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a weekly collection of student expression
volume 33 • issue 2 • September 30, 2004
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Vox Populi
What are your thoughts
on Evergreen's unique
atmosphere?
by Wes Mize and
Charlotte McNamera
"It's a place where
your wrinkles cannot
be ironed."
David Dietzgen
Junior

; gather on the third floor of the CAB to discuss the details of the plans for a student governm

Help Us Organize Your Voices:
More on the Student Union movement

"This is the closest thing to academic
Utopia that I've ever
experienced. Check
back with me in
three years; it may
have changed."
Torrey Richards

Sophomore

by Rachel Williams
Hopefully by now you've heard something about a movement afoot to form
an Evergreen Student Union or Student
Government. Maybe you read last
week's CPJ, or heard it mentioned during
Orientation Week activities, or picked
up one of the booklets about ASTESC
(Associated Students of The Evergreen
State College). ASTESC is a constitution
and model of government four of us have
developed over the summer after being
part of an ongoing discussion last year.
It's our proposal to solve the problems
described in the Student Union article
in the last CPJ: lack of a fair representational student voice and involvement in
the administration of the school. We've
made it as good as we can; now it's up to
you, our fellow students, to help us make
any changes or adjustments to make it a
workable model for organizing our voices,
concerns, energy and power. In case you
haven't gotten your hands on one of the
booklets, I'm going to outline what we are
proposing. While we've already received
some v a l u a b l e feedback suggesting
changes, I'm going to stick to our original
proposal for today in order to keep things
simple and get everyone on the same page.
Check next week's CPJ for an update on

proposed changes!
The Associated Students of The
Evergreen State College would include
all enrolled students and be governed by
a council of thirty-five students selected
by their peers through self-organizing caucuses. ( I ' l l explain that shortly.) Five of
those council members are then elected to
sit on a board, which oversees the council.
We've called them the Geoduck Council
and the Geoduck Board. The Board is
made up of the chair of the council—the
Geoduck Executive Officer, orGEO—and
the chairs of four committees dealing with
different areas: administration, academics,
political action, and student life.
Back to how a student gets on the council and the self-organizing caucus thing. A
student gets on the council by getting the
signatures of thirty other students. Those
students are then their constituency. Each
council member is responsible for updating their constituents and representing
their concerns.
That group of thirty students that it
takes to get a person on the council is the
self-organized caucus, and they can be
organized in a number of ways. A person
who wanted to be on the council could
convince thirty people to endorse them as

TESC
Olympia, WA 98505

a council member, or a group of people
with common concerns and interests could
convince someone to represent them on
the council. Council members could represent a student group, a dorm, an academic
program, or any group of students with
common interests or concerns. We hope
there will be council members representing
evening and weekend students, the masters
programs, the tribal-based program and the
Tacoma Campus. Once a student has their
thirty signatures to be on the council, they
can choose to run for a board position. All
students can vote in the board elections,
as well as for initiatives and referendum.
Elections w i l l be held online through
Gateway, the same program we use to
register for classes.
This project can only succeed with broad
student support and involvement, and we
invite you to participate in any part of the
process. We need lots of folks to help us
spread the word. Giving us feedback on
ways to improve the model and constitution is also very important at this stage,
and it's not too early to think about being
a council member or running for the board.
We're in the middle of a 30-day comment

Story continued on page 5

"I think Evergreen's
atmosphere is a rare
breath of freedom
in a conservative
country that needs
to be preserved and
enhanced."
John Madziarczyk
Junior

"Hippies, skaters,
vegans, and a whole
bunch of t h i n k e r s
in the middle of the
forest. What more
could you ask for?
Jakob Laggner
Senior

"I don't think I've
ever been in a place
that was so focused
on having me learn."
Kathryn Garcia
Junior

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Though it doesn't bill itself as a
support group for girlfriends with
outrageous wizard boyfriends, the
League of Occult Research and
Education (LORE) seems like it
would be a likely outlet for magicians with relationship issues. Harry
Potter-costumed 12-year-olds need
not apply. Apparently, J.K. Rowling
is not an Occultist, and unfortunately,
neither is George Lucas. So the people
who attend these meetings probably
won't be wearing capes with bright
blue lightning bolts, broken glasses
or light sabers. It's a shame, really.
Magic would be much more accessible if the magicians dressed in an
alluring manner, like if they siphoned
their powers through tutus and fishnets.
For witches and warlocks and
those who are dating them, the meeting is Monday, October 4 at 8 p.m.
at Old School Pizzeria, 108 Franklin
Street on 4th Avenue downtown.

Sweating palms and melting eyeliner
Dealing
with domestic

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violence?
Free legal clinics are offered
for survivors of sexual assault
and domestic violence through
Safeplace, a volunteer-run advocacy
and crisis center. Safeplace works
as the only trans-inclusive shelter
in Thurston County, accepting only
women-identified clients in their
shelter.
The law meetings take place
monthly on a walk-in basis. The
next meeting will be on Tuesday,
October 12 at 6 p.m. at 314 Legion
Way SE. Their phone number is
754-6300.

Spudel 1C10US
Maybe there's a professor locked away in the basement of the math
building, or some other obsolete academic hall, frantically tossing
handfuls of cold, soggy fries into his mouth, whiskers smudged with
crusted ketchup, grease stains plentiful on corrected papers. Perhaps
he went down there because Mister McDonald took him hostage,
or he could have just sold his soul to the Hamburglar. And so, with
half-digested French fried matter eternally lodged in his esophagus,
he decided to be vengeful and inflict his fate upon others. And so
he created a word, which would spur a revolution. "Spudelicious,"
he mumbled through his gag mask. And so it came to be. Evergreen
began running these crazy Idaho-style potato socials to promote the
potato agenda.
On October 2, the school year will be ushered in with a potato
bake sponsored by the student activities administration. These surly
spuds will be dished out with all of the fixin's on the second-floor
CAB lobby at 5:30pm. After the feed-off, attend the "You don't have
to do homework until Sunday" dance party in the Seminar two plaza
at 7:30 p.m. In order to horn in on the fun, you must RSVP before
Thursday, September 30.

Organization Meeting
5p.m. Monday
Find out what it means to be a member
of the student group CPJ. Practice
consensus-based decision making.

Content Meeting
5:30 p.m. Monday
Help decide what should be in the
next issue of the CPJ.

Paper Critique
4 p.m. Thursday
Comment on that day's paper. Air
comments, concerns, questions, etc.
If something in the CPJ bothers you,
this is the meeting for you!

Friday Forum
3 p.m. Friday
Put your values to the test!
Discuss ethics, journalism law
and conflict resolution.
all meetings are in CAB 316.

septemberU

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Do you remember middle school co-ed dances staged in the gym under
the stern supervision of the entire PTA? Butcher paper banners painted with
powdered tempera under the hot gaze of the big kids transform the cafeteria
into a starry-eyed wonderland or a disaster, depending on your social ranking.
If you were cool enough, the older boys asked you to dance, hands clasped
tight around midriff waist, elbows extended to prevent unnecessary touching.
If you crave a reenactment, a ballroom dance is being hosted by the Olympia
Chapter of the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dance Association (USABDA), complete with get-acquainted mixers, a raffle and a dance demonstration. The
dance is being held on October 22 at Olympia Eagles, 805 E. 4th Ave., from
8-11 p.m. Thorn Long will provide live entertainment, while Key Andrews
will teach a salsa lesson at 7 p.m.
The environment is smoke- and alcohol-free, and for the small price of $10,
you are guaranteed sweaty palms, itchy feet and a space on the brick wall.

Evergreen loses
ZOO5 graduate
Colin Reese, who graduated
from Evergreen in 2003, died last
Saturday.
Reese was a close friend of Rachel
Corrie, the Evergreen student who
was killed by a bulldozer in Rafah in
March, 2003.
A friend, who wanted to remain
anonymous, called him a "great contribution to the Olympia community
and the world community in fighting
for justice and peace."
More information will be reported
as it is received.

Parallel driving
With the exception of bicyclists, bus
riders and pedestrians, all Evergreen
students commuting to campus will
be required to purchase a parking
decal. With this official sticker, you
will be allowed one concrete slot for
your vehicle.
Since September 20, parking decals
have been available in the Housing
Community Center and in the Library
Building's first floor lobby. These
decals are valid as soon as they are
purchased and visibly attached to
your car.

Open auditions for Bus Stop
Stuck in the middle of a howling snowstorm, five weary travelers
must hole up in a roadside diner until the snow blows over. Cherie is an
exotic dancer who is kidnapped by a lusty cowboy in a sparkly, fur-lined
coat. She is one of the lost riders captured by the swift action of the plot.
The cowboy's motives are shady, but she craves his seedy attention. This
is the setting for a play called Bus Stop, written by William Inge and
directed by Megan Sanders. Star-struck actors will line up with the hope
that one day, in the back of the Olympia Little Theater, a talent scout
with dark shades will find them belting out their finest rendition of a
creepy southern cowboy, and rescue them from the secluded hills of the
Olympia Peninsula to fly over the Hollywood hills Superman-style.
Eight parts will be cast out of Olympia Little Theater, 1925 Miller
Ave. NE. The auditions will take place on October 4 and 5 at 7
p.m. The Theater can be contacted at 786-9484 or at http://www.
olympialittletheater.org/.

staff

CPJ

JS 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.
JS 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 in CAB 316 or at 867-6054 to arrange for multiple copies. The
business manager may charge 75 cents for each copy after the first.

is written, edited, and distributed by students enrolled at The
Evergreen State College, who are solely responsible for its production and
content.

sells display and classified advertising space, information
about advertising rates, terms, and conditions are available in CAB 316, or by
request at (360) 867-6054.
Contributions from any 7ESC student are welcome. Copies of
submission and publication criteria for non-advertising content are available
in CAB 31'6, or by request at 867-6213. The CPJ's editor-in-chief has final
say on the acceptance or'rejection of all non-advertising content.

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Business
Business manager
Asst. business manager
Ad proofer and archivist(interim)
Ad designer (interim)
Circulation manager/Paper archivist
Distribution manager (interim)
Ad sales representative (interim)
News

867-6054
Andrew James
Adrian Persaud
Adrian Wittenberg
Timothy Yates
unfilled
Katie Thurman
Jordan Lyons
:

867-6213

Editor-in-chief
Renata Rollins
Managing editor
Corey Young
Arts & Entertainment coordinator (interim)
Chelsea Baker
Briefs coordinator (interim)
Adina Lepp
Calendar coordinator (interim)
Ikuko Takayama
Comics coordinator (interim)
Chelsea Baker
Copy editor.
Mitchell Hahn-Branson
Copy editor
Robert Hopt
Letters & Opinions coordinator (interim)
Katie Thurman
News coordinator (interim)
Joe Jatcko
Page designer (interim)
Kristen Lindstrom
Page designer (interim)
Tim Yates
Photo coordinator (interim)
Eva Wong
Seepage Coordinator
unfilled
Sports coordinator (interim)Andy Cyders
Voices of Color coordinator (interim)
unfilled
Advisor
Assistant to the advisor

Dianne Conrad
M.A. Selby

A warm welcome to all Students of Color
Welcome to Evergreen. Usually
greeting^ are reserved for Orientation
Week, but it's not until you've gone
to a class or two, woken up to a dorm/
apartment full of strangers, or realized
the wonders of the 41 bus line that you're
fully ready to embrace your new lifestyle. You might still be wondering what
an actual geoduck looks like, who the
offices on the third floor of the library are
for, or maybe where the alleged students
of color who comprise a full 18 percent
of the student population are hanging out
at. You might not find all 720 identified
students of color, but it is important that
you do find a community where support
for students of color is provided. If you
think finding a community is not important, think again. A study of diversity at
Evergreen found that the 2001-2002
freshmen-to-sophomore retention rate of
African American students hovered just
over 45% while every other designated
student demographic ranged between
70-88%.

Finding a community can mean many
things. It could be a group of other
students of color you can study with or
just vent to when seminar discussions get
out of control. A community could be a

formal student group that currently exists
or one that you create. A community could
also include the First Peoples' Advising
program that provides support to students
of color on individualized levels.

Asian Solidarity in Action (ASIA): 867-6033
Hui O Hawaii: 867-6033
Jewish Cultural Center: 867-6092
Latin Union in Solidarity with the Americas (LUSA): 867-6583

No matter how you find or connect to
your community, the important thing is
having one that you can depend on. For
those of you looking for communities
that already exist on this campus, here
are some places to start (in the center
of the page).
Many of the student groups have
office space on the third floor of the
CAB building, and can be reached
during governance hours (Wednesday
afternoons). Feel free to call or visit any
one of their spaces. If you would like to
find out more statistics about diversity at
Evergreen, the college website provides
a suitable foundation under "Diversity at
Evergreen" and "Institutional Research
and Assessment."
Good luck in weeks to come.

Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan: 867-6583
-Kandi M. Bauman
Native Student Alliance (NSA): 867-6105
Umoja: 867-6781
Women of Color Coalition: 867-6006
First Peoples' Advising: 867-6467

VOICES OF COLOR
i£ a column designed to promote cultural diversity as well as understanding within the immediate Evergreen
community. Here, students of color may address any concerns or joys. It is a place for students to share their unique
cultural experiences with the rest of the Evergreen community. It is a place of learning. It is a place of teaching.
It is place of understanding.
We are looking for perspectives, opinion pieces, personal narratives, family histories, poems, academic and
social experiences at Evergreen — anything that relates to your life. Pieces do not necessarily have to be related
to Evergreen.
This column is reserved especially for the underrepresentedwho want a consistent "message board" or medium
to communicate and express to the Evergreen community. The guidelines for the Voices of Color column are as
follows:
1) Must be a student of color.
2) The submission can be around but no more than 800 words per person per issue (we can use more installments for longer submissions, or print two at once if they 're shorter).
3) The submission must specifically state that this is for "Voices of Color. " Remember, students of any ethnicity
have a voice in any section of the paper.
4) The deadline for submitting anything to this column is Friday at 3 p.m.
5) The submission MUST include a name, phone number and email where you can be reached (for issues of
accountability) and MUST meet all other guidelines of the current submission guide.
I strongly encourage those of you who are new to Evergreen and the surrounding community to write a short
narrative of your experiencesl Voices of Color would be a great place to start introducing yourself to Evergreen
while at the same time contributing to the community.

-Renata Rollins
Editor-in-chief

the cooper pnint journal

September 30, 2004

news
Students practice planet-friendly agriculture at
Demeter's Garden
by Ethan Schaffer
Evergreen is seen by many as a leader
in sustainability, the cream of the organic
crop. Many classes, such as Sustainable
Design and Community Food Systems,
focus specifically on sustainability. The
heart of sustainability on campus is the
Organic Farm. Demeter's Garden is the
newest component of the Organic Farm
and is completely student-run. The student
group Developing Ecological Agriculture
Practices (DEAP) is in charge of the
garden.
Demeter's Garden is designed using the
principles of permaculture—the conscious
design of sustainable human living systems that regenerate the Earth rather than
destroy her. It is organic farming, natural
building, renewable energy, community,
and natural medicine all combined into
one complete system. The name Demeter
comes from the Greek goddess of the
harvest.
There are many ways to get involved
at Demeter's. One is to help with the
gardening and hands-on application of
permaculture. Another is to take one of
the workshops planned at the garden this
fall. The workshops include Gardening
with Mushrooms on Saturday, October 2,
Introduction to Permaculture on Sunday,
October 10, and a Community Building
Experience on Saturday and Sunday,
October 23-24.

Finally, if you really want to immerse
yourself in the garden, you can obtain
credit and make it your academic project. This year you can join the group
Ecological Community in Action and
earn credit through the program Patience
or through independent contracts.
The trailhead to the Organic Farm

is located on the way to the parking lot
from the Longhouse, past Lab II. You can
visit any time, but ask before you harvest
anything.
To get involved in Demeter's Garden,
contact DEAP at deap@riseup.net or 8676493. For more information on the Organic
Farm, visit http://www.evergreen.edu/cell/.

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A note about news
by Joe Jatcko, News Coordinator
We are hoping that news reporting works a
little differently this year. First, we've divided
the Monday meeting into two separate sessions:
the organizational, which will begin at 5 p.m.,
and the newspaper content meeting, which will
follow at 5:30 p.m.
The news section will use the newspaper
content meeting mainly for handing out assignments for the upcoming issue and pairing writers with one another and with photographers.
1 would also like to set up a separate meeting
with each writer to talk about what kind of
stories they want to work on and what I can
do to help out.
We want to encourage writers who are interested in contributing regular articles to take
on beats this year so that they can establish
relationships with a set group of people—for
example, members of the housing administration—and get more developed stories, rather
than starting from scratch each time. We also
hope this will give writers an opportunity to
really be able to write about things that particularly interest them.
We want to encourage all writers to attend
our weekly Paper Critique Meeting, Thursdays
at 4 p.m., in an attempt to create an environment
where we can discuss the actual content of the
articles with everyone present. Here writers
will have the chance to hear what people liked
about their articles and also what information
may have been missing. Hopefully, this will
strengthen all of our writing abilities.
Lastly, we are considering setting up periodical seminars on news writing and would like
to hear whether these would be useful and what
people would like them to cover. Remember,
anyone can submit news stories to the CPJ.
Even if you have no experience, but are interested, I would like to talk to you. Email me at
jatjos08@evergreen.edu, or simply show up at
our weekly news meeting every Monday in the
CPJ office (CAB 316).

STUDENT GOVERNANCE OPPORTUNITIES
BE I N F O R M E D AND INVOLVED IN THE COLLEGE
A number of Disappearing Task Forces (DTFs) and committees are seeking student members. Student input is critical to the functioning of the
college. Serving on a committee or DTP provides students with opportunities to influence college policy and learn more about the college. For
information about the groups listed below, contact the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs by phone at 867-6296 (off-campus) or
extension 6296 (on-campus), by e-mail atjohnsont@evergreen.edu, or in person at Library 3236.
S&A Fee Review Board: The Sen ices
and Activities Fee Allocation Board
(S&A Board) is looking for nine
students to serve on this year's board.
The S&A Board is responsible for
determining the allocation of S&A fees
to a broad range of college services and
activities. The group meets twice a week
throughout the academic year. Students
on the board receive a stipend of $200
per quarter. Applications are available at
ttic front desk of student activities, CAP
3,2iL,,,,.IM deadline f or applicatioris is
October 8'".
Student Conduct Code
Board: This group conducts
as needed when students are
with a violation of the Student
Code.

Hearing
hearings
charged
Conduct

Faculty
Hiring
DTF
&
Subcommittees: Two committees are
involved in each faculty hire: a
Subcommittee which reads files and
hosts the interviews, and the Faculty
Hiring DTF, which interviews all
candidates for a II positions. This year
there are 1 5 different Subcommittees
and two . hiring DTFs and student
members are still needed for many of
the committees. The Faculty hires for
this year are Public Administration,
Mathematics, Mathematics for our

September

Tacoma Program, Teacher Education
(Mathematics
<fe Science), Digital
Media, Native American
Studies,
Philosophy (Political and
Moral),
Environmental Health, Forest Ecology,
Ecological
Agriculture,
Mammalogy/Ornithology,
Human.
Biology, Renaissance Literature, Art
History, and Reference
librarian.
Subcommittees work 2 - 3 hours per
week for 2 - 4 weeks in Fall quarter
reading files, and more intensely for 2 3 w eeks in Winter quarter conducting
interviews; the Hiring DTF meets
Mondays and Wednesday afternoons of
Winter quarter, with some Fall and
Spring meetings. Visit our web page at
www.evergreen.edu/facultyhiring
for
information on faculty hiring!
Enrollment
Coordinating
Committee: This group helps review and
develop approaches for I he recruitment
and retention ofs ludents.
This
committee meets twice a in onlh on
Friday mornings.
One .student is
needed.
The President's Advisory Board on
Drug & A Icohoi Abuse: This hoard
helps develop policy and reviews abuse
prevention efforts. This group meets
twice per quarter. At least two students
are needed.

Emergency Response Team:
This
group helps plan for emergencies and
natural disasters, such as fires and
earthquakes.
The group meets
approximately 1-2 hours a month and
needs a,t least one student.
Campus Land Use Committee: This
committee is charged with making sure
the college follows the Campus Master
Plan.
The committee reviews and
makes recommendations on plans such
as
building
new
facilities,
modernization, outdoor art installations,
academic projects in undeveloped areas,
ecological restoration, parkway repairs,
landscaping, chemical use, and changes
in land use policies. This committee
meets once a mo nth. Jwu!udenis_ar£
needed.

Management. This group meets once a
month. One student is needed.

Food Committee: This group is
composed of faculty, stall and
students who advice Aramark and
College stall on food service issues.
This group will meet at least once a
month. At least two students are
needed.
Bookstore Advisory Committee: This
committee advises She bookstore in
selecting merchandise and on bookstore
policies. This group meets once per
quarter. Two or three students,^jire
needed
Health
and
Safety ' Advisory
Committee:
This group helps to
promote employee health and safety on
campus. This committee meets monthly
for two hours and needs at least one

Deadly Force Review Board: This
group reviews incidents in which a
firearm or other deadly weapon is
drawn, discharged, or ex hibited in a
Committee:
threatening manner by a campus police Graduation Planning
This group will help to plan
officer or any other individual on
commencement activities for June 2005.
campus. This group will meet once in
Undergraduate and graduate students
Fall quarter for orientation, and
who will graduate by September 2005
thereafter only as needed. At least two
, arc encouraged to become involved
students are needed.
Space Management Committee: This
group recommends policy changes and
space usage on campus to Senior

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How to be a gourmet cook
in non-kitchen housing
by Katie Thurman
You're moved in, your room is set up,
and maybe you've gotten to know the folk
living around you fairly well. You might
have even gone to a few parties by now.
Yes, the life of the first-year student can
be quite liberating, exciting, refreshing. In
many ways, it is exactly what you needed
to cure the ennui that plagued you in high
school. Everything would ;be just about
perfect...
...except that somewhere along the
line, someone decided to deprive most
freshmen of one necessity in life. Yes, even
though'most freshmen are 18, the age of
voting and draft eligibility, many of them
lack a kitchen. Instead, they are forced to
venture forth daily, seeking out food from
establishments on and off campus. If they
choose to eat on campus, they can eat in
the Greenery for a decent price... if the
hours are right.
If you'd like to be able to feed yourself
in a pinch when the Greenery is closed,
then there are a few things you ought to
consider before completely submitting to
the campus food service.
Many college staples can be prepared
simply by boiling water. This is why a hot
pot is necessary. Many types of hot pots
will even shut off automatically once the
water is at a rolling boil. With boiling
water, you can make tea, cocoa, instant
oatmeal, ramen, cous cous, and other
starchy stuffs.
A hot plate is also a wonderful item.
For those not in the know, the hot plate
is like a little stove. By investing in a hot
plate, a saucepan, and a spoon or two, a
whole new world of options opens up. You
can heat soup, make pasta, make your own
marinara sauce, make soup, steam broccoli, make corn, or do any number of
other things.
If you've never experienced the joys
of a toaster oven, then now is the time to
do so. With these little wonders, you can
toast bagels, bread, and sandwiches. You
can melt cheese. One of my favorite toaster
oven treats involves one tomato, sliced,
one piece of bread (preferably wheat),
Thousand Island dressing, and a slice
or two of cheddar cheese. Simply toast
till the cheese is melted, and then add
pepper, salt, or other spices as desired. It's
a warm, tasty treat, and if you use low-fat
Thousand Island dressing, it's pretty gosh
darn healthy, too.
Probably the greatest achievement in

Greeners at work
by Sean P. Rlley~

Evergreen best prepares students for
the workplace in working cooperatively
on team efforts, critically analyzing information, and developing creative thinking
portable kitchen cookware is the George skills, according to alumni.
Forman Grill (the lean, mean FAT grilling
So found the recently published study,
machine). These little buggers can do it all. "Greeners at Work," in which 369 alumni
They can cook burgers, Boca, hot dogs, of the class of 2000 and 110 of their superbacon, fish, chicken breasts, zucchini, visors were surveyed to better understand
eggplant, and anything else you could how well Evergreen prepares its graduates
ever want to grill. They come in a variety for employment.
of sizes; some even can be used as bread
The study found that alumni rated
warmers. My only tip would be to invest Evergreen lowest in preparing them for
in some kind of oil (olive is best) to put on giving presentations in the work environthe George Forman so that the food does ment, computer literacy, and math.
not stick.
The study also found that more than
Many students come to school with 60% of supervisors of the now-employed
a rice cooker. 1 applaud them. There is, alumni said that the quality of the alums'
however, a wiser choice. Please allow me work exceeded job expectations. They
to introduce to you the rice steamer. Why rated alumni highest on their willingness
is this a better choice? It's simple: Because and aptitude to learn new skills, ability to
it.-steams the rice instead of merely cook- work in a culturally diverse environment,
ing it; you can steam veggies in it as well. and ability to work cooperatively on team
While this is a more expensive option, it efforts.
is ultimately a more versatile one. Most
The alums' supervisors rated the alumsteamers come with quite detailed instruc- ni's work-related skills lowest in being
tions and even a few recipe ideas.
able to give presentations in the workplace,
Of course, most of these handy-dandy negotiating skills, and leadership. Among
appliances would be completely useless these skills, though, supervisors rated
without the mini-fridge. Rather obviously, alumni Good overall on a scale of Poor,
mini-fridges allow you to keep perishables Fair, Good, and Excellent. Interestingly,
from, well, perishing, as it were. If you the study also found that the supervisors
turn the temperature down low enough, cited two of the low-ranked skills, the abilyou might even be able to keep ice cream ity to give presentations and leadership, as
in there.
The standby of lazy cooks has been,
and probably always will be, the microwave. Make baked potatoes, but remember
to wash them and poke them with a fork
first so that they don't explode. Reheat
leftover take-out; make popcorn. My
first year here, I knew a boy who lived on
day comment period, which will last
microwave popcorn and Pepsi. There is
u
n
t
i l Friday, October 15. During that
even a brand of brownie mix called "No
time
we will be working-on publicizing
Pudge" Fudge Brownie that can be made
in the microwave. Screw finding a cure the model and constitution and getting as
for cancer; I can microwave a brownie. much feedback as possible. At the end of
that time we'll make whatever changes
That's all I need.
How does one afford all of these are necessary and begin a petition drive.
things, you may ask? Well, one option is Our plan is to have students interested in
to check out a discount store like Goodwill being on the council help collect signatures
or Big! Lots. Another option is to make nice supporting ASTESC as a whole while they
with your neighbors, have everyone pur- are collecting signatures to put them on
chase a different appliance, and turn your the council. Then we'll have an election in
common space into a community kitchen the eighth week of the quarter to elect the
of sorts. As long as people can respect the board and ratify ASTESC as the student
belongings of others, there shouldn't be union of The Evergreen State College.
If you're interested in learning more
a problem.
or getting involved, stop by Cubicle 19
Katie Thurman is a junior in on the third floor of the CAB to pick up
• Introduction to Natural Sciences. She is a copy of our booklet. Our regular meetstudying pre-med.

two of the three least important skills to the
alums' positions. Math skills were a third
least important skill.
Supervisors said that the ability to
work cooperatively on team efforts, organize, and tackle work efficiently, along
with independence and initiative, were the
most important skills to alumni's work.
Supervisors rated alumni's math and
computer literacy skills higher than the
alumni rated themselves.
Most of the alumni's occupations fit
within the broad categories of Community
and Social Services (21%); Education,
Training, and L i b r a r y Occupations
(14%); Life, Physical, and Social Science
Occupations (12.7%); and Management
Occupations (10.2%).
Eighty-seven percent of the alumni
indicated they were employed, selfemployed, and/or in graduate school.
The study was conducted by
Evergreen's Office of I n s t i t u t i o n a l
Research and Assessment.
The full report of the 2003 "Greeners at
Work" study can be accessed online at http:/
/www.evergreen.edu/institutionalresearch/
pdf/Greenersat Work2003 .pdf.
Sean Riley is a graduate student
enrolled in the Masters in Teaching program. He is currently student-teaching
in Tacoma and working in the Office of
Institutional Research and Assessment.

Student Union
continued from cover
ings are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. This is a
change from the first week, which we hope
will accommodate more people. The next
forum will be held on Tuesday, October
5, at 7:00 p.m., in Seminar II A3105. This
will be a chance to learn more about the
proposal, give us your comments, and talk
with other students. Check out the Union
Forum at http://www.vrgrn.net/ to post
comments and participate in polls. Our
email addresses are:
Rachel: smileyrlw@hotmail.com
Brad: geoducks@gmail.com
Caroline: whicar22@evergreen.edu
We look forward to w o r k i n g with
you!
Rachel Williams is a senior enrolled in
American Places.

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On the Screen:
The Best Films of the Summer
by Lee Kepraios
There were a number of great films this
summer and a surprisingly low count of
big budget summer write-offs. Rather than
confine this list to a "ten best," I thought it
a better idea to be a little more free-form
in my review, solely because there were
so many good films.
Possibly my favorite film of the
summer was the first thing I was able to
see: The TwilightSamurai,^wh\ch swept
the Japanese Academy Awards this year,
winning 12 awards, including Best Picture
of the Year. Hiroyuki Sanada plays an overthe-hill ex-samurai named Seibei. He
shows up to his job at a bookbinding factory unwashed and disheveled. Co-workers secretly call him "Twilight." He meets
Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa), who helps care for
his daughters and his mother, who doesn't
always recognize him. He's commissioned
to kill a rogue ex-samurai who's boarded
himself up in his hut and can't be killed.
The climax of the film, in which Seibei
goes through with the assassination, not
only comes as a complete surprise (which
would have been easy enough) but also
brings the study of Seibei's character ironically and poignantly full-circle.
There was The Saddest Music in the
World, a film unlike any I've ever seen.
Canadian director Guy Maddin created
a visual style like a beat-up film from
the silent era. Much like his great short,
The Heart of the World, Maddin creates
a unique universe that looks dated but
doesn't quite fit into any age. Isabella
Rossefini plays a depression-era beer
baroness and radio mogul working out of
Winnipeg, nicknamed "Sorrow Capitol of
the World," who announces a contest where
musicians from around the world boast the
world's saddest music for a $25,000 prize.
Kid in the Hall Mark McKinney represents
America while kissing up to the legless
baroness (also his former girl) by giving
her glass legs filled with her own beer.
Richard Linklater's great Before Sunset

was not so much a sequel as a followup to
his 1995 Before Sunrise, in which Ethan
Hawke and Julie Delpy played idealistic
twentysomethings who meet on a train
in Europe and spend the movie walking through Vienna having deep, literate
discussions on pretty much everything
before falling for each other and promising to meet at a train station six months
later. Sunset revisits the couple nine years
after Sunrise and finds that only Hawke
showed up and that perhaps neither of them
could or would ever put the events of that
day behind them. They're different people
this time, with different thoughts on life,
age and their places in the universe in a
film with one of the best endings I've seen
in a long time.
The Five Obstructions was a fascinating game of cinematic manipulation
between directors Lars von Trier (whose
Dogme 95 movement has seen more heat
that it has light) and Jorgen Leth, maker
of von Trier's favorite" film, The Perfect
Human. The 12-minute short featured a
man in a tuxedo in front of a white screen
with a running narration. Von Trier challenged Leth to remake it five times with
five different guidelines, five obstructions.
If you're not a movie buff, chances are
you might not find this film so interesting.
Otherwise, you'll find this film fascinating
as the clear-headed, low-key Leth films,
all over the world, his remakes with their
ridiculous obstructions: having no cut
last longer than 12 frames or about half a
second, shooting a film in the worst place
in the world, making an animated version
of the film, and of course, the revelatory
fifth obstruction, bringing the irony in
the challenge of the five obstructions full
circle.
Intimate Strangers was the latest tour
de force from Patrice Leconte, that great
poet of the lonely obsessions of people
in everyday walks of life. The intimacy
of strangers. Fabrice Luchini plays a shy

accountant and Sandrine Bonnaire an
eccentric woman who mistakes him for a
psychiatrist and comes into his office ready
to pour her heart out. He discovers he's
comfortable with their illusory relationship
as she comes back every week, fully aware
he's only an accountant.
There was also Takeshi K i t a n o ' s
reworking of the classic film and TV series
"Zatoichi," the story of Japan's greatest
antihero. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
finds Kitano not only directing and writing but playing the eponymous blind
masseuse, gambler and master swordsman
under his acting moniker "Beat" Takeshi,
and it's the best take on the story yet.
Kitano's downbeat directing style, with
his long takes, his emphasis on sound and
images rather than dialogue, and his brief
but head-on gaze when filming graphic
violence, elevate this to a unique piece of
entertainment. But then again, Kitano's use
of the syncopation of everyday sounds into
a rhythm on the soundtrack was enough to
do it for me.
Probably the most impressive piece
of work I took in this summer was Lucas
Belveux's triptych experiment simply titled
The Trilogy. Consisting of three films of
three separate genres (thriller, farce and
melodrama), The Trilogy shows a single
timeline and individually features a different set of characters from a great connected
web throughout this timeline, with characters from either of the two films fading in
and out of the foreground. In other words,
one timeline seen in three points of view
in three separate forms. Together, On the
Run, An Amazing Couple, and After the
Life form a mosaic of people and events
caught in a world of ironic mishaps and
tragic fates. It's absorbing and kind-of
brilliant. If only I had more space to talk
about it.

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The first civilians in space
by Brian Flewell
On June 21, 2004, a strange spaceship,'
looking more like a pop bottle with wings,
blasted 62 miles into the morning sky,
earning civilian Mike Melvill his astronaut
wings, This was the successful test flight
of the privately built civilian spaceship
SpaceShipOne. The builders of this civilian spaceship, Scaled Composites—with
the financial support of Washington local
Paul Allen—are the first, and thus far only,
competitors who have launched their ship
in preparation to compete for the Ansari
X-Prize.
The Ansari X-Prize was established in
1996 to jump-start a civilian-run space
tourism program in the same way that the
old prize offers between 1905 and 1935,
such as the competition that Charles
Lindbergh won in 1927, jumpstarted the
civilian aviation industry. The rules are
simple: $10.000,000 goes to the first
team who privately finances, builds and
launches a spaceship able to carry three
people to 62.5 miles, return safely to
earth, and repeat the trip with the same

ship within two weeks.
Scaled Composites will be making
its first historical run for the X-Prize on
September 29 of this year. At the time I
had to submit this, that day had not yet
come. Be sure to check the homepages of
the X-Prize or SpaceShipOne to find out if
the launch was successful. By the time this
paper reaches you, the clock will be ticking for Mike Melvill and his passengers to
make the required second launch, which
must be completed by October 13.
This could be the most expensive and
dangerous stunt attempted by humanity, or
the first step to having a round-the-world
flight of 90 minutes jumpstarted by the
bravery of these space pioneers.
For more information on SpaceShipOne,
visit http://www.scaled.com/projects/
tierone/index.htm.
For more information on the Ansari XPrize, visit http://webl-xprize.primary.net/.
Brian Flewell is a senior in Politics and
the Media, and Lights, Camera, Election.

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place I went to eat in Olympia is still my
number one favorite restaurant. Whenever
I'm in the mood for great Japanese cuisine, I head to a little place called Koibito.
Koibito is located under a large red sign at
1707 Harrison Ave. NW.
Koibito provides great food and excellent service at decent prices. Menu items
such as the teriyaki chicken bowls are great
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Their sushi is a bit more expensive;
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Letters to
the Editor

What if they had
a democracy and
nobody showed up?

Dear Cooper Point Journal,
I am writing to express my displeasure with the "Voices of Color" feature in
the Cooper Point Journal. The only thing
that qualifies a person to make a submission is that they be "not white." This is
wrong because it implies that people who
look different also think differently. It
implies that a person's skin color makes
their culture somehow more interesting
and special by default.
To me, it seems like having a section
of the newspaper set aside exclusively for
the work of people who are "of color" is
insulting to the groups targeted to submit
its contents as well. Regardless of the
intent, this feature carries with it subtle
implications that people who are not white
need a special section or else "the man"
might prevent their voices from being
heard. Rather than working so hard to
"promote diversity," why not just let
diversity happen on its own?

by Jordan Lyons
It is practically impossible not to pay
attention to this year's election, but are
lawmakers paying attention to us?
While the media is saturated with
debate over Medicare and Social Security and who did what in a war more than
thirty years ago, issues important to young
people go untouched. Right now we wrestle with astronomical tuition expenses and
the looming specter of the draft. Tomorrow we will inherit the job market, the
national debt, and the environment that
are being decided on right now.
And these key issues are footnotes
in the political arena*, because young
Americans don't vote./Turnout of young
voters has steadily declined since the
Twenty-Sixth A m e n d m e n t made the
voting age 18 nationwide. In 2000, only
36.1% of Americans ages 18 to 24 voted,

versus older Americans who were nearly
twice as likely to vote, showing up at a
rate of 70%.
And just as a few more than one in
three of us turned out, a Presidential election was decided by 537 votes in Florida.
In a nation divided nearly equally, just 5%
more young people voting could decide
the election.
Right now, many politicians have
given up on us. They have abandoned
platforms of long-term sustainability and
growth for quick fixes for people who
can't see past their next month's worth of
prescriptions. We don't vote for them, so
they aren't responsive to us, and we, in
turn, become more jaded, apathetic and
submissive.
Such was the cycle of life. But that's
all going to change this year. This nation is

at a crossroads, torn asunder, and it's going
to take all of us to decide what comes next.
That's right, this generation of Nintendoplaying, Pop-Rocks-eating Ninja Turtle
fans has the power to save the world.
I'm glad you read this, because I
know you're going to vote. I know you're
going to register by this Saturday (October 2), and I know you are going to show
up at the polling station in the library on
campus (except those of you who mail in
absentee).
For more information, stop by the
WashPIRG office in CAB 320 or go
to http://www.newvotersproject.com/
online.
Jordan Lyons is a sophomore in
Memory of Fire.

Julian Gerhart
Freshman, Old and New Worlds

Hello CPJ staff,
Thanks to the volunteers for putting
out the September 18 edition of the CPJ.
Unfortunately, those of us here in Graduate Programs once again find we are
not mentioned in the information that is
printed about Lab I. We'd love to get the
word out that Evergreen has three outstanding graduate programs, MIT, MPA
and MES, and the administrative offices
and advisors for these programs along
with the Graduate Student Lounge are up
here on the friendly third floor of Lab I.

Education,
participation
and subjugation
by Jacob A. Stanley

All year long there have been organizations commanding the population to get
out and vote. The intentions are obviously
Thanks,
good, but the end result may very well
have some problems in that much of the
Maggie Foran
Masters in Teaching advising and population does not vote merely because
they don't know enough about any of the
certification
candidates to attempt to vote for someone
who supports their ideas. Personally, I find
the idea of getting over fifty percent of
the population to vote is a noble goal in
and of itself, considering only 40% voted
To Whom It May Concern:
last election, but to encourage the entire
I would like to encourage every stu- population to get out there and vote is just
dent at The Evergreen State College to asking for more trouble than it is worth.
If the entire population gets out there
contribute to the Cooper Point Journal.
Furthermore, I would like to let people and votes, more than likely many of them
know that they have a section of the paper will do so uneducated about the candidates
set aside for their opinions on issues con- and could very well cause more problems
cerning the college, the world around them, than they should. The average first-time
and other letters in this section. Students voter, knowing nothing about most of the
are also encouraged to voice their opinion candidates, usually would go about voting
of this publication, whether it is positive for who they have heard the most about,
or negative, in this section. If something which is all well and good until you realize
seems amiss to you, say so. If something that includes being susceptible to attack
ought to be done about something, say so. ads on television or jumbled speech from
Simply email us at cpj@evergreen.edu. the candidates themselves, who aren't
We will be pleased to take your submis- clear on their issues. Beyond the usual
sions, talk to you about story ideas, help distortion of media propaganda that may
you avoid any speech unprotected by the change the mind of the average voter,
many more people will vote for whoever
First Amendment, or merely chat.
their friends or relatives vote for merely
because they have been led to believe it is
Sincerely,
Katie Thurman, your friendly CPJ ; the best choice by someone who happens
organization member and Letters & ! to know them well. Conversely, the same
Opinions Coordinator

September 30,

people may very well vote against their
relatives or friends' opinion in elections
merely out of opposition, which will only
go further to make less use of their vote.
Voter apathy is a fine way to let the
public become aware that the system is not
working as it should and needs revision. Of
course, since the candidates do not care if
you vote or not, just that they get elected
by the few who do vote, one might as well
educate oneself and learn who to vote for
and why. About four years ago, I got
around to learning a bit about the political system myself and figured I would see
if my mother knew anything about it, just
in case I had misunderstood the process.
Turns out that neither she, nor practically
any of the hundred or so people she knew
at her job and the college she was attending
nights, had any idea there were more than
two candidates running for president. This
sort of misinformation shocked me a bit,
and I felt that I had better at least attempt to
inform the public I knew about that there
were other choices out there.
Since then I have gained a great deal
of knowledge about all the candidates running and can say I know enough about
the major parties running (Democrat,
Republican, Green, Independent, Libertarian) to make a decision for myself about
who I feel should be in office. I sincerely
urge those who do not know about any of
these parties, even if they are the top two
parties, to-.get online even for five minutes

and check out where these groups stand
on their issues. If you disagree with them,
there are plenty of other parties to choose
from.
Now I know some of the people
reading this are thinking, "Why should
I waste my vote?" or "I'm just supporting Bush by voting for so-and-so." And
to that thought 1 say: Democracy is about
letting anyone who wants to become
president have the ability to do so, even if
they have little chance of overpowering
the larger parties. Why should you waste
your vote on the lesser of two evils when
you can put your vote to good use and
vote for someone whose issues you support wholeheartedly? It is never a wasted
vote so long as the person you are voting
for supports the majority of your issues.
That is all this election and every election
should be about: voting for who you feel
is right for the job.
If you want to go out and waste your
vote on the main parties just to get rid of
one face you've grown tired of for a face
you've yet to hate, go right ahead. Personally, I think I'll look for a new face with
some character in their eyes instead of
a mouth that continues to spew nothing
but lies.
Jacob Stanley is a freshman in
America in the 20th Century. He is studying American History.

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The Curmudgeon:
Back in the Monastery
by Lee Kepraios
Another school year has arrived and reader what I believe as a sort of ground
my genitals are getting even smaller. rules b l u e p r i n t for each subsequent
Also, I am not getting any younger or column I churn out.
wiser. In fact, I am at the point where I
So you don't feel disappointed, here
can see each breath I draw as it makes its was my other idea to be submitted for this
way through my system, my translucent column. 1 propose that there should be a
skin so thin that I can actually see the law that requires all the crazy people who
oxygen and nitrogen as it moves down talk to themselves to be in pairs at all times
each individual vein.
so it looks like they're having an actual
1 sense this wasn't the right way to conversation. That would certainly make
begin my first column of the year. I must those late-night bus rides a whole lot more
say was looking forward to the first Cur- interesting, wouldn't it?
mudgeon of the year with a frenetic sense
Think about it. You got one guy in
of renewed zeal. I spent a good deal of a pink jumpsuit and a Prussian hat with
the summertraining for it: exercising each earflaps and you put him together with a
ligament on each finger with tiny springs, guy wearing half a Bugs Bunny suit from
brushing up on sesquipedalia and, of his days of working at Six Flags 15 years
course, carefully choosing the words for ago, or the guy wearing a Members Only
the all-important first column. But what jacket that he pulled off a dead mobster
to write about?
in an ally in 1986, and they're so delightFor the topic of my first column, I had ful because they look like overacting bad
two choices, one greatly outweighing the stage extras who are both pantomiming at
other in workability. But much like 12 the same time. You walk past them and it
Angry Men, the weak presence slowly sounds like they're having a really deep
became the strong presence, convincing discussion.
me that I would drop the funny idea I
Whatever this column turns out to be
had for this column and, in a simple and about, let me just state that in writing it,
straightforward fashion, take the opportu- I was overcome with a rush of euphoria.
nity in this first column to outline for the It hit me in a tsunami of creative literary

imagineeritude. A blast of writerly energy
with all the subtlety of an Annie Sprinkle
performance piece. And let me tell you, it
feels great to be in my comfortable little
weekly writing position once again. To
be back in the monastery. Back in the
saddle.
And now I will go ahead with my
chosen idea to redefine my principles and
beliefs merely as a formality. For instance,
The Curmudgeon does not like you. Got
that? I don't know who you are but I know
that I don't like you. So I have little or no
concern for your feelings. It's nothing personal. You're probably a good person and
I'm sure I would like you if I got to know
you better. But as of right now, I consider
us enemies: You're just one more person
that could make life harder for me in the
future. This is just how 1 am.
I'm sort of opinionated, which is why I
do this shit. For instance, I'm the guy who
thinks religion is bad and drugs are good.
I t h i n k children aren't that precious, God
didn't write books and Jesus was just a
dirty hippie who hung out with hookers
and changed water into booze. I t h i n k
women hate each other. I think environmental ism is arrogant, "no" doesn't always

mean "no" and drunks are funny.
I'm for Mad Cow Disease.
I'm against suing tobacco companies.
I think abstinence itself is a perversion. I
think Oprah ruined everything and Vegas
was better when it was run by the mob. I
think stereotypes are true, and to quote
many trenchant bumper stickers, "Rehab
Is For Quitters."
Thank you. I'm glad we got that out
of the way.
New Rule of the Week: Stop trying
to sell me a tape of the program I just
watched! Listen, PBS, I do not want to
cough up $21.99 to watch "The Mating
Habits of the South African Fruit Fly"
again. Nor will I be able to stand John
McLaughlin's accusing stare burning a
hole in my immortal soul more than one
show at a time. Someone should tell PBS
that almost everyone in the country can
tape a show on their own VCR. And if they
don't have a VCR, what do we expect them
to do with the tape in the first place?
Lee Kepraios is a senior in Forensics
and Mystery Writing. He is studying film.

\e no speak good English.
4 What be your excuse?
by Tenzin Pelzom Tingkhye
"Wow, your English is so good!"
What would a Caucasian-American think if an immigrant from a Third
World Country were to make this kind
of remark? How would they respond?
Perhaps with—
"Er, um, well, I went to school. And
graduated."
I am an American immigrant who
grew up in the States. I went to school with
plenty of Caucasian-Americans who didn't
speak no good English, no big deal. But all
too often, when / speak, someone makes
a comment about my fascinatingly developed command over the English language.
What exactly is the expected response?
A smile, nod, then finish off with a thank
you very much? We could be having a
perfectly nice conversation, understanding
each other just fine. Then, out of nowhere,
you bring up my great speaking skills? If
you were walking with someone wearing
a pin saying that they used to be alterabled, would you stop and tell them that

they walked really well? I don't think so.
If you're speaking with someone and you
can tell English isn't their first language,
then it is obvious to both of you and there
is no need to remind them that they are
ESL (Englishes a Second Language). But
if the person seems to speak as well as
you, then why bring up the remarkability
of this, unless you're trying to attribute
it to their supposed ethnic background?
For some reason, a compliment to a foreign-looking individual is supposed to be
received as just that, a compliment. But
anything that can be complimented can be
criticized. If a Caucasian-American peer
you just met didn't seem to understand
some of the words you used, would you
ask, "What's your excuse for such ignorance?" No, common courtesy dictates
you would just adjust your communication
style so that you could understand each
other. Well, sometimes a "compliment"
can be just as offensive as ajeer.
Sure, you may not know how .long I've

point jourrert

been in this country. Well, if I look like
some Asian or Hispanic or African person
and speak English as well as or better than
you and without any perceptible accent,
don't you think I would have had to have
spent at least a few years here (or been to
an excellent school in my home country)?
The shock at my oratory brilliance would
kind of fade away at that point, wouldn't
it? I mean, you aren't so impressed with
your own language skills, are you?
So, could you please just try and cut
off that comment before it comes to your
mouth, and maybe just stick with "Hey,
where are you from?" Which is another
discussion entirely.
Thank you.

''If you're speaking
with someone and you
can tell English isn't their
first language, then it is
obvious to both of you
and there is no need to
remind them that they
are ESL."

Tenzin Pelzom Tingkhye is a sophomore in Turning Eastward.
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September 30.

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So. what's this whole cascade
collegiate conference thing anyway?
A look at this fall's
Geoduck sports
by Meredith Lane
Remember last week when you were
wondering who had gym space reserved
when you wanted to shoot hoops with
friends after class? How about last Tuesday when you heard music blaring from
the upper field some afternoon while
you were walking back to the soup?
Or maybe you were recently wandering behind the CRC and just happened
to notice the spandex-clad girls in the
back bay for 10 minutes. It's okay, take a
second glance. All this and more is courtesy of Evergreen's fall varsity athletic
programs, proudly representing TESC
throughout the Northwest in volleyball,
soccer and cross-country.
While you may have spent the latter
half of your summer lounging in the
sun, building houses'in Ecuador, teaching English in Asia, or interning in the
nation's capitol, over 50 of your fellow
students started their athletic season on
August 2. The conclusion of Week One

marks the halfway point in the season for
most fall sports. Though no one is playing at Evergreen this weekend, here's an
update so you can cheer them on at their
next home game.
With the recent a c q u i s i t i o n of
a fifth member, the women's crosscountry team is sure to be a dominant
force for the rest of the season. "We're
excited to be finally competing as a full
five-member team this weekend at Willamette," Rachel Williams commented.
With Meagan Mower having almost
broken the 21-minute barrier on the 5k
and the rest of the team finishing strong,
they're sure to score on Saturday.
Men's cross-country may have been
struggling with injuries, but everyone is
healing rapidly. Josh Klemeck leads the
team at just under 27 minutes in the 8k,
and getting faster every day. "We may
have people hurt now, but by the time
regionals comes around, we'll be more

than ready," said senior Robert Martindale. Men's cross-country competes on
Saturday at Willamette.
Back in the CRC, women's volleyball
has gotten off to a rocky start. Starting
off the season playing four of the top ten
ranked teams in the region, the girls have
yet to get a W(win) in the schedule. "We
have a lot of depth, experience and talent
on the team this year; it's just a matter
of finding the chemistry and utilizing
our individual skills to finish strong,"
said Senior Captain Hanna Plunk. This
weekend, the team travels south to play
Southern Oregon and the Oregon Institute ofTechnology. Last year at thistime
they upset the conference, giving Southern (the number one team in the region)
their first loss of the year, and going on to
place at playoffs. This year, once again,
anything could happen. "We've worked
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past week. HopefuIly the first conference
win or two is in their future!
Women's soccer got that first win
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the youngest teams in Evergreen history,
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conference. The girls travel to Portland
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Last but not least, men's soccer.
Dominating the conference with only
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They travel to Idaho this weekend to get
another win at Albertson College. The
boys are home next Thursday, October
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of the season, Concordia.
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at Evergreen, you'll have to come up
with a better excuse than ignorance to
not support your local Geoduck. Next
time you hear Jock Jams resonating from
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