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11,,\\5 ISSUE J
volume
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issue V
october 23,
LETTERS
Editor's note
CONTENTS
We feel pretty good about this
issue. Probably more than any
other, it has taught us things we
didn't know, and helped us to feel
that we are performing a valuable
service.
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COVER STORY
Much of the writing this week
4... The Gay and Lesbian Communities .. by Polly Trout
is on the gay and Lesbian communities; whether you are
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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY NEWS
homosexual or not, there should
6... Stolen comput~rs, president/student forum, $ in South Africa
be plenty of challenging ideas in
these pages.
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OP/EC
When I made my flrst venture
14... Homosexual promiscuity ~ by James A. Martin
into the LGRC last" week, I think
there was some apprehension on
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ARTS & CULTURE
both sides about the outcome of
15 ... Nicarag~Book Review, EAN
this "theme" issue. Our naivete,
combined with the coordinators'
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POEMS
experiences
with
public
16... Love is a constant interrogation. --Milan Kundera
misconception, made the whole
idea somewhat unsettling for us
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INTERVIEW
all, I believe.
18... Michael Buckley interviewed by .. Rebecca Blissell
Thanks to the patience and
honesty of the people at the
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STUDENT GROUPS
LGRC, however, this issue has a
20 ... LGRC, WashPIRG's Referendum 40 kick-off
lot to offer.
Polly Trout's cover story ac•
HEALTH AND RECREATION
quaints us with the gay and Les22 ... Safe sex, tennis playing alum
bian communities at Evergreen-as much as these extremely
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CALENDAR
diverse groups can be labeled
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James Martin, co-coordinator of • I
the LG RC, worked very hard on
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his opinion piece concerning
The COOPER POINT JOURNAL is published weekly for the students, staff and faculty of the
homosexual promiscuity, and ofEvergreen State College, and the surrounding community. Views expressed are not necessarifers us some intriguing insights.
ly those of the college or the JOURNAL's staff. Advertising material contained herein does not
Look also for poetry and artimply endorsement by the JOURNAL. The office is located at The Evergreen State College, Campus
Acitivities Building, Room 306. The phone number is 866-6000, x6213~ All calendar announcements
work dealing with gay issues.
must be double-spaced, listed by category, and submitted no later than noon on Monday for that
When groups pool their efforts
week's publication. All letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, signed,and must into bring about a heightened
clude a daytime phone number where the authur can be reached. Letters and display advertising must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Monday for that week's publication.
awareness of an important and
sensitive issue, to bring about
understanding and acceptance,
Editor: Jennifer Seymore 0 Managing Editor: Polly Trout 0 Art Director: Rebecca BlisseD 0 Photo
Editor: Dominique Sepser 0 Assistant ~hoto Editors: Carolyn Skye, Matthew Green 0 Poetry
then we approach one of our comEditor: Paul Pope 0 Contributing Sports Editor: Jacob Weisman 0 Reporter: Benjamin Barrett
munity's most sacred ideals:
o Advisor: Susan Finkel 0 Business Manager: Felicia Clayburg 0 Production and Distribution:
Please, honor diversity.
Meredith Cole 0 Advertising Manager: David George 0 Advertising Assiste,nts: Julie Williamson
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and David Peterson 0 Typist: Jennifer Matlick
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--Jennifer Seymore
The Information for Action (IF A) Steering Committee finds th~ attempted
takeover of IFA's budget by the very administration paid to support the activities
of student groups to be illegitimate and
intolerable.
The Committee finds that it cannot consent to the hiring of any staff under the present oppressive conditions.
The Committee therefore directs that, in
the even that any attempt is made to hire
a survey coordinator, the entire IF A allocation ($4,450) be immediately returned to S
l A Budget 6000, to be held in reserve or
reallocated by the S l A Board.
The Committee further prohibits any
diversion of IF A's funds to any purpose not
explicitly authorized by the Committee and
the S l A Board.
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For the Committee:
James Mershon
Cheryl Cowan
Dear Editor,
John Christopher is probably the best
thing that has ever happened to the CPJ.
The public outcry to his letters has been
nothing short of tremendous. A better vehicle could not have been found for rallying
support for a campus institution undergoing new and controversial changes; John
Christopher has, single handedly, layed this
issue to rest.
Pretty fortunate for the old CPJ! Pretty
suspicious, if you ask me. Is John
Christopher a member of the CPJ staff!
The responses to his letters certainly seem
to be. The most heated of all the John
Christopher responses is written by
Meredith Cole, the CPJ's Production and
Distribution Manager. Another writer,
Steve Blakeslee is, along with the CPJ's ·
Editor, Jennifer Seymore, a former coeditor of the literary sensation, Slightly
West. And then there's the letter by CPJ
typist Jennifer Matlick.
If John Christopher is not, in reality, a
member of the staff, then there is clearly
(a concentrated effort to silence a voice that
~~s been . making some people very
unoDmfortable.
Sincerely,
Ramon Pablo de Martinez Santiago
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January 9, 1985, by the Board of Trustees
is that the resolution specifically relates to
investments of controllable college funds
only. The article suggests that divesting
means any relations by the college with the .
corporations on the Unified List of Companies would be prohibited. I don't think
this was our Board of Trustee's intent. It
would be very difficult to restrict the college purchasing to exclude those companies .
on the Unifled List.
The SAGA Food Corporation has been a
welcome partner at Evergreen. They have
continually and openly responded to meet
our dining needs in the past. I'm sure Marriott will proauce a similar willingness to
maintain its partnership with Evergreen.
Fred,. and this here is .my
edItOrIal, m my editorial space, in the campus ~ublication, the CPJ. I got a lot to say,
but It all started today when I was writing
my mid-term paper on "hippie studies." I
~as hanging out in the lab building, studymg, as I said, when this big bloody bird
came and dumped down this huge load of
dirt down out behind the library, kinda like
where security and those guys park their
cars. Then this tractor come along and
starts smoothin' out all the .dirt. It was going up this hill of dirt when all of a sudden
it like fell over. Bac~ards, I mean, like ~
beetle. The guy in it fell out, I guess, but
there was still this tractor, wheels up in the
air, totally upside town, in what my
gran'daddy would call "ass over tea-kettle."
Always did like that old man; he made some
wild corn liquor. There it was, like a bug
on its back. They fmally got it turned over,
and then things relaxed a bit, but wow,
things were sure tense for awhile.
I feel that this is like way indicative of
how the way things are at this school. Now,
you new greeners just call me a fossil, or
a dinosaur, or an uptight hippie, but I been
here on campus ever since Charlie McCann
was president. I been to over 500 seminars,
46 Housing dances, 190 keggers, and 15
Halloween parties. I've smoked more grass,
taken more acid, eaten more mushrooms ,
and snorted more meth than all of you
freshmen together. I've audited 17 classes,
done 34 gigs for maintainance, and done
more stuff for the peace center than anyone
else in the whole world. I'll eat you pig
fuckers alive in seminar, if I don't like your
political position, and kick your balls between your eyes for sport. Plus granexing
yoor wazookending, with andover
noosbaum.
I guess I have been a hippie too long, so
sorry about my flash-back. Wow, man, that
was really sick. You know anyone who has
any pot, man? I need to relax.
Denis Snyder, director of Bookstore, food
and parking services
Dear CP J staff,
I can't tell you how overjoyed I am watching the improvement you have bee~ making with every issue. You should be very
proud of yourselves.
I really erUoyed reading Jacob Weisman's
story, "Portland Editor remembers Joe
Louis," published in your third issue. You
should encourage him to continue writing ·
such charming and enlightening feature
stories; they make the CPJworth reading.
Keep up the good work.
God Bless you,
Louise Heller
CPJ:
The Evergreen Indian Center would like
to thank the following groups for their participation in our evening with Buddy Redbow and Dennis Banks.
Native American Studies Program
MECha
Evergreen Political Information Center
MAARAVA
The Men's Center
The Peace and Conflict Resolution Center
Environmental Resource Center/Greenet
Innerplace
Fred
Dear Editor,
Todd Anderson's recap of the AntiApartheid Alliance rally in the October 16
edition of the CPJ contained two inaccuracies or misrepresentations in regards
to the Marriot Corporation.
True, the Marriot Corporation purchased SAGA Food Corporation over the summer. However, it is untrue that the Marriott holdings in South Africa include hotels.
Marriott's only involvement in South Africa
i~clude? in-fl~ght airline meals. They have
smce discontmued these operations.
Secondly, my understanding of TESC's
divestiture Resolution No. 1-85 adapted
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With the help of these groups we were
able to raise over $400 to send to the
families of the Columbia River flshermen
currently held as political prisoners because
of exercising their ancestral right to sell
fish. It will be a long struggle for these and
other Indian families trying to survive in
a world of anger and confusion. But not on
their part. Free the people.
Gary Wessels
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tween homosexuality and heterosexuality began in the 1800's. "To
be gay now means a far different thing in America than it has
in other cultures," he said. "There have always been gay practices and desires, but it is a relatively new phenomenon to see
gay people as something totally unto themselves .. .In ancient
Greece, for instance, it was thought that people just had different
preferences for certain aesthetics."
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Today's gays and lesbians are asking far more complex and important questions than what type of genitals they want to touch.
Some fundamental assumptions about gender roles and intimacy
are being challenged. Although some want to remain "just like
everyone else" except for being gay, many are reworking what
the terms sexuality. feminine, masculine, family, and faith mean.
Most homosexuals have rejected the idea that the only healthy
family model is the nuclear family: Mom-and-Dad-and-Buddy-andSis. Most lesbians and some gay men have rejected patriarchy,
a system of male domination which is incorporated into every
aspect of our society, or at least believe it needs to be balanced
.with a greater stress on the power and importance of women in
society.
These challenges to accepted societal norms are sometimes met
with anger and hysteria on the part of heterosexuals who feel that
their own beliefs are being threatened. Generally speaking,
heterosexuals who have examined these questionE:l for themselves
and feel comfortable and informed about their own sexuality can
view homosexuality with greater tolerance and understanding.
This article was written so that members of the Evergreen community might better understand and accept each other by opening up dialogue and dispelling myths about sexual orientation.
It could not have been written without the input of Esther Howard
and James Martin, Lesbian / Gay Resource Center CoCoordinators, and the lesbian and gay-men rap groups. Many
thanks to all who helped out.
"When heterosexuals see the word 'homosexual,' all they see
is three letters in the middle: S-E-X, as if our lives revolve around
our sexuality," Rae Shadowhawk told me. "No one individual can
speak for us all."
Few, if any, generalities can be made about the gay and lesbian
subcultures. Gay people are exactly as diverse in the ways they
connect their sexuality to the rest of their lives as straight people are. Not only is Evergreen made up of straights, gay men,
lesbians and bisexuals, but each of these groups contain people
who are celibate, "married," monogamous, barhoppers, conservative, liberal, progressive, conformist, stereotyped, radical,
bigoted, sexist, spiritual, atheistic, young, old, and parents.
American culture is homophobic. In the past, Evergreen's alternati~e and liberal atmosphere has made a haven for homosexuals.
.This is not to say that homosexuality has been accepted by
everyone here; but at least practicing gays were unlikely to be
"bashed." Some feel that the inflow of the younger, more inexperienced students, combined with the country's swing toward
F.~ani!iffil will mel:!n ~ l~ss toJerant atmosphere on campus.
Homosexuality can be traced back as to the beginning of written
.his~ry, but acco~ding to James Martin, Lesbian/Gay Resource
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"Lesbians as individuals are very diverse people. I'm not just
a lesbian. I'm a student, a biologist, a rower, a swimming teacher,
a lot of things about me don't have to do with being a lesbian,"
says Esther Howard, LGRC Co-coordinator.
Yet being gay, and more importantly the ways gay people are
treated by society, influences a person's entire life. "I am ales·
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"You can not separate it from who I am. Accepting me· means
accepting that part of me."
Esther also said that since some lesbians are celibate, you cannot define sexual orientation on the basis of sexual acts. She defined a lesbian as being "a woman who has other women·as ,the
prim~!Y p'~op'l~ inJ1~":' J!fe. _~~ transcends sexuali~." Most gay people have always been aware of a difference between themselves and their peers. Most became actively' aware
of their sexual orientation during puberty, when they found
themselves sexually attracted to members of their own sex, and
not the other. ".Girls were just more interesting to look at tlian
boys," remembers Esther. In addition to physical, or "chemical"
attraction, many gays and lesbians enjoy the personalities, or
"energy," of the Rame sex more than the opposite sex.
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that I don't damage myself," says Jeremy Morrison. ' .
Attraction
For both straights ~nd gays, what makes one person erotically
attracted to ,ano.ther IS a mystery. Although sex is only one part
of a. person s life~ there are so many misconceptions among
stralgh~s about this aspect of gay life, that sex assumes mythic
proportIons. Perhaps we can address some of these miRconceptions.
"I rmd it a~tractive to see a woman completely at home in her
body and eXIstence - not afraid, feeling her personal power that becomes erotic because it's such a rare thing to see. Body
types don't have much to do with' it," Rae says.
"Lesbians don't have to weigh 100 pounds to be attractive. You
can be yourself, you can be imperfect. Women lovers have been
~ore accepting of my imperfections, and able to see beauty in a
diff~re~t way. I ~ave a friend who isn't pretty, but she's strong.
She s nsked her life for her principles. That's beauty. We all need
to learn to see this," Esther adds .
Gay men interviewed, like straight men, seem to focus more on
ph~sical a~tri?ut~s. "Good looks are more important to having an
actIve s~lal,!ife (m the gay male community) than in the straight
. commumty, one student said.
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Martin sai~ that this was partly because the gay culture
has reJected ~h~ SOCIal rol~s of courtship leading to sex. "For gay
men, courtship IS not avru~able. It's after the act of sex that you
get t? know ~ person. Sex IS the first act, the beginning, so it gets
all this attention. Therefore, a person's physical appearance is often
~h~ .basis of th~ deci~ion of whether or not to have sex, and thus
mItIate a relatIonship."
A Learning Experience
Most gays and lf~~hi:ms at Evergreen feel that their lives are
richer because of the lessons and opportunities their sexual orientation has provided. For instance:
"It's taught me to be more aware of the subtleties that go on
behind facades."
"It's forced me to look at things a lot of people don't really feel
they need to. I don't know how many people really examine their
sexuality. "
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because they've already transcended so many taboos"
"I've found a freedom from expectations. My parents don't keep
asking when I'm getting married."
"I like being able to talk to straight women on a really intense
level," added one gay man.
"I've done a little bit of everything, and I feel I go out of my
way to educate myself."
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Being op~~ly gay can severely limit your job opportunities and
c.areer Sta.bIhty. James theorizes that to combat this, gay people,
hke Jews m the past, tend to specialize in very marketable skills,
such as being a doctor or a lawyer, because those things can't
be tak~n away, and if things get too rough the person can move.
Thus, Gays tend ~?e educated, mobil, and make good money."
Gays are also reallZmg that they can support their cause by supporting the businesses of other gay people. "In America, money
has power," said Esther in explaining why she frequents womenrun bu~inesses. "The gay community is beginning to wield
economIC, as well as political, clout."
Sexual Stereotypes
_ When a hom?sexual subculture was fonning in the fifties, many
gays and lesbIans found themselves copying the heterosexual
molds of the dominant and submissive, "masculine" and "feminine"
partners. You had to be "butch or femme." · .
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This is changing. While some people still feel most comfortable
wi~h t~is straightforward dichotomy, most gays and lesbians are
reJectmg these stereotypes. It is now felt that individuals need
to feel comfortable expressing both their feminine and ~asculine
attributes, and "be themselves."
"~t times I'~e felt I .wasn't l~§.bian enough. lYe thQ~ht ·about
cUttI~g my haIr so I look more lesbian, but I like it this way:
~antmg to fit into the heterosexual mold, why should I just go
~to another mold? Stereotyped roles as a necessity are becommg. obso~ete. ~blem is, with an 'us and them' situation, you want
to Identify WIth something," said Esther.
Sexism
While some outsiders view the gay community as a utopia of
acceptance an.d progressiveness, in fact there is some bad feeling
between lesbIans and gay men. Both communities have small
minority factions of man or woman haters, but a vague feeling. .
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Over the weekend of October 11, someone
broke into an office on campus and stole two
AT&T 6300 computers, one Epson LQl000
printer, and one Hewlett-Packard laserjet
printer. We are of course very distressed
by this incident. We have precious little
money to buy needed equipment for all
academic and administrative units on this
campus. To lose over $7,000 worth of newly installed equipment is a critical blow to
our ability to provide adequate service to
all members of this community. Further, it
is terribly distressful for the staff whose ,?f·
fices were burglarized to deal with the factor of having their sp2.ce violated. It is also
distressful for all of us to know that we
study and learn and work in a place where
some people have no respect or regard for
the rights and privileges of others.
In response to this act, we are of course
working full time to assure that all equipment on campus is better protected. Our
Security Office has filed the stolen property report with the Thurston County
Sheriff's Department.
In addition, we are offering a $100 reward
to anyone who provides information which
leads to the return of the equipment.
If you have information about this inci·
dent please call our Security Office immediately at x6140.
.
Please help us in discouraging this kind
of activity b'y providing any information you
might have.
--Patrick Hill
Students, Olander
hash it out
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at forum
A dozen students attended the Presi~
dent's first student forum of the academic
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, year, Wednesday October 15.
Everyone at the meeting agreed that
Evergreen suffers from a lack of communication. Students urged the college to
require that new students learn about campus governance. This might include ~n
tegrating a 2 credit governa~ce c?urse I~
to Core Programs. Gail Martm, VIce preSIdent for student affairs, mentioned the
possibility of requiring. new ,~tud~nts t~ attend "governance semmars dunng onentation week.
When asked how students could get involved with writing the college's budget request, Olander said students can work wit?
the deans, the "provost's budget commumty" or the President's Adviso~ ~om~it
tee. But Kris Johannsson, admlmstratlVe
assistant to Patrick Hill, said that a provost's budget committee does not exist, and
including students in the process of writing
the budget might not always be practical.
Olander strongly favors the creation of a
labor center on campus to serve the needs
of union members. He believes that the
center would enhance the college's political
position with the legislature.
When asked to define a liberal arts educa·
tion, Olander replied that management and
computer science were liberal arts if taught
in the proper context. He said that a commission investigating the effectiveness of
American business higher education concluded that business schools are producing
people who cannot write, think or analyze.
If there's any school in the country that
teaches students how to do that, it's
Evergreen, Olander said.
"I'm pleased that he's making himself
available, that's really unusual at most colleges," said student Richard Hartley.
Olander holds student forum meetings
once a month for an hour. The next meeting
will take place on Wednesday, November
12 in Library 3112.
_. John Kaiser
SAGA linked ·to
South Africa
Evergreen's connection with South
Africa is being explored through research,
information, and action by those concerned about the SAGA-Marriott-South Africa
connection.
Summarily, the Marriott Corporation
operates in South Africa as that country's
largest hotel/food service chain. In direct
assets, Marriott also ranks 112 in the top
200 U.S. companies doing business in South
Africa.
According to a Wall Street Journal article dated June 24, 1986, Marriott had just
bought the SAGA corporation for $502
million, thus contolling 97% of the shares,
making SAGA a subsidiary. Subsidiaries
are companies that the parent company
controls through ownership of 50% or more
of the stock.
Virtually the same week Marriott bought
SAGA, the Evergreen Board of Trustees
renewed the TESC-SAGA foods contract,
allowing it to operate five more years on
campus. One of its many conditions states
that no other food service may operate during SAGA operation hours.
Denis Snyder, director of the bookstore,
food, and parking services at Evergreen,
stated that SAGA earns approximately
$600,000 yearly from the Evergreen community, 60% of which involved direct patronage, the rest from contracts retained such as the EF language student exchange, and summer conferences held at
Evergreen.
. Vonda Drugmund, director of SAGA at
Evergreen, said that she was unaware of
the SAGA-Marriott·South Africa connection, and requested more time, and information on the matter before making any
policy stateme~ts. "I am sympathetic with
the wishes of the South African blacks
wanting divestment and will find out more
about the situation," Drogmund assured.
Drogmund, a SAGA employee for 21 years,
arid an employee at Evergreen since 1973,
stated that the contract renewal last June
did seem to slip through the cracks of
Trustee procedure. "I'm sure the Board of
Trustees never thought to investigate any
possible changes in SAGA's situation."
The Board of Trustees adopted a resolution in January, 1985, divesting Evergreen
of any assets from South Africa, based on
that country's oppressive apartheid
policies.
Richard Knight, project director of The
Africa Fund, a New York based educational
organization which compiles lists of U.S.
companies doing business in South Africa,
stated over the phone that he received a letter from a Marriott executive last August
stating that Marriott intended to withdraw
from South Africa by the end of this October. Despite attempts to confun the Marriott statement, Knight has not received a
response as of yet. Knight also emphasized that corporations often make such announcements without intending to follow
up. Thus, The Africa Fund, which also collaborates efforts with the United Nations
Center against Apartheid, considers the
statement to be unconfirmed, and prompted
the Evergreen community to continue its
actions against the SAGA contract, until
further information is gathered.
Meanwhile, some action has taken place,
including a petition which urges the termination of the SAGA contract, stating that
the retainment of the contract is "incongruent with the Board of Trustees
resolution (no. 1-85)... " It also demands the
"development of a cooperative, alternating
food service."
Although many students are initiating independent brainstorming sessions to deal
with the issue, the newly-created
Evergreen Anti-Apartheid Alliance is offering its printed resources, pUblications, and
other information to better facilitate
organized efforts. The Alliance is presently located at the Evergreen Political II]formation Center (EPIC), LIB3222, x6144.
--Janine M. Th0'YYU3
Administrator
mistaken
over divestiture
The recent demonstrations by the
Evergreen Anti-Apartheid Alliance have
been drawing attention to areas of the rollege which patronize businesses with
holdings in South Africa. Shell-Oil, a major
holder, is used in campus vans, and SAGA
Foods, which operates the Greenery and
the Deli, is owned by Marriot Hotels, which
also does business in South Africa.
Larry Hildes of EPIC has been working
to sever these connections. Marrlot, he
says, has gotten wind of campus disapproval, and has made plans to pull out.
uTheir corporate director is calling us Monday," he said, but until the pullout is complete all plans for protest will continue.
Our ties to Shell-Oil, on the other hand,
seem to have everyone confused.
When questioned about the use of Shell
gasoline by the motor pool, Ken Winkley,
assistant vice president for administrative
services, said, "We have never used ShellOil, as far as I know. We use Chevron."
L&ter, he phoned back with the information that the motor pool has credit cards
with Chevron, Texaco, Union-76 and Shell.
Ken Jacob, director of Facilities, said that
he did not know that there was student
uniest over our connection with Shell, and
knew of no plans to discontinue business
with them.
Larry Hildes has a different story. He
says that when he spoke with Ken Winkley
over the phone earlier this week, he was
led to believe that Evergreen would no
longer do business with the corporation:
"He said they no longer have any involvement in Shell. Either he wasn't telling the
truth or he was mistaken, I don't know
which," said Larry.
After speaking with student van drivers,
he discovered that they regularly patronize
the Westside Shell Station.
Larry is confident that students will win
out on this issue. "We have all the momentum in the world behind us now. We have
the precedent from Shell itself that if they
receive pressure, they'll pull out."
Larry says that unless the institution .
lives up to its obligations as "the moral
force it claims to be," "there will be action."
--Jennifer Seymore.
Olympians fast
to end war in
Central America
Five people, aided by a "steady stream"
of visitors and supporters, fasted for one
hundred hours in downtown Olympia's
Sylvester Park from October 13 to 17, in
support of four veterans who are "fasting
for life" in Washington D:C. to protest
United States aggression against
Nicaragua.
Two of the veterans, Charles Liteky and
George Mizo, began their fast on
September 1. The other two, Duncan Murphy and Brian Wilson, started fasting on
September 15. Liteky spent two-and-a-half
years as an army chaplain in Viet Nam, and
was awarded the Medal of Honor for his efforts to save U.S. soldiers there. He renounced his medal on July 29, 1986 in protest of U.S. policy in Central America.
Likewise, Mizo renounced the Purple Heart
he received after his two-year stay in Viet
Nam. Wilson is also a veteran of the Viet
Nam war. Murphy helped liberate
prisoners from Belsen concentration campu at the end of World War II. He said that
Belsen survivors told him "the same kind
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Murphy is now "willing to lump together
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were "apt to come up and talk." This
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The vigil's climax came Thursday night
rather than shout at their minds," said
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according to Murney, was that "nobody was
Brownwood encouraged others to help
hearing about the veterans' fast," and they
wanted to give it more publicity.
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The fasters slept in sleeping bags in a
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A fully loaded dump truck filled with
gravel tipped over behind Security's offices
on Monday, around 3 p.m. The truck, owned by the Rainier Pacific Roofing Company,
was delivering a load to the roofing contractors working on the LAB II building. When
they began to unload, the back end flipped
onto its side.
There was no damage to the college's property and no injuries, so no accident report
was filed with Evergreen's Security office,
according to Sargeant Larry Savage.
OJ Security was on the scene, however, to inA sure that no dama2'e was done to campus
property or personnel.
Mter the accident, the roofing company
righted the truck using a crane and two
front-end loaders. The dollar amount of
damage is not known at this point.
CPJ Photo Editor Dominique Sepser encountered objections from roofing company
employees when she attempted to
photograph the damaged vehicle, yet was
persistent in her demands.
"What they wanted to do, basically, was
to hide the fact that they had that acci·
dent," said Dominique.
--Jennifer Seymore
federal government to force states to send
their National Guard to Honduras. The
group also wanted to reiterate Charles
Liteky's recent urging: "What we're asking people to do is to put their bodies where
their mouths are, to stand up for what they
believe in."
Katharine (Kate) Parker
Junior
Stephen Schranruke
Junior
John Hill
Junior
-- Lillian Ford
Lukyn Phipps
Junior
S&A 'overstepping
their limits?'
Eliza.beth Vargas
Senior
A committee is currently researching the
problem of substance abuse on campus.
Because alcohol use is widespread, the committee is concentrating largely on this
aspect. Prue Hathaway, the program :;lSsistant for Housing, said the committee intends to reach some "sane and realistic"
conclusions. The committee is now working
with two other colleges to employ a full"time substance abuse counselor for the
three schools.
The existing Housing procedures deal only with immediate concerns, such as
students who consistently exhibit antisocial behavior when intoxicated. Vandalism and violent behavior when coupled
with alcohol are indicative of problem drink-
Amanda Kincaid
Junior
Last week, an extremely delicate issue was
brought before the newly elected S&A
Board: how much control does the Board
have over student group activities? The
Board consists of six students and one staff
member.
Corey Meador
Staff
Alternates:
The issue concerns the student group Information for Action, which conducted a
survey last year on a wide variety of campus issue". This ye~, IFA has been inform·
ed by ~&A that it must conduct a survey
on student needs and interests relating to
S&A allocations. IF A says they were funded to conduct a survey of their own design.
The problem is made up of a number of
elements. Firstly, IF A (Discretionary
Budget #6015) has protested extensively
regarding their self-determination and
operational autonomy. Secondly, IFA's
relationship with t~e S&A Board has been
called into question. It is described in the
current S&A budgetary outline as follows:
Infact (IFA) serves as a poling organization
to help determine student needs and interests. The Evergreen Administrative
Code requires the S&A Board to perform
a poll of this nature every year before
spring allocations. The board needs to have
a major voice in the nature and timing of
Infact activities."
Thomas Puzzo
Sophomore
Marcia Harrison
Junior
ing. Housing will first respo·nd with one-toone discussion of the possibility that a
drinking problem may exist. If a second inManosothy (Sothy) Ken
cident occurs, another discussion between
Freshperson
staff and student follows and the student
will be put on a sort of probation. However,
Clinton Ells
if such behavior persists, as a last resort,
Housing will terminate the student's housSophomore
ing contract. The director of Housing Jean-- S & A Office
nie Chandler said, "Our role is not to be enforcer, but to teach responsibility."
. If a student feels helshe may have an
alcohol problem and would like to discuss
it with someone, the Counseling Center is
an available option. If a student decides he
or
she has a substance abuse problem, A.A.
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and N .A. both offer closed meetings
(meetings which are closed to the public and
strictly confidential) on campus. Another
option open to st uden t s IS
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Alcohol abuse on campus is increasing,
and, at present, Evergreen staff members
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Perhaps most importantly, S&A's manner of dealing with student groups has
fallen under scrutiny; are they overstepping their limits as regards the selfdetermination and operational autonomy of
the student groups? Members of IF A seem
to think so; but the S&A Board must feef
differently, judging from the'-stipulation
above (second sentence of #6015 description). Both parties, however, are committed to a speedy and equitable resolution,
thereby s~staini!lg the C0111.!llOJU1imJor l!.
concise and efficient survey. The S&A
Board's resolution on the issue will be
published in next week's edition.
-- Lukyn Phipps
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Ever since the offical dissolution of the
Evergreen Council last year, there has
been a noticeable lack of a campus-wide
grievance procedure suited to the needs of
staff, faculty, and students, says Gail Martin, vice president for student affairs. The
result of this has been the emergence of
governance groups suited to particular constituencies, such as the FaCUlty Agenda
Committee, the Staff Union, and several adhoc student groups. This depreciates the
ideals in the 17the section of the social contract, which states that "the governance
system must...(be) ... open to ... all members
of the community ... "
In response to these and other concerns ,
Martin has called a Disappearing Task
Force (DTF) to present a fair and equitable
grievance procedure by December 15. The
DTF will work from a draft of the
grievance, social conduct, and appeal procedures presented by student Hon Holz on
October sixth. It will be the goal of the DTF
to "recommend a structure for student
governance that will ... give clear voice to
student opinion about campus issues" and
develop a philosophy concurrent with this
goal.
Students on campus feel that this is an
essential part of student governance.
"Right now, the whole thing is pretty
vague," says student Mike Egan. Others
like Richard Hartley, are afraid tha~ unles~
the DTF does its work, the school administration will impose its own governance
system upon students .
Students are encouraged to apply for
positions on the DTF) or to give sugges.
tions regarding the whole shebang. Gail
Martin holds an open office meeting every
Monday at noon, and student ideas are
welcomed.
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"one full. time counselor added to the staff
would be adequate."
-- Dave Barrett
New counselor
will be needed
If Joe Olander's proposal to allow an additional 600 to 1000 students to enter
Evergreen over the next two years is carried out, Shary Smith, director of Counseling Services, fears that without a proportionate increase in staff to compensate for
the influx of new students, the service's
ability to effectively serve members of the
Evergreen community will be hindered_
Currently, the counseling staff at the
Health Center cons~sts of Shary Smith and
Barbara Gibson. Whereas other areas of
the Health Center are funded by $15 of
each student's tuition, the Counseling Services are still paid for by institutional funds.
Students may attend as many counseling
sessions as they like. Staff and faculty are
allowed one visit and then directed for further assistance outside the college.
"Two years ago," Smith said, "we allowed students, faculty and staff up to an
hour's time ~ach session. But two years
ago, we had to cut it down to half-an-hour."
Another fear Smith pointed out was that
if there is not increase in staff to accomo date the influx of students, the present
policy of "extended analysis" offered to
Evergreen students will have to be cancelled. Also a much more restrictive screening
policy would have to be implemented to
select the most "needy" students.
BS goals
examined
-- Benjamin Barrett
The future of the Bachelor of Science
degree at Evergreen was one of several
topics discussed at a meeting of the Science,
Technology and Healtp (STH) specialty
area's faculty. The meeting took place on
Wednesday, October 15 in LAB I and was
the fIrst of the academic year.
Janet Ott, a faculty member who led the
meeting, informed the STH faculty that
they must set up an internal review committee to examine the means and ends of
the science, technology and health programs at Evergreen. The committee will
work with an institutional curriculum
review team in evaluating the STH specialtyareas.
"I see this as a good opportunity to look
at our long-term goals for the first time"
said Ott. Goals of the committee include e~
amining the STH contribution to the state
predicting student needs of the STH pro:
~ams, and recommending specifIc changes
rn ST~ pro~ams, such as expanding the
orgamc chemIstry curriculum.
Other .topics the, STH committee hopes
to examrne are the confusion over which
programs can offer upper-division science
credits, and the overall lack of female
students in the STH programs. About 40%
of the "Matter and Motion" students are
female, but this percentage is much lower
in other areas such as computer science.
-- Carl Chatfield
You Can't Afford Not
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The Credit Clinic
GSL clamps down
on independants
How will we
decide who to
accept?
Evergreen is changing, no longer so slowly. With applications overflowing the Admissions Office, decisions on how to accept
people have already started to affect the
student makeup here. While the changes
haven't been too dramatic yet, the prediction is that they soon will be. Steve Hunter,
director of institutional research and planning, outlined many of these issues before
the Board of Trustees on October 8 in his
"Highlights of Preliminary Fall 1986
Enrollment Statistics" report.
A big change for admissions came with
the earlier May application deadline.
Because transfer students tend to start ap·
plying at that time, there were less transfer
students coming into Evergreen this fall,
according to Hunter. The requirement of
being in the upper half of one's class is still
the qualifIcation admissions is looking for,
but something will have to get tougher inorder to keep Evergreen within its budget.
The State allows the college money-perstudent up to a maximum number; as soon
as Evergreen lets too many students in,
there becomes less money per students.
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This means there will have to be tougher
requirements.
Everyone disagrees on how to disqualify
applicants. Most at Evergreen will agree
that grade point average and standardized
test scores wouldn't work here because
Evergreen doesn't allow such callous
assignments to its present students. What,
then? Less conditional·admits (people not
in the top half of their class, but with
enough potential to be allowed to come on
a trial basis) were allowed this year to the
tune of fIfty-nine students - or a fIfty percent reduction from last year. Special
Enrollment (part-time students) was forced down also by ninety-fIve students or
fIfty-eight percent .from last year.
Steve Hunter feels that the trend against
Special Students will continue. With an
eventual goal of 3200 full·time students
(FTE's), the special admits will have to
come down a little. Many don't want them
to, though, according to Hunter. Byallowing special admits, the community has a
special way to get involved with
Evergreen, and many believe this outreach
should continue, he explained.
There will probably be a Disappearing
Task Force (DTF) charged with suggesting
ways to limit enrollment, but such a committee will be hard pressed to come up with
a complete answer. Ultimately, who we let
in will decide what our campus looks like;
we have to make sure we make a decision
based on our values of goals for
Evergreen's future.
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New guidelines set by the Federal
Government will be clamping down on
those students who call themselves "independent" and apply for Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL's).
The new guidelines are part of the 1986
Higher Education Ammendments which
were overwhelmingly passed by the Senate .
and House of Representatives on
September 24 and 25, respectively. According to Financial Aid Director Georgette
Chun, most of the major changes deal with
the technical language that defInes an "independent student." Chun says that with
this new language it will help her office
more clearly define who is independent and
is eligible for the GSL program, and would
also eliminate those students who receive
sufficient support from other sources.
Some of the guidelines that classify
students as independent are: a student
must be at least 24 years of age unless the
student is an orphan, veteran of the armed
forces or has not received any fInancial
assistance from parents for the past two
years. Married and graduate students also
fall under the independent status in most
circumstances.
The Government has also set a $395
million cap on student loans as part of the
Budget Reconcilliation Act passed earlier
this year which will make it even harder to
obtain loans next year.
Chun says almost all fInancial aid programs will be a little harder to obtain due
to spending cuts, and she advises all
students to drop by the Financial Aid offIce for- explanation of the new forms and
"language."
-- Stev~ Stone
Future politicians
sought as interns
The Cooperative Education OffIce announced Wednesday that the deadline for
legislative internship applications has been
moved from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 due to upcoming elections.
Legislative internships are not limited to
political science majors, but are open to
students engaged in any course of study.
Each intern is assigned to a House or
Senate committee according to his or her
particular interest. Duties inclu.de anything
from answering queries from constituents
to tracking bills through committees and requires a 40-hour weekly commitment.
~en it begins in January, the session
will be planning the state budget for the
?ext two-year period. There will be openrngs for 55 paid student interns that will be
fIlled by schools from all over the state.
Last year, fIve of Evergreen's seven applicants were placed.
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Coop. Ed will be holding small orientation meetings every Wednesday from 1 to
2 p.m. until Nov 12 to answer questions and
aid students with the applications or intent
planning stages. If this schedule conflicts
it is recommended that interested student~
call x6391 for an appointment.
-- Vickie Heywood
Lecture to
examine election
Dr. Ken Dolbeare will examine the
results of the 1986 elections on Wednesday
November 5, in a luncheon lecture at th~
Westwater Inn.
Dolbeare, a faculty member at The
Evergreen State College and former direc·
tor of the college's Masters of Public Ad·
ministration Program, will analyze results
across the country as well as those in
Washington. Dolbeare, who earned a Ph.D.
in Political Science at Columbia U niversi·
ty, has written several books on democracy
and the American political systel'n.
The popular, nearly-annual event is spon·
sored by the Evergreen College Community Organization (ECCO) and requires reser·
vations to be made by noon on Monday,
November 3. Admission is $8 for the
three-salad luncheon (chicken shrimp and
fruit). Reservations must be ~ade by call·
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munity Relations at 866-6000, x6192.
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The Dorian Group, a gay rights group that
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Gays and Lesbians of Olympia, Washington
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Last push for Referendum 40
Election day is rapidly drawing near and
WashPIRG's "Vote Yes on Referendum
40" campaign is heating up.
The campaign, symbolized by the "Please
Fight Hanford" yard signs that are appearing around the Olympia area, officially
broke ground at the "Hanford Campaign
Kick-off" on Monday, October 13. Lane
Nothman, WashPIRG's legislative director,
spoke to about sixty students in CAB 108
and explained the impact of the referendum
on the present search for a site to dump
70,000 tons of intensely radioactive nuclear
waste. Hanford in southeastern
Washington is one of three finalists for the
dump.
"This is an important opportunity for
Washington citizens to voice their opposition to a site selection process that has
relied more on politics than scientific
evidence," Lane said. Many people argue
that Hanford does not belong on the list of
fmalists but is for . political reasons: the
government already owns the land and it
is already contaminated from forty years
of dumping bomb-making leftovers. Lane
also claimed that the Reagan administration and the powerful east-coast states
think that the citizens of Washington state
are willing to accept a nuclear waste dump.
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the Department of Energy (DOE) study of
the site. "People don't realize that a
repository must hold this deadly waste for
a period forty times longer than recorded
history," she said.
Many experts believe that the rock formations in the eastern United States are the
safest for disposal of the wasted but the
DOE recently announced that all studies in
the east have been abandoned. Further controversy was pumped into the site selection
process when a memo was leaked from the
DOE which cited "immediate political relief
from eastern states" as the main reason for
cancelling the study.
"We can't let those eastern states push
us around," said Caroline Allis, a local
WashPIRG volunteer, adding, "We need as
many people as possible to go to the polls
on election day and vote 'Yes' on this
referendum. "
A "Yes" vote on referendum 40 would
direct the state to continue challenging the
DOE's site-selection. process and would
allow the citizens the fmal vote if Hanford
is chosen for the dump. The state currently has five different lawsuits pending in
court on such issues as the selection of Hanford as a finalist and the DOE's violation
of federal law by cancelling all studies in the
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Washington citizens would decide whether
to-accept the dump if Hanford is chosen in
the final Environmental Impact Statement
due out in about four years. A state's veto
can be overriden by a majority vote by both
houses of Congress.
WashPIRG is promoting their campaign
with two events coming up this weekend.
Dana Lyons, writer of the song "Our State
is a Dumpsite," will arrive in Olympia on
Saturday, October 15. Dana is currently
touring the state on his "Radioactive Waste
Tour" toting a symbolic barrel of mock
nuclear waste on the back of a flatbed truck
and promoting the referendum. Saturday
night he will play music at a location in
Olympia still unknown. Sunday he will lead
a car caravan down to Vancouver to the
"Hands United Against Hanford" event in
which more than 1000 people will be needed to join hands across the bridge connecting Portland and Vancouver to protest the
Hanford dump. Governor Booth Gardner is
scheduled to speak. A rally will be held
afterwards in Vancouver.
Anyone that wants to help out or re~~rve
a space in the car caravan can contact
WashPIRG at x6058 or by stopping by LIB
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and much more. We're also a good place to
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Our library holds over 200 book titles,
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CULTURE
Homosexual promiscuity:
Nicaragua: one more view
one part myth, one part symbol, one part
practical consideration
by James A. Martin
Homosexual promiscuity. Those words
are as much a symbol, or badge, as they are
a description of behavior for many gay men.
AB a symbol, those words represent a direct
transgression of the institutionalized
bourgeois family and its ruling sexual
nonns. If sex-in-marriage epitomizes the
essential binding act or a holy union, then
homosexuality, coupled with promiscuity,
epitomizes perverted morality.
As a description of behavior, homosexual
promiscuity is a practice that, in a large
sense, is an accurate and yet shallow account of the modern gay experience. As a
description it is accurate in that one may
not be able to say that a statistic in a news
account is a lie, and yet you may say that
it is a "fact" that is selectively presented.
Those words, "homosexual promiscuity,"
as both symbol and behavioral description,
denote drastic differences between the
reality of the gay male and heterosexual
experience.
At the political level, what lies at the
heart of the difference between the gay and
heterosexual communities is the issue of
choice. What is contested here, among .
other things, is the legal relationship between the state and various forms of
relationships.
For example, one of the chief concerns of
the gay rights movement i!, not that the
state should recognize marriage between
people of the same sex, but rather that the
state should recognize the diversity of relationships that individuals might embrace.
The state ought to support and enforce the
right of the individual to choose different
fonns of relationships with others.
That point is a far cry from the superficial
debate over whether or not gays should be
allowed to imitate heterosexual relationships. A dialogue between philosopher
Michel Foucault and an interviewer captures the point:
Foucault: I don't mean that the
legalization of marriage among
homosexuals be an objective,
rather, that we are dealing here
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with a whole series of questIOns
concerning the insertion and
recognition - within a legal and
social framework - of diverse relations' among individuals which
must be addre88ed.
by Todd D. Anderson
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Interviewer: In other words, it
isn't that homosexuals are deviants
who should be allowed to practice
in peace, but rather that the whole
conceptual
scheme
which
categorizes homosexuals as deviants must be dismantled. (from
Homosexuality: Sacrilege, Vision,
Politics. Ed. Robert Boyers and
George Steiner. Salmugundi, a
quarterly published by Skidmore
College, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
1982-83. No. 58-59. pp. 12, 18-19)
Feminist Gloria Steinem, in a similar position on freedom of choice, also challenges
the existing intimacy between the
bourgeouis family and the law. On women's
rights, Steinem says, "I am not suggest~g
that the authoritarian patriarchal family
should not be chosen as a way to live, but
that it should not be enforced by the law.
When the individual woman or child needs
to turn to the protection of the law, the law
must be there." (Gloria Steinem: Feminism
and Democracy, a taped lecture given at
Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.)
For gays, women, and other oppressed
groups the argument is that the individual
is the basic unit of this society and ought
to be afforded recognition and protection
in the eyes of the law. To accomplish that
end, the gay rights movement demands the
legal recognition of the right to choose between diverse forms of relationships. This
strategy, if successfully adopted, would end
the bourgeois monopoly on what defines a
legal and socially recognized relationship.
In terms of the law, anything less renders
the homosexual experience invalid.
As a behavioral description, the words
"homosexual promiscuity" lump an exceedingly wide range of topics under one
label. What follows are three perspectives
on the implications of those words.
First, because of "homosexual promiscuity" a distinctive vantage point regarding
the act of sex has emerged. Gay literature
regarding the act of sex is a case in point.
Let's return to the ' Foucault interview
again.
Foucault: The modem homosex·
ual experience has no relation at
all to courtship .. .in western Christian culture homosexuality was
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banished and therefore had to concentrate all its energy on the act
of sex itself. Homosexuals were not
allowed a system of courtship
because the cultural expression
necessary for such an 'elaboration
was denied them. The wink on the
street, the split-second decision to
get it on, the speed with which
homosexual relations are consummated - all these are products of
an interdiction. So when a
homosexual culture and literature
began to develop it was natural for
it to focus on the most ardent and
heated aspect of homosexual
relations.
Interviewer: I am reminded of
Cassanova's famous expression
that "the best moment of love is
when one is climbing the stairs."
One can hardly imagine a homosexual today making such a remark.
Foucault: Exactly. Rather, he
would say something like: "the
best moment of love is when the
lover leaves in the taxi...for a
homosexual the best moment. ..is
when the act is over and the boy
is gone that one begins to dream
about the warmth of his body, the
quality of his smile, the tone of his
voice. It is the recollection, rather
than the anticipation of the act,
that assumes a primary importance
in homosexual relations. This is all
due to the very concrete and practical considerations and says
nothing about the intrinsic nature
of homosexuality."
A second perspective on homosexual promiscuity is that the promiscuity issue is
often stretched far beyond reality by those
who long for lurid imagery. For example,
if a gay man is asked how many lovers he
has had and he replies that he has had 50
or 60 over the past five years, many
heterosexuals' jaws drop to a level seldom
seen except perhaps at tax time. What
they'fail to take into account is that if a man
has, on.the average, one sexual encounter
per month over a five year period the
number of "lovers" adds up. But is that
really promiscuous?
Last, in response to those who insist on
seeing the gay experience as sick, I offer
an anonymous man·s perspective. "I killed
forty men and they gave me a medal. I loved one and they gave me a dishonorable
discharge."
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Anyone who has followed the drama of
tragedy in Central America has probably
noticed that most of the first-hand
observers of ~or conflicts in the area, particularly in Nicaragua, tend to be critical
of U.S. policies. Those who voice support
for American military assistance to the
Nicaraguan rebels - the contras - are
usually U.S. military officials, members of
the Reagan administration, people affiliated
with right-wing organizations. or the contras themselves.
Shirley Christian, aNew York Times
journalist who has covered Nicaraguan affairs extensively, is a notable exception.
Her recently published book, Nicaragua:
Revolution in the Family, is decidedly
critical of the Sandinista Front in
Nicaragua. The book is based on a series
of interviews and observations covering
events in Nicaragua dating from the origins
of the revolution against former
Nicaraguan dictator Anastacio Somoza, to
late last year.
If one accepts Christian's infonnation at
face value, the book is a devastating critique of the Sandanista Front. Her description details how a broad coalition of
religious, business and worker/peasant
groups ousted Somoza in 1979 and then how the Sandanistas systematically eliminated
the moderate elements of the coalition from
positions of power in Nicaraguan
government.
When Christian's description is compared
with the numerous other accounts of recent
Nicaraguan history, some important points
stand out. She notes the massive Sandanista military buildup prior to the formation of an armed opposition. The commitment, or lack of it, of the Sandanistas to
western-style democracy is measured Q.v.
various quotes from officials in the
Nicaraguan government. Popular elections
do not figure prominently in the Sandanista
plans, by Christian's account.
But Christian cripples her argument earlyon by abandoning any semblance of objectivity. Her -description of prerevolutionary Nicaragua is based primarilyon interviews with Leo Salazar, a longtime- Somoza crony, who can hardly be expected to give a balanced account of his
deposed benefactor. General Somoza comes
across as a benevolent dictator in
Nicaragua and the description hardly fits
a man who could alienate virtually every
sector of Nicaraguan society, as Somoza
did.
While Christian is careful to keep her personal thoughts out of the book until the
very end, she begins early on to attach a
pejorative adjective "Marxist-Leninist" to
the noun "Sandanista." She also accepts
U.S. intelligence estimates of Sandanista
military capabilities as facts and makes no
attempt to address the charges that the
contras are flagrant violators of human
rights.
In her criticisms of the Sandanistas,
Christian discloses a number of little known
points, apparently unintentionally, that cast
the Sandaiiistas in a favorable light. She
frequently mentions the imprisonment of
Sandanista opponents but also notes that
many sentences are overturned by the
Nicaraguan Supreme Court. Such an independent judicial authority contradicts the
accepted model of a totalitarian state.
Christian also admits that the original
justification for U.S. opposition to the Sandanistas - that they were aiding other Central American rebel groups - was only an
excuse to pressure them into changing their
domestic policies.
Christian's biases hamper what is otherwise a well-researched and enlightening
documentary of recent Nicaraguan history.
If one is careful to take a number of her
assertions with a grain of salt, a prospective reader interested in the area will find
Nicaragua useful.
EAN finds the missing links
by Lee S. Pembleton
Expressive Arts Coordinator
I don't understand the history of the Expressive Arts Network well enough to
deliver it in full now. So I'll save that for
another article. Right now I'll try to explain
what the Expressive Arts Network is, and
will be. We are still loyal to our original
design: a network between people and the
arts; between artists and artists, artists and
their audience, and artists and their
medium (performers and producers,
dancers and choreographers, vice versa,
and et cetera). However, this year we are
going to emphasize networking and communication between artists and audience.
Weare going to try to be a link between
art courses at Evergreen and students in
other courses, as well as a link between
Evergreen students and art on campus. In
Oly, and in Seattle, to some degree_ Weare
going to help courses_I!romote their shoW§..._
and there will be an events calendar posted
by the EAN office, 3212, and in the CAB.
We will have detailed info on the events in
the office. Office hours are Monday 4-6,
Tuesday 2-6, and Thursday 1-5.
But wait, I have more to say. We want
to help perfonners fmd performances, performanc.es find ~rformers. and....ID'~!Ybody
fmd places to exhibit their art. This will
be easier this year because of the partial
merger of the EAN and the Stude!1t ~
Gallery. We share a budget and office
space, and will be working in cooperation
with each other.
And, of this printing, we will have Expressive Arts courses billboards up on the
third floor of the CAB, on the first floor of
the COM, on the fIrst floor Qf LAB l,Lan<!
at the office. Each of the six Expressive
Arts courses around will have a space
to let people know what is happening in
their course. There are four extra spaces
on each board for other courses, groups,
and for students to let each other know
what's up in the Evergreen art world. And,
honestly; there's a lot. Right now Studio
Project has a charco~l e_x!llbit ul' inJ,.AB.
I. We hope the art courses will help keep
these billboards up to date, and everyone
will be better kept-up on the arts.
So, what are the big questions still looming? What are the arts? Who is an artist?
As far as we're concerned anybody who
thinks they create art is an artist, and any
creation that someone thinks is art is. I
think that's what the expressive in Expressive Arts Network means.
If you are an artist, are in search of artists, are interested in what's happening in
the surrounding area with art, or just want U"I
to talk art, stop by.
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PHYIICAL EXAtt. FOR SCHOOL OR EttPLOYttENT.
Yeah, I passed up a few fortune like that.
Just not knowing."
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or not we preserve the Tibetan culture becomes really moot. If
the forests are dead, if the planet is irradiated, none of that is
going to mean shit. Gay rights isn't going to mean anything if
you're dead. The ultimate concern is global. We need to learn how
to accept and relish the differences between us, and we need to .
create an environment in which people don't feel compelled to vanquish their neighbors. There are resour,ces enough to feed every
human being on this planet. Thousands upon thousands of people
die every year from starvation. I believe that as long as there are
people starving in Africa, I am hungry. If there are people who
are prevented from expression, as long as those people are not
free I am not free,
is to limit that human being.
,There is this belief in our society that you got to be better than
somebody to be somebody, which is a load of shit.
INTERVIEW
Towards a global
Rebecca: Is it the situation of oppression that causes the reaction to create a community out of the distinctions?
community
This article is part of a weekly interview series in which the
CPJ will talk with members of the commu1J,ity who hold diverse
and interesting views, or who have specific knowledge which may
further understanding of our community and the issues facing
it. This week, the CPJ's art director Reb'ecca Blissell spoke with
Michael Buckley, downtown shop-owner and active community
member. He is currently teaching "Anatomy of World Hunger"
and "New Age Politics" at the United Nations University for
Peace, producing a weekly radio program for KAOS, and serving as executive director for the inter:natianal Center for the Study
of Buddhism and Peace.
Rebecca: Do you think that there
is a gay community in Olympia?
Michael: No, not really.
Rebecca: Do you think there
needs to be a gay community?
Michael: I don't think there
needs to be a gay community in
Olympia or anywhere else for that
matter ... lf it was my decision or
my choice to make I would work
against the whole notion of having
a gay community, or any other
community of so-called minorities.
I'm not suggesting that people
don't get together to do things
that are worthwhile to do. It'sjust
that there's this tendency to institutionalize groups. I t may be
necessary in certain societies, at
certain stages of political development, for groups of people to unite
against legislation, or fight oppression of the larger society.
Rebecca: It's obvious that the community at large needs to be
educated on certain issues related to minorities. How do you see
getting past that initial education phase?
Michael: Well, first of all, we're making the assumption that what
some people tend to call gays are a minority. Now it may be true
that men who are in relationships with men exclusively or women
who are in relationships with women exclusively may be in terms
of actual practice a minority_Statistics have been thrown out that
anywhere from ten to twenty percent of the Western countries
are gay. But, I don't know how valid those statistics are and I
don't know who it was, at least for me who it was, that decided
I was gay, or that I was homosexual, or bisexual-these are labels!
These words have not existed in the vocabulary for all that much
of the history of mankind. These are not permanant fixturesco these are inventions of mankind and, just as language itself, can
& be and often is political. I view ~hese terms as political in the sense
,
that they are attempts to define me and other people, and thereby
set us apart or control us or otherwise limit our possibilities, our
potentials.
Rebeeca: How do you get past politics?
Michael: I don't know that you get past them so much as through
them. Let's go back a minute and look at the word community.
When I think of community I think of a group of people who are
in a region, whether they are brought together or whether
they have been there for many
years, or whether they are
newcomers, like most of the people in the United States. A community is not just a bunch of people living together. A community
is people who work together, in all
of the connotations of that word:
cooperative, sharing common in- .
terests, have common goals, who
see themselves as a part of the
whole. I think a sense of belonging is what everyone has been
searching for.
The people who want a gay community feel rejected by the larger
society, and I don't blame them,
but the choice is either integrating
into that larger society and
thereby denying a part of yourself
or conversely forming a Castro
district in San Fransisco or a
Capitol Hill in Seattle. That sort
of thing to me is just as unpalatable an alternative as being
closeted and trying to be accepted.
I'll use the term about myself, as
a gay man or bisexual man. I don't
give a damn if I am accepted by
the larger society or by the society in this area. One one level,
I accept all of them and I expect that they accept me and if they
don't, that's their problem, not mine. I accept the differences and
diversity of other people.
We talk about apartheid in South Mrica. Apartheid, apartness,
in the South African complex is separation of people on the basis
of color. In 'western society as a whole, we have a more insidious
form of apartheid: its apartness is based on a whole variety of
distinctions. Gender, sexuality, the clothing you wear, the kind
of car you drive, your socio-economic class--I don't see any purpose in increasing apartness because to have dialogue, to gain
understanding of one another, you have to be together. You have
to drop barriers, not create them. That's what concerns me about
groups that are formed for rhetorically good purposes. Groups that
tend to accentuate barriers and build new barriers. Gay people
are no different than any other people except that somehow along
the line, somebody has defined them. To define any human being
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Michael: No, oppression creates subsets in a community. It goes
back to the business of why do we, as human beings, why do we
feel that blacks or whites or any other division ought to be divided out? It's funny how we react to fragmenting behaviour by further fragmenting. Ultimately, however, we get there, and
everyone has a different idea about strategy, the only way
humankind is going to survive is by getting together. There is
no other way. Together does not mean faggots over here, blacks
over there, Chicanos over there and so on.
All we have to do (to see the disaster of segregation) is look at
our own recent history and see that the federal government
forcefully established Native American communities. And that was
the beginning of the end of Native Americans as a culture. But
on top of that they didn't even integrate them into the larger society. They committed genocide.
Rebecca: How would you approach changing towards a global
. society?
Michael: We've'entered a period in our own evolution as a species
in the history of this world where we can't afford to limit the potential of human beings. What I'm against is placing limits, accepting definitions. That's what gives me problems with the notion
of gay community or gay pride: I'm a member of a very large family and it includes not just people who may be defined as gay or
straight or men or women or black or white or Christians or Jews
or Buddhists. It's not only the family of man. It's all of us who
are linked to this biosphere. It's all a family.
Rebecca: Can there still be cultural distinctions without creating
situations of oppression?
I t starts from your heart. Before you tell anyone to clean up
their act, you have to clean up your own. I've got to learn how
not to discriminate against blacks or Chicanos or gays, but I also
have to learn how not to discriminate against myself_ You look
at the great religions and the great secular humanist literature
and you find common themes. One of the common themes, and
the way its put in the Bible, is "Love they neighbor as you love
yourself." Most people do that. Most people love their neighbors
exactly the way they love themselves: not at all.
Michael: I think ultimately, whether we like it or not, we are going to end up with a global culture. It's happening right now in
a way that one particular culture is being imposed upon or is being accepted by people of the world. That culture includes both
the Soviet brand and the Western brand. If people want to live
in relative isolation from the dominant culture they should have
that right. There are still ways that you and I choose that lifestyle.
But, the problem is there is nothing sacred about culture. I have
some friends who are anthropologists who have founded an
organization which seeks to halt the involuntary destruction of
cultures. These are people being forced to change their way of
life. Ultimately, everybody is going to have change. There is no
culture that remains today as it was 2000, 3000 years ago. There
are just people who have consciously chosen not to change very
much.
When you've got nuclear arms, acid rain and tropical deforestation, and other issues of trans-national global importance, whether
There are people who have been trying to tell us that for a long
time--Francis of Assissi, Gandhi, the Buddha--that we're all one,
that there is unity. It exists whether we see it or not. My job is
to do that, to peel away the layers. I try not to harm anybody
by being who I am. I don't know better than anyone else what
to do. I don't have the answers; I may not even have the right
questions. What I do know is that I am part of this whole. My
role in life is to see that.
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leading Chicano artist
Daniel DeSiga. The
poster reflects the
theme of EI Dia de
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In Mexico and other
parts of latin America
ar.d the world, special
days are set aside to
honor the dead. The
observance focuses
on the cyclical conception of fertility and
future life. The present day celebration
merges ancient Indian
beliefs with rituals of
the Catholic Church
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The poster is now available through
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Students In
limbo
Eighty new students will be admitted to
The Evergreen State College for winter
quarter of 1987, after a careful screening
by the Admissions Office of 240 applications
which were submitted this summer. "
Prospective students will ,be considered
for admission on the basis of their previously earned college credits. Freshman
students will not be admitted until fall
quarter of 1987.
Kay Sowers of the Admissions Office said
these students have been in "limbo" since
the summer, and most were told their applications may not even be looked at. But,
Sowers stated, "not quite as many people
registered for fall quarter'as we thought,"
and so now the Admissions Office has room
for more Evergreen students next year.
-- Alice Stanton
Foundation assists
artists
For 25 Years, we've been
exporting America's
most valuable resource.
-- Artist Trust
Artist Trust, a non-profit statewide foundation, has been established to give a boost
to many of the 30,000 artists working in
Washington state.
The purpose of the new foundation is to
provide support to individual artists from
all arts disciplines including dance, music,
literature, visual, crafts, filmIvideo, design,
and theater. Funding for the arts in
Washington State is directed primarily to
arts organizations such as museums, orchestras, and theaters, according to Thatcher Bailey, president of the Artist Trust
Board of Trustees.
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"The artists who actually create the art
-- the paintings, symphonies, and plays, are
usually not eligible for grants," he said.
"Artist Trust will provide a vehicle for supporting the individual creative artists who
are the beginning of the 'arts.' "
Bailey explam.ed that the funds raised by
Artist Trust will be used to assist artists
through fellowships, loans and opportunities for employment. In addition the
foundation will provide information services
through a computerized statewide artists
mailing list, and will assist artists in gaining access to services such as health-care
insurance.
According to a recent U.S. Census
Bureau study, Washington State ranks 12th .
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The men and women of the Peace Corps. Dedicated
volunteers who help people in developing countries live
better lives.
It's tough. And it takes more than just concern. It takes
motivation. Commitment.
But for 25 years, being a Peace Corps volunteer has
been a chance to stop dreaming about a better world
and start doing something about it.
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"The artists in Washington State are one
of our most valuable resources, and their
creative work contributes to our quality of
life," Bailey said. "Through Artist Trust we
hope to make a contibution to their quality
of life."
The group plans to raise $275,000 by fall
1987, with one·half coming from a directmail campaign. To date, Artist Trust has
received most of its funding from individuals. Additionally, the foundation
received a $10,000 grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
The first support was received from
Grantmakers Consultants in Tacoma which
was matched by the Tacoma Arts Commission. Artist Trust has also received financial support from the Washington State
Arts Commission, King County Arts Commission, Spokane Arts Foundation, Seattle
Arts Commission, and/or, Allied Arts of
Seattle, Allied Arts Foundation, Wyman
Youth Trust, Harbor Properties, CommPlus Systems, and Wilkins and Peterson
Design.
Anne Focke and David Mendoza have
been Co-directors of Artist Trust during
the planning and development phase. For
more information about Artist Trust, contact David Mendoza, at 410 Logan Building,
500 Union, Seattle 98101; (206) 467-8734.
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Refugee gifts
recognized
"What Do Refugees Give in Return?" is
the title of an address to be given at noon
on Wednesday, November 5, at the First
United Methodist Church at 1224 East
Legion Way in Olympia.
Arlene Buchanan, executive director for
the Refugee Center/Forum of Thurston
County since 1983, will examine the impact
that over 2,000 Southeast Asian Refugees
have made on our community during the
last 10 years. Buchanan will turn the tables
on the usual perspective of what the community offers refugees, and discuss the rich
gifts of cultural understanding and global
awareness that the refugees have given to
Thurston County. She will also give an
overview of the most recent immigration
of refugees to this country and describe the
internaJional ref!lgee situatio}~.
The Piece of My Mind series is co-sponsored by the First United Methodist
Church, Saint Martin's College and The
Evergreen State College. The lecture
begins promptly at 12:10 p.m. and brown
bag lunchers are welcome. Beverages will
be provided.
Further information is available by calling Evergreen's Jl)formation Services Office at 866-6000, x6128.
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Explore . career
. options
The Evergreen State College Career
Development Center will again be offering
the Alumni Career Educator (ACE) program for students. ACE is a referral program designed for students who are interested in exploring career options with
professionals in their fields of interest and
especially with Evergreen graduates.
The Career Development Center annually contacts Evergreen graduates who are
gainfully employed and who work within
commuting or calling distance. If the
graduate agrees to be a provider of career
information, a fIle containing information on
the new ACE member is then placed in the
Career Development Center and available
for students. According to Christine
Wagner, Career Counseling Specialist,
many students have special questions
regarding a particular job field and using
an ACE member is an excellent source of
information.
The program originated in 1984 and most
recruitment was done early in the Thurston
County area allowing for a small amount of
participation. However, the program now
extends to graduates who are working in
the SeattlelTacomaiVancouver and Olympia areas. Currently, there are approximat~ 108 ACE members and the number
is growing quarterly.
"ACE benefits students not only because
they actually get to visit a professional at
their work'site, but they can receive fIrsthand information on occupations. It is a
great tool for career decision-making,"
states Wagner.
Most frequently contacted ACE members
are in the fields of marketing/sales;
media/communication; and social service/government administration. Currently there is an underrepresentation of
graduates in the area of the sciences.
However, Wagner adds, "We send our appreciation to all Evergreen graduates for
their efforts."
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Saf'e Sex Kit: fun 'n' healthy
Ben Chotzen remembers
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For four years, Ben Chotzen was
Evergreen's finest tennis player. Now, five
months after his graduation, Chotzen sells
real estate in Seattle, and the tennis program at Evergreen has been cut from the
budget.
"I'm not sure I would have come to
Evergreen," Chotzen says, "ifthere hadn't
been a tennis program. My dad told me I
could go to Evergreen and be a big fish in
a small pond, or that I could go to the
University of Washington, or the University of Hawaii, and be a minnow in a lake.
I decided to come to Evergreen.
"We worked hard to build a competitive
program. I feel sorry for players like Jim
Wood and Jay Nuzum who are still there.
Both of them worked very hard this summer and will be disappointed."
At Kaiser High School in Honolulu,
Chotzen was the 12th ranked junior in the
state of Hawaii. But, following his graduation in 1980, he took two years off from
school and went to live in a kibbutz in
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Israel.
"It was Kibbutz Yehiam," Chotzen says,
"20 miles from the Lebanese border. We
had 30 volunteers from 14 different countries. I picked bananas, avocadoes, oranges,
grapefruits, and worked in a turkey
sausage factory.
"I took two tennis rackets with me to
Israel. It was probably the most frustrating
decision I ever made. I played twice the entire time I was there. When I was getting
ready to leave, they began building a
court."
Chotzen's first year of tennis at
Evergreen was tougher than he 'had expected. "Everything at Evergreen," he
says, "was based on self-motivation. We
didn't have the kind of players who could
really push me in practice.
"People used to say that we didn't need
"but I've always tried to do my best and
play with what I have.
"Tennis is like boxing. You've got to look
at the person's weaknesses. When I go out
there, I'm thinking about what my opponent's weaknesses are, how I'm playing,
and what my weaknesses are.
"I've always enjoyed competing," he
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Ben Chotzen (left) sells real estate for the Landmark Group in Seattle. Chotzen (right):
Wen Yee Shaw cares about safe sex. In
fact, she cared enough to put together a kit
so Evergreen students can enjoy it while
- still keeping clean. Called a "Safe Sex Kit,"
this exciting innovation is available in
Health Servjces.
What does a Safe Sex Kit contain? All of
the necessities: dental dams, 6 condoms
(three regular, two textured, one colored),
latex gloves, massage oil, "slippery" sex
lubricant, an applicator, and a "special sur- prise." With these tools, you should be able
to do just about anything you want to, and
safely. Modelled after a twenty-five dollar
kit, the one Health Services offers is only
five dollars. Although sort of puzzled by the
dental dams at first, Wen Yee is now confident that they are for preventing the
spread of disease during oral sex. The sex
lubricant is something the Health Services
staff will be manufacturing themselves;
after some experimentation, they figured
out a good recipe for ro;ome really slippery
stuff.
While it may sound like a joke, it's not.
As Wen Yee says, "The big emphasis is on
how to talk to your partner about safe sex."
If your partner won't take you seriously,
there could be such serious consequences
as AIDS, chlamydia, or herpes. As the kit
can qui<;:kly demonstrate, fun and safe can
ride together, but the drivers have to
buckle up. If your partner doesn't like it,
you may need to put the person off; sexually
transmitted diseases (STD's) are never
worth the small trouble of using the simple safety devices available. If your part-
a big [tsh in a small pond.
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intercollegiate sports, that all we needed
was intramurals, if even that. But if there
hadn't been a tennis program, I couldn't
have played tennis. It's as simple as that."
Chotzen's success at Evergreen was built
on determination and courage. "I didn't
have the most graceful stroke," he admits,
says, "but real estate seems much more
competitive than tennis. I tried to find an
apartment for some friends of mine. They
finally bought one, but from a different
agent. It was a real lesson to me. In this
business, nobody's client is off limits. That's
real estate."
ner still won't corisider such items, send the
person to the next quarterly STD
workshop, a seminar designed to answer
people's questions and to openly discuss
safety factors relating to sexual
intercourse.
Stop by Health Services in SEM 2110 and
pick up your kit today!
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to the University of Washington Kick-Off
Regatta October 11-12. The crews that competed against nine other teams consisted of
Pete Steilberg Jr. and Matt Love, Danya
Sterner and Glen Krickenbech. The crew
of Steilberg and Love placed third in a
heat, while both .crews felt that they improved greatly throughout the regaLta.
Paul Whitmore, a club coordinator, said,
"We will have a very competitive team this
year. The sailors new to the circuit are
showing signs of promise."
Whitmore, Pete Steilberg Jr., and Glen
Krickenbech are among many of the returning members to the Geoduck sailing club.
New members to the club include Shelly
Wagar, with one year of racing experience
at Western Washington University, Jim
Hamilton, and the Leyy brothers, who
together combine for 25 years of experience. Steilberg, the advisor to the club,
said of the Levy brothers that, "Brothers
Levy put their laser on their Chevy, drove
their Chevy to the levee, but the levee was
dry, so them good 01' boys came to Olympia to sail on Budd Inlet."
The next regatta for the Geoducks is October 18-19 at Seattle University.
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of disconnection is more common. Many lesbians, whose lives are
woman-centered, feel they have more in common with straights
than male-centered gay men, and vice versa.
Many gay men are surprisingly traditional. "There are a lot of
rednecked gays," James said. Men are at the top of the heap in
this culture, and many gay men are very happy with that status
quo. "These gay men are essentially the high priests of the patriarchal world. They epitomize the male world, not threaten it," said
James.
The majority of both groups, however, see the opposite sex as
important contributors to their lives as mothers, fathers, sisters,
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brothers, and friends--just not as lovers.
"Being gay ·(should
be} ... no more
remarkable than being
a vegetarian."
.. Men are not the enemy - but they've been taught some things
I don't like. But they're victims too. There's a special kind of connection women have to life; it's a very spiritual thing. I don't know
quite how to describe it. I've found it in very few men," Rae said.
"As humans, we're all important. We're all even and equal.
We're struggling with the same things, and we need to work over
and around our differences: But it's hard to be around men
sometimes. It's the aggressive energy. Sometimes I need to get
away from that...I'm not a separatist. But sometimes women need
to take up a space with women only to heal themselves. There
~ is a lot of anger. People need to understand that, and women need
A to move beyond it. You can't be angry forever," said one student.
For most gays and lesbians and straights, friendship is based on common beliefs and individual personality. "For me to want
to be around someone, they need to have an awareness of accepting humans ... if they're spouting sexist, racist, oppressive things,
·1 can't stand to be around them. It's too icky."
Homophobia
"People ask me, 'isn't it hard being gay?' It's not hard being
gay. It's hard to live in a society where psychos and violent people oppress me," says Jeremy Morrison.
Rae Shadowhawk grew up in a racially mixed environment, and
says that her parents were careful to teach her racial tolerance.
"People of color were no less human. I kind of thought that went
for all people. But when my parents found out I was gay they
violently rejected me."
"Sometimes ,I don't even want to deal with straight people
bec~use I so seldom meet one that I feel I can be myself with,"
added another student.
Homophobia, or fear of homosexuality, often expresses itself in
a profound, irrational anger on the parts of straights toward gays.
It is rooted in the belief that homosexuality is abnormal or sick,
and is upheld by the Bible and all Western institutions.
"A lot of straight people are insecure in their sexuality. They
have an irrational fear that it (homosexuality) is catching.
Homophobia is also self-feeding. Many people would not consider
it a big deal if it was just them, but are taught to hate gays by
their peers," commented Quentin King.
"The nuclear family, laws, and economics all work to invalidate
the experience of homosexuality," James said. He said that the
status quo attacked gay men while ignoring lesbians. From the
heterosexual, patriarchal point of view, women have no power base
from which to pose a threat. Men, however, are in a position of
power and are listened to ... therefore gay men need to be silenced
so that they do not change society's values.
"Lesbians have preserved a courtship relationship and fmd it
easier to have permanent relationships because the lesbian world
is invisible to the bourgeois ... so while the dominant society works
to break down the gay male, it ignores gay women," added James.
Homosexuality has always existed. Gays and lesbians are not
going to magically become heterosexual as a 'result of society's
disapproval of their lifestyle.
Many homosexuals feel that the negative aspect of
their culture, such as alcoholism and promiscuity, need not be an
inherent part of their lifestyle, but that they spring from having
to cope with society's negative, destructive attitude towards
homosexuals.
Many gays and lesbians see society's disapproval breaking apart
long-term homosexual relationships. "Mom and Dad aren't calling up to ask how my partner and I are getting along and offering the emotional support that they'd offel' to me if I was married," one student said.
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While Christianity remains largely hostile towards homosexuality, some churches have revised their opinions to include homosexuals into the fold. However, this sometimes results in an attitude
of "we love you anyway," which many gays find offensive.
"God would want me to be open and honest about who I am.
It's people who are trying to play God that try to make me feel
guilty," one gay student said.
Families
People need families in one form or another, a healthy family
being a group of people with a lifetime commitment to support
and nurture each other. Since many gays and lesbians find
themselves rejected by blood relatives and unwilling to enter into a traditional nuclear family, new models are being created.
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intimately," one person said.
"We're creating families amongst ourselves and it's perfect."
Rae lives with several other women, she says they have "a lover
relationship without sex" and "a lifetime commitment to always
support each other no matter where they are or what they're doing... you don't have to live with someone to prove you're there."
She has found a "family" that provides emotional, economic, and
social support.
One gay man interviewed had been in a "marriage" with his
partner for eight years. "Originally, our relationship was b~ed
on sex, but over the years it's become based on emotional
closeness. "
More homosexuals, especially lesbians, are choosing to raise
children. Many lesbians are parenting in tandem with other lesbians. Some feel that children are better off living in a communal
household with several adults as nurturers, because the child has
many examples and skills to learn from, and because the parents
can support each other and share the stress of childraising.. Other
gays and lesbians fulfill parent instincts by teaching or canng for
the children of others.
These people are greatly hurt and angered by the myth that
homosexuals are child molesters. It is a statistically proven fact
that almost all acts of child abuse and molestation are performed
by heterosexual men.
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Gays and lesbians also look for a sense offamily in the gay community in their area.
"The gay community is so diverse that there isn't a lot to bind
it together other than sexual orientation ... yet it is a community.
For most urban gay pf"ople who are adult, their social lives are
centered in the gay community." Gay people frequent businesses
run by gays, and there are organs of communication that bind the
people into a community, such as Seattle's weekly gay newspaper.
The lesbian community is perhaps more unified than tbat of gay
men because in addition to sexual orientation, they usually share
in common the political and social ideals of feminism. In addition,
our society encourages girls to develop skills for relating intimately, while ridiculing boys for expressing those same skills.
One gay male student had this to say: "I feel a little alienated
from gay culture in general because I do not cater to many of the
mainstream gay values. I am "old fashioned" in many ways, particularly when it comes to sex and love. I have difficulty connecting with most gay men. Here at Evergreen, the .men I c.onnect
with best and am ultimately attracted to are straIght. It IS very
frustrating. Although I participate in gay groups, etc., and do enjoy them, there is a part of me that goes unsatisfied by the people I meet there ... to make a relationship work there has to be
similar values and goals shared by both men."
James said that "1 don't think there has been a sense of community at Evergreen for gay men, or wome~ in the past. The
LGRC is trying to establish a network and SO<;Ial eve~ts.for gays
to participate in. This is important. People get :Ired of SItt~ home
alone, or participating in events that aren't tailored to thell' tastes
and needs.
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"Evergreen's philosophy and attitudes are compatible With lesbianism - the focus on the earth is very woman-oriented; The male
way of seeing the world is something that is heavily analyzed and
criticized. Gay men are really into maleness; there's no forum for
that here." James went on to say that the objective should be to
accept many diverse kinds of relationships and views, not. to
replace one with another.
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Rae commented that "Evergreen is an unusually supportlve
community for lesbians."
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One older gay man ~ommented that he found it very difficult
to tell which Evergreen students were gay and which were not,
partly because students dress like "Greeners" rather than gay
or straight, but also because an unusual number of Evergreen
students are comfortable enough in their own sexuality to express
both traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine
characteristics. In the same vein, a high percentage of Evergreen
students are bisexual, and feel that they are attracted to individuals on the basis on personality alone, rather than gender.
"I am generally attracted to people, not men or women," one stu- dent commented.
"The impression I have of the sexual orientation of members
of the Evergreen community is that quite a few students consider
themselves 'bisexual,' but choose not to use that label," says Tom
Geha. "I have not often heard people admit to or talk about being
open to both sexes, though I believe many people are, or are in
general more accepting of it than pure homosexuality. The type
of thing that infuriates me is what the Men's Center support group
does, which is invite specifically heterosexual men to their
meetings; they are truncating the male populous into those men
whose sole sexual experience lies with women. Homosexuals are
a struggling minority, and to be excluded from discussions on
men's issues because they are sexual with men is ridiculous."
Gay men noted that, at the very least, there was less "kill fag"
graffitti in Evergreen bathrooms.
However, Evergreen does not always meet the needs of
homosexuals, "I expected more from Evergreen. The faculty just
fall over themselves not to be sexist, but there's a gaping abyss
of silence over gayness ... there's an effort to ignore seXUality at
Evergreen .. .ignoring is not accepting," said Jeremy.
"I feel sorry for anyone living in the dorms now. Traditionally,
it's been the least tolerant area. It's impossible to keep a poster
(for gay rap groups) up for half an hour there," added Quentin.
"I thought there would be a stronger gay male community here,
where men would bond together and support each other."
As America changes, Evergreen changes. Esther is seeing a
"swing toward McCarthyism" in America and is worried. "Will
it turn into a witch-hunt? Will I not be allowed to work with
children? AIDS was just what the right was looking for. But j
have faith that people at Evergreen will continue to support the
fact that there is a gay community on campus."
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society would applaud that effort. Ideally, loving and supporting
your neighbor would be more important than judging him or her.
Ideally, differences would be celebrated and people would learn
from each other. We have a long way to go.
One lesbian student said, "I wish that people would look at other
people as individuals and learn from each of our differences, and
not act as if the differences are bad. Evergreen's getting young;
people are more judgemental. Don't prejudge and cut off people.
See a person as another human being, not as "queer." Don't ig·
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don't apply ... everyone needs to look within themselves and ask
where these attitudes are coming from."
Esther concluded, "What I'd like to see for the gay community
is that being gay is part of a culture, but it's not a big deal...where
it would be no more remarkable than being a vegetarian. Society's negative view of homosexuality adds a lot of stress to life and
relationships. You feel loved 'in spite of,' or pitied.
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To find about The Strategic Plan Document
& how it will effect Evergreen's future, listen to
KAOS on Mondays from 6:30-7:00 PM.
Preside nee Advisory Board needs one
regular member~nd one alternate. Call x6008,
or stop by Lib. 323 I for more information
The Strategic Planning Council and
Academic Advising Board need students.
governance
President's Staff Forum, Wednesday,
November 19, from I I AM to noon in the
board room.
President's Student Forum, Wednesday,
November 12, from 3-4 PM in. the board
room.
President's First People's Forum, Wednesday, November 19, from 2-3 PM in th e board
x6008, Lib 3231 for more information.
There will be an open meeting to select students
to the Native American Studies Study
Group on Thursday, October 30. x6008 or
Lib. 3231.
Enrollment Coordinating Committee
needs at least one student. This is an important
one fo lks! Members of this committee have imput into the catalog. Meets ~Iternate Mondays,
3-5 . x 6008 or Lib. 3231.
room .
President's Forum for Graduate Students.
Thursday, November 6, from 5-6 PM in the
board room.
Position open for the student representative to
the Boar-.d.of Trustee$ x6008 or JJb 3231.
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open office hour on Mondays at noon in LIB
3236.
The Faculty Hiring DTF needs 4 students
to serve for 2 weeks. Call x6008.
The Faculty Evaluation DTF needs students.
Meets Wednesday from 1-3 PM, Lib 2205. Call
x6706 or x 6008.
The Academic Computing User's Group
is looking for non-user students to help advise
on historical perspective, organization & opera tion, & grants . They will meet on the first
Wednesday of each month at I PM, Lib 2610 .
For more information call x6008 or Gail Martin
at x6296.
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Chadbourne will be performing solo rake
& guitar & conducting a one-time only Northwest allstyle improvisational orchestra in People Want
Everything. Chadbourne will be . 'walking on the
weird side" during the Wednesday, October 29 performance, 8 PM at GESCCO , 5th & Cherry in Olympia. Chadbourne has recently completed a humorprotest LP with Minnesota favorites The Violent Femmes, titled Corpses of Foreign Wars. For more information call 352-4745.
musIc
The Olympia Symphony Orchestra will present
Israeli violinist Sergiu Schwartz, who will perform the
Glanzounov "Concerto in A Minor" on Sunday. Oc·
tober 26 at the Washington Center for the PerformIng Arts starting at 7 PM . Tickets are $10. $7. & $5.
For add itional info rmation call 753 -0074.
Jazz at the Rainbow Resta~rant: Jazz showcase
hosted by drummer Bob Meyer- every Wednesday.
featuring diffe rent guest stars each week. Thursdays
feature Jazz Jam session with saxist Steve Munger . For
furth er information call 357-6616.
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music at Ben Moore's restaurant; October 26. There
will be two shows: 5:00 dinner only. 7:30 dinner or
$3 cover charge . For reservations call 357-7527.
Come to a Concert Benefit for a gay couple fighting
a custody case, October 31 at 8 PM at the Capitol
Theatre, 206 E. 5th In Olympia. For more Information call 357·9360 or 94]~7873.
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his father 's movie studio which specializes in horror
films. will be performed at the Chinook Theatre.
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Childhood's End Gallery is showing Vivian Kendall's
cityscapes in oil, Reid Ozaki's ceramics. Jerlyn Caba 's
fused & etched glass, & Rollin Geppert's black & white
photographs until November 4 from lOAM to 6 PM,
Monday through Saturday, & from noon to 5 PM on
Sunday. Located at 222 W . 4th, Olympia.
Scottish Traditional Singer Jean Redpath will perform at the University Methodist Temple in Seattle
on October 25 at 8 PM.
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Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter & Jim Page
wil l -play Halloween in Seattle at the 5th Avenue
Theatre, 1308 5th Ave., on October 31, at 8:00 PM.
Tickets range between $9 & $14 & are avai lable at all
Ticketmaster outlets.
~aydono,
a drumming & choral ensemble. Will be
performing the mUSICof Haiti. Africa , & Latin America
at the Rainbow Restaurant in downtown Olympia at
9 PM on October 24 & 25. Admission is $3.
Th.s Hasty Heart, a play about a Scottish soldier
convalescing in a British Army hospital in the Orient
at the end of WWI. Tacoma Actor's Guild. 1323 S.
Yakima, Tacoma. Oct. 3·25. For info call 272-2145.
"Nightnoisecomes to Evergreen: the free spirit of
Celtic music teams up with elements of jazz, folk, and
rock to enchant the ear and the heart on Thursday,
November 6, at 8 PM in the Recital Hall at The
Evergreen State College.
There will be a concert by Space, ... ovember I, in
the Evergreen Stale College Recital Hall at 8 PM.
Tickets are $2 for Evergreen students with I.D. $3
general admission. For more information call x6145
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Fridays & Saturdays from October 3rd through
November 1st at 8:00 PM. For additional information call 967-3044.
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very special people- the children of Evergreen
students." The showing is in cooperation with the
Evergreen Childcare Center & will be displayed from
October 17 through October 31 on the first floor
of the CAB building, across from the Greenery. For
more information call Val Kitchen, Gallery Coordinator,
x6412.
Art As Cultural Expression is an exhibition of
culturally expressive art featuring works by 32 artists
who have in recent years exhibited in Evergreen
Galleries, on campus, & in regional touring programs,
or are represented in the College Art Collection. It
will be presented at the Evergreen Galleries 2 & 4.
untilOctober 26. weekdays from 12-6 PM &
weekends from 1-5 PM. For more information call
x6062 or x6072.
Duane Pasco will be showing a new exhibiti'on of his
. work at the Marianne Partlow Gallery until
November 18. Included will be carved boxes, masks.
chests, poles. & original serigraphs by the carver .
Northwest Photography Competition: Open to
all artists using photographic techniques . such as silver
print. photo silkscreen. gum print, color print. photosculpture, etc. Entry day is Saturday, November
I. En.tries must be shipped to the Humboldt Cultural
Center, 422 First St .. Eureka, CA 9550 I. Entry fee is
$10 for the first entrv & $5 for each additional entry.
For more information call (707) 442-261 I or write.
Volleyball: every Tuesday & Thursday 12-1 PM, Red
Square.
Boomerang Throwing every Friday from ~-6 PM
on Campus Playfields 3 & 4.
African Dance: every Wednesday 3:30-5 PM in Rec.
Center room ~07.
~The Lost Horizon Hili Run will be rOJn at
Evergreen on Saturday, October 15. Race day
registration for the IOs & ISS mile races will begins at
9 AM. Registration costs $4; $2 for Evergreen students.
For more information call x6530.
healing
Youth Wrestling Clinic to start November 10.
The clinic was, originally planned for October 21. For
more information call 753-8380.
Adult Children of Alcoholics support group meets
Mondays at 5:30 PM i'1 Lib. Rm. 22 19.
~upport Group for Caregivers of the
Chronically III will meet October 28, November
25, & December 23 . Sponsored by St. Peter's
Hospital, the support group is free & provides the opportunity to share ideas . learn techniques, & solve the
proble ms which often occur with the stress of being
a caregiver . For more Information call 943 -7624
Managing Your Diabetes, a class on how to
healthfully & more independently manage diabetes. will
be held October ]0 & 31, at 8 AM at St. Peter's
Hospital. The fee is $25 per patient with support people & family free. For more information o r registratIOn form s call 456-7383.
The YWCA Breakfast Speaker Series will offer Up·
dating Breast Screening, presented by Pat Shively. CRN N!Jrse Practitioner at the Thurston Women's
Health Clinic. Discussion of breast cancer and use of
x- rays will be offe red at 7-8 AM, Tuesday, October
28 at the YWCA Friendship Hall, 200 Union Ave. $3
covers the cost of a continental breakfast. Call 352-0593
fo r reservatio ns .
Smokestoppers: A Smoking Cessation Program, a nationally acclaimed program to help people
stop smoking will hold an introductory class on October
29 at 7:30 PM in the St. Peter's Hospital Cafeteria
gallery on the second floor. For information or to
register call 754-7247 .
Fate of the Forest; a documentary about the
eraducation of tropical forests and efforts to save them.
will be presented as part a seminar being held by the
Peace Co rps . The seminar will be held on Tuesday.
October 28 in CAB 108.
Healing Arts Forum. Workshops on Yoga. rebirthing. and more. Bruce Millar. healer from the
Skokomish Indian tribe will lead a workshop. Dinner.
brunch . music, dance. massage, hot tub, sleep-over.
Bring sleeping bag. Donations requested. For more in·
formation call x6145 .
Volleyball Club will meet at Jeffe~on Gym, Tuesdays
from 6:30-8:30 starting October 21. Newcomers
welcomed.
Basketball Open Gym every friday from 6-9 starting October 31 at Jefferson Gym.
Tennis Club meets Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30 on the
campus courts or in the Recreation Pavilion.
Sail Team meets for practice at West Bay Marina
on Budd Inlet every Wednesday & Sunday afternoon.
noon to 3 PM. The Sail Team Shuttle leaves the Dorm
Loop Wednesdays at noon & Sundays at II :30 AM.
~Team Gel Rad Boomeranl Funtest. Saturday
October 25, noon till. dark, Evergreen soccer field.
Everyone is welcome. The event will feature fun.
awards, & prizes.
Longacres Race Track in Renton Sunday Octoltel
26 .. Gates open at II :30. first race at 11:10 AM.
Featuring the $25,000 added Turbulator
Handicap.
Seattle 'Supersonlcs vs. Utah Jazz at the Spokane
Coliseum , Sunday October 26 at 7PM (KJR r~dio 95).
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7th Annual Mayor's Community .....yer
Breakfast, Thursday, October 21 at Vance
Tyee Motor Inn, will start promptly at 7 AM.
Members of every faith are invited to participate
in joint community prayers for' "love for one
another throughout Thurston County & around
our unsettled world ." Breakfast is $7.50, including gratuity; coffee is only $2. Please confirm
your intention to eat breakfast by calling Rachel
Lockwood (357-4585) no later than 5 PM, Tuesday, October 21. Breakfast is optional. but will
be served to only those who have called &
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recreation
Zen meditation every Wedn.....y at 8 PM in the
Lecture Hall rotunda . Free. Bring a firm. thick pillow.
Sponsored by Olympia Zen-Kai.
Wallyball: every Monday 7-9 PM on CRC racquet- .
The Lesbian/Gay Resource c:.m.r (LGRC)needs
ball court number I.
volunteers . Call x6544
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Gay Men Support Group every Thursday from
7 I n 9 PM at the LGRC, LIB 3223 , x6 544 .
Lesbian Support Group on Tuesdays from 7 to
9 PM in the LGRC, LIB 3223, x6544 .
The Group, a therapeutic ex penence. A supportive
setting for personal issues. Register at the Counseling
Center in the seminar building. They will meet every
Wednesday fall quarter 3: 15 PM . Barbara Gibson &
John Miller wi ll fa cilitate.
Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation invites you to help them raise a Challenge Fund
to be used to fund peaceful community services in
Nicaragua. The fund hopes to match, dollar for dollar,
' th e money Congr es ~ is sending the Contras. For more
info rmation call 789-5565 .
Senator Gorton seeks Inte_m~: Applications for US
Senator Slade Gorton's 1987 Senior Citizen Intern Pro-
gram are being accepted now through November
I. The internships begin January I , 1987. Applications
may be obtained by calling Gorton's state offices in
. A_Wqmen's Support Group will mee t on ·a weeK- -- Seattle, 'f4TSS-4 5.QrVaricouver, -6-<t0-783~Applicants
Iy basis in the Counseling Center , SEM 2109 from I
must be at least 60 years of age , residents of
to 2": 30 PM. For more infor mation call x6800.
W ashington state, & Citizens of the US.
~ecture on Buddhism: A publi c lecture on " The
Inner Meaning of Buddhist Ethics" w ill be give n by a
Buddhis t priest on T uesday, October 21, at 7 PM in
th e East Room of th e Olympia Ti mberlan d Library,
9th & Adams. Ol ympia.
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wm YWCA is having their annual "Attic Sale "
on
Saturday. November 29, 9 AM to 4 PM. Donations
should be brought now to the YWCA at 220 Un ion
Av e. S. E. between 9-5, Monday through Friday.
Thurston County Rape Relief & Women's
Shelter Services needs volunteers to an swer crisis
calls; work with clients ; counseling ; advocating; & working In th e bUSiness office. They have a special need for
daytime volunteers. Ext ensive training provided . Ca ll
786-875 4 for an appli cat ion.
If yo u are a 20 year o ld male or older and would like
to share 3-4 hours per week wi th a youth needing male
companionship, come to the Big Brother Volunteer
O rientation. Monday, October 27 from 6-7. For more
Information call 943- 9584
politics
~tudent
Representatives to the President's
Advisory Board wi ll meet With students W edn esday , October 29 a ~ 10:30 AM in Lecture Hall I. The
purpose of the board will be explained . Also, one alternate still needs to be chosen; apply at th e Informa ti on
Cen t er In t he CA B. For mor e Information call x6008 .
"We're Going to Build a Country" w ill be the
catalyst for comm unit y for um, October 27 at 7:30
PM at the O lympia Library. For mor e information call
943-8647 .
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Fellowship available: The National Wildlife Federation has increase d the size of ItS envi ronmental Conservation Fell owship to a maximum of $10 ,000 each
per annum. The deadline for applications is December
15 . For more Informat ion w n te : N ational Wildlife
Federation , 14 12 Six teenth Street, N. W ., Washington,
D .C 20036-2266. or t ele phone 703 -790-4484.
careers
Intent form deadline: If you plan to do a
winter quarter internship , the intent form must
be submitted by Monday, October 27 at 5 PM.
The Office of Co-operative Education will
hold open hours each week thourgh December
12, evaluation week. Open hours will be each
Wednesday and Thursday from 1-3 PM. Students
be served on a first come, first served, basis,
Time w ith a counselor will be limited to 10- 15
minutes . For more information call x 6391
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Internship orientation session w ill be held
W ednesday November 5 from 1-2 PM in L(lb I.
Interested in a Career in the Foreign Service?
The U .S . Department of St ate has announced that the
Foreign Service Examination w ill be given this year on
Dece mber 6. The deadlin e for applying to take the
exam IS October 24 . Application form s & boo klets
exp laining the examinatio n process & the Fore ign Ser vice can be pic ked up In t he Career Development Office in LIB 121 4
Historic D eerfield w ill cond uct Its 32nd annual Summer Fellowship Program in Early American
History & Material Culture at D eerfield,
Ma ss achu se tt s fr·o m June 15 t o Au gust 15 ,
I 987.Between 6 & 10 Fellows hips wi ll be awarded t o
students of undergraduate st atus w ho are interested
in careers in museums, histori c preserv ation , & the
stud y of America n culture. App licants to th E: program
must be un dergraduates of so pho more. junio r . or
se nior standing in an Amencan or Canadian co llege as
of Janua ry. l, 1987. Students may apply for eithe r fu !l
or· partial fellowships . For furthe r information ca ll Kevin
M . Sweeny. (4 13) 774-558 1.
Ap plrcatlon materials for t he Washington State
Federation of Garden Cl ubs Scholarship are now
available for students concentrating their studies In landscape deSign, conservation, forest ry . agronomy. plant
pathology , environmental concerns , city planning land
m anageme nt,
and / or
all ied
subjec t s.
The scholarship has a value of $2 ,625 . Please stop by
the Dean Of Enro llment Services Office (Li brary 122 1)
to get the necessary forms . Applica tion deadline:
November
15,
1986.
The Student Conservation Association (SeA) is
presently accepting requests for applications and listenings for 150 p_ositions to be offered during the 1987
winter and spring season . VOlunteers this winter and
spring will serve in such areas as: the Virgin Islands National Park in the Virgin Islands: San Francisco Bay National W ildlife Refuge in California; Everglades National
Park in Florida; Yuma District of the Bureau ·of Land
Management in Arizona; Idaho Panhandle National
Forest in Idaho; and Haleakeala National park in Hawaii.
Any person interested in participating or learning more
about programs should send a postcard to requesting
, cm~ information" or- an-'-'-application a~d listing of
the Winter/Spring Park, Forest, and Resource Assistant Positions" to: Student Conservation Association,
PO Box 550C, Charleston, NH 03603 or telephone
the SCA at (603) 826-5206/5741
Students who are interested in pursuing graduate school
in the field psychology or counseling will want to attend the Graduate School Options In Psychology
and Counseling Workshop, including a panel discussion by falculty snd administration from Seattle Universit y, Pacific Lutheran University, St . Martin 's College,
Chapman College, University of Washington , as well
as others . The workshop will be held Wednesday, October 29 from 3-5 PM in CAB 108. For more information call x6 193
"Breaking Barriers to SucceH: Woman and
Management", a one-day workshop designed for
w omen currently in management positions or working toward that objective, will be conducted by Jennifer Belcher November 14 and sponsored by the
YWCA The workshop w ill be held at the United Churches , 11th and Capitol Way . Cost is $85 .00 which
covers the cost of the workshop and materials. For
more information call 352-0593 .
other stuff
Marilyn Frasca is not on campus this quarter. She
can be reached by leaving a message at her office , Lab
I room 2026. A sign up sheet IS posted for interviews
for her Spring group contract" A Meditation on Faith . "
Mountain pass reporting service operational. Call
1-976-ROAD for road condition reportage.
Appli cations fo r Time Magazine's Second Annual
College Achievement Awards are available at the
dean' s office or by calling 1-800-523 -5948. Time
magazine is conducting a nationwide search for 100 college Juniors who excel in academics & extra-curricular
activities. Twenty winner s will recieve $2,500 each &
their achieve ments w ill be showcased in a special promotional section of the April 6, 1987 campus edition
of T ime.
Working with Women Workshop will be held
November 15-16 in Seattle. This w orkshop is for
bo th women and men. For more information call
Priscilla at 754-7726 .
Maarava, Evergreen 's Jewish Cultural Organi zation,
w ill have a meeting on Thursday, October 30 at 4:30
PM in th e 3200 lounge in the library. At this meeting
there w ill be a discussion about Israeli culture , All are
invi t ed t o attend .
A one-day workshop to explore how fear constricts
our movement toward intimacy, creativity, learning,
and a full expression of life, The workshop is sponsored
by the Counseling and Health Center . It will be held
Wednesday, November 19, from 9 AM to 4PM in
Library 3500 Lounge. The fee for the all day workshop
will be $5 .
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is a non-profit religious organization dedicated
to the belief that the return of the Dinosaurs
will occur in our lifetime, Our fifteen memberstrong congregation assembles during the full
moon to worship and give praise to our highest
lord, JOE·SAUR, otherwise known as SEXBIRD,
Our exalted reverand, the enigmatic Frank
Gunderson leads his flock through song and
psalm and delivers HOLY MESSAGES relayed
to him directly from the mind of Joe himself,
"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, for it is EXXON,
the Great WHORE, who desicrates the Holy
Buriel Grounds and uses my BLOOD to fuel the
Beast, Go YE into the four corners of the earth,
with drum and honker in onr hand, and a vial
of my blood in the other, and proceed to
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The DCTl joyously awaits the return of our lord
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and SEXBIRD will come forth to gather all the
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destruction,
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The DCTl has declared the first week of October to be the International Week of the
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