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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 31, Issue 29 (May 29, 2003)
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Warped Thoughts to Get You Through the Day
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(or: The thoughts that kept me out if the Ivy League colleges)
Can you cook a person in the oven to the
point where they will be fork tender?
1 saw a bumper sticker that said,
"Race Cars, Not Dogs." Where's the
logic in that? You could get killed
racmg a car.
ee KepralOS
ourna
Blood is thicker than water but it makes lousy lemonade.
I think global warming is a big lie. Where are all these
environmental experts hiding when I'm freezing my ass through
a long winter?
Mother Teresa called from beyond
the grave: She hates you.
Abraham Lincoln's secret nickname was
"Kegdrainer"
,
wntte~ by
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I think America's
POWER lies In its
choosing only incompetent nations as enemIes.
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These technophiles
who are obsessed with
their big sound systems
spend hundreds of dollars spoi ling themselves
with massive state-of-theart mega-speakers with
the finest sound quality
money can buy all so they
ca n listen to the clearest
version of "Move Bitch"
one could ever hope for.
CWag CUflcQe CBel'l maftftied to ~Ul'lt Jemima?
One
bad thing
aboul
being a
serial
killer it
that every
time you
meet
someone
you like,
you
always
end up
having to
kill them.
*
Who says I'm not environmentally
friendlJ.?
JLlfe is
like
a ro[(
of toilet
paper:
mbe
rloser
!,Oll ~et
The other dt!l I carved "Save the
Whales' into an old paciJtc redwood tree with
my pocket knife.
What exactly are Honky-Tonk
Women? What's different about
them from other women? And
what's a Cross-Tie Walker? For that
mauer, who put the Bop in the BopShoo-Wop?
to tbe
rnb, tbe
{aster
It
~oe5.
is full of choices
bLife
ut V.8\l can never get
any en them.
With mlites, does giving hand jobs count as fellatio?
There's
more tnan
one wa'( to
My million dollar idea:
Sell something for a million dollars.
SkIP a ca
but c()me
on,
how
many are YQY
gonrta netd.
If you pray with your hands facing down, you get the opposite of what you pray for.
Whenever I watched
Charlie Brown as a
little kid, I always
thought the sound
on the TV was on
the fri tz whenever the
adults spoke.
For breakfast at the Nazi theme restaurant,
I recommend the Lufrwaffles, On the lunch
menu , I'd stick with the Nuremburger.
Happiness is overrated.
I've been to Harvard. You're really not missing all that
much. It really is as pretentious as everyone believes. How
pretentious is it? They have a caft called Daedallus.
Prison inmates are treated to cable TV, hot meals and an
education with any kind of literature they w.ant; things that
some people can only afford with a life of crzme.
group' visit:the
Highland Games '
for an afternoon
pfpleiisurea~d .;',:
;~,: ~'
"I don't think anyont would want to sual
my stuff, CIIZ it all looks prmy
scrappy. I don't havt a bikt
or anything. I don't think
anyone would want to sual my
japanese uxtbook. 1 think if
1 did haUl a bik. or somnhing
I'd lock it up. "
Joel Kikuchi· junior
j apanfSf Languag. & Cultu,.
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:' Scottishculturr ..
; andh;'i~dge. ' ....
'B~ought to
"f yell. yo. dude,
clan', tou ch my shit!
Thfl/s my s,h it! Get
tl Wil y ji'Olll it! ..
Olivia Soileau
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.th~ EV~rgTe~~
Mediroal Society
.' and others.
Junior · MtlIw/inilies &
I FemjllilliJicI:
Sex If FUll, HilI
I G"nuJ('r h n Dmg
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"The jim step is: f
can't afford anything
of value, "
TYler Combs
Junior· FQulldationJ
o[Vimfl/ Art,
"/fsomeone steals my
stuff, it's fate, Even if
I lost something in m'y
walLet, if I'm good it
wilL be retllrnecl. It's
happened!"
Naoko Shimada
Junior · Mathemalical Mtthods
"I usually just keep
it in my pockets. I don't
usually bring much
stuff "
Dave Parris • Swior
["tro to Millie Hchnology
"I don't rMlly take
any steps, I don't lock
my door or anything
like that, ..
Asaf Beasley
Sophomort • Malia 6- MOlion
"[ ""P il with "If, bUI [ diJ,, '1
",ally mind ifmy 'Iuffg'" ,101m.
I think there should be a
government policy that
req lJ.1res all the cra~y people
who wal~ around the City
,. . talking to-themselves,
to be in pairs at all times
so it looks liKe they're haying
an actual conversation.
"
The reigning
Baron and
Baroness from the
local mediroal
What steps do you take to
keep your stuff from getting
stolen on campus?
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate by ringing a
bell before presenting it with meat powder and ,gradually removed
the meat P9w(~k!" t<? induse salivation usingjust tfie bell and thereby
proved an Important pomt: Dogs are stupId.
.
Dor/t give in to hate.
Unle~s it's th3-t
trendy 'new' hate.
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s sue 29 • may 29, 2003
by Sophal Long & Renata Rollins
The night belongs to Michelob. The night used to belong to lovers but it was bought off by Michelob.
My computer
keeps telling me that
it performed
an
illegal
operation and
must be shut
down. Why is
my computer
doing
th is
shit behind
my back ? I'm
just trying
to
type
a
paper
and
my computer
is
busy
downloading
kiddie porn,
trafficking
a drug order
and sending
a threatening
e-mail to The
White House.
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stut/ent work
Why is it that whenever
you wonder whether or
, .
not you're getting enough
fiber in your diet, it's
If you re ID bed an.d yo.u
thlDk your house IS bemg
always at the wrong
broken into, pick UR the phone
moments?
but don't call the police. Call for a
pizza. Nowadays, with all these' 15 minutes'
policies, the deliveryman shows UR before the police even
answer your call. If there is a burglar, he'll run!
except fo,. one thing-my hearl.
But ;t won't gn ltO/tll CUZ irs 100
big, [just try 10 RUp an 'Y' oul.•
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Fmhman .· Gooa Ciliun
TESC
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", l'f£vergreeri awarded a 'most ';, someope with a radio background,"
patient' iw~rd, ' ihe" (foik.s at· !(AOS', ..But it'hasn't been particularly easy
would almos't . certa.inly steal the ' to' balance hisrespon,sibiliries as
prize. . ..
interim general manager with his
For ne~r1y three years, . the. usual 'duties as di'rector of student
student/community radio station has activities. In. particular, as director
been without a permanent general of student activities, he is in charge
manager, who, according to voluntee'r of overseeing Evergreen's child care
producer John Ford, do~ "a little bit center, which is moving to a new
o~everythj'ng'~-'-oversees all 'day-to-. location this summer. A <;ouple
day operations, sets the tone of the weeks ago, he put in two 13-hour
station, assists students and program- days in a row, working until 1 a.m.
'
iners, works on budget issues, iooks each night.
at possible grant pr!>posals, and deals
The search process has gone on
with S&Aand aCademic deans. Now, for so long in part because Men:ado
after selecting the tOp four candidates felt that he needed ,to · "address
p'u t of a large' pool .of 49 applicants, . other' priorities at the station:' first.
t he-proceSS idirially coming to an Priorities'like balancirigihe budget,
end . . ',
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moving .the; transmitter' fr.oni ' the,
TOin Merca~Q,: ,diree'tor' of stu- roof of the CAB to 'Himwater"Huf, .
dent ac~ivititJ, 'is the hiring authority and focusi~g ori getting students
in' a sear~h c<;>mmittee made up of . involved with KAOS again; . ~ .' "
Now that those issues have been
KAOS .staff, 'Art Costandrio (vice
president ofstudent ~ffairs), Phyllis taddcd,: Mercado plan; to ~ake a '
Lane (dean ofstudents and academic hiring decision by June 1'3. With
.supportservices), ~nd interested the transmitter at a better location,
community members. In addition to . the airwaves reach· as far north' as
spearheading, the search committee the San Jtian Islands and Victoria,
and performing the 'full-time ' role B.C. The starion is in excellent
r 'of stud ent act ivities, . shape. According to Mercad,o, "all
Me:r~aclo hail 'served as the ini:e~im ;. they, ne~d is ,a leader::
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manal~er, f~r XAOS ·sinc~ '" KAOS feanires a varietyofmusiNov:chlOelr,.2()O 1.
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Food Servic-e
Money Loss
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, NiCholas StaDls/Owski
As of this February, Evergreen's food serv ice was at a loss
of $261,000. In the current contract with Bon Appetit,
Evergreen pays them a management fee of $100,000 a
year, while also paying for certain operational fees, like
. water a nd elect ri city, If there is a profit throu gh fo od
se rvice, it goes to the school. If there is a loss, Evergreen
mu~ t make it up,
Collin Orr, Specia l Assistant to the Vi ce President for
Fin ance and Admini stration ex plained how the cur rent
deal with Bon Appetit is different from the previous one.
In the deal with Fine Host, a percentage of gross sa les
went to Evergreen. This meant tha t th ough Evergreen was
mak ing money off of its food service, Fine Host was losing
mo ney, Steve Trotter, Executive Director of Operational
Planning and Budget, confirmed what O rr said. adding,
that for food serv ices there had been a "decade long trend
of essentially no t maki ng money at Evergree n, "
One of the reasons for the la ck o f profit in food services
at Evergreen, ex plained Trottcr, was d ue to the faci lities ,
Trotter explained th at the 30-year-old faci lities used by Bon
Appetit was not an effect ive mode l. Rick Strom ire, Bon
Appetit's general manager at Evergreen , described the first
Aoo r ca feteria-style facilities as having a "pretty antiquated
kitchen" with electric stoves, limited preparat ion space,
and a small dining area. Asked about th e seco nd Aoo r
deli-style fa cilities, Strom ire felt the area had linle sp ace
for food preparation, and the two-register sys tem was
ineffic ient. Like Trotter, Stromire desired a space more like
a food court that wou ld have one or two registers for all
of food services facilities.
According to Orr, Evergreen was at a loss of $261 ,000
this February, compared to $330,000 in February of
2002 . Last yea r, the school lost a total of $590,000 to
food services. This year it is estimated to be a total loss
of about $400,000.
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teenagers can enjoy open skating throughout the day. A
competition for best tricks is
scheduled for 12-2 p.m. The
skateboard venue's hours will
be from 12-5 p.m.
Please come an"d support Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition in this political action to say
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to be available on graduation day.
One Lei order is $15, orders of 4
or more are $10 each.
For qu estions call 867-6495.
This features childoriented activities. Kids
can blow bubbles, have
their faces painted, make
paper pinwheels, plant
trees, and play other games
as well.
Chautauqua
Music from the Trees: A concert
to celebrate the diversity that the
trees have made featuring wooden
instruments.
Forest Canopy Mini- Walkway:
Students have created a mini
model of the future forest canopy
walkway to be constructed at
Evergreen. Visitors may expl ore
this 13-foot model.
Ice
Native.Arts Fair and Celebration
of the Longhouse
Opming Cerrmonies: Provided by
Elders and Leaders of the Nisqually
and Squaxin tribes. They will say words
of welcome in their native languages.
Dance and Performance Groups:
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Tribal Dancers, and the We he lut
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St~rytellm: Will lead us through
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Art Demonstrations: Carvings,
silversmith crafts, and weavings.
Long House Food Con cessions:
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Tribes.
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ac tivities including c reating tot em
poles and paddles.
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At the beginning of the year I wrote with white people's na'ive remarks
an article about dual racism and about about racism.
what it felt like to be a student of
I don't think that it was really a
color and a veteran here at Evergreen. matter of being "comfortable" with
Now the year is closing out and I white people who make na'ive remarks.
have decided to again face one of the Instead, I think it was really not caring
biggest issues that has bothered me enough to eirher be comfortable or
for so long. I'm half Sioux Indian and uncomfortable. I find the effort to be
half white. As a result, in the winter, I so exhausting that I would rather just
appear to be a white person but by the not say anything than point out this
end of June, my skin is deeper then and that all day long. I think one of
brown. The most interesting part of the main reasons I do this is because
in th~ m~dia. , as e1~ewhere. and '
this erhnic orientarion is rhe way I'm almost any atmosphere in the United
treated differently October rhrough States is racist and I don't have the
has devoted this space every week
May (when I'm whire skinned) rhen energy to exhaust myself every single
June through September (when I am day in every single e nvironment.
exclusively for students of colbr
deep brown again). This article is I wanred to be able to go to class
to voice their thoughts. conq:rns
about being caught in the middle and without noticing every racist remark
my frustration at being half Narive and therefore simply block a good
and joys regarding racial identity,
American and half white.
portion of them out of my immediate
At
the
start
of
this
year,
I
wanted
to
conscious.
Some people , es pecially
community, histoty and any other
find somewhere to fir in. r wanted to students of color reading this, may
issues they face ~s students of . let people know I was not white and think th at I would be propagating
that I was Native American. I don't racism simply by not taking a constant,
color. Everyone is invited to
know why, but this was imponailr to acti~e stand. Instead, I chall enge [hem
me. Perhaps because I had checked to look at their own lives and notice
contribute to any section of the
rhe box on my application thar said that they indeed do the same thing. If
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Native American , but also perhaps they did not ignore occasional slip-ups
because I wanted to make an effort to or mistakes made by white people, they
The Voices of Color column
make friends that were also "of color." would be so busy everyday correcting
I
went to Firsr People's Advising and those mistakes, that they would have
exists to ensure that there is a place
acrively sought to take a direct part little time to do much else.
in bringing down barriers of racism.
Earlier this year, Tyler Chen wrote
in which students of color can
I quickly found that reverse racism an article for this column which left
feel confident discussing issues
was not only a possibility but quite many students of color outraged. He
prevalent. This reverse racism took spoke of being proud of both his white
of r~ce .:>which might.i:>i:herw.
i•se be
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form in various people's frustration and Asian ancestry. I have to admit
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for me at either being too apathetic that at first, I was one of the most vocal
dismissed
or misrepresented....
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about racism or being comfortable opponents to his article. I thought
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it sounded racist and uninformed.
However, as the year W&nt by, I found
myself rereading his article again and
agreeing with more and more of it.
First of all, I don't fi t in on the
reservations around the Northwest.
In fact, it would be ignorant of me to
think that I could go to a powwow and
not watch my back. The amount of
racism directed towards me for being
a "half-breed" is S(l thick I almost
have to wade through it to get to an
appointment. Second, if I so don't
obviously fit in with my own people,
I find myself asking myself where I
fit in. Does "fitting in" even matter
anymore? Most of my friends "of
color" here on campus are not of
one ethnicity or the other. The vast
majority of LIS are bi-racial, and ro that
end I have quit caring anymore what
race people are or what prejudices
people mayor may not have against
me. Some may say rhat thi s is easy
for me to do being white-looking.
IilStead, I tell them that no matter how
dark my skin gets from the summer
sun, I will con ti nu e ro expect people
to treat me the same as everyone else
and ignore their occasional racist acts
and remarks. Ralph Waldo Emerson
said, ',' We are a prisoner of our own
ideas." I tend to agree with him and I
want to let some ,ideas lie where they
belong-in the grave . .
FarDl Flouris"'~~-r
TIes21te eather
bYFirirnaPBad~rnuauun
by Kolby Bray-Hoa{jland
In spite of the unseasonably cool temperatures and co ntinuous rai n, a vibrancy
of life exudes from Eve rgreen's Organic
Farm. The bea ns, ca rrots, and beets have
with srood the recent climatic adversity,
breaking ground with their cody ledens
(cody ledens are th e fir st leaves that a
plant spro uts from seed). The salad greens
have diligently followed their production
schedule despite the climate, producin g
numerous pounds for campus co nsumptio n. Away from the rain and cold ; the
' Big Green H o use' (known on the farm as
BG H ) is now full of tom ato planrs, eggplanrs and cau liflowe r. T he o nce prevalenr
letrLlCe and salad g ree ns are on thei r way
out of the BG H. But do no t worry--they
are finding their new ho mes in the adjacenr
fields perfectly su itable for grow th. Salad
greens and lett uce have a greater abi lity
to w ith sta nd co lder temperarure, far
bener than th e new tenants of the BG H.
Tomatoes , eggplants and peppers, all family
members of th e solanaceae, p rod uce less
fruit when subj ected ro cooler temperatures. I encourage you to co me down to
the fa rm, step into the BGH, feel the heat,
and see th e solai/aceae grow.
I'm sure yo u all have seen our sta nd
in fro nt of th e library o n Tuesdays and
Thursd ays from 11 a .m . to 5 p . m . I
encourage you to srop by and check out
our goods. Though still ea rly in the seaso n, .
we have a great amounr ro offer for your
kitchen and garden. If yo u're looking fo r
a start to give you great salsa m a kings
for a late summer day, we have various
types of tomatoes, romatillos, peppers,
and bas il ready for planting . If you ' re
looking ro brighten up yo ur garden and
give it a sweet smell, we offer various
flower starts: veronicas, beebalm , goldstick,
yarrow, lave nder, black-eyed Susa ns, and
snapdragons. There a re a lso han gin g
bas kets and patio pots with gera niums and
petunias. As always, we sell J 2-o un ce bags
of our succ ulenr salad g ree n mix an d eggs
by th e dozen from rhe happ iest chicke ns
west of th e Deschutes . New for this week,
we will be sel ling ported strawberries for
your ga rden o r house. Ge r there ea rl y to
guarantee that there'll still be so m e left;
we only have a few.
A wonderful feeling of co mmunity is
gained when you support Evergree n's local
food system . I enco urage you to sto p by,
check out wh at we have to offer, and feel
free to ask the farmh and working the stand
about our products (working with plants
all week, we relish hum an interact ion ).
Sitting Duck Grows Wings
.-CQIIJrnentary by Robed R Ross
Sometime la st yea r, ·a co n ve rsa tion
betwee n Evergreen student Sky Cas by and
an entrepreneur from Spokane named Terry
Knight bega n over th e need for serious,
albeit sati re- based, political journalism in
thi s co untry. Their conversations turned
from boaks and bullshit ro printing presses
and publishing m atters and before long
th ese two hatched a wild-eyed scheme to
start an independent newspaper with the
purpose of raising th e burden of awareness
within th e co mmunity.
Soon, th e two were exchanging phone
ca lls and e-mails on a regular basis , discussing th e viability of such an end eavor and
as king why O lympi a wo uld need ano ther
news pape r. There is th e Olynipian and
th e publicatian yo u are reading thi s art icle
in righ [ now, not to men tion Wa rks In
Progress and a whole slew of ot her publi ca ti o ns. But for all thi s diversity, th e
Olympian serves a mo re st ra ight -laced ,
plebian au di e nce an d the C ooper Point
Journal rarely exhibi ts anything o th er th an
its peda ntic m essage of liberal lice ntiousness, while few peaple are eve n awa re of
the small horde of newspape rs published
in the area.
Wh y, yau ask, is th ere need for another
newspaper? The reaso n is si mple: there
Traditions
is no rea l communica ti a n o n a region al
level. Co rporate conglomerates co nrrol th e
medium and the message, di ctatip g to us
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in favor .of these co rparate leviathans,
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"I continue to believe that my home,
Olympia, could gain a lot and offer a lot
by deciding to make a com mitment to
Rafah in the form of a sister-commu1jity
relationship... Many people want their voices
to be heard, and I think we need to use
some ofour privilege as internationals to get
those voices heard directly in the US, rather
than through the filter of well-meaning
internationals such as myself.. "
(Rachel Corrie, April 10, 1979- March
16,2003).
These words are from the last email
that loca l peace activist Ra chel Co rri e
sent to her communiry and family before
h er tragic death o n M arc h 16 o f thi s
yea r. Afte r he r death, a group of Olympia
co mmuniry membe rs jo in ed roget her ta
make thi s w ish of Rachel's co m e true. In
her memo ry we have co mmitted .ourselves
to the bond that h as already farm ed '
between Olympia and Rafa h .
In July, I plan to travel to Israel , the
West Ba nk , and Rafah ro furth e r m y
wo rk with th e Olympia Rafa h Siste r C ity
Project , in additi o n to co ntinuing m y
interviews of Pales tinians and Israelis for
a play that I am writing, and gaining a
furth e r und e rsta nding of th e situation
in Israel/ Pales tin e. Seve ra l ather communiry members are planning ro travel to
Rafah and other places in th e Occupied
Territories this coming summ er and fall.
Since Rac hel 's death, I h ave bee n
working closely with .others on co ntinuing
her vision of a sister communiry relationship be tWee n Olympia and Rafah. We
believe, as Rachel did, th at both Olympia
a nd Rafa h would b enefit greatly from
this ryp e of communiry relationship. In
Rachel's words:
"I am in Rafah, a ciry of about 140,000
p eo pl e, a pprox imate ly 6 0 p e rce nt o f
whom are refugees -- man y of whom are
twice or three tim es refugees ... C urrently,
the Israeli army is building a fourtee n-m ete r-hi g h wall betwee n Rafah in
Palesti ne and th e borde r, carving a no m a n's land from th e h o uses along th e
border. Six hundred and two homes have
bee n co mpletely bulldozed according to
the Rafah Po pular Refugee Committee.
The number of h o mes thar have been
partia lly destroyed is greate r."
So m e of our proj ect ideas in clude :
co mmuniry yauth invol ve ment includin g
letter excha nges, art a nd music excha nges,
a nd edu cati o nal activities for elem entary
thro u gh hi gh sc hool aged yo uth; co m muni ry delegat ions ro Rafah ; communiry
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Responses to "Guns in the Sun"
This is how it starts. One day the police want to use
at night. Next, they want them during the day, too.
Fmally, they end up ordering 12 AR- J 5 a,,;;ault rifles like the
Universiry of Washington did recently! This idea of armed
uniform security goes directly against our college's social
environment. 'Security' needs first brought us uniforms,
uniforms then needed their guns, guns protect us from ???
This whole idea of bringing in Vicky Peltzer as an outside
consultant continues to really bother me. She's a police
officer. Come on, what did you expect her to recommend?
Of course she wanted everyone pac king. It's irrelevant
whether or not cops want guns, of course the majoriry of
them do. What is relevant is whether or not this campus
IS dangerous enough to warrant them . If it is, then I think
that issue is much, much more important and needing an
imm ediate disc.ussion.
See, I don't know really. I want to feel safe and if I were
bein g robb ed, at gunpoint, I would want my protectors
similarly armed. BUT, even WITH GUNS did the police
even make all that much of a difference? Other than an
order given (due to anon ymo us threats towa rds faculty
and studen t's safety), the poli ce had only been authorized
to carry their pistols at night. During the night, (aga in,
when the police had extra protection) a car disa ppeared
from F lor, th ere have been sco res of break-ins. Hell, my
family won't eve n park their car there overnight for fear
of vandalism.
When [ mentioned secutity in F-Iot to some police
officers, I was aston ished at the response I received. It would
seem that some officers are definitely more concerned with
the security in F-Iot than others. Some make the effort
to check on F-Iot frequently during their shifts. Others
seem to think that they are not security officers and this
means they should be patrolling and not doing securiry-rype
work on one area.
To me, the rypes of crimes that are perpetrated here on
campus don't warrant this type of armed response, and I
would much rather see additional securiry guards on key
areas of danger then "guns in the sun."
g~ns
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Since arriving here at Evergreen
a few short months ago, I have
been constantly amazed at the
idealistic, unrealistic, and just plain
naive viewpoints of many students.
The debate surrounding whether
or not to arm Evergreen's security
is indicative of thi s misplaced
idealism. Unfortunate as it may
be, loving peace doesn't prevent
viol ence. It is the implied threat
of violence, and the willingness to
use deadly force to stop crime, that
prevents predators from victimizing innocent peop le. Since I am
unable to legally carry a permitted,
co nceal ed pistol on my person
while on college property (though
I can almost everywhere else), I am
co mpl etely reliant upon campus
securiry to provide for my safery.
Those that seek to limit the abiliry
of the police to ca rry firearms are
see king to provide me with less
safety, and to th at I take perso nal
offense. Each of us receives immediate benefits from having armed
men and women willing to do
the unthinkable to protect us. It's
about time we eithet recogni ze
that fact, or accept that we alon e
are responsible for our own safery,
and judging by what I've seen so
far, Evergreen is full of sheep, not
wolves.
-Sincerely, M . Stonesifer
(May 22)
I feel that the police should
most definitely be armed.
Being both a staff member
and a student, I get to see
both sides of the coin here .
I think the problem is with
people's comfort level dealing
with our police. Most people
don 't seem to know th em
well, an d by not knowing
them they don't tru st th em.
Certainly in crease d effort
informing the student body
about the issues and getting
them involved with the officers more would help to
change this. Additionally,
if the officers kn ew the stu dent body more, then some
of th ese in cid ents could be
avoided altogether, as th ey
would know more accurately
if they need to feel threatened
in a situation. By becoming
a closer knit community, tensions will lessen as people
become comfortable, which
seems to be a supposed staple
of Evergreen philosophy. Just
my two (or three or five)
cents.
- Scott Baker
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Hey, That's Mental!
It's a Crime to be Crazy
bY Dan Bennett
So where was I? Oh yeah, something
about Swiss being holey holy and that
Cheddar is better, wetter ... but there's
no time for that right now. What I
really want to talk about is mental illness
and crime. But first, let me state that
it's been shown repeatedly that folks
with mental illnesses are no more likely
to commit a crime (theft, murder, rape,
etc.) than any other segment of the
po pulation . Do you believe me? Or
did YOIl watch the Psycho sequels and
other such Hollywood renditions where
a 'crazy' man prances about on a killing
sp ree? If you don't and you did , you
should and it does n't.
So what's the cheesy scoop on this
you say? Well , funny you should as k
that. First, there is a huge difference
betwee n being psychotic and being a
psychopath. Second, mentally ill folks
are usually prosecuted for resisting arrest
after being confronted by police for
shouting at the hallucinations, and thus
frightening people. It's "now a Class 3
felony to assault any health care worker.
This means that Grampy in the nursing
home can go to jail for defying a diaper
change. Or, little Jimmy can be tossed
in the hooskow for harsh language and
resisting being bounced into the 'rubber
room.' [t seems weird to me to imagine
being tossed in the slammer for contending
against medical treatment being forced o n
me. Quite whacked, I say. On the other
hand, if the treatment consisted of fine
creamy Brie on a cracker, I'd be peeing on
the police car just to get in there.
Basically, jail is cheap and effi cient. [f
a person is suicidal, they get stuck in a
cold metal observation cell, chained (Q a
wall without their clothes on. They ca n't
hurt themselves in that co ndition , now
can they? And they stay there till they're
not suicidal. [f a person is sui cidal while
in the hospital, things are sli ghtly better.
They're tied to a bed or chair and inj ected
with tranquilizers, and then seen by nurses
till they're feeling . .. calm and shit.
Jails don't generally serve antipsychotic,
antidepressant or anti-manic medication
because it's expensive and time consuming
to dispense. After all, jails are meant for
punishment, not mental health treatment.
But if you treat someone for mental illness
in jail, you should probably treat all of
them, to be fair, right? Suddenly the jail
becomes hospital-like and funds used to
incarcerate the dregs of society on behalf
of the war on drugs suddenly pays for
pharmaceutical drugs . Why, that's both
ironic and downright un-Republican,
isn't it!
Here's the conundrum: Since hospitals
are expensive and jails are cheap, how do
we get all those crazy peo ple in the jail
and under control? Screw the medication!
We can't have them running loose, now
ca n w e? Why not make laws almost
guaranteeing them a bunk and shackles
at the county slammer for any aberrant
behavior . .. Done!
So, what is a psychopath? I feel the
need to define the difference because too
many movies and TV shows blend the two
conditions. One of the prime tenets of
psychopathology is a lack of conscience
(empathy, sympa thy, guilt , that sort of
thing) a nd sometim es pleasure is felt at
another's suffering. An example of a
psychopath might be a CEO of an energy
brokerage company that creates massive
brownouts, generating huge profits for
himself and cau se intense suffering in
millions of people. Later, he helps engineer
a bankruptcy, pays him self a gluttonous
bonus while overseeing mass firing of his
employees, who lo~se all of their ben
and retirement savings. Sound like an'
you know? A psychopath is nor delusi(
not manic or depressed, and the v(
aren't telling him to sell one of his (
homes . H e knows exactly what ~
doing. Jail is appropriate for psychop.
behavior, and no cheese for that guy!
Lately, the local police have I
participatin g in what is called a C
Inte rvention Training (C.[.T.) Basi(
selected police officers talk to all k
of people in t h e m ental health ar
Doc tors, case m a nagers, m e ntal he
profess ionals and most importantly,
That's right, they as ked me (among od
what was helpful, wh at wasn't hell
symptoms, medications , and so fe
All this, in an effort to avoid the tyl
surround and tackle technique so 0
used by police. The idea is to de-esc;
the. situation, help folks avoid violence
get the help that they need.
[t is a splendid program that is ta
shape all over the country. Mentall
people aren't any more dangerous 1
diabetics. It's as si mple as freshly gr
Romano, sprinkled on tender riga
smothered in a garlic basil sauce. H1
time for lunch, 1 think.
- Jon McAllister
"Buddhist Pornstar? "
bY Nate Hogen
In Response to the May 8 Vox Populi question ...
The Real Story on the Beach Trail: Saving, Not Paving
[ am writing this article in response to
the May 8 Vox Populi question: "What
do you think about the paving of the
trail to the Evergreen Beach?" In an
attempt to clarify some of the concerns
and misunderstandings presented in the
Vox, [ have provided some background
information to the project. In the winter
of 2002, the Evergreen State College
initiate d a program to contain and
rehabilitate its growing trail system. This
was in response to a student-originated
study. Two students completed a survey
and assessment of Evergreen's informal
trail system in the spring of 2002. This
study, which is available online through
th e Ca mpus Land Use C ommittee
web page (http://www.evergreen.edu/
co mm i ttee/ eluclhome. htm ), compared
current trail con di t ions to past studi es
and d ata.
T h e study revea led three glaring
problems. [n period o f just fo ur years the
total le ngth of Eve rgreen's trail system
grew alm os t 20 ,000 feet (approximately
fOllr miles) and the d ens iry of th e trails
on campus was at a level much higher
than parks and forested areas usuall y
support. O ne of o ur fir st projects was
to close so m e trail s that were in ecologicall y sensitive areas . This planning was
may 29, 2003
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conducted with .the input and approval
of the Campus Land Use Committee,
which is an advisory board to the college
composed of staff, faculty and students.
First, in conjunction with improvements to the Farm Trail , we replanted
some trails leading into the college's
South Reserve, successfully preventing
trail development in this trail-free portion
of campus. Next , we had mixed success
trying to replant some of the eroding
trails dropping down the steep bluffs
along the campus beach. We attempted
to mitigate the trail-related erosion in the
area because the shoreline bluffs are c1assified sensitive by Thurston County and
are within the boundary of the Shoreline
Master Plan conservancy area. Earlier this
spring, we attempted to reduce th e overall
number of areas people were c ross ing
Snyder C reek. After constructing a second
bridge over Snyder creek (downstream
from the original bridge), we replanted
a numb er of the other crossings and
consolidated traffic onto one trail where ·
they could cross using a bridge. While
this did increase traffi c on one trail, it
redu ced the overall amount o f linear trail
feet in the area.
In addition to th e high-den sity and
ever-increasing number of trails, the study
revealed that the condition of the main
beach trail (from F-Iot to the beach) was
worsening. The trail was getting wider
and muddier. This is a common problem
on trails in the Pacific Northwest that
see heavy year-around use. As traffic
compacts the soil under the trail, a sunken
path is created. When there is not proper
drainage, the area holds water and a
standing pool of mud is created. As
people continue to use the trail, they
either walk through the muddy spot and
track more dirt from the area further
compounding the problem or they skirt
around the outside of the muddy area
creating a wider trail. Heavy bike traffic
compounds this problem . Early accounts
of thi s trail in our Campus Master Plans
refer to it as a small nature path. Many
co mmunity and staff members who have
been enjoying the campus woods since
the college's founding rem ember when
the trail was but shoulders' width. [n
200 1, the average width o f the trail was
. rec0fded. in th e. neighborhood of se.ven
feet while many areas the trail exceeded
12 feet in width .
C urrently the college is co nstructing
a gravel path at a width of five feet , which
after a rehabilitation period will result
in a trail much narrower than previous.
The trail is not being paved. Paving
involves the use of asphalt, which is an
aggregate combined with an oil-based
binding agent. Asphalt also requires a
heated application. The material being
placed along the beach trail is local
Basalt. Basalt is a hard, black volcanic
rock, which is extremely common in
our earth's crust. This particular basalt
is of local origin and contains no oilbased products or other contaminates.
This does create a somewhat 'unnatural'
look but it provides an elevated walkway
that will be free of mud year-round.
While many college students have no
problem climbing logs and jumping
mud puddles, there are many community members who no longer have
the ability to easily jumps large puddles
or chance a fall on a muddy trail. Fo r
those of you that enjoy a muddy, mo re
rugged experience, there are many miles
of trails on campus available to you that
will remain in their current condition.
However, we are-asking the bikes ;estrict
their use the to Main Beach Trail and
Farm Trail.
Jesse Mohr
Restoration Coordinator
Evergreen State College
mohrj@evergreen.edu
the cooper point journal
When you come to that point in your
life when you have to choose between
becoming a "Buddhist monk" or a
"Pornstar" then it's time to reevaluate
your role on planet earth. When you
no longer consider "mushrooms" to
be a mind-altering drug, is it time
to redefine the word drug? Do you
feel like "anarchy" doesn't "exist" or
wouldn't "work" in the framework of
good, wholesome, harmless, lawless,
government? Does "Astroglide" come
before "water" on your shopping list?
Then you might want to let someone
else manage your priorities. Why the
fuck are you buying water in the "first
place" ?
Do you feel like you are an intricate
and essential part of "civilization?" Don't
these "mega-multi-media-metaphoricmetropolises" feel like comfortable
complacent multi-cui rural epicenters
of technospheric ·human advancement?
Who wants to hang out with "unciviIized " indigenous Stone Age peopl e
anyway? Isn't living "on" and "with"
the earth pr epo s t e rou s, un e thi cal,
blasphemous, absurd, ridiculous, unrealistic , and Armageddon-ish? Why plant
. any thinK except "dead" people? Even
then, you're wasting space. Burn it all,
that's what I say, but then again I'm a
"fire sign," what do I know?
I s gratuitous "animal sex" as
offensive and inappropriate as gratuitous
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Are ·there any politically incorrect jokes your head spin?
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that are family friendly? What's the rate of
Political Economy students that graduate lately that [ have a short attention span,
from Evergreen and become clinically that [ don't understand a lot of things,
that [ know why a lot of machines work,
insane? What are th e alternatives to
but not how; that I'm really confused
feminism?
[f we all owned guns, then everyone and not fit to be in a co mmitted relationwould be so afraid that no one would shoot ship with anyone, that my politics don't
m ake se nse a nd that [ n eed to " know
anyone, right? [fbombs are so effective in
solving problems and co nflict resolutio n , m y shit. " I'm a scatterbrain, uncentered,
then why don't marri age counselors use self-ce ntered, und ergtou nd , mainstrea m
them mo re often? Why are th ere fiv e o r asshole with a big h eart. An eso ter ic
ecce n tr ic h edoni st ic poser puri s t. A
more "peace" oriented organizations in
Olympia? Shouldn't a nti-establi shm ent, compassionate fasc ist wi th underto nes
leftist, anarchist, liberal democratic, anti - of utopian social co mmunism. I've co me
to the conclusion that life is a big joke
capitalist, id.ealisti c students that attend
and
I ·sholi ld sp erid my time alone in
Evergreen form a student go vernment and
the
woods,
sitting in naked med itat io ns
take over the institution itself, and make it
a student-run co-operative school? Write envisioning fanati c head explosions and
a group contract to start a revolution or co nstant copulation wi th cedars, Douglas
firs, and mud bath s, oh the mud baths.
eat happy pills and buy a ticket to the
As you can see, writing coherently isn't
middle class?
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exactly what I'm going for here. [f you can
tell me if I'm queer or bi then I'd really
appreciate it and if you know anyone
who could give me a good spanking, I'm
ready to atone for my sins. [ have extreme
primal urges to roll around in paint, wear
lingerie and make-up, so please tell me
where that group meets on a weekly basis.
And if you haven't heard, I'm giving blow
jobs for peace, but only hypothetically and
theoretically. [f you must know, [ want
to be madly in love with a pre-colonial
French Guinea belly dancing gypsy queen
massage therapist yogi guru goddess and
this is my coded magic spell to contact
her. Once united we will rid the world of
xenophobia, ignorance, disease, and all
that plagues this world for "[ am the one
who has always been here."
This is your calling. Thi s is what all of
you have been searching for all of your
lives. [ have been contacted and "they"
are coming to take us home. We must all
meet in Bali in 5 weeks, 4 days , 3 ho urs,
2 minutes , a nd o ne seco!l d from ri ght
now. M ake sure to brin g th e following
provi sions: $25,000 dollars cash , a wet
blanket, a towel, 42 pin balls, o ne Hi publican, as many barbiturates as poss ible,
a few apples, tampons, condo ms, Vaseline,
chakras , choco late, h o ly t ex ts, ca ts, a
lighter, bong water, and a pinch of sa nd
from a beach .
Answers to my qllestions and comments:
blueelectricmonkey@risellp. net
may 29, 2003
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§~g:t Originated,Studies: Media Class Presents Spring Film Festival
Sen io r St u dent s o f the SOS: Media
Program at Evergreen , unJcr th e directi on
o f Sail v C lo nin ge r, have been wo rking hard
(in so me cases all year) o n ti lms th at will
be premiered at the low, low COSt of FRE E
fo r evervo ne to view. Thi s specia l eve nt wi ll
take place thi s Frid al', Jun e (, in the Recital
H all (Co m 10 7) at 6:00 pm . Yo u w ill no t
be di sap poi nted ar what yo u will see. D o n't
miss o ut o n v iewi ng wo rk fro m stud ents that
could be nex t yea r's Il o ll ywooJ heroes, o r
eve n th e eli te and cl assy starving in dep endent
a rtists of ro morrow.
W/e all k now about the in fa mous ann ua l
M cdiaworks sc reen in g-- atte nd th at roo
(June 12). 50S: Med ia is si milar but from
studen ts t hat mav ha ve taken Mediaworks
and had th e ent ire yea r to ex pe rim ent an d
perfe ct th e skills attai ned from ir , making
t hi s a spec tacular eV, nl brou ght ro yo u by
exper ien ced med ia siud en ts.
You will sec: work on 16 m lTl film , Supe r
8 film, a nd di git al vid eo. Th e re will be
sci-fi brilliance, go th ic int rospecti o n, a gay sho rt feature , a dark
s itcom, co m e di c m o d e rn day
melodramas , cx peri ment31artistic
films, and of course anima ti o n'
Yo u name it and we prob ably
have some thin g s imilar on the
agenda fo r th is fes tival.
Ti red of driving to Lacey o nly
to wait in lin e for tic kets to the
b ig blockbuster yo u and the resr
of the world will see for nea rl y
seve n do ll ars? I-low about se ttin g
t hose plans as ide th is Friday and
c he ck in g o ut a F R EE fes ri va l
fro m Evergreen's medi a stude nts)
There is always Saturday ro rake in
t he newes t Kea nu fli ck. Bottom
lin e rhi s fes tiv al is wo rrh you r
[lm e. (P.S. I also h ea rd th e re
would be intermiss io n an d m acks
ro keep your energy up for a fu ll
eveni n g of movin g ima ge fu n')
'tJyTibby Weisdej1p
Orr explains that this fall, Evergreen was almost breaking even due to mandatory meal plans
for First Year Experience students and a h igh amount of volW1tary meal plans, Many students
ended up with large unspent balances on their mea l plans, [he average spent was $500 whi le the
mandatory meal plan for First Year Experience students had a minimum of $750. In rc.'ponse to
student and parent concerns, meal plans were made optional for First Year Experience stud ents,
. ~ and students were allowed to spend money from their meal plans at "The Co rner" at [he H CC.
. "The impact was huge," said Orr, While the tmal amount of mon ey being spent through meal
plans. remained about the same, the HCC took over 40% of money charged on meal plans.
'. Moriey spent through the HCC goes to housing inste-ad of food services. Meal plans dropped
"to 149 sold in. spring from 377 in fall.
'. "". Trotter explains three proposals for managing the costs of food se rvices. The first tactic has
, ~~c1uded li~iting the hours of operation' and reduci ng the amount of organic items in the menu,
MaJaiing' the costs of Bon Appetit has been a part of the school's effort from the start, The
.. firs~wiendme'ilt to the contract between Evergreen and Bon Appetit, signed in 200 I, includes
,; changes in'operatin.g hours, The second tactic involves food or board plans fo r students. Food
:i'pl~ns were.required for First Year Experience students this fall, but Orr argues that because being
{:'a' Firs[ Yeai fxperience student is optional , mandatory meal plans have not really been tried.
" There is a.p roposal to make meal plans mandatory for all freshman students living on-campus.
',;J~ ide,i'mus[ be considered with the knowledge that outside of A-dorm, people in housing
,:\,Ii~~~· their own kitchens, The third plan is to implemenr a food facilities fee. The~e is currently
~ti.ai'ropo.,u t9 implement a general food services fee for all students at the Olympia campus. The
is for,.. fee of "$3,50 per credit hour up to 12 credit hours, for a maximum charge of
it:$4~ :60Pc:rquarter or $ 126.00 per year." If the. fee were imposed, it would cover money lost
j thr6"Ugit fii&i services and would also pay for renOvation of food service facilities,
~;~p .~~. ~g3.rds· to the money lost through food services, Trotter felt "students so mehow think
/.:,f. the college
is subsdising Bon Appetit." Orr had a similar sentiment, saying that it "needs to be
.
"
.. real: clear money'doesn't go to Bon Appetit,"
If you h ap pen to be into sc reenwriting, m y adv ice to yo u
is to get into your car and drive to Hollywood right n ow.
Th e re are so m any sequels, rem akes, and third installm ents
of movi es co min g out this year that su rel y someone with a
new idea w ill be cons ide red novel indeed. There is really n o t
anything wrong wit h sequel s- I was as excited for Matrix:
Reloaded as th e next perso n- it's just that there is a ca tch :
once :111 t he semi-good m ov ies have been seq uelized, the n
Holl ywood will have to sta rr making seco nd insta llm e nts
of th c bad film s. By my acco unt, th at has already begun ro
h appen . H oweve r, someone must have already th ough r of
that prob lem and d ec ided if yo u don't want to a[[ach a sequel
[0 a recen t movi e, just dig up an ol d favor ite and work on it.
The fourt h Indiana .lones, Dirty Dallcing 2, a nd the rerurn of
the Coonies all po int to thi s so lution. I ca n't ho nes tl y say that
I'm no t interested, but after wait ing years for the ret urn of
the Star iVttrs movies a nd then b ein g about as disappointed as
hum anl y possi ble with them, I take every sequel (or prequel)
with a g rain of salr. At thi s po in t, even television has become
a drag. Ju st w he n you t hi nk t he newest reality televi sion show
has hit an all tim e low, t hey co m e up wir h so m ething worsc.
Fox eve n d ecided to make a seco nd season of joe Mitiiollaire.
Do n't th ey realize th e girls wi ll proba bly carc h on rhis tim e?
Sequels make money a nd t he more adventuro us art film s
don'r come anywhere close to what th e blockbusters can
ga rner. That is what th e exec utives see , and consequently
t hat is rh e type of film rh ey back. But, if you find that after
X-Men 2, you wou ld like ro see so mething th at d oes n't rely
o n an ac tion seque nce eve ry t hree minutes ro keep the viewer
entertain ed , yo u can do yo ur p a rt. Next time yo u go to th e
t heater, whether it is for Charlie's Angels: Futi Throttle o r Bad
HOjJ 2, se t as ide a n o th e r coupl e of dolla rs to see a movi c
co mpl etely the o ppo site. Th e on ly proble m is that yo u'll h ave
to wai t a whi le to find o ne,
photo byjof Pallay
continued from cover
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SEQUEL
Students of Color Groups to
Host Potluck, Talent Show
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Tonight, en joy a n eve nin g o f delic ious
fo od followed by an engag ing talent show in
Library 4300. The srud enrs of co lor groups
at Everg ree n , in c ludin g Native Stud e nt
All iance, Umoja, M.E. C h.A. , A.5. I.A.,
and Hui 0 Hawaii, are hos ting this (free!)
an nual eve nt. T he on ly cover is bringing
food to sha re at th e po tluck.
T h e potlu c k , w h ich starts at 5 p . m. ,
ce nters loosely on a BBQ t he me, alth o ugh
any fo od is w elcome. "Each [students of
co lor) group is supposed to bring food from
their respective cultures," sa id sophomore
Dolly Eng land , o ne of the coordinato rs
of Um o ja who has b ee n very involved in
planning the eve nt.
Um oja is in cha rge o f organizing th e acts
for the ta lent show. So far, th ey have lin ed
up several singers, some dance rs-includin g
Hui 0 Hawa ii dan ce rs from th e Lu au , and
srep dancers from Umoj '{' E ngLtnd expecrs
the sh ow to be "fun a nd kind of s illy. "
Last year, at th e First Peo pl e's-s l' 0 nsored
talent show, a karaoke machine w as available
for anyo ne in th e audien ce who got th e urge
to show off th eir skills . Eve rg reen's first
a nnual talent show provided a w o nde rful
eve ning for all invo lve d , and t hi s year
should be n o diffe rent.
Shape Shifters and Bus Driver at Le Voyeur
bY Rev Christopher Altenburg
"Wh en is this sh ow happenin? " Too late , it happened back on Wednesday May 14 , This is a lso th e same
day as m y good fri e nd KB Sm oo th's birthday.
Kyl e (KB) had o rigi n ally devised h is idea for the group 'KB Smooth and the Bass Maste rs' over 7 years
ago, but, except for one brief performance in the 90's, the band never rea lly materi ali zed . T he Bass M aste rs
baSically COnsis ts of 6 or more bass players playin g togeth er whi le Kyl e raps over the 'groove.' KB decid ed ro
have th e first new sh ow o n his birthday a t Le Voyeur but h ave the first practice th e evening before. T his is a
practice that two of the ' bass maste rs' missed (Davis Keith and m yself) beca use we were at a C h arlie Hunter
show. W e did spend a coup le of minutes, h owever, right befo re th e show fu c king aro und JU St eno ugh for
me to learn the gist of the A-Team th eme song,
Right before we w ere about to head down tow n ro Le Voyeur, the p hone ra ng. M ackswell from "T he
Vessels of Bedlam" was on t he ph o ne wondering if a co upl e of his friends could co m e down w ho wan ted to rap .
It WaS up to KB a nd he sa id that it wou ld be all right if they wanted to do perfo rm wit h us for a minute. I
had Just had a te mp ora ry fa llin g o ut with a lady fri end of mine and was fairly pissed off when I got to the
ent rance of Le Voyeur. I saw a nothe r M ax that I kn ew sta nding next to an African-American man with
dreadl oc ks who I knew th at I recognized fro m somewh ere. " Bus Drive r and Awol I are here," he said to me.
" No shit" Bus Dri ve r was th e guy standin g right nex t to him . It turns o ut that the "fri end s" that wanted
to do a show were actuall y Bus Dri ver from t he Afterl ife rap c rew wirh Awol I and th e Sh ape Shifte rs from
LA . I was con fused so I we nt insid e.
I drink two whiskey sou rs in abo ut 11 /2 minutes to se ttle my nerves a nd rhen ran into KB Smooth. KB h ad
rece n tl y moved back up ro Olympia from San Jose whe re he listened to a lot of Afterlife and Awol I . It was in
heavy rotation w he n [ vis ited d own th ere on New Years. KB looked d elightfully shocked. H e was h avi n g a good
birthday obviously a nd sa id th at h e didn't care if the ' Bass Maste rs' played at all.
.
Appare ntl y after t he show in Seattl e th e ni ght before, and aft e r doin g a radi o Spot on KAO S, they felt li ke
perforl11l11g a show. Wh e n th e H CC fell through as a venue, th ey came d own a nd pl ayed downtown. Th e
show was really quite impress ive and was packed in minutes witho ut a ny previous n o tice. They had projectors
and the whol e nll1e. Awol and the Shap e Sh ifters busted o ut t he c uts finishing th e se t with "Ru les of th e
W ee k. " H e repeatedly gave shout ours showing his a ppreciation for being allowed to perform. Bus Driver
put o n an awesome set as well. H e even d id a littl e OJ mixin g on his pl as ti c KB Toy turntabl es while he
rapped. We then drove eve ryon e out of the pl ace w ith o ur "WE ROCK TOO HARD FOR OLYM PIA"
acquired taste menage ri e of accidenta l Satan Funk.
After the show th ey hun g out in th e nasty Voye ur all ey w ith anybody th at wanted to kick it. C indy
Wonderfu l from the local rap group "Scream C lub" intervi ewed and film ed the performers for h er publi c access
show. When th e va n fina ll y pulled out of th e all ey, I cou ld hear beats from C indy a nd her girlfrie nd's Scream
C lub album bump in g out of th e Los Angeles rap star's hoo pty. When I pulled up to the after pa rty at the "Vesse ls
of Bedl am 's" mystery mansion, rh e va n was in th e driveway a nd Bus Driver WaS on the porch. Th ey hung aro und
most of th e ntght and I had a c h ance ro talk to th em a littl e, Awol I see med especially interest ed when I told
htm abo ut how Pikachu gave children i~ Japan se izures with fl as h animatio n but he seem ed a lot m ore intrigues
w tth KB Smooths little sC ience proj ect II1vo lvl ng the bucket and gravity.
Yea , you missed the show but sto p c ry in g lik e a littl e bitch. Busdri ver wi ll be performing at th e Capitol
Th eater on June 7'''. H ave fun , and if you don't go t his time, I don't wann a hear shit abo ut it . .
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• "The Hanuman Collective." A-Kamp, and One Eyed Spectacle at the
Capitol Theatre Backstage, all ages, 8 p.m., $7 with student ID, $8 without.
For more info: (360) 709-9813
Saturday, May 31st
• 'The Big May 31 st Show: All Ages, All Music, All Day," with Mad/talian,
Blood Paradise, Strangers with Candy, The Nobodys, Soul Owl and the
Toad Men/rom Outer Space, Dirtybirds, Chief, Sy-Co Pharm, Soundbodies,
Splinters, Black-Top Demon, and Headless Pez. One band scheduled per hour
beginning at 2 p.m., in this order, at the Black Lake Grange, 6011 Black Lake
Blvd, $8. Beer Garden for the over 21 crowd, $4 for a bottomless cup.
• Betsy Holt, "Olympia's Blueswoman, " with special guest Tom Russell,
at El Guanaco, (Salvadoran Restaurant and Lounge,) 415 Water St. SW,
9:30 p.m.
Friday, JURe 6th
• Fat Tire Amber Ale Festival, with A-Kamp, One-Eyed Spectacle, and
Samba OlyWa, at 5025 69th St., starting at 7 p.m, $7. Food, raffle, bonfire,
pinata, and beer included in admission price. Parking is limited , so carpool
or park on the street. Proceeds go to Bike-Aid, a summer-long cross-country
cycling trip for social justice.
• Live hip-hop night with Tech N9NE, SS (Scatterman & Snug Brim,) B.G.
Bulletwound, Hobo TOile, and special guest appearance by Kutt Calhound and
Big Krizz Kaliko, The GO Club, 9 p.m., $7.
Friday, June 30 tlo
• Dead Moon at the GO Club, 9 p.m., $6. Tickets available at
www.ticketweb.com.
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Every week {no cover};
Mondays
• $2 Pint Night at the Eastside, on 4 th Ave.
Includes domestic and microbrews.
Tuesdays
• "Drum n' Bass," with rotating DJs, at The
Mark, 407 Columbia St., free, 10 p.m.
"Swing Dancing with DJ Christine" at the
Ballroom over the Eagles, 805 4'h Ave E. Free
classes at 7:30, dance 8-10:30, $5.
• "Tuning in Tuesdays," all request mix, Charlie's
Bar & Grill, 620 4th Ave E., DJ Keith Leviathan,
(of Point Blank Sound.)
• Open Mic Night, Tugboat Annies, 2100 West
Bay Drive, 9 p.m.
Wednesdays
• Old School Mix, DJ Dr. Rob , McCoy's
Tavern, 4th Ave.
Thursdays
• $2/2 bands/$2 Microbrews, McCoy's Tavern,
4th Ave.
• $2 Pint Night at the Eastside, on 4th Ave.
• "Red Room Thursdays," Soul, R&B, and
Funk, and dance rquests, The Mark, DJ Keith
Leviathan.
Fridays and Saturdays
• Dance music from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. with DJ
Jack at the Urban Onion, "Oly'm pia's only gay and
lesbian bar and club," 116 Legion Way SE.
Sunday
• "Sweet Sundays," 80s, 80s R&B, and
Funk, 4th Avenue Tavern and Eatery, DJ Keith
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"Stres sed Out Comix Theater" - Amy Loskota
"Turkey" - Brendan
Basham I "You Can Be My Wing Man Any Day" - Curtis Retherford
"Tale s of Insomnia"
Col l een Frakes I "S olved Mysteries " - Patrick
Warner I "Athenine" - P. Nathan Smit h and Adam Dorsey
Puget Sound Blood Drive from 10 a.m . to
noon and from 12:45 p.m. until 4 p..m. on the
second floor Library Lobby. This is only a blood
drive event, meaning no bone marrow registry
will be handled at this event. Questions or
Urban Peasant Presents: S.tress,ed Out Comix Theater AOHHI
appointments can be addresse~ at 867-6804.
Go see Metamorphoses at 8 p.m. in the
Experimental Theatre. Tickets are $6 for students
and $10 general.
Feminist Horror Movie Night featuring '
"Attack of the 50 ~oot Woman" and "Carrie" in LH
3 from 6 p.m. to midnight. There will be snacks,
discussions, zines and more. Contact the WRC at
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Sunday
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