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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 28, Issue 11 (December 10, 1998)
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In the sky and the sea
Environmental activists unite with steel
workers' union to save jobs and trees
by Mac Lojowsky
Contributing writer
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Leon Janssen anchors himself to a
S-story banner in high winds to
help it stay put and prevent its
removal.
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Desiree Baptist
U.S.W.A. had invited Earth First! to help in
their protest by blocking the Sea Diamond, a
ship loaded with allumina ore, from docking
Friday morning, but nobody was supposed to
find out. Thursday morning brought a giant
60 ft. by 40 ft. red banner hanging above the
library lobby, reading "Hurwitz Cuts Jobs Like
He Cuts Trees." An announcement was made
at noon that Earth First!, the ERe. Union of
Student Workers. EPIC, and the local
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)would
be at the port to block the ship Friday morning.
Due to weather conditions at sea, Friday
morning turned into Saturday morning, which
turned to Sunday morning, which turned to
Monday morning. At 4:00 a.m. Monday
morning about forty students left the cold dark
Value Village parking lot to carpool to Tacoma.
The port was wet, rainy and smelled ofburning
rubber mixed with raw sewage. At 6:00 a.m.
around a hundred people, mostly Earth First\
activists and unionists, were marching around
in circles singing union songs.
Those with walkie-talkies walked and
talked importantly around, others warned
see STRIKE on page 13
Initiative 200 makes its mark at TESC
Affirmative Action programs to be reviewed for compliance
considerations ofrace, sex, color, ethnicity, or initiative arrive to aid them in following the
natural origin in the final selection of a guidelines of 1-200. Currently, the board is
candidate for a job or public contract; adding looking at the "immediacy" of Evergreen's
preference points for meeting with Minority compliance with it. "Whatwe need to do," said
and Women's Business Enterprises; and the Costantino, "is analyze quickly."
"Plus Three" system which moves applicants
Costantino said that Evergreen can
from underrepresented groups ahead in a continue with its targeted recruitment and
outreach programs to
selection process.
The Washington
bring students , faculty,
State Department of
and contracts to the
Personnel said that
school. However, in
An 1-200 forum will be held
"affirmative action
keeping
with
the
plans should be
Monday, Jan. 11 at noon in the
governor's office report,
carefully reviewed for
library lobby. All students are
temporarily suspended
compliance
with
welcome.
the use of the minimum
federal law. Some
For more information, contact:
index and the awarding of
John Carmichael at 866-6000
points based on race or
differences among
agencies and higher
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ethnicity to select
education institutions L...._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---I applicants. "We can still
may develop over time
track numbers [of diverse
in response to differing federal requirements." applicants)", said Costantino, "but we can't use
This is where Evergreen's administration these numbers to affect admission."
Costantino believes that Evergreen can be
steps in.
Costantino has created an advisory board creative within the confines off-200 by asking
for the college which will work with the three candidates to report their family income or by
areas that will be most affected by 1-200: writing essays. But he also believes that
admissions, employment, and contracting. Evergreen "will have to rethink some of its
The board itselfis keeping in close contact with philosophy." But he further said, "We are still
the Attorney General's office as more committed to a diverse community."
Similar initiatives and propositions
information about the ramifications of the
by Josh Manning
Staff writer
Art Costantino, Vice President for
Student Affairs, feels that the effect ofInitiative
200 will provide Evergreen "with a challenge
to promote diversity." He said that as an
administration, "We embrace this challenge.
Our commitment is to the diversity of this
college."
The Washington voter-passed Initiative
200, officially called the Washington State Civil
Rights Initiative, took effect on Dec. 3. But little
is understood by both the administration here
and at the capital about how 1-200 will affect
many of the state's affirmative action and
diversification policies.
On Dec. 1, Governor Gary Locke's office
released a guideline for all General
Government and Higher Education
Institutions about the initiative to clarilYwhich
pr0grams they feel can continue and which can
no longer be implemented.
Initiative 200 will not affect programs of
outreach and recruitment; affirmative action
goals and affirmative action plans; affirmative
action programs for veterans , disabled
veterans, people with disabilities, and people
over 40 years of age; and efforts to increase
diversity in schools. It will affect the
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
U nlock your mind, I left the key above the door.
Some protests are great, some are failures.
Some protesters protest for their personal identity,
some for the identity of the cause. Some people
find their worth with clipboards and walkietalkies, others find it in carrying signs and singing
songs. The protest at the Port of Tacoma last
Monday had a little of everything.
The United Steel Workers of America
(USWA) had been on strike at Pier 7 against
Kaiser-Aluminum since Sept. 30, 1998. The
strike is against Kaiser's proposed contract
that would cut 400 jobs, lower wages, result
in a loss of retiree health insurance benefits,
and 13 years of ill-treatment from the
corporation.
Early last week, whispers began
circulating around campus of "a major
action up in Tacoma," that couldn't be
talked about any further. By Tuesday.
these whispers became even more
hushe«;l, e;:es even more shifty as they
held hands between ears and mouths
telling ofCharlie Hurwitz's connection
as CEO of both Kaiser Aluminum and
Pacific Lumber, which is cutting
ancient redwoods in Northern
California.
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The whispers then said that the
which passed in both Texas and California had
a negative impact on diversity of some
campuses in those states because many
transfer states were frightened away by the
racist undertones of the legislation .
Costantino is unsure of what the symbolic
effect off-200 will pe, but he does not want to
discourage anyone from applying to
Evergreen. "I don't think that this [Initiative
200] will make a change for very many," he
said.
Washington college and university
campuses are going to have make some
individual decisions about how to proceed
under the auspices of 1·200. "There will be
differences in institutional interpretations.
Some of the areas [of its effects] will not be
black and white; there will be gray areas,
Where the intent off-200 is clear we will make
judgments," Costantino said.
Transfer students applying for the winter
and spring quarters will be the first affected
by the initiative at Evergreen. In the meantime,
Costantino and the advisory board will
continue its recruitment work and begin to
target different pools of applicants to enhance
the selection process. This is only the
beginning of their workload. Costantino said
that the testing off-200 will most likely go on
"for at least a year."
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The Evergreen Medieval Society would like to invite any
students interested in attending this year's Yule Feast in
GlymmMere (Thurston/Mason counties branch of the Society
for Creative Anachronism). For only $10 you will receive a four
remove feast, ranging from peasant fare to the fare ofthe royals.
The event is on Dec. 12 and begins at 1I00n with instruction in
Medieval Dancing and Singing. The feast will begin at 3 p.m.
Also being held is the Baronial Arts and Sciences Compet ition,
a competition of the craftspeople ofthe barony, to try their skill
in various types of reconstructive archeology. Medieval dress
is mandatory. Reservations for the feast are mandatory as well.
Please call Virginia McCabe at (360) 357·6431. The College of
Wittanhaven, Evergreen's branch of the SCA, has opted to
purchase eight tickets for the student members who have
expressed an interest in the SCA. If you already talked with us
about attending Yule, or are interested in help with garb, or
need transportation give us a call at ext. 6412. We will attempt
to help you as best we can.
Amy Loskota,
Coordinator of The Evergreen Medieval Society
Olympia seeks vendors for fair
The City of Olympia's Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services
Department seek vendors and performers for the sixth annual
Ethnic Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 6, 1999 at the Olympia
Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Crafters from around the world,
international food booths, performers and organizations
representing diverse ethnicities are invited to apply. Please call
To perform or to perform?
Those are the only options!
by Michael Selby and Carrie Zanger
Drama Club Coordinators
Hey youl Yeah, we're talking to youl We KNOW you want
to join Evergreen's brand spankin' new drama troupe. "Why?"
you ask in befuddlement. We'll tell you why. Um, 'cause ... we're
cool'n'stuff. No, wait, don't stop reading and run away! We have
Fire alarm- Activated@P-Dorm,seeC/Rforinfo. (Stretch)
2243- Fire alarm- Activated @ A-Dorm, see C/R for details.
12/06/98/- 0505- Insecure- Greenery. (Stretch)
12/07/98/- 2149- Insecure- Shop gate insecure. (Neely)
12/08/98/- 2101- Narcotics/ Alcohol- Individual arrested for
container and possession of drug paraphernalia, C/R for
~"ldll>. (Neely)
2220- Theft- Third, of college funds , C/R for details. (Neely)
2245- Theft- Third, of college funds, C/R for details. (Neely)
Traffic
(360) 753-8050 to receive an application or for more
information.
Geoducks games
go on air
On Dec.ll, at 6 p.m., in the Olympia Center Downtown in room
204, there will be a panel and discussion on the effects of the
US/ UN economic sanctions imposed on Iraq. Four speakers
will present their knowledge of the situation and talk about their
experiences. Following, there will be a meeting on how we can
fUrlher educate and take action in Olympia. Everyone is invited.
For more information contact Summer Thomas at 753-0964.
This discussion is highly important. In Iraq, children are dying
by the thousands because of US/UN imposed sanctions. It has
been estimated that over a million people have died. Let yourself
be educated by attending the panel.
Holiday Native Art Fair
Sound Exchange Winter Bazaar
This Saturday, Dec. 12, going from 11-6 p.m. at the Olympia
Eagles Lodge, 805 East 4 Avenue, you can join Sound Exchange
at the Winter Bazaar or find out how to get involved. At the
Bazaar. you can spend and earn Sound Hours. Come enjoy
real reasons too; we promise.
Evergreen's reputation is supposed to be this awesome
liberal arts school, right? Right. (Nod your heads.) "Why aren't
there more student performances," we exclaimed vigorously.
So, as the wonderful, artistic students you know we are, we took
it upon ourselves to "save the world!"
Join us in our mission to reclaim Evergreen's stage as we
bring theater to the community in all its glory! We are
desperately seeking other students interested in any aspect or
type oftheater. You don't have to be drama queens like us to be
Inupiat artists and Kuteeya dancers are to headline festivities
at the second annual Holiday Native Art Fair, from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11 at TESC Longhouse Education and
Cultural Center. Activities will include drum and dance
performances at noon and 5 p.m. The event is open to the public
and admission is free. Festivities will also include the sale of
holiday items with a Native American twist, such as carved and
beaded tree ornaments, as well as basketry, paintings and silkscreened prints will be available for purchase. The event also
includes an exhibit featuring contemporary and traditional
works by members of the Native Artists Registry of the Native
Economic Development Arts Initiative. For further information,
contact Tina Moomaw at ext. 6718.
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12/03/98/- 0700- Vehicle towed on 12-1-98. (Mc!-iendry)
1913- Citation issued for speeding, Parkway & O/H. (Neely)
1928- Citation issued for speeding, Parkway & O/!-i. (Neely)
1934- Verbal warning issued for speeding P/W & O/H. (Neely)
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12/03/98/- 0000- Brewster/Neely/ Ashby on
duty. All keys accounted for. Tony Eldhart on
call back for CUP. Hl/RA-Brian H2/RA-Mike
RM-Matt.
0800- Huntsberry, Savage, Russell, Riggins, and
Talmadge on duty.
1600- Brewster/Smith/Neely on duty; Allkeys
acccounted for.
1630- Hl/RA-Wendy H2/RA-Kristin RMlMatt.
2202- Tony Eldhart on call back for CUP, via
pager.
12/04/98/- 0000- Brewster/Neely/ Ashby on
duty. All keys accounted for. Tony Eldhart on
caU-back for CUP. HlIRA-Wendy H2/RA-Kristin
RM-Matt.
0800- Huntsberry/ RusselV Savage/ Young on
duty. All keys accounted for.
1600- Stretch/ Smith on duty; All keys
accounted for.
1630- Hl/RA-Kate H2/RA-Sarah RM1-Jacob.
2205- Tony Eldhart on call back for CUP, via
pager.
12/05/98/- 0000- Strech/ Fudge on duty. All
keys accounted for. Tony Eldhart on call back
for CUP. Hl/RA-Jeremy H2/RA-Sarah RMlJacob.
0800- Eddy/ Ashby on duty. All keys accounted
for.
1000- Hl/RA-Jeremy H2/RA-Vita RM-Jacob
RD-Malik.
1600- Eddy/ Young 011 duty. All keys are
accounted for.
1645- Tony Eldhart on call back for CUP.
12/06/98/- 0000- Stretch/ Fudge on duty. All
keys accounted for. Tony Eldhart on call back
for CUP. Hl/RA-Jeremy !-i2/RA-Vita RMI-Jacob.
0800- Eddy/ Ashby on duty. AII keys accounted
for.
1000- Hl/RA-David !-i2/RA-Kenny RD·Malik
RM-Sarah.
1600- Eddy! Young on duty. All keys accounted
for.
1700- Tony Eldhart on call back for CUP.
12/07/98/- 0000- Strtech/ Pinho on duty. Key
18 outstanding. Tony on callback for CUP. H1/
RA-David H2/RA-Kenny RMS-Sarah.
0800- Huntsberry/ Russell/Talmadge/ Ashby/
Riggins on duty. Key #18 out (12/5/98), all
others accounted for.
1600- Brewster/Young on duty. Key #18
outstanding.
1725- Hl/RA-Sarah H2/RA-Bcn RMI-Kate RDMalik.
12/08/98/- 0000- Neely/ Brewster/ Pinho on
duty. Key 180ut. Dave on callback for CUP. Hl/
RA-Sarah !-i2/RA-Ben RMS-Kate.
0800- Huntsberry, Russel, Talmdgc, Savage, &
Riggins on duty; All keys accounted for.
1600- Brewster/ Smith/Neely on duty; All keys
accounted for.
1630- Hl/RA-Melissa H2/RA-Kristen RMlSarah.
2201- David Wells on call back for CUP, via
pager.
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Staff writer
COMMENTAR~
Given my recent exposure to the
CPJ these past few weeks, I have become
aware of one recurrent issue, that is,
outside of the controversy with the
Fictional Sociology class. This is the
matter of the blotter as it is now, as
opposed to how it was last year. When
I mention that I am associated with the
CPJ, the common reaction is "well, what
happened to the blotter?" I, too, am
interested in making the blotter as
funny as it used to be last year, and that
is a matter that is under discussion.
Regretfully, though, I have no point of
reference as of yet, as I was not here last
year and have not seen any issue.
Therefore, I would appreciate any
comments that any of you have out
there . Please submit these in writing to
the (PJ office, addressed to me . But for
now, I am simply going to define some
of the terms commonly used in the
blotter for the two of you that actually
read it every week. One final note,
though, before I begin, is that we
typically print the blotter as we receive
it, not in its entirety, but we do print
the typos, for fear of alt ering any word,
though it may appear to be obviously
incorrect, for fear of misrepresenting
the truth.
C/R- As in '·see C/R for details ."
This is the case report that becomes a
matter of public record after the
investigation has been concluded. This
means that it is accessibh· to most
interested parties through the
Information Officer, Sabin Riggins, at
the Police Services office.
H1/RA or H2/RA- These are the
primary and secondary respondents ,
respectively, to any situation that arises
on campus.
Keys- As in "All keys accounted
for." There are between 26 and 30 keys
that are accessible to students through
the Police Services. In order to obtain
a key, one must get permission from a
faculty member and then they can get
this key from the police.
Call Back- As in "Dave on call back
for CUP." This is a reference point. If
any officer needs access to the Central
Utility Plant, Dave would the one to
contact.
CUP- If you need a definition for
this one, you have not been paying
attention. This is the Central Utilities
Plant.
RMS- Residential Maintenance
Secondary. This was a curious one to suspicious activity. This may include ,
me because I have never seen a but is not limited to, attempts to break
Res'idential Maintenance Primary, and into cars, slashing of tires, malicious
my first grade teacher always taught me behavior, bad pick up lines,
mismatched socks, bad upholstery, cars
that one comes before two.
consisting
solely of duct tape and twine,
How can I get one of those cool
boots on my car? Answer : I only need and, according to a rumor I heard, they
three unpaid parking tickets in 90 days. have runway lights that they can turn
That means that I can get two unpaid on or off at will for those of you that do
tickets, deal with all the stress of eval not have a functioning defroster.
Lock- Okay, this is going to be an
week , then get another unpaid ticket
interactive
definition, like interactive
thereby attaining a boot just in time for
software, but not really . Go to your
the holidays.
)/S- As in "J/S completed in CAB front door. No, REALLY! Turn off The
LID." That is a jump-start successively Simpsons, get off of your bean bag, and
completed in the loading dock of the go to the front door. .. (travel music
plays in the background) ... HA! You
CAB.
LlD- Okay, that was to see if you probably got there and forgot what you
are still with me. I will make this were doing. That is because you did not
take this article with you. Okay, try
multiple choice.
again, this time take this with you.
L/D means:
Check door, is it locked? No? Okay,
A. Laxative Disposer
B. Lysergic acid Diethylmide, then turn that little thing on the knob
commonly referred to as a locking
they just forgot the "s"
device . Now, is your door locked?
C. Like, Downstairs
Congratulations! Maybe we should
D. None of the above
MIP- This would refer to the start writing about you in the blotter.
minute number of you respectable A lock is what it states, locking a
students that are experimenting with previously unlocked door on campus.
Unlock- Reverse aforementioned
alcohol for the first time, and by golly,
just happened to get caught. (Minor In process.
YO A- No, this is not a fragment of
Possession)
MIC- In addition to being a " Yo! Adrienne!" from Rocky (does
derogatory term for our Irish friends, anyone remember that movie?) This
and in accordance with the saying stands for years of age.
And so it ends. At least for now.
"Whiskey exists to keep the Irish from
ruling the world ." This means that you, Remember, send in any questions,
a minor, were not just unfortunate to concerns, complaints, to the CP}, in
get caught holding the alcohol for a care of me. Stay tuned , kids. Same Batfriend, but some evil soul convinced time, same Bat-channel.
you that there was a treat at the bottom
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something) like there is in the Trix box
and that you HAD to drink all that foul
beer in order to get to it. (Minor In
Consumption)
Escort- Thank goodness this do es
not refer to that hideous pile of rust I
am al l too familiar with that used to
grudgingly inch its way to my work
The freshest and finest produce,
while all the cool people in Yugos
flowers, plants, baked goods, meats,
zoomed by me. This means that some
herbs, honey, seafood, lunches, fine
people enjoy our police so much, they
crafts, original art, and more!
want the last face they see on campus
to be one of our officers of the law.
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Crimewatch- I know this seems
obvious, but do not skip this one, as I
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Monday, December 21,1998· 7:00 p.m.
Public Services
Shift Info, CUP and Housi
12/02/98/- 1950- Vehicle towed from G·Dorm Loop. (Neely)
2000- Vehicle towed from F-Lot: (Neely)
2027- Verbal warning issued for speeding, Parkway & 17th.
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2040- Citation issued for speeding, Parkway and Driftwood.
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in the club; there's also technical theater and stage work to be
done. Don't be afraid of the time commitment either; we're not
asking for your hand in marriage, just whatever you can
contribute.
We are holding an introductory meeting on Friday, Jan.
8, at 5:00 p.m. on the 3,d floor of the CAB. Don't be showing up
late neither, ya hear? Any questions, comments or concerns,
please don't hesitate to call Michael Selby at 867-9460 or Carrie
Zanger at 866-7259. Right? Right! (Nod your heads.)
1445- Escorts completed on shift. (Talmadge)
1949- Citation issued for speeding, Parkway & O/H. (Neely)
1445- Unlocks completed on shift. (Russell) 3 cases.
2013- Vehicle boooted in C-Lot. (Neely)
2250- Lock. (Stretch)
2026- Verbal Waming issued for speeding, Driftwood. (Neely)
12/04/98/- 0005- Veh imp.- Dorm Loop, cited and towed for '. 2250- Unlock. (Talmadge)
2251- Escorts. (Stretch) 2 cases.
.overtime parking. (Neely)
12/05/98/- 0547- Esctot. (Eddy)
0048- Veh imp.- Dorm Loop, cited and towed for overtime
1500- Unlock. (Eddy)
parking. (Neely)
12/06/98/- 0150- Jumpstart Dorm Loop. (Stretch)
1405- Boot assist in the CUP parking area. (Talmadge)
1430- Jumpstart F-Lot. (Eddy)
Noasesreported on UI5 and 12/6.
12/ffl/98/- 1940- Verbal warning issued for speeding, Pkwy & 1828- Jump start completed @ F-Lot. (Stetch)
2300- Unlock completed on shift. (Eddy)
M/P. (Neely)
2300- Escorts completed on shift. (Eddy/ Stretch) 2 cases.
2004- Verbal warning issued for speeding, Pkwy &M/P. (Neely)
2300- Lock completed on shift. (Stretch)
2139- Citation issued for speeding, Ow & Overhules. (Neely)
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by Matthew Sieradski
contributing writer
by Ashley Shomo
Staff writer
The shit hit s the fan at
Evergreen as a group of eager
students take education to the
bathroom on a mission of anal
liberation.
The poop group started in
September because of an
assignment given in the Fictional
Sociology program where students
discuss the influence of society on
the common good. Since then,
students Jamie Otoole, Kephen
Arnoldo, David [meson, Joanne
Kim, and Eddy Sterrett have taken
their project in a crappy direction.
"Every person has a right to
recognize their anus and identify
with it as a functioning part of their
life. To truly own your anus is to
come to terms with it-embrace it,"
the poop group wrote in their
defecation protocol.
Arnoldo spoke for the group
when he said he's concerned with
the implications of our anti-anal
mentality: "I think it's important for
a community to look at what's
sacred and question it. We should
photo by Ashley Shomo
have a dialogue and focus on this."
Those wacky poop people are at it again.
The group has taken their
From top to bottom: Kephan Arnoldo, Jamie Otoole and
topic into a v.ariety of issues. They
Eddy Sterrett.
said the spread of "hygenocide"
started with the construction of
bathrooms thousands of years ago. As soon as white porcelain Health Advising Team *, and the Women's Resource
became a sign of beauty and wealth in the West, teeth were Center. The poop group said even though they deal
expected to be clean. The group has also studied Sigmund in feces, they're not responsible for the flyers and
Freud, who spent years contemplating the idea of anal retention. don't advocate this kind of behavior.
"I'm intrigued that someone is interested in
and Michel Foucault's models of discipline in studies of modern
what we're doing. What we've really been interested
prisons.
More recently. the group has spent time with issues on in are really serious issues." Otoole said. "We're not
campus such as the leash law and recent anti-pigeon sentiments. into hurting anyone."
As for the nlture. the poop group has another
They also said they blame the termination of the cafeteria
quarter to spend on the toilet. They said they have
employee known as Chester. on "hygenocide."
"Anything unhygienic is suspect." Otoole said. "We big plans ill the works such as a public pooping
confessional and a possible performance. "Maybe
disregard the most basic thing that We do."
The poop group's popularity can be seen as this new feces- people will feel more tree to discuss thillgs within the
fad takes root in various forms. Imeson said many people haVE' tension."lmesoli said.
So. keep all eye out for new allal art as the
approached the group with interest: "Anything exciting or
poop group runs wild ill a bathroom ilear you ill an
interesting just spreads. People outside get interested."
In addition, a rash of anonymous feces flyers haVE' targeted attempt to liberat e your bawds.
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The Evergreen men's basketball team
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memorable fashion. The 'Ducks shot nearly
75% in the second half. and won going away
83-68 over Western Baptist University (WBU)
of Salem, OR. The impressive victory ran
Evergreen's record to 3-2. The team next
travels to Montana to play Carroll College in
Helena on Dec. 12. From there they head to
Missoula to take on Division I member
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From the tip, it was evident that this game
would be won on the perimeter. The two teams
swapped jumpers from the onset, as
Evergreen's first five buckets came from
beyond the three-point line. Chip Griffith was
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in the first two minutes.
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executed pump-fakes with alarming ease, thus
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basket. They were also getting plen ty of second
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find a way to keep them off of the offensive
glass. With a flurry of treys to cap a 13-4 run,
it looked as ifWBU might be pulling away. But
what followed was quite possibly the most
dominating and efficient stretch of basketball
in Evergreen's short hoops history.
After a timeout, Evergreen answered with
back-to-back threes from Nick Riippi and Abel
Koeltzow to close to within 34-29. Wayne
Carlisle had come off the bench to contribute
an array of post-ups and short jumpers. Two
free throws from Aaron Foy closed the first half,
putting Evergreen back in the lead at 37-36.
With a 14-2 run to close the half. the 'Ducks
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helda tenuous lead, but more importantly they
now had all the momentum.
Maintaining that momentum was the
key, with a couple halftime adjustments in
order as well. Namely. the defense had to step
up and box out WBU's shooters. so as to
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Tuggie Spencer's aggressive play was the
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quick fouls with furious drives to the hole. then
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then blocked Matt Unruh's shot at the other
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mark, Western Baptist tried to regain some
footing with a five point run that cut the lead
to nine, but again Evergreen had the answers.
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Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw is a traditional system of kung fu with origins
in the Shaolin Buddhist Temple of Northern China. It is an international
organization with schools in 17 countries, under the direct supervision
and leadership of Grandmaster Fu Leung. In the United States, there are
schools in Florida, Massachusetts, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Oregon.
Puerto Rico, and Washington. Here at The Evergreen State College, we
are fortunate to have a branch of the Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw club and
collegiate competition team.
Two years ago, Sam Haskin, head assistant instructor ofTESC Bak
Shaolin Eagle Claw Club and Competition Team, moved to Olympia from
Madison, Wisconsin to attend college at Evergreen. Almost immediately,
he formed the Evergreen club. In two short years, under the instruction
of the National Coach, Sifu Dana Daniels, the Evergreen team has grown to
become weU-known in the national martial arts circuit as having powerful
fighters and excellent forms (movement patterns) competitors. Its elder
brother club, at the University ofWisconsin in Madison, holds similar respect
in the eyes ofthe martial arts world. At this point, three other university
teams are in existence, but the system is growing and spreading. Besides
UW Madison and Evergreen, there are Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw teams at
UW Oshkosh, UW Milwaukee, University of Michigan at Dearborn, and
soon there will be one at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw produces high-quality competitors because
ofits very intense, rigorous system oftraining. The focus of the training
is not on flash or showmanship, but on realistic applications of traditional
Chinese self-defense. The Evergreen Club is composed ofindividuals with
many different levels of skill, from beginners with no previous athletic
or martial arts training up to advanced students with many years of
experience in martial arts or sports such as ice hockey. The UW Madison
club currently teaches several members of the university's top-rated
hockey team, and one member of the Evergreen team is also an Evergreen
Rugby and Soccer player. Not everyone in the club is a member of the
competition team, but it is an option open to anyone demonstrating the
nece~sary drive and focus to represent Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw. Competing
proVides team members with an opportunity to test their wills. their skills.
and their desire to overcome the obstacles that life presents.
Last winter and spring, The Evergreen Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw team
competed in three tournaments, one of which was at the international
level. Lily Lau's First World Eagle Cup, held in San Francisco on June 20
and 21. mark-ed a decided victory for Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw. There. the
team met up with three members of the UW-Madison team and one from
Puerto Rico. With 12 team members, including three young women , they
competed in Sanshou full-contact fighting. semi-contact fighting. and
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Carlisle put back a Riippi miss, which was
maybe the biggest hoop of the game. With
WBU scrambling for any kind of momentum,
Carlisle's cleanup job would prove to quell any
last hopes the Warriors might have had. After
another missed WBU three point attempt,
Griffith hit back with his fourth trifecta of the
night, which pushed the lead back to 56-43.
But this is where it gets even more interesting.
Mike Anchors, who cajoles the crowd
while dressed as the Evergreen Geoduck
mascot, had been dancing around to various
top-40 jingles during all of the timeouts. The
sight of him dressed up as a geoduck is pretty
funny, and the sight of him dancing dressed as
that ludicrous thing is even funnier. But the
moment he talked a little kid sitting courtside
into dancing with him, the entire crowd was
finally brought to its feet. And, somehow, this
beautiful moment in the history, as well as the
evolution of the geoduck, only made things
that much worse for the vJsiting Baptists.
While they had struggled to regain their
form and composure, the Ducks had regained
control, and were now hitting threes in spades.
Their perimeter shooters had all but
disa ppeared , having gone in one stretch
something like a combined 1-56 from beyond
the arc. Most importantly, Evergreen's
defensive adjustments were paying off. Almost
every wild. errant shot was covered up by an
Evergreen rebounder, and those one-and-out
trips down the floor contributed heavily to
Western Baptist's lack of continuity and
general ineptitude.
Coming out of the timeout, Works hit ye t
another three, for a 59-43 lead. Carlisle then
worked the post for an easy layup. After a short
jumper in the lane from WBU, Riippi and
Danny Neal hit back-to-back threes. WBU
answered with one of its own, but A.). LaBree
and Koeltzow hit another pair of consecutive
bombs, and the lead was now 25. and still with
7: 15 to play.
But the best was literally saved for last.
for then came the nuts. Carlisle, who had
already thrown down one acrobatic dunk off
of a lob pass, called to Spencer as he (Carlisle)
cut toward the baseline. Spencer circled
around at the top of the key, then threw the
lob almost over his shoulder to Carlisle, who
finished with a punishing two-fisted flush that
probably had even former Evergreen standout
and current assistant coach Troy Torbert
scratching his head and mumbling feebly to
himself. With three minutes to play, the
'Ducks'lead was 79-53, a 37 point turnaround
from the 11 point deficit they faced at the four
minute mark of the first half.
Afterwards, head coach John Barbee
seemed to have an ebullient glow about him.
"This was a big win, we played with no fear.
We got some big contributions from all of our
role players," commented Barbee. Being at
home also helped, said Barbee. "This is a fun
place to play, a great basketball environment.
I wish we could play every game here," said
Barbee.
Spencer stressed the importance ofteam
play. "Everybody stepped up. We got down
but we kept our heads up. It's great to win at
home," said Spencer.
Carlisle led Evergreen with 16 points on
8-of-11 shooting from the floor, while also
clearing a team-high nine rebounds. Griffith
added 14 points and five rebounds, and
Spencer had 11 points to go with his teamleading seven assists. Riippi contributed nine
points off the bench, while Neal, Works, and
Koeltzow hit for eight apiece. Geoff Smith led
Western Baptist with 17 points.
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Gang Green: The scum of the earth
by Jason Vestre
Contributing writer
Although they claim they were born in an
outhouse, the Evergreen ruggers were neither
sh*t on, kicked on , nor pissed around the
universe in Portland last weekend.
Saturday morning, things did not look
promising for the trip down to the University
of Portland. Weather conditions are always
favorable for rugby, but on this day, they were
not necessarily too pleasant. Players were sick,
injured, and sick of being sick and injured.
With morale already low, the sight of the
playing field upon arrival did not help much:
Mudbowl II 1998 was about to begin.
Maybe it was the fact that this was the
last game of the fall season , maybe it was the
remembrance of last spring's close defeat,
maybe it was the return of two all-star Gang
Greeners and game MVPs Tony Nelson and of P defense was good, but players on both Vesterosa.
Evergreen 5, Portland 3, U of P came 011
Chris Merlino, or maybe it was the presence of teams seemed to know that it was only a matter
the legendary, secret weapon of the Evergreen of time. That time finally came halfway strong, but although a strong adversary, they
ruggers: Ronnie Biggs. Whatever it was, through the second halfw.hen aU ofP line out could not answer. The fire, the strength, the
Evergreen was able to walk on the field, cold deep in their territory sent the ball into desire, and the unity of the Evergreen Rugby
and stiff from the drive, and emerge victorious Portland's try zone, a crucial error. Evergreen Football club persevered through the mud,
in a closely
matched battle
of sheer desire.
Wit h
strategic kicking,
and the help of
the wind, U of P
was able to
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deep
within Evergreen
territory, and
kick for a three
point try early on
in the first half.
The U of P
offense was no
match, however,
to the brutal
its bruis ng vict~ry.
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defense of both
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and thug Skylar
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Gang
Green was able to deny any and all attempts U had been capitalizing on weak U of P lineouts the rain, the strong winds, injuries, illness, and
all game . Gang Green forwards crashed the fact that Ronnie Biggs never did enter the
of P had to touch down in the try zone.
Down 3·0 at the half. motivational words through their line causing a dropped ball, game. It's just a shame that team mascot,
from teammates and coaches and the which was touched down by game captain Vic Shelly, could not have been there to witness.
motivational regurgitation by Tony Nelson
enabled Evergreen to step up the intensity for
the second half. Although Portland put up a
heartfilled fight, they just did not have the fire
that Evergreen had stoking, burning behind
their eyes. It was Evergreen's turn to attack. U
The zen of.swimming Pt. II:
The sag·a continues
and mental energy. It is an excellent adjunct to
scholastic studies, because it provides discharge
of negative energy that blocks the student from
by Sarah Groark and Ann Alquist
continued from page 4
fully applying him or herself, while at the same
. Contributing writers
time cultivating positive energy that is balanced
Last Friday, The Evergreen State College sent their 10
and clean. Toward the end of the day many
forms, taking a total of20 medals. Bak Shaolin
students are psychologically worn out or water warriors with their fearless commandants to
Eagle Claw was the only style to compete in
distracted due to the day's classes or work McMinnville. Oregon to wage battle against the other
all three divisions, and the only Eagle Claw
schedule. A session of training in Bak Shaolin Northwest tribes from U.P.S., P.L.U., Linfield, Willamette,
team to compete and place in the Sanshou
Eagle Claw mentally re-aligns the student, clears Seattle University, and Central State U. in a swimming Clash of
division. It was clear from the response ofthe
his or her mind, and strengthens his or her the Titans.
crowd that the Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw
willpower.
Just what is required for an evening
This was an extensive meet that included not only the
competitors were respected and admired for
of study or relaxation.
their ferocity, endurance, and discipline. The
normal short course events, but also the longer, more insane,
The Evergreen State College is lucky to have a long course races. In the category of normal events. there were
performance of the team was documented in
branch ofBakShaolin Eagle Claw. It is a style of some valiant efforts by the fighting Geoducks. Ann "the Woe·
the two leading international kung fu
traditional kung fu exemplary of the excellence Man" Alquist beat her personal records in both the 200 1M and
magazines, with one article in "Inside Kung
of the long line of great masters that developed the 100 Free. Fetchin' Gretchen Brownstein broke her own PR
Fu" ofNov.199B, and two articles in "Wushu
and passed on the Shaolin and Eagle Claw in the 100 backstroke. Aaron Huston cruised through the 100
Kung Fu "ofJan. 1999. With the victory in San
systems. Since it combines both Northern Backstroke and the 50 Free to what had once been unimaginable
Francisco, the Evergreen Team made its name
Shaolin and Eagle Claw kung fu. it is an times. And the Rookie Greg U., in his first meet of the year,
known in the national kung fu scene, entering
extremely deep and intricate system in its successfully completed his three normal events despite being
into the ranks along with the Wisconsin team
totality, although the system's basic knowledge plagued with technical difficulties with his goggles.
as one of the top three or four national
is very effective. Grandmaster Fu Leung has
Chinese kung fu competition teams.
In the longer, more insane events, there are more obstacles
geared the training for today's reality, and
Aside from the competition circuit, the
to overcome: fatigue, lack of oxygen, muscle atrophy etc. Our
although he has kept it very traditional, he has
intense and effective training that Bak Shaolin
young warriors had no fear. Ann swam an valiantly held her
also modernized it. Grandmaster Fu Leung's
Eagle Claw offers has many benefits.
dedication to the spirit of kung fu and to the own against the Northwest Amazons in the 400 1M. Gretchen
Beginners are quick to advance as martial
spread of true martial arts knowledge fetched her way through the 200 backstroke. Coach Janette
artists because of the effectiveness of the
throughout the world is directly behind the Parent commented, "Oh yeah, Gretchen is a 200 backstroker
training. The system is great for getting in
shape and maintaining fitness. It is as aerobic as any kick·boxing quality of Evergreen's Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw club. Sifu Dana tried and true." Bonnie "The Breast" Martin came in less than
workout, and the beauty and intricacy ofthe forms are unparalleled Daniels, one of his oldest students, is personally responsible for one second away from the national time cuts in the 200
outside of traditional Chinese kung fu. Two or three months of the creation and training of the collegiate teams. Sifu Dana is breaststroke. And Heather ''I'll swim anything once" Morrow,
dedicated study produce a level of skill that could make the likewise unflinching in his resolve to teach true martial arts to those usually our sprinting queen, decided to expand her horizons
difference between life and death in a self·defense situation. interested. Both Sifu Dana and Grandmaster Fu visit Evergreen and went for the mother of all races: The Mile. Joining in the
Because of this effectiveness, the system is ideal for anyone, occasionally to hold seminars. The Evergreen Bak Shaolin Eagle festivities was myself(Sarah), who wasn't quite sure how I got
regardless of size or strength. It is excellent for women seeking to Claw club represents high-quality martial arts because of the into that situation. It did raise some thoughtful discussion
protect themselves against violent offenders, as well as for anyone coaching from Sifu Dana and Grandmaster Fu, as well as the hard however, when Bonnie mused aloud, "I wonder what Sarah
who wants to feel safe walking alone on the streets of modern work ofthe assistant instructors, Sam Haskin, Matt Sieradski, and thinks about while she is swimming this insanely long race?"
Jesse Harter. with help from intermediate students Loa Arnoth. And I can tell you, because I was there in the water, that] thought
America.
over and over. "] can't believe I'm doing this. Flip turn. I can't
Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw also offers a rare and extremely John Eastlake. and others.
More information on Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw can be found believe I'm doing this. Flip turn." But I did it. But I still prefer
advanced system for spiritual self·development. With roots in the
Northern Shaolin Buddhist Temple, it represents the tradition of on the World Wide Web. The Evergreen State College Bak Shaolin the 500.
Chinese Buddhist Warrior Monks, and the training is actually a Eagle Claw site can be accessed at htcp://192.211.16.13/
The mighty and brave four members of the mens' team
form of meditation that combines breath, concentration, and individualslhaskins/info.htm. The club meets Monday through went beyond the call of duty by swimming all the relay events.
internal energy circulation. Training greatly enhances bodily Friday at 5 to 7 p.m. on campus. The club is open to anyone, Rocket Matt Heaton did a spirited job in the anchoring of all
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establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
"Ring. Ring. Hello, cheese? No. Cheese can't
dial a phone."-Capt. Montery Jack
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Wrote~
This
Quick, what's today's most emblematic
symptom of the commercialization of
Christmas?
It's Sesame Street toys. Th ey've been
everywhere for three consecutive holiday
seasons.
One wonders why it took until the late
1990s for Sesame Street to become a large
commercial franchise. It's been around for a
couple of decades now. And yet, looking back
on my own childhood, I have vivid mel)1ories
oflarge marketing campaigns surrounding HeMan, Transformers, My Little Pony, and scores
of others, but Sesame Street sort of seemed to
exist outside of that. Unless I was somehow
missing something until now.
Even Barney the Dinosaur beat Sesame
Street to the marketplace of Christmas
capitalism. But Barney was a different sort of
well, and pretty soon it was introducing
children of all socioeconomic classes to the
alphabet, numbers, etc. The problem was that
it was doing this through the use of unrelated
IS-second clips, with constant noise and bright
colors. Critics charged that my generation
would arrive in the first grade expecting to be
constantly entertained as we learned, to never
have to stay on one subject for 30 seconds.
My initial reaction to these criticisms was
"what?," chiefly due to thefactthat I was maybe
five years old. Later I scoffed at the allegations.
But you know, it sure does seem that attention
spans have gone the way of knickers and shoe
buckles. My generation, after we graduated
from Sesame Street, moved on directly to MTV,
and would later come to favor George over The
Atlantic Monthly. A majority of us, in
numerous polls, unabashedly proclaim that we
prefer more pictures, more bright colors and
less involvement and depth in our news stories.
Who am I to deny the existence of these
trends? I was on Ritalin for years. Every day I
singlehandedly demonstrate that Attention
Deficit Disorder is not a trendy excuse, but a
legit imate phenomenon. In high school, I
regularly finished my homework and then
forgot to hand it in. I readily admit that part of
the boom in diagnosis of this condition is due
to increasing knowledge about the subject, and
some is due to our culture's desire for a quick
fix. ("Susie's bored with school. Here, maybe if
we throw a pill atthe problem it will go away.")
Still, anyone with Attention Deficit
Disorder will tell you that it is not a binary
proposition; it isn't something you either have
up to your ears, or else never have to worry
about. It's a set of traits that everyone has at
least to some small degree, and it's a question
of how pronounced the traits are . It's not
difficult to reach the conclusion that in our
formative years, those traits can be brought
out. So if we've got weaker attention spans than
any previous generation, it's worth looking at
what we were doing during our formative
years. And guess what we were watching on
TV?
Anyway, now I have to wrap this article
up. Something else in the room has caught my
attention.
NOW
Reactions to rape
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by Sllrab. MllJlvel
"Yes, it's fucking political. Everything is
political!" - Skunk Anansie
I've been thinking about my first column.
I don't think I chose my words as carefully as I
should have. But try as I might, and I don't
want to be caustic or cynical, I still can't get
past the idea that possession is still the key
motivating factor to men's reactions to rape.
I know this completely ignores the fact
that men are raped, too. But in the context of
Monica Lewinsky, and in this short column, I
will not address that pain.
I have a very vivid memory from
freshman year of going up to two male friends
in the cafeteria, pointing across the room, and
saying, "That boy sexually assaulted me. Do
something." I will never forget the looks on
their faces. They smiled awkwardly, cringed
and mumbled, and their whole beings
communicated, "Go away. I don't want to
know. And I don't want to do anything about
it. "
No, I don't know why they reacted this
way, and come to think ofit, I don't know why
I asked them in the first place. I have no doubt
male survivors experience this reaction in a
worse way, and I have also had women react
thusly to me. But, with a few specific
exceptions, my rage is directed at men. I was
raped by men, most of my friends who were
raped were raped by men, and in my
experience men ignore this reality much more
than women do.
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Though I couldn't have put it into words
in tha t cafeteria, I wanted those boys to
promise me they'd do their best to make sure
what happened to me never happens again.
How a man does that is up to him, honestly.
But I think I can safely say that those boys
would have reacted differently (not necessarily
better) if I had been their sister or mother or
girlfriend.
That's where the possession thing comes
back in. If I was "theirs," they would have felt
obligated to do something, at least to stand by
me. But they turned their backs on my pointing
finger. And I have no brothers to defend my
honor. That's why I unfortunately relate so
strongly to Monica Lewinsky. We both walked
into dangerous situations aware of the
ramifications, though not the consequences.
We had no way of proving it, alone or
otherwise, without being "sluts." And by
making the story public we exposed ourselves
to even more ridicule and fear, and 'Tm sick of
hearing about it."
Sometimes I get called a man-basher. No
one has asked Bill Clinton why he hates
women. People like me have to defend the
Monica Lewinskys of this world. Believe me, I
wish I didn't have to. But nowhere have I seen
any opinion coming close to this, and I can't
be silent. I don't think it's male-bashing to try
and address the attitude ofthose cafeteria boys,
although I know that this kind of sweeping
generalization is always going to offend
somebody, probably somebody male.
But I wasn't raped by women. I know
that's too simple, but I can't get past it yet.
Forgive me for not being as considerate
as I should be. It's an awfully personal thing to
get into an "objective" dialogue about, but I am
willing to try.
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five seconds of her life. Also, the second
incident involving Bird and guns was
motivation enough to inspire Gulbranson to
file a report. something even our very own C]
Hanekamp can't do. These points lead us to our
second conclusion.
We need a football team. And who better
to coach this team than the motivational
madman , BOD Bird. When we came to a "state
college," we had some pre-conceptions. For
example , more frats, more Hootie , more
scoobie-jubb ies, and more football. Some
might say that rugby suffices the needs of
greeners, but football is America's game, not
some Euro-commie trash . The addition of a
football team could actually eliminate
Evergreen rugby. But don't worry rugby
players, if you don 't like football , you 'll
probably like cheerleading
Earlier this week, during our official J
Roca Naptime™, we all had a dream; the same
fabulous dream. A dream we feel is our
responsibility to share with the readers. Like ...
now. Like, right now. Like I'm about to say it.
<INSERT DREAM SEQUENCE HERE>
We were all hanging out in our Louisville,
Kentucky headquarters sucking on straw when
we heard a knock on the door. Quick, hide the
$#!+!! Who could it be? Low and behold, none
other than the one and only Ex-Officer Bob
Bird. He didn't have to say a word. We knew
what he came for: gambling for gttns (and
booze). A good fun time was had by all, except
for the fact that Carrot Top usually had the
winning hand (That's right, we dream about
Carrot Top. Wasn 't the first time; and we sure
hope it won 't be the last.). <END DREAM NEXT WEEK: Needlepoint Do's and Donts
SEQUENCE>
(probably maybe)
We all awoke. Jon cried. C) peed. He's
such a little trooper. After getting over the by J ROCA BETA (Nick Brandt. Casey Bruce.
amazement of having the same dream. we Chris Brummel,)on Grant, C) Hanekamp, and
came to two conclusions:
Dan Maier)
It's been about a week and a half, and the E-mail usat:jrocabeta@yahoo.com
whole greener community feels something
missing. We need Bob Bird back. Now you ) ROCA FOOTNOTE: It's a sad day in J ROCA
might ask yourself, why would we want the History. for we have finally given in to fear. We
gun-toating hunk of a man back on campus? were gonna put "But don 't worry women ,
To put it simply: motivation . Performing under there's room for you as cheerleaders." But we
gunpoint is definately a motivating factor. We didn't because we value our lives and we know
bet that the five seconds that TESC custodian that we'd be hurt by the women's rugby team.
Bonnie Griggs was at gunpoint was the cleanest A nod to y'al!.
Did Sesame Street eat our attention spans?
being from the start. He was born to sell out.
Barney sparked repeated criticism from people
who regarded the Barney commercial venture
as a betrayal of what PBS was supposed to
mean.
Sesame Street had met with controversy
before, but not for being commerical. When
people my own age were wee sprouts , a
number of educators expressed concern that
Sesame Street meant the beginning of the end
for our attention spans.
Now, as you read this, bear in mind that
I have the greatest affection for Grover, Big
Bird, et al. I genuinely mourned when Mr.
Hooper died. I still get the giggle s over
"Monsterpiece Theater, with Alistair Cookie."
Sesame Street was (and still is, as far as I know)
a show which made an effort to entertain and
educate children, while also rewarding adults
for watching with their children. Barney has
never done this, and neither have the
Teletubbies (unless the adult in question is on
some really heavy drugs).
But from the Start, Sesame Street has
been the target of the criticism that it is,
essentially, an educational MTV for younger
viewers. It was designed to fill the gaps in the
educations of disadvantaged urban children,
but it caught on with kids in the suburbs as
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OPINIONS
Come home, Bobby Bird
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or write us a letter. We try to print all letters, excluding t!Jose containing libel or personal
attacks, or those that aren't submitted with the author's full name and number. Letters
written by more than one person should include all authors' names and phone numbers.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Defending the truth
I write in response to Ms. Sarah Brown's
letter in the CP) on Dec 3, 1998. Ms. Brown's
letter is a thinly veiled and unfortunately
succe ssful attempt to re-insert The
Spokesperson into the CPl.
Ms. Brown claims that the copy of'The
Spokesperson" article she got hold of was
"offensive"' to her, that it didn't fit the definition
of satire, and that she should know what real
satire is as she is employed as a writing tutor.
Unfortunately, Ms. Brown fails to mention that
she is a member of the Fictional Sociology class
or that she is employed as writing tutor for that
very class. Ms. Brown is then for all intents and
purposes a paid employee of mess. Rideout,
Arney and Pailthorp. It is obvious to me that
Ms. Sarah Brown is in fact a paid toady and
intellectual gadfly to the Fictional Sociology
faculty. Ms. Brown's lack of honesty, her failure
to disclose her relationship to the Fictional
Sociology program, is in my view symptomatic
of the "cult like homage" I referred to in my
letter of the same issue, 12-3-98.
The Fictional Sociology problem has got
way out of hand. Last week, all three faculty
received probable death threats via e-mail.
Professor Arney immediately forwarded a copy
to Police Services where an investigation was
initiated. While I may be the most vocal of
Fictional Sociology's critics, I want to state here
and now that I am not responsible for the emailed threats and do not and will not ever
condone violence toward any member of the
Fictional Sociology faculty. Perhaps it is too late
to nip the Fictional Sociology problem in the
bud: it has already gone too far. What is needed
here is a wrenching out, roots and all, then a
thorough shaking to get rid of all the dirt. I
propose that the Fictional Sociology program
be disbanded , the faculty given a leave of
absence and the student/consumers dispersed
into other programs where they can't do too
much damage.
I would like to end this correspondence
with some criticism of the CPJ. I am quite sure
that the editors of the CP) were aware of Ms.
Sarah Brown's relationship to the Fictional
Sociology program; knowing this and still
publishing Ms. Brown's letter would seem to
me a backsliding of the ethics that heretofore
you have defended so vehemently. There is no
substitute for absolute truth!
Scott A. Mantle
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Stripping isn't a
healthy choice
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December 10, 1998
Honest discussion
is badly needed
Dear editors,
I love you. Your serioll sn.ess about
political and social issues in our community is
always welcomed by me. I feel compelled to
offer some insigh ts about isslies in last week's
issue. (Since there may be lag time in the
printing of this letter, it may be last quarter by
now.) On the "Seepage," there was a faScinating
poem which asked fascinating questions. Why
are there so many weird people at Evergreen?
Why do people make fun of the CP)? Simple
questions deserve simple answers: we attend
an altemative school with a damn serious
newspaper that wrote "Satire should be made
clear" as the headline for a satirical letter. That's
brilliant. You should all be applauded. There
is nothing more important than what is
printed in the CP} and I applaud you. Three
cheers for the editors! What could be better?
Now if I could ask a favor: please
campaign to keep those nasty Fictional
Sociology students in their place. I don 't want
them to have any more power than they already
have.
In my las t letter to you, I wrote about
miscommunication, and this one is sadly the
same. I desperately hope that someone will
respond with a letter that we call all talk
honestly about. I don't care what the issue isI'll talk about anything anytime. Someone
challenge me on something, anything. This is
a begging, pleading, slightly pathetic endeavor,
but here it is: Mumia is not a political prisoner,
Officer Bird was not out of line, our campus
sometimes drives me batty, and bi-monthly
paychecks are not that big an issue.
Emma Margraf
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I am writing in response to the Dec 3rd
article about "Phaedra ,"' Evergreen's stripping
student. Reading this article invited me to
reflect upon my own experiences with strippers
and clubs. Not a happy picture, but most
certainly one of the most formative stages of
my life. Suffice it to say that one gets caught up
in the secrecy, attention and arousal of these
environments which becomes an addiction,
and one will do most anything to get their fix.
Her life seems to be riddled with
contradictions and I'm not quite sure if she
condones or condemns this lifestyle. She says
there is no one there to help her, yet she's
choosing to live a secret lifestyle. Even in this
article her name is changed. Honesty works
wonders with supportive relations·hips. It's
hard for people to help if they don't know you.
Why, if she has problems with intimacy
and sexuality, would she choose to work in a
place that would exacerbate these challenges?
Generally, people with good intimate
relationships and a healthy sense of sexuality
know not to make those choices. Lack ofability
to build intimate relationships and problems
with sexuality are characteristics of most every
dancer, patron or employee I came across in
strip clubs. Definite symbiotic relationships
here.
I was quite amazed that when a customer
wanted to perform unwanted acts, her
response was "No, for one you don 't pay me
enough to even consider it. " So how much
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would be enough ? Why put oneself in an
environment wh ere people completely
disrespect and objectify you? One answer could
be the money. She says, "They don't do this
because it makes good money, they have to
degrade themselves just to pay the bills." So
they are doing it for the money. not some actual
other benefit to their lives, and in the process
they are willing to degrade themselves for it.
This is not a necessary evil of life ; it's a choice
of lifestyle. The good that comes with it
(whatever that may be) brings along a lot of
mandatory negative baggage. Even though you
may want to make it work, there can be no
separation.
One of the most difficult paths to take in
life is the one that says "My life seems very
confusing, I don't have health y relationships
around me (family and intimate friends) , I fe el
alone, I need to explore new choices in life."
One always has the ability to choose life over
death. Make that choice and the people who
will help a nd support you will present
themselves. It has happened for me.
Then she actually says that she would still
consider dancing. Sometimes denial is the
easiest coping method, but generally seems to
compound the problems. I really hope that
someday she finds the peace that will free her
from the confusion of her life. She will thank
herself and, more importantly, so will her son.
Rusty Eklund
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UT iptoe through the tulips."
UG od bless us, every one."
-Tiny Tim
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THE HOLIDAYS: more than tinsel and Iigbts? You decide.
Merry dysfunction to all ...
Shabbat, Poetry, and Tibet
JCC promotes positive Jewish identity;"
Tibetan suppressees find student support
calISI~S
political and religious leader of the Tibetan
people was exiled from Tibet and went to
Dharamasala India. Most exiled Tibetans also
live in Dharamasala. 99 percent of Tibetans
practice Tibetan Buddhism, which is based on
non-violence, and happiness for all beings. This
is why the people of Tibet have never been able
to stand up to the Chinese forces.
The purpose of the Students for a Free
Tibet (SFT) is to educate the world to help Tibet.
The organization iS'still new on the Evergreen
campus, and is stri~ing to raise awareness of the
human rights violations occurring in Tibet. "We
It comes around every year. A time of
don
't necessarily feel as though boycotting
Christmas carols, Santa decorations, and red and Students fur a Free Tibet
Chinese
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green twinkling lights. We are inundated with
help
the
Tibetan people, and we are trying to
Christmas wherever we go. Yet for many in our
In 1949 the Chinese People's Liberation
come
up
with more creative ways to make
community, December is not a time for Santa Army (CPLA) invaded Tibet. The act began as a
and his elves or How the Grinch Scole Christmas. peaceful way to modernize Tibet, to reeducate change," explains Lancey Williams, SFT
The presence of other religions is oftentimes people. Yet the Tibetan people were put in coordinator. The group has been tabling to
overlooked at this important time of year.
prison for speaking out against the Chinese create awareness of the atrocities occurring in
government. Tibetan monks take a vow never Tibet, and are featuring a different Tibetan each
to kill. In prison they are forced to kill rodents, month. For the month of November, SFT made
ants and other animals to bring to the CPLA. If information available to all students about
Jewish Cultural Center
they do not bring enough carcasses they are not Ngawang Chophel, who was captured by the
I attended the Jewish poetry reading on allowed to eat. In 1959 the Dalai Lama, the Chinese because they claimed he was a spy being
funded by the United States.
Friday, Dec. 4. I didn 't really
Today,
Dec.
10,
is
know what to expect. Yet, being
International Human Rights Day.
that I am not Jewish. I was
SFT and Amnesty International
fascinated at the traditions and
will sponsor an event this evening
historic culture of the Jewish
at 5:30 p.m. in the Longhouse.
community. We began the
The
speaker, Gamyang Tsultrim ,
evening with a potluck, and a
is
a
Tibetan refugee living in
ce lebrati on of Shabbat-the
Olympia.
This is one event in
rhythm of creation, when God
which
SFT
is
using their funding.
rested on the seventh day. Then.
"We also used some of the money
a fantastic presentation of
to
enter our group as a chapter,"
poetry. music, and stories
says
Williams. "We plan to show
followed. Poetry was read by
Kundunas
an activity next quarter
Nomy Lamm, Mara. Aviva
as
wei!."
Holland, Becca Tilsell, and Erika
Tibet is so far away. How
Reinstein.
does the devastation occurring
The event was sponsored
there affect us? "Tibetan people
by the Jewish Cu ltural Center
are
so unique in their findings
(JCC). 'The)CC is a group trying
about
life
and
human
to promote a positive Jewish
consciousness
and
death
that we
identity," explains Lia Wallon.
have no idea about in our culture,"
co·coordinator for the JCe. "SO
explains
Williams. "The Chinese
many people come from
are
taking
away their human
backgrounds with negative
rights.
Their
freedom of speech
Jewis h communities that we
affects
us
.
Without
the vast
want to create a positive and
understanding
of
the
people
of
open commun ity ... we·re not
Tibet, the rest of the world will be
affiliated with any religious
missing out on their insight. They
group. The group is also open to
are
being forbidden to share their
non·Jews io learn about Jewish
The Chinese are also
knowledge."
culture and the Jewish
deforesting
the
old growth plateau
commu nity." In addition to the
of
Tibet.
This
degradation and
poetry reading, the JCC has had
desertification of the planet's most
~el'era l Shabbat potlucks, and a
extensive high land form
Jewish Mysticism workshop with
influences
atmospheric
speaker Asher Hashash. "We
all
over
Asia, and is
circulation
also had a Challah workshop at
•,~
contributing
to
destabilization
of
thl' organic farm," states Wallon.
,',,
patterns
all
over
the
weather
"Challah i~ a Jewish bread."
world.
Th~ Jec is a funded group
Questions? Want to help?
whmr main outlet of funding i~
Photo by Nichol Everett
Call
Lancey
at ext. 6493. Students
to hring in speakers ~uch as
The celebration of Shabbat honors the rhythm of creation
for
a
Free
Tibet meet every
IIa ~ has h and upcoming spraker
and acknowledges God's rest on the seventh day.
Monday at 8 p.m. in L2118.
by Jen Blackford
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Abe Osheroff. "We may also be having a
storytelling festival, and we use some of the
money for retreats when they come up," explains
Wallon. Some other upcoming events for the
JCe: a Jewish Identity workshop, a Hanukkah
Dinner, and Jewish political activist Abe Osheroff
will be speaking on Thursday, Jan. 14. The JCC
is a great resource center; some of the funding
also goes to magazine subscriptions and those
who are interested may check out books. For
more information call Terra or Lia at ext. 6493.
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get a restraining order against them. (Unless of
course, you live in Evergreen hou·sing.) Instead,
you're expected to grin and bear it, and give them
a ("up of Yuletide cheer. Little do they know that
the cheer you give them might be the detergent ,
not a beverage.
Besides homicidal tailing and noise
pollution in the Christmas season, there is mob
violence. If you 've ever seen the day after
Thanksgiving shopping, you'll realize that
everyone, both young and old, has a heart of
darkness. It manifests itself when shoppers
bump, shove, and jostle each other in an attempt
to get the best deal. It's as if a Jerry Springer show
touched down and decided to invite the WWF
along for the ride.
So why do we ultimately celebrate Dec. 25?
Is it for a man who was born on this day, only to
be murdl'red by others who were certainly not
in the spirit oflove and joy? Is it for the jolly Old
Saint Nick, who has become an emblem of a
materialistic culture? Is it even for its origins as
a festival ofthe winter solstice, the longest night
of the year? Whatever its beginnings, it has
darkened into something as sinister as the
techno-culture we live in today.
Because of the connotations that the
holiday now brings up in the mind, the sounds
on Dec. 25 will no longer be comforting words
of joy. If you hear strains of carols, the.sounds of
hoofprints on the roof, the thump of a man
walking around your living room, then be afraid.
Be very afraid.
Staff writer
They say in mystery books that Christmas
is the best time to murder. The cold snow, the
bustling people, and the gathering of distant
relations are all elements of a perfect suspense.
All you need to throw in is murder, mayhem, and
a sack to hide the corpses,
If you think about it, it's truly a violent
holiday. For example, the whole idea of a man
sliding down your chimney to give you things
based on your prior behavior and determined by
a list is territying. How do you know what he
finds to be naughty or nice? Moreover, does he
watch you every single day of your life?
One frightening example of an ode to this
creature, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," is
nothing more than a paean to stalking. He knows
when you are sJeeping/he knows when you're
awakelhe knows jfyou've been bad or good/so
be good for goodness sake. Why do we invite this
man into our house? Ifhe was anyone else than
"Santa" he'd either be a stalker or a special
prosecutor, but instead he's a man who gives us
gifts and eats our food.
Another scary aspect of this season is the
idea that people can show up at your door and
sing for hours straight without your consent.
Normally, if strangers were outside on your
porch yelling out at all hours of the night any
sentiment they wanted to express, you would
arrest them for public disturbance and possibly
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I propose that Christ and Santa Claus
part and go their separate ways. Christ
can keep his winter booking; Santa's
time slot can be August 7. With this
plan, each month would have a major
holiday, therein providing us with
consistent monthly vacations and
Hallmark with another marketable
date.
Christmas trees
If trees were supposed to be
indoors, Jesus wouldn't have made
them so tall. But he did, and he also gave
them something ·1 like to call "Roots."
These "Roots" carry nutrients into trees'
bodies. Nutrients are trees' food. That's
why, when you cut down a tree, separate
it from its "Roots," and put it in your
home, it dies. And no matter how hard
you try to coax it back to life with tinsel
and sparkly lights, once you cut down
and domesticate a Douglas Fir, it still
dies.
The logic involved with our
yearly tree massacre is the same as
thinking that a dressed cadaver will
look good- so good that it'll convince
strangers that rigor mortis isn't setting
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Holiday hybrid
If
you're
Christian, Jesus Christ
Red and green
Who designated red and green as the
official colors of Christmas? I don 't remember
this decision in any history books. Was it in the
Bible? Was there a vote? Did George Washington
or Moses decide to affiliate these innocent light
frequencies with the holiday season? Talk about
food for thought.
It doesn't seem fair to the rest of th e
spectrum to honor only TWO colors with the
prestigious title of "Christmas Colors."
I propose that a committee be formed of
five elected oft1cials. These oft1cials will be
sequestered yearly from Easter to Halloween,
and during which time will decide on the year's
Christmas color theme. The committee will be
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"But Christmas trees are
grow n on farms," you say. "it doesn't
matter if we Cllt them down." Well, yes.
they do grow on farms. So do llamas.
That doesn't mean I want to decorate a
dead llama in celebration of Christ's
birth.
Maybe instead of killing a tree for
Christmas this year, we could plant one
instead. (evergreen college. evergreen
tree .., work with me.)
Santa Claus
Santa Claus visits everyone in the world
(regardless of their chimney ownership
status or religious affiliation) and gives them gifts
within the span of one evening. What- out of
the philanthropic goodness of his heart? I think
not. Let's look closer. Upon whose back has
Claus' empire been built? Solely on the backs of
rives and reindeer. It is not Santa who creates
the gifts for which he is given credit. Oh no: that
is the job of elves. It is not Santa who walks o'er
the land delivering said gifts.
Inst~ahe uses hapl ess
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his transportation.
o Ce tnly at Evergreen we
should rally against the plight of
these guileless creatures. Are
Clau s' workers unionized? Do
they receive benefits?
I suggest we join forces and
boycott Santa Claus: withhold all
milk and
all cookies until such time as the
public is fully informed of Claus' factories"
working conditions and ag rees that su ch
conditions are accep tabl y humane.
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Herein ends my holiday rant. Until next
time, gentle reader. merry Christmas.
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by Sam Pullen
Contributing writer
I am not comfortab le observing the
official Thanksgiving holiday because I am
aware that the establishment of European
colonies in North America marked the
beginning of a war of genocide against the
original inh abitants of thi s land. Yet over
Thanksgiving break, I was part of a socia l
movement that filled me with a tremendous
sense of thanksgiving. I am thankful that not
everyone has forgotten the indigenous people
of America who are still fighting to preserve
their cu ltures in the wake of European
conquest. I am also thankful that in the United
States, I have the freedom to criticize the
government for its role in spreading military
violence and terror in Latin America.
Over Thanksgiving break, I joined several
friends from Iowa and traveled to Fort
Benning, Georgia to protest against the School
of the Americas (SOA), a military institute
funded by U.S. tax dollars that offers training
to soldiers from Latin America. Graduates of
the school have been responsible for countless
well-documented atrocities. such as
disappearances. physical and psychological
torture, political assassinations, cold-blooded
murder, and massacres of innocent men,
women. and children. The "insurgents'
targeted by these U.S.-trained death squads are
peaceful religious leaders. educators, union
organizers, student leaders and the indigenous
people of Latin America. To protest this gross
violation of human rights and democracy, over
7,000 people from all parts of the U.S. and
around the world demonstrated peacefully for
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two days and called for the close of this School
of Assassins.
The movement to close the School of the
Americas has been growing ever since 1990,
when a small group protested at Fort Benning
in November on the one year anniversary of a
massacre committed by SOA graduates in
which six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and
her daughter were murdered in EI Salvador.
Since then, thousands of Jesuits, Catholics,
Protestants. teachers. labor organizers.
Hispanic Americans, students, Veterans,
Nat ive Americans, and other concerned
citizens have targeted the SOA as one of the
most blatant manifestations of an extremely
destructive foreign policy in Latin America. In
1997, over 1500 people were present at the
November demonstration at Fort Benning, and
601 were arrested for committing civil
disobedience. The fact that there were over
three times as many people present to
demonstrate and risk arrest this year compared
to last is evidence of growing public sentiment
that the school must be closed and U.S. foreign
policy in Latin America must be changed.
The most powerful part of the weekend
for me came when I lined up with over two
thousand people who were prepared to
commit civil disobedience by crossing the
property line of the military base and illegally
demonstrating to close the school.
Demonstrating for peace on a U.S. military
base is considered "trespassing," a federal
crime punishable by up to six months in prison
and a $5000 fine . I linked arms with an 82 year· •
old woman from Des Moines, a close friend
from Colorado College, and a Des Moines
college professor. We sought support from
each other as we faced the consequences of our
action . After being blessed in a ce remony
performed by indigenous Mayan people from
Guatemala, we crossed the line in a solemn
funeral procession, carrying coffins and white
crosses that bore the names of people who had
been murdered in Latin America by graduates
of the School of the Americas. Several hours
later, after being loaded onto military buses
and driven to a processing center, the military
released all 2.319 people who crossed the line
without pressing charges because it was
overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people
who crossed the line.
It is my sincerest hope that by exercising
my right to speak out and protest peacefully
in the U.S. for human right s. I wi ll help bring
such freedom to my brothers and sisters in
Latin America who have been subjected to
torture and murder for trying to exercise th e
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people not to look up. If they had looked up,
they would have seen nothing, but hidden in
the crane were two activists, stationed there to
prevent the crane from unloading the Sea
Diamond. Other activists were stationed
behind the crane in walkways 80ft. high with
the red banner. Dawn broke without much
excitement, but the whispers and walkertalkers kept reporting that the banners would
be dropping at any minute.
As the morning marched on with the
rain , the protesters did as well. The union
organizer lead deadlocked Evergreen students,
Earth Firsters, Wobblies, and strikers, in a
"balls calls" chant, asking each individual to
yell out if they really had balls. Tacoma police
and port security came and went. leaving the
protesters alone. As ten o'clock neared, the
whispers reported that the Sea Diamond was
coming into the harbor. The U.S .W.A had one
boat and two jet skis, Earth First! had two
kayaks and a sail boat to block the ship from
entering. Soon after the aquatic opposition
made their appearance, the Coast Guard made
their own to make "sure nobody gets hurt."
The Sea Diamond remained anchored in
the harbor through the morning, waiting out
the strikers and activists. Noon came and
many of the activists and strikers began to
leave. The big media came soon after, so the
walker-talkers started intensely pacing and
talking to the cameras , pointing up and
assuring them that the banners would be
dropping at any minute. The cameras brought
out some strikers to march with the activists.
am} the songs they sung together in unity
sounded impressive on the evening news.
to its full 60 feet in length, the 40 feet in width
caught the hard wind and lifted the two
activists into the gust. They flapped around,
attached to what in effect became a huge
parachute, for the next ten minutes. Just
watching them flop around, into each other
and become tangled into the ropes was painful.
Protesters stopped protesting and started
praying for the two climber's safety. Eventually,
they cut their ropes connected to the bottom
of the banner. They remained suspended (but
not flopping) in the air for the next two hours
until they climbed up the ropes and came down
the stairs with the backup of the Tacoma Fire
Department.
The unity between unionists and
environmentalists showed itself in the form of
potential last Monday. Strikers, Wobblies, and
environmentalists shared vegan stew,
cigarettes and conversations in the cold rain
at Pier 7. The height of Monday's protest was
not police cracking heads or a pig nominated
for the presidency, but the retreat/rescue of
two activists literally caught blowing in the
wind. After they came down with orders to
report to the Tacoma courts in the next two
weeks, the news cameras swarmed in. The
immediate result of a long day in the cold rain
was extensive coverage on the evening news,
bringing light to a strike over two months old,
but more than that was achieved. Two groups,
who the corporations pride on having divided,
came together. They sang songs in the rain and
cheered when the two climbers were safe. This
protest means far more than a ship being
delayed in the harbor for a few hours, or a few
activists getting tickets. It means a new era of
activism landed on that Tacoma dock early
Monday morning. Issues that transcend
individual agendas are now being addressed
with the most frightening concept for any
corporation-unity.
By 1:00 p.m.
the walker-talkers
A steel worker braves the cold, rain and waves to
were in a frenzy of
send a message to Kaiser Aluminum .
secrecy, darting
photo by Ray Ayer
froin person to
person, whispering
vital
bits
of
information, and
looking in the
forbidden
direction. Shortly
after, one person
dropped
down
from the crane on a
rope, and was then
tossed around by
the port winds for
the
next
20
minutes. After the
news people got
bored of watching
the person hang
.
.
from the crane, the
two activists from the walkway dropped down.
Quickly they set up the cables, stretched out
the red banner, and dropped down, having
faith that their body weight would hold the
banner taut. As soon as the banner stretched
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by Megan Davis
Contributing writer
The local ClSPES (Committee in
Solidarity with the People of EI Salvador)
chapter has been meeting on campus every
week, talking about neoliberalism ,
privatization, and how the highly organized
people of El Salvador have been working to
combat the negative impact of these new
economic forces in their homeland. Most of
us have heard a little something about
neoliberalism, but since it's a global
phenomenon, it can be hard to see how to
effectively deal with its negative impacts. How
do we support workers' struggles for' basic
rights here and abroad , and how do we
pressure unscrupulous companies from the
consumer end? Where do we begin? How do
we choose our focus? One alternative is to
support the current struggles of underclass
Salvadorans. They originally organized in
response to military repression in the '80s,
finally winning a legitimate voice in a suddenly
democratized government in '92, to find that
a new economic war had replaced the military
war. Since they are already a highly organized
population- both the rural peasantry and the
urban working class- they have been able to
work against neoliberal oppression better than
the poor of many nations. They now stand a
good chance of very quickly becoming a
shining example for the poor of the world, as
a people who have fought multinationals and
won: won the ability to hold foreign
companies accountable to EI Salvador's labor
laws without losing the companies to other
countries with non-organized poor.
For months now, the three big labor
unions in EI Salvador have been working
together to help sweatshop workers organize
clandestinely. In the past few weeks, the
unions have been "coming out" to
management on a factory by factory basis, as
soon as they bring at least 50 percent of each
factory's workers into membership. So, in
sweatshop after sweatshop, a morning comes
when the mostly female employees all get
together and gather around the managers'
office, carrying a list of demands. The demand
each factory local has in common is for an end
to the Christmas firings. Christmas firings are
standard practice for sweatshops- since EI
Salvadoran labor law requires that each
employee receive a Christmas bonus that is
based on their salary and seniority, many
sweatshop employers simply fire their workers
just before Christmas (a lag time in
production, anyway) and rehire them after
New Years'. Some choose not to fire their
employees. Instead, they simply refuse to pay
the Christmas bonus, daring the government
to enforce labor law- which, you may have
already guessed, the government consistently
fails to do.
So the workers ofEI Salvador are flexing
their newly-formed muscle by requiring that
employers give them the bonus they are legally
entitled to. And they are asking people of the
U.S.- the main consumers of the products they
make- to support them. Specifically, they are
asking us to call up U.S. companies and tell
them, first, that we don't want them to pack
up and move on to some other country, just
because the Salvadorans have organized.
Second, that these U.S . companies should..
ensure that their suppliers in El Salvador
respect workers rights by paying the year-end
bonus, not firing workers this Christmas, and
improving working conditions.
El
Salvadorans have said that some of the ways
working conditions must be improved are:
halting forced, unpaid overtime; stopping
physical and sexual abuse; requiring adequate
ventilation in factories; putting an end to child
labor: and making uncontaminated drinking
water available. Who do we call? K-Mart
Corporation, Osh Kosh B'Gosh, JCPenney
Company, Fruit of the Loom, and Sara Lee Knit
Products. All are producing goods through
sweatshop contractor companies in EI
Salvador. Olympia has been dubbed the
JCPenney city- we're asked to target them in
particular with our calls. Thursday, Dec. 10 is
the official call-in day, but if you read this after
then, your call is still important. The number
is 1(800)953-9421. and leave a message for
James Oesterreicher, CEO. If you are curious
and want details about EI Salvador- what's
happening there in these momentous weeks,
how the Salvadoran feminist movement acts
as a strong force for change alongside and
within the labor movement, how the
Salvadoran peasantry is dealing with the
environmental devastation of the countryside,
or any other aspect of this issue- come to a
CISPES meeting, 5:30 p.m. every Thursday in
LIB 2118.
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blueberries, strawberries, oranges,
plums, cantaloupe, red grapes,
papaya, mango, grapefruit, kiwi,
apricots, cherries, raspberries, black
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11May the whores of evil no longer loiter at the doorstep of your
path, beckoning you into the brothel of despair,"
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Love Diamond stars Miranda July-as herself
by Nick Challed
A&E editor
Who is Miranda July? Well, she's a
performing artist, a filmmaker, a writer, a
storyteller, and the founder of a movie
distribution network for women filmmakers.
But this description and these words do not
give virtue to Miranda's art or herself, for she
is too elaborate and complex in her imagery to
describe it in words alone.
Perhaps the only way te get a true taste
of what embraces this woman is by seeing her
perform live. As Miranda relates, "performing
is the one space where I get to fully be myself".
Miranda July's new two-act, full
performance of Love Diamondprovides a great
opportunity to experience the depth within
this woman. Miranda July performs Love
Diamond this Friday night, Dec. 11, at 9:00,
p.m. in the Capitol Theater.
Miranda admits that within the
entertainment world, "there is not really a
'place' for what I do."
Miranda has been welcomed by the
music world (she has two CDs recorded on the
Olympia based label, Kill Rock Stars) .
However, her art transcends music. She has
also been accepted by the performing arts field.
However, July seems uncomfortable going this
route, since normally the cost oftickets do not
make her performances available to everyone.
"I am used to doing things in a 'punk'
context," she muses, where tickets are
affordable to everyone.
Many people have expressed feeling
"uncomfortable" when experiencing Miranda
July's art and performances. However, this
should not hinder anyone from witnessing her
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work. In fact, a sense of discomfort should be relationships [of the doctor and patient],
expected, since Miranda's art deals with the which usually go unspoken."
themes and mysteries of illness, contemporary
In many ways, Love Diamond is a
anxiety, and pain.
ground- breaking performance for Miranda
Miranda finds ways to turn these themes July. It is four times as long as most of her
inside out, in
pre v i 0 u s
order to corne
performances,
closer to the
which were
truth behind
0 f ten
performed
them. Rather
han
between the
confronting the
sets of bands.
sub j I' c t s
Miranda has
directly, she
r e c en t I y
deals
"in
beg ' u n
between the
integrating
spaces" of the
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characters and
elements into
d i a log u e
her
i1'lvolved.
performance,
For
which she
takes
full
example, when
discussing the
advantage of
first act of Love
in
Love
D i a m 0 n d,
D i a mOil d .
which deals
She will use
with the themes
slides and
of diagnosis
film cuts to
and
the
fur th e r
Lelat ionship
express and
between the
transform the
doctor
and
themes of
pat i e nt,
d i a g nos is,
M ira n d a
C!l!TlIIUIi:ation,
mused, "the
technology,
Miranda July performs one of her many
truth
lies
and love.
between the
characters in Love Diamond. The performance
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takes place Friday night at the Capitol Theater.
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Stretch your mind
by Michael Selby & Carrie Zanger
Contributing writers
by Michael Selby
Staff writer
A night jam-packed with the performing
arts. ranging from Kunti, a traditional Orissi
dance, to kabby a la carte, the dance stylings
offaculty member Kabby Mitchell Ill , to smear
pulse no sneer, an original collaborative
composition by Arun Chandra and Meg Hunt.
These were the highlights ofThe Yoga of Body
& Soul, a faculty featured performance
presented by The Evergreen State College
Orissi Dance Program on Friday and Saturday
evening, Dec. 4 and 5.
The evening opened with a piece
choreographed by Ratna Roy and danced by
Hunt entitled Arati Sritakamala. We were
much impressed by Hunt's balance in holding
onto her trays of candles while dancing. The
dance was an invocation calling on the
elements of nature to bless the performance.
The dream of a sculptor, Batu was a storytelling version of Orissi, a dance style similar
to hula in its versatility. In Batu, the dancers
were representational of traditional
instruments associated with Orissi.
Accompanying Hunt in the dance were
members ofThe Evergreen State College Orissi
Dance Program (TESC ODP). The members of
TESC ODP. also performed the graceful Saveri
Pallavi.
Enter Roy, a woman of very strong
convictions and beliefs. Before performing her
dance, Kunti, Roy explained to the audience the
background of the piece. Kunti is based on an
Indian epic story and focuses on the five
virtuous women oflore. We both felt Roy could
have been a stand-up comedian if she so chose;
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Just this past Friday, Dec. 4, a couple dozen
people sat hushed in the Longhouse's Cedar
Room, awl'd by the powerl111 words oftheJewish
women's poetry reading. The evening, which was
sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Center, was in
celebration of Shabbat and was organized by
Mara Simmons.
Shabbat is Hebrew for "Sabbath" or holy
day. According to the Judeo-Christian creation
story, God created the world in six days and upon
the seventh day, he rested. In Judaism, this sacred
day begins on Friday at sundown and goes until
sundown on Saturday.
The Kiddush is the celebration ofShabbat.
In Kiddush there are three blessings and
everyone was invited to participate, regardless
of religion. There is a blessing placed upon the
Shabbat candies, the wine (or in this case, kosher
grape juice) and the challah (loavesofbread). As
soon as the blessings were given and people
partook of the juice and challah, everyone
migrated to the impromptu stage in anticipation.
Simmons had planned the evening
because, as she put it, "I just knew so many strong
Jewish women writers." Simmons opened up the
performance with an interesting juxtaposition
ofmoving poetry and amusing verse. Her poetry
spoke of her cultural heritage and her elders,
those within her family and ancestrally. Songs
also flow from Simmons. Even though, as she
confided to the crowd, she didn't feel strongly
about her skills on guitar, Simmons still played
some highly amusing folk songs of her
childhood. "Humor is the best cure for
everything!" said Simmons.
Nomy Lamm, a local celebrity of sorts,
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visual elements create dialogues out of
monologues," Miranda explained.
Many ofthe themes within her work have
stayed the same however, since they have
remained issues and mysteries in her life. In
The Binet-Simon Test, July's second CD on Kill
Rock Stars, she deals heavily with
interrogation, human experiments, and the
struggles between adults and children . The
album contains five strange stories, including
"Medical Wonder," which involves the
paranoid confession of a guinea pig in a
mysterious experiment.
Miranda's film work includes The
Amateurist, in which July explores our society's
(and her own) self-conscious obsession with
beauty, which has disseminated into a vicious
cycle for women. Miranda plays the characters
of Plain Jane and an attractive, seductive .
woman. Plain Jane sits and monitors the onscreen woman nine to 12 hours a day. Miranda
has explained that both perspectives of these
women are akin to her own experience.
July has found this theme of selfconsciousness in many of the movies that she
has collected through "Big Miss Moviola," a
video distribution network for women filmmakers. Fora recent article in The Rocket, July
discussed this common theme in women film
projects:
"I see so much work where women are
mesmerized by their own image, which can be
really frustrating because there'sso much more
than thaLlI's excruciating to see a movie made
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her rapport with the crowd was tremendous.
In traditional Indian storytelling, the stories
glorify the male and any woman should be
subservient. However, don 't try telling that to
Roy, who. as shl' ex plained to the audience. felt
the need for revision. The dance itself was also
marvelous; Roy's facial expression said it all.
Enter, from the crowd. Mitchell. He
performed a modern dance that called upon its
ballet roots set to a traditional piano piece.
Taking the audience by surprise, Mitchell made
excellent use of all the available space. He left
the crowd with something to talk about over
intermission and with anticipation of his next
entrance.
The second half of the evening was
decidedly more avant garde. "Lament," a poem
by Alice Thorner, was used by Chandra as the
backbone of his composition to which Roy
created original choreography. Roy's
background in Orissi gave the experimental
piece an intriguing edge.
Mitchell's second spotlight. Dressed in
camouflage, Mitchell grasped the crowd's
attention with his sensual, angular movements.
In both of his pieces, Mitchell's performance
was an intense experience that made the crowd
fall away.
One of our favorites was smear pulse no
sneer, another experimental piece. The musical
composition was created in '94 by Chandra.
Hunt's unique choreography was our utter
highlight of the evening's show.
The program ended with Moksa, an
Orissi dance that is dance merely for the sake
of danCing. In all sincerity, we both feel
Evergreen and the community are lucky to have
the performers from The Yoga of Bbdy & Soul
as faculty.
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inspired by Simmons musical performance, then
sang a number for the crowd. 'Tm trying to
remember all the witty things I was gonna say
when I got up here, but Idon't remember any .....
Lamm trailed off as she told stories of her
childhood and her experiences celebrating both
Christmas and Chanukah.
"It was awesome," said Lamm. "I'd never
been to something like that before. It was great
to see Jewish women artists." Humorwas another
recurring theme of the evening. "It was great the humor, even though we were dealing with
stuff like the Holocaust and internalized antiSemitism."
Aviva Holland then read some ver y
emotional pieces. Nervous that she wouldn't
have any humorous works for the audience ,
almost all of her poetry gave the audience
chuckles and guffaws. She also read sections from
works by Mary Oliver.
Becka Tilsen then tried to play "Dreidel,
Dreidel" on her mug for the crowd. But much
like a car that won't sputter and creak when you
take it 'to an auto mechanic, Tilsen's mug got
performance anxiety and wouldn't play. Tilsen
went on to read a beautiful, powerful piece on
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its effects.
The evening closed with a reading from
Erika Rhinestein, who read her piece "Thesis,
Antithesis" and spoke ofher emotional recovery
from internalized anti-Semitism. She spoke of
her sexual abuse as a child and of her family's
attempt to hide their Jewish background. She
also spoke of her experiences as a Sephardic Jew.
The Shabbat celebration went well and the
evening's poetry was beautiful and strongly
performed, but just as impurtant were the issues
that the poetry raised, For further information,
contact the Jewish Cultural Center at x6493.
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"fair aquatic maidens and such." This
portion of the story will be included in
my book, which is tentatively titled
Mohy Dick: Special Edition, and should
be hitting shelves by mid April. In
addition to this remake, I also have
several others in the work. Set for
release by next Christmas are: The
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All satire aside, I am thoroughly
disappointed
with the latest slew of
As you mayor may not know,
movies
to
corne
oozing out of
depending on the degree of your
Hollywood, much like creamy discharge
exposure to such award-winning and
from
a festering wound. Seventy
info-taining television programs as
percent
of all movies released today fall
"Access Hollywood" and "Extra! Extra!" ,
into
one
of the following categories:
director Gus Van Sant has recently
A)Movies
based on books, B) Movies
comp leted a shot-for-shot remake of the
based
on
other
movies , C)Movies based
classic Alfred Hitchcock fi lm , Psycho .
on television programs, D) Movies
His decision to embark on such a
based on actua l events, or E) Seque ls to
controversial and seemingly ludicrous
one
of the types of films mentioned
project has caused more than few
Now, this isn ' t to say that these
above.
Hollywood big-wigs to question the
of
pictures are necessarily bad, it 's
types
necessity of such an undertaking . Does
just
a
bit
saddening to see that
the world really need another version of
Hollywood's
primary concern is still
a motion picture that was nearly
monetarily based . Must I continually
flawless in its initial production? Well ,
not really, but it will undoubtedly pique turn to sma ll er, and therefore inferior,
independent studios for my filmic
the curiosity of movie-goers
desires?
everywhere, thereby ensuring a hefty
Sure, there are some original
turnaround for the studio, and pOSSibly
movies being produced by the big
a remake of the less-than-stellar Psycho
studios
these days, but they are so few
ll: Mother Takes a Holiday.
and
far
between
that simple-minded
This film, along with other recent
cinema
fans
such
as myself are forced to
Hitchcock remakes which include Dial
rely
on
black
and
white classics and
"M" for Murder (aka A Perfect Murder)
hardcore
pornography
to occupy the
and Rear Window, has inspired me to
meantime.
What
does
this
say about the
tackle a similar project. As of today, I
status of not only movies, but creative
am currently producing a word-forarts in general? I'll be the first to admit
word remake of the Herman Melville
that there are some specatacular things
classic, Mohy Dick. It is the book to
being produced in all mediums of
which I am referring, mind you, not the
artistic
expression these days, but how
recent USA television version which
are
things
progressing as a whole? As an
starred Jean Luc Picard in his most
inexperienced youngster, I do not feel
inspiring role since he played "Patrick
that I am at liberty to pass judgement
Stewart" at last year's Emmy Awards
on
topics of such girth, but I can make
ceremony. Indeed, I am currently in the
an
educated
guess from the little that I
process of rewriting Melville's thrilling
have
seen,
and
I tell you, brothers and
tale of Man vs. Nature, exactly as he
sisters,
I
am
leery
of our country's
intended it to be written . Most people
creative future . I am afraid that
don't know this, but the censors of the
technology has turned us into a society
time forbade him from including a
of
lazy non-thinkers, who rely on
questionable chapter that featured
computers
and other fancy gadgetry to
Captain Ahab injecting himself with
do
our
creative
thinking for us. Well,
four grams of Danish heroin and skinny
never
fear!
I
have
formulated two
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by someone looking at herself on film and
thinking how beautiful she is but really not
seeing everything else she is, too. Like, 'Not
only do you look good, but you could make an
incredible movie!' But getting past your own
image seems to be a challenging thing. And I
have nothing but empathy because I work with
that same thing."
"Big Miss Moviola" distributes film and
video shorts that fail to get to the big-screen.
Miranda will send a set of 10 films to any
woman who sends her an original piece offilmwork. Women interested in sending Miranda
a movie, or to receive tapes, should send a selfaddressed stamped envelope to: Big Miss
Moviola, PO Box 14284, Portland, OR 97293.
Miranda is also currently working on new
projects. She will be directing Sleater-Kinney's
new video, "Get Up," off of their album The
Hot Rock. The video will be shot on Dec. 18 in
Olympia. Miranda and Sleater-Kinney need 40
women to be filmed in the video. For more
information , or to be in this video, e-mail
Miranda at mjuly@europa.com.
In February, she will be cast in the movie
Jesus's Son, directed by Allisum McClean
(Crush). The movie is based on the book by
Dennis Johnson.
Miranda July's art is far from
conventional. It follows no rules, nor should
it, since the mysteries and imagination she
deals with have no standard order.
INFORMATION
Love Diamond starring
Miranda July
When: Friday, Dec. II;
9p.m.
Where: The Capitol Theater,
Olympia
Tickets: $7 general;
$5 Oly Film Socity
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Solution Number One: Bring back
the drug culture of the 70's and 80's. It
was during this twenty year span that
such creative masterpieces as The Care
Bears. Tron , Back to the Future, and
Star Wars were inducted into popular
culture, and I am almost certain· that
this is due to the dangerously rampant
drug use of the time. It is since the
institution of those infernal anti-drug
programs like D.A.R.E. that creativity
has begun to dwindle within the
entertainment industry. A few realityaltering mind benders might do some
good for today's struggling
screenwriters, so why not slip some
"Mickeys" into their coffee while they're
in the john?
Solution Number Two: Use the rise
of technology to our advantage. I am
convinced that by establishing a society
of dedicated and hardworking
"Mandroids" to complete all of our
menial physical chores, a second
renaissance will be ushered in. With no
physical labor to occupy their free time ,
people will undoubtedly turn to creative
activities, and an era of unparalleled
artisitic expression will be ushered in.
The trick will be to keep these worker
drones from turning on us, much like
those featured in Jim Cameron's
Terminator, which, might I add, is quite
possibly a drug-influenced film.
If push comes to shove, I might
have to take it upon myself to save
Hollywood. Don't be surprised if,
within the next ten years, you see a
rejuvenated film industry coinciding
with the release of my first motion
picture. I've already written most of the
story. I can't say much, but let me tell
you this: it revolves around a headstrong, skateboarding, guitar-playing
high school student embarking on zany
time-travelling misadventures with the
help of his wacky, gray-haired cohort ,
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predictions of the future as pessimistic and also
felt that I lacked any sort of "star consulting."
For you, I offer this piece of advice given to me
by my lovably patch wearin' roommate, " I
hear the real world sucks." .
Staff writers
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21)- You may
feel your emotions rising to the surface
,;
this week. as a large change in your life
draws closer and relationships
change. One way to handle your feelings is to
sit and stew in them. Or you could load up on
the gummi candy. and gather with a group of
friends to watch the TV show "Dawson's
Creek." I suggest the latter. After the opening
scene you will begin to understand how cool
your life really is.
apricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)- As us
(Feb. 19-Mar.20)- So, things
been going too well in the love
np,,,r"rn"nt lately. huh Pisces? Never
fear, for the times, they are a-changing. I sense
dramatic changes in your life soon. Those
changes include, but are not limited to, a
certain dark haired romantic interest that will
enter your life soon. For those of you already
in a relationship, be careful- this one promises
a threat.
strologically inclined people know.
apricorns are notorious for their
excessive alcohol consumption. Now, you have
been doing alright so far this season, but as the
holidays grow closer. the tendency to indulge
a little too often grows. Please. be careful with
your health and whatever you do. don't overdo
it with the rum and eggnog. Nothing tastes
worse coming back up.
11~IAries (Mar. 21-Apr.19)-This is not the
",,' best week to give unwanted advice.
Although you may think that you are
the supreme authority on pretty much every
subject under the sun, 1Il0st people would tend
to disagree, In stead, try researching some
things that you want to understand completely,
and then attempt conversat ion.
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is in the air! Sheesh, looks like Cupid
has been working overtime with
Aquarians. Yes. it is quite cllte and gooey at
this point, that's for sure. But remember, in
the midst of all the syrupy sweetness, to pay
attention to the friends who may get
overlooked while you're busy courting.
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,Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20)- You need
extra discipline this week, because
you are developing some naughty
habits. And you know what happens to little
nasty habits'! They grow up to be BIG nasty
habits! Squash them, I say! Kill them now,
before it is too late. and your entire life becomes
consumed by ickiness.
r;;;'::::1Gemiini (May21-Jun. 20)- Nope. No
story this week.Just get through
last weeks of school and spend
next few weeks locked in your room. No
need to come out, you got the essentials, right?
Can of beans, a can opener, some Spice Girl
material, and a few coffee filters.
(Jun. 21 -Jul. 22)- Well. I spent
weekend with the family. Few days
drunken madness followed by a
wintry drive down the mountain al top speeds
of20 mph. The old Nissan doesn't run like she
used too. Boy, was I than kful for all the weight in
the car. It was the only thing holding me to the
road ..1hat is the five people crammed into it, the
keg in the back, and all that luggage. So, you're
looking to get something out of this. right? What
does this mean fo r my future? Do you think I care
about your future? Ramblings of a drunk ... ?
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want to get your roommate out of the
house? Try sending away for
app Ication information on colleges in
Vermont. Lay them all around the house. "Have
you given any thought to transferring? I hear
Vermont is beautiful this time of year," you say.
And if that doesn't work ... get a blonde wig and
start calling yourself mother.
(Sept. 23-0ct. 22)- Sometimes
have to shoot the good guy in the
in order for the truth to come Ollt.
This is a truth I learned through watching
many, perhaps too many, expensive
Hollywood flix. The point I am trying to get at
here is that it is up to you whether you're the
good guy ornot in the movie. Just remember
that you might get shot in the leg.
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Burrito Cart when I heard a few of my fellow
Greeners utter words of dissatisfaction with
their personal horoscopes found weekly in the
CPJ. These unnamed sou ls found my
larCOrpiO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)- Lately the
quiet solitude of your face heave-hoed
into a pile of old cigarette butts not
doing it for you? Get out there and make some
mates. Get your own Rat Pack started. The time
of your life is to be had with this boozing,
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Opportunity to celebrate the New
Year by taking a look at the most
influential people of 1998 and
determine what they truly are.
For example ....
Ken Starr. A fearless truth
seeking patriot? A man
unblinded by bias or politicol
agenda?
or
A self promoting, Republican
puppet, porn monkey with
best selling book?
But first let's look at ...
Jerry Springier. A pillar of
strength to America's arts and
culture. An accomplished di'iplomat~
and a Noble Peace Prize nominee?
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Hey kids! Ah, yes, evaluations week is here, and
everyone is walking around
with bizarre stressed out
looks on their faces, forehead veins bulging and
protruding. It's scary, that
look. But that's not so bad,
because when you really
think about it, it makes you
want to .... cry.
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Thursday 12-10
8 p.m. Susan Garfield
acoustic music @ Burrito
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8 p.m. Heend wi Big Tom
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Revolving Jugglers @ the
TESC Housing Community
Center. FREE!
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11 a.m. Earth First! rally in
Tacoma at the Federal
Building in Seattle to
protest land exchanges
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Scholarship and Financial
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Library 1612. Questions?
Call 866-6000 X 6467.
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8 p.m. the Giant Robot
Appreciation Society is
having an Anime showing
at the edge in A-building.
Weekly event.
Don Johnson's giant head
got ya scared? Well,
you'll want to send
Calendar items in then,
and here's how:
Bring (or mail)your item
to CAB 316 by 4 p.m.
Monday's at the latest. Or
call 866-6000 x6213. So,
yeah, do that, and you
won't have to be frightened when you turn to this
page. Yay.
8 p.m. Love Diamond, by
Miranda July @ The
Capitol Theater. $6 OFS
members, $8 non.
8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Manna
(Reggae) @ The Eastside
Club, 410 E. 4th Ave. $2
cover.
8 p.m. Loping Camel tribal
music @ Burrito Heaven
'fuesday, 12/15
Saturday 12-12
This week's moral:
7 p.m. Chiapas Solidarity
Network meeting, Liberation
Cafe in Bulldog News
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The 1998
Winter Community Bazaar
@ The Eagles Lodge.
Local arts, crafts, goods,
and services. 805 4th Ave
E. (Oly) Free, open to all.
Though it is important for every citizen to do his job, and
do it well, constant stress can
lead to a sort of mental breakdown involving cellular
phones and broadswords.
And this is bad. Know when
to quit.
I am sorry to scare you
good people with a giant
Don Johnson head, but
since there were only a few
items this week., I was left
no choice. I understand
that it's break and all, but
you know, rules are rules ...
I hope you are allright.
7 p.m. Sacred Is The River
Delta - The Concert. A
celebration of the coastal
forest, from Alaska to
California. Capitol Theater.
$7- $10.
You can almost feel the
cheap fabric of his
jacket!
8 p.m. Dance! TESC
Library Main Lobby. Host:
MC300BAUD, 80's wave to
90's electronic. Sponsored
by the Gaming Guild.
Free, but please bring a
canned donation.
8 p.m. Erin Corday @
Traditions Cafe and World
Folk Art. $10 at the door.
8:30 p.m. Mac Daddy
Mama's brand of acoustic
rock, live at Burrito
Heaven.
9 p.m. Anglo Jackson,
Upper Class
Racket, 1,000
Diving Robots and
all night DJ' ing @
Studio 321. 321
Jefferson St.,
downtown. $5.
And Remember,
Don sez,"Have fun, kids!"
Sunday 12-13
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1 p.m. Food Not BombsFree vegetarian food for all
those who want it.
Sylvester Park. Every
Sunday.
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December 10,1998