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on Red Square at 11 : 15 las t Wednesday. A
girl near the bik@s shouted, "Come join us
at the strike" Nobody walking by turned
or stopped. A friend said to her, "Good
job." Cold-looking students continued
to hustle by.
At the protest, where participants
included students from Seattle Central
Commun iry College, UW, teachers and
high school students, the total head count
never reached.above one hundred,
A deflated purple balloon from the
last day's protest sat on the capitol in the
lawn. Over 25,000 teachers and supporters
showed up to demand that K-12 teachers
get their voter-approved pay raise. Yet
when it came to colleges, not nearly as
many people cared to come,
"I was expecting 200 people, but I
don't think its going to happen ," said
Evan Hastings, an Evergreen student and
organizer of the event. "It's not that people
don't care, it's not that there isn't work
being done, it's that people are busy"
He doubted the effectiveness of the
protest himself, but helped to organize
It anyway.
Rising tuition prices are certainl y a
big enough problem to warrant protests.
A recent State Public Interest Research
Groups' (PIRG) report said the average

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student debt has doubled in the past eight
years to $16,928. Fifty-eight percent of all
student aid is loans.
Forty-one states have budgets shortages.
Higher education is the largest discretionary spending item in most state budgets,
A national higher educat ion watchdog
group reported that eighty-three percent of
the nation's college students go (0 public
schools.
Last year, Virginia cut 12,5 percent of
the state's highe..r-_e(Lbudget, which led to
16,5 percent increases in tuition at its top
universities, Wisconsin proposed slicing 12
percent, to which its colleges responded
/"ith an enrollment freeze. This left more
than 11 ,000 applications in limbo for a
period of months. Massachusetts cut 6.2
percent. New Jersey cut 5 percent. Iowa cut
86 millions and raised tuition 16 percent. A
college in South Carolina raised tuition 27
p erlJe nt, Illinois proposed a tuition increase
of 37 percent for freshman and other new
students.
There are on ly three viable ways to deal
with big budget cuts to college's right now:
privatize, raise tuition and fees or limit
enrollment.
Speakers at last Wednesday's rally railed
against the first two options.
Alexandra Rosvall, a student who didn't
attend the protest, feels that the lack of

articulation is th e problem.
"[ wasn't planning on going when [ saw
th e sign in Red Square, because I has no
idea from the sign what it was about." If she
had been more informed about the issues
involves and the purpose of the protest, she
feels she may have attended.
"To me, I don't feel like this is more
important than going to class."
Josh Latos is another -.yho did not attend.
He had his own reasons for not showing up,
mostly concerning the war with Iraq.
"I didn't feel like there was any point to
be there, because they're not going to be
giving any money to schools if they're going
to be giving it to the military," he said.
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Latin American Studies s(eks MC The Vagina Monologues at Evergreen
by Teresa Eckstein

Two Events by
VOX· Communities for
Choice

By Carrie H . Stephens

Latin American Studies is seeking a presenter t6
provide a brief and general introduction to ~eaching
about Mexico for K-8 teachers. This presentation will be
part of the "Festival Mosaic" on April 19, an event for
local teachers to help them teach about cultures that
are featured in each year's Seattle Children's Festival.
This year's festival features a socially conscious Mexican
rock group , Los Patita de Perro. The presenter may
talk about teaching about Mexico or focus on Mexican
pop culture and music. An honorarium is available.
If you are interested in presenting at this event ,
please contact the Latin American Studies Office at
lasuw@u.washington.edu or (206) 685-3435 .
"Festival Mosaics" offer full days of education, food,
and fun for teachers. These events take place on Saturday,
April 19, 2003 at University of Washington, Seattle,
and Saturday, April 26, 2003 at Grant Center for the
Expressive Arts in Tacoma. They're called "Mosaics"
because they address topics from a wide range of
disciplines, and mix hands-on activities with background
sessions that are pertinent to Seattle Children's Festival
shows. They are also broadly useful for teaching social
studies and the arts. Sessions will emphasize cultures and
performance genres represented at the 2003 Festival.
Festival Mosaics are presented in collaboration with the
Outreach Centers of the Jackson School ofInternational
Studies at the University of Washington, and the
Washington State Council for the Social Studies. Los
Patita de Perro has an informative and funny website
at http://www.patitadeperro.com. which would be the
best way to get a feel for the group. They present ,a
rock concert with two aims: to amuse and "to make
conscience in children and adults." They're involved with
the rights of children and animals, environmental issues,
and preservation of Mexican traditions.

The 5th anniversary of The ~gina Monologues is going to be a big
one! Eve' Ensler first wrote and performed this production in 1997.
The monologues are based on interviews she did with hundreds of
women. The subject matter ranges from hair, to short skirts, to vagina
workshops, to rape. While conducting these interviews, Eve began
to see a sadly common theme - that sexual assault and abuse were
pervasive in many of these women's lives. In 1998, she began working
with the V-Day organization , a non-profit corporation born out
of Eve's vision to end violence against women (The "V" stands for
Victory, Valentine and Vagina.) Together, they created a campaign
that allows women volunteers to use The vagina Monologues to raise
awareness about sex crimes and to support organizations that work to
prevent them. This year, there are currently 662 productions as part
of the College Campaign and 340 as part of the World Campaign, all
iri more than 33 countries. This is the second year that The Evergreen
State College has participated in this campaign. Donations from this
production will go to the YWCA of Olympia and Safeplace. In lieu
of currency, we will be accepting required donations of the following
products. The normal ticket price would be $7-9, so please keep this
in mind when purchasing goods. After each item listed, there is a
recommended amount to give - however, you can give any combination
of these items totaling the ticket price above.
Tampons: about I box of 40 count (2 boxes if they're store brand)
Pads: about 2 bags of24 count
Deodorant: 2 ~ 3 sticks
Shampoo: shampoo prices vary drastically based on the brand, so
please keep the recommended ticket price in mind
For 'the extra-generous - one 3-pair package:of cotton' women's
undetwear: this item is more expensive, but we would be very grateful '
if anyone donated this in place of one ticket
The ~gina MonolOgues will be performed on February 14,15, and'
16 at 8:00 p.m. in COM 110.
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For more iflformation, questions! I comments, to reserve tickets,
or to even make a donation, please contact Carrie Stephens at
peachgloves@hotmail.com.
.

By Sarah Thorn
On Wednesday, January 22 and Saturday,
January 25, VOX: Communities for Choice
will host rwo events to celebrate and honor
the 3rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. "Speaking
of Our Rights" on January 22 will feature
an abortion speak-out, as well as a reflective
performance by young activists - "Born After
Roe"· about their interpretarions of doing
reproductive rights work in this decade. In
addition, there will be a sneak preview of
Dorothy Fadiman's film, "From Danger to
Dignity, " and a reception to follow (with
cake!). All events on Wednesday will take place
in Lecture Hall 1 at 7 p.m. Saturday's event
will take place at Olympia Film Society at 8
p.m. and will also include a screening of
"From Danger to Dignity," a provocative
look at reproductive rights history in the
United States. The evening will be punctuated
with speakers from many generations in the
reproductive rights movement. This eVent will
honor members of the reproductive rights
community in Olympia, and the work they
do that inspires younger activists. Wednesday's
event is free. The OFS event is $5 at the door.
At[ ages 'a nd genders welcome. Donations
gladly accepted.
VOX meet~ on Thursdays in MOD 309A
at 6 p.m. and Fridays in the Women's Resource
Center at 3 p.m.

Here's the late holiday version of the blotter. Just so you all know what happened oJ:t campus while you were home, eating turkey and
stuffing (or in some cases, tofurkey and stuffing). But, if you don't celebrate Christmas, you were eating completely normal food and
relaxing without the holiday rush garbage. Either way, I hope you all had a great first few weeks of the quarter and a great break and are
looking forward to the antics since last time.
Oh, and thanks to Meta and the lovely people at KPLU.org for this highly entertaining bit of information: Geoducks are very popular,
served raw. It's very expensive as well. The nerves are still alive when it's served in a sushi bar, it should still be moving and firm and
crunchy, otherwise you shouldn't order it.

CDecembell 19
1 :45 a.m. A group of people in the dorm loop was yelling towards parts of housing, and one was noticed holding a mug. Normal enough, had this been
before quiet hours, but since quiet hours start at 1:00 a.m. on the weekends, the police stopped them. When asked what was in the mug, the person replied in
all honesty: "It's beer, officer." How lovely is that? And since they were truthful and it was their first contact with police services they got let off with nothing
more than having to visit the campus grievance counselor.
1 :55 a.m. Loud music coming from T dorm brings the police knocking. They told one of the people in the room that rhe music would have to be turned down.
She agreed to do so, but as the officer was talking to the girl, he saw a sick guy hanging out the window.

CDecembell 14
2:06 a.m. Someone was attempting to break into the subterranean in the HCC. Now, judging hom the lines I see nightly over there, I think I'm safe in assuming they
have good sandwiches, but that's no reason to break in there at two in the morning. Besides the legality issue here, the second most important reason is that the employees
aren't there to make the yummy sandwiches. So you're left with no sandwich and feeling pretty dumb for setting off the alarm in the HCC.

Sarah Thorn can be reached at 357-6673 or
seraleelt@hotmail.com.

CDecembell t 7

- - - - Cooper Point Journal Submissions Guidelines
WHO
Any student ofThe Evergreen State College may contribute
to the CP]. You don't have to be on staff. You don't have
to be experienced. The only qualification you need is to be
an Evergreen student (We also publish submissions from
faculty/staff and non-student community members, but
students are our first priority.)
The CPJ is also the organization that produces the paper.
Any student is welcome to join the organization , but you don't
have to join to contribute (or vice-versa) .

WHY
All students are encouraged to contribute to the CPJ.
The more contributions there are, the more representative the

theCPJ

paper will be. In contributing to the CPJ, students have
the opportunity to present their point of view, to advance
discussion in the community, and to entertain and inform
their fellow students. The CPJ is a forum for dialogue and
criticism, and a greater diversity of perspectives promotes
awareness and depth of understanding.

WHAT
You can do almost anything for the CPJ . Review a
show, draw a comic, write a news story, send in a letter, take
a photo, cover a game, or just share an idea. If you don't
write, draw, or shoot, there are still plenty of things you can
do. You can help layout pages, proofread copy, and be a
part of the production of a weekly paper.

Criteria for aU sublJ1i~si(jns; inclu'de:
:
1)
cpJ -will ~ot 'publish speech that is
not protected from the First Amendment. This
includes things like libel, invasion of privacy, threats
of violence, personal attacks, and other types of
unprotected speech.
2)
Anonymous submissions will nor be pub.
lished. You must take responsibility for your
own words. That's part of the whole idea of free
speech.
3)
The priorities for subject focus are as
follows: The Evergreen State College, Olympia,
Washington State" the U.S., the World, the
Universe.
4)
No plagiarism.
Questions? Call us. (360) 867-6213

3:43 p.m. A fire alarm is caused in a random dorm by cooking rice.

COecembell 27

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eyes.

12:56 a.m. A speeding vehicle on Evergreen parkway was stopped and the driver was noticed to have red, puflY
She was asked if she had been 'drinking
but denied it. The smell of intoxicants was coming hom the car and she was found to be under 21. The driver did, however, consent to field sobriety tests, and it was
determined that she was under the influence of alcohol. She was taken to Thurston county jail for processing, and once there she became agi~ated and made comments
.
like "You should be out arresting crack users instead of me." She was booked into Thurston county jail for DUI under 21.

JOttUOIlY

9,

11 :25 p.m. Police Services was dispatched to the courtyard of C dorm for a possible gunshot. Upon contacting a person in the area, they were told
that, yeah, "It was definitely a gun shot. I think it was a 9mm round." They continued to search the area without finding any evidence of a gun shell casing
or other conclusive evidence.

7:05 p.m. He was pull~d over for loud muffler system: he was caught with a suspended license, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and open beer containers
in the car when it was searched. He was given warnings for the muffler system and open containers of alcohol in the vehicle and criminal citations for the
suspended license, marijuana and paraphernalia.

10:25 p.m. A car parked in a restricted area at the pump house arouses suspicion. Turns out, she was using the bathroom. She was going to visit a family member
'
and just couldn't hold it any more. She was told that Evergreen wasn't her toilet and was sent on her way.

JOttUOIlY

11

2:19 a.m. Burnt eggs cause a fire alarm in yet another random dorm.

Olympi

Centet

Latin American Studies seeks MC The Vagina Monologues at Evergreen
by Teresa Eckstein

Two Events by
VOX· Communities for ·
Choice

By Carrie H. Stephens

Latin American Studies is seeking a presenter t~
provide a brief and general introduction to ~eaching
about Mexico for K-8 teachers. This presentation will be
parr of the "Festival Mosaic" on April 19, an event for
local teachers to help them teach about cultures that
are featured in each year's Seattle Children's Festival.
This year's festival features a socially conscious Mexican
rock group, Los Patita de Perro. The presenter may
talk about teaching about Mexico or focus on Mexican
pop culture and music. An honorarium is available.
If you are inte.r ested in presenting at this event,
please contact the Latin American Studies Office at
lasuw@u.washington.edu or (206) 685-3435.
"Festival Mosaics" offer full days of education, food,
and fun for teachers. These events take place on Saturday,
April 19, 2003 at University of Washington, Seattle,
and Saturday, April 26, 2003 at Grant Center for the
Expressive Arts in Tacoma. They're called "Mosaics"
because they address topics from a wide range of
disciplines, and mix hands-on activities with background
sessions that are pertinent to Seattle Children's Festival
shows. They are also broadly useful for teaching social
studies and the arts. Sessions will emphasize cultures and
performance genres represented at the 2003 Festival.
Festival Mosaics are presented in collaboration with the
Outreach Centers of the Jackson School ofInternational
Studies at the University of Washington, and the
Washington State Council for the Social Studies. Los
Patita de Perro has an informative and funny website
at http://www.patitadeperro.com. which would be the
best way to get a feel for the group. They present a
rock concert with two aims: to amuse and "to make
conscience in children and adults.» They're involved with
the rights of children and animals, environmental issues,
and preservation of Mexican traditions.

The 5th anniversaty of The l.1lgina Monologues is going to be a big
one! Eve Ensler first wrote and performed this production in 1997.
The monologues are based on interviews she did with hundreds of
women. The subject matter ranges from hair, to short skirts, to vagina
workshops, to rape. While conducting these interviews, Eve began
to see a sadly common theme - that sexual assault and abuse were
pervasive in many of these women's lives. In 1998, she began working
with the V-Day organization, a non-profit corporation born out
of Eve's vision to end violence against women (The "V" stands for
Victory, Valentine and Vagina.) Together, they created a campaign
that allows women volunteers to use The Vagina Monologues to raise
awareness about sex crimes and to support organizations that work to
prevent them. This year, there are currently 662 productions as part
of the College Campaign and 340 as part of the World Campaign, all
in more than 33 countries. This is the second year that The Evergreen
State College has participated in this campaign. Donations from this
production will go to the YWCA of Olympia and Safeplace. In lieu
of currency, we will be accepting required donations of the following
products. The normal ticket price would be $7-9, so please keep this
in mind when purchasing goods. After each item listed, there is a
recommended amount to give - however, you can give any combination
of these items totaling the ticket price above.
Tampons: about I box of 40 count (2 boxes if they're store brand)
Pads: about 2 bags of 24 count
Deodorant: 2 ~ 3 sticks
Shampoo: shampoo prices vary drastically based on the brand, so
please keep the recommended ticket price in mind
For ·the extra-generous - one 3-pair package of cotton women's
underwear: this item is more expensive, but we would be very grateful
if anyone donated this in place of one ticket
The l.1lgina Monologues will be performed on February 14,15, and
16 at 8:00 p.m. in COM 110.
For more information, questionsl I comments, to reserve tickets,
or to even make a donation, please contact Carrie Stephens at
peachgloves@hotmail.com.

By Sarah Thorn
On Wedn'~sday, January 22 and Saturday,
January 25, VOX: Communities for Choice
will host rwo events to celebrate and honor
the 3rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. "Speaking
of Our Rights" on January 22 will feature
an abortion speak-out, as well as a reflective
performance by young activists - "Born After
Roe" - about their interpretations of doing
reproductive rights work in this decade. In
addition, there will be a sneak preview of
Dorothy Fadiman's film, "From Danger to
Dignity," and a reception to follow (with
cake!). All events on Wednesday will take place
in Lecture H all 1 at 7 p.m. Saturday's event
will take place at Olympia Film Society at 8
p.m . and will also include a screening of
"F rom Danger to Dignity," a provocative
look at reproductive rights history in th e
United States. The evening will be punctuated
with speakers from m.any generations in the
reproductive rights movement. This event will
honor members of the reproductive rights
community in Olympia, and the work they
do that inspires younger activists. Wednesday's
event is free. The OFS event is $5 at the door.
All ages and genders welcome. Donations
gladly accepted.
VOX meets on Thursdays in MOD 309A
at 6 p.m. and Fridays in the Women's Resource
Center at 3 p.m.
Sarah Thorn can be reached at 357-6673 or
seraleelt@hotmail.com.

-----'---- Cooper Point Journal Submissions Guidelines
WHO
Any student ofThe Evergreen State College may contribute
to the CPJ. You don't have to be on staff. You don't have
to be experienced. The only qualification you need is to be
an Evergreen student (We also publish submissions from
faculty/staff and non -student community members, but
students are our first priority.)
The CPJ is also the organ ization that produces the paper.
Any student is welcome to join the organization, but you don't
have to join to contribute (or vice-versa).

WHY
All students are encouraged to contribute to the C PJ.
The more contributions there are, the more representative the

paper will be. In contributing to the CPJ, students have
the opportunity to present their point of view, to advance
discussion in the community, and to entertain and inform
their fellow students. The CPJ is a forum for dialogue and
criticism, and a greater diversity of perspectives promotes
awareness and depth of understanding.
.

WHAT
You can do almost anything for the CPJ. Review a
show, draw a comic, write a news srory, send in a letter, take
a photo, cover a game, or just share an idea. If you don't
write, draw, or shoot, there are still plenty of things you can
do. You can help layout pages, proofread copy, and be a
part of the production of a weekly paper.

Criteria for all sublJ'ii~sions' i'I\clu'de:
1)
The crrwill ~~i: 'publish speech that is
not protected from the First Amendment. This
includes things like libel, invasion of privacy, threats
of violence, personal attacks, and other types of
unprotected speech.
2)
Anonymous submissions will nor be publi shed . You must take responsibility for your
own words: That's part of the whole idea of free
speech.
3)
The priorities for subject focus are as
follows : The Evergreen State College, Olympia,
Washington State, the U.S ., the World, the
Universe.
4)
No plagiarism.
Questions? Call us. (360) 867-6213

Here's the late holiday version of the blotter. Just so you all know what happened on campus while you were home, eating turkey and
stuffing (or in some cases, tofurkey and stuffing). But, if you don't celebrate Christmas, you were eating completely normal food and
relaxing without the holiday rush garbage. Either way, I hope you all had a great first few weeks of the quarter and a great break and are
looking forward to the antics since last time.
Oh, and thanks to Meta and the lovely people at KPLU.org for this highly entertaining bit of information: Geoducks are very popular,
served raw. It's very expensive as well. The nerves are still alive when it's served in a sushi bar, it should still be moving and firm and
crunchy, otherwise you shouldn't order it.

CDecembell f g
1 :45 a.m. A group of people in the dorm loop was yelling towards parts of housing, and one was noticed holding a mug. Normal enough, had this been
before quiet hours, but since quiet hours start at 1:00 a.m. on the weekends, the police stopped them. When asked what was in the mug, the person replied in
all honesty: "It's beer, officer." How lovely is that? And since they were truthful .and it was their first contact with police services they got let off with nothing
more than having to visit the campus grievance counselor.
1 :55 a.m. Loud music coming from T dorm brings the police knocking. They told one of the people in the room that the music would have to be turned down.
She agreed to do so, but as the officer was talking to the girl, he saw a sick guy hanging out the window.

CDecembell f 4
2:06 a.m. Someone was attempting to break into the subterranean in the HCC. Now, judging from the lines I see nighrly over there, I think I'm safe in assuming they
have good sandwiches, but that's no reason to break in there at rwo in the morning. Besides the legality issue here, the second most important reason is that the employees
aren't there to make the yummy sandwiches. So you're left with no sandwich and feeling pretty dumb for setting off the alarm in the HCC.

CDecembell f 7
3:43 p.m. A fire alarm is caused in a random dorm by cooking rice.

COecembell 27
12:56 a.m. A speeding vehicle on Evergreen parkway was stopped and the driver was noticed to have red, puffy eyes. She was asked if she had been 'drinking
but denied it. The smell of intoxicants was coming from the car and she was found to be under 21 . The driver did, however, consent to field sobriety tests, and it was
determined that she was under the influence of alcohol. She was taken to Thurston county jail for processing, and once there she became agitated and made comments
like "You should be out arresting crack users instead of me." She was booked into Thurston county jail for OUI under 21.
-

JanUahY g .
11 :25 p.m. Police Services was dispatched to the courtyard of C dorm for a possible gunshot. Upon contacting a person in the area, they 'were told
that, yeah, "It was definitely a gun shot. I think it was a 9mm round." They continued to search the area without finding any evidence of a gun shell casing
or other conclusive evidence.

7:05 p.m. He was pulled over for loud muffier system: he was caught with a suspended license, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and open beer containers
in the car when it was searched. He was given warnings for the muffier system and open containers of alcohol in the vehicle and criminal citations for the
suspended license, marijuana and paraphernalia.

JanuullY 9·
10:25 p.m. A car parked in a restricted area at the pump house arouses suspicion. Turns out, she was using the bathroom. She was going to visit a family member
and just couldn't hold it any more. She was told that Evergreen wasn't her toilet and was sent on her way.

2:19 a.m. Burnt eggs cause a fire alarm in yet another random dorm.

Olympi

Centet

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This spring, a group of faculry and
students will come together to celebrate
and share diverse perspectives on trees
and forests in the form of a Chautauqua.
The tradition of Chautauqua dates back
to the 1880s, when groups of traveling
educators, entertainers, and musidans
would set up tents in small towns of
New York and New England for a few
days, entertain the local populace with
lectures, routines, and songs, and then
move on to another town. It provided
an important infusion of ideas and
art about current events and the new
technological advances that were happening at that time.
With the suppott of a grant from
the Evergreen Foundation's Fund for
Innovation, our campus will create
its own Chautauqua. It is designed to
reflect the keystone characteristics of
our institution: 'interdisciplinary work,
a sense of joy and celebration with
what we study, and the consideration of
multiple perspectives. The focus for the
event is trees and forests in the broadest
sense, including not only our campus
forests, but forests around the world
and the organisms and interactions
of our campus, local, regional, and
internatitmal forests.
The scope of the Chautauqua will
be as diverse as the forests we describe.
All media pertaining to art, science,
and liter.ature will be included. We
will provide a showcase of lectures,
theater performances, two- and threedimensional art displays, workshops,
demonstrations, and parades. They will
represent the many values that trees
have for humans: ecological, economic,
aesthetic, artistic, and spiritual values.
The project was the dream-child
and is being cbordin~ted by six faculty
members from the sciences and the
arts: Nalini Nadkarni (Environmental
Studies), Susan Aurand, Arun Chandra,
Bob Leverich, and Ariel Goldberger
(Expressive ACts). Based on their own
experiences and creative work, they
recognized that although traditionally

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art and sc ience have been viewed as
separate entities, the disciplines have
strong connections . Both art and
science are forms of knowledge that
attempt to describe and represent an
understanding of the world. Both
art and science require attention to
intuition, imagination, the development
of craft, a creative spark and a rigorous
dedication (0 ach ieve their
objectives. Both demand
working in solitude and
collaboratively. Both
need a dialogue
with an audience
to scrutinize and
in terpret the
results. Both
promote new
questions that
lead to further
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2002, these faculty presented
an idea for taking an interdisciplinary approach to how people come to
understand and appreciate trees and
. forests. They envisioned a stretch of time
~during the Spring Quarter in which an
array of art and science projects - and
combination art/science projects- could
be viewed by the Evergreen community
and those outside it. They began to
solicit ideas for what sorts of shapes
these projects might take, and were
delighted to learn the breadth of the
array of ongoing and planned projects
that could be accommodated by the
Chautauqua. In October 2002, they
sent out announcements to formally
solicit projects for the event.
Numerous projects will be presented
at the Chautauqua, stemming from
various sectors of the Evergreen com-

stem from corporate actions. The
Ecopledge campaign unites consumers, investors, and students in order
to pressure big business into modifying destructive environmental practices. Ecopledge's most recent success
occurred in November when Staples
yielded to their demands for the phasing out of products produced from
old growth and endangered forests.
Furthermore, Staples pledged to reach
a minimum of 30% post-consumer
recycled content for all paper products
sold. This quarter, the campaign will
focus on phasing oui: Kraft's use of
genetically modified ingredients in
their products.
New Energy Future: Energy is essential for transportation, electricity, and
heat. The United States' continued
reliance on dirty energy sources such
as coal and oil promotes further pollution to our air, land, and water.

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Each quarter, a $6 fee appears on
your bill that helps fund WashPIRG
(Washington Public Interest Research
Group). The state PIRGs investigate
issues important to the public such
as toxic pollution, voting issues and
public health dangers. Through grassroots organizing, cooperative efforts
with other organizations, and public
activism, WashPIRG seeks to protect
the environment, the consumer, and
endorse civic democracy. Last spring,
the Evergreen community reaffirmed
its commitment to WashPIRG by
voting to keep the minor fee, These
funds provide for the research of
significant issues that concern all of us
and for political and legal advocates
who are defending the public interest.
This quarter, the Evergreen campus
has three major campaigns running.
Ecopledge: Many of the most
deplorable environmental practices

munity. These include individual
and collaborative creative work of the
faculty, such as a data sonification
project presenting scientific data in
musical form and an artists-in-canopy
project thar brought artists up into the
canopy. Student projects created in conjunction with programs such as Trees
and Humans, Picturing Plants, Citizen
Art, and Foundations
of Visual Art will
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Poetry Network
will also be included.
Anyone interested is welcome
to participate, either by submitting
work, presentin~ or helping with the
organization and planning. .
The faculty and administration
is also doing some extra fund-raising
work in the community to bring
in several professional theater and
dance groups and scientific lectures
to augment the offerings and attract ·
a larger audience. Some candidates
are the David Taylor Dance Theater
(Colorado). who perform a multimedia show called "Rainforest." Todd
Washington Moore is also prepared
to do his one-man performance on
the many facets of forest harvesting
in a small logging town. The theater
group from Vancouver, Mortal Coil,
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wonders of the temperate rainforest.
Although nothing of this scope and
flavor has been instituted at Evergreen
before, we anticipate many outcomes.
First, the Chautauqua will serve as an
academic and aesthetic forum to ask how
art and science inform each other intellectually and lead to new insights and
answers. Second, it will showcase past
and current Evergreen work that integrates art and science to the Evergreen
College and broader communities,
which has the potential for becoming
a new Evergreen/community tradition,
in the manner of Super Saturday or
Arts Walk. Third, th e meeting could
serve as a model for other institurions of
higher learning in developing academic
programs that bring together aspects of
nature, art, and science. Materials for a
touring show could be exported to orher
colleges, museums, and institutions.
Lastly, it will produce installations and
objects that may result in convincing
arguments for better stewardship of
natute by humans by articulating the
connections between them.
The Chautauqua will take place
between April 8-May 3. If you
would like more information, or
would like to become involved, please
visit/contact David Franklin at the
Canopy Lab, 867-6788, Lab I, 3064,
<canopy@evergreen.edu>. You can also
visit «www.evergreen.edu/artscience» to
fill out a project application electronically and get more information.
Application form:
CALL FOR PROJECTS
ART/SCIENCE CHAUTAUQUA
THE EVERGREEN STATE
COLLEGE
Send form by January 30, 2003 to:
Nalini M. Nadlkarni, Lab II, The
Evergreen State College. Olympia,
WA98505
Nad karnN@everareen.edu
(360) 867-6621

by Anna Mathes, Chapter Chair and New Energy Future Coordinator

Unfortunately, the Bush administration is slow to respond to the need for
renewable energy sources. The New
Energy Future campaign compels state
and federal governments to employ
cleaner technologies such as wind and
solar power, and to institute more
efficient energy standards. We will
be working within the community
to foster understanding through an
energy awareness week, Additionally
we will be participating in Lobby Day
this February with other environmental organizations.
Earth Day 2003: Once again, the
Bush administration demonstrates
their blatant disregard for environ·
mental issues with continued rollbacks
on key legislation. Bolstered by funds
from the timber, mining, and oil
industries, Bush and his cronies are
methodically dismantling the fundamental laws regulating the quality of

our air and water, as well as jeopardizing
America's forests and wilderness areas.
In response to this alarming onslaught
of rollbacks, the nationwide Earth Day
2003 campaign was launched. In order
to halt Bush's anti-environment agenda, .,.
we will be educating and rallying the;}'
public to show this administration that ·.
these cutbacks are unacceptable.
To discover more about WashPIRG
and this quarter's campaigns, join us
Thursday, January 23 at 3:30 p.m.
in the Longhouse for the General
Interest Meeting or come see us on the
third floor of the CAB, space 9 in the
StudenrActivities area. We are :rlso -in
need of a coordinator for the Earth Day
2003 campaign. Your inp~t and active
participation is vital in order for these
campaigns to become a success.

Mike Simmons, who had been employed as a student consultant in Academic
Computing since 1985, died peacefully after a four-year batrle with brain cancer
last Thursday.
Friends and family will remember him for his honesty, integrity, deep work ethic,
and sense of humor.
. Simmons was known for his devotion to students. Even late on a Friday night, on
hiS way out for a beer with friends, he would stop to help our someone with a problem.
He loved Evergreen, was passionate about life-long learning and frequently reminded his
colleagues "we're here for the students. »
Sim~ons first love was for his family, and then his motorcycle. He would take long rides
at the drop of a hat, and then fascinate his friends with tales of his rides.
His wife, Karen, three stepchildren, and six grandchildren survive him.
Servic~s are being planned on Saturday January 25 at 5:00 P.M. in the Longhouse.
Look In next weeks CPJ for more on Mike Simmons life. For more information
contact: Kelli Flynn at extension 5891.

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Brian
Chandler
by Marcus Craven
The Evergreen community has lost one
of its alumni. On Monday January 13,
Brian Chandler passed away at the age
of 25. He graduated in 2001 and had
moved to New York last year. Brian was a
caring &iend who was loved by everyone·
who knew him. He will be missed by aiL

Thou~hts

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Proposal
Leaves Little For Higher Education

by Erica Nelson

Ever~reen students should prepare to pay higher prices and receive fewer services.
Why.
.The state budget is in shambles.
In October, a state panel concerning higher education asked for $ 1.1 billion just to get Washington's
colleges sys~e~ back to t~e n~rms of the !1ati~n. ~ut,in Dec~mber, Governor Locke proposed a cut
of $ r09 millIon to publIc higher education ~n~tltut1ons. It s_J>art. of a package that cuts virtually
every state .a gency.to make up for the $2 bIllIOn shortfall Washmgton faces. Locke has said he
does not want to raise taxes.
The p'roposal will now be used by the legislature to draw up its own budget plans. They are
free to change any part of it.
The following are ,the key.point~ ~nduded. in the governor's proposals for higher education:
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All~w colleges to raise tuitIOn 18 percent over next two ,.years to make up for cuts in
.state fundmg
•
Wha~ does this mean: The state sets a cap on tuition each year, and then cuts school's money
exactly eqUlvalen~ ~o the amount the school would make if they raised tuition UP. to the cap. At
Evergrc:en , four millIOn dollars would be cut from the college's general funding. Indiviaual colleges can
determine how much they wal!t to ra.is.e tuitiol! within that limit. Last year, lq percent was the cap set
by the state, and all schools .ratsed. tl}l,tlOn as high as they could. Since 18 percent is the cap proposed
for the next two years combined, If It S approved, students could expect tuition to go up another nine
percent or so. TJ-iat wOlll~ put the cost. of an ,Evergreen edu,cation to about $3800- for a resident and
over $13,000 fo,r non-resldel!ts. Washll1gtons sdlools ar.en t happy about this. At a recent meeting
of the House H.lgher. Education Committee, ,:epresentatlves from colleges across the state criticized
the. propose~ tUIUO~ Increase. A .truste~ at WSLJ,. Ken Alhadeff, said, "We fully fund our institutions
of l!1car~erat!,on ... If you commit a cn~e we wdl buy 100 percent of your tuition to ~() to a state
pellitenuary. He wanted a total commitment to all education in Wasnington State "We can't put
a road block at 12th grade," he said.
.
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Cut 2.5 percent of e~ch institutiot,ls budget for "~ffic~eng"
•
What thiS n:eans: Th~s g?es ~long WIth wha~ Lock~ IS. dOIng In the re~t of the state. Each ~ency
was asked to claSSIfy all ~C~lVltIeS Into low and high prIOrIty, tnen cut things that are identifIed as
low.. Steve Trotter, who IS In charge of Everg~eens budget.' says tryat Evergreen isn't automatically'
looking for places to cut for the ~a~e of effiCiency'. In their plannll1g process, the college will ada
the 2.5 perc<;nt cut to the four millIOn that woula be cut wIthout a tuition hike, then Took at the
cuts as one big froblem they have to solve.
• . C~eate ,500 new student spots in high demand fields like nursing, computers, and
engtneermg
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•
What this me.ans: Eastern Washington has already' put on an admissions freeze to stop
th.e glut of stuqents It could no longer handle. Ever~reen has suspended any new admissions for
winter and spnng <lua~ters this year. W~shington S~ate is eXp'ected to need 29,000 more slots
for s.tu.dents by 2"00"8, Just t~ keep .l!P with populatIon growth. Considering this need for new
adI?Isslons, 1,500 nev: spots In speCIfIed fields seems like a small drop in a large pool of students
tryIng to get an educatIon.
•
Continu;e new const;ruction to encourage more jobs "
,
. • What th~s means: ThIS part of ~he budget recom~endatlOns IS Locke s baby. He found funding
In the state caP.Ital budget (a Dudget Just f?r constructions, ren:odel.ing, etc ... ) for new buildings all
over (he state, In hope;s .that (he construc~lOn and subsequen.t Jobs In these new structures willnelp
boost the ec~nomy. CntIcs say t~at there WIll be no money avaIla~le to hire a~yone to ~ll the buildings,
as the ~tate IS already engaged In new layoffs. At a recent meetIng of the House H~her Education
CommIttee, ~~e~green PreSIdent L.es Purce expressed his gratitude at seeing Seminar 1I1milt, and took
care not 110 CrltJClZeany other portion of the 15udget pacKage too harshly.
•
Increase .the state nee~ grant program.
• . What thIS means.;- ThIS seems to-b~ anotlter part of the budget that the representatives of
the c<?llege are happy about. It ~ould ~elp some rt;sIdent students cover the rising cost of college.
~ashIngton has a good recor~ of IncreasIn~student aId along with tuition. But last year, the legislature
.
dId not app'rove of the grant Inc~eases thafLocke proposed.
,Ideally', the bud~et wIll be fi,nIshed by gradu~tIon this 'year, in the middle ofJune. The legislature
WIll ~eceI'fe a ,funding forec,,:st I.n March. tIl at WIll determIne many decisions, an with all the painful
slashIng, It Will be no surpnse If the legislature takes longer to make up its mind. Some sort of plan
has to gel by July 1 though, when the next biennium starts.

by Mike Treadwell

The "Speaking of Our Rights"
in the lecture hall building fasted
exactly one hour for me. As a
journalist I didn't want to be there
when individuals got up and talked
about thier abortion eXp'eriences. It
reallywasn't any of my business.
The celebration comes as the
'Pro-Choice' movement gears up
for some supposed confrontation
with the Busn administration over
abortion issues. During the lecture
they showed a tape on the history
behind Roe v. Wade decision. I
found this of particular interest
because I wanted to see the movements and. people involved behind
the camp'algn.
Another thing I found of interest was some wordin& that was used
during the lecture; 'Low income
people not having access ... " and
from danger to dignity" were
among the phrases of interes t
because
of the way they were
used at times made it difficult to
understand them.
The video also showed the
other 'Pro-Life' advocates and the
troubles they sometimes cause to
abortion doctors and at the clinics.
The few situations showcased on
the video were of abortion doctors
getting shot.
Tne audience, made up mostly
of Evergreen students, was sizeable
but didn't fill the entire hall.
.
One thing that has always
bothered me about the abortion
issue is the label each group has.
In an honest world we would only
have two accurate labels: ProAbortion and Anti-Abortion.
The pro choice politicians
would never let a woman choose
to get out of the fraudulent social
security system or let her choose
not to pay her income tax. These
politiCIans also don't let people
choose to use drugs either. TIley
are only pro-choice on one issue.
Pro-life politicians aren't too prolife when it comes to sending your
children off to die in some foreign
land. Labels mislead.
Another interesting thing to
see is how 'radicalized' both Sides
of the issue are. Each side only
wants to hear the words from theIr
own mouths . There is no room
for debate. It will be interesting
to see how things pan out over the
next ~ewyears.

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by EriCh A/bedt
In less than a year, the BUsh administration and the U.S. mass media have altered
the role of public enemy #1 from the "evil
terrorist" Osama bin Laden to the "despotic
dictator" Saddam Hussein. The administration and the media have failed to adequately
differentiate between the radical Islamic
fundamentalist bin Laden, who is likely connected to the September 11, 2001 attacks,
and the authoritarian secular nationalist
Hussein. This is evident in President Busks
statement in September 2002 that: "You
can't distinguish between al-Qaida and
Saddam when you talk about the war on
terror." There are three major common
characteristics between Hussein and bin
Laden, though they are not the ones suggested by the Bush administration.
The first commonality of these two
figures is that the U .S. supported both
of them in the past when it served its

interests. Ac~rding to Said Aburish, author
of Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge,
Hussein and the CIA became aligned as
early as 1959 in Cairo, where he was in
exile at the time. The purpose he says
was to "co-operate with the Americans
towards the overthrow of General Kassem
in Iraq," which was accomplished by the
Ba'ath Party in 1963 with "substantial" U.S.
involvement. Many communists and leftists
considered dangerous to the Ba'ath Party
were eliminated based on lists supplied by
the CIA.
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In the early 1980s, the U.S. formally
established ties with Hussein after he invaded
Iran. The U.S . opposed U .N. action to
condemn the invasion, removed Iraq from
the list of nations supporting terrorism, and
began transferring weapons and technology
to Iraq. Among the weapons exported to
Iraq were chemical and biological weapons
used against Iraq's Kurdish population
during the war with Iran . And the U.S.

An Israeli soldier escorts the mayor of the West Bank town of Jayyous and his son.

continued to transfer weapons to Iraq until his family and tribal members in top governthe day they invaded Kuwait in 1990.
ment positions. He began the eight-year War
In 1979, the U.S. began covertly arming against Iran with the intention of stopping
and assisting Pakistani intelligence (lSI) in Islamic Shiite revolutionaries from invading
the training of the Mujahideen -- made up the Arab world as a way to place Iraq at the
of Mghani tribesmen and radical IsIamists forefront of Arab leadership.
While Saddam Hussein's influence is
from all over the Muslim world -- to fight a
jihad (holy war) against the atheistic SovIets. executed through his authoritarian control
According to Pakistani reporter, Ahmed over Iraq, bin Laden's power is implemented
Rashid in his book Taliban, the Saudi Arabia through a decentralized and loosely conmonarchy, matched the U.S. goverhment's nected coalition of groups operating across
$4 billion investment, and sent the son of a continents. As Rashid writes in Taliban,
construction tycoon, Osama bin Laden, to ·bin Laden's role was to provide "financial
lead the Arab contingent of the Mujahideen. support and a sanctuary" for dozens of
The Soviets pulled out of Mghanistan in fundamentalist groups that are "led by
1992 after being defeated by Mujahideen. militants who had grievances, not so much
The jihad against the Soviets had produced a against the Americans, but their own cornetwork oflslamic organizations that "con- rupt, incompetent regimes." In 1990 bin
stitute a key instrument of U.S. military- Laden lobbied the Saudi monarchy to let
intelligence operations in the Balkans and him raise an army to fight Iraq after the
the former Soviet Union, " writes Michel invasion of Kuwait because he considered
Chossudovsky of the Montreal based Center Hussein "an infidel. "
Despite their conflicting views , both
for Research on Globalisation.
The Hussein and bin Laden are also popular in
second co m- the Arab world because they have confronted
mon a lit y Western aggression. In 1996 Osama bin
shared
by Laden made his first declaration of jihad
Hussein
and aga in st the U .S. and is since pres umed
bin Laden is responsible for the bo mbings of U.S.
their popular- embassy buildings in Tanzania and Kenya
ity in the Arab in 1998, attacking the USS Cole in Yemen
world, despite in 20 00 , plus the Se ptembe r 11 , 200 I
conflicting attacks. Most recently, according to January
ideas of how to 19, 2002 AP report, bin Laden made a
bring
Arab statemen t urging Muslims to '''wake from
so lid a rit y. their deep sleep " . sto p (acting as) ri va ls
Hussein
an and fire their arrows toward their enemies
Arab national- in stead of themselves." I t is likely that
ist once aspired he was referring to the U.S. and Israe l as
to unite the
the enem ies.
Hussein on the other hand made a stand
Arab nations
under him as a against th.e West... first qy achievin g ~) e)l,!'
single powerful first-world status in Iraq before the Gu lf
natio n. As he War. Even though the Iraqi invasio n of
rose to power, Kuwait was highl y cr iti cized by Arabs ,
he killed those he is still respected in the Arab world by
who opposed his ab'ility to survive the harsh economic
him and placed sa nctions imposed by the U.S. over the
last 12 years.
Hussein and bin Laden are nefarious
figures and both allies once used to serve
photo by: Neil Cassidy
U.S. interests. After gaining popularity
in the Arab world and acting against the
U.S. governmenr., .they are now, as enemies,
being used to serve similar interests.

Another Casualty of War
bv Hal Steinberg '

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As the Bush administration continues
working on plans to invade Iraq, some
groups in this country are challenging his
policies. Critics claim he is ignoring the
environmental consequences that would
come with an invasion.
On Saturday January 8th, Phan
Nguyen, a member of Students Educating
Students About The Middle East [SESAME)
gave a presentation on such topics .
According to Nguyen such an attack
would be devastating to the Iraqi people as
well as soldiers for years into the future.
He cited some U.S soldiers who returned
from the Gulf"complaining of sickness.
Nguyen said that their ailments could be
a result of chemical weapons used against
th em during the war.
War will also result in massive destruction to the Iraqi infrastructure. In order
to render the Iraqi military less affective,
Nguyen says that U.S. and allied forces
would destroy bridges, roads, reservoirs,
power plants and other necessities not only
for the military bur also the civilians ofiraq.
In looking at the response of the United
States to Afghanistan, the results would
not be much better in Iraq, accotding to
Nguyen.

After Nguyen spoke, John Reese, a
hydto-geologist who just returned from six
months in Palestine with the Palestinian
Hydrology Group (PHG), spoke. Reese
brought back information on the Israeli
presence in Palestine. While in the region,
Reese took pictures of various spots, to show
as evidence of what is going on in there.
Many of the clips depicted leftover sewage
from industrial plants. According to Reese,
Israeli companies have moved to Palestine
because the environmental restrictions in
the area are less than in Israel.
Reese also showed footage of a wall
being constructed around Palestine, erected
to keep terrorists our ofIsrael. Unfortunately
a result of such a wall will be the takeover
of a large portion of Palestinian ceded
land. According to Reese much of the
good agricultural land being taken will be
beneficial to Israelis. Reese showed pictures
of Palestinians taking back trees that had
been uprooted. One such picture showed
Israeli soldiers coming in to break up the
activity and a Palesrini-an refusing to move.
The Israeli soldier then pointed his gun at
the man and threatened to kill him ifhe did
not move, according to Reese.
As well as document the effects of the
Israeli presence, Reese and his organization
also served to disrupt the flow of normal

day life by doing such things as walking
with Palestinians across checkpoints they
normally would be unable to get across
without international help or the breaking
of curfews. Reese and his group would
break curfew by getting children to go
outside. Reese said that growing children
need to have the ability to move about and
as a result of curfews and other restrictions,
Palestinian children are holed up for days
at a time.

Students
Can't Strike,
Unless They
Have Jobs
by Meta Hogan

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So I missed the anti-abortion rally last
week; I thought it was going to happen on
Saturday, then I heard that it had already
happened. But I did find a tasty morsel of
news hidden in the January 15 Seattle P-I,
which may provide more food for thought
than a local rally ever could. Apparently,
last Sunday (January 19) was Sanctity of
Human Life Day, a manufactured day of
observance declared by Bush, presumably
as a counterbalance to the 30,h anniversary
of Roe v. Wade. According to the P-J,
Bush encouraged Americans to "mark the
celebration at home or in places of worship,
to help others in need, and to ' reaffirm
our commitment to respecting the; life and
dignity of every human being'." Ha!
Forget for the moment that, in the course
of the speech, Bush went from "respect[ing]
life" to "respecting the life and dignity of
every human being" to "equal dignity and
equal rights for every American" to " those
without the voice and power to defend
their own rights." This narrowing-down of
those deserving of 'respect' is a relatively
acceptable rhetorical device. The larger
hypocrisy lies in what it means to "respect
the life and dignity of every human being"
(or even just every American.) I know
it doesn't take much to catch Bush in a
hypocritical moment that combines comedy
and tragedy so well. (Of all the people who
have caused me to laugh bitterly, embrace
cynicism as the only response, and clench
my fists for weeks on end, Bush definitely
takes the cake.)
If one takes his actions as any indication,
his idea of "respecting the life and dignity
of every human being" is for the most part
a privilege ' restricted to the disgustingly
wealthy and th e unborn. If one could
somehow convince him that everyone below
the poverty line-in every country-fell
under the definition of "unborn," we'd be
set. Bur you wouldn't even have to go that
far; just find one pregnant woman killed
in our recent involvement in Afghanistan.

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Recently, a group of doctors
on the East Coast held a strike
over the rising costs of malpractice insurance. Teachers in
this area have held strikes over
wages. The most publicized
strikes are in professional sports.
Strikes are a legitimate way
for people to protest company
management or working conditions. Students, however,
cannot strike, because they are
not doing any work.
I would agree that schools
do benefit the community;
they provide jobs, research,
and other services, but the
main beneficiaries of the school
system are the students, who
receive an education. Being a
college student is, in itself, a
privileged position. "Work"
for a student means studying,
and since the only immediate
beneficiary of that study is the
person doing it, refusing to
study is not an effective form
of protest. The student who
forgoes his education is like a
shopper who buys a bunch of
food then throws it away. It
may make a statement, but it
isn't going to hurt the person
selling the food. Students could
arrange a boycott, but at this
time in the year the quarter has
already been paid for.
Students can protest, as they
do all the time, but they cannot
strike. I agree with the protest
against tuition raises , but am
put off by the fact that it
was inappropri ately called a
'strike.'

Rights for 'the unborn? Not there.
The big question (and perhaps this will
also answer the question "why does none of
this make sense?") is this: on what principles
do you, George W. Bush, base the respect
for the life and dignity of every human
being?
Principles? Doesn't that mean something
along the lines of permanent, abstract
ideas about how the world should be,
and consequently how one should act to
bring that about? Yep. But the key here
is "permanent, abstract," signifying that
a principle can neither be whipped out
when it's convenient or applied selectively.
The difference between a person who uses
principles and a principled person lies in the
indiscriminate application of a principle.
If, for example, you denounce the terrorist
attacks of 9111 because you oppose on
principle the killing of civilians, then you
must also condemn the particular aspect
of American foreign policy that allows
for "collateral damage." Likewise, if Bush
opposes abortion based on the principle of,
as he puts it, "equal dignity and equal rights
for every American," then he also must
perform an about-face on loads of other
issues. His responsibility for the inequity of
public schools, for example, or tacit support
of virulent racists.
So what? The handy catch in cases like
these (and Bush traps himself here fairly
regularly) is that you, the voter, the citizen,
the "every American" or even the "every
human being, " can call the bluff. Quote
him back to himself; remind him of his
principles. What will that accomplish? On a
grand scale, probably nothing. I can almost
guarantee that he will not change a policy
or make a public statement just because you
sent a letter to the White House urging him
to'consider his "life and dignity of every
American" principle.
But at least you can unclench your fi sts,
assert that principles are not transitory,
and start developing your own antibody
to cynicism.

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--A
VOice
We all have dark and abiding desires to
possess certain things in this world . For my
part. I often desire finely made tall leather
boots. even though I have plenty of shoes.
Sometimes even the possibility that the shoe
was made in a sweatshop is not enough to
deter my d esire to own them. Yet the new
notion that I mustlive within my means may
take from the money I should be using to
support my success as a graduate student.
Being responsible is loathsome sometimes. I
hate to say. It often makes one self-tighteous
as well. Or in my case. rabidly cynical.
Yes. many people co unter me about my
cyr.ical and suspicious nature. ·It stems from
a certain pretense: the Eart h was once a
marvelous place. full of bounty and wondrous
creation. Then people had to come along try
to make it "better." This coincided with the
day that Thag asked Thog. "Why Thog make
wheel?" to which he answered. "Why not?"
This was followed by the first car sale. Thog
make Thag deal. throw in three sharp sticks
and Thag pay me moose meat for six moons
instead of all now. In fact. in any of our sad
little attempts to make things "better" we
seem to end up back where we started. For
example. Americans stopped child labor in

the Western world. Instead we shipped it
to Korea. China. Mexico. Guatemala. Costa
Rica. and Taiwan.
This goes back to a simple understanding
of human energy. A considerable amount
of negative energy is created in sweatshops.
Our clothing and other items made there
carry a high cost. Desperation, sadness, and
even physical flesh and blood are woven into
the very fabric of these clothes. There is a
cultural cost as well. Poverty is contrasted
with industrial capitalists whose growing
incomes influence government regulation of
environmental protections and unionization.
In more stringent governments. capitalists
force the poor to work unreasonable hours
while being imprisoned.
There are many companies that use sweatshop labor. so I will stick to clothing manufacturers you may encounter in Olympia.
Wal-Mart engages in economic terrorism and
labor rights abuses. Disney brand clothes
fearured at Wal-Mart are made in China by
forced labor. Most products that Disney
produces are made exclusively in China. The
Gap. Nike, Bed and Bath, Gap. Inc., Gucci,
Kenneth Cole. Eddie Bauer. Florsheim, J.
Crew. Reebok. Nike. and Liz Claiborne all

engage in animal rights abuses with their
leather products and use big-time sweatshop
labor while committing human rights abuses.
Unfortunately, Levi-Strauss, makers of the
once American icon blue jeans has moved
to various countries and is involved in
multiple human and labor rights violations.
(www.responsibleshopper.org)
Deforestation: The Fisher family. founders
and executives of the Gap, Banana Republic.
and Old Navy clothing chains, purchased
230,000 acres of forestland in Mendoc ino
County, California, and have been logging
old-growth redwoods there. The logging will
destroy struggling Coho salmon fisheries.
wipe out precious wildlife habitats, pollute
public drinking water. and permanently
degrade the once-magnificent redwood
forests of the Mendocino coast (Greenwood
Watershed Association, as taken from
www.responsibleshopper.org).This is not to
mention these stores' excessive human rights
abuses. including using slave labor and forced
labor for their clothing. And the list goes
on . Read labels and refuse merchandise from
these stores in gracious manner. If you rerurn
clothing, make sure you tell them why. If you
work for them, this might be a good time to

learn a little more about integrity.
A boycott of these companies is not hard.
As I said before, all the clothes you need
are readily available at thrift stores and
outlet stores. Or you can make your own
clothes. Live simply, even if you have desires
beyond your means, even if it means giving
up something that seems really in fashion but
tha r won't last a summer of wearing or washing This goes back to intention. Sweatshop
clo l hes are made in a way that promotes
low quality construction and materials. If
YOll hate something, how well would you be
will lllg to make it? Stop wearing the pain and
suffe ring of others as a badge of superficial
beauty. A beautiful mind can give you a
better life than material things.
Next Week. Part III: FrankenFood!
Info on Boycotts:
http://www.responsi bleshopper.org
http://www.cleanclothes.org
http://www.coopamerica.org

Bear Speaks

by
.: Klithryn
Johnson
I am completely flabberga sted. not to
mention a little befuddled. when I witness
the amount of chemicals sprayed on domestic
lawns jusr to kill weeds! Many of these weeds
are often non -native, medicinal plants that
are only considered "weeds" because they are
so hearty and well-adapted to this environment. Plants like dandelion, plantain. and
clover spring up even under the harshest
of circumstances; even being run over by
automobiles doesn't seem to faze them.
It stands to reason that we take on the
qualities of the food we ingest. This being the
case, weeds may be the perfect food if we want
to survive. and thrive in this world. Many
of these hearty edible "weeds" have more
vitamins and minerals than labor-intensive
garden vegetables. Watercress has three times
as much vitamin E as lettuce and nearly three
times the calcium of spinach (Harris 1968).
Dandelion contains six times the vitamin A
and over twice the calcium, phosphorus and
iron of garden lettuce (1968) . Just imagine the
amount of pollution that would be avoided
if people stopped spraying the weeds on
their lawns and st'3rted eating them! Not
o nly would they be healthier, the water
table would be more pure, and thousands of
gallons of gas and oil would be saved in food
transportation .
The word "vegetable" is a relatively new
term . Only 200 years ago. what we now

january 23, 2003

Part II: .the Wild Woman
of the Woods
consider vegetables were referred to as "herbs"
(Harris 1968). Even beets and carrots were
con sidered herbs and used medi c inally.
Lettuce was used as a nerve sedative. We now
know it contains B vitamins, which help avoid
and overcome nervous exhaustion . Modern
nutrition terms vegetables as "protective
food s" or "preventative medicines," and the
line between food and medicine. weed and
vegetable. begin to blur (1968).
Throughout history, green plants have
been known to contain powerful healing
properties. Many indigenous people. and
all mammals besides the modern human.
live primarily on grasses and green plants
in times of disease (Pitchford 1993). What
is it that makes them so green. anyway?
Ir is ch loroph yll. the life blood of plants .
Chlorophyll is nearly identical in its molecular
structure to hemoglobin (red blood cells).
The only difference between the two is that
the central molecule in blood is iron, and
in chlorophyll it is magnesium (Pitchford
1993). Water is the blood of the Earrh. and
chlorophyll is the blood of plants. Both
contain powerful vibrations that can transform
consciousness and physical reality ifwe choose
to align ourselves with these sources in their
most whole form .
Some of my favorite wild weedy greens are
chickweed. nettles.lamb·s quarters. red clover,
plantain. kale, nasturtium. borage (mostly
flowers) and dandelion. I've made salads by
combining mostly chickweed and kale with a
garnishing of red clover, nasturtium. borage
flowers. and young dandelion leaves. I've
enjoyed adding the less-weedy flowers of
the snapdragon for it 's sunny yellow and

deep crimson colors. These make stunningly
liver helper. Dandelion: as a tonic. it helps
colorful , highly nutritious, low nuintenance,
heal and prevent cancer. heart. lung. digestion ,
and conveniently economical salads.
and joint problems. It is also a good woman's
Chickweed, Stella ria lIIedia. receives th e tonic. toning the uterus and ovaries and
name "Stellaria" for its delicate, sta r-like white
also helping with menstrual problems (Weed
flowers. It is demulcent, diuretic, laxative and
1989).
mildly anti-inflammatory (Epel 1996). It is
Lightly steamed nettles. lamb's quarter;;,
high in vitamin C and an old wife's remedy dandelion (flowers raw. leaves raw or steamed).
for obesity (Gibbon 1970). not so much for
nasturtium (flowers raw, greens raw or
its diuretic properties as for its ability to
steamed) and kale (raw or steamed) are high in
dissolve excess fat so that it can be released
iron. protein, calcium and vitamins C. A and
from the body (Weed 1989). It can be eaten
K. Plantain (raw, batter fried or steamed with
raw or lightly steamed.
leaf fibers removed) is also rich in vitamins
With nettles, you can't go wrong (unless of A, C and K and has a soothing effect on the
course you forget that they can sting) . They
intestines. Plantain seeds can be eaten before
can be taken as a nourishing daily brew. They a meal ro decrease the absorption of "bad"
are a great. fortifying plant for pregnancy, cholesterol (Epel 1996). The flowers of clover.
childbirth and lactation. Nettles are a safe
nasturtium. borage and dandelion are all full
diuretic. and a gentle, restorative laxative. of nutrients, medicine and joy.
-Nettles tone the kidneys and adrenals, and
strengthen the respiratory system. They can
even be used
COMPOSITION OF RAW VEGETABLES IN 100 GRAMS
as a nourishing
hair and face
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rinse, and their
fibers make an
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Watercres s/ N as turtiu m grc:en s
root is a supreme

by fuby (Julnn
Do you hear the beating of the drum?
The drum is your heart pounding inside
of you. It pulls you towards the small
actions you can take in your life; it pulls
you past the realization that you are
being taken advantage of. It is a sense
that you have. It is a feeling that you
must act because you have witnessed
things that are not right and you know
that it could, and should be different.
There is never 'The Plan: there is
only 'a plan.' Right now the plan in
front of us, that surrounds and shapes
our lives, is not a good plan. It hurts our
children, our friends, our families, our
environment, and our world. It is a
plan constructed by men who wish
to make money at our expense. They
laugh at us as they poison our children
with cheap food. They rub their hands
together when their plan to perpetuate
our dependence on oil (instead of
investing in sustainable alternatives,)
conrinues to work and continues to pay
off. They shrug when our brave citizens,
<,,!diers, are put in harm's way to secure
their wealth. when our noble military is
used for dishonorable actions, when our
heroes die for their ends.
There exists a class, my fellow citizens,
that is doing whatever it wants, despite
the consequences to our freedoms, to
nur liberties, ro our rights, and to our
lives. They sli ther. despite the effect of
their acrions; they push forward in their
lusr for more and more money. We all
see it. We all have knowledge of the
splinters that make up this club, a club
thar continues to beat us around. We all
have pieces of the puzzle; in our work
and our lives we have been affected in
some way by this arrogant. deceitful
game. A game that I. for one, am tired
of playing.
What holds us back from realizing
that these pieces make a picture? Is it our
thought, due to our humane nature, that
no man or group could be this abusive
for their own gain? History shows us
different. Is it that we are isolated and
have no contact with one another? That
is certainly not true. Do we not realize

that the forces working against us that
cause us to constantly be fire-fighting
in our lives, in our work, and with our
families are the result of hands from
above? We are puppets, attached by
strings of corporate decisions, to our
master's hands. Yet can we not see that
those hands are not of a transcendent
nature, (as much as they make think of
themselves that way,) and can be shackled, our situation able to be changed? We
have alternatives. We have options.
There is power in embracing the
notion that this is bur one way we could
be doing things, that this class struggle
can be eliminated. The controlling
strings in our lives can be cut. We can
still have democracy, and in fact a more
funct.ional one. We must shred the
incentive for individuals to attempt
to attain as much money as they can.
This is a futile objective for all of us
to be working towards because only a
small percentage can get there, while the
majority of us rot in the consequences.
I ask myself, could I even enjoy it if I
ever made that much money, knowing
there are so many suffering and hungry?
I answer no, and I think you do as well.
Forger your lingering thoughts thar
money would buy you happiness. This
is a sham. We have been duped. 00 we
nor see the majority of the wealrhy as
ridicul ous. their state of affairs unhappy
and drugged, their lives silly ente rtainment? Do we not see how their opu lence
and wealth corrupts their minds?
Is this really a goal worth striving
towards, or is there more honor in the
more noble goal of pursuing solutions.
following a path that helps us all to be
more happy and taken care of and draws
us together as a community) A path that
will allow us to use the great power of
this country responsibly.

bjI Annieaneffe
Daubed
,
I wanted to say something for
"Voices of Color" bur I didn't feel like
I had the right, and I still think that I
don'£. Why? Because I look white. My
name is entirely French. and France is
a country that was, and still continues
o be, a major colonizer of "under\!eveloped nations." I have had the
i ~nefits of passing in large ways and in
~; .1all. An example of this privilege was
h, ing placed in the "better" building
h a prejudiced white manager of a low
-income housing complex. And even
though (because I was poor) I was a
target for violence and prejudice from
the surrounding upper class whites, I
was still able to play with white children
in school.
Technically speaking though. I am
not white.
Someone once to ld me, "You
shouldn't admit that," when I told
him r was parr Native American. Bur
I know that I should because if I do
not deconstruct my own wh iteness and
allow my color to be seen, then I am
part of (he "sea of white" that washes
over and erodes the hope of people
who are obviously people of co lor. I
should, because if I allow history to
be rewritt en ro include the Irish in
me, and the Native American . into a
new idea of "White." 1 am denying the
strict traditional codes of "Whiteness ."
and th e fact that they eve r existed .
I am denying that the true 'White'
class. mainly descend ents of English
Co lonis rs, authored and published
numerou s articles calling the Iri sh
people ' Simian' just as th ey did the
African peoples.
.
If I go a long with the riptide of
this new whireness. I cover up the
reasons why behavioral violence and
gangs happen in ghettos. I go along
and effectively erase the history of the
~hetro and allow "educated" people
o ignorantly believe the prejudiced

Next week - Hope is a Drum, Parr II :
Affecting Change
Toby Quinn is an Evergreen studenr
in the MPA program.

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sentiment that "blacks are inherently
violent." Instead of the historically
proven truth: ghettos set people up
to compete against each other over
a very limited supply of necessaryto-life resources like drinkable water,
nourishing food, and tenable shelter.
If I were to allow myself to forget
this truth, I would have to block out
the memories of having "inspections"
whenever the management felt like,
and cockroaches crawling up my legs
at night when I went to the toilet. Of
eating food bank cinnamon rolls when
I wanted meat. Of turning on the tap
and having brown water run from it
and that one winter we only had cold
water to bathe with. I would have to
forget how, on hot nights, I had to
close the window because someone
had to warm up their car in the parking lot, or how peoples' domestic life
existing too close for privacy kept me
up. Or the nights that the building's
fi re alarms would wake us up and
we'd stand among the cars in the rain
waiting for the firefighters to come,
and sometimes they didn't, though
they were not even a mile away. I
would have to forget how growing up
in that kind of life affected my pursuit
of happiness. I would have to forget
how it made me see things so much
differently than the little boy across
th e fre eway and up the hill , whose
warm bed, in his own quiet and private
room, gave him a leg up in the rat race
that is public school.
If I went along and just said that
I was white. I would be perpetuating
rhe Black vs. White system of "divide
and conquer" oppression. I would
be denying rhat people are not black
and white, that we are a spectrum of
experiences and histories. If went along
with saying I was white, I would be
denying my own existence.

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This is merely a glimpse of the healing
and nutritional constituents of these plants
and there are many more wild edibles rhat
I haven't mentioned. I encourage you to do
research on your own and definitely buy a
good field guide if you are serious about
eating weeds. For this area, Plants of the
Pacific Northwest by Jim Pojar and Andy
MacKinnon, is a good place to start. Make
sure you have positively identified the plant
before earlng it, and be mindful of your
collection site. Collect at least 10 yards away
from roadsides, and make sure the lawn is
not sprayed before chomping down on some
dandelion.
My time ar Sun Ray's paradise has come to
an end. The wet, cold darkness expands and

the light takes on a subtle. whispering quality
of rest. I know my journey in sustainable
living has just begun. I have many challenges
with which to dance before I am able to live
fully as a child of the earth . The past few
months have given me a vision for maximum
health with minimum impact and minimum
input. Weeds and water are a good place
to begin the shift to live more lightly on
the earth. The medicine w,e most need is all
around us. Let us stop poisoning these healers
and instead accept the gifts of Mother Earth!
By eating the weeds, we not only heal our own
minds. bodies and spirits, but we also help to
heal the blood. body. and spirit of our sacred
Gaia, a living being, Mother Earrh.
Works Cited

Epel, Thomas J. Botany in a Day. Pony.
MN: HOPS Press. 1996.
Gibbons. Evell. Stalking the Healthful
Herbs. NY: David McKay Co. TNC, 1970.
Harris, Ben C. Eat the Weeds. Barre. MA:
Barre Publishing, 1968.
Pitchford. Paul. Healing With Whole
Foods. Berkley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
1993.
Weed. Susan. Healing Wise. Woodstock,
N -Y: Ash Tree Publishing, 1989.
Works Consulted
Medsger. Oliver P. Edible Wild Plants.
Toronto: Macmillan Co .• 1996,
Medve. Rich ard J. Wild Edible Plants
ofpennsylvania and Neighboring States.
London: Pennsylvania Srate University Press.

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1990. Moore. Michael. Medicinal Plants
of the Pacific West. Santa Fe: Red Crane
Books. 1993.
Pfeiffer, Ehrenfried E. Weeds and What
They Tell. Kimberton, PA: Bio-dynami c
Farming and Gardening Association, INC,
1970.
Pojar. Jim and Andy MacKinnon. Plants
of the Pacijic Northwest Coast. Vancouver.
B.C: Lone Pine Publishing, 1994.
Taylor, Ronald ] . Northwest Weeds: The
Ugly and Beautiful Villains of Fields. Gardens.
and Roadsides. Missoula. MN : Mounr~i r.
Press Publishing Co., 1990.

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The good folks at V ictory Records ,
especia ll y the amiable publicist, Kathi
Haruch, got me inro a sold-our show with
Taking Back Sund ay at the G rac eland on
November 16. They also offered me an
interview with Eddie, one of the guitarists
in the band, who was down-to-earth and
congenial.
Adam Lazarra, the lead singer, fell off
the stage one night a few months back
during a show. H e dislocated his hip and
knocked himself un consc ious. He was
ordered by his doctor to stay home and
rehabilitate. In true punk rock fashion, he
disregarded his doctor's advice and got the
band to go on tour. Adam's no superman
though . Due to his bum leg, he couldn't
jump around like his old, energetic self.
In an act of solidarity and support, the
whole group, besides the drummer who
was behind the drum kit anyway, decided
to sit for the whole set. If the band had
been fully active, the mosh pits would
have been a lot more happening. This is
not to say that the crowd did not have a
~ood time. Oh no-the crowd had a great
time because everybody sang along with
the band, word for word, fists pumping
in the air in unity.
The subdued stage theatrics aside, the
band performed a great set of melodic
hardcore, which sounded like a hybrid of
Dashboard Confessional's brooding sensitivity and Thursday's screaming manifestos.
I reviewed Taking Back Sunday's debut
album, Tell all your frimds, a few weeks
back, so I won't waste precjous print space
by reiterating my review. All you need to
know is that Taking Back Sunday is one
of this year's finest bands, and thanks to
their music, the fast and unsteady revival
of rock and roll is something you can be
proud of.

Jerry: Now that the band has
become so popular, I doubt you still have
your day job in NY.
Eddie: No, I'm no t making sandwiches anymore. I was a deli worker for 9
years. I booked shows on the weekends,
and I played some shows on the weekends.
I've been in this business for 17 years.

J:

How are you traveling?

E: In a sixteen-person van with a huge,
18 by 24 trailer. We wanted to conserve
money by not wasting money on big tour
buses. We're not rock stars. We like to play
music. We rather save the money. The van
is more personal. We don't want to have

our egos get out of hand.

J: Tell me a little bit about Ad am's
acciden t.
E: It was during a Midtown set. He
got on the stage to sing with the band, He
went to put his mike on th e stand, and
he lost balance. He thought he could grab
the barricade. He ended up smashing his
head; he was knocked unconscious, a nd
he had to get about 75 stitches. He also
dislocated his hip. We're not supposed to
be touring right now.
.

J: What do you think about other
independent bands out of NY?
E: NY has always been a strong music
scene. I'm proud of where I am from , the
music scene, and the bands. NY kind of
reminds me of Seattle when Nirvana and
Soundgarden came out. Now, everyone's
flocking to NY to sign bands.

J:

Do you like the Strokes?

E: They're garage rock; they're good for
what they do. Although, I kind oflike bands
that have worked for it. Every band from
Long Island is a hard working band. You
gotta get a little dirt under your nails.

J: You gotta pay your dues.
E:Mmhmmm.

J: How do you feel about being labeled
emo?

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and say "Hey buddy," and we'll be like,
"Fuck off," just like that.

J: How did you guys come up with
the name?
E: No one really knows who named
the band. I like to think] did because
I'm the oldest. It's from a Smiths b-side.
There is a line that's really emotional in that
so ng, and TBS is mentioned, and it's always
stuck with us. We always tell people that
we're born C hristians, or we're football fans
because football's big on Sunday.

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and being 16 and living on his own and
dating an abusive girlfriend. Me, I have the
issue of being in love with my best friend
and dating her and losing her. There are
advices if kids want to relate to them (sic).
The songs are also about life; we try to
keep it real.

After making Princt:SS Mononoke, Japan's legendary anime director Hayao Miazaki
said he would no longer make films. Seeing Spiriud Away, we are glad he changed his
~ind. In Spiriud Away, ~e works purely from a children's fable and makes a beautiful
piece of entertainment that is as terrifYing as it is delightful. It follows a little girl named
Chihiro (voiced by Daviegh Chase in the dubbed version) on a journey which in many
ways seems reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland and is a treat for the senses on the big
screen. As her parents turn into pigs when they invade what looks .like an abandoned
theme park that they spot while on vacation, Chihiro winds up having' to serve a host
of strange patrons at an old fashioned bathhouse for the witchlike caretaker, Yubaba
(Suzanne Pleshette) who she believes is trying to steal her identity. There are infinite
directions to proceed with this material and Miazaki spares nary a detail as he once again
draws every frame by hand, giving beautiful depth and body and vibrant color to each
one. It's a movie where you can be entertained looking even in the comers of the screen
at the luminous action taking shape. It's more entertaining (and less depressing) than
Mononoke and best of all, it never steps wrong by rubbing it's message in your face like so
many Disney productions that only wish they had this kind of charm .
Naqoyqatsi Rating: * * stars
Viewing the body of work by Godfrey Reggio and Peter Fricke, one begins to realize
how quickly the style wears itself out. It's all pretty redundant. Formless, shapeless,
almost hype r-kin eric, quasi-documentary employing the use of fast and slow-motion
photography, a disturbingly mesmerizing score by Phillip G lass, time-lapse transfer
techniques (showing clouds fly by at an incred ible rate), and footage from around the
world of d ifferenr cultures .... all being used to ex haus t an already narrow-m inded,
un en lightened, fl ogged, dead horse of a message about dehumanization, rhe ugliness
of rechnology, overpopu lat ion, decadence and the general evil of human beings. It's
interestin g sl u,rl to watch for about ten minutes, bur it doesn't work as a full-Ien grh
.It'lovic. Even if ir could, i~ertainly would h ave to remain a single fi'Im and not become
several. Naqo)'qa lSl IS rhe -tina l chapter IJ1 the qats l tril ogy and the least effecrive.
Mean ing " Life in War, " Naqoyqarsi sets out into roughl y the same territory wirh typical
superficiali ty. \V'lur's mo re, ir's completely hypocriti cal. denouncing the same technol ogy
thar makes its very crear ion possible.
21- f-follr Pflrty Peoplt' Rating: _.. 1/2 stars

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installation combinef paper mache carnival fuads 'wiih ;;id~d and ~kdio. '"~dr;ar;
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24 !-IOllr Prlrty j't!ojile is an extraordinarily intelligent biopic of Tony Wil son ~ 'a TV
personaliry working in the B.B.C. around the time when punk rock was beginning to
take off and getting ready to sweep England . He sees its birth in an empty co ncert hall
in Manchester circa 1976 as The Sex Pistols (whom Steve Coogan, playing Wilson and
~---------------------------------------------the other acrors are seamlessly blended in with) deliver a show that brings th e band into
th eir ~ame/infamy. Tony predicts their rise. This energetic am! surprisingly funny new
fil_1n from Michael Winterbottom is about the evolurion of popular music from its rebellion in the late seventies to its destruction in rhe early nineties with the birth
ot. rave culture, ~tandll1g there i~ awe at the Pistols, Tony knows he is staring into the future. The film's arc shows the rise and fall of Wilson's Factory Records which
With a contract Signed 10 Wdsons own blood on the wall, became one of the most famou s and least successful labels in history. Coogan makes his Wilson a wonderfully
hkabl;, I~ero as he tells us (hterally, the au~!ence) . with an al~ost poeti~ touch, of his excitement, and at one point, mentions that a scene rhat seems missing in the
film, wtll probably turn up on the DVD. Thanks to a dehghtfully witty screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the film creates an air of nostalgia and ironic humor
that is real and proud, not overly sarcastic and cynical.
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band that you want to clear up?
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E: I don't let it bother me. To me, it's
bad review about us. Carlo something. He
all rock and roll. People are really silly about
., writes. for a Portland underground paper.
the emo thing. They think it's a new music
He said something like I hate when I get
thing. Whatever kind of band you want
rich white suburban kids playing bad pop
to be in, people are always reacting to the
punk. It really upset me. First of all, I'm
music. There is no such thing as emf'. We're
Hispanic. Second of all, we're not all rich .
a rock and roll band.
We didn't grow up rich . When people think
we're rich white kids, that upsets me.
J: You guys signed with Victory over
big corporate labels, what gives?
J: You guys aren't The Strokes,
E: We're an indie band. A lot of majors
want to sig n us. They always talk to us
about it. We're not ready. Eventually we
will, but th e band needs to go through a
process. Bands th at get signed with.major
labels will have one 'album, and nobody will
hear about them again, When a band sticks
with a great indie label, that band will put
out albums, and people will always know
about them . For now, this is how we want
to do it; we want to stay indie. We've told
a lot of majors to fuck off. Trust me. They

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J: What is one fact that people should
know about TBS?
E: We don't bullshit. We're honest
people. We're sweet guys: We're not rock
stars. We're not all about the money. We do
okay, butwe respect our fans a lot. Without
them, we wouldn't be here. We're not caught
with all the glam of rock and roll .

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