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"It's a two-party
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Helen Scoccia
Sophomore
Sight alld Incite

Richard Gold, head ofPo'ngo Publishing (wh ich publishes poetry ofincarceratedyouJh)' talks with students Wednesday.
tables were'
PCIrI of Celldom Heard, "a day-long benefit to break out the word5 of incarcerated y outh " sponsored by a collection of local .prisoner
advocacy and other gro ups, including the In(oshoppe, Crim eth!nc., the Ev'ergreen Politicalltiformation Center and Last Word Books,_

"I would like to trust
that people are smart
enough not to vote
for him, rather than
. let Bush get elected,
I hop-e people vote
and not for Bush,"
Michelle Angell
Senior
Constructing
Citizens

Time to Re~ster to VOTE.-Do It-It Matters!
by Roberta Zens

I' m urgi ng students to get ready to
VOTE in this year 's November 2 general
election and September' 14 primary elec- ,
tion, This means if yo u plan to register
to vote.in Thurston County, you need to
have yo ur registration form postmarked
by October 2, 2004 to VOTE in the
Presidential election!
For more info, contact Thurston Cou nty
Auditor's office ai 360.786.5408.
I'm writi ng this article in the spr ing
because there will be little time next fa ll to
make sure your voter registration' is accurate and up to date, And one thing you may
want to consider in advance is the state and
county in wh ich you want yo ur vote to be
,counted, Here are three factors t,o, think .
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about in making that decision:

Residency. Where you regi ster to . county clerk ,or auditor's office?
This year 's presidential election will
vote should be the state in which you
usually consider yourself a resident. As be hotly contested in the following swing
students, you have a unique choice; you states: Maine, New Hampshire, Florida (of
could choose your parents ' home, 01' you r course), Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan ,
sc hool res idence, Most states require yo u We st, Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
tq register or change your address at least Iowa, Missouri , Arizona, New Mexico,
30 days before a scheduled electi on. Keep Nevada, and Oregon,
The candidate who wins the most elecin mind that the U.S. Po.stal Service cannot
tora l votes from these states wi ll win the
forwa rd an absentee ba ll ot.
. Election Issues. What iss ues matter presidency. Thi s may a·lso factor into yo ur
most to yo u? Do yo u wa nt to vote fo r strategic thinking abo ut whe re to vote .
. Finally, get more involved , Join a camThursto n Cou nty candidates and iss ues, or
wo uld yo u rather address candi dates and pai gflover the summer. You can v.oluntee r
iss ues in your hOl1)e county and state?
for just a short time- everr one afternoon
Convenience. Wo uld it be eas ier to or evening- Gr have a longer commitment
vote at a poll site in Thurston County, or
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by absentee ballot sent from your home
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Renaissance Bazaar:
Music~ Art from Silk
. R~ads Cultures, May 29

: Students, Faculty of
_Evergreen Dance Program
Present Their Work On May
27
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This Sat!lrday, May 29~ a Renaiss'~nce
Ba~aar will be held in the Library Lobby
from' 1.1 a,m. to 4 p.m.
The Bazaar will be a celebration of
music, dante, song, puppetry, photography, travel ..yriting, and arts and crafts
from Sill\ Roads cu ltures sPfln ning China.
the Middle East and the Pacific Rim ,
The event is free and open to the
public. Arts and . crafts items will be
available for purchase and/or barter.
For more information , contact Char
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Simons at 867.6710.

The students and faculty of the Dance,
Creativit y and Cu lture program invite the
campus community to come and dialogue
with student researchers abou't their work
covering dance and music ethnography,
phenomenological and transpersonal '
research.
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Students have worked in diverse areas,
including but not limited t6 somatic studie s, exceptional human experiences, unit y .
consciousness. transgender studies, developmental psychology. social evoluti.o n,
yoga and consciousne~s, dance therapy,
comm unit y-based performance., and cultural dance :
Your conversations wi't h student
researchers across topics are welcome and
integral ·to the research process.
Venues include performance and
ethnographic studies i., COM J to and
posters and interactive work in Seminar..
II C2105 on Thur~day, May 27 froDJ lit p.m. Please feel free to stop by ~hytime
during this time period. We 'appreciate your
presencei
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TESC and the Evergreen Chemistry
Club presents the first annual Science
Carnival-'-an assortment of science symposia' demonstrations and 'hands-on acti.vities. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
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in Lab land II .
. A number of local middle and high
schools have been invited to attend . The
talks are 'geared towards a younger aud ience 1 so bring the kids. This is an oppor"~ ."
tunity for hard-working science students
at Evergreen to showcase the great work
that they are involved with.
Printed schedules of events will be
. avai lable ~11·th~"J.,a:b I lobby,
For more information, visit http ://
scicomp.e,:,ergreen.edu/labstores/carn ival /

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Help~decide suCh things as the Vox
Populi question, What the cOver photo
shoul~ be, and,what should be in the
next issue of the CP J.

Comment on that day'sp~per, Air.
comments, concerns, questions, etc ..'
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Intercity Transit will not operate fixedroute or Dial-A-Lift se rvice on Monday,
May 31 or Memorial Day. Service is not
available on this and several other major
holidays, including independence Day
and Labor Day. In add ition , Customer
Service will be closed.
For more information, contact Customer
Service at 786.1881 on weekdays from 7:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Schedules and maps are available
online at hltp:l/www.intercitytransit.coml.

sells display and cl~ssified advertising space3~f6im~~on
about advertising'r~es, terms, and condition~ a~e available .i~ CAB,3Wor by
request at 360j 867:6054.. '
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Everyone loves Motown music, but
no one loves it more than the $tudents of
Scott Ferrell's Evergreen Singers. We've
got Motown feyer because we just happen
to·be singing Motown musiC this quarter.
All of us are psyched up and raring to
go .for this quarter's concert, which
will take place in the Recital Hall on
Sunday, June 6.at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Somt;! of the songs that we will perform include "How Sweet it is to Be Loved
By'You," '~Loves in Need," " Dancing in'
the Street," "Ebony and Ivory," " Village
Ghetto," " Sir Duke," I Can't Help Myself
. (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)," ~' Back in
My Arms Again," "Reach Out. I'll Be
There," and many more. The Supremes
will make a special appearance and so
wil.l the Jackson 5.
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Be prepared to have a good time and
listen to fun music. Remember, this is a
. FREE event, and' it will be located in the
Recital Hall the COM on Sunday, June
6 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Don't miss it!

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Like the river \vaits to return to the sea .
Like the field s wait to taste water again,
Like the crystallized twigs for winter long for the warmt h of the sun ,.
Like a lost ant searches for it s colony...
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Asi espero l7Ii regreso.
To ret urn to a place I've only been once.
i'\ place where the sweet aroma of freshly brewed coffee fill s the morning air.
Where think bl ankets of fog rest gentl y on g reen fleld s of deliciou s sugar cane.
Where the jagged Andes k iss the so ft white clouds that hover above them .
Where the dry dese rt meet s the hum id coastline. coast lin e meets mountains,
and the mountains meet the steamy jungle.
Where \Va\: palm trees. native to thi s region on ly, sway ~~ck and fo rti;
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.. wit h lhe whi spering wind.
~ Where gold it selri s hidden dee p within majestic mountainsides.
Where legendary lakes shimmer in the midday sun .
This myster ious exotic land is known as the gateway to the vast
South American continent.
In side these borders. there's something for everyone.
A land of contra sts indeed.
Where th e poorest orthe poor and the wealth iest of the poor
can sit together at a bar.
Where elegant apartment complexes are ne ig hbored~y lea rning sha nties.
without eve n the simp lest of lu xur ies.
The slumberous warmth acts as an aphrod isiac, forcin g all to
abandon their sorrows and submit to the seductive surroundings.
The architecture, with its remnant s of co lonia l times. let s one
journey into the past without the use ofa time machin·e.
To return to thi s place they call Colombia.
forgotten land s to some, but beloved land to many more.
Where w?rd s are spoken and letters written in a flowering and fluent
Spani sh atmosphere.
Where cobble-stoned street s. th e one-room hom emade houses in the mountain s. and
the elega nt apartment complexes
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all welcome the visitor with open ar ms and warm sm iles.
Where the besti alit y ora bulltight is recreation.
and the sensual rhythm s of sa lsa swim th ro ugh the streets .
So often I si t and think . Colombi a, te quiero, te adoro. te siento ...
Like the field s wait to tasie water again.
Like the crystalli zed twi i~ of·winter long for the ~varmt h' oft he sun ,
Like the lost ant searches for its colony.
And like the river ':,Vaits to return to the sea.

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is published 28 Thursdays each academic year, when class is in
session: the 1st through the 10th Thursday ofFal! Quarter and the 2nd
through the 10th ThurSday of Winter and Spring Quarters,
is ·distributed free at various sites on The Evergreen State College
c~mpus, Free distribution is limited to qne.copy per edition per person.
Persons in need of more lj1an one copy should contact the CPJ bUSiness
manager in.CAB 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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" Making Our Words Work."

., Starting tonight. GOllsp'e ll comes to
the :Washington Ce nter for the Performing Art s . .
Based on the"gospel of Matthew and
co-writt~ri by Broadway tiber-mensch
Stephen Sch'~artz, tlte musical presents
the life and teachings of Jesus through
v.arious theah:ical devic.es . and music
styles.
rickets cost $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, arid $25 for a family of
four or more. Show times are 7 p.m. f~r .
evening performances, 3 p.m. for Sunday's
matinee . .
For: ' more information, contact the
Center box office at 753.8586.
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Science ~arnival T"is
Weekendl

General Meeting

Richard Gold, the head of Pongo
Publishing in Seattle, will read from his
poetry book TI!C Odd Puppet Odyssey
at Traditions on Thursday, May 27 at 7
p.m.
T he Pongo Publishing Teen Writing
Project is a nonprofit program in ·Seattle.
that offers writing therapy to teens who
ar~ homeless, in jail, or .in other ways
.Ieading very diffiCult lives . Gold publi shes collections of their writings and
gives away ' 1,000 copies each year to
judges, librari es, therapists and incarcerated youth.

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walk it? CAB 316 and drop it off (it s on the third floor of
the College Activities Building) , or call 360.867. 6213
to get in touch with your st1:'dent newspape,~
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. over the summer months. Campa'ign vol- ,that allow you to apply your skills and
unteer activities include phone banking, learn riew skills, as well as expanding your
mailing election materials, organizing and social network. This can be useful in future
speaking at public meetings, fundrai si ng, job searches and career development.
To contact the two largest presidential
doorbelling, and more. There are plenty of
ways to help, for the quiet and studious as campaigns, go to these websites:
http://www.JohnKerry.com/
well as gregarious and super-confident.
http://www.George WBush.com/
Campaigns are educational experiences

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by Philipe Lones/ar, Peer Education Coordinator
and Evan Fortin, CamQus Advocacy Program

Stress Orbs, Bubble Pens,&Internal Post·lts:
Information Processing Management Association Forum Recap
Ne1t's Anal)!sis/Comm e/J fan ' b)' Tatia M. Wilson

Greetings from The Office of Sexual Program are a willingness to learn, a comAssault Prevention! We at the Office of mitment to anti-oppression and that you'll
Sex ual Assault Prevention want to start stay with the program throughout the 2004- .iI,.
next year with momentum . New students 2005 school year as a student at Evergreen. , .
will be coming to campus, some living on We also offer internships, contracts and
their o'wn for the first time' in 'their Iives. volunteer hours. Applications are available
This is a confusing and scary time for outside our office in Seminar I, room4130
. some. Also, fall is called the "Red Zone," or give us a call at 867.522 1 (or cxtension
meaning it is the time of the year when . 5221), TDD 800.833.6388. The deadline
the most sexual assaults happen on college to apply is June 9.
campuses.
The office, offering -emotional, legal,
Additionally, a change in any person's medical and educational advocacy, was
environment can trigger memorie s of created in respon se to student activism
childhood sex ual abuse. Many incoming . following one of many aiisaults that take
students may also be'dealing with the after- place on our campus. We are funded partly
math of or new situations of domestic vio- by Student Activities fund s to serve the
lence. We offer support to those students students, faculty and staffofthc Evergreen
who are entering into a new environment State ';;ollege. We 're not just for sutvivors,
by making it as safe and educational as we though! We offer a range of services and
can. The Campus Advocacy 'Program, as resources for friends, family, partners and
well as the Peer Education Program with a)lies of survivors! We are here for eve~y­
the Office of Scxual Assault Prevention, one: all ages, genders, sexualities, abilitie's,
is dedicat ed to supporting survi vors raCe5, ethnicilies, classes and religion s. We
and empowering students to create an also offer workshops, events and resources
Evergreen free of sex ual and dom es ti c specifi call y tailored to YO U.Just ask us
violence, We are looking for volunteers how.
to help us make this poss ible.
Our 'peer equcation {ogram . coordiSound I ike a big job? We wi II train you. nated by Ph iIipe Lonestar, would love· to
And you will be one in a diverse team. The' come to your meeting or hold a ~pecia l
only requirements for a position in the Peer
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Management Assoc iation 's )forum about
five years ago, tagging along with Dad,
who's .in hi s trlirtieth year of employment
with the State of Washington. It 's kinda
ironic: IPM A says- in the forum program
and on their webs it e~that the two-day
foru m is open to the public, yet it's mainl y
state employees and corporate vendors
who attend, rarely anyone outside those
two spectrums. In fact, my mom atte nded
Tuesday and kept ask in g over and over,
"Is it really OK that I'm here')" I guess
th~ sign-in sheet asking for you r agency's
name is a littl e intimidating.
Nonet heless. the forum is a great event
to attend to learn about new products, such
as Gateway's slate lapto p that is designed '
for note-taking and transcribes 'the biser's
"writ ing" into a word-processed document
as we ll as working in sync with yo ur notes
while recording a lecture. (Don' t you wish
yo u had that for class?)
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Sure, vendors get to show of( their
products, and the state emp loyees (some
of them, anyway) manage to get connecti ons tar newer. better products that will
help their departments work more effi cient ly. But the majority just go far the
free handouts, whic h range from coffee
mugs to hi gh-tech pens to shoeho rn s to
toy airplanes to stress cows (vers us stress
orbs thank yo u, Mitch, yo u orb boywo nd er!) . And who ca n blame them? A lot
of that stuff- like bubbl e pens and highlighters wi th internal post-it notes- you
.i ust ca n't fi nd anywhere else, at least not
very easi Iy.
Perhaps the sta te and IPMA should
work harde r to publicize the forum and
let the public know that, yes, they too can
attend ilnd become the proud ow ners of

Check Out the Perks!

cool high-tech pens and stress orb-type
objects, while learning about the latest in
technology. And I don't mean a sma ll blmb
or ad in The Olympian, either, but a better
campaign to seriously draw the public into
this an nual event. What wou ld they have to
lose? It would just be good PR for I PMA,
the state and the corporate sponsors (vendors), with whom the public could interact
with on a person-to-person basis. Imagine
the possibilities if that happened!
A nd the ve ndors- representing stich
corporations as Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, .
Nove ll, Xerox as well as seve ral State
agencies~a re n 't a-bunch of scary, impersonal suits; they are (relatively) down~to­
eal1h, "t.alk to you, not at yo u" types who
are knowledgeable about their company's
products,' and if they' re not, they are wise
enough to refer you to someo ne who docs.
And usually, talking to the vendors will get
you better stuff, like a second stress cow
and a tiny, foldin g Gateway pen, about two
Attendees hrowse vendor booths at the JPMA forum Tuesday morning, May 24. The
inches long, max.
. ' The forum itse l f is not just walking fwo-day fo rum, held annually at St. Marfin~' Pavilion in Lacey, is a technology hotbed,
around, picking up stuff and talking to though if :~ attended pri!narily by state employees and corporate representatives.
people. Over the two-day period, many
technology workshops and sessions are
held, and each day begins with a keynote
speaker speech. The ~vent mayor may not
benefi t people-in vario us ways, but furthering one's technology knowledge shou ld
not be limited to those either involved
wi th IPMA or employed by the Statc-.
So, until next May, I bring the IPM A
. to task:' Increase publ ic awareness about
the fo rum and technology in general. Until
then, I' ll be busy with my stress cow and
bubble pen.
For more information abo ut the l'orum, .
visit http ://www.ipma-wa.com/.

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-Lunch on September 1 7
-Special T-shirt
-Special Recognition
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We're looking for returning students in good academic standing who are personable, enthusiastic, interested in helping new students and would like to further
develop their skills in communication, prQ'blem solving, diversity and leadership.

233 DIVISION ST NW

(360) 943-8044

a place, a space, a way of life.

Successful canidates must be able to attend the June 7 orientation, tra ining on
September 17 and work a minimum of 15 hours during new student or!entation
week, September 18-24.
Applications Deadline: Wednesday, June 2, 2004.

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meditation, retreat, teaching, workshop, ceremony and ritual space, boo~store

TyaditioV'vs cafe § WoyLd FoLk Art
"Need anything?"
Need a dose of good music?

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Fo! additional information about the program or to pick up an application stop
by the Student Activities Office, CAB 320, or call 867-6220.

Need to chat and drink ''lust'' coffee or tea?
Need a gift for(someone?
Need to learn more about the important
issues?
Need to spend to support communities?
Need a smile?
Try us out.. we might have what you need.

Downtown near the fountain, 300 5th Ave. SW, Oly
705-2819 Learn more at www.traditionsfairtrade.com
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the cooper point journal

June 5 & 6 - Sacred Buddhist Art with Kumar Lama
hands-on teaching in the ancient
. art. of
Thangka painting

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A Buddhist practice group in the Nyingma
tradition meets twice weekly.
All are welcome.

360-459-1967
www.bodhihouse.org
4846 Johnson Point Rd. NE, Olympia, Wash., 98516

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On April 23., the downtown streets you). Later that night I played .a show at time that I saw him , but I also saw some
of Olympia wer.e crowded with peQple the Hell 's Kitchen in Tacoma and got there younger skulls apd even some cornrows.
atte'nding the Spring 2004 Art s Walk during the $3 L,ong Island happy ~our. I He spoke into the mic while tuning his
festival , but if yo u were one of th e was still recoveriog and in questionable gu itar. " I' ve been th inking a lot about
fraction who worked to slither past the shape when I got to the will call window the differen'ces between mc and Brittiey
shuffting fren zy to attend the Le<? Kottke of the Kottke show. I had talked to Upwest Spears," he sa id. His conclusion was' that
perform ance at the Washington Ccnter fQr Pron'lotions about passes before I had left ..... shc always. knows what she's goi ng to
the Performing Art s, then'yo u"know orthe town and was to ld that there wo uldn 't be say." Still try ing to get hi s g uitar in tune,
tra nquil musical salvation that lay \-\lithin a problem but was never able to get back. he commented , "This is a dynam ic way to
1he shelt er of its massive doors, '
tei them. I told the wi ll ca ll that I \,vas on start th e eve ning.'" .
1r you see a I,eo show you have, to
Arc you with 'me? That was my overl) the li st. but cons idering the poor cOlllmudrama tic intro. You' re supposed to write nic ati on,.1 wasn't 'shocked whe n I wasn·t. expeci a lot of rambling, He de li vers a
sh it like that tohook the reader so that you I was blowi ng'c igaret te smoke wh iIe I wa s pe rrect combination of banter and ama zcan spit lots of no ise and facts about event s expo : ling thi s and didn 't reall y have it in ing 'aco ust.ic gu itar pieces. He gets A DHD
without 11lak ing Ihcll1 feel that they are me 10 II Illy full hustle and work my way ,vith il and is al\V a~s playi ng random notes
studying some thing. It's rhe gel coating on int he sho\\'. Sudde nl y a \\'On1<l.\l call1e throug hout his anc(;dotes,. whi eh gives
the NyQ uil .. it 's ihechocolat e 'ro und the out and told m~ that she was th e' house them a ['elur l.i/1d Ih e W()~/ story tell iJlg
Thai cube n?is , It 's how YOLt get the ~ood managcl' and thn! shc rccog ni zed me from qual it y. lie talked abo ut every thing and
stuff without having to taste the chalky Eve rgreen . She took me past the elderly not h ing. He told stori es abo ut old chess
protein powder, and it gives me credibil ity woma n wat ching the door and down to the lege nd s and about how he felt that he h-ad
as a writer. Here's where .1 dest roy that fl oor orlhe center. "Tili s is for die paper, fi nally gott en to a poi nt where he wa s
right?" she asked . "Oh ... uh , yeah, yea h," . pretly good until hi s ll-year-old niece
cred ibility.,:
A couple of days before the sho\-\I,. I I assured her. " It·s 90 minutes and there's with two week s of exper ience beat him
at a match. He often talk s abou t the fact
arrived back horne at 2 a.m. from a Las no intermi ss ion," she replied.
Kottk e looked huge s itting in th e . that he's rambling/spacing out and even
Vegas .road trip. I had, and st ill have, a
farmer's tan and a giant sunburn in the liliddle of the stage with nothing but one told a story abo ut it involving Dizzy Gilshape of Texas on my chest that I acquired , six- and one twelve-string gu itar. I was . Iespe. He sa\;" Di zzy in Milan loading
by passing out faded in the blistering sun sleepy and had to urinate badly but didn't his own equipinent after a show, and the
with my shirt unbuttoned , outside by the wailt to miss the show. I looked around and two sleep -d eprived touring musicians
TrojJicana pool (if you ask I'll' sllow il to saw a lot of old people, just like the last struck up a conversation about the level
of "drift," as they called it, that a musician has to mai ntain but not exceed to
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create. He said that he couldn't believe
that thaCs what he chose 10 speak. to him
:~ about when he met him. The best story
. ~was si mply a story that he had also heard
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talk show appearance, which was on Th e
Joe Pine Show, hosted by "a one- legged
World War II vet with nothing left but a
bad attitude." When Zappa came out, Pine
asked, "So, I suppose your long hair makes
yo u a gi rl, huh?" to which Frank replied,
"I g uess your wooden leg makes yo u a
table." Kottke :>a id , " Whal a mind! " and
then kicked into a total unrelated in strumenta I.
He playe d amaz in g in s trumental
pi eces. somt: of \Vh idl I recogn ized rr"()1ll
the '70s li ve release My Feu l [II'C 5,'/J/iling,
alm ost effortkssly and Ill oved hi s lialld s
all O\'CI' the neck. li e messed up a4'ew
tilll es. however, but it didn 't slow the show
at a ll. He played olle song that I saw him
do previou sly, which \Vas titl ed a fter th.:
Ger man \·vo rd for industrial park , whi ch he
claim s is "one orthe most bea uti ful word s
of the German lang uage," "Ge rm ans ha ve
done for the con sonant what, Hawa ii ans
have done for the vowel." he sa id. He mentioJl(!d that he has a new albulll C~ 11l iIlg out ,
hi s twenty- seve nth I beli eve, and played
a track from it that fit perfectl y into hi s
repertoire of the last 30+ years. A fter a
standing ovation, Kottke returned to pl ay
an instrumental piece that he said was
one of the first three songs thai he'd ever
written. People raved about the show, but 1
was less impressed because I've seen him
before, The awe di ss ipates somewhat , but I
say, see him at least once. You' ll be blown
away, and after that it 's still an evening of
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I n the past severa l years, we have
determined that'the universe is inflating,
like a balloon, stretching space and time.
. We have found , also, that the universe
will most likely keep on expanding at an
acce lerating rate. Despite knowing this.
we have never been able to determ ine the
size of the universe. Logic would dictate
that the size of the universe would be
twice the size of our observable universe
of 13.7 bi II i9n (I ight)years. Th i's assumes
that the universe started with a uniform
bang. 1 asked Professor John G. Cramer.
a heavy-ion physicist from the Un iversity
of Washington, about the physics of tlie
early univcrse and the big bang. He said
that ""The universe started with bang .. " but
it wasn 't necessarily a uniform bang." The
energy emitted by the big bang caused a
rapid inflat ion of the size of the universe,
causing it to expand, seem ingly, faster

than the speed of light (300,000 kilometers per second). This "faster than light"
expansion of the universe continued in a
four-dimensional direction, length, width,
depth, and time, but because of the initial
expansion, the actual size of the universe
has always been greater than the size of
the observable universe.
Let 's assume a Iight beam from ' the
first star left its sou rce 13.5 bil·lion years
ago and needed to travel one light year to
reach an observer. This was at a time when
the universe was 1.000 times sma ll er than
it is today. Neil Corn ish frol11 Montana
State University exp lains: '"Think of it
like compound interest. At that time, the
universe was about 1,000 times sma ller
than it is today, Thus, that one light-year
has now stretched to become 1,000 lightyears," thanks to the cosmic expansion',
It is because expa nsion ' takes place at

all places in the universe, causing every
super-cl uster of galaxies to move away
from each other, that lig ht seems to travel
I.OOb li ghtyea rs in 'the cours'e ofa year. In
reality, the distance between the source
and the observer has expanded to become
1,000 lightyears; the original light would
sti ll reach the observer in one yea r, but if
Iight were em itted from that source today,
it would take the proper 1,000 years to
reach the observer. Using this method of
explaining the expansion of the universe,
researchers have found that the actual'size
of the universe is 156 billion lightyears
wide, much greater than the logica l 27.3
billion-light year figllre.
I f this theory is' to· be accepted, we
must accept the fact that we wi II never see
the whole of the universe or its proverbial
edge. You can read more about the age of
the universe at http://www.space.com /.

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(OK , last week wasn't the end. I ad mit
it: I lied. So sue me!)
Anyhoos. while God- or whoeveris busy lrying 10 save what 's left of rock
music. the rest of us must do our duty. as
well. We, the fans, must continue to search
out singers and groups who strive beyond
the current mai nstream of blah.
An example of this is clearly displayed through one music Jover, 16-yea rold Teaya Nelson, who was kind enough
to share some of her musical influences"
arti sts who have successfully transcended
the hlah-ness of pop culture :
Dropkick Murphys - This Boston
g roup began ' in 1996 in the basement of
a friend's barbershop, their goa l to blend
musica'l influences they'd grown up wi th
into "one loud. raucous , chaotic, and
ofte n o ut of tune mix " they could call
their own. A fter 10 + si ngle s, two EPs
and four albu ms, the group's main goal .is·
to play music that creates an all for one,
one for all environment, as stated on their
website: " In the true spirit of punk rock,
we \! iew the band and audience as one in
the same; in other words. our stage"and
our microphone are yours."

The Casualties--U niqueness is the " Th e Last DJ, was so anti-corporate that it
key- to thi s group, a foursome who dye was boycotted by several stores and radio
their hair varying colors before' each per- stations. True, hi s music has evolved, but
formance . They began recording in 1990 nottothepointwhereithasbeensacrificed
but didn 't record a full-length album until to the blah-ness of to day's mainstream, As
theirl997 debut For the Punx. In 1999, the Petty told the Associated Press in 2002, " I
band embarked on their third successful really have devoted my entire life to this
world tour and released Early Years: music., . and I don't want to see it reduced
1990-1995, which conta ined rare and early to a silly caricature."
ret ordings. 2002 brought an entire yea r
This is a' mere sa mpling of Teaya 's
of touring: six weeks on the Unity Tour, musical favorites, others including Statica headli ni ng tOllr, the Warped Tour. and X, The Sex Pistols, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
and Rammstein.
the Su n Festival in New Jersey.
So, whi le every person 'sc hoices of
The Ramon es- The se guys burst
onto the teenybopper sce ne in the fi IIII non-blah will be different, Teaya's se lecRack-n-Rall High School, though they tions are just a few examples of how fans
already had a fo ll ow in g in the punk eve rywhe re can look beyond the blah and
scene. They were the first punk rock find alternatives to the same old schlock
group among New York 's punk uprising (i.e" Britney, Avril , fake boy bands) on
.
to get a major-label record contrad, and the air waves.
then released 21 albums in 20 years. And
Yeah, I'm definitely down with that.
last November, NYC officially named the
corne r of Bowery and 2nd Ave. "Joey
(This is REALLy the last installm ent
~amone Place,"
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- OK. of Music' Music! Music' [/ mean it this
wh i Ie Tom Petty may. see m mai nstream time!) Thanks tQ The Nelsons a/ Roches- .
(he and his band have been a rock staple ter atJd, once again, 10 Chelsea, Rob and
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Leave the Country!
by Tristan Swanson

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This is what customer service has come southeast.
to in this country:
On to "press 4" if I'm getting any picMy TV is on the fritz, which is strange ture, or "press 5" ifI'm getting no picture. ]
because TV sets don't really go on the fritz '~press 5" and get still another menu! Then a
anymore. It's something that happened in good two minutes of condescendingremindthe sixties. Nowadays, they just flat out , ers, like, "Check to see that all your cables
don't work. Anyway, I call up to see what's are plugged in properly and your TV is
,
wrong.
turned on."
I'm cheerfully told by an automatic mes-For the life of me, what kind of deranged
;;aging system that I cart "press I" if I want yo-yo calls a help line, complaining about a
to order a football game. I don't.
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TV that isn't working unless he's turned on
I can "press 2" ifl.want to learn abciuta his TV and discovered ... holy fucking shit,
great new money-saving package.] haven't it isn't working!
the slightest interest. And \!ven if I .did , .
Surely they don't think we're that desgood fucking luck, because as ] said, I'm perate for entertainment? "Hey honey, I'm
not getting any picture! So a money-s<!ving gonna call the cable people and be on the
package wouldn't do me much good now, . phone for hours, just so I can hear their
would it?
monotonous phone menu options, OK? "
I can "press 3" if I have a technical
_ . After reassuring words like "Most ofthe
issue. Eureka! .
time, it's something simple ," I've concluded
, Now, I am presente.d with a whole new that none of my TV ailments are simple.
automated menu. "Press I" if this is a firstTo another menu.
"Press I" if you're a total package
time call.
" Press 2" if this is a repeat call. Which viewer. As if these primo customers are
must be their way of screening out r'eal going to get any better treatment!
an noying losers. Press that one a nd they re"Press 2" if you're willing to hang on the
line for the remainder of the night without
route your call to Siberia, I'm convinced.
" Press 3" if there are storms in my the slightest hope that any real human being
area. ] run outside. It 's dark, but I do see will ever talk to you, live or otherwise. Yes,
,tars. Cassiopeia is clearly shining due I kind of reworked the language there. But

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Lee's New Rule of the Week: Slime
that was the message,.SQ] pressed it.
Nice music now. Believe it or not, Frank outlets can't also sell rubbers! MTV
Sinatra. Believe it or. not, the song was "My announced last week that it will produce and
Way." Which is kind of funny, because this sell its own line of condoms for distribution
. in .Europe and South America with no word
is far from " My Way."
Fortunately I have speakerphone. I yet on if they'll come out in this country.
can move about the room . But I can't go Condoms from the network that encourages
too far.
people to gq out and randomly vote because
Just about the time I'm nodding off, it's "coo!." Don't you think maybe if you're
someone comes on the line.
responsible for nearly everything wrong
"C ustomer support, may I have your with America today, you find a better way
phone number?"
to atone? ]s this neit crazy? It's like sending
Which I think is rude. They could humor flowers to the funerals of the people you
me and ask for my name. Or at least start subway bO,\l1bed.
w'ith something like, "Sorry you've given up
I think we all know about MTV by
an entire evening te put up with this bullshit. now, don't we? They promote the worst
What can I do for you?"
values in the world; narci ssism, materialNo matter. I recite my problem , and get ism , looksism and having a ride that is not
this: ['in told that it's a network issue and " pimped." Just the very group that should
those folks aren't in at this hour. Try back be encouraged to have sex and further poltomorrow between eight 'and five .
lute the ge ne pool: the young, .dumb MTV
Now would that be Pacific or Zi mbabwe demographic. And don't tell me that.condom
time, I ask?
sales wil) promote safe SeX. MT~ knows
Nothing. He's gone. Just like my pic- its viewers do nothing safely, particularly
ture.
after watChing two bruised, sterile jackasses
I'll slay up. Wha1 the heck? 8 a.m. is getting teabagged by an Indian elephant. I
only two hours away, that is, if it is Pacific say we leave clumsy, awkward, apologetic,
and not Zimbabwe time. Need any more on premature, anti-climactic teenage sex as
that?
is, without any interference from straight
thinking and clear judgment.

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by Tony Brave

by Connor Moran

, It happened to be a rainy day when a a dirt road where the Great Safe himselfwas
dismayed Marx was walking down the road once again singing . This time Michael was
to the deli, when he came across Michael smoking on his pipe, looking wistfully out
jackson moon-walking about and singing at the colorful sunset. " Oh, it's you again,"
to himself. Marx's heart jumped at the sight said Michael with a little laugh. " Have you
of Michael, and after kowtowing twice he understood the Oneness of the universe, or
quickly addressed him. "Master, I have been is the world still on your shoulders? "
Irying to come up with a Manifesto that will
" Master, I must adm it that I cannot
put to end all inequality in the world. Yet, understand the words that you had spoken
with all my effort, I still cannot find a solu- to me earlier. I cannot let go of my endeavor
tion. Sir, I beg of you, what shaill do?"
of saving the world," Karl said with his head
Mike, without missi·ng a st~p in his hung low.
moon-walking, replied, "Should I know how
After a moment, and still looking off
10 solve the problem of inequality? When
into the sunset, Michael sighed and finally
bm bracing the One, the self no longer has spoke again. "Only when you learn to let go
any need or desi.re to deal with the futility of the division of things and seek out and
of dictation." With that, Michael exclai med, embrace your original nature will peace
"Shamone! " and disappeared into thin air, come about. Inequality follows whenever the
leaving Marx once again in confusion.
self-proclaimed 'w ise leaders' seek knowlMarx was so sad that he stayed in hi s edge in order to bring peace and order. Calm
house for four months, pondering what your mind and you will be able to understand
Michael had said, without seeing any of hi s the way of the universe as effortlessly asothis
fellow comrades. On the third day of the lake reflects the sunset."
l/lird month of the year of the ram , he was
With a flash of insight Marx thanked his
,taring at his unfinished Manifesto, which master, and after a long and heavy bow he
happened to still be sitting where he left went on his way. Thus, Marx was r~yerently
it on his desk so long ago, when he heard remembered in history as the "Merry Old
from a distance someone softly singing Man of the Mountains," who joyfully tilled
"Billie Jean." Marx immediately leapt up his garden and went about his life without
from his chair, knowing that it must be the any effort, eventually to mysteriously
. disappear )nto the all-encompassing
King of Pop.
After collecting himself, he followed the Ethereal Void.
voice awhile until he came to ,a lake just off

The year is almost over and I'm getting feisty. Previously I've made a point of
avoiding issues that would require major
campus changes. But there are some things
that bug me too much to continue sitting on.
One of these issues is the hours of operation
of campus services. Considering that this is
a college campus, these hours are generally
not put together in a very college studentfriendly way.
Now, I don't think it's going to surprise
anyone that college students tend to stay up
late at night and sleep in well into the morning when they don't have class. This isn't
true of every student, but it is an accurate
enough generalization that it is reasonable
to expect that this kind of schedule would
be taken into account by those who set the
hours for campus services.
It is not logical, for example, for the one
source of hot food on campus on Sunday to
be closed at two in the afternoon. I think I' m
reasonably typical , and I'm rarely out of bed
on Sunday before eleven. I often stay in unti I
well after twelve. Once I get out of bed, take
a shower, etc., there's a' pretty good chance
that the Market is going to be closed. This
is just stupid. Don't these people want my
money? I'm not even asking for longer hours
here, just hours that fit my schedule and the

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Similarly, the health center has woefully few hours considering how important
its work is. I understand that it costs money
to run and I'm sure if there was the staff to
'keep the center open longer it would happen.
But this is an important investment the college ought to make. As of now, the health
center is never open after seven and is more
often closed well before that. It is closed over
the lunch hour. I don't know about most
people, but during the day I have class. It
doesn' t help me when things are open then.
I need them to be open when I'm not busy
with other things. Like, say, my lunch hour.
Worse, the center closes at noon on Fridays.
Now, ifI had class on Friday, I doubt I'd be
out before noon. I don't. Which means that
I'm not going to be out of my bed , showered,
and across campus before noon. EspeciaNy
ifI 'm sick.
TWs would bother me less if the health
center hours were at least regular. But there's
no way that I'm going to be able to remember
whether the center is open late on Monday
or Tuesday.

What 's YOURproblem? E-mail it to me
at Morcon03@evergreen.edu.

the cooper plaint journal

y~ear-Old,there were additional perks to our

loc . : DOEr: very block was the hippest c1u 'n' udapest, across the park was
a grocery 5t y with Iiters of good German
beer for '50 cents, an internet cafe .across
the street, and also, at the end of our block,
the most wonderful thing a person could
ask for-a chicken, beef, and falafel gyro
stand .
But really, you can figure out all the
wonderful things once you get there. The
question really is: How do you do it?

How to get there
Long-term visa expanding visits to
Hungary are way cheaper than your average European vacati~n. I'm sure a sizable
portion of the Evergreen st udent body has
taken back packing, train riding, youth
~o'stel staying Euro pean trips before. So
have I, and while fun, this was not either
the economical or even the best way to get
to know Europe. This is how yo u live in
Europe indefinitely:
.
First get your job and save up $3,000
to $4,000-come on, it's not that hard, and
it definitely shouldn't take you mor.e than
three to five months. Secondly, don't buy
your ticket for the summer-plane tickets
during the summer are grossly overpriced,
and since you're not in school, work during
the sum mer and start your voyage in autum n,
when tickets can be had ,for a fraction of the
price. Third, don't fly directly anywhere but
to London or Paris. A ticket to Budapest in
October can still run at $600 or $700, but

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Camp'us' Hours.:
It's Everyone's'Problem

The Story of When Marx
Met Michael Jackson

may 27, 2004

Worried about life after Evergreen?
Think of it as a vast black hole where you
.and your Evergreen degree spiral back
home onJy to find out there are no jobs for
you besides serving people coffee for four
dollars in a bright green Starbucks apron
(or worse, waxing the floor on the midnight
to dawn shift at Wal-Mart)? Now, seven
months after snatching my diploma from
Les Purce's hands, ] have bit of advice for
Evergreen seniors: flee the country.
Finding prospects for employment dim
last June, the country in recession, at war,
and led by an incompetent nincompoop, I
received a phone call that went like this.
Friend: My dad just bought an apartment in Budapest, you want to come live
there with me?
Me: Yes.
And off I went.
For the last five months I've lived in
Budapest, specifically in Pesht, and even
more specifically in the fi fth district.of Pesht.
Budapest is divided into two sides, convenient for memory, a Buda (westside) side and
a Pesht (eastside) side. The fifth district is
sort of like the Manhattan of Budapest, the
. heart, soul, and hub of Budapest, which, like
New York, New York, is very a large city.
' . My apartment overlooked the ' leafy
Ho'nved Ter (ter means park) across from the
Ministry of Defense (honved means soldier).
My neighborhood, consisting of row after
row of gorgeous 'n ineteenth-century apartment blocks with storefronts in the bottom
of every' building, was breathtaking. For
.a twenty-two- (sadly, now twenty-three)

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tickets to London or Paris can be had for as _Everybody has heard that there are jobs as
little as $250 (seriously) with charter flights Engl ish teachers all over Europe, but if you
to cities allover Europe for no more than $60 were Iike me, you probably are skeptical and
to $70. Now, you're in Europe and hopefull y are turned off by having to pass something
have spent no more than four hundred of called a TOEFL Well , you should have been
your $3,000 to $4,000.
skeptical of needing the TOEFL to teach ,
Finding an apartment is easy. Really because you most certainly don't, but there
easy. Once you've decided on the Euro- really are a ton of jobs. It 's, not a tall tale.
pean city of your choice, find out what that Within days, my roommate, Austin Wester
city's English expat newspaper is. There is (a nother former Everg reen student) found a
one of these in every major Western and job teaching ala pre-school and was getting
Eastern European city and they specialize paid over $400 a month for talking to kids in
in real estate listings. The one in Budapest , English for three hours a day. Okay, so this
the Budapest Sun, has its own website, and isn"t quite a vacation if you have to work,
every week runs about 20 to 30 apartment but three hours a day for $400 is nothing,
li stings ranging from small, out of the way, and now, 9rum roll, you have about $ 125 a
but furnished (you probably want furnished) week as discretionary income- that's not
apartments for $250 a month to grand four- even taking into account Grandma 's birthteen foot high ceiling apartments for around day and C hri stmas checks .
Seniors, next May you' ll walk up on that
$800. Another great feature of the Budapesl
, Sun is that it has an on line message board stage and take that diplom a from Les. After
where, if yo u wanted grander accommoda- ex iting stage left you'll notice a funny feeltions, yo u could post ads looking for a room- ing spread ing-from the pit of your stomach
mate to share your three-bedroom with huge to back of your brain ; thi s emotion is ca ll ed
windows facing the Danube.
anxiety. 1 hope this article he lps you swalIf you've been coil servat ive and are low hard and push back th e tide of worry.
paying no more th an $350 a month in rent The bubble will burst. but believe me. it's
and utilities (which anywhere east of Aus- much less jarri ng when you know the next
tria has gotten you a wonderful apartm ent six months will be spent traveling between
downtown), you now, for your six-month Krakow and Prague in s tead of between
lease, owe $2100. Between th at and the yo ur parents' rec room and kitchen. Good
. four hundred you s pen t on your plane to luck to all.
ticket, you're thinking, ".I'm not going to
Tristan Swanson g raduated last
have much fun with $500 s pread out over year and is avai la ble for comment at
s ix ,.n onth s," and you are right. Who wants TrSwanson80@yahoo.com.
to go to Europe to eat bread crusts and drink
wa!er? Get ajob, buddy, it's also really easy.

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Supply Side and
the "Laffer Curve"·
by Mike Treadwell
Once upon a time I went to some
socialist website on the internet and there
was' some blog entry blasting former editor
of the Wall Street Journal Robert Bartlett.
Claims were made against Bartlett such as
"bigot" and " uncaring."(As ifsocialists were
the only people in the world who are caring.)
The entry went on to blast his promotion
of "supply side economics," which ,Bartlett
published in 1980 arid 1982 in a series of
articles on his editorial page . The article
stated that the "s upply side econom ics"
theory was not based in anything economic.
I had my reservations about the supply side
tendency for completely different reasons
than the socialists, but last weekend I was
treated to an interestir:rg story by the founders themselves.
The 1970s were filled with rot. You
had a succession of terrible presidents, a
divided country, crime in the big cities of
New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, and
a double-digit inflation situation in the late
'70s. This is where Arthur B. Laffer and
Stephen Entin come in. As economists
and policy advisors in the '70s, they saw

a problem they claimed th e Keynesians
could not solve. Before I explain what
the problem was, I need to back up. John
Maynard Keynes was one of the greatest
intellectuals of the 20th century. Although
he thought about a lot of different th ings, he
was primarily an economist. Keynes made
a claim that a situation ofh.igh inflation and
high unemployment was impossible. This is
where Laffer and Enti n come in. They were
asked as policy advisors how to deal with
that same situation in the '70s.
Entin and Laffer asked themselves,
" Where do we start with something that
Keynes said was impossible?" Keynesians
didn't have an answer, or at least an answer
that satisfied Laffer and Entin . They started
working on the problem. They came to conclusions that were at odds with the Keynesians. They said that to most of a point,
supply created the demand. Entin's succinct reasoning was that, "You can demaf'ld
to go to Mars, but unless someone supplies
the means to do so, you just can't do that."
Stimulating growth through deficit spend i ng
at the right points, they maintained , would

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The policy recommendation the
"s upply- side" guys advocated was a deficit
spending tax cut aimed at businesses and
particularly bus inesses that had a lot of
capital and employees. Pol icy makers didn't
li ste n at first because these advocates were
not well known. But through an acquaintance named Bob Bartlett who haa access
to a printing press, Laffer and Entin made
their mark on American politics and political
economy forever.
I don't agree with the " supply-s ide"
conclusion, but I thought the history was
so interesting and important that it should
be printed. History. or ig norance of history,
will either vindicate them or vilify them.
The impact those two economists/policy
advisors made in American politics will
continue to be felt for a very long time.
Indeed , someone remarked after the speech
that Dick Cheney had said, " Reagan proved
deficits didn't matter." That's history in
progress for you.

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T HI NGS W ER E NOT GO ING prov ided by th e publi c sector. wa s th e has a spec ial place in the hear ts of the
\Y ELL FOR THE AL LI ANCE .. . recentl y, food g ive n to pr isoners of th e Emp ire. In highest echelons o f the Empire. Cab ine t
ihe Empire sent one of it s bases. the A ra- the stat e of Florida , th e gove rnor (known membe r Rod Paige. ove rseer o f the Depm<lrk Corporati on Death St<lr. to an no unce as Da rt h Jeb, no Less th an the brother of t:utm ent of Educati on. had . in hi s te nure
Its intentions to ,:egoti ate with the planet th e empe ror) had awa rd ed !\ramar k with as Houston schoo l superi ntende nt , turned
Il l' Eve rgree n to opera te its food serv ice.
a co ntrac t to prov ide food fo r L~ 8 j:1 il s, the bu siness o f feed in g Ho usto n's schoo l
p l' ~ s e llt Iy be ing oper<lted by Bon A ppe! it.
for $58 milli on . T hi s was done even aft er c hil d ren to th e Deat h Sta r. T he move
a wholl y ow ned subsid ia ry of the eq ua ll y th e state of O h io had e nd ed a si In i la r cost H o u s t o n' ~ school board $4.5 milli on
i Il sid iO ll s Compass G ro up. A rama rk Cor- co ntrac t a ft e r the co rp ora ti o n ca used over the co urse of two yea rs (unt il. nea rporati on is the th ird largest base of its kind " nea r riot cond ition.s " with a di stinctl y in g contrac t renewal. !\ ramark seve rely
lOr. in imper ial pa rl ance. " instituti onal Dickensia n innovati on to cull i ng costs: c ut the kit che n staff and eli m inated th e
food-serv ice industry") on its home pl anet mi nisc ul e servi ngs of the lood . !\d di - s ubstitute staff co mpletely) . AnotherconEarth , ope ratin g in eighteen co untries a nd ti onally. an inves t igati ve report done by necti on \vas fo und in fonn er New Je rsey
provid ing "effic ient" serv ice to r schools. th e Ta mpa Tribune discove red th at th e gover nor T homas Ke,:\Il . Handp icked by
corporat ions,_hospit als. and ""goVl' rnm ent co rp o rat ion ha d c ha rged th e sta te ro r Emperor George. to lead the co ng ressional
se rvices."
. phantom meals and had fa iled to del ive r invest igat ion into the eve nt s of Se ptcmThe all ia nce. upon heari ng the news th e promi sed sav ings. Darth Jed and hi s ber 11th, Kea n was a director of A rama rk
(smugg led via a n unu sually plucky R2- coteri e neve rtheless dec ided to co nt ra ct s i nce 1994 . A sa d i rector, he co ll ec ted
D2 ro bot). began mob il izi ng lo r act iOIl . with A ra mark, wh ich donated $25,()OO to $-165.000 in ::002 f ro m A ramark, alm ost
Preve nting the Death Star from stri ki ng the Flo rid a Republica n Part y du ring' hi s triple what he mad e as the Pres idclll of
un Evergree n so iI was para mount /'t1 r the last electi on ca mpaig n (a nd nllth ing to Drew Uni ve rsit y in New Jersey (w hi ch.
rebe ls; they knew we ll that fa ilure to stop their Deill oc ratic oppo nent s).
tlncler hi s aegi s. gra nted a $2 million conthe in sati abl e greed of th e Empire wo ul d
Ara ma rk 's re la ti o ns hip w ith th e trac t to Aramark in 1997 ).
~ pe ll death for the alli ance.
Fl or id a pr iso ns had prove n it se l r to ' be
O ne of the main stratagem s be hind
Prior to set! ing its sight s on Eve rg rel.! n. no less probl e matic thnn the botched O peration O utso urc e was that jobs onc e
:\ra mark had already establi shed itse lfa s Ohi o invasion: Report s of cold and te pid in the publi c sector became jobs prov id ed
a " prem ier food <l nd serv ices prov ide r" food. irr itabl e inm ates and vomiting were by Aram ark ; ca feteria worke rs in Housthro ughout th e ga lax y. Its pattern of con- num e ro us. a nd as of ::002 it had pai d ton. lo r exa mple. weht from empl oyees
lluest fo r pl anets unde r the class ification $ 100.000 ill fi nes fo r serving spoiled food .- o f Texas to emp loyees of A ra ma rk . T hi s
, of "public se rvices" was fie ndishl y simpl e: toa .itera ll y captive market. Thi s had done c reated a tre mendous diffe rence in term s
co nvincing leg islators int o g iving it con- not hing to de ter the base's rave nous appro- of be nefit s and \vages th at were prev iously
trol of cOVl'ted food service traditiona ll y pri ation ofresources and bount y (or. as the g ua ranlL' ed . Acc ordin gly. labor tension
provided by the gove rnm ent itse lf. It waS Empj re's ge nerals liked to ca ll it. '·p rofi t." foll o\>ved Aral11ark where it la nded, :IS it
ab le to do th is by prom ising a cheaper bi II or "reve nue") . Howeve r. the corpo rat ion at telll pled to slash be nefit s a nd preve nt
repo rted S9.-I billi o n in " revenue" fo r co ll ecti ve barga ining. Its managem ent ill
I'm the serv ice than the govern ment co uld
provide. whic h it did by slashing cos ts on tlsca l yea r :: O(n. T his was a n im press ive · one Minnesota college retaliated against
labor a nd gene ral quality o f· food . T he accoll1pl ishll1enl. even when consid eri ng stude nt workers att emptin g'to bring gri evIlame of this mission of usLi rpa tion was the corporatio n spen t 88 cen ts per mea l to ances throug h a pet iti on by unilate rally
l'all ed "O pe rat ion O ut source."
ser ve the prisoners.
e nd ing their free mea ls.
Olle of these services . pre v ious ly
T he !\ra mark Co rporation Dea th Sta r
Prior to Bon I\pp etit , Eve rg re e n's

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food had prev iou sly been prov id ed by
Fine Host Co rp o ra ti on. In what co uld
onl y be desc ribed as a stomac h-c hurn ing turn of eve nt s. A ra ma rk ac qu ired
I·ine Host in 2002 . Additionally, one Bon
Appet it wo rk er re port ed to the alli a nce
that so me of the sa me peop le froll1 Fine
Host were see n "i nspect i ng" the rrem ises
o f the campus pr ior to A ~am ark 's proposal.
T he sa le made th e spec ter of low-qu ality
food a nd w0\rker mi strea tme nt much more
palpabl e.
The al liance knew it was time to ac l.
and ac t quickl y. T houg h Everg ree n had no
trad iti on or in-house operati on, they knew
that awa rdi ng the contract to the Deat h
Star wou lt! mean a nnihil 'J\i on. Operating
unde r the (a lheit preposte rous) monik er ll f
Studen ts O rgani zing fo r Food Au.t onomy.
SO FA had be en try in g tu convince Eve rg reen to adopt ,1 sustain able, self-opt'ratecl
tood service mode l and end it s pe rennia l
reli a nce on cor po ra te o ut so urc in g. A
long- term co ntract with A ramark wo uld
do Illo re than curs", the so il \\ ith borderline-i ndigesti ble tood: it would eff ecti ve ly
exting ui sh the poss ibilit y to r a fooci ser'v ice more in kee ping with the pur portedva lues of Eve rgreen. Th e alli a nce <1 lso
knew that there was an inev itable retort
th at tile prob lems of the An.lliw rk Death
Sta r could,iLlst as eas ily be see n with an y
Death Star. ;lIl d it is a retort th at th e alliall ce thought was absol utely correc t. To
th em. th e iss ue W<lS nOl th at /\ 1':.1Inarl-.
rcpresL' nte d a part ic ul a rl y re prehen"ihk
cor porati ll n (a lthough it d id ). The i~~Lle
wa s that subcontrac ting out fond se rvice
was nea r-sight l'd and unsustainab le.
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T he para ll e l of voca bu la ry w ith
thoug ht has bee n ha unt in g me la te ly.
I' ve hea rd that 10 tests do not ac tu a ll y
de termin e a pe rson's int elli ge nce. onl y
a person's breadth of voca bul ary; peopl e
wit h large voca bul ar ies and quick comprehension of words apparentl y score high
on the 10 test.
I have bee n read i ng The Storr of M r.
Lile. th e autobiog raphy of Helen Kell er,
\vhb grew up both deaf a nd blind. In the
Appendi ces. her teac her Anne Sulliva n
obse rves the fact that we all make up ollr
voca bul ari es by assi m il ati ng all the wo rd s
we have eve r been ex posed to.
No do ubt yo u have imm edia te ly
thought of the book 198-1 a nd Newspea k,
t he de li bera te ca rv in g dow n o f the
voca bul ary of the popul ace into a soulless. colorless la nguage vo id of va riety. I
mysel f have not rea d the book. but have
ofte n hea rd the idea that the less words one
has to use, the more vague and inarticulate one's th ought will be also. I wo nder
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thatllelen Kell e r descri bed the di scovery ourselves ge ne rall y art iculate. Those of us
of lang uage (she lear ned at age seve n) as whose ex pos ure to th e English lang uage
a liberating lig ht that freed her from her was largely through television a nd othe r
frus tration of ment al solitude and made pass ive sources have a di fferent qualit y of
her abl e to make contac t with oth ers and speech. som etim es a kind of slur. It al so
with the wo rld around her. In Helen's case seems that people who have grown up pa rshe suffered not fro m small intellige nce ticipating in intelli ge nt conversation are
but fro m isolation. and lang uage broug ht more able' or willing to put their thoughts
directl y into words. wht! reas others may
her cl ose r to othe rs.
The culture ofYi ctorian Eng la nd was not find resonan ce with words and would
bookish and literate (the part of soci ety rather find any other medium to express
th at was n't down in the mine s or dy ing in - them selves in .
factories, that is). However. thoug h their
As I grap ple with this subjsct I wo nder
way with word s made for a generation of wheth e r I a m steering my se lf e ntire ly
geniu s authors, I do not think that England away from the point: that vocabul ary use
was as adva nced in co mmuni cating as it and com m lin ication are enl i rely separate.
was in a rti culating; Eng land was cruel While som e peopl e adore a nd co ll ec t
enough. Th eir la ng uage di d not brin g wo rds, oth ers lise what littl e th ey have
them close r to th e 'peop le who m they with the skill that comes from attentiveness and wa rmth. The moral of the story :
colonized.
As I talk w ith my fe ll ow stud eni s. Not everyone loves sema ntics.
I a m continua ll y awa re of our diffe rences in bac kg ro un d : those of us who
Bro IIgli I 10 yu u by th e Evergreen Writgrew up with no telev ision a nd articul ate ing Center.
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Thursday, May 27
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