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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 30, Issue 11 (December 6, 2001)
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"We're showing solidarity
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Condemn War
and Terrorism
b..y Gorey eein
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"No. I'm going to
drive home which is
about an hour away,
bur I won't see my
brother who is in
New York because
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- Srephanie W~r.:n_'
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"There are less
people on the planes,
the tickets are less
expensive, pe?ple are
nicer in the airport.
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how important it is instead of Just
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I feel a lot safer
gemng
than I ever did before.
- Isabel Parra
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• Sable Bruce
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to be on a plane. '
I am going to
Louisiana in
December, bur right
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anywhere on a plane."
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Larry M usqu ed ,', was one 0 tIe
faculry members ro sign rhe reSo uuon ,
He doesn't furesee a politic." problem for
'who
the college,
"There's always a few leg,slarors ,
ke a lot of noise, but in the end I thInk
:~Ier heads preva; I, " Mosqueda Said,
Others thoughr that if faculty passed
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the resolut.on,
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violations of the coll ege's. soc.al co~~~~c~
He's also a member uf rhe faculry, He ake
,he faculty have a n ob"~a.tlon t~ m
students feel comfortable alflng the"
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CPJ winter quarter
Our first general meeting
next quarter will be 5
p.m. Monday, Jan. 14 in
the CPJ office (CAB 316).
• The CPJ would like to clarify a
brief that was run last week (the
Nov~mber 29' issue). The forum at
Olym pia World News was sponsored
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by KAOS. KAOS will be hosting an .
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• The photograph that ran in Arts &
Entertainment along with an article
titled "Dance, With a Purpose," should
have been credited to David J. Capers
(a photographer for Orissi Dance Co.)
instead of courtesy C. J. Hanekamp.
• "First Reported Sexaul Assault on
Campus This Year," a story that ran
on the cover of the November 1
issue, claimed '~less than 84 percent
of sexual assa ults are reported".
It should have read, "less than
84 percent of sexua l assaults go
unreported" or "less than 16 percent
of sex ual assaults are reported."
• In the November 15 edition
of Beyond the Bubble (page 10),
under miscellaneous, Babbs is not
Ken Kesey's wife, but a close
friend, Ken Babbs. (see Prankster's
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official quote)
Goodbye, So Long, and
That's All She Wrote
Wel l, kids, this is the lasr blotter from
me as Evergreen is preparing to graduate
me. (By the way, this is the proper transitive
use of the verb and was commonly used
in the 19th century. Don't say you never
learned anything useful here.)
Monday, Nov. 26
8 a.m. T. S. Eliot wrote in a poem that
"We shall not cease from exploration/And
the end of all our exploring/Will be ro
arrive from where we started/And know
the place for the first time." [ don't know
what intrepid young adventurer smashed
the door in the CRC with a crowbar-type
tool, bur one thing remains clear. This was
a stupid. stupid crime.
Springfield might have sang this as he gazed
ar the suspicious circumstance entry for
today. But unlike his fine song, which has
many more words to it, this blotter entry
does not.
11 :57 p . m. A fire alarm goes off in
Housing and is caused by burnt food . Well,
[ certainly won't miss covering those stupid
things.
irect co tltr:ldt.:ttC)fl
being a day of rest and tra
lity, a
hell broke loose on campus. There were
four MIPs, a fire alarm in D-Dorm. drug
paraphernalia in the very same dorm. a
department assist in Thurston County,
another fire alarm in Q -dorm, and illegal
possession of narcotics. Was this pent-up
L-_:::..-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
weekend frustration erupting? Or dark
omens of an impending apocalyptic doom
p.m.
just as that will wipe out the earrh. starring here?
suspicious as weaving from lane ro lane? Either way. [ c®'t tell you what it's all about
Stopping suddenly in the middle of the since [ gor the blotter tOO late ro get details
road. At least that's the thinking today when on these events.
a car gets pulled over for acringsuspiciously.......- - - - - - - - - - - - - Naturally, the officer smells "intoxicants"
when he questions the driver, who says he
Nothing really happens today, according
was trying to figure our the windshield to the police blotter. but I predict rhat
wipers. After a few sobriety tests. the driver tomorrow a car will burst into flames. Is
is arrested for DUI.
ir reiated to what happened on Sunday?
Bur the srory does not end here, for Someone else will have to find out.
there are also two passengers who have been L-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Oh, Blotter will continue, never fear. ~:j~~i~i~~~;:~i!B:J
There will always be someone to look for ~
the crimes. There will always be someone
to report on strange occurrences. And there ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - will always be people who, upon viewing
the blotter, bang their heads upon the table
a.m. We:ltht~r: ~rlm,,"n~ JIICIUClll>:
and say, "Why, God, must you plague me None. Time Spent On This: Too much.
with these infernal alarms?"
9:36 p.m. Strange things are afoot as
Bur these people will not be me. So [ an officer investigates me case of an open
leave you wirh this week's events, a barch vending machine in the CAB. The lock
that typically reflect all that is Evergreen . ro ir is found on rop of another machine.
Which means that you get drunken people, bur there are no scratch marks on the open
more fire alarms, bad weamer. and many machine. Thus, it is believed that it was
strange things that de/jr explanation.
merely left unlocked by whomever refilled drinking. Since both are under 21. they are
[ shall miss the acerone-pipes thar light it. Also next to the machine are about 15 arrested for MIPs.
on fire . [ shall miss the various objects juice cans. However, the open machine was
All three people go ro Police Services
thrown off dorm balconies. I shall miss the not a juice one. but a candy/snack machine. where
criminal citations.
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stolen car boots, the screaming preachers, Curio user and curiouser...
the thefts of ai r conditionin g certi flcates
and speaker covers.
I know that I shall ce rtainly miss this
sc hool.
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Nov. 29
10:42 p.m. Walking along DriftWood
NOTE: This week, after Blotter went
to print, breaking police news occurred.
Please refer to article on page 5.
Road with a six· pack of beer in her hand
gets one person into trouble roday. While
she is not given a criminal citarion for MIP,
her case is sent to Grievance. And rhe beer,
you might ask? It is logged into evidence
"nd destroyed.
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views.
must affirm), Tougas says those who d
support it could get labeled with opini ons
they don't hold.
Th e facu lty meet at least twi ce every
qu art er to di scuss cu rrent iss ues :1nd s~t
policy, though attendance is uHtally poor.
The Nov. 14 meeting drew a slightly larger
attendance than usual , with some fac ulty
showing up just to talk a bout the resolu tion.
Mo re disc uss ion of t he proposal is set
for rh e next faculty mee tin g on Jan ..30. In
the meantime, the resolurion might appear
in the for m of a news pJp e r a d b earing
the signat'trt'l of on ly rh ose who w i, h to
' tgn.
Larry Mosquetb does n't wa nt to wait
until J.lnu.lty fo r the f.lculty ro u ke a
posit ion. "We: hope: to ,how ... thl'rt: are
people who oppose the· W.H, .Ind [l'rc,itit-nti
Bu sh's pol icy."
"Once you let the students Iknow yo ur
opinion], it skews the disc ussion," Tougas
sa id. He sa id that when students are trying
to discover thei r own opinions, it's better
that they don't know th eir teac her's views.
If the resolution passed, students wou ld
get the impressio n th at all fac ul ty s h a re
onc V IC\\.
Larry Mosqueda, famous ly vocal with his
opinion to both students and admini strators, di sagrees.
" 1 don't think I intimid ate Jnybody,"
Mosqueda sa id . I Ie says that if student s
disagree with him . he's at least gotte n th em
to th ink .
To ugas also poimed OUt thar the proposa l
mi!!,ht vio!lte the coll ege·, soc i.l l con tract.
T he >Dc ial contract S.lys tha t each person
must be rl'~poll~ibk' (or wh.l t hL' or :, ht: savs.
But if the fJcult)' approved the resol l1ti ~ n
by vote (only abollt ';0 Ollt of 200 t:,clllry
EXc~nlts
, t'toin the Proposed Resolution:
"'VTH ERFAS as citiloen;,re'tdenrs o f the Un ited St.ltc, .1nd educators. individua l
W f.1culty dnd st.lfl of The Evergleen St.l te College, we are lU n'l'elied by ollr
sp~cific responsihi lities as edULltOrS, to help uur student!'. h.l\,1.: pcr!'lollal e:ng.l gl'nll' lll
with the ' real world ' and link theo ry with pract ice.
We red J duty to cxprl's!'. ou r Jiarm ;]t .1 number of tro ublin g d irect ions that ;l[(,,'
developing in t he aftermath of th e tragic ,mack o n the \Xlorld Trade Cen t,·" in New
York C ity on September 11,2001.
\'(IIIEREAS following our re'p"", ib illties to our I'ro1cs'lll n, our co l"'.lgun,
OU f students, our cou nr ry, and people of lht' pLtnl'l IWW Jlld in {he (U lll n..'. \\t..', tilt..'
undersigned. are obl igated ro offer Ihe fo llowing rc,olution :
1) We eundem n rhe 111.15S murder of tllOu,.lnd, uf pCllf'ic u n ~e l't el1lher II, 2!1l11
.llld exprn' our profound gril.·( :Iud tO IlJolenl..l.·' to '·,l lllilil..'\ .llld friend, of rh<:
\ iet j 111\ of (he altclck. 2) \Y/e ~Upp(lrt t hI.' u,c of ... IlHern .lt IUIl.d ,rihllILll , .. tn hri n1!;
to ill~lIcc all of rhose Will) wef\.' ()l1lpIILIl 111 1he..' Sl'pr<.:mhn Ihh. \'ioiclH ;lu.ltk ....
j) '\\'(" Ilr!!t' [har rht: U.S. hrc.lk tilt:' (\"l: It' of \'joknu.:. blll1r,ing tht' hOlllhinc. 10.1
conclusiol1 Illlmedi.Hdy. c:nding .IClI(,J;l~ th,lt C,llI . . \.: lh<.· dL·.~lh "'df II1110\.l·111 1~L'oplL'
ill Afgh.!nist,'n. and brrng in r; th e \V.It to ,I h.d l
'I) \XI,. urge' th .tI the U.\.
JdJ re,s <lnd overcome co nd It Ion . . 'lILh .IS po\'crt \'. m,11 n IJI I'll it Ill . If J ~L'.I ... t.·, 0l'l'fl· ..... II)I1.
.Inc! 'lIh,ug,uinrl (h,H 1ll,lke: .Ie[, of Il'rrOfhm /lIOrl' likd~·.
1) \"l' CO III IllL'I lli lill'
l'n'rrgrn~1l St,\ll' Culll'ge Jdmini.,tl.uiol1 for Il"pl'cti ng ~llld "'UPI'ollillg L1IL' .1L.ldL'llIiL
fn.::l'dom .11ld civil libl'rtic!lo of dll' L'nrirc: En'lgrl'l'1l lOllllllUllil \ ,lIld lL'(.}lll·'t tll~H Il
LOlllinul' to do ~(). 6) We urge .tli t'ducalloll.d Illl,titlltlClII' 10 't roll gl~' "IIP\,OIl ti lL'
,Ic.ldemtc freedom of Iheir r.ltldt),. ".Iff .ll1d ,tudent, .lIl d to p1l1,llcly dl"u" th,·
i<.,lilU:"" surro undin g thl' currellt CI·i~is. -") \\ 'e <.,uppon ;1 n,niollal cllllp.lign (() k . . l,l'll
ulir dt.:penJ<':lllt' on o il and to cOlllmit to a ll"lliol1wide COII\'t:r~lOllt() re:llew,lhlL' l' lll'rg~'
sources wirhin ten ),0.1". 8) We support feder,d 'pendi ng that wtll direLtll' hendit
those who h,lve lost jobs si nce Septem ber 11th ... ')) \'(Ie u rge the repe,d of rhe USA
Patriot Act ... \X 'e a lso strongly oppose the establi,hmellt of militar\' trihunal, to t r),
noncirizc ns the gover nment a cc u~es of terrari~m.
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day-to-day ed ucation of studel1ts at Evergreen probab.ly
it deserves," Oakland says.
That's a litrle surprisi ng when you consider how many current and former Greene"
there are in th e O lympia co mmuniry. Our of O lympi a's 55 0 high schoo l teac hers alone,
70 of rhem graduated from Eve rgree n and 129 of them artended.
When Shan no n Garrett, wh o runs th e career cenrer at Ca pital Iligh School. ca me
to Olympia from Kansas in 1989, she says sh e Idt like she was leavi ng the 1950s and
showi ng up in the 196 0s.
" It took me back to my happy hippie days," she says ofheronc yea r at Evergree n. "They
looked like I did 20 years before. They weren't wearing deodoral1t and all those wonderful
things. It was fine wi th me, but it keeps people o n their toes around here ."
Ga rrett says that those peop le o n _____ _
their toes often give Grce ll cr~ an unfair
, hake eve n w hen they kn ow ve ry li rrle
Why does The Olympian
about thelll or the co llege. Activiml , she
continue to jam The Evergreen
add." is mo re often than not a gift to
State College down our throat?
th e co mmuniry,
- Gerald W. Rowland Sr.
Steve
Ilu ghes
graduat ed
from
Olympia resident
Fvcrgrecn jus t two yca r~ ago and · i ~ n ' r
surprised that people are a little put ofr
[,y Greene", esp ecially d'llSe ofa pol iti c.d
acrivisr srripe.
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re,lLlion wh eneve r somebody cha llenges the way somebody ,·Ise 'ee, th: world.'·
IllI ghe~, who 1ll:ldl':l1l UIl"lIccl'"ful bid (or city coul1ci l ~hil, )'l':lr, ad':IHl\\·k·dgl' Ih.1t
he w.\\ prob.lbly a li trlc more li kely to tell people I", wellt 10 C.'l'it.11 High ScllO,)1during
hi, c.Jtllpa ign than h e was to let them know he wa, .1 T ESC gr.ld ll.lte. But. he .ld,1-. he·
eetuin l), d idn't hide h i, Evergreen backgro und .
During his rim e at th e college, Il ughes hel ped organize the' Union of Student Worker,
.t nd foug ht to win bimonthly paychecks for emf)loyed ,tudents.
At I,ISt year's M ay Day, or Inrernat ion al Workers' of the \'(Io rld D.l\", Hugh", W.l'
arrested for occupy ing a vacant lot al thc corner of J larriso n .md Divi s iu~' .. rrt:~ts \\ hLTl"
he and ulher aC li vists had pl anted a temporary garden.
hl\1y anS\Vl'r to [h:H \\'.15 .1 lways th :u I' m ve ry proud ur Ill~' in\oivl'lllcilt alld I .IlI!...·. .1
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III thL' comm unil\·...
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Student in County Jail, Booked for Multiple Charges
Housing Residents Caught Off Guard by Violent Outburst olB-Dorm Freshman Late Wednesday Afternoon
bY Kevan MOore
A B-Dorm resident lo st conrro l of
him self in what appears ro be a drug.
induce d frenzy Wednesday afternoon,
leav ing Housing residents shocked an d
sa ddened as th ey wondered or worried
abo ut the day's frightening events.
Isa iah Flowers, a freshman from
Tennessee in rhe Expression of Self program , was bein g boo ked into Thurston
Coun ty Jail as the CPjwentto press. He was
charged with assa ult in the first and second
d egree, m ali cious mischief and resisting
arrest. The first two charges are felonies
and the seco nd two are misdemeanors.
H e will appear today in both district and
superior co urt ,
Witnesses say they overhea rd an argu·
ment in Flowers' apartment before he ran
outside without a ny cloth es on toward
rhe Mods . He reportedly attacked several
people befo re bangi ng his own head into
the windshield of a Jeep C herokee several
times.
Officer Kirk Talmadge, a lon g-time
ve teran of Police Serv ices, was o n e of
the first officers to a ppear on the sce ne
after Flowers had eluded another officer.
Talmadge says Flowers hit him in the face,
breaking his glasses. Talmadge says it took
seve ral officers to arrest Flowers, some using
pepper spray to ultimately subdue him.
One witness claims that four Evergreen
officers ftnally sat o n Flowers before he
was strapped down to a board and taken
away in an ambulan ce. O lympia police and
Thurston Cou nry she riffs also responded
to the scene.
The Cherokee's windshield was badly
dented and cracked , and a Police Serv ices
squad ca r was covered in blood. No
Evergreen officers suffered :iny serio us
injuries and the CPjwas unable to find out
if anyo ne else was hurt.
David Nelson, who lives with Flowers,
says he knows a lot of first-year students
that see m to b e struggling with drugs,
lone! iness or both.
" I'm just kinda sad and think it reflects
the way a lot of people are feeling," he said
from in front of his building.
Another group of Flowers' friends gathered inside a B-Dotm apartment Wednesday
night, con cerned for their friend 's wellbeing
and what consequences he might face. They
were hopeful, though, that someone in his
family would be contacted soon to help
support thei r loved o ne.
If you or anyone yo u know has a dr ug
prob lem , is depressed , o r simply need s
so meone to talk to, the Counseling Center
in the Seminar Building has regular drop-in
hours from 1 to 2 p.m., Monday through
Thursday,
CPj fta/f membm Andr= Cocbran and
Corty Ptin contributed to tbis story.
Revolution of the Heart
- - - - - - - Part Two on Evergreen's Radical Catholics and the Modern Roman Catholic Church
Th e modern day Roman Catholic C hurc h is a
ve nerab le and notoriously conservat ive organization.
The C hurch's stance o n iss ucs such as birth contra/'
a bortion ri g hts, and o rdin ation of women for th e
prie s thood is seve ral decades out of line with th e
progress ive humanist movement. [n other ways,
pa rticula rl y eco nomic policy, the C hu rc h is very liberal.
The Pope has issued seve ral state ments co n ce rning
the rights of humans ro be treated according ro rheir
illnate dignity instead of as commodity exc hanges . This
st:lIlce p"ts the Church squarely at odds wirh modern
A m e r ica n ca p'talism. The Church a lso o riginally
stood s tron g ly againsr c harging interes t for loan s.
Thi s was during fe udali s m, but the C hurch saw no
mor al justification in maki ng money on money. Thi s
p~r .. pcctive has bee n watered down in recent centuri es,
however, and the C hurch is n ow vi rtuall y si le nt o n
the issue .
The size of the churc h makes disagreements w ith in
th e ranks inev irable, and many o f the disagreeme n ts
wirhin t h e C hur c h today conce rn sex ual politi cs .
On Ih e i"uc of birth co ntro l, rhe Rom an Cat h o li c
C hurch says the preventi o n of conce pti o n is a sin . T he
Orthodox Ca tholic Ch urch (a se p arate e nti ty from
the Roman Catholic C hurch - the Orthodox Ch urch
split off from Rome before the reformation over s uch
iss ues as recognizing th e Pope 's a uthority as greater
than other bishops) has a more modern sta nce on thi s
issu e - birth conrrol is seen as a humane alternari ve
to abortion. The Orthodox C hurch a lso allows priests
to marry, although the Ro m a n C hurc h's stance on thi s
iss u e seems likely to chan ge in the n ea r future because
of numero us sex sca nd als in vo lving clergy.
The Roman Churc h a lso has a somew hat obsrinate
stance o n h omosexuality. Th e C hurc h's co ndemnat ion
of homosex uality is a medieval no ti on based o n a few
old-testament p."sages aga in 't ,odu m y. T h e C hurch's
Catec hi sm, last upd ated ill 1992, sa),s (in verse 2357)
tha t homo sexual acts are "contrary to natural la w.
T h ey close the sexu al aCt to the gift of life .. . under no
circumstance arc th ey ro b e approved." This is tempered
by th e ne xt verse , w hi ch states that, "t h ey [homosexual s] mu s r be acce pted w ith res p ect, compassion, a nd
sens it iv it y. Every s ign of unju s t di sc rimin a ti on ...
sh ou ld be avoided." Th ere h ave been many sch o la rl y
inte rpreta ti ons of th ese verses a nd rhe biblical passages
th ey a re based on; some ag ree with rhe stance, some
di sagree . In a ny case, it seems tradition will hold sway
on this policy, a nd the C hurc h doesn't seem inclined
!O cha nge its sta ndpo int an yt im e soo n .
Va ti ca n II , a Carholi c co unc il la st ing from 19621965, moved th e church sharply to th e left. It offered
much greater role for laity to participate in the life of
the c hurch and re·affirmed the importance of women
in th e Church - if not as pries ts, then performing such
ac tivities as reading sc ripture during m ass. Under Pope
John Paul Il, however, there has bee n a backla sh , and
he has brought the Church bac k to its more traditional,
conservative roots.
Brand en Wil son is the coo rdinator of Evcrgreen's
Radical Cath o lics for Justice a nd Peace and is rcprese nrative of the current wave of libera l Catholics. H e
e mph as izes tha t he does no t speak for the whole of
RCJ P, an d again and again men ti ons areas where he
and t h e Roman Cath o li c C hurch ag ree, but he does
hold so me differing opini ons. Wilson ca ll s the C h urch's
s tan ce on h omosex u ality "archaic" and says, on th e
notion of Papal in fa llibilit y, "Per so nally, I think
th e id ea is absurd." H e does pra ise th e Je s uits, t h e
more liberal and int e ll ectu al wing of the c hurch , for
their participation in the Sand inisra ove rthrow of th e
Nicaragua n government.
Wil so n's ba sic point is that the C hurch's entrenched
ruling faction is overly traditional an d hiera rc hi cal.
The problems of the C hu rc h are institutional in na ture
and Wilson believes the solution is to d emocratize the
C hurch . This would lead!O greater grass-roots activism
and allow the many diverse opinions that m ake up th e
mod e rn Ro man Ca tholi c Church ro be heard.
First Islamic Postage Stamp Creates Mixed Reactions
in th e United S tates today. Supporters
sa)' the Eid s tam p is a n important step
The U nit ed States POSt office pre - in recognizi ng Am e rican Muslim s and
miered the "E id Mubarak" stamp a re urging peopl e !O contin u o ll sly buy
whic h cele bra tes the two mo s t impor- the Eid Sram p.
tant fest ival s or eids of the Islam ic
Local res ponse ro the stamp seems
religion - on Sept. 1, just 10 day s mix e d. Commenrs afrer see in g the
before th e tra g ic evenls o f September Sla mp for the first time ranged from
II.
praise [0 sh arp criti c is m.
A postal sup erviso r at th e Westside
O n e Olymp ia wo m a n comme nt ed
POst Office said thar rhey received 3 00 that the stamp is a grea t idea a n d
,heets of th e
is good for th e
E id starn I' and
c urrent time s as
sol d o ut of i t
Eid al-Fitr is the celebration of
it s how s a pos in tW O mo nth s.
the end of Ramadan and Eid
irive tm age of
But the timing
Muslim cu lture.
al-Adha marks the end of the
cou ld not have
Two lo ca l men
yearly period in which Muslims
ex presse d hostilb ee n worse fo r
the futllre of
around the world make their
ity towards the
t h e stamp. To
pilgrimage to Mecca,
stamp. They sa id
_ .. ___ ... ._ .. _._ .. ___.... the s tamp is i n
become a per man e nt part of
poor
taSte
the ho liday co ll ec ti o n, the s tamp mUSt b eca use o f t he terrori s t a ttac ks a nd is
be re-iss ued thr ee tltll es.
most likely o ffe n sive to m a ny people.
Wh il e Kwaanza, Chr i s tma s a nd
Another po st office cu s tomer
C hanukah a ll have s u ccessful stamps,
res ponded with , " If people lo ok at th e
the terro ri s t attacks have c reat e d a stamp that way, J think rhe y have a
surge in American patrioti s m th at problem to begin with ."
mig hr e ncourage peo p le to s tray away
Tb, stamp call b, obtairud at local
f rom a stam p cele brating Is lam.
Muslims represent one of the quick- post offius or by calling toll fru 1-800est growing popularions of American STAMP-24. It is also available ollline ilt
soc ie ty, with over 5 million practicing www.1Isps.com.
oy;;aiifNeedlemao-(;ar!too
The first
stamp !O celebrate a n [slamic
holiday features
the Arabic
phrase " Eid
mubarak" which
translares as
"blessed festival"
or "Ma)' your
religious holiday
be blessed. " The
gold letterin g on
blue background was
designed by
calligrapher
Mohamed
Zaka riya.
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Pil1c:riJ, Kund.lli ni. tht: O lymp i'l Co III III Ull ity. Yoga Cl' l1ll'r,
Avol.,Jo Trcl' Sp .. & Bout i']ul', ( :hr)".dis (;i(l s, .11lt! SC«)lld
Usc Bu ildi ng M:ueri,ds. The hookl,,:t c() fll.1in s cOllpnns !~)r
41) di nerem O lympiJ busi nesses, .tl i 01' whteh .tre 10c., ll y
owned .1Ild o per"t ed .
You C.ln p ick up thc Your MOllcy M.HtCf' Cuupo n
Booklet al Y.Hious lo(ati on, ,trou nd Olympi,' includin!(
the Olympi .. Food Co-op. Co nee Pl.ln" Kund.tlini. Metro,
Avoc,ld o Tree, Tr,lditions, Oly World News, Orc.1 1300b,
Seco nd Use , l'rort't t 'S Cd;', C h rysa li s, Rise ,I nd Shin e
Bakery anJ Dumpsle r Valucs.
The (o upon boo k is gredt (or ,tn yo ne th .1I shops in
Olymp i,'. especi.tlly for [hose , h,1I like to spe nd, heir money
.11 local ly-ow ned businesses.
Women Rock Produ ctions is .. business panner,hip th.!t
produces event s and publications (ocused o n empowering
comm unit ies and women. They are d ed ica ted to d ona tin g
,I percent.tge of proceeds fr om the events ,Ind public.Hion s
that they produce to no n-prolit o rg,lIli zations.
Marie PolJnd o ( WRP sees the co upon boo k as a w"y
to sta y act ive in the co mmunity by working with and
promoting local busi nesses.
liAr Wonlen Rock, we believe: ir 's impo rt ,lIlt to li ve in
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world news and commentary
Prison Issues
Ju srin Mares, drawing above, and
" Knure," drulTIming be low, rook
advanrage of lasr Wednesda y's
snow. Knure was s hod ess on rh e
co ld , wet brick of Red Slluarc.
" I h ave comba t boors," he said ,
poinring ro a pil e of his sturr.
Whar arc you doin g our h e re)
"Fig hring Fear wirh love."
MatlOs helped Knute brin g hi s kit
ro rhe bus srop.
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'U,S,Embargo on Cuba Condemned by UN
From Dec 8th through the 10th, supporters
of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal are
protesting in Philadelphia to express their concerns about the death penalty, the
prison industrial-complex, and Abu-Jamal 's case, Abu-Jamal h,tS been impnsoned si nce
11)8 1. The 8rh of Dece mber marks the 20th anniversary or his arrest. Supporters of Mumia
Ab u-Jamal el.lim that he has been framed For;J crime hc did nut co mmir , dnd that the
police attacked Abu-Jamal ror hi s outspokm st ,tIlCt: un po lice br utaliry si mpl y to cove r up
corruption in the Phil.lddphia police department rddling to gang activity.
12 prisoners at Wallen Ridge State Prison on the Virgi n Islands have been on a
hunger strike since Nov I ro protest "the capricious and unjust transfer of 15 Virgin
Islands Prisoners to this conservative and bigot-run prison. " Th e Virgin Islands h,ls
tra",ferred seve ral of' their prisoners OUI of th e Etcilities ' 0 avo id overcrowding and to
CUI cosrs. So me p risoners who have co mf'lain ed h:ow bee n fo rced to stay, and there is
susp ic io n th,ll they rem ,lin in ca rce rat ed lo r their po lilic,d beliefs JnJ .. ctions. Ilanil'
Rey, o ne of rhe 12 prisoners. made a public state ment saying, " We have .tli been handpicked to be wa reh ou>ed in thi s dea th trap, simpl y to sccure 'setder inltre't ' in Ihe
U.S. Virg in Islallds, .1S ,h ey reall y dee m us " po ,entiall y inllu enlial pol illc.d (o rce,
if' ,d lowed 10 return ." T he prisone rs w ill re m ain on th e hun ge r strike for at least "
mOlllh or unril rh e: "cont r.lcr agreemenr," the arriclc: thar h,ls kept rhem in c;uccr;!{(,:d,
is ch.lnged or rhro\vn out.
December 4, 2001 marks the 32-year anniversary of the Assassination of Fred
Hampton , Dcpuly Chair man 01 the Illinois C haprerofrhe Black p" nth er Parry. and Mark
Clark, Defe nSe C lp, .,in fro m Peoria, IL. Jo in t he Isr Revo lu tiona ry F:lmily ofChica~o in
celebra li ng the life and con tribution, 01' o ur Revolutionary Heroes.
Women in Central California Women's Prison in Chowchilla are protesting
against health cutbacks, In rh e laS[ year. nin e wom en hdve di ed in the prison rrom
prcvClltab le causes. "Wh,ll we ha ve see n over the past few months is J dr .. m;Hic cutback
in c tre for the mosr medically vul nerab le women .n CCW F," said Judy Greenspan,
HIP Com mi' ke Ch airwoma n . The prisoners a rc advocating better Ltre by prison
officia ls and doctors, es pec iall y o r Ih ose women priso ners with ser ious illn esses such
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January 2. the lirst da y o f busin ess df, er the changeove r to em o b ills .. nd coins starts on
.I"nuary I. The move seems designed to put maximum pressure On th e banks to co ncede
0 11 .1 srrin g of gric:v.ln cc:s .1 n10ng empluyecs, If the thn~:ll wen~ c.lrricd o ut, .1 srrike would
nOI o nl y c.1 USe lu voc ro financ i;11 tra nsac lions bUl wo ul d .dso cast .1 shadow ove r
the cn,ci.lI ea rlv period of the introdu ct ion or the curo in Fr,lnce. The unions He
unh,1pP), WJ[h chanf!.t's ill nego{i.lting pay ilnd overrime srru crures resulting from thc
introductiull 01' the 3S-houT week. Th ey Jlso w"nt gre,Her proteerion in brancheS from
,tr med rob berieS. In recent months the co untr y has s~en " spa te or spectac ula rly violen,
robbe ries by Crimina ls wilh weapons including automatic rill es and <l llfl -(ank missiles.
(see www.labourstarr.org)
Protesters storm Argentine stock market: Seve ral dozen Argentine prot esters stormed
the Bumos Aires Stock Exch.tnge 1.1St Wednesday, inrerrupting fllJor trade ror about
20 minutes in " si !!,n of fbring social te nsiull s. "T hey just bro ke one of the doors ,md
e.,me in ". ,md rook Ihe entire trading iloor," said Ruben Pas'] uali , a trader for M .. yora l
brokerage. "Jt was incredible." Li ve TV images showed several dozen protesters, so me
carryi ng signs lor " relephone workers' union. o n the iloor or rhe excha nge, pounding
drums and chan tin g befo re police "peacefully" cleared them from the building. Tensions
in Argentin" have he ighte ncd as un em ploymenr spirals above an estimated 20 perce nt
with rhe eco numy grindin g through a recession now in its fourth year. A top union leader
to ld severa l th o llS:l nd demonstrators on Tuesday that "promoting and organ izing civil
disobedimce" would be necessary if the Argent ine gove rnment pushed ah ead with tough
"usteriry plan s. (sec www.labours :arr.org)
Farmers protest government policies, wro in South Korea: About 20,000 (;mners
fro m across rhe country staged mass rallies ar Gwacheon and Seoul recently to protest the
gove rnments far m policies and the rece nt global trade nego tiations under the auspices
of the World Trade Organizarion . The protesrers in Gwacheon clas hed wirh rior police,
hurling eggs, rocks and human exc rement. They also burned eHigies of the WIO and the
Ndt ional Agricultural Cooperative Federarion (NACF) and chanted rheir o pposition ro
the government's farming policy and the WIO's move to liberalize ag ricultural matkets.
The protesters, including members of rhe Korean Advanced Farmers Federation (KAFF),
ar ri ved o n abour 500 buses and held" rally in fronr of the guve rnment complex in
Gwac heon , sou th of Seo ul , and t he headquarrers of the NACF in downrown Seoul.
Protesters in front of the NACF headquarters attempted ro unload about 1,000 bags of
rice from rheir trucks in objection [Q the falling rice ptices, but were rhwarred by the riot
police troops. Thousands of riar police troopers were sent to the prorest sites in Seoul and
Gwacheon to "p revent acrs of violence." (see www.koreaherald.co.kr)
Rally in Seoul draws 12,000 against government restructuring: Thousands of wotkers,
farmers, unionists and student activisrs held a joint rally in downtown Seoul last week,
calling on the governmenr to respect low-income people's right ro earn a living, organizers
said. At the rally, held at Jongmyo Park, demonstrators adopted a resolution protesting the
government's ongoing corporare and financial restructuring. About 5,000 rior police were
posted around rhe sire, police said. Organizers claimed the total number of participants
exceeded 12,000. In their resolution, they also voiced opposition to rhe government's
plan [Q further open the nation 's rice and other agricultura l' markets to foreigners and
moves to sign free trade agreements with foreign countries. The protesters also urged
the inrroduction of a five-day workweek, while calling on the govern menr to scrap the
anti-co mmunist law, calling ir "draconian. " (see www.koreaherald .co.kr)
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Illo tiv;nion behind this pruj C::CL
"We. see thi s projeCi as <1c li vis lll ." Pi sco ex pLtined.
"Where we spell d ou r money and who We give i( ro malters
tremendouslyl Atth i, time. when man y "ro ur 'rigltts' J nd
civi lli be ni es .. re being quickly dismantled under th e guise
o f ' national sec urit y,' how we spend ou r mo ney is one of
,he grea test powers we have JS Americans. Especi<lIly given
rh e co nsumer-slave c:conOIl1 ic model we h,lve co nsrru cred
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strike against privatization: Unionized
workers .I I nve srcH c.: -run urilit y compa ni es
have vo ted ro sr rike in respo nse ro <) governIllelll plan to privdtile the companic.::s. union
members reported last week. Accord ing to rh e
"Joi11l Srruggle H ead,]udrrers," an ,tlliance of
six unio ns led by the Ko rean Rail Workers' U nio n
(K RW U) voted ro strik" by ,l huge maj ority. The
1Il0ve also drew suppO rt fro m unionized workers
.'t Kore" G,tS Co rp . ( KOGAS) , Kore" Train
Express. Korea Distri ct Hea ting Co., a nd Korea
Power Engineering Corp. "Wilh overwhelming
,up port ro r the strike , wc plan to slage it as soo n
.IS the pri vatiZ<l rio n bill lo r the railro;rd sec tor is
subm itted to the N,1Iion.t! Assembly," the alliance
" lid in a press co nference held ,11 th e KRWU o Hi ce
in Yongsan-gu, cenrra l Seo ul. "T he government
is ctrcless ly carry ing o ur priv;'lfizari o n of secro rs rhac
.He direc d y rebted to people's lives a nd provi de rhe
b.lsis lo r th e n"ti o r,s indust ri es," the ,tlli dnce said. (see
www.kore•• herald .co.kr)
Thousands protest Turkish economic woes: Abour
20,000 Turkish workers nl.lrched in rallies across the
counH)' I.. st Sa, urd ,,), to protesl the gove rnment 's
I:lilul<' to e.tSe a cr ippl ing financial cri, is that has
co,t a million job,. Daily price hikes dre crushing
rh~ nalion's working cl ass, which is in creasi ngly
h"vi ng problems making ends meet ever since
Turkey plunged into d deep eco nomic crisis in
February. The lira has plummeted so me 60 percent
,'g,lin st the dollar since th en . Thousands 01' workers • • • •
from va ri ous labor unions demonstrated in Istan bul,
Anka r" ,lnd several other ci tieS. Th ey ca lled un
lilt: ~uver llm cn l to ~tep down alld Ihre .Hened ;1
n,1\ ionwide st rike if Ihe gove rn ment " bl indly follows"
Ihe me.tS ures introd uced by the Internati onal Monnary
I'u nd to resolve the crists. The 1M F h.1S suggested
Turkey cu t st.lre spend in!( and la yoff some wo rkers.
The !'overnlllent deployed 7, 000 riot police .rlone in
Istanbul , who in turn dispersed the demonstr,ltors.
(see www.cnn .com)
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government has voted to approve the construction of the massive hydroelectric Chalillo Dam,
which will destroy some 2,718 acres of the country's
most pristine rainforest. The Belize Nat ion al Enviromental Appraisal Co mmittee
(NEAC) Slated [hat they .l re sa risfi ed th a t the benefits of the dam project outweigh the
en virome nt<ll implications. The constructio n of the dam will th rearen several endangered
animals includin g the Scarlet Macaw, whose pop ularion has been depleted to as little as
200, as well as tapirs, southern river otte rs, jaguars, and Morelets crocodiles. The dam is
on ly expected to provide electricity to rhe country for as little as the next 50 years before
W.,lieless. (see www.commondreams.org)
Northern AJliance forces backed by United States warplanes continued
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to mount a major assault on Kunduz, one of the last Taliban strongholds,
last week, despite efforts by the UN and humanitarian groups to prevent a bloodbath.
About 16,000 T.diban troops are believed to have taken refuge in the ciry since they
retreared from Mazar-i-Sharif two weeks ago. In a number of towns taken by Alliance
forces since early November, the Taliban's foreign fighters have been summ ari ly executed.
Alliance com manders I'ave sugges ted rhose in Kunduz would meet a si mila r fate, even if
surtendered.
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Balkan civil society groups have reacted with
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.,.'u.,,,,,~;-;<:JlKo,sovo last week, following the decisive victory of
moderate ethnic AJbanian leader Ibrahim Rugova. Non-governmental organizations
welcomed the Nov 17 multiparty e1ecti(>ns for a new assembly, but raised concerns over
the province's telations wirh federal authorities in Belgrade and rhe limited powers
of its, J20-member legislarure. "These results offer Kosovans a good opportunity
to sh ift the polirical fight from ;he street into parliament, with all ethnic groups
represented," said Milan Nikolic, director of the Center for Policy Studies (see
www.dailynews@yahoo.com)
Limited economic sanctions on Zimbabwe are being considered by the EU in
response to human rights abuses and a government crackdown on civil liberties. A
ban on visits by President Mugabe and his all ies and the freezing of assets are among the
actions being canvassed. Of particular concern to the Europeans is President Mugabe's ban
on EU moniroring of next year's presidential elections. Since the murder of a ruling. parry
activist earlier .this month, Mugabe has accused the opposition and the country's white
farmers of being terrorists. He has also accused Britain, Zimbabwe's former colonial
ruler, of backing terrorism . (see www.dailynews@Yahoo.com)
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Cannibalism is the Solution
D ear Studentli and CP] Readers,
Now rhar all of)'ou are ,nugglingcomforrdbl\' mro your weekend drinking habits and
rising roler:lJlce level. and with rhe consrant
rain fertil izing your fester ing depress ion and
anxiety, the campus bubble mighr begin ro
resemble a prison. Campus gets boring, and if
you haven't already, you'll soon be wallting to
explore rhe wide array of visual and acoustical
stimuli available downtown. The problem is
rhe alcol:ol thar, for many people in college,
makes a fim rime that much more fun. The
lack of a bus system prevents one from getting
home afrer 10:30 unless they drive. This is
a strange and frustraring paradox rhar has
managed ro dictare rhe funds, safety and social
life of m:lJlY an O Il' college student.
Even if you're under the legal drunk limit
of a .08 BAC, you can srill get nailed with a
Negligent Driving One, for having driven after
consuming any alcohol at all. For those of you
who know the penalties and avoid throwing
yo urselfinto a deep cold pool of risks by driving
after having consumed alcohol, rl1is is merely
ro inform you and to remind you that there are
rhings thar you can do to keep a huge chunk
of our community out of rhat particular sorr
of harm's way. It can be guar.mteed thar rhe
exorbitant arnow1ts of money needed to pay
fines and lawyers is the mosr pain less and rhe
least messy possibility that one opens themselves
up to when they decide to ger behind the wheel
after drinking.
Fo r those of you who know-because
you've managed to build up some sort of
tolerance to the effects of alcohol (and rhat
is truly a feat to be proud of, folks!)-that
you can afford a beer, a shot or two and still
retain your excellent driving skills, please keep
in mind the penalties fo r and risks involved
with driving after consuming any amount of
alcohol. These include fines that can range
from $700 (bare, lawyer-less minimum) to over
$5,000 if you acrually want to have a chance of
retaining your dean record and driver's license;
jail time; a scratch on your driving record that
will make your insurance very high, and your
parents very angry, and that will haunt you
even when you're in your fifties and you tty
to run for president - and these punishments
apply to those who are 21 and are below rile
.08 BAC. The warnings on those nifty lime
Frisbees and pamphlets that our dri nking and
driving epidem ic has solicited from the police
faction of our litde community are derived
from acrual occurrences. They were developed
to prevent normal and above-normal people
from killing themselves and others.
The reason why most people drink is
because they want to let go of their inhibitions
and !O lose comrol of memselves. The mosr '
difficult parr of driving is providing your Wlcar-ravaged body with physical and menral
comrol over yourself and the big, fist, sharp,
pointy, heavy meral-and-glass box that you sit
in and steer [Owarcis yo ur destination-which
is, hopefiilly, not a [fee or small child. Sobriety
is ofren required [0 aid o ne in the avoidance of
those squishy lime buggers.
None of us are special. None of us are
immune to the trials and tribulations that
other (less liberal? less green?) people face. The
cops will find a reason to pull you over if they
want to see what your breath smells like. They
will drag your righteous ass into jail if they
want to, and no amoun t of mints, basil or
pennymsucking will prevent the $250.00 car
towing fees , or the lawyer fees, or the strife
that you will face from your superiors (Parents'
Benefactors? King? Pimp') if you manage
to get into that much trouble du ring yo ur
fledgling years of freedom at Camp Evergreen,
tab! tab! tab! We are here at college collecting
knowledge, mannerisms and degrees, folks, not
criminal offenses! Which brings us to the poim
of rl1is lime lerrer to y·all ..
We don't have to get arrested for having
fun l There are many ways out of this litde
paradox. This bit ofw riting was sparked by one
idea that you'll, hopefully, think is valid and
feasib le. Who wouldn't be willing to spend one
weekend night sober until 11 :00 and possibly
lVas on the Gen Ed DTF, I only want
to clear up one misunderstanding: the
idea that any real changes were made.
The
"changes"
approved
by
Evergreen's faculty amount to litrie
more than bureaucratic fluff. A set of
vague "Expec tation s" was approved, as
was ex p anded support for the Learning
Resource Center. These cha nges, whi le
looking pretty on paper, don't significantly alter Evergreen's educational
process.
There are many problems that the
Gen Ed DTF discussed thar aren 't
. addressed hy t h e decisions made by
TESC faculty, but rhe most important
one was how to help s tudents adapt
to Evergreen.
The majority of TESC st udent s
are berween the ages of J 8-24. Most
st udent s come to Evergreen straight
rion.
What happens when a student moves
from competitive, test-based public
schoo ling into Evergreen's system'
Evergreen has been structured for
flexibi lity. The lack of requirements
essentia ll y means that an Evergreen
st ud enr can do whatever they want
for four years and then ge{ a diploma
for ir. Anarchist graffiti, J 4th ce ntury
religious symbo li sm or po i ntillist
representations of anatomy are all
su bj ects that an Evergreen stu d ent can
study. But with this freedom comes
indiv idual responsibiliry for one's
education. There is no longe r a teacher
or princ ipal d ictating wh., education
is. Students are free to take the classes
that they need for g raduate schoo l,
for a specific job, or for personal
liberation.
r do not rhink rhat public educat ion
prepares students for Evergreen. I
think it's ridiculous that faculty and
by rena Hartung
T
his column has foUowed the local election
pretty closely this quarter. One column
commented on the primary, another about
related issues and then the fin a l election
results; So, for those who've foUowed the local
elecdon issues, ..orne interesting post-election
activides may hold interest.
First, this election has held surprises. The upset victory of Mah over the incumbenr,
T.]. Johnson, has miny befuddled, depressed or angry. Where did the campaign go wrong?
How was an unknown able to unseat a well-respected and credentialed (appointed)
incumbent? Some say it was the money. But the cash raised was not far different. Mal1
had the backing of Miller Brew, the Olympian and the business comm unity. One
must conclude that their combined influence is a greater force in this com muniry
than the environmentalist/green/left ,democrat community. So was that the case with
Jeff Dickison, Parr Commissioner, the incumbent and environmentalist who lost to
Paul Telford, a republican? Do we see the business coalition has all rhe cards stacked
in their favor?
The environme~tal community has no intention of letting this trend dictate policy in
me County in the near future. Though we're faced with a staunchly right-wing element in
both city and county government, the laws on the books, which protect and maintain our
local environment, need enforcement. We'd hoped with the political w ill to ins taU ]jkeminded leadership; then we'd have a better chance of promoting left/green issues. Without
.that support, local environmentalists are organizing for the issues.
Soon a coalitiol} of environmental activists will emerge to provide a united front on
important issues. The Shellfish Protection District, a designation which has been the
legacy of poor management of non-point sources o( fecal coliform pollution, h as become
a mockery in me County. So far, despite the designation, no clear action has been initiated
to return the waters of Henderson lnlet and Nisqually Ream to a cleaner condition.
Shellfish Protection will be a rallying cry for those ready to act.
Other local issues demand immediate response. Qua]jty Rock has a permit request to
do asphalt manufacture upstream from rhe NisquaUy Wildlife Preserve. The comment
period will soon be past and the only recourse to stop it will be an appeal to the
hearings examiner.
Then there are long-term problems: non-compliance to existing waterfront regulations
throughout the county, housing permitted outside the UGA, growth supported only by
SEPA mitigation, which doesn't cover the COSt of growth so the locals must pay with
higher property taXes. These and many more issues, which may seem distant to students
whose first concern is finding housing and paying rent, will become acutely important if
you find yourself wanting to settle in Thurston County.
So why not get involved now? Pick up a copy' of rhe next Green Pages and see what
local environmental activists are thinking about. It doesn't take much to get acquainted
with the issues and me terms of me debate. Then talk to friends and neighbors, come to
a hearing and speak up for Capital Lake protection from Miller Brewery's wastes, or the
discussions on West Bay Drive development.
This is the last of my contributions to this column until next quarter. I expect
to return in me Winter, if CPj editorial staff permits, with more heads-up on local
issues. See you then.
later if your sober driving services are deemed
necessary, in exchange for a guaranteed sober
ride home from downtown to Evergreen on
Friday and Saturday nights? If we can get
enough people interested in participating in
a ride-sharing program to have 2? 3' mid-size
sober cars downtown and ready to carr the
drunkards home at 2 a.m. on party nights, no
On-Campus-Greener would have to risk their
life for inebriated fun. We could even require
that those who would need a ride call in by
11 :00 so that the unnecessary vehicles can be
let off the hook. Are you interested? If you
are, write back to Erin Hilleary at the CPJ
and give your contact info (these will not be .
printed or distributed to stalkers). If Santa gets
enough little helpers, a petition will magically
appear throughout campus and poop. Rides for
drunken people! Simple!
Your Friend, Erin Hilleary
adm ini strat ion are surp ri sed thar we
have a high freshman drop outlrransfer
raTe. Few st udents und erstand how to
find the classes they need at Evergreen,
and even fe:..ver students have conscio usly rhought about w liat educarion means to them. Is col l ege 'ju St
an investment toward a high paying
j'Jb? Is ir a personal search for change?
What programs or contracts sh ould a
srudent take to achieve either of t ho se
(or orher) goals'
Evergreen is su ffering from all
extreme d isparity between rhe students
it markets it se lf to (young. recenr
graduates of public schooling) and
the kind of students t hat do well in
the environment that it provides (freethinking, se lf-educated individuals.)
Either Evergreen n eeds to market itself
to a different group (unl ike ly , since
recent graduates of public school are
the easiest way to meet the enrollment
figures for 20 1 0), or it needs to provide
some sort of he lp for the st udents that
it is attracting. The students on rhe
Gen Ed DTF srrong ly suggested peer
adv ising. Other suggestio ns includ ed
se minars to discuss education.1 theories and/or a re str ucturing of core
programs.
None of these suggestions were
acceptab le to a majority of the faculty.
I believe thar the only reason the
"Ex pectation s" were approved by the
faculty was that they're so meaningless
thar no one actua ll y has to change
anything.
And th at is Evergreen's basic problem. We're mired in the status quo.
On the third floor lobby of the library,
there are p ictu res from Evergreen 's
early years. One picture is of a room
filled to the edges with faculty and
students working on curriculum plan ning. Looking at the faces of the people
in that picture, I ca n almost feel their
excitemenr. Bu t looking at thar picture
is a lot like heartng about a great party
that I didn't ger to go to . Last year,
when Evergreen was faced wirh the
possibility of required classes, only
fo ur students chose to attend DTF
meetings. Faculty meerings on Gen
Ed issues weren't any better, generally
en din g as divisively as they bega n.
Ultimately. if Evergreen is going to
continue as a non-traditional institu t ion, tbe faculty and admi ni stration
arc going to have to make real changes,
espec ially rega rd ing issues that the
Gen Ed DTF raised . For instance: if
Evergreen wants students to take part
in oppo rtun iries like rhe DTFs, if they
really want students to be involved
in their education, they're going to
have to deal with the problem that I
ra ised earlier. If a student isn't actively
involved in hi s or her personal education, why wou ld t h ey feel moti va ted
to deal with the in s and outs of rheir
ed u cat ion al institution? Especia lly
when the most worthy new ideas are
voted down by a faculty that is afra id
of both cha nge and compromise.
I app lau d the fact that Evergreen
conrinues to offe r studell ts ed u cation a l freedom . But perhaps Everg ree n's
"Ex pectations" wou ld be m ore usefu l
if th ey were app li ed to the faculty
and admi n ist rat i on instead of th e
students. I s u ggest t h at they work
on "partic ip at(ing) collaboratively.:'
After t h at, they can refer t.o thi s year's
ca t a logue and try " bridging theory and
practice . "
-Jayne Kaszynski
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n th is eulogy I attest to know everything and noth ing. I am a shaman and a melon. Feel
free to believe all of my ranting or discard it as inconceivable notions since, wirhout a
doubt, they are criticisms, beliefs, and opinions of just another perso n. Tis I who am a
towering tube of testosrerone and a flaky phallic finger. Follow me into the dept bs of a
volcano or to the highest peaks of nothingness and meani ng, but don't expect me to be
there. In other words, take my sc rewy ph ilosophy for what you will, and if anything else,
enjoy w ith extreme p leasure. Laugh for Christ's sa ke damn it r Please.
Here today, the Tao speak ing is not the Tao, bur more li ke, say, I don't know,
George Carlin.
This Christmas, whi le mOSt Americans are happily celebraring the birth of MasterCard,
Visa, and American Express, there are millions of people out there, starving, freezing, and
JUSt p lain fucking miserable. I've gOt a sol ution to this problem.
I know what you're thinking, " How the hell does cannibalism solve anything?" If
you turn your head away from the glowing screen fo r a moment , I'll tell you. You
only eat rich fa t capital ist corporate yuppie greedy SCUm. I lefr out a few wo rds, but
you get the picture.
That's rigbt America, it's time to drive past the mall a nd straight to your local corrupt
CEO's hOllse and invite you rself over for dinner. You don't need a lot of planning o r
rools, jusr your trusry Martha Stewart cookbook, lamp oi l o r lighter fluid, and some
matches. Don't forget to bring the kids.
J know this doesn't seem like the most, how would you say, rational solution to a larger
dilemma, but a simple one. We wouldn't eat all of them , just the mean o nes, the decrepit
old ones that vegetate, drool , and defecate on themselves. The ignorant and selfi sh
bastards that own everything, didn't work for any of it, and hoard it all to themselves.
I mean, if rich people only make up one percent of the people on the pianet, then
what's the big deal. We slaughter b illions of animals every year to feed America, why
not grill up a few rich peop le to feed the world. It's t ime to give back. Obv ious ly
the food industry isn't responding to the demands of vegetari ans, vegans, and animal
rights activists to change'their policies, so we need to show these businessmen (and
women) that we mean busi l1ess.
I've come up with a short list of people that should be put on the slab as our ma in
Entrees. Let's see, there's Bill Gates: way too much fucking money and power. T he entire
Christian Coalition or just Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson , and Benny Hinn would do. Jesus
actually called me and to ld me these guys are leftove rs from the Third Reich. No one really
likes French people (except m e), so I guess we can bake them too. I think all the linemen
from the National Football League co uld feed abo ut half of Africa. They're just getting
paid to .fight a war on a smaller sca le anyway, and they're husky.
Here's an easy way to kill two birds with one ston e. Gathe r up all the wretched
co untry music "artists" and toss them on a Foreman Grill. This elimina tes hunger
and migraines.
I thi nk Congress would make for some exquisite ch icken fried steaks. Next to Congress
we'll have a Geo rge W. Bush/half of Texas BBQ and then have a well-preserved dessert of
people that recently died of natural causes. There's no sense in wasting any mo re land by
burying these corpses. Remember the three.R 's: reduce , reuse, recycle.
If you think about it, this whole idea is like Rob in Hood on a much more ext reme
level : taking from those who have and givi ng to those who have nor. I don't mean to ruin
t he holidays or make anyone run to the bathroom in horror. I just wanted you to think
abour what a little chaos could do for rhe world and how eating people isn't as disgusting,
unreasonable, or unjust as it sounds. Have a Bloody Merry Christmas, literally.
No More
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LIE:(j.•·
:biKlYsta/ Kyer
W
h erever I go, I see a lot of angry
America ns these d ays. If not on the
surface, then just underneath their indi fferent blank exteriors. But peop le are mad
for different reason s. Most are rightfully
angry because of rhe dramatic destruction of life that occurred on September
11, 200 1. I am mad about thar. I am
also angry and d isrurbed by t he official
reaction to the tragedy-a declarat ion
of war-an expans ion of U.S. military
agg ression and state terro ri sm, which wi ll
ultimately (and probably by spring) lead
to a prol ife rat ion of needless suffering
and death. In the words of the 1970s
m'ovie Network, I 'm telling you, ''I'm
mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it
any more! " T he re; now that I've said it,
you must be wondering what I'm going
to do about it.
That's a good question; a legitima te
one, too. Whenever we cha ll enge t he
domi nant perceptions, exp lanations and
id eologies of the world, we are fired back
at with that question. Yeah, it's a problem ,
but what can you or I do abou t it ?
Obviously, the answe rs depend on
t he spec ifi c situati on in question. St ill,
th ere are some answers com mon to all
to pi cs. O nce yo u've firmly rejected t he
explanation, ratio nale, issue definition or
ideology, there is at leas t one powerful
ac tio n you can take to fight it. That is,
yo u can comm unicate with others yo ur
objection s. I'm not talking abo ut writing
art icl es or a ttending public protests or
bu rni ng flags, although that is a form of
commu ni ca ti on. The aud ience I wo uld
direct yo u to is the people wh o are w ill ing to listen to yo u, people yo.u know:
coworkers, fri ends , family, class m ates ...
Someti mes we don't want to talk about
co ntroversial subjects with t hose people
for fear of offe ndin g (or being offended),
hurting (or being hurt) or generally
upsetting the balance of thing\ Nobody
wants to be uncomfortable, I don't think.
But w hy are we uncomfortable talking to
peop le we know? Why is it easier to get
in to an arg um ent wit h a stranger? It is
easier to in sult and snap at someone you
have no ap pare nt arrachmenr to. With
those you know persona ll y, you might
actuall y care about their feelings, and th us
have to p lay down an emotion -charged gut
rea ction and replace it with considerate
dialogue. My point is, we all h ave the
abi li ty ro ta lk to num ero us people (even
if it may be hard), and to change their
opinions. If enough people change their
minds, then maybe the problem ar hand
can be cha nged, too.
- To refrain from soundi~g idealistic, I
admit that we have a long! way to go in
changin g people's minds abo ut this war,
but probably not as far as the media's
public opinion polls would have us bel ieve.
Sti ll , people don't want to discuss. They
want acri on, not questioning.
A week a ft e r the attacks, I sent an
e-mai l out to about forty people I know,
as we ll as printing it in the CPJ soon
after. My letter cha lle nged the portrayal of
events: reacti ons and sol utions presen ted
to us by corporate media and gove rnm ent
officia ls. One o f my intent ions was to
present an alternative to the propaganda
and to illustrate that we are not the "united
we stand" America that was fed into o ur
homes, cars, and workp laces hours after
the tragedy.
To my sur pr ise, not a single person
I se nt t hi s m essage to resp onded . I at
least expec ted to piss so me people off
a nd get some negative feedback. Thar
didn't h appe n . Maybe I was di smi ssed
as a silly girl or a hipp ie. (I am neither.)
This illustrates my observation that most
people a ren't willing to discuss this war.
The September 11 attacks took place
on U.S. soil, but they didn't hit home.
We remain the o bedien t flock G.W. wants
and need s us to be. What have we really
learned? A~ tion speaks lo uder than words.
The govern m ent has t h at down firm.
Unfortunately, most citizens haven't
utilized act ion s or words. We remain
frozen si lent in comp liciry.
Thanksgiving Break... .
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5yMA Selby
Here's how it stands: Evergreen's Thanksgiving Break
needs revision. Talking to a number of students , the
majority are in agreement - Thanksgiving Break has some
serious problems.
Scenario: You're trucking along through Fall Quarter,
writing a paper here, working on a project there, doing
lots of reading. Weeks go by - more of the same. You're still
trucking, maybe a ]jrrle excited about your class, maybe a
lirrle tired of your class - but either way, you've developed a
rhythm and forward momentum. Suddenly, bam! End of
week 8 and you have a week off from .school only to return
shortly for weeks 9, 10 and 11.
In the busiest section of me quarter, when you're in the
middle of working on your final paper or final project, we
all just stop for.a week. Everything just drops . .
Some people use Thanksgiving Break for what it is and
become non-academic for the week.
Some well-intentioned faculty and st\ldents plan on
trying to "catch up," or even to get al1ead.
But som~how or other, that extra work never quite
enc4 up happening.
The very nature of a holiday is that there is something
special or different about the day or days in questiop.
There are demands on .your time from f.uniJy and friends.
For Green'ers with a social or political bent, there are
the .historical implications behind Thanksgiving and me
mistreatment of Native Americans. Regardless of your
reasons, school tends to become secondary.
Then we all come back, with our forward momentum
gone, and two weeks of the q uarrer left in which to panic
and try to get everything accomplished t hat needs to be
. done by the time of evaluations in week 11.
This scenario represents reality for a large number of
students and as such makes Thanksgiving Break ineffecdve
and in some cases detrimental. Why do we take a full
week off from school at the end of November, only to
take almost a full month off stretching from December
mrough January? Yes, there is the reality that these are
both Americanized holiday periods that are celebrated
nationally. (And the arguments for and against these
hoHdays will not even be addressed - they are long and
. many and belong in a separate letter.) The focus here is
the practicality and usefulness of me Thanksgiving break
period as it stands now.
.
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Additionally, one of the inherent ideas 'in taking a full
week off from school is mat one needs that full week in
order to accommodate extra travel time to get home to
one's family. That is a rather classist notion - only those
with enough money have the luxury of travel twice in the .
same number of monms.
So, sure let's take a break from school - but why not
just have an extended weekend like the majority of the
country? That way we can have a slightly longer Winter
Break, l'ossibly even celebrate Vet~ran's Da}1 and not lose
that educational momentum.
agreed
My personal experience during Thanksgiving week goes
as follows: I need to get work done, being away from
school keeps me from gettin g work done. I d on't enjoy
my week off because I'm worrying abo ut class, but when
I get back to school it is too late to do it. Ugh.
- Nathan Smith
Amen - except I'm not sure
you can say a "majority of
students agree with you without taking a formal survey.
Other than that - right on.
- Andy Cochran
Yeah.
- Ursula Becker
This is totally right. We
can be thankful during
an extended weekend
and still be academically
productive.
- Kate Stewart
Agreed,
- Patrick "Turrle" Rogers
opposed .
I needed a break. Yeah, I'm not I like being jerked
productive, but if there weren't around - it keeps me
a break I'd be dead.
productive.
- Corey Pein
- Meta Hogan
Productivity is a choice. I don't personally choose to be
productive during Thanksgiving break, but that's my
fault, not the break's.
- Katrina Kerr
TONY SELDIN sparks A BURNING
SUN
Seldin,
infamous "Vagabond Poet" goes /rom openingfor
Tony
The
tbe ~/v.t Underground
ill tbe 7 0's to opmillg a weekly opm-mi( at Rise and Shine Caft in Olympia
bv ChrIS Mu/allv
On a Thursday la st week Tony
a nd I sat down in the mOllth of a
Cafe with his stepdaughtt:r for an
interview. It was about his part in
the creation of the Rise and Shine
Bakery Open Mic. I was nt:rvous
and 1 shimmied in my chair.
When I ,lIId ,I II my ego shook Tony'; I shivered
1 \\,,15 in love widl him, but hL'c.luse
his h.lnd h.I> held cig,Helles while he ~ I"od ",'X,
t" Allen Cinsberg or Ca rlo., Sanr,ln.1 lH ].1I1i,
Joplin , or his old friend Ken Kc:sey, eng.lg,int;
ill co nvcrs.ltlUn. Tony's upened lor Ihe Velvet
Underground, H~ said, " Ir was in Amslerdam
11 64'" Ave Emf· 570-9536
5/alll Open Mir once monthly
Next Slam: Decelllber 8 til 91'.111.
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Every Sunday @ tpm at
Rise & Shine Bakery / Deli / Cafe
hv Alissa Me/soo
This 10c,,1 poetry s];,m is Ihe perfect cross between KRS and
Shakespeare. The Slam was Jlrst unleashed as a regu lar event in Olympia
rhis pas l sum Iller. Thi s IInall y gave a ll the sc reaming, spit-ridde n,
drunken, coked-a u, spokenword fredks of Olympia a mic and a sta ge.
O lympia, prep""e 'a be enrerta in ed.
~ IIO! hc.:clu~L'
903 Rogers St. NW
.,. next to the Wests~de Co-op
for more info, ca1l357-6316
Tony has li ved in the heat of the morning of the 1970's, amongst the throngs 01 famous grear 4 - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---=---------1
a' ,he f:.mous P.tr,ldiso."
musicians, writers and performers thar rurnedAmerica on its >fomach and slapped irs bottom.
He is stuffed with stories abour rhe creation ot a new America.
When I pulled oul my recorder and pres>ed Ihe playlrecurd bUl!ulls lu be!,ill Ihe illlcrview, sOllle sp.lI·ks shol
OUI of Ihe recorder, and Ilew across Ihe 1,lble. Ton)" who is ",I heavy glly" according 10 him, jumped back wirh
surprise in a rum ble of clothes.
"Woa that was scary," I said. Tony said "I think you shou ld unplug that man . BUI what do you expect
from a prankster interview'"
Now today, most of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters arc dead, but Tony Seldin is not. Tony was named the "Vagabond
Poer" by Ken Kesey many years ago. The poet of rhe peop le.
At Evergreen Tony has smacked out over 100 unofficial periormmccs and 4 oilicially; the lost time he said he
was ripped off. (More abour that nexi issue)
BUI what abOUI Ihe Open Mic at rh e Rise and Shine'
Poetryat Rise N' Shine
Poets, A rtists, Musicians, Ranters, Dreamcr$, Revolutionaries
and Visionaries have a new home ro express themselves. Since
March, people have commu ned every Sunday ro perform ,
listen and support local writers and musicians in one of the
m ost e n tertai nin g open mic Olympia has seen. Hosted by
devoted poet and writer, Joseph C ham be rlain , this open mic
is always fill ed with hi gh energy poems ranging from issues
co ncerning fe mini sm and politics to instant coffee and cha i
tea. I f you don't come for the poetry, at least come for the
Tom Waits sing-a-Iongs a nd be sure to ride Sa ndy for ten
cents before yo u leave.
Notice the following poets who have perLas t ye .. r, Tony was living in Olymp ia near the West Side Co-op when Ihe owners of the new Bakery (Rise and
fo1'med and continue to perform at Rise and
Shine - formerly Eddy's Groceries) approached him to SIan an open mic on Su ndays. They alTered him money
bu t he said he would do iI for "food and barter."
Shine Bakery on Sunday Nights, Olympia •
\"'hen ,he first open mic proceeded , in March, Tuny s,lid it was magical. "co mpar:lble 10 the North Bea ch
World News Poetry Slams, and at Liberated •
(CA) Renaissance of my yourh."
Lyrics
formerly held at Traditions.
He said " I jus, felt [Rise and Shi ne] is a wonde rfu l place, wou ldn'l it be g.reat 10r.1 poetry re .. ding. "
His intentions were to ere-ate a com lllunity dwe llin g SpOt for poets and wrilers. 'a bring about creativity ",lIId spread
il throughout Olympia" devoid of ~go. Tony says ope n mi cs are ,Ill opportunity to "~el yourseifoul Ihere" and 10 "gel out of yourself:"
To ereare t he weekly Rise ,lIld Shi ne open mics (which mea n open ro everyone) Tony was assisled by 200 I Evergreen gr.ld Romaya Bumpas, his stepdaugh,er. She sa id she handled "logistical
things. proorr~ading pos ters. disrributing. advcnis ing in Secllrlt:, making ~nnOl1ncemcnrs tH Evergreen," ;t nd she h osted a (ouplt: limesand read "" very few times."
Wh il'e ,If Evergreen, Bump,ts said she sr udi ed mosrly French Idng.u,'ge liler.Hure .Ind Fr.lncophone liter.Hllre Fr.lIl cophone me,,,,s of rhe French colo nized region s mainly in
the C"ibbean and We$( Africa.
Aftn To ny and Romaya a nd the poels established Poetry at Rise and Shine un Su nday nigh", Ton)' Idi ,I nd now lives in Federal \"'ay. Before he leI', he handed the hOSling over to Jose ph
Chamberlain, who now cleans our ears etCh week wi th new poclfy and a good senSe of humor.
Birlj,date: January 3, J982
Birthplaa: Portland, Oregon
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CbriJ Mula/ly enn br rMcbu/ nl cmltlnl/y@/;otmni/.com
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Host 01 RISE AND SHINE POETRY
Birthtkte: Jamul'l27, 1980
Birthplace: MOl/tmy, Ca/ijonzu.
My first expt:rie:nce. Il ofwirhstanding
srr.tngc open mic in Reno
called the Vault, was an open mi c in ye t another coffee shop in
downtown Reno (whe re I am from) - this olle named Java Jungle.
J"va had everything I wallled ... a venue. The displayed art and the
p hotograp hy played well wirh the mosa ic riling of the Hoor and rhe
music, usually some kind of indie rock or world variery. The reader
list was always varied, from hi gh school kids to grizzly ex-cons who
gOI up 10 tell prison stories. I enjoyed Monday nights at Java so
much thar when I moved 10 O lymp ia a good open mic was one of
the lim things I sough I aliI.
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Rise .lIld Shine was Ihe OIlL' of dIOse Ihat caught Illy f. lIl cy. AI tite
time, the origin.d has\' Tony Seldin, W,lS in c1urge o r Ihe reading:
presL"l1ling tlll: (<.:alUrl·~, allnollncin~ upcomiJ1~ cv("nb-, .lnd contrulling
the sign ups. Monrhs hllCf. dfl cr .1 fe,Hurl' of my O\VI1 TOllY ,Iskcc..! il
I cou ld take over hosting rrom h im. Tonv, seemingl), one of Ihe 1."1
surviving beal wri,e'>. was .1 lough act to fol low. Il o'd been Involved
wilh open lilies for dec.ld", and knew his shit, bUI I Idt up to it. AI
Rise "nd Sitine I quickly lound .; co mp letelv dinerent Icel rh.ltl Ih.1f
of any o r Reno's open mics. Llsy going, joinl 'll1oktng, IV,ltCit your
organic gdrdcn grow pOc.:lfy nc.:ver rnade a show in R<:Il ~; conversely,
the dry cy nic.d wil thai I h,ld grown to love "hour Reno's ,lIIrho rs
had no pLlce here. As ,I result or ,he Llid -b.lck. cOlllllluni,y- loving
red I decided tu nuke my open mic as ,rul)' open ," possible. M",ic.
prose. perfOfll1.lIlce, whatever. I fi gured Ihi~ \\,<15 the wrong fown !O
pu, resrricr ions on, a nd I W,IS right. PoelfY or spoken word is th e
main stay, bUI we are peppered with music performances including
acoustic guilars, piano, horn vucals .tnd hand drum s. Pretty much
anyrhing you don't have to plug in. So (his is :1Il exciting time lor
open Illic in Olympia.
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poem.
(excerpted [rom Chr)'JaliI)
Give m~ chi ldren's 25 cent grocery
srore rides shaped like nuclear warheads. G ive it to me softly o n the 3am
tele. Adverti se it at a d iscounted rate
when you pay with yO Ut master-card.
Paid mind yo u in 3 low monthly
payments of 22 dollars and 20 cents.
and to Ihink if larder now they' ll
throw in a set of knives that neve r
needs sharpening. Wrap it ill desserts
I s\V~et desserts sweet seren ity. S in g it
, to sleep with a 4 p'lre coyo te chorus,
I Coat it in ctyptalogica l cr umb s
a nd deep fry it in McDona lds own
I ano in ting oil and \\ ith a greasy hand
I' ll g rab the phone .lnd I' ll buy it'
Oh, I'll buy it ...
Shake our Ihe dust of decades dlld
hl'.ld our,
will~s uut
.lnd
venge,lIlce read )'. Steady ing thai
ddic~tc b"lance; violence a nd silence,
peace ,I nd release, till th e see s.awin g
ceases, the motion decreases, and all
I of the pieces arc free.
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alissa nielsen
Previous host of Liberated Lyrics
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Birthdat(: Oct. 31. J978
Birthplace: Fargo, North Dakota
" I come not to bury poetry, bur to throw
it off a cliff into icy seas and see if rhe
fucker ca n swim." David Lerner
I decided ro hosl "Libe rated Lyrics"
last ycar because of the amazing a mou nt
of talented Olympia poets and writers thai
su rfaced when an open mic was ava il able.
"Libera red Lyrics" was a monthly open
mic that was held at Trad itions Caf". We
always had a large and diverse turn-our,
which showed me how needed '111 open mi c was in our cO mmuni ry. When I cou ld no
longer host "Liberated Lyrics" I decided it would be necessary ro make a recording of
rhese poets, so their wo rds could be, in a sense, preserved.
When I started to read my poetry out loud I found how deeply the act of seeing
~ nd speak ing is involved in writing. It seemed natural that if I used sight and so und
to ,"Tite poetry, that sight and so und should be involved in executin g poetry. This
idea is no t new. Poetry was, at its roOt, an oral tradition. But as the oral became
less "tr ue" and the written became more "true", poetry like all other oral ttaditions,
turn~d into the wri rren word.
The written wo rd , I do admit, has its
adva ntages, but they are eq ually as important
in commun ication and wr iting 3$ t he spoken
wotd. A word is nothing b ut the shell of an
exp ression. When done right, spo ken word
prod uces a direct rela tions hip with autho r and
aud ience that b reaks opell this shell , allowing
a Inore intirn:lte com rnunication.
poem
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(excerp ted fi'01rt HE- VERSE)
I f I co uld show you , he place
where truth unfolds
like green w in gs of an art ichuke
and coa rs you
in fo rever clever words
and boats you
on silver moon phrases
cascad in g with fair ies and saf!,es
I wou ld take you
I wou ld lift you over
rhe picket fe nce fo rmula that was
taugh t to you .
What spoken word poetr), has done for me
borders sp iri tual. Like man y a rti sts, wr itin g
for me is survin l, like a ir, it sustains m e. I'm
not being m etaphorical when I say that for me
poetry is body and soul. The sou l of a wo rd is
preserved, bound in pages for generatio ns to
explore; the body is a livin g-b reat hing object,
wanting to grow a nd cha nge. I spend most of
my time trying to resuscitate the written word, re-citing the written word.
Growin up (Mos rly) in sou the rn Ca li, I have memories of Snoop and Ore's liks,
a nd I remember rappin their lyrics to this girl one time.
Bur I guess it was really Hip H o p that has allowed me to not only
recognize the power and importance of
expression through our speech, but
has a lso given me revelation of the
journey into ourselves, ro find who we
.
(Probably excerpted [rom t"~ back
are individually.
comer of Duke's brain)Qh yea h, so any way ... I used to listen
to a lot of Hip Hop and freesryle with
Cr.lck your dome on a rntcrophone.
my friends
I know you gal secrels,
at drunken foresr keggers, so I think
let th em be kn ow n.
that
opened me up to, I guess, not givin
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a fuck
a nd jusl bustin wharever was in mi cabeza (head). So I sra rted writing roo and
displayed my in sa niry in losl journals and at musry house parties.
poem •
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Upon arrivin g back from summer vaca tion th is year wirh my friend Tim (who was
Ih e OJ at rhe previous three slams, bu, unfortunately has gone back ro Arizona), we
arrend ed the Na tio nal Slam in Sea ttle , and that was inspiration enough. Also, I had
helped Tim o rga nize several evenrs in Flagstaff, AZ , so his presence added to the whole
"LETS DO SOMET HING GOOD AND FUN FOR OLYMPIA" type vibe.
In t~ rm s of host in g, I had never done ir before ... MC'd a co uple events but
never hosted anything fully. I guess my hopes arc pretty simple: Listen to soul,
Speak from so ul, Get inspired, Sptead Trurh , Berrer o ur human existence a nd
have a fun time doing it.
Local Poet CD Release:
"Liber:Hed Lyrics," an independentl y produced CD featur ing
poetry a nd spoken word b y
Olympia Poets, will be holding a
C D release part)' Decembe r 7 th.
200 I at 7 p.m. :1\ Traditions Cafe'
in Downtown Olympia. "Liberated
Lyri cs" begall a ycar ago a.s :t11
open mic t.:vclll at Traditions Caf~.
Founder and CD prod ucer, Ali""
Niclstll, w"' so impressed wirh rh e
local talent. she decided to crcate
this recurding for posterity. The
CD release parry will fea tu re 10CII
pacts from rhe CD including Sarah
Rose Morgan , Joseph Chamherla in .
Ali ssa Nielse n , Marlys Lee, 1\"
Horn ick, and Dan iel Hornick, .1>
well as "t hers. You will probably be
moved to tt:ars or excessive joy.
takashi
hendrick
~i9,I~o~ber~i;£leur
Birthdaff: July 13, 1973
Birthplace: Spok"ne, WflShillgtOIl
po~m •
Birthplace: Httrrisbllrg, Oregoll
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Verbalize you r fear and watch it
disappear. The value of sharing
one's truth is imm eas ura ble. As
o ne who has wallowed in a selFdestructio n a nd dysfuncti o n born
o f repressing, o r ignoring , my fears,
pains, and creative d es ires, I have
found performing regula rly at open
mics to be beyond therapeutic. If
you ue willing to make yourself
vu lnerable, an open mic ca n be an
opportunity to expose your darkness
to the li ght of d ay, and watch it
melt away, vampire style. Dirty
sec rets, in sec urities, despairs and
frusrrations are not just welcomed
_ . , II
at open mi cs; they a re literally
applauded. This is not to say that I believe a good reading is dominated by
melodramati c, narCI SSistiC ramblings, but rather that creative expression is a
necessary component of healthy living, and itftels good to give voice to parts
of ourselves that we do not usually reveal. Regardless of what one chooses
to perform, the act of performing itself is exhilarating and empowering,
life changing even. The beauty of a n open mic is that it allows everyone,
and an,Y0ne, to be a star; to feel the rush of being on stage; to feel th e
validating effect of haVing a room full of people giving their undivided
attention to what you have to say.
(excPrpted from Dear Mr Warmonger)'
Dear Me. Warmonger,
As I sec you circling,
waiting for a clean kill,
the re is worry in your eyes
and fea r too.
for eve n now you know
that the denizens of peace
are prepa ring a full force assault
of co mpass ion ...
I've been writing poetry for over ten years now. I published my first cha pbook " Be:lds from th e
C hurch of the Neon C ross" in spring of '91. I've been doing readi ngs (organized an d orhe rwise)
for about 6 years, pretty much wherever and whenever an opportunity arose. A few years ago some
friends and I formed a weekly read in Bremenon at a now defunct coffeehou se. We still get together
a coup le times a year to do readings at whatever coffeehouse/ven ue will take us.
Basically, I'll read whenever the opportunity arises -- I pro bably have 10 poems o n me at
all times (in notebooks, stuffed in coat pockets, wedged berween car seats, etc.), so I'm rarely
without so mething to read .
I try not to ever plan on doing anything with poetry; it always just happens for me. I pl an to go
back to school next summer or fall and get my MFA in creative writing (fiction).
s.
quim
Birthdate: May 8, 1974
bonnie
jone-s
Birthdau: October 16, 1954
Birthplace: Long Beach, Catifortlia
A decade ago I was giving
Chaucer readings in Middle
English at TESC and in the community. In the mid-90s I read
my own poetty at Four Seasons
Books. This meant ha ving to
discover my own voice, which was
different from my C haucer voice.
Last Spring my broth er C raig
and I sta rted going to Sunday
poetry ni ghts at Rise & Shine
Bake ry-Ca fe in o ur ne ighborhood. My two reading voices
had disintegrated from disuse
in rece nl yedr<, but I was still
writing.
At Rise & Sh inis open readings I've taken it slowly, a poem or
two at a time. Being introverted
and busy, I like panicipating without burning ou r. Over the past seve ral
month s I've hea rd my voice re-e merge, growing among the varied and
distinctive voices at each gathering. The other poets, performers, and listeners
are wonderfully gifted and open-hearted. Going back to C haucer:
we're a morley bunch of pilgrims, and Rise & Shine is our inn.
Birthplace: Waterbury, Connecticut
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Birthdate: ~ember 8, 1947
Birthplace: Earlville, Iowa
I've performed at the Steep and Brew in
San Francisco. When I performed there CNN
was filming, beca use the city of San Francisco
was trying to tax them and their open mic for
an entertainment tax, but they were blatantly
refusing. I wasn't filmed though . I've also
performed in Lafayette, Louisiana; A ustin, Texas;
Missoula, Montana; Boise, Idaho; and Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
But in Olympia ['m not hap py with the
poetry scene now. I think poetry here needs
ro be reinvented. Peop le are sti ll following
the old bea tn ik thing. It wou ld be nice to see
something new with poetry - that's what I'm
trying to do.
I la lk ed to DJs who do mixinlS and lay
down bears. I have actually
performed with DJ Eboka
po~m
•
who does the mixing at the
(excerpted
from COOL OCTOBER)
slams. It's taking it to a
new level with samp les and
She's slick beneath her seductive ways.
break beats behind you. It
A child stripped of all childish qualities.
enhances the whole experiWe want and we wait while we watch through the haze
ence. I'd like to explore
Until our eyes speak the new language
that more, work more with
We'll
re-invent life, turn the world into
Eboka, cut a CD , or just
A
carnival
for our desires ...
fuck around.
Traditions
'FairCy traaea aoois from lDw-inconu arrlsans
ana faTfJUf'S from arouni die wor(J'
'1lcoustic concerts. forums. ,(asses. JoetrJ. and
tlieater
'A cafe witli aooa fooa ani a welCome
environment to ~eet or snufii
cra10' ore
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LOVE AND TUNA
When I think abOUt love
I feel like a can of tuna
on a shelf at Safeway,
remembering the ocean.
The Story ofMy Life
I was born on a stormy winter night
in Iowa in J 947, and then a lot of other
stuff happened, and now I work at Orca
Books and read poetry every Sunday at
the Rise and Shine. Is this who I turned
out to be when I grew up, or was I lucky
enough to never grow up'
. For people such as myself who aspire to be life-long performers, an open
mlc IS always, If nothmg. else, a good opportunity to practice. However,
different ope~, ~tcs faclhtat~ v~,ry different performance experiences. At
the monthly Liberated Lyncs, formerly held at Traditions Cafe, I felt
compelled to perform only very polished pieces that I knew I could deliver
well. At Traditions, I stood wit? microphone in. hand on a nice stage which
set me apart from the always Sizabl e audience; It was the kind of open mic
whICh challenged m)' ability to be confident and skillful. At the open mic
which I regularly attend these days, I feel co mfortable reading anything
from ~ndeveloped poems I wrote In high school to napkin poems scribbled
ten minutes before gOing on stage. Rise & Shin,:, Cafe, home of the Sunday
I11ght poetry se fles, IS small, funky, and exceedll1gly comfortable. There is
no s ta~e, and no actual mic, but everyone who performs is awarded the
Intensive support of an often s m~1I but devoted crowd. While I delight in
performll1g sohd, famlhar matenal, [ deeply appreciate Rise and Shine's
accepting environment because it allows me to receive feedback on stuff
which is fresh and unfinished (some of the other regular performers have
even coined the term "pulling a Jorah" to pre-empt the performance of an
In ~o mplete piece). [encourage accomplished and amateur performers alike
to JOin us Sunday nights at seven to partake in the opportunity to verbalize
the fear and watch it disappear.
dani eL brian hornick
Birthdate: Sepumber 27, 1980
Birtltplace: Wilmington, DelawarP.
Since before I can remember, I've always wanted
to perform words and music. Open mics have given
me a good outlet. My experiences have definitely been
positives, and I'd encourage anyone to participate. You
receive as much inspiration as you give.
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poem •
(First stanza of THE LONE TREE ON THE HILL)
There is a lone tree on the hill that gets
Struck by lightning ten times in a row
Every time there's a storm.
No one knows why it survives, but it does.
Perhaps it's because the roots stretch down
Below the base of the hill.
Maybe its because it's just gnarled and stubborn .
It's possible that it lives beca use it gets
Help from the Trees at the bottom of the Hill.
Perhaps it just doesn't know how to die.
the cooper point journal
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point
counter point
Nice
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by dndrew Start
Notf: 1'the ,-ellder o/this article bas rlny
Intelltioll OfnltlinUlinillg tl Cah1lllnd (tltbarrie
pr<l«, of mind In regards to !vltUI SmuiJs
productioll of rlngels alld America Ptlrt ff.
pl"IISf stop rfilding 11011'.
N
ow I become everything that I have
ever hated about theater critics. What
C.ln I say' I h~ve elevated [0 the expertly
pretentious al1d tragic pitfall of an AIIAmerican commentator. But enough about
me.
Let's talk about the show. Although I
only witnessed the first act, I can only
assume that the horrendous staging and
acting were rampant throughout what I fear
was another two hours of "theater." Never
shou ld we he subjened [0 a two-hour fIrst
act. We were.
The Recital Hall of the Communications
building was pleasal1t1y bedecked with a
flood of en larged newspaper headlines and
a vast scrim of c rumpl ed white paper. This
would have been an effective serring for
Angels, complemented by the black set
pieces (a bed , a desk. a park bench, another
bed), if we could see only one of these
sce nes at a tim". Consequently, due to the
theatrical capabilities of the venue at large,
we were presented the whole smorgasbord
at once. At this point, one would. ask
themselves: should we be arrempting a
production that we just can't foster. or
should we sac rifice the integrity of the play
Jnd smash everything [Ogether' Apparently
the \arrer was the frame of consciousness
that the "creative team" was flowing with.
Why? It seems that it would have been
apparent in the early stages of rehearsal and
planning that this piece of theater was way
over your heads, children!
Bll! alas, some of the technical aspects
proved to be ultimately more interesting
than what was occurring within the context
Bad Acting
of the sc ripI'. (Actually, the ba cklit angel's
firq ~ntranc~ was quite effective, although
long , Jnd wme of the sound cues were
quite effective.) I have to imagine that the
technical aspect was even more inten se
during the second half of the play, using
AI/gels I as a formulaic predecessor to the
sequel.
\X-'hich bring. me to a few notes on
Angels I: MillenniulII Approaches. I saw
the production in Syracuse. NY, where I was
Juditioning for the theatet/dance programs
at Syracuse University three years ago. The
company that presented it was thc equiry
house (which means union actors) that
works in conjunction with th e University.
The play was a tr iumph , a witty and
thoughtful look at AIDS and politics in
the '8 0s. complete with the onslaught of
life-size or larger characters that we all came
to feel a sense of attachment to. Where did
t hose characters go) 1 ask myself. Stra ight
into the wrong hands.
I can't eve n begin to relay to you the sense
of loss I felt when I was reintroduced to
these characters. The right wing. overwe ight
asshole became a sedated palc robot. You
push the button - he coughs; you turn the
dial- he increases his volume. Another un committed racist slur, another unbeliever
in the audience. I used ro think Roy was
an Assholc . Prior, the super-gay partial
transvestite that so gra"dly danced in his
hallucinations with the quirky drug bended
redhead Mormon woman in Parr I, became
an unbelievably "queer" zombie. every line
sounding like the last, and the woman . a
pouting little red-headed girl. The character
that is ro bt' a ~omewhat hysterical Jewish
fag was no more rhan a clone of Prior. Only
his head didn't bob around like a dashboatd
hula dancer, and he did for so me reason
remind me of a Kubrick film.
As for cross-gendercd cross-ethnicity
casting: even if you have no choice, don't do
it unless you h.tve the casr of Saturday Night
Live on ca ll. And Mr. Directo r, once again,
although I realize so me problems w ith t he
ust cata pulted you into the position of the
Mormon. you were not a believable queer,
and th a t is a paradox, sweetie. In fact,
the sex scene between the Mormon and
th e Jew was possibly the mo st painfully
gratuitous man-to-man action I have ever
seen. Why did it repulse mc so, possibly
because I didn't believe it? The climax was
non existenr. an d yet they were for some
reason or another putting their clothes back
on. Zomb ie sex. (Shudder!!!)
What I am gelli ng at - am I? - oh yes,
what I want to say to all of the theater
hopefuls in this production is: LEVELS!!!!!
Fuckin shit goddamn morher freaking
LEVELS people! There is more to acti ng
than speaking in the script. I have seen actors
make picking their nose more inte resti ng
than this con trived and passionless attempt
at lan guage. I really want to see you all do
another project without word.~. J think you
would all fInd a lot of subtlety and
growth in a context that does not use text
as d wheelchair for act ing. This play could
be done as pantomime. with finger puppets, and still be clear as both a story and
a metaphor. Why the hell. if we arc at
Evergreen, where we are encouraged to
expe riment, are we selling ourselves short
to the borrom line? I am curious to see you r
experiments in the furure, Mr. Smith. This
conventionalism is nor your currenr fone .
I think yo u have more to say, and a clearer
voice through which to express it. Sorry for
t he cut down, oh ve cast and crew, but I
know yo u all Jre ~uch more talented and
innovattve dun what has been presented.
and if I were vou, 1 would be ashamed to
say that 16 cr~dits of my college ed ucation
were handed over to this production. Show
us what you learn ed . I will commit the
same.
Until next rime. adieu; and go to Your
room .
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hellflgelr III America plays Wl'("e written
in the darkness of the early nineties
about the darkness of the mid eighties.
They are the story of two kinds of plagues.
o ne of the body and one of the mind . ,111<1
the way people reaCt to becoming infected 01'
nor. For the most part. they oncern a group
of gay men and the people and conti nental
princ ipalities their lives intersec t with
while they love and bleed and live and die
(sorr of) and get fucked by hermaphroditic
Angels. The plays al so exp lore sweeping
issues of morality and love and faith and
hope, through the lens of the characters and
story. In other words, they are monuments
to the belief that God, if there is a Cod ,
is not a very nice deity at all, or stopped
paying allention to us millennia agu. o r
more likely both.
A few years after Tony Kushner wrote
them, our counrry began a mass ive exercise
in denial , known as the "peace and prosperity" phase. We convinced ourselves th:1I
the world was a good and happy place, and
the American dream worked, and God was
right up there on a cloud, watchin g us and
caring in hi s ineffable way. And then ...
and then our fragile. illusory economy gave
way under the .weight of our f.'lith and the
outside world reminded us that such peace
and prosperity as we have comes at rh e
expense of a lor of other people.
And suddenly Ilngels III AII/erica i.,
incredibly relevant again. as we ask ourselve,
what is so special about life that we .tf<:
forever changed by death in our midst.
If you didn't see the Eve rgree n produ ction on the 30th, the I st and the ~l1d, go
see it somewhere else. Bu t be sorry that you
missed it here. because our Team Angel s
did a rather profound job. I can't say that
all of it was good exactly, but so me of it was
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rehe.t rs,t! tillle ill their nt'w ro les . .Illd rr:!ll kl)' "II o r th.H showed.
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They Were .t co lle!;c Ihca l!!r c1 .tss taking Ull , II) " Illbitio us ..twe- inspiring
rulilZet .1Ilt! 'Iony .Iw.trd winning pl.IY. And Ihey got to someth in g rc.t!ly
importanl .11 i" hearr ,lItyway
For one; thing th" other performances . .It t: o nes Ihal had had suHlcien l shakedown
tim e, were good. Mo re importantl y thl' aC lors w"re really trying to know their
ch.lt.tcters as thoroughly as possible. The characlers in this pby Me demanding and
co nl radiclOry 'tnd mosr of rhem ch,tnge radically over the'co urse of Ih e Story. II was
!;l'nuinl'ly impress ive to see them portrayed as fully as rhey we re.
What mov<::d Ille in rhis production o f Ange ls was the com mirment 10 th e o riginal
vision or th e pl:!y. I don' l know w het her thar ca me fro m Matt Smith , who was
orig in ally d irector, or Kim Ogle , hi s co-director. or the who le casr or whar. but
it WdS impr"ssivl' too. Angels is funny, sexy and outrageous, and it would be
easy ro lose its be:'l ulifu l dnd painful subtleties. If the cha racters were portrayed
two-dimen sioll ,tll y and th" underlying rh<::mes obscured. this play would st ill be
fltn to w,Heh and p<.:rform. It is an achievemenl 10 understand the depths of Angels
and pursue their re,tliZdlion.
I was pleasantly surprised by the set .H1d costumes. Angels In Am erica is a very
visu:!1 play. il is intended to be an ex travaganza, ,1I1d ther" is something 10 be sa id ror
s"" ing it in the kind of thearer that can aftard to do exactly what Kushner env is io ned.
On the other hand, Angels is abour w har is true, once you strip al l the inessentials
away. and so methin g in the way Tea m Angels rendered Kush ner' s wo rl d was rea lly
right far thar senrimen!. T he ni nim alist . Iransitory-f~el in g set just worked perfectly
with the play's im plication that exrerna l reality is over-ra ted and ki nd of irrelevant.
The props and cost umes were vivid and co nvincing ag,tinst the set. well integraLed
into the vagudy hallu ci nogenic world on sragc. The use of slides a nd lighti ng was
reall y, really. good, probably my r:worite pan
Ihis production. The sound cues,
on thc other hand, were a",kwa rd and felt under rehearsed. Also, I wou ld
nor have backlit [he scene changes, petso nall y. J found il hard to stay
in the play's rea lity when I was watching t h" acturs ' silhouerres
break character after every scene.
[ love Angels In America, I really do. The besr
thing I can thi nk of to say about a prod ucti on
of Angels is that it was worthy of the play.
I can say that about this one.
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Perestroika
Last Wednesday
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United
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general
assemly voted 167-3
to
condemn
the
Unite<i States' fourdecade
long
trade
embargo against Cuba.
On ly Isreal and the Marshall
Islands voted along with the
US to keep the embargo in place.
The vote is the tenth co nsecutive
time the U .N. h as voted against
the embargo, which is said to have
cosred C uba $70 billion and at l~as t
fifreen years in development. The vote
ca me a week after the first sale of goods
to Cuba by the U.S. since the revolution in
J959. In a deal expedited for humanatarian
reasons Cuba purchased $20 million in food
to try to help alleviate the crisis brought to
the ca rribean island by Hurricane Mitch .. The
foreig n minister of Cuba, Felipe Perez Roque,
stated that the vote "is similar to last year but in a
totally different contexrwhen the world has been told
thar every country must decide if it is with the United
States or against it." (see www.commondreams.org)
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a nail-studded
bomb on a bus in the Israeli port city of Haifa last
Sunday. killing fifteen people. The bombing took place
just hours after twO militants deteonated explosives at the
Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall ' killing ten young peolple and
injuring more than ' 150. The Palestinian group Hamas has
claimed responsiblity for the attacks after vowing to avenge the
slaying of one of its members, Mahmaoud Abu Hanoud. The
attacks came while U .S. peace envoy Anthony Zinni was in the
region attempting to negotiate a truce between the two
groups after 14 months of bloody fighting. Israeli
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meeting with President Bush but decided
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to return to Isreal early 'on account
of the escalating violence. (see . ""''()~
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Serving tacos & burritos
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Graduate Degree
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Open Sat & Sun 8:am - 2ish
Serving breakfast only
Closed Man & Tues
Located on 5th av across
from The Capitol Theatre
Washington
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thursda
'-0 Homefront as Battlefield: Confrollling H~I & CIA A,,:rcks un Acad~rnic
f'reedom of Civil Li b" ni es . C ueS! Speaker: Dr. D.lv id Pricc, Prufessur of
Ant h ropology, SI. M:r ni,, ', Co ll e!,,'. 4 - 6 p.rn . LO ll ghouse 1007 & ID0 7A.
Sponsored by the Consortrum on !'eace Rcse.Hch . Edul.llion & Developrn~"t
(COP RED} .Int! the PeJce Studies Associ:"ioll (PSA). Call ext. 5230 or ~-n1.lil
co pred @ever!,reen.ed u.
La Dispute, a play by Pierre Marivaux . Tran slated by Neil Ban lett. Direc ted
by Jon T:lllm.1I1 as his Seniur Thesis projec t, the play juxtaposes the comedy or
m,wners wit h the naturalistic styit' of modern th ea ter interpre t.ltion, cha ll enging the
expect.ltio ns of" modern aud it'nce. Exper im ent.11 The.lte r performed by Performing
and McdiJ Arts students. LI Dispute takes us intO the depths of h un,..n nature where
innocence meets betray,1i .Ind the untouched he.m is brut ally exposed to the rea l
truth or human desire. \1(fhen th e con lli et between sdf- Iove .md the love ror an other
unravels. the r.lw emot ions of love. infidelity, jealo usy, d ishonesty and betrayal
,Ire rele.lsed lor th e first time. $5 Gener.11 Adrnissio n. 8 1'.111. Comrnunicotions
Building. The Evergreen State Co ll ege. Also on Dec. 7 and 8, 200 I.
friday
I'-. Punk
& Hardeore Show: Bonks ro Prisoners. Suggested Do na ti o n: $6. 4th
Floor of th e Library Buildin g. Ca ll Pri son Action Co mminee at 867-6724
for more info.
Jim Hightower & Citizens' Band: Telling It Like It Is. A night or music &
musings with Olympia's bel oved C itize ns' Band and the Texas Wonder - Jim
Hightower. A diehard po pulisr. :t urhor, and agitaror, he has worked in and outside
rhe govern m e nt for family far ms. com munity rights <lI1d gove rnment progra ms
serv ing people-not the co rpo rati ons. Tickets on a slid in g scale: $ 10-$30. Ticket
sales StJrt at 5, doors open at 6, show starrs at 7 p.m. At th e Ca pi ro l Theater.
Advance tickets rrom Rain y Day Records ror $20. T hi s is J fundraise r for the
Washington field office of Pub lic Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(PEER), a non- pro fit advocacy group that works with emp loyee ins iders to hold
governm en ts .Icco untable ror environ mental protection .Ind e mpl oyee ri g ht s
in the workplace . T hrou gh a mJtching gra nt , a ny fund s raised by thi s eVent
wi ll be do ubl ed. For more in formatio n ca ll : WA PEER .1\ (360) 528-2 11 0 or
ema il wapeer@peer.org.
I'-. Reading/book signing at Orca Books by John DeGraaf. The Da ni el Evans
I
Schola r ror W int er Q uarter 20DI al Evergreen, DeG raafis a wriLer a nd doculllcnr"y
1IIIlllllaker on top ics t hat eo n c~ rn envi ronme nt;" iss lI cs. H e wi ll bc doing readings
I'rom his neW book , "Afllucnza." cu-w ritt en by David Wann and Thorn.\., Naylort"
.Ind published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Inc. Tile book discus>es issues he raised
in h is award -wi nning film of the sa llle name. 5:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Expressions of Peace Concert. Fearu rin g rh e Evergreen Si ngers wirh special'
guest u tiSLs. 5:30 1'.111. in the Library Building Lobby. For more informat ion ,
ca ll Scott F.mdl ar 866-2514.
Benefit for Media Island infoshop . A night of live underground eIectru n ikx.
8 p.m. at the Midn ighr Su n. I I3 N. Colurnb i.1 St. Downtown O lympi.1. $5
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00 Multi-dimensional Art Show: Speak. f'ed Lllrin g: Poerry Slam. Live Music &
Dance, Open Art Show (bting yo ur work at 8 to show). Ar Olympia World News.
Sign up: 8 p.m. Show tim e: 9 p.m. Free.
Dana Lyons at Traditions Cafe in Olympia. Dana Lyons is the si nge r/so ngwriter
respo nsi ble lor th e hit song "Cows With G uns" which was # I for the year o n Dr.
Demenro and o n Sea ttle's Top 40 for ten months. Nine of his so ngs have cha rred
in the Top 4 0 on mp3.com. Dana has performed all over the U.S. a nd abroad.
where his shows blend comedy, bea utiful sin ging and srories of hi s travd s into an
Llnlorgetrable perform ance. 8 p.m. Tickers: $ 10 ($5 kids, students, low-i ncome) .
Advance tickets ava il able at the Cafe or by C<l lling (360) 70 5-28 19 .
Candlelight Mass. Catholic Mass from 6 - 10 pm. in CAB I 10. Spo nso red by
Radical Cat ho li cs for Justice & Peace.
sujnday
0\ Coppelia: a co mic ballet for the w ho le family. It is a story o f con fu sio n and
conn icts felt by a young lover, Swan ilda. who believes her fiance Franz has I:l lI en
in love wit h th e daughter of rhe mysterious toymaker. D r. Coppelius. A Ba ll et
Northwest Product io n. Sr,lge I. Tickets: Adult $18; Stude nt/Se ni o r/Group $ 15.
At the Washi ngro n Cen ter for the Performing Arts. C dl th e box office at (360)
753-8586 ror more information.
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