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TABLE
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CONTENTS
LETIERS ....... .. .................. 3

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of A student regrets decision to
leave Evergreen

NEWS .............................. 4-5
.Who cares about the water quality
of Puget Sound?
.Biafra's only Washington stop is heredon't miss it!

ATHLETI CS ..................... 6-7
."Bootin" Gooeys in good shape
.New womens' soccer coach

FEATVRE ....................... 9-10
.Ellen Grant in focus
• The Law According to Newman
.Apartheid trial pending

OPINION ........................... 11
.Who's Guarding Oly?

ESSAY .............................. 15
.Millions of years on their deathbeds

LITERATURE ................ 17-19
.Epsie--the continuing saga
.Poetry

CALENDAR ................... 21-23
Stall: Whitney Ware, Bi!n Tansey, Ifttin
Rmt.aire, ~ Ibnsford, :&thleen ~1lY,
Sean Runarrl, Ibd van Elre1en, SmIartJla
Chandler, fhri H'rBlaw, Guy Daley, SJsan
Flnke~ .IJlE WiIIianB>n, AOOrea Miller, Owl
Fbo1e, Davil George, Chris C'..am>n, .l!1frey
J Dudd1es arv:I Audrey Marrlelbamn

Cover art by Katltleen Kelly
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Editor's Note
Greetings . Thank you for picking up the
latest copy the Cooper Point journal.
Seems as though it's high time I print some
of our policies. The first part of this will be
a bit boring, but please hang in .
Deadlines. All submissions except for news
must be in by Tuesday at 5:00 for publication nine days later. This gives time for the
editors to go over material and to consult
with the writer should there be any reason
to . All submissions MUST BE DOUBLESPACED .
Ideally, "copy" would all be on word
processing discs so we can transfer them to
our hard disc and edit them at leisure. Thi!;
makes everything easier and you are
welcome to type articles on our nifty little
machine . (The spelling function is God's gift
to me .) The Computer Center also has a
bunch of micros which you can type stuff on
and you can get an account there just for the
asking, unless they've dhanged the policy. Furthermore the Computer Center is open all
night now, so you can probably find time to
get on a machine . If you haven 't used a word
processor yet. there is no excuse: it is very
easy and it is the computer age and all that .
Anyhow, back to deadlines. News items
will be accepted up to the last possible moment, but there are space limitations, so the
sooner the better.
Letten. Letters must be in by Monday at
noon to be considered for that week's
publication . They should be short and to the
point . Generally, they should not exceed
250-300 words. Editors reserve the right to
respond to points addressed to the journalistic integrity of the paper in the editors'
own column , but not in the letters section.
Letters are subject to review for libel. honesty, clearity and verification . They should address a specific issue of concern or commentary . Letters are very much encouraged, but
publication is not foregone .
AdvertJsln.. All advertising, including
classified advertising, must be in by Monday
at noon for that week 's edition . The Advertising Manager is Chris Carson and she can
be reached at 866-6000 ext. 6054. The
message line is ext. 6213 . The standard rate
is $7.50 per inch. Student groups should
remember that they get a discount on advertising .
The Cooper Point journal is paid for
primarily by the students of the Evergreen
State College through S&A fees. Therefore
it is their paper. We encourage anyone who
wants to write to do so. We take articles,
poetry, essays, opinions, fiction: you name

it . Please check with the editors before working on an piece for the paper, however .
Policies. The CPj does have a "philosophy
statement" written in conjunction with the
Communications Board. This is available at
the office, CAB 306A. As advertising goes,
we cannot really reject anything without getting into issues offreedom of expression etc. ,
but the "philophy" does preclude "bad
taste ." This does not include big business, the
military nor any number of organizations
which many people find offensive . Much as
I would like to reject some ads, I cannot do
so in good conscious unless the advertiser
openly seeks to act in a malicious or harmful
way towards other human beings without any
valid justification, which seems unlikely.
A note on punctuation.Over the summer
I had a mysterical experience which completely changed my relationship with regard
to where to put commas, periods and various
types of colons when such puncuation is adjacent to quotation marks. this will probably
seems a trivial matter to most, but as a
caretaker of the written langauge, I feel a
need to talk about this . Traditionally , it has
been correct, or at least accepted , to place
such punctuation prior to the final quotation,
i.e. : Olander was heard to say, " I have never
really liked colleges. " The period here serves
to end both the sentence uttered by Olander
as well as the sentence in which the writer
is quoting Olander. It is ambiguous, therefore,
as to whether it ought to be before or after
the final quotation mark . One could con ceivable place a period in bcth places: A
similar situation holds for commas, to wit:
" Even though books are considered a fun ·
damental part of an education, Evergreen has
decided to omit them from the curriculum ,"
said Provost Patrick Hill. The word "curriculum" here is the end of Hill's sentence,
and so, if the quote is to be direct, it should
have a period, followed by a "close quotation ", followed by a comma, and the rest of
the writer's sentence, such as in the part of
this sentence where I have placed a comma
after the "close quotation" just above .Part
of the problem here is aesthetic . Commas
look lonely an unattached in these situations
because the bloody quotation is so high off
the line . I have been brooding about this issue
for many weeks now.Part of the problem
here is aesthetic. Commas look lonely an
unattached in these situations because the
bloody quotation is so high off the line. I have
been brooding about this issue for many
weeks now . There is much disagreement
over it . In this issue, I have treated commas
and quotations as I think technically they
ought. If anyone has an opinion about this,
I would very much appreciate hearing from
them. Please enjoy the paper.

--Ben Tansey

Master Plan Questioned
Dear Editor,
Whose business is education? On
December 1, the Higher Education
Coordinating (HEC) Board is planning
to submit its final draft of the Master
Plan for Higher Education. Who knows
. what this Master Plan is all about?
The Master Plan, so arrogantly named, is designed by the corporate business
community to shift the emphasis in
higher education away from liberal arts
and toward increasing participation in
the business and service sector. The bottom line is that education is now
economics,
What we object to is the introduction
of standardized assessment tests at the
sophomore level, or any level, of higher
education institutions. The scores of
these tests would play a determining
role in securing funds for these public
institutions. Funding then will be shifted .
away from the state and into the hands
of private industry. The end result will

CPJ:

be that students' education Will be
geared toward passing these standarized tests, and not towards cognitive
thinking. This is clearly an intention to
stratify the selection process in higher
education, thereby marginalizing applicants from culturally diverse or disenfranchised backgrounds.
This proposal is being railroaded
through the legislature without adequate public awareness or input. The
Master Plano-the title says it alL
December 1 is too soon to sell our education to the highest bidder_

Sincerely,
Rita Stein,
Beverly Stein,
Pat Montgomery
Glenn Jones

I am pleased to see that the CPJ is off
to a fme start this year, I can imagine
how difficult it must be to fUl up a newsjournal with articles, arrange the layout,
print the paper, and then distribute it
once every seven days, especially during the first few weeks of the Fall
semester when a new staff has to be
broken in and old patterns and schedules
need to be re-adapted to, As the song
says, "the first days are the hardest
days."
But thus far, from the issues I've seen,
it's clear that the CPJ has gotten the
ball rolling in the right direction. I'm
particularly pleased to see the CPJ giving in-depth covera~ to controversial
political issues. Your recent article on
the so-called "Master Plan" for higher
education showed a solid approach to
how open-minded reporting can serve to
.inform the public of important issues
directly relating to their lives. The article did not shy away from uncovering
the racial bias and industrial--economic
slant of the HEC Board's proposed plan

Dear Editor;
The ad insert for Career Network
USA in your October 8th issue came as
a big surprise to me. I thought one of
the basic principles of Evergreen was to
emphasize education as a means of personal growth, and to alter the perception of a college degree as simply a
springboard into the higher levels of the .
business world. The ad also seemed to
be in direct conflict with Carol Poole's
expose of the Master Plan. But then, this
link to big business is inevitable, isn't it?
Whatever the case, I enclose my apI preciation for the extensive info on the
Master Plan along with a copy of the
Career Network insert in 37 little bits.
Sincerely, a concerned reader,
Todd Lundgren

The Good

To Ben and the CPJ staff,
Greetings,

Ad Insert
Value Conflict

the Bad, and the Ugly

for the future of education in
Washington State. Before reading Carol
Poole's report I was entirely unaware
of the "Master Plan" issue. Now, not only am I aware of the matter, I am also
concerned.
Last year however, as a periodic contributing journalist to the CPJ, I was
dismayed to see the editorial staff frequently taking a weak stand on its
coverage of controversial issues. I recall
how two weeks after Bel\iamin Lidner's
death, a flrsthand account by an
Evergreenjournalisrilstudent of his recent trip to Nicaragua went unprinted
because it was considered "too political".
When the article finally ran, it was placed in the "opinions" column and was
brutaly edited to exclude some of its
most vital infonnation. Clearly the CPJ
did not stand behind the author in this
case. The final product showed little
respect for its author's ability to document facts, thus descreditting the
reporter's integrity and weakening the
CPJ's reputation as a comprehensive
newsjournal, all in an effort to not seem
"too political".

It is comforting to see that the CPJ
has since strengthened its stance on controversial issues. A healthy society
needs to know all the facts if it is to
govern itself wisely. For this reason, it
is a newspaper's responsibility to keep
its readers properly informed on political
matters even if it means taking a firm
stand on a tough issue. Too often the
m&M~m~is~dtoreport~

the facts on issues it deems too controversial. But controversy belongs in
the media the w~ free thinking individuals with a desire to educate
themselves belong in an alternative
colle~.

SQ keep-Mp the good lV~r~ guy_s~ ~nd
remember; .nothing should be too
political for the Evergreen State College
or the pages of the CPJ.
Best of luck with your work in the upcoming school year.
Sincerely,
Gary Diamond

Letters

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by Aaron Yanick
As beautiful and clean as it may
sometimes seem, Puget Sound is one of
the ten most polluted bodies of water in
the United States. A growing concern
for the protection and clean-up of Puget
Sound was manifest in the governor's
creation of the Puget Sound Water
Quality Authority in 1985. But the creation of an authority does not in itself get
results. The Authority has received inadequate funding and has recently had
to revise its long-term "Plan."
Last year most government agencies,
such as the Department of Social and
Health Services, received all of the
money required for them to play their
part in the Plan. The Department of
Ecology, however, did not receive their
part of the budget. Of the $13 million requested by the DOE, only $6.5 million
was allocated. After several meetings
and public hearings last summer to
discuss their options, the Authority
decided on a plan which would leave the
proposed programs for investig ation and
controlling nonpoint pollution virtually
intact, while cutting back on programs
to regulate point source pollution and
clean up contaminated sediments. More
specifically, major cuts have been made
in the funding and industrial discharges,
but the plan for the inspection of these

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discharge sites and sewage treatment
plants will remain_ The plan to investigate and clean up areas where
sediments are already contaminated and
to locate and control the sources of such
contamination has been delayed for at
least two years_ Discharges of polluted
storm water will continue without further regulation_ On the bright side, programs for nonpoint source pollution,
wetland protection, shellfish protection,
oil spill response planning, and education
and public involvement will be left
intact.
The reasons for this decision are
sound_ Nonpoint pollution sources have
been completely neglected before now,
while programs to control industrial
dischares, sewage treatment plants, and
storm drains are already in existence.
Also, the ecosystems of the wetlands
and beaches, once destroyed, cannot be
economically restored. On the other
hand, the harm cause by conventional
contaminants (such as bacteria), which
will be dealt with by the nonpoint pollution program, usually stops soon after
the discharges are controlled, while toxic
substances can remain in the environment and continue to cause harm for an
indefmite period of time. Of course, no
compromise is really favorable. As
Kathy Fletcher, Chairperson of the
Authority, said, cutting back and delay-

To whom it may concern:
I was a student at Evergreen from
August, 1985 to January, 1987, and am
now attending the University of Arizona
at Tucson. While I was at Evergreen,
several issues of academic process were
at hand, including the "radical" nature
of the seminar structure and studentinstructor relationships.
If there are any remaining questions
regarding the increasing adoption of
mainstream classroom technique, I
strongly urge you to resist it. Now that
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undergraduate degree here, 1 und
myself regretting my decision to leave
Evergreen and its special academic opportunities. Although I have blown my
primary undergratuate choice, my only
hope is that my post-graduate interests
will bring me back to Evergreen, for
other reasons than visiting the wonderful friends that I made in those fourteen
months. So to all the new people out
there: if you get confused or just pissed
off, don't jump to any hasty conclusions
that you may regret later.
Sincerely, Lukyn Phipps

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ing parts of the Plan are "totally unacceptable" and only considered temporary until further funding can be
obtained.
How will further funding be obtained?
The main reason why the funding for
Ecology fell short was that the
legislature did not pass a permit bill
which would have increased the cost of
discharge permits for industries and
sewage treatment plants. The Authority hopes to get this bill passed when the
legislature reconvenes. Also, the Superfund bill discussed at last Saturday's
special session includes funding for the
Authority.
There will be increased opportunities
for students to become involved in caring for Puget Sound. Part of the
Authority's plan involves a monitoring
program to increase their understanding
of Puget Sound, its resources, and the
effects of humans on water qUality. They
will rely partly on the help of citizens to
get consistent, quality information.
Citizens who volunteer will be supplied
with the knowledge and materials
necessary to make regular observations,
take samples, etc. The public is welcome
to attent the Authority's meetings,
which are held all over the Puget Sound
area. For more information call the
Puget Sound Water Quality Authority,
464-7320.

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by Aaron Yanick and Ben Tansey
The People for Open Education, or the
X Committee, met Thursday, October 8
and again October 15 to prepare for the
October 16 HEC Board meeting. The
meetill.ll.' will take place at the Double
Tree Inn at South Sound Center in Seattle. Evergreen President Joe Olander
and Director of Research Steve Hunter
are scheduled to be in attendance. The
meeting will begin at 8:30 am and will
probably last throughout the day.
Students will be allowed to attend, but
as of yet are not on the agenda·-the X
Committee has been working this week
to change that. There are students who
plan to demonstrate outside the meeting
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Intimacy in the 80's
by Barbara Gibson and Joseph Rodin
Women are asking: Why doesn't the
man in my life talk about feelings? Can
I have real intimacy with a partner?
What do I do with my anger at men? Am
'I capable of a healthy relationship? Can
my needs be met in a relationship with
a woman'! "hould 1 lJe alone'!
The traditional ways aren't working
for us, but we haven't found the new
rules, forms and feeling. We want to be
politically and spiritually correct, but our
passions aren't. We hate feeling dependent, but love to be taken care of_ We're
scared of AIDS and wonder if celibacy
is the answer.
Men are saying: How do I show
women that I value them as equals and
would like their companionship? Is it
enough to help change the way women
are treated? Do I reach out my hand?
Do women want intimacy more, or anger
more? What about sex? Can I mention
sex, can I initiate sex, or do sensitive
Evergreen men just like to hug?
Although communication between the
sexes is improving, there is still great
pressure on men to move things along
in the courtship process. .
Perhaps for the sake of clarity and
nnr!rrc:t:n1riina we can helD each other
learn to "read" our mixed messages. If
you'd like to participate ir. such an ex1J io l'atlOll, yuu I'e welcume tu aLLtllJ the
Counseling Center's group session on
relationships, meeting every Wednesday from 10 to 12 am. No pat solutions,
no dogma, no guilt--just mutual exchange of experiences, feelings, and
ideas. All sexual lifestyles, orientations,
and persuasions welcome. Call x 6800 for
more info.

-:from the Counseling Center

X., .Continued
and some instructors have offically given '
their
students time off from class
to be there_ The CPJ will be keeping
track of events. The upcoming session
may see a new revision of the so-called
"Master Plan". President Olander is
hoping that the revision will clarify
Evergreen's "uniqueness". If it does,
then it may still be possible to prevent
the institutionalization of standardized
testing at this college.

Biafra Persecuted but not
Prosecuted

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circa 1980, (I. to r.) bassist Klaus Floride, vocalist JeUo
Blafra, gwtanst East Bay Ray, drummer 9025 (replaced by current
drummer Daron Peligro).

By Samantha J. Chandler

J ello Biafra, former lead singer for the
Dead Kennedys, was quite surprised
when nine policemen raided his home_
The shock was not minimized when the
offices of his record company, Alternative tentacles, were also raided. They
had come to confiscate copies of the
poster "Landscape '20, Where are we
Coming From," made by Academy
Award winning artist H.R. Giger.
Two months later Biafra and four
others were charged with "distribution
of hannful matter to minors". The
poster shows somewhat surrealistic
male and female genitalia in several
stages of engagement.
The charges came as a result of a
California mother's complaint to the
State Attorney General who saw the
poster in the possession of her ll-yearold son_ She wrote that she found the
artwork "pornographic", She also felt it
was not sufficient that the record bore

a sticker that stated " ... the inside foldout to this record contains a work of art
by H.R. Giger that some people may
find shocking, repulsive or offensive_
Life can sometimes be that way."
If Biafra had been prosecuted it would
have meant a possible year in jail, and/or
a $2000 fme. Fortunately for him, the
case was overturned due to a lack of
evidence. Although Biafra escaped the
sentence, he and his company ended up
with over $100,000 in legal fees, $12,000
of which Biafra still owes.
Biafra is currently traveling to college
campuses in what is billed as a spoken·
ward perfonnance entitled, "No More
Censorship". The perfonnances will help
him to payoff the debl He will be speak·
ing in Evergreen's Library Lobby at
8:00 tonight to bring his mixture of
reading, poetry and humor on a number
. of issues, all revolving around constitutional rights and artistic freedom.
Tickets are still available at Rainy Day
Records. The cost is $6 for the general
public and $4 for Evergreen students
and KAOS subscribers.

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continued from previous page

by Bernie Pearsteen

Evergreen's soccer team jumped off
to a good start this season, winning four
games at the Evergreen Invitational
Tournament.They have posted a record
of five wins, two losses, and six ties as
of presstime. Coach Arno Zoske says his
bootin' GDoeys came in to the year in
good shape and played with the insides
of their heads, as well as the outsides.
"Technically, we were doing a good job
of looking for the opportunities--the
chances are there, you just have to see
them." Arno thought they played some
fine defense, too.
But all is not perfect in Soccerland, Arno says. "We have lost a little momentum light now. We'l'e playing a little bit
apprehensive. We had more of the easier
games in the first half, and now the real·
ly tough games come up. We'll be playing teams that are a class or a class and
a half ahead of us."
Sound like exciting soccer action on
the Geoduck field? You got it. Six of
the final eight games will be played
right here, sports fans, at the
Evergreen fields over there near the
Mods.

Soccer Coach
Adds Touch of
Experience

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Action Brewing for Bootin' Gooeys

Evergreen offensive player Chris Saari sinks to his knees upon missing
a goal during Saturday's match against Whitworth. Despite the opposing goal's optimistic grin, the game ended in a one-one draw.

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The Evergreen State College has a
new womens' soccer coach. Dave Brown
is a .graduate of Western Washington
University's Masters in Student Personnel Administration program. He began
his coaching career at age 18 in Seattle's
youth soccer league. Since then, Brown
has coached both high school and college
soccer.
Brown believes that he can recruit
athletes for a nationally competitive
team due to Evergreen's popularity,
con tinued on next page

The new coach gives the team some pointers

top-notch soccer facilities and supportive
administration.
However, his plimary motivation isn't
winning. "I hope what people do in soccer is a postitive, integral part of their
educational, cultural and social expelience at Evergreen."
Brown gained his most intense training overseas. This experience abroad
helped to ground his coaching
philosophy. "There's some basics to
coaching, no matter what level you coach
or what situation you're in. A good coach
will base strategy and tactics around the
good players that are available and will
adjust that against the teams you are
playing against, as opposed to having a
set idea and forcing people to fit into
your plans."
Evergreen welcomes Coach Brown to
the staff.
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Grant Brings a Diversity of Experience

Notice

Notice

Pursuant to EAC 174-162-230

by Timothy O'Brien
Diversity is one of those buzzwords
bantered around campus that is often
misused and certainly overused.
However, in the case of the newly hired
Coordinator of Media Services and
member of the faculty, Ellen Grant, the
description
"diverse"
is
an
understatement.
A Tacoma native, Grant's work
history is enough to make a Horatio
Algier feel inadequate and unambitious.
She has worked as an attorney, an
award winning cinematographer,
television news photographer, a stock
broker and a financial consultant.
While studying law at the University
of St. Louis, Grant became interested in
film making. This interest resulted in
her working as a cinematographer on
two very well-received documentaries.
"Although I finished my law degree,"
recalls Grant, "I tucked away in the
back of my mind: mm work is a lot of
fun and I want to do some more."

STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS
FOR
The 1987-88 Services and Activities Fee Review Board
are currently being solicited.
Applications

Closing Date

S&A Administrative Office
CAB 305
The Evergreen State College
206-866-6000 x6220

AU applications must be filed
with the S&A Administrative Office;
CAB 305 by 5 p.m.
Wed., October 22, 1987.

Interested Evergreen Students are encouraged to apply
regardless of their sexual orientation, race, se·x, age, handicap,
religious or political belief or national origin.

WHAT IS THE S&A BOARD?
The Services and Activities Fee Review Board is responsible for allocating Student Activity Fees to various groups
and programs throughout the college . This is an especially responsible task at TESC since, unlike most Washington
State schools, S&A fees are not used for debt service of building projects. All of the S&A fees at TESC are for
S&A programs . . . and that means people .

Upon completing law school, Grant
had returned to the northwest with the
thought of working for a law firm when
an opening at KIRO television came up
in the news department. This chance opportunity characterizes an almost quasiphilosophy of Grant's, and in part explains her most unique professional life.
"I've made career choices based on opportunities that have presented
themselves and I know I will continue
to make choices that way," she explains.
Grant spent two years at KIRO,
where she worked as a news
photographer, earning two journalism
awards, including a local Emmy.
While
her
switch
from
cinematographer
to
television
videotographer may seem to some to be
a creative step backwards, Grant
believes otherwise. "I've always looked
at photojournalism as the opportunity to
run hundreds and hundreds of feet of
mm or videotape through a camera each
day- knowing that to develop your eye
and develop that sense of esoteric that

you need, that that is the best way to
do it."
Based on her work in Seattle, Grant
was offered a position in Los Angeles at
KABC television, at that time one of the
largest markets in the country.
"L.A. is a much rougher news town
than Seattle," she says. After two years
in Los Angeles covering mudslides, fires
and floods with the occasional sniper
thrown in and an extended awardwinning piece on the Hillside Strangler,
Grant decided to call it quits.
"Not only was the job exciting and
dangerous, but also extremely physically
demanding. I was running three miles
a day and lifting weights just to stay in
condition so that I could carry all of the
necessary equipment," she recalls. "I hit
30 years old and I said that it is only a
matter of time before I get killed or
seriously injured."
So with an ace-in-the-hole in the form
of a law degree, Grant returned to the
continued on page 18

The board gets its authority from the Evergreen Administrative Codes (EAC), which arc part of the Washington
Administrative Codes (WAC). The EAC's state that the board should be composed of six student volunteers with a
one year tenure, one staff person, and one faculty member.
The S&A board is, in essence , an advisory board . Its allocation decisions arc reviewed by and negotiated with
TESC Administration. Board members should become well acquainted with the mission, goals, ol~iec.:tives, policies,
and history of the Evergreen State College. For this reason, board members should become familiar with the
college's Strategic Plan, the Covenant on Governance, and the Social Contract.
Being a board member takes a significant commitment of time and energy. Hoard members attend weekly JIIeetings
that may last anywhere from one to twelve hours . An S&A board member g'ets hands-on expericnce in budgeting,
management, policy making, and administration. It is a philosophical and political task that affects people's lives
and the present and future of the Evergreen State College.

THE SELECTION PROCESS
The selection committee will hold interviews of all applicants in public meetings and suhmit a list of fi/ur hoard
members and three alternates to the S&!\ coordinator for tentative selection .
Due to changes in Governance hours and to accommodate the applicants and community, the selection cOJllmittee
will hold two interview sessions.
First Session
Second Session
Monday, Oct. 26, 1987
Friday, Oct. 30, 1987
Lib 2205
Lib 2205
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
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each interview session.
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to share her skills and enth:us1a8m with tM Evergreen community. She is one of eight members of the faculty
hired this year.

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Opinion
New Legal Counsel ·Brings Justice Closer
by Timothy O'Brien
A new administrative post was
created last summer. Former
Washington State Assistant Attorney
General Shawn Newman joined the
President's staff in July as College Legal
Counsel. Newman will be responsible for
all internal legal affairs of the college and
act as a liaison with the Attorney
General's office.
Newman describes his primary function as being a preventative one. "By
having an in-house counsel, the college
will not only save on their legal expenses
with the Attorney General's office but
be able to take some preventative law
measures and clarify some of the existing rules and regulations", said
Newman.
The Attorney General's office charges
the college by the hour, as it does all
state agencies, for legal services.
Newman estimated that the college paid
$150,000 in legal fees to the Attorney
General's office during the 1985-87 biennium. By having a lawyer on staff, he
may also save the college incalcuable
monies by idenifying legal problems
before they occur_

Shawn Newman has found hiB 8ervice8 are very much in demand. When
he'8 not writing conciBe legal opinions,
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Two of the more pressing issues
Newman has been studying are the new
federal affinnative action regulations
and faculty rehire procedures. "I am
reviewing some of our policies, not
because they are illegal, but some may
have been superceded by other regulations," Newman said. "There is a need
for clarification of some of the rules and
regulations of the college."
Newman will also act as the college's
copyright and public records officer in
addition to handling appeals concerning
student residency status. At this time,
all requests for legal advice or access to
public records are being channeled to
Newman through the appropriate Vice
President.
Newman describes himself as an
:lnimal rights expert and serves as President of the Olympic Wildlife Rescue project. His other cOmn1unity activities include representing low-income clients
through the Puget Sound Legal
Assistance Foundation and he sits on the
Advisory Board of the Olympia Urban
League.
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Versus the National Guard

People
•

To the Evergreen and Olympia
communities:
I am writing to infonn people about
the Washington National Guard's proposal to move their Watercraft Support
Maintenance and Training Center to
Olympia's West Bay Drive. The Center
would be located near the foot of Brawne
Street and would serve as the base of
operations for the 144th Transportation
Battalion. It would involve the construction of a 600 foot pier out into Budd Inlet, as well as offices, claasrooms, and
about 34,000 square feet of indoor work
area for sandblasting, painting, sheet
metal fabrication, and other
maintenance work on the 30 ships which
would be based there. In order to accommodate the 500 or so guardsmen who
would descend on the base about once
a month, a 15,000 square foot parking lot
will also need to be constructed.
Last Wednesday, October 7, I attended the last of three public meetings
which were intended to infonn Olympia
residents about the proposal, as well as
to answer questions and solicit comments from the community. The
meeting was attended by about 200 pe0ple, most of whom had come out of concern for the impact this installation
would have on West Olympia. We were
treated to a 20 minute slide show
presented by the Guard which was intended to infonn us about the nature of
the installation and the activities of the
Guard. We learned that the Guard's major activities include building park trails
with bulldozers and giving 'civilans'
rides on tugs and launches at events
such as Olympia's Harbor Days_ We
were also. infonned that the Guard
would meet all zoning and environmental concerns, and that the installation
would not be built if there was a significant community opposition.
Brigadier General Bob Watling then
fielded questions from the audience for
abo\lt all' hour and a half, a position that
I did not envy. He W88 forced into
several corners by questioners, and
received a great deal of criticism. I do
not have much sympathy for him,
however, as I felt his characterization of
the Guard's search for a site W88
patronizing and ~cere. During his in·
itial presentation, he repeatedly imp~ed

that Olympia W88 the only one of several
sites being considered by the Guard, and
he had to be asked several times before
he would admit that Olympia is the
only site still under consideration where
the Guard has made any public presentations or solicited community input. In
other words, Olympia is their first choice
unle88 they can be convinced otherwise.
And the assertion in the slide show that
all zoning and environmental requirements would be met was flatly contradicted by his admission that the
Guard would have to obtain waivers
from city zoning ordinances and from the
Shoreline Management Act.
I can't say I was surprised by the
Guard's attempt to gloss over the impact
this installation would have on the Olympia community_ That I felt insulted by
their presentation does not make me any
more supportive of the Guard's proposal_ There are, however, environmental, logistical, and philosphical objections
which I have to the facility. The impact
which the Guard installation would have
on the ecology of Budd Inlet would be
substantial.·Of course, "no specific information is available at this time" about
the ecological effects, but the Guard
would have to dredge a substantial
volume of dirt to accommodate its ships,
some of which are almost 200 feet long.
The Guard then plans to use this dirt to
"manufacture" 5 to 7 acres of land that
would be needed for on-shore facilities.
The entire installation would thus be
built entirely on land which dOes not now
exist. Additionally, the facility would
generate approximately 150 tons of
hazardous waste each year and would
store tho~ of gallons of fuel on the
site. The potential for pollution from the
daily maintenance activities at the facility, not to mention from accidents such
as fuel spills, greatly concerns me.
There are also logistical problems with
the proposed site. The congestion that
would be caused by 500 people driving
there on the few roads which 3CCe88 it
would be a nightmare. The noise that
would be generated should also be of
concern to nearby residents. The site,
which is BWTOunded by residential
neighborhoods, seems a wholly inappropriate place for such a facility.
These are, in My mind, - sufticient

reasons for opposing t~e Guard's plans.
But I must also say that the proposal for
a new military installation in Olympia
makes me sick. I do not want to live in
an area where the economy becomes
dependant on military dollars. I do not
want to see $12 million wasted on an installation that is intended to increase
U.S. prep;u-edness to commit military
atrocities. The mentality which believes
that we must continue to prepare for
genocidal and suicidal actions is .one
which I will not invite into this community. The Guard's proposal would not only have a severe impact on the physical
environment, but stands as a symbol of
the wastefulness of military spending
and of the destructiveness of the
military mindset.
I urge all concerned citizens to write
their elected representatives and to take
other action opposing this invasion. The
National Guard was recently stopped by
community action in Tacoma from putting this installation on Commencement
Bay. We can stop the National Guard.

Write to:
National Guard
Ash 2 General
Camp Murray
Tacoma, WA 98430
Olympia City Council
900 Plum S.E.

Olympia, WA 98501
Port of Olympia
Port Commissioners
915 Washington NE
Olympia, WA 98501
Representatives Jolene Unsoeld and
Jennifer Belcher
House Office Building
Olympia WA 98501
Senator Mike Kreidler
John Chert>erg Building, Rm. 425
Olympia WA 98504
Sincerely,
Eric Kuhner

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Student Demonstrators
by Andrea Miller
Seven Evergreen students and alumni are slated to stand trail next month
in a case whose critical issue is divesting
state holdings in South Africa.
The defendents are presently charged with disorderly conduct following an
April 8 confortation with security and
state patrol officers on the steps of the
Capitol Building.
According to defendent Larry Hildes,
an Evergreen student, the arrests were
the culmination of efforts by the
Evergreen Anti-Apartheid Alliance to
rally support among legislators for two
divestment bills in the House and Senate
last session. The Alliance, a campus
group organized in July 1986, began with
the intention of educating students and
the surrounding community about apar- .
theid and divesment, later intensifying

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work toward state divestment through
lobbying and attending hearings at the
Capitol.
Divestment is both a serious political
and ethical issue now plaguing government on every level in this country. Of
$2 billion invested for the Washington
State Employees Pension Fund, approximately half is invested in South African
interests. A great deal is at stake if
divestment is legislated by this state's
lawmakers. Industry, banking and insurance companies are well aware that
they stand to lose millions of dollars if
the hatchet falls. Consequently, many of
this state's legislators are guarded in
their actions toward bills like those that
stood before them last session.
When Senate bill 5658 failed in 26-23
vote, those involved with the Alliance
were aware that "further action", as
Hildes described it, had to be taken to

put Apartheid on Trial

stabilize SUpPGrt for House bill A23, the
stronger of two bills. With every
Republican opposing 5658, the need to
turn votes among Senate Rupublicans
was critical.

"At that point we knew there was going to be a problem," Hildes said in a recent interview. "The decision was made
at that tim!! that some kind of action be
taken, probably some kind of
disobedience."
When approximately 60 people
entered the offices of two key
Republicans and sat in the hallway,
security and state patrol officers arrived and physically removed them from
the building and locked the doors. The
group then made ' their way to the
Capitol Building to gain entrance to the
Rules Committe hearing, where at that
time the House bill was being discussed. Officers quickly barred the group
from accessing the public meeting and
finally locked them out of the building.
"At that point we decided to call their
bluff; if they weren't going to let us in,
we weren't going to let them out,"
Hildes recalled.

With the doors blockaded by the
crowd, the officers took action of their
own, gaining exit from the building and
arresting Hildes and six other

Evergreen students soon after for
"demonstrationg without a permit",
''We weren't actually attempting to
hold a demonstration", Hildes said, "but
that didn't really seem to matter to them
Oaw enforcement officials)".
At their arraignment, the defendents
were surprised to le'lrn that the charge
had been changed from "demonstrating
without a permit" to "disorderly conduct." Hildes said that the defendents
are still trying to determine whether
that is a legal action.
"There have been a lot of very strange
things about this case", Hildes continued. "They (the state) tried to flle a
motion demanding all of our defenses,
demanding a list witnesses, and didn't
bother to inform any of us of this. They
informed the public defender who was
acting for some of us. They never
bothered to inform the two of us who
were pro ae (defending themselves

without legal counsel) or any ot the
defendents." The motion was subsequently thrown out of court.
The fmal pre-trial hearing on October
20 at the Thurston County District
Courthouse will determine whether the
defendents may use a "necessity

defense" to justify politically and morally the actions that led up to their arrest.
According to Hildes the argument is
similar to that used by many political
defendents and locally by a group of doctors arrested two years ago at the South
African consulate in Seattle. The motion
initially filed by the state will ask the
court to suppress any evidence relating
to South Africa.
''We have ample proof that we have
exhaused every other possible option,"
Hildes said of the countermotion.
The trial is scheduled for November
2 at the district courthouse, ironically
the day before state elections. Hildes
noted that many anti-divestment
legislators are on the ballot this year.
Hildes is optimistic about the trail's outcome and the influence it will have on

future divestment measures in the
legislature. He remains steadfast in his
convictions concerning the effectiveness
of divestment on pressuring South
Africa to abandon its apartheid policy.
"I've seen it work", Hildes concluded.
"It's obviously had an effect. It hasn't
brought down the government overnight, but they've been reacting to it,
and it's weakened their position. They're
becoming more desperate as the situation heats up, and this has helped in that
it has taken a lot of their crediblity
away.".
A pre-trial rally is scheduled f~r October 19 in Red Square. Hildes encourages students to attend the October
20 hearing as well as the November 2
trial. More information concerning these
events and apartheid issues can be obtained from Hildes at the Peace Center.

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Old Growth Days
by Sandra Schaad

I stood this summer among trees much
older than I, older, in fact, than the
United States of America. Trees that
towered long before the first Europeans
appeared in ships along the eoast. Trees
that belonged to a vast forest of Sitka
spruce, western hemlock, western red
cedar and Douglas fIr. Trees that defIned the Pacific Northwest and enveloped
the wealthiest societies on the North
American continent-those of the salmon·
based Native Americans. Trees that
stood.
They seemed to me the most powerful creatures alive, as their roots taught
my feet to feel deep into the earth. And
like a great trunk reaching into branches, growing upward from there, my
spirit suddenly remembered exactly
where it was.
And from there, the utter violence of
bulldozers spoke of the .end of
timelessness, the beginning of the fmal
turnings of the clock. We stood rooted,
the trees and I, but the timber cutters
saw only one protester. Had I been of
a different nature, they would have
divided me too into boardfeet. But as it
was they watched, puzzled, as my
friendo and I chained ourselves to their
bulldozers, blocked their logging trucks,
and shut down the huge yarder that
dragged the felled trees up that steep
hillside.
They couldn't seem to understand why
we would do something so drastic, so
radical. There were many ironies that
day-·radical means "getting to the
roots". The Forest Service, which
serves forest a La board-feet to all its fat
timber company customers, told us to
move off of that public road because we
were preventing these people from making a living. No, no, I said, they are mak·
ing a dying.
The trees simply stood, evolving as
they have for millions of years, speaking wisdom, until they hit the ground
with a numbing crack that didn't begin
to say goodbye.
And I wondered, during those long
hours of waiting for the expected arrest,
who was going to make our society
remember its 'spirit, and how thisspirit .

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was going to know where it was, after
the old growth ecosystems are gone. I
wondered, too, how soon we would
forget the grizzlies that would never
return, the spotted owls that even now
fly on numbered days, the wolves that
once howled for their comrades from
those ridgetops. I wondered what the
people in the cities thought as they watched us on their televisions, read about
us in their newspapers, slandered us in
their editorials. Later I would hear the
all·too-expected answer: "I think that
it's an important issue, but I don't agree
with your tactics. Why don't you work
with the systems, instead of forcing your
opinions on people who are just trying
(sound familiar?) to make a living?" Why
don't we work within the ecosystem, I
thunder! The system is anti-ecosystem!
We never did get arrested, and after
days of getting in the way, of costing the
contractors thousands of dollars, we had
to go home to jobs and families. We had
kept a few 800-year-old trees standing
for a few more days, and we had alerted
!l few more people who are beginning to
realize where we are and that one of the
greatest ecosystems on earth is being
squandered. But that, for the moment,
was all we could do.
The Forest Service's recently-released
Five-Year Plan will punch holes in the
last remaining roadless areas in the Northwest, and despite many trees, despite
national parks, despite some beautiful
scenery that will remain, a sustainable
old growth ecosystem, with all its dependent species, will not remain, unless
there is protest of every kind from a
great number of folks who hope that one
day there will be a great forest here
again.
After living my fIrst 20 years here ·in
the Pacific Northwest, I fInally became
a native standing with a great red cedar.
And if they tear these roots up, they will
. bear a native scream.

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Learning

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Westward ... Ho, Ho, Ho. As you recall from last week Esther
and ~ fa.mily finally arrived in Epsie, Montana after a diff!-cult ~ ln an old Ford Coupe. The year is 1933, and the family
UI learnlng to cope with daily life on the homestead under ther
great wide Montana sky.

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It was a relief to find that after the long, empty stretches, there
were quite a few homesteads here. I am sorry to say we laughed at the "Large Barn," as the unpainted building didn't look
very big compared to the ones in South Dakota. After a few years
it looked much larger, it is still there, I can see it from our win·
dow now.
I had never met the relatives here and we went to their place,
getting there at eleven o'clock. They told us that the house we
were to live in was crawling with bedbugs and we had to do
something about them first. They asked us to stay for awhile.
They were a large family and several other relatives were there.
so we added a lot of work but Aunt Margrette was lJ,ble to cope
with all of us.
A stove to cook on was ready and Uncle John went with Bal11ey
to Miles City, about 90 miles north to get something. They took
the trailer and came back with springs for the bed that cost five
dollars and that seemed like too much. We had to have a tub
and washboard and some formaldehyde to keep out the bedbugs.
only it didn't work. When we moved in, the place stunk like fUl'Y
but the bugs went far back in the cracks in the logs and at night
came out en 'masse. Kerosene applied with a feather helped some
even if it wasn't the best odor to sleep with.
There were two rooms, a kitchen and a bedroom. If you have
never lived in a homestead shack, good for you! You haven't missed a thing except dirt and shale falling down everywhere when
the wind blows and mud coming down the stovepipe when it
rained.
I was talking with an elderly neighbor one day and she told
me she came with her sister from Canada to live with their father
on the homestead. "A sudden downpour of rain come," she said,
"It leaked down on the table, the beds and in the soup cooking
on the stove. I wanted to raise my umbrella to stand under but
my sister wouldn't let me. She said it would bring bad luck."
The floor had cracks between the boards and Mal'la delighted
in taking a piece of silverware and watch it disappear in the dark
empty space underneath. There was a small cornel' closet, made
of rough boards and it was big enough for the few clothes we
had. That was the only time I ever had enough closet space. There
were no windows on the north side of the house, most of them
were like that to keep it warmer in winter. It gave me a c06'J)ed
up feeling.
.
It was shirt sleeve weather when we left Missouri; here there
was still some,snow in the low places. One night there was a light
snow and when the sun came out it all went up in steam. I step·
ped outside to throwaway the dishwater and couldn 't figure out
for a minute j ust what was happening as it looked like the whole
world was on flJ"e.
The saying that Montana is a "Next Year Country" didn't mean
much to us at fll'St, but we learned. The dry years had set in
and those who had lived here when crops were good, hoped that
it would rain enough and at the right times, next year. The men
exchanged work and machinery and waited for the moisture to
fall. There was very little. Barney put in five acres of beans and

Live

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the sage hens used the patch for a scratching ground to dust
themselves and ate whatever came up. We ate a few of them.
The breast is good eating when sliced and fried like steak.
There was a windmill to pump water into a stock tank, near
the house. Barney ploughed up a patch for a garden close enough
to irrigate it. He used old well pipe to get the water to the rows.
We had started tomato seeds in the house and had to start them
twice as one day after watching me pull out the Russian thistles
that came up in the soil , Marla pulled out the tomato plants.
Whe.n t~e hot weather came, the sun felt like it was burning
our skm, It was such dry heat. Some days the wind didn't blow.
If the windmill started to turn we would hurry out with a bucket
to get some drinking water, only to have it stop before we 'got
there. The hard water was good for the garden, but it was poor
for drinking. Mter it set a while it would turn brown and taste
bad. It was like a dose of Epsom salts and a person was better
off not to drink too much,

"'A sudden downpour of rain come," she
said, 'It leaked down on the table, the beds
and in the soup cooking on the stove. I
wanted to raise my umbrella to stand
under but my sister wouldn't let me. She
said it would bring bad luck. '"
Some hot days a few clouds would float by and when they hid
the sun, the ail' was so cool it would make a person shiver. When
the sun shone again, it was as hot as ever. The grain needed
moisture and crops were light. Our garden did fine after we
caught on that each row had to have an irrigation ditch, a couple
of large ones didn't do the job.
The tomatoes and green beans did extra good, we had a lot
to eat and to can. It was a hot job keeping the jars of beans boiling for several hours in a wash boiler on the range. The tomatoes
went a little faster but it was still tiring to do it day after day.
They lasted all winter and we were lucky to have them, we were
SO lucky. Getting the jars was a hassle. We admired the wide
mouth ones but they cost more than we could pay. The pickles
did good too, we gave some away and put a big wooden barrel
full down in the coal bin where it wouldn't freeze. In the brine
they lasted almost until spring. One day I was reaching in and
instead of getting a pickle, it was a mouse. It's hair was all off,
slick as could be. The barrel was dumped as we were tired of
pickles anyway.
After dark it was wise to stay indoors as the rattlesnakes came
down from the rocky hills to get in the shade of the buildings
and they came out at night. They could get under the house as
the bottom logs were laid on stones with cracks between and
they could go right in. One school girl did get bitten by a rattlesnake that summer, when she went to the outhouse after dark.
She was rushed to the doctor and got over it alright. Later when
I talked to her and asked if it hurt, she said, "No, I only felt
a little tickle. "
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northwest. There, she landed ajob as an
associate with the Seattle attorney,
Faye Enyeart. After one year, Grant
was offered a partnership in the fIrm. In
1982, when her law partner decided to
seek a judgeship, Grant was faced with
the prospect of managing a law fJ.rm or
doing something completely different.
Guess what?
The following four years found Grant
pursuing a business career. She worked
as a fmancial consultant, stock broker
and institutional fIxed income specialist
for two brokerage flrms in the Seattle
area.
Prior to beginning her position at
media services at the end of June, Grant
had been doing freelance film and video
photography. One of the works she com·
pleted in this period was a documentary
about female judges in Washinton State.
Given her background, Grant would
seem to fIt the classic example of an
(,ver achiever. Not so, she says. The
term "over-achiever" connotates one
who has gone beyond their capabilities.
"I think I strive to use my potential to
the fullest," she said. ined. "Believe it
or not, there is a thread of continuity in
my work history; all of those jobs show
that I am extremely tenacious, assertive, reasonably intelligent and
reasonably creative.

It is obvious that Grant's broad range
of skills and experience would enhance
any learning community, but she feels
that Evergreen in particular will make
full use of all she has to offer. She cites
the freedom and flexibility of the college
as being especially appealing to her.
"There is no question that the environrrient of Evergreen was particularly enticing to me," she commented.
As coordinator of Media Services, she
deflnes her primary goal as further integrating all Media Services projects
with academic programs. "I look upon
my duties as an educator as being equally important with my responsibilities as
an administrator," Grant said. "I think
that the strongest element of media ser-

vices is the energy and talent of the
staff. If there is some directional
ch:illenge for me, it is to develop policies
and programs that allow those people to
do the things that they do best."
Grant described the equipment in the
department as being adequate, but
acknowledges that the VHS facilities are
overutilized, due in part to its wide use
by various academic programs. "Weare
in the process of developing a five-year
plan based on our assessment of
academics and other college needs,"said
Grant. "There are some very important
considerations that we have to make as
a group because some of the equipment
either has to be replaced or scraped all
together."

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AFTER THE

The white porcelain duck
on the shelf in your kitchen
sternly disapproves of me,
but I don't care.

I~VASION

On dark nights, the women cry together
washing their faces, the backs of their hands
with tears -- talking to their grandmother, Moon,
about the way life got confused. Sorrow
comes through tunnels like the wind and wails
inside an empty womb. The need to be cherished,
to be touched by hands that hold sacred objects,
that play the drums and know the holy songs,
rises and moves as certain as the stars
Women murmur about men who don't sing
when women grind the corn. There are too many
mysteries men learn to ignore; they drink together
and make lewd remarks -- defeat makes them forget
to see the magic when women dance, the touch of foot
upon the Earth that mothers them and bears
their bodies across the wide universe of sky.
Men brag how many touch them, who they use,
forget to help women whose love must feed
children speak of fathers harder to hold
than distant mountains; fathers as inconstant
as the movement of the air. Mothers cook corn
and beans and dream of meat and fIsh to fill
the storage baskets and the pots. On dark nights,
the women whisper how they love, whisper
how they gave and gave until they have no more ...
the guilt of being empty breaks their hearts.
They weep for sisters who have learned to hate,
who have gone crazy and learned to hurt
the fragile web that makes the people whole.
Together, women struggle to remember how to live,
nurture one another, and pray that life will fIll
their wombs that men and women will come
to Earth wh~ know that breath is a sacred gift
before the rising sun and love can change
the world as sure as the magic in any steady song.

The way you draw me
smacks, each time like
fresh flsh unfolded from
newspaper wrapping,
pungent and mysterious.
Warm, malted drops,
sweet vinegar for spice
or the palest ale.
These are not tears,
I am crying,
these are not tears
I am crying
for you.

Just a Dream
We walk, my friend and I.
Beside steel mesh, on cracked cement.
Children laugh. Where we, children, once played.
Gray metal sound, engines race.
Mechanical rhythm pulls close.
Blue Z - cold blue twenty two.
Charged lead plunges to my belly.
Three little scabs, I look to my painless gut
Absorb the lead - cover it up with a scar.
R. Nelson

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We have a unique opportunity for someone special.
A chance to spend two years in another country. To live
and work in another culture. To learn a new language and
acquire new skills.
The person we're looking for might be a farmer
a forester, or a retired nurse. Or maybe a teacher a '
mechanic, or a recent college graduate.
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workmg m ~ developmg countries around the world.
To help people live better lives ..
We need someone special. A nd we ask a lot.
But only because so much is needed. If this sounds
interesting to you, maybe you're the person we' re
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EDUCATION
The Parent Rescource Center is sponsoring How To Talk So Your Children
Will Listen. This class is free and wj.~
begin on October 23. It will be held
every Friday from 1:00-3:00 pm. For
' more informationpre-registration call
866-6000 X6036 or 943-0597.
To help students become familiar with
the steps in Internship Planning the
Cooperative Education Office is sponsoring several orientation sessions for those
students interested in winter quarter internships. These workshops will be held
at 4:30 pm in L1420 on October 14, 19,
21,26, and 28. For more info. drop by
the office Monday through Friday from
3:00-5:00 pm.
Learning from Lectures an academic
survival workshop with pointers to
develop and enhance listening and note
taking skills. Brought to you on Monday, October 19from 3:30-5:00 pm in
L1612 by Key Special Services. For
more information call X6464.
Learn how to make this wood burning
season both safe and comfortable in a
free class on Woodburning Safety and
Burning Efficiency, Thursday, October 22, from 7:00-9:00 pm at the
Tenino Elementary School. For more information contact the Energy Outreach
Center at 943-4595.
A free presentation of Reiki, the Usui
system of natural healing, will take place
on Tuesday, October 20,7:00-9:00 pm.
For morn information call 357-8692.
Health Professionals And A.I.D.S.
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be presented by the Olympia AID!:) Task
Force on October 15 at the Olympia
Community Center from 7:00-9:00 pm.
Registration at the door begins"llt 6:30
pm. The cost is $5.00 per persol).
Speakers will be from Thurston County Health Department, St. Pete r
Hospital and Sound Home Health. For
more information, call 352-2375.
Becoming an Enviromental Professional is the theme of the Fourth Annual Enviromental Careers Conference
on November 6 and 7 at the University
of Washington in Seattle. The CEIPsponsored conferences will focus of successful strategies for those wishing to
build a career in the environmental
orgainzations. For more information-registration, call
the Environmental Intern Program (EPl) at
625-1750. Space in the program will
be limited, so di it now!

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Learn how to identify and handle safely, common toxic substances used in
your home in a free class sponsored'by
the Energy Outreach Center and the
Department of Ecology. The class will
be on Thursday, October 29, from
7:00-9:oopm at the Lacey Council
Chambers, 420 College St. Contact the
Center at 9434595 for more information.

ETHICS & POLITICS
TESC will host a talk by Francisco ·
Cali, a Guatemalan human rights
worker. Cali has been in exile for about
five years. He will speak at 7:30 pm on
October 20 in Lecture Hall 4 at The
Evergreen State College. This free
event is sponsored by Innerplace and
Campus Ministries. Call 357-3928 for
more information.

TESC Counseling Center presents:
Parent as Student, or, How to be more
effective at home and at school by balancing family responsibilities and
academics. Running October 21
through December 9, 12:00 - 1:00,
Wednesdays. This group is open
thoughout the season to parents only.
Free to all full-time students. For more
information and-or to register, contact
the Counseling Center , SEM 2109, extension 6800.

Cluster Chapter Meeting. Saturday,
October 17, 9:30 am-4:30 pm at Univer·
sity of Puget Sound, Tacoma. Call Pat
or Suzanne for carpooling information.
Amnesty International group~ from the
Northwest Region will be getting
together for workshops, presentations
by special speakers and planning sessions. If you are new to Amnesty International this will be a good opportunity
to learn more about the organization.

Due to popular demand, the Career
Development office will conduct another
GRE pratice test to be given on Friday
November 6, at 8:00 am til noon in Lecture Hall!. Please register in the Career
Development Office, L1401 , or call
X6193 for more information.

Central America; slide show and
discussion hosted by TESC student
David Abeles will take place in CAB 110
on October 22, at 12:15 pm. Those who
have never discussed the Central
American conflict in detail are especially welcome.

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Beyond War Campaign, October 24,
12:30--3:15 pm. This series of educational
modules address the tough questions
we, as a nation, must answer. Will we
choose to use our talents, rescources and
technology to preserve the earth and
make a better world for all -- or will we
continue to drift toward nuclear
holocaust? For more details, please call
943-3366.

MUSIC & DANCE
On Saturday, October 17, the Tom
Russel Tio, Wolves and Friends will
perfonn a concert of jazz and improvisational music on strings, percussion and
winds to raise money for Wolf Haven.
This marks the beginning of Saturday
"Howl Ins" which will continue
thoughout the fall and winter. Guided
tours of Wolf Haven begin at 4:00 pm,
and the concert begins at 6:00 pm. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for kids under
15, and free for children under six. Wolf
Haven is located 3111 Offut Lake Road,
Tenino W A. For more infonnation, call
206-264-2775.
Come dance to the African drums and
mirimbas of DuMi and Minanzi III, on
October 17, in the Olympia Ball Room,
116 Legion way, at 9:00 pm. Cost is $5
at the door. This event is held to support of local Midwifery.
Music at the Rainbow: Jon Glanzberg,
October 16, cost $2. We Three, October
17, cost $5. Live Jazz byY.U.R.U., Oc·
tober 22, cost $2. Stoneypoint, October
23,cost $4. Ber Wilson, October 24,cost
$5.
Come listen to Skip Elliott and
Friends, a jazz trio, at Barb's Soul
Cuisine and Jazz City, 203 W. 4th,
Downtown Olympia on Friday, October
23, at 8:00 pm. There's no cover charge.
For more info call 786-9835.
Dinosaurs, Jack of Roses, Raging
Maggots, Special Guests & Pri~ce of
Light celebrate at the Crabbygoat's annual hightime show on All Saint's Day,
November 1 at 7:30 at Parker's, 170th
& Aurora. This yearly musical treat is
open for those who are 21 years old and
have I.D. to prove it. Advance tickets
are $12.50 (or $26.00 if you want dinner
to go with your music) and are available
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542-9491.
The Washington Center for the Perfor·
ming Arts presents a diverse selection
of activities in October. "The Mikado"
will be performed by the Olympia
Chorale and Light Opera on October
16-18, 23 and 24. Tickets range from
$6-$12. On October 20 there will be a 1st
Church of Christian Scientists public lec·
ture. This event is free. The Olympia
Symphony Orchestra will preform on
October 25. The cost will be from $6-$12.

The Nortwest Winds Quintet will perform at 8:00 pm October 17 in the TESC
Recital Hall. Cost is "'.50 for students
and seniors, and $6.50 for regular admission. For more information, call
866-6833.
Blues Jam every Weanesday with
Sweatband 9:00 pm to midnight. Cost
is only a dollar. Groove dance or bring
your own ax and jam at the 4th Street
Tavern, 210 J. 4th, Olympia, phone
786-1444.

PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Peace Corps will be showing the
film "The Toughest Job You'll Ever
Love", October 26 and a film on
deforestation on October 27. They will
both occur from 3:30-4:30 pm in CAB
108. The Peace Corps 'will also be
holding interviews on November 12
from 9:00 am-4:00 pm. For more info. call
Career Placement at X6193.
Open Meditation, Singinr and Reflection. Inner Place, Library 3225, Thursday's at 5:30.
The Space Committee will meet onMonday, October 26 at 9:00 am in SEM
3126.
Feel an affinity to anarchy? Want to find
out more about it? Interested in meeting
other anarchists? You are welcome to an
Anarchist Open HOUle on WedneIday,
October 21 in the West Room of the
Timberland Library at 7:00 pm. For
more information please call 943-6946.
In recognition of October as National
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crime prevention experts are joining
together to meet the public at informational displays. The displays, which include anti crime and drugs slideshows
and videos, police vehicles, and McGruff,
the Crime Prevention Dog, will be at the
Capital Mall on Saturday. October 24
from 10:00 am, and Sunday, October 25,.
from 12 noon to 5:00 pm.
The HiJther Edueation Coordinating
Board will hold a meeting on Friday,
October 16. at 8:30 pm at the
Doubletree Inn ·-Banyan Room,
Strander and Southcenter Blvd., Seat;..
tle. Board actions will include: Higher
Education Services in Puget Sound and
Approval of Revisions to the Master
Plan.
Free Western Washington Barter Faire
at Rainbow Valley, Oetober 23,24,25.
Rainbow Valley is located two miles
south of Little Rock, W A, on highway
121, exit 95, off of 1-5.

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A free performance lecture by Long
Nguyen and Linda Dowdell is scheduled for 7:00 pm, Friday, October 30,at
Broadway Performance hall. Contact
the Hall at 32-DANCE for more
information.
A Shared Destiny, a religious conference exploring the relationships between animals and humans, will be held
on October 30 and 31, at the University Congregational Church, 4515 16th
Avenue N.E., Seattle. For more information, call 632-6021.

Wilderness Resource Center Planning
Meeting for ·November and December
trips on Tuesday, October 20, 5:30 pm
in CAB 14, in the CAB basement (take
the elevator).

RECREATION
The Wilderness Resource Center is
sponsoring a basic rock climb to Castle
Peak in Mt. Rainer National Park on
Sunday, October 18. The cost is $5.50.
For more information call X6530.

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Men's Winter Basketball Leagues-basketball teams interested in participating in the Olympia Parks and
Recreation's Winter League may
register through October 20 at the
Olympia Center, 222 N. Columbia, 8:00
am--9:00 pm weekdays. Current league
fees are $239.00 + $11.00 per player.
Teams are guaranteed a minium of
twelve games. Registration forms and

SUPPORT
Lesbian Rap Group; Tuesdays, 7:00 to
9:00 pm at the Lesbian-Gay Resource
Center, Library 3223. Gay Mens' Rap
Group; Thursdays, 7:00 to 9:00 pm at
the Lesbian-Gay Resource Center,
Library 3223.

VISUAL ARTS
The Seattle Opera will be presenting
The Magic Flute, opening October 31.
For performance andor ticket information, call the Seattle Opera at 443-4700.
China Slide Show, sponsored by
Evergreen Political Information Center

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Olympia, on October 16, at 7:00 pm, in
Lecture Hall 2. For more info, call
EPIC, 866-6000 X6144.
S&A and Supplemental Events present
the San Francisco Mime Troupe production of Mozamgolla, a muscial production addressing issues surrounding
U.S. involvement in South Africa. There
will be a single performance on Monday,
October 19, in the Library Lobby at 8:00
pm. Admission is $5.00. Also, students
interested in volunteering for production
are needed. If interested, contact Kathy
Ybarra at Student Activities, CAB
X6220.

Special Note
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you have an event coming, we must have
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