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May IS, 1986
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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Thursday, May 15
Our Home," award winning documentary on the Miskito Indians.
Rockers 6:30 p.m. at the State Theater , 204 E. 4th Ave. An incredibly cool movie
Touchee 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, an ensemble dance performance choreographed by with music by Peter Tosh, Junior Murvin, and other great reggae artists. $2.50 for
members, $4.00 for everybody else.
Janice Ogawa.
Paul Loeb and the Hanford Nuclear Complex in the LIB lobby at 7 p.m. Loeb will
talk about Hanford, the people who work there, and the nuclear threat. Jeff Albertson wants you not to miss this one.
Issue No. 26
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May 22, 1986
Trustees approve budget
Friday, May 16
Armed Forces Day
Hcliotroupe at the 4th Ave Tavern at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 17
The Moving Image Ensemble in the Experimen tal Theatre at 8 p.m. This is great, a
must see for a nyone who count s.
The Great Geoduck Gallop from 7 a.m to 7 p. m. al Capito l Lake in downtown .
Olympia . Run, walk, jump, skip, or gallop 10 help ra ise funds for TESC's athlettc
a nd recreation program.
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StOI' U,S, Intervention in Central America and around the world. Fort. LeWIS, at
Dupont Gate at 11:30 a.m. Take ex it 119 off Hwy 1-5 . A legal rally, and CIvil
disobedience wi ll fo llow . And remember Armed Forces Day has been deSignated by
the Pledge of Resistance as a day of coordinated nonviolent direct action a l military
bases aro und the nation.
Sunday, May 18
Alive In Olympia Fina le on KAOS radi o, 89.3 FM, at 7 p.m . Seattle guitarist Tracy
Moore will perform. Also see an authentic Wurlitzer Orga n and its troop of funny
people. Free. For tickets ca ll 866-6822.
Festival of Fitness at I p.m. in Sylvester Park. Help fi ght cystic fibro sis and participate or sponsor a participant. More Info 357-3309.
.-ather Jose Alas at St. John's Eriscopa l C hurch o n Cap ilOl Way and E. 9t h at 7:30
p.m. A native of EI Salvador, he I.elped found the Chri stian Base and later was kid napped, tortured, and forced into exile.
Team Gel and Everl:reen State Collel:c thrash from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rad
boomerang contest. Shred with Gel or die.
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Rock n' Roll Sex Party This baby will slam. Tune int o KAOS at 2 a.m . a nd listen
to Paul Lebanon see if he can avoid losing his licence. Guara nteed to walk the line.
Monday, May 19
Russell Means American Indian Activist, co-founder of AIM will speak in L.H. I ,
7:30 p.m., on his trip to Indian villages of Nicaragua . Featuring "Nicaragua Was
by Bob Baumgartner
Wednesday, May 21
Wednesday, May 14, Evergreen's
Board of Trustees approved the
$566,000 supplemental budget detail
which defines how the college will
spend the money provided by the
1986 Legislature.
According to the budget detail,
$526,000 will allow enrollment
growth up to 2,600 full-time
equivalent student s next fall about 125 students more than the
original 1986-' 87 budget had allotted money for. This appropriation
has two parts: $260,000 covers costs
associated with enrollments above
the original 1986-'87 budget
allocation .
President Joe Olander said the
supp lemental budget replenishes
some of Evergreen's assets that have
been neglect ed as enro llm ent has
grown.
"Had we not gotten the money,
we would have had to just limp
a long," said Karen Wyncoop, assistant vice president for academic
budget and financial planning.
Budget Director Jack Daray explained that Evergreen, like all co lleges, places its primary investment
in its fa culty , and reduces supporr
services suc h as, program
" budgets , faculty travel , and support
~ staff positions - when money is
~ tig·ht. This is what happened recen t-
Godfather's Pizza will be in LIB 219 from II a.m.- 2p.m. recruiting for a permanent full-time position on the West Coast.
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Thurston County Board Meeting 102 N. Thomas St.,
Oly. Wa., 7-8 p.m.
Thursday, May 22
Central America Day A full day of talks, films, and more , 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. More
info 357-8424.
Not For Parents Only for everybody. 7 to 9 p. m. at Old Washington School. Pay $4
prior to attending at the Oly Parks and Recreation Office, 1314 E(/, 4th Ave. Discuss
myths about teen s, family expectatIOns, parentmg styles, and chore!;. Learn communication and problem so lving sk ills. More Info 753-8380.
Twister Bash Red Square, noon to 12:15 p.m . sign-in. 28 twister games, 3 person
teams, and frisbees for the winners, but shredding booms for second place.
Ongoing and Future Events
Saturday, May 24 Bowling Against Bombs will be held at the Westside Lanes. Info
and pledge sheets available at the Oly Food Co-op at the corner of Rogers and
Bowman on the westside; and downtown at Thousand Cranes Futons, at I) 9 N .
Washington,
WashPIRG Elections on Tues, May 27. The campus-wide elections will be held to
fill seats on the Local Board of Directors. Interested students should fill out
nomination forms, available at the Info Ctr, by Friday May 23. Credit and intern ships available.
Recent Watercolors and Transparent Collages by P.J. Dunlap from May 16 to June
18 ill the Marianne Partlow GaJlery, 500 S. Washington. This is famous stuff folks,
attend.
English-as-a-Second-Language Tutor or Talk Time Volunteers needed, No foreign
language experience required. Help another person learn, call Stephallle at 754-7197.
Puget Sound Health Care Center seeking volunteers. Help care for the elderly. For
Info 754-9792 weekdays.
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Part of the "fleet" at anchor for last weekend's Olympia WoodC'fI Boal
Fair. A photo essay is featured in this week '5 Arion, see page 8.
BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL?
Vol. No. 14
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Downtown lobby forms
by Joe Nilsson
With an Olympia City councilmem ber, and representatives of
several community organizations in
attendance, 25 downtown residents
met Monday to form the Olympia
Downtown Neighborhood Association. Bylaws and articles of incorporation were approved by a mixed
group of seniors, college students
and "baby boomers."
Jim Longley chaired the meeting
and was elected president. Hugh
Platt, Ron Jasperson and Cherie
Tessier were elected vice president,
treasurer and secretary. John Anderson, Gene Cade, Sasha Henry, Bob
Maruge, Joe Nilsson and Dough
Riddels were elected members of the
Association's Board of Directors.
Following organizational activities, the group heard brief, very
supportive remarks from City Councilm'ember Rex Derr. Represen -
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Neighbcrrhood Association and
GESCCO, a downtown TESC based organization, also spoke to the
crowd.
The bulk of the meeting was
devoted to discussion of issues ,
Topics included maintenance of low
and middle income downtown housing, traffic and parking problems,
enhancement of Sylvester Park, problems associated with "punk"
youths "hanging out," promoting
evening activities, supporting merchants, beautification and networking with concerned individuals,
groups and governmental bodies.
The association will take an active
interest in all downtown issues, and
several committees were formed to
begin this process. All interested persons are welcome to attend the next
monthly meeting in June. The date
and location will be announced.
Iy when student enrollment was
increased .
The supplemental budget restores
these support serv ices, providing
money to hire faculty, support staff,
an arts technician and a science
technician. It provides money for
academic program budget s and
fac ulty travel, which will enable
so me faculty to attend conferences
to stay abreast of changes in Iheir
fields. And it allows for newly appointed Dean Michael Beug to begin
learning about his job now.
Besides see ing some new facult y
and in stru ct iona l technicians next
yea r, st udents will see t he money in
a renewed ability for programs to
take field trips and have guest lec turers, photo copies and new lab
supp li es, said Budget Director Jac k
Daray.
Also, the academic advising center
wi ll be co nso lidated , creat ing a single
acadamic advisi ng center o ut of the
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scattered departments.
Altho ugh Ihe details ha ve not been
worked ou t, Vice President and Provos t Patrick Hill sa id the budget
a ll ows for a "beefing up" of
academic advis ing . Now there is one
acadamic adv isor; next year more
people will be hired, and they will all
be in one place.
Anoth er $40,000 of the $566,000
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In February 1986, the officers of
the Washington State Labor Council (WSCL) met with President
Olander to discuss the possibility of
creating a Labor Research and
Education Center at Evergreen. At
that time faculty member Dan Leahy
was asked to see what support there
was for this at TESC.
If implemented, according to
Leahy, this organization would serve
four basic functions:
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I) It would be a place for unions
to come (use college facilities as
other outside groups do) to train
leadership in such areas as stewardship and collective bargaining.
2) It would facilitate non -credit
educational programs such as
workshops on media, management,
and collective bargaining; develop a
labor media; or do research on
corporations.
3) Promote research of interest 10
working people through staff supsee Labor page 15
In other budget -related even lS,
Washington State Budget Director
Orin Smith ha s ordered all
Washington state public colleges and
universities to undergo a new two stage budget process, and to submit
agency budget requests by July I .
For future budget proposals,
beyond this biennium, Evergreen administrators need student, facult~
and stafr opinions answering two
questions: What are the basi c thin gs
that need to be done if the
Legislature held the budge! to its
present level? And i r Evergreen gO I
new money from the Legislalur~ ,
what should we buy'
A forum will be held fr om noon
to 2 p.m. Thursday , May 29 in LH
I so cOlllll1unity members can lei the
ad mini stralion know how they think
any new money ;hou ld be spent.
Budget Director Jack Daray said
that they espec ia ll y need st udenh'
ideas since thi s will be the last chance
10 hear from them before the requesl
is due.
in Olympia takes five
by Ben Tansey
Relief. And a little sadness.
Those were the most poignant
feelings of the cast and crew of
"Alive in Olympia" just before the
cue went out for their final program.
KAOS' live performance variety
show finished a six-week production
run last Sunday night.
"We wanted to prove it co uld
work," said producer Michael Huntsberger. Live radio is radio with an
"aesthetic" difference, he said,
because "you have to listen
act ively. "
Making it work was the joint e ffort of about 15 people, among
them: Jim Hartley, a former
volunteer coordinator for KAOS;
Hilary Lewis, a se lf-de sc ribed
"cleaning lady, " and Riverose
Moskowitz, a IO-year-old cameo actress . The rest of the group are noncredit-seeking student volunteers, a
couple of subcontractors and an in tern. Karen Huntsberger lent her
skills as an organist.
The group had been spending at
least 15 hours a week
the
Labor Center proposed
by Margaret Livingston
ducted: $20,000 is for an inputoutput study of the Washington
state economy being con ducted at
the University of Washington, while
anolher $20,000 goes to the Institute
for Public Policy to study socia l,
economic and demographic trends in
Washington.
A nnouncer "Bob Blando" (real life Program Director Guy Nelson) emcees
the final Alive in Olympia performance.
shows. Scrip ts were written during
improvisational sessions which were
recorded, and from those tapes the
choices t lines were brought int o the
final draft.
The shows have drawn crowds of
between 40 and 100 to TESC's
Recital Hall. Huntsberger was "surprised that they have not drawn
more" since there was so mu ch
publicity , especially in the
Olympian.
The mo st s ucces sf ul s how
featured the musica l group "Go."
The audience was excellent. "There
wasn't anything we could do wrong"
that night , sa id a sm ilin g
Huntsberger.
Talent has been good to the production s. Every group that came
played for free, for which
Huntsberger sa id he is grateful.
Sunday night 's show featured
Tracy Moore, who was heading
home that night after a six -week
tour . He hustled a few copies of his
2-year-old so lo album at the door.
Moore is a classical/folk in strumentali st with a twelve-string and slide
guitar and a unique style.
The audience was warmed up with
the guided whistling of th e
"Mayberry RFD" theme, for which
sat irical "original " lyrics were wrilten. The show ended in classical
Sat urday Night Live sty le with the
actors nostalgically singing and dan cing and holding each other.
It will be another year before live
radio is reborn again at Eve rgreen.
Between then and now Huntsberger
hopes to recruit some more writers
and possibly find a few grants 10
help sponsor the event.
Writers had been running out of
jokes during the past two weeks, bUI
Huntsberger knows thai there arc
still " so me incredible ideas walking
through the lobb y."
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The "From Aggression to Ahimsa" forum tied together the issues of
U.S. militarism-whether in Vietnam, EI Savador. or at Big Mountain - with an eye toward stopping
aggression and a dream to free peo·
pie from its effects. The event, held
In CAB 108 on Tuesday, May 13,
was part of the Tacoma to Bangor
Peace March.
The event's promotion poster ex·
plains that ahimsa is a Hindu word
meaning "not hurting" or "not har·
ming" as a position on relating to
the world.
About 40 people attended the
forum. including nine peace walkers
traveling from Tacoma to Bangor.
Event organizer Marc Levine said.
"They told me they were on their
third day high - their feet weren't
hurting. and they were feeling pretty good about it." Upon arrival at
Evergreen. they were treated to
showers and saunas at the CRe.
Before the forum. Buddhist Monk
Jacqueline Anjusan. Native
American Janet McCloud. Christian
Minister Tim Marshall and Eric
Portnoff of the Jewish faith joined
in a blessing over the food. which
was donated by SAGA. Blue Heron
Bakery. Olympia Food Co-op. The
Corner. and various individuals.
Event organizer Marc Levine said
that in the prayer they talked about
sharing food and about how food is
here to sustain us.
Peace Walker Uldis Ohaks began
the forum. speaking about the ideas
of intervention and self-interest. He
said aggressive U. S. intervention in
Central America denies Latin
Americans the right to determine the
pat h of their lives. as intervention at
Big Mountain denies Native
Americans the right of selfdetermination. And he said that
nuclear war was the most powerful
extension of aggressive intervention:
it denies everyone the right to determine how they will live and even if
they will live.
"So those are the basic thoughts
that I have when I am engaging in
a peace walk ... 1 am determining ... to
show the country. the people that I
meet. that I am concerned with the
fact that my government is set on
very aggressive intervention - not
to help with the self-determination
of people and countries. but instead
motivated by self· interest. "
The next speaker. student Sean
Sinclair. talked about his experience
at the U.S. embassy in EI Salvador.
He said the embassy officials had
based a smooth argument supporting their counter-insurgency campaign - that consists of bombing
the countryside - on the idea that
they are trying the kill the guerrillas.
"I f I was very uninformed about
what is happening down there. I
would think. well of course. mayb.!
all those people who live in the countryside really are guerrillas ... when in
fact all of the bombing has been very
indiscriminate. They're using napalm
and white phosphorous bombs. And
later in the week we visited refugee
camps and saw the kind of burns
amI scars that are created by these
kinds of bombs."
"fhe Central American situation." said Campus Minister Tim
Marshall. "is put in terms of East
and West. free enterprise and communism. very slick categories. but
the crisis in Central America is not
being orchestrated by the Russians.
The crisis in Central America has a
long. long history to it.. .And to deny
that reality and to only put it in
terms of East and West leads us
completely away from the true solution, because the solution between
East and West is one of militarism,
of flexing our muscles against each
other, though the solution to the
crisis in Central America is social
Ieform ... "
Next.
Brett
Redfern
of
WashPIRG spoke on the environmental effects of producing
plutonium at Hanford. He said. the
Plutonium Uranium Extraction
plant (PUREX) processes spent fuel
from the nuclear reactor to make
nuclear weapons. This is where the
plutonium for the Nagasaki bomb
and for other nuclear weapons in our
arsenal today were made.
When we think of nuclear
weapons. we worry about what happens if they are dropped. said
Redfern.
"But the point that I want to
make now is that it doesn't matter
if they're dropped or not. The fact
[is] that bomb making is very messy
business. and there's a lot of waste
that's created from it. Up at Hanford. all the commercial reactors
that [have] ever operated there don't
produce as much waste as the
PUREX reactor produces."
From 1943 to 1963. 143 singlecelled tanks were made to store highlevel nuclear waste at Hanford.
Redfern said. Of these. two-thirds
are leaking. Already over one-half
million gallons of high-level nuclear .
waste has poured into the ground.
said Redfern. One inhaled speck of
plutonium would kill you. he added.
Also. 200 billion gallons of low
and intermediate waste - enough to
cover Manhattan Island to a depth
of 40 feet - has been dumped into
the environment. Redfern said. The
Columbia River. which runs through
Hanford Nuclear Reservation. has
traces of plutonium. He said that
since the 1950s. 750.000 curies
of nuclear waste has been released
annually .
Next. Native American activist
Janet McCloud gave a speech steamed in irony . She said the aggression
in Central American that they had
been discussing was like events at Big
Mountain and evc;n closer to home.
on the Columbia River.
"You could go out and shoot the
mayor of San Francisco and get
three years. but if you're an IndIan
trying to exercise your original rights
and stuff. you could face up to 40
years and life for catching a
salmon ."
"It's open season on Indians in
this state. right here. You don't have
to go to Nicaragua ... they·re
shooting them. killing them ... it·s so
unimportant it doesn't even make
the paper when an Indian gets shot
and killed. It doesn't make the
paper. Or when they burn down our
fishing boats. our long houses. barely makes a mention .... So. you don't
have to go clear to Nicaragua to get
problems. You've got them right
here in your state."
Vietnam veteran Skip Kospito.
who is also a member of the Last
Veterans. spoke next. He said that
the country has never dealt with the
moral lessons of the Vietnam War.
"It has never allowed itself to look
at the suffering. to look at the grief.
the pain that it caused people in Asia
and the people here in this country ...
He said that craters in Vietnam
made by U.S. bombs. fill with water
and serve as breeding ponds for
malaria-carrying mosquitos. killing
thousands of people. After receiving
poor medical attention. wounded
American soldiers were flown back
to the United States. where they were
left to deal with psychological and
medical scars on their own.
"Not only have we ignored what
we've done to the people of North
Vietnam. South Vietnam. Cambodia. and Laos. we've ignored
what's happened to our own
brothers and sisters that were sent
out." said Kospito.
Peace Walker Elaine Edmonson.
who is also a Ground Zero
spokesperson. talked about the
philosophy of non-violence in the
campaign to stop the White Train.
known to be carrying nuclear
weapon parts .
•'The whole process of n.Qnviolence is one of really building
trust." On their White Train campaigns. Ground Zero people talk to
sheriffs. Burlington Northern officials. everyone. They explain nonviolence and tell officials what they
are going to do. when they will
stand. when they will sit. so they
know what to expect. she said.
As a result. people at the Trident
Navy shipyard are quitting highpaying jobs; two jury members from
past trials have joined the campaign;
and the prosecutor from their first
trial - having said he will never
again work to prosecute the White
Train protestors - has become their
defense attorney. she said.
"And if enough people sit on
enough tracks, and if enough people get arrested. and if enough people go to jail. and if enough people
become aware. then someday I can
envision the engineer stepping down
to the tracks. the Burlington Northern men stepping off the front of
the train to the tracks. the sheriffs.
the Burlington Northern people who
are getting out of their cars who just
surround everybody. walking to the
tracks and saying. 'No more. This
is enough.' ..
The last speaker. forum coordinator Marc Levine. capped off the
speeches with a personal statement
saying he was glad people were
working together to help. "If I
didn't take a position of not wanting
to harm. then I couldn't feel good
about anything I do. And that's
what this is about."
Joined by three Evergreen
students. Peace Walkers took
another step on their march t.o
Bangor. arriving Sunday. May 18.
Speaker supports U.S. policy in Central America
by Glenn Simonsen
The executive director of the
World Without War Council of
Greater Seattle. Holt Ruffin. spoke
Tuesday to the Central America
group contract students about the
Kissinger commission report. and his
views on the Latin American
political! economic situation .
The Kissinger commission report
was a five-month presidential study
released in January of 1984 meant
to draw bipartisan support for U.S.
policy toward Central America. The
report called for massive amounts of
aid to Central America including an
endorsement of Pentagon prescriptions for military aid to EI Salvador.
and the resumption of military aid
to Guatemala.
Commission members spent a
total of six days in Central America
during the five-month study which
included an eight-hour stopover in
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Ruffin began his lecture by telling
his audience that they probably were
not going to agree with what he had
to say. He then gave a description
of Marxism and Liberalism. defining them as two different
frameworks for analyzing political
systems. Liberalism's primary goal
is freedom. Ruffin said. while Marxism is primarily concerned with
social and economic equality. He
said neither system is completely
right or wrong. and the two do not
necessarily have to be looked at as
being diametrically opposed .
Concerning the Kissinger commission. Ruffin had high praise for their
report. calling it "one of the best
things I've seen" on Central
America. He said he did have some
problems with the document. two of
which had to do with terminology .
The first was the use of the word
"crisis" in the description of the
Burg er
situation in Central America. The
government only seems to use the
term when dealing with conflicts involving Marxist-Leninism. Ruffin
said.
The second was the use of the
word "indigenous" which the commission employed in its support of
locally motivated. "indigenous"
movements for political reform. "I
don't believe that if it's indigenous.
that means its OK." Ruffin said adding that such revolutions can create
governments more despotic than the
ones they replace.
He also cited a lack of analysis in
the report concerning the question of
why Latin American nations have
been governed for so long by
authoritarian-style regimes . "I must
admit that it's a mystery to me. and
I've lived there for a number of
years." he explained. Ruffin was
raised partly in Brazil and he has
studied Latin America extensively.
In
to stifle their own growth through
red
tape
and
longwinded
bureaucracy. As an example. he
related the problems his sister had in
getting permission to charge a covercharge at her restaurant in Brazil.
Ruffin recommends a relaxation of
such hindrances for the region.
This writer was unable to attend
the second hour of Ruffin's lecture.
and so did not hear what he said
about Nicaragua. Ruffin has condemned the Sandinista government
of that country in articles he has
published. He has also stated he
thinks Nicaragua is currently involved in a legitimate civil war which
should not be construed as foreign
aggression by the United States .
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require journalists to perform with
balance. intelligence. accuracy and
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Central America day planned
What can Evergreen and Olympia
community members do about the
situation in Central America? This
issue is the focus of Central America
Day. Thursday. May 22. The free
event is sponsored by the Central
American Group Contract at The
Evergreen State College. Speakers.
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authoritarian governments and added. "You kind of have to look to
culture to explain it."
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historic role of the United States in
nurturing and sometimes installing
dictatorships in Latin America. Ruffin downplayed the extent of U.S .
intervention and cited the Soviet
Union for once having supported a
Latin American dictatorship.
Ruffin concluded his analysis with
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of the major obstacles preventing
change in Latin America. He said
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
May 22, 1986
Opinions:
Administration seeks ideas on budgetary needs
by Stnen Aldrich
As Americans we take pride in our
democratic system of government
that provides each of us an opportunity to be involved in governing
our society. Yet, at Evergreen many
students are frustrated that they have
little or no say in deciding how the
college is run.
President Olander, by instructing
Budget Director Jack Daray to seek
the Evergreen community's help in
preparing the college's budget request to the Governor's Budget Office (OFM), has provided students
with an opportunity to be more
directly involved in defining their options in the academic arena, and in
deciding how the college is run.
Because the budget due date is J uly I, this help is needed before the
end of spring quarter.
What academic opportunities exist, or don't exist, for students are
determined primarily by how much
money the State Legislature gives to
the college, and how the people, empowered to make these decisions,
decide to spend that money.
In the one area that an opportunity is provided for direct student participation (Student and Activities
funding) debate is lively, tempers
frequently flare, and organizations
are formed which are funded by and
run by students to serve students.
Despite this, the Services and Activities Budget makes up a very small
percentage of the overall institutional budget.
Daray has scheduled a forum to be held between noon and 2 p.m.
in LH I, Thursday, May 29 - so the
community, "especially students,"
can be more involved in creating the
1987-'89 biennial budget. Two key
budget issues will be addressed at
that forum : "I) If the college is provided no 'new' support to its current
$34 million base (plus some infla-
Letters:
Board member
gives perspective
To the Editor:
I realize that the CPJ affords experience to those who seek to
sharpen their journalistic skills . I
hope that some effort is made to
oversee the factual content and the
poetic license involved in the
writings of those budding journalists. In light of the fact that I and
several other S&A Board members
repeatedly dari fied the budgetary
maneuverings of the board, I am not
pleased with the results of John
Kaiser's reporting efforts. The issues
were muddled, the numbers were incorrect, and the title to his story was
perhaps a trifle overblown.
S&A is not slashing funding to
student organizations. Because of a
clerical error made several years ago
(by the administration) previous
S&A boards overspent student
money. The error was discovered
this year, and it is up to this S&A
board to fix the problem . We can't
spread the money loss over several
years; S&A boards are not allowed
to operate that way. The ultimate
result: S&A has approximately
$36,000 (not $20,000 as reported by
Kaiser) less to spend than did last
year's board.
The fact that S&A-funded
organizations have requested up to
twice their previous allocations complicates matters. The fact that comparable worth decisions in the state
means more S&A dollars will
necessarily go to claSsified staff positions in organizations supported by
S&A contributes to allocation
difficulties.
During winter Quarter, the present
S&A board discovered that previous
S&A boards had overspent, and that
the balance, left in a discretionary
fund (used for midyear and
emergency allocations) was incorrectly totalled. The only course open
to the board to return to a balanced
tion), what problems and opportunities should be considered? 2) If
some new resources become
available, what initiatives should the
college pursue?"
The forum will be "staffed" by
the budget director, vice presidents
and their budget staffs, deans, and
others to listen to the ideas and
criticisms offered by the ,community. It provides all community
members the opportunity to voice
their concerns about the institutional
budget, and to get those concerns on
record.
Thus, if 2,000 community
members speak out for a budgetary
committment to the Longhouse project, that statement is registered, and
the administration knows what those
2,000 people think. If, then, a
Longhouse project is not included in
the budget, the whole community, as
well as anyone else who's interested,
is aware of that conflict.
Contrariwise, if 2,000 people say
they think Evergreen should make a
financial commitment to inter-
collegiate athletics, that information
is on record. The forum provides an
opportunity for people to discuss
budgetary priorites with each other,
to work toward deciding as a community if, for example, expressive,
arts are in greater need of funding
than the MPA program, or if we
want to make those comparisons.
The above examples are only a
few of the many things that could be
discussed at Thursday's forum, and
are not necessarily the most
important.
Big Mtn supporters urged to work locally
by Leslie Gowell
Three weeks ago, unidentified aircraft flying over the southeast corner of the Joint Use Area were
sighted dropping white packets of an
unknown substance above the only
waterhole in the area. Two weeks
ago the Bureau of Indian Affairs approached a number of non-Indian
supporters working in a cornfield on
Big Mountain and informed them if
they were not official members of
the tribe, they were considered
trespassers on the reservation. The
tension at Big Mountain is becoming severe. At the Elders and Youth
conference, which was held in late
April, the elders of Big Mountain
made the following formal request:
Supporters remain in their communities and continue their work to
repeal Public Law 93-531.
This request was made based on
the following considerations. The
primary one being that the physical
presence of non-Indians on the land
could possibly weaken the DineHopi defense. Hopi Tribal Chairman Ivan Sidney, in an article
budget is to make up for deficits
created by someone else's errors,
which means that this year there is
less money to spread around. S&A
is not slashing funding. There is just
less money .
I could say a great deal more.
There are plenty of quarrels that
could be aired. There's lots of invectives that could be tossed around .
What's the use? I hope that these
few paragraphs are sufficient to
clarify the matters that were so
thoroughly confused by John
Kaiser. [ hope that in the future, articles submitted are more carefully
edited. I really hope that titles
chosen for those articles reflect the
facts therein rather than make some
false accusation (which attracts attention but remains nonetheless
false). Budget deliberations are a difficult and often confusing process .
[t does not help matters when those
deliberations
are
reported
inaccurately.
Thanks,
Kate Crockett
Grad displeased
with S & A Board
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter to express
my extraordinary dissatisfaction
with the budgetary process of the
1985-'86 S&A Board. As an alumnus of TESC and a former S&A
Board member, I am quite familiar
with the intended process of
budgetary evaluation, board and
student group discussion, and consensus decision-making about
budget allocations.
I find the board sorely lacking in
its ability to distinguish personal
value assumptions froin a 15roadbased-consensual-decision-making
process. The potential hazards of
making important funding decisions
based upon personal bias are disruptive and irresponsible.
These decisions affec~ all students
and their attachment to student services and activities offered for their
benefit. This year's budgetary pro-
printed in the Navajo-Hopi
Observer, February 5, 1986, attempted to link non-Indian supporters
with Libyan leader Moammar
Khadafy. Despite the fact that this
accusation is totally ridiculous, it has
only heightened the suspicion and
fears of the U.S. government and
other opposing factions.
The Elders feel that any unnecessary conflicts that might arise
at this time will only add fuel to the
opposition's fire. Presently there are
not the resources available by which
to educate, protect, nor monitor the
activities of outside support. Secondly the land is incapable of providing
for the physical needs of an increased population, especially in light of
the fact that the water supply at Big
Mountain may be contaminated.
For some, this request to remain
in their communities might come as
a disappointment, considering the
exceptional cultural experiences a
number of supporters have had
while being physically present on the
land. This request should only be
honored temporarily and it is possible that the request for physical
cess is a particularly difticult one due
to a shortage of funds, but compromises and informed decisions can
still be made that will not cause the
elimination of programs and activities that are important to the entire Evergreen community.
Students, plea~ become involved .
Board members should remember
that they are not supposed to make
decisions in personal isolation, but
with the health and continuity of this
comm unity held in the highest
regard.
R. Christopher Shaw
Students work to
maintain action
To the student body:
Historically one of the big problems with student activism at
Evergreen is sustaining momentum
from year to year. Student turnover
and activist-burnout militate against
coherent tracking of issues. To address this problem we are asking
concerned students to attend a
meeting where the many issues that
need to be dealt with next year can
be enumerated, and where persons
of similar interests cart network.
Following this process, we are asking those persons to write a short
paper on what the issue is, what
needs to be done about it, and where
to find the resources to deal with it.
It is our hope that, through this process, next year's activists will be able
to benefit from this year's experiences. The meeting will be held
on Thursday, May 29 at 5 p.m. in
CAB 110. Refreshments will be
available.
Paul Tyler
Debra Gronning
Argon Steel
Jeff Bartone
Bret Lunsford
Jacinta McKoy
Angel Cruz
Sylvia Smith
Jasper
Denise Crowe
Dave L. Campbell
Susan Roden
assistance will be reenacted in the
future. Supporters are being asked
to remain on alert if in the event it
is deemed necessary to have
witnesses to a forced relocation the
first week in July. At this time,
though, no one is able to predict
whether the presence of witnesses
will be necessary .
In the event witnesses are beckoned to be on the land during this time,
individuals would have to determine
whether their presence would be
beneficial to the struggle of the Dine
and Hopi people. Individuals would
need to be totally self sufficient in
regards to water, food and shelter.
Guns, alcohol, and drugs would be
prohibited .
Individuals would have to take it
upon themselves to be familiarized
with the issue and be prepared to
honor the customs and rites of the
Hopi and Dine people. It is the hope
of all people involved that witnesses
will not be required, but in the event
that an emergency mobilizaticn is requested Big Mountain Legal DIO
communications will be able to pro-
Security charged
with dog
discrimination
Dear Editor,
I find it hard to comprehend that
large vicious dogs are allowed to run
free on campus - unchecked by
Security (the whole month of May
-daily), while Steve Kistler has
been told by security that if ex-CPJ
writer and unofficial school mascot
Sandy Dhogg is seen on campus,
he'll recieve a ticket in the mail.
Bullshit!
Ben Schroeter
College trustees give perspectives on institution
by Catherine Commerford
If only a few people choose to par-
ticipate in the forum, it provides the
administration with the opportunitv to continue current exclusionary
decision-making processes. It might
appear that most of the Evergreen
community is satisfied with the work
the administration is doing in defining the budget, and more ,opportunities for the community to provide up-to-date information.
For more 'information about the
forum, call the Budget Office,
x6363.
vide up to date information.
America needs to be informed of
the genocidal decisions being made
by its government. People are
unaware of this issue due to the lack
of media coverage it has received.
You are encouraged to employ your
personal communications skills
within your community, and
pressure the mass communication
system and the U.S. government to
give this issue the attention it so
rightfully deserves.
The struggle at Big Mountain is of
a spiritual, non-violent nature. The
Elders have asked that supporters
hold vigils on July 8 in remembrance
of the Hopi-Dine struggle to secure
their traditional homelands. For
many of us our summer plans will
not find us in a centrally located area
where we might be able to connect
with others who share our concerns.
Despite this fact, one's location
should not discourage them from
continuing their support. Thoughts
and prayers rendered in a good way
are the primary life-line of this
struggle.
Correction
In the May 15 Cooper Point
Journal, a photo of faculty
member Tom Grissom appeared; the pho,,, was taken at
a nuclear vigil at which Grissom
spoke. He was erroneously
referred to as "Evergreenfaculty member John Filmer. " The
staff of the Cooper Point Journal regrets the error, and any
confusion this mistake may
have caused.
Also, in the same issue, Jennifer Lewis was creditedfor taking two crew rowing photos that
were taken by Margaret Stratton. Our apologies, Margaret.
The Cooper Point Journal, is published weekly for the students,
staff and faculty of the Evergreen State College. Views expressed
are not necessarily those of the college or the Journal's staff. Advertising material contained herein does not imply endorsement by
the Journal. The office is located at The Evergreen State College,
Campus Activities Building, Room 306. The phone number is
866-6000, X6213. All announcements must be double-spaced, listed
by category, and submitted no later than noon on Monday for that
week's publication. All letters to the editor must be typed, doublespaced, limited to 250 words, signed, and must include a daytime
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the right to reject any material, and edit any contributions for
length, content, or style. Letters and display advertising must be
received no later than 5 p.m. on Monday for that week's
publication. © 1986 The Evergreen State College
Editor: Michael Tobin
Managing Editor: Steven Aldrich
Associate Managing Editor: Duane Anderson
Photo Editor: Jennifer Lewis '
Production Assistant: Jennifer Seymore
Poetry Editor: Paul Pope
Sports Editor: Larry Smith
Advisor: Virginia Painter
Photographers: James Barkshire, Jennifer Buttke, Nancy Harter
'Writers: Todd D. Anderson, Bob Baumgartner, Irene Mark
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Margaret Livingston, Maggie Murphy, Paul Pope, Bob Reed,
Stoddart Lawrence Smith, Lee Pembleton, Ben Tansey
Business Manager: Karen Peterson
Advertising Manager: David George
Advertising Assistant: Julie Williamson
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
May 22, 1986
The purpose of thi's writing is to
inform readers about the Board of
Trustees at The Evergreen State
College .
General powers and duties of the
Board of Trustees are outlined in the
Revised Code of Washington in a
section that talks about higher
education (RCW -28B.40.120).
Among other responsibilities, the
board has full control of the state
college, employs the president,
prescribes the course of study (with
assistance from the faculty and the
state Board of Education), may
establish and erect new facilities,
may acquire real and other property, may purchase all supplies and
purchase or lease equipment and
may receive gifts, grants, conveyances, devices, and bequests of
real or personal property from whatsoever source. This is just a sampling of the responsibilities that the
board has to The Evergreen State
College, as it's stated in the RCW.
Members of the Board of Trustees
are selected by the governor. Beverly Tweddle (governor's assistant for
boards) helped to clarify some points
through a telephone conversation
with CPJ writer Jennifer Seymore.
The law does not set criteria for
board members, although they cannot be state employees or elected officials. It is a "pretty subjective"
process, but the search looks for an
ethnic, racial, sexual, and
geographic "balance." A business
background is preferable because
"in some ways, running a university is no different than running the
state." Members ought to have a
"statewide perspective," and consider "what the state needs from an
educational standpoint." There has
never been an Evergreen alumnus on
the board. The length of the appointment is not limited by the law .
Governor Booth Gardner makes
the final choice after Beverly Tweddle and a group of his staff receive
applications . Candidates are interviewed and screened for " expertise
and education." It is a "populous"
process. Recomendations from the
school are taken into consideration.
The latest appointments (both David
Tang and Allan Weinstein were appointed in October, 1985) came after
Joe Olander met with Governor
Booth Gardner. They "mutually
agreed" upon Evergreen's need for
a member knowledgable in Pacific
Rim and international trade
subjects.
When asked about Evergreen's
commitment to alternative education
and whether or not Evergreen's
board members ought to have
somewhat different qualifications
than a board member at the University of Washington, Beverly Tweddle responded:
"I think pusitively that is so;
although some of them, I imagine,
approach education from a nontypical point of view, the school still
has to be run in a business-like
fashion. There has been some emphasis lately at Evergreen, I believe,
on international trade and a liason
with the Orient. Our last appointment spoke to that."
Beverly Tweddle sees the necessity of "innovative perspectives" and
that will be taken into consideration
in the fall when a new appointment
is made .
What about the current appointments? I spoke with five of the
seven board members at their monthly meeting at The Evergreen State
College on May 14 to get an idea
of how these people think given what
they do .
Herbert Gelman is an attorney in
Tacoma. His undergraduate work
was done at Brooklyn College and
his graduate work was completed at
the University of Washington's
School of Law.
His community/business activities
and affiliations include: former
member of the Board of Directors
in the Franklin Pierce school district,
former member of the Board of
Directors of the Family Counseling
Service, Board of Trustees President
at Lakewood General Hospital,
member of the Citizens Advisory
Committee, and former Assistant
Attorney General for the state of
Washington, representing the
Department
of
General
Administration.
Herb Gelman
So, where are you from? Do you
know where Kings County is? No,
not King County . Anyway , you
sound like you might. I lost it.
I'm in my 7th year - 2nd term as
a member of this Board of Trustees.
[ was appointed by Governor Ray,
though I had recommendations
from some other elected officials.
She never interfered in what I was
doing. We never had many dealings
together. She knew that I would
work hard for the institution . She!
was always straightforward with me.
I was around during the seize
phase that the institution was going
through. We had to fight each
legislative session just to keep the institution open . It took a lot of
energy, but nobody ever lost hope in
this institution for its vision. All of
the press that we're receiving today
doesn't reflect anything new. We've
always thought that way. We're doing what we always have. It would
have been easy to suffer an internal
loss. We've managed to rebuff the
onslaught. Now, it's onward and
upward.
I think a trustee's responsibility
lies in being an effective liaison and
to give direction. In this case, it's to
promote the legislative mandates
and maintain a bridge with the com-
munity at large. I've always believed that the board sh'ould belay the
people as a way to reflect the community at large. Responsibilities are
multiple, but the most important is
being a bridge for the different
constituencies.
Should we concentrate on the
geographic area? That's a difficult
issue. I'm personally convinced that
we have a fixed obligation to being
an alternative institution of higher
learning. This supersedes the mandate to a geographic area.
The current emphasis on the
Strategic Plan, long-term growth,
and increased enrollment will shape
the next 10 to 15 years or so. We
need some capital improvements.
The gymnasium has been the
number one priority for the past
four or five years. The design is complete, but we can't do anything
without money. Last time, what did
we ask for? It was close to $9
million.
My exposure to public education
in the K through 12 system comes
from having one child in public
school, one in private school, and
serving on a Public Education Board
as an elected official for eight years.
Now, I've been away from it for a
number of years. What bothers me
is the lack of enthusiasm and
substantive content. But it 's not entirely the school's fault. Part of the
responsibility to a child's education
rests with the parents.
A few weeks ago, I was watchmg
"Firing Line" and Mortimer Adler's
Paideia concept was being talked
about. I thought of Evergreen. The
concept stresses seminars, lectures
and evaluations on the high school
level. High schools have tried to
adopt writing across their curriculum. The biggest resistance
comes from teachers trained in their
own disciplines. I participated in my
first interdisciplinary experience
when I was a student at Brooklvn
College.
There are enough policies currently in place to insure the enactment
of Affirmative Action .
I care about this school. Good
care brings good caretakers . That's
what the board is about. Board
members are caretakers . We deal
honestly with each other and with
any differences in opinion . You may
feel strongly, but the majority will
win out.
The student participation has been
terrific . It it weren't for the students,
we wouldn't be here .
The tuition costs for staff
members encourages their strong
participation. It's advantageous for
their growth .
What is my personal vision? I
want to feel comfortable and convinced that graduates of this institution take with them the kinds of
capabilities and qualities that will
carry them through their lives .
The students here today will be my
leaders tomorrow. I trust they will
think carefully and critically. I know
they will .
Th elma Jackson is Human Services Direc{or at Jackson and
Associates in Olympia. She studied
at Sou{hern Universi{y, BalOn
Rouge, Louisiana.
Her community/ business affilia{ions include: North Thurston
School Board, National Task Force
on Vocational Education, NAACP,
White House Conference on
Families, Olympia YWCA , Citizen's
Education Center Northwest, and
Washington Women United.
Thelma Jackson
Our retreat will be the first time
the seven of us can get together to
individually discuss the first draft of
the Strategic Plan. Yes, it is open to
the public. We'll meet at 6 p.m. on
see Trustees page 6.
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May 22, 1986
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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from pageS
t he second Tuesday in June at the
president's house . If we must talk
personnel, we'll do it in closed session . Otherwise, it's open. Our purpose is to discuss the report and try
to agree upon the meat and
substance of what is being said. The
only thing known for sure at thi s
point, is that we shall have a
Strategic Plan before the president
by the end of June . The next step is
adoption and approval. It may be on
the August agenda for discussion
and on the September agenda for action . It' s not appropriate to comment yet.
Talk about the Pacific Riin should
not ca use the panic it seems to at
Evergreen . We have to be real about
the fact that we're in the state of
Washington - that is a Pacific Rim
state. The emphasis is not only about
business, but in broadening the
scope of the horizons by which we
treat the liberal arts and the
humanities. We have to think of our
location .
The so uthwest Washington man date states that southwest
Washington is part of the service
area for Evergreen . The economy is
in distress , the fishing and logging
industries are hurting. How can one
make different applications of the
Evergreen way of learning to help
these areas solve their economic
problems?
Evergreen's coo rdinated, interdisciplinary approach to learning
would not have us look at just
business; but language, culture, and
human interests. Why can't the
liberal arts person give a different
perspective? Air and water access
make the Pacific Rim an ideal area
for us to study . If we were on the
East Coast, our concern may well be
with Europe. But out here, no institution is better equipped to
holistically deal with the study of
these countries than The Evergreen
State College. What happens
everywhere affects everyone else. I'll
use Chernobyl as an example. The
closest other part of the world to us
is the Pacific Rim countries. The
Pacific Rim, international trade, and
teacher certification are areas worth
looking into to broaden the horizons
of Evergreen . All kinds of issues can
use the Evergreen way of education
as a solution .
We can't - as an institution operate in complete isolation from
everything and everyone around us.
We must be willing to be creative
and innovative . Where's the
tolerance for difference? I'm thinking of the high school directs from
Bellevue and short haircuts that I've
been reading about. We can't lose
sight of the fact that we are a state
institution, with very little endowment, that is' 97 percent funded by
the state. We're located in the state
capital, and subjected to more close
scrutiny than other educational institutions in the state. We, as a
board, stand fast in the belief that
liberal arts in higher education must
be a priority. This includes different
applications of our methods .
There is a perceived crisis in the
public schools in the K through 12
system. The first part of this has to
do with a shortage of teachers. Next,
some teachers have inadequate
preparation to teach . Now, there is
a struggling to regroup and replace
the liberal - for lack of a better
term - curricula that became
diluted, and make the difference in
people's lives . And the crisis is not
just local. The adult illiteracy rate
nationwide is scandalous and the
common schools share part of the
responsibility for this situation.
What can I say? I'm the one
woman, and until very recently, the
only person of color on this board.
As board appointments are staggered, the only solution for equal
representation is to methodically appoint - through a concentrated effort - minority women of color for
the next three or so openings . But
the governor chooses the board. The
criteria is subjective. It is political.
How this can change is something I
do not know . My appointment is up
in September. I f a balance is to be
achieved, only women - preferably
minority women - need to be considered for the next three
appointments.
The first thing that a board
member needs is adequate time to
give to the job. The person needs to
be in sync with Evergreen, and agree
with the ideals, hopes, and aspirations. Women/ minorities bring a
certain perspective to the board. A
board member must be able to articulate her or his point of view and
be able to enter into debate. Human
relations skills are important. A person must be intelligent enough to
assimilate new information, listen
very well, and interact in the
decision-making process. Strong
people-skills are more important
than anything.
The most recent addition to our
agenda has been the faculty renewal
contracts. Now we are at the point
where we can delegate issues of administration and spend time on
things that relate to what we are a policy-making body. We will now
approve faculty renewal contracts.
Minutes, records, and whatever else
is available will inform our decisions . Some routine issues, that we
have dealt with in the past, include
setting summer school fees, the fire
service contract, and budget adoptions. There are some things that we
have spent too much time on . The
COG-4 (Campus Governance Document) is an example. Affirmative
Action and our level of involvement
is another thing. We need to be kept
abreast of what's going on. Action
doesn't mean having to reinvent the
wheel.
Back to the Strategic Plan . It appears as though our process has been
thorough . We've been kept abreast
of the data as it relates to the present and future . The biggest contribution that I can make between
now and September is to help put into place the Strategic Plan that will
lead Evergreen into the 21st century
and beyond.
As a trustee, my greatest contributions have been to provide leadership
and stability during critical times at
the college . This was a great
challenge two years ago when I was
the chairperson. I was presiding in
September of 1984 when President
Evans resigned . The campus was
overreacting and I had to deal with
an acting president. I was still chairing the board after the first presidential search. I was in a position to take
all of the ridicule that went along
with our rejection of the first search.
For different reasons, things had
to be somewhat rethought from the
early days. There was a lack of
students. The unstructured message
that Evergreen was sending out was
overemphasized. Students weren't
coming for whatever reasons.
You're asking me to read this
charge from 1969 that the board had
in front of them at that time; it
estimates that enrollment at 12,000
by the mid-1980's. Things happen
along the way. It's a result of trying
to survive.
Now, students are flocking to
Evergreen in droves . We're turning
students away now, whereas four or
five years ago enrollment was
hurting .
There are certainly staff development opportunities . Personally, I
know staff members who have
received degrees from Evergreen,
though I must admit that I may not
know what the staff expects.
One of our biggest problems is
lack of student input. I am satisfied
by attempts by the board and administration to involve students. I
am satisfied with the mechanics, but
not with the apathy and lack of
response on students' parts. I don't
know why student involvement
hasn't happened to a greater extent.
I don ' t find that complaint
legitimate. I just don't. Issu~s such
as raising fees should have the boardroom packed, but it doesn't. As far
as students go, no one wants to
speak for anyone else. Lately the
fac ulty developed a Faculty Agenda
committee whereby several faculty
represent the faculty's interests.
Students still stick to the ideal of no
representation, but they still refuse
to come up with an alternative vehicle to give themselves a voice. Concensus is not the way things operate
in the real world. It's not realistic or
accomplishing anything.
My
personal
VISion
for
Evergreen's future is for it to realize
its full potential as a premiere institution of higher education - not
only in Washington, but in the
United States. I want to see the
ideals realized, as well as adequate
funding and endowments that will
enable it to enjoy the freedom it
needs to fully pursue its dream.
George Mante is a manager (office services) at the Employment
Security Department. He completed
his undergraduate education at
Willamette University and did his
graduate work in Public Administration at Seattle University.
Community/business activities include: City Councilman in Aberdeen, International Association of
Personnel in Employment Security,
American Society of Public Administrators, member of Theta
Alpha Phi - national drama
honorary and fraternity, Jaycees,
and Kiwanis.
George Mante
Searching for a president after th e
resignation of Dan Evans has been
the biggest challenge. Overall, the
Board of Trustees has an obligation
to oversee the institution according
to the RCW ' (Revised Code of
Washington). Looking out for
public interest is the basic charge,
but there's more. You are a
manager. You manage the institution, but this can go off on tangents .
Care means having all of the
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May 22, 1986
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Percival Landing in downtown Olympia was the site of
2 days of celebration this past weekend, as inveterate
sailors and armchair boaters alike strolled the docks and
swapped tall tales at the 7th annual Olympia Wooden Boat
Fair.
The Fair was first begun by a group of local sailors lamenting the fact that Port Townsend had a nationally recognized
wooden boat show. Why not Olympia? That first year's
event included only 12 boats. This year's fair had 60 boats
of all types and sizes, enthusiastic crowds numbering in
the thousands, and enough activities to keep a person busy
for the better part of an afternoon. Folks rented rowboats
for a jaunt around the waterfront, browsed through the large
assortment of arts and crafts booths, ate countless hot
dogs and egg rolls, and listened to musicians singing
everything from bluegrass to traditional sea chanties. Future
sailors learned the fine art of wooden boatbuilding-albeit
in miniature-in the impromptu carpentry shop set up for
kids.
On Sunday afternoon, the fleet paraded around the harbor, and later dueled it out in the regatta. Rainy skies failed to dampen spirits, but then Northwest sailors are a breed
apart anyway. I watched a grizzled old salt as he walked
the docks all afternoon, a beatific smile on his face as he
inspected the boats. ,His T-shirt said it all: Old sailors never
die, they just get a little dinghy.
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
blasts from the IJ_a_s_t_ __
May 22, 1986
Too long, too loud, Koyaansqatsi a film out of balance
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by Steve Blakeslee
different shots of sweeping clouds and suspicious stares of streetwise
furious highways can we watch before passersby. Assembly-line workers
"Koyaanisqatsi," 1982. 87 mins.,
the novelty (and more importantly, our merge with blurs of Twinkies, televicolor. Produced and directed by Godthunderstruck concern) wears off?
Sions, and automobiles. Highway
frey Reggio, with music by Philip
While the movie purports to mirror drivers shield themselves from the
Glass. Presented at Evergreen's Thursour actions through the combined eyes sun, lost in a heartless anonymity.
day Night Film Series in Lecture Hall
of the camera and Hopi philosophy, in
The images of human destruction
1, May 15, 1986.
my opinion the camera wins out. High- contain none of the beauty one might
Splice together a random assortspeed technique is a special tool. In find in other scenes: the slow motion
ment of high-speed and slow-motion
this case, photographers and visual an- tumble of a condemned building, or the
film clips, add a bassy dramatic soundthropologists (such as Ron Fricke and gleaming symmetrical march of power
track; slap on some Native American
Hillary Harris) have directed it at things lines across an otherwise pristine
prophecies at the end, and you've got
they don't like, such as supermarkets, landscape.
a "film classic," right? Wrong . . the stock market, and evening rush
At times, the ideas fall into an effecThrough a long and inventive series of
hour. However, if the same technique tive (and humorous) order. For inimages, "Koyaanisqatsi" tries to conwas trained on a botanical garden, or stance, streams of hot dogs pouring
vince us that 20th century industrial
even on life in a Hopi village, accom- onto a conveyor belt are immediately
Americans are leading a collective "life
panied by dizzying camera pans and followed by streams of commuters
out of balance," but in the end this
intensely aggravating music, those pouring off escalators.
uneven film, rather than life, seems the
idylls too would seem like "crazy
Our devaluation as individuals is
furthest out of alignment.
life ... falling apart."
So what's the problem? Before I get
Our sensibilities and emotions are clear. Just as often, though,
nailed up on a counter-culture cross,
channeled down a narrow path, one "Koyaanisqatsi" juxtaposes ' images
let me say that I'm a peaceful, longthat leaves no room for the benefits that are not related, yet not sufficienthaired, Zen Buddhist-naturalist who
of technology. Can some of these im- ly unrelated; they jostle each other in
deeply values radically different world
ages have a purely visual beauty a randomness that suggests "life in
views. "Koyaanisqatsi' s" message is
despite the ugliness of their moral turmoil" or "life disintegrating." Just
grave, stark, and of central impormessage? The "objective evidence" when we think we are being led to a
tance: it drives to the heart of our franpresented here is open to a variety of strong, meaningful comment on our
tic, fragmented society.
subjective interpretations - some behavior, the film lapses into another
interesting but ultimately monotonous
The title is Hopi for' 'a state of life
righteous, some not.
that calls for another way of living;"
The film is strongest in its depictions treatment of factories or towering
none of us can afford to ignore its call
of urban people. We are forced into cityscapes.
to action. Unfortunately, the call is too
close contact with military pilots and
The visual and aural themes are
long and too loud. After all, how many bums alike, and face the cold strongly intertwined. While I can't real-
Iy imagine one without the other, I'm
tempted to imagine the film without the
soundtrack. Philip Glass's score is at
first compelling in its hypnotic rhythms
and clarion punctuations, but this
wears on the audience very quickly.
Eventually we are rankled indeed, but
our ire is directed at the film instead
of at its subject. At this screening, the
problem was compounded by an inappropriately high volume, which occasionally led some vieV\ers to block their
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calls a forest of lacy spikes and statues.
A Polly Trout photo essay will appear in an
upcoming Arion.
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I agree with the Hopi prophecy
presented at the film's end: "If we dig
precious things from the land, we will
invite disaster." Let's put about 45
minutes of "Koyaanisqatsi" back into the ground so we can better heed
its call. It contains a vital message in
a potentially powerful format, but
would benefit from some thorough,
scrupulous editing.
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what didn't qet done? why?
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a) criticizing me
b) touching me
c) breathing
d) a mouse in his trousers
e) dark secrets
f) a diary
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May 22, 1986
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May 22, 1986
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ex-gre's sive arts network
Performance Art stages original production
by Maggie Murphy
Expressive Arts program, Performance Art: Ritual Roots to Present,
will perform "5 Mile Chats," an
original show written an designed by
students in the program. The performance will include video/ audio,
music, and drama.
To capture the flavor of the show
I asked Brian Mathis, "5 Mile
Chats" Promotional Manager, what
the show was about. "It's funny,
we've heen ask ing ourselves that
very question. Parts of the show are
misty, parts of the show are
humorous and parts are dramatic, "
he said .
The play's theme focuses on
alchemy . Alchemy is a process that
changes base metal into gold; a great
potential for metaphor. Mathis said,
" In the program we found the
metaphor between the alchemical
process and consumerism a parallel
to explore, like how business people
turn a product into something worth
millions ." Hummmmm , Seal-aMeal and electric sock warmers
sprang to my mind.
At the end of last quarter, Performance Art arrived at the theme of
alchemy to use in this spring
quarter's collaborative performance.
To develop the show, students broke
into small groups to work on different parts of the program. Then,
once a week they would come
together to discuss ideas and progress and begin collaborations.
"The process we've gone through
putting the program together is really representative of the alchemical
process," said Barbara Zelano, a
director for part of the show.
Mathis added, "If we were to continue to work on the production it
would cOlJtinue to change."
This show does seem process
oriented. Specifically there are four
processes used in the show to illustrate the alchemical metaphor.
Putrification, pur:fication, synthesis
and projection are the four. Any
more description than this and we
run the risk of creating some ug ly,
unwanted expectations.
I popped into the Experimental
Theatre to witness the students in action, and a true metamorphosis was
or. display. One of the play's
choreographers was hopping from
chair to chair gaining insight into the
vantage points she would finally
need to consider.
The stage manager was scurrying
about in a busy pattern and tech
folks were pulling ramps, shopping
carts and mountains of fish nets
about. I was intrigued.
"5 Mile Chats" protests to be a
mixture of rich theatrical experience
which explores the parallels bet ween
alchemi cal processes and the
psychological growth that nourishes
individuals and societies.
Tickets are available at The
Evergreen Bookstore and by reservation at 866-6833 (8 a.m . to 10
p.m.). Performances are scheduled
for Thursday, May 29, Friday and
Saturday, May 30 and 31 . Shows
begin at 8 p. m . Cost is $3
students/ seniors and $4 general
admission.
This program promises to be a
creative experience and an opportunity to support and celebrate the
expressive arts at Evergreen .
Lake Geneva, W isconsin: 1967
This is the land
of white milk and
rich cheese. Of calf
in the same pot.
This is the lake
named for high Swiss
peace, fil led with
fast fi nned fish
Up to their gills
in hooks and money.
Mansions on the shore
for the rich to eat.
i)'j ay
Blain Walker
Morning May
is setting moon:
N ewbo rn clouds
and the black t runks
of trees
Lights
Bird songs mingling
On .
Off.
On .
Off.
Electricity
flows
from the source
to the wire
burning bright
white
false sunlight
in the study room
where knowledge also
switches
on
off
on
off
from the source
to the wire .
poster design by Brian Mathis.
by Bradford Brooks
PETERSON's
This is the house
broad white clapboard
beside father 's
fieldstone church .
bacteria 's song.
too cold to stand around .
The Making of Meaning at Evergreen
multi-media performance.
Bob Allen, a student returning to
school after working a number of
Students participating in the Makyears, will perform a series of
ing of Meaning core program are
monologues. Allen said "I chose my
preparing research papers or promaterial to represent struggle, or
jects. According to Meg Hunt, one '
contlict within myself." Allen wants
of the four members of the proa per formance credi t to add to his
gram's faculty, "students in the provita . He plans to apply for positions
gram explore the underlying material
with performing companies this
o f life. Students take something
summer.
from a meaning-making experience
Celese Thomson and Karla Kell- subjects they are personally coning, first -year students, will present
cerned with - and develop them usa photographic essay. Their theme
ing a format other than the logical,
will explore the hows and whys of
rational discourse of a research
society molding the idea of the
paper. "
"perfect woman." Thomson says,
Projects by students include
she an d Kelling ' s wor k is a "perdance, dra ma, poetry , and musical
sonal quest. Any artistic interpretaperformance. Some performances
tion we are leaving to the viewers, "
are established works , while others
said Thomson .
will be original student works .
Meg Hunt sees the projects as
Students wiu also present slide shows
teaching students to be open-minded
of original photographs. Gallery
to radical new work, as well as the
projects by students will feature
best traditional arts there are. Hunt
paintings, masks, photographs, colsaid, "Our mission is to not only
lage , sculpture, and a "Jungian"
produce artists , but also symcomic book _ Fashion shows will be
pathetic, intelligent, understanding
presented, as well a s a "Dada-ist "
a udiences. "
dissolve
into loamy fragrance.
the still air .
Thom e George
The Expressive Arts area will
be reviewed from 4 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May
27 in Com 308. External
reviewers will be visiting. For
more information contact
Dean John Perkins, x6870.
hold dark humus
to your ear,
listen to it
This is the town,
Chicago's playground,
where A I Capone crept
just over the border .
The house that nurtured
my first conceptions :
that all milk is white,
that you need a fish to sWim .
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Experimental films show at GESCCO
by Denise Crowe
The past four Wednesday nights
have found GESCCO'.s windows
covered in black plastic. Inside, 30
to 70 people gather for films they do
not often have the chance to see. It
is an experimtntal film series, a project funded with S&A money and
brought to fruition with the help of
many students and student groups.
For those of you who have missed
these entertaining, educational, and
free evenings there is still a chance.
The series is only half over.
Next week will feature two nights
of film under the theme" Personal
Cinema, Personal Growth ," Tuesday, May 27th .
"1970" by Scott Barlett will begin
at g p . m . followed with
" fireworks" by Kenneth Anger and
ending with "The Pleasure Garden"
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Wednesday, May 28th at 8 p.m .,
"Black Star" by Tom Joslin will fill
the evening. These films are sponsored by the Lesbian/Gay Resource
Center, the Men's Center, and
Olympia Media Exchange.
Debra Gronning, a coordinator at
the LGRC told me that "The
Pleasure Garden" is one of her
favorite films . "It was released in the
50s and banned in New York City. It
is a lighthearted, comical, free expression film."
Jeffrey Bartone, a coordinator at
OME has also seen one of these
films . While in Boston in 1979 he attended a Lesbian/Gay film festival.
According to Bartone, "Black Star"
by Tom Joslin was "the only good
film at the festival." Although he
couldn't remember the name of the
film or the person who made it, he
did remember it had something to do
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this information and learning other
facts needed to bring it here.
Bartone describes" Black Star" as
"A diary film that is shot as things
happened . It reflects on five years in
the main character' s life and his
relationship with a man. The relationship is still happening. " Bartone
also said, "These films are artist expression films, not documentaries."
"Recent Experimental Film" is
the final evening of the series, June
II th, 8 p.m. The program reads" A
special compilation from the Experimental film Coalition in
Chicago, representing many of the
young, unheralded experimental
filmmakers from around the
country. "
GESCCO is located at 5th &
Cherry in downtown Olympia. Films
always begin at 8 p.m . and are free
to everyone.
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Trustees
from page 6
ble education available. Evergreen is
an innovative community. It is
something to preserve and protect.
I call it a national treasure because
that's what it is for me.
Patience,
understanding,
perseverance, the ability to work well
with diverse groups of people, and
examining all issues and points of
view prior to making a decision are
important qualities for board
members.
Examining policy and the budget,
selecting a president, tuition and
grants are all issues we have dealt
with. From this, housing and library
improvements revert towards getting
money from the legislature for
future expansions and growth.
I've made some contributions in
the Strategic Planning process. It's a
soul searching experience for the institution. What's the essence of what
makes the institution run deep
down?
To watch the evolution from a
planning process is a grandiose
thing. I think all members of the institution are to be complimented.
They're doing a tremendous job.
I know about public education
through spending three years
teaching Language Arts and Social
Studies to eighth-graders in Oregon.
The funding structure is faulty in the
public schools.
Most of the money comes from
property taxes. There must be a tax
system that is equitable. But there
are so many different opinions as to
what's equitable. I don't think the
state's economy can sustain a quality education given the economy. Additional money is needed.
I favor that VAT (Value Added
Tax) that is utilized in several European countries. This is a special tax
added to imported goods. The VAT
would raise $50 billion in revenue
per year. That estimate comes from
Stanford's Hoover Institute. The
revenue generated from this particular tax would reduce the federal
deficit, give added funding to education and public welfare.
Teacher excellence goes back to
teacher preparation . At Evergreen,
the emphasis is on teaching.
Elsewhere, I see a tendency to look
at extra-curricular activities such as
sports programs instead of quality
teaching. The emphasis has to be on
the teacher's ability to teach .
Diverse constituencies are present
and always have been throughout
the state. There is a broad cross section. This board has been
homogeneous. There are occasional
differences, but discussion resolves
most disagreement.
The Pacific Rim is the key area
where the Northwest will be able to
develop the economy. We look there
for our trading partners. We are promoting better cultural ties. Once this
is done, you become better informed about their cultures. The community would be enhanced by additional language courses and
specialized studies in international
trade.
Our board meetings operate with
an open policy. I've always welcomed student participation at board
meetings. When students come and
speak, they're usually wellinformed. This is a key thing.
Controlled, sustained growth is on
the horizon. There is a limit to that
growth, though. I don't have a concrete number, but 3,500 to 4,000 surfaces the most. That's a difference
from the original design for 12,000.
Strategic Planning is about
growth. It's growth done without
damaging the close harmonious
wor king relationships within the
Evergreen community. We want to
keep the seminars, low student/teacher ratios, and use of the
social contract (in the COG-4 Campus Governance· Document).
We are examining the needs and
desires of the students, Puget Sound,
southwest Washington, and the
Legislature. We want to develop in
a way that best reflects these needs
and desires. An institution has to be
a place that serves - and the
greatest service has got to be for the
students.
Richard Page is a resident of Seattle and President of the Washington
Round Table. He did his
undergraduate work at Oberlin College and he completed his graduate
work at Princeton where he received a Ph .D. in Politics.
Community/business activities
and affiliations include: member of
the Board of Governors at the Henry
M. Jackson Foundation, member of
the Board of Trustees of the Center
for Excellence in Governments, and
member of the National Academy of
Public Administration.
Richard Page was unavailable for
the May 14th meeting at The
Evergreen State College.
William Robinson is the chairman
of The Evergreen State College's
Board of Trustees. He is also a Seattle attorney. He did his undergraduate work at Whitworth College
and graduate work at the Universityof Washington 's School of Law.
His community/business activities
and associations include: member of
various committees and sections on
corporate and business law, and international law. He ha1 numerous
retail, consumer credit, and athletic
affiliations.
William
Robinson
was
unavailable for the May 14th
meeting at The Evergreen State
College.
David Tang is a Seattle attorney.
He studied at Harvard, Columbia
University, Parker School of
Foreign and Comparative Law, and
the Hague Academy of International
Law.
His community/ business activities
and affiliations include: adjunct professor at the . University of
Washington School of Law, executive member of Washington State
China Relation Council, Steering
Committee on International and
Comparative Law, World Trade
Club, and the International Law
Association.
An excerpt from, The Evergreen
State College: A Report on Progress
(August, 1969): "Three lines of
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development appear consistently in
Evergreen's planning: I)provision to
allow the student to progress on his
own terms in view of his objectives,
motivations, learning style and ability, with a resulting emphasis on independent study; 2)provision for a
student to get acquainted with vocations through work-study programs
that allow him to sharpen his competencies on the job; and 3)provision
for taking full advantage of the college's location at the seat of state
government. "
David Tang
The underlying concepts are
things that we can identify with, but
economic conditions have changed
a bit. I don't think our students are
as interested in having those vocational skills as their purpose.
I think TESC can playa major
role in shaping relationships between
the state of Washington and its
trading partners in the Far East.
Evergreen provides incentive and
scholarship to train and inform different business leaders. Diverse opportunities are coming up. Though
we have no conscious policy regarding this, there is the consideration
that businesses invest in our state.
Our location is a consideration_
TESC is serious in establishing a
Pacific Rim program. I think the interest is there. There is an economic
tie between this state and the Far
East. The state is heavily dependent
on foreign trade and interest.
The biggest contribution I can
make to Evergreen is to maintain the
high quality standard of a liberal arts
education. High quality and diversity have been stressed in my own
education as an undergraduate at
Harvard. I bring my perspective of
the Pacific Rim and some of the action taking place between
Washington and the Far East.
I am a product of the Seattle
public school system; I have children
in the system, and have been on
public school boards. Education is
a critical component in the economic
development scheme. The public
schools have undergone criticism in
terms of qUality. I hope they will respond to that criticism. Students
coming out from the public schools
need to be equipped with the basic
educational tools that are needed for
life. Students should be able to write
clearly and think critically .
I can't comment on Affirmative
Action in higher education. But, I
don't think that there is any society
in which different ethnic origins
haven't been treated differently.
I am heartened by the intense efforts of faculty and the administration to involve students in decision
making. I am puzzled by the lack of
student willingness to partake. I
don't believe in change for change's
sake without accomplishing goals or
objectives.
We're using a very good foundation as a springboard. People of this
Country Joe
McDonald
&
David Cohen
Thurs. June 5th
state are being enhanced by the high
quality liberal arts education that
Evergreen has to offer. I'd like to see
- within the short to medium term
- a growing closeness between
TESC and the people of southwest
Washington so we can come up with
the specific concrete ways to be of
service to southwest Washington.
I am impressed by TESC and its
ability to maintain its fine reputation. I hope I bring an open mind to
the board regarding directions and
the role of education which will
develop policies.
I learn something new each time
I'm on campus. Everyone has their
own notion of what alternative
education is. I am still trying to
define it.
Allan Weinstein is president and
co-owner of the Vancouver Furniture Company. He studied at the
University of Oregon.
His community/business affiliations include: member of the greater
Vancouver Chamber of Commerce,
executive vice president and cofounder of SWIFT Auction
(Southwest Washington Independent Forward Thrust), member of
the Board of Directors - center for
Marriage and the Family Counseling
Center, B'nai Brith, Retailers'
Marketing Guild, and the Community First Federal Savings and
Loan Association 1975-85.
Mr. Weinstein did not want to see
my profile of him in print. I was informed that he would write his own
point of view with assistance from
his public relations people. My
editor, Michael Tobin, insisted that
it is not fair to the other trustees to
allow Mr. Weinstein to write his own
profile without giving them the same
opportunity. The original follows.
Allan Weinstein
I was appointed during October
1985. There hasn't been any particular challenge so far, but the
Strategic Plan is taking up enormous
amounts of time.
Anytime you're in managen,ent,
you're dealing with people and getting the most out of everyone.
There's a definite need for skills involving working with people. I don't
think there's anyone who doesn't
have a business background on this
board. I'm going to be a team player
- supporting the opinion and majority opinion of the board.
May 22, 1986
My involvement with the K
through 12 system in public education is in being a parent and a
citizen. I try to ~tay abreast of what's
going on in education at all levels.
In Vancouver, the public school
system seems well-rounded and wellsupervised.
I don't have any problem with Affirmative Action. I don't have any
problem working with women.
The state of Washington has
several high-tech companies that are
Pacific Rim companies; they're very
important to our economic development. A liberal arts education is the
best education a person can get. The
TESC style of education, with its
written and oral expression, is the
tool we should use for economic
development. We can use higher
education programs to educate
Pacific Rim students in exchange
programs and the like.
Our business supports the arts. As
a board member, I'm in a policy setting position. There's a fine line between administration and policy. The
board decides on such things as new
dorms, funds, financial feasibility,
and overseeing the expenditure of
funds as set down by the Legislature.
the Legislature mandates · our
involvement.
The teaching, along with the give
and take of seminar expression, is
marvelous at Evergreen. The evaluation system is great, though I personally haven't seen one yet.
We have a state institution that
has the ability to give as good or better quality of education as any of the
top schools in the country. Quality
in education is second to none.
I feel flattered to be selected to
serve on this board. Everybody likes
to be part of a winner. Evergreen is
definitely a winner.
Analysis
Towards the end of this project,
a friend reminded me that participation often serves the best interest of
the individuals involved. Is the individual weakened or strengthened
by participating in the institutional
structure? There is indeed a structure
within the institution that requires a
balance before this can be answered.
That balance can only be achieved
through individual participation.
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May 22, 1986
Week of new dance reviewed
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by ArvId Gust
Three theatrical productions,
which made their debuts May 15,16
and 18, proved to be original and rejuvenating experiences. Presented in
the Communications Building at
T.E.S·.C., each show provided dance
as the primary means of expression.
The combin;ltion of prerecorded
soundtracks, visual displays, and
well-rehearsed performers invoked
many ideas and emotions. Eager audiences were satiated by what appeared to be uplifting messages.
The driving force behind" A Note
to the Reader" was its well-balanced
continuity of form. The darkened
Experimental Theatre set the scene,
beginning with slow body
contractions.
The dancers confronted a world
of images, the beauty of historic art
relics (slide production), a television
fixation video piece, and an encompassing musical score.
The composition quickened its
pace to a point of absurdity, then
began to unwind, reassuring that all
good things come in due time.
The finale brought forward masked puppets dangling on strings, performing the ritual dance of Maya,
or illusion.
From human experience to instinctual unconscious actions, we
translate our imperatives according
to the world of mind. Sharon Chan,
choreographer, and Colm Meek,
musician, guided us through this
primal mythic consciousness with
expertise.
"Touchee," a choreographer's
delight, came to life Thursday evening in the Recital Hall. Created and
Pope playa 'must see'
by Irene Mark Bultenkant
The last of two performances of
Bob Daniels' engaging one-act play
"Does the Pope believe in God?"
can be seen 8 p.m. Friday, May 23
in COM 209. This play can catch, in
a relatively small time and space, a
deeply moving family history to
which many of us can relate.
Wide, large COM 209 is an appropriate size and shape for the attic of a large house which believably
becomes the campus home of a professor. Croquet mallets, Barbie
dolls, a cowboy hat and empty
holster, typewriter, a large rusty
trunk, a tricycle, a four-drawer
bureau, a wig, paintings, lamps
boxes and antique furniture - piles
of artifacts collected in lifetimes are revealed to us as each switch of
three bare bulbs, hanging on their
long cords, is successively turned on
by a retired teacher. The audience
becomes aware of the heightening of
his memory and emotions as he
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He is joined by his grown son and
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this is the playroom where their relationship developed. The objects handily prod them into revealing the
emotional struggles among family
members who function without ever
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We learn the family history by
simple variation and by enactment. .
Each method is suitably chosen and
skillfully combined to produce a
poignant story which is relevant to
many people.
The play is introduced by the
delightful and original music of The
Attic Improv, which complements
the mood and is satis fying
aesthetically. The Attic Improv consists of a contra bass fiddle played
by Courtney Crawford, a glass 'armonica, (a facinating musical
curiosity) played by Connie Bunyer,
and the percussion rack of chimes
and glass bells by Bradley Holmes.
The lighting effectively executed
by Tristan Bailey helped direct the
audience to the point of activity, and
heightened the reality of the
moment.
Tyler Bas, director, tempered all
the elements, and shaped them into
a first rate presentation. He had
three good people to help him, Brian
Silvey, Mike Sacks and Lori Tiede,
wh'o performed sensitively and convincingly ... Bravo!
designed for the stage by
Evergreener Janice Ogawa,
"Touchee" was divided into six individual pieces .
All were well-composed, and
featured bright, innovative approaches to commonplace thematic
foundations. Highlights included
"Creating a Goddess," "Touchee"
and "Shadowdance."
Dancers' poses, leaps and jumps
were vibrant, renewing innocence in
the observer at every turn . Each
piece was accompanied , by loud
prerecorded songs, or instrumental
backdrops and well-coordinated
lighting schemes.
Saturday night in the Experimental Theatre brought us the grand
finale - the Moving Image Ensemble's production. Incorporating
poetic license from material by e.e.
cummings, William Shakespeare and
Wallace Stevens, circular rhythms
were pursued on a vivid back beat of
philosophic tendencies.
"Tubes" and "Cage" provided a
distinct message - remember. Emotionally challenging, "Cage" cursed the fates ' forcing a confrontation
with Purgatory itself.
As individuals, we accept the
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Herman Grissle
pressures and stress of daily living in
order to survive. Taught that there
are boundaries to our waking state,
imagination hinges on an intellect
fraught with repressed feelings. Once
freed from logic and preconceived
limitations, our spirit is uplifted to
fly above these clouds of despair.
If such a place exists within the
barren wasteland of time, the
cohesive effort of many individuals
will help us along the narrow way.
Destined to be performed on a
physical plane, the evening's
theatrics were based on intricately
timed cues and a modest stage set.
Creative movement and momentum
were well-directed, and the overall
effect was a collective and rousing
persuasion.
Stunning performers, from all
shows collectively, include: Alex
Ellis, Libby Wood, Tory Babbit, Ingrid Boxburger and Bruce Fogg;
look for them in future productions,
and give peace a dance.
S & A Board does thankless task
by Maggie Murphy
The S&A Board met to begin the
thankless job of allocatin~ tentative
budgets for the upcoming_academic
year. "The big six" were the first
student organizations to be considered. The CRC, Recreation
Sports, Intercollegiate Sports, The
Wilderness Center, Driftwood
Daycare and The Women's Clinic,
comprise "the big six."
As I surveyed the meeting in progress, I counted eight men and two
women as voting board members.
Each member seemed to have done
enough homework to have arrived at
what they saw as reasonable
budgetary cuts.
During the few previous meetings,
board members listened to each of
the student organizations' budget
presentations; this is the first part of
the S&A budget decision process .
There are some 40 or 50 student
organizations that will have to divy
up $75,000 less than last year.
Emotions revved as the meeting
gained momentum. Red pens and
calculators hummed, as line by line,
board members slashed dollars from
each budget.
.......-.JI!--SPORTS IN BRIEF****··**
CREW SEASON ENDS WITH A BIG SPLASH!
Despite losing a man overboard in one of the
races (he caught a "crab" with his oar), the
33 mole and female team members managed
strong performances at the Pacific Northwest
Rowing Championships lost weekend at Seward
Pork in Seattle. Four Geoduck boots mode it
to finals. The lightweight women's four (Kyzyl
Fenno-Smith, Erica Buchanon, Carol Taylor,
Potty Scott and Koren Handelman) were third
in their first heat and then placed fifth in finals.
The two men's boots finished lost but hod their
best races of the season. Coach Cath Johnson
and Tom Puzzo placed 4th in mixed-doubles
event. Not bod for a first year program! /
Go Geoducks!!!
GALLOPERS MAKE IT TO NEBRASKA!!!
The combined mileage of last year's and this
year's Geoduck Gallops tokes us from Olympia
to Nebraska! Participants walked, ron and
galloped around Capitol Lake Saturday for a
total of 450 miles. The event, a major fundraiser
for the Evergreen Athletic deportment, collected
$1500 in pledges. Kirty Erickson, a Geoduck
student, tennis player, EFL employee and active
Galloper, received extra thanks for her efforts
when she won the 12 speed bike in -the prize
drawing. The bike was donated by Falcone
Schwinn.
it's on to New York!!!
Pizza·*****·
The largest budget, the CRC, was
tentatively allocated $173,000 - student doUars.lfyou didn't know, $70
of our tuition each quarter goes
directly to S&A. Ideally, students
decide how this money is spent. It
was clear last week that, as in the .
outside, so few decide for so many.
I don't like it, but I have no big
solutions .
Each budget proposal was allotted
fifteen minutes to discuss the figures.
After over two hours, in heated
discussion, the CRC received their
figure above .
I ntercollegiate Sports and
Recreation Sports took at least as
long, then, these budgets were tabled. "Tabled" means the board
would come back and discuss conflicts in depth, or some might think
the debate would just continue.
I missed the Wilderness Center's
proposal, but they were promised
about $35,620. What debate happened during this round I can only
imagine. I don't even know what the
Wilderness Center does.
The last two budgets were Driftwood Daycare and The Women's
Clinic. Fur began to fly with these
two. A healthy portion of the board
considered both these budgets to be
a misuse of student dollars .
Driftwood, for example, was objected to by some because it provides
a service so few students use.
Regardless, the Driftwood Daycare
received a $61,000 tentative
allocation .
The Women's Clinic was not so
simple. Board members were pitted
against each other. Some board
members felt it should be the administration's job to fund the clinic.
After all, the administration funds
Health Services. These members'
opinions held firm, even in light of
the fact that in a recent student
survey, the Women's Clinic was one
Labor
from page I
port, student internships, publications, or newslett"rs.
4) There could be some cu rriculum development. This ,:"ould
take a great deal of planning and
direct participation of faculty and
deans. The labor union membership
is highly educated, and Leahy said
a B.A. and/or M.A. in Labor
Studies could be a possibility at
Evergreen.
In developing an organizational
model for the center, Leahyattended the University and College Labor
Education Association's (UCLEA)
annual conference over spring break
and has visited 15 student labor
centers. He has been visiting the
county-level Central Labor Councils
in Washington state seeking their
of the top five organization/services
that students voted to fund .
As it stands, each student pays $2
to $3 a quarter to fund the clinic.
This is a ridiculously low figure in
the face of outside health care costs .
S&A has been funding the clinic for
10 years. Apparently, they funded
the clinic because it was cost effective, and no one else would. Some
members on the board felt this
would still be the case.
The afternoon turned to evening
and the debate went on. After 35
minutes of clinic debate, some
members wanted to close shop.
Others argued that if they could
debate Recreation Sports for two or
three hours, then the clinic should
receive equal time. Sex equality
definitely was a part of this
discussion .
The board finally passed a tentative budget of $24,500 for the
clinic.
The ticking of this process was
enlightening. At the end of the
meeting, board members looked
weary, but came away with what
looked to be, "a sense of wonder."
Certainly the meeting left me
wondering.
If you're interested in spending
lots of money, 1 recommend you
sign up as a student coordinator, or
at least participate in a student
organization. Currently an organization I belong to gave $300 to a student to help him fund a lecture by
Timothy Leary, a Rsychedellic
psychologist and famo~s guy from
the 60s . This student just wanted to
hear Leary speak. Who would you
like to hear speak? There is money
for it. Your money.
Tentative budget allocations are
scheduled for completion Wednesday, May 28. The fina l alloc<'.tion
process begins June 4, and will be
completed by the end of the quarter .
support. He also plans a mail survey
of labor councils thi s spring . There
have been demonstrat ion projects
(the " Saturday Morning Labor Lectures" is one) to show how such a
center might work at Evergreen.
There are 46 such cenlers in 26
states that are recognized by the
UCLEA; the only one in the Northwest is located at the Uni versity of
Oregon. If this center were to be
organized, it would serve the needs
of labor throughout the state.
Leahy says, "In the short time I
have worked on this Center idea, I
have found strong support and
received"a great deal of encouragement." He has applied to several
small foundations in search of planning money. The center project
would have to be approved by the
trustees and the Legislature, and
could possibly be in place by fall ,
1987 .