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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 27, Issue 9 (November 21, 1996)

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Thief makes off with
Branch's cash
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Cooper

Smoking promotes
social injustice

They Might Be
Giants in concert

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Brief flurry brings joy to campus

Equal Opportunity:
The American
Dilemma
ADebate on Affirmative Action
Today, November 21, 1996
3-5 p.m.
College Recreation Center

. In case you've been trapped inside a nice warm room
without any windows, we'd like to inform you that it
snowed.,.three inches, However, Evergreen did not
close. So if you turned your alarm off at the first site of
a snowflake, you missed seminar. Although this may
be it for another year, check the clip-and-save on page
four for future school closure info. -- The CP J,

A debate between Tim Wise, author of
"Little White Lies: The Truth about
Affirmative Action and Reverse
Discrimination" and Dinesh D'Souza,
author of "The End of Racism: Principles of
a Multicultural Society."
For more information, call (360) 866-6000,
ext. 6363.
Admission is FREE.
The event is sponsored by The Evergreen
State College President's Diversity Fund
and the Student Activities Office.

cr pples campus station; KAOS reaches Housing, not much else
BY DAVID SCHEER

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FEMALE OF XYLOCOPA VIRGINICO

In but
TAKEN BY MATTHEW KWESKIN
at the
WITH THE HELP OF WALTER BROWN
number
printed.

When Michael Huntsberger. KAOS general manager.
rolled over at 4:30 Tuesday morning, he looked outside and saw
the wet snow falling fromthe sky, To him it looked like an
engineering problem.
Huntsberger. who has worked at Evergreen's radio station
since the early 70·s. knows that snow and ice on the KAOS
antenna can cause broadcast problems and even equipment
failure. In the past. damage 10 the equipment has been avoided
in winter conditions by turning down th~ station's power, When
this was done Tuesday morning. the station went from a 1500
watt station to a 250 watt station; then it went off the air.
At quarter to six. Huntsberger called morning
programmer Dave Hitchens from home. They decided to reduce
the power to 250 watts. one sixth of KAOS's normal output.
before going on the air for the day. That should have reduced
the risk ofdamaging the station's equipment. says Huntsberger.
Hitchens turned the power down and Huntsberger drove
to work. When Huntsberger arrived there were already
problems: only part of the signal was getting out.
Normally. the signal generated in KAOS's studios is
amplified and sent up the antenna where it becomes radio waves.
But covered with snow and ice. the antenna won't conduct. and
the Signal sent up the antenna comes back down, The returning
Signal is called 'reflected power'. says Huntsberger. "It's a kind
offeedback ...
When Huntsberger got to work, 100 watts was being
turned into radio waves; the other 150 watts was coming back
into the transmitter as reflected power. Something in the
transmitter had broken, Huntsberger and Hitchens shut the
station down.
From 8:55 to 11:39 Olympia was without KAOS.
Huntsberger hoped that the problem was a blown fuse.
but it wasn·t. A transistor. about half an inch across and not

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much bigger than a short stack of quarters. had blown. "It was
probably trying too hard and overheated." said Huntsberger.
Huntsberger and cgmpus engineers began the search for
a replacement part. When they found one. it was in Omaha.
Nebraska. It should get here today.
When KAOS news director John Ford got to work at 10: 15
he expected to see Huntsberger at the microphone. Instead he
was sitting at his desk. "The first thing he said to me was 'hi.
we're not on the air· ... said Ford.
Huntsberger explained the new plan to Ford. They were
going back on the air in about an hour with "a fighting 100

satellite feed for one of the national shows sent to the station
for rebroadcast. At 11 am Tuesday morning. that wasn't working
either, Snow had settled in their satellite dish.
"We· had a dish full of snow instead of a dish full of
satellite,".said Ford.
Huntsberger went up the CAB roof with broom and swept
it out. "It was pretty comical." said Huntsberger as he acted out
the situation. making huge sweeping gestures over his head.
Within minutes Ford was receiving the transmission loud and
clear.
When KAOS program director Sharon Smith's alarm dock
went off at 10 am she wasn't getting KAOS on her radio. she was
getting C-89. Before she noticed. though. she'd turned it back
off. It didn't dawn on her until got to work. "It was kind of
dancy." realized Smith. She should have been hearing Pacifica
Radio's Democracy Now!.
Smith spent large parts of her afternoon calling
programmers and letting some off the hook. She couldn't justify
having someone drive the icy roads from Seattle to broadcast to
Housing and Cooper's Glen. Cycle Babble was replaced by Blues
Attitude and Nova Express stayed off the air.
According to Huntsberger and Ford. KAOS should be back
to normal sometime today. as soon as their new part arrives and
watts." Since twenty to noon on Tuesday that is all the power ' they get it installed. "It's pretty important that we do. " stresses
the crippled station has been able to put out.
Ford. Tomorrow at noon he· and Smith plan to broadcast a
KAOS doesn't get very far with 100 watts of power. "1t'1I record ing of to day's affirmative action debate.
get us Housing and about 10 of your friends." explains Ford.
Tuesday morning's catastrophe was more than a hassle for
And students in Housing will not be getting KAOS on their Huntsberger; it was heartbreaking, For 14 years Huntsberger
phones or over the sounds of their CD players. "Now if you live has been doing his show The Penguin Cafe. Tuesday morning
in Housing. you'll have to microwave your own sandwiches." he was going to air the last one.
chuckles Huntsberger. "instead of putting them on your window
Huntsberger chuckled at the irony of the station going off
ledge."
"
the air during his final show. He'll do another final show. he
But the weakened signal wasn't the only problem the snow says. but it won't be the same. "I thought about this show for 3
created at KAOS. As part of his daily routine. Ford checked the month. I had the play list all written out." Huntsberger said.

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Man makes off with $500 plus in Branch theft
By LEIGII CUL LEN
Police Services is looking for a man
who allegedly stole over $500 from the
Branch cash register last Friday night.
The cashier on duty at the time of
th e crime has identified Austin Heath,
19 , from photos provided by Police
Services , as the man she says took the
money from the Branch. Heath also has
a warrant out for his arrest in
co nnection with an assault that
occurred in a Cooper's Glen apartment
e arlier thi s year. He has several
outstanding warrants in the Olympia
are a and may be tied to other crimes in
at Evergreen. says Lt. Larry Savage of
Police Services .
The theft took place at about 9:30
p.m. at the Branch, a small convenience
store located in the Community Center.

Though the Branch usually has two '
workers, one worker was on break. A
young man entered the busy store. He
was about six feet tall , proportionate ,
with short , blonde hair, blue eyes and a
goat ee, says the cashier. He asked for a
soda. He the'n picked out a can of Blue
Sky Brand Natural Soda and some
penny candy and began having a
conversation with the cashier. She rang
up his purchase of70 cents.
When the register opened, the
cashier says the man reached over the
counter and grabbed a wad of money.
He ran out of the door, leaving his
unopened soda behind on the counter.
"It happened so fast, he was out
the door before I could react," said the
cashier.
First she tried to run after him, but

Gates may add needed security
BY DAVID SCHEER

Evergreen Parking and Police
authorities have bought and installed two
gates to block the entrance/exits to Band C
lots near the Evergreen Parkway. The gates
should help to decrease auto theft, says Lt .
Larry Savage of Police Services.
Starting in early December the
gates wi ll be locked from roughly 6
p.m . until the e arly morning;
students and staff coming or going
will have to drive around, through
the routes that pass the library loop .
Most auto thefts in the parking
lots are perpetrated by thieves who
roam the lots in cars of their own,
sa ys Savage . He believes that the
$4000 steel gates set in four feet of
concrete will limit a thief 's options
for es cape .
In Savage's opinion , the chances
th at thieves will try to escape by
driving down one of the campus
paths which lead away from the lots
a re "slim or next to none. "

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the counter caught her hip. "My next
reaction was to throw the 70 cents at
him, but I realized how silly and
pointless that would be so I called th e
cops," sa id the cashier. It took her a
second to feel fear. "It's not the kind of
thing that happens around here," she
said.
Police Se r vices arrived on the
scene immediately, said the cashier. By
10:30 p.m ., they had a photo montage
of mug shots for her to identify the man
from . From th e photos, the cashier
picked out the man she said stole the
money.
The man she pointed out is the
same man that an assault victim from
Cooper's Glen also identified as his
attacker. The Cooper's Glen assault
occurred on October 29 this year. Two
residents of Cooper's Glen were at
home at 3:30 p.m. when two masked
men burst through their unlocked door,
says Savage.
«Police! Get on the floor'" the
masked men shouted. Both men were
holding BB guns, says Savage. They
demanded money but the victims said
they didn 't have any. The masked men
then "pistol-whip'ped " the victims in
the head with the BB guns, says Savage.
One victim was able to shut himself off
in a back bedroom, but the suspects
broke down the door. One victim was
able to kick his assaulter in the head
before both suspects fled off towards FIat on foot.
During the assault, one of the
suspects' mask came off and one victim
was able to get a look at him .

When the Thurston County
Sheriffs arrived, both victims were
bleeding from the head. First aid was
administered at the scene.
Po lic e, aided by Evergreen's Police
Services, searched the area but didn't
catch the suspects. An unidentified
citizen found a BB gun in the grass. in
the woods near th e apartment, said
Savage . The gun was recovered with the
victim's blood on it.
. Because Heath has been implicated
in the Cooper's Glen assau lt , Savage
believes it's a good thing that the
Branch cashier did not try to impede
the thief. "I guarantee you that if she
had s lammed the drawer, [the
situation ) would have gotten violent,"
said Savage.
We tell our cashiers not to play
hero , says Robert Payne, the Branch
manager. We te ll them to find some
identifying characteristic on the
suspect, says Payne.
"Evergreen is an easy target. Th e
word on the street is if you want easy
money, go to Evergreen," says Savage.
The Branch is now trying to de cide
how to step up security. One idea is to
install a panic button at the ca s h
register. They are also thinking of
installing a drop box to keep the daily
money protected from theft.
Though the Branch is increasing
security, the cashier isn't letting the
incident keep her afraid, "The
experience just reaffirms that you can't
live in fear. You can't lell what is going
to happen at anyt ime."

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Lesbiao Avengers oppose
'platform based 'onhate'
• New Olympia group focuses on lIissues vital to
lesbian survival and visibilit1"
BY DAVID SCHEER
media at Craswell's party, were pleased by his
Earlier this month, on election eve, a approval.
They are equally proud of reports that
local action group traveled from Olympia to
Bellevue to attend the election party held for they may already be listed in FBI files as
Washington governor candidate Ellen domestic terrorists.
Because of the nature of their activities,
Craswell. They were not going to celebrate
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presence felt at the largely Christian- low - for this story, they've asked to remain
conservative function. All of the group's anonymous. Members fear that those who
disagree with their message may target them.
members are queer.
The thirteen women and men, In fact , Avenger descriptions of the Craswell
members of Olympia's newly-formed audience's response to their group portray
political action group, The Lesbian Avengers, her supporters as borderline violent. Had a '
picked Craswell's party because it was the pol ic e
officer not gotten
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sighting the "no rights for sodomites" slogan
behalf,
they
could have been
they attribute to Craswell 's campaign. The
Lesbian Avengers wanted to "put a face to
in
physical
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Avengers .
Craswell that a platform based
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members felt
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During
Lesbian Avengers have saved the
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man dressed in
Still, like their public display at
full Craswell gear
Craswell's party, group members plan to
- including at-shirt,
have a strong presence in their future
hat, and pins-leaned out of the crowd and . endeavors, hopefully closer to Olympia. On
identified himself. ''I'm Dan Savage, I love the evening of Wednrsday, December 11
you guys," he said . They were later they plan to Christmas Carol in Capital Mall.
mentioned in Savage's column published in
Those interested in joining the group
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BY JE NN IFER KOOGLER
When I was little , my family moved
around a lot. From around my fifth year to
around my eleventh year, we lived in Ohio,
Nebraska, Florida, and this lovely state of
Washington. 1herefore, until recently I've
never really had a permanent sense of place or
tradition . Every time it seemed like I had
grown roots in one area. we were whisked off
to another. A lot of kids used to ask me if my
parents were in the military. Not quite, I'd tell
them, my dad is in radio.
Entertainment being the ti ckle business
it is, many rad io personalities and other
asso rted personnel find themselves light years
away from their families and friends. Being an
estab lished family of sorts (mom, dad, baby,
kitty), we always made it a policy that no matter
where we were on Thanksgiving, we would
invite people at my father's station who were
alone for the holiday over for dinner.
Whenever we'd have people over, there
would always be a lot of beer drinking, football
watching, and over eating. My dad would
entertain the guests with these distractions,
while my mom cooked away and watched the
bird in th e oven baste itselfin the bag. Around
serving time, my dad, pumped up with
testosterone from the football, hacked into the
much-fought-over white meat and the much-

picked·over dark meat. Arsome point d~ring
the meal, everyone would look at me and
comment on some cute way I was st~ffing sweet
potatoes into my
mouth . My table
manners are still
atrocious to
th is

day because of the encouragement I received
from curious onlookers. They wanted to see
just one more piece of com or stuffing tumble
out of my mouth.
In the years following my parent's
divorce, my mom and I spent Thanksgiving in
the homes of family friends, who were
displaced like us from relatives and disjOinted
from spouses. In between bouts ofcooking and

cleaning, the adults would go on and on about ourse lves with leftovers for days after. In
the inner wo'rkings of their divorce keeping with our tradition of inviting others
proceedings, while we kids traded stories of who can't make it home for the holidays, my
visitation rights and Baby Sitters' Club books. roommate/Bronx resident/Muppet obsessed
Making the transition from hosts to hostees pal Cristin "tin tin" Carr will be joining us for
was a difficult one for mom pecan pie. My mom will coo k herse lf some
and I. We meat, while Tin and I will whip up a sto rm of
did n ' t ya ms and various other non-dead items. We'll
rea II y probably sit around and talk and eat. I can
kn ow gua rantee 110 football will be involved.
Cristin 's arrival at our home marks all
important step for our family. It means that
we are somewhat stable again. that the storm
of emo tion ha s subsided and a bit of normalcy
(as normal as we get. anyway) is burstillg
through. It feels good to know that we ca n offer
our home as a place of comfort and coziness
rather than chaos and confu sion. I just hope
Cristin doesn't think we are loony.
To me, Thanksgiving ha s always been
about family. One thing my parents' generosity
how to just sit back and let others do the work around the holidays taught me is that family
for us. At a time when it seemed like life was isn't just who you call Grandma or Uncle. They
making all the decision for us, and we felt like are also the people you live around and interact
puppets on strings, the need for contro l over with. who are the witnesses to the weird and
something even as simple as corn pudding was wonderful events in your life just as you are to
comforting.
theirs. As th ese people are fami ly, you should
Mom and I have decided to spend this share your home. heart , and turkey with them.
Thanksgiving alone, feeling a great need to This year, I'm thankful th at once again, Mom
make piles and piles of food and gorge and I are doing so.

FirstThanksgiving a is
What Thanksgiving means to me
beautiful story -- in theory

BY TREVORPYLE
Thanksgiving is the essential
American holiday. It serves many purposes,
the main one being as an excuse to watch
football on a weekday. As I look back on the
BY DAVID SCHEER
the table. Sometimes they sang, and
holiday, most of my memories will be of
My dad liked to torture us as chi ldren. sometimes they danced, but mostly they jus.!
fami ly, friends, and Troy Aikman.
especially around the holidays.
ate. When they were done, over half of their,_. quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. · Not
For instance, every Christmas Eve he lit stores were gone. That winter, once again,
necessa rily in that order.
a fire in the fire place. My younger brother the Pilgrims starved.
It is the holiday where we are than kful
- who still believed in Santa
Thanksgiving is beautiful in theory.
for our family. Of course, if we were really
Claus - would cry and cry.
Families, separated for most of the year,
thankful for our family, we wouldn 't have to
When he hid our Easter
gather together and agree that despite their
create holidays to see them. Or, in the case
eggs he hid them in his garden.
dysfunctions, they are spoiled. Dad for
of my family, holidays plusp a r 0 I e
Earlier, every spring, the
instance, always reminds us that
hearings * .
garden got a fresh layer of "all
Americ ans still co nsume a majority of th e
Thanksgiving is also a
natural" fertil izer.
My
world's oil supply.
holiday where we teach
yo unger sister, while looking
In reality, I don 't think that
our children America's
for her eggs, wou ld cry and
Thanksgiving is anything like what it
past. Mostly we do this
cry.
should be. If we want to be gratefu l
by making th em
For Th anksgiving, dad
for our bleSSings we should go
construct comp lex
subverted our minds.
without them for once: a four day
papier-mache turkeys.
At
every
national fast. If we want to praise
The children are so
Thanksgiv in g dinner,
cooperation with the American
respectful of this
for as long as I can
Natives, we should cooperate with
Thanksgiving symbol
remember, dad has
them now. If we want to celebrate
that after sc hool th ey
told the story of The
life, we should stop killing and
place these turkeys on
First Thanksgivingwasting turkey and revise our
the highway and
hi s version. This
foreign policy - sounds a littl e
wa
tch trucks run over
vers ion differed from
radical, I know.
them.
Thechildrenalsoleam American
the version we were
What the or iginal Thanksgiving
history
by acting in ThanksgiVing plays
taught in school and
(mainstream version) means to me
where
they
dress up as pumpkin pies.
as children confused
is this: it's the last time,
turkeys,
and
Native
Americans. In the past,
us and separated us
histori ca lly, that I
settlers
treated
turkeys
with much more
from ollr peers. His
liked the white
respect
than
the
Native
Americans.
which is
version is compiled
presence
in
why
the
turkeys
usually
get
top
billing.
from a Seattle Times
America . Every thing
The most im porta nt aspect of
article and a book he
since then, excepting
Thanksgiving
is tradition.
Every
read years ago. I a Iso
the Bill of Rights,
Thanksgiving
is
basically
the
same.
The
think he's added to it,
should probably be
family gets together, they eat, then se ttl e
just as I am about to.
undone.
around the TV with coffee and cake. Even
The first Thanksgiving,
Once a year we come close to
the conversations are the same, year in and
according to dad, was not a simple one day remembering this. Then we gorge
year out:
event. It was a two week long Puritan orgy. ourselves. Then we go shopping.
Having barely survived the previous
winter, the Pilgrims did not want to repeat
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their mistakes. They worked hard the next
sp ring and summer and under the
leadership of Natives they were able to pull
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Thanksgiving Conversation:

Aunt Bea **: So Trevor, how's school going?
Trevor: Oh, not bad.
Aunt Bea: How's Evergreen treating you?
. Trevor: All right.
Aunt Bea: Yeah? Quick, what 's four times
four?
Trevor: I DON'T KNOW, OKAY? I DIDN'T
KNOW LAST YEAR. AND I
DON 'T KNOW TI-II S
YEAR .
QU IT
HARASSIN G ME
WITH YOUR DAMN
'RITHMATIC
QUESTIONS!! FOR GOD'S
SAKE, CAN'T YOU ASK ME
ABOUT NOAM CHOMSKY?
(Awkward si lence)
Uncle Ted: Turkey?
Trevor: I'm vega nllOW.
There you have it. Thanksgiving in a nut shell.
Sure , sometim es something amazing may
happen . The turkey catches fire. someone
gets stuck in the snow. the Cowboys lose. But
every Thanksgiving is a -pleasa nt, homestyle
blur, filled with food, family, and football.
Why not be thankful for it?
* Ha Ha! Of course I'm kidding. Espec ially
about my second cousin. Hacksaw.
**Not my aunt's real name. It's actually Opie.

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Student columnist interviews conservative author
excerpts from KAOS interview with Dinesh D'Souza
TransGribcd by Leigh Cullen

On Thursday, November 21
noted conservative critic
Dinesh D'Souza will debate
liberal author Tim Wise on
Affirmative Action and the
abolition of the same in
recent California Elections.
Recently, KAOS News
Director john Ford arranged
an interview between Mr.
D'Souza and CPj columnists
ValIn Monroe and Craig
St.Ciair; the following are
excerpts from that interview.

that Affirmative Action , neighborhoods, we're talking
which King never supported about gangs, we're talking
by the way, is a flawed about drugs, graffi ti on the
walls ...
solution to a real problem.
Monroe: There are a lot of
laws that, when taken straight
up, are not going to be
discriminatory or oppressive
to people but where you have
a person who enforces those
laws they have a bias, then it
becomes an oppressive thing- .

D'Souza: Well, I would agree
and I think the sol ution to
Monroe:
D'Souza, I've that is to make that kind of
noticed that you quote behavior, discriminatory
Martin Luther King a lot, so I behavior, illegal, which it is,
want to start off with one of and second, to prove that
his quotes. Says here, "He behavior and essentially
who passively accepts evil is secure a remedy in court.
as much involved with it as he
who helps to perpetrate it. He Monroe: The thing is that
who accepts evil without black people right now in the
protesting against it, is really United States, you start off as
cooperating with it. When a child and you have all this ..
oppressed people willingly . all these things that go
accept their oppression they against you, and then you
only serve to giVe the- want to try to say that at this
oppressor a convenient point in high school, where all
justification for his acts . So in these bias have already
order to be true to one's impacted your life to keep you
conscience and true to God, from moving up as far ahead
a righteous man had no as perhaps you would and be
alternative but to refuse to able to, that it could be
cooperate with an evil corrected at that point... ..
system. " It seems to me that
you don't address that very D'Souza: Well, I think you're
much as far as white people making two different points:
are concerned in the United one is, you're saying that
States of exploiting people of blacks as a group don't have
color, and how's that going to the same opportunities and
be rectified now in a color that there are many strikes
blind society or by pretending against them from an early
that this is a color blind age, and that's why their not
doing well on the test. The
society?
second point you're making is
D'Souza: Now I would argue that the test is not a very good
that color blindness if you predictor. All right, both
want to call it that, has got to those points have some truth
be enforced. We've got to to it, but you have to look at
make sure that when it comes what we're talking about. For
to getting a job or getting a example, when we are talking
loan, that people are treated about disadvantages from a
on their merits as individuals, young age, I would agree that
but I don't think that one can the public sc hool system is
I think the
argue that a good way to fight terrible.
uiscrimination is to practice disadvantages are not just
discrimination and that if economic but also cultural, by
minorities are victims of which I mean we are also
discrimination the solution is talking about broken
to make whites the victims of families, we're also talking
terrible
discrimination . So I think about

Monroe: What makes you
say that the (tests are) better
predictors than anything
else?

the guy at the bottom to
compete with the guy who
comes from a rich family.

action or where do race
policies need to go to be more
inclusive,
to
be
nondiscriminatory?

Monroe: I was reading one of
your speeches in your book,
and you state that you were
not born in this country . .. I'll
just say it, "I was not born in
this country, I don't claim to
know all of the answers.
There are certain weaknesses
to writing a book when you
are something of an
outsider." I think that some
of the weaknesses in your
argument is that you talk
about the laws, but you don't
seem to take into account that
people with biases have to
initiate, implement, and
enforce these laws, and when
you have that sort of system,
set up with one person
scapegoated at the bottom,
that will prevent them from
rising in the society you speak
of. . . thank you.
r

D'Souza: Well, r think we
need two things. We need a
color-b lind set of public
policies, and laws that treat
citizens equally in the eyes of
the law. In a multiracial
society, r think it is simply
absurd for the government to
play racial favorites, to say
'listen, because of your race,
you get to start five yards
ahead of the starting line.
Because of your race you get
to start five yards behind.' I
think that this is a formula for
racial resentment and
Balkinazation and conflict. I
also think that the American
people don't want it. They
don't want discrimination
but they don't want
discrimination against whites
any more than they want
discrimination
against
D'Souza: Well, 1 think that blacks. This is the message of
one way to argue on it is to prop 209, the California civil
admit one's weaknesses, but rights initiative; So that:S the
there also are some strengths. first part of it-a colo'r-blind
I grew up in a society in a public policy, but I think it
different part of the world, has to be combined with what
which is also struggling with I would call an effort aided by
systems like the caste system, government to strengthen the
multiculturalism, you know, cultural resources and the
India verses Western civil skills of all citizens. By
influence. So there are some this I mean savings rates,
habits,
family
advantages to having a study
different angle ofvision, ifyou structure ... because it's true
will, and second, I have lived that by and large, American
in this country since the age blacks and whites are not
of sixteen, I'm now thirty-five, reaching their full potential.
and I have a close experience And one reason for these
with and have spent numb~r problems is we've had a
of years studying not just the cultural breakdown in our
Affirmative
Action society over the past
experience,
but
the generation. So I would like to
experience of other ethnic see some concrete policies
groups, historically the that are aimed at turning that
experience of immigrant around.
groups and so on. So I don't
claim to be speaking for
Asians or to offer a final
It's my
perspective.
perspective, but I think it's a
valid perspective in a
multiracial society.

D'Souza: Well; let's look at it
this way-the SAT's are a
standardized test. It's a test
that is given to everybody,
everybody takes the same
test. On the other hand, the
problem with high sc hool
grades is that grades aIle
usually given on a curve and
it all depends on where you
went to school. If you wentto
a
very
demanding,
competitive prep school and
you get a "8," that might be
better than a "8" plus or "A"
minus at a school that has
much weaker average
academic
standards.
Similarly, interviews and
recommendations are often
highly
subjective.
Recommendations make
everybody sound like Jesus
Christ and it's impossible to
tell what the recommender is
really saying, because
recommendations are usually
very uncritical. Interviews
are very brief and quite
subjective for all these
reasons .
One of the
advantages of the test is that
it is a single sta ndard,
administered equally to
everyone. These tests, by the
way they were implemented
in the earlier part of the
century, to fight nepotism
and to fight favoritism. You
have the old prep schools,
which had an old boy
agreement with colleges and
a lot of poor Irish and Jewish
and Italian kids from New
York said, "listen, you know
you've got this old boy
network underway, but we
want a chance to get into
Princeton. Go give us all a
test, we will prove that our
math skills, our verbal skills,
our logic skills, are just as St. Clair: Mr. D'Souza, taking
good as those prep school into account that we are in
students." So the test allows 1996, where does affirmative

Man campaigns to honor murder victims
By HILLARY ROSSI
Fourteen women were brutally murdered
at the University of Montreal on December 5,
1991. It shocked aU of Canada to wearing white
ribbons to commemorate the deceased college
women.
It shocked some people down in Olympia
too.
In November, 1992 Washington state
became the first place outside Canada to
commemorate the death of the 14 women. A
man named Ed Burton sat watchingJeopardy.
One of the male contestants was wearing a
white ribbon. Alex Trabek asked the man
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is to commemorate the murder of young
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The Jeopardy contestant struck a chord
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LETTERS AND OPINIONS

My Only 'Diversity' Column

Status Quo
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BY KIM NGUYEN

Hi. I'm Kim. I'm a first-year student. I
have black shoulder-length hair parted down the
middle. My eyes are dark brown and are
sometimes framed by a pair of eyeglasses. I'm a
little over five feet tall. And, I'm not afraid to say
it, I'm Asian.
That was easy enough.
Yet it seems that everyone is afraid to refer
to me as an Asian. Or refer to another person as
Black/HispaniclNative American. Somewhere,
in the process of being incorporated into the
Evergreen "community," minorities such as
myself have been stripped of our color. And
why? Because people refuse to point out the
obvious, for fear of being labeled a racist.
It amazes me how a tampus so eager to
embrace diversity can choose to ignore the color
of anyone's skin. Just the other day I overheard
someone refer to an Asian classmate as "that girl
with long, black hair." This girl's most salient
physical characteristic, in an environment clearly
not teeming with minorities, is the fact that she
is Asian, a fact she shouldn't have to ignore. Yet
she's been reduced to the ambiguous description
of her hair. Oh yeah, that's diversity.
It grieves me that words like "Asian,"
., Black," and "Hispanic" have become as dirty as
"chink: "nigge r, " or ·spic." Why refer to .
someone's skin color 'when you can talk about
what they're wearing? Is that what a diverse
community is supposed to be about? Don't get
me wrong. I don't want people going around
poin ting out that so-and-so a minority, just for
the sake of pointing it out. After all, ifyou don't
know someone personaUy, and s/he happens to
be a person of color (which isn't a bad'thing),
why not refer to that person as such? Words like
"Asian" aren't derogatory, are they?

is

Looking past color doesn't mean you have
to ignore it. Nor does it mean it has to be an alldefining characteristic of the described person.
] may be Asian, but that's not all I am. Get to
know me, and maybe you can come to describe
me without using any physical terms. But please
don't think of what I am as representative of all
Asians. Because I'm not. I don't represent my
race or my sex or my social class or anyone for
that matter. I only represent myself.
Which brings me to a slightly different
subject: people who use gross generalizations
to describe a person based on his/her skin color,.
I don't mean generalizations like "all Asians are
smart" or "all Blacks are criminals" because
(hopefully) we can all agree that these remarks
are way off base, and just plain stupid. What I
reatly mean by generalizations is that small
group ofiU-informed people who use terms like
"Chinese" to describe all Asians, or "Mexican" .
to describe all Hispanics. This just really
bothers me. It's the epitome of stupidity.
Standing in line at Disneyland, the Happiest
Place on Earth, lance overheard a woman say,
"I call aU Asians 'Chinese'just because it's easier
than saying 'Japanese' or 'Filipino' or 'Korean:
It's like monkeys, orangutans, chimps, and
gorillas; it's just easier to call them all apes." 1.
personally, just love to hear Asians being
equated to apes. It puts everything in
perspective in a neat, little way:especially when
I'm passing the primate cage at the zoo. But I
haven't heard anything of the sort for a while,
so I guess it doesn't really pertain to Evergreen.
I just had to get it off my chest.
So, tliafs what I have to say about it, so I
just had to put my two-cents in. Thanks for the
-opportunity. I promise I won't ever do it again.

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To the Editor:
Congratulations to California and Arizona
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running start for other states to end the long hard
prohibition of a plant. California gathered more
than half of the signatures needed to get it on
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to everyone who worked on gathering them.
In the state of Washington this last spring,
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signatures on a hemp initiative that would have
made thi s plant ava il abl e for medicinal,
industrial. and personal use. The initiative, if
passed. would've made hemp legal to own, grow,
and sell commercially with a license. None of
these possib ili ties are new to humanity,
prohibition has only started and devastated us
in the last seventy years. I understand some
p.eople in th is state were very nervous about
signing these petitions. and for reasons that seem
to inhibit personal choices. Some had
government positions and couldn 't adm it they
support hemp, some saw the use in industry bUI
were swayed by the Drug war into thinking no
one should smoke it. Some people know its greal

potential as a medicine but fear the possibilities
of it leaving the doctors and pharmaceutical
industry control.
For whatever reason, our initiative didn't
make it to the ballots this November. only one
third of th e 186,000 signatures needed we re
gathered. Maybe because of those I mentioned
who couldn 't see the plant as a whole. I think as
we see Cal ifornia and Arizona make thi s
trans ition in their marijuana laws and
enforcement. we will realize how ridiculous it is
to prohibit only parts of a plant. Now that
ma rijuana is lega l to prescribe, then lega l to
posses. it must be grown. You can' t make
medicine from a plant without planting a seed
so it can grow roots and stalks and stems and
leaves and bud new flowers and seeds so it can
reproduce itself like a truly useful weed. What
will come of the parts that aren't medicine? Th is
is a sma ll first step to a valuable renewable
resource; watch it grow in Washington. J have a
feeling our next pet ition wi ll be for medical
marijudll<l.
Cloud Carroll

Thanks For Listening
COMMENTARY ~

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the Cooper Point Joprnal

People of color never quit e fit in. No
matter how 'white' they dressed or acted there
remained some separation. But in a white
supremacist cu lture
we always had people
of color that yearned
to be wh ite. So they
kept on trying.
Meanwhile
so me
wh ite people started
fee lin g kind of bad
about their ill gotten
gains. A new law was
created to try and
offset the roadblocks
to opportunity. The
roadblock of racism.
The new law was .
ca ll ed affirmative
action.
Some minorities have
made gains but the
primary beneficiaries
of affirma tive action
have been whi te
women. Yet, when
proposition #209 was
on
ballots
in
Ca li forn ia 70% of
white women voted to abolish affirmative
action. Where were our white sisters?
Blood was shed in order for the United
States to come into existence.
The

Revolutionary War was fought to break free
from tyrannical English rule. The Declaration
of Independence was the mission statement
written to protect the rights of individuals.
,One man, one vote.
Democracy.
The Declaration of
Independence had no
ideologi ca l room for
enslavement of Black
people (labor) and
extortion ofRed people
(land) so new laws
were created to make
room. New laws that
protected the rights of
wealth y white males!
Fo r peop le of color
the se laws helped
create a perpetual
underclass. For white
people, the results were
a culture infected by
whirl' supremacy.
White supremacy
combined with greed
to create a mindset that
allowed so me whit e
peop le to ruth less ly
exploit people of color.
More and more people both white and of color
continued to pour into the United States to
repeat the cycle. Many ofthe white immigrants

Thoughts

and shit

BY VAUN MONROE

Great American Smoke-Out Is Today!

status quo continued from page 8
were allowed to merge if they adopted the
ways of the new country.
I wonder if revolution has become
impossible in the United States. In a
democracy this large it is easy to convince
yourself that one vote doesn't matter. The
infighting amongst special interest groups
dilutes voting power even more.
For instance if an Italian American
marries a German American and they have
kids, what is the designated race? White
American. Status quo. If a Black American
marries a Native American and they have
kids, what is the designated race? Biracial.
Status quo. Because the child is non white.
What happens to the blood percentages
established by the government to decide
who is Native American? If whites mix
people of color, the child is biracial. Loss of
status. Status quo.
Divide and conquer. Black vs. Asian.
Men vs. Women. Straightvs. Gay. Christian
vs . Left. All smokescreens to prevent us
from seein the war we should all be wa in .

Poor vs. Rich .
_
There is enough wealth in this country
so that every citizen could live comfortably.
But we don't. How can this be? Our
sit uation looks like a poorly written ,
Machiavellian science fiction novel. But it
works. 97 percent of CEO's at fortune 500
companies are white males. In a democracy
ofincreasingly individual individuals can we
think about something other than self long
enough to change the status quo?

"We do not live for ourselves only, but
for our wives and children, who are as dear
to us as those ofany other men "-Abraham
peace,
vkm

COMMENTARY~
BY FRANCIS MORGAN-GALLO
SELF-PROCLAIMED SELF-RIGHTEOUS EVERGREEN
STUDENT

What the Hell is this all about at

Evergreen?
The Great American Smoke-Out is the
one day during the year that this
environmental and social justice college draws
awareness to the environmental and social
implications of cigarettes. But of all th e
campuses I have bj'en on, five to be exact,
Evergreen has th e greatest percentage of
student smokers.
Social injustice is the base of tobacco
production an d use. Migrant workers are
underpaid to pick tobacco. They are not given
gloves and eve ntually co ntra ct nicotine
poisoning. Every tobacco product purchased
supports both the oppression of f!ligrant
wo rkers and co rporations that adve rtise
specifically to minors and ethnic minorities.
The producers regularly adjust the nicotine

levels of products to ensure smokers stay
addicted.
The environmenta l issues around
tobacco are also serious. Tobacco requires a
great deal of land and pesticides. There are
people who choose to play cancer roulette with
this Class A Carcinogen. There are people who
choose not to spin the cylinder. Whenever a
lit cigarette is present, both the smoker and any
bystanders must take the risk of a bullet being
in the chamber.
As I walk about campus, I always look for
ways to enter a building without inhaling a
cloud of cancer. Th is is rarely possible. I
sometimes wonder why it is illegal to consume
alco hol in public when it effects only the
consumer, and smoking is legal in public areas
where even infants may develop cancer and
other health problems from breathing the air.
Whether or not you participate in the
'Smoke-Out' or support someone who does,
please consider how your actions effect not
only yourself, but others and the environment.

Only The First Amendment Stands Between You and
World Domination.

status quo continued on page 9

Social Contract
By ART COSTANTINO
V ICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

As we move into a year that in cludes
celebrating the College's 25th Anniversary we
have an opportunity to reflect upon shared values
and te-chart our progress in realizing those values.
Twenty-five years ago the founding faculty and
staff of The Evergreen State College crafted the
Social Contract, a statement intended to set forth
the conditions under which learning would
thrive. Colleges and universities at that time were
shifting from a parental style of cont rol to a
philosophy which respefted the rights and
responsibilities of students as adults. Also during
those years, coalitions were being formed among
campus groups which had previously worked
more independentl y. There was a sense at
Evergreen that the disagreement that would be an
inevitable part of the process ofseeking consensus
could best be resolved if there was a covenant
describing how groups and individuals should
relate. it was within this context that the social
contract was written. What is striking about the
contract is the degree to which it continues to offer
gu idance concerning current campus issues of
community, individual responsibility and respect. .
Within the document th ere is st rong
encouragement tat we resolve our differences
through due. processes. The social contract also
recognizes that institutiona l and individ ual
censorship threaten the freedom to explore ideas.
"Only if minority and unpopular points of view
are listened to and are given opportunity for
exp ression will Evergreen provide bona fide
opportunities for significant learnin g. " The
contract is unequivocal in its opposition to
discrim ination. "There may be no discrimination
at Evergreen with res pect to race, sex , age,
handicap. sexual orientation, religious or political
belief, or national origin consideri ng individual
admission, employment or promotion."
The Social contract is distributed yearly to
students and it remains a part of the fa bric of our
campus. Many individuals strive to practice what
is affirmed in the contran and much has been
accomplished collectively that is consistent with
th e tenets of the Social Contract. The college
remains firm ly comm itted to affirmative action
and has experienced some success in attracting a
diverse group offaculty, staff, and students. Our
curricu lum regul arly includes issues of race.
gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Within
the past few years, a mediation center has been
opened and last year grievance policies for fac ulty

November 21,1996

and students were revised.
But all is not perfect. Messages which
indicate the continu ed exis tence of sexism,
homophobia a~d"r~cism have been directed at
women, gays, and people of color. Individual
faculty, administrators. and campus po li ce
officers have been anonymously maligned.
Individuals have been attacked because of their
beliefs. This was most often the case when
individuals espoused unpopular or controversial
points of view. In one case, the trailer of an activist
who was critical of repressed memory syndrome
was burned. Past activities on this campus have
included harassment, defamation, arson, and
vandalism; these are not only uncivil acts, but also
illegal. The college has and will continue to
actively investigate such occurrences and hold the
responsible parties accountable by making use of
internal processes and when appropriate the legal
system.
The anonymous nature of many of these
actions is a special concern in our academic
community. Central to academic discourse, is the
notion that we take responsibility for our own
ideas, that we learn to defend them and perhaps
modifY them in the give and take of discussion or
argumen t. Anonymity violates every sta ndard of
decency, locatability, and accountability. It has
no place in an academic community.
The Social Contract is clear in encouraging
individuals with specific grievances to use due
process in the resolution of their concerns. The
College has worked diligent ly to develop
grievance procedures for facu lty, staff, and
students. Individuals who believe they have been
harmed should use these adjudication processes
instead of engaging in anonymous and personal
attacks.
We remain com mitted to holdin g
individuals accountable for their actions and we
will continue to speak out aga inst un civil and
illegal acts, but adhering to the Social Contract
must be a shared endeavor. If you have not read
the Social Contract, we encourage you to do so
and to reflect upon it. As we begin our second
twenty-five years, we ask you to strive to help
foster the kind of community envisioned in the
Social Contract. As the Social Contract states, "As
members of the Evergreen community, we
understand that in addition ·to being bound by
the laws of the larger society, we acknowledge our
mutual responSibility for maintaining conditions
under which learnin g may flourish·conditions
characterized by openness, honest, civility. and
fairness.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINM:ENT

They Might Be Giants bounce'old and new songs at the Moore Theater
Warning: Though the review you are about to read is about the show at the Moore Theater in lovely Seattle, Washington, the photos were taken at the show the previous evening in lovely Portland,
Oregon . This is because the CPJ photography staff only had auess to that particular show. Don't worry, though, because both John Flansburg and John Linnell apparently wore the same clothes each night.
Ih ED WARO
It's amazing what word of mouth can
bring sometimes. Despite the fact that They
Might Be Giants never seem to get airplay of
any sort, they still manage to regularly pack
theaters with enthusiastic people wh o know
t he lyrics to all of their songs, This is
probably because they have a very specific

played a set of almost thirty songs, lasting
well over two hours. I had a smile on my
face for almost the entire time.
Th e bulk of the selections that they
performed were taken from their latest
album Factory Showroom. The requisite
hits were played (" Don't Lets Start", "Ana
Ng", "Istanbul (not Constantinople) etc.),"
as well as a number of surprises.
They pl ayed a hand ful of new,
unrecord ed so ngs as well as a
coupl e of un rx pec ted covers.
Th ankfull y. th ey see med to be
a(,tually performing these songs as
opposed to simply playing them by
rote. Many orthe "standards" were
significantly different than th eir
album versions. Most notabl e
amongst th ese were "Why Does
The Sun Shine"'and "Ana Ng". The
forrn erwas alt ered from its original
sing-songy childrens' music form at
to an amped up bouncy number.
Th e latt er was much more
downbeat and th oughtful than it
customarily is.
Th e show featured few eiferts or
pr ops. Th e stage was sparely
photo byJosh Root
John Flansburg sports a lovel~ shirt and a totally deco rated . and th e performanc e
featured no slides or film s. It was
rockin' guitar during the Portland show.
clea r that the audience was to be
ni che audien('e: geeks. All forms of geeks ca n foc using on the band and the music. More
fin d refuge. solace, and anthemic slogans in spec ific ally th e foc us was on th e John s
th eir music. Thankfully TMBG are a band (F lansburg and Linn ell , th e tw o co re
th at not only put out for their fans in th e members of the band) and their music. The
studio, they also they also put their all into full bands presence was prominently felt in
th eir live shows as well. At th eir recent the sound , but was fairl y negligibl e
Sea ttle show at th e Moore Th eater, they otherwise . John Flansburg kept him self

moving throughout the concert, and by the
everybody was kind of moving, but not
time they reached their final song, he was
really dancing. All present were mouthing
visibly drenched with sweat. John Linnell on
the lyrics to most of the songs but there was
the other hand kept himself firmly stationed
never a really solid sing-a-long moment.
behind his keyboard, only picking up his
Because the entire audience was composed
accordion for one song.
of geeks, it's understandable that most
Despite the relative simplicity of their
would have a natural aversion to doing
stage activity, there were a couple ~f distinct
anything that would make them visible. A
performance moments. During "Spy",
John Linn ell cu'ed all of the oth er
performers onstage to one-by-one put
down their instrum ents and pick up
tToml:lOnes. He then kept one hand on
his keyboard and the other in the air,
conducting the rest of the band in a
short improvisational finale to th e song.
For a moment he looked frighteningly
reminiscent of Paul Schaeffer, but the
moment was fleeting enough that it was
easily forgotten . Later on there were
two microphones brought onto the
stage that were se t about ten feet above
the fl oor. It was shortly revealed that
th es e were pl aced in order to
accomodate puppets on poles tha t were
held by each of the Johns. These were
used for performin g th e Iyri('s to photoillustrationby}oshRootandGaryLove
"Exqui site De ad Guy." Durin g th e
song. the pull-string for the puppet held John Linnell pounds those keys atThey
by John Linnell broke anJ he had to
Might Be Giants show in Portland
reach his arm up and move the jaw by
hand .
Th ey Mi ght Be Giants co nce rt is, if
The concert was very alive; continually
anythin g, th e pla ce to let down th ose
shifting from up-tempo to down-tempo, and
inhibiti ons and show gee k solidarit y
from-tight to loose. It's unfortunate that th e
th ough. The next time TMBG plays around
same could not be said of the audience. Th e
here more people need to rerneJl1her to raise
vast majority of the audience seemed to be
their freak flag higher and higher. After all.
_ trapp ed in self-conscious mode. Mo st
you're never alone at a TMI3G concert.

Cub talks about their new album, d'riving, and Las Vegas
BY JOS II ReJOT
I had an interesting weekend. First of
all. Cub is one of the coolest and nicest ba nds
in th e world . I just wa nted to say that from
th e sta rt.
Sa turday night, my friend and I headed
down to Portland in her ('ar, beca use my Cub
curse (see last week's A&E sertion), by making
my car brea k down . was trying once aga in to
keep me from seeing them. I was surpri sed it
only took us 45 minutes to find LaLuna. and
we only had to stop and ask direc tions twice.
Once th ere, we found out that th e doors
weren't opening for an other hour. Not seeing
anyone I knew in side, we decided to go (where
else?) to the mall.
Lloyd's Center is a huge mall right in
downtown Portland. There were two things
that made me wan t to go there again. The first
was the big ice rink in the middle of the mall.
I love things that are so obviously out of place
like th at. Now, I'm sure that if you are from
some other state that has the gargantuan
freak-size malls, then an ice rink is nothing
new or interesting. But I'm just a small town
boy, so I thought it was cool. The second
reason was the Sesame Street Store, which is
something like the Disney Store, only supermega-cool. Well , the ice rink is still there,
but the Sesame Street store seems to have
disappeared.
At least the concert was cool. Special
thanks to Cub and their friends for hooking
me up with a pass after LaLuna forgot to have
one for me. Cub played a rocking set that
included, of course, a healthy dose of songs
from the new album . There was also some
obscure stuff that I had never heard. Also, for
the first time, a band that wasn 't made up of
friends of mine, played a song dedicated to me
at the beginning. "Dedication" sounds like
those stupid KUBE- FM love songs, but I can't
think of another word. And sure, it was just
because they were looking for me so that I

JR:

Was it Spin or
Rolling Stone that
you were in?
LG: Rolling Stone.
JR: Is that what 'it
was? I don't really
eith er
read
maga zin e. · Wh at
did you think of
being
in
th e
'mainstrea m' medi a
spotlight?
RI: It's just kind of
hitting me now. I
mean, we did th e
photo shoot, and we
waited and waited
and waited and it
finally cam e out.
And suddenly, it 's
like, 'Wow, we're in
RoJling Stone!"
That
goes
everywhere. Tons of
people everywhere
read it. So it's just
becoming apparent
to me now.
JR: You guys have
just been with They
Might Be Giants
(see above) since

co uld
do
the
interview. But it was
cool all the sa me .
Th e inter view
didn't happen until
the nex t night at the'
Moo re Th ea ter in
Seattle. Here now is
some of it :

Josh Roo t (c rack
reporter): Wh at do
yo u think about the
new album? I know
it's a stupid question,
but it's the first oneoff
the top of my head.
How much flak do
yo u guys get for the
album
being
"different" than your
other stuff?
Li sa G (drums and
vocals): Well, one guy
said he had to listen to
it five times.
photo by Josh Root
Lisa Marr (vocals and Robynn Iwata, guitarist and vocalist for the
bass): So you just tell Vancouver B.C. band Cub, rocks the LaLuna
everybody, if they say in Portland. Cub is on tour with TMBG.
'I don't like it: just tell
them to listen to it
four more times.
New York, right?
JR: It took me more than once to get into it.
LM: Yeah, this is like, the fourth show.
But I had heard it after I saw you live, it
JR: SO, how many more are you doing with
wouldn't have been all that different.
them?
LM: It's more shocking to people who have
LM:
About 14 more.
never seen us live or only have the first album
JR: Where to next?
or whatever.
LM: Next we go to California.
JR: How tired do you get of the word
JR: Ewww.. .
'cuddlecore?'
LG: What do you mean, 'ewww... ?'
LM: Pretty tired.
JR: The drive, I mean, THE DRIVE!
LG: Exhausted
LG: Oh, OK (laughs)
Robynn Iwata (guitar and vocals): Really
LM: Yeah, we've had some really craiy drives,
tired.

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November 21,1996

like from New York to Idaho.
JR: What were you dril'ing in?
LG: A van.
LM: A little m.g. (laughter)
JR: Is it the green one wit h th l" B.C. p latt- ~
that was outside LaLun:! lasl lIight?
RI: No.
LG: We 're not tellin g you what we arc
driving. (more laughter)
LM : We could always strap yo u to th e roof
rack.
JR: Where are th e bes t pl aces to pl ay?
Probably the best place for you guys is in
Vancouver (B.C.), but where else'!
LM: It's actually different places.
JR: Really?
Uv1.: I mea n, your hometown is yo ur
hometown. But to play places like New York
or Las Vegas or . . .
JR: Vegas!?!
LM: Vegas is one of the best places we've ever
played. The crowds were totally cool, totally
into the music, really friendly.
LG: We've played there three times, probably
three of the best shows we've ever played.
JR: Do you guys gamble wh en you go to
Vegas?
RI: Of course.
LM: Ifwe have time.
JR: I should have said 'Do you lose money
when you go to Vegas'?
RI: Of course.
LG: Lisa wins money. I never gamble
because I lose.
LM: I'm a sucker for those slots.
JR: What's the biggest night you've ever
won?
LM: $10

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Space Jam propels .Michael Jordan to movie star status
(and manages to change the world of animated features-as well )
Warning: The author of the following story would like you to know that he goes off on a tangent towards the end. The editor would like you to know that the tangent is still relevant and that
you should continue reading the article to the Ind. Subwarnlng: This article has no graphics to go with it. Howne~, we suggest befoff reading that you (onjure up a men tat imlge of Mi(hul
Jordan and some random Loony Toones characters. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are the most obvIous, but challenge yourself to (orne up with some of the more obscure (Irtoon friends .
BY BRYAN FRANKENSEUSS THEISS

When a greedy alien theme park
mogul decides he needs more business, he
sends tiny thugs to Earth to kidnap the
Looney Tunes. Noting the small stature of
their"foes, Bugs Bunny and associates decide
to bet themselves on a game of basketball.
But the aliens steal the powers ofthe NBA's
greatest ball players and grow to immense
proportions, so the Looney Tunes kidnap '
Michael Jordan and get him to play on their
team. That's the premise of the new liveaction/animation sci-fi comedy Space Jam .
and with a hilariously stupid setup like that
it would be hard to go entirely wrong.
Michael Jordan is of course played by
Michael Jordan, who at this very moment
must be the most famous man on earth
between the hype for this movie, th e
MeDon aIds tie-ins, the cologne, the shoes,
the underwear modeling, the best dressed
cover story and, well, the legendary status
as a basketball player. In the movie, liveaction Michael (with the support of fellow
humans Wayne Knight and Bill Murray) is
sucked into an underground alternate
dimension (or something) where he is greenscreened into an animated Warner Brothers
world and plays one chaotic ball game .
There's a whole lot of appeal here, with the
classic personalities of the Looney Tunes for
the most part faithfully rendered, plus the
novelty of cel animation over live action,live
action over cel-animation, ' computer
animation of live action actors over cel.
animation, etc. etc. Still, the key to the
movie's success turns out to be Jordan
himself, who looks beautiful on camera and
positively vibrates with charisma.
This is no acting tour-de-force, of
course, but he's still perfect; his sometimes
wooden delivery makes the jokes funnier
and his physical ~rformance, whether as a
comedian, an athlete or just presence is
astounding. In a way he's like Jackie Chan a gifted athlete and comedian withthe power
to come across as The Most Likable Man On
Earth without baring a single emotion.
Despite this god-like star power, the
story's parallels to Jordan's real-life give him
humanity. Teresa Randle (star of the

a

underrated Girl6) has a tiny role as his wife,
and his children are also in the film .
portrayed by actors. These scenes don't
work as well as the cartoon scenes. But the
occasional hints that Michael does what he
does to honor the memory of his father
(who was murdered in real life) are suitably
moving.
Other than Michael, all of the
characters ha~e fairly small parts, which
helps to hide the fact that these classic
characters are in new hands. Characters like
Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Tweetie, Wile E.
Coyote and the Roadrunner mostly act as
extras, but get the spotlight long enough to
act out a few characteristic gags and then
exit. This was the right approach - give one
of these guys the starring role without the
aid of their creators, and you have
mediocrity, or at most Taz-Mania.
Even the most scrutinized characters.
like Bugs Bunny, DaffY Duck and Elmer
Fudd are treated with surprising
faithfulness. For the most part the voices
even sound right despite the death of Mel
Blanc.
Of course, there are a lot of things
packed into this film and not a'll of them
work. The R&B and hip-hop soundtrack is
poorly chosen , aside from a humorous
Barry White/Chris Rock version ofa Cheech
and Chong song called "Basketball Jones."
And someone had the idea of adding a love
interest for Bugs, named Lola Bunny. She's
well drawn, and she ha's some nice
moments, but she's pretty much devoid of
personality and there's an embarrassing
moment where the filmmakers try to make
Bugs' attraction to her touching.
The worst touches are the Tiny Toons
style jokes, like DaffY dressing up as Dennis
Rodman or the alien who talks in a Valley
accent. Fortunately, these are few and far
between and are overshadowed by the more
original jokes, which come in rapid
succession and are often laugh out loud
funny.
It should also be noted that the Looney
Tunes lose something by being thrust onto
one team instead of left to bounce off the
characters they work best with (Bugs and

DaffY, Bugs and Elmer, Wile E. Coyote and
Roadrunner, etc.). Furthermore, even some
of the funniest jokes are timed in a way that
pales in comparison to the classic works of
Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and the like. Still,
it's not fair to dismiss Space Jam for these
purist reasons since the comedy still works.
This isn't a work of perfection but it's a visual
delight and a lot of fun. There's something
about the idea of Michael Jordan and Bugs
Bunny fighting off aliens through basketball
and comedy that just can't go wrong.
But really, Michael and Bugs are playing
to save more than just themselves - they're
out to save animated features. Look at the
subtext of Space Jam - we have a group of
gifted performers doing what they do best in
order to avo id indentured servitude at a
theme park. The animators and writers at
Warner Brothers are good at well-timed
physical humor, sight gags and offbeat
humor, not just in the classic Looney Tunes
shorts but also in modern TV shows like
Freakazoidl. Instead of going to Disney to
animate musical fairy tales, they're standing
their ground and taking a shot at establishing
themselves as the first feature animation
studio in a long time that can actually
compete with Disney.
Space Jam is the first major Warner
Brothers animated feature (they didn 't do
much promotion for the excellent Batman:
Mask afthe Phantasm). If you ignore recent
groundbreaking features like Toy Story or
Henry SeJick's Nightmare Before Christmas
and James and the Giant Peach, the world of
theatrical animated features has remained
remarkably static over the last decade or so.
The market, obviously, is monopolized by
Disney, who released all three
aforementioned movies in addition to their
phenomenally successful eel-animated films.
most recently The Hunchback of Notre
Dame. While Disney animated features have
been consistently high quality since the late
:80s they don't tend to stray away from the
Disney formula . Sadly, other companies from
Amblimation to Don Bluth Studios' to the
upcoming Dreamworks still seem to think
that you can't make an animated feature
that's not a children's musical based on a
classic story.

Cub ••• continued from the last page
JR:

Whoa-hot
LM: I plilY the nickel slots.
JR: Cup full of nickels get all the free drinks .
LM: Yea~> get really glassed. I'm going to
get a gambling glove like some of the old
ladies there.
There's more, but it just gets sillier. We
talked about bingo, Olympia scenesters,
crossing the border, and other strange stuff.
Anyway, thanks a lot to TMBG for two
great shows (see above again). And thanks
even more to Cub for what I thought were

two better shows, and for putting up with my
camera and tape recorder.
I could finish this by telling you all
about how I made John Flansburg mad, or
how almost all of my TMBG photos came out
terrible, or why I had to hide from the mean
security guard. I could tell you all that, but
Crystal Mountain is opening on Friday. So, I
think I'd rather go wax my snowboard. Have
a Happy Turkey Dismemberment Day. You
know where I'll be.

When something new does com e
along', Disney executives and other
shortsighted animation bigshots often do
whatever they can to crush the opposition.
Take for example The Thiefand the Cobbler,
the innovative film that Who Framed Roger
Rabbit? director Richard Williams worked
on for over 30 years. Just before this dream
projectwourd have been finished , Williams
and his animators were fired and replaced.
The film was re-ed ited , re-dubbed and
turned into a musical. In 1995. Disney
bought out the rights and barely released it
through its Miram3x division, shoddily
marketed as an Aladdin rip-off cal led
Arabian Knights. Even in this bastardized
form, it has yet to be released on video.
In fact, Disney is even willing to bully
Disney-clones ju st to main tain the
monopoly. When former Disney animator
Richard Rich's The Swan Princess was
released, Disney destroyed its chance at box
office success by re-releasing Th e Lion King
on the same day.
So it's exciting that at last there is a
non -Disney animated film, seemingly
destined for box office SUCCI'S';, that doesn 't
really resemble an y previous film .
(Comparisons to Who Framed Roger
Rabbit? are only legitimate on a technical
level.) Perhaps Warner Brothers will repeat
their own formula if they make the
tentatively planned follow up Whats Up
Bugs~, but the more fQrmulas the berter.
With Pixar doing computer animation,
Henry Selick doing imaginative stop motion
and the competing Disney and Warner
Brothers formulas for cel animation, at last
we'll have some variety. And eventually,
perhaps other ftlmmakers will realize that
there is room for new ideas in the world of
animated features.
Compared to some of the animated
features from the last several years
(specifically Toy Story and both of Henry
Selick's features) Space Jam is not a
masterpiece. But it is a good comedy, a fun
time at the movie s and hopefull y a
landmark.

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Is th ere an), thing left to be SJid about
grunge?
There have been countless magazine and
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According to director Doug PrJ), and a not
quit e elit e group of first hand witn esses to the
Seattle music scene, there is ,till plent)I to S3Y
about all the Hype!
In order to fu ll y appreciate thi s
documentary, first place yourself in whatever
shoes you were in around 1990. As we learn from
the film, that isn't where grunge first started, but
that is close enough. [also suggest you dig out
some attire appropriate to the period
(Mudhoney shirt optional). Then settle back,
play with the fringe on your ripped jeans, and
prepare for the quick but in depth review of the
chaos and chatter that was the grunge explosion .
The film opens with a few shots of Seattle
and lovely surroundings, reminiscent of such
films as Singles and Say Any thing. Once
everyone is reminded of the hip spots around the
fair town , and you have heard the audience yell
and point out different pla.ces to their moviegoing companions, the story begins.
p'ray constructs the historical narrative
through the personal observat ion s and
experiences'ofband members, record producers,
photographers, and other random individuals
who found tht"mselves caught up in the
whirlwind of grunge glamour. Following a
chronological turn of events from around the.
early 'SO's to about late 1994, these people take
turns telling anecdote after anecdote about th e
golden days of grunge.
This group includes Seattle scene
standards such as Van Conner, the (in sert
position here) for the Screaming Trees, a band
from Ellensburg that fell into under the umbrella
of "grunge" bands and Kim Thayil. one of Almost
Liver s "Lame List" judges and member of
Soundgarden . Bruce Pavitt (former Greener)
and Jonathan Poneman, the founders of Sub
Pop, everyone's favorite indie label at the time
(thi s is because that is th e only on e anyone
knew). Right at the edge of the storm , these guys
are authorit ative enough to complain about the
over-exposure and hyper-exposure ot Seattle.
Th ey do so articulately and with a sense of
humor about the whole crazy situation.
Luckily, Pray does not stnp with just the
already well known acts, like Soundgarden, Alice
in Chains, and all those other bands we know
way too much about through Spin and Rolling
Slone. Featured throughout are members of
such bands as the Mono Men , 7 Year Bitch, Tad,
Pond, Dead Moon, Coffin Break, the Fastbacks,
B\ J ENN if ER

and other bands who may not have been
plastered all over glossy magazines but still
greatly contributed to the situation.
Other non-musician types also add to
th e discussion, includin g photograph er
Charl es Peter so n, wh o makes up for his
pretentiousnes's (he sits throughout the film
surround ed by all of hi s works, in luding a
strat egicallv pl aced Tad Illhi/IN poster) with
int eresting stories about his photo subj ects.
~ il s Bern stein , a journali st of so rt s wh o
~o lll e time s writes for Spill , drivcs aroLind in
the back ofa truck 0 11 First Avenue and points
our different sites relevant to earlier grunge
history. The best, is MeganJasperwhoworked
at Sub Pop and was inadvertently interviewed
by an eager reporter who just had to have any
kind of word about grunge. Her story is
hilarious.
Of course, no documentary about the
Northwest music scene would be complete
without a trip to Olympia _Calvin Johnson, cofounder ofK Records and Dub Narcotic Sound
System/Halo Benders crooner, comments
about the lack of activity in Olympia that spurs
people to turn to music. Way rad local band
Some VeivEU Sidewa lk is featured in a concert
at our very own lo\'ely Capitol Theater. Take
note of the cool guy doing a Jad Fair-esque
dance. These points are exceptionally good
because it reminds us that not every important
musical act came out of King County.
One cannot think of grunge, or Seattle
sounds in general. without having Nirvana or
. former Oly resident Kurt Cobain come to
mind, Hype! does an excellent job of
highlighting the impact of Nevermind and
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" had on the city and
its music, but not letting the band's
overwhelming success shadow the .
contributions of other bands. In other words,
Pray could have spent 75% of the film's
running time on Nirvana alone, but he chose
not to. He treats Nirvana and Cobain's death
as prominent but not primary chapters in the
Seattle story. The scenes at (obain's memorial
at Seattle Center were especially moving,
showing the genui ne concern and confusion
offans who had followed Nirvana's music.
Hype! could have been just another hat
in a crowded ring of onlookers trying to make
a name and a dollar out of the artisti c
expressions of oth ers. Instead, it takes the
voice of the Seattle scene away from the major
labels, the hounding journali sts, and the
wannabe scenesters, and places the voice back
in the throats of those individuals and bands
who toiled here for a long time, only to have
their cu lture swept out from under them. [f
you lived around these parts at the beginning
of grunge mania, you'll probably remember
what it was like, how strange it all seemed. [f
you were elsewhere, this film is a great chance
to learn why you were suddenly compelled to
listen to any band from Seattle, and how they
felt about it.

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By ED WARD AND]. BRIAN PtTT'S
Harold faces pseudo-celebrity pop culture unfortunate thing about this sad situation is that
Jingle All The Way is Twentieth Century figures playing stock contemporary comedy we have to sit through it
While the film adds nothing to the world
Fox's big entry in this years "holiday family caricatures (Jim Belushi as the Shady
entertainment" sweepstakes. With producer Department Store Santa, Sin bad as the Unstable in terms ofentertainment or meaningful insight
Chris Columbus (director of Mrs. Doubtfireand Postal Worker), a neighbor making moves on his into the human existence (everyone knows that
Christmas=Greed, right?), it does prove
t he Home Alone films) and
to be further documentation of
director Brian Levant (the man
thematic simi lariti es in Arnold
who brought the world The
Sc hwarzenegger vehicles . In Total
Flintstones), it is every bit as bad
Recall, Schwarzenegger played a blueas any sensible viewer would
collar worker who escapes from his
expect it to be, Unfortunately, it
bland life by having a planet-hopping
will wind up making millions
espionage adventure implanted into his
because it promotes good
brain as a vacation. Sin ce society
American values like "Materialistic
currentl y lacks the technology to
goods are an acceptable equivalent
perform such a feat, the closest
for quality parent/child time" or
surrogat e ava ilable is going to the
"Vio lence for laughs in a family
movies. [dea lly, audience members
film is OK"
imagine themselves as the lead
Arnold Schwarzenegger
character of a film, planting themselves
plays Howard Langstrom, an
in the midst of the adventure and
overworked, neglectful father who Arnold and James Belushi debate family values in Jingle Ali th~ Way
sharing their emotional ups and downs
has no time to give to his son or his
for the duration of the show. With both
spouse. Howard is the kind of guy who spends wife, the ridicule of toy store
too much time schmoozing with clients over the employees, and the worst running gag featuring True Lies and Jingle All The Way,
phone and consequently misses his son's big a cop to be filmed since the last Police Academy Schwarzenegger seems to be directly trying to
tap into the fantasies of a specific target market:
important karate demonstration, While the movie.
audience's initial instinct is to feel sympathy for
Despite the fact that Harold spends the the unsuccessful, unhappy, middle-aged man.
Everybody knows at least one person who
the son , the focus of our emotions is quickly entire story away from his family, he regains the
transferred to Harold. How hard it is for him to love, admiration, and trust of his wife and child falls into the category that th ese films were built
maintain his family's standard ofliving without when the desired toy is obtained ,Jingle All The for. This is a person who is tr<!pped in a flltile
being able to appreciate the fruits of his labor Way is the equivalent of that toy to the job that makes them miserable and whose family
by spending time with the family he's filmmakers.
Columbus, resents him. but still manages to have delusional
Levant,
supporting. How painful Howard's life must be Schwarzenegger, and the rest of the cast and images of themselves as a sort of hero to the
without positive reinforcement for what he does. crew spend their lives working sixteen hour days people around them. In True Lies, Arnold's
Poor, poor Harold.
for the fi lm industry. Family time can be character was a globetrotting super spy whose
When the angst·ridden father makes the infrequent and unsatisfactory, so films like this cover was that he was a computer salesman. His
long trek upstairs to apologize to his son, the are made to justifY their inadequacies. The most cover was so deep that even his \vifewas unaware
path to redemption is revealed. [fHoward can
provide his son with a Turbo Man action figure,
all will be forgiven. This would not have been a
problem had he purchased the toy in November
when his wife told him (0. Now, on Christmas
Eve, Turbo Man has been solg out everywhere
for weeks, In his attempts to acquire this grail,

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of his "real" job. As far as his family was
concerned, he had a boring inconsequential job
which he neglected them for. With a short
stretch of imagination, it could be in terpreted
that he actually was as boring and
inconsequential as his family perceived him to
be. Schwarzennegger's buffed out, unstoppable
figure is actually the fantastic self-image of some
shempy desk jockey and the entire film is a series
of daydreams of how he could convince his
family to love him again. [n many ways, True
Lies is similar to Terry Gilliam's Brazil, the only
major difference being that there is nothing in
it to distinguish the fantasy from the -reality."
Jingle All The Way takes this a step further
by making the si tu ations depicted semiplaUSible in the world we live in, How many
times has a parent tried to regain their child·s
love by making prom ises of material goods and
then forgetting until the last possible moment?
This film, howev er, provides the ultimate
solution to this problem. Near the end of the
movie, Howard is mistaken for a parade
performer and 'is thrust into the crowd dressed
as Turbo Man , With his family in the audience,
he becomes his son 's idol, fulfilling both their
fantasies. The SOil is the envy of every chi ld in
the crowd and Howard ha s become the 1II0St
important man in the world, but amidst the
fanfare and admiring looks, the sad fact remains
that neither of their goals revolve arollnd love.
just materialistic and social desires.
One final note: there are rumors that every
print of Jingle All The Way has a Star Wars:
Special Edition trailer. The main lesson that we
learned from Jingle was not to beli eve
everything you hear.

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November 21,1996

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November 21,1996

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the world has ever known·
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MONDAYS:
Women 's Food Issues Group: Noon,
Women's Resource Center. (CAB 206).
Women in Technology and Science : Noon,
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CPJ Story meetings 4:30, CAB 316.
EF/Evergreen Coalition: 4 pm, Sem 4153 .
TUESDAYS:
The Not Straight Women's Group 6 pm, CAB
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Evergreen PoinicailnformatJon Center 3:30,
Cab 320.
Evergreen Students for Christ 8 pm, LIB
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WEDNESDAYS:
Jewish Cultural Center: 2 pm, CAB 320.
Queer Boys Group: 1 pm, CAB 314
Coming Out Group: 5 pm in CAB 314.
Irish American Student Organization: 1:30,
CAB 320.
Riot Gmls, 6 pm, D303.
Wildern ess Awareness Group: 2 pm,
Longhouse.
Union of Students with Disabilities: 1 pm, CAB
315.
The Student Health Center located in Seminar
2100 offers HNI AIDS testing every
Wednesday (except eval week and vacation
periods). Testing takes place from 3·5 and
results are fr om 5·6. This is a first come, first
served, walk in clinic, testing takes
approximately 20 minutes, expect a wait.
There is a two week waiting period

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THURSDAYS:
MECHA (the Chicano Student Union): 3:30,
CAB 320.
Native Student Alliance: Noon, Longhouse.
MIT/MES/MPA GSA: 430, Lab 1 3023.

FRIDAYS:
Bird Walks: 7 30 am. M eet in front of the
CAB and bring binoculars if you have them .
The Gaming GuHd: 3:30, CAB 320.
Linux/Unix Users' Group: 3 pm , CAB 315.
"[f it's got anything to do with computers we
do it" . See web site http://www.reso.orglluug
or call Cyrus or Shannon at ext. 6036 for
details.
SUNDAYS:
The third Sunday of every month is L.I.M.B.
(lesbians in Maternity and Beyond). 2·4 pm,
Lib 2127.

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The Cooper Point Journal
decided to run this feature for
the twenty-fifth anniversary of
The Evergreen State College this
week, because tomorrow our
school newspaper turns 25
the S&A Board had deyears old. On December 6, 1971,
the first student run paper came
cided to allocate fees for
out at Evergreen, three months
the bowling alley to the
Campus Recreation Cenafter the school opened its
doors to students. Since we
ter. The bowling all ey
obviously neve r hapstarted on this project a few
pened.
weeks ago, Gary Love, the photo
editor, Cristin Carr, the calendar
Lab I, Lab II and the
editor, and I have been on a ramCommunications Buildpage through the CPJ archives in .
ing were still in th e
works by th e fall of1974.
the basement of the Campus
Activities Building (several
Since we were going
times), and have come up with
back this far int o
some interesting facts about the
Evergreen's history, we
might as well go all the
history of the school.
We first set out to only
way. And after digging a
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find thenrst edition of the Coo""~
Cristin came up with an
per Point Journal. It turned out
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to be named "The Paper," a title
article which wa s conthe editors chose so it would not front page photo was taken be- cerned with the history of th e
be offensive to anyone. There cause t~e photographer, Leahy, school. The article was in the
were six original staff members: had a crush on the girl it pic- first issue of the school paper
Marvin Wright, Mike Mason, . tures and thought her photo on that was actually titled The CooDon Martin, Bruce Brochmann, the front page would impress per PointJoumal.
The school was built from
Chris Ness, and Lester Leahy. her. Wright said that he and Ma"The Paper" had no Advisor at son did not like the idea of th e -a miscalculation on anticipated
the time.
girl's photo being on the cover new college students in the early
When I talked to Wright page. He said they stole th e 1970s, according to the article
a few days ago, he told me that original before it went to print, call ed, "The Hi story of Everthe 1971-1972 newspaper staff and hid it in a refrigerator in B- green" . Evergreen had been apworked as a collective, S0'l10 on~ Dorm. Leahy then came from proved by the Washington state
person was in charge of the pa- the Mods, found this original. legislature during 1967, but did
per and the process was all vol- and sent it to press himself.
not get accredited until 1972.
unteer. It was an "ad hoc atWright then asked me if
The governor at the tim e,
tempt to make something hap- the Mods were still at Ever- Daniel J. Evans, appointed five
pen" as Wright puts it.
green, beca use back in 1971, Board of Trustee members for
The Paper started, ac- they were only temporary.
Evergreen, but they did not
Well anyway, now I was name the school Evergreen uncording to Wright, by these six
students going up to the Ser- curious about the 1971 plan for til a few months later. In the
vices and Activities Board and Phase II of the CAB building. I mean tim e. a few names were
asking for the money to put to- explored further. Fortunately, tossed around. So me braingether a newspaper. The S&A Gary had ph otocopied an ar- storms included Thurston
Board was reluctant, Wright ex- ticle from the orientation issue Co unty Co llege, Washington
plained, because they wanted to of 1974 ca ll ed, "Campus State Co ll ege in Thurston
spend their money to build a Changes," and it explained ev- Co unty, and Mudbay Univerbowling alley in the CAB as part erything that had been worked sity.
on since the school had opened.
Dr. Charles McMann was
of Phase II construction .
The Phase II of the CAB Evergreen's first preSident, apThe S&A Board decided
to give them a little money to building never came about, ac- pain ted by Evans. The Board of
start, Wright continued. He cording to the article, because Trustees decided on the school
then asked me if the bowling al- they could not settle an on go- mascot, the Geoduck, in 1970.
ing dispute about what to do Th e sc hool wa s inaugur ated
ley was built yet.
According to Wright, the with student fees. By that time, April 21. 1972.

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I found that at th e time of
the school's opening, th e CRC
and the CAB weren't structured
yet. Only the library building
was up and running, but wasn't
complete. Since Housing wasn't
finished by the fall of 1971, students lived all over the Olympia
area at th e beg innin g of that
school year.
Since Gary and I wanted
a photograph of th e layout of
th e sc hool at the time of its
opening, he went back to the
archives and dug out several
photos of th e school. It didn't
quite look like our school. but
that sta nds to reason it was
about half the size it is now. In
the midd le of all this, we found
hilarious articles about different
extracurricular activities .
According to a 1972 arti cle, the S&A Board was selected by a compu ter at random , and the eight st udents
se rved one' to three mont h
term s. The st udent activities included quit e a few jazz group s,
a bus going to and from Olympia that was paid for by students, and a yac ht club.
KAOS had just improved
to ten watts of electricity to run
th eir radi o sta ti on (KAOS
started in winter, 1972) as reported in a 1974 article. While
very exciting th en, ten watts can
cover only Housing at Evergreen, says John Ford, the 1996
directo r of news and public
events.
Anyway, that first edition
of the Evergreen schou 1newspaper had an article in it that explains the mission of a student
run publicati on at Evergreen.
The Paper originally promised
"actually comm unicating with
others and thus preserving and
strengthening the sense of communityatTESC." Have we done
our job over the past twenty-five
years?

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