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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 21, Issue 2 (October 11, 1990)

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Welcome to page 16. ,F aithful readers of this space will
recognize it as an eclectic zone in which virtually anYthing
can and does occur. Now we introduce the all new and
greatly improved page 16. What's it goin' to be?
Poetry. You know that poetry sometimes rhymes. You
know sometimes it is stylized, presumably for maximum
impact. You know it can cover a range of topics, many of
which nobody understands. You know it can raise the spirit,
lower the ego, lift the heart, depress the mind. Your poetry
is invited--put your name on it. Someone will read your
works to decide if they will be printed for all to see on the
bottom half of Page 16. 16. 16. 16. sixteen. teensix. eenstix.
lean sticks. green ticks.
What happens to the upper half of this vast space (32
column-inches in Seepage-speak). Let's try something new.
New? New. Well, something borrowed, anyway. It goes this
way: Bulletin Board. Need a ride or have one to offer? You
can stick it on the board in the basement of the CAB, or
you can put it on the KAOS community billboard, or you
can stop by the Seepage office with the information. Trying
to form a grollP contract? OR JUST WANT TO GET
SOMETHING OFF. YOUR CHEST? We'll have 2-1/2 inch
squares available for your pleas, harangues, and advice.
Come fill one out and we'll slap it on the page for you
during production night.
Got another idea for our back page? We're listening. We
might ignore you, but we're listening...
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Writers: please stop by L2510. If you came in while we
were trying to become organized, please return. We're here
for you. We would like you to be there for us. We are still
disorganized, but now it's a far more efficient
disorganization.
Wondering about the paid positions? Updates are posted
outside the Seepage office. Application deadline was
Wednesday; interviews in the upcoming week.

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October 11, 1990

Volume 21 Issue 2

Evergreen's board of trustees, In a photo taken shortly before the
shake-ups started. At left, under the pointy finger, is
then-President Joe Olander, whose seat is now filled by Interim
President Les Puree. From Joe's left around the table: Dick Page;
Kay Boyd, who resigned her post shortly after Joe resigned his;
Herb Gelman, now the new vice chairperson; Carol Vipperman, now
the new chairperson; Constance Rice; and LUa Girvin, now the new
board secretary. aoard member Allen WeinStein is not pictured; the
four urudenUfled people are visitors to the meeting. The board
appolnted Gelman, Vipperman. and Girvin to their new posts at a
meeting yesterday; it now aWaits the governor's apPOintment of two
new members. Board photo by Photo Servicesl Purce photo by Leslyn Logan

Puree is president through '91
president.
by Sam Loewenberg ,
Carol Vipperman, chairperson of the
The search for an interim president
board,
stated that the president would be
ended Wednesday, October 10. as the
board of trustees named Thomas L. "Les" hired in 18 to 24 months. Puree will
Puree to the position. Puree had been assist in the nationwide search for the
serving as acting president since the president. As interim president, Puree is
resignation of Dr. Joseph Olander in early ineligible for the position.
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Vipperman said Puree is someone
September.
who understands Evergreen's unique
Puree, who had served 18 months as
vice president of college advancement mission and values and who. has an
prior to his appointment, promised to ' ability 10 communicate effectively with
work "with faculty, students, staff and the board and the legislature, and has
trustees 10 meet the challenges ahead."
"the skills to deal with a variety of
Purse cited the 12.5% budget cut constituents." '
"exercise" as his frrst priority as interim
Kathy Ybarra, director of student

activities, said Puree "has what it takes to candidates and no students attended the
keep people moving forward ....He has a October 10 board meeting.
Student Raquel Salinas attributed the
new energy."
Citing his performance on the low student involvement in the selection
Strategic Planning Council, as well as his process to a general lack of information
work with students. Ybarra said Puree as well as a lack of student interest. She
has "Evergreen in his heart, even though foresaw that students wouldn't be
involved. but felt it was important that
he is new."
Faculty member Cam Stivers and students be given the chance to
academic dean Les Wong felt that the participate. "If one or two students wrote
board took student, staff, and faculty in then that's one or two who couldn't
have been involved if the decision had
input seriously.
DeSpite the opportunities for student been made in the summer."
involvement, only 15 students attended Sam Loewenberg, and why not?
the October 3 forum to interview the

Strategic Plan: A guide for Evergreen
by Scott A. Richardson
The document which follows, the
Strategic Plan for TESC. is a prospectus
for what Evergreen should become. The
evolution of the institution is inevitable.
Does this plan illuminate the path we
should follow?
The future of this college is at stake.
A decision each of us made, to attend
Ever~n. was affected by what was
already Evergreen. Is this what Evergreen
should become?
As Evergreen continues to embrace
its "alternative" status, the concepts in
this draft of the Strategic Plan will
provide specific direction. If you disagree
or agree with parts of it, be heard.
The concept of Evergreen's ideal
size, measured by the number of Full
Time Enrolled students, was a topic
addressed during former president
Olander's short-lived monthly forums
labeled "Issues of Growth." The Strategic
Plan is related to the questions raised by
potential growth.
Multiculturalism, a byword across
constituencies, provides a core for the
plan.

This draft is the culmination of
untold hours of work by the Planning
Council. It's a long read; pace yourself.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
STATEMENT: MUL TlCULTURAL
DIVERSITY
The Strategic Plan states that "The
CQllege will increase its efforts to make
diversity a resource by focusing curricular
and extracurricular attention on
understanding and learning from
differences rather than just tolerating
them." Since that statement was written,
the College has devoted considerable
energy to developing the diversity of our
campus community and our curriculum.
We are now in a state of significant
transition and we are more fully
recognizing that what we are auempting
to establish is a new world view. Such an
undertaking is a long and arduous process
demanding an expenditure of significant
mental. physical. emotional and fmancial
resources.
Members of the Planning Council
have been involved in a variety of
discussions and written interchanges

The Evergreen State College
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regarding the multicultural initiative, ami
have been repeatedly impressed with a
crying need for extensive open and honest
sharing of the fears and tensions felt
around the initiative as well as a
discussion of strategies for building a
multicultural learning community.
Therefore, this issue paper 1) describes
where we are now with the multicultural
initiative, including the issues and
concerns we have heard expressed; 2)
suggests some options for planning the
future of the multicultural agenda; 3)
requests your opinion of those options;
and 4) lists, in an appendix, some
examples of specific activities which such
options might genemte. This paper is
intended to stimulate thought and
community discussion, not to restrict in
any way the range of ideas or alternatives
considered.
I. WHERE WE ARE NOW
At this point, we can look to a variety
steps taken toward establishing a
multicultural learning community at
Evergreen. Among these are: hiring wellqualified faculty and staff of color at a
faster rate than ever imagined possible

three years ago; making cultural expenise
an important criterion in many new job
descriptions and most hiring decisions
over the past three years (for both faculty
and staff); revising the admissions policy
to allow for later applications and to give
preference to several faclOrs related to
diversity; an ever-increasing retention rate
for students of color; substantive a11campus events such
the Black Athena
seminars and guest speakers as well as
'many smaller staff training sessions on
racism. sexism. social justice. intercultural
communication, and related issues;
substantial funding
for faculty
development related to multicultural
issues; high exposure of our graduates to
cultural diversity as compared to national
averages; extensive additio'ils to library
resources on diverse cultures and an
increasingly multicultural curriculum.
While it is very important to note
these steps, it is equally important to note
that if we are to be successful in our
efforts to establish a truly multicultural
community and education. we have many

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Panelists explore Mid-East Issues

NEWS BRIEFS
Evergreen number 3!
U.S. News and World Report has
rated Evergreen as the third best liberal
arts college in the western region of the
United States (the west defined by our
friends on the east coast as anything west
of Louisiana).
Evergreen was ranked frrst in
academic reputation but was 25th in
student satisfaction.
Southwestern University in Texas was
rated flTSt in the "western region" with
Pacific University in Oregon placmg
second.

Slightly West seeks
dog lovers
Expedition seeks intrepid to find new
dog. Slightly West, Evergreen's literary
magazine, announces its fust meeting.
Anyone interested in editing and/or laying
out the magazine is asked to auend an
open meeting Monday, October 15 at 4
pm in Library 3210. The serious and
curious are encouraged to attend (this dog
doesn't bite). If you are unable to attend
call Robert at x6879 to let him know you
are interested.

Substance-free
housing proves
popular
by Isaac Kemsley

The Evergreen State College's new
Alcohol and Drug-Free Housing received

Quote of the Week

"Establish sports programs which
appeal to urban people."
A proposal in the Strategic Plan to make
Evergreen more multi-cultural, see cover
three times the expected applicants in its
trial year.
Bob Carlson, Housing Coordinator,
says that when the Jurassic Group
(formed to "provide activities for people
who choose not to use drugs and
alcohol") approached Housing last year
with the proposal of substance-free
housing, the estimated figure of those
interested was around 30 students.
However, ninety to ninety-five students
apparetly jumped at the chance to live in
the quite, drug-free atmosphere of C.
Dorm.
As stated in the Housing Policy
Statement, "the purpose of this policy is
to foster a living environment in which
abstinence from alcohol and drugs will be
respected ...and substance use and abuse
will not be a factor in their residential
lives." So far the policy appears to be
working quite well; no complaints have
been recieved from the alcohol/drug-free
floors, as well as the fact that several
Alcoholics Anonymous Groups have been

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formed by residents.
However, Carlson is quick to point
out. "Not all the residents are recovering
from substance dependencies, many just
enjoy the quiet that this area offers."
Isaac KemsJey is a student in Tom
Foote's journalism program.

Chris says, 'They
really do listen'
An open town meeting will be held
in Olympia on Saturday, October 12 to
discuss the work of the RurallUrban
Development Action Team. R/UDAT has
held a series of discussions and open
meetings in which planning for the
growth of downtown is the main topic.
The open meeting will be held at the
Olympia Center from 9 to 10:45 am. The
fmal R/UDAT presentation is scheduled
for Monday from 7 to 9 pm at the
Washington Center.

F.I.S.T. provides
protection classes
F.I.S.T. (Feminists In Self-defence
Training) workshops are being offered the
third week of every quarter this year.
Female students, staff, and faculty are
welcome to attend free of charge. The
Fall Quarter workshop will be held
Wednesday, October 17 from 5:30-8:30
pm in Library 1612. The three-hour class
covers information, physical and verbal
self-defence practices, and includes a
discussion period.
The workshop can accommodate up
to 35 women. Call F.I.S.T. directly at
438-0288 to reserve a space; leave a
message on the answering machine if
necessary.
This workshop is specially designed
for women. If there is sufficient interest,
Student Affairs will offer a comparable
workshop for men.

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The Health Department will provide
influenza (flu) vaccine for a $6 fee. The
types of influenza in this year's vaccine
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given October 18 through November 29,
9 am to 3 pm at the Public Health and
Social Services Department at 529 4th
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military force serving American interests
are minorities. Upon return will these
45%
have a say in U.S. governmental
decisions? Environmentally, millions of
lives and a entire regions are threatened
over resources we desperately need to
conserve. Movements should sland
together as most of us are resisting the
same forces.
Many participants considered the
teach-in a success. A great number of
people attended--but we cannot stop here.
More draft-aged men are encouraged to
get involved, as they will suffer direct
consequences if war breaks out Most
importantly,
Evergreen's
spoken
commitment to social change and
diversity must carry on as students and
faculty protest war possibilities. Planning
meetings against U.S. intervention
requires a large and diverse group of
people. As Rich Wood said, "Arabs are
worth getting involved for .... "
Thomas Fletcher has been a CPJ
foreign correspondent from Nicaragua.
Leila HilaJ visited the West Bank. this past
summer.

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Unleashed dogs on campus continue
to roam, but according to Security
personnel their days of unlimited freedom
are numbered. Students who must bring

"Surfing The

Friday, October 26, The Ballroom, 7:30pm

actions concerning the Middle East.
Before breaking for a Middle Eastern
dinner a group met to organize for
action. In the evening the forum was
repeated at St. John's Episcopal Church.
The intent of the teach-in went
further than education. The primary goal
was to plan an October 20 demonstration,
in conjunction with protests across the
country. Leaving from Sylvester Park at
noon, marching to the Olympian Armory,
the protesters will demand that the troops
come home now. Roy Barrington also
rallied people to attend the October 13
protest at Fort Lewis, which begins at 4
pm. The demonstration will support GIs
who refuse orders to go to what Roy
calls "a war that could make Vietnam
look like a police action."
Rich Wood began the call to action,
insisting individuals can make a
difference. While he stated four or five
of us can influence world view he
pressed for consolidation. Rich listed
environmental and equality movements,
among others, related each to the other.
He stressed the need for a unified front.
Rich pointed out two prominent
concerns at Evergreen, equality and
environment. In Saudi Arabia 45% of the

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Saba Mahmod of the Palestine
Solidarity Committee argued, "Given
these realities it is not surprising that a
figure like Sadam Hussein has emerged
from the desolation of recent Arab
Paul
Zilsel,
from
the
history."
International Jewish Committee, expressed
a common sentiment, paralleling the
mililant actions of the U. S., Iraqi, and
Israeli governments.
The panel also countered the U.S.
media stereotype of Arabs, linking racism
toward Arabs to public support of
military involvement. Saba Mahmod
explained, "One must understand that the
Middle East is not just an oil producing
desert ruled by barbarians."
The event began with five speakers
including Yousef Farjo. of the ArabAmerican Anti-Discrimination Committee,
Paul Zilsel, Leila HiIal, Saba Mahmod,
and Rich Wood, an instructor of Seattle
Central Community
College.
Roy
Barrington, a founder of Vietnam
Veterans Against War, and Ahmed Amr,
from
the
Arab-American
AntiDiscrimination Committee also made
unscheduled speeches. Following the
panel the crowd broke down into
workshops discussing various issues and

Evergreen's free-roamiIlg dogs are

by Paula Lang

Dr. Fred
Alan
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Security calls in next week's space. That
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was a verbal altercation gone haywire.
Apparently things got quieter before they
got out of hand.

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by Leila HiJal and Thomas Fletcher
"I have vowed never to let another
generation of young Americans fight in a
war again," proclaimed Roy Barrington,
a Vietnam combat veteran.
Over 200 people gathered October 3
to hear a panel of speakers address the
Gulf crisis. They came for information
about the latest conflict--a conflict costing
the United States. $1 billion a month,
risking at least 250,000 American lives.
The teach-in. dubbed "The Middle East
through different eyes" offe~ alternative
perspectives not often · voiced in
mainstream media. ,
The speakers, focusing OIl the history
of the Middle East, closely linked the
Arab-Israeli conflict to the recent
occupations of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Leila Hilal, 8 . panelist who is a student at
Evergreen, described Palestini3n life
under Israeli occupation. She interpreted
Palestinian frustration towards the United
States, which is fueled by the United
States providing the Israeli military with
the money and the anns to occupy
Palestine. Prospering from U.S. oil
inlf'rests in the Gulf states, Kuwaiti and
other royal families increase Arab anger
and humiliation.

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pets on campus should use Evergreen's
kennel
facilities.
Since
these
accommodations are
very limited,
Security advises students to make
advance arrangements in Seminar 2150.
Kennel users are asked to provide their
own locks.
.
This year, Security will begin
enforcing what they call "doggie duty," a
pet policy created by a Disappering Task
Force and adopted by the board of
trustees. The policy is based on
Washington Administrative Code <YIAC)
174-136-310 through
-330,
which
incorporates the following: "Pets and
other animals may be on campus only
when under the physical control of their
owner or keeper. No animal shall be
permitted to run at large; animals left tied
up in the absence of the owner shall not
be considered under direct control but,
rather, to be running at large. Any pet
animal found in a college building, or on
campus not under direct physical control
is subject to impounding."
Under these codes, campus Security
will be permitted to tum over all pets in
violation of these codes to the Thurston
County animal control. However, Security
will attempt to contact owners of licensed
pets and give them a one-time courtesy
warning.
Security notes that costs to

This canine rests comfortably for the time being, but Evergreen
campus Security is Informtng the community that enforcement of
the Pet Policy will be more stringent this year. "It's not an easy job
for us. We don't want to have to do it," says sgt. Darwin Eddy.
photo by Leslyn Logan

retrieve a dog from the animal shelter
are: release from impound ...$21.00;
licensing of an unlicensed dog ... $15.00;
daily retention fee ...$5.00.
During the past year, two unleashed
dogs were hit and injured by cars on
campus roads, and two other unleashed
dogs were responsible for killing chickens
hOl!Sed in the Organic Fann. In addition,
numerous people have been bitten by
unleashed dogs on campus . . Students are

asked to take responsibility for their pets.
Security indicates the code is now
being enforced to protect people on
Campus, wildlife habitats, and our canine
friends. Exceptions to the new policy are
made for guide dogs accompanying
sightless persons and animals used for
academic study and research.
Paula Lang is a student who has been
a CPJ reporter since last year.

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Alien abductees speak, OIYDlpians listen
by Chris Bader

Last Saturday Evergreen was host to
a UFO Conference sponsored by UFO
Contact Center International, a nationwide
support group for people who claim to
have had experiences with alien beings.
At 1:15 , Aileen Bringle, founder of
the UFOCCI network, took the stage.
She describett1he UFOCCI and some of
the symptoms of abduction experiences,
which include segments of "missing time"
and an irrational fear of the dark. She
also explained that most people who have
had abduction experiences remember only
small parts of the event until they
undergo hypnosis to aid their recall.
The next speaker was James Van
Avery, a Digital Design Electronic
Engineer with Boeing, whose talk
consisted of a slide show of different
parts of the universe. As he displayed
pictures of galaxies, asteroid belts, and
planets on the screen, James explained
that with so many other inhabitable
planets, it is a given that man is not
"The only
alone in the universe.
question is whether such beings are
capable of visiting us at thi s time."
After
James '
very
mellow ,
philosophical talk, the crowd was perhaps
unprepared for Nelivergne Zajac who
levelled a series of amazing accusations
at the United States government.
According 10 Nel, former President
Eisenhower "signed a treaty with a group
of aliens known as the Grays," who are
characterized by their large, egg-shaped
heads, black eyes, small stature and gray
skin. In the remainder of her wideranging speech, Nel said that the aliens
have built "underground bases," that
Bigfoot is an alien being, and that a
population known as the "Narcadians"
lives under the Nonh and South poles.
Mter a short break the crowd heard
who they were waiting for: the abduclees.
Three people who claimed personal
contact with aliens spoke, the fIrst being
Dolores Galvin.
Dolores describes herself as a
"military woman" and a devout Catholic.
Her speaking style was very stern and to
the point, which made it all the more
surprising when she burst into sobs while
recalling her experiences for the audience.
Dolores has awakened several times
to the presence of creatures in her room.
On one occasion they held her face down
on her bed and stuck a needle-lilce object
in her shoulder; on another the same
object was stuck into her forehead. She
believes that these creatures have helped
to cure the arthritis in her shoulder and
neck, and has given one of them the
affectionate name, "Friar Tuck." She
also believes that the aliens have placed
"implants," small spherical devices that
abductees think aliens might use to
control humans, in her head. In direct
contrast to the obvious terror expressed
by Dolores, Bruce Smith talked about his
experiences in an easy-going, joking
manner.
Bruce claims that he 'has been raped

by alien beings, so that they might use
his sperm to create a hybrid half human,
half alien race. Apparently a "grey"
would appear in his room, paralyze him,
and then "straddle" him. He noted that
the creature wore "a bad wig" during
each of these sexual encounters.
During subsequent experiences, some
of which occurred while in a meditative
state, Bruce met the children that had
been created as a result of his sexual
contacts--34 in all. He also believes that
the entire state of New Mexico is a
"giant abductee processing center."
By the time the fmal speaker of the
day, Phyllis Duran, hit the stage, the
crowd seemed a little tired, so she didn't
receive quite the level of enthusiasm as
the others.
Among the highlights of
Phyllis ' experiences was seeing a UFO
"the size of a football field" hover over
Her
herself and 8 other witnesses.
encounters with aliens caused her to start
drinking heavily, and to doubt her sanity.
At 5:30 the presentation ended and
the crowd left the lecture hall. Some
may now believe in UFOs, others are
probably more skeptical than before. The
value in the experience was in directly
meeting the real people behind the
stories.
Chris Bader is a CPJ colwnnisl who
says , "behind each story is a real person
who believes what he or she is saying."

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problems and issues still to confront. In
fact, the steps taken so far serve more to
heighten our awareness of the complexity
of the project and the seriousness of the
obstacles than to provide assurance that
we are near any sort of racial Nirvana.
The problems and conflicts which have
arisen from changes thus far must be used
to help build insight to guide future
progress. Some of us have gained some
slight experience in being multicultural; it
is time to review the issues and challenges
that have arisen in order to determine how
best to strengthen and conflrm our
momentuni toward multiculturalism.
n. ISSUES/CONCERNS
Various members of the community
have expressed a wide range of concerns
about the drive for diversity. The
following list is not in any way an
evaluation of the comments recorded; it is
merely an attempt to state many of the
issues that community members have
described to us.
This community may not recognize
the challenging nature of a change as
fundamental as building a culturally
pluralistic community. While the charge
exists on paper, many of us may not admit
the cost of translating theory into practice.
. Although much progress has been
made to specify and define cultural
diversity, there is still a lot of confusion.

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To some, it means a broad range of
differences including race, ethnicity, class,
lifestyle, sexual orientation, mental and
physical challenges, religion and age. To
others, it means international diversity, and
bringing an end to the nationalistic
isolation of our culture. To still others, it
means specifIcally that historically
disenfranchised U.S. ethnic groups be
signifIcantly represented in the college's
community and services. The danger is
that "diversity" becomes whatever the
speaker wishes it to be, or whatever is
least threatening, and that it becomes,
therefore, meaningless as a planning
concept.
-Expanded presentation of
multicultural issues in the curriculum and
the increased representation of people of
extensive multicultural experience in the
faculty are impressive signs of progress,
yet racist behaviors and atti tudes still
appear throughout the community.
Sometimes it appears that racist behaviors
are being protected. We need strategies for
addressing and recognizing our racism and
for getting beyond guilt to social
responsibility.
-The peculiar nature of educational
methodology at Evergreen (the intense
focus upon the book, the seminar, the
expectation that each person speak, the
assumption of activism) may be very
culturally based and may not match the
learning styles of a culturally diverse
community. At the very least, there is

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sometimes lack of recogruuon of vanous
ways of knowing, and lack of support for
such variety.
·Some members of the community
believe that there will be or that there
already is an erosion of intellectual
standards as a result of the multicultural
initiative. The exact nature of this concern
varies: some faculty have experienced
multicultural education as merely a
critique of the dominant culture or class,
rather than as a serious exploration of
various cultures and ways of knowing;
others feel their academic freedom is
threatened by vague defmitions of racial or
sexual harassment; still others perceive
uncritical acceptance Of anything with
cultural signifIcance and a lack of ways of
evaluating such content or methodology;
finally, supportiveness for students who
lack traditionally-defmed academic skills
sometimes appears to allow "passing" such
students on without actually making sure
they have the skills they need from their
education.
-The social ideals of the Evergreen
community (as represented by the Social
Contract, the faculty evaluation policy,
etc.) seem to be constructs primarily of
European-American culture or counterculture and are effective to a varying
degree for individuals from other
heritages.
oThe assumption that cooperative
teaching and other joint endeavors will
assure the spread of cultural sensitivity
and knowledge (once there is sufficient
representation of diverse cultures) can be
exploitative. People of color sometimes
get tired of always being the teachers as
once again, the victims are being made
responsible for solving the problems
caused by the dominant culture. Some
faculty of color have to spend so much
time educating whites that they have little
time left to teach and support students of
color who need their mentoring. At its
worst, this expectation for diffusion can
lead to tokenism as people of diverse
backgrounds may be added to teams,

commIttees or units solely because of
color, with little regard for the interests,
capabilities or skills of the people so
assigned.
oFaculty of color experience severely
conflicting expectations: on the one hand
they are expected to be a resource for
diverse cultural information; on the other
hand they are criticized for placing too
much emphasis on cultural examples or
content. They feel they are consulted as
specialists in issues of diYersity and
ignored as specialists in their disciplinary
fields of expertise. Further, there is a
sense a faculty member (or student) of
color refuses to play the role of expert in
matters of race and color, they will be
deemed incompetent or be sanctioned in
some other way.
-Evergreen places a high value on
sharing administrative duties and the
importance of disinterested perspectives in
decision-making. Rotation (a general
concept applied in the deans' area, DTF
formation, and staff/faculty positions)
significantly supports this value. Rotation,
as a form of internal promotion, conflicts
with the desire for greater diversity if the
groups out of which rotation occurs are
not particularly diverse. Equally, internal
promotion of staff is a way to reward and
best use valued personnel. Again, lack of
diversity within staff units can make
internal promotion work against the effort
to enhance diversity, particularly in highly
paid, more responsible positions.
-The International Studies DTF
redefined its focus as interculturalism in
recognition of the impossibility and
artificiality of segregating the study of
foreign cultures from .the study of cultural
relations within countries. As a result, the
DTF, largely made up of EuropeanAmericans with interests in international
studies, developed recommendations which
significantly involved the way internal
U.S. ethnic issues might be addressed. The
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'Open Door' lecture and film serIes
Compiled by Nancy Koppelman,
Student Affairs
Once the school year is underway
and students essentially LIVE in their
academic programs, they sometimes come
to ask, "I wonder what's going on in
other academic programs?" With the help
of the faculty and program secretaries, we
are starting to compile a central schedule
of program lectures and films which are
open to the community. Please feel free
to attend, and please respect the
integrity of the 'programs: stay for the
entire event, or leave during a break.
If there are any faculty whose
lectures you would particularly like to
know about, please call the Student
Affairs office at x6296 and let us know.
We will try to include his or her lectures
on upcoming schedules.
Nancy Koppelman will provide the
"Open Door" listing for the CPJ on a
weekly basis.

Monday, October 15

Wednesday, October 17 French Culture: Film "The
Political Economy and Social
Change: Lecture on theories
of
domination
and
oppression from 10-1 pm in
Lecture Hall 5

Thursday, October 18
Environment, Regions, and
Governance:
Lecture
on
Religion and Science 9-11 am
in Lecture Hall 4
'Political Economy and Social
Change:
Lecture
on
democracy
and
Eastern
Europe 11-12:30 in Library
1612

Masters in Teaching faculty
Reaction to
presentation:
Women's Ways of Knowing, in
Lecture Hall 2, 10-12 noon
Russia/USSR film: "Ivan the
Terrible," in Lecture Hall 3,
1-3 pm

Merchant From Venice,"
from 3:30-5:30 in Lecture
Hall 3

Music Drama: Video of
musical
dramatic
rituals
around the world, 6:30 pm
in Lecture Hall 5

Friday, October 19
Cultures in Collision: Film
"The Breakfast Club," from
10-1 pm in Lecture Hall 5

Super-secret panel hides truth about UFOs
by Chris Bader
Last week I told you a little bit about
the reported crash of a UFO in Roswell,
New Mexico in 1947, at which the
government is rumored to have retrieved
the wreckage of a flying saucer.
The Roswell story is but the starting
point for an incredible array of complex
rumors which have put the UFO
community into a tizzy.
In 1984 a television journalist named
Jamie Shandera acquired a copy of a
document called the "MJ-1~" or
"Majestic- 12" papers. At about the same
time other researchers appeared with
identical documents.
The
"Majestic-12"
papers
are
purportedly a 1952 briefing memo to then
president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. The
memo describes the MJ-12 group as a 12
member, super-secret panel composed of

Political Economy and Social
change: Lectures on theories
of human nature and the
enlightenment and is critique
9-11 am in Library 1612
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in CAB 108
Shakespeare and the Age of
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aviation expert Phillip J, Klass, have
pointed out small inaccuracies in the
memo wording which could indicate an
elaborate hoax.
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is their source. Every researcher that has
received a copy of the documents got
them either anonymously through the
mail or from an "unidentified contact."
And so the debate stands... There
is no way to prove that the MJ-12
documents are real, only that they are not
obvious fakes.
Sensational elaims require sensational
proof to back them up.
Next week Chris Bader brings you
part 3 of the UFO series: further rumors
of evil aliens and government cover-ups.

Am.nesty International defends hUIIlan rights

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Amnesty International. TESC chapter,
is now holding regular meetings on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 12 to I
pm in the couch area of CAB, second
floor.
Amnesty International is an advocate
group for human rights world wide. We
subscribe to no political or religious
ideology, and work impartially for the
release of prisoners of conscience in

Tim Moses
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Tuesday, October 16
Environment, Regions, and
Governance:
Lecture
on
science, technology, and the
environment 9-11 am in
Lecture Hall I, 9-11 am

generals, top SCientists, and other
governmental lurninaries which was
created in 1947 to study the presence of
UFOs on Earth.
Note the date of the creation of "MJ12"; 1947. 1947 is the year that the
"Roswell Incident" is supposed to have
occurred. In fact, the documents assert
that not only did the government recover
UFO wreckage at Roswell, but also the
remains of 4 alien bodies!
According to BiD Cooper, who I wiD
tell you more about next week, MJ-12 is
an on-going secret UFO study group, and

the reigning directo. of the CIA
automatically becomes tfie leader of MJ12. MJ-12 reports only to the presidenl
If the MJ-12 documents are authentic
then they are the story of the century.
They indicate that the government knows
that aliens are visiting the Earth but has
been actively suppressing the infonnation
for decades.
Furthennore, all of the government
funded UFO studies, such as Project Blue
Book, which concluded that UFOs are
not visiting Earth, must be calculated
lies.
But are the documents authentic?
UFO enthusiasts such as nuc1f'.at
physicist Stanton Friedman staunchly
defend the documents as accurate.
Attorney Robert Bletchman is even trying
to coordinate a congressional hearing into
the matter.

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every country in the world, regardless of headquarters
in
Colorado
(world
the government's alignment or ideology.
headquarters in London), listing a specific
The official Amnesty International
person(s) held, and some background on
Mandate defmes its objectives as:
the COootry and the prisoner's case. Local
oThe release of all prisoners of groups write letters urging the humane
conscience--those people de rained for
and just treaunent of prisoners.
their beliefs, race, gender, sexual
Letters are written by the thousands,
orientation, language, religion, or eUmic
by groups from allover the world,
origin who hnve neither used nor
creating great international pressure
advocated violence;
against the government, and great hope
oFair and prompt trials for all
for the prisoners.
political prisoners;
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·An end to torture and executions in
letters, come to the couch area of the
alLcases.
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Amnesty International's mandate is
12 to 1 pm, or call Scott Douglas at 754.
based on the United Nations Universal 9180.
Current ActtOh: Your letters are urgently
Declaration of Human Rights adopted by
needed!
the ·U.N. in 1948. There are now
approximately 4,100 local groups in 60
From Myanmar (fonnerly Burma):
nations totaling more than 750000
Nay Mm, a 42-year-old la~yer, was
membe~ world-wide.
'arrested on Octo~r 21, 1988 m Yangon
To safeguard impartiality in the
~3!'goon), foUow~g the Sectember 19~8
organization,
members
work
on
nulit,arY coup which . estab shed m~al
campaigns focused on coootries other
law m Myanmar. He ,~s repo~y servm~
than their own. Amnesty International
a 14-year ter:m for possession of anUreceives
no
funding
from
any
government li~ure.
.
government. We are concerned with only
PI~ ,wnte .Ietters appealin.g, for
one issue: stopping the imprisonment,
Nay Mill s unmediate and uncon~uonal
torture, and execution of prisoners of
~elease. ,Letters should be polite, ,as
conscience world-wide.
msults wdl be of no benefit to Nay Min.
How does the organization work?
We work through letter campaigns to
governments, embassies, generals, and
officials in every nation where prisoners
of
conscience
are
held.
Local
organizations are
Bulletins from the
by Scott A. Richardson
Look up! The hawk migration has
picked up noticeably during the past
week, and will probably continue for
several more days. Red-tailed hawks
comprise the majority of the hawks, and
sometimes can be seen low over Red
Square.
Western hazel calkins are fonning..
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winter.
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Everything everywhere
by Jon 'Eppo' Epstein
The American Heritage Dictionary
defines "political" as "pertaining to, or
dealing with the study, structure, or
affairs of govenunent, politics, or the
state." 1 decided to look up the work
after a guest on my radio show asked me
what definition 1 was using for the word.
I found the question interesting and
revealing since the guest was appearing
on my program as part of his campaign
fort political office. I also became
interested during the recent primary when
I saw a campaign sign with an
astonishing piece of rhetoric. The sign
said, "a judge, not a politician." This
person was running a campaign to get
elected as a state Supreme Court justice.
Apparently he never read the American
Heritage Dictionary definition of a
politician. "Politician" is defined as "one
who holds or seeks a political office and
one skilled or experienced in the science
of administration of government."
I find the statement, "I am a judge,
not a politician" a little like saying, "I
am Jon, not a human being." I will
discuss this offensive campaign rhetoric
at some future time. 1 want to get back
to the concept of political. The dictionary
clearly defines political as pertaining to
the affairs of government. Is money not
an affair of government? Are clean water

and air not affairs of govenunent? Is
energy not an affair of government? Are
interest rates not an affair of govenunent?
Is anything yuou do in this country not
an affair of government?
Today government is insidious. It
affects all aspects of your life and mine.
To deny that government affects most of
the choices you have is to deny the
political nature of our society. When my
guest asked me what I meant by the term
political, I told him everything was
politica\.
The choice of clothing you wear or
don't wear is political. In 1969 I
remember all the girls in my school
protesting for the right to wear blue jeans
or slacks. II: those days a girl would
have been sent home from school if she
showed up in anything but a skirt or a
dress.
While we live in a ever-increasingly
political world (listen to Bob Dylan's
tune "Living in a Political World") I find
more and more people denying this fact.
Consider the campaign sign I mentioned
earlier. Consider the fact that only about
300 students out of over 3,000 here at
Evergreen will spend any time getting
involved in campus politics. Consider the
fact that fewer and fewer eligible voters
have been casting votes in presidential
elections for the past 20 years.

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While I can see good reason to
ignore a national election between such
choices as George Bush and Michael
Dukakis, I can see no good reason why
people don't get off their butts and get
more involved on the local level. Since
hardly anyone on this campus will
encourage you, I want to be sure to get
in some encouragement for those of you
who want to get involved in the politics
of your education. While many Evergreen
faculty members lecture on government
and politics, few of them seem to find
the time to involve their students or
themselves in the politics of this campus.
I hear lots of BS about this not being the
real world at Evergreen. My experience
tells me that Evergreen reflects the "real
world" as much as any institution in
America. Here at Evergreen you can
witness the same political undermining
activity, rehetoric, and power plays that
you see anywhere else in the country.
You can learn the importance of who you
know versus what you know. I would say
that the problems on this campus exactly
reflect the problems of the American
political process.
For students who want to get
involved with the politics of Evergreen, I
suggest you check out the S&A process.
Pay attention to how the S&A Board
allocates nearly $850,000 of money e3[-

political
marked to ~rve you, the students. If you
want to understand how things work
around here; follow the money. You'll
learn more in this pursuit than anything
you might get in the classroom. Last
year, while students argued about process
and student unions, the real policies were
being set at weekly S&A Board meetings
that no one attended until the eleventh
hour, when it was difficult to change the
process. It is now early fall and you have
plenty of time to educate yourselves and
take the bull by the horns. There are
some serious questions as to how things
are managed on this campus and those of
you who are students have an obligation
to improve the quality of life here. You
should learn some history and develop
some long and short-range goals. You
should talk to alumni, staff, and faculty.
Always remember, people who work here
have a vested interest in keeping things
the same. You will probably get more
valuable insight from former students and
staff (who are leaving) than you will
from . new arrivals and comfortably
planted bureaucrats. Have fun!

Eppo served as a member of the S&A
Board for the 1989-1990 academic year,
and thereby assisted in the divvying of
flUIds for this year's activities.

Congress wooed by grovelling puppet
by Scot Wheat and William Kramer
Alfredo Cristiani, president of the
death squad govenunent in EI Salvador,
is jet-setting to the United States in
another attempt to whitewash the
bloodbath over which he governs. Or as
The New York Times delicately puts it,
Cristiani is in Washington for "three days
of intensive lobbying on Capitol Hill."
Things must be looking ominous for
Cristiani. The mainstream media rarely
takes notice of the Central American
nightmares that our taxes sponsor. When
they do it usually occurs when U.S.
endorsed regimes are either on the brink
of coUapse due to popular resistance, or
when such regimes are making excuses
for some particularly barbarous activity.
Cristiani's groveling is due to both of
these factors and image makers are
working overtime to clean the blood from
his lapels as he smiles for the cameras
while rubbing elbows with U.S.
lawmakers.
The specific reasons for Cristiani' s
most recent round of apologetics lie in
his increasing inability to maintain a
facade of democratic governance and the
stagnating investigation of the murder of
six: Jesuit priests, their cook, and her
daughter by the Salvadoran military last
November.
For years the U.S. Congress has by

and large heartily endorsed the continuous
supply of guns and money to the
Salvadoran government But when
soldiers cut the brains out of six
prominent and critical theologians almost
a year ago, the military broke one of the
unspoken stipulations of U.S. aid--you
can murder and disappear all the trade
unionists and peasants you want, but use
discretion when terrorizing those with
status.
The brutal murder of the priests and
the two women brought about a
squeamishness amongst congressional
liberals regarding aid for Cristiani' s
government. Congress is now considering
cutting military aid to El Salvador by
50% if the Jesuits' murderers are not
brought to justice.
Thus, Cristiani is now on Capitol HiU
assuring U.S. congresspeople that he is
dedicated to pursuing the case "wherever
it leads." Meanwhile the Salvadoran
military is doing its part by destroying
evidence, transferring those who were
involved in the murders out of the
country, and assisting U.S. intelligence
agents in the intimidation of a key
witness who was brought to the United
States for "protection."
TIle military's obstruction of judicial
process is hardly surprising. As Cristiani
begs to his U.S. patrons for the only

thing sustaining his corrupt government of high ranking military officials in a
(our tax dollars) the Salvadoran military,
country with a dysfunctional judicial
lavishly armed with U.S. weapons, acts system and a government that is
as it has for decades; accountable 'to controlled by the military.
nothing except its own prerogatives of
Congress has proven that it can not
violence and power.
overcome the historical amnesia which
None of this madness or hypocrisy allows for the continual funding of mass
is new. Ten years ago the brutal rape and murder in EI Salvador. The only cure for
murders of four U.S. church women by this affliction lies in the efforts of people
Salvadoran w.;urity forces jeopardized the in the United States who realiZe that
status quo of U.S. congressional policy in basing aid on show trials obscures the
El Salvador. U.S. aid was in danger of fundamental problems in EI Salvador: the
being cut if the murderers were not vastly unequal distribution of land and
brought to justice. A congressional wealth,
the
impotency
of
civil
committee was assured by the puppet govenunent, and an entrenched and
regime of Napolean Duarte that the "truth ruthless military that dominates these
would be pursued wherever it led issues when considering aid to EI
anywhere in the country at any level." In Salvador. With the increased isolation of
a three-year investigation that was the Cristiani government, both in El
obstructed at every tum and heralded as . Salvador and internationally, heightened
a joke by many, three lower level activism from U.S. citizens is crucial.
officers were convicted. The killing Congress and the Cristiani government
machine remained thoroughly intact and need to be told loud and clear that we
U.S. aid continued to flow.
will no longer bankroll the miserable and
Some 70,000 corpses later we find a violent status quo in EI Salvador.
Congress which is oblivious to history
William Kramer is an Evergreen
and deluded with naive optimism. Once graduate active in subverting the U.S.
again we find a puppet president in EI government. Scot Wheat, in true
Salvador sponsored by our tax dollars. Evergreen fashion, is attempting to
Again it has taken the murders of subvert the status quo and is receiving
"important" folks to prompt second academic credit for his efforts. The
doubts from Congress regarding aid to EI ' Committee in Solidarity with the People of
Salvador. And again the continuation of El Salvador (e/SPES) will be meeting on
aid is being predicted on the prosection Friday, October 12 at 6 pm in CAB 110.

Bush budget gouges working people
by Scot Wheat
The Bush Administration's latest
attempt to gouge working people in this
country came in the form of a budget
proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.
When the gibberish of armchair economic
analysts is thrown aside, this point
becomes obvious: the budget would have
amounted to substantial tax increases for
the middle class and the underclass, while
the overclass would have come out
practically unscathed.
For instance, people earning less than
$10,000 a year would have borne a 7.6%
increase in taxation; people earning
$20,000 to $30,000 annually would have
received a 3.3% increase. Meanwhile, the
opulent (those with an annual income of
at least $200,000) would have witnessed
a scant 1.7% increase in taxes. Source:

Joint Commitlee on Taxation, Ways and
Means Majority Staff.
Over the next five years, allocations
for our grossly under funded social
programs would have been frozen and
Medicare would have received a $60
billion slash.
Corporate giants, on the other hand,
would have received Iinle or no increase
in taxation. Some corporations, such as
those who participated in the frenzy of
leveraged buy-outs in the early eighties,
would have saved billions (see the New
York Times, October 3, 1990, p. C23).
The U.S. Department of Death
(euphemistically referred to as the
Department of Defense) would have
received ridiculously minuscule budget
cuts. The millions given to Fascist
govenunents abroad would have remained

Page 8 Cooper Point Journal October .11, 1990

thoroughly intact The billion-doUar-amonth fmancing of Fort Saudi Arabia
wasn't even an issue when considering
budget cuts.
Of course, it comes as no surprise
that Bush--being the east coast aristocrat
and buddy of corporate U.S.A. that he is-would advocate such a budget. .What is
more important is the fact that
Democratic Congressional Leadership
(Tom Foley, D-Wash. , among them) also
backed the proposal.
When Democratic leaders came out
in support of the budget it was framed in
the all-too-familiar rhetoric of "national
interest" Senator George J. Mitchell of
Maine urged support for the proposal
"because the nation is more important
than partisan differences." Backing such

a proposal indicates that Democratic
leaders,
like
their
Republican
counterparts, disregard the needs and
desires of the vast majority of Americans
when defining our "national interest"
Now more than ever, it is
appropriate
to
use
the
term
"Demipublicans" when referring to party
leadership in this country. Such a term
indicates the fact that party leaders,
whether Republican
or
Democrat,
represent the same constituents--big
business and the wealthy.

Scot Wheat continues to tell you
what you need to know in order tQ join
him in his subversive activities.

Souter: Anoth'e r -w-hite boy on the court
by Paul Slusher
Has this "Crisis in the Gulf' blinded
?S? With the blackened greed for dollars
m ~ur eyes, can. we n?t see the matters
of unpo~ unmediately before~?
Well, obVIously not Last Tuesday, DaVid
Souter, with his whopping total of three
months of experie~ce in the .~ederal
courts, was sworn , m. to . the position of
U.S. Supreme Court Justice. And as the
"I will" rang from his tight, white boy
lips, the court teetered dangerously to the
right.
It is ironic that probably the. ~ost
honored liberal on the bench, William
Brennan (a champion of civil liberties) is
being replaced by such an inexperienced,
mama's boy like Souter. Argh, 'tis the
dark years of Reagan, Bush, and Quayle.
"The bench should not be
politicized, it should only interpret the
Constitution," said Georgie Bushwhacker
recently in regards to questions about
Souter's · stance on civil rights and
abortion. I would bet a kidney, however,
that Bush himself thoughtfully examined
these issues before nominating this very
young and mysterious candldate to the
extremely powerful position of Supreme
Court Justice. We are learning quite
rapidly that nothing happens without '
purpose in this country.
Over the past 10 years, 5-4 decisions
in the Supreme Court have just barely
kept the flame of personal freedoms alive
in relation to certain Constitutional rights
issues. Such issues include abortion rights
and affumative action. However, the
oourt has been turning, as of late, to the
opinion that state allocated deaths (the
death penalty), and the ignoring of certain
gay and lesbian rights are quite
acceptable. Now with Souter on the
bench, these will only increase. Bush
knew exactly what he was doing when he
nominated the unknown Souter to the
Supreme Court, and his timing couldn't
have been more perfect While all of
America is tuned into the oil crisis, "the
evil Hitler-like incarnate" Saddam
Hussein, and the U.S.'s "failing
economy," Georgie Porgie slips another
ace into his hand. Bush has never been
any good at playing fair.
To
understand
the
potential
destruction that can be caused by David
Souter, one only needs to examine his
past decisions while serving in both the
State and Federal Court systems.
In 1985, Souter ruled that it was not
unconstitutional to establish roadblocks
and randomly search vehicles for drunk
drivers. He concluded that such actions
on the part of 'officer friendly' "did not
result in unreasonable seizures." So much
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elitists are the harder it is to remove
As we see people like Souter in
In 1987 Souter ruled that evidence them from' power.
power positions, this should only serve as
obtained .from an accused bur~ would
But, like we saw in the 1960s, the a remil!der that we, the students, must
be .~ble even though It. was progressive movement (which relied take an aggressive slance. With two
obtamed illegall~. The defendant, Vmcent heavily on the strength of students) put hands one can only move, a stone, yet
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Ted Bundy after he
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----.;lesbians practically live in the fruit cellar,
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A,
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they get out the only 'crime' they will be
capable of is defecation in public. Where
prisons are better funded than schools.
Where more people are incarcerated than
any other nation in the world.
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A late nomination for Guardo
Just before Joseph Olander was hired,
TESC was considering another candidate
for its president
The name of this
reserved, experienced womalJ was, I
believe, Carol Guardo from West
Hartford, Connecticut She seemed to
understand the mission of this school.

When asked about the changes she would
make, she answered, "If it isn't broken,
why flX it"
Of course, Joe's charisma blinded
everyone. Do you think she is still out
there?
Irene Mark Buitenkant

Recycling effort neglected
As students of this school we have
seen a serious neglect on the part of
Evergreen to provide adequate recycling
facilities on campus and in the dorm
areas. Therefore, we are sending this
letter to you and to the president of The
Evergreen State College to request a
complete overhaul of our recycling
program. We will also be asking students
of Evergreen to sign a petition requesting
certain changes. This will take place from
12 to 2 pm on Monday, October 15. This
petition will also be sent to the president
as a symbol of our dissatisfaction.
We request that recycling bins for
cans, glass, mixed paper, newspaper, and
perhaps compost and plastics be made
available and easily accessible in these
areas: all lhroo phases of the' dormitories,
in every building on campus and near

Red Square. Although some recycling is
offered in the Library, CAB, and the
Comer, the bins are usually overflowing
and often only cans and glass can be
recycled.
It is Evergreen's responsibility to
create an atmosphere conducive to social
responsibility. We must not just talk of
the ethics of a clean environment, we
must act now to create a cle.a.,
environment We can be reached at 8664650.
Jonathan Keyes
Shelley Joseph
Sbarin Horvitz
Teresa De Koker
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Chris Konig
Greg Kloehn

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Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment

Well it beats 43-man squamish all right
by Andrew Hamlin
FllMFAX: THE MAGA1lNE OF UNUSUAL F!LM
AND TELEVISION
ISSUE No. 22, SEPTEMBER 1990.

Alright, alright wo@! Someone who
is hip to Whit Bissell, I'm down for it!
(Noncaffinated readers please do not tum
the page; the secret to Whit Bissellness
stands revealed in subsequent fricative
assemblages--consult your "Newspeak
Dictionary" for a definition on that one.
Look up "protein spillage" too while
you're at it)
You know what wavelength this
magazine is on from the cover shot-Michael Landon in "I Was A Teenage
Werewolf," and a good shot it is too, oh
dear, is Mike losing his lunch or
fmishing it? And those are the worst
mittens 1 have ever--maybe Dan can
mock the shot up and I'll let you be the
judge. Anyway, if it's got fur, fangs, drill
killers, ponderous "let's save humanity"
speeches, if it's in black-and-white or
stoplight-density color ("Cauldron of
Blood," one of Boris Karloff's later lesser
pictures, fairly drips off the screen--bring
eggs and have a cheap Easter), if it's
banned in Boston, pissed on at Cannes,
or shown on big city tv between the
hours of eleven pm and seven am, these
guys know about it.
How much do they know? They
know lots. Yea plenty. Mark A. Miller
indicates, in his review of "Dr. Blood's
Coffin," that the doc "digs up Linda's
long-dead husband and restores his life
by installing a new heart. One can easily
accept this brand of science in an Ed
Wood, Jr. movie, but not in a film like
this one." So to truly dig the review, you
should understand that Ed Wood Jr.,
director of "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
and "Glen or Glenda?", is often regarded
as the worst film director of all time
(although Herschell Gordon Lewis, Ray
Dennis Steckler, William "One-Shot"
Beaudine and others share the slimelight)
and also that these guys draw distinctions
between different kinds of badfilm .
that
you
say?
One
What's
haphazardly written, woodenly acted,

shrieking
theramin-soundtracked
85minute hack is much like any other? Not
quite. You could lug home "They Saved
Hitler's Brain" and discover, as I did one
fateful Halloween night, that the title is
the best thing about this stinker. I mean,
bad can be bulldada (SubGenius tenn
meaning roughly, "so bad it's good"-Topo Gigio records qualify), but too
often you get too much bull for dada.
True, classic badfilm should be blissfully
blind to its own warts, but it's also gotta
have pustules worth popping. "Goke,
Body Snatcher From Hell" or "Zontar,
the Thing From Venus" might get your
rocks sticky, but they might also leave
you yawning, tapping your foot, and
trying desperately to work up a giggle
over 1950's teenage mating rituals. A real
stinker might not even have the mating
rituals--"Hitler's Brain" had a nice
woman, a nice man, and Nazis with bad
skin. Zz:z:zzzzzz ...
Clearly, a guide is needed, and while
this issue of Filmfax is short on vid
reviews, the book reviews refer you to
Richard
Skorman's
"Off-Hollywood
Movies," which looks fine and dandy to
me. The other articles preach to the
converted, but give enough background
,for the novice to catch up. Mr. Whit
Bissell, for example, played mad doctors
in both "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein"
and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf." In the
former film, he hypnotized Michael
Landon into sprouting fangs and chasing
female gymnasts; in the latter, he made a
monster from car accident victim body
parts, tossing leftovers to the alligators in
his cellar. "It was never explained how I
got that alligator pit into my house, but
you didn't have to explain things like
that in those days." Also interviewed is
Gene Fowler, who directed "Werewolf'
and the timeless "I Married A Monster
From Outer Space." (Q: "Is that your
dog in 'I Married A Monster'?" A: "Yes.
it was . Having dogs kill off the aliens
was probably the cheapest way we think
of doing it. ") Plus black and white
reproductions of the film posters, highcontrast eyeball leering you wish you
could have on a ...
...t-shirt! Close, actually, but no

"

/

_ _ ~"""' ....... ,

I

cigar--the t-shirt company advertising in
this issue doesn't carry images from
those fJ.lms, but you if you wanna be a
walking advertisement for "Deranged: The
Confessions of a Necrophile," step right
up with $14.50. (Picture a pair of female
legs hoisted upside down by a rope
around the ankles... "Pretty Sally Mae died
a very unnatural death! But the worst
hasn't happened to her yet!") Ads take up
yea space in this magazine, providing
endless access to films and other things.
Video Vault, Shock Theater, Blood Times
Video, and many others offer video
weirdies in American, British, Mexican,
and European flavors, plus early
television insanity like "Foodini the
Great," featuring the original Pinhead, or
"Quiz Kids," which is sort' of like
"Jeopardy" for prepubescents.
If your video library is full, don't
despair, you can stilI buy the special
limited edition "It Conquered The World"
monster model for a piddling thirty-three
sardinoos. ("Sterling silver? Hal I now
own a fucked-up plastic upside down ice
thing
with
headpin
cream
cone
coathangers and Lou Ferrigno pees! ")
AudioOddities can sell
you
live
recordings of Hitler and Tokyo Rose (not
together), plus old radio shows up the
ying-yang. And for the person on your
Christmas list who has everything, and I
mean everything ..."It's the OFfICIAL
AUTHORIZED FIGURE KIT - from
Edward D. Wood Jr. 's PLAN 9 FROM
OUTER SPACE!"
Translated into
English, this means you get a 12-inch
high replica of Tor Johnson, Daddy
Warbucks' crack-smoking brother, who is
very fat, very bald, and has no eyeballs.
"With SCENIC BASE, EERIE BOX
ART, and SCARY INSTRUCTIONS!"
I'd be scared to drop this Cucker,
personally--seventy-five dollars, plus $4
for shipping and handling.
Hey, I haven't even begun to discuss
the feature articles in here, like the indepth look at "Abbott and Costello
Meet. .. " movies by James L Neibaur, or
Thorn Sciacca's analysis of old Steve
Reeves movies (visual, but not too
abysmal). Charles Lee Jackson's history
of Dick Tracy, the second part of a two-

part article, is fascinating: the old movie
serials sound a lot more fun than the
Warren Beatty feature, and 1ackson takes
a well-deserved swipe at the UPA
animated cartoons from the early sixties.
Anybody remember those--"Dick Tracy
calling Joe 1itsu ...Dick Tracy calling Joe
Jitsu ..... ? (The first ~irty seconds ,of
each short never showed Tracy's mouth
moving, because that way they could use
the same piece of film over and over
again, and dub in the name of the guest
detective.
The "Crimestoppers Tips"
from that show resurfaced on MTV last
summer.) Want the original "Batman"
TV show theme for your hypnotism
party? It's just been reissued on CD, my
friend, with eleven other tracks including
"Mr. Freeze" and "Holy Diploma Batman,
Straight A's."
Boppy, bozoid, hippy hippy shake,
and most beano, says I. Drop the five
bucks and get the education you need in
immortal bulldada--to hell with Doctor
Who and Robotech and that new show,
Pin Tweaks or whatever, some of this
stuff is actually worth staying up all
night for. Listen. the fUCking Fungi from
Yuggoth are up there on Pluto right now
huddled around the spectroscope, and do
know what they're watching? Presidential
press conferences?
Iraqi propaganda
blasts? Nope, not even Escapade. They
groove on a blurry Whit Bissell intoning,
"Speak! You have a civil tongue in your
head. I know, I sewed it there." Channel
44 in San Francisco two-thirty to fourthirty am, baby. And now they want used
cars and 9OO-number babes like the rest
of us. "Good evening, Phone Pleasure ... "
"TIrgh"$@ " # puPK
RabaGRUTH!"
Andrew Hamlin listens to the sound
of sunlight.

Knock 'knock knocking on Mickey's puke
by Gordon Peterson
.
What to do with Michael Cimino?
The director that created "The Deer
Hunter" and then promptly nuked United
Artists with the megobuck bomb
"Heaven's Gate" can't seem to find a
comfortable niche. His films are long
and extensive works, often with inspired
photography, flirtiRg with brilliance, but
never quite jelling into the sustained tone
so important in an "epic" movie.
Now there's "Desperate Hours_"
Shorter in length and more meager in
budget, it marks the second collaboration
between Cimino and Mickey Rourke
("Year of the Dragon" was the fIrst).
Once again the director stumbles for a
style and once again Rourke looks like
an exhumed Ed Sullivan, stubbly and
sweaty, raspy voice and all.
Rourke seems to have a dread of
mainstream sympathetic roles and makes
no exception here.
He is Michael

Boswell, professional psychopath and
charmer, a type of outgoing Ted Bundy
making people miserable because it seems
the narural thing to do.
Boswell has escaped from jail with
he help of his beautiful but blond and
dumb (really) defense attorney. With two
henchmen, Boswell hides out in the
successfully suburban home of Nora
Cornell (Mimi Rogers) estranged from
lawyer
hubby
Timothy
(Anthony
Hopkins). Adding to all this suspense are
two Cornell children, a boy and a girl
(really). No dog or cat though.
At fIrst Boswell isn't too bad. He's
patient with his terrifIed hostages, a kind
of good humor psychoman. But as the
hours drag by desperately, Boswell's
demeanor deteriorates and he shoots and
stabs and kicks people for little, annoying
things like backtalk and escape attempts;
the kind of discipline terrorists and some
parents have raised to a high art.

Holly Near whooshes for "Sailor"
by Mark Winford
On "Singer In The Stonn," Holly
Near showcases very eclectic influences,
namely jazz, folk, gospel, and Latin
music. Recording all of the songs live
one night in Oakland, California and then
overdubbing additional ornamentation was
a smart move, for the most part, by Near
and co-producer Stephen Powers; it gives
the varied songs on "Singer In The
Stonn" a common foundation to build
from and also achieves the important
balance of live inspiration and studio
calculation.
.
Near is in her element when her
music is stripped down to the barest
essentials, so her voice can operate on an
intimate and emotional level. It is the
minimalist forays on the first side of
"Singer In The Storm" that are the
cornerstones of the album. The jazzy
shuffle "Sun Won't Stop" with John

Bucchino's lively piano sprinkles, Simeon
Pillich's crab-walking acoustic bass, and
Bobbye Hall's subtle percussion, is one
of the strongest tracks on the album and
will pull the most disinterested of
listeners into its groove.
"Te Doy Una pmcio" is one of the
three tracks on the album that are
completely sung in Spanish, but
monolingual listeners need not panic.
With
Bucchino's
piano
for
accompaniment, Near's voice builds to a
crescendo that breaks through the
language barrier to appeal on an raw
emotional level. The exquisite love song
"Don't You Worry" with just Nicolas
Brizuela's gentle, jazzy guitar achieves
the intimacy that all great ballads strive
for and the title track, which features
Melissa Etheridge on guitar, is also a
standout.
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heights as Nora must answer telephone
calls, talk off doorstep repainnen, and
fend off her daughter's boyfriend whose
truck and libido are both running on high
octane. She performs well and only gets
socked once in the chops for writing
"Help us" on the back of a cheque.
Anthony Hopkins is wasted in a part
totally below his skills. The poor man is
forced to look scared wllile acting brave,
and to perform mock heroics while
white-faced with fear. H~ gets no help
from Cimino, and is abandoned to his
fate with agonizingly long c1ru1e-ups.
Lines like "Get away from my wife!" and
"There's so many things I wanted to tell
you" don't help either.
While Rourke radiates boredom,
Rogers weeps, Hopkins gimmaces, and
the audience snoozes, only detective
Helen Chandler (Lindsay Crouse) comes
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the second side. "The Great Peace
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while both songs of great intention, are
overproduced: a choir and strings added
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melodramatic. However, when Argentine
superstar Mercedes Sosa and her 'band
team up with Near to cover Sting's
"They Dance Alone (Cueca Sola)," even
with synthesizers and all, they manage to
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Holly Near's voice has a respectable
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Mark Winford is studying opera, AT GOLDEN OLDIES, according to the
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Chandler pops up lOOking for Boswell
while barking orders to her fellow (7)
officers. ("Your orders are to wait for me
to give you more orders," she says.)
Even getting capped in the knee doesn't
stop this candidate for the Amazon
'
Squad.
,
Intermixed in all this drama is a
subject in the "Of Mice and Men"
category.
Boswell's associate Albert
(David Morse) is a big, thuggy halfwit
who tries to hide the corpse of a visitor.
In the pristine woods Albert meets his
maker courtesy of police justice. The
sad strings of music that have shellacked
the whole picture pull at the compassion
reserves like a sitcom laugh-track
hammering at the funnybone.
By the time this overlong and dull
Cimino neo-botch is done, the only
desperate hours have been the previous
two.
Gordon Peterson said he knew this
wasn't going to be easy.

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siQUELiTisu

IS Is Nirvana. Gee, I didn't know Nirvana only had three guys. you

Come to think of it, all I !mow about Nirvana is that the llmJted
of their album "Bleach" sells for way too fucking much in
Oh, here's the press kit ... Nirvana consists of guitarist Kurdt
extreme left, bassist Chris NOvicelik. center, and not of exuIItmler Chad Channings, extreme right. Their new drummer Is Dave
on SubPop, fuey're playing at the North Shore Surf
and It should be a evening of nyaaaah nyaaaah nyaaaah.
Peterson

by Sylvia Darko
Hollywood old-timers thought it was
cured, but Sequelitis is again ravaging the
movie industry. Highly contagious,
Sequelitis spread from studio 10 studio in
the 80's, with further attacks expected in
the 90's.
Sequelitis begins with deslruction of
the rare mineral, "Originalitium." This
destruction results in films bred and born
in litters, like "Die Hard 2," "Karate Kid
3" and "Superman 4." The litters
consume huge amounts of money, quickly
changing it into "Box Office Revenue" or
BOR. BOR feeds Sequelitis, which
destroys more originalitium, which breeds
more fIlm litters, and so on.
Sequeli tis has a serious side effect.
Film litters have small nutritional value
for audiences. Formulas set by firstborn
movies are repeated, slightly altered to
appear to contain originalitium. The result
may lack taste, but addicted fans return
for the next serving, hoping the
ingredient~ have improved.
"Star Trek" is a gooo example.
Trekkers have enjoyed a steady diet of
films and a "next generation" TV show
now entering its fourth season. True,
some of the food is junk, but Trekkers
have starved for so long that almost
anything will sustain them.
The last case of Sequelitis began in
the 1930's; influencing Tarzan, Dick
Tracy and even the great Sherlock
Holmes. By the 1950's, the effects of
Sequelitis left audiences with seven

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"Francis, The Talking Mule" films.
How serious is the C\l1Tent onslaught
of Sequelitis? Sir David Lean, latest
recipient of the American Film Institute
Award, devoted his acceptance speech to
the problem. On a night of tribute to the
past, the director of "Lawrence of
Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River
Kwai" pleaded with the film industry to
save its future.
.
A simple cure is in our hands. If
viewers give more money to films high
in originalitium, box office revenue will
no longer be available to feed film litters.
They will starve and die out, leaving us
free of Sequelitis once again. My regimen
begins with avoiding "Rocky 5." As a
life-long Trekker (not Trekkie, please) I'll
weaken for "Star Trek 6." After all,
going "cold turkey" wouldn't work.
Live long and prosper.
Sylvia Darko just mig/u own "The
Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy."

GARY
&
PAMELA:
"Folk/blues/originals" with Gary Wescott
and Pamela Cook, going on after Boots,
Barry, and Murray at 9 pm, the Latona
Pub, Seattle.
BOOTS, BARRY, AND MURRAY:
Is it Boots Randolph, Barry Sadler, and
Sunny Murray? Probably not, but what a
combo that would make. 5:30-7:30 at the
Latona Pub, Seattle (see address at
Saturday below). Cover is that same buck
or two.
NIRVANA COMETH:
Yes, it's
conflffi1ed. Nirvana plays in Oly tonight,
at the North Shore Surf Club (formerly
the Metro), 116 E. 5th downtown, 8:30
pm. Opening act not confirmed at press
time. Admission is $5.
LOOPED KESEY:
Okay, I was
wrong--Dr. Barry Commoner won't be
on forever. Beginning this afternoon,
Campus 1V Channel 3 will show a tape
of Ken Kesey lecturing on the Evergreen
Campus nobody seems to know how long
ago. This vid will run over and over until
late Wednesday or early Thursday, when
Ram Das comes on . to spell Ken.
Courtesy of the Evergreen Archives and
those insidious, hard-to-reach people
known only as Master Control. We got it
all on Campus 1V, Channel 3 in your
dorm rooms.

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The campus
chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous meets
from noon to 1 pm every Thursday. For
more info call the Counseling Center at
866-6000 ext 6800. (Meetings also held
on Fridays, see below.)

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Latona Ave. N.E., Seattle. Cover at the
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The
Marianne Partlow Gallery presents its
third exhibition
of paintings by
Washington artist Deborah Stafford,
tonight through November third. The
gallery will host an opening reception for
the artist from 5 to 8 pm tonight Gall.ery
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tonight The Christ Episcopal Church
Performing Hall, 5th S.W., and Pioneer
in downtown Puyallup. Circle, Line,
Square and Contra dances taught on the
spot, plus a dance workshop for
beginners starting a half hour earlier at
7:30 pili. $4 for adults, $2 for children.
Also, every Tuesday night is Victory
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starting at 7 pm. 25 different acts each
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Peekstock, perform "traditional folk with
hurdy gurdy, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin,
whistles, and vocals...French, Bulgarian,
Irish, British, and American tunes," at the
Crystal Star, Seattle (su address under
Baby Gramps on Saturday). Opening for
them are Tania Poland & Mark Geisler.
Call 782-3888.
AA MEETING:
The campus
chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous meets
every Friday from 7:30-9 pm. Call the
Counseling Center at 866-6000 ext 6800.

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THURSDAY

BLACK
AND
WHITE
PHOTOGRAPHY: Works by Northwest
photographers Paul G. Schaufler and Carl
Cook at Holt Galleries, 3825 Martin
Way, Olympia, today through November
2. Call 491-4992.

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SATURDAY

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MONDAY

AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL:
Evergreen's campus chapter of Amnesty
holds planning and letter writing meetings
today and every subsequent Monday and
Wednesday, 12-1 pm at the CAB
building second floor couch area. For
info, call Scott at 754-9180.
BREAST CANCER: Today is Breast
Cancer Awareness day, sponsored by the
TESC Counseling Cenler. Visit the
Center's table in the CAB for brochures
and an informational video on breast selfexaminations, info about Y-Me, an
organization of women who have
survived breast cancer, and more. Call
866-6000 ext. 6800.

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TUESDAY

WOMEN'S SUPPORT:
The
Counseling Center facilitates a Women's
Support Group 3:30-5 pm on Tuesdays.
Call 866-6000 ext 6800 for further info.

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WEDNESDAY

WHELLING RAPS:
The State
KID'S CONCERT: Jim Valley gives
Capital Museum's Brown Bag Lecture
a concert for ldds featuring "mime, singalong, dance, audience participation,
vocals and guitar," at 10 am this '
morning. The Christ Episcopal Church,
Puyallup (see address under Friday's
listings).

RAINFOREST ACTION GROUP:
Meets in the CAB Building, 3rd floor pit,
at 7:30 pm, today and every Wednesday.
"Join us ."

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THURSDAY

RICH JOSLIN:
This "original
thumbpicker" plays at 9 pm at the Latona
Pub, Seattle (see address above).
ENVIRONMENTAL ACllON: A
"Pathways of Environmental Action"
panel discussion, today 3-6 pm in the
Library Lobby. Includes representatives of
Earih First!, Sierra Club, American
Littoral Society, No Sweat, Black Hi~
Audobon, SPEECH, and WEC.

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STRANGERS WITH CANDY: No,
that's the name of a group. "Is it art?
What is the strange music these guys
play--folk, blues?" Don't look at me. The
Latona Pub, 6423 Latona Ave. N.E.,
Seattle, at 9 pm. Call 525-2238.

Introducing a
New Greenery on Campus

FREE MEDICAL: No-cost clinic
for children today, testing for the
following disorders: scoliosis, dislocated
hips, club feet, cerebral palsy, cleft lips
or palates, neuromuscular diseases, and
any kind of hand, leg, or back problems.
It's at Black Hills Community Hospital,
3900 Capital Mall Dr. S.W., Olympia, 14 pm. Sponsored by the hospital and the
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more information or an appointment, call
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Interested parties show up at 6 pm in the
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.'till
MIDNIGHTI" says the poster. "Jom us
for a peaceful study demonstration ... show
the school and legislature student's need
for more library time." No word yet on
who's putting this together, but it could
be interesting.

SUPPORT
GROUPS:
The
Counseling Center will facilitate or
sponsor a Childhood Sexual Abuse
3:30-5
pm
on
Support
Group
Wednesdays, a Self-Esteem and Recovery
Group meeting at the same time, and an
Adult Children of Alcoholics meeting
from 5:30-7 pm. Call 866-{j()()() ext. 6800
for meeting
locations and
other
inf()rmation.

WHEN
EVERGREEN SPEAKS!

BABY GRAMPS:
Seattle's most
unsinkable street musician next to
Richard Peterson, Gramps throws down
"hokum, novelty, ragtime, party blues,
and resonator guitar" (that sounds scary).
to the Crystal Star, 5445 Ballard N.W.,
Seattle. Call 782-3888.

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series welcomes Mary Ellen Whelling,
from Inquiring Minds andlor the
Washington
Community
for
the
Humanities. In the Coach House al the
State Capital Museum; 211 West 21st
Ave., Olympia, at 12:10 pm. For more
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Evergreen's Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan, from page 5
color poses a serious challenge to the
validity of the process and the DTF's
recommendations.
• Despite significant hiring successes
both in regard to the representation of
people of color and of people with
multicultura1 experience, we need to do
more to diversify our community. We
have not yet been able to expand
significantly the representation of people
of color in our student body, although we
are doing well in comparison to our peers,
and the results of the new admissions
policy look very positive so far.
·Cultural diversification (along with
other changes) is exposing some LCnsions
as we adjust. Sometimes it seems that
tolerance and civility are becoming less
prevalent. New
members of our
community are in need of extensive
support (such as time and opportunities for
collegial discussion) to son through their
experience of this distinctive community.
Experienced Greeners need the same time
and opponunity to absorb and assess what
they learn from new members of the
community. As new folks meet resistance
they wonder if Evergreen really wants
their expenise; "old timers" wonder
whether their abilities are valued any more
. and whether established community values
and methodologies as well as traditional
disciplinary contents have a place in the
new multicultural arena.
·Individuals need to be able to find
suppon from others who share similar
experiences,
issues
and problems.
Sometimes that suppon is hard to fmd
because there is no organized location for
it, because there is not yet enough cultural
diversity in the community, because the
time of people of color is spread too thin
over a wide range of campus activities
where their representation is needed and
because there is some resistance to
activities which can be inLCrpreted as
"separatist. "
·Cultural studies need to be organized
into identifiable segments of the
curriculum in order for prospective
students to fmd them, and in order to
provide the suppon that a separaLC
community of learning can provide. On
the other hand, cultural issues should be
critical to the whole curriculum. These
appear to be conflicting needs.
• What is the financial/resource cost of
all this? Do we need to grow to provide
the flexibility to diversify our community?
Where is the money coming from for the
retraining and the research we need to
make this change intellectually valid and
stimulating? Are we wearing ourselves out
in yet another enonnous initiative when
we can barely keep up with what we are
doing already?
• Issues of gender and class often
seem to be shunted aside in our eagerness
to address ethnic issues. For example, the
percentage of women faculty have
decreased in recent years. Also, the issue
of the class background of potential
faculty or staff has been difficult to
address in hiring procedures (although, for
the student body, we have been able to

give preference to fITSt generation college
students in the new admissions policy).
How do we address issues of gender and
class as well as race?
IV. WHERE DO WE GO FROM
HERE?
The following options are trial
balloons, ideas for starting a discussion of
where we should go from here in our path
toward multicultural community. We need
10 know from you: (1) Do these options
describe the options you would consi~r
for further action? (2) Are there other
i~as we should consider? (3) WlUch
options do you think are best or most
important?
Keep in mind: All these issues
translate into money. For every choice
made, budget requests, money-raising
priorities, and internal allocations will be
influenced!
The enonnity of the challenge to
create a multicultural learning community
is both daunting and exhilarating. It
requires a complete rethinking and reimagining of many aspects of our
community. For the purposes of the
planning process, the Planning Council has
decided to focus the discussion of such
complex issues on representation and
hospitality (a term which we recognize is
controversial). That is, for the purposes of
this planning discussion, a multicultural
learning community will mean: 1) that a
variety of cultures are represented at
significant levels both in the population of
faculty, staff and students and in the
content of the curriculum and 2) that we
provide a hospitable environment for
people of a variety of cultures.
Representation is supported by activities
such
as recruitment, hiring, and
admissions; hospitality is made possible
through the activities generally associated
with retention (for students) and quality of
worklife (for staff or faculty). The
following choices address how we want to
go about achieving both representation and
hospitality at Evergreen.
Choice I. What do we want the
collcge community to "look like" in the
year 201O? If representation and
hospitality are the two elements of
multiculturalism, to what specific groups
do we address these activities? A wide
range of groups have been included in
discussions of multiculturalism: people of
color, U.S. people of color, people from
any culture other than US-WASP
(including all non-U.S. folks), aU
disenfranchised groups (including women,
Vietnam veterans, the poor, the physically
and mentally challenged, lesbians and
gays, etc.). Which groups do we wish to
include in our definition of
multiculturalism?
Choice II. Once we have detennined
for which groups we wish to achieve both
representation and hospitality, the next
question is how to marshall our resources
to do so. We suggest two major
alternatives:
-Apply equal effort for each group
across the board with fewer resources
available for each group
·Apply extraordinary efforts to a
particular group or groups (in addition to

current, somewhat broadly distributed
services and efforts), establishing a
sequence by which we achieve significant
success with one group before going on to
another group.
Choice III. If extraordinary efforts are
to be applied to particular groups in
sequence, what are the criteria for
establishing such a sequence? Following
are some ideas. Which are most relevant
and imponant?
·Potential for impact on the college
community
• Potential for greatest service to· the
group
·Potential for successful recruitment
·Greatest use of existing Evergreen
strength
VI. APPENDIX
Following are specific strategies
which came up as a result of the campus
discussions held so far. They represent
examples of a variety of ways in which
the campus could implement the choices
outlined above. People of color were the
selected population to which these
examples are directed, but parallel services
and goals could be established for any
group selected. It should also be noted that
many of these ideas are already panially
initiated.
A. Strategies ror achieving
representation:
Note: In discussing a desirable goal for
levels of representation, the Planning
Council has often envisioned a community
in which 1) in seminars, three to five
students of color would usually be present
instead of being isolated in a largely white
arena (similar benefits occurring in teams
and work units) and 2) people of color
could choose to work together in
significant numbers within some situations
(such as First People's Recruitment, the
Tacoma program, native American
Studies, etc.)
without gutting
representation campus wide.
·Bridge programs with specific K-!2
schools
·Scholarships, financial aid
.lnternship and placement programs
·Hire recruiters for each major ethnic
group
·Develop consistent relationships with
diverse communities
·Develop recruitment internships for
students of color based on a partnership
model
·Assess curriculum for attractiveness to
specific groups; provide more obviously
culturally-oriented programs (such as
South Africa; African-American History;
Chicano Arts)
·Assure coverage of issues relevant to
color across the curriculum
•Do a needs and interest assessment of
potential students of color; design
programs accordingly
·Expand and suppon current on-site
offerings such as the Tacoma program and
community-based Native American
Studies; implement more such programs
·Establish sports programs which appeal to
urban people
·Change campus aesthetic and mascot
·Evaluate curriculum annually for
multiculturalism and develop plans for

curriculum for following years based on
that evaluation.
B. Strategies for hospitality:
·Review Evergreen teaching styles,
policies, practices, and reward systems for
differential negative impact on particular
groups of students (are seminars, potlucks, all-year programs, etc. more
problematic for some groups than for
others?)
and consider providing
alternatives.
• Write program covenants which
specifically address issues of cultural
sensitivity and
intercultural
communication. Involve students in the
writing of such covenants rather than
. presenting them with pre-prepared
documents for their signature.
·Openly recognize racism and establish
more accessible methods for addressing
incidence and training. Include the entire
community in responsibility to teach and
learn about multiculturalism. Support
discussions both among and within various
groups (for example, whites among whites
as well as with people of color). Make
student evaluations of faculty available to
new students so that they can make
informed choices about the sensitivity of
faculty they select.
·Seek ways to encourage the expression of
ideas from new community members to
old; reduce the tendency to expect new
members to be learners rather than
teachers
·Provide greater flexibility in team
assignments of new faculty of color and
for program reassignment for students in
recognition of the devastation racial
insensitivity can cause.
·Organize more campus· wide functions,
events, discussions around race and culture
issues. Work on shared definitions of
words like racism, democratic pluralism,
multiculturalism. Explore world views,
axiologies and epistemologies. Organize
events around critical issues such as "Does
equality threaten excellence?"
·Provide more (and more visible) suppon
systems for people of color (counselors,
grievance officers, mentors, suppon
groups, student groups, full-time staff for
student groups, etc.). Consider greater
centralization of existing services such as
recruiting and retention. Create an
ombudsperson or commiuee for all racerelated grievances.
•Establish ethnic-group· specific cultural
centers, such as the long-awaited
Longhouse, where people can gather to
build and maintain culture-based
communities
.Regularly and frequently, provide
learning opponunities such as racial justice
workshops and cross-cultural
communication training for staff, faculty
and students
-Support a social justice agenda and the
resulting time commitments of students.
.Explore ways to incorporate such service
into academic time so that the whole
community will be accountable for a
social justice agenda.
·Provide suppon for more individualized
faculty attention to students of color
·Continue to expand opportunities for
faculty development in areas supporting
multicultural learning.

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