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Queer Alliance member
describes coming out

Graduate school and
internship fair

ArChives
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washingt~ 98605

All Freakin' Night
reviewed
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I'm hungry a nd tired. But
the see-page is mor e important
than that . This is my special
qumQo recipe that even my dad
lik es and I hope that yo u like it
too! Chop up 1 monster onion and
a few stalks cele~ (include
leaves ) Fry t hem in a large pot
in a couple tablespoons of butter
And a medium wallop of oil unti l
they get kind of transpa rent and
fragrant. Mix in 1-2 cloves
garlic, chopped. ~ Throw in four
handfuls of flour and mix around
vigorously. (Thi s is a rue). I
like my wooden spatchula, but you
may use your weapon of choice. If
you have any problems, add more
fat. When the flour is fully
cooked and the rue is smooth,
thick, dark - go l den-brown, and
you're about to go stir-crazy,
throw in about 1 to 2 pounds
cheap chicken pieces ( I like
thighs and drumsticks best) .
Mush them around and pour in a
lot of chicken broth (or bullion)
to 2 inches above chicken level.
Add about a teaspoon of salt and
less of black pepper. Add about
a teaspoon to tablespoon basil,
oregano, Cayenne pepper, and hot
red pepper flakes. Bring to a
boil, then give it a stir and
turn it down to a simmer (you can
cover it too if you want).
Meanwhile, chop up 1-2 cups ham,
and/or 1/2 to 1 pound any kind of
sausage (but brown it first if
it's raw). After the gumbo has
simmered for about 15-20 minutes ,
throw in this meat . Then simmer
for another 20 minutes . This
would also be a good time to
start cooking your big exciting
pot of rice. Then if you have
any fish substance, put that in
your gumbo: any kind of cheap
fi.h, .hrimp, shellfish, crab,
whatever. Or at the very least,
dump in a can of dolphin-.afe
tuna wi liquid. Stir around,
'cook 5 minutes more. Take a
taste. Correct the seasoning.
It's done! Yum. To serve, put a
huge lump of rice ' in a big bowl
of gumbo and stir in some file
powder. That's it!

1 bowl
I small spoon
I special saucepan
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1 home
1 bag of creamy chicken ramen
water ..... preferably water filtered through the BRITATM water filters ..... mmm
First, arrive at a home. Preferably yours. Next, tum on the stove while. simultaneously
placing water in the saucepan ..... approximately one inch from the bottom of the saucepan.
With your third hand rip open the bag of creamy chicken ramen. Place brick of noodles
carefully in the water, being careful not. to splash any of the MSG from the noodles onto
your skin .. Let the noodles sit in the boiling water for approximately the amount of time it
takes to repeat the theme ~ong to Dukes of Hazard six and one half times. Remove the
saucepan from t11e stove and carefully strain out three fourths of the water left in the
saucepan. Add the secret seasoning from the special silvery bag stir with small spoon.
Watch in amazement as the water turns into a thick putrid off-white goo. Eat and enjoy.
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with precisionthrough my heart.
, Are there butterflies
in this
inky
black-ness?
I suppose we wouldn't know
if-they-were-here,
unless ...
you can hear the furtive beating of a thousand
Do-you-know what I mean?
Tell me...
do you know?
You've picked the world clean!
Take what

By LEIGH CULLIN
It's a'l'lOrmal rainy and overcast day at The Evergreen State
College. Pe~ple stream from building to building, as you walk .
towards Red Square. Suddenly, the ground begins to rumble.
Twenty seconds later it's over and the chaos begins on campus.
Would Evergreen be prepared if there was an earthquake?
The Northwest is due for a large earthquake. Last week's
earthquake drill is a reminder that an earthquake could strike
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the Evergreen area at anytime.
"It's hard to get people to take it seriously and prepare,"
said Environmental Health and Safety Officer, Jill Lowe. It is
especially important that Evergreen is prepared to handle an
earthquake because it is a designated Red Cross Shelter Center.
In addition to students, staff and faculty, Evergreen will most
likely serve the surrounding community and Cooper's Glen.
Evergreen can expect to have 3,000 to 5,000 people relying on
the resources of this campus in the worst case scenerio,
depending on whether classes are in session, says Assistant
Director of Residential Life for Student and Community
Development, Chuck McKinney.
·We're minimally prepared to handle an earthquake,"said
McKinney. "Ten years from now we'll be better, four years ago
there w~s no plan. It is still in its inTancy." Now the plan is intially
to have the Resident Assistants and maintenance staff evacuate
everyone to soccer field three, then assess the damage to t\:le_
buildings. The Operation Officer will gather search and rescue
parties to find missing people. If no buildings are structurally
sound, Evergreen has only two 40-person tents for shelter, says
McKinney.
In 1992, Ratti, Swenson,Perbix and Clark conducted a
survey to determine how structurally sound the buildings on
cam pus are in the event of an earthquake. Though most
buildings on campus can withstand a large earthquake in
relatively good condition, therr. is a possibility that Evergreen
could have serious damage. Though no ooe can say for sure what
will happen in the event of an earthquake. there are structures
on campus that a(e less stable. In an 8.0 earthquake, the Clock
Tower could fall, says Lowe. The balconies on A-dorm might

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the blood of our embarrassment
to our faces
and let the whole world see our weakness .. .

of random c:ontradictioas.

-Caitlin E. Steeg.

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pledJedFive in full swing

KAOS radio personality Marcela Abadi and guest Jose Valadez host their weekly show "Ritmos y Mas"
Wednesday night. Abadi plays a mixture of salsa, merengue, and belero, buth this week asking for pledges was
added into the mix.
89.3 K.AOS, Evergreen's community radio station is at the end of their annual pledge drive. Since KAOS is an
independent rdio station, they rely heavely on listener support to keep on the air. This year they set their goal for
thwenty thousand dollars, but are still almost three thousand dol lars short. Thursday is the last day for listeners to
call in their pledges to 866-KAOS (5267).
The pledges keep programs like "Ritmos y mas" and "EI mensage del air" (Jose Vladez's show) on the air.
Abadi has been hosting her show for the past 10 years, while Valadez has kept his all-spanish show on the air for 17
years. Currently KAOS is the only station in the region who has consistently kept span ish programming on the air for
18 years.
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KAOS will be taking pledges in any monetary amount until Thursday night.

By TREVOR PYLE
There are one thousand, six hundred, and eighty-seven
parking spots at the Evergreen State College. Lately, it hasn't
been enough.
There has been a shortage of parking spots in Band C
lots, which are for general use-staff, faculty, and students who
don't live in on-campus hOUSing.
According to Jodi Woodall, the school's Parking
Supervisor, although the number of total tickets sold "probably
outnumbered total parking spots,~ she says that this.is no
change from last year. Because of the number of night and parttime students. and the varying schedules all students have,
parking has always been available.
The beginning of this year's fall quarter has been an
excepti~n,. Although spots have been available early in the
morning and in the afternoon, at nine or ten a.m., and the!)
again at one p.m., you often need to search for a spot.
"People start to get c-reative," Greg Porter says. H~ is
TESC's Campus Production Advisor. When Greg arrives early
ih the morning, about eight a.m., he has little trouble finding a
parking spot.
"But when I leave. go off campus to d.o sometbing," he
says, "when I come back there aren't any left."
'. Porter has used some oftbat creativity himself. On occasion,
he has parked on a grassy area that extends into where a parking
use4 to be.
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"If! have an appointment or interview, I don't have fifteen
minutes to look for a parking spot." he says. ",Sometimes you'lI
see a student running from the back of the parking lot. trying
to make it to class."
Woodall has seen this before.
"This has happened the last three. maybe four years," she
says. "Every year, Band C lots get very busy at the beginning of
fall quarter."
Woodall thinks the main reason for the congestion is
because it is early.in the fall quarter.
"At the beginning of fall quarter," she says, "a lot of
students who wouldn't usually be on campus are. They have to
meet with teachers, buy books. get things straightened out."
Another factor is the day students cQllle to school.
"Tuesdays and Thursdays are very heavy academically,"
Woodall says. "We have thirteen student employees, and we .
had trouble just finding someone to work on Tuesdays or
Thursdays. "
While the problem remains, Parking will occasionally let
drivers be creative.
"If the parking lots are completely full, we'll let you park
on a curb or on the grass." Woodall says. "A ticket won't be
given. But if you just don't want to park in the back and walk,
that's another story." She adds, "The lots will clear up. They
always have."

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Larger Space; More Stuff; Tarot &
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Opt n 11 - 6 Mon-Sat
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with the Board of Trustees those issues that are of
concern to students. This person also has ..oc· ..............
to share with fellow students the role and functioning
of the Board of Trustees. This is a key role on campus,
representing student opinion. .
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President's office, the VP for Student Affairs office, or
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Deadline 3 p.m.
Monday. Contact
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By MELISSA KALLSTROM
The Career Development Center and the
Academic Planning Office present the 5th
Annual Co mbined Graduate School and
Internship Fair tomorrow, October 25 from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Longhouse.
"I'm planning to go to the fair because I
want to check out the schools which are out of
state .. I'm looking for a school of social work,"
said Claudia Sandoval. student.
"Each year it just keeps getting better and
better. This year we hope to have 400 alumni
and students attend the fair," said Lena KlineShed d, office assistant for Career
Development.
In previous years , the graduate fair has
been held in the Library Lobby on Wednesday
afternoons, when traffic flow on campus is
highest. This year Career Development
decided to have the fair on a Friday because
most studen ts do not have class on Fridays and
it would allow students to leisurely compare
schools and programs.
This year Evergreen tried several different
ways to get the word out to encourage students
to attend the fair. "We did a senior class
standing mail out, alumni affairs did phone
calling, we submitted an article to The
Olympian, contacted local schools, and now
that the fair has expanded to include
internships, we hope an even larger crowd will
come," said Kline-Shedd.
One reason Career Development has
been organizing the Fair was because it is a lot
easier for students to attend a fair rather than
incur the cost of traveling to visit schools, or
pay long distance phone charges to inquire
about schools. Also the fair allows students
to compare the different programs the schools
have to offer.
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The newly added Internship component
of the fair was started so students can plan
future internships and see internships that best
suit the graduate school they want to attend.
Colleges are also looking for ways to cut
back on recruiting costs. "Recruiters are
getting creative. Sometimes, because of the
high cost of travel , graduate schools will send
alumni of the college or university who are
living in the area to do presentations at fairs. "
said Kline-Shedd.
Ca ll ext. 6193 for more information.

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Friday, October 25,1996, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., TESC Longhouse

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The State of Washington Coperati ve
Development Studies Program is welcoming
Dr. Jose Suarez of Quito, Ecuador to
Evergreen . Dr. Suarez will hold a ge neral
information meeting on Monday, November
4, from noon to J:OO p.m. in CAB lOS .
Student s who wish to participate in the
Ecuador study abroad program should
attend . The Ecuador program is a fresh
appro ach to int erdisciplinary studi es. It
allows students th e opportunity to study and
experien ce th e environmental. sorial ,
political. cultural. and economic impact s uf
development in Latin Am erica . Past
participants of the Ecuador program are also
invited to attend and share their experiences
in Ecuador with new students. An infurmal
dis cussion with Dr. Suarez a nd pas t
pa rti cip an ts will imm ediat ely foll ow th e
meeting at 1:00 p. m.

Personal survival
kits available

KAOS pledge
drive ends today

The Student Health Center is offering personal survival kits for
the stud ents and faculty of Evergreen. These kits contain
necessities for surviving without water, food or shelter if an
~arthquake were to occur, Included are a 3600 calorie ration, 38
ounces of water and a first aid kit. A twelve-hour lightstick and
emergency rain poncho are al~o in the kit. These are available
for $25 and orders can be placed through Darlene Herron at the
St udent Health Center, 866-6000, ext. 6200.

The Evergreen public radio station , KAOS, is wrapping up its
twice annual pledge drive today. The drive has been going on
all this week in an attempt to keep the station running.
Students have the opportunity to have their own radio show
and a voice in the Evergreen community, For more
information, or to pledge money in the final hours of the
campaign, contact KAOS at 866-6000, ext 5027.

La Onda to play at
the Fishbowl Pub

Applications for
funds available

Th e Afro·Cuban drumming ensemble , Lil Onda will perform at . The StaffProfessiollal Development Committee is requesting
9p,ITI ., Saturday, October 26 in the Fishbowl Pub. It is a benefit classified staff and exempt staff to apply for funds. The funds
tu pay for attendance at workshop~ ,. cOllfert'nces, training
performance fo r The Evergreen State College's Cal Anderson
Memorial Lecture Series. Th e series was established to recognize programs and the like. Applications <Ire acrepted anytime, The
th e 1I'0rk of th e late senator, Cal Anderson. Admission to the Development comm ittee meet·s monthly to \'ote on the awards
performance is on a donat ion basis or through pledge cards alld staffis enrouraged to apply six week~ prior to the date of
inside. For more information, contact Jeffery Wasson at 866- the event.
6000, ext 5026,

Contest for
unsigned
bands

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Musician maga zine laun ched the 1997 Best '
Unsigned Band Competition and is currcntly
accepting cntries.Th e con·test i ~ open to all
unsigned bands of any genre. Th e deadlin e
fat en t r.I' is Decelll bpr 3 1, J 996 and all
int eres ted band s ran rece ive mOT('
informa tion, rill es and an entry for m by
ca lli ng th e Musician mag azin e toll -free
hotline a l \-8Sg· HUB-2W IN. Hands "'ill be
iudged un a I W O so ng cassette of tlwir be,t
material: judge, will include Tori ;\n I05. 1\()iJ
Mo uld and \ 'in cl' Cill. Winning hand, will
be fea t ured in the magaz in e and appear un a
CD. and be se rl'icpd to all the maior and indi t'
lab r l ' a rt ~ and rl'p rrse nt atil'l, ' coll tac ts at
Mu sician magazin e.

October 13th
1657 Report of an individual complaining
of tingling in hands and feeling faint in the ,
CAB
2147 Fire Alarm in R-dorm. Guess what?
Burnt Food.

1300 Pumpkin gives up on the world and
throws itself from the 8th floor of A
1438 Additional harassment takes place
at the CAB
October 17th
1509 Stolen: one purse,

October 14th
1109 Tree vs, Car in B-Iot.
1750 Theft of guitar from the upper realms
of the CAB

October 18th
0029 Noise complaint at a local Modland party house.
0047 Intoxicated non-student found
October 15th
wandering aimlessly in A-dorm
1708 Wo'man loses consciousness in CRC, 0221 Malicious Fife Alarm pull in A-dorm
0853 Vandals do their deeds on the
covered pavilion and nearby grass
c;>ctober 16th
1145 Students unkindly harassed by nonOctober 19th
student
1235 Black Lab found wandering aimlessly 0306 Domestic dispute in the alphabets,
1355 Mental complaint: General in
about campus
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LETTERS AND OPINIONS

Native peoples' Sacred Reader criticizes cartoon
Homelands endangered
Reprinted from 10/17
BY R YAN KEITH

"They are not as smart as they think
they are. Aren't they like the bear who got
bt'aten up by a mouse? We know very well
that if you put death-words on someone's
com, that kernel could wind up in your own
soup. They put death-words on us but we
are the com they cannot swallow. " -Jimmie
Durham

(-- see editor's note below)
the encampment), and the trees have been
marked for the selective logging operation
(with spray paint on the tree trunks). Huge
slash piles have been left behind and now
the traffic from the road can be heard in
camp,
Since its establishment, the Anpo
encampment has provided Native people
from all over the Northwest with a place to
come together and learn and participate in
their cultural ways. It has given many
urban-Natives a rare chance to take part in
ceremonies and get out of the city, away
from violence and drugs, if only for a-short
time. This camp has provided many people
with the strength and guidance that they
need, and now this is being threatened.
The Forest Service does not see the
Anpo encampment as a spiritual site, nor
do they recognize Anpo as having the right
to claim the land as a sacred site due to the
fact that Anpo is a conglomeration of many
different Tribes.
In a statement made by the Tygh
Traditional Elders, they acknowledged the
,ilrea of the Anpo encampment as a sacred
site from "time immemorial". Thetefore,
under the Treaty of 1855, the 1978 Freedom
of Religion Act, and as it was reinforced by
the "Preservation of the physical integrity
of sacred sites" in President Clinton's 1996
Executive Order, the Anpo encampment is
legally protected from the desecration of
logging and archaeological digs.
Anpo needs your supp.ort. Please do
this as soon as possible because the logging
may start at any time. You may express'your
support at:

.,.and here it is, a week following another
Indigenous People's Day as wt'll as another
Christopher Killumbus Day, I trust that
most of you have recovered from th e
celebrations and the protesting.
Now I have some words that I want you to
hear:
Presently in Oregon, about three
hours Southeast of here in the Mount Hood
National Forest, Native and non-Native
people are working together to protect an
area of Sacred Land from logging and other
types of desecration. The area is now called
Tatanka Ohitika Memorial Grounds or the
Anpo-Youth Culture Camp. It is part ofthe
ceded traditional territory of the Tygh Band
of the Warm Springs Confederacy.
Fourteen years ago, a special permit
was issued to Anpo Inc. (a Native
organization) by the U.S. Forest Service for
20 Acres in the Mt. Hood National Forest
to be used as a spiritual and cultural
encampment. This area is recognized by
the Tygh traditional elders as "Sacred
Homelands to our people from time
immemorial. "
Ceremonies are held throughout the
year, including a Sundance ceremony which
was brought to the camp in 1982. Now the
encampment is endangered by logging website - http://www.pobox.com/-jsd/
contracts and archaeologists. Last summer sd.html.
an unauthorized archaeological dig
occurred within the camp. No one from (or write)
Anpo was notified and the dig went on
unobserved. Several holes were dug and left Mt. Hood Forest Supervisor
open. When Anpo requested information Roberta Moltzen
as to what was found , they were denied any 2955 NW Division.SI.
Gresham, OR 97080
information.
The Forest Service now has plans to Ph: 503-666-0700
selectively log the camp (Haze/Hazel 2
Logging Sales). The road that they wish to Senator Ron Wyden (D-99)
use to remove the trees passes within 30 feet 259 Russell Senate Office Bldg,
of the Sundance arbor. This is out of the Washington, D.C. 20510
question. The Sundance grounds, as well Ph: 503-326·7525
as the entire encampment is sacred. To
ma ke an analogy, it is like a Church for the cc: Dave Po uchet, Barl ow Ra nger
People, When Anpo requested the Forest Supervisor
Service to find an alternate route, they did
not re spond, A small portion of the
historical Barlow Trail (part of the Oregon
Trail) passes directly through the area, but Or contact the. Native Student Alliance at
this cannot be used because it is considered x6105 for more information .
to be a hi storical monument. It is a
remind er of wagon trains and Western (Portions of this inFormation were taken
In vasion. Anpo even requested that the From a letter written by Ishgooda, and a
area be traded for another to be logged. The written statement made by Nett ie
Forest Service responded with something Shawaway and Sylvia Wallula tum, Tygh
to the effect that it isn't impossible, but it Band Traditional Elders)
probably will not happen,
Do da da Go hvh,
Some logging has already occurred
For All of My Relations,
near the main road (close to a half mile from
"Popote"
Editor's note:
The above commentary was printed in last week's edition of the Cooper Point Journal
with omissions and significant typographical errors. Large portions of the fifth and
sixth paragraphs did not appear and the addre~s for response were combined making
them illegible. These mistakes were caused by computer layout difficulties and were
allowed to go into print because of editorial negligence. I would like to take
responsibility for these mistakes. ' On behalf of the CPJ, I apologize to Ryan Keith and
thank him for his patience.
Sincerely, .
David Scheer - Editor in Chief

the Cooper Point Journal

by Ryan Keith
Last week in the CP] there was a comic
strip that a friend of mine pointed out to me
in conversation. I read it and just had to write
a response.
The comic that I am referring to was
"TESC News" by Tatiana Gill (Volume 27,
Number 4). The focus of the comic was that
dance the "macarena". As a few ofthe readers
may have noticed, the humor quickly turned
into a racist commentary by the third frame.
I'd like to think that these frequent types of
displays are purely accidental, but I can only
imagine such naivete. The stereotypical
Mexican man standing in front of a sacred
Aztec structure wasn't accidentally put there.
The stereotype wasn't en(:)Ugh though;
the author had to add the final touches with
some text. The way that I took it was that
"Satan " and "his agents of evil (Jhe
communists)" who were sent "to strategic
places in our nation, to bring down the good
01' US of AI!!" and Mexicans are one in the
same, because after all "they invented it [the
macarena) !"
The author then complemented this with
a comment about the intelligence of Mexican
people. The text states that "(you'll notice the
Mexicans aren·t doing it. & they invented it!)"
This implies that Mexicans are backward fools
and they are not even doing it. Which is saying
that those in the United States who are doing
this evil dance are more foolish than even the

Mexicans themselves.
Now if this comic was just a friendly
attempt at making a joke, it backfired. Ifit was
a racist move towards promoting a stereotype,
congratulations, you would make the founders
of your country proud (assuming that you are
a United States citizen.) [n fact , I'd bet you've
made some of your predecessors on the CP]
comic page proud as well.
I'm sure many will feel that I am wrong
and I'm reading too much into it. I expect some
will want to respond, either to criticize me,
exclaim how sorry they are and how it wasn't
meant that way, or that I just need to relax and
get a sense of humor. They are, of course, free
to do this. Write those responses. I'll be
expecting them, in fact, I'm sure that I've heard
them before. I'm just asking that those so
inspired individuals will stop and listen to what
,someone has to say, and give it some
consideration instead of trying to invalidate it
or becoming immediately defensive.
In the Spirit of 504 Years of Indigenous
Resistance in the "Americas"
-Ryan Keith
P.S. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the
"Macarena" wasn't "invented" in Mexico or by
Mexicans, it was just a Mexican band who
covered it.

The Outcome of Coming Out
by Courtney Bennett
morally ,wrong because of their religion will
Every time we tell the truth about our most likely just frustrate both parties. Coming
sexuality and don't try to change the subject out also means accepting these disagreements
or switch gender pronouns, we are in effect, as situations that have to be dealt with because
··coming out". Internalized homophobia is the the benefits of doing so outweigh staying
hardest to deal with . While it is not as scary as closeted.
I started coming out in ninth grade, first
strangers shouting out threats to us on the
street, it doesn't go away when we go home at to a female friend at school who I .knew was
night for a lack of another safe space to enter. bisexual. She and I paraphrased Woody Allen
There are many obvious benefits to to justify it to our friends , being bisexual
coming out: the freedom to go out to Queer doubles your chances for a date Saturday night.
events, the freedom from fear of others finding My mother aske.d me if I was lesbian three
out, the freedom to meet dates and friends, times before I told her the truth, and even
Every time we come out to a casual today she associates my self·proclaimed
acquaintance such as a gossipy hairdresser or. bisexuality as "not being sure if you like women
the refrigerator repairman we change their or not." I lost one close friend who claimed I
perception of Queers away from the media was "too young to think about being gay," even
stereotypes and towards "real people." These though she didn 't think we were too young to
low-pressure situations are often less have crushes on boys rwice' our age. Three
emotional than the pressure of telling our years later I feel I"ve only begun to learn how
to deal with the questions, curiosity, hatred,
parents or close'friends.
People we are close to probably have a lot and concern that goes along with coming out.
I know that telling the truth about who
of misinformation that leads to homophobia
in the most literal sense: fear of homosexuality. and how we love is one of the most effective
Even without hatred, violence, or anger ever ways of dispelling the myths' about whowe are
entering a situation, concern for the safety and and what we do, It isa political action that does
happiness of a queer friend will become an not require time or funding, but simply willing
issue. The best thing to do is assure these volunteers. Coming out requires patience and
people that we are close to that we are happy, courage, but the strength of the truth may be
we know about HIV / AIDS, we are aware of the the most powerful weapon we all possess
prejudices and hatred people might have, and against homophobia.
To help those of you who are in the
yes, our reproductive systems are still intact
process of coming out, the Evergreen Queer
and we can have children if we want to.
Unfortunately, it is also important, to Alliance is starting a coming out group that will
prepare for the worst. Off-color questions and meet at 5 PM Wednesdays in CAB 314. The
comments will certainly arise at one time or coming out group will be a safe space to share
another. Turning the tables on these people is your questions and experiences with your
sometimes the best solution: ask them how peers. If you have any questions or are
they would feel ifyou asked that same question interested in the coming out group at
about their boyfriend or girlfriend. Use Evergreen, please call the E.Q.A. at 866-6000
common sense in judging if it is a no-win ext. 6544
situation, gebatingwith people who say you're

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October 24, 1996

Festival goers stay up All Freakin' Night for zombie marathon
One reporter revisits this Olympia Film Festival tradition
BY JOHN

F. EVANS

Fri. October 18th 1l:16PM
A review of the Olympia Film Festival's
"All Freakin' Night" was the first thing I wrote

for the CPJ last year. Suddenly, I find myself
writing my first article ofthe year, and what
do you think it is? Check the headline. Yep.
All Freakin' Night, revisited. All you diehards
wiU want to delve into the archives and dust
off my article on last year's event, for basis of
comparison. Uh, yeah. So go ahead, Mom, feel
free to go to the CPJ office and pick up the 1995
paper for this week.
It's Friday, the night before the movies
hit the screen. Right now, I'm planning to stay
for four out of the five. They start at midnight
every year, so I'm looking at four movies,
averaging two hours apiece (with delays and
what not) ... That means I should stagger out
of the theater around eight in the morning. A
lot of times I get up earlier than thatl
I'm psyched about the movies, and I
hope I can write a good article about this.
Maybe somebody in the audience will do
something really funny/weird/memorable so
that we can share a good anecdote. If not, 11l
have to spice up the mix somehow. Maybe if I
we.nt to it on 'shrooms. No, ifyou wanted that
perspective, you'd ask your roommate who
went, not pick up the CPJ.
Okay, you'll next hear from me on
Sunday, once the dust has settled~ I'll teU you
all about it. I won't even make up that much,
unless it was really lame.
Sun. October 20th 3:20 PM
It's over, I got 4 hours of sleep, did some
homework. and here I am ready to tell you
about one crazy night.
The freaks were out on All-Freakin'
Night. There was this guy who wandered out
on the stage. People cheered for him to ~take
it all off" so when he came out again a few
minutes later, he did. I could have lived
without it, personally. 'Specially since he stood
there naked for like a full minute and tlien
inspired several other goofballs to run up and
take their turn prancing around in front of the
screen. Thankfully, his imitators lacked his
nerve and remained clothed.
The three rare Italian prints were
presented to us by Sylvester Stallone's son,

Sage. I talked to him about horror movies sing the National Anthem at the Independence
outside the theater, during intermissions. Day festivities I After he makes a mockery of
Seemed like a nice guy. He had a lot ofDad's the song ("Name one other hit Francis Scott
mannerisms and sort ofreminded me of Sly Key ever hadl" one character says of the
in the first Rocky, or the Lords of Flatbush: anthem), he participates in a brutal potato
sack race and falls down a huge rocky
the really old ones. Sage appeared in
hill. Then he meets the sadistic dead
Rocky V, you may recaU. Playing
vet with the sharp red white and blue
(gasp!) Stallone's sonl I told him
outfit and gets decapitated. Plenty
he should have his dad hook
him up with some big movie
e.I~
roles. He said he wasn't too
into acting right now, but
wanted to direct.
Other VIPs on hand
were the director, producer
and editor of Uncle Sam,
the evening's first picture
and a world premiere
right here in Olympia.
Unlike Mr. Stallone; they
didn't stay all night.
They were kind
enough to answer
questions and
bear with good
grace
the
audience's rather
derisive reception
of their movie.
By identifying director
William Lustig as the man
more where that came from.
who brought us Maniac Cop,
. The next attraction was Friday the 13th
I won an · impressive star-'
Part £ in 3D. It started a trend of four
spangled mug fresh from the
consecutive movies with great disco
display windQw at posh Value
scores, music cheesy enough to please
Village, I'm sure. That and the
even if they accompanied a test loop.
energy of the near-capacity
In this memorable installment,Jason
crowd got me psyched for
gains twenty odd pounds of muscle and
UndeSam.
It has a nice premiseat least a foot in height, not to mention
acquiring his trademark hockey mask
soldier killed by friendly fire in
(a story in itself). Everything from
the Gulf War comes back on
popcorn popping, a girl's crotch, farm
the Fourth of July dressed up
implements and an eyeball comes
as Uncle Sam and goes on a
flying out of the screen and rigl'lt into
zombie rampage. The film
our laps. There's plenty of obnoxious
features
B-movie
luminaries Bo Hopkins,
characters and laughable dialogue
. Issac Hays, and P.]. Soles (it's been a long time (big shock there), including plenty of name- .
since Rock N' Roll High School-it shows.) calling. Not insults, but a horror movie
There are some really wacky moments. tradition- - people wandering around
There just happens to be flag-burning/ repeating each other's names endlessly while
swastika-painting kids throwing beer cans finding moronic reasons to be alone in the first
into Sam's open grave. in the morning hours place.
A highlight: Scott Baio look-alike gets
of July 4th. On~ of them, the only one who '
survives that night, is inexplicably chosen to chopped down to size while walking on his

hands. Don't think about it too long. It'll hurt.
The night's best movie came third. There
was still a healthy crowd at this point. Lucio
Fulci's The Beyond was truly beyond all
standards for horrifying gore. It was amazing.
One long, gut-churning nightmare. It really
doesn't get much grosser than this movie. But
there were a lot fewer chuckles and sneers to
be had in this one - - it was too scary.
Horrible, horrible things happen in this
movie from start to finish . Another theme of
the evening, damage being done to people's
eyes, cropped up again about four times in this
one. Eyes are gouged out, devoured by
tarantulas, punched out with nails and
generally shown no respect whatsoever. Fulci
knew how to press my buttons, because spiders
. and eye traumas are two of my greatest
personal fears.
By the fourth film , Cannibal Ferox, it was
twenty after six in the morning. I was dragging.
But determined to survive the whole thing, I
gritted my teeth and endured. This was one I'd
been dreading since childhood. Then called
Make Them Die Slowly with a video box cover
that proclaimed "Banned in 31 Countries I," it
lurked around as a movie my braver friends
told hideous stories of but J never dared see. I
expected nonstop brutality, a soulless, evil
carnage of torture, Perhaps m~re disturbing,
in reality it was a terrible B-grade jungle
adventure/New York crime potboiler with
occasional scenes of peaple's sex organs being
destroyed. It made it all the worse to cut
between this ch~ery, Disney like synthesizer
music, eops running around looking for a drug
dealer, and cannibals hanging a woman on
meathooks by her breasts. Plus, it had these
pretensions of moral lessons and a critique of
postmodern colonialism and racism. The
movie, managed to be boring and offensive at
once; a disappointing coda to a fun -filled
experience.
I trudged home, a virtual zombie myself,
at 8:30 AM. Yes, I succumbed before the final
feature, Fulci's Zombie. I've seen it twice, and
I'd had about as much simulated carnage as my
traumatized psyche could cope with.
It may not have been a night of
Shakespeare, but it sure was fun to stay up AIlFreakin' Night. See you next year.

Horror brilliance and audience silliness fill All Freakin' Night
BY BRYAN FRANKENSEUSS THEISS

Woe be to the horror fans of 1996.
Imagine the elation we felt to find out that
William Lustig's Uncle Sam, a satirical slasher
flick that has been hyped up in Fangoria
magazine for months, was having its world
premiere right here in the generally boring
town ofOlympia. Now imagine the added joy
that the film would be accompanied by
extremely rare big screen appearances offour
legendary movies- Friday the 13th 3-D, The
Beyond, Cannibal Ferox, and Zombie. It
sounded too good to be true, and in some
ways it was. Sure, we got 11 straight hours of
alternately entertaining and shocking films.But we had to watch it with an audience
straight out of Married ... With Children"
laughing inappropriately at every other line
and hooting obnoxiously at any semblance
of sex or violence,
There is no other genre in filmdom that
attracts such disdain. No one intentionally
seeks out coming-of-age dramas to loudly
make fun of. No matter how bad a drama is,
the rudest film festival audience would tend
to save their comments for the end.

Not so in the case of horror. Here it is the
world premiere of a clever (if not masterful)
little film, with the director, producer, and
editor in the audience, and the filmgoers of
Olympia have to watch with a dose-minded,
superior attitude. Things got worse for Friday
the 13th 3-D, an admittedly poor horror film
but an incredibly entertaining gimmic~ movie,
I want to see the eyeballS-fly out of the screen, I
don't want to see some rube who isn't getting
enough attention at home take offhis clothes
on the stage. But apparently I was in the
minority, because the crowd cheered wildly. If
these people. wliUJ].d rather see indecent
exposure than an extremely rare 3-D film, then
they WOllid be advised to save their six dollars
and hang out on the beach trail.
The rude behavior continued all night,
even as the audience dwindled. I started to get
used to it after a while, but [ still didn 't
appreciate the nutty song and dance number
performed on the stage during the climax of
Zombie.
Even the Olympia Film Society
contributed to the disrespectful atmosphere by
turning off the sound during the closing credits

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of Uncle Sam in ord er to make an
announcement. And it wasn't only music we
missed out on - the sound cut out in the
middle of an anti·war poem that helped
illustrate the message of the film. Now it's
one thing to get up and walk out during the
closing credits of a movie, But to make it
impossible for anyone to enjoy the credits,
at the world premiere, may I remind you,
with the director, producer, and editor all
in attendance! Such contemptuous
treatment would be unheard of for the
world premiere of any film from a more
"respectable" genre.
' It's hard enough to find th eatri cal
screenings of horror movies at all these days,
but most of these ones can't even be found
on video. In fact, the three Italian films were
from a hand ful of brand new res tored
prints, J love the big screen and th e film going experience, but more and more these
days, watching a movie in Olympia is like
eating at a restaurant where everyone chews
loudly with their mouths open, or watching
an opera where 75% of th e audience is
compelled to sing along. Those of us who

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October 24, 1996

genuinely love the thrill of being scared by
celluloid, who admire the best works ofJohn
Carpenter, George Romero, Dario Argento,
Tobe Hooper, or (in the case oflast Saturday
night) the late Lucio Fuld,-have to put up not
only with the rude disrespect of non-horror
fans in everyday life, but also with scores of
unenlightened pseudo· comedians ruining
our film-going experience all in the name of
wacky, unoriginal fun . (I mean really, after
the fifth movie in a row shouldn't one get over
the zaniness of screaming at all of the scary
parts?)
All Freakin ' Night was still a grea t
, experience, and I'm glad it happened. But
why did the majority of the audience have to
be people who came because they thought
th e movies would be bad? I don't li kr
romantic comedies myself, and I dOIl't pay
money to go in and ma'kl:' smooch), noises
during th e love scenes, Please let me enJoy
my movies, and I promise I'll co ntinue letting
you enjoy yours,

Cla.ire Voyant's Cosmostotogy will not be seen this week due to a freak antenna accident. Carmine Rau will return next week for all you r hor oscopal needs.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

.Film Fest opens with'disappointing Grace ofMy Heart
·Get on the Bus features strong characters ~nd performances
BY BRYAN FRANKENSEUss THEISS

Let 's start with the facts: Get On The Bus
is a Spike Lee joint, written by Reggie Rock
BythelVood. It's about a diverse group of
African -American men riding a bus to the
historic Million Man March in Washington
D.C. and it's one of the best movies of the year
as well as Lee's career.
The journey begins in South Central Los
Angeles on a bus appropri:1tely called The
Spotted Owl. Among the passengers on the bus
are Charles S. Dutton as the relief-driver
George , Ossie Davis as the grandfatherly
Jeremiah, Homicide's Andre Braugher as the
confrorltational actor Flip, Roger Gueneveur
Smith (who played Smiley in Do The Right
Thing) as a bi-racial cop named Gary, Gabriel
Casseus as the articulate ex-Crip Jamal, Harry
l.ennix and Isaiah Washington as ex-lovers
Randall and Kyle, and Thomas Jefferson Byrd
as Evan Thomas, Sr. . who has been recently
reunit ed with his son Evan Jr. (DeAundre
Bonds).
In his last few mms (especially Clockers),
Lee has been deviating from his trademark style
and ex perim entin g with a more raw,
improvisa tional look. Thi s film's small $2 .4
million budget perhaps helped lead Lee to his
most subtl e visual s yet, leav ing behind his
tr ade mark ca mera wi zardr y in favor of a
rougher, quasi-documentary look. As a r~s ult ,
it is perhaps easier 10 forget that we are watching
through a camera and instead believe that we
are eavesdropping on some fascinating real-life
conversations.
Of course. the passengers all hav.e.a lot to
discuss. and they all come from differe~'poihts
of view. In the beginning of the film , it looks like
the plot will follow a basic TV movie sort of
structure where each of the characters ha's a
specific issue or conflict that they have to work
out , and by the end everyone has grown close
and all the loose ends have been tied up. There's
even a scene early on where th~ bus g-ertstuck in a ditch and they have to work together to lift
the bus.
Wit h this grea t cast and fascinating
subject matter, a by-the-numbers story could
still be entertaining. But screenwriter Rock
Bythewood dues not settle for adequacy. t very
character is three dimensional. and throughout
all of the numerous arguments and discussions

no one seems to be portrayed as right or wrong.
It's easy to see where almost everyone is coming
from, whether you agree with them or not.
There are very few characters in the movie that
come across as bad guys. Even Homicide's
Richard Belzer, as the Jewish bus driver who
doesn't want to drive to the march , is

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his son in shackles and must question whether
or not this is a justifiable form of discipline.
Another subplot involves Randall, who is open
about his homosexuality against the wishes Qf
his former lover, Kyle. This of course Creates
some tension, particularly with the
homophobic Flip. The whole thing is handled

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men on their way to the Million Man March. Here, Flip (Andre Braugher), an
actor, chats with Xavier (Hill Harper), a film student_ Photo courtesy of
Columbia Pictures.
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rr3 sonablr and hard not to like.
Every time it looks like things are going
to work out neat and clean, a new twist is
thrown into the mix. At one point in the.movie,
a character apologizes to Gary, the LA cop, for
coming across as hostile during an earlier
di scussion. The two shake hands, the sweet
music plays, it looks like everything is going to
turn out. friendly - and then Gary announces
that he plans to arrest the other man when they
return to Los Angeles. No subplot is allowed to
be simplistic or black-and-white , so the movie
is loaded with surprises. Here's another sample
for you if you want one: th e bus stops at a
redneck har where. believe it or not, there are
no racial conflicts. I dare you to name another
movie where that happens.
There are also a number of fascinating
relationships between the characters. Evan Sr.,
for example. is required by court order to kerp

with a grace and sensitivity, rarely, if ever seen
in mainstream films of the past.
The movie also benefits from som e
superb performances, most notably the relative
newcomer DeAundre Bonds, who is utterly
convincing as the troubled Evan, Jr. At one
point he tries to justify theft for a video
interviewer and it' seems like a genuin e
docum entary. Junior is representative of -the
film's believable characterization; he has a bit
of an attitude and doesn't even want to go to
the ~rch, but he ends up'having fun in spite
of himself and building important
relationships with his father and others on the
bus. Like Junior, the audience quickly grows
attached to the people on the bus, and you end
up feeling like part of the family.
Spike Lee is one of the sel ect few
American directors who is a recognizable
celebrity. Paradoxically, he's also one of the

most misunderstood and underrated of
popular filmmakers. His breakthrough ·1989 .
masterpiece Do The Right Thing stirred a lot
of unwarranted critical controversy, but
thankfully is still regarded as a classic, and his
Malcolm X managed to take a big chunk out
of the popular wh,ite-America misconception of
Malcolm X as an anti-white boogie man: But
since then he's been pretty much ignored
despite conSistently challenging work like
Clockers and Girl 6. Most discouraging is the
reaction to Lee's 1994 film Crooklyn, which set
aside the powerful social issues of his earlier
work in order to focus on a funny and tragic
family story.Crooklyn was an excellent film that ·
received poor reviews and dismal box office. It
seems a lot of white people will happily watch
black films about gangs or racism (and there
are a lot of great films on these subjects) but
apparently everyday family life just isn't
compelling enough to be of interest. One Seattle
Times critic panned Crooklyn saying that it
wasn't good because white people wouldn't be
able to relate to it. Setting aside the ridiculous
notion that all movies need to appeal to white
people, it is insulting to assume that audiences
can 't get beyond the color of a character's skin
when it comes to relating to a character in a
movie. This is like saying that white people can't
enjoy Bruce Lee's exploits in Enter lhe Dragon,
or that teenage boys can't relate to Winona
Ryder's character in Heathers. Doyou think that
black people don't watch any of the countless
movies with only white characters? I didn 't
grow up in Brooklyn al)d I don't have as mudl
melanin as the family in Crooklyn but I could
. definitely relate; Aunt Sol reminded me a lot of
my grandma, the young Nicks-addict Clinton
was j~st like one of my cousins and C!,ookl)'n is
the only movie to date that has gotten me
emotionally involved enough to weep.
Which brings me to my two points: I
think that a white guy like myself, no matter
please see Bus on page 9, , .

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Grace of my Heart should have been a
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Food Lodging, which she immediately
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Grace follows the career of Edna Buxton
(IlJeana Douglas), a young singer trying to
score a recording contract in the late 1950s.
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ability to write attracts the attention of Joel
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own work when the time is right, Edna (who's
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writers churning out hits from their cramped
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performers, Denise is married to and later
divorced from the father of her child, has an
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Dillon's most grating and obnoxious
performance in years. Ilieana Douglas and
her co-stars Eric Stoltz, Patsy Kensit, and
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Grace ofmy Heart does have one great
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and crafts a number of popular but
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a popular young rock artist (Matt Dillon).
IlIeana Douglas delivers a strong
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Come to the first Student of Color
Anthology Planning Meeting.
Help decide the look, character and
content of the 1997 student
produced anthology by and for
Evergreen students of color. 4 pm
in CAB 3%0. Call ext. 6143 for more
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An Evening of Sitar Music with
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Cal Anderson Memorial Lecture
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cards inside. For more info call ext.
5026.
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