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a weekly collection of student expression
v 0 I u m e 33 • iss u e 10. december 2, 2004
Greeners speak up about
their Evergreen experiences:
Evergreen observes World AIDS Day'
Students generally
satisfied but see room
for improvement
What do you think
of the CPJ?
by Sam Goldsmith
"The CPJ should be
funnier."
Tiger Scoccia
Junior
Foundations of
Visual Arts
by Sean Riley
This is a page ofa comic book, Always be prepared, written and drawn by Katharine
Houpt and Darin Shu ler. They are sen iors and taking SOS: Visual and Media Arts.
Katharine Houpl is studyi ng printmaking. Darin Shuler is studying art and primary
pen and ink drawing.
Evergreen s tudents are general ly
satisfied with their Evergreen education but
also indicatc a concern about on-campus
diversity and room for improvement on
several computer-related skills, according
to the find ings o(the recently publi shed
Evergreen Student Experience Survey.
The survey, admini stered in Spring
2004 by Evergreen's Office ofInstitutional
Re se arch , wa s designed to measure
students ' lea rning g rowt h, und erstand
students' goa ls and levels of confidence,
Evergreen stlldenl Marilza Sanchez speaks as part of a panel disclIssion Wednesday
gauge student use of campus resources
evening.
in commemoration of World AIDS Day. The panel wasfollowed by a do cumentary
and community acti vit ies, and check their
film
and
vigil.
perceptions and suggestions regarding oncampus diversity.
The su rvey found that Greeners , learning independently and syn th ~s i z in g t hei r work load at Evergreen was "j ust
for the most part, take responsibility information from many sources were two right."
Greencrs also indicatcd areas where
for their own le ar ning . Evergreen 's areas where their Evergreen exper ience
their Everg re en experience cou ld use
interd isciplinary approach to course helped them progress the most.
content and narrat ive evaluations rather
Nearly 90% of Greeners were quite improvement. Diversity and computerthan grades was a factor that mo s t confident or very confident that they have related ski ll s were two areas, in particular,
positively affected their education .
the abi Iity to succeed at Evergreen. Nearly where Greeners indicated gaps or weakGreeners also indicated that they 72% of st uden ts ind icated that they were nesses in their Evergreen experience.
Regarding diversity, 39% ofGreeners
were satisfied or very sat isfied w ith the quite confident or ve ry confident that they
'overall quality of in struction at Everg reen would be able to use their educat ion to stated that they were dissatisfied or very
. dissatisfied with diversity at Evergreen.
as well as their own progress in ach ieving meet life- long goals.
their acade mic goals. Greeners noted that
Students most frequently stated that A mong those who responded to the question about what types of diversity they
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Other statistics from the survey included:
and racial diversity, political diversity and
socioeconom ic diversity were forms of
42% offreshmen were employed at the time of the survey, increasing to 53% of sophomores, diversity they would like to see more of.
63% of juniors, and 70% of seniors.
Interestingly, 97% of Greeners
attending the Tacoma program indicated
Over 64% of freshmen li ved in on- campus housing.
that they were satisfied or very satisfied
with the amount of diversity on campus.
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors most freq uentl y stated that they Iived in a private home On the Olympia campus, 23% of Greenor apartment with non-family members.
ers indicated they were satisfied or very
satisfied with the amount of diversity
Nearly 43% of students stated that they used the Computer Center, Computer Appl ications on campus. Inversely, 42% of Olympia
Lab, or computer workshops "a lot."
campus students stated that they were
dissatisfied or very di ssat isfied with onOver 45% of students stated that they used Library Faci lities and Services "a lot."
campus diversity.
Eighty-three percent of all GreenOver 25% of sophomores indicated that they were not able to obtain their first choice pro- ers indicated that they think diversity on
gram in the fall and spring quarters.
campus is somewhat to very important to
their learning. Greeners most frequently
• Forty percent of students were quite confident or very confident that they would be able to stated that there is on Iy "some" respect for
fi nd a job or make a desired career change after graduation.
different backgrounds, perspectives and
lifestyles on campus.
Twenty percent of respondents indicated that it is very important to them to start or improve
their own business after raduation.
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"So metimes the
com ics are good,
but they're a little
lacking.
Ultimately I desire
good comics."
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Mountaineers host film festival,
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The Olympia Mountaineers will host the Banff Mountain Film Festival
as it beg ins its North American tour. Experience heart-stopping, thoughtful,
and even hilarious adventures of mountain climbing, expeditions, remote
cultures and the world's last great wild places- all brought to life on the
big screen at the historic Capitol Theater in downtown Olympia. The film
festival will be Saturday, December 4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 5 at
6 p.m. Different films will be shown each night. General admission is only
$10 a night or $17 for both nights, and there is a $2 discount for members
of The Mountaineers and Olympia Film Society. Tickets are available now
at The Alpine Experience in downtown Olympia at 408 Olympia Ave. N.E.,
or at the door. The Mountaineers is a nonprofit organization founded in 1906
and dedicated to the responsible enjoyment of natural areas.
Student Experience Presentation
On Thursday, December 9 , Jenni Minner of Evergreen's Office of
Institutional Research will present the many findings ofthe Evergreen Student
Experience Survey. Collecting data from 567 Greeners, the study was designed
to measure students' learning growth, understand students ' goals and levels 'o f
confidence, gauge student use of campus resources and community activities,
and check their perceptions and suggestions regarding on-campus diversity.
The presentation will highlight common experiences and interesting trends
happening at Evergreen.
The presentation is on Thursday, December 9 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in
Seminar II A2107 .
More information on the study can be found in Sean P. Riley's article in
this week 's CP J on the cover.
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Blood Drive December 2
You may have noticed th at The Puget Sound Blood Center is on campus
today (Thursday, December 2). Because ofthe Library Building remodel , they
will hold the drive in the Lecture Hall Building Rotunda. If you are interested
in donating blood, this would be the place to do that. The Blood Center will
be there from 10 a.m . to 12:30 p.m. and I: 15 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Clean energy: What the hell is it?
Rainbow Center holds open house
December 8
The Ra inbow Center is ho lding its Holiday Open House nex t Wed nesday,
December 8. They invite yo u to come vis it thei r office, meet staff, vol unt eers
and board membe rs, eat yummy refreshments and catch up on what they' ve
been up to. T he ope n house will take place from I p.m. to 8 p.m. in Taco ma.
More inform ation can be obtained at http ://www.rainbowcntr.org.
Organization Meeting
5p.m. Monday
Find out what it means to be a member
of the student group CPJ. Practice
consensus-based decision making.
Umoja is presenting a multicultural learning event that will highlight the
basic principles of Kwanzaa. The actual holiday is celebrated during Winter
Break, December 26 to January I. Umoja would like to share this important
tradition with the Evergreen community on Tuesday, December 7 at 6 p.m.
The event will include a potluck, speaker and special community craft session. Sound like fun? It will be held in CAB 110, and it 's all free . This event
is open to the Evergreen and greater Olympia communities.
Help decide what should be in the
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HEY!
Global warming is a problem, and some time back a few students and student
groups decided to be proactive ih halting global warming. ERC, SEED and
WashPlRG came together in support ofthe Evergreen Clean Energy Campaign.
This proposal asks students to spend an additional dollar per credit per quarter
in order to purchase "Green Tags" for EVergreen. Green tags are, in a sense,
energy stock . Consumers- in this case, Evergreen- pay a bit more for every
kilowatt hour of energy used and in turn are guaranteed that a certain percentage of energy, however much we uSe in relation to the entire grid, is purchased
from clean, renewable energy sources. The most commonly used sources of
renewable energy are wind and low-impact hydropower. In this way, Evergreen
can offset nearly all of our energy usage with clean , renewable energy. To make
this a reality, however, 9Qu ' ve got to vote on it.
Here's how you do it:
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Log in to Gateway by going to http ://www.evergreen.edulgateway,
clicking the link that says " Login" and then typing in your user ID (your student
ID number, the one that starts with an A) and your pin number.
Once you log in, click the first link that says " Student Vote."
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Click the link to the Student Survey.
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Vote yes or no. (Yes means that you support the purchase of green
tags; no means that you don't.)
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Click Survey Complete .
Also, keep in mind that if you signed a petition a few weeks ago, you didn 't
vote- you said you thought that we should be able to vote on it.
Questions? Contact Blair at blair@washpirg.org.
Jello Biafra is coming to Evergreen
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"Survey"
Students' suggestions for improving
iversity on campus included reaching out
) new st udents, providing more financial
id and lowering the cost of attendance,
nproving programs and courses, and
romoting dialogue and acceptance o n
ampus.
Regarding computer-re lated skills,
)r seven of the 10 questions regarding
omputer-related skills on the s urvey,
t udent s mos t Frequently stated that
:vergreen did not help them progress at
II . These sk ill s included giv ing presentaons by computer; using a computer for
rti sti c expression; solving mathem at ical
r statistical problems using a computer;
reparing a newsletter, brochure, or
oster; using a computer For scientifi c
r geographic analysis; developing and
laintaining a website; and writing comuter programs.
Nearly 66% of students indicated
lat Evergreen did not help them at all in
eveloping and maintaining a website.
Explaining these findings, Jenni
.finner, the Proj ect Manager for the Stuent Experience Survey, said, " We did not
ecessarily expect students to indicate that
:vergreen had contributed greatly on all
omputer items. Evergreen is a liberal
arts college that expects learning in many
areas, but we did not have expectations
that a large number of students would
have experienced growth in all computer
areas Iisted in the survey. Rather, we were
trying to get a sense of the computer skills
in the curriculum and how students are
developing those skills."
Minner added that some of the skills
are very specialized and would only show
up among students studying areas such as
computer science. Minner also stated that
a survey has not yet asked students what
computer ski ll s they want to develop and
to what degree.
Greeners most frequently stated th at
Evergreen helped them progress quite a
bit o n their online research sk ill s and their
use of technology to present worK, find
information and so lve problems.
A review a nd di sc ussio n of the
resu lts of the Eve rgree n Stud ent Experie nce Survey will take place on Thursday,
December 9 from 10 :30 a.m. to noon in
Seminar II A2107.
Specific details of the study can found
onl ine at
hit p: 1I www.evergreen.ed ul
institut ional research /st udentex perience
survey.htm or by typing in "Student Ex perience Survey" in the search engine found
on the Evergreen homepage.
Sean P. Riley is a second-year student
in the Master in Teaching program and
an employee of Evergreen's Institutional
Research and Assessment.
Falling Stars In Gemini
Iy Brian Flewell
Despite a lack luster performance
rom this year's Leonid meteor shower, the
osmos has a chance to redeem itself this
.ext week. The Geminid meteor shower
>among the brightest visible from North
lmerica .
This year's peak will span the entire
veek, with a spike in activity on Sunday,
)ecember 12 into Monday morning .
Veather permitting, this will be an easy
hower to view. Gemini rises in the late
vening, around 8 p.m . local time. It is
lotoriously di fficult to tell exactly how
flany meteors per hour may appear, and
II of it depends on local light pollution
.nd weather.
Below are estimates given perfect
onditions, no· clouds or light pollution ,
or each night during the shower. Each of
he predicted peaks may vary by a few
lours in either direction.
Friday morning, December 10:
' here will be a small rise in activity with
Inly about five meteors per hour, cenering at 2 a.m. Nearly all of these will
Ie drowned out around Olympia, but if
'ou are out in the country, you may see
hem.
Saturday morning, December 11:
;Jowly rising in activity: Expect about
5 Geminids per hour. Again, focus your
'iewing around 2 a.m.
Sunday morning, December 12:
\gain around 2 a.m., look for about 30
jeminids per hour.
Sunday evening, December 12:
Jecause tonight's activity peaks around
o p.m., there is the increased possibility
hat we will see Earth-grazing fireball s.
' hese are long drawn-out meteors that
nove much slower that the usua l blast
If lig ht. Look for these amazing meteors
'egi nnin g after twilight end s. As the
light goes on, expect around 20 meteors
december 2. 2004
per hour from Olympia.
Monday morning, December 13:
There is a strong peak of activity tonight,
with about 75 to 85 Geminids per hour
from a dark site and around 40 Geminids
per hour from Evergreen. Combined with
the early evening fireballs, this could be
the best night to view the Geminids.
Monday evening, December 13: Just
like Sunday evening, thi s is going to be
another night to look for fireballs.
Tuesday morning, December 14:
Centered at 2 a.m. again; expect about
20 meteors from Evergreen, with around
40 in darker areas of the countryside.
The interesting thing about the Geminids is that the source of the shower is not
a comet like most other showers, but rather
an asteroid. Since first being discovered in
the early 1860s, the Geminids had been a
mysterious shower having no origin. In
1983, an asteroid was discovered to have
the same orbital characteristics as the
Geminid meteor stream (the source of
the shower's dust particles). Since it was
named '.'Phaethon," numerous studies and
observations have permanently linked
Phaethon to the Geminids. Washington's
weather has rarely been cooperative when
it comes to winter sky watching, but if
there is a chance hole in the clouds, be s ure
to look for the rogue Geminid.
Brain Flewell is a senior enrolled in
Lights, Camera, Election! and Politics
and the Med ia . He is study ing cinematography
How the TV media failed
on Election Night
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News commentary by Genna Fain
quoting someone.
The Seattle P-I wrote more of its
own stories and focused more on the
presidential race, with those stories in the
very front of the paper, followed by state
and co unty race news. The P-I published
an article written by its staff describing
the function a nd questioning the further
usefulness of the Electoral College. There
was al so an article on the failed prediction
of hig h turnout amo ng young voters. The
P-I made room for a diverse discuss ion
about the election . The frequency of
source c it ation was higher than in the
Olympian.
The New York Times ran a 16-page
insert and devoted most of the first pages
of the paper to the e lection. Photos, stories, reports and graphs told the story of
November 2. Some reports put us in the
long lines of Ohio and with those driving
through the snow in the Texas panhandle
to get to their polling place. Others told
about the struggles with the voting
machines and the inadequate election
support , showed the changing political
landscape of the country over the past 64
years and pictured those waiting for their
chance to vote, waiting in lines at polling
places from Miami to Oregon. The stories
were all written specifically for the News
York Times, a nd each was attributed to an
individual author. Only two of those 16+
political pages were devoted to the local
elections in New York . The New York
Times frequently attributed information
to other sources.
The approach of the print new s
painted a picture the color and texture of
which could not have been approached
by the manner in which the election was
broadcast on November 2. The 24-hour
news market demands the news, now. That
leaves little time to compose anything of
deep meaning or beauty for broadcast
during an election. The instantaneous
gratification of knowing first who the
president is fades next to the meaning
and insight some news stories bring.
In their scramble to break news about
the election, many news outlets leave out
important details. Most television news
outlet s, including ABC, CBS, NBC,
KCTS, FOX , CNN and MSNBC, neve r
cited the sou rces of most of their polls
and statistics on election night. Print news
sou rces c ited more often where they got
their in Formation. The range of distrib~l
tion of the paper also see med to correlate
with how often sources were cited in
stor ies.
Many people spoke to the networks on
election night. Among them were Senator John McCa in, adversary turned supporter of the president on CBS; Richard
Clarke, former terrorism czar, who gained
notoriety after the publication of his book
Against All Enemies, criticizing the Bush
administration's handling of9/ 11 and the
wa r on terror on A BC; Former Speaker of
the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich on FOX; Ron Reagan, stem-cell
research advocate and son of the former
president, on MSNBC; and Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, on
CBS. Each advocated for one of the two
major candidates.
Broadcast journal ists spent time speculating about each candidate's chances of
winning . They made "projections" about
who would win what county and what
state, and eventually " projected" in no
uncertain terms that Bush had won the
election. It is pointed out in an article
entitled "E lectoral Co llege, a Co lonial
Era Institution" in the Seattle Post-IntelIigencer that the "formal vote" has not yet
taken place.
The networks reiterated throughout
the night that they were being careFul
this time. They promised they would not
jump the gun and proclaim a victor before
it was certain who really was the president-elect. The networks had lost some
credibility with the public after the media
debacle during the 2000 presidential election, when several network s proclaimed AI
Because the networks are busy
Gore the winner until FOX news broadcast
try i ng to fi II the states, red or bl ue, as
that the winner was Bush. This confusion
soon as poss ible, they lose the abi Iity
among the networks regarding their " proto say anything of lasting value about
jections" finally cleared, but not before
the election. The impatience of it all on
NBC vacillated back and forth on the air
Election Day leaves you on the edge of
three times, finally settling on Bush.
your seat for hours, thinking of nothing
Still, for all their penitent bleatbut what color each state will turn . You
ing, both FOX News and NBC declared
might have s pent that time learning
George Bush the victor in Ohio before all
about yo ur candidate or the history of
of the ballots were counted, a move that
. democracy. What is more important in a
NBC, later in its broadcast, defended by
democracy: substantial information about
saying the numbers just wouldn't add up
the candidates and the election, or being
for the Democrats in Ohio once all of the
told first who will reside in the White
ballots were counted. At no time did any
House for the next four years?
network mention where it was getting its
information about the number of votes for
Genna Fain is a student sludying
each candidate in any state.
j ournalism through an independannt
cOn/racl called Studying the News.
Print
On the local level, the Olympian did
none oFits own reporting on the presidential election. There were seven stories in
the paper about the presidential election
in Washington State, the election's status
federally, and others, but they were all
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written and wired by one of the news
services: Gannett, The Associated Press,
or the Washington Post. This included all
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The Curmudgeorl meets his nemesis:
'Enter the Rapscallion
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It .sho uld
co m e as no
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th ere
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man y people
who don't
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has certainl y
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year. The trouble is I don't kn ow who these
people are because they choose not to make
the mse lvt:s kn own to me. T hey' re kind of
li ke fi ctiona l Ri chard Nixo n enemies.
Ho weve r. I have more peopl e th an e ver
co ming up to me to tell me what they think
of my stuff. Peopl e noll' kno w what I look
like- I was again st having my pictu re next
to my column and th e little biog raphy after
each one. And to my chagr in, few people
te ll me what problems they have , whei'e
they di sagree and why I shou ld shut up.
" Write a complaint to the C P J," I say. " Let
the paper " now w hat you honestl y think .
Let 's have a war of words," I tell th em.
" Take me on," or "Take on me. " But a lot
of peopl e say they feel like that would
only provoke me because that 's what I
secretly crave .
I find it strange, the lack of responses or
mail the CPJ gets about me. In a school that
prides itself on being a free-flowing waterway of ideas and opinions , I find that so
many people pick up the CPJ andjust put it
back down. Hey, who has time to respond?
But recently an enemy and critic has surfaced , and a treacherous one at that. He
calls h imself "The Rapscallion," and he's
made himself the Moriarty to my Sherlock
Holmes . A dastardly, rogui sh cuss with a
devili sh smil e and a pair of shifty, wanderi ng
eye s ,
The Rapscallion
ha ngs out in
dive s,
bars ,
clubs, anywhere
he can fin ag le a
few buck s out of
some poo r c luck
to finan ce hi s
fi Ithy dee ds .
Like me, he's
a w rit e r a nd a
more damn creati ve one th at I
am . The troubl e
is, he s ee s eye
t o eye with
me on ne ar ly
ev ery thin g, but The Rapscallion
is qui cker in hi s
wit and sha rper. They say hi s tongue is
sharp enough to cu t down a 300-year-old
redwood . An essay posted on hi s website
(http://www.rapscallion.com) pertaining to
the recent Port of Olympia protest is a fine
example of how he beat me to the punch .
[Editor s note: The above link is a joke.
That domain nam e actually belongs to the
Rapscallion Seafood and House and Bar,
a Reno eslablishmentthat presumably has
no connection 10 Mr Kepraios ' nemesis.]
I quote, "As if these tackle box-headed
resident activists are going to make a difference by stopping a few weapons from
getting from here to there. These hippies
should have an entire reggae band shoved
up their asses." Witty bastard ! He beat
me to the protest joke! I can't compete
with that. He rips on hippies better than
I can' He does
what I do , only
he does it better,
quicke r, funnier.
Blast that infernal
Rapscallion!
They say he
li ves in a fro stfree igloo, wakes
him se lf up from
s leep eve ry ha l fhour to stay mea n,
eats noth i ng but
white hominy and
lotus root, drinks
s poi led jui ce and
milk to kee p hi s
blood pumping ,
and put him se lf
thr o ug h sc hool
play ing seco nd fiddl e to a tra ined seal in
a carni va l side show. POl' lI alloween las t
yea r, he dressed up as a femal e, covered
him se lf in lemonade and went around telling everybody his costum e was R. Kelly's
toilet. This guy 's going to keep me on my
toes.
He slips hi s messages in whenever and
wherever he can . Here's what he had to say
about me: "The Curmudgeon? Ha! Indeed,
a cut above the rest, a fellow no-goodnik
and misanthrope, but his humor is flat and
obvious, his satire transparent and his writing worse than Hemingway the morning
after Mardi Gras!"
I've only met him once. He's more
dashing than me and in better physical
shape. I asked how him if it 's because he
works o ut or eats better. Always with the
remark, he cried, " Ha! Are you kidding?
My idea of health food is going down on
a vegetarian! " A vulgar snap, but a good
one. As I talked to him , I realized where
our di fferences li e. I'm a Curmudgeon,
meaning I can crab and complain. But as
a Rapscallion, he's an otTicial rascal, fully
e ntitl ed to mak e mi schi ef. He can do so
mu ch more. I-Ie's free in a ll the way s that
I' m not.
I-Ie's th e Rapscallion and he's here to
stay. Beware. He's go ing to turn up again
in th e C P J at hi s leis ure or during a week
w he n I' m runnin g short o n ideas.
Lee's New Rule of the Week :
Catherin e Zeta- Jo nes has to do a nude
scene' Eve ry presti gious actress has done
a t least one over the course of her ca reer.
I' ve watched thi s amazing woman in one
medi oc re mov ie after another, and I think
I sho uld get somethin g for it. Thi s is not
keep ing art isti c integ rit y, irs torture. It 's
deprivation. Don ' t think Michael Douglas '
pasty white ass won't have it either.
Lee Kepraios is a senior enrolled in
Foren s ics and Mystery Writing. He is
studying JUm .
Setting the record straight on Israel
by Daniel Fleck
J a cob
S tanl ey' S
analysi s of
t he Is rael iPa les tinia n
co nfli ct in
th e w a k e o f
Arafat's death
co ntained a
tre mendoll s
amount of misinform ation that I feel should
be challenged. Amazingly, hi s article made
no mention of Paleslin ian terrorism aga inst
Israe ii c ivilians . Furthermore, he sough t
to whitewash th e legacy of on e of th e
world 's true ·terrorist mon sters, Vasse r
A rafat. For these reaso ns, among others,
Stanley should not be co ns idered a serious
commentator on thi s matte r.
Stanley condemns Israeli 's building of
a sec uri ty fenc e whi le ignorin g the reason
for it. T he fenc e is a res ponse to a massive campaign of Palestinian te rrori sm that
ha s kill ed over a th ousa nd in nocents and
maimed te ns of thousands in the last fe w
december 2. 200·1
years. In a ll , there have been over twenty- disputed lands that Israel won in a defenfive thousand terro ri st attack s directed sive war. If the Palestinians ever decide
agai nst Israel in this time. Largely due to to abandon s uicide terrorism , then part
Israeli 's building of the fence , Palestinian . of thi s land can beco me a Palestinian
atrocities have dwindled to a fract ion of state through civilized negoti ations. The
what th ey were. How co uld a ny perso n rt:mainder of Stanley ' S co mment s on
the fence revea I
of g ood w il l
that he is more
be oppo sed to "
concerned with
what made such
Palestinian conpositive de velopWithout the [security]
ve nience th e n
ment s po ss ib le')
fence, Palestinian terrorists
Israeli lives. The
Withou t
th e
would be free to waltz into
Israeli Supreme
fence, Palestinian
Court,
a worldIsrael unencumbered and
te rrori sts would
class
judiciary,
be free to walt z
carry out savage atrocities
has ruled tha.t,
into Israel une nagainst Israeli women and
while a perfectly
cumbere d a nd
children.
legitimate councarry out savage
ter-terrorism
atrocities against
measure, small
Israe li wo men
sections of the
and children.
Stanley further states that Israel's secu- fence should be rerouted so as not to
rity fence is "'dividing the country in two." interfere with Palestinian daily life. The
Exactl y what country is he referring to? If Israeli government complied. The bottom
Stanley were familiar with the most basic line is if the Palestinians decide to end
history of the region, he would understand their jihad and live in peace with Israel,
th at there has neve'r been a country known the fence can come down. Israeli lives, of
as Palestine. The Palestinian territories are course, are irreplaceable.
"
Stanley brazenly slanders the civilized and democratic state of Israel by
falsely claiming that it kills "thousands of
unarmed Palestinians every year without
regard. Many of the casualties are women
and children ... " Of course, thi s is far from
the truth. Israel takes great pains to avoid
civil ian casualties. It is the Palestinian
radical s who engage in the mass indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians,
without rebuke from Palestinian society.
Indeed, too many Palestinians rejoice at
the sight of Jewi sh and American blood,
as on 9111.
Why any American would want to
make common cause with such people
is something of a mystery. If one were to
carry out a fair statistical analysis of this
war, they would find that the majority of
Palestinians killed have been male, armed
and, in one way or another, involved in
terrorist activity. By contrast, the majority
of Israelis killed have been women and
children. This should illustrate the moral
differences between the combatants in this
war. Nowhere in his piece do~s Stanley
killing of Israeli women and children.
Stanley's efforts to portray Arafat as
some sort of peace-loving moderate are
particularly disgraceful. Not even the most
hateful critics of Israel would sink to this
level. To provide even partial documentation of Arafat's history of crimes against
humanity would require more space then is
available here . Suffice it to say, however,
that the man Stanley seeks to elevate had
a tremendous amount of innocent blood on
his hands-both Israeli and Arab . .
derous leaders and decisions, rather than
According to Stanley, "the Palestinian anything to do with Israel.
Authority continues to take care of their
In fact, the idea that the Israel i occupapeople the best they can with what little . tion of Palestinian lands is the root cause
support they have." Not only does he of continuing violence is a difficult thesis
apologize for a terrorist entity, which to maintain for a couple of reasons. First,
I feel is morally questionable. Stanley Israel 's neighbors continued to be at war
should really get his facts straight before with Israel well before Israel came to
he comments on something he doesn't occupy the Wesi Bank and Gaza. Second,
understand . It is widely known that on the eve of the Palestinian declaraArafat's PA stole hundreds of millions tion of war against Israeli society, there
of dollars of international aid intended was little to no " occupation" to speak
for the Palestinians while inciting them of. At this time, Israel had withdrawn
to commit genocide against Jews. Arafat its military presence from over 90% of
was estimated to be worth hundreds of Palestinian population centers and these
millions of dollars, living in luxury while Palestinians were under the administration
the people he claimed to represent suffered of the Palestinian Authority. To claim that
in poverty. The plight of the Palestinians the Palestinians were suffering under an
is more a result of their corrupt and mur- oppressive occupation is a distortion. It
wasn ' t until the Palestinians commenced
a campaign of suicide bombings and
terrorism that the Israeli military reoccupied Palestinian population centers on
a temporary basis. I would suggest that
the true root cause of ongoing violence
between Israel and the Palestinians is the
culture of genocidal hate that prevails in
the Palestinian territories. Only when this
is addressed al)d rectified can true peace
exist between the two peoples.
In sum, I stand in solidarity with the
state of Israel during its time of grave
crisis. I invite you all to join me.
Daniel Fleck is a senior enrolled in Post
Modernism and Post Modernity. He likeu'
bluegrass.
Ashcroft is gone, yay! Gonzales is in, oh no!
by Jacob Stanley
Now
that
Attorney
General John
Ashcroft is on
his way out
of the Bush
administration,
you
might
imagine
it
is time for a
slight sigh of relief. But in reality, it is
only enough time to recoil in horror as
the next man in line steps up to the plate:
Alberto Gonzales.
His name may appear unthreatening
to you or me; obviously few of us have
heard who the hell this guy is. But I assure
you this man is an ominous one. In 1997,
Gonzales-then counsel to Governor
Bush-contested the Vienna Convention
in regard to an impending execution of
a Mexican national whose rights under
the Convention had been violated by
the Texas police. He felt the Articles of
the U.S. Constitution stat ing that treati es th e time.
tions cruel puni shment? I mean, is killing
In one case, the case of Terry Washing- a man with the authority of the State not
are " the s upreme law of the land" gave
exemption to the State of Texas, since it ton, Gonzales suggested to Governor Bush unusual? I've never seen an execution do
is not a nation . In other word s, he wanted that Washington was not mentally retarded anything but bring closure to the family
a way to execute
at a ll , contradict- of the victim. The death penalty most
ing the diagnosis certainly does not deter acts of crime that
this
Mexican
national , even
by the State of might result in death . The death penalty is
Texa s. He also pure ly state-sanctioned murder.
though
the
In the reports given to
failed to inform
international laws
Gonzales supports the death penalty
Bush, he frequently left out
the governor that and the use of executions , furthering the
prohibited it.
information about their trials,
the defendant had idea that murder in the name of the law is
Of the 152
like
witnesses
who
lied
during
an IQ between 58 acceptable. In the next four years, Gonzaexecutions condoned by Bush
and 69, and had les will maintain the death penalty under
testimonies that could have
in his six years as
been beaten with President Bush as he previously did in
influenced the life-or-death
wh ips, water Texas. If we have learned anything under
governor, the first
decisions made by Bush at
57 were a direct
hoses, extension the reign of Ashcroft, it is that the Attorney
the
time.
result of biased
cords, fan be Its . General holds a great deal of power and
reports written by
"
and wire hangers that their moral beliefs shape our laws
Gonzales. He was
as a child. These and lives. President Bush happens to be
are crucial facts a religious man and supports the idea that
the man in charge
oftelling Bush whether these men deserved in deciding whether or not a man should 'Thou shalt not kill," yet he hypocritically
more time for an appeal or deserved to be be executed; the Supreme Court has since supports the death penalty.
executed. In the reports given to Bush, found executions of the mentally retarded
Jacob Stanley is a freshman enrolled in
he frequently left out information about to be cruel and unusual punishment.
their trials, like witnesses who lied duting
I've always found it interesting how America in the Twentieth Century.
testimonies that could have influenced the much support the death penalty continues
life-or-death decisions made by Bush at to have in this country. Aren't all execu-
Q: Where do Ever-
green students get .
first priority for space,
regardless of experience or interest In
journalism?
"
Fact: The CPJ 'student group is dedicated to getting student voices out to other students-on virtually any topic.
Fact: Each week the CPJ newspaper changes-based on what students send up each
week.
Fact: You can start getting your thoughts out now! Send your work to cpj@evergreen.edu
or call Renata Rollins (editor-in-chief) or Corey Young (managing editor) at 867-6213 for
more information.
A: Their student
newspaper-the
CPJ.
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arts & entertainment
arts & entertainment
Black Ox Orkestar debuts
ffEveryone is political":
with a mQurnful, klezmer-influenced album
An interview with musician Kaia Wilson
by Adina Lepp
by Christopher Alexander
Ver Tanzt?
Black Ox Orkestar
Constellation, 2004
The constant c riticism lobbed at
Godspeed You' Black Emperor isn't their
uncompromising political beliefs (or malleable punctuation), but th at sa id political
beliefs are often incoherent, or at least
inchoate. For all their earnest declarations
in their liner notes about finding hope in a
world filled to bursting wi th madness, the ir
political agenda hasn' t developed along a
pace with their brooding, mercurial and
swelling instrumental s, among the best of
the last decad e.
I've always felt thi s c ritici sm was unfair,
on two grounds: One, I find it hard to believe
that indie critics, most of whom spend their
free time with their noses in Merge Records'
catalogue inserts, re a ll y feel unsatis fied that
GY!BE hasn 't given them , say, a detail ed
apologetics about squat s/ tent cities in
Montreal and how it app li es to Proudhon 's
critique of property. The second is that it 's
often untrue, and one of the more salient
examples ·is the band 's position vis-a-vis
the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The liner
notes to Yanqlli u.X a. explain that the tense,
troubled "09-15-00" is named after the day
Ariel Sharon " provoke[ d) intifada" by vi siting the Temple Mount. This rancorously
debated issue is given no small amount of
moral weight due to the fact that the nonet
proudly display their Jewish heritage on their
album covers, tattoos and with various s ide
projects, such as A Silver Mt. Zion.
And now this : Black Ox Orkestar, a fourpiece consisting of Godspeed alum Thierry
Amar and '/arious musicians from the closeknit Montreal scene, who sing in Yiddish and
plaY ,downcast Klezmer music, performing
traditional
and
original
compositions.
They also offer
a recalcitrant
blasting of the
occupation on
the titular track
(which translates
into
" Who's
Dancin g?") .
Over
piano
chords
very
rem i n iscent of
a New Orleans
ja zz funeral,
singer
Scott
Lavine G ilmore
practically
spits:
" Who 's dancing here I On the wa ll s of
Jerusa lem ? I A Jew? A hangman? I A yo un g
soldier I He dances a hora on Arab bones
I He sings over Arab graves I There's no
peace, no truth I All oaths are broken I Do
the oppressed mirror the oppressor? I The
beaten ch ild is in the street with fi sts I And
the sad race of wise men I Sends brutes I To
the border."
So much for obscurity. Whi Ie it 's unclear
ifthe " brutes" from the "sad race" are sold iers
from Israel or Palesti nian s uicide bombers
(or perhaps both , considering the line about
oppression may be a double reference to the
Holocaust and Palestinians in the Intifada),
there is no room for interpretation here. It 's
hands-down th e most scabrous political song
I' ve heard all year, and as Amar's bass goes
into double-time with the strings, Gilmore's
rage is palpable.
That the si nger opts to use Yiddish to
render this critique is clearly a source for
much speculation, comment and analysis. So
much so, in fact, that it gives certain goy crit-
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a free pass to
completely
avoid discussi·ng the music.
Which is a
shame, because
Ver
Tanzt ?
is frequently
moving . It is
also a lmo st
un i f.o r m I y
dolorous, and
somewhat
predictable:
Anyone with a
pass ing fam iliarity
with
Godspeed' s
music- laborious, modal, patient to the point of glacialand Klezmer music shou ld not be surprised
with the oyera ll outcome. Which isn't to say
that it sounds like the former band atte mpting to create Jewish folk music , as much as
it sounds like a Godspeed a lbum made with
those sensibi liti es in mind, or at least with
that instrumentation.
The di stinction is a slight one (and probab ly nonsensical), but the resulting a lbum
is wonderful. "Shvartze Flamen Vayser .
Fayer" starts with an elegant, understated
acoustic guitar figure before the band adds
ominous, mourning texture (rep lete with
muted free-jazz percussion, the sound hinting at labelmates Hangedup). "Ver Tanzt?"
is billed on the band's website as "K lezmerpunk," which is sort of accurate, give n the
reductive contemporary definition of punk
as fast, but it's a highlight here. " Papir Iz
Dokh Vays" finds the string players us ing their
instruments not unlike Jimi Hendrix would
use feedback, the discordant noise esse ntial
to the composition's' texture. "Toyte Goyes
In Shineln," perhaps the set 's most accessible
piece, is a mournful , hau nting song adapted
from a poem by Itzek Fifer (which, reportedly,
is about Russian ,women freezing to death in
train stati ons during the Russian Civi l War).
While a full translation is unavailable, an interview with Gilmore reveals one of the poem 's
lyrics to be "They were waiting for trains that
never came. " He believes the line to be symbolic of Yiddi sh poetry, a g limmer of a future
that isn 't fated to arr ive: "The train for Yiddish
never came. "
The Israel-Palestine iss ue is, perhaps without rival, the most fractious debate ,in co ntemporary global politics. Yassir Arafat's death
last month has incurred much talk of hope in a
renewed peace process, which to the cynical is
seen as a thinly ve iled bleat for a compromising
milquetoast, and, as time progresses, doesn' t
look very promising at all. Black Ox Orkestar 's
record is a document of people trying to speak
truth to perceived injustices done in their name,
but s imultaneously e mbracing th e ir heritage.
It's a brave and difficult dance, one that has
a lready earned them the labe l "anti-Semitic" in
some quarters. "Who's Dancing?" indeed .
The Butchies ever be above practicing in
cold basements?
CP J caught up with Kaia Wilson of
KW: I doubt it. If something strange
Durham, North Carolina-based band The happens where we're elevated to No Doubt
Butchies. Kaia was in Oregon, staying at status. But no, We ' ll always play in basesomeone's mom's house while preparing ments or sheds.
to play in Portland with LKN and Bitch (of
Bitch and Animal). She is formally of Team
CPJ: Many music art icles have claimed
Dresch . To ease post-election depression, that The Butchies would find more s uccess
The Butchies left their quiet southern town in the mainstream by to'1ing down on their
f~r. two weeks to play in a few rumbling gay content. How do you respond to thi s
CllIes up and down the West Coast. San claim?
Francisco, Seattle and Portland were the
KW: I' m used to them. If th at's the way
major stops.
that you look at life, then that 's sad. It's
not the way we think about our music . We
CPJ: Where are you from?
only talk about being gay because there are
K W: Durham, North Caro lina. For seven people that st i IL hatfb gay people. People
yea rs, we've been there.
think that we are obsessed with gayness. It 's
just not true . Our music is accessible across
CPJ: What type of music are you?
boundaries. People need someone to look at
. K W: We're a hybrid of pop, punk , rock, to be honest and it's good for them to see it.
emo and power ballads. I don't know how Gay is so simple. It 's bi za rre to write about.
to describe it, some combination of those.
People voted against the better option for
pres ident. Bush was voted in because of
CPJ: What were the key reco rd s that moral values, abortion , gi\Y rights and
influenced recent release Make Your Ufe?
Christianity. It 's the fundamentali st state
KW: I don 't know what I could say. of the co untry. Everyone is politi cal.
What I was listening to at th e time was
Patti Griffin , Nina Simone, T he Smiths
CPJ: Growing up, did yo u have any
and Living wit h Ghosts.
art isti c tra i n ing/in lluenccs?
K W: Yes. I grew up encouraged to play
CPJ: You practice in a basement. Will
music. Mostly piano and gui tar, a nd my dad
Christopher A lexander is a senior enrolled
in Patience and stlldying writing. A longer
re view of this alhum can be found at hllp .
//alexanderlikemusic. blogspot.com. Anyone
familiar with Black Ox Orkestar and Klezmer
is invited to send translalions 10 back like
bakunin@yahoo.coll1.
Jello Biafra and Infernal Noise
Brigade Come To Evergreen
the Lawn. Like "Cows with Guns ," the
title song is a straight-faced parody of the
average ponderous cowboy song, but this
time the only reference to our large-headed
friends is in th e first verse :
by Mitchell Hahn-Branson
Ride the Lawn
Dana Lyons
Reigning Records, 2004
Tuesday, December 7th
Wednesday, December 8th
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
The "Edge" in A Dorm
Seminar II 83109
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The Writing Center is also open the entire evaluation week
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december 2. 2004
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lello Biafra will be in the CRC on Monday, December 6.
Next Monday, Dec. 6, Jello Biafra, former
front man of the Bay Area's legendary punk
outfit, the Dead Kennedys, is coming to the
CRC. The one-time San Francisco may~
oral candidate and founder of Alternative
Tentacles will be performing some of his
spoken word material with topics blending social and political commentary with
comedy, poetry, theatrics and performance
art. lello is one of the nation's biggest proponents of free speech, having been put on
trial in 1985 for obscenity charges brought
on by Tipper Gore and the Parental Music
Resource Center. Recently, Jello has teamed
up with the Melvins to release Never Breathe
What You Can ~ See on Alternative Tentacles.
After Jello speaks, the Infernal Noise
Brigade will rile you up and get your feet and
fists a-moving with their activist marching
power. The INB has been at a majority of the
most raucous protests in recent years. From the
WTO protests in 1999 to the RNCprotests of
this year, they have provided the beat to march
to, and very well if we do say so ourselves.
Tickets will be sold at the door and will be
$3 for students and $5 for non-students. The
doors open up at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are limited, so get there on time, you hippies!
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CPJ: Over thc yea rs, yo u' vc had a few
solo projects independent from the band. Are
yo u working on any currently?
KW : In the spring, I' m coming out with
an aibulll , God Makes Monkeys . It 's strippeddown music. It ' ll be out in thc spring.
Ph olo courlesy O!lVlVW./JolVtoronlo ,com
Th e Bulchie.L ji-Olll leli. Kaia Wilson.
Melissa )'urk . and Alison Martlew.
haven ' t heard much about her. Can you te ll
me what she's li ke?
K W: LKN is here tod ay, but she 's anc icnt.
She 's got an ancient rock a nd roll so ul. I r
you necd a reaso n to go to thi s show, go
for LKN.
Adina LeJlJ7 is Ih e Arl,\' alld Enlerlainl1l C'1I1
C()(}rdinalor al Cf'J Iler IJ()silion It 'ill he
opening up after this (fllarta Write uholll
what ),0 11 love. Apply .fiJl· th e ;I ri S and
CPJ : LK N iscu rrcntlyontourwithyou. 1 Entertainm ent coordinatur position. Adina
is aji"esl/lnan enrolled in Evolution of the
Book .
CPJ: Who \Vould you li ke to go on tour
with ?
KW: Killl ya Dawso n and LKN.
tfCows with Guns" singer Dana Lyons
brings his bovine style back to Olympia
Low-pitched Clint Eastwood voice: " My
Grandpa was a cowboy, lAnd hi s fath e r
before him/ He road the range, killed th el
Buffalo and fou ght the I ndian/But th e grcat
herd s on the prairie/And the wil d frontier is
gone/So to carryon my hcr itage, I I go out
and ride th e lawn. "
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grew up learning to read
music. I played in a jazz
band and started playing
guitar at age 15. Growing
up, I was surrou nd ed by
music and encouraged
to be a part of it. When I
was seventeen, I started
a band. It was called A
Dick Did. I was in that
band for one and a half
to two yea rs.
For about 20 years, Bellingham s inger
Dana Lyons has written wise, frequently
hilarious songs with ecological overtones.
His work shows up in unexpected places:
In 1986, for example, thirteen Washington
State legislators sponsored his song "Our
State is a Dumpsite" as the new national
anthem. Sadly, it did not reach official
anthem status, but it did make it into
Washington's official centennial songbook.
Dana's biggest popular success to date
is a 1997 tune called "Cows with Guns."
That song has become an enonnous international hit, but its creator is still little-known
enough-in the U.S., at any rate-to be able
to play concerts in small, cozy venues. He'll
be swinging by Olympia this weekend on
a CD release tour for his new album, Ride
The story continues, "Rawhide"-sty le,
as Dana describes the dandeli on-whackin' ,
mole-s hootin ' li festy le of the trul y committed lawn owner. Mower so und effects and
crashing percussion round out the song. It 's
not as funny as "Cows with Guns," but it
comes close.
The rest of the CD covers Dana's usual
territory: social justice, endangered species
and vast expanses of fragile w ilderness.
Overall, it 's not one of his strongest albums,
but most of the songs work. Especia lly
good is 'The Only Time That Matters," a
bittersweet love letter to Homer, Alaska.
Dana's biggest weakness these days is a
habit of occasionally adding weird distortions to his songs. In Ride the Lawn's penultimate song, "Fight for Your Mother," he
sounds as though he's singing from the far
side of an old, scratchy pay phone. This is
also, at six ·minutes, the longest song on the
album, which makes for a tiring listen even
though the song as written is quite powerful. It's good to see him experimenting with
his sound, but right now he's just messing
about needlessly with songs that would be
more at home with his usual no-frills acous-
ti c style. Fortunately, he fini shes up with th e Trade Cafe, 300 5th Avc. S. W. The seco nd
sweet, idylli c " Berries Overgrown," which will be on Saturd ay, Deccmber 4, same cow
time, same cow venue . Regular tickets arc
contains no voice-di storting woo-woo .
Besides "Cows with Guns" and several $ 10; student tickets are $5 . For more info rm ase lections from Ride th e Lawn , th e song tion, check out http://www.danalyons.com or
you' re most li ke ly to hcar when Dana comes http://www.cowswithguns.com .
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to Lubri cate the Red White & Blue," wh ich Mitchell !-Ia/III-Bransoll is a senior enrolfed
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and would be bl iss fully outdated by now i r alld editing.
our foo li sh gove rnm ent didn ' t still havc it s
grubby little hands immerscd in the Middle
East. Until a month ago. I was confidcnt that
Dana wou ld retire the so ng a ft er Election
Day, but now it secm s he ' ll have to continuc
singing it regularly for thc next four yea rs.
Ah, we ll. Worse could happe n. Go see him .
I-le 's fun.
Dana Lyons wi ll play two concerts in
Ol y mpia thi s week. The !i rst will beg in at 8
p.m. on Friday, Deccmber 3 at Traditions Fair
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On the screen:
Kinsey, Sideways
by Lee Kepraios
Kinsey
So groundbreaking in the 1950s was
Alfred Kinsey's work on human sexuality
that its claims are being tested by scholars
and scientists eve n today. Here is the man
who opened the doors for the sex ual revolution , literally shaking America out of its
neurotic puritanism.
The new biopic about Kinsey, directed
by Bill Condon, who did the equally great
God:; and Monster:;, takes a look at the
man and hi s impact on our knowledge of
human development.lfI have one problem
with the film , it 's that it tries to cover too
much ground. For years, Kin sey struggled
with hi s theories. wrestl ed wi th bad health,
taught a revolutionary marriagc co urse,
had a trying relation ship with hi s loya l
wife and friend s as the result of in vo lving
them in hi s research and battlcd puritanical
forces out to shut him down.
And the movi e somehow manages to
squee ze all of thi s into a ni ce. two-hollr
package . Condon's Kinsey should havc
narrowed it s focu s. shrunken its timcline.
It 's only because I was so l;lsc inated by the
film and becau se it is made so well that I
havc thi s comp laint and th at I sc nsc the rc
was much th e mov ie wasn ' t s howing me .
That said . th e film is con stantl y fascinating and truthful. Liam Neeso n is o utstanding as Kin sey. an imposs ibl e. shambling maverick wi th ex trem e tunnel vision
and rationality a personjust co uldn't argue
with. The man co mes across as a really
tant a li zing charncter. A true profe ssor:
knowing everything abo ut the behavioral
science of hum an ity a nd nothing about
act ual hum an naturc, about the people in
hi s own life. His wife, C lara, played by the
always-good Laura Linney, is a student in
his early class who's so enthralled with the
professor, she marries him.
They are both awkward and unsure
about what to do in the bedroom on their
wedding night, and after becoming so
enthralled in his own discoveries, Kinsey
assembles a team of objective collaborators-ali of whom are allowed to conduct
their own experiments with Clara-and
travels the country polling thousands of
specimens throughout Middle America.
Meanwhile, the powers-that-b e are clai ming Kinsey is a pervert and a communist.
The film is funny, too. It mines a rich,
seemingly endless vein of humor in shedding li gh t on the ridiculous scare-tactic
beliefs people he ld about sex before
Kinsey arrived on the scene. People walk
out of a tilm like thi s going, " My God,
I can't believe how uptight and wrong
people were about sex back then. " And
it 's kind of depressing to note that we ' re
rea ll y no better now.
Rating:
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Sideways
A bout once a y ear. a movie comes
out th at ha s mc s miling ri ght from th e
first fram e. Th is kind of film is neither a
co med y nor a tragedy, but is both funny
and tragic and simply a look at a person 's
lilc. with the peaks and valleys that the personal flaws dictate and a true, honest portrayal of the trials of real, everyday people.
I've come to love this kind of film. Last
year, th at film was Lust in Translation. A
few years back it was Ghost World. This
yea r, that film is called Sideways. It's the
latest entry from the g reatly emerging
talent Alexander Payne, whose previous
films - About Sch midt, Election, and
Citizen Ruth- were also about wayward
souls weighing the cost of standing up for
their lives against the cost of doing the
right thing.
The film stars Paul Giamatti, that
great portrayer of the self-effacing loser,
as Miles, an over-the-hill ex-teacher and
would-be author. He comes across as a
true loser, but Payne early on establishes
and continues to establish through the
movie- brilliantly ~th little touches, I
might add- that he's a sophisticate and
a wine expert who cares about quality
in creature comforts . The wine and the
character's beliefs about wine become
a very true and poignant parable in the
story, symbolizing what they think and
feel deeply about life, age and time. And
again, it's done with a beautiful subtlety
that makes thi s film brilliant.
Miles embarks on a planned trip
through California wine country with his
old buddy Jack- played by Thomas Haden
Churc h- as a man who 's screami ng midlife cris is every minute of hi s life. Jack's
an actor who 's gelli ng married in a week,
and the two em bark on a week-long road
trip that rapidly becomes a voyage of se lfdiscovery. Jack wants to live it up and get
laid for th e last tim e. Miles wants no thing
more than to eat out, go to wine tastings
and play gol f. Miles seems to be the veteran of a failed marriage, a fa iled career
and perhaps a failed life . He's interested in
Maya (Virginia Madsen), a waitress who
seems to be the only person on earth who
shares hi s love for wine. Jack courts the
yo unge r Stephanie (Sandra Oh) and seems
to eventually Jorget he 's getting married in
a few days. There will be mis understandings and revelations.
All of this is played out as a road movie
rich with observant humor-poking fun at
wine snobbery-and even some slapstick
zaniness. But all of it melds together so
beautifully that you don't seem to think
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Thi s is the ki nd of movie that a reviewer
or critic wants to give a hug. It li stens so
skillfu ll y to the way people really talk and
come on to each other. One s ubtle, observant detail after another tells us so much
about character and setting that would have
taken pages of banal dialogue. About 25
minutes into this movie, I put down my
notes and just enjoyed myself right to the
very end. This is one of the best films of
the year.
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Lee Kepraios is a senior enrolled in
Forensics and Mystery Writing. He is
studying film .
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Mitch's reputation for getting fucked up
on drugs and not showing up to the shows.
Doors open at 8 p.m.
Reggae legend Don Carlos will be at
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man and fotmding member. Doors open
at 9 p.m. and tickets are $15. (Carlos will
also be performing at the Eagles Hall in
Olympia the day before.)
Local Olympia artists Scream Club
and Joey Casio will be playing with
DJ Fucking in the Streets at Neumos
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European tour, so come out and show your
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Weekly Group Meetings
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Monday
Due to unforeseen ci rcumstances , the
, sports page is going to be brief thi s week.
I f you have an iss ue with this, volunteer to
write articles or transcribe dictation from
the sports coordinator, who is on prescription narcotics and only has the use orone
arm until further notice. Edib le rewards
will be provided. Abi lil y to form comple te
sent ence s required.
7:30 a.m. Yoga Club, CRC 116.
3 p.m. Student Union Campaign Group
meets in CAB 320.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in the
Longhouse.
5 p.m. The Cooper Point Journal meets
in CAB 316. Come participate in the organization and the planning of the newspaper.
7 p.m. Improvisational Theater, Sem in ar
II CI 105.
Women's Bas ketball plays at Pacific
Univers ity on Saturday, December 4.
Men 's Bas ke tball beat Whitman over
Thanksgivi ng Break. Plays at Lewis &
C lark over the weekend .
Men 's Soccer earned a s pot in the Top
Ten NAIA team s in the n ati on. More next
week.
Tuesday
4 p.m. Prison Action Committee meets in
CAB 320, Workstation 10.
4 p.m. STAR, Seminar II B2109.
4 p.m. Racquetball in the CRe.
5 p.m. Yoga Club, CRC 117.
5 p.m. Gaming Guild, CAB 320.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in the
Longhouse.
7 p.m. Associated Students ofTESC
(ASTESC), Seminar II A3105.
7 p.m. Students for Christ, Seminar II
A2100.
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7:30 a.m, Yoga Club, CRC 116.
1 p.m. Evergreen Queer Alliance, Seminar [I C2107.
1:30 p.m. Environmental Resource
Center, Sem II E3 105.
1:30 p.m. Native Student Alliance meets
in CAB 320, Workstation 13.
2 p.m. Evergreen Capitalists Organization, Library 1308.
2 p.m. VOX - Communities for Choice,
CAB 320, Cubicle 17. Office hours:
Wednesday, 1-2 p.m., CAB 320, Cubicle 17.
3 p.m. Jewish Cultural Center, Seminar
II E2105.
3 p.m. SEED, Seminar 11 E3109.
3 p.m. Women of Color Coalition, CAB
206.
3 p.m . Writers' Guild, Seminar II AI 107.
4 p.m . EPIC, Seminar II A210S.
4 p.m. CPJ production night. Come participate in putting together your student
newspaper.
4:30 p.m . Radical Catholics meet in CAB
320.
5 p.m. Evergreen Irish Resurgence Element meets in CAB 320, Workstation 4.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in the
Longhouse.
"Thursday
4 p.m. Carnival , Seminar II 01107.
4 p.m. Women's Resource Center, CAB
315.
4 p.m. Racquetball in the CRe.
4 p.m. CPJ paper critique. Come voice
concerns about the week's paper.
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5 p.m. Yoga Club, CRC 117.
5 p.m. GeoDance Club, CRC 316.
5 p.m. Evergreen ~ung Fu meets in the
Longhouse.
6 p.m. EARN meets to discuss animal
rights in CAB 320.
6 p.m. Men's Center meetS in CAB 320 in
Workstation 2.
7 p.m. Percussion Club, basement of the
Library Building. All a re welcome and
drums are provided!
7 p.m. Juggling Cl ub , Seminar II BII07.
Friday
3 p.m. CPJ Friday Forum. Come put your
eth ics to the test , learn about journalism ,
and discuss issues in journal ism a nd group
dynamics.
5 p.m. Electronic Music Collective, Seminar II C2107.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in the
Longhouse.
7 p.m. Giant Robot Appreciation Society,
Semi nar II A1105.
Sunday
3 p.m. Kickball on the field next to the
HCe.
5:30 p.m. Yoga Club, Lecture Hall 3.
6:30 p.m. Common Bread , Longhouse
Cedar Room .
sented at the Capitol Theater. Cost is$lO.
Sunday, December 5
6 p.m . The Olympia Mountaineers present a big screen mountain adventure. The
Banff Mountain Film Festival will be presented at the Capitol Theater. Cost is $ 10.
Hours :
Monday-Thursday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday: II a.m .-4 p.m .
Sunday: Noon -6 p.m.
Prime Time Advising
Location: A Dorm, Room 205
. Hours:
Sunday-Wednesday: 6 p.m .-9 p.m.
Tuesday, December 7
6 p.m Umoja presents a 2004 Kwanza Celebration . There will be a potluck, a speaker
and a craft session. Come to CAB 110 to
participate.
7-8 p.m. T he Evergreen Tutoring Center
presents a self- eva luation writing workshop
in "The Edge" in A Dorm.
Wednesday, December 8
4:30-6 p.m. The Evergreen Tutoring
Ce nter presents a se lf-evalu ation writing
workshop in Sem II B3109.
6-8 p.m . The Evergreen Tutoring Center
presents Scrabblelicious in T he Evergreen
Tutoring Center.
Thursday, December 9
9-10:30 p.m. lenni Minner will presen t the
findings of the Evergreen Student Experience Survey. Sem II A2107.
KEY Student Services
Location: Library Building, room 1407
Phone: (360) 867-6464
Email: KEY Student Services
Hours :
Monday-Friday : 8 a .m-5 p.m.
Special appointments can be arranged
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Library Hours
Monday-Thursday : 8:30 a .m .-1O:45 p.m.
Friday : 8:30 a .m.-6:45 p.m.
Saturd ay : 10:30 a.m .-6:15 p.m .
Sunday: Noon-IO:45 p.m.
Bookstore Hours
Monday: 8 a.m.-6 p.m .
Tuesday : 8 a.m.-6 p.m .
Wednesday: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday : 8 a.m.-6 p.m .
Friday : 8 a.m.-5 p.m .
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED
Friday, December 10
Special Events this week
Thursday, December 2
Puget Sound Blood Center will be on
campus from 10:00 a.m . to 4:00 p.m. The
drive will be held in the Lecture Hall
Building Rotunda.
7:30 p.m. The Evergreen Improv Alliance
presents An Improvised Christmas Carol
performed by Seattle's Unexpected Productions. Sem II E1105. Cost is $3 for students
and $6 for general public.
Friday, December 3
6 p.m. Evergreen Irish Resurgence Element
is having a Ceili in the Longhouse. Includes
a potluck and free T-shirts for the fi rst ten
attendees.
Saturday, December 4
9 a.m.-noon. Join Nisqually St re am Stewards and Piece Conservation for a riparian
planting project on Muck Creek in Roy,
WA. Ca ll (360)438-8687 to RSVP or to get
more information .
7 p.m. The Olympia Mountaineers present a big screen mountain adventure. The
Banff Mountain Film Festival will be pre-
5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. An opening reception commemorates the opening of a new
ex hibit about Governor Stevens' journey
of negotiation s with Northwest Indian s.
Visit the State Capitol Mu se um on 2 11 2 1"
Avenue Southwest or call (360) 753-2580.
8 p.m . Backstage Benefit for Bread &
Roses featuring La Push , with Ju st in leach,
By the Way, and Black Betty. Capitol Theater. Tickets a re $6.
Facility Hours
Quantitative & SymboliC Reasoning Center
Location : Evergreen Tutoring Center,
CA B 108, next to the Greenery
Phone: (360) 867-5630
Hours :
Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. 108 p.m.
Friday, 10 a. m . to 5 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
CRC Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday : 6 a .m .-9 p.m .
(poo l opens at 8 a. m.)
Saturday: 10 a.m .-6 p.m.
Sunday: Noon-4 p.m .
Academic AdviSing
Location: Library Building, Room 1401
Phone : (360) 867-6312
Email: Advising
Hours :
Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday : 9 a .m.-5 p.m .
Drop-ins :
Monday-Friday: I p.m.-c lose
Career Development Center
Location : Library Building, Room 1407
Phone : (360) 867-6193
Email: Career Development
Office Hours :
Monday-Friday : 8 a .m .-5 p.m .
Drop In Appointment Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday: 9 a.m.-II a .m .
Wednesday: 2 p.m .-4 p.m.
Writing Center
Location: Evergreen Tutoring Center,
CAB 108, next to the Greenery
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a black hole aller ingesting 'h" rbs' and meditating!
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by a walking paradox either.
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