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VOLUME
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
has decided to pass on hiS ptop,osal entiJ'ely ~d writ~ their,
own plan for higher education. ' ,
.~ Lowry~s'higher education funding plan. as outlined
in .thdan.12,~itionoftht C~perPoiritJo,UI'1,l;il, is one of
the ~contIQWSial portion of tile 1995·1991 budget.. ..
.~ . One oftbe mostquesti~ned part~ ofLoWry's pl~ is
his tr~nsfer of the ' tuition setting power fcopt ,tb.e
Legi$la~e to the (:olleges, FOr ~ple, Evergreen's Board
of Trustees would have the pOwer raise tuition instead
. of the LegiSIatqrewjthin t,be guJdclinesprovided bytbeplaJ'!.,
, ", ~tbolJgh there, ,!o,,!l~ h! no state.~et tlJition, the
Gove~~or's plan lil!!.i~s' the~t,io!l raise at si,~ percent .
increa~eJo( residents and teli ~rcentfor nofr'residents.
In' ~rder to help;Hefraythe, costs.ofadditionaf tuition.
. Lowry!s propOsa,l iri'eJu4td a :busin~ 'tax' divei.sion: to
incxease ,the fiin<ls available (Ol' stu~ent aid: .'~
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. .The proposal haiUittle s~ppdfiaJ.!long legislaton.Qr..
tlie ;Ev'ei'gree~ atiIDipistptioI;t, , .', .' .' "
, . Ac(:ol'dingto,: Tb.t! 01y~pja.n. _ Sen~te ·#igher
-Educatioh Chair Ai Ba4er, f)..Vancouver, has"statedJhat
.'Lowry's fu.ilding.plan.bas' Uttle or no.:supP9tt by either.. '
potitic~ party: '. «. .~~. ,j~
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. . Pre~i,4erit Jao.eJ~j's Inlso:concerned ~bout the
plans ,impact on Evergl'fe~ and dOl'S not support, tne.
transfer oftwtion setting po,!er..~oWever,fen?s doe$~
that the neWs ofthedl'.athofltMIy's pian is ~".
The reason behind Jer:vis'Joocem has to do in part
with the pQwerfullObbies beingpr~J)ted by those parties
that want tuition to be a localized decision. The two JUQst
vocat-,in this arfli are tbe UniVersity of Washington a~d
WashiIigton State University. which would both :gain by
having the power to rai:se their tuition. '
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In the· Legislature,· this transfer of tuition setting
power has been championed ' in the House of
Repres~ntativesby Ken !acobspn, D-Seattle. and House
Higher Education Committee Chair Don(arlson. It was
Rep. Jacobson who introduced a measure last year that
would have given uruversities tuition power like the
Lowry plan does.
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•• Andalthough Lowry's full plan may not pass through
the legiSlature, elements of his plan are seen in several
different proposals.
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Ofall the proposals. the one gaining themost support
is one that does not include any localization of the tuition
setting process.
Senate Bill 5325, proposed by Senate Budget Chair
Nita Rinehart, D-Seattle, who was very vocal in her
opposition of Lowry's plan. takes a more trllditional
approach towards·funding. Her suggestion ties tuition
growth to average income growth, meaning that tuition
would rise a four to five percent a year for both in-state
and out-of-state tuition. Also, the bill requireSlhat the SUite
continue to maintain its funding of higher education
through taxes,
Rinehart's plan would implement a tuition boost of
4.3 'percent in the first year and a 5.3 percent would occur
~n the second. And. unlike Lowry's proposal. the tuition
increase would raise $15 million for financial aid. and not
all of the tuition hike would go towards pay raises for
conege fac ulty and staff.
Rinehart's bill is popular among the Higher
Education Committee and College 1.obbyists. Jervis herself
sees this plan as being "pretty sound, n Sighting that it is
the most complete plan in terms of the means offundLllg.
Nextweek, there shall be a scheduled hearing on all
the variouS higher education funding proposals. To find
out more about the hearing.caJl562-6000. _
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CPJ Staff Writer
If the Republican led Congress in
Washington, DC has its way, KAOS and
hundreds of other radio stations like it across the
country could lose important funding.
KAOS , the college's radio station that "serves the Thurston County community, could III
lose money used to pay for satellite programming ~
if federal funding for the Corporation for Public CI)
Broadcasting (CPB) is cut by Congress.
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KAOS gets about 10 percent of its money ;:
(about $11.400) from CPB to pay for the cost of C
broadcasting satellite programming. KAOS ~
currently broadcasts satelli te programs like
Pacifica News and other shows which bring news 0
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and information that can't be heard anywhere Co
else in the area.
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Michael Huntsberger, KAOS' general manager is concerned
KAOS . General Manager M.lchael
with the future funding of public radio and television.
Huntsberger IS very concerned about the Impact
of the cuts on KAOS. " This is equivalent to taking the IV out of privatized ... they'U be able to say what they want because they'll
apatient's arm," said Huntsberger.
be the ones with the money to do it. Or they'll be able to use
He said satellite program costs may go up if federal this threat all the time in order to control what we actually cao
funding is cut and the station may have to raise local money to say."
pay for it. "The other choice," he said, "is to eliminate that
Huntsberger says that if KAOS stopped broadcasting
national news and information programs. the station may also
programming all together."
Ajae Clearway is a student programmer at KAOS whose lose many of the volunteers who come to do local news and
show, Wimmin Do This Every Day, airs on Mondays. "What information .
"I still believe KAOS is a bridge from the college to the
it's really about," she said about proposed federal budget cuts,
"is trying to control what we can say over the air... whether or general public ... because 100,000 people can hear KAOS ... I
not they succeed in eliminating public funding or not. they've want KAOS to be a station ofsubstance ... more than just playing
already put the threat out there ,.. (If the Republican
Congressl ... disables public broadcasting and have it all be
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Logging gets the go-ahead and
protestors are told to stay 200 ft. away
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Tuesday morn ing res idents of Coope r's
Glen awoke to the sound of chainsaws and falling
trees as the Hauk,Weli Land Co mpany began
clearing the ten acres adjacent to their homes.
"I wore ear plugs on the way to work," said
Graham Whi te, a resident of Cooper's Glen
regarding the noise.
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Thomas· McPhee after a hearing was held on
Friday, Jan. 27. 1995.
restraining order on the logging. citing issues of public safety.
Hauk-Well sought a preliminary inj unction against the After review on Friday. that restraining order was dropped.
Liberty Park Alliance, an ad-hoc group of area residents and
Quada Cody, a member of the Liberty Park Alliance said,
Evergreen studei1\s, to keep protesters 200 feet away from the "Common, decent citizens have no recourse to the law in
logging, McPhee gran ted the injunction, but limited it . Thurston Counly."
however, to 50 feet.
One observer suggested that The Liberty Park Alliance
"These parties are further enjoined from impeding ingress plans to continue their battle in court through appeals.
or egress on the easement or demonstrations or protests within
JeffHaukom, an owner of the logging company. said, "\ Vt'
ten feet of the easement or from blocking access on Overhulse don 't mind protesting. We mind illegal protesting."
Road," said the court order issued by McPhee.
A handful of protesters were at the sight on Tuesday, and
The court order also stated that"1here would be a 35 foot by 11 am there were only five remaining. All obeyed the court
buffer of trees along the North, South and East boundaries of order. One video taped the trees falling, two discussed the state
the property - all sides accept that directly adjacent to of lhe logging whi le another stood by and cried. her friend
Cooper's Glen .
consulting her on the loss of the trees. The Liberty Alliance's
Earlier that week on Wednesday, McPhee had issued a fight to save the trees had failed , . .
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• Tofu and meat in the
Greenery, page 4
• Snuggle dies, page 9
• Interview with Lois,
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NEWS
NEWS BRIEFS
Evergreen grad finds working with animals rewarding
by Lyn Iverson
EVERGREEN
EVERGREEN
Kobe relief fund aids
earthquake victims
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Expressions presented a performance of
New Works to benefit the purchase of a
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CllInnlL'rce, has exchanged facu lty and students for over 15
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January 15 earthquake, the homes offive faculty were destroyed.
A number uf Evergreen students , staff and faculty
members met recently to discuss ways to assist Kobe University
anll other relief efforts.
Please consider making a donation to help out.
1. To send donations to Kobe University of Commerce,
yuu may write a check payable to the "Evergreen Foundation"
amI write "Kobe Relief Fund" in the memo section or the lower
left-hand corner. The foundation will collect th(' funds and send
them to Kube Un iversity.
2. To donate money to the Washington state-wide
ear thquake relief effort, which will assist the homeless and
others, you ca n write a check payable to "Kobe Earthquake
Fund."
The check will be given to the Japan-America Society.
These contributions can be mail('d or delivered to the
Evergr('en Foundation, L3122.
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All campus lock and
cylinder key change
The lock and cylinder key change first scheduled to occur
in the middle of December has been rescheduled to begin on
Feb. 6. 1995.
This work is necessary in order to replace an aging and
worn out key sys tem and provide a much needed and improved
level of security and key control.
Other unforeseen problems made it necessary to arrange
a better time.
A new kcy ca rd shou ld be signed for each ne ll' key
replacement .
The new key cards should be distributed to the people
\,'ho currently hold keys for offices classrooms or work spaces
before Feb. 6.
The signed key card will need to be presented to the Key
b,ue, ofilce along with your old keys before new keys are issued.
A key exchange should only take a few moments.
If you have questions call Facilities Director George Lrago
at x6347.
The performance called "Beginnings:
New Works by Evergreen Faculty and
Staff" featured performances by TESC
students and faculty including faculty
member Ratna Roy (pictured at left) and
faculty Rose Jang in a Chinese Opera
performance.
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cost taxpayers some $2.4 billion. Costs hit an all-time high of
$3.6 billion in 1991, but have dropped steadily each year,
OLYMPIA
Nursing stu.dents to
help new mothers
Partnership earmarks
$3 million for jobs
Instructors in South Puget Sound Community College's
Young people and unemployed workers in Washington
Parent-Child Nursing course are looking for expectant mot hers will help improve transportation options in local communities
and famiries which nursing students can assist through through a $3 million project partnership between the
childbirth process, from prenatal to aftercare.
Employment Security Department and the Department of
South Puget Sound nursing instructors would like to speak Transportation ,
with anyone expecting now through March 10.
In addition to receiving $650 a month and medical
For more information, call nursing instructor Lisa Sprague _coverage while they are working, AmeriCorps partipants receive
up to $4725 to attend college or voca tional school or repay
at 754-7711 x287.
student loans.
March 31 is the deadline for applications, Local agencies
NATION
should contact the Department ofTransportation at (206) 7057381 for information and application forms.
New chance to pay
off stud-ent loans
Errata
Last week on page 6 of our Jan. 26 issue, we wrote an
erroneous caption, The caption to the photo titled "TESC
celebrates diverSity" should have read "Dancers from the
Chief Leschi school in Tacoma perform for the Evergreen
community ... "
. We originally wrote "the Chief Joseph schoo L" We
sincerely regret the error.
The Clinton Administration has announced that
borrowers will have a new opportunity to payoff defaulted
student Ipans through monthl), payments based on incomeor face having their wages garnished.
Under the new system,
defaul ters with loan
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balances still outstanding
will be notified by mail
that they can cure their
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meeting on Tuesdays at : , /
income and outstanding
Friday, January 20 2215: 3rd floor A-dorm fire alarm, the cause is
4:30, come by the office
unkn own.
balance.
03.')4: HabitatiQn violation , CAB 3rd floor.
in CAB 316 or call us at
In fiscal year 1994,
1915: Bicycle stolen from the Mods.
x6213 to check us out,
defaulted student loans
Tuesday, January 24
1924 : Fire alarm caused by "burnt toast" at the
0049: B-dorm fire alarm pulled maliciously.
Organic Farm house.
1615: Accident in B-Iot with an unattended,
Saturday, January 2 7 parked car.
0042: Emergency phone activated in C-Iot, no
Wednesday, January 25
one was there when an officer responded.
2030: Temperature thermostat pulled from the 0005: Several juveniles were asked to leave the
wall of the Com m. Building's third floor men's A-dorm pool pit because they were creating a
disturbance.
restroom.
2341 : The pay phones in the Comm. Building 1331: Student bit by an unattended dog.
were checked for the caller of a bomb threat to 1511: Fire alarm in T-dorm caused by burnt
the Coopers Glen apartments.
food.
1539: Hang-up call from the F-Iot safety phone,
Sunday, January 22 2308: Aglass door on the 10th floor of A-dorm
Texttx:x:>ks will be removed from the
was kicked out.
0939: Report of a dog loose on Red Square.
shelves of the TE9C Bookstore beginning
1005: Car in ditch at Over hul se Road and
Thursday, January 26
Evergreen Parkway possibly ca used by slick
the 6th week of every quarter. That's
0355: Vehicle with a broken window in F-Iot.
roads.
FEirualy 7th in Eng1lsh So all you budd1ng
It was latter reported that there were items
Monday, January 23 stolen from the car.
Bukowskies,and :Keroaum git off your
0926: Theft from a vehicle in F-Iot.
0006: Suspicious male reported in Housing.
butt, stDp all that writ1ng nonsense and
1518: Fire alarm in P,dorm caused by burnt 1811: Fire alarm in N-dorm caused by burnt
food.
food .
read the wholesome 'OOoks
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1956: Male non-student acting strangely on 1920, 1936: Thefts from two cars in F-Iot
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your faculty, and qujck. Dig?
reported.
tampus.
2128: Fire alarm in the CRC pool mechanical 2348: Graffiti on the south bound Jersey
barrier on the Parkway.
area, cause unknown.
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The news about jobs and recent
graduates is grim. Many Evergreen students
wonder if their Evergreen education will be a
help or a hindrance' after they graduate. But
many Greeners have actually found successful
careers in the tightening job market.
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Gregg Bennett is a doctor of veterinary
medicine. He practices just off Trosper Road
in Tumwater. He is a tall man with a quiet voice
and a shy manner. Bennett spoke with me in
his private office.
. Bennett's office is adorned with drawings
from his two children, pictures of his wife and
boys, and a myriad of veterinary medicine
reference books.
He sat on a cot (used by the emergency
clinic veterinarian who leases the building at
night) opposite from me and quietly told me
how and why he became a veterinarian, and
why he loves the work.
I asked Bennett about his time at
Evergreen, and he was eager to answer. "I took
five years to go through Evergreen ... it was the
best time of my life ... Being a student is easy
because you have very distinct goals and you
have the framework of school... and everything
else you can just do whatever you want to do.
You have lots of friends, you have any sort of
social contact you want.
"You're learning things all the time,
you're mind is stimulated, It's an easy life, I
think. I mean compared to being a parent and
owning a business and a spouse and all that
other stuff. J'lI take being a student any day, "
he said with a touch of wistfulness, yet still
laughing.
Immediately after finishing at Evergreen,
Bennett applied to Washington State
UniverSity's school of veterinary medicine. He
said that h.e felt Evergreen had prepared him
well for veterinary school.
Bennett described Evergreen's emphasis
on learning as opposed to testing and the
freedom to 'do hands-on work early in his
programs as the most helpful.
The competition to get into veterinary
school is tough, and the standards for entry are
high, Because Evergreen doesn't give grades,
WSU allowed Bennett's GRE (Graduate Record
Exam) scores to replace his GPA,
Bennett described the process with a
sense of bewilderment, "Since I happened to
do very well on that I the GRE], they just
assumed I was a straight-A student and gave
me all these points ... But, I was only the second
Evergreener to get into veterinary school... I
know of a number of students who had applied
in the previous years. Several of them were very
bright, very caring, would be great vets, and
they just didn't have a prayer. There was just
no way they were going to let someone from
Evergreen in ... I don't know what caused them
to change their opinion,"
After rece iving his degree , he worked
with other vets for a few years. It was then that
he decided he wanted to be self-employed.
When asked why he preferred having his own
practice as opposed to working with other
veterinarians, he smiled and answered
diplomatically, "It's really difficult to find
someone who's compatible both profeSSionally
EF students move into campus housing with Greeners
by Ariel Burnett
CPJ Staff Writer
The dorrn.~ at Evergreen have become
more culturally diverse this quarter. At the
beginning of January over 20 EF students
moved in with Greeners.
The EF International School of English
contracts space from Evergreen and is located
on campus, although it is a separate institution,
The school attracts students from 25 different
countries who have traditionally be~n housed
in separate facilities in A-dorm or with families
in the community.
This quarter, however, several EF
students who had come for nine months were
given the option of living in the dorms with
American students,
.. Housing had vacancies and it was a neat
opportunity to put people together." says Sue
Morrissette, the EF director.
Morrisse tte
says that so far
the response '
from her stuGI
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positive,
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have a new
EF student Adriana Henaog
roommate
----------------anyway but if
you don't speak English well, it can be harder."
Most of the students seem to have overcome the obstacles though. Lisa Meyers, an
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Evergreen student, admits
there
were
some language
barriers when
her Colombian
roommate first
moved in.
" W
I'
worked around
it. We used
simple sentences for a
while but now
her English had
gotten a lot better and she's
me happy and when she's sad I'm able to make
her happy. She's one of the best roomma:es
I've ever had. She's really considerate of other
people."
Her EF roommate . Adriana Maria
Henaog , agrees. "She's great, the ~e s t
roommate [ could have. [can practice my
English and learn more about the culture. All
my friends speak Spanish all the time and I
don 't like it. I want to meet Americans."
Carolina Barragan, who is also from
Colombia, also likes her new living situation .
"I like it here. I stayed with a family at first ,
but there are more people here and American
culture. The modular housing is nice. I like it."
Morrissette says that the most positive
thing about the new situation is that it has
created more awareness of her school in
students on campus. "We're seeing a lot more
interest from Evergreen students, and that 's
totally gratifying."_
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Tofu and meat not cooked together in the Greenery
by Jennifer Koogler
CPJ Contriblltor
Analysis
1 am a vegetarian. So are many other
people who frequent the various eateries on
. campus. There are differing degree s of
vegetarianism , but most all of them not only
bar meat from the diet but meat protein and
by-products of animal products as well.
When it seemed the Greenery, the formal
cafeteria at Evergreen, was suspected of
cooking tofu on the same grill with the
different meats also served, I became
concerned as to the number of meatavoiding individuals who might be
unknowi ngl y ingesting a remnant of meat or
juices· from the cooking process. One
Greenery regular stated that this would " ruin
the whole principle of being a vegetarian ."
Upon investigation, however, I found that
the tofu is relatively safe from any
contamination of meat products.
Jim Robin so n, manager of the
Greenery, and Joe Smith, a representative
from Northwest Food Services, described the
process through which the tofu is prepared.
Indeed, the meat and the tofu are cooked on
the same grill. However, the tofu is usually
cooked first. For the lunch service, the
amount of tofu cooked is enough to last
throughout the service hours. After it is
thoroughly cooked, the grill is cleaned,
scraped with a spatula, and wiped down
before the next product is placed on the grill.
Jim Robinson notes that this process does
not rule out the possibility of some residual
piece of meat or juices that might have
soaked into the grill, but he says that "so
could pancake batter or anything else that ·is
cooked on that grill." Joe Smith commenrs
that this kind of oversight on the part of the
prepares would be rare.
Both administrators stress the fact that
the Greenery is sensitive to the dietary
choices of its consumers. The GardenBurgers
prepared in the Grill section are also cooked
independently of the meat burgers. Jim
Robinson says that "the Greenery goes
through 45 pounds of tofu a week." They
are aware of the prevalence of vegetarians
here and seek to accommodate both those
who wish to consume meat and those who
do not.
Robin so n joked that the
procedure helps to ensure that no "carnivore
cooties are mixed in with the non-meat foods ."
If you are still concerned abollt the fact
that the tofu and meat are prepared on the
sa me grill, you can urge the school to
purchase a new one that would ensure that
they are kept separate. Like many other
things, Evergreen currently does not have the
funds to do so at this time .
Many people.enjoy the tofu selections
at the Greenery daily (myself included). They
can now feel better knowing that no meat
products are unwillingly infecting their food ,
keeping their piece of mind and ideals intact.
Now, tum up The Smiths, head on down to
the Greenery, and have some tofu stir-fry. _
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The station was able to afford the satellite through a .
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Two years ago, KAOS did not get as much as they had
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expand and add more professional staff.
Huntsberger says that was two years ago and now the
board is made up of different students. He said,"KAOS
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felt ... [KAOS management] .. . was usurping control of the
station from the students who funded it by their own
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Ethnic Celebration
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This annual celebration of kxal ethnicity features entertainment, demonstrations. displays, food and crafts.
Free; call ext. 5703.
Sunday
National Girls and Women in Sports Day· Indoor Soccer Tournament
CRC gym. 9 a.m. - I> p.m.
Third annual high schoolgirls Indoor soccer tournament as part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
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See-Page perpetuates stereotyping, ethnocentrism
DISCUSSIONS OF THE LONG-RANGE
CURRICULUM DTF STATUS REPORT
WILL OCCUR
I. IN PROGRAM SEMINARS ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
OR WEDNESDAY·MoRNING, FEBRUARY 8
(As FACULTY ARE ABLE To ACCOM·M ODATE IT)
7
AND
II. AT A STUDENT FORUM ON THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 9
I am responding to the See-Page o(the
CPj vol. 25 issue 11 . . I saw the content of the
page as disrespectful to the Mayan and the
Latin American culture. It is something I
should expect, but it never ceases to amaze me.
Before I begin I'd like to make it clear that colonial borders mean nothing. Native Americans/Indios are aU the same.
"Native Americans" being used as writing topics for Non-Native people, specifically
those of European ancestry, is nothing new. It
has been practiced since the first explorer/colo.~!!t.f9ot on this land. Non-Native people
have since flien ~~ -....h.""s.~an with Native peoples as subjects for writing, be it journals, novels, etc. Reports back to Europe conceming the lands occupied by the savages (The
New World) soon evolved into the mainstream
writings of the colonies. Those writings were
the perceptions of people who were completely
foreign to the habitat, and customs of this land.
That tradition has been carried on in
film, poetry, novels, media, class-rooms and so
on. What is important is that people understand the impact of those reflections and misrepresentations on the people who are strug-
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STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE CURRICULUM DTF
THIS IS A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ' GIVE
ADVICE ON IMPROVING THE CURRICULUM
"If God created man. who created God?
Man created God to justify racism and ethnocentrism. How do we know Jesus Christ was
white? He wasn't, ifhe existed at all. If God is
love, how can he allow 13 year olds to kill each
other? He is not love. If God is love, how can
he create a place called hell? He is not love."
This message was written anonymously
on the blackboard before an Evergreen Students for Christ meeting. Precedent exists for
anonymous theological work. A fellow, named
Nicodemus, came to Jesus "by night" to ask his
personal questions. No prying eyes and plenty
of freedom to express curiosity, agreement, or
disagreement, all without his friends knowing.
I'm going to let go of the psychological
angle of anonymity and stick to the substance
of our visitor's theology. There are brilliant
potential insights and serious problems in our
friend's theology. First, a brilliant potential is
the conclusion of two of the statements. (1)
Man created God. (2) God is not love. This is
a great combination and it only needs some
logical work to be Biblically astute. Let me explain. Our friend believes that God is a creation
of humans and secondly that this God is not
loving. Voila!! Perhaps our visiting theologian
believes humanity is not loving and our creativity reflects it. Maybe she/he is trying to express
the concept of original sin.
Now for the serious problems. "In the
beginning, God created" is how the Bible starts.
God is the source ofall life and matter and transcends humanity and is therefore able to save
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us from racism as well as ethnocentrism.
Whereas a humanly created god, a false god or
idol, will personify the cultures' fears, hatreds,
and passions, thereby,
endorsing all manner
of cruelty against the
outcast.
"How do we
know Jesus Christ was
white?" I don't know
how many think he
was, but our black- ,
board wri ter is correct, "He wasn't white." However, our visitor's
statement on the possible nonexistence ofJesus
runs against a vast amount of historical evi-
I have heard from individuals is that they didn't
mean anything by it. These individuals are
disrespectful, or they act in an insulting way,
and when confronted they try to excuse themselves with innocent intentions. Well, this is
no longer acceptable. There is enough easily
accessible information out there for anyone
who decides to use another culture for their
own personal reasons. If they make the decision, it is up to them to educate themselves.
My point is that this edition of the SeePage is just a small piece of the larger puzzle.
and the author of it was just perpetuatilJ,g the
3tcrcotypiQg. ~thnllcentrism and racism that
tends to be over-abundant. And this can not
be ignored. What individuals must be aware
ofis that most people are coming directly from
this 500+ year old tradition of oppressing, stereotyping. condemning and romanticizing
people that they do not understand. And they
will not understand until they see others that
are outside their own cultural group as equals .
Equals that reserve the right to represent and
define themselves and their own culture without having to deal with disrespectful know-itall foreigners doing it for them,
dence. Other individuals with whom there is
little or no question about their existence and
life events have .only a shred of evidence compared to the historical
documentation surrounding Jesus Christ.
The Biblical accounts
harmonize with other
primary sources and
biblical manuscripts
exist from the early secondcentury. Comparatively your great, great
grandmother doesn't exist. except for the fact
that you got here somehow. That's a thought.
How did the Christian faith get here and to al-
most every indigenous culture?
"Why does God allow the 13 year aids
to kill each other?" Freedom is an awesome
responsibility to carry. God gave us freedom.
We were made in his image as male and female
and we have freedom. God not only allows us
to destroy each other, he has provided forgiveness and the strength to love, if we repent of
our pride and rebellion.
What about Hell? Ifit didn't exist, God
would be requiring everyone to spend eternity .
with him. What if people have chosen to live
apart from God, to refuse Christ's forgiveness,
and to be disobedient to Christ. How nasty of
God to force it. God doesn't. We can spend
eternity wherever we choose.
Sexual assault resources on campus shared
Examining your behavior on dates may help prevent rape
This week we would like to share some
on campus resources with you. Some may have
been previously noted in this column last quarter but we would like to share them with the
new students as well.
Mary Craven -Sexual Assault Prevention
Coordinator, Library 1411, extension 6421
The Counseling Center - Seminar 2109,
extension 6800
The Rape Response Coalition -CAB 320.
extension 6724
Lee Lambert - Assistant for Civil Rights,
Library 3204, extension 6386
Sioux Feldman - Campus Grievance Officer, Library 3210. extension 6549
Public Safety - Seminar Building, extension 6140.
Any of the above can assist you by informing you of your
options should you or
someone you know be
raped. In addition,
the Counseling Center ran offer confiden.;Jif'
tial services. Trained
advocates are available on request from
by Mary Craven
Public Safety or the
Rape Response Coalition. An advocate can help the survivor in
many ways, from going to the police station
with them to seeing the campus grievance officer. There are a wide variety of them to suit
whatever needs the survivor may have.
4. Most important. always assume that
"no" means NO. If you are right, you have not
offended or explOited your partner in any way.
If your assumption is wrong, it is now their responsibility to open up the communications
and re-initiate the encounter.
(from Dr. Andrea Parrott. Community
Life and Education
Department.
Cornell University)
Joe Mege!. director of the Men's
Caucus of the Los
Angeles Commission of As sau lts
Against Women
and Kim Goforth
(LACAAW) add s,
"Stop spending
time with women who are playing games with
you. If she is saying, c-mon stop, c-mon stop. (.
man stop, that should be a turn off, not a time
to s tart acting out your anger. Sexuality is not
a tool for expressing anger. When you find
yourself angry, pull back. If a woman is teasing, that does not give you the right to attack
her."
In the coming weeks we will att empt to
also focus on same sex rape and state and federal resources.
If you have any suggestions for upcoming topics please let us know by calling extension 6421, or dropping a note in L1411.
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nizer exercising his/her control over the colonized.
What I saw on the See-Page was a disrespectful trivialization of a people and culture
for personal 'creative' reasons. The Mayan culture and belief system were placed side by side
with little stray thoughts that were extremely
ethnocentric. Sacred objects and concepts next
to Mickey Mouse
thoughts. Here at TESC,
and in the 'outside
world,' I have seen the
dominant cultural group
frpcfll<.lntly takt: notice of
something in the indigenous cultures that they
Ryan Keith
find interesting. They
take it, redefine it, and
adopt it as their own. Yet
they remain completely ignorant to the damage that they are doing. As Ward Churchill
states in his book Fantasies ofThe Master Race,
"members of the dominant culture are unable
to retain their sense of distan'ce and domination from that which they dominate."
An ever present explanation/excuse that
Columnist responds to anonymous theologian
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gling to survive in hostile environments.
As is shown in historical accounts and
the modern studies of those accounts, the use
of language is a powerful and valuable tool of
the conqueror/colonizer/oppressor. literature is one of the most powerful vessels of that
power. At varied times through history,literature was the choice weapon over direct physical violence in the
colonization and control of lands and
people. Literature is
a main component in
the creation, spread,
valIdation, ;iffil-perpetuation of stereoby
types. Stereotypes
are what inspired
some and validated
all in their mass campaign of genocide on the
indigenous people. Literature has been and is
used to redefine and reshape the past and the
present in favor of the dominant culture. These
literary representations, however casual or artistic, are not a new concept. In fact they fit in
very nicely with the continuation of the colo-
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Question of the week:
How can I protect myselffrom rape charges?
Answer:
1. Examine your behavior on dates to be
sure you aren't doing things that could be construed as sexual exploitation of a woman or
man.
2. If a friend boasts of exploiling a
woman or man sexually, condemn rather than
condone such actions. Peer
can be
which may set the stage for acquaintance rapes.
3. Don't feel you must initiate a sexual
act and don't initiate if you don't want to.
The Sexual Assault: Prevention and
p~blic service to the Evergreen Community. If
you have a question you'd like answered, please
do not hesitiate to contact the CPJ.
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First People's Anthology update
by Sridevi Ramanathan
Writing group: Meets every Tuesday at
6
pm
in the Student Activities Conference
Contributor
Room, CAB 320. A place to give and receive
Anthology Meetings: Every Wednesday feedback on our writing in a supportive
at 2 pm in Library 1419 (First People's environment.
Conference Room). We need lots of people to
Bake sale: A table will be set up in the
work on all aspects of the anthology CAB on Wednesday Feb. 8. 1995 to raise funds
production including fund-raising, publicity, for the anthology. We need donations of baked
editing, layout, distribution and the benefit goods and time to staff the table.
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performance. Meetings are usually 30 to 60
Antholo sale; w~-., last year s
mlnute& long. It'&. " time wb=. ..... b...i....Hy- <tnrnotogy. ~ages and Windows to sell.
check in, update each other and discuss any Profits will go towards this year's anthology.
concerns. Even if you don't have lots of time, We would like a table set up in the CAB to sell
there are lots of little things that rieed to be last year's anthology on a regular basis. Please
done. Every little effort helps in a big way.
volunteer any time you can.
Submissions: We are still accepting
Contact Person: For any of the above,
poetry. prose and black and white artwork contact Ricardo Leyva-Puebla in Library 1415
expressing the experiences of people of color. or call him at x6394.
ALI submissions must be typed. Include your
The First People's Anthology is a valuable
name. address. telephone number and a short contribution to the limit ed body of
biography (up to four sentt::nces long). You multicultural literature. It's a place where
may drop off your work in the boxes set up at students of color can express themselves
th e Student Activities Front desk, CAB 320 without explanations and without apologies.
floor or at the Key Services desk in Library Make this anthology a reality - get involved
1400. DEADUNE: Wednesday. Feb.15, 1995.
now!!!
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Hemp
Part one: history' of hemp
by L.C. Bornholdt
CPJ Contributo r
Hemp has perhaps the longest history of
any domesticated plant; Carl Sagan believes it
was the first crop cultivated by human beings,
12,000 years ago. For thousands of years before
the Egypti ans pounded soaked Papyrus to
make a coarse paper, the Chinese were ma,king
a fine, durable paper as well as rope and
baskets with a fiber pulp derived from hemp.
The Roman Empire used hemp fibers on ships
and public places: canvas is derived from the
Lat in cannabis. Hemp has been cultivated for
centuries throughout the world for its many
medicina l uses, oi l and food value (seeds).
Even on our soil. hemp was once so
va luable that the British lega lly required all
colonists to devote 10 percent of their arable
land to hemp, Britain's navy needed hemp's
5t rong fibers for rope, sails and rigging. Until
the 18805. hemp provided 80 percent of our
country's paper. The U.S. Constitution was
writteo on paper made from hemp. (Or the first
two drafts of the Declaration oflndependence.
depending on the information sou rce.) [n the
late ]800s, a variety of forces contributed to
hemp's decline. Cha nging technologies
included Eli Whitney's cotton gin. the steam
engine and timber pulping. Still, in the 1940s,
hemp was grown in the Midwest for rope and
~ twine when our foreign supplies were cut off
duringWWIL
[n 1916, USDA bulletin 404 recognized
that tree cutting levels were unsustainable.
Nine years later, in 1925, marijuana (and
hashish) trade was controlled by the
International Opium Convention . Physicians
prescribing marijuana for a variety of ailments
saw a prohibitive $lOO/ounce tax imposed by
the federal government in 1937. Exemptions.
for sterilized seed and stems allow legal trade
now. But legal commercial use in this country
has been nearly nil for 50 years. Businessmen ,
lumbermen and environmentalists are now
leading hemp's return . William Conde and
David Seber ofC&S Specialty Building Supply
have pursued research and testing of hemp
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2, 1995
fibers with the wood research center at WSU.
The two claim research has yielded a
fiberboard that is two to three times stronger
than wood. Conde optimistically states,
"Anything you can make out of a tree you can
make out of hemp. We can leave the forest
alone and everybody can go back to work."
Much of the rest of the world is coming
back around to hemp use . By 1992. over 8.000
hectares of hemp were being grown for paper
in France (C&S imported 1,500 pounds of
hemp fiber from France for the WSU research).
and more than 40,000 hectares were cultivated
in what was then the central USSR. In early
1991, Great Britain joined the EC in legalizing
hemp cultivation for industrial use. The
Australian Industries Assistance Commission
has considered hemp farming as an alternative
to wood-chipping old-growth forests.
There are advantages: one-fourth the
land is needed to produce as much hemp·based
paper as wood-based paper; hemp's range and
resourcefulness is immense - it is said to
produce more biomass than any other plant,
growing prolifically without fertilizer s or
pesticides; the densely growing hemp plants
shade out most weeds in a fe.w~seasons of
cultivation; and the deep hemp taproot aerates
and stabilizes the soil. Hemp fiber breaks down
more easily than wood fiber - without
chemical assistance . Hemp paper satisfies
printing industry standards and is stronger,
with more folding endurance than wood pulp
paper. Additionally, hemp leaves (not used in
paper·making) are used in Borneo and other
Asian countries as a livestock fodder.
Meanwhile . in modern North America.
'The c1earcut valley rumbled like an industrial
city through a full decade of summers, as the
island's living flesh was stripped away. Tugs
pulled great rafts of logs from Deadfall Bay.
through tide-slick channels toward the mill.
where they were ground into pulp and carried
aboard ships bound for Japan. Within a few
mont s, t e tree t at too our centuries to
grow was transformed into newspapers. read
by commuters on afternoon trains. and then
tossed away." (From The Island Within. • 1989.
B icbard Nelson)
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
The Services and Activities Board has
allocated over $2750 in Special Initiative funds
for various student group projects. Special
Initiatives refers to a fund that is created each
year by the balance of the Studen t Activities
budget from the previous year.1'his balance is
calculated by adding up all the funds that were
left over at the end of the year by all the student
groups such as EPIC, the Women's Center and
SODAPOP and subtracting from it all the
deficits incurred by other groups. These
budgets are only student activities budgets and
not included are those from the administrative
and academic part of the campus.
The Special Initiative fund goes to student
organizations who ' need money for
emergencies or for events that may go beyond
the capabilities of their current budget. Student
groups present a proposal to the Board asking
for money. The S&A Board, decides by
consensus on whether a group's proposal fits
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the criteria the Board set earlier in the year and
whether or not the event will benefit the
student community.
The first recipient of Special Initiative
funds for this year was the Women's Center for
$517 halogen lights for a women's art gallery
in the CAB. The Environmental Resource
Center was reimbursed for a budgeting error
that occurred last year of$883. The Evergreen
Political Information Center was given $600 to
pay a debt from last year as well. And the
Gaming Guild was given $750 to bring Mikl?
Jitlov to speak at Geocon III, their annual
gaming convention.
In addition to these allocations the Board
has given fund s to the CRC to buy holds for an
upcoming indoor climbing wall . ~he money
came out the student activities large
equipment fund at the amount of$3500.
There is over $6200 left in the Spetial
Initiatives fund ready to be allocated to student
groups. Interested organizations may pick up
a copy of the funding criteria as well as an
application at the S&A Office in CAB 320.
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Logging Protest
Clearcut protest not "disgraceful"
In his editorial last week, Jeff Axel ranted against the men
and women who peacefully protested the logging behind the
Coopers Glen apartments. He asked them. "Do you have any
idea how foolish you looked?" I'm curious to know, Jeff, do you
know how asinine you sound?
Over 60 people put their bodies on the line for their
reasonable and responsible convictions against clearcutting.
I'm positive that all of them had more enjoyable ways to spend
their weekend than standing out in the cold for hours and, on
top of that, face possible bodily harm. Over 40 of them were
arrested for civil disobedience. From personal experience (I was
arrested at a peaceful demonstration)] know that being in jail
is dehumanizing. c1a,ustrophobia-inducing and very dull. Far
from "acting out to get attention" as Jeff, in his ignorance,
asserts. these were brave people who made sacrifices to honor
their' own deep beliefs. All of us who weren't there and who
weren't arrested should show our respect and appreciation for
Finances
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Closer look at credit unions
by Ethan Espie
Contributor
In the past several years, I've learned
numerous reasons why certain corporations
aren't deserving 'ofour money: We're told not
to give our money to General Electric, because
they build nuclear bomb parts; we shouldn't
buy Domino's pizza because they support the
right to life movement; Coors is apparently
owned by a Nazi sympathizer; Exxon didn't
dean up their oil spill; and so on.
Ma~y of us have come to the conclusion
that as a rule of thumb, the bigger the
corporation, the bigger the chance that it is in
one way or another doing horrible things to
either its workers, the human race in general,
or the planet itself. Even ifthe corpoT3tion isn't
causing detriment in any of these realms. the
money we give it gets channeled out of our
community. Much of it contributes to the
enormously high salaries of a few select board
members, and the stock dividends ofcountless
upper income individuals. Many people I
know, induding myself, consequently try to
divert our buying power towards local
businesses. especially cooperatives. as much as
possible.
However, not all of us realize that where
we store our money is directly connected to all
of this. When we put our money into banks, it
is more than likely that it, or at least part of it,
will eventually be invested in Coca Cola.
Marlboro. General Electric, Nike, and similar
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those women and men, rather than ridiculing them as Jeffdoes.
As for his statement that the United States was founded
on the principle that "every person has a right to think for
themselves." Jeff, that is just a crock of shit. That anyone could
believe such a thing illustrates how intense indoctrination is in
this country. We are led to believe that a person has an
inalienable right to own an area of land and do whatever
environmentally-destructIve act to it that they wish to. We are
convinced that we should put our faith in the courts to stop
such acts. In reality. as the protestors have clearly shown. it is
often necessary to take nonviolent direct action against morally
wrong acts.
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Jeff feels this type of protest "disgrace[s] the reputatIOn
of"TESC. Well. if anyone outside the school gets the impression
that there are cour\lgeous and intelligent students here. so much
the better.
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We are writing in response to the Seepage (Cooper Point Journal) Vol. 25 Issue 11.
We felt that the Mayan. Latin American
and the Spanish language were exotified and
trifley trivialized. What we mean by
"exotification" is that all the aforementioned
cultures are·only to be enjoyed on a purely
aesthetic level by people that are tourists. The
idea that someone can go down on vacation
and assume that sihe can become an expert
on the "exotified" cultures was painful to read.
Over the past 500 plus years the dominant
cultures have attempted to define us.
No longer are we to let ourselves be
exotifiedl The image manipulation used on the
See-Page for aesthetic reasons has reinforced
the perpetuation of stereotypes, racism and the
unfortunate trivialization of our ancestral
heritage. The perpetuation ofste(eotypes along
with racism has enabled the degradation ,
dehumanization and the genocide of millions
ofindigenous peoples.
Which is completely opposite to what has
occurred in connection with the See-Page.
What the See· Page has done and is so offensive.
it has taken bits and pieces of th e
aforementioned cultures and reassembled it
into a homogenized curd which resembles an
MTV, Generation X, piece of shit (plot
thickens while our stools thin ... ).
What is also offensive to us , being from a
culture which is proud of its heritage is the lack
of respect that exudes from that page. A sense
of degrading a country that has gone through
so much bloodshed (especially within the last
150 years) is WRONG!
Although the See· Page has a right to print
what it sees fit. this is by no means acceptable.
There is no way to make that See-Page more
culturally sensitive. because the images of the
money. and the images of temples. and the
images of the hieroglyphicS should be dealt
with in a sensitive mann er, considering
Evergreen 's commitment to cultural diversity.
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balance the first amendment with the existing
goals for the CPj. The CPJ should ensure the
presentation of an accurate and balanced
image of race and ethnic group members.
than a sincere attempt to reflect the richness.
Sincerely,
Rene Marie Juarez
Oaudia Lorena Sandoval
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL FEBURARY
2, 1995
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Forum
Give children notebooks to support education in Chiapas
by Beth Brown
EPIC Co-CoordilllllOr
I once met a woman whose passion in
life is working with children. Children whose
li ves lack the things that children need to live
a child's life. Things like love. Food. Shelter.
She once worked with street children in
Mexico City. and although she is not wealthy,
she did what she could with the resources
she did have. And if she could have, she
would have taken all of the children who live
in the streets of Mexico City home at night
WIth hC::I ilnd cooked them dinner and read
them stories every night. If she coul<1 have,
she would have changed the world into a
much kinder world, one that would not
forget, ignore , or otherwise shove these
children to the bottom of its list of priorities.
In fact , the world she made would have put
all children first on that list of priorities and
it would have given them everything that
eac h child needs to grow into physically,
mentally and spiritually healthy folks who
would in turn care for the generations to
come. But she is only human and she did
what she could, gave what she had, which is
never enough if you care as much as she does.
Last January, with the help of a few
other folks, a trust fund (supported solely by
private donations, but which has now been
re-directed due to a change in "priorities")
and a grant (which runs out at the end Jan.
1995), she started Li Sbon Max (The Painted
Monkey), as an expressive arts workshop for
children (some indigenous Tzotziles from the
Chamula group and some mestizo) of lowincome families from the outskirts of San
Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Most of the children at Li Sbon Max
would formerly have worked to help support
their families (despite the fact that they are
bC::l w'''''D tho> "ees.of five and 12), but as the
grant provides each 'thUd wlln a slipeno IV
buy their own food and clothing, they now
have some of the opportunities that most any
parent would want for their children.
Not only does the workshop provide the
children with daily artistic activities and
academic support but it provides provisions
and medical attention (things that have been
previously denied them by the unjust socioeconomic system) to their families as well.
Each of the parents has been religious in the
attendance to activities (such as human!
children's rights, herbal medicine and
nutrition workshops) and in tum spreads "self
esteem, within the ethnic groups involved,
respect for their language, recovery of the
value of their myths, tradition ... " (from the
information packet on Li Sbon Max.) .
Li Sbon Max is the only program of its
kind in the area and although it is presently
only available to 16 children at one time, the
founders have a goal to create two new
groups of 15 children every six months (until
they reach a quota of 10 groups - 100
families) and to keep the workshop running
indefinitely. But the trust fund al\ocators have
decided that the funding of this program is
rt ...
nrioritv. and those who wor\, ..,;.h .h.
children have requested help from
foundations, agencies and individuals all
over the world to keep the workshop going.
It would be a shame ' to see this
workshop close down and to see these
children back tin the streetS working instead
of living a child's life. Anyone reading this
article and all your friends can help by
donating one notebook and one pencil each
to Li Sbon Max.
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(Some folks may decide that this is not
a worthy cau'se because in the workshop the
children are learning to read, write and speak
in Spanish. But if you think about how they
have been forced into Spanish while selling
or begging in the streets, rare is the tourist
who speaks Tzotzil, the workshop is not such
a horrible alternative. Yes, ideologically it
would be very radical for these children and
their families to turn down · such an
opportunity just because they are taught
literacy in the colonizer's language as well
as their own - the teachers do what they
can with a Tzotzil-Spanish dictionary, as
there are few books available in Tzotzil but for these JX<ople immp-li;,,'" ~-- l"Y'lfT1S
_ •• ~vl" lI1ITg tney can take for granted.)
• Anyone who is interested in more
information on Li Sbon Max or would like
to read through the information packet,
contact EPIC at x6144 or come to the office
on the 3rd floor of the CAB.
• You can put the notebook and pencils
in the box located just inside the EPIC office
and we'll mail them at the end of February.
Credit Unions from page 8 - - - - ilk. Banks are financial institutions devoted
to using our money to make money.
Credit unions, on the other hand, are
institutions devoted to serving the financial
needs of a certain group of people - defined
by either a geographical area, a membership
in a 'organization or business, or other
criteria. Most government agencies, for
instan~e. have their own credit unions, as
do most large corporations. Credit unions
don't seek to make money from their
members' money by inv'esting it In other
financial entities. As a general rule, credit
unions return their profits to their members,
in two main forms: (a) higher dividend rates
for checking accounts, savings accounts and
other investments; (bY lower interest rates
on loans. Credit unions, essentially, are the
cooperatives of the financial world.
One local credit union in which
membership is accessible to most of the
Evergreen community is the Washington
State Employee's Credit Union. All state
employees, plus students of Evergreen, UW,
and WSU can open lifetime accounts with
the WSECU. In addition, all relatives of a
state employee or student is eligible for
membership; this even includes anyone who
merely lives in the same home as a member
on a semi-permanent basis ("common law'"
marriages, "domestic partnerships", etc.)
There seem to be two main reasons that
many Greeners 1've known tend to store
their money in one particular bank: Seafirst.
The first is that Seafirst has an ATM machine
on campus. Also, Seafirst's First Choice
Versatel checking account offers no monthly
service fee and has no minimum balance.
Let us now compare the very small
ways in which the WSECU is different in
these two realms. First of all, they only
charge $.35 cents for transactions at other
banks' machines, which is rather low
compared to the $.60 to $ 1.50 service fees
charged by many banks. This credit union
doesn't have a minimum balance for
checking accounts; however, if the balance
falls below $300 during any part of a month,
there is a fee of $3 (which is also small
compared to the monthly service charges i:\t
many banks).
However, if the balance on your credit
union checking account does not fall below
$300 during one particular month, interest
is payed on the account for that month, at a
rate of 2.75 percent. Sea first pays no interest
on their Versatel checking account. On the
other hand, savings accounts at the WSECU
have a minimum balance of $50, but pay an
interest late of 3.25 percent, compared with
the 2.23 percent on Seafirst savings accounts.
One important thing to realize with
regard to loans is that the WSECU only
makes loans to its members. It also invests
in a few businesses and organizations, but
only those in which at le2.st 50 percent of the
board of directors aTe credit union members.
Through a careful comparison between
the WSECU and all of the various banks of
the area, studying these (and other)
specifications, we will probably find one or
two ways in which certain banks are more
convenient or more profitable to store our
money in. However, after comparing the
credit union to five other commercial banks
in Olympia, I found that the WSECU seems
to be the most member friendly in the basic
area of checking and savi ngs accounts.
However, regardless of their rates, we
must remember once again that this is an
institution designed to benefit it's members
and its community. Banks. in and of
themselves , are designed to u se their
customers' money to make money. I urge all
of you to consider storing your money in the
Washington State Employees Credit Union .
Evergreen alum and ~taff lead~ fight to ~ave ~oap
by Rebecca Pellman
I was willingly impaled against
plexiglass in a mall during the late·eighties
to catch a glimpse of a soap opera star. Not
just any soap opera star, but Steven
Schnetzer who played the dashing Cass
Winthrop on NBC's Another World.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
When he walked by us I threw my upper
body, arms outstretched, over the bartier,
and, smiling at no one in particular,
Schnetzer touched my hand. Soon I was
being trampled mercilessly by ruthless,
jealous girls who wanted to share in my glory.
It's been eight years since that brief
brush with a soap opera star - I did
experience another one a few years later at a
car show, but don't ask - and although I
haven't really watched or followed Another
World during this decade , I jumped at the
opportunity to meet Olympia resident Tom
Freeman, a devoted Another World fan of20
years who has recently elevated fan support
to new heights.
Freeman has founded the Another
World Fan Brigade in order to return the
soa p back to the television market in
Western Washington after the show was
pulled from the air in late 1993.
He and r sat down to reminisce about
Another World glory days, catch up on
what's been going on in that kooky Bay City
where the drama unfolds, and talk about the
Irian and his mission.
cpJ: Why do you enjoy watching Another
World so much?
TF: There's a strong continuity ofcharacters,
and after watching the show for so many
years you get to know them. The characters
become a real entity in a way. Even though I
. don't share their values, they become like a
family to me, so you learn to love them. The
show is excellent at exploring family
relationships and so many of us are searching
for solutions to family problems ... like
Rachel and Amanda and how they have their
misunderstandings.
CPJ: What exactly has been happening with
Rachel and Amanda?
TF: Well, Amanda's been paralyzed in a car
accident and she married Grant, Grant is
trying to put a wedge betWeen Amanda and
Rachel and also, Grant is doirig a Vicky thing
onto Amanda because Trent went to Grant
right before the wedding and said that Evan
and Amanda were having an affair so Grant
is blaming Evan but he's also blaming
Amanda so he's holding her hostage.
cpJ: Even though she's paralyzed?
TF:Yeah.
cpJ: Okay, what measures have you taken to
get Another World put back on the air in
Western Washington?
.
TF: I've made so many phone calls it's
unbelievable ... and r talked to someone in
affilia~e relations at NBC and they told me
that if you really want to get a show back on
the air you have to keep calling and writing
the affiliate ... so I sent out a few press releases
and got a few stories written up. It's been in
Soap Opera Update, Soap Opera Weekly,
Tacoma News Tribune, The Olympian and
out of that we now have 50 members [of the
Another World Fan Brigade) ... It's all about
networking. The only way that you can have
any influence is if you have voices to speak
out about it. I usually do all this kind of stuff
when it comes to politics, and I'm tired of
politics. I believe that drama is important
too, so that's why I'm fighting for it...
cpJ: Do you callKING-5 TV every day?
TF: About four times a week.
lUZlII1.Zl lUile:i
120 N. Pear • 943-9849
cpJ: How does it look for getting the show
CPJ: Would you take a bullet to get Another
back on the air here?
TF: They said that they would look at it as a
possibility for this fall ... I feel I can't be quiet
between now and then. That's why I'm doing
this. The .question is whether the show will
survive beyond June of '96. It's only been
renewed until then and word is that this is
its final chance on the national level. If its
ratings don't start picking up it's going to be
dust.
World put back on the air in Westem
Washington?
TF: There's a limit to my fandom. I know
some people who have invested $6,000 for a
satellite dish to that they can get affiliates
from other parts of the country, but ho
bullets.
CPJ: What would you do then?
TF: I'd be pretty bummed actually.
CPJ: A tJesh wound?
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CPI: No bullets?
TF: No bullets .
TF:No.
CPJ: What kind of response to your efforts
cpJ: So what do you say to people who tell
have you received from non-fans?
you to 'get a life '?
TF: I think that there's a certain amount of TF: I usually flip it back at people. It's like.
soap prejudice in terms of this is something yeah, tell it to someone who cares, Trekkie ...
that's designed just for housewives who have . or another thing that I've said is, oh yeah like
nothing better to do than sit around and eat you're not at home watching 90210 every
bonbons and read romance novels. It's far Wednesday night on Fox.
more sophisticated than people realize.
~Rebecca is the CP] resident soap expert.
CPJ: How many of the SO members ofyour
group are men?
TF: I have four w ho are guys. It's
:11\11' jliltl\ll\ tIl ~!llwhi llll t ill'
predominantly women ... Statistically, a lot
of men watch it but they don't want people
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to know that they do.
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one race of overcoming the Western
Washington challenge, placing closely
behind them with a final score of 92-87 . Tbe
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Another personal and season best was"
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"I know Olympia," Lois told me as the
changing lights of the Highclimber Room's
reproduction Wurlitzer jukebox lit her face
in revolution with pale green, diamond pink
and a creamsicle orange.
Her double-olive martini slowly
disappeared over the course of two hours as
the conversation drifted from sex on prom
night'and Catholic school to indie rock, the
. Pheonix Suns, Calvin Johnson and her latest
album Bet the Sky.
She's back in Olympia after what local
label K Records reports was a five year "fact
finding mission," in our nation's capital.
Lois describes her stint in D.C. a bit
differently. "I said to myself, 'If I faU on my
ass one more time, I'm moving,'" she said,
referring to the icy east cost winters. She fell
on her ass one last time to Olympia's benefit
and is back working and playing where she
belongs - in the wet, but not icy,
OlyWinters.
No stranger to the rain, Lois is alum to
what she caUs "a beacon oflight for misfits,"
the beloved Evergreen State College.
Arriving from Arizona in September of
'81, Lois moved into where hordes of other
first-year-greeners often do, a two person
studio in A·dorm. The first time she set foot
on the campus was the day she moved in .
Lois found out about Evergreen in High
School from her bestfriend's uncle who was
in one of the first graduating classes. Her
friend wasn't too keen on the college (she did
go to a catholic school), and Lois remembers
arguing, "but there's no grades ... this is so
coo\. "
Her decision was made when she sat in
the office of her high school guidance
counselor who informed her that going to
Evergreen would be "the worst mistake you
ever make in your whole life." When she
Society's mirror: telev'i si·on.
by Jeff Axel
a woman's power has been
mysterious
to
the
masculine male. This was a
way society dealt with its
lack of understanding of the feminine.
Television has always been the mirror
society looks in. We are attracted to the roles
we romanticize, so we watch these roles
played out on television. It helps us make
sense of our world. So, why is a show
canceled? Because it portrays a role we
romanticized, that in the '90s is played out.
We as a society moved beyond from that, and
that is why America watches Home
Improvement and The Discovery Channel.
When I see someone blaming television
for society's problems, it makes me sad,
because they just don't understand. Those
who create programs are only making what
the diversified population of this country will
watch, and writers know that if the story
doesn't appeal to our romanticized view of
the present world, it will bomb. There is no
thought control, no societal experiment
being performed by NBC, no Trilateral
Commission. We are the ones with all the
control, and TV is only going to reflect us.
If you kill your television, you are just
avoiding the future. I watch TV, and it clues
me into the society I live in. I study television
programs to know what America thinks now,
so I can help it grow beyond. You would be
wise to do the same if you really want to
change things. How? Easy, show America
what it wants to see, and if you do in a
friendly way, you may see what you believe
in ... crossing the airwaves.
.
Jefflikes to make troubJe. A Jot.
Commentary
So I see this
bumper sticker on a
ca r, and it says, "Kill your Television." I
thought, unfortunate. Here is my hypothesis:
Television is the greatest influential factor in
society today, and what comes through the
television only acts to better society. Now
watch me prove this.
Lets take a look at the fifties. There were
shows like Leave it to Beaverand I Love Lucy.
We look down on those programs today as
the epitome of passe, stereotypical.
oppressive, 'SOs society. And the same can
be said about the '60s, '70s and '80s. Could
television be a reflection of the society?
It is true that American society evolves.
Over the last century. we broke free from the
cha ins of agriculture. There was WWI, our
first foray into the world of technology. Then
came the honeymoon. the roaring twenties.
But. we overestimated our cultural carrying
capacity, and the stock market crashed. We
went back to agriculture and living out of the
dirt. But with WWlI, a new precedent was
set. Minorities and women were allowed to
be functional to the nation. Then the war
ended. We had to romance what America
lost in thetwar, equilibrium. The roles groups
played bef8re the war were turned on their
head. We couldn't help trying to reinstate the
old roles, but it caused tension, and civil
rights were born. Sixties television reflected
that, with women and minorities beginning
to exist as humans and not characters. For
example, Bewitched. The witch had her
husband always guessing. Since time eternal,
heard this, Lois said that "it just clicked."
It was while enrolled at Evergreen that
Lois became interested in what is commonly
known as the OlyPunk scene. Lois was the
host of Your Dream Girl, a show on KAOS
in which she tried to playas many girl-only
bands as possible,
"People would have these parties, and
you either had to bring a treat or sing a so~g
- I sang a song," said Lois, commenting on
how she got to doing what she does now.
Lois played those songs alone, and
remains essentially a solo musician. "I can't
jam, Ijust wouldn't be able to doit," she said.
Her latest album is full of her, her acoustic
guitar, a whole lot of strumming and the
drums of Heather Dunn.
She takes another sip of her drink, the
light now ectoplasm-green on her cheeks,
"This is my first year as a professional
musician. It is the first year I didn't have a
job where I got W-2s." The space on tax
forms where it asks for your occupation,
she'll be writing "musician," and admits that
"it feels a bit strange."
"Transatlantic Telephone Call," th e
fourth track on the new album, has Brendan
Canty on guitar and John Goodmanson on
bass. The song begins, "What do you know
about love?" and in 21 lines paints the
picture of the phone call, instantly relaying
and sympathizing the feelings of any long
distance relationship. I didn't dare ask who
the song was about, if it was fiction or not,
because with lyrics as truthful as Lois' are,
you don't want to know. Listening to the last
line, "Ina wayffhere is always a slight delay:'
you know it's your dime.
Bet the Sky is Lois' third full album,
following Strumpet in '93 and Butterfly Kiss
in '92. All of her albums are on Olympia's
independent label K Records, and says she
wouldn't record on anything else, "Calvin
and Candice are my friends, no one could
offer me what they do."
The album trumpets the single "Shy
Town," also released as a CDS. The CDS has
four tracks not on Bet the Sky which were
recorded and produced in Washington, D.C.
by Ian MacKaye of Fugazi. MacKaye stayed
at Lois' house this summer during the five
day Yo-Yo a Go Go punk rock festival. "My
house was packed ... kids were sleeping on
the floor everywhere, and Ian was like this
grandpa punk rock figure - organizing
where everyone was sleeping ... He wouldn't
let me go to bed until we made a diagram of
where everyone was going to sleep."
The album is getting positive press in
a variety of mainstream publications. "Punk
is saleable right now. Indie is saleable disturbingly so," she remarks with hand
gestures as she leans back in a chair of
Olympia's oldest cafe. Reviews have
appeared in Entertainment Weekly,
intel'View, Elle. RayGun, Out and Ro1ling
Stone, and K reports that more art: on the
way.
"I'm proudest of being in Out," she
says, "that's an audience that I would like to
know I have a record out."
Mainstream publications aren't the
only ones giving Lois attention . Several
fanzines have interviewed her recently,
asking questions that the big boys don't think
of. The most peculiar of which Lois can
remember was, "What's your favorite Tim
Burton movie?" She didn't have a favorite,
but preferred the way Burton acts in
interviews. "He always stands up for misfits,"
she said, "and I like that,"
Olympia is known for its quirkiness.
which is something Lois fully enjoys. "It
brings me great joy when people can do nutty
stuff for a long time," she smiles as the gel in
the jukebox turns to tangerine and Elvis is
on low in the background.
During the Olympia Film Festival in
Nov., Lois put on a midnight cabaret show,
the Hey-Day Hotel. Guests included her good
friends, The Spinanes, and, what we agreed
was perhaps the most beautiful duo in
Olympia. Kicking Giant; but the highlight of
the show was the skit "Valley Girl," in which
Lois played the lead.
"We only practiced three times," she
says laughing, "it was great." These types of
things only happen in Olympia, and on the
back of the liner notes for Bet the Sky it reads
"Dedicated to Olympia." It only makes sense.
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Capital Mall Theater's evening
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Java Flow tonight at 8 pm.
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