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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 11, Issue 16 (March 4, 1983)

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Funding System Holds Up lEse WASHPIRG For~ation
by John Hill
A final decision on the proposed Evergreen (TESC) chapter of the Washington
Public Interest Research Group (WASHPIRG) is expected from the college's
Board of Trustees during its next meeting
on March 10. During the January meeting
of the board, the student WASHPIRG
proposal was shelved for analysis, which
is to be done by the President's Cabinet.
Promoted by citizen activist Ralph
Nader in 1970, PIRGs were organized to
address the lack of constructive student
activity in community affairs. Nader
believed that students, by having access
to t hei r fellow students, faculty, the laboratori es, computers and libraries, have an
advantage most other citizens do not
have in confronting soc ial and economic
problems PIRGs presently are a national
network of state PIRGs which are formed
on college campuses in a given state.
PIRG's now function in 24 states and
Canada on over 150 campuses.
The debate of the PIRG proposal here
at TESC revolves around the funding
system. The standard funding system of
PIRGs in operation nationwide and intended for Evergreen is structured like
this: a mandatory , refundable fee of $2.50
is billed to all students each quarter on

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tuition statements, PIRG will hold the
mon ey until the third week of the quarter
when refunds wil l become avai lable to
students who do not wi sh a part in the
PIRG organ ization. Built into the proposed TESC chapter of WASHPIRG is a
self-destruct mechanism. If 51% of the
student body requests refunds for two
consecutive quarters, then the PI RG at
Evergreen wou ld be dismantled .
Thi s funding arrangement was approved
.)y a majority of students in a petition

drive which concluded in November 01
1982. However, the PreSident's Cab,nel is
recommending to the boa rd that thi s
funding sys tem does not allow students a
clear choice of whether or not to make
the contribution Larry Stenberg, a member of the cabi net bel ieves that "because
the initi al contribution is not voluntary,
but mandatory, the system does not seem
fair to those who do not know about the
PIRG organ ization ."
As an alternative, the cab inet is reCOnl-

Reps Rap With Greeners
by Francisco A. Chateaubriand
Three representatives of state politics
appeared at The Evergreen State College
(TESC) last Tuesday to discuss current
issues, inc ludin g the recently passed tax
bill, and field questions from st udents .
However, by the end of the session, it was
Secretary of State Ralph Munro who was
askin g most of the questions.
Munro, who was join ed by House
Majority Leader Dennis Heck (O-Vancouver) and State Senator Dick Hemstad
(R-O lympial. spoke somberly of the many
problems facing Washington State, one of
which is the financing of state ca mpaigns .
According to Munro, the cost of running for publi c office has increased 500%
and, in some cases, double that amount.
" Four years ago," sa id Munro, "senate
riKes cost eight or nine thousand dol lars
and sometimes as much as $15,000.
However, in the last election we had eight
races that exceeded $100,000 in campaign
[expenditures)."
The end resu lt, added Munro, is a
political system that can be parti cipated
in only " by millionaires," and not by those
who more accurately reflect their
constituen cy
Senator Hemstad agreed with Munro's
assessment, but cautioned students that
not all ethics measures, such as limiting
campaign contributions, are feasible.
"One thing to remember," said Hemstad,
" is that the incumbent has decisionmaking power on any bills that might be
introduced [dealing with campaign funds).
It would be to the incumbent's advantage
to pass a bill calling for such a low ceiling
[on spending) that a challenger would be
Cover Photo: Ex-Navy vessel will see new
horizons as Seawulffs companion ship.
See story page 3. photo by Oberbllllg

mendi ng that the board consider a positive checkoff arrangement of funding .
Students who wish to co ntribute to PIRG
would have to check a box on their
tuition statements volunteering to
contr ibute.
According to Annette Newman, an
Evergreen student and PIRG organi zer, the
offer proposed by the cab inet IS neither
practical or efficient: "Si nce most people
receive th eir tuition statemen ts \Vh il e on
vacat ion , it is difficult to reach them and
('elu ca te them about PIRC " She ex pl ained
.hat the three-week holding p"flod tor
lunch would be the time to erill( dlf'
people w ho arE' not alrt'dch Idilld'.lr \\lth
Ihe organ i zation
Nf'wman added t hal " th e "dml' ", " ,II Ion
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views thp co ll ec tion sys tem
" heme, like the record of tht' Illonth ,I ub
ur 'omething. They are not t,l lk illC: " bout
II in the samp langua gf' as W" dC<' Th "1
leave the word refunddbl e ou l (,I Ih(' rll', u"ion and refer 10 II as a nldllddl()'1
IPP
if the administrdtion '1,111, id lklll t,:
,lboul stud ents tilXlI1g Iht'nN ·I\t-', It
Identify the studenl'> d '> a Sepdral<' COIllIllunity , which we art-'; with Ollr O\\n
interests, which WI' hilve. Thf' re I' nOlhmg
Illdn!latory about thi , ;tudent la\ "

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fawlt\ I1lt'lllber ,
Chuck Nisbet,
do.'s no t vipw Ihe fu ndlllg sy, lern a, d
"udt'nt tax , but as another fef' "ith ,1
IlniqllP arivdntdgl' II ,., uniqu, ' III Ihe
,,'m.. I h,l[ it would be the 0111 , 'Iudent
','" Wit h d retund option A" orLimg 10
'-J isuel , il i ~ <In example of tru" d(,lllocrac\
)(-'("l,.;(' of the minority prot l'C IIOll burlt
' 11 : " 11\ democratic II' t l,., lel1lP of
IldjCJrlty rul e but it ha, thp IL'"tur,' UI pro'" , ling lIlt' minority. If SS% ()I thl' 'IU.k'n" pity the tPe , II1Pn thl:' IIrgdlll/,ll lUI1
wi ll work
th e ot her 40,% dr< ' [lrotprtpcl
'I ' Ihe avai lable rPiund
I think " I' ,1
Ildrv('loLh fundin g " y, lt'1l1 "
II th e proposed 'y,I('m I, lllli ,' " bv
,ril1l1nl st ration ,t,lI1ci,mis, NI,hl't 'lIg>;(',led
lIrn ing the question 0 1 fundll l~ ,"'>LlIld
1(' post'd it this WdV ' " Whp" , III Ih,' \\orlcl
.loc', d ci li Len haw the flgh l to hdw
1ll01l('y r('fu nded If they don I I,k" \\ iwre II
il bp lng spe nl l "

Hemstad (left) and Secretary of State Munro
severely limited in his abi lity to familiarize
himself to the voter . . while at the same
time taking advantage of the free med ia
coverage and name recognition an incumbent presently enjoys."
Munro questioned current practices in
the funding of ca mpaign s. "Why," asked
Munro, " don' t we limit post-campaign
contributions? Why do we allow out-ofstate contributions? After all, who are we
representing? What right does pipeline
money have [participating] in the politics
of this state?" These are the problems
Munro said that need to be addressed
quickly and thoroughly .
Evergreen graduate Dennis Heck spoke
briefly about the tax bill which was just
passed _ Heck said the plan was not going
to make anyone "particularly happy," but
it would meet the immediate needs of
Washington State. Heck voiced concern
over Governor Spellman's veto of the
25% surcharge on. businesses. The veto,
according to Heck, means "the loss of
$20 million in this biennium, which
means cuts will be necessary in the next
one unless we find an alternate source of
funds," which, he says, is not likely to
happen.

Asked whether he thought the tax
ncrease would hurt the Democrats
,lOliti ca lly, Heck responded with an
emph ati c no. " In fa ct ," sa id Heck, " I'm
proud of the bill . I don't think it will be a
black eye. All we did was meet our
responsibilities . If there's anyone who
believes we found it easy, they are wrong.
We don't have any alternative ."
Finally, students asked what they could
du to become more politi ca lly involved .
The answers were remarkably similar and
l imple. "Vote," sa id Ralph Munro, "One
of the biggest disappointments to me is
the number of 18, 19 and 20 year olds
who only recently acquired the right to
vote, but who don't vote. " Munro was
active in presenting legisl ation lowering
the voting age from 21 to 18 severa l years
ago.
Heck echoed Munro's feelings: " More
people own motori zed pleasure boats
than participate in the political process
outside of voting . Read the newspapers,
read your voter's pamphlet and make an
informed choice. "
This meeting was sponsored by the
Washington Student Lobby .

80lh Newman dnd Nisbet dgre(' Ih,l[ it
I ~ SC WASHPIRG chapter w()lI ld (ll l" r
"""ly advd nta ges , to both Sllidplll, and
laculty Newman pOlntf'd ou l thai ' In a
t !IllC of budget cut s, ou r cum ( ulilr ()p t l on~
arc'dwindling A PIRG i" onl:' \V,l\' , \\ll h "
'lominal charge, to guaranl ee quci"IlI,
Ihat th eir education will havc' ,om,'
options in a real world sense "
WASHPIRG 's speC ifi c purpm('s Includ("
promoting educational and clt,zen,h ,p
, kill s of students and cit ilen s, conducting
w(, lI -grounded reseilrc h on 1m ,11 and qate
Issues of vital public concern , and advocating f indings to educate cit l/ell' and
achieve const ru ct ive changes by worki ng
through public institutions ",,-h it, local
and state government.
Nisbet sees the advantages of PI RGs
affecting his role as a faculty member at
tvergreen in a coup le of way~ : " hrst, it is
going to offer a supply of students interested in research, many more than we
have now at the college. The,e students
will be looking for faculty to wor,k with .
Secondly, it will increase the 0flPortunity
of faculty to teach applied research
projects; that sort of stuff is exciting.
These are research projects of contemporary interest, as opposed to obscure
projects with no apparent relevan ce."

CPJ EXTRA: CAMPUS HERBICOE UPDATE See Bulletin Post~ On Campus, Also Available at
. Campus Information Center

Mar. 4, 1983 The Cooper Point Journal page 1

News & N0 t es
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11m Douglas the CO-FOUNDER OF THE
GROUND ZERO ANTINUCLEAR GROUP
and au thor of "Nonviolent Cross " and
" Re~istance and Contemplation " will
speak at Evergreen on March 9 in CAB
306 The public is invited .630 p.m.
invite a ll you inte nse STUDYORIENTED HEALTH/SCIENCE colleagues
to make a group contract (4 to 12 hrs.) for
physics Spring Quarter. Lots of potential
to bounce off eac h other's knowledge .
Contac t Barb, Betsy or Kassie at 866-0492
or 352-4279 or 866-0920.
PARENT SUPPORT WORKSHOPS, O lympia Child Care Center, 1516 E. 4th Ave ,
Mond,1Ys 6 pm -8 p.m.
,\ l,trrh 7 - I nter-Act . " Take Home I mage, t o r Par e nt s" -v ideo of skits on
pm im (' approaches to parenting. March
1·1- Pa i t in g O ur selves o n the Hack~m[lhihl l in g \lrengths we have as peoplc '
... '( ; p,lrt'nh Please ca ll ahead for : triln ~­
portdtiOIl - \~7-63CJb, Childca re - 943-357'1
Spo l1, orpci hy Pilrl'nl, Anonvmou s
THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PRO ·
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"BUILDING SELF·ESTEEM IN THE FA.\1·
IL Y," a parent self-help project developed
by the Thurston County Chapter of Parents
Anonymous will begin Monday evening,
March 7. Parents and their children are
invited to meet at the Olympia Child Care
Center, 1516 E 4th Avenue, from 6:00 p.m .
to 800 p.m . to participate in activities
which will increase their skills in family
living I nquiries about Parents Anonymous
ca n be mad e to Gladys Burns, 357-68%.
Informalion about the workshop series
should be addressed in writing to : Marsha
Holand, Child Care Center, 1516 E. 4th
Ave ., Olympia, WA 98501, or by phoning,
1l6h-7507 or 943-1734.
EXCESSIVE LINT A PROBLEM? Lint ca n
be a resull of wear from agitation and
tumbling a garment rece ives in the cleaning pro( ess. It is also due to everyday
wear and tear Incor rect sort ing and overloading can add to the problem . Make it
il practi cp. 110t 10 wash lint-givers (towels)
wilh lint-receivp.rs (corduroy).
Thirty -t hree p ercent of all sex ual ly
actiw adults have Herpes Counseling,
Hea llh and Women 's Servi ces is sponsoring il HERPES INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP. The <,('ss ion wi II b(' held Thursday,
M<Jrch '10, at nool1 in CAB 306 . Come if
you have herpes, 1f your partner does or
if you are just II1terested

ALL WAg TIIAtI£L UIIVIC£, 11Ie.

WO:llTll'DO: SHO .... 'NO CO:NTI:It

OL,YMPIA. WASHINGTON

843·8701
843.8700

Copenhagen/Skoal Ski Race Series
Presents

A Recreation Challenge Race at Crystal
Mountain Ski Resort, March 14 and 15
(Monday and Tuesday). Recreational
skiers 18 and older are invited to participate. Men's and Women's divisions
Age categories: 18-27, 28-38, 38 and older
(competitive license holders and pro
racers are not eligible)
Registration: Monday, March 14, 8;3010:30 a.m, at the Crystal Mt Ski School
window
Fee: $8.00, includes a free T-shirt
Qualifiers from Monday's races go headto-head, dual format on Tuesday
Chateau Ste . Michelle Wine Tasting
comp li ments of U.S . Tobacco Co.
Sanctioned by United States Ski Association

page 2 The Cooper Point Journal Mar. 4, 1983 ,

Quote of the Week: In response to
President Reagan's announcement that
~~Ithe recession is over, a skeptical observer
replied : " Tell that to the unemployed ."

Piece of My Mind, a community forum,
Jresents on March 16 Saint Martin's pro:essor Dr . Don Foran discussi ng "STRIK·
ING AT niE ROOT OR HACKING AT THE
BRANCHES: THE NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE IN AMERICA" Talk begins promptly
at 12 :10 p.m . and adjourns by 1250 pm .
at the First United Methodist Church,
1224 East Legion Way, Olympia.
REGISTRATION BOOTHS FOR THE
ACADEMIC QUARTER , which begins
Monday, March 28, will be set up at The
Bon in the Capital Mall on Saturday,
March 12 from noon to 4 p .m ., Ihe
General Department of Social and Health
Services Bui lding on Wednesday, March
16 from 11 a.m . to 1 p.m. ; the Department of Social and Health Services Building on Wednesday, March 16 from 11 a.m
to 1 p .m ; at Building 8 in the Tumwater
Airdustrial Park on Thursday, March 17
from 11 a.m . to 1 pm . and at Soulh
Sou nd Center in La cey on Saturday ,
March 19, from noon to 4 p.m . An academic Fair, to allow prospective students
to meet w ith faculty m embers and
academic advi sors is sc heduled for Werlnesday, March 9, at The Evergreen State
College from 1 to 3 p. m and again from
5:30 to 7 pm on the second floor of the
~vans Library. Questions about registration for academic courses shou ld be
directed to the Registrar's Office at Evergreen. 8bb-6000, ex t. 6180; ;"hile questions
dbollt Lei su re Fducation should be
clirp.cted to Coordinator Debbie Lutz at
Uhb-bC()O, ('xl. 65 '10
THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
in Atlan ta, Georgia, has advised co llege
Cill11[lll'ieS of a pOSSible measles outbreak
fifty cil>es have been reported ill Indiana
and six case~ in Oregon. TESC Health
Services recommpnd s that all students ,
staff and faculty ages 17-30 check with
their family or family physician to see if
they ever had measles or were immunized
This type of measl es is called German
measles, Hard Measles or Rubeola. Health
Services should have the vaccine available
soon at minimal cost. If you are unsure, it
will not harm you to be immunized again.

It is with great sadness tha1 KAOS FM must
nnounce the death of Margaret Thompson, our
ublic service director for the past four years.
argaret was stricken by cancer several months
go, and passed away on the night of February
. Funeral arrangements have not yet been
nounced.
Margaret was originally from Colorado, and
me to us by way of Fort Lewis, where her
usband was stationed as a career Army officer.
he came to KAOS in 1978 as a volunteer from
he Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).
ring her four years, she became a central figure
t the station. In many ways, she personified the
deals of community radio-exuberance, dedlcalon, comm itment, and a willingness to communlte through the tool of radio. Her contribution to
AOS has allowed us to build a strong public
ervlce program. She could never be replaced,
nd we who worked with her will miss her
remendously .
Although I have not been informed by her son,
Immy, of her final wishes, I am sure that chartable contributions to the American Cancer
lety cou ld be made In her memory.
We all mourn the paSSing of a dear friend .
Michael Huntsberger, general manager
KA05-FM

Evergreen's Resolute Gets Facelift And New Berth

Academi c Advising and Career Planning
& Placement is proud to announce a
workshop on HOW TO WRITE A SELF.
EVALUATION Thursday, March 3, noon1:30 in CAB 108 and once again on Tuesday, March 8, 4:3G-6 in Lib. 3500. For
more information, rail 866-6000 ext. 6193.

by Cary Oberbillig
As soon as one groaning six-inch log
rolls clear, someone is there to grab it,
hoist it on a shoulder, and trot forward to
toss it judiciously under the skids in
front - ever mindful of the inexorable
movement and the great weight , precarious ly balanced, and the soft vulnerability
of fingers and toes if your timing is just a
fraction off.

THE OLYMPIA CITY COUNCIL has
created two new citizen committees to
advise them on issues of downtown development and ca ble franchising. Persons
interested in serving on either of these
committees may submit an application or
resume to : Councilmember Mary Lux,
General Government COrrimittee , P.O .
Box 1967, Olympia, WA 98507. Application forms are availabl e at City Hall. Only
O lympia residents, 18 years of older, are
eli gible for appointment Deadline for
applica tion s is March 21, 1983. Application
forms are available at City Hall , 8th and
Plum Streets . For further information , call
Nancy Dombrowski at 753-8445 .

Later in the day, February 24, the shed
that provides shelter is also moved by the
same time-honored method, possibly even
a trickier process because of the shed's
large size and relative fragility .
Moving a large boat such as "Resolute"
(one of Evergreen's two donated Annapolis
44's) is always a hold·your-mouth·right
proposition, but the vessel's dry land
voyage to the new work area some 400
feet away went without mishap to the
crew or gear. That this was accomplished
comes as no great surprise when you
glance at Don Fassett, the man in charge,
who seems to carry a diploma of the skills
he has mastered on his weathered face .
Many members of the Evergreen community may recall that Fassett was largely
responsible for the completion of the
Evergreen sailboat "Sea Wulff."
Now, thanks to an initial grant from
Tacoma Boat, the refitting of "Resolute"
can begin .

lassI-f,-. e ds

WANT A CHALLENGE which uses your skills?
TESC office of Facilities is lookfng for a sludent
to fill a state work-study drafting position .
Contact Darrell Six at 6134 for additional
information .

FOR SALE: one pair skis and ice axe. Call
357-3401.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF BUDGET PRESENTATIONS
to the S&A Board , public welcome,
March 30, 1933, Wednesday, In CAB 306:
9 : 00-9: 30 CRC (Community Recreation Center)
9 : 30-10:00 Women's Health Clinic
10 : 00-1 0 : 30 Recreational Support (Intramural
Sports)
10:45-11 :15 KAOS
11 :15-11 :45 Intercollegiale Athletics
11 : 45-12: 15 Driftwood Daycare
1 :15-1 :45 Supplemental Events
1 : 45-2: 15 Recreational Arts
2: 15-2: 45 Activities Building
3: 00-3 : 30 Student Activities AdminIstration
3: 30-4: 30 S&A Reserves: S&A Discretionary
Fund, Director's Reserve,
'h % Staff Development, ''''',w,••.,.
S&A Board, S&A Building Repair
Reserve, S&A Equipment Repair
ReserVe and CAB Phase II

You cannot stay on the summit forever.
You have to come down again,
So why bother in the first place?
Just this :
What is above knows whal Is below.
But what Is below does not know what is above.
One climbs , one sees.
One descends, one sees no longer.
But, one has seen.
There is an art of conducting onesel f In the
lower regions by whal one saw higher up.
Where one can no longer see, one can at least
know .
Author Unknow

Advisor : Mary Ellen McKain

Typesetter: .shirley Greene

April 6, 1983, Wednesday, In CAB 306:
9 :00-9:30 S&A Lighting
9 : 30-1 0 : 00 Wilderness Cenler
10:00-10 : 30 Crew
10:45-11 :15 Asian Isle Pacific Coalilion
11 :15-11 :45 Computer Club?
11 :45-12: 15 S&A Board
3:00-3:30 Tides of Change
3: 30-4: 00 Lesbian & Gay Resource Cenler
April 13, 1983, Wednesday, In CAB 306
" 10:00-10 : 30 Self Help Legal Aid
10:45-11 :15 Friday Nighl Films
11 :15-11 : 45 Organic Farm
1 : 15-1 : 45 Environmental Resource Center
1: 45-2: 15 Innerplace
2: 15-2 : 45 UJAMAA SOCiety
3:00-3 : 30 Washington Association of University
Students (WAUSI
3: 30-4 : 00 Arts Resource Center
4: 00-4: 30 Veterans Center
AprIl 20, 1983, Wednnday, fn CAB 306:
9 :00-9 : 30 The Women's Center
9 : 30-10:00 EPIC
10:00-10: 30 Cooper PoInt Journal
11 :4!>-11 :15 Bike Shop
11 :15-11 :45 NWIC
11 : 45-12:15 Tacoma Student's Organization
1 : 15-1 :45 ThIrd World Women's Organization
1 :4!>-2 :15 Student Union

Production Manager : Eric Brinker
Arts Editor: David Gaff
Sports Editor : Duane Heier
Wrilers : John W. Hill , Camey Combs , Francisco Chateaubriand, Richard Fellows, Lesli Welliver,
Slephen Kistler
Pholographers: Gary Oberbilllg , Christi ne Albl:J.ght, John Hili
Business Manager : Margaret Morgan

Graphics : John Norris

Advertising Manager: James Bergin

Produclion Crew: Erin, Johnny, Eric, David , Lesli , and Tracy Taylor

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The main things to be accomplished
before "Resolute" is returned to the water
are: work on the hull, such as re-caulking
below the water line, dropping the keel to
check the condition of the keel bolts,
"sistering" or doubling up of damaged
frames as needed, plus protective bottom
paint to guard against destructive marine
critters-everything necessary to make
the hull tight and ready to relaunch.
One main area of planned work involves "Resolute's" eventual use as a
research vessel in company with "Sea
Wulff ." Because the berths aboard "Sea
Wulff' are limited, the number of students
who could partiCipate at any given time
in an expedition that involved an overnight cruise has been somewhat limited,
and the anticipated eight berths to be

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NOTICE: A deci sion will be made
Thursday, March 10, by the Board of
Trustees of TESC on the WashPIRG issue.
The meeting will convene at 1 :30 and
support for WashPIRG is urged.

Managing Editor: Erin Kenny

Historica lly, the yawls " Resolute'" and
"Flirt" were built to Navy order~ in 1939
at Luder's Yard in Stamford , Connecticut,
for the use in training Annapolis midshipmen in compet itive raci ng in matched
sa ilboats. Sometime after WWII . the two
vessels ended up in San Di ego as recreational boats for nava l person nel. until
they were eventuall y declared surplu s b v
the navy and acquired by the National
Science Foundation for use a~ research
vessels . Some five years ago, they we re
given to Evergreen "u nder a SCientifiC
Equipment Grant Program for use as
research vessels by the co ll ege, " according to Schwartz, who is responsible for
overseei ng the project.

Clearly out of its preferred element,
some 12 tons of sa ilboat move reluctantly
but surely across the Maintenance Shop
yard to take up a more secure berth closer
to needed tools and to the time when it
can be relaunched.

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installed aboard " Resolute" will improve
that situation.
Also, since "Resolute" has no engine,
all needed modifications are to be made
to the hull in anticipation of one, when it
can be obtained - engine beds to support
the weight, shaft log through the hull , and
cut-<:>ut in the rudder for the screw.
Just what sort of engine l Fassett is
emphatic: " It'll be a diesel-Oh, they're
harder to maintain , rougher, noisier,
fussier about their fuel, but they don't go
BANGI" he says in reference to the
dangerous explosive potential of a seemingly insignificant amount of spilled
gasoline in a gas boat's bil~e
As to what brand of diesel , Fassett
replies, " I've given 10 or 11 brochures to
Dick Schwartz (TESC Vice President for
Business) and several seem most su itable
for this application - Yanmar, Perkins ,
BMW-'Sea Wulff' has a Sabb but , while

Much of the work to be done in itially
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No one, unless they are equipped wit h
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f-assett is cau tiously willing to say " Ii all
goes well" as soon as a year from no\\ .
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by I W Nielsen

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This issue of the CPJ wi II be the last
thiS quarter as we ll as the last that I' ll be
associa ted with. Due to my lack of funds I
am forced to leave Evergreen and seek
employment elsewhere. I have been involved with the CPJ since January 1982,
when I joined the staff as a writer/ photographer Since that time, I followed and
reported on many events of concern ' to
the diverse group of students here at
Evergreen .
Recent l" I was asked what event (that I
had covered ) impressed me the most. I
didn 't have to think very long about an
ans\\er because one event, from my viewpoint, stands far above anything that I
had seen or heard whi Ie I attended Evergreen I t was a conference entitled " Sur \ 1\ al for the Future An Obligation ." It
" as co-,> pon sored by The Northwest
Indian Centpr (an Evergreen student
organi zati on) in cooperation with the
:--': at lve American Studies program and a
grOl,p 0 1 supporters for the co llege's Long
House pro lect .
W ha t af fec ted me the most about this
rOnfl"renCe w as that it left me feeling as if
m\ \\ hole inner being had been cleansed.
The message that I received from the
Illi llWrous speeches on that fine day last
'\" dV \\ a, th at the ground I walk on , the
air I breathe and the space that surrounds
nlP " not mine, but in fa c t belongs to the
pa st as It belongs to the future . Nothing
in thi s ph YS ical world can be owned
bec au,e thi S phvsi cal world is a giant
ne l(' With hlll'lan 5 IUlt an equal part of
that, \ (1 ... 110t hing more .
Whil e w(, Amf'r iean s (non-natives) go
.1 \)I)UI 0 Uf II\ p, we lorgel that dnol her
rde (. all d cull u,, ' II1hablted this limd until.
:<>r t ·' I)ne)f ni( rpaso", we drove them to
m'ar c·, t" 1< lion In many cases we di d ilnd
dll rh .lt " 1.'11 as pv idence of their ex i,> :1-'11U" il shJrdl 0 1 pottery . By the mere
tae t thaT I'm white 111 skin color I teel
~' "l t from my forefather's act ions.
The Natl VP An lPrirans be li eved that the
pa rth wa s thei r mother and thl-'Y respected
It as such. Loo, around toda\'. The prpspnt
occ upants o f thi s planet treat the earth
as another commod ity to be used for
profit Fverywhere is destruction .and there
a,>pea" to be no corner spared.
It is lon g past the time to put the
philosophi es and beliefs of the Native
Americans back into practice The suppo,edlv civilized indi viduals that are now
in control of the countries of this planet
ar'" supposed to be protectors of humanity
and mor,llity I see only protection for the
corpe)(atiom and business, protection of
profit Our Mother Earth IS being raped to
secure those profits. The total advancemE'nt of civilization is the tool society
ules to protect its profits (ie nuclear
"'eJllon s). These weapons lay a threat

over the heads of all humanity in the
form of total world annihilation.
I don't want to dwell on today's nuclear
problems because I feel with perseverance
we can reverse the arms race. What is
more important to me is working toward
a more humane environment to raise our
children in . We can start by caring about
others as if they were our brothers and
sisters . We can do this by treating the
earth as if it was our mother. Still, we can
achieve a more humane environment by
treating the earttn animals with 'the
respect due to them as creations of God .
But first you must see in yourself that you
are just a part of the creation and not a
master over it.
The Native Americans lived in peace
With the environment around them for
thousands of years without major problems . But they also knew that they were
j~ st an integrated part of a grand cycle.
They knew that by thinking that they
were superior to that cycle they would
destroy it. So they lived as a part of it.
With the arri val of " civ ili zat ion" and the
"white way," it has only taken 200 years
for the sacred values of the Native Ameri cans to be destroyed.
I am finished , for the time being, here
at Evergreen, but in leaving I'd like to
share with you a portion of a speech
made by Chief Sealth (Seattle) in 1854.
" /I. few more hours, a few more winters,

anu none of the children of the great
tflOC'S that once lived on the earth or that
rOdm now in small bands in the woods
wi ll bC' Ipft to mourn the graves of a
i peop le once a, powerful and hopeful as
, ours. But why should I mourn the passing
: of my people? Tribes are made of men,
nothing more . Men come and go, like
waves of the sea .
"Even the white man, whose God walks
and talks with him as friend to friend,
cannot be exempt from the common
destiny . We may be brothers after all, we
sha ll see. One thing we know, which the
white man may one day discover : our
God is the same God .
"You may think now that you own him
as you wish to own our land, but you
cannot. He is the God of man, and his
' compassion is equal for the red man and
the white. This earth is precious to him,
and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creators . The whites too sha ll
pass; perhaps sooner than all other tribes.
Continue to contam inate your bed, and
you will one night suffocate in your own
waste."

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LETTERS
Subterranean Nuclear Blues
Editor
On February 22, the U.S. Navy held
public hearings in the Department of
Social and Health Service Building The
hearings were intended to receive public
comments regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the
navy plan to dispose of old, decommissioned nuclear submarines and, in particular. their reactor plants, after the fuel has
been removed.
The DEIS considers two possible plans:
1 Land disposal , which would mean that
the reactors would be buried at the Hanford or Savannah River (South Carolina)
waste disposal sites; 2. Ocean dumping,
whi ch would mean that the approximately
120 submarines reaching "old age'within
the next 30 years would be towed out to
sea and sunk, at the rate of 3 or 4 per year. The DEIS recommends that the
ocean dumping proposal be adopted, and
cites cost-analysis information that finds
ocean dumping to be more economical.
The hearings in Olympia were one of
four sets of hearings being held across the
U.s. during the month of February, the
page 4

TJle Cooper POint Joumal

Mar. 4, 1l1li3

other three being held at Sacramento,
CA, Raleigh, N.C, and Columbia, S.C The
locations of the hearings reflect the navy's
apparent decision to use areas off the
Cape Hattaras region of the East Coast
and the Cape Mendicino region of the
West Coast. Presumably, waters off of the
Washington coast are also being considered for use as well.
The hearings were listed in the Federal
Register and in the back pages of the
Olympian as being held in the General
Administration Building. Since the location had been changed without notice, a
few people criticized the navy for not
doing a better job of publicizing this
change in the hearing's site. Many also felt
that the hearings were not adequately
publicized to begin with, and that the
change in sites had merely confounded an
already obscure situation.
The hearings were presided over by
Captain Edward F. Wagner, and a slide
presentation briefing was given by Mr.
James Mangeno, Deputy Director of
Nuclear Technology for the navy. Speakers
affi liated with groups were given ten
minutes to speak, and individuals were
given five minutes. Croups represented
included the Sierra Club, the Oceanic
Society, Greenpeace, the Washington
Environmental Council, Tahomans for a

Letters Continued
Healthy Environment, and the Concerned
Citizens of Cooper Point. Individuals
ranged from members of Greenpeace's
"Nucleide Navy" to a state worker who
took the morning off to be there. There
were people there from Colville, Tacoma,
Seattle, Lacey, and of course, Olympia.
Nearly all those making statements had
one or more points in which they took
issue with the conclusions of the navys
document. Most common were criticisms
about the navys contentions that corrosion would not affect the sunken submarines for 2000 years, that low-level
radiati on would not adversely affect the
ocean environment, and that the ocean
would absorb whatever radiation was
released without passing any significant
amounts on to humans.

The hearings held in Olympia represented the only chance that area residents
had to make vocal statements about the
navy plan that would be considered when
the Final Environmental Impact Statement, but it is still possible to submit
statements in writing. Copies of the DEIS
can also be ordered from the Department
of the Navy. The address for written statements is:
(c/o) Capt Edward F. Wagner, U.S. Navy
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
(OPNAV-22)
Dept of the Navy
Washington, D.C 20350
All statements should be sent in before
March 31
For more information, call 866-1212;
ask for Jim.
Jim Skutt

Senate Bill Seeks To Right Pay Imbalances
by Dan Gorham
As Washington's legislators haggle over
the nuts and bolts of a biennium budget,
a lawsuit is in the works which would
force the state to overhaul its entire
engine. The American Federation of State,
County and MuniCipal EmployeeS
(AFSCME) has filed a class action lawsuit
against Washington state for wage discrimination. The AFSCME claims that the
state's pay scale perpetuates wage inequalities in female dominated professions. The outcome of the case could
mean a radical change in the method by
which all state employees are paid.
AFSCME is asking the U.s. District Court
to force the state into a pay scale based
upon the concept of comparable worth.
This proposal means al l state civil service
salaries would be evaluated on a point
system; factors such as knowledge, skill,
responsibility, and working conditions
would be calcu lated by points to determine a job's worth and the accompanying
pay.
The Equal Pay Act of 1%3 and the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 make it illegal to discriminate in compensation based on race,
national origin, religion or sex. However,
without a broadbased method of evalu-

Representative Misrepresents
Editor:

Media Policy Clarified

Editor:
Thanks for your article concerni ng
Media Loan's audio policy. Maintaining
service with reduced budgets requires
careful evaluation of how we spend our
derous. For me, an employee and a gradustudent resources . I n some situations this
ate of the co llege, it is frustrating indeed
does
mean modifications in our circu lathat an elected official can just make
tion policies resulting in " loss" of service.
figures up or use figures from an era long
I n the case of the general P.A. system
gone to justify political action to satisfy
poli
cy, hopefully the nominal charge
a personal vendetta ~-I visit with many
Electronic Media requires to staff activiprospective students who express exciteties which need P.A. support will not
ment over the possibility of attending a
deter
patrons from availing themselves of
place like Evergreen but show concern about
these services . Remember, this is only for
its possible closure. That is real, and that
activities where admission is being
reality is caused by Representative Bond's
charged. Academic performances like
deliberate distrubtion of misinformation.
noontime CAB activities do not fall into
To be specific, inaccuracies include
this category, so there should be little
Bond's contention about our "significant"
interference in this type of activity.
out-of-state student population and our
In reference to the second memo, the
out-of-state recruitment effort To address
article said the hours of access to audio
the tatter, there simply is not one. We
equipment have been cut. In actuality,
direct our efforts toward the students of
Ken Wilhelm and I worked out a comthis state-83% of the student body.
promise to make the equipment available
Occasionally, the Evergreen Foundation
to "Audio in Media" students. Until this
donates money to attract students from
quarter,
the students cou ld not use audio
California or Hawaii, but it is done so
studio
items
. I felt it would be of benefit
infrequently it can hardly be classified an
if we could work out some access.
intensive national recruiting effort.
Shuffling Media Loan students who had
Obviously, at 83%, the majority of our
the necessary expertise into three blocks
students are from this state, and our outcreated the open hours . So we really
of-state population is proportionate with
opened up the area for them as an exthe other state schools. I personally would
panded service. I would consider that an
like to see more just because of the
increase .
diversity out-of-state students lend to the
The longer range question of futl year
seminar. I venture that the bulk of the
access
to audio studio equipment is one
Husky football team is composed of outof
staffing
the area with qualified students
of-state students, but I don't ever recall
at
the
start
of the year. With the decision
that being a contention worthy of closure
to
hire
another
music faculty with exof the University.
pertise
in
audio
recording and multi-track
The elements of slander are the factors
compos
ition,
again
the question of structhat troubled me most about Representaturing
access
and
curriculum
which retive Bond's interview. To imply that the
quires
the
studios,
is
the
heart
of the
out-of-state students Evergreen attracts
matter.
Hand
in
hand
with
this
issue is
(which includes my wife and myself) tend
one
of
staff
resources
to
maintain
and
to be in some way undesirable is a real
instruct
in
these
areas.
insult. My wife, myself, and the majority
That question remains to be resolved.
of our friends are from outside the state.
Peter Randlette
We came in the '7O's to attend Evergreen,
Head of Media Loan
and we've made the decision to stay. We
are all gainfully employed in both the
public and private sectors; we all own
property; we all pay taxes; and we all
Gag Me With A Bag
vote for candidates of far greater depth
and insight
Editor:
Representative Boild would do well to
What is with the TESC Bookstore plastic
speak to students from Spokane attending
(wry-all bookbag, free with any purchase?
Evergreen and read the Spokane newsGag me with a spool of thread and I'll
paper that has recently written us up in
carry my knapsack, thanks. Who is the
very favorable terms (he seems to take
morbid, tasteless artist that promotes this
lightly all the national recognition we've
grody product? We do? The photograph,
been gaining). I am sure he would find
circa 1952, with pink tobacco canister,
the students from Spokane now attending
and orange, orange candlestick a la (puke
Evergreen, and not Eastern, are here
green) Cancer Ward, heralding the reign
because of our programs and their value,
of Eisenhower ... should I go on? Hey, is
not because of what Eastern doesn't have!
there anybody out there-whatcha gonna
Doug Scrima
do?
Class of 78
Phil D. Bag
I'm writing this letter in response to the
interview with Representative Bond (CP/,
Feb. 14). I'm responding because th.,
statements were inaccurate and slan-

ating various occupations, it is difficult to
detect discrimination in jobs which
require equal skill but are of a different
nature. Studies of public employers across
the country indicate an average wage
differential of 20% between male and
female jobs requiring equivalent skill,
effort, and responsibility .
In 1974, the 'legislature commissioned
an independent consultant to review
Washington state's pay scale. The study
found wage discrepancies between predominantly male and female occupations.
Laundry workers, for example, were paid
significantly less than truck drivers, although each job had the same number of
evaluation points. The laundry workers
were predominantly women; the truck
drivers, predominantly men.
That study has been updated in 1976,
1979, 1980, and 1982. Each study has
proven that inequality exists, yet the state
has not corrected the situation. The 1982
study indicated that nurses employed by
the state receive 22% less than their comparable worth value. The job of Registered
Nurse 2 was determined to require an
equivalent level of ski ll, responsibility ,
effort, and knowledge as a Highway
Engineer 3. Yet a Highway Engineer 3 is

job in the private sector. would pay. Since
women are generally underpaid in the
private sector, they remain underpaid
while working for the state.
AFSCME representative Mark Brown
said, "We don't want to be guilty of sex- b
based wage discrimination . We want to
set a trend." Comparable worth salaries
would follow the prevailing rates of pay,
unless the job's value is determined to be
more than the private sector pays. State
employees would be compensated either
by the going rate of pay for that occupation or its comparabl e worth value.
whichever is higher.
Senator Eleanor Lee (R-Burien) introduced a compa rable worth bill in the
legislature last month. Senate Bill (SB)
3248 mandates that annua l adjustments
be made in an effort to achieve comparable worth salaries by lune 1993. Rough
.~stimates from the Office of Fin anr ial
'vIanagement (O~M ) indicate the c o~ t of
hringing the over 45,000 affected state
E'lllployees up to thE' level of comparable
worth will be $127 .8 million per year.
currently paid an average of $582 per
month more than a Registered Nurse 2.
While SB 3248 might he a step III the
Sex-based wage discrimination in public
right d irection , state employees seem to
employment is caused by the exist in g pay
fE'el it is too littlp, too late. Georg"
procedures Salaries of all civil service
Matsen, lobbyist for AFSCME, said , " 1
state jobs are calculated by what it simil ar
have made it clear to the (SE'nate) cumIllittp£, thilt, although we support th" htll ,
~ it wi ll havp" no elfe( t on the pursuit 01 our
4[ court casp.
I llI"tter
rrevlous court ca'"s Ieave tll'
unresolved . In Junp 1981, the Suprenw
Court rulpd in Cuntpr v Washington
County that it i .. illegdl to pay less il
l'mploy£'E's are periorllllllg Similar, though
diffE'rent. jobs HO'lVl"ver , the cour t
deci sion qopppd sh ort of aCluall\ f'q " b
Iishing (Ol11llilr<lhll' worth ni tt'ria llllri"r
1.'dE'ral pquil l flgilt , Idw
A DC'nver ludgl' rul"d agalll)t publ"
nu"(',, who sued tilt' Lity dnd l OUll tv
becalN' they were paid less th,1I1 t«'f'
p~oto by Albright
trimmers. In hi s decision, the judgE' q at ed .
" It is an issup which is pregnant With thp
most representative manifestation to ever
possibility of di srupting the enti rE' econ
have arisen in Salvadoran politics."
omic system of the United States. "
Ramos cou ld not contain his exciteThe economic con sequences of comment about the growing support for the
parable worth are a matter of debatE'
revolutionaries, both in EI Salvador and
Fortune magazine es tim ates that raising
internationa lly : "We are winningT We are
the aggregatE' pay of thpcountry's 27 .3
winning!" But, he cautioned that the U.S .
million fulltime working women would
government is not willing to accept
add $150 billion to civtiian pilyrolls . Prodefeat, that it would be too humiliating.
ponents of comparable worth are quick to
As a result of the growing revolutionary
point out that it was the same economic
forces, "the army is at a point where they
argument given over the issues of slavery,
need to defend the cotton, coffee, sugar,
minimum wage, unions and OSHA. In
the oligarchy, the electricity and the comeach case employers lobbied that the
munication network. But, they don't have
event would cause national bankruptcy.
that many so ldiers. Naturally, this would
I n each case, they were defeated.
mean they need more weapons, more
The impact of comparable worth will
soldiers trained, and more advisers. This
means they will need more U.S. military
not be solely monetary There are also
muscle in the region."
social consequences to having state emIn fact, a White House official anployees divorced from the realities of a
nounced on March 1 (Seattle Times) that
supply and demand market Comparable
President Reagan is considering expanding
worth will give state employees the best
the role and increasing the number of
of both worlds. They will enjoy the beneU.s. military advisers in El Salvador. That
fits of a competitive job market, but
same day, Reagan told congressional
exclude themselves of the inequalities
leaders that the Salvadoran government
that accompany the private sector. When
would have' trouble surviving without the
demand raises the salary of a specific pro$60 million in increased U.S. military aid
fession in the private sector, the state will
which he requested. Senate majority
have to compensate in order to retain its
leader Howard Baker (R-Tenn) said, "The
employees. However, if a particular
president made it clear that the national
occupation becomes saturated in the
interests of this country 'are deeply inprivate sector, the state employee can
volved in the outcome of that struggle,"
simply ride the coattails of comparable
occupations upwards to a better salary
Ramos addressed the purpose of his
national tour: "Understanding the roots of
These occupational wage differences
between public and private employees
the crisis that produce a revolution in El
could create problems.
Salvador or Nicaragua, understanding
"A legal secretary for the state might be
imperialism and how it works in conjunction with local oligarchies that do not
getting a hell of a lot more than those in
the private sector. Some people aren' t
respect human political rights, that do not
going to like that," said Mark Brown ,
even know the word 'democracy: that is
what is at the stake of peace and
AFSCME representative, "Anytime you try
to end an injustice, there is going to be a
coexistence."
price tag attached to it"
'We don't want you to feel guilty. We
AFSCME has a national membership of
come here to challenge you to take
one million, making it the largest union
responsibility of this historical moment.
within the AFL-OO. They are pursuing
Your planet, you people, your lives are at
similar lawsuits on behalf of all persons
stake in Central America. Your governemployed in predominantly female occument plays a direct role, your armies are
pations in the states of Connecticut, Wisplaying a direct role in our country. And
consin, and Hawaii, and the cities of San
we have to, together, as people with
Jose, California, Chicago, and Philadelhuman feeling and mutual respect, bring
phia. The decision of the suit involVing
about this peace, bring about this
coexistence.
Washington state is expected this summer.

EI Salvador: Puppet State of U S
•

by Erin Kenny
"Would you simply sit in apathy and let
the very antithesis of your dream -of
freedom, of democracy-become more
and more the only allies of your government?" asked Arnaldo Ramos, a representative of the El Salvadoran Democratic
Revolutionary Front (FOR). This group is a
broad coa lition of religiou s, professional,
technical, labor, peasant, student, and
political groups.
Ramos studied at Stanford University
and was a faculty member at the National
University in EI Salvador until the army
closed it down. He spoke at Evergreen to
an audience of approximately 60 people,
mostly students, on February 14, courtesy
of the Evergreen Political Information
Center and Olympians Against Intervention in EI Salvador.
"Let me just state bluntly that what is
at stake in El Salvador is not only the
social economic transformation of our
society but also those extremely delicate
relations between Third World countries
and the U.S., that can determine the difference between all-out global war or
peaceful coexistence," Ramos warned.
To understand the revolution in El
Salvador, it is necessary to examine the
country's power structure: "You have to
realize what we call the trinity of power
in the country-the unholy trinity, the
seats of power. First, you have the army.
The country has been ruled by a military
dictatorship, by an army, for 50 years;
that's the longest standing military
dictatorship on this planet."
The second seat of power is the ruling
class. This oligarchy "can be compared to
the French aristocracy before the French
revolution simply because they don't
believe in change, they oppose change at
all costs, even the most minimal change.
Why? Because they know that if you keep
the people without eating for 50 or 100
years, they are so hungry that if you give
them even a fingernail, they will eat the
entire finger, the hand, and may even
take the arm."
The conditions for revolution existed in
the 1880's, when the communal lands of
the Indians were taken away by the olig;uchy to be converted into the cultivation of coffee and, later on, cotton and
sugar.
"The fact that this oligarchy commands,
not only the land, but also the banks and
the foreign trade which converts the
products of the land into cash and into
power, those are the reasons and the roots
of revolution."
In the 1960's, the oligarchy began
opening the doors of the country to U.S.

"The people will win!"

multinationals. Tax free zones were established around El Salvador for companies
like Firestone, IBM, and Texas Instruments. These multinational compan ies
chose to relocate in Latin America because "the labor is extremely cheap;
instead of paying $8 or $10 an hour to
American workers, they pay 35t an hour."
Ramos suggested that there may be more
than an incidental connection between
unemployment in the U.S. and cheap
labor in third world countries.
It was at this time that the U.S. began
to playa more direct role in protecting
their interests: "There is a third overt, not
covert, form or seat of power in the country: the American Embassy. That is the
third part of the unholy trinity. The Salvadoran government is an extension of the
U.s. government. That is not a foreign
war, that is a civil war; it's your war,"
Ramos suggested.
The U.S. government supports the El
Salvador dictatorship on the basis that it
is fighting commu nism. The situation
appears to be an East-West confrontation.
However, Ramos argued, "The U .S. is a
.military power and the objectives of the
~.S. in Central America have always been
t,b create political stability at all costsit didn't matter who was ruling, it didn't
matter how the people were living,
whether human rights were protected, or
whether the people were starving. let us
be clear, the U.S. never cared, never gave
a damn about how we lived or died, we're
subhuman to them."
Ramos claimed that the revolutionaries
are being labeled communist for two
reasons: one, U.S. foreign policy can be
described as a form of Freudian projection where "you ascribe to a mythical
enemy that which you are doing"; two,
the rebels have been organizing and educating the poor.
"When the people organize themselves
to demand economic betterment, and
they move from economic to political
demands, it is labeled communism, not
democracy. But that kind of organizing of
slum dwellers, street vendors, students,
peasants, and workers is the only true
democratic political formation. It is the

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Friday March 4
Friday Night Films presents "Champagne for
Caesar" (1950, 89 min .), directed by Richard
Whorf, Friday, March 4 at 7 p,m, and 9:30 p,m,
The fitm stars Ronald Coleman, Celeste Hotm,
Vincent Price and Barbara Britton. Admission Is
$1 .50 ,

Hard Work And Perseverance Liberate FactoryGirls
by David Gaff
The Factory Girls, one of Olympia's top
bands, arc sc heduled to present a onehour broadcast on KAOS's "Alive in
Olympia" program Sunday, M arch 11 The
broi!ck,l, t \\ ill in clude a Video <; imulcas t
to tlw dorms, and promi st's to be ant' of
t hi, yed r" bi ggest event s, Tlw ~ ac tory
Girls Include e,"members at the Vilcatlons, I e" P,Htern , ,,,Itllions o f Bugs, and
Conc h The five-perso n band includes
Chmtina Bengtson-voca ls, guitar, keyboards and pe-': uss ion, Benjamin Mitc hell kf'yboarns, Michael Land-guitar, flute and
vocals, Galen Martindale-bass and vocals
ann GIl' gCespedes-drums,
I had the chance to interview them last
Friday, Also present was band manager
Lon Sch leder, Tom Hood , a friend of the
band , and Pet er Miller, photographer. This
interview had to be changed to a different
time at practically the last moment, and I
appreciate the band changing their
schedul e to accommodate to the new
time .
CPI: I was listening to your demo
tape Jnd I couldn 't figure out who you
sounded lik e, do you have any influences!
Cespedes: Grateful Dead and the Jam .
Martindale: My influences are Yes and
the Gratefu l Dead, those two bands, sort
of a homogenized version ,
Mitchell , My influences in the past
have been Genesis and Yes, but presently
Ultravox and the Tubes,
Bengt .lon : My influences in the past
were a lot of the blues and jazz.
CPI Why dre you all in Olympia!
Martindale. This is our woodshed . You
can take off from here; we dre also getting
our act pol ished right now
Bengtson It's relatiwly cheap to live
here, ,1nc! if you 're working on something,
it \ a good place to be
MJrtinda/f' ,' The sc houl h ohviously ant '
of thf' things that brought u, all here , ,mel
we ended up st i( king around dnd then
itnding eac h otht·1. Abu the 8 and 16
trach. studios, that ,lie closed now, wpre
OIl< ' oi :he thin g, th .11 brought us here.
( PI whilt prnhlf'm, Iff' there for a
h,II)(1 In O IYllljll,li
Rf'ngtson ObVt<H"h ." plilce to pldY
MJrtindd'" I hl'r(' 1'. 1 "'JudlC!' ag,lIlhl
lOt ill h.11H I> I " tl at "11,, I iunction , .
thE '\ 1\"111 1 to downplay I:',' Imd l band s
"nci .! I\ I · lill '111 ,pcond btll ., I~ 10 band,
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CPI : I don't see why that would be the
case with you, You're not doing anything
real radi ca l. Your sound is not radical at
all.
Schieder : It's more a matter of worth, I
think, The people who hire the bands at
Evergret'n do not feel there's any worth in
Olympia bands, that's my opinion.
Cespedes' They figure that there would
be a larger draw from a name band outside of Olympia.
Martindale: We were asked to do a gig
and they sa id they'd feel fine paying a
Seattle band , but they didn't want to pay
for an O lympia band ,
CPI: But there's also a problem of
audience. How many times is someone
going to pay to see the same band in a
smal l city!
Schieder : Well , it goes back to the
same question that you asked: what are
the problems with Olympia! One of them
is the attitude towards local bands, The
other is prejudice towards a band that's
playing modern music. I think the on ly
plaCf' to play in Olympia is Evergreen ,
That gets back to the original problem
though that .hey don't place a lot of
valuE' in Olympia bands . There really is no
plilCl ' in Olvmpia for a modern musi c
n )( k group to p lay. However. if you play
for I vergrppn. you 're gOing to get the
attitudE' th ,l1 you 're nol nea rl y as credible
"s .In out -lIi-lnwn band .
(PI : Do vou think if you went to
S('attic'. ,Ill.! th('11 came back here
Martindale 1hat 's what we're try ing to
do d( tUdll y . W(,'rl' work in g on a lot of
thing, right now g' tting our band togeth-

er. We're getting our publicity photo pack
together, which seems like a bunch of
hype, but in a sense of it being any kind
of a business situation and us really trying
to make some money and support ourselves in this endeavor to play music, we
have to make money, We're getting that
together and we're getting ready to kick
out into Seattle and make it up there; to
make some inroads into the city.
CPI: Do you think you have to play
Seattle, Portland and then come back
here to get recognition?
Bengtson: Probably we'd get more
recognition if we first got a name in
Seattle.
Martindale: Once we get a tape out,
something with some of our music on it
that's commercially available, that's going
to be a hig thing ,
ep): Are you taking into account all the
magazines that are devoted to new music
and independent musicians l
Martindale: We don't really know how
to make connections with most of that
, tuff, so we haven't yet developed that
communication link ,
Bengtson : We did get our review in The
Rockel. We didn't rea ll y think that they'd
prin l anything, but they did, That was
pretty encouraging to us.
CPI: Are there any other groups in the
area that you feel are exploring the same
territories as the Factory Girlsl
Bengtson: I heard a band a few weeks
ago in Seal tie call ed Mondo Vita, and I
thought they were doing a simi lar thing to
what we are doing. They were real good.
Also, the Visib le Targets.

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Land: That doesn' t mean that we' re
playing music that's like theirs,
CP}: You have a really accessible sound .
Land: We're trying to get that, but still
have fun in p laying music and giving' each
other enough creativity to be into it and
have a good time p laying.
Martindale: Everybody in the band is a
pretty effect ive musician , and we're all
friends who have known each other.
CPI' When you are songwriting, how do
you break it down? Does each person
wri te the ir own certa in amount of stuff
tha t is contributed to the group, or is one
person wr iting the majority of the
material!
Bengtson: Everybody writes individually,
and sometimes two people wi ll collaborate on one thing. But, when you take it
to other band members and have them
interpret what you're writing, it changes.
At this point, I think we are approaching
having ou r own sound, so that everythin g
you put in comes out a certain way.
Mitchell: I think it's getting to the point
where, instead of sayi ng written by Galen
Martindale or written by Benjamin
Mitchell, I almost feel like sayi ng written
by Factory Girls. All songs written by
Factory Girls (Laughter).
CP}: Do the c lubowners in Olympia
know what you sound like?

Gallery 2112 is presenting a series of ten black
and white photos by Brian Walsh from now until
mid-March .

456-1611

Childhood's End Gallery, at 222 West 4th in
Olympia is featuring pholographs by Deborah
Dewit from March 4-30, The gallery hours are
10 : 30-6 Monday through Saturday and from 12-5
on Sundays .

Saturday March 5
The Artists Co-Op Gallery at 524 Sout h Washington in downtown Olympia will be featuring as
Iheir arti sts of the week, March 5-12 , sculpturer
Cindy Loughran and wood carver Nell ie Woods.
The gallery hours are from 10-5 Monday through
Saturday .
Evergreen faculty , Paul Sparks will be prasenti ng recent works in a varie ty of mediums
from March 5-Apri l 5 in Gallery Two of the library
bui lding al The Evergreen State College.

Sunday March 6
KAOS's continuing "Alive In Olympia" program
can be heard each Su nday at 7 p.m, on 89.3FM .
Sunday, March 6: Missing Links - A rela-

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The Wallflower Order Dance Collective wi ll perform in the Evans Library on the ca mpus of the
Evergreen State College on Sunday, March 6.
beginni ng at 8 p,m.
In their all-new show. Wallflower uses dance ,
mime. music. sign language , and mart ial arts in
an expressive performance combining art and
feminist perspective, Sponsored by Tides of
Change. their performance addresses the issues
of the environment, self -defense. and political
awareness.

iaturday March 12

by Eric Brinker
After seeing his latest film, one can
on ly surmise that Aussie director Peter
Weir is on a roll. Weir's films include Mad
Max, Gallipoli, The Road Warrior, and
now we have The Year of Living Dangerously, a compelling film of love and
betrayal that contains some of the most
interesti ng and unforgettable characters
yet seen in a Weir film. For those who are
familiar with Weir's films, this last statement might seem a little bold because
Weir has shown himself to be a director
that knows how to develop characters,

Based on an autobiography by CJ,
Koch, The Year of Living Dangerously
concerns the political turmoil of Indonesia
in 1965, I ndonesian President Sukarno is
watch ing his united Indonesia slowly
coming apart at the seams , Political
divi sions run strong and there is a growing
anti-western sentiment. Mel Gibson (a star
in al l the Weir films I've mentioned) portrays Australian Broadcast Service (ABS)
reporter, Guy Hamilton , who has been
se nt to Jakarta on his first foreign assignment to cover the political goings-on,

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without even the benefit of a briefing
'from the ABS reporter whose post he is
, 'assuming, hence he has no contacts at all.
He is befriended by Billie Kwan , a
Chinese-Malaysian photographer who
. believes in Sukarno's ideals of a united
Indonesia being the voice of the "third
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world," while at the same time being
completely caught up in the people's
struggle against the severe poverty they
are forced to endure, A well-connected
person, Kwan helps Hamilton establish his
own contacts and becomes his
photographer.
Swarthy Mel Gibson is given top billing
in this highly entertaining film, but it is

Jr. Cadillac . frequen l ly ci ted as the best rock
and roll band in the Northwest. will ce lebrale
the ir years logether with a 13th Bi rthday Part y at
The Evergreen State College. In the Col lege
Achities Building (CAB) at 8 p.m. on Friday,
\/larch 11. Tickets are $4 students, $5 general.
,od are available at the Everg reen Booksl ore .
,lai ny Day Records and Mu sic 6000 in Olympia.
rickets will also be ava ilable at the door for
$4 .50 students and $5 .50 general ,

Olympia Community School presents the
Second Annual Kids' Art Show and "O.C.S .
Revue" featurin g the Mythicat Theat re Company
folksinger. and those artistic and musical kids
from O.C.S. on Saturday. March 12. from 2-5 p ,rn
at the Rainbow Restaurant (4th & Columbia in
downtown Olympia) . Don alions of $2 or mo re are
appreciated,

The Medieval Fil m Serr es presen l s 'Macbeth "
11972,140 mi n ,), dlrecled by Roman Polanski on
March 15 at 4 p.m .. 7 p.m and 9 , 30 p m . In
Lecture Hall One , Admission IS $1 50

Performing Arts Foundations students present
1\ SLIP OF THE MYTH . An Original Script. Friday .
March 11 . in the Recital Hall at 3:30 p.m, Be
Prompt. FREE, In honor of Richard Nesbi tt. It is
what it i s. Not wha l it i

Reviewer s term Wallflower's works as "political

in the best sense. personal . and at the same
time . universal. It is done with humor and love
and i s artistically superb,"
Tickets are $5, more if you can afford it . less if
you can ·t. Advance tickels are availabel at Rainy
Day Record s and the Smithfield Cafe.

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SlnQ el -dcllV ISI Fred Small co me s 10 Evergrepr'

I Ibroll Y Lobby on Tucsd,lY, March 29.

EP IC presents "Controll ing Interests: The Rise
of Multinational Corporations " (45 min .) Monday .
March 7 al 7 :30 in Lecture Hall One and in CAB
110, March 8 at noon , This 45-minute film
exam ines th e growing power and influence on
wortd affairs of international conglomerates.
Admission is free.

Linda Hunt whose portrayal of the wise
and compassionate Billie Kwan that steals
the show. Kwan provides a narrative
through most of the film and through him
the viewer gains insi ghts into the other
characters, particularly Hamilton and hi s
new-found girlfriend Jill Bryant (played by
Sigourney Weaver) , Perhaps most importantly, Kwan understands the Indcr
nesians better than the rest of the foreign
press , He beli eves in trying to eliminate
the suffering that's immediately in front
of him, rather than trying to eliminate all
suffering, a view that Hamilton finds
naive, Linda Hunt combines all those
facets to make Billie Kwan one of the
most intriguing characters I've seen in
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The Every Olher Wednesday Night Film Series
presents "The Member of the Wadding" (1952,
91 min" blw), directed by Fred Zinneman, Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p .m . and 9:30 p , m. in
Lecture Hall One , Admission is $1.50 ,

The Olympia Fi lm Soclely presclnls " Wild
Strawberries" (Sweden. 1957 , 90 min .. bl w, subtilled). direc ted by Ingmar Bergman on Sunday .
March 13 at 8 p.m . in th e Capitol City Stud iOS.
~lt East 4th. dow nt own Olympia . Admission i s
$1.25 for members and $2.75 101 non·members,

Gwen Haw and Scott Stilson, two native Olym, have been cast for the two lead roles in a
product ion of the musical "Pippin ," which
be performed in the Experimental Thealer 01
Communications Building at The Evergreen
Co llege , March 3-6 and 10-13. "Pippin" is a
directed and choreographed production
Ispon!;orE~d by The Evergreen State College, Ever·
Expressions and POSSCA (Patrons of
Sound Cu ltural Activities), Tickets are $4
Is and senior cit izen s and $5 general
,,,umr:5SIIJn. and will be available at Yenney's
the Evergreen Bookstore .

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Sunday March 11

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lively new band, Missing Links features the
talents of two former members of Oetension
and one ex-member of Millions of Bugs. This Is
hot evol utionary rock.
Sunday, March 13: Factory Girts-More gafor-tha-throat rock and roll from one of Olympia's premier new music bands. This speclat
concert, will be emceed by Michael Huntsberger, and will feature a ctosed circuit video
simulcast to the

Friday Night Films present s "Destiny" (Germany , 1921, 82 min,. blw), directed by Fritz
Lang. Friday . March 11. at 3 p .m .. 7 p.m. and
9:30 p . m. in Lectu re Hall One, Adm ission is
$1,50,

Schieder: I've worked extensively with
Popeye's Tavern and also Astairs as a
'promoter, and I think I know where
they're at. I really know what kind of
music they want, and they want very different than new rock, They don't want
creativ~ rock, they want people who play
top 40 covers.
Martindale: A nd good old beer-drinking
tunes.
Bengston: That's just not a realm we fit
into r~a l easi ly ,
Martindale: A newer style of music is
becoming accepted now, A lot of peop le
don't realize it, but almost anybody that
listens to the radio can't help but hear
one or two of those tunes a day if they
li sten to more than an hour's worth of
radio, So, it gradually comes in even if
they don't like it at first. In a year, they
aren't going to remember when they
didn't like it, because it's going to be
everywhere
CP}: After your performan ce coming up
on KAOS, is that it for Olympia?
Martindale, That's it for our push in
Olympia at thi s point. We really appreciate the effort and energy that everybody
is putting into ou r band from this school,
and we really feel that it is a positive
force.
CPI: Are you going to do some recording now!
Martindale: We've done some recording, and we're schedu ling another session
now to do some cover songs, to se ll the
band in Seattle.
CPI: Who are you doing cover songs of?
Bengston : XTC, Engli sh Beat's " Mirror
in the Bathroom," Ultravox, Lene Lovich ,
David Bowie, The Beatles' "Taxman ."
CPI : Are you planning bn hitting the
radio stations in Seattle l
Sch ieder : Yes, everyone of them .
Bengtson : As soon as we have the
material that we feel good about.
Schieder: If you listen to what's gOing
on with records and the radio, bands like
the Factory Girls are not as avant garde
or as new as a lot of people think. Factory
Girls are a portion of what's happening
now and what's been happening for
several years, It's just that a lot of people
aren't aware of it for whatever reason ,
Factory Girls are not an example of an
avant garde band . They are not an
example of a band that is way out there
on the edge.
Mitchell: We want to play hits ,

Arts & Events

Handel , Telemann, Debussy, Chaminade. Hindamith, and Bolling , Then , enjoy the season 's
vintage, composed , performed, and directed by
Evergreen senior Linda Chase .
Come treat your ears to a diversity of sounds :
a jazz ensemble with Derek Nelson and Steve
Munger on saxophones, Nancy Curtis and Bill
Martin on flutes. Skippe Elyut o n bass , and Brad
Holmes on drums; "classicat " music with
Nicholas Wecker sounding harpsichord and
piano ; and recent pieces with Rick Ambeau and
Roger Dempsey on piano . Flutes throughout
olayed by Linda .
Celebrate the coming of spring with a Flute
::;ocktail.

A flute cocktail of musicat styles tram Baroque
to con temporary will be served in the Recita l Hall
,t The Evergreen State College on Su nday. March
' 3. at B p .m .
You may wish to lasle Ihe truil s "f Bach .

The Nat Adderty Quintet. featuring the great
James on alto sax , will be appearing at
. ESC In the Evans Library on Aprrl 7. at 8 p m
~o nny

The wine bar opens at 7 p ,m and Ilc kts w il t be

$5 and $6 ,

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I n addition to well-defined characters
(Michael Murphy p lays an American
reporter that is the quintessential ugly
American . Obnoxious I), Weir's camera is
continually captu ring the disparity between the relat ive wealth and comfort of
the foreign press and dignitaries, and the
poverty and misery of the natives . The
tension is built slowly and is mes hed very
well with the love story, I found the
theme of love and betrayal not only in
Hamilton's relationship with Jill , but also
between Billie and President Sukarno,
Hamilton and his ass istant, who is working for the communist PKI, and Jill and
the Briti sh military attache whom she
works for .

The Year of Living Dangerously is a well
made film, Within the first few minutes
you get a sense of the impending doom
which doesn't let up until the movie
cI imaxes. I t is neither graciously violent
nor melodramatic, instead it is gritty,
realistic, and packed with interesting
characters, This one is a must see! Now
playing at the Lacey Cinema .
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