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• COOPER POINT .JOURNA;i ::
F~bruary 22, 1996
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Bomb threat closes
The Evergreen State College
Volume 26 : Issue 17
confuses students
Students stand outside of the·CAB afterTuesday's bomb threat
evacut.ftron:-Dnce students reached Red Square, they were ·not told
what to do next.
PHOTO By· REYNOR PADILLA
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BY REYNOR
My own little Paradox
I give a damn about the fact that the world is fucked up
to the point where I'm more fucked up then the people
~hat don't give a damn . . (Therefore not giving a damn
IS fucked up, and giving a damn fucks you up). My
conclusion is that we're all complete fuck-ups, however
you look at it.
Sensuality .
Molasses, sweet and strong, runs through my veins
Come get a piece when I cool off
can't touch me now
I'll slide through your fingers, smooth as silk,
dark as my ancestors.
-Aviva Holland
PADlLLA
On Thesday Evergreen's main campus was evacuated due
to a bomb threat.
At 10:45 a.m. Diane McKimon of the President's office
recieved a phone call, The.caller said that bombs had been
placed in the basement of the CAB and near the Public Safety
office in reaction to the Board .of Trustees decision to give
Public Safety limited access to guns.
.At II :20 an announcement was made over crackily, muffled
loudspeakers. Evacuate the buildings, the voice said_
By II :30 students, faculty and staff poured into Red Square_
They lingered by buildings and talked ~d laughed. Some still
seemed unsure of what was happeing.
The campus was eventually closed, though the Housing office
said that the dorms were safe. A message at the general campus
phone number said that the school was closed until 1:00 p.m.
At I :03 p.m. the fire departmentturnixl people away from upper
campus, Chris Barrows of the McClane Fire Department said "This was great leaming experience," Lowe said.
the campus was closed indefinitely. A package was found The Thurston County Sheriff's Department was called to
outside of the Public Safety, Barrows said. The bomb squad Evergreen to handle bomb" threat. One Sheriff's office car was
was on its way to .take care of the package, Barrows said.
on it's way to a domestic violence case, but was re-routed to
The package outside the Public Safety office had a pair of come to Evergreen, said Neil McClanahan, acting head of
tennis shoes and some dirty clothes in it.
. Public Safety and Thurston County Undersheriff.
By I :30 Evergreen was open again. Classes reconvened and "Because we had to move a few people ·around that person
people went back to work. But there were still questions about suffered ... two, three, four, five -ten minutes- it's an eternity
what exactly had occurred.
when you're in that situatioo." McClanahan said in and
When people poured into Red Square during the bomb threat interview on KAOS Thesday afternoon.
evacualion,tl1ey stood:, talked to each other and joked around. "It's frustrating, it's very sad ... whoever made that phone call,
if they hear what their saying, just think about that."
Very few people seemed to know what to do.
.
Evergreen needs to work on a communication system during McClanahan pleaded.
Public Safety Sergeant Larry Savage agreed, ''That's really
bomb threats, said Jill Lowe , a member of the Safety
Committee.
sad when we've got to tie llP resources to play around with
Lowe would like to see a person o~ Red Square with a crap like this when some body's life is at stake."
Reynor is the edilOr-in-chief of the Cooper Point Journal.
megaphone, directin~ people ~d teUing them what to do.
Gun decision brings DTF process to light
BY STEVEN THOMAS
The Evergreen State College Board of Trustees has
decided to provide Public Safety access to fLTearms. President
Jane Jervis has charged a DTF to study the implementation
options. It seems likely that the Board will follow the
recommendations of this DTF, as the issue at hand is quite
volatile, and the involvement of the Evergreen community
in the decision process is vital to soothing student unrest.
DTF stands for Disappearing Task Force. In its original
conception the DTF was Evergreen's replacement for
committees and councils. DTFs have served to gather
information, prepare position papers, propose policy, and
offer advice. In practice it has become evident that the need
for some ' DTFs is continuous, and that some actual
committees are also required, such as the Faculty Agenda
Committee. There are current1y a fair number of standing
committees at. E,{ergreen, but DTFs are still commonly
employed for transitional or temporary measures. DTFs have
never been a means of addressing grievance, and are
ordinarily not charged if an existing office or agency is
equipped to handle the matter. Their operation is usually
orderly, and approximately the same number are charged
every year. Some are charged for a period of years, others
for much shorter periods, as in the case of the upcoming
firearms DTF, which is expected to provide recommendations
by mid-April.
Originally, any member of the Evergreen community
could charge a DTF, which were at that time conducted in
close concert with the Evergreen Council, a representative
body that met biweekly and was composed of members of
the various campus constituencies. The role of the Council
was to aid in formulating DTF charges by providing
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98505
information about research resources. That is no longer the
case. Currently, only Deans, Vice Presidents, the President,
and the Faculty Agenda Committee can charge DTFs, and
the Council no longer exists, having been replaced in some
ways by the President's Advisory Board. Presumably this
change resulted from emergent administrative problems.
DTFs are generally composed of representatives of
three constituencies: faculty, staff, and students. Efforts are
also made to secure both classified (subject to Labor rules)
and exempt (not subject) staff members, especially in cases
involving staff issues. The person or agency responsible
for charging the DTF must select a chair, and any faculty
involved must be approved by the Faculty Agenda
Committee. Any staff selection is by appointment. Student
involvement is currently coordinated through Student
Affairs.
Each fall Student Affairs composes a summary of all
DTFs that require student membership (most of them) and
submits it to CPJ for publication. Any DTFs charged later
in the year that require student involvement are similarly
submitted. Students who respond to these announcements
are placed in pools from which DTF members are selected.
This is the primary means of attracting and managing general
student interest, and is relatively effective in view of the
regular surplus of students in DTF pools. In the event that a
particular-DTF has not attracted enough interested, flyers
are used as a supplemental advertisement. Finally, in the
event that general solicitation is unsuccessful,
recommendations from the faculty and staff are considered
until the DTF can be filled.
According to President Jervis, students are very
enthusiastic members of DTFs. She adds that most students
who have asked to participate are not shy about expressing
their concerns and priorities, and that this boldness is
generally an asset to DTFs. Since students are affected by
policy, their active participation is integral to the process.
She also indicated that DTFs have a lot of influence on the
administration. This is supported by the eighty-plus percent
rate with which DTF recommendations are followed.
These ideas seem particularly pertinent to any DTF
with a study subject as grave as the nonconsensual
introduction of firearms to our campus. One would have
hoped for an extensive campaign by Student Affairs 10
solicit student involvement in the DTF, even those opposed
to arming. Instead, the DTF has been charged barely one
week after the decision to arm. As the DTF is already
fonned, those community members who feel strongly about
the arming process should instead voice their concerns to
its members: Meredith Byars (student), Art Costantino,
Debby Davies, Linda Hohman, Steve Huntsberry, Kimberly
Kinchen (student), Ricardo Leyva-Puebla, Lee Lyttle,
Suzanne Mager (Labor and Industries>, Neil McClanahan
(Thurston County Sheriff's Office), Francis Morgan-Gallo
(student), Tom Rainey, Tammi Stretch, and Tom
Womeldorff. Costantino is only a temporary member of
this DTF, serving on it only until the new Director of Public
Safety, Huntsberry, begins at Evergreen. Although the study
su bject is the implementation of firearms, not their
admission, students .who oppose fIrearms can sti ll provide
valuable input, both by informing the implementation
process and by leaving a record of the discordant nature of
this community action.
Steven is afrequent contributor to the Cooper Point
Journal.
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-NEWS-
Geo-Author "The Art of ~lcunrrY
at TESC the Body"
,
Some of the members of the Union
of Students with Disabilities have
decided to put together a magazine
consisting of original art work ,
photography, short stories, poems,
prose, articles, and other types
fine arts, all of which is created by
or is about disabled people.
It will be called "The Art of the
Body." For this endeavor, we will
need editors. people to layout the
magazine , and contributors.
Contrary to popular belief, you need
not be disabled to participate in the
production of this magazine. Our
first planning meeting will be
Wednesday, February 28, at 4 pm in
The sixty students in the "Mythic
CAB 320. If anyone has anything to
Reality" program will put on an
submit to the magazine, you can
evening of dance and theater
drop it off at the Union for Students
performance called "Exposed" on
with Disabilities cubicle in CAB
March 7-9 at 8 pm. This will be held
320, or in our mail box, also in CAB
at The Evergreen State Coll ege
320.
Experimental Theater and will cost
For contributors, we ask all
students $5. The presenrations are
written works do not exceed 1700
a culmination of the past two
words. The magazine itself will be
quarters and will be related to
on 8Xll sheets, so to all
Goddess myths, ecofeminism, and
photographers and artists,
body im ages. Ca ll the TESC
anything submitted which is larger
Bookstore at 866-2695.
than this will probably be
truncated. The size of the magazine
will depend on the number
subm issions we get.
There is no need to put a name
._ an_d ~ho~ number Qn subm
if you care to remain anonymous,
unless you wantus to call you. If the
work submitted is in poor taste or
The American College Health
derogatory toward disabled
Association (ACHA) is inviting
students, we reserve the right not to
college students to enter a contest
publish it; the purpose of the
in which you create a short video
magazine is to explore and
announcement teaching young
encourage th e creativity by and
adults about genital herpes. The
about disabled students at TESe.
contest is open to anyone 18 years
Also, USD and the S&A are
or older who is "enrolled at an
looking for another student
accredited institution of higher
coordinator for USD. If you're
learning" (that's us, in case you're
interested, pick up an application in
unsure). The grand prize winner
CAB 320. The only prerequisite is
will receive a $10,000 scholarship
that the app lic ant be disabled
and a trip t~ New York to assist in
themselves. It's also a paying job,
the production of the short video
but the salary sucks raw meat.
announcement. The videotapes
will be judged on the basis. of
communication value, originality/
creativity,
and
execution.
Videotape entries are due April 26,
1996. [f you are interested, call
Michael Roth at (212) 886-2250 or
e-mail HerpesPSA@aol.com.
From 2-4 pm this afternoon,
the TESC Bookstore will have
author David Gordon in its
vest ibule so you can get his
autograph stamped in his little
book, "The Fieldguide to the
Goeduck". Prizes will be awarded
for the best geod uck joke, best
geoduck song, and the best
geoduck costume.
."Exposed"
ACHA Film
Contest
AIDS
Conference
in Seattle
The Ninth Annual H~listic AIDS
national conference "What Holds
Promise" takes place in Seattle
Friday through Sunday, March 13, at the Best Western Executive
Inn . Seattle conference topics
include briefings on current HIV
research, clinical trials and new
therapies , nutrition , spirituality,
grieving, caregiving, intimacy, and
empowerment.
Co nference
registration is $125 for those who
do not have HIV and $75 for those
who do. For more info . or to
request regisration material call 1800-875-8770.
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TIN" CAnrt
1513: A lit cigarrette was reported
left on a newspaper. When Public
Safety arrived, the cigarette was
extinguished and the newspaper was
slightly burnt.
Thursday, Feb. 8
0317:
Person
experiences
respiratory distress.
1236: Elevator stuck in the Library
building ... with a passenger in it.
1658: Unwarranted activation of
emergency phone.
2125: Pe!,son enters housing
residence without an invitation.
Sunday, February 11
0123: Burnt food stimulates fire
alarm .
0133 : Confiscation of bon g and
growing plants.
Friday, February 9
0748: Flyers with allegations about
a Public Salety official were put up
in a housing display case.
1324: Loud music emitting from
apartments in Sand U dorm.
2012: Small fire in a dumpster in
the dorm courtyard. (Remember
kids: your flaming pu pu platters
must be properly extinguished
before disposal).
2200: A lock on a door was
suspiciously taped open.
Monday, February 12
1126: C dorm fire alarm activated by
burnt food.
1442: Ceiling tiles in Library 4300
were found severely and vic iously
damaged.
1520: Walls maliciously damaged in
men's bathroom at the Library.
Tuesday. February 13
1715: An uncovered drain hole was
discov.ered by the Com. building.
Saturday. February 10
1726: Mysterious smell of Acid Toner
0005: BULglaL alarm at -the - - detectlld .in-the Cern. building Scene
President Jervis's home activated.
Shop.
0203: Fire alarm pulled in A
2259: False pulIofC-dorm fire alarm.
dorm ... what a surprise!
Washington Higher Education Network
(WHEN)
Current WHETS
Proposed WHEN
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Proposed Sites
Internet,
WHEN
will
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include a Cooperative
Library Project that will
permit all six of
'Washington's four-year
public institutions to share
dat,a..-and resources over
electronic mail ot other
technological advancements.
Terry Teale , Executive
Director of the Council of
Presidents' commented in a
deSCription of the proposal that
they "envision a time when students
and faculty at any of the six campuses
will have easy access to information about
the holdings of all six libraries and to shared
electronic databases, will be able to request
library materials easily, and will have those
materials delivered to their home campuses
or to the desktop if available electronically."
Both the state House of Representatives and
the Senate have passed bills in some form or
another that will allow WHEN to get lip and
running financially. According to Barbara
leigh Smith, Academic Vice President and
-ProV"osrarEvergreen, t e ena e passed a bilI with around $34 million dollars..uloted for
the ~EN project, while the House believes
more planning is necessary for it to be .
effective, and allocated $6 million dollars for
a "technology planning bill" to at least get
the system started.
Smith has been very active in getting
Evergreen involved in the WHEN project
along with other Provosts from universities
in the state. Although she stated that it is really
too early in the planning stages to tell what
effect WHEN would have here, the main
enhancement would be . for more ,of a
connection between the Tacoma and Olympia
camp~ses. ~mith noted that WH~N is more
Spokane
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Cheney
Puyallup
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This map, provided by
Provost Barbara Smith, shows the
proposed sites of the Washington Higher Education
Network (WHEN).
than just a telecommunications project, but
an opportunity for data transmission and
Internet access, Even if Evergreen does nOI
broadcast or receive classes, we will still
benefit from the inter-college communication.
In theory, once WHEN is fully functional,
students at Evergreen would be able to
participate in classes given at other learning
facilities . Overall, however, Evergreen does
not have as much to gain as other uni versities.
While Smith praised the advancements that
would allow WHEN to run smoothly. she
pointed out that the system would not sole ly
focus on the technological feats of the system.
"The program should drive the technology,
not die otber way around," Smith said. The
highest imp~rtance will be placed on the
intellectual strength of the classes, and then
how they will be shared with other institutions.
Smith and others involved with the WHEN
implementation process are very excited for
the opportunity,for "two and four-year schools
to work together on a common project." This
kind of cooperation is important given the
geographical constraints of the area.
"We -are a very sp read out state," she
commented, with many small pockets of
population concentration. People in these areas
should be given the opportunity to take part in
higher education, even if a major institution is
not within their reach. ,Although WHEN
probably won't be implimented this year,' its
prospects are worth waiting for.
Jennifer is the assis/QII/ managing edi/Or
of th e Cooper Point Journal.
New S' & A Production
head hired
BY JENNIFER KOOGLER
Whalewatch
Classes
(360) 456-1217
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FEBRUARY
BY JENNIFER KOOGLER
Over the past several months, the Council
of Presidents' of Washington State's public
baccala~te institutions have been working
on a telecommunications proposal for all of
the four-year public and community coJleges.
The proposal, commonly known as WHEN
(Washington Higher Education Network),
would allow students and staff of all the
universities and colleges in the state access to
other institutions libraries, research, and classes
via satellite, video, or the Internet.
The system would enhance the currently in
place WHETS (Washington Higher Education
Telecommunications System), which mainly
links Washington State University in Pullman
to its branch' campuf in the Tri-Cities and
Vancouver. WHETS started about eight years
ago, "beaming" courses via satellite that are
not offered at the branches, to the schools,
allowing s.tudents who live hundreds of mpes
away from WSU to still participate in the
programs offered there. It is also less costly to
maintain a telecommunications link to
different schools than to set up completely new
programs at the respective branch sites.
In a proposal statement prepared by the
Council of Presidents' WHEN is seen as a
chance to take advantage Qf existing and
developing technology for the benefit of the
students, staff, and faculty the Presidents'
serve. The prQposal states that "(a]s higher
education moves into the 2 I st century,
telecommunications and electronic .media wi 11
provide students of varying abilities greater
access to educational opportunities, augment
high-quality educational experiences, and
improve technical and communication skills
without the constraints of time or locati n''.'..-l
This type of connection would allow students
who "have families, work wh.ile furthering
their education. and are unable for a variety of
reasons to relocate" to attend classes and use
the resources of institutions they would not
ordinarily have access to.
.
WHEN would allow for more classes to be
transmitted to other instit~tions. Simultaneous
interactive' video is already used at WSU and
other campuses for certain classes that s.t\Jdents
elsewhere in the state are interested in. Faculty
members who teach these kinds of programs
are trained specifically to handle the mulliconstituent classroom.
In addition to broadcasting classes over
satellite and providing information over the
Off Btack lake Blvd.
Westside of Olympia
The Abbey players present the
smash Broadway musical hit
"Gypsy" on the mainstage of the
Washington Center for the
Performing Arts in downtown
Olympia on March 15-23.
Suggested by the memiors Rose
Lee, "Gypsy" is the celebrated
musical based upon the struggles
of a Seattle "stage mom" to push
her 2 daughters into show
business. It will run at 8 pm on
most nights, except March 17,
when the performance will be
held at 2 pm. The cost for
children under the age offourteen
is $10, adults $14, and senior
citizens 65 and older $12 . For
students it is also $12, but only on
March 17. If you have any
questions you can contact Dennis
McDonald at 491-0879.
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WHEN .to connect learning institutions together
Happy New Year
Abbey
Players'
"Gypsy"
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
-NEWS-
Interested in whales? Sign-up for a two day
weekend course about whates, dolphins and
porpoises. Ctasses will be taught at the Westport Maritime Museum in March and April 1996.
Times and dates to be announced soon. For
more information or \0 sign-up, please call Wo"
& Wlldl". Studies. A class on whates will also
be offered a\ SPSCC in April and May of 1996.
Fee: $65 (adults) or $50 (children 12 or under)
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The Lien Hoa Temple Dancers perform a traditional
Vietnamese dance as part of the Asian Students in
Alliance's (ASIA) celebration of the Lunar New Year last
Thursday, February 15. ASIA meeting are every
Wednesday, at 12:30 pm in CAB 320.
PHOTO BY SARAH
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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MURAT
FEBRUARY
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On February 12, Gregory Porter was chosen for the pos ition of
advisor/trainer in the Student Activities office. He will be responsible
for providing technical and promotional ass istance for the activities
sponsored by S&A groups and administration.
Porter is replacing former head of S&A Productions Javier O' Brien.
who retired from his position in October to move to Spokane.
Porter received his B.S. in Music Education from the Albany State
College in 1982. He entered the U.S. Army in November of 1983 as
a combat telecommunications operator and was stationed in Fon Lewis
unti I he recei ved an honorable discharge in 1986.
In 1987, Porter was emp loyed by Ted Brown Music Company.
where he worked with school administrators and music teachers
throughout western Washington to recruit stude nts into band and
orchestra programs. He supervised and trained students to run lighting
and audio equipment for the Southwest Washington Massed Choir
Festival and acted as production manager for the event. recruiting
students and selecting mu sic. as we.llas planning the budget and
venues for the festival. Porter also ass isted in coordinating the
Southwest Washington Massed Band Festival, which involves over
600 students and takes place at various high schools twice a year.
Hi s position at Ted Brown Music Company included assisting with
program s developing the mu sic departments at the sc hool s' and
accessing funds through fundraising and grants.
Tom Mercado, Director of Student Activities, is impressed with the
"eagerness and enthusiasm" that Porter has demonstrated s ince
accepting the position. He stated that Poner is "hyped" and has
encouraged the staff as a whole. According to Mary Craven, Office
Coordinator for Student Activities, Porter has been spotting Evergreen
related materials everywhere.
Porter will begin his duties as advisor at Evergreen on March I .
Jennifer is currently enrol/ed ill the program Cultural Codes.
22,1996
-NEWS-
-NEWSTuition increases threaten o,u t-ol-state UW and WSU students .
C BENSON
provides the bes t of both worlds . The
Tuilion le.vels for non-resident students
Uni ve rsity still gets 1.2 million dollars from
at Washington's research institutions are
new enro llees and c urren t stude nt s are
currently lo wer than Ihose of Iheir peers
protected from a bait and swi tc h tuiti on
around Ihe counlry. AI Ihe University of
po licy."
Washinglon oul of stale slUdents pay nearly
He also o bj ec ted to the discretionary
20"1" less Ihan the national average. At
power of the uni versities over the amou nt
Washinglon Stale Universily the disparity is
of increase, saying that , " slUden ts need
comparably small: only 4% . All that may be
predictable , consistent, luilio n."
about 10 change. WSU has joined with UW
David Reiter of WSU agreed in
in forwarding House Bill 2478 whi ch would
testimony before the Senate Subcommittee,
privilege Ihe two universi lies to increase
"Out of state slUde nts are working reall y
luition for their non -res ide nt undergrads
hard [to mee t tuition dema nds] right now.
i'rom another $8.599 to another $9,49 1. The
and all of a sudden we ' re going to jack that
bi ll, which passed the House by a 95 10 I
up .
\'Ole. need, only pass the Senale (0 become
Bren t Plum, a sllIdent from Oregon
law.
slUdying at UW, told me,
The increase would bring
"I f this goes thro ug h I may
WSU has
WSU up 10 Ihe national
tran sfer, I' m a lr eady
a\ e rage and move UW
joined with UW
paying 3 times more than I
s ig nificanlly
clo ser,
wo
uld at one of Oregon's
in forwarding
represenling a I O.-l % increa se.
uni
versities ." Asked if he
House Bill 2478
UW plan, 10 get the remaining
wou ld cons ider dropping
which would
lOr;} IWO years laler.
o ut for a year to ga in
privilege the
Dick
McCormick .
re~idency SlalUS he said,
two
pre s id e nl of UW. urged Ihe
"Probab ly not. It's real ly
passage of SHB 2478 saying
universities to
hard to start and s top and
Ihat curre nlly 90 '7" of Iheir
start
agai n."
increase tuition
This is the Washington State Capital building, the place
~ lUdent body were residenls,
Van
de r Walde wasn't
for their nonwhere legislation such as the 'tuition increase for WSU and
"and we inlend 10 keep Ihal
sure a ll o ut -of-s tat ers
resident
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PHOTO BY JOIE KISTLER
UW is decided upon.
90'70." The concem over o ul of
wou ld agree. "The c urrent
undergrads
slate slUdenls laking seats from
non- g raduating , nonfrom another
residents forms a large pari of
residents will have a huge
for student s."
objection, "No n-re s ide nts already p ay
Ihe lega l justificalion for Ihe
incentive 10 gain residenc y
$8,599 to
President McCormick's objection to
nearly three times more in tuitio n than their
rate hike.
this summer if their tuition .
another $9,491.
gra nd fathering current undergrads was that
in-state classmates for the same education.
Lambert van der Walde,
is increased by 10% ." If
it might cause fricti'o n between current and
Disparity in tuition and admi ssion policy
legislative li aison for Ihe
c urre nt no n-residents a re
incoming out of state student s. However, he
is nothing new."
Associaled Students of Ihe
successful in a s ummer bid
Michael is lIell' to the CP J news team.
said, the bill had his s upport in any of its
Unive r s it y of Washington ' (ASUW),
for residency, it w ill mean a drop in the
various foons. Van der Walde di smissed the
forwarded strong objec tions to the bill in its
amOu nt of tuitio n they pay. Ironically, they
current form.
would form a part of the 90% that President
"Let's have some co mp ass ion for
McCormick intends to protect.
students who have invested time and mo ney
BREAK~\~
The s tud e nt 10bbyisJs see m ed
a t the University of Washington. If we
res igned to the passage of the bill in one
THE MASSAGE THAT COMES TO YOU!
increase tuition beyond their tinancial means
form or ano ther. According to Jasper D.
Ihey will ei lher work more hours, prolonging
MacSlarrow. director of the Office of
Relief from atudylDI atre •• I. hereS
their time in school, or be forced to drop out.
Legislative Affairs for ASUW, "Just getting
Grandfathering c urrent non-re s idents
,.. Seated acupressure ma.nage
a grandfaLher clause would be a real victory
,.. Relieves headache, neckache,
backache, eyestrain
,.. Eases tension. boosts energy
.Va.le~tine',s
-Opinion
swing
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Non-Resident Greeners cannot take similar tuition hikes
pace."
BY Ml~HAEL C. BENSON
Out-of- state students have it
The possi bility of non -resident
particularly hard meeting tneir need for
tuition hikes at UW and WSU prompts
reasons outside of the triple rate they pay
an obvious question for the prudent
for tuition. Residents can look to state and
Greener fro m out of state: How badly hurt
institutional aid programs to take up the
would similar hikes leave me? I spoke
with Evergreen financial aid counselor
slack when Federal ·loan and grant limits
are reached . The only options for nonLaura Grabhom, consulted the catalogs
residents are work and scholarships. Both
for this year and next, and got just the
are risky propositions. Work
answers you're looking
carries the hazard ofb):ling so
for. The outlook is grim
With the cost of
draining that students can't
at best.
living increasing,
keep up in their programs,
The average nonhousing and
That's
if they can find a'job
resident st udent is
tuition rates going
at
all;
Jhe employment
already scraping by with
up, and limits on
situation in Olympia is not
needs unmet. Dependent
funding showing
enviable. And scholarships
students who have a
no signs of getting
fami ly contribution
looser, non' aren't guaranteed. A student
may work ' for . weeks
assessed of greater than
resident students
researching
available
$1500 are receiving
are likely to be
scholarships and preparing
financial aid packages
eating an awful lot
of Top Ramen in
essays and transcripts; and
that are $2000 shy of
96-97.
still be overlooked. by the .
their need . That's $2000
committees.
short if Mom and Dad
With the cOst of ·liviilg
really are able to supply
increasing,
housing
and tuition rates going
$1500 over the school year. In practice,
. n . .ts on funding showing 'n o signs
it means an awful lot of working,
"",-v·.-.g looser, non-resident students are
scrimping, and saving.
to be eating an awful lot of Top
lndependent students in the neemest . IiI(
Ramen
in 96-97 . My advice: Listen
category, those assessed no contribution
Stacia
Lewis,
TESC career 'c:ounselor,
at all, are currently getting their full
"Don't wait! Start keeping a 'regular eye
financial need met, but that may not last.
on our summer job board so you don't
Students watched non-resident rates jump
a whopping $217, an 8.2% increase, for ' miss the perfect job." And hope with your
whole heart that non-residents aren't
the 96-97 school year, with no indication
burdened
any further,
.
of matching funds in Federal grant and
Michael is in his first year at
loan · programs. "In practice," says
Evergreen.
Grabhom, " federal programs don't keep
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Weary of colonial rule, the angry
citizens on a chilly December evening lugged
a bunch of crates to the platforms edge and
tossed a gang of tea into lha cold, black sea.
American patriots stood up for themselves,
took action and the Boston Tea Party helped
launch ThaAmerican Revolution. America's
eighteenth-century revolutionaries we re
h e roe s affirming their right to se lf
determination and equal opportunity. Patrick
Henry spoke up "give me liberty or give me
death ."
The British promptly sailed over and
began dispensing death . But they had
underestimated the Americans' resolve. With
help from the French and Native Americans
the settlers were able to fight off the British
long enough to make England recon<;ider.
Since overseas travel was difficult in those
days America was left alone.
America promptly set about
establishing a new government. Liberal
intellectuals in stituted a political system
where all men would be equal with justice
for all. They called the system democracy
and it was all good.
The settlers knew lhey would be alright
because they brought with the m the peculiar
narcissis m of the Engli sh that they were
actually superior to everyo ne else. But
trouble was brewi ng in paradi se. The
economic stability of the cqunlry was
dangerou sly precariou s. Continued growth
depended on the development of a large and
inexpensive labor force. You know, slaves.
Slavery went against the ideology of the
American people . How can slavery be
accepted? The liberal intellectual democracy
got to lhinking that since blac k fl1en were
most unlike him they were good candidates
to be slaves. Besides, blacks weren ' t really
human anyway. Since they weren't men, they
weren't equal. The media spread the word
that blacks we re happy.
Some in the libera l int e llect ua:
democracy decided to e limin a te th e
possibility of revolution, just in case blacks
were less happy than they seemed. So blacks
were forbidden to speak their lang uage.
Practice their culture. To destroy the ' sense
of community. Black s were moved
constantly. Not allowed to marry. To destroy
the sense of family. Denied reading and
w riting. To destroy the ability to think . Black
m e n branded . Black women sex ually
Last
February
Evergreen
Queer
Alliance sponsored the
Valentine's' Swi'n'g
Dance. Pictured above
are the Swing Girls,
Hallie Kuperman' and
Maylee Lykes. To the
right Abagale Seely
and Saara dance the
night away.
iIV\~ c"l,...r..
Friday, February 23, 7:30 pm
Tickets $11-16 plus $1 serv ice fee
Call 753-8586
o
Presented by
Half-price "student rush" tickets available one
hour before curtain with valid student J.D.,
subject to seal availability.
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exploited. To destroy sense of self.
The s laves s tood up for the mse lves,
They revolted. Some blacks starved to death
rather than be slaves. Others took over ships .
Overthrew plantations. They were destroyed
for it. Because bl ack~ aren't all owed to be
American revolutionaries.
Some Americans practiced sla very
act iv e ly . Some look ed the o th e r wa y .
Someo ne fina lly spoke up and said all
Americans must be free. After a long and
bloody civil war black.s tinally removed the
chains of bondage.
But soon there was more trouble in
paradise. Blacks were human and should be
free but inferior, not free around me . The ·
liberal intellectual democracy came up wi th
segregation. Separate .but equal. The media
spread the word that blacks were happy.
Problt:m was separate turned o ut not to be
equal. Black Americans were now able speak
up for their rights. The second class ci ti zens
revo lted. America' s tw e ntieth -ce nt u ry
revolutionaries were heroes affirmin g their
right to se lf d e te rmin a ti o n and eq ua l
opportunity. Huey Newton spoke up "Power
to the people."
The libe ral int e llec tu a l democracy
created COINTELPRO. The FBI declared
war on Black America by unleashing COunter
INTELligence PROgrams whose goals were
these: I. Preventthecoalition of mili tant black
nationalist groups. 2. Prevent Ihe rise of a
mess iah who could unify, and electrify the
black milita nt nationa li st movement. 3.
Prevent militant black nationalist gro ups from
gaining respectability by di screditing them to
the community. 4. A final goal should be to
prevent the long-range growth of militant
black organizations especiall y among youth .
Malcolm killed. Martin killed. The Black
Panthers destroyed. Why are white
re vo lutionarie s heroe s and black
revo lutionarie s
milita nt? Wh y
is
Afrocentricity xeno phobic a nd pride in
America patriotic? Why are white people
speaking up for their rights patriotic citizens
and black people speaking up for their rights
expatriated malcontents?
C ivil rights eliminated. Racism on the
rise. The medi a is s preading the word .
They ' re not really like us. They' re all
criminals. They're all drug addicts. Lazy.
Immoral. Some Americans practice rac ism
ac ti ve ly. Some look the other way. I'm
looking for someone else to speak upandjoin
me. I am an African-American revolutionary.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , , I am a hero. I am a patriot. I am Afrocentricmade in America . If yo u beli eve in se lf
dete rminism and equal 0 ppol1unity for all
people than my stnlggle is your struggle.
. When I was a kid growing up in South
Central Los Angeles the re were no w hite
people in my ne ighbo rhood . The onl y while
people I saw were on TV. My fa vori te show
then was "Star Trek ." Captain Kirk li ved in a
liberal intellectual democracy. He was always
knoc k.ing fool s out and trying to get some
pussy. But lhat's not the only reasons I liked
him. Kirk always spoke up for what was righl.
Now I'm in a new neighborhood . A liberal
intellectual democracy called Evergreen. The
white people here do n' t hit anyone and no
one dares say the word pussy, let alone try to
get some. BUI few people her are willing to
speak up.
" In Germany, the Nazi's first tame for
the communists,and I diq.!i.~..~~ak up because
I wasn' t a Jew. Then Ihey came for the trade
unionist, and I didn't speak up because I
wasn't a trade unionist. Then they carne for
the Catholics, and I didn 't speak up becau se [
was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and
by that time there was no one left to speak for
me."
--Reverend Martin Nie moeller
Peace.V KM
Umoja. the CP1, and housing invite you
to join us in celebrating Black history month.
We will be showing "Panther" , the story of
black revolutionaries at 3 PM this Friday in
Ihe edge. Admiss io n is free .
Va/III is a a frequent cOllfriblltor to the
Cooper Point Journal.
BY
You're invited
•
Afrocentricity: ,made in America
BY MICIIAEL
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-COLUMNS·In the Middle of Somewhere
Depressed 'in Aberdeen
BY LAUREL N ICOLE SPELLMAN
Last week when the sun came out and 63
degrees seemed like sultry tropical paradise, the
first thought that ca me to my head (even before
the one that said, "You have a 20 page paper
due soon.") was "BEACH !"
Clad in shorts and a t-shirt I excitedly I
packed my ca r full of beach toys and other
accessories and headed for Aberdeen. Yes, [
know what you're thinking. "Aberdeen?!Yuck."
I hadn't ever hea rd a whole lot of good things
about Aberdeen but I figu red the birthplace of
Kurt Cobain mu st at [eas t be so mew hat
inspiring.
Taking the 101 out ofOlympia is beautiful
and dep ressing. The shear amount of trees,
mixed with the shear amount of deforestation
is really disturbing. There are a lot of blatant
signs up that say things like "So and So's Tree
Fa rm" and I realize we need to make tables and
stuffbut it's eye opening when you actually see
acres of completely bare mountain sides.
Like the tow n of Springfield in "The
Simpsons," the bea utiful grazing lands and old
fa rm houses of Elm a and Satsop are
backgroun ded by the ominous Satsup nuclear
power pl an t. Dumb loo kin g horses graze
peacefully by a river as the power plant looms
over t he land in a pos tca rd-like cli che
foreshadowing evil.
You know you're about to hit Aberdeen
when the roadside billboards and cowart start
to bombard your vi sion. You know you're in
Aberdeen when the thought, "Ugh" comes to
your mind as you pass a logging factory and a
gathering of fast food restaurant s.
I li tera ll y gasped when I roll ed into
Abe rdee n. Really, [ have never fe lt such an
immediate repulsion to a place (excep t Las
Vegas) as I did Aberdeen. As [ drove through
the town I decided I must be in the wrong frame
of mind so [ decided to regroup my thoughts,
eat something, splash some cold wa ter on my
face and then take another look around.
Driving through the town once more [
realized, "no wonder Kurt killed himself."
Then I had a revelation. Aberde~n is what
Olympia would be like if it wasn't the capitol
and it wasn 't a college town. It reminded me
of th e movie "It's a Wonderful Life" when
Jimmy Stewart gets to see wha,t his town and
his fa mily would have been like if he had never
bee n born . His wife was a lonely old librarian.
His fri ends neve r got th e money he loaned
them, and life in his town was no where near
as good as ifhe were alive.
I rea lly tried hard to find somethin g
good about Aberdeen, and if anyone reading
this knows anything good about the town I'd
be totally open to hearing about it. In fact , I
almost didn 't write this column for the sake
of that saying, "If you can't say anything nice ...
blah.. . blah... etc." .
I guess the people of the city are trying
to make it more palatable. There has been a
noticeable effort to paint murals on th e
sidewalls of buildings depicting loggin g life in
old Aberdeen. "Great. A history of depressed
people," [ thought to myself. The few people I
did see on th e streets seemed to ca rry
th emselves aimlessly past decrepit vaca nt
buildings and neglected city parks.
I dec ide d to foll ow a sign to th e
Aberdeen Historical Mansion. Although I had
litt le desire to go in, it was cute, as were the
houses around it. But , as [ looked down on to
the town from the hill I was on [ realized I too
was getting depressed,
Deep breathing, in out, in out .... "\'m
outt a here," I. rea lized. It was a hopeless
situation. [ [eft Aberdeen with a deep desire
to see so mething of beauty. I traversed on
towards th e sea.
Stay tuned till the week after next when
the adventure contin ues with, ·Ocean Shores
- Hawaii it ain't." I promise I'll be in a better
mood.
·SPORTS·
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·E~ergreen, Christ and
me
The old boomerang gang went out with a bang
BV' GREG SMrrn ,
"nor gave' tbahks to hini; but their thinking .
. I w'as slalom skiing at Sc;hwiet~er '. beCaine futile and thelt foolish hearts were
Uasin, [daho one very-fQggy ·moming. 'My , darkened. Although-.t hey claimed to' be
slalpm poles were the. econ.omy version " Ii wise, ~bey be.came fools and exchanged ~he
stan~ of weathered, silver gray dead trees.glolY of the immortal God for inl~ges made,..
You shouldn't brush against the;se kind o( to look like mortal marl a.n d birds. and
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slalom poles like the reaLracers do on theiis, .animals a~d reptiles."
buf it was a lot of fun to ski betWeen diem.'
,Many people probably beJieve that '
There was. only one problem, I couldn't stay much ofour thinking ~ futile. Some believe
up on my .skis, Every time 1 turned, I fell that we are moral f(lOls."But why? Our gods
down. .
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are not ,God. The ab~ve bibljcal.passflge .
After faulng·sever3.i times, I startfd to :probably r~efs td theEgypnansworship of
wOl)dei', what's going~.rong? As I ~tOOi.t tip, , pharaohs. e3gles/ ,bylls. ·and snakes. Their
one more time, and brushed the snow off ' ~plrj.tl!al focus brougtit cultural de~t~ctl~n
and out of my clothes, [simply,toppled ovet. .to tbe~ . .Our life. orieptatj:on,or wotshjp.
Now l was {eally wondering,HDo· I have foc~s on creation, inste;atfof t'ht:. creator.
vertigo? Am Ilosing,my-ability to'~a'lance7 Trees; niouri.ta~ns ,' sexual . ~xpe·rience,
I have to get do~n the m~unta\.n, somehowl political PQwer, and ~I>ney m!lydefil)e:our
. But, lfee~ gr~t; So; I tned again to stand" live.s. These aU have a place,'b~tnot.as go~,
[carefully.pulled myselfup with my ski pole~ .' , Our fals,e gods are ~es.troyirigus. · . . '.
~d ..cro,uched.low like I waS- standing i~ a . .', : The solution is;td repent 'and believe. .
seve~tympli '\Vind... Everything was fine as Repent'. means ,t o .-e'hange our mind.
long as I was ~ooking down atmy skis, boots, .. Changing our minds involves tOilfession.
and the sn~w.. When I looked up,' I start to That meartsto. a!imit io God, "I'm' wrong~
. faU. '" ."
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",. . . You're right," 'Believe means to trust God
, finally, it da'oVnedon me. The whOle to be 'God, which includes trustirig.fJiin to
forest o,f de~d trees was leaning ~5 degrees lov'~ us e~ough that he .entered oul. wprld
off vertIcal. In the fog, l had counted upon . andtoa!- upon himself the just punishment
.will forgive us for
the dead tree to let me know ~hich was up. ' . of Oijr- god fOCus and noW
Without ahor~on to See, mY, t.ef~rencepoint · ourrebellion. ' .
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had mi~led me. - ," , ' ,
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this is the beginning. It well help us
This/ikiing experience has stu,* in my , to stanf,i up. The deception of the cr90Ked
mind as a spiritual',moral parable',·So [)lany c~ation will begin to, he.broken.G9d
times I Qelieve that fro right; b~t )'just keep • begm to bring"m'e!lning to our minds and
falling down, Finally if dawnS on me, I'm purity to our hearts.
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.wrong. That "is why my life is falling, . . .'
'. Greg Smi.th is E~ergreen 's campus
.
The Bible ·says; : For although they minister. " ' . , "
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.. kne~ God,they neither glorified ~im ~s God
A pictoral look '!t "Team Get: Evergreen 's now defunct boomerang club. The club existed
from 1985-95, but the spirit ofthe 'rang lives forever. Upper Left: "Gel" Girvin (first on the left)
and the boom squad. Lower Left: Piggyback boomers. Above: Two diehard boomerang masters
practice their craft on the legendary fields of Evergreen.
-~~&ical; Mariners~: .·Mystery· Tour
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make tile sta~tin'grotation, or even the
b~llpe~? Is Davis the blue-chip third
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. Barring injuries, Griffey, ]o'hnson, ·Bubner,
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peffo~mances' out of lesser-knoWn players.
Last yea~ tholl~ performances came from
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Arriying intheirpIa~e? .Infielders Paul '
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New York. Outfielder Luis p. olonia. who won .'
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-LETTERS" OPIN·I ONSReader calls for equal representation and free speech'for all
8.
Jonah Loeb's cartoon in the February
issue brought up a lot of controversy. I
heard people say they were mad that they
wanted him kicked out of school, that the
CPJ should not have printed his cartoon.
This incident has brought things up in
me which have aggravated me since I
came to Evergreen. People in this
community don't want people to be
individuals; they want people to conform
to a different standard in thinking and
acti ng ; their standard. People in this
--community are exactly like the
conservative element that they claim to
differ from . They attempt to remove
clemen ts that may be contrary to their
beliefs.
For those of you that don't know me
personally, I'm a fag. People like myself
....
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are censored to this' day , in this country,
by' people who claim that what I say and
do is indecent. Censorship in any form
is wrong. I don't care if that someone is
a neo-nazi or an artist whose pictures are
deemed offensive: freedom of speech is
freedom of speech. The good with the
bad. I don't feel that Jonah's cartoon was
offensive and I know he meant no ill
will, but even if I did I would still feel
that it should be printed. We must take
all expression and educate ourselves
about what we are going to think about
it, not keep it from our sight so we don't
have to think about it. When expression
is offensive is when we most need it. It
should provoke and challenge
preconceived notions. Human expression
should leave you different than when it
found you. People should demand to be
treated like thinkin'g ~dults. Without it,
all expression will be turned into
homogenized mush.
I've heard cries that the cartoon is
homophobic and anti-Semitic. What is
the cartoon about? What is anti-Semitic
about? Where is the homophobic
message? Is it the word "fag"? Or is it
because it uses the setting of a
concentration camp, which has been
deemed by some authority to pe discussed
only in a serious tone. Perhaps the
reason that people are so outraged is
because it portrays minorities attacking
one another. Minority groups do not
always get along and they did not in the
Nazi concentration camps. Homosexuals
were persecuted by the other prisoners
because they were seen as abnormal,
someone that their society did not
Why Snuggle was not in the paper
It has come to our attention these last
two weeks that there have been several
misconceptions circulating around
campus regarding Jonah Loeb's comic
"Snuggle" and its relationship to the
C P J.
We would like to take this
opportunity to clear up some of these
misconceptions.
The first deals with the status of Mr.
. Loeb's ability to submit to the C P J.
Although "Snuggle" did not ap~ar in
this week's and last week's papers. the
CPJ staff never told Mr. Loeb that he
could not participate in the CPJ through
the submission of other materials (e.g. a
letter or opinion piece).
Secondly, Mr. Loeb has' not been
banned from the CPJ. Although the
exclusion of "Snuggle" from this and last
week's CPJ may indicate this. it is not a
correct conclusion. Last week Mr. Loeb
submitted a comic that the editor deemed
inappropriate for publication. which was
the lll!.b: reason his comic was not on the
comic pages. Due to this and the
questionable nature of several other
comics by Mr. Loeb this year, a
moratori um was placed on "Snuggle"
until it could be discussed at a time when
it was not interfering with the production
of the paper.
This past Friday and Monday , the statt
discussed the place of submissions (all
submiss ions. not just "Snuggle") that are
deemed "questionable" in the eyes of the
CPJ editors. From these discussions, a
policy has been drafted for future
reference should a situation arise where
an editor question s the suitability of a
piece for publication. In light of this
policy being adopted. the moratorium
placed on "Snuggle" has been lifted, and
Mr. Loeb is free to submit "Snuggle"
once again. ·
The staff of the CPJ appreciates Mr.
Loeb's patience and understanding during
these past two weeks, as they have been
trying and difficult for the CPJ staff to
come to its final decision. The staff of
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readers who aired their opinions about
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appreve of. OUf society is no different.
There is still prejudice between minority
groups, ethnic or otherwise. And don't
think that queers are above that, far from
it. Some of the most hateful racial slurs
I have ever heard have come out of the
mouths of queers.
Minority groups do not want to
discuss the fact that they don't work
together. It seems odd because we all
have a common goal. We all want equal
representation in power structures and the
media. We all want our rights of life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to
be guaranteed by law and respected by our
fellow citizens. In one way or another
we are all still fighting for those same
things, but not together. Could this be
what was so offensive?
Michael Wilde
Freedom For Leonard Peltier
)
Justice for Leonard Peltier! Action group Clinton and demand Executive Clemency
to work on Caravan to Washington DC. for Leonard Peltier.
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee has
Our group was recently formed in
made;m International call for Action.
January , 1996 and is autonomous; its
In December 1995, Political prisoner of foundation is a Traditional Spiritual one
20 years, Leonard Peltier was assaulted two and operates by consensus. We meet every
days before he went before the Parole Board. Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. and have a pot-luck
The attack was int~nded to provoke him J o_ dinner aJ.the T.E.S.C Longhouse. We are
behave in a manner that would jeopardize currently planning fund-raisers, educational
his parole hearing. , The plan was events, an.d of course the caravan to
unsuccessful; Leonard did not retaliate. In Washington -DC. Everyone of all ages
our last communication with the Defense welcome, family oriented and healthy
Committee we were informed that Leonard atmosphere encouraged. Your support will
is receiving long awaited medical attention be appreciated and is needed. Come and be
at the Springfield Medical center in a force for the Spirit of Truth.
Springfield Missouri. The parole decision
For more inf?rmation contact: LisilNa M
will soon be made; if Leonard.is denied Red Bear 'at MEChA 866-6000 ext. 6143
parole he will be in prison another 14 years Parole commission Fax # 3QI-492-6694
until he goes before the parole board again. Pres: Bill Clinton # 202-456-1111
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We are asking people to -fax the Parole
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Career .Fair coming sQon
Are you graduating? Job or internship
hunting? Interested in finding out about
opportunities available in your intended
area of interest? Or are you considering
graduate ~chool? If you are, mark your
calendars for the annual Career Fair.
The Career Development Centers for
Evergreen and St. Martin's College are
co-sponsoring this event to attract as
many employers and candidates as
possible. This year's fair will be held at
St. Martinis Pavilion in Lacey on
Tuesday, March 12 from I :00 to 5:00
p.m . Shuttles will be avallable to
transport Evergreen students to the event
leaving every half hour beginning at
12:30 and ending at 4:00 p.m. Please
sign up in the Career Center, located in
Library 1407, or call us at x. 6193 if you
are planning to ride the shuttle.
If you have never been to a career fair,
you may wonder how this works and
what you should do to prepare,
Basically, if you are a junior or senior,
the fair will be an opportunity to get
information on career positions, parttime jobs , internships and summer
positions as well as some information on
graduate schools. (We will have a list
of participating employers available in
our office in advance so you can target
those of greatest interest to you and do
some company research prior to the
event.) Bring copies of your resume
with you to the fair. If you need
assistance with resume writing, please
contact our office; we have several people
available to assist you.
It is also
important to dress appropriately, as you
would for an interview. Depending on
the type of position you are seeking, that
may mean jackets and ties, dresses or
suits. Again, please contact Career
Development if you have any questions.
Freshmen and sophomores can benefit
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22, 1996
from this event as it provides a chance to
investigate potential fields of interest in
greater depth .
You can obtain
information on interesting' graduate
programs as well as talk with. employers
and pick up information on their
companies ~ith a view to the future.
You may also learn about part-time and
summer positions/internships for which
you already qualify ..
Currently , we have 130 employers
signed up to attend. One of them may
have the perfect job for you! These
employers include Microsoft, Boeing,
KIRO, Intel, the Tacoma News Tribune,
Seafirst, Department of Natural
Resources and King County (which now
includes Metro for those of you interested
in water quality issues, transportation,
etc ... ). Smaller organizations will also
be represented as will temporary
agencies, and positions in education and
social services/mental health.
Representatives from various graduate
schools will also be on hand to answer
your questions. Programs that will be
represented include the University of
Washington's social work and medical
schools, Seattle University'S law school,
many programs at Chapman University,
physical and occupational therapy at
University of Puget Sound, St. Martin's
counseliJlg, nursing and teaching
programs and Evergreen's MES and MPA
programs.
We look forward to having another
great event with many Evergree~ students
in attendance. Remember, this is a
wonderful opportunity to connect with
future employers and to do some
occupationaVmarket research, even if you
are not planning on graduating just yet.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Stacia Lewis, Career Development
Things go down at this school that most
students never even hear about. It's not
surprising. We can't expect the
admin~stratio"nto tellljs things they don't
want us to know.
That's why we need you.
The CPJis looking for volunteer writers
to dig up the stories know one would ever
hear about otherwise. We need you to
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that, Evergreen needs you to write them.
Come to the next story meeting Monday
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volunteer. Or just drop by between 10:00
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and
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DIP'P1CULT -O-IICO~U
CALVIN JOHNSON
S~£~tSVEG"S • ARTS
&
ENTERTAINMENT
~'ARTS"
Mu ..~ TRILASU ... ISLAND
•
MADIQ"N
A/CAUTOLUX
by Joh,n Evans
by Josh Root
Josh Root: Well
think a lot of
JR.: My hometown . .
q: Yes. Back in those days registering for the draft was kind of an issue. it
isn't really an}'lTIore. What was happening was that people were being
prosecuted for saying "Don't register for the draftl" (Not registering is
itself punishable with jail time). So Bret and Sam said, "The draft is bad,
so register a hundred times." Because there's no law against registering
for the draft as many times as you want to. II's against the law ifyou·re .
between 18-22 and don't register, but it's not against the law ifyou're lZ
and do register. Anyone can register for the draft. So as a form of protest
they organized these mass registrations. And they got all of these people,
whether they were eligible or not, to register for the draft. But no one ever
documented the fact that-they did that , and I thought that it was really
great. So I thought, well, I'm going to put it in the middle of a song. just
because it was a neat idea. It's a great example of how to use the system
against itself. It iSll't just the fact that the draft was a hot issue, but as a
form of civil disobedience, it was just really creative and exciting. And
that's what makes it still relevant today.
JR: Disruption by compliance.
q: Yes exactly. It isn't a form of prdtest that was accepted widely, although
start oul lell me about slarting K Records. Because I
people don'l know about the whole Olympia music
JR: That leads right into my next question about the connection between
Calvin Johnson: I started Kin 1982. It just was what was going on. maybe
less than now, but at the time it just made sense. You were in a band.
you had a
radio show. you started a fanzine. you
started a record labeL II was all the
.
same thin g.
q: Ithink originally BTS was just going to be a studio project with a bunch
10
sce ne.
JR: Hal'e yo u alwa),s li ved here (i n Olympia)?
q : Mos t of my life. 1 lil'ed on the east coast for a while.
and around
Washington state.
But mostly here.
the Halo Benders
and Built to Spill.
JR: Personally. I think that this album is a lot different than the last one.
q:Yeah .
natural evolution of the band?
q: We started in 1993. Dougand I started wt,lrking together. We had been
in touch
through the Treepeople (Do ug's previous bll'lld) and Beat Happening
(Calvin 's
previous band). I think I talked to Doug right when he quit Treepeople.
Because I wanted them to playa show with us, but it wasn't really
happening. The band was kind of disorganized and he was moving back
to Boise (idaho). And it wasn'tlong aft er, Ihat Doug sent me a rape of the
first Built 10 Spilllhing.
Putting it succinctly, City Hall sucks
Ory HaJJ was being advertised MONl1lS ago. The first preview
I-saw was in the early fall. proclaiming a Cbristmas release. Well, it's
- late February, and the movie finally made it to the theaters.
It wasn't worth the wait.
To put it as succinctly possible: Oty Hal/sucks. It's a pompous.
predictable sham of a movie. The poorly written script boasts nine or
ten of our favorite cliches (yes, 'on him like a cheap suit' and 'pure as
driven snow' make it) and an equal amount of uninspired mush that
passes for dialogue.
.
. Al Pacino is top billed as John Pappas, the strident.
sanctimonious mayor ofNew York. Pacino has a speech about making
"the city a PALACE again' that sounds pretty passionate when excerpts
appear in the trailer. But in the context ofthe movie, it becomes a slick
political speech that plays off a slain child to defuse an angry funeral
congregation. Just more rhetoric in a film jam-packed with posturing
and wistful remembrances of when things made sense. And that was
the best scene in the movie.
John Cusack is Pappas' ambitious deputy mayor, a Southern boy.
I know that because the movie throws in every conceivable bit of
Southern twang. slang and down home wisdom they could findrjust in
case we might possibly forget his folksy background. Cusack is earnest,
but it's dear that even he knows how terrible his lines sound and his
heart isn't in it.lfhe doesn't believe his own character, how can we?
The plot is so simplistic one wonders if it was dreamt up by the
executiveproducer's ten year old son as a homework assignment. And
predictable? At one point a character is shown singing along to
"Carousel." a Broadway musical. Why is this important? Later he is
told by a Mafia don that he must kill himself. You get one guess as to
the choice of music for his maudlin suicide scene. They even show the
LABEL ON THE TAPE when he puts it in, 3S if we didn't knowl
We've got murder and corruption, political poSitioning and lots
of speeches about morality. It's all so clumsily written that I found
myself wincing at almost every word_ At one point Pacino brays, "I won't
let this sink me, the way Willie Horton sunk Dukakisl"
That's supposed to be an intelligent line? Isn't there some more
interesting way of making that reference? Does it have to be so obvious,
so graceless?
Cusack offers a crucial informant safety in the Witness Protection
Program.
"rve got my OWN Witness Protection Program: the idiot sneers.
proud of this clever line_ Guess what happens to him IN THE VERY
NEXTSHOTl
You gotta' see it. It's a stunner. The most unexpected twist in a
movie since the Crying Game. No kidding.
But seriously. folks, Oty H~Ujs a big waste oftime.lfit wasn'l so
damned pretentious I might not come down on it so hard, but the film
has such delusions ofgrandeurllt's the very imageofsmugness, proud
of its profound observations on modern ur~ecay and graft. The
truth is, it's all been done before, and done better. If we wanted
something so hackneyed. so stilted and devoid of ingenuity. we could
tWTI on the TV and save some money.
as
q: It 's just the way we ended up working together. The way that the songs
came about·is different. The division oflabor is really different compared
10 the last album.
JR: Tell me about "Bombshelter PI. 2" Wha t is the whole idea behind
registering for the draft multiple times?
q: Well that was an idea that Bret (lunsford. Calvin 's fo rmer bandmate
in Beat Happening) and Sam (Hendrix, a cool guy) organized in Anacortes
about ten yea rs ago.
q: Yeah, we'replaying the shows and that'sabout it. We might get together
this summer, but other than that.. .... everyone·s kind of busy, We're not
going to be doing anymore shows or going on tour.
JR: Well. thanks a bunch for the tim~ .
q: No problem. Are you coming to the show?
q:Yeah .
You can see the Halo Benders frio the 23rd (my birthday) at Reed College
in Portland at 10:00pm, in Seau1eon Sat. the 24th at the UW west ballroom
at 8:00pm. or on Sun. the 25th right here in Olympia at the Capitol Theater
Backstage at a homework friendly 1:30 in the afternoon. All shows are
about $5. and also. feature some combination of Lois , Love as Laughter.
Modest Mouse, orThe Need. For really hard-core (or cheap) fans. there is
also a free show al the U-District Cellophane Square on Sat. the 24th at
4:00pm. But you'd better get there early. because that pLice is small, sucker!
Funkadelic founder returns
by Brya n Frankenseuss Theiss
by John Evans
concerts coming up.
JR: Oh yes. the Seattle and Olympia ones. So I guess I'll see you there.
JR: Was that something that the band set out to do? Or was it just the
JR: lJow did The Halo Benders g~t together?
it should have been. Instead ofjust marching or protesting, they thought
"What's really going to get some mention?" or "What's really going to be
effective?" And that's where people should be focusing their energy.
Ber,ause it seems like people are like. "Ohl There's something bad going
on, let's have a protestl" Well that isn't necessarily the best way to either
draw attention to, or solve the problem,
JR: So what are the Halo Benders doing now? I know you've got these
of different people. Doug proposed the idea that he wanted me to sing on
a song. whether that was BTS or not. I'm not sure. But then it just sort of
turned into us writing songs together, And Ralph (Youtz The Halo Benders'
drummer/guitarist) was the drummer on the first BTS record. It took a
couple of months. but we ended up working together as a separate band.
When
Parliament
and
Funkadelic were redefining funk and
soul music in tlie '70s, they were an
eilOrmous empire, branching off\nto
splinter groups like Bootsy's Rubber
Band , the Horny Horns, and The
Brides of Funkenstein. and creating
legends around musicians like Geo rge
Clinton. Bootsy Collins. Bernie
Worrell. Maceo Parker. Fred Wesley,
and the late Eddie Hazel.
Unfortunately, the mighty Funk Mob
also left a number of people in its
tracks, unnoticed beneath the shadow
of Clinton or abandoned long ago.
forgotten to all but the most dedicated
P-Funk scholars.
The most tragic example may
be Tawl Ross. a rhythm guitarist and
vocalisl who played on Funkadelic's
first three albums. Funkadelic,Free
Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow,
and Maggot Brain. Ross left the group
in 1971 after flipping out on a
combina tion of l SD and speed.
According to fellow Funkadelic Billy
"Bass" Nelson in the liner nOles of
Music For Your Mother(a double CD
set ofFunkadelic's 45s on Westbound
Records), "He never played again with
nobody. That was it. When we got to
that gig Tawl was totally out of it and
he stayed that way. He never came
back, period .. ,! found Tawl walking
aimlessly up and down the street talking to himself like one of these
transients you see now. He barely knew who I was."
IJntii recently, the Music For Your Motherliner notes were thelast
word on Ross. As far as most P-Funk fans were concerned, Ross was taken
to his relatives in Plainfield. New Jersey, "where he remains to this day.
barely functional." But a dedicated funkateer from California named Mis
Wilson tracked Ross down seve(al years ago in Maxton, North Carolina,
where he'd been living in a trailer with three chickens, a goat, and a Spanish
steel stringed guitar. Ir turned out he'd been playing music all along, just
not profeSSionally. So Wilson hooked Ross up with a producer named
Peter Wetherbee, who flew him down to Florida where he subsequently
recorded the strange and beautiful album a.k.a. detrimental vasoline Giant Shirley.
So here it is - rmerging from a near25 year hibernation, Ross (who
now spells his first name sans the 'w) has created olle of the most purely
funkadelic albums to come along in more than a decade. While Clinton
has carved out 3 niche for himself in the world of hip-hop infused funk,
Parker and Wesley have moved on to successful jazz-funk careers and
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"~ENTERTAINMENT"
Leaving Las Vegas: Love, liquor and neon lights
Come bend your halo'
The Ii alo Benders are a wonderful
band . You should definitely listen to
them. Okay. I'll admit that it lOok me
unt il their recent second release. Don't
Tell Me No"" to fully fall in love with their
genius. The new album is chock full of the
good ness that has for so lo ng been a
staple of K Reco rds releases. You might
as we ll take a seat beca use every song on
the album is worth a good listen. From
th(· upbeat pseudo-biographical "Halo
Bende r" to th e pointed politica l
commentary on "Bombshelt er: Pts. 1 &
:2." Call'in lohnson and Built to Spill 's
Doug Ma rsch blend their voices in wha t
ca n onll' be desrribed as the most perfect
un-perfect harmony of the music world.
There is Boise and there is Olympia and
ther e i, what bappe ns when worlds
collide.
Recenll)' I was able to sit down with
Call'in nd tal k about the band, his record
company. and a bunch of other stuff. Here
is a part of that conversation.
&
the legend of Tal Ross
Collins and Worrel continue to explore
the .higher plan ~s of ex perimental
cyberfunk. Ross has made an album that
almost could have been recorded in aciddrenched funk-rock scene of the early
·70s. This isn't the cartoon ish dance-noor
. sound of Parliament , it's closer to the
psyc hedelic blues-rock-soul of early
Funkadelic. !'ven the ballads, like "Forget
Her" and "Forever (My Darling Don 't
Cry)" , have the mysterious, dreamy
sound of those cady albums. It's as if
living in that trailer shielded Ross from
the corrupt ive influences of mndern
R&B, and even the older R&B that came
after his drug-induced fall.
The backup band is solid, particularly
when it comes to the beats by Jerome "Big
Foot" Brailey (who many consider to be
the best drummer in P-Funk history) and
Senegalese percussionist Aiyb Dieng
(who has worked with Bill Laswell. Bernie
Worrell and even Deee-lite). Further
helping things are gui tarist Jet' Lee
Johnson, bassist Wayne Hammond and
keyboardist Neil Alexander, who all mesh
well into an organic fusion of soul. blues.
rock. and funk .
Ross' voice is equipped with a soulful
slur that renders many of his lyrics
incomprehensible, but the emotion still
comes through. Never while listening to
this album will you suspect that he has
any aspiration to return to stardom. This
is the kind of music that can only comc
straight from the heart. The mystical
guitar licks trnd to f2de if:' and out in the background, emitting a heartwrenching wail that ,like the music of Eddie Hazel, sometimes makes you
want to cry even on the upbeat songs.
The album covers a lot of territory. from the dirgy, rock-t inged
"Green and Yellow Daughter,' to the bouncy "Get So Mad. " to the
contemplative "Keep On Trying," It's strange that so soon after the passing
of Eddie Hazel in 1993, new music has already emerged with a similar
tendency toward breakneck funk rock licks and mournful baring of the
soul. It's almost as if the post-Hazel universe felt unb~ lanced, and had no
choice but to grant Ross a musical rebirth.
Giant Shirley is unique, emotional music that sounds like it was
piped in from some planet where everyone's big on Funkadelic but has
never heard of Parliament. It is proof that the future offunk does not lie
only in the borrowed beats of the hip hop nation, but also in the forgotten
pioneers of the past. It is a wonderful surprise that Ross has crawled out
of oblivion and made 'a new album, but it's a miracle that it's so damn
good. This music is not compatible with all brain patterns, but for the
Funkadelic fan Giant Shirley is a must have.
Sometimes love pulls a fast one and pops up
where you I~ast expect it. A strange a!ld unpredictable
creature, it doesn't always'manifest itselfin Hallmark
cards or sappy Richard Gere flicks. In Leaving Las
Vegas, this mystifying force of human nature is
violently pure, tragic, yet ultimately more uplifting than
J'(1ost of the saccharine sentiments you were
undoubtedly exposed to this Valentine's Day.
Nicolas Cage and Elizabeth Shue play two downand-ou ters on the brink. Sera (Shue) is a young
prostitute who has a loi oflove to give but her harsh
occupation makes that nearly impossil?le. Ben (Cage),
a burnt-out Hollywood screenwriter, has decided to
drink himself to death so that he may escape grinding
circumstances left largely unexplained by the film .
Before he flees L.A., he bums up every reminder of his
previous life. in a powerful. passionately lensed
sequence.
Fate allows Ren and Sera's paths to cross in Las
Vegas, where sleaze is celebrated beneat~ a facade of
glitz and neon lights. Ben has come to dutifully amass
the world's largest liquor collection. He pays Sera to
spend the night with him, but isn't physically capable
of sex. Instead the~ spend the hours talking and build
a deep mutual understanding_
Sera invites him to move in with her_They make
a pact to accept each other for what they are; both are
willing to overlook the baggage that most people
consider untenable. Ben doesn't interfere with Sera's '
professionallifeand in ttirn she tolerates bis perpetual
drunkenness and its unpleasant side effects.
A permanently plastered 'Ben is frequently
86'ed from bars and casinos. but Sera does not reject
him until he brings home another hooker. Once she
throws him out, they lose track ofeach other, until Ben
is on death's door.
This is a sad story. quite obviously. but at its
heart is one of the most tender screen romances in
recent years. Sera and Ben meet too late, or perhaps at
just the right time; they share a true love that is
unconditional, unwavering, and free of pretense. Their
relationship has a realness that typical cinema often
faiisJo capture. It's great to see a love story where the
leads aren't the usual Hollywood plastic people going
through the motions of inimitable American mating
rituals. Instead, Ben and Sera are damaged goods,
lonely souls blessed with an all too brief moment of
happiness.
Cage is an authentic drunk; his twitches,
convulsions and staggerings are mannered but wholly
credible. Ben is an intelligent. complicated man; he's
bitter and at the end of his rope. yet kind-hearted and
capable of great affection. He loves Sera earnestly but
isn'table to break offhis collision course with oblivion.
even for her.
Shue, breaking out ofan ironclad typecast as the
girl next door, lends a vulnerability and innocence to
Sera that a I'ess demure actress would struggle with.
Figgis' screenplay (adapted from a novel by John
O'Brien) is nnt overtly clever. instead striving for an
olTheat naturalism. It isn't lacking in wit but its
strength is its straight-forwardness.
. Alert viewers are sure to spot Richard Lewis,
Steven Weber, Valeria Golino. R. lee Ermey, Laurie
Metcalf.Julian Lennon and Xander Berkeley in cameo
roles. These diversely talented bit players each add a
little color to their respective scenes.
Leaving Las Vegas was named the best picture
of 1995 by several critics' associations, winning over
such competition as Braveheart, Sense and Sensibility
and Babe. All of those films were nominated for Best
Picture by the Academy, while Vegas got snubbed .
Typical: the Oscar voters seem to have the acuity of
advanced Alzheimers' patients.
Go see this unconventional love story. It has a
sap factor of about -5. Perfect for those post-Valentine's
Day bluesl You won't want to hit any bars afterwards.
so talk about it over mochas instead.
Length- 10,062 feet.
Her conception of Sera is less flashy than Cage's role.
.but with subtle expressions and quiet nuances it speaks
just as profoundly.
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Both performers richly deserve their Academy
Award nominations, and I daresay that Cage (who won
the Golden Glolie) should walk away with the Oscar
without argument. Niculas Cage is one hell of an actor.
By the way, director Mike Figgis has made a
.Richard Gere flick, Mr. Jones. It didn't turn out the
way he planned. Figgis (Stormy Monday) wasn't
burdened by studio meddling this time out. He directs
with scarcely a misstep, though the grating. repetitive
soundtrack becomes distracting. Having written much
of the music used, Figgis should take some of the heat
for its intrusiveness.
Once Sera's unhinged pimp. Yuri. Oulian Sands)
is out ofthe picture, the story loSes someofits potential
for mishap and seems to move along more inevitably.
Sera's rape by thuggish college boys takes the film on
a brief tangent, but its purpose is unclear. A few more
twists, such as the possibility of treatment for Ben or
the couple actually Leaving Las Vegas. might have
made the road more winding. As it is, the plot fee!s
economical to the point of being anemic. Somehow,
though, it doesn't seem to detract overmuch!
Director of photography Declan Quinn shoot$
everything with care. capturing the perfect tone with
stylized camera effects. Unusual close-ups. high angles
and dreamy dissolves create an illusory feeling that is
as enthralling as the superb acting.
I would like to apologize for not running this article
last week. It was intended to coincide with the film 5
arrival at the Capital Mall. Had the review run when
originally intended, the headline would have been
"Have a Las Vegas Valen tine - Drink yourself to
death. " -A&E Editor
Free concerts at the housing community center
continue with Madigan ana Ale Autolux
sound of shattering glass to the dull clunk of heavy
brass bells, the bassist"exhibited a keen ability to
The collaborative performance of singer/experiment with sound echoing slightly ofSonic Youth.
songwriter Madigan and the thundering duo of A/CThe tone mellowed somewhat ·when Madigan
Autolux' Saturday night at the Community Center joinedA/CAutolux. Madigan, who was the lead singer
turned out to be a real treat. A/C Autolux consists of for the Seattle folk group Tattle Tale, sang with acute
only a bassist and a female drummer who also sings vulnerability behind her cello and her acoustic guitar.
vocals. Despite the fact thai there were no other Her lyrics were full of poetic consciousness with a
musicians contributing to the cacophony of sounds,
lover's wistful yearning. "Anything that is real seems
there was still plenty of power and depth from the duet.
to be illegal! Hunger, homelessnessl And living ~igh
Their melodies perpetually oscillated between simple on your dreams." Madigan sang behind the plaintive
punk/pop melodies to an anarchy of cathartic groan of her cello.
improvisations . in which Shannon's tempestuous ·
The concert turned out to be a delightful
drumming provided a foundation for the bassist's evening ranging from A/C Autolux's ebullient noise
kinetic speed . The sounds of the bass and drums of experimental punk to Madigans thoughtful and
layered upon each other creati'ng a thick, dense wall introspective love songs. And best of all, the concert
ofs.ound inside of which lay smooth oceanic rhythms. was free. Look for more free concerts at the
This dichotomy of sound ended up ripping through Community Center in the future.
the psyche with an absolving abrasiveness, From the
Ramble Imports &
Oddities Company
by Chris Miller
Kennit headed for Travolta style comeback with Muppet Treasure Island
character along the lines of Brad Pitt's Jeffrey Goines
in Tlllelve Monkeys. Fozzy usually plays himself; this
Muppet Treasure Island is not a completely is his first solid coinic performance and he infuses it
faithful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel with subtlety and wit. Had Treasure Island been
Treasure Island. It follows the ~amebasic story about released a few months earlier he would have had the
a battle with pirates fQr lost treasure, but it also throws best supporting actor Oscar in the bag.
in a lot of self-referential comedy, a few extra main
. The only real disappointment is Kermit's
characters (Rizzo and Gonzo the 'Great) and a subplot Mupper Show co-star Miss Piggy, who plays t~e love
about tourist rats. It's also a musical:
interest Benjamina. She has a good singing voice and
It is not, however, an erQticized modernization adequate martial arts training. but she's just playing
like. say. the Demi Moore version of The Scarlet Letter. the same character she always plays - sort ofLhe Juliette
Directed by Brian Henson (son of Dark O),staldirector Lewis of the animal world.
Jim Henson), it's actually a clever and visually stunning .
Some ofthe jokes fall flat. but there are enough
adventure comedy for all.;lges.
good belly chuckles to make up for those. There are
The film's biggest strength is it's unorthodox also quite a few scenes involving complexspecial effects
ensemble cast. TV vet Kermitthe Frog (who appeared setups and computer generated imagery that will leave
on Sam & Friends, reported news on Sesame Street you wondering how the filmmakers were able to pull
and hosted the variety program The Muppet Show) them oIl
plays Smollet, the courageous captain who struggles
The songs contain a good balance between the
with the evil pirate Long John Silver (Tim Curry). It 's musical styles of The Muppet Show and that of
eaSily Kermit's best role in years. just the sort ofgentle- traditional pirate tunes. Most of them are pretty
but-heroic character he's good at playing. This is his humorous. including an intentionally ironic love duet
sixth feature film (he appeared in The Muppet Movie, which reappears on the credits as a seemingly sincere
The Great Muppet Caper. The Muppets Take contemporary soul song. Do the Disney executives
Manhattan and Follow That Bird before hitting a have a sense of humor, or did they really think taking
critical slump with The Muppet Chrisrmas Carol.) out the frog and pig voices would make it a hit?
Between this role and his new TV show Muppets
Most of these actors have made better movies
Tonight, Kermit could easily be headed for a John early in their careers, but this is still a lot of fun.
Travolta style comeback.
Between the intense acting, the lighthearted comedy
Comedian Fozzy Bear delivers an even more and the spectacular stunts, Muppet Treasure Island
surprising performance as a mentally unstable has something for everybody.
by Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss
ARIES - Reeling racks of rocks rolling round
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Dancemakers - Toronto's acclaimed
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