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volume 32 • issue 9 • november 20, 2003

This chilling sculpture was found
Monday in the early evening outside
of Lab II. The blocK of ice contained
two birth certificates~ one dark, one
light, and a single rea rose. (Well,
not just one. But wouldn't that be
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Around this time of year, the Student Health Center begins to hear from a lot of
students concerned about cold viruses and the flu (influenza). However, when it comes
to getting over the cold or flu, self-care at home is generally the treatment of choice.
Here is some info about what you can do to speed up recovery.

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-Ju/ene Graves
Gifts of the First
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Tire Basics
Never underestimate the power of following the basic guidelines for taking care of
yourself when sick. Get PLENTY OF REST. Your immune system wiH work better.
Gargle with warm salt water several times a day. It discourages the virus and speeds up
healing. Take in lots of extra fluids, and focus on eating lots of green , red, and yellow
vegetables and fruits. Sugar (except for in fruit), alcohol, smoking, and marijuana
should be stopped for 2 weeks in order to let your immune system work to fight the
virus. Wash your hands frequently and do not share food or drink. Below are some
herbal remedies, but remember, HERBAL REMEDIES WORK BEST IN A WELLRESTED, NUTRITIONALLY HEALTHY BODY.
Herbal Anti-viral Choices: pick one tlrat is tire bestfltfor you
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Echinacea tincture: take 90 drops every three hours for 1-2 day s. Thi s may
stop the virus; ifnot, add Osha tincture, 40-60 drops three tofive times daily. You can
also use Echinacea capsules: three capsules four times daily at the onset of the cold and
continue as needed .
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Astragalas capsules: take 15-20 at the first sign o f the virus. The Student
Health Center has a combination of astragalasl licoricel isatidi s from Herb Technology
available .
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Hot spicy tea: Take I large clove of minced garli c, juice of 1/2 lemon, I inch
pi ece of ginger, chopped, and I teaspoon of honey. Pour 2 cups boiling water over this
and let sit for 10 minutes. Drink the whole thing, chewing on the garlic and ginger if
you can. Drink as much of this tea as possible. Go to bed and pile on the blankets and
sweat. (Don 't do this if you have a high fever.)
Zinc
Zinc is a very useful mineral supplement when a virus threatens . In the early stages,
the virus attacks the membranes of the throat and nose. You can suck on zinc lozenges,
which will stop viral replication. Take a 9-13 milligram lozenge (zinc-peppermint
flavor tastes best) and dissolve it slowly in mouth over an hour. You can use up to
8-10 lozenges dai Iy.

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-Kris Pendleton
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C is famous for its ability to minimize viral attac ks . Take 500- 1000 grams
daily at the onset of symptoms.
If the virus continues despite your raid, here are some herbs for specific symptoms:
Fever: willow, cinchona, peppermint, yarrow
Aches: boneset, meadowsweet
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Natural Dye Workshops
Two na~ral dye workshops will be held over the next two weekends.
The flfs( Dyes from the Earth, focuses on natural materials and botanicals that have
been gathered from the kitchen or yard to create stunning colors on silk scarves, wool
roving and yam. This workshop will be held Saturday.
The second one, titled Indigo Blues, explores the ancient indigo plant dye, which is
the origin of the blue in denim. Dyes will range from robin's egg blue to azure to navy.
This session will be held Saturday, November 30.
Both workshops will be taught by Liz Frey and take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
Mariah Art, located at 1403 Garfield Ave., Olympia. Cost is $85 per workshop, which
includes a lab fee and all materials.
For more information, contact Frey at 360.482. J292 or e-maillfrey@techline.com.

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This week is National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week . Campuses and
Communities nationwide are having events to raise awareness of these problems.
Evergreen's Students Against Hunger and Homelessness, along with WashPIRG's
Hunger and Homeless campaign, is having an event this Thursday, November 20 at 7 p.m.,
in the Longhouse. There will be a Faces of the Homeless Panel , where several members
of Olympia's homeless community will come and share their stories. The discussion is
free , and food and clothing donations will be accepted .
Come and learn about homelessness in the community, and what you can do to help.
For more in/ormation, contact SA.HH at 867.6 143.
-Ju\ene Graves

Harlequin Productions kicks off the 2004
son - its thirteenth - with Stardust Cavalcade,
musical comical memorabilius" by Harlowe
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Sponsored by Olympia Federal Savings, this
duction takes a nostalgic look at the 1940's,
he Stardust gang prepares for a song, dance
comedy revue in New York, a warm up for
Ir Canteen and usa tour to entertain troops
appear as any celebrity.
fhe show opens today and continues its
through December 27 at the State Theater.
dnesday, December 3 is a "pay what you can"
formance. Evening shows begin at 8 p.m. and
Iday matinees at 2 p.m.
Por ticket information, contact the box office,
lied at 202 Fourth Ave., at 786.0151, or email
arlbox@harlequinproductions.org.

ood Drive
Winter can be a difficuh time for
I-income families and the home;. The food banks can hardly keep
with the demand, In light of this,
Chemistry Club is hosting a canned
d drive, beginning this week and
Itinuing through the end of fall
mer.
:ollection boxes are located in Labs
Id II. All can donations will benefit
Thurston County food bank.
r:;'or more information, contact
'.1rshi Bopegedera at 867.6620 or
rail bopegedd@evergreen.edu.

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Writers' Meeting
Are you a writer? Interested in meeting
other writers on campus and having other
writers critique your work? Then think about
joining Writers' Guild.
Besides meeting other writers within the
Evergreen community, Writers' Guild provides the opportunity for budding literaries
to receive feedback as well as plan future
campus literary activities.
Writers' Guild meets Wednesdays 3:30
p.m. to 5 :30 p.m. in Library 2126. For more
information, c;aIl867 6098, ore-mail Domenica

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The Washington Ce nter for the
Performing Arts continues its season of
entertainment with another week of holiday music and theatrics.
Saturday, Breath of A ire, a Seattlebased professional choir and full
orchestra, will hold a benefit concert.
Proceeds from the 7 p.m. performance
will benefit the Community Dental Clinic
at the Olympia Union Gospel Mission,
Visit Breath of Aire 's Web page at http:
//www.breathofaire.org/ for more information. Tickets are $11 .50 per person,
A musical homage to the Bard is set
for Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. with a
performance of Kiss Me, Kate. Based upon
Shakespeare's Th e Taming of the Shrew,
the musical also features eighteen classic
songs by jazz great Cole Porter. Admission
is $'54 and $49 for adults, $52 and $47
for students and seniors, and $27.75 and
$25 .25 for youth.
Tickets for both shows are available
at the Center box office, which is located
at 512 Washington St SE. Price includes
a $1 .50 service charge, For more information, con/act the Center box office at
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by Nolan Dedrick Lattyak
Statistics from : UNESCO, http://iraqbodycount.com,
http://strike-free.net, http://www.comw.orglpda

Iraqi CiVilian Deaths sinoe April 8003

7,878

9,708

9,708 is about the size of The Evergreen State
College student population times two.

Iraqi Soldier/Mercenary Deaths sinoe the beginning of
"Operation Iraqi l!'reed.om"

7,100

11,600

I chose to show Iraq deaths first because they are rarely reported, if ever,
in the mainstream media. The reason for widely ranging estimates in the
number ofIraqi citizens killed is due to the official policy of the military
as stated by General Tommy Franks, US Central Command, "We don't do
body counts [of civilians)." Numbers on Iraqi soldierdeaths are difficult to
find as well. For the first Gulf War they were said to be between 100,000 and
150,000. Total civilian deaths due to the first Gulf War and its consequences
was said to be 2,000,000. (UNESCO) A large percentage of the deaths from
the first war with Iraq were due to sanctions that were put in place after the
war. 2,000,000 people is equal to the population of Seattle times four.

u.s. Coalition Soldier/Mercenary Deaths Since the .
Beginning of the "Operation Iraqi Freedom"

435

6,936

Minimum is U.S. soldiers, official number. Maximum is U.S. soldiers, coalition forces and mercenaries as estimated with new numbers gleaned from
Japanese Self-Defense Force officers' information during their recent visit to
Iraq. The disparity of estimated deaths occurring of coalition forces is due
to unknown but estimated number of mercenaries employed by the U.S. for
"Operation Iraqi Freedom."
"The education system in Iraq, prior to 1991, was one of the best
in the region, with over 100% Gro•• Bnrollment Bate for primary
sohooling and high level. of literacy, both of men and women. The
higher eduoation, especially the scientiilc and teohnological institutions, were of an international standard, staffed by high quality
personnel."
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"I reminded them that war in Iraq is really about peace."
- Gmrge W. Bush

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The Request Line: Bon
Appetit adapts menu
from student suggestions

Notes trom the ERe

From November 7 to November 9, The Evergreen State College S&A
Board attended a retreat at Pacific Beach. The purpose ofthe retreat
was to learn about consensus decision making, gain communication
skills; and discuss the history and purpose of the S&A Board both
nationally and locally. We had the opportunity to meet and work with
the Tacoma S&A Board as well. Most importantly, we were able to
bond and transform from nine individuals into a single autonomous
board that represents the student body. We decided that as we are
representative ofthe student body, we should make every effort to be
accessible for all students to voice their opinions and concerns. We
concluded the session by writing our group's norms.

by Renata Rollins
Students who dine on campus
have a few menu changes to look ·
forward to after Thanksgiving
break.
At the Chef's Lunch on November
12, a monthly meeting where Bon
Appetit treats a few students to lunch
in exchange for their comments on
the quality of food and service they
receive, executive chef Chris Conville
heard requests for hoagie sandwiches,
"bundle" meals, and more omelet
days.
And he's going to do something
about it.
As executive chef, Conville has
a fair amount of say over the menu.
Sometimes he has to run student
ideas past Rick Sromire, the general
manager of Bon Appetit's Evergreen
branch,before acting on them. But
for the most part he is free to menu
- a common verb for him - however
he wants to.
After hearing the comments
from the five people who attended
the Chef's Lunch, he has decided to
serve a sandwich of the week in the
Market, the deli on the second floor.
The Market will also offer a new
deal with the sandwich of the week.
Students will be able to purchase
a "bundle" meal for lunch: half of
the weekly special sandwich, plus
a bowl of soup and a sixteen-ounce

fountain drink, all for a cheaper
price. It's sort of like a combo meal
at a fast food restaurant, only with
healthy meals made from scratch,
more vegan/vegetarian options, and
more concern for local growers.
As for breakfast, instead of
offering the popular made-to-order
omelets on Tuesday and Thursday
mornings, starting December 1 they
will be served Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday mornings until 10 a .m.
The breakfast scrambles will switch
days with the omelets and will only
be served two days a week.
Conville enjoys hearing from
students about the menu, saying that
the cooperative model is how Bon
Appetit works at the other (private)
schools the company serves. And
he should know: He's been with
Bon Appetit for nearly ten years,
alternating between executive chef
and general manager at locations
across the country, most recently in
·Colorado. He has been the executive
chef at Evergreen since September

2002.
He encourages all Evergreen
community members to give Bon
Appetit their comments, suggestions,
or even favorite recipes. He hopes to
see more participation from students
in making their food service closer to
what they want it to be.

2003-2004 S&A Board
Group Norms

-Rachel Freer

by Deane Rimerman
These trees were in a timber sale in
No school next week, so come climb
nearby Capitol Forest. Now they are at old growth trees during Thanksgiving
a sawmill. This forest is now part of a week. Olympia Earth First! is hosting
clear-cut that is getting larger and larger. tree climb trainings in an old growth
Trees are cut down on state lands help to forest near Olympia. Call 943 .6758 for
pay for schools and other publ ic services. details.
In a way, your Evergreen education is
The ERC and Wash PI RG are having
part of this future landscape of more a letter-writing potluck party to save the
and more stumps. We need to learn a forest on Friday night. Call or e-mai I
better way! The ten-year plan for the dean@efn.org for details.
management of Washington state lands
What is sustainability? It's a pretty
is currently up for review. Join the ERC funny word, that's for sure. I mean,
as we review the proposed DEIS. We what do you want to sustain? The third
will also write detailed comments about antiual Sustainable Living Conference
why forests are better without stumps. is called Synergy and it's planned for
Our formal comments are due by late the mid-February 2004. Many amazDecember. If you want to focus on this ing people will be on campus to teach
issue even more extensively, consider . us how their version of sustainability
joining us in an academic group contract works. So get involved and help the six
that will monitoring and enforce logging different student activities groups that
laws on state lands. This contract will be . are part of the conference. The main
ongoing through winter/spring quarters group and main meeting are at SEED's
2004. Call the ERC for more info at meeting, which happens on Thursday at
867.6784 or come to ERC meetings on 5:30 p.m. upstairs in the CAB. SEED's
Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. upstairs in the number is 867.6493.
CAB building.

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Graffiti on Campus
by Nicholas Stanislowski
Looking through several three-inch-tall
stacks ofPolaroids, Sabine Riggins, police
services' records manager, and officer Lana
Brewster look at pictures of graffiti.
Finding a new image of graffiti in
the stack, they comment on the artisti.c
qualities of the vandalism. Graffiti in
bathrooms, graffiti on walls, even graffiti
on a police car.
Riggins defines graffiti as permanent
writing or art, usually done with markers
or spray paint. She estimates there is a
report of graffiti about two to three times
a month.
George Leago, manager of building
services, deals with graffiti on a regular
basis. Whenever there is graffiti inside
a building, facilities has to remove it.
The amount of effort required to remove
graffiti depends on the surface, Leago
said. To remove graffiti from concrete
requires "strong cleaners." These chemicals require special training to use. Leago
did not want to say they were unsafe, he
explained, because they are safe when
used properly.
Jaymie Lewis, the student facilities
lead, takes care of graffiti in housing.
Housing 's Facilities has to deal with graf-

fiti every day. "I've been dealing with it for
three years, and it's only getting worse,"
she said.
Lewis' main concern with graffiti is the
chemicals required to remove it. So-Safe,
she says, remarking on the irony of its
name, is the most toxic chem.ical housing facilities uses; it can melt fabric and
remove paint.
Student workers must use this chemical
tQ get rid of graffiti. The worst place to
clean, Lewis said, is in an elevator because
there is no escape for the fumes . Another
problem she had was with the negativity expressed through graffiti. Messages ....- -.....- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - would be derogatory toward minorities, from the use of the wall coming into the He still sees the letters every once in a
building, causing it to be evacuated.
or sexually explicit.
while. Some people were caught, he said,
In the early 90's, said Riggins, there and they had to help remove the paint.
Lewis sees graffiti as anything written
or painted, though she is fine with chalk was a great deal of graffiti . When graffiti
But when the marks were on concrete,
if it is in a place where it will eventually is reported to police services, a picture of it strong chemicals were needed . Being
wash off. If a student wants to create a is taken. In the 90's, " We would stockpile untrained in the safe use of the chemicals,
mural , they need to have it approved the film because we would take so many the vandals would do something else, like
pictures," said Riggins.
beforehand.
weed ing.
George Leago remember s a time
The graffiti wall on the back of the
Jaymie Lewis hopes there can be an end
COM building is another place a student when Evergreen was graffiti-free. In the to the graffiti . But for Leago, cleaning
is approved to mark a building, though mid-eighties, however, there was a large graffiti has become a part of the everyday
graffiti has gone outside of its boundar- amount of graffiti. He doesn't remember routine for facilities, and he is hope less
ies, said Sabine Riggins. She also said that what they mean, but he remembers the about ever stopping it.
there was also a problem once with fumes large letters FMLN being sprayed on walls.

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by Hal Steinberg

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This past summer, Governor Gary Locke appointed Anthony Sermonti
to the post of StudentTrustee. As Student Trustee, Sermonti has full voting
rights on the Board Of Trustees, and through his involvement hopes to make
Evergreen abetter place to learn.
Sermonti waS born in Aberdeen and attended Aberdeen High School
and Grays Harber Community Cellege before coming to Evergreen in 2001.
New a senier at Evergreen, Sermenti intends to. pursue a
career in politics and law.
Sermenti views his role as student trustee to be a very
vital ene. In his speech at student cenvecatien, Sermenti
said, "I do net take this respensibility lightly; in fact, I
am excited to help make Evergreen a better place for
all ef us." This sort of understanding ef leadership runs
.through Sermonti's veins.
While in high schoel and cellege, Sermenti has
served en the Beard ef Directers ef the Grays Harbor
American Red Cross. He was also an executive editer at
the newspaper The Timberline, at Grays Harbor Cemmunity College, and an Eagle Sceut. Taking away from
sceuts a keen understanding in leadership, Sermenti says,
"Dedicatien is a big part ef being a scout, it trained me
ina let of ways en hew to. be a leader."
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That leadership ability and understanding has driven .
Sermonti to pursue his geal ef attending law schoel.
While at Evergreen, Sermenti has been invelved in
the Evergreen Supreme Ceurt, the meek ceurt for Jose .
Gomez' law program. As an asseciate justice en the
Ceurt, Sermonti has heard cases invelving censtitutienal
issues such as the flag salute and a Muslim weman's right to. wear her head
cevering for her drivers license phetegraph. In the flag salute case, Sermenti
was the lone dissenter, coming down on the side of maintaining the words
"under God" in the salute. Sermoriti understands the law to be an expression

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of human frailty. He says, "The law is not perfect; it's designed in a way that
it atteinpts to be as perfect as possible in an imperfect world."
Sermonti also sees learning as a complex situation. As someone who
intends to pursue law and politics, he understands that the political process
can be easily manipulated and trashed by those who are not thorough in their
critique of a given situation. He says, "It's easy to spout rhetoric, but it's much
more difficult to. back up your opinions with concrete
facts." And that's one of his goals as Student Trustee.
Sermonti says he has undying love for Evergreen but
he also believes that there are improvements to be made.
He believes that accessibility is one very important purpose of a Student Trustee and he says, "What I try to do
is be visible to students, whether at Evergreen, Tacoma or
the tribal campuses." Evergreen, to Sermonti, is a place
where students can reach for the highest levels in their
education and learn things that will be valuable to them
in the future, whatever goals they may have.
He sees his position as being unique, because as a
trustee he is at the forefront of decision making for the
college. With Seminar II being completed and major
renovation planned for the library, Sermonti net only .
. gets to watch the decisien making happen, but also gets
. to be involved in it. He says that for students there are
a variety of optiens open for involvement at the school.
.. From clubs and organizations to faculty hiring boards,
the S&A Board and college governance committees, the
sky's the limit, according to Sermonti.
And while Sermonti may be in a pesition of pewer at
Evergreen, he nonetheless has that yearning fer a better werld like all college
students. He says, "I want Evergreen to be a place that is open to everyone,
that stays true to its educational philosophy, and that will continue to deliver
educated and prepared students for our world to make it a better place."

Stop the Bush administration from sending more nuclear waste to Washington
by Kacy Cullen

Today, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in seuth-.central Washington is the most contaminated area in the Western hemisphere, and is
considered by many to be ene of the most toxic places on earth. For over fifty years, Hanford has been the dumping ground fer more than
60% of the nation's high-level defense waste. Currently in the reserve there are 56 million gallons of radioactive waste being stored in
177 underground tanks, 68 of which are reported to be leaking. Here are also two pools, holding 2300 tons of spent nuclear fuel, located
only a few hundred feet from the Columbia River. Leaking wastes have already contaminated-more than two hundred square miles of
ground water and continue to invade the Columbia River. Toxins in the river have poisoned fish and endangered people who live in the
area. Over one and a half million people rely on the Columbia for clean water for drinking, agriculture, fishing, and recreatien. This
is very worrisome considering that the connection between hazardous chemicals and cancer is becoming increasingly apparent these
days. Many of the chemicals in the waste may be bio-accumulative toxins, such as dioxin, that can work their way up the food chain by ·
accumulating in the bodies of organisms. (For example, if you eat fish that has ingested a toxin, the toxin will enter your body and may
stay there for many years.) This is especially frightening for tribal people living near the Columbia River who. depend on the fish as an
important food source. The EPA reports that tribal people suffer a cancer risk of one in fifty simply from censuming these fish.

PROBLEM:
Yet, despite all this, the Bush administration and the Department of Energy plan to ship 70,000 truckloads (that's 12 million cubic feet)
of highly ra4ioactive nuclear waste to Hanford over the next 30 years. This defeats the whele purpose of cleanup ef the site, which has
been ongeing but is way behind schedule. Also, transperting the waste through major freeways and communities across the country
poses a major threat to public health.

SOLUTION:

CAB 316

(all

867.6213

e-mail

cpj@evergreen.edu

This is all very depressing, but there is hope! WashPIRG and other groups have been working hard this term to pass Initiative 297, which
would require the state to. do the following:
• Clean up sites like Hanford.before more waste can be added, especially requiring the cleanup of Hanford itself.
• End use of Hanford as a dUmpsite for the rest of the nation's radioactive waste.
• Stop the dumping of t'mclearwaste in unlined soil ditches.
• Ensure that public, tribal, and lecal governments can participate in cleanup decisions.

What you can do to help:
Sign the petitions to get 1-297 on the ballot. WashPIRG needs to collect more signatures by December 31 in order to get the initiative oil the ballot. Vol,u nteers for WashPIRG are also always needed and appreciated!

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Dennis vs. Dean

By Lee KepralOs

by Robert Martindale
I support Dennis Kucinich as the Democratic candidate for the next President of the United States, Today I feel that most, if not all, elected officials do not represent
my views or beliefs. Senator Paul Wellstone was the one of the few politicians that I felt did represent my views . Since his death, I have found only one presidential
candidate that does represent my views and beliefs. That candidate is Dennis Kucinich. I have done my research on Dennis Kucinich and Howard Dean, two of the
primary Democratic candidates for the Presidency. I'll share with you what I' ve found on the web, but I encourage you to do your own quest for presidency information . Kucinich has some clear distinctions between him self and Howard Dean . One is his firm stance on the issues, where as Dean seems to be wishy-washy on his
sta nces. Even when Dean is steadfast in his views, they do not line up with my beliefs.
Dennis Kuc inich has consistently opposed the war in Iraq. He has issued a " Prayer For America" in February 2002 where he strongly denounces the war in Iraq.
That was m ore than a year before the war, and he has never wavered in his stance. He gets my vote on this alone . On the other hand, De an has opposed the war with
occas iona l tics. In A ugust 2002, he said he would support a unilatera l in vasio n of Iraq if President Bush could "show that there 's ev idence [Saddam Hussein] has either
atomic or bio logical weapons a nd can deliver." Dean ended up opposing the w ar on the grounds that Bush, firstl y, sho uld have worked through the United N ations to
di sarm Iraq (o r to depose Saddam Husse in, if Iraq fail ed to comply w ith inspections); seco ndly, should have given more cons ideration to the concern s of U.S . a lli es;
and thirdl y, neve r sho uld have c laimed that Iraq presented an imminent biological or nuclear threat to the United States, [I] a position he repeated in January 2003 [2];
in February, Dean sa id unilateral action co uld become " unavoidable," although, to his credit, he preferred UN intervention and was skeptical of Colin Powell 's case [3];
in M arch, Dean demurred in conservative South Carolina that " it's hard to criticize the Pres ident when you 've got troops in the fi eld" [4] ; shortly thereafter he res umed
vocal o ppos ition, maintained to today. [5] It is hard to grasp just where he' ll be on thi s in the future s ince he doesn't plan on reducing the Pentagon ' s budget.
Kuc ini ch be lieves gay and straight couple s sho uld be 100% equal be fore the law, including marriage, Social Security and dom estic-partner benefits, and ado pti o n
ri g hts; he supports federa l c iv il union legislation . [6] Dean has signed a civil union (not gay marriage) bill [7], but has long opposed any similar national law, cons iderin g
it a state s' rights issue [8] , altho ugh he now sometimes supports a federal measure [9] or opposes it [10] ; does not support gay marriage becau se po litically " it wouldn ' t
be poss ible" [II] and dodges simple, direct questions on his personal opinion of gay marriage. [12]
Denni s Kuc inich is the only presidential candidate who personally voted against the ill-named USA PATRIOT Act [13] ; in July, he joined with two GOP con gressme n to o ffer a bi II w ithh olding fundin g fo r "sneak-and-peek" searches, which passed 308-118, the first practical rollback of Patriot A ct abuses. [14] Shortly afte r 9-11 ,
Dean called for a broad " re-evaluation" of o ur civil liberties. [15] He supports removing uncon stitutional parts of the USA PATRIOT Act, [16] but al so wants " increased
mil itary, inte lligence and police foctl s on offens ive o perati on" [17] and consistently praises Russ Fein gold as the only Senator who opposed the act, ignorin g Kucini ch's
vocal House oppos ition and fa lsely implying that no other candidate opposed the USA PATRIOT Act. [18]
Dennis Kucinich 's plan for health care looks like a " Canadian-style single-payer sy stem , extending the s uccesses of Medicare, financed by a tax on employers lowe r
than the current cost of private insurance." [19] Kucinich wants health care for all, not just health insurance fo r more . Dean 's plan is a complex four-pronged plan,
extending multiple state and federal programs piecem eal , combined with tax credits and incentives, all of which Dean claims is more likely to become law, but still
won't cover everyone. [20]
Kucinich believes education is at the root ot fighting poverty and will work to see that everyone can achieve a college education . [21]
Some have claimed that the Kucinich campaign lacks the organization and the money to win. An example to the contrary of this claim is that students on campus,
along with myself, have started to organize a student group to help inform our fellow classmates about Dennis Kucinich and the February caucuses. To my knowledge,
none of the other candidates have had much of a presence on our campus. None of the Democratic candidates will be able to match financially the Bush administration ' s
alleged $200 million war chest. Howard Dean has raised the most funds of all the Democratic candidates thus far. Talking with other politically active Democrats, it
appears that Dean will honor the Democrats ' endorsement and will contribute his war chest to the endorsed candidate if it is not himself This would be a huge cash
fall for any candidate. Kucinich could be that candidate, since he is the progressive candidate whose platform lines up the most with the ideal democratic values. Then
his lack of money wouldn 't be such a large problem for him, since he would have Dean and the rest of the Democratic Party behind him, all focused on ousting George

W. If
Bush
you from
want office.
to find out more about Dennis Kucinich, and learn why it is so important to attend your precinct caucus in February and how the primary in Washington
is useless this year, stop by our office (when we know where it will be) or look for us around campus. We plan on getting things rolling before Winter Break. If you
want to start checking things out online, the state website for Kucinich is http://www.kucinich-washington.org!.

Why Right Wingers
Scare Me
By Jim J ordan
To put it lightl y, I was shocked to read the " massive contempt" which he says is
ange r of such a spirited or un-" vapid" a "cornerstone of contemporary Leftist
nature in an article in last week's paper. th ought ," and ultimately, it seems hi s
It held such disrespect for people who refer words are criminal, c ruel , and conspicuto themselves as "to the left" of " centrist" ously malici ous.
I am s imply bewildered and fri ghtened
notio ns that I would regard what he did as
at
the words that this man wrote , He
mass slander, and if "the left" had a lawyer,
d
irectl
y acc uses those of the " left" as
there could be a lawsuit for Iibel very
"a sick and morbid fascination with
having
eas il y made. It could be that he's simply
[the]
desire"
to " wage a jihad against the
m isinfonn ed about a rather large portion of
West,
destroy
our way of life and anything
the Ameri can Publi c. One way or another,
else that gets in the way of their imposing
the arti c le needs to be addressed.
All qu otation s are from the CPJ's their radical interpretation ofl slamic law."
October 30 issue, pg. 14: an article called If he real1 y believe s what he has written,
" Why I' m Not a Lefti st" written by one Mr. which I fear he may just, what he is doing
Daniel Fleck. Please, if you can acquire a is seemingly setting a foundation for viocopy ofth at issue, have it on hand to see it lence against al1 he considers " leftist ," the
in its entirety. (Al so, I have an article on profundity of thi s is staggering.
IfMr. Fleck is having il10gical thoughts
the opposite page, 13, call ed " Glad to be
that
are leading him to violent con sidera Greener"; you could read it to hear my
ations,
thi s is madness, and as a res ult we
voice in meditatio n rather than in unpleascould easily have remarkably negative
ant reto rt.)
Mr. Fleck's art icle was not only some- reaction in the name of stopping " leftists ."
w hat mean-spirited but al so filled with Is Dani el the next political assassin? God
hypoc risy and ill ogical state ments. I save me ifhe is, I' d be on his li st.
Does he not recogni ze people of the
was hurt that he was so mad at a group
"
le
ft " as bein g part of the soc iety he
of peopl e that doesn't even ex ist, for the
regards
as " objectively superior"? Fleck
descri ption he purports to be other than
notice the di fference b etween
s
hould
his own is a collage of ideas that no one
I' ve ever encountered could ever claim to people like Ralph Nader and people like
have see n col1ected. When referring to O sama bin Laden before he makes a
" popul ist rhetoric" he calls it " profoundly mistake of exponential proportions: thi s
elitist" in the same sentence. He claims di fference was not recogni zed in Daniel 's
that he "respect[ s] the ri ghts of a\1 peopl e" article. T he lack of discretion in regard to
yet refers to " lefti sts" as "anti-American." hi s allusions was almost amazing .
I am fearful that there is a dangerous
He admits to a false statement by include
lement
o n th is campus of a political
ing a " But seriously . .. " after clos ing a
form
,
but
that is most definitely coming
paragraph that states the goal of "the left"
not
from
"the
left" but from some "deluas being " a return to the Stone Age." His
souls
who
could do well by taking
sional"
re lating a l1 " lefti sts" to " th e forces of
to
consider what they are
a
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more
time
Islamic fasc ism" and "Militant Islam" is

The Curmudgeon: There You Go Again
. T~e Rea~an mini-.series, as you know, has been pulled from the CBS broadcast lineu d
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thIS tIme. It s been picked up by Showtime and is scheduled to run there I c Id 't t Pd ~e to ahnumber of reasons, many of which the network refuses to acknowledge at
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there's been so much hype in the news lately about this series that you c~n't ~~tc~ a gn a a e Ion! at, but how. many of ~s have Showtime anyway? We won't be seeing it but
You've probably seen the talking heads doing endless stories about Th R
e~s ana YSls program Without seelllg some sort of update on this story.
Fox News Channel took great interest in this story It was a media battl e ~~gans havlIlgbbeen pulled from broadcast. I'm talking about cable news. CNN MSNBC and the
Les Moonves stated, the network believed the
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hold CBS's feet to the fire and pull the series
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head
everywhere applauded the smackdown of a series that came verv close to threatenfnOg t~:i~ 0 ~. e . ear.ans. fo~ CBsfand its audienc~." Thus, the pundits and political hustlers
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talking about. Mr. Fleck's interpretation,
or what I assume is his interpretation, of
" right-wing" consideration is dangerous to
the analogical bird of American Culture.
If either wing is cut off, our bird can ' t
fly. Such hate is simply not healthy. We
can prune and adapt or temper ourselves,
though . Let us correct our sense ofbalance
by allowing for alternative ways of being
while allowing for our own to be altered
by profound thought; please, for the sake
of our nation, for the sake of " our way of
life," we need to look at the logic of philosophy in order to properly state sound
positions. Otherwise there is danger.
This hope for balance is hope for
peace. Balance and peace are the same.
Both wings need to be in order to continue
on. Believe me, every time I see a vehicle

that I know to be ridiculously wasteful of
fu el, I think of the future , when we will
be forced by our situation into refining
alternative fuel methods, but I try not to
be mad at the driver. Much to my glee,
I have seen science and politics wo rking
together on this campus toward such ends,
I have hope. I too am guilty of mistaking
other people's words. Our language has
so many meanings for so many words;
misunderstanding is almost a guarantee.
Hopefully we can tilt back towards the
center just a little bit now, on account of
the fact that there simply aren' t two ways
of seeing things.
I' m not sure who the leftists really are ,
but in this case I simply must stand with
them today in their defense in absentia.

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They say the series was pulled because the network saw the imbalance but CBS clear! s h '
al10wed t~e fly~heels at the cable news programs to do their thinking for them . It 's ' usi' an et~IShlY caved mto the pr~ssure and ~he demands of angry Reagan fan s, who have
~omeon.e .. And If anyone's as sheepish as network TV executives, it 's the American e~ Ie an~ t~~scasehof. a n~twork gOlllg out of Its way not to present something that offend s
eb~ 0 In.s~gated th~ ban on The Reagans, who are nothing more than kv etchlng, whlnmg washerwomen who want to seal something from public view becaus/th p h

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Wit somethm.g.
.
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gh-p~ofile moralist news people didn 't think average citizens would slop
I t F' lIt you people thmk and I want to see what all the fu ss is about?" What is this obsesslon With Reagan? It 's not just conservatives either. Both s ides J'oined in th
h
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ame t e wflter or Irector of the series for caus ing the uproar I also d 't bl
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. dO~ b ame ames Brolm, who plays Reagan III the series. I like Brolin because he's marr. e ma~fle
ar ara so none of the rest of us would ever have to . No, I blame the networks and their
henchmen ~nd the Am erican people for buy ing the lies.

t~ ask ~hemselves IS, " What ifl , personally, want to see this series?

In dumpmg "The Reagans" and moving to Showtime, CBS also effective l s la
. ,
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~Pt~d \ he Id'I~k out of~howtl~e
s mouth. The Reagans IS not good enough for C BS but good
enough for Showtime? I still want to watch this thing but w ithout the mon:
e ec 1\1lcal alacflty to pirate free premium channe ls. I know I shall have to wait for the
stupid holiday season to see the series where my hom~ in Illinois olTe rs Sh y t~n
d
lme
picture a miniseri es about a former President fitt ing neatly in a sl ot betweenoQw e anF elkverYdPGornS c~anne.1 unde r Ihe sun. I' m looking forward to see ing it, although I can' t
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m not a eagan basher, for the record. Sure, I think many of his deci s ions were awfi I d d
But you know something? Ronald Reagan 's letters cam e out late last Septemb
d Ifill u an evastatmg, and there were a lot of overl ooked atroc ities under hi s watch
d ma y got a chance to pi ece through the book and I have to say, I had to
Ron ald Reagan a bit. You read these letters and you realize maybe he wasn' t
20 years. We mi ght di scover some real1y intellige nt things the W has written ~I e 1e ~ml~y may~e peopl e thought he was. Who knows? We might say that about Bush in
an evil genius instead of an evil idiot."
. . ou may ee etter a out some of the stu ff thaI's go ing on now. You might say, " Maybe he was

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g 1S. u~ etter trea.tm~nt for the chi cke ns? ro be fair, those chickens never had 10 live
between them , I' d take the chicken because it doesn' l have hepatiti s C.
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A Call to
Action

Seminar: Stop
Wasting My Time!

by D.M Holloway

by Katrina Zavalney

'yo~IShaven't
noticed
but
thePerhaps
revolution
here . It's
a littleyet,
differ-

Have you ever h ad ~' sem .lIlar w he~e all people do is bitch and moan about the prablems of the world, society, theeducatlOn system or just life in general? Yeah, [J' ust had
ANOTHER
. . o~e 0 f t hose to d ay. I.. is so frustrating to me that peopl e don 't do anything
about It elt.her. I must ~ave ~entl.oned about four times today in seminar: "Okay, let's
~h~ S~~m ethH1g about thiS, let s WrIte a letter to the legislator or the school board about

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rid the. world of capitali sm , but it:s a
revo lutIOn of the e ntire system like the
kind Je ffe rso n advocated. It' s the greatest o ppo rtunity we' ve ever had . And
no, it isn ' t be ing covered by the major
me di a . A sm a ll, fearless man with a
great ? i ~ heart and an inspiring visionary SpIrIt IS leadmg the greatest populist
~ ov em e nt thi s country has experienced
Slllce th e days of FDR. I f there 's anyone
out there who hasn't lost all hope for a
bette r \\ orld , a nd I kn ow there is (I see
yo u every day), that moment has arrived .
An d un less we get to wo rk fast we ' re
~
Q.o nna m iss it.
'
Denn is Ku c inich (koo-s in- ich) needs
our he lp a nd we need hi s. How much
more of any o f th is madness are we going
to take? The world is quickly running out
of tlln e. D.o r REA L c hanooe. Pragmatism
d IItlcs-as-u sua l, won 't g ive us a nyan.
th ll1 gpoo th
er than wha, t we've had in thi s

No res ponse; ~n fact, people would pretend that they didn 't hear it because it was
too far out of their ~omfort zone. It literally takes ten minutes to wri te a letter to suggest som e ways to Impro~e the system ~ ith factual representation. It 's di scouraging,
as peopl e take the apathetiC TO.l e that they ve learned since kindergarten and re peat that
process and do not use their higher education for som e good. Yes, I do understand that
people have dreams they w~nt to pursue, but there are many resources and support
systems th ~t p~opl e can use fl ght now that wi 11 help you purs ue those dreams. I' m using
student actiVities, community groups and no n-profits to edu cate and bu ild edu cational
workshops for youth b~ ?oing a proj ecI for Procession of the Spec ies.
~hy not take the prIvlleg~ yo u were born with and use the power yo u have? Don 't
let It go to was te. If you feel like you don 't have that same privil ege, then use the inner
.
power
that yo u d ~ h.ave, and s how peopIe that it doesn' t even tak e privilege to make a
dlf~e re nc e . Even If It IS a spontaneo us outburst in the middle of downtown about how
soclet;-: sucks and needs to re-evaluate what its values are - great, peo pl e need to hear
that shit. STOP WASTING YOUR TIM E!
Instead of pi ss ~ n g you. r classmates off, do something constru ctive with that time
and ene r.g y spen t m seminar. You can 't j ust blam e it on Bush or the medi a,' yes, they
do cont rI bu te t 0 th e mess we h ave .no~, but you are onl y adding to it by compl aining,
Your teacher would be happy to wflte In your evaluation, " What a constructi ve student
the'y. were w hen t hey too k t he time to mak.e a positive cha nge in the school system, by

ry. And
isn' tfor
wosomeone
rking. Thetopeople
count
have bee
n waititing
stand
up fo r liS, f? r eve ry, living being, and say, WrItin g to the School Board and Senate With ways to impnw e the system. Thi s person
N O MOR~ I r hat s exactly what Dennis IS now a valu.e d ~ ember of the educational comm unity."
Kuc lnlch IS do in g right now. That's why
As.G handl sa id ,. b~ the change you want to see in the wo rld; don' t ex pect someone
, every one of us here needs to inform to do It for you. It IS tune to share Inform ation du ring thi s criti cal po int in hi story.
themse lves abou t him and his platform .._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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and go Ollt into o ur community, and find
anyo ne who ' ll listen.
~eop l e o ut of work, people who need
ass istance to survive from day to day they ' re everywhere in this town . They ' re
at the food bank s, at the unemployment
office, in your ne ighborhood, at the park,
on the . street, at the bus stop, in your
dorm , III your class . Many have never
voted before or have lost faith and given

up . We n~e d to find those people and get
them reg istered to vote at their neighborhood caucus location in February.
Yes, you must register as a Democrat to
participate if you want Dennis to win (a
small sacrifice for such a great reward
so please suck up your pride for once if
y~u can handle it). With our help, he can
Will and so will we.

C o ntact . . m e , a t.dmhollowayOO @
yahoo.com If you d like to organize a student ca~pai g n for him here on campus.
If not, Just get out there and spread the
~ord . We can change the political paradigm together. Don 't lose faith . For more
info, see http://www.kucinich.us/.

Glistening in the sunlight
As it programmatically sets beyond
the horizon
The ecstatic light pierces through
myface
So bright
So beautiful
The smell of stale water
Resting comfortably in a puddle
Embeds its moisture into my skin
Boldly Ze us ' chariot rides brightly
in the sky
Slowly vanishing beyond the clo udl'
Into the mountains to allow the SUlI
to set
Leaving its presence for all to see one
last time
Before the mother .Iprinkles dust
To cloud our eyes a lld make night
fa ll
Over and over, the rays retreat
No t cowardly, but courageously
Waiting f or its tllrn to come Ollt and
play
The next day
/ watch and wait for the last drops
of rain
by Nich ole Vernita Th e;

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11

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Seasons in teA ~ss

The Definite Article: Brin£lin£l Back
the Bic. Or, In Adulation of Inks

By Mike TreadWell

by Allison Arth

"Joke 'em if they can t take afuck. "
Robin Williams
Perhaps I should restate my purpose. I don 't write these articles for anyone else but myself. This opportunity extended to me by the CPJ is a generous.one. Y~~ don't how m~ch
I love my final product as] admire it in the paper on Thursday morning. ] don't care if I'm the only person who e;e~ lo~ks at my work. I work on ex~osltory ~ttng and expl,?nn~
the depths of deductive (and perhaps inductive) reasoning here. If you like the product, good for you. ]fyou don t hke It, you are free to read somethmg else hke any of that left
and "right" writing.
I never claimed to be objective. I am proudly biased. The title of an article printed two weeks ago, if not the totality of my work.' has foretol.d a bias. "The Classic Liberal Night
Watchman" should have been a good hint of the bias. Altho~gh I'm not a Classic Liberal, by defi.nit~on, I am of a ~hilosophy !hat IS an extension of that t~eorem. Although labels
are deceiving, there is one label that] (best) fall under. ThiS IS what you today would call Llbertanamsm. After all, If you dldn t know what ClasSIC Llberaltsm was, you could have
gotten a dictionary. If you're blind, I recommend an optometrist.
Should] engage in a "debate" through this paper? No. (Whatever "debate" means ... if you just want to scream at me about how "I'm so wrong" and you' re "so right," then I 'm not
interested. If you like pointless yelling I recommend CNN's "Crossfire.") Let's get one thing straight. It doesn't matter whether or not I have a good argument. It could be th.e best
in the world, but the opinion you collectivists have is engraved in stone. You won't change your opinion no matter what lor anyone else says. What would a debate accompbsh? I
won 't answer letters in the CP J.
Here s a journal entry from last summer:
.
. .
Is life fair? Is life meant to be fair? Is it unfair if!'m at a displacement when someone else is not? Should I then cap their knees to make It fair? No. I'll tell you some small extracts
out of my life so we can put these experiences to the fairness test.
.
First to the test: Lynch mobs in junior and high school being overly violent. So, I got pushed around, got into some fights, got a coup!e bottles thrown at ~e (estimated to be at least
a twelve pack of something terrible like Coors Light), bloody faces, and on it went. Fair? No, but wit~ powerful.lynch mobs there IS Itttle recourse. Such I~ bfe.
Second to the test: Being diagnosed with diabetes in 1986. Fair? Why did everyone else grow up Without gettlflg thiS? I guess I have a shorter average bfe span than most of you.
Does that mean I get to take away years from you in the name of fairness?
.
Third to the test: Daily harassment by various Los Angeles County police departments. When I say harassment I don't mean some cop talked shit to me at some !~me prot~,st. I
recall one such incident (there are far too many to list here) where I was thrown down on the hood of a patrol car, had a gun put to my head, and was told that I could be kl.lled and
that the officer "could get away with it." Painting my brains all over the hood of the patrol car, interior decorating death metal. style! One has to wonder what c.aus~d all .ofthls. That's
what you get for walking down the street and being me. Fair? No, but I don't go killing cops like an ex-greener does. InCidentally, that ex-greener was domg It all In the name of
social justice. Ah, how sweet.
. .
Three strikes and fairness is out. So if you see me lying in a pool of blood in the gutter, don't bother to help. ] don 't need your "help." I probably would~'t want It either. Plus,
vultures need food too . Plus, I want to be on the cover of the next Cannibal Corpse album. With the budget the way it is, this could help keep emergency service costs lower.

On Editorializing,

by Dave Stiles

PROTECTING YOUR VEHICLE
Vehicles in parking lots always present a
target for thieves.
• Lock your car whenever it is unattended,
both on and off campus.
• Do not leave expensive property, such as
CD cases, purses, radar detectors, cellular
phones and portable stereos in plain view
in your car. Lock them in your trunk or take
them into your residence.
o Record the brand, model numbers and
serial numbers of all electronic equipment
installed in your car. In the event of theft,
give this information to the police. If the
equipment is recovered it can then be
returned to you. Also engrave your driver's
license number on this equipment.
PROTECTING YOUR RESrDENCE
You can take several steps to protect
the belongings that you have in your residence.
o Lock the door to your room whenever
you leave, even if it is just for a few minutes. Also, lock your door when you will
be showering or sleeping. ]fyou live on the
ground floor, lock your windows . lf you
discover that your door or window does not
lock, leave a maintenance request to have
it repaired.
o Don't leave exterior doors or inner lobby
doors propped open when they should be
closed. lfyou find one open, close it.
o Record the serial numbers of valuable
objects you have in your room. Engrave such

objects with your driver's license number.
o Do not leave cash, credit cards or checks
in unlocked desks or cabinets.
o Do not allow people you do not know well
to stay overnight in your room .
o Do not leave valuables and expensive
equipment in plain view from the outside.
o If you have an answering machine, don't
leave a messag~ that indicates you are
away from home. Simply state that you are
unavailable.
o If you see a suspicious person, notify the
local police. Be prepared to give a description of the person, and tell where you last
saw the person and the direction he or she
was headed at the time.
PROTECTING YOURSELF WITHIN
YOUR HOME
Unfortunately, criminals sometimes
do not target property, but chose to target
people instead.
o Keep your doors locked, even when you
are in the residence. Do not allow anyone
in until you know who that person is. If the
person claims to be dorm maintenance or
a utility worker, verify that by asking for
identification. People who have legitimate
reasons to be there should not balk at this.
o If you have an answering machine, don't
put your names on your recording. Also,
if you and your roommates are female ,
consider having a male friend leave your
outgoing message on your machine. Double
standards suck, but you can use them to
your advantage: criminals are more wary of
households with men.
o (fyou are receiving threatening or obscene
phone calls, contact the campus police, or the
local police if you live off campus.

november 20, 2003

Brought to you by the Writing Center, L 3407, 867. 6420.

THANKSC;IV1NC;, AUTOFECOLOC;Y, AND

Perspectives: Helpful
safety tips for the
holidays
After snoozing through the deadline last
week for my column, I thought perhaps this
week I could make up for it by providing
a few safety tips as we head into the holidays.

bout a hundred-some years ago, novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton coined the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword." I suppose he meant that words effect change better than wanton brutality and bloodshed. A worthy sentiment, 1 would say, and one that is
still relevant.
But not for long.
H seems that times are a-changing for the pen vs. sword adage; now, as we settle back into the Age of Technology, the expression
.
should read something like "the Mac is mightier than the sword" or "Microsoft is mightier than the sword." After all, when was the
last time you composed a paper or a letter without Mr. William Gates' friendly helping hand? When was the last time you picked up a pen - or a pencil, for that matter - in lieu of your
handy-dandy, super-fast, fully-loaded iMac? Really, people: when was the last time you actually practiced your D'Nealian letters?
(1 thought so.)
,
.
I think it's clear: we rely so heavily on the word processing capabilities of these new-fangled "computers" that we have made writing - that is, the act of inscribing letters on a page
- almost completely obsolete. Correspondence has been so electronically enhanced that the term "pen-pal" is as outdated as Hammer pants and the Skeletor vs. He-Man debate. The
act of "writing a paper" has turned words, sentences, and whole paragraphs into pUZZle-pieces of thought to be cut and pasted with the click of a mouse and jostled around until they
fit together cohesively. Even the art of printing has been unceremoniously altered by the advent of the computer: whosoever knoweth how to run a printing press and set type has been
uncovered by secret government operatives and sent to display his or her talents alongside the blacksmiths and liverymen of colonial Williamsburg.
It's getting ridiculous. Pen companies are going under. Stationery manufacturers are claiming bankruptcy. You know what 's happened to all the printing presses. We, in our superconnected world, have lost touch - quite literally - with words.
See, writing is tactile. When you set pen to paper - when you sit down with that dusty old notebook and write - you physically form each letter. Forming an "a" feels much different
than forming a "b." An "I" is loopy; a "t" is terse. Each letter has different angles, different curves, different sizes and shapes; each letter is distinct, unique, one of a kind.
Conversely, when you set fingers to keyboard, stare into a pulsating electric screen and set to work, you lose much of the physicality of writing - all the keys feel the same. A "y"
feels just like a "k," feels just like an "r," feels just like a "q" and an "i" and a "w". With the paltry exception of those little bumps on the "f' and the "j ," all the letters, no matter their
shape, feel exactly the same when you form them; the art of writing - the art inherent in forming each letter individually - is completely and utterly lost.
This is a no-brainer. We're losing our scribal heritage here. These word processors, these laptops and desktops and Palm Pilots: all of them have us hooked on speed, on ease, on
conformity - on letters that feel exactly the same! Come on, people: let's get with the program. Let's band together! Let's use pens! E. G. Bulwer-Lytton would be proud. After all , if
the pen is to be mightier than the sword, it will certainly have to be mightier than the pocket Pc.

Or, Channeling thE
"Mental
Di.arrhea"
By Talia M. Wilson
Ah, the editorial, to editorialize or to cast
one's opinions upon the public, or those who
aren't too quick to skip over the L&O pages.
While I'm heartily in favor of expressing
one's opinions, they should not give way to
the absence of clear and concise messages.
First of all, some editorials are just too
dam lengthy. This tends to occur when the
writer goes on and on before making his or
her point clear, or stresses the original point
by adding unnecessary fluff or rhetorical
statements. If a writer cannot make his or
her point within the required or desired word
limit, then the writer should consult an editor
for help, or at least reconsider the point he
or she is attempting to make.
Another slip-up is citing sources. Sure,
listing a bunch of sources may make the
writer look more credible, but it may also
make him or her look just as incredulous. It
may be presumptuous, though likely, that the
reader assumes the writer knows something
about the subject he or she is writing about;
otherwise he or she wouldn't be writing
about it. One of the basic rules in writing
is "Write what you know." And when the
writer must tackle an unknown subject, then
research is a must, though citing sources, as
expected with most research, is unnecessary
with opinion pieces of this sort.
Alas, the utmost pittance of editorial
errors is certainly composing a piece that is

devoid of meaning. Rants, at times credible,
are usually just that, nothing short of passionate mental diarrhea put to paper. Some
editorials may possess meaning but contain
either too many points not fully developed
or content not arranged in a fashion understandable to the reader. This mlikes it next
to impossible for the reader to discern the
piece's meaning, and ifthat task is thwarted
in any way, then not only does the piece lose
credibility, but so do the writer and the publication. ]n that sense, writers must know
ahead of time their subject, what they want
to say and how they hope to say it. ]f not,
and they're already writing, I'd say back to
Square One they go.
Ergo, writing editorials is no easy task,
as one can see. There's more to it than
simply writing down passionate emotions:
it invollVes channeling those emotions into
a clear, concise voice suitable for print that
takes into account the desired length and
style requirements put forth by the publication. However, once that baby hits the press,
it's no longer just about the writer and his or
her emotions; then it's about how that subject
relates to everyone, and not everyone will
react the same or think the writer a literary
genius for the newfound insight.
So, remember: the next time you have
something to say, think about how you're
going to say it.

the cooper point journal

you

By Daniel Steiner
As Evergreen students, I'm sure we've all heard the ubiquitous joke from our one particularly snide relative during thanksgiving: "Yeah, Dan here goes to Evergreen where he studies
underwater basket weaving." As much as you want to punch them in the face and retort, "So] guess your sewage treatment career is a far better one than not being knee deep in shit all
day." As crude as they may seem though, their statement makes you wonder just what you are doing at Evergreen. For example, to make myself seem iike I'm headed in some sort of
direction, ( like to tell people I'm majoring in creative writing, bilt at the moment, I'm studying philosophy and physics ... but then I slowly start to realize that that doesn 't make a hell
of a lot of sense either; what does philosophy or physics have to do with creative writing? Well , at Evergreen, since everything is "inextricably linked" in the first place, and therefore
should be studied in an interdisciplinary manner, physics and writing could be one and the same. But to the layperson, i.e. that proverbial asshole family member at thanksgiving, the
two being studied together makes about as much sense as trying to.get a dog and a dolphin to fuck .
I'm not sure the exact moment we came up with the idea of Autofecology, but my roommate and I now figure it is the best thing you can tell your skeptical relatives or any interested friends in regards to what you ' ve been doing at that weird hippie school up north. On these sociable occasions like Thanksgiving, it's important to assert yourself, make those
friends or family of yours who would normally act condescending towards your educational path bite their tongues. And the best way to do this is to exaggerate; exaggerate and argue
tenaciously your love and undying interest for the most ridiculous thing they'd ever expect to leave your mouth: Autofecology. You are studying Autofecology. "But just what is
Autofecology?" they might ask.
Well, my roommate and I had been talking prior about, as luck would have it, the ability to write a learning contract about whatever the hell you want at Evergreen, something that
we felt, although true, was a common public misconception, one that should be corrected so people at Thanksgiving get-togethers (or any other social situation, for that matter) can
have a true understanding of what it means to be a Greener. Now, for the full effect of making your mends and relatives drool mashed potatoes in disbelief at your statements, you
must first explain that what makes Evergreen great is the chance to study literally anything that interests you; but it is a serious undertaking, one that requires lots of inquisitiveness
and tenacity. This being said, my mend and I conjectured that you should tell as many people as possible that you are going to Evergreen to study what interests you: your own shit.
After all, surely someone wants to study their own shit, their own bowel movements. Someone must feel the urgent need, the unbridled curiosity to take notes on color and size and
consistency, and then later write a thesis paper about it. These are serious issues.
Well, it turns out that writing merely about the appearance of poop would not be enough. The advising office states that there has to be a greater educational motive than studying
something for the sake of studying it, which is apparent in any Individual Learning Contract application. We then figured that a contract has to be focused on something tangible,
something that could be learned. Thus, my good mend Greg came up with a specific contract, under the name Autofecology, the study of one's own excrement. Some ideas to be
incorporated into this contract
• The history of poop - humans have been shitting since time began, and poop has been viewed through time in different ways.
• Why poop takes on its various appearances, and what makes the consistency of poop (from a purely physiological and biological standpoint).
.Cultural studies of excrement - identifying specific diets, protein builds, intestinal acids and microorganisms present in different culture's intestinal tracts, blood cell levels and
antibody levels of different groups of people, and pheromones (the idea of marking territory). Perfect for studies in cultural disease, epidemiology, genetics, and cultural communication.
Excrement could make for a very interesting topic of study, especially considering its cultural taboos and why it perhaps shouldn't be seen in such a disgusting light. Yes, the
moment y,ou begin to argue about the Politics of Poop ardently and veraciously with your skeptical relatives and mends, as if it were the most important aspect of human existence,
is the moment that you will have become a true Evergreen Student. And it will be worth it all as you watch your friends and family slowly back away from you, headed towards the
bathroom to vomit in disbelief and disgust.

Library Computing: It's Everyone's Problem
by Connor Moran
Recently I was engaged in the time-honored tradition of library group work. As we
were in a library, we wanted to access the
vast collection of media contained there.
Of course, the only way to figure out the
location of the specific resources we wanted
was to access a computer. I left my group to
quickly do a search on a computer. Only one
problem: no computers. Every single computer in the library was filled by somebody

doing internet research or typing a paper or
printing something. I suppose ( could have
checked out a laptop, but that hardly seems
worth the effort for five minutes of catalog
searching.
Now, I don't have any problem with
people printing or typing things in the
library. It's often more convenient than the
computer center, and ] have printed plenty
of assignments in the library. But I wonder

about the library 's priorities. It seems that
the main reason that the library exists is to
provide easy access to the books and other
materials. Therefore, it follows that at least
one of the highest priorities for computer
usage ought to be for people who are just
doing catalog searches. My recommendation: label a small group of computers
"Catalog Search Only" and kick off anyone
who disobeys. It doesn't need to be more

the cooper point journal

than a couple of computers, because most
catalog searches only take a couple of minutes before the searcher scurries off to find
their resources.
And it would save me the embarrassment
of having to return to my group emptyhanded.

What s your problem ? Email it to me at

november 20. 2003

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The Matrix

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Revolutions
by Vanessa Schweizer

Ingredients:

I have seen critics (those with some credibility and those without) go back and forth
on this film, and all I can say is don't knock
it 'til you've tried it. Though The Matrix
Revolutions has received many a bad, and
highly publicized, review, true Matrix fans
don 't seem phased by the flak. A case in
point is the Yahoo! user reviews compared
to critics' reviews . Critic ratings average
out to a C+ whi le user reviews average oUl
to a B+.

• 2 pounds of flour
• I cup boiled pumpkin (or any other kind ofsquash ifyou prefer)
• 3 ounces of melted butter or margarine
• 112 cup milk
• Oil for frying
Mix all ingredients. except oil. together in a large mixing bowl and knead into a
ball. Roll dough out on ajloured surface with a rolling pin until it is about I cm. thick.
Cut 4-inch rounds in flattened dough. Pour oil into a deep-ji-ying or cast-iron pan at
least an inch deep Heat the oil. being careful not to burn yourself Carefully drop
the circles in the oil. about two at a lime dep ending on the size of the pan. Be sure
to poke holes in any bubbles that form in the dough. Bread is done when the rounds
turn orange in color. Place on a paper towel to cool and to soak up any excess oil.

The truth of this film is that yes, it does
have dazzling effects, but its greatest strength
(and arguably weakness) is subtleties in the
plot (and perhaps its realism) . My best
guesses as to why many people seem so
sorely disappointed with this film are that
(a) they missed the plot subtleties and symbolism and (b) they wanted more of the film
to take place in the Matrix (as opposed to the
real world - the machine city and Zion).

*

Sugges tions: Buller, honey. hot sauce and powdered confectioner s sugar
work as great toppings for this delicious snack.
This recipe was translated and submitted by Kashmir Mann.

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What is the Oracle, one may ask. The
Oracle is what you make of it. These particular Oracle gatherings in Seattle are a
set of multi -media events based on a Tarot
deck just to unravel the mysteries of the
universe.
Twenty-two cards were created by a
collective of visionaries wanting to take
their cvents further. Each event is a journey through the archetype of one of the
cards. We just experienced Ocean Deep
on Saturday November 8 - the night of the
Harmonic Concordance, a lunar eclipse
which was filled with joy and bliss as
many danced throughout the night.
The Oracle gatherings are a growing
series of multi-media events, workshops
and forums put together by a collective
of participating artists. These musicians,
Drs, live performers, dancers, visionaries, and eclectics collaborate to ex press the
archetypal expressions that influence the
greater community. It is our mission to
provide the environment with support that
encourages artistry, creativity and transformational experiences through myth from
the Oracle informational pamphlet.
These gatherings are well put together.
Composed by artists who have been producing events for years in Seattle and in the
Pacific NW, they bring together talents and
skills that make it a unique experience for
all. There is much to experience: the powerful music composed by DJs who often
playa live set. This weekend, people were
exposed to the deep sounds of the ocean
enhanced by a live performance put on by
rofessional dancers. This had to be the
most amazing portion of the night, this
midnight ritual performance. The dancers
dressed as fish, sea creatures of all kinds '
and the mother goddess of the ocean. The
performance was all lit up and accentuated by black light. The performance
moved from all the angels that the ocean
encompasses, from the joyful frolicking

of the fishies to playing witha giant sand
mandala exhibiting sacred geometry. Sea
creatures came out with their frightening,
mysterious display of catch and play. The
mother goddess catching the lovers in her
midst, uncovering the pearl of the great
ocean ... with this particular performance
there was the dance of the divine union
us ing a rope falling and crawling from
fifty feet in the air much like the Cirque
de Solei!. All of this was danced to music
created by a collective of electronic musicians designed just for the ocean depths of
the Oracle.
There were other nooks and crannies
of the ocean to explore at thi s event.
There was the Om Chai house, a lounging area filled with the comfort ofpi llows
and warm chai-yummi. There was the
Divination Chamber, an area designed
just for true oracles to be seen with the
tools of tarot readers, astrology and energetic channelings. Katrina Zava lig from
Evergreen coordinates this area, so if there
are readers who want to be part of this
area for future orac le gatherings, contact
her at Kachina@ oraclegatherings.com.
There was a sanctuary, a sacred energetic
healing space with massage, reiki, healing
temples and sound currents that take you
to another place .
Overall, the ga thering meets people on
many levels and brings us together in a
theme of celebratin g the specific archetype. It is something special and unique,
definitely a life-changing event that speaks
to the SOUL.
The next Oracle will be on New
Year 's in Seattle, celebrating the archetype of "Fae ry Magic." To get more
information, visit the website at http:
//www.oraclegatherings.com/. or you
can always contact Katrina for more info
(she 's on the website under Contacts for
the Divination Chamber).

If you ' re the type to avoid a movie unless
you read some positive reviews, read some
user reviews from Yahoo! Movies. Go to
http://www.yahoo.com/.click on The Matrix
Revolutions in their featured Yahoo! Movies
section, and scroll down to the bottom of
the page where you will fmd user reviews.
The first featured review, "THE MATRIX
TRILOGY EXPLAINED - HONESTLY,"
is exactly what the title says it is. If The
Matrix Reloaded seemed a little confusing, and if you don ' t mind walking into
Revolutions with much of the plot already
under your belt, this is the review for you
(or for anyone that doesn't want to have
to think too hard while watching the eye
candy). I would also recommend this review
to any self-proclaimed "true" Matrix fan that
accuses Revolutions ofletting him down. He
probably missed something. Note that the
review I am referring you to has been the
most heavily accessed review at the Yahoo!
site (6253 out of 6786 people found this
review helpful) .
If you're like me , you avoid reviews
as much as yo u can before a film like The
Matrix because you want to try to catch, on
your own, developments in the movie as it
unfolds before you. I had no problem following this film , and actually found the last
two minutes of Revolutions the most intriguing and revealing. I predict that if there are
any more Matrix films (and I certainly hope
there are), the next will be a prequel about
the Oracle.
I won 'I lie 10 you - if you love the Matrix
more for the fighl scenes and less for the
philosophy (especially the metaphysics and
power struggles) you probably will be disappointed by Revolutions . But philosophical
questions are what drew me to The Matrix
in the first place, and Revolut ions absolutely
delivers.
, Lastly, in defense of Keanu Reeves, I
actually thought he did a superb job. For
anyone who forgot , Neo was a reluctant
messiah in the first film and a frustrated
and somewhat confused messiah by the end
of the second, and he acts in accordance with
this pattern in the third . Anything different
would have seemed contrived and hammy.
Neo isn't entirely sure what it is that he needs
to do in Revolutions - all he has are vague
visions to guide him . Give Neo a break. He's
human like the rest of us.

Greg's

. Finds

by Greg Fiennes

I'd like to begin my submission this week with a formal retraction/apology.
Last week my concert calendar listed a show for One Nation Undereducated and
A-Kamp at McCoy's on November 18. This show will actually not be occurring
until December 18. I tried to bring this to the allention of the CPJ imm ediately and
J thought that the problem had been remedied, but somehow it wound up in print.
I'd like to apologize 10 anyone who this listing may have inconvenienced. including
members of both bands as well as McCoys Tavern.

CONCERTS·

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• A-Kamp and One-eyed Spectacle have agreed to playa benefit show for
the Greener-run downtown Olympia establishment Last Word Books. The show
takes place at Le Voyeur on Thursday, November 20 (tonight) and starts at 10 p.m.
Again, this show is a benefit, so please bring a cash and /or book donation if you
have the means to do so.
• Taj Mahal will be performing a series of shows at the Jazz Alley in Seattle for
those of you who were unable to attend the sold-out Capitol Theatre performance.
Taj will appear on November 21-23,25,26, and 28-30. Some dates include two
sets and prices range from $22.50-26.50.
• Antibalas Afro-beat Orchestra will playa show in Seattle at the Chop Suey
on Saturday, November 22. Antibalas is a large band with a sizeable horn section
and high-energy performances. Those of you who enjoy Afro-Cuban music with
similar styles to the late Fela Kuti should make it a point to check this show out.
Doors open at 9 p.m. and tickets are $12 in advance.
• Grouch and Eligh, of the infamous rap collective Living Legends, and Abstract
Rude are scheduled for two Washington State performances this week. The first
is at downtown Olympia's very own Bar Code on Sunday, December 23 and the
second is on Monday, December 24 at the Chop Suey in Seattle. Also on the bill are
Pigeon John, Lyrics Born, and Ugly Duckling. The Bar Code show starts at 9 p.m.
and costs $12. The Chop Suey performance costs $ I 5 and doors open at 8 p.m.

SPOKEN WORD •

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•

•

•

• Saul Williams will be appearing at the Graceland in Seattle on November 24
to make up for last month's cancel lation. One never knows if Saul will be simply
reciting his poetry or ifhe will be lecturing or performing with his live band. I can
pretty much guarantee that he will be doing at least some readings from his most
recent book, Said the Shotgun to the Head. Doors open at 7 p.m . and the show
starts at 8 p.m. Cost is $12 advance and $15 at the door. Tickets bought for the
previously scheduled performance will be accepted.

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in Auburn . The performance will not only include mesmerizing acrobatics and displays of bal ance but also incorporates kung-fu, amazing costume design, and even
a touch of Chinese comedy. The UPS show. is from 8-11 p.m. and costs $6-13; the
Auburn show starts at 7:30 p.m. and costs $10- 15.

Book Drive

by Ka tlln a Z ava /ney

The Musician's Club is collaborating with Last Word Books for a book drive,
live music, and information sharing session on December 5. We invite all Student
Groups and people who are interested.in being involved.
We will start the night off with a potluck at 7 p.m . The goal is to bring awareness
to socialjustice issues by sharing information and collaborating for future events.
Then the music and poetry will begin . There will be a few bands, spoken word
with Sky and Terrance, and more entertainment to come (possibly fire dancers).
Basically, we want to get more people involved and provide a space for people
to share their talents, increase awareness in our community and get to know the
bad-asses around campus! Bring a book or $2 to get in . Books go to Last Word
Books and Gateway Books for Prisoners . Let's jam.
For further information. call the Musician s Club at 867. 6879. Musician s Club
meetings: Tuesday at 6 p .m .• thirdfloor of the CAB across from the "pit" in the
big red couches area. Comfort is essential- bring your instruments to jam!

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to commute by bike,
to get up and ride,
in rain or shine,
Now, I'll admit that it's fine,
to know the bus times,
while you're waiting you can bust a rhyme,
'bout how it's better to ride a bike,
You, see them flying at the speed of light,
passing on the inside,
sometimes they're sliding,
sometimes colliding,
but these are just the Joys of Riding.
Since you were two,
and your folks gave you
your first trike,
aspirations shot to the sky,
to ride a
two-wheeled bike.
But something happened along the way,
you got caught up with speed and what peers will say,
So much cooler to drive.a car,
so much faster, pedin' out like a star.
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not about what destinations will bring,
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So you come to Evergreen, and you
realize that it rains eight months in a row,
and you can't do a kickflip in this kind of
Xtreme precipitation. It just doesn't work.
Your board turns into a wet noodle and
your bearings rust up. How are you going
to practice your hardflip late backside
180's for the X-games when you're skating with limp wood?
Four hardcore skateboarders (Mark
Frydrychowski, Bob Schwenkler, Jon
Huey, and Dav id Price) learned th is
horrible truth after arriving at TESC.
When asked why they created the first
skateboard club at TESC, local shredder
Bob Schwenkler said, "Like, dude, you
know ... it rains a lot. .. I think, so, wait,
what was the question again?" Bob makes
a perfectly valid point. Skateboarders on
campus have never had an official club
with a dry place to skate. The club does
just that, holding tri-weekly shred sessions
in the open-air pavilion. This provides a
smooth, dry, and well-lit space to bust out
your front noseblizzle slizzles on a phat
rail till the cowizzles come hizzle.
Most people know that skateboarding
can be an Xtreme or "dangerous" activity. The four coordinators bfthe club are

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Feel free to e-mail the coordinators
at TESCskate@hotmail.comformore

Jon Huey, a founder of Evergreen's new skating club, shows
off his skills. The skating club meets on Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday evenings in the Pavillion near the field on campus.

Faloconory
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been the occasional archeological artifact found that suggests it might have
The art oftraining raptors (birds of been practiced as early as 1700 Be.

prey, i.e.: hawks, falcons, eagles)
"Falconry traces its origins
to hunt in corporations with a back several thousand years and has
been the passion of some of the most
person.
2. The sport of actively pursuing wild influential people in history. Aristocratic and romantic, this ancient
game with a trained raptor.
sport has retained its mystique right
According to the Washington Fal- up to the present day and few images
coners Association's web page (http: are as powerful as a trained hawk
//www.falconry.com/). falconry is the sitting sharp eyed on a gloved fist."
least understood of all field sports. Fal- (http://www.highlandescape.com/
conry is still a legal sport, despite what castlefalconry)

I know yer worried bout spandex pants being called qu eer.
and at you some rural locals surely may jeer,
but most citizens emphatically cheer
as you cut through traffic like an intercity deer,
The air thC\t yo u breathe is cleaaar,
even as they call you queeeeeeer,
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way, in case they bend their elbow the
wrong way on a failed backside smith
grind, the school and its agents can be
indemnified and held harmless " ... from
all claims, costs, liabilities, expenses,
and losses incurred as a result of any
act or omission of the participant while
participating in recreational sports at The
Evergreen State College ..."
If you want to skate or just hang
out, come to the pavi lion Mondays and
Wednesdays from 8 - 10 p.m., and Fridays from 7 - 9 p.m. Spare skateboards,
parts, pads, helmets, and informal lessons are available for anybody of any
skill level from beginner to super gnar
gnar. There are skaters of all types, from
modern street to slalom and downhill to
flatland freestyle.

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Sure, there 's a chance that you'll get hurt,
and the blood will begin to spurt
all over your ruined skirt,
but the adrenaline rush will make you blurt;
I was riding my bike at the speed of light,
I don't obey traffic laws cause on a bike that's my ri oht
I took a fall and that's for sure,
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but the pain is " lack of character's" cure,

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I know that there's a lot of people out there
that like to dress with a certain city kind of flair,
and I know you're worried about getting' dirty,
but the rosy cheeks and rolled up pants make you look purdy.

You can ride a bike at the speed of light.
If you want to, you can pass the cars on either side
you may slide,
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shit, you may collide,

well aware of this fact. (Three of them
are presently recovering from ankle injuries.) As in all other school approved
recreation sports clubs, participants are
required to fill out an Acknowledge-

Now, before I get too far, it needs to
some may think. Though it is unclear
exactly when falconry began, it 'was cer- be understood that the raptor is not hunttainly popular in the Middle Ages, and it ing for the person; it's hunting for itself.
might be a safe bet to assume that's when The rest of the time is spent in training
it took flight, so to speak. There has even .the bird to come back, watering, exercis-

ing and cleaning up after it.
A word to the masses: the falcons in
question aren't taken from the wild, but
raised and bred in an attempt to bring
their populations closer to a healthy
level. According to the frequently asked
questions on http://www.falconry.com/.
"there is nothing preventing a bird that
doesn't want to stay from simply flying
offfor good. Rather than having a seven
out of ten chance of dying before age
one, a falconry bird can reach advanced
old age. It is not a pet. It is a partner."
All right, then. It sounds a bit like
the people/cat relationship. They come
and go as they please; we feed them and
clean up after them . Seems a bit okay.
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"In the end, it was Concordia's hitting that did in Evergreen"
exerpted trom an online article by James J. portune

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Yielding nature and propriety manifesting
Accumulating the arrogance and egotist
Eternal prosperity
Pushes over the cake
Crashes the body
Captivating the spirit
But exercising proper restraints
Confidence seeds
Allowing the worm to burrow 01/1 of its hole
Kissing the ground with its squirming head
Despite the danger that lurks above
Gratitllde overwhelms
For inevitable happiness sinks in
To reconstruct a new life, a new journey
Only the tenacity of the heart will prevail
To unleash the Holy Grail
Herac/es in the middle ofthe labyrinth
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ASHLAND, Ore. - The Achilles'
heel of the 2003 Evergreen Women's
Volleyball team has been service errors,
and it was a service error that knocked
them out of the Cascade Conference
Post-Season Tournament.
Trailing \3-14 to #3 Concordia
University Cavaliers (12-6 Cascade
Conference, 13 -12 Overall) in the fifth
and final game of the opening round of
the tournament, a serve error on the part
of Evergreen (10-8 CCC, 14-12 Overall)
gave Concordia their fifteenth point, the
game and the match win.
"The altitude, and several of the girls

not being one hundred percent healthy,
got us," said head coach Bill Lash. "We
simply ran out of gas."
The momentum the Geoducks built
in game one carried over into game two
and Evergreen defeated the Cavaliers
30-27. This time it was Evergreen's
defense that overwhelmed Concordia's
offense. Three solo blocks and two assist
blocks by Lane, three assist blocks by
sophomore Kristen Bartley (Lubbock,
Texas/Monterey H.S.) and an assist
block from senior Stephanie Short
(Spokane, Wash.lShadle Park H.S.) and
Plunk limited the Cavaliers to a match

low 10% hitting.
But the four-time defending Cascade Conference tournament champions
Concordia had no intention of travelling
240 miles to Ashland, Ore. to loss in
the opening round of the tournament.
Regrouping, they recorded eighteen
team kills and beat Evergreen in game
three, 30-27.
With elimination looming on the
horizon for both teams, game five
proved to be a dogfight. Evergreen
rolled off three consecutive points.
Concordia caught up and went ahead
4-5. Evergreen's offense fired once

again and the Geoducks rolled to an
11-8 lead. Concordia answered and
stepped to the threshold of victory, leading 14-12, Senior outside hitter Richele
Stark (Bellevue, Wash.lSamamish H.S.)
pulled Evergreen to within one, 13-14,
on a cross-court kill. Then, Evergreen's
season end, on a service error.
In the end, it was Concordia's hitting that did in Evergreen. Five Cavalier
players recorded double digit kills, a phenomenon that no team has ever accomplished against a Geoduck team.

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essential oil nasal steams, eat chili peppers .
Runny nose: yarrow, black elderberry.
Cough: osha , elecampane , wild
cherry bark.
Where to find these herbs: Radiance
has a large selection; the Food Co-op and
the Student Hea lth Center also have
some of the herbal remedies.
Symptoms to watch for:
[n general, healthy young adults do
not need to see a medical practitioner
for viral illnesses . However, there are
several danger signs to watch for. If you
have any of the symptoms below, you
should be seen. Otherwise, stay at home
resting and drinking fluids .
I. A fever that persists for five or
more days.
2. Severe nausea combined with
diarrhea and dehydration.
3. Severe and persistent throat, ear,
or sinus pain.
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especially if combined with diarrhea.
5. A cough COMB[NED with a
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3-5 p.m. Master Class with Dell' Arte performer Joan Shirley. Info:
867.6632.
5-7 p.m. Local Grower Dinner featuring Whispering Springs Farms of
Rochester, WA. $8.29 at the Greenery Cafe.
. 6:30 p.m. SESAME and 'Common Bread present J. E. McNeil, executive
director of the Center on Consciousness and War, talking about the draft. In LH
4. For info, call 867.6033.
6:30 p.m. Habitat Meeting in LIB 2100.
7 p.m. Faces of the Homeless Forum, at the Longhouse. Please bring food
and clothing donations!
7 :30 p.m. The Olympia World Affairs Council presents Len Reid on Australia
and the USA: Friends, AIIi~s ~d Trading Partners. At the Olympia Center, Room
101, on State and Columbia In downtown Olympia.
. 8 p.~: The Society for Trans Action and Resources (STAR) holds a candlehght VigIl to remember the tragedies against transgender individuals. Please
wear warm clothing!
8:30 p.m. Last Word Books benefit show at Le Voyeur. Featuring One-Eyed
Spectacle, A-Kamp and The Bond.

Friday, November 21
9 a.m. Come see the salmon spawn! RSVP online at http://www.nwifc.org!
kennedy.htm or call 412.0808.
6:30 p.m. EARN presents Direct Action for Animal Liberation with Josh
Harper, in the Edge, second floor of A dorm.
8 p.m. Dell'Arte presents Second Skin, in the Experimental Theater. Info:
867.6833 .

Saturday, November 22
All day! A Day of Carnival. .. Massive Movement for Humanity. At Heritage
Park in downtown Olympia. Contact: 867.6144.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Natural dye workshop! $85. Contact 482.1291 or
Ifrey@teachline.com.
8 p.~. Second Ski~, prese~ted by Evergreen Expressions. Experimental
theater tn the COM bUlldtng. Tickets $16 general, $8 students. For more info,
call 867.6833 .

Sunday, Novetnbe-r 23
~ ~.m. Vegan Th.anks~iving, and networking with Puget Sound Animal Rights
actlvlsr:>, at the Umverslty of Puget Sound in Tacoma. RSVP: UPSTART@Res
pectAmmals.com or contact EARN at 867.6555 or eam@riseup.net.
6 p.m. Art In The Streets meets for the last time this year! 611 Capitol Way
S #409. Info: 259.6404.

10 p.m. Soul Good Dancing with OJ Keith Leviathan at the Mark 407
Columbia in downtown Olympia. 21 +.

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9 p.m. Top-40/funk dancing with OJ Keith Leviathan at the Vault. 425 N
Franklin in downtown Olympia. 21+, $3.

Every Saturday
10 p.m. Dancing with OJ Keith Leviathan at the Fourth Avenue Tavern. 210
Fourth Ave in downtown Olympia. $1,21+.

Every Sunday
7 p.m. Anime Night II at the Edge in A dorm.
10 p.m. Dancing with OJ Keith Leviathan at the Fourth Avenue Tavern. 210
Fourth Avenue. 21+.

Every Monday
3 - 3:45 p.m. Edu-Action meeting in COM 300A (community resource
room).

Every Tuesday
5 p.m. WashPIRG meets in the S&Aspace of the third floor of the CAB! Help
us plan Greener Earth Day!
9 p.m. Dancing with OJ Keith Leviathan at Charlie's 620 Fourth Ave in
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downtown Olympia. 21+.

Every Wednesday
3 p.m. Jewish Cultural Center meets in LIB 2129.
3 - 5 p.m. The Community Resource Center will be staffed by Edu-Action in
COM 300A. Info at 866.9699 or stujerIO@evergreen.edu.
8 p.m. Seattle Poetry Slam at the Capitol Hill Arts Center. 1621 Twelfth Avenue
(Twelfth and Pine). -$25 first prize! 21+, $5 .

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