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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 31, Issue 4 (October 24, 2002)

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Not In Our Name

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Responses to
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- "Doing 'everything possible' makeS-those wnd wOLfia oppose-Uie- admlnisirati-on no Detter
~han the lawless administration itself. People must be guided by principles or their actions
are arbitrary and capricious." -vUetn Sloann. Senior. American City
Internation.al affai~s are
"Where do I sign?"
" ... everything's not black and
~oo ~epresslng. As IS our
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white and that's how Bush sees
president. - cAndltew cgQee~elt
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Although I do not agree with
the document,

"It doesn't help that our president is a big, fat
hypocrite. If Saddam disarms, so should we.
We're the ones with a track record for nuking
people." - u\futhun gmith, on an art contract
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agree Wit t e genera
cannot speak for the facts The idea of one
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nation deCiding what another nation can and
cannot do is preposterous. The only effective
method I see is the creation of a world-wide
organization with the military force to enforce
the laws It needs to be an organization in
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which all the states are Involved, and unlike
the UN cannot be stopped by one of these
nations alone." - JAoses <J<ahbeltt, 2nd year

po rate self-interest at the presi-

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ment ordering our military into

It

is clearly obvious that

at the root of this ordeal is cor-

their own time and money, not
military is not to be lowered and

of mere

mercenanes.

-cAntlOn gapoHobb,

Biologist Dr. Heather Heying

Second year, course: P:Hterns
Across Space and Time

I spoke with Rita Pougiales, Ph.D., about how Evergreen's hiring process works and
she explained to me that professors are originally hired for two three-year contracts and
when that is completed they are evaluated and reviewed for a conversion to an eight-year
appointment. This is Evergreen's equivalent to tenure. The college bases its hiring needs
on the increase in student population, the changes in program needs, and the number
of retiring faculty. She also said, "The new faculty is a mix of people with quite a lot
of experience who are new to this college and this style of learning but are extremely
eager to participate and get involved. I feel a tremendous amount of energy blended
wirh experience and new ideas."
There are eight new term faculty this year and seve n visiting faculty. "New term"
faculty posi tions are positions typically involving an initial three-year contract and
eligibility for continuing appointment after three to six years of full -time Evergreen
teaching. "Visiting" faculty positions are positions thar are opened in response to
short-term needs, lasting one academic year or less. For more information about the
faculty hiring processes you ca n visit http ://www.evergreen.edu/facu ltyhiring/ or
call the Academic Deans office at 867-6387 in LIB 2211.

I agree with everything this document
says except the last line. "Rally others to
do everything possible to stop it," is not
acceptable language. Violence comes out
of "everything possible". -8,ltiCo. c..AJeQSOI'l, Senior
Numeracy and Journalism

Bios on 2 New Faculty:
H eather Heying Ph. D.

oppose t e e
increased oppression and re.le.ntles~ calls fo
ar from the Bush, Jr. administration unde
he guise of patriotism are ridiculous. Let's bel
patriotic by distributing wealth among thosel
ho need it and stop spending money on
rms and other forms of corp?rate welfare.
h~se wars are farces, the dictators often
rained, propped up and then turned on by ou
wn country." - cNoQun ~uttyu~
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"In full agreeance, yo!" - <J<yQe ~. gll1it~

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by ,Ion MCAllister

"I don't think break- I
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way to go about
showing the govern- !
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war." -c.APltllQ u\leQsol'l

(I agree. My ideas and views on "the war on terrorism" (as if it was possible to declare war against
n idea) are not representative of the ideas and views expressed by "our" president. I do not support
is rushed actions and blind instinct-based "leadership" of our country, our name, and our nation's
oldiers." - Jeltell1Y gtutes, 1st year

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Heather is the first of fifteen newly hired faculty who will be covered here in the
CPJ. Heather Heying received her Ph. D. in Biology last year from the University
of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Her undergraduate degree was in Anthropology from the
University of California at Santa Cruz. When I spoke wi th her I was impressed by her
candor and experience. She has written a book called Antipode which was published
by Saint Martin's Press just this year. It is currently avaib le in our bookstore and is
required reading for her program "Freshwater Ecology" which she teaches with Rob
Cole. Antipode details her experiences in Madagascar where she was even wounded by
a female lemur that bit her arm! You can find more information about Heather and
her book at www.bamboofrog.org.
Heather grew up in Pacific Palisades which is in west L.A. Her hobbies are mountain
biking, ultimate frisbee, and being a "potter" - which means she makes clay things.
Heather loves pets, especiall y cats. For the Spring Quarrer, Heather will be teaching
a sixteen credit class on the Evolu tion of the Social Behavior of Animals. The class
will be by application and for juniors and seniors on ly. Heather was attracted to
Evergreen because she was exposed to a lot of independent type learn in g at both
her high school and at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Heather is one
o f our " new term" C,acu Ity.

see Faculty page 5
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Just Cry and
Write a Song
About · It or
Something?
bv Ian MansfIeld

thirsty for Iraq's oil, get it with

"War was our first declaration. Citizens asked, "are we at war (now) that we
are attacked?", "are we to strike back?" .... But to act upon the ideas of violence
.s t;gtal misunderstanding. I know no reasons behind any massacre today or
~ven if it has relevance in this so called "War on Terrorism." But this "War on
!Terrorism" is in itself, and of effect, wrong. Suppression of terrorism is, I do
Ibelieve, necessary. but to ask to wage war on a secretive, underground operating
~ystem of attackers is to naively attack the so called hero; protagonist ..... War
.s a mutual aggraration of party one and party two. War is presentation of your
~ause against any level of oppression. So to attack these shadow attackers is to
ose ourselves into these very shadows. By all means, let us set out to expose
~nd subdue the terrorism of the world .... Iraq itself is no specific antagonist.
IThere exist too much worldly gangsters making goals of nations and/or peoples
destruction. Make no war but find the ways of peace between the many of
the world." -Casey gOhl'lga 1st year
"The war of Iraq is more important than
that of Afghanistan, and has similar reason.
Saddam is more hated by me than anyone else
I know." - ChahQes SloQQiS, Env. Science and
Writing major

I hold a strong

sta nce against the US governIraq.

. Evergreen Hires
Fltteen New Faculty

If you were to name
Evergreen's architectural
style, what would you
call it?

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In a scene whose very name is prac tically
a slur agains t its fans, and whose bands
define their presence by denying their place
in it, emo manages to produce a sta rtling
number of bands and fans . While bands
like Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard
Confessional deserve the derision they
inspire, Jets to Brazil has embraced the
original, challenging spirit of emo pioneers
like Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate, and (nor
surprisingly) Jawbreaker. After the breakup
of the latter, frontman Blake Schwarzen bac h
moved to Brooklyn and formed Jets to Brazil
with an eye towards moving beyond th e
erno scene that confounded label executives
and left fans expecting a rehash of 24 Hour
Revenge Therapy. With the release of its third
album, Perfecting Loneliness Uade Tree), JTB
has simultaneously moved towards a more
accessible "rock" sound while continuing to
experiment with more diverse and sprawling
arrangements. This is, of .course, a Jets to
Brazil album. The songs rarely move in a
linear progression and won't get mistaken
for Weezer anytime soon. Nonetheless, it
betrays more classic rock influences than its
predecessors. "Rocket Boy," one of several
songs which include a stri ng section and
.Schwarzenbach on piano, sounds like Elton
John shaving his head, lamenting a breakup,
and throwing back Pabst Blue Ribbon .
. "You're the One I Want," the catchiest
song Jets to Brazil has eve r recorded, recalls
the glory days of lightweig ht early 60's
pop-rock, when the Beatles took Dexedrine
instead of acid. Still, the cascading walls
of guitar sneak their way into most of
Perfecting Loneliness, and the breakdowns
sti ll inspire ironic, exaggerated headbanging.
This balance between pop songwriting and
indie-rock experimentation suc ceeds for
the large part ("Cat Heaven" is a glaring
exception), making it JTB's most musically
interesting album. Unfortunately, those
expecti ng the hallucin atory imagery of
Orange Rhyming Dictionary will be disappointed . In the name of emotional directness (how emo is that?) Schwarzenbach has
abandoned the Burroughs-esque im agery
of so ngs like "Morning New Disease, " an
appa rent account of a fever dream . The
lyrics still may not always rhyme, but they
do actually make sense by the second listen .
Whi le a title like Perfecting Loneliness,
coming from a man who once sang "Now
I'm making out the shapes I Like the shower
rod-can it take my weight?," would imply
that the album is about as uplifting as Sylvia
Pl ath's diary, Sc hwarzenbach thankfully
does not stick to the emo standby subj ect
of broken he arts. "Psalm" continues the
explicit exp loration of spirituality that
began on Four Cornered Night's "Seven/
Stars." Even more passionate is "Disgrace,"

see Jets page 6
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Recovery
by fnnque R/veros-Schafer
Sid White, one of th e founding faculty
of th e college, experienced a stroke recently.
H e is currently in reh a bilit at io n at St.
Pe t er's Hospital. According to hi s wife
Pat , h e is respon din g very positively to
the treatment an d making good progre~s .
For th ose who would like to send a note
to Sid, you can e ith er d o so through
hi s e-mail (pa ta nd sid@a ttbi .com ) or by
post. His address is 835 Phelps Lane NW,
O lympi a,WA 98502. He ca n also h ave
visitors. He is in room 4A on th e 3rd floor
of th e Rehab ilitation Building (B) w hi ch is
direc tl y behind Sr. Peter's H ospita l. Visiting
h ours begin at 4 p.m .

Help a
Child Learn

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Got a band

but

can't find a gig?

I'm not sure how Evergre~n has been

for that matter. These are some of the

lucky e nough to host a smattering of

cats respon sible for "Heigh Ho! The

some of the world's best musicians in the
past few years, but o ur lu ck doesn't seem

Strange and Beautiful Music of Walt

to be running out a ny time soon!

that attempted to contact the spirit

Disney" and "Om ... (a musical seance

Next M o nd ay night, Mark H elias,

of John Coltrane), two wild co nce rts

one of New York's finest d ouble bassis ts,

that h appe ned last year in downtown

will play at th e Organic Farmhouse

Olympia. A re-grouping a few weeks

with the Open Loose Trio. Helias has

ago offered up a fabulous show at Coffee

b een making innovative music since

M ess iah on Capitol Hill in Seattle.

the beginning of his career in the mid-

Got a song but can't find a band? Or
do you just want to dance, but can't
find a place to get down ? Well,

seve nti es . He's enjoyed lo ng musical

The show at the Organic Farmhouse

associa tio ns with D ewey Redm a n, Don

is sponsored in p art by Aural Frappe, th e

C herry, Ge rry H e min gway a nd many
o th e rs in the jazz a nd crea ti ve music

studenr improv group on ca mpus th a t
m eets every few weeks to explo re so und ,

Evergreen tentatively called "The

sce ne. Mark has b ee n call ed "o ne of

th eate r and dance on one ha nd and o n

Musicians Club" (if you can think

New York's fin es t co mposers, t hin kers

th e other hand helps to bring wo rld-

of a better name, maybe one with a

a nd instrumentalists" by New York Times

class creative music to Evergreen a t leas t

F.U.N.K.Y. acronym, let us know).

writer Pe ter Watrous.

a co upl e of tim es a yea r. Be wa tchin g

a

there's

new S&cA group here at

We are dedicated to creating a more

Heli as sta rted the tri o as an o utl et for

for a double b ass & trombon e duet

accessible, inclusive and fun music

his co mpos itions and it qui c kly evolved

co n ce n in December with T orsre n

scene in Olympia. You're invited to

inro on e of th e more exciting jazz tri os in

Muller a nd Pa ul Rutherford, two hi ghly

get involved in inaking 10(31 music

NYC. Co nsistin g of Helias on bass, Tom

accomp lish ed creative musicians from

happen! Come to our meetings on

Rainey o n drum s and Tony Mal aby o n

Ger m a ny a nd England.

5 p.m . in the S&A

tenor saxo pho ne, Open Loose performs

a rea on the third floor-ofrne CAB .

an excell enr mixture o f im provisa t io n

T he Washington Reading Co rp s is
looking for vo lun tee rs. Anyo ne wh o can

The meetings will be focused aro und

a nd co mpo sitio n that plays alo n g the
fin e lin e betwee n str aight a h ea d a nd

give an hour o r more per week

inspire creative collaboration. We'll

ve ry o ut , ex pe rim e nta l mu sic. Their

o f n ew music. Or, in the memorable
word s of Ralph Carney, "Fup , fun , fun.

to Read/

Wednesdays at

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Bobbs
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tu ro r a

child is welcome.

networking musicians together to

Re m em ber, crea ti ve musIc is yo ur
fr ien d and to forget this co uld be potenti ally fatal to your fut u re app rec iation

also be organizing upcoming shows

so und is based in th e wo rld of jazz

We p ra ct ice with c hil dre n who ar e

and open mics at the HCC and other

but it is n o t bound to th a t world by

T got yo u o n the run. Fun ; fun , fun .. .

strugg lin g wit h readin g--a nd guess wha t?

venues on and off campus. For more

a ny means. Open Loose touches upo n

h ave fun!"

There are man y. Th e amou nt of chil dren

info contact the Musicians Club at

co ntemporary class ica l music , no ise,

we can hel p is limited o nly by the num be r

onebeat@musician.org

groove, dub a nd world mu sic in their
fli ghts of aural ex ploration.

of volunteer tu rors we have .
If you a re interested in makin g a difference in the life of a chil d , or interested in

The ni ght wi ll start off w ith a set by

ed ucation as a life- path, please call Aaron

local g ro up Shatners Bassoo n , a creati ve

or Justin at 4 12-4658. The Washington

jazz/noise mu sic e n se mbl e d evoted to

Reading Corps is a branch of AmeriCorps.

the creat ion a nd e vo luti o n of what

We are loca ted at Lacey Elementary.

crea tive music is to be ... a nd no t to be,

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Mark H e/ias' Open Loose Trio
6- Shatllers Bassoon pelform at the
Organic Farmhouse all Monday,
October 28th. Show starts at 8 p.m. $6
students, $10 gmeral.

- - -My secona year arTneEvergree n v~io l e nce,ah:-oh"O+ and-- drug use-;-and
State College began as a struggle for inferiority complexes plague my comme. In pursuit of higher education munity. They feel inferior to whites
I often contemplate my goal for how because, according to society's terms ,
I will apply m y education. One ques - whites are the only ones portrayed as
tion I constantly ask myself: what do successful. Fallacies and stereotypes are
I endeavo r t o accomplish b y attending what we lea rn and accep t in my comcollege?
munity. We h ave accepted subservi e nt
When I applied to the Evergreen ~ standard s and position e d ourselves
State College I was exas perated with into th ese roles. Peo pl e who str iv e
educational institutions in thi s country. to beco m e educated a re sco rned and
From my experience, I understood that identified b y d erogato ry t e rm s in
these instituti o n s were only 'interested my co mmunit y.
Possi bl y we h ave
in acquir in g m o ney a nd c ultivatin g r e belle d against e duc a tion b eca u se
th e individual. Also , I felt as though the curriculum taught in sc ho o ls h as
I w as bei ng indoctrinated to b eco m e a n o t been formul ated for us . We don't
product of thi s sys te m a nd it's status know o urse lves a nd co nsequend y we
quo. Convention a l education, for h ave accepted the negative depictions
me , see m s to be propaganda aim ed at of our culture that is promoted by
the p e rpetu a ti o n of w hite suprem acy. the maj o rit y. H ow ca n co ll eges and
While in cla ss, I would often h ea r univ ers ities co ntribute to the enha n cestatistics about hi g h c rime rat es in ment of soc ial consciousn ess in s itu rhe " bl ac k" co mmunitie s a nd how at ion s like th ese? My co nt e nti o n is
primitiv e th e " bl ack co ntin e nt is." th ey cannot.
Th e ideolog y enumerated a t the se
Th e Eve rgree n State College cla ims
institutions mad e th e "black culture' to supp o rt a lt e rn a tive lea rning a nd
repugnant and the "w hite culture" ecce ntric educationa l approaches a nd
attractive to assimilation. The a nci e nt structures . These qualities a re good.
Egyptians h ad a qu o te, "Know thy - b eca us e th ey e n co ur age questioning
self, " bur h ow, co ns idering th ese cir- the dominant paradigm and critical
cumstances, ca n I know myse lf when thinking. I think questi o ning p eople's
kn ow ledge a b o ut the p os itive aspects d e finition of rea lit y and education
of my c ultura l hi stor y a re concea led, is imp o rtant in t e rms of rea li z ing
and rh e n ega ti ve as pec ts ex pl o ited ?
ones own id e ntit y. Pe rt ai nin g to
I am from Oklahoma, the land of my comm unit y, I believe analyzing
the 5 c ivili zed tribes. Eve n though soc ie t y 's definitions in a s k e pti ca l
thi s land was supp ose d to be Indi a n way is essentia l in understa ndin g o ur
Territory, conserva tiv e whites a r e purpo se as peo pl e of co lor. Ed u catio n
the majori ty and cont ro l most of th e is m ea nt [0 give guidance and purpo se.
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res ources. Ir is like I g rew up on a Does The Eve:rgree n S ta te Co ll ege or
reservation because my p eo pl e are any o th e r instituti o n g ive that se nse of
co nfined to one sec tion of the town, direction to peo pl e? My co nt e nfl o n '
seg regated from eve ryone else. Gang is th ey do n o t.

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On the thirtieth of October ,
the largest social organization in
Ec u a dor, C onaie, is planning to
protes t the AL C A (Area de Libre
Co mer c io d e la s Americas) free
tr a d e ag reement and is expecting
20,000 protes ter s . Thi s will be the
bigg es t m ee ting for n ego tiations
of the FTAA s in ce the Summit of
the Americas in Quebec C ity in
April,2001.
Trade agreements lik e NAFTA
(No rth American Free Trade
Agreement)
and
the
FTAA
s trengthen the gap b etwee n th e very
ric h a nd th e p oor. It forces governm e nt to ca ter to multin a tion a l
co rpor at ion s, and n eg l ec t th e ir
p e ople a nd th e ir la nd . The FTAA is
the expansion of NAFTA to the 34
co untries of th e N o rth and South
American continents (Cuba is the
only exclud e d co untry.)
The Metalclad Corporation,
ba se d o ut of Califorilia, bought
a M exica n co mp a n y with a plan
ra r e-o p en a toxi c waste di s po sa l
facility in th e rur a l sta t e of San Lui s
Poras in M ex ic o. Be for e thi s co uld
b e d o n e, a geologica l s tudy re vea le d
that thi s co uld co ntaminate ground
water by lea kin g to x ic was t e into
a n aquifer. Lo ca l co mmuniri es u sed
this aquifer for dr inkin g water.
The governor of Sa n Lui s Poras
h a lt e d th e project a nd d e cl are d

the surrounding 600,000 acres
an ecological reserve. Claiming
that th e Mexi ca n government 'had
"expropriated" the future profits
that it would make from the w as te
facility, M e talclad u sed NAFTA to
sue in October 1996. In the end,
the NAFTA tribunal s ided with
Metalclad and awarded the compan y $15 . 6 million for its trouble .
This was the first s uch NAFTA case
that was se trled a nd is a terrible
prece d en t for o ther cases as well
as a n indication of what would b e
in store for future environmental
InIti a tives .
Negoti a tion s to form
th e FTAA s tarted in 1994 a nd will
essentia ll y re plicate th e devasta tion
of NAFTA. Presid e nt Bu s h plans
t o h ave th e FTAA take e ffe ct in
2005. Thi s i ss u e was only made
wor se when the Hous e approved
Fast Track (HR 3005) on December
6th, 2001 by a one vote margin
with tons of last minute politic a l
d ea ls . This bill shortens deliber ation in congress about trade iss ue s
and gives Pres ident Bu s h extended
authority o n all trad e negoti a ti o n s.

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http://stopftaa.orgl
http://www.infoshop.orgl

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Ir's come ro my wandering atremion that
folks within the dreary confines of C-dorm
are feeding a band of drunken raccoons. I
don't mean they are imbibing. Wh at I mean
is that they, th ese imri sh "washers," are
drunk on th e poison 0 false kindness.
Like gremlins morphing out of demure
Gizmos of yesteryear, roving band s o f
raccoon s multipl y and cause havoc in
neighborhoods. They start tippin g garbage
cans, feedin g on domestic pets (here kitty,
kiny!) and losing th eir health y respect for
an irascibl e and inconstant hum an predaror.
Raccoons, Procyon loro r, lose their pas roral
blush and beco me paras ites. All beca use of
a simple cross species love affair in vo lvin g
food .
How many tim es is foo d th e cvil ?
W hat do th ey say: Food doe s not kill
things- Hum ans kill thin gs' Th ey mu st ,
beca use it is tru e. I have been ro rh e Intern et
and I have see n Discove ry channel and I
am a believerl Feedin g wild anim als declaws
and in stitut ion:1l iles them. le:1ving th em

Only you can prevent the
relocatlOn and aestruction
ofRaccoons.

defens.eless and ill-r-r..e_p a r..e_d J OJ:. their
natural life. And if you think that all of
this is dogmati c or roo facetious, think
of this hyothetical situation: A tamed
raccoon who is fed by Evergreen students
living in college dorms is relocated ro
Capital Forest. It's a lush a nd navigabl e
environment ro the free ra cc oon, but
not to the in s titutionalized one. Th e
institutionalized raccoon simply has no
survival skills. It is not afraid of th e humans
who may hunt it within th e fores t, and
does nor know how to ear its naturall y
occ urring di et as it is used to dumpsterdiving and handouts. Furth erm o re th ere
are no Mods to nest Li nder in rhe forest.
So YOLi raccoo n feeders. by feedin g and
taming th e wild raccoo n, w hat are YOLi
accompl is hin g' Let me tell yo u: Yo u are
· do mes ti cat in g a nd ensla ving it . tak ing
away its inh erited culture of fo raging and
rep la cing it with patro nizing "ki nd ncss ."
You are maki ng it , through an abuse of
power, a victim of yo ur good inte nti ons.
And once yo u havc do ne yo ur fi nc act of

chariry, what do you do? Move away, offca mpus wh ere the raccoon cannot follow.
Soon new p eople move in, stud ents or
summer conferen ce guests, all with varying
tolerance levels for raccoons.
So what do your "cute" inductees to the
Raccoon Welfare State th at you have so
gallanrl y se t up in your sho rr tenure do?
They beg. Just like foreign inves tors in 3rd
world coun t ri es with their Rou sseaui an
rom anticism , you brin g a "bener way" of
life regardl ess of th e way of the land and
pull out wh en th e grass is greener elsewh ere
(o r wh en your contract is up). You're leaving
yo ur "pets" to beg and plead and finally turn
to rhe sea my und erw orld o f prostitution
and burglary' O h you inve tera te an archists,
what is yo ur goa l in life? Is it to red uce
nat ure and those w ithin it to ho t ho use
flowers that shrivel wi tho ut yo ur care? O r
is ir to res pec t and em power every li ving
thin g by all ow ing th em to live their way
unm oles ted ' Co on and feed those poo r

14 Reasons to

Oppose War on Iraq
ffliEacliAllili0uhtL-__________
1. Iraq is not a threat unl ess atta cked.
'The Nation' re ported th a t by 1998 ,
U.N . weap o ns inspectors had destroyed
95% of Iraq's ch e mi cal a nd biological
weaponry, and 81 7 out of the 819 missiles Iraq could ha ve used to d e ploy
th ese. Iraq has no nuclear weapons, but

M a ny o th e r untes ted o ptions fo r peace
sri II exist.
S. Sanctions have effec tively contained
Saddam. The U.N. has sa ncti o ned a n
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good s that could be us ed fo r weap o n
development , including necessary item s
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suc as m edicin es, agri cultural equip d
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ment an water trea tment evices. Iraq s
armed forces are at one-third of their
pre-Gulf War stre ngth and military

it does have short-range capabilities for
using chemical weapons, which could
be use·d ' on U .S. troops.
spending is one-tenth of what it was in
2. Many U.S. soldi e rs c ould die. the 1980 's.
While Iraq's majo r __._______ . __ . _._._. ___ __. _ _ _.. _ _._. __.__ _._ .._.
6. A war will
offen s ive weapons
"Christian spokesmen such as devastate the starvwere destroyed, it
Iraqi
the Pope and the Archbishop of ing
still maintains a
population
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strong
defensive Canterbury have declared that a
Health
war on Iraq would be unjust..." World
military and much
Organization states
of the fighting is ___._ ___._.__.______._._.._ .____.... ____..
that since 1991 ,
likely to be urban
over 1 million Iraqis have died, many
combat, which will favor the defending
from treatable diseases , due to sancIraqi army.
nons.
3. It would be illegal under interna7. It could threaten the stability of the
tional law. Articles 41 and 42 of th e
entire region . U .S. military intervenU.N. Charter determine that no nation
tion, and especially long-term military
has the right to enforce any resolution
occ~pation, could inflame tensions in
militarily unless the Security Council
the Muslim world.
decides all other non-military have been
8. It will increase anti - American
exhausted and authorizes the use of
feelings and terrorism in the region. A
force.
war will increase the anti-Americanism
4. There are still possibilities for
felt by many Muslims because of the
peaceful solutions. Iraq has agreed to
horrendous effects of sanctions upon
let weapons inspecrors inro the country.
the Iraqi population. Violent political
Yet the U.S . has pressured inspectors to
repression caused by U .S . military
stay out, while the U .S. is pushing for
occupation of Iraq will invoke violent
a resolution that guarantees the use of
backlash .
force if Iraq refuses ro cooperate. The
9. Iraq is no threat to its neighbors.
U .S. has not attempt~d to strengthen Otherwise, U.S . allies neighboring Iraq
the civilian population under Saddam's
such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey,
control so they could overthrow him, and even Kuwait would not condemn

U .S. w'-lr pl a ns.
10.
Saddam has no links to
AI-Q aed a. Inves tigati o ns by die FBI
and C IA have found no evid ence linking Iraq and a nd th e events o f9-1 1-01.
When Saddam inv a ded Kuw a it in
1990, O sam a bi n Laden petitioned the
Saudi royalty to let him form an army
to defea t Saddam.
11. A war will be expensive . The
U.S. economy is already in recession. A
war in Iraq will cause oil prices to rise,
damaging the oil-dependent economies
of nations all over the world, in turn
damaging the international marker.
Public spending will be turned towards
the war effort, causing decre as es in
public service monies.
12. U .S. hypocrisy! One of the
main reasons that the U.S. justifies the
need for a war is that Iraq has been
in violation of international law by
refusing to disarm. But the U.S. will be
violating international law if it attacks
Iraq alone. The U .S. now condemns
Saddam for gassing his own people,
but at the time , the U .S. increased
ties to Iraq . U.S. allies, Israel and
Turkey, have also violated international
law by conducting large-scale attacks
upon civilians and occupying sovereign
land .
13. Violates Christian doctrine of a
Just War. Christian spokesmen such
as the Pope and the Archbishop of
Canterbury have declared that a war
on Iraq would be unjust, because there
was no initiatory act by Ira:q .
14. No Blood for Oil! The four
largest oil companies are U.S. and
U .K. based, and these two countries
are leading the drive for a war on Iraq .
They want to control Iraq's supply,
the second largest proven oil reserves
in the world.

Send questions and comm ents to
green ersforpeace@yahoo.com
Meetings an Thursday at 5pm in the
S&-A area (3rd floor ofthe CAB)

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unknowing animals, yo u vicio us food Tzar,
if that is wh at you will do. Just know thi s,
it wo uld be true kindn ess to simply leave
those raccoo ns to their fruit and fro g di ets
unmol es ted and blissfull y ignora nt of your
Ro nal d McD o nald wil es .

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Since T E SC's birth In the early
19 70 's, the colle ge h as bee n widely
credited with its pro-active, environ mentally-aware coll ective of " hippi e"
fac ulty and s tud e nt e lHrepren e ur s
seeking to cre a te a better world. As a
fourth year student of a schoo l commitred to "seeing the c onn ec tion s
between global issu es a nd personal
or community action ," I hav e oft en
wondered if all Evergreen "environmentalists " really und e rst a nd
how their everyday actions and lifestyles affect the rest of the world.
Speci ficall y, I ' m wo nderi n g why
th ere are so many in the Evergreen
community who are unaware of or
even resistant to the increasing vegan
world consciousness . As a vegan, ·
I have become startlingly aware of
how what I eat and buy everyday has
a direct impa c t on our environment
and the beings that share that environment. Supporting industries like
large-scale corporate meat producers
causes the suffering and oppression
of animals and people. It also causes
degradation of the environment
through water poll"ution, deforestation, depletion of fossil fuels and
global warming . Can you really be
a meat-eating environmentalist at
Evergreen?
As of now, Evergreen ha s shown
little support for exi s ting vegan
Greeners by supplying only a limited
array of vegan food on campus. Food
service workers claim that you just
need to ask for vegan food. Why
should we have to ask? If you ca n
advertise and label everything else,
why can't you do the same for vegan
choices? One vegan sandwich on the
menu coupled with a food worker 's
lack of understanding do es n't suppon Ev e rgre e n's commitm e nt to
alternative ways of thi nking.
For a progressive school seekin g
divers ity, brimming with "environ mentalist s, " I hope to see a near
future filled with more con scientious
"hippie" entrepreneurs . To help organize a mo re vega n-friendly ca mpu s,
contact the Evergreen Anim al Rights
Network and celebrate World Vegan
Day, November 1st!

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Pierce College Fort Steilacoom is hosting a Victim Resource Panel from 6:30 t09:30
p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6th, in the Performance Lounge, 9401 Farwest Drive SW,
Lakewood. Professionals from a variety of fields and survivors of domestic violence
will share stories, signs and solutions in several ways. The event is free and open to the
public. Formore information, call (253)}1 2-362 1.
.
The Victim Resource Panel is in its fourth year. An annual event, the evening
includes inforinational tables, audio/visual presentations by criminal justice and mental
health professionals, and the stories of victims of domestic violence. Typically more
than 200 people participate. The program is not suitable for children.
The evening is sponsored by Pierce College's Criminal Justice program, Women's
Programs, and the Pierce College Foundation.
In the past three years, participants at the event h ave been able to identifY with
people in similar situations. People who have been on the receiving end of domestic
violence often feel they have no alternative but to bear it.
The Pierce County Commission Against Domestic Violence (PCCADV) is
teaming with the district's Women's Programs and Criminal Justice program, with the
help of a mini-grant from the Pierce College Foundation, to bring the third annual
Victim Resource Panel to the college on Nov. 6th.
The program will begin with general information about domestic violence,
including how to support those in tenuous situations. It will also include a presentation
by Ann Eft, director of the PCCADV and by several survivors of abuse.
Bobi Foster, one of the founding organizers and coordinator for the Criminal
Justice (C]) program , said many of the past participants are C] students there to
learn how to help. This year rwo other non-CJ classes have committed to attend.
In addition, taculty and staff have found it useful since many victims and survivors
come to them for help.
.
"The counterpart ro educating the audience about the nature and extent of th e
problem of domestic violence is teaching them· how each one of us can have ·a critical
role in the solution," said Lynn Abegglen, p,resenter and part-time faculty member
at Pierce. "There is discussion about what we c~n say and do when someone we
know is in an abusive relationship."
Foster is passionate. "This needs to be opened up! Talked about! People need to
get mad and get motivated to become DV activists in their family and community.
Domestic violence is not just about physical abuse. It starts small and grows without the
victim realizing it until suddenly it is bigger than the victim can handle. "

For mare illformation about the free event, contact Wanda Griffin (253)
912-3621.

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It's o nce again that tim e of yea r
wh e n the political establishment
b e gin s the dogfight to see who will
re prese nt America. Yes . th a t 's right,
it 's e le cti o n time . On No ve mb e r
5th , E lec tion Day, th e hard work
of ea c h p o liti c ian will finall y com e
o ut and the publi c will choo se .
Dir ec tl y effec tin g Thurs ron Co unty
in Co ngr ess a re th e 3rd and 9 th
Di s tri c t s res p ec ti vely. In th e 3 rd
Di s tri c t , In c umb e nt D e mocrat Brian
Baird fa c e s Republi ca n J o seph
Z ar e lli. Ba ird, a s th e incumb e nt ,
i s o ut t o pr o v e th a t hi s c urr e nt
fi g hts in Co n g ress ar e w o rthwhil e.
Prom o tional materi a ls laud him for
hi s abilit y to se r ve t he c,o rnmunit y
w e ll in what ev er h e d oes . Za re lli,
c urr e ntl y th e S t a t e Se n a t o r in th e
18th Di s trict, is out to critici ze Ba ird
fo r hi s inability ro lo w e r un e mpl oyment. Z ar e lli make s the n ee d for
'famil y wag e jo b s" ve r y clear. H e
al so p o ints o ut th at rh e 3 rd Distri c t
h as th e high es t un e mpl o ym e nt r a t e
in th e Stat e of Wa s hington, and the
seco nd high es t in th e nation.
Th e 9th Di s tri c t is n o w repr ese nt e d b y D e mo c rat Adam S mith,
but R e publi c an Sar a h Casa da a nd
Lib e rtarian J Mill s hop e to un se at
him . Borh S mirh and Casa da
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thi s a rti c le due t o its n o n-tr aditi o n a l
ca s t of charac ters runnin g fo r offic e .
The 35th Di s tri c t is th e o nly di s tri c t
in the Thurs ton C ount y are a th a t
includ es a G ree n Pa rr y c h a ll e ng e r.
M a rilou Ri c kert , wh o i s runnin g
for th e S tar e Se nat e se at in th e
3 5th, is c hallen g ing th e in c umbent
D e m oc rat, Tim S h e ldon . S h e ld o n
m a int a in s th a t h e h as re prese nt e d
th e Di s trict w e ll. " It ha s b ee n h o m e
a ll m y life," h e sa id .
S held o n says that c rim e , e du c a tion , pro p e rt y t axes , jo b s, and th e
eco n o my are hi s top priorir y. Ri c k e rt
b e li e ves that th e re s h o uld b e in s t a nt
run -o ff voting and public fundin g
o f e lecti o n s to "e mp o wer vot e rs t o
make inform ed c hoices that re flect
o ur values."
Sh e al so b e li ev es that a cce ss to
health c ar e a nd ta x r e form s a r e
es s e ntial to pro v idin g th e under privileg ed with the sa me opportu nitie s as th e privileged . Finally,
Rick e rt b e li e ves th a t riv e r res t o rati o n , s alm o n reco v e ry a nd wat e r
quality is imp o rt a nt. One m a y
re m e mb e r Ri c k e n as th e w o man
w h o c am e to ann o un c e h e r ca ndida cy pri o r t o Ralph N adar's s p e ec h .
What eve r o n e 's p o liti ca l p e r s ua s io n ma y b e, it's imp o rt a nt t o
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Fo r more i llformation, Look for the
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Du na ld Mor iS:ll o, Ph. D. is thl"
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be covered he re in the C PJ . Don3 1d
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The ['"kdea, Eur ipides' mas terpi ece based
Is this possible' C ould I acr uall y prefe r on t h e haun ting and pa ssi on3fc G reek
Inre rpol 10 j oy Divis io n' For an avowed myth , is coming this weekend ro O lymp ia's
music sno b like myself, that kind o Fthing is Midn igh t Sun Performance Space.
nothin g less than blasphemy. It's like saying
The Al leged Thearer Project's producrion
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Dolls. It's casti ng yo ur yote for th e pose rs,
who spent severa l yea rs at Th e Eve rgree n
for th e bands w ho have fi gu red out thei r
State Coll ege study in g ac t ing and d irectlook before th ey've played one note.
Bur alas, I find myse lf preferrin g th ese ing. "I am very interes ted in philoso ph y,"
bummed-out Brooklyn boys ro Manchester's Tallm an said , " and th ea tri cal phi loso ph y
mood iest. Because th ere is no denyin g th ar is what first drew me to rhearer. I tri ed
Inte rp o l's debut. "T urn On Th e Bright to quit a co uple of t imes, but it neve r
Lights", so und s a lot like Joy Divi sion. The worked, I always came back. " H e d i rec ted
barirone vocals, th e Richter- scale-registering three one-Jet plays based on th e works of
bass lines, the atmospheric guitar rone th at e.e. cummings at TESC and worked wi rh
see ms ro diss ipate into the air like ciga rette H arl equin Produ ctions durin g their run
smuke on a co ld ni ght ' It's all the re. You of King.
can't help but feel nostalgic and disgusted at
John lallm an, Noa h Johnso n and Paul
the same time . During my first few listens H awx hurst fo rm the co re of th e All eged
ro the record , I found myself asking the Theater Project. Although Medea premiered
obvious qu es tion, "Why don't I just listen in Athens in 43 1 B.C.E., Tallman hopes to
ro Joy Di vision? " Why waste tim e with a moderni ze this ra le of reve nge. :' 1 approach
nostalgia act when you ca n li sren ro the this play with precisely that in mind, "
real thin g? But then slowly I realized the he said . "Although I tried to modernize
fundamental difference betwee n Interpol the use of the chorus, I ended up view ing
and Joy Division . Beneath the airy guitars it in a rel at ively traditi o nal light--as a
and menacing bass lines lays not a se nse bystander, unable to intervene. " That sense
a doom, but one of malai se. Ian C urtis'
of powerl ess ness is felt through o ut th e
claustrophobic narrarives of entrapment
play, and it resonates with Tallman. "It
and depressio n are nowhere to be found
was the first thing that interested me in
on "Turn On ... "; instead they are replaced
by tales of bored- hipsters and hangover- Medea," he said. "The characters are trying
induced introspection. Vocalist Paul Banks to stop something but it happens anyway.
seems more inspired by ennui than epilepsy. The inevitability of destruction is always
But to fully appreciate Interpol, you have looming over them."
The Alleged Theater Project has already
to realize they've transplanted the doom
planned
another as-yet unnamed producand gloom of early 1980 's Manchester
tion
for
March. TESC graduates get top
into a flourishing music scene in the
middle a city still trying to cope with the billing in the roles of Medea (Lauren
incomprehensible. Like the Strokes, Banks O'Neil) and Jason of the Argonauts (Aaron .
and Co. tell tales of lives spent in equal Anderson). The cast also includes Roark
parts confusion, anger and ecstasy. Tales Brewster as Creon, Rebecca Henrie as
that carry extra emotional weight when you Ageus, Colleen Meservey as the chorus,
realize they're not about city life, but life in Jessica De Lashmurr as the messe nger, Gabe
The City. When Ian Curtis sang "She's Lost Vortolussi as the tutor, and Rachel Wagner
Control," he easily could have been singing as the nurse . The Medea is produced by
about New York City after 9111, and rhat's Noa h Johnson, with set and li ghting by
what elevates Interpol above the rest of the Paul Hawxhurst. Show times are Thursday,
punk revival bands.
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Stars." Even more passionate is "Disgrace,"
where Schwarzenbach attacks not only the
president. but artis ts like Bruce Springsteen and N eil Young who have mad e new
careers out of 9/11 telethoJ~ His trademark bitter sarcas m is in fin e fo rm o n lines
like "We' ll need a lot of heroes for rh is war
/ Pi ck up yo ur guitar / ' Will rh e laSt hand
please bring the flag?' / 'Ca use no o ne's
rocking th e boat and so me ki ds here sa id
th ey \Vanna dance .." Indie-rock and emo
arc li ttered with a trail o f bands who unsuccessfull y tried ro make th eir music more
access ible whil e stil l main tai nin g that spark
thar made th em so creati ve and di stin ct ill
the first place. As a marrer of E1Ct, j awbrea ker's Dellr )'0 11 though now a landma rk
emo album, inspired cries of "sello ur" upo n
il$ initial rel ease. Histo ry will probabl y not
be so kind ro most of roday"s CillO bands,
who use th e term as a lice nse to write about
tee nage love, whi ch has dOIll in ated po p
music since the earth was flat. Howeve r.
Jets to Brazil has do ne admirably with Perfeting Lonelillm. While it does ;lot achieve
the free ve rse brilliance of "Ora nge Rhym ing Dictionary," "Perfecting Loneliness'· i,
the most co mpl ete Jets ro Brazil album ye t.
And God knows it w ill still inspire use rnam es on LiveJournal and Makeo utCl ub.

It's not often anymore th at a co nce rt feel s
mom entou s. Mos t feel don e befo re they've '-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
even started, as if th e audi ence kn ows how my arm. But Obe rst truly proved him self
th ey' ll feel about an artist before they've even wo rth y of his recent crit ical praise w hen he
played a note. They'll play and we' ll cheer; slipped the words "God Saves Oil Prices"
maybe we' ll call out a request but as long into "A Day Is G onn a Come." Sou ndin g
as they stick ro mostly old material, we'll aching and off th e cuff, Cono r co rrected
feel placated , if not inspired. Friday's Bright himself, sayi ng "Oh no, I mean .. . God
Eyes show at the Showbox felt momentous. sa ves Texas [ am il y oil fortun es." The crowdIn an hour and a half, Conor Oberst proved reacted with spontaneous applause. And
himself to be one of the most important though it sounded like the audience hadn't
young so ngwriters today. But he also proved earned the right to make such a statement,
he'ssrill got a long way to go. After two Oberst certainly had. In his willingness to
short sets by The Bruces (with Bright Eyes' reveal himself as simply another salesman
lead singer Conor Oberst playing bass) and (in the same song too!), Oberst earned the
Portland's M . Ward, each artist alternated right to accuse a certain wealthy family of
twanging with a rootsy solemnity and hypocrisy. But just as quickly the old Conor
rocking with a Dylan-like looseness . In was. back. The one who sings "Katie With a
a moment of foreshadowing, M. Ward K's Song (Love is Real) " to end every show.
sang that he had been "split in half like The one who reduces the complexity of his
Carolina." It became clear later in the post-Wll song "Let's Not Shit Ourselves"
night that the same fate had befallen Conor to the pre-song comment, "So I guess the
Oberst. Hitting the stage with a caravan of moral of the story is we need more love
instruments (chimes, keyboards, a banjo, in the world." Although I doubt Oberst is
an oboe, a flute) , Oberst's backing band a nihilist (though he does have nihilistic
cou ldn't have looked more like a family.
tendencies) , I couldn't h elp feeling like
Despite Oberst's repuration as a tortured he hadn't said what h e mea nt to say at
miserablis t, his friends looked as if th ey all. Especially when he played a new so ng
agreed with Oberst's assertion in th e press during th e encore, in which he used theater
abo ut hi s new album that he's moving as a metaphor for life, singing about being
roward a mo re "positive" outloo k. Not that left behind "as the trees are roll ed away. "
Co nor was smiling or anyt hin g, bur he Ifall rhe wo rld is a stage, th en does n't thar
did n't look angry or b ro ken li ke th c last make love just anoth er pose' By dema nding
rim e I saw him in concert. Ope nin g the sa lvarion through love, Oberst mixes idealshow with " False Advertisin g," Oberst and ism and romanticism , a deadl y m ixt ure if
Co. f1 'lwlessly frol icked in pastoral md od ies th ere ever was one. Until he fi gu res this
and melan cho lic- mood music. As th e min i- out , Brig ht Eyes will fo rever seem like a
o rc h estra cont racted and swe ll ed, t hey ba nd frollled by two peop le. Th ankfu lly fl lr
proved over ;Ind ov<:r how mu ch cha mbe r us, rh ose two people arc· t wu or th e m<l.'t
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Malian Guitarist to playas Part
of the "Evergreen Exeressions
Visiting ArtIst Series'
by . /6n McAllister
On Ocrober 25 and 26 at 8 p.m.,
the great African guitarist Djelimady
Tounkara will come to Evergreen to perform DVO flights of astonishing traditional
griot music. Tounkara is an African guitarist
from Mali, which is located in Central
Africa just south of Algeria and Mauritania.
Considered one of the world's finest guitar
players, Tounkara will play traditional

a passion for the guirar, and the passion
grew to love.
I spoke with Jennifer Kuhns, who is the
Marketing Coordinator for the Media and
Performing Arts at Evergreen. She is an
alumna of the college and she's very excited
about this season's line-up. "The whole
season has a really good feeling and a lot
of energy behind · it," says Jennifer. "The
Visiting Artist Series brings new shows ro

Chamber-core
grows up,
develops social
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(beyond the blatant
immorality of her
turning me down for a
date last friday)
bY [Jan Rrow

. photo by jon McALlister
community and is a real benefit to
Above: Guitarist Djelima·d·Y~li~o·u·n·kaiir·a"'li:t;h::e students because it gives them a
Left: Coordinator Jennifer Kuhns
chance to get direct contact with the
artists.
Manding music supported by the lure,
Tounkara
will be playing music from the
percussion an d voca Is.
Tounkara was born in Boudefo in the heart traditional art form jeliva, and I. personally,
of Man ding griot country. It was there that am looking forward to these two nights
he learned the traditional art form called of refreshing, traditional, and explorative
jeliva. Tounkara grew up playing drums music. For more information, you can call
at social gatherings and by the time he the box office at 867-6833, or visit the
was a young man h ad mas t ere d the m 0 re Performing and Media Arts web-site at
traditional instruments like the balafon, the www.evergreen. edul expressions. Tounkara's
kora, an d th e n' gom.. H e th en dl·scovered CD, Sigui, is currently available at the
1I

A Review of
Djelimady Tounkara's CD, titled Sigui
by .JOn McAlliSter
While I listened to Sigui, I was drawn
into the world of traditional Mending
music. Tounkara is backed up vocally
both by his own daughter, Fatoumata,
and Mamany Keita. However, it is his
flowing, imaginative guitar-playing thar
captured my attention. The ml1sic kept me
interested and moved my imagination from
one scene to
next without

Tounkara's mastery of the guitar is clearly
evident, as is his love for traditional music
itself. He showcases his talen t by playing
a solo track called "Samakoun," The CD
is an exploration of where Tounkara has
come from, and for those interested in
traditional griot music, this CD is definitely
a must.

Last year, during the glory days of All
You Can Eat dinners, I overheard three
girls discussing Bright Eyes, aka Conor
Oberst, in the cafeteria. In spiteful rones,
one girl suggesred that Oberst's music
would vastly improve if he wasn't so "selfobsessed" . Is self-obsession a trait that
hinders true artistic expression? I doubt it.
Egocentrism is written into a lead singer's
job description . Oberst's problem isn't his
oh-poor-me disposition, it's the quality of
his poetry. Sentiments that, if obscured
in delicately chosen metaphors, become
exq uisite and universal, appear boring and
obvious when rendered in Oberst's teenage
diary prose. His lyrics are full of suns,
moons, stars, "fields of ripe tomatoes",
and other images straight out of Romantic
Poetry 10 I . So then what makes Lifud, Or
The Story Is In The Soil... such an extraordinary album, worthy of its comparisons to
Dylan and Neil Young? First of all, there's
the music. If music can be compared to
architecture, the arrangements on the new
Bright Eyes album are as ornate as the
Palace of Versailles. Trumpets swell to
militaristic bombast, pedal steels twang
with a lush loneliness, orchestras waltz
so beautifully it's like a room full of ballerinas pirouetting in time with the music.
Perhaps in union with Oberst's romantic

proclivities, th e a rrange ment s sugge st
a sort of classicism, a palace c hamber
for Oberst to play hi s chamber-pop. But
more than the music, Oberst has found
something that makes the triteness of
his lyrics irrelevanr: self-consciousness .
Oberst isn't happy being a bi-polar pin-up.
Declaring "fuck my face, fuck my fame" on
"False Advertising", Conor is realizing that
his teenage diary doesn't seem so honest
now that he's twenty--two. In fact, it seems
like a downright lie. All mose "psalms of
praise" he dedicated to his teenage crushes
are beginning to seem unworthy of their
subjects. And anyways, he's found a new
subject to whine about: the fate of our
souls. From exploring the nature of truth
on "A Day Is Gonna Come .. . " to the state
of the world on "Let's Not Shit Ourselves,"
Conor is wrestling with the big questions
and he's bringing every ounce of emotion
to them that he brought to songs about
being dumped. "Let's Not Shit Ourselves"
is far superior to any other song written
about post 9/11 America because Oberst
strips away the sentimentality and pits us
face to face with the harsh reality of the
human condition, offering love as the only
solution to mass confusion and pain,
So in reply to that girl in the Greenery:
Give the kid a try, ladies. Underneath his
pretentious poetry, he just might be one of
the greatest songwr-iters we have today.

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nd Newsbriefs Editor
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crawled over the person next to me and, with as much
indifference as I could musrer, walked toward rhe rear of the
P lane with my book in hand. The first door that I came to

bY Michael Graney
I am presently sitting in a cafe sipping a double espresso in the most cha rming city I have ever been to, Cuzco,
(or Cusco or Quosquo) Peru. It is 8 a.m. and I am waiting to meet six other travelers who will be joining me on an
adventure expedition.
The questions are: "Why, what do you hope to gain from traveling to some strange and remote place? What possible
lesson can you come away wah from nsklllg your life cllmblllg a 19,000-foot peak). The answers I can give at 41 years are
a great deal dIfferent from the ones I would have given at 25.
I am meeting six other friends from th e States, ages 21-39, of varying degrees of expertise in the field of adventure travel
and outdoor sports. In four days time I will begi~ crossing the Andes on foot. I will attempt to climb a 19,000-foor peak
a~d I WIll ru~ a nver through the deepest gorge III the world. And I guarantee that there will be a few days in there when I
WIll be suffering, and not a day when I am not in some physical discomfort. [ will definitely wonder what the hell I am doing
out there and why [ left my wonderful girlfriend and our sweet cottage.
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. Traversing this region on foot and river gives me a better perspective on the difficulties encountered by the Inca in their
datly bves and ~n achlevll1g the great wor~s they did achieve. I believe it gives me a truer sense of history. The Inca built
on the mountalll tops, they crossed the hIgh places, they built along the river. The Inca even had a prayer of thanks for
when they successfully crossed a high place: "We give thanks to Him who enables us to raise the burden, to ascend to
such rugged heights. as these. ~' .This prayer was still in use in de la Vega's time, 1536-1616. The Inca worshipped two
deities, the Sun, whIch was VISIble, and Pachacamac (to whom the prayer is given), who is the "invisible and unknown
God." In my language I offer this prayer: "I give thanks to the physical which gives me the strength to carry this and to
the spiritual which gives me the will to carry this."
. I believe that. this accurately sums up some of the more esoteric aspects of adventure travel. The word adventure implies
rISk. It does not Imply, anymor~,. the connections between physical, spiritual and mental discipline. But these connections
are unavOlda~le on a true. exp~dltlon whIch deals.wah more thansimple ego enh~ncement. It is all about your approach. Go
so.mewhere WIth the speCIfic aIm of gettlllg Ill, cllmblllg and getting out and you 11 get nothing out of the experience. Go in
WIth a ~Ill to explore the culture and geography slowly, learn the language, meet and speak to the people and things start
happenll1g that far exceed the rewards of simp le "extreme" sports.
.
Adventu re travel has rhe. potential to train us in ethical and spiritual consciousness, risk management, liability and
secunty. Now none of thIS IS to say one shouldn't be careful. Odd juxtaposition, isn't it?
Play it conservative and you will still have plenty of amazing stories to tell. As you beco me more seasoned you can
make broader cholCes. 1 have hea rd too many stories first-hand of people going to have a smoke with a local and ending up
mugged, raped or both . If you want to climb a mount311l or run 3 nver, great' But either get appropriate training or go with
well-respected gUIdes, even If they are more expensive. What is the value of your life? Jr is crazy to hear peo ple dickering
for a $20 break on price in this high-stakes game .
So adventure travel teaches us about foreign cultures. It also teaches us to exp lore the deeper, less visible aspects o f the
human Sp ltl!. Adventure teac hes us to explore the unknown with an open heart and an open m ind, to be prepared fo r any
eventuality and to accept both risk and respons ibility.
. Finally, always remember: travelers are th e best ambassadors of our culrure. Like it or n(?l yo u represent th e USA . I f you are
like me and find yourse lf embarrassed by rhe excesses of rhe USA, then make ce rtain rhar yo u do not leave the same impress ion
In you r wake. It tak es ren good acts to wipe our rh e memo ry of a single bad one.

Port-a u"'Prin ce
by Harold FiJlIlkOOSennelt

a

J visited Haiti, small Caribbean nation, for a few weeks at the end ofthe summer. What follows

is a bit of my journal,' a small window on a lift very diffirmt from our OW/I.
The principal traffic outside the walls of our apartment are rhe water carriers. Most of them
are children. They skip down in pairs and threes and sixes, swinging and banging empty jugs.
They go to the source, 'a fountain in the ravine below our house. There is a party atmosphere
around the spring as the kids wait their turn for rhe warer, yelling and singing. Some ' have
decent clothes and walk happily. They probably attend school and are helping their parents
in their free time. Others are shabbily dressed. They are servants, o rphans, or the children
of very poor parents who gave rheir offspring to another family. Their faces don't share
the joy of the other children. They work hard, and without education they do nor have
much hope for a berter life. When a group has filled their jugs they lug their cargo (on
their heads if they are girls, awkwardly in their arms if they are boys) back up co a house
on the mountain. We are all out of reach of the city water grid here in Pacot, but a water
truck fills our building's cistern.
Port-au-Prince is trying ro grow, but it has nowhere to expand but up steep hillsides. The
city has mountains to the north and south, the ~ea co the east, and welllthy Petionville in
the west. New houses, hoyels and shacks mu.st be built on sheer slopes; perilous during the
rainy season, out of the reach of municipal services, and crowded. If a driver loses control,
pedestrians don't have anywhere to run. Luckily, the roads are in such a poor statetha~ most
cannot help b'ut drive exqemelY slow. Rue Pacot, like all the streets in this neighborhood, has a
somewhat, ~ediev3J feel. It is , a wealthy qu.~rter of.~ very 'p oor city, so all the houses and
lawns are ·guard,ed. by .hjgh.,~.men.t~ . often topped 'willi barbed :wire or pieces; of brokc:il gl¥s.
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Military police jeeps
try
to break through
internationals

displayed a green "unoccupied" sign, with a few of the letters
faded. I slipped into the bathroom. On the toilet, I tore the
marked pages out of my Lonely Planer guide to Israel and
the Occupied Territories, folded them in half, and threw
them into the rrash. These pages, most likely bound for an
incinerator or landfill somewher\! near Tel Aviv, contained
information about such events as the war of 1948, which
the Israelis call "the War of Independence," and Palestinians
know as "the Catastrophe." The in for'm ation itself, a very brief
history of the land to which both Israelis and Palestinians
make a claim, was not incriminating ar all. What sent me
ro the bathroom so calmly were my underlines and notes
in the margins.
In a few hours, I would land in Tel Aviv, [srael, with the
intent of traveling into the West Bank as a member of the ISM
(International Solidarity Movement) . I was there ro involve

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myself with Palestinians in non-viol ent direct action against
the IDF (Israeli Defense Force). Internationals had been

standing in front of
them, protecting
Palestinians. There
were French,
Americlm, Spanish,
Danirh, German and
Japanere peace
activistr here becawe
the villagerr
knew
there
would be
trouble. The Israeli
peace activistr arrived
rar/ier and requested
our protection. Police
shot tear gas mortars,
uar gas grmades and
concussion grenades to
b
d·
!Sperse us, ut we
stood our ground.

traveling to Palestine since June for the Freedom Summer

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government sees these people as working with the enemy.

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Photos and captions
by eanar Kenny
These three pictum are from a joint IsraeliPalestinian peace/anti-occupation rally held in the
vi!!age ofHuwarra. Conor Keny is an Evergreen
. student who participaud in the ISM along
with Laura Nelson. Huwarra is next-door to an
ijcclIPt.ationfiarmy
base and thur has been
unaercur
ew ~; overmilitary
tw.~ years {since the start of the
mtifa ,or uprlSmg J. The town has experimad

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food trucks are allowed into the village.

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potential terrorists. They use this to justify their ongoing occupation of the
West Bank and Gaza and to justify the turning back of over 200 internationals
suspected of flying into T91 Aviv with the intent of aiding the enemy. In order
This is at the actual
to get in, I had to have a siory.
demonstration. Note
I would tell the immigration official that I was there as a tourist to see the
holy sites in Jerusalem and to visi t the most beautiful parts oflsrael. I was prepared
the signs in Arabic,
for hours of interrogation and searches. I left Kalhil Gibran's The Prophet ar
Hebrew and English.
home because he's Lebanese. I bought a new journal and wrote nothing about
The area was crowded
the purpose of my travels in it. I underlined the chaprers in my guidebook on
with Palestinians.
the beautiful Israeli sites I woald visit. (All of these, whi le no doubt beautiful
and worth visiting, were false.) I had rehearsed with my partner again and again
Israel~r and a fow
our falsified answers to inane question s li ke, "where did you get the money
. dozen internationals
for this trip? " and, "aren't you scared to be here right now ?" You see, [ was a
hugging and sl)ollling,
travel er with a political purpose. I could not fly directly into Pal es tine, and
"Peace, yes.'
Israel didn'r want me.
As [ srrapped my seat belt on and put my seat back into irs upright position,
Occupation, no!" The
I felt more terr ified than I remember feeling perhaps in my e ntire life. My
bandana was for tile
legs twitched . My lungs strained for air. My mind sp un and dizzied itself. The
tear gtlS L1MI they shot
immigra tion officer was completely disinreresred. She asked t\vo questions (from
where did I fly in and for what purpose was [ in Israel) and, without looking at me,
at us all afternoon.
stamped my pass port. That was it. I was in and [ could breathe.
'1 wou ld feel such terror twice more during the three weeks that I was in
that land: Both times would, like the first, be moments of anticipation--waiting.
Both would be fear of what I imagined my experience ro be--before I had really
experienced occupation.
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Afterl ~s thantwoda~in the~stBank,1 un~~toodwhatwmeISM fulksre~rredtoasilie ~-----------------------------------------------~
Israeli peace activirts, 300
"p~otective bubble." This bubble came automat ically wi~h my white skin and my U .S. citizenship. All U.S .
or more, who had come
citizens-whIte folks especially-have a protective bubble that can be used in places like Palestine. Behind
into the West Bank to
eve ry U .S. passport, Israeli officials see massive political, financial, and military support. This support
bringfood to the villagers
from the U .S. has ensured the strength of the state of Israel and its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza
and protest the ocCtlpation.
since 1967 . Also, the' privilege affo rded to internationals throws into nauseating contrast the level to which
The army tried to block
Palestinians have been dehumanized. I was
them from entering and
waved through a checkpoint with a sm ile by
had bealen and arrerted
an Israeli soldier while five young Palestinian
a Jew. bllt they simply
men, no doubt trying to reac h their girlfriends
marcheJ on. The boy was
or jobs in a neighborin g town, were forced
one ofthe Palestinian
to kneel with hands beh ind backs for hours
locals wlJO had rtlShed
down 10 welrome Ihe
in the hot su n. The ir c rim e: being yo ung
acti viSIS. The [sraelis wae
Palesti nian men.
Fom
Taal/SI~. a peace
The injusti ce done to th ese young men
group
of [ml/·li jews
was a fraction of the injustice that I would
opposed
to Ihe oCCllpalion.
witness in the West Bank. My prese nce th ere
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gave Palestinians hope, and alleviated §ome
there
arc
many.
mallY
that
injusti ce for brief moments. My presence did
Israelis
opposed
to
the
not end the injustice. I am working on that
ocwpation for practical
now, and will be for a lon g time.
as well as hllmanilarifln
and ethical rensons. While
I was there we called
an !sraeli human rights
grollp to report Palestinian
arrests so they co uld work
For. ~ore detAiled infornutt.ion about
on getting them released.
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A R~d Cross)R~d Cmcent ambulance shot up by th~ Israeli Occupation Army. Most of
th~ ambulanc~s I saw had a bllll~t hole som~where on them. Th~ Gm~va Convmtion
aplidtfy forbids armi~s {rom hind~ring ambulancer or medical pmonn~1. On~ ofth~
things we w~re constantly doing was n~gotiating the safo passage ofambulanc~. Most da,vs
during the cuifw th~ only p(opl~ on th~ road w(r~ ambulances, tanks and insan~ taxi
drivers--probably th~ folks most adept at ~vading th~ army

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Postmodernism
and Evergreen

Jy1ass Non-.AcJtion _____ _

by Marc Stiftler

by NatA HO.iJen
Does anyone know exactly how many
wars have taken place in the last year?
It started with the War on Terrorism,
an insane, inane, asinine, and vain attempt
to eliminate an invisible evil. Then The
War in Afghanistan and the modestly titled
"Enduring Freedom" taking a whole six
months or less to carpet bomb a barren
desert country, plus do a quick sweep for
terrorists and AI Qaida. In the process they
created a collateral damage civilian death
toll almost three times that of September
11 th and have nothing to show for it. Then
th e governm ent has th e nerve to come
. back home and tell the American public
that the guy responsible for all this is still
missing and the War on Terrorism is far
from over. But don't wo rry America, we
have a solution.
In just under a year's time we've targeted
our old buddy/enemy Saddam Hussein as
the new threat against democracy, economy,
freedom , safety, supermarkets, malls, proms,
raves, festivals, McDonalds, Wal-Marr,
soccer practice, and our children (oh our
precious little ones) . All I can say is, "What
the fuck? " Are we really buying this? We're
just going to continue going to work and
school while our dimwitted leaders, if you
choose to call them that, are tricking the
UN into a massive military strike. This will
result in the removal of the current dictator
and allow an American diplomat to take
his place. This sounds like the premise for
some decent sketch comedy, but seriously,
this is happening before our very eyes and
we watch this charade like a well-acted
melodrama blockbuster of paradigm shifting proportions. Pass the popcorn please,
the suspense is killing me.
Well it's not like no one is doing a goddamn thing. Activists all over the country
have been protesting since this .mockery
mishandling of national affairs has begun,
but last time I checked, good old Baby

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Bush was still in office trying to complete
a full sentence. The least they could do is
have someone tutor him for speech. Mass
actions, peace walks, teach-ins, and rallies
have done much to educate the public and
have even influenced some government
officials and congressional leaders to question another military coup in the Gulf. but
it hasn't stopped the bill authorizing the use
of force from being passed. So what now?
Nothing, absolutely nothing.
Let's face it, if you don't want things to
go awry, the easiest thing to do is stay home
and entertain yourself. Murphy's Law states
that whatever can go wrong, will. Th erefore
I propose we all take our money out of the
banks, buy as much food, water, and first
aid as we can poss ibly muster up, then go
on strike. Stay on strike until enough people
are sitting on their asses to point where
nothing can be done and our country is
so vulnerable that we'll have to change. If
peopl e are really upset, angry, pissed off,
frustrated , flustered, and enraged about the
state of the world then stop what you're
doing, get together with your friends and
family and hold your ground. That means
all students, teachers , business-persons ,
bankers, doctors, lawyers, librarians, clerks,
accountants, waiters, salesmen , chefs,
farmers, scientists, etc. Anybody willing
to organize the community into a selfsustaining organism could theoretically
make this happen . Hell, it could even
take place world wide of we were focused
enough.
.
Idealistic? Yes. Impossible? No. It's just
an idea and to be honest, I don't even know
where to begin to get the ball rolling on
something like this. So maybe it's more of
a question or even a prayer. I may have not
made any sense and I usually don't, but a
shot in the dark is bener than no shot at
all. Please contact me with information,
suggestions., and more ideas concerning
chaos, solutions, and possible short cuts
to time travel.

by using words leaves us in the
iniddle of nowhere. Postmodernists have '
therefore tended to simply abandon meaning, giving up on it in their language and
refusing to analyze in-depth. My seminar
asked us to limit ourselves to a pluralism of
perspectives, which takes away the notion
that we can arrive at a crltica juncture - - - - -J
through our discussions.
To quote John Zerzan, "To say that
there can be no yes or no position is
tantamount to a paralysis of relativism, in
which 'impotence' becomes the valorized
partner to 'opposition.'" A diversity of
perspective is a valuable contribution, but it
doesn't mean we should give up on thinking
and discussing and acting critically. Gideon's
Bomb [r~ article in the last CPJ touched
on this. If we are interested in making our
seminars more than just a smorgasbord of
knowledge, we need to be attentive to the
ongoing discussion and make our words
direct attacks on the subject at hand .
Further readi1lg:
John Zerzan, " The Catastrophe of Post
Modernism"from Future Primitive (19 94)
A IJfTY thorough critique of postmodem Ism
Zygmunt Bauman, M odernity and the
Holocaust (1989)
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In their first tourn ament of the year,
Eve rgreen's Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw Kung
Fu team made a stro ng showing, kicking
off another highl y anticipated season for
The Evergreen State College's winningest
team.
Three fi ghters from Team Eve rgree n,
and three from the national competition
team battled thre e tough division s at
Northwes t Tae Kwon Do & Open

Championships in Scappoose, Oregon on
Saturday, October 19th. The national team
members set the bar high for the th eir
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i n the afrern-o-o·n. The black belt veterans took to the ring
with raw energy an d refin ed strategies
taught to them by G randmaster Fu Le ung
and national coach Dana Daniels.
In th e Men's di visio n Sa m H as kin ,
founder of the Eve rgree n Ku ng-h i club,
se nt opponenrs in to adjacen t rings with
power ful sideki cks [hat were respected by
o ppo nents and app recia ted by audience
members.
Fo rm er ca ptain of Tea m Evergree n,
O we n O' Kee fe fo ught ex tremely we ll ,
takin g first place in the heavyweight di vision. T he placing earn ed him a matc h for
the gra nd championship against nationally
ranked fight er, Mike Mathers. O ' Keefe,
who also help s coach Tea m Evergree n,
fou gh t a close match with Math ers who
pulled away in round two and too k th e
title.
In Women's Blac k Belt Point Sparring
Loa Arnoth took the ring for the first time

Evergreen Shuts Out Oregon Tech 5-0_
bY ,lames Porlune
To say th at forward Niki Cl aussen
(Shelton ,Wa/Shelton H .S.) single hand edly dismantled Oregon Tech would be
a disrespect to the other members of the
Evergreen State Women's Soccer team. For
it was rheir team effort that provided the
opportunity for Claussen.
The fact remains, though, that in this
lopsided 5-0 victory by the Evergreen (8-4
CCC, 8-7 Overall) Claussen was in the
right place at the right time to score four
. of the Geoducks five goals agai/}s~ visiting
Oregon Tech (2-8 CCC, 5-9 Overall).
With the win and Albertson's victory at
home over Warner Pacific today, Evergreen
has assured itself a spot in the Cascade
Conference post-season tournament.
Evergreen
Head Coach Arlene
McMahon summarized the game by simple
stating that, "the team controlled the temp
for 60 minutes."
With help from junior midfielder AJ
Fairburn (Tacoma, Wa/Stadium H.S.),

Claussen found th e
back of the net less than
seven minutes into the
game.
Sophomore Tiffany
Fenster
(Seattle ,
Wa/Roosevelt H .S.)
made her 21 st goal
of the season in the
37th minute. Heather
Gordon (Walnut Creek,
Ca/Anocortes H.S.)
started the action with
a_ Jl)idfield pass to
Clausseri on the right
wing. On the bounce, .
Claussen redirected the
ball across the front of
Oregon Tl!ch's goal and
Fenster headed it in on the backside, to put
Evergreen ahead 2-0.
Claussen's three remaining goals all
came in the second period in a span of three
and a half minutes. .
First

in two years. Arnoth , an Evergreen alum
and member of the 2000 team that went
to the National Black Belt League World
Champio I)sh ip, .jQI!k.~c;p nd.Jlesp_i.te.
two-year hiatus, Arn oth's kee n intensity
rattled her opponents and kept them on
their heels.
In Men's Intermedi ate Point Sparrin g,
Team Eve rgreen's j llll ior members fou ght
well with the enco uragement and guidance
of new tea m ca ptain Kevin Barrett. T he
division was so large that it had to be split
III two.
In the first di vision, Barrett lost a low
sco ring match in sudd en death overtime to
one of th e di vision fin alists. Andrew Bresni k
too k the fight to his oppo nent, but lost by
a sin gle point to the other di vision fin alist.
Ma rk Germano fou ght to a second place
fini sh in his division aga inst a very large and
more experienced opponent.
. Al togeth e r, the prospects fo r Team
Evergreen Kung Fu and the Bak Shaolin
Eagle Claw National Team look very positi ve. All the fighters look forward to their
next chance to test their skills.
Schlindwein (Anacortes, Wa/Anacortes

photo courtesy of James Porrune

H.S.) and finally Fairburn each knifed
a pass between the Owls defense that left
Claussen one-on-one with Oregon Tech
goalkeeper and Claussen finished the play
with a
each time.

Team Eve rgreen would like to thank
G randmaster Fu Leung and Sifu D ana
G . Daniels for their countless hours
of in struction. Fo r more inform atio n
o n Evergre en Kung Fu cont ac t Kevin
Barrett at (360) 35 7-913 7 or check out
www.baksh aolineagleclaw.com.

in the right place when it was needed, "
explained Coach McMahon.
The 5-0 victory gave freshman Crystal
Vanderhoof (Tenino, Wa/Tenino H .S.).
in only her second start in goal, her first
college shutout.
When asked whether Vanderhoof was
finally getting comfortable in goal, Coach
McMahon, a former college goalkeeper
herself, remarked, "no field player ever is
comfortable going in~o the goal. "
Through the middle of the regular
season Evergreen has played some remarkable soccer.
In the last thirty days they have been
victorious in seven of nine games, scoring
38 goals and allowing only 14.
Wednesday (Oct 23), Evergreen will
host their final home game, this one against
Western Baptist. The game will be played
on Field 4, also referred to as 'Campo de
Quatro', and is scheduled to start at 3:00
p.m.

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A Quick look at the
American Propaganda System
by KBitb Houser
In a society with grossly unequal distribution of privilege and resources, those
I who monopolize decision-making power
t are wholly dependent on the fear andlor
! ignorance of the majority of the population to maintain the status quo. Since the
,, population of this country' isn't accustomed
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to seeing death squads kick down the doors
of those who question authority, dissident
A' " thought must be dealt with in a more
sophisticated manner. Rather than reacting
with police-state tactics to actions that
challenge authority, the powers-that-be
in the United States find it much safer to
suppress dangerous thoughts before they
,
" , enter mainstream culture and motivate the
public to collective struggle.
The late 1960s were the last time a social
movement truly threatened entrenched
power in the U.S. In 1964, 26 percent of the
population believed that the government
was run by a "few big interests looking out
,
for themselves," compared to 53 percent in
1972 (Howard Zinn, A Peoplrs History ofthe

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During my first seminar for my program
this quarter, our professor began oy telling
us a story. She explained six blind people
standing around an elephant and when they
were asked to describe what the elephant
was they were all only able to give impaired
descriptions of the animal. After this she
talked about how people's perspectives'
were both right and wrong at the same
time. This, and my seminars last year which
had similar rules, irritated me enough to
write this.
Postmodernism is a term describing
a widely accepted language and cultural
philosophy that pervades all the reaches of
contemporary society. Since it covers such
a large amount of reality, there are many
variations. I'll try to highlight some of its
cardinal tenets. As I understand it, Jacques
D errid a's bo ok Writin g and Difference
paved the way for postmodernism by his
critique that language doesn't accurately
represent thought. This raises some good
questions. However, in attempts to convey
meaning in a reality that has been reformed
we can't arrive at
by langu age, believ

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p.529). International business voiced
its contempt for the "excess of democracy"
that swept the United States in the Trilateral
Commission's 1975 publication The Crisis of

Democracy: A Report on the Governabi[jty of
Democracies. The reactionary establishment
response to the idealism of the baby-boomer
generation took the form of a massive
propaganda campaign (called "public relations" in the U.S.). This was conducted
through the concentrated power of the
corporate media, which has always been
in an unparalleled position to narrow or
shift the unspoken boundaries of national
political debate as it sees fit.
By the mid-1970s, a propaganda offensive espousing the wonders of the U.S. corporate system was in full swing. Launched
largely via the corporate-run Ad Council,
by 1978 'the campaign to saturate the
media and "reeducate" Americans was
costing business $1 billion a year (Alex
Carey, Taking the Risk Out of Democracy) .
Meanwhile, neo-conservative think-tanks
were ' founded and financed by big busirt of the successful effort to

transform the term "liberal" into a bad word.
The Heritage Foundation, the American
Economic Institute (AEI), and the Business
Roundtable were all primary instruments of
this social engineering project. The campaIgn
culminated with the election of Ronald
Reagan in 1980.
This was not the first time propaganda
had crushed popular ferment. Edward L.
Bernays outlined the details of the modern
public relations industry in
his 1928 book Propaganda, which called
for a national system of PRoffices to be
used by major corporations, the media,
universities, and the government for the
purpose of controlling the public mind.
Dernays writes, "In the active proselytizing
minorities in whom selfish' interests coincide
lie the progress and development ofAmerica.
Only through the active energy of the intelligent few can the public at large become
aware of and act upon new ideas ... Is this
government by propaganda? Call it, if you
prefer, government by education". Since
Bernays' publication, the Central Intelligence
Agency has assisted the "intelligent minority"
with propaganda campaigns of its own.

In the years following World War II, in
Operation MOCKINGBIRD the Agency
directly coordinated anti-Communist
misinformation with influential members
of the corporate media. In the early 19505,
the CIA launched a multimillion dollar
propaganda campaign called the "Crusade
for Freedom," the price of which was
larger than both the Truman and Dewey
presidential campaigns of 1948 combined.
. Where are we now? Well, the United
States is the consumer of 57 percent of
the world's advertising (the most widespread form of propaganda, which is also
taX-deductible) and is also the most heavi1y polled country in the world. The
White House's new Office of Global
Communications, working in concert with
. the State Department's U.S. Information
Agency, is currently waging a $200 million
propaganda campaign to demonize Saddam
Hussein. In these dangerous times of
violence abroad and intense "patriotism"
at home, objective news is very hard to
come by. The next time you consider keeping quiet instead of making waves, just
remember, that's exactly what they want.

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january 24, 2002

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
• Here's your chance to explore the Hudson Bay Company's history. A full hour of "edutainment" will be YOIFS at the Lacey
• A nifty workshop on "The Theory and Practice of Peace ActivCommunity center (6729 Pacific Ave) from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
ism" will take place in the Garden Room at Gloria Dei Lutheran
• Come to the weekly Greeners for Peace Meeting at 5:00 p.m.
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C_hurch, from 10:00 a.m. ~o 4:20 p.m., just bring a brownbag
- iflt he 3tudent Activities office in-t-he--GA-B-. ~hey're Greene-fs!
- -=-- lunch and a reasonable donation.
And they're for Peace!
• Come to Library 4300 from 6:00 to 10,00 p.m. for a "networking and music event'l sponsored by EPIC and TESC Labor Center, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
• The Olympia Chamber Orchestra will perform at the Evergreen
7?;l;)}A~poCYJ8a25 from L.A.
Recital Hall. All kinds of pretty music, only 15 bucks (10 for
Greeners). Starts at 8:00 p.m.
• Guitarist Djelimady Tounkara (try saying that five times fast)
will perform his mesmerizing Malian melodies at the Experimental Theatre at 8:00 p.m. 8 bucks for students, 15 for everyone
else.
• The U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association is hosting a
Halloween Ball! A free dance lesson starts at 7:00 p.m. and
dancing goes from 8:00 to 11:00. Costumes are optional. Prices
are $6 per person for members, $8 for the rest of us. Be there at
the O!Y!D"p'ia Elks, 1818 E. 4th Ave in Olympia.

SATuRDAY, OCTOBER 26

• Djelimady strums his guitar yet again, also at the Experimental
Theatre at 8:00.
• More ICOGJATTOWAC (the international conference thing)
today from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 i p.m.
• Protest the so-called Patriot Act on its anniversary! Here's your

Social Justice Teach-in
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Tales of Insomnia by Colleen Frakes

• S&A has their weekly meeting in CAB 315 from 3:00 to 5:00
p.m.

TUESDA Y, OCTOBER 29
• Guatemalan rainforest organization leader Santos Choc will
speak about all the evil and destructive environmental practices
in Central America, as well a~ the Central American Free Trade
Agreement. Be there at 7:00 p.m. at Traditions on 5th and Water.
• EQA has its weekly meeting at 4:30 in Library 2220
• A program called Stories from Palestine will take place at 6:00
p.m. in Lecture Hall 1. Come enjoy stories, reRections, and
slides from community members recently returned from Israel and
Palestine.

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• EPIC's weekly meeting takes place at 2:00 p.m. in Library 3500.

Yo ~ Frijoles by Elicia Sanchez

press release from Seattle Radical
Women

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all walks of life ar e invited t o
t a k e parr in a o ne d a y edu cational confe r e nc e call e d "I m a gin e R e volution " to be held a t
the Univ e r s it y of Wa s hin g t o n
Sc ho o l o f S o ci a l Work o n Sa tur day, N ove mb e r 9.
G ue s t spea k e r s in c lud e
seaso n ed p o liti ca l o rga ni ze rs f ro lll
A u s tr a l ia, E I Sa lva d o r , a nd rh e
U.S. T h ey w ill e xp lo re th e p oss i b ilit y o f c r eat in g soc ie tie s b ase d
o n g lo b a l coo per a ti o n a nd economic pl a nnin g wh e r e a rt, w ea lth
a nd ju st i ce a r e s h a r e d b y all.
R egis rr a ti o n o p e n s a t 8:3 0 a. m .
"S tr o n g M e di c in e: Tox ic
Ca pit a li s m a nd th e Socia li s t
C ur e," t h e f irs t p a nel di sc u ss i o n ,
k ic k s o ff th e d ay- lo n g eve nt a t
9:30 a. lll . A ddr ess in g thi s t o pic
w ill b e ve te ran Sa lv a d o ran labor
lea d e r Sa lv a d o r D u a rt e w h o was
a rr es t e d a nd t o rtur e d fi ve tim es
d urin g th e c ivil wa r in hi s co un t r y; re tired eco n o mi cs p ro f esso r
Me l L e im a n wh o w ro t e T h e P oLitica l Eco no my of Racism; a nd pi o n ee r tr a d es w o man a nd M a r x is t
sc h o la r M e gan Co rni s h .
" Wom e n a nd R es i s t a n ce :
Aliv e a nd In se p a r a bl e" i s th e
focus of an I I :30 am roundt a bl e
th a t includ es Au s tra li a n femini s t
D ebbi e Brenn a n , Mujeres Radi cales co-found e r M a rta Hernan de z o f EI Salvador , and U .S.
National Radical Women Organi z er Nancy Reiko Kato of S a n
Fran c is co.
At 2: 3 0 p.m. a n in - depth
di sc u s sion of " Race and Revo luti o n" will be spearheaded b y
P o rtland Chi ca no educator E du a rd o M a rtinez Zapata a nd C uba
so lid a rity acti v i s t Emily Woo
Ya ma sa ki from N e w York C it y .
T h ey plan o n e xploring th e re la -

tion s hip between class a nd race
o ppre s sion ·and betw ee n individu a l a nd sys temic ra ci s m.
A v a riety of int e ractive
work s hop s will be g in at 3 :45
p.m . Accl a im e d Bay Ar e a write r
N e lli e W o ng will le a d a s e ss ion
o n " P oe tr y and R e b e lli o n " with
Los An g les lit e rar y arti s t C heryl
De ptowi cz . C urr e nt da y politi c al.
ac ti o n will b e d e bat e d in seve ra l
g r o uping s, in c ludin g o n e with
d e lega t es fr o m th e Kin g a nd
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