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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 21, Issue 13 (January 31, 1991)

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The sea lions are brayii'tg. at the mo") ..
What wakens them in the 'for-light hours, I'll probably
never know. The Everett waterfront isn't a particularly
clamorous place. After the fishermen and Marina elite, the
dock-hands and restauranteurs have all gone home to bed,
no thing much moves on the docks.
Gazing out a window in my parents' horne, I can't hope
. to sec the big burly blaring beasts thllt have roused me. Yet
~till I stare across Port Gardner Bay, to the frozen strip of logFlmmcd land they call home. You don't need a degree in
Environmental Studies to locate the lions, who are currently
barking at the stars, just an ear for the obvious.
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Their resonant cries, echoing up over the sea cliff, rattle
the windows and make me smile. Each lion wakes up his/her
friends and countrymen, so that they too, may share in the
reve rberant late-night tirade .
Their thundering howls manifest into hearty laughter, as
their roars and shrieks pierce the cold night air.
These are the best of thick-skinned and foul-weather
fri ends, Out on the frozen jetty they cajole and gleefully
bellow into the night. For even as soft snow sifts downward
and I return to sleep, their party goes on ,

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Campus bomb scare
Caller threatens
protesters' lives
by Tedd Kelleher
"In two hours Evergreen will be rid
of its protesters," said a man threatening
to blow up Evergreen Tuesday.
At 9:53 am Evergreen operator John
Metcalf answered a call from a man
believed to be 50-65 years old who asked
to be transferred to the Admissions
Office. He told Admissions that in two
hours two bombs would go off, one in
housing and one "somewhere else,"
according to Security Chief Gary Russell.
A minute later the same man called and
delivered his threat directly to Metcalf.
About the same time a man called
The Olympian saying two bombs would
. explode at Evergreen. The Olympian
notified the Olympia Police Department

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'Sounds of War' stifled;
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Desert Storm Rising

Downtown noise
and mock deaths
successful

Sallow s,md dunes scarlet-drenched
as metallic birds of prey burst forth from the night sky
guided by a madman's hand
Where's the genie in Aladin's Lamp now?
One psycho bent to rub out another psycho
youngsters their pawns in a game of chess
God takes on Allah again
There won't be no winners, boys and girls

Jan 16, 1991: War Begins

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Evergreen Students Prepare for War by Darlo Deplante

Gall Tremblay

The two flags at the Evergreen campus entrance were replaced
December 21 after Vice President of Student Affairs Gail Martin suggested
legislators might notice their deteriorated condition, explained George Leago,
director of facilities, The cost for new flags was $137.70 for the American flag
and $260 for the Washington state flag.
Because the flagpole raising and lowering mechanisms are jammed with
rust, facilites had to install the flags using a boom truck.
Student Governance requested last week that the U,S . flag be lowered to
half staff ·,through the duration of the Persian Gulf war.
Interim President Les Puree responded by stating, "As a public institution,
it is not
for us to lower the flag." photo by Leslyn Lee

by Claire Littlewood

Steve Trotter, Evergreen budget
ofliccr, is a very busy man this time of
the year. "Our main push in this year's
budget is to maintain what we already
have," said Troller. Over the next few
months Evergreen's budget, along with
all 9ther state colleges in Washington,
will be debated in both the House and
the Senate.
T9 come up with a budget Trotter
and his team spent the last 10 months
researching costs for academics, student
services, administration, and college
advancement.
Evergreen presented its proposed
budget along with the Governor's
proposal to the Appropriations Committee
in a hearing on Jan. 22. "The Governor's
request is about six percent ber6w current
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to Olympia." The event was scheduled
for January 29 at noon, and was to be
broadcast over KAOS radio. The
broadcast did not occur.
The event called for a three to five
minute radio broadcast of war sounds.
Community members were encouraged to
tune in to KAOS and turn tile volume
up, creating a cacaphony of war sounds
allover town. In addition, a "die-in" was
planned for downtown, and buckets of
"blood" were to be splashed in the
streets.
According to KAOS General Manager
Michael Huntsberger, proper channels for
the radio broadcast had not been
observed. "These people are guilty of
being
poorly
organized,"
said
Huntsberger. He added that the decision
not to broadcast was made by Lisa Kline,

responsible for this set of flyers, which
blamed the TESC administration, Olympia
Police, and KAOS management of
censorship.
TESC administrators were informed
of circumstances as they developed, but
were not called upon for comments or
decisions relating to the broadcast. The
Olympia Police DeparUnent did not try to
prohibit the "Sounds of War" event
and/or broadcast.
Without the KAOS "simul-cast" the
organizers wcre forced to make tapes for
the event. The tapes were played over
loudspeakers and from "mobile units" at
the appointed hour.
The Neighborhood Association felt
the event was a success.
Damon Rosenculler says. "Writing
opinions is easy; doing real news is

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Page 16 Cooper Point Journal January 24, 1991

On Monday, January 28, the Olympia
Downtown Neighborhood Association
distributed flyers at TESC and in the
Olympia community,
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show the war sounds were scheduled to
be aired.
After tentatively agreeing to broadcast
the "horrifying sounds of war," Kline
balked following consultation with KAOS
management
regarding
internal
programming policies.
When 'word got out that the broadcast
was not taking place, new flyers adorned
the campus. The Olympia Downtown

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Brenda Kenney McGrath

Again. children are dying.
blood staining the ground.
'buildings burning, collapsing.
breaking tender bodies. this time
in Baghdad--fabled city
on the Tigris whose modern buildings
are rooted in an ancient world
that has sunk in layers
under sand and been built
several times anew, All I can feel
is sorrow at this destruction:
all the sweet ·and tender lives
that will not flower on this edge
of the desert; all the sweet and tender
relatives who travelled from my own country
who will die now as the retaliation
for this bombing begins. So much to loose
because leaders do not love peace.
do not love life. give in to greed,
revel in their own power by creating
death that ends in bones bleaching
among rubble on the sand, that ends
in body bags full of dead meat
that once inspired love and now
will fill families with feelings
of loss, Now the ' keening cries
of mothers on several continents
begins, The fragile web that holds
creation unravels, and we who wish
to be peacem<::lkers, the weavers, must
go to work to mend. even as we wish
to wail over all this pain-must
go to work to create , harmony and balance
in the fabric of the world--yes--again-to make life possible, and support creation-yet again--yes, again.

which notified Evergreen Security,
according to Russell.
Housing Director Jeannie Chandler
ordered housing evacuated when she was
notified of the threat. Security closed
campus buildings for two and a half
hours after consulting with Vice President
of Finance and Administrative Services
Jamil Qureshi and Interim President Les
Purce.
Security initially tried to deliver an
evac~ation notice over the public address
conn~ted to the fire alarms. But the P,A.
system failed in the CAB and the Lab
buildings. Security activated the fire
alarm signal in those buildings as a
backup measure.
After conducting a partial search of
key . areas, Security allowed everyone to
rc-enter the buildings at 12:45 pm,
according to Russell.
Tedd Kelleher is the editor 0/ the
CPJ.

college operating costs, the baseline,"
stated Trotter.
Trotter went on to say that all state
colleges in Washington may be facing
budget cuts this session. One of the
reaso~s Trotte~ ci~es ' for potential bu~get
cuts IS a Shift In student populauon.
"We've seen a significant increase in
the K-12 popUlation, and the state
requires a certain amount spent per
student, however that does not apply to
college students." Trotter added, "A lot
depends on ·revenues in April, we'll just
have to wait and see."
In response to rumored budget
r~taliations from the legislature resulting
from students storming the House
chambers, Trotter said, "I tllink the media
has blown it all out of proportion."
According LO Trotter, the hearing Tuesday

was in good spirit.
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have faith that the legislators are
mteillgent people," Trotter continued.
"They were upset, and some expressed
their <.:Oncerns, but I think they recognize
that tI,l e st,~dents were just exercising
Ihelr nghts.
In a press conference, Governor
Booth Gardener said "I don't think [the
House Chamber storming] will impact
LEvergrcen's] funding."
Tuesday's hearing was thc first of

many in a long process. Despite the
Governor's proposal, TrOller feels
optimistic. "There are signs that folks
want to see higher education funded ." He
mentioned the push for rai sing teachers
salaries state-wide, which also happens tv
be one of the Governor's main concerns,
"All we can do right now is specUlate,"
said Trotter.
Claire wants everyone to know she
'does not write headlines/or her
artic/es--the editors do .

Internal Seepage

Lennon and Jesus
Groundhog Day
War risks outlined
Charlatans: meltdown
Android goes boom
Condom patch

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Bohmer not in danger
Gardner on Evergreen
DAMAG addresses draft
Bay Area rally
Panic and Desire
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Correction
Vaccil)ation services perfonnoo by
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February 3 rather than February 23 as
printed. We apologize for. any confusion
this may have caused.

Quote of the'Week
""It's just like Super Saturday without the
booths."
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Student Larry Roberts commenting on the crowd of
people on Red Square evacuated from campus
buildings because of a bomb threat. See story on
cover.

Wellness Center
offers services
EVERGREEN--More
than
100
members of the Evergreen community,
including students, faculty, staff, and
community are now active participants in
the Evergreen Wellness Center which
opened last spring. The Wellness Center,
superv ised by Glenn Bean, the Wellness
Director, is located on the first floor of
the CRC and houses various types of
exercise equipment and resources.
The Center, however, is designed
" ...for infonnation and instruction and is
not just a place to work out," stresses
Bean who places a large emphasis on
individual attention and personalized
fitness programs. The Wellness Center
staff is geared toward meeting all levels
of interest and fitness levels and design
of an exercise program. A nonthreatening, comfortable environment is
also stressed in the Well ness Center,
where participants are encouraged to
work at their own pace and mee.t their
own goals.
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The Well ness Center and staff receive
support and additional resources from the
Wellness Advisory Board. This volunteer
committee of faculty, staff, and students

meets monthly to share ideas related to
physical, emotional, and spiritual well
being at Evergreen and participates in
campus activities sponsored by the
Wellness Center.
Non-credit classes on topics such as
vegetarian eating, weight management,
and stress reduction are periodically
offered through the Well ness Center and
are open to students, staff, faculty, and
community members. For additional
information about the Wellness Center
and the programs offered, contact the
Center at 866-6OiO x6528.

Peacekeeper
training
OLYMPIA--A group of Olympia
area residents is working to make sure
that the war in the Middle East doesn't
cause violence to break out here at home.
Peacekeepers volunteer to serve as neutral
facilitators and witnesses to nonviolent
public actions, including rallies, vigils,
marches, civil disobedience, public

Security Blotter
the 3rd floor of the Com. Building.
1043: Thurston County reported that the
silent alarm in the CAB was activated.
1830: A possum carcass was removed
from the CRC stairwell area.
Sunday, January 27
0219: A road sign was reported down on
Overhulse.

Tuesday, January 22
1523: It was reported that four men
attempted to run a student off a campus
road, acted aggressive and drove
dang"erously.
Wednesday, January 23
0755: A Woman reported to have
received a threatening phone call.

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unattended.
1640: Locked bicycle stole from the East ·
side of CRC.
2159: Graffiti reported on wall near pay
phone in the CAB.
Thursday, January 24
2029: Graffiti found in Lab I, 1st floor
men's restroom.
Friday, January 25
0130: Fire alanns pulled in A, C, D
Dorms.
1003: Elevator in Library reported to
have tiles missing; damage to furniture in
1st floor lobby.
1809: A rape sign on the beach trail was
reponed to be missing.
1938: Graffiti found in CAB 1st floor
men's restroom.
Saturday, January 26
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0928: Graffiti reported outside elevators

in U-Dorm.
2105: Fire alarm in B-Dorm caused by
burnt cookies.
Monday, January 28
0949: A one-car injury accident on
Overhulse. Victim taken to St. Peters
Hospital.
1158: Robbery of personal items from NDorm apartment.
1620: A phone threat was received at
campus security head office.
1706: A second phone call was received,
possibly the same caller; he was
threatening and angry at the Evergreen
students protesting downtown and how he
would "take care of them".
Campus security completed 56 public
service calls (locks/unlocks, escorts,
jumpstarts etc.).

Tough nation~l
drug bill passed

debates, and any other type of event A
training is scheduled for Sunday,
February 10, l-4pm. To learn more, or to
find out about how to become a
peacekeeper, contact Laura Arnow at
943-9595.

Are you
immunized?

EVERGREEN--Recently,
flyers
bearing the headline "Are You Safe?
Congressional Bill Would Suspend
Constitution, Declare Martial Law.... have
been appearing around campus. The bill
the flyers refer to is the National Drug
and Crime Emergency Act or H.R.
4079/S. 2245. It is co-sponsored by Rep.
Gingrich and Sen. Gramm among others.
The original bill, provides for drug
testing in the schools and in the
transportation industries, restrictions on
the right to file a writ of habeas corpus,
admission of illegally seized evidence,
use of former military bases and private
prisons to house the overflowing prison
population, the federal government's
purchase of prison products and
withholding federal payments to prisoners,
the increasing of "fines and petlalties
against drug users, and the creation of
mandatory sentences without parole for
drug dealers. The bill has been revised
and passed into law. What was revised is
as of now unclear.--submitted by Ge~rge
Stankevich
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EVERGREEN--This is a reminder for
all students to check
on their
immunizations for measles, mumps, and
rubella. Adults born after January I, 1957
may have bcen inadequately vaccinated.
High schools and colleges provide
settings for high contact rates such as
classrooms, buses, and donns. Because of
such environments, outbreaks of measles
anlOng high school and college students
have become increasingly common.
The effects of measles on an adult
can be serious. Last year during ari
outbreak in Yakima, two adults died from
measles.
It is recommended that people check
with their health practitioner or health
records
to
verify
their
current
vaccinations. If you are not sure, it will
not harm you to be re-vaccinated.
. OLYMPIA--Gov~~or Booth Gar?ner
Vaccinations are offered at low cost at
said he has been notified that a umt of
the Thurston County Health Department:--·f the Washington Anny.National. G~dhas
Students and staff can call 786-5581 for
been ordered to actIve service In the
Pers~an Gulf war. The 541st Personnel
an appointment. The Evergreen ' Student
Health Clinic will also be providing free
Service Company. was ordered Tuesday
vaccinations February 21 , from lOamJanuary 22 to aC~Jve duty. ~or ~2 months
under the parual moblhzabo~_ ~rder
2pm and February 28 from 10am-lpm in
the CAB .
recently authorized by President George
If you have any questions, call the
Bush.
Thurston County Health Department at
The Tacoma-based unit reported to
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its Fort Lewis mobilization station last

Tacoma Guard
unit mobilized

cons
begins
EVERGREEN--Construction of the
addition to the College Activities
Building (CAB) is expected to begin next
week. The radio station will be
remodeled and new office space provided
on the third floor terrace for student "
organ izations.
Building users will meet to discuss
the nature and scheduling of the work.
The contractor has been directed to do
jackhammering
and similar noiseproducing activities after regular working
hours. The entire third floor of the
building will be closed to the public
during this construction, but the
remainder of the building will be open
for business as usual. The installation. of

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few seconds and not at the
already tens of ""thousands of Iraqi
casualties and the U.S. casualties which
are bound to occur. l ~lieve the
demonstrators are to be. commended for
taking a strong stand about a war tIuit
was about to
and who are not
sitting idly by as daily and murderous

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Governor reacts to January 15 protest
from the Capitol
Tile actions of Evergreen students and
faculty during tile January 15 community
anti-war protest at the staie Capitol have
drawn criticism from diverse quarters.
Evergreen's budget (see cover story) and
some faCUlty members (see page 3) have
been rumored to be in jeopardy.
Comments by Governor Booth
Gardner during a January 22 press
conference shed light on his perceptions
of the situation. Wepresent them verbatim
for imparlialily.--SAR
Initials represent Peter Callag~

(Tacoma News Tribune), Jim Feehan
(Northwest Radio Network), Adele
Ferguson (Bremerton Sun), and Booth
Gardner.
AF: Governor, Lt Governor Pritchard
said that' the occupation of the House
chambers by the students and faculty Of
the local college was a shameful episode
that set a terrible example for young
people in particular. Do you agree with
that?
BG: Not entirely. I didn't condone
the means by which they entered,
although I've heard a variety of stories as

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to whether or not the door was unlocked
from the inside. But be that as it may,
once they were inside, even our State
Patrol personnel said they conducted
themselves, with one or two exceptions,
quite well. They tried to figure out now
that they were inside how they would
govern themselves. They tried to learn
something about the democratic process.
They actually went through some motions
to elect some leadership, create some
order. So maybe there was a little bit of
gain that came out of that, too.
AF: So if I leave my house door
open, it's okay for somebody to just walk

furniture. They left money behind for
things that they broke.
JF: Governor, how does this impact
Evergreen, its potential funding, its
image?
BG: I don't think it'll have
signifjcant impact on Evergreen's image.
Evergreen already has its image.
JF: And funding?
BG: I don't think it'll impact its
funding either.
AF: Do you think it says much for
the financial ability of the students of the
students of Evergreen to leave behind
of
this big .
three bucks for a

BG: No. I said at the get-go that I
didn't condone of the methods, that it's
a right to protest, but I don't think you
have a right to break into people's
homes. But then you carried the question
a step further that once inside how did
they behave, and they behaved with some
respect.
AF: Well, they jumped up on the
fumiture.
BG: One or two jumped up on

BG: And a note saying, "If this
doesn't cover it, to get a hold of us, and
here's our address." I think that was
sufficient.
PC: Sinee when is the legislative
building comparable to a private
residence? I missed something there, I
guess.
BG: That was her comment, not
mine.

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'bombing becomes 'normal.' I acted
socially responsibly the entire-day of the
t5thand I urge everybody in this
community to act in whatever ways they
consider right to stop this war."
Thomas Fletcher is a regular
contributor to the CPJ.

Olympia activists suffer their first arrest on January 21. The 'two members of
the RAAAG march were taken away at Plum and State" S1. photo by Thomas
Fletcher

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1987, was reported by The OlympiaJi to
be subJect to investi~tion. Bohmer issued
a statement this, week; excerPts follow.
"I do not feel there is any threat to
my losing my position "on the faculty at
the present time. I would like to thank
the many students, staff, faculty, deans
and community people who called me to
express support and who asked what they
could " do to support my continued
teachtilg at Evergreen . .
"For the most part, the demonstrators
a«ted in a "very dignified way and are to
be commended for focusing attention on
U.S. aggression. I have been accused of
standing on a legislator's desk; and egging
on students. At one time during the sitin at the house chambers, a few peOple
out of many hundred were throwing some
papers from the balcony. It was difficult
to be heard so I got up on the highest
point I could fmd, a desk, and said that
protest against the war was urgent but
nothing would be served by any property
damage or throwing paper. I then got off
the desk. I find the charge that faculty
egged-on or led students very demeaning
to students. It assumes students cannot or
do not think for themselves, that they are
merely a mindless mob following a
leader.
"I fmd it incredible and sad that
people get so upset about standing on a

An SCA representative will be on campus to discuss
summer opportunities.

EVERGREEN --Four
Pacific
Northwest women glass workers present a
collective installation in Gallery II, and
individual pieces in Gallery IV, both
located in the TESC Library building
from February 7-28.
The artists featured are' Cathy Chase,
Carol Hall, Amy Shaff Hamblin, and
Buffy Cribbs Morrow.

A SWEETHEART

TRADITIONS OF THE HEART

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by Thomas F1~tc~~r
Interim President Les Puree flatly
denies the possibility of firing or
eensuring faculty involved in the House
chamber occupation January 15.
In an interview last Thursday, Puree
denied a January 19 report in the
Olympian that he promised legislators he
would investigate actions of faculty
members involved in the protest "We
don't have those kinq[s] of investigations
,
here (at. Evergreen)."
However, Puree said, Acting Provost
Russell
Lidman
will
investigate
complaints from parents about the
cancellation of some classes during the
week of January 15.
Lidman, who labeled stories relating
to the reported investigation "ridiculous,"
stated the community should be more
responsible
about
spreading
disinfonnation.
For faculty to be fired, the MidContract Tennination with Adequate
Cause Policy would be invoked. This
allows Evergreen to discontinue an
employee's contract in cases of serious
misconduct. No faculty are currently
involved in this process. Faculty are also
vulnerable whenever their contract is up
for renewal.
Protest organizer Peter Bohmer, a
member of Evergreen's faculty since

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Meanwhile, Air National Guard
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January 23 from Fairchild Air Force Base
in Spokane for service in the gulf.

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by John-AIa.D Salguero
. 'Tm . not going to go," vowed an
Evergreen student and United States
Army reservist. at an opel!jorum held in
the CAB January 24. "It comes down to
a basic moral value for me,". he said,
"causing willfully the death of other
human beings."
The conscientious objector was one
of a number of speakers at the forum
which was sponsored by DAMAG, an
Evergreen student group against the war
" in the Gulf. DAMAG, an acronym for
Draft And Military Alternatives Group,
was previously known as DRAG, Draft
Resistance Action Group.
The previous night, DRAG members
voted to change their name from DRAG
to DAMAG. One member noted that if a
draft was passed then the advocation of
draft resistance would be illegal.
Samantha Chandler, a speaker for
DAMAG, stated at the opening of the
forum that the purpose of DAMAG was
to show others "how to fight the war, all
kinds of things."
Chandler said, "We have a unique
position on the Evergreen campus
organizing protests ... there's no one against
us in large numbers."
Chandler also noted, "People are
looking not at Slopping the war, but at
the policies that got us there. We need to
educate ourselves and others;"
The conscientious objector spoke at
length about his own personal history
which had led him to the decision to
stand up for peace. He enlisted in the
Army in February of 1987 and served
more than three years on active duty as
an' artillery forward observer before being
.
discharged in June of 1990.
"It's kind of strange," the C.O. noted.

Since the onset of the Persian Gulf
war, 12 incidents of war-related
graffiti have been recorded by
Security. The cost for removal of
the expressions has been $.430
thus far. Here is a selection of
markings across campus. photo top
center by Jenny Pratare, remaining photos by
Matthew Soloman

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"I was against the war, but it doesn't
really . sink . in till they · .call you
specifically."
He had recently received a telegram
from .the Army recalling him to active
duty in Saudi Ara\:1ia. He decided then
that he was not going to go and fight.
"It's about killing other human beings,"
he said.
Speaker Marti McCarthy starkly
compared the massive amounts of money
being spent on the war efforts with
spending --en--impending social problems
such as homelessness and poverty.
"I was struck by cost of the war each
day, estimated to be over a biUion dollars
a day," said McCarthy. She added, "One
week's worth of war equals one year's
housing (for the homeless)."
McCarthy told the assembly that
while plenty of jobs have been' created in
the last ten years, 44 percent of them
have be,enat or below poverty-level
wages. "The military has become the
employer of last resort, or first resort for
some people," McCarthy noted.
. McCarthy closed by remarking, "Our
country has so much potential, yet it
seems
like
the
very
fibe~
is
disintegrating. "
Alan Nasser, Evergreen faculty
member, spoke about public perception 'of
the gulf war. "You're getting a picture
that not many Iraqi civilians are being
killed," he said, adding, "In a few weeks,
word is going to get out that droves and
droves of civilians are 'being killed,
villages being wiped out."
Nasser speculated that America and
the Arab nations would soon be swept by
a wave of discontent over U.S. gulf
presence.
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lots of American men and women are
going to be killed over there." .
. Nasser said there ' could be a
"horrible massacre" of American soldieI:s
in the ground war, possibly "hundreds of
thousands kiUed."
Nasser said that there would be the
temptation to use nuclear weapons if this
happened and that the temptation should
be avoided.
Nasser anticipates at the end of the
war "Mubarek (President of Egypt) may
very well be out of power." He suggested
other gulf governments could be altered

as well.
There will be a need for a Mid-east
peace conference following the war, and
when that time arrives Israel and the US
will have to "come to terms with the
Palestinian issue," Nasser observed. .
Nasser said that he believed that
Israel is :holding back from retaliation
against the Iraqi Scud missile attacks so
they can later trump a possible peace
conference.
DAMAG meets Wednesdays at 5 pm
in the Lecture Hall rotunda.
John-Alan Salguero is a first-quarter
Evergreen student and an occasional
writer for the CPJ.

Bay Area rally draws 150,000
by Thomas Fletcher
On January 26 more than a quarter
of a million people marched for peace in
San Francisco and Washington D.C ..
About 50 Evergreen students managed the
long journey down from Olympia to
California. In addition, Seattle and
Portland sent large contingents to the
west coast rally.
The rally was peaceful. Conservative
estimates put the attendance over 150,000
pcople. Police made no arrests connected
to the march, in contrast to earlier actions
in San Francisco; The most striking
feature of the rally was the lack of
attention the mainstream media gave to
the huge turnout
The mass of people took more than
two hours to complete the short distance
from the Embarcadero to the Civic
Center.
The marchers included a diversity of
people and interests. Act-up, AIM, many
communist parties, and the Republicans
Against the War were just a fraction of
the groups rcpresented. The theme was
all inclusive; if you were for peace, you
were welcome. As a result, San Francisco

Commentary
saw its biggest gathering since the early
1980s.
But as a result the rally offered no
concrete plans to end the war. In fact,
the organizers seemed to settle for a
decidedly apolitical agenda.
Among the carnival of peace hawkers
and
sectarian
socialists
selling
subscriptions, much of the crowd was
distracted from the often distant center
stage. With such an enormous crowd, the
sound system often offered little more
than background music. Dinosaur rock
stars Joan Baez (with assistance of
Mickey Hart), Country Joe McDonald,
and Holly Near performed.
San Francisco activists always put on
a good show. The variety of drummers,
lifesize puppets, and marching people on
stilts made the demonstration lively. Most
of all, the turn out showed the broad
support to stop the war.
Thomas Fletcher is a regular
contributor 10 the CPJ .

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Columns.

Columns
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RE-USE n" ~
RECYCLE ~Q'
by Glenn Duncan
A War Quiz

Which is worse? The fact that vast
quantities of petroleum are being burned
off and drained away imo the desert air,
sand , and sea, with the direct release of
vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere and the horrors that
accompany such activities, or...
... that those quantities of petroleum
will make it safely to western shores
where they will continue to drive the
engines of technology that, to a large
degree, are employed in grinding up the
home planet at an ever increasing speed?
Keep in mind that , the exhalation of
all internal combustion engines results in
the formation of carbon dioxide. An
answer will be presented in this space
next week.
Campus Recycling
Recycling locations for cans, glass,
and plastics:
There are three in the housing
complex--in the courtyard below A-Dorm,
behind the Housing Community Center,
and in the recycling shed located in
Modular Housing.
All locations have barrels marked for
the three colors of glass, as well as
barrels for tin , aluminum, and plastic.
Please put your recycled materials in the
barrels provided; in the instance of glass,
this involves separation by color. Don't
add the bag, box, or six pack in Which
you brought material, and don't leave
material lying on the ground beside the
barrels for someone else to deal with.
Anything not deposited in the barrels
provided will be dumpstered, so please, if
you're not going to take the time and
energy to recycle proper/y, don't do it at
all. The recycling workers on campus are
not here to recycle in your stead; neither
--~ar
=e"""'rney here to remove garoage from
e
recycling containers. Please, do not use
the recycling receptacles for trash
containers. The rectangular dumpsters are
provided for that purpose.

AI: Chinese demonstrators

by Scott , Douglas for , Amnesty
International
In the spring bf 1989, as all of us
recall, between one and two million
Chinese citizens, led by students, staged
massive pro-democracy demonstrations in
Tiananl1Jen Square in Beijing. On June
4, 1989, tanks rolled in and literally
' crushed .the demonstrations, I killing
thousands. Following the crackdown, at
least 10,000 people were arrested in
Beijing alone for involvement in the
demonstrations. Now, scores of people
are being sentenced to imprisonment or
death for the peaceful exercise of their
rights of freedom of expression and
association, as laid out in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
Amnesty International is concerned
with all cases pending and sentenced in
China, due to suppression of human
rights and trials that fall far below
standards of fairness (there is no
assumption of innocence , nor appellate
process in the Chinese courts). As
Amnesty functions by addressing cases
involving specific persons, two of the
dissidcnts are listed in a current Urgent
Action bulletin: Lu Jiamin, a 45-year-old
professor, and Wang Dan; a 25-year-old
student who was named on the Chinese

government's "21 most wanted" list.
Readers are urged to wri(e to the
follo'wing addresses expressing concern
for the suppression of human rights in,
China,
and
urging
the
Chiriese
government to ensure trials are fair and
public, and conducted in accordance with
imernational standards for fair trials.
Please refer to the two dissidents named,
as well as the other people . in detention.
,Letters should be polite,
any offence
to the powers that be could mean death
for a prisoner.

as'

Li Pong ZongJi
,
Gouwoyuan BeiJingshi
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
Pcoplc's Republic of China
Ambassador Zhu Qizhen
Embassy of the Peoples Republic of
China
2300 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008

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:
Friday, February 1
: Film: "Man Facing Southeast," Cultures in Collision, 10 am-l pm, LH 5.
:
Tuesday, February 5
:Leqture: "Colonialism, Dependency, and Belizean Women's Lives," Peta Henderson, Cultures in
:Collision, 9-11 am, CAB 110.
:Lecture: "Fishbowl on The Screens," French Culture, 11:15 am-12:30 pm, LH 4.
:Musical Presentation: "Hero/Anti-Hero Music," Tom Foote, SOciety, Social Change, and the Expressive
:Arts, 12:45-3:30 pm, LH 3.
.
:
Wednesday, February 6
,
:Lecture: "The Indian Environment: Other Natural Resources," John Perkins, Environment, Regions, and
-Governance, lOam-noon, LH 2.
: I ,ectur.e:--."Genet/~arianne-Bailey.,-Erench-Culture,-J,O:3.O-a.n:wloon, LAB-1050.:
Thursday, February 7
Media Lab Student Presentations:
:10-11 am: Paul Goldberg presents the work of Luciano Berio. Recital Hall..
:11 am-noon: Eric Dean presents the work of Ernie Kovacs, selected video clips. Recital Hall.
:1-2 pm: Patrick Wright presents the w9rk of John Greyson, including Pink Pimpernel, 1989. LH 5.
Some commonly made recycling :2-3 pm: John Bosch-Holmes presents the work of Laurie Anderson, including clips from. "Home of the
mistakes include:
-Brave,"
'
,
Mistaking the pale green bottles for - LH 5.
clear ones. Looking across the bottoms of :3-4 pm: Erik 4-A presents the work of Andy Warhol, including clips from Eat, Sleep, and Blowjob. LH

.Recycling .· effort .needs imp:r9ve ment
by Christy Brigham
The I;:vergreen chapter of WashPIRG
, is wor~ng with campus administration
this quarter to improve ca.npus recycling.
At Evergreen only 10% of the recyclable
solid waste gets recycled, "a startlingly
low percentage. '
This statistic and the idea for the
campaign came oVt of ,t he Environmental
Audit carried out last quaner. The results

Some asvects that the pmGs will be
working on are finding out what quality
of paper actually gets recycled, providing
more recycling receptacles around
campus, getti~g a paper receptacle ,in the
housing area, and raising awaryness about
the why" where, what, and how of
recycling on this campus.
To carry out these goals, WashPIRG
needs a lot of help. If you are interested

of the audit showed much room for
improvement ' in Evergreen's current
recycling program. .

Lennon meets Jesus in afterlife
by Chris Bader
After Elvis Presley's death in 1977
his fan,S seemed unable to let him go.
Legends persist that the King faked his
own death only to skulk about the deli
counters of 7-11s across the country.
Now John Lennon, ex-Beatie, hils
joined the prestigious rank$ of undead
rock and roll superstars.
Jason Leen, a Washington native,
reccntly completed a manuscript titled
Peace at Last which allegedly contains
the after-death experiences of John
Lennon.
Three days after Lennon's death,
Leen claims he heard "a voice so moving
and full of love that I felt it must be an
angelic presence." A vision of John
Lennon's face briefly appeared before his
bed. From that moment Leen has enjoyed
several visitations from the late musician
in which he outlined his adventures in
Heaven.
Here are some highlights:
/
Immediately after being shot by Mark

compiled in 1982. Lennon explains ' that
he has returned to Earth so that he might
"share the reality of life after death with
all who will listen."
Lennon also claims that music will
become more spiritual over the next few
years as people begin "looking to music
for inspiration and attunement, rather than
just ,entertainment."
To help the upeoming change in
music he plans to introduce an album
that will "assist people in releasing their
\1hysical bodies at the moment of death."
This isn't just any album, mind you,
it's going to consist , of "63 hours of
recorded music for the entire family to

Chapman, Lennon left his body and
traveled through a "tunnel of light" At
the end of that tunnel of light Lennon
was met by his long-lost mother Julia.
.. John is led around ' Heaven by his
mother where he meets a variety of
angels, "etheric entities," and even Jesus
himself!
Eventually John meets a "master
musician" and remembers planning his
life as a rock and roll star before his
manifestation on Earth. He is then
purified by fire and visits a magical place
called the "Temple of the Octave" before
merging with the "Lord of Creation."
The final section of Peace at Last
contains an interview with John Lennon,

forecasting adventure.
by Scott A Richardson
Students of raptor ecology spotted a
Groundhog Day is . February 2. The
groundhog, or woodchuck (Marmota · black-shouldered kite southwest of Mima
monax), from which the day takes its Mounds on Saturday. At Nisqually NWR
they were treated to a good look at a
name, is a mammal found in the eastern
peregrine falcon which raked a northern
part of this country, and is purported to
flicker; the flicker escaped, but appeared
have weather-predicting attributes.
For the groundhog to come out of badly injured.
Downtown
hibernation on February 2 and see its
for an
shadow is not detected, spring is just
around the comer.
In the Pacific northwest the
groundhog's cousin, the yellow-bellied
marmot, is not known to have such
meteorological tendencies ..
For your own test on how the '
remainder of the winter will progress,
step outside. on Saturday. If you see your
shadow, expect six more weeks of cold
temperatures and occasional snow spits. I
suggest you wait for an overcast moment
before taking to the outdoors for this

:5.

: Lecture: "Environmental Policy in the 1990s," Management and the Public Interest, 9-11 am, L4300.
:Film: "The Balcony," French Culture, 3:30-5:30 om,
LH 3.
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'Identity' masks differences

by Patrick Wright
'
' What is identity and what are its
limits? Being gay, what are the
differences between' myself and my close
DA l\ I \
~~
straight friends?
\j
ell)
Culture defines what sexual practices
are appropriate, which are 'normal.' In
what ways do I/we internalize, produce, I'm educating heterosexual identified
and re-prioritize these 'normal' sexual people to their power and privilege,
practices? For example, by degrading pointing out that there is difference.
anyone, male or female, who might fmd There are two types of people who are
anal penetration pleasurable. A strategy sympathetic to gays and lesbians. One
for dealing with identities that are states, "It's okay that you're gay, come
. socially prioritized is to acknowledge the over with the boyfriend, but what's the
, power and privilege one has over other big deal?" (liberal view). The other
identities such as gender, race, class, understands the social and psychologiCal
sexual practice. I'll have an easier time limitations of gays and lesbians because
getting a job in media than a woman will ~f the privileging of heterosexuality in
or, I can buy a band-aid that matches the our culture (radical view). They
color of my skin. This clearly defines acknowledge
this
destructive
difference, but what are the limits of marginalization of gays and lesbians and
consistently acknowledging difference?
understand that the policing of sexual
I'll refer to social structures, ways of practice also constructs their relationship
thinking and acting that form appropriate with their sexuality.
behaviors
as
a
technology.
So
The support of gays and lesbians
'technologies of sexuality' would be isn't just about freeing a sPecific identity
anything that defines sexuality; i.e. laws, from the chains of oppression, but freeing
books, films, religious institutions, ideas, up social structures or ways of thinking
how your family acted or talke4 about that narrowly derme the ways in which
sex. It' s a way to think about the many we relate to our bodies and the bodies of
different ways that we are taught how to others.
, think about and use our bOdies.
The former position about ,gays and
I'm constantly in situations where lesbians isn't just embodied by persons

Page 6 Cooper Point Journal January 31, 1991

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who fall into 'normal' sexual activities.
Many gays and lesbians would agree-"What is the big deal?" They are
complicitous with institutions (media,
schools, medicine, military, laws, etc.)
that posit the norm of heterosexuality
within the nuclear family and limi~ the
options of the individual body. They are
not concerned with the t~hnologies of
sexuality that have historically policed
sexual practices and continue to police
and stigmatize 'lesser' sex practices;
Transvestites" Menage a trots, SIM,
Transsexual, Man/Boy lovers. '
These technologies of sexuality are
being revitalized against gays and
lesbians in the face of AIDS; propositions
for quarantining, wrath of God against
deviance; the Helms amendment which
says no funds for safe sex information
that promotes or,condpnes homosexuality,
and so 00.
The problems of being gay aren't
only located outside ' of the identity in
institutions. It is also located in identity
itself in the ways that it masks difference
and is complicitous with certain
ideologies
which
simultaneously
legitimize and delegitimize different ways
of being gay or lesbian.
Patrick Wright is currently produttng
a video deqling with the representation of
AIDS.

share with the person who is departing."
That's right, 63 hours!
I am not going to judge whether
Jason Leen is really in contact with John
Lennon or. nol I figure either way, we
win.
The upeoming album could be 63
hours of John Lennon masterpieces-which would be incredible. Or, it may be
the pitiful and grand attempt of an
amateur musician to emulate a master.
That could be almost as entertaining.
Chris Bader invites readers of
Another Washington to share their
paranorma/.experiences. Contact Chris at
the CPJ.

UNDER THE
,EVERGREENS

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the bottle will easily reveal the green
color, if any, and allow you to place it in
the green glass recycling barrel.
Failing to notice that the Australian
beers Fosters Lager and KB Lager come
in TIN cans and not aluminum. Let me
say it again; Fosters Lager and KB Lager
come in tin eans, which end up in a
different recycling barrel than your
aluminum eans.
Not knvwing that the. labels have to
be off the tin cans and they need to be
flattened before recycling them.
Adding non-recyclable plastic to the
recycling stream.
There are other materials tfiat are
recyclable that cannot be recycled on the
Evergreen campus. Motor oil is one
example. Call 1-8oo-RECYCLE to learn
which materials and where to take them.
Recycling is but one part of the
solution to oUr solid waste problem,
which in itself is only one manifestation
of a larger range of problems driven by
a wasteful, consumer-oriented mentality
which drives the current , binge of
resource extraction that threatens to
devour the entire planel Here's w~at the
entire solution looks like: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
The intent of this space is to help us
understand ". the great economic and
environmental benefits of recycling as
well as how to do il
Glenn Duncan, recycling coordinator
for Evergreen, can be reached at m782.
An extension printed in last week's
column gave an inco"ect number.

in actually doing something to help the
environment, come lend a ' hand at the
PIRG meetings, Wednesdays at 5 pm on
the third floor of the Library.
Christy Brigham is a ,$tudent who is
active in
Evergreen's WashPlRG
organization.

nabbing a pigeon (rock dove) in front of
Washington Center for the Performing
Arts, and a rufous-sided towhee skulking
around the shrubs at JoMama's Pizza.
campus
the
red-breasted
On
sapsuckers are becoming more visible and ,
robins are beginning to form larger
flocks.
Reports and brief essays for this
column are invited. Bring them to the CPJ
office, L2510. Note that Groundhog Day
is the deadline for submissions for the
Evergreen Natural History Journal; its
office is in the Library stacks--L3316,

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Response

Forum
War exposes my lack 'of integrity
by Samantha Welch
One night I woke up from a light
sleep to discover 1 was crying, In my
mind I had been talking to a 'friend, who
said if there was a dr~t, he supposed he
would go. I was urging him to
reconsider, "If you are not well founded
in wanting to go 10 war, you may spend
the rest of your life running from
yourself."
Then something I didn't know was in
me slithered around in my chest and I
began to cry: "Running away from
yourself... " Have I been doing that for
years?
The graphic cover of a Newsweek
that reported on the death squads in EI
Salvador flashed in my mind. How long
had that been eating away at me?
For about 15 years I have been
working on a fairlv good system of

ethics. If I can, tell everyone in the world
what I have done without feeling
embarrassed, ashamed, or sick, then my
action is okay.
This war has made me realize it is
my integrity, not my ethics, in question.
I caimot go everywhere in the world and
say, without a feeling of sickness, "I'm
American." There must come a time
,whcn I can no longer blame my mother
for my ugly nose (or dyslexia or
whatever), I have to take responsibility
for who I am. Similarly, I live in a
country that encourages a lifestyle that
hurts the world. I am a part of the
machine.
I had always known there were death
and tcrrible things going on in the world.
Also I had always believed, "There but
for the grace or' God go 1." It took this

war imd seriously cqnSidering the if one loses her or his i.nnocence and can
possibility of my friends going to war to only say, ~This world is a bad ph\ce to
put the two ideas in " focus at once. . be." There is real growth if one can say,
"This world is a terrible pmce, and I am
Clearly juxtaposed I have my empathy
at
terms with that because I am doing
for other people and the terrible things
what I feel is necessary to make . this
going on in the world.
I had not been conscious of my lack world a better place."
People do wildly different things in
of integrity. It had been a constant
trying
to make this world a better place.
disquiet in me, a vague sense that I did
Some
are
compelled to spend their time
not know the full extent of my system of
promoting
peace, others are compelled to
ethics. Now "the disquiet is clear and
go to war.
audible. I will find a way to gain my
I urge everyone, especially young
integrity, or live with my lack of it; If I
who risk losing their innocence in
men
let the disquiet grow, I'll lose my mind.
an
extreme
way, to consider the realities
As we consider the realities of war
of
war
now
and gain some kind of
(or worse yet, experience them directly)
conviction.
Lose
your innocence, not your
we lose our innocence. I see this as the
mind.
tragedy of growing up: the inevitable
Samantha Welch is a first-time
discovery that this world is not a nice
contributor to the CPJ.
place. However, it is pathetic (not tragic)

Salvation ·awaits post-war world
by Honnalore Metzger
The Nostradamas end-of-the-world
video has been in high demand ever
since the U.S. President declared "The
liberation of Kuwait has begun," sending
chills up the spines ,of millions of
Americans. It's funny how so many cling
to the hope that Armageddon has indeed
come,
The Christians play an important role
in the current atmosphere of doom-knocking on the doors of teary-eyed news
watchers with a cheery "now's the time
to rejoin the flock. Repent."
They say it's God's plan. Something
you and I cannot understand or try to

undcrstand. Humans are not really to
blame for the oil spills, the deadly war,
cnvironmental cmergencies, much less the
United States.
All will presently fall into place ... the

"ready" for the 'demise of the earth and
its inhabitants, even if heavenly bliss
does await.
And to others there is the pesky
question: What if we get to the festering
agony part and ... God doesn't come?
, Christians and non-Christians of the
What if we get to the
- U.S. share the same suicidal delusion: the
faith that a net will magically appear to
festering agony part and
us as we plummet into the pitchcatch
... God doesn't come?
black abyss.
This statement is outrageously
evil left festering in agony on a planet
alarmist, you say. But to know its
turned crematorium, the good reborn to
unfortunate wisdom we only have to
glory in the New Jerusalem.
recall this simple truth: If you don ' t
But some people say they aren't
change the path you're on, you are likely

Gays need
new approach
The CPJ has an unwrillen policy
which liniits responses to articles which
appear in ilS pages. Ralher than becoming
a vehicle for inter~pers.onal dialogue, we
. prefer to print an article, its responses,
and a rebullal. To continue beyond lhis
standard is to devote space to the
interests of what we believe to " be a
limited audience.
, Since lhis is a "quiet" policy, we have
elected 10 run these excerpts taken from a
leiter written by Gile R. Downes.
Interesled parties may inspecl the entire
leller at the CPJ office.
--SAR
My use of the phrase "off the deep
end" in reference to campus activism, gay
rights included, was a mistake. My initial
usage of the phrase is hereby retracted.
My primary motivation was to
suggest that the activist movement might
want to think a little more critically (and
a little less emotionally) about what
methods might be most likely to bring
about positive change. I'm tired of
hearing caUs for justice coupled with
tactics that tend to alienate those who
most need to re-align their biases. It
seems a bit naive to suppose that shock
treatment is going to convert some of this
town's more close-minded types.
I suggest a balance between
cmotionally-charged, angry activism, and
the kind of activism that appeals to the
intellect of those whose attitudinal shift
is desired.
Gile R. Downes

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Paul Henry out
of touch

As we 'have witnessed before, Mr.
Henry, the CPJ "commentary cartoonist,"
has ,a limited knowledge of politics,
especially international politics, and has a
nasty habit of showing off his intellectual
vacuum to the Evergreen community.
Perhaps Mr. Henry is just in dire need of
some attention.
\
As some may recall, the November 8
issue of the CPJ featured a Henry
cartoon that depicted the basic classist,
ignorant,
politically
conservative
perspective of the FMLN of EI Salvador.
Without rehashing the issue altogether, it
was clear to many of us here at
Evergrcen, especially those wh"o have
dedicated much of our time to
In Giles R. Downes' letter of understanding El Salvador, that Mr.
December 6, he implies that lesbians and Henry was simply out of touch with
.
. peopI e. "Th'IS reality.
Saddam "prepared for war." That just
by Andrew Craig
repeat of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973
to recrUit
gays are "trymg
isn't the case, nor was it ever. The Bush
The Bush Administration took large
could very well happen.
is not true. When I was growing up, the
The cartoon created much response,
administration's policy of negotiations
risks by entering an all-out war without
Risk #5: Lack of media and Pentagon
only models for love, romance, and to which Mr. Henry. seem~d ~I~s:<l' I
giving sanctions adequate time. The
allention to Iraqi civilian casualties. The was a refusal to link the Palestinian issue
marriage I ever saw were male/female. ~nust say ,that Henry ~s a s~ck mdivldual
- ----.--,niled-States---litemHy-played----inm-the- Pentagon-has-told- the-rnedia--that-the- wit1rthe-occupatiOIrofifuwail.Buslrsai<t-begin-eUf--Plunge-i~-eamest~e-Ged-will----- - - -- ---tll---s--clrlle&-eompmsmy Heterosexuality;--l~CIl;JOYS spreadlD~ he~ and then
it would "reward aggression."
sa.ve us · from pam. No mlfacles. No
From Mother Goose to the Hardy Boys watchmg o~he~s react ~Ith dIscontent.
hands of Saddam Hussein. What were
United States is bombing military targets,
After
understanding
what the alIens from the center of the earth.
and Nancy Drew, from television to the
Well, It IS war tIme, ~d lo-andthese risks?
taking special care to stay away from
And let's get out of our cars.
Arab shrines and religious institutions, Palestinian issue is about, are we not
Risk #1: Threat- 10 the UN coalition
movies, all couples were heterosexual. behold who c.?mes out ~Ith .another
holding together. Saddam said, more than
But that doesn't mean we haven't killed
rewarding Israeli "aggression" with U.S. ~alking to,,:"ards the ~liff will give ~s a
Our public schools reinforced that model. stereotyped, unmformed, mlslC?dmg and
aid .before and, especially after this war httIe more bme to thmk. And we mIght
This is what the dominant culture wanted offenSIve cartoon? Mr. Henry s cartoon
anyone. Even if we accept "military
once, that he would attack Israel if Iraq
has started?
not even have another oil war.
strategic target bombing" which is very
was attacked by the United States. He
us to see. They didn't want us to find that ran in last weeks's issue was again
fulfilled his prediction, and Arabllsraeli
"accurate" as the media and the Pentagon
One last thing. Did George Bush give
Honna Metzger is an occasional
out there were other choices, other exposing his own ignorance of the
relations will be dangerous when Israel
have told us, what happens if flying
lifestyles. Here at Evergreen, we celebrate broadness of such an issue as this bloody
any chance for a peaceful settlement after contributor to the CPJ.
retaliates. Bush is in trouble, and he
debris hits houses, or, even more
our diversity, and we want to let people war in the gulf.
Christmas? He said that !Jis January 16
"'" 1Iu..\,',s $f-o;/"<. of ~ U,,,ior\ Addru5, h.
seems to only want to increase the grave
frightening, a chemical gas plant?
know that compulsory heterosexuality is
The cartoon, which portrayed two
speech took him several wee~ to write.
ill ....... eric ... <>.nfj.ropomorphk.. l1~ ~':l c,... I1;"~
, Risk #6: Who is going to pay for all
he is digging for U.S. citizens by giving
just
one
more
lie
they
told
us,
in
addition
"hair-farmers,"
one with a' shirt that read
Now, if you are going to write a speech
il- " her." III! ta.tl:.ec/ 0-00"+ 0"''' ",,,,,,,,NI'\<.I\+
the Israelis patriot anti-missile missiles
of this? Now that we are fully at war,
to boys are better than girls, and whites "radicals," blaming the war on th~ media.
about declaring war several weeks in
+e h..... 9':1 HIi, .."s h. "~v.rG\­
and deploying yet another aircraft carrier
the cost of this conflict is estimated at
are better than blacks.
However what Mr. Henry doesn t know,
advance, and then say publicly that you
+i"d '1 Sp~... /(il\~ ctf :
$500 million to $1 billion a day. No
in the Mediterranean to protect Israel.
Kathy Hall
as it seems from his cartoon, is that a
tried to every means to achieve peace
(0) Cco-fe..i" IS (1'1
Arabs can only make one deduction from
western country has made a full payback
legitimate claim against the media is
during that time, isn't that a contradiction
of the amount they said they would send.
this--the United States supports Israeli
being
vocalized by the "radicals," and I
in what you are saying and how you are
policy. The United States is not welcome
The real debtor nation in this event is
hem.
acting? Acts speak louder than words.
in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia. It is their territory we
These are just a few of the issues all
Risk #2: Terrorism. We have already
originally sent troops to protect. It was
people , need to begin discussing soon.
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to end up where you are going.
In our case the path is six-lanes,
paved. At least we'll go "down" with the
speed and comfort of our cars.
Some protest, "What you say may be
true today but we can change; we can
take the fork in the road ... " Do they
mean the next exit ramp?
This admirable optimism calls for
another simple truth: wherever you go,
there you are. And we are everywhere,
and everywhere we go we have brought
destruction.
Of course change would be great.
Let's make a change for the better,
though, this time, instead of the so-called
progress that has bloated the human race
to an unwieldy 5.4 billion (and counting),
progress that has meant new and
improved ways of exploiting the earth.
Yes, let's change. The flTSt step will
be the hardest: the acceptance that no net
will await our gruesome bulk when we

I support our troops, but
not George Bush

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Homosexuals
don't recruit

DIE

BY WE OIL

A large maJonty of the "media is
owned by major U.S. corporations, and as
this war progresses, censorship is on an
all-time high. The media is playing right
into the hands of the Bush administration.
If you care to know more about this
issue, there are a numbcr of sources that
you can examine. Try reading the
periodical Lies of Our Times or contact
FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In
Reporting). They will be happy to bring
you in from the cold.
Mr. Henry, before you start utilizing
the obvious power of the media, do
something that few writers and cartoonists
do. Know what the hell you are talking
about before you start spouting off. You
are responsible for relaying the truth as a
cartoonist. ..not for regurgitating the Bush
administration's weekly propaganda focus.
Paul Slusher

Protest
leadership sucks
Standing with the demonstrations last
week, in Seattle and in Olympia, I found
mysetf---doubting----l----eremplislting
anything. To myself I asked, what is
getting done here, with all this preaching
to the converted. Folk songs from the
sixties? Some sorts of flaky hippie stuff
like signing petitions and drawing up
resolutions? Who handed them the quill
and bullhorn? I stepped (rom the
proceedings to look into the crowd. One
way I looked at it separated the crowd
into two groups--one group focused
inward, toward the stage, and another
looking outward, waving to passerby in
the street.
The apathy milling in the crowd is
not caused by excess butyl nitate. It is
caused by not having anything to do.
There is no leadership, and no imaginable
leadership I would follow. They all suck,
they distract from the issue and do not
rcprcsent me. The apathy in the crowd
will vanish when something tangible
comes along. Writing a letter to my
congress-person is not a satisfying way to
express myself in any situation, much
less about a war. Standing around holding

a holy candle is :totiIly pathetic.
I understand from Harvey Milk that
unless 1 come out and tell my loved
ones, my friends, family, co-workers,
neighbors, classmates, about what my
beliefs are, in . thi~ case political beliefs, .
no matter how uncomfortable it might be,
no matter the awkward silence afterward.
Unless I tell them who I am" I remain a
pawn within their power. For political
potency, I need to come out of my
political closet and pronounce myself and
my convictions.
In wartime, regardless of my opinion,
I suddenly become a soldier, captured in
a political web of rhetoric about courage,
valor, honesty, and honor. In protesting
war it takes no courage to tell a stranger
my true feelings. It takes no courage,
only rage to throw a brick or yell a
slogan. There is no valor in addressing a
camera. It takes impossible huge courage
to tell those closest to me, those who
might be transformed by my conviction.
J. Renaud

Voting can end
war
The students and others protesting the
current war seem vulnerable if the
government decides to put a stop to
protesting. The police and army have the
tanks, guns, and bombs to prevent
protests.
The start of the Russian Revolution
when the army fired on protesters
protesting to the Czar in 1917, and more
recently in China is ~example. There
should be plans for alternative means of
protesting and for protesters to protect
themselves.
Also serious thought should be given
to the use of alcohol and narcotics by
protesters. A sure way to defeat by
reactionary forces and even death is the
use of drugs in a battle. You can be sure
the enemy is sober. It also gives an
cxcuse for the police to arrest protesters.
Also, you may lose allies if you use
the American flag as a mop or filthy rag.
You are not mad at the flag, only the
criminals who haQ~n to be in power. A
more fitting symbol would be a red flag
symbolizing the blood of those killed in
the battle to prevent war--by the
authorities worldwide.
I would also like to suggest, in the
event that the peace marches should be
stopped, that an effort should be made to
cultivate or educate the useful workers in
Industry who right now control the
railroads, mines, mills, factories, offices,
and all professionals as well as students.
They have more power than they realize
to end war forever. If they stop work
,
nothing would move.
With the atomic bombs being ready
to be used and the world becoming a
cinder, drastic steps are necessary. If
measures arc not taken the velvet glove
will be removed and the iron . fist of
reaction will not only silence protesters,
but the free press as well.
We can preserve the freedoms we
now have, and give more freedom
mankind has ever known. This can be
accomplished legally at the ballot box.
Milton Poulos

What's it all about?
As Valentine's day approaches, we begin to think ' of
how much we love the _Evergreen community. Every
day we pray that the love we feel from those around
us will bring peace a.nd happiness to everyone. But
sometimes wonder if ·Iove is as prevalent as we
imagine, because often people don't reach out and
touch us with submissions discussing the topics that
touch their lives. So please, send us your love.
. CPJ: Slathering dripping love over our peaceloving community.
P.S. Touch your love with a CPJ loveline. Only a
dollar, but due February 1.
Cooper Point Journal January 31, 1991

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Arts & Entertainment:

TheCharl-a tans: A pleasant acid melt
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The independent, underground bands
that followed the punk. movement and
made eighties music vital have gradually
vanished. Many bands tried to control the
busincss end of end of their music in the
cighties to have complete artistic control
of their music, and with increasing
popularity found it hard 10 do. The
business weight coupled with internal
friction caused several to fragment (fhe
Smiths, Husker Du) on the cusp of major
popularity. Other bands (U2, R.E.M.)
cvolvcd their sound till it was a little
more palatable for radio--or simply sold
out, you make the call--and have
achicved
a
huge
status,
which
contradicted their original philosophy.
Those that did not break up or sell out
simply
became
adults
(The
Replacements).
Manchester, England has produced
the first wave of independent alternative
bands for the nineties from England and
they have landed in the states with the
subtlety of the Hindenburg. Record stores
. are full of new releases by Inspiral
Carpets, Happy Mondays, and The
Charlatans. All the Manchester bands
cmbrace the music of the sixties, not . Okay, we're not the ReSidents . . What
difference though, is the big nineties bass
only with the obligatory sixties influences
heavy dance beat.
(The Doors and Byrds are always hip),
. The Charlatans are currently the rage
but also with the acid-dropping and
In England and the darlings of the
psychedelic visual shows that sixties
English alternative press. The most
concerts were all about. The big

do you waht'? photo by Derek Philip
unique thing about The Charlatans sound
is the organ--not synthesizer--sound lifted
right out of Pink Floyd's Piper at the
Gates of Dawn LP and carries most of
the melodies--iL's not just texture--and

Edie lets cows come home
The guitar influences are still there,
and more pronounced than ever. The
"GHOST OF A DOG" (LP)
cover script and logo are present still, but
mesh well with the photo on the cover: a
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clothes waving 10 the wind, all in a rural
by K Robert Wirsing
selling. The photo descrires the album
Edie Brickell has been known, since well; both tout a rural feel.
1988, for esoteric lyrics and a rather
simple outlook on life. She even admitted
"Oak Cliffs Bra" makes
that she'd contrived various details of her
life rather than admit she was a boring you wonder whether too
person. At least Sting admitted that his
many walks in the
family life was nondescript, though be
berated it up until recently.
oilfield twist the mind.
Ghost of A Dog is a variation in style
and lOne for this band. Their flTst record,
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, was
This
shows
on
songs
like
"CarmelilO," and "Woyaho," with their
much more Edie Brickell than New
country-westem influenced "all-riled-up"
Bohemians; the album was covered with
her script, her art (if you prefer to call it
melodies. Talk about getting back to
that), pictures of her, etc. Even the band
one's roots. Oh, well. I suppose it's okay.
They're from Texas.
logo was Edie's design. This was, I
suppose, 10 show off her talents; it came
Overall, the album isn't bad. You
off more like a publicity stunt. But
don't have the lackluster ballads present
"Ghost" seems to be different.
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whether too many walks through the
oilfield twist the mind, but other than that
just simple, straightforward trocks.
The guitar usage here is simply
excellent, as are the melodies. In an era
where the charts are rife with "move
your body" raps and poseur "metal"
bands hoping for a fistful of groupies
each night, Edie Brickell and the New
Bohemians are a breath of fresh air.
E. Robert Wirsing wonder whether the
puzzles on the bottlecaps from Lucky beer
are · actually hard or if he's simply
mentally deficient.

pulsing b~s ' guitar that hits the you right
10 the hips. The organ and bass are
almost always the loudest instruments in
the mix so the music drones, throbs and
is flows while singer Tim Burgess' thin,
dreamy vocals float over the heavy mix.
When the Charlatans song writing is
up to .the task, as it is most of the time
on Some Friendly, it complements their
music perfectly. "The Only.. ,One I Know"
has an organ line lose and funky as rell
bottoms and a repeated bridge during
which Burgess sings "Everyone's been
hurt before/ Everybody knows the pain"
that shoots the song through the clouds
and makes it the best on the album.
"Opportunity" and "109 pt2" a space jam
and a sound collage respectively, hark for
bong hits and daydream even more than
most of the songs on "Some Friendly."
The Charlatans are ostensibly an English
band ~d "White Shirt" is in the bright,
melodIC genre of English pop that
Hennan and the Hennits and The Hollies
created.
"Sproston Green" with its electric
guitar chords splashing through the
speakers like fluorescent paint and
propulsive bass thrusting like rocket for
the outer rings of saturn ends the album
with a welcome dose of accelerated
droning energy that evokes the acid rock
of The Doors and Iron Butterfly at its
best.
It is easy 10 dismiss The Charlatans
as j.ust another band raiding the great
mUSIC of the late sixties, but in the
nineties
sixties
influences
don't
necessarily mean marketability--most of
the "alternative" bands are influenced by .
b.an?s that were very popular in the
sixtIes. The Charlatans achieve the lOuchy
balance of keep their own modem
!dentity and .re~ching back to the period
In the late SixtIes when rock music .had
the power to unite young people and fill
needs that society could not The
Charlatans' music has the importance and
urgency the music of the sixties had with

Sting's "Soul Cages" comes in weird box
environm~ntal

by E. Robert Wirsing
The new .Sting album, at last. It
seems like eternity has passed since I
flTst sat down with eager ears, swaying to
the strains of 87's . "Nothing Like The
Slln."
The most striking thing about the
. album, when first divested of tile
cumrersome and completely unneeded
CD box, is the packaging. There has
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To the music (finally). To start with
there are only eight tracks listed in the
lyric booklet--yet my player insists there
are nine. Since there is no track list 10
speak of, I can only conclude that Track
6 has no title; it's a beautiful
instrumental played entirely on (I believe)
a mandolin, . which Sting handles like a
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Spanish/ltalian influences more than any
previous Sting songs, proving once more
his ability to branch out.
The other tracks are a bit more beatoriented" and owe much 10 other drumheavy pop songs. "All This Time," the
poppiest song on "Cages," is not really
bad enough to be placed in that category.
True, it is more upbeat than many tracks,
what with this era of fuck songs and
anti-authoritarian lyrics, but I suppose the
pop is part of its charm. While thc
melody is trendy, its message is not: if
you play with flTe, watch where you put
your hands.
The jazz that influenced "Sun" is all
but gone, forsaken for a "heavier" sound.
Many of the songs seem to come from a
burdened soul, slow and high-sounding.
Branford Marsalis was asked to play on
this album, yet his saxophone gets use,
on "Jeremiah Blues (part 1)" and "Mad
About You," the latter being nearly the
The
only jazz track on "Cages."
bittersweet tone of these songs works
well within "Cages'" framework.
Songs such as "When The Angles
Fall" and "Island of Souls" are perfect
examples of the burdened soul. The
heavy sounds, which can be likened to
waves crashing on a shore, or gale force
winds. His lyrics mention the sea
frequently as well, letting you know
precisely where his th9ugh lie.
With a whole catalogue of albums to
his credit, he has certainly departed from
the sound of each. "Soul Cages" is the
work of an ordinary man from Newcastle,
trying to tell something to the world.
E. Robert Wirsing is a man who

nice heavy dance beat. Reading the
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Arts & Entertainment

Gregory Hines shoots android, · saves N.Y.
"Evil

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TIlB STATE TIlEATER

the audience stuck to their seat edges
until Michael Biehn, the good guy, and
Linda Hamilton, the important woman,
destroyed the evil machine bent on her

by Sam Shepard

Rarely does a movie come along that
f ulfiIls several different roles. Recently a
new movie, "Eve of Destruction" was
released and I had the privilege to view
il. .. but let me first lake you back to
1983, when a limited budget science
fiction action - suspense movie debuted
with ~ cast of little-known actors such as
Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, and
current
buff
superstar
.Arnold
Schwartzenegger. The plot was simple:
two men come from the post-nuclear 21st
ccntury future to find a woman who is
crucial to the future. One man wants to
kill her, the other to save hero-but the
first man is actually a killer cyborg,
nearly indestructible. Nearly three-fourths
of the film was a huge chase scene, and

The bomb is imperative
to the suspense; the
audience is supposed to
care that it may go off,

. death. The violence, although a big part
of the movie, was exaggerated and
incorporated into the science fiction
aspect to such an extent it became
unbelievable. Its originality and excellent
production made it a VCR replay classic
and propelled Arnold into stardom.
Well, "Eve of Destruction" seems be

Editor needs, needs,
needs contributions by
noon next Monday
Argh! Articles! I need ARTICLES! Rachel
and I ran the fushlugginer Mickey Mouse,
thang for the twentieth time and we
rooted up some of that 01' clip art to plug
holes, but for the next issue I really NEED
SOME MORE COPY! Bring in your record
reviews, book reviews, movie reviews,
show reviews, live theater reviews,

all the .outtakes "Terminator" emerged
from. The · plot line is a twisted,
disfigured clone of the original film. The ,
cast Of virtual unknowns is lead by tap
dancer and all-too frequent actor Gregory
Hines, playing a special forces task team
leader (read: assassin) for the military.
, He is assigned to eliminate a haywire
cyborg with a nuclear bomb in her spine,
the idea being to turn her off before she
lakes out innocent people. . (With this
crazy cyborg runlling around the country
ready to explode, one wonders why,
whenever nllclear bombs bimbofied or no
lie underfoot, the military leaders, who
arc responsible for it, . are safely
underground in some hidden lead-lined
cavern.)
The bomb is imperative to the
suspense; the audience is supposed to
care that it may go off. I usually find the
idea of atomic annihilation very scary,
but here it didn't effect me in the leasl.
Why? The movie has, by this point,
escalated from the cyborg ripping apart
innocent people with automatic weapons
(the kind you never have to reload) to
ripping apart innocent people with its
bare hands. That kind of escalation is not
the kind that builds tension. The violence
in "Eve of Destruction" was put there so
I would be scared and amazed, but
obviously the director doesn't know that
random acts of sheer, gratuitous murder
are not pleasing to the eye. Carefully
thought out action can be fun (remember
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"?), but blood
spilled for the sake of blood spilling
gives me a bad feeling in my stomach.

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This failure to create suspense or tension
detracte<J from ' the nuclear bomb,
render~ it meaningless.
Next thing you know. Hines and the
scientist wllo created the cyborg are
flying to New York to eliminate the evil
machine. The get to the east coast in an
SR-17 B1ackbird, a supersonic plane with
a carrying capacity of one person. So
how do Hines, the scientist and two
pilots fit into it? My roommate and I are
still pondering that question. Normally I'd
consider this nitpicking, but the movie
was so weak in so many areas that the
glitches became sirens, screaining for me .
to leave the theater. I didn't, but the last
few minutes of the movie were sheer
agony.
The key to destroying the cyborg is
almost as idiotic as the pun in the title
(you have to see the movie to fmd that
one out). Hines must shoot the cyborg in
the eye to diffuse the bomb, turn off the
cyborg and generally save New York. To
me it seemed like an excuse to show
someone getting shot in the eye. As far
as I'm concerned, they tried to maximize
this movie's profits by spending no
money on production, cinematography, or
a decent screenplay.
I would suggest this movie be
shown to anyone entering the film
industry, for we learn more from our
failures than our successes. "Eve of
Destruction" surely provides an agenda of
what not to do ' when making a motion
picture.
Sam Shepard used to play drums for
the Holy Modal Rounders.

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$5.
MASTER
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PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM, get the
fax'n'info 2-day at Library 2100, with
Lucia Harrison. 6:30-8:30 pm. Call 8666000 x6707.
STAFF AND FACULTY SUPPORT
GROUP CONCERNING THE WAR
meets at noon by the couches in the Staff
and Faculty lounge, for those wishing to
discuss their feelings. Hosted by Sherrie
Smith and Barbara Gibson.
"FRATERNITY" is the story of an
African-American men's club, politically
charged, presented by the Seattle Group
Theater starting tonight, at the UW
Ethnic Cultural Theater. Specially pricCd
student matinec coming up on February
21. Call 543-4327.

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Southern Puget Sound Regions. Two on(Ho supportinl the
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"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" opens tonight at been to the real Science Center in 956-1649 for enlightenment.
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LISTEN, WE STILL SELL

dancers," comes to Seattle tonight through
February 2, with itS choreographer Steve
Krieckhaus. Call 3254-7901.

a drug-free workplace specialist for
Washington state, discusses today at
noon, the Olympia Center, 222 N.
Columbia Street, as part of the "Piece of
My Mind" community forum .

Pacific Lutheran University School of me Arts presents

SONGS from the CEDAR HOUSE
an opera by Gregory Youtz
' See the premier e 'of a.... opera set in Seattle that embraCeS Northwest Indian
culture and celebrates the environme·nt_

8pm, February 1,2,8,9, 1991 • 3pm, February 3, 10, 1991
Eastvold Auditorium, PLU central campus
Ticketmaster: $10 General, $5 Students and Seniors
272-6817 (Tacom~ ); 628·0888 (Seattle)

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Sponsored by KING-H."

Supporled In pan by Pierce County Aru CommiNlon, the Florcna Kilwonh FOWldl'ion
and the PlU Centennl.1 Convniuec

AMERICAN BALLROOM THEATER
celebrates the bygone years of tangos,
swirling crinolines, whatever, at the
, Washington Center. If you're lucky you
might be able to catch the Lindy hop.
Call 753-8585. '
Storytelling by JANA DEAN with
original music by KATY A CHOROVER,
tonight at 7 pm, the Asterisk. $2 cover.
"WILD WOMEN DON'T HAVE THE
BLUES," a documentary showing female
blues singers from the · early 1900's,
"BLACK MUSIC IN
AMERICA:
FROM THEN UNTIL NOW: a more
general docUJJlentary, and Prince's
"GRAFFITI BRIDGE" form a triple bill
tonight through the 4th at the Capitol
Theater, 206 East Fifth in Olympia.
Tickets $3 for members ~f the Olympia
Fihn Society, $5 for non-members, and

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tomorrow is "a moderately easy walk
along paved path and woodland trails."
Could get muddy if it rains hard. First
400 to pre-register get a pewter medal
with Trek logo. Water available at start
and control points; food at snackbar.
Preregistration is $5, or pay $6 on day of
event. Call the Evergreen Volkssport
Association at 838-6981 or 927-4580.

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SUNDAY

12 MINUTES MAX is an informal
showcase of new works and works in
progress, in dance, musiC, · theater, and
mixed-media performance. Tonight and
tomorrow at On the Boards in Seattle,
153 4th Avenue, 8 pm. Tickets $4. Call
425-7901. Auditions for the March
installmenfare on the 9th of February.

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TUESDAY

NIGHT OF STORYTELLING presented
by the Olympia ' Storytelling Guild,

"PARTNERS" is this month's feature in
the Gay and Lesbian film presentations.
Lecture Hall 4, 7 to 9:30. Free.
JESSE COLIN YOUNG brings his
rocked up technofunky self to Detroit's in
Olympia. Old stuff, new stuff, all kinds
of stuff. Call 352-1900.
FORUM ON UBRAN TRAILS held
today at 7 pm, Council Chambers of
Tumwater City Hall, 555 Israel Road
across from Tumwater High School. For
info call Julia Walton at 786-5480.
D.A.M.A.G., the Draft and Military
Alternatives Group, or whatever they call
themselves now, meet today and every
Wednesday at 5 ' in ·· the Lecture Hall
Rotunda. For info call the Peace Center,
866-6000 x6098.
INDI VIDU AL
CONTRACT
AND
INTERNSHIP WORKSHOP today in
Library 1612 from 3 to 5 pm. Call 8666000 x6312.

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THURSDAY

SANDY NELSON, former reponer for
the Morning News Tribune removed from
her writing job because of her poli'tical
affiliations, is . the featured speaker at
tonight's Radical Women meeting.
Tonight at the New Freeway Hall, 5018
Rainier Avenue S. in Seattle, 7:30 pm,
dinner begins at 6:30. For rides and/or
childcare call three days in advance at
722-6057 or 722-2453.
HAZARDS
IN
WINTER
MOUNTAINEERING will be discussed
and duly plumbed tonight in CRC 112 as
of
Instruction
in
Winter
part
Mountaineering. Registration required, see
CRC '210. Students only.
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COFFIN BREAK WITH SURGERY is
the greatest duuble bill so far this month,
although why the latter band was foolish
enough to come all the way -from New
York deserves the attention of Woodward
and Bernstein. The ubiquitous North
Shore Surf Club, 116 E. 5th Avenue at 9
pm. $5.

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AND
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ALTERNATIVES is what Henry Govert,

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Forum

.Condom

patch : e.f'pos~S

Light ap~ ,·to · be . Qie beer, of .choice .
. I would like to call attention ' to four : for ' those who ' have difficUltY .reaclfing . ..
Amazing Facts.
garbage cans in their advan~ed stages of
Amazing Fact #1: The grounds being bombed out 'Of their skullS, there
around the dorm areas ate fllied willi the W~ still a' pretty go04 representat,ion .of
most putrid amounts and types of garbage a lot of differe.nt brands, especially when
I have ever seen, obviously thrown there we looked in .those little · wooded areas
either by people who don't give a diimil wQerethose who , are phenomenally
about the grounds o.r by people who are plastered go to blow their groceries.
Amazing Fact #3: Even though I and
used to MOm clearung up after ,them or
people who strongly believe that tmsh three others spent an hour' cleaning up
bums up on re-entry after being pitched much of that garbage, we didn't even
from a window.
touch the really gross stuff, like used
Amazing Fact #2: . Although Bud condoms and little wet cigaretLe butts.

, by Edward 'Martin m

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litterbugs·

Dogearby Shanno~' Gray .

Amazing Fact #4: D~bOnn lea<lsthe
These ~ . true • facts: ,.Maybe
pack in Astonishing Quantities ' of Filth something should be ' done. about it?
Discharged, by being the location of bpthMaybe we shouldMve seminars ' on it?
we Cigarette Butt Gmveyard and ,the MaybeweshO!lld fOfl11 ali. I Throw
Reinarkable Used Condom Dumping MiscellaReOus CrapOut'n,e Windows,
Ground. We counted sixty bajillion And Can't "Control ' It: support group. '
cigaretLe butts in an area about the size Maybe 'we $hould- .rallY and march to the
of ,mY shower and .nearly a dozen used House , Chambers, stimd on deSks and
condoms under a single window. No\V demilnd that someonedci something.
there's a man who has pretty precise aim.
Or maybe we should just pick up
At its current density, the Condom Patch . after ourselves. '
IS now visible from a nearby ' road and
Edward Martin III often
befound
may be soon applying for its own caucus ill tile C~hiffice.
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in the Student Government.

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Buddhism cannot accept 'just war'

A similar but more tragic story is directly or indirectly design technology
that of the son of Prince Shotoku, who is and manufacture tools used in war.
Because of such dilemmas faced by
regarded as the father of Japanese
Buddhism. When Prince Shotoku died in its members, most American Buddhist
622 A.D., his son Yamashiro became heir organizations have not taken official
apparent. A power struggle ensued; and
stances against war even though the
he was attacked by the rival Soga clan.
teachings of the Buddha are so clearly
against war and violence. However
Having been taught to live according to
individual Buddhists have often taken
the Buddhist principle of nonviolence,
Do not kill a living being. You should Yamashiro stated the following: "If thad
actions to promote peace and protest
against war. The most coumgeous
not kill or condone killing by others. You raised an army and attacked the Soga
should abandon the use of violence. You clan, I would certainly have won the example of personal protest against the
should not use force either against the battle. But I am unwilling to destroy the
violence of war was the self-immolation
strong or against the weak.
lives of so many people for the sake of of Vietnamese monks and nuns during
One of the clearest statements of this one man."
the Vietnam War. The self-immolations
Rather than become the cause for
Buddhist paciflsm or peace-making is the
were not suicides but mther acts of
Bhramajala Sutra, which teaches that we much misery and sorrow for both sides
compassion, proof of the seriousness of
should not participate in any war. We of the struggle, Yamashiro and his wife
their dedication and of their willingness
must have nothing to do with lethal
committed suicide before the battle could
to endure the greaLest of sufferings for
begin.
weapons. We should not participate in
the sake of their fellow beings. The
violent revolts, rebeUions or uprising. We
The life of the Buddha contains
selfless purity of the self-immolations
many stories illustrating the folly of war.
may not kill either directly or indirectly.
stunned the world and helped to bring an
Our minds must be filled with charity
When the Sakyas and Lolinyas were
end to the war.
One American Buddhist organization
and kindness.
about to wage war over the rights to the
that has consistently voiced its opposition
What this means is that, in the event
water of the Rohini River, the Buddha
of war, the Buddhist refuses to take up
intervened and settled the issue
to war as a means of resolving human
arms- even though it may mean his/her peacefully, saying most mtionally, "Why,
own destruction. Ultimately there is no
on account of some water of little worth,
would you destroy the invaluable lives of
victor in war. We will surely find that
the war with Iraq can only lead to more
these soldiers?" At another time, the
suffering, bitLemess, and strife. War is
Buddha successfully resisted in a nonnever a path to peace; peace is the only
violent manner the invasion of his
by Dana K. Schnick
way.
father'S kingdom by a neighboring
The counseling cenLer on campus
Victory breeds hatred. for the kingdom. And his advice prevenLed King
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counseling, group counseling for survivors
up both victory and defeat, he. the
another story.
of child sexual abuse. This group consists
contented, is happy. (Dhammapada)
It is clear that violence is never
of ten members and two facilitators, up
In the history of Buddhism there are
justified by the teachings of the Buddha.
from eight members fall quarter;
many instances in which respect for life
The perpetrator of violence just suffer the
As a survivor of child sexual abuse
karmic consequences in the present and
has overruled violence. According to the
·and of acquaintance rape, having the
Mahasilava Jataka story, when the King
future because each person is ultimately
support of other survivors, simply to
of Kosala invaded . a neighboring
responsible for his/her thoughts, actions
know that I am not the only one to feel
and words. Man reaps the karmic
kingdom, he gave its king a choice to
this fear and this pain, and to know that
consequences even if he claims that he
fight or submit. Although he had the
some day it will get belter, would make
strength to resist the invasion, the king
was "only carrying out orders." If he
my struggle less difficult
participates in any profession which aids
replied, "I fight not...let him seize my
According to Barbara Gibson at the
kingdom." He chose not to fight the
the cause of war, ' such as the
counseling center, however, there is not
manufacture and sale of weapons of war
Kosala army because he did not want his
a space for me in the group, even though
such as guns and aircraft, he is
people to go through unnecessary
I have been on the waiting list since the
sufferings. This compassionate decision
knowingly involved in the taking of life,
beginning of fall quarter. When we spoke
and must suffer the karmic consequences.
eventually moved the heart of the King
on the phone, she informed me that there
of Kosala and caused him to withdraw This is a difficult dilemma for many
are not enough resources on this campus
his troops.
Americans who work for companies that
to start a second group or expand the one

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by Ryo Imamura
Unlike
some
other
religions,
Buddhism does not have a "just war"
theory. Wars and violence are to be
avoided at all cost. Instead, Buddhism
encourages understanding and compassion
even in situations where one's own life is
at stake.
The Suttanipata says:

The Future of Evergreen by Paul H. Henry

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interfaith consortium o(the Fellowship of
'Reconciliation. The Buddhist Peace
Fellowship is an international group of
individual B.uddhists from many sects,
who feel it is imperative for Buddhists
, not only to personally protest against war
and violence but .to articulate their
philosophy of love and" compassion in
relation to the complex issues of the
world today.
In summary, Buddhists are strongly
supported by their teachings and by their
living tradition in their individual and
joint efforts to bring peace and
understanding to our world through
completely non-violent means. They are
grateful for being shown a path that leads
from the turmoil of anger and selfserving interests to the bliss of
understanding and compassion.
Ryo Imamura, a member of the
faculty at Evergreen. is a former national
president of the Buddhist Peace
Fellowship.

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group needed
currently formed:'
I am writing this because I want to
chaHenge-the couflseliflg-£0ll~f----+-----+-i
enough support. I don't believe that there
are only eleven people on a campus of
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over three thousand who are struggling
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with issues directly relaLed to sexual
abuse and assault Statistics indicate that
every ten minuLeS a liltle girl is molesLed.
One out of four women will be sexually
assaulLed in her lifetime. There are many
of us out there and it is not necessary for
us to fight our privaLe battles alone.
If you feel that you would benefit
from the support of other survivors, I
urge you to let the counseling center
know. Make them aware of the numbers
of us out there. Only by breaking the
silence will we get the assistance we
need and deserve.
Dana Schnick is ' an Evergreen
student.

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