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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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November 14, 1985
Cooper Point Journal
Issue No.9
Tonight, Nov. 14
Harriet Schiffer, storyteller, singer and comedienne, will be performing one show in the Recital Hall from 8 p.~. to. 10 p:·m . The show is entitled Morning Sickness or
Woodman, Spare· that Tree. Schiffer has been performmg In San FrancIsco lor over 10 years, and focuses on women s hie chOices. Tickets are $4 for students and $6 general.
Maternity Tour: SI. Peter Hospital is offering a free guided tour of the new Maternity Unit at 7 p.m. Vi sitors will have the opportun it y to ask questions and learn about
birth ing option s at the hospital. Call 4S6-7001 for reservations.
Friday, Nov. 15
Susan Griffin, femini st author , pla ywright and poet, will prese nt a lecture a t 8 p .m. in the Recital Hall. The lecture is titled A Woman Thinks About War. Admission
i, on a sliding scale between $1 and $5 . C hildcare is pro vided.
Emplu)'ment Intervil'wing is th e last to pic in a wor kshop series sponsored by Ca reer Deve lopment. The work sho p will be from non to 1:30 in L1131213. Brin g sac k lunches.
Saturday, Nov. 16
An Evcninl(
01'
Northwest Acoustic Musil' featuring nation a li y accla imed Sea ttle guit a ri st E ri c Tin gstad a nd Seattl e singer /son gwrit er Michael T o mlin son in th e Recital
Hall a t R p.m .
Washingtun Women United will be holdin g thei r 19115 a nnual meetin g in Ol ympi a ; the f eatured topic will be comparable worth , highlig hted with a s peech b y Da n Evan s.
Th e co ni'e rence is open to th e public a t a cost o f $25. It will be held at th e Westwater a nd IIlc lude a lunc heon, theater troupe , and a uc tion . Call 754-9880 for more mform a tlon .
Saga boycott carries issues of price and quality
into idea market; negotiations continue
by Chuck Bender and Irene Mark
Builenkant
A group of students gathered oulside of the Deli at 9 a.m. Wednesday, November 13 to protest the
Saga run deli and the Greenery. The
students, calling themselves Repercussions, handed out fliers with their
grievances on them, and offered free
food as an alternative to Saga.
The food offered included
homemade wheat bread, fruil, jams,
coffee and tea. As the day progressed the students sang and danced unIii the Deli closed at 4 p.m . Ten to
forty students participated in Ihe
boycotl.
"Repercussions is the students.
We want to see things happen," said
Sabrina Keltle, a member of the protest, "it's time to revamp what's existing in Saga." "It's cheaper to buy
food out of the vending machine
than the Deli," said Pete Staddler,
another protester, "this is not a
group organization, it's a movement." "It's rising up again: the
liberalism," added Kristin Sagelski.
The evening before the protest
David Bal:~alm
T urkey Tffil : MOTe ti1 an 100 com peti rors a re ex pected io ehter th e I'o urt eenth a nnu a l T urk ey T rot, competin g fo r pri zes rangin g fr o m turkeys to cornish ga me hens. Th e
r un is 2. 7 miles , cost is $4, and reg istr a ti o n beg in s a t 9: 30 a .m .
Sunday, Nov. 17
Susan GriHin will co mplet e her visit wit. h a wor k'S IlOp I' rOIll I to 4 p' . 111. I'll CABI0 8. II wl' ll fo"' us o n Fe mini sm and Nuclear Wa r. Proceed go t'o wa rd funding her lates t
book . Admi ssion in on a sliding scalc fr o m $5 to $1 5.
The Melropolilan Opera Nalional Council's 19R5 Wes tern Washin gton di , trict a ud iti o ns will be held a t noo n in the UW Mu sic Buildin g auditorium. Call 329-6111 for
more in formation.
Monday; Nov. 18
Wood Heal Safety C lass fr o m 7 to 8:30 p .m. at the Little Ro d
Fire Hall. Call 943-4595 for mo re info .
Duke UniversilY's graduate program of fo restr y and e nvironmental studies will have a representati ve on campu s Monday. A general inform a tion session will be held from
9 a.m. to II a .m. in Lab I, room 1059.
Resume Wriling Workshop from noon to I in L1BI213 .
Tai Chi Ch'uan Praclice Group, Yang Slyle meet s every Mo nday from 5 to 7 p.m . in L1B4300 .
Alice Cason will be the guest speaker a l the Women' s Cent er' s Brown Ba g Lunch . She will spea k on " The Method s and Effects of Wife Ba tt ering. " The series will be
held in C ABI04 at noon.
Tuesday, Nov. 19
Maxine Williams, f~cilitator of "Unp lu g the C hri stm as Machine" work shop in Olympia, is the featur ed speaker at a specia l holiday brown bag lunc h at the YW C A Friendshi p Hall , 220 Union Av e S .E., from noon to I. Her topic is " Coping and Dealin g with Holid a y Stress." The cost IS $1.
Drugs and C hemical Dependancy--When Use Becomes Abu se is the to pic of a work shop from 7:30 to 9 p.m . in Th e Corn e r.
Ballered Women's Social Network meet s eve ry Tuesda y at 6 p .m . in UB3216 . C hildcare is a vailable . For more information call x6162 .
Irish Evening featuring politic al folk mu sic by singer/g uitari st Liam Ga llagher, and a di sc u ssio~ o f th e curre nt stru ggle ill North Irel a nd by Charlie Mc Aleese, a Belfast
reside nt until 1980. $1 for student s a nd seniors . $2 ge neral. C hddcare proVided by the Parent Cent er .
Woman Shama~ is the focu s of a tran s cultural slide s how bein g present ed by Ma x Dashu . The slides a re ta ken from he r Women' s Suppressed History Archiv es. The
presentation is fr o m 4 :30 p .m . to 6 :30 in th e Recita l H a ll; tic ket s are $2. Spo nsored by The Women 's Center and Tlmd World Women.
Vol. No. 14
November 21, 1985
David Barham and Achmed Carnahan discuss boycott tactics.
photo by Chuck Bender
tomorrow is zero percent sales in the
Deli. We have to make a really , really strong showing tomorrow."
The main issue of the boycott was
Saga's prices. "The prices are way
out of line with any comparable
market in town, I can't even afford
turkey on my sandwich when I go
in," Barham said . However, Bob
Freeze, manager of the Deli, said
that the prices were comparable with
most restaurants and other colleges'
food service programs.
Denis Snyder, director of the
Bookstore, parking, and food services, said Evergreen reeeiv~s a 13 Vl
percent rebate of Saga corporation's
gross, which is used to run the food
servioes operational cos IS: custodial,
general building maintenance, and
accounting salaries, etc.
At noon Snyder set up a table during the protest outside of the Deli to
answer questions raised by protesters
and people passing by. Snyder said
he didn't think there was anything
wrong with students asking critica l
questions. "If they're (Saga) not serving the needs of the students,
they're not going to be in business,"
he said, adding that he hoped the
next step will be to get a group of
students committed enough to help
solve the problem.
Freeze said Ihal he had always
tried to have a good rapport with the
students, and thai he felt Saga had
as well . He cited the Dear Vonda
box in the cafeteria as an example;
Vonda Drogmund, director of food
services, said she tries to curb problems by providing a suggestion box
in Ihe dining area. "I think the problem is poor communication on
bolh sides," Freeze said. "It is hard
to keep people happy when it comes
to pricing. Some people don't eat
anywhere else, and they don't compare us to other eating places. They
compare us to a grocery store. We
appeal 10 people at the low end and
then offer a few more expensive
things," Drogmund said. Freeze
would have preferred to have met on
an individual to individual basis.
"It's kind of like the Teamsters going on slrike before negotiating the
contract," he said.
"There are other channels of
change and they've been effective
Pete Stodder, Sabrina Keltle, and David Barham protest Saga prices .
photo by Chuck Bender
before," said Snyder. Barham ,
however, said, "We're making our
own decisions, we're making our
own avenues, and \\e're implementing them. Action is the most direct
route of getting something done . "
The last time Saga was boycotted
was in 1979. This boycott resulted in
the forming of a student advisory
group, and eventually the opening of
the Deli, and the current food
served .
Bul according to Denis Snyder, 50
percent of Ihe students this year are
new to Evergreen and perhaps it's
time for Saga to change. "I've ask ed their (Saga's) district manager to
re-evaluate the whole operation. I
think Saga is willing to change. I
think they're willing to discuss it , "
he said.
Saga is a nalionwide management
corporation. It owns the Stuart
Anderson Cattle Co., the Black
Angus chain, and the Washington
ferry concessions among others.
Saga services over 70 percent of
Washington state's higher in stitutions of learning. Saga has existed at
Evergreen since 1972, and they hav e
recently signed a 5-year contract
extension.
Saga's contract contains a clau se
of exclusivity which requires that all
food sold on campus be sold
through Saga. This clau se has been
waived in the case of the Corner and
the vend ing machines, and is occa sionally waived for people selling
their own food.
The Saga services at Evergreen are
unique. In most colleges, students
pay for 3 "all you can eat" meals a
day. Here, Saga offers students
more variety, and the freedom to
buy whenever they want. This results
in slightly higher prices, said Snyder.
A Food Service Advisory Board
was formed at a noon meeting between the students, Snyder, and
Freeze. Many of the students at the
protest signed up as members. "All
the prices are going to be looked at
in very great detail," said Snyder.
Wednesday, Nov. 20
YWCA Women's Rreakfasl Series prese nt s Marji Mil c hell , voluntee r coordinator at the c ri sis clinic , talkin g about "Work of th e C risis C linic as it Rel ates to Wome n 's
Conce rns." Th e brea kfas t is at 220 Union AVe S.E. fro m 7 a. m. to 8 a. m . a nd cost is $3 . Reservation s required : 352-0593 .
Students play
Holly Daze Registration has been exte nded until th e 20th . Art s and craft s booth s fo r thi s ho lid ay fair are available fo r $10 to Greeners a nd $25 for communit y members.
Th e fai r will he from 10 a .m. to 6 p.m . on Decembe r 7 .
by Lee Pembleton
Galleries
Newly formed Evergreen Students
for America is a small, steadfast, unchartered organization here, which
has crealed studenl controversy over
publication of a recent letter in Ihe
CPJ (11 / 14).
Students here have demanded that
members of this organization name
themselves.
ESA president, bavid Hunsaker,
and Vice-President Daniel Miller,
have decided to step into the light of
public notice and be named.
ESA: As president and vicepresident, myself and Daniel are
willing to take full responsibility for
the actions of the ESA.
CPJ: Thank you. May I ask why
C hildhoods End Galle ry: Wa terco lor pai ntin gs by Willi a m Wind en and batik s by P a t Rutl ed ge. T hro ugh Nov. 24. H o ur s arc Mon . thro ugh Sat. , 10 to 6 , a nd S un., noo n
there were no names on your leiter?
S larting Your own Business is a fr ee, d ay· lon g wo rks ho p in C AB 108. Th e work sho p begin s a t9 a .m. a nd will di scuss small business admin sistra tion , f in a ncia l plannin g
a nd ta x informa ti o n, and lega l form s. P a rticipa nt s mu st pre- registe r by ca lling x6193 .
T he Marc Seales T rio will be giving a specia l per form un<.:e in th e W edn esda y Nig ht Jazz Sho wcase with Bob M eye r at th e Ra in bow Resta ura nt, 4th a nd Co lumbi a, a t
9 p .m. with a do llar cover. Ma rc Sca les is ju st back frolll his Euro pean.
Dominican College will have a represe nt a ti ve i'ro m th eir graduat e program in Int ern a ti o na l St udies, a new pr ogra m with a n emoh asis on the Econo mi cs and Po li tics o f
the Pacific Basin . A gene ra l info rm at io n sess io n will be held fro m II a.m . to I 111 UB2220.
Thursday, Nov. 21
Food for Thoughl : A Th a nksgiving Piece will be prese nted by T he Ha nd s On performa nce group a t 8 p .m. in th e Libra ry Lo bby.
d~vil's
ESA: Because the reaction towards
our letter demonstrates to us that it
would have been unsafe socially, and
perhaps even physically, to have
released our names . We'll stand up
for our conviclions bul only if we're
allowed to stand . We don't want to
be ostracized for our beliefs .
Anyway names don't matter, we're
students just like everyone else. We
just think that a different viewpoint
should be shown .
CPJ: A different viewpoint? Don 'r
you think your leller went beyond a
differenr viewpoint?
ESA: We admit in the letter we did
use language and phrasing that is innammatory. We did this on pur·
pose, to rile people. We wanted to
show everyone that there are two
advocate, trigger debate
sides to every question, and miles in
between.
CPJ: Do you think you achieved
this? Have you changed any minds?
ESA: That's not fair. We're not out
to convert anyone to our beliefs.
We're out to open them . We don ' t
mind other people having their opinions, bul we're afraid of openly
presenting ours . Shouldn ' t everyone
have the right to free speech? This
has gol to be the only campus in the
United States where the R.O.T. e. is
afraid to go, and where Veteran 's
Day is not honored . It' s not not having a day off. It' s the fact that it was
completely ignored . We just thought
we ' d represent the silent minority.
CPJ: Are y ou the silent minority?
The conservatives?
ESA: No, we're not conservatives.
None of us are Republicans, in
quotes. We are liberals . If you'll
look it up in any dictionary, you'll
see that liberal means free from prejudice and bigotry, a liberal is so·
meone who respects the freedom of
action, especially with respects to
matters of personal belief or expres·
sion. We're the true liberals on this
campus.
CPJ: All right, I stand corrected.
How did you guys get together?
ESA : We met each other through
seminars and casual discussions. We
are, and were,unhappy with the one·
sided viewpoint of the majority of
functions thai take place on campus.
We all agreed that there wa s on Iy
one viewpoint represented on cam·
pu s We think everyone should be
able to examine bOlh sides, the en tire spectrum. We're not bigots, lik e
they have already slarted calling us
conservatives, they should look up
the definition of bigot. They might
find thai their one -sided attitud e
makes them the bigots. We believe
in equality for everybody, regardless
of their politics or philo.>oph y .
CPJ: Whar 's next for the ESA ?
ESA: For our ' future plans we a re
going to continue our struggl e for
free thought at Eve rgreen, wh eth er
it 's fashionable or no!. We' re go ing
to be the other side o f th e issues;
everyone has the right to be heard .
We hope th e student s o f Evergereen
will support us . W e're not just o ne
viewpoint , we welco me all vie wpoint s, we are Evergreen SlUden ts
for Ameri ca
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Griffin suggests alternatives to war, hatred
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Last September ,in third world
countries 80 percent of all illnesses
were caulied by filthy water and poor
sanitation. Over 30,000 people a day
are killed by water-borne diseases.
Most rivers are contaminated and
during the dry season, women will
spend hours getting a cup of water
from dry river beds. Fifty percent of
the children in rural Liberian villages
are killed by water-borne diseases
before they are five . These sorts of
problems have induced the United
Nations to declare the .1980s the International Drinking Water Supply
and Sanitation Decade.
Cliff Missen, 25, and Carolyn
Johnson, 30, plan to teach the
natives to drill and maintain their
own wells. They have begun a nonprofit organization called Wellspring Africa. Wellspring Africa will be
in Liberia for six months constructing and drilling wells. Later, they
will teach the natives maintenance of
the wells and sanitation . The wells
will be made only of indigenous
materials, said Missen. "The villages
will supply all of the indigenous
material, which includes sorting of
the gravel and clay:;, and they will
be responsible for our room and
board and all the folks who come as
part of the training crew," Missen
said. Eventually the villages should
be sel f su fficient, Missen said.
Missen, a 1985 Everg reen
grad uate , is now convening a cluster
contract with three students who are
researching old well drilling techniques. He began Wellspring Africa
with Johnson in September 1984
after Missen spent a summer in
Liberia working at a medical clinic
in a rural Liberian village in 1982 .
While working there Missen met
Gabriel Saytoneh, the director for
rural development for the Christ
Pentecostal Church.
"I told him (Saytoneh) about
when I was homesteading in Alaska
with my uncle when I was 15. I had
seen people digging their own wells
with portable engine driven drills,"
said Missen. Missen said Saytoneh
encouraged him to follow up this
idea. Missen has since spent much
time studying and playing with drilling ideas, finally deciding to use a
springpole technique and a tripod
techniques. Missen said he has borrowed ideas from the Chinese who
were digging wells as far back as
1100 B.e.
Cliff Missen, Gabriel Saytoneh, and an unidentified assistant demonstrate tripod technique of well drillings.
"We're expecting the project to
take six months, but it may take
longer, and we are prepared to stay
longer," he said . Wellspring Africa
had set a goal of raising $20,000
when they began, and they officially reached that mark Thursday,
November 14, when they auctioned
a cake for $43.
Wellspring has received many letters of support from the elders and
chieftains of the villages they will be
visiting. In the past the government
has put in wells, but they usually
became contaminated or broken
down . The residents of the villages
would not repair the wells because
they felt incapable of fixing them,
Missen said.
If the twelve wells Wellspring
plans to put in are a success, the
government of Liberia will carryon
Wellspring's work for at least ten
years. Wellspring has been written
into Liberia's Water Development
Plan. This was due largely to the efforts of Gabriel Saytoneh who was
in town for two weeks and left last
Saturday. Saytoneh was in the
United States on a U .N. grant to attend a class on Family Planning
Management for Developing
Countries.
"Cliff and Carolyn snagged me
here to learn some (drilling) techniques and do some fundraising," said
Saytoneh. Saytoneh made presentations in the two weeks he was in the
Northwest.
Anyone interested in contacting
Wellspring Africa should write to
P .o. Box 233, Olympia, Wa. 98507
or call 866-1400.
Environmental groups work together for earth
production o f Ea rth Fair (Spring
Qua rt er). The coordinators, after
The main purpose of Ihe En- consultation with past coordinalors
vironmental Resource Center (ERC) and others, ha ve determined Ihis
is to educate and inform Evergreen year Ihat Earth Fair will take a difstudents abou t current loca l and ferent lact: more down-home. idealnationa l env ir on men ta l issue, ly have more student participation
ERC director, DouGlas Palenshus, and more appropriate technology ,"
sa id thai the cenler likes to leave Ihe Palenshus sa id.
Palenshus said that because of th is
burden of responsibility for Handl new
tact, Ih e ERC will be able to cut
ing specific issues to the st ud enls .
According to Palenshus, Ih e down on Eart h Fair expenses and
primary educational tool of the use Ihe sav ings for olher even ls and
center is its extensive library, which act ivilies. "One of our main evenls
contains env iro nmental pub li ca- will be the (Hanford) debate we're
tions, free paniphlets, research planning for Winter Quarter." he
papers and other lilerature on issues said.
The ERC and the Co nflict Resolusuch as nuclear energy, pollution
tion Center hope to co-sponsor the
and resource management.
debate, said Palenshus, the topic of
which would be Hanford and its
future as a dump for nuclear waste.
He sa id that the biggest problem so
far has been to find an affordable
pro-nuclear speaker who would be
available for the debate.
Another project in the developing
stages is the Green Line Planning
Conference. ERC activist Kate
Crockett said the major issue concerning Thurston County that will be
discussed at the conference will be
the use of the Nisqually River, an
issue she said will be on the minds
Earth Firsl, Coastal Currents and of state legislators.
The conference staff hope to draw
Sierra Club Natural News are a few
to the event and give them
legislators
of the publications the library stocks
or will stock in the future. "We're a more enlightened base from which
interested in being included in the to make decisions for the public in-terest concerning waterway planndistribution of environmental
ing,
Crockett said.
papers," Palenshus said.
Crockett
mentioned two other
He said the ERC bulletin board is
another key source for updated en- local issues that are of concern to the
vironmental information, including ERC: the shooting of migratory
future events, career opportunities, waterfowl at Percival Cove and Inpetitions, press releases, and itiative 90.
She said the initiative, sponsored
new~paper clippings.
"For the last few years, the ERC by Citizens for Wildlife, would, if
has largely focused its efforts on the passed, increase the retail sales tax
by Bob Reed
"[ have yet to
see people who
are involved in
environmental
not
Issues
cooperate. "
page 3
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Wellspring Africa to combat disease in Liberia;
Evergreen graduate studies drilling techniques
by Lee Pembleton
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
November 21, 1985
November 21, 1985
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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one eighth of one percent. The
revenue from the increase would go
into a special fund for the preservalion and enhancement of wildlife.
The ERC staff said Ihat ca mpus
recycling is a major priority for the
nex t quarter. Paper is currently
recycled on campus bUI little is being done with aluminum, glass and
other recyclable items.
"We're requesting money (fr9m
the S&A Board) for recycling.
Hopefully we'll restart a simple but
serv iceable recycling program for
students," Palenshus said. Staff
member Vince Brunn said, "In the
past people have done recycling and
there have been poor results." He
said one of the problems was the appearance of cockroaches that were
attracted to containers not properly
washed.
The South Sound Bio-Regional
Network and Greenet are two other
groups that work on environmental
issues with the ERC. According to
Greenet spokesman Rusty Post, the
South Sound Network is a group of
community members who are interested in the pure promotion of
what this region has to offer.
Greenet is mostly comprised of
network members who are also
Evergree·n students. Current projects
of the two groups include a study of
Olympia economics, a permaculture
co nference and Common Sense
(Cents). Post said that the Common
Sense project's goal is to use loose
change to fight hunger. The group
would like to distribute recycled containers to key locations, such as
retail outlets and restaurants.
Although the project does not
directly involve env ironmental
issues, it has the full support of the
ERe. "We feel that it's such an inherently worthwhile endeavor that
requires little of us," said Palenshus.
The Net work has 45 active
members and Greenet has 15. The
ERC gets five to ten different people each week coming in to research
issues, use the library , or ask questions. The center would like to get
more help and direction from
students.
"We'd like student input on what
sorts of services they'd like the ERC
to provide," said Brunn . Assistance
is needed with librar y organization,
project work, and office staffing.
"A lot of the stuff we're doing entails a lot of advertising. We'd like
to havc artwork done by Evergreen
students. We promote the arts and
have people design posters. It's exciting when everything's working
together," Post said.
Crockett said most of the environmental groups and programs
on campus are working together. "I
have yet to see people who are involved in environmental issues not
cooperate. If we don't, we lose
bigtime," he said, "we'd always
look forward to working with other
groups on environmental issues."
The ERC staff said that the environmental
faculty
are
knowledgeable and, to varying
degrees, take active roles in current
issues. "I feel as though being here,
I've realized that I can make a difference. The faculty that I've come
into contact with have high expectations and teach you to have high
expectations 0 f yourself," Crockett
sa id.
Palenshus said that the ERC is going through a gradual growing process. "We're just learning how and
studying (to learn) what issues hav e
been overlooked," he said, "even if
we don't accomplish something huge
today, we'll be working on those
things the rest of our lives."
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by Catherine Commerford
Writer Susan Griffin told a packed Recital Hall audience last week
that men and women need to realize
their connection with nature if there
is to be hope for the future.
Griffin is author of several written works, including "Women and
Nature," "Pornography and
Silence" and "Made From This
Earth." Her lecture, "A Woman
Thinks About War," was followed
by a weekend workshop at
Evergreen, in which she made connections between emotions and
traditional characteristics that are
associated with this culture's family
structure and war.
"It is our bodies that remind us
that we are subject to natural law ,"
Griffin said, adding that nature is
first experienced in the bodies of our
mothers in a skin-to-skin contact.
The power of nature remains from
infancy until culture intervenes and
teaches control, fear and dominance
over nature.
It is culture, she said, that expresses hatred of the self.
Griffin said the difference between men and women is based largely upon socialization. Insights used
by other people prompt the loss of
cultural control.
Traditionally, university systems
have perpetuated the fallacy that
truth is arrived at when the self is
separated from the emotions. The
use of truth is used to serve unconscious goals, and we can't see
what the emotions are until we have
self-knowledge, she said. The goal of
both pornography and war is the
destruction of nature.
Griffin suggested that the family
structure as it exists, can be a cause
and effect of war. Acknowledging
personal and political history, rather
than denying it, might bring our connection to the earth closer to home
- back to ourselves.
Some members of the audience
said feeling the grief rather than denying it's there might be a next step.
Nora Wayman came from
Portland to attend the talk. "Illumination . . . like lights going on.
Sure the subject is painful. The personal pain in each life is connected
to living in the war machine," she
said.
"It seems so obvious, but like
Susan Griffin says, 'All this is hidden. We know it and hide it from
ourselves.' The workshop uncovered
part of our intimate connection to
war . . . getting spanked by my
father at age 13. He's an ex-soldier,
one who became a 'man' in World
War II and hates bellyaches. Male
as warrior. Female as supporter of
warriors. And we found we were
together ."
"Griffin's talk did help people
make the distinction between war
and reality, but there were some
things missing," according to
Marilyn Brawn, who attended the
lecture. "The workshop was lacking
for me, being black, white and Indian. That's an issue I face every
day . Where do [belong? She focused heavily on the Jewish Holocaust.
That's history, not to be forgotten .
But the cowboys and Indians are still
fighting.
"What about the psychological
blocks in Asians, Blacks and Indians? There is a difference regarding attitude and color. This wasn't
addressed well enough. Griffin's
ideals come from a white, middleclass feminist point of view," Brawn
said, adding war is about class and
racism. She said Griffin should have
included something more than the
white experience. "
Paul Fink said, "The most striking thing about the lecture was the
connection between pornography
and war. The quality of her words
just blew me away. As a man, [
know that she knows how to
challenge men without making them
feel guilty for being men."
Another member of the audience,
Georgia Martin, was reluctant to
comment but said, "[ was fascinated
by the connection between personal
experience to the world. I felt that
to be worthwhile."
"I wish there had been more men
and more people of color at the
workshop," said Mark Sherman,
who also attended .
"( think that what Susan Griffin
has to offer is her insight of the apparent hatred of women by men .
This represents a split within the
male psyche," Sherman said. "For
all of the training to be sexual, men
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Due to incorrect information supplied by Ali Laidoun in the Oct.
31 issue of the Cooper Point Journal, it was reported that he was the
world junior record holder in the 800-meter race of the International
Amateur Athletic federation (lAFF) las t July in Zurich.
According to a spokesman from The Athletic Congress, the
American governing branch of the IAFF, Laidoun does not appear
on any list as the 800-meter record holder . The only race in Zurich
this summer was held on Aug. 21, the spokesman said. No French
or Moroccan runners were present. It was also reported in the CP J
that Laidoun was sixth in the 1984 Olympic 1,500-meter run. The
Athletic Congress spokesman said no one named Laidoun was entered
in any event in those games.
Laidoun was unavailable for comment.
How is governance currently
working at Evergreen? The question
affects us all but few people really
know what's going on.
A governance DTF (Disappearing
Task Force) has been charged by
President Olander to come up with
the answer by January I, 1986. Also
working on the question is the Student Wednesday Forum . Below is a
manifesto of the group, detailing
its goals and purposes:
Student Wednesday Forum exists
to help students in campus decision
making processes. We propose to do
this by meeting regularly at an
established place. (CAB 104 at present, on Wednesdays between 12:30
and I :30 p .m.) At these meetings
students will:
Choose student representatives by
a process they define. These
representatives will serve on Disap-
men."
Sherman said, "What's absolutely
terrifying is for another man to
stroke my forehead or to put his
fingers through my hair in a way Ihal
isn't sexual at all . Men are enormously sensual beings, but we're
afraid to be that way with each
other.
"I think men kill others when
there 's no hope left inside," he add-
by Towllooa Robinson
The multi-ethnic dance band
"Common Cause," heralded as
Seattle's premiere "Funk and Fusion" act, will be performing at a
special Thanksgiving "Dancert," on
Friday, November 22, in L4300.
The band (not to be confused with
the lobbying organization or the
groups Cause and Effect, and
Variant Cause) will be making its
fourth Evergreen appearance with its
new and ever revolving line-up of
musicians.
The group's solid bottom will be
anchored by hard hitting drummer
pearing Task Forces, and other administrative boards.
After representatives have been
chosen the Wednesday Forum will
serve as an arena for those representatives to report to students on the
progress of their work , and to get
student input on what they, as
representatives, should be doing to
best meet the needs of those they
represent.
The Student Wednesday Forum
shall serve as a clearing house for
student complaints and suggestions,
and it shall attempt to direct students
with complaints and suggestions, or
work with those people, so that the
issues raised are dealt with in a timely and effective manner .
The Student Wednesday Forum
shall attempt to work with existing
information disseminating bodies to
insure information and resources
Pat Murphy, bassist Owen Matsui,
and Evergreen's own Steve Bader on
percussion . Lead vocal chores
belong to Cheryl Harrison, formerly with the· band "Girl Talk." New
additions are Cornish music
graduate Tom McElroy on guitar (he
has worked with The Jet City Band
and The Paramount House Band),
and keyboardist Tom Provo,
formerly with Sam Smith, Joe
Ericksen, and Arista recording artist
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Common Cause has been "working out" at the Hollywood
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despair, denying others life because
it has become so painful for
ourselves, that's when the killing
happens. Griffin addressed this in
her workshop when she tried to have
us imagine the pain in our parents'
childhood."
Griffin pointed out Ihal cu lture
derives from cultivate, and must
now cultivate re-establishing the lost
sense of inner value.
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is to share that sensuality with other
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ERC meetings are every Monday
at 3:30 p.m. in CAB 306, next to the
CP J office. The Center is open
Mondays and Wednesdays from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call DouGlas or Vince at
866-6000, ext. 6784.
CPJ retracts Laidoun story
are not taught to be sensual. The opposite of violence is sensuality. Men
see a sensual being in women that
Griffin says men have lost. Men
have become unsensual. That tactile
thing women have not lost contact
with. The challenge women pose is
to be sensual again. But sensuality
opens the floodgates ."
"Women remind us of a way of
being that is terrifying," Sherman
said. "What's most terrifying of all
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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November 21. 1985
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Vigil shows remembrance, respect for veterans
by Cynthia M, Sherwood
At the Capitol campu s on
November 10 and II , the Vietnam
Veterans held their 3rd annual
24-hour Veteran's Day Vigil in
remembrance of the many veterans
who died or are stiU missing from the
Vietnam War.
The opening ceremony began with
a speech from Mayor Dave
Scramstad. "We can welcome each
other home. but only God can
welcome these people home," said
Mayor Scramstad. The mayor said
that the community must be aware
of those who died, but more importantly they must reach the MIAs
who still have a chance to get out of
Vietnam through letters and propaganda, or whatever it takes .
Bob Dixon, a veteran who served
in a Saigon mortuary in 1971, was
recognized for his contribution
to the memorial. Dixon said that he
placed the list of the 1001 veterans
on Mount Adams in July and on
Mount Rainier in September so that
every time someone in the state looked up at these mountains, they
would be reminded of a war that the
veterans can never forget.
"This is the first time the Vietnamese community has been asked
to share in the vigil," said Adrian
Vaalor, president of the VVA
Chapter 130 and organizer of the
vigil. The Vietnamese representative
was Cam Tu Bo who spoke of the
contributions and sacrifices the
many veterans gave during the war.
Reverend Don Dawson, a veteran,
closed the ceremony with a prayer .
"Taps" and a reading of the 1001
names followed the prayer. A temporary wall of the names was
displayed at the 24-hour vigil.
Vaalor said the memorial commit·
tee has received 14 designs for the
wall, and in the beginning of July
they will choose one design and construct the monument. The dedication, he said, is scheduled for
November II, 1986.
Prior to the start of the vigil, the
VVA Chapter 130 organized a
breakfast at the Olympia Community Center. The purpose of the
break fast was to raise money
towards the monument,but more
importantly, it was to bring the
veterans and the community closer
together, said Vaalor. Veteran Mike
McGraph, his wife, Linda, and
children, Martin and Colleen, and
many others had been at the center
since 6 a.m. gelling the breakfast
ready.
"The Vigil is to let the community know that we're here, that 'we
care, that we feel strongly, that we
want to be a part of the community, but that we have experienced in
Vietnam and post-Vietnam an
unusual set of conditions that the
public needs to be aware of,"
McGraph said.
Many at the breakfast said that
they hoped the vigil would bring
about an awareness from the com-
munity, but also of the veterans
themselves. "I hope that the community will recognize and appreciate
the veterans," said Paige Stevens, a
breakfast volunteer and student at
Capital High School. Noe Herbison,
also a Capital High student, saiJi
that the veterans don't receive
enough respect, and she hoped that
by volunteering they would know
that some people in the community
do care.
"They had to hide the fact that
they went to Vietnam, because people would say whoever went was a
fool," said Judy Porter, wife and
sister of veterans. She said that she
saw the breakfast and vigil as a way
to help the vets know that they were
not to blame for the War.
Tom Nozler and Paul Fink, both
non-veterans, said that they were
glad that the veterans have this time
to mourn for the past, but they need
to recognize that it is still occuring.
Nozler said, "People have to be
aware thaL tbere was a war." Fink
concurred and added, "I guess I have
a naive hope that veterans will see
the uselessness of wars."
"Overall,
we've
received
favorable community response,
when we've asked for help we've
gotten it, " said Vaal or. The money
raised from the breakfast will not
even place a dent into the $500,000
monument, said Vaalor, but it has
allowed for the community and the
veterans to interact on a small level.
At the closing of the vigil, Vaalor
said he had received several donations for the monument (some up to
$1 (0) and that any Sea first National
Bank would take additional donations. Chaplin Donald Sanders then
gave the closing prayer and again
"Taps" was playc;d.
Many of the veterans said that the
vigil had touched emotions that they
had not felt in years. "This is all
therapy for all of us, and we are
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ESA leaves
"bitter taste"
To the Editor,
I am writing in response to the letter in your last issue from that well
known and popular campus group
affectionately known as the ESA
(Evergreen Students for America).
Dear ESA: Your cold, rational,
weak-fact reasoning leaves a very
bitter taste in my mouth.
After reading your letter
thoroughly, I very nearly had to
double check to make sure what was
in my hands was the CPJ and not the
Hayden Lake Idaho Weekly. I must
say that the argument over whether
or not the CPJ was right in printing
an ad for Ford Motors amounts to
a hill of beans when compared to the
unjust and morally bankrupt attitude your group propagates. We've
got a bigger problem now.
You tell us that freedom is a God-
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Regretably and aware of probable
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mention white sheets and burning
crosses).
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"de-insulation' ,
Dear CPJ,
This is in response to last week's
letter from the mysterious Evergreen
Students for America (ESA).
I found your arguments in support of Botha's apartheid regime
somewhat entertaining until 1 realized you weren't joking. Obviously
we're dealing with some serious
psychological problems here .
There are many people trained in
dealing with these typcs of disturbances, folks , but if I may, I'd like
to suggest a course of therapy I think
will help:
First of all, smash your goldplated Timex and your Quasar, and
recycle
your
junior
high
schoolhistory book (yeah, the one
that claims Columbus "discovered"
America) . Then scrap the Camaro
daddy bought you for graduation.
String your collection of dress ties
together to throw down from the
window of your ivory tower. Make
cut-offs of your Calvins and Jordache (better still - a loincloth!), slide
down and run to the wilderness.
Speak a non-human language for a
few days. When you get back read
nothing Jerry Falwell would not consider subversive - .maybe sometl;ting
by Bishop Tutu or Dennis Brutus for
starters. Go without food for four
days (that's right - NO milkshakes!).
Lock yourself in a dusty, dark basement and smoke pack upon pack of
cigarettes until you cough like a coal
miner.
This is known as de-insulation
therapy. It even involves some actual
suffering. Works especially for kids
afflicted with the pampered young
Republican syndrome.
Perhaps after therapy you'll be
prepared for a more objective study
of colonialism, of racism, of South
Africa. Your pseudo·patriotic stance
is very disturbing - I love this country and this college and am proud of
the steps we've taken to dissolve the
tragic economic partnership that was
thoughtlessy developed with the
brutal white supremacists . That kind
of cooperation can give freedom a
bad name.
r have to wonder if ESA is a new
element in the subversion campaign
of the multinational corporations .
The big money people have already
weaseled their way into people's living rooms - every day (especially
Sundays!) jamming their damned
materialistic brainwash propaganda
commercials down our throats. I
wouldn't put it past 'em to infiltrate
colleges . But I ain't worried about
these greed barons because I'm confident America can and must
·.>eCome strong without continuing to
e){tract the blood, swear, and
resources of our sisters and brothers
around the world.
Girth Simpson
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Please be aware that in addition
to the shuttle service provided by
Housing, The Evergreen Bus System
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.Than!<;s for the opportunity to get
the word out on this. And thanks to
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1 am writing in response to a letter that appeared in the Nov. 14.
1985 issue of your newspaper signed, "Evergreen Students for
America" (ESA). 1 do not wish to
embark upon a lengthy digression as
to the basic absurdity of every asser·
tion presented by ESA, or whomsoever has adopted this alias, but
would like to challenge this person
or persons as to why they were
unable to sign their real name(s) on
the'\etter: Was it because of fear, the
same fear that sweal~ underneath the
white cloaks of the Klu Klux Klan?
The Klan's bullet-headed logic is
glaringly inherent in your view of
South Africa. Or perhaps, Mr. ESA,
you are simply a political practical
jokester practicing for your future
career as an "agent provocateur"
for the CIA (good job, oo7!).
A more obvious question is, did
you withhold your name because
you are intelligent enough to know
that your words are simply not true?
In any case, you are not to be taken
seriously as anything more than a
literary pest , and a coward to boot.
You have a right to your own opinions, of course, and what you do
in private is nobody's business . But
the ne){t time you discover yourself
seized with \he urge to burn your
crosses in public it would be greatly
appreciate if you could tell the reader
who you are; take off your "hood,"
as it were. For all 1 know, I could
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"The Politics of International Economic Relations," a student initiated, student-planned cluster contract continuing from Fall
Quarter is seeking a few new students. The book list consists of,
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Theory of Employmeot," an introduction to Keynesian analysis, L.S .
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appalled that Evergreen didn't have
the day off," said McGraph, who is
an Evergreen student as well as a
veteran.
"The public must know," said
McGraph, "we are neither the baby
killers of the '60s nor the Rambo orthe '80s; we're normal human beings
who did.a job for our country, and
all we really want is to be recognized for doing that job."
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given right. Why then are you so
quick to deny those rights to the
Black people of South Africa? How
can you say that because Ford invests in South Africa, we
should " feel proud and honored that
we live in a free nation where any
man/woman can follow his/her
beliefs"?What about the teargassing of Black South African
grade schools? Should we be proud
that Ford invests in 'that too?
Hold on, it gets even better. You
claim that Blacks are unable to
govern themselves, citing Idi Amin
and the Khadaffi regime (hardly a
black nation) as examples. Come
now. I would venture to say that
many Black nations were doing just
fine until the white man, with his
superior firepower and God of
reason, came into the picture.(This
holds true for not only the Dark
skinned races, but all the races we
so conveniently tuck into the "Third
World" category as well) .
You say I'm riding on a
fashionable bandwagon. This may
be true, but unfortunately, it's not
nearly as fashionable as the NeoNazi-For-Your-Own-Good mentality you've embraced.
The Blacks of South Africa want
freedom. They want a one-man-onevote policy_ They want the freedom
to travel in their own country
without fear of arrest. They want
equality. They want futures for their
children. And they want these things
now; not tomorrow, not ten years
from now, not soon or eventually .
Try and apply your armchair politics
to a mother whose son has just gotten his brains bashed in by the police
"for his own good, for his protection."Try and tell her to wait patiently for a peaceful solution.
The Blacks of South Africa are
tired of waiting. If all-out revolution
happens there, so be it. If a government of lesser quality than the one
currently in place takes the reigns,
if the "natives begin to kill each
other with sticks and stones" again,
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Seidman
explains
To the Editor:
On Oct. 24, there was an advertising insert in the CPJ that came
from Time magazine. The insert had
some type of "In Search of Excellence" theme. As I read the insert,
I started to feel offended. What of·
fended me about the insert was the
fact that it was in the CPJ in the first
place.
Talking with people made it clear
that a letter was in order. The letter
was going to be humorous, and
make fun of the ads that appeared
in print. The letter went something
like, "Is success measured by litter
on the CAB building floor, or is success driving a new Ford Convertible
while drinking an icy cold Heineken?
And if you can't get credit, join the
Navy." As we laughed, it became
clear that this sort of advertising has
no place in the CPJ.
I found out by the CPJ staff that
Time paid $120 to have the insert put
in 1200 papers. I don't feel this was
a fair price for five pages of advertising. To buy five pages of advertising would cost about $1000. I
don't feel that $120 of revenue is
worth the sight of inserts all over the
CAB. I feel that the CPJ got a bad
deal from Time.
As I looked at the ads in the insert, and saw the Ford Motor Company ads, I realized that Ford as factories in South Africa . Didn't
Evergreen divest from South Africa?
Isn't taking money for an advertisement for Ford to help them increase
their sa les just like receiving an interest check from a Ford investment? Both ca n make money off of
apartheid.
Evergreen has made itsel f an im-
age that it can no longer live up to.
It is really impossible to cut
Evergreen off from doing business
with companies that do business
with South Africa. But didn't The
Board of Trustees tell the campus
that Evergreen has divested? The image and the realilY of Evergreen
clash.
I see the same problem with next
year's catalogue. We have tne image
of being a nationally known liberal
arts college. Next year, ther are two
upper division programs in the
Humanities, and twelve upper division programs in sciences. Is
Evergreen really a liberal arts college, or is it just an image?
Brian Seidman
TESC forgets
Vet day
Dear CPJ:
be crucial therapy for vets, like my
husband, who suffer from P.T.S.D.
I have to wondel; what the
Veteran's Affairs Office actually
does besides process VA claims. It
was my understanding that part of
their job was to help the veteran adjust to academic life and to help the
school adjust to the needs of the vet.
When you consider that more
than one third of the students enrolled at TESC are or have been connected with the military, and when
you consider that the president of
the college is a veteran, it becomes
less than obvious why the school
chose not to honor Veteran's Day.
Fortunately, not all schools are ignoring the veteran's needs. Tumwater High School knew what
Veteran's Day was for and so did
Capital High School. It's unfortunate that the college administrators are not as well
informed.
Linda McGrath
My family and I were surprised
and dismayed when we found that
Veteran's Day would not be
Glllllbrated by The Evergreen State
College. Perhaps the problem lies in
the ignorance of those in charge of
such things as to why Veteran's Day
is celebrated. I will try to enlighten
them. Veteran's Day is celebrated to
honour our veterans, both living and
dead. Veterans have earned their day
by the sacrifice of their lives, their
bodies, their minds and, in some
cases, their futures. Some veterans
are still paying because they have yet
to come home. The MIAs and
POW s are still paying, as are the
veterans living with the pain of Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder.
It is also a day when many of our
vets need time to mourn their losses
and celebrate their survival. This is
especially important for Vietnam
vets and their families. It might even
Correction
To the Editor:
In regards to the article, "Questionnaire invades privacy, triggers
alarm," in which it states that "Corr
later went to the Office of Student
Serv ices to tell them of her
dissatisfaction," is in error. I went
to the Admissions Office to ask who
was in charge of the questionnaire
because I was unwilling to provide
some of the information that it requested . While there, I was told that
the survey was not mandatory.
Later, I went to the office of Student
Services to get a copy of the blank
survey. While there, I did not tell
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Mr. Hunter of my dissatisfaction
with the survey nor did I tell him of
my unwillingness to fill it out.
I was unhappy with the method of
collecting the surveys though I do
recall saying, "They just had big
boxes sitting out for them . "I do not
recall saying anything about people
going into the boxes, pulling them
out, then leaving; rather that the
"confidential" information was in
full view and anyone could have
looked at them.
Jeanine Corr
Protesters
waste time
To the Editor,
I n regard to the student boycott
of SAGA enterprises, due to the exorbitant prices charged in the Deli
and the Greenery (57 cents for a
small coffee,no less), a group of
students took it upon themselves to
pTGvide free homemade food, music,
dancing, much clapping and singing,
frequent rain checks on the purpose
of the demo, on Wednesday,
November 13th.
What with Save The Whales,
disinvestment, U.S. imperialism,
cruise missiles, Affirmative Action,
nuclear waste, the demise of the
public budget, representation, environmental pollution, gay support
groups - ad infinitum; I feel we must
applaud the boycott, its significance
and execution. Results? An
Evergreen Special with cheese on
Thursday the 14th. "Really! 55 cents
for a blueberry coffeecake?" I mean
to say, life is hell isn't it?
L. Phipps
Saga boycott
To the Editor:
Today (Wednesday,Nov. 13) at
Evergreen we witnessed a very important occurence. A group of
students, tired of the food monopoly
here at Evergreen, decided to protest
the disparity between quantity,
quality and price in edibles offered
by Saga Corporation. They planned and pulled off a joyful, energetic,
nonhostile protest. They got their
message across loud and clear, and
the support of the majority of the
Evergreen community was clearly
with them.
There will be arguments that today's action was inappropriate, that
Saga did not have time to explain
policies, that we as a college community have no one else to turn to
to provide meals. That's not important. When one group makes a
stand, another group will always oppose them.
This IS important: Evergreen
students took action! For one day,
the people. on this campus joined
together as individuals with a common goal. This protest was a truly
empowering experience for all of
those who joined in.
Let's not forget the energy
generated
today(Wednesday,
Nov. 13). Evergreen people can make
a difference in college affairs. Every
individual need not plan, but the
more students, staff, faculty, alumni, whoever, participate in resolving
campus issues, the more certain we
are of reaching our common goals.
That is a lesson we can carry with us
far past our days as Greeneers.
Congratulations!
Kate Crockett,
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Ideals of a free press forgotten at Evergreen
by Josepb G. Follansbee
Over the last few weeks, I have
come to realize some students on this
campus have little or no understanding of the function of the Cooper
Point Journal in the Evergreen community, or for that matter any
newspaper, radio station, or television station in any free community.
Several issues ago, the CPJ ran an
insertion advertisement paid for by
the Ford Motor Company. Subsequently, some students, among them
W. C. Zollars and .Brian Seidman,
complained that since Ford has
substantial investments in South
Africa and since The Evergreen State
College has adopted a policy of
divestiture and has condemned the
South African policy of apartheid,
the CPJ should not have published
First, the policy adopted by
Evergreen on September 9, 1985
covers only investments or participation as a shareholder in companies
that do business with -South Afrida,
not the publication oj advertising in
Ihe student newspaper. The
divestiture policy argument is
therefore specious and irrelevant.ln
accordance with this, any appeal to
the spirit of the divestiture policy is
without substance.
Second, these students obviously
have not done their homework.If
they had, they would have read the
Evergreen policies governing student
publications, specifically the student
newspaper. These policies state that
"freedom of expression and debate
by means of a free .and vigorous
press is essential to the effectiveness
of an educational community in a
democratic society." The policies go
on to say "The press must be free
of all forms of external interference
designed to regulate its content" and
"freedom of the press must not be
abridged ... No one outside the
(newspaper) staff shall delete, dictate, or revise the content of a student publication." (Evergreen Administrative Code, 174-163-020,
Subsection I, Paragraphs a, band
c.ltalics added.) Any question as to
whether "institutional and S&A
funds should be used to subsidize
advertising of questionable moral
standing" is in clear violation of
Evergreen policy and the Evergreen
spirit embodied in that policy.
Besides, the suggestion that the CPJ
needs to subsidize advertising by the
Ford Motor Company is not only ignorant but incomprehensible.
The Cooper Point Journal is a
newspaper, similar to The Olympian, The Seattle Times, or The New
York Times. We work everyday with
the same code of ethics and standards of professional journalism
these newspapers must follow. This
code demands of us that we ignore
-the political, economic, or personal
values of our advertisers, providing
the content of their advertisements
fall within the boundaries of good
sense and good taste. The Evergreen
State College in the Evergreen Administrative Code has confirmed
these standards and ethics. The CPJ
is not a spokesman, political arm, or
Let's-8t()P-klddin.~ ourselves .about
by Dan Peterson
In press releases and college
brochures, Evergreen is touted as a
citadel of free thought, a place where
ideas can flourish, regardless of
popularity. These concepts of the
college were established in the early
'70s, while the school was still taking shape. At that time the unpopular ideas that sought refuge
here, as on other campuses, were
those of the liberals, the radicals and
the war protestors.
Fifteen years later, it is safe to
voice those beliefs. But there are
now people on campus who hold
beliefs contrary to those of the majority and they are afraid to voice
those beliefs . I am speaking of the
Evergreen Students for America.
Murky thoughts receive light of knowledge
by Lee Pembleton
After reading my opinion in the
CP J last week, I realized that in effect I said that no middle-class person or below-middle-class person,
does anything to help the world's
situation. This is not true. Nor is it
true that all people who watch commercial television (even "Thr~'s
Company") read nothing but
market garbage novels.
These are two slanderous
mistakes. Even though the rich have
more money to help the world, I
cannot say that they do help the
world more. On a dollar to dollar
basis it is likely that the rich have
done more for the world than the
majority (and the middle class and
below are the majority). On the
other hand, perhaps if we were to
compare the percentage of income
or time donated to the world's cause,
our results would be different.
Many of the people I have known,
poor and rich alike, have cared deeply, and done what they felt they
could: donating money or food, or
spending their own time with church
or relief groups (and just because a
service is rendered in the name of a
god doesn't make the service any
less). The average person may not be
able to donate as much money, but
their services per capability in helping the world are probably just as
much.
My other gross mistake is in accusing people who watch television
of reading nothing but market garbage novels. In the first place not all
of the novels you find on the
checkout stands of markets are garbage. It's true that not many of them
are "classics," but unless you have
the time to study the "classics" they
are just books. That is why you read
the "classics" in school where it is
easy to get the background and
nuances. But there are many good
books at the market. And who
decides what a "classic" or good
book is anyway?
Secondly, most of the people I
have known have watched television
to relax, but they have alw found
time to read. Sometimes they have
read books I wouldn't think are
worth a person's time to read, other
times they have read books that I
revere, and yes, sometimes they have
read even the "classics."
So as you can see, I was being unfair in my last opinion. Perhaps we
can blame it on the fact that I had
watched four hours of commercial
television before I wrote it, and so
was somewhat braindead (I will not
retract the statement that the beast
is a sedative and a tranquilizer which
relaxes and gels the brain). Or maybe
it's because I had just met my
cousin, Amy Katz, for the first time,
and so I just wasn't fancying my
return to Evergreen.
The last thing I have to say about
the title of my opinion last week; it
was not my choice. The titles for articles are made up by the editorial
staff as they put the paper together.
This is necessary because no one
really knows how much space there
will be until layout time. Anyway,
the title for my last opinion bothered
me; I never harked back to the past.
At one point I mentioned it. My
choice of a title for this opinion
would have been "White Thoughts
After A Wedding." My choice of a
title for this opinion would be:
"Corrections For My Cousin From
Boston ," or "A Oarification of
Some Previous Murky Thoughts."
propoganda arm of The Evergreen
State College or its students, faculty, staff or administration, or any
other person or group. We shall
agree with TESC if we will, disagree
if we must. .
Mr. Zollars, Mr. Seidman, and
others nave forgotten or have chosen
to ignore this college's fundamental
ideals embodied in the EAC and
other documents. Instead, they have
embarked on a crusade for their own
reasons, reasons we do not understand or particularly care about. The
editorial board condemns the policy
of apartheid in South Africa and applauds any effort to bring the issue
to the fore, including efforts by Mr.
Zollars, Mr. Seidman, and others.
But let no one dare dictate or even
suggest what we should or should
not print, lest they become 1ike the
regimes they fight.
free speech
This group came to my allention
when a memeber of the group came
to my dorm room with a letter to the
editor. This is not exactly standard
procedure.
He came in, closing the door
behind him. I glanced at the letter,
seeing the topic was South Africa.
It was after the normal deadline for
lellers. It was sign~d only with the
group name, no personal signatures.
These were both reasons for not running it, and I told him so. He told
me that this was an unusual case and
"To properly
prepare for life
on the outside...
we must
recognize the
presence of attitudes other
than our own. "
that I should read the letter. Not
really believing him (everyo[le claims
a special case), I read it. Once I saw
the content, I k new why he and his
group had worries about exposing
their identities. I asked him to reconsider using names, and inquired
about the possibility of a story (see
page 1). After talking with him, I
believed the group was real. I told
him we'd consider running it.
Many people on this campus
disagree with the decision we made.
Their arguments have been about the
lack of names on the letter. A valid
point. But this really was an unusual
case. ESA expressed an opinion that
could be personally hazardous to
them . That should not be a problem
here, yet this person felt it to be.
Everyone I have discussed it with has
agreed that it was a valid concern .
It's not very often that a group
with viewpoints such as ESA's surfaces on this campus. I felt they
needed to be encouraged in voicing
this alternative viewpoint without
fear of public retribution.
The world outside Evergreen has
many more opinions than are
recognized on this campus; if we are
to properly prepare for life on the.
outsid.e, then we must recognize the
presence of attitudes contrary to our
own.
The common response to the letter was that it must be a joke. This
response in itself is indi.cative of an
intolerant mindset that occasionally reveals itself here.
All community members should
be able to voice their concerns and
beliefs without the fear the ESA
members said they felt. If this is not
going to be the case, perhaps we
should all stop pretending that
freedom of expression is a welcome
thing and all adopt the "politically
correct" attitude.
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by Dennis Held
Fall has (,:ome to Western
Washington, and I haven't been
paying attention. Time for a walk
down Overhulse Road.
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the advertisement. Furthermore,
these students have charged the
paper with violating the Evergreen
Social Contract and the policies of
this college on this issue and have
questioned the support given to the
paper by the S&A Board.
The late November breeze pushes
through the pine boughs, and stirs
a soft, hushed rustle in the tall brittle grass and sprays of wildflowers,
bronzed and brittle. The meadow
bends and sways, moving to the tune
of the late November breezes.
Clo ud-filtered sun sets a steel gray
glow on ihe brushed si lver poplars,
last stubborn leaves, brown and brittle, rattle defiance. Tangle of berry
vines, leaves the color of dried blood
crawls along the ro3d's shoulder.
Leather boots fall firm on crunching
gravel.
Dark chocolate colored shaggy
swayback Shetland pony in a small
browsed down corral shies up to the
worn wood fence and winks, then
goes back to the short clipped grass.
Velvet edged drone of a far off
airplane roUs by and away. Sleepy
old brown and black patched yard
dog turns his head, shows me he's
watching and curls back up, more
scarecrow than watchdog.
The garden's tired, the flat wooden
stakes tombstones at the head of
grave rows. Marigolds hang shaggy
heads, flowers spent, next to
headless cabbage plants and soggy
mulch pile.
Steel wind chimes ring on the porch
of the rough log cabin, trees hewn
tight to resist the ch ill of the late
November breeze, wood smoke curls
from rust-patched smokestack.
Rooster pheasant squawks his
disrespect in a rush of wing beats .
Brown bottle shards neck the roadside gravel, rust colored pine needles
paint the pavement. A red-haired kid
wired into a Walkman rakes the
front lawn leaves into a pile; Ginger
the Irish setter spreads the pile back
out. They both laugh . Wood smoke
curls into my attention to remind me
of autumns gone by.
I spent all Sunday afternoon raking
the big lawn around Grandma and
Grandpa's white frame farm house,
oak leaves lined in long piles like
Grandpa showed me, then dragged
on a rough, musty canvas back
behind the barn, and Grandpa hands
me a few wooden matches from the
matchbox on the wall behind the
cast-iron woodstove. I'm only ten
years old and I go out and light the
fire a nd watch the flames dance, my
clothes smell of leaf smoke and
Grandpa co mes out to tell me ho:w
good the lawn looks. He lights his
pipe, Prince Albert smoke curls up
from the bowl of his old, black pipe.
I see his rough-hewn face soften as
he watches the flames dance and
remembers autumns gone by.
He smiles and says come in after the
pile burns down some, Grandma has
an apple pie ready and the sound of
the howl of the late November wind
blows a chill through me as I stand
alone in the dark with the embers
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Chemicals wreak havoc on "magnificent bod"
Top male swimmer works hard, s"eeks balance
by Michael Strauss
We are much more than what we
eat. Let's be real for a moment. .. we
chomp down a bit of food, slurp up
some water and gasp in a little air.
What happens next? The cells of our
magnificent body go to work . They
ingest, digest, catalyze, and then
analyze every single particle. We
don't have to lift a finger. We are
healthy, happy and efficient. Amazing, isn 't it?
But there's another side. Let's get
it over with. Ingestion can be a dirty business. To make a point of how
dirty, let's create a company called
Chemical World. Through complete
fault of our own, we have allowed
and continue to allow our air, water
and food to be filled with what
Chemical World's P .R. person
would call "progress."
Here's a closer look at "progress:" The same cell that ingests all
that bread and water we eat doesn't
really dnow the difference between
oxygen and carbon monoxide or between low and high level radiation.
It doesn't know what's good and
what's not. That is not to say that
the cell is unintelligent, it's just a little slow. Like a computer, it will process whatever we give it. For the
computer, it's all information, it
doesn't care.
But for the cell, any bit of stuff
that doesn't belong must be extensively processed and carefully
removed, all at our expense. Ortho
is a good word for this. It means
straight or direct. Non-ortho stuff
slows the whole process down . Is
that progress? High level radiation
and chemical mutagens are probably
speeding up evolution. But it's O.K.,
because the strong will survive and
they will know what to do. That's
progress? Ha!
You, Chemical World, you must
be able to see by now that we don't
want it. We don't want plastic
clothes or plastic food or plastic bags
to keep things in. We have had
enough. We don't need faster cars
and more freeways. What we need
is place to go that's not polluted. All
the money, the uranium, "he '
plutonium, the danger, for what?
We are more than what we eat.
We need variety and we must
carefully consider our environment
when we think of our ingestion. Our
magnificent bod was not designed to
handle high concentrations of any
one thing. Doesn't matter whether
we're talking about oil, uranium,
gold or wheat. Too much of one
substance blinds us. We have to protect our cells and our environment,
keep our eyes open and maintain a
balanced diet for all.
Feminist comedian asks: to bear or not to bear
by Catherine Commerford
The show must go on.
That philosophy of theater was
courageously lived up to last Thursday by comedian Harriet Schiffer
when she went on alone to pertorm
"Morning Sickness" for an audience
of not more than 25 people in
Evergreen's Recital Hall.
Schiffer is an acting storyteller
from San Francisco, who has per-'
formed her monologues for audiences in Berlin and Scandinavia.
She also works as artistic director for
Lilith, a San Francisco-based
women's theater.
Schiffer opened "Morning
Sickness" in Seattle at the
Washington Performance Hall,
where the tickets sold out. She
received fine reviews. Her piece
raises the dilemma of whether to
bear or .not to bear children . The
work brings attention to women's
reproductive rights through comedy
routines.
Before her Evergreen show last
week, she spoke about what she does
onstage.
"The stream of consciousness is
the basis for my storytelling
monologue," Schiffer said. "Are
there any problems? Sure, one can
lose a thread, but I try to bring people up . I go after the laugh of
recognition. Finding a universal
truth is the best thing. To find a
common' thread is a greath t.h ing."
, Schiffer continued, "There's
always a reason for a performance.
My work has to do with personal fiction . I'm looking for ways to have
others discover something In
themselves. To let people see
themselves - that 's the goaJ: I'm a
comedian c People- leam more
through laughter, besides, it's more
fun. "
During the show, Schiffer turns
the monologue from herself to subtly instigate testimony from others.
She's not content with hearing
herself talk. She brings voices out.
Personal issues are voiced as a matter of course. The monologue
becomes a dialogue through
response to the words.
" Every act is a political act,
whether you choose it to be or not,"
Schiffer emphasizes. "Yes, I mean
it. Any writing is an affirmation. I
do my own writing in a form that is
intended to be performed. The artist has a responsibility. The artist
creates empowering work, that is to
Shrooms ravaged by overpicking
by Bruce Cobee
Concern is growing over the increase in the amount of commercial
mushroom pickers threatening to
wipe out a prized resource -- the
chanterelle. Mike Beug, a chemist
here, teaches a mushroom identification class.
"Mushrooms fill an ecological
niche in the forest," he said. The
niche which the mushroom fills is a
mycorrhizal (a subterranean hypha I
mass on the roots of certain trees)
association between trees and
mushrooms which allows healthy
tree growth, he said.
Beug said he is concerned that the
vast increase in commercial pickers
may damage this ecologically
balanced situation. He emphasizes
serious consideration to possible environmental impact.
Commercial mushroom pickers
are walking through dense moist
evergreen forests in search of the intensely so ught after chanterelle
mushroom. Mist often accompanies
searchers, and under their feet a
muffled crunch solidifies their quest.
Individual pickers, and entire
families, bring in several pounds to
buyers. Vern Richardson, a local
buyer, pays $1.25 per pound to his
customers for the yellow chanterelle.
Richardson brings his load of
mushrooms to Coast Mountain
Resource, a commercial packaging
plant in Satsop.
He said Coast Mountain Resource
then ships large crates of mushrooms
to Germany, where they average $5
per pound on the open market.
"Those Germans lik e their
mushrooms," said Richardson .
Commercialization in this area is
nothing new, but in recent years the
commercial musliroom harvest has
'i ncreased from a few thousand
pounds to between one million and
three million pounds.
One local picker said approximately 30 percent of the pickers are
Asian refugees. They usually pick in
family groups. In five hours the
average picker can harvest an
estimated 20 pounds, and make
anyWhere frolJl $24 to $27, he said.
A group known as the South
Sound Mycological Society has
started a controversy based on
chanterelle depletions in the Black
Forest of Germany. Mushrooms
were wiped out due to soil damage
and continual harvesting. Beug said
studies in Finland have shown that
heavy harvesting can decrease future
harvesting. A percentage of
mushrooms must remain in the
forest.
Richardson said he sees no relationship between pickers and this
year's shortage. Last summer was
extremely dry for the Puget Sound
area. This fall has seen very little rain
which the "shrooms" thrive on. He
said he has seen fewer pickers this
year, but expects it might pick up if
we have a good rain.
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say, life affirming.
edy, music, lighting, masks and pup"One piece that I perform, 'Other
pets. She said even though artists are
Things -That-Fly,' bringL.people
ad.versely_affected by skyrocketin~
through personal ventures as a way
rents and closures, artists such as the
of understanding personal flight. It's
San Francisco Mime Troupe are
positive. 'Morning Sickness' is less
surviving.
apparently positive, though it's
"It's a sad thing when your work
recognizable to any woman battling
doesn't get recognized at horne.
the biological clock," said Schiffer,
Know the one thing I hated about
who is 34.
opening in Seattle? Nobody brought
Schiffer said her work is feminist
me flowers. Do you believe that shit?
because she is a feminist.
Opening without flowers!"
"I spend a lot of time learning
Schiffer's performance included a
how to direct my own power. I don't
lengthy section of a Biblical passage
look for people to direct me. I'm
from Leviticus 15: 18-33, which
willing to take responsibility for
says, 'The woman also with whom
myself. Historically, women have
man shall lie with seed of copulahad less opportunity to take respontion, they shall both bathe
sibility for themselves. My
themselves with water, and be
understanding of these things makes
unclean until the even ... And if a
me a feminist."
woman have an issue, and her issue
In the I97Os, Schiffer said, women
in her flesh be blood, she shall be put
were fighting for rights. Now women
apart seven days: ' and whosoever
are assuming their roles as toucheth her shall be unclean untif
spiritual guides. Rather than lookthe even . . . "
ing for someone to give permission
Such a lengthy talk about this
to act, women must take initiative business incited laughter from the
and responsibility for their environ- audience. Schiffer's response proment, she said.
voked thought minus the preaching
"The world is in a state where it
through an account of personal
needs real healing."
experience.
Onstage, Schiffer wore purple,
Harriet Schiffer took a little piece
which she said is spiritually heal- of her heart and performed it. The
ing. She stood before a lecturn, and
hope lies in having her return to
behind her were three drapes of Evergreen, when she will be apfabric in purple, painted with white preciated.
so they resembled a sky and clouds.
Maybe someone might even
"I go on tour because I give in to manage flowers.
the temptation to turn people on to . ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.....
my work," she said. "Yeah, I was
really surprised to open "Morning
Sickness" in Seattle and sell out.
Nobody knows me in Seattle, but the
audience up there is receptive. Now?
I'm ready to go home. The exciting
dialogue that goes on between artists
in San Francisco is the challenge that
takes me back there."
Schiffer said San Franciscans are
committed to experimental theater.
She offered an example in the Jewish
Theater with
day through Thursday for a total of
tation and have helped with his
11,000 yards a day. One-hour weight
Evergreen Swimming. "My parents
Wha~ ~oes i.t take to be a good, workouts are scheduled three times
ar~ co~pletely supportive of my
competitive swunmer? According to a week. '
sWlmmmg.
They'll bend over
Max Gilpin, Evergre<:n"s top male
When asked how he maintains
backwards to help me out," he said.
h
.
swimmer going into the team's first
home meet this Friday at 3:30, "You
su~ ,~n~orous schedule, Gilpin About his four years at Timberline
saId, BaSically you just have to sit
he said, ., I think some of the best
have to swim year-round, have a
~own every now and then and say, times
I've ever had in swimming
good, positive mental attitude and
!f I want to succeed in this sport this
were
in
high school because of the
have confidence in yourself."
IS what I have to do. You have to
team
spirit
and the comradery."
Gilpin added that regular weight
have a positive ·attitude about it.
He attributes part of his high
training is important. "You can only
"Swimming is 90 per cent mental
school success to Brockman. "There
go so far before you need something and 10 per cent phYSICal. In turnouts
wasn't a person on the team that
else besides swimming. The weights
I try to think about my stroke and
didn't have the utmost respect for
are an added plus," he said.
endurance. I've got to not think
him. (He has) a style of coaching
Gilpin has the background and ex- about the distance but about how
perience to be able to make these
fast or hard I can swim each one of that is tough, yet compassionate. He
comments. As a ' swimmer for
these (workout drills)." Because of knows the sport, " Gilpin said.
Timberline High School, he broke
his class schedule, Gilpin swims by
Brockman said, "He (Gilpin) was a
fo.u r school records, was team caphimself in the afternoons three days
very dedicated, hard-working team
leader. A self-motivated person, he
a ,:"eek. "For me, that is the toughest
tam for two years, qualified for the
was a fun, cooperative guy to work
state meet in his last two years, and
thmg to do. No one is there to push.
I think
f
was the district 200-meter individualwith." He said that Gilpin was forone 0 the keys to getting bet- tunate to have three fast teammates.
medley (IM) champion in 1983 and
1984
t~~ in ~wim~ng or any sport is parThe four of them had "the racing at__~.
lIclpatmg WIth people who are faster
titu~~in practice,-whiGh helped
h
t season, his .fITst at Bvergreen;--tfjan you are;" he said. Teammates
motivate each individual.
e .was team captam and was the top
Casey Pratt and Peter Drummond
SWUIllJler on the team. His best times
are the ones pushing Gilpin this year
Gilpin also competed in golf and
~~ethe 100 and 200 breaststroke,. a~d Pratt said, "He (Gilpin) is the most track at Tim.berline. "My senior year Max Gilpin is the men's strongest swimmer.
pholo b y SIeve Schaefer
200 and 400 IMs are all W1thm
competitive person I've ever met .
I ran t~ack. m order to get in shape
one s~o~d of the 1984 National
that's what pushes him the most ,:
you combine the two, it's
f,!r SWlmmmg. It built up my carset a goal and you do everything in
dynamite!" he said.
Assoc!atlOn of Intercollegiate
Concerning race preparatio~
~ovascular (system) and my legs got
your power to obtain it. That's the
~thl~l1cS (NAIA) national qualify- Gilpin said that Brockman taught m much better shape." Gilpin said
GilpiJ.! said that he sees a strong key to success," he said.
mg tunes.
th T' be I'
Gil "
'"
'
e 1m r me team several steps to
~e's. in favor of cross-training (tnin- connectIOn between athletics and
Gilpin has set some high goals for
. ~ pm I~ OPtirrus!Jc abo~~ qualifyfollow for relaxation. The first was
academics. "The student in college himself and the team. "The team is
mg In several sports) for swimming
mg or na~lOnaIs this year. If I stick
concentrating on the breathing proshould have something more than
"You use almost every muscle i~
so much better this year than last
to the weights and Bruce (Fletcher,
cess and then "focusing your mind
school,
a major hobby or a sport or year. We've got more people and the
swimming and so the muscles have
head coac~) keeps us working hard,
on your event: slowly thinking about
something else. If you work hard
~ sh~uldn: ~ave any problem mak- getting ready for the event. You to be in shape. A runner will have and excel at swimming, you're pro- team's mental attitude is-incredible.
(strong) legs. A weight lifter will
~e) hav~ a pretty good shot of goI~g ,.t .. It ~, J~st. a ~atter of self- mentally picture every stroke of your
bably going to work hard and I!xcel
mg
to nallonals, but also doing pretthe
arms
and
the
strength.
If
have
diSCipline, Gdpm said.
race."
in school. Goalsetting is a key. You
ty well there."
HIS coach. at Timberline, Fred
"It's tough to get a good balance
Brockman, s.w~, "Those are realistic
(between the mental and the
goals (f,;>r ~dpl~). If he want~ it, he
physical). That's where good
can attam It. He s got to want It bad- coaching comes in Bruce ' d .
Iyeno h "FI h
'd"
.
IS omgan
ug.
etc e~ sal, I~'s very
outstanding job. Last year his cong<J?d to see that he ~ s:o ,de,dlcated.
cern was keeping swimmers here .
:I.th hard work , (sWlmmmg and
This year he's tough and more conelgh~s) Max .has a r:;ru good shot cerned about the quality of the tur- by Tbomas Puzzo
in 1976 to 1977 and has been rowa~ natlOnals:thls rear. Fletcher has
nout. Dedic:ttion is a good word to
Last Wednesday night's first team the rowing equipment from the
ing independently since 1982.
hiS team sWlmmmg from 3 p .m. to
describe him" Gilpin 'd
rowing crew meeting attracted over Olympia Area Rowing Association
(OARA). Johnson and Les Eldings,
As it is practiced today, comp.m6~3nday through Friday and
Gilpin said his pare:: ~sed the
60 people who signed up to begin
and
petitive
rowing is held almost entirea
former
Evergreen
employee
rom. a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Tuesfamily van for swim team tr"n<n,nr_
rowing sessions starting this week on
current president of the OARA'
Iy in specially constructed, hand
Budd Inlet.
founded the OARA during the fali
made racing craft called shells. There'
Kath Johnson, organizer and
of last year.
are shells for one person and for
coach of the Evergreen Crew team
Bill Kalenius, former Pacific
two, four, six and eight persons. The
said she was amazed at the high
Lutheran University crew coach and
. h
averag~ elg t-oared shell is up to 60
amount of interest in the Evergreen I
ocal
rowing
enthusiast,
temporarireet
in
length,
with a twenty-four
Swimmers toke your mark . .. SPLASH ! You
community in rowing. She claimed
ly
donated
shells
and
oars
to
the
lOch
beam
and
a
depth of 9 Y, inches
the men's and women's teams could
are invited to watch the exciting GEODUCK
OARA. OARA, which currently has
to 10 inches.
begin competition this spring. No
Men and women rowing comSwim Team toke to the water for their first home
limit currently exists for the number 40 members, built a boathouse last
311
N.
Capitol
Ave.
on
Budd
petitors
are divided into different
July
at
meet Friday, Nov. 22nd against Portland Comof people at Evergreen who wish to
Inlet.Johnson is currently an officer
weight and skill categories . Anyone
participate
in
Evergreen
crew
community ~ollege. Last year this was a thrilling
interested in participating in the
pe.titively or non-competitively, she and board of directors member of
the OARA. She coached St. Martins
Evergreen Crew Team should conmeet, WIth the Geoducks pulling it out on the
said.
,
Th E
Crew Team this fall . She also rowtact Kath Johnson at 866-6000
last race! Woman's veteran Martha Grazier will
, evergreen Crew team is using ed for Pacific Lutheran University
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL '
November 21, 1985
eX:Rressive, arts network
I
I slept alone on the sofa last night,
The bed is too lonely without you.
The dog curled at my feet,
The radio played.
And the earth keeps spinning inexorably round its axis.
Renee Wallis
Charcoal drawing by Betty Ruhl
Mixed media usemblage by Maggie Murphy
Belly Ruhl, a student in "Studio Project, " is presently exhibiting her work
in the Student Gallery. Her work will move to LAB J for the week of
December 3-6.
Maggie Murphy, a "Sculpture Idea" student, will be showing her work
December 3-6 in Gallery 2.
returned to S&A for clearance did
the space become reserved for the
HANDS ON performance.
Tolfree said he was happy to get
the space but, "The fact one has to
go through so many signature chasings and signings and ,>ermissions
seems to be a real block. It really
seems to be a hindrance to students
who want to produce either a show
of art work, or a dance show, or as
we're doing, a performance piece. I
think it turns people off."
Tolfree also found that expenses
were sometimes necessary to com·
plete the project. Specifically, he
referred to lighting and crew
charges. Tolfree said, "It seems odd
that a sfudent thing that is free to the
students, for the students, and by the
students has to be paid." Though,
he admitted, the $17.70 charge for
his group was reasonable .
In general, students are able to
reserve space for events by first
checking with the appropriate administators who help establish open
dates, determine needs along with
possible personnel for set up, and
equipment. Students, as opposed to
non-students are given first consideration according to priorities. In
order these are: programs, group
contracts, cluster contracts, or
Gallery is for student work
The only place where student
work is shown regularly is in the student gallery located in the first floor
of the CAB. Laurie Clapp, the student gallery coordinator, had this to
say: "The purpose of the gallery is
to show the diversity of visual work
being done by Evergreen students; I
think we're doing this pretty well so
far. I get many comments from people that they enjoy viewing student
work. In order to change the display
every two weeks it's necessary to
have ' more work . All Evergreen
students are invited to submit their
images, or talk to me about reserving a case for future showings. So
far. the gallery has shown paintings,
prints, photos, drawings, and collage
work. I look forward to showing
o
o
Carbon combines chemically, forming stability;
Acids act exactly together, producing
Proteins, building blocks of life.
Life works well within structure,
Physical laws limit and rule.
The planets circle a star,
A sun sits in a galaxy:
And the edge of the universe remains a great mystery.
Stage space requires paper chase
by Denise Crowe
o
TO JAMES
by Stefan Killen
,
SMITHFIELD GREENS
o
their work
Performance Art student,
Christopher Tolfree, feels more
students might be willing to stage
collaboraive performances or show
projects on campus, if the procedure
to gain space was simplified. Tolfree
is one of ten members of HANDS
ON, an independent performance
group stemming from the "Performance Art" program. The group is
planning to stage a performance on
November 21, at 8 p.m.
Tolfref! recently became involved
in the space securing process. He
followed the procedure for acquir·
ing space for the performance, and
described the process as a "hindrance." He said that in order to
secure the space he first had to fill
out a purpose and date form from
from S&A . office. Then he was
directed to acquire an OK from the
project's co-sponsor; in this case a
faculty member. Once the OK was
given and a budget number assign·
ed to the project, Tolfree said he had
to go back to S&A to get a format
form which required the co·
sponsor's signature along with five
others. Only after this form was
:Roems
[Last week's photo "Boy with Hand Grenade" was taken
by Dianne Arbus and is part of the Evergreen Collection.
I apologize for this lack of attribution. Paul Pope, Ed.]
will show
by Tom Kolba
page II
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
•
Art students
During the week of December 3-6
a major exhibit of student work will
fill the halls of Lab I, flooding from
the first floor studios into the upper
floors and basement. The exhibit
will include work by students in the
programs "The Sculpture Idea,"
taught by Susan Aurand, and
"Studio Project," taught by Marilyn
Frasca. Several students working on
contracts with faculty members Paul
Sparks and Mike Moran will also exhibit work.
The show is a culmination of work
for the students in "The Sculpture
Idea," a program that focused on
3-D mixed media assemblage. For
students in "Studio Project," which
continues through winter quarter,
the exhibit will be of work in
progress.
The exhibit opens on Tuesday,
December 3, at 10:00 A.M. with an
invitation to students, faculty, and
community members. Free food will
be provided.
November 21, 1985
fabric work, like weaving or batik .
There are no restrictions on the type
or nature of the work, except for
one. If any work was possibly por·
nographic it would be reviewed by
the art faculty andlor some S&A
board members. The gallery ..; now
displaying drawings by Betty Ruhl,
and a documentation of the gift
from the Graduating class of 1985 .
"In order to show support to the
University of El Salvador in San
Salvador, the student gallery is extending an invitation to arrange an
exchange of work for display. We
would like people to submit
photographs of life at Evergreen by
November 22 that we can send with
the invitation ."
All enquiries can be directed to
Michael Hall, CAB 305 ext. 6220, or
Laurie Clapp in LIB 3232 Tue.,
Wed., Thur., 12-1.
issues o/artDid the Guerilla Thelin's October 31 depiction of tbe demise of
the Arts briaR you a heightened
IIwllreness of the Arts at Evergreen?
modules, and individual contracts.
Members of the outside community
are given last priority. All projects
need to be, sponsored by a faculty
member or an approved S & A
"While walking in the funeral
organization. S & A should also be
procession a profound feeling of loss
consulted about funding and aphit me hard. I have grown so much
proval of financial liability . A Pro·
this quarter in my theater class and
duction Clearance Report (PCR)
I had counted on studying with some
must be completed and contain all
very exciting faculty here. But the
necessary signatures. The PCR proopportunity is being pulled out from
vides for information relating to
under me due to budget cuts. I
general, technical, and information
grimace at the thought of school
services.· A project can be assessed
without art, without live music,
charges for crew hours and technical
without opport unities to paint and
support. Finally, all forms need to
be signed within fourteen days of the
pe;formance/project date.
Tolfree feels this process might be
simplified, if the S & A office could
establish an administrative group, "
This first appearance of The Exwho does all the paperwork, who
pressive Arts Network in the Cooper
goes through it, and who checks
Point Journal marks an important
their schedules." Tolfree added, "I
step in the Network's growing drive
to bring arts information and conthink that would make it much more
cerns to Evergreen artists and the
accessible, and it would start things
rolling a lot quicker."
Evergreen community at large.
This space will include: informaTolfree said the HANDS ON
group will stage a Thanksgiving
tion stating when and where lectures.
performances, skill workshops,
piece November 21 at 8pm in the
Library Lobby. "There will be no
gallery shows, and other events are
charge," he said. He added the . . ·happening on and off campus; argroup would like to stage more ticles expressing the needs of art
students (i.e. the importance of lear.
events throughout the year.
draw, without theater or dance."
Sarah Rose
"The question triggered by the
Guerilla Theatre procession
is whether or not fine arts study is
considered an important area of college study. Obviously those people
in the death procession feel that arts
study is important. Evergreen is
is known for its interdisciplinary
style of education, and as a liberal
arts college. Well what will we call
Evergreen without the Arts, a liberal
college?
Susan Reams
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HI wonder what the world is doing today" (Thoreau)
What a zen concept
To sit on a sea cliff as the waves crash below
Just waiting for sea lions to go by
Il
INNOCENCE
Was a time when
poets used words like
" sh
' tpiSS
' . .. cun t ... fuck"
I ...
profusely,
hoping to get a
rise from prone minds
and
shake awake dreaming pedestrians.
Now it's passe to think
that words like
"prick . .. crap . .. twat . . . cock . .. "
will elicit anything
but a bored disgust ,
for
tasteless, talenteless radical romantics.
Unless
you happen to be
about six years old
trying to find out why
grown ups think bodies are bad.
"poop . .. on ... the . . .floor. "
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I've been learning again
About sea birds and sea otters
About the weather and ocean movements
About facing the sea on my own
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Today
Kayaking alone 2 miles offshore
While searching for marine mammals
I got caught in a gale
Horizontal rain
Needles thrown again,st my face
The spray being picked up by the blasting wind
Erased the world beyond my bow
I was hanging on to my paddle for dear life
All along
I knew I would get away with it
I thought of an Indian running through the desert
Makahs hunting whales from canoes in the open Pacific
I became a Dalles Porpoise
Lifting winter as I approached the surface
And I went on and on
The gale subsided
The Sun came out
I smiled
Will I get away with it tomorrow?
IV
Of course I will
My love of life is too strong for me to die tomorrow
,
I lay at night
Listening to the rain, raging wind and fog horns
Tomorrow, I will wear my exposure suit
to search for sea oilers, porpoises and sea lions
OBVIATION
Cat shits
in the wrong place.
I strike
blindly
all my frustrations
without a voice.
Later
recondite jailer that I am
I release her
from the bathroom.
A nd when I find her
in the bedroom
ears back
I go for comfort.
cranked caffienated conversations
arise from the floor
echoing through the sun
that fills the vessel
which guards the glass
a love fortress
of joybursting leaves
irs got them high up smithfield greens
lives guarded by beards beads and gauze
are seen in reverse
by the potted one near the mirror
it knows where we're coming from
we hear the music but it hears us
its got them high up smithfield greens
the secret life of plants
is open if you watch
the secret life of plants
requires that you stop
to close your eyes and feel the vibes
of them high up smithfield greens
-- Windgrass
THE LION IN WINTER
breathing like a stone lion
cold in granite silence
knowing each marble corpucle
that is alive inside my tombs
tombs that are my plumbing
my machinery
and myself
breathing like a stone lion
is to be public
sculpted into municipal nowhere
seen sight unseen
and accepted
as the sum of my surface
a couch or a table lamp
with about as much to say
breathing like a stone lion
to say not and not be
pumping sand through my tombs
skirting the edge of the conversation
watching you in my quiet
as my eyes
lumps of ice
burn into my head
Albert Hall
I stroke her only once
and her ears relax forward
I'm stunned
her world is so much simpler than mine.
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James Barkshire
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Wonder who the patron saint of loony tunes is?
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