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May 12, 1988
CONTENTS:
FEATURES
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Staff
Welcome I Here ::s yet another issue of the
CP J, amazingly put out by a dedicated
staff. Dedicated in spite of the harassment
they're forced to take from peopte on e'very
side.
We're ~,ure you'll find something worth
reading-now that you've found the paper.
After a full investigation, our staff will
report to the community about the
mysterious disappearance of last week's
issue. I hope they are being read and that
some secret group didn't conspire in the
paper's elimination. Jokingly hiding them
away is one thing, but depriving the community of their opportunity to reod the
paper smacks of someone's censorship. I
don't want to find the culprit is the same
person who tore a copy in half and thumb
tacked it outside our office, that smacks of
violence.
In keeping with CPJ policy, we print as
many letters and opinion pieces as possible each week. Given the circumstances on
campus, our mailbox is overflowing, but so
is our paper. Thus, some letters don't appear in this issue. We keep them indefinitely
and will print them at the next opportunity, as long as they still remain timely.
This week the staff read the letters and
collectively selected the them, they begin
on page 18. Late Monday night the decisions were made. However, early Tuesday
a student group submitted a letter the staff
deemed important enough to rearrange
the paper to accomodate.
At 5:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Jerry Fresia
came and requested we not print the I.e tter
he knew had been submitted by MEChA.
Janis Byrd, Managing Editor
Chris Carson, Ad Manager
Susan Finkel, Advisor
Julie Williamson, Ad Production
Lisa Otey, Busir:-ess Manager
Whitney Ware, Typesetter
Aaron Yanick, Distribution
Larry Cook,Photo Editor
Suzette Williams, Intern Reporter
Dawn Weber, Intern Reporter
Matt, Calender Editor
Dan Greenberg, Photographer
Ellen Lambert, Report~r
Darrel Riley, Writer
Robert Murray, Production '
Vikki Michalios, Graphics
see page
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Audrey L. Ar,stey .
The Cooper Point Journal is published
weekly on the Campus of the Evergreen
State College, Olym'pia, Washington 98505
(CAB 306A): (206)866-6000 ext. 6213 &
6054 . Copyright 1988.
COVER:)
Deadlines for Thursday publication:
Calender items- one week in advance
Articles-Friday at 3:00 pm
Letters-Monday at 3:00 pm
For details ,of Ruth Dean's hearing,
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Advertising; Monday afternoon
Photo by .larry Cook
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Martin presents governance proposal
jJy Timothy O'Brien
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Former S&A Board Coordinator James
Martin presented Board members with a
proposal for a student governance structure
at yesterday's meeting. Martin and at least
three former S&A staff members have been
working on the proposal since they resigned on April 28.
Board members voted to accept the proposal as a working version stressing that
although Martin and others have worked
on the governance structure since resigning, it is an S&A document financed with
studen~ funds. Board members said the proposal needs revision including more student
input and changes to insure that affnmative
action goals would be met.
The Board hopes hopes to have a complete document to preesent at the June 8
Board of Trustees meeting. Should the proposal not be ready by then, action may have
to wait until fall of next year. The Board
is keeping the possibility of holding a
referendum for students to vote on the matter. Every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 pm
S&A will hold community meetings in the
staff/faculty lounge to hear public input on
the governance proposal.
The proposal calls for the implementation
of a Student Forum comprised of eight student members and a student coordinator.
Members could be selected by one of three
separate processes. The Student Foruum
would act as the final decision making body
for students. Two support organizations
were also included in the proposal. A Student Group Caucus would be comprised of
student group members and students at
large. An interconstituency Round Table is
described as an information sharing body
consisting of representatives from administration, staff, faculty and Student
Forum Staff. The proposal has been
estimated to cost $41,000 to implement.
In other business, the Board allocated
$2,500 for the Women of Color student
group to attend a conference in
Washington, D.C. The Bike Shop was given
$650 in advance of anticipated revenue. The
board also approved a $100 allocation to
purchase a used electronic reader board. It
would be displayed in the CAB to advertise governance events and isssues.
5 & A and governance
schedules
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Frid.ay, May 6
The following tentative allocations were
made: MEChA, $6,180; Women of Color,
$6,142; AsianlPacific Isle Coalition, $6,978;
UMOJA', $8,943; The Evergreen Indian
Center, $7,992; Lesbian/Gay Resource
Center, $7,098; Maarava, $4,595; Women's
Center, $6,858; Stud~nts with Challenges,
tabled; Tides of Change, $7,373 allocated to
S&A p!,oductions for women's music. ,
Monday, May 9
Following are tentative allocations: S&A
productions, $9,404; Evergreen Childcare
van system, tabled; KAOS, $53,250; CPJ,
$21,561; S&A Board operations, $10,636;
Bike Shop, $549; Organic Farm, $3,611; Art
Gallery, tabled until presentation; Slightly
West, $3,560; SCC, $3,451; Innerplace,
$2,600; EPIC, tabled; ERC, $5,854;
, Graduate students, $2,245; Peace Center,
tabled; Parents Center, $2,216.
Wednesday, May 11
The student governance proposal was
presented. See related story. Emergency
allocations were made to Women of Color
for National Women's Leadership Conferenoe in Washington, D.C.; Student Activities new accounting system and computer; and S&A lighting, training request.
Upcoming governance meetings include:
Friday, May 12
Communicattons Board meeting is
scheduled for noon in the board room of
Library 3112.
Wednesday, May 18
Board of Trustees meet at 1:30 p.m. and
the following are part of the agenda: Pet
Policy DTF recommendations, information
should be available in the SCC office by
May 12.
Monday, May 23
The president's next forum will be held
at 3 p.rn. in CAB 110.
Stu<lent's will meet every Tuesday and
Thursday evening at 7 p.m. to discuss the
governance proposal in the faculty and staff
lounge.
Student explains
s""itched photo
by Timothy O'Brien
Jeremy Morrison, co-coorcijnator of the
Lesbian/Gay Resource Center read a statement to the S&A Board yesterday saying
that it was he who had tampered with a
photo of Cheryl Henderson-Peters, S&A
Leadership Coordinator. The photo switch
ignited charges of seXism and racism within
the S&A organization.
"I have never considered it a secret that
I was the. one who substituted the
photograph," said Morrison. He gave three
reasons for not clarifying the issue sooner.
He did not want to risk jeopardizing the recent L/GRC film festival. Also, he said that
he doesn't believe that the photo was ever really at issue and that the incident was used to discredit James Martin, who recently resigned his S&A Coordinator position.
Finally, he wished to wait until he was ap-
proached in writing, saying that "with the
utterly nebulous and capricious nature of
discipline on this campus," that this might
afford him with some protection.
Morrison said there had been a yearlong
game of playing with the photos and that
it was never intended as a sexist or racist
act. He added that if his actions were sexist, then Peters is guilty of homophobia, and
related an incident when Peters had joked
about his homosexuality.
Morrison added that he showed the photo
to a woman of color and to S&A Board
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member Tani Beckman, whom he described as an ardent feminist, prior to
substituting the photo. He cited this as proof that his intentions were innocent. Morrison ended his statement by saying,
"Cheryl; if you really experienced those
feeling of degradation, I am sorry.
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College accused of forcing
drugs on former student
May 12, 1988
May 12, 1988
Community forum starts dialogue
by Janis Byrd
by Suzette William s
A complaint was filed with Thurston
County Superior Court May 5 by former
Evergreen student Lee Roy Unterseher.
He ,reportedly had behavioral problems and
was referred to the Counseling Center for
treatment. The complaint states that
Unterseher "participated in the use of
drugs under duress."
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Named in the suit are Evergreen President Joe Olander, Vice President for Student Affairs Gail Martin, the Board of
Trustees, the State of Washington, The
Evergreen State College, ex-Campus Adjudicators Richard Jones and Ken Jacobs,
Counseling Center psychologist Kathleen
O'Shaunessy and Dr. Robert Billings, who
also treated Unterseher.
. Unterseher was a regularly matriculated
student at Evergreen from Fall 1982 to
May 1985. According to College Legal
Counsel Shawn Newman, "Unterseher
repeatedly exhibited disruptive behavior inside and outside the classroom."
Newman says Unterseher's behavior included eating napkins at a new student
reception, talking to himself in the registration line, cursing people under his breath
and talking gibberish while working at the
Phone-a-thon. Unterseher also broke a
phone in the CAB building, allegedly made
threatening remarks in faculty members'
seminars and called a faculty member a
bitch.
Newman says there were repeated complaints about Unterseher from faculty, staff
and students. "This is only a fragment of
what Lee Roy's behavior is like," he says.
Mter these incidents, Unterseher was
told he had to control his behavior or he
would be disenrolled. He was referred to
the counseling center for treatment.
The complaint filed by Unterseher says
that Jones, 'the Campus Adjudicator, "required plaintiff to obtain help from 'a mental health professional in the community' as
a condition for his further enrollment."
Unterseherthen saw'O'Shatlrfessy, whoaccording to Newman, diagnosed
Unterseher as psychotic.• He was then
referred to Dr. Billings, a physician on contract with the college.
In the comp'laint, Unterseher alleges that
Billings, "without conducting an adequate
physical examination, administered
prescription drugs to the plaintiff." Of this
charge Newman says that Unterseher continued to see O'Shaunessy voluntarily after
he was disenrolled. "If he didn't want to do
Lockup results from
bad communication
Apparently it was a miscommunication,
but nonetheless, the CAB and Library
buildings were locked tight on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights last week.
When the doors were first locked, security advised people inquiring into the matter that the edict came from President
Olander's office. Olander's secretary, Rita
Grace, said the order did not ensue from her
area and Olander is out of town and unable
to comment.
Washburn attributes the sudden
lockdown partly to the emotional stress
everyone's been feeling, the rest is miscommunication, perhaps aggravated by the
emotions.
"It (locking the doors) was a
misunderstanding," she said. '''When I talked to my office, I was told about the graffiti, then more graffitoI said, it sounds like
if we have a concern, we should consider
locking the building," she added.
Washburn said this is an alternative she'd
not consider lightly, particularly because
the computer center is scheduled for
24-hour operation.
"But at the same time I said that (consider locking up) to Ken Winkley, I guess
Shawn Newman's secretary thought we
meant to lock up." At the same time ,
Olander asked the administrators to meet
and decide on a course of action.
In any case, she said, "Pat heard or said
it in such a way that security interpreted
the request to mean Joe wanted the doors
locked.
"Weare now talking about whether they
should be locked. If so, how and by whom,"
Washburn asked. "If we feel like it
becomes, for the college, a liability and safety issues, then we need to make sure that
the pe'Jple who need to get into the building
can do so.
that, he didn't have to do that," Newman
says. Unterseher is alleging assault and
. battery because "defendants O'Shaunessy
and Billings required the plaintiff to subject himself to injection of drugs by Billings.
The complaint also says Unterseher was
"required to ingest other drugs."
Newman says Unterseher repeatedly
showed up at O'Shaunessy's private practice without an appointment, and still owes
her $500 for treatment.
The complaint states that "The application of drugs and 'counseling' by defendants
did not resolve the problem perceived by
the campus adjudicator." Newman,
however says that Unterseher's behavior
improved while he was under medication.
Mter Unterseher was disenrolled from
Evergreen, he attended Souto PUget Sound
Community College. According 't o
Newman, Unterseher was allegedly 'caught
in possession of and smoking hashish on
campus. He also allegedly had "disruptive
outbursts" in the library there.
"I think it's clear that Mr. Unterseher
has a history of problems, not only here, but
at other institutions," says Newman.
"From the college's point of view this is a
harassment suit by this group of people,"
he says. According to Newman, the state
will seek damages from Unterseher for at
least attorney's fees.
Newman aJso says that SACRED(Student Alliance for Constitutional Rights and
Equal Determinism) is involved in the
lawsuit. "I think what's important for people to realize is that this lawsuit is being
orchestrated by the SACRED group,"says
Newman. Paul Westmoreland, Arthur
West and David Koening are the members
that Newman cited.
Westmoreland and West are both under
court order to stay off the. Evergreen campus. Koening pleaded guilty to theft on campus several years ago. Koening also has
limited power of attorney over Unterseher,
which means he is authorized to sign
documents for Unterseher. The defendants
in the suit were served papers last week,
including Gail Martin, who was servetl Sunday evening at her home by Arthur West
and Paul Westmoreland.
The CPJ is continUing an investigation into the lawsuit and its connections to
SACRED. Further information will be
forthcoming.
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Every community member seems to
know something is awry on campus
these days. Blame, guilt, ' angry
tempers and raw ' emotions seem to
becoming the norm, according to senior
student Nancy Koppelman, coorganizer of yesterday's open community forum.
Faculty members David Marr and
Rudy Martin were also involved in setting up the meeting.
I attended the meeting fIrst as a student, interested in my community and
second as editor of this paper. In trying to write a story about the forum I
decided that would be more fair to provNe_qu.Qtes....frQm. the meeting~ closely to the 'original as my shorthand will
allow. Wherever possible, I've identified the speakers, and the quotes are
in order of their occurence in the
conversation.
thing that scares me most is that that kind
of fervant spirit is very morally charged.
Faculty David Marr
"Most of us have nothing to do with these
three things (speaking of graffiti, S&A and
FUCK'EM). Most of us are just walking
around feeling these things. I take the view,
as I assume all academic people do, that
the school is to serve has a center for free
thought. I don't see a hell of a lot of
thought. I see a lot of freedom, or what
goes by the name of freedom, but not
thought. This is disturbing ...
An unidentified female
"I see the graffiti has being a wonderful
sign post to us. When I start seeing that in
- my . envlronmentl
knowE mergy' has
erupted. That person is- waiving a red flag
for everyone else in the culture. I want to
embrace that act, it's an indicator ... that
kind of energy does not erupt if people feel
like they had a place to speak'.
Faculty David Marr
Student Nancy Koppelman
"There are people who are not necessarily represented in any of the events or
discourse of public life these days, and what
we thc;>ught would be interesting would be
to have such a forum. Neither Nancy or I
has any interest in attempting to settle
anything, or attempting to change'
anyone's mind and we don't think of this '
as anything but a group who came volun- •
tarily because of some interest in what has
been going on.
"I want to urge us to get away from
specifics ... contribute to atmosphere where
you can't get beyond some one being right
or wrong ... that kind of evangelical consciousness ... Iike politically correct ... I am
beginning to think the idea of political correctness is acting like a tourniquet on the
veins of the college."
Student Nancy Koppelman
"I have been very concerned less about
specific incidents on campus then that of the
spirit on campus at the events that have
happened. When I say the spirit that gets
me in trouble right away, you can't point
the finger at a person and say he or she
IS gu ilty, he or she is guiltier. Since I have
not been involved I don't have first hand
information, (but) 'the direct involvement
seems to be about 100 individuals, tops, but
the campus has two to three thousand more
people on it ...
It's tl very difficult thing to look at the atmosphere of a .place and care with out oetting quick reactions from somebody that
says, 'know you're wrong,' and it' 5 getting
in the way of education here. I guess the
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Faculty Tom Rainey
"Politically ~orrect means I am correct
and you are wrong and I have my right to
change ... (graffiti) is aesthetically displeasing and it brings frustration and bad
taste ... graffiti such as we have seen tells
you nothing, its a self-righteous act saying
no one is listening to me ... it makes me want
to shut my ears to the dialogue ... it's a violation of state law and this is not a private
cathedral or assylum.
Student Dan Barclay
"Events that have been g.oing on', as
Nancy put it a tourniquet... it seems the
people who are involved in a lot of these
things feel some other kind of tourniquet
they don't find these other systems or channels Tom Rainey sees.
Student Rachel Wexler
"People are starting to think (said
responding to graffiti). Events are starting.
People are too afraid to make a clear judgment about the things that are going on
around them.
Unidentified Student
"I feel the picture that people are presenting through this dialogue is one that is far
too narrow for this problem. If you look at
Evergreen as a microcosm of the world, we
are dealing with the it right now. Grc;Jffiti
is not new, it's just now become popular in
some cultures ... "
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Faculty Rudy Martin
"I'm agreeing with Nancy that the_~ocial
and 'ideological climate is in fact quite
tight...it's destructive to our social intentions ... academy requires free dialogue .. .1
don't feel I am engaged in dialogue with
people using super glu and spray
paint... dialogue requires presence and
people to stand up and look at each
other .. .1 despise secretive, private acting
out passing as politics ... unless we get
beyond vandalism, desecraton nd attacks
on people, unless we can do that, there is
only name calling and sloganeering.
Student Mary Poole
"I see the graffiti as a response, as a fact
that dialogue does not happen. There are
people who feel they cant make there issues
known. You can't dialogue, there is no way
to talk about certain subjects because they
feel taboo. I found this to be a stagnate
climate.
Student Jonathan Knapp
"1 want to say that the two things Rudy
mentioned, constrictive ideology and
dialogue and that the fact that its like graffiti and posters is an indication that people
sense the constriction of the dialogue and
taken it beyond politically correct dialoge
in the traditional way in an effort to start
dialogue."
Unidentified Man
"I don't see the graffiti as on attempt to
communicate because they are frustrated,
I see it as babies with bad potty training."
And the dialogue goes on ...
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Asterisk gives
by Philip Bransford
The Asterisk Deli decided to pull Chateau
Ste Michelle wine from its menu as a result
of efforts by Evergreen students and faculty member Jerry Fresia. Collectively they
persuaded the owner Mike Holly to boycott
the Washington winery.
"I had basically given my word," Holly
said, explaining he agreed to remove the
wine from his menu and deli if the boycotters' polling of his customers indicated that
it should be done. The poll was arranged
after Holly and the boycotters discussed
the issue for three or four hours, according
to Holly.
There seems to be some controversy,
however, concerning the fairness of the poll.
"I didn't participate in the writing of the
questions," Holly said. "It (the poll) was
geared toward getting a yes answer," Holly
speculated.
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When asked to respond to Holly's
speculation, MRRN member Sandra Davis
said: "OverwhE~lmingly_ the customers
voteo to -take the wine off the shelves. It's
too bad that that's the way he feels, and my
hope is that he'd be in genuine solidarity
with the farmworkers. "
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'Neighborhood'
When asked why, despite his doubts concerning the fairness of the poll, he decided
to take the ~e off the shelves, Holly
responded: "To avoid a confrontation on an
issue I didn't think I could win. And by win
I mean providing complete information for
the customers and letting them decide."
The boycotters comprised members of
the group Dreadful Grapes which apparently includes members of the group FUCK
'EM, Holly said. (FUCK 'EM has' since
changed its name to Mister Rogers Revolu-
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tionary Neighborhood.)
Holly said he did not know exactly how
faculty member Jerry Fresia was related
to the boycotters. When asked to briefly
describe his relatio~ to the boycotters,
Fresia offered the name "advisor."
Students have been pressuring two local
restaurants, the Asterisk and the Urban
Onion, to cease serving the wine. Urban
Onion owner Jim Mead has explained to the
CPJ that he is not going to remove Ste
Michelle from his menu.
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May 12, 1988.
Administrators find poster offensive
by Gail Martin and Margarita Mendoza de
Sugi:llatn4
On Tuesday, April 27, a poster authored
by the group that refers to themselves' as
FUCK'M was posted on campus depicting
~inbers of the S&A Administration and
the Dean of Student Development as puppetsltoys of the President.
The narrative on the poster criticizes "the
admbrlstratic:m's" view of student empowennent. The graphics portray Ernest
(Stone) Thomas, the Dean of Student
Development (who is a black man) as a football ' player puppet, Cheryl HendersonPeters; the Coordinator of Student Leadership ,(who is a Filipino woman) as a
cheerleader puppet, and Kathy Ybarra, the
Director .of Student Activities (who is a
caucasian f~ma1e)88 an ambiguous puppet.
These three indivdiuals immediately felt demeaned by the poster and saw it as a racist
and sexist statement. __ . - - ~--- --- Weh8~~ ;-e~ewed the poster and fmd it
racist and sexist as well. The Social Contract protects our freedom to ' hold
divergent views, but it does not pe~it us
to e~press those views in racist and sexist
ways. We fully support each person's right
to express their views, but ask that the
manner of expression avoid perpetuating
racial and sexual stereotypes.
Please join us in supporting freedom of
expression t~at neither demeans nor
violates the rights and humanity of others.
Our Social Contract states "the individual
members of the Evergreen comtnunity are
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responsible for protecting each other and
visitors on campus from physical ,harm,
from personal threats and from uncivil
abuse. Civility is not just a word; it must
be present in all our interactions... " What
this means is that each of us must be actively involved in eliminating racism and
sexism because if we're not then we are
passively or actively involved in the
perpetuation.
Wh'a t is sexual harassment?
What is sexual harassment, and what can
an indiviqual do when they feel that they
have been sexual harassed on the
. Evergreen campus? These are questions
that can concern many people-both women
and men-in today's society and at this
institution.
What is sexual harassment?
"Unwelcome sexual advances, requests
for sexual favors, and other verbal or
physical conduct of a sexual n~turg ,con·
stitute sexual harassement when: ,.,.
-- -- -Submissionto or refection of such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly
a teno or condition of instruction, employment, or participation in other University
activity:
-Submission to or refection of such conduct by an individual is used as .a basis for
evaluation in making academic or personnel decisions affecting an individual; or
- -Such conduct has the purpose or effect
of unreasonably interfering with an individual's perfonnance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive University environment.
- In detennining whether the alleged conduct constitutes sexual harassement, con-
sideration should be given to the record as
a whole and to the totality of the circumstances, including the nature of the sexual advances and the context in which the
alleged incidents occurred."
EEOC
Sexual harassment may include:
-Derogatory remarks about one's
clothing, body or sexual activities based on
gender.
- Disparaging remarks, jokes, and teasing
- -based-on-g~nder.
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-Subtle pressure for sexual activity.
- Unnecessary touching, patting or
pinching.
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- Demanding sexual favors accompanied
by implied or overt threats concerning such
things as one's job, evaluation, letters of
recommendation or promotion.
-Phsyical assualt.
For more information and referral,
contact:
Margarita Mendoza de Sugiyama, Special
Assistant to the President, Aff"l1'Illative Action Office, Olympia, WA 98505; 866-6000,
ext. 6368.
All inquires are CONFIDENTIAL
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by Suzette Williams
Evergreen faculty members Fred Tabbutt and Robert Cole have recently been
a warded a $46,375 grant from the National
Science Foundation. The award was effective May 1 and expires October 31, 1989.
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The grant will be used to conduct a two
week workshop in July for chemistry and
physics faculty. Tabbutt says the workshop
is for college faculty who "want to learn
how we're integrating the computer in our
introductory classes here in Matter and
Motion."
Workshop participants will perform projects and experiments that students in the
Matter and Motion program have done this
year.
The Evergreen State College
Bookstore
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tempts to define the appropriate leveI'of
Academic Dean Matt Smith has just
procedural protection for students and
released the latest draft of the Academic
gives the deans powers of arbitration in
Apeals policy for Evergreen.
these disputes. This last step is seen t() be
The draft is available in the library and
a means of protection for students by prostudent information center. Smith said he
viding them an impartial third party to del
will meet With students to discuss the policy
with the issues in dispute.
on Friday, May 13 in Library 2205.
Some further detail of the policy includes:
In a cover letter for the policy, Smith
"Appeals of Evaluation Wording and
writes: "the policy attempts to. be more exCredit: The faculty member has the right
plicit about the nature and scope of the apto make the final determination of credit
peals and rights and procedures which need
to be recognized. The policy, like the courts,
and evaluation wording. However, students
treats matters of academic judgment and
have a right to an appeal for mediation and
matters of academic honesty quite
procedural review. A right to an appeal
differently.
should be identified in each program cove"Matters of judgment, the award of credit
nant, but is presumed to exist in any case
and the wording of evaluations, are not the
as a right to appeal to the members of a of
province of anyone except the faculty
a program team who are not directly invovled in the award of credit.
member and/or hislher program team. The
deans role in such disputes is limited to atTo make a~ appeal a student should subtempting to mediate.
mit a written notice of appeal to ~ther
"In cases of academic honesty, Smith con- '. _ members_of ~ faculty team. WIth.3 duplicate
tinued,-"more procedural an-dlegal proteC-"'--'· copy to the dean respo~sIble. for the program. Th~ appeal should Identify both what
tion has been provided by the courts,
shelhe believes to have been the procedural
especially when the penalties for dish onesty are severe."
error and appropriate remedy.:.While the
appeal may be made at any pomt that the
The new policy, according to Smith, "at-
student is denied credit; it must be made
no later than 20 days after the receipt of
the formal evaluation.
"Academic Honesty: Academic honesty
is a necessity in a learning community. It
makes coherent discourse posible, and is
condition for all sharing, dialogue and
evaluation. All forms of academic honesty
and plagiarism are violations of the Social
Contract. Cheating.is defined as intentional
using or attempting to use unauthorized
materials, information or study aids in any
academic exercise. Plagiarism is defined as
representing the works or ideas of another
s one's own in any academic exercise .... Faculty members in programs and
contracts will identify academic dishonesty as def,ined above as a serious violation
of acceptable program behavior. ,.. any student accused of academic dishonesty by a
member of the ~aculty or a faculty tea.!ll __ _'
shall haf.. th~ l'ight-ufappeafto the faculty member's academic dean."
The complete document is available on
res~rve in the library and in the student information center, near the bookstore.
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by Tim O'Brien
A Superi.or Court judge ordered the college to pay Steven Kant, Math Lab Coordinator, back wages from December 1984.
Kant, an exempt employee, had claimed in
a civil suit that he should be paid accordding to the faculty schedule for the portion
of his time spent instructing students as per
the Evergreen Administrative Code.
"I'm sure that The Evergreen State College does not like this result and I think it
is an unfortunate result that's c.ome about,
but I see no other way of interpretation,"
said Judge Paula Casey in her oral opinion.
"It appears that there has been a very sloppy evolution of the exempt employee grid."
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using an 80 percent faculty rate and a 20
percent administrator~s rate. While the college has yet to determine the amount,
Kant estImates that It WIll oe approXImately $10,000.
Judge clea~s Ruth Dean
by Philip Bransford
Thurston County Court Justice C. L.
Stiltz threw out charges yesterday that
accused Evergreen student Ruth Dean
of indecently exposing herself during a
May Day celebration on Red Square.
"Her activity did not constitute a
crime," Stiltz said explaining that the
prosecution has the burden of showing a
"sufficient number of facts for a person
to reasonably feel there was a crime
committed.,"
During the arraignment hearing,
before any testimony or any plea of
guilt or innocence could be made, Stiltz
ruled that there was no probable cause
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in the prosecution~s statement which
would suggest that Dean had broken the
law.
In the state of Washington, Stilz explained, "topless dancing," or dancing
with the upper torso uncovered, is not
considered obscene exposure given certain regulations.
When asked for a response to the
decision, County Prosecuter Pat
Sutherland stated "I was surprised at
the decision. I think that there should
have been testimony. To make a decision without hearing the facts is
premature. "
Dean could not be reached for
comment.
"I feel somewhat vindicated," Kant said
of the decision. "It says they have to enforce their rules as written." The college
has maintained throughout the suit that
there were two classifications of ad,ministrators and that the EAC which states
that administrators who teach will be paid
for that 'amount of t~e according to faculty schedules did not apply to Kant. .
Director of Employee Relations Rita
Cooper said the guidelines have been revised. Cooper added that many of the EAC's
are produced by committees, a fact that can
result in ambiguities. "I'll take sloppy with
campus input over clarity ... anytime," said
Cooper.
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said, "my status hasn't changed. I still don't
have any job security. I don't expect
anything to happen, but it could. It could
happen in a year or it could happen for a
pretend reason."
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Anderson refused to speculate whether or
not the decision will be appealed.
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May 12, 1988
Jerry Fresia:·
' May 12, 1988
"Students are young, curious and defiant.
It is always rewarding working with them."
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by Darrel Riley
It was a curious process doing the interview with Jerry Fresia. He was involved
with the protest against The Master Plan,
he is currently involved with Mr. Roger's
Revolutionary Neighborhood (fonnerly called F.U.C.K.M.), as well as a variety of
other causes. His actions have caused controversy and a lot of discussion on campus.
And yet, he is almost invisible. Few people know what he has done, fewer still know
what he looks like. Of the people who know
him, none would talk to me about him. One
person even wanted to · make sure I
wouldn't quote her saying she wouldn't talk
to me! Part of the purpose of these inter.. views is to introduce people who might not
, otherwise be known. Jerry Fresia, in spite
of his accomplishroents,fits that criteria.
Jerry Fresia taught at a number of colleges before coming to Evergreen, ineluding Mt. Holyoke College, Clark University, the University of California at Santa
Cruz, and the University of California at
Santa Barbara. He has published two
books; There Comes a Time: a Challange
to the Two Party System, and Toward an
American Revolution: Exposing the Constitution and Other Illusions. He has a PhD
in Political Science. He is cur,rently teaching
a program at Evergreen called, "Revolutionary Praxis in a Time of Crisis."
"Praxis is a tenn which refers to the synthesis of thought and action," he explained. "Some educators believe it's a better
way of learning. You learn as you do things,
and as you do things you think about them,
as opposed to sitting in a classroom and
simply looking at the world. You engage the
world and attempt to tTansfonn it."
Teaching isn't Fresia's whole life. He has
had variety of occupations, even working
as a 'Kelly Girl.' He still paints, as well as
writing and l1mning.
"My grandparents were Italian imigrants. On my mother's side they were
essentially illiterate farin workers. I never
knew my grandfathers. They both died in
their early 40's. One was hit by a car as the
result of a fight. He was denied access to
a hospital because he couldn't read or write.
He died in a couple of days.
"What struck me about my grandparents
and their generation is that they showed
a quiet dignity and integrity that I really
appreciated. Therefore when I was in
Korea and saw that same class of ~ple bel 0 ing exploited or I visited with farm
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or different colors, I felt very at home. I
can identify with them and their struggle.
"For my undergraduate degree I went to
a military school, Virginia Military Institute. My degree was in Electrical
Engineering. Then I was in the Air Force
for four years. I was a captain in the Air
Force Intelligence. That tends to suggest
to people more of a conservative bent, but
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where we start and somewhere down the
road we say, 'this isn't me' and get oft the
track.' ,
Throughout his life Fresia's guiding interest has been politics.
"The things that have . affected
politiCally are my experiences in the Air
Force, particularly o,verseas. I spent tWo
years in Korea during the Vietnam Warm
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U.S. does, not just in Korea but also having access to what the U.S. does militarily
at the same time I could watch it on T.V.
and get a different sense of it was very
disturbing. My military experience was'
very disturbing.
"The fact that I finished high school in
1965, right at the point that several social
movements were coming together had an
impact on me. But I think it is my indentification with farm workers, working people, peasants, and so on that motivates me
more politically."
Fresia's, views on higher education are
somewhat unique among the people I have
encoqntered
at
Evergreen.
. "Noam Chomsky says, and I agree with
him, that higher education is in many ways
a fonn of indoctrination," he stated. "The
purpose of education-is to take people from
one part of society, generally the middle
and upper classes, and train them to think
and act in such as way that they fit into the
larger society.
"I tend to think education should be
subversive of the larger society. By that I
mean ~reative and critical. If we look at the
great artists like Beethoven, Monet, and
Van Gogh we're always struggling to go
beyond what they did yesterday. I think
education should serve the same purpose.
It should encourage us to think in ways that
move us beyond' the existing society.
But that is not what the function of
higher education is, according to Fresia.
"The purpose of higher education is not to
transfonn the larger society, it is to
reproduce the larger society. There is
where
we
clash,
I
think."
Fresia's efforts to change people at
Evergreen haven't gone totally unnoticed.
"I find that if I deviate from the norm,
even marginally, in terms of making critcisms of the system or trying to get
students to express themselves in a way
that I think is consistant with their idealism
and their vitality, funny things begin to
. happen. Faculty look at you strangely in the
hallways, rumors begin to fly around campus. Suddenly you are the radical. Administrators .feel as though, 'this person is
a trouble-maker. We'll have to keep an eye
on him.'
. "I fmd that disturbing. I think at a college or university there should be a wider
range of personalities. There should be
some kooky pe~ple, some radical people,
some conservative people, some liberal people. lru,tead what you fuid' is that most
faculty look like they came out of a cookie
cutter. They look alike, they dress alike,
they think alike. They don't disagree a lot.
They think they disagree a lot, but I don't
think they disagree a lot. That's
unfortunate.
"Our society is becoming increasingly
mechanistic, rational, and discipline
oriented. We may get a good. job in the
sense that it pays well. We may live comfortably. But our life vitality, our sense of
creativity, and our sense of moving beyond
in a way that's painful but creative and
satisfying is diminished by higher education. I think higher education trains people
' as opposed to making them critical and
automous human beings," he added.
"My contribution to Evergreen
is that I rocked the boat."
"I like the students ~t Evergreen. They
certainly have had a big impact on me. I'm
not so sure that if I had been somewhere
else I woul~ have had the same experience.
That is, I'm not sure whether is it students
generally or students at Evergreen.
"Students are young, curious, and defiant. It is always rewarding working with
them.
"I'm sure I've had an impact at
Evergreen. I'm not sure that it's been a
positive one. I think the kinds of things I've
tried to say and do have conflicted with
whatever it is called Evergreen. There has
been a lot of controversy, and the 'dust
hasn't quite Settled. It's hard to tell if I
have been clear, or if I have been
understood.
"Evergreen is a small place. In a lot of
ways it's like a mirror. Whatever you do
is reflected back at you. I think that is the
impact that Evergreen has had on me. I
probably am more conscious of who I am
and what I do then at most other places.
That can be humbling.
"I come across as being harsh, insensitive, and negative. I don't thitlk that I am.
When someone is critical in a straight-on
way a lot . of people interpret that as
negativity. But it doesn't have to be
negative. It can be rooted in love. It can be
rooted in the fact that someone is very intolerant of the way in which workers are
treated. Therefore that person is going to
be very adamant. There is a tendency too,
for people who are very hard-line about the
things they care about to be misinterpreted. I feel that I'm thought of as a
negative person more then I would like to
be. Which isn't to say that'-! can't learn from
that kind of critism. Maybe I'm a little too
negative. But I think there is some
misunderstanding.
''Where I come from politically and intellectually is foreign to a lot of people. I
don't fit into the nonn. There is this thing
called professor. I don't look like, or smell
like, or feel like a professor. I don't identify with professors. I've always been very
intimidated by professors. I feel as
awkward acting out the role of professor
as someone over there (across his desk)
might think that I'm fulfilling it."
Does Fresia feel that he has made a contribution to Evergreen?
"My contribution to Evergreen is that I
rocked the boat. I tried to get people to
think, to question thinks, to become more
themselves. I think it's important for someone to be doing that. Although some
students don't appreciate it, others do appreciate it. There should be many political
groups. There should be more graffiti.
There should be more protests. There
should be more struggle. To me that's what
a vital place of learning is. Instead there is
resistance to any kind of boat rocking, any
kind of protest, and that kind of politics.
That is really sad. There should be a professor of trouble making, just to keep people honest. That, to me, is what is exciting.
We grow. We think, three months ago I
would have. thought this and now I don't
think that way. That is a wonderful process
which should be always happening instead
of always reaffirming the status quo. God,
that reafi1I'11lation of the status quo is not
only unfortunate in the context of what 'the
U.S. is but it is unfortunate in terms of our
own self-discovery. We might as well put
a big stamp on our head: 1988. For the rest"
of our lives we will be thinking 1988
thought, and listening to 1988 music, and
dressing in 1988 clothes, and so on."
After having asked Fresia what he feared
I get this response:
"I'm afraid of being a hypocrite. Of being like the person I'm criticizing."
Fresia doesn't know if he will be back
next year. Early in the conversation he indicated to me that he did not think he would
be rehired. So if you want to meet him, this
quarter is your last chance. The easiest way
is to go to the Tuesday night meeting of Mr.
Roger's Revolutionary Neighborhood and
find a quiet man with a pleasant voice sitting in the middle of the group.
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Notice
May 12,1988
Earth Month:
This week it's trees
Notice
Pursuant to EAC 174-162-230
STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS
FOR
The 1988-89 Services and Activities Fee Review Board
are currently being solicited.
Applications
S&A Administrative Office
CAB 305
The Evergreen State College
206-866-6000 x6220
Closing Date
All .applications must be filed
with the S&A Administrative Office;
CAB 305 by 2 p.m.
Wednesday, May 25, 1988
Interested Evergreen Students are encouraged to apply
regardless of their sexual orientation, race, sex, age, h,mdicap,
religious or political belief or national origin.
WHAT IS THE S&ABOARD?
The Services and Activities Fee Review Board is responsible for allocating Student Activity Fees to various groups
and programs throughout the college. This is an especially responsible task at TESC since, unlike most Washington
State schools, S&A fees are not used for debt service of building projects. All of the S&A fees at TESC are for
S&A programs ... and that means people.
The board gets its authority from the Evergreen Administrative Codes (EAC), which are part of the Washington
Administrative Codes (WAC). The EAC's state that the board should be composed of six student volunteers with a
one year tenure, one staff person, and one faculty member.
TIM ALLEAGUGH splashes into a pool of garbage las! .
Monday kicking off Evergreen's campusclean-u,,:-
The S&A board is, in essence, an advisory board. Its allocation decisions are reviewed by' and negotiated with
TESC Administration. Board members should become well acquainted with the mission , goals, objectives, policies,
and history of the Evergreen State College. For this reason, board members should become familiar with the
college's Strategic Plan, the Covenant on Governance, and the Social Contract:
Being a board member takes a significant commitment of time and energy. Board members attend weekly meetings
that may last anywhere from one to twelve hours. An S&A board member gets ,hands-on experience in budgeting,
management, policy making, and administration. It is a philosophical and political task that affects people's lives
and the present and future of the Evergreen State College.
Destruction of rainfore·sts must stop
THE SELECTION PROCESS
The selection committee will hold interviews of all applicants in public meetings which will be held during S&A
Board meetings starting Wednesday, May 11 tho
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SELECTION BEGINS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988
CAB 108
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Community testimony regarding the applicants shall be solicited by the Selection Cominittee at the end of
each interview session.
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Half of all the forests that existed on
earth in 1960 have since disappeared. In
. temperate regions, only nine percent of the
original forests still stand, only eight percent of the Earth's tropical rainforests still
exists. Estimates of speices are lost are
varied, the lowest being two to four species
a day. More realistic figures on extermination fall in the range of 30 to 60 plant and
animals species, species that shall ,never
again exist.
Here in the Pacific Northwest, the
senseless destruction of tbe magnificent
conifer forests that once covered the land
is attracting more and more attention, and
resulting in courageous direct actions and
in an important letter-writing and lobbying
campaigns that provide us with some hope
that what is left can be saved. In the
The rainforests and the people
who live in them are being
destroyed iogether.
tropical regions, though, the rape of the
forests for quick profit continues unabated.
The tropical rainforests that' still stand
are being assaulted by so many forces of
change that very little of these biologically
diverse areas are expected to be left standing by the year 2020. Humans, one selfish ·
and power-driven species, are rapidly
depleting and squandering what we should
most value and protect: life on the planet,
in all its forms, in all its miraculous
manifestations.
Every minute, 100 acres of tropical rainforests are destroyed. Yes, you read that
right: Every minute-l00 acre8 l08t
forever!! That amounts to an area, the size
of Pennsylvania, of land so complex and rich
in biological diversity that only about 16
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Identified. ~e destruction of these forests
Hydroelectric dam
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That
are mindlessly destroying
and of the life they contain is a humanhug
d proJ~cts are. floodmg
the Earth s greatest manifestation oflife
and biological diversity is hard to comcaused catatrophe of unprecedented prodis ~ac~xp~~s~no:strOymg h~~Ita~s ~nd
porations. It is a mass extinction of life
is ~pr:in ~e tri~~oPle'IMilitarizatI~n
prehend. It is a fact that enrages many of
forests Th g
ft · peop e of the ramus, and drives us to try to stop the destrucforms that surpasses the extinction of the
prison~d fo~Yb:: 0 e~:~s~r~d a?d i~tion. There are ways of helping the raindinosaurs and any other catastrophic occurh "
g on e an .t ey ve mforests to survive.
rence of the past.
abItIed for thousands of years. The rainThe causes destruction
forests and the people who live in them are
Brazil for instance hold are ~ery clo~plex.
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perishing together
Iargest' undisturbed
areas of tropical rain..
forest. There, a national mandate to 0 en
There are .many reasons why this wanton destru~tIon of forests and people must
the forests to development is fueIin ~h
process of destruction. A lack of lan~ fo;
stop. Many of t~ese reasons are obvious.
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The forests eXIst, therefore should be
small-scale agriculturalists in th
by Rkys Roth
part of the country (caused b ve e:s : ;
preserved. !he diversity of living creatures
Mystery and Devastation
patterns of land ownership)~~~nco: _
and plants IS wo~h ~reserving for the sim~e deep, dark original forests of the
ed the government to open the Amaz~
pIe reason of the~ eXIStence. For those who
P~cifIc Northwest remain a mystery to us.
~gion for colonization projects. These pro::=~::!:ct~cal reas~ns, con~ider t~:"t
Smce the arrival of the whites they have
Jects are often funded by multinational'
p. y a ~rucial role m stabilizbeen levelled in steady and accelerating
mg the global climatIc system. As forests
lenders, such as the World Bank and the
swa~s. The wolverine, the cougar, the pine
are burne?, t~e release of huge amounts of
IDB, who usually ignore exist' ecolo 'cal
martm and fisher, the Old Growth bats, the
factors. A fact that has bee~ ore~'
carbon diOXIde great~y accelerates the
lynx, the northern spotted owl and many
gn
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greenhouse effect. Rainforests are huge
other wild creatures have been exposed,
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watersheds; their disappearance creates
starved, or forced to retreat as progress
severe erosion, siltation of rivers and subseEvery minute, 100 acres of
devastated their homes. Less than oneg~~nt floodi~downstream. .
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still -living. Hundreds of the products we USe ev;ry -- -fentli oItliese ancient forests
destroyed.
Taking the Pulse of an Ecosystem'
day are derived from plants and animals livThe tiny spotted owl has been chosen for
ing in tropical rainforests. 40 percent of all
these attempts to colonize the Amazon
modern medicines originate there. All rub- . intensive study as the indicator species for
re~on is .that the soils there are completethe entire Old Growth ecosystem, from the
. ber products, and many gums, resins, dyes,
ly madequate for agriCUlture. Colonizing
root-tip fungi to the large hairy predator
waxes, and many other projects were
farmers slash and burn huge expanses of
and everything between.
originally discovered there. Food, such as
rainforest, plant crops for a year or two, onThe owl loves Old Growth forest because
coffee, bananas, avocados, peppers and
ly to be forced to move to other forested
of the big old trees for nesting, the multichocolate originate in tropical rainforests.
areas when their crops fail.
layered canopy for perching in low shade
New potential food sources and other proNeedless to say, the fertile soil in Brazil's
~ the hot summers, and the large decayducts are yet unexplored exists as long as
eastern regions are owned by three percent
mg fallen logs vital to its prey: showshoe
these forests remain standing.
of ~he population, so for the peasantsee page 16
agnculturalist, there is no place to go but
to other areas of rainforest. A satelite
. photograph of the eastern half of the
Amazon basin, taken last year, showed
7,000 forest fIres burning simultaneously.
The same type of destructive colonization
is occurring hte Indonesia, with its
T:"ansmigration project, scheduled to
dISplace 70 million people and settle them
in r~orests. Once again, funding and
technical support for this project comes
from the World Bank, and hence, from your
tax dollars.
. Agricultural colonists are only part of hte
problem. Timber companies are plundering
the rainforest in the Amazon and in
southeast Asia. This is done to supply the
enormous demand for tropical hardwoods
in t~e U.S., Europe and Japan. Mining comparnes are destroying large areas of forest
and severaly polluting streams and rivers.
Cattle ranching, to supply U.S. demanded,
has already caused the destruction of half
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by ~on Smithrud
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For the 1JU\j0rity of us that travel through
the mountains, almost exclusively over the
major mountain passes, the forest that lies
over the ridge and J:>eyond the view of the
highway is imagined as a wilderness, a vision of massive Douglar-fIrs and abundant
wildlife.
For those of us who hike in our Naitonal
Forests or travel the logging roads of
western Washington, the vision is quite different. Beyond thetree-lined hillsides that
skirt Interstate 90 is a world where the big
trees and wild animals used to live, but now
reside only in our memories, imagination
and wishes. This is the land of the clearcut!
Outside of the national parks and
wilderness areas, few parts of western
Washingtqn have escaped the ax and tractor. Less than 10 percent o( the original Old
Growth forest still remains. Many parts of
our..state-have been completelY-l'aZed in-re- --cent:year.s.
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For example, while working as a summer
park ranger at Lake Ozette (Olympia National Park) along the coast in western
, Clallam County; I have had many opportunities to explore the maze of loggmg
roads between the Makah and Quinalt
. ~eservations. There is a place where ~ can
stand on a hillsi~e, with a: horizon of 5- io
mlles in all directions, and see nothing but
recent clearouts in all directions except for
the band of trees preserved in the cQastal
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strip of Olympic National Park.
Clearcutting is the harvest technique that
has denuded this land of life. It is the technique of choice by logging companies and
government agencies because it is the least
expensive method of harvest. There are
unparalleled opportunities for centralization
and efficiency. Clearcutting makes the landscape more accessible for different intensive management technique, such as burning, replal}ting, and the use of pesticides
and petroleum-based fertilizers. I t also
allows the highly-valued shade-intolerant
Douglar fir seedlings to grow without competition from Alder or shrubs.
However, these short term economic
gains for the timber harvester are often
long term loses, both economically and environmentally. Most forest watchers
believe that the current harvest levels on
Washington forests exceed long term sustainable- ievels ~lf--so, we are-robbing our children's children's childrEmof future· enjoyment and employment.
The problems associated with the clearcutting harvest technique are weHknownsoil erosian, stream gutting and siltation of
spawning grounds; the increased probabili.
ty of flood and drought, the total habitat
destruction of old growth dependant
species, and the complete loss of biomass
that can be used as the fOUl'ldation of future
growth. Timber purchasers do not take full
these long term costs, but.
responsiblity for
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are passed on to the future generations of
humans and wildlife.
- In pure dollar terms, clearcutting is about
5 percent cheaper for the harvester than
the Selective or Shelterwood methods of
harvest. Despite this, it can probably be
shown that the social costs associated with
an alternative harvest method are le~s than
the social cost associated with clearcutting.
These other methods are not perfect. In
fact, they are far from it. For example,
selectively taking big trees is a form of
reverse genetic engineering where only the
weakest survive. In addition, since volume
per acre is less, more acreage must be cut,
sometimes 2.5 times more. It also requires
more road construction.
Despite these problems, a careful,
holistic, site-specific, selective harvest may
be the only possible sustainable harvest
system unless we can fmd ways to reduce
our timber usage or to stem the-ra-piaexport of raw logs (and jobs) to China and
Japan. Timber harvesters and forest
managers need to develop an environmental ethic that does not place human needs
over all other species. We need to fInd a
way to satisfy our timber needs, while
simultaneously protecting the Spotted Owl
and soil and stream quality. Without such
a holistic approach, our comsuptive culture
may seriously hamper the economic and environmental future of all species-human
and wildlife.
Space group is saving the planet
by SuztUe Williams '
Sav~g the world seems to be the mission
of many campus groups lately, but one
takes its ~sslon literally. The Evergr~en .
chapter of the National Space Society
boasts seven members who, according to
their president, are interested in "saving
the .planet and saving the human race."
Students Ryan HiU, Fred Lyons, and
Janine Bloss founded the Evergreen
chap~r last Spring. Hill is now the chapter
president. There are no requirements for
~embe,rship )>e side s ~ interst in space
Hill, says ·m~m~~~ il)~rests range from
the econonUc ana 'political aspects of space
travel to the research of space craft design.
The National Space Society, despite its
~e, . is an international organization with
,metribers' ~und iii~' world .. By paying
$2.50 a year in dues, Evergreen chapter
members receive the organization's monthly publication, Space World.
Presently the Space Society serves mainly as a place for members to share information. The Evergreen chapter gets information from the National group, and shares
it with its members.
"We fInd out not only what's going on in
the U.S. space program, but in other countries as well," says Hill.
The chapter meets weekly and occasionally shows movies relating to space, but
would . like to enlarge. Space Society
member North "Larsen says, ''We also want
it to b~come a resource for students." To
accomplish this, the group plans to ask for
S&A funding next year.
The Space 'SOciety, says Hill, is interested
in studying the environment, and "one of
the best places to study it is from space,"
he says. "In that sense we're a bunch of environmentalists." In a survey of National
members, says Hill, the second largest
group affiliation was the Sierra Club.
The National Space Society also concerns
itself with funding fOf the space program.
Hill says that when the legistlature tries
to cut funding for the space station,
members send telegrams to protest.
''We like the idea of having frontiers to
explore," says Hill. "One of the ways to
make the human race safe from nuclear
destruction is to spread us out."
Some chapters do more than share information and watch movies. The Pike's Peak
chapter, in Colorado Sprngs/Denver has
more funding, says Hill, "and they're ac5
tually building a semi-orbital vehicle.
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May 12, 1988
May 12, 1988
Earth Month Events Calendar
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hare, moles and especially the northern flying squirrel.
The theory behind the indicator species
is this: life goes for the owl, so it goes for
all who need Old Growth to live. In January
of this year, the state Wildlife Commission
officially declared the spotted owl an endangered species.
Prospects for Survival
The spotted owl has been virtually extir- ,
pated from the southwest portion of the
state and lives now only in the remaining
low e1evation (below 4,000 feet) Old Growth
forests in the Cascades and Olympics.
Our state has the most disjunct and
fragmented Old Growth habitat and the
lowest owl popUlations in the Northwest.
The most severly threatened popUlations
left are in the Olympics.
With the obliteration of private
forestlands in our state virtually complete,
the public trust and the fate of the original
wild forest creatures is in the hands of the
U.S. Forest Service (USFS). This agency
controls the public lands where the last of
the Old Growth forests stand.
In the -Olympic National Forest the
USFS plans to protect 29 "Spo~ted Owl
Management Areas" to ensure the entire
web of life dependent on Old Growth survives. 'Fhirteen of these sites do not have
nesting pairs, five are actually devoid of Old
Growth forest and owls.
laying a highway to the moon and back!
Rapists Disguised as Stewards of the
Forests
-Stand up for the wild, untamed, unmanaged, human-humbling, reservoirs of
living evolution! Say yes to life in no uncertain terms.
- Learn about Old Growth. Go there.
-Track timber sales. Call the' Audubon
folk at 786-8020.
-Call and/or write the Olympic National
Forest. Tell them "Stop cutting Old
Growth." Beware of the bureau.:::ratic
abyss~keep your eyes wide, your vision
clear and expansive.
-Call and/or write your state and'federal
political representatives. Urge them to fmd
solutions to our economic dilemmas that
respect the rights ofthe wild critters to ex, ist forever-extinction is not an option.
What You Can Do!
Deceptions such as this have become
routine. Clearly the Forest Service, to this
day, is hand-in-glove with the timber industry. Its foresters are tJ;ained, not in Old '
Growth ecology, but in tree farming:
clearout the big trees and replace them
with even-aged, corn stalk rows of a
genetically selected Douglas fir crop. Aspiring forest managers are promoted based on
their ability to fulfill timber harvest quotas
in Washington D.C.-public opposition be
damned (or at least ab!lorbed 'and
redirected).
The Forest Service plans to punch roads
into much of America's last great
wilderness-580,000 miles of road in fact,
enough to circle the Earth four times after
.
~1t,~~ ~ DAZZLING! AB UNDANCE! ':~'~:I;~I'h
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Harriet Allen, Washington Deparment of
Wildlife, will talk and give a slide pr~sen
tation on "The Status of the Spotted Owl
in Washington;" Gaia Kershaw will follow
and discuss the" Adopt a Forest" Progam
organized by the Audubon Society, 7:00 pm,
Lecture Hall 2.
Wednesday, May 18
Olympia Tropical Alliance slide show on
Tropical Deforestation, at 7:00 pm in Lecture Hall 2.
Live music, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, CAB
main floor.
Thursday, May 19
Earth First Video on "Saving Tropical
Rainforests in Australia." Preceeded by
Slide Presentation by Sue Sniado on
"Deforestation in Thailand," 7:00 pm in
Lecture Hall 3.
Friday, May 20
Panel forum-"Are Washington Forest
Practices Sustainable?" Panelists include
Pam Crocker-Davis of the Audubon Society, Bob Dick of the Washington Forest Pr0tection Association, Mitch Friedman of
Earth First!, Craig Partridge of the
Department of Natural Resources, and a
representative of the U.S. Forest Service.
The moderator is Dr. Richard Cellarius,
TESC faculty. 1:00 to 3:00 pm, in the
Library Lobby.
Saturday, May 21
Old Growth Forest Islands. A very informal visit to some Old-Growth forest stands
in the Olympic National Forest, Sign up in
Advance with the ERC. 9:00 am, Campus
Bus Loop.
What Can I Do About It?
-Learn about the fragile interconnec-Join the Olympia Tropical Rainforest
corporation~ and governments involved in
tions: of the Earth's biolo,gical systems andl
Action: Call Blaine Snow at 866-8526 or "
misusing these biosystems, and to
about the role tropical rainforests play. ProDavid Phillips at 352-4451. We're active aflegislators in support of protective
mote ecological awareness. Read about rain
filiates of the Rainforest Action Network
legislation.
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- -<RAm--J()i-n-them-by-wl'itiHg-tAr.-Rainf6A1re~esQft~---'--VVlsirtlie-""'Rra~
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- Become a responsible- consumer:
Action Network, 300 Broadway, Suite 28,
Hawaii, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru,
refuse to purchase products such as tropical . San Francisco, CA, 94133.
Brazil, southeast Asia. Tourism encourages
-Write letters to: the World Bank and
governments to protect their rianforests.
hardwoods and rainforest grown beef. We
have some specific information about this.
other funders of rainforest destruction, to
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anything not totally in keeping with the
your flow of public response. This would be
delicate ecosystems that formed before we
far less confusing and annoying to people
evolutioRary possibility.
were even
like me, and probably more satisfying for
Absurd.
people like you!
If I thought that I could apologize for the
J. Pedersen
sins of my race, and sex, and even !,\ope that
PS: Leave me alone!
it could make some symbolic difference,
Editor, Evergreen atoners:
then I would do so immediately. UnforI would like to address a current campus
tunately, it won't, so I won't waste my
dilemma from perhaps a more unpopular
time. Reading blatant generalizations such
side than has been recently seen. The matas these makes me think that I should be
t er is that of "issue bombardment."
offering .myself as sacrifice so that others :
On virtually any day a student may
To the Evergreen Community, and the
may live guilt free. (Andy died for their
himself approached and preached before on
sins?) The best, and perhaps the only thing
a myriad of issues of campus, national and
Cooper Point Journal:
h·
h t
The April 28th issue of the CPJfeatured
I can do, is work to change the t mgs t a
international importance- These issues inan article entitled "Indians Teaching
I think are wrong, and try not to make the
clude the G.E. boycott, the Yakima wine
same mistakes. This is precisely what I will
boycott, governance, HEC board questions,
Themselves: Quotable notes from the
do. Until things are better, and I think that
Central American difficulties, Native
paneL." Interesting article, vital issue.
This letter, however, is directed either
they can be, try to remember that attempAmerican problems, rape awareness, gay
towards the person who said, "The planet
and lesbian affairs, and the list goes on and
ting to force people into molds will enon---"as we all know.
is in a lot of trouble, and the only reason
courage them to fit.
So, what's the-pr-Ohlem1-Xhe-problemsis - -.- is because of the whIte man, or toward-s - ----IlrTrut·}hl -, - - - - ' - -" - - - - - - - that there are a bunch of people that go to
the person who decided that it should be
Andrew Boo~alter
this school and just don't care about all
printed without explaining the context in
(Another WhIte Male) .
these issues. There are so many "crises"
which it was said.
that all these conscientious students are
In saying that the planet is in a lot of troustruggling to solves, running around
ble, you are understating the problem, if
thrusting petitions in our faces with looks
anything. The environmental problems facof grim and bitter determination-be
ing us today are nearing catastrophic proserious! It seems like on Day 1, Student A
portions. In recognizing this, yow- poin~ is
is protesting G.E. and on Day 2 she's prohard to · argue with. The next point,
testing grapes. Can anyone tell me just exhowever~ contains a totally different
actly how many of these damned issues are
message.
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" ... and the only reason is because of the
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There are some issues that I do take
white man."
seriously and personally. Those that affect
Let's think about this. What you seem to · ......· ':'ItJ~1
me and that I know I can do something
be saying is that no Woman, no Native
about. Issues of relevance with real soluAmerican, no one who does not fall under
tions. The wine issue is such a dilemma.
the category of "white man" has ever done
• We have seen precedent the values of
organized labor and there is no reason to
stop at the limits of precedent in this area.
However, I question the validity of the socalled "G.E. Boycott." I ask you, young
atoners, what do you believe will come of
your noble efforts? Will they timidly step
out of the detonator arena and stick with
microwaves? Of course not. And if they do,
guess who'll take their place at the weapons
plant? That's right, your good buddy,
Sylvania.
Hey, now. I've got a really neat idea.
What all your "issues groups" should do is
get together. Pool all of you on one issues.
J ust one. Make it a real big hitter,
something... well, something at least as
earth shatteringly critical as the glorious
styro-foam victory of last fall quarter. Yeah.
Get in a big circle with each other and try
Call: 357-5974
The Evergreen State College
to milk out the best issue you can. Then,
for further details
just beat around a few guidelines and
CAB 108
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Issue groups
bombard campus
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If the cowardly, vandalizing acts of spray
painting the campus walls are the means
of social awareness that faculty Roger Lancaster encourages, then thank God I'm not
a student here any longer. That his encouragement of this juvenile behavior
means that funds will be diverted to clean
. this away is frustrating and makes me
angry. Over-worked staff are continually
being told there is no money available to
support their efforts. when we see tight
dollars being used to clean up this offensive
action, it doesn't set well. I'm afraid I did
not see this childish action as "provocative
and lively intellectual practive ...
(manifesting) itself outside the classroom."
I saw it as a cowardly trashing of my work
place, "my community, my .alma mater.
-W hitelwas a stuaent -here I participated in programs that encouraged social
awareness (Ethics & Politics; Political
Economy; Peace, Conflict and Social
Change). My peers and I never felt as if we
had to hide under a rock until after dark
t9 go out and paint incoherent slogans. We
tried to articulate our concerns in an active,
community oriented manner. As recent as
two years ago, concerned students were
able to rid the campus of styrofoam products in an active, educational forum. They
were able to rally the entire campus while
offending no one.
And yes Roger, I do takelt personally
that you could be so insensitive and
cavalier. Having been an active member of
this community since 1975, I have worked
with many dedicated students, faculty and
staff-or I suppose bureaucrats to you. We
were all committed to seeing Evergreen
work. We've worked through lean times
and closure threats because of our commitment to Evergreen. Faculty member Dave
Hitchens (or "the adjudicator" to which you
refer) helped provide the leadership. We
wefen't "his" students. We were faculty
and students working together, but then
narcissism isn't one of Dave's
characteristics. None of us crawled out of
some corner at night to spray our message
on a wall. We actively engaged in a process
that supported our ideals; that supported
Evergreen. :Most of us had lived through
the Kent State eve (so yes we do
remember), and we were thankful
Evergreen wasn't even close to that
environment.
Doug Scrima
Admissions Counselor Class of '78
Blood money
at CPJ
To the Editor:
We find it difficult to believe the CPJ
cannot find enough advertisers that
they feel they must accept blood money
from the United States Air Force. The
Air Force's history of organized
murder is well known-from its inception as the Army Air Corps to, the
carpet bombing of Vietnam to its present day forays over third world nations (Libya, Grenada). If the CPJ
solicated the ad-what are you doing?
It seems your time couldjust as easily
have been spent soliciting ads from
non-military sources. If the Air Force
-Co o;
contacted you, are you so consumeg by
the dominant ideology that you cannot
consider more than the · monetary
aspects of the action?
Some will say: well, they have a right
to free speech, too. To those we say,
listen to what Abbie Hoffman had to
say about free speech in his closing
remarks in District Court in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, on April
15, 1987. He and elven others were on
trial for trespassing. They had been arrested at a demonstration against CIA
recruitment at UMass-Amherst. And
w~ quote: "recruitment by a company,
prIvate or public, is not a right; it is a
priviledge" and, to us, a priviledge
which should be granted by the whole
community. There is no consensus here
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etters'============
at Evergreen in favor of terrorism, be
it from the air or at the airport.
Thanks,
signed by 16 TESC students
'Old Greener'
disillusioned
is
Editor, CPJ
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I, until recently, did not consider myself
and 'old Greener.' As I walk around campus today, though, I realize that I have
been coming to Evergreen for over thirteen
years. When my mother worked in the
President's office as Administrative
Secretary for Charles McCann, Dan Evans,
and Richard Schwartz, I spent countless
afternoons here, soaking in the subculture
of what it means truly to be able to express
oneself freely, and although I didn't completely understand the implications of much
of what I saw, I learned, nurtured and accepted the idea that growth can mean different things to different people. That is the
real'beauty of diversity, the power olindividual thought, .and the es~e,.~c~ , of. the
freedom of self-expression. .: '•.. : .': .
When I transferred here · trom: the
University ofWas1rlngt.On in 1985; th~ idea
of diversity of thought and freedom of selfexpression gained a deeper meaning when
I enrolled in the "Great Books" Program.
I immediately found myself not only defending my opinions, but exploring arid delving into other's, hoping to gain a culturally
rich perspective of the works (albeit
Western) we had experienced together
most of us for the first time. Ideas flourished and people grew. This creativity of
thought extended outside of the seminar
room in the form of thought-inspired, provocative examples of protest, like the
funeral procession after the slashing of arts
funding, or the women's "Take Back the
Night" vigil. These were beautiful, because
they could be very deeply impassioned, but
within the necessary constraints of social
responsiblity.
I agree with many of the issues
FUCK'MlMRRN/SACRED have raised
(although each of you is beginning to sound .
somewhat alike to me). The means that
these faceless groups use to achieve their
ends, though, make me sick.
I'm angry. Yes, I'm upset about the ambiguityllack of student power on this campus. I am, however, comparatively furious
that a group of people, many of whom are
not even students, would take to defacing
my home with racist, sexist and generally
putrid forms of protest, such as the chicken-
shit anonymous spray-paint work across
from the President's office, for which that
artist obviously doesn't have the guts to
.take responsibility, and for which increas"ingly valuable, hard-earned, and scarce tuition money is cleaning. The message says,
ironcially, "Don't take it personally." I've
got news. I do ta}te it personally.
I have seen changes in policy here with
which I do not agree. I have also experienced within the administration, the strongest
commitment to cultural diversity I have
ever seen here.
I t thus makes me want to vomit when I
hear of FUCK'MlMRRN posters depicting
Stone Thomas, Cheryl Henderson-Peters,
and Kathy Ybarra in a manner that is
blatantly racist and sexist, printed by a
group whose former name denoted violent,
active sexism, and whose current name also
misses the mark (isn't Mr. Rogers a white
male?) and whose acts are sanctioned and
sponsored by a TESC professor.
Where have you been? Apparently not at
Evergreen in which I have culturally (and
literally) irown up. I can't believe you have
the audacity to call yourselves "Greeners!"
I t is these irresponsible and unthinking acts
which make me ashamed to say that I attend the same institution as these blind, ignorant individuals, who think that by signing the name of an organization to these
racist, sexist, and destructive displays, that
they are being accountable for their actions.
WAKE UP! Accountability begins with the
individual. By not openly and directly confronting the problems you see in the institution, you are only serving to perpetuate the
problem.
When you people are ready to deal With
the problems of this campus in a civi~d,
creative and, above all, non-destructive
manner, in which individuals takeresponsibility for their own actions, not hiding
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behind nameless, faceless organizations like
SACREDIFUCK'MIMRRN, let me know.
Until then, I will continue to voice my active disgust at your lack of cultural .
awareness, sensitivity, and overall
thoughtlessness, while also fighting the
urge to toss my cookies.
David A. Beeman
Honorary/Active Greener since 1975
Print facts
not' opinions
To the Editor:
In response to your editor's note in the
May 5th issue of the CPJ, I would like to
say simply that your accusations are completely unfounded. I believe that before you
start throwing around ,coinments that
James Martin and the parties who resigned from the S&A office are sexist and
racist, you had better be ready to back
them up with/acts Ms. Byrd. Where is your
proof? These men have been found guilty
of nothing! Don't simply jump to conclusions because you want to believe that this
behavior is going on so you can publish a
controversial newspaper. We at Evergreen
are often too quick to jump when we hear
the words 'oppression,' 'racism,' 'sexism,'
etc. Therefore your position gives you the
ability to ·potentially turn the Evergreen
community against these peoplej who have
as yet not had their views heard . . Yes,
power often' does corrupt, and I see that'
you are using your position to attempt to
persecute and slander a handful of individuals, since only one side of the issue
was voice throughout the paper. Is it your
goal to condemn these whether they are
guilty or not? I do not like your style. Print
the facts, not your opinions or moral
judgements!
Bonnie Schock
May 12, 1988
FUCK'M uses
wrong tactics
To the Editors:
I would like to say a few things in
response to the letter by R W. Safford that
appeared in the May 5 issue of the CPJ.
I have often taken the opposite stand
from Mr. Safford in the past, and I differ
from him today on several important points,
but flrst I would liKe to say that, as a liberal
thinker, I completely side with him regarding the treatment he received from the
group "FUCK'M" the other day in the
CAB.
The members of FUCK'M have, by adopting strident and abrasive tactics, served
to polarize people over issues instead of
creative dialogue. If you are in search of
enemies, that behavior is one of the best
known ways to create them. Sadly, the
issues supposedly behind their behavior
have fallen from sight in the ensueing
fracas
I w~nt to point out {hat just because
FUCK'M mistreated Mr. Safford, it doesn't
mean that everybody else who believes in
social change is going to do so. There are
many of us out there who respect other
peoples' rights and do not want our ideals
smeared by the kind of tactics FUCK'M
uses. FUCK'M is using large abstract
issues as an excuse to trample on many in"
dividuals' rights and I do not support them
at all. They may support issues that I support, but they do not represent me.
I also want to stand up for the "liberal"
attitude that "pel1nenates this school." Mr.
Safford asserts that Evergreen is
dominated by leftists and violently intol~rant activists but doesn't realize that
there are plenty of people here who feel just
the opposite: that the campus is gradually
being taken over by the administration and
the "network," and that free speech and
student action are being suppressed by
rightist extrenched powers. There is valid
tmth to both viewpoints, and that is what's
hardest to se if you're involved with either
end of th~ spectrum. I ' think E vergreen
does its best to keep an even handed, truly
liberal atmosphere and I hope we the student body can continue to live up the
responsiblity of having it. It's never easy
or comfortable to put up with viewpoints
that challenge our own, but it is necessary
for a functioningJ free society. I feel tllat
FUCK'M has violated that responsibilty
and their actipns brin.e: a threat to the at-
mosphere of open dialogue and free information exchange that is central to
Evergreen's well-being.
I hope that people can realize through this
incident that it's not the issues one claims
to support but the way one goes about supporting them that makes one's cause noble
or not noble. Certainly no fascist could
operate by eqalitarian means, nor could a
true eqalitarian trample on the hands and
feet of his or her collegues in pursuit of
some distant, perceived goal.
Friends, it's the steps .taken along the
way that win or lose your cause. Thank you.
Jonathan Rodgers
Who sells out?
Dear Editor,
In your editoral Of May 5, you state " ...
dissatisfied faculty, truly interested in
bucking the state, wouldn't being (sic)
drawing state dollars in the form of a salary
to condemn it."
Okay. Let me see if I understand.
Although I am a citizen and a taxpayer, I
cannot criticize (or "buck" as you put it) the
state because I teach at a state supported
college. I think that's it, Janis! You've got
it. That's precisely the concept of "responsible" scholarship that is central to all
repressive orders. In the 1960's, those who
held your position tended to be more out
front about it, however. They would simply say "Love it or leave it."
Today at Evergreen, those who share
your view, namely that resonsibility means
responsibility to power, are far more
sophisticated in hiding what they are up to.
The regulations which silence public
criticism of state and corporate administration of this school are called the "social contract." But let's dispense With the selfdeception.
It doesn't matter for whom you work,
Janis. When you take your money and keep
your mouth shut it's called the same thing
the world over: "selling out."
Sincerely,
Jerry Fresia
Member of the Faculty
What happened
to being nice
Dear Whomever,
Well! At last someone said something
that delayed (indefinitely) my urge to drop
out of TESC! Darrel Riley's article on page
25 of the May 25th CPJ("Hostilityis Growing at Evergreen") brough to mind my own
feelings about the rude and undiplomatic
messages I see plastered on every flat, eyelevel surface of this educational institution.
This is my first year at Evergreen (junioryr student), I've waited over 14 years to enjoy the privilege of returning to school, and
can scarely believe the endless. flow of
negativity both on the walls and, yea, out
of the mouths of some of my feUow-students
for what seems like questionable reasoning.
And it's not so much that students' viewpoints should be discouraged or suppressed altogether, but that they should rather
be presented in mature, diplomatic and
positive formats.
I communte nearly 60 miles a day to
receive my long-awaited education (at an institution that is supposedly "special," "progressive," and alledgedly "better" than
most other four-year degree mills) and after .
eight months, I daily experience now a
curious form of dread, knowing I'll see more
obscene flyers, see more bitchy complaints
about everything imaginable in the CPJ,
hear questionable verbel complaints about
how programs are being conducted, or how
poorly this or that seminar is being con,ducted... And (at the risk of venting my own
negativity in order to make a point), I'm
sick of it!
In the 1960's, people actually made impressive efforts to be"nice to each other ...
It was very hopeful. In the 1970's, someoQe
turned down the psychic thermostat and
people got downright icy ... not deliberately nasty, just chilly and indifferent. In the
1980's (which are almost over, by the way)
the 'chill' got downright perverse. I'mjust
glad I won't be in school in the 1990's-it
could be downright dangerous.
As Darrel Riley said, "This community
seems racked with dessension without
reason. Where is the love? ... Whatever happened to plesantry and negotiation?" If
anyone out there can answer that question
without being hostile andor negative and
bitchy, I'd love (that's L-O-V-E) to hear
about it!
One of your OLDER Student Friends,
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Charlene Sabini
May 12,,1988
Opinion
May,}2, 1988
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by Lillian Ford of the Peace and Resolution Center
It's .4:.45. I told everyone the van would
, leave at 9:00, but instead of driving across
the Columbia headed for the Nevada test
site, I'm sitting in Gail Martin's offwe. It's
been four hours now since Cheryl
Henderson-Peters led me in here to gauge
Gail's concern. I'm hungry. M,y eyes are
inching from tJurir sockets in the blind stare
sustaining my patie1we. Kate Crowe is on
the phone with Shawn Newman, who's typing US up legal waivers. I've survived the
" scrutiny of Cheryl, Ken Winkley, Karen
, Wyncoop, Sharlene Lug(fnbeel... good thing
, Joe Olander's out of town. In the hall my
;-'---friends shift their-weight and Jcrwck their
ankles together, edgy at the last block of a
mamthon: the offices all close at 5:00. Half
" hour and a dozen promises later, we're
handed the keys to the ignition.
I'd wanted to forget that afternoon, so I'd
stuffed my resentment under pillows of
"ain't-it-hard 'understanding'" and selfdenying goodwill. This let me avoid confronting these administrators (who I feel are
really quite nice) and my own cooperation;
, , it was more comfortable, if kind of tight.
However, reading the article, "Martin explains 'yanked' memo" in last week's CPJ
burst this stuffy pouch and let out my ruffied feathers.
In that article, Cheryl Henderson-Peters
plunks down this four-hour nightmare as
', ' exemplary of the administration's "can-do"
attitude. Spending the afternoon dangling
over a vat of authoritarian "NO's" was empowering only as a test of endurance.
I recognize why our trip aroused the "college's" concerns (concerns which usurp
those of the people employed as administrators, creating a schizophrenia that
dichotomizes personal and professional
responsibility, and prevents me, at least,
from telling what the hell these people real~ ly think).
Like I said, I recognize the college's con." . cerns; however, this, as any, centralized
" system, creates a collective entity, a "col" lege" to whose interests few are influential
'. and all are subject. And, this, as any, hierar" chy subqrdinates my concerns to the judgement of "superiors," as it assumes my competence inferior. So, like a willful Doris
Day, I can only have "input" into the deci,.
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sions of these 'superiors, of these kind
husbands who, supplicated with reason or
plea, may grant a $5/week pantyhose
allowance or the key to the TESC van. This
I resent.
I admit my own participation in this
hierarchy as a student/employee sustaining
the order with each cooperation. Perhaps
that's why I feel so hurt seeing my name
in that article, glimpsing my stooge potential. I haven't cooperated any more than it
takes to get a paycheck, or a Pell Grant.
Maybe it's time to cooperate less.
". TomoIco ANi
Be' yourielf!
' . leA 'Japan for The Evergreen State Col-
to go to the U:S. to learn about the culture,
and I was accepted. That was in 1979. I was
very young and brave.
lege, OlYmPia, Washington, 'U.S.A. in 1986.
Because I was exposed to American
i WBJ thinking oflO~ to America as my
culture at such an early age, adaptation was
dream come "tnJe.My thOUght was that
very easy for me. I quickly became
evei'ything WQUld 'be just fine after I got
Americanized. After graduating from high
overthere~ But it tUrned,out... well, you'll
school, I went back to Japan and faced a lot
aee~
of cultural differences again. If I wanted to
I W88 bom ,and raised in Japan. My
be accepted in Japanese society, I had to
parentsbo~h ' 'catne, from , the working \
hide the fact that I spent my high school
dR'8 in other ,words, average Japanese.
years in America. To be different is not
From early ChDd.hood, hJLd great interest
welcomed over there. I had a harder time
in American,cultUre. Just looking at the picgetting adjusted to my OWN culture than
I am outraged by the April 90 bombing
ture8.. ot' HollyWood, Los ,Angeles, New
to American culture. It seemed funny, but
of the UNTS office by the military. I deYork andSBnFranclsCo lnac:Ie my heart
it's true I was very unhappy with the way
roond reparations for the bombing-'a""nd
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assurance that such tactics of terror and
were my avo te t mgs. Naturally, I aphad to obey male workers and act like their
violence USed against the UNTS will be
plied for'a high school:exchange program
servant. I was very oppressed because I
halted. Stop the repression olthe workers
and populance of El Salvador.
Sincerely,
Letters can make a difference
A Sister College Project News Flash!
, Help combat human rights violations in
C-efttraic Ameri~a,-and_Oppose-injustice....
directly! Urgent action is needed in the
form of letters, telegrams or phone calls
to these oppressive regimes! Your letter
can make a difference, and save the lives
, of innocent people from injustice, torture
and death! Please send your letter or
telegram, or phone message immediately~
The following are so sample messages. '
Please send letters to:
Sr. Jose Napoleon Duarte
Presidente de la Republica de
EI Salvador
Cas a Presidencial
San Salvador
EI Salvador
Ambassador COIT
U.S. Embassy
San Salvador
EI SalVador
, OR call 011-503-26-71-00
Dear --------,
I protest and denounce the brutal
assasination of Vicente Vasquez, and torture of Carlos Alberto Vasquez by the
military in La Unian between March 22-29,
and subsequent harassment of Vincente's
family by the military. Stop the systematic
oppression of civilians, especially union
merribers. Halt military operations against
civilians, i.e. the bombing of Ara~atao by
military on March 29, 1988. Respect people!
Sincerely,
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Who runs the CPJ?
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I demand restitutioniorthe'deatJi althe
textile worker who was shot by Tre~ry
Police on April 5. I also demand tktd hte
repression of workers be IWlted.,. Sfnp
harassment of workers. arz,d union
members. Demilitarize their work 1?lace.
Sincerely,
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Please vary messages!
See the EPIC bulletin board for mor~ information or the Sister College Project,"ext.
6145, Lib. 3225. Sister College Project hol~s
meetings every WeQnesday at 5:00 pm m
Lib. 3225.
.em
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l.eteJY, there
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tiohI about.hOw the CPIactually functions.
We',. JJee~ ~ ~'mo~pteces ()f the ad_I.doi....t'"- » "tA)O',; ".I_:_:-tra
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aDd' bave:been aCcUaed o'f having a hierarehieal 1ItrUebn"e. Ail this by people who
can't ,even speD the word , "trustees'
correetly· "'
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neither 01 w~m are the poWer hUitgry
.v~-otthe ~tiontliat 8Omepeopie Iijake' them
to·be: Ra~r than giv-
out
irw orden, ,t heytPve opiilions. True; the
editOr ,ill ultimately'in eb¥ge" but she is a
atQdei;lt, tulltIIliM'the Call for a student run
paper tI* 1,keep he8ring about from the
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~ who bas been around on production nilhfkDowa that the' CPJis not the
mOuth~ ' of the administration or
auth9ri~ Neither Joe Olander nor his
""I.tration spend " their Wednesday
plalata ~ ov~ our shoulders with Exlido kDlv.. ~ "you can't print that."
, Even our "auttiofttarian~' editor is amazIrwI1 open to ~on8. The most comphrUes .roUn~ the CPJ oftice are
"what do you thJnk of this?" and "I'd like
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an opinion on this."
It's too bad the people flinging accusations who claim to know how the CPJis run
never thought about looking, for
themselves. Contrary to popular belief
knowing the facts does help in forming an
opinion. '
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was a female in a male-dommant society.
I hated living for somebody else's sake.
I have to be myself regardless of the expectations people might have of me. They
thought I was a "nice little Japanese girl."
I am not! I have my own values. Since high
school, I found out that I have an alternative way to live in the United Statesfree and individual society-I can do
anything as long as it is not illegal. I
thought the door was wide open for me. My
desire to come to the U.S. was stronger and
stronger every day. I dreamed about being in the U.S. again. Maybe it was a way
to escape from reality, I don't know ...
, Now, having chosen the U.S. as my permanent home, I ~omehow feel weak.
Everythmg wasn't as rosy as I expected. 'Certainly, I am living for myself, in my life,
with my own decisions. One of my dreams
'has come true. Here, women have freedom
to do anything: nothing like in Japan. Suddenly, I realize that I have not created
"me" in this country. It is so easy here, too,
to be like the rest of the people. It is so hard
to be myself. Why is that? Am I losing my
idenity? Quite often I find myself letting
other people decide what I do. It is much
easier to do what I am told to do or what
other people expect me to do. But this is
America. That's why I came here, .to be
myse!f! I have to be on my own. If I want
to play the game here, I have to follow the
rules.
I am still struggling with myself and my
decisions in life. Although I am a rather
Americanized Japanese citizen, I still drag
my own values and ideas from Japan. They
are so strong. For instance, deep inside, a
woman like me cannot accomplish very
much because I know mY limits. My
Japanese ideas conflict with American
values and ideas. But it is hard to'erase my
own values because that is mef That is the
way I was brought up. But I certainly know
that as long as I live here I have to modify
my Japanese values and create my own
values that work good and benefit me. The
outside ,o f me looks very Japanese but in·
side of me is me, Tomoko (modified ver·
sionO. I want people to know me as Tomoko
and not as a "nice little girl" from Japan,
because I have my own feelings and values
which are unique and different from others.
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Commit to graffiti •ISSUeS, not tactics
by George J. Leago, Maintenance
, Supervisor
Well, I guess I should have known better. I really didn't need the advice of two
graffiti vandals to "voice my anger." Last
week I wrote a letter to Rodger Lancaster,
Ann Bryn and Vince Brown and it must
have been obvious that I was angry.
In retrospect I said it and I'm glad, but
still I am left with some uneasy concerns.
As o~en happens when one speaks in
anger, the focus may be brought too narrowly upon the anger and frustration, and
the real concerns and the real message
become subliminal and lack clarity. Also,
those who are familiar with me know me
for my patience and postive direction.
Words of the four-letter variety are not my
usual habit. The danger is that when one
speaks in anger, the vision becomes blur~ --rea-and clarity- sufferS. - --- - - - ~ - In my letter I had a lot of good things to
say, but because anger and poor vision, I
failed to mention several other points I~d
like to make in this one. Let me give it a
try ...
In Defense of Ann and Vince
One of the things I did not say was that
although I was angry, I still felt a great deal
of respect for Ann and Vince because at
least here are two people taking action on
something they felt very strongly about. It
is important to me that people know that
I have no quarrel with much of the message
that these students are trying to get across.
The issue of rape is a very frustrating and
helpless one. Perhaps what they should
have said was "Are you alive? Pinch and
fmd out!" I share the opinion that people
should be more participative here. These
is far too much apathy. I also believe that
"you can make a difference" -try it.
But what I was trying to get across is
that vandalism is not the medium that
should be used, supported, or condoned. It
is not a positive method. Only positive
methods will cancel out the negative actions
of rape, apathy and anger. I for one am saddened that these acts of graffiti, vandalism',
violence and destruction have brought the
campaign against these issues down to the
level of bathroom literature. Surely you can
do better than this! I am asking those of you
who may support this kind of activity to
stop and reconsider.
Foot shot?
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I ask you to reconsider for .several
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May 12, 1988
May 12, 1988
MEChA disassociates from FUCK'M
ed both in the new housing cotnplex and at
reasons. The first I tried to make evident
the Overhulse cut between Driftwood and
last week. Graffiti against violent acts is
the Recreation fields. New lighting addiparadoxical. It is itself a violent act against
tions to the parking lots is being studied to
another (quite innocent group). In the sixflll in shadowed areas caused by growing
ites Vietnam protest days we used to say
trees. ·
that fighting for peace is like (not this time)
I know there is much more that should
for chastity. It won't work!
be done in education, conscious raising, and
The second reason is that judging from
physical changes, but my point is that the
several reactions in the CPJto graffiti and
methods which violate the physical structhe activities of the "FUCK'EM" folks (not
tures are destructive to the very folks that
to mention the "Grape Gang") I think you
are attempting to help. To me, the graffiti
are shooting yourself in the foot! Your
technique is a very shortsighted method.
respective messages are flying back into
There are some other reminders I'd like
your faces-not because the message is bad,
to add. What about some of the personal
not because people don't believe in free
things that support staff do for students?
speech, but because people don't like being
Ask Kirsten who dug the hole for the May
victimized. Informed, yes, but not victimizPole, stored it and delivered it up on camed. Whether the issue is dogs, rape, apathy
pus? Who helped by loaning tools? Who
or administrative shortcomings, it hurts to
retrieves · hackeysacks from the Lectur.e
be hit on the head! I ask you to considerare you really advancing y(J~auselJr caus- - - - Hall roofs?-WB:ohelps the ·occasional-artist
erect a work when they need help? Who
ing a backlash? Wake up!
helps the little people find lost parents? I
The third but probably not the last reason
could go on ... It is the same folks who feel
is the cost of this kind of activity. Yes, I
victimized by graffiti. Not just your special
know it's the publicity that counts-I real" issue statements," but the daily restroom
ly don't expect the money part will convince
variety, and felt pen crowd.. Give us a
the hard-core graffiti vandal. It's an irrational and illogical act to begin with, done
break!
by (I suppose) an irrational and illogical perSee page 30
son, so how will logic succeed? Well, if you
are not interested, perhaps most of the
other readers are. The first time we went
to work cleaning up, it cost about $3,000.
We have not finished cleaning this recent
episode (six or seven .interior spaces, nine
or ten exterior), but I'm estimating about
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$5,000 before we're through.
I don't think graffiti makes any friends.
In response to Cynthia Philiips-a
member of a student group which formerly called themselves FUCK'EM and is now
refered to as Mr. Rogers Revolutionary
Neighborhood. On May 4, an open-mike
forum was held in'the CAB Lobby. During
the open discussion Cynthia Phillip~ made
reference to MEChA, which according to
Cynthia supposedly supports her and her
group. Since no representative of MEChA
was there, we cannot specify the dialogue
which issued. However it is MEChA's
undersianding that Phillips made . comments in lieu of MECbA's supporting her
and her assertions; Allow us to make it
clear that we were not aware of her connections with the aforementioned organization. Until a letter was recently received
directly from Phillips-to which we will now
refer. .
Ms. Phillips, you have misrepresented
yourself and your constituency by not identifying your purposes. Upon coming to the
_~~Qh~officeo~~.!il18Lyou.~tated that
you were a Chicana student and that you
were putting on a hake sale with other
students in your program and needed some
reCipes for autheqtic Mexican food, you also
needed authentic Mexican clothing and
tablecloth or blankets. You did not at that
time mention your program or the organization to which you belong. You returned
again on April 26, this time to ask if we
would reserve tables for you in the CAB
and if we would give you some information
on the Farm Workers. Again you did not
mention the name of your group or your
purpose of the bake sale or mention your
program. A constituent of MEChA was in
the office at the time and she does not recall
CRU.ISE SHIPS
What have we done for you lately?
I mentioned that there are a lot of·
dedicated staff here at Evergreen that pick
up the pieces of thoughtless folks. There
are. Somewhere around a hundred of them.
Custodians, mechanics, grounds and landscape staff-even several students. It has
been said that this place . belongs to the
students, but we believe that it belongs. to
us, too. There is a high level of pride here.
We believe it is our challenge to maintain
the face of Evergreen and its image as an
environmentally aware, environmentally
clean, and, yes, environmentally safe place
to be.
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The issue of rape is not yours alone. This
year we have been personally involved with
efforts (positive ones) toward the
discouragement of conditions which encourage rape. Better lighting has been add-
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you mentioning anything either except that
you would return the following day for the
information and recipes. You never did
return. The next time we had any
knowledge of you was at the open-mike on
May 4. Let us state here and now Ms.
Phillips, that you are not a member of
MEChA and to say you are, is misrepresentive. MEChA chooses not to associate itself
with your group and its actions. MEChA
does not support you and your group and
for you to say such on May 4 is misleading
and ludicrous. MEChA was never made
aware of your intentions and purpose. It appears to us that you used the name of
MEChA to gain validity and credability for
yourself and the group to which you belong.
You have never attended a single scheduled meeting, you have never been involved
with MEChA's activities particulary with
regards to our work with-the United Farm
Workers and you have never dropped by
the office prior to April 18, to introduce
your~elf ~n<!p.articip'at~J!!, a_mem.bet._Being a member of MEChA requires an
. unselfISh commitment and sensitivity to the
goals and objectivites of MEChA. Ms.
Phillips we commend you and your support
of the Farm Workers but what about supporting your Chicano and Latino brothers
and sisters right here on campus and within
the local community? Surely if you were so
concerned with your brothers and sisters
right here and the issues they must confront and deal with you would have expressed concern and offered support
sooner.
Ms. Philips we get the impression from
your actions and your letter that it is not
what you can do for MECha, in the way of
truly participating and calling yourself a
'member, but what MEChA carl do for you,
when it comes to giving yourself validity
and using MEChA as accreditation that
supports you and your group. It is
MEChA's belief, Ms. Phillips, that you have
in no way fulfilled the expectations as a
member of MEChA. Let the record show
that MEChA disassociates -itself with your
group.
Again, MEChA would like to restate that
we dQ not disassociate ourselves with Cynthia Phillips but with the Behavior and Actions of the group Mr. Rogers Revolutionary Neighborhood.
MEChA mounts unfair attack
In response to the letter I recieved I Cynthia Pillips never in my dealings with
MEChA intentionally hid my participation
in the political group Mr. Roger's
N eighorhood. When I spoke over the
microphone I said yes that MEChA was
proud of me and the work we had done with
the field workers this is the impression I
had recieved when speaking with people at
the MEChA office~ When I said I was an
active member of MEChA my words do not
lie. MEChA is set up as I understand it to
promote the culture and people of Latino
background-this is wha~ my efforts selling
traditional Mexican food and showing the
fIlm Wrath of Grapes over four times outside of the CAB telling of the plight of the
field workers has been my attempts to do.
Now you tell me I am not a member then
wilY did I receive the fll'st peoples
newsletter this month? You tell me you had
never SEEN of me before recently. Possible you still have on fIle letters I wrote in
Sept/Oct asking why MEChA had no
speakers speaking out against the
discriminatory policies of the master plan.
Maybe Hugo remembers me showing him
a poem I had written about the plight of the
fieldworkers eariler this year. You state
that I used MEChA to gain credibility and
response I must say that I need no
organization of people to tell me who and
what I am. Yo soy independiente de todas
organiza Ciones soy la hija de mi Raza
madura, hija de la raza del sol. The only
thing I asked of MECha was that you defend me. in an unfair attack your response
was a three page letter saying 'you don't
know who I am. I went to you because it
so strange to believe that a Latino organization would be proud to promote her people's
cause as she sees fit.
At this point I must ask you are you my ·
people? When you respond to a personal letter asking for help with a three page letter
asking for help with a three page public letter to various organizations saying you
don't know me, like me, believe in me? Are
you my people when I raise the question
of is it people of color best interest to have
an Indian student over a microphone say
"your just a bunch of white people who
don't know anything." This question was
never adressed in the letter I received in
reply.
Yesterday you told me you might be able
to pay for my bus ticket to go work with
the field workers in Northern California. I
must respond tha~ if you condemn me in a
three page letter to the CPJ, a Free Press,
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May
12, 1988
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that "all regular gov,emance procedures,
OLD NEWS
rules, and policies of the College shal remain in effect" during a strike.
Fifteen Years:
A letter to the CPJ complained that
Darrel Phare was 'interviewed on KAOS "There is no Spirit here. We have no myths
about racism at Evergreen, the cause of his to support an abstract feeling of communiresignation in March. he reconsidered in
ty ... The school is constantly getting
April when the Academic Deans approved criticism from its students for the lack of
the Native American studies program, things to do ... this letter should show how
which he had helped design, and agreed to little life this place really has, little happenpermit Native American faculty members ings in the way of brilliant process in comto participate in faculty recruitment, orien- ing together as a united body ofpeople ... "
tation, and hiring.
The S&A Board ' was looking for a new
Six representatives from the City of Lon- coordinator.
don, England Polytechnic's School of
Five Years:
Business Studies were scheduled to visit
The 1984-1985 proposed curriculum was
Evergreen this week. Evergreen was to be ' posted for community comment. T~~ ~ir
one of the four American colleges they ' riculum showed "an increased sensItivIty
would visit in their Canadian!American
to student demands for clearer curricular
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tour in search of "the lessons of growth." , pathways." " .
- -- ~'Mobite-Schuol Unit gl'oup-contract -- · -AIi art1cle' a-=p=pe-=-:a=
red~in"tn;h:::;:e'C""'P[TJ-r;;.complaiil::- was looking for students to spend the suming that "the systems of student govermer developing teaching skills and preparnance based on philosphy have been
ing "instructional units" so they would be
neglected, while the group based on
ready in the fall to visit rural school
budgets has been the object of student indistricts.
terest and controversey." The Evergreen
The Paper (Evergreen's newspaper),
Council, the forum for student governane
noticing the lack of minority concerns
"based on philosophy and ideals," was not
adhering to the guidelines set out for it by
represented in their publications, offered a
"plea to minority persons to contribute t9
The Paper... minorities are different in
many perspectives and should project their
difference with more communication. We
must reshape The Paper, which is mostly
intended for white audiences, into one of
.r'
the multi-ethnic complexities."
The topic for this month's Evergreen
poem by Patricia
Symposium was "Our Image." In his Symdedicated to
posium essay, Charles McCann emphasised things the Evergreen community could
do to improve its image, saying, "The important thing is to concentrate on making
what we say we are doing real." Vice PresiOf One Race
dent David Barry suggested that we create
ways for the legislature to communicate
clutching skins
with and analyse Evergreen.
chocolate with wool
Ten ,Years:
The DTF on Evergreen's strike proposal
vanilla with silk
unanimously approved a replacement of
hearts searing
Evergreen's strike policy, which gave the
full of red
president and vice-presidents the authority to suspend all rules and policies and "fire,
discipline, demote, hire, transfer, reassign,
and/or otherwise effect the employment of
persons at The Evergreen State College."
,,
The DTF's proposed policy provided that
members of a group of strikers "will not be
subject to dismissal for participating," and
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her husband
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windows crying
to be let
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0pinion
Stopping the war starts here
COG III and therefore exeereiied tittle of
its allotted pOwer. ,Whi1et~ S6A 808rd,
on the other hand, 'bad no such problem,
they "were not designed 'to deterinUle
policy or consider the issues of academics
and administration." ,
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waves lash
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by BrUln Sorenson.
Stopping The War Starts Here
Legal rally and Nonviolent Action to Stop
U.S. Intervention in Central America.
across the inbound and outboard lanes. The
fic to see. I relieved a man at the end of
protestors slowly, almost reluctantly, filed
along banner which said "100,000 Central
out across the road in front of the gates,
Americans Murdered Since 1980." I
chanting and holding hands. The gate was
shivered as the cold wind blew fiercely. I
closed and traffic stopped.
watched the people in cars as they passed
This announcement, appearing around
Suddenly, two columns of military police
underneath. The freeway exits were blockcampus recently, inspired me to participate
came running. They wore helmets with
ed by cones, and police cars were
in a rally at Fort Lewis on Saturday, April
plastic face shields, and carried long, thick
everywhere. It was obvious that something
30. It was a fascinating and moving
riot sticks. They came to an abrupt halt on
was going on. Some honked and waved in
experience.
each side of the entrance. As state police
support. Others flipped us off.
After parking near the gate, I and others
scrambled to close the 1-5 exits,
Something began to happen. I couldn't
photographers and cameramen frantically
quite tell what it was. soon blue uniformed
walked across Interstate 5 and joined the
crowd just outside Dupont gate on a narpositioned themselves in anticipation. Tenpolice could be seen carrying and dragging
sion mounted as police waved motorists to
protestors to waiting police cars. These prorow strip of grass. Som~ carried white
crosses with names of dead soldiers,
leave the area. More police cars arrived.
testors were handcuffed, but were not
Lights were flashing.
struggling. They were stuffed into police
relatives and other Americans. A speaker
system had been erected, helium balloons
Three stale police, one carrying a
cars until the cars were full. Slowly an olivewere being blown up, and an Army
bullhorn, approached from the gate guardrab Army bus bulldozed its way out of the
helicopter circled overheado:- Five people
dhouse. They moved to within ten feet of
base, arid the remaining activists who constood near the gate holding a huge banner
the demonstrators, and began shouting intinued to block the road were arrested and
which said "U.S" OUT OF CENTRAL
comprehensivle things through the
put aboard this bus.
AMERICA." Protesters passed out leaflets
bullhorn. The demonstrators were too
I think three purposes were served by
_ .to .scldiers_entering....the-hase:.A-nervous---I'nleois~ey-ehaflt-ed-loudly--and held-signs .- --th~is~d~em~'~ons
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high. Soon the three police officers turned
the soldiers of Fort Lewis, the activists
IDs just insde the gate, military police in
and went back to the guardhouse.
made them aware that there are alterDemonstrators took turns speaking
natives to military solutions, and that they
riot gear coul4 be ,seen in the distance.
One group of demonstrators were huddlthrough a megaphone. Some were Vietnam
have the option to resist from within if they
veterans. They spoke to the soldiers. The
choose to.
ed together discussing' civil disobedience
procedures and determining precisely who
basic message: We're not against you.
Because of the press coverage that this
would participate in the action of the day'.
We're your brothers. Just listen to what we
demonst~t.ion received, other Americans
I observed them for a while: They were nerhave to say, and then think it over. That's
may understand that they don't have to go
vO!lS, but they were joking and smiling enall we ask. Thousands of innocent people
along with our government's policies in
couragingly at each other. They spoke
are dying in Central America because of the
Central America. They can disagree. There
Reagan administration's funding of the conare opportunities to voice their opposition.
about the difference between a "state action" and a "federal action." To climb the
tras. You are part of that process. Please
Also, the.-combined effect of all twentyfence or enter illegally on to the base would
join us.
one demonstrations sends a signal to our
be a "federal action." The consensus seemd
This went on for over an hour. No move
state and federal representatives, as well
was made by the a~thorities during this
as well as to the Reagan Administration.
to be to conduct a "state action."
It's important for them to hear the way we
Dark and ominous clouds moved in from
time. I walked out on to the freeway overthe west. The wind picked up. Everyone
pass. Demonstrators were hanging banners
feel about certain issues, especially ones
buttoned up their coats and moved closer
over the sides for both directions of trafwhich affect people's lives.
together. People began to speak. Officials
from "Pledge of Resistence" spoke first.
They said this demonstration was one of
twenty-one occurring simultaneously at
military installations throughout the United
states. It began to rain. A man played his
guitar and sang vehemently about death in
Central America. Soon it was pouring. The
Army helicopter continued to circle, moving closer to the demonstrators. Some turned and waved at the pilots. Others flashed
peace signs. Children played.
The wind blew stronger and a hailstorm
ensued. Everyone stood fast. Hoods and
umbrellas went up. A chant began. those
who had crosses pounded them into the
ground. Upon instruction the group moved slowly toward the gate; A dozen state
police in yellow overcoats materialized just
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inside the entrance. They formed a line
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May 12, 1988
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Student Stefan Abaun
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by Dawn Weber
Graduating senior Stefan Abaun will be
presenting his band "New Menu" as his
senior recital project. They will perfonn all
original and very danceable music.
"Our music combines elements of jazz,
R&B, soul, and modern funk," said Stefan.
"New Menu" comprises seven members,
including Evergreen student Barbara
Zelano on lead and background vocals; Den·
nis Hastings, lead and background vocals;
Steve Munger, saxophone, background
vocals; David Broyles, guitar, background
vocals; Tomas Black, keyboards,
background vocals; Steven Bentley, drums;
and Stefan Abaun, electric bass. Tracy Ufford also combines techinical proficiency
and creative talents to her role as light
engineer.
"For all of us this certain style of music
is new," said Stefan, "because all the songs
are original and it's been a learning experience because we aren't copying other
people's style."
"New Menu" will perfonn two free concerts May 27 and 28 at 8:00 pm at the
Evergreen Recital Hall.
by Dawn Weber
Five thousand of the :qnest musicians,
dancers and artisans in the Pacific Northwest will gather in Seattle over Memorial
Day weekend for the 19~ Northwest
Folklife Festival. Held every year at the
Seattle Center, "Folklife" showcruies the
work of traditional perfonners and craftspeople who are dedicated to preserving
our diverse ethnic and traditional American
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cutlural heritage.
The Festival is free, and opens at noon
on Friday, May 27, with Seattle Mayor
Charles Royer and other special guests officially kicking off the event of 12:30. Saturday, Sunday and Monday the Festival
hours are 11:00 am to midnight. For more
infonnation contact the Northwest Folklife
Festival, 305 Harrison St., Seattle, WA
98109; (206) 684-7300.
Medium Cool" reflects 60s
by Dawn Weber
Medium Cool is a unique and stunning
fIlm about a television cameraman who is
made apathetic by the astonishing events
around him.
Director/writer/cinematographer Wexler
used real footage he shot at the 1968
Democratic convention and subsequent
riots as a basis for this ultra-realistic fIlm.
Wexler creates a provocative film mixing
a cinema verite style with dramatic action
After considerable discussion, we chose to
print the letter as an opinion piece (page
25). Early Wednesday, Fresia returned to
the office submitting a letter for one of his
students, requesting we not print the letter,
but that it would be grounds for us to not
print the MEChA letter.
We, as a staff, still chose to print the letter. Nearing 5 p.m . Wednesday, Cynthia
Phillips comes herself to the office, this time
requesting we print her response (also on
page 25).
All of this to point out the irony of a
group, namely Mr. Rogers Revolutionary
Neighborhood, and its faculty advisor, who
calls the CP J a mouthpiece," yet dares to
ask us to withhold a student-submitted opinion. Who are you kidding?
by placing actors at real events. He confronts the media's detachment as well as
its tendency to support the status quo and
ignore minority voices and visions.
The film effects a stimulating comment
on the quality of life in the sOOties. All the
political themes of the 1960s are here. Let
yourself be educated, or reminded.
Medium Cool will be playing May22 and
23 at 6:30 and 9:00 at the Capitol Theatre
located 206 East 5th, downtown Olympia.
One last item. Congratulations are due
Ruth Dean in beating her case at court, apparently without testimony. As a feminist
I'm genuinely pleased.
Yet, the whole issue has raised some
disTurOlng quesliondorrne.Why-hove-le1l--countered so many men so interested in this
issue? I hope "the men in solidarity with
women with breasts, vaginas ... " (see
poster in the CAB) are sincerely interested
in equality for women; but if. they are, why
didn't I see many men at the Rape
Awareness seminars? Where were the men
during International Women's Week
celebrating
our
struggles
and
achievements?
Janis Byrd
"Listening for Life" -An evening ofinfonnativ,e,
skill-building workshops for adolescents and
parents. Starts at 7pm at the North Thurston
High School. This event is free. Call 754-3888 for
more information. ,
Innerplace is sponsoring "Experiencing the
Divine: The Roots of Ritual" at 7pm in Lab I
3033. Call X6145 for more infonnation.
Big Idea and Local Magnetic Disturbance are
featured at a benefit dance tonight at 9pm in
IA3OO. Cost is $3-$5. Childcare will be provided.
There is a resume writing workshop in Ll406
from 1l:30am·12:3Opm.
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Two educators who spent last year on sabbatical
in Israel will discuss the issues of the Arab-Israeli
conflict, the US's involvement, and the prospects
for peace at 2pm todat at 149 Circle Drive, Lacey.
' Call 491-9093 or 438-5161 for more information.
Monday, May 16
"Hidden Job Market" -A workshop in Ll406 from
12-1pm.
There is a workshop entitled "Resume Writing
For Internships" in L1406 from 12·1pm.
The deadline for the Carleton Monis Cooley
Scholarship has been extended to today. This
--- - SCliOlarsrup is-wOHh- $500: It- is open-ro
standing students, i.e. those who have completed
135 credits by the end of spring quarter, and who
have demonstrated excellence in writing the
English language and who have ~ulatedthe
equivalent of 48 quarted credits in English course
equivalencies. Preference will be given to
students who participate in college govemance.
For further infonnation, contact the Dean of
Enrollment Services Office, Ll221, or call X6310.
Saturday, May 14
The Tacoma Youth Symphony's silver anniversary season will close with a Gala celebration concert tonight at 7:30pm in Tacoma's Pantages Centre at 9th and Broadway. Call 627·2792 for
reservations.
The Old-TPne Country Dance is featuring live
music with Laurie Andress and Friends and
caller Lutherr Black. ~s at Bpm at the South
Bay Grange, 3918 S1eater-Kinney Rd NE, Olympia. Admission is $4; $2 for juniors and seniors. '
Call 754-6230 for more information.
~1.
The Olympia Film Society presents "In the Year
of the Pig" and "Sammie and Rosie Get Laid"
at the Capitol Theatre. "In the Year of the Pig"
shows at 6:30pm today and at 9pm on Monday.
"Sammie and Rosie Get Laid" shows at 9pm today and at 6:30pm on Monday. Call 754-6670 for
more information.
Friday, May 13
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The first ever Monis Dance Tour of South Puget
Sound takes place today with their roving Olde
English ritualized dance and street theatre. Appearances will be at: Ham on the State Capitol
Lawn, l2:3Opm at TESC, 3:15pm at the Wooden
Boat Festival, and 8:30pm at the Olympia Old·
Time Country Dance. 00526-0707 or 367-5346
for more infonnation.
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"Employment Interviewing" -A workshop in
Ll406 from 12-1pm.
Wednesday, May 18
Olympia Contragate Alert is holding an activists'
meeting for people interested in working in the
support of the Christic Institute Lawsuit tonight
at 7:30pm. Call 367.a928 for more infonnation and
the exact location of the meeting.
Thursday, May 19
CAMPUS TO COMMUNITY: BUILDING
SUCCESSFUL COALITIONS. Chicana labor
activist Yolanda Alaniz, and Heidi Durham,
pioneer tradeswoman, will speak on the ABC's
of building broadbased coalitions tonight at
7:30pm. Takes place at the Ethnic Cultural
Center Asian Room, 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE.
Dinner will be served at 6:30pm for $5. For rides
or childcare, call in advance at 722~7.
Wheelchair accessible.
You and your family are invited to an open house
to learn what a' group of Thurston County
residents are doing to clean up our inlet and rn8ke
sure that it stays clean in the future. Takes place
from 7-9pm at the South Bay Grange.
"How to Plan Your Career" -A workshop in
L1406 from 12:30-1:3Opm.
Friday, May 20
The board of Thurston County Commissioners
have set two new meetings this month to continue working through the draft County Comprehensive Plan in preparation for final adoption.
Took place two Mondays ago and continues today from 3-5pm at the Thurston County Courthouse, 2000 Lakeridge Dr SW.
Evergreen Galleries is hosting a Student Visual
Arts Competition in Galleries 2 and 4. All
students cUlTently enrolled at Evergreen are
eligible to enter at Gallery 4 today from 9am4pm.
No works will be accepted before or after these
times. The competition is open to two and three
dimensional works and all students are welcome
to enter. Exhibit dates will be from May 23
through June 5. For more infonnation, call Peter
Ramsey CuratorlManager at X6488.
Tuesday, May 17
Sunday, May 15
The City of Olympia's Environmental Review officer has scheduled a public meeting today for
the purpose of recieving comment 'on the EllS
process and tentative sites. For scheduled time
and more information, call Roger Dean at
786-8585.
The Energy Outreach Center is holding a
workshop called "Bicycling: An Energy Efficient
Solution" today from 1-3pm in their rear parking lot. The workshop will cover maintenance,
safety tips, and equipment use. Please call ahead
to register at 9434595.
Peter White, Certified Acupuncturist, will be the
guest speaker on the topic "The Wonders of
Acupuncture." This lecture and film presentation starts at 7pm in LH4. For more information,
call X6145.
Safeplace, Rape Relief, and Woman's Shelter
Program are having a gala Community Recognition Night/Auction tonight from 6-1Opm at the
Olympia Community Center. Items to be auctioned include weekend getaways to Victoria and
along the Washington coast, a Capital Villiage
Mall shopping spree, a weekend llama pack trip
for two, and more. Tickets are $5.
Safeplace, Rape Relief, and Women's Shelter
Program are having a gala Community Recognition Night/Auction tonight from 6:30-9:3Opm at
the Olympia Community Center. Items to be auctioned include weekend getaways to Victoria and
along the Washington coast, a Capital Villiage
Mall shopping spree, a weekend llama pack trip
for two, and more. Tickets are $5.
"Resume Writing for Hot Summer Jobs" -A
workshop in Ll406 from 12:30-1:3Opm.
Saturday, May 21
The Thurston County Fair is looking for a
"regal" goat to serve as mascot to the 1988 fair.
The goat will be chosen in an open competition
today at the fairgrounds. Call 786-5453 for more
infonnation.
KAOS is holding its first ever Music Swap Meet
today at 9am in CAB 108. Call 357-5974 to
reserve a table or for more information.
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Sunday, May 22
The Olympia Waldorf School is having a spring
picnic and auction today from 12-4pm. I terns to
be auctioned include a 1 hour scenic flight over
Olympia, a catered French meal, a magic show,
and more. Takes place at the Schmidt Mansion.
Call 754-0020 for more information.
The Thurston County Women's Political Caucus
will hold its 1988 convention today from
1:30-4:3Opm at the Olympia Center. Call 754-9319
for more information. Childcare will be provided.
Tuesday, May 24
"Non-Traditional or Alternative Careers" -A
workshop in Ll406A from 12:30-2:30pm.
Ongoing
Internship Opportunity: Get involved with the
Washington Centennial. Co-op Ed. has an opportunity in Public Relations available for summer
and fall For more information, contact Co-op Ed.
L1407.
Applications are now being acct:pted for students
who wish to conduct internships for summer or
fall quarters. APPLY NOW!! ALL APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST
COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. (There is a limit
on the number of students who may conduct internships each quarter.)
The Olympia AIDS Task Force wishes to an·
nounce their support group for persons with
AIDS, ARC, HIV +; their families, friends, and
anyone directly involved. The group will meet
every Sunday Evening from 6-8pm in room 200
at St. Peter Hospital. For more information, call
the Olympia AIDS Task Force at 352-2375 or
Counseling Consultants at 786-8879.
Applications are now being accepted for the
ParalYZE:d Vetrans of America/Y outh for Vietnam Vetrans Scholarship Fund. For applications
and more information contact: Scholarship Committee; c/o Paralyzed Vetrans of America; 801
18th St NW; Washington DC 20006.
"Enhancing Your Communication Style: Asser-.
tive· Skills" meets every Wednesday from
7-8:30pm in L3503. Learn the difference between
assertive, passive , and aggressive behavior.
Enhance your relationships with these skills.
Contact the Counseling Center for more information at X6800.
,
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The Socialist Study Group meets every Wednes:
.day at 7pm in CAB 108. For more information
call 723..5330.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Tuesday and
Thursday from 12-1pm in L3503. ·
Adult Children of Alcoholics meets every
Wednesday from 5:30-7pm in L3503. No registration is necessary.
Narcotics Anonymous meets every Thursday
from 8-9:30pm in L3503.
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continued from page 30
So last week (after blowing my top), I met
with my staff. They were angry, too. We
had a long discussion about the recent graffiti and the damage done. I reminded them
that this kind of violence is perpetuated by
just a very few. The reality is that one of
the many pleasures in my work here and
for them, too, is the interaction with and
working with many of the fine students
here at Evergreen (without their help we'd
be lost!).
The result of that meeting was a resolve
for ourselves and the rest of Evergreen
that graffiti will not be tolerated_ Yes, we
know that we can't stop it, but we can make
it a priority. And we did. We do take it personally and we're proud of it! I want to
publicly thank my entire staff for the
outstanding job of restoration they did last
week.
As for Ann, Vince and Roger, I hope you
are still strongly committed to your issues,
but not to your same tactics. 1'd rather we
were on the same path than parallel ones.
photos by Larry Cook
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the first peoples coalition and the S&A
board I would rather that you didn't pay
for my bus ticket. I approached you at the
MEChA office confidentially in an issue as
I saw it between two people of color. Your
response instead of supportive was to
publicly slander me again I must ask; are
you my people? I feel so hurt to me attacked by my own raza that it transcends
words. I am an 18 year old woman who does
not wish to be abandoned by her people. I
stand with a clear conscience over my actions. I live by the moral code that I see
fit I will not bend to conform to ideas I do
not believe in nor will I hang my head in
sham~ for saying over a microphone that
my people support me in my actions.
Thomas Villanueva and the President of the
Washington Chapter of the United Farm
Workers came to our group and said thankyou for the work we had done in support
of people? I don't want to fued with my own
people please retract all the letters you
have sent out. I want to believe that you're
my people.
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that it's accurate 'and
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Wanted to rent for 6 weeks in July and
August. Tw%r Three Bedroom, Furnished
house. WATERFRONT OR VrEW.
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CALL 491-6543.
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I guess I do believe in
it if it's situational,
because
I
guess
everything is situational. You can look at
things from different
points of view, and if
astrology happens to be
one of the factors ... I
think I do believe in it; I
really do. It's something
that's not complete but
yet it's there.
PET S
COSMIC CAT
SEEKING HUMANS FOR BONDING &
MUTUAL ENLIGHTENMENT.
CONTACT LOCAL TRANSFER
STATION • 786-8321
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Like Ronald Reagan?
-Actually it's Nancy, I
guess. I don't know
about that... wt really; I
don't be'lieve in . it,
because
it's
unChristian.