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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 28, Issue 10 (December 4, 1997)

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Cable comes to
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The following is a satire. It is not rea lly a paid political
a nn ounceme nt . You hav e been warrled.

EVERGREEN
FASCIST
MANIFESTO·
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"tomorrow belongs to us"
ARTICLE ONE: Tired of apa thy and general lack of interest in
any for 111 of self governance; forced into a state of unrest by an
unsympathetic board 'of trustees and antiq uated college ruling
system, it is out of a sense of extreme and morose necessity that the
Evergreen Students for Fascism be formed.
ARTI CLE TWO: Through secret fu nding and political pressure,
we. the Evergreen Students fo r Fascism, did implement the
successful partial armament of Evergreen Police Services. "There ca n
be no effective morality where there is no effective auth ority."
ARTICLE THREE: All studen ts shall participate in mandatory
daily morning calisthenics in Red Square. We must begin building
a strong nation through the implementation of physical as well as
mental excersise. One credit hour per quarter shall be set aside for
political and social enlightenment, as sanctioned by the Ministry
of Popular Education. These shall include seminars in hygiene.
Students arriving to class in a stafe of uncleanliness shall be escorted
to the showers for social cleansing and thus purged of their
unsanitary habits. "
ARTICLE FOUR: Wednesday shall heretofor be known as Meat
Day and all students will be required to consume at least one New
York Steak ... raw.
ARTICLE FIVE: We will appoint a Minister of Cultural and
Gender relations who shall regulate population control while
enlightening the masses to the fascist ideals of family values. A
womyn's satellite of the Fascist Manifesto shall convene once weekly
to discuss the fema le role in the home and the preparation of the
next generation offascist yo uth (KINDERGEIST).
ARTICLE SIX: Appoint min ister of mediations to oversee all
co nflict within and without th e co ntrol of th e Fascista .
Implementation of the Geod uck Liberation League for the defense
of the co llective and furth er th e future of the Fascist league abroad.
ART ICLE SEVEN: Appoint a ministry of entertainment and music
which shall control the co llege radi o and popular journalism
through instigation of a ban on all music represe nti ng excessive
bourgeoisie tenden ci es slich as songs lasting more th an 3.5 minutes
an d use of outdated liberal blues rock as exempli fl ed in the rantings
of the Gratefu l Dead anri PH ISH . Students will be educated and
introduced to the m:!sters of old: Wagner and Slayer.
ARTICLE EIGHT: All pet owners shall be required to register with
the ESF office of an imal contro l and prior to the cleansing process
and mandatory spaying and neut ering, owners will be granted
papers designating "pure" 'animals from th at ofi mbred sub·species.
Said geneti ca lly impure beasts shall be recognized by a black coll ar
wh ich must be worn at all times.
ARTI CLE NINE: In summation : these part y goa ls shall be
imp lemcll ted by th e first of th e new year. Through rampant and
ubiquitous corruption of youth by extreme lefti st politics on ca mpus
and in li ght of rece nt of te ndencies tow ard milit an t po litica l
cor rect ness, we th e Evergreen Stud ents for Fascism de lare an
immediate ccssat ion of all politica lly correc t ac tiviti es slIbversive
and overt.
We, the aforeme ntioned growi ng insurrec tion ary forc e on thc
Evergreen campus, demand an end to apathy!!
VIVA LA FASCIST I!
* NOTE: those within the college community who take any of
these words seriously should take time to reevaluate their sense of
humor.
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keep myself in check,
Hidin~ in silent creation, preservation,
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-Tak Kendrick

Music Without Games
The pube of music from downstairs:
now that nothing seizes to exist
now that nothirig refuses to be plucked,
[sit on the floor in position. My positio n is riamed
by the pOr.Jions of my body
that nam e the sneaking laughter.
You drew out the lines
in our empty coloring book·
your blooming rose colored frustration,
lavend er con tentment as we sit and sip the tea .
I dabble in th e professions
but I do, of course, -'
attend the magic conference
that my imagination holds
like a kiss sprouting from your belly·
the house that your fecundity grows
smoo th like the games we play without cards
- Francis Raven

Transcendent Symmetry
Flight; if anyone as ks,
in the morning.
Flight into new absurd hands
and your eyes
all colored with the
playground pebbles _
falling one by one
into symmetrical glass jars.
I paint the jars with faith
and produce an immense labyrinth.
Flight; in the evening
as if your toes were
dangling on the edge
of an overpass, ready.
Ohh, it is nice to be ready.
- Francis Raven

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Submitting to the See Page is as easy as a
journey to PepperJand and less painful
than the Sarlacc pit. Drop your submissions
off in CAB 316 by Friday at 5 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 1, the Evergreen Queer Alliance celebrated Wo rld AIDS Day.
"World AIDS Day is a day to recognize and remember people who have HIV/AIDS
and educate people about the epidemic," said Shawn Samuel, a coordinator of the
Evergreen Queer Alliance.
Samuel and Catherine Wilson, the coordinators for the EQA, and Jen Bowman, a
coordinator for the Women of Color Coalition, tabled on the second floor of the College
Activities Building. They tried to make Evergreen students aware of the HIV/AIDS crisis, supply
safer sex instruments, and hand out red ribbons to show support"for people with HIV/AIDS.
According to a flyer EQA distributed on World AIDS Day, 23 million people
worldwide have HIV, and 40% of those people are women. The fly.er also said that one
million five hundred people died of AIDS related illnesses during 1996.
EQA always has safe sex supplies available in their office, CAB 314.
Above, participants at the celebration on Red Square look on as Anne Johnson read
"How to watch your brother die," a poem by Mark Lasser.

Evergreen 's population is
growing. Bac h year, more new
students, faculty, and staff arrive to
study or work. With each new
person, our ca mpu s gets more
crowded. Thirty people cram into
tiny seminar rooms, fighting each
other for chairs and table space.
Each year, the campus crunch gets
righter, and the need for new space
increases.
A campus design committee is
looking at building a new S,eminar
building in the meadow behind the
existing building.
The newbuilding will alleviate
the college's shortage of classroom
and office space by adding
approximately 60,000 sq uare feet of
ne.w academi c terrain . Evergreen
ex pects mote than 1000 new
st ud en ts and more th an 50 new
facu lty and staff in the next decade,
creating a need fo r space to
. accom modate the increasin g
number of programs and new
faculty offices.
The committee is now looking
for ideas and co ncepts from th e
community to assess what the
campus needs and wa nts before the
building is designed. A preliminary
study says, "To make this project a
suc cess ... we all need to wo rk
toget her as a team ." The design
committee will hold an open meeting
on M0nday, Dec. 8 from 3 to 5 p.m.
in Library 2204 for the community
to share ideas and concerns on the
project. Students, facl!lty, and staff
are encouraged to attend.
Along with ideas from the
comm unity , the co mmittee is
looking at space configurations,
overall bu ilding requirements and
the surrounding landscape. They
will also consider the spatial and
visual relationships among parts of
the bUilding, and measures to allow

for fut ure grow th , including
technology needs like computers,
audio and visual equ ipment, and
science labs.
John Cushing, academic dean ,
envisions the new building as a place
used for spec ific programs to do all
their work. A floor would have two
larger classrooms on one end, room s
that could accommodate 50 to 75
stud ents for lec tur es or large
program meetings. One side of the
floor would be divided into smaller
classrooms for seminars or
workshops. The other side would be
for faculty offices. An open common
space for lounging and studying
would be in between .
Cushing said this model would
" allow programs to have a home base
for mos t of their meetings. The
fac ul ty teaching the program would
have offices right there as well, so
they would be more accessible to
students. One drawback to this plan,
Cushing sa id, is faculty would have
to be willing to move their offices
from year to year.
Several programs would share
the classrooms, allowing students to
interact with people outside their
own c1a s~es. Programs with similar
themes, like environmental studies
or first year classes, would share the
space and therefore share ideas and
have an opportunity to socialize.
Cushin g sa id when he ca rn e to
Evergreen in 1976, programs usually
had central areas where they met. As
the college expa nded, the demand
for space grew and classes had to
shift around accordingly. By staying
in a more stable space, Cushing
hopes programs will create a greater
sense of community.
Kelly Smith, the college's arts
and sciences operations manager,
said the new classroom space will
take the place of rooms on th e first
floor of Lab I. Those rooms will be
see SEMINAR on page 3

Trustees to sample TEse curriculum
by Hillary Rossi
Staff writer

Tuesday, Dec. 9, Evergreen's
Board of Trustees are going to
attend classes. The board's nine
members will ·have the choice
between three Evergeen programs
to attend between 2:30 p.m. to
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about 4 or 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The
programs are Philosophy of
Knowledge and Belief. Political
Ecology, and Sense of Place. The
trustees will choose to attend one of
the three programs by Monday,
Dec. 8.
Then the trustees will go to a
leadership skills workshop <taught

by Art Costantino from 6 to 7:30
p.m. on Tuesday.
These are not the first
programs the board has ever
attended. They attended programs
regu larly until about a year ago.
They will be attending programs
next Tuesday because some of the
trustees are new members who have

never been to an Eve rgreen
program.
'They have always wanted to
be involved with the academic part
of the college," said Rita Sevcik,
administrative assistant to the
president.
The Tuesday before every
board meeting, the members come

to the college for something other
than consensus decision making.
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'They want to use that time to
become more familiar with I he
college, with the programs and the
people, " Sevcik explained.
The next board me eting is
Wednesday, Dec. 10 on th e third
floor of the Library.
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by Suzanne Skaar

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Housing residents hooked .u p
the local stations among others, the donns are
also currently getting HBO for free. In order
to get the pay stations, residents will have to
Welcome to the information age. A call TC I at 357-33 64 said Pat Castaldo,
couple of weeks ago , the fi rst part of coordinator for the ResNet project.
Housing's technology . upgrade was
SlIl Occhino, another RA, also likes
act ivated. Effective Nov. 15, donn residents having cable, al though his TV currently can't
started rec~ving 70+ channels via the cable handle all of the channels. "I just think it is
port Oil11i'e ResNet box installed in their ' pretty cool that I get the Superstation," he
rooms.
said.
The ResNet box wil1 , eve ntually,
As good as having cable seems; there is
provide both ethernet and phone access. in a small problem. With all the cable;lod other
addition to the cable. There is a cost to this wires coming into the dorms, some of the
service' though. I,.ast year Evergreen 's Board dorms, most notably A-dorm, have a small
offrustet!s approved Housing's $1.5 million amount of interfe rence. "The only complaint
technology proposal, which is largely being I have about the cable is that the re£e~tion
paid for by rental ~ncreases.
isn't perfect," said Axel. .
Most students aren't <;omplaining,
While residents and RAs like Axel and
however. Although several people voiced Occhino bask in the apparent glory that is
concerns over the.cost and the need for the cable, there are still two pie<;.es missing from
technology project, especially cable, those ResNet - the ethernetand the phones, but
• voices seemed pa<;ified. "One·thing I've . they are coming on schedul~. The campUsnoticed is that a lot of people who used to ' wid,epbonenenvorkwill not be ill place until
say things like, 'J hate TV, we don't need nextfall. and the etl;ternet connections ~o:thf"
cable' arethinking'theyare going to buyTVs. campus computer network and inte.rnet will
now. I think that is'kind of f\1nny.? said Jeff most likeJy be
place by this January.
Axel, resident assistant for the ninth and Castaldo said that they are just w~iting for .
tenth floors of A dorm.'"There have been a the last pieces ofthe ethernet(:onQ~tioils to '
lot of comments about like 'Oh wow, there <;om.e in on Dec. 15. After that. he and 'his
is something to watch now.' n
team of ResTechs will be able
start '
Axel also mentionedwhyhelikes have connecting the buildings one at a time,
the cable. "I like all the information I get. I , starting with E dorm through U-dorm,
thinkitisgreaUgetalotofpeoplehanging , finishing up withB,C and D dorms and
over at my place. I get a lot ofTY shows we finally with A dorm. . .
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couldn't get before: he said.
For more information on ResNet Or to
In addition to the normal extended fmd out when they think your dorm \\!ilI be
basic cable service offered byTCI Cablevision, hooked up to the ethernet, call the ResTech ,
which indud~ Disney, VH1, MTV. TBS a~d Hotline at x.5llL
by Ta k Ke nd rick
5taff Write r

2:06 p.m. , a sunn y Wed nes da)r in
December, and 20 people are all crammed in to
a room on th e third fl oo r of th e Library
building. What so special that is drawing these
peop le all to one place? Why Everg ree n's
Learn ing Resource Center tu tors, of course.
Not many peop le know about thi s
valuable 1001, but those who do know shouldn't
be afraid to use it. The LRC is devoted to
helping students in a variety of areas Within the
two major fields of wri ting and math/ science.
On the employee dubbed "Dark Side" of
,\ the LRe, writing tutors non-threateningly wait
to help stud ents with eve rything fro m th e
general process of writing papers to tbe specific
polishing offin al drafts. We are there to answer
quick questions and to sit down and pour over
papers from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through
Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays.

SEMINAR
continued from cover

On the more heavily lighted side of the
room , the tutors lie'in wait to help those with
major and minor ques ti ons with any math
related assignme nt. In addition to that, help
can also be found by any fra zzled student who
has a probl em within subj ec ts such as
chemistry, biology, phys ics, compu ter science,
or computer programming. The math portion
of the center is open from 10 a.m .. to 8 p.m. on
Mondays through Thursdays , and from 10
a.m. to 2 p. m. on Fridays.
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Something to keep in mind by t~ ose who
fee l inspired to check out this free resource is that
it is generally not a good idea to come in at the
very last minute. If at all possible, try to come
in ah ead of time and schedule an appoin tment
with a tutor. There are only so maIiy tutors
available at one time, and the center works on a
first-come, first-serve basis. Appointments can
be made by coming int o th e ce nter, wh ich is
located in room 3407 in the Library building,
or by ca lling at x6420 during center hours.

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converted to laboratories to accommodate
programs which need specialized lab
facilities.
Th e building would also have larger
room s for specializ ~ d needs, like media
breakers, labs, and art critique rooms. Rino
Balitbat, campus architect, any rooms will be
outfitted with jacks for multiple computers and
telephones. Cushing hopes to have a satellite
classroom as well.
The original design for the college had the
Seminar building much larger, but itwas never
built. The blueprints also deSignated space for
future buildings behind the Seminar building,
stretching from upper campus to near the
Organic Far!'ll .
The committee will select an
architectural consulting firm to help with the
preliminary design of the building, who will
take into account the ideas of those who will
llse the bUilding.
The money needed to design the new
Seminar buildi!1g will go into the 1997-1999
biennium budget. The 1999-2001 budget will
pay for design and construction .
The committee's timeline says the
building should be built and ready for use on
or before June 30, 2003.

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"This land is my land,
This land ain't your land,
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located behind H-dorm .

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On Wednesday, Dec. 10, walking through
the doors of the CAB, there will surely be a
display that will catch your eye, Atall black cage
deSigned to re'present the morbidness of a
prison cell will lurk before you. However, it is
not this structure of ropes and plastic that we
wish you to see, but instead what lies behind
the bars: four human beings painted black from
depression and lack of hope.
These individuals are real human beings
"that have undergone tremendous struggles to
protect human rights only to be imprisoned for
their efforts. Amnesty International wants to
make sure that their separate battles not go
unnoticed and that these four defenders be
defended. That is why on Dec. 10 we are setting
up this display to let you know what is really
going on in the world around you in regards to
human rights and to give you a chance to help
us in helping those who have already sacrificed
so much to safeguard humanity.
So why did Amnesty choose Dec. 10, 1997,
as the day for this demonstration? On the very
same day in 1948, the Universal Declaration of
Human
was ratified the UN.

December 4, 1997

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Amnesty has ch osen this date to begin th e
U,DHR Campaign in commemoration of the
50th anni versary of thi s document. Thi s
declaration is very important because it outlines
th e specific rights that eve ry human being
should be able to enjoy. Th e UDHR is the
"undisputed foundation of the international
human rights framework on which all
subsequent rights and guarantees for individual
freedom and dignity have been based."
This celebration of the UDHR is not
unique to this area, but is something that will
be recognized worldwide. On Dec. 10 "an
historic effort to promote the declaration will
open in South Africa. President Nelson
Mandela will be the first to sign the 'pledge to
humanity' vowing to do everything in his power
to uphold the principles contained in the
UDHR." This pledge that Mandela will be
signing is a pledge that thousands all over the
globe will be signing, too. Everyone that signs
this pledge will receive their own copy of the
UDHR written in their own language. After the
course of a year, these pledges will be gathered
together and made into the "World's Biggest
Book," which will then be presented to the UN
Secretary General on Dec. 10.1998.

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LRC
can
help
Cable comes
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by Suzanne Skaar
Staff wr.iter

to Evergreen
Housing residents
by Ta k Kendrick
Staff Writer

Welcome to the information age. A
couplc of weeks ago, the first part of
!:lousing's techno logy . upgrade was
activated. Effective Nov. 15, donn residents
started receiving 70+ cha nnels via the cable
port on the .ResNet box installed in their
rooms.
The ResNet box will, even tually,
provide both ethernet and phone aGcess in
addition to tlle cable. There is a cost to this
service though. Last year Evergreen's Board
offrustees approved Housing's $1.5 million
technology proposal, whiCh is largely being
paid for by rental im;reases.
Most students aren 't .complaining,
however. Although several people voiced
concerns over the cost and the neeq for the
technology project, especiaUy cable, those
voices seemed pacified. "One thing I've
noticed is that a lot of people who used to
say ~hings like, 'f hate TV, we don't need
cable~ are-thinking they are goirig to buyTVs
now. lthlnk tb·at is kind of funny, n said Jeff
.Axel, resident assistant for the ninth and
te~th tlooi:sof A dorm. ~There have been a
lot of comments about like 'Oh wow, there
is something to watch now.'"
Axel also mentioned wily he likes have
the cable. "r like all the infoflnalion I get. I
_think iti~ great. I get a lot of people hanging
over at my place. I g~t a lot ofTV shows we
couldn't get before,~ he said.
In addition t.o the nor-mat extended
basic cable serviae offerep by TO Cablevision,
which includes Disney, VHl, MTV,
TBS
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the local stations among others, the dorms are
also currently ge tti~g HRO for free. In order
to get the pay stations, residents w
ill have to
call TC I at 357-3364 sa id Pat Castaldo,
coordinator for the ResNet project.
Sa' Occl)i no, another RA, also likes
having cable, altho\lgh his T V currently can't
handle all of,the channels., "}just think it is
.pretty cool that I get the Superstation," he
said.
As good as having cable seems, there is
a small problem. With all the cable and other ·
wires coming into the dorms, some of
dorms, most notably A-dorm, have a small
amount of iriterfe rence. "The only complaint
I have about the cable is that the reception .
isn't perfect,n said AxeL
While residents and RAs like Axel and
Occhino bask hl the apparent glory that is :
cable, there ar~ stilI two pieces missingfro~ _
ResNe.t - the ethernet and the phones, but
they are coming on schedule. the campuSwide phollenetworkwill not be in place Wltil
next fall, and me ethern~t connections to the
campus compitter networkarid internet
most likely be in place by this January.
Castaldo said that they are just waiting for .
the last pieces of the elhernet conn~tions too
come in on Dec. 15. After that, he and"his
team of ResTechs wiU be able t~ start
c.onnecting the buildings one at a time,.
• starting with E dorm throjjgh U-dor:m ,
finishing up with B. C and 0 dorms' and
fmally with A dorm.
For more information on.ResNet'or to
find out when they think your dorm will be
.hooked upto the ethernet, call_the ResTe.ch
Hotlirie.at x5111.

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2: 06 p.m., a sunny .Wed nesday in
December, and 20 people are all crammed into
a room on th e t hird flo or of th e Library
building. What so special that is drawing these
pe_ople all to one place? Why Evergreen's
Learning Resource Center tutors, of course.
' No t many peop le know about th is
valuable tool. but those who do know shouldn't
be ~fra id to use it. The LRC is devoted to
helping students in \I variety of areas within the
two major fields of writing and math/sc ience.
On th e employee dubbed "Dark Side" of
the LRC, writing tutors non-threateningly wait
to help st ud ents wi th eve ryt hing from the
general process of writing papers t.o the specitlc
polishing offinal drafts. We are there to answer
quick questions and to sit dow n and pour over
papers from 10 a. m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through
Thursdays, and lO a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays.

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converted to laboratories to accommodate
programs which need specialized lab
facilities.
The building would also have larger
rooms for specialized needs, like media
breakers, labs, and art critique rooms. Rino
Balitbat, campus architect, any rooms will be
outfitted with jacks for multiple computers and
telephones. Cushing hop~s to have a satellite
classroom as well.
.
The original design for the college had the
Seminar building much Ia.rger, but it was never
built. The blueprints also deSignated space for
future buildings behind the Seminar building,
stretching from upper campus to near the
Organic Farm.
The committee will . select 'an
architectural consulting firm to help with the
preliminary design of the building, who. will
take into account the ideas of those who will
use the building.
The money needed to design the new
Seminar building will go into the 1997-1999
biennium budget. The 1999-2001 budget will
pay for design and construction.
The committee's timeline says the
building should be built and ready for use on
or before June 30, 2003.

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l)DHR [ ampaign in commemoration of the
50th awriversar), of thi s document. This '
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, walking through " declaratIon isvery important because it outlines
the doors of the CAB, there will surely be a the fpe~ifi<; tights that ev ~ry human being
display that will catch your eye. Atall~lackcage ,should be able tD enjoy. The UDHR. is the
designed to represent the morbidn.ess of a "undisputed foundation. of the international
prison cell will lurk before you. However, it is human rights . frame_work on which. -all
not this structure of ropes and..plastic that we. subsequent rights ami guarantees fOf imlivrdual
wish you to see, but instead vIDilt lies behind freedom and dig~ity h'ave been ba'~.ed. "
the bars: four human beings painted b!ackfrom
This celebration of the UDHR is no't
depressiQn and lack of hope.
. unique to this area, out is something that will
These individuals are real human beiDgs be recognized worldwide. On ~.ec , ·lO "an
that have undergone tremendous struggles to historic effort to promote the declaration will
protect human rights only to be imprisoned for open in South Afr.ica. Prt'sident Nelson'
their efforts. Amnesty International want~ to Mandela »,iIl be the first to sign the 'pledge to .
make sure that their separate battles not go humanity'vowing to do everything in hispowllr
unnoticed and that these four defenders be to ' uphold the principles contained in the
defended. That is why on Dec.1O we are setting UDHR." This pledge that Mandela will be
up this display to let you know what is really signing is a pledge that thousands allover the
gomg on in the world around you in regards to globe will be signi'ng, too. _Everyone that signs
human rights and to give you a chance to help this pledge will r~cejve their own copy of the'
'us in helping those who have already sacrificed UDHR written in their o~n !anguage. After the
so much to safeguard humanity.
course of a year,.these pledges will be gathered,
So why did Amnesty choose Dec.lO, 1997, together and made into the "World's Biggest
as the day for this demonstration? On the very Book," which will then be presented to thl! IJN
same day in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Secretary General on Dec lO.1998.
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. - On the more heavily lighted side of the
room, the tutors lie in wait to help those with
major and minor questi ons with any math
related assignment. In addition to that, help
can also be found by any _frazzled student who
has a probl em within subj ects such as
chemistry, biology, physics, computer science,
or computer programming. The math portion
of the center is open from lO a. m. to 8 p.m. on
Mondays through Thu rsdays , and from 10
a.m. to 2 p. m. on Fridays.
So mething to keep in mind by those who
feel inspired to clieck out this free resource is that
it is generally not a good idea to come in at the
very last minute. If at all possibl e, try to come
in ahead of time and schedule an appointment
witli a tutor. There are only so many tutors
available at one time, and th e center works on a
fi rst-come, first-serve basis. Appointments can
be made by coming into the center, which is
located in room 3407 in th e Library building,
or by calling atx6420 during center hours.

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movement that blurs the boundaries between
dance and theater.
H Art Chaos will perform Rite of
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seating is $15, $18, and $20 and students
receive a $2 discount. For more information,
call Judy at (206) 325-7902 or find their web
site at www.ontheboards.org.

Students with
Disabilities meet
The Union for Students With Disabilities
will now be meeting weekly, from 11 a.m. to
noon on Thursdays in CAB 320.
.

Nicholas Faire

Saturday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
St. Nicholas will appear at Olympia Waldorf
School's 10th-annual St. Nicholas Faire. This
event will feature activities for children of all
ages: marionette shows, craft workshops'for
children aged 3-12, fresh gingerbread and a gift
market.
Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for
children. Olympia Waldorf School is located
at 8126 Normandy Street SE, one block east of
Rich Road SE and 82nd Ave SE. For more
information call Kelly at 493-0906.

Inclement weather
It's time to prepare for snow and ice. In
the event of a storm, Evergreen's Inclement
Weather Policy is not to cancel classes or to
close the college.
For ongoing announcements of closures
during upcoming months, tune in to KAOSFM 89.3, KGY-FM 96.9 or KXXO-FM 96.1.

establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
of speech, or of the press; or the right of the

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South Bay Road , is presenting a mi"dnight
Reggae Rollerskate on Saturday, Dec. 13, from
11 :30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. as a benefit for the
Olympia Political Cu ltural Ce nter. KAOS
deejays will pr.ovide the music.

The Learning Resource Center will be
open for tutoring during Evaluation Week. We
can help you with your writing mechanics and
orga ni zation. Call x6420 · to make an
appointment.

Theatrical dance
Mostly Involving Body presents a night
of theatrical dance and electronic music at the
Midnight Sun on Dec. 10 and 11 at 8 p.m ..
Malia Hawley and Wendi Albro will turn
simple daily gestures into choreographed
dance pieces in Caution! Tilt as music
performed by Anondya 3 puts you in the mood.
Mostly Involving Body uses inwardly
originatedmovemef!t and is a reminder of how
much the body is capable of expressing without
words. After the performance, !he stage will
be opened to the audience and Anondya 3 will
perform a full set.
Suggested donation is ~5 atthe door. For
more information call 352-5522.

,Native American Arts
Bazaar at Longhouse
Friday, Dec. 12, the Longhouse will
present a Native American Arts Bazaar from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Booths will offer weavings,
carvings, bead work, basketry, pottery, jewelry
and holiday items with a Native American
twist.
_
Join us for arts and crafts from area tribes
and drum and dance performances by a new
Native youth club.
For more information call Mike Wark at
x6095. Native artists interested in displaying
their work should call Moomaw at x6718.

Children's holiday
Holiday Family Night workshops
The Hands·On Children's Museum is
offering holiday workshops. We will make
beeswax candles & bookmarks on Wednesday,
Dec. 10 and light switch plate covers &
stationery on Saturday, Dec. 13. Separate
workshops are offered for children age 4·6
and 7-12.
A"$lO Fee includes admission and
supplies. Pre-registration is required. For more
information call 956-0818.

November 21
0300- Auto cras~ at jun.ct.ion of Parkway and
Driftwood requires cooperation of Police
Services and the State Patrol.
1328- In the firstofa rash of daring nighttime
raids, some audio/visual equipment is stolen
from a cabinet in the Library.
November 22
0829· Housing community center is the
scene ofshocking vandalism when a window
is broken and a laundry room panel is kicked
·io. Guess the dryer ate someone's quarters.
What would he do ifhis shirt got shrunk, take
a flame· thrower io the joint?
1020-Lab II is burglarized and a computer is
kidnapped. Its sidekick, Molly Monitor, is
also missing.
.
1138- Happily, the computer and its blankfaced buddy are recovered in the wooded
area between Lab II and B-lot. Shaken but
unharmed, the duo relate a harrowing tale
of narrow escape from an unspeakable fate.
1222· Residents ofU·dorm verify their smoke
alarms are in proper working order by
burning food . Edibles gladly give their lives
in the name of safety.
2031- Suspicious incident in CAB leaves one
wondering where you can eat a falafel hoagie on
campus without fear of suspicious incidences.
2341· Malfeasance dubbed "Code 30" by
lawmen occurs in the Covered Rec Pavilion;
a hole is cut in the fence.

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malefactors looking to shanghai computers
on campus, this presents a genuine hazard.
1516- Critical patient successfully stabilized
at the Daycare lot when a jumpstart gives it
new life. On the next episode ofTESC ER: a
Lincoln Continental wit h a bad ticker is
resurrected when Carter gives the battery a.
big smooch on the terminals!
2120- Door to 5th Aoor balcony of A·dorm
is the victim of unprovoked attack, perhaps
by the same hothead who flipped out in the.
laundry room when th e dr yer ate his
quarters. If this guy cuts you off in traffic, I
suggest you smile and wave docilely.
November 26
2305- The TESC Nightly News top story: .
Academic Deans' wing of the Library is left
unlocked! Slow news day has anchor
(ollowing story with a touching commentary
about the crusade to provide naked mole rats
With the dignity of tiny hand-made trousers.
November 27
1959· A fire al~rm in Q-dorm provides
sobering reminder that even on
Thanksgiving, culinary delights can- be
arbitrarily wasted. Fortunately, elsewhere
food is put to its proper, dignified end, and
consumed in massive quantities by gobbling
students used to a diet of Top Ramen and
CAB pizza.
November 28
0731· "Strong·arm robbery" in Cooper's
Glen shows willingness oflocal creeps to use
force. Bad, bad karma. They're coming back
as meal-worms, I promise you.

November 24
0750- The crime wave continues with a break- November 29
in at the eRC and another computer is hijacked. Some stuff happened , but I couldn't think of
1035- Bad guys strike again, this time in K· anything remotely funny to say about it. Sorry.
dorm, but forensic evidence suggests an
November 30
unforced entry.
1258- Burglars swipe computer from the 0734- Tire tracks discovered on soccer fi eld
"cage" in basement of seminar building and indicate that someone took old "Truck
observers worry that Evergreen has a full- Football" beer commercials \vay too literally.
• 1204- In A-dorm , a fire alarm and water
blown crime spree on its hands.
1648- Despite the best efforts of the Police pipes are damaged. Does someone want to
Services ER specialists, an automotive burn food at their leisure, with no possibility
patient in B·lot cannot be revived via of alarm or dousing water ending the
suffering of their victims? I shudder at the
electrocardial stimulation (jumper cables).
thought of such a food sadist walking
unnoticed among us, harboring secret plans
November 25
0700- The Academic Deans' wing of the to slowly char his macaroni and cheese to a
Library, Lecture Hall!. and Lab (( doors are pitiful crisp. Dark times, these.
all discovered unlocked. With so many

December 4, 1997

people peaceably to assemble, and to 'petition
the government for a redress of grievances."

Writing tutors
available

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The City of Olympia's Parks, Recreation
and Cultural Services Department invites
people of all ages to spend an evening at the
annual Holiday Family Night Friday, Dec. 12,
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Olympia Center,
222 North Columbia.
This free event will include music,
dancing, refreshments, cookie decorating, a
gift boutique, and a visit from Santa. For more
information call Jen or Alite at 753-8380.

ongress shall make no law respecting an

. - First Amendment, U.S. Constitution .

Raccoon defense 'Ch·o colate:.food of
This article is being. written in ·response
to your article "Biting the hands that feed
them ," in your Nov. 20 edit ion. Please
understand that this is not meant to downplay
the bites the students received, but I must point
out just how stupid it was for them to attempt
to feed these or any other wild animals on
campus. Unfortunately the raccoons, who
cannot defend themselves in this issue, will '
now be punished.
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The Evergreen State College is situated in
a forested area that was originally inhabited by .
the creatures of this region, not by students,
faculty, staff, and administration. I believe that
when the college ~hose this site a lot ofthought
and planning went into protecting the area
. surrounding the campus. The goal was to
preserve the woods and all that lived within it.
Some of the animals were displaced then, but
because of environmentally conscious
planners we are still privileged to see the
wildlife in what is left of their natural habitat.
Look around you folks! There are not
many places left where people and animals can
co-exist in this type of setting. One of th e big
selling points of the campus is the natural
setting. Yet, here I am looking at a situation
that has prompted, those less in tune with
nature, the re·location of several Raccoon
families from the campus to the Capital Forest.
You stated in your article that "The
raccoons will be moved from the Evergreen
campus to the Capital Forest , 'a veritable
wonderland for masked critters' according to
the agenda. " Whose agenda are we talking

about? Certain ly not th e raccoon's . For a
group of people that are 'supposed to be so
enVironmentally conscious, I find it appalling
that they are literally sentencing the raccoons
to death . .
The raccoons have lived in this protective
eflVironment where they have been able to
roam the' campus without threat of hunters,
THey have also become very secure in this
setting and. . although they , are not
confrontationa'l with people, they are no,t
afraid to show themselves when 'people are
around, and especially when offered food,
Does anyone honestly believe that they have a
chance·against the many hunters that go to the
Capital Forest with their dogs to hunt
Raccoons? Do you honestly believe that after
being born on the campus where food has
never been a problem, it will somepow not
make a difference in the winter when food is
very difficult to come by and when they are in
competition with other animals that lived all
their lives in the wild? Just how long do you
think these raccoons will last out there?
To the stiJdents that caused this situation.
to happen, I hope you have learned a lesson. It
is one toot will alter the balance of nature on this
campu . And to the folks in Housing that chose
to make the decision on re·location, the writing
is on the wall. No animal can hope to live and
be safe on this campus when people around
them choose to eradicate them rather than
educate the people tha't have displW d them.

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of ctiirc<rJAtl betng.6fferedio the Emperor , Nature, vol 382 2~ August 1996. .
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Ramtha at Evergreen
Ariona has been a student in Ramtha 's
Schoo l of Enlightenment for the past 13 years.
The school. for her, has been the most valuable
experience in her life. Her story is a very
persona l one:
"My religious/spiritual backgroun d is
very dive rse. I was born and raised by a loving
mother who had beenbrought up Catholic and
an ~x tr('me ly .bdlliant father who wa s an
atheist. As a young child I was somewhat
religious, praying every night and bless in g
every person and animal I could think of, until
my mother no longer had answers to my many
questions. God seemed to have forsaken me .
So I took the path of my father for many yea rs,
immersing myse lf in my intellectual pursuits
and arguing with every religious person I came
across.
"When I entered college, I studied
anthropology and focused on the study of
religion and interestingly enough, I found .
many threads of truths in.each and everyone.
Thereafter I spent many years traveling all over
the world gaining innumerable experiences. I
searched for , answers to my many
questions ... but still never found the answers
. that fit. I knew God existed in some way, but I
couldnit fit the pieces together. Eventually I
became a student of Tibetan Buddhism, and
thls seemed to be the closest' I had come to
some basic truths. However, once again I
found religion to be locked in cultural,
dogmatic chains ... and I didnit want to be
boxed into anything.
"A year later I found Ramtha ·and have
attended his school ever since. All the
adventure, excitement, ~nowledge and, most
importantly, the answers I had craved for my
whole life had been found. The worlds of
science and religion , for me, were now united.
It's what I had always wanted. As a result, my

life.changed dramatically. I now know I'create
my reality, and out of my expanded knowledge
base and experiences that I have had which
have turned that knowledge into wisdom, I
have created an awesome life. The bottom line _
is th at I have learned how to be a creator of
rea lity rather than be at the effect of what is
perceived to be rea lity. I am an entir ely
different person from who I was 13 years ago,
and at this point in time am very excited about
life and the many potentials available to me at
every moment.
"I am at Evergreen as a third-year MES
student and have been studying
Environmental Studies because, like many RSE
students, I love this be~utiful planet we liVe on
and want to contribute in any way possible to
preserving it and helping to restore balance
upon this plane. Evergreen has been an
awesome school for me to attend because it,
like RSE , does not keep education and
knowledge in a box. Innovation and change
are the keys to creativity and in·depth learning
experiences. As stated earlier, Evergreen
teaches the student how to think, not what to
think.:'
Tal received a JZ Knight Family
Scholarship from the ]Z Knight Humanities
Foundation to attend TESC. Says Tal:
"As my senior year at Tumw~ter High
School progressed, I began checking into
universities wittrin the state, as I wanted to stay
relatively local. I began to grow concerned
over the issue of funding for my continued
education. I knew how expensive it would be
to attend a university and I also knew that
neither of my parents could afford sending me
to college. I did not know where the funding
would come from. I had no way of covering
college expenses. Being that I did IJOt want to
be indebted for taking out a loan, I decided to

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check into available scholarships. I heard back
from Knight's admini strative assist·ant one
week after sending my transcript and request,
telling me that I had been awarded a two-yea r
full ride scholarship to a school of my choice.
There we re no limitations' on location or
amount. You can imagine how thrilled I was.
" I now attend Evergreen and am
graduating this spring. Com ing from a family
that emigrated from Israel a few years before I
was born, I will be the first in my family to
graduate with a co ll ege degree. The
Humanities Scholarship helped fulfill a dream
that I had to continue my education and go
beyond where my parents had left off. TESC
has allowed me to put together a fi eld of study
other schools may not have allowed. This
scholarship opened a door for me, along with
many other fortunate stude nt s, that had
previously been closed."
It is clear that those who seek out the
cutting edge of knowledge will continue to be
attracted to the unique curriculums offered by
RSE and TESC. Says TESC Professor of Physics

Tom Grissom, "What struck me most during
the conference was the paper by sociologist
Constance Jon es in which th e effects of th e
teachings on th e lives of th e students were
measured and reported. I had a chance to talk
to Dr. Jones at length and was impressed by
her work. I couldn't help but notic e th e
parallels and similarities in the positive effects
betwee n th e experiences of students in both
schools. I have seen the beneficial effects on the
personal and intellec tual growth of TES C
students. Now I was afforded the opportunity
to see how, irrespective of the Ramtha
phenomenon, ·the RSE students were likewise
gaining an enormous benefit from the
education they received at RSE."
Bill Hashim

Hashim is a part-time facu lty at TESC. He is
also a five-year student ofRSE and attended the
academic conference In Search ofthe Selfheld
at the home of}Z Knight ill February of this
year.

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A closer look at Inspecting Carol
Harlequin

resent hilarious holiday show

by Amber Rack
in the role of Arlecchina

How do you take a classic,
traditional drama and make it
fresh and original?
Ifyou are Dan Sullivan and
the Seattle Rep Company, you
create a fictional theater
company and let them deal with
it. Throw in the additional
dilemma of the NationaL'
Endowment for the Arts and
funding for the show and what
do you have?
You have Inspecting
Carol, a wonderful comedy
currently being presented by
Olympia's own Harlequin
Productions.
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Directed by Andrew
Gordon, Inspecting Cam/is the
story of Soapbox Playhouse, a
Midwllst theater company
scrambling to put on their
annual holiday fundraiser
production of Dickens' A
Christmas Carol,
The show opens with a
brave entrance by Jim Ingersoll
ph toto courtesy of Harlequin Productions
as Wayne WeUacre, a would-be
Dawn Marie Moe and David Wright.
actor, ".following his bliss,"
Hoping to audition for the
Playhouse, he encounters M.J. McMann, manager, who sends him on his way just as
played by Eva Doak, the smartly witty stage Zorah Bloch enters briskly.

After a killer steal, Kenny Robinson slam dunks the ball to rouse the team to a 85-77 win over Pacific Lutheran University.

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court, and //lost of all, loud cheering failS with
drc<ldlocks (<I wig. but still convincing).
It was a foreign land, fostered partly by
the jerseys which pronounced us as being from
-Editor's Note: Garv Lm'e likes to write in El'ergreen Sta te. Someholl' ill the excitement
italics, jennifer l\o~gler prefer,~ the more ofgetfillg a basketball team, someone forgot
that lI'e're from THE EI'ergreen State (OLLEGE.
traditional text style.
The best thing about the first game, aside
On Friday, Nov. 21, th e first official from winning of course, was the pride it inspired
basketball game at Ev('rgreen took placl'. The in us. While many think such zeal over sports
men's team, adorned in still-dean white isn't "Evergreen," it al least hrought ou l a sense
un iforms with forest green trim, played Pacific of~·o mmunit)'. If only we could have such unity
I.utheran Universit y. And they won.
nu tsiJe Ihe CRe
The scene brought man y back to hi gh
Solidarity, baby.
sc ho ol fandom. A gym. Bleachers_ A band
With that aile win. the baskelball leam
(Evergreen 's Samba band, which substitutes rocketed it's way past a runningjoke and not a
blaring trumpets with drums and mara ca force that needed to be taken seriously. The fans
sounds). A mascot. Coaches. Concessions. It in the bleachers seemed to be divided between
was like walking into a foriegn land.
those who were wailing to see how badly we lost
PLU brought their cheerleaders, comp lete and supemJlls. By the end ofthe gilllle however.
with short pom poms and exposed midri ff~. everyone !Vas on their feel cheering.
They rou~ed the small visiting crowd with perky
PLU's fans and players looked confused.
challt s and high kicks, but cou ldn 't match the Were they stu nned'? Did their perception of
volume ofEvergrren 's fa ns. And we did 311 that Evergrcen (lazy hippie sc hool) make them think
yell ing 31lL1 puunding without the efforts of we'd be a breeze to beat?
scantily dad fema les jumping around in front
Whatever.
of us.
In terms of wins and losses, I guess we
Still , there is a small movement growi ng aren't doing 100 well. But basketball is new here
to l reate a cheer ~qu a d here. Wha tever they end. and I think it will take a while for us to grow
lip doing, I hope it will be suht le hut rowdy.
inlO ii , fans as well as players.
ivlan)' of us know a lot about sports. I'd
Whilc us Grreners groll' into it, lI'e should
he willing to guess even more of us knoll' slill remember Ihe re;JSUIIS will' there was an
nothillg abo~1t any kind ofsport and in fact balk uproarol'cr iJaskelball coming i;] the first place.
,It the vl'rI' mention of them.
lI 'here are \1'1' getting the money to pay fur all
I per.1011 i/lly cringe al the I 'elY mention of the /lifiy jersc} '~? Is Ew' rgreen hemming too
1\ rnllingJ!,olf. alia liHTmlc. /JOII't cl'e/l gl't nlc main -slrcam ? Are 1\'(' /cJr15ellillg our uther
II .lrred IJ/1 polo ... .1 ike.l.
~P(}rt ,}
Surpri~illg ly, 1'1'(, beell t:njo)'i/lg lIie
Wt· ~liuulJ al~o remember to transfer the
ha\kel!J,,1I g;lIl1CS at EI'ergreclI.
ncwly fOllnd enlliusialll to ollr other sports
7/)(' bilskerhall ga m e~ 1m e iI lillie bit of t ('alll~ as well. I dun't klloll' why there was never
(,1 'en 'lhing: lilly cheerlcaders, big ~l\'eJ ty gll),s a big hoopla for t he swim, soccer, or rugby
houll cing a orange ball back and forth dOl\'ll Ihe teams. It 's up to us as members of this

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Basketb'Ql/ suggestions, that is.
- Ed.ftor's lIote: .this list was compiled
random CPJ members. humorists. and friends.
.' TheSe are ways we think basketball could be a
. little more, well, Evergreen.
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phoro by Greg Skinner

Troy Torbert shoots a free throw,
community to support these teams ourselves.
Attend gamES and meets whenever you can. It
would be nice to get rowdy for them too_
The men's basketball team plays here on
Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. against Eastern
Oregon State. The wonlen's team will be out of
the stal e for December, playing at schools in
Oregon al ld California before returning home
on Jan. 2 ag<linst Sonoma Slate_
Ok, I know a lot of people have issues with
basketball at Evergreen. But the teams are here.
and we shouldn't ignore Ih em. Whether you
think of them as a force to be recokoned with
or a farce to be laughed at , they are representing
this sc hool aroutlll the (Ounlry. We should
respect anJ support their efforts.
YeJh. what she said,

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.1) After victories, douse coaches
with Odwalla tangerine juice.
2) When the clock runs down to 4:20,
automatic time out.
3) Patchouli: The Official Scent of the
1997-98 Evergreen basketball teams.
4) Butoh performance at halftime.
S) After each gamej players must
complete a self-eval.
6) Mediation Services steps in after
each foul.
7) Tofu hot dogs and granola at the
concession stands.
8) Cheerleaders wear long skirts with
pants underne.ath.
9) Instead of pep rame~, students
protest againstthe other team
outside' their locker room.
10) Replace tired Geoduck mascot
.with Nelson from The SimpsQn~, .
11) Dogs run free 'on court to
distract·visiting team.
12) Instead of"quarters,"theyare .
called "paradigm shifts."
13) Name of sport changed to .
"Baskets for Social Change," •
14) Victory potluck dinners at the
Organic Farm.
15) When we lose, it isn't our fault.
It's because THE MAN is keeping us
down!

Zorah Bloch is the director of A
Christmas Cai'Ol. Together with M.J., she is
dealing with the difficulties of her cast:
Bob Crachit complains about back
problems and having to carry a not-50-Tiny
Tim on his shoulders. Cast as all three ghosts,
Walt er E. Parson, the newest member of
Soapbox Playhouse and the result of Zorah's
efforts at "non-traditional casting" and th e
company's new. politically correct -multicultural initiative:: has never rehearsed the
material he will be performing in four short
days. And EbeneezerScrooge is bored with the
same old script and wants to bring new
meaning to the show.
Amidst the turmoil, Kevin Emery (played
by Matt Lee). the company's financial manager,
compounds Zorah's stress by revealing thatthe
company is without funds and the NEA
(National Endowmen t for the Arts) has
declined to release a $30,000 grant to th e
Playhouse. The NEA is sending an inspector
to review the artistic quality of the production
a'ld will make their decision about the money
based on his report.
Much laughter results as Zorah and the
c'ast work to present a quality show for the
inspector. After an energetic first act, act two
began slowly and built momentum, escalating
like a roller coaster climbiJlg steep rails before
releasing a cascade of hilarity with a much anticipated showcase of A Christmas Carol_
With a strong ensemble,. Harlequin's
production of Insp ecting Carol featu res
delightful performances by all. EspeCially

notable are perfonnances by Jim Ingersoll, who
is dynamic as theaspiri ng Wayne Wellacre. and
Dawn Marie Moe, who passionately portrays
the emotional Zorah Bloch, David Wright is
perfectly obnoxious as Larry Vauxhall-every bit .
the Scrooge of the show. And Jamal Brown is
extremely funny as Walter Parsons, outfitted
with a wardrobe of outrageous ly diverse
costumes.
Accompanying the players is a gorgeous
set-a lm ost too gorgeous for th e Soapbox
Playhouse, which tan't even afford to replace
its ridicul ousl y phony cardboard turkey.
Harlequin 's set has character of its own, wilh
props popping up from the flour and a section
of the stage brilliantly rigged to collapse at just
the right momen t. The misfortune of the
Playhouse, as the cas t st ruggles through a
disastrous dress rehearsal for the inspector, is
Ha.rlequin Production:s triumph .
In his program notes) director Andrew
Gordon stresses the importance of the arts and
the NEA; which, he reports, is in danger of
elimination by Congress. Show your support
this holiday season and enjoy Harlequin's
presentation of impecting Carol, a wonderfully
refreshing comedy for the whole family.
Inspecting Ca'ral will be shown at th e
Washington Center through Dec. 28, Tickets
cost $14-$21; student rush tickets cost $10 and
are avai lable at the door, a half-hour before
show time. Wednesday, Dec_ 10, is "pay.whal
you can" night. For reservations and ticket
information ca ll the Washington Center box
office at 753-8586.

The Spoon.man
cometh next week
by Kim Nguyen
in the role of Bantha fodder

Come see the man who won
Soundgarden their Grammy, Artis the
Spoonman will perform kitchen utensil
rhythms and spokenword expression in
Lecture Hall 1 on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7:30
p.m. Since 1972, Artis has enhanced a wide

array of music from Rock and Jazz to
Classical. He's p-erformed for audiences
across the world in Sidney, London, Dublin,
Munich, and Singapore. He's graced the
stages of the Lettt:rman show am:\ Garrison
Keillor's radio show "Pra irie Home
Companion." He's recorded and performed
with a diverse range of musicians such as k.d.
lang, Aerosmith, and the Seattle
Philharmonic Orchestra. And now
he's coming to Evergreen with his
unique spoon entertainment.
Also performing will be
Leif Olson, action-humorist and
juggler extraordinaire. The show is
being sponsored by EPIC and the
Prison Action Committee and will
benefit Books to Prisoners, Founded
the same year Artis bega n
performing, the non-profit volunteer
project provides reading and
educational materials to the
incarcerated. Books to Prisoners is
currently in need of funds for
postage, shipping supplies, and ·
paperback dictionaries.
Tickets can be purchased in
advance for $5 .at Positively 4th
Street, Rainy Day Records, and TESC
Bookstore. Admission at the door is
$6, but bring a good paperback and
knock a dollar off the admission
price: .

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Jacob Matthew Kostecka, the Evergreen student seen above, sits
with his recently completed cbest. Kostecka will be presenting a selection
of his work as the culmination of his individual contract on woodworking.
The exhibit will occur Dec. 10 and 12, from 3 to 7 p,m" in the Lecture Hall
rotunda,
After, as he says, "eating, sleeping, and dreaming" about his quarterlong project, he is eager to lay bare his creations, "It's my way of sharing
what I've done with the community," he explains. Kostecka has spent the
past two months creating a chest out of Red Oak, White Oak, Maple, Cedar,
Black Walnut, and Lacewood. Also displayed are a table he crafted last
spring as well as his gfneral portfolio.
If you'd like to exhibit your work on campus, reserve gallery space
by conta.c ting Peter Ramsey, Evergreen's Gallery Manager, at x6488.

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by Kathryn Lewis
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the role of Mapa nn e Fa lt h f u ll

Early last week, my fa th er spo ke to my
grandmot her and told her th at he was goi ng
to a concert. She asked hi m ifit was classica l.
and my fa lh er respo nded with 'you could say
that th e grou p is cla~ ic. ' She listed co mposers'
'fo r some ti me befo re my fa th er gave her a
cruc ial clu e; 'you heard th em in a tax i in
Austria,some years ago.' 'It 's not th e Rolling
Stones, it's not "hem aga in : she replied ,
Severa l.tIlOlISJ nd peop le cra mmed into
the Kingdome last week to see a group that lily
gra nd mo th er refe rs to as 't hem' in an
·exagge rated tone, They are kn own to the rest.
of the world as th e Rolling Stones. The crowd
ca me fi-om v~s tly different backgrounds and
for different reaso ns, M ost of th e youn g '
people attended witl] !heir parents, and sQme ,
of th em like mys elf, saw a glimpse of a
rei?ellious youth in the older generation, This
side is not often revealed by the parent.

Theori es on music suggest that it may be
an abs trac tion, a se ri es of marks on paper
transformed into sound pattern s in time, with
no connection to human politics, On th e other
side, a contrasting th eory suggests that music
is deeply ti ed to th e events of th e worl d it
emerges fro m. This is the th eory th at I am
prone to believe, Out of a time that successfully
implemented radica l social change carne music
wh:ch sllpported and advocated those changes,
The Free Speech, Womens Li beration, and Civil
Rights Movements shaped the era, Music was
changing alo ng side with the poietics of th e
sixties,
Out of tilis era ca me th e English rock
quintet, Th e Rolling Ston es. Th e world
wond ered aft er "Sa tisfaction ," if they would
they be anot\ler one hit wonder. In Nov~ rnber
1965, "Get Off Of My Cloud" was number one
on the Billboard Charts. The Rolling Stones,
had a second \lit. Keith Richards fs quoted in
Philip Norman's, Symphony For The Devil, as
,saying:
"It 's difficult to realize pressure we were

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{August 23·September 22} Patiently
awaiting for the snow to fall , diving into the
pool of corner pockets and smash hit singles,
the candles provide a vision that lets you see
th e way of the world bu t not necessarily
experience th e rainy coldness th at you would
have to go through . However you want to put
it, the intuitive knowledge that lives with you
will need understanding, Be open about what
you feel, and others will match your bowl of
confidence.

by ~ a so nJ a mes McGraw
d"'ie5: 1March 21·April19} Did yo u just
happen to be th ere, or was it something that
had to do with your path and upcoming future?
Th e day's end brings a soft silence of darkness
ea rly, yet each flew star in th e sky holds truth
to our existence. If you feel YOll are on the right
trac k now, make sure yo u try and kee p in
alli ance \vith the way of the rainbow, May the.
lord o~ love protec t us,
7 Au'rus: {April 20.~ay 20} The remarkabI"e
strength and perseverance throughout the day
helps you enjoy life .and no t ge t tangled li p in
the pl an, Your attitu de wit h ti-iends brings a
cozill ess and ca maraderie, particularly at th e
shore, skipping roc.ks bet\\(een your legs, Havc
a safe journey when rrJt'cling. be reacjy for their
wonderm ent. and dOll 't be afraid of ta king
control.

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Cmiliti: {MaY21·June 20th) Whether you are
in the moment or you get distracted by another
new idea or inspirational plan, let's not get so
eager that we stop finishing what we started.
A lover, from the past will be too disti'acting if
your feet are still in the water. Hanging on to
something for too long will ca Lise a whirlwind
of karma,
CAnrer: Ulln e 21·July 22} Miraculously fa llen
in lo ve agai n, The one where noth ing is
impossible, how did it happen? Either you ,
bo th are si mply ; t the same place at the same
time. or ti me has begull a lIew pa ttern and
circle fo r you to adventure upon , Just save us
some of the details, whi le we awa it the news of
your II ell' extravagant escapades alld ventures.
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{July 23.·August 22) The fire of infinite
li ght \vit hin yo ur lru e be in g burn s so
unbeJievably bright , th at you forget everything
at the moment . and simply become th e fl ames,
By seeing everything as one bein g of absolu te
'tru th , you won', feel as bad tr y i ~g to solve the
.earth's problems, and ge tting nowhere near a
solution in the process, (Or hopefu lly you have
found an answer.)

~: {September 23·0ctober 22} If you
.dra nk a lot of whiskey in th e morning, I
wonder what would happen. If yo u put a
pound of the wrong kind of fun gi in yo ur
spaghetti , I wo nder what th at would feel like.
It 's up to yo u to dec id~ wh eth er or not
experience is necessa ry in order to learn , but
if you ask yourself, and listen to the si lence
I\;ithin your own mi nd, the answers should
help point you in th e righ t direction.

.C;eoqt;o: {October 23·November 21} Wl],en
you are 25 years old, for those of you younger
than this age, what do you. think would be
different about the choices yo u arc making
now? Although simple phases in life seem o. k.
at the time, why start a bad habit if you truly
kn ow what th e big picture ~ nt a il s? Try
wea ring a new color. The ac ticllls will speak
the tru th, and the ,hon ey will spl-ash with
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with a little pat on th e back and good fo od.
Practicing what you preach now will hav,e a
continuing future that shines with security.
(Get better soon Hills!!!)

by Ethan Jones
in the role of Laureamont

C",rieor!!: {December 22·January 19} When
all the Capricorn's form ed a circle of many
different sizes and groups, the wave of evolution
would rise past the tallest tree ever grown in all
forests of beauty. The United States of America
will soon be a better place to stay once you have
joined your earth sign and rising moon, creating
a path of necessary knowledge for all benefiting
souls in need of something, When th e last tree
falls, when th e last eagle'cries, therc will always
be a soft sense orjoy inside.

Ken Stringfellow has had a turbulent year
,and a half. 'His hand, the Posies, who were
among the first Northwest bands signed to a
major label back in 1989, were dropped fi-om
their contract with Geffen Records last year'after delivering a great album, Amazing
Disgrace, and touring tirelessly to promote it.
He also separated from' his wife, Fastbacks
singer/bassist Kim Warnick.. Always the most
outwardly friendly and vi'Sible .of ~he Posies,
Stringfellow toured the country as a solo act
for many months, then as a member of San
Francisco's Lagwagon. Currently"recording
their final album for Popllama Records, 'the
independent label they started out on nearly a
decade ago, the Posies are apparently soon to
be history.
With the demise of the Posies imminent,
the time would indeed seem right for a-Ken
Stringfellow solo album. Having written some
of the most idiosyncratic, brilliant songs of the
last decade ("Solar Sister," · You Avoid Parties,"
"Please Return It," and "Love Letter Boxes"
among them), Ken has given us more reasons
to believe that he truly has one o~ the best
intuitively musical minds around.
Four songs on his recently released debut,
ThisSoundslikeCoodbye, are among the best
he's ever written . Reflecting the recent
upheavals in his personal and professional life,
the songs are melancholy studies on'loss and
betrayal'" Mosf of the new songs, especially

dl'lUAriuS: (January 20·February 18) Surely '
the new Dece mber wea th er has formed an
enlighteni ng trust lor there being a right time
and place for everything. How do you suppose
the unexpected will appear? I t will , it does, it
has, and will again, All th e while, changingwith
everything, absorbing the days new energy,
smiles, and tribulations. Yo u and the whole
gang, the whole plane t, flow towa rds it. Just
do n'r miss what is really th ere fo r you to fi nd
out at the time. .,

fJisees: {Feb ru ary 19·March 20} Have wc
grown out of one hat and into another? Imagine
a perfect swimming hole in Jamaica, St. John,
or somewhere,. , Now, is there someone else
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with you? Who would you take? It only lasts.
.SoSinoriys: {November 22·December 21} -for so long, everything, and I'hen it's gone. It
If you were in ch arge of 10,000 workers, might be lasting right now, but what is it that
building a pyramid, not onl( would you be yo u could do to th e at mosph ere, what spin
. busy most of th e time"but you would be well could you thr,ow iri, to turn up the harmony?
followed if you supported these fellow men "We'll be forever 10ving Jah," Bob Marley.

"Here's to the Future" and "Too True," are full bad as far as these things go. In fact, they're
of the metr'ical irregularit.i-es, surreally reminiscent of the instrumentals on the very '
instrospective lyriCS, and calchy melodies that first Sky Cries Mary tapes (and after all, Ken
made his Posies contributions so memorable. _ was a sort offounding member of SCM , along
The album soun'ds as Wit ,W:jS recorded at with Roderick Romero and fellow Posey Jon
someone's home on a four track,which seems Auer). "Trans Potato" and "Anxiety Ryder" do
to have encouraged Stringfellow to u~e unusual ' have their funky charms. Unfortuantely,
producti1:lI1 values to color his·songs. He has -however charming the instrumentals may
created a sound world that is dj!licate and occasioAally be, the truth is that Ken 's real
torrential, all bare nerves and lo·fi exuberance. talent lies in writing vocal pop songs. It is
It's reminiscent of Big Star's transcendent disappointing that half the album consists of
Sister Lovers, from which Stringfellow culled these instrumental experiments,
"Take Care" to cover for his album's finale .
Always the most quirky of the Posies,
But oothing, I say nothing,
Stringfellow's album is as idiosyncratic
announces his ihtention to branch
and intriguing as he is. Like Alex
out from thtr realm of the
Chilton, whom he joined for the
Posies than the
recent Big Star reunion concerts,
no
less
Stringfellow is one of those artists
than five
that you'll read about in 20 years as
~
being a wonderful, underappreciated
that fill out
talent. Why wait? I say, check him out
the rest" of
the album. It
would he easy
This Sounds Like Guodbye
to dismiss these
is available from Hidden
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Adgenda Records and
boney noodling - ,
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excersizes propeUed ..
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store.
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and I ca n honestly say it was. One particular
scene that stood out is the train crash where
one of tne train cars goes over the edge of the
cliff. With smoke and flames and pieces of
train flying everywhere, it is very realistic.
Anast;.sia is play ing at the Capital M all
Cinemas. It is rated C.

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continuedfrom page 8
teno to forget Keith Richard's heroin
addictiojl, lost in the lyrics; ·you Can't
Always C!et :What You Want." Like Daisy ,
in the' Great Gatsby,rock'n'rollstal;s
become whatever the crazed fan creates.
Like history, the rock~n 'roll star is subject
to interpretation.
,
Coincidentally, The Rolling Stones
opened their show mthe Kingdome with
~Satisfaction," the song that made them
number one in Ainerica on July'lO, 1965,
the beginning of Rolling Stones mania in
my parents generation.1f1 squinted my eyes
Mick Jagger looked 20 years younger, but
the initial experience of the Rolling Stones
has been reserved for those who saw them
years ago. They were performers who.
exceeded thee~tion that I (~edfor
,them." They putdn quite a show; ,Micl~
laggerchanged his clothes at leastfive tim~
,during the two and a halfhour concert: Bilt
it 'Was not the show as it stood 'aloqe that
made the experience what it wa~ : The
audience made tlie .~oocert f~r 'beyond '
marginal. . It Jllay be nostalgic memo.ry
alone that draws masses to venues to see the
Rolling Stones again. ~ time around Ike
and Tina Turner won't be ()penipg the show
with 'I Idolize You; and. teeny hooper
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descriptio'n' of.Anastasia for th e Empress,
Anastasia's grafidmotl!er. The Empress has
tfeen searchi.ng from Paris for her
,"
. granctdaug~ter Anast9s1<l since the takeover,
\) "
Disney, surprisingly, ~id no! ~aRe this: These tw.o men, Dimi~ri .and Vladimir, meet
cartoon. Instead if was made ' by Twentieth- Anastasi,a and soon feel she is very much what
Century Fox yYith an e ~.Di sney employee's ,AnastasiiLShould,be. like. Anastasia does ~ot
h~lp. I do feel it followed the1ll0qern Di~i1ey ~ r~nlember her family and only knows her name
format though~' which Includes: 1) Abeautjful . as Anya. ,They then travel to Paris, Dimitri and
prinsess type girl; 2) A haridsome prince boy;' ' Vladi.mir i.n· hopes of reward money for
3} A funny animlll sid~kick"or two; and 4) kn ·reuJliting Anastasia wilh her family, and
.evil"cruel villain. Hiad'hop'es that.this cartoon Ana'stasia with .dre,ams of finding her real
would somehow be drastic~lly gifferent from ' fal)'li£y, The trip to P~ris is a very romantic
.
journN
ey, :
.
that formai , but it wasn't, .
~ 1916, tite.moyie begin's with 8·year· .
, Rasputin, I hate to 'S ay, is my favorite Anastasia and Dimitri Sitting in a tree . . .
old Ana~tasia in ,the Rdmanov palace ill. St. , character because he.is so evil and disgusting
Peterstmrg, Russia, wh~re the Romanov fam~y looking, Rasputin is bundreds of years old and something I can only describe as liquid evil
is celebrating its 300 year rule ,over Russia. is slOWly geJting ~ore gross looking with age. green juice in a glass stick. He used this to slow
Duri~g ,the celebration, the eviJ RaspuHri ,He was liter.aHy f:flliflg apa~t'as portions of his
down.Anastasia fi-om reuniting with her family
separates .Anast~'~ia~ fro(ll 'het beloved body would fan off and then be stuck back on by causing an array of bad things to happen to
grandmother. 'Ten years·later, ifie" 18-year·o,ld by his ~musing sideld'ck, the alb~o bat Bartok. , her during her journey to Paris.
Anastasia leaves th~ orphanage she has been Thiscreated many 1;;lUgns fot ll!y,five'year·old
Something to keep in mind when seeing
living ~ to sear£h for her.real family, who she niece Kirstin, who when asked what she though this cartoon is the actual animation quality. I
cannot remember. She meet~upwith two men al:1out.·Ra~putin cou ld only say, "Yuck! " normally don't pay attention to such things,
, whose goal is to find a girl that fits the Rasputin also carries wjth him a b6tt!~ of but I bad heard that the animation was good
. .
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Is iJ Mic,k or a scenester?
And so is
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the life of a rock'n'roll star. As the group
See STONES continued on page 9
cranked out hit single after single, listeners

dstrolosieAllfl ..speAkins

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by C'hristabel (C-Bell') Fowler
in th~ role ofLady Bug,.
.

heard them fi-om radios in their homes
and cars. My fath er first heard thef!1- in
Prestwick, Scotland , when he was 15. He
rode motorcycles in th ose d ays a'n d
sported shaggy hair.
And so, 34 yea rs, later in Sea ttle.
Washingto n on Friday, Nov. 28, when
th ousands of people crammed into the
Kingdom it was no surprise. Th e
audience was made up of peo ple from
every 'walk oflife, 'as my father would say,
Music oversteps social boundaries and
ro ck'n 'roll ' is 'no exce pti on to thi s,
Thousands of people stood dancing side
by sid e, th eir cultural differences se t
aside for the evening. The long time fal) S
recalled Mick Jaggers fac e at 21 and
connected old maga zine articles with
romanticized memories of youth. They
recall the beautiful, omitting elements of
history not worth remembering. Fans

under to kee p
turning out hits.
Eac h sin gle in
th ose days had
to be better and
to do better. If
t he nex t one
didn 't do as well
as th e las t one,
eve ryone told ,
yo u yo u we re
slidin g out. It
go t to be a state
of mind. Every
eight weeks you
had to come up
with a red· hot
song that said it
all
in
two
minutes ,
30
seconds. "

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cool · works in progress in 3-D until the 19th.
____ (& continuing until the' 7th) Joy of
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