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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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May 29, 1986
Cooper Point Journal
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Carol Dean sculpture and photo show goes on, 10-4 p.m.
Atomic Cafe a great film, but don't take my· word for it, this is an award winner. See
the video in LH 2 at 7 p.m. Followed by a speaker from the Tacoma peace organization.
Today, May 29
Hanford Forum. 7 p.m. in LH I. An educational forum on the nuclear waste that has
resulted from over 40 years of military activities at Hanford. Tom Grissom, former
emp loyee at Sandia National Laboratory, wi ll speak on the Dept. of Energy's credibility.
More Info? x6058.
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Slide show and discussion of Nicaragua, put together by Janine Thome, TESC student
Strategic Planning Second Draft Consultation with students and alumni. 7 p.m., LH 3. and co-coordinator of EPIC, who recently returned from Nicaragua .
5 Mile Chats, theater production in the Experimental Theater at 8 p.m. $3-4, I was go- More Carol Dean photo and sculpture from 10 a.m. to 4 p .m.
ing even before I sawall of the chalk advertising all over campus. It should be fun, More Peace Scare! the Peace Studies Program presents their quarter's work through a symInfo? x6055.
posium on peace in our cultu re and worldwide. 7-10 p.m. in LH 5.
Jack Anderson, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, will be speaking at the Olymp ic Co llege at 8 p,m, "The News Behind the Headlines" is a talk by one of Washington D.C.'s
most controversial columnists. Tickets are available at the Office of Student Programs
Peace Scare! continues.
and Activities at the Oly campus and will be available at the door. More Info? 478-4501.
Experimental Animation and Abstraction at GESCCO, 8 p.m. 12 short films by a crosssection of film artists. Free.
~---------- ------~-----------Noontime Percussion a musical program featuring students, faculty , and a community
member. 12:15 in the Recital Hall . For all lovers of music.
Tuesday , June 3
Wednesday, June 4
Thursday, June 5
Screws in the Experimental Theater at 8 p.m. Tonight thru June 7. An orig inal work
in progress by the acka-acka man, Doug Mackie. I know Doug so I can safely say I'll
probably be there. The PR says "bizarre and irreverent tragicomedy ... both provocative
and compelling as it examines the fine line between criticism and cruelty." The play has
nothing to do with hair. However free childcare will be available tonight and tomorrow .
Four Walls, Five Minds, an original and highly creative play produced and performed
by students in COM 209 at 8 p.m. $1, not many deals like this left, eh?
Conference on Management Issues in the CAB from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. will feature speakers
from public and private sectors, guidelines for corporate responsibility wot?, and more.
A two day conference. Free. More Info? x6385.
Country Joe McDonald at the 4th Ave Tav. Nostalgia awaits you. More Info? 786-1444.
David Mello on Super 8 a lecture on the hassles of super 8. 8 p .m. in A-dorm pit.
CPJ Planning meeting for 86·87 at noon in the 3rd floor CAB pit. Possible changes in
format, design, and management structure with the exception of the Notebook and poetry
page will be discussed, as will position openings.
Ongoing and Future Events
Friday, May 30
Last Day for Early Registration. Register by today or stand in line in September, aaaargh.
Olympic National Park Service interviews for summer internships, 10:30 a.m. Interview
appointment or More Info? x6391 .
Preparing for Work Workshop, noon, LIB 1213. Get ready for the real world. More Info? x6193.
Third World Student Graduation Barbecue 4-10 p.m., Organic Farm. More Info? x6467.
SO Girls-SO States, an oddly titled dance at GESCCO at 9 p .m.
Gail Martin, Open Office Hours. Noon to one. All students are welcome to go in and
discuss issues. This is your big chance, better take advantage of it while you can.
Olympia Old Time Coudtry Dance at 8:30 p.m. in the Olympia Ballroom, 116 E. Legion
Way, opposit Sylvester Park. Oly's own Merriweather Band with caller Don Lennartson. Dance the Western way, hoe-down, gil-down. Square, contra and bIg CIrcle dancmg
taught on the spot.
Saturday, May 31
Rowdy Ball Dance More Info? x6220.
Sunday, June 1
Evergreen Magazine presents "Nappy Edges" 3 p .m. Channel 12.
Performer Tawyna Pettiford-Wates interviewed by Ed Trujillo.
Carol Dean Sculpture and Photo Show from 4-7 p.m. More Info? Of course, but they
didn't I.et me know, so you'll have to try for yourself, 352-7390. Good stuff, I know.
Black Wedge at GESCCO at 7 p.m. for $2. It says "One step easier than punk. 5 political
dynamos. We want to release a riot of emotion -- opening up a new arena for activist
resistance culture. And hey, it's going to be fun too ." Can you doubt a promo hke that.
Monday, June 2
Software Fair in LIB 2610 at 2 p .m. See student generated software and you'll also be
able to learn about computers in a hands on way. learn about the future of technology .
ALL WAYS TRAVEL SERVICE, INC.
June 6, Slight:y West Publication Party at 7 p.m. in LIB 4300 . Free to all comers. Food,
music, and readings . And, as a special treat for you, Dennis Held, award winning poetprofessional will take off his shirt.
June 6, Conference on Management Issues Continues from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
June 6, Four Walls, Five Minds plays it's last showing. COM 209, 8 p.m., $1.
June 6, Screws continues, I'll still know Doug Mackey, and the play will still be "provocative and compelling." lune 7, though, there won't be childcare available, so if you've
got kids avoid Doug Mackey like the plague
June 6, Copyright Law Workshop More Info? x6107.
June 7, Super Saturday WOW!
June 7, Special Registration for Summer Leisure Ed Workshops begin June 30 and continues for six weeks . Loads 0' courses. George Horwell will be involved.
June 10, Medical Aid in EI Salvador a talk and slideshow by Christina Courtright -- president of Medical Aid to EI Salvador. 7:30 p .m., First Christian Church, 7th and Franklin.
Seattle Opera's Ring Cycle Benefit tickets still available. More Info? 443-3299.
June 16 Registration Begins for Summer Leisure Ed at TESC. More Info? x6530.
May 26, Intercity Transit is offering their Totally Transit pass for kids 17 and under.
Pass is good for unlimited rides all summer long and costs $20. Purchase these after today.
Recent Watercolors and Transparent Collages by P.l. Dunlap at the Marianne Partlow
Gallery, 500 S. Washington until June 18. Not everybody gets a chance like this, so take
advantage.
Career Enhancement Scholarship Program applicants encouraged to stop by the Career
Development Office in LIB 1213. See if your eligible for this cash .
Big Mountain needs your help. Donations of many items are needed. Please help, call
x6089.
Evergreen Legal Counseling Services helps clients understand their particular situation.
If you think you could use legal counseling, go in. LIB 3230, Mondays and Wednesdays.
Refugee Center of Thurston County needs volunteers to help teach English as a second
language. Learn about another culture, and help another person. More Info? 754-7197.
Puget Sound Healthcare Center needs volunteers to help care for the elderly. More Info?
754-9792.
GESCCO Wants You! to help pick the upcoming entertainment victuals and intellectual
things they can bring to Oly. More Info? 5th and Cherry.
Third Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale is made up of books and magazines you
donate, so be true to your school, give. More Info? x6262 .
Oh, yeah, and Good Wm. To Everybody, too.
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June 5, Iii'"
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Vol. No, 14
Secret organization poli~sSt't1dents' behavior
by Bob Baumgartner
At Evergreen, students who show
severe behavior problems that require security to act can be helped,
rather than just arrested, kicked-out
or made someone else's problem,
says Security Chief Gary Russell .
Russell is a member of a campus
organization that aids students
through a unique system of information pooling. This organization calls
itself the "Network . " The service
they provide is called "networking."
Its
members-Adjudicator
Richard Jones, Dean of Student Development Stone Thomas, and the
heads of Housing, Security and the
Counseling Center-meet weekly to
discuss students who have behavior
problems, says Jones.
Either Jeannie Chandler or Bob
Carlson from Housing, Larry
Savage or Russell from Security, and
Shary Smith or Barbara Gibson
from the Counseling Center come to
Network meetings, which are held in
the Security office each Thursday,
says Jones. Occasionally, Vice President for Student Affairs Gail Martin aids the process. And recently,
Housing Crisis Intervener Mark
Campbell participates.
Since counselors Smith and Gibson must maintain confidentiality
between themselves and their clients,
their participation is limited. Even
when their clients are the subject of
discussion, Smith says she must remain quiet. Except in situations
where life and death is at stake, she
tells Network members only whether
"The problems may be that
they're having a lot of stress," explains Thomas.
But because the student gets
drunk and abusive in the dorms, he
or she becomes a subject of the network, where a mechanism to help
the student can be set up, he says.
A student's name usually comes
up in Network meetings due to a
written complaint, Jones says. But
any member might bring up the
name of a person they have dealt
with recently. For example, a security officer might mention the name
of a person who he has seen in a
fight,
Through sharing what they know,
Network members get a better picture of the situation. Then they find
a person who the individual trusts,
such as a faculty member , to make
a referral to the appropriate support
services, says Jones,
In this way, the Network has
helped many students who otherwise
would have "fallen through the
~ cracks," says Thomas.
"What we do in respect to net~ working, [and] what we do with
~ respect to the direction we'd like to
~ take as far as resolving problems, is
~ a good deal for the campus," says
:g Russell.
c.
For example, upon investigating
Campus Adjudicator Richard Jones doubles as Network head.
an assault, Security may find that
the perpetrator has emotional proa person is seeing a counselor or not ,
helped by the appropriate people,
blems. Working with the campus adsays Jones.
judicator, they can mandate that, insays Stone Thomas. For the person
The idea behind the Network is
stead of disenrolling the student, the
who gets drunk and becomes abusive
that a person's anti-social behavior
person get therapy .
in the dorms, the problem may not
reflects inner problems that can be
be that they got drunk.
J ones sees another beneficial facet
,
:r
of the Network. "I think that what
is unique about the Network-and
I don't know of any college [net,work] like it-is that most of the
time we're doing preventative
work." Jones considers this one of
the successes of the Network.
"I've almost never had to
disenroll a st,udenl," he says. In the
four years he has been adjudicator,
six students have been disenrolled.
And if the student has been called
in to adjudication due to some violation of the social contract, usually
the student can remain in school,
although in some cases he might
stipulate that the person ge t
counseling.
The Network began in the la te
'70s or early '80s, says Director of
Community and Alumni Relations
Larry Stenberg. During that period
it seemed as though there were a
large number of students who had
severe behavior problems, he says.
Stenberg, Richard Rowan and Ken
Jacob decided to pull together the
different people who dealt with such
problems, to see if collectively they
could be of more help, he says.
"The goal was to ... set up a
preventative framework for helping
people before issues got so severe
that it might have some permanent
effect on their being here as students,
or have some negative effects on
other students in the academic community," says Stenberg.
However, the effort to attain th at
goal can, at times, violate rights,
some students say. Jones says the
see Secret on page 2.
Consultation heats up as planning winds down
by Bob Baumgartner
students did not participate because
the plan did not interest them. EarWith the sun shining outside, few
Iy reports were sketchy.
students came inside to discuss
In the middle of this year's planStrategic Planning. But like previous
ning process, there was a growing
consultations, those who came kept
frustration about issues such as
the conversation hot.
daycare, Native American programs
This was the scene of the final
and faculty firing. Students directed
Strategic Planning consultations
this toward the Strategic Planning
May 28, and May 29, in LH I and
process, he said.
LH 3. Nearly 30 people attended the
Now, near the year's end, students
consultation Wednesday, and six
are busy with their academic work.
people attended the consultation
They lack the time to participate, he
Thursday.
said.
Wednesday, Council Chairperson
"I'm grateful for the level of parPatrick Hill set chairs on the stage
ticipation we've had." Lewin said.
for the planning council, which has
The students who did participate ex12 members. He said, however , if
pressed themselves eloquently, he
the Planning Council left the ausaid. "I think that qualitatively, their
comments have been excellent dience, there would be no one left.
So, a row of empty chairs lined the
uniformly excellent."
stage, and council members helped
"Everyone has been welcomed,"
fill out the audience .
Lewin said. And ideas from each
Thursday, an error in the
constituency have been given equal
memorandum, and reprinted in the
consideration in writing the drafts.
CPl, led people to believe the conOne of the six people attending
sultation started one-half hour
the consultation Thursday, student
earlier than it actually did . Students,
Scott Buckley said, "I'm afraid that
expecting to sel! people gathering for
next year people will look at
a consultation, opened the doors to
Strategic Planning decisions that
see a dark, empty lecture hall.
were made and say, 'When were we
One of these students commented
consulted about this?' when there
on the problem of planning, and
really were opportunities for input
headed for the Thursday Night Film,
during the strategic planning process
this year."
Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times."
Leaving the consultation WednesThe lack of a student governance
day, student planning council
system contributed to the problem,
member Mark Lewin was asked
said Buckley. But now a student inabout the lack of student participaformation network is forming to intion . "It's hard to compete with
form students of governance deci this," he said, raising his hands
sions before their impact is felt. "If
toward the sun.
such a network had existed this year,
Lewin listed other excuses for the
it would have drawn more students
lack of student participation as they
into the strategic planning process,"
related to periods in the planning
he said.
process: In the beginning,---.more _ _ Dean oLEnroUment S_er~ke.s Ar-
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Olympia. WA 98505
naldo Rodriguez pointed out some
of the problems in implementing
proposals. One proposal calls for a
continued effort to accept students
who have lower academic standing
but show potential. Rodriguez said
with increasing enrollment, staff
would have little time to do the work
this . proposal requires.
Thursday, student Cheryl Cowan
said she felt the proposal for a large
facility capable of hosting large
functions was a vei led attempt to get
a gym approved by the community.
Faculty Strategic Planning Council member Carolyn Dobbs replied
that the council was trying to think
of the structure in a broader way, as
something that could house campuswide events.
Student and S&A Board Coordinator Carol Costello added that
the funding for events in such a
structure would take more money
from an already strained Student
Activities budget.
Costello said with the higher
number of parents enrolled at
Evergreen, glowing reports of
daycare would bring as many
students to the college as a great
sports program.
The next draft, which will be writ-
tcn fur an exterilal audience, should
be subm itted to President Joe
Olander and the Board of Trustees
by June 13, according to a memo
from President Olander. for some
of the proposals, implementation
will begin next year.
"It's hard to know how far the
implementation will go," said
Dobbs. Practicality may limit many
of the proposa ls.
"The implication we've gotten ... is
that they're [the Board of Trustees)
willing to use this as a foundation if
it has community support," Dobbs
said .
Documentation of student needs
required to gain increased funding
by Tracy Gibson
If you have concerns about budget
cuts and financial skimps making
your !!ducation limp along, now is
the time to speak out.
The first step of the 1987-'89 biennium budget proposal is due on July I, and Jack Daray, TESC budget
director, is asking for comments
from the Evergreen community.
"It's important to get the feelings
from students, staff and faculty, in
terms of their daily experiences,
what is stretched too thin and what
new things are needed?" says Daray.
Daray held a meeting on May 29
to gather ideas from the Evergreen
community.
About 40 people - mostly staff,
about 10 students and a few faculty
- attended the meeting.
The tur.nouLdba pointed Daray. 1I
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50 students had come to the meeting
and said, "It is critical to our
academ ic work to have field trips,"
it would be easier to convince the
Legislature of a need for more
money for field trips, Daray says.
Numbers talk to legislators, he
added.
The meeting was the result of a
new budget process mandated to the
state's Office of Financial Management . In previous years the entire
budget proposal was due the middle
of September. Now it has become a
two-step process due July I, and
September I.
The first step of the process is a
justification of Evergreen's $34
million base budget. "This part of
the proposal tells the taxpayers and
the legislature 'this is what you are
gett ing for $34 million, but this is
what the $34 million . doesn't
t
cover,' " says Daray.
In the past, budget proposals have
focused on the new items the institu tion wants financed, Daray com mented. Now, the second step will
cover these new items .
Daray sees the first document a~
an "external document , a PR piece"
explaining and justifying to the state
budget office and Legislature wha t
Evergreen does already, and how we
spend our money ,
"Hopefully we'll be ab le to say we
had users of this [the school] saying
this isn 't getting done and this is
what's needed. Not just the ad ministrative judgements from the
vice presidents and president," says
Daray.
Thus the meet ing .
Daray asked tw o questions at the
meeting : I) What is underfunded at
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
June S, 1986
June S, 1986
allocations were used to enable
board members to carefully judge
where each S&A dollar would be
spent.
Currently budgets for most
organizations are broken down into
three categories: salaries (for staff or
coordinator positions), goods and
services (used for office supplies,
printing costs, towels, etc.) and
honorariums (money for events or
projects).
Since all organizations are being
drastically cut back this year, the
board decided to let student
organizations make their own decisions on where to spend the allocations. This board decision saves time
and gives student groups a bit more
control over their monies. The board
still allocates to the three categories
but within each category student
coordinators decide where to spend
the dollars.
.
One major concern for this year's
S&A Board members was duplication of s'ervices amongst student
groups.
Last Wednesday when a new
organization's budget (GESCCO)
came up, this very concern sent
students supporting GESCCO into
debate with several S&A Board
members.
GESCCO's main function is to
provide a space where students and
student organizations can produce
events for their own interests, and
have an opportunity to interface
with the downtown community.
GESCCO sought a budget that
would cover the cost of the
GESCCO building and would provide money for sponsoring events.
Some board members saw the latter
function as a production oriented
service.
Tides of Change, a student production organization, already serves
production needs, some board
members felt.
GESCCO's organizers said
because GESCCO is a student
organization, and not just a space
for student events, they deserved an
honorarium. It was at this point
board members were interested in
exactly how GESCCO honorarium
money would be spent.
GESCCO was not the only
organization scrutinized to such a
degree .
As the budget allocations process
proceeds, further budgetary slashing
is expected. Tentative budget allocations for more student organizations
The Evergreen State College
Graduating Class of 1986 voted to
give half of the class gift to help purchase library books for the University of El Salvador. The other half
of the gift will be used for a special
collection of books on Central
America at the TESC library.
Fundraising for this gift includes
a Graduation Dance on Friday, June
6 at 9p.m. in the Olympia Ballroom
($5/beverages provided). The Latin
salsa sound of Bochinche will be
featured. Bochinche has played at
Evergreen in the past and was
featured at Give Peace A Dance last
year. All TESC community folks are
invited.
At Super Saturday on June 7, proceeds from the" Dunk Tank" will
go to the class gift. People can dunk
their favorite TESC celebrity (or
non-celebrity). Sales from the Class
of '86 T-shirts and graduation an-
the UES campus with the city of San Salvador in the background.
is the dentistry school. See related story on page 16.
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potential for abuse is "enormous."
But all Network members act
responsibly with the students· best
interest in mind, he says.
"I like the concept," says student
Vince Brunn , "but I don't like the
act ual potential for abuse."
He says the Network can be used
10 incriminate students. If a student
is accused of a violation in one cam·
pus area, soon Network members in
other areas will know, making the
student more likely 10 be singled out
when problems erupt. And when
students appeal a decision, for exampie, to keep them off campus, Network members pull up past information connect in g them with various
offemes, he says .
"So metimes there 's information
that is around, but you don't know
11 e.xist , ," says Brunn. "Or if you try
to go and ge t it, they won ·t let you
ha ve it because of confidentialit y ....
And it never comes out until per hap,
lo mething happe ns and you get in
trouble."
Martin says the st udent has every
record on themselvt:, that she or
Jones has. Their files cons ist mainly of the correspondence between the
student and administrator, with the
possible addition of personal notes
connected with the case, she says.
And students already know the content of their security files, she says.
Also questioned is the validity of
st udent managers' statements, which
could get to the Network through
Chandler and influence decisions
they make .
Ben Schroeter claims a student
manager signed a fallacious statement incriminating him of repeated
acts of reckless burning . Schroeter
claims the statement was in his
security file. However, when asked
several times to accompany the
reporter to the security office to see
the file, Schroeter refused.
However , other students wonder
if student managers, who are
paraprofessional counselors, might
break their confidence and leak in criminating information to the
Network.
"I think that generally, they [stu dent managers] all take the confidentiality extremel y seriously, because
if one student manager breaks the
co nfid ence it affects all of us," say,
.Chandler . Break ing a confidence
resu lt , in dismissal, she says.
But last year a confidenr:e was
broken, Chandler says , and that student manager happens 10 be on the
sta ff thi s year. When asked why th e
person was not di smissed, Chandler
says she cannot talk about it because
it is a personnel matter .
This year, a student manager says
that a Housing resident threatened
to sue her for breaking a confidence.
Also, some students feel thaI
because the Housing log, which
might incriminate them, is not
available to them, it violates the
Evergreen Administrative Code's
open records policy. But Chandler
says the log is just a record of events .
When student mam ~gers go off duty, they unlock the safe where the log
is kept, and list events that occurred,
such as a fire alarm going off, noise
complaints, or. a fight in the dorms.
And sometimes disturbances are altached to student's names .
Chandler says the confidence
would be broken if students looked
at the log . Besides seeing their own
name, students would also see the
names of other people in connection
with offenses, she says.
Student David Koenig is one student who ran up against the Network. He admitted to comitting an
offense, but he and his lawyer said
they felt the Network violated his
right to due process. He was issued a
criminal trespass order, and his
housing contract was cancelled.
C handler based this decision on a
security report, bul at the time,
Koenig had nol been found guilt y of
Student
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Evergreen, and '!'hat do we do if the
Legislature keeps funding at its current level? And, 2) If the Legislature
gives Evergreen new money, what
should we buy?
People at the meeting mentioned
the need for stronger library support
services, more staff in administration and financial aid, upgrading of
media equipment, more support of
the counseling and health center,
the charges.
When asked for an explanation,
Chandler said she could not answer
because it was a personnel matter.
Because administrators are bound
to a code of confidentiality, their
reasons for actions taken in regard
to specific cases cannot be noted,
Martin explained, whereas a student
can continue to explain their side of
the story and make charges.
Koenig contacted the law firm of
Smith, Alling, Hudson and O'Con·
ner. He says his case became the talk
of the firm.
"They couldn't believe something
like this had actually happened," he
says. "They had never seen such a
blatant disregard for civil rights . As
each situation came up, it was like
a renewed amazement that came
on. "
Koenig's lawyer, Bob Mac, says
the procedures of the college, in relation 10 due process, do put a person
stronger academic advising and
daycare.
Daray cautioned that the
Legislature, press ured by increasing
demands on limited resources, is
usually not responsive to needs (such
as day care and the health center)
that they do not see as directly
educational. But he also said, "With
documentation [from students] we
might get them on a priority level."
The budget office is welcoming
any written comments from
students, staff and faculty until
around lune 20.
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Asian Pacific Island Coalition $5700
Northwest Indian Center - $7000
Third World Women's Coalition$6741
Lesbian/Gay Resource Center $6450
Bus System - tabled
Thursday Night Films - $6200
Disabled Students - $2081
S&A Lighting - $3240
GESCCO - $9224
Cooper Point Journal - tabled
Graduating class buys books for Salvadorans
by Sean Sinclair
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Student to restore library mural over summer
Board sets final budgets for next year's students
by Maggie Murphy
S&A tentative budget allocations
continued on Wednesday, May 28.
Once again lengthy discussion spill- "
ed the meeting into evening hours
leaving board members looking
tired.
As the year comes to a close, student organization budgets still hang
unfinished, and some students at last
week's meeting needed reassurance
they would be welcome to participate in the board's finalization
process . Volunteer S&A Board
members will be working through
evaluation week in order to balance
the 1986-'87 budget squeeze, created
by this year's cash flow problem.
This year's board has set a precedent by allocating block grants instead of making line by line allocations. Historically, line by line
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nouncements (available at the
Bookstore and at Super Saturday)
will also help raise money.
Several West Coast universities
(including TESC) are sending printing and photocopying equipment
and books to the University of El
Salvador in July. If TESC students
wish to donate books, they can drop
them off at the several drop boxes
around campus, or contact the Peace
Center for pickups at x6098. Science
and math books in English are particularly useful (non-technical books
will be resold for cash which will
help fund the shipment and the purchase of books in Spanish).
On Wednesday, June II, the
TESC Board of Trustees will listen
to and discuss the resolution to
declare Evergreen a sister college
with the University of El Salvador.
The resolution discussion is scheduled at I :30 p .m. (first on the agenda).
This meeting is open to all interested
and concerned community members
who wish to attend.
into a very difficult position . They
are forced to go through appeals
before they are convicted, Mac says.
Actually, says Koenig, a person is
never convicted since it is not a legal
process. Essentially students are guilty until proven innocent, he says .
But having a legal system would
go against the college's original ideal
of negotiation, says Martin.
However, she is rewriting the
grievance policy .
"I think that there's a perception
that since it hasn't been spelled out,
it doesn't exist," says Martin, "and
that's not true, but that perception
exists .... "
One change in the new plan is that
criminal trepass will take affect after
the appeal, except in cases where the
person is judged to be potentially
dangerous. Another change is the
creation of an appeals board that
will decide if the administrators' action is justified.
There will be no changes or alterations made; restoration implies only reinstatement of the original.
Upon completion, a compatible,
and hopefully graffiti-proof, lacquer
will be applied; a non-gloss sealant
will provide a clear image, and allow
the mural to reach out and touch all
who pass it.
When challenged by choices of
color blending, strength of linear
detail or nece.>sary texturing, I plan
to seek the advice of a Salvador Dati
designed tarot pack to guide in the
artistic decision-making process.
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maintenance personnel began
restoration this past May with the
painting of a tea and cream color on
the background surface above and
below the mural. Budgeted by deferred maintenance under the heading
"Quality of Life at Evergreen," the
life force of these painted visions will
once again breathe inspiration for all
future Greeners, faculty and staff.
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Have you ever noticed the entwined serpents which climb up the
stairwell in the Library Building?
These mural creations, originally
painted in 1972, are forever etched
upon the memories of Evergreen
alumni.
This work was conceived by guest
faculty member Jose Arguelles, and
painted by Evergreen students under
the direction of his wife Miriam.
Natives of Argentina, the Arguelles
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Having been appointed the task of
restoration, I forsee a two-month involvement which will incorporate
several phases of workmanship.
The first requirement is a
thorough cleaning of 10 year's dust,
grime and graffiti, which has
adhered to the painting. Then, a
resurfacing of abrasive areas,
pockmarks and holes in the cement
wall will be done with sandpapers
and sealanL Aided by minor scaffolding and appropriate acrylic
paints, each of the 13 extensions of
mural design will then be carefully
Rainier buys South Sound, price: $11 million
by Duane Anderson
South Sound National Bank,
which has a branch in Evergreen's
Campus Activities Building, "merged" with Rainier National Bank last
Monday, June I. For South Sound
customers "there will be no interruption in services," reads a joint letter
from the presidents of Rainier and
South Sound Banks.
South Sound's joining with
Rainier is technically termed a
merger, according to Bruce Emery,
head of corporate relations for
Rainier Bank. "Stock was
transferred; Rainier stock was exchanged for outstand ing South
Sound stock."
"The bottom line is they made us
an offer we couldn't refuse," says
Bob Olson, who was president of
South Sound until the merger .
"Rainier offered the highest price
for a community bank in
Washington slate in the last six
years." Olson estimated the price
would be approximately $11 million
in equivalent Rainier stock.
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achieved international acclaim for
their significant contributions in the
exploration of the ethereal human
aura. Translated into drawings with
exacting color application, their
discoveries can be viewep in their
highly introspective book "Mandala," which also examines the art
and dynamics of mandala symbolism.
Unlike the articulate scrawlings on
the exterior stairwells of A dorm,
and surpassing the multitude of col-
orful collages and statements which
rise up 10 flights of the inner
stairwells in A dorm, the library
mural reveals "nature" as a welldefined theme.
Exhibiting earth, water, fire and
air, individually and co-mingling,
each design is color coordinated to
communicate an underlying unity.
Eloquent in conception, each section
provides
e laborate
detail,
highlighted by the simplicity of subtle color texturing.
This year, a restoration project
will reinstate the magnificence of this
My art h istory includes landscape
paintings created in Pennsylvania for
the Appalachian School of Experience and Project Life. Having
attended the Museum of Fine Arts
and Emerson College in Boston, my
knowledge extends into graphic
design for T-shirts, posters and,
more recently, the 60-page
"Awesome Comics" created during
individual contract study here at
Evergreen.
Due to closure of the printmaking
studio, I am excited about this opportunity to work with color again.
Restoration of the actual mural
will begin June 16, and should be
completed sometime in late August.
Any students who find themselves
on campus this summer may come
and observe the library stairwell
mural in process . But fair warn ing,
artists are temperamental, so no undue aggravation is requested.
Feel a "sense of wonder" next
time you observe this true-Io-life
mural; there are incredible visions
which unfold before your eyes at
every turn . It's a miracle.
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Olson saw the merger as a
"natural fit." South Sound's six
local branches and Rainier's one
O lympia branch "ties Rainier solidly
into Thurston County."
Olson points out that South
Sound customers can expect "the
same peop le with the same smiles."
O lson says the six former South
Sound branches will still have all the
same services with the addition of
Rainier's trusts services-which
South Sound has not offered before.
Olson, who served on Evergreen 's
Foundation Board for the first two
years of that board's existence, is
now a Rainier vice president in
charge of the six former South
Sound branches and Rainier's Olympia branc h-which is the ninth
largest branch in Washington state.
According to both Emery and
Olson, Rainier does not currently
have investments in South Africa .
South Sound was open on campus
for Evergreen's first class, says Ken
Winkley, who was Controller of the
college at the time. Winkley says that
South Sound was the only bank that
could legally open up a new branch
in the Olympia area at that time.
The campus branch has never
made money, says Winkley. The
bank has remained on campus
because "Bob Olson is personally involved in Evergreen. If the bank left,
Evergreen couldn't attract another
bank until enrollment increased to
3,000 or 3,500 students," he says.
"Evergreen is a jewel," says
Olson, "I hope the students realize
what they have there."
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Greenerspeak:
Kate Crockett: I learned I can
even fight with the administration. As far as preparing me for the world-yeah.
What Evergreen taught me is
how to deal authoritatively
with people with power.
Ron Davies: I don't think in
terms of being prepared for
the world, but for the world
being prepared for me. I think
we shouldn't be afraid of being unconventional. If survival is the question, then it
can be had in comfort with
close friends and new
resources; it is the conservative ethic.
Eileen Amandes: Yes. Thanks
to the diverse group of people
I've had in my seminars I can
handle anybody, and besides,
as long as there is a free box
around, I can always dress for
success .
Sean Sinclair: Well, as you
can see I cut my hair real
short, you know, the few, the
proud. Seriously, I have been
evaluating the time I spent
here, and found I learned
mostly through extracurricular activities that are
often intangible in terms of
papers and books . My learning here was a dialectic of
reflection and action.
by Lee Pembleton
Usha Noble: I've taken control of my education and
studied the things that concerned me. And so in that
way, Evergreen has helped me
to live in my world.
All speakers are
graduating seniors.
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Sports needed for continue.dstudent diversity
by John Kaiser
In the real world, sports mix with
anything: politics, academics, and
even Evergreen. At colleges around
the country, sports teams are expected to win in the name of the
school mascot, to never give up and
to fight to the end. Many college
rivalries sound a lot like a world war
breaking out. You can hear it from
ROTC headquarters to the school
chapel-"We're gonna kill 'em on
Saturday."
Jocks go only to jock parties.
Coaches scout for the latest high
school talent and vow to return next
year-better and stronger than
before. Sports are all important and
academics just get in the way. All
students really need is a librarv .
Letters:
Ceramics studio
a valuable facility
To the Evergreen community:
I have worked and played at the
Leisure Education 'Ceramic Studio
off and on for the six years that I
have been in Olympia. It has given
me and many, many others joy,
challenges, and great satisfaction.
Unfortunately, support from S&A
has declined significantly in the last
few years. First, in the removal of
the staff support position and lately
in the severely reduced open st udio
hours with no key access. The studio
has survived, however, and recently
has begun to gather more interest
and participaion by students and the
comm unity . We have shown that we
can run as a self-supporting entity
that holds great promise.
The campus childcare facility has
been scheduled to be placed in the
Ceramic Studio at a cost of $65,000.
At this point, the Ceramic Studio
will shut down, and our two massive
kilns bulldozed down . Originally we
were to be allocated funds to move
to the old Driftwood Daycare facili ty. Now, however, we have been told
that the funds will not be allocated,
we may not hold a summer program,
and that we will be told of our future
"later." The student s, community
users, teacher, and administrator of
the studio have distinctly been uninvited to the decision-making process.
That has left us all confused,
frustrated, and a bit angry. May I
please make a few comments and
suggestions?
I) Instead of spending $65,000 on
revamping the oldest building on
campus into a childcare facility. why
teacher aids and a big video screen
so hundreds can watch the lectures.
Occasionally a professor, who never
seems to make it to class, will appear
on Nightline giving a worn out opinion on the geo-political status quo.
At home, mom and dad are proud
as the school's prestige shines on national TV . Don't worry about
budget cuts . If sports don't get all
the money they need they can just
take it from academics. Get a TV,
we've got a workout to do.
Hopefully at Evergreen things are
different. Here, we can continue to
have an inter-collegiate athletic program free from scandal, free from
pressure to beat other teams, and
open to students regardless of
ability.
Evergreen has a tradition of
allowing students to reach their
potential without putting them
down. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the athletic program.
Sports at Evergreen defy any traditional stereotypical image of sports.
All the teams here encourage beginners to come out and participate.
Here no one tries out for a team,
they just show up. On the running
teams you can run whenever it suits
you and there's always a place on the
team bus. At other schools coaches
can rule your life; at Evergreen you
have to be completely selfmotivated .
That's the bottom line. To appreciate this school YOu must be selfdirected in everything you do. The
best thing about sports at Evergreen
is that no one cares whether you win
or lose. You feel good knowing
you've done your best.
Some say that students here, who
wish to play sports, should go to the
University of Washington, implying
that sports don't belong at
Evergreen. Such a move would be
discriminatory. Who's to decide who
should go to Evergreen?
No one really comes here just to
play sports. People who want to
study and participate in athletics
have just as much of a right to alternative education as anyone else. This
school should remain open to all
from chain smoking intellectuals to
those reaching for their potential in
a sport. No one has a monopoly on
Evergreen.
Intramural athletics, often cited as
an alternative to intercollegiate
sports, does not provide an adequate
forum for reaching your potential.
Intramurals are a great complement
but a poor substitute. An
intramural-only sports program
would send a message to any
athletically inclined student-you're
not welcome at Evergreen.
Sports should never be emphasized at Evergreen but they should be
available to all. We're a small college and our athletic program should
reflect this. Teams at Evergreen
carry a low profile and a low price
tag. Let's keep it that way. Football
and baseball jocks, for example,
would more than likely have a
negative impact on the environment.
They're so big and there would be
so many of them . No one wants
that.
not get the college proper to pitch in
half, and S&A the other half of
whatever funds it takes to build a
new facility across the way from the
Ceramic Studio. Evergreen would
then demonstrate a true commitment
to quality childcare with room for
expansion. I believe TESC should remain true to educating the disenfranchised students, many of whom are
single parents ....
2) Move the Ceramic Studio into
the Old Metal Arts Building across
the road from the Ceramics Studio,
and fence in the kilns. Children may
easily become interested in the ancient art of pottery. We would gladly
involve them! !!!
3) Please fund us the $6,000 we
need to move the studio to Driftwood Road. It's a pittance to save
an excellent outreach program with
great potential and an almost
glorious past.
Anyway, S&A, plea~e let us know
how we can become involved . We
will be having a sale and demonstration at Super Saturday. It may be
our last hurrah-so check us out!!
We will also have petitions begging
for survival. They may be useless,
but they make us feel better . Thank
you Evergreen!!!
Peace,
John Kersting
Whoever wrote the EIS [Environmental Impact Statement) that
there weren't any, is full of shit, is
an out and out liar and obviously
wrote the E[S straight out of his/ her
imagination.
"The west side of Olympia is gunna be
a shopping center soon."
Lyrics from "Bulldozer Blues,"
1975, by Evergreen gra'd, David
Shroeter.
ty in neutral Sweden. Numerous
unknown Danes, Swedes, and even
Germans, participated in this incredible rescue. Of 7,000 Danish
Jews, less than 300 were apprehended and only about 50 of these died
in captivity.
The real story is far greater than
the legend, but the legend sort of
simplifies the actual facts. Some
years ago, I traced the origins and
dissemination of the legend during
World War II, a fascinating story in
itself.
Buses
won't
serve
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Fishing's good at
Grass Lake
Dear Editor:
Concerning Grass Lake, [ have
personally caught both small mouth
bass and yellow perch in Grass Lake.
Not only do they exist, they have
every yc!ll!' I've checked it out since
spring, 1980, including sorne fish
caught last week. Shit, you can see
them swimming around all over.
...
Ben Schroeter
Danish history
revised
Dear CPl:
I enjoyed reading about Paul
Loeb's speech on "Nuclear Culture"
in the 5129 CPl. There's one little
matter on which I'd like to "set the
record straight. "
In illustrating how people have
stood up to tyranny, Dr. Loeb cited
the well-known "Legend of the King
and Star," which allegedly occurred
in Denmark during World War [I.
The event (King Christian and the
Danish people donning the Yellow
Star to protect Denmark's Jews)
never happened! It is a historical
legend comparable to George
Washington and the cherry tree, true
in spirit, but fal se in actual fact.
In fact, the Nazi's never decreed
the Yellow Star in Denmark . What
actually happened was that after
three years of Nazi occupation, durin,! which the Jews were not
moles'ted, the Nazis ' suddenly
decreed their deportation.
Thanks to a timely warning from
the Nazi authorities, Denmark's
Jews went into hiding with ~heir
Gentile neighbors and were gradually smuggled out of Denmark to safe-
Peace,
Jens Lund, State Folklorist
Washington State Folklife
Council
During June check-out,
Monday, June 9 through
Friday, June 13, Intercity
Transit buses will NOT be
pulling into the dorm loop.
During this week only, they
will turn left from Driftwood onto Overhulse.
Normal route will resume
Monday, June 16.
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Awards honor faculty
President Joseph D. Olander announced the selection of Faculty
members Beryl Crowe and Rob
Knapp as the first Evergreen recipients of the Burlington Northern
Faculty Achievement awards.
The two men were chosen by a
committee of Evergreen students,
staff and faculty members, chaired
by Academic Dean Rita Pougiales.
Crowe, who has taught at Evergreen
since 1970 and is teaching in The
Human Condition program this
year ,js cited by the committee for
his "intellectual leaaership in program planning, ,c hallenging presentation of material, exacting standards," and "substantive involvement with students."
Knapp, who joined the Evergreen
faculty in 1972, is teaching the Advanced Physical Sciences group contract this year. His class, reports the
committee, is "distinguished by its
interdisciplinary breadth and
thematic
innova tion
and
coherence. "
The Burlington Northern Award
carries a cash prize of $ [,500 and
will be awarded to two Evergreen
faculty members each year for the
next two years . The Burlington
Foundation sponsors Faculty
Achievment awards to 133 colleges
and universities in 31 states.
Members of the Foundation are
Burlington Northern Railroad Company, EI Paso Hydrocarbons, El
Paso Natural Gas Company, Glacier
Park Company, Meridian Minerals
Company, Meridian Oil Inc., and
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
Crowe and Knapp will recieve
their awards at 1 p .m. Sunday, June
8 'at the graduation ceremonies on
the campus plaza .
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Has Evergreen prepared you for the world?
Greg Learner:
guess
acade mically it has prepared
me for the world. But socially not much at all It's like its
own little town here, that
seems plastic . However, I
have enjoyed it thoroughly,
and most of the last five years
have been good for me . I'm
curious to see what its really
go ing to be lik e "out there."
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In [963 when Dr. Timothy Leary
left Harvard University under fire,
he was one of the youth subculture's rising and prominent
heroes. He was an adult who supported the habits of the youth and
bucked the establishment.
Leary faced up to the law, the
powers that be . He took LSD and
other drugs, he supported them and
praised them, he even faced, beat
and eventually succumbed to the law
for them. Leary influenced the youth
of the early '60s and the '70s .
Leary's influence is still felt today.
Without him the present day drug
scene might have been very different. He did a lot, if not most, of
the popularizing of LSD.
He is finally fading into printed
history; as we approach the '90s, it
appears the youth no longer know
who he is. But to most youth who
know about drugs and the drug
culture today, Leary still reigns as an
incredible doser-a man who started
taking LSD at its beginnings, promoted it and supported it all his life,
still took mind altering substances at
50, and has taken more drugs than
most users dream of, and who stood
up to and questioned authority.
Leary takes advantage of all this
when he performs. At GESCCO
May 27, Leary used his reputation
and fame, along with incredible
doses of charm and energy to encapture an audience of around 300 people for nearly two hours.
He softened us up and entertained us in preparation for the big sell,
the big honestly-I-haven't-sold-out
turn around. Even the product
name, LSD, Leary Software
Development, demonstrate's Leary's
adeptness for using himself to sell his
product.
It may sound odd to say, but
Leary looks exactly like Leary, a
Lynn Peabody helps Timothy Leary demonstrate his new LSD software at Leary's GESCCO appearance May 27.
He then gave a quick and hum.xcouple years older-wrinkles and
He began by saying that he still
sags-but still amazing, like all the ous synopsis of his life: from his
believed in what he'd always believpictures I've seen of him from his decision to go into psychology- "I
ed in: "Think for yourself and quesyounger days. He was full of energy felt the mind was the new frontier
tion authority."
when he came onto the stage. He of our species" -to his leaving
Leary's product is computer softHarvard-"We were travelling the
smiled and joked with the audience,
ware, and he had to slowly defuse
inner spaceways; we were
began his spiel by saying how
the audience form the shock and
neuronauts."-entering prison-for
wonderful it was to be in
irony of Timothy Leary selling flopWashington- the capital of
"possession of two roaches they
py disks. When he finally reached
planted in my car" -and eventualpsilocybin mushrooms.
computers-electrical-almost two
ly leaving the United States.
From the moment he opened his
hours had passed.
Throughout
his
opening
mouth to the I O-minute break in his
Throughout his show, Leary atmonologue, Leary made jokes about
show, Leary hurled charisma, and a
tacked religion and governmentG. Gordon Liddy, law enforcement
patent youth rehellion attitude, playauthority. He appealed to the
ing Timothy Leary to the hilt. At the and government, much to his aurebellion in his audience.
dience's approval.
very beginning of his show, he let the
After the break, Leary railed
After his personal history, Leary
audience know that he thought of
against television, and then introducbegan a long introduction of his prohimself as a "change agent." A loud
ed his crux analogy, "To me, now,
duct and his reason for being there.
round of applause followed.
the computer is a mirror of the
human mind." He admitted that the
Olympia's many opportunities for activities
by Arvid Gust
The month of June opens many
new doors to an advent urous
Greener. Yes, there is culture in
Olympia, nature in every forest
grove, and sandy beaches abound.
This article provides a visitors' guide
to many outdoor highlights of our
fair community .
Perhaps, a stroll for an hour on a
self-guided tour to see over 1200
rhododendrons and azaleas in a 4acre park-like setting. These paths
are wheelchair accessable. Because
this is private property, there are no
rest rooms and picnicing is not allowed . Open noon to 7 pm; Zabel's
Rhododendrons is located at 2432 N.
Bethel St.
Ellison Oyster Co. offers a tour
showing how oysters are grown .
Though one should call ahead for
appointments, they're open Monday
through Friday. Call 866-7551.
The Olympia Brewery has a 40
min ute tour, which includes an
inevitable taste test of the end product from 8 to 4 p.m. in Tumwater.
Animal Refuge Tours include
Wo[fhaven which contains 30 acres
of wolf refuge. Howl-ins are Friday
nights, during the summer only.
Eight miles south of Tumwater,
Wolfhaven can be reached at
1-264-2775.
Nisqually National W ildli fe
Refuge, off exit 114 on 1-5, has
walking trails and an environmental
education center.
For trails down both sides of river,
spanning the famous Tumwater
Falls, on beautiful landscaped
grounds, Tumwater Falls Park is
right by the Olympia Brewery.
Perhaps you haven't yet been to
any of our excellent Washington
State Parks ... Tolmie State Park includes an underwater marine park,
waterfront, hiking, swimming, clamdigging, kitchen shelters, etc. To get
(here, take exit 1II,off 1-5 .
Millersylvania State Park (South
of Olympia, 2 mi. E. of 1-5) has
swimming, camping, ecology trails ,
physical fitness trails, kitchens , etc.
Olympia City Parks include Burfoot Park which has nature interpretive trails, a saltwater beach,
large picnic areas and playgrounds .
Burfoot Park is 6 miles N. of Olympia on Boston Harbor Rd .
Priest Point Park, on East Bay
Drive has 263 acres, a saltwater
park, picnic areas and playground
equipment.
Woodruff Park (1500 Harrison
Ave.) has four ball fields and four
tennis courts, barbeques and
playground equiptmenl.
Next fall, we will explore the
cultural remnants of Olympia and
Tumwater. The history of Capitol
Campus alone will keep any trivia
artist on their toes, not to mention
numerous museums and historic
hou ses, which have become
established landmarks in our
Washingtonian heritage, greeners.
purpose of the show was to show
that computers, personal computers,
could be, and are, the tools with
which to question authority.
He said, "Until recently, [
thought computers were a tool of
top management to package us and
depersonalize us. " He said he knew
he had to break a lot of people there
from their compuphobia . The rest of
us, he knew, he just had to talk up
the product enough.
Near the end of the show, the
question came up as to whether or
not he felt that computers, and indeed his whole attitude, were ex·
clusive of nature, were a placebo,
drawing people away from what we
originally were . To a lot of people
that is an important question , and
Leary simply tried to energetically
and charismatically dismiss it.
When it appeared a lot of audience members wanted a straighter,
well-reasoned and supported
answer, Leary didn't have one; he
suggested that his old colleague and
friend Richard Alpert, by being interested in and involved in eastern
religions and philosophies which
stress man's connection with nature,
made up for Leary's apparent
disinterest in it.
More disappointing, though less
surprising, was the software'sMind Mirrors-lack of originality .
Leary built up and prepared us for
a breakthrough, a real discovery and
tool, and then offered us a seminar
for four people, directed by a computer and a predetermined set of
words. The program may be useful
to doctors and psychologists,
psychiatrists and teachers, but it's
not likely to affect the world much,
or even be used by most common
people.
What Leary really offered and
gave, and which was well worth the
money to see and hear. was Timothy
Leary on stage for two-and-a-half
hours, talking and entertaining.
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
June S, 1986
June 5, 1986
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
page 7
REP.O RT: 1986 STUDENT SURVEY
STUDENTS DOCUMENT THEIR NEEDS
This description of some of the
results of the 1986 Information for
Action Student Survey was written,
composed, and laid out by James
Mershon. The transcriptions of
quotes from question 44 were done
by Amy Crawford. The content and
style of this report is the sole responsibility of Information for Action
(IF A). We wish to express our
gratitude for the kind assistance provided by the staff of the Cooper
Point Journal.
The phrases in italics are a selection of responses to a question asking people to describe themselves.
They are printed as wri tt en; one was
edited for anonymity.
" I am adopted." "A merican
refugee." "poverty, Man!" "working class background " "I'm middle
class" "upper middle class" "Highly
ed. background" "conservative hippie" "/',n smarter. " Hworld consciousness. " "Retired CWO" "outdoor spiritual guide" "my green
pen" "my bUlt. " "my moustache. "
"my body." "insanity " "Nontradilional male. " " I am normal. "
"re·entry sludent." "Raised on
Ranch." " I wear glasses." "other
people's uniqueness. " "Good pool
player." "From Issaquah." "World
Travel." "Musician omnisexual
male. "Perseverance" irNomad,
cloistered." "Very organized. In·
H
tense." "Big."
HI am conservative, an anarchist and
a libertarian, I am here because I
need to feel control over my education; please don't get too much student government going here-I don't
like feeling forgotten because I'm in
the minority opinion. ..
"In a nutshell-inside I'm very
cosmic and more aware than people
realize but on the outside I look like
I could be a mainstream upper middle class boy. "
"I grew up in the suburbs without
becoming a clone. "
" I've been in jail and I'm not a
spoild hippy who never worked a day
in my life. "
"HARD CORE REAGENITEI'LL VOTE FOR JACK KEMP OR
PA T ROBER TSON- WHOEVER
GETS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINA T/oN- YOW!"
"I am from the Menom inee Nation
and am commilled to the struggle for
sovereignty and self-determination
of Indian People. "
" Irish, Catholic, child of alcoholic
home, bright, liberal in theory, conservative in practice. "
"I am a Republican. I collect books
on Princess Diana. I'm bourgeois. "
"I am older student who has attended a community college and now
transferred. I wan I 10 be able to gel
a job, nol fool around like we are
here. I don 'I think the classes I've
laken will help. "
" I'm very involved with spoken
work performances. I've never
figured oul what 10 be when I grow
up. I'm aboul to graduale and I
don'l know anything."
"While bisexual trendy male,
sometimes I get a good joke in . ..
The 1986 student survey project
began in November with a proposal
to the S&A Board that they allocate
funds to a new student group, Information for Action (lFA), to carry
out a major survey of student opi- .'
nions. The Board allocated $5024 of
students' money and the project
took off. Heather Bennett, Amy
Crawford, James Martin, and James
Mershon coordinated the writing of
the questionnaire and the surveying
of hundreds of students .
A goal of 1300 responses was set;
2100 students received questionnaires and 985 returned them. The
surveying was done primarily in
classes. Thanks to the cooperation
of many faculty members. 25 programs were surveyed. To reach
students in other programs and contract students, a table was set up in
the CA B lobby --about 300 students
were surveyed there. The last forms
were co llected on March 17, and
data entry began.
IFA had planned to release results
on the survey early in Spring
Quarter. it took much longer. IF A ·
hired several students to translate the
written responses to number codes,
and the Strategic Planning Council
paid $500 for the entry of 320,000
digit s into a computer. Amy
Crawford transcribed the narrative
replies (printed here in italics) . Steve
Hunter, Director of Research and
Planning, and James Mershon did
the computer analysis of the data.
producing the results described here.
Preliminary results were given to
the S&A Board and the Planning
Council weeks ago. This report is the
first fully public release of findings .
This is only the start of a full analysis
of the survey. There is much more
to be learned from this set of data,
and a clear need for more research
next year.
lFA's intent in this project was to
enhance the quality of life on this
campus, improve the qUality of decisions affecting students, and increase
the involvement of students in decision making at Evergreen. The
results released so far are affecting
decisions in a good way, but only in
a few areas. This report and a fuller
one in the fall may help more of us
understand each other. And the information should help more of us
participate in deciding what to main·
tain and what to change at our
college.
"I'm passionate and intense and
highly sensitive. I'm for real. "
"I work 40 hours a week at an emotionally taxing job. "
"white elite who hit the streel, vaSI
speclrum of experiences and
possibilities, still seeking wholeness.
Thanks, TESC."
"High school drop-out enemy of
covert curriculum. Opinionaled but
willing 10 change. "
"I came from the East Coast (N.H.)
to study al Evergreen, specifically
photography-which I now see is
waning here (sad). I oppose Reagan's
policies and hope this school remains
an open forum for liberal thinking
in America, (Leftist, too!)"
"Come on-what do you need to
know for. I know and thats all you
need."
"I am distinguished from others
because I don 'I enjoy anything . ..
"My parents moved from upper
class to middle class. I'm continuing
the progression. After working many
years as a carpenter, I came here to
learn about art and life-not to
develop a career. "
This survey is the largest collection
of student opinion ever done at
Evergreen. The 978 responses
described here represent 40 per cent
of the students on the Olympia cam·
pus. The sample closely matches the
student population in gender and
ethnic balance. and in percent of
graduate students and students living on campus. The sample is biased toward full time and younger
students. There is good representation of most areas of study.
Three significant findings emerged during the process of surveying.
The first was that faculty members
are not solidly opposed to student
political efforts. This myth fell when
we asked for and got large amounts
of class time to conduct the survey.
Only one faculty member refused to
cooperate; many stopped their
classes for over an hour to allow
students to complete the questionnaires. The second finding followed
closely: apathy is not a big problem
when you offer people something
good to do. A thousand students
gave about an hour each to filling
out the form . Third, the administration does not fear students' opinions
or their efforts to organize. From the
beginning of this project, administrators have generously given
their time, skills, and support to the
survey. Perhaps there is a fourth finding: that cooperation is more than
an ideal at this college. Cooperation
between people in diverse positions
with different needs made this project happen. There is every reason to
believe that we can continue to work
together to implement the findings
of this survey.
"raised overseas, believe in reincarnation, not focused on S (although
my wife wishes I were more so)"
"dedicated to changing the world
with rock'n'roll music. Don't really
give a damn about a BA degree."
"I'm from L.A., Jewish, Grew up
in Hollywood around lots of street
scenes, not as naive as other people. ..
"I'm serious and I don't waste time
or words nor my academic ed. I take
it se,-iously but it has taken me
seriously It's made me a satsitic
that I was hoping I would not be. ..
"I lived in Germany from 2nd to 7th
grade (civilian) My parents,
(father)-a chemist & entrepreneur
and (mother)-psychologist (phD)
still married·23 yrs. "
"I am Canadian·born, of Lesbian
orientation, and have had many,
many experiences that have matured
me almost too quickly . ..
"I am outgoing and shy at the same
time, I grew up in Santa Cruz, then
moved to Wenatchee (mm!) I talk to
people I don't know very
frequently . ..
"I commute 300 miles a week to attend Evergreen. "
"Was a child in the suburbs, was
enlightened as a teenager living in the
city, then moved to the boonies.
Now I live in a barn and travel
around the world whenever
possible. "
"My commiltment to Christ and the
truth . ..
"I like to have fun. I am totally
cool!"
COLLEGE SENIORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
"I grew up in a mostly black ghetto. This is a white middle class
school. "
THE REWARDS OF A HIGHER EDUCATION
"I grew up in Alaska, come from a
middle-class background, fairly
liberal. I'm open·minded and gay. "
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"I'm a TESC faculty brat and grew
up around Evergreen students. ..
Academics
Expressive Arts?
Yes!
The most disturbing response in
this area was the 30 percent of us
who said we have not always been
able to · study in the area of our
choice. Half of this group said the
problem was that programs were full
or not available at all. One third had
not been able to get into Expressive
Arts, one sixth said Science,
Technology, and Health, one eighth
said Environmental Studies, and one
tenth said Humanities.
The implied lack of sufficient institutional support for these areas
was reinforced by the responses to
the next questions. Thirty-nine percent (382) of the students surveyed
said that Expressive Arts got less
than a fair share of support. On the
other side of things, an eighth of us
said Science and Technology
(specifically computer studies) got
more than a fair share of support.
Other areas were mentioned much
less often.
Several questions asked" for concerns about quality of education. Of
the 3S percent who had had a problem in a specific area of study, a
third said the faculty were at fault,a
fifth said the faculty were good but
under stress, an eighth wanted more
challenge, and a tenth said facilities
were inadequate.
Two tbirds of us said that inter·
disciplinary study was more important to the quality of education than
study in one area. And nearly as
many said that cultural diversity was
very important to the quality of our
education. Quality (59 percent) was
ranked second to 'alternative to normal college' (72 percent) as important to students' decisions to enroll
at TESC, with location (45 percent)
and cost (3S percent) trailing. But
quality pulled even with alternative,
and well ahead of location and cost,
as important to students now.
Suggested means to improve
quality included spending more
money, empbasizing cross cultural
and interdisciplinary study, increasing variety and flexibility of cur·
riculum, and involving students
more in academic and administrative
decision making. Two thirds of us
. said that student participation in curriculum design should be increased.
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A further commen!- on faculty was
the S3 percent yes response to making faculty evaluations available to
all students. But 30 percent said no
to this idea.
Final academic results: only 4 percent said that Evergreen's approach
to education was becoming more
alternative, 8 percent said it's stay·
ing tbe same, IS percent don't know
what it's doing, and 50 percent said
it's becoming more like other colleges. Of that half of us, 8S percent
don't approve.
Government
DTF? Oh, Yeah
Voting? Maybe
One of campus government's big·
ger impacts on academics is Gover·
nance DaY,Wednesday. ·Classes are
restricted during the day to allow
some of us to attend meetings and
some of us to study. Half of us said
that was just fine, 7 percent said
restrictions on classes should be
removed, a fifth said we need better
enforcement. Half of the students
involved in governance activities
(an eighth of us) wanted better
enforcement.
The people who said they were involved politically differed from the
normal cross section of students.
People from diverse (all but White)
ethnic backgrounds and ASH
residents (who have, on average,
been at TESC longer than most)
were twice as likely to be politically
active as others. Students over 21
and males were also a bit more like·
ly to be active.
It's no surprise that more of us
aren't involved in governance ac·
tivities, most of us have our hands
full studying. When asked if you
wanted to be more .involved, a
Quarter said no, a quarter said don't
know, a quarter didn't bother to
answer (well, apathy does exist), and
a quarter said yes. Folks said the two
things that would most help them get
more involved were more information and more time. Some did say
nothing could help them.
A watershed question asked if
'you know what a Disappearing
Task Force is'. Just over half said
yes. The amount of time students
had been at TESC affected their
likelihood of knowing. Two thirds
of those in their fourth or higher
quarter said 'yes'. The highest 'yes'
response was 85 percent from
students who said they were involved in governance activities here. One
wonders about the other 15 percent.
Forty percent of us said that
students serving on DTF's and com·
mittees should get academic credit
for their service, 16 pellCent said
'no'. 'Involved' students made
stronger statements: 63 percent 'yes';
23 percent 'no'. Only 10 percent of
us said that students should be paid
for their service, 40 percent said
'no' ,
This year a variety of methods
were used to pick students for DTFs,
boards, etc .. The preferences in the
survey for selection methods were:
by an administrator, 7 percent; by
a vote of all students, 16 percent; by
a random pick, 17 percent; and, by
a group of interested students, 36
percent.
There has also been a variety of
systems proposed this year for increasing the political organization of
students . The survey showed that
only 14 percent of the sample were
satisfied with the present state of affairs (transfer students and
homeowners were a bit more likely
to be satisfied: 23 percent). Only 6
percent would support establishing
a system of elected officers and
representatives. A third of us or so
support each of these systems: decisions by students at 'town meetings';
decisions by vote of all students;or
decisions by delegates from a coalition of student groups, programs, or
seminars. And a quarter would support a paid staff to work with one
of the above systems.
Moving on to other campus
government issues, 8 percent said
that DTF's do not serve the campus
well, 15 percent said they do, 30 percent didn't know, and the other half
or so were the ones who didn't know
what a DTF was. This is part of a
trend of low confidence in or lack
of knowledge of the existing gover·
ning bodies on campus. Only about
a quarter of the students approved
of a structure that resembles the new
Advisory Board, just an eighth expressed confidence in the S&A
Board's performance or structure.
Much more support was expressed for broad based decision making
structures . The responses to dif·
ferent S&A funding approaches were
similar to the student organizations
responses: 3S percent, by voting; 29
percent, 'town meetings'; 35 percent,
public forums; also 27 percent, ·
review of S&A Board decisions by
another (not yet existing) student
government body. For campus wide
government, 'town meetings' and
proportional representation (more
students than staff or faculty) were
a bit more popular than the existing
norm of equal numbers of staff.
faculty, and students on committees.
And the preferences for the authority of such a campus wide govern·
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"15 years field experience in archaeology and Latin American travel
has involved me in very wide range
of work, educational, and lifestyle
experiences. ..
"single mom, non custodial parent,
ex-Mormon-planning to enter the
work force full time for the first
time.
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"WASP-raised on Conservative
Protestant ethics-I can see through
American neurosis-am hoping for
a revolulion"
"older, serious student, jumping into
senior level program in Winler
quarter with minimal preparation . ..
"I am according to the 1984 college
handbook a typical Greener: twenty
four politically correct and a
vegitarian"
"I am a lesbian . ..
"I'm me! Only one with long hoir
and a beard."
"my eagerness & willingness to make
a spectacle of myself; my youth was
filled with Jau and Ragtime musi·
cians, and with wild Artist·types as
role models. ..
"Politically correct, traditional In·
dian interested in keeping Evergreen
as Evergreen was designed to be. "
"I am a Republica~ and I think Ihe
sports programs should be helped
out more."
"Don't care too much for politics.
Shucks Clem, I just wanna study. "
"Mother of 4, ex school-bus driver
wanting something more for a career
and wanting to use mind for a
change finds happiness at
Evergreen . ..
"I realize that I'm jusl a guy. I don't
concern myself with 'issues.' ..
"My charming wit and wisdom and
stunning good looks. A Iso-I'm
always right and I never lie . ..
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ment body were: 46 percent, recommendations directly to the Board of
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June 5, 1986
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
More Survey Results
from page 7
" I lived on Ihe Easl coasl for 18
years- I'm much more hyper Ihan
mosl nalive WashinglOnians. "
"I've gOI 10 fingers and Ihumbs. "
"Returning 10 start 0 ver, have 2
degrees, looking for slimulalion and
suppOrl. "
"My extremely good louks, my funloving personality my ability 10
emenain vast quantities of women. "
''Though I feel slrongly about some
issues I'm not politically active at this
period in my life . ,.
"I'm a native Olympian, need I say
more? "
"I have green scaly skin and a tail"
"I am very environmentally
minded-I take in the aesthetics of
nature and they should be a right to
everyone-just as freedom of speech
is-not run by big money corporations who can log wherever they
want"
"Moderate lower middle class. Stubborn over achiever"
"I'm a juggler, with a wierd sense of
humor who dresses funny. [came to
Evergreen, and [ actually study. "
"I am a reformed granola cruncher
who is quite fed up with pseudohippies-I dislike naive idealism and
maintain a grounded perspective of
reality in Evergreen dealings"
"I like 'Dynasty' and bad movies
and am not an environmentalist"
"Grew up in Europe, although I'm
an American. [ had what was apparentlya more solid education than
most Americans. [ collect frogs. "
Services
Catalog accurate?
Yes! No!
In the section of the survey exploring opinions on TESC and vendor
services there were often wide differences in opinion between students
according to where they lived .
Students involved in governance also
often responded in different proportions than the norm. People owning
their home s were by far the most
satisfied with services. 'Involved'
st udent s were often the least
satisfied.
The major food services were
most often used by students living
off campus, especially homeowners.
The Co rner was most popular with
'involved' students. Mod and Dorm
residents were apparently the lowest
users of food services. The only
group identified in which a majority of people were satisfied with food
available on campus were
homeowners. Only about a quarter
of other students were satisfied.
The most popular suggested
change in the food area was lower
price; higher quality was next. There
was strong (66 percent) support for
establishing a grocery on campus.
About 75 percent of Mod and Dorm
dwellers supported this idea.
The establishment of a tavern or
pub here was supported by 42 percent and opposed by 36 percent. The
Mod and Dorm folks opposed it
less.
The one question on which we all
came closest to consensus in the entire survey was, 'should contracts
with vendors like the bank and
SAGA be subject to regular
review?'. Over 90 percent said 'yes' ,
only 3 percent said 'no'. What are
we waiting for?
The responses to a Question about
satisfaction with specific services are
listed below. The list shows the percent of students satisfied compared
to the percent not. With the exception of the bank, more folks were
satisfied than not. The percents add
to less than 100 because many people didn't make a choice.
South Sound Bank
Housing
Academic Advising
Financial Aid
Health Clinic
Registration
Security
Admissions
Bookstore
25:32
38: 17
42:28
49:15
53:12
60:28
62:15
"[ playa mean game of poker & I'm
a student & a grandma of 3. "
"Sensitive, domestic, heterosexual
male interested in individual expression while studying Electronics. "
"[ am a recovering alcoholic and
addict. "
"Big feet and mouth, a taste for the
exotic, Midwestern."
"[ believe in the Universe and
myself. I strongly believe we could
have a Paradise Earth. No one
listens. "
71 :9
72:21
Of the 16 percent who said they
had had a serious problem with the
policy of a campus service or office,
a healthy 98 percent said that the institution was primarily responsible
for the problem.
The catalog. Half of the sample
said the presentation of Evergreen in
the catalog was reasonably accurate.
But 43 percent said it wasn't. And
415 people wrote in criticisms.
About a fifth objected to the style,
the majority disliked the content. It
was described as 'slick', 'hype',
'false advertising', outdated in its information on programs, vague in its
descriptions of programs and faculty, and faulted by three women for
having no pictures of rain.
"[ am a highly motivated young person with a lot of potential and [feel
like I've felt a lot ageism here. "
"Like people But not machenes (that
look like people) talk too much funny sometimes likeable but too
selfanalitical. ..
"I am terribly confused person from
a big city, who is suffering from
culture shock here. I'm different
from other people because I'm not
phony. "
"[ know the geoduck fight song. "
"/ am more intelligent than most
people. "
"Native of Georgia, have lived in the
South all of my life. Moved to
Washington in December '84."
"[ lived many years overseas, I'm
handicapped (Dyslexic) and there is
alcoholism in my family. "
"Am a professional environmentalist, affecting changes from within
for over 15 years, incl. Environ.
Engineer at Satsop and planner at
METRO and Dept. of Ecology. "
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June 5, 1986
"Middle-class preachers kid, now
living in a commune in North central Washington. "
"Vietnam Vet with PTSD. "
"['ve lived several places in the
states, Guam, and Hawaii; am a
former professional musician; have
lived away from parents since / was
16."
" the configuration of my DNA coil.
Man, I'm living information!"
"My mom is a Rajneeshy. My whole
family (grandparents, father)
psychologists-the rest are teachers.
I'm fat, which gives me a different
perspective than the thin majority. "
"'White' Ambiguous-I am from
an oppressed culture not mentioned
above-color indicates nothing . .,
"/ am the youngest of 7 children,
none of whom ever finished college.
My parents are deceased. They were
immigrants from Ireland (father) &
Scotland (mother)"
"Being raised in the east-some
Sicilians do not become college
Presidents and they're still happy!"
'Tm sitting on a soft seat of decom posing plant matter, outside with the
"successful Artist. " [on the back of trees and fresh air. Most everybody
the survey: "Down to the last inch . else is silting on chairs in the CAB. "
of your spike-heeled shoes? [t don't
matter. But, Whew! Loosen up. "J
"independent individual from a
small coastal town in Oregon
"I've been in and out of different distinguished from others by openalternative colleges (Antioch, TESC) mindedness, bluntness, and tendenfor the last 5 yrs and its sad to see cy to analyze all human motivation
another one lose its alternative ap- in terms of sexuality. "
proach. [t's quickly eroding here. "
"[ am not a sheep. "
"More realistic than most people
here.
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
"My upper lip and thumb print. "
"high-school dropout, poor. "
"[ am a returning student 'older'
with no support group on campus. "
June 5, 1986
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for Another Great Yc,,",,'I""Ii!.~-y. .
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL'S ARION
Images of the
American West
photo by Scott Sagor
by James 8arkshire
In early April of this year, 41 students, 2 faculty, and 3 Evergreen vans embarked on an 18 day journey through the American southwest, studying geology,
sociology, and history along the way. The group traveled 3,500 miles through
the farmlands of central California, the deserts of Death Valley and southern
Nevada, and the canyon lands of northern Arizona and Utah.
The American West is a land of contrasts and contradictions: of romantic
myths and modern problems, spectacular scenery and tacky tourist stands, s"!~11
isolated settlements and the playgrounds of Las Vegas and Reno. Mostly It IS
a land of surprises: a delight to the eye. These photographs by students in the
program are a small part of what they brought back: Images of the American
West.
photo by Dan Miller
Photos this page, clockwise from upper left
(Upper Left) Looking over the rim of Supai Falls, Havasupai Canyon, Arizona. (Upper Right) A new American Gothic? Students,
Jonathon Rogers and Meryon Nudelman, on the trail in Death
Valley. (Bottom right) The view down into Zion National Park
from Angel's Landing. (Bottom Left) The Professor and the Owl.
Evergreen prof, Matt Smith, eyes a Burrowing Owl in Chowchilla,
California. (Right) On the road in Utah.
Photos this page, clockwise from upper left
(Upper Left) Sinners and saints share the same side of Main Stree~ in Ki~gm~n,
Arizona. (Upper Right) Looking down the canyon from the west rim trail, Zion
National Park, Utah. (Right) Student's gather 'round Evergreen geology prof,
Jim Stroh, for an informal lecture on the banks of the Kean River in eastern
California. (Bottom Right) Tour buses at rest on the Nevada side of Hoover
Dam . (Bottom left) Watchman peak soars above the campgrounds just inside
the entrance of Zion National Park.
photo by Scott Sagar
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL'S ARION
June S, 1986
I wrote essays about my musings:
All my life I have, thought
about sweet and sour, in literature and
in life, Why did I find chocolate cake
wonderful and buttermilk yucky? Why
do we talk about sweet little girls, but
sour old women? When I went back
to college, I wrote poems about it:
Frustration
Self-reproach is sour
like sucking a lemon.
It lingers, curling my lip.
Sweetness
be sweet
smile sweetly
sweet charity
sweet corn
sweet gum trees.
I'm ready to move on
to other flavors in my life.
Spices
a little pepper
maybe a sour pickle or two .. .
Our SOCiety is drenched in sweets.
Conversations at lunchtime invariably
touch on calories, diets and desserts.
May people feel unwillingly attracted to
sweet foods, yet Americans who grew
up in foreign countries much prefer
other tastes: smokey, fishy, peppery
or salty. One reason may lie in our
language. We think of sweet and sour
as opposites. Sweet represents
desirable qualities: goodness, pleasure,
happiness. We think of sour as
discord, upset, being out of sorts. A
sweet smile denotes correctness, good
manners, wanting to please. A sour
smile brings to mind other qualities:
disillusion, ill humor resentment. On
the other hand, sweetness carries a
sense of harmony, accord, cooperation. Sour milk is unpleasant,
undesirable, something to be used in
cooking or thrown out. Only Winnie the
Pooh can live on honey exclusively. A
steady diet of ripe fruit, desserts and
soft drinks becomes boring. Sourdough bread, dill pickles and sour
cream are welcome additions. Similarly, a sweet smile can be cloying,
If it's food,
It's food;
Never mind what kind of food.
When I ponder my mind
I consistently find
It is glued
On food.
dishonest or rigid; yet a steady "diet"
of cynicism and sarcasm are
unpleasant.
I came to see that worry and depression soured life; that humor and fun
could replace the sweetness I had
always craved. I turned to Ogden Nash.
In "The Clean Platter" he says:
Food
Just Food,
Just any old kind of food.
Let it be sour
Or let it be sweet,
As long as you're sure it is
something to eat.
Go purloin a sirloin, my pet,
If you'd win a devotion
incredible;
And
asparagus
tips
vinaigrette,
Or anything else that is edible.
Brind salad or sausage or
scrapple,
A berry or even a beet.
Bring an oyster, an egg, or an
apple.
As long as it's something to
eat.
I came to see that wisdom lies in accepting both the sweetness and the
sourness of life. But in discovering his
poem, "Mustard," I felt he had gone
too far:
I'm mad about mustard -Even on custard.
If sweetness is naivete and skepticism is sourness, maybe the two
qualities could be combined, as in
Sweet and Sour Sauce, a famous
Chinese American dish. David Hume,
the famous Scottish skeptic, on being
scolded by a friend for not being as
gentle as he once was, replied, "I am
still a mild and temperate man. A
sober, discreet, virtuous, frugal,
regular, quiet, good-natured man with
a bad character." Perhaps that is what
we are about.
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chromium, tlouride, lead, mercury,
any alarm. The fallout from the
nitrate, selenium, silver, sodium,
Soviet Union's accident produced 30
turbidity; secondary: chloride, colparticles in some surface water, and
or copper, iron, manganese, speci fie
the unacceptable level is 10,000.
conductivity, sulfate total dissolved
Some unacceptable levels had been
found in an earlier check-up in
solids and zinc.
Every five years trihalomethanes
Spokane County; it was related to a
milling operation,
(compounds containing chlorine and
The Olympia water supply is
bromine) are monitored . "Some of
these were found in Watkins and in
chlorinated. How much the chlor"ine
Thurston County along the Yelm
in a water supply tastes and smells
Highway." reports John Aden,
depends on the demand made on it
water specialist from the En- . by the other minerals in the water.
The other minerals combine with
vironmental Health program of the
chlorine to form compounds which
Social and Health Services of the
state of Washington.
are more stable than the gas in its
pure form,
It is the state which mandates the
monitoring. In 1977 the Safe DrinkFlouridation is not used. The consensus is that this is a private matter
ing Water Act was passed and since
1983-'84, water systems supplying
and the individual should have the
right to use it or not.
populations of 10,000 or more have
to be monitored.
Frare suggested that water will be
The state doesn't require routine
more expensive because the federal
government mandated that all wells
pesticide monitoring, but Olympia
does do it every five years. Six
which are not piped must be
chlorinated hydrocarbons are
chlorinated in five years. He indicated that good systems must sufmonitered-endrin,
lindane,
fer and pay for the special
methooxychlor and toxaphene and
treatments required by the sloppy
2, 4-d and 2, 4, 5-TP silvex.
systems that exist.
Radionucleides have not caused
Even More Survey Results
"Black female; Long Islander
(N. Y.), ex postal worker, ex
pothead, 1 years of parochial school,
1 yrs public. Both parents have
worked ever since J could remember.
I have had a house key since 6 yrs
old, "
"Four Walls
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Have you ever wondered what's in
the water you drink?
The water we drink at this college
is supplied by the City of Olympia.
The primary source is McAllister
Springs, located 10 miles from
Olympia, supplemented by a small
well on the west side.
"We have the best water in the nation right here," says engineer Tom
Frare, who is assistant director of
streets and utilities for the City of
Olympia (and, indeed, it is to be
bottled and marketed),
The annual cost for water testing
is about $9,000. The response from
the public is divided. Half the people want stricter standards, and the
other half are concerned with the
cost. Frare believes that the cost of
water will double in the next 20
years.
The water is monitored periodically for bacteria, once a year at 126
sites. It is also tested every three
years for inorganic chemical and
physical contaminants, i.e. primary :
arsenic, . barium,
cadmium,
"I was raised in Hawaii and
discriminated against for being
white . ..
Harrison and Division
943 - 8700
Contemplative monk on a bench,
by Irene Mark Buitenkant
"Military service (reserves), highly
academic and athletic standing in
high school. Disturbs me that people
believe
in
unilateral
disarmament . ..
The Trouts
go to Europe
The cover photo is from somewhere in Turkey.
"There are three good reasons to travel to Turkey,"
reports Polly Trout, an Evergreen student and roaming Arion correspondent in southeastern Europe, "It
is dirt cheap-$10 a week is plenty for good food,
a clean bed, and bus fares. The people are the: most
hospitable I've met. The Agean coast, while touristed,
doesn't have beaches packed thigh to thigh like the
Greek islands only 30 miles away."
The two pictures below and the one up and to the
right are pobably from Venice, but could be from
Verona. Polly writes: "Venice, tourist trap of tourist
traps, has been that way tor centuries, It is a beautiful,
charming, romantic tourist trap, though, and worth
the frightening pile of lira you find yourself forking
over. "
page 13
Oly has best water in nation
Sweet and Sour
by Dorothy Morgan
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
June 5, 1986
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SPORTS
S&A FundI"ng
Athletics? GESCCO?
with my fees?
The last section of the questionnaire was devoted to evaluation of
services and activities funded by
students' S&A fees ($70 per student
per quarter). For brevity, the following lists will contain the most
popular five to ten in rank order
from highest response down, with
numbers of responses given for the
first and last only. The others, of
course, faU in between, and groups
or activities not listed were less
popular. The most used or attended kinds of services and activities
were: films (673 students); art exhibits; lectures; individual recreation; musical performances; campus
media; and dances (436). The 'least
important to you ' were: comp~titive
sports (239); childcare; peer counseling; dances; and cultural/social support (36).
IN BRIEF********
CREW TEAM DOES 700 MILE WORKOUT!
Twenty nine crew team members, led by their
energetic coach Cath Johnson, rowed a total
of 700 miles in last Saturday's Row-A-Thon, a
benefit for the crew team and Evergreen's
Athletic department. Johnson and PaHy ScoH
were the mileage winners, each puHing in 30
miles in the 80-plus degree heat. Three of the
fours (4 person shell) and one single were on
the water at 5:20 am and everyone called it
a day at 5: 15 pm. The group received over
$3,000 in pledges! Rick Maynard scrambled
for the highest pledge total of $400. The team
put the finishing touches on the season that
night with a banquet-potluck. Johnson gave a
tribute to the entire team for their inspirational
efforts. Three cheers for Crew!!!
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entertainment, food, drink, the auction and
register for summer Leisure Ed. classes at the
same time! Regular Leisure Ed. registration
starts June 16; classes start June 30. Super
Saturday will feature the Athletics Auction, the
beer garden, Sally Kids Tricks, The Olympia
Kitchen Band, delicious Danish Waffle I cones
and lots more! Come one, Come All!
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from page 8
The remaining questions referred
to a list of 37 S&A budgets we'll call
them S&A groups.
The S&A groups chosen as useful
by the most students were: Campus
Recreation Center (610 students);
Cooper Point Journal; KAOS radio;
Thursday Night Films; Bus system;
Student Art Gallery; Organic Farm;
Women's Health Clinic; and Bike
Shop (318). The lowest response was
Graduate Students Organization
(84).
The groups or categories that the
most st udents said must be maintained to benefit others were: Daycare
(124); all S&A Groups; Bus system;
at! ethnic support groups; CRC; Lesbian/Gay Resource Center ; Parents
Center; KAOS; and Women's
Health Center (41). Lowest response
was Folkdance, a non-e,ustent group
(2).
A negative question was
next, 'which do you not want to support with your S&A fees?'. The differences in responses were large: Intercollegiate Athletics (126);
GESCCO (83); Folkdance (38); and
LG RC (37). The other responses
were generally much lower: Recreational Sports (29); Innerplace; Tides
of Change; and Supplemental
Events (14). The lowest was Environmental Resource Center, which
no one didn't want to fund .
The last question in the survey
generated the last data in this report.
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Olympia bOllles its award winning sparkling McAllister Springs water.
Students were asked to direct one genuine dollar in S&A funds to the
group of their choice. Out of 985
questionnaires returned, 674 people
allocated a total of $674 as listed:
$4
~aarava
$4
Asian/Pacific Isle Coalition
$4
Third World Women
$5
Folkdance
$5
Ujaama
$5
~EChA
$5
Tides of Change
$8
~en's Center
$9 Graduate Students Association
$10
Olympia Media Exchange
$10
Supplemental Events
$10
Recreational Sport s
$ 11
Disabled Student Group
$ 11
EPIC
$12
Greenet
$14
Bus system
Women's Center
$ 16
$ I7
Inncrplace
$17
Peace Ce nter
$20
Wilderness Center
$21
Daycare-Driftwood
$22
GESCCO
$22
Student Art Gat!ery
$23
Coope r Point Journal
$23
Bike Shop
$24
LGRC
$25
Environmental Res. Ctr.
$26
Intercot!egiale Ath!.
$26
Women's Health Center
$28
N W Indian Center
$30
Parents Center
$36
Organic Farm
$39
Thursday Night F ilms
$40
Exp ress ive Arts Network
$43
KAOS
$48
CRC
''I'm very tolerant and forgiving
(why, I'll never know) and I don'l
pay attefllion to the rotten things in
life. "
"Pu nk type artist and musician type
all around nice kid brush regularly
like quiet evenings at home and long
walks on the beach heh heh . ..
"born a white suburbanite in uppermiddle-class America, but [Iruly am
open 10 learning the ways of mountain people, country people, people
of the sea, and foreign people. "
"Independent since 16, lower middle class background. Former drug
addict . . ,
"AI Evergreen, I'm the only one
who doesn't like the Talking Heads
or the G. Dead."
"I'm not a Greener freak and J voted
for Ronald Reagan. I'm a member
of the N.R,A. and wear a tie, but
I'm also an environmentalisl, figure
Ihat one out . ..
. 'I am willing
shout. "
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projecl and Ihe data nn which Ihis
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via a nole 10 Ihe IF A box, CAB 305.
I hope these words and number.> can
be useful 10 you all. Cheers, James.
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
expressive arts network
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page IS
TV too big in "5 Mile Chats.
by Lee Pembleton
Rick Lewis never got to finish this painting due to his recent beating causing a severe head injury. The painting was begun in December, 1985.
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Injured artist's friend
describes life changes
Rick Lewis was severely beaten by
a gang on New Year's Eve this year
as he was leaving a party in
downtown Seattle.
by Debbie Roraback
. ' shou ldering dishwater fog streaked in amber capitol light.
feet swell in swallow oil.
"Industrial breeze passes under, peeling back
,..my stomach lining like a carpenter's plane .
T ownward I tramp your rain hunched span
and loiter at stone rail.
Offer me some high speed verse
roaring your length of boulevard .
Sudden swarming, slovenly young girls with apartment
invitations, if I buy beer at Bayview. Not me,
I take my leering seriously. One rude little troll
turns and s
I volley one back in true sporting manner.
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din. Below,
heaving on her clam and clay mucked shore .
Hump bridge,
will bring your
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Lingering hopes
shattered by the solid
snap
of coin purse
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I'm Rick Lewis' best friend and
standby guardian. I'm also a
24-year-old student at Evergreen,
about to finish my B.A., then go on
for a master's in social work.
Many people have stopped by the
Smithfield to ask me how "Rick is?"
My answer is always the same.
"He's doing better." This answer
seems to suffice. People nod, smile,
take their coffees and leave. Now,
I would like to define the meaning
of the term "better" when applied
to a head injured person.
The right side of Rick's brain is
dead. CAT scans show no signals
from that side. That means that the
left side of his body is paralyzed.
However, he has just started moving his left hand, he's able to open
and close fingers on command, and
his grip is getting stronger. Now,
maybe not all of the right brain is
dead. Perhaps a part was just lying
dormant-or perhaps the left side
has taken over the function. Confusing? Let me stop and reassure you
with what his neurosurgeon has told
me since the start:
"We simply don't know." (I am
developing a theory that this is the
neurosurgeon's creed.)
His long term memory is there but
confused. There are days that he
remembers that we went to
Evergreen, and that is where we met.
Then, there are days when he insists
that he and I grew up together. His
short term memory is poor, but getting "better." That is, he at times
can remember what I have told him
from minute to minute.
The most exciting time was when
he remembered that he had received a phone call five minutes earlier.
Imagine eating breakfast, and then
one minute later, having no recollection of having eaten. There are days
when he doesn't remember, and
other days when he will.
He is also becoming physically
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stronger; he can help transfer
himself from wheelchair to car, he
even stood up by using parallel bar!
This is very exciting. I remember
when he was still in the coma and
they started physical therapy. They
tried to sit him up, and had to hold
him as he looked blankly ahead not
recognizing himself in the mirrornot recognizing that he was sitting.
"Better" for a head injured person is when they can release their
urine without the help of a catheter.
Better still, when they acknowledge
the fact that they need to urinate.
Yet, there are days when Rick is
very clear. One day, Rick and I were
talking about art. I had just brought
him some pastels and he said,
"What should I draw?"
I said, "Why not a picture of your
nurse? He's beautiful."
Rick continued, "Debbie, I
thought you knew that beautiful
faces aren't really beautiful. It's the
faces that are ugly that are beautiful,
because they have the most interesting lines."
Not bad for a man with half a
brain. Rick's verbal skills are very
good; he can express what he feels
pretty damned clearly. He's in the
anger stage of a head injury. He can
be and is very verbally abusive, but
when you ask him why he is being
so violent he'll tell you:
"I'm just mad because my body
hurts, and my life has changed, and
I can't think the way I used to."
Rick is progressing-very slowly,
but consistently. All I hope for is
that he manages to get to a point
where he will be able to live an independent life-and right now, that
is a lot to hope for. Then again,
when this fU'St happened, the doctors
told me that he wouldn't live 48
hours, then after he had lived and
was off of life support, they told me
he would be a vegetable, then when
he started talking and recognizing
people, they told me that, "We
simply don't know how far he will
progress." He'll probably never
walk again, hold a job, live without
someone watching him-but then
again, I simply don't know.
When does art become expressive
art? Or is it, when does expressive
'
art become just art?
The expression in expressive art
belongs to both the artist and the audience. The artist has a message,
sometimes blatant, pointed, and
very onesided; sometimes simple and
subtle. The audience receives
something and reads a message into
it. A definition of good/effective art
might be art that communicates the
artist's message to the audience effectively. But the question then
becomes, what is art?
Saturday night I saw the Performance
Art
class'
big
performance," 5 Mile Chats." It
definitely fell into the expressive arts
category. The show was broken into four parts: putrification, purification, synthesis, and projection.
The show was ripe with messages,
with opinions and things to say. Or
perhaps I was reading messages into the play. Whichever, I enjoyed the
performance, and that's an important criteria for art, too.
The messages began upon entering the Experimental Theatre.
Bodies-bloody?-in coccoons,
chained to static TV's. Four business
persons dangling from large subway
handholds, a family with bloodshot,
swollen, bug eyes staring at a TV.
This setting is most of the first part,
putrification, seemed to be an antitelevision theme. At the end, worries
brought to two people by their
by Brian Seidman
In the 1980s in America, people
supposedly care only for themselves.
I do not believe this is the case at all.
Although people are working very
hard on their exterior images, the
spirit that makes up their lives is
much stronger than an image. The
theater has the power to transform
individual images of America and to
help people understand the collective
American drearw.In the three years that I've been
at Evergreen, I've developed an
understanding of American culture
from the Revolutionary War to the
"Self Magazine" generation. I have
realized that the power of being an
American is an American's ability to
dream, I feel that is what modern
American theater should cultivate.
Performers in "5 Mile Chats" demonstrate the musician's
and provoke human emotions.
To go beyond a simple banal look
at the human condition and to be
able to dream about a society that
is not presently realized; this is the
true power of the theater.
Through my involvement in the
theater I have been able to dream.
This dreaming has helped me to
transform the human condition in
three ways. First, simply getting the
courage to go on stage in front of a
large audience, to memorize lines,
and to develop a character-that is
different than my own-made me
realize the possibilities of different
styles of interpretation. Second, I
worked on an auto-biographical
monologue to rediscover my life,
and to communicate seemingly incomprehensible ideas to my audience. Third, I came to understand
the basic components of directing
and producing theater for an audience that may not be familiar with
the artist's work. This brings different experiences to a public that
would not normally get the opportunity to see them.
The three examples I have given
above have made me realize how
powerful the theater really is. The
theater can be a mirror for society,
but it can also be a crystal ball that
society looks into.
When people watch theater, it affects their deepest emotions. They
see their inter-connection with the
people around them. They go
beyond their simple images and feel
inside their souls; this causes them
to relate differently with all people,
and most importantly, to dream .
EAN co-coordinator shares views
by Denise Crowe
As a co-coordinator of the Expressive Arts Network this year, [
have been immersed in the
beauracracy of Evergreen. I have experienced S&A meetings, Student
Governance meetings, Coordinator
meetings, student protests, Network
meetings, office hours, budget forms
and deadlines, CPJ deadlines, Expressive Arts Faculty meetings, PCR
Forms, and at least 33 new
acronyms. It was very overwhelming
at first. I could not jump into all of
the busy work simply for the sake of
being busy. I struggled to find a
philosophical basis for the work.
We live in a society that does not
value the arts. A person who paints,
performs, writes poems, or makes
movies is considered to be at play .
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"5 Mile Chats" was much more
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It was a performance alive with
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This is one of the most prevalent
messages of modern art, that TV is
killing us, enslaving us. "5 Mile
Chats" handled this theme, among
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Before this year I did not think that
my dancing,
painting,
or
photography were work. I had been
taught that these activities did not
produce money, and were therfore
of no use other than a way to enjoy
myself. A large number of people at
Evergreen hold this misperception of
what the "arts" are. Upon taking
this job in the fall, I was bombarded with requests to justify the Expressive Arts on campus. Having
just started painting in Studio Project, I struggled to defend that which
I had only begun to experience.
After a quarter of painting in
series, I no longer doubted that what
I was doing was work . It was the
most consuming, personal, and
isolated work that I had ever done.
Although I knew this to be true,
it was extremely difficult to take my
newly created language in paint and
translate it into words . This is the
problem . People who have not made
a medium express a part of them
that is uniquely them, do not know
what is learned in the process . Once
translated to common language the
experience loses meaning.
The system of this school, like the
system of our society, demands to
know the value of an activity or
thing in common language. When
that explanation of the value of the
activity is given in common language
it has lost meaning, and therefore
has no value in the eyes of those who
judge . With increasing administrative power and the desire to
have things under control, the arts
have been under attack like no other
area of this school.
Next year the Expressive Arts offerings are at the lowest level that
they have ever been. If students want
the opportunity to do independent,
in-depth work, [ suggest that they
.demand the curriculum reflec t this.
My hopes for the Network in the
future are that it provide a way for
arts students to unite in their
knowledge of what their work is,
and to express this knowledge to the
campus in a way that does not lose
meaning .
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
June 5, 1986
Salvadorans -study amidst viqlence and str.uggle
Nicaraguans are struggling to create a new society
OPINJON:
by Sean Sinclair
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The University of E! Salvador
(UES) is located in the northwest
section of San Salvador's downtown
area, a couple of miles from the
United States Embassy. In contrast
to the embassy's recently completed
12- foot concrete wall that surrounds
the well-groomed campus, UES is an
open campus with many halfstanding buildings-a constant
reminder of the destruction that occured during the 1980 military invasion or "Ia intervencion" as students
commonly refer to it. On weekday
mornings, as students nood to
classes, is seems apparent that the
UES is much more than these
destroyed buildings; it is a community that lives a renewed, though
tenuous, existence.
On my recent trip to EI Salvador,
as a member of an 82 person delegation called U.S. Citizens for Friendship and Peace in EI Salvador, I
spent time at the UES and spoke
with students and faculty about their
university, and discussed with them
ways in which the TESC community can support UES.
There are approximately 30,000
students who attend the UES, EI
Salvador's principal public university (there are two small regional
public universities in San Miguel and
Santa Anna). When the UES was invaded and closed down by the
military in 1980, private universities
sprang up quickly to fill the void.
Students told me equipment taken
by the military from UES later appeared in several of these private
universities .
According to a study, by two
Dutch professors and a UES professor (2185), that assessed the current situation and needs of UES,
three private universities now exist
in EI Salvador where, prior to 1980,
only one previously existed. I asked
one student, Juni, what she thought
of this change . "Well, I come from
a peasant family. We are poor and
so the university (UES) is the only
place I can afford to attend. The
private universities are more expensive, so only the children of the rich
can attenl. them. If the university
were closed, I would not be able to
go to school," she said. Juni is studying pre-med and hopes to become
a doctor.
"My professors talk about the importance of serving our people,
although some students want to be
doctors mainly so they can make
money," she said .
In a country where 70 percent of
all Salvadoran families are unable to
satisfy their basic nutritional , housing and clothing needs (2 / 85 study),
Juni questions the government' s
commitment to social change. "As
students, we are learning that many
of our [EI Salvador's] problems are
structural and that the strlJcture
needs to change," she said.
One evening our delegation stayed
at the university and helped make
banners for the International
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Janine Thome is an Evergreen
Senior, and co-coordinator of the
Evergreen Political Information
Center (EPIC). Recently she returnedfrom a IOday trip to Nicaragua.
The following is a chronicle of her
journey: her observations of
Nicaragua, its 'citizens, and what
they had to say.
by Janine Thome
The Nicaraguans have a great deal
to protect. Within the past six years,
they have succeeded in implementing
thorough national reform measures:
from education, health care and land
distribution, to insuring personal
political, social, and religious
freedoms. I spoke with Nicaraguans,
from the highest ranking Sandinista
leaders to barrio peasants and
children about the political and
"non-political"
aspects
of
Nicaragua today.
The Fight Against the Contras
I visited a resettlement camp on
the Nicaraguan-Honduran border
outside Somoto. The ride from
Esteli to the border is tense, and the
roadsides are littered with burnt-out
buses, cars, and military debris.
With contra forces always in nearby mountains, Sandinista soldiers
heavily guard bridges and crossroads. Contra attacks are frequent.
At the resettlement camp, an
II-year-old girl described the attack
of their camp two weeks before our
arrival. She said the women and
children of the 30 families there fled
to nearby mountain caves for two
days, until the bombing stopped.
Another popular tactic used by
contra forces is to kill livestock and
burn crops to force those on the
border to retreat.
Besides the contra atrocity stories
already widely circulated, I also
learned that hundreds of campesinos
on the border are frequently kidnapped and used for labor to carry
heavy contra packs and ammunition. Many families of those kidnapped are afraid to talk, and such
stories are only recently surfacing.
What these contra attacks mean
overall for Nicaragua is that the
UES student leaders Rudolfo Rosales and Julio Sosa stand
Worker ' s Day rally on May I. This
year's march, which drew 70,000 to
90,000
Savadorans,
commemorates the lOOth anruversary of
the Chicago Haymarket Massacre of
1886.
On May I, 1886, striking workers
in Chicago were killed at a rally for
the eight-hour work day. This holiday, which is celebrated throughout
the world, is given little attention in
this country. In fact, President
Reagan recently renamed May I, as
Law & Order Day.
We made banners that read "yes
to dialogue [for peace], no to war"
and "the university demands full
funding as guaranteed in the
constitution. "
Currently the UES receives 47
million colones or 10 million U.S.
dollars from the government, but
needs twice that to operate (2 / 85
study). Professors' salaries and basic
maintenance costs are all that can be
payed for. The only reconstruction
that has occured since "Ia intervencion" was a classroom building built
with student funds.
Afterwards we listened to several
students sing popular songs of Central America-songs about peasants'
lives, lovers dealing with change and
songs about the social implications
of Christian teachings.
Then two students performed
three excellent mime pieces . One
piece was a spoof on young
romance, another about a landlord
and a peasant and a third about an
encounter between a soldier and protestor at a public demonstration.
Laughter filled the room as these
two artists poked fun at their
culture's conventions and connicts.
They regularly present their mime
pieces at refugee camps on the outskirts of San Salvador where
peasants, displaced by the
Salvadoran military's aerial bombing of the countryside, have been
forced to live.
"They [the refugees) need
laughter because they have suffered
a lot, and they understand art that
is about their own struggles," said
Toni, one of the mime artists.
Rudolfo Rosales is the vicepresident of AGEUS, the UES student union. He is 27 years old, and
has been a student since 1978. The
closure of the UES from 1980-'84
has lengthened his stay, but he is
determined to finish.
"Someday, I will complete my
studies, but what is more important
is that the university remains open,"
he said .
The increased repression against
the UES community has made his
job a difficult one, and he has received several threats against his life. On
January 29, Marta Perez Cervantes,
a biology professor, was murdered.
On February 29, Ernesto Lopez
Zepeda, dean of sciences and
humanities, was injured in a murder
attempt. And then AGEUS president Antonio Quesada was abducted
on March 29 [see CPJ issue
4/ 10/ 86). Quesada is temporarily
living in Oregon until it is safe for
him to return to El Salvador.
During our stay in San Salvador,
on April 29, two heavily armed Na·
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entered Rudolfo's house in the middie of the night look.ing for him. According to Rosales, they tied up his
parents, beat his two brothers, Luis
and Jorge, and took them to police
headquarters for interrogation.
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"The government knew that keeping the UES closed would cause a lot
of problems because many students
were tired of waiting," Rudolfo
said. He said, however, that soldiers
still make "visits" to the UES.
I also visited the central library to
see what the needs are there. The
TESC Class of '86 voted to give half
of the class gift to help rebuild the
UES library, so I wanted to know
what the most pressing needs were.
I was astonished by the empty
shelves.
During "Ia intervencion,"
thousands of books were destroyed
or sold by soldiers on the open
market. One of many results is now
there are only three human
pathology textbooks in the libraries
at UES . The school bookstore has
only a couple of thousand books in
stock, and many students can't afford to purchase books and must relyon the school libraries for their
studies. The library personnel told
me that the best use of funds would
be for the purchase of books (both
new and used.)
A person can only absorb so much
in one week, especially when entering another culture. My time spent
at the University of EI Salvador left
me with a renewed appreciation of
my academic freedom here at TESC
and a deep sense of respect for the
UES community as it struggles to
stay alive.
I realized that we share important
parallels as institutions of higher
learning by providing valuable alternatives for our respective societies.
I look forward to the day when I can
return to UES, and see those books
from Evergreen in use in an environment free of military repression.
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friend's house, learned about. their
abduction the next day and was told
that they would be released within
a few days.
"My brothers aren't involved in
politics. The police just wanted to
scare me," he said. Rudolfo looked
visibly shaken when we saw him two
days later, but was glad that he knew
where his brothers were.
Upon our return to the .United
States, we learned that Rudolfo's
brothers had been put into Mariona
prison, the men's penitentiary for
political prisoners on the charge of
"assisting a subversive" (their
brother). According to Rudolfo,
AGEUS is a legal organization that
represents students' interests.
I spoke with a U.S. Embassy official in San Salvador, David Becker,
on the telephone Friday, May 14,
about the Rosales case. Becker
stated that, under Salvadorean laws,
the brothers were legally charged
and detained. In light of Becker's
perspective on "legality," one
wonders how the $10 million alloted
for EI Salvador's judicial reform is
being used. That $10 million is part
of the half-billion dollars in foreign
aid our government has given El
Salvador this year.
One afternoon, we toured the
campus, watched classes in session
and spoke with a variety of students.
I questioned Rudolfo about how the
UES could maintain an open environment, given the repression. He
explained that during the negotiations to reopen the school in 1984,
the government wanted to have the
power to choose the UES administration and faculty, but that the
students and faculty insisted on a
guarantee of autonomy (ART. 61 of
EI Salvador Constitution).
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government IS bemg forced to spend
50 percent of their national budget
on defense.
The Sandinista government says it
is not aligned with any other
ideological or political bloc. The
Nicaraguan revolution was arid is.
truly unique to that country. Its
methods of national reform are also
unique.
It is true, however, that Nicaragua
is receiving military aid from the
Soviet Union. President Reagan
loves to point to this as proof of
Communist infiltration. To answer
this, the deputy mayor of Managua,
Pedro Ortiz, responded that since it
is the U.S. that is forcing Nicaragua
to look for arms in the first place,
it only makes sense to get goods
where it is cheapest, in this case, the
Soviet Union. And in speaking to
Omar Cabezas, head of the Sandinista Police ane! Army, said, "You
don't turn away those who extend a
friendly, open hand just because of
borders and different ideologies."
Thus, armed with Soviet AK-47's,
and other conventional weapons, the
Sandinistas are on the defensive
against the U.S. barrage of aerial
and ground machinery based in
Honduras and Costa Rica.
The U.S. Trade Embargo Against
Nicaragua
An area of personal interest
before I left was to investigate the
effects and results of the Reaganimposed trade embargo against
Nicaragua. The embargo, imposed
May I, 1985, halted the Nicaraguan
export of $60 million worth of items,
mostly produce, to the United
States, and halted the importation of
$120 million in U.S. products into
Nicaragua.
These
included
machinery and transport equipment,
paper, and petroleum products. The
embargo, indeed, cut Nicaragua off
from its most vital trading partner,
and the impact, at first, was difficult
to sustain.
Before 1979, 90 percent of
machinery, spare parts, fertilizers
and pesticides, etc., were provided
by the United States. When the embargo took effect, and the
Nicaraguan government tried to
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replace U.S. brands with others, jt
went over rather poorly. However,
the lack of U.S. handouts increased
Nicaraguan ingenuity , creativity,
and employment. For example, the
spare parts are now being made by
Nicaraguans who for years just fixed those same parts.
Finding alternative markets for
Nicaraguan goods was not that difficult. They found many markets in
Europe because the European
Economic Community does not support the U.S. embargo. Although
the necessary extra packaging and
shipping is more expensive, and
takes longer to receive, those I spoke
with say the European market is
more stable, and they are satisfied
with the change.
In another area of the trade embargo, 1 spoke with a middle-class
Managua businessman about his
situation. Before the embargo, he
owned a small, but prosperous, textile factory. When the embargo took
effect, he no longer could buy the
raw cotton needed from the United
States to make his goods. Soon
thereafter, he was forced to close
down his factory. He is angry at the
Sandinista government for "causing" the United States to impose the
embargo. He now runs a secondhand store, where I met him, filled
with goods, he says, no one can afford to buy. He said he is not content with the fact that his standard
of living has considerably de:;reased.
(This man, who I shall not name,
spoke broken English and was not
afraid to speak to my friend and me
about his partial discontent with current Sandinista policies. He emphasized that he was an active supporter of the revolution.)
We spoke to the man for about
two hours in his shop. The man's
personal stories about the revolution
and Nicaraguan life today were very
special; a spontaneous drop-in
to his shop resulted in learning a
great deal more about the very personal and emotional hardships of
Nicaragua and its people.
I also spoke with two residents of
Bluefields, one of them a fisheries
student. Bluefields is a major city on
the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.
Directly north is one of the two
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contra forces are always nearby. Women have played a vital role within the Sondinista revolution.
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Managuan children surround Evergreen student Janine Thome.
Nicaraguan ports, Puerto Cabezas.
The main products and exports of
the Atlantic coast are fish, shrimp
and lobster. As a result of the embargo, the deep-sea products are
now shipped to West Germany and
Canada. Both of these countries
jumped at the opportunity to trade
with Nicaragua when the U.S. embargo was imposed.
The Atlantic coast encountered
similar problems to that of the west
coast regarding the alternative
markets. In the case of shrimp, a
couple of difficulties arose. Packaging was one, and tastes were the
other.
. The West Germans prefer the
large shrimp, and with the tail on;
while Canadians prefer shrimp, with
the
tails
off.
Changing
measurements from the U.S. pountd
to the Common Market's kilos and
packaging for longer freshness times
were also problems. Despite the fact
that it usually takes years to iron out
these types of market difficulties,
Nicaragua was able to do it in three
months.
Nicaraguans have found the new
markets very satisfactory. The U.S.
market had its benefits because the
distance to Tampa, Florida was
short, and USDA standards are considerably looser than most international agricultural standards. But the
Nicaraguan government was looking
for new markets before the embargo
anyways, and to be sure, the diversity of new Nicaraguan trading partners and friends relieves Nicaragua
of long-time U. S. economic
domination .
I was also told that the
Nicaraguan deep-sea boats were in
very poor condition and wouldn't
last too much longer and that they
were to receive new boats from Peru.
Upon returning to the states, I read
that Peru was indeed sending
Nicaragua new boats, as part of a
deal with the Soviet Union, to serve
as a debt repayment to the Soviet
Union.
Despite these ever-present fears
and retaliatory acts ins, :gated by the
United States, life in Nicaragua goes
on. Space does not allow for going
into the details of the successes the
Sandinista government has achieved, but I will speak brieny toward
a couple aspects I personally
gathered information about through
my own conversations and
observations.
Education
Under the Somoza dictatorship,
there was no Department of Education, there were no pre-schools, and
only four schools of higher education. Illiteracy was,· well over 50
percent.
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Today, the Minisfi.. of Education
oversees the develop~ent and operations of child develabment centers,
10 technical schooi the National
University of Nicaiilgua (UNAN),
and has successfullyj:Jmpleted, with
world honors, their !ptionalliteracy
campaign. Literacy ' is not at 88
percent.
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pre-school, I notice6 approximately 50 large sacks of Mied milk labeled as a donation from the European
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front office. The director.of the preschool told me that the school meets
about 70 percent of its needs, the rest
are met by the Nicaraguan government with generous donations from
foreign countries.
In the case of higher education in
Nicaragua, agriculture is a major
area of study, heavily encouraged by
the government. But there is also a
severe shortage of doctors and
teachers, as many of them fled the
country during and after the revolution. In these capacities, there are
2,000 Cubans in the country serving
to help until the Nicaraguan students
in those fields properly graduate,
and that education cycle is in motion . These Cubans, through their
generosity, have been here six year
now, but are now getting itchy to go
horne
I met many Cubans, one of
who just dedicated himself to a year
in the country [Nicaragua) to assist
a man in the Ministry of Accounting
with the new art of Computer
Programming.
I also learned a bit more
about the bias of the Nicaraguan
press toward the Soviet Union, instead of acknowledging foreign and
Western&ress reports, although now
known to be exaggerated perhaps, a
disturbing finding .
The support for state education is
a worker-financed effort. The cost
to attend UNAN is 900 cordobas per
year, which is a mere 10 U.S. dollars
for all four years. Nicaragua is poor
by any means, but there is a property tax levied on the population,
depending on the value of the property and house. An income tax is
also levied , but only for those who
earn 67,000 cordobas per year,
which is the highest salary possible
for those such as technical engineers.
In all the Nicaraguan schools,
however, there is an excruciating
lack of supplies. Pencils, paper,
crayons, chalk, new chalk boards,
and textbooks are all overwhelming-
Iy appreciated. Our delegation,
which brought about three meagar
boxes of basic supplies to Somoto,
was greeted with deep joy and love.
At VNAN, I spoke with the president of the student union, Haydee
Castillo, and shared UN AN-TESC
stories.
I'll never complain about too
much EPIC work again. Haydee's
duties include obtaining school supplies, forming a strong voluntary
rear guard network for the present
Sandinista Army, taking donations
to the soldiers, organizing recreation
event, and she jokes, finding another
basketball for UNAN's basketball
team.
Women in Nicaragua
Women have always played a vital
role within the Sandinista revolution, and in the formation of the
resulting Sandinista government.
During the revolution in the
mountains, half of the Sandinista
guerrilla commanders were women.
There are many moving stories of
their struggles and experiences. A
woman worker at the Managua Office of the Mothers of the Heros and
Martyrs (also the Nicaraguan National Women's Association) told us
the story of the daughter of Pedro
Joquin Chamarro, who was killed as
she was covering her battalion that
was suddenly ambushed. She was
three months pregnant.
Many children were born in the
mountains during the revolution,
and a network was established to
send the babies down to the families
of the mothers, many of whom were
guerrilla commanders.
Today, women are pressing for
the repeal of old Somoza child support laws, one of which stated that
in the case of divorce, the father has
full say as to where the children live.
Another law they recently succeeded in changing concerned prostitution. It is still illegal, however,
punishment is now placed upon the
male, and the woman is placed in
employment training programs as an
alternative.
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While the national health reform
campaign was carried out, 60 percent by women, the family planning/contraceptive campaign also
began. Contraceptives are given out
free to women, however, due to the
severe shortage of supplies, many
who wish it do not receive it. The
woman I spoke to described her own
case, in which she, 26-years-old with
one child, wanted an IUD.
However, she was told to come back
in three months when supplies were
in, but was also told that IUD's are
usually given to women over 30, and
she should try something else. The
average Nicaraguan household is six
people.
Abortion is illegal in Nicaragua,
but the government has only recently
realized the extent of the problem.
There is a little known law still in effect, however, that states that an
abortion can be legal if three medical
doctors approve, and, the patient, is
(usually) in high standing .
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yes, that their government does provide compensation to tlleir families,
and that they have not been forgotten . As part of their rehabilitation,
they are trained in tailoring, carpentry, and weaving.
A Dutch social worker admitted
that many of the vets have severe
mental and emotional problems, and
many are bitter, but that every effort is made to try to integrate these
men back into the community when
they are ready.
Final Renectlons
(analysis and opinion)
The Veterans
While in Managua, we also visited
a rehabilitation center for handicapped war veterans. During the revolution, most "men" began fighting in
the mountains at age 14 to 16 years
old. Here, the oldest was 36, with
most about 20 years old .
A member of our delegation
brought up the fact to the men we
spoke with that after Vietnam
60,000 U.S. veterans committed
suicide in the years that followed,
and asked if that was a problem
among Nicaraguan veterans. His
answer was startling. the 36-year-old
responded, "No, suicide is not evident in veterans here, because unlike
the U.S. soldiers, Nicaraguans are
not trained to invade another country. We solely defend our own. We
fight from the head, to the heart,
and then to the base."
I also asked if the Sandinistas have
provided proper compensation for
their war efforts and for their handicapped situation. They responded
This is all by no means a complete
chronicle of my observations, and
does not even include the more moving highlights of my visit.
I saw a strong people in
Nicaragua, united, first to overthrow
the repressive U.S. backed Somoza
dictatorship, and now, to preserve
the freedoms of the last six years
from the threat of a full-scale U.S.
invasion. The Nicaraguans possess
an inner strength and wisdom-and
the Reagan administration has
witnessed this. From the trade embargo to the organizing of contra
forces, the administration has
witnessed that whatever obstacle it
has put in front of the Sandinista
goveniment, those obstacles have
been hurdles.
The Nicaraguan people have earned what should now be their glory
days . During the revolution, the
Nicaraguan mind was geared toward
defeating the repressive Somoza dictatorship . They fought a guerrilla
war in the mountains for 20 years
and at last, on July 19, 1979, the
cities and towns fell to the
Sandinistas.
Immediately, the new government
and an emotionally-charged people
began to rebuild, and reform. They
made mistakes. Omar Cabezas
described and profusely apologized
for the cultural genocide and insensitivity demonstrated against the
Miskito Indians on the Atlantic
Coast.
"We literally ran over there, and
tried to tu(n them all into
Sandinistas.
The Miskitos said, 'What's a Sandinista?' We said, 'We won! We
overthrew Somoza! We're free!'
They said, 'Who's Somoza?' "
But more than anything, the Sandinistas have succeeded, and in a
phenomenal six years have created
a truly unified and as just a system
of national reform as possible.
Today, however, Nicaraguans
face another battle -- against the
U.S. government and the CIA funding of Contra forces along the
neighboring borders of Honduras
and Costa Rica.
Nicaraguans want peace. They
want to enjoy the benefits of their
struggle, and they need to be free
from all foreign aggression. But they
cannot rest yet, because the United
States in continuing to wage a war
against Central America and
Nicaragua.
Despite the deep emotional
strength of these people, an inevitable realization is that no one can
expect these people to continue
much longer. When I spoke with the
director of a hospital in Managua,
I asked him about the incidence of
emotional breakdowns due to the
strain of non-stop fighting . He
replied, essentially, that although
such problems have increased over
the last two years, "we are used to
fighting and will go on."
The median age of Nicaraguans is
21 years old; many Sandinista
soldiers are only 15 or 16. The prospects do not feel wholly positive.
The Sandinista government has a
great deal more to accomplish, and
some Nicaraguans are getting impatient. We must not kill the spirit of
these people. We must do all we can
to stop U.S. intervention in Central
America, and stop all covert and
overt military aid to the contra
forces ' personally witnessing their
strength, wisdom, and courage has
greatly inspired me to continue the
work that I do to support these people in their struggle.
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by Karin Knudsen
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James Corbett will be featured as
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Sunday, June 8 on the campus
plaza.
In 1981, Corbett began the 20th
Century "underground railroad,"
transporting Salvadoran refugees to
safety. Corbett, a Quaker and a
retired rancher, received his master's
degree in philosophy from Harvard
University and his master's in library
services from the University of
Southern California.
Evergreen President Jo seph
Olander will preside over the commencem e nt exercises. Donald
Finkel, Grand Marshal and faculty
member, leads the processional of
Burger
754 eligible baccalaureate and
master's degree graduates .
Other speakers include Evergreen
faculty members Marilyn Frasca and
Terry Tafoya; baccalaureate degree
candidates Paul Gallegos and Nina
Powell; master's Degree candidate
William Hashin; and staff member
Wen-Yee Shaw .
A musical fanfare, featuring
faculty members William Hum phreys and Charles Teske will begin
the ceremonies. The opening fanfare , as well as the processional
music, was composed by Charles
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When does criticism become
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thoughts actually became physical
and had the power to affect other
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tragicomedy "Screws."
"Screws," a two-act, full-length
play, is Mackey's senior thesis. It
represents a culmination of his four
years of studies at Evergreen. Not
only did he write the play, but he
also wrote and produced two videos
and a song, all of which are used
throughout "Screws." In addition,
Mackey is involved in the managerial
production work, and also portrays
a schizophrenic character in the play.
The idea for the play was conceived two years ago, Mackey says. He
was people-watching in a Seattle
park, and carne across what he
observed to be a pretentious clique.
His imagination took over as he envisioned giant metal screws coming
down out of the sky and boring
through the people. "I realized that
this was an extension of my hostile
and judgemental attitudes towards
people," he explained.
This episode in the park is what
"Screws" is about, according to
Mackey. What would happen if
someone's ideas actually came to life
and had the capability to destroy
people?
Though the play is a comedy, it
is anything but lighthearted.
Manipulation, cruelty, racism, prejudice, and complacency are all
issues addressed. The audience is induced to laugh about impotency, ig-
norance and the characters' tragic
state of living. "These things are being attacked in such a way that it exposes them, and utilizes them to
make an impact," says Mackey .
"Looking at them critically, it
becomes a statement against those
things."
Tom Naught, in his second year of
theater studies at Evergreen, is the
director of "Screws." He admits
that initially he was worried that the
play was too abrasive and controversial. "My first reaction was, 'people
will walk out! They won't stay and
listen to this!' " he says. Once he
could get through his own defenses,
he was able to clearly see the message
of the play, and take on the
challenges of being director.
Naught chose to perform the play
in an arena-type arrangement. "I
want the audience as close as possible," he says. Though having the audience on all four sides of the stage
brings them closer to the action ,
Naught says, the actors must work
harder on projection, wording and
movement.
Mackey believes that "Screws"
will appeal especially to college
students. "It's something for people
who want theater that jars, that
makes them excited, that makes
them feel and move. The play is
rebellious, but it is rebellion mixed
with common sense," he says.
"Screws" will be performed at 8
p.m. Thursday through Saturday,
June 5-7, in the Experimenta l
Theatre. Free child care will be provided June 5 and 6. For more in formation or reser va tions , call
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