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Do you feel safe on
campus? If not what
would make you feel
safe?
November 30, 1989
GREENERSPEAK
SAG plagued with problems
"1 feel safe because I'm big. I don't
blame other people for feeling unsafe,
because that's reasonable. I've been
thinking
about
slgnmg
up
for
Crimewatch, and I'm probably going to,
to help out the shorter and less fottunale
people."
Ryan Alexander Harris
"1 feel more safe here than a lot of
places. One of the things that would
make me feel more safe is if some of
the long dark stretches on campus were
liL Maybe if men who felt offended or
apathetic felt like they should be doing
something instead of just complaining
about how women are suspicious of
them and hale them all, which isn't
even true. The men who complain are
obviously being hurt by it because it
bothers them is some way."
Sheila Hammond
"I've never felt unsafe before. And I
know I've done some pretty foolish
things like walking around by myself late
at night. When I see those things on the
windows it's preuy scary, but I've never
felt threatened so I don't know what
would change it. I think they should pave
the entire campus and make it weU-lit.
Big lights. Little secret weapon arsenals,
stashed allover campus."
Camille Speck
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Volume 20 Issue 8
"I feel safe most of the time. Part of the
reason I don't feel s8Je is there's so
much area. Usually it's at night, where
no one would know if you were out
there...The campus is vulnerable to
anyone who wants to come here. A lot of
people who are looking for victims know
that it's a high concentration of young
people, young women. Maybe they
should have guard posts on each side of
the Evergreen Parkway, and give
everyone a psychological examination
before they come in. .. I think the escort
service is a good idea. The whistles were
a token idea but not very effective."
Andrea Swett
"Yes, I feel pretty safe on campus. I've
been stopped in F-lot while checking my
oil in my Volkswagen. Security thought
I was prowling the engine or something.
Once I showed them my keys and fired
it up they were satisfied. This campus is
probably safer than the community as a
whole. I think there's bigger and beuer
troubles to deal with than this ... this
madness that's been whipped up."
~ylaD Beal
from OFS page 12
fuzzy brows, his upper lip curls in a
permanent snarl. But when he rests his
cigareue on his trumpet and sings, the
notes paper-thin and wavering, you can
hear his soul pleading to be free of the
tired, abused body. If at all possible,
check out Let's Get Lost, the feature
documentary on Coot compleled just
before his death.
The animated shorts included Tim
Burton's funny and scary Vincent, Bill
Plympton's hilarious One of Tlwse Days,
and two from the Pixar Animation Group,
including Tin Toy, the first computer
animated short to win an Oscar. But the
real kick was Danny Antonucci's Lupo
the Butcher. Lupo enters stage left and
rants, "Son of a BEECH piece of SHIT
job, I QUIT, FUCKIN' I dunno ... " In
short order he slices several chops, hacks
off his own fmger--rips off his own
limbs, and collapses into a heap of
assorted cold cuts. His -head floats around
in limbo with tubes trailing out of it
while the credits roU. Lupo is shorter
than your average pop song, but it just
might be the best film of the festival.
The evening concluded with a rare
showing of Frankenweenie, Tim Buncn's
fIrst live-action film. It's the story of
young
Victor
Frankenstein,
who
reanimates his dead dog Sparky. The film
is a loving and meticulous parody of
James Whale's classic Frankenstein,
starring Boris Karloff. Buncn turns
Whale's rioting villagers with torches into
suburban neighbors with flashlights; a
miniature golf course windmill replaces
the original's full-sized model. Afler
Sparky dies a second time, the repentant
neJghbors form a circle with their cars
and revive him with jumper cables.
Whale's
film
ended
with
misunderstanding
and
blind
hate
triumphant Burton has a more optimistic
view of human nature.
Despite Buncn's subsequent track
record (Pee Wee's Big Adventure,
Beetlejuice, Batman), Frankenweenie was
pulled from distribution by Disney/Buena
Vista and is not available on video. It
deserves to be back in circulation. If you
missed it Monday night, it'll be shown
again with The 5.000 Fingers of Dr. Tat
3 pm Saturday the 18th.
Tuesday night the Festival premiered
Mapantsu/a, shot in South Africa but
edited in Britain and Australia. It stars
Thomas Mogot1ane
Panic, a township
gangster who gets mixed up in radical
politics.
As a gangster, Panic embodies
vanity, sliding his two-toned shoes around
the disco floor. He pickpockets, stabs
people, and shoplifts a suit by wrapping
the jacket and pants around his legs. But
as a prisoner, he grows to sympathize
with the townspeople arrested in a
demonstration. These are ordinary men,
not criminals like himself, and they sing
passionately in their cells, refusing to eat.
When shaken down and offered bribes by
the police, who know his record as a
tattletale, he is tempted, but refuses in the
end. He has acquired a conscience.
Mapantsu/a is a little long, but very
powerful. I hope it fmds widespread
distribution.
The festival's coming attractions look
just as impressive. - Mapantsula - plays
again at 9:30 this evening (Thursday). On
Friday Gelling It Right, shows at 5:15,
the silent fIlm Sunrise (with new score
composed and conducted live by Timothy
Brock) at 7:30, and the mm version of
Bruce Chatwin's On The Black Hill at
9:30. Saturday's features include Dr.
Seuss' The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (and
hopefully
Frankenweenie)
at
3,
Thelonious Monk.: Straight No Chaser, a
documentary about the great jazz pianist.
at 5:15, and at 7:15 Cold Feet, a Wild
West road picture that might be the film
Alex Cox's Straight To Hell wanc¢ to
be. Jan SvankmaJer: Alchemist of the
Surreal, a sampler of the animator's
work, finishes out the evening at 9:30.
Films of interest on Sunday include What
Ever Happened To Baby Jane? at 1:00
and Rope of Blood, a feature fIlm made
by greeners, a1 5:15. Rope of Blood's
producer Gregg Osborn, now a graduate,
wiD inttoduce the film.
For more complete information, call
the Capitol Theatre a1 754-6670.
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onanism [prob fro NL onanismus, fr Onan, son of Judah,
whose disobedient act is described in Gen 38:9] MASTURBATION,
COITUS
INTERRUPTUS,
SELFGRATIFICATION. (or, in
Aaron Joshua BauschGreene's ''The Onanist," SAFE
SEX.)
'. There is no disagreement
that the present space is a poor
excuse for an art gallery. But
with space at a premium on
campus, finding an alternative or additional space on campus has been difficult. The
spring SAG committeerecommendation was to use CAB
104, but this space was set
aside as a smoking area by the
1989 Smoking DTF, and is
used_as-an eatin,g area, as well.
All art submitted will be reviewed by the SAG selection
committee, comprised of at
least four students, which will
make the decision to display
the work or not. If any member
of the committee expresses
concern over potentially inappropriate material, the Visual
Environment Group (VEG)
will be approached for input.
In December of 1973 EAC
174-136-610 outlined the purpose of the Visual Environment Group, which included
overseeing art display spaces
on campus. The VEG l\istory
was sporadic, and by 1981 it
had ceased to exist except in
the EAC. Reformation of the
VEG is essential to the effectiveness of the SAG's new
policies.
The spring SAG committee
proposed a five-point criteri.a
which outlines the responsibilities of an artist who wishes to display work in the SAG.
The list is prefaced by a note
stating that "submissions may
be subject to additional criteria
established by the current
SAG staff."
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Correction Requested
Student Art 53allery display case remains empty ~ft~J last years controversy.
protest was the agreement that no replacement
by Scott A. Richardson
For several months the Student Art Gallery Student Groups Advisor would be hired until students could reorganize S & A to gain control of S &
(SAG), the display cases in the CAB first floor area.
has been a home for events flyers, rent notices. and A funds and positions.
A September agreement reached between stufaded remnants of last spring's SAG shambles.
Recently some new artifacts have found the1rway dents and the Director of Student Activities, Kathy
into the space: theAIDS death tolland photographs Ybarra made it necessary for each Student Group
of 320 victims published in the Bay Area Reporter.
to locate a faculty member or staff person for a
These items relate to the controversial assemblage volunteer advisor. Hiring of student coordinators
for the various groups would then be possible, and
of photographs entitled "'The Onanist" which was
ordered removed from the SAG display cases last groups then would begin to operate.
But when eight weeks of this academiC year
February.
Emotions ran high during the days following the passed without any SAG supporters able to find an
removal of last winter's exhibit. Proponents offree advisor, the problem was brought to the Student
expressIon deCried the action while offended CAB Union which, after some discussion, referred the
users lauded the move and opposed the exhibition matter to committee.
To clarify their goals the SAG Action Committee
of any similar display In the public space.
met with Stone Thomas and the Kathy Ybarra. A
Dean of Student Develop~ent Stone Thomas,
who directed SAG coordinator Vince Brown to historical perspective and a current assessment
remove the display, placed a moratorium on any were ascertained and an advisor, Assistant Dean
future exhibits until a process for selection of art Jose Gomez, was located. The coordinator hiring
was developed which would be more Inclusive of the process now has begun.
members of the Evergreen learning community.
A happy ending? In part. A preliminary decision
(Brown had been, in essence, a one-man jury for the was made by last spring's SAG committee: no art
could be hung in the existing SAG space until
controversial artwork.)
To rectify the situation Brown created an ad hoc problems with policy. criteria, and space were
SAG committee to address the range of issues in- resolved.
volved. For three months the cross-constituent
Several of those involved in the deCision have
committee investigated process, criteria, space. been reached for comment during the past two
and the Visual Environment Group (VEG).
weeks. The extreme view-no new space, no art-is
Recommendations were forwarded to Stone still held by many. Even those supportive of hangThomas at the end ofMay, the committee dissolved, ing art in the present space while the search for an
and the academiC year ended~ No action on the alternative or additional space is underway desire a
issue was taken during the summer.
concrete commitment from the administration that
such
a space will be found.
Meanwblle a certain amount of chaos 'was
created in the Services and Activities (S & A) office.
It is within this framework that the new ac;lvisor
The May 26 firing of Student Groups Advisor Ted and coordinator of the Student Art Gallery must
Hong. who had been lnstrumenta1in cementing the - begin to work. In addition, Stone Thomas is extemporary SAG committee, preCipitated a well- pected to hold a community forum for discussion of
publicized student protest. Part of the result of that the SAG issues in January.
World AII)S Day promotes education
President Joe . Olander was chosen by the
United States Olympic Committee to represent
the United StaleS aI the Chinese Taipei Olympic
Academy Conference in Taiwan on November
26.
Olander Will uked to give a lecture about the
philosophy and ideals of"Olympism," a concept
he describes as bringing a person's soul, body,
and mind together in harmony.
'm effect. the ideals of Olympism empower
people, whether they are elite athletes, children
soccer players, or people who work 9-to-S behind a desk," says Olander.
Olander is a member of the Education Committee of the USOC, and Evergreen hosted the
USOC 1989 Olympic Academy Conference last
lune.
The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee's
Olympic Academy is similar to the USOC's
annual conference. Both gather international
leaders of sport, athletic administrators,
coaches, athletes and interested individuals, to
discuss important issues, analyze past Olympic
events, and make suggestions to guide the future
of the Olympic movement.
On Thursday, December 7, at 12:00 noon in
the Library Lobby, The Evergreen community
will be welcoming Rabbi Mama SapsawilZ to
town. Mama was recently hired by TempleBeth
Security Blotter
Monday, November 13
0917: The Housing Community Center
Pepsi machine cord was found cut.
Tuesday, November 14
1635: TESC Security assisted Washington
State Patrol at a vehicle fire on lile
Parkway near Highway 101 and Mud
Bay Rd.
Thursday, November 16
A female living in lile dorms complained
of harassing telephone calls from an
unidentified male.
Friday, November 17
0032: I female and 3 or 4 males were in
the Library on skateboards. They lOOk a
broom from a worker, but it was
returned.
2125: A deer carcass was found by
Driftwood Rd.
Monday, November 20
2059: A handicap door button was
broken off. A Coke machine was found
unplugged.
Tuesday, November 21
2339: Four people were found in the
tunnels.
Saturday, November 25
0236: The cord of an emergency elevator
phone was discovered missing.
Sunday, November 26
1652: A camera was reported stolen from
A dorm.
HIIfi1oh, the locallYJlllogue.
Rabbi. Sapsawitt will be givin& a le6ture at
the time previously stated. The title is, "A
woman Rabbi's perspective: Reconstructing
Religious doctrines to Adapt to Modem Times."
The point of tile day is to introduce Mama to the
Evergreen community.
.
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THEREPORE the eve of the GorbachevIBush Summit there will be a demonstration for Easr/West SoUdarity.at Sylvester P.arlc
at 2 pm on Friday, D«;cember 1. People will
gather there and then march up the west side of
Capitol Way to assemble on the steps of the state
Capitol.
BE IT RESOLVED that The Srupent Union
stands in solidarity with the peoples of Eastern
Europe in their struggles for greater freedoms,
recognizes that it would be in the best interests
of the United States to divert the expenditure of
money for obsolete armaments to the rendering
of humanitarian assistance to the peoples of both
the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, md does
hereby endorse students at TESC to attend the
rally and march to occur on December I in
support of these beliefs .
Rabbi Sapsawitz was ordained last spring at
the ReconslrUctionist Rabbinical College in
PhiladelphiL Reconstructionism is the only sect
of ludaism that has been founded in the United
States. It'l focus is to cater to the needs of Jews
in a changing world- to take feminism. intermarriage, md all of the contemporary issues that
effect OUT lives into consideration. Please help
the community in welcoming Rabbi Sapsawitz.
There will be a designated time after the lecture
to meet and talk with the Rabbi. If you have any
questions, call X6493
During lile past two weeks graffiti
was found near A dorm mailboxes, at
several locations in lile Library, oulside B
donn, at lile C lot bus stop area, and on
several road signs in the area.
Fire alarms came from t4e cAB on
lile 13lil (faulty smoke detectot), Lab I
second floor on the 16th (agar on a hot
plate), and from D dorm on lile 23, 24,
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nonprofit organization dedicated to the
future of our planet, has announced lile
recipients of the 1989 Beyond War
Award, The three award winners
exemplify the cooperative effOits of
people around the world who share the
vision of\ humanity's common future.
They are:
The Carter Center - for its
continuing dedication to the peaceful
resolution of conflict and the synergism
of individual actions to solve world
crises. The Center, founded ill 1982 by
former U.S. President and Mrs. Jimmy
Carter, initiates projects which spur
local efforts and individual action to
address global problems.
Neve Shalom/Wahat ai-Salam - for
demonstrating a model of cooperation
in the midst of one of the world's
most threatening conflicts. It is a
·cooperative village in Israel where
Jews and Palestinians of Israeli
citizenship
live together as a
demonstration of peaceful co-existence.
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I would li1ce to urge Thurston
County residents to make their voices
heard in support of the federal child
care legis1ation now before Congress.
For the past three years child care
advocates have worked with members
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1bxic art supplies?
PIRGs clean up count
by Knoll Lowney, WasbPIRG
What do toxic an supplies have to do
with your tuition statement?
In the early pan of the 1980s a
group of students worlcing with the
California Public Interest Research Group
(CalPIRG) released a study which
documented the health risks associated
with certain an supplies.
Despite strong evidence suggesting
that some of these chemicals cause
cancer and other acute and long-term
health effects, many lacked health
warning labels and others were being
sold to public school dislricts where they
were being used by children as young as
five years old.
The survey made a powerful lobbying
tool which allowed Cal PIRG to pass a
law through the California Legislature
regulating toxic art supplies, requiring
stricter labeling, and banning them from
public schools.
In the following years, PIRGs
throughout the country produced similar
reports and passed even stronger
legislation. Then in 1986, USPIRG, the
National lobbying office of the Slate
PIRGs, began lobbying in Congress fot a
National toxic an supplies law, and won.
Unlike most progressive National
lobbying offices, USPIRG does not set its
own Congressional lobbying agenda; it
exists solely to complement the work that
is being done by state PIRGs.
One way it does this is by turning
laws that have already been passed by a
few state PIRGs, like the toxic an supply
law, into National legislation.
USPlRG also works to fight laws in
Congress that include pre-emptions that
would weaken or prohibit stronger state
laws. For example, George Bush's
recently proposed pesticide regulations
contain a state pre-emption which would
override California's stronger laws, and
would invalidate the regulations that
WashPlRG will help introduce in the
1990 Washington State Legislature. Most
environmental organizations including
USPlRG oppose Bush's pro~sal.
Finally, USPIRG works to pass
legislation which deals with problems that
can not be solved effectively on a state
level. Currently our · campaign to
strengthen and renew the Federal Clean
Air Act fits this description; it would be
almost impossible to contain air toxies,
urban smog, and acid rain through state
laws alone.
In addition to the above issues;
USPIRG lobbies on safe energy/antinukes, toxic waste clean up through the
Federal Superfund, banking reform,
consumer protection, product liability, and
ozone protection.
Although it is not easy to be
successful in Washington D.C. with such
a progressive agenda, USPIRG has built
the largest multi-issue lobbying staff in
the Capitol and has had some successes.
These successes have resulted
primarily because USPIRG has accessed
the grassroots strength of all of the state
PIRGs which include over one half
million citizen and student members and
125 campus chapters.
This grassroots support, mobilized in
coali~on.
with
other
progressive
organlZatlons, allows USPIRG to take on
special interests.
It is essential that students be able
to have our voices heard in the Nation's
capitol. For some of use this results from
simply supporting WashPIRG; others
decide to intern directly willI USPIRG.
These internships are a great
opportunity to work with some of the
Nation's top public interest and
environmental lobbyists, while at the
same time increasing the accomplishments
of our National lobbying office.
USPIRG is just one more reason to
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WashPIRG exists because students have
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through a waivable fee on our tuition
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In the beginning of January, students
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Europe. The proposal, mtroduced by Brendan W I'll'uuns, states "that·It would be'10 the
best interest of the United States to divert
A group of students and faculty
members are currently exploring a prelaw program at Evergreen. The course
could be full or part-time. and would be
intended for those intending to take the
LSAT and go to law school, in addition
to students interested in other areas of
worle.
In order to set the program in motion
by Winter quarter, students must express
interest in joining. Any students interested
in participating in a pre-law offering at
Evergreen either . Winter or Spring
quarter, call Paul at 491-6399.
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the expenditure of money for obsolete armaments to the rendering of humanitarian
assistance to the peoples of both the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe."
To further show solidarity with the
peoples of Eastern Europe in their struggles
for greater freedom the SU calls for
Evergreen students to attend a rally and
march to take place on December 1. '
In order to maintain the integrity of the
SU decision-making process, Mark Sullivan brought a proposal to require any
member of the SU to abstain ~ voting
on any proposal which.w ould be considered
a conflict of interest for that member. The
SU encountezed difficulty in detennining
what conditions might be considered "conructof interest," andevenl\lally referred the
matter to 8 committee chaired by Sullivan.
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Opinion
Notes from
Joe
by Joe Olander
Evergreen has evolved from a "flaky"
institution grounded in a doctrine of radical
negatives (no grades, no tenure, no football,
etc.) to a nationally-heralded college with a
philosophy of teaching and leaming that is
admired and sometimes emulated at other
institutions. Evergreen's highly successful Washington Center for Improving the
Quality of Undergraduate Education acts as
this state's consultant and clearinghouse in
helping other institutions (from the University of Washington to Centralia Community College) create learning
communities on their campuses. And
more and more of the criticism aimed at
higher education from state and national
opinion-shapers and policy-makers focuses
on traditional practices that our founding
faculty rejected at Evergreen's conception.
Why stop with reforming higher education? We hear several urgent cries for radical reform of !he K-12 system in !he wake
of "A Nation At Risk." Advocates for
reform range from the Washington
Roundtable (an organization composed of
!he major corporate citizens in our state) to
the Washington Education Association (the
teacher's union). Education has become a
major theme in campaigns for political office. Further, advocates for reform are
looking beyond testing seniors before
graduation or solidifying a basic curriculum. In short, the stage is set for
Evergreen to make an important contribution to improving our schools in a way !hat
will most directly affect !he quality of K-12
education: the preparation of teachers.
TESC has come a long way in its quest
to assist those within our region who wish
to become teachers. We have been partners
wi!h both the University of Puget Sound
and wi!h Western Washington University,
and have learned enormously from these
partnerships. We now plan to take responsibility for our own Initial Certification program by 1991. Because we recognize the
value of raising the status of the teaching
profession and of attracting mid-career
professionals into teaching, we hope !hat
our independent Initial Certification program will fall under the uml5rella of a
Maste~ in Teaching degree offering.
One exciting milestone in our quest has
just been reached. The Higher Education
Cuordinating Board (HECB) has unanimously approved our plan to begin a Master
in Teaching degree program, which could
possibly begin as soon as the fall of 1991.
Fur!her, in approving our plan, the chair of
the HECB publicly praised the quality of '
our proposal.
The next and equally crucial stage will
be to seek additional funds from the Legislature to support launching of the M.LT.
degree. To that end, the college has requested the first phase of start-up funding
within the Supplemental Budget to be considered by the Legislature beginning
January 8. We will also request funding
. during !he regular budget cycle.
The college should be proud of the
progress of teacher education at Evergreen.
Over a dozen of our faculty and over two hundred students have been involved in the
current undergraduate program. The
master's degree program will build on !hat
foundation, and will continue to include the
elements of teaching and learning that have
long marked the Evergreen approach:
coordinated studies, team teaching, emphasis on original sources, and substantial
opportunity to practice in the field.
Letters
Poetry guilty of anthropOcentrism
Flag distracts from problems
by Carol B, Hall
Remember the presidential campaign of 1988? If you ask most
people today what was the main
issue of that campaign, many will
say, "The Pledge of Allegiance."
Yes, the main topic of the campaign that landed George Bush in the
White House was the Pledge of Allegiance, and whether or not it
should be required in the public
schools.
Every time Bush appeared on the
news, he was talking about
patriotism, the flag, and the Pledge
of Allegiance. And he was busy accusing the Democrats and their candidate, Michael Dukakis, of being
unpatriotic because they opposed
mandatory recitation of the Pledge
in schools.
Of course, there were many other
issues that those candidates could
PolitiCians have
always preferred to
keep the masses
preoccupied with
trivial issues, while
they do absolutely
nothing about real
issues that affect
our lives.
have, no, should have, been debating
in 1988 - the budget deficit, poverty,
homelessness, education, the
defense budget, child care assistance, and on and on.
Instead, Bush and his campaign
crew decided to take the low road
and focus on one simplistic issue
designed to appeal to middle
America's preoccupation with
"patriotism. "
This year, we have a slight variation on the same theme: desecration
of the American flag. And just like
the Pledge of Allegiance last year,
this flag stuff is succeeding in distracting people from some really
serious problems in our society that
desperately need our attention.
Problems that threaten our environment and even our lives.
Problems like racism, poverty,
homelessness, and the destruction of
oUr environment on land and water.
In response to a recently-passed
federal law prohibiting desecration
of the Americar. flag, college students are burning flags and engaging
It's time to stop
burning flags and
start looking at the
real issues and
problems in America
today.
in heated debates over the right to
burn or walk on the flag.
Protesters for and against the new
law vigorously voice their opinions
on patriotism and the flag outside
courthouses across the nation.
And undercover FBI agents
swann around these demonstrations
collecting names and photographs
of those who violate the new federal
law to protect the flag. This law, a
favorite child of Mr. Bush, was the
center of attention in recent weeks.
And this is true by design, not.coincidence.
Politicians have always preferred
to keep the masses preoccupied with
trivial issues, while they do absolutely nothing about the real issues
that affect our lives. But this
phenomenon was worse than ever in
the 1980s, thanks to Reagan, Bush
and the Republican Party.
While the federal government is
in the mood to pass laws to protect
things, wouldn't it be nice if they
would pass laws to protect
Americans from racist attacks in our
streets, or to protect children from
hunger, poverty, or a poor education. I can think of many different
issues that should upset Americans
much more than flag desecration.
The American flag is a nice symbol for some people, but let's face it,
folks, the flag never put food on a
• A !hankseiving ~em entitled "Po~t of
VIew, .1?Y EdwardMartm mwas reatured mthe
l~t ~~on of ~e C~I ~ov. 16 '89). Reading
~s P1w.: was like ~g • boUle or syrup of
Ipecac ...11 left me feelmg so queasy that I was
compelled 10 respond in some ~r. .
F?r all who had the luck of mwmg Mr.
Martin m's poem, I'll briefly recap its theme.
(Advice to those of you with weak sromachs:
hungry child's table, paid the rent for
a poor family, cleaned up our environment, or provided medical insurance to a low-income mother.
The powers that be are happy
when citizens are at each other's
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I just thought perhaps any
good Americans would like to
hear about another ongoing act of
flag desecration - namely the
American flag, at the front of McCann Plaza.
Not only is this flag filthy. tattered and flown in bad weather,
but I have reason to suspect is
isn·' t exactly taken down properly
every night, some nights, on any
nights for that matter.
Since 'Insecurity' has shown
Page 6 Cooper Point Journal November 30, 1989
such virtue in promptly reporting
alleged student desecrations to
the F.B.I., surely they should
have denounced long ago this
disgrace perpetuated by the laziness/inefficiency/poor patriotism
of the Evergreen administration_
As the 'strong ann' (forlack of
a better tenn) for the administration, it seems 'Security' has fallen asleep on watch - for surely
the trustees would not stand for
such a disgrace, as long as someone told them about it.
pro::c .
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ANTHROPOCENTRISM ...now there s a
$20 word for youl This poem reeks or it. Basi·
cally, it's our society'. dominant penpective.
seeing everything in the universe only in tenns
of human values.
"OUR land," ''OUR ~al resources," etc.,
etc. ad nauseam. "Heck, SInCe we huml1I1l are at
the lOp of the food pyramid, naturally the lower
critters will be lu1ppiestinourbelliesl" (After all,
as Martin suggests, !hat', why the Creator put
them here).
I believe ~!his Pllladigm is wrong, and that
LotdMan will need 10 step down from his throne
and start approaching things more holistica1Iy, if
the rich diversity of life which this pllll1et is now
blessed with is 10 be expected to continue for
long.
.
I guess what offends me most about Martin
m' 5 poem is that it perpetuates The Big Lie of
anthropocentrism. Were Holocaust Iews thankful that their deaths served 10 please the Nazi
scum? Somehow, I rather doubt it.
Sure, people lIle probably going to continue
10 celebrate Thanksgiving in years 10 come.
and
ror even today we have much
to be thankful fo;. I recognize that fOT many
people, eating adead bird is an important. deeply-ingrained part or !his holiday'. ritual.
I can live with that. But please. let's stop
painting everything with a brush made by
Hallmarkl Cheery milles are drawn on doomed
Thanksgiving turkeys 10 ease our discomfort
with murder. This is not reality.
I don't know whether or not reincarnation is
for real, (and I'm in no big hurry 10 find outl)
Like agood Greener, I try to keep and open mind
about such maltels. IF indeed the Buddhists and
the Hindus have got this thing right. them I think
it would be very tilting if Mr. Edward Martin m
were 10 spend his next life as an unfortunate
Thanksgivingturkey .. .raisedatasqualidfactory
farm. and destined for a "comforting" ovenl
Scott Yoos
this is agood thing
Discolor race education
Recently I conducted a tour ofTESC
for some Upward Bound students who
were interested in applying for admissian. During lunch we met with First
Peoples' Advising and PeeiSupport for
a discussion on what it is like for a person of color here at TESC. We were a
group of ten women, eight of whom
were First Peoples.
From personal experience a women
was discussing what it was like to be the
only person of color in a seminar, to
always be singled out and to be called
upon to be spokeswomen for a whole
race.
.• 'Even before she could describe her
feelings and experience a young white
man sitting at the end of our table asked
to join the conversation. He expressed
his desire for people of color to talk
about their experience so that he could
have the opportunity to know of another
race.
He pleaded that it was important that
he ask questions of a person of different
race so that people like himself could
become educated. He acknowledged
~at a person in that situation might feel
Uncomfortable but stressed the importance to taik anyway.
I felt angry with this ''nice'' young
man. Why does my race assume that our
ignorance needs to be erased by those
we confess ignorance of!
People of color have never been
mute. They have spoken loud and clear
in many different fonns about who they
are and their culture. It has been written,
spoken, acted, lived and reponed. We
just have to open our eyes and ears. It is
our responsibility to learn about our
world and the people in it.
This young man felt comfortable addressing this group of women he did not
know. He didn't even see this as an
example of a privilege he was brought
up with. A difference for him, a white
male, that he was taught in hundreds of
subtle ways.
He meant no hann. Yet it saddens me
that a person of color here on campus,
struggling with all the issues a student
faces, has the extra burden placed on
them by a dominate white culture, that
they must be the sole educator of others
on issues of race.
Fran Williams, Upward Bound
Counseling Coordinator
Flag desecration was ethical
throats over some distracting, contrived issues, rather than putting the
heat on those in power for some
meaningful and much-needed changes to society. It's time to stop burning flags and start looking at the real
issues and problems in . America
today.
Campus guilty of desecration
by Dylan R. Beal
SlOp Reeding Herel)
. The piece presents a twisted view ora dead
turkey'. thoughts, as it sits roasting in an oven,
and ~en hiler. at a table. berore ~e TlwWgiv~
feastmg .be,lllJl5. An mterestmg concept. I II
~t. bu~ one which I believe is grollly faulted
mthe telling.
.
Incredibly, the bird is giving thanks for his
present situation throughout the entire narrativel
It became appar~t to me that ~~ author must
never have been WItnesS to the Idlling of another
sentient. vertebrate being: (with the exception or
fish ••. but they don't really coWJt. since as any
Fool knows, fish don't scream. and therefore it
s~ 10 reason that they lIle incapable of feeling
pam).
This naivete is the only way I can account
for the poem's callous and short-sighted aph
I ask, nay, I demand, that
Security (or anyone the administration sees fit to appoint)
show the respect due our flag by
flying it in proper condition,
briskly hoisted every morning,
and or kindly refrain from the
contemptible knavery and
hypocrisy of accusing others of
doing what they do through their
own neglect. · Or they can turn
themselves in to the FBI.
Darrel Riley wrote in last weeks CPJ that it is unethi- did his performing in a dark, empty closet. Now that
cal to put our college in jeopardy without first discuss- wouldn't make much sense would it?
Another thing you should understand is that our
ing the issue with the Student Body and the
Administration. This I agree with, for example: If country is in a whole lot of trouble. We are a sick,
Security had gone and purchased weapons without scared nation that refuses to face reality. We elect
clearance, we as a Campus would have had to taken politicians that have no vision.
action against that orWe trust bastards who know only that the cheap
ganization.
choice will keep them close to the big-wig money.
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~owever, I find your
mongers who really call the shots. Yes this angers ~e,
I've been looking over my copies of Slightly West, both Winter and Spring. Why
VieWS on flag desecra- and I am not alone. There are plenty more flag burrnng
do Ifeellike I've been had?
tion to be insubstantial, freaks out there who couldn't agree more.
Check out the Sligh~y. West Winter editorial statement ... "We've received a
especially as the inI don't have a problem with you man I have a
record number of SUbmiSSIOns and we read them all. Whew." I'm surprised it didn't
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go on to read, "and then we published ourselves as many limes as we could!"
dlvldual mvolved In this problem WIth your attitude.
The ~torial statement in Slightly West Spring "It's a tight little bugger" is even
incident came forward
Eric sent this campus a challenge but judging from
mO~~Il~:des h t ts bl' hed
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to claim ownership of the way this incident, and others, have been handled,
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Shghtly West only for mmonbes? Gays? How about ladies over forty? Those of us
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WhoWdidn't evt;n rate a.rejecti~ slip would l~e to kn.ow.
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But I'll tell you this' If! spend my hard earned cash
. ould havmg the nght relatives help? Let s face It. We already know It's a cmch
if you're on the board.
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Pamela Patterson
how could the College on an american flag then I'm damn well gonna do what
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by Chris Bader
James Johnson, a Tacoma man who
refuses to divulge his address, told his
strange story to the Seattle P.I. in 1974.
The Johnson family had , just purchased a home in Tacoma, when their
dog began barking at a "small aperture"
which had appeared in the lawn.
Johnson ran a fifty-foot long sewer
cleaner down the hole, but never
reached bottom.
A city engineer tested the hole and
pronounced it 31 feet deep. He told
Johnson that it was an old well and
recommended that he fill it. Johnson
complied, throwing "164 tires" into the
hole.
Johnson decided to research his
house and the "mystery hole". He found
that the original owners had dumped
marble down the hole in 1920 but an
explosion of some sort "blew everything out".
Another owner of the house claimed
that his father had lowered a bucket and
rope down the "well," and that something had "yanked the bucket out of his
hands".
By June, the tires Johnson had
thrown into the hole had s'Ulk down
many feet Johnson invited th~ Cascade
Grotto of the National Speleological
Society to investigate his yard. The
Society also suggested that the mystery
shaft was an old well.
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The Society did find, however,
several "egg-shaped objects" which
"defied identification."
Does some sort of paleolithic Godzilla live und,e r Mr. Johnson's yard?
Some think that the hole is part of an old
smuggling network for Chinese
laborers.
Johnson himself thinks it may be an
underground river, but also says that he
would never go down there alone.
(The title of this column has been
changed to Another Washington as it
shall be knownfrom now on. Quotes are
from Jim Brandoll's Weird America.
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Confessions of a Browns fanatic
However, being a Cleveland Browns
"Hi. My name is Tim Gibson ("HI, fan bears its price; a price "that's paid
11M!!" chorused the smoke-filled room), with heart-wrenching dissapointments and
and I'm ...a Cleveland Browns fanaticl"
year after year of "close but no cigars."
It's true. I wn. Unfortunately, there
Here's the hard facts: The Cleveland
exists no organization like AA, ACOA,
Browns have not won an NFL
NA, or any other A, to help. And I just
Cluimpionship since the mid-60s (before
might need help. You see, I take
the Super Bowl even existed.)
Cleveland Browns pro football seriously.
Since the institution of the Super
Not only wn I the one you've noticed
Bowl, the Browns have had a .641
in the Community Center or A-dorm
winning percentage -- the highest of all
screaming at the oblivious television on
teams that have never been to the ,Super
Monday Nights, but the miscues that
Bowl and higher than most teams that
have cost my team the stardom and
have.
recQgnition they so truly deserve still give
In the 1980s they 've been to the
me random pangs and night sweats.
playoffs six times, and the APC
, Cleveland is a working class town,
Chwnpionship gwne twice but have never
made it to the Big Gwne.
and likewise, the Browns are a working
class football team. Like the Cleveland
But the facts don't do the emotions
sky, their uniforms sport colors of orange
involved the justice they deserve. A list
and brown, and their plain helmets hold
of horrors is quite compelling.
no dainty liule logos like those other
In 1980, top-rated QB Brian Sipe
NFL teams.
.
throws an interception in the opposing
Mot,OOver, at Cleveland, Municipal
end zone , with six seconds left on the
,Stadiu!D. ' an ancient,. ' .:.grBss,sQlfaced,
clock to give the Oakland Raiders the
gO:dOO':seat' monolith labeled "dte mistake
victory in a divsional playoff game in
by
lake" by some obviously jealous
which the Browns were favored to win.
out-of-towners, you'll find no cute
In 1985, the underdog Browns blew
mascots and absolutely no giggling a 21-3 halftime lead in the last seconds
cheerleaders.
to Dan Marino's Miami Dolphins.
, But, of course, at the center of
In 1986, the Browns are up by
Cleveland Browns football are the fans.
seven with under two minutes left to go
While spectators throughout the in a game where the winner earns a trip
stadium have been known to strip down to the Super Bowl. The Denver Broncos
in snow blizzards and paint their bodies march 98 yards in 1:30 seconds to tie
orange, the highest concentration of drunk and go on to beat the Browns in
working-class fanatics can be found in overtime.
the "dog pound".
In 1987, Cleveland's running back
Located at the end of the stadium
Ernest Byner lunges across the end zone
with the lake to their back, residents of with under two minutes left to score a
the "dog pound" bleachers take fan
touchdown that would put the Browns
participation to new, uncharted heights.
ahead and send them to the Super Bowl
The dog pounders, named after "the for ,lhe first time in their l)istory. The
" Dawgs"
(Cleveland's
intimidating Denver Broncos strip the ball from him
defense), have a history of obnoxious before he lands over the plane of the end
costumes, most following the "dog" zone, and they go on to hold their lead
motif, and of pelting opposing teams with to win the game.
dog biscuits and snowballs.
The interception. The drive. The
In one game this year, the officials fumble. These are the heritage of the
were forced to move the teams to the Cleveland Browns fan -- obviously a
opposite end of the stadium because the vocation unsuitable to the weak of
other team couldn't function their offense stomach.
with the deafening barking noises and the
Sometimes I wonder why I'm so
raining doggie ,biscuits that were coming loyal to a team that has caused me so
from the Dog Pound Take that, "Wave." much pain. But the rowdy drunkeness of
by Tim Gibson
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the "dog pound" and the working-class ' love this team too much to give up now,
mentality of the team and the city makes so I guess all I can do now that I'm all
the way across the country is to turn on
me realize that I couldn't be anything
other than a Cleveland Browns fan.
the T.V. on Sundays and Monday nights.
I've been through too much and I
-and start barking.
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Arts & Entedainment
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Calendar
meets Sub Pop
~:~i£r~~~~= Skin Yard reaches top
December 11 and 14.
The Orchestra is a recently fonned
ensemble specializing in 20th Century
music.
For more infonnation or to make an
audition appointment call 754-0132.
Auditions for Abbey Players' spring
production of Kiss Me. Kale will be held
at i pm Wednesday, December 13 and
, Thursday, December 14 at Chinook
' Middle School in Lacey.
Singers and dancers are needed, those
who audition must look at least 18 years
of age: Auditi~s require singing one
memonzed selectton.
~oer
accompanist
and dress
To audition.
bring comfortably
music for "
movement.
Rehearsals begin in January and
perfonnance dates are in early March at
The Washington Center. For more
information call 491-0847.
Auditions for Capitol Playhouse '24's
production of Life with Father are
December 4th and 5th at the Capitol
Theater, 206 East Fifllt.
The production requires five boys
between ages su and 17, plus adults 25
to 40 years of age.
The play also requires a stage
manager, lighting technicians, props
manager and costumer.
For more infonnation call 754f-5378.
Reko Muse Gallery and Events is
holding a juried exhibition of local artists
worlc, opening December 8 at 7 pm.
Submissions are accepted Monday,
December 4 and Tuesday, December 5
from noon to six pm. There is a fee of
five dollars for one or two pieces and
seven dollars for three pieces.
For more infonnation call 754-8473.
by Dan Snumn
SKIN YARD
"START AT TIlE TOP/WATCH"
SUB PoP REcoRDS
It fmally happened.
Jack Endino has helped produce some
of the best stuff to come out on Sub Pop
records. A recording engineer at
Reciprocal STudios, Endino has worked
with Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and many
ollter rising bands.
Yet Skin Yard, the band in which
Endino plays guitar, has never put
anything OUI on Sub Pop before even
though such an arrangement would seem,
well, natural.
And now, finally, lite two have met
This 45 carries the same power as
Skin Yard's latest album, Hallowed
Ground. The haunting vocals, lite cutting
bass and 1It0se tight drums all work
togellter to produce that unique sound
only Skin Yard can deliver.
Pumping in with a heavy base line,
"Start at the Top· is full of pulsing,
frenzied energy. Of special interest here
is the short-but-sweet "psychedelic
blender style" guitar solo. Good stuff,
Maynard!
Pl·anI· s't AlkI·ns
PI ays T ESC
by Information Services starr
Last time you saw John Atkins play
his very personal style of piano, chances
are he was second fiddle to relaxation at
Carnegie's Restaurant, the Olympia
Community Center or the Sylvester Park
Summer Concert Series.
Times change and AIkins' reputation
as a solo pianist is growing. He'll . take
center stage for a concert at 8 pm,
Friday, December I, at the Evergreen
State College Recital Hall. He's not
perfonning for free this time - but for
many folks, AIkins' unusual "Northwest,"
perhaps "New Age: style of music is
well worth the price.
AIkins' has been on the road making
a name for himself with music he refers
to as a blend of Western classical, ethnic
folk and modem jazz with Eastern
undertones. Like many musicians, Atkins
C~~2,
doesn't have a single term that describes
his work, but it's his own, and he uses it
to reach out to people.
It's been over a year since AIkins, a
1976
Evergreen
graduate,
played
Olympia, and even then he usually played
with jazz trios and quartets. Nearly every
coffeehouse, tavern and restaurant that
features live music in Olympia has hosted
him.
The past eight years he's performed
at a wide variety of places, from the
State Penitentiary to the Governor's
Mansion. He's played for most colleges
in Washington, and several in Oregon
and Idaho, plus Shasta College in
California.
Tickets to AIkins' " concert are
available at the door. You can reserve
tickets, or get more infonnation, by
calling 866-6090, ext 6220.
Skin Yard tames down a bit with
"Watch," taking the slower attack. The
plodding beat of the music comes down
hard like a downpour of raindrops the
size of superballs. How refreshing.
A combo of harsh and smooth vocals
is the icing on one of those funky cakes
that are sort of record-shaped when you
look at them from a top view.
This is one hell of a good single
from one hell of a good band. One
problem: Who knows how long supplies
of this single will last? Better pick this
pup up before it's all gone.
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All campus Christmas Celebration,
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all ages welcome. FREE. Presented by
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 1
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6
Glenn Anderson, chairperson of the
Fellowship of Reconciliation, Olympia
Chapter, will speak at 5:30 pm in LIB
3500 on "How the Draft works."
Thurston County Commissioner
Les Eldridge will discuss a plan, created
during the Futures 2010 series, called lite
Community Foundation. The talk is part
of the Piece of My Mind lecture series.
held during the lunch hour (12:10 to
12:50), on Wednesday, December 6, at
The Olympia Center, multipurpose room
B, 222 North Columbia Street.
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"Rising Sun" School for tlie selfreliant living presents a weekend
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workshop (limited to 25), will cover fire
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fmding
and making pure water,
camouflage, backpack essentials, stalking,
and nature awareness. The workshop
costs $75 (includes meals), to sign up or
for more infonnation, visit Masters'
Cooperative Infonnation Center at 208
Yelm Avenue, or call Louise Gilman at
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The Masterworks Choral Ensemble
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with Handel's MESSIAH tonight at 8 pm
in the Washington Center for the
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