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Plans for space
allocation unveiled
5th Element: What is it, Why will
it save us, and is it any good?
The Evergreen State College
Air coolant
problem leaves
buildings hot
Cooper Point Journal 1997
Retiring faculty recieve honor
By Leigh Cuilen
^Staff Writer
The air conditioner comes on ... the air
conditioner goes off... the air conditioner
comes on... the air conditioner goes off.
The campus air coolant system didn't
run on Monday and Wednesday. But Tony
Elhardt, the chief engineer for the Central
Utility Plant, said that the system will work
today.
"It was hotter
inside than it was
outside/"
Erin Picker
Most of the campus buildings are on the
same coolant system. If"there is a hint that the
d.iv's femwrofurr will <in above 55 decrees.
I'aulUies engineer Rich Davis switches on the
500 ton refrigeration unit called the chiller.
The chiller cools water to 41 degrees, then the
Board of Trustees member Lila Girvin presents retiring faculty Rudy Martin with a
system runs the cool water in a loop through
document
of his emeritus status. Seven other retiring faculty members also recieved
pipes to each building. Most of the pipes are
located in the steam tunnels. When the water
due honor at yesterday's Board meeting.
See story on page 5
reaches the buildings, it is pumped into
cooling coils inside each building. Air
circulates through these coils and is cooled to
55 to 60 degrees by the chilled water in the
pipes.
"When we don't have cool water, you
don't have cool air," said Davis.
The system didn't work on Monday and
Wednesday for two different reasons.
STUDENT RESPONSE
campus phone network by the fall of'98.
ByTak Kendrick
The problem on Monday was a part of the
Last Monday, Segawa called an
The project will be funded by $200,000
Staff Writer
system called a transducer. The transducer
informational
meeting to discuss the effects ol
After months of planning and debates, from Housing's reserve funds with the balance
usually senses the pounds of pressure inside a
the
proposal
to
residents and to answer their
coming
from
a
loan
which
will
be
paid
back
by
Mike Segawa, director of Housing, presented
part of the coolant system and helps the machine
questions.
Despite
active resident
the
rent
increases.
Of
the
6.7
percent
increase
Housing's technology upgrade proposal to the
adjust. Last Friday, the facilities staff discovered
for next year, 4.2 percent of it is dedicated to participation in a similar meeting held last
Board of Trustees yesterday.
the transducer was off by six pounds, causing
Segawa, along with Art Costantino, vice paying off the loan, the remainder is just to month, no students attended the most recent
the air conditioner to shut off prematurely, said
president of student affairs, and Ruta Fanning, maintain the current level of housing upkeep meeting.
Elhardt. They ordered a new transducer from the
Segawa wasn't surprised by the lack of
vice president of finance and administration, as well as to compensate for the increase in
manufacturer and it aririved on Monday
participation
at Monday's meeting. "As
outlined the three-part proposal. It authorizes minimum wage next fall. Rental rates will go
afternoon. The part was installed and running
important
as
this
is to me or to Housing,
a rental increase for next year averaging 6.7 up from $10 to $25 for next year as a result of
by the end of the work day.
housing
issues
for
residents
are not going to
percent plus increases of $1.5 and $10 for the these increases, depending on the unit you plan
In the meantime, the buildings were hot. following two years, approval of a 10 year to live in.
be the highest priority of their time and I
"It was hotter inside than it was outside," financing of $1.5 million under the State
Macro Com Inc., which has a contract understand that. I also think that the folks that
said Erin Fickei, Student Activities Board Lease/Purchase program at an approximate with the state's Department of Information are most interested in this question have talked
coordinator, whose office is on the third floor interest rate of 5.5 percent, and the awarding Services — the major statewide information/ either w i t h us or amongst ihernsdves and
of the College Activites Building.
of a contract with Macro Com Inc. to install technology group — will install the physical realize that they are in a real diversity ol
On Wednesday, the air coolant system • the wiring project at a cost not to exceed attributes of the project over the summer, opinion on this ranging from 'I wish I had this
was shut off again. The facilities staff was $800,000.
including the trench, vault and conduit work yesterday' to '1 don't want any of it.' They
removing another chiller, this one weighing in
After brief discussion, the Board of as well as the outside installation of cable, realize there isn't a strong student consensus
at 1200 tons, to install a new, more efficent 800 Trustees voted on the proposal, passing it Ethernet and phone wires and the installation on do it or not do it at this point. So they have
ton chiller that will run in June, said Elhardt. unanimously.
discussed it amongst themselves and realized
of wall units for each dorm.
To do so, they turned off the system to drain
TCI will provide the cable, the Ethernet there is not a united voice about it."
water out of two of the campus water supply WHAT THE PROJECT ENTAILS
Since the meeting last month Housing
will be tied to the school's existing Ethernet
pipes. Because the campus system runs in a
received
two e-mails from residents who
The project consists of wiring all of the structure and local phone service will be
loop, the entire system had to be stopped.
expressed
reservations to the proposal in
dorm rooms over the summer for cable access provided as part of the campus' telephone
Around 4:20 p.m. yesterday cooling which would be in place this fall, Ethernet system. At present, Segawa and Housing don't addition to a petition signed by 98 residents
water pumped through Evergreen's pipes access to the campus internet server to be know who will provide long-distance telephone
again.
activated by winter quarter, and hook-up to the access and how it will be provided.
Wiring OK'd:
Board of Trustees approves Housing upgrades
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NEWS
Grad details out
By David Scheer
Editor in chief
The Registration and Records office released
the firial edition of their graduation newsletter this
week, which includes details on this year's graduation
ceremony.
According to the newsletter, the graduation
ceremony will last three hours, starting at 1 p.m. on
June 13. Nearly 900 students are expected to
participate. All seating for family members will be
on a first-come, first-served basis. Special seating will
be available for the elderly and disabled.
In the case of rain, the ceremony will still take
place outside. Some seating will be made available
in the Lecture Halls where the ceremony will be
broadcast for people who don't want to sit in the
weather. The Bookstore will also sell cheap
umbrellas.
A graduation rehearsal is scheduled for June
11 at 1 p.m. on Red Square. In the case of rain, the
rehearsal will move to the second floor Library lobby.
Graduates are advised to attend the rehearsal
to pick up their identification card which will be
required for participation in the graduation
ceremony. Identification cards can also be picked
up June 12 in the Registration and Records office or,
when all else fails, on the day of graduation at 11 a.m.
After rehearsal, cap and gowns will be available
to those who have rented them. People who cannot
attend the rehearsal may pick up their cap and gown
later at the Bookstore.
Order forms for professionally taken
graduation photos will also be available at the
rehearsal.
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Student workers issues addressed
1997-98 Rental Increases*
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for the wiring project and inflation.
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Staff Writer
Students and administrators met
Monday to discuss how to improve the
student worker grievance process, improve
wages and improve working conditions for
students, and better inform students of
campus jobs.
Sam Dodge and Bryan Freeborn of the
Student Workers Organization argued that
low wages make it necessary for students to
work more than 20 hours in order to pay for
tuition, living costs, and to meet other
needs.
Dodge
and
Freeborn
asked
administrators why students cannot work
more than 19 hours per week. The
administrators responded saying state law
work study doesn't allow students to work
more than 19 hours per week. They added
that it is no longer against state law for nonwork study employees to work more than 19
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exceed the $800,000 limit imposed by the
Housing proposal, then Housing will put the
project oat to bid to independent contractors
hours but they are concerned that the
academic work of students will suffer.
Students also discussed wage equity.
They told administrators that minimum
wage is not enough. Students also feel job
difficulty needs to be considered when
determining wages. Janet Hinkel, student
manager at the Computer Center, said the
administration needs to be in touch with
student workers. "It shouldn't come as a
surprise," she said, "that use of the Computer
Center has doubled yet wages have
stagnated."
Student participants also felt students
need to better informed about jobs, the
grievance process, and student worker
rights. Freeborn, Student Employment
Coordinator Laura Grabhorn, and Director
of Human Resources Jim LaCoor agreed to
work together to create a newsletter that
would give students the above information.
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May 15,1997
FEATURE
The future face of
by Leigh Cutlen
Staff Writer
Evergreen is in for some
changes.
With enrollment growing to a.
projected 5,000 full time students by
the year 2010, Evergreen will have to
find more space to accommodate
this growth. Police Services and the
Health and Counseling Centers may
move as part of the changes.
Because of the enrollment
growth, President Jane Jervis
charged a committee to find out how
Evergreen uses its space now and
what changes could be made to
make it more efficient. The
committee found that most of the
space on campus is used efficiently,
but the campus will need to build a
new building called Seminar Phase
II and remodel parts of existing
buildings to fit the needs of students,
faculty and staff. The report's
findings are just proposals right now
and they include the following:
• Police Services will move to the
College Activities Building room
110. The committee recommends
this move for four reasons. First, the
CAB is a central location on campus
and it allows for a quick response
time. Second, CAB tenants,
including food services, Student
Activities groups, The Bookstore
and Conference Services, support
the Police Services relocation.
Third, police vehicles will be able to
park in an area on the south side of
the CAB, where they will be easily
accessible to officers. Fourth, the
area has a small kitchen for officers
and enough space that it can be
inexpensively remodeled to
accommodate Police Services' needs.
• The committee recommends that
the Health and Counseling Centers
be relocated. They propose to move
the Health Center to the Campus
Recreation Center rooms 108, 109,
and 112, near the Wellness Center.
The committee believes that the
Health Center and Wellness Center
can benefit from being located
together because they can work
together. Also, many major injuries
occur at the CRC. Having the Health
Center nearby can improve response
time for these injuries.
The Counseling Center will be
moving to the first floor of the
library, near Student and Academic
: recommendations made for useof space
Support Services, because the
committee believes that there are
referrals between the two. Also, the
Counseling Center needs small
private rooms for client meetings
and these rooms can be used by both
SASS and the Counseling Center.
While the Health and
Counseling Centers will be
separated physically, they will still be
linked organizationally, because
they have the same supervisor.
• Faculty offices will be created to
accommodate newly hired faculty.
The committee estimates that in the
1999-2000 school year, 20 more
faculty offices will be needed. The
offices can be made in Seminar
Phase II when it is built. This
building will be designed over 1997-
99 and, according to the draft
reports timeline, construction
should be finished in 2003. Before
this building is finished, faculty
offices can be located in the Seminar
building, in the spaces where Police
Services and the Health and
Counseling Centers were located.
Also, six faculty offices can be created
in the second floor of the
Communications Building addition
that is scheduled for 1997-99.
• Classrooms are full on Tuesdays
and Thursdays, but the committee
believes that some of the enrollment
growth can be absorbed by
scheduling classes during times
when fewer classes are going on.
Because the student-to-faculty ratio
is increasing, more small classrooms
that can hold 25 to 30 students and
larger classrooms that can hold 60
students need to be created. These
classrooms will be a part of Seminar
Phase II.
• More laboratory classroom space
will be created in the Lab buildings
for biology, and smaller labs for
student/faculty research projects.
The committee recommends that a
greenhouse be built by year 2008,
possibly on the top of Lab II, for
botany and plant physiology studies.
• The Library and Media Services
will need 15,000 additional square
feet over the next fifteen years for
book stacks, media work areas,
multimedia classroom space and
student study space. The committee
recommends that the Library absorb
the third floor C-wing of the Library
to get some of the space. This
absorption will take up the space
that the Learning Resource Center
occupies right now. The committee
will relocate the LRC to one of four
locations around campus: the
Seminar Phase II building, the third
floor of the Library A-wing, the new
technology wing that will be a
remodeling project for the library, or
the first floor of the library C-wing.
Other remodeling ideas are in
the draft report. A copy of the
committee's draft report can be
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Policy and Procedures— Planning
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May 15,1997
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SICDOGI
Group
forming
by Steve Oliver
contributing writer
Disclaimer: Some of the
following contains blatant satire, not
to be taken internally. If symptoms
persist, panic. Or, call our hotline:
866-6000 x6636, for only $2 per
minute after business hours.
A new student organization,
Students Internal Communication
Dissemination
Of
General
Information (SICDOGI), is an effort
to make the campus billboards more
effective and informative. (NOT
satirical)
Essentially, I missed yet
another speaker that I would've gone
to see if I had seen the flyer before
the event, rather than after. When I
griped about it to friends, they had
all had similar experiences. We felt
the problem could be perceived in
any number of ways, and solved
accordingly.
Problem: We have too many
interesting things going on on
campus; this results in flyer
proliferation. Excessive flyer posting
results in informational overload,
which causes loss of signal viability
and range, thereby diminishing
event turnout.
Solution: We should all drink
lots of Diet Pepsi and watch T.V. The
aspartane in thenutrasweet will help
the T.V. to rot our brains, thus no
events, no flyers. We could all join
the home shopping network, order
out for pizza and never worry again.
Problem: People post like hell
all the time for anything, because
they know that someone else is going
to come along and post like hell,
because they know that the next
whomever is going to come along
and post madly for a room needed,
wanted, cat or dog lost, or announce
the opening for the art installment
they've been slaving on.
Solution: Obviously there is no
way to stop a self-perpetuating loop
like this. In order to stop the visual
pollution that Darwinistic flyering
encourages, we will have to cut down
all the forests. This will eliminate the
paper source of the flyers and allow
people to explore chalk and burnt
stick media, which may prove to be
more sustainable. Alternatively, this
Darwinistic loop could be
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encouraged and the forests would be
cut down to supply a short-term flyer
glut. Political notice use will peak
when Weyerhauser logs Evergreen
campus.
Problem: The boards are not
set up to convey information
effectively.
Solution: None. It might seem
obvious that by organizing the
boards so that housing, lost and
found, sale/barter, political events,
music, movies, raves, etc. all had at
least one board solely for that
purpose, it would seem that this
could go most of the way toward
ending infospasm. Unfortunately,
the Washington State Government,
DuPont, Monsanto, Boeing, East
Timor, Shell, Toxico, Mitsubishi,
Linda Smith, Frankenstine, and
Slade Gorton are joined in a secret
plot to keep the Evergreen student
body underinformed, confused, and
incapable of acting with unity
because they represent a political
threat to big business.
Nonetheless, we at SICDOGI
ask for your ideas, support, help, and
petty cash to fight this twisted
conspiracy so that the student body
can house, amuse and VOICE itself.
Please call 866-6000 x6636 if you can
offer time and energy, or a Guinness.
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just want to show her something
wonderful they did, said Jervis.
Sometimes students come
alone. Other times, they come in
groups.
There was only one week when
nobody came to talk to Jervis. Jervis
figures that if people see her in the
CAB and they don't come talk to her
then everything must be all right.
Over the Edae
Bloody Girl at
Midnight Sun
The words are trying to come
out. Come and experience an
evening of intense movement, poetry
and sound. A performance as surreal
as our dreams, but as real as our lives.
photo by Gary Love
The Bloody Girl, a performing
Joe Gores repelling down the side of the clock tower for his
artist, will be performing Words
From A Frozen Mouth at the first time last week. Friends of his cheered him on from the
Midnight Sun Performance Space, safe haven of Red Square below.
113 N. Columbia, Olympia, on
Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m.
The show, consisting of
creative poetry, movement, energy
and sound, will be Bloody Girl's first
live performance in Olympia. She
attributes her artistic ability to a
This Super Saturday, June 14,
The
search committee
spiritual force which reaches inside
The
Evergreen
State College will be
currently
interviewing
for
the
of her and beyond to share
holding
its
first
Teen Tournament
position
of
director
of
computing
experiences and insight of humor
and communications seeks student and Teen Art Show.
and darkness of existence.
The tournament will include
Not often are we able to responses from the open interviews
girl's
and
boy's 3-on-3 basketball and
experience such rawness and for students and the talks on the
5-on-5
volleyball.
The team limit for
passion. Moreover, the Bloody Girl subject on the role of technology in
basketball
is
five,
and for volleyball
higher
education.
genuinely pulls it off. Hailed as
eight.
There
will
also be a teen art
The
committee
has
circulated
"seamless" by poets in Seattle, this is
The sign on the table in front one spectacle that is not to be missed. an evaluation form for students and display and art activities.
Applications for teens (age 13
of her reads, "President Jane is in-—
Tickets are for sale at the door staff who have attended any of the
1 cent."
on the night of the show. A sliding open interviews. Richard Henry to 19) are available at TESC CAB
Every Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m. scale fee of $3 to $5 is suggested for interviewed for the job last Thursday Conference Services room 211, at
President Jane Jervis sits near the donation, but no one will be turned and Friday and Jacqueline Brown local school offices, or call 866-6000
Deli in the College Activities Building away for lack of funds. For interviewed on Monday and x6001. The tournament fee is $5 per
and if people pay her a penny, they reservations or more information Tuesday. For those interested in person. Applications are due June 2.
seeing the third and final candidate,
can talk to her about anything. She call 786-9621
she will be here today and tomorrow
doesn't actually require people to
for her open interview with students
pay if they don't want to and she
from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in Library 2503.
keeps a pile of pennies lying next to
Her talk on the technology in higher
her sign if people need a penny.
education will be from 12:15 to 1:45
The sign was an idea she got
Everyone says you've got the
p.m. in CAB 108.
from Lucy VanPelt from the comic
fastest bed in town. On July 19, you
The evaluation forms are due
strip Peanuts. Jervis said she wanted
can prove it.
by 5 p.m. Friday to the office of the
a sign that didn't seem pompous and
Registration is now open for
The Irish American Student Vice President for Finance and
forbidding, but instead was inviting
BedRace '97, an annual Olympia
Organization needs signatures for a Administration in Library 3127.
and low key.
competition and part of the Capitol
petition to free an imprisoned Irish
Jervis started taking an hour to
Lakefair. Potential competitors
woman.
talk to the Evergreen community five
must form a five person team and
The British authorities in
years ago when she came to
be willing to pay an entrant's fee.
Ireland jailed Roisin McAliskey,
Evergreen. It was a way for her to
Help
is available to find beds for
daughter of world-renowned Irish
learn about Evergreen, said Jervis.
bedless
teams. Prizes will be
civil rights leader Bernadette Devlin
She learned so much that she
awarded in several categories for
McAliskey, in November 1996. No
decided to continue it.
speed and decoration.
formal charges have been pressed
Some students come to her
The race is sponsored by the
KAOS radio is looking forward
and she has been denied bail and any
with grievances. Others want her to
County
opportunity to defend herself, it to some changes this summer. The Olympia/Thurston
support ideas they have. And some
work will begin July 1, 1997, and Chamber of Commerce. For more
states in the petition.
McAliskey is pregnant with her hopefully finish by the end of the information, call 357-3362.
first child who is due this month. She year. It shouldn't interfere with the
suffers from such health problems as station's broadcasts.
Among the changes:
asthma, rheumatoid arthritis,
anemia, and an ulcer that put her
• KAOS will get a production
and her baby at risk, it states in the
from students backpack. Do they
petition. During her first four studio for recording news,
we want to print
charge for that?
months of incarceration, she was interviews, and commercials.
what you're up to.
denied basic medical and prenatal
May 8th
• A HVAC system will be
care, and kept in solitary
1301
Individual
reported
cut this piece of
confinement for 23 hours a day. But installed. HVAC stands for Heating,
harassing others in Mods.
the British authorities eased up on Ventilation, and Cooling. This
paper out and write
this treatment after international means that KAOS will no longer be
May 9th
dependent on Evergreen's Central
protest, it states in the petition.
a newsbrief on it.
013519-year-old fainted on beach
Several
human
rights Utility Plant, which often leads to
trail. Medics come to the rescue.
organizations that have protested studios being cold when the heat is
bring it to the CPJ
her treatment include Human Rights off during winter break, and hot
May 10th
office in CAB 316 by
Watch-Helsinki, The International when the air conditioning is turned
1749 Aforementioned individual
League of Human Rights and off during summer break.
deemed unworthy of campus life.
Friday at 1 p.m.
Amnesty International.
1755 Minor finger injury
• A storage room will be added
For more information, talk to
experienced at Community Center.
(write small)
the IASO on the third floor of the to hold incoming music, so it can be
catalogued and labeled.
College Activities Building.
Computing
Director
interviews
Super
Saturday
Teen Tourney
President
Jane is in
BedRace '97
in Olympia
Irish
Americans
petition
KAOS
summer
changes
Cut out this box
May 4th
0530 Lab Annex insecure, but who
wouldn't be, if they were all
concrete and exposed plumbing.
May 5th
1359 Local runaway found kicking
it on campus.
1545 Theft of purses from Library
classrooms. Not one, but multiple.
May 6th
0717 Fire Alarm in Gdorm. Probably
NOT due to excessive pot smoking.
May 7th
1408 Media loan camera stolen
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May 15,1997
NEWS
Retiring faculty members receive emeritus sta
by Leigh Cullen
Staff Writer
Evergreen honored eight retiring faculty
members with emeritus status yesterday at the
Board of Trustees meeting.
Faculty nominate retiring faculty for
emeritus status. The honor means that the
retiring faculty retain their faculty status
though they no longer work at Evergreen. The
retiring faculty can still teach for one quarter
per year.
Over 70 people came to the reception on
the third floor foyer of the Library Building to
honor the faculty. The reception attendants
mingled, chatting with each other. On the table
near the window, cake, fruit and punch was laid
out for the celebration. One of the guests rang
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a bell, calling the people into the board
meeting.
Dwight Imanaka, the chairman of the
board, hit his gavel on the table to signal the
beginning of the board meeting. The first item
on the agenda was to announce the emeritus
faculty. "Today, we have the rare and special
opportunity to have a number of our retiring
faculty," Imanaka told the crowd of over 30
people in the board meeting. Then each
emeritus faculty member was honored
individually for their achievements.
The faculty are
• Leo Daugherty, who has worked at Evergreen
for 14 years in writing, literature, history and
linguistics.
Phil Harding, who has worked at Evergreen
for 25 years in architecture, design history and multicultural studies.
methodology and process, and community « Rudy Martin, who has worked at Evergreen
development.
for 27 years in African-American studies,
• Ken Dolbeare, who has worked at Evergreen history, literature and humanities. He is one
for 15 years in political economy and thought, of the founding faculty of Evergreen.
law and social change.
• Ainara Wilder, who has worked at Evergreen
• Fred Dube, who has worked at Evergreen for for 25 years in the theater program.
10 years in psychology, politics and was
After all the faculty were announced, the
committed to social justice and anti-apartheid crowd at the board meeting got up to leave.
activism.
Imanaka reminded everyone that the board
• Rainer Hasenstab, who has worked at hadn't passed the motion to make the faculty
Evergreen for 23 years in the Native Studies emeritus yet. The board then voted
Program, architecture, environmental unanimously to pass the motion. Imanaka
education and community studies.
smacked his gavel down on the table and said
• Pat Matheny-White, who has worked at "Passed — Now, if you want to ditch us you
Evergreen for 25 years in library science, can."
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by Trevor Pyle
Staff Writer
Ruth Brownstein used to be afraid of the
KAOS on-air studio.
Starting July 1, she'll be in charge of it.
That's when Brownstein, the host of
Monday's Morning Breakfast Special, will
become the station's program director.
From July 1 until June 12, 1998, she will
help decide what shows get on the air, and
when. Under the supervision of Michael
Huntsberger, general manager, she will also
acquire national programming, maintain
archives, and arrange for special
programming.
Brownstein began working at KAOS eight
months ago.
"I needed a month of training before I'd
even get near the studio," she said, "but I
figured it would be good pressure."
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said, "but I really enjoy
kicking off the week."
Brownstein says she will
keep hosting the show
after she-takes over the
program
director
position.
She says she first
considered the position
when
Michael
Huntsberger asked her to.
"I thought he was nuts,"
Brownstein says. "[I took
the job] because when I'm
afraid of something, I go
ahead and do it."
Now
she'll
be
supervising
and
By Gary Love coordinating all the staff
of a radio station that operates seven days a
week, 365 days a year. One thing she would
like to work with, Brownstein said in her
interview with the Communication Board,
is the station's attitude.
"I would like to see a more
professional attitude," she said, and later
adds, "just because I don't like something
doesn't mean it doesn't belong on the air."
In the interview Brownstein also said
she would like to see more spoken-word
programming,
more community
involvement, and more participants from
black students-—"There's a void there," she
said.
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Brownstein emphasized teamwork.
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Staff Writer
As a preteen, Evergreen student Nick
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joyrides in his neighborhood.
Nine years later, Mitchell will take
the driver's seat as next year's student
representative to the Board of Trustees,
replacing the current representative,
Francis Morgan-Gallo.
"I've seen a lot of things going on at
school," he said. "[I've been] just kind of
watching how decision making happens at
this school, and I guess I wanted to be a
part of that."
Mitchell served as one of the eight
Services and Activities Board members
this year, allocating money to student
groups. He enjoyed hearing different
students' concerns and speaking on their
behalf at S&A Board meetings.
When he was younger, his family
shared land with thirty other families. "I
was often called upon to speak for the
youth of those families," he said. He
expressed people's ideas, acting as a liaison
between adults and the youth.
He is not worried about the
challenges he will face being the student
rep. next year.
"I think it will be a challenge just
figuring out what the board expects of me
and what the students expect from me and
trying to match the two," says Mitchell.
He wants to "find out how much of a voice
students really have in the Board of
Trustees meetings." He also commented
that he will face challenges in finding how
students' opinions are taken i n t o
consideration when the board makes their
decisions.
"I wanted to see first hand how [the
Board of Trustees] make decisions and see
what I could do as a student, representing
student opinion," he said.
Mitchell will have to deal with being
able to express other students' opinions even
when he does not agree with them.
"I need to attempt to be unbiased in
order to really get across to the Board the full
range of what students are really thinking,
because on every issue you're going to have
people who feel one way and people who feel
another way."
In order to be student representative he
needed to have ideas on ways to
communicate with Evergreen students what
goes on at Evergreen. He suggests having a
call-in show on KAOS where people can call
up with comments or questions about the
Board of Trustees. He will do outreach in the
CPJ and some tabling in the CAB to try to
solicit opinions if there is an important issue
around campus.
Mitchell says he has to make himself
available for students to come talk about
what he can do as student representative.
"People have a concern and they don't
necessarily want to go out and find the
student rep to the Board of Trustees. My
responsibility is to try to put myself out there
and try to make it as easy as possible for
students — both undergrads and graduate
students — to really express to me what it is
they're thinking about and what it is they
want me to be saying to the Board of
Trustees."
Three people applied for the student
representative position. The other two, Bryan
Freeborn and Jodi Mayer, were chosen as
alternates if Mitchell is not at a board
meeting.
"In all honesty," Mitchell said, "I wish
that the three of us could just work together.
Unfortunately, that is not the way that [the
position] is structured." He says Mayer and
Freeborn will sit in the room with him and
the board next year and they will consult on
what they would like to express to the board.
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May 1 5, 1 997
The 3rd Floor
Humans made in G
By Greg Smith
Campus Minister
"$^0 for your handgun, no questions asked."
Firearm turn-in campaigns have been popular
in cities to rid the populace of dangerous weapons.
When they are turned in, no questions are asked,
no names are given, and no license
numbers taken. The buyers give
complete anonymity
to
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encourage the elimination of
handgun violence.
The same tactics
should be adopted on
another dangerous front of
cultural violence. I see the
pernicious icon of h u m a n
meaninglessness every day as
drive into the TESC parking lot.
Our postmodern identity is fragile
enough without being faced with the message
that we are swamp slime. Many, people struggle
daily with the questions, "What is the meaning of
life?", "Why keep on living?", and "Do love, truth,
justice, and compassion mean anything beyond my
personal opinions?"
What is this object that undermines our
culture so traumatically? It's the Darwin icon. The
insidious little icon which reflects back at us saying,
"swamp slime, swamp slime." Incredible violence
upon the human soul, at just the moment when
some wonder whether they even have a soul. Fifty
dollars may be too much or too little, but it's crucial
to rid the community of the Darwin icon.
Recently in my reading, I have found some
other reasons for us to rid ourselves of this icon.
In "The Origin of Species," Charles Darwin wrote,
"If it could be demonstrated that any complex
organ existed which could not possibly have been
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Events for Asian heritage month
formed by numerous, successive, slight
modifications, my theory would absolutely break
down." .The recent writings of Michael Denton
("Evolution: A Theory in Crisis") and Michael Behe
("Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge
to Evolution") let us know that the theory has
broken down. Behe analogizes the life of the
5 ,„,
cell and a mouse trap. "You can't catch a
few mice with a platform, then add a
spring and catch a few more,
and then add the hammer
and improve its function.
All of the parts must be there
to have any function at all.
The mouse trap is
irreducibly complex." The
cell likewise is filled with systems
that are irreducibly complex.
Think about it for a minute. You are not
mutated swamp slime. You are the product of an
intelligent designer. You are made in God's image.
Now, back to the work of becoming icon free.
Probably, the best way to start is with a Diminishing
Task Force to give direction to the whole paradigm
shift/collection program. Next, we could create a
fund raiser collecting money from those who no
longer want to buy the icon since they are
philosophically free from the swamp slime
compulsion. When enough money accumulates, we
could start the purchases. The purchase cost may
become quite expensive since the concept of being
creatively and intelligently made is much more
precious than being random mutations of swamp
slime.
To prevent reactionary backlashes it's critical
that the entire operation is accomplished with
anonymity. No questions asked, no names given,
and no license numbers taken.
By y@ne«fet M@rblt4
ASIA
The Asian Solidarity In Action, formerly the Asian Students In Alliance, proudly
our
for this year's Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month at The Evergreen
State CsSege. We wekoste and encoarage everyoi» la the eomaunitp 10 attend our
events. Have fun and be educated!
Saturday, May 17
Citizenship WerM»p:.at the Liberation Cafe,
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dtlanship
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workshop begins at 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 20
Ptad discussion <» the
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Soya
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Hsunani Kay-Trask, native Hawaiian poet,political
Feminist and professor of
Hawaiian studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, will be speaking about the
complexities of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and about the consequences of the
tosrist liilJff c® the indigenous popisbaisn «id fed, She is the.author «f From A
N^lwAugMsR Colonialism and Sovereignty in Kawm(l993) asd Light in the Crevice
Never Seen (1994), the first book of poems by a Native Hawaiian to be published in North
America, She will be speaking in the Library Lobby at 12 p,m.
Wednesday, May 2$
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immigrants and the displaced. PUM&D is a community-based organization committed
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in alternative venues for undeserved audience." The performance will be held on Red
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A.S.I.A. would like to extend a special thanks for all those who helped us this year:
Pacific Islander Coalition, Native Students In Alliance^ UMOJA, Women of Color Coalition
(WOCC), President's Diversity ?ottd, S&A,. CPJ, and sil community organizations, faculty,
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Response to Chris Wolfe:
Wolfe says that rats and pigs respond almost
identically to humans. He is wrong. Rats, for instance, are
very much smaller and are a different species. They also
eat differently, have fur over their skin, live differently, and
have bodies different from humans. Ifyou feel I am stating
the obvious you are right. It is obvious that rats are different
from humans and can not respond identically to an entirely
different species. The same goes for pigs. They eat
differently, have a tail, are of a different size, and live in a
way that most humans find disgusting. Scientists have tried
to use pig hearts in human heart transplants and have failed
miserably.
Wolfe also says that I claim that animals never get
cancer. That is also wrong. I said reproducing a disease
invalidates the study because they did not have cancer or
epilepsy before the study. It was given to them artificially
therefore making the whole laboratory study artificial. Yes,
I know animals can get cancer but those are pets, not
animals bred for testing!
Wolfe attacks the theory of meat and dairy products
contributing to diabetes. He claims diabetes occurs mostly
because of heredity and obesity. Diabetes usually does have
to do with what you are putting in your body. How do
people become obese? Yes, usually from eating a lot of fatty
food which is usually a burger at the local fast food
restaurant. Sure, there are exceptions, people can be obese
by nature. But let's face it, the growing population of people
are mostly overweight because they want to eat a quick,
"tasty" meal, which of course is usually meat of some sort.
See the connection?? Wolfe claims people can become
overweight from eating a lot of vegetable oil. How many
people do you know that become overweight through eating
too much vegetable oil? A vegan diet is almost fat free.
Wolfe then says that there is no way feeding a human
fetus cow milk could cause diabetes and inquires where I
got my information. I guess he did not catch the last
paragraph where I listed all my sources. If he wants to visit
the website and actually read the studies with an open mind,
as I did, he may actually learn something. Wolfe claims
that people have been drinking milk for 10,000 years. For
all those thousands of years that humans have been
consuming milk, have there been as many hormones,
chemicals, and disease in cow milk? I don't think so.
Factory farms have been making things easier and more
economical for themselves with little consideration for their
consumers. Cows are given so many chemicals that their
bodies go through many, many problems. Problems that
we probably don't even recognize yet but will be evident in
our children and grandchildren.
Factory farms have
been making things
easier and more
economical for
themselves with little
consideration for their
consumers.
And a good amount of children in the world do not
consume the same type of milk most common to
Americans. I have been to Europe and their main source of
milk, at least in the villages where I stayed, were from the
cow around the corner. Straight from the cow with no
skimming or chemical additives. Also children in third
world countries, which I think make up a good percentage
of the world population, die of other causes before things
like diabetes can even be diagnosed. Maybe if we stopped
giving all of the world's wheat to the overpopulated number
of cows in the world we could feed those children long
enough to see if they even like things like food and milk.
Wolfe needs to look beyond his front porch and the local
news and see the vast majority of children in the world are
not healthy.
As Davoudian states, studies have found that the
majority of people who take vaccines are more likely to
become sick in the future (no, not as a side effect from the
vaccine) than people who have a healthy diet and no
vaccines. Wolfe states, "The eradication of smallpox and
the rarity of measles stand as testament to the effectiveness
of vaccines, as well as the thousands of lives saved every
year thanks to annual flu vaccines." I don't know how many
thousands of lives Wolfe thinks were in danger from the
flu. As far as I know, dying from the flu is not a major
problem in North America.
Wolfe points out two "successful achievements"
through animal testing. Cystic fibrosis is a disease that
allows its victims to drown in their own mucus. Do lab rats
have that problem? Are their lungs the same size as our
own? I don't think so, and I don't feel it is logical to test a
remedy that could be affected by those two important
factors. And Wolfe says, "The other is a technique for
modifying an adenovirus to destroy cells with faulty p53
gene, which could cure 50-70 percent of all cancers." Well,
I think Wolfe is raising his hopes a little too high. Perhaps
when our civilization realizes that inhaling harmful fumes
and eating contaminated food is the cause of cancer we can
get real results. But as I said, lab rats are not human, did
not get that disease naturally, and have a right to live. I
know that is a shocking thing to say but, yes, animals were
born with life and that must mean they have the right to
live it!
Wolfe also labels this my "theory." I clearly stated
that this was not my theory but that of an organization
called SUPRESS. Perhaps Wolfe would like to list his
sources next time he decides to respond to an editorial.
These theories are very controversial and even I am
scared to live or have my future children live without
vaccines. But, logically, it makes sense that animals can not
give us a cure as long as they are in a completely different
body. I know it is difficult to try and understand something
that contradicts what you were brought up to believe, but
all I am asking is that you open your mind and not quickly
assume that I am some animal rights wacko. I am not. I
care about humans and animals and there is nothing wacky
about that.
I do appreciate Wolfe's polite response. His article
was intelligent and well-researched.
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consuming milk, have there been as many hormones,
chemicals, and disease in cow milk? I don't think so.
Factory farms have been making things easier and more
economical for themselves with little consideration for their
consumers. Cows are given so many chemicals that their
the rarity of measles stand as testament to the effectiveness
of vaccines, as well as the thousands of lives saved every
year thanks to annual flu vaccines." I don't know how many
thousands of lives Wolfe thinks were in danger from the
flu. As far as I know, dying from the flu is not a major
Power is proactive, not reactive. The first step in
this logic is existential. Viktor Frankl, survivor of four
concentration camps, writes in "The Unheard Cry for
Meaning,"
Human freedom is finite freedom. Man is not free
from conditions. But he is free to take a stand in regard
to them. The conditions do not completely condition
him. Within limits it is up to him whether or not he
succumbs surrenders to the conditions. He may well
rise above them and by so doing enter the human
dimension ... Ultimately, man is not subject to the
conditions that confront him; rather, these conditions
are subject to his decision.
Even in the face of rape, even during the act of rape,
we have the freedom (and thus empowerment) to choose
our affectation. That is our special ability — to
psychologically "enter the human dimension." I am not
insinuating that we should ignore rape or pretend that
it'snot happening. It's just the opposite. Wemustknow
reality, but part of that reality is knowing one's own
limitations and capabilities—for there lies true freedom
and power. I must say that physically I may be incapable
of warding off attackers. Therefore I cannot be
"defeated" in any sort of physical way. Rape is not a
boxing match in which two opponents have entered the
ring and one is destined to lose. Rape is the use of
physical and sexual force upon a woman who is
physically weaker. It is use of physical and coercive
power.1 The only way in which we can counter-act this
power (outside of these circumstances in our daily lives)
is by using proactive, creative, power. Take Back the
Night is only a reaction to the power of men. It does
not empower women by organization alone. It is like
what Virginia Woolf, in "A Room of One's Own," wrote
about women trying to write men's novels — we must
discover our own vehicle for expression. (And then Take
Back the Night is a woman writing with a pickaxe instead
of a pen.) Just as there are many women's styles of
writing — poetry, free form, novels—so there are lots
of proactive ways to stop rape by actually doing
something. But what?
Rape is the symptom, not the disease. In order for
us to do something we have to know why it is that men
rape. I only know this: that my being raped had
absolutely nothing to do with me as Amy Resting, but
any way mysterious. Our society cultivates and
disseminates hostility and fear. It rewards those who
trample others—the corporate mindset of getting
ahead. This behavior is learned early on. Our schools
educate our children by standard grading systems based
irrespective of students' strengths and other skills. So
children learn that it's not about doing your best, but
about beating somebody else for a grade. Competition
fosters division between winners and failures. Our
television is filled with other cultural stereotypes and
implied normative expectations—that the winner
always gets the chick (because the winner must be a
man), that women are primary purchasers of laundry
detergent and children's breakfast foods (because they
still stay home with the kids), not to mention the
projection of women as objects of sex which MTV loves
to portray. All of these things add up and are part of
our rape society. What can we do? Where do we begin?
Fighting back weakens community and segregates
men and women. Referring to Rianne Eisler's "The
Chalice and the Blade," we live in a dominator society
and it is difficult to imagine a different world. Even
futuristic science fictions like Star Wars derive their
social organization from feudal emperors and medieval
overlords simply transposed into a world of intergalactic
high-tech war. Why is it that men and women can't
collaborate effectively in socially complex situations?
Why does one gender have to rule the other? Why is it
there not a partnership between men and women? I do
not know why, but I doubt that fighting against rape by
protesting and verbally returning the ball of discontent
back to their court does anything except further assures
men that what they do affects us and continues to
polarize society and capitalize on our differences. I do
know this: rapists are unhappy people. Maybe they are
sexually frustrated, but maybe they are unhappy having
to live up to a role of assumed power all the time.
I feel that we must not let the anger, guilt, and
frustration that rape generates get out of control. We
have to subvert the system. We cannot perpetuate it by
passing these feelings onto those around us. Yes—we
should express ourselves and talk about our feelings, but
we can't return the anger. That does nothing for
everyone. We are women—lovers, mothers, sisters, and
friends. We need to begin to focus on what's good in
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Factory farms have been making things easier and more year thanks to annual flu vaccines." I don't know how many
economical for themselves with little consideration for their thousands of lives Wolfe thinks were in danger from the
consumers. Cows are given so many chemicals that their flu. As far as I know, dying from the flu is not a major
bodies go through many, many problems. Problems that problem in North America.
Wolfe points out two "successful achievements"
we probably don't even recognize yet but will be evident in
through animal testing. Cystic fibrosis is a disease that
our children and grandchildren.
allows its victims to drown in their own mucus. Do lab rats
have that problem? Are their lungs the same size as our
own? I don't think so, and I don't feel it is logical to test a
Factory farms have
remedy that could be affected by those two important
been making things
factors. And Wolfe says, "The other is a technique for
modifying an adenovirus to destroy cells with faulty p53
easier and more
gene, which could erne. 50-70 percent of all cancers." Well,
economical for
I think Wolfe is raising his hopes a little too high. Perhaps
when our civilization realizes that inhaling harmful fumes
themselves with little
and eating contaminated food is the cause of cancer we can
get real results. But as I said, lab rats are not human, did
consideration for their
not get that disease naturally, and have a right to live. I
consumers.
know
that is a shocking thing to say but, yes, animals were
born with life and that must mean they have the right to
live it!
Wolfe also labels this my "theory." I clearly stated
that this was not my theory but that of an organization
called SUPRESS. Perhaps Wolfe would like to list his
sources next time he decides to respond to an editorial.
These theories are very controversial and even I am
scared to live or have my future children live without
vaccines. But, logically, it makes sense that animals can not
give us a cure as long as they are in a completely different
body. I know it is difficult to try'and understand something
that contradicts what you were brought up to believe, but
all I am asking is that you open your mind and not quickly
assume that I am some animal rights wacko. I am not. I
care about humans and animals and there is nothing wacky
about that.
I do appreciate Wolfe's polite response. His article
was intelligent and well-researched.
And a good amount of children in the world do not
consume the same type of milk most common to
Americans. I have been to Europe and their main source of
milk, at least in the villages where I stayed, were from the
cow around the corner. Straight from the cow with no
skimming or chemical additives. Also children in third
world countries, which I think make up a good percentage
of the world population, die of other causes before things
like diabetes can even be diagnosed. Maybe if we stopped
giving all of the world's wheat to the overpopulated number
of cows in the world we could feed those children long
enough to see if they even like things like food and milk.
Wolfe needs to look beyond his front porch and the local
news and see the vast majority of children in the world are
not healthy.
As Davoudian states, studies have found that the
majority of people who take vaccines are more likely to
become sick in the future (no, nofas a side effect from the
vaccine) than people who have a healthy diet and no
vaccines. Wolfe states, "The eradication of smallpox and
insinuating that we should ignore rape or pretend that
it'snot happening. It's just the opposite. We must know
reality, but part of that reality is knowing one's own
limitations and capabilities—for there lies true freedom
and power. I must say that physically! may be incapable
of warding off attackers. Therefore I cannot be
"defeated" in any sort of physical way. Rape is not a
boxing match in which two opponents have entered the
ring and one is destined to lose. Rape is the use of
physical and sexual force upon a woman who is
physically weaker. It is use of physical and coercive
power.1 The only way in which we can counter-act this
power (outside of these circumstances in our daily lives)
is by using proactive, creative power. Take Back the
Night is only a reaction to the power of men. It does
not empower women by organization alone. It is like
what Virginia Woolf, in "A Room of One's Own," wrote
about women trying to write men's novels — we must
discover our own vehicle for expression. (And then Take
Back the Night is a woman writing with a pickaxe instead
of a pen.) Just as there are many women's styles of
writing — poetry, free form, novels—so there are lots
of proactive ways to stop rape by actually doing
something. But what?
Rape is the symptom, not the disease. In order for
us to do something we have to know why it is that men
rape. I only know this: that my being raped had
absolutely nothing to do with me as Amy Resting, but
possibly a little bit to do with me as a woman. More
than anything, my being raped was about him. I think
about him sometimes, oddly enough, with compassion.
How lost in the world he must be! I think that something
must have happened to him and that he was taking
something out on me (which is mere observation, not
an excuse for him). Frankl offers us this:
[first]...conditioning processes are not the real causes
of human behavior; secondly that the real cause is
something accessible, provided that the humanness of
human behavior is not denied on a priori grounds; and
thirdly, that humanness of human behavior cannot be
revealed unless we recognize that the real "cause" of a
given individual's behavior is not a cause, but, rather, a
reason."
Rape is not the reason for rape, nor is the real reason in
our rape society. What can we do? Where do we begin?
Fighting back weakens community and segregates
men and women. Referring to Rianne Eisler's "The
Chalice and the Blade," we live in a dominator society
and it is difficult to imagine a different world. Even
futuristic science fictions like Star Wars derive their
social organization from feudal emperors and medieval
overlords simply transposed into a world of intergalactic
high-tech war. Why is it that men and women can't
collaborate effectively in socially complex situations?
Why does one gender have to rule the other? Why is it
there not a partnership between men and women? I do
not know why, but I doubt that fighting against rape by
protesting and verbally returning the ball of discontent
back to their court does anything except further assures
men that what they do affects us and continues to
polarize society and capitalize on our differences. I do
know this: rapists are unhappy people. Maybe they are
sexually frustrated, but maybe they are unhappy having
to live up to a role of assumed power all the time.
I feel that we must not let the anger, guilt, and
frustration that rape generates get out of control. We
have to subvert the system. We cannot perpetuate it by
passing these feelings onto those around us. Yes—we
should express ourselves and talk about our feelings, but
we can't return the anger. That does nothing for
everyone. We are women—lovers, mothers, sisters, and
friends. We need to begin to focus on what's good in
the world if we are going to change anything. We need
to come up with healthy, loving ways to transform our
rape society.
1 I have thought a lot about whether or not women
should physically fight back during the act of rape, In
Dorothy Bryant's Utopian science fiction, TheKinofAta
Are Waiting for You, a rape occurs. The woman
repeatedly says it is "bad", but does not fight back, while
the community gathers around watching, but does
nothing to help her. This unexpected reaction causes
the rapist to question what he is doing and why and feels
sincere guilt. However, I have come to the conclusion
that since we live in a far from Utopian world we should
do what we can, protect ourselves with our fists, mace,
a knife, whatever, especially when our lives are at stake.
Amy Resting
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The Cooper Point Journal
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Government" in the May 8 issue of the CPJ issued an
invitation to students to explore the past attempts at
instituting a student government at TESC but failed to
mention where materials on this topic can be found.
A substantial collection of materials relating to the
history of the college is kept in the College's Archive in
Library 3301. Those who attended last year's Super
Saturday celebration and toured the "Nostalgia"
exhibit (sponsored by TESC's Archive and the Alumni
Affairs Office), will remember the display of documents
pertaining to the "student government" issue.
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of the College's academics, community life, cultural and
historical manifestations. It contains:
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acquisition records to Affirmative Action and DTF
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Presidential Offices, Academic Deans, Dean of Library
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campus service and administrative offices.
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Contract Studies programs.
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members of the planning faculty including:
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expedition to climb Mt. Everest. Member of the
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Will Humphreys—Philosophy and Scientist.
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Winifred Ingram—Specialty in Psychology
Mary Hillaire—first woman faculty member
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of The Pz&kMhn&f teflisfcesisB
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comtftttcials ..-.-«" '
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ambiguous about the
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any ether article about
Bruce
Willis
and
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the
character
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it and walk in blind.
Gary
Oldman
are
the
'the
rest
of
the
movie,
despite
little
rarrEtiw '
CPJ movie reviews are
only certified movie
iBiportance, and the charm begins to wear 2il '
intended to- be read
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stars in The fiffii
a/ter, viewing of the
by the enJ lie's 33 dfeiiiriate
Element The rest of the
movie/ so' that the
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movie ,yoc' probably
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adventure story -invented by tlie Jeenage
ioccsaiien of director L«c Bessoc (Is faame
MifelSs , Tie Professional). The story is
complicated by a wriety of factions fgating over
powerful irilfacisfbr different reasons. The basic
conflict could se described as- "good ?s, evil,"
hdwgygr this is not s typical struggle of everjmsa ;
heKJ'fs, asHEGHg villain. Evil itself is tae
tbt SEiMiliaic and the hero never ewit meet.
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or from Tifleas unfavorable reviews,. Sj'efMa ^
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stars would have pulled
the viewer out of the
movie, but these nonactors give an excellent
exotic quality to the
Both of the big names work great.
Admittedly, Willis' role as ex-soldier Korben
Dallas is not particularly demanding, but his
perfection as vulnerable action hero further
proves that his critics are in denial of his talents
(as if Die Hard, Pulp Fiction and Twelve
Monkepsweren't enough).
Oldrnan is a surprise as the
business mogul/semivillain Zorg. His teeth
marks can be seen all over
the scenery in his previous
Besson collaboration The
and flying cars, many will compare TK'fmh
Element to Blade £ramar«
have surprisingly 1M«|
fiiture is not a dystopli
Metropolis than Gotham, tatore hopeful tban
oppressive. As we depart the city its colors
shimmer under a sunset The tones of the two
are as opposite as their cities, Blade Runner is
il, arfMM/emenf islight
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dsscdbed the ika as "the new Sfer !l%rf',. But fe
once, i/' ' . this
description has
some semblance of
validity. Like Star
The Fifth
is a feiriy
ligbt-hsarted
Professional, but here he is
comparably low-key. He
becomes a wonderful
visualjoke: despite the hip
Zorg like a redneck sheriff.
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* 10 •
May 15,1997
by J. Brian Pitts
CPJ movie guy
Luc Besson's futuristic epic The Fifth
Elementopened atfirst place in the box office tally
with a $17 million opening weekend. Not bad for
the most expensive film ever produced by a French
studio and released early in May; not good for the
film that was supposed to kick the summer
blockbuster season ofFto an early start. Columbia
studio's ad executives have been pushing like crazy
to make this the next big thing, plastering the
advertisements with tag lines comparing the film
to Star Wars, but because of a few flaws, it may
not get the big bucks it deserves.
Well, okay, they're big flaws. Things like plot
and character development, but since America is
the country that made Independence Day and
Twister big winners, it shouldn't matter, right?
Wrong. This film has the curse of death for a
summer movie: a distinct visual style. Your typical
moviegoer can excuse must about any leap in logic
a film may throw at them, as long as it adheres to
two simple rules. The film just look exactly like
any other film that has been shown at the local
multiplex, with the exception of the special effects,
which must be better than those of the film
released the previous weekend. While The Fifth
Element may have the best special effects to grace
the screen since The Frighteners, Besson and
company have made the deadly mistake of being
artistic.
Bruce Willis stars as a hover-cabbie/exspeciai forces soldier in the New York of the future,
and he, along with virtually every other citizen of
the known universe, is ignorant of the fact that a
massive ball of pure evil is hurtling toward them
and can only be stopped by the missing element
of the title. That's it. Oh sure, they try lots of side
plots, like Willis' character falling for the perfect
being that will save everyone from certain death,
or Gary Oldman's wildly over the top arms dealer
making rambling speeches on the joys of chaos
and disorder, but really, there is nothing else to
this film. Hell, they could have done it without
dialogue, and the difference would be virtually
unnoticeable (well, Oldman's rant about why life
is far more interesting when you ruin people's lives
would be sorely missed) because the real star is
the world that Besson, scenic designers Moebius
and Jean-Claude Merzieres, and costume designer
Jean-Paul Gaultier have created.
Every last detail in The Fifth Element's
fantasy land has been thought and argued over.
Things don't pop up in the background with no
functional purpose other than looking cool. Every
ding and doohickey has a reason to be exactly
where it was place. Luc Besson has been working
on portions of this story since he was 17 years old,
but gave up on the actual writing of it to pursue
his film career. He has obviously thought about it
every day since then, however, because there's not
other way to have such complete understanding
of an imaginary location. He even knows what
the cigarettes of the future will look like. All of
this beautifully complimented by an excellent
cinematographer and editor. Without, them, this
would just be and amazing travel video, but they
take us into the driver's seat for dizzying shots of
a hover-car plowing through dozens of layers of
traffic.
The Fifth Elementwill get blown out of the
water in a week when the Jurassic Park sequel
opens, a film that promises to be as bland as the
original. Please, I beg of you, put your brain on
hold and allow The Fifth Elemen t's visuals to wash
over you. Art doesn't necessarily need a message.
Sometimes beauty is enough.
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Rockabilly on Red Square Making a presentation soon?
Last Saturday,
the Spring Arts
Festival ended
its two week
celebration with
a Rockabilly
dance on Red
Square. Local
artists The
Swinging Circus,
Vancouver, B.C.'s
The Bunghouse
5, and Portland's
Flatirons who
are pictured
here.
The bands
delighted
dancers, who
grooved in the
warm spring
evening.
photo by.Gilda Houck
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May 15,1997
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
A different kind of pop this weekend at the Midnight Sun
This Saturday May 17, pop craftspeople
Swoon 23, Sugarboom, and The Dandy
Warhols will play at the Midnight Sun in
<iowntown Oly. These three Portland bands
•xemplify the experimental, trance-oriented
hift in the underground pop music today.
Swoon 23 are Megan Pickerel (guitar and
vocals), Michael Keating (guitar and vocals), Jeff
tudebaker (guitar and vocals), and Marty
T'rnirh (drums). Their minimalistie style
features long, droning and tranquil sounds that
combine to form a powerful aural presence.
Their debut CD Famous Swan Song is out on
Tim/Ken: Records and they will have a new CD
out on Mercury this summer.
Sugarboom's first full-length release 3
Speed on its own label Strawberry Fields Records
is a vinyl only project recorded in the back room
of a local music store with less than optimum
equipment. Despite the scratchy development,
The Dandy Warhols bring the r newly won major label status to the Midnight Sun
photo courtesy of Tim/Kerr Records
These are the members of Swoon 23 who will play Saturday night at the Sun
the band produced a fine record with the help
of Charlie Campbell from Pond. Its more retro
than indie, more Beatles than Beat Happening.
Matthew Peterson and Michael Donhowe,
guitarists and vocalists, drummer Jeff
Cavanaugh and bassist Anne Croaker deliver
a wandering, guitar sound.
The Dandy Warhols have been getting a
lot of attention recently from the mainstream
media (RollingStone'm particular) and record
label hounds. The fervor is due to the strength
of its recent CD Rule OK's, .which made its way
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the people these missiles are targeted at?
Not since my test days in
the Pacific. I say fire and
forget, Dr. Nile.
You don't think about
the deaths, Dr. Nihl?
I prefer to sleep at
night, Dr. Nile.
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There were angels
and they spoke to me,
their gifts were pure and wise.
I gave to them an offering,
tip., of words and tears and lies.
VJQ! There was blood upon the bodies,
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my heart bled on my sleeve.
You laughed at my pathetic words
and told me I must leave.
The darkness and the demons,
your beloved glory death.
You know what you have taken,
and you know what you have left.
The coldness of our spirit,
the taste of open skin.
The only words I won't forget:
regret, repeat, begin.
We lose our selves, our lives, and loves,
we lose them while we can.
This world that walks with heroes
gives strength to understand.
Fallen like the angels,
only we do comprehend
the underlying bitterness,
this common fate of men.
I was never crazy,
I was only ill.
Of pain and hate and agony,
I think I've-had my fill.
Your touch once full of kindness,
that comforting embrace,
the one that tried to kill me,
the one I cannot face.
So I say this now to you,
to you whom I befriended:
I would have given anything
to change the way it ended.
-Carrie lessen