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officer, pretended to harass, and then violently threaten Chopra, who played a homeless student,
photo by Reynor Padilla
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Rahul doesn't trust cops. He doesn't
think that they should have guns . He is
threatened by anyone who carries a gun.

Hesitant cries of support for Rahul
tumble from the crowd: The pro-gun student
is condemned for his views.
Nobody who support s arming Public

Safety speaks again .
Soon, a chant against guns begins.
But only part of the crowd is (;hanting.
Reynor Padilla is the editor of the CPl.

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Ian Keoppen points a gun at Mona
Chopra. There is a sile nt eerie moment.
Everyone in the crowd knows it's fake , Mona
and Ian are just making a point. But the
moment is eerie anyway.
A student, Clressed to look like a campus
police officer, is ,pointing a gun at another
student. The Skil they perform is meant to
convince its audience that arming Public
Safety is wrong.
The skit is awkward at first. The studentperformers ham it up. The audience laughs
nervously.
Then the student dressed as a campus
police officer pushes a pretend homeless
student. The crowd's laughter morphs to a
murmur. The faux Public Safety officer pulls
out his gun . He points it at the faux homeless
woman. The skit freezes imd the crowd is
silent.
There is nothing to laugh at. The two
stand opposi te eachother. Mona has a gun in
her face.
The moment stretches out, it lasts
forever.
Then Craig Hyrrison's voice bl ares into
the still, coo l air. His voice is crackly and
robotic through the loudspeaker. He calls for
alternatives to guns , He tells of students and
other young people killed by guns every day.
Some were killed by honest cops whose guns
misfired, he says. One is a young AfricanAmerican man, gunned down by in New
York, the victim of mistaken identity.
The crowd grows, Faculty member Pete
Bohmer watches with a smile of pride. Near
the back of the cf.owd a male student with
blond hair speaks up.
People 'are killed by people who aren't
cops, the blond student says. It may be a good
idea to arm Public Safety, he says.
The tension in the air thickens. Rahul

BY JENNIFER KOOGLER

Pres ident Jane Jervis met with several concerned
st udents on Monday, January 29 in the CAB to discuss the
timing of the decision to arm Public Safety. At the
un publi cized gathering, Jervi s stated that she and those
involved wi ll not delay the decision to look at viable
alternatives to guns on campus.
Jervis' announcement comes in light of several studentled protests against the proposed arming of Public Safety
officers. The most recent was Thursday, January 25, when
students, staff, and faculty participated in a rally on Red
Square and a sit- in in Jervi s' office to speak out agai nst what
they see as a flawed decision process and demand that the
fi nal decision be delayed for at least two months to consider
more peaceful solutions.
Students who attended the meeting voiced their
opinions on several of Jervis' points in the memo.
Jeremy Rice, co-coordinator of the Student Workers'
Organization, wanted to know what exactly the survey was
for if it did not effectively communicate sentiment of students
(the majority of whom were against arming Public Safety).
He criticized Jervis for not fulfilling her duty in looking into
alternatives.
Craig Hymson , a student who has been active in
opposing guns and collecting public support for alternatives,
noted that it would be "more of an endangerment" to have
Pubic Safety armed all the time rather than have Thurston
County officers come in every once in awhile for dangerous
situations. He also reminded Jervis that the way the proposal
is presented to the Board of Trustees will affect the outcome.
Hymson commented that it would be hard to have a
dialogue like the one the administration wants to have when
one side of the argument, those against arming Public Safety,
feel slighted, especially with the weight supposedly being

put on Neil McClanahan 's proposal.
He responded to Jervi s'
concern that viable alternatives may
not be found by stati ng th at a
professional, independent report
should be assembled, which would
be much more throu g h and
comprehensive th an somethin g
students could come up with on their
own .
Anot her student , Catlin
McCracken, said that alternatives to
arming Public Safety would be an
investment to the communi ty as a
whole. She cautioned Jervis that the
decision shouldn't be "skimmed over
so quickly".
During the meeting, Jervi s President Jane Jervis told Julia Golden. Catlin McCracken, faculty Pete Bohmer
distributed a memo that explained with his son Tony, and Jeremy Rice that she wou ld not delay the decision to arm
her reasoning behind going forward Public Safety. Last ~eek stu,d ents requested Jervis delay the process to allow
photo by Reynor Pad illa
with the decision. Her main concern more time for research into alternatives ,
is that the delay wou ld not
Whatever Public Safety need s on this campus, Jervis
"significantly enlarge" the range of possible alternatives and
would hinder Public Safety'S eventual implementation of believes it shoul d be under our juri sdic tion and not in the
hands of outside sources.
whatever decision is made.
Costantino will have his report and recommendation
Jervis also noted that , contrary to her opponent's
beliefs, there has already been an extensive amount of time to Jervi s by the end of this week. Next week, she will make
and effort by her and Art Costantino, Vice President for a recommendation to the Board of Trustees, who will hold
. Student Affairs, taken to collect community input and look public hearings on February 13 . The Board will make a fin al
at alternatives. She said that the question has been under decision on February 14.
l ennifer Koogler is the Assistant Managillg Editor of
scrutiny at Evergreen for over ten years, and the process has
the CPl,
not been rushed.
Jervis told the students that she has weighed all sides
of the issue and that "it doesn' t make any sense to me to take
a position right now" concerning the outcome.

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1038: Fire in Lab 1 caused by a refrigerator.
1245: An unconge nial ca nine tied up outsid e
the CA B lunged at an assistance dog.

1547: Bike purloined from P-dorm .

1042: Mailbox in A-dorm pried open.

1851: Wanton pull offire alarm in A·dorm.

1743: Na rcotics fou nd in library by staff
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1805: Person cuts his chin at the CRC and is
taken to Capital Medi cal Center.

Sunday, January 21

2006: Graft1ti found in 'CRe locker room.

1942: Suspect entering rooms in A-dorm.

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remove these little pieces of colored tape,
please do not jump to conclusions. Your
college has good intentions for its land.
Questions, comments, or suggestions
regarding this project should be directed
to any of the foHowing professors: Martha
Henderson (x684 I), Jim Stroh (x6762),
Paul Przybylowicz (x6476), or Gabe
Tucker (x6739) . Martha Henderson shold
be contacted for questions/input regarding
the "Human Landscapes" segment of the
project.

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use the following approach . . If they know
the types of trees it likes to grow under,
the types of soil it grows well on, and it
typical distance from streams and other
water structures, they could type in all this
data and then be presented with a map of
the most ideal parts of the Evergreen
campus to find such a plant. Those who
wanted to fmd the most common habitat
of salamanders, deer, or grouse could also
construct such maps.
Now we arrive at the significan.c e of
the colored markers.
These markers
(which will eventually be removed, and
replaced with more permanent benchmarktype markers) will have geographical
coordinates on them. When the interested
person(s) print out their map of the ideal
locales for Oregon grape, wild carrots, or
raccoons, th~y will also hav~ the locations
of the benchmarks closest to (or within)
the area they are looking for. The map
will include directions of how to get to the
area where the species in question resides,
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Errata

Please note th at th e "D iscovery a nd
Em powerm ent" group meets at 3pm, not 2pm .
We also made ". ssess" or ourselves in th e Brown
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Wednesday, January 23
No mischievous deeds were witnessed today
but Publi,c Sa fety did perform six jump-

If yo u are interested in getting aware about
ea ting diso rders, or if yo u think yo u have
one, th ere will be a free, anonymous
screening on Feb. 7 fro m noon to 4 in the
Longhouse. There will be fi lms, spea kers and
health profeSS ionals th ere to talk to.

Former Editor-In-Chief Gets
Shiny New Internship

Thursday, January 24
0817: Person with a handgun (pOSSibly a bb
gun ) seen at the A-dorm pool pit .

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If yo u are a student of color and would like
to have your poems. prose. photos , art. etc..
p ublished , all yo u need to do is submi t.
Drop ofT you submission on a 3 1/4 inch
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First Peoples Pee r Support Oft1ce in Libra ry
1414 or the box on th e 3rd Floor of the CA B.
Your wo rk is d ue February 5. Call x6284 for
more info .

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Public Safety oft1cial why don't ya give him/
her a hug? ( But ask first.)

Tuesday, January 23

1450: Co mllluili ty Ce nt er Coke machin e
damaged (Is th ere so meo ne else out (h ere
who is still bitter about the death of New
Coke?)

Studies,
Scientific Computing,
and
by Ethan Espie
All Greeners who hike in the woods Facilities. The fmal aim of this is to build
of this wonderful campus should take note a database of ecological data for the
of the little pieces of orange and green Evergreen campus. Maps will be
survey tape that have been tied t~ twigs or constructed for the campus's forest and
types,
soil
types,
and
nailed into the ground, and also take note vegetation
of their significance. Contrary to what hydrologic structures.
Another element of it will concentrate
some may suspect, they are not harbingers
on
the
cultural and social landscapes of
of c1earcutting, new developments, or
the
plot
of land that we all now call
other destructive events to come. A few
Evergreen.
Students working on this part
people, who might be harboring such
of
the
project
will be conducting surveys
suspicions, have been removing them;
of
the
campus
community to determine
they are rather mistaken . Therefore, the
which
areas
of
campus hold special
studentS who have been taking pains to
place these markers are asking that they be . significance for different types of people.
They will also examine the paths of human
left in the ground. .
These markers are part of an initiative settlement, development, and interaction
called the Campus Mapping Project. This that have marked this areain the past, and
is a joint effort between Environmental the ways in which these have shaped the
current area and its current human
community.
The main aim of the ecological aspect
of this project is to assist students why are
conducting field research.
If someone
wants to search for a certain type of
flower, weed, or herb, they will be able to

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jWhy a union?
A union is a group of people who
have solidarity in order to reach their
goals . A union is a collective that
equalizes the power relationship between
. employers and employees. A union is
, people sticking together and looking out
. for one another, and a union is about
demanding recognition and equality . A
union is whatever its members make it.
Workers have organized into unions and
employee associations for reasons as
varied as their membership. Sometimes
the main issues are pay and benefits, and
other times the reason s vary from trying
to fight workplace racism and sexism ,
health and safety concerns, organ~zing day
care centers, or just being sure that as
workers they are not alone.
SWO .. .
The Student Worker Organization is
working on this campus to organize
students and workers into a union so we
can address the issues that face us. No one
can do it better than we can. If you can ' t
make it to a meeting we can come to you.
Whether you are an individual or a group
of workers and/or students call SWO at
x6098 . Our next general meeting is on
February 7 at I p.m. on the second floor
of the CAB . Everyone is welcome.
Minimum wage and women ...
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Washington's minimum wage is a
paltry $4.90 an hour, low enough to put a
family of three 20 percent below the
pov erty line. Of the minimum wage
earners in Washington , 73 percent of them
are women. There are several bills being
proposed at the state legislature to raise
the minimum wage. Governor Lowry is
proposing a bill to raise the minimum
wage by 40 cents on Jan . I , 1997 . A
better bill is Senate Bill 6478 , which
would rai se the minimum wage by 50
cents a year until the year 2000. Call your
legislator and tell them to s upport a raise
in the minimum wage . Tell them your
personal story about how it is near
impossible to survive on $4.90 an hour.
The number for the Legislative Hot Line
is 1-800-562-6000. Tell them where you
live or who your member is, and they will
pass the message on for you. For more
information, contant the Women ' s
Resource Center at x6262.
Submissions ...
If you have news about working
people that you think would be good for
this column please call SWO at x6098 or
e-mail
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no excuse for monoculturism and racism at evergreen

For wo~en everywhere
have been literally and figuratively ripped out
whose tongues
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For carnivorous denizens of Olympia,
there w~ a feast on-stage Friday. January
26 at the Washington Center for the
Performing Arts ; a plethora of lean meat
more scintillating than any local
butcher's choice cuts. A whole countrywidth away from the dance capital of the
world, New York City, Olympia cannot
he lp but be impressed by s uc h buff
delegates to our somewhat provincial
home . What we got was a trip into
Donald Byrd's fantasy land, replete with
MTV -style dance music and omnipresent
black costumes.
True. s heer classical ly-trained
at hletic ism never ceases to impress , but
Donald Byrd undere s timate s the
se nsi bilities of us as an aud ience. He
apparentl y had never heard of the word
"variety" , nor co ncern s him se lf with
exp lo ra ti o n or freshness. Me n dance
with the men; women with the women ,
except when thc men pick up and toss
arou nd a SINGLE woman. This conveys
not a se nse of same-sex support, or eve n
of people supportin g each other, but of
the traditional, cliched ma n- s upportwo man ro le. The s upposed in -control
attit ude (a nd I do mea n atti tud e) th e
wo men sometimes assumed also fell into
predictability.
In thi s netherworld.
ne ithe r c reature appeared hum an, but
ei th er as exp loiting, or exploited
automato ns, incapable of sustaining real
gestures only barely allud ed to in Bristle:
Pari III ( th e second pi ece o n the
program). Not that wc require entire
duets between two men or two women ,
or all the women grunting to hoist the
men; in fact, even toke,n permutations
wou ld have been a relief.

Donald Byrd seems stuck between two
worlds . One is abstract ; he concerns
himself with organizing bodies moving
through space. In some instances , he
dabbles in expressiveness, or with
relaying thematic material. Neither
approach is inherently superior
expressi veness, or with relaying thematic
material. Neither approach is inherently
superior to the other, nor are they
mutually exclusive, but he is forgetting
something: context.
In a world
unfriendly to artis ts (and I refer to these
United States) , it is tempting to be
heedlessly insular, to insulate oneself so
as to create a space (a vacuum) In whtch
to preserve one's artistic vision. This is
a survival technique with which I myself
am all too familiar. But if an arti st
chooses to share her or his work with
others. it immediately falls into a social
context, a nd s imultaneously under
sc rutiny ,
Th e e ntire proce ss of
displaying o ne's la bors of love is a
vu lnerable, daring thin g, but hordes of
people do it every day . until they more or
less grow jaded to th e ri gors of
in spec tio n. And if one is dedicated to
honing and improving one's craft , thi s
becomes a tool, an inte gral leg in one's
evolution . Where is Donald Byrd 's
recog nition of his time? It is the job of
artists to filter life, to uniquely interpret
their experience . I get no sense that he is
of this world. His choreography is more
akin to nin eteenth-century Romantic
ballet, in which women were nothing
more that ethereal creatures hovering
about on cables as sylphs, wi lis, flowers ,
birds; never human. Modern dance
grounded us, and there's room for both,

,

Olympia deserves better. Supposedly we,
are a concentration of progressiveness,
and I am concerned with how this' fantasy
affects us. His vision must be rooted out
and exposed if we are to transcend old
ways of thinking. We cannot help but
incorporate this vision as part of how we
think about bodies and sexuality; hence
we owe it to ourselves to look beyond
the surface.
Which brings me to a similar
experience I had on campus a few weeks
ago. At King Funk II, I decided to enjoy
this corporeaJ.contraption of a body, and
wore what I wanted . Loving to eat
space, I was all over the place. I almost
felt good , only I knew something was
bound to happen . It did , One man found
it amusing to try and touch me, to
guffaw in my face with supposed glee. I
did various things to deter him. I tried
sa tire, to demonstrate his absurdity.
When he persisted , and I gre w vehement ,
flipping him off and yelling "FUCK
OFF! I," he only laughed. Two others
og led blatantly , assuming spectator
stances, ~I chose to ignore thi s until one
of them get behind my friend Fay and, a
hair's breadth away from her, gaped a t her
ass, making gestures to his friend that
here-was-a-nice-piece.
Since Fay didn't notice, I took it upon
myself to warn him to back off. "Cant's
we look?" is .his respon se . I am adamant
about dis tance, and they eventually
saunter off, as s uring themselves by
looking all about the room with an air of
possession . Yes, fuckers, the world is
your domain , but it's slipping out from
under you .
This pugnaciousness is brand-new for

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Corner Cafe
Dear Evergreen.
The Corner has been going through some
changes lately and we've also been hearing
so me pretty strange rumors
abo ut
ourselves that simply aren't true. So , for
the best imerest of everybody, we thought
we' d try to di spel some of these myths.
Myth #1 - The Comer is closing down .
Facts - WE ARE NOT CLOSING
DOWN , what we are doing. is trying very
hard to get ourselves out of debt. In order to
do that we have, as of Janu ary 22, 1996 ,
stopped se rving break fas t on weekday s
because we've been losing money on it for
a long lime. We are a non-profit collecti ve
that hasn' t been able to stay out of the red
for the past two years, We simply don' t
have the bu sine ss we used to and we are
tryi ng va ri ous ways to increase sales.
Myth #2 - The Corner Cafe is so heavily
restric ted by the sc hool's contract with
No rth wes t Food Services that we can' t sell
pastries or serve lunch.
Facts - Thi s is the most popul ar myth
about the Corner, which gained popul ar
support during fall quarter when some kind
hearted but mi sinformed person who put up
Oyers all ove r campus proclaiming thi s
The tru th is that the contract between
NWFS and Evergreen only mention s the
Corner once, as an exception to the rule
abo ut no other food services on ca mpu s.
We have served pastries in the past but
don ' t have them very often because they're
so labor intensive. As for lunch , WE ARE
GOING TO START SERVING
LUNCH ON FEBRUARY 26, 1996.
Hours will be II :00 a.m. until I :30 p.m.
and we will serve all sorts of yummy Comer
food .
Myth #3 - Only vegetarians can eat at the
Corner.
Facts - The Comer stri ves to serve food
that is appeali ng to all people, whatever
their food choices are. For health, ethical.
economic and political reasons the Comer

Cafe has served vegetarian food for the past
several years. This hasn' t alw ays been the
case and in the future thi s could change,
although many of us hope it never does.
As a collective we have vegans, vegetarians
and omnivores among our ranks 'as well as
different levels of cook ing experience and
tastes .

nOles or just talk to us, We're' open ror
dinner Sundays through Fridays from 5:00
to 9:00 p.m,

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Facts - In a world fill ed with various
tyrannies, it is difficult for some to un derstand collectives, We can't describe
how all collectives are run but essentially,
the Corner is non-profit , we don't have a
boss and we make all of our decisions by
conse nsu s. This means we charge just
enough for our food to cover expenses, we
are acc ountable to eac h other and to
ourselves and we di sc uss everything.
Consensus means everybody present at the
weekly meetings, usuall y mos t of us, has to
agree on anythi ng from putting compost
buckets on the bus table to deciding to
cancel breakfast and add lunch. This is donc
by somebody proposing an idea and
anybody who disagrees can say that they
block the idea or that they stand-by. Then
the ideas are discussed until a compromise
is met and nobody blocks and there are few
or no stand-bys. Ideas and problems that
are too big for our weekly meetings are discussed at our quarterly retreats, The retreats
are usually held at exotic locales such as
collective members living rooms, or, if
wc're really lucky. the Edge,
So that 's the Corner.
WE NEED
PEOPLE TO COME EAT OUR FOOD
and, in exchange, we' will try our hardest to
make it delicious, nutritious and affordable.
We are constantly changing in response to
what we feel the community needs, We had a
survey that said that 79% of you would
prefer lunch over breakfast so that's what
you're getting.
If you have any comments you can drop us
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P.S. For those of you ,:"ho may not know,
the Corner is located in the Housing
Community Center, facing the soccer field.

Love,
The Corner Cafe .

Myth #4- The Comer Cafe is run no
differently than any other restaurant (or,
alternate ly, the Corner is run in a
Communist fashion) .

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me . For once, I was ready with my
shitkicker boots, and in my periphery I
could see my arm muscles just dying to
be put to good use , I am finally
galvanized to break my years of.
passiveness , of silence, The feeling is a
whooshing momentum that refuses to
peter out. I'm learning to pretend
invincibility, and be coming pretty
convincing, My point is that once upon
a time someone dec ided the beauty Of
women was too strong, too potent, and
covered us up. Nowadays we are dealt
with in segments, in diced up sections:
breasts, buttocks, faces, gams. If we are
~ dancer for Donald Byrd , we get split
open, out crotch repeatedly splayed to the
world, and if we e njoy our bodies, it's
assumed we invite everyone to the buffet
of our flesh . There is a more subtle flaw
with the argument, in cases of rape , that
"she was asking for it." It's the old
frantic fear of the voracious vagina
dentata. Maybe women DO actually
want sex, fancy tha t! But on mutual
terms .
This has all been sai d before, but it' s
sti ll gettin g ig nore d.
In s pect the
foundation s of our lives.
Imagine
stronger women , more humane men , and
equality as not such a radical idea.
Me lissa McKee

tI.; .

i don't know if you'v~ noticed that i~'s been
about two months since i last wrote anything for the
R~VOLUTION.
(pj, but if so, sorry about that. last week i read oscar
johnson'sarticle on monoculturalism at/evergreen, and
i was so inspired that i decided to get off my ass and
try to write another column. i'm wondering what the
BY NOMY LAMM
responsp has been to his article, since i know from
experience that confrontational writing can get a lot
of negative response, especially when we talk about everywhere. it seems like every time white supremacy
specific people who may be reading this paper. well, is introduced as a topic (especially if it's brought up
in any case, i thought it was a damn fine article, and it by a person of color), guilt comes into play and white
made me attempt to organize some of my thoughts on people get defensive - "i never owned slaves
the way that issues of race are treated at evergreen.
personallyl""i didn't colonize the americas, it's not my
in his article, oscar talked about the fact that faultl""i do not have white privilege, i look too weirdl"
evergreen (olympia campus, i mean) is predominantly "why do we have to keep talking abou t this? i know
white, despite its claims of being so "multicultural" and that racism exists, can't we get on with it yet?" ad
socially conscious, and brought up specific examples infinitum. these kinds of responses by white people
of racism and monoculturalism that he's encountered tend to either redirect the entire conversation towards
at evergreen . where he talked about specific their own needs and concerns, or cut off th e
incidences, i wanna talk about some general themes i conversation completely. i understand that, as a white
see in the way that race is dealt with here, and some person, racism is a 'hard thing to deal with. it's
reasons i see for the perpetuation of monoculturalism . horritying to know the extent ofsuffering that has gone
at evergreen. of course this list is abridged.
on, and continues still , especially if we feel that we are
i'll acknowledge that evergreen is located in a part of the cause. on the other hand, we have to trust
western washington , which isn 't exactly the most ourselves enough to know that we are opposed to that
racially diverse area on this planet. plus, as oscar points suffering. that means educating ourselves and
out , the majority of people of color from local worki ng hard for.r.eaLchange. it does not mean
communities are more likely to go to the other two indulging in count~rproductive guilt.
evergreen campuses, because of location and
we also have to recognise that, while our
curriculum. i don't know if olympia is supposed to be campus is predominantly white, it is not all white.
designated as the "white campus" (i fukn hope notl) when we are addreSSing people in our program, orany
but oscar sure raises some good questions about that. group of people, we should not assume that everybody
but in any case, even with its current population, our is white - even if they all look white! 'Iast week in my
campus has no excuse for the racism and seminar i mentioned that i had a problem with people
monoculturalism that oscar talks about and that i (a acting like everyone there was white, and somebody
white student at evergreen) have noticed running said "well we could all pass for whi te, at least." there
rampant. i went tosee bell hooks speak at reid college were at least two people in the room who i seriously
a coupJe"months ago, and one of the things she said doubt could pass for white. the assumption that
was that there's no reason why a pn~dominantlywhite evergreen 's all white is probably a big thing that keeps
group or environment has to necessarily be a racist people of color here feeling silenced and mlrginalized.
one. it is possible for white communities to be actively as soon as a statement like "since we all have white
anti· racist: dedicated toJearning about and fighting , privilege ..." is made, people of color in the room are
for the lives, cultures , and concerns of people of color. automatically excluded from the conversation, and
but of course this takes more than just passive denial even ifevery single person could pass for white, i don't
C-oh, i'm not racist, i judge people by what's on the appreciate having people's backgrounds and
inside") . it takes work . it takes 'passion and ethnicities whitewashed. and i doubt that people enjoy
commitment, which seems to be sorely lacking in the having that done to th'em ,
thi s brings me to my next point about
evergreen community.
one thing that really keeps white people monoculturalism at evergreen, which is that white
peopl e art' . not ~xelnpt (rom elhnidty and racial
:'---il1TlT'll1Ml~1ffI.1~:-;;;r;,,:;I::;""'.. :~q ..... ..: ........ !and forming
op e of color, is guilt. anegod, It's ' experience. whiteness is a cultural construct, not a
• MIddle or Son. . . . . '

"

Take a tr~ll through funky Freemont

by Laurel Nicole Spellman
,
Seattle scares. ~e. Not as a crime ridden city,
mind you, because It s much safer than my native
homeland of,L.A., (yuck, I ?at; ad,mitting that I'm from
there) but It s: travel wnter s nightmare (or mecca)
becaus.e.there IS so much to see, Also, because I'm not
as famlhar with Sea~tle a~? so ~any. qfyou are, it will
be easier fo~ me to digest the City one chunk at a time,
So, that's my prefa~e for introducing this mini series I
Will resort to periodically (espeCially when I'm in
Seattle anyway and.1 don'thavetimetogosomewhere
really spectacular, hke, say... TUlT\.water) called, Seattle
~ Chunk by Chunk. Today's bite size bit of Seattle
Will be Freemont, a part ofthe city I found to be pretty
cool. Actually I think Freemont thinks it's pretty cool
too. The people there,ex~de the attitude of "yes, J am
cool, can tyou.telLI live In Freemont, home of antique
shops, over pnced thnftstores, and yuppie-bohemianpseudo-grunge coffee shops. Excuse me .•. uh, do you
belong here?~ ~ell, of course you do and there's no
reason to feel intimidated by goatees or peroxide hair
when Freemont has something for everyone I
. Fre:~ont, the selfproc~aimed ·Center of the
Umverse, tS marked conspicuously by the now
famous Freemont rocket. Saved from becoming scrap
metal by the Fll!emont Business Association, the 19505
cold war rocket used to be attached to AJ's Surplus in
Belltown before it was dismantled and schlepped to
Freem.ont back in the mid-80s. With generous local
donatlo~s a.nd the overwhelming enthusiasm of most
of the district, the rocket was destined to become a
Fr~en:'0nt landmark. Stuc.k to the side of the Bitter's
butldmg o~ the comer of EvanstOri, the rocket has been
given the TLC we~pons of war are so' sadly nonaccllstom ~(), and IS now fully adorned with pink
hearts, yell<iw~oons~ndother·LuckyCharm.esque"

carvmgs happily glOWing through its underside.
The cheery ~reemont bridge was built in 1917
and was the first bndge to cross the Lake Washington
Shi~ Canal. T~e b~dge, once orange until the district
dectded to pa~nt It blue... which resulted in some
people protestm~ ... w~lch resulted in a blue bridge
With orange highlights, IS the gateway to Freemontand
some of Seattle's most bizarre sculptures.
To start, there is the sculpture of the people
(and ~o~) called "Waitin~ for the Interurban," which .
the.dlslnct dre~ up With balloons and banners on
holidays and specIal events. The statue commemorates
the Seattl~ trolley that ran from around the tum of the
century ttll around WWlI when cars became more
popular. Now, ofcourse, the city is realizing the benefit

of the old trolley system for tourism and transportation
so there is a current effort to refurbish/replicate the
trolleys. Then, there is the huge bronze statue of a man
with absolutely no written explanation. Ah. but finally,
sculptureofall sculptures ... thereisthetroll. Hidden to
those with no sense of direction . (like myself) thisgiant
concrete Volkswagen Bug eating (literally), creature of
the underworld is tucked away under the Aurora
Avenue/Highway 99 bridge. And that, my friends is
definitely one ofSeattle's best attractions.
Freemont seems like a real summery kind of
place to me. Beside being the home of the Woodland
Park Zoo (open daily from 9:30am-4:00pm) it is also
the host to a variety of festivals and activities. All year
'rollnd you can go to the Gallery Walk from 4:00-7:0Opm
on the first Saturday ofevery month, the Sunday Public
Market starts April 29, but the rest of the fun begins in
June with Farmer's Market. the Outdoor Cinema, the
Solstice Parade and the Freemont Street Fair. It's
beginning to sound like a pretty darn festive place, don't
you think?
Aside from a little attitude, I really enjoyed the
restaura~tsandshopsofFreemont. Here's some places
you won t wann. miss: Archie' McPhee's, a way cool
store in a really obscure building on Stone Way. They're
one of those places that sells everything from reprints
of1930s sex manuals, to rubber chickens, to pink lawn
t1amingosforallyourlawnflamingoneerls. There's also
Tribes, a neato African art store, Deluxe Junk, (kinda
selfexplanatory) Daily Planet Antiques. and Fritzi Ritz
where I was actually able to find an entire outfit from
tlie 19205 including a long black, sleek and·sexy cigarette
holder for a 20s party I went to.
.
As far as restaurants go, starving students may
not quite have the budget to dine at Costas Opa, a Greek
restaurant highly recommended to me by friend, but
some cheaper fare I tried out included the Bagel Oasis,
complete with camel art and obligatory Jewish kitsch,
and Jai Thai on the corner of Free mont and 35th street.
Both places I found to be most satisfactory.
In conclusion I'd like to say that despite its
blatant trendiness, the cool thing about Freemont is its
sense of spirit. Back in the 19805, while all the other
districts ofSeattle were desperately trying to assert their
sophistication, Freemont was reestablishing itself as the
60s hippie enclave it once was. By allowing the artist
~ommunity to flourish, weird testaments to creativity
Irke humongous troll torsos were able to survive and
thrive along with the growing "Frasser" attitude
ironically brought by fleeing Californians.
Anyway, go to Freemon!.... uh ... yeah.

race, and the whole black/white dichotomy 'is a big many people as possible, to try to get those who can
fucken myth. i say this, not to deny the existence of "pass" as white to forget their roots and sever ties with
white privilege, but to point outthat we all come from non-white communities and co nc'eflls . this is
somewhere, and if you ask, you'll probably find that extremely hurtful, and it's a li e. if more white people
there are fewer and fewer people who are actually at evergreen were to talk about their ethnicities and
"white." so i'll use myself as an example: i identify as cultural backgrounds (not as an exemption from white
white/jewish. i look white, but judaism is my ethnirity privilege but as a means of understanding what race
and cultural background. whether or not jews are means in our own and in others' lives) i think that
white is debateable (we weren't considered to be white .might help us dismantle the monoculturalism of
up until the middle ofthis century, and besides that, evergreen.
well i suck at conclusions and it's now 3:30
there are many non·european jews) but in any case i
am not aryan, even on my mom's side, wliich is what am. but i wanna thank oscar johnson for inspiration
we'd call "w'hite," there is some jewish blood and most and once again tell people to write in to the cpj. or to
likely some indigenous and african blood too. it's a me personally, with any response, critique. or
function of white supremacy to try to whitewash as whatever.
, Evergreen CIIrIst and Me •

Jesus is the perfect partner
by' Rosy Lancaster
I'm madly, (lesperately, head-over-heels in fall out of love with me. He wants me to get to know
love--with Jesus Christl What a weird concept. He's him (instead of keeping me at a distance). He doesn't
eve}yt hing I would look for in a companion , but have baggage or skeletons in the closet, and I love his
without flaw, and the most amazing thing is that he family. His mother is great, and his Father is as perfect
loves me back...more than I'll ever know, he says.
as he is-he definitely takes after his Father, He's
Up until' about a year ago, having a gentle, even-tempered and forgiving(even though I'm
relationship with Jesus seemed' about as realistic as always doing stuff to make him mad), generous, fun
meeting Abraham Lincoln, or Napoleon, or Joan of to hang out with, and sensitive.
Arc. Until I realized that he was actively seeking me, I
And the most amazing thing is his
remember dating in high school, how exciting it was unconditional love for me. So many times I've tried
to have a guy tell my friends he liked me, then' start to walk away from him or end our relationship or
seeking me out, calling me on the phone and wanting gotten angry with him , but it's been those times that
to spend time with me, Knowing that someone loved I've realized just how much he loves me--he waits
me and wanted to spend time with me and thinks I'm patiently until I realize what a good thing I've got with
great was a wonderful feeling (and sometimes a foreign him and come running back into his arms. Why does
feeling in our culture.)
this perfect guy want me? I'll never understand. But
But to know that Jesus loves me and wants I've stopped questioning it.
to spend time with me and thinks I'm great is
Jesus isn 't monogamous, but it 's okay. A
com pletely different. He has connections. Actually, lot of my closest friends have relationships with him,
he is the connection , I guess it's sort of like yo u met too, but he responds to each of us in a different way.
the man (or woman) of your dreams, get to know him And he is willing to have a relationship with anyone
(or her), and then find out that he (or she) is a who wants one, all they have to do is be obedient to
millionaire. It's kind of exciting to think that someone his teachings. I don't mind doing that. because I know
so influential. controversial, and powerful (historically that his teachings are good. Every time I stray from
and now) is '"at the right hand of God and is also them I get hurt. So I ask people to get to know him
interceding" for me (Romans 8:34)
and see if their relationship with him can be as good
Jesus is the perfect partner. He will never as mine is. Even ifyou decide that you don't want it,l
reject me, ignore me. dump me, forget about me, or think it's worth a try.

Fatal Error 588
by Dave Guion & Jacob Sayles
Welcome to Fatal Error 500 ...
We are two geeks on a mission. A rrtission to dispel
techno fears,answer computer questions and to bridge the
gap between the casual computer user and the Uber dweeb™.
Each week we will try to infonn you of current issues and
technical infonnation in a "user friendly" fonnat.
If you have any questions or suggestions you can e-mail us
or leave us a message at the CPl.

What if people bought cars like they buy computers ••.
Helpline: "GM helpline, can I help you?"
Customer: "I got in my car closed the door and nothing
happene<i. "
Helpline: "Did you put the key in the ignition and turn
it on?"
Customer: "What's the ignition?"
Helpline: , "It's a starter motor that draws current from your
battery and turns over the engine."
Customer: "Ignition? Motor? Battery? Engine? How come
I have to know all thes~ technical tenns just. to use my car !?!"
Context to be of moral .and social value.,. next week.

guiond@elwha.evergreen.edu OR saylesj@elwlul.evergreen.edu
, .

1, 1996
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video, and foods as well as
other Arts & Entertainment features as a tribute to the quality
crafismalUllhip and elegant cOlUlltrucUon of TRSC's finest

Steelers make AFC proud, Magic back in NBA
You hold in your hands a little piece of
history, sports fan. THE VERY FIRST edition
of the brand new CPJ feature I like to caU "The
Dark Horse".
What is a dark horse?
dark horse; (a) an unexpected, almost
unknown winner in a horse race, previously
supposed to have little chance; (b) an almost
un~own contestant regarded by only a few as
havmg a chance to win; (c) in politics, a person
who gets or may get the nomination
unexpectedly, often as the result of a
compromise.
In this case, it can be defined as a new
weekly column written by me: your friendly
neighborhood
s ports
editor.
Well,
I think it's
safe to say
that we got
our money's
worth on
Super Bowl
XXX (unless
you saw the triple Xs and got the wrong idea).
Yes, many of us would be happier if the
overbearing, belligerent Cowboys were stifled,
but let's be realistic. They really are one hell of
a team. The gritty, gutsy Pittsburgh Steelers
were a couple ofiNTs away from upsetting one
of the most talented groups ever to come down
the NFL pike.
.
In reality, this hardly Subpar Bowl was,
like the whole season, packed with unexpected
tWIstS. Who would have thought, with a 3-4
defense , the Steelers could curtail Emmitt's
efforts to the tune of 49 total rushing yards? I
thought Dallas ran behind the baddest front
five in football?
The Steelers actually outgained Dallas in
the second half (310-256 for the game!) by a
wide margin. Trailing by 3 with four minutes
to go, the courageous 13+ 1/2 point underdogs
had momentum on their side. If Neil O'Donnell
hadn't thrown his seco nd inexplicable,
uncharacteristic pick, the subject of this

c?lumn might be the greatest upset in Super Bowl
hIstory.
,
But, alas, much maligned Dallas corner
Larry Brown had an errant football fly into his
hands as if with a mind ofits own, and Jerry Jones
somehow proved that he was right all along.
Funny how a couple of bad throws can redeem a
ridiculed coach and an obstinate owner in one
night.
The good news for Pittsburgh fans is that
there was no weakness one can point to in their
team. Any improvement made, through draft or
free agency, just might be enough to make next
year's outcome slightly different on the field,
hugely different in the history books.
Moving
on:
Magic
Johnson
is
back!!!
Since he
first called it
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fellow players or his other ventures, has always
kept M~gic from stepping back into the glare of
the world's spotlights again.
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nwnber 32 Will already be back on the floor in
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forwar~ to a 91 FlOals rematch between Magic
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thIS time they were both retired and the thought
of MIchael and Magic going at it in a real NBA
game seemed delusional.
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vlru~ , Ma~lc has never given up his love of hoops
or hIS deme to play once again on the glamorous
stage of the NBA. I for one think the NBA is a
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will make the promised trip to Disneyland,
As you read this, Super Bowl XXX where their combined weight of over a ton '
(that's 30, for people "like me, who ate paste will cause an unfortunate shipwreck during
when they were supposed to be learning their Pirates ofthe Caribbean.
roman numerals) is over. The Dallas Cowboys
2) Desperate to add a thrilling new
beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in a surprisingly aspect to the game, as well as continue the
suspenseful contest, claiming their third current movement of teams, NFL owners
Super Bowl in four years, Except for the will introduce The Wheel of Home Teams.
always hard-to-watch Pro Bowl. the football Every Friday before the games begin on
season is over.
Sunday, Art Modell will spin a wheel that
No, wait-don't commit suicide just yet! will ~et£~!ne where the teams play, One
As long as there are luxury boxes and week,th ~&11>wnsareinBaltimore,facingthe
millionaires, we can always look forward to~ Seatde e hawks. The next week, the Topeka
another season of the NFL. Already, BroJ;VIlsar~facingthe St. Paul Seahawks! It's
somewhere in Las .vegas, odds \lre -being loads offun; adds the element of chance to
calculated on Super Bowl 31 (for. people like -evetY ~unday, and keeps those luxury boxes
me, that's Super Bowl XXXI). After su.eh an cotnigg!
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myself. He.re are some of my pi~ictions for around Gr-eg Lloyd's use of profanity after
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the Super Bowl. We ve all witnessed the S~eelers, went on national television and
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m.an~ factors I be~leve will lead to their not Bow!!" His profanity has had unexpected
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be ~Istracted by the deSign and constructIOn strong resemblance in his language to that
of his own Jerry Jones-land, a theme park that of many current musical stars MTV will air
ill include the ~arry S~itzer Tilt-a-Whirl Greg Lloyd: Unplugged. Also: Oliver Stone
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With Jenny Jones-land, now being built in conspiracy related to the JFK assassination.
Tampa next to Ricki Lake-land. Dallas
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cruCial part of the defense, will quit football by veterans Emmitt Smith and Dan Marino
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Dead Man ·Walking. athoughtful, even-han'ded exploration of cap.ital punishment
by John Evans
One of the best things about writer/director Tim Robbins' new film, Dead Mall
Walking, is that it keeps such a level perspective on itself. Frankly, Robbins (Bob Roberts)
and his star (Susan Sarandon) have earned a
reputation for being outspoken in political
matters, and I admit I would have been less
than flabbergasted to see them get on the old
soapbox for this film's death penalty issue. It
would have been so easy to portray Sean Penn's
Matthew Poncelet as a misunderstood victim,
barbarically sentenced to death for a crime he
did not commit. But there are grey areas here;
exactly what role Poncelet played in the murders is ill-defined, and he is a bigot and a hatemonger. No easy outs are taken.
Sarandon (without ANy cosmetic
makeup) plays Sister Helen Prejean, a nun who
becomes Ponceler's advocate and. eventually,
his spiritual advisor as he awaits execution.
Sarandonevokes such compassion, honesty,
and human decency that her Sister Helen represents everything of value in a society that
seems so cruel when put under the microscope.
It is the greatest performance of her illustrious
career.
Penn proves once more that the screen
is a lesser place without him gracing it. Again
emerging from semi-retirement (he directs
now, most recently the outstanding Crossing

Guard), Penn is brilliant as the crude, ignorant
Poncelet, a man whose life is not' made worthless by misdeeds of the past. It is a riveting,
multi-layered performance, bolstered by
Penn's characteristic ease before the camera.
He is utterly convincing.
The heart of this film, despite numerous
fine complementary roles, is ofcourse the bond
formed between Sister Helen and the condemned man . Her faith does not have a hollow ring to those of us who don't believe, instead it is merely a means for her to reach his
battered soul. She strives to find the vulnerable, repentant human being within Poncelet's
cynical, scarred exterior. It's amazing to watch
Sarandon and Penn work together, completely
immersed in the te~rible situation they share.
Robbins handles his emotionally
charged subject matter with such honesty and
so little 'prejudice that the film has a terrific
realism. He neither damns nor pardons his
protaganist; Poncelet should not die because
in a moral society murder is WRONG. whether
it is a poor; hateful young man or a pompous
government that decides to commit it. Late in
the film, when Poncelet awaits a lethal injection, images of the brutalized victims are inter-cutwith his own terrible experience. We are
not permitted to forget Poncelet's measure of
responsibility for them, despite the horror of
our system's sanctioned slaughter.
The parents of the dead young people

are presented evenhandedly and with
great effect. We understand their lust
for blood, the depth
of their agony, but at
the same time there is
a feral quality to their
hate. Killing Poncelet
won't bring back
their children, but
still they scorn Sister
Helen for "defending
scum". This isa powerful element of the
whole that is masterfully explored.
Many more
angles are thoughtfully examined. Can
there be atonement
for the guilty? When
is a person irredeemable? How can an adSelin Penn play. Matthew Ponceld. II con"lcted
vocate of anyone,
mumer rllclng execution In wrlt:er/dlrect:or TIm
however wretched or
Robbin.' pro"ociltl"e new rllm Dead Man
vile, be cursed for
Walking.
their kindness of
spirit? Can spilled
Seeing Dead Man Walking may not anblood be avenged with more blood? Why do
swer
these
questions, but the film's power lies
human beings do such terrible "things? Is there
in
the
manner
it asks them.
any justice is the world?

Continuing our thhd consecutive week of Robert Rodriguez coverag....

An over-the-top subversion of the action genre: Desperado on video
by aryan Ft-anlutnseussTheiss

winds up being hunted himselfby Bucho's men
and a Colombian knife thrower (Danny Trelo)
Remember back in the good old days, . and involved with :i local book store owner
named Carolina (Salma Hayek).
when action movies were about storytelling?
Most of the best action stars are martial
That was when a filmmaker had to ask, "What
should the movie be about?" before he could
arts experts and talented stunt men who try to
muster up enough charisma to pass as actors.
ask "Should it star Wesley Snipes or Jean
Banderas takes a different route. He's a great
Claude Van Damme?" The idea was to put an
actor and he really seems to have become the
interesting character in an interesting situation
rather than to put the Die Hard premise into a Mariachi. His eyes alone convey the inner pain
and intense anger that drive his character. He
new setting.
even did the actual singing on "Cancien Del
Writer/director Robert Rodriguez was
Mariachi (Morena De Mi Corazan),· the muinterested in telling 2 geod story in 1991when
he made El Mariachi, a quirky action_flick
sical number that appropriately kicks .
which unfortunately is remembered more for
off the film.
its miraculous $7,000 budget than for its en- .
T hat
tertainment value. Actually he was ttying to tell
doesn't mean
a good story with no budget so he could sell it
that the film
to the Mexican video market and earn enough
is lacking in
money to make another film. Eventually he'd
action . In
have a trilogy and he would use the best clips
from the three films to compile a demo reel
which he'd show around Hollywood and try to
get a real directing job.
As fate would have it, Mariachi itself
fact,
impressed people enough that Columbia Picthe
tures released it theatrically in the US and it
action
won the Sundance Film Festival Audience
scenes
Award and an Independent Spirit Award. Sudare where
denly Rodriguez was the toast of the town and
Rodriguez
expectations were high for Desperado, the $7
really shows
million sequel to Mariachi.
his stuff - he
Some people were disappointed with the
combines the hyper-viofinal film. After all, it has a different tone from
lent choreography of
the first fUm, a different star, and no subtitles
to make it seem like an art fUm. Desperado is John Woo with kinetic
camerawork reminiscent
not a charming, home-grown practice film like
Mariachi, instead it is a way-over-the-top, slick of Sam Raimi and Sergio
Leone, (The Woo influence
and stylized subversion of the action genre.
Desperado begins at least a few years also shows up in a couple
after the events of Mariachi, Having lost his of dramatic slo-mo shots.
You could say that Deslover and the use ofhis hand to a drug kingpin's
bullets, the traveling mariachi (now played by . perado is a better attempt at
an American John Woo
Antonio Banderas) has become a nomadic
movie than Woo's last outing,
avenger with a guitar case full of weapons,
Since he has already killed his archenemy
Hard Target..) The screen becomes a moving canvas
Moco, he moves his way up the pyramid trypainted with carefully coming to destroy everyone connected to the events
posed bullets, bodies and exthat ruined his life, With his sidekick Buscemi
(played of course by Reservoir Dogs' Steve
plosions that (like all great acBuscemi) he comes to Santa Cecilia, where he • tion films) make mayhem seem
plans to locate and assassinate a crime boss
like high art. Even when nobody
is getting filled full of holes, the
named Bucho (Joaquim De Almeida). While
trying to track down his target, the Mariachi
visuals convey a strong sense of

mood and atmosphere that is supported by Los
Lobos' score, a cross breed of rock and Ennio
Morricone style spaghetti western film music.
Rodriguez also shows that he has greaf
skills as a writer, ta~ing every chance he gets
to tweak cliches and play with audience expectations. You never know if a main character will
. die or if a villain will mistake one of his allies
for his foe or if a group of American tourists
will stroll into a corpse strewn bar before the
janitor has mopped up the blood. Despite the
familiar tecrain of the lone hero against the
deadly drug dealer, it is a completely unpredictable film - some scenes even seem designed to
make the viewer predict plot developments
that never materialize.
When cliches are utilized in the
story, sometimes the characters seem to
catch on. Bucho, for example, is a crime
boss with' a keen enough criminal
mind to figure outthat his thugs
are the same kind of inept
hitmen that always serve
as action hero fodder.
He comes across like a
disappointed teacher
as he lectures his
men about the basics of killing
strangers.
Mariachi
was about an ordinary guy pushed
to extremes by a
bad case of mistaken identity.
That was the origin story, so
in Desthe
perado
has
Mariachi
transformed
into a mythical
hero and thus
become heartthrob
. Banderas (origi nal
mariachi Carlos Gallardo
has a great cameo as another badass musician). The
character's mythical qualities are
a
theme throughout the film - the Mariachi's
legend is spread through tall tales and some
of his-enemies don't even believe he exists.
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ing fighting skills help perpetuate the myth.
The Mariachi is a handsome man, a
pretty good music teacher and a fighting machine capable of slaughtering an entire bar full
of professional badasses. But he· needs to be
that way to survive. In the world of Desperado,
everyone and everything is peightened to enormous proportions. His guitar case is a portable
armory filled with gimmicky devices and weapons (including one that was re-used for From
Dusk Till Dawn). Carolina, played by Mexican
soap opera star Hayek (a clever casting deci c
sion since Mexican action videos often use soap
stars to lure audiences) is equally exaggerated.
She's as ridiculously sexy as the Mariachi, but
she's no bimbo - she helps the Mariachi survive using her self-taught surgery skills and
plain old good advice. Once everyone is in awe
of the Mariachi's virtuoso gunplay, it is Carolina that brings the mythic hero and the audience down to earth by reminding them that
blowing away bad guys is not a very good way
of solving emotional problems.
In the real world, it shouldn't be a revelation that vengeful mass murder is a bad
habit. But Rodriguez treats the 'subject matter
with such sincerity that you can laugh at the
absurdity and still take it seriously. The
Mariachi is like Clint Eastwood's drifter character from A Fistful ofDoliars but instilled with
the psychotic revenge streak of Dark man and
the soul of a poet. He is an angst-ridden action
hero - not in the Man-Pushed-Too-Far tradition of Steven Seagal, but more in the Mistreated-Artist vein of Vincent Price. He once
lived for the guitar, now he can barely play it
because of his injury. His only creative outlet
now is Ass Kicking, and one could make a good
argument that Ass Kicking is in fact a better
means of expression for him than music. But
really, he doesn't like to kill. He just doesn't
know how to stop.
Desperado is not for all tastes, but as far
as offbeat, over-the-top, spaghetti western,
John Woo action movies go, it is a masterpiece.
Rodriguez is a writer/director with a supreme
knowledge of the conventions and cliches of
the genre, and rather than imitate them he
twists them around and stretches them out.
That's what it's going to take to shake up the
American action movie market - a talented
artist who's willing to stroll into town. whip out
some gadgets and kick some butts despite the
fact that he's horribly outnumbered.

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The pros and cons of the burrito cart aculinary advenbre
by.len Kaogler
So, it was around noon, and I was hungry.
Despite this new thing I'm trying out called eating brea kfast, my stomach was like, "hey girlie,
you need some calories II " And so, in a desperate attempt to appease the one organ in my body
that takes precedence over my brain, I fled the
usual Deli scourges for the new and infmitely
cooler Burrito Cart.
Now I must confess I had reservations
about this burrito cart thing. [t'sall because last
year my friends and I were obsessed with the
veggie burritos at the Greenery. Those things
were so huge that you had to use a fork and a
knife to eat them properly. One burrito, preferably made by our favorite burrito construction
person Marco, could subsist you for a whole day,
if need be. Yum ...
This year, we not only had to come to terms
with Marco's graduation (I teared up a little
when Jane handed him his diploma), but with
the removal of the burritos from the Greenery
as well . When I heard the news, I met the idea
of a burrito cart with a mixture of pained nostalgia and instant hunger. Hungerwon out, and
my money and I sped past the huge line and to
the relatively empty cart over by the door.
I was met at the cart by a friendly Northwest Food Service employee who said "Hi, can [
get you anything?" I nodded enthusiastically,
scanning the menu. I did a triple take. The
veggie burrito was $1.40, but all that entailed
was the tortilla, rice, and beans. All the goodie
stuff, like salsa , cheese, and vegetables, were
$.30 each. As ifl!!! But you know, I was hungry.
So I ordered a veggie with lettuce, cheese, and
salsa. Along with an obligatory Diet Coke
(Spack's blood is green, mine is brown and carbonated) , the total came to $3.13. Not bad for
a day's lunch.
After making sure that I paid thenice cash-

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ier all American money, I watched the equally nice
construction person make me a burrito five times
larger than I had expected. It was a true breakthrough in burrito technology. He wrapped it in
some tisslle paperesque stuff and wished me well.
So, I tromped up to the CPf office with the giant in
my hand, already seeping burrito goo.
When I was settled, I took my first bite ofthis
monstrosity. Rice, beans, and that all too familiar
Deli salsa orchestrated themselves harmonically in .
my mouth . As I progressed further into the food,l
noticed that the rice was nicely speckled with some
kind ofspice thing, which made the whole deal even
more aesthetically pleasing. Tho tomatoes were
finely chopped, but still chunky enough to stand
out from the salsa, which made my nose run.
Pretty soon, though, the burrito started to fall
apart. Whether this was due to overstuffing or
faulty wiring, I'll never know. The last couple of
bites were completed over the waste container. But
all that burrito juice dribbling down my chin was
pure bliss.
Although my burrito experience was mainly
positive, I have'heard numerous negative feedback
in the days following my lunch. Acertain CPJ Managing Editor noted that her concoction was a tad
on the arid side, tortilla wise. She also became preoccupied wilh avoiding the paper wrapping
into her mouth . A CPf columnist was assaulted by
the juices running down her arm, and was forced
to waste many trees trying to absorb the mess. I
must admit that my second feast was not as stellar
as the first. The tortilla was dry, except for the end,
which was soaked through. Gak.
And so, although my stomach.muscles resonated with good cheer after I scuttled those last few
gobs into my anxious mouth, the lingering effects
of the burrito were mixed. The burrito cart is definitelya taste experience, but you must be prepared
for these consequences. And although it's more
expensive than a certain fast food chain, they don't
have bacon as an option.

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EVERYDAY 11 AM TO 6 PM
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Mondays

Tuesdays
·IASO Political Saoirse, CAB 3 20 at
7:30pm.
·Women of Color Coalition meet s by
the WCC office in the Student
AClivities area , 3rd floor. CAB. 5pm .

Wednesdays
·Ealing Disorder Support Group me et s
in the Women's Re s ou~c e Cent e r. 2nd
floor of the CAB at 3pm .
·Rape Response Coalilion meet s 1:303pm in CAB 206 .
·IASO meets in CAB 320 @ Noon.
·Native Student Alliance meets at 4pm
in the NSA office in the Student
Activities area of the CAB 3rd floor.
Call x6105.
·Disability Support Group meets in
LIB 1406A from 1-2pm. Call x6092.
·Wilderness Awareness Group
meetings at I :30pm in front of the
Longhouse , rain or shine . Call x6636
·Badminton in the CRC from 7- 8pm.
·Aerobics with a doowuchalike
attitude in CRC 116 from 4-6pm .

Thursdays
Senior Thesis Production of
MACBETH. TESC student
production of Shakespeare's classic
breaks new ground as a futuristic
version featuring multi - media
segments and a mammoth sel" in the
Experimental Theatre of the
Communications Building. Three
shows only! Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Feb 8-10, all shows at 8pm.
ABSOLUTELY FREE !!! Limited
seating .

Senator Karen Fraser launcbes a
celebration of "English-as-a.
Second Language and Bi-Lingual
Education Week" at Four Seasons
Bookstore downtown . Sponsored by
the Refugee and Immigrant Service
Center of Olympia, 2pm, corner of
7th & Franklin .

·Eliminating Racism: informal
discussions stemming from clips of
the film, "Skin Deep", aboul racism in
our country and on our college
campuses. Noon-Ipm in LIB 1406A
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SLOW CHILDREN with the
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Black Women in History
Joan Baez with guest Dar Williams
Storytelling
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American
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·LASO me'ets in CAB 320 from 4-5pm
·AA meetings in LIB 21/6 @ 4 :30pm .
·Evergreen Students for Christ meet in
LIB 2218 from 5-7pm.
·EF Evergreen Coalition meets on the
3rd floor of the Seminar Building at
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·Free Irish Dance Classes in CRC 1161
117 from 7-8 :30pm.
·Queer Rap Group in EQA from 78 :30pm .

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Wurlitzer Organ Concert with Andy
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