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The day had come, the Union of Student Workers (USW)
and the administration were sitting down for discussions on
the issue of twice·monthly (as opposed to once·monthly)
paychecks for student workers. I attended Wednesday's
meeting with high hopes. I had visions ofMr. Art Costantino,
the Vice President of Student Affairs, and the administration
in general, smiling and applauding the intensive efforts ofthe
students and the USW in assembling in support of the cause. I
felt that the main concerns of the issue were effectively, although
briefly due t() the time constraints, presented by Steve Hughes
and Rebecka Tilsen , along with support from fellow
coordinators Ann Koziol , Evelyn O'Connor, Mitch Chanin, and
Abby Kelso, Mr. Hughes presented a model to show the obstacle
course that offices go through for our current pay structure,
then presented a more simplified version of what could be, Ms.
Nancy McKinney, Special Assistant to the Vice President of
Finances and Administration, felt that this model was not
complete in that it did not accurately represent all the necessary
step~ involved in the ClIrrent or theo~etical pay structure.
I, along with some other students that I had talked to, felt
that th e administration had not really come with our best
interests as employees inllIinu. The administration 4U ('~ li o lled
the acquis t ion oflabor lhat would be involved in cutting check~
every other week. When asked to commit to signing a
resolution to filrther the process of gelling a hi·weekly pay
schedule , Mr. Costantino r(' ftl.~ed. He had lingering fears that
there was too much uncertainty as to who would be affected by
Above: The Union of Student
this schedule. Perhaps the 400 plus turnout of the student
Workers was ecstatic
workers, and even some workstation heads, was not a sufficient
Wednesday afternoon as the
show of strength for the administration. One of the positive
Long House filled with
aspects of the meeting that both sides can agree upon is that
students expressing their
the doors for further discussion and understanding have been
concerns about paychecks.
opened more than they were last year.
-photo by Turtle
One issue that Mr. Costantino brought up in lhe meeting
lhat would be a topic tor further discussion is to define the
Right: After the meeting,
student worker. He perceived that there are two schools of
more than 70 students
thought on this issue: the first being students with campus
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employment which assists in students' finances and the second
would be student employees are employees just like anyone else,
Director Art Costantino to
with no distinction between regular employees and student
continue the discussion.
workers. The first classification is one that defines the student
-photo by Kevan Moore
who receives money through loans and is not an autonomous
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by Greg Skinner
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Evergreen 's Police Services has reopened the
investigation into the unlawful display of a weapon by Officer
Bob Bird. New information came to Police Chief Steve
Huntsberry days before he was to submit his findings to the
Deadly Force Review Board (DFRB). On Sunday, Nov. 1,
Huntsberry received a "heads up" phone call alerting him to
a statement taken by officer Tami Stretch at 1:30 a.m., that
same morning,
The new investigation is looking into a case reported to
have happened prior to the Sept. 24 incident, and is said to
involve Officer Bird and a student from the campus crime
watch. A main difference this time is the fact that a witness
was present, Officer Chris Lewis. Huntsberry felt that in this
case" the same kinds of questions were raised" but that "this
one was a bit different because of an eyewitness." The new
complaint involves again the issue of Bird unholstering his
weapon in an improper manner. It remains to be seen if this
incident was in a joking manner as in the first case.
As a result of the new complaint the DFRB has
postponed its review of the recommended disciplinary action,
if any, for Officer Bird by Chief Huntsberry. The board was

prepared to meet on the afternoon of Thursday Nov. 12 and
review Chief Huntsberry's findings and recommendations on
the investigation into "improper display of a weapon."
According to Sasha Alesi, student and Chair of the DFRB, the
board plans to meet "as soon as possible, pending Steve's final
decision of disciplinary action."
After reviewing the new evidence Steve Huntsberry passed
the case to Thurston County for another independent review.
The case was transferred on Nov. 4 with Huntsberry asking for
a "thorough investigation this time," Thurston County Sheriff's
second look at the case was again conducted by Lieutenant Brad
Watkins, the same investigator for the Sept. 24 incident. The
file is now with the county, being reviewed again by prosecutor
and Deputy District Attorney in the misdemeanors office ,
Collin Jackso n. On Tuesday of this week, Huntsberry felt that
the DA's office would be getting back to him in the next two
days.
This is the second incident involving the same officer in
just under 12 months since the police have been armed. In
regards to what is being done to insure that this doesn't happen
a third time. Huntsberrysaid, "The person or persons no longer
have access to arms or work and won't! There has not been any
special training done since the first [incident I."

of the administration as well, Thesecondc!assificationisone
that these student employees should be treated as autonomous
from the school and any federal money and should be able to
petition for their own rights and benefits.
After the meeting at the Longhouse, the coordinators of
the USW urged all of those present to meet at Red Square to
hear the student workers' responses to the meeting. At this
meeting, it was decided to engage Mr. Costantino in further
discussion at his office. After a few moments, this quickly
turned into more of an occupation than anything else.
Approximately 75 students piled into his office. At points, the
discussion got out of hand and Steve Hughes tried to contain it
as best as possible. This is quite the hard thing to do with an
issue that generates so much emotion, To give credit to Mr.
Constantino, he handled it rather well. One of the positive
things that came out of this meeting was Mr. Costantino's
concession to sign an agreement to set up another meeting in
the near future, The purpose of this meeting , tentatively
scheduled for the beginning of the tenth week of this quarter,
is to produce a plan of action for addressing the issue of student
worker pay schedules.
That is where the issue stands now, another meeting and
more discussion for the hlttlre. The prospects look good for
the demands of the union as the students' voice gains a nHich
needed solidarity, and through that, strength.

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Evergreen makes music

Mexico's struggles for peace

Hey kids! It's th at time again. Time to get off your rock star asses
and submit a song for the Evergreen Student CD project. Every
year since 1980, Evergreen pays for, duplicates, and distributes
a CD th at showcases student talents (not everyone in the band
has to be a Greener). To apply, drop off a rough tape or CD at
Library 13270 before Dec. 18! If your band is selected, you will
record in Evergreen's 16 track "studio of goodness" winter
quarter. The CD will then be duplicated and distributed to over
50 coll ege radio stations and sold 011 Super Saturday to all your
friends and neighbors.

Throughout Mexico, people are struggling to assert their rights
against an undemocratic government. Peasants and indigenous
people in Chiapas and throughout the countryside are fighting
to retain rights to their land and to end domination of their
communities by the corrupt political party that has governed
the country for more than 70 years. Urban workers are struggling
to establish independent labor unions , free of the control of th e
sa me political party. On Thursday. Dec. 3. John Ross, reporter
and author of Rebellion rrom the Roots: Indian Uprising in
Chiapas and The Annexation orMexico: From th e Aztecs to the
IMF, will speak about moveme nts for social justice in Mexico,
from the movement that culmin ated in the 1968 Tlatlelolco
massacre, in which govern ment troops murdered hundred s of
demonstrating students. to the present. It will be at noon in th e
library lobby. For more informa tion, call LASO at ext. 6583.

The CD project could use vo lunteers as well. so if yo u are
int ere sted in learning what it takes to produce a CD fi'o m start
to finish and would like to help out. contact Salldra at ext. 5852.
To learn more about Evergreen's CD project anoth er way, there
will be a meeting Friday. Nov. 20. at 1:15 p.m . in CA B 315.

Northwest art showing
The Nort hwest Designer Craftsmen Invitational Show will be
displaying the work of 35 members of Northwest Designer
Craftsmen at the Americam Art Compa ny in Tacoma. Their art
work includes jewelry, sculpture, co ntemporary quilts and
mixed media. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Ther e will
be an opportunity to meet the artists on Saturday, Nov. 21 from
II a.m. to 3 p.m.

Vigil against School of Americas
There will be an Olympia vigil urging the closure of the U.S.
Army School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, GA, from noon
until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21. at Percival Landing. The
vigil will coincide with weekend events in Ft. Benning, induding
civil disobedience by 1,000 religious and human rights activists
at the army training facility. Two people from Olympia, Bernie
Meyer and Sam Pullen, will be going to there to take part in the
protests.

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Data and dancing
The public is invited to an information fair and dance at "The
House of Welcome" Longhouse Ed ucation alld Cultural Center
on Saturday, ;-';ov. 21. A social hour and academic information
fair for students interested in attending Evergreen will take place
from 6 to 8 p.m . Staff will be available to talk about financi al
aid, admissions, and undergraduate and graduate academic
programs. The fair will be followed by a dance, feat uring "Alika,"
a Native Hawaiian musician. The dance will include some Native
Hawaiian music as well as contemporary dance music. This is a
free, public event. All are welcome; the event is not limited to
prospective students. For special parking arrangements or for
more information, call ext. 6413 or 6718.
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Start your day smoke-free
On Thursday, Nov. 19, join family practice physician Stephen
Albrecht, MD, for amorning inspirational talk on the health
benefits of stopping smoking. It will include information on how
to quit , as well as products and techniques for smoking
cessation. At 7 a.m., Dr. Albrecht will be at the Olympia Center
and at 8 a.m., he will be at the Briggs YMCA. The talks are free.

by Jimmy Cropsey

Protest Nordstrom
The Evergreen Men's Center, in coalition with Seattle's REAL
CHANGE homeless newspaper and WHEEL (Women 's Housing
Equality and Enhancement League), is planning a protest of the
new Seattle Nordstrom store on Friday, Nov. 27 (also "Buy
Nothing Day"). The Nordstrom corporation secured a $74.5
million bond package of HUD money to pay for a parking
structure adjacent to their new store. The garage only cost $50
million to build, leaving a $20 million surplus which went to
;-';ordstrom. Nordstrom also applied for HUD housing money
in Spo kan e a nd Virginia to expa nd their $4.3 billion
corporation. Please come by the CAB on Wednesday afternoon
get more information on the secret and manipulative deals made
to get public money or loo k for flier s on campus. The protest
will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the 7':ordstrom on Pine Street
between 5th and 6th Ave in Seattl e. If you are in the Seattle area
for the break, please come. Also. a carpool will be leaving from
Ra iny Day at 11: 30 on Friday. Please call the Men 's Ce nter @
x6092, Mark@705-8516 , or REAL CH <\:-.JGE@206-441-3247

From Nov. 16 to 20, please donate new unopened items to either
Garfield Elementary Sc hool or Olympic Ambulance to aid
families in Honduras. They need freezer bags, bars of soap,
toothpaste, toothbrushes, washcloths, and small combs as well
as anything else you might spare. Cash donations will be
accepted to purchase water purification tablets. Olympia EMTs
will be travelling to Honduras in a few weeks to deliver these
emergency items to families in need. As a community service
project, 5th grade students will package these items. For more
information, call Garfield Elementary Disaster Relief Project
Coordinator, Shelly Calkins, at 705-1044.

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Two, four, six, eight, is it time to vaccinate? On Thursday, Dec.
3, the Student Health Center will sponsor a free vaccination clinic
for tetanus/diphtheria and measles/mumps/rubella. It will be
held on the main floor of the CAB from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For
more information, contact ext. 6200.

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Infractions!Miscellaneous
11/11/98/- 0940- Dept. Asst.- E-8 assisted county in
recovery of stolen property at Cooper Glen. (Stretch)
1857- Susp. Pers.- A-Dorm 2nd floor. (Eddy)
11/12/98/- 0850- Theft· College property missing after
inventory. (Stretch)
1055- Medical- 20 YOA male having possible seizures.
(Stretch)
1510- Medical- 20 YOA male having seizures in Lib. 1603.
(Stretch)
1543- Disturban- See report for details. (Stretch)
1550- Theft· Report of a bicycle stolen from Bike Shop.
(Eddy)
1553- Theft- Report of a guitar stolen from D·Dorm. (Eddy)
11/13/98/- 1107- Theft· Stolen Cds, see C/R for details.
(Talmadge)
11/14/98/- 0326- Contraband- A dorm bong confiscated.
(Neely)
0600- Insecure- LIB 2nd fl . wing doors compo ctr.
(Crimewatch)
11/15/98/- 0118- Criminal Trespass- Violation subject
escorted off campus. (Neely)
1430- Custodia· Leonard on duty on pager 62.
11/16/98/· 0438- Insecure· Longhouse handicap door.
(Crimewatch)
0523- Fuel- 101950 MI 22.2 gals Chevy.
0800- Fire Alarm- LH FI. 1 lobby, Mech room , ca used by
co nst, dust. (Stretch)
0947- Mal Misch .- Graffiti, West wall of CAB and inferior of
passenger elevator at the Library. (Stretch)
11/17/98/- 0030- Theft· LAB I backpack. (Eddy)
0857- Theft- Theft of money from CRe. (Stretch)
1330- Harrassment. See ClR for details. (Stretch)
1703· Recovered Property- Handicap placcardClR for
detail s. (S tretc h)
Traffic
11/11/98/- 1620- Veh icle lowed from F·Lo!. (McHendry)
Hi 4()- Vl'hirle towl'd fm lll foireweed Co ncre te Hill dump.
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11/12/98/- '\ '0 cases reported.
11/13/98/ 1114- Veh . boot co mpll'ted. F· Lo!. (Talmadge)
22 4S· Lih. 10:Hi in g zo ne r il e handi cap violation . (Neely)

11/15/98/- 0030- Lib. loading dock dte handicap vio. (Neely)
0040- LIB loading dock cite handicap vio. (Neely)
2201- Towed for parking violation. (Neely)
2204- Towed for parking violation. (Neely)
2245- Driftwood, cited for speeding. (Neely)
2245- Driftwood& Overhules, cited. (Neely)
2245- Driftwood & Overhules, verbal warning issued.
(Brewster)
11/16/98/· 0245- Verbal wrng. speed. (Neely)
0305- Dorm Loop. (Neely)
0537- Cite speed. (Neely)
1640- Veh . boot completed in F-Lot. (Stretch)
2000- Veh. boot completed in B·Lot. (Eddy)
11/17/98/· 0835- Vehicle towed from dorm courtyard.
(McHendry)
1045- Vehicle towed from dorm courtyard. (McHendry)
1637- Vehicle booted at Clb. (McHendry)
1915- Vehicle towed from dorm Loop. (Bryce)
1916- Vehicle towed from F-Lot. (Bryce)

Public Services
11/11/98/· 0240- Escort. (Eddy)
2222- Unlocks. (Eddy)
2223- Escorts. (?) 4 cases.
11/12/98/- 2233- Unlocks. (Eddy) 2 cases.
2235- Escorts. (Officers) 7 Cases.
11/13/98/- 0730- Escorts completed on shift. (Officers) 3

cases.
0731- Unlocks completed on shift. (Officers) 2 Cases.
1253- Veh. entry completed in C·Lot. (Officers)
1253- Veh. entry completed in B-Lot. (Huntsberry)
1413- Jump start completed I n B-Lot. (Talmadge)
1445- Unlocks completed on shift. (Talmadge) 3 cases.
1445- Escort completed. (Talmadge)
1727- Veh. entry unsuccessful, A·Dorm courtyard.
(Talmadge)
2223- Unlocks. (Officers) 3 Cases.
2224- Escorts. (Officers) 4 cases.
11/14/98/- 1545- Unlock completed. (Talmadge)
1850- Removal of bicycle lock, see C/R for details.
2245- Unlock completed . (Brewster)
2356- Escort . (Neely)
11/15/98/- 0630- Escorts . (Neely/ Talmadge) 3 cases.

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2114- Veh entry complete. (Neely)
2249- Unlock completed. (Brewster)
11/16/98/- 0318- Escort. (Neely)
1418- Jumpstart@ B-Lot. (Stretch)
2357- Escorts. (Eddy) 2 cases.
11/17/98/· 0745- UnlockL-1605. (Strtech)
1018- Jumpstart completed on Veh. @ CUP parking area.
(Stretch)
1123- J/S (Stretch)
1430- Vehicle entry unsuccessful, B·Lot. (Stretch)
1859- Jumpstart completed in B-Iot. (Eddy)
2138- Jumpstart completed in C·Lot. (Eddy)
2231- Lock. (Eddy) '
2231- Unlock. (Eddy)
2232- Escorts. (Officers) 2 cases.

Shift:. Housing and CUP Info
11/11/98/· 0000- Eddy/ Pinho on duty. Key #5 outstanding.
Tony Elhardt on callback for CUP. Hl/RA-Sean .. H2/RA·
Sarah .. Rms.·Brian.
0800- Huntsberry, Savage, Russell, Riggins, Stretch on duty.
1600- Eddy/ Smith on duty; All keys accounted for.
1645- Hl/RA·Laura .. H2/RA-Melissa .. Rms.·Brian ..
2221- Tony E1hardt on call back for CUP, via pager.
11/12/98/- 0000- Eddy/ Ashby on duty. All keys accounted
for. Hl/RA-Laura .. H2/RA-Melissa .. Rms.-Brian.
0800- Huntsberry, Savage, Riggins and Stretch on duty.
Russell on leave.
1600- Eddy/ Smith on duty; All keys accounted for.
1634- Hl/RA·Kenny.. H2/RA·Heather.. Rms.·Matt.
2214- Tony Elhardt on call back for CUP, via pager.
11/13/98/· Eddy/ Ashby on duty. All keys accounted for.
Tony Elhardt on call-back for CUP. H1/RA-Kenny .. H2/RAHeather.
0800- Huntsberry/ Russell/ Talmadge/ Young on duty. All
keys accounted for.
1600- Brewster/ Smith/ Neely on duty; All keys accounted
for.
1632- Hl/RA-Brent.. H2/RA-Mike .. Rms.·Matt.
2209- Tony Elhardt on call back for CUP, via pager.

November 19, 1998

SECURITY BLOTTER

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The Cooper Point Journal has access to the
Campus Security Incident Log. It can be
difficult or impossible for citizens and
members of the community to gain access to
this log. In my opinion, if the Cooper Point
Journal does not print everything that they
legally can from the log, then they may be
denying members of the community access to
what may be pertinent information to them
about their community. I also feel that the
Cooper Point Journal must be very carenll
about making any changes as to the content
or context ofthe material that is accessed from
Police Services,
I've gotten some feedback as to the content
of the security blotter, and three common
themes come up. The one most often
commented to me has been that the Security
Blotter is a place where members need to have
full access (to the extent of the law) to
information that Police Services compiles, and
that I am in a difficult position of trying to
balance reader interest , clarity and
demonstration of the Police Services paradigm.
Also said to me (but apparently more to other
people) is that the Security Blotter should have
more humor put into it,just like "it always used
to be," and that it would be a good idea for me
to review previous blotters to get a better idea
of how to compile them. The most often
quoted feedback about the Security Blotter (in
its recent form) is that it is unclear, difficult to
understand, and chock full of useless
information.
Interestingly, I totally agree with all of the
above statements. I am in a difficult position;
while the content of the Security Blotter is sort
of at my discretion, I am bound to report to
the community as accurately as possible while
meeting the needs of the Evergreen
community. I think there needs to be a forum
for humor in many areas, as well as in security
issues on campus, not necessarily because of
my personal beliefs, but because there is such
a high demand for it. The way it always used
to be could be interpreted as to the discretion
of the writer, with extra information incitJded,
with occasional humorous tweaking of the
contexts (until issues from around '97 then it
swayed more towards full blown commentary),
and leaving out unnecessary information,
which could make for a much nicer, readable,
and worthy per· page-used blotter. It is difficult
for some people to read, and I'd assume that
much of the information posted is useless to a
significant portion of the community.
But all of the information posted is totally
useful to at least some of the community. If
someone is interested in finding out the times
and places that most ofthe traffic citations are
given out, they can. Ifsomeone wants to gauge
. how much and when the community feels
unsafe (by checking escorts, for instance), they
can. If someone wishes to detect patterns and
intensity of police activity (perhaps by looking
at how many officers are on shift, and when),
they can. Attitudes and patterns of Police
Services can be discerned by examination of
the current style of blotter. Patterns of the

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community, particularly patterns of disruption
or receiving help, can also be observed. Staff
that are paid with public moneys can be more
easily hrld accountable to their styles of
participation in the community.
After looking through the archives of the
Cooper Point Journal, I am convinced that the
way "it always used to be" is non·existent!
Perhaps it isn't what the Cooper Point Journal
(and Evergreen) is about to have a section
paying exclusive attention to (and thereby
maybe validating) security related activities on
campus. Remember the Reagan/ Bush era?
The start of that era approximately coincided
with the inception of the blotter. Before then,
as far as I can tell, there was no actual blotter
in the paper. Remember when Campus
Security's name was changed to Police Services
(coinciding with an enhancing of their
powers)? A poll was put out as to how to
rename the Security Blotter. Guess what?
Nothing happened, except that the next issue
contained significantly less information about
security activities on campus. This was during
a time that the campus was, in my opinion
(even though I wasn't a student then),
downright volatile with issues involving
interpreting what the appropriate role of
security at Evergreen was. The blotter was kept
skimpy, and amidst confused communications
and protests, selective members of the
Evergreen community gained legal access to
firearms (perhaps greatly changing the spirit
of the campus).
I am writing this not to shake fingers at the
students, but as reality: if the Cooper Point
Journal is going to have a section dedicated to
humo(ous interpretations of security related
activities, then the students themselves must
get involved with the paper by creating it.
Come on and get involved with the paper· your
voice can get published while you learn
valuable skills in a neat environment.
When it comes to helping the community
understand the Security Blotter better (i.e. by
posting keys, adding information from sources
other than the log, etc.), I have done the job to

the best of my abilities under the
circumstances. I lack the time and help from
others to do that stuff, and I have conveniently
assumed that readers would be able to figure
out most or all of it out. This can be rectified
by more participation by me and/ or others.
As to whether or not this is a difficult job for
me, having to take hours of my time every week
to type it out (which is interestingly one ofthe
key reasons that previous blotters have been
so small), trying to clean up the appearance by
walking the thin line between editing and
reciting, receiving many conflicting points of
view about how the blotter should be done that
often involve complex recommendations
without much outside help (note: I am greatly
protected from much of this because I am
simply trying to follow clear guidelines that
were specifically stated during a special
meeting the CPJ had regarding the appropriate
role of the blotter), having to disappoint
readers that may rather have a skimpy blotter
full of misleading comments about how stupid
that lady must have been to hit her head on
the toilet (no offense intended to past writers),
having to present an accurate representation
of what exactly the cops on this campus are
about via publishing their log which we are
legally entitled access to·-it's easy. Even if I
have to play the role of a rigid and paranoid
fanatic of unclear values. It's easy.
It is easy for me to proactively ensure that
communications between the police and the
public (via the log) are not disrupted or
obfuscated by the journalistic process. It's easy
for me to help make available to the public
obscure information that forces (not
necessarjJyon this campus) would rather deny
citizens. It's easy for me to show the public a
detailed document that can be so insightful
into the process of something as sensitive as
police activities on this campus.

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Greeners intend to rule next year
Both men's and women's soccer teams promise to surprise

Ineligibility begs policy questions
by Jef Lucero
Sports editor
Issues surrounding academic advising for
student athletes at Evergreen have recently
erupted into controversy. Two prominent
members of the men's basketball team,
Deontaye Chisholm and Kenny Robinson, have
been declared ineligible. effective immediately,
under an obscure ruling that disallows certain
transferable credits from counting toward a
returning student athlete's current season
of competition.
Although each was technically
academically eligible, having made
satisfactory progress toward his fouryear degree, neither Chisholm nor
Robinson was of the required academic
standing for this season, with regard to
the number of credits each had earned.
In other words, even though they were
doing fine in their classes, a loophole
allowed for some of their credit from
previous institutions to be rendered
nontransferable.
"Man, this hurts," said Chisholm. "I went
from knowing that I excelled in the classroom
and feeling ready to go to calling my family to
tell them I'm ineligible. It's embarrassing,
because I felt I had done everything right."
"Certainly, it's a huge setback for our
team and the goals that we had set for this
season," said men's head coach John Barbee.
"If only we had seen this coming, then perhaps
we could have done more to brace for this type
of scenario. In retrospect, there are so many
things that we in the athletic department could
have done differently."
What seems to be at the center of the
controversy is the timeliness of the findings
and the efficiency in reporting them. Both
Chisholm and Robinson were informed just
before the start of preseason practices, which
has created rather overwhelming problems,
said Barbee. "All of a sudden, we are scrambling
to replace two key players in our lineup. To a
large degree. we can't replace them," Barbee
said. "But what is hardest to deal with is the
timing ofthis. Finding out when we did left us
basically no time at all to compensate for these
losses. "
But Janette Parent, Evergreen's assistant
athletic director, says that little could have been
d01l1:' internally, what with the complex nature
of tile process. "As it is, we don't do any outof·season progress checks on our athletes,
because it's not our policy to do so. III a lot of
wavs we just can 't do it." said Parent. "It raises
a lilt of questions: Will the faculty members
get the evals in in a timely manner'! Will
th e program secretarie s process them
quick l)'! (an we get the information in
time to give them a chance to enroll
for summer? What if they have
already left tor the summer? Can
thev move back? This all needs to
Iw addressed ill order to effect a
change ," sa id Parent.
Parent also acts as Evergreen's
colllplian ce officer. As such. she is
ultimately responsibl e for
reporting eligibility to the National
A~s()c iation of Int erco ll egia te
At hletics (NAIA). as well as to the
:\'a ti onal Co ll eg iat e Athletic Association
(;\! C \A). Evergreen is in the final year 01 a
probationary period of transition into the
:-':CAA Division III. hut still falls under th e
jumdiction of the NAIA. Being subject to two
~e l, of rul es can further confo und
circumstances. sa id Parent.
Both Chisholm and Robinson were junior
college transfers to Evergreen. and as such both
were immediately eligible· insofar as they had
bOI h satisfied Evergreen's admissions policies-

for athletic competition under a bylaw of the
NAIA, numbered: Article Y, Section C-6. Also
known as the "24-hour rule," Article V-C-6
allows for 24 institutional credit hours, in the
two immediately previous quarters, to be taken
at face value. As specifically applies to transfer
students, the rule states that the student's new
institution shall honor the credits from the two
previous terms. Regardless of whether or not

transfer from one season to the next. "The rule,
as it is worded, seems to serve to confuse
transferring students," said Barbee. A student
who transfers to a four-year institution with an
Associates Accredited degree, however, is not
subject to this rule. "What am I supposed to
tell kids? Should I tell them not to transfer
unless they've gotten their A.A.? Should I not
recruit a juco [junior college] player until he

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ultimately transfers those
credits to its
transcripts,
they are to be
accepted in determin-ing a student
athlete's eligibility. ·
But the rules go on
to explain, in Article V,
Section C-9, that only credit
recognized by the student's
current institution shall
apply on the student's
transcripts.
Essentially. credit
that may have
been accepted
the
year
prevIOUS'
the
year

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th e year following . The credit from the
previous institution is absorbed into the new
institution 's transcripts after one full term at
the new school. At this point, eligibility is
determined by the student's academic progress
atthe new institution. in accordance with that
school's standards of satisfaction.
According to Barbee, both Chisholm and
Robinson were meeting those standards. Yet
both had credits, as it turned out, that did not

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t hat
two yea r
degree?"
To comp 0 u n d
matters, there
are no rules
anywhere in the
NAIA or the NCAA
Division III that
stipulate that an
institution is in any way
obligated or required to
provide academic
advising
or
academic
support for
student
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Division
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an "academics first" image and philosophy. No
athletic scholarships of any kind are provided
in Division III, nor is anything deemed as
"special privileges" for athletes allowed.
Academic a,c!vising expressly for student
athletes wo\'l!i1 be a violation of NCAA rules,
and thereby a punishable act.
Whereas at the junior colleges. academic
advising for student athletes is basically
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sessions a few times a year, so it's kind of what
I got used to," said Chisholm. But upon
arriving at Evergreen, Chisholm and Robinson
contend, the differences were never made clear.
Neither can recall if they were ever informed
that the athletes themselves were to be entirely
responsible for their own academic advising.
But this is not a problem exclusive to
basketball. The men's soccer team also lost a
key member due to similar circumstances.
Again, the eligibility issue was not brought
to the attention of the player, and
subsequently the team , until just before
the start of the season. In fact, according
to Parent, all athletic programs have
had eligibility problems "across the
board."
It would seem that the NAIA and
NCAA rules allow for some form of
self-regulation within their established
parameters. "I really don't see how
sitting down with each returning
student athlete for 10 minutes each ,
sometime before the season to discuss
eligibility, could be perceived as privilege,"
Barbee said. Of three other area Division III
schools, none has adopted a policy unique to
its school that would effectively deal with these
types of situations, though compliance ofticers
at Seattle University, Pacific Lutheran
University, and the University of Puget Sound
all have roughly similar guidelines regarding
academic advising . Common themes of
"shared responsibility" and "joint efforts"
between the student athletes and the athletic
administrators been voiced by all three. "But,"
cautions Paul Hoseth of UPS, "a re we
concerned about eligibility or are we concerned
about our students graduating?"
If there is a common denominator among
those who have been affected by the
determinations of the athletic department this
year, it is that a new system must be
implemented. Says Parent, "It is clear that [the
policy] is not working. I will definitely
entertain discussion on this matter, and if a
decision is made [to change], I will support that
decision." Men's soccer coach Dennis Jones
agrees. "The players are ultimately responsible
for their eligibility," said Jones, "but there is
definitely more we can do to help."
Evergreen's dedication to its athletic
programs has also come into question for a
number of people. Says Peter Kennedy. men's
soccer team captain, "I hope that Evergreen
renews its commitment to athletics because of
the diversity and spirit it brings to this campus.
Ideally, Iwould like to see Evergreen gain the
respect it deserves through athletics as
well as academics."
Solutions could be just
around the corner, says Barbee.
''There is a certain rationale that
suggests that this is just a bug
in a new system, that these
are just the growing pains
of a new program." said
Barbee. "B ut does that
make it any easier on these
kids? Do we say to them.
'Sorry that you had to be
the guinea pigs, but now
we know what we have to
correct next time around'?
Is that fair to them? The
answer is no."
By now, Robinson says that he has had
enough time to be able to put a positive spin
on this. "I guess I can be glad that it only
happened to us," he said. "Our program isn't
going bad. Our team and our guys are doing .
the right things. But this cannot happen again,
for the future of this team."
**Jeremy Segel-MOSS is duly recognized as a
contributing reporter to this story.

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While the men were not a
Staff writer
nationally-ranked team , they
managed to lead the nation in
penalty points (every red card
Head coaches Arlene
receiving two points and one
McMahon and Dennis Jones
point for a yellow card) with 52
promise the Evergreen soccer
combined points.
faithful that next year's soccer
The team will lose only one
season will be even better than the
player on next year's team ,
incredible seasons they had this
defender Peter Kennedy, who was
year.
voted Most Valuable Player. Jones
McMahon and Jones will
said
that Kennedy made his
spend time during the off-season
transition to Evergreen soccer
to attract more competitive
much easier for his first year here
colleges from inside and outside of
by helping Jones organize the
the independent
National
team and making his transition to
Collegiate Athl.eHc Association
Evergreen soccer all the easier.
(NCAA) Division III that they
Awards were also given to
currently play in . They are also
Jeremy Segel-Moss for Most
both involved in an attempt to join
Inspirational Player (he led the
Evergreen with the National
team with four goals), Travis
Association of Intercollegiate
Trembley
for Most Improved
Athletics (NAIA) in an attempt to
Player, and Nolle Pritchard who
draw bigger venue teams and have
received the Coaches Award.
both conference and league
"At the end of the year I
championship play. However, the
couldn't be happier ," said Jones.
NAIA does not offer a competetive
"This has been a tremendous first
swimming program . So both
year. "
McMahon and Jones will tour
Jones will spent the offschools in California and Oregon
season not only' recruiting and
in order to attract in terest in
planning next year's schedule
Evergreen's ability from within and
alongwith
McMahon, buthealso
outside Division 11\ schools.
Evergreen striker Chrissie Voyles (on right) moves in to exploit the many weaknesses of her
coaches
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obviously inferior opponent.
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Ladies First:
soccer mega-star Ronaldo got his
Head coach McMahon put a positive spin mentality; they can put in three substitute,;; at as head coach for the men's team, Dennis Jones start) ofehte teenagers from Thurston County.
With a hearty return of this year's stars
on the 6-12-0 record her team posted this year. a time and keep playing as before. We need that lead them to a 6-13-1 (5-13 in counting
Of the 12 losses, five were by a one-goal sort of deep bench."
matches) record. While this fell short of their and bothJones and McMahon at the helms for
differential and came against teams that are
One of the keys for finding a deeper dream, Jones said that the team managed to their respective teams, the sky is the limit for
nationally ranked, such as Simon Frazier and bench is locating some new "true athletes." She meet the demands of playing both 20 matches Evergreen soccer for not only next year, but for
Central Washington University. "Two to nil said that there are eight or 10 athletes she is in the season and a new style of soccer. "The many years to come.
losses are not a true loss," said McMahon. "We scouting for possible involvement with players," Jones wrote in the Soccer Banquet
were in each and everyone of those games."
Evergreen soccer. She does, however, make program, "answered this challenge and began
Most of the starters on this year's team certain that they are absolutely interested in
were either first-year players or true freshmen. coming to the school first hefore the team.
Only one starter from this year's team will be a "They have to want to come here," she said. "I
graduating senior; Brit Olson, forward and recruit for the school first." But not all soccer
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refered to as the "emotional leader leader for backgrounds. Two members of this year's
here, there are plenty of EY~r.green .spOrts~vents ;to.take· in:
the team." McMahon does expect a few other team, Gretchen Pederson and Chrissy Voyles,
members of this year's team not to return for are also on the women's basketball team .
. home swim meet 11/20 '@6:30 pm; women's basket~all'afh6me
the springtime practices and summer training.
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As much as she tries to include every member Banquet held on Nov. 14, McMahon handedUniversity of Puget Sound. Women's ,bask~tbliill ison:the rQad
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11/23 and.11/24,whilethe men's teamhasaytay gam'as ,11/21
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"Did everyone improve this year in some in school. They're getting individual support
aspect?" she asked herself. "This year, I believe from one another. It is good for their selfthat was true."
esteem which is necessary to do well in the
But McMahon's fire for improving the classroom. Most people think that if you play
players does not stop there. Her goal for the sports you're not as smart as the rest of the
off season is preparation for the tougher students. That's not true . Everyone here is
schedule that both coaches want. "Our players smart." And everyone can play soccer.
want to be competitive. We lack a few of the
technical abilities that the higher-divisioned Men Second:
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The fine art of basketball fandom
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by Jason Korneliussen

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With the basketball season quickly approaching, I
feel it necessary for me to administer a quick crashcourse on how to be an effective team supporter. Many
people fail to realize that there's more to being a fan
than simply attending the games and cheering when
your favorite player makes an impressive play. Being a
true fan requires stamina, integrity, pride, and effort qualifications that most game attendees ignore, instead
choosing to follow the path of half-ass fandom which,
at it's worst, can do more bad for the team than good .
Lesson number one: game attire. My personal
philosophy concerning proper game attire is that if
you're go ing to put any effor t into it at all, you might as
well go all-out. There's nothing more disappointing to
me than see ing the gym filleu to capacity with lessthan-zealous "fans" who merely ado rn them .~elves with
green T-shirts and TESC hats . These people insult not
only the intelligence of the team , but the basic
fundamentals on which specta tor sports wt:'re founded.
A true fanatic will realize th at there are a number of
thrift stores within mere jogging distance of the
college, all of which are sure to offer an array of greencolored merchandise. For less than $20, you can ou tfit
yourself with an inspirationall y greenl'nsembl e,
comp let e with several gree n props, which can include ,
but are not limited to: inflatable baseball bah, straweq uipped beer helmets, eno rmous fo am cowboy hats ,
and comica l "afro" wigs. Face/body paint and glitt er
are also standard rt:'quircments of any dedicated fan.
Lesson number two: personalize it! Olle of the
most ignored components of baske tball fandom is that
of personal attention to the players and coaching staff.
Rooting for the entire team is great, but singling out
your individual favorite really adds that special touch.
Be creative when bolstering the ego of yOUl selected
team member. Find out their favorite meal, and cook it
for them before every gamt:' . Paint their number across
your bare midr:tT. Give them a nickname, then turn
that nickname into a witty catch phrase and write it on
a sign. Follow them home after practice and wait
outside their house until they comt:' outside again. Call
th em every half-hour to tell them that you love them.
Inspire healthy competition by telling them that the
other players and coaches all think that they stink at
basketball, and also at life in general. The primary
focu s here is to make this player think that he or she is
"the man." If done effectively, this will ensure a focused
performance both on and off the basketball court.
Lesson number three: the cheers. Now, the cheers
are arguably the most important part of being a fan. I
don't mean insincere gro up cheers, like those initiated
by hired cheerleaders. Imeall individual cheers,
directed at individua l players. Some like to refer to this
as "hecklin g," but it all falls under the same umbrell a.
Cheerin g involves yt'llin g key phrases and making
intricate physical w'st ures at Cfucialmomt:'nts in the
gallle, thereby l'tliltro lling the players' performance.
You'Vl' got to convince yourse lf that you're solely
fl'\pon\ihle for the outcome of the g:Hnc. Not the
players. Not the l·oaches ..Iu st YOll and your cheers.

Co nfused? That 's okay, it's a complicated procedure.
Perhaps I can best describe effective cheering through
the story of my fir st exposure to this mystical
phenomenon.
When I was in the fifth grade, my friends and I
had been engaged in a friend ly game of three-on-three
when I failed to cover my man, thus leading to a basket
by the opposing team. Angered, my teammates
verbally assaulted me, asking why I had just stood
there as the ball was dribbled past me for an easy layup. Truth be told, I had been engaged in an elaborate
day dream involving He-Man, Darth Vader, and a
cybernetically enhanced Jan Brady, but I couldn't
admit to falling asleep at the wheel like that. Fumbling
for an excuse, I raised my hand towards the basket and
stated "my hand was there in spirit. I just couldn't
make the play ... POOSH!" ("poosh" being the sound
that I imagined a spiritual hand would make,
appearing in mid-air to block a shot). For the rest of the
game I bypassed physical defensive maneuvers, instead
choosing to raise my hand and yell "POOSH!"
whenever the opposition threatened an offensive play.
The strange thing is, it worked! The ball repe~tedly fell
short ()f the hoop, so long as I bellowed by newfound
cheer. To this day, I've used that cheer to block shots
when necessa ry.
Similarly. I've found cheers that enhance my

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favorite team's shooting ability, and others that
encourage better ball-handling. Everyone shou ld
establish their own set of cheers, which can only be
discovered through extensive trial-and-error tests.
Their effectiveness is based not so much on the word(s)
being used as the vibe being sent out. It's all about
good-luck rays versus bad-luck rays, and certain words
help to more clearly define these mystical for.::es.
Superstition and repetition are the two keys to
being a good fan. If the team wins when you wear
boxers, then by God, never switch to briefs! If members
of the visiting team miss their shots when you scream
"Zammy!" then yell it with reckless abandon whenever
they approach the free-throw line! If your favorite
player does poorly when you appear at their doorstep
bearing gifts at three o'clock in the morning on the day
of the game, show up at two o'clock next time!
Remember - you have the power to win games!
Likewise, you have the power to lose games, and should
the team lose even once this season, you'll be the first
person I blame.

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by Nichol Everett
Staff writer
Growth hormones are continually injected into tht:'ir
bodies, causing a severe increase in weight leading to crippling
leg and joint disorders, as well as deadly heart attacks in many
cases. Their bodies are altered by clipping and burning without
anesthesia, causing caustic pain . If these atroc ities wert:'
occurring to humans, every activist group in the country would
be rallying, protesting, ranting and raving. The actions
described, however, are being intlicted upon turkeys.
Every year 300 million turkeys are slaughtered in the
United States for human consumption. The birds are packed
as tightly as possible within the contines of small buildings.
They are debeaked, desnooded, and declawed through painful
procedures. Those who do survive the 13 to 24 weeks of farm
factory continement horror are packed into crates and shipped
EARN member Deirdre Coulter fowls up and
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synthetic
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chemicals, and pollutants.
Nov. 16 to 20 is Animal
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Evergreen Animal Rights
Network (EARN) has been
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photo by Ray Ayer
adopt a turkey program.
This program is to raise
Yummy, yum-yum. Hungry eaters feast on vegan goodies prepared by
money to save turkeys from
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slaughter. Also among the
Awareness Week runs until Nov. 20.
events for the week were a
vegan Thanksgiving cooking
workshop, a vegan cookie
contest, and a vegetarian Thanksgiving potluck. Today, Prom," says Waters. Last year was a first for this event, which
Thursday, Nov. 19 at 12:30 p.m. in the library lobby, Craig was a huge success in raising money for animal rights. For
Rosebraugh will be speaking on dissection and other animal information on the Adopt a Turkey Program or other EARN
rights topics. He will also be holding a discussion group at 5 activities, call Briana or Tiffany at ext. 6555. .
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EARN is a funded S&A group on campus whose primary
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movement. "Although we strive for animal liberation, we
Nov. 16 to 20 is Animal Rights Awareness Week. In
recognize that all forms of oppression must be combated:
addition, Craig Rosebraugh will be appearing
explains Briana Waters, co-coordinator of EARN . The network
today, Thursday, in LIB 2503 to discuss animal
tables bi-weekly in the CAB in order to educate the campus on
rights issues. Anyone is welcome.
the different aspects of animal exploitation.
EARN is also planning theirNPunk Rock Prom."
EARN uses its funding to provide any student access to
Times
and dates are to be announced.
an extensive lending library which also includes several videos.
They also use a portion of the money to bring speakers such as
Craig Rosebraugh to Evergreen.
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Aaron Foy makes the long lonely walk to midcourt during player introductions at last Thursday's
basketball preview. Though the men's team doesn't have its home opener until December, the
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by Ray Ayer
Staff writer

Disclaimer: the author displays a little criticism
ofhardcore and punk mentality, neverless, he
still loves the ideals, mentality, music and
dancing. H{s still a Iitde culture shocked at
the lack ofnude moshing,

WilmaFest gathers local female talent
by Michael Selby with
commentary from Suzanne Skaar
Staff writers
Thumpl The wheel hit the curb as we
pulled into the parking space. As we exited the
Camaro, excited to be going to the first show of
the year to provide press passes, we were
greeted with an ominous hiss; the tire was
spewing out air - fast. So started WilmaFest
'98's Olympia performance. Selby made it to
the show in time by jogging to the Capitol
Theater; there was still enough time to catch
the bands warming up for the Backstage show.
Suzanne sat in her car for forty minutes waiting
for the rescue party, thinking to herself,
"Dammit,1 should be home reading Pushkin."
Very soon after, back at the Capitol, Kim Virant
announced, "Well, um, I think we're ready to
get started."
Kim Virant is a local duo; Virant on vocals
accompanied by a guitarist who occasiollally
provided backup vocals as well. The set itself
seemed fine and the music was well-performed
(if not slightly mellow in comparison to the
following arts). However. the guitarist
apparently wasn 't happy with the sound quality
and at the end of their performance, threw his
guitar into the speaker behind him in disgust
and anger. It was a sour note in 311 otherwise
enjoyable set.
Next up, an unknown quintet leapt into a
hard-hitting number, only to later introduce
themselves as Storm & Her Dirty Mouth

(S&HDM). The entire group looked like they
were haVing the time of their lives, but Storm
especially seemed to enjoy herself. She chatted
with the audience between songs, joking and
bantering to fill the time between songs or
perhaps to amuse herself more. Schmoozing
with the artists of Wilma Fest before the show,
Storm did a fabulous impression of Rhoda from
Mary Tyler Moore. After playing "Lust," when
a guitarist broke a string, Storm laughed it off
by shouting, 'That's so punk rock!"
To Selby's surprise, while playing
"Geraldine," Storm actually asked for an
increase in mic volume; very rarely (in hi s
experience) will an artist ask for more power
than the instruments, but Storm had the lungs
and voice to back up her request.
S&HDM also had powerful musicians
who played some great acoustica l riffs. When
the audience wanted more , Storm gave it to
them. "That 's [the audience's happiness] all that
matters," she said. "I could be wrapped up in
co rds and razor wire coiled around me with
birds pecking at me. I'd be like AAAAHH!! But
you guys okay"! You want some chips? They're
over there. "
Storm was also very aware of her body;
and was very free and sensual while singing and
dancing. S&H DM additionally performed
"Mary Ann" (the "true story of a stepmother"),
"S hut the ~ul"k Up/ She's a Whore ," and
"Superman." Elabora ted Storm, ..Supennan;
he's one or my favorite super-heroes. Haven't
see n him in a while - he owes me money." The

group can be reached at http://
www.StormandHerDirtyMouth.com and was
the highlight of Wilma Fest.
Slowing things down a bit was The Whole
Bolivian Army (TWBA). TWBA's guitarist,
Matt Kite, is the creator and coordinator of
WilmaFest, a musical get-together of West
Coast artists in its second year. Kite and his
wife, Mary Beth, tended to dominate the set;
the bass guitarist didn't look like he even
wanted to be there. Matt plays an effects-driven
guitar. Mary Beth, during a pause as a result of
loose cords, said, "You guys getting that weird,
awkward feeling that you get for people who
have nothing to say while he's over there tuning
his guitar"!"
"W ilm aFest is a tongue-in-cheek
reference to Lilith Fair," exp lained Matt.
"Wi lma is the name of my grandmother, also
the name from Flintstones, but I named it for
my grandmother."
Jumping to the stage with a song that truly
woke me upwas Belle. Guitarist Damon Romero
is an Evergreen alumnus who played an awesome
bass beat and the rest of the band was just as
loud, raucous and fun. The hard-rocking group
was definitely moshable with the right crowds
and spo rad ically throughout the audience there
was some head-banging and fringe moshing.
Recently, the band has been very busy. "We never
did covers before, but this year we did two," said
Vanessa Vaselka, the lead singer.
"We just can't get enough!" volunteered
Susan Larsen, a bassist/backup vocalist.

"They're fun!" responded Vanessa,
The final performers of the evening were
Goodness and worth the wait. Carrie Akre led
the band in a energetic, wild set. So wild that a
mosh pit started in the audience but was
quickly calmed by security. The no-mashing
policy didn't put a damper on Wilma Fest
however. "So many good peop.\e played
tonight," exclaimed Akre. "Storm -she scared
me! She was awesome, [I thought) a good
female lead singer; gotta go!"
As soon as the performance got
underway, Akre and crowd started to wail.
Using her showmanship well, Akre sang while
moving around the entire stage while dancing.
Selby was particularly intrigued by Akre's
dancing style; the best description being a
combination of Indian-influence and a slightly
techno -robotic style. Akre (and all band
members as well) are also a very fashion conscious band; everyone wore colorcoordinating ensembles.
During a lull between songs, Akre
introduced the band; Danny Newcomb and
Garth Reeves on guitar, Chris Friel on drums,
and "that's Fiia [McGann] on bass, she always
smells like bubblegum or strawberries."
The crowd loved Goodness and had
grown to over a hundred strong to listen and
groove to the fun and aggressive musical
stylings and left knowing they had spent their
money well. Anyone looking for more
information can find Goodness at http://
www.goodness.com.

te~.~o~dll know you sucked again
Tyrell (Mekhi Pfeiffer), and a fairly innocuous '
classmate, Will (Matthew Settle), who would
like nothing better than to be alone with her
and a bottle of champagne.
Of course, once they get there, bad things
happen. It's storm season, the hotel staff is
either apathetic to their needs or antagonistic,
and worst of all, there's a karaoke machine. The
next thing you know, bodies are dropping,
people are screaming, and the song "I Will
Survive" becomes highly ironic. When the killer

is finally revealed, it came as no shock to me. I
kept hoping that the character I predicted was
the killer wouldn't be, but once again, I was
irritatingly right. At the end, I just wanted this
film to be over. Unfortunately, there's room for
a sequel, a fact I find more disturbing than the
cinematic carnage.
I was hardly scared by this movie, which
disappointed me. Usually, the mention of a
killer sends most people into a panic. Witness
the confusion caused by April 1, 1998's edition

of the UW Daily. This story, talking about a
copycat serial killer on the Evergreen campus,
/ Still Know What You Did Last Summer
worried and terrified many before it was proven
What comes to your mind when you see
a hoax. People took the story as real, even on
these lines? Maybe you think, "Hey, that's a
April Fools' Day, and responded accordingly.
really long title for a movie that only lasts about
That, in comparison with this movie, provided
90 minutes or so." Perhaps you are reminded,
more horror and realistic details than this~
"What did I do last August besides sleep and
So how did ISKWYDLS go wrong with
avoid work?" If you thought, "This movie will
such an obviously horrifYing topic? Perhaps the
completely rock since it's a sequel to I Know
lack of distinguishability it had in its victims
What You Did Last Summer and I loved that
will answer that. Characters were ushered in,
movie," you're on the wrong track.
said a few humorous lines, and
Save your money and time and go Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy, and Jennifer EspOsito stumble into a familiar situation departed before they made much of an
read a book . Become educated
impact on the conscious mind .
enough to avoid this movie.
ISKWYDLS wasted talents like Jeffrey
Here's the set-up for this sequel
Combs, who played a memorable hotel
if you didn 't see it: four teenagers
manager with a few witty lines and an
have a great time, drink a lot, and run
early death. On the other hand, the
over someone. He "comes back" from
young and bland teenage cast lasted
the dead and kills two of our young
way too long for my taste. Is it too much
friends before it's discovered that he's
to hope that at least someone with an
not the person they hit that July 4th,
interesting personality last through a
only a man trying to hide a body that
film?
he murdered. The two remaining
This is when the stock cast of victims
teenagers, Julie (Jennifer Love
come into play. We have the usual
Hewitt) and Ray (Freddie Prinze, Jr.)
stereotypes; there's the pot-smoking
kill him, the body is never found, and
slacker, the strange voodoo man, and a
Hewitt is murdered at the end. Or so
maid whose sole function is to clean the
it seems.
hotel rooms and provide a gruesome,
This makes way for a sequel,
bloody eyesore for the youth of this
when a surprisingly alive Julie and
movie.
her roommate Karla, (Brandy), win
On the bright side, the soundtrack
a trip to the Bahamas by answering
was fairly decent, allowing me to be
the question, "What is the capital of
distracted by the music and ignore the
Brazil," with Rio de Janeiro. If you
screen. Ifonly they had put as much care
haven 't rotted your brain on
into the film as they had into the songs,
mindless fare like this, you'll know
the director might have had something
that it's actually Brasilia (insert
worthwhile on his hands, Instead, what
appropria te ominous music here) .
we end up with is a film that neither
Si nce Ray is too busy fishing and
scares or presents something new; a
avoiding urbanization to go with her,
copycat that can't even find a spark of
, he CliO, up with Karla's boyfriend,
originality.

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didn't notice nearly as much ego-macho
bullshit from the East Coast and the Midwest.
It was still a very good show, and it lifts my
spirits to have fresh energy organizing all ages
shows, brihging in new music and experiences.
This was Jonathan's first show on the west coast
. ~yh!f Lucero
(thoug!l he proIT.Ioted seveJ;;i1 D.I.Y. shows in
Staff writer
nQrthern New England), The show was also '
helped being put on by Dan Maier (Harder
Dearest hardcore fanatics,
Than You,) and they did an excellent job.

strobe lights, disco balls; and' sequencers.
During set-up,.trey bJastedJechno music from
their PA's and caused many a punk to
complain, After a couple of songs, they asked
if anyone had an extra snare drum they could
use since theirs was smashed in the accident.
Their request was granted by a pri"O~ baria a~d
they continued, I was a little disappointed
when they came out without their famous
vampire face paint.
I was still much

I agree with Jonathan of Last Mercy
Productions when he says that the
Hardcore reunion-and-revival shows are
scene here, punk rock, hardcore,
funny
things, They bring out some of the most
whatever, seems stagnant and nobody
cruel
and
cynical criticisms imaginable- some
seems very excited about what it
warranted, others not. At some point the jaded
meant to us back east. With that I give'
scenester in all of us can get in the way, and it
great respect to Jonathan for actually
can become so easy to scoff and whine about
putting his desires into action and
out" and "doing it for the money." J'll
"selling
putting on a fantastic show at the
admit,
I
sometimes dismiss a band that might
Midnight Sun on Thursday, Nov. 12.
be
getting
a little long in the tooth, or one that
The crowd was sparse when it started
might have had a certain amount of
at 8:20 (a miracle being only 20
commercial success or mainstream viSibility.
minutes late) but filled up so that all
And believe me, I can talk shit with the best of
standing room was full as well as the
them.
bleachers by the time Ink and Dagger
But at what point do we draw the 01'
went on.
proverbial line and just let bands be what
But let's get to the basics. Two
they've always been- entertainers, artists,
hardcore bands and one vampireseekers oflivelihood? Is it such a crime to make
punk-experimental band. Harbinger
a career of music? Tell me, who's the real
from Kent, Last Man Standing from
sellout,
the individual who quits music
around the Seattle area, and Ink and
altogether
to pursue a career in corporate
Dagger on tour from Philadelphia.
banking,
or
the one who sticks it out, through
Nothing that exciting happened; no
and true, trying to build a life around his or her
fights , no face paint, but the music
music, his or her art? If music is your ticket to
was a good change and definitely
photos
by
Ray Ayer
a
better life, who are any of us to tell you that
something new.
you've
sold out, that you're just cashing in? If
Harbinger was up first, playing
Above: Last Man Standing lets loose
you
are
still having fun, if what you 're doing
good old-fashioned fast, loud,
with full intensity.
makes you happy, why shouldn't you do it? If
screaming, face-contorting hardcore
you
still sound pretty good and you retain a
Kent-style. Music was very good,
Top Left: Ink and Dagger lead singer
certain
viability and vitality, why not stay with
interesting tunes, not just power
lets
his
rage
out
while
noticing
how
it?
If
the
punk rock pundits point their fingers
chords. Two guitars. They definitely
and
stomp
their feet and cry" sellout!" (and rest
dirty
the
floor
is.
had a style. They were all dressed very
assured,
they
surely will), is that any reason not
clean, and wondered if the Nike/
to go out and make a living? If music is what
Bottom Left: What is this guy from
Reebok/ Adidas apparel, button shirts
you are best at, why not try to be as successful
Harbinger trying to do, burn himself?
and slacks were costumes or if this is
as you can possibly be? Isn't that the essential
really what hardcore fashion is now,
Yeah! Fire! '
and
intrinsic nature of the concept of 'career'?
unconforming by mocking the
Of
life?
!?
original high school punk an.tithesis,
Some
of us in the 18 to 25 set may need
those preppy rich football players. Or is that impressed.
Jonathan hopes to continue bringing in
to reassess the situations that some of these
Ink and Dagger's show was also lit up anything that is "fast and hard". If anyone has
what hardcore is now, angry jock rock? But
bands find themselves in. Keep in mind, if you
Jonathan reminds me that it's "nothing to completely by their own lights. Behind the a unique, energetic set that they would like to
will, that the members of Soul (nee Bad) Brains
worry about. Clothes are just clothes ... " They scenes, Chris was synchronizing electronic perform at a Last Mercy show, please call 866are grown men. Perhaps they have families to
turned out all the house lights and all the stage samples as well as sequencing the lights (very 6943.
consider, or maybe a mortgage to account for.
lights. The only light coming forth was from a classy). The effect of tile strobe lights plus the
Factor in, then, that music is aU they have really
120 watt bulb sitting on the floor facing swinging random shots of red and green Related topics
ever known, at least in terms of anything
downwards. Occasionally at particularly created a very intense experience. It was
Behead the Prophet and Extended Play
related to livelihood. Go ahead, pull out of this
intense screaming sessions, the singer would possible to understand the words to many will open for the Japanese hardcore band
article for 15 seconds and ponder all the
pick up the light and bring it inches away from songs, and he included short explanations to Kirihito on Thursday, Nov. 19th at 8 pm in the
dynamicS. Seriously, close your eyes and thinkhis face, contorting his facial features even many such as "this song is for those who are Longhouse. Tickets are $5.
On Harder Than You, KAOS music show
more than normal. A nice effect. Everyone still in the dark about being in the dark." I
stood still but two. One ran sideways up and heard they had a really good show the next from 1 to 3 a.m. on Friday nights (actually
see BAD BRAINS on page 12
down the crowd swinging his fists backward. night (Friday) at the Best Annex in Auburn.
Saturday mornings), Harkonen from Tacoma
The other crouched in the middle, doing
In conclusion, I wish more people had will be playing live on December 4. Please call
another fist dance. No kickboxers.
been dancing and less self-conscious, but I if you would like to be in the studio, but there
Last Man Standing was next, who were a
is not much room so don't just show up.
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

BAD BRAINS
continued from page 77
maybe pull a bong rip, do whatever you've got
to do to get yourself comfortably into their
shoes ... are you feeling the gravity yet?
And now. may you be fair to aging
hardcore bands. or so it is my hope.
Love. jef
PS: Bad Brains have been one of my favorite
bands for more than half of my life. Not only
that, but they, along with Minor Threat and
Black Flag, are one of the greatest hardcore
bands of all time. I'll be damned if! was going
to let myself pass on this show.

It was a veritable coup that such a
prominent band got booked here in Olympia.
Bands of this nature and stature usually pass
us over for the bigger guarantees in Seattle and
Portland. That fact alone should have been
reason enough to get you down there. And
seeing the crowd at Thekla (which is usually
tepid and listless) turned into a charged and
frothing lunatic frenzy was well worth the
reasonable $12 ticket price. Frankly, your only
truly valid excuse for not going (if you were at
all interested in the first place) is that you
weren't of age. For your sake, here's what you
missed. If you could've gone but chose not to,
stop reading-you really don't deserve to know.
They played like kings, like masters. I'm
not kidding: they were stellar, superb,

supreme. The set was culled almost exclusively
from their earliest releases. It went like this, as
best as I recall: Attitude, Sailin' On , At the
Movies, Pay to Cum, House of Suffering, Re·
ignition, Sacred Love. Voyage to Infinity, Soul
Craft, Tongue Tee Tie, Rally 'roundjah Throne,
I and I Survive. How I Love Thee, and Day
Tripper/She's a Rainbow. If you are a big fan
of Bad Brains, you'll notice three things: First.
that the songs pull from their albums
chronologically. which made for a nice little
retrospective. Second, that they exclusively
played hardcore , then broke into the
"dubmission," which actually worked quite
nicely. And third , that they did not play I
Against I. The on-stage set lists all read quite
prominently 'ENCORE-I Against [,' and most
of us who had cheated by sneaking a peek were
getting anxious, as all the reggae was starting
to drag. They did not come back out for the
encore, which was pretty weak. But it was
forgotten 10 minutes later.
It was history, folks, it really was. I mean,
to the degree that Bad Brains proved that cagey
veterans still deserve their props, even after all
these years. But I think the nicest thing was
that they looked and sounded happy. They felt
happy, even. If they are happy with themselves,
then I am happy for them. They are proud of
their back-catalog of brilliant music, and that
is why they put it on display. And why
shouldn't they be? Bad Brains were visionaries,
and the musical community owes them a huge
debt of gratitiude. Now why is that so hard to
understand?

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and get to singing, 'cause it's going to be a long
time till you sunlight again.

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this upcoming holiday, may [
suggest that you stay away from
the same old hangout that. you frequented in
high school? This will be a step in the right
direction for you, Pisces, since it is time for you
to make some changes in your life and bring
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[am a hardcore feminist. I read Ms., I'm
part of the Women's Resource Center, I pay for
half my dates, I have way more fun than
blondes, and a whole lot of other stuff And
there is nothing that irritates me more than
people picking on men . This is not a
contradiction, by any means.
First of all, feminism is not dead. [t is still
very much needed by both women and men,
and there are many fundamental changes in
our society that need to be made to achieve
equality. However, that is the subject of many
very lengthy books, and [ can't address it all
here. That said, many of you may be familiar
with the belief that women and men are
fundamentally different, and that women are
better. This unfortunate strand of feminism
can be found in many forms, and will get us
nowhere. Male bashing sucks.
. [re~lize that people mock women too,
and that's not cool either. However, the worst

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[ suggest that you avoid
getting into philosophical
discussions this week, Capricorn.
Instead, try telling ridiculously outlandish
stories that no one can prove you wrong about.
Oh, wait, you tend to think that those are the
same thing. Oh, well, just have fun this week.
Try going to the beach soon.

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What does a man of 35 think of? A. Dating
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with people around you. Just because your
roommate forgot to give you a phone message
does not mean that he/she is collaborating
with the FBI on a secret plan to ruin your life.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.21)
Ah, Scorpio, we're nearing
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zodiacal world, and it will be a
whole freakin' year until you're back in power.
But do not be sad, my friends, for in the course
of your birthday bashes you've collected many
admirers and the coming year promises to be
warm and snuggly.

R.m.mb" io hl8ud.
when you were sitting under
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And those kids came by and
kicked you in the face with a soccer ball? This
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that soccer ball, and tell the recess lady on
them.

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Thanksgiving break? Hours
spent with family or hours
spent with the roommates? I'm
not doing either and I suggest that you avoid
both, too. Find yourself a turkey. You and him
get out of this town damn quick. Get going ...
head for the bus station. The two of you have
one hell of an adventure in front of you.

Things will get better. Just
remember that you've worked
awfully hard to get here and
anything worth fighting for is
worth sticking it out. And if that doesn't work,
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put on your party clothes and get out into the
social scene. Make yourselves known, even if
you have to compete with all the surrounding
Leos to get some attention!

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free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom

the government for a redress of grievances."

by Alissa Fountain
& E. Clerenger

Cancer Oune21-July22)
You can't do it. Just give up.
What the hell were you thinking
when you started any of this?
You think that you need a pep
talk? Just come on down to the photo lab and
111 tell you exactly what I think ofyou. I've been
needing the chance to take more pictures of
kids with black eyes.

H,R., lead
singer of
Soul Brains
(formerly
known as
Bad Brains)
vibes with
the crowd at
Thekla last
Monday
night. The
frenzied
audience
clamored
toward the
stage and
returned the
energetic
vibes.

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forward anyone ever em ailed me with
misogynistic jokes on it was a petition against
the guys who wrote it, and included their
phone numbers, which angry women and men
had attached so people could call them up and
scream at them. Whereas the nastiest anti-male
jokes I've received were from one of my male
friends, who thought they were hilarious.
Nowadays, it can be acceptable to make fun of
and insult men in a way that no other group
can be made fun of, with the rationale that
men, being the bad-ass oppressors, deserve it.
But this is stupid, not to mention dangerous.
Beating on men doesn't acknowledge the
diversity of men, foster mutual understanding,
or seriously address past injustices. [t just
reinforces the idea that men are all tyrants, will
always be that way, and there's nothing we can
do about it but make fun of them.
But next time you laugh at a comment
that degrades men, think of it this way: if men
really are stupid, immature, violent, selfish.
insensitive, potential rapist sex maniacs who
will stop at nothing to keep the poor, kindly
women down, then the best thing we can do as
women is to get into the kitchen and make
them some pie. Why not? Barefoot, pregnant,
and in the kitchen, baby. If men are all
incorrigible bastards, and they'll never change,
then why bother being feminists at all? If men
are awful and have always oppressed us, then
there's really not much we can· do ..besides
devoting our lives to pleasing them so that they

Hemp rally was a
starting point
To the Evergreen community:
In response to the CP]'s coverage of the
hemp rally last Wednesday, [ feel that staff
writer Jen Blackford's negativity toward the
concept oflegal hemp and her portrayal of the
event was a product of personal values and
opinions. As a person who helped distribute
flyers to publicize the rally, I do not claim to
be unbiased, but I am pleased by the outcome
of the event. We took something that we
believe in, and raised consciousness about the
many environmental and ('co nomic reasons for
the complete legalization of hemp simply by
getting people there.
We had no expectations that the rally, in
itself, would bring about the legalization of
hemp. Our intention was to make the
statement that the recent passage ofInitiative
692 for medical cannabis is a start, but because
we still ignore that hemp can produce anything
that petroleum oil and lumber can, we realize
that it is not enough because it is still illegal.
As we casually drive by the barren clear-cuts
of the Pacific Northwest m our petroleum oilfueled cars spewing sulfur into the atmosphere,
the validity of the hemp industry becomes an
issue that must cease to be ignored if we all
want to continue to live on this earth.
[n Jen Blackford's witty opening
paragraph, her "theory" condemns those of us
who stood up for the legalization of hemp, and
in the same shot, mocks all other attempts of
Evergreen students to organize people and
spread awareness about issues they believe in.
InJen's words, "There is a theory floating about
on campus that if one posts enough flyers
around campus on any topic that calls for a
protest, enough students will gather to

complain. [t doesn't matter what the topic is
about, they will protest it." [n the capitalist
system that pillages the world's resources and
heavily exploits the mass majority of the
world's people [including the mass majority of
the people here in the U.S.1. leaving them in
utter poverty, I'm inspired to see people here
at Evergreen take it upon themselves to try to
make change.
With the wide variety of injustices
worldwide, the prohibition of hemp is only one
aspect of the multi-faceted corporate
domination of our lives. People all around the
world are divided by national boundaries,
religion, cultural norms, skin color, gender,
sexual orientation, age, etc; it is this disunity
that ensures the maintenance ofthe oppressive
system. [ndividualism is institutionalized to
perpetuate the concept that there are infinite
differences between us of some importance
that must be maintained. These divisions only
muffle our collective voice, the voice that gives
the individual its power.
Contrary to Jen Blackford's comment
that the "only thing blown was the expectations
of the students about what the raUywould be,"
[ have no regrets about the outcome of the
hemp rally. [t was a starting point, a building
block for a bigger and better event next time.
So many people told me their ideas about how
it could be better next time, and I urge each
and everyone of you to get together and turn
your ideas into reality, we did, and now it is on
the cover of the Cooper Point journal, whether
well·represented or not.
[n Solidarity;
Joseph B. O'Connor

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won't beat the hell out of us.
Not only that, but it comes with the
connotation that women are therefore better
than men. Bullshit. [ demand my right as a
woman, as a human being, to be recognized as
a jerk if[ am one. I'm sick of people saying that
women are all cooperative, nurturing, loving,
gentle, generous Earth-mothers who will save
everyone with our wonderful ways. Hello?
O.K., I agree that the hypermacho role that
men have been trained to carry out (due to
necessity or malice, don't ask me) is harmful
to us all. But do the people who come up with
this stuff actually know any real women? [ can
be fiercely competitive, mean, impatient, and
scared to death of babies. [ can also be helpful,
kind, affectionate, and prone to pick up litter
and hug trees. [ did not come out of a cookie·
cutter mold marked "woman." My male
friends are not exactly Ken dolls either.
There have been numerous studies-none
of which got enough attention-that have
proved that in terms of strength, size,
intelligence and brain structure, there is far
more difference within women as a whole and
men as a whole (Le. within all kinds ofdifferent
people) than there are between men and
women. The environment shapes us more than
anything. If we spent half the time we spend
on complaining about each other on working

to get rid of the negative influences and
traditions that make us this way, we might not
be in this situation at all.
Male bashing is a philosophical
boomerang. [f we perpetuate the belief that
men are all one way, and inferior, we're still
thinking in a fashion that allows us to turn right
around and say the same thing about wom~,
about minorities, about poor people ... it never
stops. Besides, thinking in terms of opposit~s
is one of the most primitive ways of thinking.
We're not opposites. These issues are far more
complex than that. Any feminists who're really
in teres ted in making a lasting, positive
difference in the world will feel the disdain and
bitterness in male bashing as if it were hurled
in their own direction, and act accordingly.
(And in response to Sarah Manvel's
assertion that men don't "give a damn" about
rape unless it happens to their "possessions," \
her
to
contact
me
at
invite
zabohne@hotmail.com for a list of men who
most certainly "give a damn" and often "stand
up to condemn rapists, or sexual harassment,
in general." Unfortunately, [only have a list of
men [ know personally, but I'm sure there are
many more. [f I weren't sure, I'd be too busy
making a pie right now to write this article.)
Mandy Zabohne-Budnick

tssues 'o ught to
transcend egos
I've spent the past five years in the
branches of an old Redwood, picking raisins
and nuts from my own excrement because
that's organic! During that time, I boycotted
Nike, Shell, Gap, BP, Gardenburger, School of
the Americas, Coca-Cola, George Bush, leather,
Procter & Gamble, the New York Times, the
National Forest Service, automobiles, the farm
industry, the health care industry, the city of
Los Angeles, and my own existence. Howard
Zinn and Noam Chomsky lifted most of their
ideas from me. [am Che Guevara reincarnated.
[ get arrested the first and third Saturday of
every month for civil disobedience.
Now that we've established that [ am the
most radical, progressively hip student on
campus, the competition can stop. This
mentality of "holier than thou" in the student
groups has got to stop. [t turns people off. It
destroys movements. Evergreen is a liberal
school with roughly 4,000 liberal students.
This is an amazing opportunity that we ought

to recognize. Some of the best graffitti I saw
on campus simply said, "coalition, not
competition." Since I have established myself
as the ultimate radical. students can now start
to work together to build a coalition.
All issues are interrelated. You cannot
remove workers' rights from environmental
protection, queer rights from women's rights.
Certain issues transcend group manifestos; all
transcend individual egos. On such a
progressive campus, student organizations
need only to look at their numbers to see ifthis
"egoism" infects them.
[n closing, if people are alienating
Evergreen students from the activist
movement, their chances in the outside world
are slim. Concentrate on the collective good
that can be achieved rather than inflating
individual egos. Besides, I'm more radical than
all of you, anyway.
Mac Lojowsky

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LETTERS

&

OPINIONS

LETTERS

Student employment has educational value

,'

Throughout fall quarter, the Student
Labor Action Committee (SLAC, ironically)
has met and organized in order to support
student labor on campus. This began
specifically with the investigation of our
positions within Housing Facilities. We would
like to emphasize our position as a group that
believes in the growth and development that
student employment encourages and to solicit
student. staff. and faculty support. To this end,
we have created a mission statement and a
testimonial guide. Our purpose is to inform
everyone about what is occurring in our
department from our standpoint. We hope to
find out from other areas what roles student
labor takes on and if their employment
encourages student's growth and education.
We care and appreciate our positions and
would like to receive feedback from everyone
who is willing to share: students, staff, union
members, everyone!
Our mission in this effort is more than
just to save our jobs. Our mission is to
demonstrate the value of student employment
on the campus of The Evergreen State College.
Student employment here is much more than
just cheap labor, or remedial mindless work.
Student jobs on this campus provide many
valuable opportunities in the ongoing process
of life experience and student development.
Evergreen's style of interdisciplinary study,
experiential and in the field learning is
exemplified through many of the campus's
different student work programs. These
programs lack the college's official
acknowledgment to be recognized as student
development.
While the college recognizes that many
students live away from home and experience
independence for the first time here on
campus, many students also hold their first real
jobs on campus. Student employees are
encouraged to think critically and to develop
skills of self reliance and skill application. Work
on campus involves social and workplace
interaction with fellow students, staff and
faculty. Student workers are encouraged and
expected to increase their level of
responsibility. They have the chance to develop
management, supervisory and organizational
skills. Students learn how to implement ideas
and to work collaboratively; how to budget
time and money; and to develop the discipline
necessary to work and study. Students acquire
a wide variety of skills through work on
campus, from teaching to plumbing, sweeping
to editing. These skills are invaluable to

students both now and later in life. They are
invaluable in study related careers and in selfreliance in the home and the community.
Our mission is to request that The
Evergreen State College acknowledge these
things to be an invaluable part of the
development of the student and of the college
itself. We ask The Evergreen State College to
recognize and to protect these developmental
programs. This includes the location and
identification of these programs, and
amending the mission statement of the school
to recognize student work as student
development. We ask that guidelines be
established providing a process through which
the student work, which has academic and
developmental value, would be excluded from
labor issue disputes.

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Guess what, witches? Your hexes didn't
work. Neither did your black cats, your pointy
hats, or your scoobie-joobies. We, J Roca Beta
(Evergreen's first-ever fraternity), are still
rockin ' 'n' rollin'!
Now, there seems to be a growing
conspiracy among the faculty here at the
Evergreen State College that propagates the
theory that witch hunts are bad and
witchhunters are bad guys. Whoa, whoa,
whoa! Hold on, Evergreenl We think that
somebody here is forgetting that witches are
EVIL, straight from the fiery belly of
Mephistopheles himself]
Fellow Americans (if you ' re not an
American citizen, please discontinue your
reading of this article immediately), now's the
time to tear offone square unit of this page and
place it on your tongue. Let's take a trip ...
Choo! Choo! Train's coming in! Ships are
landing! Here we are: 17th century Salem,
Massachusetts. We are in town square at the
public execution of not one, but many of the
neighborhood witches , Lucky us, we have
ianded on the greatest day in history!
These days , of course, witchhuntery is
!Owned upon. Is it any coincidence that th e

statement and support the school's
amendment of the mission statement. Please
send letters directly to us at: Todd Smith, 1705
Prospect St., Olympia, WA .• 98506, Please send
all e-mail to Art Costantino. the Vice-President
of
Student
Affairs
at
costanta@e1wha.evergreen,edu. Please cc all email
to
us
as
well
at
swartzr@elwha.evergreen.edu.so that we can
collect it for presentation later. Your letters do
us no good if the only copy is just flushed from
his mailbox.

As you may have heard, student labor at
The Evergreen State College is being
investigated by the union. We're told not to
worry because for the moment it is isolated in
Housing. The union sees this as a labor issue,
i.e. students may be doing work that should be
done by union members. The college has taken
no stand. The present situation is thus not only
supportive of the idea that student work is
labor only, but has effectively pitted the
students against the union. This could also be
an open door for all student development
programs to be isolated and seen only as labor
issues.
We are an independent student labor
group with the sole purpose of demonstrating
to the school the value of student work
programs on the campus, and demanding
recognition and protection of these programs.
We are requesting that the school open its
mission statement and amend it to reflect this.
To help with this effort, we are soliciting
feedback and testimony from anyone who has
ever worked on campus as a student and from
anyone who has ever lived, dated. studied or
worked with anyone who has ever worked on
campus as a student. We are looking first for
testimony to the growth and li fe skill
development that took place through working,
and secondly to the financial importance thai
student job availability played in your or
others' lives. Confidence, skill application.
critical thinking. organization, supervisory
and management skills, social skills, discipline,
time and monetary budgeting, etc. .. the list
goes on and on. We would like you to give

banning of witch trials and the coming-intopower of the Third Reich occurred righ t around
the same time?
With all this talk about witches, you the
reader might have made some assumptions
about us that aren't necessarily true. So let's
start with the clarification process: We love
mummies!
You might be wondering, what do we love
about mummies? A more easily-answerable
question would be, what dOll " we love about
them? Basically, the part about the rolling
flesh. Damn unappealing.
It's pretty exciting to see our fellow
Greeners agreeing with' us- on the mummy
stuff; this whole "Free Mumra" thing is great!
It's nice to be able to wa lk around campus and
bask in the warm glow generated by the
support given to the effort of unbinding the
Thundercats' immortal foe from his fabulous
tomb.
So, when the inevitable hits, this country
will be divided into fifty different colonies, or,
as we here at j Roca Beta like to call them ,
"states." Some of these will be controlled by
mummies, and some by Nazi witches. You
know where you 'll find us.
Next week: Needlepoint do's and don'ts.
by J Roca Beta (Nick Brandt. Casey Bruce, Chris
Brummel, Jon Grant, and Dan Maier)

the Cooper Point Journal

OPINIONS

CPJ, mainstream?
I am writing with great concern in
response to the recent scenarios between the
CPI and the class of "Fictional Sociology."
Because of the extremely inappropriate actions
by the class, the CPJ has since revised the
former "insertion" policy. A proposal for the
new policy is going to be discussed by students
of the CPJ. The present insertion policy
(Cooper Point Journal: Operations and Ethics,
section XIV. Defacement and Theft) is about
one and a half pages long. I have been told that
the new and improved policy concerning
insertion is five pages long. The staff of the CPJ

has stated that this matter is time-consuming
and distressing. yet the majority of the
Evergreen community hasn't heard a word
concerning the situation. Ifthis truly is "our"
newspaper, why is the CPJ being so secretive?
Has Evergreen truly become part of the
mainstream in that we no longer know how to
communicate with each other outside the
format of writing tougher policies? This is our
newspaper, and to take hold of it we need to
be involved.
Siouxzie Morrison

Editor'snete

Testimonial Guidelines

Witches: we hate 'em
"Ifyer a-gonna date him, don't bring him home
to meet mom!!"
-Cedar Burnett

testimony of your own student work
experiences and how they related to some or
all of these things. We feel that the people who
worked here on campus took home as much
in their heads and hearts as they did in their
pockets. We want the school to recognize the
need to insure that these opportunities remain
for the students yet to come.
Ifstudent work was or is important to you
or someone you know, please take the time to
write even a short statement. If you support the
idea of student work as developmental and the
importance of its availability, please write a

&

I am writing in regard to the signs
currently posted around campus alerting
Evergreen students to a "serial stalker_
Earlier this week one of these sign~ was left'
on my front door in the dorms. infOrming
my household that "women at Evergreen
have been stalked and raped ... " and that I
should attend a meeting regarding the issue
later in the week. On the eraser board. next
to which the sign was posted. a sta.t ement
was written accusing a specific individual. a
student at Evergreen. of these crimes. This '.
same statement was written on several other
doors in my building next to these signs (l
do not know if the signs and written
accusations were made by the same party). Whitney K. Buschmann
which are posted throughout campus. These
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The privileged should
be more generous
Blessings Evergreen Community,
I want to thank everyone for coming to
hear Stella Runnels speak November 5th in the
Longhollse. The turnout was wonderful,
thanks in part to the ERC folks. I also wish to
thank Timothy Hull for being willing to let
Stella use his microphone (he said it belonged
to Harry and Grace) and to sacrifice his
performance for the sake of the information
from both Stella and th e Buffalo Nat ions slide
show.
Stella's grandson, joe Leach, told me that
when he brought in the salmon that Stella
prepared, huckleberries and dried deer meat
that he hunted himself. one guy said to him,
"What do YOll have for me?" The guy was
happy to ~ee the salmo n, but said, "Gross,"
when he saw the deer meat, pushing it aside.
Joe and Stella were offended and neither of
them ate a thing at the potluck. I was appalled
at the rude manner in which people descended
upon the food like vultures leaving nothing for
those of llS doing the work, our guests or
anyone else not competitive enough to grab the
grub. Manners. I don't know what else to say.
Simple courtesy. At Evergreen, i am afraid such
meals need to be more accurately referred to

as potunluckys; the few who bring food may
be quite unlucky when it comes to eating any
of it. Many of the students attending this
college do not know what it is like to he hungry.
My children and i have experienced such
hardship and have done so recently. It is an
example of the inconsideration that is all too
often a hallmark of privilege insensitive to
those with less. In my travels, i find those who
are the poorest: are always the most: generous.
When such displays of greed occur, i wonder if
indeed there is any hope. Too many people are
centered upon their own desires, habits and
luxuries. I see this in the cigarette butts piling
up outside Evergreen doorways , the garbage
littering rest rooms and walkways to the
parking lots. If people are so lax in how they
live daily, why should they really care about the
fate awa iting all of us? I would like to see selfimposed discipline become a norm as it is for
the Zapatiscas, the Dinah at Big Mountain and
for true defenders of the Earth who integrate
theory into action.
In peaceful struggle,
Swaneagle

Mumia, Milk and Gore
Well, what is there to say about Mumia
Abu-Jamal, Harvey Milk, or Al Gore that hasn't
been said in the last [11-5) issue ohhe CPJ?
I suppose it's obvious that the VP is going
from border to border, not boarder to
boarder- I, as a relatively competent reader.
can guess that Gore is not going to stay at my
house.
Dan White ate many twinkies as a child,
not right before he shot Harvey Milk and
George Moscone . It was, however, urban
legend when I was a child that if you eat too
many twinkies you'd go crazy. Maybe it's true,
and the CPj is the first organization to prove
it.
I hesitate to approach the subject of

November 19, 1998

Mumia Abu-Jamal; however, there is so much
conversation about him that I am left
wondering about one issue: ifhe was convicted
of killing a cop, wouldn't it be more likely that
he was railroaded because of that fact, rather
than his political beliefs?
Some of these issues are painfully
minor- why get stuffright? Why require your
columnists to know what they are talking
about? Why pay copy editors?
I submit this letter in an effort to placate
the constant whining about a lack of
submissions to the campus paper. This is what
I think, wholeheartedly, I believe.
Emma Margraf

The Spokesperson only became of
In the int~est of clarity. the CP]
editorial staff wishes to infonn our readers concern to the CPJ when around 260 copies
of events alluded to in some of the. recent of it were. without authorization. inserted
into the newspaper that same day_ The
letters in the Letters & Opinio,n s section.
The Cooper Point Journal received a improper insertion directly y.iolated TESC
submission in mid-October which' was a Policies and Procedures. the CP] Operations
fictional news story. The 'authors insisted it , and Et~ics . and . possibly the the First
.
be put un~er n~ews with no label to indicate Amendment.
. TheePJ confiscated the. copies ofthe
the article as fic~i<?n. ~P] Managing Editor
Kim Nguyen and Editor;in-chief Mat . Spokesperson in~ed. in the CPJ alid ,kept
Probasco spoke with the writers and told them as evidence of a civil violation. Then.
them the letter must either be marked with following the CP] Operation and Ethics.
some sort of fiction or satire bug. or be Probasco sought out and spoke with those
printed in the Letters and Opinions section. who inserted the Spokesperson to confirm
The authors steadfastly refused this that they knew it was wrong and would not
offer. so the editors held the article over for do it again.
The CP} has not and will not distribute
discussion in the Cprs Friday Forum. our
weekly journalism ethics discussion which is the Spokesperson.
Copies ofthe CPJ Operations and Ethics
open to all students,
On Oct. 29. the article was printed in a are available in our office for anyone who
newsletter called the Spokesperson. The,CPJ wants to review it.
in no way objected to the newsletter.

Standing for diversity
A petition to President Jervis
To: President Jane Jervis
cc: Cooper Point Journal
Dear President jervis,
With the recent passage oflnitiative 200,
the deceptively-titled "Civil Rights Initiative"
that, in effect, abolishes affirmative action in
Washington State, many of us in the Evergreen
community have been outraged. For this
reason, we appreciate the strong public stance
that you have taken in The Olympian as well
as on KAOS in support of diversity and
affirmative action at Evergreen.

We realize the risk that you are taking
both as an administrator and as a
representative of Evergreen in making such
public statements. Consequently, we pledge
ourselves to stand with you in continuing to
strive for diversity and uphold affirmative
action on the Evergreen campus.
Chris Dixon, Evelyn O'Connor, Summer
Andersen, Tanya Cheeke, Heather Moore, Lee
O'Connor, Jennifer J. Bowman, Colin Helsley,
Ariel Zaslav, Chad,Odwazny. Rebecka Tilsen.
Steve Hughes, and other signers who could not
be reached

A response from IIAnarcho-Lad"
Excerpts from
a letter to
Sarah Manvel
... 1do not think that I am an exception to
being a part of the "Legions of the damned"; I
certainly am as well. However, just because I
oppose being one of the legions does not mean
that I should be "sucker-punched." What
anarchy means is that communities are the
safeguard against violence and tyranny, just
like free association has alwa ys been. What
anarchy would "do ahout ' that" (being
punched), caustic one, is encourage people not
to feel the need to dominate others ... by
removing the typical capitalist injustices which
torture us all and create frustration, boredom.
and greed, as well as removing the authorities
which we, as citizens subject to education,
television, religion, and the rest of the status
quo's thought modification, mimic and grow
to become. I say "Anarchy is the on ly true
freedom." There should be no limit on
individual freedom until it interferes with the
freedoms of others; this mentality of control
we are forced to adopt in capitalist society is
an interference with the freedoms of others,
because we decide to defining others' freedoms
for them. Equal Rights!! Is your freedom to
walk down the street unbothered ofany greater
importance than my freedom to express my
ideas to you?
Although apparently you .... didn·t work
against that measure with the ballot.. .," in the
end,l certainly was not discouraging you from
voting in saying "Anarchy is the only true
freedom ." ... voting is compromising with the
authorities' imposed concept of moral virtue,
and that to make things a little better is not

good enough because things keep getting
worse ....we are only given the right to vote so
that we believe that we ·live in the "land of the
free." We have the luxury to sit around and vote
about 694, but we're not the ones with no
money or healthcare and a baby on the way;
why should we be able to decide anything for

from Anarcho-Lad." Are you too afraid to stand
up for anything? In the words of Goethe. "No
man is more enslaved than he who falsely
believes that he is free" (although I would have
been a little less sexist about it than him). We

the Cooper Point Journal

With Love,
"Anarcho-Lad" Jordan Levinson.
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by private interest lobbyists.
Honestly, I don't see how any politician,
forever chasing money and power, could ever
really make a difference. Govern ment is
government, and all government is force. The
political right or political left both exert the
same dominion over us when they gain power,
coercing us into believing that they are so much
more suited to manage our lives than us that
they deserve this ability to decide how we will
live. The wire tap was horrible news for
amerikan politics, because it showed everyone
how evil these pigs really are. Nixon was just
like any other "leader of the people." It was
clear whose interests he represented. But every
politician will take a bribe of 40 million dollars
to support big business. And every board of
directors will put a man from the corporation
on their board for the right price. Who cares
whether it's representative or proportional
democracy; there are still politicians fighting
for the power to control our lives. Why can't
we control our own lives? I am awake. I know
this is not a perfect world. That's why I am
damned too. But we only stay damned as long
as we don 't get together. Voting is fine, but you
need to ORGANIZE if you want real change. If
you stay isolated, voting with your absentee
ballot (or not voting at all) and sitting inside
your house or in your cliques, you will never
truly become a part of your community as a
whole and never truly make a change .
Apparently you are too afraid to talk to me,
rather telling everybody not to "Take advice

might have hurt each others feelings, but can't
we still be friends?

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SafahMan." vel's f!en.l.;r~Vf'~.··~
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Jordan:
Got your letter, Couple things.
I'm not afraid to talk toyou.l·just didn't
know who you were until you came up to me.
I thought the best way to address your
statement was through my column, which is
how I choose to let my voice be heard. I also
do two zines. which you don't know about.
Is that loud enough?
There's a lot of other things you don't
know about. like the fact that I volunteered a
few Saturdays for the DemocratsofThurston
County and that it mattered more to me to
vote in the state where I've lived 13 years
rather than where I've lived three months,
In the same way that I resented your
telling me not to vote. I resent your telling
me that I'm "doing nothing to throw off the
chains that oppress us all." Let me tell you a
little more aboutmysel£ I'm a transfer senior.
21 years old. and $60,000 in debt from my
first three years of coUege, My parents are
paying this year's tuition as a present and
can't do anything else to help out, I got
married in August. My husband is living in
Belfast. Northern Ireland; where he lost his
job the week after our wedding and was
unemployed until yesterday. I work three jobs
(two on campus, one off) to make ends meet.
Oh yeah. I'm taking 16 credits too.
I resent like hell you telling me I'm not
doinganything.l'mactuallydoingahellofa
lot.

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November 19, 1998

" ,.
I notice ' you doo't proVide '0)"
alternatives to the existingsystemotb;ertha)t ·
"anarchy." Agairi-bow'sthatgonnahappeii7
Where is it coming from? What are you doing
in the meantim~? Hassling overworked '
strangers is NOTa solution. I don't have time
to organize. I hardly have time. to study. or '
buy groceries. or phone my husband.
Andthismakes me a lazy liberal? .
I judged you based on your unwanted
and unasked-for actions towards me. You
seem to bejudgingme becauseI'm "not doing
enough," I hope you realize how wrong you
are, People care more than you think they do_
What I don't need is you presuming I'm
ignorant and apathetic. And when faced with
your insulting. incorrect assumptions. I do
retaliate-although maybe this letter won't
be enough. Sometimes violence is the
answer-as an "anarchist" I'd have thought
you accepted that. Let me gently suggest that
you think a bit before you presume again to
know what strangers think or care about. The
next one might not be so nice.
And no. I'm not interested in being
friends, I can't respect your ideals and the
methods you've chosen to work towards
them. Please. enjoy your freedom to express
your ideas all you want-just not in my way.

Sarah Manvel
"Battleaxe Complimentary" columnist

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FEATURES

Feeling helpless? Are you a man?
Hunger and Homelessness
Men's center contests
popular male stereotypes

Awareness week is Nov. 74-27
by Nichol Everett

I have two left feet. I've really tried, but
steps like the Lindy Hop and the Charleston
seem to escape me. Yet, swing dancing is the
most fun I've had in a long time. The Swing
Club is new to Evergreen this year, and is off to
a swinging start. "Basically, we just want to
teach people to dance, and give them a place
to dance every week," explains David Yates,
club coordinator, otherwise known as Boogie
D. Every Tuesday evening, Library 4300 is
filled with zootsuits, wingtips, and floral
dresses, accompanied by the sounds ofjazz and
swing music. Swing member Jim Dawson tells
me, "The club offers comprehensive dance
lessons for free. Plus, it's a lot of fun because
it's a cooperative learning group. We rotate so
experienced people dance with less
experienced." While I trip over my own feet

Staff writer

when attempting any coordinated form
swing, Boogie .D and pa(tner Kelli
demonstrate the moves smoo
professionally. "Our purpose is to dress
have fun," says Yates.
Currently, the club. does not h",JP.,mv
funds, and are considered a registered
volunteer group. "We are attempti"ng to get
Where will the money go? "Hopefully we will
be able to pay one to two people to do
administrative work, run and prepare lessons,
as well as buy a better stereo system." Acouple
of dances are also being planned for winter
spring quarters. The clubs next activity,
however, is a dance planned for Dec. 4. Hot
Set Swing will be performing, and lessons will
run from 7-8 p.m. The dance, which starts at 8
...
p.m., will be $6 for community members and
$4 for students, with a dollar off if either has
swing clothes, and free to students who live in
housing. The event is sponsored by the Social
Events Council (SEC) . .
For more information on the dance or the
club, call David at 866-1988, or throw on your
suspenders and tie, or your pearls and hat and
get ready to jump, jive and wail Tuesday nights
at 8 p.m. in L4300.

• In 1997, 27 percent of all

requests for emergency shelters
in 29 US cities went unmet due
to lack of resources
• The total number of homeless
youth in the US range between
100,000 on any given night to 2
million per year

an

• The largest example of
homeless people found in
shelters, eating at soup
kitchens, or congregating on
the street during one week is
approximately 500,000-600,000

Pilgrims, Stuffing, and

• • •

Underdog?

(information compiled from
Wasman and Trupin, 1997, and
Cwayna, 1993)

Thanksgiving doesn't have much to do with giving thanks:
football and pie in the name ofNew World alliances
COMMENTARY ~

(I mean, rappell -ING .. . )

This is Chris: a
participant of the Nov.
11 housing activity
put on by dorms G
and H for their
inhabitants.

Ashley Shomo

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G and H dorm RA Rita
Lusty and Ray Ayer
plan to co-sponsor a
mudwrestling
competition for winter
quarter.
(It's nice to know that
the $60 housing
activities fee is being
put to good use.)

photo by Jimmy Cropsey
Aaahh, the festive trappings of Thanksgiving adorn one of America's most (second only to morality)
valued commodities: booze. Isn't it lovely that even the purveyors of liquor can revel in the friendship
shared by the Puritians and their Native American neighbors? Columbus would be proud ...

connected to th,:, respect for and
empowerment of all women (~ven the
witches, sorry J [almondl-Roca Beta). This
year we seek to create alliances with other
student groups to create a dialogue across
I chose to write this article because I gender and sexual orientation lines. In the
feel that the Men's Center is a crucial past the Men's Center has supported groups
resource for ALL MEN on the campus (and for men who have been sexually abused and
off campus). All walks of life, It doesn't held work shops on sexism and sexual
matter if you're straight, or gay if YOll got assault. We will continue working towards I
dreads or shaved heads, Africans, Asians, ending s!'l<ism, sexual and domestic
Indians, or white-washed Euro-americans. violence, homophobia, racism, and all other
All are welcome and encouraged to come. forms of oppression. We will also be
Our meetings are held every Wednesday at sponsoring workshops, showing films, and
2:30 p.m. in Library
inviting speakers in an
1505.
effort to fulfill our
This is my first year
mission statement. Plus
at Evergreen. I have been Tenderness, closeness a MANLY bake sale every
and softness are all now and then to drum up
out of school for about
six years. In that time I inherent male traits, interest and pay for those
have met many different
burritos I have for lunch
therefore it is
people, all allies in the
every
day
(extra
opressive to see
battle to free our minds.
guacamole ain't cheap
I came to TESC to
masculinity as only you know).
continue this battle, to "tough,""rough," and In our culture, men are
look for more allies and
frequently treated as
"strong."
teachers. I have not been
inherently aggressive and
disappointed, finding
violent, and violence
many
passionate
against men is more
thinkers and compassionate challengers to condoned than violence against women.
my own prejudices. I have also searched for Men are also looked upon to be rigid and
a group of men who are eager to experience rock steady. This is a vicious cycle and serves
mature and nurturing relationships with to Significantly narrow the definition of
other men, and were willing to challenge the male. In fact, most of us fall outside of that
dominant ideologies fed to us throughout narrow category, which leaves men with
our lives. The week before school when the many questions. I'm not saying that the
air was still warm, the sun hot, and you Men's Center has the answers to your
didn't need a wetsuit to sit in the grass questions, but we are actively exploring
around Red Square I met Matt Campbell, men's roles and seeking answers and we
co-coordinator (with Mark Geil) of the welcome new seekers to join us. Every man
Men's Center. I was encouraged by my has always done the best he could to fight
conversation with him and the brightly the oppression placed upon him (although
colored flyers that the Men 's Center sometimes projecting that oppression on
provided, for it showed me that there was a those around him and causing harm). All
force out there ready to tackle men's issues men want and need close loving
(men's issues. Sounds like one of those New relationships with men and women. '
Age psychobabble phrases, but it gets the Tenderness, closeness and softness are all
point across).
inherent male traits , therefore it is
I have attended all of the meetings oppressive to see masculinity as only
since the '98 school year began, and have "tough," "rough," and "strong" (there ar$'
been struck by our conversations. They have many different strengths). Every man is
been challenging, intimate, and down right capable of recovering his humanity
radical at times. We have a mission to bring completely.
men together to explore men 's roles in
I would like to send out a personal
society, and hope to create community for invitation to J ROCA BETA (the UNoffical
men in a place of safety and acceptance. We TESC fraternity) to come to our Men 's
are focused on educating all people for the Center as an act of good faith and solidarity.
sake of liberation and freedom through If all 30 of you can't come then at least send
support groups and educational activities.
over some representatives, because being
The Men's Center is a pro-feminist our Men's Center means it's your Men's
group. We see our liberation to be directly Center, too.
by Elias Foley

Contributing writer

He's repellent!

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Staff writer
Thanksgiving is here and so is the imagery offootball,
forced family fun, the color orange, disemboweled turkeys,
feathers made out of construction paper, pilgrims and a 10story blow-up rendition of Underdog. What the hell are we
doing?
Approximately 400 years ago, this continent was messy,
to say the least. Settlers were a dime a dozen and killing
people was cliche. The Spanish were in and out with
grandiose visions of God and money. The French and Dutch
liked the water around Florida for its abundance of fish and
the aboriginal tribes were fighting amongst themselves for all
kinds of reasons. This continuous motion and activity left
pre-America changed by a few noteworthy items: horses,
African slaves, farming, cattle, and illness. This is where the
English decided to enter.
In a relatively short amount of time, the newly
introduced viruses managed to kill more than three quarters
of the tribal population. The English, fueled by puritanical
notions of reality, decided that God had prepared a pathway
so they could reap the treasures that awaited them in this
land. Shortly thereafter, they began to sail ashore, laying
claim to the villages and land covered by God's blessings (the
rotting corpses of its prior inhabitants,)
Contrary to popular belief, the pilgrims weren't the first
to do anything. Prior to the grand entrance of the Mayflower,
an English colony had already been established in
Jamestown, Virginia. The three ships (Susan Constant,
Discovery, and Goodspeed) sailed ashore and its passengers
arrived with visions of tobacco, gold and riches. In 1623,
these same people made history as the first British to use
chemical warfare by poisoning the Potomac River tribe (over
200 people) with a toast to "symbolize eternal friendship."
Unfortunately, this same colony ended in ruins as their
knowledge of the land was insufficient and they had already
killed anyone who might offer help. As a consequence, their
last days were spent desperately feasting on the dead bodies
of their victims.
Point being. these moments never adequately made our
history books and they certainly aren't a hot topic of
conversation to someone sitting next to the cranberry sauce.
The Thanksgiving myth of "virgin land" and "bountiful
harvests" is a crock of masturbatory feel-good falsehoods that

These horrifYing and disheartening facts
often leave many of us feeling helpless. There
is something you can do, however. Nov. 14
through the 21 is Hunger and Homelessness
Awareness Week. WashPIRG's Hunger and
Homelessness campaign, along with other
student groups on campus, are doing their part
to fight back in the war against the forces that
allow so many to go hungry and live without
shelter. Aconcert was held last Saturday, Nov.
14, to raise money for the C"lISC. The event ,
sponsored by the Student Arts Council (SAC),
KAOS, and WashPIRG. raised over $90. Also
this week, a sleep-out was held in Red Square,
where students slept amid the wet weather in
support of many who do not have a roof over
their head. Students also served food at Bread
and Roses, a soup kitchen in downtown Oly,
for lunch and dinner on Monday. As part.of
this week's activities, a fast will be held today,
Thursday, Nov. 19, so that we may understand
some feeling of what it's like to go hungry.
Continuing all week is also a food and clothing
drive. Clean out your closets and cabinets, and
look for drop boxes in the dorms and around
campus, or drop items off at the WashPIRG
office in Seminar 3156. Perhaps all of us could
take some time out from our daily lives to help
in the lives of others. This week has been a
success, but why should it be unlike any other?
Please call Shannon or Daniel at ext. 6058 to
help. The campaign helps at Bread and Roses
every other Monday, and always has activities
for everyone to get involved.

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Photo by Ray Ayer
faces during the fall in preparation for a bleak winter. Watch
remain perpetual by our own lack of strength and courage to
the person next to you this Thanksgiving and you'll probably
face the truth.
notice striking similarities to a sqUirrel collecting the last of
The truth is that all humans judge, all humans kill, and
the fall goodies.
all humans use morality to justifY their undeniable urge for
In conclusion, we have no idea what the hell wc're
power, Every conquest, claim, or revolution in history had an
doing. We're just walking around
"us" and "them" with thousands
aimlessly, inventing myths that
dead ill between. So where do the
make things better or watching
pilgrims get off making all the
The Thanksgiving myth of "virgin football
to numb our pain , If we
history books? They got off at
land" and "bountiful harvests" is a wanted to accurately "celebrate"
Plymouth Harbor and gave
thanks to God one year later for
crock of masturbatory feel-good Thanksgiving, we'd give AIDS to
the harvest Squanto had worked falsehoods that remain perpetual our neighbors, lay claim to the
house , force our parents into
so hard to maintain.
by our own lack or strength and slave labor and write a pseudo
Suddenly, next week's
constitution in hopes that our
dinner plans seem kind of silly.
courage to face the truth.
children will hold a yearly feast in
Well, consider the fact that
honor of our wholesome deeds.
Thanksgiving was actually
As for the other details -I have
around long before 1620. It used
no idea what television, creamy mashed potatoes or
to be more of an autumnal harvest celebration. The human
Underdog have to do with anything. Your guess is as good as
animal didn't always have a 24-hour Top Foods on top of the
mine.
hill. Our ancestors, like other animals, shoved food in their

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By Aaron Cansler
Hey Kids! How's are your
quiet lives of desperation
coming along? Me? Oh,
you know, I am doing all
right... But next week is
Thanksgiving, and that
means the Calendar had
very little items this week,
and well, that means lots of
fIller, and you know how I
feel about filler. But whatever the case, go out and
have some fun, and try and
enjoy this silly thing we call
life. Here we go:

Thursday 11-19

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3 p.m . Women's speak out
about TESC Police
Services. 3rd floor of
CAB.
7:30 David Sedaris, author
of "Naked" @ The
Washington Center For The
Performing Arts. Students
$13.
8 p.m. Sky Cries Mary,
Frequency db, and
Devachan @ The Capitol
Theater. $8 in advance .
Get your tickets at Rainy
Day, Tee's Me, and CD
Connection.

9 p.m. Dirty Birds, Watts
Ex-Mono Men, and The
Gimmicks @ The Eastside.
$4. 21 and up.

Ab, well, now that the giant
Burt head has you lookin'
over here, this is how you
send in Calendar items:
Bring (or mail) your item to
CAB 316 by 4 p.m. on
Mondays, at the latest. Or
call 866-6000 X 6213. My
e-mail address is:
oroborus2000@hotmaiLcom
Send me somethin' cause
I'm bored. It doesn' t have
to be calendar related , in
fact, it probably shouldn' t
because I don' t check it
very often ... but stilL Lavish me with praise or
something

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the Seepage for this
issue.

9 p.m. Altamont wi Dave
Grover of the Melvins, and
Honky wi Pinkus of
Butthole Surfers @ 4th Ave
Tavern. $4.

8 p.m. Kirihito, Behead The
Prophet, and Extended Play
@ the TESC Longhouse.
$5.

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Scribblers unite,

8 p.m. Opening comedy act
wi Yashi (8 till 9). Then,
Gray Daisy @ Burrito
Heaven Tequila Bar. 2103
W. Harrison Ave.

8 p.m. Open Mic and
guests : Super Duo @ Red
Giant Cafe and Grill. Sign
up at 7 p.m.

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Sunday 11-22

3 p.m. Asher Hashash will
be talking.about the basics
of Jewish Mysticism and
leading meditation
exercises in LIB 2221.
Refreshments provided!

8 p.m. Timothy Hull and
Zak Borden @ Studio 321.
(Old-time- Bluegrass-folk).
$6 .

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Friday 11-20

MARGINAL DOODLES

submit cartoons to
r oom 316 on the 3rd
fl oo r o f the CAB.

Wednesday 1125
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Go dance
on channel 3! Dance 0'
Dance invites you! 440
Yauger Way. Go do this, I
mean it. I love this show,
and it needs you, and
therefore, I need you.
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It is wrong to chop off
people's heads and stick
them in water coolers,
but if you really, really
must, then you should
outfit them with goggles
so others may see the fear
in their eyes.

I didn't want to do it.! You made me do it! Because you didn't send
me bunches and bunches of Calendar items this week, I had to make
good on my threat to use a big creepy celebrity head to scare and
frieghten you. And if a giant Burt Reynolds head doesn ' t kinda scare
you, well , may God have mercy on your soul. So, uh, yeah, if you
don't want to see this creepiness, then send stuff in to the address on
the lower left side of the page.

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6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Social
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Dance, featuring "Alika"
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Just imagine him
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7 p.m. " Fixed and
Confused". Comedy play
with Bill Bradley @ The
Midnight Sun . $4- 10
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that land of yours is woMh?

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Jason Webly @ The Capitol
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