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Congratulations Evergreen!
from

20 YEARS
The Deli & The Greenery

VIVA ITALIA!
All OJ March
"

Itailian Cuisine At Our Promo Bar

by Felicia Cfayburg

LETTERS

CONTENTS

Editor's note:
This week our cover story is
about a woman who worked for
Evergreen for ten years, and then
lost Iler job when it was "phased
out" in the midst of administrative
cost-cutting. We hope you will
read reporter Ben Tansey's sen·
sitive investigation of this event
on page 10, as well as his reflec·
tions on the actual process of
researching it.
It was suggested by one staff
member that we picture a mailbox
on the cover this week as we have
have been simply deluged with
correspondence since our last
issue. It is one of the highest func·
tions of the CPj to serve as a forum
for all of you, so do continue to
send in your thoughts. We great·
Iy appreciate the numerous in·
telligent letters we received this
week, and hope you will er\ioy
them.
Also of interest is the'upcoming
celebration of National Orgasm
Week-read all about it on page 7Slightly West's long-awaited
publication party, and the fact
that Admissions will soon accept
no more applications for Fall 87
due to the fact that everyone and
their soulmate wants a piece of
that Good '01 Sense of Wonder.
See the news section for details.
A couple of opinion pieces were
submitted as extensions of last
week's "Making a DifTence" piece.
Do see them on pages 12 and 13.
I must say, Paul Pope has done
something quite lovely with the
poems page this week. Do give
him compliments if you see him.
Well, heck. I'm through with
this newspaper shit and I'm going
back to being a normal human being next quarter. Thanks for the
nightmares. No, really. Yeah.
--Jennifer Seymore

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CAMPUS & COMMUNITY

7... National Orgasm Week, Slightly West, Central America vote
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COVERSTORY

lO ... The Termination of Barbara Cooley" by Ben Tansey
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OP / ED

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PO E MS

I2 ... Evergroan, Evergroove, or Evergrovel?, A Sense of Justice
vs. A Sense of Wonder, and "Why Men Are the Way They Are"
I5 ... Red Nalo says: "It's good to recycle."

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HEALTH

& RECREATION

Max Gilpin makes Evergreen history .. by Otto Reduxus
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CALENDAR

20

ST A F F'
The COOPER POINT JOURNAL is published weekly for the students, staff, and faculty of the
Evergreen State College, and the surrounding community. Views expressed are not necessarily
those of the college or of the JOURNAL's staff. Advertising material contained herein does not imply endorsement by the JOURNAL. The office is located at the Evergreen State College, Campus
Activities Building, Room 306A. The phone number is 866-6000, x6213. All calendar announcements
must be double-spaced, listed by category, and submitted no later than noon on Monday for that
week's publication. All letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, signed, and must include
a daytime phone number where the author can be reached. Letters and display advertising must
be ret:eived no later than 6 p.m. on Monday for that week's publication.

Editor: Jennifer Seymore 0 Editorial Assistant: Michael Mogensen 0 Art Director: Jason Boughton
o Poetry Editor: Paul Pope 0 Contributing Editor: Jacob Weisman 0 Advisor: Susan Finkel 0
BusineSB Manager: Felicia Clayburg 0 Production and Distribution: Christopher Jay DTypist: Wa1tet
Kiskaddon 0 Advertising Manager: Chris Bingham 0 Advertising Assistant: Julie Williamson

dramatize our responsibility as Americans
for the funding of war in Nicaragua. As one
of those "spoiled juvenile (not to mention
commie-traitor) brats" who participated in
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the fast, I read with interest the reaction
we stimulated.
Dear CPJ,
HW Stafford did not choose to discuss
with me my motives for fasting before
In the process of conserving space, a
blasting my assumed motives, labeling and
paragraph was omitted from the article,
"Boom: Radness Defined" in your March . libeling my character. In the spirit of nonviolence, I forgive you H-dub!
5 issue. The editor cut the paragraph that
Peeling away the crap that was spewed,
discussed the performances of the novices
you
touched on important. points in refer• that threw in the event.
ring
to great ir\iustices inflicted by various
I am aware that space is a major conauthoritative Communist governments. It
sideration when laying out the newspaper.
requires a certain level of courage to make
But unfortunately, the whole point of Team
a public stand against injusti~. I honor the
Gel is missed if you cut out the novices. The
sincerity
which I sense and hope motivated
novices are Team Gel. They're the one who
you to write that letter.
have the guts to try new things and truly
When the human spirit and body are
Define Radness. I would have preferred
crushed
for striving toward natural digniyou to have cut the whole article, and not
ty, for responding to the dictates of the
the one paragraph about the true heroes of
heart and the convictions, then something
the February 28 Boomtest.
is genuinely wrong. Evidently, H-dub and
In the future, if Team Gel events are to
myself both see this tragedy occuring in the
be covered in the CPJ, I would like to work
world.
with you in the layout and editing
For me, fasting is a way of focusing
processes.
attention on ir\iustices. I focus my own attention by temporarily eliminating the senSincerely,
sate bombardment of my gullet, and evenMichael Girvin
tually hungering. I'm constantly humbled
in this limited and voluntary suffering by
the thought of those subjected to the hor~
ror of war. The purpose of fasting publicly
is to prompt alhers to contemplate the war,
and their own connection to it. I recogqize
Dear CPJ;
HW Safford and I do not see the wars in
Central America in terms at all similar to
The following is a clarification of informahis. However, I have faith in dialogue.
tion included in last week's opinion piece
I hereby publicly declare that I would like
"State Legislature Threatens En,!:ironto join HW Safford in a 5-day fast at the
ment."
location of her or his choice, public or
The EPA expects that most landfllis will
private. Let's focus on some of the brave
fail soon after fifty years of operation;
East European dissidents now incarcerated
nearly all will fail in semi·arid and humid
for their beliefs. I'm sure there is much I
climates within two hundred years of
can learn about the East Bloc governments
operation.
from HW Safford. Perhaps H-dub's mind
The Congressional Office of Technology
is open enough to discuss what I undersAssessment says that there is significant
tand about Central America. We can
risk of land based contamination at some
discuss the best ways to counter the lifepoint.
denying forces which hold power in the
world today. And we can pray for wisdom.
My apologies for the error,
When it comes down to it, people who
Jackie Kettman
really want to see a better world shouldn't
undercut each other. It's tough enough as
. it is. Let's learn from each other and keep
trying.
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I hope you'll join me in this fast, H-dub.
I've left my phone·number with the CPJ.
If it's OK with you, H-dub, I say anyone
Dear CPJ;
else is welcome to join us!

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invitation

I appreciated HW Safford's letter last
week scolding people who slept in Red
Square and forsaked food for three days to

Sincerely,
Rhys Roth

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objection

Dear Editor:

Mr. Safford, I OBJECT. I object to your
attempt to discredit the students who showed solidarity with the people of Nicaragua
as simpering, spoiled brats. I was not one
of the fasters, but I was and am in support
of what they did.
Your argument that in a Marxist-Socialist
state people do not have the right to protest government's policies does not tell me
why I cannot protest my government's
policies here in my country, the United
States. I have this right, Mr. Safford, and
I will use it. I er\ioy the freedom and liberty I have in the U.S. to voice my objection
to the U.S.-backed contra war in
Nicaragua. In my opinion, it is wrong and
I will voice my opinion regardless of
whether I would or would not have the
right to do so in another country.
Mr. Safford, what is present at .
Evergreen is not what you called "a mob
of ignorant, selfish babies," but people who
are using the knowledge and the right that
they have to inform the Evergreen community of U.S. policy in Nicaragua and who
are actively working to change it. I find that
informed and responsible behavior.
I fmd your attempts to discredit student
activists by,differentiating serious students
from student radi<;a!s disgusting and
without basis; the doubt you voiced of
whether people who protest U.S. policy
have ever been out of the States is erroneous. I am not letting anyone do my
thinking for me, Mr. Safford; not you, not
the U.S. Government, not Comm.ts, not
Marxists, no on~. I am not letting my
government follow a policy that I disagree
wfth ·without voicing my objections and
without acting.
You had a couple of suggestions for the
student protestorS. Hey, Safford, I have a
suggestion for you: if you can't handle people exercising their rights under our limited
democracy, perhaps you are the one that
should go someplace where those rights are
denied, and then you can come back and tell
us we're doing it all wrong.
Jeanine Corr

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more objections

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campus. It's our campus. If you have a
problem with someone else's point of view,
then for goodness sakes, present an alter·
native view in an objective, reasoned tone.
Personal attacks which stereotype and
slander all those who argue a differing position is as irresponsible to your cause as it
is objectionable. Personally, Mr. Safford, I
think you've shot yourself in the foot on this
one.
As for your charges of student radicalism
at Evergreen, I was taught that colleges
in democratic societies were intended to
serve as sanctuaries for free thought and
expression. (But, then again, perhaps I've
been under the sway of radical computer
science professors for too long.) Evergreen
has placed particular emphasis on the ideal
of creating an open ':".arketplace of ideas
and on developing the student's sensitivity to a wide range of opinion. In fact, the
health of this institution (not to mention of
this nation) has largely been measured by
its members' ability to question and probe.
However, your letter in last week's CPJ
equates such questioning and communism,
and free assembly with campus "desacration." Absurd.
Incidently, I had nothing to do with the
recent "fast for peace," nor have I ever
been involved in other on-campus political
events. Furthermore, as one who has lived (and married) in a communist country
(the PRC) for a number of years, I am certainly no champion of Marxist economics,
"socialist democracy," or "communist
spiritual civilization." So maybe you can
understand how it plain pisses me off to be
labeled an "ignorant, selfish baby," because
I object to the current administration's
Central American policies. In fact, it is
precisely the understanding I gained during my years abroad, and my love for this
country which makes me especially sensitive to the senseless and ultimately selfdestructive policies that this country carries out under the banner of anticommunism. Your letter naively suggests
that because I disagree with U.S. military
intervention in Central America I
automatically embrace Marx-Leninism and
condone Soviet expansionism. This Oike
much of your grammar) does not make
sense. Such two-dimensional analysis is
downright dangerou~, and is what actually
poses the greatest threat to our democratic
institutions -- not students who commit
themselves to questioning misguided
policies and preventing bloodshed.
As it is not the intent of this letter to get
into a protracted foreign policy discussion
(and I'm sure that there are others who
could do so more forcefully than myself) I
will just leave you with these words of advic~ - hone down your arguments, tidy your

sentence structure, and watch who you go
calling a spoiled brat.
R . Tensen

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and yet more ...

Dear CPJ:
Opinions come in many shapes and sizes,
but, quoting Webster, "a belief not based
on certainty but on what seems true or probable."Opinions do share a common ground.
What seems true or probable must have
support in a substantial argument.
Awareness of the source of one's
thoughts, in the personal, social, political
and historical contexts, is at the heart of
creating humanity. Add it to a little factual
information and you have some dangerous
opinions -- dangerous because they have the
power to transform.
Our awareness determines our observations, and they in tum create what we
believe and the difference we make in the
world. Without awareness, sensitivity and
empathy, the difference that we make is
likely to be a poor one.
Twenty year of U.S. making a difference
in Central America has seen the stayed and
stagnant course of Vietnam-style "ruralpacification" begun by the . Kennedy administration. It has spawned death squads,
hundreds of thousands of murdered civilians, the destruction of the social and
economic order and a deepening quagmire
of U.S. involvement.
During the fast for Nicaragua, there were
these posters and remarks that, while "calling down" the event, failed to articulate a
counterpoint. I approached two of the
purveyors to determine the source of their
opinions, but they turned away. When I explained that the war which has cost 15,000
lives since 1980 in Nicaragua, would be comparable to 12 million lives in this country,
one said, "my heart bleeds."
Differences of opinion will exist, but such
disregard for human life can hardly be
classified as "thinking." Fifty-eight thousand American lives were sacrificed in Vietnam; 58,(0) Vietnam veterans have committed suicide since. These facts are telling enough for me to conclude what that
war was not about. One can only wonder
if any of those young. Americans made
similar flippant remarks about the sanctity of Vietnamese lives.
It is important that our opinions be well- <.
supported. At least portions of Mr. Safford's letter from last week beg for the true
and probable. The alleged "3,200 (Soviet ad-

visors) in Nicaragua" is fantasy. Hundreds,
perhaps thousands of Americans who have
lived in or toured Nicaragua fail to corroborate this information. What they do
corroborate is that Nicaragua is a
democratic nation with a constitution quite
similar to our own, that 80% of the land is
privately owned, and that it is surrounded
by thousands of American soldiers amplifying a very bad U.S. policy.
Hector Douglas

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clarification

To the editor(s):
Earlier this year the editor(s) of the CPJ
found themselves in a quagmire over the
issue of military advertising. After the decision was made by the CPJ editor(s) to reject miltary advertising (and before
anything appeared in print on their decision), they found that more than just a personal rationale was going to be needed to
defend the decision; the editor(s) found that
they probably needed an established legal
precedent to justify and continue the implementation of this policy decision.
At this point the editor(s) of the CPJ
essentially abandoned their own reasons for
that decision and searched for the fIrst excuse they could fInd that might carry some
legal clout. They found one. That excuse
was that the military discriminates against
Gay and Lesbian people and to continue to
accept their advertisements would
therefore constitute a violation fo
Evergreen's A1ill'llUltive Action Code. The
editor(s) of the CPJhad found a nice pithy
defense of their actions, and have yet to
publicly acknowledge the blatant exploitation they engaged in.
I am asking now, as I have previously
done before the CPJ and the Media Review
board, for a public apology from the CPJ
for utilizing Gay and Lesbian people as a
handy excuse for decisions that were in fact
reached for other reasons. I can think of
very few greater violations of Evergreen's
espoused values than to use the struggle
of any individual or group of people as a
means of someone else's end--and that is
what has been done. Not only do I regard
this activity as immoral, it has been my experience that when this tactic is employed
all you end up with is a people divided and
pointing the fInger of blame at each other
-- and the ignorance, hatred and atrocities
multiply.
For example, President Reagan constantly uses the p.xcuse of a military threat to
justify military adventures and spending,

when the real reason for these excuses is
that certain economic interests 'want their
profits maintained. People buy into this and
the ugly show.goes on.
·
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Do you realize the implications of creating
or defending a policy on the basis of the handiest palatable excuse? At whatever level,
you become the problem. Lesbian and Gay
people, along with so many others, have
learned the lesson of one day being the object of attack and the next day being the
vehicle for the coming of someone else's
justice. We all lose.
• What I ask is that you publicly
acknowledge the fact that discrimination
against Lesbian and Gay people is indeed
an after-the-fact excuse for your decision.
At that time perhaps the issue of accepting
or rejecting any advertisement can get a
lucid hearing.
Waiting,
James Martin, Esther Howard,
Co-coordinators of the Lesbian/Gay
Resource Center ~

(Here's how we explained it in the
NO'IJe'Tnber 6 issue, the week we rejected the
ad:
"It is the interpretation of the editOrs that
the structure and the philosophy of the
miliUzry violate our Social Contract and of
fend our readerBhip. This is rwt the opinion
of the administration... I understand that
if we were to reject their ad on this basis,
the military would likely take us to court
and would likely win a First Amendment
case ... We were ulti1rUJ.tely able to reject the
ad on the basis that the U.S. military 1rUJ.y
violate our Affi:muUive Action policy by its
discrimination against hmrwsexuals ... "
We then went on to quote an article detailing miliUzry discrimination provided to us
by the LlGRC (in their capacity as an information resource).
We later discovered that the military
doesn't give a hoot whether we run their
ads, and that the "legal" reasons need rwt
be played up over the broader ones.
We apologUe indeed if our use -- and it
was a use-of the GaylLesbian issue was
offemive or hurtful, to those communities.
In addition, we wish to .:-eaffi:rm the
discrimination ofthe U.S. miliUzry against
1rmnoaerual8 constitutes an important pari
of the entire objectionable nature of that institution, and in no way is our opposition
to its policies insincere. -- J.S.)

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disappointed

Dear Editor:
The following letter is addressed to all

Evergreen students, facu!ty, alumni, staff
and organizers of alumni events. This letter is directly in response to the 20th
Celebration dinner and dance which took
place last Saturday.
We are disappointed.
As alumni of The Evergreen State College (Class of '82), we enthusiastically ventured from Seattle and Wenatchee especially for this joyous event. We had looked forward to an evening of mingling with the
current students and old friend, dancing
"Evergreen style" to folk and rock, and truly enjoying our alma mater's 20th year
celebration.
Instead, we walked into the "Twilight
Zone." We entered the Library Building
close to 9:00 p.m. expecting the dance to
soon begin. The few people we saw were
formally dressed (high heels and tuxedos).
The Big Band, all uniformed and positioned like something out of Lawrence Welk,
was warming up.
We had to double check the sign to make
sure we were at the right college. And
when we asked where everybody was, we
were told there were 200 or so more people upstairs at the b&Jlquet. The dinner was
expected to be over soon, but maybe
Evergreen time still exists.
We decided to check out the dorms. To
our pleasant surprise, we were much more
comfortable there than at "our" event. The
students are still engaged in intellectual and
creative artwork in the stairwells, including
quotes from Nietzsche and various other
prose adorning the walls. We were heartily refreshed and relieved.
Mter a while, we sauntered back to the
Library Building to see what was going on
at the banquet. It seemed to be taking a
long time. Fortunately, we were ushered
in by a dear friend and seated in the back.
We were in time to hear Dan Evans speak
his perceptions of this event.
From what we heard, Evans' speech emphasized our (Evergreeners') contribution
to "economic stability." He mentioned the
cute, little ways Evergreeners express
themselves. He commented that Evergreen's "style of dress" has not reached the
Senate, but here we were in a room full of
Geoducks in the latest Senate styles.
Maybe the audience's polite clapping and
half-opened eyes was because the dinner
was so flliing and the wine so potent ...
We decided to escape.
As the sounds of the endless speeches
wafted through the corridor, we realized
these words we heard could be used at any
major institution. Generic speeches at
Evergreen? Yeesh!
We stepped into the back kitchen's
freight elevator with a shy but friendly
Evergreen student. He seemed embarrass-

ed when we asked his opinion of this event.
He said, "It seems extravagant," and gave
us a small smile. We agreed. He then proceeded to assure us of a good dance the next
night. We wished we had been informed
about this before by the coordinators of the
20th anniversary event.
So, we headed to downtown Oly to seek
out some good dancing rock 'n' roll. Many
Greeners were everywhere; having fun,
discoursing, being human. Again, we were
refreshed and relieved.
We can't help but wonder: Are we the only ones to be bothered by this duality between Evergreen's need for an image which
mainly includes its relationship with the
"mainstream," and Evergreen's living mission of free thought, creative change, and
the encouragement to express these things?
Sincerely,
Gil Crosby, Barbara Kion

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deep weakness

To the Editor:
Joe Olander has fallen prey to a false
sense of future security. Now that
Evergreen has attained a national reputation for innovative learning, he freely prophesizes about Evergreen's cutting edge
technological future, without aodressing
the more pertinent concern of the threat to
life on this planet.
Jennifer's editorial last week exposed this
deep weakness which premeates our society: we continue to avoid facing the threat
of nuclear destruction, as our desire for
technological excellence continues to evolve
a blindness and powerlessness to this
threat.
I never cease wondering what it will take
to be able to face this threat, and it is
frightening that an institution such as this,
based on innovative learning and human
awareness,. will not humble itself enough to
remain pertinent to the deeper needs of
humanity.
Tom Geha

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made her day

Dear Jennifer,
Your writing on "Making a Difference"
made my day. Bravo!
MariIynFrasca
Faculty

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pseudo-liberalism

To Jennifer Seymore,
Thank you for your "Making a Difference" article! Your sense of Evergreen's
current direction is most accurate. It is an
unfortunate fact that Evergreen has been
caught up in the conservative wave of the
era, and is very comfortable in its role as
the representative of pseudo· liberalism. If
the advancement of education has anything
to do with enabling students to attend lee·
tures and seminars in their dorm rooms,
I'm afraid that a "Brave New World" is
closer than we think.
Keep up the struggle for clarity·· there
are many of us out here who are standing
beside you.
Catherine Allison

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bon voyage

Dear CPJ:
Even though everyone knows the CPJ
exists so people can hate it, this is the flrst
year in a long time that there was a reason
to like it.
For one thing it had integrity, and for
another it wasn't ugly. And thanks for giving Joe as much hell as possible.
Bon Voyage, Jennifer!
Argon Steel
Lois Maffeo

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children in poverty

Dear Jennifer;
Recent CPJ letters expressed concern
about trees being cut down by the ASH
apartments. I'm aconservationist and sym·
pathetic (though a good case was made for
selective cutting), however, I'm more con·
cerned about a much more important
resource .. children.
Letters aren't written about them, probably since many parents at Evergreen
(and in the U.S.) - especially single mothers
.. have too much responsibility and too little help and support in child rearing. In non·
industrialized countries many people par·
ticipate in caring for children so that
mothers aren't overwhelmed and children
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I appeal to everyone. Although parents
have formal, designated responsibility for

their children, an important environment
is the human one. How children are treated
and reared affects us all. We should all
care and see that they grow up healthy,
happy, straight and strong limbed. and
resilient. They are our future leaders and
citizens. As a single mother for over 9
years, I would like to share information and
insights that I didn't have as a childless
woman (likely true for many).
The poverty of U.S. children is at its
highest in at least 19 years, possibly in our
nation's history. Children .. not the elder·
ly .. are not the poorest in America. Hard
to believe, isn't it? Rarely, a Bill Moyers
will paint the possible picture of our im·
poverished future, as he did -in January,
1986 with CBS ,Reports' "The Vanishing
Family .. Crisis in Black America" He
showed how the fabric of our society is being rewoven by the New Family: children
having children, unmarried mothers raising
babies alone with no support and no hope
for economic relief. A few national flgures
seemed briefly motivated, but it's apparent·
ly acting rather than action (we've had a lot
of that from this administration).
Then last August the special report,
"After the Sexual Revolution" aired on
ABC. Again we were shown a portrait of
profound change. At the center of the pic·
ture, as with Moyers', were the children.
One·halfof all children in America now live
with single mothers. Farly·seven percent of
single mothers live below the poverty line.
If trends continue, by 1990 one in every
four children will be living in poverty. Spur·
red on by the possibility of some good PR,
someone in Washington, D.C. will possibly
call for more studies and investigations (as
after the Moyer program).
A carefully thought·out national family
policy is needed. Deplorably,' our country
is one of the few countries in the world
without one' .: something that Sen.
Moynihan and Marian Edelman of the
'Children's Defense Fund have said for
years. We allow the mother to raise her
children alone and impoverished, without
opportunity. We fail to address seriously
the need for comprehensive sex education,
daycare centers, job training, education,
equal pay for equal work, birth control
research and much else.
The disparity between the needy and the
wealthy grows. From 1980 to 1984 f5
billion dollars of income was transferred
from poor and middle-income families to
those in the richest fifth of the population.
There is a painful economic difference be-'
tween blacks or latinos and whites. There
also is an increasing disparity between men
and women in poverty. Now the maJority
of poor adults are women, almost 2 out of
three in 1984. And the number of female-

headed households has increased ninety·
seven percent iince 1970.
As Moynihan said in his,book FQ:mj},y a~
Nation, the threats ,~~erent in the
feminization of poverty are clear. In its 198)
annual report to the president, the Naitonal
Advisory Council on Economic Opportuni·
ty said: "All other things being equal, if the
proportion of the poor who are in femaleheaded families were to increase at the
same rate as it did from 1967 to 1977, the
poverty population would be composed solely of women and their children by about the
year 2000."
How could it be, Moynihan asked, that we
have forgotten "the primal, biblical injunc·
tion that a society must care .for its child·
ren?" A similar question was put to Labor
Secretary William Brock during the ABC
special. He said these issues are "not ripe
for full debate at the national level."
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Now, you probably wonder, "What does
all of that have to do with me?" and/or
"What can I do?" EveTf individual can
make a difference in one or many small
ways. I'll share some ideas in my next let·
ter. Thank you for listening. Stay tuned.
Sincerely,
, Betsy Warder, Evergreen Student

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Dear CPJ:
We would like to thank Vice-President
Martin for the fIrst official comment on her
"Network;" since the time it was set up,
eleven years ago. It is hard'to conceive that
an underground organization ,of public
employees, dedicated to controlling student
behavior, has existed for , so long at
Evergreen without the slighitest show of
public concern. It is time for a little public
outrage, and investigation.
While Martin disputes some of our infor· 1
mation about the AIlj~dicator selection process, she did not challenge our facts about
her "Network." (We call it "hers" since she
is not only an active participant, but the
highest College administrator, a Vice Presi·
dent, with responsibility for adm¥stering
its daily activities .. should its activities be
found unethical, she should be held accoun·
table.) Our information about he selection
process came from a Cooper Point Journal,
article on Adjudicator selection which ran
the previous week; this 'article reflected
quite accurately the state of public ig.
norance of the selection process. If, at the
time, Vice President Martin had wished to
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CAMPUS & COMMUNITY

National Orgasm Week to come
It's time for some good news about sex.
Sexologist Dr. Roger Libby, a recent
visitor to Evergreen, has proclaimed the
first week of Spring (March 21·28) to be Na·
tional Orgasm Week .. a Sexual Rite of
Spring.
The first day of Spring is traditionally
when a young person's fancy turns to love.
Libby advises adding a few dashes of
laughter and lust.
Libby suggests that cofiege students and
other enthusiasts hold a fantasy ball where
everyone would dress up as their favorite
fantasy .. and a Queen and King of Eros
would be selected for the uniquepess of
their costumes. This would be one healthy
way to act on sexual fantasies.
He argues that sexual desire and caring
flourish in spite of media·fueled paranoia
about AIDS, herpes and other diseases. He
stresses that orgasms are healthy, and he
supports "safe sex" .. the use of condoms
and foam - for more joys and fewer diseases
and unwanted pregnacies.
National Orgasm Week is devoted to

orgasms through self·pleasuring and with
sexual partners. National Orgasm Week is
a retort to the moralistic biases of the
Reagan administration with its Religious
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Stop Aid to Central America
A critical vote concerning 'aid to Central
America will take place in Rep. Don
Bonker's subcommittee ()n Western
Hemisphere Affairs on March 18. Congress
i8 deciding this year on a foreign aid bill that
will give military and economic aid to EI
Salvador, Guatemala, and the rest of Cen·
tral America for the next two years. ,This
19~ Foreign Aid Bill is requesting
$441.2 million total for EI Salvador, about
$144.664 million total for Guatemala. Also,
a bill to provicte police t!1lining aid for for
1988 will be tacked onto this bill. This would
provide $60 nlillion more for the security
forces of El Salvador, which are notorious
for their human rights abuses.
Our representative, Don Bonker" is in a
key position this year in the House Subcommittee on Western Hemispheric AffSirs.
This is the flrst place the aid is dealt with
an it is here that any restrictions, condi·
tioris, cuts, or , ceilings in the aid on a
country·specific basis can be introduced.
We're asking Rep. Bonker to introduce
language into this bill that would ban police
training aid to Central America. This would
have a big impact on the lives of the people of Central America and there is poten·

tial in this subcommittee for this ban to be
placed. But Rep. Bonker must get behind
this move' for it to happen.
With the recent investigation into the
Contra aid and their human rights abuses
in Nicaragua, more funding for police and
military hardware is the last thing that
Central America needs right now. Please
help by calling or writing to Rep. Bonker's
office. An opinion gram can also be sent for
$4.45 for a 20 word message and can be bill·

ed directly to your home phone number
through Western Union.
Help is also needed to phone more people to.stop this funding. Call Dave Groves
at 943-6235 if interested in helping with the
phone calling. ,Please contact: Congressman Don Bonker;
434 Cannon Office Building; Washington,
D.C. 20515; 202·225-3536 (Washington,
D.C.); 753·9528 (Olympia office).

Slightly West to celebrate
Slightly West, Evergreen's literary and
arts magazine, invites you to its Winter,
1987 publication party to celebrate its third
edition. This event will be held Saturday,
March 14 in LIB 4300 at 8 p.m. There will
be performance readings, visual art on
display, music and refreshments.
Slightly West is a collection of student
writing, drawing and photography. This
edition features an embossed cover baring
the Hebrew characters representing the
word "maarava," which when translated in·

to English means "slightly west." Maarava
is Evergreen's Jewish student cultural
organization and the magazine's sponsor.
Slightly West will be available for $2 each
in the CAB lobby on March 12. There are
only 500 copies, so push and crowd. Pr0ceeds will help fund the Spring edition.
Submission deadline for the Spring edi·
tion is April 1. All submissions should be
brought to the Maarava office, LIB 3214.
Essays are strongly encouraged.
.. Paul Pope

International Stud.y Opportunities

Editor loses heel "in newsrool11 calamity
OLYMPIA, Washington (AP)-While working diligently to put out yet
another brilliant edition of the CO<YDeT Point
Journa~ the heel came off one of Editor
Jennifer Seymore's sandals. Work came to
a standstill. Several minor writers tripped
over the heel before Advis'or Susan Finkel
suggested it be picked up off the floor.
Jennifer limped over the her desk in an
awkward manner. Clearly distraught, a
heartless reporter asked her for comment.
"Damn that free box!" she screamed.
Recovering late this week, she said, "It
was the most traumatic experience I have

ever encountered in my journalistic career.
I went home."
Loyal workers managed to get the paper
out, but there was a pronounced lack of
frenzy which Ms. Seymore usually adds to

the productio~ process.
The heel will be on display in the President's Board Room for two weeks. Later
is will be turned over to archives for
posterity.

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Admissions to be
closed soon
The number of applications for Fall
Quarter are up a whopping 120% from applications received at this time last year,
according to the Dean of Admissions Arnaldo Rodriguez. As of last week, 1,579 applications were received as compared to 717
, February oflast year, and 390 in February,
1984.
Presently, 1,145 of the applicants have
been admitted, compared to 1,027 last year.
Rodriguez said that if the current rate of
application continues, the college may have
to close application for Fall Quarter within
the next two weeks.
-·Mike Ejiawoko

LGRC 'raises $500
for AIDS
$500 was raised at the AIDS benefit
dinner-dance February 13 for the North·
west AIDS foundation, reported James
Martin, organizer of the event. The Northwest AIDS foundation is a Seattle-based
group providing counseling services and
AIDS education.
Over one hundred people paid six dollars
each for the dinner, dancing and entertain·
ment. The highlight of the evening was the
perfonnance of two original love .songs
"Southern Lady" and "Am I Falling?" by
Doni, a local musician. The attendance
pleased Martin, and he hopes to plan more
co events to raise money to combat AIDS.
,
--Peter J. McHugh

A shocked and bewilder ed Jennifer Seymor e con templates her missing heel.

ODS internships target development
The Overseas Development Network has
announced a new six month internship opportunity with development projects in
Latin America.
The Overseas Develop~Network is/
a nation-wide coalition of studen~
ed about world hunger and poverty. ODN
supports grassroots development projects,
promotes education on development issues,
offers resources on international opportunities, and implements several internship
programs.
ODN internships target students with
strong development interests but little
technical expertize. If you are fluent in
Spanish, have a strong interest in learning
about Third World development, and have
background knowledge in Latin American
politics and culture, you may be eligible.
Programs run from July 1 through
December. '
Chile: assist a technician in reforestation
and running a sheep-farming cooperative_
Should have interests in biology.
Mexico: Students educate, help to coordinate the Casa de Salud, or distribute
for a food cooperative. Knowledge of nutri-

tion/health issues expected.
Guatemala: ' Teach preventative health
care to the non-literdte population on iH..'1ueH
such as nutrition, latrines, and oral rehydrdlion. Artistic ability helpful.
Belize: Conduct studies through HurveYH,
questionnaires, and personal interviewH
concerning primary health. Much room for
creativity. ,_
Bolivia: Teach primary health care and
help implement new projects. Topics such
as first-aid, greenhouse gardening, and
water sanitation are covered.
Honduras: Assist health educators at a
local clinic and conduct field interviews on
nutritional status of children.
Positions are voluntary, so the average
cost to the student (incl. airfare, room and
board) is $2,000. The Ovenw:as Development Network will distribute some
fellowships based on need. Application
deadline is April 6, 1987. For an application
and further information write: Latin
American Internships, Dept. N, ODN P.O.
2306, Stanford, CA 94305, or call: (415)
725-2869.
--Amy Lod4ro, ODN

This is to remind all students interested
in international and foreign language
studies at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington,
during the academic year of 1987-88, that
applications should be submitted to Andrew
M. Hanfman, Director of the Language and
Culture Center, no later than April 15.
Under the agreement between Evergreen
and the University of Washington, up to
seven Evergreen students of junior or
senior standing who have completed a
minimum of seventy-five quarter credits at
Evergreen can be admitted to the Jackson
School as special, non-matriculated students
for one year. The students from Evergreen
will pay the appropriate tuition fees levied
by the University of Washington, and will
be admitted subject to the approval of the
Executive Director of Admissions and
Records at the University of Washington
and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
If you have accumulated 75 quarter
credits at Evergreen and would like to
spend one year at the University of
Washington, taking courses at or sponsored
by the Jackson school, state in your application how a year at the University of
Washington would logically connect with
your previous studies and your long-rdnge
educational objectives. Continuation
through the year at the University of

Washington will be dependent upon the student's meeting current academic requirements. Any student who wishes to
continue at the University of Washington
beyond one year must apply to the University of Washington as a matriculated student and meet all academic requirements
for such status.
Evergreen will accept courses taken at

the University of Washington as contributing to the student's graduation requirements, providing these courses are
part of the program approved at the time
of application.
For further information, contact Andrew
Hanfman, Language and Culture Center,
SEM 3109, x6242. Office hours -- Tuesday
and Thursday 4 - 5 p.m.

Preparing for the Real World
After Spring Quarter, many new
graduates will be looking for jobs. That's
why attending the workshop "How to
Tackle Your First Real Job After Gradua-

" ... Graduates will advise students on how to
sell themselves to
employe'r s... "
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look for that important first job. Evergreen
graduates will attend the workshop, to be

held April 15, from 1:30 to 3:30, and discuss
with students their experiences in finding
a first job.
The graduates will advise students on
how to sell themselves to employers, the
different types of jobs they can fmd with
the skills they have acquired at Evergreen,
and discuss other important job search
strategies.
Joyce Weston, from Career Development
says, "Some graduates from Evergreen
start in some pretty responsible positions
because of the experience they have received from internships here." For more information about the workshop, call Career
Development at x6193.
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ANALYSIS

The Termination of

Barbara Cooley:
How one
woman
lost
her job in
the name of
Growth
and
Efficiency.

by Ben

~ansey

Next year Barbara Cooley, the Director
of Evergreen's Office of Cooperative
Education, will not be here.
The primary reason for this sad development is budgetary. Last academic year an
administrative committee had the difficult
task of allocating cuts which were forced
on them by the legislature. There was no
way to finish the job without taking some
part of Evergreen away. The Co-op Ed
director position was only one thing to go.
Shortly after Barbara's position became
terminal, the school moved to consolidate
student services (Learning Resource
. Center, Career De'.'elopment, Co-op Ed,
etc.) into in area called the Student Advising Center (SAC). The development of SAC
was so complicated and disorganized that
Jean MacGregor, who was hired to clean up
the ravages, said that "no one denies" now
that the procedures instituted we:-e "a

mistake."
There were an Academic Advising DTF,
a space planning committee and an ad·
ministrative review all taking place at the
same time. "There was an intention to work
collaboratively," MacGregor said, but it did
not happen. Thus the processes were
halted, and she was hired to "redefine the
problem."
She indeed did this, by all accounts quite
thoroughly and efficiently. The work
culminated in the now extant Academic Ad·
vising Advisory Board (which receives my
nomination for Board·Name·of·the Year).
The problem with all this was that since
the development of SAC had been subse·
quently tied to the termination date of
Cooley's job, she was in doubt for over 18
months about what her future at
Evergreen would be, especially since she
was not informed until March that the decision to terminate her position had been
made, by which time the development of

Objectivity, Ego, and Consternation
by Ben Tansey

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This week it became my job to write an article about the termination of Barbara
Cooley, Evergreen's Director of
Cooperatiove Education. I took to this
story immediately because I like Barbara
Cooley, and I couldn't understand how the
college could allow a good and well-qua1ified
person like her to go. I immediately set out,
objectively, to dig up some dirty laundry.
I knew that somewhere there had to be
some nasty feelings, some insidious gossip.
During the week I carried out some interviews and some research. Before talking to
a key player in the affair I had already written a story about how ah evil bureaucracy
hurts prople in the name of positive change,
complete with a frankly beautiful construct
implying that nefarious administrative
powers had forced Cool.e y out simply

because they disliked her. I thought it was
one of my best pieces this year, especially
since it so even-handedly indicted the
authority structure. Such stuff appeals to
the deepest thirsts of a reporter.
And on the very date of deadline I conducted the last interview with the very embodiment of authority itself. Provost
Patrick Hill, I anticipated, would decline
comment on a personnel matter, and so,
true or false, my story could run as a collection of ascertainable truth.
Truth, however, was poorly served, and.
my come-up-ance was a torturous sight. Hill
was more open than I had planned. ~
the circuinstances were more closely linked with the elimination of a position, i.e.
director of Co-op Ed, than with th.e firing
of Barbara Cooley, he spoke to me at great
length about it. Not only did I have to
rewrite my masterpiece, I also had to all

but dispose of the images of m&levolence
which were dancing in my mind, burning
with the desire to be revealed in print and
distributed throughout the communit~.
What did I learn about my journalistic
style through all this? Well, several things.
First, starting out on a story with
preconceived notions, even .when I am
cognizant of them, is a d,angerous game. Second, I would have happily submitted a
story vindicating my prejudices knowing
that I was taking advantage of the administrative moral obligation to keep personnel matters confidential, even though I
knew that were these matters discussable,
they might undermine the prejudice I
BOught to vindicate. And lastly, and perhaps
most importantly: two hours before
deadline is not the time to conduct an
interview. 0

SAC was already underway. There is a
strong sentiment on campus that Co-op Ed
needs its own director. Would SAC provide
for this? And if not, would it at least find
a place for Cooley? PrOVQst .P atrick Hill
points out that much though it would be
desirable, S,AC cannot be designed to
preserve positions that are being cut, even
if that means the 1088 of a "good employee"
like Barbara. Even so Cooley received all
the pertinent memos and documents, except those relating to her position, about
the emerging SAC as though to suggest she
might have a part in it.
Barbara Cooley has worked at Evergreen
for ten years. She spent two of those first
teaching.Human Health and Behaviour in
Olympia and then Health and Human Sel"vit.'etl in Vancouver. ~ rest were at CoopEd. Little /!all be more painful than to
watch this graceful and dignified woman-·
whOtle penchant for ·student advising is
renowned-as she explains with polite
uncienltanding the ambiguity leading up to
her termination. She often works until ten
o'clock at night. When I walked into her ofocoe in my "reporter mode" it was all I could
do to turn off the litany of jornalism intertlhip possibilities that flowed from her so
that we could talk of the more sensitive
matter of her status at Evergreen.
She explained how she and the ProvOSt
had miscommunicated with each-other
when he told her that the Co-op Ed position would be.ending June 30. He had Said
that they would like to give her the opportunity to enhance her resume 'before leaving the college by working out of Co-op Ed
in spring. This offer was meant to be
helpful, but she had understood it to mean
that she ,must l~v~ "the office at ~~ eh~ of
Wiitter q~r;: "1 thbik we· h8d a como '
munication problem," she said.
Cooley had anticipated that one of her
counselors would proVide administrative
leadership for the office in spti..rJg. When
tlUit ' ooUnseloji left. me '8ChOO1 ' to -. ....
another job, Cooley wrote Hill to request
that her reassignment for spring be ~n-

sidered. It was then that the misunderstanding was discovered. By then Joyce
Weston, who along with Carolyn Dobbs is
being interviewed for the position of Director ofSAC, had already been hired to take
on Co-op Ed in Spring part-time.
This brings us to another point of depar·
ture. Cooley had been informed that she
would of course be eligible to apply for SAC
director. At the same time she was told she
would not be invited to partake in a SAC
development .retreat in February. Hill
maintains that since the SAC director had
not been chosen, it was pointless to have
the potential candidates be at the retreat
which was designed specifically to achieve
a "team" feeling amongst future confirmed SAC employees, and, as MacGregor
said, to build "positivity and trust and a
8ense of group." Even so, the offer to apply for director and the request to not attend
the retreat seemed ambiguous, particular-

was to have been initiated in September,
but nothing was done until late November,
and results were not forthcoming to Cooley
until Jan·uary. The evaluation showed that
while some people felt Cooley was not a'sufficient office manager, others considered
her responsible for saving the internship
program and generally improving it.
Between the "human reasons" concern·
ing the retreat, the months of doubt aout
her future, and the frustration of delays in
her evaluation, Cooley has been subjected
to much stress and pressure. Even so it has
not affected her work. Moreover she said
last week that "I do not think I got a dirty
deal."
Be that as it may, and regardlless of questions of personality, one cannot but conclude that Cooley was a casualty in an
evolving bureaucracy" be it the , evils of
budget cutting or more efficient
organization.

" ... Among the debris found on Evergreen's road
to growth and improvemen"t are the battered
feelings of people who ....were not invited to grow
along with us."
Iy since one of the SAC director candidates
was in fact at the retreat.
Gail Martin, vice-president for student
Affairs, said that there were reasons
Cooley was not asked to the retreat. She
. "ould not expand on these beyond referring to them as "human reasons."
It is possible · that personality matters
were involved in the decision to terminate
Bar~ Cooley: Beyond an interpretation
, Qf Martihs's comments however, this
reporter was unable to find any definitive
' evidence.
'nlere is the issue of Cooley's evaluation.•
. Sbe. ~~t ~~ evaluated for ~ years
w~trsKeh!queilted one last year. A fairly
extensive input project was initiated to
meet this request. Originally the process

Talking to many of the people involved
in the termination fo Barbara Cooley, one
does not find malice or malfeasance.
Everyone is nice, all are trying to do their
jobs the best they can. Nobody wants tt'
hurt anyone else. And everyone is only part
of a bigger system. Barbara Cooley is like
a vital organ infected by a benign tumor:
she was removed as a necessary condition
to the success of a separate operation. No
one likes to fire people. Advising will be
better organized. It is a bard to swallow
reality that, among the debris found on
Evergreen's road to growth and improvement, are the battered feelings of people
who, for reasons either of their own making 'or for reasons they could not control,
were not invited to grow along with us.D

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OPINION

OPINION

Evergroan, Evergroove,
or .Evergrovel?
by Andy Stewart and Jim Mateson ,
Alumni

We'd like to share some feelings and
thoughts we've come to understand are not
ours alone. This has been an undescribably
magical and beautiful place that has been
so good to so many people that it tears our
hearts to feel the need to write this. Now
we take strength and give thanks and
praise to all the enlightened souls and
magnificent spirits that make Evergreen
valuable.
With the changing social, political, and
economic ten-ain, there have arisen myriad
as-yet-unacknowledged circumstances--and
administrative responses to these
circumstances--that threaten Evergreen's
continued excellence by making more and
different demands on the institution. This
college, like all higher education institutions
in this state, 'is having a hard time coping.

presents it as if the experiment were running as smoothly as can be. Further, there
exists a vacuum of dialogue and evaluation,
so that the present difficulties and constraints on the college remain
unacknowledged and a collective understanding of the current situation remains
absent.
The system has become overburdened.
There are more demands on faculty and infrastructure with less funding available to
mitigate them. There currently exists no
cohesive vision to help us act as a whole
system. Effective communication has
diminished among faculty, students, staff
and administration. Thus, at a time when
everyone needs to work together more and

"The Olanders are actors-in-charge who are
disassembling the school and don't realize
their own place in history."
These issues are at hand right now;
changing student demographics (due as
much to admissions policies as to state mandates) mean having to adjust in order to accommodate ~nerally less experienced, less
educated people. There is less physical
space because of a growing student population; there is'. less money, and no student
governance system to speak of though one
is needed more than ever. There are
r elatively fewer arts on campus, an area
t hat is crucial to an interdisciplinary approach to education.
There is less representation of different
cultures within the student body and the
native culture, once well represented, is
barely represented now. The catalog, and
othe! inform~tion coming from the college,

better, the school does not work together
as well and works together less than in the
past.
Spirited and committed people can
ultimately and innocently be· working
against both each other and Evergreen's
professed ideals. Just doing one's job in a
spirited manner each day without regard
to these greater, often painful, realities may
exacerbate the problem, creating unintentional deceit that obscures greatly needed
dialogue.
The administrative responses to
Evergreen's changing mandate have unfortunately been poor. While decisions have .
met economic criteria, they have ultimately tended to undermine the very integrity
and_ 9uality of the education that set

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Evergreen apart during its first fifteen
years of existence. Not only has a pattern
been established whereby fundamental
tenets have not been upheld, but also there
exists deceit that keeps the Evergreen community from realizing that there are problems that will, if not acknowledged, sap
the spirit from the college and reduce it to
an ordinary place. Fooling ourselves may
not be so bad, but misleading those yet to
come is shameful.
The Founding Festival, a pseudo-event if
there ever was one, continues the trend; it
singularly plays up the school while making no mention of existing difficulties.
Currently there are many situations
where basic Evergreen ideals are under
assault. Some of these are:
~ Non-support of the Longhouse Project,
an inexpensive, readily achievable, greatly desired, tremendous affirmation to our
place, spirit, elders anc! our whole-hearted
honest commitment to living out the
enlightened ideals of Evergreen's basic
tenets. This wodld be genuine support for
cross-cultural communication and multicultural literacy rather than the lip-service
and bare-minimum encouragement it now
receives from the administration.
~There is an administrative push to build
a too-expensive, under-supported distraction of a sports complex. This, in light of
the lack of resources the rest of the college
is forced to endure, gives an indication of
where our priorities have strayed. .
~ The long-awaited, badly needed arts
space, Lab Annex II, promised as the
answer to the years-old problem of accommodating the messy arts, will most likely
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A Sense of Justice vs. A Sense of Wonder
by Bill Lott
In the 1960's, the Federal Government
told the American people one thing and did
80mething completely dift'erent. College
students of the 1960's discovered what the
Federal Government was really doing,
became angry, organized, and took control
of their college campuses. The adrniniatratol'8 of those college campuses
were publicly humiliated by their loss of
control.
In the 19'1O's, Evergreen was designed to
have a large slick brick plaza; and a clock
tower connected at its base to the utility
tunnels. The new college was designed to
be without any large indoor meeting space,
or any student governance office space, a
set of design decisions that would make it
nearly impoesible for students to organize
and have a united voice. If ever the
students were to again discover the truth
ofhow eociety really works, they most certainly would not ever be able to organize
and gain control of the Evergreen campus.
W~n state's economy is analogous
to a bathtub. When the state imports
anything, this drains the state's ' moneypool. When the state replaces an import
with local production, this plugs up a cash
draln on the state's economy. When the
state exports anything, this brings a new
aourc:e of cash flow into the state's moneypool. The level of cash in the state's moneypool determines the wealth of the state of
W~n.

For the put 14 years, t~e state of
Wuhlngton has suffered a severe drain on
itlI money-pool as its imports have been far
greater than its ability to replace imports
and export. The state has been in a
perpetual condition of emergency economic
planning as it attempted to plug up the
leab in' its economy by replacing its imports ,with local production, and its attempts to bring in new money by increasing state. exports. This condition of
etneJ'lency on the state level has reached
the Evergreen campus almost every year
for the put 14 years. We see it at
Evergreen in the fonn of hidden agendas
on the administrative leYel.
One of these -senda items is the
deeperate need for business 1lU\l0rs who
will, hopefully, help BOlve the massive
economie problems of the state. For the
put 14 yeII'II there have been severe, unexpected budget cuts in the college's
academica, almo8t every one of those fourteen )fean. E.eh year ~trator'8lack-

ed the time, energy, and money to consult
all the students about such drastic academic
cuts that would affect all of them. The administrators typically sought out 3 to 5 wellknown students to ask them what they
most valued about Evergreen. Without a
legitimate student governance system to
represent the students during those
emergency budget cuts in academics, the
vast lIU\iority of students simply had no
voice.
After the fact, the S & A Board attempted to indirectly reverse the cuts in
academics by allocating S & A student fee
money to academic and buildingmaintenance funds, to the tune of 1.5 million
dollars over 14 years. The grateful administrators then were able to partially
. restore the academic proJn'8.lllS previously

production, lost skills, and declining real
wealth. The book Citie8 and the Wealth of
Nations offers a way out of the problem,
but government is ignoring the information.
The second step is to realize that the
students have lost skills at a rate greater
than the acquisition of new skills; students
have to face anxiety producing information,
on a daily basis, and many of them choose
to either ignore the infonnation, or take
some sort of drug in order to find a way to
cope with it.
Many students see technology as the
source of the good or evil, and this goodness
or evil is multiplied by the power of the
technology into something very good or
very evil. Technology is inherently designed to be easily used one way and difficult
to use another way.

"The administrators of Evergreen are attempting to
simultaneously satisfy two conflicting goals: the state's
goal of improving the state'e economy, and the students'
goal of solving the world's problems."
cut. By default, the S & A Board has been
acting as student governance for the past
14 years. When the so-called "Evergreen
campus governance system" failed to look
after the needs of the students, it was the
S & A Board that attempted to come to the
rescue.
The administrators of Evergreen are attempting to simultaneously satisfy two conflicting goals. The state's goal of improving the state's economy, and the students'
goal of solving the world's problems. Both
the state and the students should be pull- .
ing together in the same direction, but are
not. The administrators are in a perpetual
condition of emergency, and the state takes
highest priority. It's not that the administration is ignoring the students, or
that the administration is saying one thing
and doing another deliberately. It's simply the process of the administrators having
to set priorities on how to allocate scarce
resources in the face of overwhelming
demands for those scarce resources.
What to do? Well, we could try to bring
both the state's goal and the students' goal
into harmony. The first step is to realize
that the government is using debt spending
to forestall the effects of state imports being far greater than exports. If the government did not do this, the light would literally go out. The government does not yet
know how to reverse this problem of lost

Most students fail to see technology as
either inherently fostering democratic
thinking or inherently fostering antidemocratic thinking. Yet the history of the
design of technology for the workplace is
full of examples of technology being designed 80 as to shape and control the workplace
in a anti-demoeratic way. As soon as the
student sees this 11U\10r insight it is but a
small step for the student to see how important it is for the community to have control over the design of the technology that
is to be used in that community.
The mandate for thl'Student is clear. The
book contro! Revolution shows us that
technology shapes the human environment
long after the original designer is gone.
Students need to know how to design
democratic technology, and how to displace
anti-democratic technology from their community. This is a very valuable skiiI to acquire, and pass on to future generations.
This type of thinking has long been the domain of the most rich and powerful ownel'8
of the means of production. Students can
assume some of the Same status with only
a little knowledge of how technology shapes
human behavior. Technology that is inherently democratic is technology that
adapts to the usel'8 needs, not technology
that forces the user to adapt to the
w
technologies mode of operation.
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Why Men Are the Way They Are
by John Borden
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the women's movement with great interest,
as I felt a personal and selfish stake in the
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would fIll the world with stronger, happier
people: women with new-found power, men
with new':-found openness and coup-Ies with
true partnership in lIte. Alas, bookstores
overflow with works that toll the failure of
my dream, the failure of men and women
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book Why Men Are the Way They Are will.
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be used as classroom space, thus withdrawing even more support from the arts. (See
CPJ3I5I87, pp. 5,13). Are the policies stated
the ones implemented?
~There is a general decline in support for
the arts. Art provides needed community
expression and a valid and beautiful
necessity to a whole-system approach to
learning. To balance those critical/rational
endeavors with art fully rounds our educational and social experiences; we need those
creative and inventive juices to be inspired
constantly in everyone.
~ There are designs on the space student
offices currently occupy. The plan for these
offices is to house them in the yet-unbuilt
CAB II which will be funded by the sale
of bonds paid for by S & A (read "student")
fees, thereby reducing the amount of S & A
dollars for student groups. This "could have
a mlijor impact on the intellectual and
educational environment at Evergreen,
since these groups pay for 80% of the social
justice and cultural diversity events on
campus."-- CPJ 3/5/87 p. 13).
Is this within the framework of our goals
and aspirations?
It is apparent that some within the administration measure the success of the college by graduate employment figures,
recognition from the established order (read
.. Time magazine, the state, Microsoft, Boeing, etc.") and the degree to which the experiment has been "completed" at
Evergreen. They recruit students for
bu~ine~~ ancI science careers who emerge

as readily marketable items and insure
Evergreen's un-turbulent future. In short,
students who can turn a good profit are a
good investment, in spite of the fact that
these predications jeopardize Evergreen's
"Difference." That we pursue this strategy
while we declare that our college is at the
pinnacle of higher education does violence
to the good old Evergreen ideal of embracing possibilities (see Jennifer Seymore's
"Making a Difference" in last week's issue).
We must remain committed to a fully interdisciplinary approach; this gives us the
ability to make well-reasoned and responsible decisions on all the matters facing
humanity_ And isn't that what we're really trying to achieve, to aspire toward
greater global consciousness and positive,
healthy solutions to global crises? We have
seen what business for business' sake
brings. Thank goodness that there are still
those students, faculty, and staff who can'y
the light inside.
If we simply rest on our laurels and ride
on our public acclaim, we will become complacent when we should be radically pursuing the cutting edge of education. With
our schools rEputation, why isn't ow' president sitcceeding in bringing more resource
dollars home and effectively supporting the
cause of higher education statewide? Nationally? Why is he seemingly content to
have the above constraints placed on an obviously successful experiment? Why does
this school's current hyperbole ignore problems fundamental to the institution,

thereby denying the possibility of a muchneeded, honest, school-wide self-evaluation
that is due? Where is the school at?
If its creative flame is being extinguished, we need to know it. If it is, it will be
a sorry day for higher education and higher
consciousness in general. Surely the
Evergreen community would not choose
the path of extinguishment consciously, but
given the CWTent state of affairs it may happen anyway.
Evergreen is twenty years old and in a
new social, political and economic climate.
Time for a big, thorough College Self
Evaluation. This should be started now.
Once individuals have considered their own
thoughts and feelings on the matter there
might be organized (say, during the sixth
week of Spring Quarter) a campus wide
evaluation period to facilitate this healing
process. Take the initiative while you can!
After all, it's the quality of your experience
for which you act. Your rights don't
evaporate ovemight...if they go, they erode
over time.
This message is merely a gesture to
stimulate healthy discussion. We hore it is
accepted in the manner in which it is offered. Evergreen is still what you make it,
and it's not for everybody.
These two alumni have stayed up all night
now, so it's your tW11. Blessed be those who
are tlUe to the spirit, thanks to you all, and
to all of our relations.
Healing together in Peace,
Andy Stewart, Jim Mateson 0

Justice from page 13
The Student Governance DTF of which
I am a part will soon produce its final report
for Gail Martin. Starting this Spring there
will be a small group of students involved
in implementing the DTF's final report. If
.YVU II vulu like to be a part of this process
of implementing a student governance that
may one day bring the two conflicting goals
of state and student into harmony, then
please contact Dave Campbell in the S & A
office. 0

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Max Gilpin made Evergreen history by
being the first swimmer to score points at
the NAIA National Championship swim
meet. The competition was help in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 4 - 7. Max
swam a lifetime best to place 16th in the
400 yard Individual Medley. This is a grueling race, 16 lengths of the pool (4 butterfly, 4 backstroke, 4 breaststroke, and 4
freestyle). His time was a 4:25.74 which was
good enough to make finals. Evergreen
finished in 25th place out of 50 teams from
all around the nation.
"Max has worked so hard this year, it's
great to see this kind of accomplishment.
I'm very proud of him," commented Coach
Fletcher.
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risk public involvement by responding to
it, she could easily have done so.
On the "Network" itself, we stand by our
facts, which came from reliable sources. In
particular, we protest the idea that the
same individual who is responsible for
"safeguarding" student rights, under the
Social Contract and various protective laws,
is also responsible for administering the
"secret police" who violate them. This
reads like a page out of Orwell's 1984.
We publicly call on Vice President Martin to release a full and complete list of all
th~ individuals who have been given special
notebooks for the purpose of reporting information about students (and others) to the
Network. All we ask is that this list be complete, contain the name of the Network informant, and list a one-word description of
their status at Evergreen -- Faculty,
counselor, student, Housing staff, etc. We
want to know who the rank-and-fIle of this
secret organization ate -- not just its officers. Such information can be obtained
under numerous Evergreen, State, and
Federal "Sunshine" rules, in any case, but
we offer Martin a final chance to prove her
good faith by disclosing this voluntarily.
Finally, we correct one factual error in
the portion of the article which discussed
Evergreen's "Network." In a passage
which smacks uncomfortably of certain
repressive nations, we stated that the Adjudicator had "banned" over twenty persons from the Evergreen campus. In fact,
over forty individuals are now banned,
under criminal trespass restrictions, either
from the entire Evergreen campus, or from
parts thereof.
David M. Campbell
Scott Buckley
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tions to be false, and has printed the letter
as an opportunity to dispel some rumors.
Vice President Martin is not an active
member of the Network. Martin says that
the Network exists primarily to protect
'students from those who threaten the wellbeing of others. For instance, if a 'IOO'tIWn
living in the dorms is being physically
abused by a male friend and needs help, the
Housing Director can report it at a Network meeting to the Adjudicator and action
can be taken to protect the woman, said '
Martin. Of the 40 or so persons banned, a
cumulative number over Evergreen's
history, many seem to have been banned
for threatening physical violence.
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To Martin's knowlege, no secret
notebooks are issued and there are no
"8ecret police. " Student lwusing managers
are required to report violations of the

social contract to the Housing Director.
V.P. Martin in'l!;ites students to discuss
the Network with her during her open noon
hour every Monday.
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Tom Casterline, CPJ:
I think your editorial of February 26 is
very good.
Joe Olander

(Tom's article presented the opinion that a
Longlwuse and a gymnasium could cooperate. -- J.S.)

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Dear Editor:

I was appalled by the racism reflected in
the attendance at International Women's
Day. While important events were going on
involving etudents of color; i.e. speakers
and theatre, there were very few white
students present.
When a group of white students perform. ed dances as the last event of the day, suddenly the room fllled up. When the dances
were done, the packed house of white
students quickly disappeared.
Perhaps some of these wonderful,
professedly-progressive students should rethink their perspectives. Pretending to be
Mrican or Indian does not make you progressive; action does.
Larry Hildes

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Dear CPJ:

Dr.. John David Maguire, keynote speaker
at the founding festival, had some strong
words for Eve~n. He said that the experiment is still on, and that America is
heading for a ditch unless economic and
educational intervention are applied.
Higher education must be made available
to all sectors of society. Rather than simply seek to "attract" students, Evergreen
must seek out those who have been passed
over by higher education. He said that
Evergreen needs more than a sense of
wOnder; it needs a sense of justice. Fortran
won't do it. Neither will a crem£ de La C1'fmUi
admissions policy. The heart and soul of
education are liberal arts that liberate and

teach compassion.
"Making a Difference" has a nice ring to
it, yet is vaguely troubling, as though we
were straining against some inevitable. The
challange of any given moment is more than
applying what you know; it is to fulfill the
promise of being human. That means applying a resource not a rote, a resource that
is hopefully augmented and deepened by a
liberal arts education.
There are two unfortunate preconceptions that masquerade as opinions:
"Everything is okay" and "There is nothing
that can be done about it." Both are lies of
convenience. If our lives are to be based
mostly on convenience, what sort of lives
will they be? Fearful lives with convenient
consciences and morals. When ideas never
grow to more than abstractions, the individuals can not help but be weak. I hear
it said that we can't influence change
because we don't occupy the right positions;
more likely our hearts are not in the right
places. You can not act, except from where
you stand. For the truly powerful figures
in human history, wherever they stood was
their place of power -- whether it was Martin Luther King in jailor Gandhi making
salt beside the sea.
If this community is to possess the ideas,
the values and the actions that create
humanity, there must be more involvement
and more informed involvement. And there
must be a liberal arts education and an administration that broods on the meaning of
justice.
Already sixty percent of southern Puget
Sound's economy is based on the unreliable,
boomtown economies of military spending,
while many are homeless on Seattle streets.
The sad part about the Pacific Rim trade
that Evergreen and the state government
seem strongly bent on addressing is that
a large part of it is comprised of America's
lust for the semiconductors that feed the
military-industrial complex. It is upon this
altar that we sacrifice our forests and
fisheries, to balance our yen for foreign
trade. We grow resource poor and spiritually bankrupt building weapons of ultimate
destruction.
Democracies are experiments; autocracies are not. When the experiment dies, so
dies the experimental spirit. The
Evergreen Experiment has not ended except for those who never began. Every moment is unique and new, and the strength
of our Perceptions should depend on that.
We should try out justice. In my opinion,
it would be a terrible blunder to lose
Evergreen's experimental spirit in a sense
of wonder.
Sincerely,
Hector Douglas

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Max Gilpin made Evergreen history by
being the first swimmer to score points at
the NAIA National Championship swim
meet. The competition was help in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 4 - 7. Max
swam a lifetime best to place 16th in the
400 yard Individual Medley. This is a grueling race, 16 lengths of the pool (4 butterfly, 4 backstroke, 4 breaststroke, and 4
freestyle). His time was a 4:25.74 which was
good enough to make finals. Evergreen
finished in 25th place out of 50 teams from
all around the nation.
"Max has worked so hard this year, it's
great to see this kind of accomplishment.
I'm very proud of him," commented Coach
Fletcher.
By making finals, Max also received an
honorable mention "All-American" certificate. His time breaks his own school
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risk public involvement by responding to
it, she could easily have done so.
On the "Network" itself, we stand by our
facts, which came from reliable sources. In
particular, we protest the idea that the
same individual who is responsible for
"safeguarding" student rights, under the
Social Contract and various protective laws,
is also responsible for administering the
'Isecret police" who violate them. This
reads like a page out of Orwell's 1984.
We publicly call on Vice President Martin to release a full and complete list of all
the individuals who have been given special
notebooks for the purpose of reporting information about students (and others) to the
Network. All we ask is that this list be complete, contain the name of the Network informant, and list a one·word description of
their status at Evergreen .- Faculty,
counselor, student, Housing staff, etc. We
want to know who the rank-and-file of this
secret organization are _. not just its officers. Such information can be obtained
under numerous Evergreen, State, and
Federal "Sunshine" rules, in any case, but
we offer Martin a fmal chance to prove her
good faith by disclosing this voluntarily.
Finally, we correct one factual error in
the portion of the article which discussed
Evergreen's "Network." In a passage
which smacks uncomfortably of certain
repressive nations, we stated that the Ad·
judicator had "banned" over twenty persons from the Evergreen campus. In fact,
over forty individuals are now banned,
under criminal trespass restrictions, either
from the entire Evergreen campus, or from
parts thereof"
David' M; Campbell
Scott Buckley

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(The CPJ suspec.ts many of these allegations to be false, and hf!,s vri nted the letter
as ~n opportunity tQ dispel some rumors.
Vice President Martin is not an active
member of the Network. Martin says that
the Network exists primarily to protect
students from those who threaten the wellbeing of others. For instance, if a woman
living in the dorms is being physically
abused by a male friend and nuds help, the
Housing Director can report it at a Network meeting to the Adjudicator and action
can be taken to protect the woman, said '
Martin. Of the 40 or 80 persons banned, a
cumulative number over Evergreen '8
hillWry, many seem to have been banned
for threatening physical violence.
To Martin's knowlege, no secret
notebooks are issued and there are no
"secret police. " Student housing managers
are required to report violations of the

teach compassion.
"Making a Difference" has a nice ring to
it, yet is vaguely troubling, as though we
were straining against some inevitable. The
challange of any given moment is more than
applying what you know; it is to fulfill the
promise of being human. That means applying a resource not a rote, a resource that
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is hopefully augmented and deepened by a
liberal arts education.
Tom Casterline, CPJ:
There are two unfortunate preconceptions that masquerade as opinions:
I think your editorial of February 26 is
"Everything is okay" and "There is nothing
very good .
that can be done about it." Both are lies of
convenience. If our lives are to be based
Joe Olander
mostly on convenience, what sort of lives
will they be? Fearful lives with convenient
(Tom's article presented the opinion that a
consciences and morals. When ideas never
Longlwuse and a gymnasium could cogrow to more than abstractions, the inoperate. -- J.S,)
,
dividuals can not help but be weak. I hear
it said that we can't influence change
because we don't occupy the right positions;
~
more likely our hearts are not in the right
places. You can not act, except from where
Dear Editor:
you stand. For the truly powerful figures
in human history, wherever they stood was
I was appalled by the racism reflected in
their place of power -- whether it was Marthe attendance at International Women's
tin Luther King in jailor Gandhi making
Day. While important events were going on
salt beside the sea.
involving I!tudents of color; i.e. speakers
If this community is to possess the ideas,
and theatre, there were very few white
the values and the actions that create
students present.
humanity, there must be more involvement
When a group of white students performand more informed involvement. And there
, ed dances as the last even~ of the day, sudmust be a liberal arts education and an addenly the room filled up. When the dances
ministration that broods on the meaning of
were done, the packed house of white
justice.
students quickly disappeared.
Already sixty percent of southern Puget
Perhaps some of these wonderful,
Sound's economy is based on the unreliable,
professedly-progressive students should reboomtown economies of military spending,
think their perspectives. Pretending to be
while
are homeless on Seattle streets.
African or Indian does not make you proThe sad part about the Pacific Rim trade
gressive; action does.
that Evergreen and the state government
seem strongly bent on addressing is that
Larry HiHies
a large part of it is comprised of America's
~
lust for the semiconductors that feed the
~ advice for .evergreen . military-intlu'strial complex. It is upon this
altar that we sacrifice our forests and
fisheries, to balance our yen for foreign
Dear CPJ:
trade. We grow resource poor and spiritual·
ly bankrupt building weapons of ultimate
Dr. John David Maguire, keynote speaker
destruction.
at the founding festival, had some strong
Democracies are experiments; autocrawords for Evergreen. He said that the excies are not. When the experiment dies, so
periment is stUI on, and that Anierica is
dies the experimental spirit. The
heading lor a ditch unless economic and
Evergreen Experiment has not ended exeducational intervention are applied.
cept for those who never began. Every moHigher education must be made available
ment is unique and new, and the strength
to all sectors of society. Rather than simpof our Perceptions should depend on that.
ly seek to "attract" students, Evergreen
We should try out justice. In my opinion,
must seek out those who have been passed
it would be a terrible blunder to lose
over by higher education. He said that
Evergreen's experimental spirit in a sense
Evergreen needs more than a sense of
of wonder.
wonder; it needs a sense of justice. Fortran
won't do it. Neither will a creme de La creme
Sincerely,
admissions policy. The heart and soul of
Hector Douglas
education are liberal arts that liberate and

social contract to the Housing Director.
, V.P. Martin in'l!ites students to discuss
the Network with her during her open noon
hour every Monday.
--Polly Trout)

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racism

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music & dancing
Friday

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Olympia Old-Time Country DanceLlve mUSIC
with the "Okanogan Valley String Band" The
dance begins at 8'00 p.m. at th e Olympia Ballroom,
I 16 E. Legion Way, Downtown OlymplJ . General ad ·
miSSion IS $3 .50 : $2 50 for Seniors and Youth 10· 16

Continuing

Friday 13

African Dance, W ednesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 PM

Ground breaking ceremonies fOf' the new ttou..
Ing units, behind CRC 3 PM. Call x6lll for
details.

,n CRC 307, For more info . call x6530.
Contact-Improvisation Dance, Sundays from
4:00·6:00 PM in CRC 307. Open to all levels ,

Seattle Opera's 13th Summer ·of Wagnerian
Opera, reserve sea ts now. Call or write t o the Seat·
tie Opera P.O. Box 9428 Sea ttle, WA 981 09.
GESCCO will hold weekly open meetings every Mon·
day at 6 PM at 5th and Cherry.

Guitarist Glenna Delisle will perform In the dining
room al Ben Moo re's from 6 PM

10

9 PM . N o Cover .

Saturday 14
A contemporary Chmllan concert wi th Rick Kua and
White Heart ",III be held at PLU at 7:30 PM Tickets
$10,00 at the do or .

KAOS IS sea rching for Individuals wi th class 3 broad·
ca sting licenses to appear on the air. For further In·
formation contac t ei ther Trace Dreyer or Stephan
Dimitroff al ex t. 6822
Rainbow Restaurant

having Open Mike
eve ry Monday al 7 p. m . $2.00 General and $1 .00 for
Kids and Seniors. For more Info call 357·66 16.
15

Richard Hartl';y 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,
Co·coord inator for the Peace and Conflict Resolution Center wanted. get aplicatlon in CAB 305 , Call
x6098 for info on selec tion process.

Saturday 14
Manqi"l Chanp workshop from 8-5 PM . Oh Boy,
Learn about barriers to change, how to plan on change ,
and involve others in the chal)ge process. Call 753-8380
for details.
OIapIaced Homemaker Pro....,., will be a seven

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week series of classes and workshops to help
homemakers who have lost their main source of in·
come re-enter the workforce. Apply now for the spring
program , call the YWCA at 352-0593 for details.

Faculty Hiring DTF , Wednesdays 1:00-3:00, L221 9

ConverutJonailtailan for beginners. First meeting

Govemace DTF, Wednesdays 12:00-2:00, L2221 ,

April 7, at 5 PM. $3 per session , Call 456-5225 or
866 - 1440,

Faculty Evaluation DTF, Wednesdays 1:00-3 :00,

Saturday 28

campus

perform at Ben Moore's al 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM .
N o cover w /dlnner , $3 .00 for coc ktail show.

Wednesdays 12:30-5:00 (unless otherwise notified),
L 1600 lounge,

Academic Advising Board DTF , Wednesdays

Sunday 22

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until 3 PM In the Ol~mpla Center Gymnasium.
For more Information call 753-8380.
Massage now being offered through the Recreation
the Health Cen ter , ex t. 6200
Center x6535 and

Julio Iglesias will be at the 51. Martin 's PaVilion at

A white plastiC S.F. Giants bag . please return to security
office.

Vice President for $tudent Affairs Gall Martin

The Greenery w ill be closed for spnng break .

hosts open mee tings Mondays, 12 :00, L3236 , Call
x6294 for more information ,

The Midwife Information Line answers questions
about modern certified nurse midWifery for wo men
planning to have babies. In Olympia call 456-7862.

Keep Your Love Alive: Olympia Aids Task
Force, For more Information regarding A IDS ~ all

SaInt htrlcks Day Celebradon at the new Olym·
pia Center, 222 N . Columbia, from II AM t o 4 PM .
Free.

Tuesday 17
Lecture on PlYchk Experienceincluding question
and answer time , 7:30 p .m , at Church of Divine Man·
Washington Psychic Institute , 4604 N . 38th, Tacoma ,
Call
75?-7460
for
more
inform at ion.

Continuing
noon, x6092,

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

357-4904

lesbian Group for women 35 and over meets evry

Crisis Clinic's phone lines are o pen 24 hours a day ,

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

Call 352 -221 I .

WGRC 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

support

Gay Men'. Group meets each Thursdays at 7 PM
in Lab I room 2065, Men of all ages welcome . For more
informa tion call x6544
'

Saturday 14
Saturday 14

"A Day with Rabbi Earl A. Groilman"Hospice
of Tacoma will present the above special workshop
at the Executive Inn , Tacoma . Call 383- 1788 for fur ·
ther information and to recieve the brochure .

Disabled Students Group meets Thursdays at

health and rec

1:00-3:00, L2220,

Tuesday 31

The Olympia Parks and Recreation Department wi ll
be offering another "Kid's FIN Market" from noon

Native American Studies Group(DTF),

Jan Stentz, Bob Nixon and Ron Holdridge will

8:oop m . Tickets on sale at Rainy Day Records ,
Vldeoland, the Bon, Yard birds and Freeway Records
and Tapes

education

On Healing Male-Female RelatlonshlpsAn ex·
penmental workshop offered 10 a.m . to 4 p.m. in the
Organic Farmhouse . AdmiSSion IS ~8.oo. Callinnerplace
for mor e Info at ex\. 6145 .

Monday 14
Parents potluck open to all parents and Int e r es~e d
persons. From 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Evergreen
Chlldcare Center x6060. Ch,ldcare provided, of course .
Sponsored by the Chlldcare Center and the Parent
Resource Center .

visual arts & lit
Friday 20
Harvey Mannln, will Visit the Fireside bookstore in
downtown Olympia from 4 to 6 PM. Call 352 -4006
for details,

ADULT CHILDREN

Family' Size
Pizza

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$7.99
Mon-Tue-Vle~~ _March 16-17-18

Choose one topping.
Thick or thin crust only.

Noon to 9 p_m_
Precision Haircut & Style - Only $10
Terrific campus cuts at super savings with
student 1.0, Free gifts & refreshments.

ReGIS HAIRSTYUSTS
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CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
Books & Workbooks
Over 100 Titles In Stock

Harrison & Division

g;'our Seasons 'Boo.s
7.6-0952

Slightly Wes~ IS now accepting submissions for ItS
Spnng edition, Bnng submissions to Maarava Lib , 321 4,
Do you weave, paint, sculpt, create jewelry or
potteryr If you are in terested In showing andior seilIng your work on consignment In an es ta blished shop
call Ph yll is Thomas at 943 -8282 ,

Olympia Waldorf School's April Fools T.a 1:30
to 4 PM . Call 754-0920 for details,

The Evergreen State College Main Art Gallery
IS shOWing a display of children's art from the O lym
pia Waldorf SchooL For more mfo, call 943-4171 _
The Tacoma Art Museum Will present Painting and
Sculpture '87 , Call 272 -4258 for ,nformat,on,

Flowerscapes : Recent Watercolors and Paintings by Karen Helmich are on exhibit at th e Tacoma
Art Museum Call 272·4258 for further Information.

Northwest Fiber Arts IS an exhibition of Northwest
tex tile artists at th e Public Arts Space Call 625 -4223
for Information .

Olympia Waldorf School ' Open HOUle and
Brunch I I AM to 2 PM . Contact Susan Porter at
754-0920.

Invitation to Merchants and Craftsmen: If you
are interested In se lling wares at a medieval faire, please
consider Evercleare's, the wee kend of May 2 and 3,
Wri te Ca thy Allen, P,O , Box 10223 O lympia, 98502 ,

Friday 20

diversity

Spring Equinox Peace Ceremony Mountain of the
Heart . 7 PM CA B 108. 754-0940.

Saturday 14

Ground Breaking ceremonies for the new hous Ing untts, Behind the Recreation Pavilion at 3 PM , Call
x6132 for details .

OASIS, a newly created action group , supporting
Native Peo ple 's efforts for cu ltural and physical survival, meets Thursdays at 7 PM in Lib , 3500. Your help
IS needed! For more Information call 866·8258
Ught Ceremonies for World Peace. Mountain of
The Heart 7:30 PM CAB 108. 754·0940

IOIDTM

Call for Artists .appllca tlons are now being accepted
fr om profeSSional artists Interes ted In participa ting In
the Washington State Arts Commission 's Artlsts -In ReSidence Program for 1887·BB,
ReSidenCies In mUSIC composition, dance, film and vldlO,
folk arts, poetry and creative wntlng. theatre and Visual
arts are available. Application deadline IS March I, 1987.
For more Information call (206) 753 -3860,

A trIMIa to Seattle Black Activists. Mary Louise
Williams. veteran community organizer credited with
"sounding the alarm " on poverty in the sixties, is the
featured speaker on a panel entitled " Remembering
the Sixties" at 7:30 PM in New Freedom Hall in Seat·
tie . For more information call 722·2453 .

The ..... Center will be open from 7:30 to 8 AM
every Tuesday morning for students to call their
senators and representatives in Washington D,C. . For
more information call x6098

GI•• Your Con,....sman, Senaton and White
Houle A ....ce Of Your Mind. Contact the
Evergreen Peace Center for more information, L323 3.

Recycle Used Motor 011, citizens 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.

jobs & internships
Career Development has a host of lob opportunity nsdnp. Call x 6193 for detail s.

Crossroads is actively seeking high school and college
age students to participate in this year's community
development programs in rural Caribbean and African
villages ,
Both volunteer and leader positions are o pen_People
interested in applying are enco uraged to contact
Crossroads Africa, 150 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310, New
York, New York 10011 , (212) 242-8550 or (BOO)
42-AFRICA.

Adjunct Faculty needing a
dependable car to use/lease for
entire spring quarter. Responsible
individual, graduate student,
excellent driving record.
Call 352-9558. Please leave message
if machine answers.

Continuing
Co-cordlnator wanted for the Peace and ConflIC t
Resolution Center . Call x6098.
Cooperadve Educadon OffIce Drop-In Houn
Tuesdays ~nd Thursdays 1:00·3:00 PM _
NEED SOME SSSl Perhaps a temporary or part·
time job will help. Contact the Evergreen Job Bank :
Monday, Wednesday , and Friday from I :00·5 :00 PM ,
x6295 .
The Jackson School of International Studies IS
accepting applications until April 15. Contact Andrew
Hanfman at x6242 .
Student Conservadon Assocladon still accepting
applications for 12 weeks this summer or fall. Interested
persons should call SCA office at (603 ) 826·5741 .
Fuller Poetry Contest: Poets have until 5 PM Mon·
day March 16 to submit works in Info Services LIB 3122.
Call x6128 for details .

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The King County Arts Commission IS soliCi ting
art for the Harborvlew l'1edlcal Center Interested Ar tiStS should call 344·758b for more Info_

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Continuing

Full Moon Peace Ceremony. Moun tain of the
Hea rt. 7:30 PM, CAB 108. 754-0940

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with Hybrid case. Incr:edible synth.
Drawing tabl. adjustable plane.
Good condition, $35.00. Chris
866-6000 x6054 do , or 754-5379.

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The Washtub
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Meet the NOlO?' He loves
to ruin your pizza, He
makes your pizza cold,
or late, or he squashes
your pizza box so the
cheese gets stuck to
the top.

With one call to Domino's
Pizza, you can avoid the
NOlO. So when you want
hot, delicious, quality
pizza delivered in less
than 30 minutes, One
call does it alll«>

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and revisions (on request). Price
depends on needs. Call Dee
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Want"t; adopt:
Couple living in beautiful
Colorado mountain town will give
love and security to baby. All
races considered. Will pay
expenses. Confidential.
(303) 963-0319.

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