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Olander Wins Presidency
BULLET~BOARD
Last October the CPJ asked Dick Schwartz:
If it were up to you to select the next president,
what would be you most important criterion?
He replied:
Energy. I would say the person ought to be very
energetic and be able to put in a seven-day-aweek kind of existence and not tire. It's a very
serious and imp<;lrtant thing that the person has
to have the stamina for the position .
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SPECIAL FORUM
THWEST OLYMP:torthWest
Residents ~f t~e d to discUSS their
pia area are IIlVlte ns with the City
d Com. hborhood concer
nelS ., D wntown an
counCIl S O t Committee on
munity Developm3e; m at the GarNovember 15,7: . l? ' 32SNorth
field School AudltO num ,
?/Jecoric, TESC's literary fT!".g<LWI'''.
; now accepting campus-wide
. nissions of prose and poetry.
; yped manuscripts to: Arts Resource
'::enter, c/ o TESC, CAB 305, Oly,
: II A 98505. The deadline for submit.
matcri11 i~ November 29.
Plymouth. .
embers are sponThe comnuttee m
the Noreting to learn
soring the ~e
rhood's thoughts
thwest ne~ghbO schools , litter ,
about cnme,
matters, parks,
landlord/te~an~
and other comsidewalks, \Ightmg,
munity matters.
Native American
Studies
Language/ Cultural
Center
by Roger Dickey
Evergreen has a new president
who meets Dick Schwartz's selection
criteri on . Joseph Olander has been
selected by the Board of Trustees to
be the college's next president . He
will take over the office from Acting
President Schwartz as early as midJanuary.
Olander is a tall, slim man who
seems almost a perpetual motion
machine. He paces and gestures
broadly as he speaks. At one public
meeting at Evergreen he pointedly
avoided being placed behind a table
saying be had made that mistake
earlier and needed room to talk .
Olander's visit to the Evergreen
campus earlier this month resulted
in strong support for his candidacy
in the college community. His confidence and public relations abil ities
were widely commented upon .
His promise to raise vast sums of
money from private donors impressed many who are concerned about
the college's financial well-being. He
contrasted the tiny amounts that
alumni are able to give to the
millions of dollars that a single outside donor might provide. He mentioned sums like forty million dollars
and minced no words that Joe
Olander could and would deliver.
His past experience dealing with
legislators and the legislative budget
process coupied with the perception
by much of the community, including the Board of Trustees, of
him as a dynamic salesman of the
college boosted his popularity on a
campus often plagued by tight
budgets and threats of closure. Some
college employees with budgetary
responsibilities said after Olander's
visit that, off the record, they didn't
even need to see ' the other
candidates.
Many c1assif~ed staff v,ere Impressed that Olander was the only
(Please see Olander, page 3)
EMBER 29,1984
CAB 110
0: 30- I I : 30 CORE programs
I : 30- - I 2 : 30 Expressive Arts
: 00- 2: 00 Science/ Technolog
y/Computers
Mental/Physical
Health
Teacher
Certi fication
TOniGHT!
Lesbian Support Group
Older Lesbians Support / Rap Group
meet s every Thursday night from
7:00-9:00 p . fT! . Call the LGRC at
ext. 6544 for mo re information and
location.
Water Heating Workshop
The Energy Outreach Ce nter will
host a work sho p from 7:00 - 9:00
p . m. Water heater heat pumps, inline water heat ers, and both solar
and wood wat er heat ers will be
di scu ssed. Free . Fo r mor e information call Th e Energy Out reach
C ent er a t 943-4 595 .
On Campus Movie
'T hi s Thursda y's Night Movie is
"Young and Innocent": a rarely
see n Hitchcoc k film about a youn g
ma n who is acc used of murder . . .
Hit chcoc kish. Lecture Hall One a t
7:00 and 9 :30 p.l11 . Admi ss ion is
$1.50 .
Pllday
Pocket Opera
T he po pular San Fra ncisco company
prese nt s " A P i<:k o f th e Pocket s, "
fea turin g mo re than a d ozen light
and cl ass ical opcra scl ec t io ns at 8
p.m . in th e T ESC Rec ital Hall .
Ti ckets : $6 gene ra l. $4 student s and
se ni o rs. Dayca re prov ided in Lib
322 1 ext. 63 06 .
Old Time Countr) Dance
Vi ctory Music spo nso rs a count ry
dan ce with live mu sic by Whisk y
P oint at R p .m . a t the South Park
C ommunit y Ce nter, T a coma. For
information, ca ll 863-6617. Cost is
$4 .
Bluegrass at the Rainbow
Eppo will perform mandolin and
guitar music at the Rainbow at 9:00
p. m . No covcr charge.
THE C~PER POINT JOURNAL
fire Walking Workshop
This workshop teaches you to wa lk
safely on hot coals as a way of moving beyond fcar, doubt and selfimposed limits. 7:30 - II :30 p.m. at
The Longhouse Retreat, Redmond.
For more information call,
823-9692.
Statue 01" Liberty Exhibit
A traveling exhibit highlighting the
restoration of the Statue of Libert y
and historic buildings will be on the
State C apita l Campus from 10:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Exhibit is fre e.
mondcay
Women in Science
Welcomes women from any
academ ic discipline to come share
thoughts, strategies, and ideas concerning sexism in education.
Meetings every Monday from 12:00
to 1:00 p.m . in the Women' s Center.
Interview Mental Health Applicants
There will be an open interview for
Music at the Tropicana
vou to meet the applicants for the
Young Fresh Fellows. Beat Happen '
~enta l health coun selor position in
ing and Girl Trouble will be .appearLibrary 3153 November 26 - 30th
ing at Olympia's Fabulous Tropican.
from 10:00 to 11:00 a . m. Your par 311 E . 4th a t 8:00. The cost is $3 .00 ..
. ticipation and evaluations will be
greatly appreciated. For more informat ion. call ext. 6800.
Satu.day
13th Annual Turkey Trot
Thi s 2.7 mile run take s p lace on
generally flat pavement or on a soft
cinder shoulder courst'. Turkeys will
be awarded to winners in eight age
divisions . Registratton begin s at 9:30
p. m. in front of Evans Library. Cost
is $4.00. For further information.
call ext. 6530.
.
Artists' Co-op Gallery
C la udia Marshall's work in_oil will
be fea tured through November 24 .
Hours are 10 to 5 at 524 S.
Was hin gton .
Sunday
Jazz Music
Jan Stent z, Northwest's j azz singer
will be featured with piani st Ba rn ey
McC lur e a t 8 p . m . at McC arve r's in
T aco ma. The performance will be
broadcast live o ver KPLU - FM88 .
For inform a tion, call 272-4474.
folk Music Production Workshop
A workshop for people interested in
folk music concert production under
the sponsorship of the Olympia
YWCA / Applejam Folk eenter at
1:00 p.m . The workshop will be held
at 220 E . Union St. Call 352-3287 for
more information.
Silent Meditation
Si lent meditation followed by notso-silent discussion at [nnerplace:
Center (or Spiritual Exploration.
Everyone Welcome! Noon - Library
3225.
Tue/day
herpes Support Group
This on-going group provides a supportive atmosphere for men and
women to learn more about herpes,
share feelings , and experiences, and
learn new wa ys of coping with the
Jisease. The group meet s every secOlld Tuesd a y of the month.
E-vergreen Baha'i Association
The -Baha' i Association of Evergreen
State C ollege spon sor s inform al
di scussion s o n the Baha' i Faith every
Tllesday night at 8 p.m. in ASH No.
141. Contact Stephan Dimitroff,
866-9069.
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THE
STATE COLLEGE
EVJ~RC;RF;JEr
Evergreen's new President, Joseph Olander
ASH Dumps Cheap HUD Loans For More Costly Private Ones
"a better opportunity to serve students" and "a modest adjustment" in the rent
by Nanc.y Boulton
Many residents of the Adult Student Housing (ASH) complex are
concerned about rumors that the
owner has changed the rental policy
to include non-students as prospective residents .
The rumors are based on some
financial juggling completed on Octuber I, which switched the mortgage hQlder from the Department of
HOllsing and Urban Development
(HUD) to a private bank. HUD
orig i nally provided low-interest
loans that financed the construction
of the units in return for a voice in
matters like how m uch rent was
charged and who occupied the units .
Some residents are worried that
without government supervision, the
rents will increase beyond the limits
of student budgets. They are also'
concerned that the community at-
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One single paren t cited affordablc
housing and the student-fami ly environment found at ASH as the
main incentives for her decision to
come to Evergreen . She feel s
threatened by potential changes at
ASH because the college offers no
affordable alternative for students
with chi ld ren.
Phil McLennan , owner of th e ten
ASH projects locted nea r co llege
campuses ac ross the United States ,
insisted that "the rumors arc o ut of
context. " He forcefully and slowly
stated that "there is no change at
any ASH project. ASH has not
changed, our mortgagee has changed. We will continue to market to
students. "
Both McLennan and resident
manager J oni Kelsey asserted that if
there are students on the waiting list,
they will be given priority over non 'student appl icants. "[ don't see us
serving very many or any nonstudent s, " McLennan declared .
"We like serving students , we 're
sati sfied with our clientele."
As to why he would exchange a
low-interest loan for the less
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WELCOME HOME, JOE!
THE EVERGREEN
STATE COLLEGE
Otympia, WA 9850S
00 Weld!es Rd .
NOVEMBER 15, 1984
Joni
,
favora ble rates charged by a pri va te
bank, McLennan stated onl y th a t he
felt it was "in the best interest o f the
company and generall y hene fi cia l. "
Because they no longer have to
clear changes with the governm ent,
he fee ls that they will be m o re
re s pon s ive to tenant's ne ed s .
Although he did not ela borate on
any specific im(Jrovements in service,
he explained that they " a re pa rticulary pleased to no longer be subsidized because it wi ll give us a bet ter opportunity to serve stud ent s."
While 'they assert that no m ajor
changes are planned. McLennan and
Kelsey admitted that there will be
some minor ones. The credit c rit er ia
will be tightened up becaus e o f pr oblems they've had in collecting rents.
As Kelsey put it, " many peopl e are
late on rent a nd t hat gets ol d ." T i,ey
pian to check credit references and
refere nces from previous la ndl ord ,
mor e car eful ly .
Thi s docs ' no t necessa rily mea n
that they will not rent to peo ple who
have es tabli shed poor pay m en l
records, accordin g to McLc nn a l1.
The y ma y develop o th e r opliom
such as as k in g fo r ex t ra mo ney a s
sec urit y f rom hi gh-ris k a ppli cant s ,
he sa id .
ASH ten a nt s may a lso be due for
another rent inc rease. September's
increase, cnacted while ASH was still
under government supervisio n , may
not be enough to cover infla tion , according to McLennan . He a nticipates a "modest adju stm e nt in
1985." Aft er·that, he said, they will
"attempt to make rates that will last
at least a year."
NON PR OF tT OItC' .
U .S .POST A GE
PAID
OLYMPt A. WA
PERMIT NO .65
LETTERS
LETTERS
LETTERS
LETTERS
LETTERS
LETTERS
LETTERS I
TERS
LETTERS
LETTERS
Stow
Don't
Throw
To th e Co mmunity:
I and seve ra l other people think it's
sad that there is no recycling, exe.e pt
paper, at Evergreen. Other schools
lik e Brown, UCSC, and Reed, have
excellent recy cJi ng programs. Right
now hundreds of pounds of glass
and aluminum are being thrown
away. If Evergreen is to be the "environmentally aware" community it
purports to be, then we need to put
some action behind the thought. We
cannot ignore the waste which occurs because we do not have a recycling program. Let's get together and
do something about our concerns. I r
you are interested in starting ' a
recycling program at Evergreen, stop
by the ERC or E .P .I.C. or leave
your name and telephone number
wi th us at extensions 6144 or 6784.
Once we have a li st of interest ed
folks, we will call a meeting a nd con·
tact· all of you. We begin thi s cfrert
by encouragi ng yo u to bring a nll.g
to schoo l in stead of relying on
st yro foam to hold your tea or
cofree.
Sincerely,
Dave CiImbe ll , Coo rdi nat or,
E.P.I.C.
Lea Mitchell, Co-Coord inator, ERC
from
Russia
with
Love
I am a member of the first
graduating class at Evergreen. Having studied marine biology, [ later
saw the arms race as the most pressing threat to the marine environment. In order to understand the real
reasons for why the threat of nuclear
war exists, I went on to study
theology at Wheaton College's
graduate school, and got an M.A. in
Russian langual!.e and literature
grief and suffering caused by battle.
from the State University of New
Nevertheless, I noticed recently on
York at Albany (May '84). This is
th e metro that Soviet chi ldren have
my fourth trip to the USSR; I'm
start ed ca rr ying toy gu ns painted
here at the Puskin Russian Language
black (one young fellow with a
Institute in Moscow via an agreepistol; another with a rifle, both at
ment which ex ists betw~en the
different metro sta tion s.) Two years
A merican-Soviety Friendship Socieago I was to ld that toy guns here
ty and its co unterpart in the USSR,
which has it s headquarter s at the were painted an unrealisti c co lor so
t hat kids co uld make a distinction
House of Friendship here in
between toys and the real thing.
Moscow. To quote the Maryland
Evi dentl y, the pressure to keep up
bran ch (of which I am a member),
The Amer .-Sov. Friend Society" is with western trends has stifled the
voices of those who still care about
a non-partisa n organization with no
th e color of kids' toy guns ... or the
governmental or political affiliafact that children play with guns at
tions. It is sponsored and supported
all.
by citizens of the Baltimore area,
Speaking of children, I met two 7and its members differ in their
or 8-year-old girls who were watpolitical views and in their appraisal
ching some of us swim about a week
of speciric points in the pol icies of
ago . They didn't like President
both the United States and the Soviet
Reagan, and wanted to know if
Union. We believe in common,
American really had large missiles
however, that the mutual interests of
aimed at the U.S.S.R. I asked them
the two countries transcend their
what they knew about the dangers
disagreements and that a way can
of nuclear war, and was not surprisand must be found for apeaceful
ed that they told me that after a
coexistence and mutual cooperation
nuclear war no life would remain on
between the two systems in the in the earth. Neither they nor I had
terest of peace and friendship.
eaten breakfast, so we went off to
Very frequently, when a Russian
our separate meals . My words,
meets an American who can speak
however, cannot describe how cute
Russian, and who has been here for
they were. They rererred to me as
any length of time, the Russian will
"uncle" in Russian.
ask, seriously, why the U.S. is promoting such a dangero us arms race,
Peace and fond memories of
and why Americans don't do
Evergreen,
somet hing to stop the profit-oriented
U.S. military indu st ri a l com plex. All
Sincerely, Bob Meyerson (1974)
I can do is agree, apologize, remind
them that many Americans don't
agree with the present warmongering foreign policy of the
U.S., and add that [ am doing the
best that I can to help re-educate the
American public as to the
seriousness of the deterioration of
U.S. U.S.S.R. relations which has
taken place during the past four
To the Editor:
yea rs.
May I kindly but firmly remind
Moving on, I'll just say th at my
you of my tribal status. I am not, as
classes are exce llent. They are international to a degree that is unknown . your Indigenous People's Day article states, "a member of the
in the U.S. (including even people
C
hinook Tribe ... " (Nov. 15 issue).
from Viet Nam), and cover the basic
My family would be astonished as
subjects of language,literature, and
would my Colville Confederate
slranovedyeniya . Th\; la tter comTribal members of eastern
bines a s tudy of the culture and
Washington State, to learn to my
geography with a study of th e
tribal switch.
language. The administrators at the
I am an enrolled Colville coninstitute try to help facilitate each infederated Tribal Member, enrolldividual's research and study ....
ment number 1505 . At this time I
Two nights ago I watched a film
hesitate to state to which tribes I
on television, The Hearl of a
belong in this confederation. I find
Friend. " In one gory sce ne, a Rusmy identity switch amusing, but realsian stuck a bayonet in a German
ly, I would like to remain what I trusoldier and then couldn't pull it back
ly am, which is stated above.
out. I nstead he Ie t go and staggered
back in fright! War here is not Thanks, Mary t-. Nelson
presented as flippantly as it is in the Colville I ndian name Sne-Nah
States . People in the Soviet Union (Mountain Owl,), member of the
don't have to be reminded of the faculty, Evergreen State College.
Cooper Point Journal
Wrong Photo
To the editor:
Tacky. tacky, tacky.
Out or all of th e event s presented at
I ndigenous Peoples Day, why then
are the only photos shown of
nightclub dancers with rake coconut
shells.on their breasts? Don't get me
wrong now, I' m not inspired by
Jerry Falwell; I just believe that this
publication could show more or a
representation of the day's events.
The energy alone brought on by the
panel speakers could have been
enough to fill an entire issue with
powerful images. I did not appreciate these images as the ONLY
documentation of such a wonderful
event.
I cannot speak for my colleagues in
the Third World Coa lition, but I
hope future events receive better
coverage or none at all.
Gary Wessels,
Northwest Indian Center
From Ihe Edilor: We did nOI mean 10 offend you. Our energy camera was
broken Ihat day. III case you didn'l notice, we also ran a story. Maybe you
can take photographs next time. So, here's a picture with no coconut shells.
candidate who chose to spend part
of the time that he had control of
meeting with them. Olander's experience negotiating with unions and
his curiosity about the emergence of
one on a campus obsessed with concensus encouraged some staff
members.
Relations between classified staff
and the administration have been
less con'genial since the controversial
RIF-ing of two employees several
years ago. RIF is an acronym for
Reduction In Force which some
employees felt would have been ·
more correctly spelled F-I-R-E-D in
this case. The union started gaining
support on campus and two years
ago gained the right to represent the
classified staff in collective bargaining. The college has since been found
guilty of failure to bargain in good
faith.
In an interv iew with the CP J
yesterday, Olander sa id , "I see the
college as a family. There are many
ways within a family to work things
out. A union is one appropriate way
within the family. I think it is just
as important that the person who
mows the lawn or repairs the plum-
bing have a sense of joy about the
college as it is for faculty and
students. That sort of joy is
infectious. "
It was, in the end though, the support of the Board of Trustees which
Olander needed. According to Herb
Gelman, Board Chair, he. has it.
"There was no question," Gelman
said, "that Joe Olander was the
unanimous choice of the entire
Board. We feel strongly that he is infectious, a strong personality. He
understands Evergreen and he
understands how to deal with the
outside community. He has the absolute and unqualified support of
the Board of Trustees."
Gelman expressed hope that
Olander could be on campus b y the
middle of January when the
legislative session begins . Olander
was more positive, stating early
Wednesday morning that he was "90
percent sure" that he would be moved to Olympia by January 14, 1985.
"I want to be there for the beginning of the legislative session ," he
said, "since the budget that is passed thi s year is somet hing that I'll
have to live with for a co uple of
years."
told me my father had died. He and
Olander expected to work all the
I were very close, more like pals. [
details out on Wednesday and , was sitting there in my s>ffice and fifThursday and have a firm arrival
teen minutes later the phone rang .
date by this weekend.
I Figured it was someone else calling
He will not be in Olympia for
to tell me about my father. It was
Ch·ristmas. He plans to spend that
Herb Gelma'n offering me the job."
time with his children in Orlando,
Even personal tragedy has not
Florida. All three of his offspring are dampened his enthusiasm for
attending the University of Central
Evergreen ... I really feel I'm the
Florida.
luckiest man alive," he said. "Never
Daughter Terry is graduating
have I seen a group of people as
December 14th , although she is ontalented and as dedicated as the
ly twenty years old. She skipped her
faculty, staff and students at
senior year of high school and her
Evergreen. [ feel as if I'm coming infreshman year of college. She will be to a farnily."
entering the Master of Accountan- '
He feels he has a lot to learn about
cy program at Central Florida.
the community he is joining. "My
Son Steve is a junior and the most fundamenta l role for a while
younger daughter Lisa is a
will be as a student," Olander said.
sophmore. Olander expects Lisa to
" I'll try to immerse myself in the
transfer to Evergreen next year, an- academic and nonacademic life of
ticipating more difficulty for her to Evergreen and lea rn about the
suddenly extricate herself from her community.' ,
school in mid-year than for himself. Olander wants to teach but doesn't
Olander's own transition has been know what form that will take at
complicated by the death of his
father. Olander received the news of
fortune and mi sfort une almost
simultaneously. He said. .. Last
Tuesday at 9am my aunt called and
Organic Farm to Cut Trees
rirst. "[ don't think [will be able to
participate fully in a coordi nat ed
studies program the first quarter,"
he said. "Within the first year I' ll do
that, but not right away with the
legislature in session a nd all I have
to learn. I don't want to fail because
I' ve misallocated my time."
A Fast Day for Ethiopian Relief
is being plann'ed by Innerplace to
help ra ise money for foodstuffs
needed by the million s of starv;ng
people in East Africa and the Sudan.
The-fast will take place on Thursday,
December 6th. and fasters are encouraged to donate t he money they
save by fasting to the relief ru nd .
East Africa has been hit with the
worst famine in memor y. In
Ethiopia alone, over 150 million
people are threatedn with starvation,
and 200,000 have already died. Crop
fa ilures , inadeq'uate rainfall, civ il
unrest, and shoddy management of
th e agricultural reso urces have
culminated in a tragedy which grows
more and more pressing every day.
Some sources est i mate t ha t an additional 6 million lives are threatened
if·more aid is not fort hcoming in the
next few months. "The money we raise will be sent
on through Churc h World Services." says Pat McCann, one of the
fast orga ni zers. "They have assured
us that they will deliv er the food to
the most needy areas themselves
through their already established
network so there will be no overhead
costs." Church World Services, a
multi-denominational organization
with a long record of world reli ef activities, has already pumped ove r a
million dollars into Eth iopia thi s
year and has maintained a schedule.
of food airli fts to th e arfected areas
for the past few months.
Dale Kelly, the regional coordinator for CROP, will give a
presentation on the Ethiopian
famine at noon on the day of the
fast.
An information table and co ll ection basket will be set up in the CAB
lobby from Monday December 3rd
until Friday, December 7th. The
fasting a nd non-fasting a like are invi ted to donate whatever they can to
help prevent the needless deaths of
our Et hi op ian friends. Those wanting more information should contact Innerplace or Pat McCann at
943-7359.
Local Cable
by Peter Moulton
pholo by Cris Corrie
CPJ Staff of the Week
Wrong
Car
Hello,
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Please share my name with the
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
Joseph Olander
InnerpJace Aids
. Ethiopia
Wrong
Tribe
Editor: Roger Dickey
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Olander Wins' Support Throughout Evergreen Community (cont.)
NOVEMBER 29.1984
by C harlie Campbell
Two acres of Douglas firs shading
tht: Organic Farm garden will be cut
winter quarter to remedy crop
failures caused by low light. In
Marcl: of 1984 the Farm Board
made the decision to cut the 275 trees
that crowd the southern edge of the
garden and orchard, but it remains
unclear what wi ll be done with the
cJea red land.
Winter Quarter, an agroforestry
module will st ud y the planning, cutting, and cleanup of the site.
Agroforestry is cultivating land for
several uses by raising annual plants,
trees, and livestock on the same si te.
Department of Natural Resource
personnel and loggi ng contractors
will give workshops at the site to
Ecological
Agriculture
and
Agroforestry students.
Walter Niemic, Lab a nd Fie ld
Facilties Manager and Academic
Representative to the Farm Board,
will co mpose and send bidding invitations to logging companies after
he receives a report on the project
rrom the Department of Soil Con servat ion. Companies will not be
bidding in dollars but in the percentage of lumber the company will
rece ive as payment. Niemic expects
corrrpani-es- will- ask for abou t fifty
percent of the logs.
[n the fall of 1985 Evergreen will
negotiate cutting the logs into boards
with a portable sawmill company for
a percentage of the lumber , also expected to be about fifty percent. The
sc hool will retain one quarter of the
lumber, which has been estimated
worth ten thousand dollars by the
Department of Natural Resources.
Using the lumber to build the pro-
NOVEMBER 29,1984
posed longhouse is a possibility, but
the Organic Farm has priority on the
use of the wood, and will probably
use it to build new outbuildings and
chicken coops.
Susan Moser, the Farm's
manager, said the trees block earl y
season sunlight and make two-thirds
of the garden unproductive .
Moser said the Organic Farm's
success is particularly important
because small farming businesses
must see a product ive working
model before they will se rious ly consider organic farming practices. '
Blueberries, cabbages, and
tomatoes are among the crops that
will be grown in the increased
sun light.
Andrew Stahl, an Evergreen Sllldent who objects to the cut, said,
"I'm"l1ot sure there is enough labo r
to clear the brush, plant cover crops,
and at the same time run the present
farm." Stahl said an a ld er-covered
site north across the farm parking lot
. from the main garden would .p e a
better choice, pointing out the alders
enrich the soil a nd are small er and
eas ier to cut than Douglas firs.
Niemic said ten years of enrich i ng
the so il and twenty-nine thousand
dollars investment in green houses,
dutch lights, and fences make the
present site tOoValuable to sit in the
shade .
Stahl said, "the cleared land could
be an asset to the farm if it is properly managed." How the cleared
land will be managed remains a
question. Raising pigs on the site is
being considered. The current plan
is to leave a few large maples and
two madronas on the site. The tops
will be cut off the largest Douglas
firs. Niemic said , "What that does
is kill the tree , and as the tree start s
to age and rot, it will be a nesting
place ror birds and anima ls."
The plan also calls for establishing
a ground cover of clover and the
propagation of blueberries in the
sp ring or 1985. I n the winter of 1986
trees will be planted, probably hardwoods a nd shade tolerant nutbearing trees like filbert s. I I' trees
must be bou gh t it isn' t clea r wher<
the money will come Jrom , but
begun propagating apple trees so not
all the trees to be put on the site need
be bought.
Moser sa id proper forestry and
farming operations include va riety ,
and she stressed the importan ce ot
sett ing an example for land owners.
She sa id , "Typically in th is area, we
do a lousy job of forestry by planting a mono-culture." She said that
by planting a diverse array of trees
the Organic Farm could show lar:downers how "they cou ld provide
rood, take care of wildlife and make
a beautirul place to li ve ."
In August o-r 1983l he Everg reen
Adv isory Cou ncil approved the plan
but with severa l stipulations. One
was that a search for rare species c f
plants and animal s be conducted,
and the plan be re-evaluated if any
are found. Another is th at the practicality of saw and ax-c utting and
horse loggi ng be investigated. Two
baseline studies discovered no rare
species, and horse logging was _deemed
impractical
because
logs would have to be cut s horter ,
so that horses could drag them, thus
making them less valuable.
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
For the first time in over 15 years,
regular local television programming
is returning to Thurston Coun ty
through the medium of cable-access
telev ision. The City of Olympia and
Nation Wide Cablev ision , th e
predominant cable compa ny in the
coun ty, have been embroiled in
negotiations concern ing the renewal
of Nation Wide's franchise for nearly six months, with th e rranchisc due
to exp ire at th e end of thi s yea r.
While discussions have focused on
a wide variet y of cab le-related issues,
access to the cable by local schoo ls.
governments and th e public has been
one of the most con troversial.
Currently, Nation Wide has
agreed to the concept of ac c('ss. bUI
deliberations continue over who will
manage it and how it will be funded. The C it y and the Capit al Area
Commun it y Television Assoc ia tion,
a grassroots community organization working to develop cab le-access
in the County, have bo th been vocal
in thei r support of an independent '
non-profit management structure.
Nation Wide, however, has asked to .
. be allowed to run it themselves.
The concept of public-access to
cab le television is based on the First
Amendment right s or freedom of
speech, and the ability of loca l
juri sd icti ons to require channel
space, equ ipment and operational
funding from cab le companies in
return for franchises . While access
groups consider cable-compan ies to
be de facto monopolies subject to
regulation as utilities, the cable industry maintains that they are simply
an entertainment service, and
therefore free from such control.
Needless to say, the legal iss lies
surrounding ac~ess have been com plex and varied since its incepti on in
th e early Seventies . Ear lier this
month, however, President Reagan
sig ned into law the Cab le Communications Policy Act of 1984. the
result or over three years of negot iations between the Citi es and the
cable industry. The Act attempts to
darifv for the first time the righ ts of
the t'~o oppos ing camps. and help s
to streng then O lympia's negotiating
position with Nat ion Wide.
By this time next year , expect to
see a growi ng number of cable program s produced by local schoo ls,
governments, churches, art s groups,
social service agencies and ot her
organizations and indi vidu als. Thc
return of locally significant television
is certain to have a strong impact on
our community, and it's easy to 13et
involved.
This Saturday. December 1st , th e
Community Televi sion Associati o n
will be holding its fir st annual
meeting at the Woman ' s Club, 10\l2
S. Washington, frolll 6 untililpm.
On the agenda arc a review of the
negotiations between the Cit y and
Nation Wide, discu ss ions on programming and operations polic I for
access. and the opportunity te, see
excerpts of local television fl OI1l
other Washington cities . T·he
meeting is free and open to the
public , and there will be plent y of
time to soc iali ze and discuss the exciting possibilities for cable-access
television in Olympia. If you'd like
more information, ca ll the Olympia
Media Exchange at 866-6000 ext.
6001, or Carol Burns at 866-7645 .
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Geoduck WinsG_ranolaCup
by Cath Johnson
Last weekend Evergreen hosted an
invitational regatta on Budd Inlet.
Dubbed the "Granola Cup" after
the inscription on the first -place
trophy, designed by Geoduck
sailor/ artist Michael Max, the regatta altracted some top competitors .
Nine schools vied for th is coveled
cup of collegiate yachting, including
teams from Ca nada and three from
Oregon. However, when the sails
were lowered after Sunday's racing
it was the Geoducks who emerged
victorious and brought home the
"Granola . "
Second and third places were
sepa rated by just one point with
Reed College edging out Western
Washington Un iversity for the spot
behind the Geoducks. Oregon State
received the Spirit of the Regatta
award. "Their behavior best em-
bodied the spirit of the weekend,"
explained Geoduck Coach Janet
Welch. "OSU was wonderful, a
really fun group of folks. The decision
to
honor
them
was
unanimous . "
The weather on Saturday was less
than ideal for much sail ing. The
course had to be reset a number of
times in order to accomodalc the
light, shifty winds. Several team s,
having driven a long distance, were
disappointed with the poor conditions. But the Geoducks, determined that their guests enjoy themselves,
made it up by hosting a potluck dinner on Saturday Evening. The evening came complete with salmon for
the main course, a slide show and
even a hot tub. And as if it too had
been planned, the winds picked up
Sunday morning and were perfect
for racing .
"A couple of teams said .ours was
the best regatta they'd attended thi s
year," said Welch. "I don't think it
was just Saturday night's festivities
either. The Granola Cup came off
very smoothly. We had an outstanding protest committee headed by
Sandy Mackie (local attorney and
sailing enthusiast), the weather turned out to be ideal , and our equipment was in good shape. We simply
put on a very good event."
Evergreen sailors will stow their
gear for a while until racing begins
again in mid-January.
The Geoducks have won Iwo of
four regattas th is fall, and are looking forward to Ihe winter/s pring
season.
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ty kick off its 1985 Legislative Proevenings of December 4, 5, and 6 at
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Fire Fighters have taken the position
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Voters, and the Washington Citizens
The decision to sponsor a profesfor Recycling, the workshops will be
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A photographic exhibit by Eduardo
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Craftspersons with a special display
of works by Southwest Washington
basketmaker Hazel Pete will be on
exhibit through December 9.
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BUCKLE-UP
A nationwide petition drive is calling for major TV networks to buckle
up their characters in episodes s~
ing motor travel. It is designecf~to
promote the use of safety belts and
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powerful role models on television
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Who will be first? Will it be Mr.
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Magnum, P. I.? Groups throughout
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monitoring the popular series:
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"Knight Rider," and "Magnum, P.
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The petitions urge the TV industry
to include consistent use of safety
belts and child safety seats in the
scripts of their presentations.
The petition's organizers hope
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role models would enxcourage their
general use. They . assert that
widescale use of shoulder and lap
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fatalities and iniuries occurring in
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STUDENT CONSERVATION
The Northwest Chamber Orchestra
presents guest conductor, Kirk
Trevor, in concert on Saturday,
December I at 81?m., and Sunday,
December 2 at 3 p.m., in Kane Hall
on the University of Washington
campus . Mr. Trevor is a candidate
for the position of Music Director
and Conductor of the NWCO.
Tickets are priced from $15 to $7.50,
with student/senior tickets from
$12 .50 to $4.50.
The orol!ram includes Allesandro
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F, Haydn's Symphony No. 68, and
works by Boccherini,Hindemith,and
Seattle composer Karen Thomas.
Radical Women discusses the
Crucial relationship between
socialism and feminism, analyzing
the great Russian revolutionist Leon
Trotsky's writings on women in the
family and society, Thursday,
December 6, 1984, 7:30 p.m_ at
Freeway Hall 3815 5th Ave NE,
Seattle. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m.
For childcare or transportation
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Bring food donations to the Mac. Donald's Restaurants in Lacey or
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"Cosmically Speaking," a free concert of cosmic compositions, will be
presented by Evergreen se nior
Nicholas Lewis in the Communications Bldg Recital Hall at 8 p.m. on
Tuesday, December 4.
The show will include some new
compositions of Nick's who wrote
the script and music for "The Duality Waltz," which premiered last
April. Nicholas is also a member of
Olympia's "Tiny Giants. "
The television industry was recently asked by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and
the auto industry to show heroes
wearing safety belts. They declined,
claiming safety belts would weaken
the "macho" image of their male
stars and lower t heir ratings. Groups
are attempting to prove otherwise by
gathering five million signatures by
December 31, 1984.
Petitions and information may be
obtained from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission in Olympia,
from Kathleen White, Olympia City Hall, 753-8284, or from the
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Girl Talk Talks (continued)
CPJ: So your musical goal is to
do dance music; with a message?
GT: Something we are trying to
aim for musically is to get more percussive. Because all the African
music with di fferent kinds of
rhythms really get to people - by using more of that, it just reinforces
the message. .
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characterized by, or showing melanDespite the fact that very few peocholy; mournful; denressed: 'a ple have heard of Jimmy Scott, he
melancholy mood . '
was influentu a l among other musiNow, I am not the person to say cians of the time. The high range of
what the Blues are or aren't. But I
his voice standardized the sound of
can say What the BI ues sound li ke,
many successful R&B groups of the
and honestly, the Blues sound pretmid-50's, such as Frankie Lymon
and The Teenagers, and the
ty melancholy. At least Little Jimmy Scott sounds pretty melancholy
Students, to name just two.
Ah, but what a wonderful
It doesn't take a tremendous leap
melancholy.
of logic to realize who Jimmy Scott
This LP, simply entitled Lillie
influenced . His voice is high and
Jimmy SCOII, is from four sessions penetrating like Frankie Lymon's,
recorded in New York City in 1955
Ronie Nyson ' s, and who else we all
with a variety of musicians. Fred
know? Michael Jackson, of course.
Mendelsohn produced the sessions.
Still, after 30 years, Scott hasn't
received the credit he so rich ly
All of the LP's 12 songs are about
heartbreak, more or less. (Bes ides,
deserves, and that's a shame . Maybe
the Blues are all about heartbreak,
this album will change that.
in ge neral. Sometimes one's heart is
A lot of people make claims about
o nly a little dented; other times it's
how we must always progress to
make things (read life, probably)
so broken you don't recognize iL)
Scott's voice is quite high and efbetter. Well , phooey. Sometimes
feminate sounding, but he sings with
you have to go back and see where
such clarity, conv iction, and intenyou came from in order to move
ahead. This way, one gains some
sity that you believe him right now.
Perhaps because we've heard the
sort of perspective on the past that
applies to the present and subsethemes of the LP's songs, now for
over 30 years, the so ngs don't seem
quently to the future. Many times
regression is the best form of proto have any originality. Sit back and
think about this, though: these pargress. And Little Jimmy Scott is
ticular songs are at least 29 or 30
a mong our best regressions to the
past.
years old, and their genre was really
Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes-Johnson in Bizet's Carmen.
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Motion is slowed. Waves of excitement rise from the crowded
stands with each successful movement of the billowing red cape . .
Heat. Brightly coloured banderillas
pierce the thick brown flesh of the
angry bull. Fresh scarlet flows with
each stride. With a single, perfect
thrust, the bull is killed, the matador
victorious.
Emotional , theatric, sensual:
Carmen, a film by Francesco Rosi,
premieres at Seattle's Harvard Exit
Theatre this week. Shot comple tely
on location in the Andalusian province of Spain the film captures not
only the beauty of George Bizet's
operatic score but the rich warm
magical setting of 19th 'centur;
Spain.
The part of our forever loved gypsy Carmen is exotically cast. Puerto
Rican, Julia Migenes-.rohnson was
born for the role of Carmen. So
splendid is her vo ice and so seductive her manner, this woman stirs
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desire in all men.
Placido Domingo is Don Jose, the
soldier who is so obsessed by his love
for the gypsy that he sacrifices a ll.
During their first meeting Carmen
sings" Love is a little gypsy chi ld ....
maybe I'll love you tomorrow ,
maybe never. "He shames his fami Iy, deserts his regiment, and even
becomes an out law to become the
lov er of the insouciant Carmen .
When the two com'e face to face for
the second time, she has been ar rested for stabbing another worker
at the cigarette factory. She charms
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him by telling him that if he allows
her to escape she will wait for him
at lilias Pastia's. The tempress, so
bewitching, has her way. Of the 33
previous Carmen films, Rosi's is the
first one to be made in the style of
the film, Not simply a film of a staged opera. Emotions are high
throughout the film . The piece is
able to carry off all the strenghth
and power of the stage:
Without repressions, freedom is
the modus operandi for Carmen .
Again she draws desire from men
and admirarion .from women. In the
third act Carmen finds Don Jose
becoming jealous and possesive, this
she cannot abide. But fate is catching up with the gypsy. There in the
beauty of the the mountain twilight
reads her forture. Death! Again and
again, death! And the cards do not
lie! She faces it bravely and sings
"Carmen lives free and she will die
free.
Soon the dashing matador
Escamillo (Ruggero Raimondi) arrives on the scene. He too has fallen
for the spirit of thi s gypsy. "I love
her madly" he sings. Carmen takes
to him and soo n they are lovers.
The only disappointment of the film
was Faith Esham in the role of
Micaela. She does have a beautiful
voice however , because this is
cinema ieee and not simpl y a film of
stage preformance, the acting was
flawed an not credi ble on her part.
Over all Carmell deserves
bravo!,bravo!brayo!. Lorin Maazel
directs the Orchestre National de
France and the Chi ldren 's Choir of
Radio France. T he Harvard Exit
Theatre is located on Seattle's
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Girl Talk is the name of the hottest
new All-woman dance band in Seattle. They will be playing at the
Evergreen Album Project Benefit
Dance on December 7th in the
Library Lo,?by, along with Olympia's Tiny Giants.
In this interview G irl Talk
members share a portion of the
musical philosophy and their
energetic comments about life in
general and the way they view their
work. It gives us an insid e
knolwedge of (hem all as individuals, not just a group with a
catchy name.
Girl Talk is: Karen Goldfeder,
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- Lead VocaJs, Marjorie deMuynck
- Guitar, Saxophones, Banjo, June
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Helena Rogers - Guitar.
Their mUSIC has been described as
a funk-party sound and their appearance as aggressively cool.
CPJ: The band is becoming well
known, you've been doing a lor oj
gigs and rhere is an arric/e aboUl Girl
Talk ill rhis monrh's issue of the
Rocket. Do you have any big gigs
coming up?
G.T.: The things that are coming
up may seem small tu other people
but they are all big to us.
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CPJ:How and when did you all
come together?
GT: Karen was the musicalpirector for a theatre group called Tiny
Grace Theatre, we had funding to do
a play and we were putting together
a band for it. We did these big auditions and then the funding fell
through. That was the way we found
a lot of the personnel. We all knew
each other personally through other
bands. We all had this idea for a
women's dance band, so basically we
just attribut e it all to continental
drift.
CPJ: What 's your direction ? Do
you have certain goals, musically
and professionally?
GT: One of the most important
things is that we see this as a band
that can speak with a real speci fic
voice . We are all women and we're
doing this dance material that's saying something .
A comment that we hear a lot
from people that come to see us is
that they are amazed that we are
bringing all different types of people together in the same club. Th,,: 's
what we are into, bringing people
together.
We are basically presenting
positive messages, positive as in love
in the universal sense, loving things
around you. Putting out that love
and it will come back to you . And
love in a personal sense, one-to-one
type love. These are our strongest
messages. We are really proving that
it is possible to dance and have a
good time. If you have a positive
message and people just hear it,
that's one thing, but if they get out
there and start moving to it and singing aJong with it, it's a reinforcement
of getting the message out. They
understnd it with their bodies, not
just their heads .
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GT: Our biggest professional goal
is to do recording of our original
material, and to start doing things
on the college circuit, and getting out
of the tavern scene. Start doing
things that are more productive for
Girl Talk, to take our message to the
people. We have plans to do a 45
rpm in the first of '85 with our producer, Rick Powell.
We also feel very privileged to be
associated with Evergreen, and to be
able to support the Album Project
because the Album Project will help
other musicians as well.
CPJ: So how much material do
have now?
YOIl
GT: We have a lot; it's just a question of being able to spend the time
on them. It's been a lot of stress on
the band because when we first
started, we had barely gotten three
sets of material together and people
were clamoring for us to play . So ,
there were lots of gigs, and we
wanted to play, we wanted to get the
word out, we wanted to get the
energy that was behind the band out
to the people. So in the beginning we
were doing a lot of covers to define
what kind of music we wanted to do.
CPJ: Do you have a certain kind
of image that you are trying to
portray?
everyone in the band has a different
image, so we just put them together
and it works. We are not a women's
group, and we are not a girl group,
we're somewhere in between. We
want an image of strength but we
want an image of fun at the same
time. We want to break down both
stereotypes.
We feel in this group we have a
spiritual togetherness and we have a
support group also. We spend a lot
of time together arguing, crying, or
just talking things out, and it really
brings us all together.
CPJ: If you were asked to sum
up the band, what would you say?
GT: We are serious about bringing people together and having them
do some serious dancing! And we
are impatiently waiting to play at
Evergreen on December 7th at the
Album Project Benefit Dance! • .
GT: It's really hard, because
The Theatre Mask Ensemble of
Portland Oregon will present the
final fall performance of the
Evergreen Expressions series this Friday at 8 p.m.
The Ensemble is a taJented professional troupe that will gladden your
heart with" A Maj:ic Ecosphere" inhabited by strange and wondrous
creatures. Prepare yourself for giggles and guffaws invoked by the
amazing masks, magical miming and
dexterous dancing of this tremen-
Paul Winter Plays for Earth
The Paul Winter Consort, with
soloist Susan Osborn, will return to
Seattle to present their premiere
Northwest performance of A CONCERT FOR THE EARTH on Friday, December 14th, at 8 p.m. in the
Par mount Theater. It will be sponsored by the Chinook Learning
Center, a non-profit education
center located on Whidbey Island.
The concert will . celebrate the
C hristmas season and the Winter
Solstice.
This concert has become a
Christmas tradition at New York City's Cathedral of St. John the
Divine. This year it will also be
presented in Seattle, Los Angeles
and San Francisco. The music in the
program traces the origins of many
traditional holiday symbols, and ex-
plores the cycles of dark and light in
the world and in people's lives.
A special feature of this Seattle
Concert will be the premiere of
"Hymn for the Russian Earth," inspired by Paul Winter's recent visits
to the Soviet Union. This song and
other selections from the concert will
be on the Album A Concert for the
Earth, being released in conjunction
with the performance.
The Paul Winter Consort was
formed for the purpose of creating
and playing music that grew out of
group experience. The Consort's
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