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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letters to the Editor
3
News--Day of Absence
5
The Master Plano-Source of a n ew rebellion
6
Education T hrough Bennett's Eyes--He's not enro ll ed he re
9
Lines Test Stud ents Too--A Story
10
How to be REALLY Board--The new S&A Coord in ator
11
Environment--Initiative 97 comes from the people
--Tax ies And U.S . Policy
12
15
Travel--Epsie, Montana
17
Poetry
19
: Kristin Fontaine. Kathleen Kelly. Sean
Farnand. Rod van Emelen. Samantha
Chandler. Whitney Ware, Sheri Hinshaw,
Guy Daley, Ben Tansey , Susan Finkel. Julie
Williamson, Philip Bransford, Andrea Miller,
Poole , David George , and a cast of
housands.
I .
Greener's Speak--What do you Think of the Master Plan
20
Calendar--Lotsa stuff
22
An informational session on the
school's greivance procedure will be held
Wednesday, October 14 at 3:30 pm at
Library 3200. Vice President for Student Affairs Gail Martin and newly appointed Network Adjudicator Dave Hitchens will be facilitating. See page 13 for
mOre on the Network.
T 'he cpJ wishes to thank Don 's Camera for
generously donating an immense supply of
film . It should keep us going for quite
sometime and we are very much obliged .
Letters - - - - - - - - - CORRECTION:
Last week's Verbiage section did not
include the Lesbian-Gay · Resource
Center located in Library 3228, ext.
6544. The Center offers much 8Upport
to lesbian and gay students, has' a great
deal of literature availalbe to anyone and
offers many other benefits.
S&A Board Applications are available at
CAB 305. For more info, call X6220.
We need artists at the CPJ. We're looking for
a new masthead(front page logo). We're also
looking for interesting illustrations and artistic
surprises. Interested? Come see us at 306A in
the CAB.
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The Cooper Point Journal is published
at the Evergreen State College, Olympia, W A 98505, (206) 866-6000, extension
6213. Views expressed are not necessarily those of anyone in particular. We do
not necessarily endorse ~ advertisers,
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The Square Roots, a group that played on campus this week, will be playing at the HUB auditorium at the University of Washington Monday, October 12 at 8:00 pm for free. They will playa second engagement Oct. 13 at 9:00 at the
Ballard Backstage. This isn't free.
In last week's issue on page two an
article appeared descnbing a cluSter contract. It contained a few errors.
The title of the cluster contract is now
"Transitions: Community Newtwords in
an Electronic ~. They will be working through and with the Telecommunity Acce88 Project (TAP), which is a proj ect of Further Development, a local
non-profit educational organization. The
telephone number for infonnation about
the contract is 857-907'9.
There will be more difinitive article
about this contract in a later issue of the
paper.
the m"Or8.
TheCPJ
Kill the Plan
Dear Evergreen
Yesterday, being a Thursday, was my
political day of the week. I attended a
typical Evergreen planning meeting for
Initiative 97 where a few determined
students showed up, and I attended an
extremely energized meeting with 60
students and faculty on the Master Plan.
I applauded the advertising that pulled in the biggest crowd for a political
meeting that I had ever seen at
Evergreen.
I don't claim to know everything about
Initiative 97 or about the Master Plan.
I do want, however, to point out that
both of these issues are closely related.
Much of the concern over the Master
Plan seems to get back to corporate
power trying to mold Washington and
the people in it into a better "business
environment". I say "better" because
we have already, as a state, set our
primary goals of pleasing big business
and promoting economic growth. Some
examples of this back-bend~g include
protecting a certain large employer from
a hostile takeover, renting our research
universities for their military research,
and, of course, allowing corporations to
underbid out of state competitors by
subsidizing their disposal and cleanup of
toxic wastes. This subsidy will be largely
paid in human suffering by the people
who work, live and love near our 'state's
158 toxic waste sites.
Both the stopping of the Master Plan
and the Initiative 97 campaign are important issues. Both are on deadlines. At
this time it is not yet clear what will stop
the Master Plan. It is clear what will
clean up Washington and make Polluters
Pay. The polluting companies want to
compromise with the state legislature;
President Joe Olander wants to make an
. "Evergreen Evaluation." An initiative
avoids the legislative--corporate compromise, and so must our solution to the
Master Plan. A meeting to kick off the
Initiative 97 campaign will be held today (Thursday) at 5:00 pm in CAB 108,
with food, slides, and energy. Info, ext.
6058
LET'S WIN
Knoll Lowney
THEM
BOTH
Kill the Ad
To The Editor,
I found the Budweiser advertising
ad insert, included with th~ Sept. 21
issue of the CPJ, highly offensive. The
image of 'Yomen used by Budweiser
(young, white, bikini-clad biondes ...the
usual) is not one I had expected to find
anywhere in the campus newspaper, or
sanctioned by any other student activity. "Spuds the Dog" I can barely live
with, although the degeneration of a rioble (albeit ugly) animal for the cause of
mega-profits isn't too ideologically
sound, either. But the same old
unwelcome sexist stereotypes rearing
its ugly head (or should I say semiclothed body) yet one more time, in the
pages of the CPJ, is a b~t mu~h . .I ~
that advertising contributes an important part of your production budget, but
I feel that even the prospect of the
money a company the size of Budweiser
I
See page 4
Letters
Corner Says "Soup's On"
gather. We are undergoing one rather
can afford doesn't excuse the inclusion
Greetings!
large change and that is our relocation
of material which is sexist. I assume·that
into the new housing space_ We'll be
at a college like Evergreen the
A welcoming note from the Corner
moving in mid-November, depending on
newspaper operates on anti-sexist (and
Cafe; we're glad to be back! For those
how construction progress goes. Weare
anti-racist) principles_ I am sure that
of you who don't know us we are
excited
about having a larger kitchen in
that is still the case; you must simply
students who run an inexpensive
which to create our culinary masterhave let this aberation slip in. Please
vegetarian restaurant in A-dorm and we
pieces (experiments?!) and admittedly a
remember that we women like to make
are open for dinner 6-10 pm, Sunday
bit apprehensive about leaving the
our own images of ourselves as inthrough Friday. For those of you who
historically cozy Corner. The bottom line
dividuals. We don't need Budweiser to
are familiar with the Corner, we extend
is this; Yes we are moving and to all outreinforce pre-i!xisting, negative ones,
a warm welcome back. We've been apward appearances the Corner is changand you folks at the CPJ are at least a
proached by many a worried individual
ing.
But you people are what makes the
little responsible for who advertises in
with concerns about changes that are
Corner
what it is-without you we are
your paper, and how they do it, and why.
reputed to be underway and we wanted
a group of vacant-eyed cooks wielding
to let you all know what is going on.
empty wooden spoons and lonely soup
Sincerely,
First and foremost, the Corner is combowls. Please come by with your quesmitted to the collective process, serving
tions and suggestions.
Celia Ward
good food at a reasonable price and proThe Corner Cafe
viding a comfortable place for people to
MORE ON TIlE F R E E B O X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I would like to meet with you and take
a look at the box, with wheelchair if so
needed, to see if this is a viable solution.
, Second, I suggest that the Freebox be
returned to service in its new location
now. Since the Freebox has been in service for a long time, I see no reason why
it was or is necessary to "close it down"
until the access problem is completely
solved. I doubt that every bathroom on
campus was closed down when they
were recognized as being insufficient for
usage by the handicapped. I will personally pursue a resolution to this pro-
The S&A staff have made a great deal
of headway on problems concerning the
Freebox. The only two issues that appear to remain are those of access to the
box. I believe we have found a suitable
location for the box-the fU'St floor of the
CAB near the Greenery area. It is accessible by elevator and ground entrances. The second issue, of the box's
content access, is one that may also be
solved. However we need your paticipation and approval on ;his aspect. A "false
bottom" has been suggested as a means
of making the box's contents accessible.
blem and keep you updated on plans to
make the Freebox fully accessible. Do
you have any objections?
The sooner the Freebox can be put
back in use the happier everyone concerned will be. Therefore I hope you'll
contact me soon and make arrangements
to get together on this. Do you have access to a wheelchair if needed?
Thanks.
--a letter from Jatl'l£s A. Martin, S{A
Board Coardinatar, to Margarita Mendoza de Sugiyama, Special Asmtant to
the President f(Yf' Affirmative Action
Guarding the Inlet
A crowd of over 400 people met at Jefferson Middle School last Tuesday to
hear the National Guard explain and
detail requirements for their proposed
installation of a new 12 million dollar
training shipyard facility on Budd Inlet.
Final selection for the 100 precent
federally subsizied base is scheduled fllr
late this month.
One of the needs of the proposed base
includes filling five to seven acres of
wetlands--a requirement which is in
direct opposition to a soon to be approved plan by city of Olympia which would
prohibit any landfills around the inlet.
Many of the individuals against the
proposal expressed concern that the
Guard might have already made a decision without really researching its impact on Olympia. They wondered if they
might be left out of the decision-making
process. Increased danger of oil-fuel
spills, the generating of hazardous waste
and expanded water and land traffic,
were also the topic of discussion.
Although there were a few individuals
who spoke o~t in favor of the proposed
facility, the overwhelming majority appeared to be very much against bringing this kind of establishment to Budd
Inlet.
-:from CPJ staff
Day of Absence
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1987
In support of our affirmative action efforts and to further strengthen the
cross-cultural and inter-cultural communication among the diverse groups on
campus, I am authoring release time for
"people of color" to participate in a "Day
of Absence" program. The event will be
held at The Evergreen State College's
Tacoma Campus on October 23, 1987.
I realize the.particiaption of people of
color will require accommodation by
supervisors, co-workers, and faculty not
of color. Therefore, I want to thank you
in advance for your assistance and support of this evernt.
A full day of activities has been planned in cooperation with the Affirmative
Action Office_ As I stated at the
Septemember 18, 1987 convocation, affirmative action issues regarding the
recruitment and retention of people of
color will be focussed on this year. We
are fortunate to have the resources of
people of color from the Evergreen community actively involved in supporting
Evergreen Grant Tops 114 million
institutional efforts to increase our
ethnic diversity.
I t is my hope the ideas and strategies
developed at the "Day of Absence"
event will further enhance our ability to
meet our affirmative action goals and to
strengthen the Evergreen community as
a whole.
If you would like additional information, please call Margarita Mendoza de
Sugiyama at extension 6368.
--From the President
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The Evergreen State College's earth,
physical and computer science programs
have been selected to recieve more than
$250,000 in computer equipment from
AT&T, the second such grant in as many
years.
Evergreen is among 46 colleges
chosen from 75 institutions throughout
the United States and Puerto Rico to be
awarded grants through AT&T's
University Equipment Donation Program (UEDP). AT&T evalutes applications based on a college's innovative support for. computer-aided research and intruction with an emphasis on how the
equipment is networked into the campus
environment and scientific community_
Evergreen's proposal was submitted by
a team of faculty and staff.
The equipment will be used to expand
and improve the college's Computer
Science Teaching Laboratory, used by
computer studies students, and Computer Applications Lab, used by earth
and physical science students, and to
conne~t lab computers with computers
placed in faculty offices.
Computer faculty have noted that
with the additional computer on campus,
improved networking will allow people
to access more powerful computers from
their personal inicro-computer.
Olander
Retreats
President Olander and 37 of his top administrators will meet October 7-9 at
Rosario Resort on Orcas Island for a college management retreat. Board of
Trustee Chairman, David Tang and
Trustee Bill Robinson are also expected
to attend the retreal
Olander declared the theme of the
retreat to be: "examining the culture of
our college as well as building a common
vision of it."
Each administrator's expenses will be
paid out of their representive depart. ment's budgel Among the administrators attending the retreat will be the
budget heads from the President's, Office, Academic Affairs, Administrative
Services, Student Affairs and
Devel~pment.
Per diem charges will be approximately $48, which is less than the state imppsed limit of $50 per day, according to
.Marcia Husseman, Administrative assistant-to the President.
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What the HEC
the Master Plan?
the school, not the student; the school's
"~core" would give the legislature an objective critellon for allocating funds_
Thoeny said it would be up to the individual school to decide how to administel- the tests and what use (if any)
to make of each student's individual
score .
Edu('ation in the United States is
widely cons idered to be in crisis. U.S.
Secreta ry of Education William J. Ben·
netl rece ntly wrote , "At the
undergrad uate level, we might··at the
risk of oversimplifying··state the fun·
damental problem thus: we are uncertain what we think our students should
learn, how best to teach it to them, and
hOI\' to be sure when they have learned
it.· ' (Fur more by Bennett, please see
page H.)
Th e Higher Education Coordinating
(HE C) Board will be presenting its
Master Plan for Higher Education in
Washington to the state legislatw-e on
December 1. The Plan, currently a proposal in draft form, is a complex and ambiti ous document attempting to address
the state of education in Washington. It
call s for closer ties between academia
and private industry. The introduction
describes the "challenge to Washington
hi~her education" as an economic one:
" Higher education is essential for the increasingly competitive, knowledgebased and technological segments of the
world eco nomy in which many
Washington businesses and industl-ies
seek to compete." "Quality of life," it
slates, " rests upon an economic base."
Some of the Plan's recommendations
include:
3. Raising admission requirements at
the 4-year institutions, both "regional"
and "research". Only community colleges would still have open admissions
policies; everywhere else, the HEC
Board recommends using high school
grades and a standardized, "nationallynormed" test such as the SAT to deter-
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mine which students are "most likely to
2. Requiring all state colleges and
universities to participate in a method
of assessment to be determined by the
HE C Board . According to HEC Board
Executive Director Dr. A Robert (Bob)
Thoeny, they are searching for a nationally standardized test to give to
students at the end of their sophomore
year. Th e HEC Board, according to
() Thoen,\'. Il"lluld use these scores to assess
" ... the HEC Board is unlikely to excuse Evergreen altogether
from having to use the nationally-normed, standardized test ... "
b.v Carol Pool('
1. Establishing a 3:tiered division among
the state's institutions of higher education. Community colleges would make
up the fu-st tier; on the second are
"regional" schools, 0 1' all four-year
schools except for the University of
Washingto n and Washington State
University , which by themselves make
up the third tier "research" universities.
Funding, admissions policy, and to some
extent cUITiculum, would be established with this hierarchy in mind .
IS
b~ne~t" from attending a four·year in-
stitutIOn_ A student whose high school
grades fell below Evergreen's minimum
requirement, for example, would be
automatically barred from entry until
age 25, regardless of how well he or she
did in community college.
Evergreen's administration has
reacted most strongly to the first item,
the 3-tiered system, because it accords
no special "alternative" status to
Evergreen. President Joseph Olander
argued at the Faculty Convocation last
month that the school deserved greater
special consideration than it receives in
the Master Plan--"only eight words
directly refer to Evergreen", he said,
"and four of those are the college's
name." In his convocation address,
Olander went on to call for greater
recognition of Evergreen's uniqueness.
Charles McCann, the school's founding
president, seemed to agree: "We are
The Evergreen State College. We're the
college for the Evergreen State."
McCann is concerned that some students
may decide not to come to Evergreen
because its status as a "regional" school
makes it seem less prestigious or important than UW or WSU.
. The second item, assessment, is cen·
tral to the HEC Board's mandate. The
Board was created by the legislature in
1985 to make individual schools more
directly accountable to the state: According to Evergreen's Director of
Research Planning Steve Hunter, "(the
HEC Board) and the legislature wants
to provide citizens with an indication
that there are not an inordinate number
(of students) completing their sophomore
year who fail competency in basic
skills". assessment has caught on na·
tionally because legislators don't feel
confident that higher education is fulfilling its goals and claims. They want
accountability. "
Many fear that the third item, basing
admissions on ~AT scores or other standardized tests, will exclude "people of
color" ,and disadvantaged people from
attending 4-year colleges. As it is, accor·
ding to a front page New York Times
article (September :?3), black students'
SAT scores are not expected tc achieve
parity with those of white students un·
til the year 2032_ Marc Auerbach, Board
of Control Member of the University of
Washington's student governance body,
the ASUW, said in an August 27 memo
about the Master Pian: "The report inadequately addressed the issue of equal
access for minorities and leaves the issue
to a 'Minority Task Force' which is to
report at a later date."
"Assessment" comes from the Latin
and means "to sit beside", the idea be:
ing that to learn what students are lear.
ning, and what areas of education need
to be improved, one must sit beside
them in the course of their studies.
Beyond that definition, however, there
are numerous approaches to assessment.
Methods vary from nationally-normed
"rising junior" tests, to detailed individualized assessments tailored to the
particular goals and beliefs of each
school. In Florida, sophomores are requred to pass the College Level
Academic Skills Test (CLAST) in order
to receive their AA degree or to enroll
as juniors. A student can pass a two-year
community college program yet stilI be
denied.entry to a 4-year institution 'pas ed on CLAST scores. In Tennessee
sophomores take the ACT·COMP test:
designedlo aSsess intellectual development in three "process" and three "content" areas, but the scores are used on·
Iy to evaluate the colleges and universities. Satisfactory scores are rewarded
by.additional funds-up to 5 per cent of
the institution's annual budget. At the
opposite end of the spectrum, Alverno
College in Milwaukee has an assessment
progrdm which is twenty years old and
which uses no standardized tests. Instead, it ~s studenu. continually by
observing them in action, giving them
detailed individual feedback, and help.
ing them to learn to evaluate their own
work. The progrdm which the HEC
Hoard has in mind for Washington will
mONt likely resemble the one in Tennel:lllee. Dr. Thoeny came here from that
state where he was very much involved
with the assessment program there.
According to many--Dr. Thoeny,
Evergreen's administration-assessment
in Washington will not be used punitively ag"dinst students. We are assured that
no student at Evergreen will be denied
a diploma because of a poor assessment
score. The scores of the student body,
however, will be used by the legislature
to allocate funds. In Tennessee, a school
receives up to 5 percent of its budget as
a bonus reward for ~tisfactory asessment. In Colorado, schools must have an
assessment plan operating by 1990, or
the legislature will cut 2 percent of their
budget. In Washington, the Master Plan
clearly intends state funding to be tied
to assessment. Students could be in·
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direcly penalized for low scores
therefore, through cuts in progra~
funds, financial aid and other areas of the
school's budget.
President Olander _recently told
students here that "Evergreen is different from other schools and should be
assessed differently." Academic Dean
Carolyn Dobbs, who is heading up a task
force this year on assessment, stated
that "We were interested in-assessment
before the HEC Board." She said the
study task force will be looking for a
form of assessment more appropriate to
Evergreen, possibly based on the narrcltive evaluation already in use. "When
states get involved in assessment," she
observed, "they go first for nationallynormed tests, but then they start to
develop a more localized test." Hunter
stressed that assessment can be seen as
an opportunity to improve education. "I
t~ink the important issue assessment
raises is: are we doing the best job of
teacnmg we can do? We should be doing it, but we should be doing it right."
"Doing it right", as per Hunter, means
administering multiple tests designed to
give more information on what kinds of
additional help students might need, :md
involving the faculty in the whole process. t1un~t hO.lli!!!.tllil_t b..v "ra_lS!ng the
ante", developing a system of assess-
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ment ~ore thorough than whatever test
the HEC Board recommends, and
measuring a broader range of skills,
Evergreen can regain the initiative from
the legislature and the HEC Board. He
warns, however, that the HEC Board is
unlikely to excuse Evergreen altogether
from having to use the nationallynormed, standardized test: any program
designed here would be in addition to
the basic rising junior test.
Many members of the Evergreen com- '
munity, while not opposed to assessment
in theory, are concerned about method.
Special Assistant to the President for
Affirmative Action Margarita Mendoza
de Sugiyama expressed concern about
cultural bias in the tests that could cause
"people of color" to score lower than
white students on just about all standardized tests. "Until we have some way
of measuring actual cognitive ability instead of motivation and experience, we
have no business using standardized
tests," she said_ FaCUlty membel' Bill
Arney, who has been associated with a
group called Higher Education Outcome
Measures since 1974, stated that assessme_nt should either be done in an
educationally sound--meaning that the
school should invest a lot of time into
designing the assessment program ;r1"ct
that the program be based on the student's needs, or not done at aiL "It's
complicated; it can be very different
from what many facu)ty fear (it will be)."
But, concedes Arney, when it comes to
standardized junior-rising tests, "the only reasonable response is resistance. I'd
just say no.". Other faculty and staff are
worried about the danger of "teaching
to the test", or the threat that time and
energy for studying will be diverted
from Evergreen's traditional strengths--non-competitiveness, experimentalism, artistry-to standardized testing.
Many students, too, who have only
this fall learned about the Master Plan
are alarmed. Public hearings on the Plan
were held over the summer break; Dr.
Theony said for the HEC Board that
they were "aware and concerned" that
most students would be away for the
summer and unable to participate. The
December 1 deadline, he said, made it
necessary to close off the public hearings
by mid-September. Two faculty
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Soul Longs for Plato, Ritchie Valens
continued from page 7
members, Arney and Barbara Smith,
and at least one student from
Evergreen, were chosen last year to participate on statewide advisory committees to comment on Master Plan drafts.
The committees' meetings were open to
anyone interested, but they were not
well publicized at Evergreen, said Cochair Nancy Moore. A new student
organization, People for Open Education, has formed this quarter to study
the Master Plan and to raise public interest in it. Over seventy students and
others gathered last Thursday evening
to discuss the Master Plan and its possible impact.
The group had many concerns.
Cultural bias, was prominent among
these_ The Master Plan only briefly mentions its impact on minontles. it makes
no reference to oft-sighted evidence of
cultUrally biased tests. Rather, it relies
on a policy statement formed earlier last
year by a task force it charged with
minority recruitment in mind. This
policy formed by this group is quoted in
the report: "The State of Washington
commits to clearly defined programs and
a partnership with all segments of society to bring down discriminatory barriers
that have denied minorities full
representation in postsecondary
education. "
After the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville raised admission standards
and began using a rising-junior ACT8 COMP test, some concerns. were raised
about cultural bias. According to a 1986
report entitled The Instructional
Evaluation Program at the University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, "The enrollment of black students dropped faster
than overall enrollments, and the university is concerned that it has acquired a
public image as elitist." Brenda
Albright, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission,
denies that the changes in the student
population are a result of their assessment program.
Back on car:npus, in a memo of Provost
Patrick Hill, Research Director Hunter
reported that "no one seems to have a
handle on cultural bias in assessment,
and typically won't even talk about it."
Dean Carolyn Dobbs, discussing her vision of what the Evergreen task force
that she will be in charge of may ac~
complish, stressed that any assessment
plan here will be in charge of may accomplish, stressed that any assessment
plan here would be designed with "fIrst
peoples" in mind, and would provide for
"unique needs in a multicultural
context.".
Serving the state's economic needs
ahead of the students! best interests was
also a concern for the newly formed student group. In its section on "Cultural
Enrichment", the Master Plan spells out
a philosophy of education closely tied to
economy. "Economic activity", it states,
"depends on values such as truth, honesty, loyalty, service to others, and
reliability. "
Arney, who was also involved in two
advisory committees to the HEC Board
last year, said, "it would be very wrong
to assume the Master Plan was designed to benefit students." He said that, indeed, it is part of a national movement
in education that is changing its
philosophy and -aim. He cited cutbacks
in humanities curriculum, and argued
that "In a democratic notion of society,
the state serves the people-through
education, among other things. The
reigning presumption of the Master Plan
is that people exist' to serve the state,
and that education is to prepare people
to better serve the state."
Jerry Fresia, a visiting faculty in
politieal science, said the Master Plan
should be understOod in light of a national movement to make education
more exclusive and less beneficial to the
majority of students. "There are more
and more service sector jobs being
created--low-paying jobs--and the stan-
dard of living is falling for the middle
class and below. The larger society is
becoming more stratifIed, and the pe0ple who go to college must reflect that
stratifIcation. If you have a society that
is run by Aryans, then you better have
an educational system that somehow
gives credentials to Aryans." Fresia
says that the Master Plan accomplishes
this stratifIcation in two ways: by making education as a whole more technically and vocationally oriented, and by
legitimizing greater inequality through
the 3-tiered system of higher education.
He said, "In Nicaragua, people are
barefoot and illiterate, but they're trying to build a better society, Here, we're
so privileged, but we have no imagination if the best response we can think of
to the Master Plan is to try to modify
the assessment a little."
"On the face of it," said Vice-President
for Student Affairs Gail Martin,
"nationally-normed tests contradict the
bas}c founding philosophy of Evergreen,
which is not competitively based."
Evergreen's IItudent body has traditionally included people who were looking for a freer, nonstandardized education. Martin sununed it up discretely but
powerfully when speaking out recently
,about Evergreen's tradition and future.
''We have wanted to serve who the
,other schools were not serving," she
said, "and we'd like to continue doing
Ithat."
I
. . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .
by Secretary of Education William J.
Bennett
.
Collegiate Times
When I arrived at college as a
freshman some time ago, I had dermite
ideas about how t use my four years of
higher education, I was resolved to play
a little football, and I wanted to major
in English in order to become
sophisticated, land a good job and make
big money.
But because of my college course requirements, I found myselt in an introductory philosophy class, confronted
by Plato's Republic and a remarkable
professor who knew who to make the
text come alive. Before we knew it, my
classmates and I were enshared by the
power of a 2,000 year old dialogue.
In our posture of youthful cynicism
and arrogance, we at first resisted
believing that the questions of justice
should really occupy our time, But
something important happened to us
that semester as we fought our way
through the Republic, arguing about no-
tions of right and wrong. Along the way,
our insides were shaken up a bit.
Without quite knowing it, we had committed ourselves to the serious enterprise of raising and wrestling with great
questions. And once caught up in that
enterprise, there was no turning back,
We had met up with a great text and a
great teacher; they had taken us, and we
. were theirs.
Every student is entitled to that kind
of experience at college. Good courses
should shake you up a little, expel stale
opinions, quicken your senses, and
animate a conscious examination of life's
enduring questions. Unfortunately, a
growing body of evidence indicates that
this is simply riot taking place at enough
of our colleges. That fact is becoming increasing obvious.
Proof of this is the extraordinary
reception given to University of Chicago
Professor Allan Bloom's new book, The
Closing of the American Mind,
Although I must say that I dissent from
his views or. rock n' roll, this is a brillant
and challenging book. It contains a
devasting critique of, and a moving la-
1
ment for, contemporary American
higher education. And for the most of
the summer, it has been at the top of the
N ew York Time8 best-seller list.
Our universities, Professor Bloom
asserts, are too often hostile to serious
thought; no longer are they places where
the transmission, criticism and renewal
of intellectual traditions are assured.
"The University now offers no distinctive visage to the young person," Bloom
asserts, nor a set of competing visions
of what an educated human being is.
If Professor Bloom is correct - and
there is every reason to believe that he
is -- then something bas gone terribly
wrong on many American campuses.
Students are not getting the education
- experiences, the challanges, the true
opening up to people's achievements and
life's possibilities - they deserve.
As a student, you can do something
about this. The fIrst thing you can do is
get a copy of Allan Bloom's book, and
read it. Think about what he has to say.
Ask yourself some hard questions about
our college or university. And ask those
See page 21
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tIuJ 'parly oJfi.u" near Red Square earlier
thiB week. West iB currently campaigning to make tIuJ recorda of tIuJ campus security organization "Network" more O'pen, For more on the Network, please See page 13.
9
All Lined Up:
Nowhere to Go
Patiently they wait. The line grows at
an alarming rate. Few people sit in the
seats provided for their comfort. Instead, they prefer to' stand, afraid of the
remote possibility of losing their place
in line. What are they waiting for? Why
the line?
These poor souls, students and potential students of The Evergreen State
College, are enduring the long and
tedious process known as registration.
The Place: Library Lobby, fIrst floor.
The Date: September 28, 1987.
They chat among themselves quietly.
One student who preregistered last
spring wishes to change his registration
since he is still number thirty on the
waiting list for that program. Another
student, planning to take a variety of
part-time modules, learns from the
gentleman behind her that she needs a
faculty sponsor if she wants to take more
than three modules at a time. The
gentleman, by the way, who is registering for a class he really does not want
to take, intends to throw together an individual contract by the end of the day,
as this is the last day to have the appropriate forms in. The class simply
serves as a back-up, he explains, in case '
he is unable to assemble the materials
for his individual contract in time'. The
student currently at the front of the line
learns that she needs a faculty signature
before she can continue 'on_
"Y ou mean that I have to track down
my professor, have him sign this form,
and then come back and wait in this line
again?" asks the student, as she glumly
surveys the growing group of students.
"That's right," the lady at the computer answers in a surprisingly pl~t
voice.
The student sulks out in search of a
faculty member.
Those who make it through the fIrst
line are sent to a second line, and then
to a third and fourth line, until at last
they fmd themselves in the final line; actual registration. Here, students sit on
blue benches while they wait their tum.
The occasional outcry "Next ", signals
students to the computer terminals,
where office personnel enter them aecor. ding to social security numbers into the
system. The student leaves at last, often
with a sense of wonder about the impersonal pro('"ess at this curious school
which promises individualized attention.
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Without a
Board
Timothy O'Brien
New SclA Board Coordinator James
Martin baa a problem. There is no board
to coordinate. Martin, however; hopes to
have a board together and to be ready
to conduct business by the middle of October. ''The largest problem I face is widing a group of committed and '
knowledgable students," Martin said.
The board is comprised of six students,
one faculty member, and the coordinator. Two board members from last
year, Michael Lane and Michael Perez,
are expected to return., Thus far, only
one application bas been submitted for
the four remaining student seats. Once
a sufl'icent number of applicants has
been recieved, a selection committee
made up of students, administrators and
faculty members 'Will choose from the
pool of applicants to fill th~ remaining
seats. The main criteria they will use in
their selection decisions Will be publicly
Mid intertiews where' each candidate
will be asked the same questions.
The S&A Bo8rd is responSible - for
allocatiNt services and activities monies
collected \ f.-om stUdent tuition.,
These morUes finance various
student grOups, ~ well as a host of other
activitia
.-,Martin sees threellU\ior issues facing
· the board: A method of funding large
budget groupe (such as the CRC, KAOS
and the CPJ) on a .different sChedule
· tliait other student gro\lpa, maiDtaining
student ~my, and creating an atm~here ip whiCh studeht groups are
· recognized as lNijor resOurces for the
college coDU'llunity. .
· , The college adininistration, according
"to ~ ~ not realize the resoUrce
that stUdent groupe represent. He cited
as an example the IDdian Center, which
does a lot of work in the area of reten.
tion .0J.In6.n students .~t the college,
· and yet receives little or no recognition
from ~ administration. _~'Stllden1
groupe
are under-utilized and abused ,"
.
· said Martin. "There is no progressive institutional commitment to anything."
r
James
Martin,
The administraton has set itself and
the college some lofty goals in
documents like the Strategic Plan.
However, Martin continued, "there is no
commitment to the rhetoric." According
to Martin, the administration must
realize that the means to achieve many
of these goals exists among student
groups. "Student groups are doing far
more than is reasonable, considering
their bud.rets," he points out.
Martin would also like to see some
changes in how the' S&A Board approaches the allocation process. He says
procedure often takes precedent over
purpose. "The S&A is hung-up doing
things right, rather than doing the right
thing," Martin claims.
S&A
Board
Coordinator
Another concern for the S&A coordinator is the emerging governance
structure. He believes there is room for
political action at the student level
without the need for a definative structure. The admission is looking for a'
"defacto student stamp", says Martin .
A group that will legitimize their own
plans and programs. There is no student
apathy Concerning the governance issue,
he observes. "That attitude is born out
of a myth... The students have been
heard but they have not been listened
to."
..
As for the new S&A Board, "They are
going to have to learn a little philosophy
and they are going to have to learn to
see the b~ picture.!."
S&A Board Applications are available at
CAB 305. For more info, cal ext. 6220.
11
People Take the Initiative
--Patty Duggan, Campus Organizer for
WashPIRG
After years oflegislative inaction, the
people are utilizing the power of the initiative process in the fight to protect
our fundamental right to a clean,
healthy, toxic-free environment. The
citizens' proposal, Initiative 97, is an
answer to the corrupt influence enjoyed
by big business lobbyists and the subsequent acquiescence of legislators.
The state superfund issue has been
kicking around the Legislature for three
years. Industry opposition continually
blocks passage of clean-~p legislation.
This powerful coalition of polluters
(primarily Boeing, Burlington Northern,
and pulp/paper industry) fails to show
respect and responsibility to the earth,
to the people, and to the political process. They fail to acknowledge that our
lives are supported by Nature, not by
~nQU8try.
.
Failure to address the problem of toxic
waste clean-up has led to the formation
of the Citizens Toxic Clean-up Campaign, a coalition composed of environmental organizations, legislators,
the Washington State Labor Council and
the Association of Washington Counties,
among others_ The Campaign is promoting Initiative 97, a law which would
provide for the identification, investiga'tion, and clean-up of toxic waste sites.
Decades of irresponsible dumping of.
hazardous waste threatens our fundamental right of a healthful environment. Approximately 158 contaminated
hazardous waste sites have been identified across the state by the
W~hingtojl Department of EcoloJZY. ._
The main purpose of Initiative 97 is to
raise sufficient funds to clean up all
hazardous waste sites and to prevent
further environmental damage created
by improper disposal of poiSons into our
land and water. A "pollution tax" imp0sed once on each hazardous substance
when it is first owned in the state (i.e.,
by the manufacturer or the wholesaler)
would generate about $35 million annually to pay for the clean-up program.
_ Industry. l~byists unsuccessfully tried
to have a toxic waste "clean-up" bill of
their own adopted during a one-day
. special session this past August. The
Legislature then created a select House_Sena~ "Committee of Eight" to solve
the toxic waste problem. Their'solution
- - was to be offered in yet another special
12 session on September 4. When the Com-
mittee of Eight failed to meet its
deadline, the coalition of polluters once
again presented a weaker alternative bill
and requested still another special session. (Legislators are deciding at the
time of this writing whether a special
session will be called to pass a state
superfund bill.)
Special sessions hastily called, giving
the public an inadequate amount of time
to respond... the creation of select
legislative committees, operating
without the open, public process required in the legislative arena... big
business lobbyists camped out in
hallways, approving and disapproving
. draft. legislation created at 2:00 am .. . Is
it any wonder that the people of this
!ltate are now choosing to speak directly
to the Legislature in the loud unified
voice of Initiative 971
When 200,000 people speak by signing
Initiative 97, the lawmakers will be required to publicly address the issue during an open legislative session. Allowing
industry lobbyists the opportunity to
privately negotiate their responsibility
in c~ing up the hazardouS waste they
dump into our land and water is an
obscene manipulation of our "demo-'
cratic" political process.
An Initiative 97 campaign meeting will
be held by WashPIRG on Thursdav October 15 at 5:00 pm in CAB 108. Act 'now
to protect your fundamental right to a
. toxic-free environment. Contact Patty
Duggan at the WashPIRG office, ext.
6058, LIB 3228 or Jacinta McKoy at the
Environmental Resource Center, ext.
6784, CAB 306B. Participate or mutate.
Ed note: A special session of the
LegialatuTfJ W pa,8S a Superfund bill has
been called by Governor Gardner. It is
s~heduled for ne:xt: Satu:rday, Ocwber H),
.Adjudication Changes Hands
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Faculty member David Hitchens has
replaced Phil Harding as Campus Adjudicator. The Adjudicator sits as the
chief officer of the Network, an oncampus preventative security group
whose members include respresentatives from housing, couseling, and other
oJi-campus student services. The Adjudicator makes decisions about what action, if any, the college should take to
prevent violations of the Social Contract,
based of information collected by Network members. Harding, who served as
adjudicator during the Winter and
Spring quarters of 1986-87, resigned in
order to pursue other interests.
"I think the adjudicator steps in when
all other means have been exhaustqll-, "
Hitchens said. "It is a focal point where
.
a decision can be made."
Hitchens was appointed by Vice President for Student Affairs Gail Martin. He
had gone through the extensive interview process last
which resulted
inHardings selection. This and the need
to fill the position quickly, resulted in the
speedy appointment, in lieu of a second,
campus-wide interview and review
process.
'year,
786-1444
David Hitchens, Campus Adjudictor
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Lacking such confidence, they have
cut their own investment sharply. From
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busuless investment devoted to protec·
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No government would tolerate 80 percent noncompliance with the tax laws.
I f there were 80 percent noncomplience
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If Americans only knew that they had
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!n addition to the standard gnevance
procedure which may ultimately reach
the Adjudicator, Hitchens cites other
less formal but nonetheless effective
ways in which disputes may be settled,
among these: confronting the person
directly involved, epeaking with a third
person such as a program coordinator,
or beginning a process of mediation with
the Dean of Student Development,
~tone Thomas. All of these methods are
outlined in the Evergreen Administra·
tive Code (EAC).
Should such a dispute reach the Ad·
judicator level, Hitchens shares the opi·
nion of his predecessor: that a thorough
investigation of all the charges is essen·
tial. One must check and double check
all available information. "That is in the
interests of the people involved at all
levels," said Hitchens.
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Not all rIY\ior grievances reach the Ad·
judicator. Both the Academic and Hous·
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in a manner that does not utilize the
Adjudicator.
''We need to have human beings in
roles like this, people with concern,"
observed Hitchens. "I guess I took the
position because I care about the institu·
tion and the people who are here."
..Timothy O'Brien
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We came to Montana in 1933. Not in
a covered wagon, although there were
times we could have made better headway in one. It was the month of April
when we left Kansas City, Mo., heading
west in a Ford Coupe pulling what
possessions we could get in a two wheel
trailer. Our girl was eighteen months
old, named Marla by her grandmother.
The baby boy, six months of age, we call·
ed Bud because his sister was asked so
many times, "Is that your brother?"
that she called him "Buddy."
The coal soot that blackened the cur·
tains when the windows were open, the
heat that made us perspire all night and
only cooled a litti(l about the time the
milkman's horse carne clopping by, were
among the reasons we wanted to move.
A man that lived in the city had a va·
cant homestead and said we could try
our luck on it if we wanted to. When
word got ~und that Barney and
Esther were going out west, friend and
relatives did a lot of protesting. I can
still hear a cousin as she said loudly,
"But why Montanaaaa?"
We had both been raised in the coun·
ty and city life never got much of a hold
on us. Besides that, Barney had an un·
cle and family out there, so off we went.
It was a long way, Man Alive, it was a
long way. The first night we stayed in
Nebraska City, Nebr., at a motel cabin
for a dollar and a half. The next even·
ing we came to Winside, Nebr., where
relatives of mine lived. This was as far
away from home as I had ever been, hav·
ing visited them once before. So I
thought Montana must be like
Nebraska. The trailer load had shifted
so Barney unloaded and rearranged it.
There was a heavy oak dresser that had
been in· his family a long time, a double
bed with a mattress, two baby beds, a
high chair, my cedar chest and a large
wooden bakery box, both of these filled
with clothing and other things. There
was a child's rocker made of willow
sticks, that I had bought from a door to
door salesman for fifty cents. We
brought four kitchen chairs and a
coaster wagon was on top of the tarp and
chair legs sticking out. The load stayed
in place all the rest of the way and how
it could with all the rough roads we went
over, I'll never know.
The next night we stopped at Alpena,
S. Dak., where Barneys relatives lived
and where he grew up. Here he met old
friend and fellows he went to school
with. The houses were large and the
barns big and red. "Maybe." I thought,
"Montana will be more like South
Dakota."
We had a flat tire near Rapid City, S.
Dak. and spent another night there.
Then the going was slower and rough,
Marla was carsick most of the time and
threw up a lot. Sometimes it took a while
to figure out where the road was as the
frost had gone out of the ground ana
there were tracks everywhere. Before
we got to Belle Fourche there was a low
place with water running over it. Our
car sank down and stayed there. No
farmstead was to be seen or any sign of
life anywhere. Another car was stuck
there too. Then two men came from
around a hill and told us it was their car
and said. "We will all be here for a long
time." They were mad and had been
drinking and they scared me. I wasn't
. about to be there after dark 80 I twisted
off a lot of sagebrush and Barney found
some rocks. Putting this under the
wheels gave some traction and after a
while we got out. Near the city we got
quite a jouncing as the trail went over
large, partly exposed tree roots. We left
South Dakota behind and went through
a stretch of Wyoming, seeing only wide
open spaces, following a rutty road.
When a few weatherbeaten houses
came into view, we drove up and saw
one had a sign that said, HOTEL. A man
was sitting on the steps and we asked
him what the name of the place was. We
still laugh about it. He looked puzzled
for a bit then said, "Gosh, I don't know.
I'll go in and fmd out." When he came
back he told us it was Alzada and it was
in Montana. "Well," I said, "It can't be
much farther now." But it·was. The ro8d
became narrow, muddy and more rutty.
I t became necessary for me to brace
myself with my feet to keep from "Hit·
ting the top." As mile after mile pass.
ed, I was sure the ruts would lead
nowhere, just end out there in the mud
somewhere. I was so tired that I didn't
care much if it did .
." The sun went down and it was on a
down grade that we high centered, but
for good. Then we had a lucky break. A
• carload of teenagers, out for a drive
found us. They were just bursting to
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Donald shatters an empty MD bottle in the street.
He 's reading Humpty Dumpty out loud .
" Look at the face on that mother fucker."
And there go the king's men .
They couldn't put him together again.
Ain't that a shame'"
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Donald 's eyes get teary, over red from walk and wine.
" Look what happened to me .
I was sleeping in the alley .
Pick-up ran over my legs.
City hospital fuck me up too .
They too k the skin off my booty
and put it on crooked .
Now it itch."
Between SIPS
Coffee so weak I ca n see the cream pour through
--Joe Earleywine
to the bottom of the ceramic cup
Young black man , long striped co at, short cut hair
stares out the greasy front glass wall
and twitches his cigarette
Oriental counter girl stocks the candy rack
Anxious college late teen
streaked black mascara tri es
and tries to connect
on a collect call, no luck
Video game wall draws
Marlboro man, fake sheepskin jacket
stretched down tight presses
his attack . belly on belt liggles
with each eruption
Taxi cruises by slow, no fare
Grinning bus driver gets coffee to go,
flat's fixed and he's off to Portland with an empty bus
Big
lady
looks
at
V·S
and
orders
chips
and
a
Coke,
buck thirteen
Young daughter in hlgh·heeled cowboy boots
plays Super Pac Man ,
family crowds around
Old lady asks for matches
Counter fills up.
bus leaves soon for Seattle
Crossword puzzler hunches
over his guesses
Doughnuts under glass
get a little bit d, ier
Dennis H eld
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The right choice.
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Michael Lane
Greener's Speak: What Do You Think of the
Marilyn Frasca,
faculty member
Master Plan
I t is totally ridiculous to base
funding on assessment tests
because they'll have to baSe
the curriculum around the test
in order to get funding for the
schools.
Matt Nichol!>
Tanja Olson
continued from page 9
same hard question of your professors,
faculty, and administrators.
If you're not satisfied with the education anyway. Fortunately, at least a few
allies can be found on almost every campus: good allies can be found on almost
every campus: good -teachers, serious
friends and good books. In selecting
courses, don't be afraid intellectually to
bite off more than you can chew. Seek
out the best teachers, those who can
stretch the limits of your knowledge and
brigh life to the subject at hand. Take
advantage of those teachers in class
after class.
don't think its for
Evergreen and I don't think it
fits with the Evergreen
philosophy. I really don't agree
with it, period.
lot bigger than Evergreen.
What we're talking about is
what is going to happen nationally along race and class
lines. If you look at the pran, it
seems to imply a higher
stratification of society. What
the HEC Board wants is people who are trained to perform
jobs in an information-based
society. If the students don't
fare well on the assessment,
the curriculum will be taylored
so the students will do better
on the assessment next time.
What I'm really worried about
along race and class lines is
that with the tougher admission standards a lot of students
from economically disenfranchised and minority groups are
going to have a lot harder time
getting
into
four-year
institutions.
Jerry Odgen
Shawn Powell
It's not a bad thing, except
like a lot of things, it can be used for good, or it can be used
for ill. What's got to be kept in
mind is: who's making the test
and who's being tested? ... If I
happen to be brilliant in math
but I can't read very well , the "
Master Plan might throw me"
an intelligent student, out of of
school.
I've read the Master Plan itself
and I think there's a lot of
sugar-coating. It's very clear
that the basic philosophy of the
plan is economic. I think with
the Master Plan, although it
has a chance of affecting
Evergreen, we have to think a
I think it's really bad, and I
think we should get involved
with it because if the school
doesn't get involved people are
just going to let it go and it's
going to be implemented
without any fight. We all need
to get involved.
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Laura Glen
In the end, regeneration of our univer·
sities will come from within. Only those
within the academy can rescue the
academy. Students can play a part.
Students can demand that colleges live
up to the promises in their glossy
catalogues. This will benefit you, and it
will be a service to those who follow in
your path.
So read Bloom, think hard -- but also
have fun this year. And in this one
respect, feel free to act contrary to
Bloom's advice: feel free to lsten to a
few, or more than a few, rock n' roll
classics along the way. This summer, as
I think the word "master"
should have been dropped from
the vocabulary in higher education a long time ago.
Allan Bloom's book was number one on
the best-seller lists, the Los Lobos fIlm
soundtrack to La Bamba was topping
the Billboard charts. Take it from a
former rock band guitarist, from a soul
that will not cease longing to hear Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly just one
more time, that rock n' roll and a good
education are not incompatible.
Ed note: Secretary Bennett will ,be. interviewed on the radio program Focus
at 11:30 pm next Sunday evening, locally on KJRO 710
Distributed by the Collegiate Network
continued from page 17
If the draft of the Master
Plan which we saw in July
were final, we would have a
right to be infuriated. The
modifications which President
Olander seems to have affected
will affirm the traditional role
of the college as a state-wide
institution.
Well, basically I think that a
plan where a standardized test
is used to determine competenl!y is racially biased, and there
are people coming from particular educational and cultural
backgrounds... so, I think it's
full of beans.
The thing that worries me
about the plan is who's going
to make up the test. I mean, is
it going to be a business man,
or an English teacher, or is it
going to be a compilation of
people? That's frightening, you
know; one person trying to tell
me what I have and haven't
learned. That's ludicrous.
Maybe we should write our
own test.
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Elizabeth Grant~
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Patrick Hill, Provost
help. They told us that Broadus was the
next town, they knew a man who had a
truck and would pull us out and there
was a hotel and a dairy where we could
buy milk for the baby. One girl sat on
her boyfriend's lap so Barney could go
back with them. Waiting in the car, in
the dark it seemed the quietest place in
the world. I thank God that I didn't hear
my coyote howl that night, I would have
been sure that we would end up eaten
by wolves.
The trucker got us out and refused pay
and it was a good thing as we were not
very flush. AB long as I remember
anything, I will never forget the mud in
the hall at the hotel. It was inches deep
and men in cowboy boots and big hats
walked back and forth in it. I bet the one
who had to do the cleaning, had to shovel
it out every day. We bought a quart of
milk in a blue fruit jar, a loaf of bread
and a little something to make sandwiches, had a lunch in our room and
turned in.
At six o'clock in the morning it was a
noisy place as otheres started to stir
around, 80 we ate what was left from the
night before and went to the desk and
asked directions to the homestead. "Go
ten miles north to the Olive Post Office."
we were told, "Then turn west through
ranch land, go through three wire gates,
turn south and follow the trail and when
you see a large barn, it will be a short
way from it." We almost. missed Olive.
It was a small brown building and I saw
the post office sign just in time. So we
turned and drove over range land.
Every so often there would be a small
log building and I asked Barney what
they were. He answered right off,
"Houses-." I waited for him to finish the
joke, then realized it was the truth.
"You mean people live in those things,"
I wailed. It was quite a shock.
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EDUCATION
The Energy Outreach Center will be
holding a class on Wall Systems, October 15, from 7:00-9:00 pm at the
center, 503 W. 4th Olympia. Call
943-4595 for more infonnation.
Low fat cooking! Learn how to limit
your calories and still enjoy eating.
Register by phone, 4f)6.7247. Classes are
on October 8, 15, 22, and 29 from
7:00-9:00 pm in conference room 200 at
the St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. Cost
is $30.
ment... Yes we can stop the Master Plan.
Open Education depends on it_ A
meeting of the People for Open Education will take place Thursday, October
8 at 7:00 pm in Library 2127.
October 12, from noon to 1:00 pm in the
new Hillaire Student Advising Center,
located in IA06. The workshops are
sponsored by the Career Development
Office, extension 6193.
Herbal Healing: How Does it Work?
An introduction and overview into the
study of herbs will be held on October
15, 7:00-9:00 pm. The cost is $12. For
more information, call 352-3099 evenings, and for preregistration and day
hours, call or leave a message at
RadIance, 357-9470.
Travel Study Tours, are presented by
the San Jose State University. These
tours range from London to the Soviet
Union. For your free schedule of tours,
call (408) 277-3781, or write: Travel Programs, San Jose State University, San
Jose, CA 95192-0135.
Ethics & Politics
The flrst of the ever popular Resume
Writing Workshops will be on Monday,
"The Life of the Mind begins with a
Sense of Wonder." It ends with Assess-
A free presentation of Reiki, the Usui
system of natural healing, will take place
on Tuesday, October 20, 7:00-9:00 pm.
For more information call 357-8692.
Amnesty International, Olympia is
hosting the South Mrician Dean of the
Evanagaelical LutheranCh!-U'Ch, T.
SIMON FARISANI, on Tuesday, October 13, at 7:00 pm at the Gloria Dei
Lutheran Church, 1515 Harrison Ave.,
Olympia. For more infonnation, call Pat
Boutin Wald, 754-7283.
National Issues Forums presents: "The
Trade Gap: Regaining The Comp~itive Edge", the discussion will be
. ~ld Tuesday, October 13, in the
Regency room, University Center,
PLU, just south of Park Ave. and south
122nd Street. For more information, call
535-7196.
You've walked without
them long enough .
Enjoy
Batdorf & Bronson's
great fresh raasted
coffees at these fine
establishments:
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414 S Capitol Way
Downtown Olympia
The Northwest Winds Quintet will perform at 8:00 pm October 17 in the TESC
Recital Hall. Cost is $4.50 for students
and seniors, and $6.50 for regular admission. For more infonnation, call 866-
6833.
Come dance to the African drums and
mirimbas of Du Mi 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 in support
of Midwifery.
A Concert With The Wolves (a musician's benefit concert for Wolf Haven)
will be held October 17 at Wolf
Birkenstock sondals re-introduce you to the joys of
walking. Because they're light and Aexible, s~aping to
your feet like cool, soft sand. Because they give you
correct support and let you move younger, healthier,
more naturally. Birkenstock. Made in the old world
tradition to last and last.
357-4872
Music. Dance
The music of Chilean poet Violeta Parra
will be presented on "Violeta Madre",
a four part radio series during the month
of October. It will be broadcast Mondays at 9:30 pm on KBCS - FM 91.3
Bellevue/Seattle, Wednesdays 8:00 pm
on KAOS - 89.3 Olympia.
Walking
re-inveilled
COatM\01teQQ CBoot(>J(Y
The Evergreen State College
Volunteer Program will be holding its'
first Orientation for community
volunteeJ'!! on October 14. Space is
limited so please call and register if you
are interested. 866-6000 extension 6428.
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Haven. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for
youth under 15, and children under 6 are
free. For more information and directions to Wolf Haven contact: Linda
KUntz ,3111 Offut Lake Road, Tenino,
264-2775.
Music at the Rainbow: Wednesday, October 7, The Square Roots Band, cost
$3. Friday, October 9, Nancy Vogi
(guitarist & songwriter), cost $5. Saturday, October 10, T.R. Ritchie (guitarist
& songwriter), cost $4. Wednesday, October 14, June Millington (guitarist),
C08~ $5. Friday, October 16, Jon
Gluenbe.... (blues, ragtime, jazz guitar),
cost $2. Saturday, October 17, We
Three, (women's trio), cost $5.
The Career Development Office will be
sponsoring their Career Orientation
Workshops -- The first one entitled
'What is Career Planning?' on Thursday, October 15, and 'How to Plan
Your Career' on Friday, October 16.
.Both will be from noon to 1:00 pm in the
new Hillaire Student Advising Center,
in L1406. Call 6193 for more details.
Beginning this month, all Timberland
libraries will cease to act as rlistribution
points for Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) tax fonns and instruction booklets.
They will, however, continue to carry
other tax and financial matters. For
more information contact: Lon R.
Dickerson, 943-5001; Diane Johnson,
943-5001; or Bud Case, 753-9011.
SCHOLARSHIPS
'Major changes in the world economic
situation have influenced America's
role in international commerce. What
effect do you think these changes will
have on international education?' is
the topic of the International Student
Scholarship Competition. The competition is open to all International Students
studying in the U.S. Students interested
must submit an essay of no more than
1,500 words on the topic. For more information write: Essay Competition
Coordinator; DSD CommunicatiQns,
Ltd., lO805 Parkridge Boulevard, Suite
240, Reston, VA, 22091.
Audtions for the Philip Meister Awards
for Outstanding Actors will be held on
Sunday, October 18, Seattle. Last year,
actors recieved over $5,000 in scholarships. For more information, call
(800)472-6667, or New York,
(212}219-9874.
The Ford Foundation Doctoral
Fellowships For Minorities Program
will offer approximately 40 three-year
predoctoral fellowships and 10 one-year
disseration fellowships. The deadline
will be November 13, 1987. For further
information, contact the Cooper Point
Journal, or write the Ford Foundation
Doctoral Fellowships, the Fellowship
Office, National Research Council, 2lO1
Constitution Avenue, Washington D.C.,
20418.
The National Science Foundation
plans to award Graduate Fellowships
and Minority Graduate Fellowships to
individual who demonstrate ability and
special aptitude for advanced training in
science or engineering. Applicants will
be expected to take the Graduate
Record Examinations. The examinations
will be given December 12, 1987. The
deadline for entering is November 13,
1987. For more information/application
write Fellowships Offlce, National
Research Council, 2102 Constitution
Avenue, Washington D.C., 20418.
SUPPORT
The Counseling and Health Center present full group offerings. Beginning Octtober 13, a group will meet to help people
overcome
Self-Defeating
Behaviors. On October 14, two other
courses begin: 'Relationships: What
Have the 80's Brought?' and 'Self
Awareness'. For more infonnation, contact the Counseling Center, SEM 2109
extension 6800.
VISUAL ARTS & LITERATURE
Mandarin Glass Gallery presents Lamp
Magic, a stained glass lamp competition
for everyone. All lamps must be hand
delivered by October 31 and will remain
on display November 8-30. For more in. fo, call 582-3355, or write: Mandarin
Glass Gallery, 8821 Bridgeport Way
S.W., Tacoma, WA, 98499.
China Slide Show, sponsored by
Evergreen Political Information Center
(EPIC) and Amnesty International,
Olympia, on October 16, at 7:00 pm, in
Lecture Hall 2. For more info, call
EPIC, 866-6000 X6144.
Central America: slide show and
discussion hosted by TESC student
DaVid Abeles will take place in CAB 110
on October 15 at 12:15 pm. Those who
bave never discussed the Central
American conflict in detail are especially welcome.
Plilyboy announces the 1988 College
Fiction Contest. First prize will be
.$3,00!) and publication of your story.
Deadline for entries is January 1, 1988.
For more infonnation, contact the
Cooper Point Journal.
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