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Tell me, what was your
Evergreen
moment from this year?

favorite

undreds of marchers protest
the LEIU (Law Enforcement
Intelligence
Unit)
in
downtown Seattle Monday night.
The permitted rally was in front of
the Red Lion Inn, between Union,
5th , and Washington where the LEIU
meeting was taking place. Protesters
say that the LEIU is secretive and
a threat to our civil rights . (right)
Evergreen student Mike Wunderlich
holds his head in pain after being
pepper sprayed . (below)
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'/l near death experience
while rappel/ing down
the clock tower ... FYI,

Eric Edelbeit • Senior
"It lIJould have to be riding my bike into
a table during liFO. ?A. performance. "
Miles Thomas· Junior
"Walking into campus
a nd seeillg I' /leryone
enjoying the Hill in Red
Square. "

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(Writing Center's)
Cookie!

"Girl Scouts
coming to campus
6- the g um ball
poetry machine.' ''

"I had a really good
birthday and everywhere 1 wellt people
galle me balloollS and
cake. It made me
really feel a strong
sense ofbelongi IIg and
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art by Nicholas Stanislawski
TESC
O lympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested

Andrew Mickel or McC rae, a forme r Evergreen
student recently began the pre-trial procedures for his
charges of murder of police officer Dave Mobilio. The
prosecution made it clear that they'll be seeking the
death penalty in this case. The judge also ruled that
there is significant evidence for Andy to stand trial.
During the hearing the prosecution revealed many
details and evidence of the case that had previously not
been released to the public.
From the re cen t evidence, here is how the story
pieces together. At so me time on November 19th, 2002
Mickel shot officer Mobilio while he was refueling his
cruiser at a gas station. Mobilio was shot three times,
twice in the side and once in the head. The forensics
pathologist suggested the last shot (to the head) was
taken 3 or 4 fr. above Mobilio as he lay on the gro und .
Apparently there was a 20 X 26 ft. flag with a snake
painted on it and a capt ion of "Don't Tread on Us,
This was a po litical action." Later on in the eve ning
of November 19th , Mickel cras hed hi s car in Harney
Co unt y, Oregon where a D eputy detained him for
awhil e. The deputy noted that Mickel had possession
of a Sig Saur P229 pistol whi ch wa.' bter found in the
ga rbage of the bus de pot in the same cou lltY. From
here [ think Andy tOok a bus to Seattl e because th at's
where he took a plane to New Hampshire. So mewhere
ill bet\\lee n he posted his two communiques on the
intern et, taking responsibility for the killing . Andy
and th e trial are both being held in Tehama C ounty,
California, wh ere the crim e tOok pl ace. Andy's lawyer
mentioned that Andy will speak at his trial, where he
will explain his position. T he trial date wi ll poss ibly
be set on June 9th .
To stay informed on the proceedings go to
www.redbluffdailynews.com. Just type Mickel in the
searc h_engine and it shou ld br ing up .all the latest
articles on the case .

Open Letter
At the (Vay ofAbsence" in February, Students .o f
Color joined together to talk about changes that
need to be made on this campus. These are the
things that we, as a collective group, came up with.
QY Dofly Eng/and, Pennie Bumrungsiri, Ce/va Boon,
Mira/ Ghimlre, and Yuh-Line Niou
1) Day of Presence/ Absence Should Be MANDATORY! All classes should

be canceled. If classes cannot be canceled, then faculty should have their
seminar discussions revolve around iss ues that are happening on that
day. No student should feel like they are going to lose credit or write a
three-page paper, just because they want to go hear what the Faculty and
Students of eo lor think about what's going on this campus. These two
days should be days when the support of all faculty and students is not
only heard but also seen.
2) Mandatory Faculty and Staff Trainings Regarding Racism. We can't
blame the fac ulty for not being prepared when they are not given the tools to
use in the classroom . Enough Students of Co lor expressed extreme discomfort
in the classroom. A serious change does need to be made.
3) More Train ing Opportunities For Students. Students, white, black,
yellow, purple , whatever, need to h ave the same tools to participate in
seminar as faculty do. Most incoming freshm an are required to take a
class in the fall. They take this class in order to understand how Evergreen
works. Why not have a mandatory class for studen ts to talk abo ut diversity
and cultural awareness'
4) More Support From Staff an d Faculty Attending Day of Prese ncel
Ab se nce Events. It was very disappointing that more peop le from ou r
programs were not at the events that took place on those two days. We
felt like the events o n Day of Presence/Absence were overlooked , and
faculty fac ilitate d their programs without addressing the iss ues of racism
on campus. We understand that rhere are classes, and there are teache rs
and students. But, again, that's why we feel that # 1 is very important.
C lasses need to be canceled.
5) The college should provide more events for Students of Color and
more money should be given to First People's Advising Services. Currently
Students of Color make up 15% of this campus. So why shouldn't we get

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"Treasures Qf Trash"
Intern Positions

public screening!

Calling all Anists, Builders and Recyclers: Have you ever wanted
to build crafts out of 'trash'? Now is yo ur opportunity ro intern
or do workstudy at the Building Material Drop-Off Site. Use our
"Treasure of Trash" on-site wo rkshop to produce fine quality crafts
from material that would have been dumped in the landfilL All
crafts are placed in our boutique at Sound Builder's Resource in
downtown O lympia.
Positions are avai lable for sum mer quarter (June 23) and ongoing
for 2- 12 credits. Lea rn to craft finish qua lity products, become
comfortable using a variety of too ls, divert material from the landfill ,
and become a leader in the salvage industry.
Contact Willow Whitton at So und Builder's Resource for detai ls
360-866-1650. Call ASAP for information. Training dates will be
June 23 and 24 from 9:00-12:00. Come participate in O lympia's
own salvaging team and be part of this cutting edge industry.

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The Greener Oasis: This is an on campus gathering spot for
alumni, friends and public who are 21 years of age or older on
June 14, 2003 from noon until 6 p.m . The Greener Oasis will be
held in the Greenery dining room, located on the first floor of the
CAB. Admission is $10, which includes one beverage and menu
item. Additional beverages will be $3-$5.
Want to Volunteer for Super Saturday? Staff, students, and
faculty help to make guests feel welcome on campus. Volunteers
do anything from drive shuttle vans, help kids enjoy arts and crafts
and games, and control traffic. Other tasks are available as welL
For more information, call Annette Castellano at 753-2909 or
Jim Beaver in College Relations at ext. 6042.
Other venues available at Super Saturday include The Super
Skate, the Children's Meadow, and events in the Longhouse.
For more information concerning Super Saturday, call
705-1044.

Colors of the Wild
Learn to make luscious dyes to co lor fabr ic a nd other
fibers by usin g those things that occ ur naturally in our
e nvironment. I nstructor Liz Frey offe rs tWO separate
workshops, on e on Saturday, Jul y 19, and a not her ded icated
solely to the color indigo, on Saturday, August 23. -[0 register
ca ll Liz Frey at 482- 1291 or emai l Ifrev@tcchlin e.coill.

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A debut screenin g of "Th e Lifelines Documentary
Project" will take pla ce on Wednesday, June 11 at 7:30
p.m . in Lec ture Hall 2. This film exp lores the life of
Ralph J. G leason, a soc ial commentaror and prominent
music critic of th e 1960s. This film is th e res ult of a
year of hard work.

Theatre. Music.
-P oe-t ry. - Food.
Fun, fun , fun at Traditions Cafe. Snident Emma
Pearlman will prese nt her short play which is based upon
interviews of Israeli s and Palesti nians. There will also be
food , music, and poetry. The event wi ll be o n Thursday,
Jun e 5 at 7:00 p.m.

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Well, this is the last issue of the CPJ for this year and lots of people have been telling
me to submit something, so here it is ....
First, I'd like to send a friendly 'fuck you' to the sac-less cowards that were in my room
a couple weeks ago and messed up my stuff and left that note. [Editor's Note: The note
that was left read, "Nigger."] I know you've been watching me (how else would you
know where I live?), so have you seen me still smiling and still enjoying everything as
if nothing happened? Yeah, that's cuz you dumbasses did a shitty job. At the beginning
when I was looking into this school, I got the impression that it was a really open,
non-discriminatory kind of place. Well I, like so many other students of color here, I
was fooled. Evergreen DOES have a racism problem, just like elementary school, middle
school, and high school. But it's not just me that's had to struggle with racism on this
campus this year; ask almost any other person of color here and you'll hear things that
you never thought could happen at wonderful, liberal Evergreen.
If you're not a person of color, don't write in the Voices of Color section. That's simple.
The last section featured a lost boy trying to find his identity, both wanting to identify
as Native American and enjoying the privileges of a white male at the same time. People '
of color are 'colored' year-round, man!
I would also really like to thank all the people who have been so supportive during this
whole thing. The meeting held last week really showed strength and hope for the future
[Editor's note: The meeting, intended for all students of color, as well as faculty/staff
of color, was held in response to Jake's experience in the May 22 issue. The article
was called "Hate Crime in Housing"] Thanks' to everyone who was there and also
to First People's for working so hard. I would encourage all people of color to come
together more, party together more, help each other out more during next year so
we can all feel a little better.
That's my contribution to this paper for this year. Next year will be my and many
others' second and last year at Evergreen. The truth is, it's a nice schooL .. for white
people with dreadlocks that is.

Amy Goodma n, host of the radio sh ow, "Democracy
Now," will be speaking at the Washington Center for the
Performing Arts, in downtown O lympia at 7:30 p.m. on
T hursday, Jun e 12. Tickets are $ 10. For more information ,
call 753-8586 or 570-0 154 .

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End of the year thoughts ...

Events Announcements, Y'al/!

A fundrais ing party on Friday, June 6 . What bener way to end the school year?!? It all begins at 7 p.m.
with a potluck and keg tapping (beer for 21+) . The music starts at 8 p.m. with Samba OIyWa, followed by
One-EyM-Spectacle, A-Kamp, and BushMastersl There will be a bonfire and a pinata (who doesn't like pinatas?!
Especially with better-than-candy prizes . . .) The cost is only $7, and includes everything, including a raffle ticket (lots
of raffle prizes have b-=en donated by New Belgium Brewing company). All proceeds go toward my up-coming summer
trip with Bike-Aid: a.non-profit cross-country bicycling trip that works with communities along the way for social,
environmental, and economic justice. Check them out on the website www.globalexchange.org.
Directions: From Highway 101, travel south on Black Lake Blvd. (away from the W side) for 4.5 miles. Atthe Black
Lake Grange (it is NOT at the Grange! But, it is a fantastic idea to park there and walk the rest of the way!) the road
curves to the right and becomes 62nd. A few hundred feet after the curve, take the first left onto Nels Road. Nels ends
in 112 mile at a stop sign: turn left onto 69'" Ave. It is the third house on the right (5025 69'" 98512) . Carpooling and
especially biking is encouraged! Otherwise, you must park nearby on the.streets. See you there!
(Questions? Contact me: annas2bananas@hotmail.com)

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Out of ten students who were asked whether there
was any' group or stereotype commonly associated
with evergreen students, seven mentioned hippies.
Emily Himmelright did not say "hippie" but instead
said there were images of potheads , touchy-feely
liberals, and slackers. Emily described herself as an
artist because "most of what I do with my life is art in
one sense." Amn Sofie, who could not describe herself
in one word, described Evergreen's stereotype as dirty
people' with long,- dirty hair, and strange building
styles. When asked how she defines the term 'hippie,'
she said: "Kind of the way people look here." Taryn
Goodman simply said: "Tree huggers". Taryn said
she is a learning being "because I'm here, making an
effort,-trying to change the world." Other stereotypes
people mentioned about Evergreen were: protesters,
lesbians, liberals, and drug users.
When asked whether the stereotype was justified,
there were few clear answers. The studefl[s did
not agree with 'hippie' being used as a blanket
statement for Evergreen students, "People have all
sorts of different interests," said Tiffany Ralston,
who described herself as a peace-loving homebody
and. gardener with an interest in making the world
better. But there also seemed to be the sentiment
that indeed, some Evergreen students did fit the
stereo·type. Boone Grant, who called himself a geek
because of his technical interests and poor handling of
large social groups, felt that there are more things to
justify the image here than at other campuses. "Those
groups are much larger, more visible block here than
on other camp uses, " he said.
Though Evergreen's stereotype. according to
most of these students , was that of a ' hippi e,' n o
one questioned actually identified themselves as
one. The closest anyone came was when Sara Black
said , "I thjnk I'm a hippie at heart, I just don'r like
dreadlocks," pretending to scratch her head to show
they would be itchy. Students were asked if there
.was any term or terms th ey would use to describe
themselves. T hree students said they would not be ab le
to describe themselves in a few words. Some students
used terms relating to interests like gardenin g or art.
Other students described attitudes, like wanting to
m ake the world a better place, or being interes ted
in self discovery.
When asked to define what a 'h ippi e' was, students
answered in three different ways. Sara Black said thar
) n terms of Evergreen, a hippie was someone who h ad
dreadlocks, or was comforrable with a lot of hair. She
described the "hippie" as a style of being unkempt,
wearing second-hand clothes, and bare feet. Miles
Miller, who said he is a Native American goth, gave
a more ideological explanation, saying a "hippie" was
S0meone who cares about the e nvironment. Some
people gave combin;tions of descriptions and beliefs,
like Grant TLirer who said his view of a "hippie" was
someone who holds certain values: anti-consumerism,
anti-homophobia, anti-sexism, and other anti-isms .
He also mentioned that the stereotypical idea was
someone who was dirty, dressed a cerrain way, a drug
llser, ~reless and irresponsible.

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Webster's 2003 dictionary defines "hippie" as "a young person of the 1960's who
rejected established social mores, advocated spontaneity, free expression of love and
the expansion of consciousness, often wore long hair and unconventional clothes,
and used psychedelic drugs ."
This suggests that hippie is a very time-specific term, one that no longer applies
to people today.
Yet many people on campus seem to disregard this definition, casually throwing
the word 'hippie' around to describe anyone whom they feel fits the image. It can
be either a compliment or an insult.
"In my family a hippie has always been a person who has stepped away from
society for personal or social reasons, " writes freshman Erron Kellner in an e-mail.
"I am proud to think of myself and many of my friends as hippies. Both of my
parents were hippies and they installed many of the same values they had in the
60's and 70's into me."
But not everyone gives the word a benign connotation. Senior Sean Mullen said,
"I often use the word hippie derisively. I suppose that my use of the word .. . is the
result of experiences I have had with people that I-and I assume most people-have
thought of as a hippie."
What is the image that makes students label someone a hippie? Some would agree
with Webster. "I think of a hippie as a person in their late 40's to late 60's who has
been exposed to or has actively explored beyond the American cultural norms of the
1950's and 1960's," writes third year student Chris Hardy. For sophomore Samra
Seymour, the term "refers to a person not only of a certain era but also to a person
with specific political and social values."
Some apply an old term to a new generation. Mullen thinks of "both a style
of dress and a personality. The stereotypical hippie dress involves an unclean
outdoorsy appearance. The 'hippie personality' is very spacey and uninterested
in saying or thinking anything definite." He believes there are hippie students
at Evergreen.
Regardless of what era the term appli es to, those interviewed talked about fairly
simi lar images that'''hippie' evokes.
" I picture a relatively 'classical' hippie, with all the attendant images: acoustic guitar,
wide-leg pants, long hair, buttons, etcetera," said Meta Hogan.
"It means free love. No war. Down with corporations. Sit-ins. Love-ins. Flower
. girls, and mind altering substances. Drive a VW van, " wrote Linda May in facilities,
who admits to being a "wa nnabe former hippie girl. "
"The image thar pops in to my mind is someone whose views run left of rhe
dominant group, " said Seymour, though she doesn't believe that it is necessarily the
correct image. Her political views wo uld probably be considered "lefr," though she
doesn't believe h ~Jself to be a hippie. Echoing her was junior Ryan Agnew: "I think
of liberal and laid back. " But he added, "I am liberal, and laidback at times, but I
still wouldn't call myself a hippie. "
'Hipp ie' appears to be largely a term that describes so me sort of 'other.' In '
corresponden ce via www.profnet.com. Mary Burlak from college relations at Buffalo
Stare C oll ege in New York wrote that "peopl e who were 'hippies' in the ' GOs didn'r call
th emselves rhat. They call ed themselve.1 'freaks.'"
During the 1960's and 1970's , th e terlll was used by non-hippies to talk abo ut
people who fit the stereotype o f th e "class ical hippi e" that is stil l in use today..
According to a 1973 issue of Fri end , "' Hippie' is rath er a general term app lied quite
often to anyone young and unkempt in appearance. who is con sidered to have dropped
our of 'straight' society, and who in genera l puts littl e premium on the values of
contemporary society which he has rebelled aga inst. " A 1972 issue of New Society
notes that "the word ' hippy' is now in current usage throughout Uganda, Tanzania
and Kenya, and often just refers to anyo ne with long hair, almost always a European."
Clearly the definition is more rehitive than Webster's would lead to believe.
So why do Greeners use the term "hippie"? Seymour sees it as an effort "to
marginalize an individual or group." Agnew believes that "folks will say 'hippie' for
lack of a better definition of someone or some culture. "
Hardy concurs. He believes that "calling people hippies suggests intellectual
lazi ness." Ouch. Hogan probably sums it up best: "I occasionally refer to people .
as hippies, but it's usually for semantic efficiency. I have never met someone who
I could unreservedly call a hippie."

Two Weeks in the Canyons
Commentary by Cedar CbarnlRy

Two weeks only generates a light breeze, a hint at the glory of wilderness. Two
weeks on the Green River has been an inspiration, a rejuvenation. This is a story of my
quarter and the wilderness it involves.. .
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After an IS-hour drive, Anna, Shane. Paul, and I arrived in Moab, Utah . Venturing
here to experience the raw. rocky desert known as the Colorado Plateau. The canoes,
atop our car, are to be our vessels for experiencing this land - floating on the waters
of the Green River, we follow its chanryel as it snakes deep into the hart of the red rock,
creating veins flow ing from every dry corner of the open desert.
Delirium from the IS-hour journey gives way to a sense of awe in the face of
massive rock arches, spanning hundreds of feet to frame the distant La Sal Mountains.
It is here. standing on a spine of sandstone arching into the big sky that our first
day in the Utah desert comes to an end. The crows, dancing on the wind currents
flowing up the rock, are illuminated with the last gold rays of the sun as they twirl
together in joy and play. Mimicking their play I stretch my arms wide and feel as
though I could fly as well - the wind sweeps over my face .gaining speed with the
steady downward slip of the sun.
A long din road through red sand and fl at plains of sparse vegetation rattles
our bones as we are brought to the river. Jittery from the car we finally get on the
river and are confronted with a strong wind as it squirrels across the flat open land ,
it is a struggle to paddle into the shade of the canyons. The mouth of Labyrinth
canyo n yawns around us; inviting us, like it has to countless travelers, to enter its
wild twisting body. Overjoyed to at last be in the presence of nat ural balance we
paddle hard to our camp.
The ilays float by, no sense of time is necessary - it even seems pointless to try and
track it. In these canyons the feet of time dance to a different rhythm, one of patience
and om: of terrifying steady change. It is a relief to be in a rhythm that harmonizes
with my!lwn life song. Wilderness envelops me with a warm blanket. She feeds my
soul with every drop of water falling into my mouth from a small canyon spring.
She feeds my soul through the sight of deep red canyons, sandy bottoms reaching
into the ·rock as it climes for hundreds of feet into the air forming sp ires, domes,
hallows and ledges. Each perfect combination of juniper, Indian paintbrush, and
cactus, in the dips of the rolling weathered sandstone. feeds my soul with their strength
gain ed from this harsh land.
Nights are spent under clouds and srars, filtered through oak leaves, their trees
protecting me in the vas mess of space. The full moon rises over canyon walls to
shi ne her wise face on rhe deepest reaches of this wild land illuminating it, giving
it tenderness and giving it life. I become lost in the history of this land; in its story,
whispered to me by the grass growing on the wet banks of the river. It tells us of all rhe
moon has seen, the rising and falling of the earth's crust, the forming of rock and the
endless erosion. Lying under massive red cliffs, dwarfed by their beauty, I can see the
rock braking apart around me floating downstream to form into rock anew. The cycle
oflife knows no end or beginning; encircled. by wilderness I feel my place in that wheel
and continue to sp in, refreshed by the impermanence.
On many days r find myself in labyrinths of ca nyons, twisting and turning
embodying chaos. The echoing honk of geese come to my ears as their creators fly past
to some urgent destination, a sharp contrast to the ever patient heron standing for
hours in one spot waiting for a crawdad to show itself.
My bliss is torn to shreds by a massive aluminum boat as it roars up the Colorado
River carrying me and my fellow wilderness pilgrims back to Civ. On this final voyage in
ca nyon country words of the geologist, F. A. Barns, rattle through my mind:
" ... it would be safe to say that by one million years from now - a mere instant of
geologic time - it will probably take a very skilled archeologist, indeed, to discover
any remaining trace of the humans on this planet. By then, this old Earth will have
shrugged off its transient tormentors and reverted to its own slow but inexorable
manner of shapi ng its surface into endless varieties of natural beauty, perhaps for the
enjoyment of some less destructive species."
It worries me that a geologist. thinking in terms of a violent, ever changing earth,
is concerned abour the erosion we as humans are creating. I see it in the mines I pass
on the high way leaving the temple of wilderness I have just visited. I see it every day
wondering why we have forgotten more than we have remem bered. Perhaps this is
why I went to the Green, to remember and gain strength.
I am left with, and I leave you with, the words of Terry Tempest Williams, may
we all see the beauty of this Earth:
"The wide-open vistas that sustain our souls, the depth of silence that pushes us
toward sanity, return us to a kind of equilibrium. We stand steady on the Earth. The
external space I see is the internal space I feel."

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CLIMB-A-THON

2003:

Safeplace Teams up with The
Outdoor Program, -Scaling Mt.
Rainier to RaIse Money, Awareness
by 1 allren Mathisen

The
Evergreen
State
College's
The
Outdoor
Program (T.O.P.) and Safeplace
are teaming up to raise money
for su rvivors of domestic
and sexual violence.
In
2003 Safeplacc celebrates the
10th annual community-based
Climb-A-Thon. Each year
climbers collect pledges from
family, friends and comm unity members before scaling
14, 125 -foot Mt. Rainier in
honor of victims and survivors
of domestic and sexual violence. The Outdoor Program
is co-spo nsoring the an nual
Climb-A-Thon for the second
year, and the profits from
the even t will be donated to
Safeplace to support them
in their mission to empower
our community to end domestic and sexual violence and
oppression . Ten yea rs ago.
community members who
wanted to show their support
for Safep lace organized the
first Climb -A-Thon. They
put together the program and
Climbm gather for a group photo in fiont OfSafiplau's
many community members
downtown
office.
and businesses have continued to support it since then.
Both Olympic Outfitters and The Alpine Bach .climber ·will have a personal goal to
Experience have been very supportive of the raise $1,000 in pledges for their efforts.
event by providing gear, funds, and their own The funds will be used for Safeplace's direct
benefit events to 'help support the C1imb- services to clients in crisis as well as for comA-Thon. Since its establishment in 1993 , munity violence and oppression prevention
the men and women participating in Climb- programs . • Mat Erpelding, Director of The
A-Thon events and the people who have Outdoor Program. who will be climbing again
suppo rted th em ha ve raised over $75,000 this year and working with the other climbers
said, "We are very excited to be working
for Safeplace.
Safeplace is a non-profit organization that with Safeplace again this year. The work that
provides direct services to survi vors of sexual Safeplace does is absolutely essential to our
assau lt and domesti c violence, including a community. The event is really fun and it
confidential shelter, 24-hour advocacy services, allows us to express our sincere appreciation
and a 24 -hour crisis line. The agency offers for Safeplace's work to positively impact those
legal and medical advocacy, support groups, in need."
Climbers commit to a practice climb as
financial support in emergency situati ons,
culturally-relevant advocacy to underserved well as the final Rainer climb. The practice
populations, and many other important climb, lasti ng from June 6-S, will include
se rvices. Safeplace also fac ilitates co mmunity basic mountain and snow school on Mount
education programs that advocate ending all Adams. To physically prepare for climbing,
participants are also expected to get at least
oppression to stop violence.
It is unacceptable that thousands of women 20-30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise
in Thurston County each year are subjected every day. Each weekend, they are required
to violence. Worse yet, many times there are to take a major hike with a 20-30 pound
not enough services available to help all those backpack. ' Each individual climber makes
in need. In 2002, Safepl ace received over 700 a great commitment of time and effort to
requests for shelter and assistance that could support Safeplace's programs, and each needs
not be met. The climb is made by people the support of people in our communiry to
who are committed to helping women and make an impact.
The Mount Rainier climb begins on July
sexual and domestic
children
17 and lasts through July 20. If you are
interested in sponsoring the climb or climbing
next year, please co ntact Safe place at (360)
EIU!1I9Ilee1t Stah
786-8754. If you or so meone you know
'PIwem:
needs assistance, please do not hesitate to call
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Safeplace's crisis line at (360) 754-6300.

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After nearly two years of deliberation, a committee created to address Evergreen's parking issues is finally
seeing its decision actualized. In the next few weeks, several parking meters will be installed around campus,
in B-Iot, C-Iot, F-Iot, and on the dorm loop.
The motivation? To give users a choice in how long they park. Currently, community members who come
to campus to use the CRC or to watch a production are required to pay the daily rate of $1.25 if they pla.n
to park in one of the lots for over one hour, even if their visit will only last a few minutes more: If thelf
visit runs longer than the allotted free hour, they risk receiving a parking ticket. The meters will repl~ce
the current free one-hour spaces in the parking lots and the free IS-minute spaces on the dorm loop, to gIve
students and community members more flexibility in terms of how long they can stay. This, in turn, should
result in less parking citations.
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Management committee. The rate will be 40 cents per hour, meanmg a quarter WIll buy 37 mmutes of tIme, a
dime will buy 15 minutes, and a nickel will buy 7.5 minutes.
Parking has become a big issue at Evergreen, especially in light of the college's ~oal to increase enrollme~t of
"full-time equivalent" students to 5,000 by the 2010-2011 school year. The Parking Management committee,
which included a mix of staff, faculty, and students, was chaired by Wendy Freeman, director of the Career
Development Center at ·Evergreen. It made its final recommendation for the parking meters to Art Costantino
by the set deadline-December IS, 2000.
Though the meters will be installed shortly, they will not need to be plugged until "everyone gets a chance to get
used to them, n explains Seip. John Blanton in parking enforcement said, "we'll let people know when we're going to
start enforcing." He envisions posting signs on the meters informing users of the activation .d~te.'
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costing just a nickel. She feels that the overall benefit-allowing students the fleXIbIlity to park longer If
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SANTIAGO

Commentary by lylAr Rougeau

Sitting in an airport waiting for my time to come.
L~aving this life behind as soon as I've grown into ie.
Given the downtime I can't help but feel I'm loosing
something.
My mood is sinking and unless I want to melt into
the memories trailing off in the back of my mind, I've
got to find a distraction. Coffee will sharpen my colors.
Footsteps echo and my gait is a weight to carry. Interesting
imitation corporate restaurant. Take a seat and exchange
whispers with the waitress. Nescafe espresso? Ha, all right,
let me taste this unique fifty-cent experience. I sip the
espresso and jot down some lines, nothing regarding the
Nescafe or deserted airport, just reaching for greater clarity
than half a thought and a passing flirtatious look provides.
Struggling to grasp an unattainable moment, I look up as
if the answer is across the room. There's that look again. I
wonder. My energy stirs and I approach the young woman,
as I know I should.
C(Hi."
I sit, smile and listen to the words pile upon each
other. ''I've met so many wonderful people since I've been
here. " I begin. "Warm, welcoming people, families eager to
feed me and welcome me into their homes upon our first
encounter. There's such a patient and respectful demeanor
. exhibited by the characters I've been introduced to, I
don't know how to explain it. The women here ... there's
something about the way they laugh ... "
She laughs.
''I've seen Santiago from many different angles," I
continue. "From the Presidential Palace to the black market
candy salesmen on the busses. I've absorbed the eerie
florescent glow of the Lider super store and savored the
aroma of garbage within the catacombs of a street vendor
district. I know that classic rock is played in taxis and
human statues have a permanent gig at Plaza de Armos.
I've been to universities and felt the sting of tear gas
from a protest, ].'ve witnessed the Andes disa ppear outside
Santiago behind a veil of smog and have driven From a
makeshift town on the side of a hill to high-rise apartme nts
on the beach presumably built to launder money. I've
seen grapes planted at an exhausted copper mine. My eyes
have held the image of businessmen in suits crossing the
street alongside wild street dogs resembling wolves. I've
explained my stance against the war in Iraq a thousand
times because everyone I met naturall y inquired. I've eaten
meat and potatoes and resisted Nestle's ice cream nearly
everyday. I've spoken to nearly a hund red people about the
free trade agreement and consumerist culture in Santiago,
Thousands of my pesos have gone to waste trying to use
the pay phones and learn ing why everyone has cell phones.
I've walked the streets at all hours of the day and night
admiring the graffi ti covered walls, [ know that everyone
knows the same dance moves and must bring toilet paper
into public restrooms. I feel at home in the crowded streets
of downtown Santiago and completely ridiculous in the
European club district where strippers on roller-s kates and
men in black leather compete for my foreign business,
"And after alt'of this all I can think is how :,eem ingly
ordinary surroundings pass by unexamined because my
perception lacks an investigative quality sharp enough to
penetrate the surface of each situa tion, [nstead of taking
each person and place as new and original entities , I
merely gloss them over and hold them to preconceived
notions .
"Sa ntiago appea rs to be like a number of oth er
big cities, but it's the intangib le something that slips
under the rad ar and gets you, How ca n [ paint a picture
beyond the scope of my vision? [ ask you, new found
companion at the airport restaurant: how does one become
sensitive to the sub tleties of a process such as the one
.
I'm immersed in ?"
The poised and unruffled figure across this small
table is obviously delighting in the silent heavy-hangi ng
moment. My festering ide'as and pent up emotions have
just erupted all over her. She smiles a,nd with a wave of her
hand s~ys , "WLth .e;l~c:..~ tI~! ~y,e~ ¥hj n,e, Y.:'~t~k:lO~vin_g: T,!1en
my mind ticks onward and the mo ment has passed ,
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There have recently been ' accusations made by some members
of the Evergreen community that
certain faculty members who are
active in the struggle for jlistice for
Palestinians (a nd for Rachel Corrie)
are some how helping to create a
hostile environment at Evergreen
(and Olympia too) for people who
disagree with their politics . Some
people now say they feel uncomfortab le when people ope nly express
an "ant i-Israel" sen timent , that
th ey fear this co uld easily become
"a nti- Semit ic ," meaning, anti-Jew.
Th ere is talk of the need for more
" ideo logical diversity." There are
complaints about the "politicization
of graduation" - as if not acknowledging the killing of Rachel and
th e strong emotions so many in
the community here have for such
issues would not itself be a political
statement.
I have no doubt that some people
in the Evergreen community harbor
anti-Jewish sentiments. The current
situation in the Middle East is very
complicated, and m a ny people come
to Evergreen with very little knowledge of the region. They learn about
Israeli human rights abuses, think,
"oh god, how awful," and without
an understanding of the history of
the people committing those human
rights abuses, are unable to see how
or why Israel does such cruel things.
Some people get angry. When I first
became aware of the situation in
PalestinelIsrael.several years ago,
before moving to Olympia, I was
very angry. I couldn't understand
how the state of Israel could be so
cruel. I hated the US media's racist
portrayal of Arabs, and I thought
if the Pa lestinians just had equal
military power, they could stalemate
the Israelis, and the unholy situation
in the Holy Land would come to an
end. Friends would tell me, " Not
every Israeli supports the policies of

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the Israeli government." But whenever tbe land of the biblical kingdom of
I would read a news story about the Israel and that they should have a Jewish
conflict, I would usuall y get angry at government which wou,ld therefore
the journalist, believing him or her to ensure certain privileges for Jews (and
be a biased Zionist, because usually, if deny them from non-Jews) .
one Israeli and fiv e Palestinians died
But thi s philosophy, which is in
in conflict, three quarters of the article many ways responsible for the current
would be about the Israeli, and the co nflict, was not shared by all those
five Palestinian deaths would be briefly Jews who fled from lands across the
mentioned a t the end o f the article .
world where they were persecuted (as
The m ains tream media makes very the Palestinians are today) to come
little attempt to educate the American to Palestine at the end of the 18005
public about what is happ ening in a nd throughout th e early years of the
Palestine , that certa in profe ssors at just-concluded ce ntur y, Although it
Evergreen d"o mak e a n a tt e mpt to has beco me more a nd more accepted
educate their st udents and others is not throughout th e years (the traged y
an indication of th ose profes sors being of th e Holo caust gave it, and con"biased ." These
tinue s to give it,
instructors know --f ...;._._....-,--, ......_._-_._........ ,........ __ ......_. .._ .....- credence) the form
a great deal about , 'l> The current situation in the
of Zioni sm that we

Middle East is very compli- know today is not
the Arab World,
cated, and many people come all there is to Israel
and the non-Jewish
to
Evergreen with very little today.
people of Palestine.
knowledge of the region.
"
Some of them also
Some see the
know a great deal
current relationabout the Jews who
ship
with
the
live in the state of Israel (and those who United States as ominous for Jews
don't- those living "in thetiaspora.,,) everywhere. The United States helps
Both people's stories are old. There fund Israel's army and shields them
may be more of an emp asis on the from the world's criticism when they
Palestinians right now, because of the use it against Palestinian civilians,
gross human rights violations being and in return Israel serves some very
committed right now by Israel (the useful purposes for the US, like funding
largest recipient of US military aid in despotic regimes that are too unpoputhe world). But they do not make the lar for the United States to support
nation of Israel out to be "all bad ."
directly.
The nation of Israel is comprised
They've done this many times: in
of millions of people, and many of Guatemala, EI Salvador, South Africa
them oppose many of the policies the and Indonesia, to name a few. People
state has pursued since it's founding, all over then world get angry at Israel,
fifty-five years ago. Indeed, the Zionist when it is really the US pulling the
movement once included people who stflngs.
advocated for peaceful coexistence with
It's classic scapegoating - Jewish
the Pale1ltinians who lived there, when people (and other minorities) all over
the Jews started coming at the end of the world have experienced just this sort
the 1800s. Today many people who of thing for hundreds and hundreds of
care about the plight of the Palestinians years. Kings didn't want their subjects
speak scornfully of "Zionism ," and rising up in revolt when they collected
equate it with "racism." When one taxes, so they .made Jews collect the
speaks of "Zionism" today, one usually taxes , and then the people's anger
means the idea that Jews should inhabit was directed at the Jews inste ad of

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the people in charge. The British
effectively pined different peoples
against each other- India is the most
widely known case- a ll over the
world, for many years , in a si mil ar
way, so as to forever keep their
colonized subjects angry at each
other, instead of at the British .
The fact is, there are many brilliant people in Israel who envision
and have articulated a beautiful
future for the holy land where all
the people who have lived there over
the years can live there together
in peace, in one truly democratic
multicultural nation . But if all you
know is learned from reading the
mainstream newspapers (or frorn
people who read them and then tell
you what to think) you will never
hear about any of this . You will
never really understand the "special
relationship" that exists between
Israel and America. You will never
learn about the peace groups in
Israel. You won 't hear about the
Tikkun conference in D.C. which
just concluded. You will have a
rather incomplete picture of the
situation, and I think, it is just such
an incomplete picture that allows
beliefs like "anti-Semitism" to take
root.
Evergreen is very fortunate to have
these faculty members who teach
classes dealing with Middle East
issues. Far from creating an environment of hostility, they help to create
an environment of understanding.
In the stifling American political
environment of today, they help
create a space here where important
ideas can be expressed and discussed.
I'm all for political expression : at
graduation ceremonies, and just
about everywhere else. And I support
the faculty who help keep Evergreen
a school where thoughtful, independent, caring people can truly be
proud to attend and graduate from.

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money for cultural awaren.ess programming, and classes devoted in racism on this campus. They should support the St~dents of
to ethnic studies? Why should the only advising service on campus Color in all the requests they are asking for. It may be a matter of
for Students of Color fundraise constantly to ge nera te money for money, but mostly it's a maner of time. A m.aner of caring for and
events for Students of Color? Again, we are paying for our education . hearing the needs of students on this campus.
Evergreen needs to try a litrleharder to keep us here.
One of the last things that we talked abo ut was whether or not we
6) Keep it REAL. We sugar coat things too much on this campus. as Students of Color would suggest Evergreen a~ a school for other
We need to keep it real. We shouldn't have to edit ourselves when Students of Color to come to. Should we recruit Students of Color?
talking about our experien'ces with racism and oppress ion. But Do we want Students of Color to come into this environment?
we do . As Students of Color, we do not feel like we can express Is this a place where we want to be? As of now, the answers to
ourselves in class . If we do we're .exposing ourselves to a group of these questions are unclear. We can only speak on how we feel.
people who can't necessarily handle it. People on this campus need However we do expect that if the administration wants to continue
to wake up and stop being ignorant.
to use our pictures in cata,1ogues to recruit more Students of
7) As People of Color, we need to work on our own stereotypes Color, th en they should make an effort to hear the things we are
and then work on the rest of the campus. Everyone has stereotypes , aski ng them to do.
.
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everyone makes sly little racist co mments, and most people don't
To summarize what we've learned: We've learned that we are
eve n know that they are doing it. As People of Color, we can't not . the only ones on this campus who feel uncomfortable, and
expect a change if we don't make that change amongst ourselves used by this system. We know many other people who have been
fi rst.
.
hu miliated, singled 0 ut, and even discriminated against. We feel
8) W e- wan, more Ethnic studies'-clas·ses. · Again , why are ' we '~ -like a-Io(,of-changes"neecho-bemade on- this' campus ;-We're -hoping
paying all this money to go here, when what we want to study . that this paper spa~ks questions in yo ur minds, and conversations
is not be ing offered?
will begin. In order for change t.o happen , we have. to want it to
9) The Administration should take more of an active role happen . We do, do you?

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8f1\d- ob title ~i"e
This is my last article for this year, and my
last column in the CPJ, ever. Next year I will
be working five days a week student teaching,
thus I must conserve my energies. This is for
all of you who are leaving Evergreen. You are
about to leave Evergreen for a world that in
most places is not ready to go the places (in
learning) that you have gone. There is a high
chance in whatever employment situation
you gain, your co-workers and leaders will
not understand the life choices .you make or
be aware of say, Howard Zinn's "The People's
History of the United States." You will have
to decide if sharing your knowledge is worth
loosing your job in some cases.
To get to the far mountain, you have to
take many small steps. If you have not had
to carry many burdens, or even if you have,
your burdens will get heavier every time you
go against the natural order of life on this
world . Every time you lie and gossip to hurt
other people, every time you hate anot her for
their views, and every time you blame the ills
of the world on someone else, you increase
your burden of shame. Every time you make
choices that will benefit only you, but will
destroy life, h~nian or otherwise, every time
you go home and turn of the TV without
thinking, and every time you kill without need
for food, your burden will also increase.
This is the easy way out. You can focus
on making lots of money and buying all the
nice things you w~nt. You can focus on
the possibility of fame and fortun e. You can
focus on finding that perfect mate who will
make everything wro ng in you ri ght, or at
least clean up your messes. Everybody has
these selfish little things they dwell on. Am I
pretty/handsome enough' Am I thin enough?
Am I smart enough' Do people like me?
1 read on Salon that there is a noted
'Slacker' trend in the American workplace.
People of Generation X age have opted out
of the usual 40-hour a week rat race. Some
have chose to work part-time in professional
positions and use the other time to practice
art, music, and whatever else they deem

important (like D&D .) The Food Co-op
hires all its staff at 3/4 time and you sti ll
.get benefits. This is a common practice in
Europe, where entire countries are known to
take a whole momh off in ·summer, to just
relax. It is really easy if you forgo the fluff of
life and just live simply.
In my case, I have noted that for a
very nice salary, I can become a part-time
kindergarten teacher or a part-time elememary
teacher, still make thirty-two thousand a
year, and have time off to buy land, build my
farm, and enjoy my community. Thus while
tossing yourself into the corporate maw of a
American might be a jolly way to make the
big bucks and become one with the "Axis of
Power," you can also chose to the opposite
and still have a rich life. Besides from the
way most people in the dorms take care of
their things, what is the use ofliving the high
life, when you can even keep your 250,000
dollar house, your 100,000 dollar SUV, and
your 50 ,000 worth of stuff clean and in good
repair'Ten to one by the time you have worn
the heck out of those things, you will not even
have finished making the payments.
Thus if you believe in organic food, go
out and research it , grow it, market it, and
promote it. You could start a Food Co-op in
your town of Po dunk, Oklahoma. You could
start harvesting from decp fat fryers and make
bio-diesel or create methane from compost.
You could corner the market on organic meat
products or create the first indistinguishable
soy steak. YOll could go out and start an
intentional community that takes care of the
elderly or foster kids. You could work at an
Environmental Education program, or help
the Department of Interior pay reperations
to the Native Americans for land usage over
the last 200 years. You could join Americorps
and help kids, or the environment. There is
a ton of good out there to be done and not
enough young educated adults who care. And
maybe within that good work you will find a
person to love and a purpose in life.

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That's Mental!

Collee ·ve Act;
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Is that an Electroshock machine,
or are you just happy to see me?
by Dan Bennett
So where was I? Oh yeah, something
about you eating Gouda Buddha fooda in
the nooda, but there's no time for that right
now. What I really wanted to talk about was
the shocking state of affairs regarding archaic
mental health practices. Yes, it's a sordid tale
of drugs, electricity and money... Yeah, there's
always money in there somewhere.
Once upon a time, some junior scientist
boy decided that if you were acting crazy, a
shock to your system of some kind should
bring you to your senses. Kind of like a slap
to the face. At the time, it was believed that
schizophrenia was the mother's fault, and
corporal punishment was acceptable. We've
come along ways since then ... I think, maybe,
so rt of.. . Or not.
First, ice baths were all the rage. The
person was wrapped tightly in a bed shee t
and held in an ice-chilled tub until he was
'cal m.' It's difficult disc ussing philosophy
with the voices when you are numb from
hypothermia. Punishment or treatment, you
decide!
Next, after a technological breakthrough,
some junior scientist boys invented insulin
shock therapy. If you call it therapy, it so unds
more doctor-like, doesn't it? The patient
would get a massive dose of insu lin and
would go into a light coma. The patient
would be feeling all tranquil-'n-.shit, for a
couple of days.
Don't forget that wond rous lobotom y!
You might be saying to yourself, "Oh God!"
If you did, you are correct in your assessment.
Lobotomies were various methods of disconnecting ·the prefrontal lobe from the rest
of the brain . After yeats of trial and error
they went in through the eye sockets because
cutting through one's skull is rather messy and
tim e consuming. They would carefully insert
a sharp object such as an ice pick between
the eyeball and the eyelid and using a little
force, break the thin bone of the socket well.
The ice pick is then swished back and forth,
stirrin g the prefrontal lobe into-a lumpy
oatmeal consistency. Tens of thousands were
performed. The ice pick method became a
clinical procedure. It was quick, easy and
so simple. The patients weren't- cure<t, due
a certain lack of ability to function . They
were tranquil and docile for a couple'of years
before they died. Many lobotomized patients
died from brain hemorrhage due to broken
blood vessels and some from encephalitis

Now that I'm finally graduating, all
that people ask me is, "What are you
going to do with your life'" What's
next' What can you do with a BA in
Creative Writing and Performance Art?
Arc you going to grad schoo l' And
they al l ask yo u like they're the only
one who's posed the question. It's not
enough that my parents ask me eve ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
time we talk on the phone. So here
the animals are consenting.
it is all you curious automatons: my
Then I'll join WWOOF (Worldwide
grear gregarious meticulous menstruating
masturbating Mafioso masochistic maturating Organizations of Organic Farmers) and go ro
mimicking mystical magical maniacal multi- Australia to hang out with the Aborigines and
cultural messianic Machiavellian Mayan .~ get in touch with my roots. Never mind that
monkey Post-Modern mad MC Man-God I'm of European dissent, I live in the collective
unconscious and Paul Hogan (Crocodile
Mac-daddy master plan.
A1-Qaeda has yet to approve my applica- Dundee) is a distant uncle of mine.
Actually, there's no reason for me to go
tion, but I'm supposed to hear back from the
to
Australia.
I'd only do it please my parents.
NSA this week. If they don't accept me, the
I
have
no
desire
to hang out with more antiCIA will or any government agency for that
American
white
people
whose oppressive and ·
matter since I am so prone to mind control
colonial
history
runs
parallel
to ours minus a
and brain washing and it's always been a dream
few
million
deaths,
but
who's
counting.
of mine to have.computer chips sewn imo my
.
Seriously
though,
my
first·
grade teacher
skin and implanted in my belly.
always
called
me
her
little
surfer
boy which
If that doesn't work. out I can join the
probably
means
my
destiny
lies
on
the
beaches
ranks of America's pornstar elite, but last I
somewhere
in
Latin
or
South
America,
but
heard all the auditions were taking place on a
I'd
probably
end
up
as
car,
gun,
drug,
coffee,
secluded farm in Mississippi . Sounds shady,
I know, but don't worry I don't think it's a prostitute, and migrant worker sm uggler on
slaughterhouse. Plus, PETA's top executives the black market. If there's one thing I've
will be there to supervise and make sure all learned at Evergreen, these are all lucrative.

Ours is an unsteady course, to be sure, activists. I want an intellectual people's army
of social actio n and reaction . For any who that can rival the judicial and economic
seek to repair the world around them, be it insolence of our government. I want an
through activism, agriculture, art, anarchy, Olympia School for the Betterment of
or otherwise, they are faced with some of the Society that gets results and can commost devious and daunting odds in history. municate within itself as well as with the
Always, since the dawn of time, it has been outside world. I want one group made up
rebels who bang the gong of change and they of individual (if! use this word some people
always have been attacked, ridiculed and . will call me a terrorist) cells all striving
murdered for their philosophical doctrines towards a few realistic, concrete goals
and ideologies, for their desire to alter the within our community, like: kicking major
world for the better. All histories aside, we corporations out of town and founding
are where we are and we don't like it so we'd independent businesses to provide for the
lack of jobs, or starting urban gardens on
better do something about it.
Grand schemes of world peace are great all the roofs in the downtown area. If we
and all, but what can any of us, as college provide a good example, other towns and
citizens lost in the Pacific cities will follow suit.
students and
Northwest, do to effect change on such an
Awareness is a burden because once you
enormous scale? Aha! A daunting task. We'd realize the existence of some wrong in the
better roll our dice well in this game, friends. world you feel guilty if you don't attempt
What if we start small? You remember that to do something about it. We are all ,little
phrase from childhood right? Building sparks of information and inspiration,
blocks, school projects, chores, the works. I disseminating knowledge and energy down
for one believe in the ability of a small group the pathways we encounter and sharing
of people to effect global change by starting our experiences with those we meet. I for
on a local level. Marx and Engels were just one refuse to believe in the futility of our
two guys chaning around a campfire in the common cause. I refuse to believe this is
a sinking ship or even that we and our
beginning and look what they did.
We need an Alternative Business beliefs represent a minority opinion. The
Association. We need to close down corporate media has trained us to believe
Washington Street to all automobile traffic. their- news and their statistics and we do
We need to revamp our educational systems. not have to succumb to their lies and
both public and private. We need to stop misrepresentations. Our nation may be a
shipping foods allover the world and eat greedy. blind war machine. but that doesn't
what we have growing around us. We need mean we have to reflect that malicious
to make eye contact. We need to know that lack of morality in our daily lives or in our
we don't have to be afraid all the time.
town. This is the state capitol. We can make
What if all the local peace chapters, things happen.
radical media groups. independent citizens
Way back in the early seventies. when
action groups, etc. joined forces or at least every activist had their ac.t together at least
improved lines of communication in order a little better than we do. this group in
to become a more cohesive unit. a force Boston began ploning. Calling themselves
to be reckoned with? I want a fusion of Advocates for Social Change. they waited

(or simple infections) . The prefrontal lobe
is considered the seat of reasoning and with
that part cut off, one tends to want to play
with one's own poo (actually, a very common
side effect). Lobotomies are still performed
today, but on a very limited basis.
Later, another junior scientist boy decided
that electricity could do the same thing
as an insulin overload and, wha-la! ECT
was born . Hey, they had to do something.
Someone noticed that after having electricity
course through a pa tien t's body, they had
a seizure. This seizure was followed by a
certai n calmness ... tranquility... and a little
memory loss.
At first, the practice involved holding the
person down because the induced seizure
would create physical convulsions. Muscles
would tear, joints would pop, and bones
would break; all due to the intense convulsions. But then, hundreds ofinsane and damaged people later, they started using muscle
rel axa nts. This helped reduce the physical
trauma. Then anesthesia was introduced.
And, for the past 20 years or so it has all
become quite antiseptic. Roll them in, knockem-out, shoot-ern-up, zaaaaap, and roll-em
back out ... NEXT! It's an assemb ly line
practice. And the beautyofit is that Medicaid
pays a cool 400 bucks per session .
Each Electro Co nvul sive-Therap y
machine unit can light up a 60-watt bulb
for 8 seconds per jol t. The idea is to cause a
total of 120 seconds of seizure activity in the
patient's brain for the 'full therapeutic effecr.'
Gee, I thought epilepsy was a bad ching, oh
silly me. And the most excitin g part, is that
the men who have 'c6t'lri"ollirig inrerest in
companies that make these ma·ch ines also act
as consultants to the FDA subcomm ittee that
evaluate ECT machine effectiveness. Well,
maybe excitement isn't the proper word.
Anyway, ECT is used primarily on the
elderly, and of those most were women.
Within a year, 1 in 200 are dead. Memory
loss-from 6 hours to 6 months-is typical.
The idea is that if rou can't remember what
you were depressed about then ... you won't
be depressed anymore!
Thus was a brief history of stan dard
mental health treatment: There is nothing
cheesy about it, sorry. I vote for real ·therapy
from a real human. Yeah, that and a tangy
feta on my salad.

Exploitation isn't really my field, but if our
government can do it, make money, and get
away wit h it as the entire wo rld watches,
th en I'm ser.
As for the 80 years or so after that, herc's
a short to-do list that I would recommend
to others as well.
Build an intentional sustainable communi ty
based on the thirteen-moon Mayan · peace
calendar living in harmony and synchronicity
wirh nature and all the galaxies.
Start a sc~ool teaching kids everything. T
know, broad, but that's another story and I'm
sure you can figure it out. Join a nudiH colony,
have lots oflatex orgies, and get the pictures on
the Internet. Overthrow the government and
create a utopian altruistic holistic telepathic
society. Open a restaurant in which you eat
your meals off each other's bodies. Trust me,
it's the only way to eat.
Learn how to surf. meet Smurfs, leprechauns, elves, and fairies . Cut an album. Vision
quest to become ·an enlightened ·shaman,
avatar, boddhisatva, saint, mystic, etc. Eat
chocolate.covered bugs. ~ everything that's
edible. Get married in Vegas. Be vegan for
at least a week or eat a five-pound steak in
an hour. Write a novel. Speak Spanish and
any other languages I fit in my brain. Travel
and live all over the world. Have an out of

body experience. Renounce my citizenship
and become and ex-patriot. Accept the fact
that I just mi ght be bisexual. Teach. Take
more pictures. Direct and act in a full-length
feature film. Shave off all the hair on my body,
all of it. Join the Zapatistas and pretend I'm
Zarathustra . Start a non-violent radical militia
of some sorr. Sail the seven seas. Sky dive,
scuba-dive, hang-glide, bungie jump, climb
a mountain, go polar bear swimming, and
become an earth wizard. Practice magic. Raise
the dead. Eliminate money. Never have a
job in which I have to wear a tie. Get my
Ph .D. just so people call me doctor. Make
the nickname Nasty Naked Nympho Nate
the Great stick. Write and perform poetry
until it becomes my language and to make
people laugh, think, quiver, squeal, hug, kiss,
fuck, love· and make love, write, read, go on
adventures, feel their chakras, faim, meditate,
and levitate. Paint, make music, art, and create
period . Drum, hum, sing, bring joy, play
.. games, dance, romance, _(;h_a!l.k rant, rave,
change, save the world, and be happy, Zen,
one, Ohm, wild, and free . Simply another
living, breathing being on planet earth trying
to figure out the meaning of it all .
Laughter Love Lunacy Anarchy Unity,
Nasty Naked Nympho Nate the Great
. B'uukctricmonkry@rireup . n~t

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until there 'Vere enough cooperative businesses in the Boston and Washington D.C.
areas and then founded a cooperative to
manage the other cooperatives. They helped
each other advertise and do taxes, shared a
common customer base and helped spread
word of their unified cause: that of a DO
IT YOURSELF (DIY) culture. Olympia
could use something of the sort. We've got
two Food Co-ops (where everybody who's
anybody gets their grub), a cooperative
printing press, a semi-cooperative bike
shop, a student- run bookstore, several
community-supported agriculture farms,
cooperative living spaces, and most likely a
few organizations I've forgotten and hopefully haven't offended. We have all the tools
we need at our disposal to start and sustain
an agricultural and artistic revolution. All
we need now are voices.
Revolution implies the full circle. all
walks of life. And so it should include
those aspects. I encourage you to start a
local business, it's cheap and it isn't that
hard. Get to know the place you're in and
the people you're around. Stop spending
money foolishly on commercial bullshit and
practice recycling your money back into the
local community. Start riding your bike. I
encourage you to take word of our struggle
beyond your everyday social circles. stop
preaching to the choir. I encourage you to
realize that college is only the beginning of
your education. just a platform from which
we fling ourselves out into the world.
(I realize the irony and hypocrisy in
asking for the unification of all like-minded
organizations while we are starting yet
another publication printed on paper for
your eyes to skip over at the newsstandThe Sitting Duck. Alas. if only dreams
could be held and smelled as the roses that
they are.)

Q~WGhat

It s

These be sad times for those of us who
These woods were here for a long time
love Evergreen's woods. As the Cedrona and we got by pretty well without paving
housing complex reaches out its sprawling them. The muddying of the paths. caused by
arms towards Evergreen and Cooper's Glen foot-traffic and presumably the justification
prepares [0 expand all the way back to the for paving. should be seen as an indication
edge of Cedrona. we have to admit the that we need fewer people in the woodssad truth that the suburbs have reached paving will just bring more people.
Evergreen.
Apparently people besides me are angry
The people who've been here for a while at this devastation of our woods. According
tell us that there aren't as many animals to Evergreen Police Officer Talmadge. on
here as there used to be, since most of themorningofMay7.2003,someonetied
the woodland surrounding Evergreen has fishing line. across the path in the woods
become suburbs. Now Evergreen's thousand with the apparent motive of snagging a
acres is more of an island of forest.
member of the paving crew who are known
Soon they will turn the small driveway! to drive like hell through the woods on their
road behind Cooper's Glen into a through- all terrain vehicles. toting basalt and other
street, so the folks from Cedrona will come supplies to the construction site.
down after work and walk their dogs in the
I happened to be in the woods on that
Evergreen woods. since it's the only nature day. taking a scenic detour on my way
left unpaved.
to work at the childcare center. As I was
The people who "manage" the woods at headed south from , the meadow!parking
Evergreen seem to be going rig/it along with lot towards campus, I came across Officer
this good 01' pave-the-planet manifest des- Talmadge who asked me to chat.
tiny expansion theme-they have cQvered
After a couple friendly exchanges I asked
the path to the beach with basalt, which him if I was being detained and he said
produc:s . a r_ather_ ~ I110<>.t.h hard _su~fac~ __ .n,? , As_! to,ok a s~e'p' away he to!d me tha~ ,
similar to asphalt. And they covered half although I was not being detained, he has
of the meadow as well! The me;tdow, home the right to "freeze the scene of a crime.»
to decades (if not millennia) of full moon and I w<\s not allowed to go (although
night campfire singing, drumming, dancing he would not tell me what crime he was
is now half-paved. Of course, the students investigating). He made a vague threat of
were never consulted before this decision using "force" on me if I tried to go. He
was made.
mentioned that "those movies" fool people

one

into thinking we have rights that we don't
really have.
Finally. after about ten minutes of
answering questions and having my ID
cards checked. I was allowed to go. It was
not a very pleasant experience for me. nor
for Mr. Talmadge, probably. especially
considering the complaint that I wrote to
his bosses. I don't have anything against
him; just an innocent person doing his job,
unfortunately caught in the system just like
me. To his credit. he called me to explain
why I had been detained later in the day.
He seemed to be a good guy who is forced
into an oppressive role: cops are also victims
of our police state.
If we had security guards (without guns
on their belts) instead of cops on campus,
we wouldn't have these confrontational
incidents that aren't fun for anyone. Then
the security guards would be respected and
trusted as people who help keep us safe,
rather than scary militant figures with lethal
weapons who are always trying to bust us
for nonviolent victimless crimes-and they
wQuld. pto_bably feel_~ I,?! ~o.re loved ~ nd _
appreciated after a long day at work.
It's been a sad year here for us naturelovin' Greeners: the woods have been
invaded by big machines and construction,
the cops have 24-7 guns despite student
outcry against this. cops are spending our
money to hire undercovers to bust the

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"RACISM"
nliTliimn Hill

In reading last week's Voices of Color
I couldn't help but notice the misuse
of the words racism and reverse-racism.
First off, racism is defined by the following formula: Prejudice + Power =
Racism. Racism involves the use of
the legal, judicial, social and economic
power of a dominant group to enforce
and act upon its prejudices and to
impose domination upon other groups.
Racism is manifested in America as an
ideology of white supremacy, which is
based on the false notions of physical!
genetic superiority. intellectual superiority and the cultural superiority of whites.
Stanley Fish wrote for The Atlantic
Online (http://www. th~lltlantjc. com/po/jtiCY
rllcelfoh.htm);

In America, "whites once set themselves apart from blacks and claimed
privileges for themselves while denying
them to others," the author writes.
"Now, on the basis of race, blacks are
claiming special status and reserving
for themselves privileges they deny to
others. Isn't one as bad as the other? The
answer is no. »
Fish then went on to say:
"The hostilitr. of one group stems
not from any wrong done to it but from
its wish to protect its ability to deprive
citizens of their voting rights. to limit
access to educational institutions. to
prevent entry into the economy except
at the lowest and most menial levels.
and to force members of the stigmatized
group to ride in the back of the bus.
The hostility of the other group is the
result of these actions. and whereas
hostility and racial anger are unhappy
facts wherever they are found. a distinction must surely be made betWeen the
ideological hostility of the oppressors
and the experience-based hostility of
those who have been oppressed.»
It is this difference that makes it
impossible for reverse-racism to exist.
If you look white in America. you
are automatically given privilege over
others no matter what blood is running
through your veins. At this point in
time. it doesn't look like this is going to
change any time soon and besides. who
would ever willingly give up power? No
one should ever have to be "comfortable"
with racist remarks. nor should anyone
ever have to go to class and ignore racist
remarks made. It is easy for white people
to ignore race because it is not thrown in
their face every day of their life. Coming
from a place where there wasn't more
than one family of color in the entire
town. I didn't have to deal with racism
on a daily basis. What I learned about
racism came from my textbooks that
made it sound like after the Civil Rights
Movement. racism ended. Then I came
here and week after week, through
the Voices of Color section and daily
interaction on campus, I learned that
nothing has really changed. Racism still
exists today and it is white people who
keep it alive, no one else.

. people wh;' supply o~r ganja, arid the
free box has disappeared because lord knows
we don't want clutter in front of the HCC.
It's pretty clear that Evergreen ·is, more than
ever, an oligarchy. The administration sees
us as customers, not students-maybe that's
why they don't hear what we say.

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Did you know that
359 people
have contributed
to the CPJ this
academic year?

Andrew Patrick James
Nome is a town in AK. It is not spelled Gno me,
it is Nome. My cause seems frivolous;.it is to spread
the word to all the people, let the correct spelling
be known. People sometimes don't take my cause
seriously. T hose people will feel my wrath.

Katie Thurman
As agents go, the most
interesting one for me is Clari ce Starling. A plucky, young
upstarr from the so uth find s
herse! f surrounded by psychotic
indi viduals, all while keeping
her hair clean. In the end,
she proves her int elligence, gets
th~ crazies t boyfriend ever, and
Hees to Rraz il . jQue interesa nt e!

You
know
who I'd be) Dr
Frankfurter
from
Rocky
Horror Pi cture
Show. Yeah, he
was an Interga -

lac ti c spy and ,
top of that,
had
killer
fas hi o n se llse.
I mean, look
at it - corsets
and
ga rters)
Beautiful. absolutely gorgeo us.
Sh ut it, G reg.
011

Hal Steinberg
Double Agent Hal Steinberg, spent lhe
year trying cross the troubled waters of
the Evergreen sports world. While Hal
enjoys all spans he wi shes there was
more varsity sports coverage. The Double
Agent attacks all sides in the perpetual
war of words over sports. No one is right ,
everyone is wrong, Suggestions for next
year's sports editor, "Beware of the other
agents at work to disrupt you." That
aside, GO GEODUCKS!

All you have to do is write, then submit it to
the Cooper Point Journal on the 3rd floor of the
Colle2e Activities Buildin2.

' UBJECT: Agent Description
' '-'L,r.JSIFICATlON: Top Secret
ME "Jonathon" McAllister AKA Jon, Jonny,
n, Etc ...
E: 23
Male
EIGHT: Medium
ILITARY RANK: Unknown
KNOWN M .O .S.: Romeo (1IB2PXVJ)
l'T"I,'T"-rAr>c Five (5) : Dragon (right biceps), the
6 (back of neck), stars (left and right
10UIoerJ, the chemical symbol for pleasure (lower
calf) .
AT CPJ : "Contributor?"
MEAT POSITION: One year
'"'''''...,''n.... QUOTE: "Even gods quake at the
h of one simple idea." Andlor "Don't ask questhat you don't want answers for." Andlor
but that's classified."

You can also Email the Cooper Point Journal at
CPJ@ever2reen.edu

If you are interested in helping recruit, take
photos, to edit, or any other aspect of the CPJ,
just shoot us a line @ 360.867.6213

We also have the following positions available
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Calendar
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Renata Rollins: CPJ
Freedom Fighter

Matt Ray
Pat Walker. I am an undercover agent for the Olympia
Special Intelligence Department. At the moment, I
am a S.T.O.N,E.R. (Special
Trainee for Opposing
Nuclear Evolved Roughhousing) . I specialize in photography, languages, chemical weapons, and explosives.

Renata Rollins is a friend and wellwisher to the CP], as well as an
occasional contributor. She loves
journalism, Spanish, human beings,
and Spokane, and she will serve
as the Cprs managing editor next
year.

..
Twisted aluminum and charred wood
mark the area where the carport used to
be. He also marks it. Thrashing his unseen
six-string, he revels in the light, the heat,
the movement of the explosion. Who is he?
..
.
_
_
He.'s Nicholas "~ir G\liJ~( Stani§l<.>wskj, .
self-proclaimed international terrorist.
T~aveli~g the,world: this i~dividual. seeks out unique things to blow up: toolsheds, bundled
~ay, paJam~ factOries, at~lcs , the dumpster outside the 7-11, catapults, televisions, and
Jello. Nothmg escapes hIS fiery destruction. He walks the earth, furiously strumming
his invisible axe as he goes.
Nicholas "Air Guitar" Stanislowski

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Brendan Basham

Curtis Retherford

In between ""embling packages and se ndi ng
hem anonymousl y ro people, Brendan "Teddy
, " Ba slum goes to th e Discotheque. When
ays of hermi lude ge t old, he sheds rhe hood v,
IIweiling a d iamo nd -studded leotJ.rd and big
unglasses.

I am Anri -Capitalisr
Left-Handed Jewish
Cowboy, an agelll working fur no state, but as
a citiz~n ofthe world.
1'111 a merce narv pacifist
agc lll-I errori st, fig ht i ng
c,' pi tal isllI wherever it
reo,,", its ugly head with

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le cti vislll and cooperaIion. I' ll chal len ge yo u
I\) a game of chess
:11 It igh noo n ... los<.:r
Ius ro buy ve gan
chocolate ict: crc alll fur
tl1l" win nn. f- irml y anti:lllthorita ria n, exce pt for
when ir comes
to spelling ...

Ailent OOSuper8
Rachel Crouthamel: Arts & Entertainment Editor
Ra c hel
IS a
dire cto r!a c tor!
th esp ian !
filmmaker!
freelance voy e ur.
She has spenr t h e
last quarr er s urrep titiou sly s huuting
film
a nd
s tea llh ily s neak ing inro non-l inear edir in g s ui res
in rh e wee hours
of th e morning.
H er firsr flick ,
"Faking h i" - an
experimental docum e nt a r y about
phon e
sex,
IS
nearl y finished .

Want ed: The Luc id Love Terrorist Alia SeS includ e (hul
HC not limi ted ) ro Avatar i\di Da, Nas ty naked nYll1l'lw
~ Na te the grea t, Necro-Nat e, So ni c, NATO, I'\ater, BI
~ I'ea c ~ - m o ng~r, Swa mi, Hippie, \'\!a rriur of no desire .'
.... C razy Nate, Captain Idiol, Man of Zen , Gay f\!.ltC,
and Mugzv. Known fo r rando m acts uf nudilY, prott misc uit y, gett ing' frea ky di ckey, wri tin' poetr y, eati,, '
~
LSD, pscilocyhin, slllokin' I\hry Janc, puffin' propan e.
singin' in the rain, fuck i,,' frees lylin' whi le ll1 edit :lti n'
and m;\slurbai in' at the sam~ tim e, journeyi ng throu gh
the mind, cunnilin gus, cOlllie gen ius, overconfidence, wet
drea ms, ignorance, and immense urges 10 burn shit and
have sex with tra nscendence. Prone ro chroni c erec lions,
slactiv ism, trustarfaria ni sm, and hippie-criti cism, thi s s:tvagc
be'lst unleashed mi ght just ca t yo ur first born, but onl y after
a ni ce quiet and peaceful sacred sacrifi cial ceremony. This
motherfucker be lonely and sea rching fur" lovely fairy queen
goddess who tas tes like honey, hates money, and doe sn'l
smell roo funk y. Most likely warm and advenlurous in bcd,
t hi s dared ev il is ready ro experiment. Revolutionary and
scary looking, thi s cookie uses gueri ll a tac tics and clasti c to
stim ulate the g-spot and proteclthe environment. Be carefu l
and approach with extreme ca ui ion, thi s Illan rhin ks, and is
on th e brink of sonic solar symbiosis synchronicit y.

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Nolan LaHyak

Michael LuHmer

Ba ck in the 1960's the Fnord Bureau was established as
an covert arm of the intelligence commun ity. In the 70s after
much tinkeri ng w it h artificia l intelligence and spa ce-age
polymers, Nolan Lattyak was created to maintain the status
quo. The plan backfired and he gained a will of his own and
graph ic design skills . Nolan is thought to be curren tly affiliated
with the front co mpafly, Man-Bird's Key Stea ling F.nterprises
Ltd., but no \hjng can be co nfirm ed. This photo is the most
accurate representation we can find .

Name: M ichael C. Lurtmer
Codcname: Vash, DeaconScythe
Age: 20 Sex: M
Last Seen: Sall di Arabia
Occupa tion : Works under the most powerful terrorist cel l in the world : The United States
Param dl tary. Has fought all over rhe world for the ideals of the American Empire. As a side
note, he ISan agent oftht s organIzation keepll1g a keen eye on the goings on of certain groups and
people whde work tn g at rhe loca l newspaper as ad proofe r.
Spec tal Sk dls: ready ,'~nd able to handle any dut y ranging from espionage to washing hi s car.
C omment of today: It has been brought to my a[[ention that thi s republic no longer fun ctions."

Managing Editor·

Meta "Fist of Fire" Hogan

My timidi ry li niits my leadership ab ilities, bur [ managed ro muddl e through anyway
"' Ma naging Ed ito r. Next ycar, I wi ll take on th e world. Yes, it's just that vague. My
signalure move, recognized the world over, is "disappea rin g for a ciga rerre" for hours at a
tim e. They' ll never trac k me ro th e po rch! Ahahahaha!

If Dan Krow were an agent, hc'd be the debo nair secret agent John Steed on the (,Os spy
show "The Avengers." This is explained by Dan
rampant angloph ilia and hi s crush on the lovely
Mrs. Emma Peel. But u nl ike his suave spy coun[erparts, Dan's John Steed would spend less
time catching intern ation al super spics and
tim e on th e London runways of the swinging
sixties admirin g models in ma genta miniskirt s
and hobnobbing wilh globe-hoppin g Hi-Fi kin g
Esqu ivel.

Dan Krow

P, with hangen-on Nalfl!ie Portmall and Comics Editor Cu rtis
Rl'lher!OId (pictured wid] gra nlly pallties).

P. Nathan Smith

Special Agent A
(Aimee Butterworth- Layout Editor)
Special Agelll A spcnds her days tra vel ing the world, spying
on high officials in suave ba rs , Martin-i in hand , stealing and
compiling the lo ngest list of "s pecial" secrets eve r known . She
is especially known for her unique napkin doodles, that are
the only elues ever left, for those with a kee n eye.

Littl e is known about the ma n
called "1' '' . So me h ave sparred him
dart iilg betwee n co py Illachines in
the sc hool library. O th LTS cl aim tu have see n him cau sing misc hief
ar the Arts Ann ex. Much like the sightin gs of Sasquat ch, the
Loch Ness Mon ster, an d D ick C heney, th is is probably JUSt a
bunch of fizzle sh izzlc.
Wh at we do know is th at for the past few years he has an empted
to incite revo lution between rhe bo rders of th e C alendar and rhe
Seepage, in th e region kn own as th e Co mi c, Sec tion . D es p ite hi s
efforts, funny comics are still seeing prill t.
Hi s hobbies includ e runnin g, oil painting, filmi n g sitcoms
about magic phones, eating taco bell as a reward/punishment, and
li vi ng in J20 7 -for four -years.
No o ne call say w heth er he spent more tim e drinking, vo mi ting,
or relieving him self:
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Aaron Hobbes
Adam Burger
Adam Clardy-O'Neal
Adam Welch
Adrian Martin ez Madronc
Aimee Skecrs
Alison Gould
Alyssa Bleckwehl
Amanda Alvis
Amber Whitehall
Amy Loskota
Andrea Paulik
Andrew Fyfe
Andrew Hopkins
Andrew Meiling
Angela Olinghouse
Angie Osher
Anna Mathes
Anne Anderson
Annjeanette Daubert
Annie Slee
Anthony Cobb
Ari Yaun
Ariel Gregory
Art Costantino
Ben Parrish
Ben Shaine
Berry Kutter
Bill Compton
Bob Spencer .
Branden Wilson
Brent Patterson
Brian Walter
Bridget Cote

Erika Wittmann
Erika is a 2M year Masters in
Environmental Studies student,
She has wrirren and published
over 40 articles since the age
of 1 S, including the famous
"Low-Down on a-Town".
Erika graduates in June 2004,
so until then, keep sending
your show tips {next year} to

cpj@evergreen.edu.

Agent Daisy
(Irene Cosf'ello)
WiU miss the CPJ intensely.
but will come and visit, bearing
gifts.

Jerry Chiang
Jerry has written many film
and music reviews for the CPJ
this year. When we asked him
why he likes to write, Jerry
responded, "cuz chicks dig
brooding writers." Jerry plans
to pen a love letter to Anthony
Lane of the New Yorker and
- follow Death Cab for Curie
·when they ga on tour..JeffY has·
the hots for a babe named Jen,
and he thinks Shakespeare is
the shit. Besides frequenting the
Hooters restaurants in Seattle
and Tacoma, Jerry will read the
dictionary during the summer.

Bronwyn Bacon
Bryan Fordney
Brynn Warriner
C. Sweeney
C. Thomas Lippert
Cara Elliot-Seres
Cara Russell
Carmel Aronson
Carol Burns
Carrie Deming
Carrie H . Stephens
Caryn Mickelson
Cath erine O 'Neal
Cclva Boon
C harles Hollis
C herilyn Williams
Chris Moreland
Chris Mulally
Chris Reyn olds
Christine D, Sanders
Cindy Wills
Claire Harlock
Coalition Against Sexual Violence
Cody Lee Morris
Colleen Frakes
Conor Kenny
Corey Pein
Crystal Lewis
Dan Bennett
Dan Reese
Daniel Fleck
Daniel Mitchell
Darin Schuler
'Dave Olsen
David Franklin
David Hernick
David P. Stiles
David Ross
Deane Rimerman
Dena Starr
Devin Jones
Devon Waldron
Diane Pisco
Dinea Norrell
Dolly England
Don Folan
Donald Lee
Dori Horovitz
Drake Stephenson
Drew Mason
Duke Brady
Eli Crawford
Elicia Sanchez
Elisabeth Wakcher
Elise Belknap
Elizabeth Mann
Ember Fortunati
Emma Pearlman
Enrique Riveros-Shafer
ERC
Eric Firth
Eric King
Erica Nelson
Erich Albrecht
Erin Scheel
Ervanna Little Eagle
Eva Otto
Evan Hastings
Evan James
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Fletcher Ward
Frank Griesa
Gavin Stansill
Geoff Dugwyler
Gideon Newmark
Glen Anderson
Greg Rosenthal
Harold Fuller-Bennett

Heather M. Guyton
Heather West
Holly Colbert
Hunter Currey
Ian Franks
Ian Halloran
Ian Mansfield
Ian Sloan
Irene Entila
Isaiah Halpin
J.M. Collier
J,R,R , Blevins
Jack Anderson
Jack Wenay Scott
James J. Portune
Janet Linch
Jason Waldow
Jaymie Lewis
Jean Eberhardt
Jenivive Richter
Jenna Huntsbergcr
JcnneyWard
Jennifer Gaking
Jennifer Morris
Jeremy Gregory
Jeremy Harrison-Smith
Jerry Chiang
Jess Sanders
Jesse Bossert
Jesse Dutton Miller
Jesse Farmer
Jesse Mohr, Restoration Coordinator
Jessica Ritland
Jim Dawson ,.
Joe Pavay
Joel J. Wippich
John Clark
John Dodge
John Groutt
John McGee
John Rasmussen
John Skierski
Johnny Delacy
Jon Clark
Jon Gates
Jon Green
Jon Kemp
Jon McAllister
Jonathan Ide
Justin B. Wright
Justin de Noyon Connell
Justin Good
Kandi Bauman
Kara Hauck
Karyn Williams
Kashif Nunddin
Kat Johnson
Kate Do.rsett
Kathleen Delong
Kathryn Johnson
Katie Day
Katie Falkoff
Katrina Shaver
Katy Staton
Keith Houser
Kelsey Martin-Keating
Ken Bungay
KerKyra Brock
Kesiko Rogers
Kevin
Barrett
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Kevin Richey
Kolby Bray-Hoagland
Kris Fransen
Kris Pendleton
Krissy Johnson
Kyle Smith
Laila Mazer

Larry Geri
Larry Mosqueda
Lee Kepraios
Leo LaClair
Lia Frederiksen
Libby Weisdepp
Lila Schamcr
Lin Nelson
Linda Hohman
Lindy Blodgett
Lisa Bollard
Lorannc Schmidt
Lynncrte Cody
M, Stonesifer
Maggie Long
Marc Stimer
Marco Rossi
Marcus Craven
Marcus legros
Marie Shafcr
Mark Frydrychowski
Mark Germano
Mark Stockbridge
Marice Riggin
Marty Allen
Mary McDermott
Matt Winchell
MattWolpe
Matthew Ford
Maureen Dram
Max Averill
Melissa Estelle
Meta Hogan
Michael Graney
Michael Kilpatrick
Michael Luttmer
Michael Thoma
Michelle Angell
Michelle Sharp
Mike Estes
Mike Treadwell
Miles R. Miller
Miranda Duesback
Mitch Long
Morgan Thornberry
Nalosha KavtZ
Natalie Johnson
Natalie Merry
Nate Hogen
Nathan Levine
Nathaniel Hitchcock
Neil Cassidy
Nicholas Stanislowski
Nicky Gsottschneider
Nicky Smith
Nicole Hagerman
Niki Arnarantides
Nolan Lattyak
Olive Tree Campaign
Olivia Sp~nsy
P. Nathan Smith
Paloma Medina
PatriCk Warner
Patti Zimmerman
Paul Hawxhurst
(faula Jenkins
Pennie Bumrungsiri
Perrin Randlette
Peter Bohmer
Peter Kardas
'Peti-ik3 Peters' Phan Nguyen
Phil Owen
Philip Brock Carpenter
Philipe Lonestar
Q. Laura Nelson
R. Sherman
Rafael Lozano

Raffael Boccamazzo
Raquel Salinas
Rebecca Sheedy
Renata Rollins
Rev. Christopher Altenb urg
Rhonda Harden
Rick Stromire
Robert R, Ross
Robin Freshee
Robin Perl as
Rosette C ross
Roslynn Tellvik
Ryan Dodd
Ryan Kapuniai
Sage Silver
Sanders Freed
Sara Bae r
Sara Duncan
Sara Spink
Sarah Brandy
Sarah Finger
Sarah Mackenzie
Sarah Needleman-Carlton
Sarah Perigo
Sarah Rucker Thiessen
Sarah Thorn
Scott Baker
Sean Bradford
S'ebastian Deltieu-Schulze
SEED
Serah Stetson
Serena B\!cker
Shanna Pierce
Sharmila Chitnis
Shaun Rice
Shawn Olson
Sky Cosby
Stephen Munro.
Steve Burnham
Steve Hughes
Steve Huntsberry
Steve Munro
Steven Menehan
Stuart Green
Summer Peterson
TarynGoodman
Tavia Onstad
Terence Lee
Teresa Eckstein
The Family of Rachel Corrie
The' Musicians Club
Theo Porter
Thomas B. Hargrave
Thomas Jackson
TIffiny Suitts
Tim Bard
Tim Rich
Tim Simons
Toby Quinn
Tom Foote
Tom Leah
Tommy McKaughan
Traci McKean
Trevor Tupper
Trina Dixon
Troy Morris
True Arnenselah Baker
Tyler Balliet
Tyler Chen
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Walter Hartman
Welfare' Rights Organizing Coalition
Will Hewitt
William Ryan McDonald
William Tubman
Yasmeen Perez
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Redmond's Old Fire House, in addition to being a way cool teen
center that aims to be a positive influence in the lives of many local tee~~
has been putting on all 'ages shows for ten years.. Thisvenu~ has earned Its -place in the independent scenehecause many up-and-commg Northwest
hands, such as Seaweed and the Blood Brothers, have used the venue
to practice their craft and build theif following. Last Friday, I ,~a~e the
pilgrimage to Redmond (I have never seen so many Lexus SUV s m my
life) in order to check out one orthe cornerstones of the Northwest
indepe.rident music scene. More irtiportantly, I wanted to check out the
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Seattle-based Rocky Votolato.
Rocky Votolato comes from the ailing male-sin.ger-son~riter
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genre, which has made quite a comeback recently with the lIkes of
Jack Johnson, Dashboard Confessional, Pedro the Lion, and Pete Yom.
An Intervtew wtth ArrtniJ'f:on de Dwnllso of
Ttme ReliJun
Rocky stands out from the pack because of his me.lli~uo~s ~coustic
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Depending on one s perspective, the companson to Dashboard
I recently had the opportunity to interview Arrington de Dionyso, lead singer for the ~and
Confessional is either a detriment or compliment to Rocky Votolato. The
Old Time Relijun. Hard to categorize, the music incorporates a stand up bass, ~rum~, and Arrington
musical ~imilarity between the two bands rightly merits a comparison.
channeling and exorcising demo?s ~ith ringing guitar ~iclcs, p~~sse? bass cla~lnet urades, ~nd an
Both bands rely heavily on the acoustic guitar and both s.inger-s~mgwritersincisive voice _ sometimes speakmg m tongues, Old TIme RelIJun WIll be playtng at No Exit on
lament the perfidious precipices oflove. Yet, upon closer mspecoon, ~cky
Saturday, June 21" with The Strangers at 9pm. Cost is $5.
comes out on top of his peer, Chris Carraba of Dashboard ConfessIonal,
because his music contains more emotional veracity.
Nolan: You just went on tour a few weeks ago, how were you~ ~how$ down in LA?
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Arrington: Los Angeles, California, being one of the largest CIties on earth, surely contal~s multitudes
Rocky's voice deserves some attention as well .. His voice res,e~bles
the textured subtlety of David Bazan of Pedro the Lion and the cholfboy
of young people craving the New Sound. T.hey ca~e and saw, ~e conquered. ,,!,he best thmg abou~ the
enthusiasm and vulnerability of Chris Carraba and Doug Martsch.
tour was hiking up the Temascal Ca~yon ndge wlth,my ladyfnen~ above ~ahbu; we nearly got bIt by
a diamond back rattlesnake! {Except Its mouth was already full- WIth an gIant rat.}
Rocky's musical tales of love. unparalleled. in thei~ sincerity, p~si~n,
and conviction, warm the cockles of the listeners hearts and msplre
N: What is the band up to this summer? Are there any new albums coming
them.
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I was touched by his music. (Not in that way, you prurient juvenile!)
A: Our new album is officially released on July 1st, it is called Varuties ofReligiol4S Exptrimce, and
At the show. a full band accompanied Rocky's music. This ~ignals.a
it chronicles our long history as a band. There are some very raw demos f!'om as early as 1993. as
departure .from Rocky's acoustic music, but be assured, the aco~suc
well as recent material recorded during a tour in Italy just last year. As thiS new album features alot
guitar will ,c ontinue to play the dominant role. Rocky played a relatively
of old songs that were never released before, we are also just beginning to ,:"ork on a NEW album
short set in order to leave room for the Blo~ Brothers, but the set was
of NEW songs. It should be ready by New Years. All of our albums are avaIlable from K Records.
(www.kpunk.com)
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filled with honest, raw, and almost spiritual music.
The night started with "The Light and the .Sound," as~ng t~at
N: Do you have any strong convictions about t~e role cr~ws play m the wh~1 ofllfe. .
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showed off the musical progressio!'i in Rocky's musIc. The acoustic gult~r
A: I love crows. I like the sounds they make, I lIke watching ,t hem. My favonte way of Interactmg With
leads the song, the light keyboards dance sweetly around the acous.tlc
crows is by feeding them pieces of fried chicken in the Safeway ~arking, lot. 1 have written a few songs
that.mention crows; it is true. They are definitely the smartest bIrds, at least next to ravens.
chords, and the rhythm and .percussions flesh out the song ~d .g~ve
'it the air of an anthem. Th~ highlight, however, belonged to ,. SUICIde
N: What do you think of Mozart?
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A: I like that one song, "Rock Me Amadeus." I also relate to the way Mozart descnbed hIS process- he
Medicine." This song is pure acoustic heaven. Rocky stepped up to the
microphone. under the spotlight, armed with j~t his gui~r and ac~ing
was ju~ transcribing music he was already hearing in his head ..
heart. He played the·guitar magnificently, and he sang WIth contagI~us
N: I always assumed you were using some kind of post-production on your albums even though they
conviction. The song, if I am not mistaken, talks about a 'guy who kills
have an analog feel. Amazingly your shows are completely true to the sound you ~eleas~ on LP. In t~e
himself in order to prevent his lover from committing suicide. The
Beatles career, they eventually moved to making music they couldn't hope to rephcate m person. Is It
painful yet beautiful chorus, "I love you: and I l~ft my bodf her~ to
important .to you to k~p your music more organic?
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tell you that: instantly filled my heart With emotional commIseratIon.
A: I would say tha.t I try to maintain a balance in th~t area. We do have .some s~ngs that ,:e C,,\N T
The song was performed in such a powerful way that 1 felt my eyes
do live because of the same problem- too many overdubs that would be ImpOSSIble to replIcate lave.
watering up.
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All of our music is created 'organically' but I don't know if there is a way to really qualify what that
One thing is for sure after Rocky Votolato's performance. Whether
means, exactly. There is a certain aesthetic we'~ going for, I guess: but I get relucta~t to .have t~
or not his music will reach the Billboard's Top 200 is irrelevant. What
spell it all out- I do think the music speaks for Itself. The other thmg I. s~ould ~e~uon, IS th~t It
matters is th~tm\lsicians like Rocky' Votolato are around! and their . , does take some amount of studio manipulation to make recorded musIc sound IIve_ There IS always
some level of mediation when you listen to a recording, whether it is intentional or not. That's where
persistence, dedication, and craftsmanship will keep the independent
scene alive, vibrant, and important.
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energy' dllring performance?
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We 'are a band that involves the audience in a transformative performance-as-ntual
!1l ag ic experience. Our musi~ is structured in a way tha~ tend~ to" invite a high level
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Last Thursday's talent show featured the perfect combination of skill and fun. All pretensions were
left at the door as the audie nce was treated to an evening of music, dance, and rhyme.
"I thought it went pretty well," said Dolly England, a coordinator of Umoja who was the
emcee as well as a major organizer of the talent show. "It was kind of unorganized, but that was
part of the fun of it."
Singers performed pieces by Nat King Cole, Celine Dian, Whitney Houston, Santana/Wyclef
Jean/Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis, Eric Clapton, and others, Some of the music was written by the
performers themselves, Ashanti Hassan performed a couple of her own rhymes. She and freshman
Darius Harding both performed pieces that fiercely criticized modern politics and soci~ty.
Two of the students of color groups who spo nso red the event featured some of their own members
performing cultu ral dances, A few Umoja members did a step dance routine, and three from Hui 0
Hawaii performed Hawaiian dance, Sophal Long treated the crowd to breakdancing. And Rita Mickens
moved to "Baby Got Back," which freshman Daniella Byrd dubbed "X-rated."
The wonderful part about this show was that it featured some amazing acts, but without the
arrogance an d snobbery that accompanies some talent shows. Everyone was there to have a good time
and enjoy everyone else's gifts. As an audience member, I was wondering whether or not the performers
ever performed anywhere else. There is definitely hidden talent at Evergreen.
The event came to be thanks to S.O.C.C.U.M. (Students Of Color Coordinators Unity Meeting),
which provides a network between the students of color groups on campus. Next fall S.O,C.C.U.M.
expects to organize a multicultural fashion show, as well as a "white appropriation fashion show. "

Down With Love
In retribution for dragging their girlfriends to "The Matrix Reloaded," guys will be
subjected to the equally specialized hypocrisies of "Down With Love," a film that thinks it
can let standard romance elements get by as long as we let it pass just because it takes place in
the angular, martini-swilling jetset America of the early sixties (or to be more specific, the late
fifties). But no matter what cute little microcosm director Peyton Reed had chosen to set his
story in, it's still nothing to rave about. "Down With Love" was madded on the top-drawer
romance comedies of its period in which Rock Hudson and Doris Day participated in friendly
battles of the sexes that were cute, sly, and almost maddeningly light-hearted fluff. Go back
and watch vehicles like 1959's Pillow Talk or 1963's Lov~r Com~ Back and you'll see what I
mean: films where characters are constantly alluding to sex and find themselves in precarious
positions but never quite compromise their principles, and "Down With Love" sort of keeps
in that sentiment while adding its own twist and suffering from a terminable cuteness. This
film mighl be placed in the 'chick flick' category but it feels more above that classification at
times. It's not a bad film. And good chick flicks are not 'chick flicks' at all. They're just good
movies. And at least here, even though it's a conventional love story, there is some heart and
some sort of emotional core beneath the ridiculous amounts of gloss. The production design
capitalizes on the use of the bright colors, oversized sets and almost surreal cleanliness that
seems to border on the phony at times. It's a wonderful"l>eriod recreation otherwise, ignoring
the obvious signifiers and recreating the era from the inside out. What we come out with to
represent Hudson and Day are Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger who are great people
to look at but don't seem to have much to do with their roles. Zellweger's New England
best-selling authoress, with the assistance of her publisher Vikki (Sarah Paulson, poorly
modeling herself after Lauren Bacall) is determined to use her writing 10 usher in the 60s sexual
revolution. Enter another idiot plot device involving McGregor as a chauvinist womanizing
ex»OK journalist who bets his boss (you heard it, another bet) that he can seduce Zellweger
and write an article about it. His boss Peter (David Hyde Pierce) is modeled after Tony
Randall. This is obvious because Randall appears in the film himself as a chairman of the board.
Zellweger plugs away, pouting nothing less than her usual mean streak, while McGregor is just
too genial looking to be sexist pig (George Clooney would have been better, edgier). There are
some warm scenes and nice touches along the way, but for the mosJ part, "Down With Love"
is a pandering, artificial snow job. It's a chestnut. There's a heart somewhere here but it's too
much buried in the pae of such a fabricated foam peanut of a movie.

So if it's not a sequel we'll be looking at this summer, it's a remake. F. Gary Gray remade
the 1969 British caper movie that starred Michael Caine and Noel Coward. That film had
panache (most of it attributed to Caine's performance) but the remake feels more like a
gimmick. Still, it's an entertaining, passable gimmick, good-spirited and well assembled. It
was also a breath of fresh air to watch a film with action sequences that use good old-fashioned
stunt work free of CGI enhancement and hokey digital effects. As far as measuring up to the
original in terms of the story, however (or what of it that the previews didn't give away), many
standard elements have been added to turn the film into a simple genre exercise- an obligatory
love interest, a double crossing crew member, a happy ending and a bad guy- all weighing
down a film that could easily have done without any of them. The opening sequence finds
a gaggle of bandits led by Donald Sutherland, orchestrating a complex heist on the canals
of Venice. When Sutherland, who's more intriguing the ten minutes he's on screen than any
other character in the film, is killed by fellow thief Edward Norton (trust me, I'm not spoiling
anything) who leaves the rest of crew for dead, a plan is hatched by the survivors to steal back
the take from Norton in Hollywood. The leader of the bandits is Charlie and he's played by
Mark Wahlberg who looks as uncomfortable in this mm as he did in "Planet of the Apes"
and "Rock Star." I believe that Wahlberg has yet to find the milieu in film to which he is best
suited. He doesn't look as if he's enjoying himself, merely serving the story, going through the
motions. He joins forces with the overrated Charlizc Theron, British character actor Jason
Stratham, Mos Def as hearing-impaired demolitions expert, and the always funny Seth Green
who has some funny moments as a computer hacker who continues to reiterate that he was
the original inventor of Napster. However, most of the performances are lackluster and serve
only the plot's commands, leaving Sutherland and Norton (playing his perfected arrogant
weasel) as the only intriguing characters. "The Italian Job- is whimsical and enjoyable but
there are so many gaps in logic and so much spare dialogue that it brought the film down
a bit for me. The climactic heist in the streets of Hollywood, employing a fleet of the
revamped Mini Coopers is neat and brilliant in that the use of the Coopers manages to
work as both a timely product placement and a homage to the original film at the same
time. Depending on what kind of viewer you are, the flaws may displease you but fail to
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27-window Volkswagon splitty at a Gorge Ph ish lot and eating marinated, chicken
chunks our of a metal mixing bowl with my friend Garrett's Rottweiler Corky. A
random someone comes over to us and asks, ''Are you guys listening to Built to Spill?"
He was from Connecticurand this was the first time that I realized how wide this rock
band from Boise's fan base had stretched.
Someone recently asked me what Imlie rock music was exactly, because they weren't
even aware that they had been listening to it. I like to see the lines blurred this way
because I think that it's healthy. I started thinking and, after realizing that both Dug
Mansch (Built to Spill) and Phish cover David Bowie, Velvet Underground, and Bob
Marley songs, I found numerous other similarities between the bands. Both bands have
a radio hit, Ph ish's "Down With Disease" and Built to Spill's "Car", and have one MTV
video that was never really shown much other than as a clip on Beavis and Butthead.
However, they both have produced albums that, at least as far as fans are concerned,
yield nothing but great songs. This turns every song into a hit and not only allows, but
also demands, thesc;. bands to consistandy circulate tracks and sedists and continue to play
songs from the entirety of their career. Phish and BTS both also make silk-screen posters
for each individual performance. Each band even planned l yr hiatuses, that turned out
to be more like 11/2-2yrs, and allowed members to pursue solo projects. I was able to
witness the Built to Spill reunion at two of their recent shows.
Night one was at the Crystal Ballroom in Po rtland on 5/29. Something got fucked
up and I wasn't on the guest list. They checked my bag and found all kinds of weird sh it
that I bring along with me including my Mormon, telepathy, and karate books as well as
other things that professional reporters shouldn't bring along with them on assignments.
I looked like I was totally full of shit and then found out that my fl ash was broken.
Eventually, I got my wristbands and went into the show with my lady friend. I caught
the tail end of the opening band Draw and didn't like what I heard.
The next band was a local P-town 2-piece called the HelioSequence who I had seen
before. Imagine a Cadillac hovercraft, like the Neutrinos from Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles had, is about to crash land. The trunk pops open like "Pulp Fiction" and light
spews out "Neverending Story" soundtrack, and Genesis-esque amb ience along with
twO gremlins, who either had severe ADHD and didn't get their meds, or who jacked
their cousin's Ritalin when they didn't need it. They land rockin' just as the vessel makes
contact with a minefield. This is HelioSequence. They have an ex tremely full and
thunderous sound for a guitar and drum duo and have mastered thei r effects . Although
they had a song that sounded kind of like bad INXS and at times I wanted the Enya
noises to stop, they balanced it our with an electro-Ween vibe and I really enjoyed their
set, especially the solid harmonica solo.
' Wh;re BTS played; I stood'next to a taper who was fu lly ,equipped with DAT recorder
" "'1it1'~- m(~f6~1i6rie'~ silspe~ders." The 'i>~ na had 'hrivi;H ' totowh-' lite 'and a'pd lo'gized 'for
doing their' so und check right before they played. They mixed it up a bit with songs
from all the 'way back to the Up Records discontinued classic Ultimate Alternative ~verJ
and played slightly altered version of such so ngs as "Stab" from There's Nothing Wrong
with Love. I watched 'scenesters' dance like worms and then went back stage after the ,
show. I gave Doug Martsch a "HOMIE, " like I usually do, and asked if I could ask
him some questions for my article. He said no. He doesn't do inrerviews while touring
bur he gave me his phone # on a Maxim subscriprion card stating that I could do an

interview with him over the
phone, when he gets home.
If anyone wants the number
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Doug MartJch kad Jinga and guitariJt for Built to Spill.
interview him later. I asked
him if he played the Capitol
Theatre because it is pictured
in the live album and he told
me that he hates it. He said that he's played it lots of times and has never gotten a good
sound out of it. My lady friend asked about a stack of posters on the table and Doug
gave her his for free. I spent the rest of the time speaking to a man named Greg from
Draw. He told me that he was a reporter for a Boise paper and that he was writing an
article about their 3-week tour with BTS. Brandon Summers, 20yr old guitarist from
the HelioSequence, spent a lot of time speaking to me about his interest in attending
Eve rgreen and playing the Go C lub. I told him to do it. Later, a woman came up
and sta rted as,king me questions about Evergreen as well. Everybody left and there
were still a slew ,of Hammer Head Ale 22s that no one had cracked. I drank some
down and headed back to Oly.
Night 2 was at the Showbox on 6/2. This was the third of a three night run with th e
second night being all ages. Doug always makes sure to have one all ages show when
he comes to Seattle. I saw Draw this time and still didn't like 'em . There were about 5
songs where he said "Down by the River" in them and they were like a bad Wileo/Neil
Young. Instead ofHelio, J. Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. played a solo set. Mike Johnson also
plays with Doug sometimes but I don't know why Mascis and Johnson don't play together
anymore. His set was really good. His greying old hair made him look like Ben Franklin
and you could tell that he didn't wash his black denim getup with ColorGuard. His vo ice
had great range and I caught a glimpse of his tighty whiteys as he busted phat distortion
solos over his looped electric/acoustic guitar. I then caught a glimpse of Marrsch's tighty
whiteys as BTS set up. For the first few songs, I thought that they were going to play the
same set as before but then they busted out the song "Reasons." They played some of
the same songs such as "Center of the Universe" but had plenty of variation to the set.
They played "Cleo" this time, unlik-e at the Crystal, but didn't play "Joyride" as they had
, :jt the previous ~how. Every, nigh1 ~hey had been closing with a reggae/dub version of
Neil Young's "Cortez the Killer" and this night was only slightly different. They pl ayed
the song but, this time, they jammed it out for at least ten minutes, alternating half way
through which allowed Doug to play bass and bass ist Brett Nelson to fuck around with
a sampler. One of Draws 3 guitarists came out and their bassist played the harmonica.
Built to Spill hasn't been playing encores, nor had they been right before their hiatus, but
everybody refused to leave. Eventually, the band came out shrugging their shoulders, while
the stage crew hooked the mics and amps back up, and played another song that they had
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;trter seeing th e sold out Blue Man Group show, last night at Paramount Theatre
in Seattle and my eyes may have difficulty focu sing on this computer screen after
being hombarded with the neon visual.s , which rivaled the pipe-bombing of a meth
bb at the Light Bri ght faclOry.
I didn't leave O lympia until 7 p.m ., when the show was set to starr , so nobody
wa nt ed to go. 'They all thought that We wou ld be too late. Th ere was a guy called
Lloyd, na med Nick hut call ed Lloyd , from 'V;' isconsin , lying on my co uc h. I
co nvin ced him to go and Ihen drove 80 mph Nonh on IS. We arrived a few
minutes alter R:O O an d we ill 10 Ih e will call . Th ey gavc cach of us two photo p""es,
IWo gucs t passc.'. and [wo ti ckets. Our scats were upstairs on the mezzanine but
were front row and dcad ce nll'r. Bl ue Man hadn't eve n starr ed yet and a 3 picce
el ect roni cl hand nam ed Ve nus H um was performin g. They had a sub-Bjork , but
Biork-esguc, I(.' ma,," vocalist and two guys rocking some so rt of cyber-guitar and
cffe cts hullsh it. I hope th at these cat s are still arou nd whe n Demo litinn Ma n 2
CO llle'S out. Thev co uld have shed that bubblegum electro ni ca vi he and possibly have
Iwen re;l ll y grea t. All that they would have had to J o was close by st rip ping naked,
do usi ng and igni ting th emsel ves, and then hav ing Blu e Man heat th em with th eir
gi.Ull mallct s. Fll rtlln:ucl y, the headliners had morc ani sti c visio n.
Th e tour is named aft er the Blue Man album The Complex and the stage had
a giant black and nco n hlu e projector screen with industrial ., hapes resemhling a
cross between "li'on" and the video game Paperboy. Their set staned and t!,e scree n
turned into a huge shadow puppet screen for Blue Man silhouett es. Blue Man ran
out and there were three of them. In their co mpl etely black outfits, the only part of
their bodies which were exposed were their blue hald heads and' hands, making them
look rem arkably similar to th eir logo. If you are a man and have ever used a puhli c
restroom , then you have seen the Blue Man Group logo. That is, of course, unl ess
you have only used the bathrooms at the Voyeur, which have those stupid fu cking
monkeys on the door instead. The three men all held one giant PVC brontosaurus
rib-like, tuba-rype instrument contraption together and played it. They did this
by having one member drum on the end of it with bright red day-glo drum sticks,
while the others would extend other partS like a plastic didgeridoo or trombone
to change the tone. Throughout this routine , as. well as [he rest of the show, the
three members were completely silent vocally and would stare at each other and the
audience inquisitively, as if they were a group of aliens who somehow crash landed
and stumbled into some son of futuristic PVC junkyard.
After the first song was over, the members ran up to the front of the audience
pointing a tampon shaped camera with a light beaming out of it. They shoved it
into an audience member's mouth and projected images of his esophagus on a giant
back screen which now had a huge backing band in front of it on risers. The band
was mostly composed of drummers on a giant chrome drum kit/percussion rack,
but also included other members.with instruments such as guitars and synthesizers.
The enormous band was spread across the back of the stage and looked like waiters
in their white tops and black pants. Singer Tracy Bonham was even brought
out to sing throughout the show. Just to be clear, I said Bonham and not Tracy
Bingham from Baywatch fame. One of the band members would also occasionally
si ng and , although it worked much of the time, it didn't always work as well as
Bonham, and left me wishing for a taser with projectiles long enough to reach
his punk ass from the mezzanine.
The music was all right and sounded like Vegas Industrial, but this show was
clearly about the performances and crazy gimmicky instruments and imagery,
especially for the primarily middle-aged audien ce who, most likely doesn't listen to
the Thrill Kill Kult. The center of the stage had a barrage of brain-like industrial

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tubing which members would beat on like a xylophone. On the right side of the stage
was a huge trampoline-looking floor tom and on the left was a tilted piano with the top
ripped off so that its string could be struck with mallets. They had these hug wire antennae
instruments that, when whipped back and forth, would bend to make buzzing sounds and
cause BM to look like blue versions of Darth Maul. These sabers were used for a cover
of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" with Bonham on vocals. One of the most visually
stimulating instruments were the two groups of three floor roms on each side o( the stage,
that , when struck, would spurr glowing red lava into the air and reminded me of flaming
oil drums used in a Hoovervilles for heat. The projector screen was constantly showing
images. These include the logo, a video representing mundane existence involving cubicles
and welder masks, and numerous computer graphics that looked like an Intellivision
3 version of Grand Theft Auto L To get people involved , one of Blue Man ran into
the mezzanine and danced with an audience member in a Robert Smith shirt. That
guy was probably stoked; this shit was designed for people like him. There were laserlight-show-dragonfly-eating-jellyfish and even tricks between screen and man that made
you wonder if they were laser images too or not, but I don't think that the craziest shit
can even start to be explained,
The encore was 2 songs and brought out Venus Hum, who sounded a lot better with
the rest of the musicians playing along. Their singer was now wearing a neon rainbow
dress that looked like it was constructed from Fruit By the Foot and made her seem
. two-dimensional. Its stripes would randomly light up like the game Simon. The second
song was a cover of the Who's "Teenage Wasteland" with Tracy Bonham again on vocals.
Two of the three blue men were wearing contraptions constructed from black tubing
that stretched around front from a black back pack like Dr. Octopus from Spiderman.
The tubes connected to and supported a PVC xylophone so that the musicians could
where them and play them while moving. A first person image of both of the musician's
instruments was projected onto the screen behind them and strobes went off that were
enough to give Pikachu himself a seizure_ The mobile xylophones also contained Nerf
. Bla.s ter sryle cannons that shot streamers all over the audience at the end while the screen
read you're wasted. Kinda cool, kinda cheesy. Just like any Vegas show.
, I enjoyed the show but chose not to go baGk stage afterwards to speak with three blue
mutes and a backing band that looked like th e band Orgy's road crew. Instead, it was off to
Kent and Tagueria Reconsisto (or auth enti c Mexican cuisine .

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" The adventures of Super Jorge " - Elicia Sanc h ez
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Enterta i~ing Adventure Tale " - Curtis Retherford (a r erun
from last ye ar, bu t I t hought I ' d end wi t h a bang) I
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" Special Graduation Mome nt s " - Amy Losk ota
" J . C . " - Brian
Wal ter I " Roost er " - Br ia n Walter I " At henine " - P . Nathan
Smith I " Fear Me " - Sara Spink I " Mus i c to say goodbye t o "
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