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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 26, Issue 22 (April 18, 1996)

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Underground tours'
end at Public Safety
BY JEFF AxEL

It· all began with stolen master keys. A student, in the

interests of self-promotion, and for the sake of calling himself
the unofficial campus tunnel tour guide, finagled his way into
the offices of Library maintenance mechanic Eugene Stone.
Rather than using the front door, the student, in a manner more
suited for a Hollywood movie, made his way into the office by
climbing in through the ceiling tiles. Off the desk, the unnamed
student whisked away the maintenance master keys which
accessed, among other things, the "spinal cord of campus· Evergreen's very own steam tunnels.
Having the master keys stolen was a major headache to
Public Safety and maintenance. These masters not only
represented a breach in security, but also could force the college
to waste more than $4500 to replace all the locks that the keys
could open.
For maintenance, the idea of an unknown person having
access to the steam tunnels represented potential for mischief
unparalleled.
While the tunnels are rumored to be used for military
troops and tanks to quell potential riots, in fact, the tunnels
are crammed with two giant pipes that pump steam and hot
water to all th e buildings on main campus. (There are no
tunnels in housing, another false rumor. All the lines are buried,
and those tunnels that aren't buried are just big enough for
wires, pipes, and a loose ferret.) Also, on roller coaster style
tracks lie dozens of wires which carry communications and
power. There is hardly enough room for the narrow, airport
AaTon Kiviat studies the stories 'of the Seder I in preparation for the event hosted by the
style electrical carts maintenance uses to putter around.
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Jewish Cultural Cen.ter_ .
Mr. Stone emphasized the dangers ofthe steam tunnels
as well. Laid out on the tracks are telecommunication wires,
. BY MIaru!. C BENSON
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During Passover, Jews ;ire expected to keep a restricted
fiber optic lines, fire alarm controls, and power lines. Ther~ is
ow can one t aoou a po .tical and'reUgious struggle , diet, more $0 than other times; allowing themselves to eat
a definite danger to anyone who would tamper with the
; of four thousand plus years Qgo, and ~ve it llfe.anq meaning ·only fOOd deemed "kosher for PaS-Sov.er." No leavened (risen)
electrical wires. Thirteen thousand volts of flesh sea ring
in the presentday7Howcan one feel even t~efaintestP.frsonal .bread is allowed; and 'every sp¢ckof yeast and leavened
excitement roll through those wires constantly. Also, various
connertioo'to the troubles of people fi"om so long ago? When, . product is dearted from their homes and kitchens. This is
holes and steep metal stairwells with drops of 25 feet abound.
for most of us, 'th~ Viet Nam war seems centuries ago, how is because passover celebrates the Exodus of the Hebr~ws from
The granddaddy of danger is the steam tubes. If a person were
it that Jewish culture' maintains its memory 'of'bondage in . Egypt, in which the Hebrews were forced to leave in such a
to attempt to damage the tubes, which are kept at over at a
Egypt during the fuIe 6f a Pharaoh? .
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hurry that their bread was not allowed to rise. By giving,up
pressure level oflOO pounds per square inch, according to Stone,
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The anSwer is that they experie,nce that bondage, and leavened qread for Passover, Jews help themselves to
"you would not be able to run out of the tunnels fast enough
release from Hi' yearly, ina sy~bolic way. The Passover .understandthe bondage th;lt their ancestors were.escaping.
before you were dead." This opinion was seconded by a co. The holiday is begun with Seders (pronounced SAY-dur), .
celebration begins every year on the 14th day ofNisan on the
worker.
Jewish calendar..(8eca,use the Jewish calendar is based on the conducted on the first two nights, which are careful, ritual
Persons unofficially entering the steam tunnels have been
lunar cyc1(unlike the .solar calendar in mainstream use, the meals in which each element has symbolic meaning. The .
a constant headache for Public Safety. In an attempt to catch
date of Passover. appears to.shift from year to year.) This year
other 'tunnel rats: cameras were installed. One camera lens
it began on April 3. The holiday continues for 8 days for most
Please: see Seder on page 4
was covere.d with duct tape, a smiley face poked into it, the
Jews.·
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pinholes just big enough to see out of. Also, all the doors are
alarmed, so that whenever a door is opened: it shows up at the
Public Safety office.
Public Safety felt that they knew he would return, and they
waited for him. indeed, he did return, and they nabbed him
After paying respects to Ed Kelly, the Board of Trustees discussion at the Board of Trustees morning work session on
with another student. Both were arrested.
chairperson who died last month , Evergreen's highest Apr. 9.
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They could have charged the student who s~o le the governing body discussed a new bill passed by the State
Costantino said that he would set up commumty forums
masters with burglary and conspiracy, but, in the words of Legislature that allows state colleges to charge up to $40.00 a to discuss the fee. Costantino expects the disc ussion about the
officer Bob McBride, the student "was a real decent kid." Rather quarter fot technology improvements.
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technology fee to last at least r;vo quarters.
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than charge him. Public Safety referred him to the grievance
The bill has a catch. Students as a whole have to deCIde
Evergreen probably won t see the effects of the fee untIl
officer for the campus, where, most likely, he will have to do whether they are willing to pay for the fee.
Fall of '97, Costantino said.
community service for causing such a stir.
At most colleges that means a vote. At Evergreen, where
President Jervis hoped [hat a di'sc ussion about the
To meet the need ofstudents who feel they must actually see the thereisnostudentgovernment,andnoformalizedcommunity technology fee would be a good time for student s and th e
tunnels, maintenance and security are contemplating offering tours.
decision making process, deciding on whether the fee will be administration to talk about civics and government.
Nothing. though, has been decided about touring at this pPint
Jervis feared that the Legislature would cut funding to
adopted at will be a challenge, said vice president of student
It is hoped that the new security measures will
affairs Art Costantino
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permanently curb the unofficial tours and clandestine visits
The fee, which could bring $400,000 in additional
Please see Technology on page 4
some of the students currently perpetuate on the steam tunnels.

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Gun committee votes to reopen its doors

Thursday, April 4
0406: Malicious grafitti found on
window of the CAB and exterior wall
facing Driftwood.
0749: Fire alarm stimulated in Longhouse.
0807: Grafitti on the window at the entrance to

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the CAB.
Friday, April 5
2351: Person has overdose of pills and alcohol.
Saturday, April 6
0051: Fight between intoxicated party goers in the Mods. One
person was transported to Capital Medical Center.

There's an Earth Day Celebration at
the East Bay Waterfront Park on April
20. A clean up project from 9-12 and
a Historic Shoreline Walk from 2-4
p.m. will follow.

III< Monday,
AprilS
0344: Power outage.
1618: Male in the buff seen on the beach trail.
2008: Two bike saddle bags stolen from F-lot.
Tuesday, April 9
0140: Criminal trespass in the.tunnels..

Wednesday, April 10
1104: Vehicle broken into on F-Iot.
1338: Lights on the track behind th e soccer field damaged and
bulbs stolen.
1652: Theft from vehicle in F-lot.
1847: Fire alarm at the weaving studio due to dried out teapot.

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The Latin America Film Festival is
having a showing of "Quilombo" in
Lecture Hail 4 at noon this Friday. It
is a historical, musical comedy
formed during the 1600s by Afri~an
slaves who escaped from Brazilian
sugar plantation.

Fall Geoduck
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Guides
Student volunteers are needed to be
Geoduck Guides for Fall Orientation
1996. The Orientation Planning
Committee is accepting nominations.
All nominations have to be in by May
10. Contact Cathy Wood at ext. 6034.

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~ding Racism
Over 100 unionists, community
activists, and students will attend a
conference on coalition building
against racism. [t will be held
between April 19-21 at the
Evergreen State College Tacoma
Campus. The conference is called
Strength through Diversity:
Building Coalitions to End Racism,
and is organized by Evergreen's
Labor Education and Research
Center. Registration is $65. Contact
Anne White Hat at the Labor Center
at extension 6522.

2· Ap ril 1 8, 1996

We
are
approaching
Sexual Assau lt
Awareness
The
Week .
Sexual Assault
Prevention
Office will have
a display on the
3rd floor of the

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CAB May 13-17 tQsubmit entries of
artwork, poetry, and word which is
created and submitted by students,
faculty, and staff. The purpose is to
acknowledge dom~stic abuse, sexual
violence, and ritual abuse ~ to help the
healing process for those who have
lost a loved one to these forms of
abuse; and to educate, document,
and raise the Evergreen community's
awareness. The deadline is Tuesday,
May 7.
Out front of the CAB on Friday,
May 7, there will be a table where you
can donate used t-shirts . These tshirts will be used for making original
clothes recognizing sexual assault
and domestic abuse victims. Contact
Rosalinda Noriega ext. 5115 for
further information.

TechnoWomen

BY REvNORPADlu.A

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Linda Hohman and Kimberly Kinchen frantically searched
the halls of Lab lfor the missing students.
It was Apr. 12. The limited arming Disappearing Task Force
-the group of people in charge of studying when and where
Public Safety will be allowed to use guns- had just voted to
re-open their meetings to the public. Hohman expected to see
the three students who were rejected from the previous week's
meeting standir)g next to the heavy wooden door of Lab 1 room
2065.
But they weren't there.
So Hohman called the Community Action Group at
Evergreen, the Peace Center and the Student Worker
Organization, three Third Floor groups that the students
belonged to. No luck.
The DTF couldn't wait any for the students any longer. They
had to start the meeting.
Originally, the OTF closed their meeting because they
wanted to discuss the issue in private, says Linda Hohman, DTF
chair. They wanted to brainstorm ideas, but were afraid that
people would think that individual members of the DTF were
pushing for particular ideas.
Hohman thinks that the DTF thought about the decision
the week between their meetings, "People were r~ady to talk

about it."
Hohman was glad that the meeting was re-opened. "I want
people to learn why we make decisions," she said.
People on the OTF aren't scared of making their views public
anymore. Their views will eventually be public anyway,
Hohman said.
A letter that Kimberly Kinchen, a student on the OTF, wrote
may have had something to do with the decision. In her letter,
Kinchen asked the OTF to re-op~n the meetings. "I would argue
that a OTF is by its nature a public form of governance." she
wrote. "Meetings addressing the issues of public concern
should be open. "
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Visitors can now attend meetings but only as observers. That
means no distractions like signs and body gestures. The OTF
will reserve the right to ask specific individuals to leave their
·meetings if they are distracting. In addition Hohman
encourages visitors to be courteous and polite.
When Aileen Luppert found out t~at the DTF meetings were
re-opened it was late in the afternoon on Apr. 12. The meeting
was already over.
The original decision to close the meetings angered Luppert.
She and her friends wrote a letter to President Jervis and
attempted to file an official grievance. All they wanted was to
be included in the tail end of a process that they've felt excluded

Gathering in Mods (ireeners fight the right wing agenda
turns violent
BY ANDREW GRAY

On AprilS, a social gathering in the mods was disrupted
by a dispute that escalated into a knifewielding standoff
between factions alien to the Evergreen State College
environment. The dispute arose over a misunderstanding
related to the methodology of beverage distribution on the part
of the interests responsible for the initial investment.
The hosts, aware of the possibility that some guests would
attempt to obtain beverages while avoiding the accepted
protocol of reimbursing their providers, had their guests from
Everett controlling beverage distribution.
When a group of intoxicated visitors from the town of
Olympia dropped in on the gathering, the atomosphere
intensfied considerably.
Up~n discovering that a member ofthe contingent from
Olympia had taken a beverage without renumeration, a guest
from Everett physically accosted a woman attempting to leave
the party with the unliquidated beverage.
Feeling threatened, the woman called upon her friends
for protection. Within a few moments a brawl was underway.
The hosts of the gathering attempted to assuage the
Olympians by bestowing them with beverages to take·
elsewhere. Unfortunately, the hosts' offer came too late.
Once the brawl began, all communications between the
opposing factions became far too antagonistic to result in a
peaceful resolution.
The hosts, with help from their friends from Everett and
a handful of Evergreen students, managed to push aU of the
disputative belligerents out of the house, where they attempted
to contain the situation.
Once outside, one of the group of combatants from
Olympia, the boyfriend of the woman who had tried to abscond'

Please see Mods on page 4
Women interested in technology are
invited to a brown bag lunch on
Thursday, April 18, at 12-1 pm at the
Women's Resource Center in CAB 206.
The group wi! be on-going and hopes
to organize speakers, mentorships,
tutoring, study groups , etc. for
interested women. Call the WRc at ext.
6162.

Women's
The
Word
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The Women's Resource Center
newsletter which comes out monthly.
We accept anything composed by
women-artwark,shdrt stories, poetry,
etc. If you're a woman who has an
artistic side, drop off some of your
work at the WRC, CAB 206, by April
27. The next issue -will be out in early
May.

by from the beginning: the decision to arm Public Safety. It
seemed as if their efforts would be useless.
.
When the DTF re-opened their meetings it didn't end
Luppert's frustration. It just fixed mistake in a long list of errors.
She had no way ofknowing whether what she and her friends
had done had any effect on the decision to re·open.
From one end to the other, Luppert said, the decision making
process to arm Public Safety was awful.
Luppert is in her third year here at Evergreen. This will be
her last. "Because of this whole thing [the overall decision
process to arm Pulbic Safety) I decided to graduate early." she
said Tuesday, "I feel like I'm getting more resistance th an
support.
"I've lost a lot of faith in this institution in the last couple
weeks." Luppert said.
Now the OTF wants to get down to business and finish their
job, After they decide when and where guns will be used, they
will to look at how a community review board for Public Safety
would work,.
Hohman hopes that a community review board would meet
aU year round, not just when incidents concerning guns will be
take place.
To Hohman. the job has been a real mental strain, and she's
looking forward to fini shing it. "I ts been an interesting
adventure," she said.

,......______~ "The march was empowering .
because the fight in support of
affirmative action enables all
different kinds of people to
come together and unite against
oppression" -- Liz Goodwin

Sonja
Sivesind
(right) and
Liz Goodwin
traveled over
750 miles to
march a few
miles more.
They and
numerous
other
Greeners
organized
and made
their way to
San
Francisco for
the April 14
show of
strength.

Housing delays rent increase proposal to the Board of Trustees
BY MICHAEl C BENSON

Today, at 5 p.m., Evergreen's Housing staffwill discuss next
year's"proposed 4 percent rent increase with anxious residents
in the Edge. the social space of A-dorm. The meeting is the second
information and feedback session that Housing has planned on
the issue. The first prompted a petition signing campaign which
convinced Director Mike Segawa that more discussion was
needed before his presentation to the Board ofTrustees. He now
plans to meet with the Board on May 8, and he hopes to have
answered resident concerns by the end of April.

The petition, which essentially asked for a deeper
discussion of the reasons a rent increase is needed, was signed
by 106 students. Sixty-five of those were members of the
housing community, which currently numbers around 900.
Segawa told me that with concern in those numbers, it's worth
the delay. ''If we get even a c;ouple of dozen residents [at the
meeting) it was worthwhile... I'd really like them to come so I
can hear what's on their minds." He said he'd also like to
encourage participation so he'll have a chance to explain what's
going on, why Housing needs a rent increase.

Pavilion open to all Greeners, even skateboarders
BY JEN KOOGLER

The College Recreation Center's Pavilion, the often aloof
covered play area between the soccer fIeld and the far reaches
of Housing. recently opened its chain linked fence to the
Evergreen community. Starting soon, students will be able to
use the Pavilion for anything from impromptu basketball games
to standard skateboarding stunts.
According to Pete Steilberg, director of the CRC, keys to
the Pavilion will be available through the recreation center,
Public Safety, or your local on-duty-Housing steward. A one
time insurance wavier will be required for students to sign before
use. The building will remain open until 10 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and until 11 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday. to accommodate all semi-outdoor springtime
recreational needs.
The Pavillion, has been amidst rumors that the building
was closed to on-campu:, users and available for outside groups
only, was actually experiencing structural difficulties. Steilberg
says about four years ago the then members of the Safety
Committee benched the building dpe to a drippy roof. While
being nursed back to health, tlie contractor in charge of the case
did not want to open up the Pavilion for drop-in use for
numerous liability reasons. Around this time, in<;idents of

vandalism (mainly by non-Greeners) increased, setting back the
Pavilion's scheduled recovery time. Organized groups and
clubs, both on and off-campus, were still allowed to utilize the
facility. granted that they swam through the proper legal
channels. This January the Plivilion received a clean bill of
health. and the ban on use by regular Evergreen students was
lifted
For skateboarders on campus, the group who has the
hardest time finding a place to spin their wheels, the opening
of the Pavilion is a small victory, but hopefully the next step in
creating a facility just for them. Vauhn Wittman-Grahler.
Manager of Well ness and Leisure Education and Recreation, is
working with Housing to address the concerns of students left
with no place to kickflip after the Safety Committee's decision
last summer to prohibit anyone from using a skateboard for
anything other than mere transportation.
Wittman-Grahler notes that the skaters she has spoken
to say the Pavillion is too flat for their purposes, but a creation
specifically for them,like a ramp or a half-pipe, would take up
a lot of room in the Pavilion, cramping the..sPil~OI' other
groups who use it for rollerblade hockey or other sports.
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Skateboarders, even if the Pavilion or some mythical
future facility could provide what they need, would still be

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required by the CRC to wear "full protective gear," including
helmets, knee and elbow pads. Wittman-Grahler says that
skaters have been far from enthusiastic about that necessity.
The CRC would also be required to provide equipment.
"Legally," says Wittman-Grahler, "if we check out a
helmeno someone, we say it's safe. " Therefore, the equipment
would have to be properly maintained and evaluated to keep
up with industry standards. The CRC would be "especially
liable if they provide unsafe equipment," making the guidelines
for having such a check out system even stricter. There is also
little room in the CRC budget for this year to make such an
expenditure.
Although the Pavilion will be open to skaters, WittmanGrahler says that the future of skating facilities at Evergreen is
a major undertaking, and that the projects would not be
finished this year. However, she and the rest of the CRC staff
remain committed to accommodating those students active in
the sport, giving people "a safe place to skate" and enjoy
themselves.
Skateboarding enthusiasts who are interested in
discussing this issue further or have any ideas for the staff can
contact Vauhn Wittman-Grahler at x6532.

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Technology from cover
that the school will haw another place to access money from
- the students. They worry that the fee would mean rise in
tuition for students - without being an official tuition hike.
If students chose not to accept the fee at Evergreen,Jervis
said, the Legislature could simply cut Evergreen's budget by
$400,000.
Despite concerns that the Board and administration,may
have. they say they are dedicated to garnering the student
opinion on the fee.
Though the Board didn 't formally vote on anything
about the technology fee, they directed Costantino to start the
group community decision making process.
Led by Dwight Imanaka, their nervous new chairperson,
the Board unanimously voted to:
• Raise the Health Center's fee from $32.00 to $35.00
per quarter. David Schoen, the Health Center's director, said
that the three dollar increase will allow the Center to maintain
its services at their current level. The new fee will start in the
Fall.
• Approve Evergreen'scontract with WashPrRG, a state
wide public interest research group. WashPIRG will be allowed
to ask students for an optional $4.00 donation every quarter.
Ifstudents choose to donate it will be tacked onto their tuition
bill. The suggested donation is up 50 cents from previous
years.
• Approve the TESC Tacoma/Tacoma Community
College Bridge Program. One faculty member from Evergreen's
Tacoma campus will teach a class every year at Tacoma
Community College as part of the TCC Bridge Program. It will
be the first time that an Evergreen teacher has officially led a
class at TCe. The Bridge PrQgram helps young woman with
children 'attend college, said Academic Dean Les Wong.
• The Board accepted a recommendation from the Long
Range Curriculum Disappearing Task Force -a group of
students, staff and faculty in charge of studying and
implementing curriculum changes. The recommendation
included changes to the curriculum for core programs that
last for only two quarters and single quarter classes offered
Spring quarter for all class levels.
• The Board gave Provost Barbara Smith , the
administrator who directly oversees the faculty, the authority
to set prices for classes offered to people in the outside work
force to improve their job skills.
The Board also accepted a bid for the retrofit of the
Communications Building, and for the remodeling of the
Library. The Library remodel will include an expanded
Computer Center.
The board also accepted a report on Affirmative Action
from Paul Gallegos, the schools equal opportunity officer, and
Jim laCour, director of human resource services.
Gallegos and laCour reported that Evergreen employees
are 49 percent women, compared to the 44 percent women in
the general marketplace. Evergreen's work force is also 29
percent people of color compared to state's 19 percent norm.
Evergreen is behind on people with disabilities.
Evergreen's work force is 4 percent disabled, the normal state
level is eight percent.
The college is also behind in hihng" veterans, and
disabled veterans. Evergreen's work force is four percent
veterans compared to the seven percent norm. There are no
disabled veterans currently working at Evergreen, though the
normal level is two percent.

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songs, prayers, and games, the stOry ofthe EXodus is recounted go with the new ,emphasis. There are traditi0p,ally'four
and experi~nced. A personal connection with '~hestory is questions 1I,sked, and they are questions that might be in the
sought and felt. Bitter herbs are eaten to symblllize the mind of ~ child, ~ they were especially helpful to me. Here
bitterness of Slavery. They are dippMin saltwater in memory they are reprinted.
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1. On all other nights, we eat eith'er alone or in company.
, the suffering of the Egyptians in the plagues, to show tbatthe Why on ~is night do we make a special effortto eattoget~er?
joy of the Jews.is lessened by the pain of
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others, even the pain oftheir oppressors. As.
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they drink and eat the participants recUne
taste. Why on this night do ' we
to symbolize freedom, in the: custom!oftheir
The notion was,
intentionally eatJOQds that ~re swee~7 ,
funner masters; i'hiough th~, and many,
since the timing was
3, On all other nights, we can be content
many more, rich traditions the S~ders give
already wrong and
with the answers we have. Why.on this
the experience of struggle and of freedom,
Passover at an end,
nigh,t 'do ~e ask questions of ourselves and
ofeadi other?
'
,
that the participants may always realize that
in spite ofcurrent trials, there i.s always hope
they would combine
4. On all other nights we eat what hread is
for the future. '
it with a tradition
placed on our table, ~ith6ut consideration
The foregoing sketch is terribly
called Maimuna,
to whether'it is leavened or nolo Why on
inadequate. It is presented in hope of
thisnightdoweta)cethetimetoapp~eciate
sparking interest in looking deeper into
which is to break
being able to eat the bread ofour choice?
these and other aspects o£Jewish'religion,
Passover with a
The questions wered!-sjgn~d-more for
culture, and tradition; and tt) give a little
vengeance.
contemplation than for direct answer. '
background into Seder. It is 'also a
' Everyone at the Seder was treated as part
distillation of information from the Jewish
' of the.group, with a'role tofilt When
Cultural Center's Seder and from TheJuniot
.
-anyone didn't understand something, it '
Jewish Encyclopedia,
.
was explained. Everyone was given passages to read aloud,
, The ICC's Seder, hosted by coordinators Megan Doherty, helped to sing the songs, and involved in the historical and
. theological discussions and disputes. We mused on personal
and Rachel Caplan, was held last Thursday, April 11. .
Caplan ~nd Doherty were quick to pOint Ol,lt that their ' experiences andancrent miracles. We discussed God's purpose
Sede~ was. Qot a traditional one. Itw311:being observe~ aftet: ' by. his gifts and punishments; and the meaning of faith,
Passover was ended, due to unfortunate timing with'the:school heroism, and freedom. In some sense it was a seminar, but it
year al\d to problems reservmg.space. It woul~.include bread, was a very res~tful and deeply felt semmar.
not just matzoh (maht~ZUH, a,kind of cracker), bur leavened ' '.' This , week has coincidentally been Holocaust
bread. The notion was, sm~e the timing was alreaCly wrong and RememhrancC Week, ahd th!!JCC:has been host to amemorial
Pas~over at an el19, t!J.ey.would com~me it with' tradition service and candle lightingin memory of the 12miUionpeopie •
called Maimuna, which is to break Passover with it vengeance. ' killed,. a video presentation, and guest lecturer Henry
Since many of the membership Qf ICC kept kQsher over Friedman, a survivor who sPQke to the Evergreen commuruty
Passover, th.e freedom to ea~ bread again was· greatly on WedneSday. Never forget.
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with a beverage, drew a knife with brass knuckles attached to its to the handle'ofhis knife.
As -the lights of the campus security vehicle approached
handle.
the
scene,
the knife-wielder dissapeared into the woods leaving
Members of the crowd of onlookers reacted to the knifehis
weapon
lying on the ground near the party he had ju~t
wielder by making scorching remarks meant to discourage him
from actually doing anything with it. The knife-wielder took terrorized.
Despite requests from campus security and the housing
advantage of the fact that he was the only armed person in the
conflict, isolated the person who had accosted his girlfriend, and administration, the hosts oflhe party refused to press charges, Two
proceeded to pummel his nose with the brass knuckles connected people involved with the conflict were taken away.in ambulances.

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By Oscar Johnson

Late Thursday night in a downtown
Olympia coffee shop Kathy Doiron sits in a
wooden chair with one foot'tucked under her
crossed legs, hunched over a handful of
documents. The large round table in front of
her is covered with an over-stuffed day pack,
more papers, and two short stacks of books
topped with the titles "Cinema and Social
Change in Latin America" and "Unthinking
Eurocentricm." The open plastiC file box at the
foot of her chair a gives the impression that she
is used to working in a portable office.
For the last six months Doiron, an
Evergreen Media and Latin American studies
major, has been working 12 to 14-hour days,
seven days a week, as the director, coordinator,
organizer, fund raiser,-and ad rep. for the "Cine
al Frente - Latin American film Festival."
Doiron insists, however, that she is merely the
festival's curator.
Twenty-nine year old Doiron's thoughtful
and measured speech does little to hide her
passionate idealism, and soon reveals what
feeds the flames of this labor oflove. '

that instead of "going outside [the countryl to
help people in other places we have an awful
lot of work to do on ourselves."
Doiron considers the film festival to be an
opportunity for community building and
education. She says that "our ignorance is part
of what perpetuates our complicity in
imperialism, both towards Latin America,
[and) even within our own community."
The collaboration involved in the film
festival has brought together several Evergreen
student organizations like MEChA, LASO, and
Mindscreen; over ten academic programs; and
a number oflocal Olympia businesses. Doiron
says that she made it a point to "collaborate with
the entire community," She believes that
"I have been interested in Latin Evergreen is isolated from the rest of the
American Politics and culture for the last 10 Olympia community and that because of this
years, as well as local community organizing many Olympians (espeCially Latino residents)
and community issues," said Doiron. Doiron would not participate if it were just an onorganized this event as patt of her academic campus event. Doiron, therefore, encouraged
senior
project,
More
•
The Midnight Sun, The
importantly, however, as an
Capitol Theater, and
effort for progressive social liMy main inspiration
Evergreen to alternately host
change through local and
the event throughout the
is to do what ever I
global community building.
week. She also garnered
can to confront
The Cine al Frente film
support from The Olympia
festival consists of 20 different
cultural imperialism
Film Society.
films and videos from nine
According to Doiron, one
... the most powerful
Latin American countries and
result of this community
nearly a dozen Latina and thing we can do is to
collaboration is , a weekly
Latino guest speakers. Both the address these things
"Latin Dance Night" at
films and the speakers will
Thekla; Olympia's only dance
in our own
address a variety of Latin
club. The weekly event began
community."
American social issues.
as a fund raiser for the film "My main inspiration is
festival but was so successful
to do what ever I can to cQnfront cultural that Thekla will continue to host the weekly
imperialism [andl I feel like the most powerful cultural theme after the festival.
thing we can do is to address these things in
Doiron drew some of her inspiration for
our own community," said Doiron.
Cine al Frente from a Latin American
As a Europeal1-American who has lived movement known as "Third Cinema." She says
thr!!e cumulative years in Brazil, she believes that, "Latin American film mak~rs . have been

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Can you do this?

MEChA Plans a serious celebration
By Xui Garcia
, MEChA-, Evergreen's Chicana and
Chicano student organization, plans a two
week observance Qf Cinco de Mayo (April 20May 2, 1996). We want to interrogate the
holiday as a space where issues of race, gender,
ethnicity, culture, identity, immigration, and
colonialism all intersect. We want'to explore
the multiple meanings of Cinco de Mayo, as
well as other issues important to Latinas and
La tinos. Cinco de Mayo is a new US-American
holiday, and we at Evergreen want to offer a
new kind of celebration- one filled with many
questions, and maybe some answers too.
This year's celebration is entitled: Cinco
de Mayo- Exploring New Worlds in Latina and
Latino Postco1onialism. The opening speaker
is Coco Fusco, a reknowned social critic and
performance artist. She is the author of She
will be speaking twice in Olypmia. First on
Saturday, April 20, 6:30 pm at the Capitol
Theater as part of Cine al Frente, Olympia's

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frrst Latin American Film Festival. She will
make a, second appearance at Evergreen that
will be a free event. She is speaking Monday,
April 22, 9:00 am in the Longhouse.
MEChA is also excited about bringing
John Sanchez to Olympia, John is a Chicagobased performance artist who will be
screening his groundbreaking video Mande,
Mande! The video is innovative in that it is
one of the first gay Latino videos produced.
He will show the video on Saturday, April 20,
at 3:00pm at the Capitol Theater. He will also
speak on campus on Monday, April 22, at
12:00 pm in Lecture Halil.
There will also be a series of panel
discussions held throughout the next two
weeks. Keep your eyes out for the flyers with
more detailed information, The Cinco de
Mayo celebration this year will have little to
do with the actual day and more with the
metaphors it presents to Chicanas and
Chicanos. MEChA hopes that you enjoy this
year's 'festivities.'

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the traditional flow of media messages from
North America to South America she hopes to
promote a mutual dialogue across borders and,
on a local level, cross-culturally as well.
, As the coffee shop workers crank up the
music and rotate the "Open" sign to "Closed,"
chasing out the few remaining customers,
Doiron repacks her bulging day pack
anticipating tomarrow's work load. The load
Doiron bears is a heavy but she doesn't mind
because, as she says, "With this festival I'm
looking to create an option where people can
be open to being effected by a very different
perspective; different ideas on how the world "
operates; [and) different concepts on how
society can be structured."

Cinco De Mayo:

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successful for 30 years now in creating a strong,
vital, critical cinema:" According to Doiron,
Third Cinema attempts to express the
perspectives of the subjects in the film, instead
of the film makers, encouraging the audience
to do the same.
"A lot of us struggling here in this country
for social justice can learn from the work that
they've done. But we can't learn from it if we
don't know anything about it," Doiron said,
She hopes that the film festival will "make an
opening in our community for the flow of
voices, stories and images from South
[America) to North (America)." By countering

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the trouble with Cinco De Mayo
By XUI Garcia
\Vhat's thr trouble with Cinco de Mayo,
yo u ask? Isn 't it more popular th an ever'~
before? Doesn't it mean that more and more
people are being exposed In 'Mexican' culture?
And then, does n't thilt mean th at we, the
United States of America, is becoming a better
place . because we ce lebrate ot her cultures?
Doesn't the popularityufCincu ue Mayu mean
WI' have achieved some sort of racia l progress?
And anyway- isn 't it just a holiday? It 's a time
to ce lebrate and have a good time!! Horale!
Yipa Yipa Yipa!
Maybe it 's just me, but there are definite
problems with Cinco de Mayo. How is it th at a
holiday like thi s one has ga rn ered such
acceptance in the US of A? It is celebrated
much more here than in Mexico itself.
Portland, OR throws a huge bash on the
banks of the Willamette Rivrr for the "Fifth of
May," for all th ose who don't know what
'Cinco' or 'Mayo' mean. The part y co mes
complete with ca rniva l rides, beer gard ens,
food vendors(of course), and a fireworks show!
Just down the road in Hillsboro, 25 miles south
of Port land, the local farm workers union
organ izes what my Mexican hi story professor
at Lewis and Clark Coll ege ca ll ed a "more
authen tic" celebrat ion. The yea r I attended
(1992), the celebration was tied to May Day
fest ivities. There was much talk about 'the
worker.' And now, the memories of these n'l'o
very different ce lebration s of th e sa me day
make me think critically abou t what exactly is
Cinco de Mayo?
What is Cinco de Mayo? The holiday
comme morates the defeat of the French by
Mexicans troops in the famed Battle ofPuebla
in 1862. For many Mexicans, Cinco de Mayo
has represenred an assertion of nationa lism,
therefor autonomy. The holiday has gotten
much attention in the United States, perhaps
due to the large number of Mexicans and
people of Mexican descent in this country. For
many Chicanas and Chicanos. myselfincluded,
thi s attention 'is somewhat problematic.
Coco Fusco. a renowned social critic and
th e keynote spea ker for the Ci nco de Mayo
observance this year, articulates my conce rn
through her exploration of the construction of

Othern~ss in the US. In her book, English is
of exhibition no longer occurs, Fusco states:
process recasts Cinco de Mayo into an
Broken'Here , FUSC0 writes about the "legacy
The c.entral position of the white- acceptable display of "ditference." Safe and
of:Pe~torming the identi ty. f~(} Other'for a
spec tator, the objective of
the s e predictable, as Fusco puts it. Cinco de Mayo
w h i t e ... \';J.
events
as
a is transformed into a limited and restricting
confirmation
of
th
eir
space, where we 'perform ' our culture to
auJience"(37). S~~ • ';--T-h-ro-u-g.-h-su-c-h-sp-e-c-t-a-c-Ie-s--'"
refers specifically to
positions as global
consumer-oriented ,o [ kers.
the "popular
of ethnicit uch as Cinco
consumers of
Cinco. de:¥ ay'o co mm emorates the
exotic cultures, and seemingly m tlculous victory of the Mexican
European
and
Qe Mayo> the desire to
the
stress
on
army over a much bigger and better trained
Nor th American
10 0 upon predictable
pract ice
of
authenticity as
French army in Puebla in 1862. It is about
e x h i bit i n g
forms a
er
an
aest hetic
resistance to imperialism! Where does th at
va
lue,
all
remain
get
mentioned in the US version of Cinco de
indige nous peop le
from s~f~ '5i!,stance
fundamentat to th e
Mayo? If it does get mentioned, it is as a
from Africa, Asia,
•
~ih
h
and the Americas in
pe ~ \t~ ·
roug
spectacle ot: .
removed and distanced 'artifact' of 'long ago'
zoos,parks, tawrns.
comnmCfification, Cinco
Othefpess
many
history. Insteadthe focus is on Tacos, Burritos,
continue to enjoy. (47) Corona, Tequila, Jalepeiio eating contests, hat
muse um s, freak
de Mayo has b~,C9W~
dances, caricatures of th e sleeping Mexican ,
shows and ci rcuses"
mainstreamea;
(40).
This
Through
such
and whQ knows what all. It's about FUN!
e t h n 0 g rap h i c
appropriated by ~
spectacles of ethnicity
Forget aboufaU that other stutfthat just brings
such as Ci nco de , tt,verything dOwn. Just ge t drunk and forget
exhibit ion of human
American mass f 41!ure.
beings served not
Mayo, "the de* ' ~ . 'about it!
only to "re inforce
look upon predict.aB e
_ Cinco de Mayo is a holiday with a high
stereotypes of 'the primitive,' but (a lso)
form s of Other from a safe distance persists" el - ~t ,of commercia lization. The vast
served to enforce a sense of racial unity as
(50). Through coriimodification, Cinco e ~ .• rp rate 'sponsorship does increase exposure
whites among Europeans and North
Mayo has ,' '~ me ·mainstreame · .~ of 'Mexican' cu lture, but on a lev el th at
Americans"(4 1). While these specifi c form
approp ~ rAmerican mass culture. This
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simplifies the long history and experience of
Mexicans and their descendants in' thi s
country. The media blitz does nothing to add
to a meaningful and constructive discourse of
race. Cinco de Mayo, I fear, is going the way of
St. Patrick's Day; another excuse to get wasted.
This is where MEChA comes in . MEChA wants
to counter the colonialist mentality of wi tural

appropriation by offer in g a d iffe~en l
celebratio n, one filled with discus sion.
information. debate an d. hopefu ll y.
introspection.
I encourage all Greeners to attend this
year's 'fes tivities.' It is an opport unity to
participate in redefi ning cu ltural-realit ies
(culturalities), and to be real cool.

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SLAM DUNKIN' TYKES NOT THE END OF THE VVORLD
trend, as well. The arena where the Memphis
TigeL'i
play was once called ''The Ho~se That .
Las.t week, Stephon Marbury, the gifted
freshman point guard of the Georgia Tech Anfernee Hardaway Built", because ~f the .
Yellowjackets, announced that h.e ~~s popularity he b,rought the progra~. Y~t"
entering the NBA draft. There he Will Jom Hardaway didn t see one cent dunng his
Kevin Garnett, who made the jump from his college years. If he had, it would have
senior prom to th e Minnesota probably resulted in the school's probation.
Timberwolves, and perhaps Kobe Bryant, a If an athlete as gifted as Marbury or Garnett
Philadelphia high-school player widely is, why put yourself through the minstrel
show of college athletics, where the people
regarded as the best in the nation.
who do the most work, the
What was the name of that
athletes, aren't even paid?
NBA program again" Oh, yeahSome would say that a
"Stay in SchooL"
scholarship
is payment,
On a recent ESPN
have a good
and
they
would
Sportscenter highlight, Kevin
point. An education,
Garnett was shown blowing past
pursued by anyone, can
a defender and dunking during
only help and not harm.
a game in which he sco red
But so far, no art student on
. twenty points. The announcer
scholarship
has generated
quipped, "he's only twelve years
enough
revenue
for his/her
old, folks!" This joke reminds us
college
t_
o
build
a
stadium.
that there are many odd and
Another
argument
negative ilspects to this NBA
against an early jump to
you.th movement. Yet I believe
This proud papa's kids just
the NBA conjures the
this trend isn't a disaster,
declared for the NBA draft!
image of a pine-riding
simply a cause for ca ution by
youngster who is lost
both the athletes and the NBA
whenever
he
steps
onto the court. There
teams.
been
draft
disasters,
to be sure (Chris
have
Certainly, the oppos ition to these
Washburn,
anyone?
Benoit
Benjamin, helplayers going pro so ea rly have a point. If
Stephon Marbury is drafted in the ~op five lo?), but even if you area bust as a youngster,
with one year of college under hiS belt, it isn't exactly a disaster. If you aren't drafted
imagine how his game, and salary, could at all, you have the option of going to college
improve with two or three years. Many without giving up any of your eligibility. If
ath letes would benefit, soc ially and you spend a year or two in basketball, then
academically, from four years of college. leave the league, you are almost certainly
Many students may see Kevin Garnett richer and probably wiser, ready to continue
succeeding in the NBA, and not remember your education.
Last year, one high-school student
th at he has the exception, not the rule. Not
many high-school students c:n play in the made the jump to the NBA. This year, that
number could rise as high as three or four.
pivot with Shawn Kemp.
.
Yet there are positive aspects to ,thls Maybe they'll all be as successful as Garnett;

by Trevor Pyle

who has appeared in a Nike commercial
before even making the playoffs. May,be they
will be overwhelmed by competition .
Successful or unsuccessful, it would be unfair
to call the athletes' decision good or bad. It
was simply a decision, and one that they

should have the chance to make on their ·
own. After all, isn't tbatwe all do with ou~
lives? Mak~ decisions?
.
1i:evor Dyle knows a thingor two aboutsporcs. From
time to time, some ofit ends up on chis page. like now,
for example. Thanks for reading.

by~Py1e
1) After hitting abome run, have the

players slau)-dunk a basketball as
they cross home plate.
2) BetWeen innings, have players act
out,iCenes from Melrose Place.
3) 'Less wacky mascots, more Rush

Umbaughl
,

Inst~d of big guys with pads,
have balls and strikes called by
glamoro~ suPerDlodels.

4)

a

5) Field earn comprised entirely
of Dancing Itos.
6) Two words: .exploding baseballs.
7) To attract science-fiction fans,

rename the American and Natiol).al
" League 'The Federation' and 'The
Klingon Elppire".
.
)

.

8) Forget~layoffs: hav,e teams match
wits in ltea~-stoppmg games of
smbblel
I

'9) . 'To make baseball more
'~tive'; all postgame interviews
must be conqucted by Oprah. 10) in~ audien~participation
by aIlowi.9gfans to ron on~ ~e.ijeld
and~tdt."yballs.
,.,'-

Da!iCbaU can do'to
"

. -dean up its image
(and sell a lot
more tickets)

Five minutes or five hours in Centralia
It's 9 a.m. and it's dark in here. My rriend changed to Centralia to avert postal confusion
Although from the freeway there appear
and I sit down in the taU vinyl stools and are with another Centerville in eastern to be many, Centralia is not just a sea offast food
immediately asked for our IDs by the middle- Washington. Washington (the person) chains. In fact the town takes pride in its many
. aged man behind the bar.
donated his land to build the town of theme restaurants such as Winter Kitchen
"Oh-- um- we're only here for breakfast," Centerville after he saw the enormous potential decorated with eternal snow and perpetual
I say innocently enough.
of the area when the railroad was routed plastic icicles and Country Cousin just off exit
"IDs, please," the man repeats in a harsh, through his property.
82. At Country Cousin, a definite "chicken"
no-nonsense tone.
Originally, coal mining was the primary theme dominates the family restaurant as is
"Here you go," my friend says, handing industry of the town, later giving way to immediately apparent from the giant rooster on
him a plastic card, as I fumble around in my logging which held the position up until this the top of the building. Outside, chicken murals
wallet for my own.
last decade. Today, Centralia is still home to and a live chicken coup precede the simulated
After scrutinizing the two licenses under many-a-logger but is better know for it's new chicken sounds and surrounding chicken
a glaring white bulb, the man comes back with claim to fame - Washington's outlet shopping paraphernalia when you walk in the door.
a cheery new attitude and a smile as wide as a mecca. A gift from the gods to some, a curse to Oddly enough Country Cousin has declared
Canadian link sausage .
others, whatever it is to you, it's hard to escape itself famous for its pot roast rather than its
"Breakfast?"
chicken. But [ suppose
the gravitational pull
after being greeted by
As I look around, I notice that most of over 50 name live chickens and beir.g
people in here are drinking beer. It's odd to me brand outlet stores.
to drink beer ina bar while watching Regis and
seated next to happy
Thankfully, if
Kathy Lee interview a woman with a prosthetic you're able to break
chicken paintings, fried
chicken might not go
arm giving fat-free cooking tips, but it's free from outlet orbit
over very well.
happening here at the Logger's Pub in you can experience
Centralia, Washington. Men and women with some of Centralia's
Centralia is an
artist's toWn. Not
good reasons to wear flannel are gathered other
shopping
pretentiously artsy, but
around the bar, drinking, smoking, laughing, havens. Known also
rather crafty and, well-and eating fried eggs and hashbrowns. That's . for its antique circuit,
odd. Aside from a
all they serve here Jor breakfast: eggs, Centralia boasts over
hashbrowns, toast and coffee, the $1.50 250 dealer collections and lots of neat stores growing number of local retail artisans who
special. The TV show actually prompts a to browse. If antiques are out of your budget, pepper the town with everything from
conversation next to me about someone's Centralia also claims one of the largest and whimsical bear paintings to hand-blown glass,
relative who has a prosthetic arm and I realize definitely the coolest Goodwill stores in the there is a man named Richart. (Yes, like "rich
from overhearing them that this is what it's all state. If you're lucky, you may even find an art.") In all my years of life on this planet, I have
never met anyone as eccentric as the man whose
about. This is community. This is why people overlooked and underpriced antique there.
like small town life.
rf you've ever driven south through given name is Dick Tracy.
His home on Harrison and M Street is a
Centralia is the quintessential small Centralia towards Portland you've seen the
town-- especially to a city person who's never billboard. A looming Uncle Sam stares conspicuous testament to his twenty year vision
really spent much time in a small town and wistfully out on highway traffic next to of art and his curious obsession with th e
who really enjoys Saturday morning cartoons. imposing black letters that spew Dan Agnew's number five. Towering wooden spires and
It's got all the elements of Anytown , U.S.A: a right-wing rhetoric of the month. In the early kinetic sculptures envelope and surround the
brick laden, tree-lined dbwntown, old people 1970s, Agnew, grandson of the original farm otherwise unassuming house. Various sizes of
not afraid to wear clashing plaids, " good owner, was ordered to take the billboard down painted bl ack "5's," thoughtfull y absurd
fishin' river, some fine home-cookin' type as part of a projec,t tt? beautify Washington phrases and instructions as to how to take a fiverestaurants and its fair share of taverns and highways. Agnew declarea the request a , minute tour or a 55-minute workshop dominate
churches. Yet, Centralia takes life with a twist. violation of his first amendment rights and remaining visual space.
There's an una ssuming pride here, and fought the case all the way to the Washington
Throughout the enclosed garden nearly
underlying theme of humor that makes it seem Supreme Court. He won on the basis of a law everything is spray- painted white. Wooden
that states that a business can advertise itself boxes and scraps nailed together create peculiar
as if the town is constantly smirking.
Back in 1872, a mulatto man named on its own property. By adding the name of his animal-like for mations that sit am id st
- -George Washington founded the town we now farm, Agnew's arena for cheap shots at Styrofoam cathedrals, weird wire sta tues.
know as Centralia. Originally called Centerville democratic leaders and liberal concerns interpretative house plants made from rubber
because of its location exactly 82 miles from remains for all who drive by to either shake hoses, and thousands of textured surfaces made
Portland and Seattle, the name was later their heads in agreement or disgust.
with discardable remnants of strange bulk

items. All of this, and no other, is the definitio
of bizarre.
If you have five minutes, then you hav
time to do the one thing worth doing over a
other activities in Centralia. You have time t
experience Richart. Go to his home, take th
tour, and commit to a 55 minute art workshol
Of course you'll have to give him a dollar if yo
set up the workshop in advance, which you wi
get back when you show up for the workshoF
Ifhe likes what you make, you'll be able to trad
it for something of his. It will be worth it, ver;
worth it.
If, by chance, you fmd yourself with mor
than 55 minutes in Centralia, there are actuaU:
a lot of other things to do as well. If shopping '·
not your thing, take a tour of the 21 mural
depicting old-time Centralia life on the sides 0
buildings in the downtown area. Or, check ou
the Fox theater where you can see a bunch G
almost first -run movies for the price 0
breakfast at the Logger's Pub. Or how abou
taking a self-guided, free tour of the sights '0
the Centralia Massacre?-- a grisly event th a
happened when four young legionnaires Werl
killed by I.W.w. (Industrial Workers of tht
World) members during an American Legior
Parade on Armistice Day back in 1919. Not onl)
can you see the park monument s to botl'
parties (appropriate because of the ext remf
conflict of opinion as to which group ha d
actually begun the assault), but you can visit
the exact location of the shooting and the sight
of the bridge (there's a new bridge there now)
where I.W.W. member, Wesley Everest (a lso a
veteran, by the way) was castrated and hanged
for revenge. Gee, what great things to do with
Grandma on the weekend!
For a town that's nothing more than a
freeway exit to most people who don't live
there, Centralia turned out to be one of the
most interesting places I've been in
Washington. Centralia's got spirit. [t glows with
an innocent sarcasm and an intriguing irony
that shines on all who go there. And when you
leave, you'll find upon your face , that same
smirk Centralia wears all the time.

I

Columnist to explore gay and lesbian political sphere
Welcome to the first Queer Politics
column I've ever written for the CPj. As a !lrst
year student, I'm not the most "in the loop"
politically literate queer in the world, but J'l\
certainly do my best to convey to you, whether
you are female or male and fYrefer sex with
women, men, or both, exactly what's going on
in the political battlefields of the queer equal
rights movement. Let me stress the fact that
I'm writing this column for everyone and
anyone who believes in equal rights for all and
would like to be a bit more informed about
what's going on out there.
For those of you not familiar with the
EQA, allow me to humbly enlighten you. The
EQA, or Evergreen Queer Alliance, is an oncampus group of queers that resides upstairs
in the CAB building in Student Activities. The
folks at the EQA are active in quite a few
projects and activities atTESC, and have been
known to sponsor and organize such events as
The N.W. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,
various queer friendly on-campus dances and
social activities and other events. For those of
you who would like more information about
any EQA activities or queer issues in general,
head on up to CAB 314 or call them at x6544.
They can help.
As far as the current statutes of the queer
political arena, there's quite a bit going on.
Locally, Hands Off Washington and others
working to secure the equal rights oflesbian
and gay people are celebrating the defeat of
House Bill #2262, which would have officially
declared the procreation ofchildren as the sole
purpose of marriage and bar the state from
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Defense's authorization bill that required the .
2) Call or write the Olympian right here
recognizing same-sex marriages. The war is
discharge of 1,049 HIV-positive service in Olympia and politely let them know you
not over yet, however, and the heat will be on
members has been unanimously repealed by value articles and columns that are supportive
in the next six months, especially as the
the U.S. Senate in an effort spearheaded by to Lesbian and Gay issues. According to
November elections role around.
Sens. William Cohen (R-Maine) and Edward Hands Off Washington, every time a column
In national news, the Hawaiian
Kennedy (D-Mass.). Representative Robert by Lesbian writer Deb Price is run or a lesbian
legislature is having a tough time finding a
Dornan (R-Calif.) sponsored the original bill and gay-positive article or edi toria l is
compromise on the same-sex marriage issue.
that would have also cut off the families of the published people call up and cancel their
With a House bill defining marriage as a
discharged service members from all medical subscriptions. These cancellations can add
male-female bond and a Senate bill creating
benefits. The Clinton Administration strongly up and many supportive readers don'( take
"domestic partnerships" for lesbian and gay
supported the repeal the time to voice their opinions. Enough sa id'!
couples both up for
effort and stated the The Olympian, 1268 4th Ave E. Oly. WA
vote, the issue seems far
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unconstitutional.
3) Write yo ur State Reps and thank
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the
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them for all their hard work towards
legislature cannot find
S~ Nathan, now defeating HB#2262. the bill mentioned above
common ground by
that I know all this stuff that would have banned same-sex marriages
Aug. 1, the decision will
is going down out there, in Washington. Write to: State Legislature,
be up to the State
what can little 01' me Olympia, WA 98504. Direct you r letters to:
Supreme Court.
with Nathan Vance
stuck at TESC do to Sen. Sid Snyder, Long Beach
A
Georgia
help? Well, that's what Sen. Kathleen Drew, Issaquah
Supreme Court recently
my "Things You Can Sen. Adam Smith. Kent
upheld the state's
DO" section is here, so pay attention - Please? Sen. Karen Fraser, Olympia
sodomy laws in an Atlanta case involving a
1) Write or caU Proctor and Gamble, Inc. Rep. Sandra Romero, Olympia
gay man who agreed to have oral sex with an
and tell them you support their decision to Rep. Cathy Wolfe, Olympia
undercover male police officer after being
continue advertising during programming that Rep. Ed Murray. Seattle
propositioned in·a public rest area. Although
portrays lesbian and gay characters in a positive Rep. Marylou Dickerson, Seattle
arrangemen ts were made to go to a motel for
manner, specifically "Melrose Place" on Fox and Rep. Debbie Regala, Tacoma
sex, no money was involved and both men
"Friends" on NBC. They've been under
4) Go to th e next Ha nds OIl
were consentmg adults, the courts ruling was
justified as furthering the state's "moral
constant attack form religious-right groups for Washington meeting Thursday. April 23rd at
supporting the "homosexual agenda", and it's United Churches on the corner of 11 th and
welfare". Ironically, Georgia courts rarely
important to letthem know they have support. Capitol. They'll start at 6:30pm and th ey
enforce the law .among the heterosexual
Go ahead, it's easy. I did it and Angie the usually have snacks - what else could you ask
population and the states of Kentucky,
operator was very nice. Their Address is P&G/ for? Call the EQA (x6544) for possible carTennessee and Louisiana recently repealed
Consumer Affairs, Cincinnati, OH 45202 or call pool info.
their sodomy laws.
1-800-285-5170.
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LETTERS AND OPINIONS

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lIE

Gun DTF member responds to letter and the decisi<;>n

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To: Thl' Eyergree n Community, CAGE, and
the Public Safety DTF,
I would like to respond to Elizabeth
Goodwin 's letter in the (Pj of Apri l 11 , and
to th e decision of the Public Safety DTF's
dl'c isioll 10 close its meetings.
I fir~I wallt 10 point out some
inaccuracies in Elizabeth Goodwin's letter.
Regardingj ere lllY Rice·s letter, the whole DTF
Jid nol decide that the letler was
inflammatory - the person stated that he
found it ~o, and accordingly objected to it.
Al though the respo nse to th e Rice lett er
initiated th e co nversa tion about closure,
oth er mcmbers of the DTF cited previous
concerns wi th self-censure, rather than the
letter, as their reason for wanting the
meetings closed - the self-censure issue had
in fict been discussed at the fi rst meeting of
the DTF. In fairn ess please recall that 3
members of the DTF did hold out to keep the
meetings open, and olle of those a faculty
member (the other two were students). just
as it doesn't hold to view jeremy Rice's letter
as representative of every person opposed to
arming, it is likewise illogical to characterize
the whole DTF as attacking his expression,
when in fact one person objected to it. I can
assure you that the DTF is hard ly in complete
agreement on thi s. By omitting these
circumstances, there is the risk of furt her
curta iling people's input in that some
members of the DTF may find that omission
unfair and may be less willing to carefully
consider other commentary.

Elizabeth Goodwin's letter expresses the
loss of voice on the Public Safety DTF now that
the meetings are closed. Observers at the DTF
meetings never had a voice in the room to
begin with, in the sense of being able to
address the OTt during its meetings. One
ve hicle they do have remains - community
members can submit written information to
th e DTF. As I write, Jeremy Rice's letter is the
only piece of information the DTF has
received from anyone in the community. This
is the 0 111.' way that the DTF ha s said it will take
comments. Ifyou oppose th e arming of public
safety, use this avenue, It will take more than
express ions of anger to put forth substantive
objections. Show the members of the DTF
t hat there are reasons to oppose an armed
campus police force. Tell the DTF the specific
reasons why public safety should not be
armed, why so many people on the campus
d() n(}t feel safe with this idea, why they have
reason not to leel safe. Present statistics, data
with your stories - not the statistics of how
many oppose arming-we know those-buy why
guns, whether they are in the hands of the
police or private individuals, are not safe and
why they are not necessary in this community.
Talk about the phenomena of escalation.
Present a chronology of the decision making
process. lip the Board of Trustees' vote, and
point out the ways in which alternative to
arming views were shut out or not taken as
seriously as they should have been. Don 't
assume members of the DTF are well-versed
in the sound arguments agaInst·armlng. This

won't stop the arming of publi~ safety. But at
least the DTF will find itself having to look in
the face of substantive reasons why its
fimdamental function is questionable, to say
the leasl.
To 1he Public Salety DTF: The OTF
shou ld be reopened to observers. [t appears
that the closure to public observation of the
DTF could be illegal , as per the RCW
43.30.020 (Open Meetings Act of 1971) and
WAC 174 1120-020. It's not much in the way
of uph olding the spirit of the social contract
either. I would argu e that a DTF is by its
nature a public form of governance. Tv my
knowledge, there has never been a "closed"
DTF until now, and [ know this is not the only
controversial task that a DTF has undertaken.
It has been argued that the DTF is advisory to
the President, and as such, not subject to these
RCW and WAC codes. I note that no where
in the written charge I received was the DTF
indicated to be explicitly advisory.
I don't think it much matters, though,
if closing the DTF is legal or not, or whether
or not is a presidential advisory group.
Meetings addressing Issues of public concern
should be open. The primary argumen t given
by those DTF members voting for closure was
that of self-censure: the wish to avoid being
misquoted and taken out of co ntext by
observers who might relay their own version
of what happens at a meeting. A majority of
DTF members felt the threat of misquote
impeded their ab ility to discuss issues
thoroughly. This argument doesn't hold for

·C Ia r if i cat ion for one of last
week's letters
Dear reader,
Last week a couple of students and [
asked the CPJ if they would print a letter.
Jeremy Rice wrote the letter for the DTF,
responsible for recommending to Jane a
definition of "limited arming", to read. The
DTF did finally read it and put it on their
agenda for their April 4, 1996 meeting. But,
due in part to its "inflammatory paragraph,"
a faculty member moved to close meetings
off to the public. We asked the CP) to print
this lett er with a commentary, so that

Reader expresses concern
about gun DTF methods

community members could understand the
importance of the letter. Unfortunately, the
letter was printed with no commentary or
reason why (under "Letters and Opinions"
on page six of volume 26, issue 21.) Please go
back and read the letter with this context in
mind.
Thank you,
Liz Goodwin

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me. No one can prevent misrepresen·tation,
beca use there is no substitu t~ for being there
in the first person, As a member of the DTF,
[ am just as prone to misrepresent what
transpires as is an observer. The problem of
misrepresentation comes with participation
in governance, whether we're at Evergreen or
in DC, and people illvolved in governance
need to be willing to deal with th is difficulty.
There are straightforward avenu es of
redressing it - I've tried to do so above by
responding to Elizabeth Goodwin's letter.
The benefits that open and public access to
such decision making processes brings far
eclipse that inevitable quotations taken out
of context, etc. Closure curtails the ability of
would-be observers to submit relevant
commentary and concerns to the DTF if they
are not permitted substantive knowledge of
what is under discussion. I agree with
Elizabeth Goodwin's assessment that such an
action implicitly teaches people to remain
silent rather than speak. It also impedes
discussion of these issues at Evergreen, in
that the closure ha s served to further alienate
a lot of people who are already justifiably
frustrated with the entire decision-to-arm
process. They now cannot even listen to the
discussions of the Public Safety DTF. The
meetings should be reopened immediately.
Sincerely,
Kimberly Kinchen
Student member, Public Safety DTF

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Con text of Speech for Rally on April 12, 1996
My name is Neva Reece. My official
status at EveTgre-enis, I believe, that of a
student 011 leave. I came here to obtain a
Master's degree in Public Administration. I
now count myself as a community member
of Evergreen in the larger sense of the word.
I have conducted workshops here, volunteer
at KAOS and am one of those occasional
ve nders in the CAB. I live and work in
Olympia. Recently I have been involved as a
community liaison with the Community
Action Groups at Evergreen, a group formed
initially in response to the potential arming
of campus security.
Those who are opposed to the arming
of campus security have been accused of
living in a vacuum and of pretending that
Evergreen is not part of the 'real'world'. I
would like to share with you some of my
experience of the ·real world ' and how it
relates to this issue at Evergeen. My
experience tells me that the Administration
is in a position to make a serious mistake in
how they perceive the question of arming and
in the pOSSible consequences.
Let's talk aboutthe consequences so far.
I have observed students with genuine
concern taking the initiative to approach the
administration seeking to dialogue on this
issue. [ have seen the administration hide
behind rules, regulations, and questionable
interpretations of school policy to avoid this
dialogue. I have seen the administration miss
opportunities to engage intelligent, clear
thinking individua ls in constructive
interaction. Those who may be suspect of
breaking the Evergreen Social contract due
to the tone or volume of their protest are in
the minority. Though members of the
Administration most certainly know this ,.
they have seemed to use it as an excuse to
ignore the many reasoned and well thought
out concerns addressed to them. [ suspect
they are assuming, whether it pI.' consciously
or unconsciously, that the students
concerned with this issue and other issues at
Evergreen will burn out or graduate.
This does not strike me as the proper
response for those administering an
educational institution where questioning
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dialogue should be a major priority in aU of
its activities, especially in the dynamics of
decision making. If the administration does
not believe the students have adequate skills
in presenting information and bringing their
concerns forward is it their responSibility to
help them learn or to ignore their efforts as
ineffectual? Are we educating people or are
we involved in a conflict where only some of
the players have the information they need
to have an impact? Should the students have
to playa guessing game to find avenues of
response?
We have been told repeatedly that we
need to protect ourselves from the violent
forces in the 'real world'. It is these students ·
and comm unity members, not the
administration that are taking the initiative
tQ build support for a Community Safety
Conference where a wide variety ofissues on
topics of community safety will be
addressed, definitions of community safety
will be explored and members of the
community can educate themselves on how
to decrease the potential for violent crime on
campus and in the surrounding community.
But potential violence is not all that's
happening in the 'real world'. In the real
world I have been honored to work with
individuals and organizations who have
made a real difference nationally and
internationally to help bring peace to war
torn places: people who built a carousel in a
village in Nicaragua so the children would
have a place to play, people who maintained
a project to support an ambulance in a
district of the Pine Ridge Reservation to
decreas~ ambulance response time there
from two hours to twenty minutes, and
Vietnam veterans who went back to Vietnam
_to build medical clinics, just to name a few.
These things are also happening in the real
world.
And from my experience in the 'real
world'l can tell you this, in this process there
are students who are building skills to.
become part of these kinds of work in the
real world. It is my sorrow that some of them
are learning it in spite ofthe administration
at The Evergreen State College rather than
with its support.
Neva Reece

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traditional quest story, after
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a little bald man with a
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it contains no less than 6
eventually impales itself on
in which the characters sing
building where the·insects
.
Dahl's patented rhymes. For
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with all the
. t , musical nature of its source material by lJahl's classic children's
delicious giant peach.
" . , tiavtn'g a mere 4 songs (plus one on the closing
Henry Selick, who directed the brilliant credits), The most successful is the one taken artifi~ial look. The landscape is colorful but this idea a little and question whether it really
Nightmare Before Christmas as well as the from Dahl's rhymes, "Eatthe Pea~h," in which dingy, like a watercolor painting left in the matters what is reality and what is not.
The only significant weakness in the film
MTV short Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions, the animation makes various peach backyard for a year. The ~ts and costumes all
told Tim Bu rton during production of concoctions look mouth-wateringly delicious look great and at the same time, they look like is in its brief running time, which makes the
Nightmare that his dream project would be an even though most oftpelyricsareabouteating sets and costumes. Hopefully audiences will payoff a little less powerful than it could have
adaptation ofDahl's book, and Burton used his ·' things like "mice with rice" and "a plate of soil appreciate this charming artificial look more been. In the book James has some
clout to make the project happen. The result~s wi"tb engine oiL" The rest are written by Randy than they did in the unjustly maligned Cabin conversations with the insects which were left
an imaginitive, very ambitious multi-media; Ne~an,-and!Jlough they are not up to par Boy (which most people probably don't know out of the film, and without them we come out
film that comes remarkably close to matching with his worJ( on r Story one of them are was almost directed by Burton). It should be feeling like we didn't really know the insects as
Dahl's book.
bad and ey dowt low do~;or ?,istract from noted, however, that this film does not feel like well as we probably should have. The pacing
Yes, it is a multi-media film. It's bein,8 _ the-plot. On~ of he high!i8n is actually a a Tim Burton film, and his role in the of the story is also a little off - perhaps if the
'ameS~.ilijt~ genuine production was fairly small. Selick is Cloud-Men scenes were included in addition
marketed as a stop-motion film, and indeed the lonely ballad
main section of the story is told tht,ough the sinceitisac
byPaW
the oung developing a definite directorial style and to the underwater scenes that replaced them,
incredible animation of Skellington Studios. actor who
::than some although I would rather see him do more stop the arrival in New York would have been more
But there is also a good deal oflive action in overdubbed' Qir oy. - .
_:;:.' '",. motion films,jamesindicates that his planned climactic.
But these are minor quibbles. f( movie as
the beginning and end, some cel-animation
Best of .iLI, he superb "stop' motion · , Live action projects will be worth waiting for
effects, conSiderably more compu ter. animation (supplemented seamlessly with \ as weU, I can't imagine many filmmakers doing imaginitive and visually arresting asJames and
animation than in Nightmare, and even a bit computer effects for water, sharks and seagulls) a better job of capturing the essence of Roald the Giant Peach doesn't come along every year.
of cutout animation.
is visually the best cinematic realization of a Dahl in either Live action or animaton, let alone You have never seen another movie like thi.s,
The story remains fairly true to the book, Dahl story to date. Willy Wonka and the both.
and you probably never will. It takes real talent
What may surprise critics of all films to adapt a book like James this well. Like Willy
though some sections veer off into new Chocolate Factory was. a vefY entertaining
directions, most notably the Cloud-Men slasher-flick-as-chllci~"s-rq~sical, based on released by Disney is that most of the mean- Wonka (which did horrible box office when it
encounter which has been replaced by an Dahl's Charliund We Ch9~lale Facto£!, but spirited nature of Dahl's writing remains was released 25 years ago this year), James is
exciting underwater scene. Some slightly more youhavetoa~t~tthefa,el0rYj.~f4idnot intact. The Aunts are still mentally and destined to be cherished by both children and
traditional story elemci1ts have also been live up' to the: one you saw in dudJlustr;itions physically abusive, andJamesand the bugs still adults for decade~ to come.
added to make the story a bit less erratic, and and in your imagination ifyou ·r'ea~ the book despise them for it. And though the Aunts do
surprisingly this works. Now th~re is a reason when .you were a ~ild,. Thafsno a·problem not suffer the same fate they do in the book,
for the appearance of the "old man in a crazy here. The co.nceptualdesigner was Lane Smith, they stick around long enough for the kind of
dark-green su it" who sets the story into the ex~ellent children's ·bOOk illustrator who cruel taunting and humiliation that Dahl
motion, and it's a good reason. One of the did Stinky Qh~ese Man ~Qd Math·Curse. The -"'would have insisted they deserve. The only
strangest touches is that the death ofJames' insec;ts are be.au,tifuland eXquisitely detailed - things that have been toned down are the
parents is more Significant here, which serves . like Smith's illustrations they are angular and insects themselves, who are not as mean and
to make the story even more bizarre. In the slightly biomechar;Iical (the spider even has a sarcastic as they are in the .book. But it does
book the parents die on page 1 with the spool of string built into her). The characters work - it's especiaLLy nice to see the lady bug
explanation, "Both of them suddenly got eaten are even more graC"eful and expressive than as a friendly neighbor type, the spider as a
up (in full daylight, mind you, and on a those in Nightmare - the spider moves so vampiric loner and the grasshopper as an
crowded street) by an enormous angry much like a [eal spider that she almost seems elegant aristocrat. The only thing I real/ymiss
PLAY THIS FUN GUESSING
rhinoceros which had escaped from the' real; and the animated James (whose facial is the rude centipede who makes James help
GAME
AT HOME: Question:
London Zoo." For Dahl the h.iJJ.oc roswas just katures are moved each frame rather than lace and unlace his one hundred boots.
Which
of
the above is Nancy Ekholm
On the other hand, the film adds a bit
a throw-away joke, a silly way to getpd of the 'replaced) even bas creases in ~is br~w. In the
Burkert's illustration of James from
nice parents. Butforthe p'u~oft!J.e:moYi, '::Jhna ofc!assic~ children 's-"liferature, few more weight to the story by introducing
the book, and which is a photo of
the rhinoceros is a continuous psychologic3:l •.• stori~canboastofimag~sm<?rebeall¢1,llth~n th~mes th book didn't have time for. In the
actor Paul Terry portraying James in
threat to James .. We even get to see.an the ftve hundred and tWo seagullS carrying the . coptext of a movie·, some audiences might
the movie?
apparition of the dread rhino in full CGLglory gia,ntpeaCh through thesky: Miraculously, this . expect a classic Logica\ Explanation for the
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Even the live action scenes are great Like . •Wizard~FOz "Oh, it was only a dream - or
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Mindscreen organizer Christian Cogan
devotes Mindscreen to "showcasing films in an
open film forum for films that are underrepresented or overlooked masterpieces that
have a particular political, social or aesthetic
relevancy towards issues that pertain to the
Evergreen community. However, the main
thing is that the films are fun , intellectually
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Showing April 24th at 7 PM in Lecture

Hall 1 will be several short
experimental works. Of
particular interest is the film
Tribulation 99 by Craig
Baldwin. For ~his film
Baldwin
created
an
assemblage of found footage
and thrown-away film.
Piecing together these orphan
scraps offilm Baldwin created
a film that ties together
various reports of Aliens
landing in South America.
Also of interest are the
excellent offerings of a few short films by the
internationally acclaimed director Jane
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Campion_ Mindscreen wi ll be
showing Campion's acclaimed
shorts A Girl's Own Story,
Passionless Moments, and the
winner of the Palme d'or award at
the Cannes Film Festival, Peel.
Like Campion's The Piano and
Angel at My Table, her short films
contain a good dose of her genius
for dark humor and talent for
visual flair.
Other films that will be
shown include Darkness, Light.
Darkness by Jan Svankmajer,
Street ofCrocodiles by The Brothers Quay and
Decoding by Michael Wallen.

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18, 1996

[n case you miss the opportunity to see
the above films take note of Mindscreen's
offerings for the remainder of spring quarter:
Week 4 (the 24th) - Short films
Week 6 (the 1st) - Two feature films , The
Bicycle Thiefand The Young One
Week 8 (the 8th) - Student and local
filmmakers
Week 10 (the 15th) - A celebratory even ing
of films projected on the side of the LRC
(weather permitting).
If you have any questions concerning
Mindscreen or would like to submit YQur work
for the student and local fi lm series you call
contact Christian Cogan at ext. 6555 or stop
by at his office on the third floor of the CAB.

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Afghan Whigs i~spire impromptu boogie sessions in the living room
by Jennifer Koogler

Sassy magazine (not the new, evil one but
the old school, intelligent one) once described
,Greg Dulli as the "weird fox who sings for the
Afghan Whigs" in a feature enlisting his boy
knowledge to answer reader questions, While
there are a few lyrics on the Afghan Whigs' new
album Black Love that could be construed as
weird, there is nothing else on the Cincinnatibased group's latest
release
that
demonstrates
anything but funk,
rock, and a little
'angst.
Black Love can be
see n
as
a'
combination of
ea rlier Whig work
like
1992's
Co ngrega tion ,
containing a much
more funk, R&B
type sound, with the
more alternative
leanings of 1993's
Gentlemen, taking
_"elements from both .
traditions of sound
and fusing them into a series of driven roars
on the ever frustrating results oflying and lust.
Beginning with somewhat ecclesiastic organ
notes, Black Love and the introductory song
"Crime Scene Part One" then explode into a
head spinning collection of rhythms, with Dulli
and fellow guitar aficionado Rick McCollum
following bassist John Curley and drummer
Paul Buchignani's dramatic lead, "Blame, Etc."
is perhaps best demonstrative of these moving
(often times more physically than emotionally)
songs, starting off with a few chords
reminiscent of the theme song to Hart to Hart
or one of those other shows on fx (excluding
Eight is Enough). Be prepared for songs like
that one, "Going to Town", and "My Enemy"
to inspire impromptu boogie sessions in the
living room. With a little bit of disco and funk
laid down over household guitar, Black Love,
has something for every ear to dance to.
Not that the album doesn't take a rest stop

here and there, most likely for QuUi to light
another cigarette and reflect into the blue haze,
If it's not careful, "Step Into the Light" might
end up on the soundtrack to some horribJe
generation x movie, being rich with wandering
silenced sirens, smooth guitar jangles, and
such reflective, breathy lines as "lhe good times
have gone away, I have to ask, I need to know,
was it ever love?" Buy this album soon and
make the song your own before you end up
associating it with
a scene resembling
Winona Ryder
staring up at the
,ceiling, in utter
slacker lovelorn
gespair
(and
obligatory belly
button exposure),
clutching
a
cigarette, as in the
film Reality Bites.
"Night
by
Candlelight"
would be perfect
for such an
occasion:
the
song's downbeat
tempo
is
complimented by
cellos and guest vocalist Shawn Smith's
waverings melting into the musical structure.
The drum crescendos, which might otherwise
seem trite and cheesy, fit in perfectly. No
residual bad drama movie effects. "Faded", the
last song on the album, incorporates cellos,
organs, and a lovely piano to lead the listener
out of the dark forest ofDulli's despair and into
lighter clearings. Listen for the funky little
chords poking in and out of the foliage.
Throughout Black Love, DuUi demonstrates
his greatest strengths, a strong, husky voice
and the lyrics to guide it into a wail. "Double
Day" rants that "later that afternoon, my
paranoia got the best of me, I knew it would, it
always do, I made the call . . . so come crucify
my heart, I want to get it on, I want to get it
on", screamed by DulJi's scratch-ridden throat.
"Bulletproof" includes the enticing "every time
I dream about you baby, your hands all over
me, I never forget anything", followed by an

extended frustrated cry. But, "Blame, Etc.",
starting with "my lust ties me up in chains, my
skin catches fire at the mention of your name",
sums up the whole album's th~mes, with the
catchy chorus, "blame, deny, betray, dery, the
lie, the truth, which one willi use?"
The only occurrence on Black Love that
registers on the weirdness scale is something
my friend Greg pointed out to me before I had
even heard the whole album. DuUi follows the
Gentlemen tradition of repeating the same line
in two different songs. Listen for it.
Amazingly, the line is appropriate to both
don't even really notice.

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The Fantasticks - this classic musical
was produced as a last ditch effort of a
failing off-Broadway theatre company
that became a hitand is still playing in
the same little theatre in New York over
25 years later, and there's a movie version coming out soon starring one of the
New Kids On The Block. One of the best
local theatre companies, Abbey Players
brings it to the Washington Center's Stage
II, starting tonight and playing through
May 4th. Tickets are $12, call 753 -8586.

~aturba~. <fb~ril ~t9
Several NW grassroots organizations
gather to discuss a wide range of issues,
including: the scapegoating of illegal immigration, logging old growth, indigenous rights, and solidarity wi Zapatistas.
In the Longhouse from 10 to 4pm . Call
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Heend, Old Djinn Swag, The Schidt,
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features the following performance
schedule: Golden Oak Triad Center for
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Drumming @ 5pm, La Onda @ 5:40pm,
Trillium @o. 6:20, The Nocturnal Episodes of Black Gammon "Black Magic"
@ 7:45, The Makedonians @ 8:25 , and
Peace .,arty @ 9pm. The 2nd Annual
Procession of the SpeCies, a wacky parade of giant animal puppets and other
artsy animal representations~ begins its
journey through town at Capitol Lake @
6:45 and winds up at Sylvester Park @
7:30. If you still haven't had enough, go
to .the Arts Walk Dance wI OBRADOR
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Beautiful Daze - A senior thesis performance featuring the one act play "Haiku"
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There is a scene 'in the video for "Honky's
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commercial radio/tv friendly song on the
album (despite starting out "got you where I
want you mother fucker") where Dulli, head
compacted into a tight close up and eyes
screwed shut, licks his lips. He's got a look on
his face that defines Black Love's soundpowerful emotions expressed in a
straightforward, driving, and honest way. The
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Friday, April 19

Noon- "Blood of the Condor"
documentary depicting U.S . sterilization
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6:30pm- "A Causa Secreta", re":
search for a play on social injustice in
Brazil sends a theatre troupe on a path of
se lf examination. Capitol Theatre.
9pm- "Dark Side of the Heart" ,
film based on an Argentenian poem ,
Capitol Theatre.

Saturday, April 20

Noon- "Quilombo", musical comedy about a community of escaped Brazilian slaves in the 1600's, Lec Hall 4.
after dark- "Bye Bye Brasil",
spread of U.S. pop culture into the remotest areas of Brazil, on the wall a/Thekla,
during Arts Walk.
6:30pm- The Art of Being Short,
short films created by young Mexican
filmmakers, Capitol Theater .
9pm- "Angel de Fuego", Professor from the Universidad de Guadalajara
speaks on the history of Mexican cinema
with a film about the tragic life of a young
fire eater, Capitol Theater.
Midnight- Frontierland, documents the cross-cultural landscape created by the U.S./Mexican border, Capitol Theater.

Noon- "Love, Women and Flowers" , women working in the flower in dustry fight back against abusive
conditions,Capitol Theater.
3pm - "A Man When He is a
Man",humorous look at male machismo,
Capitol Theater.
6:30- Coco Fusco Presents Video~
"The Cou pie in the Cage", and
"Pochonovela", Capitol Theater.
9pm- "La Lengua de Los
Zorros", thriller depicting tensions between Peruvian coastal residents and
those in the Andes, Capitol Theater.
Sunday, April 21
10am- Roundtable and Breakfast, free event, Midnight Sun.
6pm- "Jericho", Dominican monk
spritually liberated by indigenous folks
in the 16th century, Capitol Theater.
6:30pm- "Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business", documents
Miranda's career in the 50's, Capitol Theater.

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• Over three dozen monster
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last year in North America
alone.
• Antonio Banderas urinates
jacuzzi water.
· Old people can smen fear.
• Beat up any staff member
and they win lead you to the
secret cache of gold in the
CAB.
• Your mouth says "no" but
your eyes say "frozen yogurt."
· Unfortunately, rocket ship
food is too expensive to eat.
• White dye steals your
heritage.

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