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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 13, Issue 22 (April 25, 1985)

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April I ii, 1985

THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL

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April 25, 1985

gel your greasy fingers offa me

Vol. No_ 13

"Windwalker" 7 and 9:30 p.m., Lecture Hall 1. $1.50. Childcare provided for the 7 p .m . show in Lib 3221. Treyor Howard stars in this eloquent portrait of American
Indian life in the late 1700's. Cosponsored by Thursday Night Films and the Northwest Indian Center.

Ultimate Frisbee 3-5 p.m., Athletic Fields.

Issue No 22

,Grant costs
$59,000

The Ultimate test of your flying disc skills. Beginners are welcome, as well as more advanced players.

Hanish Misfortune 8 p.m., YWCA / Applejam Folkcenter, 220 E. Union St. Th is musical trio's repertoire ranges from troubador songs of the Middle Ages to more contemporary original compositions. The evening will begin with a short open mike session.
Jazz At the Rainbow 9 p.m., also on Saturday night. No admission charge. Featured Music ians this week are' Tim Eickholt guita' T
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Will Humphreys of the Evergreen faculty, vibes and drums; and Sk ip Elliott, bass.

by Nathan Jones

Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society 7:30 and 10 p.m., Recital Hall. Tickets $6 general, $4 students and senior citizens, available at Yenney's, The Bookmark,
and the TESC Bookstore_ Resen'ations are strongly recommended; call 866-6833. Jackson's music borrows from jazz, rock, country, blues, and reggae, anything, "as
long as it swings."

Saturday
Carpentry and Greenhouse Tour Workshop 7-9:30 p.m., call 943-4595 for location and to registration. Part of a series of workshops for women covering basic construction
sk ills . In May class participants will have the opportunity to aplly the skills learned in the workshop series by building an attached solar greenhouse. No previous experience
is necessary, and ch ildcare will be available. Sponsored by the Energy Outreach Center and the Olympia Food Co-Op.
Ex-prisoner Speaks I p.m., CAB 110. Free. A Palestinian who served 15 years in Israeli prisons and was released during the prisoner exchange of November 23, 1983,
will speak about his experiences. For more information, call 866-6000, ext. 6144, or 1-633-3298. Sponsored by EP[e.
Pow Wow Opening Ceremony 3 p.m., in the field behind the library. Arts and Crafts tables, music, and much more! Sponsored by the Northwest Indian Center.
Peace, Jobs, and Justice Rally I p.m., Federal Building, 2nd and Marion, Seattle. This march wi ll begin at the Federal Bui[ding, and end with a rally at the Federal Courthouse, 5th and Spnng. Sponsored by Northwest Awon for Peace, Jobs, and Justice.

Sunday
More Ultimate Frisbee 3-5 p.m., Athletic Fields. Open to all disc-ers, beginners too.
WWII Draft Opponents Speak 2 p. m., Unitarian Church, 219 "B" St., Tumwater . Leonard Holden of Tacoma and Rae Mason of Centralia will describe their experiences
in opposing the World War II draft. Light refreshment s will be served. Sponsored by the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation.
"Liturgy of Laughter" 6 p. m., Pat McCann's, 613 Carlyon. A "Feast of Fools Pot[uck" sponsored by Innerplace and Campus Ministries. Details and carpool information
at [nnerplace, Lib 3225.

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"Witness To War" and "On The Brink" 7:30 p.m., Lecture Hall 1. These films are part of the Central America Month Film and Lecture Series. Sponsored by EPIe.
Wallyball 7-9 p.m., Racquetball Court I, CRe. All are welcome.
Summer EmploymentNoon, Lib 2101. Interviews ror summer jobs with th(' social change organization, Washington Fai~ Share, are available for sign-up in Career Planning
and Placement. Sala ries will range from $180 to $210 p('r week. For inrormation , call 866-6000, ext. 6103.
Planning For~ork Noon-I p.m., through Friday. Lib 1213. This series includes sessions on identifying skills, values. and goal sett ing . For more information, contact
the office of Siudent Planning and Placement, 866-6000, ex t. 6193.

Tuesday
Volleybull and Pickll'ball Noon-I p.m., Red Square. Al so on Thursday.
free Vaccinatiuns 103.111.-2 p.m., C AB third Iloor pit. Free. An RN and LPN wi ll adminis ter free measles, mumps, and rubella vaccinations, and student health advocates
will be available to answer any questions you may have about immunization.

Wednesday
Ultimate Frisbee Again 3-5 p.m., Ath letic Fields. Special women's workshop for beginners and experienced players.
Olympia Zen-Kai Zen and Meditation 7:30 p.m., Rotunda. Free, bring a pillow.

The Evergreen Beach: Nude or not?

Media Production, Video, and Film Careers Workshop 1:30-3:30 p.m., CAB 108. Presented by Career Planning and Placement, 866-6000, ext. 6193.
"Education and Social Change in Central America" Noon, Library Lobby; 5 p.m., potluck at the Corner Cafe; 7:30' p.m., community forum at St. John's Episcopa[
Church, 20th and Capitol Way. Four student s from Nicaragua, EI Salvador, and Guatemala, now touring U.S . universities, will speak.

by Mike McKenzie and Kurt Batdorf

"On Top Of The World" 7:30 p.m., Olympia Timberland Library meeting room. This slide presentation featuring pictures of the great scenic areas of Northern India
and Nepal will be presented 'att he Sierra Club's general:meeting. Th-e ptili11Cis welcom~. For more infoTmation, call Erna ' Kienbaum, 352-B16. .
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Up~iltil last summer: Everg~een's­
beach was clothing,.optional, or, as
some people put it, "a naked
beach." ,v
But, for some reason, Campus
Security started warning students
that the beach clothing-policy had
changed. Security Sergeant Larry
Savage said that if people didn't

"General Geology of Western Washington" 7:30-8:30 p.m., Lecture Hall 5. Joanne Shelley, head of the Geo[ogy department at Fort Steilacoom Community College,
will speak as part of "The Scientific Sense" lecture series.

Art Galleries
Evergreen Gallery Two "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Peacemaker" Traveling exhibiL from the Peace Museum in Chicago, through May 12. Opening reception on Friday,
April 19, will feature the Reverend Dr. Levi B. Baldwin, Jr., pastor of the Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church in Seattle. Admission is free.
Evergreen Gallery Four Paul Berger / Vicki Scuri, through May 5.
Gallery 21011, 210 11, W. 4th. Olympia. Oils by Marion Erickson and pottery by Barbara Patera. Through April 28 .

The Statewide Domestic Violence
Hotline is looking for people interested if helping baltered women
and their families. Volunteers help
people by providing crisis counseling, information, and referrals. A
new volunt eer training will begin in
late May. For more information and
an application, call 753-462: or
~<;4-1183.

Wallflower Order Dance Troupe will
perform here April 28. Watch next
\\cc k's CP J for more information.

Expense Paid Volunteer Positions in
Conservation
and
Resource
Management
The Student Conservation
Association in Charlestown, New
Hampshire, is accept ing applications
for its 1985 summer / fall Park,
Forest and Resource Assistant positions in several places in the United
States.
Any person interested in applying
should call the St udent Conservation
Association
immediately at
(603-826-5742). Dead[ine for applications is June I.
Inland Empire Girl Scout Council is
seeking qualified applicants for
waterfront assistants. Those interested should contact the council
office for an application: Inland

Empire Girl Scout Counci l [nc.,
South 1402 Grand Boulevard,
Spokane, Washington 99203.
Gallery 210 II, is soliciting work by
Olympia area artists for an invitational group show in May. For information and an application, write:
Ga llery 2l0 Y" May Show, 210'/, W.
4th, Olympia, WA , 98501. Please
enclose a SASE.
A therapy group for bulimics will be

available starting Friday, April 26.
The group is open to Enrgreen
students, as well as others from the
Olympia community_ The group will
meet for si" consecutive weeks to
help deal with anxieties, pressure and
concerns related to the summer vacution_ For further [nfonnatioD, please

the tail-end of the week ."
_.A.callto the vice-presLaent's office netted the information that a
meeting would be held "tomorrow
(Tuesday, April 23) at I :00" and
that more ;nformation would be
available at 2:30 or 3 p.m .
At about a quarter to 4 on Tuesday, Cheryl Huggins, Vice President
Schwartz's secretary, told us that
"no decision was made, it was just

a brainstormi ng session."
When we tried on Wednesday,
April 24, at 2:30 p.m . to ask Vice
President Schwartz why criminal
trespass citations were issued instead
of indecent exposure citations, we
were told that Schwartz was "going
to be in meetings all day," so we left
the CPJextension number there for

See Beach, page 11

Evergreen budget dependent on taxes

The Twilight Zone Gallery Tenth Flour, A-Dorm. Come see the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, the crustacean drama of athletic competition, and much more at
this week's exhibit, SQUID OLYMPICS. Sponsored by Squid-O-Matic, the official dicer, slicer, and julienne fry culler of the 1985 Squid Games. The first ten visitors
to this exhibit will receive, as a special gift, a free pair of "Booth" brand budget clippers, perfect for all of your financial needs. Admission is $2, or one female squid.
(The athletes are getting lonely.)
Ruck AJ(ainst War
Beat Happening, Cause and Effect,
Co mmunicator, and the Details will
per form a benefit dance for medical
and educat ional aid to EI Salvador
on Friday. April 26. Admission is $3
and refreshments will be provided.

follow the first warning they were
then ~J!~dlor '~crjminal tr.espass,"
which carries a fine of about" fi fty
or sixty bucks."
"[ think only one or two (citations
were issued) at the max," Savage
said, but he went on to say that the
beach's clothin/MJo[icy for this year
hasn't been decided yet and Security is "waiting for a decision from the
vice-president's office. Call back at

by Carla Casper

contact the Evergreen Counseling
Service, Sem 2109, 866-6000,
ext.6800, or call Maxine Williams,
352-7984, evenings 456-5743.

Either taxes must go up, or
Evergreen must cut its budget.
And, if Evergreen does cut its
budget, Evergreen could lose all of
the off-campus programs, half of
media sevices, and more than 60
employees.
"It's a state problem," said
Kathleen Garcia of Evergreen's
budget office. But, since Evergreen
is a state school, the state's problems
have become ours as wei!.
In order to end the 1983-1985

The Great Geoduck Gallop is approaching fast! On May 18, participants will use the Evergreen track
and trails to cover 3,000 mile
representing a trans-United States
"gallop." Prizes will be awarded to
the individuals and teams who raise
the most money in pledges and cover
thl! most miles. Pledge sheets are
available from CRC 302.

THE EVERGREEN
STATE COLLEGE
Olympia, WA 98505

[f this newspaper moves, then you're
in trouble .

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biennium this June with a balanced
budget , the state ha s asked
Evergreen and other state institutions to give some money back.
Evergreen gave back over
$190,000 that was supposed to buy
equipment, academiC supplies, and
$60,600 worth of computer hardware for the science labs. President
Olander also imposed a hiring freeze
which applies until the end of June .
The Governor and the state
[egislature are currently trying to
iron out a budget for the next biennium, [985 -1987.

The financial outlook for
Washington state as a whole is very
bleak. The state is not making
enough money to keep a ll state institutions operationg at their current
levels. Either taxes have to go up, or
Evergreen and the other state
schoo ls must cut their budgets by
perhaps as much as 10 percent.
To show the legislature just how
badly tax increases are needed, th e
governor recently asked a ll state institutions to cut 10 percent off their
budget proposals for the upcoming
biennium.

Garcia, speaki ng of Ga rdner,
sa id, "It was really an exercise for
him to say, 'If you don ' t do a
revenue package, in other words, introduce some new taxes, you'd have
to cut these things.' "
President Olander, and various
o ther administrators did the exercise
in cutt ing 10 percent off the projected budget. I f the state le~islaturc
does not raise taxes, a $3 million
cut in the Everg reen budget
could become a grim reality. Some

See Budget, page 2

Intel Corporation, in exchange for
two proposals from Evergreen to
develop microcomputer programs,
recently gave the college a major
grant of 10 microcomputers worth
$185,000.
Walter Niemiec, director of arts
and science facilities at Evergreen,
called the 10 Intel Microcomputers
"state-of-t he-art technology" that
will "improve the quality of sc ience
education at Evergreen. "
But before students and faculty
can use them , the college will need
to spe nd $59 ,000 to buy additional
it ems such as terminal s. mOllitor"
printers, and furniture, nonc o f
which [ntel manufacture~ or includes
in the gra nt.
Niemiec is aware that Evergreen .
lik e other sLaLc colleges and uni versitics , is experiencing a budgct cri, i, .
but he believes that spending $SY.lXX)
on comp uter software and hard warc
is justified.
Niemiec argued tliat " cvergrl'co s
growing older now and so is ou r
equipment. If we're goin,g 10 rcmain
compeli tive, then our tec hn ology
needs to be updated."
.Joseph Olander . in a ICllcr recenl Iy se nt to Niemiec. has already promised to allocate the $59.000 10 purchase the additional hardware and
so flware.
Three Data General Nova
Minicomputers are currcnt ly used by
science st udent s. But t he o ld er ( om puters are outdated and new
techno logy is needed , according to
Niemiec. Unlike the original Nova
systems, the new [ntel Microcom puters are capable of storing larger
amounts of data, calculating marc
complicated malhematical problems, and displaying data on
graphic boards with greater efficiency and clarity.
Niemiec and other supporters of
computer education at Evergreen
have struggled to re(' eive new
laboratory computers for thc la st
two years. Thea rts-and sciences were
originally allocated $122,000 in
spring of [983 to purchase new
eq uipmenl, but, because of past
budget cuts from the stat e, all of the
money originally earmarked for buying new computers has been spent by
the co llege to fund other programs .
Fred Tabbutt, a member of
Evergreen's chemistry faculty, submilled thrce proposals in behalf of
Evergreen for developing new soft ware for the Intel Corporation's
microcomputer division .
Although Intel received 2,000 proposals from colleges and universities
across the country. it wa s oleased
with two of Tabbull 's proposals and
awarded the grant to Evergreen.
In addi l ion to updalin g
Evergreen's laborator ies. the 10
microcomput ers will sati sfy growing
sludent demand for sc ientific and
computer training. C urrenlly.
st udents must occasionally sign liP
for round- the-clock use of the three
eXis tin g computers.
Faculty
members comp lain that students
forced to usc computers during latenight hours are denied reasonabl e
access to an instructor's help.

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U.S. POSTAGE
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Wa1kways
in need of
repair

Joe gives Olympia
a piece of his mind

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As much as he would like to,
George Leago of facilities doesn't
have the staff to keep up with all the
maintenance chores around the college, including the wooden walkways
on the trail to the beach.
Leago explained that his staff
problems started two years ago with
the maintenance of the new soccer
fields.
Leago said "it's a large

photo by Dave Pelerson

photo by Dave Peterson

maintenance problem" to keep
everything in shape with the
available staff.
Repairs were started on the
walkways last summer, but went unfinished. Leago said that there has
"been some damage si nce then.
They're due for another inspection
and repair. We try to keep up and
tack new boards in whenever we
have to."
Leago has hopes of completely
rebuilding the walkways this summer
but admits that there are several
obstacles.
First, rebuilding "would require
hand labor because no machinery
can get down there," Leago
explained.
Second, Leago has no idea of the
cost of such a project because the
design is still unsettled. Extras, such

as handicap access, still need consideration before facilities decides on
a final design.
If someone should be injured
because of negligence on the part of
the college while using the walkways,
the Tort Claims Act covers the college from liability, according to
Verna Baker of the controller's
office.
The Tort Claims Act forces a claimant to prove negligence on the institution's behalf before damages
can be paid.
Baker said that a person with a
grievance files a claim with the
state's Office of Financial ManagemenL, which then forwards the claim
to the state Attorney General's office. The AG makes the final payment decision.

Paye to benefit ·Wellsprings
by Mike McKenzie
Won-Idy Paye, an award-winning
Liberian drummer, dancer and
storyteller, will perform a benefit
co ncert for the Wellsprings Africa
project on Saturday, April 27 , at 8
p.m . in Evergreen's Communications Building Recital Hall. .
"For Liberian s it's typical to be
a drummer, a dancer and a
storyteller," Paye said. " These are
things done collectively. Art is to us
an open field. where people share
fr eel y. "
Paye said that he will do a oneman-show "in the traditional
African style ." He will play native
Liberian instruments, dance traditional dances, and tell stories "from
t he vi lIages."
In Liberia, a country the size of
.Oreggn that has apQroxim'!tely 2
million people. Payc founded an arti sts workshop that produces radio.
dramas. The dramas are translated
into the fifteen languages spoken in
Liberia, and they explain new health
care practices in a traditional
manner.
Paye explained that in some
villages the only piece of modern
equipment will be a portable radio.
The people in the villages know what
language the dramas are broadcasted
in before their language, so they
know when to gather around the
radio.
"The dramas are very popular,"
Paye said. "Most of the time when
our radio dramas come on, it's the
villages' evening entertainment. In

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by Susan Arnold

by Kurt Batdorf

Won-ldy Paye and CLiff Missen

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Last Wednesday at the United
Methodist Church, President
Olander said that the growth policy
at Evergreen needs to be clarified.
Olander spoke to a gathering of over
100 people during the second lecture
in the "Piece of My Mind" lecture
series.
This lecture's title, "Paradox of
Progress," was taken from the program at Evergreen. Students in the
program are studying "the
paradoxes of life in the 20th century," Olander began; they are not
solving the problems, but are approaching solutions to the problems .

"Evergreen is a treasure in

your community. . ."
Olander was approaching a solution to the growth policy problem at
Evergreen.
The legislature has said that
Evergreen can grow, yet it has
denied us funds to do so, said
Olander.
Meanwhile, the corridor between
Vancouver and Seattle is the fastest
growing area of Washington, and
people have requested that a new
four-year southwest college be built.
Olander believes that Evergreen
can fill that request, as long as
Evergreen's growth is managed and
shaped so that the quality of education remains the same. The
legislature must clarify its growth
policies, Olander said.
Evergreen students are involved in
a rare academic institution. Olander
said, "(Evergreen) is a treasure in
your community."
At Evergreen, students discuss

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problems in seminars; they think
together, Olander explained.
Students learn to "think critically,
read well, handle ideas, and are independent in terms of looking at
problems." Evergreen students go
up to the University of Washington
and challange the new professors.
These are the qualities the world
needs. Olander said, "As a science
fiction writer, I am very interested
in the future."
"Science fiction stories dramatize
the future," he explained, "and
make the future important and
meaningfuL They make people excited about decision making for the
future .
"We are not making provisions
for the future," he said, citing the
Puget Sound and education for all
people as examples.
"We need to look seriously at
creating futures," Olander said near
the end of his talk. Evergreen is an
important part of preparing people
to do that, where there is "optimal
academic freedom to investigate
problems . "

of the possible cuts in the budget included : cutting library funds, dropping some programs, and maybe the
off-campus programs altogether,
cutting the media services budget in
hal f, and laying off more than 60
employees.
"If there were a revenue package
to come forth , we'd have to make
such a drastic cut. The way we ' d
handle it on campus would be more
open sessions wit h all the constituencies involved," said Garcia. "It ' s a
very hard thing to do. Three millon
(dollars) is a lot of money for this
in stitution. "

Stan Marshburn, ' Evergreen's
legislative Iiason, is keeping track of
budget developments at th e capitol.

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To the Evergreen Community:
I am disgusted. I am disillusioned.
Most of all, I am disappointed. In
my two quarters with the CPJ, I
have discovered one thing: that
Homo sapien evergreenus, circa
1985, is an apathetic creature!
Let me explain myself. Currently,
the CPl is running a cartoon contest. Though this campus is crawling with artists, and has graduated
such noted cartoonists as Lynda
Barry and Matt Groening, we
ha~en't received ONE entry!
Granted, the prize offered isn't on
the level of winning the Lottery, but
I find it hard to believe that there are
no cartoonists around here that want
their work to be seen!
The other area that is sadly
neglected is the letters page. Out of
a circulation of 3,500 readers, we got
two letters last week. and nn~ so fllr
this week_ 'C ome on now! Is life SO
boring that there is nothing worth
writing about? Write to us! Complain about an article, the rain,
fluorescent light, even the design of
the CP1 if it bothers you.
On the other hand, there are a lot
of positive things to write about,
too: Spring, "Louie, Louie," or
even the CPl_ We like to hear
compliments!
The CP J is a forum for many different voices in the community, not
just those of the CP J staff. To make
this newspaper a reflection of the

diversity of Evergreen, we need your
views, your opinions, even your
jokes! Face it, without you, we'd
have no reason to be here!
"Help stamp out apathy in our
lifetime, "
Wendi D. Kerr

/.)pset and
appalled
Dear graduates, potential graduates,
and any other concerned individuals:
(This is a letter I submitted
separately to the student and faculty head of this year's graduation, in
which I will be participating_ I got
somewhat of a reply from Walker
AUen, faculty head of graduation,
but no action has been taken_ The
letter has not yet been brought up or
even mentioned to any of the participants on the graduation committee. Please, I urge you all to respond
actively and come to the remaining
graduation planning meetings.)
I am extremely upset with what is
happening with my graduation. I
have wanted to attend planning
meetings, but I have had classes
scheduled at the same time you have
scheduled your meetings . The
Wednesday meeting I could have attended, but I got the letter announcing the meeting the day after so,
therefore, it was impossible for me
to attend.
I am appalled at what you are doing to our graduation. I can't believe
we are going to have an exclusive

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recorder and have the native people equipment. So far we've raised
about $2,000 of the $20,000 dollars
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perform the dramas, so later the
people in the village will hear their we'll need. So ,;~'re about a tenth of
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friends on the radio.
Paye' s show is sponsored by
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"I f a dog is barking, we keep that .
Evergreen's Innerplace, Ujamma,
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sound in," Paye said. "If a father
EPIC, and the Third World
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is yelling at his kid, we keep it in . It's
Women's Coalition.
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more lively ."
Wellspring Africa is an OlympiaSEct'" It-/' l'Ay Li~E'
Tickets for the show are $4
based, non-profit organization that
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general and $2 for students and
is workil)g in Liberia to bring
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senior citizens . Free childcare will be
sources of fresh water to the villages.
provided.
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Paye considers the benefit show he'll
perform at Evergreen as "a natural
For more information about
extension of the work I do for my
Wellsprings Africa, call 866-1400, or
I-l elY', L-:r ~E" t-\ e
people. "
for more information about Paye's
FAe.r:; A"" D
"We want to drill twelve wells, "
performance, call Innerplace at
said Evergreen student Cliff Missen,
866-6000 extension 6145.

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Budget, from page 1

Disgustedby apathy

The governor, the senate, and the
house have each come out with a
budget proposal. All of the proposals have simi liar allocations layed
out for Evergreen .
Gardner's proposal is the most
beneficial for the school. Although
it is lean, it provides the funds to
operate at the school's current level.
The best result for Evergreen
would be if the governOi 's bill passes
as it now stands. However, the final
budget is likely to be made up of
compromises . The possible revenue
bills that may pass are also a factor.
Garcia said, "I think we won't do
the 10 percent cut, but I think there's
still the possibility we will have some
additional cuts to the Gardner
bill ."
The actual Evergreen
budget will not be known until the
legislature has passed some form of

a budget. This session is suppose to
end on April 28. However, with
taxes as an issue, this session may be
extended.
Some budget issues are clear for
the college.
The $11 million requested for
enhancements will be reduced.
The current estimations are around
$400,000 and that is allocated for an
enrollment increase. Academics will
not get any new funds, which will
make it difficult to provide new program offerings, or enhance existing ones.
A bill which is now on the
legislative floor, would boost tuition
by $65 a quarter from $339 to $404 .
Financial aid for students will not be
affected, since it is federally funded, although institutional jobs may
be scarcer for students next year.

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formal dance (yuk!) instead of supporting the traditional "get down"
in the meadow including the entire
school and friends and family, which
is an important part of graduation
to at least some of us .
I also can't believe ·the waste of
money that has gone into invitations
to the graduation, while we have so
many finely schooled seniors skilled
in arts and graphics.
What is the meaning of this
bureaucratic bullshit? I feel like I'm
graduating from some prep school.
Is this Evergreen?
If you think you've had a small
turnout at graduation meetings, just
think about how small the turnout
wiU be at the events you are scheduling for us. I don't think it is fair to
me or the other students graduating.
I would happily put some energy
into graduation preparations (rescuing), but either you need to
reschedule meetings, get our letters
quicker, or get to me and other
students more directly.
How about a table in the CAB?
Who is getting paid to deal with this
anyway?
This is extremely upsetting to me
and I would appreciate some
feedback.
Thank you,
Marlene Brown (graduating senior)

S & A doles

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by winning the Washington State Lotteryl But,

since the odell 01 winning are pretty remote, why
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Native American Studies Program
Evergreen Political Information
Center
Lesbian/Gay Resource Center
Thursdav Night Films
Men's Center
Third World Women
Environmental Resource Center
S&A Board
It is because of cooperation such
as this that students groups are able
to put together the caliber of event
that have been happening here this
year, let's keep it up.
Sincerely,
Gary Wessels
Northwest Indian Center

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Dear Editor,

It's spring allocation time again.
The Services and Activities Fee
Review Board is faced with
allocating all of the student's monies
for the next year to some forty
budgets, approximately $850,000 by
various student groups and services.
S & A fees to be allocated will only
total about $480,000, however. The
S & A Board will meet every
Wednesday in CAB 104 to perform
the monumental task of reviewing,
deliberating and deciding on allocations. All meetings are public and
agendas, minutes and information
are posted outside CAB 305.
Next year's S & A Board coordinator will be hired this spring. I
would like to train the new person
to ensure a smooth transition. The
S & A Board coordinator is responsible-fer~ everseeing the allocation
process for all student monies
throughout the year. This includes
facilitating Board meetings, writing
agendas, designing allocation processes, and negotiating with the administration on various policies and
budgets. The coordinator also performs some of the functions central
to most student governments .
All applications must be submitted in CAB 305 by Friday, May 3_
Public interview times will be posted.
For more information call, x6220.
sincerely,
Eric Smith, S & A coordinator

Reader
thanks

Dog Owners Look Out
Due to an increasingly large dog
population on campus, a number of
complaints have been lodged with
campus security.
Two weeks ago a person was bitten, further increasing complaints.
Therefore we need to remind community members of the pet policy
outlined in EAC 174-136-630 thru
174-136-670 which states that dogs
and other pets are allowed on campus only when on leash or under
physical control. The policy goes on
to say that physical control exists
when the leash is in the hand of the
owner or keeper of the animal. Pets
cannot be tied up to .a post or tree,
-etc. - - We urge pet owners who must
bring their pet to campus to place it
in the kennels behind Lab 11 untit
they are ready to leave campus. Pets
left unattended and roaming around
are subject to being impounded by
security personnel or by Thurston
County Animal Control. The usual
fee or fine when claiming the animal
at the county shelter is $35.
Thanks for your cooperation on
this.
Gary Russell, Security Cl1ief

Freedom of
choice
Letter To Editor from Central
American News Committee

Dear Editor,
I would like to extend my sincerest
gratitude to everyone involved in
making ou,r 1985 Pow Wow a huge
success.
Special thanks to Robin and Janet
Wahler-Fielding for sitting at the
Northwest Indian Center table
throughout the Pow Wow.
If you missed this year's event, we
plan to.do it again and again . This
place needed to be reminded how inspiring Indian culture is. We hope to
see you there next year.
I would also like to acknowledge
the cooperation of the foUowing student groups for their support during

It is a very hard thing for the
American people to face the fact that
the countries of Central America
wish to be free: self-governing,
autonomous and non-aligned .
If these people choose socialism,
that is their right as a free people
even if they should choose the
U.S.S.R. as their benefactor. Communism and democracy are not
mutually exclusive and we are not
the "parents" of Central America.
Die-hard maintenance of the status
quo is oppression, not liberation. It
would be a far more honorable thing
to have the U.S. Army defeat the
brutal military ~egimes that now

exist.
Ronald Reagan is not my president, it is not my army which exerts
power in Central America, these are
not my neighbors who "esteem
themselves children of Washington
and Franklin and sit on their hands
and say they can do nothing." I am
sick of people seeing Communist
boogeymen in every movement of
national liberation .
If a nation puts food, peace,
education and health care before individual or joint entrepreneurship,
let them . We have no right as a nation or as individuals to propose
violence if we should disagree. It
disgusts me to see Reagan play on
public apathy to further America's
world dominion .
We started out as a nation sworn
to "life, liberty, and the the pursuit
of happiness," but we have lost
these ideals and now concern
ourselves
with
"fighting
communism.' ,

Let these countries go any way
they wish; they have the right to .
They are not our enemies merely
because they wish to decide for
themselves . I am proud, as a human
being, to find others telling any
foreign power to "butt out."
signed,
Central American News Committee
of the Issues, Traditions and Change
program;
Kirsten Bennett, Aaron Brown,
Deborah
Chambliss.
Derek
Demerest, Gary Perkins, Liesbeth
VanBeuzekom, Roy L. Watters III,
Andris Wollam

misquotation

GrQSS_
Dear Editor,

Ha!
Try to misquote me, will you!
refer to the photograph of me in last
week's CPl. I am quoted as saying
"do the popsicle!"
Such a gross misquotation makes
me wonder how many other persons
have been so severely misquoted,
and what other liberties the paper
has taken.
The proper quote?
"Why are we being so critical? "
Peace,
Dave Scalzo
Editor 's note: Dave . it's like thi s:
THE CPJ WILL GO TO EXTREMES TO GET PEOPLE TO
WRITE LETTERS . CASE IN
POINT.

Hey, don't
ask us
Dear 'Editor :
Just what is th e
significance of squid???
Just wanted to know,
G.R.R.

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April 25, 1985

THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL

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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL

April 25, 1985

page 5

Decoding Society: Snake + 7== Red
by Tomas Black
Yes, it all took place last Friday
night in Evergreen' s Recital Hall.
Ronald Shannon and the Decoding
Society showed the audience what it
was all about.
It was high-energy, hard-driving,
techno-jazz-rock-fusion, and, from
the first note, Jackson and his group
proved that funk, rock, and jazz can
be fu sed into a something greater
than the individual parts.
The entire show was electnc ana

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inspired . Complex melodies, long,
elastic solos, and Jackson's dynamic
percussion made it a memorable
evening.
The instramentation was well
blended. Electric guitar, electric
violin, and even electric saxophone
shared equal billing . Mind you, this
concert was LOUD, but these highly
processed sounds, driven by
Jackson, and by Reginald
Washington on bass, mixed into
some of the best fusion on the music
scene today.

Perhaps the most surprising thing
about this concert was that it was in
Olympia. New music in Olympia!
Let's get more, please.
P.S .: If you missed the Decoding
Society concert, you can still hear
them on their album "Decode
Yourself" on Island Records. This
album should prove useful for those
who wish to be decoded in the
privacy of their own home . By the
way, snake" seven does equal red .
Details at eleven.

Nal.lflower Dance Brigade will perform here Sunday

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Pow-wow brings native
Americans to Evergreen
by Gary Wessels

The
na tionally acclaimed
allnower Order Dance Collective
III perform their new show ,
Res istance. Love In A Bitter
me," at 8 p.m ., Sunday April 28
the lobby of the Evans Library at
lergreen.
The fi ve-woman "Wildnower
m ce Brigade," described as
efreshingly bravura!" by The New
)rk Times, uses dance, drama,
lng Fu, sign language, poetry ,
Imor a nd song to tell th e story of
woma n's spiritual journey from
e Si xt ies to the present.
The ten-year-old da nce collective
IS toured cx ten sively througho ut
e Unit ed St a tes, Canada, Europe
Id La tin America.
rfo rmances include a Sunda y,
ay . 11 concert by the Northwest

Chamber Orchestra and EI Teatro
de la Esperanza (The Theatre of
Hope) on Friday May 24.
Evergreen Expressions is sponsored in cooperation with POSSCA
(Patrons of Soulh Sound Cultural
Activities) .
Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance will be sold on a sliding scale
basis. Reservations, which arc
strongly recommcnded, can be made
by calling 866-6833 weekd a y between 8 a.m . and 5 p.m.

What is a Pow Wow? What do
you do at one? Can anyone attend?
These were some of the questions
asked about the Pow Wow sponsored by the Northwest Indian
Center on April 20.
The ceremony, originally designed as a victory celebration for war,
is a traditional way for Native
Americans to gather, and share dancing and drumming . It is not meant
to be a performance but rather a
participatory event. Indians and
Non-Indians have enjoyed such
gatherings for many years.
The opening ceremony headed by
an eagle staff dance and prayer
began at 4:00 p.m., and was followed by a dedication by Evergreen
graduate Hazel Pete of the Chehalis
Tribe .
Pete spoke on how important it is

"Resistance, Love in A Bitter
Time" is the second offering of Ihe
Spring Evergreen Expressions series
and is cosponsored by Evergreen
Student Activities, Tides of C hange
and the Third World Womcn ' s
Organi zation .

to attend such events, especially for
the young people, "for this is how
they will learn of our ways."
Visitors from all over the Northwest including British Columbia,
and royalty from the Yakima Nation
attended. Between songs, the voice
of Master of Ceremonies Marvin
Stevens could be heard making announcements of upcoming Pow
Wows as well as giving words of
wisdom.
For those who had never attended a Pow Wow, the repetitious
drumming was inspiring and
spiritual. The dancers dressed in colorful and traditional clothing could
be seen moving around the room,
and t.he bells most of them wore kept
time with the melodious drum beat.
A dinner prepared by Native
American students, was served
beginning with the elders and drum

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Flutist Marylynn First plays at the Elisa Tissot Memorial.

groups . The size of the crowd meant
having to go back to a store for more
food, but everyone involved was
soon fed .
After dinner another eagle staff
dance was presented along with a
prayer asking the heavenly spirit to
bless everyone in the room, the floor
that the dancers would use , and
especially the birds that furnished
the feathers for the dancers. The
evening participation consisted of
more drumming and dancing, as
well as contests for the dancers.
The event was so spontaneous that
if people weren't looking at the arts
.and crafts tables, they were out on
the floor dancing . The Northwest Indian Center plans to make this
ceremony an annual event, so if you
missed it or have never attended a
Pow Wow, come on out next year.
You will be more than welcome.
photo by Gary Wessel s

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April 25, 1985

THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL

'Dark Star': a story with punch
Regarding the Kicking of Edgar Allen Poe

by Dave Peterson

I remember thinking how great humans of history
would regard their warts.
-

Dark Star is the story of four men
adrift in space, charged with the mission of blowing up certain
"unstable"planets that might pose
a threat to future colonization efforts from Earth. They have been in
space for 20 Earth years, but due to
high speed travel have aged only
three years.

I carefully considered an erotic Egyptian queen,
of course, coming to the obvious conclusion.
Then I mustered up a serviceable villain,
only this time I was far less sure.

Needless to say, they're g-etting a
little punchy.
When one astronaut tells his commander of an unstable planet that's
just been detected, he can't help but
giggle as he asks, "You wanna blow
it up?"

Then it came down to the one who has been bantered about
so much in the halls of the pseudo psychopaths.
I am s ure of only this:
Edgar Allen Poe combed his wartsprobably even took them to lunch,
toasting them with strange green decanters .
Maybe he even taught them how to spell.

_:.In quieter moments the commander reflects on how much he

Robert Haines

teresting example of a low budget
film done by soon-to-beprofessionals. Begun in 1970 as a
short-film project it was completed
four years later at a remarkably low
total of $60,000.

The film progresses along like this
to the point where Bomb number 20,
eager to explode, prepares to go off
within the ship. At this, the commander realizes that there' s no other
choice but to teach the bomb
phenomonology.

One of the fun things about this
film is spotting where the producers
cut corners. The space suits, for example, are a combination of
styrofoam packing pieces, muffin
tins, and toy space helmets.

Dark Star was the first film by
several people who went on to
become Quite well known in the
movie industry. Directed, produced,
and co-written by John Carpenter,
co-written and starring Dan O'Bannon (author of A lien) it is an in-

Dark Star is showing in Lecture
Hall I at 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 30th as a benefit for
the Album Project.

'Desperately Seeking Susan': generally pretty funny

It Would Get Better
If it wasn't for aggress ion,
and world recession,
the general bullshit and strife,
my mood would get better,
in all sorts of weather,
and greatly improve my life.

by Wendi D. Kerr

A SAD STORY
Matt Fox
When I got home
the lights were out
I had forgotten my key.
On the street
Everyone as unknown as everyone unknown
The clouds yellow spun thread
round the moon
In sour wooly pockets
A rumpled cigarette
A letter I couldn't read again
Another 3-D toothpick
used

misses surfing at Malibu in the
spring. The ship's computer announces that "it's time for Sargent
Pinback to feed the alien," to which
which he whines "aw, I don't wanna do that!"

Flower Blow-up photos by

Bonnie Greenberg

l.W. Renaud

Whenever I think I know I am,
no matter where I am, I stop
and quietly count the number
between I and 2.
Sometimes, when someone stands nearby,
the farthest thing from my mind can be found,
just outside my native tongue.
I've heard that every word
must face an open mouth
each time it tries to prove itself.
But the air gets in when I speak too soon
and fills the thought
that's left behind .. .

Conversations on the Oregon Coast
Friday
When coffee and whiskey
had warmed us inside
we turned our words
backwards and told of how
we'd gotten here and now.

My head expands,
before I know it, until
I rise above the moment.

We discussed women and
relationships, warm and cold,
the changing feelings in June.
And the frailty of being human
is simply living with it.

Roger, of course, thought
otherwise. "You can't help
being," he stated. But
didn't embellish on it.
Then the rain began.
Dennis Gustafson

Donald Mills

(incest) BAD BLOOD
My sisters are living in Eugene
conspiring to take' my life
I'm sure of this
Taking Pol Sci 10 1 as cover,
drinking beer with the boys
Meeting in the dead of night
Whispering my childhood sins
1. he threw ice at me once;
2. I remember. What a terrible person.
Sending me postcards
Calling me on the phone

l.W . Renaud
Please,
bring your photographs and drawings
and your poetry,
and your prose,
to the Poetry envelope
outside CAB 306.

From this point on, the movie
never slows down. It scrambles from
one "identity crisis" to another:
Roberta is mistakenly arrested for
prostitution, Susan smokes pot with
Roberta's husband, and Roberta
gets kicked out of a restaurant for
something that Susan has done. And
that's only a tenth of the action!
Madonna, as Susan, mayor may
not be playing a charcter based on
herself. She is, at any rate, quite
believable in her role, and her screen
presence is .stunning.

Susan isn't the
Madonna video it could
have been .... "
II

Rosanna Arquette's portrayal of
Roberta seems more contrived at
times than that of Madonna, but she
is generally pretty funny.
Aidan Quinn, as Roberta's new
boyfriend, Dez, is impressive for his

good looks and his effortless
believability. He has the rare ability
of letting the viewer know exactly
what his character is thinking,
whether he's speaking or not. This
man has got to become a big star.
Susan was directed by Susan
Seidelman, who directed the acclaimed New York punk saga,
Smithereens. The script was also
written by a woman, Leora Barish.
Even today, films both directed and
written by women are rare in

Hollywood. Because of this, while
Susan doesn't break any new
ground, it's still an achievement.
Non-Madonna fans shouldn't be
frightened away from this film.
Desperately Seeking Susan is far
from the Madonna video it could
have been.
It's just a fun movie, and though
it's not really Academy Award
material, it is worth an evening's
time. See you at the theater!

The toughest job
you'D ever love

'The Gods Must Be Crazy'
is trouble in paradise
by Irene Mark-Buitenkant

And when I look down, I'm still
surrounded by myself,
expecting my echo
to feel at home among the clouds.

Pulling the pint
from iis brown wrapper
and seeing it nearly gone
(the hardest part of being
human is just being.)

Desperately Seeking Susan stars
Madonna,- a personality in definite
danger of media overkill. (In other
words, a lot of us are sick of her.)
The story revolves around one of
the oldest cinematic gimmicks in
history: amnesia resulting in
mistaken identity. It was even filmed at the bargain basement rate of
$5 million. Yet, in spite of these
possible drawbacks, Susan is a pretty
good film.
Madonna plays Susan, a hip con
artist who is ready for anything. Her
boyfriend, Jim, has been trying to
reach her through the personals column of a newspaper, in ads reading
"Desperately seeking Susan."
Roberta, a suburban Yuppie
housewife (Rosanna Arquette), has
been following Jim's search for
Susan. On a whim, she drives to the
park where Jim and Susan are
scheduled to rendezvous. After seeing their meeting, she seems obsessed; she follows Susan around,

and even buys a jacket that Susan
has traded to a clothing store (for an
amazing pair of jeweled boots!).
What Roberta doesn't reallze IS
that Susan has inadvertently become
involved with the theft of Egyptian
relics, a pair of earrings. The
criminal behind the theft is looking
for Susan, with the intent to killbut finds Roberta instead. While trying to escape him, Roberta cracks
her head on a pole. You guessed
it-instant amnesia.

After a long run in Seattle, the
highly recommended film The Gods
Must Be Crazy will finally make its
way to Olympia, showing at the
State Tri-Cinema. This funny,
unusual film is great entertainment.
The film presents in great detail
diverse, seemingly unrelated situations whose unlikely relationships,
however incongrous, are woven
together to create the plot. The combination of relaible cliches and exotic elements is masterfully
intriguing.
The Kalahari Desert with its
marvelous animals and its only
human inhabitants, a food
gathering-hunting society, are the
first exotic elements. These people
manage to live a satisfying, even if
primitive, existence.
-They love one another and are
free of envy, guilt and covetousness
until a Coke bottle falls into their
midsts from the sky. The application
of their ingenuity creates a versatile
tool (container, rolling pin, pestle,
and musical instrument).
But the Law of Supply and Demand emerges: there is one bottle
and many a battle for it, so the headman heads for the end of the earth
where he will drop it, to end its influence on his society.
The introductory scene has a
documentary style commentary
which lends credibility to it. The
sense of reality is disturbed by the
realization that there is a film crew
shooting here and that these are ac-

tors. While it is regrettable that this
society no longer exists, its
dramatization serves the film maker
by contrasting it With the goings on
in the "civilized," commercialized
skyscraped city.
The not so "tongue in the cheek"
message is that Western man was
seduced away from primitive
simplicity by the inventions of "progress" to a lifestyle over which he
has little control.
The cityscape scenes provide a
beautiful, professional heroine who
resigns from the rat race and
becomes the girl in the "boy meets
girl" pldt. The "boy," a'
microbiologist studyi ng elephant
dung, supplies comedic anties usually associated with the pubescent
male of the Western World .
There is also a native village of
herdsman-farmers who are in need
of11 school marm just as the heroine
is in need of a career change. Tying
the isolated characters together is a
handy band of guerillas moving
through all of the scenes. They are
trying to overthrow the government
with the aid of machine guns, jeeps,
hostages and all that other indispensible, good paraphernalia of modern
Western Society.
Different kinds of humor are
working here, that of embarrasment,
of tension, of winning. This is a
comedy with a happy ending. The
most unbelievable part of the fairy
tale is that the headman returns to
his lifestyle seemingly unmoved by
his encounter with civilization.

We admit it. It takes a different kind of person to be a Peace
Corps volunteer.
We won't mislead you with
glowing pictures of exotic lands. The
hours as a volunteer are long. The
pay is modest. ,b.nd the frustrations
sometimC$ seem overwhelming. But
the satisfaction and rewards are immense. You'll be immersed in a new
culture, become tluent in a new
language, and learn far more about
the third world - and yourself than you ever expected.
You'll also discover that progress brought about by Peace Corps
volunteers is visible and measurable:
Such as health clinics established in
the Philippines; Fresh-water fish
ponds constructed in Kenya; roads
and schools and irrigation systems
built in Upper Volta; tens of thousands of people given essential skills
in farming, nutrition, the skilled

INFORMATION BOOTH
Mon.-Wed., April 29 - May I
9:00am - 4:00pm CAB
SLIDE SHOW & SEMINAR
"The Peace Corps in Honduras"
Wed., May 1
2:00pm
Library Room 4004

trades, business, forestry, and other
specialties throughout the developing world.
Being a volunteer isn't for
everyone, and it isn't easy, but to the
people of the developing nations
who have never before had basic
health care or enough to ~at, the
Peace Corps . brings a message of
hope and change.
We invite you to look int~ the
volunteer opportunities beginning in
the next 3-12 months in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. Our representatives will be
pleased to provide you with details.

PEACE

CORPS'

SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS
Mon. & Tues., May 13 & 14
Sign up for your interview at the
Career Planning & Placement Center
in advance. Bring your completed
application to the interview.

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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL

page 8

T-housands take to streets
during national Day of Protest
by Steven' AId ric h
Ove r o ne hundred thousand people turned out Saturday in Seattle,
Was hin gton D.C., Sa n Fra nsico,
Los A ngeles, and Housto n to point
o ut the co nn ecti ons bet ween peace,
jobs , a nd justice.
In Seatt le about 5,000 peo ple
ga there d in fron t of the Federal
Buildin g. Sho ppers had diffi cult y
cross ing th e stree ts, and st rand ed
motori sts honk ed angril y at the sign
carryin g pro testors who filled the
streets for eight so lid blocks and
shou ted ' 'Stop the arms race ... Save
the hum an race; Racism here, Apaftheid th ere ... We wa nt freedo m
everywhere: and :Yloney fo r jobs,
not fo r wa rs, U.S. out of E I
Salvador. "
Among th e pro testor, were many
people fro m the Evergreen and
Olympia comm unities.
"We've come togeth er to find a
commo n voice with whi ch to prevent
ano ther Vi etn am, to end U.S. suppo rt o f repress ive regimes, and to
protest tax dollars being poured into the bottomless Pentagon pit whil e
jobs disappear, children's lunch programs are eliminated, and anti. discrimination laws go unenforced,"
an organizer of the rally said.
The demonstrators marched to let
people know they are dissatisfied
with the status quo, and they marched for their families, communities,
jobs, a just society, and for a better
life for everyone.
People watching the five o'clock
news heard the protestors' shouts, as
did those who tuned in at eleven .
When people opened their Sunday
newspapers, they saw stories about
the protest, and perhaps learned

more abo ut injusti ce and abuses in corporations in this country that are
ou r society, and more abou t how to busting unions, lowering wages, and
lay ing o ff work ers are th e sa me corso lve some of those p/oblems.
Steve Clements, a decorated com- poratio ns which arc building new
bat survivo r of Vi etn am a nd a plant s in South Afri ca so that they
member of Veterns Agai nst In - can employ bl acks a t substand ard
terve nti o ri . in Ce.nt ral Am erica, wages .
"These sa me co rpo rati ons, "
spoke about hi s choice of eith er going to jail when he was drafted to Le noir said, "support aparthei d in
fi ght in Vietnam, or to go int o the So uth Afr ica as a means o f insurin g
arm y an d do wha t he knew was the co ntinued ex istance of an expl oit able labo r forece."
wr ong.
Leno ir spo ke of the 17 blac ks in
" I didn' t know exactl y what it was
t ha t was wrong at the tim e, and I So uth Africa who were shot in the
did n' t know exact ly why it was bac k two wee ks ago whil e peaceful wrong, but I decided I didn ' t wan t ly pro tes ting, of the m illi ons of
blacks who are forging an effective
to go to jail ," Clements said .
Now he has lear ned what he didn't revo lutio nary force in that country
know th en and hopes he ca n help despit e bans placed on th em by the
"stop th e dest ru ct ion of the capaci- apart heid governm ent , and th e co nty for good will and democ racy st a 11 t i ncar ceral ion of th eir leaders.
" We need to let Joseph Swain
whi ch .. . 1he saw) . .. des troyed in
k now eac h Sunday that Seattle
Vietnam."
Clements saw thi s des tructi on as does n't want an ambassador from
the inevitable result of people trying So uth Afri ca, " Lenoir said. "We
to block oth er people's will with need to st op our government from
supplying the South African governmilitary means.
Clements said that he also feels a ment with material aid, and we need
need to tell people what war is lik e to get local, state, federal, and
so it will be more real to them , and pri vat e di sin vestment in South
they will be less likely to support the Africa along with complete
murder and mutilation war causes . economic and cultural isolation of
"I've learned thaj the U.S. is not the apartheid government there."
The speakers at the rally remindalwa ys right , and inserting an
American solution doesn't always ed the protestors of the ways our
government continues aggressive
work," Clements said.
policies against people of color in
The demonstration was an attempt to show the U.S. government this country and abroad, how it supports terrorists, in Central America
that U.S. citizens want to help people in other countries find their own and in the middle East, how it props
up dictators in the Philipines and in
solutions.
Gerald Lenoir, co-chairperson of Chile, and how underpaid and
the Seattle Coalition Against Apar- coerced laborers in third world countheid , spoke of the need "for tries are employed at the expense of
solidarity between forces fighting for workers here.
The speakers told of how our
the same objectives." He said the

The following is a response from
Don Bonker to Evergreen Student
Beth Johnson's concern over U .S.
involvement in Central America.
Bonker is on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and is chairman of
the Subcommittee on International
Economic Policy and Trade. He is
also our U.S. Representative.
Critical decisions will be made on
the direction U.S. foreign policy will

take in dealing with our neighbors
in Central America. Those elected
officials taking strong stands against
the militaristic solutions offered by
the Reagan administration deserve
our recognition and need our
support.
Please write or call:
Congressman Don Bonker
207 Federal Building
Olympia, WA. 98501
Phone: 753-9528
sincerely,
Lara C. Norkus
Dear Ms. Johnson,
Thank you for contacting me with
your views on U.S. involvement in
Central America. I share your deep
concern about the continuing direc-

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tion of the Reagan Administration's
policy toward this troubled and
volatile region.
In reviewing the events of the last
four years in Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, and EI Salvador, one
theme clearly emerges -- this Administration's persistent pursuit of
military solutions to the economic,
social, and political problems plaguing these countries .
The flawed nature of this policy
was clearly evident in the Administration's actions last year.
Several attempts were made to endrun normal Congressional funding
procedures to obtain supplemental
military aid for EI Salvador and
covert assistance for the contras. The
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If you want spring sports, the Rec Center has them
by Tim Quam
It's nice out and your text books
won't stay open. You need to get
out, you need some activity. Who
you gonna call?
Once again it' s Evergreen ' s
Recreation Center to the rescue. Intramural activities are heating up for
spring quarter.
The Rec Center offers activities
for different tastes: everything under
the sun to indoor sports too. Experience is not a prerequisite in
intramurals.
The Evergreen tennis team holds
open practices, and welcomes beginners as well as advanced players to
come out and practice with the tearn.

Practices are held on weekdays in
the morning from 8 to 9:30 a.m.,
and afternoons from 4 to 5:30 p.m ..
In case of rain. the team holds
practices in the Pavilion.
Women interested in learning
Ultimate Frisbee are invited to come
to the women 's work ~ hop, Wednesday 'at 3 p.m. on the the Athletics
field s. Ultimate Frisbee games are
open to everyone on Friday at 3
p.m ..
The intramural schedule is hardly over yet. Wallyball meets on Mondays at 7 p .m , in the racquetball
courts, and volleyball and pickleball
will take you outside to Red Square
on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon.

Already underway is Evergreen' s
bas ketball league . The league consists of of six teams that got their
spring season underway last Friday.
Of course, there 's Housing soft ball too . If you live in campus housing, this is your chance to represent
YOflr dorm (or your Mod) in a series
of slugfest s aga inst th e other hou sing res idents.
Games have already started,
though it's not too late to join .
Evergreen isn't the a th letic hot bedof the Northwest, but if you're
the kind of student who wants to
stay active in your favorite sport,
chances are the Rec Center can keep
you busy.

Evergreen sailors place sixth at WWU
Evergreen sailors finished in sixth
place at last weekend's regatta
hosted by Western Washington
University .
Nine schools raced the triangle
course on Lake Sam ish
and
Evergreen's coach, Janet Welch , was
pleased with the team 's sixth place
finish. " It ' s good to see our new
skippers feeling more confident, "
she said . "They understand where
they are making their tactical errors
and they believe they can improve."
Several of Evergreen's experienced skippers are not competing thi s
quarter, choosing instead to devote

more time to academics or other interest. Welch feels the turnover has
been good for the team . " It's given
a number of people the opportunity
to assume leadership roles and
allowed us to bring some brand new
people on to the team ."
The Geoduck women will race this
weekend at the University of
Washington's women' s elimination .
The entire team. will be back in action on the 27th and 28th.
April 27 & 28 Dinghy eliminations
at Western Washington University
on Lake Sam ish

photo by Kirsten James

government allows descrimination
based on race, sex, and sexual orientation to continue against its own
citizens.
The protestors want to change the
current exploitive systems that rely

on violence, the threat of violence,
and imperialism to maintain the path
to the highest profit. They marched
together and spoke in such a way as
to force people at home and in the
government to listen.

Congressman Don Bonker responds to student's
letter on issues of concern to Central America
Dear students,

THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL

April 25 , 1985

$8 billion to implement the recommendations of the Kissinger Commission's
so-called
Central
American Peace Initiative was a
smokescreen whose real purpose was
to obtain major increases in securi-

In recent action by the Foreign
Affairs Committee on the FY 1986
aid package for Central America,
the Committee agreed to significant
shifts in funding from the military
to the economic accounts and

t~ assistance for Guatemat if.""duras, and especially ht ;':):lvau~H:

adopted an amendment that would
prohibit the introduction of U.S.
combat troops to that region. I supported all of these initiatives.
As a senior member of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, [ believe it is imperative that we in Congress let the
. people of the United States and of
Central America know that we do
not condone the Reagan Administration's militarization of the
problems in the region .
I will continue to oppose funding
for any escalation of U.S . military
involvement in the Central American
region and to support such
diplomatic, peaceful initiatives as
those undertaken by the Contadora
group. Only a negotiated political
settlement among all parties to the
conflict will result in a true and
lasting peace for this troubled a~ea.

The disclosures concerning the
CIA's involvement in the mining of
Nicaragua ' s harbors, the Administration's denial of the [CJ's
jurisdiction in thi's case, and the
President's subsequent decision to
withdraw the U.S. from the case
after unfavorable preliminary rulings all were a tacit acknowledgement that this policy cannot withstand inquiry by an impartial international tribunal .
The false alarm of the delivery of
Soviet MiG's to Nicaragua, followed by the disclosure of the Secret
CIA manual for ' anti-Sandinista
guerrillas only served to confirm
fears about the true intent of the Administration's policy. Finally, it
became clear that despite Administration rhetoric, the President
was only paying lip service to the efforts of the Contadora group to
negotiate a peaceful settlement to the
conflicts in that region.
Last year, the House Foreign Affairs Committee's recommendations
on the legislative aid package for
Central American emphasised the
use of diplomatic and other nonmilitary means to contribute to a
negotiated settlement of the problems in these nations. The bill
would have reduced the requested
levels of security I!-nd economic aid
and placed human rights and other
conditions on the remaining funds.
Unfortunately, the House voted
narrowly to defeat this package, and
the final aid levels contained in the
Continuing Resolution reflected
closely the Administration's
requests.

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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL

WashPIRG begins weekly series on Hanford
permanent nuclear disposal site selection
(This IS the beginning of a series
of
weekly
articles
about
WashPIRG's work at Evergreen surrounding the possibility of Hanford
being chosen as the first federal
dump site for high-level nuclear
waste. Subsequent articles will focus
on more specific aspects of this important issue. WashPIRG hopes that
these articles will help introduce the
reader to the current status of the
siting process in hopes of initiating
increased community involvement.
Feedback on all issues raised here is
encouraged. )
In this state, and on a larger scale
m the U.S., the maj':mty of the
public knows very little about current issues and how government,
whether federal, state, or local,
makes decisions.
The student population has the
potential of being a strong influence
on the choices made about nuclear
waste and other important concerns.
The Washmgton Public Interest
Research Group (WashPIRG) provides students on the Evergreen and
UW campuses with the opportunity
to get involved as volunteers and/or

interns in issues that concern the
public, along with active invovlement in the legislative process.
This spring the Evergreen branch
will focus strictly on the Hanford
Issue, allowing student volunteers
leeway in devising their own projects
around this issue. During previous
quarters, WashPIRG students worked With the legislature in lobbying efforts.provided testimony, organized
letter writing campaigns, and tried
to raise the general student
knowledge level about Hanford.
Following is a brief background
surrounding the siting process for
the nation's first high-level nuclear
waste site.
In 1983 the U.S. Congress passed
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, mandating that the US Department of
Energy (USDOE) identify potential
high-level waste dump sites. In 1983
Hanford, already home of the
Federally-owned
Plutonium
Uranium
Extraction
plant
(PUREX), was selected as a possible waste repository.
Washington State subsequently

formed the Nuclear Waste Board to
direct state proceedings following its
choice as a candidate. This included a written ConsultatIOn and
Cooperation agreement between the
state and the federal government to
guide further negotiations. The
USDOE was required by the board
to produce a draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) to review the
geological and economic feasability
of the Hanford site.
Hearings were held in March to
Invite public comment on the draft
EA. WashPIRG members and other
groups and concerned individuals
testified that the water-permeable
basalt rack underlying the Hanford
site would prove a hazard to the environment since the Columbia river
is just six miles away.
There were many questions either
insufficiently discussed or left out
altogether in the EA. Underlying
many concerns over the EA is the
belief that Hanford is being chosen
for politically expedient reasons
rather than on its geographlCaI good
points.

When Joe Olander came ~o
Evergreen three months ago, he promised the community he would
"spend a couple of months getling
to know you and then I would share
with you my impressions."
Last week he delivered those impressions to faculty and staff.
On Friday the nineteenth of April
he addressed the faculty. On the
following Monday he spoke to a
gathering of staff members, a
gathering that filled Lecture Hall 1.
Olander told the staff that Monday's meeting was "also a chance to
straighten-out some of the madness
coming at us from the legislature."
As he waited for late arrivals to
settle in, Olander joked about the
microphone cords that allowed his
electrically augmented voice to fill
the farthest reaches of the room. He
explained that he was uncomfortable
with the restrictive cords, because
"I'm Italian. I like to move my body
when I talk."
As Olander and hiS audience
warmed up, the polite, nervous
laughter gave way to genuine enjoyment as Olander showed a
superlative stage presence.
"I have a problem With
machines," Olander said, sweeping
slack in the microphone cord into a
graceful loop on the floor.
"I ' ll probably choke myself
before this is over." He paused for
a moment gazing down. then suddenly looked up. "That might not
be a bad idea."
As hearty laughter rolled through
the audience, Olander moved, like a
Southern evangelist who finally
knows the congregation is his. to
take the staff into his confidence.
"I ' m not going to make the
mistake with you I almost made with
the faculty," he said. He was
prepared to go before the faculty. he
revealed, with a long Iist.front and
back, item by item,of everything he
had done since he got here: every
meeting he'd attended, every commIltee he'd addressed, every phone
call he' d made. Item by item he built
lhe litany unlil he suddenly broke
off.
"But I'm not going to do that to
you," he hastened to tell the staff.
"Yes, I know you're all working
very hard. Yes, I know you're all
understaffed , for the most part . Yes,
I know you're underpaid."
Olander promised his audience,
instead, a "situational audit. What
it ' s like at the college right now." He
would follow that. he said, with

"what it all means to me" and
"things I want to change."
But, first. Olander told the staff,
I want to share with you the
perspectives from which I'm
coming."
"The last two books I wrote," he
said, "were, in 1983, No Place Else:
Explorations In Utopian HctlOn
and, in 1984, The End of the World:
Explorations In ApocalyptiC
Literature. I find both of those on
campus in terms of attitude."
Olander said he saw the attitude exemplified by "the coffee cup. often
seen on campus that says. 'Just
another shitty day in paradise. '" The
cup exemplifies Evergreen's obsession with utopia and apocalypse.
Another important perspective,
Olander said, is "I'm new."
H

Students are the most crucial part
of WashPIRG's success as a public
interest organization. Several
outreach programs initiated by student volunteers this quarter include
letter-writing campaigns and an upcoming petition to oppose the siting
of Hanford. Participation in
WashPIRG efforts involves
whatever time committment is
suitable to the volunteer.
WashPIRG's office is located in
Seminar 3152, and Hanford project
meetings begin at noon on

dent do?" his father asked.
"Well, dad. he talks on the phone
a lot, he flys in airplanes sometimes
to go to meetings."
His father thought that one over.
"You get paid for that?" Olander's
father asked.
"Too often," Olander said, "we
define ourselves in terms of what we
do." Olander would returned to this
theme later, but thiS time he moved
back to the culture of The
Presidency.
.. I went to Ellensburg for a
meeting the other day," Olander
said. "Ellensburg blew my mind."
After explaining the trip over the
mountain, . and the impact of
Ellensburg. Olander explained that
he got there a little early for the
meeting so he stopped for a cup of
coffee. He saw some busmess men
talking.
"I eased in, because I'm sort of the
gregarious type and I shove my
mouth in where ever it will go."
Olander was tired of the Arlo
Guthrie, Group W syndrome. "You
say you're a college president and
they all sort of ease away. So I said,
'I run a small conglomerate in Olym-

"I stili find Alexis de Tocqueville's (writings) the most
sophisticated analysis of American
politics yet.. .. the perspective of the
stranger may be best. I've been tryIng to understand you without losing the perspective of the stranger."
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Wednesdays. The benefits of working with WashPIRG range from
education about important issues to
learning effective ways of communicating public concerns withm
our political system. Volunteers are
always welcome!
The upcoming articles written by
WashPIRG volunteer~ will focus on
specific aspects of Hanford and
what students, specifically, may do
to assllre that the best possible site
is chosen.

pia, Washington.. .. •
"One of 'em says, 'What you
got?' So I say, 'I got two hotels,
three restaurants. a radio station. a
small department store, a security
force .... (the author of this story
apologizes, but' at this point his pencil broke. honestly. and he missed all
the things this conglomerate included, but it culminated in) ... and
twenty-seven hundred internships
for people associated with the firm.
"One of 'em says. 'geez, I've been
to Olympia a lot and I don't
remember that. What's the name?"
Here Olander paused and slowly
scanned the audience as his gaze
moved across the room. The twittering slowly built to a nervous guffaw.
"The Evergreen State College,"
He said.
"Some folks on this campus don't
know what it's like to have a college
president," Olander continued.
"Some of you don't give a damn."
The audience laughed and Joe
Olander launched into his vision of
of Evergreen and his vision.
"Essentially I view my roll as

president as a stockbroker. The
students, faculty and staff have invested a part of their lives in this institution. Part of my job, at least,
is to work to protect the investment
you have made in this college and
perhaps to increase it over time."
Olander said a lot of people at the
college are ambiguous about who is
in control, but "RCW (Revised
Code of Washington) does not
equivicate about where the top is.
The top the Board of Trustees.
"The Evergreen Board of
Trustees is is five people dedicated
to the college.
"The Board has been too involved
with the managements of the college
primarily because of the ambivalence of the president.
"A bill increased the Board of
Trustees from five to seven. I think
that's good.
"I hope the governor will appoint
someone who graduated from the
college. Evergreen is the only four
year institution in Washington that

Thursday Night FIlms are back
again and With a schedule that
should keep you Indoors even as
these spring days grow longer.
This quarter boasts more cosponsored films than we've had In the
past and the selections are an intriguing list. Last week we started our
cosponsored films with the screen109 of Wmdwalker.
Tonight. Thursday, the Environmental Resource Center
cosponsors one of Akira Kurosawa's
most breath-takingly beautiful films,
Dersu Uza/a (The Hunter). A
J apanese/Soviet coproduction.
which concerns the friendship between a young Russian explorer at the
turn of the century and a lone, aged
hunter. The hunter, Dersu Uzala,
gUides the expedition through the
sprawling wilderness of Siberia and
his knowledge of the ways of nature
save the expedition more.than once.
It is Kurosawa's first film in color
and it will be presented to its best advantage in cinemascope (i.e. we'll
use the whole screen, rather than Just
the center). As those of you who saw
It the last time it was shown here will
attest. it is a film not to be missed.
Also showing this quarter:
May 2 (next Thursday) The
Cuban Experience Program and
EPIC will cosponsor Improper Conduct. This documentary by Nestor
Almendros and Orlando JimenezLeal looks at contemporary Cuba,

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Schwartz to call us when he got a
chance. Anyway, a few minutes
later, a secretary called us to say that
"nothing has been decided yet that
he (Schwartz) can talk aboul, but
he'll call as soon as there is ."
So, we tried to call Larry Savage
to ask the same question and we
were told that he was out but would
return our call. That was at 3:30
p .m . on Wednesday and by presstime we hadn't heard from Savage.

does not have a graduate on its
Board of Trustees.
"I'd like to see more ethnic diversity on the Board.
"The Board has been meeting
once a month. The Board has
agreed, at my suggestion, to meet
not every month, but every two
months beginning in June. The
members have committed to spendIng the other month learning about
the college."
Olander explaIned that when you
are so busy managing the college's
affiars every month, you are often
out of touch with the college Itself.
The alumni, Olander said next, of
which there are over 6,000, "have
not been as well organized as they
should have been.
"We are known, like McDonalds
or Wendy's, by the products we produce. Most of the talk about
downtown development is about
Evergreen alumni.
"Who are the new small
businessmen along the 4th A venue
area?"
The audience was more certaIn
than verbal: the knowing looks were
shared from face to face, staff
member to staff member.
Olander explained his intention to
travel from area to area through
Washington and, later, throughout
the United States. where ever there
are clusters of Greeners.
"I'm not at all pleased with the
amount of gift giving at thiS college," Olander said.
"A college is in serious trouble, to
the extent that it depends upon one
person for survival." Olander explamed that Evergreen must get
more contributions from more
graduates.
"I'd like to spend more time off
campus." he srud. That time wIll nol

be wasted, was the explanation.
"there are some people in legislature
who think Evergreen is not an institution but a state of mind, a
negative one.
"I'll see them three times: the first
time to give them information; the
second time (1'11 give them
arguments); and the third time to
check back. I'll not see them a
fourth time."
Olander said that he had to
"assign an oportunity cost" to his
time with these legislatures. He said
he would "move on to creatIng other
friends for the college. People are
listemng .. .. because we are being
honest aboul (the problems and
strengt hs of) the college."
Olander has not been content with
lobbying the legislature, he said.
"I've been around the state meeting
with editorial boards about the college. It·s been a very good experience
for me."
Olander then related a reader's
editorial in a newspaper just south
of Olympia, which called for the
closure of Evergreen. He said he
would be talking to that eduonal
board.
"I'm shoving my mouth where
ever It can go," he said. "I don't enJOY the Rotary, Kiwanis, plastic
steak pea thmg, but sometImes I
have three speeches in a day:
breakfast. lunch and dinner," a
dramatic pause as turned to a profile and then suddenly swung to face
on, "and I come home hungry"
"Last week I was elected ChaIrman of the CounCil of UniverSity
PreSidents. "
Olander said the culture of the
Presidency involves many tasks that
re personally distasteful, but
necessary to fulfill his obligatIOn to
deal with the public at large.
"I am acceSSible to any member
of the faculty or staff, who feels he
has been grieved."
"Affirmitlve actIon on thiS campus IS a mess," Olander said. "I've

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always been more Interested in
results than in processes .... 1 think we
need more colleagues of color
among us."
Olander offered a definition: "Affirmitive action is Simply treating
people as we would like to be treated
outselves. "
Turning to the budget, Olander
asked, "Have you ever taken a
cruise?"

The only time that the audience
failed him, Olander looked across a
crowd as embarrassed as he that
hadn't been on cruises, lots of them.
"I did ... once," he said. "One
mght at two in Ihe morning I
couldn't sleep. I don't know why. I
went up on deck and they had their
life Jackets on!
"There are three kmds of fire
drills. There are the ones you have
for the passengers, the ones you have
for the crew at two in the morning
and the real thing!
"Three Fridays ago I was called
by the Office of FinanCial
Management. "
"ThiS was a two o'clock in the
mornIng life perserver drill," he
said.
By five o'clock on Monday the
governor wanted to know how to cut
ten percent from the budget the
governor had recommeded to the
legislature.
"What we did was ask what thIngs
were that were Important could not
continue given that magnitude of a
cut.
.. A week later," Olander said, "a
reporter calls you and says we got
your letter, would you hke to
comment?
"There was no attempt to keep
thmgs secret, but a sensitive attempt
not to exacerbate" a tense Situation .
"What we're faced with IS the
same amount of money next year as
thiS year, more or less. Given mflatIon It means a three or four percent
cut.

"Once we have our real budget
for next year, I and our chief of staff
will figure out our priorities for next
year.
"Independent of the budget. we
have to figure out what to do about
the fact that we're over stretched .
You don't have respect for people
when you put them In a Job where
they cannot succeed . Everywhere I
go it's the same: I'm overworked,
understaffed.' ,
On governance, Olander said,
"It's 'a mess . I'm exciled that the
Evergreen CouncIl IS takIng responsibility for developIng debate about
governance on campus. The
Evergreen Council IS in place. I'll try
first to work through that organIzation. If that doesn't work, I'll try
something else.
.. I hope you respond to the Council's requests for comments.
"The students are beatufiul here.
For the first time in fifteen years we
have a chance to define the proper
academic profile of our student
body: more students want to come
here than there is room for.
"No one is more important than
anyone else," Olander said. "except
the president, of course. No one is
without sin." and here Olander
paused, "except the president. of
course. "
"For the faculty, J wanl them to
be infectuous, joyful and passionate
teachers. For the staff, I want them
to be infectuous, Joyful and passionate about their work .
"When we put our pants or dresses
on in the morning, thiS is a place we
come to play. If it's not,you should
be lookIng for another job."
Olander said.
"So," he said, "what does It all
mean to me?
"On the academIC Side of the
house. I encourage openness. diVIsions, even chaos," Olander said .
"But," he said, "I cannot encourage those on the non-academIC
side"

Thursday Night Films: a great way to avoid work

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Olander tells staff

But we decided to run this story
anyway in an effort to find out what
Greeners want. A clothing-optional
beach. or a c1othing-only beach? If
you have a preference, you'd better
WrIte a letter to the CPJ to state your
opInion and get it to us next Mon~ay at noon (and put your phone
number on It). so we can run it in
next week's issue.
A student, who wished to remain
anonymous, had a run-in with
ecurity on the beach last summer.
"ThiS cop stepped out of the
woods. which I think is really
bizarre," the student said. "He asked me for my I.D. card and I told
him I didn'l have it. So he said,
'Wait right here, if you attempt to
leave you will be arrested.' Then he
walked off down the beach to harass
some other people. I put my stuff in
my kayak, pulled on my clothes. got
in my boat and paddled away . I
guess now I'm a fugitive."

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"This cop stepped out of the
woods, which I think is really
bizarre, " the student said.

Olander tells staff his impressions and expectations
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exposIng as romantiCized myth the
Cuban Revolution . Described as a
"cntique of the left from the left,"
the directors paint a chilling portrait
of Castro's "paradlse"-- a McCarthyist / Stahnist atmosphere of spyIng and denunciations, the total
supression of dissent plus other examples of repression from the
system . Vincent Canby describes the
film as "somethIng very rare In
films .. . intelligent, con VI ncmg,
legItImately provocative."
May 9, the Asian Pacific Coalition will cosponsor two short
features: Unfimshed BUSiness, an
hour-long documentary concerntng
the internship or Amencan citizens
of Japanese ancestry during World
War II and of three men who refused to go. Also, a TESC premiere of
Beacon HIli Boys, a 45 minute
drama by Evergreen alumni Dean
Hayasaka on Wm . Satake Blauvelt.
The film follows four JapaneseAmeI;ican men in the "critical time"
between high school and college/career. The directors have promised to come and introduce the
film so come and see what has been
done in our own back yard!
May 16 both the Women's Center
and our film department will bring

Chantal Akerman's remarkable
underground epic Jeanne Die/man,
23 QUai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. OstenSibly the story of three
days m the life of a Belgian
houseWife and part-tIme prostitute,
Jeanne Die/man is a UnIquely
graceful and sensual study of a daily houshold routine, and its eventual
and climactic breakdown. "One of
the key European movies of the
'70s," J . Hoberman, The VIllage
VOice. One show only at 7.
May 23 we close the senes with
AlaIn Resnais' avant garde masterpiece, Last Year at Manenbad. Wntten by Alrun Robbe-Grillet, the story
concerns a man and a woman, a spa
and a memory of a meeting once in
the past. " ... a fascinating film . I saw
It three times in the same week and
found It more interesting the third
tIme than the first. It is the FinneRan's Wake of the movies."

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