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january 29 , 2004

Carnival Clashes with Armed Forces
Do you secretly
love Pop Culture?
"Yes. I'm one of
those people who
would read a Star
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me."
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On Wedn~sday, members of Carnival attempted to get a comment from members of the U.S. anned forces. They
refused and attempted to cover the sign from being in the photo.
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Do You Want to
Make a Difference?
"I like one of
those Backstreet
Boys songs. I
cannot understand
Amer.ican Jokes."
Hiroko Tanaka

Senior
Foundations of the
Performing Arts

TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
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Address Service Requested
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bv Sarah MackenZIe
You've been hearing a lot about sexual
and domestic violence on campus these
days. In September there were numerous
events ' addressing issues of sexual violence, and October was Domestic Violence
Awareness Month. So you know it is happening here, but what can you do about
it? You can take a self-defense workshop
with your friends, request an educational
event for your academic program, write
an article for the CP J, challenge people
in your community about oppressive attitudes, or you can work with a violence
prevention prevention organization. The
best way to start is to start. Talk to your
friends, family, classmates, and faculty
- whoever you think is interested in the
subject - and take action together to make
a difference.

An immediate opportunity to make a
difference is available through the TESC
Office of Sexual Assault Prevention
(OSAP). This is an office on campus that
provides both advocacy to survivors and
education to end sexual violence. We are
currently hiring a student coordinator for
the Campus Advocacy Program (CAP).
This program provides peer advocacy to
survivors of sexual violence twenty-four
hours a day, seven days a week. Providing
advocacy includes empowering survivors
by assisting them with legal, medical, and
emotional needs. The position description
for the student coordinator consists of
recruiting and training student volunteers
who will act as advocates on campus. The
coordinator will also advertise for the CAP,
as well as network and build community

geared towards supporting survivors
of sexual violence. This is an excellent
opportunity to provide Evergreen with
a greatly needed service while gaining
invaluable training and experience. The
position is eight hours a week, including
some weekend and evening hours.
Please spread the word about this
position - the sooner we find the right
person, the sooner we can start providing
peer advocacy when it's needed! If you
are interested, stop by OSAP to pick up
an application. If you have questions or
ideas about how you can make a difference
regarding issues of sexual and domestic
violence, give us a call. We are located in
Seminar I room 4130 and can be reached
at 867.5221 or TOO \.800.833.6388.
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Day of Presence, Day of Absense --Calendar of Events
Thursday, February 4 - Day of Presence
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Fishbowl Discussion: A Year Later - Creating Inclusive Learning
Environments
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library 1000

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Critical Moments case story and discussion
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Library 1000
I f you are planning to participate in the Critical Moments discussion, please RSVP by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4 to First
Peoples' Advising Services at 360.867.6467, or firstpeoples @evergre
en.edu.

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Soul Food Po tluck *
5:30 p.m.

CAB, second floor

• Sponsored by Umoja. Please contact them at 867.6781 for a list ofrecommended
dishes to bring to the potluck.

Friday, February 5 - Day of Absense
Off Campus Community of Color Retreat
Lacey Community Center, 6729 Pacific Ave. SE Lacey, Washington
360.412.3191 or 491.0857
Van leaves from the Library Building bus loop ....
Welcome Activities with Continental Breakfast
Sustaining Our Energies. Replenis/1(ng Our Spirits
Reverend Dr. Leslie Braxton
noon - 1:30 p.m. Potluck lunch - Bring a dish to share with the
community!
1:30 - 3 p.m.
lournalingfor the Soul: A Creative Experience
Mukti Khanna
Cookie break
3 - 3:30 p.m.
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events and Activities
3:30 - 4 p.m.

8:30 a.m.
9 - 10:15 a.m.
10:30 - noon

** Pre-registration to ride the campus van is required. Contact First Peoples' Advising
Services at 360.867.6467 or firstpeoples @evergreen.edu by Wednesday, February 4,
5 p.m . to reserve your space.

Student Union Rocks the Nation
Students working on creating a Student Union/Governance have met the past two
weeks in open forums, discussing policies and practices we see need to be changed at
Evergreen, possible models for a governance, and identifying the purpose and power
of such a body.
The primary reason students are excited about this project is our commitment to
establishing a unified student voice in order to proactively make decisions and shape
policy at our school.
What direction do you want Evergreen to move toward? How are important decisions
made now? How should policies be made?
We will be meeting weekly to solidify a structure or model for governance at
Evergreen. Everyone is encouraged to come and be a part of this process . If you can 't
come, don't fret; we will be keeping students updated and infonned and looking for
your feedback, ideas and criticism.
We can make this a reality. We can change the power structure here.
***Wednesdays 1 p.m., LIB. 1706***

Kucinich
Meet-up
Next Wednesday (February 4),
Democratic-nominee candidate Dennis
Kucinich will speak at St. Martin's
Pavilion, off Pacific Avenue in Lacey,
beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The next day (February 5), a public
information gathering will be held at
the Olympia Community Yoga Center,
located at 1009 East Fourth Avenue,
from 7-8 :30 p.m.

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"Our Silence is Consent! Have Your Voice Heard.
Participate in Democracy."
Geoducks for Dennis Kucinich will be hosting a Caucus Training Session on Friday,
January 30 at I :30 p.m. in Lib 2126 . Guest speaker will be Third Congressional District
Coordinator Wes Hamilton.
Come learn how the caucus works, so you'll be better prepared for your precinct
caucus Saturday, February 7 at 10 a.m.
Geoducks for Dennis Kucinich website:
http://academic.evergreen.edu/m/marrob28/
- Robert Martindale

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Saturday, February 7, Barnes &
Noble will welcome author and doll
artist Carolyn Michael for a discussion
and book signing. The 2 p.m. event will
also feature a display of dolls made in
a Japanese internment camp .
Her book, Enchanted Companions:
Stories of Dolls in our Lives, is a collection of stories and photographs,
spanning generations and cultures,
each doll with its own tale to tell.
The book costs $14.95, though the
event itself is free and open to the
public.
Barnes & Noble is located at 1530
Black Lake Boulevard, Olympia.
For more information. contact loan
Ashcraji at 360.534.0388.

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S&A Board Minutes
By ria FredfmkSen
The S&A board has been hard at proposed full funding. Chris Hickman
work since reconvening on January 12, seconded. Consensus was reached .
2004. The new quarter began with a
Umoja also proposed funding that
total Special Initiative fund balance of day for various Black History Month
$69,165.72.
events, including films, speaker honoThe first proposal of the quarter was rariums, and the Step Fest. Total request
for the Evergreen CD Project's annual $6,579.80. Chris Hickman propos ed
CD production. Total request $2,300.00, full funding. Rachel Freer seconded.
which included production and pack- Consensus was reached.
The Board did not meet on January 19
aging of tbe CD. Dyami Allen proposed
funding $1,940, reflecting the use of on- due to the MLK Day holiday. The Board
campus printing instead of the proposed reconvened Wednesday, January 21 to hear
printing facil ities . Chris Hickman sec- a proposal from Mindscreen for winter
onded. Consensus was reached.
and spring quarter film screenings.
ASIA proposed funding for co-sponsor- Total request was $6,900.00. Mindscreen
ship of the Lunar New Yearffai Ji work- carried an account balance forward of
shop event in the amount of $1,172.00. $1,141.00. lake LaMere proposed full
Rachel Freer proposedfollfonding. Dyami funding, real/ocating the account balAllen seconded. Consensus was reached.
ance forward and allocating $5, 759.00
On January 14, 2004, the NSA pre- from the S1 fund. Maggie Cain seconded.
sented a budget for the annual pow wow. Consensus was reached.
SESAME then came before the Board
Total request was $11,640.00. The NSA
carried an account balance forward of to request funding in the amount of
$1,986.25 from last year's allocations. $3,410.00 for a film festival and concert
l ordan Elaine proposedfullfunding, real- event. Dyami Allen proposedfullfunding.
locating the account balance forward and Chris Hickman seconded. Consensus was
funding the NSA $9,653.25. Dyami Allen reached.
As of January 21, 2004, the Special
seconded. Consensus was reached .
The Masters in Teaching GSA then Initiative fund balance was $38,988.71.
came before the Board, requesting $520.00 Get your Special Initiatives in year for
for a speaker honorarium. Puck Franta winter and spring events, coordinators.

by Philipe Lones/ar Michelle Harrington, Peer Education Coordinator, Evergreen Office of Sexual Assault Prevention
About 4100 students attend Evergreen. How
many people can make a difference in ending
sexual violence on our campus? The answer
is all of us. The department of Justice Crime
Victimization report says that one out of every
six American women have been the victims of an
attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
About one in eight American men have
experienced an attempted or completed rape in
their lifetime. As of now, transpeople and genderqueers are not included in statistics, though
there are high reports of assault in these communities. Ending sexual violence can seem like
a huge, impossible task, but the truth is, change
happens everyday and starts in small ways.
What is the first step to ending violence on
our campus? Do you believe that education
equals empowerment? Do you believe that
you can make a difference? Do you like using
creative educational techniques? The Office of
Sexual Assault Prevention's new Peer Education
Program is looking for ALL types of people to
help design projects to end sexual assault at
Evergreen in creative and interactive ways!
Peer education works.

Detailed minutes of each meeting are posted on the S&A bulletin board outside
the KAOS office on the thirdfloor of the CAB. The S&A Board meets Mondays and
Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in CAB 320. Meetings are open to all members of the
Evergreen community. Tire first J5 minutes of every meeting are open community
forum times, during wlriclr tire Board invites tire input of those wlro are so inclined,
followed by sclreduled Special Initiative hearings tlrat all are welcome to observe.

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We want to stop sexual violence before it

starts by educating the campus community about
consent, communication, boundaries and alcohol
issues. We can make a difference in a fun and
informative manner. Contact the office for more
information (see below).
Look for upcoming Sexual Assault Prevention
Peer Education events including our first movie
night and discussion of the year showing The
Accused with Jodie Foster, and our first interactive theater workshop, " How to ask your date
for a kiss!" Also, Philipe Lonestar, our Peer
Education Coordinator will be tabling weekly
in the CAB on Wednesday with resources and
information at Evergreen and in the community, brochures about dealing and healing from
domestic violence and sexual assault and flyers
about our events. Stop by and say hi or ask any
questions you may have. Our office is located in
the Seminar I building, room 4130, and is open
Tuesday throughThursday, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Call 867.5221 or x5221 on campus to make an
appointment for then, or another time if needed.
For TDD, call 1.800.833.6388.
Our other current art projects included an
ongoing collage project responding to media
myths about gender, sexuality and sexual
assault/domestic violence. You can contribute

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table in the CAB. The mural will be displayed
prior to a discussion about this topic towards the
end of the quarter.
We are also currently seeking survivors, artists
and allies to help design and paint The Evergreen
Survivor Mural Project. The mural will honor
the strength and bravery of survivors of sexual
assault, incest and domestic violence.
The mural is open to expressions of all genders, colors, sexualities, classes, abilities, ages
and gender expressions. The theme for this year 's
mural is "Building a World Free From Sexual
and Domestic Violence." The mural will serve as
a way for survivors and allies to tell their stories.
Our goal is for' the mural to educate, empower
and inspire the campus community.
To get involved or find out more about any
of our resources, events or projects, just contact the office at 867.5221 (x5221) or stop by
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An Ode to Barbara Kruger
by Angela Buck
by Lloyd Young

Barbara Kruger is an amazing artist
that confronts ideas of power identity
and sexuality. She mainly uses pictures
and text to catch viewer's eyes.
Kruger was born in New Jersey
and studied at Syracuse University
and Parsons School of Design. She
has had many jobs in photography,
teaching, critical writing, curating,
public art projects an d book publi shing. Kruger was also a graphic
designer for Mademoiselle and House
and Garden. She was very successful
during the 1980s with her striking
black and white images . Kruger's
work is done on billboards, t-shirts,
posters, bus cards, and many other
public commissions . Kruger's work
has been presented throughout the
United States, Europe and Japan. She's
so awesome that you won't just find
her art in magazines but also articles
written by her about television, film
and culture. Such magazines include
Art/orum, Esquire, The New York
TImes, and The Village Voice.
Her work is so remarkable because
of her composition of images and text
as well as the content of the text. The
phrases that she uses, such as "We have
received orders not to move" and "I am

your slice oflife," are eye catching and
provocative. Because of the presentation of her work as well as the quality, I
think Barbara Kruger is very successful
in raising awareness of many unnecessary stereotypes.
On the third floor of thc CAB
building there is a display case with
samples of hcr work as we ll as an art
project done by Sarah Mackenzie and
myself.
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I first became interested in the art of
mosaic while working as a vo lunteer at
Ranchos Elementary School in Taos, New
Mexico. It was a funny school in a funny
town. Everyone was an artist. The janitor
was working on a novel. The principal was
a sculptor. And the computer teacher just
happened to be a mosaic artist.
Mr. Romero told me his idea over lunch
one day. I have no idea what his tirst name
was. Everyone called each other by their
last name, Mr. or Mrs. Whatever- except
for me- I was Miss Angie. We had to talk
over a thousand persistent little voices.
"Mr. Romero! Selena ate my sang-witch!"
or "Miss Angie, can I go to the lie-berry?"
or worse: "Miss Angie, can I eat my sangwitch in the lie-berry?"
This was his idea: He wanted to construct a mosaic for the school, a horse
galloping majestically across the red,
white, and blue. Though the subject was
not exactly my cup of tea, I liked the permanence of mosaic art and the potential
for collaboration. Anyone can do mosaic,
and it always looks great.
Mr. Romero asked the students to bring
in relics from their home-kitchen plates,
LEGO men, jewelry, even a little red fire
truck. He spent nearly every day slaving
away at his mosaic, (probably neglecting
his duties as computer teacher), incorporating all the student items into the overall
work. When I' had time, I would help.Mr.
Romero with whatever he happened to be
doing at the time-breaking tiles, securing

them to the wall with tile adhesive , and
finally grouting the finished product.
The entire process, with the help of
students and teache rs , took about four
months from start to finish. I was struck
by its beauty as a whole, the way all the
little pieces, while ordinary in themse lves,
conspired to take your breath away. I was
hooked. I wanted to make one of my
own.
When I got back to C hicago , I had
no tools, no money, and no materials.
Fortunately, mosaic is an art that lends
itself to scavenging and improvisation.
I called around to all the glass shops in
town asking for scrap materials. After a
few calls, I hit the jackpot. A stained glass
store downtown saved all their scraps for
anyone who wanted them. I came away
with .three boxes of stained glass, of all
colors and textures. I invested in a good
pair of tile nippers and began working on
a design.
I eventually settled on Our Lady of
Guadalupe. I have absolutely no idea how
I came to this design, other than wanting a
colorful palette for my mosaic. These ideas
just come out of the woodwork. I think
that's probably true for most artists.
I consulted several renditions of Our
Lady and eventually worked out one of
my own-with her situated in the center
of the dollar bill, a halo round her head,
and a dove flying out of her chest. The top
was to say: IN HER WE TRUST. Again,

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no message here. I just thought it wou ld
look cool. Then I got to work , a little each
day. I took refuge in my basement, piecing
the virgin together.
The winter was the hardest part. Mosaic
is almost all drudgery. It's actually part
of its appeal, the manic nature of it, the
obsession with order in an otherwise
chaotic world. To be able to say, "Look,
I ' m a masochist. I actually did this'" I
spent countless hours cutting little pieces
of glass, picking one up, trying to fit it
somewhere, cutting it again. It's definitely
an acquired taste.
But then spring came, and I moved the
entire operation outside, letting the sun
fuel my work. I brought my radio and
stool outside and bopped along to The
Smiths, The Talking Heads, and Smashing
Pumpkins. By the end of the summer, she
was complete, and I was glad to get her
off my hands.
The mosaic took me almost a year to
complete, working a few hours each day.
I say this with a certain casualness, though
it didn't seem casual at the time. Work on
a piece of art that long and you actually
begin to have a relationship with it, a relationship more antagonistic than amicable.
We had our ups and downs, the virgin and
I, and I spent a lot of time in my basement
coercing her into doing what I wanted, so
to speak. In the end, I was proud of her, and
me, and my first "real" piece of art.

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This quarter, the Evergreen Musicians' Club and the Evergreen Percussion Club have
be~n wo~ki.ng together to sponsor a series of six workshops in Ta Ke Ti Na. Through
usmg .exlstmg group funds and seeking S&A special initiatives, we have been able to
negotIate a contract with advanced Ta Ke Ti Na instructor Scott Saunders. It was the
~ope of both student groups to offer the Olympia community these workshops for free
In an effort to spread awareness of what Ta Ke Ti Na is.
. I first became aware of Ta Ke Ti Na a year ago while studying Afro-Cuban drummIng under Scott Saunders. As part of our practice routine Scott introduced me to Ta
Ke Ti Na, a method for internalizing rhythm. Almost immediately after beginning I felt
a strong connection with the practice, and saw the significance of its method to what I
was trying to learn. From th at point on, I adapted the method to my personal practice
routine and began going to Scott's studio to participate in his personal practice.
So I'm sure you are wondering - what the hell is Ta Ke Ti Na?
Ta Ke Ti Na, developed by Reinhard Flatischler (http ://www.taketina.com/ ). uses
stepping, clapping, and rhythmic voice as a means of enterin g into the world of polyrhythms. Rhythm "mantras ," combined with preci se stepping patterns, open the doo r
to inherent rhythmic knowledge. Using the body as the main instrument, Ta Ke Ti
Na develops essential and fundamental music skills in a joyful and relaxed way. The
group and a drummer hold the basic rhythm, allowing each individual the freedom to
learn at his/her OWIi pace . By knowing that one can fall out and come back to the basic
rhythm at any time, each person is able to stay connected to the ongoing process. Thi s
can open trust toward rhythm and life. Emotion and rational thought., intuitive feeling
an~ cognitive action , passivity and activity, outer movements and inner silence begin
to mtegrate. As one focuses on simple words and steps, the mind becomes silent. Ta Ke
Ti Na provides deep relaxation and vitalization of the nervous system and the body 's
rhyt~ic patterns and develops rhythmic competence and creativity in all styles of
musIc for both professional musicians and beginners.
. The workshops began last week on January 21 and will continue every Wednesday
mght from 6:30-9 p.m. in CRC 317. The remaining dates are January 28, February 4,
February II , February 18, and February 25 .
For more information you can contact any of the following people:

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. . Soim~ Adventures is pr~s~nting G~le 'LaJ0:rein Snowflake at the Olympia High
Performmg Arts Center, on Saturday, February 14 (Valentine's Day) at 7 p .m . and
Sunday? February 15aO p.m . Tickets are $15 for adults and ,$8 for youth. Tickets
are avaIlable at the door one hour before the show or by calling 753.8522 . .
LaJoye is a world famous sil~nt-clown that has be<:!n compared to Charlie Chaplin,
Jackie Gleason, Carol Burnett and other highly-entertaining physical comedians.
LaJoyehas performed Snowflake throughout Europe, Asia and South America more
than 800 times. For six years, LaJoye toured Japan before deciding to retum to North
America for an encore tour.
. Peter Epperson a founder of Sound Adventures, the non-profit presenting LaJoye
In Olympia, was the activities coordinator at TESC from 1980 until 1981. Alumni
and faculty may remember him for the Beaux Alts Ball on Valentine's Day in 198 J ,
which featured two stages in tbe CAB and ended with a multi-media evt!nt tenturin"
costumed guests. According to Epperson, " Snowflake is theatre at its best and yo~
don ' t want to miss it." He continued, "TESC students can attend at the $8 youth rate.
Just mention the CPJ."
LaJoye, a former member of Ringling Brothers Circus, has been perfonning his
unique style of silent-clowning and slapstick for almost three decades. "He's an original, a maste~ clown in the Bill Irwin, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin tradition ,"
claims Peter. Brosius, artistic director of the famed Minneapolis Children's Theatre
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Americ~ flJi~st :~,~atrical ~Iowns.'~: :rhey went on to encourage people to "be sllre
notto Ill1SS *IS ',i>~lgnarit"mast~r oh;ilent,comic theatre." A Courier Mail reviewer
in ~i~~Y~ Austriilia;f~lt, " J~aJoye ;s .siJe#~e is more eloquent than many other people 's
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In 1~~9; LaJ9y~, was PlU"alyzed w~th a broken neck in a car accident. Slowly his
motorsklll~ returri~~, .and after three;ye!ifS of rehabilitation he was back on stage in
a tutu dancmg on woOden ' down~hillskis, floating effortlessly ' a~ross tile stage on a
skateboard, and makirig his audiences forget their own .physicalliinitations. •
. Using little more than his hands,fac.eand body, LaJoye c~'eates a. magical world .
LIke other famous silent clowns, LaJoye's Snowflake transfon:ns the day-to-day
aspects of life.intoprecious, memorable moments. Simple props take on new lives
as animated objects and, with LaJoye's help, communicate complex and endearing
messages without a word. .
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, Tickets are $15 foraduits and $8 for youth. (TESC students that mention the CP J
can purchaSe ticketS: for $8.) Advance tickets can be purchased by calling 753 .8522.
Tickets wi1\. be available in the OlympIa High Performing Arts. Center Lobby 011
Carlyon Street one hol,lf before the show. .
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More important than making up for his
last three failures (Mars Attacks!, Sleepy
HoI/ow, Planet of the Apes), Tim Burton
manages to stay true to his style without
caricaturing it to appease hardcore fans
with Big Fish, his eleventh feature film,
Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace,
Big Fish captures the life story of Edward
Bloom (Albert Finney/Ewan McGregor),
but as he tells it ~ full of illusions and
impossibilities. Edward's son William
(Billy Crudup), a professional writer, never
believes the tales he's grown up with, and
as his father withers to cancer, he tries to
find the truth about his dad's life before
he can ' t ask.
The greatest strength of Big Fish is
that, while it's obvious the story ends
with Edward dying of cancer, the viewer
has no idea what that will entail or how
the characters will reach that point. Ewan
McGregor as the younger Edward Bloom
is Iike Odysseus wandering through a
series of episodes evoking Fellini, James
Stewart, and The Adventures of Pete and
Pete. The turns are always interesting
even when poaching hoary cliches, and
Steve Buscemi and Danny De Vito help

by giving small performances to enrich
the story instead oftheir careers.
The film also manages to explore the
beauty of life and pain without succumbing to the cute, angst-filled preciousness
of David Lynch knock-offs like Donnie
Darko and American Beauty. Those
movies seem to imply that life is horrible
and beautiful, and to be tortured is paramount. The characters have no desire to
accomplish anything or solve their problems, merely wallow in poor philosophy.
This isn't the case with Big Fish, which
is buoyant, but never sappy until the final
few seconds ofthe film . It shows what life
can offer through idealization and fantasy
while implying that pain is always lurking
underneath because the main character's
trustworthiness is questionable. This
sounds contradictory, but the film isn 't.
It's an accurate representation of a human 's
perception of himself.
Big Fish works well alongside Burton 's
best films, having the visual and psychological depth of Pee-Wee:S Big Adventure,
Beetlejl1ice, Ed Wood, and Edward
Scissorhands. It's also a valid sign that his
career is not as wayward as it has been.

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Despite Great Qpportunity,
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Our Spirit 1S
in Trouble!
by Brian FleweR
Opportunity, the sister ship of Spirit
(CP J 01/15 "The Spirit Has Landed"),
has safely landed in Meridiani Planum,
Mars. Unlike all the other photographs
we see of Mars, Meridiani Planum is a
flat desert with a hill of bedrock in the
distance. In full color photos (available
at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/).
the bright colors of Mars are at their best.
The talcum powder-like dirt that is in
Meridiani Planum is bright orange rust,
giving Earthlings their first breathtaking view of why we call Mars "The Red
Planet. " Administrators called the successful landing in the desert crater a "300
million mile hole-in-one," That's got to be
some sort of record .
Despite Opportuni(y' s successful
landing, trouble has struck its sister ship
Spirit . Early on Sol 18, the eighteenth
Martian day of the Mars Rover mission,
or Wednesday, January 21, Spirit sent back
a string of ones and zeroes that could not be
attributed to normal functions. Conclusion:
a software error in the flash memory of the
rover, which caused Spirit to have a case

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of robotic epilepsy. From Sol 18 to Sol
21 (January 2 I through the 24), Spirit's
memory and software told the rover to
reboot over 60 times. It has been decided
that each Martian morning, the team at
NASA will send a command to override
the memory's reboot command, loading
the rover in a "debug" mode that will
allow the rover to function normally until
a new set of instructions can be uploaded
to Spirit's memory banks.
I shall update you on the situation on
Mars as information becomes available.
You can also follow the Mars rovers '
progress at http: // www.jpl. nasa.gov/
mer2004/.
<If you haven 't noticed so far, I have
been using the term "Sol" in this report.
Mars has a day that is slightly longer
than Earth 's 24-hbur rotation rate. Mars
spins once around its axis every 24 hours,
37 minutes, and 22 seconds. After a few
weeks, Mars is one Earth day behind us, so
it is much easier to convert to Martian time
when it comes to explaining the activities
on Mars.)

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Me.ridiani Planum, Mars. Here is a panoramic view ofOppO..u;riity s new home. The last photo from
Mars in the CPJ was too dark to see anything except Ihe over exposed Sun, but Ihis one should make
up for il. Opportunity i~, literally, halfa world away from it s sister ship Spirit

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The Curmudgeon:

Evergreeners are Completely Full
of Shit

The Definite Article:
A Word is Born
by So Kinney

by Lee Kepraios
It's true, yo u know. Everyone on this
campus is completely and totally full of
shit. The student body, I mean. Look at us.
We're pathetic. Could we stop pretending we
know everything and just shut the fuck up
and listen? For one thing, many of us have
no identity, so in the meantime we try to
validate our existence through the championing of causes. That 's how we try to define
ourselves. It becomes who we are.
I' m so sick of everybody's causes screaming in my ear night and day. Although I
believe causes are generally fruitless, I
also understand that some of these causes
are important and necessary. But too many
people at this school treat their causes like
cliques. You know why causes are so big
at Evergreen? Turns out it's good for your
social life. Causes are co ll egiate Friendster
for people who li sted " politics" as one of
their interests on the application form.
Not to say that there aren't sincere people
among us. It just smacks of some of the "convenient hippieness" of the '60s. Everybody
lionizes the hippies of the '60s. Sure, there
were real hippies who believed in things,
unlike the ones we have now. But a good
number of them went to peace rallies to meet
hot people into free love and bra burning and
to stop a war they might actually have to
go to. Again, sincere people they were and
they had legitimate beefs. But there were
phonies among them and there are phonies
among them and there are phonies among
us now. Everybody's hungry for love and
companionship, but there's just something

about being in a cause together, a crusade Work towards a solution! Don't bask in gui lt
with like-minded brethren, that makes the and certain ly don 't thrust it on those around
you. There's nothing wrong with questionexhausted, lost-cause sex even hotter.
There are tons of buzzwords here . ing your privilege in deference to those who
"Solidarity." That one's all over the place. haven't had it so we ll , those who have had
Everything's about solidarity. It 's a tragedy to struggle in their li ves because of forces
and conditions beyond their control. But if
the number of words that co llege students
are devaluing with overuse.
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you ' re walking around
. , ~ every minute of the
I' m s ick of hearing
Greeners over-banter these
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day with all this
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white guilt, yo u ' ll
words: "disenfranchised ,"
" neo-fasc ism," "s ubconnever ac hieve any of
that true equal ity that
sc iousness," "e ndem ic,"
we all want so much .
" subjugation," "patriarchaL" Buzzwords are big
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Secondly, let 's know
what we're talking about.
at Evergree n . The first
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,
I am appalled by the
thing I learned about thi s
school in the t im e I've been
number of people I meet
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on this camp us who ca ll
here is that I can weasel my
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themselves " political activway into almost any facet
ists" who in actual ity know
of this campus if I just use
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next to nothing about pol itics.
the word "community" in
Some guy says he's a political
my dai Iy speech . Another
activist, and he starts telling me
major word is "movement."
Everything ' s a " movehe eats organic foods instead of
ment. " Or a "prosperous
poisoning his body with chemical
movement." I had a prosperous
additives, as he takes a tremendous drag on
movement after breakfast the other day. And hi s cigarette and as I talk to him for no more
than ten minutes, I see that he knows nothing
there was little sol idarity involved .
First of all , enough with the white gui lt. about partisanship, nothing about the way
We 're dealing in too much white guilt around governments are run, nothing about parties,
this campus. It's not helping. It brings noth- nothing about the pol itical history of even hi s
ing to the table. Racial guilt, sexual guilt, own country. Chances are al l he knows how
political gu ilt, gui lt about this war, about that to do is stand in a crowd, ho ld up a sign and
war: none of it is helping. White people keep shout 35-year-old slogans he didn't think of.
thrusting their guilt on other white peop le. That doesn 't make you a pol itical activist. It

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makes you a talking billboard.
So let's stop being a bunch of snobby,
pretentious, self- important, pseudo-spiritual ,
lunatic, hipster, know-it-a ll s. We ' re here to
learn. Remember what happened in our
adolescent years? Remember the angst? We
learned that we don't know everything there
was to know, that the world didn't revo lve
around us, that our wort h was much less than
we though and that we had no idea who we
were. We knew all that as youngs ters and we
forgol it. But I didn ' t.
Lee's New Ruleofthe Week: Ca li fornian s
don 't get new houses. If Ca li fornia wants to
make cuts in its budget. it s first item shoul d
be to stop giv ing money to these boneheads
who live in the fore sts and don't protect their
hom es from wildfires . Every year we hear
about al l the homes that were lost because
th e owners were too stupid to fireproof them
from fire s. Why is the Golden State rewarding rich boneheads for the ir stup idity? Sa me
thing with those li ving in a nood plain. Give
'em nothing. If people are to suffer due to
the sins of their parents, I say let the rich
suffer for doing st upid things like building
on un stable hill sides and coastal land s. Why
make taxpayers suffer because rich peopl e
keep building homes in stupid place s?
They're surrounded by kindling l Why don't
they just insulate their homes with oily rags
so they' ll burn faster?

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heedledeedledoodlation.
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This magnificent \:ord. is my
contribution to
the English lexicon. It mean s "the act of
telling the artist who draws the illuminated
first letter of your column that the letter is
going to be 'W,' then drastically changing
the beginning of the piece at the last minute
and not being able to think of any way of
starting with 'w.'" The nice thing about a
" living language" like Engli sh is that you ' re
allowed to do things like this.
Neo logism- the coining of a new word
or phrase, or the invention ofa new use for
an ex ist ing word- has a venerable history.
After a ll , words don ' t just pop out of the
ground li ke mushrooms. Somebody has to
come up with them. Trul y, all words were
neologisms at some point. Shakespeare
himself is said to have come up with over
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1700 of them, many of which have becom.
so accepted that it's hard to imagine ou
language without them: words Iike summit
lonely, generous, blanket, and excitement
The Bard is also responsib le fo r such pear l:
as remorseless, torture, bloodstained, ant
eyeba ll. (Who would have guesse d tha
Vincent Price's career was so dependent 0 1
Shakespeare's creativity?)
Nowadays, words are being invented at al
alarming rate; evidence of th is phenomenol
is co ll ected in the pages of the website http
Ilwww.wordspy.com /.Thi s si te is devote<
to what its author calls "Iexpionage"- tha ·
is, the di scovery and transmi ss ion of nove
words and phrases. Updated daily, wordsp)
presents a li st of recent vernacular appea r·
ances. On it , you will find such nuggets a~
"earworm" (a song that gets st uck in YOLl!
head), "pomosexual" (a person who shuns
labels that define individuals by their sexual
preferences), and " poo x" (a dog that results
from the cross between a purebred poodle
and another can ine breed). These words have
come into existence for the same reason as
most neologisms: to describe something for

which there was previously no word. When
th is happens, neologisms can be useful additions to the language.
But there are other kinds of neologism s
that are not so benign . Often, words or
phrases are coined o ut of pretentiousness
( li ke when a school calls a paragraph a
"br ief con structed response") or with an
in tent to m is lead (Ii ke when a pres ident
ca ll s a bill expedit ing logg ing the "Healthy
forest Initiati ve"). This is unacceptabl e.
Inventing showy and unnecessary new terms
is not only conce ited, it's irresponsible. T he
purpose of la nguage is communication.
Neologisms coined out of necess ity-eve n
silly ones like "poo x"- facilitate communication; they make it easier for us to al1iculate ideas, because they give us clearer, more
descriptive ways of speaking. They make our
language colorful. But using a new word in
place of a perfectl y serviceable old one, or
using a new p hrase in place of a sing le, clear
word , is like trying to paint with every color
at the same time: it just turns to brown. And
designing new terms for the so le purpose o f
making comillunication less intelligible is

like painting with a broom.
The al lure of this kind of doublespeak,
of course, is that it is useful ; it serves a
distinct purpo se. Politicians devi se new,
misleading ways of say ing things because
if they s poke plainly, the ridiculollsness of
the ir ideas would be obviolls. It 's important
to recognize thi s kind of lang uage as what
it is- mal icious insin cerity- and refuse to
take it se riously.
The nice thing about thi s language of ours,
though, is that nobody's really in charge of
it. Writers and politicians can create as many
new words as they want, and grammarians
can hem and haw and refuse to put them
in dictionaries, but the on ly true way for a
word to become a part of th e lang uage is
lor it to gain enduring popular acceptance.
And thi s rarely happens to a word if it is
not needed. So what is the fate of "wheedl edeed ledood lation "? Only time- and ,
maybe. wordspy.com- wi II tell.

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Cops and Protestors:
Pi.gs at the Same Trough
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by Mike Treadwell
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"Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage." -H.L. Mencken
Cops and protestors thrive off the same
substance (i.e., the public's ignorance,
fears, and arrogance) and they. cause
an amazing amount of destruction (the
obscene allocation of money to the Miam i
police department for the FTAA protests,
and the destruction that both the police
and protestors caused - regardless of who
started it). The infamous WTO protests in
Seattle serve as a good example of the two
destructive forces mentioned above. In this
constant street war between two kinds of
pigs, one finds themselves repeating the
old Richard Pryor line, "Does justice mean

The ever-holy protestors exploit any tol- Revolution to the Los Angeles Riots of
erance the public ever gave them. Their 1992. Think about that the next time you
power in numbers resembles the old slogan get a rush from a crowd. Should you get
in the days of people like Draco, "Might in a situation where death is imminent,
creates right." The cops, on the other remember this: you have very little politihand, are lifted by their state-sanctioned cal influence when you're dead. (Marx
exclusive right of the use offorce. "Who's might be a possible exception.)
gonna stop us? We're the cops!"
A word of note: I am using the word
I decided it would be timely to publish "democracy" to mean "rule of the many."
this as something more about the madness People use this loaded term in some many
of crowds because protestors and cops different ways these days it is becoming
really seem to think the lynch mob mental- increasingly hard to catch up. If you claim
ity is cool. Before engaging in a lynch mob, that the U.S. is a democracy, I think you're
I would think about what many southern wrong.
JUSTUS?"
blacks at the turn of last century had to
The best technical term I can think of
After the FTAA protests in Miami, one go through when the "neighborhood" and for the state would be a "federal constituhad to wonder who was worse: the cops or "democracy" came ravaging through town. tional democratic republic." The Founding
the protestors. The cops' dispensations of That kind of democracy wasn't fair or just. Framers were far too wise to construct an
"justice" and the protestors' dispensations The destructive protestors today resemble absolute democracy; they only offered a
of "justice" were very alike in the same the same destructive people of the past. filtered one. Jefferson had the insight to
way: both caused the problem and both (Socialists in the carly twentieth century note that, "A man thinking himself injured
claimed to be innocent. "We the police can created an atmosphere of terror using the makes more noise than a state."
never be wrong! We protect people. That madness of crowds. Socialists created a
The only difference between the past
is why I had to beat the shit out of this good atmosphere for Nazism. The National and now is that lynch mobs have cool
hippie even though there are ten of us and Socialists of Gennany joined the ranks of names like "peace officer," "justice",
only one of him." "We the protestors are Nazis because their political ideas were "human rights advocate," "protestor,"
just exercising our First Amendment rights considered "progressive.")
"progressive" and various other shrouds.
by tagging trite slogans and throwing these
A lot of people have died in lynch mobs Good luck for "justice" and a life under
bricks through the windows of Starbucks." including everything from the French these ideals!

january 29, 2004

the cooper pOint journal

the cooper point journal

All of this is not to say that the protestors or the cops don't serve a good purpose.
They do serve a purpose at times.
I can sometimes respect the idea or
premise of a protest as well as I can respect
the premise of some sort of law. Between
the idea and the action, there has to be
some disconnect.
When the will ofthe (uniformed) majority stampedes over the will of the minority,
heads roll and the next day everybody forgets. In certain cases people die, but who
cares, right? Mankind says, "Me, me, and

on/yme!"
With the destruction of anything and
everything for the sake of action and reaction, we will need new paper headlines. If
the world was ever to end, I would recommend the New York Times front page news
story be titled, "Activists try to save world,
world says 'No thanks.'"
This could be followed by the story,
"Police still continue to look for suspect
in homicide case involving the police." As
for me: I will sit by and watch. This is, after
all, the best damn circus I ever saw!

january 2 9, 2004

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q~ Papaiacovo/l, Cal'l1ival Co-coordil7ator

On Monday, January 26, Carnival
staged the first of many actions to
come. Our goal was to pop the bubble
that many of thc students live in , to
opell all of our eyes to the condition s around the world . We choose
10 through thi s through art : to create
bcauty in an otherwise ugly world . We
would like to share joy and love with
the rest of our classmates, Ollr community mcmbers, our fellow human s,
and our world at large.
On Monday we s tage Operation

Part Two:
by Ta/ia M Wilson

I'll be honest. When I started editorializing about music , I hadn't intended on
writing about Janis. Quite frankly, I really
didn ' t want to. Those who know me might
think the task an easy one, since Janis is
one of my favorite singers. But really,
how could I write this damn thing without making it sound like an overzealous
fan testimonial? Hmm, I have no idea . ..
I guess what sparked this madness is the
seemingly ongoing effort to bring Janis'
life story to the big screen.
For the longest time, the aptly titled
Piece of My Heart, penned by Melissa
Etheridge's ex-lover Julie Cypher and supposedly starring then-dark-tressed Brittany
Murphy, kept hitting too many roadblocks:
it was on, then it wasn ' t; no one ever
really heard whether it was ever really
in the works or merely rumor. Now, the
rumor is that Piece of My Heart has been
scrapped and a new bio has been greenlit,
starring native Texan Renee Zellwegger
providing her own vocals and supposedly
recycling her Bridget Jones weight to
play the so-called "chunky" singer. Okay,
I'm no movie critic, but given a choice
between the two actresses, I'd definitely
go with Murphy. While I can't deny that
Zellwegger is a good actress, she lacks the
rawness and vulnerability that Murphy is
able to portray almost effortlessly (think

Don ~ Say a Word and Girl, Interrupted) .
Plus, I doubt Murphy would even attempt
to dupe Janis' singing. And Zellwegger's
a fool for trying; I don't care how many
Golden Globes she's won . The only one,
and I mean the only one, who's come
close to sounding like Janis is Kathi
McDonald, who appeared on Big Brother
and the Holding Company's 1997 release
Can't Go Home Again (check out AA's The
Years Go Passing By).
Some of you might be thinking, "What's
so great about a singer with a scratchy
voice who nearly managed four albums
by the time she overdosed at 27?" Well,
put simply, Janis and Big Brother were
ahead of their time, as were many other
singers and groups of the psychedelic era.
But Janis was unique in the sense that she
made it okay for women to rock, thereby
inspiring generations to come. Her solo
outings with the Kozmic Blues and Full
Tilt Boogie bands were daring, but they
allowed her to do music her way. She
spoke her mind and said what she felt,
regardless of who was listening. She took
the tight-laced attitudes regarding gender
roles, particularly concerning sex, and
basically threw them out the window, and
her bra along with them . She sought diversity through music, channeling the likes of
those she admired, including Willie Mae

Startling Truth. Not enough people
arc aware of the death and suffering
being waged in our names. Over 8,000
human beings have been killed by a
war that we were told was to oust one
man . Over 22,000 human beings have
been injured, ranging from newborns
to the elderly, so we can find weapons that RUl11sfcid earlier told us,
"we know where they are," yet none
were unco vered. In fact , members in
the administration and the inspection
tea ms are saying what membe rs of the

Thorton, Etta James and Otis Redding.
Music was her life: she was as much a
part of it as it was of her. She eventually
adopted the persona Pearl that would title
her final and posthumous studio release,
which many critics touted as her best. She
was different. She was tough and ballsy, yet
fragile and all too human as she fell victim
to herself and to heroin some 33 years ago.
However, the life and times of Janis Joplin
have been documented (Ball and Chain,
Janis), recounted (Nine Hundred Nights,
vh I Legends, E! True Hollywood Story),
and vaguely retold (The Rose). There are
already many books out there about Janis,
including one written by her sister. Janis
Joplin memorabilia sells like hotcakes
across the country and likely the world.
In fact, she's still a legend, especially in
Haight-Ashbury, where it all began.
So if this big push for a Janis Joplin
biopic is a marketing ploy or for fear that
the world's forgotten about Pearl, don't
worry, we haven't. And we (well, I, at
least) don't need another loosely based
film to remind us of what fans, the music
industry, and the world lost on October 4,
1970, or what might have been. I know I
can't speak for other fans, but I prefer to
remember her in my own way: the way
she was.

UN inspection teams have been saying
before the war even started , "There ate
no weapons. "
To bring this point home, we covered the sidcwalks with outlines to
illu strate the thousands of deaths of
our fell ow human s as a direct assault
of Iraqi occupation. We gave those outIines names to show that these dea ths
are not just numbers, but human s. We
provided all that asked with info rmati on about thesc topics. We provided
letters from U.S. so ldiers that are fi ght-

ing thi s " War on Terror," letters that
show Bush is not supporting our troops
(and in the case of many Reserves, not
even properly anning them). We mu st
support our troop s . We mu s t bring
them home.
We at Ca rniv a l fclt ble sse d on
Wednesday, January 28. A few mel11bers from the U.S. armed force s took
the time to come to our campu s for
our internship fair. We attempted to
get them to pose with us and our sig n
that simpl y displa yed th e numbers o f
cas ualties. They refu sed and attempt ed
to co ve r our sign as we took ph otos
wi th it. We allel1lpku to ge t a co mmcnt abo ut thi s, from these men, about
the situ ati o n in Iraq, or even wh y th ey
ca mc to Eve rg reen , but they refu sed.
Why do th ese mcn h ide from the truth ?
Ilow ca n they c laim to be supportin g
our broth ers and s isters in Iraq if th ey
arc trying to hide th eir so rrow?
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were drawn on the sidewalk
in front of the Library buifding in an attempt to make
students more aware of the
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Perhaps the most upsetting trend in media is the tendency for calling
.~~ th~ ~ar with Iniqover. The "end of major combat" statemen~ fogs· one's
~~ ablhty to see and feel the facts ofthe large scale of the Repubhcan Party's
,..~ war (not to say there aren't Republicans against the war, or Delnocrats
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are troops in Iraq and Afghanistan dying.
... who are pro-war). There
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'~i~ for ~hatever reason, usually because they didn't have enough money for
school.,How does this affect their lives and 'all the lives of people around
: ~ them? If it affects so many lives then we have to think about issues with
/ how Iraqis lives have ·beenaffected. Their country has been ravaged by
.: war twice now, and the pe9ple have been under harsh sanctions for over
) a decade. Why are, we destroying things and then paying to have them
'1' fixed? Well, we can't fIx the families that are being destroyed.
.~ ~iss~e th~t is impo~i to .the war is the'military's use of depleted
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been bombed is also radioactive, not like.a nuClear e~plosion, but you
don't need very much radioactivity ex:posure foitl{ere:14~betrouble:"
(Look at Censored 2004.) .
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We have to address a new fQrm of racism that isn 'fas.dearly in the
public ·eye as others. The racism · to~ar4 peoples Qfthe' Middle Eas,t ;·
must be addressed. Tell me; in fIlm and movies, how are' peop~e ofthe' .
Middle East presented? Does our culture promote a C
positjve image
of these peoples? We have to address this just as we have aq~;'es,s~d
stereotypes toward African-Americans and Jews, which may be more
obvious due to the excessive oppressiori they had fo dea:i with:(s!iwery,
the Holocaust). While relationships in this area·stilJ'.requiie eyolution, it seems less has been done to assist in ' racism t oward Middle
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Anywhere between 8, 000
and 10, 000 Iraqi civilians
have been kiffed by the U. S.
Iraqi occupation. These
names are usually hard to
find. Names of Iraqi civilians
that have been killed since
the invasion started were
written into some of the chalk
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O LYMPIA , Washin g to n - Th e
Evt!rgreen State College Men's Basketball
team learned Saturday, January 24, that a
three-minute lapse at the end of the game
can be costl y.
Lea din g 64 -54 w ith 3 :4 1 to go,
Evergreen missed fi ve critica l fre e throws
down the stretch to let visit ing the Eastern
Oregon M o unt a in eers (4- 6 Casca de
Confere nce, 8-R Overa ll ) bac k into the
game before winning 79-75 in overtime.
Se nior Tygan n Bill ow ( Be ll ev ue,
Wash.!Sammamish H.S.) led Evergreen
with 17 points, making four of six shots
from three-point range.
Much of the contest was a long-range
shooting contest, as both teams combined for sixty-five three-point attempts.
Evergreen 's 32% shooting (10-for-31),
compared to Eastern Oregon's 26% (9for-34), produced the extra basket that
lead to the win.
No specific Evergreen player distinguished tnem rebounding, even though
senior Adam Laneer (Tumwater, Wash.!
Tumwater H.S .) led the team with seven
defensive rebounds.
All night Eastern Oregon commanded
the inside , grabbing 58 total rebounds,

twenty more than Evergreen (36), which
forced the Geoducks to look for the scoring from long range. Eastern 's rebounding
effort produced 13 additional points for the
Mountaineers.
Th e oth er do ubl e -d igi t score rs for
Evergreen where senior Karriem Fielding
(Sacramento, Ca li f.!Burbank H.S.) - 12
poi nts, and junior transfer Walter Tucker
(J ac kso n, Mi ss .l Winfi eld H.S. ) - 13
points.
The win did not move Evergreen up the
Cascade Conference standing, currently in
the seventh spot. What it did do was move
Eastern Oregon closer to Evergreen in winning percentage.
Prior to the game, Eastern Oregon
(.444) was I 112 games ahead of Evergreen
(.300). Now the Mountaineers (.400) are
only haifa game ahead Evergreen (.363). A
win by Evergreen next Friday and a loss by
Eastern Oregon would result in both teams
flip-flopping in the standings.
Next week Evergreen takes to the
road. Friday night, January 30, they will
be in Ashland, Oregon, to play Southern
Oregon. Saturday night, January 31, they
will be in Klamath Falls, Oregon, for a
game against Oregon Tech.

The men's lacrosse team leaves their equipment piled on the floor.
Monday, January 26, the men's lacrosse team proposed a budget
increase before the S&A Board to cover the cost of home and away
uniforms, equipment, and traveling expenses.

Senior Tygann
Billow takes
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in their win
against
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11 a.m.SE~AME is meeting in the S&A space in the third floor of the CAB, to plan their film festival for the Synergy conference, and is looking for volunteers!
8 p.m. Saul Williams, poet/actor/musician; graces Evergreen! Students: $3 in advance/$5 at the door. General admittance: $8 in advance/$I 0 at the door. Tickets sold
at TESC Bookstore!
8 p.m. Lingo Dance Theater will perform Speak to Me in the Experimental Theater in the COM building. Tickets are $8 students/seniors and $16 regular. Box office:
867.6833.
8:30 p.m. The Women's and Men's Resource Centers are sponsoring Bowling Night at West Side Lanes. First game is free! For info, contact 867.6162.
10 p.m. Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, $5. The Queen Bees (Drag Kings) are performing a variety with a tease! ($5) For info: http://www.seattleburlesque.com!
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1 p.m. The Killer Coke Campaign is having a kickoff meeting in the CAB in front of the Bookstore. Come voice your opinion about the atrocities of Coca-Cola in

Saturday, January

Columbia!
5-10 p.m. The Medieval Society presents Winter Bardic: a Medieval Renaissance period performance with food, storytelling, and dancing. At the Organic Farmhouse.
For info: 867.6098.
7:30 p.m. Rick Anderson presents "Presents from a Peasant" (music). At the Pegasus Coffee House. $4 suggested donation. For info:
http://www.pegasuscoffeehouse.com
8 p.m. Lingo Dance Theater will perform Speak to Me in the Experimental Theater in the COM building. Tickets are $8 students/seniors and $16 regular! Box office:
867.6833.
8 p.m. Live Jazz! Ocho Pies is Premiering at the Historic Spar Restaurant and Lounge on Fourth Avenue in downtown Olympia. 21 +, no cover.
10 p.m.-2 a.m. The Women of Color Coalition is throwing a Dance Party with a live OJ spinning top-40 hip hop! Located in CRC 116. $1. All welcome! For info:
867.6006.

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Tuesday, Februarv

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vox win meet at Kelly's house in Coopers Glen Apartments, building 0 , # 141 . For more info or directions, call 867.6555 .

5 p.m. The Medieval Society meets in the S&A space!
7-10 p.m. GRAS meets in LH2 for Anime viewing!
10 p.m. Soul Good Thursdays. Come shake your groove thang! At the Mark, 407 Columbia Avenue. 21+, no cover. For info: 754.4414.

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10:30 a.m. Wild Crafting lluild meets at Media Island across the street from the Olympia Timberland Library. Come deepen your connection to your local area and
share your plant wisdom!
9 p.m. Fantastic Fridays (Live OJ and Dancing) at the Vault, 425 N. Franklin ..$3, 21+.

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1 p.m. Come help plan a healing workshop in the S&A space on the third floor
of the CAB.
I :30 p.m. The Queer Alliance meets in
The S&A office to offer Q&A support!
3 p.m. TESC Students Against Hunger
and Homelessness meet in the S&A
space on the third floor of the CAB!
3 p.m. The Women's Resource Center
meets in CAB 313!
4 p.m. The Jewish Cultural Center meets
in LID 2129. All are welcome!
4 p.m. until late. Gaming Night in CAB
320. Contact the Evergreen Gaming
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5:30 p.m. The Shamanic Club meets in the Longhouse Cedar Room!
6-8 p.m. Scrabbleicious! In the Writing Center, LIB 3407. Play the ultimate board game with Iikeminded folks! Info: 867.6382.
7-8:30 p.m. Open Veins of Latin America by Edwardo Galeano is an ongoing study group sponsored by the Freedom Socialist Party. Meeting at Seattle Central
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