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Greener vets write their
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Day is celebrated at
Evergreen for the first
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Interview with Jacky
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Life With The Thrill
Kill Kult

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Labor Center
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Hidden in the depths of the Library,
tucked beh ind administrative offices and
classrooms, lies the Labor Center.
Quietly, the Center has provided a
place for those involved and interested in
issues ofthe labor movement to learn and
discuss them for the past ten years.
For the past year, the center has been
operating without a permanent director.
Instead, Helen Lee has filed the role on an
interim basis since September 1994.
Gilman says that Provost Barbara
Smith "decided it was time" to open the
application process for a permanent
director.
Gilman feels the future of the Labor
Center and its staff is "pretty uncertain."
This is since the work that the Center does
is decided upon by the staff and the people
they've "been in collaboration with .. .from
around the state."
In order to insure that the interests of
the center's contacts are still met under a
new director, 'a hiring DTF was created.
The DTF is comprised of members of
various uni ons from the Puget Sound Area
and headed by academic dean Masao
Sugiyama. The grollp reviewed all of the
applications and came up with three
finalists.
These finalists- Robert Standing
Soldier, Jeff Johnson and Lee- were all on
campus this past week for their interviews.
Sugiyama says that the hiring
committee will meet Wednesday afternoon
to make a recommendation to the Provost.

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Public Safety catches housing burglar
Thief also broke into
GIL, Admissions
BY MAn-HEW KWESKIN

It started on Monday, October 30 ,a break-in was reported in
the Library to Public Safety.
According to Public Safety's Larry Savage the intruder entered
the Graphics Imaging Lab (GIL), the Admissions Office and
attempted to enter the Cashier's office by removing ceiling tiles
and climbing on top of the suspended ceiling.
According to Steve Davis, co-manager of the GIL, they noticed
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that the tiles had been "moved and damaged ... as if a body" had
attempted to squeeze through.
Nothing was taken from the GIL and the Cashier's offict'.
Money, keys and a Sony Walkman™ were taken from Admissions.
Later that week on Friday, November 3, Housing Assistance
Residence Manager David Scheer woke up at 8:20 am to find an
intruder lurking in his living room. The invader said that he
thought his friend "Joe" was there.
Sheer is an informed resident and Housing employee and he
knew that a thief had been breaking into Housing for the past
several weeks, saying he was looking for his friend "Joe."
Prior to the "Joe" reports, the same person was claiming that
they were from Housing Maintenance if they were discovered in
an apartment.
On this occasion, the fellow qUickly left after being confronted.
Public Safety didn't have enough time to respond to the ARM 's call.
But an idiotic move landed this man in the Public Safety office.
On the way to his class that morning, Sheer spotted the
intruder at the Library loop bus stop. A quick call to Public Safety,
and Sergeant Larry Savage nabbed his man.
When Savage reported on the scene, he found "Joe's" friend.
And, it seemed that he had the stolen items from the Admissions
burglary on his person!
Unfortunately, Public Safety wasn't able to hold him.
But now they have a warrant. su they're going to catch him
again. Savage knows what he looks like now. He always gets his Public Safety believes that the thief broke into the GIL and
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Evergreen's student groups ex ist for a
variety of reasons: to educate, to socialize, or
to provide services. One thing they all have
in COMmon is that they bring people together
to form a stronger sense of community,
purpose. and direction. Two such groups , the
Evergreen Queer Alliance. and the Women's
Resource Ce nter. have started out this school
year doing exactly that.
Co-coo rdinators Jen Williams, Jeffrey
Wasson, and Shawna Rae of the EQA have
been exceptionally busy this year in getting
the queer community active, mainly due to
the orga nization's weekly discussion groups.
The Queer Rap Group on Monday, and the
Queer Men's Group and the Bi Women 's
Gro ups on Thursdays have brought
individuals together, espec ially the men's
group, which according to Wa sso n, has
"energized the men on campus." This
communal spirit is very important to the EQA
conSidering the increase in homophobic and
harassing co mments in the area. The only
way to counteract such behavior is through
involvement, to show the community that
they will not be ignored or si lenced.
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young gay, lesbian, or bi prospective students
that Evergreen harbors a safe, comfortable
environment. As Wasson stated, Evergreen
needs to set an example as a liberal, tolerant
place, and show the outside world that we
rea lly are the diverse group we idealize
ourselves to be. In order to make this a more
hospitable place for everyone, we must act on
our beliefs. Williams is also networking with
other gay/lesbian/bi groups in the area and
at other colleges in the state to carry this
message beyond the walls of Evergreen.
From this strong foundation of volunteers
and co mmunity members, the EQA has many
exciting upcoming events in the wOlks. On
November 12 and 19 (both are Sundays) there
will be a confidential safe sex workshop open
to everyone, but is designed for gay men. The
idea is to promote a more causal attitude
towards the di sc uss ion of sex ual issues.
Speaker Jeffrey Gould will be preSiding over
the event, complete with complementary
refreshments, from noon to 4:30 pm. in the
3rd floor Conference Room. The EQA is also
working to bring lecturers to the campus, and
is currently throwing around such names as
Urvashi Vaid, former director of the Lesbian/
Gay Task Force, or playwright/actor Harvey

Firestein. The EQA newsletter, The Pink
Poodle, informs the community on upcoming
events, political actions, and other fun stuff.
Depending on submissions. the newsletter will
be published quarterly. Students are
encouraged to write to Fifi with any sort of sex
related questions. Wasson claims that Fifi
"knows all, tells all." In the spring, look for
the EQA. in collaboration with the Spring Arts
Festival. to host a talent show, complete with
actors, musicians, and drag queens fro all over
the Northwest. Look for a "major educational
event" that will make resources to the queer
community in the future as well.
The Women's Resource Center added its
middle name this year in order to better define
the role of the center on campus. The WRC
has also been extremely active this year, largely
due to the dedication and commitment of its
coordinators and volunteers. Co-coordinators
Cindy Sousa and Carson Strege-Flora have
organized the WRC into several different
committees that focus on women 's issues and
needs both on and off campus. The Political
Action Committee plans educational events
and operates the alert phone network. The
network is activated when an issue pertaining
to women's issues or other concerns is voted

on by the state or nati onal congress . The
members then co ntact the appropriat e
Senator or Representative and two others who
will do the same. This way, the voice of the
women on the Evergreen campus is heard and
delivered directly to those in charge. Th e
Office Staff keep the doors to the WRC open
and answer questions for th ose who come in .
as well as making the place a cool, comfy place
to hang out. The Events committee plans
soc ial and educational activities for th e
campus. The Art Gallery, a new addition to
the WRC since last spring, feature s a ne w
femal e artist each month and recruit s artist
from around the community to show th eir
works. The WRC newsletter. entitled The
Women:~ Word, informs the community on
what's go ing on in th e different groups and
also features women's art and poetr y. In
addition to all this. the offic e also hOLlses an
ex tensive library full of reso Llrces on women's
issues. rece ntly refurbished with new
donations by staff members and student s and
a great deal ofreferral information for issues
such as sexual harassment , health care. and
support groups. All of this helps to further uw
strength of the women's community on campus.

Please see GROUPS pg. 2

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Offic e slaff volunlecr Marcia Bjerrulll
r.lm c 10 till' WRC because shl' wanled a social
group of '\lIpport ive. nmt tlrillg WOIIH'II " and
all (lflpnrtUII iI}' Il' "usc Iny vo icc" in the poli tical
.m'na,. Sill' enjoys th e sCllse ofcollllllullity she
gcl\ frnlllihose around her alld notes that "tlH'
pcople here ,eem reall), dedi ca ted. " Volullteer
'\lIli :\mold ,hared I\larria's ,entimenls and
:Iddt'd thai ,h e came beca use "the spirit ca lled
Ill<'. It \aid . 'Cel in th ;l t WOlllen's Center and
gIl. gi rl I"'. Part oC th e rea~On she enjoys working
Inlh\' oflirt' i, Ihal it i, fun tn "walch interesting
l'l'n plr walk by."

Strege-Flora is plcasrd that participation
in the WRC is up from lasl year. especia lly since
Evergreen doe sn' t have an in stituti onall y
hll1ded women's center like other colleges ill
Washington State. That tact makes it all the
more important that the women on campus
speak oul. In the !inure. thr WRC will bedoing
clinic deten,e out,ide oC the Eastside Womcn\
Ilea lth Clinic on Thursdays and hopes 10 form
J coalitioil with other groups on ca mpus like
the EQA. lh·c Rape RespollSe Coa lilion. and th e
Women nf("olor Coa lilion. It is her hopr th at

th ese groups wi ll be able to work togeth er to
further their goals for women's rights.
One of the big misconceptions about the
EQA ,lI1d th e WRC is that you have to need a
rcaso n or a problem to go and take advantage
of Ihe services availab le. Thi:; IS not the case.
Youllcver Ilced a specific reason to go, you can
always just hang out. eat, or chat with th e
people around . The EQA has office hours on
Mondays 12:15-1: 15with all the coordinators
specifica ll y so people can talk and eal lunch.
The WRC office is lIsually open from 10:00-

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5:00 Mon.-Thurs., and is always staffed with
friendly people who are always ready to chal.
Whether or nor you want 10 volunteer for a
certain event, make a poster, or just chill, th e
members are always ready and willing to talk.
It should be noted that all of the studellt
groups. not just the EQA and the WRC operat e
in this frie ndly, open fashi on. It is thcir goa l
to strengthen their srnse of comm unity alld
inCfrase awarrn ess on campus, Even if you jllst .
stop by a meeting. you arr sti ll helping 10
ach ieve this. Don'l hesitale to join ill .

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The Juno Scholarsh'ip is a newly formed award
that will be awarded to a continuing
Evergreen student who shows promise in
drawing, painting, or printmaking. The
student needs to demonstrated financial need
and be a full-time student for the 95-96 school
year.
Part one of the application process consists
ofa statement of purpose (not exceeding three
pages) for the applicant's pursuit of their art.
a list of successfully completed Evergreen
programs, including faculty names, and a
copy ofthe current FAFSA. This packet is due
to the Enrollment Services Office by 5 on
Friday, November 17. Part two should consist
of a recent series of five or ten works and
lurned into th e Arts Annex Drawing Studio
by 9am on Saturday, December 2.
The scholarship will be awarded in two
payments of $1,500 at the beginning of
Winter and Spring Quarters. For more
information, ca ll Enrollment Services at
x6310.

eRe needs
your help
The College Recreation Center is in need of
volunteers to serve on the this year's Advisory
Board. The board acts as an advisory capacity
on matters related to CRC facility operations.
Applications are available in the Recreation
Center Office (CRC 210) between 8:30 and 5:30
and are due November 15 at 5pm. Call x6770
for mOIe information.

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Women unite
Radical Women, a feminist socialist
organization, will review the anthology Listen

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KAOS would like to thank all those who
showed their support in this year's pledge
drive. In a little less than two weeks, the fall
membership drive raised more than $20,000,
making it the most successful membership
drive to date.
Tom Freeman, KAOS Development Director,
states that in addition to setting a new record,
KAOS has also succeeded in educating the
public about the services and programs the
radio station has to offer. He commented that
"...community broadcasting is a vital part of
. our community's quality oflife."
Tune in to 89.3 KAOS to take advantage ofthis
year's SllCCeSS, and just to enjoy the eclectic
variety of news, music, and other services.
Congratulations, KAOSI!!

November 10 an<,i l1(that's .Friday and
Saturday), the Pacific Islander Association will
be hosting Island Voices, Island Foods, a
f9rum concerning the cuisine and customs of
Hawaii. Friday from 6:30 to 8pm there will
be a panel discussion concering soverienighty,
the economy, and what it is like to really grow
up in Hawaii. The Po'okela Street Band will

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be playing from 8:30 to midnight in LIB 4300.
Tickets are $3 at the door. Saturday, there will
be a food workshop from 10 to noon in the
samples
and
Longhouse,
featuring
demonstrations offoods enjoyed in Hawaii. Call
the PIA atx6583 for more information .

The workshop, presented by First People's
Peer Support Staff, will help women of color
gain skills in assertiveness and setting
boundaries in their lives. Refreshments will
be served.
If you would like more information. ca ll the
Women of Color Coalition at x6284.

The Women of Color Coalition will be
conducting an assertiveness training and
boundary setting workshop Wednesday,
November 15 from 7 to 8:30pm in room 100b
of the Longhouse.

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The Peace Center and WASHpirg will be
holding a forum on Tuesday, November 14
about homelessness in the Olympia area.
They will also be sponsoring a fast and
collecting donations such as canned food .
c!ohthing, aild money. For more information
about Hunger and Homelessness Week and
the events, call x6098.

q ... Matthew Kweskin

Friday, October 27

Monday, October 30
0849: Attempted burglary at the Cashiers
Office. Someone tried entering through the
ceiling panels the previous night.
2147: A person was ci ted for criminal
trespassing after being warned against
habitation violations.

Sunday, October 29

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.The R"pe Response
Coalition has been
. collecting messages to
:rape victims and other
statements concerning
rape from the
Evergreen community.
The messages are" "
copied onto paper ~
symbols and will be
displayed on a banner
in the CAB building.
The banner will serve
as a visual reminder to
the community as to
the issue of rape and its
victims. Pictured is Lisa
Meyers, co-coordinator
of the RRC.

SECURITY BLOTTER

0119: Theft of a boom box from A-Dorm.
1445: A vehicle was maliciously damaged in
F-Lot.
1539: A fake human skull was found at a
garden plot at the Organic Farm.
1600: Theft of another boom box from ADorm.
1719: Pot pipes were confiscated from N dorm.
They were found on a table after a fire alarm.
[If these people had read the Security Blotter
two weeks ago instead of smoking dope, they
would have their paraphernalia now.]
1617, 2300: A person Housing does not like
was cited for criminally trespassing.

0731: Fire alarm in A-dorm.

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0540: A fire alarm was maliciously pulled in
A-Dorm.
1115: A person reported that their roommates
were being too loud. (This is the person who
gets harassed by their roommates on
November 2.)
1323: Auto theft from F-Lot.
1645: A bike was stolen from the CAB.
2220: Plants stolen from the CAB were
recovered.

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Up: Voices From The Next Feminist
Generation at their November 16 meeting.
The anthology consists of writings by a
. diverse group of twenty something women .
The collection is a response to anti-feminist
sentimentality and shows the strength of
today's young women who are dedicated to
furthering women's rights.
The meeting will take place in Seattle at New
Freeway Hall located at 5018 Rainier Ave. S.
Dinner will start at 6:30 for a $6 donation.
All are welcome to attend.

Tuesday, October 31
1313: A vehicle was reported to have been
broken into on Monday, October 30.
1412: Theft of a bike from the Organic Farm.
1713: A car in the dorm loop was vandalized.
2210: Someone stole money out of the
Tampon'" machines in the Lecture Hall and
Art Annex Women's rooms.
2220: A plastic bag was set on fire by the
exterior stairwell between the CAB and the
Library.

Wednesday, November 1
0235: The contents of a paper recycling
Dumpster'" in the Library were set on fire.
0720: A window was broken on the Library
4th floor.
0940: Ink was thrown on the lockers in the
Arts Annex.
1136: Public Safety cut off a bike lock for a
person in C-Dorm.
1321: The exterior information board in front
of A-Dorm was vandalized.
1321: A top loading balance was stolen from

the T-4 lab in the Lab I building. It is valued at
$700.
1405: Theft of a bike form S-Dorm.
1739: Car broken into in F-Lot.

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Thursday, November 2

0104: A Lab II ceiling tile was found removed.
106 1/2 E. 4th Ave.
0235: Two cars.were impounded. One from the
Olympia, WA 98501
Dorm loop, and one that was abandoned near
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the Weaving Studio.
0915: A fellow was causing a disturbance in
Monday · Satu rday
Lecture Hall 4.
11 :00 a,m. to 5:00 p.m.
0957: A fellow was caught masturbating in the
CRC pool. ["Thank god there's chlorine in that
pooli"- Tom Freeman)
1400: A bike was found on Red Square.
1404: Theft of money from a Tampon machine
in the second of the Library's Women 's room.
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It's that wacky midseason NFL report
BY JOliN

EVANS

The 1995 National Football League season
has reached the halfway mark and now the
critical second leg begins with each team
having 8 games in the books and 8 to play. The
action on the gridiron has been as fierce as ever
this year, with the result of all this mayhem was
some exciting games and a long casualty list.
There have been 17 overtime games so far,
just 2 short of the record for an entire season
(19, set in 1983). That's a lot of suspense at the
end of games,
Certain things have gone according to
form, but some unexpected twists have setup
an intriguing stretch run.
Everyone had the San Francisco 4gers and
Dallas Cowboys figured as league superpowers,
but who knew Kansas City and Oakland would
look so good? The expansion teams are
exceeding all expectations and predicted
powerhouses Miami and Pittsburgh have
stumbled.
The San Francisco juggernaut that
pummeled San Diego in Super Bowl XXVIV
seems to have thrown a gear. Explosive running
back Ricky Watters defected to Philly and the
best replacement the 4gers could find was
journeyman Derek Laville. Deion Sa nders, the
best rOl'{' r man of the '90s, chose to take his
\e r\'ic ('~ to (horrors[) archi val Dallas. Injllfi e~
to Steve Young, Brent JOl1es and William Floyd
ha\'e [l't made thin gs ea\iE'f for th e world
cha llips . The rt~\ult i~ ;[ I'er~· mortal 5-3 record
ill a dil'i~ion ex pected tll nAi- r little resista nce.
It rall 't ~it well with the 4gers that their
nelli esis. t he Dallas CowilCll's. have sto rmed
out to all ~FL be\ t 7- 1 mark (tied with Kansa \
( it~ ), rr ui ~i n g ;lion): \Jei llnd go dlike etlorls
Inlill Emmllt Smith .
Til l' Co wboys hal'(' olll" defea ted Oll l'
"'[[ln ing team (Creen Bal) hllt [)e ll\'er and San
Diego are better tha[l 4-4 [n arks illtli cate.
Besides. it's th e ease and grace with whi ch
Dallas win s th at make them the NFL's most
powerful forc e.
Th e Cowboys also have an intangible
goi ng fo r them that adds to th eir aura of
invincibility. America's Teani is so nationa lly
beloved that in most arenas they have as loud
a cheering section as the home team. Facilities
that are usually half-filII sell out when Dallas is
in town. II 's almost like the 'Boys play 16 home
games[
The only dark clouds on this team's
horizon are the loom in g suspe nsions of Leon
Lett and Clayton Holmes . losses that would
undermine a defense already considered
average .
Can anyone from the AFC win the Super
Bowl? This question is raised eve ry year and
the answer always seems to be the same. In '95
the early return s are inconclusive, but a quick
response might be "dream on." There are ,
however, a pair of hungry AFC West teams that
are be eager to supply a different answer.
The Silver and Black are back in Oakland
.
and they are armed with devastating weapons
on either side of the baiL The Raiders would
be 7-1 if not for a freak interception (the referee
mistakenly blocked Tim Brown) against
Kansas City that was run back for a TO in
ove rtime.
This is a franchise that has consistently
underachieved of lat e, but now they 've
asse mbled the best coaching staffin the league
and may finally put all that talent to best use.
The ambitious Raiders would be unwise
to overlook a ce rtain Midwestern rival.
however. They have a recent history of
subservien ce to Kansas City, and this year a
C hief~ tea lll ex pe cted to fold without Joe
Montana ha s put together the best record in
footbalL M" [[tana'ssuccessor, Steve Bono, has
been sensational. A new scheme has helped
their defensive stars Derrick Thomas and Neil
Smith, play to their strengt hs.
• Kansas City has a tough schedule the rest
of the way and are infamous fOl late-season
~Iides: it will be interesting to see if they can
continue to surprise in '95,
With the decline of th e 'Niners, the second
best team in th e NFC through 8 games has been
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the Chicago Bears. Quietly compiling a 6-2
mark (good for sole possession of 1st place in
the Central). Chicago has been carried by
breakout years for QB Erik Kramer and WR
Curtis Conway. The improbable return of "Air
Bears" has made them the highest scoring
team in the NFL. This is a superbly coached
team that is just starting to accumulate the
kind of talent most successful franchises are
working with.
The biggest surprise thus far has been the
collapse of the New England Patriots. Parcell's
Pats were predicted by some to make a Super
Bowl run, but their last defeat (to the
expansion Panthers) dropped them to 2-6 and
dashed all hopes of playoff contention.
As usual with these stories, injuries have
been a major factor in the Patriots' struggles.
Drew Bledsoe and Ben Coates, the All-Pro
passing combo that lit up the NFL last season,
have been banged up all year.
Not all of New England's problems can be
solved by doctors. The organization got cocky
th is off-season, suffering more in free agency
than Parcells would like to admit. It's hard
enough to even tread water in the NFL, and to
make a j ump to Super Bowl quality a team
must make some serious improvements. The
Patriots lost several ofBledsoe'~ ravurite targets
and did nothing to shore up a suspect
defensive unit.
Say what )'O U want about coaches and
svstcms. it's PLAYERS that win
championships. Simple as it sou nds. the trick
is finding as many good players as you ca n, and
keeping them. It's all about talent acquis ition.
San Francisco ba~i ca ll y bought a
championship last seaso n, Importing Deion
Sanders, Kell ~orto IlJ r., Wi lliam Floyd. Rickey
Jackson, Ca ry Plummer and MORE in one 'llfs('aso[1.
This ye ar Dal las has Erik Williams.
perhaps the best right tackle in the sport, back
in action. They've resigned or replaced their
own free agents and stolen Deion from th e
4gers. The Cowboys are poised to dethrone a
San Franci sco team all but crippled by
personnel moves and injuries.
If the season ended today, who would be
the league MVP? That's a no-brainer. Emmitt
Smith . Emmitt is on pace to rush for 2000
yard s and 30 touchdowns. That would be
unrea l. but he probably won't be able to
sustain this kind of excellence through the
harsh winter months. That shouldn't stop him
from being the NFL's leading rusher and scorer
of touchdowns!
If I had to choose a Comeback Player of
the Year, it would be Jim Harbaugh of the
Indianapolis Co lts. I went to two Bears games
(Harbaugh's old team) in '92 and '93. I'll never
forget hearing, live and in person, the derision
heaped upon the poor quarterback by Chicago
fans.
A few years free of Mike Ditka's
mindgames and Harbaugh has found the kind
of poise and confidence that Rick Mirer
appears to have lost. Harbaugh doesn't have a
third ofMirer's athleticism, but when he goes
out on the field he knows that whatever the
odds he can find ways to lead his team to
victory. And most of the time, Harbaugh has
found those ways this season, He was the NFL's
highest rated quarterback for several weeks.
That brings me to the year's biggest
pleasant surpr ise, the Co lts. Indy is like a
modern day David knocking off Goliaths just
about every week. Sparked by "Captain
Comeback," Jim Harbaugh, they've upset
iough customers like St. Louis, Miami and San
Francisco en route to their best record si nce
1977 (5-3). The scrappy Colts are contending
for the AFC East title,
The expansion teams have been far from
pushovers.
The Carolina Panthers may been 3-5, but
those three victories have come in a row (an
NFL record for expansion teams), What's
more, Carolina has hung tough all season. Not
bad for a team in its inaugural season.
The Jacksonville Jaguars' proudest of 3
wins were stunners against Pittsburgh and
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game out of first place in the AFC Central!
Though they've cooled off after a
shocking 4-0 start, the rejuvenated, relocated
St. Louis Rams are 5-3 and who could have
guessed it?
On the other end of the spectrum, some
vaunted ballclubs have staggered out of the
gate and dug holes for themselves early. Two
foremost examples are the Miami Dolphins
and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Miami was the preseason popular choire
to go to Tempe in January. The injury of Dan
Marino left the Fish without their heart and
soul for three games, and Miami dropped all
three with immobile Bernie Kosar at the
controls.
The Steelers came agonizingly close to
facing San Francisco in Super Bowl 29. They
probably would have made a better showing
than San Diego, whose mediocre defense was
picked apart by Steve Young. But it was a
typical listless off season for Pittsburgh's front
office, with more good players walking out the
door than coming in. Throw in the season
ending knee injury to Rod Woodson and the
Steelers have obvious declines at three major

positions.
Our local heroes, the SeaShlocks, have
been practically unwatchable through 8 games.
Highly touted new coach Dennis Erickson has
only been able to steal 2 wins, and since the last
has endured a 4 game losing streak.
It seems easy to blame Seattle's miseries on
Rick Mirer. After all, he has thrown 14
interceptions in 8 games. It's sad to see a
quarterback's confidence shattered, because
when that happens even the most routine plays
become filled with anxiety for him. Anxiety
leads to disaster, as in Mirer's 2 passes for 2
interceptions against Arizona. Still, the
Seahawks have really had a consistent team
effort. Everyone's made their share of crucial
mistakes in order to ensure each defeat.
Every team has had its ups and downs this
year, but that's life, isn't it? Parity is alive and
well in the NFL and on every given Sunday you
have a good shot at seeing a close, entertaining
game. The fun is in seeing who's left standing
when the dust settles at the end of the year.
There will undoubtedly be ample drama before
the final game is played.

Your favorite band is playing in Seattle.
You're psyched. You're ready. You're goin'.
You're in your car. .. you're drivin' up the 101 out
ofcampus ... music's jammin'... and you're thinking about life. "Life's great," you realize,
"This is what it's all about. n Just
then, at this pivotal moment
in your existence, you hear
a loud" CLA NKI " Not just
any clank ... this is the
clank of doom. You know
this because you've had $400
cars before. As you begin feverishlY' bargaining with the god of car
problems you pull off at the nearest exit ramp.
Your car is pronounced dead on arrival. You're
in Tumwater. (By the way, all the buses are on
strike, there's no way to reach any of your
friends, your mother told you never to hitchhike, and the concert starts in 45 minutes. You
are truly stuck. Sorry.)
" "But fear not," I say. Tumwater is fun!
Well, OK, not exactly fun , bllt, well ... there's ·
some stuff to do. Unlike you, I actually planned
to go to Tumwater and managed to get a friend
to come with me , "Why? Why would you do
that?" You ask - clutching a suicide note written on the back of your concert ticket as you beat
your head against the hood of your car~ I answer you truthfully. It was close and they make
beer.

The Brewery
I actually en ticed my friend Kerin to go

on the premise of the Olympia Brewery. Abeer
tour sounded fun ... even if the beer is, wel l,
Olympia Beer. (Don't let the name fool you, either. Olympia Beer, or affectionately revered
to as "Oly," is located in the town of
Tumwater.) Excitedly we approached the giant barley~
colored factory. But as we
walked past the garden
of Olympic patinating
goddesses we were
stopped by a sign that
said, "Tours: April-September." In disbelief, we entered the building despite the sign. We didn 't come all2 miles
to Tumwater not to take the beer tour! I attempted to use my clout as an investigating
journalist to be given the tour they wanted to
deny us, But Geary, the beer guide, with his
spaghetti·western good looks, remained firm.
He said the reason they discontinued the winter tours is because the management considers year-round tour~ "advertising," and their
company doesn't believe in advertising. This
was a confusing concept to me at first, but
.Geary had a good arguement. Because companies spend so much money on advertising, the
price of their product reflects that. "Olympia
Beer is cheap," he said, "that allows a poor man
to buy a beer ifhe wants." We went with that
logic.
Geary did (with my valid 10) give me
some samples, though. After three of those, I
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If you are dying to go to the factory before next spring, there is still stuff to see. Geary,
himself a wealth ofOlympia Beer facts, will set
you up with a pretty cheesy, yet informative
pseudo-tour video about the making of beer.
You can visit the small beer museum that includes the life and times of the father ofOlympia Beer. Leopold F. Schmidt. There you'll also
learn the history of other great Olympia Brewing Company products made after the company was purchased by Pabst in 1983. While
.in the Hospitality Room you can have free beer
samples and then stagger downstairs to the
impressive stein mug collection. Afterwards
you can patronize the extensive brewery gift
shop, which Kerin and I found to be pretty cool.
When we went, they had a great selection of
sale items that included: Olympia Beer frisbees
for $1, old-time Olympia Beer posters for .50
cents, a cardboard Olympia Beer truck filled
with logo matclies for a buck, beer jewelry,
patches, logo wear and a whole lot more. I
think we hit upon our holiday gift source!

Town Center
Optimistic after the excitement of the
brewery, Kerin and I decided to explore the rest
the town. We set out for the town center. We
drove ... and drove. After passing the standard
smattering offast food fare we quickly found
ourselves in farmland. We drove back. We
drove and drove. We ended up back in Olympia. We drove around again - convinced we
had missed it. Little did we know... we didn't.
Frustrated and seeking direction, we
parked and wandered into the Goodwill Store.
(Which, by the way, is a really good one. Kerin
bought a cool, cheap, baby blue desk lamp.)
"There is no town center," the woman behind
the register told me.
"Is there?" she asked the next person in
line.
"Nope," she said. "I guess the closest
th ing to a town center would be the corner of
Custer and Capitol... you know, where they're
tearing up the road?"
I found this rather depressing considering we had passed that corner with it's South
Pacific karaoke bar 3 times already. I wondered
if I should give up on Tumwater... do a joint
article on Lacey ... or, just jump into the
Deschutes River rendering this trip and my
column a complete and ulter'failure. "No!"
Kerin urged me. 'The Deschutes River! That's
what we're missing! 'It's The Water,' rememberl?"
Of course. she was right. That water put
the "water" in Tum! That water also put the

water in Olympia Beer. So off we went.
TJnfortunately. we found the Tumwater
Hist('~ical Park (the designated spot to see th e
river), somewhat depressing as well. Expecting
to glimpse this great majestic river made famous
by the beer slogan, all we saw was a damn in the
shadow of a towering beer factory. I don'r know
why damns are so revered in our world as some
great monolithic attribution to the i[ ~genuity of
humankind, I realize they have a purpose, but
to build parks surrounding them and to consider them "cultural" tourist sites is very egocentric. It's a disrupted river, there's nothing cultural about that. What's even worse i\ that next
to this damn , is the the Deschutes Pond and
Fishway Salmon Hatchery. If we didn't damllup
all these rivers, the poor salmon would be able
to swim their natural course and live a good
life ... of course until we ate them. At least they
wouldn't have to be confined to these fish in·
ternment camps we call "progress."
I found it ironic as well that in this park
de5igned to revere the contributions of western
dominance they had one tiny patio dedicated
to Native-American culture. One totem pole and
a petroglyph chiseled boulder from Hartstene
Island are tucked away in a dark corner as some
token symbol of yesteryear.
Tumwater also claims to be "The first
American commllnity established on the Puget
Sound," and yet when the "first Americans" got
to this most southerly Puget Sound point, it was
already a Native·American community ca lled
Spa-Kwatl. The piolleers that settled there in
1846 , including the legendary African-Ameri·
can pioneer, George Bush, renamed the town.
New Market. The town was latter renamed for
the third time, "Tumwata" or Tumwater as it's
now known , meaning "Throbbing Water" in
Chinook Jargon.
Fascinating, isn't it? But I guess it st ill
doesn't mask the fact that there's not a whole
lot to do in Tumwater. Did I mention th e two
museums here which Kerin and I conveniently
missed? If your interested .. one is The
Henderson house, built in 1905 and displaying
a buncha old pictures and stuff. The other is the
Crosby House built in 1854, No, it's not Bill's
(oh, wait , that's Cosby) ... Well it's not David's
either. It's Bing! Bing Crosby's grandfather's
house and he was a Tumwater pioneer! Wow!
(Really, it's true.)
So now you're probably saying "Gee, Laurel, if I didn't want to go to Tumwater before. I
sure don't want to go now! Thanks. "I say, if you
do find yourself stuck in Tumwater, remember
the beer. and if you don 't drink, you can always
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What's happening on the 3rd Floor?

No lDore
gaDles

You've read the book. You've seen the
movie. You've bought the
cereal. You've bought the
action figures. Now is the
time to check out the REAL .
third floor activities and see
what's going on . For all
yo u . know, this week:s
meeting may be next week's
TV movie.
The
Evergreen
Native Student Allian.ce
wi ll be welcoming th e
renowned activist and poet
John Trudell to the camp us on Friday,
November 17. Trudell was active in keepin g
Native American issues prevalent in political
circles during the 70's and appeared at many
protests striving for fair and equal treatment
for all indigenous peoples. He was national
chairman of the American Indian Movement.
and his work with the organization lead him
IO be featured in the movie "Thunderheart"
and the documentary "In cident at Ogala"
abou t the trial of Leonard Peltier. In the 80's
Trude ll focused on music. releasing three
album s and working with such artist as
Jackson Browne and Kris Kristofferson. Here
at Evergreen, Trudell will focus on his poems
and spoken word perfofmances, using words
because he sees them as an essential part of
helping he world find peace with itself. The
event takes place in the Longhouse, tickets will
be $7 dollars at the door. Call x6105 for more
information.
The Wilderness Awareness Group, a
student volunteer organization which explores
Earth survival skills and living outside the
world of The Clapper and Craftmatic
adjustable beds, holds meetings every
Wednesday at 2 pm in the Longhouse meadow.
This is a perfect opportunity to learn more
about nature, edible plants, shelter
construction, and other primitive survival
skills. Future activities may include a
discussion by a representative of the John
Young Wilderness Awareness School, so call
x6636 and ask "What's Up?"
The Irish American Student
Organization O. A. S,O.) holds their meetings
Wednesdays at noon up on the lovely third
floor. Anyone interested in attending a Ceili
in Portland on Friday, November 17 should
contact X6749 for info on the event and
carpool stuff. November will also feature a
song and dance circle, but times and places
haven't been set, but keep your eyes and ears
open. The I.A.S.O. is also featuring political
action meetings Wednesdays at 7 pm,

so i am just tired of this shit. i'm
tired of people suddenly finding they have
blood "other than" european pouJlding
through their delicate veins. with their
new self· recovery intact. now it 's okay for
my grandmother and i to speak with
native tongues in th e grocery store, now
it's cool to "have" culture, and now you
don't stare wh en we pass the ethnic foods
spct ion where you 're so busy stocking up.
tell me again hoI\' it's so easy for you to
clalill somet hin g that is not yours:
so methin g you pick out and wear as a
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yourselffrom the masses. something you
wear as a badge gli nting in th e su nlight
blinding us as we try to speak up. we had
no choice in choosing what evening gown
we would wear this night. our's doesn't
come off nor can we pass as a betsy
johnson when we're really a jessica
mcclintock.
when are you going to get it? this
is not a passing fad. too many of us grew
up with "you know english is the national
language, why don 't you use it?" or "why
don't you go back to wherever it is you
came from?" society never let us forget we
were "o ther than" white. now that we
accept and have pride in that fact,
suddenly the whole world is not white
and ONCE AGAIN. we are not as special
as we thought.
i'm tired of hearing abou t your
cherokee grandma back in the time. tired
of hearing about how you went to india
once, tired of using my rehearsed lines
which almost slip out without any pain
when you ask, "WHAT are you?"
i will not be your "oriental
princess" any longer. i will not make it
easy for you to attempt to crawl into my
skin and imaging what i go through
everyday. i will·not tell you WHAT i am.
it makes no difference what i label my
blood, you still look at me with the same
eyes you cast on all of us. i leave it up.to
you to figure out WHO i am.

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Lecture Hall 3. The E.T.A .. N. will also show
"In Cold Blood", a documentary about the
genOCide in East Timor. The event is free to
everyone.
A last few soundbites: Umoja has their
meetings every Thursday at 5 and can be
reached at x6781. SPAZ (Student Produced
Art Zone), who win my vote for the most
creative posters on campus, also meets
Thursdays at 5. Call x6412 for more info. ASlA
(Asian Students in Alliance), has all kinds of
ideas bubbling, so stop by the-ir meetings
Tuesdays at noon , or ca ll x6033. Anyone
interested in the third floor lunch box or board
game should leave at note in my box lip at th~
CPj. Over and out everyone.

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For those of you who work
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better work conditions (this ·
includes pay) and more input
concerning work issues. In order
to secure these goals, a strong
display of solidarity between the
workers. To find out more about
the group and their goals, contact
them in their office up on the third floor. More
information will be available where you pick .
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appropriation?

The homeless are
the hunted

It was troubling to note a particular
recurrent theme in last week's "Voices of
Color" column regarding the Dias de los
Muertos festivities (or lack of same). The
theme I refer to is that of exhaustion with the
process of educating an apparently
unreceptive community. Yes, it's true :
education is tiring! I recall my mixed
emotions when, as a staff person here at the
college, I realized that I, too, was called upon
to be an educator, a responsibility that I
strongly believe does not expire when the
clock strikes 5:00. Veronica's statements, "We
just don't have the time or patience to be
educators ... It's s'o exhausting." and Xui's
"Why go through that?" seem indicative of
deep burn -o ut. Therefore, although I
certainly support your efforts to take care of
yourselves by skipping a big community-wide
Dias de los Muertos extravaganza this year, I
must also ask: Is it time to reassess your
involvement with Evergreen, an educational
institution? We are here to educate, whether
it tires us out or not. When we are tired, we
must regroup, recharge ... and then educate
some more. It seems a shame and a waste that
you both feel so defeated by this process.
I wonder why it is that you feel that the
general community appropriates, disrespects
and doesn't honor your traditions. I was at
last year's Dias de los Muertos celebration; I
brought my children with me. Although
gringos, we did not come with the intention
of "sucking energy" from the ce lebrants - in
fact, we actually saw ourselves as celebrants,
and came to con trihllte our energy to the
evening's events.
So, I'm confused: was what we did cultural
appropriation? If so, please accept my
family's apologies. But I offer th e following
in our defense. I have thought a good deal
JbRu t the symbolism that suffus.es Los Dias
de los Muertos, an d one thing stands out for
me: the meSSage of the Calavera (skull) is that,
although my skin may be paler than yours,
and my Spanish bad, and although I was born
north of the Rio Grande, the Calavera is Me.
Those are my bones, that is my skull underneath. I am just like you. When Death
comes for us all, we will be indistinguishable
one from th e other. Los Dias de los Muertos
is, for this reaso n, the ultimate inclusive
holiday. It has taught Mexicans throughout
the centuries that, from dueiio to campesino,
Death regards us all with the same hollow eye.
You both express much concern about
"survival", by which I presume you mean
cu ltural survival, collectively and individually.
In a way: I share this co nc ern, since you
perceive so much hostility in this comm unity,
and seem unaware that, truly, there is also
much support and admiration. You are not
exactly in the belly of the beast, here at
Evergreen! And it worries me to know that
you do have an enemy, a bad one, that would
see Indigenou s and Hispanic cultures
erad icated from this country. How will it be
when you encounter this enemy? I'm not sure
I see the point in fretting about students
looking for "a nother reason to get drunk",
when this enemy awaits you.
If the energies and resources of Evergreen 's
Hispano-American community are indeed as
depleted as you make them sound, it is clearly
time to reach beyond the comm unity itself.
Please look for your allies where you may find
them - perhaps sometimes in unexpected
places. And I hope you accept what I have
written as a gesture of support and solidarity
- for thus it was intended.
-Juli Kelen

Last spring, when I started here, I overheard
one young woman who lived on campus
complain that there had been some doors
kicked in during a party she and her roommates
were having, but that she and her roommates
should not be charged for the damage because
security had not stopped the party, and
therefore the school was liable, not the
roommates. She said that she had been in the
living room dancing· and too drunk to notice·
when the doors to the bedrooms got kicked in.
A week later, an article appeared in the CPj
reporting the incident, but with a headline
implying that homeless people who had crashed
the party were responsible, although no one
seems to have seen them do it. The article left
one with the impression that homeless people
in general were a problem on campus.
There are a couple problems with this. No
one was named as the perpetrator, just "some
homeless people".
"Homeless people" is a rather large and
rather vague category, kind of like "stranger"
and other such scary words. As it is used,
though, it is a category that is given much blame
for things for which no one else wants to take
responsibility.
It is a rather bourgeOiS game, this passing of
blame to those who aren't. [t is rather easy to
do, and it is rather a common thing in America
to do it. Homeless people have no address,
therefore they have no identity, therefore they
are, ipso facto, dangerous.
But I am homeless. I wasn't anywhere nea r
the party. I didn't do it. Similar statements
could be made by most - i(not all - of the other
homeless people living on campus at that time.
And yet we are hunted by the society around
us as if we were criminals. In Olympia, sleeping
in your vehicle is now illegal. As is sleeping in
parks, or on sidewalks, or on others' property.
Has it occurred to anyone that it had become
. illegal for homeless peop.le to slee p at all?
Welcome to Gingrich's America.
Ofcourse, at enlightened, flexible Evergreen.
things might be different. But they are not.
The other night, peacefully asleep in my van
out in Lot (,1 was rudely awakened by a security
officer, and threatened with having my van
towed if I didn 't move immediately. I left. My
van is all the home I have. If it were towed, I
would not be able to afford to get it back, and I
would have none.
Two nights later, having become exhausted
searching for an alternative, and beginning to
fall asleep at the wheel, I pulled into C lot - after
all, I have a sticker for Clot - thinking that surely
they would not begrudge me a couple hours
sleep, anyway.
I was wrong. The security officer did not
bother to warn me first , she merely ca lled the
tow truck and had him hook my van and lift it
off the ground. I awoke immediately and was
told that I would have to pay a $50 fee to the
towman before he would unhook my van.
I talked to th e officer awhile. I asked her
where her sense of ethics was in all this matter.
She said, "We have different priorities." I said
that I didn 't think it was a matter of priorities,
that it was a matter of ethics. She said th at she
was merely doing her job.
. I asked herifshe put any limits on what kinds
of things she would do for a job, things such as
causing a person who is homeless to be also
vehicle-less. She sa id , "No, as long as I got
what's mine, I don't care." It amazed me that
she said it thus boldly, though I appreCiated her
candor. Rush would be proud. I asked if! cou ld
quote her, and she said yes.
So I have.
Now I am being called up before a grievance
officer. Odd. It seems the grievance is mainly
the other way around. But at least it is a little
more appropriate than hooking a person's
vehicle and then extorting money from them
before you will unhook it.
Perhaps some of you will recall Noam
Chomsky's visit here a few weeks ago, and his
assertion that things in this world of ours are
run by the richest people in the richest countries
for their own benefit. That the terms of bank
loans, the interest owed, the "reforms" in the
economic systems rrquired, and the terms of

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trade to countries of the South are all
designed to ke ep th em in perpet ua I
subjugation.
And that the same is true within th e
richest of countries: we have our own third
world here. The unemployment rate and the
problem of homeless ness are both designed
to keep the work force hungry and pliable.
Amenable to the needs of richest people in
the richest country on earth.
Chomsky also mentioned the use of
torture as a teacher of the lesson of perpetual
subjugation.
Homelessness is torture.
Try it.
Homelessness is the threat that is held
over every working person's head so that they
will be more amenable on the job, so that they
will keep quiet when illegal things are done,
so that they will bend their ethics enough to
do the dirty work for the richest people in the
richest country on this planet.
The homeless are the hunted at Evergreen.
too. They are hunted partly as a warning to
you: sothat you also will tow the line, do what
you're told, cut your hair, get a job, and, most
of all, bend your ethics for the richest people
of the richest country on this blissful earth.
Remember that as well as charity when
you celebrate "Hunger and Homelessness
Week."
-Don Lowe, homeless student

Free East Timor!
Since the end of World War II in 1945, the
nations of the world have co-existed in an
increasingly global world. The framework of
international trade that has developed in the
wake of the defeat of Nazism. as well as its
corollaries of international cooperation,
global intellectual discussion, and an
awareness of current events taking place on
the opposite side of the globe on a nearly
lI1 sta ntaneous basis ha ve dramaticall y
changed our civilization and has laid the
framework for the manner in which human
beings will develop over the course of the next
millennium. One key development over this
period has been a concern for human rights
without regard to borders and nationality.
The signing of the Geneva Convention on
human rights and other universa l
declarations have driven thi s point home
repeatedly since th e end of W. W.lf. As
residents ofthe United States of America. we
generally have the.ability to exe rcise all of our
universa l right s. But what about people
abroad who do not?
There is a place , about 170 kilom eters
north of Australia, where human rights are
absent. Not only do the people lack their
basic human rights., but they do so largely
because of the efforts of the United Sta tes.
This place is ca lled East Timor. Now, as a
resident of the U.S. yourself. you may wonder
what direct effect you have had on East Timor.
The answer (of course), is that you have had
none. But, to better understa nd the indirect
effec ts of your actions, perhaps a littl e
background on East Timor would help.
Until 1975, East Timor was a Portuguese
colony. At this time the population of East
Timor consisted of approximately 750,000
indigenous people speaking about fourteen
distinct language groups. They were a people
living in virtual self-sufficiency outside th e
global economic system. On December 5,
1975. President Gera ld Ford and Henry
Kissinger visited Jakarta, Indonesia in
support of the Indon esian dictator, Raden
Suharto. On December 7, 1975. Indonesia
invaded the tiny state, lying on the eastern
half of the island of Timor (Indonesia already
owned the western half). Between 1975 and
1979, about 200,000 East Timorese vanished.
Many were slaughtered by the Indonesian
army. The rest were starved to death by the
"total war" policies of the invading force,
which induded burning villages, destroying
crops, and razing forests (to eliminate any
places to hide). The reprehensible actions of
the Indonesian force still predominate. The
most heinous of the recent crimes that have
leaked out of East Timor involved a peaceful
protest to mourn those murdered.
On November 12, 1991, more than 270
peaceful mourners marching at the Santa
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Cruz cemetery in DiIi, th e capital of East Timor.
were attacked and killed by Indonesian soldiers
using U.S. supplied guns. Accordillg to Ge nera l
Herman Mantiri, New Regional Co mmander
for East Timor, "Such people mus' be shot and
we will shoot them. They were oppusing us
demonstrating, even yrlling things against thp
government." This massacre is one of many
which the Indonesian government ha s
subjected the people of East Timor to over the
past twenty yea rs. U.S . support of Indones ia
has played a key role in allowing th e ge noc id e
to continue. Since the 1991 massacre th e State
Department licensed 250+ military sales to
Indonesia.
On the invasion of East Timor, a CIA
operation officer stationed in the U.S. embassy
in Jakarta, c. Philip Liechty stated, " Without
continued heavy support the Indonesians might
not have been able to pull it off. [Instead] they
were able to stay there at no real cos t to them: it
didn't put any pressure on their eco nomy and
on the military forces because A merican tax
payers were footing th e bill for the killing of all
tho se people and for the acqui sition of that
territory, to which they had no ri ght
whatsoever. "
In 1977, th e U.S. Congress bega n an inquiry
into East Timor. On March 17, 1977, Lieutenant
General Howard Fisk of the U.S. Air Force
testified that U.S. military equipment was used
in the invasion of East Timor. On November
28,1977 the U.N. General Assembly (of which
Indonesia is a member, and East Timor is not)
rejected inte grati on of East Timor with
Indonesia and ca ll ed for an act of se lf·
determination for the tiny state. In 1978. the
Indonesian military was beginning to run OLit
of arms due to the rapid pace of its killing plan.
President Jimmy Ca rt er signed a bill to
replenish arms to the Indonesian government
so that th eir invasion would not lose step.
Accordin g to the memoirs of U.S . se nator
Daniel Patrick Moynihan. former ambassador
to the U.N .. "the Un ited States wished things to
turn out as th ey did ... the departmen t of state,
desired that the United Nations prove utterly
ineffective . That task was given to me and I
carried it out with no inco nsiderable success."
To bring things up to th e current date, a
recent article in The New York Tim es , of
Tuesday. October 30, 1995. titled" Real Politics:
Why Suhart o Is In and Cast ro Is Out ."
demonstrates the greater signifi cance of
international trade to leaders in the U.S. than
supposed ly sacrosanct beliefs, such as human
rights. The article discusses an Octobe r 27
meeting in which President Clinton . Vice
President Al Gore, and much of th e Presidential
ca binet warmly welcomed Raden Suharto to the
White House. According to th e Times. "So Mr.
Clinton made the requisite complaints about
Indon es ia 's repressive tac ti cs in East Timor.
where anti-Government protests continue. and
moved right on to busin ess. ge ttin g Mr.
Su harto's support for market-opening progress
during the annual APEC meeting in Osaka in
mid·November." Compare this to 'campaign
Clinton : who stated during the 1992 campaign
th at "We have ignored it [East Timor J so far in
ways that I think are unconscionable."
So, back to those indistinct indirect effects
YOLi as a U.S. citizen have had on East Timor.
The odds are, prior to this article. that you had
never heard of East Timor. and didn't even
know where it is . By voting (or not voting) for
different Presidents and then not holding them
to their campaign promises, you allow U.S. tax ·
dollars to aid the In dones ians in their
"repressive tact ics" which include pillaging.
murder, and rape. So, the time has come tostop
having indirect effects and start having direct
effec ts. Ways in which to have direct effects are
to first inform other residents of th is rountry
that their tax-do ll ars are helpin g to kill
thousands of people. So, tell yo ur friends! Also,
write your elected officials and encourage them
to take action on the Timor issue. Most of all.
USE YOUR HEAD, don't support genocide. To
paraphrase Noam Chomsky, it's not hard to si t
down for two minutes and think of ten things
you can do to work against the slaughter of
helpless East Timoresians. East Timor Action
Network meets every Monday at 4:30 on the
third floor of the CAB (at TESC).
- By Cherish Morrison Price and Lowt'il Brady

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Focus
What is the essence
of the word "Veteran?'" In the
post-Vietnam era. especially
with the advent of mov'ies and
books about. the relentless horrors of combat. \'eteran seems to
have come to de~ote someone who
has suffered greatly and has therefore earned the respect and admiration of the community. Most of all,
however, the term seems rooted in the
prod\,;ction of sympathy for the veteran, who is seen alternatively as a helpless pawn of the government or as a person so unenlightened that the individual
is incapable of making sound moral decisions. This generation of sympathy is to me
a misguided and inappropriate activity. and
it is the very type of activity that seems to be
at the center of the affirmative action style approach to observing Veterans Day 1995 which
has been adopted by the Evergreen Veterans
comm unity. Does the Evergreen Veteran desire respect? Surely. But does that same Veteran want sympathy? I don't think
so. although I recognize that in this
community, as in many others,
there are t hose people who will
confuse the two and who will
seek sympa thy as a substitute
fer respect-thereby preventing a realistic sense of respect
from eme rging.
The basic sense
of the word Veteran
denotes a very
~im ple mealling. A
\'eteran is some·
one who has
s e r \. e d :
So m rone

they occurred and regardless of their particular character, will take on new meanings for the
individual. This shift of meaning is not reliant on combat trauma or any of the other
militarily related or associated traumas. Even a perfectly innocuous tour
of duty will deeply affect the individual who has not experienced
~:.. military life before. Therefore we
come to the deeper meaning of
veteran, the cen.tral meaning
which binds all veterans together-the commonality ofbeing a service person who no longer serves,
yet who has been fundamentally affected
by the experience of having done so.
This definition of veteran_does
not necessarily include the generation
of sympathy. Nor do I find it necessarilyappropriate. Without any attempt to do so, the Veteran community exists as a group of
people who have a similar set
of experiences which bind
them together. Most of all,
they share the common experience of baving
served. They have had
the opportunity and
burden of transcending
their person a I
self·

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in the team directed development of order and
discipline, requires an adjustment away from
self interest which 1 have often noted young
people find very difficult, often excruciating.
There is no sudden magic world of teamwork
in the military: The service demands that the
individual sacrifice personal interest in deference to the needs of the team, and it requires
the person to learn to do so quickly. This can
o!!!y be accomplished through a painful process which generally succeeds to a greater or
lesser extent based on the quality of training
provided and the mental state of the recruits
who are involved. There are some career service members who succeed in transcending
their own self interest in only the most superficial of ways. But the fact remains that the core
experience of having served is that of having
sacrificed. They have sacrificed their own self
interests, an indefinite period of their freedom,
and willingly participated in a set of experiences which will permanently change their
lives.
It is this sacrifice that is the glue that
binds them together, and it is this sacrifice
which requests not sympathy but respect from
the community. Are veterans to be compared
with rape victims or victims of other calamities? Of course not. Sympathy is not what veterans require, or solicit as a community. What
they want is respect; respect and a sense that
their sacrifice has been recognized.
So the question remains, what does the
Evergreen Veteran want from the community?
Is it feasible that a veteran can expect to solicit "special respect" from a community of
people who for the most part have not yet
reached the stage of responsibility in their
lives that would include the sacrifice of self
interest and freedom to a greater cause
(whatever it may be)? [s it even truly reasonable to expect someone who has not shared
you r experiences to automatically respect
them? The answer to both questions, I believe,
is no.
The respect that Evergreen Veterans, as
a cDmmunity, should expect to receive,
is the same respect which is promised
to all Evergreen Studen ts in t he Social Contract. The right to expect
that your voice will be heard
and that you will be
list ened to
,rp <nM· ' ·' ully

spectwhich
who was a serviceperson but who no longer
serves. The military service is a deeply changing, profoundly affecting experience that will
leave permanent imprints on a person 's personality development whether those changes
are evident or not. More importantly, as a
person's personality develops, the experiences
of the military servi ce, no matter how long ago

interests in order to bring about a series of results as a team. Whether that team was guarding the Fulda Gap, patrolling the DMZ in Korea, or maintaining combat readiness in Kansas or Oklahoma, the opportunity to transcend
personal interest in the service of a greater purpose was available.
This opportunity, and duty, manifested

should not be underestimated.
By the same token. we should not be
surprised if efforts to secure sympathy from the
community, particularly efforts which amount
to a litany of war stories or gory :iccounts of
personal tragedy, are rejected by the community or resented by those who feel that participation in war is unethical or immoral.

Honoring afaJJing comrade•••
By

FREDRICK

A.

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NOVEMBER

9,1995

phases of the Southern Iraq
offensive, my Reconnaissance Platoon encountered
intense small arms and
anti-armor fire f~om an ammunition storage area. My
platoon's lead vehicle was
struck by tank fire, and my
entire platoon was in danger of being destroyed .
Without hesitation, Cash
drove our Bradley into the
direct line of fire to provide
~upport and rescue our
troops from the burning
vehicle. While in the line of
fire, the vehicle was hit by direct tank fire and
destroyed.
Cash was my Soldier, my friend, my son,
and a hero in my eyes. His memory makes Vet-

At dusk Dennis comes by the house to drink
a couple of beers and give me the rest
of the esc of Heinikins. Down payment for

a commission and 1give him a small painting
I did while 1waited and a pint of oaoneal ale.
We walk about the acre and down to the clttk
to ~ on a cedar and watch our reflections
in the black pool of the creek ripple and flow by.
Stilll.ter, about ten, he comes back and we
go outward, on a journey of memories for me.
driving tOward the roadhouse we are
surrounded by his things in the pickup rruck,
Socks, a couple of boxes of crackers, oil cans
on the floor, Montana dust on the dash,
the twO of us encapsulated in tin and plastic,
his cigarette softly glowing in the night,
headlights illuminaring an empry road.
Dark pints ofbitler ale watching the motions
and movements of the roadhouse inhabitanrs, .
dans, pool, a ball game on rhe big sclttnTV,
A couple of young men ask us to shoot a
foursome of pool, all those years since I

mOl pool in a wooden floorcd bar.

So 1 tell Dennis Jbout Steve The Ranger,
the Pool Shark who hatcd hustlers,
five back-ta-back tours in Viet Nam and
was made to come home to R&R
(1&1 as he called it: intercourse & inlOxic:uion)
he grew up in the smoky apartment over
his dad's pool hall, down in Tex:ls,
learning to run nine ball
and make five-bank shots.

How Sreve and I would drift inw the
Saturday nighrs of Steinbeck's lettuce fields,
srrawherry parches and g-rlic plots of the
Salinas Valley to Gilrov or Greenfield or
King City, Los Molinis, a couple of
Bir -part characters from the middle of
Cannery Row or Tortilla Rat, into the
dingy and drab bracero bars shooting pool
With the shy swor-stain~ .men, rheir
hands callused from short handl~ hoes
and hook-nosed lettuce knives,
teaching then how not to get conned
by gtttdy Anglos, us buying the bttlS
and feeding the juke box for loud brass
mariachi and sweet maudlin Lorna Lindas,
Telling s!Ories in brol«n Spanish 2nd them
in btokm English, passing faded and folded
phorographs, all of us laughing at out
antics and high-jinks and later Steve and I

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Eating our rimal brcM.ist of Chinese
hot and sour soup and pork fried rice
and a botr in a paper bag under the table.
Dennis and lleave the roadhouse (old Spud 'n E1ma's)
and head downtown to the 4rh Ave Tav for some
conversation with old and new friends.
and when he takes me home quietly asks
·Wha~er happm~ ro your friend Stcve?n
He went bad for a fifth tour
and we cnm:spondm a while, then
liost tnek of him untill found
his name carved into polished
black marolc one ttar-swned day.
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erans Day very special to me, and is the reason
1 take time to honor Specialist Cash and others like him, who have served and given their
all for America's peace and freedom.

Greener camoflage doesn't hide anti-vet discrimination

By JOHN ElliS ~ROSBY

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I personally would like to honor a
fa llen comrade whom I served with in combat. I considered him my son. 1took him under my wing, realizing it was his first time
away from home. I taught him how to manage h;~ checkbook. and most of all. I taught
him patience. He was always the first to volunteer for someth ing whether he knew how
to do it or not.
I wa~ the Scout PI;!!oon Sergeant of 4/
66 Armor. Clarence Allen Cash -Johnny Cash
to those of m who knew the big 6'1" cowboy
so well- was th e driver of my Bradley Cavalry
Fighting vehicle. During our fire fight with
Iraqi troops, Johnny was killed. He was 22
years old, and died February 27,1991 while
we were supporting offensive operations
against the Republican Guard's Medina Division in Southern Iraq. During the final
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Saturday
February 13th
1993

I did a rubbing on a aumpled air-mail

envelope with blue poo1-aJe chalk and
Ld't the c.halk and a old battered
Blirz.wnnhard beer cap at the
base of the wall for him,
for Steve.. ,

BY SHELLY O'CONNOR

This story is based on information I
gathered through conversations with vets and
the answers they wrote on their questionnaires. All of the names and situations are fictitious. The words in italics ~ taken directly
from the answers on the questionnaires. I appreciate the time and effort people put into
their answers, and do not want to uswp creative credit for their contributions.
5tacey is staring out the city bus window,
looking at the fall leaves, and hoping that the
cute guy in her science program will be interested in discussing their lab project over lattes,
tonight, at her house, in front of the fire . Skip
the lattes and open a bottle of wine ...
"Hey, don't you work in the Vets Office
at school?" A man her dad's age slides into the
seat next to her. ''I'm not filling out any more
of those attendance forms you guys send me. 1
asked my instructor to sign mine the other day,
and he made some comment about the money
wasted on defense. Then some bleeding heart
got in my face yelling about all the innocent
civilians who suffered in Hiroshima and all the
women and babies 'you animals' killed in Vietnam. 1 don't need to hear this crap. I didn't
want to go to Vietnam. I was drafted. Do you
hear me? Drafted! And these punks have the
nerve to give me a hard time!"
Stacey sinks down into the seat, wishing
she could disappear. Her brother died in service during Desert Storm. She doesn't like to
think about war, partly because she feels guilty
that she remained stateside while her brother
got blown away. It was luck of some sort that
her unit was not deployed. Her parents could
not have handled iosing them
both.
"Yo u do work in the
Vets Ofrice. don't ya? My
name is Chuck." He thrusts
forward his right hand for her
to shake.
"Yes, I am a work study
st udent at the Office of Veteran Affairs at sc hool. My
name is Stacey," she says as
she tries to firmly shake
Chuck's hand. "I'm sorry that
you were given such a bad
time, but you have to get
those forms Signed if you
want to collect your educational benefits."
"I guess you didn't understand me. I'm not doing it.
That G.1. Bill money is minel I paid into it, I
earned it, and I shouldn't have to take a bunch
of crap to get it!"
"Please don 't get angry with me, Chuck . .
I agree with you, and I'll ask my boss to call
your instructor and see if they can work something out. You're here to get an education, not
to get upset. Write his name, the name of your
program and yo'!:r name on a piece of paper
for me and I'll take care of it."
"Thanks', Stacey. I didn't mean to yell at
you. I just can't understand why people don't
realize that vets are entitled .to the same
amount of respect as everyone else. 1appreciate you helping me out."
Later that day in the OVA Stacey tells
Bill, another work study student/vet about her
conversation with Chuck. "I feel so bad for
h!m, Bill. Those guys who went to Vietnam got
spit on when they came home. He didn't even
want to go. He was just a kid when they drafted
him."
"You know, Stace, he doesn't want you
to feel sorry for him. The only thing any of the
vets want from society is respect. We're not bad
people. We're the ones who have preserved the
freedoms that allow them to say and do and
believe what they choose."
"Sorry to interrupt, but· I just want to
turn in my attendance form. I couldn't help
overhearing what you were saying. During my

tours in Vietnam, I was part ofthe most vivid
the morning in under 10 minutes. I am ish my education, but I'd still give anything in
display ofhuman behavior. The best and worst
trained to function in an emergency and have the world to have him back. Despite the diffiscenes of people replay in my mind. You
the confidence to help others. To celebrate culties military life causes, he was a great faknow, there is a fine line that divides the huVeterans Day, I think it is important to re- ther, husband and friend. No education or camanitarian and the horrible, and there were
member that there are veteran 's in every reer could ever take his place. Veterans Day is
days when I crossed that line several times. I
country, and that wars are fought for peace." one of many days throughout the year when I
don't want sympathy for . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . reflect back on the sacrifices made by those
who serve arid their famil ies."
the nightmares that haunt
"Veterans Day doesn't mean anything to
me, and I don't want
me. I think that people who serve in the milipraise for my service . 1
tary should be remembered everyday. Veteronly want respect. The
ans don't agree with the choices made in D. C.
ugly face of war is one that
but are the ones who fought when the politithose of us who have seen
cians were afraid to, "states John who just got
it will never forget and one
out of the Air Force two months ago.
that those who have never
"No one pays Veteran 5 Day any mind, "
seen will never underadds AI. "No one cared about vets until Desert
stand."
Storm. Now iff get stopped by the police, all I
"This is Stacey, and
have to say is that I served in Vietnam and I
I'm Bill. You're Dave,
don't get a ticket, just a handshake. "
right?"
Dave nods.
Here, Stacey," says Mike as he hands
"Veteran's Day is coming
her a hot cup. "I thought you might like a latte."
up and were have been
''Thanks, Mike, I need it. I'm so stressed
mulling over some ideas
out with my science project and trying to get
about recognizing it for
something together for Veteran's Day here on
the first time here at Evercampus."
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green. What do you
"That stresses you out? My military exthink?"
"I am extremely proud to be a' veteran. perience gave me a different way oflooking at
"Well, I think that it would be nice to do
something to recognize the vets and to let the
It means capability, leadership, humanity, daily stress. None ofthem compare to the crap
honor, and pride. Not necessarily because I I went through on a submarine. ..
campus know that we're not just a bunch of
believed in what we were fighting for , be"Thanks anyway for the lalle. Have you
war mongers," suggests Dave.
"Is there really a problem on campus?"
cause truthfully, I have no idea as to the real seen Josh lately? I haven't seen him in a while
asks Stacey. "I mean, I have never had anyone
reason we fought in Iraq. However, I still be- and I wonder how he's doing."
"Speak of the devil! Hi Josh. Stacey was
lieve in the people who fought alongside me, "
accuse me of being a war monger or giving me
just asking about you."
a bad time for serving in the Marines."
volunteered Ted.
"Here I am, turning in my attendance
"First of all, Stace, you're a woman. Ev"Humanity?" asks Stacey.
"Yes, humanity," responds Ted, "be- form . Have you missed me?"
erybody knows that warnell don't do the kill"What do you think about Veterans Day.
cause in the face of fear and adversity, we
ing. Second, people are impressed with you
found the benevolence to feed the elderly, . Josh?" asks Bill.
and interested in your stories
"[ think it is an important reminder to
women, and children ofour enemy. "
because most of them think
you're too prelt y to be a Ma"What does Veterans Day mean to you, current citizens that America may pay a high
rine." Bill and Dave both
Patty? Your husband was in the Navy, wasn't price when contemplating military action. "
giggle.
he?" asks Bill.
answers Josh. "Why do you ask?"
"We're talking about getting something
"That's not fair,
"Until the day he died," answers Patty,
Bill. I had to go through the
"and damn proud of it. His being a veteran together to celebrate Veterans Day for the first
same training that male Main a sense means that I'm a veteran, too. Ev- time on campus. You know, it's funny," Bill
rines go through and I can
ery time he got orders, the kids and I moved , laughs, " but my friend Theresa, a staff memor were left at home while he went out on a ber here mad e a really good point when I saw
shoot better than most of
'em! I was a good Marine.
boat for six months. With all the moving her at lunch. She is in the Reserves and has
around, I never got to finish my education or experienced sneers and dirty looks when she
just as willing to die for my
country as the rest of them!"
have a career. I had to start over at every base, has been on campus in uniform. She said, 'This
"Calm down,
and so did the kids. They saw the world and seems odd to me, given the number of non
learned things that they can't learn in school. military people who wear army boots and camStacey. I didn't mean to upbut don't have the kind of roots that most ci- ouflage pants on campus.' Don't you think
set you. I know you were a
vilian kids have. Now that he's gone, I can fin- that's kind of funny?"
good Marine. There are lots
of women who serve and do
a better job than the men .
However, they still are not on
the front lines, and therefore are not seen by
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the rest of society as killers like we are. I never
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Throughout the day, Stacey and Bill
The Cooper Point journal is directed, scoffed, writTen, edited and distributed by the scudents
asked the vets who came by what Veterans Day
enrolled at The Evergreen Scote College, who are solely responsible ond liable for the production and
and being a veteran means to them, particuconeent of the newspaper. No agent of the college may infflnge upon the press freedom of the Cooper
larly here at Evergreen.
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"I joined the Army," said Amy, "because
Evergreen's members live under a speCial set of fights and respons ibilities. foremost among
I wanted a break from school, and my parents
which is that of enjoYing the freedom to explore ideas and to diSCUSS rhei' explo!Orrons m borh speech
and print. Both institutional and individual censorship are at variance wirh rhl s baSICfreedom
were not going to pay for me to go 'find mySubmissions are due Monday or Noon prior co publico rion. and are preferably received on 3S'
self' in Europe. During those four years, I
diskerre in either WordPerfect or Microsoft Word formars. E·mai/submissians are now also accepiablc
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Excellent acting anti interesting 1,Iot make COIJycat worth seeing
Academy award nominees Sigourney
Weaver and Holly Hunter star in Copycat, Jon
Amiel's thriller about the exploits of a notorious serial killer. Weaver plays Helen Hudson,
a world renowned criminal psychologist and
expert on serial killers. As the movie opens,
she's giving a lecture on mass murderers to a large audience in her
hometown of San Francisco. '
Little does she know that a
redneck psychopath named
Daryll Lee Cullum (played by
jazz
crooner
Harry
Connick,Jr.) is lurking in
the crowd, planning to
take her life. He ambushes
her in the ladies restroom , kill·
ing a police officer in the process, Fortunately
for Hudson, security guards arrive and arrest
Cullum before he can do her harm.
The ftlm then fast forwards to thirteen
months later. Hudson has suffered a nervous
breakdown and acquired a serious case of ago·
raphobia, She has become a recluse in her up·
scale apartment, drinking heavily, p6pping
pills and suffering traumatic flashbacks. When
a series of fresh murders begins to plague the
San Francisco area, Hudson becomes obsessed

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Lunch?
Lydia stormed into Groovie's (Groovie
Mann) life back in eighty something or
rather. I don't know how they met, but it was
Groovie and she Were friends. They
were friends. And, when they did
"(A)DaisyChllin (For Satan)", they had
this idea for another song, "Cause It's
Hot." Anll at the.time.the other Bomb .
Gang Girls who were around, all had
that kind ofedge on it that was needed.
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ter development. Both women lose people
close to them over the course of the movie, and
it would have been interesting to see them lean
on one another for support as they deal with
their grief.
There's been so many serial killer movies
lately that I'rribeginning to wonder if this genre
is going reach critical mass soon. If they all
handled their subject matter as well as this one,
my answer would be a resounding "no."
Though not as eerie or scary as some of its pre·
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formance in the film definitely comes from
Weaver. She mUst have done her homework
on how victims of serious assault deal with
their pain, because her portrayal of Hudson
resounds with a gritty, desperate and fierce reo
alism. Amiel also does a great job of using the
camera to show how large, open spaces appear
to agoraphobiacs. .
Hunter is good but not outstanding as the
coolly intelligent Detective Monahan, Her
character isn't as interesting as Weaver's but
Hunter is able to find ways to show the emo·
tions and drives under Monahan 's ca lm, un·
ruffled exterior. While he doesn'l have an
overly large role in the movie, I was wrv im·
pressed by Harry Connick, Jr. 's pOI
of a delusional killer. As an actor he
nitely has potential and I would liK
see his future acting efforts.
With excellent acting, a well·w
ten screenplay and an interesting I
hard to criticize Copycat. One thing
the movie was lacking was more ch,
teraction . A kind offriendship beg I
velop between Hunter and Monah
the course of the movie but Amick r
does more than gloss over it. He
was probably trying to keep the
film's pace flowing, but he could hav!
slowed it down a little for more char

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Who started My Ufe With The
Thrill KiD Kult'l
, Buzz (McCoy) and GrOovie. BuZz; -'
he does the music,.. Groovie,wrifes tJ:le
he's llGt exactly~creat:4tg @lfeR~il.tl~~'ple~·on
lyrics. Bilt ~e' all kinda put i!t our two'.
screen. Here he leaves the usual act
cents. (laughs) And then, ofcourse, you
and pl;ys.hisroleof ma~pulative'vampire,
know I sing, and Cinderella (Pussie)
to the hilt. > ' , . : .
' , . , ' ,__ • "
sings, and Levi (Levi) plays the bass. -.!
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Julius Jones· ({(adeem Haidison) is
Do you -knowwha:t made them .
the unfortunate those.n by Max to.become
want to start the Thrill Kill Kult7
'his "ghoul." a positiob his undead f!laster
It was supposed to be a ~ovie; but
,promises has its perkS but really only ~ems
~he m~vie' ne.y'er ~ame a~~t. S~, the, C'. Tb'
,~ ditl~ more
fo make Julius·decompose. '
", .
mstead of domg the mo~e. we <;ijd the
'.
r
, .There is some humor to be found in
soundtrack for the movie. And Wax ' . styluh thaD~e..l)nU Kill Kldt.
that SUbplot, and when Max- pos~s
a
Trax, at the time, because Buzz and
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preach~l he delivers i hilarious sermon
Grooyie met through Ministry. Yousee)~uiz ·ledioR. So, ~ith .allthat.diversity, I guess
about eVitbeing goOd to a ,gullible congr~
used to play guitar for Ministry. Groovie used
put in t,heir little input that's why it's
,gation. '''If there was noibipg 'but sUQny
to do production:So that's how they Diet, and .' squnique and fabUlollSI (sarcastically) Just like
days, wh~twould be a sunny day?W He asks:
they hit it off, and they were going to do a ~. (lin~ghs) ! . :
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movie, but they didn~t have enough moneY et 'Howdidyou aD meet,eatb other?
, A heavily made-up MU,rphy also
for the' movie, but they ' did . have
. In it bar, ofcourse; '.
a 100~d~mouthed Ita1i3l] ,thug. arid his
enoughinsturments, you know, couple of .
. AJongtimeago?
ove~-tbe-top , stream
cons~ipusness
OAT's laying around, some old crap to put
We ntet in bars literally. That's how Buzz,
ran~ngs work well in that sceqe. together you know. some samples, and lih one day saw me in a bar, and! guess, hewas talk·
'Jr.was inter,esting to see the ,SUjlve
Wax Trax liked it. What they heard of. what ing to some chick, and I said something to him,
MaXim.iJ.lian·worKing darkmagic,aitd
little of it they heard and sent them to and he said, "Wanna join a band?" And I
have to commend (raven for suc~ssfully
Beligum to hook up with Luc ... Van Acker. said,"Sure!" I thought he was kiddding, and he
~g his'prQtagonist 'ajl essentially evil
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cbaractet. M~py i§n'tso'n)e looming b,ad
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come out on tour. And that's how, you know Levi
guybasiCally iii the,ba~d:' we~~ hUn
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was met. Back in Wax Trax! days, everybody was
After the interview, I grabbed.some food
establi$hlllg a place to live, pla'nrling his
OK good (laughs). Whatwasyourques· in Chicago at that time, so everybody would andwentupstairstoseetheconcert.lhadthree
attack andw:rjing QUt His schemes. Thes.e
tion? (laughs) Anyway..
hang out at the bar. Al (Jourgensen) would be hours to kill before it started, so I proceeded
, the stronge$t parts the film.
Are you working on another album?
there. Chris. Chris Connely. Everybody was ai- to eat and smoke. As I was.smQkingr,1saw I.e\?
UnforplDat~ly, I always kneW where
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the storyline was he.ading an~ a lor ~fthe
to do a movie, we keep saying we're going to So we would pick up and go see a band, ~Oh hung out With ~im for a bit, but I didn't think
Humor see,med reatly sophol)loric. '
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Bassett seems surprisingly un,com-.
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picked up Levi. Because he was the bass player h~ Amazingly en01lgl), he walked over and
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views she doesn't like honor movies (too
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scary) -and has no experience With them.
think they're going to spend time trying to like that movie .. What was that movie? Spinal . . ftwasa.8f1?tshow~wjth Big Stick playmg , Whether it was the script or her ar;ting, she
make Hit and Run Holidaya film. 'Cause it's . Tap! I thir!k we've had atx>u~foUJ Qrfive so far... . ,
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with the case, follOWing it closely through the
media and calling the police department with
anonymous and rather frantic tips and observations.
When homicide detective M,J. Monahan
(Hunter) tracks the calls back to Hudson, she
goes to Hudson's apartment and asks for her
help in unrayeling these new crimes. Hudson
initially refuses, but eventually she is drawn
back into the work that was once her passion.
Hudson and Monahan soon deduce that the
murders are indeed linked, and the killer is
patterning his crimes after
the most famous se·
rial killers in recent
history:
Ted
Bundy, The Bos·
ton Strang ler.
Jeffre y
Dahmer,
et al.
Huds on
n itiall y suspects
Cullum,
but a quick check
revr.als that he is still safely tucked away in
prison. And so the search for the new "Copy·
cat" killer is on.
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paced, a kind of fusion of Cagney and Lacey
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