergreen's only sorority?
Name: Chris "Beautiful" Brummel
. Status: So married
Distinguishing Otaracteristics: Cute bottom. One time a guy told him he
had a good chest
Specialty: Has the ability to legally wed people at will
Recent Crimes: .. I didn't commit a crime, but somebody stole my CD
purse. And this isn't a joke! And if I find you I'm gonna' kill you and
punch you in the face!"
Mode of Transportation: Wondertruck""
Possible Aliases: Beautiful Brummel, Marrying Man, Captain Fantasy
Quote: "Pisces is good, but Libra is astounding!"

Name: "Hardcore" Nick Brandt -'.
Status: Single (and extremely available)
DistinguishingOtaracteristics: Veryhuggable
Specialty: Mixing chocolate 2nd rnick to form an amazing new
drink: Chocolate Mickl
.
Recent Crimes: Stole a Rocket Car (seriously-you think we're
joking, but we're not)
Mode of Transportation: Rocket Car
Possible Aliases: Funk E. Britches, Icepick
Quote: "What's the whizord, Biznatches?"
Name: Casey "The" Bruce
Status: Very legal
Distinguishing Otaracteristics: Has been told that he has a "sweet
package" and "good legs, man"
Specialty: Milk
Recent Rhymes: "If you're feeling anti-social! Go do something
special"
Mode of Transportation: Transportation
Possible Aliases: The Bruce, Beast, Kipling Honeypot, Edgar, Silver
Surfer lAB (In A Ball)
Quote: Something from the Blues Traveler Four Album
Name: Cameron "Blameron" Burr
Status: Resident citizen-:-married to America
Distinguishing Otaracteristics: Delicate skin, light arm hair, and
mighty fists
Specialty: Master of disguise, lord of illusion and tomfoolery
Recent Crimes: Lied about location of Edmonds, WA.
Mode of Transportation: A very fast car
Possible Aliases: Spazzrock. Glamrock, Special Rusty Star, Grace
Quote: "Put that Silver Surfer in a ball I"

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Name: S Hanekamp
Status: (Washington): Single; (Kentucky): Married; (California):
Engaged
,
Distinguishing Otaracteristics: Tree bark brown hair
Specialty: Does special things
Recent Crimes: Stole Chris' heart
Recent Rhymes: Bowl Misses Fart
Mode of Transportation: Tassels
Possible Aliases: S, Dr. Hanekamp, Sea-Shell, Sea-Snake, Angel
Animorph, Charles Taylor, Lieutenant C) , Rex Flex
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a

Sand a masterpiece I res t my case
family's history, from the time of her
grandmother and mother to her
days in a Japanese-American
internment camp, followed by her
struggle to assimilate in the
entertainment world as she settled
for the stereotypical roles allotted to
Asian women at the time. She then
leads audiences through the turmoil
of the sixties, with her close ties to
the Black Panthers and the AsianAmerican Movement.
She
highlights her relationship with a
black activist during this time, who
is eventually shot by police soon
after his child with Miyamoto is
born. She also includes her
experiences during the Los Angeles
riots and discusses multiculturalism
in the nineties.
A Grain of Sand has been
heralded by Asian-American and
other multicultural audiences across
the country as a "milestone" and
"stunningly beautiful" traveling
by Rachna Vas
chronicle. The Los Angele.s Times described
contributing writer
Miyamoto's performance as a "well-crafted,
In preparation for the Day of Absence, I multimedia showcase ... sometimes witty,
was asked to write an article featuring this sometimes sobering, and always insightful."
year's upcoming guest performance of A Crain
Please mark your calendars for this much
of Sand by the very talented Nobuko antiCipated performance sponsored by the
Miyamoto. As I peruse through her biography President's Diversity Fund and Evergreen
and various clippings about her from around Expressions. Tickets qn be purchased from
the country, I begin to realize that this amazing the bookstore at the following rates:
Japanese American woman is not just any Any student with a valid high school or college
performing artist. She is a piece of history IDcard-$5
illuminated through a multimedia, Evergreen faculty, staff, alumni, KAOS
multicultural, one-woman show.
members, and senior citizens-$8
Nobuko Miyamoto has an impressive General admission-$10
theatrical history which includes dancing in
A limited number of discount coupons
"The King and I," "Flower Drum Song," and are available on a first-come, first-served basis
"West Side Story." She founded the nonprofit for the second show only. They will be
agency, Great Leap, which focuses on Asian- distributed at Day of Absence events on Feb.
American dance, drama and music, and co- 11 . Please note that tickets for purchase with
found ed a record label, Bindu Records. She the discount coupons will be held at the box
also produced our country's first Asian office until 7:45 p.m. of the performance night,
American music album, now part of the after which will be offered to those without
Smithsonian Collection.
coupons. For more information, please call
In A Grain ofSand, Miyamoto chronicles x6833 .
her history as a Japanese American from her
In addition to her scheduled
internment to present day. Through film , performance on Feb. 10 and 11 at the
video, dance, music, and theater, Miyamoto experimental theater, Miyamoto will also
enlightens audiences about the poignant conduct a storytelling workshop on Feb. 11 at
experiences that are a part of Asian-Americana, the Salmon Club.
and other minority groups' experiences of the
For more information about Nobuko
so-called "melting pot." It is her hope to foster Miyamoto, please refer to her web site at
productive dialogue and closer ties among www.bindurecords.com/Nobuko/. Music
various communities, so as to move past the from A Crain ofSand can be purchased from
polarized state that we, as Americans, tend to Bindu Records, Great Leap Inc. or the
gravitate towards.
Smithsonian Institute/Folkway recordings.
Miyamoto's quest "to dissolve Other works by Miyamoto include Best ofBoth
boundaries and elevate our consciousness is Worlds(1983), and To All Relations (1997) as
due largely to her turbulent history. A Grain well as a six minute short film entitled Caman,
ofSand is Miyamoto's chance to showcase her distributed by Third World Newsreel.

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Pat Graney Co. shares performance,
dance workshop, and prison project
A Dreamy
Performance

Keeping the
Faith project

by Jimmy Cropsey
Staff writer

by Nick Challed
A&E editor

On Friday and Saturday nights,
th e Evergreen Expressions series
Pat Graney ended her visit to Evergreen
presen ted Pa t Cra ney Compan yin the
by sharing video footage and personal
Experimental Theater of the .
stories on her prison project, "Keeping the
Communications Building. The
Faith" last Saturday afternoon. The project
dancers were: Danielle Cladstone, Pat
provides intensive workshops on writing,
Graney, Racheal Kennedy, Saiko
movement, and performance skills for
Kobiyashi, jean Landry, Carla
prison inmates. Keeping the Faith provides
Rudiger, Michelle de La Vega and
a creative Oppo(tunity for inmate.s to
Cheronne S. Wong. They were
explore difficult issues, while gaining a
originally scheduled to perform only
sense ofselfesteem, freedom, and support.
one show on Friday, but because of
For five years the project has toured to
high demand they performed again on
prisons in Boston, Florida, Brazil and
Saturday. Both shows were sold out.
Germany. Most progress, however, has
taken place at the Washington Corrections
The Pat Graney Company
perfomed a piece entitled "Sleep
Center for Women in Gig Harbor, WA,
Photo by Jimmy Cropsey
(making peace with the angels),"
where Graney has provided a longer threeThe
Pat
Graney
Company
explores
intuitive
memory
through
gestures
while
one
which developed from explorations of
month residency for the inmates. On
the performers' histories and research
Saturday, Graney shared videos of news
member stands on the table preparing to scream and faint.
on worldwide cultural rituals. It was
clips, participant interviews, and
the second installation of a trilogy being put matches. At different times the performers performance like a big crucifix, suspended performances of the Gig Harbor project.
out by the company that explores hidden and would sometimes sit down and do various body parts, a huge alligator, huge torrents of
Graney explained that inmates rarely have
series of complex hand movements while rice falling on the stage, a table, and a set-up of opportunities of an expressive voice within the
intuitive memory.
The performance began with a young girl letting out quick, prayer like whispers. They most ofthe smaller props that turned the stage prison system. Keeping the Faith allows them to
walking out onto a dreamy blue lit stage would sometimes interact closely in pairs into a huge and beautiful altar.
share their inner stories through performances.
carrying a lit birthday cake. She blew out the doing interactions that ranged from sensual to
Some of the scenes were astonishing. Audiences consist of other inmates, prison
candles, laid down under a huge white cloth conflictory, indifferent to attentive, and Rice raining down in on a wedding. A administrators, press, and invited members of
covering the stage and went to sleep. The cloth balanced to frantic. Throughout much of the partygoer discovering to her embarassment the public.
slowly puUed off stage while the girl was bathed performance, dancers would be in constant that she is naked. A wrapped present came out
Through expressive writing, participants
in pink light, and the other dancers stalked out flux from doing their own thing to interacting to the stage which contained a red dress. gain the ability to take an honest look at their
onto the stage very slowly while staring straight in a group, which helped make the show more Everone grabbing ciggartes with their mouths circumstances and past. As one inmate conveyed,
ahead. As the main body of dancers did stimulating while adding emphasis to the parts from the inner thighs of a recently duct-taped "I have brought things out that have been stuck
various movements on the stage in changing where they were all included in a paticular woman walking on her hands. Everyone inside me. When it did come out it made a lot of
formations , the girl migrated to the huge green activity. Costumes changed constantly, picking their teeth. Stomping around in sense and it was beautiful." Through the writing,
alligator in front of the stage and fell asleep depending on the sometimes loose contexts of formation. Fainting from a table-top after inmates deal with issues ranging from family,
the situations. Candles were brought on and screaming. Admiring a nice pair of new shoes visualization, abuse, neglect, and poverty.
there.
Through performance, inmates also gain
With this dreamy set established, the off the stage at different times, usually being in unison. Scenes from parties. Simultaneous
performance went on to give many colorful placed in cool formations (mostly in convex fake smiles. The donning of dresses interpersonal skills and awareness, as they learn
interpretations of rituals and social situations arches) and sometimes being blown out or lit descending from above. A covered bride with to support, trust, and rely 011 other performers.
common in many of the world's societies.
at key times. Stage props and special effects memories oflife surrounding her. A little girl "We came together from different walks of life
and performed," one inmate expressed.
Dancers would occasionally light and blowout included intense stuff throughout the who is asleep and dreaming.
Throughout the development of Keeping
the Faith, Graney has confronted many
·A.Mur:a/of;[);ve.rsity is Unveiled challenges of working within the prisons, since
they have their own system ofrules. expectations,
, . On MOnday;a'
. int~ractive mural
and
power.
was ~nveiled ,by' Fi~
of Col.or. Key5ervi9!5; ~nd
Amajor bias that Pat has faced within these
,
, in'the
systems involve issues of sexuality. This has
Pec)J)IE!S 'I~)Ullge;fn· 2111"~no![ttt>Pritmru·,.the space and
involved confronting various rules ranging from
l~lI~e is IqCated In the back
wearing
the appropriate bra to limiting physical
the:~v.isil~ (~1~f(lqd is open to.anyone. It provides a
contact. [n one prison system, Graney was told
~. re~xatiOO. :
;;..'
that she could only hug an inmate if there was a
_ ......1'# thiorriiF> iJwoNes multiculturalism and
death in the family (for up to 30 seconds). The
'E!4uqltion.lt disPlays a diversity
Keeping the Faith project has been given
of faces ~
arOUnd the world and throughout
permission for additional "touching," however
historY who haW rr.ade a lastir,g ilTipaGt on social justice
only in a particular context, and with prison
arid ~wareness.slK;h as Yukio Mishlma, Bertha Russel,
guards cautiously watching the group to make
,Langston Hughes; GO~a~~r,a,na leonard Peltier,The
sure nothing "inappropriate" occurs. Pat has also
struggled with the issue ofbeing an open lesbian.
rnu~1 al~ i~~e-s ,sitnple ~t i~~~~ng quotes,sudi as
At one point, a prison superintendent believed
";oNe are the leadersl¥e'veJ)een waitIng for"(unknown).
that Graneywas attempting to start a lesbian club
" .Raquel Salinas. C&rdlnator for First peopies, shared
in the prison. "Ifthey don't want YOIl in, they have
.~ings of~e mural:"Jt is afl}azing to see so many
the power, and they can sabotage everything you
Ickes figm so many p/aces".lt forces you to think abo!Jt
do,"
Graney explained.
who the people are, and interact with it"
.
Despite these challenges, Keeping the Faith
. . The creation of the mural involved a year long
has flourished into a innovative and meaningful
'process of ideas, designs,fund.raising, and assistance
to
gra
proj ect. Graney is currently looking for
Peoples Coordinator), Jen Shifflet, and Irina Gendleman (Crow Mural from the Crow Mural Proiect - a commutiity based .
internships for the project.lfinterested, call (206)
.
group who organizes murals in Olympia. ."
Project Members) sit in front of the mural after its unveil
329-3705.
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Loud and free at the HCC
by Jimmy Cropsey
Staff writer

by Nick Challed A&EEditor

, .. Aseriesot)apanese~willbeshawingat
PKergreen in the Recital Hall on Feb. 2 and The
film festival was organized by the Consu1ateGeneral of]apan at Seattle, in coopention with
The Evergreen State College.
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Last Friday, January 22, Stradhoughton
member
echo and Nob-Streater played in the Housing
uses a
C0!TImunity Center.
pickup mic
At 7:45 p.m. , Stradhoughton echo did a
to capture
sound check, and by 8:45 p.m., came on to
the sounds
play. The band consisted of four players- a
guitarist, bassist, drummer and a guy that had
of a metal
a mic over a bucket of water with a thermos in
object
it. The first 15 minutes had no drummer, the
scraping a
guitars plucked away while the guy did stuff floating
like scrape the thermos with a spoon and
thermos.
crumple paper into the mic while the songs
Photo by
were sprinkled with occasional lyrics. Around
JimmyCropsey
9 p.m. the drummer came up to perform with
them . During this time, there were some
Things would be happy one minute and
unusual rhythms from the guitars that
confused in the next, and like the "monster out
sometimes made them sound like they were
of the woods," would become angry, only to
playing in twelve time (guitar in three with the
become insightful, then happy again, on and
bass in four) and twenty time (the guitar in four
in a continuous cycle. The varied emotions
on
with the bass in five) . They only seemed to do
were trying to express what it can be like to be
this a couple of measures at a time, after which
Christian in an honest and musical way.
they would fall together into a four time, which
Talking to the band revealed that their idea of
seemed to be what they mostly played. It isn't
being a Christian band was to simply try to do
necessarily accurate to say that the drummer
their thing (in this case, playing music) with a
only played four-four with negative space
faith
that they strive to hold in there being a
interspersed, but it kinda sounded like it.
divine creator of the universe.
It was surprising to hear a band with two
One of the several interesting things that
singers that placed so little emphasis on lyrics.
the two bands had in common .was that they
The volume for the singing was low, and the
were both Christian bands. They both seemed
verses seemed short compared to the music.
Not that they weren't interesting ("then she
told me that I was free, that I got sober she
see CONCERT on page 13
would not believe ... "), but they were hard to r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - hear. They could be followed by the quick end
of a song, and everything would be quiet and
mellow. A unique approach.
The sound check for Nob-Streater started
More and more, it seems as if people are
at 9:30 p.m., and it was loud. The lead singer/ byTim Radar
becoming discontented with the selection of
guitarist asked the crowd how it sounded, to Contributing writer
venues in the Olympia area. Underage kids
which was replied that the lyrics weren't
bitch about no shows, while 21+'s bitch about
understandable. We were then informed that
no bar shows. These people have no real reason
the lyrics were supposed to be quiet compared
to complain; just go and watch, and stop
to the music. We were also told to tell them if
standing
outside complaining. No one should
it sounded bad later in the performance
really complain about not having places to see
bands in Oly. Hell, the famous Backstage alone
has booked thousands of different bands in the
last seven years, and despite rumors, has no
intention to stop. I mean, in the next month
alone, you have Enemymine, Red Stars Theory,
and Fugazi playing in the same venue.
Besides the Backstage, Olympia has a
wide variety of places to go and see shows. The
Midnight Sun, started around 1993, has a
continual stream of great bands, plays, and
films booked. In the last year alone, I have seen
the Make Up play, gone to an Oly short film
festival, and seen Behead the Prophet; so this
venue is no slouch of a place. Then, you have
Tim Radar
the fairly new Arrowspace, started within the
Bunny Foot Charm rocks out in May
last few years, which slowly but steadily has
of 1997 at the Arrowspace.
had an increase in shows due to its low, low
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5:15 p.m - Maboro.sbi199S,.1lO J:Jili).
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national shrine. It demonstrates !he complexity
and motivation oftheactJ>yconsideringpersonal
neurosis and social conditions.
5p.m.- TIckettoRide:Avideo short which seeks
to dispel cOncerns oftraveIers:
5:15 p.m - Hanabi(Flreworks) 1997, 103 min,
. Thls explosive film brings action, humor,
and sentiment together byfuUowingthe hectic life
ofa detectivewho can'tseem to controlhisviolent
personality; Ithas been calteda cross between Dirty
Haiifand The Bridie;; of Mamson County.
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place to see shows. It doesn't hold very many
people, but it is a great place. In the last three
years alone the Arrowspace has booked some
amazing bands, like Bunny Foot Charm, C
Average, The Tight Bros. , Men's Recovery
Project, Scared of Chaka, The Murder City
Devils, Behead the Prophet, and many, many
more bands that have amazed the crowds over
its three year existence.
And finally, Olympia may be seeing the
reappearance of bar shows to this ali-ages
town. Looks like the Eastside Tavern has been
doing garage shows lately, with bands such as
Watts (ex· Mono Men), the Gimmiks, and
others, and the 4th Ave Tavern has revived their
music selection, which until recently consisted
of bad cover bands and the occasional blues
show. They have been booking younger bands
in the bar once again, just as they did in the
past; at one time you could see Fitz of
Depression and the Wrong Notes play there in
the same week, but that qUickly faded ... until
now. The tav has been busy booking such
bands as Moral Crux, The Bomboras, and the
return of the Wrong Notes.
In a town where you can go and see so
many great bands in so many great places, no
one has any room to complain. All in all, it
looks like the shows are picking up, and I hope
it continues. Check your venues in the next few
weeks for the Young Pioneers, Fugazi, and
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Food Service getting a facelift
by Michael Yadrick
contributing writer

encompass location (especially), food concepts
and method of delivery, enrollment growth,
budget constraints, and customer diversity.
Nancy McKinney. special assistant to the
vice president of finance and administration,
has been doing the initial research for the
remodel throughout the past year. She has
attended workshops on the planning and
execution of a renovation (from sneeze guards
to satisfying the 90's food lifestyle), collected
articles, and implemented the surveys and
focus groups. Nancy will chair the committee
with several other faculty and staff, including
Chuck McKinney from Housing and a

reports on the background behind the need for
facility improvements, and a philosophical
framework for what type of se rvice we are
looking for. This program is sent out to solicit
The design phase of renovating
bids from potential architectural and
Evergreen's food service facilities is beginning
this winter. Many students, staff and faculty
engineering consultants that have the ability
have provided feedback through surveys and
to create our vision. When the bids come in,
we select the most promising consultant that
focus groups concerning food service
will help the Food Service Design Committee
operations on campus, and soon the Food
develop a design around our needs. The
Service Design Committee (a DTF) will begin
creating a renovation design and construction
administration and campus community will
timeline to create renewed food service
receive regular updates on the progression of
facilities that will serve the campus community
the proj ec t, especially since th e
for years to come. The process is expected to
refurbishmentwill take place while the
last into the year 2000.
current facilities are still open. The
Deli may get a bit more crowded
The surveys and focus gro up discussions
were carried out last spring, and bore some
come noontime.
interesting conversations and
Design of th e new food
service facilities is more than
feedback on the displeasure and
just about remodeling a
satisfaction with the current
food situation on campus.
'~~~~~~~~~ building and serving fast
Clearly, food service on
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and fresh food. New
campus needs to be fle xibl e
facilities and programs
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should respond quickly to the
and adaptable to th e diverse
needs of the community. Housing residents
changing dynamics of the campus
represe ntative
for community. Finding breakfast , lunch and
could just as easily jet home in between classes
than wait in line for several minutes and spend Northwest Food Services. The committee is dinner is hard enough with the hectic schedule
five bucks at the Deli for lunch, while part-time still in need of several students to sit on the and deadlines. The use of a building's space
students mostly utilize food services in the committee; these positions are especially must be innovative, creative, relaxing and
evening, often with different food preferences important in facilitating feedback from enjoyable, because the environment and
in mind, Issues topping everyone's lists: students about the true needs of the new people are just as important as the grub.
convenience, menu selection, expense, facilities.
If you are interested in generating ideas
The first step in generating a design is to for food service at Evergreen, please contact
location, nutrition and aesthetics. In addition,
main questions the DTF will be focusing on will develop a program, which is a document that Nancy McKinney at x650L

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CONCERT
continued from page 12
unafraid to not put on a squeaky clean image.
They also both used unusual time signatures
with an intent of exploring unique and valid
musical interpretations. They both took the
emphasis away from lyrics. They both seemed
to refrain from censoring their own lyrics with
puritanical values. And they both played
reasonably well.

Ouistian Conspiracy Cacophony
A briefhistorical exploration of the use of
time signatures in Ouistian music
Christian churches used to hold a virtual
monopoly over the musical ideas in their
communities because- of their sometimes
exclusive access to instruments, as well as their
primacy in educational roles. Around the
middle of the 13th century, huge numbers of
musician/ priests were excommunicated from
the churches ofWestem Europe because they
had musical ideas that were considered
ungodly. During this period, time signatures
ofmusic were to alw;lYs be in three, because of
the Holy Trinity. Many musicians of !he era
wanted to explore other time signatures, such
asfour-four, After they were excommunicated,
huge amounts of new styles of music started
up all around the country-side, Recent issues,
such as the Otristian Right's;anti-heavy.metal
stances, can perhaps reflect that this division
has not disappeared.
- Jimmy Cropsey

Tu B'Shvat: New Year of the Trees

~ COMMENTARY
submitted by Kamala Butler
from J.c.c. archives

In the depths of winter, a month after the
darkest day of th e year, buried beneath the
weight of wet leaves, feeling the bite ofcold and
the coaxing pull towards decomposition, a tree
seed stirs. This is one of the images th e ancient
Jewish mystics used as a metaphor for the
yearly renewal of the trees. In addition, this
time of year is when most of the winter rains
have fallen in the land of Israel. The water
cisterns are at their fullest and signs of spring
begin to emerge. Approximately two to three
thousa nd years ago, Jewish scholars in the
ancient agronomy-based society in the land of
Israel decided to make this the time for the
annual tithing of fruit and crops. Jewish
farmers were obliged to give a tenth of their
yearly harvest to the temple in Jerusalem; this
was done for the support of the priesthood, the
religio-legal functionaries, and for the poor.
Since ancient times, the new year of the
fruit trees has evolved both spiritually and
practically. About 600 years ago, Jewish
scholars of mysticism called Kabbalists, living
in the land o[[srael, used the image ofa tree to
express the dynamic aspects ofG-d or S'phirot.
It is believed that through the S'phirot the
creation of the world continually takes place.
This tree is drawn with roots upward and
branches downward, which represent the
invisible and inexplicable to us (roots) and that
which is known and understood (branches).
The Kabbalists explained that through this tree
courses the ultimate flow of universal life, and
its flow is what gives life to the whole palpable
universe. This image inspired the Kabbalists

to connect this meta ph or of a tree oflife to the dew of your land in its season-the early and the Christian Bible only the five books of
new year of real trees. Thus, they drew up a the late rains; you will gather your new grain, Moses, called Torah in Hebrew(called the Old
ceremony to be practiced on Tu B'Shvat. The wine, and oil. I will give grass in your field ... you Testament byChrislians). TheJewish Bible has
ceremony is called a seder, and is similar to the will eat and be satisfied ... [and] you and your two other sections which include many books
each . Many verses dealing with trees and
more commonly known and practiced children will live a long time on the earth.
Passover seder. It has a myriad of foods that
ecology come from these books, as well as from
From this movement is aris ing many Torah.
are eaten with certain spiritual ideas in mind.
In the Tu B'Shvat seder, fruits and nuts from books and educational materials on the rich
many of the trees of the land ofIsrael are eaten, tradition of the ecological and environmental Bibliography:
and a variety of wine is drunk, symbolizing the side of Judaism. (See references at the end of
Let the Earth Teach You Torah, Ellen Bernstein
different types of fruit. The original seder is this article.)
Tu B'Shvat, the New Year of the Trees, has and Dan Fink. For information contact Shomrei
called Pri Etz Hadar, Fruit of the Goodly Tree.
In more recent times, especially since the evolved over thousands of years from a time Adamah (Keepers of the Earth), 804 C, 5000
1970's, the meaning and the practice of Tu for harvest tithing to a mystical ritual meal to Wissahickon Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19144.
B'Shvat has continued to evolve. Many people, the present Arbor Day, as it is sometimes
other than mystical scholars, are having Tu called, which includes all the historical ideas ludaism and Ecology. ed. Aubrey Rose, Casell
B'Shvat seders. It has become customary to and observances as well as new ones, such as Publishers, 1992.
include fruits both edible and inedible to the tree plantings and education on ecological
Seasons of Our loy, Arthur Waskow, Beacon
human tongue, ranging from the fig, which has Judaism. This year Tu B'Shvat falls on Feb. 1.
For more information about Tu B'Shvat, Press, 1982.
edible skin and insides, to the pine cone, of
which some varieties we eat nothing. This this article, or anything else Jewish, contact the
practice recognizes the rebirth of all trees, not Jewish Cultural Center at x6493. The KC will Living a lewish Life, Anita Diamont and Howard
just fruit trees as was the original focus. be hosting a Tu B'Shvat seder on Feb 1. at 6 Cooper, Harper, 1991.
Recently, many people are rediscovering p.m. Contact the JCC for details.
"When the Bible is reFelTed to, it means Ecology and the lewish Spirit ed. Ellen Bernstein,
biblical* verses and Jewish biblical
commentary dealing with trees and ecology; the Jewish Bible. The Jewish Bible shares with Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998.
and this reacquaintance has inspired the ,-_ _ _ _ _ _ _-::;:=--_ _ _•_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
spirituality ofTu B'Shvat to be directed toward
nature and the interconnectedness of all life.
For example, verses from Deuteronomy 11:1321, which are included in the daily Jewish
prayers, tell how what we do affects everything
around us and how our good actions will
ensure environmental health:
If you will listen to my mitzvot (roughly
translated as 'commandments') ... toward love
of your G-d and serving your G-d with all your
heart and all your spirit ... then I will give the

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This week's moral:
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In the the ensuing
fervor of next
Sunday's Superbowl,
you should try not to
loose your cool and
murder all of your
friends and family.
That sort of thing
won't get you any
friends,and will ultimately leave you
pretty unhappy.

(Friday cont'd)

Well, hey there, kids! Yup,
another week, and another
small segment of your life
whisked away before your
eyes and there's not a damn
thing you can do about it!
So, you can just sit your
impotent body back down in
the proverbial BarKalounger
of life and watch as your
boring existence rots away
in a cold unforgiving world ..
Oh, and remember kids,
always smile, and keep that
slack jawed chin up high!
Here we go:

5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Allison
Williams playing @
Bulldog News on 4th Ave.
(Every Friday)
8 p.m. The Street Karaoke
Project, Frequency db, &
Morgan Oliveira @ The
Capitol Theater. $5.
8 p.m. Folk music with
Dave Carter & Tracy
Grammar @ The Matrix
Coffeehouse. $5.

Thursday 1-28
8 p.m. Music Theater @
The Burrito Heaven Tequila
Bar. No cover.
8 p.m. The Everyman
Project @ TESC Lib lobby.
Free. More info? Call 8666833.

9 p.m. Suzzanne Greenfield
& Tyler Allen wi Loping
Camel @ The Tequila Bar
2101 Harrison Ave. No
Cover.

Saturday 1-30
8 p .m. Acoustic music with
Bill Lenker @ The Burrito
Heaven Tequila Bar. No
cover.

Friday 1-29

" 8 p.m. Classic pop, rock,
and country wI Frankie @
12:30 p .m. You like groups? The Matrix Coffeehouse.
$5.
You like sex? Like group
sex? Well, good! Then
9 p.m. Ruff Reggae sounds
you ' ll want to go to the
wI Manna & guest OJ D.S.
meeting of open
relationships, polyamorous @ The 4th Ave. Tavern. $4
cover.
relationships, and AIDS @
Lab 2, room 2207.
Presented by the Men's
Center.

Wednesday 2-3
12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Allison
Williams will be kicking off
S&A Productions'
Coffeehouse series @ the
TESC CAB.
4 p.m. Like smashing
things? Hate the State?
Like smashing the state?
Good, the go to the
Libertarian Discussion
Group. LIB 3402.

9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Percussion club in the
TESC Longhouse. Learn
the rhythms of West Africa.
(Meets every Wed.)

Sunday 1-31

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like it so much that it makes
your teeth ache and your
ears bleed? Well, good! In
that case, you' ll want to
submit some items. Here's
how: Bring (or mail) your
item to CAB 316 by Mondays, 4 p.m. at the latest.
And then, as if by some
mysterious magic, it will
manage to show up on this
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of the wild, and it's time to
head back to the barren
icelands of the upper
Northeast Canadian provinces. (Or, something like
that.)
Anyways, that means the
CPJ is looking for a new
Calendar editor. And I think
it is just the job for you.
No, seriously, I think you'd
be great! Don't look at me
like that, I'm serious!
C'mon, you'd get to work
with fun people in a nice
friendly environment (proactive too!) So, c'mon, stop
by CAB 316 and just say
"Gimmie that Calendar!",
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