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Volume XVI
Number II
December 10, 1987
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You remember. She was
always there when you were
frightened. And if you got hurt,
she was standing by with bandages. Wouldn't it feel good
to talk to your mother again
right now?
Calling over AT&T Long
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Letters
An Act of Conscience
by Nick Roberts
Student Anti-Apartheid groups at colleges throughout the country, I think, are
channeling their energies into what I
believe to be one of the most urgent
moralistic endeavors facing the world.
The assertion that U . S. corporations
pulling out of South Africa would
, definitely help to destabilize the fascism
of apartheid is clearly becoming less and
less arguable. Security forces continue to
sanction torture and unjust detention of
o ut-sp~ke? black South Africans.
I've never been on any crusade to
disperse student apathy at Evergreen, for
being a conscientious student myself, I
realize that academic committment can
constrict time and exhaust the energy to
the point where political awareness can
go no farther than coffee house chit-caht.
But I was quite bewildered at the few people who really understood the purpose of
activism at the Capitol building last April
and the ensuing arrest of myself and six
soberly evaluate the scenario. Also, being granted the Necessity Defense tested
the strength of our convictions in a court
of law . In prime Evergreen fashion, a
misdemeanor trial was converted into an
intense educational experience as we were
all focused to research deeper in the South
Africa situation and articulate the principles and moral imperitives we felt in doing what we did. Everything was orchestrated not around lofty, altruistic
ideals, but around a definite objective .. .
using all possible measures to get passed
an extremely important divestment bill.
We sincerely hoped it would have an im pact. The strength of our convictions won
the jury over. We were all acquitted. We
live in a country where this is possible.
In South Africa , student protesters
would, at best, face detention without
trial. Even with a trial as positively
significant for students' freedom of expression as this one, only a few Evergreen
students made a showing during the entire six day trial. Interesting.
other protesters on an erroneous charge.
Since then , questions like "Why South
Africa?" and "What good does it do to
get arrested?" abounded again and
again. First, it occurs to me that countries which instituationalize policies of
dehumanization and sanction day-by-day
inequality and injustice are causes that
don't give us the luxury of sitting around
deciding "Which one should I get into,"
like a program from an academic
catalogue. They all deserve attention, but
Sou th Africa is especially significant.
South Africa is not a "cult cause" in a
far away country. It's an issue that we
face and need to deal with. Our senators
vote on bills which determine how complicit Washington State will be in the evils
of apartheid in a place which is right on
our doorstep .
As far as the effectiveness of "civil
disobediance," our arrests culminated in
Thurston County District Court with a
week long trial. This presented an ideal
opportunity for the five defendents to
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have, on several occasions, stolen or
defaced drawings in the Lab I building.
These drawings are the course work of
students in the Studio Project program .
They mark important steps in our
development of personal themes and
technical ability.
Recently these incidents have become
more frequent. Drawings have been
defaced in, or taken from the studios as
well as the halls and lobby. We ask others
who use the building to aid us in preventing further vandalism and theft. Please
be alert to individuals whose actions seem
suspicious. Please contact a student in the
program or faculty members Marilyn
Frasca and Bob Haft with any information. We in the program appreciate your
cooperation .
For the one, two, or several individuals
responsible for these incidents: our drawings are not the products of casually spent
free time . In my own case, two drawings
which were taken from the lobby of Lab
I represent close to 14 hours of work. I
would appreciate it if you who stole them
would anonymously return them, though
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getting into the registration line. In a
traditional school you can drop a course
with a poor instructor, but at Evergreen
a student's schedule tends to be all or
nothing since you're either in a program
or you're not. This makes it imperative
that students be able to find out as much
as they can about the faculty before they
sign up for a program or contract.
There are several ways of finding out
about faculty now, of course, but it's obvious that the present methods of asking
fellow studen~s, using the a!;.ademic handbook and catalogue, the academic fair
etc. all leave something to be desired. At
a school that prides itself on being
dedicated to undergraduate teaching, it
seems right that students should have
easy access to all the information they can
about faculty before being asked to invest
large amounts of time and money in a
program or contract.
One thing that could be done to greatly
improve this situation is simple: put the
student evaluations of faculty in the
library. When I first heard about
Evergreen's evaluation system, I assumed that the reason for having students
write evaluations of their faculty was for
the students' benefit as well as the faculty and administration. What is the sense
of writing these evalutations if they get
read by the faculty member and then get
filed away in some dust-ridden bottom
drawer? If we required that faculty subm it these evalutions to the library,
students would be able to look at them
at their convenience rather than having
to track down each faculty member individually to ask to see them. I'd like to
hear some other opinions on this.
Ken Aehl
To the Evergreen Community,
One of the situations that results from
our school's unique organization is that
the relationship between students and
teachers is more intense than in a traditional colleges. Here we have only 1 to
4 teachers for a quarter and most students
have only one teacher-their seminar
leader-for at least half of their classroom
time. This means that it 's vital for
students to know something about the
teachers of their programs before ever
Brutal Display
Dear Evergreen:
There has been much outcry against,
and many self-serving words in favor of
the brutal display in front of the
Greenery . These photos purport to document right-wing hit-squad killings of
poor. innocent, Salvadorian peasants
brutally massacured by American
dollars. Since none of them were named
and dated, and there was no witnessing
documents of statements, none of the
charges made would stand up in free
world court of law. They were apparently accepted by the Peace Center, EPIC
and other radical organizations as gospel
truth, and shoved on many unwilling
viewers.
I object to the display.
1. I have seen enough death: fictional,
recorded, and "live," not to need to see
more, and if I did , I could see "better"
work in any of the current horror flicks .
2. I t served no purpose except to shock
and sicken. There was nothing artistic or
well thought out except the location and
purpose, which was maximum shock
value.
3 . Too much of anything, including horror, can dull the senses. And this was a
case of over-kill.
4 . Once again, one-side ness (antiAmerican) has presented itself at
Evergreen, with no response invited (or
probably allowed).
Nothing can be done about the display
except remove it and let the ghouls who
created it go off on their moral superiority
platform and mentally masturbate
themselves and others .
However, two other things can be
done.
1. Ensure that any display presented at
Evergreen in public impact areas is
suitable for display ANYWHERE (at
home, in church, in the grade schools,
etc.). This will allow people like Freeman
to display their works (?) behind unlocked door rriarked with some sort of warning or invitation ("Crude display of antiAmericanism" in here) .
2. Invite someone to place an exhibit in
the SAG of a tastefully done series of 12
8x 10 color glossies of mutilated priests,
doctors, teachers and peasants, (each
carefully documented with name, date of
death, and which Communist" freedom
fighters" claimed responsibility) who
were hacked apart by the same devotees
of peace whom I am willing to be that
Freeman and cohorts favor.
Sincerely,
H. William Safford
Letters
Letters
Charity Starts ...
"Greeners are basically Apathetic" ... I
was once told by a member of the
Ev.ergreen administration. But after
working on the Books For Pirsoners
Drive, I have reason to reject his
wisedom.
I want to give a huge THANK YOU
to everyone who contributed books and
magazines to the drive. Speical thanks
goes to the Evergreen Bookstore which
donated 9 boxes of irregular or unsellable
novels and texts. It is good to see the college doing something constructive with
our surpluses, but there is a lot more
which can be done. Thanks also to Mike
for the boxes, and to everyone at the
Peace and Conflict Resolution Center.
Thanks to the work that was done there
will be more .opportunities for growth in
the prisons.
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This whole effort took no more than six
or seven hours in total. We should all
keep our eyes open for such small tasks
which can do so much good . This upcoming year we should all think about small
initiatives we can each take to make this
world a little happier.
Have a great holiday season everyone.
Knoll
Messy Corpses
Dear CPj Editors and Readers:
Regardirig Burke Long's letter in CPj
(Nov. 19) which claimed abhorrence at
having been "assaulted by ... images"
of EI Salvador's war victims in
photographs taken by jim Freeman, it
might be instructional to mention that
fascists leave messy corpses for a reason.
The messier the stronger the message :
stay out of our way or you'll be wiped
lJUt. If we do not wish to see such
macabre images of the dead then we can
start by voting in Congresspeople who
will not spend our tax monies at S1.5
million per day. The ten photographs
didn't begin to show the 65,000 dead and
disappeared since 1980. It's too bad each
corpse could not have received an equal
share of the $1.5 million per day. It
would have been some lottery and that
person more than likely would still be
working in a field ' or factory very
-productively-and we could stand to look
at the living person!
In 1967 I remember when john Birchers of Eugene harassed personally, and
in the press, a medical doctor who had
returned from Vietnam with photographs
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of napalmed children. They were
published in Ramparts magazine. Because
I invited this M.D. to my classroom to
share his experiences, moves were made
to fire me. I've been going to El Salvador
since 1968. One sharp memory from in
visit in 1986 is that when one awakened
to what was thought to be an earthquake,
it really was the aftershock of a huge
bomb's impact near Guazapa and felt in
San Salvador. Bombs made in the
U . S.A. , also paid for by us, also
dismember, and torture the surviving
families knowing they are so powerless
against these huge death furnances dropped from the sky. The U. S. dropped
bombs on civilians of Ocotal in
Nicaragua in 1927 and mercenaries and
contras continue to do so today. The
U .S. CIA dropped bombs on Guatemala
that was enjoying the fruits of a to-year
old democracy in 1954. Yes, Central
Americans know mass death and
holocaust.
If we look the other way and claim to
the "assaulted" by such atrocities or not
to know what is going on, is this no different than what occurred during the
Nazi's rise to power? Fascists hope ordinary citizens look the other way. Or
their way. They are known to be quite
dapper and are very easy to look . at in
perfectly tailored suits-or uniforms . I'm
sure all the victims of Auschwitz,
Hiroshima, Southeast Asia and today in
South Africa, Palestine and Central
America would be very happy to look
human, alive and attractive in or out of
photographs-if they'd been allowed to
live, even barefoot, working, surviving
and struggling for justice.
Zoe Anglesey
A s a frimd and trans14tor oj Central and South
American poetry and a poet herself, Zoe Anglesey
received her MA in Creative Writingfrom New
York University . She is the · editor of Ixok
Amar-go: Central American Women's
Poetry for Peace, an anthology of 56 poets
and 60 trans14tors, and Voices of New
Women. She has published the book
Something More than Force: Poems for
Guatemala 1971-1982. Her poems have been
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Ploughshares, Minnesota Review, Clearwater journal, Massachusetts Review,
and Croton Review. She has coordinated
poetry readings in New York Ciry, a women's
international poetry festival at the Universiry of
Massachusetts, and a Central American
Women's Poets Tour in 1986. She was in
Olympia for Thanksgiving, to visit a daughter
who is a student at Evergreen.
CPJ Structure
To the Evergreen Community:
Are you concerned about the structure
of the Cooper Point Journal? Many people are! Chances are that you are one of
those that has signed a petition of support for collectivizing the editorship of the
CPj. Some of you are not sure just how
the CPj is currently structured and what
might be different if the CPj was to be
collectivized. All of you ought to know
that the CPj started out as a collective,
dead-set against traditional hierarchical
newspaper management. All of you
ought to know that the CPj was never
mt:ant to be anything but a student-run,
student-operated collective .
The CPj originally started out as a collective in 1972. The collective model was
in line with the Evergreen philosophy of
community decision making. There was
both promise and problem with the collective model. Rather than work through
the problems, the collective gave way to
paid staff and hierarchical domination.
Here too there was promise and problem,
but the problems of hierarchy and
domination are more acceptable to this
society than trying to work through the
problems of shared power. The CPj has
since worked under the authority of
patriarchs (this includes the Editor-inChief position and the Advisor position
as well as). Throughout the last ten years
there have been several attempts to
recollectiri.zulll: CP}. This time we will
succeed in recollectivizing the CPj
The existing CPj structure is hoth
hierarchical and patricarchal. The
responsibility for the overall conception,
planning, editing, production, and staff
lies within the absolute power of one individual, the Editor-in-Chief. The nature
of this position tends to leave the entire
student-body to delegate their power to
the staff. The effectiveness of this position lies with the benevolency of
selfishness of the person to delegate or
share his or her authority .
Additionally, our student newspaper
has a required Advisor. This faculty, or
parent, oversees the regular operation of
the newspaper. While they have no explicit legal authority over the staff, they
do retain a tremendous amount of implicit power over the life of the newspaper
(see section 7.96 of the Evergreen Administrative Code for detailed information about the enormity of the Advisor's
implicit power over CPj money, management and staff) .
The new idea, being circulated, for recollectivizing the CPj, is a step forward
from both the hierarchical and collective
CPj structural models of the past. The
model first assumes that there will continue to be paid staff such as the Business
and
Managing
Editors,
Art
direct/Graphics Coordinator, etc., yet it
also assume that the overall production
of the newspaper should be collectivelly
determined.
The role of Editor-in-Chief will be collectively assumed by all stil.ff, paid or unpaid, (journalists, editors, artists, etc .) of
the CPj. The staff will share the responsibility for conceptualizing, planning, and
producing the paper . This will allow for
journalistic creativity and group ownership of the newspaper. There will still be
paid Editors, Coordinators and other
positions (i .e. the Managing Editor will
be responsible for facilitating the production of the paper), but more students will
be able to be involved in learning about
the o\lerall role of newspaper planning
and production . Students will learn the
value of .group process and group decision making (an Evergreen ideal). The
monies saved from the Advisor and
Editor-in-Chief salaries may be used to
pay for more staff. Currently these two
paid positions absorb a significant
amount of the CPJ and Student Activities
Budget.
The model also assumes that the relationship between Advisor (parent) and
student staff should be one of cooperation
than by requirement. The staff of the CPj
will collectively define the role of an ad-
visor (There will be no capital" A" advisor position) at the beginning of every
year. The role of an advisor will be
limited to consulting on an 'as needed'
basis rather than a full or near full-time
paid salary. Additionally, the students do
not need a faculty/parent to act as a middlepersonlliasort between the administration and community, as is now the case.
Students are fully paid-up human beings.
The U.S. Constitution acknowledges our
ability to make inofrmed decisions by
granting us the right to vote. We demand
our right to represent ourselves without
liasons. We demand our right to determine our own newspaper without colonial intrusion.
We hope that by the time this CPj is
printed that the Communications Board
will have heard our request for the
restructuring of the CPj. Stay tuned for
more information on this issue.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian Hoffman
Please see re14ted interview on page 29.
Thanks Tim
To the Editor:
I would like to commend Tim O'Brien
for his excellent article on Evergreen's
new Teacher Education Program in the
December 3rd issue of the CPj (pp. 6-7).
I mention the pages since the utterly
misleading headline under which the article appeared would have done little to
lead potentially interested readers to
notice that there was indeed an article on
this new and innovative program appearing in the paper. Anyone interested in
finding out what is new and different
about Evergreen's approach to educating
future teachers could do no better than
to begin their researches by reading Mr.
O'Brien's fine article .
Yours Sincerely,
Don Finkel
Teacher Education Program faculty
Some Thoughts on Modern Film
by Jeff Pedersen
The medium of film is a more powerful art form than is often granted.
We have come to see film first and
foremost as entertainment. It has not
consistently conveyed the intellectual expression associated with contemporary
painting, performance, art, music and
literature. It isn't that film is simply not
a serious art, but that we have been bombarded by so many poor uses of the
medium that, our expectations have been
diminished .
Further, the r«:petitive use of the
cinema as a bare form of entertainment ,
with less special attention to its
psychological power-or an exploration
of its still many hidden potentials-is a
vicious circle seemingly with no end .
Not without its moments of true
cinematic brilliance, modern film has
become a scrawny parrot of th e
older ... generally deviod ofrich metaphor
and symbology.
Over sixty years ago certain filmmakers, intellectuals and political leaders
agreed fum was a powerful tool capable
of influencing the 't hought of the masses ,
In the early part of the twentieth century ,
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, with the
encourgement of the new Soviet government , labored to devise certain systems
and physiological absolutes through
which the art of rum could communicate
the glorious new state of their union.
What Eisenstien did for film, more
specifically, was to develop a very detailed and explicit methodology in the form
of priciples of montage. We might consider these principles the "language" or
"syntax" of modern cinema, and they
are still the foundation of all editing
associated with traditional film . His main
montage principles were five-fold-five
levels of montage , each with its own rules
and aesthetic standards, and each more
detailed and complex, physically and
psychologically, than the last,
Though not benefitting from a formal
study of fum technique, Evergreen
GreenerSpeak:
students have developed their own rules
and procedures from a variety of sources
that in some respects challenge the
precepts of Hollywood . That is possibly
why awards are sometimes garnered by
students here in spite of the miniscule
budget and inferior equipment we must
work with . Students here are not so
pressured by the lure of work to tailor
their rums for the eyes of perspective
employers and hence create more personal, experimental pieces. It is,
therefore, likely that these personal works
may appeal to festival panels as a
welcome reprieve from the Hollywood
look-alikes that many independents
produce .
However, even students here, looking
with suspicion upon the popular works of
Hollywood, cannot entirely escape the effects that these works may have on
developing senses of criticism and
aesthetics . If bad Hollywood impressions
remain unchecked, the future generations
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Actually we've done a lot oj
neat things: We 've gone to
Seattle with the "stop the
Master Plan JJ campaign ,
A Iso we 've had some really
good speakers come to the
program , Going to Seattle
for the Master Plan was
probably th e most in teresting, because it brought
what we were studying into reality,
The most interesting thing
our program did was drawing a picture of the meaning of a book. The picture
J drew was a picture of
deviation amplifying loops
and inte"elated causations.
J've learned about the expen'ence of fiction . I've
learned that fiction is a very
good tool for understanding
meaning, meaning the
power of finding meaning
in the self
Modern
Fiction
American
Kelly Johnson
The Divided Self
By far, our performance.
We're prepan'ngfor it right
now. We 're going to be a
production group performance that entails African
music and kind of a ritual
type of thing.
I nterviews by Ellen Tepper
Photographs by Philip Bransford
Pete Taylor(faculty)
Forest and Salmon
A trip to the Q;.tinault area
of the Olympic Forest, We
visited various kinds of
forested areas and saw some
salmon habitats, We saw
old-growth forests, then
hiked through a wilderness
area, saw an Indian fish
hatchery ,
and
saw
something of the Quinault
Indian reservation . We also
SaL/) dttu-~orest areas.
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Secretary of Education William Bennett has threatened to bar colleges from
• all federal student aid programs if their
guaranteed Student Loan default rates
exceed 20 percent.
According to the Department of
Education's figures, Evergreen's default
rate is 19.3 percent.
Evergreen's default rate is the highest
in the state among four-year public
universities. University of Washington
was said to have a 8 .2 percent default rate
and Washington State a 7.6 percen t
default rate .
Evergreen Director of Financial Aid,
Georgette Chun questions the accuracy
of Bennett's figures. She claims that the
Department's own Inspector General
cited several omissions and inaccuracies
in the report prior to it being released that
were never dealt with . Students who
subsequently began to make payments
were not removed from the list.
The National Association of Student
Financial Aid Administrators claims that
the "gross default rate presented
overstate by nearly a third the actual net
default rates ."
Figures for loans granted through
Washington State banks for the same
period, complied by the Washington Student Loan Guannity Association , show
Evergreen to have a nearly 15 percent
default rate as compared to a cumulative
rate of 6.28 percent for all public four
year institutions in the state.
"Bennett's plan for resolving the problem is unreasonable, " says Chun . "On
the one hand, he acknowledges that borrowers and lenders bare the primary
responsibility for the problem . On the
other hand , he proposes levying the harshest penalties ... on the institutions who
have the least control over the
situations.' ,
For the first time , the financial aid offi~e has received a list of students who
have defaulted on loans granttd through
state banks. Chun says these students are
being processed into their system to prevent any financial aid transcripts being
released on behalf of the student . Further
actions against these students may be
considered.
In reality, Chun expects these efforts
to have little affect . She claims one of the
biggest problems is that federal regulations are too board . She notes that the
college cannot refuse to certify a
Guaranteed Student Loan application
even if a particular student has proven to
be a "dismally poor loan risk." The only students who can be prevented from
applying for a GSL, as per federal regulations, are those who have previously
defaulted on a federal GSL or financial
aid program . Under these conditions,
Chun feels it is ludicrous for the college
to be penalized for student defaults.
Two important factors that may contribute to increased default rates, not addressed by Bennett in his report, are the
results of recent federal actions. Broadening of the GSL regualtions, combined
with decreasing levels of other federal
financial aid programs, require students
to rely increasingly on loans to continue
their education.
As of this fall, financial aid offices are
required by federal law to offer student
loan debt counseling, so that students are
made aware of the amount of their debt
and the monthly payments ·that will be
necessary to repay the loan. Because of
their limited resources, Evergreen's office, while able to comply with the
minimum requirements of the regulations, cannot offer more of the in-depth
counseling that Chun believes would be
useful.
Default rates are generally higher for:
first year students who drop-out. Chun
notes one possible way to cut default rates
would be to limit GSLs to upper division
students .
While Chun believes Bennett's threat
to be largely a "scare tactic," she encourages people to express their concerns
to their congressional representatives.
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Stenberg Walks
F or Peace
I
Comradery among hundreds of
Americans and Soviets was a highlight of
a 450-mile peace walk from Leningrad to
Moscow for Larry Stenberg, director of
Alumni and Community Relations, who
will share the experience with slides and
discussion on Monday, December 14,
from noon to 1: 30 pm in CAB 108 .
The slide images illustrate a '''surprising level of similarity between the two
cultures," says Stenbe'rg, who was
among 230 Americans and nearly 200
Soviets who participated in the walk .
Stenberg is sharing his experience with
the Evergreen and Olympia Communities in hopes of creating a better
understanding of the Soviet Union. "It
would be my hope that one result of a
clearer understanding of the Soviets
would be a stronger desire to find out how
we can make our individual contributions
to improving the relationship between
ourselves and the two cultures."
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Help
Safeplace
by Anne Appleby
Make 1988 your year to reach out and .
help others . Safeplace, Thruston County Rape Relief and Woman's Shelter Services, needs volunteers. People are needed to answer crisis phones, work with .
clients aa counselors or advocates, work
in the shelter; work in the bU'siness office,
assist with fundraising or participate in
public speaking. Safeplace operates 24
hours a day, seven days a week. People
from different cultural origins are encouraged to participate.
Our Winter Volunteer Training begins
January 14, 1988. Call Safeplace at
786-8754 for an application.
Calendar
DECE MBER 12
, 'Motherlode" will be performing an
album release concert promoting their
new album "Everything Possible ." They
will perform on Saturday, in th e
Evergreen Recitial Hall at 8:00 pm.
Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at
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the Evergreen State College Bookstore ,
The Book Mark in Lacey and Yenney's
Music Store.
DECEMBER 13
A Christmas Carol Ballet Matinee.at 2:00
pm.
DECEMBER 14
Bill Hillier will present a guitar/da nce
performance on Monday at 8:00 pm free
o f charge in the R ecital Hall.
A Christmas Carol Ballet (see December
11 ).
DECEMBER 20
The Olympia Symphony Orchastra with
Joel Salsman, Pianist , will perform at
7:UO pm at the Washing Center . Ticket
prices range 'from $6 to $12, For more in- .
formation call 753-8586.
DECEM BER 22
DECEMBER !5
A public meeting has been scheduled to
discuss the future of the Olympia
Ballroom on Tuesday , December 15,
beginning at 7:30 pm. The meeting will
be held in the west room of the Olympia
, Timberland Library (8th and Franklin)
in downtown Olympia. For more information , contact Jon Epstein at 866-9301 ,
This meeting is sponsored b y the Traditional Arts Council of Olympia .
Governor Warns of Cuts
DECEMBER 18-19
Shari Lewis will present " Holiday Happenin's" a t the W as hington Center at
7 :30 pm . Tickets range from $4-$21.50 .
For more informat ion, call 753-8586 .
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THE. WASHINGTON CE.NTER
by Timothy O ' Brien
The full impact of the recent stock
market dive may yet hit Washington
State and Evergreen . In the wake of
"Black Monday," GQvernor Gardner requested that all state agencies draw up
contingency budget plans by November
30 to reflect a 4 percent reduction.
Should the cuts become necessary ,
Evergreen would be forced to trim
S1,207,000 from its budget during the
final 18 months of the biennium.
While the stock market appears to have
stabilized, the tax structure of
Washington State is by no means stable.
Given that the State is highly dependent
on sales tax revenues, if shoppers turn
timid this Christmas the state could find
itself short of operating capital . This,
coupled with the state's low budget
reserves, could make the cuts necessary.
In his November 4 letter to Agency
Directors, Gardner wrote, "With less
than one percent reserve in our 1987-89
biennial budget to absorb revenue fluctuations, I believe it is prudent and good
business practice t? plan well ahead for
a potential adverse revenue forecast later
this month."
The November state economic forecast
suggested that budget reductions would
not be needed, but college officials are
still being cautious . "Evergreen is aware
that the state is subject to the vicissitudes
of a faulty revenue system ... ," wrote
Stan Marshburn, Executive Assistant to
the President , in a letter detailing
Evergreen's cuts to the Office of Financial Management. Marshburn says the
February 14 economic forecast will be an
important indicator as to whether the
budget reductions will be necessary.
When last year's budget was passed,
state revenues were on shaky ground
because of a then upcoming court
challange to the Business and Occupation
Tax . Consequently, the College began
the biennial period carefully, anticipating
possible cuts due to the unknown status
of the B&O tax . While the state has not
yet incurred any revenue loses due to the
court challenge of the B&O tax,
Evergreen, having planned for the worst,
was left with some reserves in nonessential areas , putting the college in better
financial shape should the four percent
cuts become a reality.
Over one third of the $1.2 million that
the college would be forced to cut would
come out of the delayed purchase of
equipment reserves. Evergreen has
$419,000 left in equipment reserves
because the administration has purchased only the most urgently needed equipment . This strategy would help minimize
across the board cuts to academics and
college serv'ices.
Other cuts would include a delay of
enrollment growth to 2,900 for the
1988-89 year, which would save
$286,000. Reductions among College
departments would total $400,000; faculty research and development funds would
be trimmed by $67,000. Public Service
expenditures, The Washington Center
for the Improvement of Undergraduate
Education, the Labor Education and
Research Center, the National Faculty
for the Humanities, Arts and Sciences ,
and the Washington State Institute on
Public Policy all would be dealt 4 percent
across the board cuts representing a savings of $35,000.
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A writer's group has been formed
recently which meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Olympia Center
at 7:00 pm . It is open to writers of all
genres, at any stage of their careers-published regularly, never been published, and all stages in between. Our aim
is to give each other a sounding board,
constructive criticism, encouragement,
and to share information. There are no
dues.
As membership grows, we plan to have
professional writers bring us their exper- ,
tise, as well as programs from within the
membership. All writers and aspiring
writers are welcome .
Need 'a ride over Christmas break? If
you have a car or need a ride someplace,
we at Innerplace wish to help . We're
working to bring people who need rides
together with people going places. Or, if
you would just like to contribute, stop by
the table in fmnt of the bookstore in the
CAB. We' ll be there till the end of the
quarter. Gasoline donations are very
much appreciated. See ya on the road!
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5 em ester 5 ystem Considered
by Scott Buckley
In what will probably be remembered
as its most significant act this year, the
President's Advisory Board (PAB) voted
to recommend that the President convene
a task force to study whether it will be
practical for Evergreen to adopt a 4-1 -4
semester system. One of the first and
most important duties of the task force
will be to listen to student opinion and
find out whether students and other
members of the Evergreen community
are interested in changing the academic
calender .
The 4-1-4 calendar, as its name suggests, divides the year into two four month semesters, divided by a onemonth break during January, when attendance is optional. Those who stay during the proposed inter-sessions will find
that January is a very mellow time, with
informal gatherings at the homes of faculty, potlucks, trips off-campus and worksessions for planning academic programs.
Following the January break, the
academic year continues into Spring
semester, with classes endin g before May
20th . The calender would have about the
same number of class days as it does at
present, and (not counting the month
during inter-session) would still include
the same number of breaks-at
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and
during the evaluation weeks.
According to Matt Smith, who initiated the 4-1-4 proposal, one of the major reasons for having an inter-session is
to involve students directly in planning
their programs. Faculty need additional
input from students, which is not possible if planning takes place away from
campus or in the summer; faculty also say
that they need an extended block of time
to coordinate the material taught in one
program with other, overlapping programs, and need time to plan more
thoroughly in general. In a memo, Smith
explained that the present lack of highquality time for this purpose is a cause
of faculty burnout. According to a tentative proposal, students would be able
to earn extra credit towards graduation
by doing research or independent contracts during January.
Faculty member Byron Youtz, a
member of PAB, stressed several times
that the reason that the 4-1-4 proposal is
being brought to the board at such an
early stage in its development is to involve students in the discussion from the
first possible moment. Although the
Deans could have directly charged a DTF
to study this, they stated in a memo:
"This idea should receive thorough
discussion among the students, staff
and faculty prior to any consideration
of its implementation.
To that end, we are requesting ... a
series of discussions and public
meetings... We are bringing these
ideas to the PAB instead of a DTF
because we believe that the widest
possible consultation and a gradual
rather than tightly scheduled discussion will provide the best opporfor informed decisions about
After an unanimous vote that a DTF
should look further into the 4-1-4
calender, the PAB listened to a report
about the state and its financial status;
what will happen if emergency budget
cuts are needed? Handouts were
distributed containing a new procedure
for placing items on the board's agenda,
which is subject to approval at the next .
meeting. We adjourned at around 5:30 .
The PAB consists of twelve
members-three faculty members, three
staff, and three students, plus three
members at large. It serves only in an advisory capacity, and makes recommendations to President Olander on any matter which involves more than one particular constituency (faculty, staff or students). I ,
Scott Buckley, am one of the students on
the PAB, along with Jackie Kettman and
Jessy Lorion . To add an item to the
board's agenda, contact your favorite
representative .
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FOXES
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Quality used ladies apparel, ski wear,
jewelry, scarves and a 10 % courtesy
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been united by their sense of community, they were by no means united by their
sense of purpose. Like Charlie McCann,
the rest knew only what not to do. As
Marr puts it, "We were constantly hung
with the consequences of identifying
ourselves in negative terms rather than
in positive terms," and, as a result, they
had no resolution about what to do.
Against all tradition, without traditional
authorities, responsiblities, or duties,
everything was "up for grabs," in the
words of Sinclair. "It was chaotic, but
that's the way we wanted it."
So what's new? "It's different today,
significantly ... " says Marr, "many of us
[the teachers 1have a clearer sense of our
own purpose." Sinclair explains, "It took
me a long time to figure out what I kn~w
being respectfully recognized by the rest
of the country. It is also no coincidence
that our ~,Qcial Contract is now being
made to meet the demands of the legal
world at large. Clearly, we are losing our '
insular quality and becoming "incorporated" ~ 'iD the: -" outside world."
.
But there is still a strong sense of community here, a sense of membership and
ownership among both students and
faculty. Nearly 100 of the school's early
faculty are still here. They have helped
create and are still re-creating Evergreen.
Naturally they feel a sense of ownership:
they want to be instruments in the process of change and they resist change
from outsiders, says Hahn.
Students, too, still feel a sense of
ownership and want to be instruments of
( (R utinization leads to a call to reconfigure"
"A book is a present they' ll
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corner of State & Washington • 352-0123
CORNERSTONE POTTERY
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Cornerstone Pottery has a wide variety of
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say counted." One of his most extensive
interviews was with one of the college's
librarians.
1n 1971, with only Lab I, the Lecture
Halls and the library-which wasn't even
finished-standing, 1,1000 students and
55 faculty started the first Evergreen
school year. Brought together as creators
of, and participants in', an experiment,
most felt a strong sense of community.
Not only did people feel that they belonged to the community, they felt like the
school belonged to them. Fourteen years
ago, a visitor on campus commented to
David Marr, "The school clearly belongs
to the students."
There was a great fear of' 'professional
tyranny," says Marr, and lectures were
almost non-existent as teachers were
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fth & Capitol Way • 352-98f1
Great cards, jewelry, jl'ugs.' sweatshirts,
toys, decorations, swe~s, tins, party
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Featuring distinctive quality cards, calendars
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gift packs highlighting the Northwest, and
other exquisit delights .
C all for details or stop by .
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reluctant to distinguish themselves as
such. Faculty member Pete Sinclair says
that there were some lectures: the prevailing fear was that of "yellow notes," or
professors giving the same lecture year
after year after year after year.
Governance, too, was a community effort. As faculty member Byron Youtz
puts it, "A collegial relationship was
sought which would erradicate as many
of the hierarchical barriers as possible .
Hence decisions were to be made by administrators who were 'Iocateable and accountable,' but only after consultation
with those most affected." Faculty
member Jeanne Hahn explains that the
faculty came preapred also to playa part
in administration, and the distinctions
between the two roles blurred. Also,
DTF's were chos~n by lot and could be
appointed by students.
People wanted so much for their collective venture to work smoothly, that
they were all the more disillusioned when
realities failed to olive up to expections.
Almost immediately, there were apocalyptic prophecies coming from students and
teachers alike . Even the ' now sacred
Social Contl'at:t signified for one.student
the beginning the downfall of Evergreen,
as it was, he claimed, oppressive, rightwing, and authoritarian.
While Evergreen pioneers may have
that was new and interesting in terms of
being here." For him and others, he admits, it has taken until very recently. This
clarifying of purpose does not, however,
kill the spirit of experimentation; if
anything, it nutures it, says Marr .
These developments among the faculty have coincided with the developments
of the school as a whole and its relations
with the "outside world." The ciriculum
has gone from being governed by Cadwallader's "fruit basket upset"
philosophy, where nothing stayed the
same, to being relatively more sequential
and predictable. These changes were
made partially to accomodate more
student:l, such as those who had specific
career or gradaute school goals and requirements to meet. But cirricular innovation is not dead. As Hahn points
out, "rutinization leads to a call to
reconfigure. "
There was a time, says Sinclair, when
he and other teachers with backgrounds
in literature could in no way relate to or
even understand the work being published in the professional journals; they were
that far removed, that far absorbed in the
Evergreen experience. Now, he finds,
outsideres in the field are just discovering things which he and other Evergreen
faculty have already learned. It is no
coincidence that Evergreen is just now
change. A clear example ' of this is their
loud protest when they feel that this
" right" is threatened. One of the reasons
for their concern over the new code of
conduct may be that the code recognizes
the administration as the rightful owners
of the school, thereby challenging some
students' sense of ownership and, in the
process, threatf"ning their membership in
the community.
Many new students come to
Evergreen, like the founders, with an idea
of what Evergreen is not. This leaves ample room for subjective visions of what
Evergreen is. Many are dissatisfied with
their previous educaitonal experiences
and come to Evergreen as a last resort.
Naturally, the higher the hopes are, the
harder their disillusioning downfall will
be and thus the louder the proclamations
of Evergreen's downfall. Buwhe ongoing complaints about Ever~en signify
to Marr an ongoing utopian hope. "People wouldn't complain if they didn't expect anything." This hope brings the
school its unique vitality.
This article is the result of intmJiews willt
David Ma", Pete Sinclair andjtlJnne Halm.
I am also indebted to Byron Youtz's US4y,
"Th~ Evergreen SlIJte Collegt: An ExptrimntJ
Maturing. "
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and $5 for the fUm. Please call the LGRC
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South Ruget Sound Community College
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Martin's Pavilion. Tickets will be $5
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Cary Chow, an internationally acclaimed
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Ballet Northwest presents "A Christmas
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As the President's Advisory Board met
in one corner of the campus, and the S&A
Board in another, a Social Contract
forum was held. Being a continuation of
last week's President's Forum, many of
the same people were present. However,
the crowd dropped from nearly 100 to less
than 20.
The meeting started with an introduction by Gail Martin and then a short
speech by Shawn Newman, campus legal
counsel. He stated that right now
Evergreen is operating under two Social
Contracts: one written in 1972 , and
another written in 1983; the former was
never repealed . He went on to quote
several cases, one at the U.S. Supreme
Court level, which show;d a legal need
to have" a list of prohibition and narrow
code of conduct. "
Martin followed this up later by talking of her experience as summer Campus Adjudicator. She talked of several incidents where students asked "Show me
where the rule is that says I've done
something wrong." The fact of the matter, as Martin made clear, is that there
are no such rules, so the issue of when
the social contract has been violated is entirely at the Adjudicator's discretion.
Martin said that one of the reasons for
her wanting this code is so adjudication
d ecisions can be more clear-cut.
This week, Martin and Newman actively answered questions and agreed to
make several technical changes to the new
code before it is presented to the Board
of Trustees on January 6. Newman
agreed to put back parts of the code that
make the Social Contract equally applicable to all, regardless of community
classification. Another change made
regarded alcholic beverages . "U nder th~
influence" will be changed to "intoxicated. " There was concern that the existing phrasing would make drinking one
beer and then going into public a
punishable offense .
Diana Robishaw , who was present at
last week's meeting, and had asked for
a list of the "legal minimums" needed
to meet substantive due process requirements . She came this week, and in
reply to her question, Newman said he
was not under the impression he needed
to make such a list. Martin replied, "I
simply h ~ve n't had the time."
Martin began to rap up the meeting by
stat ing "I am the villian in all of this."
She was the one who came to the" reluctant conclusion" last year that the existing Contract is not up to current legal
standards. Thus she asked Newman to
generate the new proposed code.
The discussion of the contract will continue on Monday, January 4, 3:00-5:00
pm, as follow up to this meeting.
Students Display Outside Art
Students, faculty and staff arrived on
campus Wednesday morning to find the
Evergreen environment transformed by
seven thought-provoking and delightful
sculptures . The outdoor constructions include: an eight-foot high notebook (with
chalk); two twelve-foot arches at the entrances to the campus; a spiral of sixteen
ghostlike trees; a sort of neon and
aluminum-foil cave; a very large lashedtimber and metalwork structure; a colorful interweaving of soft and hard sculpted
"vines" with natural wall ivy, and fanciful creatures made of chicken wire.
The sculptures were created by
students in Faculty Membt;r Jean
Mandeberg's "Form and Function" program as part of their exploration of the
role of public art. The student artists '
wo~king in collaborative teams, were en~
couraged to closely examine the dynamics
of "public sp,ace" on campus as they
chose sites for their works. Mandeberg
points out that each piece represents well
over 100 hours of work (much of it done
in the rain) .
The public is encouraged to view the
sculptures, which will be in place through
mid-January . Complete details, are
available by calling the Information Services numJ>er at 866-6000, ext. 6128 .
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Rainier Avenue South, Seattle. For more
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JANUARY 4/5
Public auditions for the Abbey Players
musical production of Carousel will be
held at the Capitol Playhouse in Olympia at 7:00 pm . For more information ,
Calendar
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ON GOiNG
The Marianne Partlow Gallery, 500 S.
Washington St., Olympia, is pleased to
. present an exhibition of new works by
three Northewest women artists : LoriAnn Latremouille, Catherine Thompson,
and Buffy Cribbs from December
11-January 12, 1988. There will be a
reception opening for the artists from
5 :00-8 :00 pm on Friday , December 11 ,
1987 .
Capitol Playhouse '24 will present the
Sound of Mus,ic throughout December.
Ticket prices range from $4 .50-$16. For
more information/tickets call 754-5378.
A Christmas Carol will be performed
twice each day, December 2-27, except
on December 7, 14, and 25; previews
begin November 29. Tickets range from
$6 .50-$17 and are on sale now at the
ACT Box Office (285-5110) and Ticketmaster (628-0888) .
A $1,000.00 Grand Prize will be awarded to the poet who sends the best entry
to the American Poetry Association's
poetry contest. The deadline for entry is
December 31, 1987. The contest judges
will choose 141 winners and award over
$5,000 .00 in cash and prizes. Entry is
free. Send poetry to: American Poetry
Association, 250 A Potrero Street, P.O.
Box 1803, Santa Cruz, California
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be tainted by poor work, possibly desensitizing us to their poorness.
Important personal/social/religious
questions are sometimes addressed in the
works of students. But, they are often executed in more or less the same
impressed-intuitive method, with less
regard to experimentalism or technique.
Technique is not being seen in the education of the contemporary film student,
nor is it reinforced by the works of professional filmmakers . The product they
issue is, nonetheless, well-regarded by
critics and taken seriously by students.
The "language" of modern cinema,
like the American dialect, has strayed
from its origins. Einsenstein, despite his
cessation of work to uncover further levels
of montage or to devise new techniques
for the intellectual evaluation of fUm, held
that film could reach a purely intellectual
state where paraphrasing, sub-titling,
dialogue and any other clumsy literalisms
would be entirely eliminated in favor of
the more delicate, sublime workings of
the creative film process. In other words,
Eisenstein held that through innovative
cinema, you can say anything you want,
any way you want.
To gain a clearer understanding of this
concept, consider Eisenstein's October, a
classic example of intellectual montage .
Studied again and again, it becomes
more than a literal example of how fUm
should still be made, and more a unique
example of how much a film can mean.
Statement in a film may lie solely with
technique alone-and such a work can be
perfectly valid given the parameters in
which it was made. The works of
Michelangelo Antonioni exempiify a
opteworthy use of technique in the exptession of a statement in a film . Antonioni, a modern Italian filmmaker, has
produced works ·in what has been described as New Wave. His devices are
somewhat emulative of Hollywood, but
are much more experimental and often
involve much more personal themes. In
such fUms as The Red Desert and Blow Up,
the artist experiments with his characters'
frames of mind and relationships to each
other at various points in the film. He
uses the technique of color and mise en
scene. Mise en scene is a New Wave techni-
que of establishing meaning through the
single image and the characters within
the image. For example, a diagonal cross
beam in a room, physically separating
one character from another, would serve
as an obvious comment on their disparity. Mise en scene is considered by some as
modern contrast to Eisensteinian montage, but often the two are employed in
tandem.
Today, we see fewer and fewer contempory films with a willingness to
stretch the language so eloquently exemlified Eisenstein. Still fewer approach
film with an intention to attempt to surpass Eisenstien-to locate perhaps a sixth
level of montage. This level could quite
possibly be of a psychological nature, attempting to more directly involve the
spectator with the character than has
been conventionally sought.
Brazil is a contemporary film that approaches Eisenstein's brillance in form
and content, but does not attempt to go
beyond. John Cleese. the creator of the
film, was obviously devoted to the standards already established by Eisenstein.
He illustrates this respect in a small
"Odessa Steps" sequence toward the end
of his film . To students of Eisenstein, the
Odessa Steps. sequence represents one of
the most significant examples of multileveled montage in the history of cinema.
Another film that approaches Eisenstein, and at times attempts to stretch his
syntax, is David Lynch's Blue Velvet.
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to Eisenstein in form and content (that
is, literal style and literal statement) with
obvious uses of tonal, overtonal, and intellectuallevels of montage. However, I see attempts at reaching for a new levelperhaps the aforementioned sixth level.
If this is true , then Lynch is merely clawing feebly at the door for his intention is
not obvious.
Film is a delicate and often scientific
medium and should not be attacked in
the clumsy manner of today. This only
perpetuates a banality that impedes the
communicative ability of film . We are
losing competent filmmakers to an appetite for sophomoric entertainment; people who under different circumstances
may have also held the ultimate goal of
unraveling more levels and more
possibilities inherent in the medium. Further, we can no longer hide behind the
cinematic aegis of simple statement for it
simply doesn't go far enough alone
toward utilizing the medium.
These are traits of mass mentalityand
, the masses should stay away from film.
Today 's masses are the droves of filmmakers and Eisenstein is again called to
lead by example. The young filmmakers .
are hungry for knowledge, but are also
afraid of anonymity and so they yeild to
the will of Hollywood, while the critics
find more points in the works of filmmakers past to direct us back to the power
they discovered. It is a circle within a
circle.
Unco ve ring Eve rgre ens F 0 U n d at io n s
by Aaron Yanick
"But I thought Evergreen was supposed to be.,,"
A familiar statement-opener around
Evergreen. We each have our own ideas
about what Evergreen is, was, could have
been, should be. The myths about our
idylic past are abundant and often illfounded. Where did we come from? Why
are we here? What are we supposed to
be?
Fortunately, we are a young enough
school that there are many among us who
can help to answer these questions with
the authority of first-hand experience.
The initial founding group of The
Evergreen State College was the State
Legislature. By 1967 the school had been
founded on paper and a board of trustees
had been established. The next question
was, what kind of school would it be? The
intent of the legislators involved three
elements. The first was to serve the
predicted needs of the growing population in Southwest Washington. The next
was to help the state's government and
employees, as the selection of Olympia as
the school's site suggests. The third element was clearly illustrated by one
senator who said, "It (is) not the intent
of the Legislature that this be just another
four-year college; it is a uniquie opportunity ... because the planning will not be
bound by any rigid structure or
tradition ... "
Charlie McCann, one of the applicants
for college president, was asked du~ing
his interview: if he could create a school,
what kind of school would it be? His
answer was a list of things the school
would not be. It would not be a place
where students got credit lor doing time
in a course. It would not be a school
which awarded grades. It would not be
a school which was divided into departments, or where teachers were divided by
rank. It would not be an instituion which
turned out students stamped as products.
McCann left the interview sure that he
would not get the job. He became our
first president.
As president, McCann hired three
deans: Mervyn Cadwallader, Charles
Teske, and Don Humphrey. Cadwallader had been involved in experimental interdisciplinary education at
Old Westbury and the General Studies
Program at San Jose. As dean of cirriculum, he favored seminars and what
he called a "moral ciriculum," the study
of the great historical, philosophical and
literary works of the western world. Teske
had been at Oberlin and was an advocate
of independant study, or what is now
known as the "individual contract."
Humphrey, from O.S.U., was in charge
of the science cirriculum and setting up
the science facilities. He valued self-paced
learning.
The president, three vice-presidents
and three deans set about hiring a faculty. As it turned out there were so many
applicants that many who were hired had
partly to be thankful for the connections
they had with those who were already
"in." David Marr attributes his "getting
his foot in the door" to the fact that he
knew one of the 18 original "planning
faculty." After that, however, he was on
his own. He was interviewed by "literally
everyone and his dog" and "everyone's
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No, Sir Arafat
Opinion
by Sam Segal
Yes) Sir! Arafat
by Hector Douglas
Freedom of speech is once again under
attack in the United States. The Olympia
Center for Palestinian Information opens
its doors today (December 10) with a
noon rally in the CAB and a reception
at 6:30 pm in Library 3222 to defend free
speech, ethnic diversity and human
rights .
A week ago, Decembe r 3, The
Palestine Information Office in
Washington D.C. was closed by Executive Order of the State Department in
what they called a demonstration of
"U . S . conce rn over terrorism ."
None of the office's staff, who are
citizens or legal residents, have been accused of terrorism or otherwise breaking
~he law , according to a September 24
New York Times article. For the last nine
years, the office has lobbied Congress and
government officials, distributed pamphlets to the public and news releases to
!he media .
: Meanwhile,
the
Anti-P.L.O.re rrorism Act of 1987 has been approved by voice vote in the U. S. Senate and
~ before the House of Represe ntatives .
~f passed , the bill would make it illegal
~or any group or individual in this country to speak out in support of the Palesti nian Liberation Organization. The
p.L.O. is the only group recognized by
a majority of the Palestinians as their
legitimate representatives . The bill would
Il1so close the P.L.O. 's Observer Mission
at the United Nations, "a patently illegal
act under international law ," according
to the New York' Times article.
The P. L. 0., the democratically elected
and functioning government of the
Palestinian people, has the support of
many nations of the world, and this support is manifested in numerous United
Nations resolutions calling for negotiations between the P . L.O. and Israel.
According to Rick Woods, a Seattle
sociologist and one time attendee at a
U. N . conference on Palestinian issues,
Yasser Arafat gave up advocacy of armed stru ggle in 1974 , in favor of negotiations with Israel, over disputed territory
that only two generations ago was
" Palestinian." There have been 14 attempts on Ararat's life because of his
mode rate position , yet the U.S. media
malign s him as a terrorist.
The State ofIsrael, on the other hand,
is the largest single recipient of U.S.
foreign military aid. Israel is South
Africa's largest trading partner in
military hardware . According to Wood ,
I srael has trained the Salvadoran and
Guatemalan death squads. Linguist
Noam Chomsky reports that Lieut. Col.
Dov Yirmian, a long time Israeli military
o fficer, says that Israel has engaged in
and supported the torture, mutilation and
sexual abuse of Palestinians and even
some foreign medical personnel who have
aided the Palestinians. According to Edward Said, thousands of Palestinians
have been detained without charge in
prison camps many for years.
In th e Occupied Territories, relations
between Israelis and Palestinians are
deteriorating into apartheid. Palestinians
must carry a special ID card. According
to The Nation, Palestinian intellectuals
have been forced to seek employment in
a shuk avidim, or "slave market," where
their labor is available to Israeli
employers at the lowest price . Palestinian
labor unions have met with harsh military
repression. Also according to Said,
thousands of Palestinians have been arrested on the arbitrary charge of opposition to Israeli military occupation and
have had their homes demolished. In any
given day, there may be as many as 3000
to 4000 Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli
jails.
According to Wood , the Israeli aerial
bombing and massacre of Palestinians in
refugee camps in Lebanon continues.
In the U.S., the L.A. Nine (eight
Palestinian students and one Kenyan
woman) are fighting deportation. They
are charged with possession and distribu-
tion of printed materials owned by a
foreign power. According to Wood, their
legal costs are one million dollars. But the
lit erature for which they were arrested
can be purchased on newsstands throught
the United States and is available through
our office at EPIC, Library 3222, extension 6144.
The Seattle Center for Palestinian Information opened their doors on
December 1. The National Lawyers
Guild advised them that they may be fined a nd/or receive five yea rs imprisonment, simply for the distribution of
litera ture about the Palestinian people .
We of the Olympia Palestinian Information Center recognize the imminent
danger of nuclear war in the Middle East.
We recognize and support the efforts of
many thousands of Palestinians and
many Jewish people within the P.L.O. ,
Israel and the Occupied Territories, to
bring about a peaceful resolution to the
conflict.
We will continue to monitor and inform the public about their activities and
about the efforts of powerful lobbies in
this country to silence their voice.
Already, through our sister agency in
Seattle, we have established contacts
around the world on this issue.
We welcome the Evergreen community to support diversity, human rights and
freedom of speech by utilizing our
resources for the purpose of education
and advocacy. We offer for you r
signature today a letter addressed to
Secretary of State George Shultz , (cc:
Adams, Evans, Bonkers, Reagan, etc.)
announcing our existence, condemning
both the actions of the State Department
and the bill before Congress, and calling
for a peaceful and negotiated resolution
of the conflict between Israel and the
P.L.O.
We are the second center of our kind
to open in the United States . We need
your support. And we ask that you be
among the first in America to say No! to
state censorship once again.
Having read Hector Douglas' piece
concerning free speech rights, I have the
following comments to make.
Though I 'm in complete agreement
with Mr. Douglas' opinion regarding our
need to protect the rights of free expresion, I believe his diatribe against the
State ofIsraei only exacerbates the violent
stalemate that now ex ists in the region.
Such misinformation campaigns extend
the plight of the region and, as a result,
the suffering of the people for which Mr.
Douglas claims to have concern.
Another obstacle to resolving the
region's problems has come from those
who insist on tying extraneous issues and
dissimilar political situations to the quite
unique circumstances that exist between
Israel, the Palestinians and the other
Arab nations . Though this sort of propoganda has been implemented by those
"supporting" both sides of the issue, it
has , in reality, only prolonged the suffering of the respective peoples.
I could write a point by point , well
documented rebutle to Mr. Douglas' article , but to do so would only pe rpetuate
the acts of which I am complaining. What
must be realized by Mr . Douglas is that
propoganda wars like the one he is implementing here at Evergreen will only
help to exacerbate the mid-eastern situation . To avoid the reality that both sides
in the matter have done and are doing
bad things to one-another, to continue
the unresolvable argument of who has
more eye or teeth, and by refusing to
recognize that the situation is detriment al to all parties involved , is to continue
down the dead end road which historically has been followed, but has not lead to
a peaceful resolution.
In is my opinion that until the opposing sides in the region discontinue propoganda wars of the kind Mr . Douglas
has adopted, keep separate issues
separate, and recognize each-others ex. istence and the rights that go along with
that existence, we are destined only to
prolong human suffering.
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Information Office Shut Down
by Ben Tansey
The Palestinian Information Office
(PIO) in Washington D.C . was closed
this week by an executive order from the
State Department.
Rudy Boone, a State Department
spokesperson, said the action was' 'taken
to demonstrate U .S. concern over terrorism." He said that the PIO is "supported by organizations and individuals
affiliated with the P. L. O. [Palestinian
Liberation Organization J."
Mr. Boone continued that "among our
particular concerns are continued
membership on the P.L.O . executive
committee of Abu al-Abass," who has
been linked with the murder of an
American citizen, contacts between the
Abu. Nidal terrorist organization and the
P.L.O ., other P.L.O . contacts with
Palestinian groups and several other
items. Mr. Boone said that none of the
"concerns" mentioned the P.I.O. He
did, however, add that there' were also
some classified documents sustaining the
credibility of the closure.
The P.LO. is a private organization
whose director is Hasan Rahman, an
American citizen. Their office could not
be contacted because of the closure.
The New York office of the P .L.O. 's
observer mission to the United Nations
would not discuss the possible relationship between the P .LO . and the P.L.O.
Hope Nakamura, an official of the
American Civil Liberties Union in
Washington D.C., which is handling the
appeal of the closure order for the P. 1.0. ,
explained that the office was closed after
in had been designated a "foreign mission" by the state department. The
Foreign Missions Act allows the state
department to designate an entity as ~
foreign mission . After the designation,
the department can close the entity if it
is found be violating the interests of the
U .S. Nakamura denied that the P.I.O.
is a foreign mission . The appeal has
already been denied by a Federal District
court.
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Contents
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LEITERS ............. . . .. 3-5
e Defaced art, collectivizing the
CPJ, and art display fill the mail
NEWS . ... ..... . ......... .. . 7
e Student governance plans stalled
again
INFORMATION .......... 9-11
eDefaulting on student loans
eRape relief volunteers
eSocial contract update
FEATURES ..... .. here&there
e Thoughts on film
e Origins of Evergreen
e Semesters coming?
6
22
12
Holiday Shopping and Calendar
eSpecial pull·out section 13 - 2 0
OPINION .. .. .... .... ... 24-27
e Palestinians
e Administration cuts out students
Well y'all, this is it for this quarter.
The CPJ will be going into hybernation
for the next month. Our next issue will
be published January 14.
We're undergoing a lot of changes.
Photo Editor Philip Bransford has
decided to be a real student and start
reading and stop developing, as it
were . (He reminded me, in his last official act, to thank Photo Services for
all the help they've given us. Thanks
Photo Services. You dudes are cooL)
Business Manager Carol Poole is going to see if she can't get something
that pays a little better next quarter.
We're pretty cheap here, I admit it, but
by design rather than desire. And even
our Managing Editor has decided to
call it quits.
So it just means there's plenty of
room for new people. If you've been
sorta toying with the idea of checking
out what we do up here, then come on
by CAB 306A. We'll be having a
Opinion
On the Cover .. .
Work resultin g from the "Form and
Function" program can be seen all
aro und campus this week including this
piece by Ted Claussen, Tawny Young,
Josh Palmer and Jan Harris. For more
info , see page 10. Photo by Philip
Bransford. Mesotint by Photo Services.
What About the Students!?
b y Scott Buckley
It would appear that during the past
three months, the fundamental principles
on which Evergreen is founded have been
eroding at an alarming rate. Traditions
which once seemed scared-the Social
Contract, Governance Hours, our lack of
a tenure system fur faculty-are all being revised as fast as the legal scissors can
be put to work on them. By the time you
read this , the Trustees may have gotten
around to repealing Evergreen's original
Social Contract on a permanent basis (it
was repealed on an "emergency basis"
in October, when we were told that it had
been left in the Washington Administrative Code "by mistake") . Don ' t
worry, I'm told-there is a back-up copy,
almost evey bit as good, which passed in
1983. This is just legal "housekeeping. "
We don't plan to really gut the thing 'til
February.
I am worried. I have read the document
in question, as it evolved over a series of
years through various COG (Council on
Governance) documents, and see nothing
but steady erosion in the COGs after the
year 1973 . I like the older Social Contracts better.
But the Social Contract is just a tiny
piece of what is really at stake . When you
get back in January, there are going to
be a few more surprises waiting:
-The administration is developing a new
" pet poli{:y," with very little (if any) in-
CORRECTIONS
In a n article last week Evergreen Legal
Counsel Shawn Newman was quoted as
h aving said that the current Social Contact is "illegal." He did not say this.
Also, we goofed up in last week's
Greenerspeak, placing the comments and
name of one person with the photo of someone else. The correct identities :
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meetin' January 8th to plan the first
issue for next quarter.
Meantime, I want to thank everyone
who has written articles, helped with
production, sent information and
everything else this quarter. We really appreciate your help.
lastly I just wanna say how glad 10m
that our country finally signed an
agreement to reduce nuclear weapon.
I know, its not much in terms of
numbers, but psychologically its a
great start. Getting rid of a few of
those stupid nuclear weapons is about
the best holiday present I could get.
Peace.
Kimberly Keith
Christine Nicholson
Susan
Dan ce r-Kathleen
Kell y;
Pran,erCarol
P oo le;
--Ben Tansey
ETCETERA ............. .. 28
eOrigins of a CPJ article
INTERVIEW .............. 29
e Brian Hoffman on collectivization
POETRy ............... ... 30
GREENERSPEAK ..... ; ... 31
The C hristmas Poin setti a Jingle is lov in gly publi shed on the ca mpus of the
Evergreen State Coll ege, O lympi a ,
Washington 98505. (206) 866-6000 extension 62 13 or 6054. Copyright by the
Cooper Point J ourn al, Eyergreen State
College, Olympia, WA , 98505 . We do
no t necessar ily end orse o ur adve rtise rs,
but , boy howd y, do we ap prec ia te the ir
suppo rt' We wish all of you who are kindly cno l; gh to pi ck thi s issue up a nd brave
e no ugh to read it a very merry, merry XM as a nd Hanakah etc .
put !I'om students; hearings WIll be held
by Security Chief Gary Russell before it
is sent to the Trustees . This would seem
particularly funny to the founders of
Evergreen, who remember that a dog 's
right to "be" was the source of endless
philosophical debate during the college's
birth,-years . Now, this little folktale about
freedom (and nature) is about to be hauled away to the pound. Are you going to
let them put it to sleep?
- A new Drug and Alcohol policy is being
developed by the Committee on Alcohol
and Substance Abuse (CASA), in order
to comply with Nancy Reagan' s war on
drugs. There are three students on that
committee, who represent your collective
interests. Do you know who they are~
-New commissions have been designed
for campus security/police officers . No
one seem~ to know what this one is a bout,
but you can bet that the Trustees will be
taking action on an item prepared
without student input .
Taken separately, these items seem
bad enough, but collectively they point
to a new administrative obsession with
the law , authoritarian rules, and control
of student behavior. All of these measures
have implications for student rights and
civil liberties. All were made, or are being made, in a most imperial fashion,
without widespread debate of knowledge
by the community.
::'omethmg besides libertarian prin ciple~ are now being eroded, something
HAPPY CHANUKA
Williamsom;
Dasher-Chris Miss
Carson-Vixen Whitne y
Ware;
R udal ph- Phil
Bransford; Spandex
the elf-Kelly H awk;
a nd , star ring as the
G rin c h who stole
C hri stma s .
Ben
Tansey .
To the Entire Evergreen Community
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The Ever~n State College
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more than just " the Evergreen way.
The followin g quote com es from the college's most sacred and important statement of purpose , the onl y part which still
r emain s of what once passed for a Con stitution . (It is called "Standards for
decision-Makin g and Gove rnance at
Evergreen". )
'Decisions and methods to be used
for their implementation must be
handled at the level of responsibility
and accountability dosest to those
affected by a particular decision (i.e .,
students) ... Decisions must be made
only after consultation with those who
are affected by the issue . Consultation
must be a formal process to assure the
widest
possibl e
co mmunit y
involvement .' ,
This state ment , a nd many others like
it from Evergreen's founders reflect a
philosophy that originally promoted a
kind of automatic glastnost on every level
of the college. Perhaps the most glaring
indicaton that this philosophy is now
generally abandoned is that a new list of
prohibited conduct for students has been
invented, without any help , so far, from
the community, but there are plenty of
other examples . This is our greatest
loss-that our philosophy is being shove d aside to make way for efficiency .
Democracy, especially the kind where
each individual can know the facts and
speak out individually, is a lwa ys
inefficient.
After all of this , I still have hope .
On Monday, I had a rare glimpse of
Old Evergreen in action . A group qf
founding faculty and deans came to the
President's Advisory Board with a major proposal for the school. They said ,
"We want to involve the whole community in making a dec ision ; we want
everyone to be able to take part , this
time, from the very grassroots beginning.
We care about the opinion of students. "
Su ddenly, I knew that I was in a room
with
people
who
instinctively
remetnbered their traditions.
It was like 1971, happening allover
agam.
The Life of a CP] Article
Hoffman Pleads Case for Collectivization
by Ellen Tepper
by Darrel \,\', Rill'\'
I startt'd my life as an idea of how to
exp lain the process of pub li shin g an article in the CPJ , and my experience is
meant to be typica l of other wri ters a nd
my sib lin g articks. I'm a pretty easy ,Irt iclc to write , yet my writer will put me
through at least 5 or 6 rev isions beforc
anyone else sees me. There are som e
w'['iters who can write fully formed
cohe rent articles on their first try . Others,
like my author, re\·ise th eir writin gs extcnsi\'elv no matter what they writc.
\V hen ~1Y w rit er has decidcd to wr itc mc
or any of my sib lin gs, I am put on paper
by a varie ty of methods, from pen to
computer keliboard. I was drafted on a
computer o ne nigh t when my writer fe lt
like he had tim e to work on something
e lse besides homework, a rare occurence
a t Evergreen.
Once m y writer thinks that I'm read y
for publica ti o n , I am taken over to the
offi ce of the Cooper Point journel (2nd
flo or of the CAB building), usually on
paper and double- spaced so that there is
lots of room for others to comment on m y
structure, style, or grammar. I first go to
th e editor, Ben Tanse y. He looks at me
carefull y, makes su re that I'm interesting
to other people , correcting my wording
i I' it needs it , and trying to focus me as
mu ch as possible for publication in the
paper. Sometimes Ben is h ap py with m e
just the way I am . Somet imes I am the
C . P J.
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cause of dispute' as IlIV "Titer Trie s to defend illY and /or undnstand why Ben isn't
happ y with 1lI(', I llsualh' lonH' out of
the et' . '{·cas ions wit h a ('learn i(lI-a of my
purpose and aud ience and if 1II\' writ('l'
is int erested in gett ing my lII('ssa~(' across
then he or she will work with me to make
th e message clearer and sa ti sfy thl:" problem. Some of my sib li ngs get d ropped
a t thi s point hecause their writ('l's aren't
w illin g to take the time to re-work them,
and their deaths arc a shame bl:"calJse
w ith m ore effort the), cou ld a lso hf'
pub li shed
If I 've been approved I ' m typed into
the CPj ' s t ypesett in ~ machine by
Whitney Ware . Then I'm transported to
the Graphics department on a disk to be
printed. I 'm honored by a ll the profession a l people who touch me and none is
mo re professional than the lady who is in
charge of the typse ttin g and printing
m ac hine, Shirley Green. She has been
very help ful and Krac ious to my writer,
and he was impressed and honored . After
being printed the first time I'm ta ken
back to the CPj oflice , la id out and
pas ted together with the rest of th e
n ewspaper to see how the fina l newspaper
will look when it's printed. When the
layo ut is satisfactory I go o n a long drive
to Shelton to the printer.
Once I am published I am distributed
to yo u to read. When yo u finish me my
life is a lmos t over . The staff a t the CPj
holds M onday a nd Friday meetings
about me or the rest of the newspaper to
see if anyone has suggest ion s a bout me
o r the rest of the newspaper, for instance
how I ca n be made better th e nex t time.
These meetings are open to a ny one who
is inte rested . Unless someo ne resu rrect s
me in the Letters to the Ed itor my life is
over.
I'm looking forwarrl to see in g a lot
more of my brothers a nd sisters in the
future now that you know how the process works. I was fun to work on, and m y
siblings can be fun too if you will take the
time to write them . Don't get discouraged , if you want your message to go out
to other people bad enough you can find
a method.
Bye bye.
A n Interview with stuiknt activist Brian HoffmaTI regarding collectivization of the Cooper
Paint JOllmal
E: I understan d you are involved with a
grou p of individuals opting to incorporate
what you refe r to as a "collective process" to run the Cooper Point journal .
W ha t exac tl y is your role in the
movement?
B: I 'm glad that you brought that up. I
want to make it clear that I am not the
leade r of this. I am facilitating what many
peop le I' ve talked with have felt. Many
people h a\'C ex pressed concern over the
process that is now being used to run the
C PJ. Those who know me on campus
know that I am politically involved, and
felt like I was a person to confide in about
their conccms, for example with the CPj .
E : Were you appointed by a group of
stude nts to faci litate the restructuring of
the CP,F
B: Actually. I'm self appointed. I realized that people were coming up and saying, "I 'm concerned ... , I'm concerncd ... , I 'm concerned ... ", and I took the
initiative to take those concerns and write
them down on paper.
E: W hat are the student's concerns regard in g the structure of the CPj?
B: There are two issues involved. One of
them involves personal complaints
agains t some of the current staff on the
C Pj. That's not what this story is about,
however . T his story is about a structure,
something that is going ' to change,
hopefully next fall when most of the current staff probably won't even be staff.
So I would like to make it clear that this
is not a personal vendetta.
The restructuring of the CPj is part of
something much larger that's happening
o n campus. A major concern is that the
Evergreen ideal of making collective decisions is being threatened right now.
Bureaucracy is threatening the whole
social fabric of Evergreen . It isn't the
CPj.
E: What exactly do you mean by a "collective process" with regard to the operation of the CPj ?
B : The CPj started out as a collective,
and it should always remain a collective.
One of the foundations of the collective
when it first started was that it should
never revert or regress to a hierarchal
system; for example, one where there is
an editor-in-chief, on down the line .
Of course, we're not suggesting that
there not be an editor per se . There have
to be people who do editing. For example, having a managing editor to facilitate
the everyday operation of the newspaper
would bejust fine. What we're suggesting
is that the final decision about what goes
in the newspaper and what comes out, as
well as the basic overall structure of the
paper, should involve everybody on staff.
There are a number of newspapers
throughout the country that are collectively determined on a weekly basis, some
even on a daily basis.
E : Are you suggesting, then, that the entire staff read every article submitted each
week, and then vote on which ones will
go into the newspaper?
B: Possibly. Whoever wants to discuss the
articles at a weekly meeting should be
able to. As it happens, there is a weekly
meeting now, but we're suggesting that
there be a collective process of determining what does and does not get printed.
Thus, every staff member is significant
and important, rather than it all falling
back to the final decision oLQ!l.e perum......
E : What -is wrong with the -current
structure of the CPj?
B: I've been reading from the EAC
code about how the CPj runs and who
the decIsions lie with. Right now the decisions are concentrated basically within
the editor-in-chief and the advisor, not
the students.
The positions of editor-in-chief is not
implicitly bad. It's the fact that there is
a lot of power invested in that position,
and depending on whether the person in
that position is benevolent or self-serving,
that position can be used for either good
things or for bad things . As for the advisor, there is currently a tremendous
amount of implicit, and some explicit
authority invested in the position _ That
position is responsible for the budgeting,
and for recommending editors . It should
not be required to have a faculty parent
oversee a student-run newspaper .
E: How - do you"- plan to go about recollectivizing the CPj?
B: W e are suggesting to the Communications Board that they review the structure
of the CPj as is stands now , and consider
(ve ry strongly) with this petition tha t we
have submitted, the idea of collectivizing
it . We are not telling them how to do it.
We are suggesting a way that it might be
done. The students who I have talked
with, and many of those who have signed the petition, I won't say all of them,
but many of them feel that there should
be a group of students who are concerned with this, that get toge ther and form
a DTF or another type of group, and
eventually come out with a plan or a couple of alternative structures to run the
CPj. We are not saying that we have the
plan and we ' re going to push it through .
We're saying, "Hey, for the long term's
sake at this college we need to consider
that we have a new structure by next Fall.
The ideal at Evergreen is semin aring, the
group process , and we need to s1..lpport
it any way we can.
E: Do you think that the Communications Board will accept your suggestion?
B: I feel that if the Communications
Board doesn't move on it , the students
are at some point going to fly off the handle. The students here are making a
number of suggestions this year, and if
we keep getting thrown away and ignored, like with what's happening with
the Master Plan, the Social Contract, and
everything else, I'm concerned that the
students will get rebellious . I hope not,
but I'm concerned that that's going to
happen . There has got to be some give
and take. We're trying to call the school
back and say, "We're Qot going to allow
a group of people, whoever they are, to
determine that this school is going to
bec~me more like other schools." W e' re
saying, "No! Evergreen is different, and
we're going to commit ourselves to keeping it that way . "
E : So by starting within the structure of
the school and changing how the CPj is
being run, do you feel you will be able
to start a chain of positive changes in the
direction Evergreen is headed ?
B: Yes, that's it exactly. The CPj isjust
one piece , one domino, that we're trying
to pull back up. We don't want it all to
fall .
Governance Structure Sabatoged
by Timothy O'Brien
Gail Martin's plan for a provisional
student governance structure has effectively been stalled by a group of students ,
forcing Martin to withdraw her proposal
for a Student Agenda Committee.
"It was sabotaged," said Martin, vice
president for student affairs .
The evening before an informational
meeting concerning the Agenda Committee was to be held, James Martin, Scott
Buckley and Lincoln Post phoned
students who had applied for positions on
the Committee and asked them not to attend the meeting because there was a student initiated governance plan in the
works. The meetings, the following day,
was not attended by any students.
'We wanted to ask them to consider the
implica tions of. .. participating in the Student Agenda Committee," says James
Martin, "when, in fact, there was a
larger group o f stud nets pursuing a project." According to James Martin, there
are about 25 students putting together
their own proposal for a student governance structure, which should be completed sometimes during Winter quarter.
This is the third year, said Gail Martin, that she has watched students grapple with the issue of student governance.
She characterizes the Agenda Committee as being a "very modest structure"
which would have served the purpose of
getting things started and that it was
designed to be changed and modified as
students saw fit. " I t could have been a
period of experimentation, " she added .
A ttomey Douglas Wyckoff, Steven Kant a~d an unid~tifi~d ~soci~te wait for co~rt to
reconvene. Kant, an exempt staff member, is suing Evergreen over his status at the college.
His case centers around the issue of staff who spend a majority of their time teaching. The
trial will continue December 29 unless a settlement is reached before then. A decision in
favor of Kant could have far-reaching consequences for the college where several staff members
are employed under similar circumstances.
"The admin istratio n (i.e. Joe Olander)
wanted that missing link in the chain of
legitimation of issues," saidJames Martin. "I don't have any problem with the
structure, in and of itself, but I do hav e
a problem with what it is-a link in that
chain. It doesn't offer any student
autonomy or a podium for students to
speak on their own terms."
In an open letter to students published in last week's CPJ, Gail Martin
withdrew the Student Agenda Committee proposal. She as ked interested
students to get involved with the development of the alternative proposal by contacting James Martin in the S&A office.
She says she is willing to g ive students a
moderate amount of time to develop a
plan and hopes that whatever is
generated is representative of wide-base
student needs and desires.
"I have questions about the legitimacy
of their process," said the vice president.
"Something has to come forward to me
so that I can say to the President and convince him that it deserves Board approval ... " While she did not give a
specific deadline, she did say that before
this academic year is over there will be
a student governance structure in place ,
even if it means going back to the Student Agenda Committee .
Gail Martin has called the debate over
student governance, "one of the college's
carousel issues." The Strategic Plan
charged her office to up with a st~ucture
for student governance by January of
1986 . Martin formed a DTF in
November, 1986 to study the issue. Their
report that was released in March of the
same year was deemed QY her and several
other members of the community to be
largely unworkable from a legal and
financial standpoint. The Student Agenda Committee was the result of work
done by members of th ~ original DTF,
'Gail Martin and former S&A Board coordinator Dave Campbell. The plan was
approved by President Olander this fall
and Cheryl Henderson-Peters, coordinator of student leadership programs,
was charged to head its initiation. The
present and future of student governance
at Evergreen remains on hold.