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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 24, Issue 27 (June 2, 1994)

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That'll be enough of that shit.

Seepage

POEMS

BY

SUSAN

I see your self-hatred andJou can try and spit It up all over me
but I'll scoop it all off an feed it to you some day in a babylike way-slowly and gently so you car:' feel what it's like ~o be
you. Most likely you'll want to throw it all ~p on me agam but
this time I'll be your friend and I'll move aSide so that shiny
mirror shows you your own mess.
I will let your sick little body figure out the rest.
I won't call you
I won't hold you
I won't kiss you: Fuck you or suck you
I won't lie to myself anymore, hoping for your internal revolution

.

So Fuck you and Fuck your twisted, crooked head that tri~s to Fuck
with me.
Stay away and leave me alone--because this soul of mine has decided
to take over and there's no room for your shit anymore.
This body is no longer equipped with a revolving DOOR.
That's me over there, outside in the light with the peach juice, a
gardenia in my hand and sweet sounds coming from my breath_
I'm the one who chose to meditate and masturbate instead 01
cooperate and medicate .
.
.
I found my own way and I've got the Kittys of the block sleeping
with me and warming up me' room. We've got a plan and we're gomg
to protect me so I can keep on meditating and masturbating on my
pure purple cotton sheets that the cats and I play on in the
middle of the day . That's my own way.
Glass pieces, pricking my fingers--gentle blood .runs down my knees
Tie dyed rose pink-blue pillow case, covered with my sweet, salty,
sweat
My ankles, swollen--filled with muddy waters\..
.
My eyes blood red, wide brown, open, lost, lingering, beggmg for
rest
Bitter bugs crawl out of tiny pores resting inside my skin; waiting
to be cleansed
I am waiting to be cleansed.
Pink pills , baby-blue pills, green, yellow, and lavender-soft
pills. Once my land of aqua marine, ocean escape.
But not anymore. Pills torture me; slicing open my guts and
worming their way in and out of my organs.
No way out except the way they came in.
My soul is lost, my body is cold, my life almost over. I'm half awake and half dead with no more
medication left to soothe this
swollen head .
No more soft blanket , warm, milky moments waiting for me in a
bottle .
My cotton candy is poisoned.
I pray and wait for rebirth to happen.
.
Time's walked by with its ugly mustard-colored hat , demanding that
I see its real color.
.
No more fake flowers, phoney rainbows and preter:td skies . .
I see out of these detoxifying eyes only black, hoping for a little
droplet of white to appear.
I will stay until I see life .

June 2, 1994

Evergreen

THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE

work~rs

Staff remain unhappy
about pay inequities
by Seth "Skippy" Long
Angered by recent salary increases for
the president's staff, Evergreen staff rallied
at noon on Red Square Wednesday.
The rally, attended by about 50 people,
was sponsored by the Washington Federation
of State Employees, Local 443 , Evergreen's
labor union .
In March, President Jane Jervis
authorized pay raises for Mike War\e, director
of co ll ege relations, Sandy McKenzie,
executive director for college advancement,
and Lee Hoemann, executive assistant to the
president. The raises ranged from 12 to 22.5
percent.
According to Jervis, the salaries were
raised in accorda nce with new job
responsibilities placed upon the three after
their area was restructured as directed by last
spring's budget cuts.
Speakers at the event said that the rally
was intended "to provide a forum for
people's frustrations" and concerns over the
recent pay rai ses and not to make demands
of the administration.
Allen Whitehead, a shop steward for
the union and a Payroll employee, said that

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Allen Whitehead speaks out against administrative raises at Wednesday's rally
on Red Square . photo by Seth "Skippy" Long (his last)
the rally came about becau se, "there wasn't
any process or forum for public outcry." He
said he thought the $10,000 increases to each
of two salaries were "obscene,"
Whitehead said, " it's not that the people
don't deserve the raises, I think they probably
do ... it's the inequity [of the situation)."

Geoduck basketball a no-go
by Sara StetTens
In the end, there simply wasn't enough
money , and it didn't matter whether
basketball teams would or wouldn't bring
students of color to campus, or enhance
Evergreen's image, or somehow violate the
coll ege's pioneering spirit.
In a memo Tuesday, president Janc
Jervis accepted Vice-President for Student
Affairs Art Costantino's conclusion that
Evergreen sho uld not start men's and
women's intercollegiate basketball teams in
1995-96.
The Basketball DTF's original proposal
to bring basketball to Evergreen was
contingent on the teams being, at least
eventually, financially self-sustaining. "I am
not convinced that this condition can be met,"
wrote Costantino in his recommendation to
Jervis.
Furthermore. he felt that:
-Evergreen should not start a new
program "when other important programs

by Sara StetTens
President Jane Jervis told the CPJ
Tuesday that she will wait until October to
tell the board of trustees whether or not she
wants to change Evergreen from quarters to
seme~ters.

Jervis said she simply wanted more
time to review the community response and
financial impact statements from aJl college
divisions before making a decision.
Jervis 's memo about the delay, printed
on page three of this issue, will be distributed
to faculty and staff Friday.
The semester proposal surfaced from
a presentation members of the Long Range
Planning DTF gave at April's faculty retreat.
The Long Range Planning DTF
academic programs and st udent affairs
subcommittee recommended that a new
DTF be formed just to examine what is and
isn't working in Evergreen's c urriculum.
They reported, "It is vital to the college's
survival that we redesign our curricular
structures and content... "

and serv ices are bei ng reduced and
eliminated."
-The CRC s hould use the 'special
account' funds they offered for basketball
start-up costs to cover more pressing CRC
expenses.
-The low funding level of the
Evergreen teams would make it difficult for
them to compete against other Pacific
Northwest Athletic Conference teams .
-Students are divided on basketball,
and many might not attend the games or even
support the teams.
Both Costantino and Jervis were clear
that forming basketball teams may be
reconsidered in the future, if money becomes
available and students are more interested.
The basketball DTF met off and on for
more than two years before deciding to
recommend that Evergreen start the teams.
Sara L. Steffens was the CPJ editor-

in-chief For a whole long, hellish year:

Last week, Jervis charged the Long
Range Curriculum DTF. The curriculum
DTF wi ll "fundamentally reconsider the
structure and content of [Evergreen 's )
curriculum and recommend changes."
.
At the May board of trustees meeting,
some students and faculty worried that
delaying the semester decision would cripple
the c urriculum DTF, rendering it unable to
make any real difference in Evergreen
academics.
After Jervis presents her decision, the
trustees will vote whether to accept it. Jervis
hopes to have a c lear decision after the
trustee's October meeting so that the
curriculum DTF can proceed knowing
whether they are planning for semester or
quarter courses.
Faculty member Jeanne Hahn wi ll
chair the curriculum DTF. One student has
been appointed and Jervis hopes to appoint
five more student members in the fall.
Sara Steffens was the CPJ editor-in-

chief Soon she'll be a graduate.

The Evergreen State College
Olympia. WA 98505
wonk:

Page 12 Cooper Point Journal May 26, 1994

S. Bennish

Address Correction Requested

Volume 24 Issue 27

rally against administrative raises

Semester decision to 'wait till fall

Layout : C . F. Sobsamai

The Evergreen State ( el -:-;Olympia, Wash lnglO r, Sb:)S

BENNISH

My teeth have all rotted away because of your sick lies.
I can only tend to the pus and blo.od on mx gums. In fear that you
would try to sicken me more I will grab thiS rope that fell from
the sky and begged me to grab hold and try,
I'll leave you the ground you walk on-the shoes you sweat .In and
the rusted jar that my broken mouth used to float In--that IS all
MAKE
you get from this new found body,
OH BY THE WAY YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR INSIDES .AND
THEY'RE ALL THERE BECAUSE I CAN SEE FROM UP HERE THAT YOUR S9 UlIS .
NOWHERE . IT IS NOTHING REALLY TO FEAR. IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU LL
END UP DOWN THERE . SO TAKE CARE OF THAT HOLLOW SHELL YOU HAVE LEFT
BECAUSE IF IT BREAKS IT'S D EATH ",goodbye,

occur.

~

ArChives

~!!!!!!!!!!~..~

That inequity was pointed to by many
of the speakers who read li sts of workers who
had been laid off and who had taken pay c ut s
as the result of last year's budge t cuts.
Steward Jane Wood said. "Last fall I
watched some of my friends leave campus
due to budget cuts ... I just wish we could
see our fellow workers re turn before we see
more raises."
"!t's nice to know that times are n' t as
tough as we thought they were. I'll remember
that Ihe next time I'm asked to do more with
less," she said.
Dan Stocklin, former chief steward and

Evergreen maintenance worker. said that he
would like to see the money pay for more
mechanics, "to keep the pl ace from falling
down around yo ur ears."
Tom Freeman, chair of the shop steward
committee, suggesled th ai, "if Ih ey [co ll ege
administration] really want to resolve this
issue, the n I think it wo uld be a sign of good
. faith on the part of Ihe admini~tralive staff
to return their raises except for five percent
which is generally the limit which classified
staff get increased w he n they take on
additional responsibilities."
Many at the rally voiced concern that
Evergreen is not the family of worker~ it once
was. Some said that people arc now trying
to find o th er work rather than defend and
protect the institution Ihey o nce loved. Some
said thi s is due to the impression of an "us
vs. them" meniality emanating from the Ihird
floor administrative wi ng of the Library.
"We don't wa nt to creale an 'us and
them' s ituation ." said Whitehead. "They're
the ones doing th at."
After she atte nded the rally, President
Jane Jervis commented about her decision
to grant the raises. " It was the right thing to
do:' she said and that. "I'd do it aga in ."
Jervis added that, "I hear people 's distress. I
hear people's unhappiness."
When asked what he thinks is next for
. the workers, Freeman said, "next time there 's
a budget reduct ion , the union, the classified
staff and probably the exempt staff are going
10 demand that the admi ni strat ion take the
cuts."

Seth "Skippy " Long was the managillg
editor. Now he S an alumllu~· . He's also a
recovering Greener.

Why do freshmen leave Evergreen?
by Oliver MotTat

Where have all the first year studellts
gone? Th a t' s what so me Evergreen
admi;'listrators and faculty are aski ng as the
freshman retention rate falls.
About 80 percent of first year students
who entered Evergreen in the fall of 1989
returned in the fall of 1990. Roughly 70
percent of the previou s year's freshma n
returned thi s fall (1993).
No one is sure why the Evergreen
freshmen retention rate has dropped so.
Jacob Lakatua, a first year student who
will return winter quarter, will be counted as
having left Evergreen in the fall. Lakatua said
he "had a really good professor first quarter
for seminar." He said that hi s faculty were
good at giving direction but he was already
more self directed than fellow students.
Some' firSt year students say they need
more direction. Others don't like having
teachers untrained in the area th ey're
teaching. Evergreen has always known the
interdisciplinary approach may not be ri ght
for everyone.
While Evergreen retain s fewer
freshmen th an other sta te sc hool s, it
grad uates as many or more stude nts than
other state colleges and universities.
Some first year students take some time
off from school before goi ng o n to graduate.
Because they don't enroll the next fa ll , they
get counted as having left.
Not everyone is sure freshman retention
is something to worry about.
C harley Whenbee, a first year student
who·will be returning next fa ll, doesn't see
fres hmen retenti.on·as a problem . "Evergreen
is just not a place for some people ... some
people need more structure," he said.
Freshman Laurel Rosen agrees. "If
people don't want to be here, they won't be
happy and successful and won't contribute
much ... " she said.

According to Steve Hunter, director of
institutional research a nd planning, every
student has different reasons for leaving .
But su rvey s have identified so m e
common reaso n s. Dissatisfaction with
academics and money proble ms were the Iwo
reasons for leaving most often cited by first
year students. acco rding to Hunter.
Hunter said. "You can ta~k to any two
students from different programs ... One
would have o nl y glow ing comments and
others would be dissatisfied ... " with their
Core programs.
Shannon Ellis, dean of st ude nt and
academi c support se rvices, faculty member
Brian Price and Hunter will work with next
year's core program faculty this summer to
address st udenl 's comp la in Is abo ut Ih e
academic e nvironment. They wi ll give
workshops for ne xi year' s core faculty in
June and September. Some student s will be .
asked to help teac h the workshops.
Ricardo Leyva-Puebla, First Peoples'
student support services director, says Ihal
the first six days are crucial for new studenls.
"O ur s tudi es show if a stude nt fee ls
connected in the initi al days of being on
campus ... if they feel a part of ~omething ...
we will keep them here," he says .
First Peoples' offers a peer supporl
program a nd is developing a mentor program
that brings siaff. faculty , a lumni and
comm unity members together wilh students .
Leyva-Puebla also said that students o r
color at Evergreen have a sli ght ly higher first
year retention rate than white students: 72.4
percent of new students of color entering in
the fall of 1992 returned in Ihe fall of 1993.
versus 70.5 percenl of white stu dents who
returned al that time. He said that al olhc::r
schools, first year studen ts of color have a
higher retention rate than at Evergreen.
Oliver Moff{J/~{s a CPJ stuff reportel:

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News

News Briefs
Help honor new
Emeritus Faculty
EVERGREEN-On Wednesday. June 8, the
Board of Trustees will confer the title of
Emeritus Members of the Faculty on Gordon
Beck. Love rn King. Niels Skov and Bill
W inden . The items are scheduled for action
at 3:00 p. m. A reception will fo ll ow.

Faculty member
in documentary
TELEV ISION-S tephanie COOIllZ, fac ult y
member c uurentl y on leave to teac h at the
Un ivers ity ofHawaii at Hil o. is featured in
HOIli/,lI'ard BOllnd. a documentary which
focuse s o n Holl ywood ' s depiction of the
fami ly. premiering thi s weck on the American
Movie Class ics cable chan ne l.
Coontz's com ment that despite how
today'~ movies and television comedy shows
I'ellect the reali ty of inc reasi ng famil y
Ji\· er~it)'. the y also re inforce some myths
about Amer ica n families . In th e
documeillary. CoontL details the hi storical
and sociological changes taking place in the
U.S , during the 20t h centu ry and o n how
they were depicted by Ho ll ywood.
" I do n 'tthink that movies reflect reality
like a mirror. but that they speak to certain
recurr in g quest ions. co ntrad ic tions o r
ambivale nce that we have." Coont z says .
"Movies th at become class ics are the ones
most likely to go beyond private and personal
anxieties to illustra t ~ the socia l as pi rations
and conflicts behind a partic ul ar family
Image .

Mediaworks holds
final showing
EVERG REE N-Mcd iaworks will be having
their fina l ,how ing of fi lm\ and videos for
this ,choo l year on Thursday . June:2 '-It 5:30
p.m. in the Com mun icati ons buildin g. For
more informa ti on. like \\ 'hal' in the COM
bu ilding. call 754-524 1.

Provost candidate
was here recently
EVERGREEN-The la test provost
cand idate to visit campus was Raymond
Rodrigue;, . a vice-presiden t fo r academic
affairs at North Adams State College in
Massac hu sells.
He believes. "a provost should be able
tu bring peop1t: togcther to work toward;,
their co mmon goab. This is perhaps my
greate ,t ~.tre n g th .'·
Rodrigues' refere nces say "he wou ld
be a g.real Prl)\'os t for Evergreen. v.onderfu l academic leader. very creat ive

['SECURITY
Monday. I\lay 23
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olTic~ .

1='lQ91.c:n·1.$~ of lke ~eek.
7 Persons move here each day

edited by: Demian A. Parker
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m . and welcomes all
visitors to its resource library .
The Center is localed at 2001 Si xth
Avenue, Suite 1101, Seattle, WA 98121 (at
the corner of Sixth and Virginia downtown).
For more information, call (206) 728 -0610

2 New students enter local schools each day

6 Ba.b ies are born each day
3 Local residents die each day
4 New houses are built each day
2 Mobile homes are placed each day
2 Multi-Family housing units are built each day

5 New jobs are created locally each day
65,725 Persons go to work each day
21,366 State employees live in Thurston county

7,862 Local government workers
$2,003 Average monthly wage (1992) ,
6.6% Average Unemployment Rate
$1.5 billion in total retail sales (1991)
255 Tons of garbage generated per day
5 Ounces recycled per person each day
-stolen from "A day in the Life of Thurston County,"
published in the 1994-1995 Olympia Visitor Guide.
Source: Thurston County PROFILE 1993,
by Thurston Regional Planning Council

and app lies Ihal creativeity to hi s illlerests in
cu rricu lum deve lopment and s its impact on
studen ts ... a lso :1 creat ive problem solver."
He was also called "committed to faculty
development." "ve ry wel l respected ."
"cou rageous:' and "a leader in developing a
diversity plan for recruitment and retention.
and making divcrsit y a high priority for the
en ti re institution ."

Laugh it up at the
library this summer
OLYMP IA-T he Timberland Regi o nal
Library'~ SUlllmer Reading Program. Ha!
LWlgh if Up allhe Llhrary. beg insj ust as soon
as schools let out for summer vacation.
Special professional entertainers will
visit Timberland li braries throughout the
district.
Among them will be:
• World Yo- Yo Champion. Dale Oliver, who
will present "Spintastic Yo-Yo" fun .
• Anist Linda Greer. who wi ll teacll chi ldren
how to take their dreams and goals of special
powers, superhuman strengths and abil ities
fa r beyond th ose of morta ls and draw
themse lves as a super hero in "How to be
Your Own S uper Hero ."
To fi nd the times and dates forthese and
other exci ting programs being offered, pick
up a complete program gu ide at your local
Timberland Library branch.

,Voices From the
Fringe are cool
SEATILE- Starting June 2, the Pilgrim
Center for the Ans will be presenting a festival
of plays and performace pieces collecti ve ly
titled " Voices From the Fringe."
Eac h Thursd ay through Saturday ,
readings and perfor mances will be held.
including:
On June 2 through 4: aone-woman play
about Dorothy Parker. June 9 through II : a
play about one person' s love with Kurt
Cobain, and how that love moti va tes that
person into cutting the h e~l d off of the ev il
reactionary, "Ron Bonbon. " Jun e 16 through
18: a multimedia perforrr.ance art piece
dealin g with existential a ngst in th e
workplace. June 23 through 25: the story of
three buddies facing the death of "man 's best
friend" on the side of a Texas country road.
The cost is $8 ge ne ral admiss ion, $5
stude nts. The Pilgrim Center for the Arts is
located at 509 10th A venue Easl. Seattle.
For more information call (206) 323-4034.

Picnic with Wolf
Hav~n in July

Summer Cultural
Center schedule

Wednesday, May 25
2051: The th eft of an audiotape was reported
from a dorm.
Thursday, May 26
1641: A suspicious male was reported in the
Library harassing female e mplo yee~ and
patrom .
Friday, May 27
1419: A veh icl e in F- Iot was broken into and

Last week we established that for
any behavior to constitute sexual
harassment (SH), it must be both
unwelcome and so severe or pervasive as .
to make one's academic environment
intolerable.
What is "severe or pervasive?"
Would it be enough to say a sexist
comment in class? Could anyone thing
I say constitute SH? The answer is no...
and yes.
The keywords are, of course,
"pervasive" and "severe." If one or more
sex ually-charged things I said or did . in
an academic context, we re severely
disturbing to someone then, yes, that
may be SH. A single incidence of sexual
assault and/or rape, or threats of eiLher,
arc clearly in this category. Making
ex tremely explicit comments or actions,
may also, in many single instances,
constitute illegal sexual harassment.
Lastly,
"mild" sexually charged
comments or actions, if repeated often
enough, may constitute SH.
The context in which any such
comments or actions arc made must
always be taken into consideration
(though there is no context in which

Analysis
rape. sexual violence, or the threats
thereof, are acceptable).
For example. it would not be
inappropriate for a professor to make a
comment about male genitalia (if these
comments were in "good taste," of
course) in' a health-science class.
However, if a different professor
made the same comment in a computerscience dass, that may be a different
story. Even in that case, however, the
full context of anyone comment must be
fully taken into account.
But say, for instance, that I was an
individual who didn't make any
singularly offensive sex ually charged
comments. However, in class I often
made "mild" sexist comments: Every day
in seminar I would make sexual jokes,
clearly out of context of the course
material. In this case, due to the
pervasiveness of my behavior, it is
possible that [ am sexually harassing one
or more of my classmates.
Which brings me to my secorid
point about SH: you do not have to
direct yuur comments at anyone person
to sexually harass one or more persons.
The last exam pIe serves to
illustrate this point: I may be in class or
at work and be engaging in "sexual
horseplay" (making sexual jokes with

one of my classmates) and not realize that
my constant com ments. though
acceptable to my friend. may be a making
the academic environment unbearable for
one or more of my classmates. One
would hope that if someone was offended
by certain comments, they would feel
safe enough to approach the person
responsible and tell them how those
statements made them feel. This is not
always the case, however. Which is why
we, as members of this academic
community, must remain conscious of
the content of what we say.
In response to this re9uest for
awareness, some people cry 'Political
Correctness!
Why should I censor
myse1f?" If it is "politically correct" (a
term coined by the Right) to keep our
learning environment free from
comments that discriminate, then so be
it.
The consequences of SH have
been documented: many women who
have experienced SH (most of the studies
thus far have been done on women) repon
symptoms of sexual harassment similar
to that of rape survivors. Some of these
symptoms are: loss of self esteem, -a
belief that it was their fault, and feeling
like their whole world has been turned
upside down. Many drop classes, change
curriculum, or disenroll entirely to avoid
the harassment.

At TESC we are inclined to say
"that doesn't happen here." To dispel this
illusion, all we have to do is remember
that there were six reports of forcible
sexual assault made to Public Safety last
year. We know that sexual violence is
one of the most under-reponed crimes
there is, so we can expect that this figure
denotes an all too commOn phenomenon
on this campus.
In these two articles. I have tried
to create a general outline as to what
constitutes SH However, there is much
more to the phenomenon than I could
include here. So, if you want to know
more, there are several resources at your
disposal. These resources are al so
valuable if you have questions about your
particular situation (or even if you' Pre
worried that your behavior may be
construed as SH).
For more info or answers to your
questions , you may contact the
affirmative action officer at x6368. Or
one of the four ombudspersons at TESC,
who are: Wanda Cunis, Judy Huntley,
Nancy McKinney, and Sarah Pederson
(all arc Evergreen staff-persons).
Have a great summer, everybody.

Josh Remis is an Evergreen
student.

Jervis writes open letter to lESe about semesters
' A leller 10 the Evergreen Community

from Jane Jervis

disswisfiecf' stated that "evening and

I have decided to postpone until the
fall my recommendation to the Board of
Trust.ccs regarding the academic calendar.
I have made Illis decision because I
have not yet received and digested full
reports on consultations with various
constituem;ies , and because I do not want
to cumpromise the process of decisionmaking by rushing it at the end. Other
seriou s issues, including Evergreen',s
long-range plan and shaping the budget
for the next biennium, are on the Roard's
agenda for its meeting next week, and
these issues require our full attention.
There has been some disagreement
ex pressed about the process for making
this calendar change. It seems appropriate

at this time to review the process that has
been followed up to now.
Last fall, as part of my convocation
address, I announced the beginning of a
year-long process of long-range and
strategic planning, to assess the currerit
condition of the collegc and the
environment in which we operate, and to
begin Ille planning that would take us to
the year 2010.
Nominations were solicited, and I
appuinted a multi-constituency DTF
chaired by Provust Russ Lidman .
Students,faculty, staff, and trustees were
represented on the DTF. The DTF created
five subcommittees, each of which took
on additionalmembcrs.
The Academic Program s and
Student Affairs subcommittee itselr had

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student, faculty, and staff members. Their
discussions were wide-ranging and
consultative, and covered issues such as
attrition, campus life, what works (and
docs not work) in the core, what students
say they need , what changes there have
been in the student body over time,
increasing faculty work load, the
changing student/faculty ratio, the impact
of rising tuition on students' lives.
The subcommittee presented an
interim report at the facuIty retreat in
February, and out of that retrcat that the
suggestion arose that we should again
consider conversion to a semester system.
(Over the past 20 years this proposal has
arisen periodically, most recently during
last year's budget discus sions.) The
academic deans were asked to prepare
information for the faculty that would
e nable them to consider various options.
The deans worked quickly. In late
February, they presented to the faculty
live different calendar options.
By March, the fac ulty had narrowed
the choice down to two.: the present
quarter system and the so-called early
semester system . The deans provided
more information. They sponsored two
open forums, March 9 and April 6, so
faculty might be informed by student
opinion, and many facuIty members
discussed the calcndar issue in the ir
classrooms.

At the faculty meeting on April
13, the faculty voted 49-4 1 to approve
the change to a semester system.
Attendance at that meeting was
unprecedenled. The faculty vote started a
process of institutional assessment and
e valuation that will lead to my
formulating a recommendation to take to
the Board of Trustees.
Many students have asked why
faculty should play such a key role in
this process, why not students?
In any college or university, the
faculty is responsible for the academic
program . Thuugh there may be strong
student involvement in the development
of programs or curricula,
the
professional responsibility rests with the
faculty for designing and conducting the
curriculum. assessing students, and
cenifying student completion of academic
programs and their eligibility for degrees.
It was faculty members who
designed TESC' s unique coordinated
studies programs, devised our narrative
evaluation system, shaped students'
learning experiences into lO-week
segments to fit the quarter calendar which
almost prevailed in this region at the
tim e TESC was found ed. Faculty
agrecment is a nccessary first step in
considering a change in academic calendar. Agree ment is nOL, however, decisive.

see calendar, page 4

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Saturday, May 28
0149: A stude nt reported a possible theft
from the How.,ing Community Center laundry
room.

DI/ring lire week of May 23- 29. Ihe
Pllblic Safe lY Ofjicl' performed 32 public
service call.\· iI/eluding but /Jol limiled to
p ersol/al escortJ. aulu jumpslarls and dorm
LlIllocks.

(This is the second of a two-part
article. For a better understanding of th£
content of this article, please read theftrst
part in last week's CPJ.)

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Bl[]TTER II

Sunday, May 29
0031: The CAB 2nd floor copy machine was
vandalized and various parts were stolen.
0243: Unauthorized personnel was reported
at KAOS creating a disurbance.

by Josh Remis

weekend program .\'Illlle l/lS s lill

weekend studi es have been tried in the
TENINO-Picnic with the pack Sunday. Jul y
past with mixed success, they began
3 I, 1994. from 10:00 a. lll . to 6:00 p.m. a t
origi nall y in 1979 as a project of now
Woll-Haven. Its a big family fun day with lots
Interim Provost Russ Lidman."
of activi ti es.
Llyn De Danaan writes us that
T hcre wi ll bc a large selec tion offood at
she "checked with Dr. Maxine Mimms
th ~ buffet. as wel l as 101\ ofdifTerellt types o f
and it is her rccollectio n and mine that
en tertainment, including fidd lers. country
we started offering such opportu niti es
swing. rock and roll. jazz and folk mu sic.
in 1974-75. We had Saturday college
for state workers. Mimms. Margaret
Gribskov and Matt Smith were among
those I recall be ing in volved. Mimms
ran programs for staff seeking
degrees .. We also stan ed a program
for women returni ng to l.:ollege.1 don't .
remember
how long these projects
SEATILE- T he I-iyogo Cu ltural Center has
lasted,
but
they were all successful .
released its sched ule for the summ er. The
vital and popular academic offeririgs.
Hyogo C ultural Center hold s classes in
We rotated reg ul ar full -t ime fac ult y
Japanese culture. Including " Intoductio n to
illlo these programs. I was faculty for
Shodo: Japanese Calligraphy," "Japanese
the fi rst women' s program.?'
Manners a nd Etiquette," and also holds a
We al the CPl appreciate any error
"Japa nese Literature Reading Ci rcle."
we may have made pointed out to us.
The Hyogo CuI tral Center is open duri ng /
the summer Monday through Friday from Iw_____________...

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Tuesday, May 24
0109: A bicycle wi.1~ reported stole n from in
front of the Lecture Hall s.

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Cas taldo 's article " EI 'e l/ing a l/d

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COPS at Evergreen unplugged: The best of...
In' Rebecca Randall
.
I began my time at Evergreen in
1990 by writing the Security B 10ller. I
kit that it would only be appropriate to
spend my final year doing the same
thing.
I have been told that campus has
become tamer, 'even boring now. In a
way, I agree. My first year I spent
writing about the woman who threw a
couch off the ninth floor of A-dorm, a
group of people who uprooted and
Jragged around a campus light pole,
unusual furniture disappearances and
packs of naked people mountain biking
through the housing area and eluding
security. That isn't to say that this year
has been p,lCked rull of "relatively quiet
Ja )'~.'·

Le t us Lak l' a moment to re!lect on
what a good plac e the world would be if
the Sec urity Blotter reponed all quiet days
and that we, as good wholesom e
members of the Evergreen community,
lIill not take perverse pleasure in reading
the crime laden wles of F-Iot, malicious
activations of the fire alarm pull stations,
the brutalization of the carbonated
beverage (that's 'soda' for you cast coast
people - 'pop' for the west coast - and
'Coke' for you people who don't want
offend anyone,) machines, graffiti, and of
course naked people. Then again, if there
was no blotter, who the hell would read
the CPJ anyway?
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
Saturday, September 25
1324: An individual suffered a possible
broken body part due to the improper use
of a bed.
Saturday, Octuber 23
1442: A disorderly male was reported at
tlle CRC wearing inappropriate shoes amI
refusing to leave.
Tuesday, January 11
0921: Stolen property (The Board of
Trustees sign) was recovered (it was glued
to a park ed car) outside of the CAB.

II

SECURITY. BLOTTER II
1814: A vehicle (that had the sign glued
to it) was towed from the CAB. (when
you steal tilings do not glue them 10 your
car.)
Wednesday, January 12
1030: Four individuals attempted to sell
used drug panlphemalia at a vendor's wble
in the CAB. Public Safety, while
browsin g, informed them that thi s
activity was illegal and confiscated the
items.
!!!!YEAH!!!!
Wednesday, September 22
1218: Somethin g
wa s
s tolen
somewhere by someone , no more
information has been re lea sed at thi s
tim e.
Monday, Octuber 4
2200: An unofficial report was received
about an individual in a bear suit riding
recklessly in the housing area.
SOME PEOPLE JUST DO NOT
APPRECIATE GOOD STUFF
Thursday, October 28
2315: A television set was thrown from
the elevated walkway between the CAB
and the CRC.
1318: Persons dropped the same
television set off the elevated walkway
between the CAB and the CRC, again.
(Wow mali it looked cool, lets do it
again!)
Saturday, October 30
0157: The free box next to the CAB
was maliciously set on fire. (And all the
home less crabs you created shall
eventually return to your body as a
dwelling.)
i,JUSTlCE?
Saturday, December 4
0157: Large boulders were maliciously
placed on the footpath between the

Modular Housing and the Community
Center.
Saturday, February 26
2125: Q-dorm (The Rickets and
Mushmouth) broke the "no bands in
housing policy" unnoticed.
2342: Q-dorm was noticed.
Wednesday, March 1
0800: The president's car was vandalized
wh il e parked ovemight in C-Iot. (while
we are not happy to see any car
vandalized, it is always a comfort for
sWdcmlvchic/c owners 10 know that the
President's office understands the pain
that they f eel).
Wednesday, March 30
1159: An un suspecting vehicle prowler
in C-Iot was surprised by a vehicle owner
sleeping in his car and fled the scene
immediately.
Tuesday, April 19
1810: A man reports being assaulted
after a confrontation with a man in F-Iot
about his driving abilities.
GOSH YOU ARE TOUGH!
Friday, January 28
2105: An innocent plant was fiendishly
vandalized in the CAB faculty lounge.
Thursday, October 14
1600: Unauthorized flyers were posted
on campus advertising "Charles Manson
Family Counseling" and "Hitler's
Summer Camp."
HAD DAY AT WORK
Friday, May 20
1835: A man with a possible broken leg
was reported on the Beach Tmil.
1930: The officer responding to the
medical call on me Bca\.:h Trail was bitten
by a loose dog in the right leg. Despite
injury, the officer transported me man to
Capital Medical Center, where he also

Jervis on calendar change, from page 3
Sin ce the April faculty meeting,
all admini strative units of the college

haw been studying the costs and benefits
of a poss ible ca lendar convers ion.
The Student Affairs Division has
been charged with design of appropriate
mec hanisms for gathering student input.
There has been extensive coverage
or the issue in the Cooper Point Journal:
til e rl' ha ve been stude nt forum s, and
ex tens ive opportuniti es for stud e nts to
ex press th eir vie ws. Th e Acad e mi c
DiV ISIo n ha s bce n c ha rg ed with
co ns ulta ti on with community colleges
and othcr ex ternal agencies.
Finance and Adm ini stra tio n has
l'unsidered computer conversion costs and
cl rec ts on mainte nance a nd operation s.
Thi s process has been continuing up to
the present mom ent.
I belie ve that the process followed
LO thi s point ha s been exemplar y.
Pa rti c ipation in puhli c conver sation
abo ut th e aeade m ic cal e ndar has been
ex tens ive, informed , and lively. There is
not uni ve rsal agreement - in fact it is
fair to say that there is strong
disagreement as to the outcome.
What remains in the process is the
collection, distillation, and analysis of all
of the input , the formulation of an
administrative recommendation to the
board of trustees , and action by the Board.
It is this last part of the process that I am
reluctant to rush in order to make the
June 8 meeting of the board.
In its final report, the Long-Range
Planning (LRP) DTF recommended the
establishment of a Long-Range Curriculum (LRC) DTF to begin work in the
spring of this year, and to reexamine the
Evergreen curriculum.
I have just charged the LRC DTF;
it w ill be chaired by Jeanne Hahn, who
c haired the Acade mic Programs and
Student Affairs subcommittee of the LRP
DTF.

Five students will be members of
the LRC DTF, and I have asked the DTF
to find substantive ways to involve
students in their deliberations.
The LRP DTF asked mat a decision
be made on the academic calendar before
the LRC DTF's work began, to provide a
clear context for their work. I will ask
them to proceed with their work over the
s ummer in anticipation of having a
decision made on me calendar, one way or
the other, in earl y Oc tober. To delay
longer than that would be to risk derailing
the s tud y of the c urric ulum, and
Evergreen cannot afford to do thaI.
Le t me close by inviting you to let
me know in writing if you have concerns
you would like me to consider in making
my recommendation to the Board in
October. I will work on my

recommendation over the summer, so
please write by the beginning or August;
I will take your comments with the
utmost seriousness.
Jane Jervis is evergreen's president.

was treated. (This is the second time that
this officer has been billen by a loose dog
while responding 10 calls)
WE HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH IT
Saturday, ' April 9
0305: A large amount of confusion was
reported in the basement of the Library. A
juvenile was mistakenly 'csconed' to a
role-playing event. The juvenile was
upset, confused and said that her neck
hurl. The Camarilla claims no
involvement in the incident and that no
Camarilla events were occurring at that
time.
NAKED PEOPLE
Thursday, November 4
1705: A man was involved in an
explicit sexual situation with a
mannequin dressed in women's underwear
and at least one sex device on the grassy
hill in Red Square.
Friday, April I
0666: A naked male reponed being
assaulted by two clothed women on the
Beach Trail. Security returned the man's
genitals and said that though they did not
endorse the women's actions, they did
think it was funny. (Yes, this was an
April Fool's joke. It may be warm but
please keep your clothes on , because it is
hard 10 distinguish good naked people
from bad naked people by the way that
they comb their hair.)
Saturday, April 30
2326: A group of suspicious naked
people were seen roaming around the
housing area.
"HOW DO I GET IN THE
SECURITY 8LOTTER?"
So you're desperate to get in the
blotter? The easiest way is to dial 8666000 x6140 and report yourself for
something. The blotter for this year is
over, so make your calls in September
and be creative. And remember when you
arc reporting yourself [or some fiendish
and malicious activity, like chalk graffiti,
security may be too busy responding to
your call to stop someone from stea ling
your car stereo.
Rebecca Randall does not endorse or
encourage crime of any sort, even to get
in the bloller because crime is bad and
that just would not be right. The CP J
does not either, e ven if it means the
blo ller would be 10 0 short and cause
un sightly white space.

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2) No Grateful Dead "Jerry Dancin'" on stage or anywhere else for that matter.
3) Keep it solemn and ceremonial, we wouldn't want to enjoy ourselves too much.
"That's it?" will not do.
4) Restrain yourselves from throwing rotten tomatoes at that samba band. Just shu t up
and samba your way to a degree (no, it's not for credit).
5) Bring poster-sized faculty evals to hang from Red Square lamp posts. It'll liven things
up for sure.
6) Water balloons dropped from the Clocktower are prohibited unless aimed at TESC
administrators . Balloons must be filled with Oly Light.
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7) All women must wear "Oly Girl" patches on their robes . Men must wear SubPop
"Loser" t-shirts under opened robes.
8) Birkenstocks are cliche. Get a life.
9) Try and get interviewed by a Puget Sound-area newspaper about freshman retention.
Tell the reporter you don't give a shit about retention unless it has to do with alcohol
retention. Watch Washington legislature next year as another college alcohol bill is passed
under our hungover noses.
10) Harass graduation speaker with geoduck "squirting" noises.
11) Use Greg Wright's little blue garbage cans to collect graduation cash and prizes from
unwil1ing relatives or as porta-potties for that excess Henry's Red. Reduce, Reuse and
Recycle.
12) Finally, develop a sense of humor. Laugh now, monkey boy; if you can't even enjoy
your own graduation, maybe your therapist was right about Prozac.

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Grammarians respond to writer's 'they' and 'their' critique
What fun we've had this year' We're
almost sad to leave. Well, not really, but it
looks nice on paper. We graduating
grammarians arejust a wee bit anxious to get
out of here.
We certainly cannot leave without
addressing the criticism we have received
from Chris Wolfe. Chris seems to have read
our columns with little interest in hearing
what two "self-appointed expert[s] who Itell]
the common speaker the correct and incorrect
way to speak and write" may actually have to
say. Yes, we have taken the title of
Grammarian, and thus are "self-appointed
experts", but, as should be abundantly clear
by now, we have no interest in "protecting
the status quo" .
But this isn't the Forum and Response
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responsible grammarian holds in today 's
society. We, as grammarians, would like to
see all of you express yourselves as clearly
and concisely as possible. That's all. So it
seems we're completely in agreement with
Chris about the requirements for language.
We devoted acolumn to the idea that grammar
follows spoken language. Remember all that
stuff about the fine line between prescriptive

and descriptive grammar?
The reason we prefer not to use they
and their as a singular gender-neutral pronoun
has nothing to do with "hoity-toitiness" or
patriarchal domineering desires on our part.
As we stated in our last column, They and
their are often ambiguous and clumsy. If we
were to say "A person came knocking at the
parish door, but they wouldn't let them in," it
would be rather awkward and could get
confusing. Wouldn't it be simpler to say
"they wouldn't let that pesky worshipper
in?" We think the use of they and their in
these cases is sheer laziness. Usually replacing
that pronoun with something more specific
will improve both your clarity and the style
of your writing . And clarity is what's really
important, as Chris so accurately noted.
You can't have a language without

grammar. Grammar exists as a structure for
the language we use. Without it, we would
not be able to understand anything but the
most basic of utterances . Grammarians do
not create the grammar; it is inherent in a
living language. The role of a grammarian is
to see how the language is presently structured
and help the users of that language to
communicate effectively with each other
through proper usage . The rules themselves
evolve from the speakers of the language.
We realize that they and their have
been used as singular pronouns for a good
while now. But the fact remains, it has never
been a preferred usage. Not because the
grammarians were yelling down from their
ivory towers "It's he or she, dammit!", but

see 'they' and 'their', page 7

Are actions of Euro-Americans a result of their humanity?
It's hard write a rejoinder to a comment
about the problems with American-European
society written by a person who doesn't
occupy the same position in it as you do, such
as Tiokasin Veaux's forum piece last week.
I' ve wanted to do so fora time, but I've shied
away from this hard topic for various reasons,
and hi s forum piece finally allows me to do
Robert Tay lor
that.
The reason s this topic is hard are that
firstly, any criticism I'm offering up is going the European-American world should aspire
to be trashed as part of the high-brow to, and learn from indigenous people. But the
intellectualism so disparaged by indigenous idea that this is universally practiced, rather
peoples, that it 's easy for a middle-class than a goal to aspire to. I think is a
raised male of largely European descent to misunderstanding. I seriously doubt that the
criticize from the privileged positions that he indigenous Pol ynesian culture of Easter Island
occupies in society.
was being "interdependent" when
It's also difficult because on many levels overpopulation led to famine, war and
the commentary, perspectives and truths that eventual depopUlation of the island and much
Veaux and others write about are ones that r of its plant life.
agree with . I do wish to learn from indigenous
I don ' t think that the indigenous peoples
peoples: I do think that European-American . of what is now British Columbia were"living
society has been presumptuous and in reciprocity" when they performed slaving
murderous to indigenous societies: I do raids on the indigenous peoples of the Puget
believe that we have been oblivious to the Sound, prior to European colonization of the
need for change and the better understanding- Northwest. Examples of man's brutality and
we can gain from trying to learn.
"denial of basic ' mother earth life'" are not
What I do dispute is the idea that by any means limited to Europeansome how there is a huge gap of inhumanity Americans: they litter the stories of all
that separates the European-American culture humanity.
from indigenou s ones: my assertion would
Now, the point I am not trying to make
be that the errors of European-American here is that indigenous peoples are inferior to
culture ilsserted by Veaux and others are not
European Americans by any means. Nor do
necessari ly any different from errors other I mean to minimize the faults and violem:e
"indigenous" cultures have made.
done by European-Americans. I suggest,
The idea that "indigenous people are however, that the commission of these deeds
interdependent in relation to all living things is a human fault. caused by the fact that it is
and the daily practice of open expressions of impossible for a human being or a human
thankfulness, kinship, non-possessive ness society to do everything ·right. There are
and humility" (to quote Veaux) is an idea that occasions where we sc rew up, and must take

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affirmative action to right our errors.
The fact that European-American
culture has made so many errors I suspect is
because of our growing development of
powerful technology without the
commensurate development of wisdom to go
with it. European-American society has
grown so enamored of things (dollars, cars,
houses, political power) that we have ignored
people and relationships to the world around
us that indigenous people never neglected.
But the seeds are still around us; while Veaux
decries the "doctrine that consciousness is
purely physical and physiological brain
processes." I would say that ancient traditions
still alive today in European-American
thought defy that rationalism. Even the
scientists of today realize the need for
interdependency in society, and science has
never been accepted as a substitute for
meaning, relatedness and reciprocity for all

life. The religious tradition of "religious sects
waging 'war' upon each other" are not the
only traditions we have.
I should not pretend to know the answer
to all the questions and challenges that people
of other cultures, like Veaux , pose to me. I
don 'teven wantto pretend that the way oflife
people in my culture leads to destruction. Yet
I see good things, and relationships to all
living similar to what Veaux talks about, in
parts of my culture. I'also see some who are
open to 'c hange and learning. So must all of
what European-Americanculture has brought
forth be destroyed, or is so me of our
contribution to the world around us worthy?
And how shall we decide?
Robert Taylor is wriTing hisjinal C'O IWIlII
for the CPJ today. Thank you. all forlettillg
me tark to you here. It's somebody else's Tum
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Sexuality Q& A, ~"J thanks
you for your support
The "'Sexuality Q & A" column
published May 26. 1994 Cooper foillt
Journal was the last. Author Rebecca
West and CPJ editors encourage those
whose questions were not answered to
seek further information. (Books,
pamphlets, community organizations,
and health care providers are sources of
information.)

with your pleasure - not just his own
grati·f ication." a) always b) sometimes c)
rarely
"He compares you to your friends and
other women - and you invariably come up
short." a) never, b) sometime, c) often
"When the two of you are out with
friends, he criticizes you or makes jokes at
your expense." a) rarely b) sometimes c)
often.
The questions continue on through 20
and then at the end it asks you to add up the
points. You receive two points for each a,
one point for each (b) and zero points for each
(c).
After adding up the points for each
question, you were to match your points to
the sections following the quiz. The three
sections that assessed the relationship were
0-14 points "No Satisfaction," 15-29 So-So
Satisfied" or 30-40 "Lucky in Love."

The section addressing the "No
Satisfaction" relationship quiz taker begins
by asking what is wrong with the woman. It
suggests that you are doing something in the
relationship to deserve poor treatment and
asks how you are treatrng him. Then
Mademoiselle suggests that you take the quiz
yourself and reverse the questions to see if
the "No Satisfaction" rating is your fault.
Although, the section redeems itself at the
end by suggesting Lhat you "cut him loose" if
he doesn't respond to your approach about
your unhappiness.
The section addressing the "So-So
Satisfied" suggested that "what you perceive
as inadequate behavior on his part may be his
way of signaling that he's dissatisfied with
some aspect of your relationship." It goes on
to say, in bold no less, that "one mistake
women often make when they're not getting
what they want is blaming the man ."
Is Mademoiselle suggesting that if he
cuts you down in public or compares you to
other women in a disparaging way that the
action isn't his fault?
The "Lucky in Love" section is more
frightening. It begins by congratulating your
"find." "But," it warns, "'.although you are
supremely satisfied, don't let yourself get
complacent. .. keep in mind that your
satisfaction doesn ' t ' guarantee his

contentment level. He could be as happy as
you are, but don't assume that's a fact. "
Theconcluding sentence of that section
suggested: "Let him know that you want to
make him as happy as he's made you."These
kinds of suggestions remind me of my
mother's 20 year old magazines about how to
win a man .
I must confess, me and a friend took this
little quiz and spent an enjoyable afternoon
laughing about our answers. It became very
easy to forget how the messages embedded
in each section and question are dangerous
and detrimental to the women .
Thequestionsassume a level of behavior
that should always be unacceptable. It
shouldn't be an issue if he cares about your
satisfaction in bed or if he respects you in
public. These assumptions that this kind of
behavior is forgivable is despicable.
The ending section that rated the
relationship were worse. They assume that it
is the woman's responsibility to make sure
the man is happy and content in this
relationship. With the advent of summer,
when I find myself reading this magazine
frighteningly often, it is critical to be aware
of the sexual politics embedded in these
magazines. They are not innocent.
Carson would be oil-so happy if (III
issue of Sassy would come her way.

They and their debate reviSited, from page 6
because using what is usually a plural pronoun
makes thingsjust confusing enough Lo warrant
a better method. We"ve tried and tried to find
that perfed non gender-specific pronoun.
fallen over our tongues while trying to
pronounce hir or per or other such artificial
constructions. But since grammarians can't
prescribe a language, not one of them was
able to make these stick. So we still stumble
along, about ready to throw in the towel and
use that darned they. But they's faults still
remain. In spoken language one is usually
able to eliminate the ambiguity inherent in
using a plural pronoun as a singular one, but
written language has less room for error.
And clarity is what really counts, right?

G

Of course grammar can be used tu
preserve the status quo. So can' almost
anything, as we're sure your years at
Evergreen have taught you. One should not
dismiss a grammarian out of hand. but rather
li sten to what she or he is really saying about
what others should say and why .
On a departing note, and in the spirit of
telling people what they should say, we
thought we'd poi nt out that troublesome Latin
word that refers to a graduate (which we both
will be soon). Far too many people use
alumlli to refer to anything from one happy
possessor of a diploma to a whole passel of
eager new job-seekers. Let's get it straight.
It is, after all, a dead language, and so we
don't have common usage to fall back on as
an excuse.
Alllmni refers to a group of graduates,

eitherali male orone of mixed gender. You' II
all be getting calls for money from the alumni
association eventually (if YOll do end up
graduating like your parents want yuu 10).
The two of us g rammarians log et her.
however. are a/I/II/1/(II:'. Separately. we are
each an a/lilliI/O. And we have n't forgotten
about you boys. If you've been wondering
what to call yoursel f after June 5th. hold your
breath no longer - you"ll be an (lIUIIlIIUS. b
this division sexist') Perhaps. That's why
you might want to use that perfectly good and
accurate word, 'graduate. Which is. what
we'll be doing soon. It's been nice sharing
our egotism and pearls of wisdom with you.
Good-bye.
The Grammarians are very sorrY about
turning their lasl colu.mn in so late.

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Come on up to the CCPJ

ne~t

gomeone to date ...

yeah;

Left:
Cindy Laughlin, columns
editor, has been known to
playa little pool in her off
time. She's moving to
Arizona, but leaving her
Dodge Dart behind.

Yeah, we got
some awards, too.
Seeotrd Pface, general
excellence In 4--year college
new8papen, frolH the
Society for Profwlotral
Jountalim.
Honorable lHention, general
excellence in colll!lJe
new8papers, Wa8hington
Press Auoc;a#on (WPAJ
Seth Long, honorable
lHention, IHUIti-photo Jayollf;
WMy hour in the chair; M
WPA college cOIHpe1it/on
Sara Steffens, setOnd place,
creative writing
wNorthwest-inspIred
Halloween costulHes~ first
place, ABf writing wLife on
the Joards~ first place,
editorial writingMHOI, 610
seek to deny your
ConsiMional rights~ WPA
collegecolHpetition

Tony Pelaez, repol1er and la yout
ass istant. practi ces a lilli e bovine
in seminatio n.

Naomi Ishisaka, layout editor, will be the 1994-95 CPJ editor-in-chief.
She wishes that she could eat more Taco Bell with Seth.Check out her
fresh attitude. and fierce fashion sense.

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where
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Conrad Sobsamai. c-page editor.
love, peace and nowers.

Anyone can be a part
of the CPJ - all you have to do
is show up.

We hear Maybelline got
adopted by the Organic Farm.

,"

Emi J.
Kilburg,
Com ics Page
Editor has
recently
adopted a cat
.. Asparagus"
so she won't
be dealing
with people
;1nymore.

I

Graham White, assistant business
manager, is terrified he's going to
be in this business for the rest of
his \fie. He would much rather be
a model for High Times
magazine.

Carson Strege, columnist and
interim layout editor has spent
countless hours creating
controversial and incomparable
columns.

Right:
Julie Crossland, is the
business manager, she is
also a pretty swell dancer.
She has a lot of cool shoes.
and we do mean a lot.

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ile it
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ha.ve
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s wh
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Ryan Hollander. holistic ad sales
rep, hrings a palpable joie de
vivre to the CPJ office each day.

After graduation Andy Lyons will be
tromping arou nd the country with a camera
and a dog, stopping off at people's houses
for cups of coffee. just like in those
commercials.

Watch Seth "Skippy" Long, managing editor, ride off into the sunset.
Seth will move in with two (2) guys named Eric Anderson in St. Loui s
this summer. This Northwest native sees RoadTrips and the Midwest in
his future. Why? He has no idea. But he thinks he likes it.

, been while
i. t

Phan Nguyen is
new to CPl ad
layout, and already
contributes ultrasnazzy toppers for
the classifeds.

Middle:
Sara Steffens, editor-inchief, as seen on a rare
' ''pants day." I've been
working at the CPl for four
years now, having worked
my way up from
subscriptions girl.
Good luck to all my fellow
graduates, may life sm ile
upon yo u. :)

Laurel Rosen loves mayonnaise on her soap operas and
su nlight at midnight. She spends Monday mornings copyediting the CP1 and Tuesdays working at the Judas Priest
Fan Club Headquarters in Tokeland, Wash . In her spare
time, Laurel combs the beaches of the Baltic Sea in search
or misplaced commas and errant apostrophes.

Jenny Daniels, token calendar
girl, loves the whoo hoo sauce.

G uido W:lS an uninitiated college
student until he fell in w ith a group of
wandering aco lytes of the "Desktop
Publishing" sect. They revealed to him
the great truth abo ut line tape and the
deeper significances of font selection.
Their philosophy of "cl ick and drag"
has also served him well in his
community serv ice position , as vice
president and treasurer of the "Give
Ned Flanders a Bong Hit" society.

Rebecca Randall, ad proof and
security blotter, has worked at the
CPJ on and off since 1990. She
believes it is a good idea to make
friends with security - especially
if you look guilty. Currently,
Rebecca is available for
employment [HIRE ME] and free
meals [BUY ME DINNER] and
big fun [TAKE ME BOWLING].

Dan Ew in g hopes to build guitars
for a li ving. He doesn't mind
thinking but doesn't expect others
to. He's glad he won ' t have to listen
to people who don't write for the
CPl complain about it anymore.n

.~-

Shannon Miller braves the elements and
traffic to distribute the CP1 around
campus and greater Thurston County
each week.

I

Will Ward is the CPi's rugby connection and
photo intern. Catch his action next year as
interim photo editor. Thi s rough and ready
guy can be caught kicking back either on the
fie ld or in the darkroom.

ChriS Wolfe, graph ic arts director.
"I learned a lot at the CPl."
Pat Castaldo - A&E Editor, Man-abouttown. Projectioni s t, Exhibiti o ni~l.
Columnist, Semiprofe ssional Ballroom
Dancer, Small Press Producer. Systems
Manager. Border-runner. Computer
Consultant. '74 Dodge Dart Driver. Ciood
Friend. Skateboard Rider. Obnoxiou s
Roommate, Internet Surfer. Housing Office
Guy, Year-round Olympia Resident. Lover
and a.k.a. MonkeyBoyrM

Li sa Corwine was sucked into this job. She likes to
write the calendar page. Don't you? Lisa 's hobbies
include jeep repair, reading, drawing and media
analysis . You can catch her Tuesday nights at the CPl.

Page 8 Cooper Point Journal June 2, 1994

Demian A. Parker, elusive news briefs editor.
"I learned you gotta know people who work
at theaters and stuff, or you are shit outta
luck. " Demian is not graduating ' cuz he's
just too damn young.

John Ford - Raconteur, editorialist, feature
writer who wants to be your A&E editor and he's avialable!

Melanie Strong, subscriptions
manager, has never said an
unkind word to anyone, as long
as any of us can remember.

Ned Whiteaker was, at one time, the
photo editor for the CPl. He has since
moved on to, presumably, better
things. See him here in a rare jovi\il
moment with his lucky bowl of
Crispix.

Our advisor Dianne Conrad was pictured as a can
of Spam last year, but we found this more
appropriate. We would have printed a really great
picture of her wearing a frog mask, but then again,
we value our lives . .We love Dianne a bunch and
wouldn' t trade her for the world.

Cooper Point Journal June 2, 1994 Page 9

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances

Contact KAOS staff
with your concerns
I would like to thank Carson for writing
a fair article las t week about the issues
surrounding my appointment of Program
Director at KAOS . Her pi ece equally
presented the different views.
Th e pe rspect ive of me as be in g a
" mar ke t driven" direc to r. as st a ted by
Kimberly Kinchen is incorrect. If one reads
furth er in the article I state that I can "use
the financial statu s as ONE as pect to judge a
progmm." A KAOS radio show is composed
of many different e lements - some ca n be
accurate ly judged. o ther s ca n'\. By
recognizing the funds a program brin gs in
during a pledge drive one can at least get an
idea to what li steners are responding and
what they see as important in their li ves . The
station is li ce nsed by the FCC to serve in the
public interest. so we must find ways to see
if we are meeting people's standards. I wish
that more people would ca ll the li stener
comment line (866-6000 x6897) and provide
us with their perspectives. but not many do.
Maybe you have some idea s to get the
communit y to res pond.
KAOS is an important asset to
Evergree n and Olympia. People call it a
community radio stati on yet don't treat it as
such . We. for some rea so n. believe th at
attacking eac h o th er will improve th e
situatio n. That never works. The concerns
and reco mm e ndati o ns o f li ste ners and
st udents need to be addressed. as we ll as
those of the staff. and thi s is why the Mission
Implementation Committee has been created
(E ll en Gormley, the chair, can be reached
through KAOS). If yo u ca re enough to
criticize KAOS by voice or on paper. I ex pect
to see yo u there or speaki ng personally to
one of us. otherwise I can fairly say you don ' t
rea ll y care.
I hope that throughout the summer and
year you will add yo ur voice to the station
by contact in g me or other s taff abou t
anything on you r mind.
Spencer Crandall

Constitution of the State of Washington
Article I § 5 FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all
subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right.

Response

What's up with those people .on the 'East Coast?

As for your re g ional planning
organization, Evergreen was a charter
member at its founding in 1967. Professors
Ru ss Fox and Carolyn Dobbs provide
valuable insight at our monthly meetings .
There are many, many other such formal and
informal connections between the campus
and the communitYIl
Local jurisdiction s value public
participation and the views of students a nd
faculty are important to us in making local
policy. Olympia, for example, has a very
active Bicycle and pedestri a n Advisory
Committee, whose recommendation s have
resu lted in many improvements, including
th ose li sted a bove. We se nd notic es of
meetings and board vacancies to KAOS and
the CP1 - and listen to the response .
So the "Basketball will (or won 't: who
cares if it does) make them love us" argument
causes me some bemusemenl. Good luck,
whatever yo u dec ide about intercollegiate
hoops. And have a great summer!
Mark Foutch
Mayor Pro Tern. City of Olympia
Chair, Thurston Regi onal Planning Council

Parking booth four
to be freed June 3

To the Evergree n Community:
Thi s is a letter thanking a ll those who
ha ve worked on my behalf in appea ling my
two year sentence in the Parking Booth . All
of the Booth prisoners, also known as the
Parki ng Booth Four, have suffered from
carbo n monoxide poiso nings, rud e and
obnox iou s stra ngers. c ramped hou sin g,
isolation, starvation, sleep deprivation ant.!
boredom. We will be freed on Friday, June 3
atI2 :15p.m .
Before I go on. I'd like to request
something.
Please stop the torture! For the sake of
future pri sone rs of the Parking Booth. you
must remember that a Visitor 's Pass is not a
One Hour Pass and that $20 bills are pain ful
and if you don't mind. get an emission s test.
But the se two years have not been pure
he ll. I wi ll take with me the memories of
seve ral wonderful characters. most of whom
I wi n nev er know their names. Like the early
morning custodi al woman who walks all the
way to the Booth to pay for he r pass. Or the
Although Larry Leveen's letter (CPl. friendly ma n who works at NWFS who will
Mny 19) dealt mainly with the basketball stop by to chat even though he has a parking
issue. I was delighted to see a reference to st icker and the famous Envelope Woman
Thur ston Regional Planning Co un c il 's who organizes her change in all those
Regional Transportation Plan. I wish we wasteful bu siness repl y e nv elopes found
cou ld build all the bicycle lanes called for in profusely in junk mail.
So the Parking Booth Four are free,
the plan thi s year. Unfort unately, the plan
(passed in 1993) is a 20-year document and (sort of) in the tradition of Vaclav Havel.
we are working thi s year on finding ways to Nelson Mandela and, hopefully soon,
Leonard Pe ltier and Aung San Suu Kyi,
fund it.
Meanwhile, we are see ing much more nameless freedom fighters have succeeded
commitment from localjurisdictionsjn th ei r in takin g another ste p towards uni versal
transportation planning to funding more non- liberation. Fare well and thank you , one a nd
auto projects. In part this is a response to the all!
1990 federal
Inte rmod e l Surface For the Parking Booth Four,
Transportati on Efficiency Ac t (inev it ab ly Dante Salvatierra
acronym-ed Ice Tea), which call s for a much
more balanced approach to transportation
funding .
In Olympia. the recent Division Street
bike lanes, which many Greeners seem to
Dear Everybody,
use. were included in a project that started
Talk about procrastination! Thi s is the
out to be a water and sewer line upgrade with
letter that I have been putting off for two
an asp halt overlay of the old pavement. The
years now. I'm graduating in a few days, so
City i, also working on some bike parking
I figu red it was now or never.
facilities downtow n. and a Boulevard Road
The reason I'm writing is that here at
upgrade, including bike paths. wi ll start soon.
TESC, if we go purely by the cartoon and
Lacey. Tumwater and Thurston County also
letters pages of the CPl, there seems to be
have bike projects in the works. Funding is
slow progress on the fronts of eliminati ng
from a combination of local. state nnd federal
racism. sex ism, homo phobia, etc . For
sources.
example. racism seems to be fundamental
The basketball debate has surfaced an
part of the cartoons page (w itness Jonah E. R.
a rgu ment based on the assumption th at
Loeb, etc .... though you gotta give him credi t
relations between Evergreen and local
for standing up for himself) .
commu nities aren't good. I think they're as
I wanted to offer some hope, before I
good, or better, than your usual town-grown
final ly grad uate, that individuals do mat ure
relati onship. Most people I talk to understand
to some degree, that they do benefit from the
that Evergreen was never meant to be Your
Evergreen Environment (even white males);
Father's Oldsmobile, and aren 't interested in
I believe I am such a person.
see ing the school tum into another U-Dub
You see, when I first came to Evergreen,
or Wazzoo, no matter how much they might
as a young lad, I had the common white male
love those other institutions. They appreciate
reaction to this environment. This was to
Evergreen's strengths and tolerate its foibles.
reject the message that my value system, as
What more cou ld you ask?
it was, was somehow flawed. This is not an

Olympia seeks more
bike paths, parking

People do mature
while at Evergreen

Page 10 Cooper Point Journal June 2,1994

cartoon by Jonah Loeb
easy message for anyone to take. but I reacted
a bit more fervently than most.
I authored a comic in the CPJ call ed
··Genderbitch ." Thi s cartoon was abo ut a
"p.c'· woman who beat up anyone who was
politically incorrect. This meant whitemales, leather wearers, non-vegetarians, etc.
This cartoon made fun of what I saw as the
"Politically Correct" people_ I thought I was
" bursting their bubble," showing them for
what they reall y were (a fuzzy concept,
really ... mostly it felt like an angry reacti on
to these people who thought I was wrong for
bein g who I was).
Not surprisingly, soon after the cartoons
were publi shed [ received a fair amount of
c ritici s m for the sexist messages' in my
comic. nnd for supposing that I knew the
ex peri e nc e o f wome n (since my main
character was a woman). In letters pages and
in person. I was told that p.c . was a concept
used by the right and cohservatives, and that
1 was unwittingly forwarding their agenda,
which was/is to discredit progressive ideas,
such as ending sex ism and racism. Not
stupid, but having been full y indoctdnated
by this culture as have most whites, I rej ected
the criticism, even while I could not logicall y
re fute it.
At the end of that year I quit doing the
cartoon. Ijust didn't feel comfortable doing

it any more. Subsequently, my interest was
piqued in race and class studies . I took
severa l programs on the s ubj ect. As my
political awareness dawned. and as I hung
aro und with people who had the patience to
let me air my racism and sex ism-imbued
"record" (thank you Lisa). 1 beg an my
journey to a better awareness of the political
reality of our society and the world. I began
to be tter understand my relation ship to
women, to other racial groups.
I'm definitely no t "there" yet. My
"record" is still full of messages from my
past. Hey, I grew up watching Gilligan'S
Island, too ... I sti ll remember the savage
natives that threatened the pri stine Marianne,
the sex-object Ginger. So ... my journey still
continues_ It's been fun, though, here at
Evergreen. And, despite all the criticism of
it (some of which comes from this very
mouth). I'll miss it.
For those of you who have a response
to me. I apologize for robbing you of your
chance to re ply in the CPJ. After graduating,
how ever. 1'11 be work ing at the lo ca l
McDon alds. serving frie s. so you can calch
me there. We can talk polilics. if the manager
doesn' t mind.
So Long,
Josh Remis

Hey, turn off that TV for a minute

by Anthony R. Pelaez
Have you ever felt like a stranger in a
strange land? Have the very words you've
uttered given you away as being an alien
visitor?
Chances are if you are like me, you are
experiencing these displaced feelings. Or as
you venture forth to the outside world during
the summer, you will come across those who
will point you out.
But there exists in this country a rift
between two cultures unlike any other. In one
comer lies the East Coast and in the other
lies the West Coast. It's not even between
any particular states. States from their
respective coasts are lumped into one giant
land mass, to the point that if you mention
you're from Delaware, you may have to say
"East Coast" before any bells ring.
Being a New Yorker, I have the
advantage of being from East Coast
Headquarters. In fact , if I were to peer into
the mind of a West Coaster, I would probably
find their picture of the East being an urban
mass resembling the city from "Blade

faults. Remember your first Halloween at
Evergreen, or drinking coffee on the Adorm balcony, throwing coffee/rom the Adorm balcony. that one really great
semina r. Look around at the people he re,
who yo u never would have met
somewhere else. Don ' t sit back as, year
by year. Evergreen loses a little more
money, spirit and courage, until it's hard
to remember just what was so different
about the college in the first palee. Pay
attention, get involved!
The habits you learn here will follow
you. If you learn to be an apathetic whiner,
then don't expect to sudden ly change into
a social activist when they hand you that
diploma.
It's never too late to become a thinker
and a doer. If you can seminar, you can
save the world. So to speak.
-Sara Steffens, CPJ editor-in-chief
Idealist to the end!

Well ; you missed it. The CPJ is now officially taking its summer vacation,
lounging by the pool and reading Danielle Steele paperbacks. Our first is's ue of
the fall will be our special orientation is.s ue, published Monday, Sept. 19
Our first regular submissions deadline will be noon , Monday, Sept. 26
We always welcome your ideas, contributions, and especially, your help,
Please call us at 866-6000 x6213 if you have any questions.
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Runner." It was New York, by the way.
Peering into the mind of an East
Coaster, you may find images of
stereotypical hippies lounging around on the
beach or in the woods drinking some sprouty
health drink. The West Coast Headquarters
would be a little hazy in their mind because

they think they ' re too busy to think about it.
What if the rift widened and a Cold War
develops sparked by the infamous David
Letterman Incident? What would we do?
War? Too much. A wall? You could still hear
the other side. Hmmmmm?
I propose we do a potl arch. A potlatch

Imprisonment of Mandela, Peltier should not be compared
by Eric H. Larson
As I sat in the steps of the Capitol May
2 I to show support for imprisoned Native
activist Leonard Peltier, I marvelled, as I
always do at such gatherings, at the feelings
of kinship fostered by the coming together
of so many people (Native and non-Native)
for one purpose. Yet, despite my elation at
the brotherhood inspired by tbis event, it was
with great disappointment that I listened
quite a number of times to speakers equating
the illegal incarceration of Leonard Peltier
with the impri sonment of ANC leader Nelson
Mandela. As a student of both African and
. Native histories, 1 found such an instance of
so lidarity to be sadly unfounded and perhaps
even hurtful to Leonard's cause.
While it is true that Peltier and Mandela
(until recently) have both been imprisoned
for a great len g th of time - and with
unquestionable political motivations - 1
believe the si milarities stop there.
Leonard Peltier is, first of all, not gUilty
of the cr ime s for which he has been
imprisoned. He is a warrior and leader in a
true and traditional se nse and has put his life
on the line. enduring great hardships , in the
name of political and spiritual freedom for
the indigeno us people of this continent.

As a member of the American Indian
Movement (AlM), Leonard has shown time
and again his support for indivi'dual native
Nations to secure the rights
of self-determination and
sovereignty. Such is one of
the many political reasons
for which Leonard has
been imprisoned. Tribal
sovereignty runs counter to
the "melting pot" theory on
which Amerikkka has
supposedly been created.
While
Nel so n
Mandela may have begun
his career in a s imil a r
manner to Leonard Peltier,
there are many, any differences between
these men and the struggles they represent.
Mandela is a me mber of the Xhosa
tribe , a people not truly indigenou s to
Southern Africa (the only people who are
indigenou s in the true sense are the various
tribes of native Bushmen), yet he claims to
represent a majority of South African blacks. '
Mandela is also one of the founding
members of the African National Congress
(AN C), a fact widely publicized. It is also
true (though rarely mentioned) that in 1961

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incidents affecting The Evergreen State College and·
surrou nding communities. To portray accurately
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he was appointed leader of the UmkhonlO we
Sizwe ("Spear of the Nation" or MK), which
became the armed, insurrectionist wing of
the ANC.
From the time of
hi s MK leadership right
up into th e pre se nt ,
Mandela has condoned
(and
ha s
been
personably responsi ble
for) many indi scriminate
acts of terrori sm against
the white population
(a nd in many cases,
black non -A NC) as a
means of furthering the
ANC's " pan-Africani st"
goals. These acts of violence were directed
at any targets of opportunity, not simply those
of a military or political nature, including
elders, children, women, and the like.
This strategy is a far cry from that of
the American Indian Movement, who have
traditionally armed themselves primarily to
defend the people against outside aggression
(e.g. government-supported terror-squads)
and who support the self-determination of
individual Native nation s.
Now that he has been put into power in
South Africa , Mandela has vis ion s of a
brotherly, unified country remini scent of
Western "democratic melting pots." I doubt
very seriously that he has any intentions of
granting sovereignty to individual African
Native groups (e.g . the Zulu nati o n
repre sented by Inkatha Freedom Party) who
oppose the historically di s proven panAfrican ideal. Mandela, the former anti-white
terrori st, may have truly sincere wishes for a

Their stories are
riot the same, and
I feel it is a slap in
the face of those
fighting for Native
sovereignty
to say so.

Cooper Pomt Journal

1 applied to be CPJ editor-in-chief it 's here. and what it offers you, despite its
more than a year ago because I believe that
Evergreen needs this newspaper. And I
wanted the big desk by the window.
The desk was the first thing they took
away from me , but I s till have my
conviction s. The CPl , to me, has always
been an instrument of change.
Ideally, the se pa ges serve as a
community forum, a message board, a
watchdog. Of course, they're also often
full of hostility, penine ss, trivia and true
obscurity. That's okay. somehow the two
feed off of and balance each other.
I worry about all of us. Too often,
we si t by, and yawn, and wait. And then
one morning we notice, " Hey, everything
I loved about this college [state, country,
world) has been ruined." And by that time
it's too late, already, to put it back together
the way it was.
Don't let this happen to Evergreen.
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infographic by Sara Steffens and Tony Pelaez

is a ritual originating from Native Americans
of the Pacific Northwest. It is a contest of
honor between tribes in which those things
that hold value are given away or destroyed.
The more that is offered, the higher the status.
I think the East would begin by sending
a tanker full ofTastykakes. The West would
respond by flying over all its Rice-a-Roni
and knocking over the Space Needle. (Have
you seen what they charge to go up that
thing? That's a heck of an income loss.) The
potlatch would continue until Wes t Coast
deports the casts of "The Bev" and "Melrose
Place" and the East lets that giant golfball
loose crushing Disney World .
Of course, thi s is just a suggestion. The
rivalry between the West and the East is kinda
fun. But sometimes thi s whole " pop" thing
versus "soda" just makes my skin craw l.
I haven't forgotten the middle of the
U.S. They ' re important. Somebody 's got to
keep the two coasts separate.
Tony Pelaez is an -Evergreen sludenr
and CPJ Sla// wriler who wanls 10 wish
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unified South Africa comprising people of
all colors, but he is by no means a hero for
the rights of indigenous people, African or
not.
Furthermore. while he may have been
impri so ned for unju st reaso ns a nd ha s
supposedly brought the ideal of one-personone-vote to South Africa, Mandela is no sai nt.
To me, Mandela is nothing but a politician.
who has a lot of blood on his hands (as do
most others in the country - 1 admit).
As a person of Native (as well as
European) heritage. I consider Leonard
Peltier to be a true hero for the rights of
indigenou s peoples. I mu st therefore take
issue with the idea that Leonard Peltier and
AIM have any real connection with Nelson
Mandela or the ANC. Their stories are not
the same, and I feel it is a slap in the face of
those fi ghting for Native sovereignty to say
so. Once the truth is learned .
I find no fault with those who do no t
have the tim e o r reso urces to educate
themselves prope rly about the situation in
South Africa, or any place else for that matter.
Education is a time-consuming activity and
no individual can be expected to be aware of
everything that is happening. However, I do
urge those people who perhaps aren't so
heavily occupied by work to further the rights
of Native Americans to educate themselves
more holistically about other world issues.
There is a vast amount of information
out there, but only so much of it is truth; don't
believe everything you are told . read or see
in the media - not even in Th e Nation (or
the CPJ.)
Quyana (thanks), to all my relations.
Eric Larson is Evergreell/aculty.

Support. hemp and Inititive 622
by Joshua W. Kilvington
Hemp, Cannabis Sativa , termed
Marihuana or Marijuana by 1930s "yellow
journalists," is possibly the most versatile
plant product which can be grown by
humans .
Cannabis spec ie s hav e bee n
coi ncidentally developed to serve humanity
throughout the ages, have fortified historical
soc ieties in all matters of evolutionary
progression, and have thousands of uses.
Hemp meadows can be planted on lands
otherwise followed out as "contaminated" to
further the cycling, and break-down, of
polluted air and soils. Hemps have rapid
cycles, be aring seed annually and semial)nually, and, therefor e, process at
proportionate rates of consumption. There
are varieties of hemp which require less than
ten inches of water annually to successfully
cycle.
Hemp, when cultivated into soils or left
to rot, not only improves the soil(s) by adding
humus, but the roots of many hemp varieties
have the capability of rooting three to ten

feet. or more , into the earth. This action
loosens many strata of soil layers. fixing
nitrogen therein . setting down pathways for
water perco lation to occur. and. thu s.
extracting otherwise locked-up minerals and
elements towards the su rface. Vital microbial
activities can occur as deep as the roots set.
Because hemp spec ies can g row in
marginal and fertile soil s alike, they can. in
principle, compensate partially fo r current
oxygen cyc l e deficits by convert in g
otherwise non (low) oxygen interacti ve
bioregions into areas which fix nitroge n into
so il s while creating oxyge n frol11 carbon
dioxide.
In the scenario where a so il's rate of
percolation, water table depth, and purity is
increased, as in my "contaminated meadow
scenario," water which falls on thi s land is
purified by the percolatory actions, depth
improves retention, which in tum produces
a complex effect on the water cycle as a
whole. Suffice it to say that water lodged in
the purer soil for longer amounts of time

see hemp, page 12

Cooper Point Journal June 2,1994 Page 11

Forum

Forum

Real national health care •• critically ailing, not dead yet
.houses and the AMA.
By now you might get the idea that I'm say, "Can I afford to be sick today?" Singleby John Ford
Clinton's plan is called "managed care," speaking about (GASP!) socialized payer offers the least expensive system with
About two weeks ago , we at TESC
the best benefits-for all of us.
were treated to an informal Q & A session and relies on the insurance companies sense medicine!
H we can't get this simple goal
You'd be right. In my opinion, health
on health care reform with a representative of decency combined with "free-market"
of the Clinton Administration. It was economics. If you've ever been in that great is not-for-profit. It's that simple. I am not a accomplished, we've only ourselves to
supposed 10 look at the situation from a grey area .of too poor for - - - - - - - - - - - - total socialist; as a matter of. blame.
good insurance yet too rich
Who knows what secrets John Ford has
fact I like making a buck or
"consumer's point of view." If only it had.
two. But we're not speaking not yeT chosen 10 share? (Only The Shadow
The speaker, Paul Miller spoke for Medicaid, you know
of pizzas or VCRs, we're knows! .. . .heh, heh, heh.)
glowingly of health coveraRe reform, that that the correct phrase
talking about basic needs.
is , getting everyone health illsurance. would be "mangled care."
Reform of health care never came up until In previous administrations
The real kicker is that
For more info, do what I did-read
single-payer saves the most
this writer asked about a "single-payer" plan such "free-market" ideas
altern ative press publications like Z
money while covering
like the ones presently being promoted by were called "trickle-down
Magazine, Mother Jones, The Nation,
UnfortRepresentatives Jim McDeml0tt (D-Wash.) economics ."
everyone! Not according to
Public Citizen, Common Cause, In These
me, mind you, but according
and John Conyers (D-Mich .) as well as unately, the middle-class
Times etc. National Public Radio, the
Se nator Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) . Miller 's and poor just got trickled
to both the Congressional
Canadian Broadcasting Coorporation and
only comment was that it was "po litically 011, while the insurers,
Budget Office and the
PacifICa Radio are also good sources. You'll
unfeasible ." and that anyone serious about doctors and drug manufacturers did just fine . General Accounting Office, the two major
get information the mainstream press ignores
reform should back President Clinton. as his With mangled care, the medical coverage/ Federal fisca l data compilers. The plan
with regularity and impunity. Or if you'd like
\\'as the only plan that stood a chance of care s ystem tells you what you can severs the often-deadly link between
something a bit more direct; contact Barbara
passing. And that was about all he said. over have,when you can have it and from whom. employment and health insurance. Only in
Otto at Single Payer Across the Nation
two countries is your health coverage in
;lIld over in different manners. I'm al so sure With single payer. you're the boss.
(SPAN) at (216) 241-8558.
These moneyed interests are working jeopardy if you lose your job:the U.S. and
that he actually believed the guff he wa s
Or, contact our elected officials:
very hard to convince America not to rock South Africa. For a nation with our resources.
handing out.
the Hon. Jim McDermott,
I wasn't impressed. Having lived next the boat. from basic campaign contributions its downright embarrassing.
1809-7th Ave., Suite 1212.
It can change.
door to Canada (Niagara Falls. NY) all my to fear-mongering TV commercials depicting
Seattle, WA
At this writing. the McDermott/
life. I know from first-hand accounts (both "Harry & Louise" telling us that under
(206) 533-7170.
doctors and patients) that single-payer is the refoml, the government will pick your doctor Conyers bill HR 1200 (The American Health
ollly plan that provides ulliversal care and for you. Thi s last scare tactic is being Security Act) has 93 co-sponsors in the
the Hon. Mike Kreidler.
keeps costs down. The on ly political challenged by consumer advocates on radio House, a number that presently does not
1-800-765-8137
obstacles at present are the lobbying dollars with "Jerry & Ann" (Comedy team Jerry include the Hon. Jolene Unsoeld. Support for
of the insurance companies, pharmaceutical Stiller and Ann Meara, Ben Stiller's folks) the Wellstone bill. S. 491, is growing as well.
Ihe Hon. Jolene Uns()cld,
telling the truth about single-payer.
Many consumer and medical groups support
1110 Capitol Way S .. Suite 404,
a single-payer plan. The powers that be in
Olympia, WA.
Washington will only he lp institute this
753-9528.
needed reform if the voting populace (that's
improves overall water quality.
building products, cloth, food, medicine. and us, remember?) tells them in no uncertain
Senator Slade Gorton ,
terms that we are not "special interests, .. we
.
Hemp can reverse the ozone depletion so much more I
9152nd,
and greenhouse effects by acting as a
Taxes generated by the regulation, are their employer, and that if our needs are
Sean Ie, WA
"scaffold forest." The primary calise of these licensing, and invigoration of commerce not met, they ' ll need a new job come the next
(206) 553-0350
"e ffects" is removal of trees storing carbon, created by hemp legalization would create a election.
toll-free opinion hot line 1 - 800 - 282-~095
This is an issue that profoundly affects
poisoning of waters - where 70 percent of virtual rekindling of the industrial revolution!
our oxygen comes from - and pollution of The small-farm economy would be us all. it knows no boundaries of color.
Senator Patty Murray.
air supplies. where ox ygen locks-up into revitalized and every paper mill shut down gender or sexual orientation. Now is the time
915 2nd. Seanlc, WA.
pollution chemicals.
in the past 20 years could re-open . Entire to enter the next century with a good
(206) 553·5545
Hemp fields where nothing else might house s could be built with hemp products foundation for our citizenry- not having to
grow will help increase our oxygen supply. alone; ships could be fabricated entirely out
and help to create tertiary oxygens for the of hemp . Cloth ing made from hemp would
Increase o f our common ozone layer.
last much longer. Medical research would be
Hemp will fix nitrogen lind hold carbon free to find relief. and potentially lead to the
at a more rapid pace than a forest. If this is curing, of diseases such as, but not limited
occurring on lands on which no fore st is to. glaucoma. cancer, and AIDS.
predom in ate. for whatever reasons, this will
The de facto number one cash crop of
be a real improvement of our common carbon the Pacific West could revitalize, stimulate,
cycle - and slow down greenhouse effects . and expand our legitimate economy if
All of this occurs while poisons are "legalization" were enacted.
broken down and forests regrown - a
Why do we assume ourselves so
scaffold towards common healing.
superior that we exclude one of the most vital
-Overheard when a young customer came in
I must make it clear that plant s and powerful crops available to humankind
the TESC Bookstore with his parents.
c ultivated on contaminated land s are from production ? The restoration of our
characteri stic of the land, contaminated. and economy, now reported relatively unified
should not be used for anything but the world-wide. and the creation of innumerable
mulching of said lands.
jobs is potential in the legitimization of the
Hemp seeds are sec o nd on ly to the hemp species and products. In hemp is a vital
soybean in protein content. and are high in tool for common healing.
w hat a re called po s itive, or healthy.
In Wa shington , the initiative by the
cho1esterols. Thi s means that as food stuff. people . number 622 , to establish the
the seeds of cannabis are very popular among legitimization of the species cannabis for
many species.
commercial production and consumption is
"Third-World Hunger" mi ght end with the latest. grassroots effort to establ ish sanity
the saturation of marginal lands leaning in our world . Please support this effort by
toward s de sertification with hemp seed s. signing the petition, volunteering to assist and
Able populations might harvest leaves for voting "yes" for 1-622. if it makes the ballot.
green s and half of the total seed harvest as
The illegalization of hemp is an effort
food. The other half of seed could be sent not wo rthy of continuing, due to the
hack to the earth with the stalks and left to outstanding circumstances which humanity
decompose for subsequent harvests.
now face s. We need hemp now!
Hemp can be proce ssed into pape r.
1. W. Kilvin g toll is all Everg ree n
plastic . fuel . rope. fibre, resins. pulp fibre for studellt.

The real kicker is
that single-payer
saves the
most money
while covering
everyone!

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Semesters might ruin the Evergreen education
by Leo Daugherty
I have taught at Evergreen for 22 years.
During that time, I've had my worries about
the place, as we all have. But I've never been quite as worried .as.! am now. Here's Why. .
One of the hardest things in the world
is starting up, and then keep~ng open, a
nontraditional college that's dedicated both
to academic excellence and to caring about
the personal development of its individual
students.
The higher ed highway of the past 50
years - and particular! y of the period 1960
to 1980 - is littered with the bleached bones
of all the dead nontraditional colleges.
Most of these schools were in the
private sector. They either self-destructed,
ran out of cash, or both. Hardly a one is left.
A precious few were in the public sector
- places which tried to give excellent
educations at state college price s to selfmotivated students whose backgrounds were
not necessarily those of the economic or
academic elite.
The first thing I ever heard about
Evergreen (a year or two before coming here)
was that it was being founded on a wonderful
and revolutionary principle: "lust because a
regional college is in the public sector, it
doesn't have to be bad." I was amazed. I felt
that I really wanted to be part of such a place.
Of these public-sector educational
experiments, really only two are left: Saint
Mary's (in Maryland) and Evergreen. And
of these two, Evergreen has all along been
more daring, more experimental, more
acadr.mically noteworthy, more intellectually
and pedagogically interesting and more fun.
I would cite three main reasons for
Evergreen 's (unlikely) success.
The first is that Evergreen has managed
on the one hand to become a nationally
recognized "public ivy" for those students
who wanted one, and on the other hand to be
lots of other good and worthwhile things for
those who did not. It has thus met many

audiences and attracted many accolades for
.
having done so. '
The second, frankly, has been the
money - the "hard money" which only a
state can really provide these days.
But third - and the one I want to dwell
on here - has been a brilliant structural
thing we did at the outset and then forgot
about full-time programs, most ofwhich Last
for two or three quarters.
This innovation was "spatially"
brilliant because such
programs are necessarily
interdisciplinary. This is
because the s ize of the
quarterly credit amount
sort of mandates that the
credit awarded be in more
than one traditional
"subject," no matter how
much anybody might want
to make our "programs"
more
like
regular
"courses."
So it isn't just that
Evergreen rejected the
" course;" much more
wisely, it mandated these
" programs"
which
awarded so much credit per quarter that they
could not be tllrned into narrow courses
(though some here have certainly tried).
This innovation was "temporally"
brilliant because the length of our programs
(normally two quarters or a whole academic
year) allows for dramatic intellectual, social,
and ski ll s development in individual
students, while also allowing student groups
to develop at the same time - seminars,
programs, workshops, collaborative-project
teams, and other "communities of learners."
Because of this central infrastructural
innovation, Evergreen could not "regress" could not retreat into courses, departments ,
narrow "majors," and all the other turfbound
claptrap
that
hamstrings

undergraduate colleges everywhere else.
And meanwhile we've enjoyed the
famous "Evergreen ethos:" no grades, no bigtime intermural athletic programs, no
"distribution requirements," no fraternities
or sororities, and so on. (And we've also,
thank God, had no viable "st udent
government" - because, in truth, our
students have been too smart all along to get
involved in such stupid, time-wasting stuff,
realizing in their wisdom that [a.] it's boring,
and
[b.]
that
representat i ve student
government gives the
average student less
power, not more, in
relation
to
the
administration.)
Evergreen has
been a wonderful place,
a miraculous place. And
it is a place beloved by
the thousands who've
gone to schoo l here. as
well as by most of us
who've worked here.
And : It is a place now
en vied the world over.
But I worry that
today we're on the brink of losing it.
And the main reason is that I'm pretty
sure the threatened (and apparently
imminent) move to semesters will bust the
full-time-studies infrastructure and thus pave
the way for Evergreen to regress into a
traditionalism nobody needs anymore. '
The main (and obvious!) problem with
semesters is that they'll make Evergreen's
"limited menu" curriculum far more limited.
Right now, an entering first-year
student can take at the most 12 programs
during four years (if he or she were to take
three different programs each year for those
four years). This isn't much, but it's proven
sufficient to give minimal variety, and I've
actually come to think it's the perfect amount.
But with the semester, that same student
will only be able to take a maximum of eight
programs - two per academic year, not
nearly enough for students who want variety.
And, more importantly, it isn't enough for
those students who must now seek and find
more variety here - in order to meet, for
example, ou r own new "requirements" for
our Bachelor of Science degree and our
Masters in Teaching program (and its
necessary "endorsements.") . Meanwhile,
everybody knows that the Legislature has
told Evergreen that its only substantial
growth here in the next few years will be in
part-time studies programs anyway. Since
that's where the money's going to be, that's
what we're going to tIl)' to gin up. Thus, all
the pressures right now are pushing us in the
direction of an outdated and uninteresting
traditionalism - and one, moreover, which
we will be too underfunded to do well at.
The result is absolutely predictable.
With the semester, our own students will
demand more variety. And our only option
-which some of those now seeking the
semester option understand only too well will be to bust fUll-time study here through
offering more and more half-time and
quarter-time programs during those
semesters in order to "fix" what will almost
certainly be an ever-deepening retention
problem as students keep leaving in droves
because they can't get enough of what they
want or need. (And because too many of
them will feel they're stuck for a whole
semester in a program that' s either bad or
not to their liking.) At the same time, we ' ll
have fewer and fewer programs that go
longer than a semester -for the same
reasons.

Far too many of our
coordinated studies
programs
(particularly in
Core) have pecome
boring and bad, if
not outright chaotic
to boot.

Wanted: Student
Representative to the
Board of Trustees
The student representative attends
board meetings the second Wednesday
of each month.
If you are interested in being a
student representative to the board
through the next academic year, please
call the President's Office at 866-6000,
ext. 6100 by Friday, June 10.

In other words, the semester means
courses.
And courses mean - what else? - a
traditional state college.
. I confess to being mystified as to why
anybody with any experience. would want to
reinvent the state college. Yet right now a
strong coalition of administrators, faculty,
and staff here has mounted a campaign across
several fronts to give us exactly that, and the
headlines in this spring's CPJ have told it
all. Th ey want big-time intercollegiate
basketball. They want student governance.
They want more half-time and quarter-time
programs only one term long (i .e., courses).
Why?
Meanwhile, too many of these same
people do not, in my view, want to face up
to what's really wrong here - and which is ,
by the way, a main contributor to our
"retention problem." Thi s is the fact (and it 's
a pretty open secret) that far too many of our
coordinated studies programs (particularly in
Core) have become boring and bad, if not
sometimes outrigh t chaotic to boot. (stud e nt ~
may not know it , by the way, but what man y
fa c ulty are saying about the retention
problem is merely new rhetoric covering a
very old cliche: that it 's [}?rOllll] " today 's
students" who are the problem, not they or
their programs. and that they are in fact daily
cast in g their pearl s before [ever more
unappreciative] swine.) In truth, though, yet
another horrid cliche is at the bottom of this
one: "Deep DeniaL"
For in fact lots of these folks - friends
of mine. many of them; good, nice, smart.
well-intentioned people- are in Deep
Denial about how bad some of their programs
are. and (in some few cases) about how
poorly equipped they are to teach
interdisciplinarily and to lead Evergreenstyle book seminars for good, serious, bright
students who make a regular practice of
Questioning Authority.
And - again in some cases - these
faculty (and some staff members as well) are
not as dedicated as they should be to
preserving and protecting the miracle that is
Evergreen.
And that would actually be okay, tQQ,
if they had an interesting alternative to it. But
they don't. They're simply trying to re-invent
the (awful) regional state college - with its
courses, majors, requirements, athletic teams
(i.e. , attendant circus), do-nothing
governance bodies, and massive PR phalanx
aimed at getting more and more millions with
which to do less and less that's worth doing.
And the last thing America needs right
now, or is going to need in the 21 st century.
is in fact the last thing it needed back in 1967
when Evergreen was founded: another dull,
traditional , mediocre, "directional" (as in
Southwest Washington) state college.
Nobody needs it, and the present
students (and alumni!) don't want it, and yet
we seem hell-bent on recreating it.
I urge students (and others) to oppose
it in the few days remaining during this
quarter and all during the summer. If you
agree with what I've said here (or most of
it). write or call President Jane Jervis. She
has gotten off to an excellent start here. The
reason is that she has established a good
reputation for listening closely and carefully
to what students say to her about Evergreen
and about their lives as students here . She
cares what you think.
So I urge you to let her know that you
want Evergreen to remain Evergreen.
Leo Daugherty is a member of th e
faculty ill literature alld linguistics. He is a
former academic deall alld currently se r\'e~'
as convener of the science alld /1IImall ra/tles
specialty area.

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Evergreen Album Project

U nknow-n Band Rocks
those interchangeable parts
by Pat Castaldo
Rumor had it that Rock was happening,
as it often does, on 89.3 FM KAOS Olympia
last Wednesday night on a show called
Inrerchangeable Paris hosted by a madam,
Ellen Gromley.
Always searching for the everlasting
punk-rock ex perience, I grabbed my camera,
loaded it with ASA 400 and headed to the
lusc ious third floor studi os.
"What are they called,)" I
enquired to the host.
"They
don't
have a namc. ye t."
she told me . as the
two of u, wa tched
the thr ee men
scr ibble ideas
down on the
KAOS pled ge
board. Despite
the many names
li ste d , non e
seemed to
quite work
for
the
band.
Oliver,
the torn dy e d

denim wearing, grubby white t-shirt bearing,
light-bulb changing drummer, signaled to us
through the studio glass. A shrug of the
shoulders and a nod of the head encouraged
us to participate in the band-naming. The
glass was too thick. and our suggestions were
for naught.
Still nameless , it was time to go on.
Ethan's heavy g uitar s urg ed throu gh a
tweaked amp. and the result was murky at
best. A man named Pm pumped hi s bass to
near finger - numbing madne ss. The
drummer's beats were erratic and pounding .
Inside the tiny studio. things sounded
great. The pure energy of what can be called
punk rock made the windows sweat and the
mixer light a bright lite-brite red .
On a small radio ill someone ', dorm,
howe ve r. I can only imagine the sou nd was
not that intense. In fact I'm sure it wasn't.
Pure punk just can't be translated into FM
waves for public distribution. SomethingJust
isn ' t right. Three inch tweeters max out too
ea'ily.
This band needs be seen live, and as
soon as they get a name, I'm sure you' II see
it plastered on a poster around town. Read
the poster. go to the show, li ve the Olyrock
experience .
Pat pret(v much done for this year.

by Rev. Andrew F. Lyons
Despite the ban on live performances
in campus Housing. the college has still
not succeeded in its attempts to squelch
musical creativity on campus.
"Lunch Bucket 94," the album,
produced solely by students, will soon be
available. You should really check out
what your class mates have been up to this
year.
This album is full of varied tastes,
from . folk to rawk to that thing that
Arrington de Dionyso does that sounds
really cool even if I don't know what it is .
Among other fine performances, this
album features the weirk of well known
campus bands like Scribble, Slackjaw and
Mu (you've at least seen the stickers for
these guys). There's also this really great
song by Chris Sand called "The Ballad of
Pee Wee Herman ."
Work on the Album Project began
during the first part of Winter quarter.
Some 40 plus students have been involved
with the composing, performing ,
engineering. producing , organizing,
graphic arts. digital mastering, and so on.
This year's project will be the first
ever to be released on CD. The Album
features se lectiuns from 19 different
Evergreen bands, e nse mbles . and solo
arti sts. There are 19 tracks on the CD.
chosen out of a total 27 submi ssions. Due
to vorio us things technical. that wos all
that cou ld be on the CD.
Now. if yo u got so exci ted abou t
"Lunch Bucket 94" that you ran to the
bookstore to buv it instead of reading th e
rest of this article, then you probably don't
know that it isn' t available in stores (not
unlike the Greatest Hits From the '50s,

'60s and '70s). Due to some extraneous
circumstances beyond anyone's control
the CDs won't be here until sometime
around the end of June .
Many of you may be long gone at
that point. perhaps saying things like,
"you want fries with that')" But fear not
parting greener. for you too shall get a
chance to purchase this album. in advance
at Super Saturday' Look for the Student
Album Project display at Super Saturday
somewhere in the general vicinity of the
main stage (hint: follow the sound of
music) .
The album will cost $10 (less than
the price of a Slayer album). For just one
extra dollar they will even send it to you .
That way you won't have to slink back
on campus next Fall and run into someone
who might ask what you've been doing
since graduation.
Returning student s intere sted in
procuring "Lunch Bucket 94" may also
want to consider ordering it in ot\vance.
Only 500 CDs will be made . those who
have reserved their copy in advance will
undoubtedly get first llibs. The rest will
be peddled on a fir st come first serve
basis .
The money raiscd from thi s year's
album project wi ll be used to fund next
years album.
The Rel'erelld Alldrell · F. Lvalls \1"1'/1
dearly miss his fell ' Ye(ln /Iel'l! lit Thol
E\'e r Strange Groll'ill!:! Col/eRe. Bill he
a/read\' has his copy of "LLlll ch Bucket
94, .. so he s prelly much set.

Congratulations
Grads, join us for
a toast!

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genera ted a rL project

by Saysamone Vil~youne
Along with Gwyneth
Harris, I painted a section
of a side wall of a building
during the Artburst in
downtown Olympia for an
event called the "Alley
Gallery" which was set up
to encourage the youth of
Olympia to channel their
creativity in a positive
way.
We were encouraged
to paint and spray paint
and let our creativity flow.
The event occurred near
the bus station and was a
response to the negative
claims that the youth of
Olympia are nothing more
than vandals. It was also
an excellent example that
the younger generation do
have a potential for
creativity and growing if
given the opportunity.
While taking part in
the event, I sensed a
positive attitude from all
the participants and hope
that events in the same
context will occur again.
Saysamone is a really
nice consu ltant al the
Computer Cel1ler Please,
be good (0 her.

O-Fish-al Congratulations
1994 Evergreen Graduates

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note: the author of this piece made il
clear to me, the editor, that no capitalization
was required in Ihis piece, I did" 'I believe
her. Being the last issue, however, there
remains 110 capitalizatioll.
by cindy laughlin
i just had a lunch date with someone
who doesn't like the eastside club. i doubt if
i'm ever going to see him again .
i mean, what's not to like? there's seven
pool tables. that's reason enough to fall
madly in love with the establishment.
and then there's 31 flavors of brew. (the
only one i drink is moss bay stout, in case
you were thinking of buying me one. nudge,
nudge, wink, wink.)
but his criticism was with the
atmosphere on thu·rsday nights. which, i can't
blame him, is preny lame.. however, if you
groove on the simpsons even a little bit. the
eastside is the place to watch it. the jukebox
gets turned off, and you can watch the
masterpiece of one of the more successful
evergreen grads on the big screen. with
surround sound. one hint though, leave
directly after the simpsons. hoards of people
come from lacey and rocheste r and invade

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German AcoLlstic Pel!vrmance Art
by Jeff Kotanchick
Oh. to be young. German and filled
with angst.
The German band Faust recently
performed at the Off Ramp in Seattle. I use
the term "performed" in the Neil DiamondJ
Liberace sense. where the musician is not
merely there to present an acoustic show. but.
instead, are there to present a multi-faceted
sensory experience.
In the case of Faust, the experience is
more akin to a bombardment of cheese.
Industrial German with a tendency towards
tamer Gwar-like antics (minus the sexuol
fixations). it was a show that made me wish
that I was a teenager again.
The actual performance consisted of
smas hin g a piano to bits with s ledge
hommers. carv ing the word "A RT" into
plywood with chainsaws. covering it with

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Thursday, June 16 at 8pm, TIckets: 12.50 advance. 15.00 at the
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buckets of paint and the destroying it. Near
the end of the show, a blow torch was brought
out and almost appeared to be used on some
plumbing fixtures. The major problem with
the show was that everything was pretty weli
conceived ofbeforehand~ as evidenced when
the drums were "destroyed". After about a
two minute post show discu ss ion with some
friends I saw there. we concluded that the
drums were actually collapsible and no real
damage was done to them . As all three of us
are highl y para no id of preconceived
creativity. it may be that the drums really did
break.
Even so. two interesting occurrences
did happen that night. The first was th at
everyone who was no one took a part of the
piano home for a souvenir. I don ' t have a
problem with star-trash (I had the neck of
Gene Simmons's guitar in sixth grade). but
thi s didn't make the cut. The seco nd
interesting event occurred in my fri ends' car
as we left. Both of them commented on my
odour du transient, but I was able to blame it
on a chemical reaction that the blow-torc h
fumes had with my endocrine system.
Anyway, when Faust returns in twenty
years. I hope they rename themselves. "Trite"
may be the best possibility.
Jeff leads a lillie towards indu stria l
himself He was inspired to write this ileaI'll
great place of industrial l'I'orship - the
Academic Computillg Classroom .

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my space. they come. they dance . they like
to two-step.
other nights, like mondays, it' s pretty
cool. they've got this thing called micromonday. micro-brews are cheap that night.
but perhaps the best reason to go to the
eastside on week-nights (tuesdays are my
fave) is the frequency in which pool tables
open up. if i really wanted to wait for an hour
to playa game of pool , i would go to the adorm pit.
the jukebox at the eastside is another
high point. new additions include violent
femmes, smashing pUinpkins, and tom waits.
but i al\Vays play 0403 , 1503, 5310, and
5312. in that order. (you'll have to go there
to find out what songs those are because i
wouldn't want to ruin your chance).
overall, i like the eastside club. a lot. i
will mi ss it when i move to arizona.
Tny friend sara thought it would be cool
to begin this article with the fact that i' ve
never broken (or stolen) a pint glass from
"the bar." i thought i'd end with it instead .
Cindy will surprise Them all in Arizona
with her pool playin', draft drink in , talents.
The Eastside Clllb. and the rest of Olympia.
especial/y th e CPJ will miss her greatlv.

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s going on? Nothing.Oh.

Death of a
by Seth "Skippy" Long
It all started two years ago when a
couple of guys got together to watch some
movies. They thought movies looked better
in the Lecture Halls than on their TVs and
that they had more fun watching them with
friends than alone. So they got a key to the
Lecture Halls and invited some friends over
to watch the movies on Sunday nights.
Then they thought that advertising these
movie nights was an even better idea. So a
legend was born. Me and Him posters were
works of art. They were produced by local
artists like Matt Pipes and Cat Kenney. Each
reflected the various fla vors of that month's
movie choices.
Me and Him Productions was our
weekly entertainment. It brought joy and
happiness into the hearts of dozens of
Evergreen students on those lonely Sunday
nights . Each week, from 7 to 11 p . ~. we

could count on Scott and Shaw to pick
winners for us. Each week was a new
adventure with its own theme .
Some weeks we got adventures, some
weeks we got love stories. Sometimes, if we
had been very, very good, the boys showed
us short films between the feature
productions. My favorite was Slap.
Occsaionally they would allow us to
choose the movies. ] remember one night
when Scott was sent out to rent the second
movie whi le we watched the first. He
returned from his bike ride (he never used a
car) bleeding and bruised from a freak
accident. His ankle was turned to hamburger
but we got our movie . I think he still has the
scar. That kind of devotion made them the
object of many people's undying love.
Eventually, Evergreen noticed the
antics and harmless fun we were all having
and told our heroes that they couldn't show

Finger Performance Art
Rob Menche
Industrial Performance Artisl
by Jeff Kotanchick
The night before the Faust show, a
friend and] perused one of Portland's more
exciting industrial artists at the Re-Bar.
Daniel Menche's claim to fame is that he
drilled a hole in a walkman, hooked up his
amplifier to the internal mechanisms and
sticks his finger in the hole to speed up or
slow down the mechanism.
The reason that ] like Menche so
much , apart from his eccentric ingenuity,
is that my friend, who lives in an apartment
complex next to the monorail, has a disc
of his. There is a track on there that sounds
frighteningly similar to the monorail and
when played repeatedly and at high dB's,
theoretically throws off the monorail-based

circadian-like rhythms of the neighbors.
Aside from the walk man trick,
Menche impressed us by rubbing the open
ends of two clay flower pots together . His
Synthesizer was attached in such a way
to pick up the vibrations as opposed to the
screeching of clay on clay.
Although one of Dannyboy 's wrists
was in a cast, it didn't seem to hinder the
enthusiasm he has for his many toys.
Daniel Menche's music is refreshing and
well conceived, and if you buy a disc
you ' ll get some interesting artwork as
well. If I were God, Menche would be
playing at graduation instead of the hippie
drum corps.
Jeff rides a motorcycle, so all those
offended by his 'hippie drum' remark call
feel free 10 run him down ar will.

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copyrighted movies if they advertised them.
But if people happened to show up to the
Lecture Halls each week to watch movies
wi th them, the college couldn't really do
much about that. Some people said that the
ban on Me and Him advertising came about
because of an article I wrote about them. ]
don't believe that.
But the boys were not to be lulled into
complacency. They renewed their assault on
boredom with all new movie nights and,
eventually, new posters.
The movies continued and so did the
fun . This fall, Shaw decided to leave
Evergreen. He finished the quarter and with
his departure, Me and Him Productions faded

sup?

kinda

into the history books of this once-fine
institution.
Scott is graduating in a few days. He
and Shaw and I were in the same Core '
program. I will miss them both. Thanks,
guys, for all the great Sunday nights. 'You
leave behind a legacy of fun and merriment.
That's ir for Skip. Much like whar this
piece was about, a Legend has moved on.
Funny 10 think that ir was the Bev Reporr, of
all things that got some people (like the
current A&E Editor, me) involved in this
paper in one way or another. I know /' 1/ miss
him personally, and hell, I may even miss
his writing. Best of luck Skip.

Last of the ZineBits
Splashdown #2
5-4-3-2-I-KABOOM!!! These are the
sound effects I heard in my head as I read
Splashdown, a zine that looked like it was
created with the fallout of an explosion.
But don't get me wrong. Not all
explosions are bad. In fact, Splashdown
seems to be a Zine Bermuda Triangle
beckoning for lost flotsam and jetsam from
forgotten coves. London, Portugal, New
York, Cambridge. If these locations aren't
alien enough, there seems to be a strong
extraterrestrial influence guiding the zine's
focus. The Brady Bunch and V?
(liked the Star Wars piece's look into
the phallic symbology of Boba Fett. I will
never look at my little action figure the same
way again.
It had plenty of reviews of the indie
music scene with interviews with
"Bunnygrunt" and "Lorelei." I do want to
know the favorite superheroes of these bands.
I thought their promotion of the zine
community was a nice touch. Cooperation!
My only complaint was that the game
page was too easy. Willy Wonka? Kidstuff.
If you get a copy of issue #2, don't forget to
color Rocky the Flying Squirrel. I bet mine
will be better.
To get your copy send $1 + 2 stamps to
Splashdown, Apt. 1706. 188 E. 64th St., NY
10021. Why not? .
-Tony Pelaez
I Like MonkeyBoyTM
The topic of the zine is pretty one
tracked" . on the subject of relationship-type

liNE BIT&
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IlND INFO

Some very good poems and such were
submitted and printed as promised . No
censorship here, at least none that I have been
able to notice and pick out. perhaps nothing
was submitted of that stature.
The layout is oh-so wonderful. It is
definitely, without question, a Pat Castaldo
layout. Pat likes this program called
PageMaker. He can, like, make circles,
squares, ovals and things.
Pat's incestuous love for the scanner
also shines through with vibrancy and
remarkable expertise in this area of layout
and desktop publishing. The photo on the
cover of the infamous MonkeyBoy himself
is ast<mishing. Oh the art work . I wish
everyone had PhotoShop.
Everyone buys at least one zine or small
press mini-magazine at least once in their life.
If you're one of the few that believes that
you still have a few years left before you're
caught without your one copy of a zine, think
again. Big Brother is watching you. And if
you're going to get a zine, you might as well
fork up the measly buck, so that you can own
Olympia's very own J Like MonkeyBo),.
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Cup of Coffee (In Olym'p ia?)
by Virginia Lore
I walk barefoot along the thin orange
stripe in the shag carpet, letting the fibers
tickle my feet. I ignore the other colors of
the carpet-the violet, purple, and red
stripes. I concentrate on the orange. I walk
with my loes turned out slightly, balancing
a book on my head. I have just read that a
princess walks with her toes turned out
slightly. I want to be a princess, although
I know I am 100 old to want such things. I
am in the fifth grade, and Mrs . Hunter says
my imagination get s the better of me
sometimes . When she talks like that. [
know she is talking about the time~ in my
notebook when I write my mother 's name.
Marilyn . in block letters and cry because
I think she's dead . Mrs. Hunter reminds
me that she's not dead. she is in law
school and has just moved out of the
house for awhi le. She still comes home
on the weekends. She and Dad are still
married. although I forget that , too,
sometimes, when her friend Darren is over,
teaching me how to make bran muffins or
how to eat the kinds of weeds you find in
parking lots.
That is on weekends, though, and on
weekday afternoons when Jimmy and I come
home from school and Jimmy goes out to
play, the family room is mine. The carpet
becomes mine, and the stereo, and the
bookshelves. The big family Bible becomes
mine with its red ribbon bookmark and its
Old English lettered Sermon-on-the-Mount.
I like "Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they
shall be called the children of God." I like it

because I know that other people think I'm a
child, and I know myself to be a peacemaker.
At least, I'm not a fighter. When people roar
around me, I go into myself and disappear.
It doesn't work to try and stop them. Unless
you can make them laugh. Sometimes I say
the right thing, and they laugh, and then I
can call myself a child of God.
I think a lot about God in these
afternoons when the family room is mine,
and the kitchen , and the empty garage. and
the room upstairs that I'm supposed to hate
. to be ba n i shed to when I'm be in g
punished. I think about what He is to
me. I fe el him with me
sometimes, the same way
that [ sometimes feel I
am a princess, or know
that I am adopted even
though they have a
picture of a new baby
getting a bath in a
salad bowl. It doesn ' t
look like me; cou ld be
anyone. I could have
switched at birth. I could
be a gypsy, or I could have had an
older brother who died in Viet Nam. (tell
the kids at school that I am an "atheist". (
tell them that so they will leave me alone
about God. I also tell them that because they
don't know what it means, and because [ have
recently learned that I am a "nonconformist."
The dictionary is also mine in the afternoons.
This particular afternoon is an empty
one. I am between books. The two I checked
out yesterday went too quickly because I

faked being sick this morning. (do this every
morning, knowing that I will wear Dad down
once in a while. I do this because I hate going
to school. Things are not safe there. But I
am talking abo ut this afternoon. There is
nothing ( want to watch on TV. I think most
kid shows are stupid. although I like to watch
the New Mickey Mouse Club because [ am
an actress and ( think they shou ld pick me
for that show. I put on show s in the family
room sometimes for the audience of
photographs pinned to the corkboard wall.
When 1am alone in the house I si ng out loud .
I choreograph West Side Story fo r all
audience of one. But I am bored with that
today. too. Today I want something different.
I put an Elton John record on the stereo.
My favorite song is "Daniel.' · While I am
waiting for it. I go into the kitchen and make
some coffie. [make half a pOl. and when it
is done. I pour it into the ceramic mug Darren
made for my mother in the ceramics class he
teaches. I take the cup back into the family
room and sit in the waffle chair, the lounge
chair shaped like an "S." I listen to "Daniel"
and think about leaving. People leaving me.
me leaving people. I drink the coffee black,
because that is how it is done when you are
an adult.
Virginia Lore is working will! Stephallie
Stephens 011 a collection of essays aboul the
culture of coffee drinkers .

Horor-Scopes™
Aries the Ram - You will wake up one
day, and the .sun will be sh ining a different
shine. Take advantage of this day, stay
inside if you must. Taurus the Bull Seek the water on the fifth day after you
meet him. He won ' t mention it, but you'll
be able to tell. At the water, do what comes
natural. Gemini the Twins - Summer is
a time of much joy. but not for you . You
will experience unpleasant thing ~ . Take
advantage of your bad luck , and write it
all down. Cancer the Crab - It might
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penn y. [fit is, leave it there, nothing in
this world i, free . Leo the Lion - Before
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time come s. Virgo the Virgin Graduated') It wa ~ for the be st. Not
graduated ? Just as well. there's no jobs out
there for you . Libra the Balance - All
the things you ' ve predicted won't come
true. You ' re best off just one wish at a time.
Scorpio the Scorpion - You'll have a
real taste for something sweet in the days
to come, squelch that desire. Sagittarius
the Archer - May the stars save you.
Capricorn the Goat -Do you really
think that it wi ll make a difference?
Aquarius the Water Bearer - Things
might be weird or funny for you now , but
not to worry, you'll always have a good
friend. Pisces the Fish - If there was
something I could say to you, I would.
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Thursday
June 2

more Of'S ...
In fact, you should go see an OFS film at
least once a week during the summer... they
only get better as we get closer to yet another
quarter.

Evergreen
speeches by Nelson Mandela and Fidel
Castro at a rally in Matanzas, Cuba will be
shown in dorm B515 . The presentation is
brought by the Socialist Youth Organization
Committee and there will be discussion on
forming a SYOC Chapter in Olympia. If
you're into it. the presentation will begin at
7:30 p.m.

Olympia
The International Film Festival continues
in Seattle thi s week. Tonight at the Egyptian.
My/h of/he Male Orgasm. 5 p.m .

Saturday.,
June 4
Evergreen
If you aren't catching up on your sleep for
Super Saturday, or if you're up early/late
working on an eval, li sten to Umoja on
KAOS from I p.m. to 3 p.m . Sixties and
early seventies music . "All artists are black,
most arti sts are dead." accordi ng to the fl ier.

Evergreen
Olympia
Pj'S and Pizza from Jack in the Box ... yes.
it 's a pajama party sponsored by
everyone's favorite burger bar. Jack in the
Box, a festival of gossip and pillow fight s
for women only. Featured will be the great
and magnificent music of Billie Holliday in
the form of the Northwest premiere of Lady
Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, a musical
biography. Ticket prices for the evening are
$40. Interested women should call Barbara
McDaniels at The Group. (206) 441 -9480.

Friday.,
June 3

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Coven House by Cat Kenney

Mandela in Cuba, a video presentation of

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Super Saturday, as in Saturday, June 4. the
16th Super Saturday in Evergreen's history,
the day before graduation. You don't even
have to leave campus to get there, Unless
you live off campus. then you can drive. car
pool. or take the bus. Events begin at II a.m .
and go on throughout the day and into the
night.
The all day festival (the largest in the state)
will include
• Student Samba marching unit to kick off
the festivities at II a.m.
·150 arts and crafts vendors
• Music, music and more music ...
• Games. activities, and fun
• There's so much going on you'll just have
to show up and hang out all day

Evergreen
This is the last day of real classes, Evergreen
style, time to plan the road trips '

Evergreen
Les Puree and Louis Valentine Johnson
will give a vo ice and guitar concert at 8 p.m.
in the Communications Building Recital
Hall. Tickets are $ 10 general adm ission. $6
st udents. For more information call (206)
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life. In that case there' s special dance party
at Thekla for you, your family and your
friends. DJ Bruce will entertain . Free to
students with student 10, a mere $2 for
everyone else.

Longtime favorite, Jonathan Richman will
be at the OK Hotel, all ages.

Tuesday.,
June 7

Sunday.,
June 5

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Evergreen
It's Graduation day. Time to hit the real
world. The graduation ceremony begins at I
p.m . on the main campus plaza . The
commencement speaker will be Vi Hilbert.
an elder of the Upper Skagit Native American
community. The procession will be
accompanied by samba mu s ic from the
Evergreen Ba Tu Cada Group

Olympia
EI dayo of graduationo, three bandos for three
dollaros at el Thekla. Cover is $3 for
graduates, $2 for parents and relatives, $4 for
all passers by and guests . Chances are pretty
high that you will need to bring your "yes
Thekla people. I really am 21 or over and am
legally able to gel into those pl aces that I
wouldn't be able to if I wasn't" identification.
Bands lined up and on the side line wailing
to play: New Bad Things (Portland), Engine
54 (cflhe local type) and DJ Karl Steel (also
of the local type) .

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Reggae Sunsplash with Steel Pulse, Maxi
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Terror Fabulous, Red Fox and Junior
Thcker. plus even more guests will be at 6
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information you need. What a wild way to
kick off the summer.

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