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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 31, Issue 9 (December 5, 2002)

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Breeding Ground
By

Evergreen Student Arrested. in New Hampshire
on Murder Charges Andrew. Mzckel Allegedly Pos:ed Internet

Nate Hogen

Now it's time to rhyme, flash peace signs
All our money's spent on what's corporate, imprisonment, and military.
Sound Scary? Yeah, I know. That's the way it's supposed to be.
They want us to eat, drink, breathe, touch, taste, and hear it, consume it, hide from it, and live in denial.
Stand clear, stay near, watch your rear, and live in fear of a ghost called a terrorist.
Every person, every suspect, all those opposed, all those against, all those expressing anti-American sentiments will be
subjected to harassment, interrogation, and held in detention indefinitely for your safety,
for your security, to make you feel more free.
Now, I definitely disagree, but what does that make me?

Well, I

guess that makes me a

I missed your lectures on patriotism and nationalism.
Last time I checked my history books , these ideas led
to fascism and war after war after war.
Hey Bush, I think Hider's ghost is knockin' on your door.
So are the poor and helpless you ignore,
but you can't hear them anyway with all these bombs goin' off and what not. You're too busy
hangin' with your pals from Enron, Exxon, Mobil, BP, Shell, Chevron/Texaco, and Arco to gIve a fuck about
those you peon daily.
Hey Bush, you ever been peed on , shot, burned, raped , tortured, starved, lynched, oppressed, or enslaved?
No! Well neither have I, but I try to imagine and I don't even come close, cause I'm closed in isolation,
but could care less about this country's protection when education is shrouded by deception and manipulation.
I'm sorry Bush, maybe your dailyness has shrouded your intelligence, if you ever had any,
But maybe I shouldn't blame it on you , for you know not what you do.
FUCKTHAT!
You gave the executive order. No one said you had to follow orders. Now you're crossing borders
you never knew existed, but you persisted all the same, in the name of freedom no less.
Your best equals my worst fears and your false motives are oh so transparent.
My ears are deaf to your propaganda and incoherent promises to find and bring to justice those ghosts tn the
mist, so-called terrorists.

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not a out hi s p e rsonal li fe." Mickel 's
spoke about his frustration s with th e U .S
governmental policies, but nothing out o f
the ordinary.
H a rold Fuller-Bennett sa id that he first

m et Mickel last year whil e showing a video
about O sama Bin Laden. In the "discuss ion
attention to police brutality." Sarah Vos,
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a erwards there was a lot of people saying
the reporter he spo ke to , said he fled to
it was a propagand a show, " said FullerNew H ampshire because he learned th at Bennett. Mickel 's was th e sole voice th at
th e state cons tituti o n contained a "right
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c a enge t e res t. "H e was d efinitely th e
of revo lutio n ." Police are unsure of how
one that was changing the di scuss io n and
Mi ckel trave led from state to state, but are brI·ngI· ' t
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, rill searchin g for hi s ve hic l e . ,
P,)li ce also bel ieve th at Mickel co nfessed
' H e w as an inte res tin g p e rson. H e
definitely stood o ur in terms o f th e kinds
to t he murde r in two d oc ume nts p os ted
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' o ut 0 f San 0I i eas he had ," Magyar sa id . In a projec t
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ast yea r Mickel had the class sign a co ntract
ha ncisco. T he writer, gai n.g by the nam e
statin g tha t no one wo uld talk abo ut th e
of Andrew McCrae, admits to killing Red p roj ect o utside of th e class. "The na ture
HllIff Office r David Mobi li o , all d "cla I·ITIS
of th e proj ect and th e fac t th at he mad e us
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a li as na m e) fi led inco rporat io n p ap e rs
un der the name Pro ud a nd InsolCIl t " o uth a mo nth ago. " H e told m e had go ne to
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am a terrorist.

Standing up

Guess you missed me while you were arresting those hippies protecting the old trees.
Or is it that I'm just another whitey and not some Iraqi or Afghani?
They're easier to see in a sea of white.
You're right, we need to feel safer, more secure, free of terror, but the real tyranny lies in the axis of greed.
Do we really need more oil?
Violence breeds violence. Silence breeds silence.
Which is more practical, rational, logical, ethical, moral?
The first has already been begotten, the second forgotten, sucked into the black hole of history.
Only now are few retelling the story in all of its gory glory.
I want first graders demanding questions about sex workers, slave traders , factory workers, genocidal massacres,
disease, homelessness, and hunger,
the truth we never heard as children.
I understand that lyin', cheatin' , steal in' , and killin' are all sins , but then what have we been participatin' in?
Which mask are we wearin'?
Bush and O sama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are creep in' around on Halloween disguised as each other,
all representing powers claiming goodness. Both are meaningless symbols in a world gone stagnant.
All that used to be evil is still rampant.
All that used to be good is still rampant.
Why can't we just be sil ent?
O ur inherent violence will one-day sil ence us all. T hat, I guarantee.

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" .
I never partIcularly heard much from
hi s room. I didn't see him with any friends .
The couple times I spoke to him he was
very polite and seemed nice, " said Louise
Bracker, a retiree who lives J' ust down the
hall from Andrew Mickel's recently vacated
unit at Capitol Hill Apartment.

"I certainly didn't kn ow him very well
tho ugh."
It 's bec oming a famili ar lam ent with
Andrew Mickel, an Eve rgreen student who
all egedl y fatally shot a n officer in Red Bluff
CA three tim es in th e head on Tuesd ay
Nov. 19.
M ickel was arrested in a New Hampshire
h ore I a wee k Iater a fiter a rwo - h our stan d 0 ff
wI·th po lI'ce He co nl'essed to a Conc d
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Mickel graduated from high school in
Springfield, Ohio. Military records show
that he served in th e U .S army from May
1998 until August 200 I, stationed at Fort
Campbell Kentucky.
" He didn't like the army," sa id M agya r.
Fuller-Bennett met Mickel shortly after he
left the army and got th e impress ion th at
thi s was th e first tim e Mickel had bee n
ex posed to the m o re liberal views that typify
Evergreen. M ickel definitely latched o n to
some of them , Fuller-Bennett said. Last
year, he had the impression that Mickel was
getting fed up with just sitting around and
beI' ng talked to.
H owever, Fuller-Be nn ett sa I·d th at he
had only about a dozen conversations th at
lasted over five minutes with Mickel.

"I kn ew him better th an a lo t of hi s
acquaintances ... but friends I do n't know ...
it's kind of a fu zzy line, " said M aygar.
" I definitely don't agree with what he
did. But I agree with what he wrote but I
d o n't think there's an excuse to kill anyone.
Especiall y a cop pumping gas. It just doesn't
see m to fit wi th wha t he said."
O ffice r Mobili o leaves beh ind a wife
a· Il d an 18"mo nth o ld ch I· ld.
In a brief telephone inte rview, Mi ckel';
m o th e r sa id sh e wo uld m a ke th e sa m e
state ment that she h ad mad e to prev·l o
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Peace

Excerpts from the online
ostings:
-"Hello Everyone , my names Andy.
I killed a Police Officer in Red Bluff,
California in a motion to bring attention
to, and halt, the police state tacticts that
have come to be u sed thro ugh o ut our
country.
N ow I'm coming forw ard, to ex pl ain
that thi s killing was also an ac tion against
corporate irrespo nsibility."
-"The name ' Proud and Insolent Youth
is a referance to Peter Pan .
Just before th eir final dual and Ca ptain
Hooks demise, Hook said to Peter, 'Proud
and insolent youth , prepare to m ee t th y
doom.'
To which Pete r re pli ed , 'D ark and
sinister man , have at thee!'
Now, Peter Pan hates pirates, and I h ate
pirates, and corporations are no thing but
a bunch of pirates. It's time [0 send them
to a wate ry grave, a nd rip them co mpl etely
out of our lives."
-"Co rpo ration s will no t voluntarily give
up their domin a ting po wer of p o litical
immunity and th e fin ancial wealth it gai ns
th em . And with all o ur government lea de rs
either perso nally co nn ected to co rpo rati ons
o r so ld o ut to th em , if we try to remove
this co rp orate influen ce by o urseloves, we
w ill find 't h e La w,' w it h all its weigh t ,
upo n us."

To read the texts in f ull, go to
http :// sf. ind y m e dia .o rg/ n ews/2 0 02 111 I
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and http://sf.ind ym edi a. org/news!2002!
III1 54 5326. php
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photo by Annjeanette Daubert

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Wednesday, December 4
With Bush threatening war on a country
broken by over a decade international
sanctions , a group of US citizens, both
students and community members, took
a concerted, peaceful stand against the
war. Community members Ju Pong Lin
and Anne Fischel asked those present to
take a place around candles reminiscent
of vigils held for the victims of the 9-11
attacks.
During the S~zanne Lacy-influenced
happening, which was punctuated by .
a :softly-beaten · gong, the two gentll;!
women asked all to consider the war,
to } hink about our feelings surrounding
the war, to talk from the heart and from
". personal perspective. Both. facilitators
emphasized the humanness ofthis
historical precipice. '.
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am a terrorist.

So come ge t me, you Nazi motherfuckers!
I await you with open arms of love, compassion, and forgi veness.
. All of us,
All of us,
Please wake up,
I'm trying my best.

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by Kevin Barrett
Evergreen's nationally recognized Bak ShilOlin Eagle Claw Kung
Fu team has recently reached another milestone with a feature
article in the January 2003 issue of Imide KUlig Fu magazine,
the most widely circulated martial arts magazine in the country.
The five page pictorial , en tided "Team Ever-Gold, " fo cuses
on Team Evergreen's unprecedented accompli shments over the
yea rs, particularly the 2000 National Blackbelt League Supe r
Grands and the 2002 International Martial Arts Council Wo rld
C hampio nships. Former Evergreen Kung Fu team captains Sam
Haskin , Jesse Harter, Owen O ' Keefe, Jessie Sm ith, and Loa
Amoth are pictured flyin g through the pages. Eve rgreen al umni
Shasta Smith and John Eastlake are also featured in the article ,
along with Wisconsin bra nch member Nate Sonnenberg and
Texas branch member Noa m Reininger. All of these martial
artists are currently national team mem bers and pursuing their
individual careers.
At their recent photo shoot in Los Angeles, Dave Cater, the
editor of Imide KUlig Fu, called Team Evergreen the "win ningest"
team in America. O'Keefe and Jessie Smith co ntinue to teach in
the Oly~pia area while most of the other members have started
clubs in the respective cities or schools.
The team would like to thank Grandmaster Fu Leung and
National Coach Dana G. Daniels for their countless hours of
teaching and their dedication to traditional Chinese martial
arts . The Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw Kung Fu C lub is always
accepting new members For more information call Kevin Barrett
at 357-9137 or check out www.bakshao lineagleclaw.c?m

CAP is Now Hiring
The Campus Advocacy Program (CAP) is hirin g a new coo rdin ator. T his is a new
program that will provide peer advocacy to survivors of sex ual assault and domestic
violence. When the program is operational there will be a dvocates on call 24 hours
a day, throughout the school year. While advocates will all be volunteers, one paid
student coordinator and the Office of Sexual Assaulr Prevention will coordinate
the program. The CAP Coordinator must complete Safeplace training (preferred)
or equivalent training on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. Experience
providing advocacy to survivors is preferred. The job will include rec rul£1~g,
training, supporting, and coordinating volunteer advocates, advertlsll1g, and workll1g
unfilled on-call shifts.
. The coordinator will be paid for eight hours a week of work, although the
position may actually require more time. We are looking for qualified and com~itted
individuals. We are asking for at least a 2-quarter commament through Spnng of
2003. Interested parties should contact the Coalition Against Sexual Violence for
an application at 867-6749.

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Holiday breaks.are just so boring.
But since this is the Blotter.. Here's the situation.

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4:59 a.m. One lucky recipient gets an MIP for peeing in front of a door. That's right .. .I'm really not kidding here . .. She peed in front of a door; I guess that
she was too intoxicated to go to the facilities. Any way, her roommate called the RA who then called police services about it. Police services responded, made
sure that she was okay, locked her bedroom door, and issued an MIP.
10:22 p.m. Another MIP ... This one is issued to someone in A dorm, I think. At least it appears to be A dorm because after being called to the dorm plaza for
some broken glass on the sidewalk, they saw someone walking around with a red plastic cup near the fourth floor stairway. Well, the boy saw police serVices and ran.
He was followed down the stairwell, and was asked to stop. Being the good boy that he was, he did, and cooperated with the officer when the officer asked to smell
the contents. Well they had the strong odor of alcohol, and the boy was sent to the grievance counselor.

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Join The Justice
League

Needs Your
Submissions

by Maggie Long
Are yo u a senior? Are yo u committed
to soc ial justice? Are you interested in
finding a job where you can help to protect
immigrants' rights, women's rights , and
worker's rights? If you are interested in
a job that empowers people to fight for
soCial change, come find out about union
organizing at 2:00 p.m. on December 6
at the Labor Center. For more information contact Maggie Long via pager at
888-787-0088 (include your area code).

bY Nicky Smdh
Th e Ovariall, the 'z in e do ne by th e
Women's Reso u rce Cen ter, needs your
submissions. Send us your artwork, poems.
writing, rants- anyth ing! Make yo ur voice
heard. This 'zi ne is a ven ue whe re all the
Evergreen gals can ex press th e mselves.
The upcoming issue wi ll focu s on girls
and their travel experiences. Just drop off
your submissions at the Women's Resource
Center CAB 206. You can also contac t the
WRC at 867-6162.

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11 :40 p.m. A speeding car gets a DUI. Upon contact with the driver, it was noticed that he had red, watery eyes, and the strong smell of alcohol coming from
him. When asked ifhe had been drinking, he said that he had been and consented to taking the standard field sobriety tests. After finishing them it was determined
that he was, in fact, under the influence. He was placed in wrist. restraints, and advised that he was under arrest for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Then the
guy started to get mean, and verbally abusive. That's just not called for.

10:41 a.m. A verbal altercation on the bus turns into harassment on the telephone. An employee of the school got into a fight with a guy, and he had
been calling Evergreen obsessively trying to get something done about it. He was told that if he kept calling obsessively then there would have to be some
sort of criminal justice alternative taken.

10:48 a.m. You know, for only paying $12 to ride the bus as many times you want, some people have no respect. You shouldn't be rude to the driver of the bus
under any circumstances. They're nice people. Think about it, they drive you where you need to go, and disrespect isn't nice. Neither is heckling them because they
didn't stop for someone that wasn't at the bus stop. Be nice to the bus drivers.

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Greener's Village Green
Continued from last issue
The United Sutes played silem wiuiess
me genQcide_in SudaIL umil it wasjn
its best economic imerest [Q imervene, and
when it finally stepped up [Q th e plate, it
produced the lukewarm Sudan Peace Act,
which provides no measures to pre ve nt
Americans and the intern ati onal community
from profiting from th e suffering of the
so uthern Sudanese. In fact, before oil was
discovered in south Sudan in the 19805,
U.S. foreign policy largely ignored the
war in Sudan - treating th e war as just
a bunch of black trib es and some Arabs
killing each other.
Reportedly, Colin Powell a nd oth er
political powerhou ses worked qui etly
behind the scenes to influence a change in
America's foreign policy toward Sudan. In
April of this year, the Bush Administration
sent Senator John C. Danforth (R-MO) and
a team of governmem officials, well versed
in the affairs of Sudan, on the senator's
second mission to Sudan.
Both the GOS and the SPLA largely
welcomed Danforth's mission to Sudan.
Being hyperaware of Sudan's history of
failed peace agreelnems, the senaror stressed
to both parries that the United States'
primary focuses were bringing an end
to the suffering of the Sud,mese people
and ensuring that both parties implement
whatever they promised to do. As a result
of the Danforth mission, President Bush
signed the Sudan Peace Act on October
21,2002.
Based on the Machakos Protocol, the
Act authorize~ $300 million to support
the infrastructure of southern Sudan.
The Act requires biannual updates on the
process of peace negotiations. If the GOS
fails to negotiate in good faith, the Bush
Administration will seek an arms embargo
resolution from the UN Security Council.
If the SPLA fails t.O negotiate in good faith,
the Bush Administration will withdraw its
funding. The Act demands that both parties
submit a list of war criminals and acts that
constitute crimes against humanity to the
U.S. State Department. Most important,
the Act demands that borh/arties allow
for safe humanitarian ' relie missions to
south Sudan.
Ironically, shortly after President Bush
signed the Sudan Peace Act, Sudan's current
president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, reportedly denounced the Act on a Sudanese
radio program, and favored a return to
the Machakos Protocol, which the GOS
abrogated shortly after it was enacted in
July 2002. Even more ironic is the fact that,
although the State Department characterized Sudan as a terrorist nation in its most
current annual report, Patterns of Global
Terror (2001), the Sudan Peace Act did not
establish capital market sanctions.
Capital market sanctions would prevent
U.S . oil company involvement in Sudan
and would prohibit companies from raising
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capital for oil development by trading its
securities in any ca pital market in the U .S.
Consequently, this failure allows companies
like me. Ca.nadia n oil comp-'lilY, Talisman, .
ro trade securities on U.S. srock exchanges.
Additionally, these companies can continue
profiting while th ey do nothing ro stop th e
GOS's scorched earth policy, which sec ures
the oil field s by clearing the indigenous
southern Sudanese tribal groups off their
land. Lack of capital market sanctions
means, for Talisman and peers, that silen ce
is not golden-silence, it is black gold.
The framework for peace is written in
th e Machakos Protocol, th e Sudan Peace
Act, the Universal Islamic Declaration of
Human Rights, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, and Amnesty In te rn ational's
Human Rights Principles for Companies.
Both the GOS and SPLA are aware of at
least some of these documents. But greed
and ego compel the GOS and the SPLA to
cominue their turf war to the detriment of
their own country and their own people.
In the best interest of the people of
Sudan, the United States must establish
capital market sanctions. Failure to do so
creates polic), that allows America to profit
from the suffering of her global neighbors.
The UN Security Council must send
peacekeepers to monitor and investigate
violations of the peace agreements . The
UN must recognize south Sudan's right
to self-determination, and recognize an
independent, sovereign south Sudan.
The natural resources of Sudan must be
distributed in a way that satisfies both parties. The United States must re-establish all
embassy services in Khartoum and establish
a complete embassy in south Sudan.
Understandably, the world's focus is
on the seemingly impending U.S. war on
Iraq and the nuclear capabilities and intentions of North Korea, but achieving peace
in Sudan must come to the forefront if the
United States and the international com-,
munity are truly serious about conducting
a war against terror.
True Amenselah Baker is one of the
coordinators for Umoja, a student organization dedicated to fostering an identity
among students of African descent at The
Evergreen Sute College. True's views do not
necessarily reflect the opinion and position
ofUmoja.
Background Detail:
-In 1998, the Clinton Administration
bombed a pharmaceutical plant in
Khartoum, Sudan. The plant was supposedly being used to manufacture chemical
weapons for Osama bin Laden. Later, the
Clinton Administration admitted it bombed
the Khartoum plant based on faulty intelligence reports in an article covered on May
5, ) 999 by The Washington Times.
-Per the CIA's 2002 World Factbook,
approximately 35 million people, divided
into 19 major ethnic groups, who speak

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percent of the population is black; thirtynine percent is Arab. Seventy percent of the
northem..(mostl), Arab)-lIDp.Warion prac.tices
Islam, while in th e so uth, twenty-five
percent of the people practice indigenous
"animist" beliefs, and only five percent
confess C hristianity. According to the Sudan
Criminal Law Act of 1991, th e penalty for
apostasy is death.
-In its 2000 report, the United States
Co mmi ss ion on International Religious
Freedom repo rted that ove r 4.5 million
so uth ern Sudanese have been inter

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on October 3 1, 2002 that it would se ll
its Sudan ese oil interests . Subsequently.
Talisman bought back a portion of its sha res
on November 1,2002. The discovery of oil
reserves in so uth Sudan has fundam'entally
shifted th e focus of the civil war from a
religious-ethni c identity clash to a power
struggle to control reso urces th at enable
each of the warring faction's ab ility to fund
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No one likes to think about condoms
breaking. In high school, our teacher's told
us: "If you use a condom, you won't get
pregnant. If you use a condom, you'll be
sexually responsible. If you use a condom,
everything will be OK." If the condom
breaks, it's betraying those high school
sex-ed laws of nature. It's unsettling, and
what's worse, you have to deal with a
pregnancy scare.
This is exactly why we have emergency
contraception. Emergency contraception
(EC) will reduce your chances of pregnancy
by 89 percent if taken within 72 hours
after unprotected sex, but it's more effective
if taken the first 24 hours. EC works exactly
like regular birth control pills: it delays
ovulation, decreases the sperm's fertilization
capacity, and it may also prevent implantation if an egg gets fertilized. However, EC
will not terminate a pregnancy. Although
the hormone levels in EC are higher than
ordinary birth-control pills, they will not
affect a developing fetus.
There are currently two dedicated
emergency contraceptive products on the
market. Of the two, Plan B has the fewest
side effects (you throw up less and become
less nauseated) . Cost of Plan B ranges from
$25-$50 at retail pharmacies.
If you shiver when you think of weekend condom breakage, then thank the
higher powers that you live in Washington
State. Washington State is working to
make EC readily available to everyone.
While you can't buy it over the counter
in the United States, Washington State
and California have a program that allows
certain trained pharmacists to give out EC
prescriptions. In another state, you would
go to a doctor, and then to a pharmacist,
t·aking up a precious portion of that
72-hour window.

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then the thought of them breaking on the
weekend in disturbing. Finding EC can be
hard-only certain pharmacists, at certain
pharmacies will provide EC. But it's
even harder to find it on the weekends,
when many of us need it most. Many
student health centers may not be open on
weekends so if your Plan A fails and YOll
need Plan S, a helpful phone number to
remember for EC is 888-not-2-late wh o
gives you a clinic or pharmacy using your
zip code. Nearcampus, pharmacies trained
in emergency contraception are Bartell's
(White Center), Long's and Rite-Aid in
Burien.
But wait, you say, I'm on the pill. I
just broke up with my boyfriend and I'm
not going to have sex anytime soon. I've
never had a condom break before. Why
should I go and get EC if I'm never going
to use it?
Well, that's exacrly how we should
think about EC. No one should plan to use
EC. Regular contraceptives used correctly
and consistently are much more effective at
preventing pregnancy. But, as we all know,
contraception isn't foolproof. We can forget
to take a pill. We can have sex when we're
not planning to, or don't want to. Part
dealing with the reality of contraception
failure is having EC on hand as a backup.
So, then ne?'t time you go tor a pap
smear, ask for an EC prescription and get
it filled as soon as you can. When you have
EC in your medicine cabinet, you can rest,
secure in the knowledge that the next time
he says, "Oops, the condom broke," you'll
know what to do.
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today, they saw their home forest besieged this region has been irreversibly changed
. A great diversity of gardens and ideas by non-native plants and sought their and it cannot be restored to its past.
At the time ofTESC's inception, the
has coalesced into the document Imagine a extermination.
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threat from the new ideologues who see a tion that is nearly impossible to· quantify. that absolves us all from thinking about
roliferated in suburbs and public
replacement of all human landscapes with Determining a date that delineates between what is best for ourselves or for nature in
as a standard facet of design. A
so-called 'native' plants as the only worthy natives and non-natives is impossible, local, individual and future contexts. As
. ng environmental consciousness
course of action. They believe that planting because species can move without the Michael Pollan writes in Second Nature,
Iregardlnlg
lawn maintenance practices that
only 'natives' is best because these plants are help of humans and climates constantly "The gardener doesn't take it for granted
In rp"'1i the accepted view of lawn as a
the most suited to their environments and change. If global warming becomes reality, that man's impact on nature will always
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live in harmony; they are natural. Thus the species mix in the Puget Sound area be negative.". In the locales that humans Iqllinlte5.l;en tial aspect of landscape design
at the same time, beginning to gain
during a meeting to discuss the various will change whether we want it to or not. inhabit it is left to us to be the shepherd
Increasing genetic diversity in the and the bumblebee, increasing the diversity
arboretum projects, 'native' plant advocates
affected by the ideal oflawn as
rejected the merits of every garden design region is one answer to the threat of mass of human and nonhuman forms of life.
essence of prosperity and comfortable
presented unless re-envisioned with only extinctions.
This will be challenging. That is also why I~p,<rh,pri,r< were sending their children off to
'natives' . This attitude destroys the basic
Evergreen needs enlightened discussion it is necessary.
IC()Uf:ge at the time ofTESC's inauguration.
design of many ofthe envisioned landscapes to constructively resolve environmental
Make certain to attend the Garden
, the lawn that introduced TESC
that are intended to showcase responsible problems posed by our human landscapes. Design Conference in order to view visions
a welcoming mat that displayed a
landscaping, natural history, and genetic Native plants are a connection to the of the campus and to start the dialoglie
ree of safety imparted to nature by
diversi ty. This attitude was not calmed pre- European past of this region and necessary for a proper combination of
taming of it, while assuring them
by the existence of a 'native' plant garden provide important foods and habitats. Bur natives and non-natives to coexist.
school's affluence and refined aesthetby the Longhouse or the planned 'native'
The students who sought out TESC
plant gardens surrounding the new Seminar
IDI:calllse of its liberal inclinations may have
II building.
the campus through different eyes.
Perhaps some of the first prospective
Stephan Jay Gould, a respected author.S£l){lenl,-< that came to visit TESC perceived
ity on evolution, argues that both central
opposite ratio: a small amount oflawn
tenets of 'native' plant ideology, that
urrounded
by nature in its elemental
natural selection optimizes species and their
rm.
Students
with concern for the
interactions and that given regions have
environment must have liked TESC's
specific perfected ecologies, is false. Rather
divergence from strict conformity to
species exist in particular regions transiently
current design mandates. In order to keep
because of random history, not intelligent
the interest of the parents who would be
design . As a result surviving species are only
spending
their money here, and draw the
better than those that also had a historical
attention of prospective attendees who
c han ce to attempt survival in a given
might be interested in a break from [he
a rea. As for the cultural implications of
TESC had to compromise. TESC's
native plant ideologies, Joachim WolschkeIdc~cl:S10n to implement a lawn
.
Bulmahn writes at length about the Nazithe campus core and retain the outskirts
era extermination and vilification offoreign
as wooded acres must have appealed to
plants in Germany. Much like the advocates
both parties.
This was thirty years ago. Since then,
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conformity seems to have become something to go against. The current landscape
TESC is not an accurate reflection
fiy Kelsey Madin-Keafidg
home.
that encourages innovative learning and a the , values that the college upholds as
I came new not only to Evergreen this
The ptogram helped me to do just constant , questioning of the norm, still
its creed. TESC strives to curtail water
fall, but to Olympia and the Northwest that through nature walks where I was relies on 'Iawns as a dominant feature of
energy consumption, manages waste
too. H aving spent the summer in the encouraged to draw and identify all that the main campus. Luckily, Evergreen is
recycling and composting, boasts a
high mountain deserts of New Mexico, the I saw. Our walk through the Longhouse being given the opportunity to become an
'vely toxic-free environment, and has
change was a drastic one. Even driving up' Ethnobotanical Garden and out towards example of landscape innovation, with the leIIlural:eu "green" construction methods as
here and watching the landscape slowly the Farm was a whirlwind introduction potential to influence the way we think
campus grows. Still, the consumptive
change was not enough preparation for the to almost every native plant in the area. about landscapes as much as it has already
outdated practices of "Iawnscaping"
overwhelming greenness of it all.
Everything in the garden is labeled and influenced the way we think about educahave upheld the carpeting of America
Green is not my favorite color. I don't became the perfect checkpoint to go back tion. With the Ethnobotanical Garden
lawn are in effect at TESC. As those
usually wea r it. I usually omit it from to as I slowly came to recognize these plants and Organic Farm already in place, and
ugural classes of TESC students are
my painting palette. To use a fun plant in their natural habitats.
a canopy walkway and roof garden for
. their own children off to college,
This use of gardens as a teaching tool Seminar II in the works, Evergreen has
metaphor, I felt like a transplant whose
C is in prime position to speak in
roots hadn't yet taken to this new soil, was nor something I had really considered already shown promising support of a new
e counterculture tongue once again .
and so I chose to take the Picturing Plants before. IU did think about gardens, I approach to human designed landscapes.
at an incredible trend it would be to
program this fall to help me adapt to my wrote them off as non-sustainable, arrogant Frederica Bowcutt, one of the faculty for
sform college campuses across the
new environment. Just like recognizing faces human encroachments on the natu.ral the program, submitted a'plan this summer
into arboretums that could serve
and knowing my way around town helped landsca pe. But this class helped me see for creating teaching-gardens on campus
as an extension of the classroom!
me develop a sense of place, understanding gardens in a new light; as teachers; as places on a broad scale over the next several years.
The recent inclusion of the Longhouse
and recognizing local plants and ecosystems of beauty; and as places where we can begin Our final projects this quarter in support
Ethnobotanica l Garden and the future
was a wa to start makin this . feel like to create healthier, more sustainable and of this "Arboretum .'
"green rooftop" and teaching-gardens
Plan ," were individual teaching-garden
more inspired landsca pes than' those that
that will adorn TESC's new Seminar II
are the norm today.
des igns, which will be on display at our
lJUlllUlllIl!: will show aspects of the current
As we considered the historical and poster conference.
trends in landscape architecture. They
cultural trends that had helped create the
If you would like to see the ideas
reflect the need to design and implement
"lawnscape" that dominates our country, that came out of this discourse on pIant Ig.lrd,ens that can survive with a minimum
we began to ask why Evergreen, as a school communities, gardens, and our landscape
of assistance and help to moderate the
on the environment that intense
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Arboretum Plan, come visit us and fill out a human activity poses. Perhaps the limited
survey telling us what potential gardens you
of TESC's future arboretum
would like to learn from. After all, didn't we
serVe as a model, not only for other
already know what lawns looked like before ."U'''''I~~ campuses, but also for the "Iawnwe came to the Northwest?
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Americans often h~~r about the plight of places such
as Africa, but either find too little time or too little
availability to do anything to help. Recently Evergreen
and the Olympia community had a chance to make
such a difference.
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Saturday, November 16, the 2002 Capital City Jazz
Band Festival came to Evergreen. The event hosted high
school jazz bands from around Thurston County, and
internationally renowned recording artist Eric Alexander
and Verdine White from Earth, Wind and Fire. It was
organized by the Rotary Clubs of Thurston County
and was in conjunction with Water For People, a group
dedicated to bringing clean water to Malawi.
Young musicians from 12 area high schools kicked
off the show in the early afternoon.
At 5 p.m. the doors closed for the day portion of
the show, and preparation began for the headlining
acts, Alexander and White. Alexander is a graduate of
Olympia High and now lives in New York playing local
jazz spots and around the world. His most recent album,
entitled The Second Milestone, is on Summit Meeting,
a label based out of the Bay Area. Alexander has released
upwards of 70 albums and is considered a hot prospect
for the future. He graduated from William Paterson
Coll€ge in New Jersey. Alexander chose not to come to
Evergreen because his father was a founder of the college.
As a result, the younger Alexander didn't know much
about the school except that it didn't have a good jazz
program. He says, "I knew I wouldn't go to Evergreen,
because they didn't have the jazz program that at least
that time I was looking for."
Prior to going onstage, Alexander put on a workshop
for anyone interested, though it's main focus was
educating students. He made it very cle~r that in order
to be a good jazz musician, one needs to listen to jazz,
as it allows one to have a sense as to the exact sounds
the "greats" are playing. Commenting on the state of
pop music today and the likes of Britney Spears, he said,
"there's something to be said for pop music, when it's
good it's good. It's like McDonalds--- that's junk food,
but it's good" Verdine White, founding member and
bassist for Earth, Wind and Fire, was also in attendance
as the festival drew on. Ralph Johnson , another member
of the group was supposed to be in attendance, but
canceled at the last moment because of personal matters
that he needed to take care of White, who attended
The American Conservatory of Music in Chicago also
gave what's called a masters class prior to the evening
show and was also a judge for the various bands that
performed. White, as a member of Earth, Wind and
Fire also knows a little bit about what it means to be
a musician and talked a little bit about that. He said,
"this is really great," calling the festival a "really great
discipline," adding this (referring to the festival) is "what
you need to do great work."
Earth, Wind and Fire continue to tour, currently in
Japan, and in the spring of next year, they will release
a new album. The band was recently inducted into the
BET Hall of Fame, and two years ago was inducted into
the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Also , they were given
the 2002 Rhythm and Soul Heritage Honoree Award
by ASCAP( American Society Of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers) , the main award body, which hosts
such shows as the Emmys. The band has seen their fair
share of music happenings through time, and White
.had something to say as well about today's music. He
said, "every generation brings about their different styles
of music." Growing up, White said that he listened
to everything from Coltrane and Davis to the Beatles
and he says this is reflected in the music of Earth,
Wind, and Fire.

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by Jerry CbJang
by /an Mansf@d
You know you are getting old when the mention of Sub-Pop invokes a look of bewilderment.
"Sub what?" was the answer given to me when I
spoke of the Seattle label with my little cousins.
Sub-Pop, in its halcyon days, was the Def-Jam of
grunge music; it not only helped to develop the
musical genre that launched a thousand imitators
and legendary groups like Nirvana, but it also put
Seattle in the mainstream consciousness.
After the demise of grunge, people thought
Sub-Pop was done for; even many music lovers
in Seattle felt the freshness of Sub-Pop had run
out. You probably think that Sub-Pop went out
of business long, long ago.
Well, the rain in the Northwest will make
anything resilienr, and Sub-Pop has fought hard
and remained vibrant after all these years.
Last Thursday, I witnessed a band that will
surely let Sub-Pop stick around for a few more
years. The band that I saw is called Hot Hot
Heat. They're from Vancouver, Cananda. They're
local. They're quirky. They make great music, and
their new album, "Makeup the breakdown," is
exciting and weird.
The funky foursome collectively sounds like
a mix between The Cure and Modest Mouse.
There is an undeniable undercurrent of synthpop nostalgia that drives Hot Hot Heat's unique
sound; if you closed your eyes and listened
closely, you would think y6u had gone back to
the insouciant Eighties, where keyboards and
wild hairdos ruled.
Steve Bays, the keyboardist and vocalist,
sings like a drunk, happy Robert Smith. He also
sings lyrics that will undoubtedly put a broad
grin on your face. In one of my favorites, "Oh
Goddamnit," Bays sings, "I cannot wait till
Saturday cuz Saturday my tax deductions make
me function like a blue collar, white collar, I
don't know so I gotta holler, oh, oh goddamnit,
I think I've lost it, oh, oh goddamnit, I think
I've lost you."
The other highlight of the al bum is a fun,
energetic track called "Bandages." This little synthpop inspired gem recalls the quirkiness of Space,
and at the same time, it is wonderfully danceable.
The first rime I heard rhis song, I couldn't resist
from gyrating in weird directions and forms while
driving 45 mph near my house.
Let it be known that Hot Hot Heat is also
an able live band. Apparently on the nighr of
the concert, Bays had a fever of 103, but he still
performed with relish. His showmanship and
little cocky strut. reminded me of Mick Jagger
and Pelle of The Hives. Even though Hot Hot
Heat's music won't inspire a mosh pit anytime in
the future, the music is still fun; people weren't
moshing only because they were too busy dancing
and enjoying themselves.
If you thought Sub-Pop was done, well, think
again. As long as Sub-Pop keeps signing refreshing
bands like Hot Hot Heat, it'll be around for a
while. If you don'r believe me, go and check out
Sub Pop's office in Belltown in Seattle. You won't
miss it; the office sticks out like a sore thumb
in a residential area, and that's the way Sub Pop
will always be - it's going to expose the musical
community to different bands with unique and
unheard of sounds.

Or maybe the Eighties are dead, but no one told the
electroclash movement, already facing a backlash due
to the overexposure and a new wave of opportunistic
scene-crashers. Or maybe, hearkening back to the
Eighties, the scene has experienced an entire decade
in just one short year, as sex, sex, and more sex tends
to eventually have consequences. Is this a metaphor
for the loss of innocence, of AIDS sobering up the
cocaine-fueled orgies of the Reagan years? Or is it
merely the sound of a scene moving on, as all twelve
million residents of New York City now bear a striking
resemblance to Julian Casablancas and his even more
fashionable sex-god compadres, The Strokes?
Perhaps for the good of America at large, The
Lovemakers have arrived. Sure, they bear all the
trademarks of e1ectroclash: high fashion, an obsession
with sex, and Casiotone beats. But unlike fellow scene
saviors Gravy Train, they don't rap. Thank God for that.
In fact, The Lovemakers bring an unheard-of somber
tone to the party. While they won't be mistaken for the
Velvet Underground anytime soon (or ever), the use
of violin and the regretful dirges show just how much
growth and musical diversity is possible in a sound
previously dismissed as an excuse to blow lines, dance,
and fornicate with complete abandon. To their credit,
The Lovemakers' long instrumental passages show actual
technical proficiency. Unfortunately, all of these efforts
to distance themselves from rhe gleeful emptiness of
the elecrroclash scene ultimately rob them of the one
crucial ingredient: actual sex appeal. Sure, Lisa Lights
coos an9 moans likle nobody's business, but the album
often sounds less like New Order and more like New
Age. It's less sex in a dingy club bathroom than it is a
70s key party. You could almost picture your parents
having sex to it.
In all fairness, few electroclash records have
translated the energy and spectacle of live performances
to an album . Without choreographed dance routines,
homemade clothes, and some stranger thrusting against
your thighs , something inevitably gets lost in the
translation . The Lovemakers will be appearing at Le
Voyeur on December 7'h with COCO (on Olympia's
own K Records), and whatever the album does not
capture will likely come out in concert. Dress creatively,
dress sharp, and dress in something that's easy to
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Got Freedom? CrimeThlnc. says you do right in the palm of your hand and demands
you stand up and assert your rights to be free. Ironically, it is the largest organized anarchist
organization in America, and possibly the world, since it is not just centralized to any particular
place. Its headquarters lie in Atlanta, GA, but they might as well be in any of our homes.
CrimeThlnc would like to encompass all of our lives in a state of perpetual revolution and
misinformat ion . The organization deno unces and wishes to eradicate organized government,
organized religion, capitalism, slavery, sexism, racism , war, etc. until we reach utopia. These are
the true believers cast aside as ex tremist, idealists, and now, terrorists.
Still, what is Crimethink? Well giving it a pure definition would contradict its thesis, but
as they have already gone public an d se ll books nationally, th en they have already become
hypocrites while fully realizing their actions. In their first book Days of War; Nigills of Love
a Crimethink is "everth ing that can't be bought, sold , or faked. " This is a pretty general
definition, but the book goes on the explain and defend all its view points persuading everyone
to essentially quit their jobs, move our of the cities, live in small communes, grow food, make
art and music, and live happily eve r after. Well, there is th e whole fighting for our li ves part as
well, but let's focus on the end rather than the means.
This non-organization organization also claims not to be a movement and is centerless,
amoebic, and invisible. It will take us out of history. Its focus is on the individual to empower
themselves to lead the lives they want to lead and find those with the same desi res so we can
create mutually beneficial relationships. Again , essentially this new system is designed so that
everyone thinks for themselves and works for themselves. It encourages everyone to quit th ei r
jobs and pursue they're dreams. It's open to anyone's wildest imagination . Their philosophy is
simple, but dense and very descriptive. They're not looking for followers, but free thinkers who
realize how oppressed all of us are and wishes to change the world, but more radically then just
about any other organization on the planer.
To find out more go to www.crimethinc .com or just by the books Days of War.
Nights of Love and Evasion. Or just read any anarchist literature in ge neral from Bukonin
to Emma Goldman. The Ca pi tol Theater will also be hosting a Crimethinklanarchist film
festival from December 13-15. In the meantime, Live More, Consume Less, Work Less, Read
More , MinimaJize, Self-Actualize, Don't Shop, Kill the cop in your head, Dumpster dive,
and look alive, the future is unwritten.

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Hi, My name is Michael C.
Luttmer and I'm in the process of
making a science fiction film production. To give you a flavor of what
the film will be about, it's the sequel to a
previous half- hour animation I had done a
few months ago of which was the 5th movie in
my portfolio. The newest production is to be
made almost completely with 3D graphics and
2D-character animation. To give you all a basis
without giving it away, it's a war movie set on
the galactic stage with three to four main races
and many characters. A complete script will be
coming soon. How long the project will take
depends on how many more people join. The
goal of this film is one to tell a story filled
with turmoil, war, hope, and peace. Second,
when the film is complete I'm going to take
it onto the independent film festival circuit
and to the Hollywood production companies.
Long term there could very well be monetary
compensation; although right now it's strictly
voluntary. This will provide its participants
with a production credit, a few copies of
the movie, a wonderful contribution to your
college or professional portfolio, and it will
look damn good on a job resume. So I'm
calling on ALL animators, sound EFX gurus,
and talented voice actors (to be needed later
on.) If you can draw, make noise, have a
definitive voice, or have a fast computer that
we can render on, please contact me. My
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by AnnJeanettB Daubed
Almost everyone understands that when you switch on your
television you will not find a correct reflection of reality-almost
everyone perhaps within th e Evergreen Community, that is. Most
people on the outside of this Brigadoon may not have the same
appreciation or lack thereof that a Greener might, and those cute
and cuddly fabric softener commercials may be considered (along
with those teeny- bopping push-up bra pop stars out in LALA land)
as tht: archetypal or "normal" female role model. What's that you
say? " Howcan anyone be so what?" Well , where will you find the
real woman out there to contradict the media hype of the cute
retto vacuum lady who dances as she sniffs daintily at the carpet
cleaner? Especially if all of us unshaved and un-coiffed Glenda's sit
it out safely in our TESC bubble? Well, fo r one yo u might meet
a real woman at the Oly Pl an ned Parenthood, moved off 4th St.
coincidentally after the nearest facing billboard was leased out
to Pro-Lifers with a missio n to shame all who could see as they
walked into the clinic. Or perhap s unde r the ir nylons, primped
and permed hair, demure coral lipsticks, and "women's" power suits
you may find a real grrrl at the states capital. Just call for your local
representative and about nine times out often you will find yourself
talking to these women as you try for your rep. Maybe if you
wander the down town Oly bar strip's tattoo parlors you may find a
feminista. I met one at the Brotherhood once.
I know for sure that anyone who wants can see what an authentic
woman is, one who openly struggles for her right to the pursuit
of happiness, at ARTWROC this Saturday Dec 7th at the Fertile
Ground Guesthouse 4pm-8pm. Having done babysitting for
the Welfare Rights Organization Coalition and being the eldest
daughter of a womens' f~eedom fighter, I cannot deny any woman's
authenticity who belongs to the distinctly feminine struggle for
Welfare Rights. But you wouldn't know them necessarily from
watching "Roseanne" or Brett Butler's long gone sitcom about an
"on the wagon" single mother. Nor would you see such women
wholly in the eyes of Claire Huxtable or Jaquee on "Sister Sister."
Maybe you might have seen the real woman on "Night Court"
or "Cheers" as a composite of several recurring characters and
supporting roles like Rozz or Carla and the sometimes insightful
prostitute relationships Honorable Judge Harry had. Certainly I
would never think the gruff bailiff Rozz would put pearls on and
a girdle to sniff carpet cleaner. Cedric the Entertainer's harem of
female dancers, obviously women, opened the show with a near
reprisal of Jeanie's role from "I Dream of Jeanie." I am certain I
wouldn't have seen the Fly Girls from "In Living Color" do that.
Although ]-Lo, a Fly Girl, often plays the part of the simple minded
romantically-inclined bourgeois babe. Is she real? I don't know. After
watching "The Cell" and "Enough" I have to admit, I ·cannot see
her talking to a freaky laundry haunting teddy bear golem anytime
soon, at least not about how soft her towels are.
What can you know about women through the media's
misrepresentation of women? Nothing or something? Maybe there's
something in realizing that you know nothing, or at least that you
have to turn the TV off, step outside and go interact with real people.
Well, anyways, I'm looking at my grandmother's copies of Home and
Gardm from the 50's and I'm having ... flashbacks?

the cooper point journal

bv Drake Steohenson
Transferring here from a conventional Community College is unlike
any academic experience I've eve r encountered. This campus boils with
involvement, .awareness, and more pointedly, aClivism. There co uld he
no better place than Evergreen to bring a small, grass roOIS Northwest
organization, Northwest Media Literacy Center.
Irs genesis, Portland Co mmunity College, is much likc Ev<.:rgrecll,
with an abundance of insightful and inspired academi cs. Acadcmics
who don't shy away from real issues, who seek out injust ices, and
make a stand. It is difficult to take the fl ak, to stand ill solidarity
for a cause, seeking nOlhing more than change. We, the Northwest
Media Literacy Center, invite all to respond to our request of a charter
membership here at Evergreen.
Thc mission of NMLC is straightforward; to inform and ed ucate
interesled individuals of the myriad injustices broadcasl by mcdia outlets
on publicly owned airwavcs, outl ets that are perpetuating myths and
false images. Images arc constructed to continually seduce lhe viewer
into a catatonic state, wh ere images are absorbed involuntarily.
The very real facts surrounding mass media and ilS image creation
are as abstract as the programs themselves. "Merchants of Cool" , a
documentary, was created to illuminate just one small facet of how it all
works. By following someone corporate profilers deem as "cool", every
element of this person's life is evaluated, and carefully noted. From these
evaluations emerge the "new style", which requires, of co urse, an el1tire
new paradigm to which viewers must align, or be ... not cool.
From the national homogenization of news, tabloid sensationalism,
reality programs reflecting a reality nonexistent in 'contemporary society,
and seamless hours of animation guaranteed to suck every imaginative
element from children's minds rendering them unable to discern real
from fantasy. Television isn't what you think.
What wonders this inanimate box can provide to the nuclear family,
another media construct. From the onset, programmers realizcd thc
incredible power at their disposal , and from TV's humble beginnings,
usefulness, educational potential , and ultimately morality drifted out,
becoming an antiquated, laughable proposition.
With its global talons rooted deep in the pockets of working-class
America, the imaginative, yet distorted surreal images twisting reality
into incomprehensible sound bites, this longtime family fri end has
turned on you big time. Working overtime, mass media is determined
to grab, seduce, and chain-gang as many people as possible. Using
every form of all ure, satellite and now cable offer a program for every
conceivable facet of human existence.
Police cars used to have "To Protect And Serve" painted on the
doors, and now the doors harshly shout out, "Law Enforcement".
Much like the police, TV is no longer about entertainment. TV doesn't
care if you enjoy, you should just sit down, shut up and listen because
it has all the facts .
The Northwest Media Literacy Center provides useful information
on ways to re-evaluate TV viewing. We provide insightful literature
and offer countless alternatives to TY, and all other forms of media.
Like all small groups, we need support, and it is with this support we
are heard. We meet, and bring to the table ways of organizing and
executing our agenda, to educate people on the perils of the media, and
ways to join together to address the use of public property by ruthless,
soulless corporate monstrosities.
If you are interested in this program, e-mail your comments to
snowcaver@msn.com

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by Meta HC2g8n
Pure media is a comforting Platonic
So let's dig ourselves out of this nasty .
concept-the idea that thoughts can be hole, shall we? First, take 'a closer look at
transmitted unchanged from one place to your news, specifically at the source of your
another, from one mind to another, is one news. Who tells you what you need to know,
that many of us cling to even as we grow where did they hear it, etc. Second, think
increasingly cynical about the information about what you do with the information
we receive. I doubt that anyone would assert you have. I hope these two steps. will be
that dispassionate electrons in television enough. Now, cross your fingers, plug your
wires or the objective ink of the printing nose, and follow me.
press are the purveyors of news, but few
In examining your sources of in form aactually measure the distance between what tion, you ought to ask yourself several
we call The Media and the model of a important questions. First, what are the
disinterested vehicle of information.
obvious biases of your news soura(s)? If
What does it mean to be immediately your newspaper or radio station holds
affected by an event thousands of miles assumptions similar to your own, you may
away? What does the journey of a story look not detect a bias. Ask someone else . .This
like? How many steps are there between the way, you can take the news with a carefully
event and the complacent act of reading the measured grain of salt, rather tha? naively
newspaper .o r listening to the radio? It could swallowing it whole or cynically rejecting
be anything fiom an on-the-scene foreign it. (Incidentally, if aLl media had a liberal '
correspondent ' broadcast live on television bias, as some allege, no 'one would have
to a chain of information that resembles a ever heard of Rush Limbaugh.) Second ,
botched gamb '6f telephone. (Who knows how far removed are you from the actuaL
what the original news was; what 'you hear evmt?Maybe your source uses other sources,
is: "The president boxed with a duck in repeating syndicated news or compiling and
Beirut to prove artichoke salsa beats Chevy analyzing previous coverage. Find ou,t-where
hands down".)
the information came from. Third"hOiu. is
The point is, most of us take the news the information presented? It may be 'much
for granted;. that is, we don't question what ado about nothing, and cerrainviews' or .
they tell us ana we don't know why it matters eve~ts may be gloss~d over (i.e .• ' lo~t dog
anyway. 'If y~u heird an outright lie on the . st~ry for two and a half minutes, civj! w~ in
news-say, t hat· Alan Greenspan and three · unpronounceable country for twenty-two
Chip'pendfl~ model~ had died in a gruesome setQnds). Fourth; what don't you hear'about?
boating acciaent-would you have any Everyone makes mistakes, but some people's
means of disproving it? More importantly, mistakes make it into the news,whiko-thers'
do youkn?"Y,;~hat' actual bearing these don't.~o gets criticized, who gers"piaised,
events hayeo.n you'r life and the lives of whtise names never get mentioned?/.Fifth,
others?Asi4~ frqm rqoting for your ideals . and~ a. p'ersonal favorite of mine, "what do
("Go paciij~in!" or "Go free market!" or yOu ~now after the neWs that you did~,! know
even "Go. 1iiid~fdogs; whoever ye may be!"), before? ·If you remember anythin·g .:from
do 'you stoP .t<;{ Fon·s ider the reality of the the pretty blur, I hope it's more dian the
situationl l'-feY~rinind-forget reality. Reality I~~t dog. '
"'., .
.
is a 'Couple ~fbi.it)bosclawing each other's
i:<> Here's the se.cond part. Turn qffthe TV,
eyes·..~»t iri:;; stagedumps* f\,lll ' of fake fold '~p the newspaper; and do sOmething
ga[l?age;f~r (inillioh dollars, Thar's part, of a(j~~t it. No story ji:ever fmishC<L\ Think
:mci 'POii\t::w.'l'a.~h,·t: eyen h~ve ;dan~age for alfollt:.what yo~ kll'6\v now and~liow it
. thjngs that.i~~Y~Happef!' All of our reality tei~tes .toyou (yi>~·dllrdothiswi.d{oti'tbCing
w,?rds.· m~r~y{~~ally, certainly, ~!=t\,lally, scrtjsh:,J. know yoi,i\~an.) Th~rtir~ light
b etween thinkhlgglobally an~:~ting
even di'c,wgr1j. reality itself.. have been
hijack~;, ~7;~t- 'J~,ast/severely compromise<l, l~ly, and you ~aY~, ~9 walk all ofWem, so
by our' nee~lto o,v~reJJiphasize. You ·a.:n't'get yg,u.(I?~q;ei' .get ~t~~~e~. Just be su~:,~o be
a small : s~J9~ a.ny'more,'andnot~g, I home In time for diiiner; the duck Knocked
mean nothjng, .i~:f4.e ot' pretend. Really.
o~tthe: president ini··fh'e second ro~d, 'so
.,' ..
,
we're having Chevy salsa.
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Tao of Nonsense:

Activism

bY Nate

by Harald FlIlIAr-Bennett
. We are indeed very comfortable here in Olympia, We are among
Dear Jon ,
the s~fest, most well fed people the world has ever known, We rarely
see VIOlence; and we almost never miss a meal.
I believe that It IS not necessary to
This, however, is not a comfortable world. It never has been. If
have police officers on campus . I see it
our government continues to make war on Arabs and Muslims ' this
as a manifestation of the breakdown of
reality will soon visit Olympia, Friends from Fort Lewis will be biown
community. We stop looking out for each
up overseas. Americans will be blown up here at home, And we will
other when we feel that it is someone else's
all face greater repression by our own government.
"job" to keep us safe and protected. Beyond
Our collective ~n.d pers<;>nal securities will be dented, perhaps
enforcing laws, J view the police as a way
even
destrored. Thl~ IS certalll. We have some choices, though. We
to uphold middle-class, white morality and
can be paSSive, co?tlllue to live our lives as if nothing is happening,
force it onto the rest of the community.
and lose our securIty to our government and its enemies. Or we can
For example, prior to the Stonewall riots
be activ~ and consciously sacrifice our security to achieve what may
of 1969 in New York city, queer women
Jon ileAl/ism can be reached at Jbobbafett@aol.com
be a bflghter world. We can ~orgo physical comfort by taking
could be arrested for wearing less than three
the bus to schoo!, by blockading a gas station, or by skipping
articles of "women's clothing," Beyond
simply being arrested, these women were
lunch, We can forgo mental comfort by reading the newspaper.
frequently beaten or raped by the police
A big story a few weeks ago was that
force , Was this law actually protecting
Palestinian terrorists had killed twelve
anyone? I do not think so. More current
Isr~elis returning home after worship,
examples also exist. For example, it was
Thl~ was the Israeli foreign ministry's
the police force in Florida that prevented
verSIOn, and the one most Americans
many black voters from voting in the last
received. It turned out, however, that
presidential election.
the dead were armed Israeli soldiers
The existence of a police force on campus
and security guards, not civilians, The
Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief
takes away our power to decide as a comgunmen were not terrorists, but soldiers,
munity what is and is not acceptable
sacrificing themselves to combat an
behavior, People react to the police out of
occupying force, We should be inspired
fear, not because they necessarily believe in
community, Poor is not just not getting by the sacrifices of these Palestinians,
the rules. I think that we need to analyze by Amy Loskola
the things you want, Poor is not being able and inspired by Iraqi civilians who are
who these laws were created to serve, and
In the opulence of a Winter Holiday to afford what you need, whether it be staring down the American war machine
what sort of hegemony they are promoting
with empty stomachs,
consumer-feeding frenzy, my one prejudice health care, legal fees, or rent.
on our campus community.
Second, we are all part of the system
has
finally
reared
its
peculiar
little
head
We can sacrifice by missing The
We have this great document on
that perpetuates poverty, just as Americans Simpsons on Sunday to prepare for the
again,
In
my
readings
for
class,
an
author
campus called the TESC Social Contract.are responsible for buying new things week ahead, to ask ourselves, "How
It clearly states the ways in which we are mentioned a conversation with a povertyresponsible to each other at Evergreen. It class child who said that she wanted a from corporations that are responsible for can I inspire Olympia this week? How
also states that everyone who sets foot on good job where she would make $2000.00 perpetuating child labor, environmental can I light a fire to keep back the cold
campus is to uphold these rules. Why are a month. The author remarks that no one piracy, and the disenfranchisement of darkness of this world?"
the police above this? As an institution, could survive in this world on that much. our own communities through allowing
Being an activist means making a
Evergreen is ~upposed to promote "diversity" Sure, my first year of professional work the presence of stores like Wal-Mart. sacrifice today, It does not have to
and "working across significant differences" I made $12,000, which is most money I've Americans are responsible for their own mean going to meetings or passing out
This seems at odds with the apparent ever earned in my life, I had a nice car, nice poor. A backlogged system of complex flyers. Activism can mean having a
goals of the police force. The police on clothes, and plenty to eat yet my projected and ignorant legislature and a web of loud conversation on the bus, making
our campus come from regular police salary when I graduate from the MIT ignorant attitudes about the poor create art, or not standing during the national
academies, where they are actively taught ranges between twenty and thirty-five this problem. Add to that a "me first!" anthem. Anything to say, hey, I do not
racist and classist ways of viewing the world. thousand dollars! I cannot even imagine, attitude, and gripping greed, and we come abide by the actions of my government.
Their authority on campus enables them to Plus health, dental, and vision care! In my out with poverty.
I have one suggestion for a method
I realize my prejudice everyday, I see
implement these policies at Evergreen
vision, I will live in an old house, drive
of activism that fulfills these cri teria, Ir
Furthermore, I am very' concerned with a used car, wear used clothes, and buy th~ great forest that surrounds Evergreen
is now the end of Ramadan. During the
the police now being armed 24/7 , Art everything else, well used. I suppose if be'll1g bulldozed down and tract housing,
first five days of December in addition
~ons tantino has said that this is necessary,
you live in a nice area, buy everything California-style, being put up in its place. to the month of November, Muslims
given the current climate of aggressive anti- new, charge up a big credit debt, and new These houses are only for commuters.
authority behavior. Giving the police more car, a t~achers' salary might seem to be The old Greener farmers and residents have changed their perception and their
mental processes by fasting from sunrise
authority that they in no way deserve will not enough .
are pulling up stakes, maybe setting their
to
sunset. This serves many purposes.
not help cut down on this sentiment. In
Over my prior life working as a maidser- sights on going north, hoping the tracts
fact, it could only increase those attitudes. vant to myI richer classmates and emp loy- will not follow. I see new huge stores It !l.uts t.he poor and the rich on an equal
This leads me to believe that eliminating ers, I developed disdain for the rich. This full of new over-priced junk to further plaIn, SInce no one may eat during the
those attitudes is not actually the goal : is slightly' tempered by my encounters chip away at middle-class incomes. I see day. It forces people to focus on things
other than food, and to know what it
rather the goal is to eliminate the people
with people who proved to me that being change tearing at the seams of Olympia's
is like to go without, We are very rich.
with those attitudes, while keeping all of
rich does not always mean that they neighborhoods, not owned by all, but
We
always have food , But we can make
the offending policies in place. I see that as
lived a perfect indulgent lifestyle. I know merely rented.
directly opposed to the social contract which
A while ago, I made a commitment to the choice to give it up for a short time.
many that dealt with bad family problems
Art himself mailed out to all registered
Fasting is a political statement and a
and g~ew up, though never wanting for work only for non-profit organizations.
students just about a week ago.
consciousness
altering experience at the
anythll1g, as unhappy children . What I That is probably why I will continue to
same time, And like most consciousness
have so far been able to understand is remain poor, When I am teacher, I will be
L'Shalom,
rich beyond my dreams, but poor by some altering experiences, it can be a lot of
two things:
C Aronson
fun. When the sun sets (around 4:30
First, self-perception of poverty is other people's standards, I want to meet
these days) one can enjoy a meal in
objective. For those who grew up in crack the people who think that this is poor. I
Jon Mc:AUister's response:
a
whole new way, Anyone who has
houses, living in cars, in the ghetto or a chose to live in poverty in exchange for
gone
camping knows what I am talking
rural wasteland, your poverty is obvious . my education, which is in itself an ironic
Dear C. Aronson,
We were poor, yet my mother always I~xury. ~et" I am rich, because during about. When you wait for your food,
I1lghts thiS Winter, I am sleeping in a warm or need to work for it, you create true
Thanks for your comments, I completely made sure we were clean, fed, and had a
bed and house, full of food, I am rich hunger, and the simplest dish becomes
agree with you on almost every point. One roof over our heads, If she could not do
because I have friends that have been with a gourmet feast.
of the interesting things that I have noted, that, she sent us to visit someone who
Fasting for Ramadan is just one
me for years, and are still with me, and
since starting this column, is' the fact that could, When her husband was having
possible
way of taking responsibility in
still
loving
and
being
loved
by
me,
I
am
some students have a lot to say about how a mental breakdown and her daughter
this difficult time, and of refusing to live
other people are doing things incorrectly was hospitalized for asthma, she marched rich in spirit, for I rest each night close
passively.
"Anti-war activism" need not
to
creaticn.
yet they have not done anything to assist in down to the welfare office and did what
It
is
a
rare
time
that
my
soul
can
rest
mean
joining
a political group. It means
solving the problem. I believe that anytime she could for us, bearing the shame as
sacrificing
something
on Sunday so that
in
this
luxury.
you have an outside agency doing a service welL We lived off the leavings and extras
Monday can be that much brighter.
for the community you are undermining that rich ,c ast aside, but our lives were
that very community, I also think that an rich through our church life and our rural

HOgan

Whose got the news? Whose got the
clues to help see through the voodoo of
the media? Who's wrong and who's right?
Which is the Fourth Reich , America or
Al-Qaeda? Well, you've got me because for
once J have both sides of the story ... sort

organlziltion like Police Services allows us to become
lazy. We end up relying on others to take care of us
and protect us. In my head, this plays into the idea of
freedom vers~s s.afety. I don't like the idea of giving
other p~op!e slgI1lficant p~wer that are trained (like you
stated) . 111 Ideas that don t align with our campus and
Its SOCial Contract. The influx of new ideas is critical
~or any community, 'but when someone participates
111 a community as a paid member (police officers,
professors, janitors, etc ... ) they are bringing their beliefs
and values along with them, Again, thanks for your
comments and ideas,

of.
There's a public document in libraries
and on the internet entitled The Project for
the New American Century and it has been
developing for the past 10 years now by th e
likes of Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Steve
Forbes , Dan Quayle , Jeb Bush, Donald .
Rumsfeld , a nd other members of both
Bush Administrati ons. In spite of its vital
importan ce, it ha s rarely been anywhere
near the public eye. In fa ct, I didn't even see
it until a week ago at th e Peace Conference
here at Evergreen. It is as long as a book,
but the Statement of Principles outlines the
insa nity well:
I.
" W e need to increase d efe nse
spending significantly if we are to carry out
our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future."
2.
"We need to strengthen our ties to
democratic allies and to challenge regimes
hostile to our interests and values,"
3,
"We need to promote the 'cause of
political and economic freedom abroad."
4.
"We need to accept responsibility
for America's unique role in preserving
and extending an international order

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friendly to our security, prosperity, and
our principles."
This all seems well and good and relatively harmless, but this rhetoric translates
into world dominance, If you don't believe
me, read the whole document and read
between the lines. This isn't Meill Kampf.
by Hitler, but another article online entitled "The Project for A New American
Century: Our Emerging Evil Empire" by
Al Vick in the
. . .... . .
Online Journal
has compared it
as such .
It's
extreme, but the
points made are
valid.
People may
think that all of
corporate media
is lies, but actually they're telling us exactly
what they're doing and how they're going to
do it. It's seen as lies beca use the message is
superficial, vague, and the rhetoric is thicker
than elephant shit. It's essentially there to
give you a basic idea of what's going on
without distracting you from your everyday
peaceful existence. Censorship prevents
riots, insurrections, and another revolution.
That's why all the peace protests aren't
getting any coverage and the whole plan
to take over the Middle East seems normal
and necessary. It's all propaganda, hype,

Fourth Reich Hype

or biased anyway you look at it, Objective
journalism doesn't exist. Let's face it,
we're looking at another religious war of
Christians vs . Muslims. We're crusading
against terror as a cover for our real target.
AI-Qaeda and Islam are a little more
honest. Recently a spokesman for Al-Qaeda
came forward to announce that Osama
bin Laden and his cohorts were alive
and well and warn the United States to
,r-- -- --.,"""<r---= "fasten its seat belt"
in preparation for
more attacks. In an
a udiotape attrib u te d to him an d
broa dcas t
by
AI-Jazce ra T V, th e
bin
supp osed
Laden blas ted U,S ,
Pres iden t G eorge
W. Bush as the
"pharaoh of the
ce nrury" a nd his
key allies as "murderers." This information
and
more
can
be
found
at
Commondreams.org.
Bin Laden isn't all of Islam, but as far as
he's concerned he is and he speaks for them
all when he says that the lyIuslim world has
declared war on America~ This means he
wants to rule the world with Allah at his
side and everyone shall abide by the laws of
Islam. This is also fascism. Neither side is
in the right and it's not us against them, it's
us against us. We're all fighting against each

other to instill morals and values we believe
will bring the world to a state of peace, If
anyone, who wants such a thing is going to
achieve their goal, whether it's Bush or bin
Laden, then they need an enemy in order
to rally the people and gain support for
their cause and agenda . If you're going to be
th at arrogant and self-righteous to say th at
everyone should live life like you do th en th e
opposition better ha ve a radically opposing
view th at with which your followers will
highly disagree.
If you can't take a side and you can't
stay neutral, th en what do yo u do ? "Either
you're a part of th e pro blem or yo u're a
parr of th e solutio n." We've all heard thi ,
befo re and sho uld kn ow that keep ing an
ind iffe rent attirud e towa rds any majo r to pic
from the environmenta l protection to gu n
co nt ro l makes one a part of th e prob lem .
In rimes of war thi s is even more t ru e,
es pec ially when ever yo ne's freedom is on
th e line. Maintaining a stance of pac ifism
and non-violence is th e si mplest solution.
Also , remaining proac ti ve and constantl y
speaking out on such iss ues, discussing them
with all types of people, and expressing your
opinions wholeheartedly while keeping an
open mind and being able to see, analyze,
and process all sides of any equation. Hail
Peace!
NarcHogan @excirc.com
www.commondrcams. org
www.onlinejournal.org
www.newamcrican ccllrury.o rg

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After two years out of school, today
marks the midpoint of my first quarter at
the Evergreen State College, What have I
changed? Certainly not the majority of my
actions or my c1ass'room habits . I'm not
trying to transform the world with every
"move. I still eat meat, drink macro-brew,
and drive to school when it's raining. No, I
certainly haven't changed much, but in one
quarter, my perceptions certainly have,
In Bellingham, where [ grew up , I
considered myself a liberal. I voted Green,
cursed SUV's , and second-guessed the
. government as often as [ could--that made
m~ a progressive, didn't it? At least that's
what I told myself every time.I pulled
up next to a Jeep Cherokee with a flag
stuck to the window and felt like feeling
self-righteous.
Before I knew Evergreen existed, a
friend transferred here from Colorado St.
University in Fort Collins. She complained
that Colorado was too conservative. I wasn't
sure what she meant. Did everyone go
to church? Was Rush Limbaugh a state
icon? I didn't understand the definition
of "COIlservative" --or, more accurately, its
antonym-until talking with her after her
first quarter at Evergreen, While she seemed
excited and satisfied about what the school
offered, her constant deconstruction of
nearly every aspect 'of Western civilization
was a distinct departure from the shifty,
vaguely uncomfortable countenance with
which I was familiar. She questioned my
meat eating, called me on my unconscious
sexist and racist tendencies, and generally
pointed out evety aspect of my naive routine that oppressed someone, somewhere,
somehow,
It pissed me off, in a self-conscious,
defensive way, and grew more inflammatory
to me as I realized how right she was, The
coffee I drank suddenly stopped coming

from Starbucks. It started coming instead
from the field of a Colombian farmer, who,
if he was lucky enough to survive another
season of revolutionary violence, might
make twenty cents per pound for the same
bean for which I paid two dollars per cup.
And that's only a snapshot of my realization.
Sexism , greed, domination, and materi.tiS{
ideals permeate every aspect of Western
tradition, and the more I understood this,
the more I understood about what my
friend meant by "Conservative." _
[n visiting the college several times and
living with current and former Evergreen
students prior to attending, I began to think
of the college as a Mecca for those, like
myself, who recognized the sheer ugliness
and systematic imbalance of a culture--or
lack of culrure--that's omnipresent every
time one turns on a television, opens a
major newspaper, and drives past strip mall
after indistinguishable strip mall .
With one generalization came ahother:
not only do Evergreen students examine
critically the forces that subliminally stupefy
and oppress, but such concentration of
dissent provides ample, often obligatory,
opportunities to act on behalf of transforming civilization into something that won't
betray, manipulate, or imprison us the
moment we turn around.
With nearly two years of college behind
me and an additional two of work and play,
I'm as wide-eyed at, and inundated by, this
place as the true freshman four years my
junior, I'm in awe, but I'll get over it. I'm
already annoying my friends in Bellingham
with anti-war monologues and pedantic,
simplified explanations on everything from
Cuba to Wal-Mart. At Evergreen, I'm
noticing what once I ignored: the banners
in the lobby, protests in the square, and
potlucks in the CAB remind me that noticing is little more than a first step. But then,
this is just my first quarter.. .

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Friday night, 5 bands, the winners from
a local high school battie of the bands;
one can only imagine what I expected to
find . However, I was pleasa ntly surprised
after standing through two very average
immature thrash punk bands, and one, not
so excruciating, known as Precious Roy. I was
then presented with the band Flasque from
Seattle, who came with headliners Esitu when
they came down to Olympia. It is very hard
to ex plain what Esitu was and what presence
they had, but I was very pleased with what
my ears were hearing when it was finally their
turn to play. They call themselves passive
aggressive progressive rock; what that means
is up to your interpretations. What I found
was a flood of sound that moved through
my body. Th",re were pigtails flailing, bodypainted, wig-wearing, horned, arm-sleeved
creators of sound. A loud powerful beat
pulsed through my being, and lyrics that were
created meant something. Esitu is very well
put together. There is a certain flow to how
they play, and this flow reaches their audience.
That audience feels the emotion found on
the singer's face. By the end of the night I was
a fan, and can't wait to hear more. Everyone
should check out what I'm talking about at
www.Esitu.com where you will also find mp3s
for download and more information, Even if
it isn't for you, you have to give credit where
credit is due, and Esitu deserves just that.

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speaker, Rick, an Olympia resident who is positive. Bring friends and famtly,
starts at 4 p.m., location TBA. For info call 867-6544. , '

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Okay: I went and saw it! Now, someone told me that
I would enjoy this Bond movie and what do you think
I said? "Why would I want to see some VD-denying,
misogynistic, imperialistic pork-fest '" is what I said. And
)Nhy would a card-carrying "equalist" want to inflict upon
herself another gratuitous movie that supports traditional
gender roles? Well, urn, because Madonna and Halle
Berry kick ass. On that note, there are some changes to
the Bond order of operations. Not to blow the movie ...
heh-heh--- No, what I mean is, not to destroy the plot
(Oh Gawd did I really imply there's a plot?), Bond's
classic "Bad Girl to Good Girl" bed hop's been switched
up. And just when you thought the old Money Penny
fail-safe had been tapped---boy howdy! Of course, if this
truly were the only thing changed you'd better believe I
would not be writing this review.
This year's Bond shows a man's pain and powerlessness
and chips away at the "take 'em and leave 'ein" chauvinism
of the previous years. Brosnan appears inept with his
pick up lines in the Caribbean, though later his bedside
manner does belie his machismo thrust. There is talk of
Halle Berry's character, a sexy and empowered operative,
becoming a heiress to the Bond series. In the movie, it's
sort of a question of who took who after they collide. Equally as impressive as Bond being
"taken" is the idea that a woman can fake it with Bond through a character that is hinted at
being a lesbian in some "meaningful" gazes with "M" (Our Ms. Muff Daddy). Is it really a
step in the right direction if the only women not charmed by dear mister Bond are lesbians
and elders? In this movie there is some female ownership to sexuality. There is a combination
of the whore and mother to 'create a truer woman character. In this film, women's ;;'ames are
slightly more tasteful--- the hinted at lesbian is still given a "frigid" name, but Halle Berry's
character is "Jinx" as opposed to something like "Pussy Galore."
There are great lengths to travel in the world of Bond: for one, the impressive male
character was named "Mr. Kill" and appeared to be Samoan, but looked quite a bit like "Odd
Job". I was waiting for him to ' get his hat from coat check. And the Koreans were either
diabolically smart or na"ive--- not much in berween . In the torture and title sequenclng there
is a dangerous play with the stereotype of Asian women being cold, inscrutable, and sexually
overpowering. The Korean torture mistress' lipstick and clothing is toned down from the highly
sexualized red· or black leather, and she comes across as somewhat of an organ of the larger
machine. Though there is a relatively touchy-feely father-son dyna mic afforded through the
primary enemy and his father, I'm not so sure that Koreans have gotten the shaft or truly shafted
the Bond image by being the method of his rebirth as a deranged expatriate.
As hedonistic films go, I was entertained. As for reinforcing an 'East against West'
mentality, it's there for those not in the know, Overall, as a genre and in relation to the older
movies, it could be said that most things ' Bond' are slowly progressing out of the doldrums of
Cold War mentalities, but certainly one .
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want to give something original? Check oUt the,Holiday Native ArtS Fair where
there will be;hand,nade gift basketry, photography, weaving, jewelry'and more for
sale .. Not in the holiday shopping mood? Come and eat delicious Indian Tacos
andFrybread, yum![n the Longhouse 11 a.m. to 6 pm.

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which as stated by Lee-Ann Martin "disrupt the stereotypes and misconceptions of Aboriginal peoples as the vanishing race" through
non-confrontational means of visual communication. Her work is described by the Gallery of the American Indian Community House as "a
bold assertion of selfhood rather than a search of identity." In the series of woodcut block prints Resting With Warriors, currently on exhibit
in Gallery IV on the Evergreen campus, Niro pays tribute to the often-unidentified women in battle.
The original thought or idea of this work was focused on Tecumseh, a Great War chief from the War of 1812. Soon discouraged
by the lack of research, Niro's thoughts turned to the women who were involved somehow in this and other Indian Wars. Niro says
of this work, "I started to think about the kind of spirit and character they must have had to keep their communities together. Can
you imagine the grief and social upset they must have gone through?" Represented in the series are four character traits of women in
the guise of Intellect, Emotion, Spirit, and Strength each a symbol of determination and bravery, In Native American community's
women veterans have been honored for their participation, in the Indian Wars, fighting along side the men of their villages, protecting
their homes, their children , and their way of life.
A film by Shelley Niro and Anna Gronau, It Starts With A Whisper, will also be shown daily at noon in Gallery IV. The film portrays
a modern Native American, Shanna, struggling with herself and her ancestors, as she questions her existence, not knowing how to live
happily with the atrocities that have occurred in Native American history. These ancestors, dressed in "Nira garb" (flamboyant bright
pink, orange, black and red dresses, floral lace shawls, colorful hats, and 1950's retro styled glasses), get on Shanna's nerves as they tease
her while attempting to teach her lesso ns of strength and perseverance,
The film was made in 1992 to acknowledge the five hundred years of colonization. This important anniversary was conside'red
a defining moment in the communication and unde,rstanding of all peoples in the Americas. "It was designed so that it would be
shown on New Years Eve of 1992 ... so that the scree ning of the film would end at midnight, so we'd catapult ourselves into the
rest of the history of the world," Niro said,
Resting With Warriors will be on exhibit in Gallery IV of the Library Building at The Evergreen State College from Novt;mber 19, 2002 to
Decem ber 19,2002 , The opening reception will take place on December 2,2002 in Gallery IV at noon at which time Shelley will say a few
words about her arrwork. For more information, please contact Maria Pascually, Gallery Director, at (360) 867-5031 ,

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