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This week's See Page features the work of the inimitable Dan Scholz. Be
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Bus pass
approved
by Sam Pullen
S&A board member
Starting during orientation
week of fall '98. Evergreen students
will be able to Ride Free on IT With
Your Student !D. On April 27, the
Services and Activities Board
reached a consensus to give full
funding to the Student Bus Pass
propo sa l, for a total amo unt of
$187.741. This will cover the costs
of a one-year pilot program that will
get the ball rolling for a more
perman en t program. The Evergreen
Board of Trustees will give final
approval for the allocation.
The main goa l of the bus pass
program is to make alternative
transportation a viable option for
most students. and to relieve
pressure to expand the parking lots.
By reducing the cost of riding the bus
relative to parking costs, this
program will promote mass transit
and reduce the number of single
occupancy vehicles (SOYs) in the
parking lots. The bus pass is just the
first step in a larger Responsible
Transportation Program that will
one day encourage riding the bus,
cycling, walking, carpooling, and
sharing a van as affordable ways for
all students, staff and faculty to get
to.and from the univerSity.
The idea of a school-sponsored
bus pass has been around for a long
time, but it was not until last fall and
winter that students started building
momentum to make it happen.
When IT announced that it would be
raising all its rates and eliminating
the yearly pass, we knew it was time
to take action. With encouragement
from S&A Advisor Tom Mercado,
Bryan Freeborn and Sam Pullen
started a student group which met
staff and
with
st udents,
administration to discuss various
options for a student bus pass
program.
The group began
negotiating with Intercity Transit to
design a program that cou ld be
implemented in the fall of '98 at a
price that Evergreen could afford.
Many different options were
discussed, ranging trom a subsidy for
students who buy a monthly pass at
the TESC bookstore to a student bus
pass which would allow all students
to ride IT for free. The group agreed
that the bus pass is the best option
because is the most likely to increase
bus ridership significantly and thus
reduce the number of students who
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choose to drive a car. The final
proposal was modeled after
successful bus pass programs that
have been implemented at South
Puget Sound Community College
and the University of Washington.
Since most of the funding for
the program will be funded by
Services and Activities money (which
comes from fees collected through
student tuiti on), the S&A Board
surveyed students to find out how
much support there is for bus pass.
Out of rou ghly 450 students
surve yed, 51% suppo rted a full
subsidy, 27% for a partial subsidy,
and 19% were unsure. Only 3% were
opposed to any subsidy for a bus
pass. 39% of students surveyed
listed a bus subsidy as the most
important arca where they wanted
S&A money to be spent. The resulrs
of this survey were a significant
determinant for the S&A Board's
decision to fund a full subsidy for the
bus pass.
How will the bus pass work?
The subsidized bus pass will
allow students to ride IT within
Thurston County conveniently and
for free. All students will have to do
to ride the bus is present their
student ID with the sticker to verify
registration for the current academic
quarter.
It is very important for
students to support the bus pass
program during its pilot year both by
riding the bus and by voting to keep
the program running after the oneyear contract expires. S&A will not
be able to provide continual funding
for a subsidized bus pass. If the
program is to continue, students witl
have to vote next spring to provide
funding for the program, which witl
probably come from a fee collected
eac h quarter (similar to the student
health fee) or by a per credit charge
for all students.
. It is also imperative that the
bus pass program to receive
multilateral support from the
administration, the staff and union,
housing, and parking. If th e
program is well-supported and
successful , it will make Evergreen a
beacon on the hill for universities
and communities across the nation
that are see king to change our
devastating transportation and
consumption patterns and promote
responsible tran sport ation for a
sustainable future.

Have you voted?
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photo by Jennifer Koogler

Elizabeth Beckett (above, left) signs her name to the roster before receiving a ballot
from poll volunteer Whitney Buschmann (above, right) and circles her choice for the
first student represenatative to the college's Board of Trustees.
There are ten candidates, and the five students who recieved the most votes will
have their names forwarded to Governor Gary Locke, who makes the final decision.
The person chosen will have an official vote on the board on decisions like tuition
increases and budget use.
See last week's CP J for a complete voter's guide (polling sites should have them
available). There you will read personal statements from each candidate as well as
other pertinent voting information you should have to make an informed decision .
You still have a chance to vote on today until 2:30 p .m. and from 5 to 8 p.m . in the
CAB and the Library Lobby. You can also vote in the Housing Community Center from 6
to 8 p.m .
Go. Now. Vote .

New handicap parking
fines will not apply to TESe
by Hillary Rossi
Staff writer
The ticket for parking illegally in a
handicapped zone will go up $75 come this June in
all of Washington state except for at Evergreen.
The current rat e for parking illegally in a
handicapped zone at Evergreen is $25, according
to the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) that
defines parking violation fees for Wa shington
co lleges. The state fee for handicapped parking
zone violations is $J75. On June 11, the state fee
changes to $250. But unless the WAC chan ges,
Evergreen will sta y at the $25 violation fce.
In order to chan ge it, someone must form a
committee to rewr ite the language for WA C and
give the rewritten language to the vice president for
student affairs, Art Costantino. Costantino then
forwards the new written language to the Board of
Trustees , who must approve it.
A public forum will have to be held 31 days
before it is approved by the Board of Trustees , said

administrative assistant, Rita Sevci k. The whole
process takes about one academic quarter, she
added.
So far, no one has taken the lead in getting the
college's fee for handicapped parking raised, said
Steve Huntsberry, chief of police services. But he also
said that people parking ;n handicapped zones
without a handicapped parking placard isn't much
of a problem at Evergreen.
Occasionally, there will be an able bodied
perso n who will park in a handicapped parking spot
using someone elsc's handicapped permit placard .
or using a fri end 's or relati ve's car that ha~ a
handicapped permit placard in the window, and
we'll catch him, said officer Darwin Eddy from policr
se rvices.
Also able bodied peoplr wil l park in
handicapped zones without placards for a moment
to go into an Evergreen building to get something
and they are caught . sa id Huntsberry.
However these instances are very rare. he
added.
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Committee seeking student opinion
about commu'n ity service-learning
on community service-learning projects, a
referral center for volunteer opportunities, and
a source of other activities that create and
A Community Service-Learning sustain college-community partnerships,
Disappearing Task Force (DTF) has been
We have circulated a questionnaire to
working this year to define, describe and faculty and staff, trying to assess their interest
propose new initiatives that support and involvement in community service work.
Evergreen's involvement in community and/ With faculty, we also asked how much they
or service-learning work. As part of that work, build community service-learning activities
the DTF has prepared a questionnaire for into their programs. While we have some
students to relate their experiences in student representation on our DTF and we've
community service and to
had some excellent
make recommendations
conversations with a few
regarding college support
academic programs and
Pick up a questionnaire at
for this work. "Servicestudent organizations,
the S&A office, CAB 320, or
learning" is defined in
we're hoping to gain
at the Academic Advising
higher
education
additional insights and
literature as academic
experiences from a
Office, lib, 1401.
work that is experiential,
broader range of
community - based,
students.
You can also email your
addressing human and
So, if communityresponses to
community
needs,
based work is important
foxr@elwha.evergreen.edu.
bridging theory and
to you, whether for
practice, building skills of
credit or not, please look
Please respond by May 13 ,
for copies of our student
citizenship
and
democratic participation,
questionnaire in the
involving both action and reflection, and S&A Office (CAB 320) and at the Academic
sensitive to issues of reciprocity - that is, of Advising Office (LIB 1401). Or e-mail us your
mutual benefit to both the community and the responses to the following questions at
student.
foxr@elwha. We'd like your input by
In our DTF work so far, we have Wednesday, May 13.
discovered that Evergreen promotes this type
of learning quite prominently, that
DTF Members:
community-based projects are included in
Rebecca Bauen
many academic programs, and that
Doranne Crable
internships are a significant strategy or
Margherita Cumero
opportunity for students to engage in serviceBonita Evans
learning as part oftheir education at Evergreen.
Russ Fox (Chair)
We are thinking about proposing 4-credit
Larry Geri
seminars as an academic component available
Stephanie Kozick
for internship contract students pursuin g
Jean MacGregor
studies in similar areas - such as internship s
John McCann
Jackie
McClure
in the arts, etc.
Our main recommendation is probably
Jacinta McKoy
goingto be that Evergreen establish sOllle kind
Carol Minugh
of community service-learning crnter that
Lin Nelson
would be a clearinghouse for faculty and
Elizabeth O'Neill
Kitty Parker
students and community groups to find each
other, a resourc e center for students working
Tom Rainey

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the Cooper Point Journal

by Amber Rack

HINT:
The portal was decorated with silver
runes, matching those on the
midnight blue spellbooks, The mage
was powerful indeed to control the
magic in those books and master the
gateway between worlds, which
glowed with mystical energy,

Student Questionnaire for
Community Service-Learning
Disappearing Task Force
-How important is community
service,
service-learning
or
community-based academic work to
you as a part of your education? Was
this a factor in your choosing to come
to Evergreen?
- What community service-learning
experiences have you had so far at
Evergreen? For example, community
service volunteer activities with local
nonprofit organizations, communitybased projects where you worked on
a problem or issue with local
community
residents
or
organizations,
more
formal
internship learning contracts, or
volunteer and/or activism work. How
much of that service work has been
related to or is a result of your
academic work at Evergreen? If you
were gaining academic credit for your
experiences , was there sufficient
opportunity and support to reflect
upon and analyze how the

experiential learning related to your
other academic work?
- If community service-learning is
important to you, what can Evergreen
do to provide more opportunities and
support for your involvemen t in
community-based work?

Last .....k,w. took a clos.r Imk at •••
the mural on the thi",
floor of the Ubrary, just
around the mrn.r ftom
the Human Resources
office.

-The
DTF
is
considering
recommending the creation of a
community service-learning center of
some sort. Activities would include
being a clearinghouse to make
connections between community
groups or agencies requesting
assistance and students and faculty
seeking opportunities for community
service-learning work. Also, the
cen ter would be a resource cen ter wi th
materials and information about local
community organizations, the skills
of effective community work, etc.
Would such a center be helpful to
you?

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STUDENTS:
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Work On Campus.
Solution: Be The 1998-99

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CAB 316, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505
News
Staff Writer: Hillary Rossi
Staff Photographer. Sam Trechter
Letters and Opinions Editor: La u ren Ada ms
Copy Editors: Selene Alice & Suzanne Skaar
Comics Page Editor: Dan Scholz
Calendar Editor. Aaron Huston
Newsbriefs Editor: Mat Probasco
Seepage Editor.' David Simpson
Security Blotter Editor: John Evans
Systems Manager.Tak Kendrick
Layout Editors.' Tak Kendrick & Kim Nguyen
Photo Editor :Greg Skinner
Features Editor. Michelle Snyder
Arts & Entertainment Editor: Ethan Jones
Managing Editor. Leigh Cullen
Editor in Chief: Jennifer Koogler
Business Business Manager: Keith Weaver
Assistant Busin ess Manager: Amber Rack
Advertising Representative' Trevor Pyle
Ad Designers.' Marianne Settles &Tan-ya
Gerrodette
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Ad Proofer: Maya Kurtz
Advisor: Dianne Conrad

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very few literary journalism courses and no
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this, students have the luxury of a true, free
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around the globe will attend an orientation any experience or bribe money, just old
seminar on the first floor of the library fashion enthusiasm.
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Many of these transfer students will be Attend a story meeting with your ideas . Or
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Tip-toe through the
Garden of Art
A group of local
artists (some TESC grads)
will be holding a one day
Ihow and sale of fiJl~ art
and crafts entitled "A
Garden of Art." The
exhibit and sale will be at
th e Coach HOlls e of the
State Capitol Mlisellm on
May 16 from 10 to 6 p.m.
Participatin g artists will
in clude Kar en Utt e r.
Cathy Jens en , Carol
Hannum, Kath y C;orefu ss, Beth Connolly, Cliff
High, Karen Greene, Joe
Iv ey, Penny Merrell,
Loralin TOlley, Diana
The
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'Tossin' it around

Adventure travel:
weekend in Yoseml'
As the bus rolled into Tumwater, we
knew it could be no other. The bright green
and silver coach coasted to a stop, and as soon
as the door opened, its groovy atmosphere
spilled out. As Starsilip (the name of the
converted Metro) pulled away, we knew we
were in for an adventure.
We were on a Green Tortoise commuter
bus headed for San Francisco. It was filled with
the young and old , Americans and world
travellers, and people of all colors with a sensoe
of adventure. The seating arrangements on
Green Tortoise vehicles are unique, so we were
given ample opportunity to know the people
we were sitting (or lying) next to.
Our coachman, Skip Tipton, was
obviously an intelligent and experienced
driver who always spokc his mind and
informed us about all the interesting sights
along the route to California. At Cow Creek,
Oregon, we stopped for a tasty dinner and
sauna (Green Tortoise has a hideaway there),
before Starshipdeparted for the night.
Down the road a piece, we performed
"The Miracle." This involved turning the two
card tables on the bus into no less than four
double beds and converting the other seating
areas into huge sleeping areas. We arrived in
San Fransico on Friday morning,

photo co urte, y of Ga rd en of Art
MetalHeads? What ever happened to mall-bangs and black t-shirts?

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The Student Health Center is happy to announce that
they now have two women's health care nurse practitioners
working in the clinic. These nurse practitioners are available
to provide yearly/ annual pap smears for female students,
which greatly expands student access to these services.
Polly Tayler is a nurse-midwife who provided birth care
to rural women in Virginia prior to moving to Washington.
Now she is a Public Health Nurse Consultant for the
Washington State Department of Health, providing
consultation and technical assistance to state agencies.
Maureen Considine is a women's health care nurse
practitioner who works as a Nursing Care Consultant for the
State Family Planning office and the HIV / Aids Prevention
office. She also has been teaching at Evergreen in the Paradox
of Aids program this year.
Both Polly and Maureen found in their administrative
positions that they missed working with women and women's
health. So both are volunteering their services to the Student
Health Center.

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JanrjefVIswill bein thearea near the Deli in theCAB
on May 12 from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m., May 20 from 2 to 3
p.m., and from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on May 27. She invites
students, staff and faculty to join her at those times to share
concerns, to ask questions or to get acquainted. There is a
chance that scheduling conflicts may keep Jervis from
attending portions of the time though . If you are looking
for her during one of the above times and can't find her,
call x6100 and confirm when she will be in front of the Deli
next.

photo by Greg Skinne r
Spring is a great time to throw knives on
The Evergreen State College campus. This fellow
is doing just that .... and catching them. If you
plan to catch the knives you throw, the staff at
the Cooper Point Journal suggest you practice
on smaller, more dull objects, like rubber balls.
Then feel free to juggle knives, chainsaws, or
motorcycles. Remember, it's spring, have fun.

Photos by Amber-'Ram
Story by Ethan Jones
Friday evening at 9 p.m. we departed for
Yosemite with an oR-icial Green Tortoise tour
bus- a converted Greyhound, larger than the
commuter bus, called Max. We awoke the next
moming as the bus entered Yosemite. As we
peered, sleepy eyed , out of the steamy
windows, we saw - SNOW!
We groggily filed out of the bus to set up
for breakfast. Every meal with the Green
Tortoise is prepared - from chopping to
cooking to washing to stowing - by Green
Tortoise riders. It's a cooperative venture. All
the meals were vegetarian, but could be
modified for vegans if they spoke up. And
vegans always speak up! This morning we
created breakfast and lunch, that way we
wouldn't be tethered to the bus later in tbe day.
Agroup of us, representing the countries
of Finland, Israel. Germany, and America, set
out to find the Upper Yosemite Falls trail. At
one point the grey clouds parted to reveal a
gorgeous view of EI Capitan and Half Dome
and the entire Yosemite Valley. The sights were
really only part of the point - the company
was equally imporant.
We also visited the Mariposa Grove of
Giant Sequoias, which is home to some of the

Planned Parenthood gives away handy First Aid kits
Planned Parenthood is offering a free fint aid kit for
moms who book their annual exams during the week of May
11 to 17. The first aid kit is designed to be small enough to fit
in a car glove box, diaper bag, or a.purse. The idea is to give
moms a gift of well ness and to encourage them to make
Planned Parenthood appointments.

Planned Parenthood centers are located in Seattle, the
University District, Tacoma, Bellevue, Bremerton, Totem
Lake, Kent, Federal Way, Oak Habor, Shelton, Olympia,
Everett, Lynnwood, Arlington, Lakewood, Monroe and
Centrailia. The first aid kits are free with an appointment.
To find out more information call, 1-8QO-230-PLAN .

largest and oldest living things on
Earth. As usual, everyone got to decide
the extent to which they were involved .
Some blazed trails, some followed trails,
and some didn't even go in the woods.
The mOst wonderful thing about
travelling with the Tortoise was
that it was entirely experiential.
The trip was entirely what we
made it. A lot like our Evergreen
educations, actually. YOli could
stay in the bus the whole time, but
why would you want to do that
whcn it's so beautiful outside?
. The Green Tortoise also
travels many other places (even all
the way to Costa Rica!) and the
trips can last from a few days to a
few weeks.

Skip Tipton (left),
was our driver for
the weekend. He
planned and
organize meals
(shown above).
which were always
prepared fresh; and
everybody was
expected to help
either cooking or
cleaning,

For more information about
Green Tortois e trips, contact
them al ]-800- TORTOISE.

Below:Tortoise riders help
each other through the snow at the
Grove of Mariposas. The Green
Tortoise uses a 'buddy system' to
ensure that nobody gets lost or left
behind. It also promotes a sense of
'community' on the bus .

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A deck of cards is a good thing to

April 25
0840- lndividual pours liquid over copying machine in Library.
Coincidentally, WSU student riot began with an eruption of
frat boy rage after baseball cap wearing Neanderthals
discovered that pouring one beer into a copier won't get you a
si x-pack.
April 26
0030- Assault incident.
0332- A bag is stolen from the Library. Attention, bag thieves:
you can obtain perfectly usable bags, paper or plastic, from
your local Safeway fdr absolutely no charge. To abscond with
someone else's bag only inconveniences others, and as your
mother undoubtedly has told you, do unto others as you would
have them do unto you. So, I ask you, would you have someone
steal your bag? I thought not.
0901- Counter cables are cut at various locations campus-wide,
begging two burning questions: what are counter cables, and
why on God's green earth would anyone want to cut those of
Evergreen? Rather than steal bags or cut cables, why don't you
open a book? Take a walk in thdresh air, perhaps in the buff,
along the scenic beach trail, and spend some quality time with
your... wait, that will land you in the Security Blotter, too. Open
a book.
Ino- Red and blue paint discovered on CRC walls is one color
short of a patriotic rendering of the stars and stripes forever,
and just in time for the fourth.

2039- Unsafe usage of a motorized vehicle or, as the kids are
calling it these days, "reckless driving," serves to tarnish the
reputation of the Evergreen Parkway as a picturesque spot to
walk Granny across the street.
2303- Graffiti "artist" defaces the architecture of B-dorm.
"Artist" seems too kind a word for a vandal , don't you think?
"Graffiti bonehead" is more apropos.
April 27
0431- Someone cooking at 4:30 a.m., perhaps so bleary eyed
they thought they were baking a bundt cake instead of reheating yesterday's Pop-Tart, allows food to reach unsafe
temperatures and subsequently, alarms begin Monday morning
rather unceremoniously for the inhabitants of R-dorm.
0543-ln grateful reward for their brutal Monday morning wakeup call, the food-burners are presented with a citation at 5:43
a.m., courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Fire Department.
0917- Items are stolen from an office in the deans' area. Listen,
you 're dreaming if you think your roommate isn't going to be
suspicious when he notices your new "Kiss the Dean" coffee
cup and TESC policy manual paperweight.
1057- An indecent exposure incident occurring the previous
week is reported, once the scars left by the sight of a grubby
bearded guy frolicking around au naturel heal sufficiently to
permit speech. The TESC beach trail's new slogan: be afraid,
be very afraid.
1201- A picture is removed from the Computer Center. This is

the Cooper Point Journal

May 7, 1998

not a censorship issue, or a matter of personal taste: it's about
petty larceny, misdemeanor theft, and the gradual
deterioration of human decency. It's about that little voice that
says, "Don't do that, it's wrong!" being garroted and left in a
drainage ditch along 1-5.
1420- Blue Toyota station wagon stolen in F-Iot. Who says
Greeners are apathetic? It takes a lot of cajones to steal a car.
First you have to pick one out, break in and drive it away
without being caught, then find a black market fence and
haggle for a good price. Mr. Car Thief should run for student
rep on the board of trustees, because we know he's got the
requisite organizational skills and initiative-in spades.
April 28
0830- Burnt food at the Child Care Center sets off an alarm
but no harm is done, With spunky half-pints bright-eyed and
bushy tailed at 8:30 in the morning, who can blame the good
folks at the CCC for letting the grilled cheese sandwiches sit
on the old grill a mite too long?
2345- On a routine patrol, the Reservoir gate is found insecure.
Noah Cross is diverting L.A.'s water supply to the orange
groves again.
2400- The day ends, and in downtown Oly KAOS still sounds
like my Grandma crunchin' peanut brittle with her dentures.
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Eldridge Cleaver, former minister of
information for the black panther
party, died on Friday.
white community, but enamored the black
community to the party.
In 1968 when Soul on Ice became
published, Cleaver added to his building
fame. The book was an angry look not only at
white society, but at Cleaver's own soul.
tracing the development of his political
thought through his readings of Thomas
Paine, Karl Marx, Lenin, James Baldwin and
Malcom X while in prison. The book also
examined what caused him to become a
convicted rapist and his soul search ing over
the inhumanity involved in the act.
"Rape was an insurrect ionary act. It
delighted me that I was defying and trampling
upon the white man's law, and trampling
upon his system of va lues, and that I was
defiling his women .. . I felt I was gett ing
revenge," he wrote.
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because of the illegality of rape, but because
he published Soul on Fire an account of his
of the inhumanity.
conversion to Christianity.
"I took a long look at myself and, for the first
During his last decade, Cleaver still had his
time in my life, admitted that I was wrong, that
troubles with the police. In 1988 he was put
I had gone astray - astray not so much from
on probation after being convicted of robbing
the white man's law as
a house in Oakland
from being human,
that was under
This Soul
civilized, for I could
renovation. He was
not approve the act of
jailed briefly during
This soul on ice
rape," he wrote,
that same year after
is a warrior's cry
adding, "Even though I
testing positive for
made bold by the fire ofinequality
had some insight into
cocaine use.
in a day famous for racial hatred
my own motivations, I
Cleaver entered
did not feel justified. I
drug rehab in 1990 in
This soul on ice
lost myselfrespect. My
an attempt to recover
is words made stronger by the harshness of
pride as a man
from an addiction to
reality
dissolved, and my
crack coca ine. Two
ill a system that discourages
who le fragile moral
years later he was
the independent thought ofa black man
struc ture seemed to
arrested again by
co llapse, completely
Oakland police for
This soul on ice
shattered. That is why .
carrying rock cocaine,
represents intellect honed to a razor's edge
I started to write. To
but charges were
intent on cutting away the disease
save myself. "
eventually
dropped
of the white man '5 charge
Then, in April of
when it was discovered
1968, Cleaver was
the
police
had
This soul on fire
involved in a shootout
conducted an illegal
is a poet's call
with police in West
search of his truck.
made strong by love ofmankind
Oakland. He was
In March 1994,
and a desire to help
arrested and charged
Cleaver underwent
attempted
with
surgery for a severe
This soul on fire
murder. After posting
head injury after
finds words softened in response to a
$50,000 bail, Cleaver
being beaten and
. world's pain
fled the United States,
robbed while trying
seen through the pain ofliving
spending the next
to
buy crack cocaine.
within the color ofa skin
seven years seeking
By 1992, Cleaver's
refuge in Communist
politics had swun g
This soul on fire
or left-dominated
back toward center,
is intel/eel refilled to a peaceful charge
count ri es , where he
including critical
buried within the heart ofa leader
felt he cou ld avoid
observations about
confident, peaceli.II and war-like
extradition to the U.S.
both
Presid ents
After seven years of
This soul
Reagan and Bush. It
exile,
Cleaver
made offire and ice
was also durin g this
I
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lecture circuit, taking about the effects ofthe
returned to California, gaining more attention
as he became a born-again Christian, renounced
Panther's revolution on American politics.
his leftist ways and joined the Republican Party.
Cleaver is survived by his former wife,
Cleaver served a five year sentence on probation
Kathleen and his daughter, Joju and son,
following a plea bargin with authorities. In 1978,
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Eldridge Cleaver, former Black Panther
and best-selling author whose prison writings
and fiery style of speech became a large force
in the revolution of black America, died at 62
on Friday.
According to
Story and poem
newspap e r
by Tak Kendrick reports, Cleaver
died at the
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Cent er in
Pomona. At his family's request, the cause of
his death was not divulged .
In 1965, while in Folsom Prison on a rape
conviction, Cleaver wrote Soul on Ice, an
outraged cry against the cauldron of racism
in America . The book was eventua ll y
published in 1968 to critical praise and sold
millions of copies.
When he left prison in the mid-1960s,
Cleaver found the Bay Area, especially Oakland,
writhing with a strong black revolutionary
spirit, motivated in part by anti-war philosophy
·and the Free Speech Movement.
It was atthis time that Bobby Seale and Huey
Newton were founding the Black Panther Party,
a militant group outfitted with weapons, berets
and black jackets, intent on protecting their
Oakland neighborhoods from the backlash
against blacks by the local police department.
This group would also begin programs to ·
provide education, free breakfast and day-care
centers for there communities.
A year later Cleaver began working for the
Panther party. Newton and Seale were
immediately impressed with Cleaver's writing
and oratory talent as well as his keen intellect.
They asked him to become the party's
spokesman and he was dubbed the minister
of information for the Black Panthers.
As minister for informati on, Cleaver
became in strumental in voicing the message
that the Panthers had guns and were not
afra id to use them - which frightened the

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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ·of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a r.e dress of grievances."
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How you can help Despite
jokes,
Iraqi children
violence
is not
acceptable

As many know, there is a crisis in Iraq. movement by su pporting AFSCs Children's
linfor tunately, it is not the same crisis we read I Jealth Kit project. These Health Kits are being
about in the local newspap er or watch on gathered from all over the United States and will
television stations owned and controlled by large be shipped first to jordan, and then distributed
corporat ions. Mainstream media does not want to families in Irat]. In addition to sending these
us to know that seven years of sanctions against kits. AFSC is purchasing medical supplies and
the people oflrat] have left the country in a sta te other relief it ems for distribution in Iraq. Each
ofcmergenc),- In a lett er from former Atlorn cy Children's Kit will contain the following items.
C;cnera l l{a lllsey Cla rk tu llIembers of the U;\l which need to he uniform for fair distribution:
S('curity Council. Mr. Cbrk details the reports One bottle of children's ana lgesics- small bottle
from the United Nations Food and Agricult ure about 30-50 tablets (non-aspirin). e.g. children's
Organ izat ion which state that" sanct iollS on Irat] Tylenol
have been responsible for th e deaths of lIIure l)ne bottle of children's Illultivitamin s- small
bottle. about 100 tablet.1
than 560,000 children in
One box uf bandagesIraq since 1990." Mr. Clark
asso rt ed sizes, about 50
goes on to exp lain that
Little
by
little,
linked
One small stuffed toy not
most of these deaths an'
by
networks,
to exceed 6 inches (e.g.
from
effl' cts
of
beanie typ e)
malnutrition, disease, and
Americans are
$:'.00 for shipping costs
ep idemir s
from
beginning to react
OR
deteriorating san itary
against
a
policy
of
Financial
donation,
condi ti ons. Th e Unitl'd
suggested
IS
$15.00
continuing
States, armed with th e
(checks
can
be
written
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threat of military violence,
sanctions against
to Olympia Fr iends
is the driving lorce behind
Iraq.
Meeting c/o AFSC).
these genocidal conditions
All kits lIlUSt follow
that have ravished Iraq's
specific
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disregard for basic hUlllan rights.
On Friday. May I:' frolll 11 a.lll. to 4 p.ll!.
Little by littl e, linked by netwurks,
Americans are l}('ginning to react agai nst a policy t herr will be a table in th e Ct\ Bwi t h intlmnat ion
of co ntinuing sanct ions against Iraq by and a drop off site for donations or kits. Your
organizing their ow n rl'lil'f projects. The help is grea t Iy appreciated!
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is
an illlportantlllember of this network, and ),o u Monique and Tilll Ossa McLeod
can become a part of this hUlllanitarian

I write in respo nse to Tom Bozeman 's letter
in the April 30 issue of the CPj.
I find it sad and disturbing that Mr.
Bozeman took the time and energy to write an
editorial defending his and others' right to joke
about rape, battering, and other forms of assau lt.
He asserts that anything can be joked about, as
long as it is constructed properly. This may be
true. However, this is not the real issue at hand.
Sexual assau lt and other forms of violence
are equally abhorrent to Mr. Bozeman, yet he
somehow did not find humor in the Un iversity
of Washington's joke article Just a coup le of
weeks ago about murder. If they arc both so
terrible, then why is it acceptable to joke about
rape, and not murder? Mr. Bozeman also
believes jokes about battering women do not
advo('a te batt erin g, but in fact do just the
opposite. I would like to know where th e
evidence uf that statistic is. Perhaps in the eyes
ofMr. Bozeman and others, it does not, but these
jokes cer tainly perpetuate a belief and
undl'fstanding in society that violence against
women has just beconw something the masses
should accept. I think Mr. Bozeman has been
living in a world of denial. It is acceptable to him
to find humor in acts that are deeply violating
and painful, and happen everyday. I wonder if
he has been affectcd by sexual violence in his life.
Seeing th at he is male , the odds are against it.
One in four wumen are said to have experienced
or will ex perience a sexual assault in their life. Is
this really so funny to you, Mr. Bozeman?
He also states in his article, "Now, I don 't
expect people who have been victims of such
violence to find the joke hllllly at all." Perhaps
I 3111 l'o ncerned about th e discontinuation enough to take one of Ron 's classes or arc simply Mr. Bozeman should cunsider this the next time
omon Hinso n's art history pusition forthe 1998- cOllCerned about the futur e of art history at he wants to tell his well constructed joke about
Evergreen, please voice your su pport to keep Ron about sexual violence or any violence for that
!I~I sc hoo l Yl' 3f. Ron Hin son has been an
invaluable ele lllent of Evergreen's visual arts fur I Jinson as part of Evergreen's art bculty. i\ group matter. Perhaps he should also consider that it
eig ht years. 0Jot on ly dues he teach basic has already been formed to voice our cunCl'rn to could happen, ifit has not already, to his mother,
Western arl hi stor y, he also teaches hisstudents Evergrel'n's administration and a petition is in grandmother, sister, friend, himself. and
how to look at, analyze, and talk about art. This l'irculat ion. To add yuur name to this list of over consider the emotions he might go throu gh
historical and analytical background isessl'ntial 50 people or to find out more information on hearing such a joke.
how you call help, contact:
to am' well-roundl'd arts educatiun.
Bozeman goes on to say that, "If. for a joke
':\ 11 of Evergreen benefits frulll Ron
to be told , no one could tlnd it objectionable, we
Ilinson', presl'nce hl' re. His dasses arl' vital and Teressa Hamje
would be left with jokes less funny than Jay Leno's
II a mjet01e IWll a.evergreen.edll
he hilllseifis a priceless resource.
mono logue." He seems to indi cate that jokes
If YOIl are someo ne II'hu ha s been lucky 1\66-6000 x6516
lllust be at someo ne's or some group's expense
in order to be humorous. In that case, Mr.
Bozeman , know any good jokes based on
e
I
Please bring or address all
people's skin color or religion? Would you be so
• responses or other forms of
quick to defend your right to tell ra cist jokes?
commentary to the Cooper Point Journal office in CAB 316. The deadline is at 1 p_m.
Anti-Semitic jokes?
on Monday for that week's edition_ The word limit for responses is 450 words; for
Since Mr. Bozeman has two years left as all
undergraduate,
I think his time could be better
commentary it's 600 words.
spent becoming educated around issues of
The CPJ wants to use as much space as possible on these pages for letters and
violence, particularly to women. Maybe then he
opinions. Therefore, in practice, we have allowed contributors to exceed the word limit
will write about some thing that challenges an
I when space is available, When space is limited, the submissions are prioritized according
injustice in this world instead of being part of
I ' to when the CPJ gets them_ Priority is always given to Evergreen studetns.
th e problem. Sa feplace , a domestic violence
Please note: the CPJ does not check its e-mail daily; the arrival of e-mailed letters
shelter and pro\lider of services to victims of
may be delayed and may cause the letter to be held until the following issues. We will
sex ual assault in Olympia, does trainings fo r
I accept typed or handwritten submissions, but those provided on disk are greatly
volunteers twice a year. This may be a good place
II appreciated.
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to begin.
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We are also seeking contributions regarding the mainstreaming Evergreen, a tOpIC
foor those who may want to contact
for the upcoming May 21 issue.
Safeplace, their number is 754-6300.

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May Day Retrospective
Last Friday the Union of Student Workers
(USW) hosted a celebration of International
Workers Day in Red Square_ This was the
cu lmination of a great deal of work and support
from groups and individuals around campus.
Two days before, a Wednesday, I gave an
interview for the CPj which found its way into
an article entitled: "Who Cares About Apathy?
You Should." My contribution to that article was
triggered by a split-second desire to be a star, and
an impulsive decision that what I had to say
might be important. For a variety of reasons I
threw myself into these activities with man y
unresolved questions in my mind, and yet with
the enthusiasm th ey say only college students are
allowed to have. As I did so, many of my
questions were an swered, and my enthusiasm,
that before had been based on faith, grew to a
more mature understanding of our purpose as .
student workers.
Working as a co llege activist my most
disquieting concern has been: how seriously can
I take what I do? For many of the student
workers in the Union. both in terms of the work
they do and in their involvement in the Union,
this question still begs to be answered. I used to
believe a union composed of student workers
such as USW was only important to the extent
that it provided an opportunity to develop the

skills and awareness necessary for the "rea l
world" - in this case, the real world of labor
organizing. My views have changed.
For the past year I have worked as the
coordinator of the Latin American Solidarity
Organization (LASO). Our studentorganization
fulfills a vital role for this college in that we bring
speakers , host events and generally take it upon
ourselves to assist in Evergreen's commitment to
cultural diversity. If groups such as LASO did
not exist on this campus the college would be
required to hire additional staff to fill th e cultural
vo id.
But I do not intend to sing the praises of
LASO or any student group sponsored by
Services and Activities except to point out that
we playa vital role in the everyday running of
this school by contributing to its effort to live up
to its own ideals. More importantly, an y student
worker on campus - be they in financial aid,
the deli, KAOS, or the office of the president of
the school - all contribute to some aspect of
what makes this institution tick.
A labor organizer pointed out to me that
aside from our inh erent power due to our
integral role in the running of Evergreen, st udent
workers are involved in something more real to
life than we allow ourselves to imagine. As
college students we are a transient population.

We are to a greater or lesser extent held unde
the thumb of those we work for. And most ofu:
are in debt. If that is the case, then welcome te
the "real world," because very little uf this will
change for us once we leave college.
Those who snicker at our efforts to
organize are the same who politely dismiss the
concerns of student laborers as less than "real. "
Those whose job it is to manage us will not
remind us of our rights, nur wi ll th ey encourag~
us to assert the rights we are entitled to as all
indispensable, working part of this school.
This is where my thoughts have lead me a~
I participated in the Union of Student Workers
effort to prepare tor the In ternational Worker'~
Day celebration. As students , we come and gc
with little fanfare, but we have it within our reach
to secure a legacy for student workers to come
Perhaps more than that, every individual at thi~
college has the opportunity to reali ze that we
the student workers at The Evergreen Statl
College, have the power to win the rights tha
those in charge would like us to forge t.
Steve Hughes
co-courdinator of LA SO
member of USW

Bio-molecular evolution
and monstertrucks
ASK
DR. CEREBRUS
psyc hically channeled by
Josh Knise ly

Dr. Cerebrus is a retired supervillain who
lives in a compound a half-mile beneath TESC.
The Cooper Point journal does not endorse or
condone his views, not those of any other
supervillain.

De<lr Dr. C.
My problem is thus, Doctor. You see, for
the entirety ofmy life I have never had much luck
II'ith women. I have historically chalked this up
to the fact that my appearance is very unlike that
o{anyone ITom Melrose Place. I weigh about 98
Ibs, and about am5 '4" tal/. For some reason, al/nighters playing Quake seems to lose womells'
interests. Do my impressive computer-game
skills intimidate them? Tell me Dr. CerebflIS ...
how do I get chicks?
Albrect, Tumwater
Dear Albrect,
Your problem is far more complex than
simply not resembling someone from Melrose
Place. This is much more biological than that.
I hatetobetheonetotellyou this,Alby, but you
will never get "chicks," Anyone even vaguely
familiar with bio-molecularevolutionknowsthat
there are entire systems based around the
function that people like you cannot and should
not be allowed to spread your genes to the next
generation.
Your problem with women arises from the
fact that they instinctually sense your genetic
inferiority and at all costs avoid your
contaminating their bloodlines. Sure, sure, once
in a blue moon two individuals ofyour particular

situation will, out of desperation, find solace in
mating with one another, but th e off~pring of
such an act would be a~ sterile as a Hanford
hmnhand. And, yes, there are rare instances
where the genetic deformity goes undetected or
over looked (refer to the marriage of David
Copperfield to Claudia Schiffer), but such a
stroke of luck is unlikely in your case.
However, your piss-poor breeding does not
have to mean a life of celibacy. Like the English
peppermoth or the tropical anglerfish, you too
can utilize camouflage to make yourself appear
to be something you are not. In this case: virile.
Recent studies have shown that a large
percentage of what composes attraction is based
on sy mmetry (other influencing factors are
physical prowess, intelligence and whether or
not you are Barry White). Symmetrical feature s
r~gister instinctively as a sign of flawless genes.
One quick and simple way to create a sense of
symmetry is to photocopy your face, fold it down
the middle and suspend that half over its
opposite side by, say, the brim of a hat. Add to
this a sheen silk shirt, gold chains and, maybe in
your case, shoe-insert height-boosters, and
you're ready for lovin'.

Dear Dr. C.
HOII' did you lose your body? Or have you
all\!ays been jllSt a brain?
Regina, Grant
Dear Regina,
"
Ah, yes. I had a body once ... a fin e,
str~pping, handsome young body.
I was born Bazil Hyperion Cerebrus in a small
town outside of Boston, Mass. in April, 1889 to
John H. Cerebrus and Daisy DensmoreCerebrus.
In 1910, while sitting on his laurels after
founding his motor company, Henry Ford
decided to take on a new challenge, Enlisting the
help of an anxious young inventor by the name
of B,H. Cerebrm, he went about designing and
cOllstructi ng what would be the world's first

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monster truck.
It was a harrowing task. What wa~ a backbreaking project schedu le was rushed to an
impossible speed when we rece ived news that the
Germans were hard at 1V0rk on their own
prototype monster truck. We weren't about to
let those lousy krauts stick us with the number
two spot in this carriage-race, so we bumped up
the schedule and picked up the pace.
The day of the first test-run wa s finally
upon us and we set up shop at a secret testing
range in southern Michigan, Henry and I flipped
a coin to see who'd be the first to test it and it
came up heads. That was me,
My stomach tilled with butterflies as the
engine started with a bowel-shak ing roar. I
shifted into first , released the clutch and took off.
I was flying about the countryside, bigger than
life. Everything seemed to be going fine until ...
well, let's just say that th e tradition of naming
monster truck s ridiculously would -be
intimidating name s originated when we
inadvertently named our prototype "The
Decapitron. "
Fortunately, ea rlier that year, the Swedes
had invented a co ntroversia l life-sustainin g
substa nce, still in its experimental stage, known
only as "Gummi."
My disembodied brain was suspended in
a jar of the alien serum and there it has remained
for decades . My jar design has varied some over
the years; for a time, I was only capable of
com municatin g through a neural-integrated
telegraph, but, thankfully, we've come a long way
since then.
To write to the Doctor,
e- mail drcerebrus@hotmail.com
or se nd a postcard to:
Dr. Cerebrus
c/o the CPj, CAB :l16
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505

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A brief discussion
on pornography
Does pornography c<luse rape? FrolTl a
scientific view, causality is merely increas('d
probability. Here arc the results ofsorne causality
studies of rape and pornography, discussed in
Buchwald, Fletcher. and Roth's TransforllIing a
Rape Culture:
"
-Pornography not only intl'n silles
predispos ition to rape but also undermin es
internal inhibition s agains t acting out rape
desires.
-After expos ure to pornugraphy dl'pictillg
women as enjoyin g rape, male co llege students
were more prone to accept co mmonl y held
conceptions such as "wumen really want to be
raped" and" no means yes."
-Fifty-seven percent of these lIlales indi c~ ted
likelihood that they would commit a rape if
guarantl'ed that they would not be caught. They
also claimed that 30 percent uf the women they
know would enjoy being aggressively lorced into
sex .
-Duri ng an exposure period of two weeks, the
subject s found violent pornography to be less
and less violent, and became increa singly less
offended by the mat erial.
SOlll e claim that pornography, rathl'r than
being hannli.ll, act ually provides a ca thart ic ontic,t
for antisocial att itudes Ihat lllight esra lat e into
harmful behavior. The catharsis theury, which
influenced the 1970 Presidential ~'o nll11i ssio n on
Obscenity and POrllography, is ha~ed primarily
on research by Bed Kutchinsky. Kutchinsky\

research showed t hat Ihe relaxa t ion of ant i-porn
laws in Denmark and Sweden coincided wit h a
decrease in reported sex crimes. Many researchers
argue that this correlation is poor, si nce he failed
to accou nt for ot her socia l factors. such as an
ab normall y high rape ratc aftn the WW II
German Occupation (which madl' any
snbsequent decrease seem st at ist ica lly support il'c
orh is origin al prcmise). Interesl in gly, Kut chin sky
hilTlselfhas since recanted his initial cunclusion.
not ing that the rape rat es ofDenlllJrk and Sweden
haw increased since he conducted his study.
We must makl' roolllior healing, growth, and
learning. The ruuts of sexua l violence ru n deep;
they arc part of the foundatiun of sucie ty. To
undo the practices of sexual violence, we lIlust
address all forms of oppression, includin g
rarislll, sexism, heterosexism, and c1assism.
Pornography, frolll the Greek pornI'
(prostitute, female captive) and Waphos
(description of) lit erally mea ns a description of
the purchase of sex, which implies an imbalance
of power. Sexua l vio lence will not stop until both
men and women arc allowed our full humanit y.
Ilarllling another whom one perceives as equa ll y
human is difficult, if not impossible . The
viol l'llCe thai cO llles fronl bias , hatred, ;lnd
inl'ljualit y will chan ge on ly when we learn to
relat e to one another as equals.
Cuurtney Aiken
Co-Cuurdinator, SIIAPE

Lips and Assholes 2
An apology
First of aII. we wuuld like to set some things ONE WORD IN RESPONSETOOUR ARTICLE'!
straight with our fellow students at the Midnight Whill' we recognize that it cou ld be that they are
Fix a'nd Subterra nean Pizza. Our understanding just ali-aid, we do recognize other possibilities
is incomplete concerning t he inner workings of Those include:
l. They don't need to.
the change that was made in the food service
~. They don 't really rarr.
"business" at the Housing Co mmunity Center
3. They rea ll y don't have a good al1\\\'cr.
(HCC). We were shoc ked and surprised that it
4. They arc making mon' money th an yo u
was students replying to "Lips part I. " We'd li ke
to thank th ose students for taking the tillle to are.
respond to products "made to make money!" These arc Iheo nly an .swers Wl' ca n btholll. And
that were influenced (drtermined?) heavil y by IIow can they ge t away wi t h thi s? Bl'CalIS(, 11'(' all
SOllle outside torce. Our article was not written let them . We're not sure how l11dny peopll' kn oll'
to the folks that a rc working to help feed this, but we don't have a stude nt gOl'C'fnllll'llt.
Greeners with late-nightnlunchies. ,,, focus wa, Docs anyone realize wh y Ihis is bad'! It :dI Ol"s
aimed at the outside influence that demandcd nega tive (our opinion) d ec i~i tln\ to he lllade thai
the change in food choice . So: WE APOLOG IZE are COMPLETELY U;\lACUlUl'\TAIlLE! IYhat
if we hurt anyone's frci ings (unless they deserved all easy way to make dl'ciSiuns! We. in fact. are
to be hurt), but the article wasn't written to spite consideri ng ap pl ying for any and all Illlu ,ing
the workers. We're (somewhat) slife th at yo u all and Admin istrat iOIl jobs in t hdut ure, as it " '('111'
work very hard and do a damn lin e job. We also just a lot EASIER!
We believe it's obvious that [vergrel'n has
realize that man y of you AGREE th at meat and
lIlallY
flaws that aren 't described in tlIl' cata illf!
corporate refresh ments do NOT need to be a part
We
also
bt'lieve that there is sOll1ething that C:111
of the HCC What drove us to wri te the article
was our (seemingly shocking) concern for what be done to make this sc hoo l realize thl'
happens around here, We, for some rca~on, have Ill ytho logy tiiat surrounds it. But it doc,> tak,'
this problem with lett ing dumb idc~s pcrprt uat('. honl'sty and cooperat ion tu get thil1gs donl'. Ami
Why is it that every week ill the sc huo l that means eve rybody.
So, th ml' rea ll y in ciia rge of the i\ lF ami
newspaper there is all article written by SOlT1eOIl~
Sub-Pi
zza: WE ARE CALLINC YUU 0\ ' '1'.
who feels as though they were misled about tlI e
ac tual realit y that ex ists at TESe! Could it be I~A BY! What the hell is going on'! 11 011' dot,S the
th at we as incoming students are fed a tolerab le IIC C work'! Why don't our studeutll'orklTs 11 :11 \'
amount of sh it before ever sett ing foot 011 th i~ more say? Who are t he people in rhaqze and Iww
campus'! Yup. Could it actually be that the myth thl' FUCK did tlwy get then,'1
of Evergreen (a~ a place of peace, good ne ss.
envirollm en tal co nce rn, activisnl, etr. - all Shorl'11 Brow11
experimental utopia ) is just that - a sto ryl Why Eric Meltzl'r
is it th at NO Ol'\E foROM IIOUSI0JG HAS SA ID

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Accidental music festival

by Jen Koogler
Some kinda funky chick

The festival is no accident, though
by Jen Koogler
Press release editor goddess

This weekend The City Limits will present The Accidental
Music f.estival. f.rom Thursday. May 7 to Sunday, May 10. you
and your good music lovin' pals ca ll enjoy a range of musicians
for your aural pleasur.
The festival kicks offon Thursday with Mike & Myshkin,
talented ("he's an urban hillbilly ... she's a torch punk singer).
multi-instrument (electric and acoustic guitars, banjo. drums .
washboard, mandolin, and "whatever is handy") players and
accomplished songwriters ITom New Orleans. They are touring

with Peter Wilde right now in support of their latest CD,
EconoJine. Mike & Myshkin are playing at Traditions Fair Trade
staring at 8 p.m.
Friday at 8 p.m. is Women 's night at the Liberation Cafe.
Local artists Senayit, Betsy Grace, Christine Corey, and other
performers will groove.above Bulldog News (that's where the
Cafe is).
Saturday night at 8 p.m. again at the Liberation Cafe will
be Chris Chandler from Atlanta, GA. He will be reading poetry
and performing folk music from his new CD, Convenience Store
Troubadours. Chandler will be accompanied by Josh Zawaduk
playing the accordian, drums, among various other musical
accompaniments. Opening for Chandler will be local artist
Rebecca Rearcy, and local band EI Serioso will close the night's
performances.
Closing the festival on Sunday is Dan Bern. Ani DiFranco
produced Bern's latest CD, Fifty Eggs. The show starts at 7 p.m.
at Traditions Fair Trade. You can get advance tickets for this
show from Traditions, Rainy Day Records, or ITom The City
Limits at 786-0783.
All shows for the festival cost a mere $5 or half a Sound
Hour (a local harter system trading time for goods). All of the
performers are playing for free in solidarity with their touring
peers. Any profits from
the festival will go to the
acts to support their
touring efforts.
The
Accidenta l
Music Festival also
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Red Monkey is a punk rock band. They
are going to play some punk rock music at the
Capitol Theater on Friday, May 8.
Red Monkey includes members Rachel,
Peter, and Marc. They are all ITom a country
called England, which is part of Great Britain,
an island nation across the Atlantic Ocean
ITom here. These three folks formed at the end
of 1996 in the town of Newcastle upon Tyne
(how come we don't have cool town names like
that here?). Red Monkey first publicly
unleashed their cosmic punk force upon the
world at a gig in January 1997, then released
their first seven inch called "Do What You Feel"
two months later. They have toured around
the United Kingdom (another name for the
country named earlier) and other parts of the
continent of Europe.
Rachel sings and plays the guitar. Peter
plays the bass and sings too. Marc plays the
drums. With their combined strength, they all
help write the songs. The three of them
recently released make the moment on both
Troubleman Records and Peter and Rachel's
own Siampt Records.
A random romp through the thirteen
song LP reveals a punk score, teetering on the
line between hard and hardcore. But it's

Dan Bern, above. Will he blow you away, too?
Chris Chandler, below, is described by the
Washingotn Post as "dangerous."

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'Elements' Take it from.a Texan

by Ethan Jones
A&E editor

Go out right now and buy Classic Elements.
You could buy it because it showcases the Northwest hiphop underground, or because you'll look good listening to it,
or because you'll be supporting the local economy. or even
because I told you to. All of those are good reasons, except
maybe for that last one, but the real reason to purchase this
plate has to do with pure quality.
Classic Elerncntsis about the music, not stereotype. Each
song has an exciting, tactile groove. The beats are tight and the
rhym es run ITee. Unlike many compilation albums, this one
flows smoothly from track to track. creating a distict 'feel'
without so unding tedious.
What's amazing about it all. though, is that all the bands
come Ii'o m the Seatt le - Tacoma area . The depth and breadth
of talent in our area continually astonishes me. Every of the
gro ups represented on the disc are worthy of national renown.
Sure, there are a few tracks that aren't as good as the
others. but every song is at least interesting.
The proofis in the pudding -only in this case, the pudding
is shaped like a circle and has a tendency to rhyme when you
play it. Seriously, this is one of the most exciting compilations
I've heard in a long time.
Go out now and buy Classic Elements.

,

I get immense pleasure from the fact that I'm Texas-born.
The look on people's faces when I tell them that I was born in
Andrews, Texas, the shock, the pity, the look of utter horror, is
one that I will never tire of. It's so much more fun than telling
people that I spent most of my life in California. I wouldn't say
that I'm proud of my Texas heritage. It's more like I just enjoy
being ITom the gaudiest state in the union.
Never mind the fact that I don't actually remember
anything about Texas. Never mind the fact that three months
after I was born, my parents had the sense to move the hell out
of there. But I reserve the right, as a Texas native, to make fun
of my birth state. I mean, it's nothing new, the poking-fun-atthose-silly-Texans phenomenon. Everyone does it. But I'm a
big subscriber to the "don't knock it 'til you've tried it" school
of mockery. And, hey, I've tried it, albeit only for the most
distant three months of my memory. And I reserve the right to
be as disrespectful of my fellow Texans as I please.
Which is why I enjoy King of the Hi/lso much.

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with Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live
both here and in Seattle at the Velvet Elvis.
Both are all ages shows which is very cool. Stop
by and enjoy some punk rock if you so desire.

HILL

And then the Hills have to move to
llollywuud. It \ as if they decided that if they
couldn't film it in Hollywood. they'd damn
better set the story there . That'sgreat logic.
If there's anyone thing yo u could do to ruin
a good thin g, it's to bring it to California. I
would know. I spent the bdter part of my
life in California. And as if California weren't
enough, FOX is bringing the show to that cell
phone -toting, exhaust fum e-polluted.
hooker-infested venereal disease known as
the L.A. area.
I could see if they were l1toving out west
for the pure juxtaposition humor. Kind of
an Addal1ts Family effect where the loony
characters interact with people not quite of
their ilk. But to do that well, Kingofthe Hill
had damn better bring along all their wacky
neighbors. I mean. the Hills without Dale
or Boomhauer would just be another stupid
sitcom family. But a stupid sitcom family
with wacky neighbor~, now that's
ill novation .

continued from page 10
So why the hell are they moving it to
Hollywood? FOX has had this fixation lately,
with of all things L.A . As if we weren't al l
tired of the Bev alld Melrose already. Now
the X-Files has to move filming down there.

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up. Especially when they're learning to read. That's
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We'll give education awards of nearly $5.000 to
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An old boyfTiend once tried to defend Texans to me, saying
that the show unfairly depicted Texan men as chauvinist and
racist. I knew right then that our relationship was headed
downhill. (Well, there were.... other indicators, too, but an
entertainment column is no place to vent those relationship
gripes .) Let me tell you this, THERE IS NO DEFENSE FOR
TEXANS . They're insane. They'd have to be to want to live in
that tumbleweed-rolling, ten-gallon hat-wearing, silly-accented
state. ALI the stereotypes are true. I would know. I spent the
first three months of my life there.
And that is why King of the Hi/l is so great. They poke
fun at their subjects, better than Matt Groening ever poked fun
at yellow people with large blue hair. They've got great
storylines (sex education comes to Arlen, TX), great dialog ("I
tell you whut"), and great trailer park moments (is that a twister
ripping through the clothesline?). Oh, by the way, I also reserve
the right to make fun of trailer parks because I lived in one those
three months I spent in Texas. And do you know why these
things all work for King of the Him? Because it all takes place
in Texas.

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It's the Horoscopiest of them all!
Ipredict something special's gonna happen to you this wet!k
by Jen Koogler
Astrologist extraord inaire
Aries (March 21-April19) You've beell hiding
lately, some or it is inten tional and some of it
isn't. Maybe it's berause you're feeling a bit
shy or pl'rh aps you Just don't care to talk to
the rest of the stinkillg, festerillg world.
While it 's good to sit back and just obse rve
for a while, pretty soon yo u're go ing to have
to ge t back in th ere . Sta rt Round Two
pUllChing.
SOllg ofthe week: "Virginia R('d Around th e
Fountain" by the Halo Benders
Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Please take the
time this week to complete one of th e
following tasks: write a poem about a part
of your body, watch a bad t.v. show then
write a paper on it, see J movie in J th eater,
run through the forest, frolic madly around
campus. Sk ip class if you must, but get
these things done and you' ll feel
rejuven ated.
Song of the week: "Brimful of As ha" by
Cornershop
Gemini (May 21 - June 20) The moon is on
its way to full. Get ahead of th e game by
acting wacko ahead of time. The world needs
foo ls, an d this is your week so hop to it.
Howling, random gibberish shouted at
inopportune moments, guerrilla art and! or
theater, and pub lic nudity are all sanctioned
events.
Song of the week: "Queen of I Ie arts" by Juice
Newton

Cancer Oune 21- July 22) Sum~er is almost
here . While the seaso n calls for fun and
frivolity. you also need a place to live, a job.
and other necessities of life. Even if you're
tlying out of the country, youlleed a plan. so
make one. Split your time evenly between
sca nning the classified Jds and sca nning the
lovelies out on Red Square .
Song offill' week: "Shiny Happy People" by
REM
Leo Quly 23 - August 22) The Doctor is in.
She is not happy with you. She's keeping track
of th e dangerous and poisonolls things you've
been doing to yourself lately. Go swim a lap
in th e CRC puol (it's free , but you have to wear
a suit) or the Puget Sound (it's cold, but suits
are optio nal). Lay off the beef! turkey! tofu
jerky and go find a banana. Then eat it.
SOllg oF fil l' week: "You Sexy Thing" by Hot
Chocolat e
Virgo (August 23 - September 22) I'm getting
a feeling here that strange things are a loo t in
Virgo land. Maybe something is out of whack
and you need to straighten it. Maybe you
need to gain sumething or let something go.
Maybe you should paint your room a differen t
color (check all rental agreem ents hefore
commencing). Remember t his: Swat! i ng
causes hangnails .
Song oflhe week: Th e Scooby 000 theme
song
Libra (September 23 - October 22) The
consumption of bage ls is one of the most
th erap eutic and rejuvenating ex per iences a

person can undertake in times of stress or
related crisis. Please enjoy one this week with
hummus, cucumbers and tomatoes, melted
pepper jack cheese , your favorite tofu spread ,
or someone you love (who you may find while
buying the bagels, if you're lucky).
Song ofthe week: "What Day is It?" by Brak,
Zorak and Space Ghost
Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) Your
mission, should you decide to accept it, is to
personally walk up to at least 12 people this
week alld say "Yo! What's da haps? " It doesn't
have to be 12 people you actually know. After
your greeting, engage in a dialogue about one
of the following subjects: television, people
you think are cute, butt rock vs. soft rock, or
the importan ce of finding CPJ copy editors
dates.
Song oflhe week: "Sailillg" by Christopher
Cross
Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)
Circumstances over th e last few days have
really harshed your mellow. You've been
trying desperately to keep your sanity while
braving the busy work and other numbing.
monotonous tasks. Whi le this seemingly
never ending drudge is draining, remember
that you have a spark inside you that
continues to burn no matter how many waves
crash do,xn on you. Take it slow. breathe. rely
on good"friends and good refreshments, and
keep on truckin'.
Song of the week: The Sanford and SOil
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Capricorn (December 22 - January 19) Luke
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of the Force and become a Jedi like his father
until his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru were
killed. You, on the other hand, shouldn't have
to have a tragedy happen to get your butt in
gear. Strap on that light saber and start
swinging.
Song of the week: The disco version of the
Star Wars theme song
Aquarius Oanuary Z February 19) Why are
you reading this? ~ ltc~e things are so fake .
Really. I'm just sitting here typing and I'm not
really thinking about anything or caring
about your lives or your futures. Well ... I do
care. I don;t want you to be hit by a car or
anything. It's just that I have nothing to tell
you this week. So there.
Song oflhe week: "Born at the Right Time"
by Paul Simon

Mondays2 p.rn.
-Women of Color Coalition in CAB 3:10
3 p.rn.
-CISPES in Lib. 2204
-LASO in CAB 315
4 p.rn.
- ERC in CAB 108
- S &.A Board in CAll 315
- Rape Response Coalition in CAll 320
- PCUN in CAB 315
-M.E.Ch.A: Cinco de Mayo planning CA ll 3:10
5 P. rn. -Eagle Oaw Kung Fu-call x6L2tl
-Evergreen Medieval Society in Lib. nIX
,. p.m. -Toxins group in LII 10
-ASIA in CAB 320
7 p.m.
- Hunger &. Homeless group in U I HI
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you've been pondering the reason why the
grass is always greener on the other side. I'll
tell you why - it's because you have been
whining too much and haven't been watering
your lawn! Look Pisces, water your lawn, get
a BBQ cooker and walk arollnd barefoot.
Even if your lawn doesn't look greener, people
will think it is because of your sunny attitude.
Songofthe week: "Waly.;l.g on Sunshine" by
Katrina and the Waves

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Saturday
5/9
Old-Time Country Dance- Featured
musicians Laurie Andres and Cathie
Whitesides. Admission is $5. For info, call
537-5346.

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-Science Lecture Series Lab 11047
-Students of Color Anthology in CAB 320
-EQA: Men's group in CAB 314
-Eagle Claw Kung Fu - call x6220
-Zazen Meditation (1 & 3 Fri.) in LRC

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-EQA: Volleyball in CRC Gym

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made promptly to :
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Calendar God

include the who, what, when, where,
how,. why; cost, sponsors, number to call for
m'o re info; gEmder, marital status, social
security number, eye color, and favorite
breakfast food.

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em nl' Il'arn abolll sllsta inable brl1ling practil'(,.s in the:21 ,t
century with A!an ISlllond at Earth Sa\'e Seat lle's monthly
pot luck program. Thllrsday. rvlay 7.hrld at th e Uni t)' Church
Fellowship Room. :WO 8th A\'('n ue t--!o rth . The vege tarian
p(ltluck begins at (i: 30 p.m . Mr.l.mlllnd·s talk begins ~It 7:15.
ismond makes a cU lllpelling casc' Ill[ a ncw co ncep t of
Eirmillg in the 21st century. In this nl'w 1Il0del, nature is
the fanner's ally. not thl' enemy. Predators. parasit es. insects
and weeds will be looked upon as nature's method of
fl'cycling loods that are unlit lo r cOIlsulnptiun. Under thi s
sce nario. farm pract ices will be changed to restore a nat ural
balance and produce loods th at are truly healthful and
nutriti ous.
ISlllond rea lizes that for this change to tak e p lan',
consumers, industries and the government all will have a
responsibility. An import an t step in this direction is th e
realization that soil is IIUt an ill er! llIediulII that call be
enhanced through chelllical means. Anothrr s tep is
understanding that the well being of the tarmer depends
on that of the limn. and vice V('rsa. Ismond fe els that the
lood safety problems we currently are experiencing are a
result of an agricultural system out of balance with nature.
He points out that even proponents of ()rganic agriculture
often have an attitude that nature is something that needs
to be "conquered."
Ismond has a degree in Chemical Engineering and has been
a student of nature his whole life. He has been involved with
the food industry for more than 20 years and is presently
an environmental consultant. He is one of national radio
talk show host Laura Lee's favorite guests. Ismond's
presentations are both entertaining and thought provoking.
Ismond is presently writing a hook on the connection
between farming methods. food safety and human health.

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-Disabilities in CAB 206
-UMOJA in CAB 315
noon
-Slightly West in CAB 320
3p.m.
-Freaks of Nature ,front of Lunghouse
3:30p.rn. -M.E.ChA in CAB 320
4p.m.
-APEC in Lib. 2126
-Evergreen Medieval Society in CAB 108
5p.m.
-Eagle Oaw Kung Fu- call xG220
-Students for a Free Tibet in CAB 315
-EQA: Coming Out group inCounseling Center
--<:oming out group, SEM 2109
6 p.m.
-EARN in CAB 315
6:30 p.m. -Camarilla in Lib. 1508
7p.m.
-Women's Pet Circle in CAB 206

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Friday
5/8
Poetry Night at Barnes and Noble- Come
and read your poetry and enjoy some classics
in SW Olympia. Admission is FREE.

Golden Keys to Who You Are and Why You're
Here . Admission is FREE.

11:15 a.m. -Union of Students with

Mother's

The Rachel Carson Environmental Forum Hear Dr. Micheal Thomas talk about "The
Shifting Economic Role of Economic
Resources in the Pacific Northwest." In
Lecture Hal l 3 at 7 p.m. FREE.

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-Brown Bag Christian Fellowship in Lib. 2221
1 p.m.
-Middle Eastern Resource Center in CAB 320
-Jewish Cultural Center (1st & 3rd in Lib. 2221
-Evergreen Math &. Science Network, Lib. 3500
-Naked Words in Lib. 2220
-Talking About Race Lib. 2218
1:30 p.m. -EPIC in CAll 315
- Student Workers Organization, CAB 320
2p.m.
-Women's Resource Center in CAB 206 '
-Students Arts Council in CAB 315
-Talking About Race in UB 2103
--Queer men's Group inCAB.314
2:30 p.rn. -ASIA in CA13320
3 p.m.
-PHAT in CAB 320
-Amnesty International in Lib. 2126
3:30 p.rn. -Homeopathy Study GroiJp in Lab 11051
4 p.rn.
-S &. A Board in CAB 315
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-Water Watch group in LH 10
-Women's writing group · ,WRC
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know you can use it as a bird
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4 p.m. - Native Students Alliance in CA B :~2(1
-WashPIRG in LH 10
-EQA: Bisexual group in CA13314
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-SEED in Lab 112242
-MPA in the MPA Lounge
- Eagle Oaw Kung Fu- call xli220
-Bisexual women's group CA I120li
5:30 p.1TI. -Pre-Law Circle (AIr. Tues.) in CAll 315
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7 p.m.
-Mindscreen (AIr. Tues.) in L11 3
7:30 p.rn. -Students for Christ in Lib. 2116

Thursday
5/7
Swing Dance and Live Performance- Live
performance by Lance Buhlere and the
Monarchs. Hop dance lesson from 8 to 9 p.m.
Dancing until 12 a.m. At the Temple Theatre.

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