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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 25, Issue 15 (February 16, 1995)
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FEBRUARY
16, 1995
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
In Honor of 'Bla'ck
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History Month
by Cassidy Arkin and Marisa DeSalles
love & the seepage
Cooper Point Journal
February 9, 1995
Lovelines
Queen Letiti a , Qu een
Queen Letiti a : y o u k e ep
me mo v i n' - l oo k i n' n ort h
in s umm~.... time .
Al ways LOVing .
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Derek - My swe etie.
I
miss·you everyday.
Can ' t wal't to put. my
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Amy Michelle, bearer 0
'vernal promise, sometimes our·
• strain makes 'fear, often we
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: laugh to breathe. A time
•
• ago and again we are he19 by •
• human love and sacred will.
•
For that special time of the year when
the CPJ facilitates the whisperings of
sweet somethings into the hearts and
minds of particularly precious readers.
' you
kid. Keep on dreaming,
dreaming of a better l i f e , .
better tommorow, better
.From Garden
yesterday. Your presence
•
I'll be
makes me happy!
Can I •.g e t .
I love
paid now? Your pal, Anonymous.
ever.
Grove to whe
by you;r side.
you always.
Kim
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Sam! Glad to flnally
• stop. R.J. (9l ed.) loves:
get to know you. Hope
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T.L.K. (90 ed.) Nebody
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to see you soon and
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knows who we are. Ain't
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often.
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Love Kerry
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life grand ?
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KISS , KiSS.
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ma rna rna ma ma rna rna
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• Beth I love you. And soon I shall.
re.e • travel through the woods, down
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campus t h ey v/Ou l d be \~endy •• the canyon, around the Mormons,
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across the plains and over the
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mountains to see you once again. •
Aid , a n d Ela i ne i n Housing . ••
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To Dawn, Gll, Erln,
Dave, Aaron, Al' mee,
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I love you man.
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I love you mom.
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I love you dad.
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• Lo v e l Ine guy, you know.
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LOV E I DIONYSUS
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Nor even toleration
But rather a horror of
Beyond determination
!Uddlemarch, Middlemarch
Endless, grandliquent scourge
Slowly leeching precious life
You terrodze ine beyond words.
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To the d a r 1 l ng
almost mar r i e d:
To my Dearest Megan.
' You are foremost in my mind _
and nothing negates that. Love
and longing go together for us.
but it is always worth it.
Always.
I love you.
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Have a Happy Valentine's Day
• or I'LL BITE THE HEAD OFF A
• LIVE CHICKEN.
Love, Dave
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Daddy. •
.Ethan my weakness, my cork
.flesh, i'm craving you s
.put down your guitar and
.me instead. i want to be
• sparkle in your other eve.
The point and reason for this paper is to
celebrate Black History month. In this we are
celebrating the survivors of our fight to live
somewhat of a better life than before. We have
had manty things stolen from us, but we have
a lso learned to take what is ours and make what
needs to be made. Such makings are Maya
Angelou 's writing, the creation of Jazz, and
movies that are directed by African-Americans,
all of these are only some of the things that we
have fought for and reclaimed. We are not
being apprecia tive of what is finally given back,
we are being celebratory of what is finally real
and finally happening.
We all look to people
like Harriet Tubman ,
Sojourner Truth and
Martin Luther King, Jr. to
help remind us that we
have fought an amazing
struggle towards freedom. BUl too often we
forget the people closest to us who have helped
to keep our dreams alive. African-Americans.
could not have reclaimed their freedom without
a p'er'sistent strllggle among a mass of people.
And when we say a stl-uggle, \\'e don't mean a
fight. We mean persistencein keeping the
dream alive. '
We must look 'at our mothers, our f:.t thers
and family who stood along side of us and tried
to continue our movement towards peace. Our
point is to remind people of the struggles that
our very own parents and families participated
in to help in the process of allowing for
freedom ror all people and cultures. And that is
v hat this Student of Color "friendly takeover"
,)f the CPj is all about. .
Fuck the marginalization of Black History!
Black History is American History. Yeah, we're
on the front page. We're sneaking in nearly
every page of this paper. And the whole First
People's Communit.y is in on it. There are
submissions in this paper from aU shades of
folks, not because we think Black people are
better than white people, not even just because
iI's February. It's because white AmeriKKKa has
ignored us, oppressed 'us, stolen land, food ,
labor and our lives from us and then lied to us
about it, and by "us" we mean all the Native
Nations , all the Asians, all the
Latinos - we're talking about
everybody. It's because our
history is your history and we
can all learn from it. So we
have all come together to try
to give you a little bit of
education about Ollr
experiences, aboU[ our families, about our
history.
Why? Because you need it. You' need to hear
it. If we have 1O learn about Columbus, YOll have
to learn about George Washington Carver. If we
have to read Shakespeare', you Have LO read
Maya Angelou and Ntozake Shange and Paul
Robeson and Richard Wright. If we have to
stare at Michelangelo and and Da Vinci, then
you need to check out Edmonia Lewis and Meta
Fuller and Hale Woodruff and Jacob Lawrence
and Elizabeth Cat lett and Romare Bearden and
the list goes on and on. Bring the margins into
the mainstream and subvert this corrupt
paradigm, 'cause it is about, damn time.
VOLUME
15
Birmingham, Alabama 1963
by Dayu M. Anderson
Black History Month is a time for all of us to acknowledge the struggles , sacrifices and contributions
of Black Americans.
September, 1963, significant moment in civil
rights movement of the 1960s. Four little girls were
killed in church by a racially-motivated terrodst bomb
in Birmingham, A labama.
The deaths of Carole, Cynthia. Addie Mae and
Denise are a veI'y painful reminder of our past. Their
murder also symbo lizes the loss of so many other
young people at the hands of a society lacking sin·
cere and genuine equality.
When Arizona scu lptorJohn Henry Waddell heard
about this tragedy, he was moved to create a work of
art that would show us how much we had lost. He
started work immediately. The results of his labor were
four bronze, Iife·sized figures of the girls.
He created the statues as he imagined the
girls would look as grown women, so that we
could see what might ha\'e been. Th ese stat. u es are on public display at the First
Unitarian Uni\'ersalist Church in Phoenix,
Arizona' and are a wonderful monument
to h'o pe, potential and healing.
At a memorial service ~O years after
the bombing, the people of the First Universalist Un itarian Church decided to
have a second casting made of these stat·
ues for display in Birmingham. The
destination is the Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church, in the h ean of Bi r mingham ~ Civil
Rights District.
I invite ),ou to contribute what you
can to this cause. There are several
ways you can do thi~. The Joy Tesh Gal·
ler)' in Phoenix is raffling olT one of
John Waddel l's statues at $~5 per ticket.
The statue, Flight, is of a Black woman
with he r arms outstretched . It is the first
of nine sculptures, donated by the artist.
This bronze statue is 20 in ch es high and
worth $8,900.
To purchase raffle tickets, send a check
to the First Unitarian Universalist Church
of Phoe nix, 4027 East Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253. On the lower left
hand corner of the cht:ck, write: Bir·
mingham Project Raffle. The c1rawing_~:r.._
will be held on March 2 ~ , 1995 at the
Joy Tesh Gallery.
You can also send whate\,er ),011 Gill to cit he r the
First Unitarian Uni\'ersa list Church of Phoenix (sec
address above) or to th e Sixteelllh St reet Baptist
Church at 1530 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham,
AL 3520~ . On the lower left hand corner of the check,
write: Wadde ll Sculpture-Birm in gham P]'(~ect. Con·
tributions made to the churches are tax deduct iblc.
The deadlin e lor raising $35U,OOO is Sep t. I ~, 199.1).
This is notjllst a Unitarian or Raptist project. The
steering committee in charge of this project i~
multicultural and their fund.raising efforts extend
far beyond the churches themselves. It is also impor,
tant to note that the statues in Birmingham will be
in a garde n se lling open to the public.
. If yolJ have any question s. please contact me \'ia
e,mail at andersod@e-lwha.rve1grl'en.edll"
A Message from the President
b.v President jane jervis
the particular contributi ons and sacrifices of
Afri can Americans.
Black History Month is an important annual e\'cnt
for Evergreen. It is a time to reflect 'and a time to
celebrate - a time for a ll of us to affirm the rich
history and culture of African Americans.
Thmughout the month of Februar y there will be
cultural and artistic C\'eJ1lS on ,campus
commemorating the accomplishments and the
struggles of A frican Americans. These events
present an opportunity for us to learn more about
_
.
The A mel' iean struggle against oppression and
intolenlIlce is ongoillg. We can all be educated,
challenged and entertained by participating in
Black History Mont h. Our part icipation can
deepen our understanding and appreciation for
the dignity and worth of all people. I would
encourage everyone - on campus and in our
communi't ies - to take part ill the \'arious e\'CI1lS
that will be offcred throughout the month:
ers were brought. by sh j p~...
My African LorefaLh _.
1807
two shiploads of
.
s slaves. in
,
to thlS country
cl
1
ton
SL
starved
·
e
in Chdr es
,
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enslaved Af rlca n ~
' lthcln submit to slavery .
themselvee. to death. rat leI' . Month I rceflect on my
I k Hlstory
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As w8 celebrate B ac
c
h where many Negroes di L
l i fe in the segregated 00Ut
for equalicy .
I st.and in avle for chose
With t h at backdrop ,
1994 1 had th e frecdo~
h died ~o that In
Africans W 0
~
d'd t
for pubic office .
to choose to be a can 1 a e
Rev. Dr. t~art i n LULhcr Ki ng , Jr.
Thank you J'udged on che contentkof my
because I wa s not the color a f my s 1n .
character and
I X [or the principl c " by
Thank you Malco m
_ chose educdtion
dny means necessary ,' berause I
foL' all human
make
a
difference
as the means to
kind.
.
th endS aL midnighL on
when Black History Mon
.
of Bla c k
d the celebratI On
Peb. 28. let us not e n .
~o ce lebrate Black
History . ' Let u s all. conLinUteogether a hi story that
k'
history
.
History by ma Ing
d centuries from now .
can be proud of noW. an
Th urston
Attorney
photo by Pat Castaldo
Editor's Note:
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County prosecuting
This is a vl' ry special Cooper Point
Journal. where we lake lime to celebrate Ihe
div87J#Y of lhis campus.
. We are excited by Ih e pa1·ticipation of a
wide· and d i v ers e group of stude nl
25
TESC
contribu.lio·ll s in thiS issue.
it saddells us, however, that this Iype of
participation does Ilot occur every week.
The CPf is a powerfi(l communication
tool. A grl'at di.lService is done if not everyon e
utilizes it - ever)'o ll l'.
We invill' everyone on ra mplls 10 tO me
alld hI' a. pari of the CPj. 1101 jusl Iii is lII onth,
but every lIIonlh .
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Olympia, WA 98S0S
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Requested
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Olympia,WA
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Permit No. 6S
NEWS
Edited by Dawn Hanson
NEWS BRIEFS
Long range curriculum DTF
hears student concerns
EVERGREEN
EVERGREEN
Survey to reduce
single driver trips
Bookstore
finalist. Kristy Walker,
fields questions
about her
qualifications and
goals for the
Bookstore last
Tuesday.
.-\, Ill' 1 9~1l . " hl'n t hl' \\';] , h ingllJll St at~ Legisbt u\"l' p'I~~e d
tltL' l'OIll1l1Utl' Trip Reduction (l- rR) Law. large emploYL'rs such
.1' Fl'L'rgreen hL'ClInl' re , pomiblL' to reduct' sin ).: ll' dr il'L'r
L"lIIIIIll Utl' Irip' ;lIld Illiles tr,I\'f:, Il'd 0 1'(' 1' til(' next fil'l' rear"
rhi , la'" also m<lmlates that Evergrccn now be r~, po nsihk
tLI 'Url'l',I' tlwir l'lllplo~'ee s ahout th eir commute and lI'ork
" 'Iwlitil e,, This 'Url'el' shall be di,tributrd and collected ulltil
ITh. 17 by mcm her:- orthe Erergrecn e TR committee,
To obtain a ['op~' of the e TR survey. or for an)' uther
l'll ll cr rm regarding th l' e rR prugraill . cOll tact Sonya SlIlith
Prall at xli152,
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There are
currently four finalists
for the position of
Bookstore Manager,
and Walker is
currently a director at
Pierce College in
Tacoma,
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Olympia keeps ties
with sister city
Thl' Ulympia lity Coun cil is ,eeking to reI1l'\\' til" with it s
,iqt:'r citl' of Sama rk and. l lzbl'ki sta ll . Si ncl' Jun e of 1 98~j,
()II nlpia <l nd Sa markand haw heen aflliated a, ,i\ter cities,
Saillarkand i, locateJ ill th(; TOrtlll'r Slll'il't I{('puhlic l)f
l '/ hd,i,tan ill Centra l :\~ia.
r()d.ll . II i, ;1 celltl'r of intl'rnat lon ,1I tnil ri '111 and i~ a Cit I
01 U\1l\iLil'rabll' \iI.L', If \'LIU're illtl,rt'\lL'd ill helping out Il' ith
In ,1illt a ill iIlg thi, aililia t iLin . (On tart l 01l1ll'i1111l' 1lI her l\ Ian' Lu \
,Il Uhnlpl~1 Cill Iiali.
WASHINGTON
My Children! My
Africa! goes to Everett
Tickl,t, I(l[ South Afril'~11I playwright .Athol Fugard', pla~
('!J ilt/rell ' ,\iI ' ,4Ji-ica' at till' b 'erett Communitl' Theater
an:, C l1 ITl' llll~ 01; ,a le. The pla~' it,elf will be pref(;rnll'd on
Sunday. March 5 at 8 pill.
My Chi/drell! My Africa! is set in 1984 and tells the story
of one teacher's belief that the only hope for solving So uth
Africa', problems is through education, not violence.
For tickets , call the Everet! Com munity Theater's box
om,e at (206)259-8888,
New literary magazine
seeks entries
\\'omen. perso ns undl'r the age oftwent)', and people of
color are all being asked to , Ublllit t heir poetry. prose . editorials.
comm en taries. ve ry short stories and other works under 2;;0
wo rds to a Ilell' 1TI~ga7.ille of art and lit erature to be published
in th e 'pring of 1995, This m:lgaz i1lt' will Lll' published and
di,tribu.tl'd throughout the Nort lll\'L's t and llv('r th e Internet.
:\11art ists namc~ Il'iII be wit hheld fLn till' prott'ct ion a nd ('rea til't'
i'rt'edom uf the ;lUt hor.
To send a ll'Ork. send th~11l tll:
J)anicl / LD Bo()k~
P,t), I\m 20307
Se'lttlt. \VA YHlO:!
Conference on race
and justice in Eugene
in shaping lega l justifications for certain raciall y focused
policies. intergroup relations between comm unities of color.
and a wide exposure to several facets of higher education and
law schooL
For more information on how to register for the
co nference, contact the Minority Law Students Association at
(503)346-3879
MONEY
Scholarship for
studies in Israel
Thl' Gcnrge Ga rlilO i\ !elllorial Sc holarship applicatiuns
a rl' current II al'a ila ble, Thl' ~('holarsh ip allu\\ ~ f,n \\'a, hingtLln
cu llege students to study in Israel il t a colkge ur univer\ity.
Add itional information and applica tiuns can by obtained
by l'LlI1tact in g Ruth BOI·arn irk. Jell'ish Ed uca ti on Co uncil of
Jl'lI'ish f.edl'ration of Greater Seattle at (206)448-1202.The
deadli ne !(lr rt'l'l:'ipt ufcol1lplet ed app lication i~ Mal 12. 1995,
Disney World offers
deal for spring break
In case you have nothing else to do. and have a lot of
to burn, Dis ney World is uffering special discount fare,
lor college students from Feb. 15 to April 7,
I
This specia l price for college st udents i~ for a one-day. ll nepark pass f(l\' $25 plus tax. Also, they throw in free elltranre to
th e Pleas ur e Isla nd ni ghttime entertainment comp lex, To
obtain these deals, students just have to present their val id
college I. D. upon purchasing a ticket.
l1Iune~'
The :-.Jational People of Co lor Student Coa lition and thl'
l lnivers ity ufOregon Lall' School are \IJLJJlSoring th e Race an d
Justice Confcrl'1lce, Thi~ co nfere nce sha ll take place over th l'
l a~t weekend of Fcbrual-\. from thl' 2.1 un ti l the 26 on th e
schoo\'\ Ca ll1pU\ ,
Thi~ year's l'Onference focuses in th e ro le of mass Illcdia
How safe is your car?
by Doug Smith
CPJ Contributor
What can you buy on campus for $227
Here are a few suggestions: 7.46 Deli hummu s
sandwiches; 440 Latfy Taffies; 88 postcards of
Mt. Rainier ; 3.67 Bing Crosby White
, Chri~tmas CDs; or a parking decal worth three
mon'ths of parking in the TESC lot. All are good
investments, but the parking decal by far is the
most problematical for Greeners,
According to Public Safety statistics,
there has been a total of $31,421.94 worth of
reported items stolen from cars in TESC lots
in 1994, and the numbers are slowly climbing.
"Thefts from vehicles tend to increase during
the fall and level out during the year," notes
Sabine Riggins of Public Safety_ The average
amount stolen per break-in is $200, and the
most stolen from a single car was $5,000.
Ivan Donohue, a first year student, is
discontented with TESC security. Ivan said his
car has been broken into four times in the past
three and a half months.
He ha s had $400 worth of stereo
eq uipment, $300 worth of speakers, and other
small possessions stolen from his car during
this time.
G reeners are concerned about the
problems of theft in parking lots , and
sometimes wonder why they pay $22 every
quarter to have their windows smashed in and
their possessions stolen.
But the $22 does not go toward security.
According to Collin Orr, a parking accountant
of the Controller's Office, it goes toward
resurfaCing the lot, lighting (eight to nine
thousand per year in power costs alone), the
purchasing of new lights and emergency
phones, restriping the lines. instituting fees
and general maintenance. Orr said the cost of
resurfacing doubled in the past six years, and
Ihere is presen t discussion of raising the rates
due to this and other rising costs of parking
lot maintenance,
According to Bob McBride. a part time
Public Safety Officer and former Olympia
police officer, Public Safety is a state agency and
is not funded from the sales of parking decals .
McBride patrols the lots for two hours every
night when he is on duty,
Eager to dispel the false myths students
see Parking page 5
Errata
Friday, February 3
Monday, February 6
:'-Jo response call from B-Iot phone.
OiS:!: \ 'icious dog loose on 4th floor of the LIB.
1)~2.1 : T\' set thrown from A-dorm balcony.
1il2;;: Theft of a wheel from a '66 Toyota,
IY4S: Wa llet taken from the bedroom of an
unlocked Mod.
0931: Burglary of keys from Lab I.
1300: A juvenile with a pellet gun slee ping on
thr :1rd floor of the CAB ,
2348: Assau lt uf a st udent in A-dorm. They
were hit in the gu t by another student.
Saturday, February 4
0;;18: Disturbance caused by two individuals
arguing itt A-Dorm.
ORI7: GraHiti in the Library proper's 3rd floor
nll'n's room .
1412: Fire alarm in P-dorlll caused by boiling
\\'<1 t er.
142 L: Na rcotics violati on in P-dorm.
om;;
1)85S: COllllllunity Ce nt er so da machine
hroken into. All of thE' soda and moncy were
taken ,
LO()E;: \ '('hide in (-Iut brokl'n in to and stereo
\tolen.
The Cooper Point journal incorrectly quoted the price of the rice and bean s in the
DelL We quoted the price at 22 cents an ounce. The price is much, much cheaper. Actually.
it is half as much. Theprice per ounce for rice and beans at the Deli is only 11 cents an ounce.
We apologize to all those who didn't eat rice and beans because of our inflated pri ce quote .
The headline for Dan Raphael's column misstated his point. The title of the HellRaiser Column, "Fight back against Housing cats. stewards and alarms." was not chosen by
the column ist. Raphael regrets any implication that stewards are interchangeable or bad
people. The Cooper Poillt/oumal does not think rhat stewards are bad people eithe r. In
fact, CPj photo editor, David Scheer, is a steward. We also don't think that stewards are like
cats; David Scheer is not \'ery furry and he doesn't purr.
.
Tuesday, February 7
PAGE
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FEBRUARY
16, 1995 THE
Wednesday, February 8
1250: Suspicious p er~o n in F-Lot.
Thursday, February 9 wa~ boring.
EIJE.'t!jonE.
i~ inlJited
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Browsers~
Book Shop
up
OPen 1 Days
A Week
351·1462
101 N. caPitol way
Downtown OlYmPia
Games • Mi'lps • Posters • Coff ee
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Sunday, February 5
(HOI: Juveniles in CA Battempting to open th e
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1920: A·dorm ~oda machine brutally broken
into. All of the ~oda was taken.
she hopes will make facu lty more accountable
to students and their needs.
CPJ Contributor
Despite the horror stories about broken
Students and faculty are divided on what facuity teams and trying to ge t into the only
to do about those darn Core Programs , science Core Program . few advocate scrapping
however most will agree that changes are Core Programs all togeth er because, as Taylor
needed to improve Evergreen's unimpressive said, "When it's good, it 's terrific. "
first year student retention rate . Luckily, the
This is why the report also includes three
students on the Long Range Curriculu(l1 DTF proposals to modify and repair Core, One of
and Subcommittee on Curriculum for first year the most popular models is the 12+4 split
students have helped prepare an almost compact (when a student takes a 12 credit class as well
report to spark some of those healthy Evergreen as a four credit module) which was rreated by
type discussions on the question of Core.
Mikko Ambrose. a student member of the DTr
The Subcommittee's report includes two and Subcommittee, Ambrose feels th at this
very helpful sections which list the best and option serves students' needs. She feels that,
worst of Core. Many students comp lai n that "students really wanted more choi ces inst ead
Core lacks choice and challenge. Some first of only five Core programs to choose from,
year students like Erica Brehm came to They liked the idea of either having a module, ..
Evergreen this fall looking to get started or a 12+4 split. " Ambrose added that. "'t's
towards a Bachelor of Science and had to take really been a problem for students who wanted
Water because it is th e only science Core to continue with a foreign language or a
offered. Once in the program Brehm found that musical instrum ent and can't in a prognlm,"
"the math skills were below leve l and the
Unfortunately, the 12+4 split creates d
' chemistry was like a rev iew_" Brehm problem in the staffing of modules, and for th at
considered transferring out of her program but reason this proposal is not likely to be
was dissuaded by the promise of what the approved by the faculty. Ambrose's in teres! in
program would be doing this quarter and the providing more options ha s not go nt
hope that she would have a better chance of unnoticed by the faculty though, many support
getting into an upper -level science class like shortening Core Programs to two quarters (fall
Matter and Motion if she stayed in Water.
and winter) while offering various one quarter
Many of those who attended Thursday's programs and encouraging group and
student forum felt that faculty was the deciding independent contracts during the spring.
factor in the success of a Core Program. "If the
Although the final decision will be made
team isn 't together and if they don't want to, by the faculty, provost and the deans. Ambrose
be there, it doesn't work," said Subcommittee and Taylor emphasize th e influ enc e th at
Chair Nancy Taylor. Stories about bad stud ents have on their faculty, Last wee k's
experiences with Core facuity float around this faculty retreat included a discussion on II'hat
school like the smell of beans and rice: limited student s had said in seminar about the report.
faculty who lVant to teach Core, feuding faculty.
The DTF was so encouragrd b)' th e
and the dreaded rotating faculty schedule. Ilumber of people at th e forum that the)' will
Taylor points out that the faculty are working be having another one during th e fifth week of
on a restatement of their responsibilities which spring quarter. . .
by Hilary Seidel
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Last Thursday. three lI'omen of color writers gave a
presentation and poetry reading in the Library Lobby. M. Gloria
Pardo. an Evergreen student, Mira Chieko Shimabukuro, an
El'ergreen alumni. and Gail Tremblay, an Evergreen pmfessor,
all ~ hart' d pari of their 1V0rk and part of their lives with us.
The reading was coordinated by the Politics of Identity
program. as part of the Cultural Pluralism Speakers Series.
Throughout the past few month s, York Wong, (lne of th e
program's protrssors, has hosted over 20 poets, musici am. and
0 1her arti sts from varying ethnic backgrounds to share with th e
hwgrl'l'nl'Omnlunily Ih eir LT('alion~ .
11 wa~ al~l) part of the Powcr of l.anguagl' , a wril'~ of
n'ad in gs gil'l'll here and at th l' Northwl'st A~ian America 11
TI1t:'atl'r. Thi , ~eries i, funde d b~' El'ergreen and b~ Ihl'
\\'a, hinglo n COlll mi ssion for Iluman ities.
The poems tht'), rec ited concerned many topics: cultural
id en titv and illSl' nsilil'ity. ~l'xual oppressiun, and mix('d blood
i"ut's. aill ollg other~.
P;lrdo is a Chicana writ er. Shimabukuro is a OkinawanDUlrh-English AlIlerican . BOlh hal'l' been student sofTrembl ay.
a TEse 1\ liT teach er.
Ga il Tremblay, a \\'ell respected member of the Evergreen
l'lllllmUnily, is ofOnanadaga, Mic Mac aml French Canadian
origi n. Her poetry and art are well known , and her writing is
nationally published. Ewrgreen's library ha s Indian Singing in
20th CentlllY America, an antho logy of some of her worh.
SOl1lr titles of th e poems re;\d by Tremblay included
"Nothing to Give, " "Listening at Chichen Itza - Two Ways of
Seeing," "Strategi('s For Living in White Town~," and "Owning
Difference."
"Owning Difference" conce rns th e prob lems and
con tradi ction s as~()cia t e d with having parents oCtwo di~rerellt
et hniciti es. and the problelll of bei ng persist ently asked lh e
ann oying qu(,stion "What are .I'O U anyway?" b}' bot hNal il'(' and
Ell ro-:\lIll'rica Il~ .
Trelllblay's Illo~t recent multi-me dia picce \\'a~ an l'~hibit
l' lltilll'd "TI.11' Emp ty Fish Trap." It illustrated th e damage that
clea r-cutting, '~o mm e rc ial fishin g and dams (and the idcol ogies
which underlie th em) have done to the northwest salmon, and
the lribe\ whi ch havE' depel1ded on the yearly migration of
\a lmon for their sus tenance. It was in the fourth Iloor ga llery of
the Library la st November, and at Stanford Unil'('rsit)' during
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In 1976 Unita Blackwell became the first black
woman mayor in Mississippi.
She says, "This very place where I am
now the mayor, the people used to arrest
me every ' day and harass me every day.
They turned cars upside down, burned
crosses in my yard, threw homemade
bombs at us ."
Blackwell was one of the key
organizers of the Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party, which challenged ·the
seating of the all-white delegation from that
state to the 1964 Democratic National
Convention. She recalls the critical voter
registration drives of the '60s. "I was involved
in the voter registration drives, trying to get
people down to the courthouse. If you did that.
you took your own life in hand. You knew th at
you might die or if you happened to live that
you would be beaten like fannie Lou Hamer was
beaten, till her body ",as just hard as a rock."
Blackwell says she has filed a civil rights
lawsu it against "almost every agency and operation of
white people in the state of Mississippi." She says durin g
that time she was arrested every day for 30 days straight.
Now, Blackwell has served as the chair of the Black
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by Mauricio Garcia-Johnson
CPJ COlltribulor
Thousands of people swa rmed Tuxla, the capital of
Chia pas, Mexico before the Dec. 8 inaug uration of the
fraudulently elected governor Robledo Rincon, in fear of the
military ci,?sing access to th e city. Although United Sta tes
government representatives seemed satisfied that fair elections
were held , accounts of ma ss fraud cont inu e from nOIl governmental eye witnesses.
Cam pesino organizations ann oun ced plans for a massi\'e
lIl ubili za tion to lake ovt'r the st;]ll' palace. The gov('rn menl,
forl'shadowing ~()mething big. moved ri o t truop~ to all
neigh borin g c iti e~, including Sa n Cris10bal. to protect all
governme nt propert y. III the fIr st week of December, a
demonstration in frorit of Los Pinos, the presidential palac(' of
Mexico Cit)" turned violent when marchers where clwrged by
police. Demonstrat ors were beaten and gassed in IhE' conflict.
four journalists were also bea ten very badly by the police.
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(guarded by more than 500 highly armed so ldiers in side and
snipers atop the roof). People were really careful not to let
prol'okers within thl' park, and alth ough pn' tty tense , the event
went on. A Mayan ceremon y proceeded the Iswearing in!.
entrusting the powers of the gods to Amadu and accepting him
as their leader.
Two days later, the shaman that performed [th e ce remony
was l dead. The otflcial report claims it was cholera. Dozens are
rea lly sick for having drank water ill Tuxla that day and ha ving
eaten some so rt of ice cream that anunknoll'll group of people
were passing out free ... Scary.
So now there are two govcrn men ,,: tlwt uflhe PRJ. Jlld the
Revo luciona riu de Trensicion gove rnm ent. th l' gOl'l: fI1l1l enl of
the people. This latter 0 11 (' has based it~t' lfin SaIl Cristobal at
the Nat ion a llndige nou .~ Institute (IN!), that wa s taken o\'(~ r
the afternoon of the 8th 10fDect'llIberi.
Today, Dec. 13, the latest 14 page communique from the
EZLN: "Anytime Now." was given. We are considering a visit
to the jungle now; see if we can move with the troops there. The
air is tense and one out oHour people in town is a cop, military
or agobernacionagent. The rest are journalist and blind tourists
enjoying the "beauty of Mexico." iViva Zapata!
Personal Account ofthe swearing in of the popularly elected.
yet officially unrecognized, GOI'ernor of Chiapas, Amado
A I'endano. Tuxla. Chiapas. Mexico. Dec. 8, 1994,
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by Derek Birnie
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CPJ Staff Writer
On Sunday, six members of
the newly formed Olympia Lesbian
Avengers arrived en masse in formal
attire at the Capital Mall and
proceeded to "kiss" as many of the
passersby as they could, wishing
them happy Valentine's day. They
were only allowed this activity for
about fifteen minutes before mall
security ordered them to stpp or
leave. They met with the same
reaction at Target, where they
continued their kissing spree.
Each person who re,ceived one
of the HERSHEY kisses from an
Avenger could open the candy and
read the inscription: "You've just
been kissed by a lesbian," "You've
just been kissed by a dyke," or "Hate
is not a family value."
This was the first public action
by the chapter since its inception in
November of last year. The
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Here is a list of the top
ten craziest bills proposed
before the legislature mostly brought to us by the
GOP. This is real.
10. The elimination of the
State Arts Commission. HB
1308
9. Minors may not get an
HIV test without parental
consent. HB 1284
8. Anyone arrested for
prostitution
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toanHIV
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7, Recipi, - ' "" ;
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Families with
Dependent Children must
use birth control like
Norplant. HB 1204
6, English will be the
official language of Washington State. SJR 8209
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amL()tlt,ers have" of cops, he ' tern wOlild .emit a radio free~~la' .'
1b~ prpb~em we have , queflCY~ once the alarm is trip~,
. is t ' e'rereaetiv-e, whe.n it' <'thafoffkers wolJjd' detect tn,comes; blv~stigatiI)g. I:fiInmal .' $fan~Jy,:over t~eir I'adi9s.&y rig-
actiVity.~ .'
.' ~'q, gifig ~~n automobile full of val~,: He~dthatPubUcSafe.tyis · _ahl~~ ; with the alarm, says _
mt~ ,~r~~~ Qfbeco~g .\)lOW; ' ~~~de. Public~~~~ could"~ .
'; ,al1p. ~~J~;1'~Ss!\{e. ;p~i'~~e. our , " ily" c:~ch. tpe J.l,~tra,tors. 1ve
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: [£vergr~'shes~famt&, ,\Ve'd be . some' of theJactors Jpvolved III
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-:',crre not easily dt'tected because
, ~ky p~rt'of the-', they.don't make a ~oi of noise,
c~lTiera!;m tlieJots,
ideA
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hyi;w,ould,s3Y;'You'~e )~.;t>;iMc.Biride ~ummed
up the
.~si:fuation when he·rema.rl\ed,
question at hand,here,iS whetller ' : "Wite alWays going to be an easy
or not' the communitjqhinksit m~k because we're Evergreen:
•mjlyb~>~,orth'~~~ifi~g a 'Uttle·.. .~ ~rof1oseg ~at ,th~ power is in
violating· ou;rAt tightCr ,:The
;priyacy~r:safl.\ipa-flWigJ.ors,sah;l
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th~.hands·of the people.
"I've go~an jde~. Make up a
. : ·M.!;Bride· ha~ i51eas about cOmmunity of students.. faculty,
how to ~'Vl)id mfringulg on per- and staff: .recognize the problem,
sonahigtltssufh as using fake th,eil bring it to the 'powers that
cameras;~nd a ~ohile,por:tabl~ . be' and say. 'This ,is what we need
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alvIn ' system' called VAn,DA '
(whit h
'done:"
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But until a general decision
would is made on 'how to affect the
be pur- present situation of thefts in
(, chased T£SC parking lots, officer
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school). doing everything it can: "We are
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S. Public school teachers
may not go on strike. HB 1316
4. The display or dissemination of sexually explicit music
to minors is
prohibited.
HB 1448 and
SB 5466
3. Homosexuals are
prohibited from adopting
children. HB 1171
2. Amend the constitution
to make it illegal to desecrate
the flag. HJM 4000
1.
Picking up road kill is OK.
Provided that no part of the
animal is
used as
food for
humans.
HB1283
If you give a sh it, you can
call the Legislative Hotline (1800-562-6000) and tell your
legislators what you think.
After all, they're there to serve
you, right?
by Oliver Moffat
other Contract With Washington
State bills are being rushed through
the legislature.
Wolfe is also concerned about
the property rights initiative 164
which would allow property owners
to sue the state if regulations keep
them from logging or developing
their land.
According to documents filed
with the State Public Disclosure
Commission, the initiative was
funded mostly by logging compani es
and developers.
When counting signatures on
the petitions the State Attorney
General's OfficI' found th at
thousands of signatures were forged
on the petition.
Representative Wolfe and
other critics of the initiative worry
that it will cost the State millions of
dollars in legal costs and will tie the
hands of elected officials to protect
the environment.
lf yo u want to testify on
SHBlOIO, too bad, by the time you
read this the publiC hearing s will
have ended.
You still can call the Legislative
Hot-line at 1-800-562-6000 to share
yo ur opinions with yo ur elected
officials . •
moving and to build visibility for the Idaho, where the Lesbian Avengers
group," said chapter coordinator Civil Rights Organizing Project
Samantha Miller.The Avengers now helped to defeat last fall's
count as many as 25 members, and Proposition One - a rigid antihope to build more.
lesbian/anti-gay initiative similar to
They have worked in coalition Oregon's Ballot Measure Nine.
Recent analysis in Z Magazine
with the Evergreen Queer Alliance,
although both groups are clear on _gave the Lesbian Avengers
the distinction between the two. The significant credit for the defeat of
EQA is a school-sponsored that initiative , citing greater
organization while the Avengers are percen tages voting against the
in
traditionally
not. "The Lesbian Avengers is a initiati vr
direct action group focused on issues conservative areas where Avengervital to lesl;lian survival and style visibility campaigns were
visibility," reads the Avengers conducted than in the more
mission sta~ement, stating two other commonly understood liberal areas
distinctions: a focus on specifically of the state.Th e Avengers will be
lesbian issues, and an emphaSiS on holding a meeting this week to plan
direct action. The EQA's mission and their next steps, which could include
character inc! udes a range of some kind of follow-up to the Mall
activities that are not direct action.
ejection, or some work around state
The Olympia Lesbian Avengers legislation affecting lesbians, such as .
is a chapter of the national a bill that would deny lesbians and
organ ization, Lesbian Avengers, gays the right to adopt children. The
which has been gaining notoriety in meeting will take place Tuesday Feb.
the mainstream and alternative press 21 at 6 pm in the CAB 3rd floor.
due to their actions in New York Questions can be directed to
where the group was formed , to Samantha Miller at 866-6650.
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in the state legislature
Lesbian Avengers hit Olympia
~IA WOMENS REALm
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Sun - 8 to 5
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Evergreen Environmental Resource
Center and has been an activist in
CPJ Staff Writer
forest issues for several years. He
If a bill before the State sounded cynical about politics, "No
Legislature passes, it could make politiCians are going to protect
fighting logging and land nature or bio-div('rsity," he said.
"The underlying theme is nature has
development more difficult.
A.group of Evergreen students no rights, even with the best
and neighbors called the Liberty administration." He added, "With
Park Alliance unsuccessfully tried to the situation as it is now, people are
stop a company from logging near going to have to stand up to protect
the campus last month. Some autonomy for wild places."
Representative Cathy Wolfe
members of the group argued that
the land developing company had from Olympia vo ted against
violated the State Environmental SHB1010. Wolfe said that instead of
bureaucracy
and
Protection Act (SEPA), but was cutting
gov('rnment
spending,
the
bill
would
unable to stop the logging.
The Republican's Contract cost the state hundreds of millions of
with Washington State threatens to dollars and add 275 full time
eliminate the state's ability to enforce bureaucrats.
She said, "I want regulatory
environmental, health and safety,
reform, r just want to do it in a way
and other regulations.
The Republican supported that ensures h('alth and safety ...
the
wonderful
regulatory reform bill SHB1010 maintaining
environment
we
got
out
there ... and
would strip state agencies power to
enforce state rules . This means, for I don't want it to cost $275 million. "
Wolfe said she did not know
instance, the Department of Natural
Resources, which regulates the enough about the bill when a vote
logging industry, would have to visit was forced. "I would love~to work on
an illegal logging operation three some compromises," she said, .....
times before they could enforce state they're just ramming them through
committee and bang [snaps fingers]
rules or fine the company.
Glenn Johnson works with the this is it, take it or leave it." She sa id
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The 3rd Floor Hidden Agenda: Assumptions We Make
This is the third \'ear that "The Third
Flour" has appearrd in' the CP). It has had at
least as Illan\, authors. The main function of
this space h:.s been to provide information
about the actil'itirs organi zed bl' the various
st udent gwups 1\'0rki~lg ou t or' the college's
Sen 'ires and Anivities office. The goal is based
on the understanding that one of the main
obstacles barring students frolll participating
in actil'ities ofintrrest is the difficu lt), ortinding
out what is happening. flut there are a few
underlying assumptions thi s column makes
that probably hel LlIlg out in the open:
The first is that the fundamental guiding
llli,sion of the S&A groups is understood and
hrld bl Illost studcnts.ls it? While each of the
owr 40 st udent organizations, as well as KAOS ,
the Rec Center, the Child Cue Center, t h", S&A
Administration . and the S&A Board has its
own mission stah:'ment , all of these groups are
fund ed by the part of your tuition earmarked
for the Services and Activities Fund, and
opera te under the same guiddin es. One of the
agreed upon values is to provide opportunities
lor members of underrepresented groups to
address the factors contribut in g to that
underrepresentation, to foster diversity.
February is Black Histor), Month. Bravo
to those bold folks in the other Washington
who steppeu out on a limb to do that one! But
re311y. what is it but an
administrativ(, PR move
unless folks \\'ho care
about it move in a concrete
wal' to give it meaning, to
rr;illy expand personal,
cultural. and po li tical
rrprest'n tat ion for th is one
unrlerrepresented gro up?
Witn ess thr work of
student organizers to give us opportunities to
do just t hat. Witness this paper pu t together
through the cooperative effortsofUMOJA and
the CPI.
A second assumption is that student
groups are organizing act ivities that
adequately reflect the value placed on diversity
and that they are activities that you would want
to participate ill. A look at this week's calendar
reveals opportunities for personal. social, and
political engagement in ways that can develop
the cross·culturalunderstanding necessary for
true dil'ersity.
Thi s schedule put together by the various
coordinators for this wcek alon e holds
personal educa tion opportunities like the
slideshows sponsored by the ElK (on forest
ecology, feat urin g biologist/p hotographer
Trygve Steen, Friday Feb 17, Nooll-3 pm and
6-9 pm, LH I) and hy I.ASO ("A VisittoCuba",
Wednesday, Feb 18, 4:306:30 pm, CAB 108), It's
overflow ing with films of
political and cultu ral nature:
EPl C's Political Film Series
Monday 6pm LH3, the
ERC's Tuesday 5:30 pm LH3,
IASO 's Irish Film Series
Tuesday 7 pm LH1, and
Mindscreen's Wednesday 7
pili LHl. Beside student spo nsored film, there
is Student-PRODUCED film and animation
Thursday, Feb 23 in COM 313.
The schedule also boasts ways to cut loose.
in approaches that foster diverSity. This is the
week of the famous Big Band Valentine's Ball
put on by the EQA! Wear formal atti re to this
wacky free event Saturday, Feb 18, L4300. The
ERC hosts Singer/songwriter Alice DiMichele
(Wednesday, 8 pm LH5, sliding scale $4-8).
The Irish dance class also contin ues on
Wednesday night (x6098). In the spirit of
diversity and overcoming differences,
members of the Irish American Students Org.
have invited British soldiers to the Tommy
Sands Irish music and dance performance
Thursday, Feb. Hi, 8 pm Experimental Theater.
You could be there too, for the student price of
$3.
One of the mallY political efforts on the
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religioyt,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; .
or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceable to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
3rd flo~r is The Native Student Alliance's
campaign to have Columbus Day forma lly
recognized as lndigenous People's Day here at
Evergreen . Members are staffi ng a table in the
CAB oli Tuesdays, where you can sign the
petition and bc.ya tasty baked good.
Finally, a third deep-seated assumption is
that participation is a good thing. More
participation is the primary objective of many
of the third floor groups. Why? Why do
coordinators spend all this effort on outreach?
Why do the CPj and KAOS devote so much
print space and air time to Public Service
Announcements for upcoming events?
Many people who have been involved in
Student Act ivities have seen that it is through
participation in planning and putting on
events. and through attendance at those evrnts
by new faces, that "diversity" comes off the
page of the catalog. Some people seek to lift it
out of the realm of rhetoric accurately
identified by cynics as its characteristic habitat.
and give it the opportunity to express its
concrete value to the community. This can only
happen through open dialogue on as many ·
levels os possible. The exl'ent to which this
happens is the extent to which the college (ives .
up to the prom ise it made to each of us as
prospective students, and wh ich it continurs
to make to those who will follow.
lor the poor. He chose to
I realize how the Church
be one with them and
can appear self-serving to
Liberation Theology asone who has not personally
s('rts t hat that is where
known Jesus Christ. I can
the heart of the church
be embarrassed by my
shou ld be today.
Church's history, but never
Because of what He
by jesus. When asked to
taught and what He did,
t:'1uly" neeD
defend the role of the
Church in Latin America,l
jl'SUS knew that He
would be put to death.
have learned to say that if
He said things that angered and threatened the you look at Christians you will sometimes be
political leaders of His time. I do not know disillusioned, but if you look at Jesus and how
rnough about the Biblr to be abie to say He lived and what He taught , you will never be
\\'heth er Jesus had a tolerance for violence in disillusioned, only challenged.
certain circumstances, such as the armed fight
In Mexico today, the majority of the
against oppression . But it is clear that all people still live in poverty and are powerless
Christians are obligated to participate in the in making decisions t hat affect their daily lives.
struggle for justice. In the Bible, justice is seen While fwasin Mexico, I lived with a family who
not through the eyes of the powerful. but had a vital faith, not only in the Establi shed
through the eyes of the powerless In his book, Church but in the person of Jesus. They know
LO \'iJlg God. Charles Colson says the prophets that He stands wit h the forgotten and the poot.
declared that th e moral worth of a society is They do not question God\ goodness but they
measured by the life of the poorest, not of the often do not see the Institutional Church being
richest. For tIl(' rich to prosper at the expense obedient to God.
of the poor violates God's standards.
Can a Christian be obedient to God and
In Latin America'. colonizers excused the rondone violence as 'a means to end
Conqul'st of native people as an un:.tvoidable repression? I know that great Christians, such
evil that would redeem "savage" Indi ans. as Dietrich Banhoffer, have come to the
Although the real motives were economic, the conclusion that violence can be justified in
conquerors used the Christian banner as their extreme cases, such as the plan to assassinate
just ification for killing and punishing millions Hitler. I still have not come to personal decision
about whether or not violence in response to
of native people and stealing their land.
As one of a few Christians in my seminar. oppression is justified for a Christian. But I
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KAOS losing their satellite
might not be a bad thing
The greatest thing that could happen to
KAOS would be if they lost their Satellite
programming, The General Manager
denigrates student dee-jays by saying,
"Anybody can string a bunch of records
together." Well , h-ey there Mr. Michael
Huntsberger, it is a lot more creative to have
local community people put together their
own radio shows than just turn the "on"light
on a satellite dish and pipe in non-local , nonOlympia~area boring, predictable programs.
Why did KAOS get rid of "Mouthing Off?" I
•
Obtain medical assistance
• Fed safe. Rape is a traumatic violation
of a person . Especially in the beginning, it is
oft en difficult for the survivor to be alone.
• Be believed. With date rape especially,
survivors need to be believed that what occurred was, ill fact , a rape.
• Know it was not their fault. Most rape
survivors feel guilty. somehow believing the
attack to be their fault.
• Take control ofherlhis life. When a perPAGE 6 FEBRUARY
16, 1995
• Be available.
She/he may need to
talk at odd hours, or a
great deal at the begin ning. She/he may not
by Mary Craven and Kim Goforth
have a lot of people to
talk to and she may
rely on one person, Be there as much as you
can and encourage her to either call a hotline
Other things you can do to help:
.
• Listen; do not judge. It is not your place or go for counseling.
• Give comfort. Let her/him know she is
to play prosecutor and make her/him prove
their story. Accept her/his version of the facts not to blame,
• Be patient and understanding.
and be supportive, You may have to deal with
• Encourage action. For example, suggest
your feelings separately if you feel that it was
somehow her/ his fault. Many rape counseling the survivor call a hotline, go to a hospital or
services can be helpful to friends and relatives health center, and/or call the police.
• Respect her/his decision if they decide
of people who have been raped.
• Offer shelter. If it is at all possible, stay not to file charges.
• Don't be overly protective. Encourage
with the survivor at their place or let them
spend at least one t:Jight at yours. This is not her/him to make their own decisions. Accept
the survivor's choice of solution to the rape,
the time for the survivor to be alone.
son is raped, they may
feel completel y out of
control of what is hap·
penin g to them. A sig·
nificant step on thr road
to recovery is to rrga a
sense of control in little,
as well as big things .
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
Sexua
Assau t
Prevention andAwareness
even if you disagree wi th what they
loved calling in to Mouthing Off and having a
community dialogue live on the air. i hope
KAOS gets rid ofits silly satellite dish, with all
the talent in the Olympia area in the areas of
music, art, religion, politics, alternative health
care, ecology. there is no real need for the dish.
KPLU is a slick pro-dee-jay station. you will
never be able to pass them up, so don't try. Do
what you do best; funky student and local
community citizen produced shows,
Thank you .
Tom Kenstowicz
Environmental Action
are do-
ing.
• Put aside your feelings and deal with
them somewhere else. Feelings of rage and anger may help you to deal with the situation. but
th e survivor has enough to deal with without
worrying about you .
Oealing with a friend or family member
who has been raped is a very difficult thing for
most people, Please don't be afraid to get help
yourself. When traumatic things happen to the
people we love, we often don't know how to
deal with our own feelings of rage and confusion. There are services out there to help you
and the survivor. If you are unaware of them.
the Vice President of Student Affairs' Office,
at Library 3236 and at x6296 has copies of resource information as well as the Rape Response Coalition in CAB 320 at x6724 and our
office, Sexual Assault Prevention Education Coordinator, in Library 1411 x6421.
ideas, judgements, and opinions in speech or writings.
WASHpirg Coordinator
Fighting Sexual Assault After the Fact: Tips for Survivor Support
In the light of recent events on campus we
thought we would give some information to
family and friends of rape survivors.
Question of the week: What can I do to
help if someone cOlllrs to me and tells me they
ha ve bcen sexually assaulted?
Answer: Aft er a rape the survivors may be
openly upset, even hyst erical, or they may be
numb and seemingly calm. You can help th e
~ ur\' iv or to:
community will support the right
by Dawn Hanson
II THEOR'I
know that one orthe questions I can ask in any
situation is: "Can I imagine jesus doing this?"
A recent newspaper article titled, "More
Troops Dep loyed in Mexico" caugh t my
attention. Especially two paragraphs in the
article which reported that a bishop named
Samuel Ruiz who is a diabetic and in sulin
dependent had been fasting and not taking
insulin in two weeks in protest to the violence
and inju stice thal the native peop le of Mexico
have been suffering. Here , I think is God's
response. Sometimes there appears a person
so like the examp le of Jesus that it is like a gift.
God gives us an example of a life so filled with
love for God and for others that it seems clear
this is the Body of Christ on earth.
In the eyes of th e world and perhaps el'en
of the Institutional Church, this bishop's
response to injustice seems foolish - to he
willing to give up your life for a group of people
who are politically po\\'erless. This manlleeds
to do nothing more to prove himself. In the
hierarchy of the Church, he has made it. He has
risen to'a position of prestige and authority.
And yet he is willing to lose his life in order to
be a reconciler. This, I believe, is what St.
Augustine meant when he said. "To be a
follower of Jesus, you must put your whole life
into it." This, I think, is loving God and your
neighbor as yourself.
opinions with respect to basic m
WashPIRG's "Free the Planet"
fights against Rep. Smith
Confronting Christian Challenges: Look to Jesus' Life
When I first went to college, I thought a
Chris tian was one who believed in Jesus and
went to church. I now realize that tltis is just
the beginning of being a Christian and that
what seems a simple command to love God
with all my heart and my neighbor as myselfis
the greatest challenge I will ever encounter.
And yet , it is the only challenge worth facing if
I am really a Christian.
St. Augustine said, "To follow Jesus is
something much different from following
anyone else. You must put your whole life into
it and leave behind whatever hinders you from
followin g Him."
Since I went to l.atin America last year. my
concept of what it means to he a follower of
Jesus has gro\\'n. This year, as part ofa program
that ha~ focused on resistance in l.atin
America , I realized that faith in Jesus means to
be willing tq act as we believe jesus would act.
We looked at Liberation Th eology as one of the
\\'a)'s in which Christians have acted out their
13ith in recent years. l.iberalion Theology was
born when a living faith confronted years ' of
injustice to the poor. often justified and
supported by the Institutional Church.
.
When the oppressed in Latin America
were given the right to read the Bible for them selves, they realized that Christ's message was
not one of misery and ignorance but one of
hope and freedom. It is a faith that revives the
original message of the Gospel. which reveals
a Jesus who identifies with and is an advocate
Members of the community must
Lib'~rty
Park Alliance energy
good, but a bit misdirected
I think the enthusiasm exhibited by the
Liberty Park Alliance, et al towards the local
logging should be channeled to environmental
issues of higher importance with bigger stakes.
That piece ofland was flat, private, with second
or third growth trees, the kind of place where
logging would be suitable.
I'd like to see that enthusiasm directed
against Slade Gorton, Linda Smith. Jack
'Metcalf, "Doc" Hastings and all the others.
Senator Gorton has plans to weaken the
Endangered Species Act and other
environmental protection laws_ Linda Smith
would like to abolish some Park Service
holdings and privatize (ruin) some other public .
lands too, Instead of protesting and climbing
t reI'S , environmental activists should be
joining organizations, making phone calls,
writing letters and doing it by the thousands.
Getting busted at a protest doesn't do any
good,
I invite those people to join the Sasquatch
Group - Olympia Chapter of the Sierra Club
at P.O. Box 474, Olympia, Wash, 98507-0474
and/or The Wilderness Society, 900 17th St.
NW. WashingtonD.C. 20006-2596.
Yours Truly,
Jeremy Boyer
Over the past few months, U.S.
Representative Linda Smith has been slammed
in the press over her character. Reports have
surfaced that Smith may have used her staff to
do her campaigning while on the job. being
paid at tax-payers' expense. The Olympian
came out prior to the elections in an editori al
calling Smith "a liar."
This is not another attack on Smith's
character.
This is an attack on Smi th's
environmental platform.
During Smith's six years as a Washington
state Senator representing industrial-driven
Vancouver, she defended speCia l interest
companies that make a profit on raping the
environment. Her work during this time
espeCially benefited the timber industry and
corporations like the James River Pulp and
Paper Co. and Hewlett Packard.
A look at Smith's 1992 legislative
environmental record shows her platform as
decidedly pro-business. She supported a bill
that would have weakened wetlands
protection, advocated destructive forest
practices, and prevented local governments
from regulating the use of pesticides on
agricultural and forest lands along state roads.
In addition, Smith has co ntinuall y
advocated "takings" legis lat ion which is
essent ially a ploy by the Right to make people
fear that environmental laws are a threat to
their private property. She has vowed to
contin ue to support these legislative act ions in
the U.S . Congress.
Smith has already been working with her
fe ll ow Republicans to weaken existing
environmental protection measures, including
the Endangered Species Act. As a member of
the House Comm ittee on Natural Resources
which is "revisiting" the Endangered Species
Act. Smith is urging that the ESA be made less
stringent, creat in g loopholes for logging
companies and developers and ensuring little
protection for over 900 endangered speries.
Knowing what the environment is up
against in Linda Smith's platform. it is not
enough to stand by the wayside and allow for
her not to represent our interests as her
constitu ents.
One easy way of doing so is by joining the
WashPIRG Free the Planet Protest against
Linda Smith's environmenta l platform on Fri.,
Feb. L7.
It is time thM people know whaC Linda
Smith stands for, to know who we elected to
suppo sed ly represent our interests and
concerns. It is time to let Linda Smith realize
that we are strong and are ready to fight to save
the environment. If you care about ancient
forests. endangered species, wetlands, the air
you breathe or the water you drink, then come
to the protest on Friday before there is nothing
left to fight for.
WashPIRG Free the Planet Meetings are
Wednesdays at 1:00 pm in LIB 3228. Fur mure
information on tire protest or other WashPIRG
related campaigns, contact Erin Katz at x6058.
S&A Board soon to decide
KAOS and CPJ budgets
by Dante Salvatierra
S&A Board Coordinlltor
The S&A Board is in the midst of the Tier
One budget presen tations for the 1995-97
biennium. The Student Activit ies
Admil Jistration, Child Care Center, KAOS. the
Campus Recreation Center and th e Cooper
Poilltjournalwill be coming before the student
board to present their budget proposals. Every
one ofthese organizations is seeking a share of
the student activities fee that every full-time
student pays each quarter.
The monies that these organizations get
from the students are crucial to their ability to
serve the Evergreen Community for the next
two years. Over $900,000 of student fees is
available to allocate annua lly. In addition to
these organizations, over 40 Tier Two
organizations such as EPIC, the Women of
Color Coalition and the Jewish Cultural Center
will vie for apiece of pie.
Two of the largest recipients of the Tier
One share of the budget are historically the
CRC and the S&A Admin istration, earh with
over $150,000 each year. KAOS and the Child
Ca re Center have been allocated $76,000 and
$94 .000 for 1994-95. respectively. Bringing up
the rear is the school paper, the CP}, with
$35,000.
The factors that determine each
reCipient's amount are many. Student
participation and the abili ty to serve the
st ud ent population are the main factors .
Others are the efficiency of the use of their
funds from the last biennium and the plans
that an organization has for the next biennium.
The S&A Administration and the Child
Care Center have presented their budgets to
the Board. Scheduled to present next wee~
Wednesday, Feb. 22 is KAOS. The CRC will
come before the Board on Feb. 27. The Cooper
Point journal will present their budget on
March 1. Each presentation will begin at 3:15
pm in CAB 315. Meetings are open to all
students and everyone is welcome to attend.
HANGAR '"H'''
GR~UP ~TE.S
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL FEBRUARY
16, 1995 PAGE 7
The Evergreen Social Contract
Constitution of the State of Washington
Members of the community must exercise the rights accorded them to voice their
Article 1 § 5 FREEDOM OF SPEECH
opinions with respect to basic matters of policy and olher issues. The EvergreeTl
Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all
community will support the right of its members, individually or in groups, to express
subjects, being responsible {or the abuse of that right,
ideas, judgerflents, and opinions in speech or writings.
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Evergreen
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rSe"e:-p-age a(t~st'srebyttal-1 NIMBY factor influences
Evergreen
Evergreen's a cool place, so there! Safety office'r'
unfair to wom'an
by James Schulmerich
COl/triblllor
Three years ago when I made the decision to become a
Creen~r. 1 knew full well that this wasn 't your average, everyday,
run-ol-the-mill college. This place is different. This is a place
\\'here difference is embraced and creative minds can be
cultil·ated. There are man)' ways to get from point A to point B,
and hergreen embraces the idea that it's not how you gl't thl're
that's importa nt , it's that you found your way there.
None of this has changed. But if you have alwap li ved in
\\'ashington , you'll know that most people outside uf this
Cllilege set' this institution II'ith an image much like that
portr;lI'ed on Almu,t LilT. As a Senior, that doesn't make \11t'
feel tll goud when I am getting ready to look for a job. "Sa)'s
h,' re I 'a went to Evergreen (struggling tllTestrain laught er). We'll
gil'e I'a a call when we open our basket weaving division. "
At the same time, on a nationallcl'el this collegl' has a
n 'n ' ~t rong reput ation. Every year numerous publications naml'
he rgrel'n as one of the best, most innol'atil'e colleges in thl'
country. And there's the diA·e rence. On a national scale , I l l' are
innol'a til ·e. On a lora I level we are 3t best alternative. Eelison,
Ford, Gates are all inn ovators. People who actually created
change. Alternative is too often lookl'd upon as an option rather
o all
Ihan a co ll ect ive shift in beliefs. Innovative is stron 0'
encompassing and imposing, alt erna tive is sel'n as a personal
localized choin'.
Now don't get me wrong. I am not saying alternative is
bad. If I though t that,l sure as hell wouldn't be here. But if the
key to my future is held in a single word, I am go ing to do
everything I can to change it. That is why I have helped to create
a nell' student group called PEPE.
PEPE stands for the organ ization to Promote hergreen
through Public Educat ion. It doesn't mean changing
ANYTHING but perception. I am not in anyway asking people
to run around here in designer suits and Ralph Lauren polos.
But I wouldn't mind it if a few of the more forward thinking
individuals who are into that kind of thing wouldn't cringe
every time they hear the name Evergreen. The fact is, whether
we like it or not, those polo types are in charge of the coffers,
and until that changes we need to at least be able to
communicate with them.
PEPE's goals are to champion the various
accomplishments of the Evergreen community, academic or
ot herwise. Wewish to promote Evergreen's environmental and
institutional achievements, political actions as well as artistic
expressions,
Evergreen is an exciting and colorful place to bt', It's time
other people knew that as well. Unless you have spen t time at a
pla ce like the University of Washington, yo u will never fully
apprec iate how lucky we are here.
PEPE's current efforts are being thrust at an allempt to
cha nge the way we eat here on campus, Currently, the Deli is
preparing to change back to plastics as their exclusive eating
ware. Rather than take thi s lying down, the students of the
Native American st udies program Home: The Hospitalit)' of
th e Land have, with the direction of in structor Tom Foote
decided to back a product ca lled THE KIT,
It's a utensil set much like a camping set, held together
on a key ring. People could carry their 011'n utensils, rather than
being forced to use whatever is made available.
We see this as an exciting opportunity. Not only to help
the env iron ment, but to show the kind of foresight and
innovation this institution cultivates.
Alternative has been twisted around and stomped on by
the same folks who destroyed the word tiberal.l don't want to
change who I am or what I think to please anyone. I would
much rather they make the effort to understand where I am
coming from. if changing a word can open up a much needed
dialogue, then I am all for it.
PEPE is cu rrent ly looking for members, or for that matter,
anyone who would like to be a part of the organization or the
KIT project in any way. If you are interested, or would just like
some more information, please give us a call.
Writer wonders "How safe is F-Lot?"
by Jeff Axel
COlHribwor
Iwas interested in doing th.is article because I fear for ml'
vehicle when it is parked in F-Iot. So I set out to interview Publi'c
S<lfc ty to see what th ey know, what they are doi ng, <Illd what is
involved in the whole break-in scenario.
OffIcer Riggings was happy to answer my questions, and
I found out that students have a mistaken view of what Security
actually does for parking lot safety.
There have been at least 20 cars vandalized s inc~
September, and the number is probably much higher. I would
I'enturl' to say at l ea~ t 10 cars per month are being tampered
with. And, because F-Iot i~ the on ly lot full of cars all night , it is
victim to vanualism and th~ft most.
If you want to know where to park your car, do it near
the front ofF- lot, not back in the trees or near the beach trail.
I had thought that perhaps the lights would be a bad place to
park, because anyone can look in your car and see what you've
got, but the ligh ts are enough of a deterrent to keep va ndals
near the fringes.
For those of you who have had your car vandalized, most
likely, it was for theft. This may seem obvious, but it does mean
that somet hing productive is being done with your stuff. This
is good, because there is a greater likelihood for the thief to be
apprehended with your stolen material.
I asked Officer Riggins what she and the other officers
were doing to handle the situation, They do their famous drivearounds, and they even stake out the parking lots to the best
of their ability, due to the allotted time they can be there. At
the moment, they are trying to set up electronic su(veillance
and more stakeouts, plus other nifty James Bond stuff Riggins
couldn't tell me about.
But, Public Safety is victim to the administration, who
for some reason, is not permitting them to do what they need
to do. I am going to ask da' boss, [TESC President) Jane Jervis,
or whomever, what the holdup is, but that is another article,
another time.
Do you have a bad opinion about Public Safety? I suggest
you shove it. They are dedicated to the purpose of their job,
and severa l of them volunteer their time to catch the punks
that are comm itting these infuriating acts. They aren't paid
for this extra work, and they are doing their best to be
productive for our well being.
So, who is behind the break-ins? It's mostly the high
school punks from area high schools. They are bored, or they
want easy money, and they come over here to alleviate that
emptiness with the old browse and break routine. Well,
Security is doing what they can to crack this racket up.
What can students do? If you hear strange things in th e
lot, call Public Safety, and they will send their new Caprice
Classic over to investigate. If you are in the lot, feel free to use
the emergency pillar phone to report suspicious activity, or
use your own phone. Any report is appreciated.
Contributor
A few weeks ago, I was threatened by a man on
campus. I went to Public Safety to repoll the incident. All I
wanted was to put it on record, so that ifsomeone were to
have a problem with the same man in the future, there
would already be an official complaint. When I got there I
was surprised to find not a sympathetiC or .even impartial
listener but a man who seemed to enjoy making women
feel powerless.
.
From the outset, the situation in the Public Safety
office was skewed. 1 had arrived escorted by another
woman, and when the officer came in he asked "Who's the
victim?" Immediately hehad cast me into a role which was
to dictate the rest of our conversation. He refused to let my
friend come with me to file a report, and when I entered
his office alone, he asked me to sit, which 1 did. He then
proceeded to stand over me with his arms folded across
his cht'st, looking down at me with scorn.
He had gone to spt'ak to the man who had threatened
me and apparently found him to be completely polite. Upon
seeing the officer, the man had transformed himselffrom a
drunken, sneering harasser into a perfectly good citizen,
and the officer couldn't seem to imagine how I could have
had a problem with such a charming fellow. He implied
blatantly that the whole situation was somehow my fault,
and that I was being a typically overly sensitive, hysterical
female, saying "You should have just walked right on by."
Only after asking him several times did he even bother to
take down my name.
Perhaps the officer on duty did notthink this incident
was worth his time. He made sure the experience of going
to the authorities was even more degrading than the
original experience ofbcing threatened. Over the summer,
the Rape Response Coalition ran sensitivity workshops
which all security guards were required to attend, Either
this man was not listening, or he forgot the lessons he
learned there, ihis type of behavior from a man in power
toward a woman who was asking for assistance is totally
unacceptable, and it is precisely what keeps people from
reporting incidents of harassment and assault in the first
place. In a place like Evergreen, where supposedly there is
greater awareness of issues of power and'gender dynamics,
we cannot afford to tolerate sexist and patronizing attitudes
from the people who are supposedly here to protect us,
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Contributor
Recently, dedicated Evergreen youth decided to face the
steamroller of progress head on in a showdown between the
~ tatus quo, and the examples of idealism not uncommon in
student activists.
In terms of this showdown, I am impressed with how far
everyone was willing to go, and was further impressed with the
level of difference which was affected by this series of
outstanding actions.
I am sorry that the ultimate result was not the entire
pardon for the trees extant on the site,
The expressed ideals of the Liberty Park AUiance show that
nonviolence, networking, and passion can be effective tools in
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16, 1995
shows ba. rrler-~to (Jiv'ersity logging protestors
, lnre·adin~g~the· artist's rebuttal: to a that justtoo diffic;ult'to do?
critique of his cultural insensitivity and
I also found the letters to be
awareness'ofhis See P~ge artwork in vol. 25 informative and to have brought awareness
issue 11;1 was saddened and frustrated to of the manipulations different cultures have
see another example ofthe existing and had to suffer in the history of coLonization,
rising barriers in Evergteen's ~ommitment and is still occurring through subtleties,
; tocultutaldiversity.Useemedtomethatthe Sadly, it will continue in one. form or
artist felt as if he had been personally another if arrogance and ignorance is to
stay,
attacked and wanted
to retaliate. trying to
h
'
h
I am also
justifY his innocent
"T e response to t e
fru~trated with
intentions
and
Mayan See Page were
the ant;lgonis!ic
reasons behind his
angry letters, but by no
mOt;keryIreceive
means were the writers
more and more as
"collage of our
personal experiences
"blinded" by the anger
the days go by,
invoked in them_ They
from disgruntled
during the [Mayan)
trip," and in turn
whites , who
attacking those who
raised very important
complain
of
had written in
questions, brought
being sic.k of
response to his
awareness to many who
hearing angry
artwork.
probably would not have
whining from
It saddens me
people ofeo lor. In
because I feel most
given a second glance to
fact one day a
the See Page... "
classmate of mine
people, not just him,
have missed the
accosted ine and
important point of
said, 'Tmayoung
having such issues of cultural middle-classwhiteman,fmsickofminority
misrepresentation,
approprtatlOn, groups and their whining," How would you
stereotyping and insensitivity questioned have responded? It is not a light comment
and brought out into the open; made aware for me, and my response is thilt I am sick of
ofand understood by everybody, and I mean those who whine because they no longer
everybody. These issues are everyday have the whole piece of the pie, and feel as
realities that many people have to suffer if their opportl,mities, freedom of speech
from_ They are too important to be ignored, and luxuries are threatened, and {am tired
however subtle and even if not apparent to of the ridiculing of people who try hard to
the artist or someone from "Qutside~ of the ' , achieve equality and resEect,
culture misrepresented. '
"
",."
It's all very well for 'Evergreen to try to
The response to the Mayan See-Page emphasize and encourag~cultUral diversity,
were angry letters, but by no means were the but it is evident where the dominate
writers ublinded" by the anger invoked in students' interests lie and how little effort
them. They raised very important questions, and consideration they are putting in to
brought awareness t~ many who probably work for ,uthe goal of cultural diversity .
would not have given a second glance to the involving finding common ground l
See-Page, nor a thought about what it means balanced with an appreciation of
to be really culturally diverse; having respect. difference_" It is an idealistic goal if people
consideration, understanding and can not talk about important cultural
appreciation of differences, and awareness diversity issues.
.
of oiles insensitivity to other cultures. Or is
Hla Yin Yin Waing. .
by Heather Rosenberg
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I have been observing with much
amusement the antics of the Liberty Park
Alliance (LPA) with regards to the logging of
the ten acres behind ASH. There seems to be
a severe case of NIMBYism infecting the
campus.
That ten acres is the environmentally
correct place to log. It is a fine tree farming
spot; it is flat, low elevation, and has good
drainage. Much better than the steep, high
elevation slopes of the Olympics and Cascades,
where what was little top soil that exists, is
quickly washed away to cover the salmon
spawning beds of the rivers.
In fact, if the LPA is truly concerned with
preserving the natural environment, I suggest
they advocate the logging of the unnatural
forests of the campus, This would lessen the
pressure to get stumpage from virgin forests.
The forestlands ofTESC could provide a
wonderful learning laboratory and
demonstration site of good, sustainable
logging practices. Or at least we could give the
forest a chance to regain the balance of natural
characteristics - nothing a good ripping fire
~n a hot August afternoon couldn't fix. But it
will never happen, can't let a tree die.
So where were the tree huggers when the
30 acres off ofBreener RoaJ were clear cut last
year - a mere two miles from Liberty Park?
Where were they during the hearing for the
original logging permit of Liberty Park? Where
were they during the elections for County
Commissioner'! If this county had a clearing
and grading ordinance, mayhe they wouldn't
of needed to chain themselves to the tress
Nope, when the chainsaw fires up in your
back yard;it's too damn late ,
Mark Noble
See-page artist shows no
respect fo·r Mayan culture
It is not always enough to apologizl' for
mocking one's culture. Especially if that
apology sounds sarcastic. I am appalled th at
someone who went down to Central America
for only three months abuses the sacrednl'ss
of the Mayan culture by placing some
pictorial artifacts on the See-Page. If you had
any respect for the Mayan culture, you would
haye just left it to be. By putting it where
people who know little about the Maya -COIn
see it as laughing stock, that's disgraceful.
However, I'm not trying to hunt you down.
The Mayans have been stabbed in the
back by anthropologists on IlllnH'r()U~
occ;)~iom, wh y shoulu they trust ~llnl!> ()I1\' tll
take pictures and publicize tllt'rn in the l 'nited
Stat es? The only time I ft' e) comfortable
st udyi ng one's culture is when those who livl'
within that culture invit e me to share with
them, and if I don't publicize it for consuml'r
joy, Especially if they want their culture to
rem<lin theirs. Besides, do th e Maya even know
that you placed them on the SeePage? And even
if you asked them if it was okay, would they
agree to let you? Think about it!
Mike Calderon-Zaks, offended student
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M.L.K.
Yes and Greens Black-Eyed Peas Cornbread
bv Antonio Brown
A 10 .'ifar-old student at Tyrdl Elementary School in Hayward, CA .
by Marisa DeSalles
An Essay on Food
In his life Martin Luther King
said something that caught and changed the world.
.-\bout 10,000 people ,,,,ere there.
Ten Thousand.
He said a speech.
It was: [ haye a Dream , and in that Drc~\In is that we will all get
along.
Schools will change,
The law will change,
Eyerything will change,
The workl will change.
There is a character in Suzan-Lori Parks' play, The Death of
the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World named Yes and Greens
Black-Eyed Peas Cornbread. Someone in seminar asked me what
that meant and after I spouted the obligatory Black Person's
Perspective, which we people of color on this campus often are
called upon to give, I sat down and thought about what food
means to me and my family.
Most people, rm sure, are familiar with the stereotype of
slaves happily drooling over watermelons, holding greasy fried
chicken, eating every form of pork imaginable: chittlins, pig feet,
fried pigskins, and of course ribs and ham and bacon and all
those little chunks of fatback and neck meat that float greasily in
a pot of turnip or collard or mustard greens.
Well , tor my family, that's Christmas dinner. But it also
includes roast beef and turkey, monkey bread, rolls and homebaked bread, three kinds of salad, several jello molds, baked macand-cheese ... you get the picture, right? Food is probably one of
the most important aspects of my family's gatherings.
In many tribes in Africa, inviting someone over automatically
means inviting them to dinner, and it's the same way in the
American South. (Read: Black people eyerywhere do it!) It's
And that is e~anly '.,·hat had happened to the world.
.38 Chrome
hl' Arthur L. Dfl1nis III
I'll give my lite, just to see my peoples' just ta kicking your ass! I
also considered an insult if you refuse to eat with people. You
are refusing their hospitality if you won't eat their food, and
hospitality is everything in a community that believes in keeping
people togethe r.
I am bringing this up because it is a cultural perspective
and it's the reason why I get so exasperated with my friends if
they won't take at least a polite bite of whatever I have, especially
if I know they're hungry. It's also the reason I look forward so
much to potlucks and why I absolutely dread eating a lone.
Now I am a yegetarian, and about the nastiest thing I can
think of is wrapping my lips around a nice greasy sal ty pork
chop, but this custom means enough to me that on Christmas
Eve, I ate chicken tamales with I~y brother and his Mexican wife,
because tamales and 'c offee and Midnight Mass is a Mexican
tradition. I can't stretch my religious beliefs enough to sit through
a Mass, but I damn sure will ea t with l11y family because they are
my family and eating together keeps people together. And Unity
is Strength.
Happy eating'
Marisa used to edit the Food section in the Spelman Spotlight.
She misses the free restaurant dinners.
have a dream as while, to your ass in jail. Little white man think
he's tough, but bring vour ass to l!lY hood and we'll call your
Children of the Ghetto
~
motherCuckin bluff. It is clear to me that you won't come along,
but just a little white man you wouLd bring your house niggas'
with your
~8
by marisa desalles
chroines. Kill Kill, 100 I don't give a dame; but I put
Children of the ghetto
In the ghetto, where liquor flows like water,
this on your god; I am going to get your ass Sam! Black history
cigarettes are the cunency and parkball is the national pastime,
month to me is an indication Lhat I remain to be locked in your
children spring up like weeds in concrete,
monstrous beauties old before their time
societ y. FllcK!
Cassidy Arkin stands proud with her mother, Sandra.
by Cassidy Arkin
journal Entryfrom Friday, january 20,1995
Progress in Political Economy seems so painful sometimes. I feel so angry at
people, white people in general. And I can feel so hurt and embarrassed
because I feel as though I am a constant threat to my class. I bring things up in
seminar which people don't want to hear. And I feel stupid, dumb and hurt
because I know that it is not fair to always raise issues that are repetitive, but
what am I supposed to do. I live in a society that can rationalize problems so
well, rationalize violence, rape, crime, racism, poverty so well! And then I am
supposed to swallow all of this, without having a qualm, fuck that! I lived in
this. I was in fear of society seeing a black mother because I knew that white
'was right. I was embarrassed to take people to my home because my house was
not perfect, it was small, messy, and there was nothing normal about my home,
nothing normal about me. It's hard because white people they feel pity but they
don't feel my pain, I do, and I don't know how to stop it. I see so many
powerful people, Gingrich, Clinton and even unpowerful who feel that they
know the answer to every solution, every problem, every crime, when they don't
know, they were never a part of that life, in fact they took part in helping put my
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family and all the others into a hole. Yeah, of course my mother has the
opportunity to live somewhere really nice, but why when she is accepted
without a fight in a community that loves her, aad will always love her. I guess
I wish that people would see that every day of their lives something happens to
hurt people of color, not to devalue the harm that whites go through, but this
harm a lot of times is done without thinking. Some people are afraid of me,
my uncle, my friends, my family because of the way they look, how loud they
are, for whatever reasons. I hate this. Who has and had the right to label my
community ugly, scary, dangerous, what did we really do to harm white people?
I want to know because I don't want to hate people anymore because I feel
them intimidated by me or my family, I really don't want this. I don't want to
have to worry how to behave depending on if a person is black, white, Chinese,
I real}y don't I am so tired of these racial descriptions and views I really am. Is
there some way to make sense of this anger? Of this isolation that I feel? Can I
really ever be a part of this society, if I stand for what I believe or do I have to
sell out and buy into the American dream, the trap that we all call freedom. I
want to know! Because I am tired of the mind games, of the politically correct,
of having to remind people that we really are in pain. I am so tired of it.
crackhousc
children
children
ch ildren
Children oj the ghetto
don ' t exist in the ghetto
Where time moves according to when
They're born cynics
the checks come and Daddy's a stranger and
the earth is asphalt and the sky is soot
Life in Political Economy, A Journal Entry
stepping over cigarette bUllS on their way to the
The ghetto
who play war games
and hate each other silently
in schoolyards filled with discarded needles
The ghetto , the urban jungle where lambs grow into lions and
and sterile soil
cars
Children of the ghetto
slowly scavenge the streets looking for nay sign of life
I never knew blue sky
Livin ' just enough
I never knew a garden
Living
Hell I didn't know what "fresh" really mealll
Living
I thought it was the latest clothes
Living not even enough for the sit-tay
Because the city will eat you alive
like a Venus Fly trap.
SNAP!
A trap, a trap of movies and drugs and 'prostitutes
and fast cars and slow lights and
the latest hair the latest drugs man that's fresh,
that's cool, that's
really happenin
but it really wasn't
happenin
at all
DAMN I GOTIA GET OUTIA HERE
Now the train tracks go nowhere
DAMN I GOTIA GET OUTIA HERE
And ?ead eagles don't fly
Thirty years later you haven't moved
Oh, chi ldren of the ghetto
and the roaches have beards now
Keep your heads
Children oj the ghetto
to the
Children playing with empty bottles, growing into alcoholism,
SKY
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16, 1995
PAGE 11
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
- - - - - - - - - -- - -
A taste of
d iscri m in ati 0 n
by Shamin ElizabethJones
Discrimination has been a part of my life
from the very beginning. Days after my birth my
mother was given a darker colored infant and I was
g iven to a European American woman. My
complexion was so light the nurse wasn't sure of
my ethnic heritage. My mother had to go from
room to room looking for me. Fortunately, a nurse
that was in the delivery room with my mother
found me. 1 still to this day don't know for sure
how my mother coped. My father and I had a run
in with the evils of discrimination. When 1 was five
years old my father and I went to a drug store in
Seattle. The manager of the store whispered in my
ear "Are you sure you belong to this Indian man?".
It's sad to say but I have many stories
regarding my bout with discrimination. However,
I'm not writing my story in the CPj to bore you
with my life story. 1 want you to understand that we
all (I don't care what your ethnic heritage is ... )
must celebrate each other as people. Let's make
every month and every day a time to remember all
of our histories. As a West Indies , Cuban , Navajo,
East Indian American I believe we all can get along
but we all must set aside OlIr diff e rence for good. I
don't beJie\c one ethnic group shol;ld rccei~c a
half or a quarter of what they dese rve because of
their color.
L e t's stop apologizing ancl giving e xcuses.
The Net: As diverse as you want to make it
In
III \ .
wanderings I h;l\'e
found e\'er ything
frol11 inleraci i\'e
world s
of
p()~sibility,
to
blatantly racisl
disclI'si o'n groups .
to an
on-lint.'
hm piul that you can use 10 help you
s;r;e a little mon ey on the old doctor
bill. Thi s diversit y is what makes Ihe net
potentia lly one of the most important
cOl1lmunications tools in rece nt history.
But o nl y if it is used.
So anyway, let me get off of my
pe destal and get on to the business at
hand. I\'e put together a list of places
to g o where you might just find
some thing different than you expected
from a place that started offas a military
communications network.
I'll stan off with the African Studies
Web for Black/ African resources (Art
Mcgee's List). Here you can find
documents on African and American
history,jazz primers and downloadable
pi c tures of people that maybe you
should already know about, but it's
never to late to learn. just hop over
http:/ / www.african.upenn.edu/
A fr ica n_St udi es / H orne_Pagel
mcgee.html.
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12 FEBRUARY 16, 1995
When you are done there , Lip on
over to the Native NI'f W IVW homepage.
They' ve got access to information on
Nati\'e languages with the Oklahoma
Natin:: Voices Project. This page will also
lead you to different Native organization,
newsletters and journals. The address is
http:/ / ukanaix. cc.ukans.edu/ - marc/
intro.au.
Ok, now I'm rolling right on into
C·l,allic at gopher:/ / Ianic.utexas.edu/
1. U-Lani c's goal is to provide Latin
Americanists with
information from
and aboLlt Latin
Ameri c a .
Thev
otTer ac ce ss to
acade mic databa ses
and informal ion
services worldwide.
Think I hen" s
no women on th e
net' Think again.
Beam yourself over
10 I he WOIllI'1Z 'S Studips (U Maryland )
page. It's huge. You 'll find employment
opportunities for women in the
computing industry, calls for papers,
film reviews and much, much more. This
is one of the finer web sites thal I go to.
It 's really well put together, and what
little I've mentioned above doesn't come
close to covering what's there. How do
you get there?
gopher:/ / info.urnd. edu: 901/ 11/
inforM/Educational_Resources/
AcadernicResourcesByTo.
Our last stop for the day is at one
of the best maintained and supported
sites out there. For whom it may concern,
there is a large gay presence on the
Internet. Get used to it. At the Queer
Resources Directory you will find: games,
news, AIDS information, lists of
nondiscriminatory companies and
information abollt civil rights laws in
some states. lL's just a good place to go:
http:/ /vector.casti.com/QRD/ .html/
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mail addresJ >.
QRD-home-page.htrnI.
What I'm trying to say, is that this
When they do this, you'll see a line
information is out there. If you use it appear in the horizontal center of your
and participate, there will be more of screen. All you have to do to talk to thc::m
it. If you don't, then the JI1Ic::rnet wi II now is type. You're the top half, and
really become what some folks think it they're the bottom half. When you're
a lready is, jusl anothc::r "Old Boys" done type ctrIoe to end the session.
network.
There are other ways to talk to
This week we got <tn e·mai l from a people that I'll try to cover as the year
Rachel J. Larris. She wanted to kI10W goes on , but this is the most direCt and
huw she could talk one un on e to easy 10 use , and I'm Ollt of room for this
week.
someone on the Internet. Here goes.
You can use something called
Rel1lember, you can send your
U:-m,TM ta lk. With talk YOll 'can have a comments on this column to cpj@ elwha.
conversation ,,·ilh anyone in the world, evergreen.edu. And ir you miss an issue
provided that they are logged into the you can always get yourself up to date on
net, <tnd you know th e ir e-mail address. all the latest news hy going into lynx and
All you have 10 do is at the e lwha prompt jumping to file:/ / localhost/usr/users2/
Iype talk <e·mail address> . The party pasquale/ www/ cpjonline.html , where
I hat you are Irying to rea ch · will be you ' ll find the last quarters worth of
pmmpled 10 answer wit h "talk <yoltr p. Cooper Point jUllnzaLL
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A Quick Guide to some
Diversity on the Internet
To access any of these resourcps, type Zvnx and then tlte address below.
African American Studies
http://www.african.upenn .edu/ African_Studies/ Home_Page/ mcgee.html
Native Studies
http://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu/ -marc/ intro.au.
Women's Studies
gopher://info.umd. edu: 901/11 / inforM/ Educational_Resources/
AcademicResourcesByTo
Latino Studies
gbP~er://la nic. utexas.edu/ 1
Queer Studies
http:/ / vector.casti.com/ QRD/ .htmljQRD-home-page.html.
by Cassidy Arkin and Marisa DeSalles
"Reality is never black and while, but you would
never know it from the United States Census. Ninetyfour percent of Americans were listed as eithel- black
or white in reports from the 1990 survey.
.
"That year had fifteen different racial
classifications: white, black, Indian, Aleut, ten
variations of Asian/ Pacific Islander and, for the first
time, a new box labeled 'other' . But federal statistics
cannot account for 'other' so the 10 million people
who checked that box were divvied up proportionally
among _the other categories .. .Though a multiracial
category seems to make racial accounting more
accurate, Census stat isticians claim it is too broad to
be useful.
"'Who's in there? You could fit all the U.S. in that
category,' says juanita Tamaya Lott, a Census
consultant. 'In order to do statistical analysis we have
to have mutually exclusive categories.' Most Hispani~s,
lor examp le , are multiracial , and they now make up
97 percent of t he 10 million people who checked
'o t her' on the 1990 Census race question. And Census
officials estimate that at least 75 percent of American
hlacks are tech n ically multiracial."
-Boxpd In, by Hanna Rosin, The New Rl'j)ublic,
January 3, 1994.
What does my nephew call himself? His father
is mixed, mostly black, and his mother is from
southern Mexico. He looks like he's straight out of
Mexico City. What does my cousin call himself? His
fathel' is black, his mother is white and so is his
stepmother. He looks like me. For that matter, what
do I call myself? My father's mother has white skin
and blue eyes. Her grandfather was half Cherokee,
half German. My"mother won't call herself mixed,
and doesn 't want me to call myself mixed, although
she has the hair of a Native American and her
father was the result of the maid and The Man.
Whel-e are the boundaries? Where does one
race end and another begin? When do I stop being
a nigger and start being a spic, or can I just jump on
over and be the capitalistic dominating
appropriating colonializing murdering Whitey? The
point is that all these are just names, all these are
just labels attached to their own corresponding
An inquisitive Sharain meets Santa Claus at the shopping mall.
This week I'd like to talk a little bit
:lbo llt diversity on the Internet. A lot of
the people Ihal I talk to seem to be
under the impression that the Internet
is a place where mostly upper-i-niddle
class white males hang out and talk
about old episodes of Star Tn~k. While
it is true that you Gill find plent y of the
aforemelllioned 011 the net; it is not true
that this is all that you can find there.
The net is a huge and extremely
di\'Crse resource for the sharing of ideas
and
Ihe
di s~ <:lIlinat io n of
informal ion .
What are you? America's newest racial minority
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demeaning and degrading stereotypes,
even of white people. We need to be
conce11lrating on the commonalities
'in people, not on our differences.
Let's leave the counting to the stupid
Census people and talk about the real
shit: racism, sexism, homophobism,
able-bodyism, fat oppression and all
the rest. Unity is Strength!
-Marisa
My mother helped to fight to give
me the right to feel strong in myself
and give me the freedom and will
power to actually believe that I am
deserving. My Norwegian Grandmother also gave me the freedom to
be a human being in this society. My
mother and grandmother both lived
in a time when it wasn' t appropriate
for Whites and Blacks to be together;
my Grandmother fought to keep unity
among a ll people. In a time when
white people had to creep down in the
bottom of a car in fear that the police
would see them with a black person,
my Grandmothel- fought. We must
remember that this is an everyday
struggle and that, believe it or not, we
have peoRle white, black, yellow and
pink a ll trying to help.
We must believe in ourselves
enough to realize that it truly is a
human, conscious problem and yes
there are differences but those
differ~nces don'c'make you any better
or worse, different yes, but definitely
not any better or worse. And we must
work together, not by smoking bud, or
holdings hands and feeling free, we
must unionize ourselves in the freedom to be
together, by educating ourselves; only then can we
truly be at peace with ourselves.
So when I think of those who helped to fight
for my freedom, I think of people like my mother,
my grandfather, my grandmother, my teachers. my
father, my step·father, my step-mother, the local bus
Marisa DeSalles as a child.
driver, the librarian, my fl'iends, we musl not forget
the whole picture because what has been made
possible today is my freedom to be with my mother
and my father and my brother with no constrictions,
not even if one of them is darker thall the other.
-Cassidy
From the lighter side; respect and culture
by Ryan Keith
To open up, I'd like to say Yokoke
to Umoja for including all students of
co lor in this "takeover" in honor of Black
History Month. UNITY with all the sisters and brothers. And I'd like to commend them on this fine idea.
Now I want to just 'speak' from my
own first hand experiences, and personal v iews on just a few things. There
are always, and have been since the beginning, attempts to take Native people's
history, lives, future, and culture and homogenize them to fit the good old
A merican way. This was a way to empower the dominant white culture. As if
Indians can't think for their "savage"
selves. They need an outsider to dictate
their lives. If the people put themselves
in that position to be redefined it would
be different, but nobody did.
The people have been murdel-ed,
starved, tortured, raped, enslaved, stolen, displaced, imprisoned, relocated,
confined, had their history, culture, spirituality, land and language stolen. And
then were given a tribal enrollment number that many are now denied because
of the government's stipulations. The
people are still fighting for their lands
that are forever being taken, destroyed,
and polluted with toxic waste. The Native people still deal with many of these
things such as archaeologists that dig up
the graves, and anthropologists who tell
the Indians what an Indian is. There are
severe health-problems, poor education,
high mortality rates (a high number of
infant deaths and the life expectancies
for reservation based adults is between
35 and 50), environmental racism and
some of the highest poverty rates in the
country. This is a price many native
people must pay in order to remember
who they are.
Natives are the subjects of anthropological studies and documentar ies.
Why are there Native American, Xicano
and African-American Studies for white
students and not Eum-American Studies for students of color? Why are these
methods of studies not designed for the
students of color to study their own history and social issues through their community? If those methods of study are
designed to reach that goal, it is a rare
and valued occasion when it is actually
followed through with. It usually turns
out to white students getling ~cultured."
One must understand that people
who always disregard a Native person as
an "angry Indian" are missing the truth.
They patronize Natives by saying that
Natives are "understandably upset"
about the "terrible" past their ancestors
endured. The past has not yet been dealt
with, and the people are still struggling
for the sUl'Vival of the culture. Individuals who try to disregard Natives as "angry about the past" are people who can't
handle the fact that they play a role in
the perpetuation of institutionalized
racism. Those individuals do not understand because they are coming from the
background that profits from this "past."
It's hard for people from two different
sides of the same issue to understand the
other. And those differences should be
acknowledged.
People need to be aware when they
stumble along through their confused
day here at the EverGringo State College, that this land TESC is built on top
of is Sacred Land. YOll should keep this
in mind and respect the people who have
always been here. They are the true care·
lakers of this land. This shows the lack
of respect for a culture that TESC is, literally, built on. It is time to break thaI
tradition.
I've noticed that many white people
here at Evergreen have a hard lime lis·
tcning to the truth. If someone of color
presents them with a reality, that while
person dismisses what that person of ,
color has to say. The "whites" usually
take what the "people of color" say as
personal allacks, and accuse that person
of color of being "angry." They'll ask
"How can we work towards a multi-cultural society and understanding when
you are so angry?" Why are people of
color always expected to teach others
and bridge some gap? There are open
wounds that are systematically cut wider
every day. Multi-culturalism is defined
by people who come from a Mickey
Mouse, individualistic, competitive,
domineering suburbia culture . And
when white students are confronted with
this, they become defensive. They won't
try to understand; they'll u'y to justify
their actions. When that doesn't work,
people of color are always accused of
being angry.
I had an experience here at school,
where a brief history of the U.S. relations with the Native population was
discussed with a class. After the discussion, an 'educated' member of the audience stated that "what I heard here today
was that all Indians are good and all
white people are bad." If one presents
history as it is found on record, as it is
found in a book, and the observer takes
it in that wav, that is I hat obsel'l-cr's opin·
ion of history, not anyone else·s.
it seems that mosl people would
I'ather I-ead a book a nd believe that every thing is a lri ght, thaI had things don't
happen anymore . b'er yone is equal. and
people with lighter skin don't have a
pl-ivilege. ii's easier that W; I)' ; there is no
guilt involved, and books dOll't talk back.
If they clo, the reader can close it. "Vhite
people, and everyolle wilh li ghter skin
must realize that the)' do ha\'e privilege.
If they want to help, they should do their
best to educate o th ers. In order for the
problems of skin pri\'ilege to change,
white people will have to give up a littltof their pri\'ilege ill order for people of
color to have sOl1le. The\' need to realize that they dun't ulld~rsland en:rything. White people h;wen't been on the
receiving side uf man)' experiences. For
more than 500 years now. while people
have been on the dealing side and
people of color ha\'e been Oil the receh'ing side. If a person of color feels
strongly about what he or site is saying,
there may be some tl'Ulh in it. White
people should take the time to listen, and
not try to justify everything they do. If
someone feels hurt by another's act ions,
tha,t should be acknowledged. IL should
be recognized not justified.
I realize that this article will irritate
people. But maybe one person will read
it, and understand. Then we'll be that
much closer to getting past our judgments and misunderstandings of each
other. There is no excuse today for ignorance. There is enough material out
there for people to educate themselves
on issues such as respect for an individual and their culture .
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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liThe Beauty of Black faces"
The beaut)'
engulfed
or ollr
by the
black
the coming
faces
of the
inspire
rain
cL!\'s
that
or wanling
causes
to led
rebirth
the beads
of the
of'sweat
land bringing
cascading
forth
down
the land
my face
of the
from gazing
of my forefathers
at
Kilimal~aro
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Artwork and Poetry Inspirations for Black History
Month from Rudy Martin, faculty at TESe
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the treasures
the meaning
that remain
of what
as much
my
a mystery
ancestors
as the awe inspiring
were
beauty
kidnapped
aL our black faces.
from
to
be
- Keenan Holmes
Forced assimilation and
conformation America's I
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gift to immigrants
I
l'lll >u sick uf people
Iclling me Ihat I alll
complaining <lnd whining
about nuthing' I\'e on ly been
11I1 thi, caillpus tiH about fi\c
l1lontll~ and I ha\'e felt nothing
but distancc wit h m,\ll\' Df t he
EH:rgret:1I \ tudent s, I ileal' >1)'
re marks a bout st udcn t s 0 f
colo )'
\\' hining
<lnd
complaining abou t issucs that
aren't important. I ha\'c sat
here lisling to what you ha\'c
10 say, but I his ,,'eek wi th the
take oyer of the CP./ it's my
tllrn.
Yeah I"m angq', I'm
angry because it seems that my
~i lence means not hing to you,
:\ II I can do is reflect hack on
my lire and see why I am
hostile and angl' y a l times.
And no this isn't a direct altack
on anyone in particular, and
t hi~ i,n 't my pelt)' storv (ill' you
to fed sorry for me. All I want
to do is remind you t hat we
arc difrcrenl.
I came to this country as
an immigrant from 1\1exico
\\'hen I \Ias ri\e, I was put into
;\ school systelll that made nle
learn English Ihrough ridicule.
I wa~ laughed at and made fun
of h)" 111)' peers, teachers and
parent \'Olul1tct:"rs. It el'en took
the leacher three wceks to
rcaliLe that I didn't speak
Engli~h, But you s.ee this is
where it all began . .lust that
one year would affect me for
tlte ITst of Illy life. My culture,
my language, my personal it y
would be robberl from me
forever.
One way thaI I feel that I
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had to conform to the
"American" II'ay I";\S Ihe
wa\, I wa, forced to slarc into
m\: teachers face when she
fei l a nceci to ,colel me fnr
not speaking English. "You
sec in thi, country it 's the
law," she would 5;1)', as she
forced me to stare in her
face, "you ha\'(: to speak
English in public school". At
five, god forb id I break a law !
EYen though. my friends and
I (a ll the little bmwl1
ch ildren) would cont inu e to
sit in the co rner and speak
Spanish in whispers,
EYen something so
small a, a hanelshake \\";1,
taken ('rom me. I grew up
learn ing t hat a handshake
was an acknow ledgment of
tha~ indil'idual. That there
was no issue of who was
stronger, or who had more
power, But, in this country
apparenlly, I here is a hidden
meaning behind a hand
shake, one that I still don't
understand . But , I went
along with whate\'er it was in
order to sho\\' that I was
strong and puwerful. So I
pract iredm)' bone crushing
handshake, 51 art led people
wit h ",uch a good grip," By
changing somet hing "a~
slIlall as my hand shake," I
fdt that I was really changing
something that was me, I
ne\'er connected that my
handshake was cultural, until
i went hack to Mexico and
my father pointed it out to
me, Saying lhat I shook his
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formidable, Folks wouldn't say, "that's a
big woman", but they felt it. There was
something undeniably BrG about her.
She was big-sou led and big-hearted.
Words used to describe women never
seemed to fit her.
If "nice" is vanilla this wowan was
cayenne pepper. If "preuy" is a seashell
this woman was the Atlantic Ocean. If
"sweet" is a little girl's kiss, this woman
was tiger's embrace, If "delicate" is the
scent of roses, this woman was the smell
of good sex in an orchard,
She had a big boy, ten pounds at
birth, whom she named Paul. As she
pushed him inlo the world the midwife
couldn't believe how big he was and she
just smiled a tired smile, because what
else would you expect?
On that day she wOI'e blue she knew
she would have Paul, when she first saw
his falher she knew he would plant a seed
in her dark fertile body, She was moist
as the earth on whieh they lay, deep like
the sea in which they played, black as
the night in which they hid and every
bit as big.
So he came out big, with a head that
seemed to be made of something sweet
and sticky, like a chocolate and caramel
Marisa relaxes with a friend in Atlanta.
candy. The caramel color came from his
fa lher, a tall silent bl"Ooding man, ha lf
Indi an and half mulatto, He was
handsome and tall and silent and
brooding. But he Im'ed her in his own
silent, brooding way.
He was not an emotiona l man. He
rarely laugh ed and ne\'er cried. Never,
that is, but once.
He c riedlikt; ;1 boy Il'hell he saw hi s
on ly SOli dragged , beaten and hlood)', 10
a huge stink ing.sh ip of the North CO;I,t
of hi s belm'cd Barbados,
He cr ied then, and ne\'er again,
because the grim hair)' men had 10 kill
him to loosen his grip o n his son.
She was a beautifu l woman, Whole,
strong, pure, hea llh y, But she was ne\'er
th e same a ft cr lhat day, when she
coll apsed ill the field all of a sudden,
crushing sweet ca ne and oh Ill)' God No.
Oh my Cod No. Oh Illy God no was a ll
she cOllldthink because she knew that a
part of her soul was gone.
- marisa desalles
r~" -
. Have you heard
the latest joke?
American History for John Callahan ,
by Michael Harper b. 1~r~8
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,
ue
ress
he was wearing a b lue that only
the sky could rival. That blue
dress - it was so deep it was
almost purple - set hef
shining black skin on fire, It
was a beauliful dress, and she was a
beautiful woman.
Not pretty, or nice looking; she was
unabashedly beaut iful. She mad e you
want to avert your eyes because there was
something naked about her, even when
she was fully clothed .
Over the neckline of the brilliant
blue dress her long dreadlocks hung
carelessly. She threw her head back and
laughed, and her dreads fell tumbling into
the air, pushing and jostling and laughing
right a long with her.
She had snapping black eyes. She
had wonderflll snapping black eyes.
Beautiful and deep, like an underwater
current those eyes could carry you away
and you would never know. More than
one man 'had been carried off by those
eyes, Those eyes seemed to jump out of
her face and into your soul. They were
gentle and vic ious and sly and entirely
free of malice o r deception. Folks stayed
out of the way of those eyes.
She was not tall but she was
the wonders
and understanding
the
Those four black girls blown up
in that Alabama church
remind me of fh'C hundred
Illiddle p,\ssage blacks,
in a net , LInder water
in Charleston harbor
so redcoats wouldn ' t find
them.
Can't find wltat. ),ou can'l sce
can you?
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"As Mom would say"
hand like a 1 rue .-\Illerican,
Silen ce is somet hing that i ~
seen as wcak in this coun tn'. I
va lu e Ill)' silence alld see il ;\S a
way for me to reflect. Being
loud isn't the \I'a}, I want to get
my message 10 people, I don't
want to speak ahoul something
t hat isn't important to me.
What I say has to have meaning
and im portance, When lor my
people speak , we speak from
I he h eart. We don't speak to
waste ·a ir.
I want to say that I see that
I have made generaJiLations in
my writing. I understand that
not all Mexicans or Xicanos arc
quiet or loud, or thal Xicanos
that have a firm handshake are
not Mexican enough. I am
speaking about something that
was once mine, something that
was cherished by me, but had
to change to conform to this
society. Alii ask is that people
recognize thal we are a ll coming
from different places. My point
is t hat we need to acknowledge
our differences. ' That was
something that people ne\'er
entitled me to.
- by Claudia Lorena Sandoval
The power
of the
Black woman
comes
is linked
to her strength
for the ·burden
bestowed
upon her
by fate
pillars
of our community
the case
of her
walk shows
pride
The poise
in which
she speaks,
displays
her grace
Her presence
captivates
al l those
around
her
As my mom
would say
"God
know
what
he was
doing
\vhcn
he made
the Blackwoman"
and on that
point
there's
no doubt
to the
credibility
of that
statement.
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The general E\'C rg reen' community would like to bdiel'e thai it
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contains a' iot of "different" kinds uf people, thill \\'e al'e illciusivL:
;lIlcl
accept ing of e\·erybody. But in rea lit y the dominant o pinio n reigns - and
who is dominant? Take;\ look around. Most of my peers ,a re Anglo·
European . nothing wrong with that, cxcept wilen it cncroaches on
everyone else,
In seminars I orten feel that o nly ont' point of yiew is
being presented and d iscllssed. Although rYe tri ed bring-i ng llIy \'iew
into class, I feel like el'er)' time I do I get blank stares, ;\Iost of my peers
don't seem to know whert' l'llI cOllling from. and sho\\' littl e ihterest in
understanding something th;1l they lCelthc\' can' t relatc
to,
.
The blind racism thal pcrmeates E\'crgrec n oftcn gue,
, but this is what it is. When the issue uf race cOllies up
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11111101 i('l'd .
Il"ilitc pcople
feel they don't need to talk abolll ii, that-it is a pmblelllthel' ha\'l' conquered
and the proof is that thcv go to TESC. There is a certain IIIH!crstall di'ngof racism, different cultures, an\'lhing thai is not thc
~al1le .
white lib eral left has come to, When it comes down
it, not \'tTY man\' of
to
etc. that the
those people here are really looking for a di\'ersificd comlllunity - th n
just want to pretend that that's what we have, to feel good ;\\)o.UI thcmselves.
If the problems of racism are conquered here, then will aren 't t herc
more colored people around' ',,"' hen people of color don't lCei salt- in
expressing our opinions and thuughts, we leave. Something lIceds to bc
done to increase our numbers at Evergreen, All of lile schou I', rhetoric.
claiming lo be open to evcryone.iust docsn't cut it.
512 Washington St.
Downtown Olympia
- Keenan Holmes
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The QUick and
by jeffAxeJ
Jason' Lyric: a bo)(office smash hit!
Ooh. Oww! Mmmm. Good God, what to
say about The Quick and the Deaa? I wasn't
sure ifI hated it, or loved it, or loved it because
I hated it, or just enjoyed it. After watching it
and having a few thoughts, and then reading a
review of the film and then having a few more
thoughts, I have decided 1like it.
So, if you think you want to see this
movie, you'll need a reason. Let me try and
explain its profile. Then you decide.
I went thinking it would be another Clint
Eastwood. Unforgiven style flic, a nice Saturday
veg·out. No such luck. This is my very first
spaghetti western, but it is more than that. It
has black humor most of the time, something
that was played up in th e trailers. But, it is not
a harmle ss' movie, with Sharon Stone's
motivation for entering a lawless gun battle
being a disturbing childhood episode with
Gene Hackman's character and Stone's father.
And, some orthe violence is, well, vivid. These
two aspects t.end to degrade the integrity of
wha t I expected to be a blissfully plaCid
western. Then it occurred to me that this was
wha t the director and writer may have
intended. The Quick and the Deadshocked me
by enacting problems. physical or emotional,
between uncaring and caring people, and the
r:;;;ults. It makes thinking about hurting
~omeone else less appealing. I recommend it if
you can stomach violence, because here is a
movie that portrays meaningless violence
right. as ridiculous. Doh 't go without expecting
to have an emotional in ves tm ent in its
message.
by Ca.ssid\' Arkin
Composed in an
almost trifling way. this
10\'1' sturv in the South.
Jasun's L\'fic confronts
the issu'c of Afric an
American life·styles
appropria ted through
soc ial changes and
inflicted into characters
and emot iullS.
Jason is a Sout hern
boy' who has lived in the
sa lll E' house in Texas all
his life. He feels an obliga tion to be the father
of the fam ily' because he killed in self~defense
his father as a young boy. Josh . Jason's younger
hrother. seeI1lS tu be lIothing but trouble. but
someho\\' gives light to Jason's life. One day
Jason Ill eets Lyric. a young tough woman who
plays hard to get. After much persistence Jason
wins Lyric's hea rt o\'('r. Soon Jason and Lyric
are in 100'e alld they are quick to find ~uch
things as the meadow and the local televi~ion
sto re a place to make passionate love while the
rest of their ghetto fr iends are robbing banks
and drinking forties at the side of th e road.
This movie portrayed the burdens that
African-Americans. especially that you th are
placed with through social. economic and
classist concepts inflicted on them.
In this case it was Jason and Josh 's
upbringing which resulted in Jason taking on
We are the CPJ
and
we love
the role as the
father. ltwas
evident
that
Josh's life was
screwed
up
because of the
feeling
of
suffocation and
the realization
that he had been
cheated out of a
part of his
childhood. I felt
sorrow for Josh
because by the age of seven or eight he had
forgotten. made hiomselftough, closed himself
in and chose to givt' up on the world.
Some movies are not meant to be looked
at for their writing, cinematography or even
their acting, some are just meant to reflect
images. simple images that create pictures that
we all live in and are a part of. and on ly some
of those pictures can we actually see the death
that we have buried deep within ourselves.
That death might have come out of a violent
upbringing, a solid surrounding, who knows?
Jason's Lyric will intensity you with emotion
and feelings. but mostly it will allow you to see
how some people are forced into being violent,
angry and horrific all at the same time, simply
because they were too strong to die and too
po\\'erless to do anything less than fight.
On Jan. 27. 1995 a group of students set
out to party the night away. in Olympia. It was
Amy Crover's 21th birthday so we decided to
start easy by eating dinner at the glorious Red
Robin and then continue the night away at a
club.
So after a few too many fries, and a group
full of folks sitting around a table making a
whole bunch of jokes and laughing like the
world was coming to an end, we set out to
explore a cultural experience in down town
Olympia. We ended up going to the old rustic
Capitol Theater, it was putting on a hip-hop
show benefiting the Olympia AIDS Prevention
Project. Yes a hip-hop show!
All 12 of our gro up entered the old
theater, realizing that it was much sma ller than
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Hip Hop to help fight AlOS in Olympia.
by Cassidy Arkin
YOLI.
to bless
Th is intelligently named Gangster Rap
albu m was so boring that I fell asleep the first
time I listened to it. Lill/2 Dead is one of the
new artists falling into new subcatrgory of
Horror Rappers. The album cover, at first
glance, is reminiscent of old death meta l
covers. Th is is the most
I interesting point on the
I album . The music is
unoriginal for Gangster style
I rap, and the lyrics are what you_
would expect from someone
I trying too hard to be hard. Lil
1/2 Dead himselfis practically
skill -less, he raps slowly and
stupidly. never saying much
important. I would never buy
this album and I suggest that
no one else does either.
what we had expected. We were pleased with
the setting, it had a dark, dingy feeling to it,
alth ough the music along with the crowd
helped to ease the surroundings a bit. Slowly
we began to dance to the rhythms of th e
different beats that the OJ was mixing.
All exci ted. we began10 move our bodies
to the sway of what cro~ there was. There
were a lot offaces that had not been seen before
and they were obviou sly there to s~e the
performers and as supportive friends.
The OJ jumped up to the microphone
introducing himself and making knowledge of
the benefit, I had almost forgot what the
significance of this whole show was about. It
was nice to see such a yo ung crowd come
together in protest and honor of AIDS. It really'
made me think of the importance of the youth
and students. and what we can actua lly do. All
of a sudden I got completely philosophical.
AIDS, a crowd full of yo un gsters, not to
mention a crowd full of color, it was all so
memorable.
,
The rest of th e night was a blast. We
ended up dancing at Olympia's local club. but
the night had already land marked itself which
was the purpose of the importan ce of
community challenging suc h major problems
as AIDs.
We shou ld not forget; white. black.
yellow, orange; we all are capable of fighting
this disease, and we all must be able to join
together to do just that. So in thanks to the
Ca pitol Theater,l heard your message loud and
clear. And for Youth <1t Risk, John, and people
in general, thank you. Don't forget that
February is both Women in AIDS month and
Black History month. . .
Don Jagwarr
Faded
Priority Records
I expected Don Jagwarr to give me the sa me
feeling that Lill/2 Dead did. The cover makes
it look like another boring Gangster Rap
album. I :-vas wrong. This album starts off
energetic with a live performance by Ice Cube
and Don Gotti. and then rips al! entire album
of hard yet melodic beats and really well
produced music. Don Jagwarr himself displays
an incredible repertoire of rhyming skills, his
well developed toasting melding in and out
with Ice Cube's voice on the second track "Bad
Boys" and later with Tupac in "Skank Wit' You" (a title, as a Ska fan I
particularly like, even though it has little to do with Ska). The rest of the
tracks are as good if not better than the two I just mentioned. I was
only able to listen this album three times before press time, and because
of the Jamaican DancehiIll "Raggafunk" style (as the press release calls
it) of]agwarr's rapping [was not able to decipher to his lyrics. I cannot
really comment on them because of this. I cou ld not make out one overt
mentioning of all women being hoes, and he gets extra points for
sampling Digital Underground in "Who Do You Fear?" Musically Faded
is fresh and powerful. In fact it's the first Gangster Rap album I've ever
really liked.
The lot of a CPJ editor:
Mon. 3 pm: intense anxiety. A
demonstration is brewing in Red
Square and you can't find
anyone willing to find out what's
going on and write about it.
Tues. 5 pm: Intense soul searching.
Should you print a letter that says
something offensive even though it's her
constitutional right to say it?
Wed. midnight: Intense deliberation. If
you put that illustration next to that opinion
Thurs.2 am: Intense
piece will the writer feel that the illustration
debate. Should you really
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have used that word In
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Celebrating Black History Month
Calendar
Thursday, Feb. 16
Mmmm i Love that baked chicken
and pilaf in the Greenery today.
edited by Brian Zastoupil
Previously Censored Snuggle by Jonah E.R Loeb
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Demonstrate against genocide in
Chiapas today at 9:15 am outside the
Mexican Consulate in Seattle. For
more info call 352-6342.
011 ,/11; doy iii BlOCK Hr.\torv ..
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On this da y in Black History. . .
1951 - The New York City
Council passes d bil l prohib it ing
d iscri mination in c ity a ss ist ed
housing.
Come to the CAB for that fabulous
WOCC bak~ sale. Proceeds go to
benefit women attending the
Empowering Women of Color
Conference in April.
There will be a showing of The
Honor of All and a discussion at 10
am in LH 3.
Sunday, Feb. 19
Enjoy the thoughts of Robert W.
The Olympia Fellowship of
Reconciliation monthly meeting
Come and see A Celebration of
Evergreen Women Students' Art:
exposing the not often obvious in
Galleries 'Il and IV. The exhibit runs
through February 25.
Dear Mom by Demian A. Parker
On the Day of Absence and Day of Presence,
Jan. 19-20, mask making first caught on at
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recognized as Indigenous People's
Day here at Evergreen then stop by
their bake sale today or any Tuesday!
The masks are intended to reflect community
members' personal identity and are created
out of molds of participants faces.
.
The IASO presents The Snapper in
LH 1 tonight at 7 pm.
The finished masks are now on display on the
Third Floor of the CAB in the display cases.
Get ready to enjoy An Evening of
Irish Music and Dance tonight in
the Recital Hall at 8 pm. Tickets are
$12 for general admission and $8 for
students and seniors.
Digable Planets wilJ be at La Luna
tonight at 9 pm. Tickets are $16 at
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On tili l day III Rlack J--llltOlY
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The Olympia Film Society presents
a double feature of Heavenly
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Wednesday. Tickets are $3 for
members, $5 for non-members, and
$2 for kids.
Failed Cartoon Ideas by Matt 'V1ad' Parsons
Capital Mall Theater's evening
schedule for tonight and tomorrow is
Nobody's Fool at 5 pm, 7:15 pm, 9:40
pm; Just Cause at 4:30 pm, 7 pm, 9:30
pm: Miami Rhapsody at 5:15 pm, 7:30
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Hey! Why don't you get all decked
out for the Governor's Arts and
Heritage Awards? They will be
presented at a ceremony and gala
event tonight in the Washington
Center at 7:30 pm. Call 753·8586 for
more info and for free tickets.
Singer/songwriter Alice DiMicele
will be performing in LH 5 tonight at
8 pm. Tickets are $4 - $8 (sliding
scale) at the door.
Black History..
1929 - Wallace Thurman's
fjldy
open'> 111 NYC It i~ the fi rst
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Ameri can playwright.
Why not bring that special someone
to the EQA Valentine's Ball tonight
at 7 pm in L4300. Admission is $3.
A narrative theater ensemble from
the program Stories and How They
Are Told will present a story telling
performance in the Recital Hall
tonight and tomorrow night at 8 pm.
For more info contact Rose Jang at
x6705.
The SeA will hold a discussion
group on the complexities of
social interaction within a
recreated society at 8 pm tonight
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