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Editor's Note:
This is probably one of our
strongest i~sues ever, and on a
topic none of us can afford to
ignore.
As we sit in school with owheads in the proverbial clouds,
there is a war going on in Central
America, a fact almost invisible in
American main s tream news .
Although this war is made up of
many battles, the primary war is
that of Central American nations
such as Nicaragua, El Salvador',
anci Guatemala for independence
from the U.S. military·industrial
stranglehold in which they are
,caught, as well as for the freedom
to deal with their co nOicts
intemally.
Our government has made this
region a symbol in t.he media: if
Central America is lost to the Red
Menace, then, by God, everything
will be. The stupidity and the
danger of this lie need not be
explained.
The marvelous writing this
week was fielded in large part by
Lillian Ford of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Center. See her
lucid overview of the fundamental
problems of four' Central
American nations on page 7.
Accompanying pieces on
everything from the sanctuary
movement, to how a Costa Rican
student views Evergreen and
America, can be found on pages 8
through 14.
Also deserving of thanks are Ian
Merrill and Lucy LaRosa who
produced artwork for this issue.
Both are hard at work this
quarter in the newly opened printmaking studio.
We hope that the writing will
not only afford you a clearer view
of the war in Central America, but
that you will discover ways to
become involved in bringing an
end to it. Check the calendar for
events and organizations aimed at
doing just that. Enjoy the reading.
..Jennifer Seymore

C '0 N TEN T S

LE T TERS

~gym
Dear Editor:
Isn't it ironic that two strong letters supporting the building of a new gymnasium
appear in the issue of the CPJ devoted to
the Longhouse Project?

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CENTRAL AMERICA

7-14... WAR: U.S. and them in Central.America ~by Lillian Ford;
Seattle to Nicaragua Construction Brigade; The Sanctuary
Movement; Personal Stories; TESC/UES Sister College Project;
more.
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CAM PUS & C O ' M M U NIT Y NEW S

4... Sex therapists to visit, Student kayak builders; Housing bid
,accepted
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HEALTH

RECREATION
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15... Women lift weights, Swim story
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Otto Reduxus

POEMS

18... Politically correct breakfast
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ARTS

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CULTURE

Boys of the Lough, Ed and the Boats
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CA LENDAR

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Sincerely,
Beth Myhr
To the Editor:
I appreciate the time and effort Anne
Pizey and Tino Roth took to respond to an
article by Todd Anderson and myself concerning the construction of the proposed
recreation complex. The addition of any major facility to our campus will alter its
character before such a project is pursued.
Anne1s assertion that the recreation complex has "been well supported by the student body" is simply unfounded. I know
from my own experiences over the last few
weeks that most students are almost wholly
uninfonned about this issue. It is my hope
that through dialogue' in this newspaper
and elsewhere, a true sense of the student
body may be arrived at and included in any
eventual decision on this matter.
I take issue with Anne's allegation that
our article was "a clear-cut attempt to denounce the athletic and recreation environment at Evergreen." A re-reading of our
statements will clearly show that our con·
cerns are fiscal and programmatic, not
discriminatory. How will a recreation complex affect the current campus environment
and how well will it meet the vital needs
of the college community? These are our
main concerns. While there is a certain
amount of skepticism in the article concerning any benevolent promises we may hear
from the administration on this ·p roject, it
is a skepticism firmly grounded in the
history of studentiadministration relations.
An element of vindictive antipathy does exist at Evergreen towards the athletic and
recreation programs, but it is unfair and incorrect to accuse Todd or me of sharing that
attitude.
Anne says our fear that a recreation com-

plex could be a threat to cultural diversity
is "senseless" and that "anyone who is
familiar with the recreation programs offered here is aware of the cultural diversity within them." Once again, she is trying
to tar us with attitudes and opinions that
were not contained in the article. What we
did say is that all student activities cost
rnoruly and that the inevitable and persistent pressure to fund additional recreation
programs that a gym would encourage
'WO'Uld compete for student activity fees to
the detriment of other programs.
For US; the problems of sexism, racism,
consumerism, totalitarianism, militarism,
ageism, and 'so on, can be addressed most
effectively by groups which clearly focus on
these plagUes !pld regularly bring them to
the attention ' of the community. Recreational pursuits can contribute to their
alleviation, but the contribution is
peripheral. For us it is a matter of prioritizing resources. Our priorities are clear.
Historically, neither the Evergreen administration nor the state legislature, from
which the administration receives its funding, has had anywhere near tangible commitment to social justice that the
Evergreen student body has demonstrated
for almost twenty years. Until the college
and the state put their .money where their
mouth is, any threat to the funding sources
of these groups is a grave concern of ours.
It is not "jock-o-phobia" which inspires us.
It is our ideals and our compassion. Until
we see substantive, comprehensive,
creative, and committed programs of social
justice' being consistantly pursued by the
administration and regularly fu'lded by the
state, we will be opposed to this, or any
other project, which competes with the funding of these vital student groups.
If the above were the only reason to oppose the recreation project it would be
reason enough. But there is more. I agree
with Tino and Anne that there are some
serious problems with the availability of activity space at this college. The Evergreen
campus is physically unequipped to host
many of the programs and projects which
add to the vitality and viability of an educational institution. We need additional space
for dance, theater, conferences, classrooms,
administrative offices, student services, and
assemblies. These needs will become even
more critical if current plans to increase the
student population are pursued. U nfortunately, the recreation center will b~ an
inadequate and inappropriate facility for
handling most of these activities. Can't we
come up with a better solution? To ask the
suffering taxpayers . of Washington to
fmance-a building that will meet but a small
portion of our real needs, just because the
money is available, compounds the previous
error of poor judgment, that made this an

issue in the first place. We should not let
bureaucratic inertia overcome our good
sense.
I wish I could support the recreation
center at this time, but it is impossible. I
truly love sports and am a firm believer in
the benefits of a sound body. However, my
experiences and observations of the world
outside academia, and my knowledge of the
fiscal realities of this state, will not allow
me to let this project go by without a fight.
I ask all readers to consider the points I
have made in as an objective a fashion as
possible. Once assimilated, imbue them
with your own emotional ethos. Info,n ned
and energized in this manner, I believe that
most individuals who 'make the effort will
concur with Todd and me ... No Gym.
Paul Tyler

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injustice

Dear Evergreen Community,
Are you tired of more money for bombs
and not enough money for education?
Ronald Reagan would like to cut education
by 45% according to University of
Washington students, quoted on National
Public Radio. While we here at Evergreen
are seeking to build a future, influences
elsewhere are seeking to take it away from
us. Not only will we have student loans to
repay, but also a national debt that won't
go away. With a trillion, one can make 5,000
round trips to the sun, however there isn't
room in that broad expanse for the elderly
or the handicapped. The president's $1.024
trillion budget eliminates subsidized housing for the elderly and the handicapped.
Ronald Reagan is a bit like Chicken Little, crying all the time about windows of
vulnerability and the sky falling, but all the
while undercutting the real security of the
nation. We suffer the delusions of a deranged leader believing in the myth of our own
powerlessness -- we, the most politically
powerful country in the world.
Even the rats know when it's time to
jump a burning ship. A squeak these days
costs less than a cup of coffee, feels almost
as good and is a good investment in your
future. It's only 18' for the first minute and
16' for each additional minute if you call
Washington, D. C. before 8 a.m. Give them
your peace of mind:
Dan Evans, (202) 224-3441; Brock Adams
(202) 224-2621; Don Bonker (202) 225-3536;
or the Capitol Switchboard Infonnation
(202) 225-3121 for other phone numbers in
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Congress or the White House.
more letters on page I 7 j

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Funny sex therapists
to present ·workshop

Carolyn Livingston and Gordon Dickman,
two "funny, enlightening and solidly
credentialed" sex therapists, will present
a workshop on "Intimacy and Sexuality: A
New View" on Saturday, February 21, in
CAB 108. The workshop, sponsored by the
Evergreen Counseling Center, will present
perspectives on sexual attitudes and values,
myths and fears, sexual choices and common dissatisfactions.

Livingston and Dickman are directors of
the Seattle Sexual Health Center, where
they provide sex therapy for individuals
and couples, sexuality and intimacy
workshops, and continuing education for
other professionals. Livingston holds a
Ph.D. in Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and is a certified Sex Therapist and
Educator, while Dickman is a counselor and
adult educator and a certified Sex

Int'l. Women's Day in planning
stages
group of four Northwestern women,' will
Women of color who are interested in
perform contemporary, original, and
sharing ideas for phnning the March 2
acoustical folk music. Linda Tillery and her
through 6 celebration of National Women's
History Week and International Women's
hand will follow at 7 p.m. with jazz, rhythm
Day on March 8 are invited to attend infor- _ &- blues, pop and soul music. Sheila Fox,
coordinator of Tides of Change, heartily
mal planning meetings held every Friday
recommends the two acts, as they offer "a
at 2 p.m. in LIB 3216.
variety of stringed instruments and big,
Melissa Ponder, coordinator of the
huge, booming vocals and hot electric synWomen of Color Coalition said that input
thesizers
... hot, hot music."
from other interested people is needed to
These are only two of the many events
confirm whether a Women of Color rap sesplanned throughout the week of March 2
sion or potluck is wanted. "There are conthrough 6. Also to be featured are Korean
firmed speakers but the day that they are
dancers, ballet, talks with women in
committed is tentative," she added.
business, Ample Opportunity and a variety
Tides of Change, a student organization
of videos by women.
and women's production company, is involved in the International Women's Day
-·Kathleen Kelly
events. At 5 p.m. Sunday, Motherlode, a

WashplRG shows passive
opposition
At the February 11 WashPIRG meeting,
organizers agreed to show passive opposition to the pro-Hanford rally on February
19 at noon on the capitol steps in Olympia.
The Hanford Family will be sponsoring
this pro-nuclear rally in hopes of securing
their jobs which they feel _are threatened
by the closing of the N reactor and the current legislation recommending that another
site be chosen for waste disposal.
Evergreen campus organizer for
WashPIRG, Alan Rose, stated that the
PIRGs are not against these people or their
jobs, but argued that Hanford is unsafe.
-.r "They will say we have families to support.
A We will say we have families to protect."

In the November 3, 1986, USA Today,
there was an article about last year"s Hanford Family rally with a picture of a woman
holding a sign labeled, "Hanford is a safe
place." Rose feels that this gave the p~ople
of America the image thaI, the people of
Washington wanted nuclear waste in their
state. For this reason, WashPIRG will
show passive opposition to the rally with
a strong presence of supporters and plenty of literature.
The PIRGs do not have an anti-nuclear
stance, but are advocates for the responsible transportation of nuclear waste.

--Tim Russell

Educator.
"Carolyn and Gordon are very warm, personable and - extremely capable," says
Evergreen Counselor Barbara Gibson, adding that their workshops "are very safe
and respectful of each person's needs." Gibson reports that in addition to mini-lectures,
small group work and "Donahue Show"
style audience interaction, the workshop
will also feature "educational films and
slides that are sexually explicit."
Cost for the workshop, which begins at
9:30 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m., is $20 for
Evergreen students, $35 general admission
and $50 per couple. Pre-registration takes
place at the Counseling Center (x6800) or
on February 21 at CAB 108. Gibson advises
early registration as there is a limited
number of spaces available.

-Information Services

CPJ: "A history of
bad management"
The S & A board recently raised the
CPJs estimated revenue figure by two
thousand dollars. The CPJ had asked for
six thousand dollars from S & A's
Emergency Fund. "It's a great paper," said
Dave Campbell, S & A Student Coordinator, "but it has a history ofbad management. Added CPJ Editor Jennifer
Seymore, "We're not the ones who drew
up the '86-'87 budget, which was absurd to
begin with."
S & A absorbed seven thousand dollars
in past CPJ debts at the beginning of this
year, and nine thousand the year before
that. Due to this history of bad debts, and
the fact that the CPJ staff chose to operate
outside of their budget, the S & A board
decided to raise the revenue figure rather
than allocate from the Emergency Fund.
"We aren't a cash machine," said Campbell.
There is concern on the S & A board that
bailing out the CPJ is becoming a habit.
But, "we're not picking on the CPJ," said
Campbell, "we're just budget balancing."
Says Seymore, "Our Spring budget request will be wen-researched and realistic;
next year's staff won't have the problems
we were stuck with."
--F.P. Lyons

Student baidarkas prepare for peace cruise
As many of us have noticed, Greg
Welpton and Lincoln Post are constructing
two baidarka sea kayaks outside of the
Library Building. They plan to use these
kayaks to paddle north up the Pacific Coast
to Alaska and then across the Bering Strait
to the Soviet Union.
"We're planning on leaving here in the
beginning of June and paddling as far north
as we can, eventually arriving in Juneau,"
Greg says. "We'd like to go to both of the
Diomede Islands if possible."
The Diomede Islands are located between
Alaska and the Soviet Union inthe Bering
Strait. They are only a few miles apart but
separating them is the border between the
securely U.S. and the Soviet Union. Because of the
rt orford cedar and spruc~ . s;~~:eof the boat. as the skIn is stret·
political climate separating our ..two counmade from P0
ine the eventua
tries, passage between the islands is a senf the frame determ
The deck frame. _
pOInts
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sitive issue.
The outermos
d -t
aroun 1_
After reaching the mainland of the Soviet
ched and sewn
Union, they hope to make their way south
simultaneously try to build bridges betThe number of sea lion or walrus skins
to Vladivostok and then to Moscow via the
ween modern and indigenous cultures, as
it would take to cover these boats is about
Trans-Siberian Railway. They will connect
well as between the U.S. and the Soviet
24 or 25. However, Greg and Lincoln will
with the PeaCe Cruise in Moscow on July
Union. By demonstrating the building, and
be substituting real skins with a nylon that
22 to sail down the Volga River. This trip
the
use of the kayaks, people will be able
is covered with an elastic isomer called
stops in~veral ~or cities, including Lento 'see' their message.
Hypo-Ion which allows it to stretch like real
ingrad where the original boats are
Lincoln says, "Our message is presenting
skin and to be waterproof.
displayed in a museum.
the philosophy of 'Seven Generations to
Greg says, "The perspective in which
They have chosen the, baidarka because
Come.' This philosophy says that when you
people lived 8,000 years ago was different
of its relationship to the Bering Strait
make decisions, think of the effect they will
from the perspective in which we now live.
region. "The baidarka is a traditional skin
have on seven generations in the future."
They utilized what they had in their enboat. It's been in existence for a good 8,000
He
adds, "We're -trying to take responvironment and we've got to do the same
years or so and is probably the oldest
sibility, in a creative way, for healing
thing. It's just that the environment has
known three-hole frame on the earth right
wounds in our culture. One of the greatest
changed."
now," Greg explains. "The designs we're
wounds in our modern American culture is
The peoples of the North developed ways
using were taken from a boat that is in the
a
lack pf understanding and, as a result, a
of living that reflected a balance within the
Museum of Ethnography and Anthropology
lack of respect for the indigenous peoples
eco-system rather than a conquering or
in Leningrad."
who were here before us."
dominance over that system. Greg and LinThis particular three-holed model was
--Meredith Cole
coln hope to learn from these ways and
designed by the Kodiaks, one of the indigenous peoples of the nO,r tn. They
developed these boats because they need- ,
ed a reliable, 'sea-creature like' vessel for
the purposes of sea travel, hunting, and
transporting pelts and other goods.
Greg says, "The inter,sting thing about
closets and storage rooms. The new dorms
A $~,~~7 ,000 bid for new student housing
the baidarka is in all of the jointer work and
will be open to all students, but current and
made by Rossiter Glen, Inc., of Vancouver,
fastening; there's not a piece of metal or
returning students will have priority.
Washington, was accepted last week by
any glue at all. The whole thing is lashed
One building of the eight will be set aside
Evergreen's
Board
of
Trustees.
Construcand sewn." Lincoln adds, "The whole beaupurely for social activities; it will have a deli
tion of eight buildings to house 200 students
ty of this design is its ability to take the
where students can purchase dairy prois expected to be completed by September
pressure of crushing waves a!ld flex with
ducts, a student store, a TV room insulated
1,
1987.
them. The design is based on flexibility so
for
sound, and a fireplace. The new dorms
The
majority
of
apartments
will
be
4and
that any torque or tensions that is put on
will be located between the dorms and the
6-bedroom units, with one-bedroom units
the boat is distributed throughout the difmods near the lower soccer field.
Lrt
for student managers and handicapped
ferent lashings and joints and has incredi--Sheila
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All
apartments
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ble strength."

$3,000,000 housing bid accepted

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Network interviews adjudicator finalists
by Ben Tansp.y

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The integrity of the Evegreen Community is built upon trust, civility and other virtues embodied in the Social Contract.
Needless to say, such high ideals are not
always maintained. It becomes necessary,
from time to time, to deal with behavioral
problems which threaten our otherwise
tranquil environment. For this purpose,
there exists on campus a group called the
"Network." Members of the Network,
upon receiving reports about people said to
be causing problems, compare notes to see
if their collective consciousness has any further information on such people, and to
decide whether or not it is appropriate to
take action in certain cases. The position of
the person who actually takes action is called the "adjudicator." This person is empowered to disenroll or bar from campus
students who have violated the Social Contract. More typically, the adjudicator will
make arrangements for 'or preside ' over
discussions in which issues are resolved.
The current adjudicator is faculty member
Richard Jones. However, he soon will be
teaching off-campus for a quarter, and will
then become a part of a faculty exchange
program off-campus. He has not decided
whether he will return to the Network
upon his return from the exchange. Thus,
the last few weeks have seen arrangements
for his replacement.
The Network has interviewed 20 community members who were nominat{!d for
the position of adjudicator. They wer€'asked questions about how many faculty People they knew, what their philosophies on
discipline were, and how they would deal
with incidents on campus involving nonstudents. The Network cleared four names
for secondary interviews. A fmal decision
will probably be made this week by Vice
President for Student Affairs Gail Martin,
upon her receipt of a recommendation from
the Network.
.
The four final candidates for adjudicator
were David Hitchens, Jan Lambertz, Ken
Jacob and Phil Harding. These four people
dutifully subjected themselves to poorly attended forums in which students were afforded the opportunity to check them over
and make recommendations to Vice President Martin.
All the candidates expressed an
awareness of the legal and psychological
considerations incumbent upon the adjudicator. TypicaJly, issues of confidentiality
and due-process informed their comments.

it would be impossible to give a complete
picture of each of the hour-long interviews,
but their flavor can be transmitted:
Phil Harding, a faculty member in architecture, emphasized the context of the
adjudicator's positions and the Network as
being ' responsible foremost to the educational nature of the institution. The Social

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Contract exists, he said, to ensure a safe
learning environment. The process should
be open to the extent that it is legal and
appropriate, he added. In terms of his
qualifications, he said he had a reputation
for fairness and integrity, and he had experience at other institutions as an arsee

peri~dicals

The periodicals review process begun at
th2' end of 1985 has reached its final stage
. ,w ith materials new to this library now beI ing ordered and received in Library
Periodicals. Library users should watch the
"new display table" for the very latest arrivals, and all interested users are encouraged to look over the list of approved
additions posted on the window of the
Periodicals office. Any questions about
SUbscription dates may be directed to staff

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reach library

in the Periodicals area.
The review process included response
from facu1ty, staff, and students. Many pe0ple suggested cuts and additions; while all
cou1d not be honored, all were considered
by the Library's Resource Selection Committee who complied the rmallist and submitted it to the Academic Deans for their
approval. The Committee wishes to thank
all participants for their interest and their
help.
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Famous quartet visits
The Philadelphia String Quartet, a group
that has received acclaim from Buenos
Aires to Zurich, will perform at 8 p.m. on
Friday, February 27, in the Recital Hall.
Violinists Mayumi Ohira and Irwin
Eisenberg, violist Alan Iglitzin and cellist '
Jennifer Culp, writes one critic, "perform
the works of Haydn, Schumann, Shostakovich and other composers with an excitement and a purity of sound that captivates
the listener." "A breathtaking performance," wrote the Vienna Express of the
quartet. "The musicians masterfully
brought the performance to life."
The original Philadelphia String Quartet
came to the Northwest in 1966. In 1985 the
quartet was the recipient of the prestigious
Chamber Music America Award. Their
Evergreen appearance is made possible in
part by SAFECO Insurance Companies
and is part of the EvergrEl,en Expressions
Performing Arts Series. The concert is
presented as part of the Founding Festival
which celebrates Evergreen's 20th year.
Tickets are $6 general admission and $4
for students and senior citizens. Advance
reservations are recommended and tickets
are available at Yenney's, the Bookmark,
and the Evergreen bookstore. Reservations
and additional information are available by
calling 866-6833.

Evergreen Expressions is sponsored by
The Evergreen State College in cooperation with POSSCA, Evergreen Academics
and Student and Activities fees.
--Information Services

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U.S. and Them in Central America
by Lillian Ford

Revolt and U.S. military intervention,
cyclicaJly cnaractenzing Central America's
brutal history of poverty, oppression, and
foreign domination, rages today throughout
much of the isthmus. The percentage of
U.S. aid to Central America used for
military purposes rose from 25 in 1980 to
70 in 1985. Today, the U.S. annually spends
one percent ofits total Qudget ($9.5 billion)
to sustain repressive governments and fuel
"low intensity wrufare" in the region.
In El Salvador, the U.S. supplies aircraft
for white phosphorous bombing of civilian
villages. Honduras is rapidly becoming an
American fortress as U.S. troops occupy
eleven U.S. military installations while
building more bases and training for jungle
combat. In Guatama1a, Indian peasants are
resisting death squads, poverty, and brutal
governmental repression with nonviolent
action and guerrilla attack. Nicaraguan
villages are ravaged by U.~.-backed contraa fighting against the leftist government
established after the 1979 revolution which
overthrew the Somoza dictatorship. What
are the relationships fuelling these wars?
How were they developed?
Simplified analysis of Central America's

power structure reveals a framework
designed to accommodate war as a business
expense. U.S. corporations acquire
resources (cheap labor, ore, arable lan-d,
specialty foods such as coffee and bananas)
and dump surplus (pesticides banned in the
U.S., non-tested drugs, processed food) -:
in short, profit making -- in Central
America. Economic aid from U.S. banks,
U.S. government programs,·· and
lending agencies facilitates corporate expansion by requiring purchase of U . S~
goods with aid money and directing funds
to large development projects. These projects also benefit the centralized operations
of local oligarchies (busi~ss, government,
and military elite) who, in turn, sustain corporate power by taking responsibility for
maintaining the repressive conditions needed to uphold low wages and corporate control of resources. U_S. military aid, and at
times, direct U.S. interventions reinforce
this repression and the accompanying corporate advantages by combatting inevitable
uprisings of the oppressed. (Economic aid
is also used indirectly for military purposes:
building roads, freeing up existing budgets
for military spending_)
These relationships are refinements of
the imperialism plaguing Central America

for the past half-millenium. Spain invaded
the isthmus in the 16th Century, and maintained control over· the region until 1800's,
- when "Britlifri'-fOcik Its turn exploiting the
region's people and resources. U.S. imperialism in Central America was . first
motivated by the colonizatidn of Western
North America in the mid-1800's and the
ensuing economic expansion. Business,
seeking quicker shipping routes between
the natural resources (most notably, gold)
and booming white settlements of the
Pacific coast and the industrial and administrative centers of the Atlantic, looked to Nicaragua for an inter-oceanic canal.
Plans for the canal, eventually realized in
Panama (throu£h extensive bullying), . at
tracted industrialists grasping for control of
Nicaragua (including William Walker, who,
discarding pretense, hired an army and
declared himself president in 1856.)
The first U.S. corporations in Central
America were the banana companies:
United Fruit and Standard Fruit. They ran
huge sections of Honduras, Guatamala,
Nicaragua, and Costa Rica as plantations,
built and controlled the only railroads,
treated their workers as slaves, and held
tremendous influence over the local dictatorships. Local and European oligarchs

owned the coffee plantations; however,
U.S. corporations eventually acquired
substantial control over the market. Today,
U.S. corporate investment is diversified -cattle ranching and mining accompany less
traditional mass production of consumer
items, (from Colgate toothpaste to Kraft
cheese) -- and immense (1977 U.S. direct investment of $3,1 billion).
U_S_ banks began usurping control over
Central America's finances by offering
loans to countries needing to pay debts owed to Great Britain or other European countries_ To "insure repayment" of the loans,
the countries were placed uner "customs
receiverships," whereby the banks gained
control of all their trade revenues_
Since WWII, governmental financial
agencies and aid programs have tightened
the economic grip of the U.S. on Central
America by encouraging expanded investment by U.S. corporations and increased indebtedness of Central American nations to
U.S. or U.S.-dominated institutions. By
1981, Central America had a combined external public debt in excess of $10 billion.
The International Monetary Fund (1M F),
dominated by the U.S., offers loans to countries with the stipulation of austerity
measures, directed by the agency, if the
country fails to repay. Most AID (Agency
for International Development) payments
must be used to buy U.S.-made goods. In
fact, the amount of aid given to Central
America has come back two-fold in the form
co of repatriated profits from U.S. corpora• tions. Forty years of aid programs have .not

ameliorated the suffering of Central
America's poor. They have only strengthen·
ed the repressive governments and exploitative corporations perpetuating the
people's hardship.
Throughout this time, the U oS. has maintained and increased its economic dominance of the region with the "necessary"
military force: crushing revolt, overthrowing reformist governments, installing, arming, and financing rulers willing, for a
price, to uphold the enslavement of their
countrypeople. The U.S. has used military
force 33 times this century in Central
America.
We can see the political strife, created by
these relationships, operating in each of the
four countries currently at war:

Guatamala
Long-ruled by military
dictators hip
and
economic oligopoly,
_.Guata!llala has for years
topped the offenders' lists of several human
rights groups. The abuses have been so bad
that in 1977 Congress attached a human
rights stipulation to further aid to the country. However, aid arranged previously continued to trickle into the country until 1985,
when Reagan reinstated full aid ($89.9
million) despite the human rights abuses.
Guatamala's most successful attempt at
reform was crushed when the CIA overthrew the reformist Arbenz government in
1954, two years after it was elected. Since

succession of dictators, have killed approximately 100,000 people. The Spanish elite's
racism underlie!! the brutality towards the
mainly (75%) Mayan Indian population. The
next civilian president, Vinicio Cereza, was
elected in 1985 (after aid was reinstated);
however, the military has retained its
power, as evidenced by Cereza's pardoning
of former junta members responsible for
the torturing and murder of thousands of
Guatamalans. Cereza lamented in the June
10, 1986 issue of New Republic magazine:
"My government will not plan social
reforms because the Army would oppose

it."
When workers at Guatamala City's CocaCola plant began unionizing, eight leaders
of the effort were killed by death squads;
others were detained for up to eighteen
months without charges. Displaying his
sensitivity, the former president of
Guatamala's American Chamber of Commerce said in 1980: "Why should we be worried abo.u t the death squads? They're bumping off the commies, our enemies. I'd give
them more power. Hell, I'd give them some
cartridges if I could ...The death squads I'm for it." Bank of America has also been
linked to death·squad activity.
Despite the risks, Guatamalans have
formed political groups such as GAM
(Mutual Support Group for the Relatives of
the Disappeared) to protest the abduction,
torture, and murder of their friends. Others
have banded together in guerrilla groups
to resist goverriment repression. Many
have fled the country -- to join fellow

violence that has killed 50,000 civilians since
1980 (for which right-wing ?eat~ squads an~
government forces are pnmanly responsIble). The government has consiste.n~ly
refused to negotiate, labeling the opposltlon
EI Salvador
"terrorists" and "subversives."
Salvadorans date their
Death squad killings have been curtailed
current struggle back to
in the last three years, but subsequently,
La Matanza (The
the political prisoner population has doublMassacre) in 1932, when
ed and the Duarte government's war ~as
government forces killed 30!OOO peasants
grown more sophisticated. U.S.-supphed
demanding higher wages In the coffee
aircraft now bomb rural villages with white
fields. Recent increases in U.S. economic
phosphorous and napalm. This campaign,
and military aid (over a half billion dollars
modeled after the Pheonix program used
in fiscal 1986) have only widened the gap
in the Vietnam War, has created a large
between EI Salvador's wealthy elite and
refugee popUlation: one of every. ~ve
poor maJority, and given the Salvadoran
Salvadorans is a refugee, (one-half mllhon
military a powerful arsenal to fight a growinternal, one-half million exte~nal).
ing revolutionary insurgency. The U.S. supIn the cities people suspected of unsacplies fifty-five percent ofEI Salvador's entioned politi~ activity are often "disaptire budget. Three quarters of this aid goes
peared." Students and faculty ~t the
to the military, which has doubled since
University of EI Salvador (UES) ill San
1983.
Salvador, considered subversive by the
Massive electoral fraud, severe represgovernment and para~litary groups, are
sion of organized labor and a lack of land
primary targets. LIke Guatamalans,
reform (2% of the people control 60% of
Salvadora.lls
have formed groups, most
agricultural land) gave rise in the late 1970's
notable the Co-Madres (Mothers of the
to broad-based resistance, organized under
Disappeared), to protest these abductions.
the FMLN-FDR, an alliance of FMLN
Labor groups, the Catholic church, and s~­
guerrillas and FDR political organizers.
dent groups have called for peace ~egotla­
This coalition, which currently controls onetions and have taken to the streets In large
quarter of the country, has demanded exnumbers to protest the government's.new
tensive land reform, taxation of multinaeconomic austerity measures that direct
tional investments and a foreign policy of
more money to the war effort, while ilnon-alignment. Since 1982, it has called for
literacy and malnutrition remain widea negotiated political settlement, involving
.spread. Large-scale corruption in the afterall sectors of Salvadoran society, to end the

Guatamalans in Chiapas, an enormous
refugee camp in southern Mexico, or to venture further north, alone or in small groups.
),

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math of the October earthquake have further reduced the credibilty of the U.S.backed Duarte govenment.

Honduras
Honduras, the second ,
poorest country in the
Weste.rn Hemisphere
(the average per capita
yearly income in Honduras ~s $417), r~iv­
ed over $88 million last year ill U.S. military
aid. The U.S. furnishes Honduras with
sophisticated military technology and
equipment while Honduras houses eleven
U.S. military baseslllld thousands of U.S.
National Guard and Army Special Forces
troops (including a. good number from ~t.
Lewis) learning Jungle warfare (while
threatening Nicaragua with massive shows
of power) in joint U.S./H~nduras war exercises, held regularly Since 1983. Honduras' southern borders also serve as a contracommand center and a base for raids into neighboring Nicaragua.
Just as they pay, through toil and poverty, for the privileges of U.S. and Hondw:an
elites the Honduran people pay the pnce
for their government's complicity in U.S.
war. Some 16,000 people, fearful of contra
terrorism, have fled from their homes in
southern Honduras. Dramatic increases in
venereal disease, child sexual abuse, prostitution and drug traffic have accompanied
the influx of soldiers in areas neighboring
the U.S. bases. Six prostitutes near Plamerola have contracted the AIDS related
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A Costa Rican view of TESC

·People to People:

by Jeanine Corr

Local group makes
concrete contribution

by Jean Eberhardt
The Seattle to Nicaragua Construction Brigade fonned out of
a grass-roots organizing effort in the spring of 1985. We are a group
of women and men who want to make concrete contributions to
peace between our countries. We believe that people-to-people exchanges are invaluable experiences for all involved and that our
first project touched many people. The enthusiastic response from
people all over Washington who expressed their support for the
completion of a small grade school in rural Nicaragua was very
exciting to us and to the Nicaraguans we met.
Some images from my journal convey part of my experience:
" .. .With the first crack of light over the hills there are a1ready voices
of people milling around, working in the kitchen. The baby is crying,
radio buzzing popular music and the tortillas are slapping into shape.
I can hear and smell the fire.
"The family of· Don Gregorio and Dona Isidora with their ten
children has grown close to my heart. I know that it's mutual. There
are five Noth American women sharing their home and meals. I
translate our exchanges. Three times a day we sit down to beans,
rice, tortillas, and fresh milk or coffee. Six days a week we head down
the rut·filled dirt road, past the cornfields, cross the dry creekbed
and mango orchard, and arrive at the school ready to work .. ."

We worked alongside local campesinos and tiled the floors,
wired, painted and roofed the building. We built a cistern and
brought clean water down the hill. We fInished installing windows
and doors on the last day. Our Nicaraguan foreman was pleased
with his fIrst international crew.
School opened on March 10, with over 50 children attending the
fIrst through fourth grades. An excitement spread through the
valley about the classes, and desks, and books. Daily, reluctant
parents were coming down from the hills bringing their children
to enroll, to learn how to read and write.
I think the success of that project in 1986 reflects the broad base
of support that our organization has and also reflects a basic
disagreement with our government's interventionist policy in Central America. We raised over $50,000 in donations of money, school
supplies, building materials and tools. We shipped our supplies
out of C~da since our government has imposed a trade embargo
on Nicaragua.
The sixteen of us who went on that fIrst construction brigade
o out of the Northwest are from Seattle, Bellingham, Gig Harbor
- and Olympia. To date, there have been over a dozen independently
, organized building groups from around the United States to go

to Nicaragua over the last four years. There have been many more
from Europe and other parts of the world.
We were all affected deeply by our experiences in Nicaragua
and by our return to our own country. We came back to Reagan
pushing for the passage of $100 million in aid to the contras. We
all fought it and stand with most of the people in this country who
do not support U.S. sponsorship of war in Central America.
In mid-April I received a phone call from Nicaragua and heard
that the contras had entered the valley of Tierra Blanca. My dear
friend Don Gregorio was taken from his house, knifed three times
in the throat and left for dead. His daughter, Reyna, the
schoolteacher, lied to cover her identity, hnd no doubt saved her
own life. Don Gregorio has amazingly pulled through and is
recovering well after a lengthy hospital stay and operations.
The school was temporarily closed and my friends have had to
take refuge in the nearby town of Santo Tomas to protect
themselves. Our hope is that they'll be able to return to their ruraJ
community and farm soon. To me, they reflect the will and spirit
of the Nicaraguan people to survive.
We created a powerful video about the people we met and lived
with and what a glimpse of present day Nicaragua really looks
like. We're beginning to distribute it nationally and get it on TV.
The next Olympia showing will be on February 24 at 7 p.m. in
Lecture Hall 3, here at Evergreen. I'll be there to answer ques.
tions. The next viewing could be in your home! TCTV, channel
31, will air "Vamos A Hacer Un Pais" (We're Going to Build a
Country) at 9 p.m. on March 10. '
Weare in the midst of organizing a second brigade to leave for
Nicaragua this spring, The group will also work on another school
building project. '1'0 strengthen the brigade, we're actIvely
recruiting more union members, people of color, and Spanish
translators.
Here in Olympia, I want to see if there is enough interest
support a brigade from this area, Our fIrst meeting will be on
March 12 at 7:30 p.m. at 117 N Thomas. Please come with your
enthusiasm! 0

tc',

Jean Eberhardt has lived in Olympiafar the last decade and is
a member of the Seattle to Nicaragua Construction Brigade (P.O.
Box f21,03, Seattle, WA 981$f). She was a student here far a cou.
ple of years and has been a general contractor far the past eight
years with NOZAMA Construction,

Recently, I had a very close friend from
Costa Rica come visit me. A graduate of the
Univeri8dad de Costa Rica in special education, Patricia Salazar had never before been
out of Central America. She wanted to see
as much of the United States as possible,
so we spent about a month travelling along
the West Coast. We drove from Southern
California to Washington. To get a feel for
daily life in.the States, she stayed with me
here in Olympia and spent some time on
campus. We talked a lot about how she
perceived the United States, and occasiohally, we would talk about how we here
perceive Central America.
One day while sitting in the Peace Center
after spending some time looking around
she asked, "Why do all of the signs mention the war in Central America?j Not all
of us are at war." It's true, we do tend to
think of Central America as an isthmus entirely at war, not realizing that each contry is separate and distinct. Each country
has its own histroy, its own culture.
January 15, the CPJpublished a "Letter
from Costa Rica" written by John Trombold, a Fullbright scholar studying .
literature in Managua, Nicaragua. In it he
paints a very biased picture of Cost Rica.
He wrote, "Costa Rica, with its Pizza Hut,

McDonald's, hamburger stands, Playboy
and American television (by satellite) appears to aspire to statehood following
Hawaii." How dare he blame Costa Rica for
U.S. imperialism! Patricia responded, "It's
true that in my country there are
McDonald's, Pizza Huts, etc., but he doesn't
say that It is due to the imperialism of
transnationals. Countries such as the U.S.
have put their capital and riches in the poor
countries so that they can get better
returns on their money."
His article centers around a demonstra·
tion by campesinos in downtown San Jose,
the capital city. They were protesting the
government's agricultural policy, a policy
that offers credit on good tenns to coffee
fanners, but not to those who grow rice or
beans. The cam.pesinos were met with tear
gas by the Costa Rican Civil Guard. Con·
stitutionally, Costa Rica cannot have an ar·
my. Trombold seemed to place the blame
exclusively' on the Costa Rican government
for the problems stemming from this policy.
This shows a limited analysis of the situa·
tion. It must be seen in the context of the
international economic order. Coeta Rica
cannot solely decide what it wants to ex·
port. That decision is made by countries like
the U.S. As Patricia remarked, "I know
that my country is not perfect and that we

make a lot of errors." She recognize8 that
her country has problems and says the Civil
Guard should not have used such drastic
measures. But, "he should have made it
clear that the solution to the problem is not
in us but rather in the world powers like
the U.S., they determine what our development is. The origin of this conflict is that
the little production we have for export
must go to coffee. The campesinos
however, would like to grow other crops
like rice and beans. Due to the international
economic system which only permits us to
export coffee, the government must try to
encourage the production of coffee in o~der
to get money for economic development.
Costa Rica has a huge international debt.
I t must export a certain amount of products
which are determined in large part by the
United States. This is to pay just the interest on the outstanding loans.
John Trombold also states that, "I was
quickly reminded where I was on the second day of my visit here (in Costa Rica)."
Alluding to the incident and perhaps suggesting that such a confrontation could on·
ly happen "there." He clearly means th~t
the incident was a reminder that he was m
Central America. It seems to me that it's
a pretty ethnocentric thing to say, not to
mention incorrect.
continued on page I 9

Growing up in EI Salvador
by Trace Dreyer

I was born in Brooklyn. My family moved to EI Salvador when J was three, and
I grew up there.
El Salvador is a small country. If you
compare its land mass to the United States,
it's not much of a country at all, it's more
like a county. It stands among the other
four countries that could have been the
Fedemcion de Estados Centro Americanos
(Federation of Central American States).
After Latin America wrestled free from
Spanish oppression there were several
I glOnous years of possibility and struggle.
In Cen~ America it was Salvadorans who
led the uprising against Spain, and w~o
favored a Central American state. ThIs
heroic, almost romantic spirit characterizes
the Salvadoran people today.
They are very proud of their heritage, of
their nationality, of their family and community. The poor are referred to not as
peasants, but as humilde (humble), and
they are proud to be humilde.
I grew up among these people, in the

mountainous, volcanic Central American
terrain. There's great hiking, and my
friends and fwould take long walks around
the outskirts of the city, in lush tropical
vegetation. On weekends, we'd sometimes
get together a group and climb a volcano.
When the coup of 1980 took place I was
in my room listening to American pop m~sic
on the radio. This was the coup whIch
ousted a deep rooted oligarchy, and held, on
to faith and the Salvadoran constitutIOn
during the intense months that followed.
The song I was listening to was interrupted
by an announcer, and when I flipped
through the stations I found out that they
were all hooked up to the national radio
system. I remember lying in bed and listening as they told the story of how the president had been asked to leave by a group
of young arm.Y officers. The president was
on his way to Miami, where all Salvadoran
oligarchs go when they leave their country.
The group of officers were named one by
one, and their intension to insure the safe·
ty of La ciudadania (the citizenry) and
uphold law and order was made clear. They
invoked the power of the Constitution in

what they were doing, and proposed to
fonn an interim government to take office
until democratic elections could be held.
Political leaders who had been exiled were
invited to come back and fonn parties. I
remember watching on the midday news
hordes of campesinos and city people
welcoming Jose Napoleon Duarte. I
remember the pleas on TV, asking the militant left to stop fIghting; the reassurance,
by leaders who were known for their
socialist tendencies, that free democratic
elections were forthcoming. I remember
the attempts at land refonn, and the suecesful education boom. Vaccination campaigns, family planning, cottage industry,
a resurgence of native art and culture. A
fresh interest in lo autoctono (that which
is indigenous, or original in a place).
.I went back this summer, to visit my
family who still live there. EI Salvador is
going through some hard times, but the
Salvadoran spirit is very strong, full of love
and pride. Once the Salvadorans work out
their difficulties, maybe we can learn from
them to face our own as courageously as
they do,O

Sanctuary movement has long tradition
by Tim Marshall

Tim Marshall is cam'fYWJ minister at
Evergreen. He is active in the sanctuary
movement at the local, regional, and nationallevels. He is a member of the sanctuary commiUee at St. Michael's Parish in
Olympia. He spent the summer of 1985
working with sanctuary workers in Tucson,
Arizona. He has been a representative from
the Northwest to several national sanctuary meetings and is currently serving as
coordinator of a committee that is planning a national meeting of sanctuary
workers to be held in March.
Churches, synagogues, and other
religious groups have become actively involved in the struggle of Central Americans
by way of the Sanctuary Movement. These
religious groups have reclaimed the ancient
religious tradition of offering a safe haven
to individuals fleeing situations of violence
and oppression. They have opened their
doors to Central American refugees and
have given them shelter, food, and protection from being deported back to their countries where their lives are in danger.
Religous groups that have declared
themselves public sanctuaries see their
work as an expression of their religiol!S
beliefs and traditions. The Hebrew scripture makes many references to cities of
refuge and holy sanctuaries that serve as
places where fugitives and refugees can flee
to escape from enemies and civil authorities
who wish to do them harm. The Greek
scriptures, telling the stories ef Christ and
the early Christians, also make many
references to welcoming the alien, caring
for the stranger, feeding the hungry, and
giving shelter to the homeless. Providing
sanctuary to Centra~ American refugees is
an act of love and compassion that has its
roots in faith, religious tradition, and
history,
.
The current sanctuary movement began
in Tucson, Arizona after a series of events
surrounding Jim Corbet, a retired rancher
and active Quaker, and John Fife, a
Presbyterian minister. In May of 1981, a
friend of Corbet's picked up a Salvadoran
who was hitch-hiking near the ArizonaMexico border. They were stopped at an
immigration checkpoint and the Salvadoran
was hauled away to a detention center. Corbet's friend told him about the incident and
Corbet began to investigate what happened to refugees who were picked up.
Corbet found that nearly all of the

refugees were being deported back to their
countries. He discovered that rights
guaranteed to refugees fleeing situations of
violence were being derued to Central
American refugees. The Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) was
withholding information on refugees' rights
and was systematically asking refugees' to
sign papers that waived their rights and
paved the way for their deportation. The
papers that the refugees signed were in
English and their contents were not explained to them.
The outcome was that thousands of
refugees a month were being deported
without an opportunity to make the case for
themselves that their lives were in danger
in their countries.
Corbet found that the INS labels all Central American refugees as "economic
refugees." The INS contends that Central
Americans are fleeing to the United States
in search of better employment opportunities. The INS does not believe that the
majority of Central American's are fleeing
because of civil strife, death threats,
violence, torture and murder. This contention was in direct contradiction to Corbet's
subsequent experience with Central
American refugees.
Corbet, Fife, and others in Tucson began
to have more and more contact with Central American refugees. The stories that
they told were tragic and horrifying:.stories
of being captured by the security forces,
tortured and beaten; stories of family
members bp.ing assassinated and mutilated
by government related death squads. They
told stories of massacres on villages by the
armed forces, babies being tossed in the air
and shot, women being raped and fetuses
being cut from the wombs of expectant
mothers. Those working with refugees
along the border knew that these were not
"economic refugees." They were people
fleeing situations of violence and oppression. They were people with genuine claims
in need -of asylum and safe haven.
The Tucson people tried working through
the legal system on behalf of the refugees.
According to the United States Refugee
Act of 1980, a person "who is persecuted
or who has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group,
or political opinion" has a right to political
asylum in our country. The Tucson pe:>ple
found that only two-percent of the
thousands of asylum applicants were
granted political asylum. The overwhel-

ming majority of Central Americnas J.ere
being deported back to their countries at
a very high risk to their lives.
The INS required unrealistic documentation of alleged persecution. A refugee had
to provide documentation of threats made
against their lives. If their names had not
been published on a public death list. the
INS made it very difficult to establish an
asylum case.
Fife and members of his congregation
found that they could not turn their backs
on these Central American refugees. They
felt the cruelty and injustice of deporting
these people to their possible death. Their
religious faith and their conscience dictated
that they reach out and respond to these
people in need. Southside Presbyterian
Church began to harbor refugees within its
walls. As the need for this type of hospitality and protection grew, Fife and Corbet
began talking about the religious tradition
of public sanctuary. On March 24, 1982,
Southside Presbyterian Church, and
several other churches around the country
publically declared themselves sanctuaries
for Central American refugees.
Since that time, over three-hundred churches, synagogues, and religious groups
have declared themselves public sanctuaries. These groups have aided thousands
of refugees. Many have also been involved
in the underground railroad which brings
high· risk refugees out of life-threatening
situations and into public sanctuaries across
the country. Many committed religious pe0ple throughout the country are engaged in
this work, and participate at the risk of
their own security and freedom.
Stacey LyijIl Merkt of Texas is presently serving a prison sentence fro her work
of providing sanctuary to Central American
refugees. In January of 1985, Jim Corbet,
John Fife, and nine others from Arizona
were indicted for their sanctuary work.
Eight of the eleven were recently convicted
on counts of harboring and transporting illegal aliens. Sanctuary workers across the
country have had their phones. tapped. The
INS has sent infiltrators.into church worship services, bible studies and meetings to
secretly tape-record conversations of sanctuary workers. Church offices have been
broken onto and their files strewn around
the room.
Sanctuary workers view the indictments
and harassment as attempts by the govern·
ment to bring an end to the sanctuary
movement. It is speculated that the govern:
continued on page 17

Sister College project benefits all
by Tom Jaenicke

Imagine sitting in class on a warm after·
noon, relishing the anticipation of going out
to play in the sun. Now imagine your tranquility shattered by a grenade ripping
though the wall and the staccato burst of
machine-gun fire in the hallway. That scene
. was not in the imaginations of students at
the Univenity of EI Salvador, it was a
reality_
On June 26, ~980, over 800 troops armed
with tanks and helicopten invaded the
UES. Buildings and labs were bombed,
equipment was looted and sold, and the
library burned. Most distreBBing, hundreds
of studenbl, faculty and staff disappeared

or were killed.
The UES is the primary institution of
higher learning in El Salvador. The
Salvadoran constitution guarantees the
University the right to exist, academic
freedom, governing autonomy and full funding. The military invasion and ensuing
repression have hampered all of these
rights.
After popular and international pressure,
the UES was reopened in 1984. The constitutionally guaranteed full funding has not
been restored, and no funds have been provided for reconstructing damaged
buildings. In addition to the lack of material
aid, there has been an abundance of political
repression. Following a hit list published in

Guatemalan caravan to visit soon
On April 7, the "Caravan for the Forgot·
ten" will be stopping at Evergreen to give
a preeentation on Guatemalen refugees currently living in Chiapas, Mexico. The
Refugee camps of Yalam Dohosh and El
Aguacate consist of survivors of villages
who
Guatemala between July 22 and
<lf1 of 1982, when the ne~hboring popula·
tion of San Francisco, Nenton .. Huchuentanango was massacred in one of the most
brutal actions of the recent' repression. The
people of these camps are the survivors of
those' who
their·viUages_ Some died en
route when the army attacked the first
group who
There are about 1,000 people in the two camps - almost all are native
Ch~ speakers, but many have now learn-

ned

ned
ned.

edS~sh_

The Caravan is being organized by
members of the Freedom Fund of Seattle,
and STAR of Guatemala, of Austin, Texas.
Participants will ~ their journey in
Vancouver, B.C. sometime in mid-March,
travel down the West Coast and down
through Mexico to Chiapas. They intend to
make frequent stops aloDg the way to present slide shows, speeches, photography
and Guatemalan artwork_
Some of the rruijor goals and objectives
the Caravan hopes to meet are to raise
funds and material aid for organizations·in·
side Mexico, the U.s_, and Guatemala which
provide relief to Guatemalan refugees. The
caravanen alao hope to create public

awareness regarding the current situation
and recent history of Guatemala and its pe0ple. Another goal is to create political
pressure on the governments of Guatemala,
the U.S. and (more diplomatically) Mexico,
stressing the need for structural change in
Guatemala, and seeking a true democratic
opening with respect for human rights, an
end to counter-insurgency related aid, and
non-repartriation of refugees.
OASIS (Olympia Alliance In Support of
Indiginous Struggles) is working on local efforts to raise money, material aid and sup·
port for the caravan. There are specific
donations which are desperately needed in
the camps. These include: medical supplies
such as anesthetictl, antibiotics and equip·
ment, clothing of all types, especially
children's shoes, educational supplies such
as pencils, paper, books in Spanish and
manual typewriters. Also needed are
carpentry tools, agricultural tools and seed,
thread, velcro and non-electric sewing
machines. The caravan itself could use
donated and discounted items such as gas,
motor oil, insurance, camping gear, first·aid
kits and walkie-talkies.
If you have items you would like to
donate, our current drop-off point is 3903
36th Ave. N.W. If you are interested in
helping or want more info concerning the
caravan, please call 866-8258. Place and
time of April 7 event TBA.
. --Kristi Maclean

1985 of 11 students, faculty and staff, there
have been a number of abductions, tortures,
and murders. Representatives of the UES
sought international assistance to help stop
the injustice.
In November, 1985, UES members
Miguel Parada and Antonia Quezadaappealed to Evergreen to become a "sister
college" of the UES. The sister college committee was then formed to pursue formal
ties with the UES. In Spring, 1986, after
a successful petition drive, faculty endorsement, and the Board of Trustees recommendation, President Olander declared
Evergreen a sister college with the UES.
The goals of the sister college project are
to show moral support for the UES,
establish a network to protect the human
rights of the members of the UES, animge
cultural and educational exchanges between Evergreen and UES, and assist the
UES with private material aid and other
fundraising projects. International public
recognition ensures the legitimacy of the
. UES and makes it more difficult for the
military to repress the students, faculty,
and staff.
Since its genesis, the sister college project has been effectively assisting the UES
with material and moral support. A signifi·
cant portion of last year's Senior Class gift
was donated to the UES, a book drive
helped restore the decimated library, and
money was sent to help the victims of the ,
October earthquake. After hearing of the
detention of an UES student, a letter
writing campaign was launched and followed up by a delegation; the student was
subsequently released. There have also
been delegations to promote cultural and
educational exchanges. Through the com·
bination of these efforts, the sister college
project has enhanced public awareness of
the plight of the UES.
Currently, the sister college project is
organizing a benefit dance featuring the
Portland dance Y1and Ed and the Boats. Pr0ceeds will help fmance project events and
this summer's delegation to the UES. Also
in the near future, Victor Guzman, a former
faculty member of the UES, will be visiting
Evergreen and talking about his ex·
periences at the UES. If you are interested,
the sister college project will warmly
welcome any help. Weekly meetings are
held on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Peace W
Center. Call x6098 for more information. 0 •

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conSCiences,
Student fasters raise
funds
by John Thomas Malone

Greetings, all ye fasters and supporters
for peace in Central America, Earth! More
Greeners and members of the Evergreen
Community are asked to fast andlor sponsor this year's Fast for Peace in Nicaragua_
This February 24, 25, and 26, students from
our college will join students from 50 other
colleges nationwide in the 2nd annual Student Fast for Peace in Nicaragua. Last
year, 400 students on eleven campuses
fasted from one to five days to earn $15,000
for Nicaraguan humanitarian relief groups
of their choice_
. The Student Fast for Peace in Nicaragua
is a two-fold coordinated effort: to bring attention to the injustices in which the
American government (and by default, the
American people) participate by financing
the contras, and to support and contribute

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virus, HTLV-III. Local economies are being built around the comparatively wealthy
soldiers. In the words of Efrain Dia;l>.pf the
Honduran Christian Democratic' Party ,
"Honduras isjust a theater which we rent
out for other people to put on their shows.
And we end up looking like fools."
Nicaragua
In 1979, popular
revolution overthrew
the dictatorial Somoza
dynasty which had ruled
Nicaragua since 1932. Won under the banner of the FSLN (National Sandinista
Liberation Front), the revolution immortalized Auguste Sandino, leader of armed
resistance to the U.S. Marines' occupation
of Nicaragua from 1927 , to 1933. (The
marines had been periodically invading
Nicaragua since 1912). The Marines'
withdrawl, while signifying victory for
dino, was followed by the installation of
Anastasio Somoza Garcia, granddaddy of
one of the world's most violent and corrupt
dynasties.
Since the revolution, Nicaraguans have
enjoyed increased literacy and health care,
decreased infant mortality and redistribution of 40% of the land. H.owever, they have
also suffered from the war which followed
their victory. Sicne 1981, U.S.-backed contra.s have been attacking rural areas, abducting, torturing and killing thousands of pe0ple; destroying homes, farms, schools and
clinics in an effort to destabilize the Sandinista government. The contras, led by
former members of Somoza's National
Guard, have recruited paid mercenaries, 0 1'phaned children, and aboucteo peaRants, as
well as the genuinely rusaffecteo. The U.S.

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to reparations for the Nicaraguan people.
Since more students on more campuses
will fast synchronously during the last week
of February, this year's fast will make a
powelful national protest and a healthy
local impact.
.
At Evergreen, fasters will sign up sponsors to support the February 24-26 fast,
staff a display and donation table in the
CAB, and perhaps take up temporary
residence in the CAB and do events on Red
Square_ All pledges collected will be
donated to the Olympia Pledge of
Resistance (POR). POR is raising $54,000,
the per capita share for Thurston county
residents to offset the $100 million Con,gress r ecently voted to the contras. The
strategy which was developed and enacted
in response to the prior contms aid
packages, is to support relief orgallizations
which provide real humanitarian aid direct-

ly to the Nicaraguan people.
The Evergreen community can generate
a vital portion of this support, monetarily,
informationally and symbolically.
For instance, last spring's Big Mountain
Dance Marathon gave the dance·
marathoners ways to help Native
Americans, and this winter's Student Fast
for Peace in Nicaragua offers the one who
fasts opportunities to educate our community, synchrollize our action and help our
Nicaraguan brother.s and sisters meaningfully.
If you would like to fast, sponsor a faste~,
or offer your special service, please contact
the Peace Center, x6098 (LIB 3235), contact a pledge gatherer when slbe comes
around, and/or come by the Student Fast
table in the CAB February 24-26 to give
your expression and encouragement. Thank
you! 0

has directly attacked Nicaragua. In 1982
the CIA mined their harbors. In the spring
of 1985, the State Department declared an
embargo of all Nicaraguan goods. The international community has overwhelmingly condemned U.S. aggression towards
Nicaragua. The World Court declared U.S.
support for the contras and mining of harbors to be violations of international law.
The U.S.' motives, according to Noam
Chomsky and other analysts, are not to
combat communism, but to impoverish the
country, and return it to a U.S.-dependent
state.

Many see hope for peace in Central
America in the Contadora process, supported by fifteen Latin American nations.
Contadoran proposals have called for a
withdrawal of all foreign military personnel from Central America, limits on arms
exports, elimination of military installations, and an end to military actions, which
threaten peace and security in the region,
and non-intervention between participating
states. Although Reagan professes to support this process, a State Department
memo issued on September 4, 1986 states:
"We need to develop an active diplomacy
now to head off efforts at Latin American
solidarity, whether they are sponsored by
the Contadora support group, the Cubans,
or the Nicaraguans. We need to find a way
to turn pressure they bring to bear on us
or our friends to. our advantage."
U.S. economie-exptoitation in the region
has torn the social fabric of these proud
cultures while increasing their dependence
on the "Gran Amigo" to the North. Massive
U.S. military aid has helped instigate a .
regional war that offers only further
polarization and militarization of Central
American society. Efforts to fit Central
America into the East v. West pmdigm
ignore the root causes of the current
upheavals. Landless peasants, and high
rates of illiteracy and malnutrition are
systematic expressions of unjust oligarchies
held in power by a powerful U.S. military
economic empire•. North Americans, who
produce mu~:ohtie caPital and consume
much of the goods 'oCU.S. corporations; who
pay for; participate in, or at least tolerate
the U.S. military a,nd foreign policy, profoundly affect conditions in Central
Americ~ We need to act ftom o.ur conS'ciences' responses to news of their
.struggles. 0

The Sandinistas have been ensnared in
the war trap; they have instituted the draft,
for which there is considerable. resistance
from a war-weary populace; defense drains
50% of their budget. In October,1985, they
imposed a state of emergency which limited
civil liberties. They 'initiatea-press censorship in 1982. However, despite the war,
Nicaragua has granted more civil rights
than other Central American nations. In
1984, they held elections, involving six different political parties, which were certified
as fair by international observers. There
are no death squads.
In the first years of the war, eighteen
thousand Miskitu Indians were forcibly
relocated from their home along the Atlantic Coast which had been turned into a war
zone. Sandinista soldiers treated the
Miskitus with racism and brutality. Contras, taking advantage of the situation,
recruited orphaned Miskitus, telling
isolated villages of nonexistent massacres
by Sandinistas in neighboring areas. The
Sandinistas have, for the past few years,
been making amends -- punishing cases of
brutality. working with Miskitu representatives on autonomy plans for the region.

Solutions

Swim team tunes up for regionals
by Otto Reduxus

The Evergreen State College swim team
recently had its last dual meet of the seasQn
with Highline Community. This meet was
used as a tune-up for the Regional Championships coming February 19, 20 and 21.
With five months of training behind the
team, coach Bruch Fletcher hopes for sizzling times a~ the championship meet in
Portland, Oregon.
Annie Pizey and Rachel Wexler had their
first experience in the 200 breaststroke.

Annie swam 3:17.47 for third place and
Rachel was fourth place with 3:18.39.
Louise Brown, who was voted "most improved swimmer" last season, will again be
going for big-time drops at Regionals.
In the men's division, Max Gilpin again
led the way with two first-place finishes.
Gilpin has one last chance to qualify for the
NAIA National Championship meet. "Max
is right on schedule with his training and
will be going for national times in both the
400 individual medley and the

breaststroke," commented Coach Fletcher.
Jake Toule had a season best 500
freestyle by cracking the six-minute barrier
with a 5:58.36 to take second place. Matt
Love and Aaron Soule battled it out in the
200 1M to finish second and third for
Evergreen.
Looking to the Regional meet, Coach
Fletcher is looking for big improvements
by Tino Ruth, Jerome Rigot, Mike
Herdendez, and Mike Bujachich. The versatile Eric Seemann will be entered in both
diving and swimming events in Portland. 0

Women weightlifters gain strength, confidence
Rather, their muscles "rise away from the
She feels that the supportive, women-only
sessions provide an "entryway," which
bone and appear more well-defined as their
fat content diminishes." "Weightlifting,"
helps women more comfortably acclimate
Women are developing confidence and
strength by lifting weights together every
she added, "allows women to 'fine tune'
themselves to the sport and see that the
Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8:15
specific areas of their bodies."
"men's sweating, straining and grunting,
to 10 a.m. at the CRC. About a dozen
Women at last Thursday's session attendwhile often quite threatening, are just parts
women of varying skill levels currently ated for various reasons: to build strength,
of the activity." However, women who are
tend the sessions, but organizers hope that
to raise their self-esteem, to learn free
"used to" working out with men also parnumber will double.
weight techniques, or practice on the punticipate in the morning sessions. "It's fun
Experienced weight trainers offer instrucching bags, in a less-than-normally
when it's just women," says Dee Burkes,
threatening environment. Debbie Johnson,
"I appreciate the support the other women
tion and advise beginners in developing
who was strengthening a bad shoulder with
give me."
weightlifting plans that are "comfortable to
them and specific to their bodies," accordumbbells, felt too intimidated to attempt
The group began last fall when
ding to Paula Barnett, a former weightIiflearning unfamiliar free weight techniques
Evergreen student Rnee Martineau apting instructor who is active in the group.
in a room full of "grunting, sweaty men."
proached CRC coordinator Cath Johnson
The weight room is equipped with Univer"Women can feel embarrassed looking for
with a request for women's-only time in the
sal machines, free weights, stationary
a 5-pound dumbbell when everyone else is
weight room. Johnson, also a weight lifter,
lifting 100," added Debbie.
was "interested in seeing it go." Following
bicycles and punching bags.
'Paula sees weightlifting as "a way to
Although a few men have been supporJohnson's advice, Martineau established the
raise self-esteem and kinesthetic
tive, Paula has sensed a "general dis-ease"
Women's Weightlifting Club as a "club
awareness." Through weightlifting, women
among both men and women. Some of the
sport" with the assistance of Recreational
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arranged for the locker rooms (normally
fidence in their strength, and develop
developing skill on the punching bag, was
closed in the early morning) to be opened,
pushed aside by "helpful" men who felt her
and, after flyers were posted, the sessions
discipline which also helps in other areas
of their lives."
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Describing weightlift.ing's physical effects
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very different from what our government
is telling us. As church people learn of the
situation through the stories of refugees,
they often become involved in trying to
change U.S. foreign policy. The pressure
from the government has not slowed down

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Network from page 6
bitrator and advisor.
Ken Jacob, current director of Facilities,
tended to stress his five years of experience
as adjudicator at Evergreen prior to Mr.
Jones. His resume and statement mentioned many sensitivities to and experiences
with issues likely to come up in the job. He
said he has protected confidential infonnation even when faced with an angry crowd
of people. The hardest decisions he had to
make as adjudicator in the past, he explained, were those when distinctions between
psychosis and mere excessiveness were required. He said he "trusts our internal
community."
Jan Lambertz, director of Recreation and
Athletics, pointed out that she had served
at three levels of the Evergreen community -- staff, administration, and faculty. She
said her preference for creative problem
solving would lend much aid to the decisions
she would face. She saw policy as a
framework from which to work, not a stureture by which to be constrained. She said
that it is not good to be so objective in decision making that one does not hurt when
"making decisions one does not like."

In saying so, she recalled her days as an
adjudicator of academic affairs at a small
girls college. She sees the adjudicator as a
facilitator of healthy relationships within a
community. Dave Campbell, a student at
the forum with Ms. Lambertz, and a
lifeguard at the CRC, brought up an ~­
tion of withholding public infonnation.
Lambertz denied this.
A student attendant at Dave Hitchens'
interview reported to me that Mr. Hitchens, a faculty member in history, said he
had a historical perpective on the Social
Contract and its call for- civility. Mr. Hitchens said that the Social Contract is constitutional and that we need a statutory
document as well. He stressed his ability
to find, interpret and question evidence, be
it verbal or written, submitted by parties
interested or disinterested. A proclivity
towards a human approach and an ability
to listen were among the qualifications he
said he had, as well as experience with dealing with personal problems of many
students.
Mr. Jones said that the Network will be
trying to shake its "conspiratorial-CIA" imag~ by submitting infonnation about itself

t;o the college catalogue and/or the

CPJ.

He acknowledged that some,people ~ave
the theoretical ability to file false information with the Network. He said' the
Counseling Center, which chose not to attend Network meetings for a while, has
returned, but limits itself to an observing
role, except that when it feels it is appropriate, it may choose to say whether or
not a person being discussed has been seen
at the CC or not. Nothing of the counseling sessions themselves is revealed, though.
He characterized the Network's business
as "99% preventative." Fifty percent of the
time, he said, he needs only to schedule an
appointment between the person in question and their instructor or supervisor.
However, in those rare cases when a person does not approve of the adjudicator's
decision, he or she may appeal it to Gail
Martin, and then to President Olander. The
appeal process can progress beyond this to
the President's Advisory Board and
thenceforth to the Board of Trustees. ,T he
Network deals with Social Contract problems. Academic, personnel and policy
issues have other procedures. 0

Heart to Heart with Richard Hartley
by Ben Tansey

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When Richard Hartley ran for one of the
student positions on the President's Advisor Board (pAB), he was hoping to
become involved with the policy decisionmaking process. Now securely voted in, he
fmrls it is not what he expected, and has
questions about not just what he is supposed to be doing, but the the Board itself is
supposed to be doing.
Communications between the Board
members and between the Board and certain DTFs is limited, he said during a recent interview. According to the Final
Draft of the All-Campus Governance DTF
Report of January, 1986, the Board is supposed to make "recommendations about allcampus policy matters to the President" ,
and to study "matters of concern" when
"policy-related conflicts occur."
Hartley, who quotes statutes and cases
with e~ , is also dis~ppoi'!ted by the
apathy among students to become involved with governance issues. He even
sets aside three hours a week to hear student concerns , but attendance is small to
naught. "I have a constituency to repre-

sent/' he said, "but if no one talks to me,
I will fall back on my own opinions."
The PAB has met once this quarter. At
that time they discussed the Emergency 90
Day Greivance and Appeal Procedures
where the PAB was granted a temporary
status as a hearing board until the final
greivance procedure is drafted by the
Greivance DTF. Technically, the school has
been without a formal greivance procedure
since the disbandment of the Evergreen
Council in January of 1986. The P AB,
should anything come up, will decide on
whether a greivance, which by then will
have been appealed twice accoding to the
Emergency document, merits a hearing
board.
If you are sufficiently confused by all of
these boards, DTFs and documents, then
you know how Mr. Hartley is feeling.
"PAB is basically a clearing house for
issues which are referred to somewhere
else. It's like we are sitting in a train switching booth pulling levers."
At the flrSt meeting they also discussed
the first two of 12 proposals raised by the
Higher Education Committee. These were:
"What combination of policies and practices

will provide optimum balance of institutional management flexibility and public accountability?" and "How can the higher
education system be made more efficient
without reducing the quality of its
products?"
Hartley said the first question was so boring they only spent 5 minutes on it. On the
second, he noted the poverty of referring
to the students as "products" and said the
P AB decided that the latent issue of
employability was too narrow a consideration, especially for a liberal arts college.
The next meeting was canceled for
bW'eaucratic reasons. The second meeting,
scheduled for February ,28, will consider
some more HEC proposals.
Hartley said the HEC proposals have
dominated P AB meetings. He says that the
advisory nature of the board disturbs him.
Like DTF reports, their recommendations
can be disregarded. He feels that the concept of Evergreen should provide for a ·
greater than traditional role ' tor students
in direct, final decision making, including
issues of policy and finance: "Our confidence to experiment ougpt to give
students more than an advisory role." D

ment has moved against the sanctuary
movement because it is a threat to U.S.
foreign policy in Central America_ The
refugees are telling their version of what
is happening in Central America, and it is
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issues you are interested in. Let's spend
money in a constructive way, for things like
a clean environment, jobs and homes for the
homeless, or let's not spend it at all.
If you don't speak, you don't have a voice.
And to avoid the issues that affect your life
is to avoid living.

I would encourage everyone to phone at
least once, preferably on a weekly basis,
particularly through this important time of
budget negotiations. It is worth the investment. This tactic has been used effectively
to turn Washington votes against aid to the
Nicaraguan contn:is. Let's press for a ban
on nuclear weapons tests, justice in the
Iran- Contra investigation, an end to the
wars in Central America, and any other

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Sincerely,
Hector Douglas

more on trees
something like, "Shit! I'd better run for
cover with all these people around - but
there is nowhere to go!" Or further, "Hey!
Wait a minute! This is absurd, I am a
TREEI"
Now this ironic little bear, who probably
brings pleasure to some -- I'm sure at least
to his earthly creator, as well as to the kids
__ is sad, because he has no place to hide.
He is alone.
The benefit of more sunlight reaching the
apartments is a valid argument, since th~y
are rotting in their own, as well as the lDoo'
escapable Pacific .i\lices; but what. about
the radiation released by the sun, and let
into our world in increasing amounts
through the miracle-of-science? I, personal-

To the Editor:
I'm writing to you and all the readers on
this splendidly moist day, because they continue to destroy trees at the ASH Tree
apartment complex in which I live. This
may not seem like a big issue, but for those
of us who cannot escape the carnage, it is
with little humor that we see a (I'll add
"disgusting") little bear who, as I write, is
watching a man in a raincoat remove yet
more trees (of course the bear can't really see him, but it adds to the overall effec~.)
This little bear, so cuddly and cute, IS
made of a dying "stump." He doesn't talk
much, but if he could, he might say

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the sanctuary movement. In fact, it has only
strengthened the resolve of those who are
working on behalf of Central American
refugees. When the indictments began com~ing down, there were about one-hundred
sixty sanctuary groups. There are now over
three hundred.
The work of sanctuary is a faith journey.
It consists of people of faith responding to
the need of refugees fleeing situations of
violence. It consists of refugees telling their
stories and teaching us of their reality. The
work of sanctuary is a journey together
with North Americans and Central
Americans. It is an enactment of religious
beliefs and values. It is a response to the
biblical call to feed the hungry, shelter the
homeless, clothe the naked, and set at liberty those who are oppressed. Despite the
cost, the work of sanctuary will continue. 0
ly, do not want, or need, any more sunlight!
Besides, board rot is board rot.
.
Back home there was a commumty
debate over the merits of "The Bull;" an
artist's rendition ()f a seated bovine, holding
a cowboy hat, with his balls hanging out
where kids might - ooooh -- touch them1(?)
But, while the bear is no bull, in another
connotation (as in this case) he is: Bullshit!
He is inappropriate. Clear cuts and bears
don't mix.
The bear at "SL?\SH Tree apartments"
(as one creative, but destructive graffiti artist recently observed and re-named, putting a universal "no" sign over the entrance
sign's depicted tree) <:aD only help to warp
a sense of what is right and wrong,
something we need more of today. (Sure,
I thought of wedging a stick in between his
legs for a penis, but I didn't because it is
rwt right.)
The Bear, the offspring of a long day of
chainsaw hell, ~ a~Je~t !;ause a person
to think;-and this is 'his only virtue. But a
bear in his position is adding an insult to
an injury. He mocks the clear cut that
spawned him. (And, his back is always turned away from my apartment. Also, will t\e
ever turn into a more "bear-like" shade?)
I'd like all of you to think about how you
feel (I'm sure you all do) when/if y.ou meet
the bear. Move in close ... What words do
you attach to him? At what level ~~s hf'
touch you? Afterwards ask yourself: Should
this bear live?, or die?
If he stays, maybe he should be gilded.
It could just all be in my head, and maybe
I'm confused, but something is missing in
ASH. Maybe if I wake up to 50 wooden
chipmunks it will become clearer for, after
all, this is Ever--green I think. (I wonder....)
Seriously Yours,
Craig Robinson

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Three scenes

Ed & the Boats benefit UES .

one

Ease
spider arms
as long as
the rest of the body
snapping about
as if
stiff buggy whip lengths

- Tom Casterline

banging things, bang!
a coffee mug slams
on the table and
cracks into . pieces.
A burning smell, something
charred black. Old
sour coffee, teeth fuzzy
from eating sugar. Trade-off
rhythms of two yelling voices,
bo~ies jumping up, sitting down
stalking, pointing,
shaking ...

two

Wet Narrative
fo r John Donne
Rain IS continual ...
Stovepipe whirls dervishes,
donees with mystic trees
cloaked in soft wood smoke.
North races post, hiding blue skies
beneath moist skirts , rushes to meet
Puyallup , Enumclaw and Kittitas

Spring storts here today
in primal shoots and continues
blossoms until June .
I dream of worm-dry places
or knee-high boots and
on umbrella over
the entire world.
Ask not for whom the rain falls.
It falls . No one is on dry land.
Each of us must be content
to ploy this damp role.

- Thome George

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waking up
no idea
where
no sound.
Everything pale white
and gray
looking but not
seeing. Stale air
mouth
dry
shee'ts up around my
neck
hands on top
of the blankets. Some dreams
just out of reach
thin k of
someone I haven 't seen
in years . The light increases
my eyes close
I know
I have to get up .

three
1100 ice ~ Cj.Jbes clatter
into a plastic swimmming pool.
They bob around, then settle.
All look alike- each ten percent
above the water. As the hoU!S
pass they shrink and finally
disappear. Some of the water
evaporates . This is
repeated once a day
until the sun expands
and dies .

- Steve Blakeslee

by Tim Marshall

Ed and the Boats are coming from Port- .
land to perform a benefit danCe for the
University of El Salvador-Evergreen Sister
College Project. The Boats promise to provide a fun evening of dancing for a good
cause. Ed and the Boats are a versatile
band that plays a variety of music.
Writes Two Louies Magazine: "Ed and
the Boats are the most offbeat band in town
(pQrtland). For this reason, they draw an
eclectic and responsive crowd. Mix equal
parts '60's psychedelia, '70's Zappa,
Squeeze, R & B, and Country Swing with
humorous, intelligent lyrics and guitarist
Dan Haley's courageous approach toward
chord progression, and you get some idea
where the Boats mayor may not be coming from.
"Not flashy, glitzy, trendy, snobby, or
concerned in the least with those elements,
the Boats simply grind out a great night's .

worth of music. "
Proceeds from the benefit will go for
material aid to the University of El
Salvador, and to help send a delegation oi
Evergreen students, faculty, and ad-

ministrators to visit the University.
See them February 21, 9:00 p.m. in LIB
4300. Admission is $3.00 for studerlts, $4.00
general admission. Refreshments available,
child care provided. 0

uco to feature local composer
The University Chamber Orchestra will
perform at the Olympia Ballroom on Friday, February 20, at 8 p.m. under the direction of Peter Kaman. The ensemble will
perform works by Debussy, Ravel, Block
and composer-in-residence Timothy Brock.

Brock's work will be a premiere performance of his "Nine Ball Suite," which was
written exclusively for the UCO. Brock's
latest work is based on the billiard game
Nine Ball, which is one of his favorite pasttimes. Tickets are $5.00 at the door. .

cont inued from page I I

The countries have problems . Patricia
says, "The problem with transnationals affects the whole of Latin Anierica. However,
it is my opinion that...my country at least
has the dignity to maintain her neutral
politics, 'not wanting to become a satellite
of the U.S. like Honduras and to maintain

firmly her decision to neither help the Contras, nor the Sandinistas. We believe that
each country has the right, and the inhabitants of each country have the right,
to choose the manner-that works best for
them to run their country, be it democracy,
socialism, or dictatorship." 0 .

Boys of the Lough grace Founding Festival
With a new lineup, The Boys of the
Lough (pronounced "lock"), remain one of
the fmest bands in Celtic traditional music.
Christy Moore on uillean pipes and John
Coakley on piano and guitar have joined fiddler Aly Bain, the flutist Cathal McConnell
and the cittern and concertina player Dave
Richardson.
The Boys of the Lough arrange tradi·
tional tunes in an orchestral way, carefully
gauging blends of timbres and interlocking
ornaments - the reediness of pipes plus fid·
dle, the breathiness of flute plus concertina.
the contrast between plucked Cittemand
bouncy piano chords. They always stay in
touch with the rousing dance rhythms of
their jigs and reels and hornpipes.
For over a decade The Boys of the Lough
have taken the musical heritage of their
native highlands and islands to audiences
around the world. Their wann and vital
performances have won them friends fro~
village halls of Scotland to international concert and festival stages.
Two Grammy award nominations in the
past three years underscore the excellence
and popular appeal of The Boys of the
Lough's recorded music. The Grammy
award nominations were for "In the Tradition" (1983) and "Open Road" (1984). Including Aly Bain's and Cathal McConnell's
solo albums which highlight their own

regional musical traditions, the Boys have
twelve recordings to their credit.
The Boys of the Lough will play their only
'concert in Washington State this year on
Saturday, February 21, at 8:00 p.m., at the
Washington Center for the Performing
Arts downtown. Tickets for this reserved
seating event range from $6.00 to $14.00
and are available at the Washington Center
box office, Yenney's Music, Rainy Day
Records, and The Bookmark (in SouthSound Center). Tickets are also available
at all Ticketmaster outlets. You may charge

tickets (Visa or Mastercard) by phone at
Ticketmaster at 628-0888 (Seattle) or at the
Center box office 753-8586.
Discount tickets are available to senior
citizens (age 60 and over), young people (18
and under), Evergreen Students and Alum·
ni Association members and KAOS
subscribers. Discount tickets are also
available to large groups of 20 or more.
Special accomodations are available to persons of ~ility. Please contact the Center
box office for more information on discount
tickets and disability seating. 0

CALENDAR

Wednesday 25 ·
'An Even"" of EJec:tro.A£ousdc Music'. a senior
recital by Steve M. Miller at the TESC Recital Hall. free ,

Continuing
African Dance. Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 PM
in CRC 307 . For more info. call x6530,
Contact.lmprovlsatlon Dance, Sundays from
4:00-6:00 PM in CRC 307. Open to all levels,

Seattle Opera's IJth Summer of Wqnerian
Opera. reserve seats now, Call or write to the Seattle Opera P.O. Box 9428 Seattle. WA 98109,

governance
Continuing
Richard Hardey one of the Student Representatives
to the Presidents Advisory Board holds open office
hours to discuss governance issues, Tuesdays 6:30-9:30
PM In D-dorm, room 204 .
Faculty Evaluation DTF, Wednesdays 1:00-3:00,
Lnl9

GESCCO will hold weekly open meeting 'every Monday at 6 PM at 5th and Cherry .

Tom Spray's Peace Is a Piece of Cake will open
alongside Eugene lonesco 's the Chairs in the TESC
Recital Hall, Tickets are $2 for students; $3 general.
For more information call 866-6833

Friday 20
Carolyn Forche will appear in UW Kane Hall rm , 130
at 8 PM . $6 students; $7 general.

Saturday 21-Sunday 22
Forbidden: The Cinema Of Broken TaIJow. a
weekend festival featuring guest speaker john W .......
For more info , call (206) 632-0932 ,

Tuesday 24
"Vamos A Hacer Un Pals," video presentation of
the Seattle-Nicaragua Construction Brigade, 7 PM LH 3.

Continuing

stage & screen

Student.Written Theatre. Fridays at noon .
presented by the Performance Media program. locations TBA

spirituality
Thursday 19

"W_ of ....... 5trMt" and ..Hu. . . . and Two
Mature: The Art of Harry LIeberman" will be
shown at 7 and 9 :30 in Lecture Hall I. S I.SO. Childcare
is available for the 7 .00 PM showing,

education

Continuing
Bible Study. Daily. 7:30·8:30 AM Mon·Thurs"
8:30·9 :30 AM Fridays. in the A·dorm Pit , Bring your
Bible ,

Friday 20
Manqfnl hostile custome" and dlents. a
YWCA'<risis Clinic Workshop designed for people who
deal with the public held from 4·8 PM at the United
Churches Social Hall, Cost is $50

Tuesday 24
Annual panel of E".,..,...,n ....duates curNndy
In medical school will discuss s.urvival strategies.
"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Get·
ting In and Surviving Medical School from 7·9 PM in
Lib. 4004

Tuesday

(March)

Deadline for the Rotary Foundation Scholarships,
Applications are available from the Dean of Enroll·
ment
Services .
Lib ,
1221,

recreation
Thursday 19
Free public forum on "KIds and Sports." The procram will be of particular Interest to parents,

Native American Studies Group(DTF),
Wednesdays 12:30-5:00 (unless otherwise notified),
Ll600 lounge .

coaches, ....... and "...teens. Reaister by call·
InI456-7147.

Academic Advlslnl Board DTF , Wednesdays
1:00-3:00. L2220.

Saturday 21
Evergreen Counseling schedules workshop on "Indmacy and Sexuality". Cost for the workshop .
which begins at 9:30 AM and ends at 5 PM. is $20 for
Evergreen students. $35 general. and $50 per couple,
Call x6800 to pre·register.

Vice President for Student Affairs Gall Martin
hosts open meetings Mondays, 12 :00, L3236. Call
x6294 for more Information .

Thursday 26

music & d,a ncing

ChemkallllcNlccumulatJon: LIvlnl wldl a Tox·
IfIed Body: Bruce Haney. who's been chronically ex·
posed to toxins in the course of his work as a land·
scape gardener. discusses his struggles with the system
and within himself coming to terms with his illness. 7
PM in lecture nail 2. For more information call
866·8258.

Friday 20

Letblan Women', Group meets every Tuesday at
7 PM in Lib 3223. Women of all ages welcome. For
·more information call x6544,

Continuing

lesbian Group for women 35 and over meets evry

W ....ybaII. Mondays 7:00-9:00 PM at the CRC Rac·
quetball Courts, For more info. call x6530,

2nd and 4th Fridays at the UGRC in Lib 3223 at 7 :30
PM, For more information call x6544.

Women', W .....t Ufti"l. Tuesdays 8: 15·1 0:00 AM
in the CRC Weight Room . Call x6530 for more info ..

LlGRC Youth Group welcomes gay youth 21 and
under to its meetings every Saturday from I PM to
3 PM in Lib 3223 , For more information call x6544

Bulcetball. Wednesdays and Fridays 6:45· 10:00 PM
at the Jefferson GYM.
Uldmate Frilbee. Wednesdays. Fridays. and Sun·
days 3:00-5:00 PM on the Campus Playfields, For more
info, call x6530,

Campus Coed Volleybell Leape. Thursday
Nights. call Adam at 754·9231 for times and dates,

Gay Men', Group meets each Thursdays at 7 PM
in Lab I room 2065. Men of all ages welcome, For more
information call x6544
Give your old book, to Innerplace I They will be
passed on to places where they're needed like prisons.
the University of EI Salvador. etc. Call x6145 for more
info ,

IIoomeI'anJ T'hrowIna. Fridays 2:30-5:30 PM on the
Campus Athletic Fields. For more info. call x6530,
Sellin. Club··contact Paul at 754·0888 for details,

Faculty Hlrlnl DTF , Wednesdays 1:00-3:00, L2219
Governace DTF , Wednesdays 12:00-2:00, L2221 ,

Free Diabetes 5cNenlnl from 9 AM until noon in
the lobby of St. Peter Hospital. For more information
call 491 ·9480

Fendnl Club··contact Corey in the CRC if you are
an EXPERIENCED fencer, .
Tenn. Club··contact Mike Perez at 866·1893 if you
are interested,

visual
and
literary arts

TrKk ir Field Ciub .. contact Coach Pete Steilberg
at x6530,
Crew Club .. contact Kyzyl (pronounced Keetzil) at
943·8624.
M. . . . . now being offered through the Recreation
Center, Call x6535 for details .

T~

Student Art Gallery is currently showing the
work of Shawn Ferris. Debby Coulter and Andy Ken·
nedy, For more info. call Val Kitchen . Gallery Coor·
dinator. x6412 .

about modern certified nurse midwifery for women
planning to have babies, In Olympia call 456·7862.

Do you weave. paint, 1CU1pt, u.ae. Jewelry or
potteryllf you are interested in showing and/or sell·
ing your work on consignment in an established shop
call Phyllis Thomas at 943·8282.

KMp Your Love Alive: Olympia Aids Tuk

The Ev.,..,.... State Colle. . Main Art Gallery

F _, For more information regarding AIDS call
357·4904

is showing a display of children 's art from the Olympia Waldorf School. For more info. call 943·4171 .

support

The T _ Art Mu.um will present Painting and

The MIcIwtfe Information line answers questions

Continuing

DIIabIecI Students Group meets Thursdays at

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Sculpture '87. Call 272·4258 for information.

FIo_ncIIpH : Recent Watercolon and PaIndnp by Karen Helmich are on exhibit at the Tacoma
Art Museum . Call 272·4258 for further information.

Hellotroupe , plays the Fourth !we . Tavern, 9:30 PM.
$3.

"WIi.~n you're ready to eat authentic Mexican food"thiltk of Mexico

The University Chambw Orchestra will perform
works of Debussy. Ravel, Block and composer-inresidence Timothy Broc k at the Olympia Ballroom,
B:OO PM . Tickets are $5 .00 at the door .

Bonito ... you'll find a little bit of Mexico right here in Olympia and
you may even order in Sparush!"
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Saturday 21
Ed and the Boats will be performing a benefit show
for the University of EI Salvador -- TESC Sister Col lege Project at 9 PM in Lib, 4300. Tickets are $3 for
students. $4 general. For more information call x6098 ,
The Boys of LouJh perform at the Washington
Center for the Performing Arts at 8 PM . For more
information call 753-8586.
Hellotroupe , plays the Fourth Ave , Tavem. 9:30 PM.
$3 ,

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Sunday 22
Catherine Allison , folk gutanst. will perform at the
Smithfield Cafe 5:30-7:30 PM .

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Northwest Fiber Arts IS an exhibition of Northwest
textile artists at the Public Arts Space . Call 625-4223
fo r information.
The Kin, County Arts Commission is soliciting
art for the Harborview Medical Center . Interested Artists should call 344-7580 for more Info.

Do You Wrlte1 The CPj IS dOing a Literary Arts Issue.
Submit work to the CPj by February 20.

Continuing
Give Your Conp-essman. Senators and White
House A Peace Of Your Mind. Contact the
Evergreen Peace Center for more information. L3 233.
Recycle Used Motor Oil. cit izens may dispose of
used motor oil free of charge weekdays. 8 AM·4 PM .
At The City of Olympia Maintenance Center. Call Pubic
Works at 753·855 for more info .

Volunteers in Service to America will be on campus
to recruit for seven full time volunt.er positions.
They will be located in the CAB lobby from I I AM
to 4 PM to answer questions concerning these positions. paying $40S/mo .. For more information call
x6193.

Continuing

Call for Artlsts.applications are now being accepted
from professional artists Interested In participating In
the Washington State Arts Commission 's Artists-In Residence Program for 1887-88 .
ResidenCies In music composition. dance . film and vldlo.
folk arts. poetry and creatIVe writing. theatre and visual
arts are available. Application deadline is March I . 1987.
For more Information call (206) 753-3860.

Monday 23

diversity

Cooperative Education OffIce Drop-In Hours
. Tuesdays and Thursdays I :00-3:00 PM.

NEED SOME $$$1 Perhaps a temporary or part time job will help. Contact the Evergreen jobBank:
Monday. Vfednesday. and Friday from I :00-5:00 PM .
x6295.

Thursday 19

ethics & politics

Eyewitness Report From Cummln, Georgia.
Guest Speaker Oscar Eason gives a participant 's account of the recent civil rights march on Georgia at
7:3 0 PM at New Freeway Hall . For more information
call 722-6057.

Continuing
Thursday 19
Doln, Away With Dominance. a slide presenta tion on the philosophical foundation of the radical en vironmental movement. narrated by Craig Wallace .
For more information call x6784

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OASIS. a newly created action group. supporting
Native People 's efforts for cultural and phySical survival. meets Thursdays at 7 PM In Lib. 3500. Your help '
IS needed! For more Informat ion call 866-8258
International Women's Day meetings every Friday at 2 PM In Lib. 3216. Help plan this year' s celebration -- bring Ideas! Call x6162 or x6006 for more Info

The Seatde CoalItion Apmlt Apartheid celebration at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church will feature a
speaker from the ANC and State Representative Jesse
WinetJerry. plus musIc from Chile. The Total Experience Gospel ChOir. and DUM I. For more Info. call
(206) 328-31 84.

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