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Ecoli outbreak linked to Odwalla fruit juice

COM building,gets a new look

The Health Department announced yesterday that a link had been made between
Odwalla fruit juice containing apple and the E coli outbreak in Western Washington.
F(j~owingtheHealtp Department's announcement, the Deli, which is the only place
on campus that sells Odwalla, pulled aU of the Gdwalla juice off of its shelves. "We are
pulling it until futher notice," said Inge Thomas, Deli Manager.
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Mary D'Avanzo, a student, really likes Odwalla. "I just had one yesterday. I had the
Blackberry fruit drink that had apple in it. I hope I don't get sick," she said.
Sickness from E coli takes up to one week to show symtoms, said Thurston County
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By JENNIFER KOOGLER
areas where faculty can teach music or other
You are sitting in the Recital Hall, feet diSCiplines.
resting gingerly on the back of the chair in front
The remodeling project started work in
of you. 'Leaning back slightly, you prepare to June of last year, with crews working over the
hear a prime example of medieval music. There summer. Balatbat says that construction on the
is a slight pause, then you hear your professor main part of the building will be done in January
hit the play button. But instead of the haunting of 1997, but the contractors have asked for an
voices of Benedictine monks floating into the extension to complete the interior of the third
air, your ears are bombarded with the sharp, floor. "It's not going to impact anything at all".
shrill sound of a saw
Balatbat said. as far
Jill Lowe, environmental and
cutting into drywall.
as classes are
Si tuations
concerned . Th e
health and safety officer for the
such as this have
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college and member of the
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committee, says that the overall
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quarter as th e goal of th,e project is to "make sure inner fixtures should
be done sometime
Communications
the space meets the need for the
building undergoes
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an
rem'odeling project in order to accommodate the college's master plan for improvements
the growing needs of the artistic community at in cl ude the construction of a new theat er
Evergreen.
separate from the' Commun ications building.
Improvemen ts currently in progress are The theater is currently on the list for projects
primarily gea red-towards creating more space to be completed within the next decade.
for c1assrooms and storage. On the first floor,
The objectives of the Communications.,
the orchestra control room and the band building remodel project, according to a
rehearsal-room will be expanded to classroom statemen t by the projec.t's de V-flopment
size. The service shop and th e prop storage committee, are to provide better wheelchair
areas will also be enlarged. Costumes will be access to the building, improve air .quality and
kept on the second floor, while sets and props acoustics, update the fire alarm systems, fortify
will reside on the first floor.
the building's structure for resistance to damage
On the third floor, construction is from earthquakes, modify existing spaces for
concentrating on reconstructing the electronic adaptability to new technologies, and provide
music studio so that classes can be conducted better classroom space for all.
inside. A~arge part of the project focuses on a
Jill Lowe, environmental and health and
brand new addition to the floor which will safety officer for the college and member of the
house office space for faculty and staff committee, says that the overall goal of the
members.
project is to "make sure the space meets the need
New carpeting is also being added to for the community."
many parts of the building in
order to replace worn rugs and
cover tiles that hinder the
travel of carts, pianos, and
other equipment.
Rino Balatbat. the
college architect, says that the
remodeling project was first
envisioned during the 1994
biennium budget proposals.
A committee which looked at
the needs of the campus
placed the project on its list of
priorities. The money was
allocated as a part of the
budget for the 95·97 school
years.
The entire project costs
a total $1,726,300; this figure
includes
equipment
purchases, management, and
other, expenses.
The
contractor, Hilger/Stewart of
Tacoma, received $927,500 for
equipment , materials, and
labor.
Balatbat says that
because the contracting bid
was favorable , there was
enough money left over to add
lounge and office spaces to the
third floor. He says that at Construction on the Communications building should be
least two of these will be completed by winter. One of the goals of the remodeling project
combination office/classroom is to expand classroom space for easier use.

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Congressional candidate Brian Baird
spoke to Evergreen students at a forum in the
Library yesterday. Baird, who calls himself a
moderate progressive alternative, is running
against incumbent Linda Smith for US
representation.
Baird and Smith were invited to speak by
WashPIRG. Smith had "scheduling conflicts"
so volunteers from her campaign lef~ flyers at
a table at the forum.
Baird summarized the issues that
concern him the most: creating family-wage
jobs, education, health care, and restofing '
re~son and integrity to Congress. Baird also
said that he wants to balance the budget, while
protecting education and health care.
Baird spoke to a group of 49, mostly
students. They asked questions on Ralph
Nader, third party support, salvage logging,
immigration, among others:
• Aboui Ralph Nader, Baird said that Nader is
running at the wrong time. Baird said that this
is "not the time to split the ticket."
o Baird was questioned on the Community
~g ht to Know Act, the legislation that protects
~rkers' right to know about harmful
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chemicals in the workplace. He said he
supports the act.
• When asked about logging legislation, Baird
replied that he supports selective, sustainable
logging on federal lands. He favors logging
diseased and dying timber. If logging
corporations can't log on federal lands, they
will go somewhere else where regulation isn't
strict and they can destroy the land, said Baird.
o On immigration , Baird said that he
supported limited immigration . He believes
that refugees should be allowed to come to
America. While he doesn't want an "absolutely
open border," he understands why people leave
their own countries, and he wants to help
countries to improve their quality of life.
• When asked about campaign finance reform
and accepting PAC money. he said that he takes
PAC money from organizations that he agrees
with. PACs are designed to give people who
individually might not be represented a chance
to pull together to have their voices hea rd, says
Baird. According to Baird, he receives PAC
. money from labor unions, women's groups,
and health care. He also believes that
candidates should get free and equal time in
the media to cut down on campaign expenses,

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KAOS successfully ends drive Vandalism plagues pavilion
By HILLARY ROSSI
Last Thursday put a bookmark in KAOS
radio station's two week long membership
drive. Their monetary goal was $21 ,000, and
the KAOS volunteers, staff, and radio D.j,s
made $21.840 for Evergreen's radio station.
Up until the final Wednesday and
Thursday 'of the membership drive, things
looked pretty bleak. In past years, KAOS usually
made $5,000 in the first two days of a drive and
$10,000 by the fifth day. This drive went on
eight days before they reached $10,000,
"From what I understood, [the
membership drivel was looking pretty scary
and shaky," reported Erin, co-host of the radio
show Wimmin Do this Everyday.
Michael Huntsberger, KAOS's station
manager, speculates the surge of new members
was due to the improvement in weather, which
improved the phone and electricity wires. He
also said that in the late part of KAOS's drive
several other local radio stations began
fundraising, which always causes more pe~le
to open their wallets.
"I mean, you have to be happy [about the
outcome of the membership drive 1."
Huntsberger said. "It sets the tone for the year."
"We know [listeners] are all out there,"
said John Ford, the director of news and public
affairs. "The membership drive is the way we
can physically see that."
According to Tom Freeman, the
developmental director at KAOS, six years ago
they were lucky if they made $11,000. Freeman
is "extremely thrilled" that KAOS raised over
$21 .000.
"I believe the more mel1),bership we have,
the more influence we have," Freeman said. "I
believe that membership is important for
maintaining that interactive relationship
[betweenl the listeners, the station, and the
Evergreen campus,"

By MARGARET Ellis
The pavilion lies almost straight across
the soccer field from the Recreation Center.
This open air b,uilding was created as a place
for students to roller-skate, play basketball,
or enjoy any other gym activity.
But vandals have plagued the pavilion
since it was built. The vandalism includes,
broken glass, condoms, and hypodermic
needles left in the building, graffiti inside
and outside the building, and discharging
of fire extinguishers inside the building.
Four extinguishers have been vandalized in
this way.
The fire extinguishers expel a
substance that makes the floor slippery so
that the pavilion must be cleaned before
anyone can use it. Painting over graffiti
requires that the building be closed for a day
in order for the paint to dry, This not only
disrupts other students ability to use the
building, cleaning up after the vandals is
costing the school money.
"It has been an incredible financial
drain." Says Corey Meador, the facilities
manager. He estimated the cost of the
vandalism to the recreation department
alone to be at several thousand dollars.
There were even plans of demolishing
the pavilion about three years ago because
it was seen as more cost-effective than
continuing to maintain the building.
Instead, the Recreation Center put a fence·
around the pavilion last winter and limited

its use.
KAOS has expanded their membership
Despite the fence people are still
over the past six years from 700 to 1100.
finding ways to enter and vandalize the
According to Freeman, only 10% of listeners
pavilion, The outside of the building is still
become members of radio stations . Since
a target for graffiti as well.
membership is up to 1100, Preeman estimated
Plans to discourage further vandalism
that there are over 10,000 KAOS listeners in the
include installation of a motion detector
Olympia area.
inside the pavilion that would create a police
"The main purpose of [the membership
response if set off. Meador wants to
drive] is to make listeners more aware of the
encourage anyone who sees any vandalism
station," Freeman explained,
going on at the pavilion to call the police
The $21,000 monetary goal was set up
immediately, He is hoping to allow
because that was what they were able to make
individual students access to the pavilion in
last October. KAOS's fundraising is what keeps
the next couple of weeks. If all goes as
their shoM> and programs coming out to the
planned a key will be loaned out, free of
listeners of KAOS.
charge, to students.
"It's important to get the listener's
You can still use the pavilion by
support because it gives us the freedom to
participating in spme of the activities that
broadcast a wide range of topics," Freeman
are going on there. Right now only
explained.
established groups are allowed to use the
For instance, Erin's Monday afternoon
pavilion because they can more easily be
show Wimmin Dolt Everydaydeals with issues
held accountable for any damage they cause.
concerning women which would not be
The YMCA and some Leisure Ed. programs
broadcasted on other,less diverse radio stations
are currently using the building.
in the state. Freeman gives an example of a
Lucia Dee Gagnon is trying to organize
Seattle college radio station, where several,lessa group of people to play floor hockey at the
mainstream forms of talk radio are not
pavilion. She welcomes people of all skill
broadcasted, KAOS could not broadcast
levels. The activity is free and all equipment
diverse programs without the support from
will be provided. Gagnon wants to start this
fundraisers and listeners.
activity next quarter after the holidays. Days
Both Ford and Freeman make sure to give
and times have not been set up yet. To join
accolades of credit to the KAOS volunteers for
or to get more information, call Gagnon at
the success of the membership drive, but are
extention 6532.
dear it is the listeners who contribute the most
to this success.
"I feel that anytime someone calls in ,"
Freeman expressed, "and says, 'What you do •
Last issue we had four professional and amateur copy editors scouring the CPJ for •
mistakes, They combed it thick and thin. After they.were done and had gone home, Gary
makes a Significance in my life', then I feel [the
membership drive] is successful. Bottom line • Love, photo editor, wrote a caption for the front page photo. It had some mistakes and •
is, we have to communicate to listeners if we • Gary apologizes (we still like Gary). His.specialty.is photos.
•
A & Eeditor Jen Koogler wishes to apologize for the line thrQu.gh the caption for the •
have to continue membership. Membership .•
drives promote listeners."
• . photo of Spike Lee's movie "Get on the Bus." She made aphoto ccopping error. If you •
• noticed the mischievous line, it's not too late to call it to her attention again. It's been the •
most popular mistake of the CPJ so far this year. -;
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Queer photo exhibit displayed
By T REVOR P YLE
The photographs in "Family, Friends,
and Neighbors ''-the exhibit on display in the
library gallery -don 't look all that
controversial.
They are black and white pictures of
people: Two brothers in white shirts and ties,
Three women athletes, all in wheelchairs, A
businessman standing proudly at his desk.
Yet this display was created in response
to a stormy controversy, was almost banned in
Bellingham, and will be at Evergreen through
the seventh of November.
The exhibit was brought here by the
Anderson Initiative, an organization formed
around the memory of the late Washington
Senator Cal Anderson, who was a gay-rights
advocate.
Jeffrey Wasson, a senior at Evergreen,
helped begin the Anderson Initiative and is
now the organization's project director. When
"Family, Friends & Neighbors" arrived, he
helped set it up in the library gallery.
wIt was great, standing there and
watching people get drawn into it," he said.
"Quite a crowd gathered around it."
"Family, Friends, and Neighbors" was
created in 1992 by Jim Folts, an associate
professor of art at Oregon State University.
Folts, who is gay, was upset by measure 9, an
anti-gay rights bill introduced in Oregon. A
photographer, he began contacting gays and
lesbians about a possible art exhibit. "Family,

Friends, and Neighbors" wa s the result. The
people in the photographs are homosexuals ,
The exhibit has drawn, controversy
throughout Washington, When displayed in
the state Capit-ol in Olympia, one
Representative asked for its removal. When it
resided in Bellingham's City Hall, dozens of
people called the City Council, both in protest
and support. Although the Bellingham City
Council refused to remove the exhibit, they
altered their guidelines for displays in city
facilities. The new guidelines read, wTherefore,
art exhibits and public displays deemed by the
City Council to be potentially divisive and
disruptive ofcivic peace and tranquillity should
either be denied exhibit space or directed to
other venues where the public may choose to
go."
The photo exhibit will head to Kent City
Hall after it's finished at Evergreen.
On the last day of the exhibit, November
7th, there will bl' a reception from 4 p.m. to 8
p,m. at the library gallery. There will be music
and refreshments. Although the event is free,
the Anderson Initiative will accept donations;
they are trying to raise money for events,
including a lecture serious in 1998. For now
though, they are just excited to have "Family,
Friends, & Neighbors" on campus.
"What you have to do to change minds is
change stereotypes," Wasson says. "These are
photos of people with children, ofconstruction
workers, of real estate people....."

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Relatives honored on Day of the Dead MEChA:lt's not just for
By MARTA AGUILAR
this festivity by ordering flowers early and
El Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated making pan de muertoor "d~ad man's bread."
throughout Mexico during the first week of It is a bread that is shaped in the form of a skull
November and varies from region to region. or skeleton and is usually glazed and
Although death is always a sorrowful event, in decorated. Chocolate and sugar skulls are
Mexico it is also something to be remembered made and are sweetly decorated with different
as a part oflife. It is not a Mexican version of names written on the forehead,
Besides the man)' sweets made by local
Halloween or spin-off from it. Instead, this
merchants,
small and large paper mache toys
festiv;u allows people to remember their loved
ones and also serves as a reminder that life itself and figures are made and sold as well. They
is a temporary journey and should be lived in will usually be skeletal figures that are set up
in every day situations such as a t_eacher
celebration,
In the homes of many people, family teaching a class, two friends eating at a
members make an altar for their relatives who restaurant or a couple getting married, These
have passed on. The altars are decorated with items can be bought and set at the graves and
candles, photos, small items that are familiar altars of their loved ones as a way of
to their personality, and their favorite foods, remembering them as they lived.
EI Dia De Los Muertos is a time when
The graves of loved ones are also decorated
those who have passed on can return to their
with these items.
C~meteries become bright and alive with loved ones and can be remembered. It is also
large groups of friends and family members comforting to know that when your time
staying the night attheirrelatives' graves. They comes to pass on, that you will also be
keep their loved ones company by singing their remembered in such a colorful and festive way
favorite songs or just reminiscing and telling for years to come.
Marta Aguilar is the co-coordinator of
stories to each other.
Merchants also prepare in advanced for M.E.Ch.A.

Bible Jim returns to Evergreen
BY LEIGH C ULLEN AND DAVID SCHEER
Justin Young, a third year student.
''('m here to provoke thinking using
"Bible" Jim Webber has returned.
He and friends from the ministry arrived controversial and loaded words," said Jim.
.at Evergreen last Thursday to provoke and save Bible Jim believes that ifpe gets people angry,
they may look at themselves and consider that
students from their abhorrent behavior.
they may be sinners.
Student "Evergreen is a
attention focused
college I like to hit. If
on a sole ' man,
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Bible Jim. As the.
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conversation. "
probably much preaches as a student beside him expresses
Jenny did not feel
more wicked per her own opinion ofThursday's events.
. that the exchange
capita than even
Berkeley," said Bible Jim, The crowd' cheered. between Jim and students was productive,
Men wearing sandwich boards and "[Jim I is not in teres ted in rationally discussing
students wearing makeshift paper labels spent ideals," she said.
Most ofJim's opposition seemed to have
two hours arguing the Bible, God, and
judgment. One of the boards said, "Warning trouble with the judgmental statements on his
to all Queers, perverts, rebellious women ... sign board. "What he is saying is not in line
(among others) .. . God's Judgment is coming," with Jesus's teaching of tolerance," commented
The students, accordingly, wore the labels, justin.
Jim's sign and language condemn and
"queer," "pervert," and "rebellious woman."
Police Services officer Bob McBride isolate people, said first year student Meris
Cohen.
"How can they condemn
homosexuality when it's just love?" added
Meris.
Rebecca Cooper attacked the appearance
of "rebellious women" on Jim's sign board. She
questioned Jim's definition, but Jim and
Rebecca agreed that she is a rebellious woman.
"Because I have a mind, I have a heart, I have a
soul," explained Rebecca,
"This is exactly the reason why God has
got to have a hell, to put people like you," Jim
said.
"They want to make people understand
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"Bible" Jim Webber confronts a crowd of ,
they die and meet God," Mike said.
students on Red Square last Thursday.
At 1:34, docktower time, the weather
watched the confrontation between Bible Jim turned, The students went inside,leavingJirn,
and the students. McBride tried to summarize Mike, and their friends in the rain.
the event, "He's just doing his performance,
He's enjoying this as much as the students."
"Both sides are being immature" said

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lWhat's MEChA?
MEChA is Evergreen's Chicano-oriented
student organization. Founded in the height
of the Civil Rights movement in California,
MEChA was intended to create a "safe" place
for Chicano university stu~ents to develop a
sense of community in the traditionallyexclusive academy. Like most "movements"
born in the Civil Rights era, its foundations
were laid in a then-necesSary extremism (and
sometimes m~itarism) which was, above all,
uncompromising. Because , of the
commitments of tho~~ in past decades, the
Chicano movement, like many others, has
made enough progress that inclusion (rather
than separatism) is now an aim.

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word Chicano originally had nothing to do
with race or even with activism. A century ago,
mothers or grandmothers could be heard
telling their children, "no seas Chicano," "do{l't
be a Chicano." Chicano simply suggested
disobedience or stubbornness (eady
requirements for political activism). Because
these were t.he Same qualities that became
representative of those active in EI
Movimiento, Chicanos appropriated the oncenegative term and' relexified it to suggest '
political stubbornness and disobedience as
well as a conscious relationship with their race,
It is this embracement of their race that sets
the otherwise identical Chicano apart from the
Mexican-American.

lWhat does this mean to Greeners?
Because our MEChA members are both
lWho Are Chicanos?
Chicanos have existe~ at.least as long as Chicanos and Greeners we have tried to mold
the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which "sold" our branch into one that complements both
have decided to use Mf;ChA as
half of what Was on~e part ,of Mexico to the ideologies.
United States. By having thl:ir border moved a metaphor for political struggle, cultural
South, Mexicans found themselves aliens on hybridity, and the celebration of "Otherness"
a stranger's land, suffering the impositions of In order to create greater involvement and a
the newly-dominant culture. American sense of community reaching well past
rhetoric told them (as it had told the Irish, Chicanos. Thus, if you've ever been curious
blacks, etc. before them) that they would be about MEChA, Chicana/o culture, or any of
res'pected as citizens if they obediently the other subjects mentioned herein, please
assimilated (by dropping their Mexican accept this as an opportunity to add to our
customs). It was. the experience of being community. We look forward to seeing you
Mexican in ideology and cqlture while having Thursdays at 3:30 in CAB 3:30. Also. look out
to be publiclY ~America~" that began the for upcoming events such as the LASO/
development of the hyb~id people today . ME~A Dia de Los Muertos celebration this
week.
known as Chicanos.
.
.
Of course, they weren't formally known mienvenidos!
by this title until much more recently, The

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Slightly West is now accepting poetry, short
stories (under a thousand words), drawings ,
photos, and oth er medium s th at ca n be
rep roduce d int o black and whi te. Drop
submi ssions off in CA B 32 0 by Fr iday,

Novembe:l~:h:;ys:::hem to:
The Evergreen Sta te College
CAB 320
Olympia, WA 98505

The Synergy Intergenerational Arts Program is offering an
opening for an Evergreen art student. They are looking for a
student who has a background in wood and/or stone sculpting,
who is wanting to further and continue their wood sculpting
experience, are able to commit to once a week sessions for
several months and has reliable transportation. The program
has one opening for a stud ent with the aforementioned
qualifications to be matched with an experience sculptor and
receive enhanced instruction. Students with individual contacts
or part-time studies are preferred. The first five responses will
be the only considered. For more information or to apply,
contact Christine Kirk, Synergy Coordinator at 586-7787.

Roaster Select Recipe Contest
P.O. Box 2781
Redmond, WA 98073

KAOS, the local public radio station at Evergreen, is seeking voice
ac tors for radio theater productions in Fall Quarter. Auditions
will .be arranged and there is no compensation beyond resume
applicable experience. For more information,' contact Tim 0'
Brien at 867-0226. Please leave a message, including name and
contact number.

Day of the
Dead
celebration
Celebrate the Day of the Dead (Dia de los
Muertos) on November 1. in Library 2000
with speaker Francisco Cali. Cal i is
Guatemalan and has been working with the
Center for Human Rights Legal Action on
projects related to the rights of indigenous
peoples.
.
An alter for the dead will also be present for
people to bring flowers, bread, candy or other
things to, in order to remember ! he dead.

• Third Annual Social Justice and Equality Conference in Olympia

Roasters Select, a mail order coffee of the month club, is
lookin g for recipes using coffee as the main ihgredient.
Anyone in the US or Canada is eligible, including Evergreen
students. Entries will be judged on Originality and best use of
gourmet coffee as the main flavoring ingredient. Entries.must
be postmarked no later than December 15, 1996. Winners
wiU be announced on January 7, 1997. To quality, coffee
contestants must send their recipe clearly written or typed
on 3 X 5 recipe cards including name, address and phone
number. Entries should be sent to:

Voice actors sought

Be sure to place your name, address, and
phone number where you can be reached on
your submission. It is open to students, staff
and alumni. Ifyou have any question:;, contact
Slightly West at 866-6000, ext 6879.
Hillary Rossi

Please limit one recipe per household. Cards may be copied
and fax ed to (206) 868-2085. Winning entries will be
published and credited in th e January.newsletter, The Coffee

Compaf!io!l.

October 20th ·
0420 Fatality due to traffiC accident on Cooper Point
Road
2002 Dispute over items in U-dorm

'1725 Theft of elevator parts from Seminar building?

October 21st

October 24th
1600 "Everything is Coo!."

1748 Policy Violatioh: Subjects reported hunting on
campus.

1317' Extinguishers discharged in a malicious manner
under the CQver of the rec. pavilion.

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October 25th

October ?2,nd
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0848: Unlawful Habitant discovered @ reservOirs
1637 Theft from vehicle in F-Iot

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1805 G(affiti spotted on .pumphol!se
October 26th

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(F.I.S.T.) , among others.
The groups participating from
The Evergreen State College are:
Labor Center, Asian Solidarity In
Action (A.S.LA.), Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan Chicano Student Movement of
Aztlan (MeCha), Latin
American
Solidarity
Organization (L.A.S.O.),
Evergreen
Political
Information Center (E,P.I.C.),
the Women of Color Coalition
and many others. The goal of
this year 's conference is to
en hance the membership and
participation of women in the
progressive movement as well as to
educate the "general public" about other
current issues and struggles. Because few women
participated in the previous conference, it was a conscious
decision by the organizers to have the theme entitled
"Woinen's Equality in the Struggle for Justice." We hope
that this .conference will be a step towards ending women's
oppression in aU the different fronts of the struggle.
All students and faculty are welcome. The event is
FREE, but donations will also be accepted to cut costs for
publicity and outreach activities. Day care will be
provided. Please R.S.V.P. the number ofchildren that need
day care at least a we.ek in advance. For further details,
please contact Larry Mosqueda, ext.6513.
- Larry Mosqueda is a faculty member at Evergreen and
is active with various local grassroots organizations such
as CISPES, OMJP, and other student groups at Evergree!'.
-:- Venedel C. Herbito is a student at Evergreen, a co, c;oordinatbr of Asian Solidarity In Action and has been _

By H EIDI EcKEL

As many Greeners may already know, The Evergreen
State College is in a transitional period of athletic affiliations.
Currently Evergreen holds dual membership in both the NAIA
and provisional membership in NCAA with hopes of obtaining
full membership into the NCAA by the year 1999.
Athletic affiliation is important because it determines
much about our athletic department, such as who we play and
what we may offer our student athletes. The NAIA is an
organization which caters to small and private schools, many
of which are religious based, and allows members to offer
. scholarships. The NCAA division III serves schools that do not
offer talent based scholarships and focuses on programming a
broad athletic program at three levels: intercollegiate, club sport
and intramural. NCAA division III also considers itself to be
more academic than division II or I.
There are many reasons 'why Evergreen is SWitching to
NCAA division III. The two largest reasons are finances and
competition. As a member of the NAIA, the Recreation,
WeUness and Athletics department pays about five thousand
dollars in membership dues plus another four thousand in
catastrophy and liability insurance. Th e budget for this
department is largely self-supporting along with funds allocated
by the S&A board.
As a member of the NCAA, Evergreen will pay only nine
hundred dollars in ~mbership dues which will includ e
insurance and post season travel costs. The NCAA is able to do
this because it has a very large affiliation with many more
schools that are also switching to NCAA. Because many colleges
and universities have already switched to NCAA, it is imperative
that Evergreen should also switch to have other schools to
compet.e against. Many of the schools Evergreen will compete
against as NCAA have been former competitors under NAJA.
It is important to be able to have ehough schools and adequate
horne and away games so that student athletes can continue to
involved with the women 's conference.
challenge themselves both academically as well as athletically.
The other component of switching to the NCAA division
III is that Evergreen needed to have an additional team and
CUItuJ:e, bCi aDd
. GeDdei.
individual sport as a requirement for membership. This is why ,
we will have tennis and basketball as intercollegiate sports in
- Women in the LIbOr MoWmebt
addition to soccer and swimming starting during the 1997-98
- Updace 011 Anti-hnmiptioP
school year. Th is adds many complications to the transition to
upiatIon
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NCAA due to the enormous effort that it takes to start an athletic
luncb.Break
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Workshops . .
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Luckily fo r Evergreen the athletic department has fo und
. -Pemblist In ~-defense T~
Coach James Hammond who cameto Evergreen only three days
(PJ.S.T.) IfSIiion n . .
after his season at Cornell University ended to volunteer his time
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and is now. the head basketball coach . Coach Hammond's main
toPubDdze Women'slasues
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objective in starting from scratch is "to establish a good, qual ity
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Currently John Barbee, co-coordinator of recreational
Cuba: Women in Third World
sports, is organ izing a basketba ll cl ub through the College
Recreation Cen ter to be open to all students an d members of
of .
the communi ty. Coach Hammond hopes for this to be '"a slrong
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base fo undation and talent pObl to draw from. to ident ity and
assess talent of those in the immed iate area
and to invite students already enrolled and
th ose in th e co mmun ity to beco me
involved."
Eventually basketball will become a
se lf supporting program. Mos t of th e
basketball program at Evergreen will be
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Although basketball is off to a great
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However some very motivated studen ts are
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basketball
may call the Recreation,
tennis
or
Next to Fred Meyer
Wellness
and
Athletics
offi ce at ext. 6770
Lecture by the Artists
720 Sleater Kinney Rd.
or
Coach
Hammond
for
basketball at ext.
456-1881
November 6, 19963:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
6725.
Recital Hall, Communlc~nons Building
-- Heidi Eckel is the office assisstant for the
Office of Recreation and Athletics and a
The Evergreen State College
Women have always played
a crucial role in social
movements nationally and
internationally.
' They
continue to be significant
participants in various
struggles, whether they are
immigrant workers on strike
in the U.S., protesters against
neo-colonialism in the
Philippines, or guerrillas in the
indigenous uprising in Mexico.
Yet, within the progressive
movement itself, there sti ll exists
d ifferent levels of sexism, whose
contemporary social structures root from the
political, economic, social, and cultural history of the
people in question. Overall, women must not only fight
against sexism il} taday's "general" society, but also witllin
the vef) progressive movement that they have helped to
strengthen and empower. How can women continue to
battle against sexism in "general" society when the very
movement that supports their struggles continues to be
sexist? This is the primary issue that has provoked the
theme for this year's '~Social Justice and Equality
Conference. "
Several local organizations and community groups
have been gathering together since this summer to address
the issue of sexism in the p~ogressive movement. Among
these groups are: Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace
(O.10i.J.P.), Works In Progress, Liberation Cafe, National
Organization for Women (N .O.W.), Committee in
Solidarity with the People of Mexico (CS.P.M.), Hands
Off Washington , and Femiflists in Self-defense Training

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LETTERS AND OPINIONS

LETTERS AND OPINIONS

Diversity or Variety:

Which One Should
Evergreen Strive For?

column

substantial. So, my definition is a conjecture
from what I did find when diversity was
mentioned.
BY CRAIG Sr. CLAIR
I did find that diversity and
multiculturalism were usually in the same
Over the summer I began reflecting on sentence and bore some relation. A definition
what diversity means. I read through Russell of multiculturalism was equally elusive in the
Kirk's The Conservative Mind, which is the materials i searched, and wiil be a conjecture
most important book pertaining to from what I found as well. Diversity seems to
conservative thought one can read. Kirk speaks be the idea that we need to have a greater
understanding of
of variety as being a
cl,lltures other than
tenant
of
The multicultural ideology
the
white,
conservative
involves a hyper-emphasis on
European,
thinking. A friend
peoples of any color or
Christian culture in
and I got into a
which we live:
discussion as to
orientation other than white,
Thus,
. the
how this variety European, and Christian, uniting
multicultural
differed
with
diversity. At the all cultures, into a "multiculture." ideology involves a
hyper-emphasis on
time I thought little
of the matter, but later came to see them in very peoples of any color or orientation other than
different lights. I will attempt to describe the white, European, and Christian, uniting all
profound difference between the ideas of cultures, into a "ffi.ulticulture." This may sound
diversity and variety as Russell Kirk mentions exaggerated, but all references I found strongly
them in The Conservative Mind. My equated diversity and multiculturalism
definition of diversity will come as close as primarily with skin color. I think this is shallow,
possible to the popular meaning of the word and probably many would agree, but I am
used here a.t Evergreen. I feel there is meaning merely going by what I found in the sources
behind this issue that could be revealing about above.
Now to variety. Russell Kirk, as his second
our environment and the language we use to
defining
characteristic of conservatism in the
describe what we say we are doing.
By diverSity, I mean, as I mentioned, what introduction to The Conservative Mind,
generaUy passes for diversity here at Evergreen. mentions that conservatives have an "Affection
I spent the better part of an afternoon trying for the proliferating variety and mystery of
to find ANY kind of definition of diversity and human existence, as opposed to the narrowing
could not. I looked in a variety of Evergreen uniformity, egalitarianism, and utilitarian aims
propaganda such as the course catalog, of most radical systems...... I would like all of
ildvising handbook, and various pamphlets the readers to bear in mind that Kirk's
describing Evergreen and found nothing conservatism is not the Classical Liberal

conservatism we know today in America with multiculture. As I have suggested, the
the Republicans. I wiU describe this difference multiculture is anything but diverse. and likely
in a later column.
to be anything but culture.
So what's the difference? A lot. I'll begin
So how is variety different? Variety is the
with diversity. Notice the word diversity has the exact opposite. The root, or prefix in the word
div- prefix. The prefix div- means to divide. variety is van. Implicit in the idea is that there
Think of the words division and diverge, or any is a variation on a particular theme or idea.
other word with the div- prefix. Both words The particular theme or idea is a commonality
have to do with dividing whatever they pertain to aU that vary from it. Thus, you have variety
to. Be it numbers in mathematical division, or so long as there is unity on one particular point
as in Robert Frost's poem when "two roads or set ofpoints. Once this unity exists, freedom
diverge in the woods"-a separation, or dividing, to vary on all other themes or ideas 'are
is occurring.
possible-or whatever one feels like varying on, '
To return now to the idea of diversity arid so long as the unifying commonality is
how it is actually divisive we need only look back maintained.
to where I mentioned how the idea of diversity
To sum up: diversity is narrowing,
here at Evergreen usuaUy does not include white limited, and exclusive, while variety is
people or Western culture within its ideology. liberating, freeing, and open to many
White people and Western ' civilization have possibilities. Think of diverSity as two lines
been "divided" out and are viewed as converging on a point. If you think of the lines
oppressive, or wrong, or evil-and not really as boundaries within which ideas and
thought of as part of
behaviors may
White people and Western
the "multiculture." If
exist,
the
they were we would civilizatiol) have been "divided" boundaries get
have more classes in
smaller
and
out and are viewed as
Jhe curriculum dealing
smallev-as you
oppressive, or wrong, or evilwith Western culture,
reach your point
traditions,
and
and not really thought of as - (the point, in the
civilization. Often
context of our
part of the "multiculture."
when such classes exist
discussion here is
they ari! from the perspective of the oppressed, multiculture). With variety you start with the
which gives little insight into the deveiopment point, a commonality, and lines may go
of Western civilization properly understood.
anywhere in any direction, so long as you
So it seems that diversity is separatist; but maintain your beginning point. If you
it is also narrowing, the opposite of what it disengage from the beginning point it ceases
claims to be. While "diversity" sounds broad to be a variation.
and all-accepting, it really only pertains to
If you don't have the time to respond
certain people with the intent of forming a formally to the CPJ, e-mail me at
collective of cultures culminating . in a stclairc@elwha ....

.Equal ~ees For Unequal Access: health, parking feeslmfair ______ .
commentary

who will not be physically residing in
Thurston, Pierce, Mason, Lewis, Grays Harbor
or King county. That doesn't leave out very
BY MIK SCULLY
many folks. This change, although directed
specifically at Evening/Weekend pockets, also
The TESC Board of Trustees has a new affects full-time day students. Let us say, for
mantra and it goes something like this: Blessed instance, that your only academic work in your
are the Evening/Weekend students for theirs senior year was a nine-month internship with
are the deep pockets. It has been enormously a non-profit organization in Seattle, where you
successful. .
also live. Such a student would be required to
In the latest dive into Evening/Weekend pay for the service which she virtually has no
students' pockets, the TESC Board ofTrustees access to.
For Evening/Weekend full-time students,
ruled to overturn the original policy which
gave Evening/Weekend full-time students the the situation is even worse. Not only are we
required to
op tion
of
It is time for the TESC Board of Trustees pay
the
wa iving the
Health
mandatory
to wake up to their responsibilities to
Services Fee,
Health
Evening/Weekend
students; to see that but we too
Services Fee.
levying fees equitably across the
have virtually
The origi nal
no access to
policy, which
student population carries with it an
the services.
was in effect
ethical and legal responsibility to
In addition,
the first three
provide equitable services to all
we get our
years of the
noses rubbed
Even ing /
students.
in it by staff
Weeken d
progra m, recogn ized that most Evening/ and facu lty who are apparently duty-bound to
Weekend students had little ability to access tell us how committed this administration is
the service and were more likely to have health to students and to not adding student fees.
Nina Powell, -Evening/Weekend
coverage that was cheaper, more
comprehen sive, and far more accessible than coordinator, in her introduction to students,
the Evergreen Student Health Services. Yet the announced that the Health Services Center was
original policy provided equity for Evening! now open evening hours. This is only a halfWeekend students who did want to use the truth , depending on when you start your
services. [fthey wanted the services, they need definition of evening. The Board ofTrustees'
only pay the fee; if they didn't, they needed to definition of evening says that evening begins
sign the waiver. It was simple and it was fair. at 5 p.m.; their reasoning is that day classes
This year, everything changed. Changed are over at 4 p.m. However, Evening/Weekend
without input from Evening/Weekend students have a different definition of evening;
studen ts ; changed without notice. Our for them the evening begins at 6 p.m., after they
si ngular notice came when we paid our tuition get off work and arrive at home or school. By
and reached for the waiver form, which now the Board of Trustees' definition, Evening/
only excludes students whose individual Weekend students have access to the Student
;earning contract/internship or academic Health Center (by appointment only) for two
program takes them away from campus and hours a week, on Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 7

p.m. By the Evening/Weekend students' Activities. For us, that is just money down a
definition, they have access to only one hour a rat hole. We not only don't have any student
week from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. For the exact same . activities, we quite frankly don 't have time for
any. The only way, according to Nina Powell,
$35 fee, full-time day students have access to
Student Health Services 31.5 hours a week. that we can get value for our Student Activities
Where is the equity here? Who benefits? money is to start a student organization and
petition the Student Activities Board for
Certainly not Evening/Weekend students.
This latest decision of the Board of funding. This thinking, like the parking policy
Trustees follows on the heels of a decision last and the most recent Health Services Policy,
year to require EveninglWeekend students to discriminates against the working class. the
pay for parking. Day students have always students of the EveninglWeekend·programs.
Each year since the birth of the Evening/
been required to pay for parking, so it seemed
equitable for EveninglWeekend students to Weekend program, TESC has worked
pay for parking as well. On the surface it was diligently and successfully to expand and
equitable, but Evening/Weekend students enhance the academic programs available to
know better. Day students are cut an working people. On the whole, Evening/
enormous break if they buy a parking sticker. Weekend students have had high praise for the
This year a parking sticker for one quarter is academic offerings and the overall academic
$25; for full-time nonresident day students quality of the program. TESC is and should be
that is a 50 percent savings; for full-time proud ofits accomplishments in this arena and
campus resident students that savings is even should not be willing to risk tarnishing their
greater. Evening/Weekend students get no reputation by hasty fiscal policy.
It is time for the TESC Board of Trustees
such break. If in fact they choose to buy a
to
wake
up to their responsibilities to Evening/
parking sticker, most students end up spending
Weekend
students; to see that levying fees
more per quarter than if they paid the $1 per
equitably
across
the student population carries
day fee. Yet many Evening/Weekend students
with
it
an
ethical
and legal responsibility to
choose to buy a sticker even though it galls
provide
equitable
services
to all students.
why.
them to do it. Why? Time, that's
I urge the TESC Board of Trustees to
Evening/Weekend students are working
people; they are traveling between work/home reconsider their position on mandatory Health
and school at the worst possible time, traffic- Services Center fees and either return to the
wise. By the time they get to school, the line at earlier policy or extend the hours of the Health
the toll booth is long, and once they've paid Services Center to co-exist with the hours
they still have to find a place to park and get to Evening/Weekend students are on campus
class. Formostofus-therejustisn'ttime. So (Mondays through Thursday 6 p,m. to 10 p.m.,
and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
here again, we pay more and get less.
This is true of tuition, too. Part of every (Does anyone even know where the mythical
student's tuition goes to fund Student Health Servlces Center is?)

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Tolerance.needed
for free speech
commentary

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BY JAMES BROWN

As I was walking across campus on
Thursday, ] was surprised to hear what
sounded like religious doctrine coming from a
man standing on the edge of Red Square. As I
drew closer, I realized that indeed the man
seemed to be on a mission of calling The
Evergreen State College to repentance. Never
having heard fundamental, conservative
religious thoughts on campus, I settled in to
listen, with a grin on my face for man's
optimism.
Not long afterwards, while the man was
engaging in a one-on-one discussion with a
(Bible-bashing) student, another student came
over to see what was going on. Upon learning,
she was upset that such a man would get on a
soap-box here. I mentioned that that sounded
odd to me because at Evergreen at least one
person per week stands on a soap-box in Red
Square, usually with a microphone and
amplifier. Disgusted with the man's views, she
walked off to try to have him removed. "So
much for free speech!" was my annoyed reply.
This, my friends, is true. Free Speech
does not mean being able to say what one
wants, be it a swear word or whatever-and
then objecting to the opinions of another. Too
many people, especiaUy some students here,
tend to think that a liberal standpoint make~
one open-minded, and "not-in-style" clothes
make one diverse. Awake, fellow students, and
realize that liberal c1ose-mindedness just as
bad as conservative." Even if, like me, you don't
agree with all the things that were said by the
man on campus that day, this was one
occasion, my friends, when we could
experience and uphold real freedom and true
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from these groups have been the repeal and
abolition of gay rights and abortion rights
BV PAVAN W.B. AUMAN
for women. Other goals representative of
There is a cultural war going on right these movements include the reinstatement
now for control over the hearts and minds ofchurch prayer and creationism into public
of America. Under the guise of protecting schools, and the censorship of controversial
family values and the children of this materials within those schools.
country, fundamentalists and extremists
The most frightening aspect of these
from the Christian religion are taking strides Christian fundamentalists, however, lies not
to gain political and moral control over this in the issues they are attacking. but in their
nation. Just how extreme is this political strategy towards gaining political power in
attack? Let's take a look at - - - - - - - - - the . United States. The
what their leaders would
Jundamentalists Christian Coalition leads
envision for us aU ...
other groups in this respect
and
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Christian
through their successful
extremists
Coalition is) a growing and ...
attempts to elect their
responsible group in the
from the
members into local school
Republican party and I think
boards, judicial positions, and
Christian
that is good news. We need
into the state and federal
religion are
groups like the Christian
governments. Excellent local
Coalition working for us."
taking strides
examples of this include 'Dr.'
-Bob Dole, (Associated Press
Ron Tabor (running for
to gain
newswire, 2-10-96)
Superintendent of Public
political and
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"We're going to bring
Instruction) and Ellen
moral control
back God and the Bible and
Craswell (running for
drive the gods of secular
governor). Both of these
over this
humanism right out of the
candidates support the
nation.
public schools of America."
Christian Coalition, and .will
-Presidential candidate Pat
likely be very influential (if
Buchanan addressing the anti-gay rally in elected) in implementing their respective
Des Moines (2-11-96)
agendas.
•
"There is no such thing as separation
What can you do against these political
of church and state in the Constitution. It is attacks
from
these
Christian
a lie of the Left and we are not going to take fundamentalists? First and foremost,
it anymore."
support the minorities and individuals being
-Pat Robertson, November 1993 during an affected by such groups. Patients of the
address to the American Center for Law and Eastside Women's Health Clinic (943-5127)
Justice
. are harassed on a daily basis by antiMuch of the political thrust behind this abortionists, and could use your help.
movement has recently consolidated into the S.upport the local queer groups here on
'Christian Coalition' movement, although campus, and vote conscientiously I Don't
many other groups are actively involved, elect public figures who support religiOUS
including: Operation Rescue, Focus on the intolerance and the far-right Christian
Family, the National Right to Life, and the agenda. Beyond these individual actions,
Christian Identity movement.
...... !!ise your own voice and pen against this
What are the goals of these groups? intolerance and help oppose those who
The most common agendas recognized so far would have us live in a Christian state.

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Dou_
ble Refraction,
column
I discovered recently that fifty percent of
the cases of alleged harassment reported to
housing this year involve white women lodging
complaints.against Black men. That statement
is the truth, but many things influence the way
we look at and interpret the truth. A primary
influence is one's already established belief
system.
For instance if one
believes (as the media
has led me to) that most
Black men are by nature
criminals, one tells
oneself tha t of course
that statement is
automatically
true .
What else can you
expect? You know its just
a matter of them (Black
men) reverting to their
true natures. You know
most
rapes
are
interracial, black men
raping white women
(rape myth #9). You
know we should build
more jails to keep them
away from us. You know
we should abolish
by Vaun
affirmative action. You
know the rest. It could be
true.
On the other hand if one believes (as
common sense has led me to) that Evergreen
is a covertly racist society, then that statement
is automatically false. What else can you
expect? You know white women are
brainwashed by the media to fmd Black men
unattractive and threatening. You know white
women will tolerate behaviors by white men
that they will report as harassment from Black
men. That if you are a Black man on this
campus making overtures towards white

women you are placing your academic career
in jeopardy. This also can be true.
An unusual effect seems to take place on
the truth when it goes through the double
refra~tion of sex and race. The truth becomes
different for everybody. That partly explains
the gaping difference between the way Blacks
and whites look at the case O.J.Simpson. That
partly explains the gaping difference in the way
. men and women view
Mike Tyson.
The real truth is
never automatic. Ittakes
hard work to find the
real truth. Sometimes
we can be blinded by
statistics. Sometimes we
can be blinded by our
beliefs. Our beliefs
about gender. Our
beliefs about race.

Thoughts

Epilogue: There have
been four cases of
harassment reported to
hOUSing. Two of them
involve white women
lodging complaints
against Black men. The
alleged harasser in both
instances is the sa me
Monroe
guy. If he's guilty he
should get what's
coming to him. Ifhe's not,leave him alone. In
either case one man 's actions cannot be a
symbol for the behavior of a group of people.

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October 31, 1996

peace
vkm
"['m for truth , no matter who tells it. I'm for
justice, no matter who it is for or against."
Malcolm X

FEATURE

FEATURE

Voter's

CPJ

Guide
President
Is President Bill Clinton the "bridge into
the twenty first century"?
Since 1992, Bill Clinton and AI Gore have
signed the Brady Bill, The bill imposes a five
day waiting period on handgun purchases so
that background checks can be done on the
prospective buyer in order to prevent the guns
from being given to a criminal.
They also backed the Crime Bill, which
put 100,000 new police officers on the street.
They implemented the three strikes you're-out
provisions originally realized in Washington
state,
Clinton signed the Family and Medical
Leave Act, which promises 42 million
Americans 12 weeks of unpaid, job-guaranteed
leave from work for a child birth, adoption, or
personal or family illness. He cut the taxes of
15 million working families with incomes of
$27,000 or less.

Monica Gail Moorehead and Gloria La
Riva are running on the Workers' World Party
ticket. Moorehead and La Rive are two working
women of color who have both been fighting
against corporations for the past 20 years.
Moorehead and La Riva believe in
Socialism to counteract big business. They
Gary Locke is runningon the Democratic
would demand a ban on layoffs and plant
closings by big businesses and a minimuID! ticket for Washington governor. He supports
wage hike of $12.75. They would expand the reforming government regulation of business
welfare system and other social benefits. The
and streamlining state government. He
would protect Affirmative Action. They
befieves in hard time for armed crimes. and he
punishments for killer cops and want
wants to increase public safety. He wants to
young people given jobs and an oppor~'
. ngthen education, especially the literacy of
instead of throwing away these young peo
Ilildren. Locke wants safety for community
Moorehead and La Riva supp
d anti drug and anti crime programs. If
women's right to choose and full ri ts. OJ'. , efe u:d, Locke would be the first Japanese
homosexuals, including the right to mateyand ' American governor in any state aside from
adopt children. They want universal health Hawllii.
care, including full AI~S resllafch. .
, Wednesday, October 31 showed him ahead in
the pOlls by only a small margin.

Gubernatorials

*

Incumbent Sandra Romero is the
State
Democratic
nomineefor
Representative of the Twenty-Secong
Legislative District. She is a former
Olympia City Council member, and now
serves on the zhouse Commerce and Labor.
Romero stands strong for education,
economy, and environment.
Friday, November 1, at 10 a.m.,
Romero will be talking with Tom Freeman
from Evergreen's KAOS radio stationon his
show, "Conversation s from the Peguin
Cafe".

Phyllis Kenney is running for Secretary
of State for the Democratic Party. Her goals
are top increase advocacy for jobs and
economic development. She wants more
technology for the seiretary of state's office
and an increase of the vote by mail program.
She wants an increase of education and
participation of our citizens.

*
Thelma Jackson is the Republican
nominee for the State Representative of the
Twenty Second Legislative District. She
has worked at positions at state, regional
and national positions. Her two key issues
are education and the growing economy.

*

Republican nominee for Secretary of
State is Ralph Munro. His goals are for
citizen involvement in government and
building a strong job base by international
trade and investment. He will speak out for
schools, the environment, the disabled and
the mentally ill.

Republican Senator Bob Dole has an idea
ofcutting income taxes by 15%. He helped pass
the American with Disabilities Act in 1989.
According to Mother Jones magazine, the
Republican Party donated $546,224 in 1993 to
the tobacco industry, and donated $2.4'million
in 1995. However, no a,lly l1asgreater ties to the
tobacco market than Dole, who has helped
broaden overseas markets.
Dole is making a promise that he will
~ e peal the Clinton tax increase on Social
Security and Medicare recipients.
His vice presidential candidate, Jack
Kemp has run for the presidency before in the
1980s. He won national prominence in
Congress when he proposed the passage of
deep tax cuts, which was used by Ronald
Reagan in his 1980 campaign. President Bush
named him Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
If they are elected, they say they will
balance the budget by the year 2002.

BY Lucy CRAIG

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Karen F~ is the Democrat running for

reelection in the state Senate. She has served
as State ,Representative, Thurst~n County
Commissioner, Lacey Mayor, and City Council
. Member. Most of her efforts have focused in
. environment and fam~ concerns. She is now
the chairman of the Senate Ecology and Parks
, Committee.

Initiative 671 would amend tribal/state
agreements to permit limited electronic
gaming (such as slot machines and video
poker) on Indian lands for tribal government
purposes, with joint regulat,ion and spllcified
revenues. Current Washington law prohibits
certain types of gambling, such as slot
machines and video pokers.
If passed, each tribe would be limited to
one Class III gaming facility (which allows slot
~achines and other electronic devices); mu~t
be pnllseain over tWo years; and revenues are
to' be distributed to specified projects, with

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85% of gross revenues being retained by the
tribe.

Initiative 651 was created by gambling
interests hoping to expand their profits in
Washington state and that millions of dollars
According to the supporters ofI-671, a will be taken away from local economies each
portion of the proceeds from the regulated year. They feel that ga'mbling interests are
electronic gambling will go to tribes for trying to use public vote for use of electronic
needed programs including job training, gambling that the legislature or governor
schools, scholarships, and health care. Also, would not allow.
an estimated $647 million annually will go '
They also say that when the idea was.tried
to non-tribal public programs, such as in the state last year, voters turned it down 3 to
salmon habitat restoration and local public 1. Opponents believe increased gambling will
safety. Nineteen Washington tribes are lead to broken homes and bankruptcies, as well
sponsoring 1-671.
as become an invitation to organized crime.
Opponents of the measure believe that

Initiative6SS would outlaw some large
game hunting.with use of dogs
BY Lucy CRAIG

Initiative 655 would make it a gross
misdemeanor to take, hunt, or attract black
bears with bait, or to hunt bears, cougars,
bobcat or lynx with dogs.
Bear, cougar, bobcat and lynx are all
defined as wildlife in Washington state law;
hunting of these animals is regulated by the
department of fish and wildlife. Lynx,
currently classified as a threatened species,
cannot be hunted.
The department currently allows the use
of bait or dogs to take bla~k bear, cougar, or
bobcat, although some limitations apply. If
Initiative 655 is passed, violators will have their
hunting licenses revoked for five years in the
case of afirst violation, and pennanently for a

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Bob Wright is th~ Republican
candidate for the State Representative.
Twenty Second Legislative District, Second
position. He believes that government
should do ooly what citizens cannot He's
interested in decreasing taxes, returning
parents' rights, and ensuring safe
neighborhoods.

gaming ·in Washington state

*

State Senate

*

Initiative.671 would permit tribal

Gary P. Gill is on the Natural Law Party
ticket for the Secretary of State. His goals are
to institute a stronger third party voice in
politics, equal access to the ballot, and
media, He wants to eliminate Political Actton
Committees and soft money funding of
campaign.

*

Cathy Wolfe is the Democratic
nominee for State Representative, the
Second Position. Her prime concerns is jobs
and educational opprtunties. Wolfe wants
to work on juvenile justice and a Welfare
system that promotes self sufficietly,

subsequent
violation, in
addition
to
criminal
penalties.
Supporters of
the initiative
believe that
Washington
should follow
the policies of Oregon, Colorado, and
Montana, where bear baiting and hounding
have been banned with no adverse effects on
successful hunting seasons. They believe the
process of hound hunting
is unsportsmanlike and inhumane, not only to the

Clinton/Gore: (206) 287-1996
Dole/Kemp: (202) 414-6400
NaderlLaDuke: (360) 352-0544
Perot/Choate: (509) 468-0510
Moorhead/La Riva: (212) 627-2994
Baird: (360) 956-9127
Smith: (360) 604-2717

hunted animals, but to the dogs as well, who are
sometimes maimed or killed by bears, cougars,
or bobcats.
Opponents of the measure believe it is a
product of "animal rights extremism ," and
believe this is a small part of their plan for the
total elimination of animals in scientific
research, agriculture, and fishing. Opponents
believe 1-655 wildlife will dwindle as a result of
predator overpopulation; taxpayers will be
forced to pay for the killing of predatory animals
by state, county, and federal government
agencies.
For more information for Initiative 655,
call (205) 633-3435 No number is currently
available for a campaign against [-655.

Locke: (206) 624-1996
Craswell:(360) 779-1611
Owen:(360)753-4205
Anderson: (360)647-3733
Newman: (360)357-7437
Rathjen: (800) 353-1776
Kenney: (206) 526-5236

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Evergreen's
President weighs
the importance
of voting
BY JANE

L. JERVIS.

TESC PRESIDENT
Open Letter to the Evergreen Community:
Tuesday November 5 is election day. Please
vote I
There are many reasons not to vote:
I'm too busy.
One vote doesn't make a difference.
I can't stand any of the major candidates.
The person I support doesn't have a chance
anyway.
They're all corrupt; I'm not well enough
informed.
There are too many people on the ballot I've
never even heard of.
, I don't know where my polling place is.
I can't find a stamp to mail my baUot.
I don't see how this poli tical stuff affects me
anyway.
There are also many reasons to vote:
The governor who is elected next week will
appoint a majority of Evergreen's Board of
Trustees.
The new state legislature will set a new tuition
policy for Evergreen and for aU of public higher
education in this state. and it will determine
our budget for the next two years.
The legislature will also set the amount of state
financial aid that will be available.
There are initiatives on the ballot that will
affect the future of public K-12 education in
this state.
The president and the national congress will
also make decisions affecting student financial
aid.
.But the main reason to vote is because
you can, If you are a citizen you have both the
right and the duty to take part in the
governance of this country, this state, and this
locality. People all over the world are literally
dying to get this right. It's the collaboration
ofall of us that makes it possible for democracy
to exist, and all it takes for tyranny to succeed
is the indifference of too many. It's often the
case that people who zealously support a cause
or a particular position are more likely to turn
out and vote than those who are indifferent,
or too busy. or too alienated. In fact, I'm told
that there have been people on campus urging
students not to vote.
My parents came to this country as
political refugees from fascist Italy. I
remember when they became citizens. Like
many new citizens, my parents taught their
children a fierce kind of patriotism - not "our
country, love it or leave it, " but "our country,
love it and fIX it." No one else is responsible
but us.
So I am asking you to take this election
seriously. The outcomes of elections matter.
The outcome of this election will matter.
Please vote if you can. Whether or not you can
vote, please help al least two other people to
vote - remind them; offer them a ride; give
t!fem stamps; take care of their kids; talk
about the issues and the candidates with them.

Munro: (360)456-3869
Gill: unlisted
Fraser: (360) 491-4223
Bainto: (360) 459-3902
Romero: (360) 357-8131

Happy Hailloween
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ARTS AND

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UMO·Ensemble's EI Dorado offers insights with comical twists
Evergreen 'alumni join the cast of buffoons
BY JENNIFER KOOGLER

In the corner of an otherwise unadorned
and darkened stage, a man painted with black
stripes and wearing a simple doth crouches
over a wheel. As he spins it around, he places
a stick on the spokes of stretched out wire,
creating a shimmering, bell-like noise. As the
sound reverberates off the walls of the theater,
the figures huddled on the floor come to life,
springing up and sprawling out around the
stage. These strange creatures, some with
horns, some with humps, and some with fins,
(and looking a lot like the creatures gathered
at the Ivory Palace at the beginning of The
Neverending Story) circle each other,
occasionally stop to tumble and shout, and end
up together. Once again, they lower themselves
to the floor, one horned figure with his back to
the audience. Light once again fills the stage,
and the group begins to shout random
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all of the riches of the newly conquered
Americas. The creatures posing these
questions are from the cast of~MO Ensemble's
production of El Dorado (The Gilded One), a
delightful and insightful look inte:) history
through the words and movements of a hand
of comically mocking buffoons.
Through tumbling, singing, spitting,
stomping, and screaming, these coutt jesterlike characters took myself and the rest of the
audience on a dark but rollickingjoumey back
in time, beginning with the Europeans' first
steps in the Amazon, landing with the
immediate goal of locating the legenljiary
Kingdom of Gold and acquiring all of the
riches of the land and destroying anything that
interfered with them, including the lives of the
Incas and other Natives. The six players, who
quickly change roles as necessary, depict
Columbus discovering the New World
(claiming it fo{ God, the monarchy, and most
of all, himself), several conquistadors fighting
over a patch ofgold, Balboa setting his eyes on
the Pacific Ocean and immediately clairn~g it
for Spain, and ~rancisco Pizzaro capturing the
Inca king and murdering him for his fortune.
But the production is not your ordinary
history lesson. In true jester style, the buffoons
take the frame of the stories and stretch it into
strange shapes, exposing the horrors and
hysterics of the situation: the slaughter of
innocent Natives in the name of religion and
the 'rampant greed and squabbling of the
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These th ree people once walked Red Square like the rest of us. Pictured here
(from left to right) are Adam Ward, the marketing director; Bradley McDevitt, an
artistic associate, and Lara Wilder, the lighting designer. The tree to the left of
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embody the solemn spirit ofa Native who feels
the only WilY to escape the wrath of the invaders
is to burn down their homes, then }Viii spin
around into the character of a giggling,
fiendish European seeking to spread "religion
and other disease" throughout the new
. continent, while making himself ridiculously
wealthy. The play does not shy away from the
darker moments of this time period; instead,
it shines a blinding light upon them,
unmasking the true nature of the conquerors'
quest rather than hiding behind conventional
history.
The buffoons are a part of the UMO
Ensemble, a group that formed in 1989 and has
worked exclusively with each other since. Each
member of the troupe specializes in a
particular form of expression, be it writing,
vocalization, puppetry, dance, or other
techniques, which they then share with the rest
of the group.
The members write,
choreograph; a.nd direct their own creations,
coming up with an idea and then expanding it
in .several different directions. It is truly a
"theater of connection" which seeks "to create
the ancient alchemy of live performance
through which thoughts and images under the
surface of culture are given voice and form ."
Symbolically rich and silliness laden, the
sacred clowns of El Dorado convey emotion
and wisdom though flips and follies.
Lurking behind the scenes of this diverse
and twisted band of players are three recent
Evergreen alumni. Adam Ward, the marketing
director from the class of 1996, explains the
coll aborative 'work the ~nsemble does as a
"seminar through their bodies." They will
come up with an idea, and then each member
will contribute a part to what becomes the
finished work. Lara Wilder, the lighting
designer and a member of the class of 1995,
and Bradley McDevitt, artistic associate and
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Greeners currently employed with the
en~emble .

Each of these former students came to
the troupe via workshops the ensemble did at
Evergreen over the last few years. Ward took
part in a class the buffoons put on in 1994 and
kept touch with them ever since. Wilder ran
the lights for their performance here and now
designs all the lighting for the shows.
McDevitt completed the workshop and
proceeded to do internships with the ensemble
while still in school. After graduation, he came
straight to them. McDevitt enjoys the spirit
of the group and their work. calling them "a
cream puff pie in the face of theater."
Ward says that the UMO Ensemble is
currently working on a show entitled Body
Inheritance. which is scheduled to premiere in
June. This project was funded through a grant
from the National Endowment for the Arts
(editor's note: these grants are extremely hard
to come by these days, which goes to show that
this ensemble is quite good. However. other
artists' projects may not be so lucky if certain
people are elected to office next Tuesday. Keep
this in mind when you vote).
Luckily, the UMO Ensemble may be
coming to our backyard sometime in the near
future. hopefully sometime during Spring
Quarter. Keep your eyes and ears open for
more information.
If you'd like to go see El Dorado. it is
currently playing at the Empty Space Theater
in Seattle (actually. it's in Fremont or "the
center of the universe'') through November 3.
Tickets for Evergreen alumni, faculty, staff.
and students are only $6, but you must call
ahead [(206) 463-2128] to tell them you are
coming, as this offer is subject to availability.
I suggest you take a leisurely carpool up. see
the show, wave to your former classmates, and
enjoy the spectacle that is El Dorado.

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FREAKISH ARTS AND SCARY ENTERTAINMENT

Chris Carter's Millennium makes a dark and dreary debut
BY EDWARO WARD

With the notable exception of Twin
Peaks, television series pilots are almost by
definition bad . I think that there are
numerous reasons for this. The two most
primary seem to be that they attempt to pack
too much information into too short a time
frame , and they never seem to have any aspect
of the show well defined. It always seems to
take at least half a season or more for the
creators of any given show to really find their
bearings. The main thing I think that anyone
can ever hope for out of a series premiere is
potential.
Often it seems as though Millennium is
attempting to be Seven: The Series. While the
gray skies and rain drenched streets are in
keeping with the "Seattle" locale, they are also
a cliche of the current "Nihilism Chic" going
around Hollywood these days. For much of
the pilot we are supposedly being given a look
into the grim and gritty underbelly of the city,
As we step into this fashionably dark world
we are walked into one of the staples of all
grim and gritty city underbellies: the peep
show parlor. This allows the show to start
right off with an audience grabber - boobsl
The man whom we follow inside is
evil. We know this first of all oelcause;
he's going to a peep show, Good
don't do that sort ofthing. We ,•..-"-,.. ,,
because he walks somewhat
and his face is always hidden sh~dow. If
television has taught me anything it has
taught me that these are some of the surest
signs of pure evil. With· the presence of both
boobs and evil we have tension. The evil is
obviously somehow going to be putting the
women attached to the boobs in danger.
Unfortunately tension like this ca n't last
long. More is required. The ante needs to be
upped to hold our interest. "More" comes in
the for m of the private chat booth. The face
of shempy evil specially requests one of the
dancers, offering $200 for ten minutes. As she
reluctantly performs, we are given a series of
sho ts of her that are presumably images frolT1
the twisted recesses of th e bad mans mind.
Now not only do we as an audience have a
scant ily clad 'woman dancing for us, but we
also havr bl eeding wa lls practica lly drowning
the woman in blood. Yes th at's right , leaving
nothing to chance the crea tors of this se ries

have given us an abundance of both boobs and
blood before the opening titles have even run.
After this lurid (and let's not forget grim
and gritty)
to our
hero and
and
the
e

regard is his visit to the peep show parlor to
talk to one of the victim's coworkers. This scene
features such lines as "I'm not a cop", "Men
don't need reasons, all they need is an excuse."
and of course "She didn't hook, she didn't do
drugs, she was", aU at once now, "just doing it
for the money to raise her kid."
During the course of the episode there are
lots more fun things, While it rains everywhere
else for the entire episode, it only rains at the
family abode once. The once is' when Frank
comes home to discover that his daughter has
been hospitalized. The reason for this sudden
hospitalization is that the audience needs to see
Frank look at her in die hospital bed and say
"so fragile". You see, we as an audience need to
be reminded of the mortality of the adorable
1ittle girl. Presumably this will make her
inevitable role as kidnap victim at some point
in the series all the more tension inducing, As
a get well gift, the daughter is given a fluffy-cute
puppy. The presence of the new puppy brings
up an important question, how long will it be
before the puppy is chopped up by the--killer
is stalking the family?
---"~,~;t~ everything that I have said above,
is show. First, one should
are almost inevitably bad.
forrnaU thought that
the
' th,o.N1liti amazingly well. They successfully set
tor,fu";"o tone for the series, they got a fair
of exposition out ofthe way, they had
n~;'-'·i,,,. thread that was resolved by the end
epispde (an unfortunate tradition, but
at. Basically
doesn't seem willing to go away), and
just have yet to let us
of plot development we are
the
left themselves a considerable amount of
aforementioned rain-soaked,' gray-skied, city
streets sharply con trasted with the scenes of
idyllic domesticity of the Black's suburban
neighborhood. The bridge between these two
worlds is Frank himself. His primary goa l
seems to be to protect his daughter from the
horrors of the world he works in.
Of course Frank has contacts with the
loca l police force. Of course he takes it upon
himsel f to step into the investiga tion of the
murder of the young woman from the preti tles seq uence. Of course they all go along
with him . Through this we get to see some
examples of his thoroughness as a detective,
his semi-psychi c ability, and most importantly
Chris Ca rter 's in abilit y to wr it e decent
dialogue . I think my favorite sce ne in this

things to work with and grow on. While the
characters are no more than bare skeletons, I
actually found watching stock characters
surprisingly refreshing. One ofthe great, and
underutilized, qualities of series television is
its ability to let an audience get to know
characters gradually as the writers and actors
are learning about them also. It seems as
though the attempt is made too often to make
characters seem unique within the first
episode, More often than not this seems
rushed and forced to me. I also liked the fact
that while we know the premise of the lead
character we have only been given very limited
hints as to what the primary plot thrust of the
series will be.
There were also small scenes that were
suggestive of the quality that I think they were
striving for. There was the moment when, as
they are about to leave their truck to enter their
house for the first time, Frank's daughter licks
his nose. There was also the scene of Frank
playing, and replaying the security tape from
the private chat booth; trying to pick out what
was said over the music. While there was a lot
to complain about, I also thought that there
seemed to be a lot of potential there. I think
that there's a lot that could be done with what
has been set up, as well as with what has been
left open. I'in anxious to see what direction
they decide to take us.
The large face looming behind this
article is Lance Henrikson, who plays
Frank Black in the new series Millennium.
This artistic representation was brought
to you by Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss.

Pastors For Peace C
with Music

by jim Page

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This is. the special Halloween
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Horrorscopes
trick or treated to your door by Carmine Rau
ARIES: If you smash a pumpkin this week you will be
visited by its undead remains. Beware, pumpkins
never die .... ..they just decompose and take you with
them. Ha ha ha ha. Personal lueky horror film:
Teenagers From OUler Space 11 "Thrill crazed space
kids blasting the flesh off humans" (even they know
not to mess with pumpkins during Halloween time)
TAURUS: Avoid being everyone's least favorite
Halloween grinch.lf you are reading this fresh off the
press, as horoscopes are intended to be read for full
effectiveness, then you "Still have a couple hours to
throw together a costume and load up on festively
shaped orange and black candy.
Personal lucky horror film: The She·Creature
"Reincarnated as a monster from hell" (that's what
happens to those who brush off Halloween)
GEMINl: Just not feeling in the Hallow!!en mood this
year? Go to the movies and see how many people got
dressed up in a costume just to go sit in-a dark room
with strangers......oh wait .... that could be any number
of parties this psychic has been to. Give me a call at
my psychic hot line. Good gab and it won't cost you
$3.95 for the first minute and $.99 for each additional
minute. (Sorry, people who read the horoscopes for
other peoples signs, this offer is extended to Geminis
only this week. Unless you can afford $3.95 for the first
minute and $.99 for each additional minute. If less
than 18 years old be sure to get your parents permission
before calling.) Personal lucky horror film: Fire
Maidens from Outer Space.

CANCER: Lf you don't already have any good plans
for Halloween the beyond recommends that you stay
home and read those books for class that you have been
putting off. It will make you feel better inside than
eating too much candy anyway. If anyone stops by tell
them you are dressed as a psychopath since who can
tell from the outside and the reason you are at home is
to plot the bloody demise of anyone who interrupts
your studying. Personalized lucky horror film: Skeeter
"Earth is the final breeding ground"
LEO: Dress up! Even if nobody recognized just what
the hell your are dressed as at least they art looking at
you. That's what.you really want, isn't it? Admit it,
you want people to pay attention to you. Now they're
counting on you for the superbadest costume ever.
Hold a seanc~ to divine a costume fitting your personal
needs. Lucky horror fiLm: The Embalmer"beauty after
beauty dragged to a sunken crypt ....petrified
playcaptives of the embalmer" ,Qust think, he could
immortalize you in your stylish Halloween attire.)
VIRGO: Something astounding and astonishing is
about to cross your path that may leave you staring
blankly for hours. lfit is ~ rabid dog riding a tricycle
do not stare directly at the dog. It will only agitate it.
If it is not a rabid dog on a tricycle then you may be
required to assess for yourself if staring is a good idea
instead of relying on a psychic to dicta te your actions
all the time. sheeesh. Personal lucky horror film:
Halloween: Night ofthe Creepoids
UBRA: My sources predict.you are entering a time
period of receptiveness in your house unit. Now is a

time when bonding with house mates is facilitated by
a project of sorts. Be supportive of others in their

creativity. If one house mate wants to decorate the
place like a cave ..... go with it, see where it goes. Watch
for special guest star in your life on Nov. 2. Personal
horror lucky film : Night of the Demons II "trick or
treat sucker"
SCORPIO: Start being really nice to people. With your
birthday coming up make as many new friends as you
can to acquire material objects from. The earlier you
start the bigger the present payoff. For total jackpot
and a wealth of household items, try pulling a
wedding/ marriage and if you get married on
Thanksgiving you'll probably get free food,too!
(disclaimer: the psychic does not endorse the scam
lifestyle) PersonaL lucky horror film: Scars ofDracula
"the marks of death remain forever"
SAGITTARIUS: Attention paid to details is stressed
right now. It's not a cheap plastic nose with warts on
it that will make your witch costume believable, but
cat hair on your cape as if a black cat had rubbed
against your calves will add miles of believability. If
chance wills that you come upon a child who questions
your authenticity as a witch say, "look, cat hair, you
little brat, I will turn your fingernails into candy and
your peers will chew on your hands until they are
bloody stumps." (cackle cackle cackle) Personal lucky
horror film : Bum Witch Bum "Do the 'undead demons
of hell still arise to terrorize the earth?"
CAPRICORN: Attending a schottische party is just
what you need to unwind from a weeks hard work. The
outburst of energy involved catapults you into next
week with a feeling of invincibility. Of course, if you
choose not to att.end or 'create your own schottische
get together you may be lethargiC and sluggish for
weeks to come. For a' fun twist try a costume
schottische party. Personal lucky horrqr film: The
Regenerated Man "lab work can be hazardous toyour
health"
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AQUARIUS: Last minute rushes and lack of advance
preparation find you searching for instant
entertainment for unexpected guests. When pressed
for material I suggest bobbing for what ever food you
have lying around the house. Please consider your
guests when selecting the food item. Bobbing fo r
bread, raw eggs, or tortilla chips are not endorsed by
this psychic. Personal lucky horror film: Screams ofthe
Demon Lover "a walking corpse lusts for revenge")
PISCES: Now is the time that allows you to carve faces
in to any vine growing fru it of hard rind without
inviting doubt of your stability. Carve, say the planets,
express all that pent up creativity through elaborate
gourd lanterns. Find your inner child in zucchini
adornment. (For those lacking time and materials my
sources beyond urge the symbolic preparation of an
Apple-o-lantem to appease Halloween spirits) Personal
lucky horrorfUm: Zombies oftile Stratosphere

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rights activist. There will also be an
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;r"!welcome to bring things (flowers,
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speak followed by a Day of the Dead
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