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PHOTOS BY
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- Patrick ArIz,
third yeG/; Four
Philosophers
"Orion because I dig
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Students stop to take a picture with the Reverend Leslie Braxton during the Day of Absence community
of color retreat, ~eld at the Lacey Community Center.
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is so bright, she
lights up my life
and keeps me
warm and fu zzy
inside. "
- SllOs/tana
Sanders,
second year
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
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Day of Presence, Day of Absence Challenges
Racism and Complacency
A white man and a black woman are
sitting together at a bar. 'The difference
between you and me," says the white
man, " is that I see the cup as half full."
Un beknownst to the white man but painfully obvious to the black woman, the
oversized cocktail glass in the man's
hand could contain enough beer to nourish
UW's Greek Row on Superbowl Sunday, .
while the woman's share added up to no
more than a couple shot s.
The scenario, which appeared in a
cartoon during a presentation on how
white people can fight racism, expresses
in a visual nutshell why Evergreen calls
attention to race and racism every year at
the two-day campus-wide event Day of
Presence, Day uf Absence, which orig inated at Evergreen.
Day of Presence: an honest discussion
on race
On the Day of Presence, the community is invited to attend workshops that
center on the campus' racial climate. The
people of color who choose to participate
try to give white community members an
accurate g limpse of their Evergreen experiences with race .
This year, like the last, included a discussion where several community members of color had a frank talk about racism
at Evergreen. They sat on a stage in the
first floor lobby of the Library building,
at a rOllnd table with microphones, while
the audience, predominantly white people,
listened .
The con se nsus Thursday was that
Evergreen 's raci al climate hasn't improved
since last year, and many panel members
expressed that things are getting worse.
Students talked about the many times
they felt shut down in seminar when trying
to talk about their experiences as people of
color. An independ ent contract is sophomore Daniella By rd 's "only stress-free
environment" to st ud y black hi story.
Junior Ricky Sp illman se conded
that sentiment. " I prided myse lf on not
being scared of anything," said Spillman.
Anything, that is, until he experienced an
Evergreen seminar. Spi llman says he is
often the only person of color, let alone
the only black male, in the group .
"It's a hostile campus," said senior
Yasmeen Perez, a co-coordinator of the
Women of Color Coalition (WOCC). One
day when she was opening the WOCC
office on the second floor of the CAB, a
white male repeatedly verbally harassed
her for, as she put it, "[kicki ng] the whities
out." For Perez, Evergreen is hostile bothtn
the classroom and simply walking on Red
Square or through the CAB building.
" It's also where we live," said junior
Dolly England, a campus housing resident
assistant. She brought up the hate crime
last spring in B Dorm, where a student 's
room was ransacked and the perpetrator(s)
left a note with a racial slur. The student left
Evergreen this year after fall quarter.
" It breaks my heart," England said .
But the raci sm the group described
doesn't always bare the obvious mark of
hatred. Sometimes it shows up as a wellmeaning white person who is a victim o f
ignorance.
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What? There are Catholic stud ents at Evergreen? This is a question one might ask
him or hersel f. The answe r, my friends, is yes. Yes, there are Catholics at Eve rgreen
and practicing! All too often I hear people at Evergreen refer to themselves as
"recovered Catholi cs." Thi s is most definitely understandable. I do not know what
it is like to have been raised Catholic; I converted when I was 19. But I can tell
you that if I were raised in a church that seemed very oppressive. I would not want
to be Catholic anymore either! But my point is not to try and convince that the
Catholic Church has made quite the 180! My point is simp ly to announce to all of
you fellow Cat holics, and most certainly anyone else who is interested, that there
wi II be Mass on February 18 at 4:45 p.m . I know that it's a linle intimidating to
ad mit being Catholi c at Evergreen. For crying out loud, I'm willing to bet that most
people even reading the CPJ right now will have already ski pped over this article
once they saw the first word of the title. (No offense to anyone who is still read ing
thi s article; I thank you for your tolerance.) I would like just to convey the message
that there is a place for Catholics and anyone else to practice their fait h without
feeling embarrassed or weird abo ut it. The environment at Mass will be friendl y
and open, and any and all who wish to are welcome to attend. So, come to Mass on
Wednesday, February 18, at 4:45 p.m. in LIB 4004. Hope to see yo u there!
- Angie Arcuri
Wanna rock and roll
all night?
Tomo rrow night , KISS tribute band
Shout It Out Loud is appearing - in full
make up and KISS glory - at the Go Club,
located at 311 E. Fourth Ave. The show
starts at 9 p.m ., and there 's a $10 cover.
For more information, con/acl the Go
Club al 704-7278.
Tri.o Medi.eval
Saturday evening, Trio Medieval will
be performing at St. Martin's Abbey. The 8
p.m. show is free, and no tickets are being
issued. Doors open one hour prior to show
time. A free will offering is suggested in
Iieu of the free adm ission.
For more information, call 491.4 700.
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Puget Sound Blood Center will be on
campus Thursday, February 12, from 10
a.m. to noon, and 12:45 - 4 p.m ., in the
second floor Library Lobby. This will only
be a blood drive event; bone marrow registry will not be handled at this event.
Ifyou have questions and/or would like
10 sign lip jor an appointment Ihal day,
please contact 86 7. 680-1.
- Kathy Dean
Feener and Chandler
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TAKE A TRIP INSIDE THE ~IND OF JUST ONE OF AMERICA'S BLACK YOUTH AND SEE THE PAIN IN HIS HEART.
SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN AN INSTITUTIONALIZED SOCIETY THAT REPEATEDLY FEEDS HIM MESSAGES
ABOUT HIS LAZINESS, WORTHLESSNESS AND LACK OF BETTER HUMAN QUALITIES. SEE HIM GROW UP IN A
SINGLE PARENT HOME AND HIT HIS HEAD ON LIFE ONLY TO BE HIT OVER AND OVER. WATCH HIM GROW UP IN
AN IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOOD RIDDLED WITH DRUGS, CRIME AND TAINTED IMAGES OF HOW THE BLACK
TESC Police
MALE ROLE SHOULD BE PLAYED, WATCH HIS CULTURE BECOME EXPLOITED FOR PERSONAL GREED. FEEL THE
Do you have ideas ahout how TESC
Police could be more involved in the com·
munity? Do you have questions about how
they respond to situation s? Do you wallt
get involved? We need student representatives on th e Police Services Cllmillunity
Review Board .
Please euntaci Andi in HOI/sill,!!.. 86~ 5113, if yo II are inleresll.'d or fiJI' II/ o r e
injorl1lal ion.
TENSENESS INSIDE HIS CHEST; FOR,ONE FALSE OR DISPLEASING MOVE YOU'LL WATCH HIM GO TO JAIL OR
GET MURDERED BY THE COPS. WATCH HIS BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN BE OBJECTIFIED AND MISUSED ONLY
TO FULFILL THE IMMORALITY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PROGRAM TO ACCEPT.
CAN YOU SEE HIM? I CAN, HIS CHEST POKED OUT WITHOUT A REASON. HIS EYES WIDEN, CAREFUL NOT TO
LET THE TEARS OF HURT, CONFUSION AND DISTRUST FOR THE WORLD TRICKLE DOWN HIS FACE LIKE RIVERS.
FRUSTRATION BECOMES THE BLOOD IN HIS VEINS AND ANGER BECOMES THE OPERATING MIND STATE.
AR..T
RES 0 U R..C E ~ U IDE S
. At 12:45 p.m. today, Amy Feeney and Chris
Chandler will perform at South Puget Sound
Community College.
Feeney, activist and granddaughter of a
mineworker's organizer, has been dubbed "the
best labor singer inNorth America." Her anthem,
"Have You Been to Jail for Justice?" was covered
by folk/reggae group Peter, Paul and Mary.
The event, sponsored by BR]CK, is free and
will be held in the Student Union Building.
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Centee
the Peefmm ;,g Art,
during the coming week,
On Saturday, Dogpatch Daze: the Fortieth Annual Evening of Harmony will
showcase barbershop group the Puget Sounders and guests the Olympia Sweet
Adelines. Also featured is headlining quarte r Overtime, the 2000 International
Senior champs.
Ticket prices are $19.50 for orchestra and loge, $16.50 for mezzanine and $8.50
for balcony.
Next Wednesday, trumpeter David Guerrier will perform, as part of the Center's
Young Concert Altists series. Guerrier won the first Young Concert Arti st European
Auditions in Paris and the 2003 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in
New York. In addition, Guerrier won first prize at Germany's Internationa l Trumpet
Competition at age 13 and studied at Conservative Nutroval Superiur de Musiqu e
in Lyon.
Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show cost $20 for adults and $t 0.75 for yo uth.
For more injormalion, conrac/the Center box office at 753.8586.
Two new art resource guid es are now ava i1able online. The guides, published by O lympi a
Parks, Arts & Recreation, provide li st ings for
musicians, groups, festi va ls and ven ues. as \\'ell
. as weekly and Illonthly events. The Musician
Resource Guide and Arts Organ izat ion Gui de
may be found at htlp :l/www. ci.oIYIll Pia.\o\ <Lu sl
pari and sho uld be updated quarterl y.
For more in(hrlllalioll. eonlacl. Arts Progrlllll
Specialist Stephanie Johnson at 7Ui).26 7g
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IMAGINE THAT SAME YOUTH SUCCEEDING. WATCH HIM GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND BE THAT ONLY
ONE FROM HIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO TO COLLEGE SERVING AS A GLIMMER OF HOPE. WATCH TEARS OF JOY
RUN DOWN HIS MOTHER'S FACE BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT THE STATISTIC SUGGESTING THAT MOST BLACK
MALES LIVING IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS WILL BE DEAD OR IN JAIL BY 21 DOESN'T APPLY TO HER SON. SEE
HOW THE SUPERIO.R STATE OF MIND GERMINATES WITHIN , HIM. As YEARS PASS AND TIME PROCEEDS SO DOES
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HE. THIS YOUTH WILL STUMBLE UPON MALCOLM
X BOOKS THAT WILL REINSERT PRIDE AND FORM A SENSE OF
SELF. OBSERVE HIS EXPANDING VOCABULARY AND RIGHTEOUS INTENT TO HEAL AND HARNESS KNOWLEDGE;
SEE HIM BREAK OLD TRADITIONS AND LEAVE THOSE WHO WISHED HIM FAILURE, HARDSHIP AND IMMEASUR-
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ABLE DESPAIR IN AWE. HE PICKS UP HEALTHIER WAYS OF LIVING AND A RELIGION THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
The Sexual Politics ot Meat
On Tuesday. February 17, Caro l .I. Adams will give a presentat ion at Eve rgreen.
Adams is the ecofemini st aut hor of books like The Sexual Po/ilics ()lA/eal - the
title of her presentation - and Neilher Mall n()r Beast. Adam s connects th e
oppression of animals, women and racism ; she uses images from pop cuiture to
demonstrate simi larit y between oppressive tactics and shows the re lati onships
between progres sive movements . She will speak at 7 p.m. in the second fl oor
library lobby. The event is sponsored by the Eve rgreen Animal Rights Network
(EA RN), and it promises to be an intriguing evening.
F()r m()re in/ormation, contact liS al eam({ill'isellp.nel or 867 6555.
- Katrina Redding
Evergreen Animal Rights Network
General Meeting
5p.m. Monday
Help decide such things as the Vox
Populi question, what the cover photo
should be, and what should be in the
next issue of the CP J.
Paper Critique
12:30 p.m. Friday
Comment on that day'spaper. Air
comments, concerns, questions: etc.
Also known as the "Post Mortem. '
Friday Forum
3 p.m. Friday
Come in and put your values to the test!
Discuss ethics and journalism law.
february 12, 2004
THE ASPIRATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN AMERICA. SLOWLY HE BECOMES MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE
Iraqi and Palestinian Art
Art Across Borders, a traveling exhibit of Iraqi and Palest ini an co nteillpo rnry
art, is showing at Art House Designs Gallery, 420 B Franklin St. SE. Olympia,
February 6 through 28 . Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to '6 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday, with extended hOLirs for special events. On Friday, February 13 from 7-9
p.m. Therese Salibe, Evergreen faeuity, speaks about Arab Women and Li terat ure .
Free admission, donations accepted. The art is for sale - proceeds go to the arti sts.
Future special events will be announced next wee k, and are now on our website at
http://www.aabolympia.org/. Contact Christie McGinley at 360.459.4024. or Jul ia
Moore at 360.459.400 I .
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theCPJ
is published 28 Thursdays each academic year, when class is in
session: the 1st through the 10th Thursday of Fall Quarter and the 2nd
through the 10th Thursday of Winter and Spring.Quarters.
is distributed free at various sites on The Evergreen State College
campus. Free distribution is limited to one copy per edition per person.
Persons in need of more than one copy should contact the CPJ business
manager inCAB 316 or at 360.867.6054 to arrange for multiple copies. The
business manager may charge 75 cents for each copy after the first.
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Evergreen State College, who are solely responsible for its production and
content.
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request at 360.867,6054.
Contributions from any TESC student are welcome. Copies of
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in CAB 316, or by request at 360.867.6213. The CPJ's editor-in-chief has
final say on the acceptance or rejectionof all non-advertising content.
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I MPORTANCE OF THE BLACK WOMAN, HE LEARNS HOW TO LOVE HER WITH THE TENDERNESS AND COMPASSION
THAT HE ONCE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE, PUTTING HER CONCERNS ABOUT HIM AT EASE. THIS MONUMENTAL
TRANSFORMATION AND ONES SIMILAR TO IT HAPPEN EVERY DAY,' MAKING POSSIBILITIES ENDLESS, HOPE A
CONCEIVABLE IDEA, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE STRUGGLE DEFINITELY WORTHWHiLE.
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the coope·[ pO'jotJournal:
12, 2004
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Democratic
Caucus
by Nancy Taylor, Faculty Member
The search is on for Evergreen's next
Academic Vice President and Provost.
Students are invited and encouraged to be
involved in choosing the next Provost.
What is a Provost? The Provost is the
Vice President for Academic Affairs and
therefore the college's principal advocate
for and leader of the faculty. In coordination with the Academic Deans, the Provost
oversees academic standards, faculty
evaluation, faculty development, assess"ment ofacademic programs, accreditation,
and management of the Library and the
academic budget. The Provost works collaboratively with the President of the college, and the Vice Presidents for Student
Affairs, Finance and Administration and
Advancement. The Provost also represents the college to the state Legislature
on academic issues and represents the
college across the nation .
Perhaps most important for students,
the Provost helps to monitor the balance between holding on to the college's
past accomplishments and commitments
while simultaneously encouraging innovation. As the college grows from 4,000
to 5,000 students over the next few years,
the Provost will be central to ensuring that
Evergreen stays true to its mission to serve
students well under the weight of various
competing economic and political pressures that often promote efficiency.
Provost candidates will be on the
Olympia and Tacoma campuses for three
day-long interviews (Tuesday through
Thursday) beginning next week and for
the following two or three weeks. While
here, the candidates will meet with students , faculty and staff to learn about
Evergreen and share their ideas about
higher education. The Provost Search
Committee solicits your comments on the
candidates, which will become part of the
Committee ' s final report to the President.
Katie Wolstenholme, gift officer for The
Evergreen State College Foundation and
graduate student in the Master in Publi c
Administration Program , and Monear
Fatemi, first-year student in Ancient
Stories/Modern Lives, serve on the Provost
Search Committee. They welcome your
involvement and help. You can contact
them at wolstenk@evergreen.edu or
monearfatem i@hotmail.com .
For the next three or four weeks, candidates will vi s it academic programs and
meet with faculty, students and staff. Each
candidate will also give a public presentation in Library 2100 from 1-2:30 p.m. on
Wednesdays. There will be plenty of time
for questions after this talk . Watch for
specific names and schedules of events
posted around campus and sent to you
via e-mail.
We encourage you to attend these public
presentations to learn more about what a
Provost does and challenge you to ask
questions of Evergreen's future academic
leader.
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Story continued from Cover
by Katie Thurman
On Saturday, February 7, students
flocked to the Longhouse to participate
in the Democratic caucus. The air was
crisp and the atmosphere of those gathered was one of hope; finally, they could
have a voice to say whom they preferred
for president. Caucus participants were
grouped into rooms based on their voting
precinct. Anyone who votes on campus
was in one room, anyone who votes at the
high school in another.
The process of a caucus is as follows.
Students sign in and beside their name
inscribe whom they prefer for president.
In my case, I wrote undecided, mostly to
see what would happen with that. Once
our precinct leader arrived, she read us
the rules of the caucus and appointed a
note taker.
She explained to us that in order for a
candidate to get a delegate, he had to get
15% of the room to want to vote for him. In
our room, there were 37 people, and so that
meant that any given candidate would need
six people to get a delegate. She then read
off the number of people who supported
each candidate, and who was undecided .
It was then that 1 found out what would
happen to my poor, undecided soul.
Apparently, groups of people supporti ng each candidate can run around the
room and attempt to" persuade someone
el~e to join their group, thus gaining more
support for their candidate. For example, a
Dean supporter could attempt to win over
an undecided voter or even a Sharpton
supporter.
I' m not sure how the other undecided
people finally came to choose a candidate,
but I picked one on the basis that in order
for him to get a delegate, he needed two
more group members. This may seem haphazard to some, but I have been known \0
vote for people on the basis of thei r possession of a clever moniker.
After the first round of persuasion
passed, every person had the 0pPol1unity to
speak to the entire room in support of their
chosen candidate. At thi s point, everyone
had one last chance to change hi s or her
favored candidate. In our room, Kucinich
had, by far, the most support. That was
rather refreshing to see, as I take pleasure
in cheering for the underdog. In our state,
Kerry received the most support, with 49%
of the vote. Dean followed in second, with
30%. Kucinich was in third place with 8%,
followed by Edwards and Clark, respectively. Then the caucus was over.
Well, that's probably how it should have
worked. I found this process to be quite
true to the much touted "grassroots government" that I'm always hearing about. The
problem was that the caucus I attended was
the most disorganized hour and a hal f of
my life that I'll never get back.
The process had great potential, permitting citizens to have a voice in the
democratic process, encouraging us to sit
down with our peers and have a good row
about the politics of the day. This is simply
not how it worked, at least in my room.
Perhaps it was too early on a Saturday
morning for students to be engaged in the
political process, or perhaps our precinct
leader was poorly trained. It could have
been that, out of the hundreds of students
who live on campus, less than 50 showed
up. Whatever it was, I was disappointed "
Tuesday, February 17
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Information Table
CAB
Meet our representative
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Vegan Pizza's Available
Salads, Calzone, Fresh Baked Goods
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Holly Colbert, the director of First
People's Advising services and the facilitator ofthe discussion, asked participants to
describe concrete examples of what racism
looks like at Evergreen.
" It 's asking me, ' You play basketball
here?''' said Ricky Spillman. " It's asking
[a black female student] how she got her
hair that way. It's people being scared of
me when I walk by. That's what racism
looks like. I mean, I'm the coolest person
in the world!" The audience and panel
members laughed with him.
Junior Sophal Long, the editor-in-chief
of the CPJ. recounted a time that he had
received his seminar paper back in class,
only to discover that it actually belonged to
someone else - the other Asian student in
the class. "What was I supposed to think?"
he asked.
JoAnne Jackson accused Evergreen
of providing a "safe space for students
to be racist." She had been a student
at Evergreen and is now an academic
adviser. She struggles with the question
of why she should advise students of color
to stay here, with everything they have to
put up with. And if Thursday's discussion
is any indication, studelJts of color put up
with a lot.
·' It 's a lot better than it would be at
Princeton ," said sophomore Ashanti
Hassa n. " But it's not good enough."
The group then shifted to discussing
so lutions to Evergreen's racism problem.
Yasmeen Perez suggested that the school
offer a four-year scholarship to students
of color in an effort to change Evergreen's
racial demographics.
Dolly England gave administrators a
message, loud and clear: "You need to give
more money to First People's [Advising
services] because they are the only reason
I'm still here." Her demand was met with
cheers and applause.
By the end of the discussion, Daniella
Byrd's request didn't seem like too much
to ask for. "Just don 't take this like it's a
sad movie," she said. "This is our lives."
Day of Absence: a day of renection for
whites
The panel members and other people of
color from Evergreen spent the next day
together at a community-building retreat
in Lacey. On campus, white community
members were offered a chance to retlect
on what race means in their lives and how
they can work to fight racism alongside
people of color.
Evergreen professor Michael Vavrus,
Ph.D., gave a presentation and led a discussion on what it means to be a white
anti-racist in a racist culture. Almost
seventy white students, staff, and facuIty
attended. Females outnumbered males by
almost five to two.
" It's a sea of white out there. Whiteness
is normalized," said the mild-mannered
Vavrus. And "we're socialized into this
whiteness, this normality." Vavrus rejects
the notion of a biological basis for race,
citing that in the nineteenth century Irish
immigrants in the U.S. were not considered
white. Nor were Jews until after World War
II. Whiteness, he concludes, is constructed
by those in power as a way of assigning
privilege and power (such as property,
voting rights, et cetera) in society.
Vavrus asked the group to think of
some examples of privileges that those
" politically identified as white" have as
a group iri general. The examples were
many. People don't avoid eye contact
with me on the street, said one person. I
have more role models in literature, said
another. I see more people who look like
me in positions of authority, particularly
on newscasts, said a third.
The idea of being a member of a group
with privileges based on skin color was
discomforting to participants.
One woman felt frustration because
now when she smiles at a person of color
she has to think about how that person is
going to take it, and what that person is
thinking about her, when " it used to just
be a friendly hello."
Another woman responded to that by
saying that the discomfort may be something new for us whites, but not for the
people of color with whom we're trying
to ally ourselves. One stage of awareness
for whites is being really uncomfortable,
she said, but it's a step that we all have to
go through to be better allies.
The next topic was colorblindness - the
idea that we can all see each other as the
same regardless of race. Several participants brought up problems with the idea:
that it doesn't fully acknowledge history.
That it's a privileged idea that only whites
can subscribe to. That it implies that we
can talk about differences without talking
about hierarchy. And that saying all people
can be the same usually really means that
all people can act like whites.
To truly be anti-racist takes active force ,
not passive tolerance, Vavrus said. We
have to " interrupt racism" when it happens,
even though " it will make [other whites]
uncomfortable."
" We have that power," he said.
Vavrus reassured the white audience
that "at some level , it's not our fault that we
were born into a racist society." But he was
also very clear that that fact should never
be used to garner sympathy from people
of color, nor as an excuse to not actively
fight racism by interrupting it.
At the end, one of the participant s
announced her intention to resume a student group for white alliance. The group
will meet on February 19 at 4 p.m. at a
location to be announced.
After a brief lunch break, participants
were invited to come back for a journaling session led by Sandy Yannone, the
director of the Writing Center. The group
dwindled down to about fifteen people.
Yannone had a few suggested topics to
freewrite about, such as "How has race
defined me?" "When did I first realize that
I was white?" "What are language's shortcomings for discussing race?" and "When
could I have been a better ally?"
The group wrote for an hour straight.
At the end.of the hour, participants were
asked to pick out one sentence from their
journaling that captured the essence of
their thoughts during th~ hour. Then they
typed the lines into one document. The
result was a poem of sorts, a bunch of
randomly placed meditations on race and
racism.
The last line summed up the poem, and
perhaps the entire Day of Presence, Day
of Absence event for new white allies.
Yannone called its placement in the poem
serendipitous. "There were so many
times," it read, "before I finally saw it."
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On Wednesday, February 4, 2004, somewhere in the Northwestern United States,
nine people sat deliberating in a sterile, windowless white room housed in the basement ofa monolithic concrete building. Lit only by a few dingy fluorescent lights,
a clock ticked ominously by, high on one unadorned wall. In hushed tones, the nine
discussed a single topic of great interest to everyone in the room: how to run your
life, from the bills you pay to the classes you take to the food you eat.
These people, of course, were the students meeting to brainstorm, draft, debug,
and hopefully... eventually realize a plan for a unified student body at Evergreen.
The Evergreen State College is the only higher learning institution in the state of
Washington without any type of student government or union . This also means that
Evergreen is also the only college without a student member on the Washington
Student Lobby, a group of representatives from every college in Washington State
body which meets to speak with legislators in the distant state capital of... Olympia.
Let me translate that for you: The Evergreen State College's self-styled political
hotbed and tiber-liberal haven has allowed a powerful position ofintluence with the
people who make the laws in this state to go completely unused.
It doesn't make sense, does it?
Nor does the fact that- the only positions of intluence that students may hold on
"campus (chairs on Disappearing Task Forces and permanent boards) often go unfilled.
Or that the student trustee on the Board of Trustees is appointed by the governor
from a pool of students selected exclusively by the administration.
There are some other strange and incongrvous things that occur right here at
Evergreen. Fun facts you mayor may not have already known:
The Evergreen State College pays Bon Appetit $500,000 annually as compensation for lost profits.
Tuition at Evergreen has gone up 24% in the last four years, though some o! that
can probably be attributed to something devastating to the economy that happened
about four years ago in November (I'll give you a hint: the whole thing culminated
in Florida ... ).
Police officers at The Evergreen State College are now authorized to carry firearms
at all times. This was not the case until May of2003 .
There is nowhere on campus you can purchase food on Sunday after 8 p.m. - and
the buses don't run, either. If you are a freshman, you are probably painfully aware
of this fact.
These are all things that could well have been prevented if students had some
method of input on the way the school is run other than the knee-jerk reactionary
tactics of questionable efficacy we are often forced to resort to. A key goal, expressed
very early on in these forums, has been to give students a means of being proactive
when it comes to administrative policy, rather than merely reactive. And don't be
fooled when the administration refers you to the student positions on DTFs and
boards; the few students who have taken it upon themselves to represent us report
that their opinions and concerns are rarely taken seriously, something that would
likely cease to be an issue if the entire student body was organized behind them.
How to get involved:
Come to one or more of the Student Governance Forums, held each Wednesday
at I p.m. in Library 1706.
Come to one of the Food service Alternatives Forums, held each Wednesday at
4:30 p.m. in Library 3500.
E-Mail me at bacjus28@evergreen.edu with any comments, suggestions, or
concerns you would like brought up at the forums. I can also get you on the soonto-be-implemented mailing list if you 're interested.
Or just keep an eye and an ear out for a chance to lend your support.
by Sarah MacKenzie
Ida 8. Wells (1862-1931) was one ofthe
most badass women in American history.
Her activist career spanned five ofthe most
tumultuous decades the United States has
ever known. Wells was an internationally
know anti-lynching advocate, suffragette, founding member of the NAACP,
journalist, mother, and an anti-Jim Crow
activist.
Born into slavery in rural Mississippi
and later orphaned at the age of seventeen, Wells was no stranger to hardship.
Following her parents ' death, Ida got a job
in neighboring Tennessee and supported
her siblings on a teacher's salary of $25
per month. She also was a co-owner of the
Free Speech and Headlight, a local Black
newspaper.
During this time period (from the 1880s
on), many ofthe civil rights laws that were
passed after the Civil War were being
repealed. A policy called Reconstruction
was going on. Initially, its policies were
meant to assimilate former slaves into
the market economy, but by this time
Reconstruction was concerned with reestablishing the pre-Civil War status quo.
African Americans were quickly losing
their rights to vote and hold office in
most states. Coinciding with this loss of
civil rights, the Ku Klux Klan were also
beginning their campaign of terror and
lynching.
In 1884, at 22, Ida decided to challenge
the segregation policy of the Chesapeake
Railroad Co. She boarded a train and sat
in the "ladies'" coach, refusing to move
when informed that she was required to
join the others in the "Negro coach." Wells
was eventually dragged, kicking and biting
(literally biting: one of the conductors suffered minor injuries), from the car.
So Ida sued the railroad. Although she
lost in the State Supreme Court, Wells set
a precedent in her life of never giving up
a struggle and never backing down.
She continued this policy throughout
the rest of her life. Wells began her antilynching career in 1892, when three of her
friends were lynched for owning a grocery
store and distracting business from the
white grocery across the street.
Ida countered by declaring Memphis
unsafe for Blacks and urged them to leave
town. So many did, in fact, that white
owners of business began complaining
because their profits were so drastically
reduced.
Wells then began to investigate other
lynchings. She would go to the town
where the people had been murdered and
investigate their deaths by talking to locals
and gathering evidence. Then she would
go home and publish these facts in several
national newspapers. There was so much
white outrage from her publishings that her
office in Memphis was burned and she was
run out of town.
This didn ' t stop Ida 8., however. She
set up shop in Chicago and continued to
fight racism and oppression. She wrote
several books, among them On Lynching,
which detailed the evidence she gathered
about the illegalities and reasons behind
the lynching and terrorizing of Black
Americans.
Her anti-lynching work attracted the
attention of several British activists, and
Wells was invited on a lecture tour of
England. Ida's hard work paid off and
many states adopted anti-lynching policies. Public lynching diminished until
after WWII and the start of the' 50s Civil
Rights movement. Unfortunately, lynching
itself did not stop; it was replaced instead
by difficult-to-prove legal court lynchings
that still exist today.
Wells also worked hard for women 's
suffrage. She believed that the only way
African Americans, and women especially,
would be able to improve their lives would
be to have the vote. Wells established the
Alpha Suffrage Club to work toward this
goal, inspiring the creation of several other
Black women's voting clubs. Ida worked
to counter racism within the suffrage
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movement as well.
In 1913 there was a national march for
women's suffrage. Blacks were relegated
to the back of the march, regardless of
their state of origin. Ida wasn't too happy
with this policy. She said "Screw This,"
and marched with the Illinois delegation
anyway.
She also participated in the founding of
the NAACP, although she was eventually
forced out because her policies were too
radical.
Wells caused a stir in 1893 , when she
publ ished a pamphlet condemning the
Columbian Exposition called "The Reason
Why The Colored American is not in the
World's Columbian Exposition."
The woman was seriously BADASS!
I could go on and on about how amazing
she was, but I don 't want to deprive anyone
of the joy of researching more about hcr
incredible legacy.
Activists of America owe this woman a
great debt. Wells kepi lynching and raci sm
at the forefront of Amcrican consciousness
for decades. She never backed down and
never quit, even when faced with t.!normous setbacks.
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Interview with David Rovies
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David Rovics has come a long way since his days as a student at The Evergreen State College, Which is not to say he wouldn't still fit right in, David is an activist's
activist, a regular on Democracy Now I but also at rallies and demonstrations all over the world, Fellow musician Charlie King says, "Dave is Ihe genuine arlie/e - aclivisl
singer songwriter in (he Phil Ochs mold with a driving guitar and hard-hilling song!>'jor hard hit people, He san agilprop pelformer - lots ofprovocalive und satirical
songs with surprising, breath taking twists - and he writes more than anybody I know. I don ~ know how he does if all because he is on the fi'oNl lilies at ellelT slreel
aClion you can think offrom Gaza to Seatlle, Quebec to Rio, No one does it bellel: "
David 's music absolutely thrives on this schedule of street-level involvement, although David himself, in his song " After the Revoluti on," looks forward to a day
when he can sleep in past noon and learn to play the banjo, I caught up with David by phone to ask him about hi s return to Olympia and memories of Evergreen,
Jim Dees: Whal were you studying al
Evergreen, and what was your life like in
thosp days ?
JD: What do YOll rem ember most vividly about DIy, and what do YO ll miss the
most ?
David Rovics: I was actua ll y only
going to Evergreen for a few months, but
it was a good few months, I was studying
political econom y with Pete Bohmer. A
close friend had been shot to death only
a few months before I got to Olympia,
so I was also going through a lot of grief
over that. But I met a lot of great people,
students, profs and other folks in the community during my brief stay,
DR: Oh, the lush green forests of the
Evergreen campus, sitting in my littl e
trai ler trying to get the stove to heat the
sorry littl e place, having a tree fallon it
during a windstorm, hanging out with my
friend s on the campus and downtown at
the Dancing Goat and the Spar Bar. all
kinds of stuff.. ,
JD: Did you have any idea back then
thaI you would be tOllring Ihe world as an
aClivisl musician today?
DR: It was actually studying at
Evergreen, which for me was going back
to college after dropping out years before,
when I realized I really just wanted to do
music for a living, so after taking that
course I pretty much bailed and went on
tour with a band called A unt Betsy as their
bass player, and from then I toured with
a couple other folks as their support and
played in the Boston subways a lot before
starting to tour myself.
JD: Were YOll involved in any memorable prolest actions while you were here?
(That you can talk about - smile.)
DR: There was a homeless encampment downtown in the park while I was
in Oly, and that was pretty exciting, but I
can't say I remember much else going on
in terms of protests during that time. Lots
of meetings, though .. ,
J D: I see you are scheduled 10 tour the
occupied territories, This will speak to
many Olympians who have made the trip,
before and after Rachel s Corrie s death.
You also wrote a songfor Rachel. Did you
know her?
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DR: I actually played a concert in
Olympia a few days after Rachel died ,
and of course she and I have many
mutual friends , though I don 't think I met
her when I was in Oly (she wou ld have
been 15 or so at that time, I guess), The
initial trip I had planned to the Palestinian
occupied territories never happened due to
bad planning, but it 's been re-sc heduled to
happen in December 2004, with different
orgalllzers,
J D: Your concert in Oly mpia is a
fundraiser for the Green Party of South
Puget Sound. Why do YOli support the
Green Party?
DR: We need proportional representation or instant run-off voting and a real
multi-party democracy, It would be a
good step in the right direction, anyway,
far better than the two-party duopoly we
have today. The Green Party is a real
grassroots movement On the local level
it's already a real viable third party, and I
hope it will become thus on the state and
national levels as welL
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for women as well as demonstrates the regulated structures and controlled
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Lorna is passionate about her work and believes that photography and art
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so ctfective because it expresses her own experience in this country as an
A frican American female, Although her work is showing her experience
and her perspective it is not only a personal message , it is also universal and
s peaks to people of all races, Her message is not presented in an aggressive
manner. it is presented in a more objective and abstract way,
I,mna Simpson's photography is very effective and a mllch needed pers pecti ve in art and the pol itical world,
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In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm counting down ten loveinspiring songs, as well as ten that tell all that romantic
schlock where to shove it. So, without further adieu, let's
get this love train rolling.
10 . Clarence Car/el; Strokill' , Th is song is simply about making love or strokin',
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but holy hell, it busts me up. Perhaps it's the memories of cruising with my postadolescent guy friends who sang and danced to this over and over. But I dare YO ll
not to laugh!
9, The Bee Gees/Janis Joplin, To Love Somebody, Whethcr th e (pre-di sco) Bee
Gees original or Joplin's more sou lful update, thi s so ng still ha s the power to tu g at
your hem1strings, espec ially with (and the two versions vary) "you don 't know what
it 's like/baby, y"1.1 don 't know what it's like/to love somebody/to love somebody/the
way I love you ,".
8, Dolly Partun/ Whitney HUlistun, I Will Always Love YUII. Although originally
a country music love song, Houston 's version became her best-selling sin g le of
all time and helped elevate The Bodyguard's soundtrack to one of the top-se lling
aibullls of all time. And that high note!
7, Palll McCarllley & Wings , My Love . Was there ever a greater rock romance
than Paul & Linda McC:artney? By the time this song was released, Paul had already
recorded several songs for then-wi fe Linda (check out " Maybe I' m Amazed" on th e
McCartney album), But this one sums it up perfectly, and the line "don't ever ask
me why/I ' II never say goodbye to my love" proves that while life may not endure,
love can. How's that for a legacy of love?
6, Fral/kie Valli & 1{1e Four Seasolls, Can't Take My Eyes Off YOll, Th is song is
practically a ~ haracter in the mov ie COl1Spiruc:y TheolT, as Mel Gibson tries to woo
Julia Roberts in the midst of running for hi s life, It emerges in 10 Things I Hate
Ahout You, in which Heath Ledger attempts to woo shrew julia Stiles. A classic.
though one that has successfully been recycled for newer generations.
5, The Hig h/eolls Brothers, VIm 've Lost Tlrat Lovin' Feeling , Some might argue
that Bill Medley and the late high-voiced Bobby Hatfield 's version of "Unchained
Melody" might better fit thi s category; perhaps, if it wasn't so damn overused!
Besides, watching Maverick and Goose serenade any female is much more entertaining than some pottery-making love scene. Maybe I just should have chosen
"Little Lupe Lu," and we all could 've gotten up and danced!
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DR: So many iss ues, 1110st intimately
related, I' m not sure if I' d say there 's a
press ing iss ue that needs more attenti on
than anot her. There are so many pressing
iss ues that need to be addressed im11lediatel y' But I gue ss I'd start with IMF
pol icies killing tens of thousands dail y. oi I
companies completely destroying whol e
regions of Africa and elsewhere, multinational corporations and governments I ik<:
ours starting and funding civil wars th at
kill millions of peop le in A frica. Asia and
South America, the impending ecological
collapse due to the "wrongly-developed
nations," I could start there, .,
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love you at1d your crazy
at1tics. You t11ake t11y
life beautiful. Yuv yee
guv t1ee t1yaaah!
. . Nora
A haiku for S 108:
Drinking all night long,
We got retardely drunk.
Dip my bawlz in it!
Love,
Andy
Dear Stephanie,
Looking back on the
times we've shared,
my heart is filled
with ... juice.
-Germungo the Dust
Beast
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Habercrombie (a.k.a. Bambi) ',
You seem to have found a key to
my heart-machine. Give it to me.
Oil buddies ... I luv yoos! 500 much!!!
XOXOXOXOXO. (P.S. Send money.)
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Baba: My Swedish sniffing sunshine
who saunters around sounding so
sweet. I love you. Even when you
speak in languages I don t underst,and.
You are full of wonder and beauty.
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Have a
wonderful
spring!
-Le5 Puree
To Metal House ...
We have conflicting schedules but
not conflicting
hearts.
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you know that together we are the best. Babies.
Lots of babies. '
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HT - You
smell!
My darling - Doj - I
think that your sidekicks drive me wild.
I can't even control
my emotions when
I see you doing your
flat foot pak-tius.
Your sweat is the
essence of my sou I ...
:)
lea <dd4 mi4ffla
fuwt et ~ de
-Laila Mazer
y'all make ,
mehappv
inside!
To Sophal Long, Your butt is
nice and firm. I know this might
sound wierd, but I love you.
is the best thing
ever. My eyes
want to kiss your
face.
love, Guenivere
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heading home to
you, Can't wait to
see you twisted.
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Renata's Hamster is (ute and fuzzy
From: Jamia
and though a rodent,
To: Maria, Gianna,
-Aprvl
I know she loves me.
Nadine, Miles, Michelle,
To the girls of the Opium Den, She runs about, eats hamster kibble
Raquel You guys are awesome!
thinking of you all makes me and gives me a smile.
I love y'all so so much!
Princess
want to ... stick needles in my -Katie
Delicate
face. Happy Val's Day
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Now we ca" be old hags
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Love Line fo You Know Who:
Carmel she rocks, the work
don't stop, she gets things
done and she isn't a nun. I
hope that for president she'll
run. If you're in Oly and
you want to sample the best
dishes, better go to C Lo's
for the bomb-ass knishes.
- The Breakfast Cereal Kilahz
We out like recycling on a
Tuesday night
Uhhnnn. Gettin' yeasty wid it.
Peace out.
february 12, 2004
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He-ey bo dilly bob. I want to
get back to my block. With the
most inspirational) spectacular
tortilla Tahoe·bridge rain water summer Take me Karl
kitten walks Dolly's Shari's Corbin river Here and now, I can't get sister in the world) I can be the
coffee dessert YSPC Young-Life Baxter Enough of your throbbing Carmel Man!
Love poem for Karl Marx
Darling William,
debate trips fireworks Ulysses four four
four *kiss kiss* -Natska
Manhood. Forget the
or Ka·"N
proletariat
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tie etlto» Agrett, the best"~. A. attd And
revolutionize me to rootlttltate. We appreciate your wottderful Night
cookittg attd your cute stltile. Happy V--Uay!
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bv [alia M. Wilson
wonderful person you are
I'd most wanna put in my lunch. You're
as you work your hardest
sweeter than Dr. Pepper, you're better
to make the world a better
than hawaiian punch!
place.
-meow
Love,
M&D
Hey Maggie!
Just another month 'til I get to
Dear S&A Board visit you. Nugget can't wait to
see you! You'll have to take care
Since the first time we
of her next quarter.
Love,
your sister Renata
C-/17el: *partner* swell,
Today's cp/ surprise for you!
C-Io: tally hOI
Plenty of lovelines make
valentine stew.
To: Keith
Mi guillermo, mi amor,
V-day: careful-what-you-say,
happy Balentine's Day! It's
For women like you: admirers just a hallmark holiday, but I
more than a few!
love any excuse to spoil you.
I love you, now, and with
[L-rel.]
much more to come!
4. Elvis Presley/ Lick the Tins/ UB40, Call't Help ' Falling in.Love. Whether
sung by the King, Irish-sounding Lick the Tins or where-are-they-now UB40,
this has become one of the most popular love songs of all time, partially thanks
to its appearance in several films including Fools Rush In and Some Kind of
WOl1derftd. Elvis would be proud , I reckon.
3. Buddy Holly, Peggy Sue. This was one of the earliest rock-n-roll songs
about a girl that produced a sequel, inspired a movie, and was Holly's biggest
hit. But it also proved that you didn 't have to use a slow tempo to get a girl's
attention.
2. Peter Frampton, Baby I Love ¥lmr Way. Another guy with one of th e
best selling albums of all time, though mo st of us might recall this song from
Reality Bites and the look on Ethan Hawke 's face when Winona rebuffs him
for Bcn Stiller. (Ouch! I think we all felt hi s pain .)
I. The Beatle.\·, Yesterday. The Beatles. Ed Sullivan. Paul and an acoustic
guitar. Simple, may be too simple, yet absolutely perfect. Yesterday has gone
on to become the most-covered song in music history. And though it' s been
40 years since that hi storic performance, Yesterday'S endurance has proven
that simplicity often defies the test of time. (Or it could be that Paul was th e
cute Beatie.)
Carmel,
TO THE HOUSING PR.O STAFF
- Y'ALL R.OCK! COULDN'T
DO IT WITHOUT you . THE
LOVELY RAS - AS LENA
WOULD SAY: I CAN'T LIVE
WITHOUT you, OH WAIT,
THAT'S NOT LENA.
Carmel,
m!J ultimate doula friend. call
vda!J 6!J its real na me - cunt da!J!
Thanks for sUf?porting us
through lots ot p'ain this !Jear.
Celebrate cunt da~ , start a
friend/M E group.
to all the sexy Epic
revolutionaries - if
we weren't stuck
in the cubicle all
the time, we'd be
getting it on. we
love you.
Thanks for looking for
Love: Maria
commas in all the right
richy,
places. Of course, you, the
i miss you more than
amazing tutors in the Writing
mud, lost you more than
Center do so much more. I
blood, knead you more
swoon for you.
than dough, i love you
To ALL The Phonatholl
more than toast.
-Sil
CaLLer..1:
Carmel,
be my valentine, i love You fiLL the Dungeon with
",
.
You float my boat like a warm fire
and hot cocoa on a cold winter
day.
Luv Lynn
february '12, '.
you~
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the botlom
of pan. E:>ake for 10 minutes. in a saucepan. combine the
carame15. butler. and milk. and heat. stirring. until the carame15 are
melted. Pour carameL mixture OVer the baked crust and sprinkle with
chocolilte chips and nuts. Top with remaining butler-oatmeal mixture.
E:>ake for 15 minutes more. CooL and cut into bars. tv1akes 36 bars.
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Rachel
Happy Valentine~s Day
Forward - g&1
Little One!
To Carmel, our sweet vegan: from Wendy and Jeff
love,
Rettata attd Stephattie
Anna Thiey, of aI/ the beverages that I
We love and admire the
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10. The Police, Every Breath You Take. This song contains some of the
most misconstrued lyrics ever written: "oh, can't you see/you belong to me"
and "every step you takell'lI be watching you." You don't know whether he's
wooing or stalking. (Not that I'm trying to knock Sting. "Sting, you make me
sing." Anyway... )
9. The Turtles, It AiI,'t Me Babe. A Bob Dylan original that basically tells
the chick to scram cause. he's not the one she wants. Hmm ' now where have
we heard that one before?
8. "Weird AI" Yankovic, You Don 't Love MeAnymore. Alright, I'll be honest.
I saw the video for this, like nine years ago, but I think what struck me even
then was the sincerity portrayed. Or maybe it was the line about piranhas in
the fish tank.
7. The Monkees, I'm Not Your Steppi,, ' Stone. Before girls starting singing about liberation from oppressive relationships, the pre-fab four did it first.
This song has all the ingredients for a stormy relationship: an egotistical lover,
another who feel s underappreciated, and a clash of opinions.
6. Elvis Presley. Su~picious Mimk Elvis' last Top Ten hit and likely his
most mature, this song details a lover's frustrations with his skeptical significant
other. As it's been featured in a variety offilms from Lilo & Stitch to Intolerable
C'/,uelty, it's become a pop culture staple. Maybe it's the King. Maybe the subject. Or maybe the chicks in the background who can sing HIGH!
5. Radiohead, Creep. Okay, so the guy actually admits his shortcomings
and annoyance with his lover 's perfection: " I wish I were special/you're so
f-----' special/but I' m a creep." Though some of you may be muttering, " What
the hell am I doing here/l don ' t belong here" (sure, like half the people at the
Grammys).
4. Limp Bizkit, Nookie. I have to hand it to Fred Durst. At least he came out
and admitted he "did it all for the nookie." Hope Britney was worth it.
3. Britney Spears, .. . Baby One More Time. Regardless how much you're
in love or how lonely you feel or how badly you want someone back, never
EVER ask him or her to "hit me, baby, one more time." Why not just come out
and say: do me, baby, one more time? At least, that would save the rest of us
from more manufactured pop music that promotes domestic violence.
2. Joan Jell '& the Blackhearts, I Hate Myselffor Loving You . The girl-version of "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" and any other song where a guy told a
girl to take a hike. However, this one places the blame for the girl's inability
to leave on the guy, making him the scapegoat.
.
1. Bob Dylan, Positively 4f1t Street. One thing ['ve always liked about Dylan
is he tells it like it is, and this does just that and discredits every holier-thanthou persona encountered. Maybe I'm just cynical, or maybe too many people
have pissed me off, but this song sums it all up: "do you take me for such a
fool/to think I'd make contact/with the one~who tries to hide/what he don't
know to begin with."
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12 foiL cupcake liners
Over medium heat meLt margarine and stir in peanut Dutter and graham
cracker crumbs. 6poon two tablespoons of mixture into the foiL
cupcake liners. Using a double- boiler melt dhocolilte chips and soy
milk.. 6poon chocolate sauce onto peanut butter mixture and swirl with
a k.nife. CooL cups in refrigerator for
&8 hours or put in the freezer
if
you can't wait that long!
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• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup unrefined sugar
• 3/4 cup non-hydrogenated margarine
• 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
• 3 tablespoons margarine
.1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• dash of salt
• soy milk
Show the cows you care! Make vegan Valentine's Day cookies and spread
the love. Cream margarine and sugar together in a bowl. Mix in vanilla and flax
seeds. Sift in remaining ingredients and combine to form a big ai' dough ball.
Cover and chill for 1-2 hours. Roll out the dough, 112 inch thick and cookiecutter away! Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375
. For the frosting, $tart by making your powdered sugar. Simply throw
unrefined sugar in a blender, blend, and presto! Powdered sugar. Whip all
ingredients together, adding enough soymilk for desired consistency. Spread
over cookies, or your best friend's face! Bring to The Vagina Monologues!
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I'm Calling You Out, Dave Coulierl
The Curmudgeon:
by Liz Egan
by Lee Kepraios
I have written a letter to comedian Dave
Coulier urging him to come to Evergreen
to battle me in stand-up.
I was flipping channels not long ago
and noticed a re-run of Full House, a show
I never liked and watched on occasion to
remind myselfofwhy I didn 't like it. And
[ studied the actions of Mr. Coulier, whose
Uncle Joey character is not so different
from his stand-up persona. That's how
he got the job.
And the more I watched this man work
his craft, the more I couldn ' t help but see
something point me towards an unshakeable conclusion, a fe'eling I was getting
about myself and my talents as a person.
Did you ever see someone on TV who
was supposedly famous for being good
at something and yo u knew that person
wasn' t maybe as good as many people
thought they were?
I '
persona, which, keep in mind, is based on
his stand-up persona. That makes this
tougher. The website also goes on to
explain Coulier 's act. He does impressions, voices, characters, and tells stories.
And I' m sure he covers topics that are
decidedly un-Full House, i.e. sex and
embarrassing bodily functions. But mostly
I would imagine his act to be much like
the Gap of stand-up comedy : safe, inoffensive and devoid of any really raucous
or controversial content. In other words,
he's no Lenny Bruce.
How funny can he be? The man does
voice-overs for cartoons and other family
related entertainment. He 's a family guy
from Detroit. I look at him on Full House.
There's nothing funny about his appearance or stage presence. He looks like Jeff
Daniels before you add water. So he can
do a couple voices. Big deal.
That's the feeling I was getting sitting
there watching Dave Coulier. I do standup myself and I'm not that great. I'm an
amateur, really. But I know I'm funnier
than Dave Coulier. I' ve got to be funnier
than Dave Coulier.
So [ got this idea that I could prove to
myself that I'm funnier than Dave by perfonning with him in a double bill.
He's been a comedian for twenty years,
so he already has something valuable that
I don't have: experience. On his website
(I ' m not kidding: "cutitout.net"), he mentions a variety of audience reactions two
decades as a comedian have brought him.
He makes mention of people who fall
asleep during his act and one audience
member who pulled a gun once. That
should tell you something.
The problem is, I haven't heard Dave's
actual act. I can only go by his Full House
Now keep in mind, I respect him for
doing stand-up. [think stand-up comedy is
the most difficult job in the world. I really
believe that. Harder than brain surgery.
Anyone who tries to do it, however bad
they are, gets my respect. It's the only profession out there to tab; on that exception.
Bob Saget does stand-up as well and he 's
not funny either, despite his unbelievably
dirty material. And I respect him too.
But I have to draw the line here. I know
Dave's going to be doing a college tour
in 2004. Maybe he ' ll have time to swing
by Evergreen and accept my challenge
to match wits with me in stand-up. I've
placed my letter to Dave and his agent on
the See Page of this issue of the CP J. So
Dave Coulier, if you're reading this, I' m
calling you out. dammit! Otherwise Cut
It Out!
Continued on page 15
POWE~,
RELAT ION 5HIP 5,
OBEDIENCE,
DEMOC~ACY, AUTHO~ITY,
~UE5Tl0N1N~,
REVOLUTION, ETC. ETC. •••
hy Lucas ( '/auss en
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Why do we need a Studcnt Union at
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Evergree n')
St udent s are the prim ary reason for
tile ex istence o r the co ll ege. in fact, all
co ll eges. Without the s tL~dent s , a co ll ege.
uni ve rsit y () r sc hoo l would not e xist. It
would seem to mak e sense. thell. that
stllde nt s should have sOllle authorit v ovcr
the ir own edu~a ti o n.
h 'ergrccn is an ills tit uti on that was
built Oil the idea thai s tudcnt ~ slwu ld he
ill con trol o r their ()\I'n eclucatiolw l pZll h.
Wl' ;IS stude nt s have the respo nsi hi li ty for
: i~ ill g the k :ld in nllr 11II n k; lrn ing ;111 d
k illon strzllill g til at ic;lIllill !! tll till' gre:ll er
,·( \Illlll ll illtie.'i 11l'ltsi de (1 f nllr c I:1S-;r()(ll 11 S.
" ei "n I",n ,t ll dc'll ls at 1·: \ l'r!! rl'Cn h;l\'e
:: ,\1 had an ' ~l ll d o i' studcnt ulli,1 1l or
~ ,\\ em ane e "tnll·lure. rile g\\\'c' rn ,11' or
\\'as hill!!ll\1I insti tuted ;1 :-i tudcnt I'rustce
I' lb itiol l nil til e nn;lI d PI" Trustees It ile
!~ig he s t dee is ill il IllZtk illg body or the eolicgc). wi th full "oting righ ts c\ cept 0 11 ("nllege personnel iss ues. St udent I\ ctivit ies
and the Illany stude nt groups have tak cn
upon th emse lve s as individual s an d
aut onomously orga ni zcd groups to work
for changc hc re at eye rgrcen as we ll. In
fac t. Student Acti vities are the onl y way
for students to act independently of the
admini stration. The student fees that are
used for Student Activities are administered by the S and A Board, comprised of
curre ntl y enrolled students.
for the past quarter, student s have been
comin g togc ther on Wednesday's at I p.m.
at first in the CAB and now in Library
1706. Up to thi s point. \\'e have averaged
around 20-30 stud ent s at eac h meeting.
The movemcnt lor a student uni on here
at Eve rgrcen is onc that is the struggle lu I'
de illocracy itse Ir ill our Ii vcs a11d our ed ucatio n. l\ modc l ofgowrnalll:e and Uni oni sm
is emergin g a11d \ arious dcvo ted c;{ udcllt s
;Ire II'm!; iIlg O il ;1nllm her 0 I' front<; to hriIl g
aboll t gre;l il'r mO lol'lllell t to" ;lrd un iC'ni l.ing
th e QUde 11 t bC'ciy here ~It h ·ergreen.
Ihe ( Ill ion . hOll'eve r. II ill not be the
cl'c;ll iun 01 ':1 IL'\I' tiher-in tcl'cstcd stUd Cllt S.
It mus t enille ;Ibou t til ro ugh the inp ut und
str uggk ot'al l o;tudell ts tn real ize ~ project
or this ~ i !lY. h ell ir a pe rtCct constit uti on
c(1u ld evel' be cr:1i"ted by a sc le ct fell'
(II hieil I se l'io usly doub t is possibl e ... ),
without the pa rticipat io n of tile studcnt
body as a whole, a Uni on cou ld neve r succecd. As a guest s pe a~er (a nd an Evergreen
stud ent ) in my class put it whil e talking
abou t Mexico and hi s experi ences as a
hum an rights worker. "We were foo led
into thinking that being able to vote. and
elections would mean democracy. "
What difference could a Student Union
make ; what kind of " power" do you think
it would have?
To that, my friend , I would an swer
back with a question. What kind of power
do you want it to have? Or maybe better
phrased. what kind of change and powers
are yo u willing to work toward the Union
havi ng. The answer, in part . is th at a
Union has the auth ority that it is im bued
with fro lll the self-de termined auto nomy
of the stude nt s themselves . .'\ Union wil l
have the po wer and aut hority to demand
chan ge and vu ice at the deci sion makin g
IZlb lc ull l: whe n student s themsc lves
deci de Ihat the iss Lie at hand is illlpona lll
enoll gh. [ 'nt il that po int. the status oUO.
II hieh seem s to be le ss and less suppon
lor public ed ucati on. i.c. hig her tuiti on cilld
colkge "outsourcing" or ··p ri vat ization.··
will co ntin ue unabated. The dec ision s
that affec t th e quality and co ntent of our
ed ucati on. and the env iron ment in wh ich
we ent er into to engage the world's issues
seri ously and criticall y. will be made by
people who have been long removed from
the everyday experiences of students 'and
who do not have the ability, want, need.
and/or authority to speak for students and
make decision which define our lives while
we are members of thi s community.
The time has come to organize Greeners
into a Union to give a pl ace where st udents
can offer their voices and demand and take
a seat at the decision-making tabl c. If wc
start now. in ten years. we could have three'
or four seats or maybe even be facilitating
the whole damn thing along wi th the he ir
of other essential parts of the co ll ege. the
sta ff and facu lty.
So I encoura gc cvcl'y onc to takc no tc:
a rive r is startin g to fl o\\' fro m a me lti ng
gl aci el·. Ify ou want to add your part l() thi s
current. which I am surc that yo u do. gi ve
feedback to the II'ork in !,! gruup. cO lll e to
the mec tings. or comillunicate in <lnut he r
lVay that YOLI see li t. Th e Stuckn t 1.'ll iu n
Working Group will co nt il1u e Ineeting on
Wed nesdays ill I p. m. in Lib rary 170(J. Be
the re or bc squa re.
For more informat ion. contact me (L ucas
C la ussen) at lenins t rip@ yahoo.c o lll,
Ke nari Breshem at iranek@hotmail.com or
Kara Hauck at haukar2 1@everg reen. edu.
Caucus Turnout: It's Everyone's Problem
DyCol1l1or Moran
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It should be no secret to anyone with ears or eyes that this is a very political campus. Sit in the lunchroom, and you'll hear spirited debates about the relative merit of various
left-wing political philosophers. Open the Cooper Point Journal , read about the latest Greener protest antics. Mention Israel/Palestine, watch a big fight. And I wouldn't have
it any other way. The socially aware nature of this campus is part of the reason that I came to Evergreen.
So, when I went to the Democratic presidential caucus last Saturday, I naturally expected a decent Greener turnout. Us on-campus types have our own precinct (aptly titled
"college"), so it was easy to see where the Greeners were. And I was embarrassed. We, the so politically active, young, vibrant college types, managed to muster 34 voters.
Other precincts meeting in the building had twice or three times as many people.
Now, I understand that not everyone living here is registered here, and not everyone registered here would care to be known as a Democrat. Nevertheless, I think that there
are a lot more than 34 people registered with an address on or near this campus who give a damn about the direction of this country. There're probably plenty of you who aren 't
even registered, but could have registered on Saturday and voted in the caucus.
This stuff matters. Those of us who did vote had three delegates to the county convention. This number is determined by the turnout in the previous presidential election.
That means if you want to get a voice for your kind of views, if you want to give credible support to your candidate in the future, the most important thing you can do is show
up and vote. Not only does your vote matter, but also the fact that you voted will give us a greater voice in these kinds of matters in the future.
Now, I'm going to assume that low caucus turnout wasn't just because of laziness or apathy. I think my fellow Evergreen students are better than that. Assuming this is the
case, the real key to getting the kind of voice we deserve is better infonnation. Organizations around campus can have a huge impact here. I call on all of the political organizations on campus to help spread the word about opportunities like the caucus to other students who may not hear about them . This very publication, the Cooper Point Journal ,
could similarly serve to drum up the sort of interest that this caucus deserved.
Want to change the world? This is how it starts. Show up. Make your voice heard .
What s YOUR problem ? E-mail it to me al Morcon03 @evergreen.edu
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Counterpoint: Shamanism as Cultural
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U.S. using only one word, it would be
diaspora, which basically means "displaced people." Most of the people living
in this country are not indigenous or have
displaced themselves to this terrain, and
those that are indigenous have experienced
various levels of displacement. Even after
centuries of genocides and imperialism,
many indigenous tribes have survived and
continue to exist on their ancestral homelands , which has not by any means been
easy. Indigenous people have struggled to
reclaim their lands, rights, identities and
cultures, as well as struggling to preserve
language, beliefs, sacred ceremonies and
s'ymbols.
Perhaps it is because of indigenous
peopl es' persistent survival that mainstream culture has shown a great interest
in the traditional indigenous spirituality.
And once a person learns the basics of
an indigenous "religion," it is no surprise
that he or she would want to embrace,
incorporate and practice it. Humans have
not always been as disconnected from the
earth and the spirit world as mainstream
rea lity currently is. and many different
indigenou s "religions" are centered on
that connection . !-Iowever. every tribe is
di fferent, and there is no way to "essenti alize" Native American spirituality;
eac h indi genous nation in this country
has had to evolve with and beside mainstream culture, and each nation has had its
nuances in its evolution. The key idea here
is that there is a long and complex history
within each tribe that needs to be learned
and respected, especially if one wants to
extract knowledge on spiritual matters.
So what happens when someone values
an indigenous spiritual practice yet has no
connection to the tribe or people that practice it? Is it fair or legitimate to create an
"essential" native religion? If you read
about something in a book and readily
identify with it, is it okay to embrace it and
incorporate it into your own worldview?
Ifyou hear someone speak of a traditional
practice, is it all right to give it a new name
and a personalized twist? While I would
be the first to stand up and say that unity
in spiritual development is a wonderful
thing, [ would say that incorporating one
aspect of one culture into a non-traditional
context is, simply put, cultural appropriation.
Let 's take shamanism, for example,
since it has been practiced in various ways
by many different people. Shamanism is
inherently sacred knowledge and it is
"owned" by the people to whom it has been
gifted or taught. [f someone is di sgusted
with all the mental pollution of mainstream culture, a practice like shamanism
could be the connection to the earth and
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spirit worlds that he or she is looking for.
However, since shamanism is a traditional
and bio-regionally (locally) specific indigenous practice, it is only reasonable that
the loca[ indigenous history, culture,
traditions and peoples are consulted,
involved and in charge of disseminating
that information. To do otherwise is taking
an aspect of a culture and appropriating it,
taking it out of context, and using it in a
way that does not respect nor benefit the
people. To align oneself with something
like shamanism without also taking-me
responsibility oflearning about the culture
behind the practice is only perpetuating the
effects of imperialism. This is the core of
cultural theft and appropriation issues: the
genocidal histories, treaty and other [egal
issues, land claim issues, education and
health issues, etc., may not be as glamorous or as spiritual as indigenous shamanism , but these too are real aspects of these
cu ltures that cannot be ignored, especially
if it is the "sacred" parts - the gifts - of the
culture that one wants to experience.
[ address this issue in response to the
new Shamanism Club that was recently
formed at Evergreen. I was appalled when
I saw the advertisement for the club,
since the icon on the sign was similar to
a traditional medicine wheel , except for
the colors and the improper orientation.
I also questioned who it was that had
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the authority to share such knowledge
and form a club based on an abstract
idea of shamanism. Curious and quite
concerned, I attended the group's first
meeting. Several people showed up, and
it was clearly a gathering of people who
were genuinely concerned with spiritual
matters. However, since the spiritual is
personal, and the personal is political, I
felt that it was appropriate to address my
concerns at the meeting before any actual
"ceremony" took place, even though such
concerns diverted the focus of the entire
meeting. We discussed the use of indigenous symbology, "ownership" of indigenous knowledge, the " location" of that
know ledge, who may "rightfully" share
and teach sacred knowledge, " hybrid "
and " universal" or "esse ntial " " white
shamanism," legitimacy and authenticity
(and lack thereof) and of course, cultural
appropriation. [ wi \I not go into detai I here,
because [ was raised to not say anything at
all if I have nothing nice to say. The main
point is that imperial ism, colonization,
and extraction of indigenous knowledge
has never stopped and that we all have
to be responsible for keeping injustice in
check. To educate one another respectfully
when we see problematic developments
such as this new group does not need to
be inflammatory; in fact, it can be a mutually beneficial learning experience .
, ThanKS~
Bill
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oday, I did the
unthinkable.
I turned
all Microsoft
Word ' s
i\utoCorrect. I'm sure you're familiar
with thi s feature - it 's what automatically changes " Iookign" to " Iooking" and
"htese" to "these." It 's what won't let you
type "i ." It was designed to speed up the
proccss of typing; because you can type so
much faster on a computer keyboard than
you can on a typewritcr, it 's much easicr
to bump a key, or to transpose letters, or to
leave a letter out. A utoCorrect is supposed
to reduce typos beca use it infers, more or
less, what youmeal1l to type .
But thi s isn't why I turned it off. I turned
it ofT because it was ruining my spe ll ing.
Sce. AutoCorrect doesn' t just correct
honest-to-good ness tyrographicai errors.
It also corrects spelling errors. It changes
"beleive" to "be lieve"; "devellop" to
"develop"; and "eligable" to "eli gible."
And you can, in fact, customize it to
respond to your personal spelling uncertainties. Have trouble remembering if it's
"existence" or "existance"? " Memento"
or " momento "? No problem; just set
A utoCorrect to do your remcmbcri ng for
you.
And that is why I am turning it off.
Since it keeps me from having to worry
- or even think - about mi ss pellings, I can
keep all my bad habits.
I see turning off AutoCorrect as a kind
of exercise in Stoicism . The Stoics, as I' m
sure you know, were those passionless
Greeks who believed in eliminating all
but the most basic necessities ofl ife . They
held that abstention from luxuries taught
you that you could live without comforts
and sti II be perfectly content. They did not
always live bare, ascetic lives, but they
practiced regular periods of deprivation, so
that they would not become dependent on
things they didn't need. And dependence,
they said, makes you soft.
And this is exact ly my point. I am afraid
that dependence on AutoCorrect (to say
nothing of the Spelling and Grammar
check) is making me soft.
The question is, however, in this age of
computers, do we even need to be good
spellers? This is related to the question of
whether there's any reason to know how
to do arithmetic when calculators are
so cheap and handy. Well , the ability to
calculate on your own is useful. You may
one day find yourself without a calculator.
Plus, it 's good exerci se for your brain to do
math problems without one. Same goes for
spelling. It helps you think carefully and
logically. It keeps you sharp.
An example - purely hypothetical, of
course - of the potential enfeebling effects
of A utoCorrect:
As I menti oned , AutoCorrect is cu stomi za ble. It can be adjusted to replace
any string of text with any other string
of text. So you don 't actually have to use
it just to make corrections. Now, if one
were so inclined, one could creep into
the GCC in the dead of night and playa
little practical joke: just set AutoCorrect
to replace " learned" with "did not learn";
"wrote" with "screwed around"; and " I"
with "Gary Co leman." Think of the se lfevaluation havoc that would ensue. No
one would notice the changes because
everyone is so used to bcing corrected
automat ica lIy.
Well , almost everyone. I'm not taking
any chances - I'm keeping AutoCorrect
ofr. If nothing else, it may save me from
this kind of em barrassment down the road.
Or - is that "embarassment"? I can never
remem ber.
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Curmudgeon Continued ...
Continued from page 14
Lee 's New Rule of the Week: Exposed cleavage on TV is not risque; it's a desperate cry for attention. Janet Jackson
knows what I' m talking about here. Her Super Bowl stunt was probably the only thing during the halftime show that
shouldn ~ have been blurred out. Nevertheless, it was a stunt much in the same way as Britney Spears kissing Grandma
at the Video Music Awards was a stunt. Doesn't the media bear some responsibility for being shallow when people
" can be so manipulated so easily by Madonna and Janet Jackson on TV? [ mean, here's Janet doing what Madonna did,
asking herself, "Gosh, what could get everybody to follow me again? Oh r got it, if I do something raunchy on live TV
like flash a breast or stick my tongue down Britney Spears' throat," and then everyone does exactly that and there she
is, exposed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Bear in mind, I do not take offense to the content but the context here.
Showing a breast in public means on of three things: No one is paying attention to you at the party, no one is going to
watch your shitty sitcom, or no one is going to buy your shitty album. All "wardrobe malfunctions" should be done in
the privacy of an Annie Sprinkles stage show and strip clubs across the country.
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Team Evergreen Makes First Appearance of 2004
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2004: a new year, another chance f?r
the Northwest chapte~ of Bak Sh.ao.lln
Eagle Claw to repeat history by claiming
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Competition CirCUit.
On Saturday,. February 7, at the
Northwe~t Opens. In Tacoma, the blackbelts and. intermediates ofTea~ .Evergreen
ushered In a new group of sptrlted young
fighters .
T~e bla~kbelts, ?Id and new, conti~~ed
to raise their status In the open competttion
circuit.
In men's heavyweight point fighting,
local instructor Owen O' Keefe had a spectacular day, taking second place among
seven seasoned fighters. In the past
O ' Keefe 's biggest asset was his power,
but on Saturday his power was combined
with grace and speed. The results were
tremendous .
Representing the Evergreen school for
the second time at the blackbelt level,
Sophomore Devon "Dakota" Waldron
took third by fighting smart and fast in the
heavyweight division.
Seattle instructor and founder of Team
Evergreen Sam Haskin also had a strong
showing, taking fourth.
In the middleweight division, Evergreen
Co-Captain Andrew Bresnik took fourth
after roughing up his opponents. Bresnik 's
performaftce was undercut by several questionable calls from his ring's center judge.
Mark Germano, also current Co-Captain
of Evergreen, took third in the lightweight
division after a narrow loss to three-time
world champion Steve Curran.
Bresnik and Germano also made a solid
showing in men's blackbelt forms.
Evergreen's Intermediate students~Andy
Cyders and Greg Thomas, started their first
competition of the new year right by dominating their divisions.
Several days after his twentieth birthday,
Cyders displayed his newfound maturity by
shutting out his opponents and taking first
place. Cyders also took second in intermediate forms.
Thomas, competing for the first time
at the intermediate level showed he could
stand toe to toe with his competitors by
placing second in fighting behind Cyders
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In orms.
The beginners, some returning and
some new, upheld the tradition of excellence set forth by the older members of the
team.
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Stephanie Eichstead, competing for her
second time, took first in women's beginner point sparring, repeating the success she
earned at her first tournament. Eichstead
also took fourth in yellow belt forms.
Lena Brown, a newcomer out of Jessie
Smith's Eagle Claw women's team, placed
second in yellow belt forms.
Seth Waldstein and Michael Crowley
also made strong showings in their large
beginner devisions.
Team Evergreen would lik~,)to tha~k
Sifu Dana G. Daniels and Grandmaster
Leung Fu for their countless hours of dedicated instruction and support. We would
also like to thank the spirit and peoples
of the Longhouse. For more information
on Evergreen Kung Fu, call the club at
360.357.9137 or go to http://www.baksh
aolineagleclaw.com
by Kyra Berkovich
Photo by Devon Waldron
Stephanie Eichstaedt (left). ki.cks her
·oppone·nt on her way to first place in
Wom'en s Begginner point fighting.
Photo by Devon Wpldron ;. ".
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Andy "Bo_sion 6igHeacf'Gyders hits his '·'
stance:and wins second place in Men s ;'
Intermediate. Forms.
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Valentine's Day not your cup of tea? Then perhaps a baseball game is more what
you had in mind.
Starting this Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15. the Evergreen Stale
College Geoduck baseball club begins their official season as part of the Western
Mountain Conference at University of Oregon.
Games will be held every weekend, Saturdays and Sundays. Evergreen hopes
to improve their record from last year's 1-7, with the one win coming from Seattle
University. Being in the National Club Baseball Association. the team has a better
opportunity to earn the respect for which they've been practicing for weeks.
Evergreen Men's Basketball Win, Women Come Up Short
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by James.J. Par/line. Evergreen Slate College Sports Information
OLYMPIA, Washington - The
Evergreen State College Men 's Basketball
team showed for the second consecutive
night that. when the team plays well
together they can beat anyone.
Tonight it was the Western Baptist
Warriors (7-7 Cascade Conference, 15-11
Overall), the No .5 team in the Cascade
Conference, who came to Evergreen
expecting to win and left instead with a
70-67 loss.
Seniors Adam Laneer (Tumwater,
Wash./South Puget Sound c.c.) and
Karriem Fielding (Sacramento, Calif.!
Sacramento C.c.) said goodbye to the
home fans by scoring 14 and 12 points
respectively in their final home game at
Evergreen. Fielding also added 7 assists
and 8 defensive rebounds to his 12-points
to be Evergreen 's standout player of the
game.
Juniors Zach Haley (13 points) and
Walter Thcker ( II points) were the third
and fourth Geoduck players to score in
double figures.
After starting the game behind 6-0 and
digging themselves a 29-17 hole with
eight minutes remaining in the first half,
Evergreen found their offensive rhythm
and went into the half time locker room
leading 35-33.
Since both teams played even in the
second half, with Evergreen scoring 35
points again and Western Baptist scoring
34 points, the Warriors were not able to
eliminate their first-half deficit and lost.
The next game for Evergreen is this
coming Friday. All though it is classified
as a road game, Northwest College is little
more than an hour's drive up Interstate 5
and well worth the drive.
As for the women, they shouldered a
loss that came down to the final seconds
and the game ending 55-56. Big performances were the trademark ofthis contest,
as Western Baptist's Lindsy Brownell lead
all scorers with 17 points. Toran Lundgren
and Cassie Llewellyn each had doubledigit scoring and double-digit rebounding
games for the Wamiors.
Evergreen's attacks were spread out
amongst four players. Senior Kristen
Zorn petti (Seattle, Wash.lHighline c.c.)
lead the Geoducks with 15 points and
Alicia Riddle (Portland, Ore./Cascade
College) chipped in 13 points. Junior
Heather Hyde (Olympia, Wash.lCentral
H.S.) lead Evergreen's rebounding effort
with II rebounds.
But the talk following the game
was all about senior forward Christine
Pendergrass (Lakewood, Wash.lSouth
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Donate
to the Puget Sound Blood Center in the Library
Lobby.
12:45 p.m. Amy Feeney and Chris Chandler perform at SPSCC in the StudentUnion
building. Sponsored by BRICK. Free.
12:45-4 p.m. Donate blood to the Puget Sound Blood Center in the Library Lobby.
Sign up for an appointment at 867.6804.
7 p.m. GRAS Presents: Anime Night! Brand new Anime from Japan! Come for the
show and stay for the people! LH lor 5! For more info and showtimes: http://www.justpeachy.com/gras!.
7 p.m. The EQA and other associated student groups present The Vagina Monologues!
In The Recital Hall! Get your tickets at the door for $6 worth of feminine products
(soap, tampons, socks, underwear, etc.) Help raise awareness and put a stop to violence
against women!
Ken Allen, a returning beginner of
Owen O'Keefe's school, dominated the
men's beginner_.~5+ sparring division,
blowing through his opponents and capturing first place. He also placed third in
his beginner forms division.
Newcomer Hank Kushman, a teammate
of Allen's, took second in his first beginner
sparring division.
.
Team Evergreen's true beginners made
a good impression at their first tournamenl.
Aubrey Harding took third to Kushman
in beginner point sparring and placed third
in beginner forms.
Daniel "Doj" Edleson-Stein took
second place in forms with a sharp display
ofShaolin Longfist.
Julia Snyder took second in women 's
beginner point sparring, finishing just
behind Eichstead in a close, hard-fought
match .
Greener Baseball Starts
This Weekend
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Puget Sound c.c.). For the second ni g ht
in a row she scored in double figures ,
tonight it was a l2-point performance .
Along with that she grabbed 21 rebounds,
10 offensive and II defensive, tying the
school record set by Linnaea Jablonski,
on December 5, 2000.
The win leap-frogged Western Baptist
back over Evergreen into fifth place and
Evergreen slid down into sixth, the position the Warriors held prior to the game
after losing last night at Northwest and
Evergreen beating Concordia.
Evergreen will take to the road next
week to play a single conference game
in Kirkland, Washington against the
Northwest Eagles on Friday (January
13).
With a 10-5 conference record ,
Northwest is in the coveted fourth spot,
the position that Evergreen needs to be in
at the end of the season in order to host
a first round Cascade Conference postseason tournament game.
Friday night's game in Kirkland ,
Washington will start at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, February 13
5:30-10 p.m; Join GRAS for a Karaoke Revolution, Dance Dance Revolution, and
other super fantastic games! At the Edge in A Dorm. FREE snacks!
7 p.m. The EQA and other associated student groups present The Vagina Monologues!
In The Recital Hall! Get your tickets at the door for $6 worth of feminine products
(soa p, tampons, socks, underwear, etc.) Help raise awareness and put a stop to violence
against women!
7 p.m. The Ol ympia Queer Film Festival at the Capitol Theater Featuring man y
'
Evergreen students' works! $4 for students.
9 p.m . KISS tribute band Shout It Out Loud plays at the Go Club. 311 E. Fourth
Ave.SIO.
I p.m. The Geoduck lacrosse team plays Puget Sound at TESC!
7 p.m, The EQA and other associated student groups present Th e Vagina Monologues!
In' The Recital Hall! Get your tickets at the door for $6 worth of feminine products
(soap. tampons, socks, underwear, etc.) Help raise awareness and put a stop to violence
against women!
8 p.m. Trio Medieval performs at St. Martin 's Abbey. Doors open at 7 p.m . Free,
though a free will offering is suggested. Information at 491.4700 .
Sp.m. to midnight. The Historic Spar Restaurant and Lounge presents live jazz
featuring Steve Munger! Free, 21 +. For more info call 357.6444.
8 p.m. till late late late. All ages Valentines Day dance! Featuring Reggae by Clinton
Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band! At the Eagles Ballroom on Fourth and Plum SI.
in downtown Olympia. $9 advance tickets at Rainy Day Records and Traditions Fair
Trade Cafe. For more info call John at 970.5550. Volunteers receive free admission!
9 p.m.-2 a.m. The Masquerade: a dance and drink costume ball! Live music From
Funk Underworld and DJ Shannon. All ages, bar with \D, $12 at the door, $16 without
a mask, $10 advance. In the Experimental Theater in the COM Building. For more
info call 867.6833.
Mond.ay, February 16
5-7 p.m. The Evergreen Bike Shop presents a class on understanding your bike wheels
and keeping them straight, in the basement of the CAB (take the elevator). Bring your
bike and prepare t0ft,et ~reasy! Information at 876.6399 or tabben03 @evergreen.edu .
Tuesaay, l' ebruary 17
6 p.m.lmprov mastermind Troy Mink is teaching a workshop at TESC in Lib 1600. For
more info contact Evergreen Improv-Theater at 867.6412 or improv@evergreen.edu.
7 p.m. Ecofeminist author Carol J Adams will present The Sexual Politics of Meat!
On the second floor of the Library Lobby. Sponsored by the Evergreen Animal Rights
Network .
7:30 p.m. Mindscreen Movie Night presents The Music Room in LH I. Admission
and popcorn are free!
8 p.m. David Rovics, " the musical version of Democracy Now!" plays at the Capitol
Theater with local band Skeptic Tank .
Wednesday, February 18
2-3 p.m. TESC Writing Center presents
''The Complex Sentence" in Lib 3407.
For more info contact 867.6420 or http:
//www.evergreen.edu/writingcenter/.
4-6 p.m. Dan Imhoff speaks in LH
I . Part of the Third Annual Sustainable
Living Conference SYNERGY. Hosted
Every Friday
10:30 a.m. The Wild Cra fting Guild meets at Media Island (across fro m the Olymp ia
Library). Come share your plant knowledge!
5-6:30 p.m. The Kung Fu Club meets in the Longhouse 107-\ 07N. Beginners an:
welcome! For more info contact Mark at 357.9137 or yngmrk@ comcast.net.
9 p.m. Fantastic Friday at the Vault, 425 N Franklin. Come dance wit h a live DJ I
S3,21 +.
Noon to 2 p.m. The Caopeira Angola Club meets in the CRC 11 7. Beginners are
welcome! For more info contact Daniellaggner@yahoo.com.
10 p.m. Supa' Saturday at the Fourth Avenue Tavern, 210 Fo urth Ave. Comc dan ce
with a live DJ! $1,21 +. For more info contact 786.1444.
Every Sunday
7-10 p.m. GRAS presents Anime showings ! At the Edge in A Dorm!
10 p.m. Sweet Sundays at the Fourth Avenue Tavern, 210 Fourth Ave. Come dance
with a live DJ! Free, 21 +. For more info contact 786.1444 .
Every Tuesday
5-6:30 p.m. The Kung Fu Club meets in the Longhousc 107-1 07N. Beginncrs are
welcome! For more info contact Mark at 357.9137 or yngmrk@ comcast.net.
5:30 p.m. The Evergreen Animal Rights Network meets in the S&A space of th e
third floor orthe CAB .
9 p.m. Tuning in Tuesdays at Charlie's Bar and Grill, 620 Fourth Ave. Come dance
with a live DJ! Free, 21 +. For more info contact 786.8181.
Every Wednesday
1 p.m. Student governance meeting in Lib 1706. Come share yo ur opinions on a poss ible student government at TESC! For more info contact studentgov@evergreen.edu.
1-2:30 p.m. Candidates for Evergreen's Provost pos ition give presentations in Librar;.
2100. Come help to choose our next Vice President for Academic Affairs.
3 p.m. The Jewish Cultural Center meets in Lib 2129. A II are welcome!
3-5 p.m. The Caopeira Angola Club meets in the CRC 117. Begi nners are welcome I
For more info contact daniellaggner@yahoo.com.
4 p.m. till late. Gaming night in CAB 320. Presented by T ESC Ga ming Guild! For
more info contact 867.6036.
5-6:30 p.m. The Kung Fu Club meets in the Longhouse 107-1 07N. Beginners arc
welcome! For more info contact Mark at 357.9137 or yngmrk@comcast.net:
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Intercity Transit is your ticket off
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Grab a pizza or take in some music,
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5-6:30 p.m. The Kung Fu Club meets in the Longhouse 107-107N . Beginners are
welcome! For more info contact Mark at 357.9137 or yngmrk@ comcast.net.
10 p.m. Soul Good Thursday at the Mark , 407 Columbia Ave. Come dance with a
live DJ! 21 +, free.
Herbal Medicine Apprenliceship. Big Island of Hawaii
We provide _the ride.
You provide the fun!
The Center
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by JEED and Greener Futures! For more info contact SEED at 867.6493.
4:30-6 p.m. TESC Writing Center presents "Re-visioning Your Academic
Essay" in Lib 2218. For more info contact 867.6420 or http://www.evergreen.edul
writingcenter/.4:45 p.m. Catholic Mass at Lib 4004. For info contact 866.9730 or
aarcuri2000@yahoo.com.
6 p.m.lmprovmastermind Troy Mink is teaching a workshopatTESC in Lib 1600. For
more info contact Evergreen Improv-Theater at 867.6412 or improv@evergreen.edu.
4-7 p.m. Paul Stamets speaks in LH I. Part of the Third Annual Sustainable Living
Conference SYNERGY. Hosted by SEED and Greener Futures! For more info contact
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