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On Edge at the Comer
HCC store under new management
If
yOU
could choose any
celebrity (living or dead),
to run Evergreen,
who would it be?
"George W. Bush. "
- Ty ler VeJ:ll.
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Transccllden' IJraCf ices
"I wouldn ' t pick a
celebrity."
-Robin HUTsell
Graduate
because he's a professor and he knows
about nature."
-Aubrey Harding
Sophomore, Ancient
Stories, MQdern Lives
SQUIRREL, ATTACK IT
YOU ONLY KNOW WHAT'S NOT GOOD
NOT GOOD FROM EVIL.
.worrysome tree beast
prance before I tell on you.
where are your whiskers?
Junior. Finding Your Voice
cute kung fu squirrel
little deadly beady eyes
kili the nut, not me
Students at the Corner are
seeing red . The wall s and
front count er are adorned
with striking crim son hues,
newl y painted . The shelves
have been rearranged. Some
item s that we re pre viously
offered are mi ssing, and the
once-charming handmade
student signs that fo rmerly
graced the pre mi ses are
nowhere to be found. To
those who frequented the
Corner store last year,
it is obvious that more
than a few changes have
occurred .
The history of the Comer
store, located within the
Housin g
Community
Center on campus, is
closely tied to that of the
college. The Cornet has
been in existence almost as
long as the school itself. For
at least twenty years, this
small convenience store has served those
students who make Evergreen their home for
a time. For at least twenty years, it has been
managed and staffed by fellow students, a
non-profit entity meant to be an alternative
to whatever corporate food provider existed
on campus. Until now.
As to the reasons why Bon Appetit, not
the students, is managing the Comer this
year, an inquiry into the matter has only
unearthed more questions . Contrary to
popular belief, Bon Appetit did not simply
take over the Corner. The fact is that the
Administration itself offered management
of the store to Bon Appetit, effectively
ending the decades-long tradition of an
available student-owned alternative. What
is perplexing to much of the student body
is the Administration's continuing silence
on its decision.
"I expected this from Bon Appetit, but
not from Evergreen," said a current Corner
employee, who declined to be identified.
"They gave it away! It's irresponsible not
to talk about it, not for the students who were
there. It's undermining what Evergreen's
about. "
Economics are behind a large part of the
change in management. It is well known that
Bon Appetit lost many thousands of dollars
last year. The Corner store, along With Its
gray grass underfoot
do you know of the creature?
furry leprechaun.
oCtober 2, ·2003
"The only person who
comes to mind is Nader.
He 's the only one who
would relate to students.
I don't think a celebrity
would be able to run an
institution." -Jeff Springer
By ,/enny Zaret
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You know life is G-double-O-D when
good p eople are dancing in the street.
See morefeslive Artswalk images 011 page II
The Evergreen State College:
A First Look
By Adam Haines
now-defunct late night sandwich shop
(once behind the large silver counter
by the mailboxes in the HCC), was
al so in debt. However, the Comer was
never meant to make money in the first
place. The switch in management, from
a non-profit student-run alternative to the
extension of a for-profit entity like Bon
Appetit, changes everything.
According to Chuck McKinney,
Assistant Director of Housing, Housing
previously managed operations at the
Corner. Now the food service provider
does, but it's sti II
going to be pretty "student-centered."
The Corner began accepting flex dollars
around the start of Winter Quarter last
year, effectively becoming Bon Appetit's
sole on-campus competitor.
During the 2002-2003 school year,
the meal plan was mandatory only for
those students living in A-dorm . Due to
complaints, the meal plan was NOT mandatory for all new incoming students but
was nevertheless "strongly encouraged,"
as phrased on the meal-plan registration
sheet. This year, it is mandatory for all
freshmen students. Neither the A nor B
dorm bui Idings , those that house the
First- Year Experience students, contain
kitchens. Kitchens were once inA-dorm;
It all started out when House Bill 596,
chapter 47, laws of 1967, on the date of
February 28,1967, passed the Washington
state House with 80 yeas to 17 nays. In the
Senate the bill passed 38 yeas to 10 nays.
The bill officially adopted the establishment of a four-year college in Thurston
County.
Originally the name of the college was
goingto be Southwestern Washington State
College. The school was to be " within a
radius of approximately ten miles of the
city limits of the city of Olympia for the
permanent location of the Southwestern
Washington State College."
Also established by House Bill 596
was a five-member Board of Trustees to
oversee the implementation and the future
development of the college. In a speech to a
joint public hearing of the state House and
Senate Committee on Higher Education,
Dr. Garrett Heyns, who at the time was
a the President of the Southwestern
Washington State College Committee,
said: "We need highly trained people to
run this complex government of ours and
keep it strong, so it can retain its rightful place in our federal system." He also
argued: "Despite this heavy demand for
college-trained personnel, there is no state
college here to train people for government
careers and political leadership." Letters
from directors of major state departments
in Olympia report the same thing : a need
for qualified, well-trained professional
help in public administration.
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Voices o f Color
"F ostering
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Annual Conference of the PJSA
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This unique community gathering is an
opportunity scholars, educators and activists
have to come together to reflect, analyze
and strategize. We will focus on the tireless work of people around the country to
foster alternatives to violence in our homes,
schools. communities and in the national and
international arenas.
We will critically examine efforts to
understand and uproot both physical and
structural violence by paying attention
to militarism, poverty, racism, sexism,
homophobia , and other forms of soc ial
injustice and inequality.
Keynote speakers and artists include:
Sam Hamill, Pramila Jayapal, Naomi Klein,
Paul Loeb, Peter McLaren , Shailja Patel,
Prince Myshkin, Planet Percussion and Eli
Sterling.
We are looking for volunteers who in
exchange for help could attend the conference for free! For more information, and
to view the preliminary program for this
exciting conference, visit us at: http ://www.
peacejusticestudies.org/conference
The Fostering Alternatives to Violence
conference is sponsored by the Peace and
Justice Studies Association. They can be
reached bye-mail at pjsa@evergreen.edu,
or check out their website at: http ://
peacej usticestud ies.org
Chalk drawings, like this one, covered the intersection at 5th & State during Artswalk Friday.
Library's Online !f/-stem
Gets an Upgra e
We.in the library have been very busy over the summer improving
our online resources available to you. The library's CASCADE system,
which enabled quick access to books and other materials from all of
Washington's four-year public colleges, is now called SUMMIT.
We have merged CASCADE with our Oregon counterpart, called
ORBIS, to create the Orbis Cascade Alliance. This new librarv consortium now serves 26 member colleges, universities, and com~unity
colleges throughout Oregon and Washington. This alliance combines
the successful services of both organizations to greatly expand the
scholarly information made available to students, faculty, and staff.
SUMMIT is a union catalog that allows Evergreen students, faculty,
and staff to easily search and request library materials owned by member
libraries. It is a database of22 million books , sound recordings, films,
maps, and more! This merger almost doubles the library material that's
quickly available to Evergreen faculty, students and staff.
As an aid to quick delivery, the consortium continues to administer a
courier service providing daily pick-up and delivery of library materials
at 60 libraries in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The Orbis Cascade
Alliance also strengthens cooperative purchase programs and brings
shared expertise to the purchase of databases, electronic journals, electronic books, and other digital library materials.
Be sure to visit our web site, at: http ://cals.eve rgreen.edulscreens/
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By Adam Hames
Have you ever been in an emergency
or disaster situation? Did you know what
to do?
Perhaps not, and you felt helpless when
those around you needed help but it was
delayed. Nowyou have the bpportunity to
learn the skills to not only survive, but also
to assist your fellow students in housing
during a disaster or emergency situation.
Every Monday night, from 4 to 6 pm, the
people who share this common interest
meet in Mod 309A, using the Far Side
social space.
This last Monday the team of vol unteers , both students and staff, started the
training necessary to pass the Community
Emergency Response Team certification_
This is the first time here at TESC that
the CERT program has been offered, and
under the guidance of Chuck McKinney,
up to 20 team members will develop a
knowledge and sk ill-set that will assist
every person on campus when disaster
strikes . The CERT progra m began back
in 1994 under the gu idance of FEMA, and
si nce that time hundreds of communities
have established CERTs using volunteers
who stand ready to help their community
when disaster strikes. From fire and life
hazards, medical aid and triage, to light
rescue and safe extrication of patients, all
aspects of first response will be covered.
By promoting partnerships between local
emergency servi ces and their communities,
a backup response team is properly trained
to provide a first response ifan event overwhelms the 'professional' responders. By
applying the basic respon se and organiza-
I talked with Hal Vanguilder, who is a part of the Facilities department
here at Evergreen, and I asked him some questions about these mystical colored pyramids. Here's what I found out: The pyramid lights have
been on since August 27. I found out that this was a part of a "'$100,000
roof project ," according to Vanguilder. KMB Architects was the firm that
was used to design the pyramid project. The old lights that were there
before the pyramids were old and in bad shape, and had to be replaced.
Also, they wanted to increase the amount of light that enters into the area
during the day was another reason that the type of light was changed to
the new system. The amount of power that the lights use is '"about 270
watts".
Calight still doing your paper in the wee hours of the night? Climb to the 4th floor ofth
Library building to get a closer view at the pyramid lights .
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ratio of area be restored in order to compensate for the destruction of a wetland
area.
This day's efforts involved the partnership of JO volunteers and representatives of four governmental entities: The
City of Olympia, the National Resource
Conservation. Service, The Washington
State Department of Transportation,
and The Evergreen State College. The
project began with an introduction to the
types of plants, which areas of the site
they were naturally suited to grow in,
and instruction on planting techniques.
We then traveled to Black Lake
Meadows, a storm water treatment site
owned by the City of Olympia, in order
to carry out the site restoration. Within
just a few hours of good old fash ioned
get your hands dirty gardening, roughly
1,000 native plants representing 7
native plant species were transpla nted ,
watered, and ready to grow. Plants
were donated for the project by the
Washington State Department of
Transportation Roadside and Site
Development office.
. Planting native vegetation is decidedly more beneficial to local wildlife
than ornamental vegetation . It provides
food and shelter for a more diverse
animal popUlation; it enriches the soil;
and it out-competes noxious weeds
and other invasive plant species s uch
as blackberries and scotch broom.
Overall, using native plants increases
bio-diversity, diversifies habitat, and
creates a healthier ecosystem.
Before returning home we stopped
in at Tumwater Falls Recreational
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!lq"t,~ing SearchJ::Rescue The Evergree~ State
College· A C1rst Look
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Have you ever been walking near the library at night, and you've
looked up and seen some lights along with some small pyram ids flashing
with color? If you have then you've seen the new pyramids on the fourth
floor of the library.
On Wednesday September 24th,
Community to Community: The Evergreen Environmental Service Project's
fCC: EESP] mission consisted of a
willow harvest. Willow cuttings were
then taken from a nearby site and then
planted along the Deschutes River.
On Saturday September 27th, I
attended and photographed the following CC: EESP environmental restoration
project. This day's project fulfilled a
wetland mitigation commitment made
by the Washington State Department of
Transportation to the City of Olympia
for the construction of the 1998 Crosby
Interchange. In order for the construction to occur, off-site mitigation was
required as part of the permit process.
Wetland mitigation for highway construction projects requires that a 2-to-1
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Park . We observed a small grove of
Vine Maples in the back of the park,
near the shore of the Deschutes River.
We were informed volunteers ofCC:
EESP planted them five years ago. The
maturing trees provided canopy cover
helping to maintain the cooler river
temperatures and thei r root struct u res
prevent erosion, keeping the river free of
fine sediment. Both of which are vitally
important for Salmon a nd other organisms of the river's ecosystem. The trees
also add to the character and natural
beauty of the park.
There will be more opportunities to
volunteer your time and energy for the
benefit of the environment. One project has been tentatively scheduled for
November.
tional skills learned during training, these
teams are then able to save and sustain
lives following a disaster in the event that
help is delayed.
Come winter quarter, the team will
delve further into prepared response as
they learn wilderness first aid from the
Red Cross. Upon completion of this
course, these individuals will have the
necessary knowledge and skills to provide
limited life-sustaining medical care during
an extended wait for medical evacuation,
unlike Emergency Medical Technicians
who stabilize and transport immediately.
These skills are not only of value during a
disaster but also of use when in a remote
area and a friend becomes injured, at a
place where the response for medical aid
may take hours or even days.
During the spring quarter, Chuck plans
to teach from Rescue System One, where
basic rope rescue skills will be explored.
Types of harnesses, ropes and associated
equipment will be used and perhaps if a
site can be found , there may be a field
trip or two where the skills learned can be
practiced in an appropriate setting.
There are no special requirements or
experience needed to join the team, which
currently has room for twelve volunteers.
There is also no expectation that you have
to stay on the team from yearto year either,
although it would be greatly appreciated ,
as the returning members bring back their
s kill s. which onl y enhances the team's
:lbilities. I urge anyone who is interested
to come to a Monday meeting, so they can
see what the team is all about in person.
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It all started out when House Bill 596, help in public administration_
chapter 47, laws of 1967, on the date of
The second central reason for founding
February 28, 1967, passed the Washington Evergreen, at least from M To Heyns' perState House with 80 yeas to 17 nays. In the spective, was future demand by students
Senate, the bill passed 38 yeas to 10 nays_ for a college in the Olympia vicinity_ It was
The bill officially adopted the establish- estimated that by 1975 the 30 mile area
ment of a four-year college in Thurston around Olympia would contain 23.100
County.
potential college students.
Originally the name of the college was
The original Board of Trustees went
going to be Southwestern Washington State out on a search to find an articulate and
College. The school was to be "within a qualified candidate to become President
radius of approximately ten miles of the of the new college. Dr. Charles McCann ,
city limits of the city of Olympia for the who at the time was a Dean of the Faculty
permanent location of the Southwestern at Central Washington State College, was
Washington State College."
chosen due to hi s outspoken position
Also established by House Bill 596 on individualizing the college learning
was a five-member Board of Trustees to experience for all students. As President
oversee the implementation and the future of the college. Dr. McCann had set forth
development of the college. In a speech on a unique path in the structure of the
to a joint public hearing of the state college. This included: no departments, no
House and Senate Co mmittee on Higher grades, no faculty ranks, no football teams
Education, Dr. Garrett Heyns, who at the and no requirements. This unusual path of
time was the President of the Southwestern less structure has led to many educational
Washington State College Committee , innovations at the college level that are
sa id: " We need highly trained people to unique to Evergreen. These include : narrarun this complex government of ours and tive evaluations, interdisciplinary studies,
keep it strong, so it can retain its right- and cooperative (rather than competitive)
ful place in our federal system." He also learning. As we can see from this article,
argued: "Despite thi s heavy demand for if it weren't for the innovative vision of
college-trained personnel, there is no state Dr. McCann and the founding deans and
college here to train people for government faculty of The Evergreen State Coll ege,
careers and political leadership. " Letters we would have just had another same old
from directors of major state departments four-year college, with g rad es and a ll th e
in Olympia report the same thing: a need entangle ments that come along with it.
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If YOIi would like to receive more information about future projects and other
similar opportunities, you may contact
the following people:
Kitty Parker, Academic Advising Director, The
Evergreen State College
Email: parkerk@evergreen.edu / phone:
360.867.6517.
JeffSwotek, District Conservationist, The Natural
ResourcesConservation Service
Email: jeff.swolek@wa.usda.gov I phone:
360.704.7750.
Carrie Sunstrorn, Landscape Designer in the Roadside and Site Development Office, The Washington
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Email: sunstrc@wsdo!.wa.gov I phone: 360.704.3249.
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Have you ever been in an emergency or disaster situation? Did you
know what to do?
Perhaps you didn't, and you felt
helpless when those around you needed
help but it was delayed. Now you have
the opportunity to learn the skills to
not only survive, but also to assist your
fellow students in housing during a
. disaster or emergency situation. Every
Monday night, from 4 to 6 p.m., the
people who share this common interest
meet in Mod 309A , using the Far Side
social space.
This last Monday the team
of volunteers, both students and staff,
started the trai ning necessary to pass
the Community Emergency Response
Team certification. This is the first time
here at TESC that the CERT program
has been offered, and under the guidance of Chuck McKinney, up to 20 team
members will develop a knowledge and
skill-set that will assist every person on
campus when disaster strikes.
The CERT program began
back in \994 under the guidance of
FEMA, and since that time hundreds of
communities have established CERTs
using volunteers who stand ready to
help their community when disaster
strikes. From fire and life hazards, medical aid and triage, to light rescue and
safe extrication of patients, all aspects
of first response will be covered. By
promoting partnerships between local
emergency services and their communities, a backup response team is properly
trained to provide a first response if an
event overwhelms the ' professional'
responders. By applying the basic
response and organizational skills
learned during training, these teams are
then able to save and sustain Iives following a disaster in the event that help is
delayed.
Come winter quarter, the team
will delve further into prepared response
as they learn wilderness first aid frqm
the Red r ross . Upon completion of
this course, these individuals will have
the necessary knowledge and skills to
provide limited life-sustaining medical
care during an extend,ed wait for medical
evacuation, unlike Emergency Medical
Technicians who stabilize and transport
immediately. These skills are not only
of value during a disaster but also of
use when in a remote area and a friend
becomes injured, at a place where the
response for medical aid may take hours
or even days.
During the spring quarter,
Chuck plans to teach from Rescue
System One, where basic rope rescue
skills will be explored. Types ofharnesses, ropes and associated equipment
will be used and perhaps if a site can be
found, there may be a field trip or two
where the skills learned can be practiced
in an appropriate setting.
There are no special requirements or experience needed to join
the team, which currently has room
for twelve volunteers. There is also no
expectation that you have to stay on the
team from year to year either, although
it would be greatly appreciated, as the
returning members bring back their
skills, which only enhances the team's
abilities. I urge anyone who is interested
to come to a Monday meeting, so they
can see what the team is all about in
person.
Interested? Learn the ins alld
outs oJ emergency training
every Monday from 4 to 6 p. m.
in Mod 309A .
send in the zines
reviewer promises free publicity
by perrin Randlefte
What is a zine?
Zine: any booklet, comic, or story that is
hand made from start to finish.
Xerox machines can help, and staples
can too. Zines are distributed by hand
or post t.o a community of friends and
associates.
Hi there my fellow zinesters. This is an
open call for all of you who make zines
some free
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VI(S PIIIERIA
Hand Tossed New York Style
Please give me your zines so I can continue believing that Evergreen students
are creating awesome mini-comix on the
side oftheir intensive studies! Drop your
zines off at the Cooper Point Journal.
For those of you who missed the zine
symposium in PDX this summer, it
was nice. We hada bigger room, which
meant more tabling, but the fluorescent
lighting made us all nervous and didn't
help the mixing up of people. I was there
tabling with my handwritten zines and
vagina coloring books. Yes that's right,
shameless self-promotion. I was also
hawking comics and poetry for S.S.O.
Press, a local publishing company.
Which brings me to the zine review of
Name: Build a Catapult.
Publisher: S.S.O. Press
Info: Free poetry issue #4
I picked "build a catapult" up with a
sigh, because I don't like poetry that
much anymore. The gritty collage
inside shows a man and woman working
their day-jobs; with the caption, "hard
at work, no time to write." I liked the
table of contents and got very excited
that Ben Parrish's comix were included.
I skimmed the long poems (sky) and
read the shorter ones. There are nice
one-liners everywhere ("I thought a sad
thought for you"-Allison Baggett) and
clever lines hidden throughout this black
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the kitchens in B-donm were removed
just last summer.
Like Learning?
"It's your heart in that place," said an
anonymous ex-employee of the Comer,
who had often worked at the sandwich
shop long after the Greenery had closed
its doors at 7 pm on weekday evenings.
"You get loyalties to it." The sandwich
shop, also completely run by students,
offered fresh organic subs, salads, soups,
cookies and other fare from early evening
to late at night, with multiple items often
less expensive than those at Bon Appetit.
Student workers made their own bread,
pizza, and other items from scratch. To
students with meal cards who had nowhere
to go for dinner on weekend evenings (as
the Greenery wasn't open), the student-run
Comer was a place to purchase more substantial fodder. Supposedly the sandwich
shop was given a health inspection last
year, which it failed. At the time of this
writing, this has neither been confirmed
nor denied .
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It's all driven by money," said
McKinney, who suggested steering blame
away from Bon Appetit, as the change in
management was coming from Housing.
"If you want to get mad at someone, don't
get mad at Bon Appetit. They were asked
to do this. I don ' t think they ' re the bad
guys, if there needs to be bad guys in
this." So why did the Administration ask
Bon Appetit to manage the Corner in the
first place? According to McKinney, " the
point was to minimize losses." Losses for
whom? In our current contract with Bon
Appetit, the school takes on any losses the
company incurs.
The Corner, now run by a for-profit
company, is no longer "basically the same
as before," as was stated by its new manager. The Corner is changed, and with this
change comes an undeniable alteration in
the lifestyle and well being of students
living on campus.
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continued from cover
The second central reason for founding
Evergreen ,at least from Mr. Heyns' perspective, was future demand by students
.for a college in the Olympia vicinity. It was
estimated that by 1975 the 30 mile area
around Olympia would contain 23,100
potential college students.
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who puts the subscriptions in the mail and brings the
leftovers to the dungeon)
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and runs it allover campus)
The original Board of Tr.l!stees went
out on a search to find an articulate and
qualified candidate to become President
of the new college. Dr. Charles McCann,
who at the time was a Dean of the Faculty
at Central Washington State College, was
chosen due ·to his outspoken position
on individualizing the college learning
experience for all students. As President
of the college, Mr, McCann had set forth
on a unique path in the structure of the
college. This included : no departments, no
grades, no faculty ranks, no football teams
and no requirements. This unusual path of
less structure has led to many educat:onal
innovations at the college level thai are
unique to Evergreen. These include: narraive evaluations, interdisciplinary s:udies,
nd cooperative (rather than competitive)
earning. As we can see from this article,
if it wasn 't for the innovative vision of
Mr. McCann and the founding deans and
faculty of the Eve rgreen State College,
we would have just had another same old
four-year college, with grades and all the
entanglements that come along with it.
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There is an interesting passage in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five:
"YOIl know what I say to people when I hear they're writing anti-war books?"
"No. What do YOIl say, Harrison Starr ?"
"J say, 'Why don) YOIl write an anti-glacier book instead?'"
What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy
to stop as glaciers. I believe that, too.
And even if wars didn't keep coming like glaciers, there would still be plain old death.
I was reminded of thi s as I sat in Lecture I a few weeks back watching Michael Moore 's
Bowling/or Colllmb ine.
I like Michael Moore, and looked forward to this film. In some way s, this movie lives
up to its promise of an amusing, intellectual look at an important issue. The movie is
often clever, and occasionally insightful. I would probably even go as far as to call it
thought-provoking. But 1 was ultimately unimpressed. Moore's collection of statistics and
interviews ultimately adds up to nothing more than a rambling glance at the issues related
to gun violence. At times it looks like he's trying to push towards a conclusion, but then
he becomes distracted and heads off to the next media stunt, be it his succe ssful attempt to
convince K-mart to stop selling ammunition or his controversial interview with Charlton
Heston. In the end , none of that has anything to do with the questions at hand. Badgering a
gun rights activist is meaningless, considering that in the movie Moore basically dismisses
the idea that the number of guns in America causes violence.
In addition to hi s lack of focu s, Moore has serious reasoning problems . He dismi sses
the rather logical connection between violent crime and poverty by suggesting that Canada
has a higher unemployment rate than the US while maintaining vast ly lower rates of gun
murders. Then. as if suffering from amnesia, he goes on to not only acknowledge but praise
Canada's larger socia l welfare program. He even goes so far as to visit a clean, sparkling
"Canadian ghetto." Yet somehow he doesn't connect the fact that Canada lac ks the grinding urban poverty of the United States with less gun violence. Is Moore really under the
impression that most gun violence takes place in wealthy suburbs like Littleton?
That isn 't the on ly bit of superficial logic . Moore claims that America's violent past
couldn 't be the cause of gun violence because Germany, Japan, and the UK all have low
gun murder rates. He g losses over the fact that these are all countries with very strict gun
control laws. He answers the gun control explanation with the counter-example of Canada,
this time ignoring the relative lack of violence in Canada's history and all of the social
differences between the US and Canada laid out by Moore himself. Did it even occur to
Moore that there might be more than one way to stop gun violence?
My problems with this film, however, go far deeper than the poor organization or simple
logical flaws. Watching it, I find myself disturbed that the movie was ever made. For one
thing, it seems to me that the only reason that anyone even cares about the Columbine killings is that it happened in a suburb to wealthy high school students. If we take Moore's
gun murder statistics, there is an average of somewhere in the vicinity of 30 gun murders
in the United States every day. While any loss of life is obviously tragic , the 13 who died
on April 20 th barely break the average, and that doesn't even touch on all the equally tragic
deaths from car accidents, disease, hunger, etc. etc. Life is life, and I find it hard to swallow
that these lives should mean so much more.'
Worst of all, the closest thing Moore ever offers to a thesis is that an American culture
offear propagated by a media focus on violent crime creates bloodshed. This is a strange
thing to hear from a two hour movie based around a single act of violence, which seems
to be inciting us to dramatically change our purportedly dangerous society. When, in the
film, Marilyn Manson talks about " this campaign offear, and consumption, and that's what
I think it's all based on, the whole idea of ' keep everyone afraid, and they'll consume,'"
he could just as easily been talking about Moore's film. The only difference is that Moore
is trying to get people to consume an ideology. If it's wrong for corporations, it should be
wrong for him .
But in the end it just seems like Moore is screaming at that glacier, something so deeply
rooted that no amount of guerilla theater can stop it. And even if gun violence didn't keep
coming like a glacier, there still would be plain old death.
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City music. My apologies in advance to Nicholas Payton and the other artists
involved in making the album Sonic Trance. I'm usually quite excited to hear new
music but found myselffast forwarding through songs after a few cuts. I popped Sonic
Trance into my Cp player just after midnight while driving through downtown Seattle.
lne album is fitting background music for driving at night in a sprawling metropolis
but not for much else. I thought I was familiar with post-modern jazz so perhaps
this is post-post-modern: this album has a serious knack for lack of resolution. At
first the syncopated bass line on the first track combined with the wild trumpet solo
sounded promising, but melodies spiral and twist into the ether in atonal riffs, only
to leave the listener hanging by the premature end of the track. Trance doesn't even
enter the equation of the cuts - the sound is rather like some brand of improvised,
unpolished jazz. "Cannabis Leaf Rag I" begins with a slightly altered take on the old
standard "The Entertainer" and strays off into oblivion .like most other tracks. The
trumpet, flilgelhorn and tenor sax appearing on the album are tinny and far too based
in treble to be appreciated - most wind instruments on the album would benefit from
some sort of filter at the least and perhaps some effects pedals to make the fractured
riffs,more pleasing to the ear. The arrangements have potential but the album sounds
like a practice session; there is experimentation with backwards loops reminisc~nt
of Medeski, Martin and Wood 's "Combustication", and some dance hall reggae-Ish
vocals that fade in and out because seemingly they couldn't come up with solid lyrics.
This is a soundtrack for the fleeting moments of city life . Seeing as it was recorded
in New York, perhaps those moments were the album's inspiration.
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Have you ever been to one of those
concerts that was less about playing specific songs and more about simply jamming- improvising over a bas ic format
to make an eclectic type of musi c? Rik
Wright's album Polymorphism is much
like one of those concerts . Not quite
jazzy, his album takes elements of
synthesized and rock mus ic to weave
together a unique a lbum.
The first so ng on th e album,
"Awakening," has a haunting riff at
the very beginning that is quite re miniscent of rock mus ic in the 1970's, but
it is blended together with seem ing ly
random percussion in the background .
I found this song interesting, but am not
all together certain if I liked it. Another
song on the album, "Some Assembly
Required," is almost funk. There is
an abrupt beginning to the song, with
a boisterous wind section. The rest of
the song is almost danceable . but the
percussion is somewhat random.
This seems like one of those albums
that would grow on you. When 1 popped
it into my CD player and pushed play,
I thought, " My, that's interesting:' It's
almost hard to believe that this music
exists outside of my head. It is more like
the soundtrack to my dreams than any
jazz that I've ever heard before . If you
like improvisational jazz, give this CD
a listen.
Every time that I walk past the HCC and
see an ultimate Frisbee game in the field, I
think about Parliament Funkadelic. I wonder
if they' II ever throw a surprise performance at
Evergreen , a place where students feeljustified in taggin ' BBQs with "VEGAN" and that
has become the real life PCU. Until they do,
I'll continue to drive down to see P-Funk at
the Crystal Ballroom, like I did on Sept. 23rd.
I looked around , and noticed everything from scrubby white college students
to middle aged black men in slick suits to
com-rows and Ruffrider medallions in the
crowd, as Parliament took the stage play ing
"Maggot Brain ". A lthough Eddie Hazel , who
wrote the " Maggot Brain" guitar solo while
thinking of hi s dead mother, died himself in
1992, Michael Hampton did a sufficient job
offilling in. Throughout the extremely long
opener, other '70s P-Funk veterans would
slowly appear on stage. Garry Shider came
out in his trademark diaper and I even got
the chance to see Bernie Worrel (P-Funk,
Talking Heads, Praxis, etc.) play keys while
chain smoking in a t-shirt, leather pants and
jacket, and a s ilk feaihered page hat that he
must've looted from a renai ssance fair.
When backup s inger P-Nut (orig . from
Bootsy 's Rubber Band) took the stage in
a black Co lorado sweatshirt . plaid pajama
pants. and a black with crossbones do-rag/
"don 't-rag" ti ed in the front like 2Pac. the
crowd pushed forward mistaking him for
George. This always happens at P-Funk
shows. In fact, it happens so often that it
even states that he's mistaken for Clinton in
the press kit. The difference is that George
looks a little less cracked-out (be li eve it or
not), a little less homeless, and a helluva lot
less like Wicket the Ewok from Return of the
Jedi. While P-Nitt accepted his false prai se,
guest star Lili Hayden was wailing like Capt.
Ahab on an electric violin. She resembled a
worn out Soleil Moonfry, of Punky Brewster
fame , and the silver sequins of her baggy
.s leeved hippy top. and matching skirt rivaled
the sheen on Neil Diamond or the cape of a
String Cheese Incident fa n.
Some liquored-up hussy kissed my face
and, as I retreated to the reserved back/sidestage, I saw George arriving fashionably late
to dance at the end of "Cosmic Slop". Worrel
exited the stage and there were still at least
fifteen people up there. The press kit li sts the
g roup at 26 members and mus ician s rotated
often throughout the night. It was packed
where I was standing and there were band
members performing and singing next to me
off-stage, due to room restriction. C linton's
entrance was subtle and he flowed in not
disrupting the set. I remember when I
saw Funkadelic back in 1997 at Shoreline
Amphitheatre for the " Smoking Groo ves
Tour" and George C linton fell down tryin g to
ex it a giant Mother sh ip on stage. He later fe ll
about three or four more times throughout the
perfonnance. I also remember my sister getting pissed, a couple of month s before, when
s he was paid $200 by her old job to drive
P-Funk around for the evening and C linto n
smoked crack in the van. Sometime s less
is more and sometimes less is just less but
more is too much .
Myoid high school history teacher Ms.
Sims , niece of both George (through marriage) and local politician Ron Sims, had
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her mother come to class once. When I of his fur coat, Sir Nose does the splits and
asked her mother for Clinton's number, climbs on top of the speakers. He dances
they hated on him . Her mom told me that and does Cirque du Soleil-style contortionhe had probably been evicted and that he had ism , resting on his upper chest and bending
blown all of his money on "snuff" , and then ' his legs back until his feet are literally resting
made coke-snorting motions. I understand on the top of his head. During "Flashlight",
that Bill isn ' t the only one with a relative Shider ran off back stage rubbing h is belly
named George Clinton that could have a and , when he cam e back from eating, talked
negative effect on a politICal career, but Dr. with Worrel about their frustrations with the
Funkenstein had so me flash blingin ' across poor sound levels. Eventually they laughed
his knuckles when his 25 y'ear old grand- it off and 1 swooped in , having Bernie sign
daughter Shonda made an appearance that my vintage " Book of Mormon" and" I 00
Tuesday ni ght. "Sativa" (Shonda) came out Deadliest Karate Moves" books. The good
during "Sol11ethin' Stink and I Want Some" thing about a band with 26 members is that if
to gangsta rap about smoking " tha chronic" one mic isn 't on, the crowd can ' t tell. Countand, a lthough she looked kind of like Me less ladies got on stage between "Freak of
Lyte, she didn't look ashamed. Then again , the Week" and "Atomic Dawg". Clinton
one of the first words out of her mouth was laughed and thrusted after straddling one
p#$$@.
that was bootie dancing him.
It was a concert and a giant mingling
The show ended with an oldies medley
party simu ltaneously. One backup singer which included "Whole Lotta Shakin'
in a Rocky style hat, bustier, fishnets , and Going On" into rockabilly versions of "We
a Pat Benatar sk irt gave me a promo photo, Want the Funk" and "Get Off Yo' Ass and
complete wi website, thinking that I could Jam ", then into "Shake Baby Shake" and
make her famous, and P·Nut was forcefully back into " Whole Lotta Shakin "'. I saw a
macking o n the ladies the whole ni g ht. stringy haired, gap-toothed freak queen from
During " Give Up The Funk", a guy in a the stage in a blue silk outfit, with only the
bee costume shot me with a supe r soaker top buttoned like a Homie fi gurine so that all
as ~. blunt was passed a round. Later, I saw of her junk hung out. She was gettin ' sandhim dressed up looking like the King of wiched between two older African American
Cartoons a nd then as Tito Puente if he had men in des ig ner suits and frea ked hard . Sebeen a matadorlpimp . "Sir Nose" came on curity was tough and even people with passes
stage pointing at Clinton while holdin g a sign weren 't allowed down stairs. The show was
reading, " Who's This O ld Mutha Fucka?" coming to an end, and when I was pretty sure
They did the routine where the audience that 1 wasn't gonna be puffin' hubbas with
has ID try to get Sir Nose, who's apparently George in the green room, I decided that the
"D' void 0 ' Funk" to dance. The horns come party was finally over.
out, they play " Flashlight", and, sliding out
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There is an interesting passage in Kurt Vonne.gut's Slaughterhouse-Five:
"You know what I say to people when I hear they're writing anti-war books?"
"No. What do you s0', Harrison Starr? "
"I say, 'Why don ~ you write an anti-glacier book instead""
What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy
to stop as glaciers. I believe that, too.
And even if wars didn't keep coming like glaciers, there would still be plain old death.
I was reminded of thi s as I sat in Lecture I a few weeks back watching Michael Moore 's
Bowling/or Columbine.
I like Michael Moore, and looked forward to this film . In some ways, thi s movie lives
up to its prom ise of an amusing, intellectual look at an important issue . The movie is
often clever, and occasionally insightful. I would probably even go as far as to call it
thought-provoking. But I was ultimately unimpressed. Moore's collection of statistics and
interviews ultimately adds up to nothing more than a rambling glance at the issues related
to gun violence. At times it looks like he's trying to push towards a conclusion, but then
he becomes distracted and heads off to the next media stunt, be it his successful attempt to
convince K-mart to stop selling ammunition or his controversial interview with Charlton
Heston. In the end, none of that has anything to do with the questions at hand . Badgering a .
gun rights activist is meaningless, considering that in the movie Moore basically dismisses
the idea that the number of guns in America causes violence.
In addition to his lack of focus, Moore has serious reasoning problems. He dismi sses
the rather logical connection between violent crime and poverty by suggesting that Canada
has a higher unemployment rate than the US while maintaining vastly lower rates of gun
murders. Then, as ifsuffering from amnesia, he goes on to not only acknowledge but praise
Canada's larger social welfare program. He even goes so far as to visit a clean, spark ling
"Canadian ghetto." Yet somehow he doesn't connect the fact that Canada lacks the grinding urban poverty of the United States with less gun violence. Is Moore really under the
impression that most gun violence takes place in wealthy suburbs like Littleton?
That isn't the on ly bit of superficial logic. Moore claims that America's violent past
couldn't be the cause of gun violence because Germany, Japan , and the UK all have low
gun murder rates . He glosses over the fact that these are all countries with very strict gun
control laws. He answers the gun control explanation with the counter-example of Canada,
this time ignoring the relative lack of violence in Canada's history and all of the social
differences between the US and Canada laid out by Moore himself. Did it even occur to
Moore that there might be more than one 1'0'0' to stop gun violence?
My problems with this film, however, go far deeper than the poor organization or simple
logical flaws, Watching it, I find myself disturbed that the movie was ever made. For one
thing, it seems to me that the only reason that anyone even cares about the Columbine killings is that it happened in a suburb to wealthy high school students. If we take Moore's
gun murder statistics, there is an average of somewhere in the vicinity of 30 gun murders
in the United States every day. While any loss of life is obviously tragic, the 13 who died
on April 20th barely break the average, and that doesn't even touch on all the equally tragic
deaths from car accidents, disease, hunger, etc . etc . Life is life , and I find it hard to swallow
that these lives should mean so much more.
Worst of all, the closest thing Moore ever offers to a thesis is that an American culture
of fear propagated by a media focus on violent crime creates bloodshed. This is a strange
thing to hear from a two hour movie based around a single act of violence, which seems
to be inciting us to dramatically change our purportedly dangerous society. When, in the
film, Marilyn Manson talks about "this campaign of fear, and consumption, and that's what
I think it's all based on, the whole idea of 'keep everyone afraid, and they'll consume,'''
he could just as easily been talking about Moore's film. The only difference is that Moore
is trying to get people to consume an ideology. If it's wrong for corporations, it should be
wrong for him.
But in the end it just seems like Moore is screaming at that glacier, something so deeply
rooted that no amount of guerilla theater can stop it. And even if gun violence didn't keep
coming like a glacier, there still would be plain old death .
Sonic Something
by Nolan 0 I att}/iik
City music. My apologies in advance to Nicholas Payton and the other artists
involved in making the album Sonic Trance. I'm usually quite excited to hear new
music but found myself fast forwarding through songs after a few cuts. I popped Sonic
Trance into my CD player just after midnight while driving through downtown Seattle.
The album is fitting background music for driving at night in a sprawling metropolis
but not for much else. I thought I was familiar with post-modern jazz so perhaps
this is post-post-modern: this album has a serious knack for lack of resolution. At
first the syncopated bass line on the first track combined with the wild trumpet solo
sounded promising, but melodies spiral and twist into the ether in atonal riffs, only
to leave the listener hanging by the premature end of the track. Trance doesn't even
enter the equation of the cuts - the sound is rather like some brand of improvi sed,
unpolished jazz. "Cannabis Leaf Rag I" begins with a slightly altered take on the old
standard "The Entertainer" and strays off into oblivion like most other tracks. The
trumpet, f1ogelhorn and tenor sax appearing on the album are tinny and far too based
in treble to be appreciated - most wind instruments on the album would benefit from
some sort of fi Iter at the least and perhaps some effects pedals to make the fractured
riffs more pleasing to the ear. The arrangements have potential but the album sounds
like a practice session; there" is experimentation with backwards loops reminiscent
of Medeski, Martin and Wood's "Combustication", and some dance hall reggae-ish
vocals that fade in and out because seemingly they couldn't come up with solid lyrics.
This is a soundtrack for the fleeting moments of city life. Seeing as it was recorded
in New York, perhaps those moments were the album 's inspiration.
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Indestructible (released under Hellcat
records, 2003). Lmust say 1 am not
disappointed. The group hasre,united
with the same quality of miJsic that
it has produced in the past 'fun and
energetic~ It has pulsating guitar riffs
and drum beats 'that are sharp and
crisp. The lyrics are what one would
expect from a California punk band, a
mixed bag of everything from friendship to beating a person up. The song
that was releaSed ont<! MTV and the
radio air ·waves was "Fall Back
Down" (track 2). Itd~finitely helped
album sales to have their video feature Kelly Osborne arid some other
famous people. My favorite song is
"Memphis" (track 10). What made
me'like this song so rnuch is its somewhat furttsAike guitar that VIas playing i,n t'he:~ackgTo\lnd~Jt W~, talki~g .
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Have you ever been to one of those
concerts that was less about playing specific songs and more about simply jamming- improvising over a basic format
to make an eclectic type of music ? Rik
Wright 's album Poly morphism is much
like one of those concerts. Not quite
jazzy, his album takes elements of
synthesized and rock mu sic to weave
together a unique album.
The first song on the album,
"Awakening," has a haunting riff at
the very beginning that is quite reminiscent of rock music in the 1970 's, but
it is blended together with seemingly
random percussion in ihe background.
I found this song interesting, but am not
all together certain if I liked it. Another
song on the album , "Some Assembly
Required," is almost funk. There is
an abrupt beginning to the song, with
a boisterous wind section . The rest of
the song is almost danceable, but the
percussion is somewhat random.
This seems like one of those albums
that would grow on you. W hen I popped
it into my CD player and pushed play,
I thought, "My, that's interesting:' It 's
almost hard to believe that this music
exists outside of my head. It is more like
the sou ndtrack to my dreams than any
jazz that I've ever heard before. If you
like improvisational jazz. give this CD
a listen.
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Every time that I walk past the HCC and
see im ultimate Frisbee game in the field, I
think about Parliament Funkadelic. I wonder
if they'll ever throw a surprise performance at
Evergreen, a place where students feel justified in taggin' BBQs with "VEGAN" and that
has become the real life PCU. Unti l they do,
I'll continue to drive down to see P-Funk at
the Crystal Ballroom, like I did on Sept 23rd.
I looked around , and noticed everything from scrubby white college students
to middle aged black men in slick suits to
com-rows and Ruffrider medallions in the
crowd, as Parliament took the stage playing
"Maggot Brain". Although Eddie Hazel , who
wrote the "Maggot Brain" guitar solo while
thinking of his dead mother, died himself in
1992, Michael Hampton did a sufficient job
offilling in. Throughout the extremely long
opener, other '70s P-Funk veterans would
slowly appear on stage . Garry Shider came
out in his trademark diaper and I even got
the chance to see Bernie Worrel (P-Funk,
Talking Heads , Praxis, etc.) play keys while
chain smoking in a t-shirt, leather pants and
jacket, and a silk feathered page hat that he
must've looted from a renaissance fa ir.
When backup singer P-Nut (orig. from
Bootsy's Rubber Band) took the stage in
a black Colorado sweatshirt, plaid pajama
pants. and a black wi th crossbones do-rag/
"don't-rag" tied in the front like 2Pac, the
crowd pushed forward mistaking him for
George. This always happens at P-Funk
shows. In fact, it happens so often that it
even states that he's mistaken for Clinton in
the press kit The difference is that George
looks a little less cracked-out (believe it or
not), a little less homeless, and a helluva lot
less like Wicket the Ewok from Return of the
Jedi. While P-Nut accepted his false praise,
guest star Lili Hayden was wailing like Capt.
Ahab on an electric violin. She resembled a
worn out Soleil Moonfry, of Punky Brewster
fame , and the silver sequins of her baggy
sleeved hippy top and matching skirt rivaled
the sheen on Neil Diamond or the cape of a
String Cheese Incident fan .
Some liquored-up hussy kissed my face
and , as I retreated to the reserved back/s idestage. I saw George arriving fashionably late
to dance at the end of "Cosmic Slop". Worrel
exited the stage and there were still at least
fifteen people up there , The press kit li sts the
group at 26 members and musicians rotated
often throughout the night. It was packed
where I was standing and there were band
members performing and singing next to me
off-stage, due to room restriction. Clinton's
entrance was subtle and he flowed in not
disrupting the set. I remember when I
saw Funkadelic back in 1997 at Shoreline
Amphitheatre for the "Smoking Grooves
Tour" and George Clinton fell down trying to
exit a giant Mother ship on stage. He later fell
about three or four more times throughout the
perfonnance . I also rem ember my sister getti ng pissed, a couple of month s before, when
she was paid $200 by her old job to drive
P-FlInk around for the evening and Clinton
smoked crack in the van . Sometimes less
is more and sometimes less is just less but
more is too much .
Myoid high school history teacher Ms.
Sims, niece of both George (through marriage) and local politician Ron Sims, had
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of his fur coat, Sir Nose does the splits and
climbs on top of the speakers. He dances
and does Cirque du Soleil-style contortionism, resting on his upper chest and bending
his legs back until his feet are literally resting
on the top of his head. During " Flashlight",
Shider ran off backstage rubbing hi s belly
and, when he came back from eating, talked
with Worrel about their frustrations with the
poor sound levels. Eventually they laughed
it off and I swooped in, having Bernie sign
my vintage " Book of Mormon" and" I 00
Deadliest Karate Moves" books. The good
thing about a band with 26 members is that if
one mic isn't on, th e crowd can 't tell. Countless ladies got on stage between "Freak of
the Week" and "Atomic Dawg". Clinton
laughed and thrusted after straddling one
that was bootie dancing him .
The show ended with an oldies medley
which included " Whole Lotta Shakin'
Going On" into rockabilly versions of "We
Want the Funk" and "Get Off Yo ' Ass and
Jam", then into "Shake Baby Shake" and
back into " Whole Lotta Shakin'''. I saw a
stringy haired, gap-toothed freak queen from
the stage in a blue silk outfit, with only the
top buttoned like a Homie figurine so that all
of her junk hung out. She was gettin ' sandwiched between two older A frican American
men in designer suits and freaked hard . Security was tough and even people with passes
weren't allowed down stairs. The show was
coming to an end, and when I was pretty sure
that I wasn't gonna be puffin' hubbas with
George in the green room, I decided that the
party was fi nally over.
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asked her mother for Clinton's number,
they hated on him . Her mom told me that
he had probably been evicted and that he had
blown all of his money on "snuff", and then
made coke-snorting motions. I understand
that Bill isn't the only one with a relative
named George Clinton that could have a
negative effect on a political career, but Dr.
Flinkenstein had some flash blingin ' across
his knuckles when his 25 y'ear old granddaughter Shonda made an appearance that
Tuesday night. "Sativa" (Shonda) came out
during "Someth in ' Stink and I Want Some"
to gangsta rap about smoking "tha chronic"
and , although she looked kind of like Mc
Lyte, she didn 't look ashamed. Then again,
one of the first words out of her mouth was
p#$$@ .
It was a concert and a giant mingling
party simu ltaneously. One backup singer
in a Rocky style hat, bustier, fishnets , and
a Pat Benatar skirt gave me a promo photo,
complete w/ website, thinking that I could
make her famous, and P-Nut was forcefully
mackin g on the ladies the whole ni ght.
During "Give Up The Funk", a guy in a
bee costum e shot me with a super soaker
as 2. blunt was passed around. Later, I saw
him dressed up looking like the Kin g of
Cartoons and then as Tito Puente if he had
been a matador/pimp. "Sir Nose" came on
stage pointing at Clinton while holding a sign
reading, " Who 's This Old Mutha FuckaT
They did the routine where the audience
has to try to get Sir Nose, who's apparently
"D'void 0' Funk" to dance. The horns come
out, they play "Flashlight", and, sliding out
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by Lee Kepraios
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
In the tradition of the Once Upon a Time in China series, Sergio Leone's revisionist western Once Upon a
Tim e in the West and his equally brilliant gangster saga Once Upon a Time in America comes the third and final
chapter in Robert Rodriguez's "El Mariachi" series. Its main character is a mirror image of Clint Eastwood's
Man With No Name from Leone's classic Dollars trilogy; a man of great actions and few words who wanders the
world as a lone gunman seeking vengeance and money to fill the void in his soul. Watching "EI Mariachi" (which
was also Rodriguez's debut in 1992), you can tell that Rodriguez is in love with the movies and even more in
love with making one. That feelings still resonates in Once Upon a Time. Rodriguez is a one-man band; directing, co-producing, shooting, writing, editing and scoring, all of it demonstrating his exuberance in filmmaking.
And THAT'S what makes this movie enjoyable. Antonio Banderas had played the mariachi ever since the first
sequel, Desperado, and Salma Hayek as his wife from the previous film, appears only in flashback here. It turns
out she was murdered along with their daughter by a crazed general taking revenge on the mariachi for stealing
his girl. Johnny Depp, in yet another quirky turn, plays a C.I.A. operative named Sands who hires the mariachi
to assassinate the general , because of hi s involvement in a plot to overthrow the government, with the help of a
ruthless drug cartel led by Mickey Rourke and Willem Dafoe. Depp once again makes the character entirely his
own. He perks up every movie he appears in . A couple of months ago, he was the most bizarre pirate I'd ever
seen, and now here he is as a C.I.A . agent so deranged that after eating a great meal, he goes to the back of the
restaurant and shoots the cook. Of course, the movie is all style and the story derails almost instantly and we are
never motivated to care about it or about the characters. But so what? This is a good popcorn movie, and like it or
not, we are amused the whole way through, even as the story spirals into lunacy. I like how Rodriguez shows me
things I haven ' t seen before; a guitar that the mariachi can cock like a shotgun, the guitar cases that act as flame
throwers, and remote control bombs, and the neat little scene in which the Mariachi and Hayek escape gunmen in
a tall building while chained together by swinging from one level to another. I also like how he boldly illustrates
his characters with bombastic dialogue, and how many of his shots are so unapologetic about themselves, particularly the many close-ups offaces and eyes (for that epic feel), and of course, the palpable joy of filmmaking,
even if what he's making is nonsense.
bv
. Clatre HadOck .
We all know something about President George W. Bush, but
probably not nearly as well as J. H. Hatfield tells us in Fortunale
Son. Hatfield provides us with numerous details about Bush 's life,
including several emotional issues which Hatfield recounts almost
eloquently: the loss of Bush's 3 year-old sister Robin and the mysterious termination of his engagement to Cathryn Lee Wolfman (it
is speculated that the Bush family did not approve of Wolfman's
Jewish heritage).
Artswalk: The Lion and the Squid represent the animal kindgomfor the annual
Procession of the Species that happens every spring in your hometown.
Rating: ***
Anything Else
Woody Allen is about the only director whose movies I can still enjoy if they're bad . He 's also the only director (with the exception of Clint Eastwood) who's not "only as good as their last picture." I still think Allen is
a genius and great filmmaker, with a body of work that will live on for ages. But Anything Else sadly serves
as further proof that he's fading into mediocrity. Here, he hands the lead billings to his two young leads, Jason
Biggs and Christina Ricci, perhaps trying to draw some of the American Pie crowd or people that hate him and
think he's a creepy old pedophile. He plays David Dobel, hack writer and ex-professor, who has all the witty life
advice and philosophical musings of ... well, Woody Allen . He acts as a mentor to Jerry Falk (Biggs), a 21-yearold aspiring comedy writer. They walk through Central Park, share neurotic fascinations and go on about Jerry 's
high-maintinence girlfriend, Amanda (Ricci), who puts their relationship and Jerry's patience through one test
after another. But once again, the main character, even if not played by Woody, is still Woody. Biggs (from the
Ben Stiller School of Comic Acting) is just Allen at 21, a bright, aspiring, idealistic Jewish boy in love in the Big
Apple. Biggs' scenes along Woody must be an actor's dream. And he's trying to milk it, but it's clear that Biggs
was not the right choice for this role. Nor is Ricci for hers. She doesn't have much to do with her character. It's the
fault of the screenplay, which again proves Allen's material to be not as sharp as we know he can make it. Once
again, there are only a few good once liners, including Dobel's thoughts on why life shouldn't look like "black
and white newsreel footage scored by a cellist in a minor key." But there are too many other scenes and gags
that simply die on the vine. A promising scene in which Allen takes Biggs gun shopping just kind of peters out.
A lien seems out of touch with his own sense of humor. And yet there are so few films like this anymore, where
characters simply like to talk. Allen's films remain a beacon of light in a market where it seems even dialogue
has become a rarity. The good supporting work from Danny DeVito as Biggs' shyster manager and Stockard
Channing as Ricci's eccentric mother is another plus. The result, however, is a film that's sub par for a Woody
movie, but passable as just a movie.
Rating: **
School of Rock
Movies like School of Rock are a good reminder to critics and seasoned moviegoers about how cynical we can
be. I was expecting another vulgar comedy aimed at teenage boys where children are given lessons in crudeness
and cynicism . But I have to say that this film took me by surprise. School of Rock cares about its characters,
making them into real people. The children in the movie are not the usual role call of stereotypes (not all of them ,
anyway), nor are they a bunch of annoying brats, as a lazy writer could very well have made them. Plus, in the
cl imactic sequence where Jack Black's bogus substitute teacher, having given the kids lessons in rock and roll
and formed a band to play in a competition, the kids are playing the instruments themselves . Director Richard
Linklater has picked a group of ten and eleven year old musical prodigies and they have written and performed
their own songs. And Linklater is a director who cares enough about his craft to nail down these little extras that
make it an enjoyable movie, while at the same time filming a showcase of Jack Black's undeni able and original
talent. Black has a plastic face and mugs across the screen with a seemingly endless gallery of twitchy, goofy, and
sometimes grotesque facial expressions. He has what Steve Martin called "the comic walk" which is the ahility to
have every muscle in his body at ready command for the purpose of physical comedy, much like Charlie Chaplin,
Jim Carrey, John Belushi, or Jack Nicholson. In his first starring role, Black steals scenes as a loser named Dewey
who's kicked out of his own band after trying to stage dive when no one wanted to touch him. He takes the place
of his roommate, substituting at an upscale prep school, presided over by M iss Mullins (Joan Cusack) and uses the
opportunity to snap the kids out of their routine and teach them to rock. Hats off again to Linklater and c?mpany
for having Black believe in and teach the purity of rock and roll instead of the false mythology surroundmg rock
and being a rock star. I also like how Joan Cusack, who has to play the whistle-blowing, fun-spoiling principal is
not a militant despot, but a real person just trying to do her job. There's an amusing scene where Black takes her
to a bar to get her to do her Stevie Nicks impression. This movie's much smarter and more enjoyable than those
others that call themselves " family entertainment" and pile on violent slapstick and gross-out gags for cheap,
easy laughs. Nor does it pile on moral, mushy crap. Even as there are huge gaps in logic with some dumb sitcom
drama and a predictable ending, School of Rock is a rare piece of work, a good family movie, and yes, those kids
are really playing their own instruments.
october 9, 2003
the cooper point joornal
New drama
showcases deceased
teenager's hopes, dreams
bY Katie Thurman
In 1998, Sophie Large died tragically in a car accident. She was only 19. The death
of the young writer was devastating for her friends and family, of course, but still some
good can come of it. Sophie's younger brother found books full of stories, poems;
and other thoughts that the girl had penned before her untimely death. These stories
inspired her family and they wanted to share them with the world. Thus inspired,
they went on to publish Sophie's writings as a book called Sophie sLog and founded
a charity called Sophie's Silver Lining Fund" which benefits the performing arts.
Local playwright Bryan Willis was one of many people who were touched by
Sophie's writings and stories.
His play, Sophie, is based upon
the writings of Sophie Large
and upon personal accounts
of her life from those closest
to her. He constructed a play
wherein two Sophies meet at
a railway station and begin
to talk, to share ideas and
dreams about the future. They
are both lost, waiting for a train
that should be coming at any
time. The play sounds almost
whimsical in nature, ' and has
been called "uplifting," and
"humorous."
Bryan Willis has had tremendous luck with this play,
receiving splendid reviews and
.even being asked to adapt the
playforradiofortheBBC. The
production is finally coming to
Olympia. It runs October 9th
through 26th at Mariah Art
School. Tickets are available
at Rainy Day Records, or by
calling 360.754.2818. There
will also be a benefit performance for Bread & Roses on
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October 10th.
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Forlllnale Son is also a valuable guide through a web of bus iness
and corporate political sponsorship. It exposes Bush's mercenary
politics and his willingness to back legislation that will benefit his
financers. It contains information on his life innuences, examples
of smear campaign strategies, and his neo-conservative policies as
governor of Texas.
Hatfield also delves into instances that may have involved Bush's
abuse of family connections. For instance, Bush was refused entry
to the University of Texas, but was granted admittance to Yale, his
father's and grandfather's alma mater. During the Vietnam War, Bush
was accepted to a non-combative post at the Texas National Guard,
despite a long waiting line and a score of 25 / 100 'on the aptitude
test.
Fortunate Son also focuses on Bush's lJ\tsiness ventures and influence on the political spheres ofthe 1980's and \990's. Hatfield briefly
explores Bush's possible insider trading activity while working for
Harken Energy (in June 1990 Bush sold 60% of his Harken stock for
a $848,560 profit one week before the company announced $23 .2
million in losses).
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In addition to his journalistic research, Hatfield uses Bush family
friends and political colleagues as sources to document Bush'~-life.
Fortunate Son's final pages discuss the controversial allegations that
Bush was arrested for possession of cocaine in Houston in 1972 (an
offense that could have cost Bush his voting privileges), but had his
criminal record expunged by a Texas state judge so his father could
run for president.
Fortunate Son confirms what many have suspected: George W.
Bush is not a self-made man; he was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth. Bush was propped up by his influential father and business
associates, with new board positions and business deals. In the words
of former presidential adviser Paul Begala: "He's one of those guys
who was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple ."
Another important issue lurks beneath the title of Fortunate Son .
When the biography was published in 1999, Bush was already a
presidential candidate and the Bush family (and its supportive powers)
vehemently denied the allegation of cocaine abuse, and discouraged
Fortunate Son s pUblicity. It was later reported that Hatfield had been
convicted of a felony; he had unsuccessfully hired a hit man to kill
his boss in Dallas in 1987.
A media circus ensued, with the spotlight on Hatfield and hi s
original publishers, St. Martin's Press. Hatfield refused to divulge
the names of his sources on the allegations of Bush's cocaine arrest,
although he has since named one source to be Karl Rove, Bush's current political advisor. Despite the book 's rating as 30th on the New
York Times Bestseller list, St. Martin's recalled Fortunate Son from
the shelves for destruction as "furnace fodder".
On July 17, 200 l, James Hatfield committed suicide. He listed
alcohol, financial problems and Fortunate Son a~ reasons for his
actions. Soft Skull Press re-printed Fortunate Son in 2002, which
features a new preface by Greg Plllast. Read it for yourself. Hatfield
died to write it.
october 9, 2003
,How to Beat aBout ojWriter's Bkxk
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[ recently attended a meeting at which
a certain question was posed:
" Who loves a blank page ?" the
inquirer asked.
Hands raised, and [ wondered if [ shouldn't raise mine ,
too. I've loved my share of
blank pages.
But my dei iberation was interrupted
by: "And who 's afraid
of a blank pageT'
More hands
raised, and I seriously
considered raising
mine. After all, how
often have I stared
wordlessly, vacantly
at an immac ulateand- inti m idati ng
page? How often have
[ deferred to that vil..
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condition that tiptoes around me, wa ltlllg to trounce any shred of writerly abil ity I
thought I had?
[ sh~uld ' ve raised my hand. But I didn 't. In stead, I decided to write about it.
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by Mike I readwell
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The essence of most modern politics is
this: I want a service and I don ' t want to
pay for it. It's like how the old joke went:
Don' t tax me, don't tax my friend here,
tax the man behind the tree! Classes at
Evergreen take this bullet head on.
[n the spring of 2003 there was a
class at Evergreen titled, /\ Iternatives to
Capitalism : Free Lunch es, Dinners and
Snacks? Hmm, and thi s s\ stem would be
replaced by what? Feudalism ([ know you
all want to go BACK to that), communism
(the USSR worked perfectly! That's why it
doesn 't exist. . .) non-cap ita listic/non-democratic socialism, or my personal favorite ... theocracy (God's Law)! I'm sure a
class that ridicules Natural law will lead to
Utopia. Speaking of which, we really need
to exhume the body of Thomas More. He
hasn't had any exercise in a while.
All this is great, but noth ing tops the
list like Alan Nasser 's class Philosophy,
Society and Globalization : How We Got
Where We Are. This class is supposed to
be on C[assical Liberali sm (yeah right,
from the statist viewpoint). The description checked out with me in the academic
catalog until this point (a Freudian slip if
you will): "Capitalism and democracy,
once established, have evo lved oddly
since 1900: from pure capitalism with no
democratic welfare state ( 1898-1947), to
capitalism modified by democratic welfare-state policies (1947-80), back to pure
capitalism and the dismantling of welfarestate democracy (I 980-present)." BACK
TO PURE CAPITALISM AND THE
DISMANTLING OF THE WELFARE
STATE, HUH!? Wow, I don't know what
world this teacher Jives in (probably a closet
with Howard Zinn for a door handle) but
I can guarantee you that the welfare state
is not being DISMANTLED. Funny how
Nasser makes the timeli'ne 1980-present,
this would indicate that he thinks Reagan
was an advocate of small government. Yes,
Reagan did get elected on an "I'll work
against government" platform. But tell me
this, if Reagan was SO small-government,
why were taxes 69% higher when he left
office? Last time [ checked there were
more welfare programs available now than
there were before. So they put limits on the
gravy train in the 1990's - Big Deal! They
sure as hell didn 't get rid of the serfdom
reward system. The Leviathan got rid of its
crown and has a couple new heads by now.
The appropriate titl e fo r today 's economy
is a " mixed economy." Oh, and [just can't
wait until the "mixed economy" becomes
a "planned economy" where everyone has
hi s/her "needs" and their "needs" trample
over someone's "property rights."
Then Nasser goes into insinuating that
Robert Nozic k (author of Anarchy, State,
and Utopia, the 1975 National Book Award
winner, Invariances, and Socratic Puzzles)
is a major philosopher and therefore influential. Anarchy. State. and Utopia is an
early defense of! ibertarianism but it didn ' t
win the book award because of its content
it won the award because it was writte~
well. Hell , Murray Rothbard, Richard J.
Maybury, Peter McWilliams, Ludwig Von
Mises, or even Harry Browne are probably more influential than Nozick. But
then again, [ guess thi s teacher is what we
might call a "true believer," a subscriber
ofa Kantian world doctrine. Pure capitalism ... hahahaha.
This class appears to be as slanted as
every other class at thi s school and almost
every other place of higher education in
the United States. The one exception is
Bob Jones University where the slant is
different. This nation might not be going
the way Mr. Nasser wants, but [ can assure
you the USA is no libertarian or classical
liberal utopia.
I'm for the gravy train, as long as the
welfare state hands out free dirty needles.
This would really help with population
controL I think the ELF should support it.
Junkies from all lands unite!
Yes, I'm talking about every writer's your brain a chance to rest, relax, and move
favorite sneaky syndrome: writer's that ominous paper to the proverbial backblock.
burner. I know a girl who jogs around the
It's a term we've all heard, and.J would block after writing a paragraph to prevent
guess, a condition we've all experienced. ' writer's block, and [ know this boy who,
It's kind of epidemic. But instead of boring after writing a sentence, juggles for three
you with trifles like an account of its theo- minutes. (He's a very good juggler now.)
retical causes or tales of sinister encoun- Removing yourself from the blank page
ters with Herr Block, I'll do something both physically and mentalry just might
useful.
evict your writer's block - and fast.
Here 's what: I lay down some strateJ. Stretch. Sitting in one place for a
gies you can use to stave off nasty writing long time is hard on your body, and if
blockages; you try them out next time your body isn't happy, chances are yo ur
you' re stuck. Deal? Then read on:
mind isn 't either. So stretch your muscles
1. Adopt a mantra. Your mantra can be now and agai n. lncreasing blood now to
anything, from "My writing is exciting" to you r extre mities - including your noggin
"Tomorrow is another day" to "My dog has - can help yo u think, which, in turn, can
fleas." My personal favorite derives form help you write.
my days as a procrastination-prone soph4. Talk to someone. Voca li zing o ur
omore during finals week at Traditiona l thoughts, even the ones that so und like,
Un iversity. Pressured by self-inflicted " Holy COWl I've got writer's block! " can
. time constraints and the fear of ruining IO,Jsen your tongue literally and figuramy grade-point average, I couldn't write tively. Thinking out loud can free you from
a thing. I mainly lay on the floor, sobbing. I the oppressive si lence that is commonly
finally realized, though, that I had to write associated with writing. Use some of the
my final paper. Not because [ was assigned ideas you verbal ize for your free write
to write it, and not because my abomina- or first draft. Remember that yo u don't
bly-yet-challengingly critical professor, necessaril y have to talk to someone; you
"Anne Kite," was exactly chomping at the could talk to your fi sh, your Jade plant, that
bit to read what I had to say about Percy picture of Andrew Jackson on your wall.
Bysshe Shell ey and John Keats.
Talking with so meone who can respond to
2. Take a break - even if you've only your ideas, however, is even more benefigot three hours to write a seven-page cial than spouting off to Jadey McJadeplant
paper. Heading pell-mell into writing a or Old Hickory ; as they say, two heads are
paper can be very useful; it can help yo u better than one, and you can alm ost always
genera te a fine free write - if you've got find another head lying aro und .
something to say. But forcing yourse lf to
Now that you've got a smattering
charge, fists a-swinging, into that dense of possible solutions for your wr iter 's
fog that is writer's block can just leave block woes, write and be merry, If you
you exhausted and in the middle of some can't write and/or be merry, stretch, take
fog. So if you've been staring at a blank a break, talk to somebody. And always
screen or a blank page for an hour, two remember: Writer's Block, you are not
hours - heck, even twenty minutes - get the boss of me.
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The drive from Kuwait to just south
of Baghdad was one 20-hour-or-solong parade. With us in our convoy was
a sniper team on their third trip up. He
told me when3'd Infantry Division first
moved up, everyone was very wary and
silently watched ourtroops pass by. By
the second time, the Iraqis had figured
it out and would line the streets cheering, waving, and some just watching.
The first village you meet across the
border is the one most familiar to US
troops by now, and they do not only
wave but attempt to bog your convoy
down in a cheering mob while they
steal everything that isn ' t strapped
down. The only way to get through is to
keep a steady speed. Kids will jet back
and forth across in front you, testing
to see if you'll stop. I almost ran one
over trying to keep my speed steady.
He just barely made it out of my way.
Eventually our convoy made itthrough
with only a few MREs (meals ready to
eat) and sunglasses stolen. After that
village the kids would just wave, the
men watch, and the women work off
in the distance .
That is something I am pretty surprised by here. From the pictures and
newscasts I have seen from Baghdad, I
thought Iraq's treatment of women was
more westernized. It seems, however,
that Baghdad is about the only place
like that. Everywhere else I' ve been the
women dress head-to-toe in black cloth
working the fields, while the men come
out to watch the US troops pass by. .
The trip was fairly peaceful. It
wasn't until we reached AI-Fallujah
that things started picking up. It is not
quite war, but not peacekeeping either.
We have small fi refights about every
day, particularly at night. For a while
things had been pretty intense. We had
been holed up in a small complex in
the center of town with fifty or so soldiers . Over these three or four days, ten
Iraqis were dead, an unknown amount
injured, and four US soldiers injured. I
am used to explosions by now, and gunfi re around here is constant, but when
those four soldiers were hit by the grenade, I was a bit startled by the sound
of someone shouting, " Medic!"
Specialist Andrew Fyfe,
AI-Fallujah,lraq
Editor s note: Andrew Fyfe is an
Evergreen student and Army res ervist. He was activated last year and is
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Those of you returning to Evergreen are probably quite familiar with Lyndon LaRouche. You
mi ght have talked to some of his recruiters, or
even, in a mo ment of weakness, given yo ur contact information to them. If you do not know
of this Lyndon LaRouche or his followers, yo u
will soon enough. They are a common enough
occurrencc on campus that they've achieved,
completely by accident, a cult-like status of
sorts. That is, many people don't take them
serious ly, but they do tind them amusing.
It was a spring day when Apryl Nelson and
I were wandering in Red Square, minding our
own business . We probably weren't thinking
very much, but that was about to change. As we
walked towards the CAB, a LaRouche recruiter
approached Apryl. H is opening Iine was not very
brilliant.
"I bet this chain is smarter than your professor,"
"O ur professor is a 69 year old man ," she
replied. "I doubt it." Clearly, thi s LaRouche kid
was in for the unexpected.
" But you can never break this chain. "
"I could if I had a pair of wire cutters," she
retorted.
" Well , what if [ took your wire cutters
away?"
" ['d get another pair."
You get the idea. Even so, the LaRouche kid
persisted.
"How do you feel about Bush?"
"Oh, I support him completely. We're friends,
and we're going to take overthe world together,"
she replied, almost too calmly.
"You ... support ... Bush? But don ' t you see
that he's sending this world into a Dark Age?"
"Maybe we need a Dark Age. The Middle
Ages weren't all that bad."
"But people died," he said, horror stricken.
" It'll take care of the overpopUlation," she
suggested. By this point, I had assumed my role,
sitting in the middle of Red Square, consuming
a container of pad thai.
'"I'm going to take over the world one day,"
Apryl said.
"What if the people don't want to listen to
you?"
"Oh, they will."
" Did you know that she 's clairvoyant?"
queried. They both ignored me.
"All the men will move to Australia, and he
gets New Zealand."
"Did I mention that she's clairvoyant?"
It was at this point that the LaRouche recruiter
got fed up with us. Either that, or I simply forget
the rest of the story, since it was in May. Either
way, we're assuming the that if they ' re allowed
to tell us about bridges connecting Africa to
Europe , then we're allowed to make stuff up
too. Our next exploits involve a dog collar.
For more information on the LaRouche kids,
you may want to check out a certain article in
EPIC's Disorientation Manual.
b'Da",~b,y I Stand With Israel
Saturday'S suicide bombing in Haifa is a Arab lands after Israel declared independence
reminder that over the last three years, over in 1948. Some scholars estimate that this is twice
nine hundred Jews have been slaughtered on the the number of Arabs who tled the ir homes during
streets of [srael and thousands more have been Israel 's War of Independence,
injured, ma ny of them critically. These terrorist
These Jewish refugees - who had their propatrocities have occurred in restaurants, night- erty confiscated, and were uprooted from land s
clubs, ce lebrati ons. and a nywhere else w here they had liv ed in for hundreds and in some cases
people gather in large numbers. The attacks have tho usands of years - remain largely unrecogni zed .
been indisc riminate - men. women, c hildren and Part o r the reason for this is that the y didn't stay
the elderly have been targets. The attacks have refugees for lo ng. Thcy were absorbed by tiny
been designed to intlict max imum deaths and Israel , which was an infant state and was under
injuries . In all, there have been over 20,000 ter- attack by itsbelligerencneighbors. By contrast.
rorist attacks on Israel in the last three yea rs. For the vast and wealthy Arab states have manipuevery suicide bombing that is s uccessful. man y lated and exacerbated the Palestinian Arab refumore are narrowly prevented lJy the actions of gee problem by refusing to resett le the m. They
the Israe li Defense Forces. Palestinian s regularl y are th e oncs who have kept the Palestinians in
take to the streets in jubilant celebration when mi serab le refugee ca mps that now arc hotbeds
Israe li children are massac red. T hi s has been of terroris m .
euphemistically and mendaci o us ly referred to
On college campuses across America , ISI'ae l
as an " intifada," or " up r isi ng " In reality, it is a has been sing led out amongst a ll the nations of
merciless terrori st war waged aga in st an inno- the wor ld ror demonization and dive stm en t,
cent civilian population, amounting to a slow for committing the s in of try ing to protect its
genoc ide.
citizens from ge noc idal maniacs. While legitiIsrae l has responded to these savage and bar- mate criticism o r Israe li govcrn mcnta l polic~
baric attacks on its civilis appropriate and esscntial,
what has occ urred o n camians by attacking military
and terrorist t a rge t s.
On college campuses across
pu ses rar surpasses that a nd
Tragically, Pa le s ti n ian
America, Israel has been
extends into the realm of anticivilians have also been
Semitism. To cite just o ne
killed, due in part to
singled out amongst all
example among many, Jew ish
the fact that terrorists
the nations of the world for
students on the campus ofUC
embed themselves within
demonization and divestment, Berkeley have been attacked
the civilian population
for committing the sin of trying and harassed physically and
an d use them as human
to protect its citizens from
verbally by pro-Palestinian
shields. However, civilgenocidal maniacs.
thugs. One indication of the
ian s are not targeted by
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vast hyp oc risy of campus
the Israeli military, and
activists who reserve all their
never have been . There is
hatred for Israel is the fact
no moral equivalency between the Palestinian that al122 Arab states in the Middle East practice
targeting of civilians on the one hand and the . gender and religious apartheid . However; these
[sraeli reprisals, which target only terrorists and misguided do-gooders care little for facts . All
those that harbor them . The tcrm "cycle ofvio- they care about is their hatred .
lence n is another misleading and sinister term
Some people are under the delusion that if
used by those who seek to equate Palestinian Israel were to simply withdraw from the West
genocide with Israeli self-defense.
Bank and Gaza-Strip, the violence, or more
It's important to recall that the terrorist war accurately, the terrorist war, would magically
being waged by the Palestinians against Israeli end. What they fail to recognize is that the Arabs
civilians has come in the wake of generous and waged multiple wars to wipe Israel off the map
unprecedented concessions for peace made BEFORE there were any "occupied territories."
by the Israeli government. These concessions Vasser Arafat's and the Palestinians' terrorist
included withdrawing from 95% of the so-called war against Israeli civilians started well before
"occupied territories," which Israel captured Israel came to occupy the West Bank and Gaza
in the 1967 war -- a war started by the Arabs in a defensive war. This should make it clear to
with the intention of annihilating the Jews. any honest observer that the war has nothing to
Concessions also included a 30 billion-dollar do with occupation. It is a war to destroy the
compensation package for Palestinian Arab only Jewish state and the lone bastion of freerefugees. These refugees had fled their homes dom in the entire region. To demand that Israel
in the heat of the 1948 war that was started by withdraw unilaterally to borders that the Arabs
the Arabs, also with the intention of "pushing have already violently rejected is irresponsible
the Jews into the sea." Yes, in 1948, the Arabs, and displays a massive contempt for the wellincluding the Palestinians and their leadership, being of Israelis.
sought to finish the job that Hitler had started.
Any honest, decent person who is truly interThis is an indisputable historical fact.
ested in the cause of peace between Israelis and
Israel's efforts to defend its citizens from Palestinians would be doing all they could to
jihadist terror have been accompanied by a mas- urge the Pales~inians to end their war of terror.
sive wave of global anti-Semitism, the likes of When this occurs, there will be no reason for
which have not been seen since the Nazis. In harsh Israeli reprisals. Rather then attacking
every state in Europe, Jews have been attacked, Israel 's building of a fence to protect its citizens
synagogues defaced, and cemeteries desecrated. as "apartheid," they would be criticizing the terThis is regardless of the fact that there are hardly rorism that makes the fence absolutely necessary.
any Jews left in Europe - most have either been Furthermore, they should be demanding that the
exterminated or have left. In the Arab world, Palestinians immediately and unconditionally
state-run media routinely publishes propaganda put an end to all Jew-hating propaganda from
that is indistinguishable from Nazi Germany. Of their media, religious services and school texts
course, there are virtually no Jews in the Arab - the true root cause of the ongoing violence.
world anymore. In 1947, there were one mil- Ultimately, there will be a two-state solution, but
lion Jews living there. In one of the great acts the Palestinians must first prove to the world,
of ethnic cleansing in modem human history, over a period of several years, that they no longer
the Arab states expelled 900,000 Jews from need to murder Israelis.
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playing at helmsman
is handed the power
to shove birmingham, alabama
down our throats. Once again.
Say, don't you see
you red-blooded americans? -We were the sixth little girl
in the church that day,
your peace-loving chickens
yearning to breath free!
Attempts to feed us scratch
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a sports arid leisure coordinator
a comics page coordinator
a calendar coordinator
a bulletin coordinator
Pick up applications ·
a news coordinator
two copy editors
a page designer
at CAB 316
( 3rd floor of the CAB building,
in the student activities area)
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In fact, feed us the world
before our birth-distance to lay blame
to the great depression.
Don't tell us of vietnam or mexicans
dead at the hands of armed soldiers.
Feed us dust-bowl
oklahoma hills rolling
without barbed wire
or fox heads lining all the fences.
That way, in secret,
you can hand us
our own heads
wrung-off,
at a time
of your own choosing.
Shooting red, for sure,
white, yes-very
and deep, deep blue
our chicken feet signs -peace_
No more struggle
for milk, groceries, unpaid taxes-just cold, red droplets
sliding down girders
through birmingham streets
onto the sick, homeless, the refused.
Good ole' US of A,
your preemptive strike of 1963
burst through today
4th of July shouting "Rockets!"
but no "Rachel Corrie
under the track! under the track!"
No line back to race.
Or person.
Or chicken.
Instead the pure blooded media
discover the "facts,
A disbelieving sorrow
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runs down the backs
of the natives who remain
witness to your everyday atrocities ,
II .
Colonial gaze set now
on the mideast-Kentucky-fried, YOll cowboy, you.
For it is you that suburban-bred
straight, white americans can't resist-see how willingly
they hand over their kids?
We chickens .
take our sweethearts
behi nd closed doors
hoping you will keep
your pith to yourselves,
let us peck out our truth,
(Once-in our country
we could tell the truth-but when?)'
Cut down,
beat in the streets
. dead friends, threatened .
Called us faggots, dykes
pilfered through our pockets .
At least then we could say
there were some-some
who might be able to stand
once you were done,
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Of course, we were only chickens,
You! You deserted service
years before
taught nothing to those
now dead foot soldiers-empry hands holding
iraqi, palestinian, israeli babies
boots beet red, bobbing.
We chickens only peck.
You closed the gates
shocked the monkey
cremated gypsies, jews, homos, the infirm.
Our beady eyes recognize your face
from hiroshima, nagasaki-death marches, every one!
Feed us another time, another place
way back before our birth-feed l.!S, 'brother, can you spare a dime? '
Back before that uncivil war
and your endless shoveling
of shit, lies, and videotape.
But don't feed us birmingham.
We were there-under starched, bombed little dresses.
With our last fated breath
we remember what you looked like then-and we know you now.
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(Peck, peck, peck)
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Women's Soccer
Wednesday, Octo~er 15 vs: Warner Pacific a~3:00 pm
AWAY EVENTS
Men's Soccer
Thursday, October 9 at Warner Pacific at 4:00 pm
Saturday, October 11 at Western Baptist at 1:00 pm
Tuesday, October 14 at Northwest at 7:00 pm
Women's Soccer
Friday, October 10 at Southern Oregon at 4:00 pm
Saturday, October 11 at Oregon Tech at 5:00pm
Cross Country
Saturday, October 11 at Clark College Open in
Battleground, WA
Visit tbe Historic Hotel Olympian l\cross from Sylvester Park
Enjoy Vegan Food
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the personal selection
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is lanky and bespectacled, and
no more than medium height.
Judging by looks alone , he
would probably be picked l.lS one
to be knocked out. Nonetheless,
he proved himself more than a
match for any high school jock.
Since that night, interest in
dodgeball has only spread. So
far, there has been dodgeball in
the pavilion on four different
evenings, with up to five games
in an evening. According to
Genevieve , there have been
upwards of fifty people at some
matches, and with plans to start a
weekly dodgeball club, the game
is likely to continue to spread.
Interested? You can get
information . on upcoming
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October 11
Jason Webley with Jawbone Puppet
Theater. 8 p'm at Heart and Soul (5 \0 Columbia SI. SW). All ages. $6. http://
www.jasonwebley.com
Fascism resty led for the new millennium.
session, 1-2:30 pm in the New Freeway Hall . SOlS
Ranier Ave . South Seattle. The event is free and a brunch will be served at noon for a
$6.50 donation. Wheelchair accessible. For more information , call 206.722.2453 or email FSPseattie@mindspring.com.
onday October 13
Women's Rights: Frontline in the Struggle
Against Political Repression. Weekly discussion group on the book When Biology
Became Destiny, the classic anthology analyzing the experience of women's resistance
to the rise of the fascist seizure of power in Germany. 7-S:30pm. University of Washington, Ethic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE , Seattle . Free. Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by Radical Women. For more information, call
206.722.6057 or 722.2453.
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Tuesday October 14
The Evergreen Animal Rights Network's
weekly meeting at 3:30 in S&A CAB 31S. Growing as a Couple. 7-8:30pm. Join Bill
and Judy Kelly as they guide you through the processes of changing your perceptions
about yourself. WashPIRG General Interest meeting at 7pm in LH 4. Learn how to gel
involved. Contact Jessica with questions, ext. 60S8 .
Wednesday October 15
Jewish Cultural Center weekly meeting
at 3pm in LIB 2129. A II are welcome.
Old Time Relijun. C.O.C.O, Thunder! Thunder!
Thunder! , Dub Narcotic Music Selecta Calvin Johnson. 9 pm . Eagles' Hall Basement,
corner of Plum and 4th Ave . All ages, no alcohol. $S donation .
Friday October 10
Anna Oxygen. Joey Casio, Team Fresh, Morsels
Without Borders (Joshua Plague Cooking Show) . 7 pm. The Red House, corner ofS th
and Jefferson . All ages. The Old Haunts, Continental, One Nation Undereducated. 9:
30 pm. Java Flow, 207 Washington SI. N.E. All ages. FREE.
Saturday October 11
Music: Lucas Anderson and Ga ry Ga lbreath.
Scream Club open mic freestyle, Shoplifting, Electric Eel Shock, Sicarii .
Speakers: Monica of the Welfare Rights Organizing Coa lition, Ph an Nguye n of
the International Solidarity Movement, Jesse Foster of the Olympia Movementfor
justice and Peace, Laurd of Books to Pri soners, Emily Stern on AI DS/ National
Coming Out Day, Drew and Taryn about voting. Noon to 5 pm , outdoor at the
Capitol campus. FREE .
Art: History of Underground Olympia Music: from Rock Against Reagan till Now,
a display of historical flyers. Music: King Cobra, Liarbird, Wolves in the Throne
Room , Romantic Retard Nation, Saint of Everyday Failure. Speakers: Mac Dawg, the
Film Ranch and what Olympia Film Society offers. Tables: Media Island (Oly mpia
film) , Bands Against Bush (information and literature). 8 pm. The Capitol Theater,
206 5'h Avenue SE. All ages. FREE for IS and under (with student ID). $4 for OFS
members. $6.S0 for general adm is sion. (No one will be turned away for lack of $.)
Chief and Wizards of Gore. 10 pm at the Voyeur. 21 or over. FREE.
Sunday ' October 12
Worksho'\>s@ the Love Nest (formerly No Exit, in
the alley off Jefferson by Pizza Time): 12-2pm. Panel and discussion about sexual
assault, with a focus on local services and ways to continue having a discussion about
how to handle sexual assault and rape in our communities. 2:30-4:30 or Spm. Basic
Self Defense For Activists. Reva from FIST will be hosting this class - it is for all
people. Workshops @ the Red Hous~ (416 S,h Ave. SE, corner of 8'h and Jefferson):
10-1 1:30am. Examining racism and tile history of white supremacy in America.
S:30-7pm. Taryn talks about her experiences with the Green Party and Thurston
County Television. Evening show: November Witch and La Pu.sh. At the Capitol
House (near Capitol Way and O'Farrell).
Many committees and Disappearing Task Forces (DTFs) are seeking student members, Student input is critical to the functioning of
the college. Serving on a committee or DTF provides students with opportunities to influence college policy and learn more about
the college. If you are interested in or would like more information about any of the governance areas listed below, please contact
the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs in the Library Building room 3236, at 867-6296 or riberal@evergreen,edu.
You are invited to the
OPEN CAMPUS INTERVIEWS
for the position of
Director of Financial Aid.
Two candidates will interview the following days
and times:
Campus Health & Safety: Committees that review health and safety issues for the campus, including emergency planning. police
services issues and drug & alcohol abuse. These committees include:
Brian Shirley
College Planning: Committees that serve various long- and short-range planning functions for the college, such as how the campus
uses land and allocates space, budget issues, and how the college will grow and continue to serve students. These committees
include:
Tuesday, October 14
Noon - 1:00 p.m. in Library 2458
Melvin (Mel) Jones
Wednesday. October 15
Noon - 1 pm in Library 2218
Traditio~s
October 10
Frida~
7:30-lOpm in the RC. GLBTIQA movie night.
featuring Fifth ofJulystarring Richard Thomas and Swoosie Kurtz. Come see Gillian
Welch in her first performance at the Capitol Theatre in downtown Olympia. Hailing
from Nashville, by way of New York and California, Gillian Welch has become a
fast favorite among purveyors of acoustic music. Concert begins at 9 pm. Advance
tickets available for $20 at Rainy Day Records, Phantom City Records and online at
buyolympia.com.
Thursday October 9
STUDENT GOVERNANCE OPPORTUNITIES
You can ermtae! Cunnor at:
morcon03@evergreen.eelli.
THE
BOOKSTORE
Restaurant
352-4006
943-9242
116 Legion Way SE Downtown Olympia
1009 E 4th Ave.
We all know dodgeball, don 't
we? That's the painful game we
all played in PE class where the
big mean jocks hurt everybody
else, thereby reaffirming the high
school hierarchy. . Well, dodgeball has come to Evergreen, and
chances are it will never be the
same.
It began, in the words of RA
Genevieve Lebaron, as " the
most ruthless orientation week
floor social event of all time."
As part of the floor social, the
residents ofB-dorm (later known
as the Ballstars) were pitted
against residents of the Mods in
a vicious hail of soft balls. The
game was chaotic and exciting,
with obscenities of both word
and gesture flying across the
center line almost as frequently
as balls.
From that game alone, it was
clear that there was something
different about dodgeball, TESC
sty le. The undisputable hero of
the first dodgeball round was first
year Dusty Jenkins, who singJehandedly held off the opposition
for over twenty minutes before
finally going down. Dusty, how-
Snowboard and skateboard video premier:
and One Flew Pasl at 7:30 pm. $7, $6 in
advance. There' will be special guest appearances .a nd prizes awarded, such as goggles,
snowboards, t-shirts, binding and more. Advance tickets available at all Northwest
Snow boards Idcations.
We encourage you to interview and provide
feedback on the candidates.
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Library 1221
867-6310
hunters@evergreen .edu
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Deadly Force Review Board
Health & Safety AdVisory Board
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Police Services Community Review
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Enrollment Coordinating
Committee
Campus Land Use Committee
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Space Management Committee
Bookstore Advisory Committee
Enrollment Growth Planning
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College Budget Council
Financial Futures Group
Academic Hiring: Committees that review job applications, interview candidates and make a recommendation about hiring.
committees include:
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Convnents should be directed to:
Steve Hunter
Associate Vice President for
Enrollment Management
President's Advisory Board on
Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Emergency Response Team
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Faculty Hiring & DTF subcommittees
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Student Issues: Committees that work on issues that affect students on a day-to-day basis, such as reviewing student disciplinary
cases, planning graduation and allocating students fees. These committees include:
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s&A Fee Review Board
Food
Services
Committee
AdviSOry
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Graduation Planning Committee
Campus Life Work Group
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Student Conduct Code Hearing
Board
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