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JANUARY 27,2005
"Greetings from Seattle!"
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VOICES OF COLOR, PAGE 2 .. RECIPE OF THE WEEK, PAGE 6 .. SPECIAL SYNERGY CONFI!:
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
Students for
tsunami relief are
getting active
By Jim Jordan and Jeff Springer
By Koji Uehata
Koji Ue/W/a i!i u senior and laking What Are Children For? He is .I'll/dying educalion.
Hello, loveli es' We, the students of
Evergreen, are pulling together a. tsunamirelief effort. A group of us have been
gathering at open meetings the past two
Monday nights at 6 p.m. in CAB 3 15 to
talk about what Evergreen students can
do for those who've been hit hardest by
December's tsunami. The massive destruction in the Paci fic Is lands and Sou theast
Asian countr ies was hugely catac lysmic,
and we must not forget, we can not forget.
This effort of ours can make a genuine
difference.
So far, we've come up with a lot of good
ideas: We will be throwing a number of
eve nts where we can help raise money for
those who really need it. We will be seiling raftle tickets and donating food as well
as having a great garage sale right in the
middle of Red Square soon. Also, please
look for donation buckets, and watch for
our events in the HCC and elsewhere. We
have a goa l of $1 0,000, but we know we
as Greeners can raise a good bit more. It
would equate to a little more than $2 from
everybody, so you shou ld all give at least
$5. maybe $ 10 or $20.
They are having serious issues with
acquiring clean water right now, which
can be supplied by aid organizations that
we will be funding. We will be sending our'
money to UNICEF (the United Nations '
International Children's Emergency Fund),
Doctors Without Borders. a nd Oxfam.
They are making a huge impact on helping the people who have been affected. The
re li ef effort will take a long time and needs
all the help it can get. and we are obi igated
to do our part. You wi II see our full-scale
effort s beginning midTsunami relief
Next Meeting February.
We will be
Monday
tabling with
February 14
raffle tickets,
6 p.m.
so watch for
us.
CAB 315
. Our g lobal
nei g hbor s
need our support right now, and we can
provide help. Please enjoy g iving what
you can. We may be students, but when
we pool our efforts together we can make
a di fference. We loo k forward to seeing
you around campus.
You can also help by volunteering. Feel
free to ask whomever yo u see tabling when
we ' re out there . Watch for our postings,
look for fliers coming soon. and come on
out to our events. We're going to have a
great time at all these events, and it's going
to make a significant difference in people's
Iives that really need it right now.
Jim Jordan is a senior enrolled in
Foundations for Performing Arts. He is
sludying ontology with afocus on theater
dnd inlercliliural communicalion.
Jeff Springer is an Evergreen sluden l
involved with Ihe tsunami relief effort.
Anti - U.S. sentil11ent
prevalent as fifth World
Social Forul11 begins
TESC
Address Service Requested
News In Brief
Education conference
comes to Evergreen
The Washington Center for Improving
the Quality of Ed ucation will be holding
its annual conference here at Evergreen.
The events include a book seminar with
Rebecca Solnit and a workshop with Greg
Cajete . Rebecca Solnit, the author of Hope
in the Dark. Untold Histories and Wild
Possibilities, will speak in the Longhouse
on Thursday, February 17 from 6-8 p.m.
Greg Cajete will lead a semina r about hi s
book , Igniting the Sparkle.' Indigenolls
Methods afScience Education, in Seminar
II E ll 07 . The workshop will begin on
Saturday, February 19 at 1:45 p.m. A ll are
we lcome to both of these free events.
• • • • •
GAIA Day Meeting
GAIA Day, a.k.a. Earth Day, is coming
up. Have some ideas about what sho uld
happen at Evergreen? There will be a
brainstorming meeting in CAB 320 (the
S&A office) on Monday, February 7 at 2
p.m. Bring yourself, friends, a mind full
of ideas and even food .
• • • • •
Art4Harmony Digital Event
, Photo by Ethan Shaffer
50, 000 people participated in the opening march at the World Social Forum, which
took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil last weekend.
By Ethan Schaffer
Editor;" note: Ethan Schaffel; Evergreen
senior, and his partner Sarita Role are in
South America un/il this May Schaffer and
Role are th ere for their non-profit organization, Orguni.c Vollinteers .
Porto A legre, Brazil, January 28 ,
2005 - Slogan s and images opposing
U.S. economic and military policy .clearly
dominated the 50,000-person opening
march of the World Social Forum (WSF)
on Wednesday. Banners opposing Bush
and the Iraq War were the most prevalent,
although many addressed corporate domination and globalization.
One gigantic banner summed up all
the messages: a red X through the letters
"USA".
An anonymous protester explained,
" I'm not opposed to the people of the
U.S.A., just the po licies."
While many protested the U.S. policy,
others were happy to see many participants
from the United States at th e Forum.
Felipe, a WSF volunteer. commented, "I'm
glad to see so many people from the United
States, especially the media. I didn't know
people from the United States s upported
this kind of socia l movement.'·
However, the WSF covers hundred s of
iss ues beyond action against U.S. domination. Over 100,000 people will participate
in over 2,000 planned activities. The activities are proposed and managed i ndependently by organizations around the world.
Any organization can plan an activity.
The forum is lai d out in II thematic villages along the riverbank of Rio Guaibe.
The themes are:
I. Autonomous tho ug ht, re-a ppropriati on and sociali zation of knowledge and
technologies.
2. Defending divers ity, plurality and
identities.
3. Arts and creation: weaving and building people 's resistance culture.
4. Commun ication: counter-hegemonic
practices. rights and a lternativ es.
5. Assuring and defending Earth and
people 's common goods- as a lternative
to com mod i fi cation and tran s nati ona I
control.
6. Social strugg les and democratic alternatives- against neoliberal domination.
7. Peace, demilitarization and struggle
against war, free trade and debt.
8. Toward construction of international
democratic order and people 's integration.
9. Sovereign economies for and of
people-against neoliberal capitalism.
10. Human rights and dignity for a just
and egalitarian world.
II. Ethics, cosmovisions and spiritualiti es-res istances and challenges for a new
wor ld .
At the center of the WSF is the g igantic
Youth Camp, a fe stival within the festival.
The campers partied unti I daybreak after
Manu Chau pl ayed the final set of th e
opening ceremony of the WSF.
For more on the WSF, visit
http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br
For more personal accounts ofthe WSF,
visit http://polyculture.blogspot.com
Ethan Schaffer is a senior enrolled in
Patience. He is sludying social ;evolu-
lion.
Olympia, WA 98505
Issue
15
Volume 33 .
February 3
For those who are interested in digital
storytelling, we have a guest speaker from
Bridges to Understanding coming down
on Friday, February II to tell us about an
awesome mentorsh ip program that allows
a student to travel and tell stories through
digital means .
We wi II keep yo u posted on where
this wonderful event will be held . If
you are interested in this, contact us at
art4harmony @ yahoo.com. We're still .
looking for help in doing puppet shows for
children: any takers? There is still room for
those students interested in s howi ng th eir
art. Drop us a line for more information.
-Brief provided by Mylee Ring
• • • • •
Was
~ IRG
update!
WashPIRG is continuing work on campaigns to fight hunger and homelessness,
pass the Clean Cars legislation, protect
ANWR, and implement Campus Clean
Energy Policy.
WashPIRG 's weekly all-campaigns is
on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in CAB 320. For
more information call (360) 867 - 6058.
-Brief submitted by Kerry Gutk nec ht
t---------------CORRECTIONS
In last week 's iss ue, we reported that
there would be an open forum on enrollment growth on Wednesday, February 9
("Enrollment proposals being considered,"
Peter Ellis, January 27). The article did
not mention, however, that few mem bers
of the Enrollment Growth Disappearing
Task Force wi II be prese nt at the meeti ng
or that enrollment growth proposa ls wi II
not be available there. Those proposal s
can be found for review outside Tom
Womeldorff's office in Lib 2210. 'AII
responses must be submitted in writing
by Wednesday, February 9.
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
FEBRUARY 3, 2005
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-V~ of Color_
FEBRUARY 3, ' 2005
-\ Calming chaos with Zen:
, the Buddhist approach to
catastrophe and crime
Vox Populi
By Chris Frank
Is it my lust for a whit e
woman or a white woman's lust
for me. Only those who know
what I mea n would Have the
eyes to see. The truth I
Speak it seeps like bl ood
fro m a busted bott om li p. For
slavery days taught to
stay away or fee l the slash
o rtlle Ill astas whip . I-lea r my
wo rds learn my pain and listen
to how I fe ci , thi s is for those
who diedj ust for look in g at one
Like my friend Emill et Til l, to
know if they lust for the
bl ack man's present wo ul d be
a secret scoop, These day s
I hear th ey just desire my
Body lik e some kind of forbidde n
Fruit. What yo u co uldn ' t Il ave
Then yo u ca n' t I-lave now is
What the siruati on mi ght bc. So
Is it my lust for a white
Women or a whi te wOlll en's lust
For me.
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What is your strategy for avoiding sickness?
By Katie Thurman and Adrian Persaud
" I gct out of bed wh en I FEE L like it. And I have other
herba I rcmcd ics."
nolly England
Senior
Illtem s"ij). Thurstoll Co ullIY Health Deportmellt
" Train hard at Kung Fu' "
Cary Kibby-neck
Sophomore
IIl/perial/.\'11/
The best weather report ever
By David Hornbeck
" Lots of meditation and absurd doses o i' vitamin c."
Elliott Bangs
Freshm an
Visuoli::illg Ecology
Many people will say th at Ameri ca doesn' t have Illuch of a culture, that it's all borrowed form som ewh ere else. Well , I beg to diller. There is one ... uh .. . event that is
uniquely American: Groundhog Day' Yes, that's right. I bet you didn 't know that these
cute fu zzy, little creatures could actuall y predi ct the future. In fact, there are at least
twenty-two of them in the good 01 ' U. S. of A. The most famous one- whi ch yo uilli ghl
remember from the movi e Groundhog Day- is Punxs utawney Phil or, as I call him,
Punx (he and I are on a first name bas is. Yeah , you ' re jeal ous).
Now I know what you ' re thinking: "Get to the point , newspaper Ill an' Did Phil sec
his shadow or not? I can't bear the suspense '" Well as a matter of fact, our buddy Pun x
did see his shadow thi s year. So get out those wint er coats for six more weeks of pure
cold goodness. Best of luck, Greeners. You ' re going to need it.
"A multi-vitamin and enough sleep."
Karl Baer
Junior
illtroducliol1t o Natural Sc iences
David Hornbeck is aji-eshl1lan currently enrolled in Co ntemporary Social Iss ues.
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Poetry Slam
Umoja is bringing a poetry slam to Evergreen in honor of Black Hi story Month.
" Poetics" will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 8, downstairs in Library 1000.
Tammy Carr will be bringing her warm presence and fi ery deli very. Flowmentalz, a
New Jersey nativ e who blends poetry and hip hop, will also be featured. Flowmentalz
will be leading a poetry writing wo rk shop before' the show in C t\ B 320 at 5 :30 p.m .
-Bri ef submitt ed by Uill oj a
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Organizational Meeting
5 p.m. Monday
Find out what it means to be a me mber of the
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He lp di scu ss futur e co ntent. s uc h as s to ry
idea s. Vox Populi questi ons and poss ibl e long
term reporting projects. as well as othe r 'hin gs
needed to he lp the \oveek al ong.
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-Brief provided by Kelly Vinsant
Giant Robot Appreciation Society
(GRAS) Coordinator
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Comment on that day' s paper. A ir comments,
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Fill the Capitol Theater
tive and relief immediate. For example,
the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, Darryl
"By the Grace of our choice we avoided Johnson, assigned 100,000 aid units as By Dan Leahy
a catastrophe," Frank Grijalva, President soon as he heard news of the natural
On the first
of The Overlake School in Redmond, WA, disaster.
Friday
of each
While traveling, Frank had the opporsays of his recent visit to Thailand during
month,
neighthe tsunami's arrival. Originally his travel tunity to meet with Darryl. [n their discusbors
from
our
agent recommended Puket, the largest and sion, the Ambassador shared a story about
Hospital
Hill
secmost popular island. Accommodations his experience vi siting a Thai military
were booked, so she recomm ended the contingent in Iraq. Whil e he was there tion of Olympi a's
less developed island of Kohsammui , still a number of Thai soldi ers were killed in Wes ts id e ha ve
in the top three vacation destinations but an attac k. Vi siting Am erica ns repetitively bee n ho ldin g
expressed how sorry they were for the loss. "S top th e War"
more popular to Europeans.
From Decembe r 18 to the 2 6 th e The Thai, who had accepted the soldier 's signs at Harri son
family stayed on Kohsammui in a bun- fa te and moved on, could not understand and Perry. It 's not
a big action, but
galow twenty fee t from the beach. At why the Americans kept bringing it up.
By compari son to the Am e rican it 's something .
II :30 a.m. on December 26, they arrived
As we were
at the Bangkok airport. Flights to Puket response to cris is, the Thai are very acceptholding
up the
were cancelled due to reports of flood- ing of death. As Frank words it, "There
ing. Proceeding into the mountains to is no catharsis." Buddhism, the national signs one morntheir next destination, Chiang Mai, they rei igion, views death as a natural progres- _in g, a neighbor
told us about
thought little of their brief layover at in sion and not a tragedy.
a
book called
[n light of our country's response to
Bangkok. Settling at their next hotel , news
Supp
o rt
th e
coverage from CNN International and the tragedy and disruption in the form of
BBC informed them of the tsunami. In crime, poverty and terrorism, we may ben- Truth . It was a
the following days the numbers escalated efit from applying Buddhist philosophy. [f plea written by
from 1,500 to 30,000 to 40,000 to 50,000 you are interested in this topic, you will not a Gulf War -Ideaths and rising. The true numbers are want to m iss the "Transformations of the veteran to start
Confined Mind" panel taking place at the telling the truth
likely incalculable.
Returning to Bangkok on December Synergy conference on Thursday, February about how our
10 from I: 15 io 2:45 p.m. Representatives troops are misled
29, evidence of the damage was prevalent.
"There were tables set up for forei gners to from the Vipassana Institute will be seated and misused in a
register and find information. Body bags on the panel discussing the effectiveness of senseless war and
then forgotten in
of European victims were coming into meditation in reducing recidivism.
Photo by Dan Leahy
homeless shelthe airport to be shipped," Frank recall s.
Local Olympians show their supportfor the cause.
Paying respect, Bangkok did not set off Adrienne Barrell is a sophomore enrolled ters, hospitals
prisons,
and
in In Search of Sustainability, Introduction
fireworks on New Year's Eve.
In addition to these speakers, we ' ll
From what he observed, the Thai han- to Ecology and Environmental and oftentimes suffering from radiation sickbe making some noise with the Infernal
dled the situation with considerable effi- Community Journalism. She is studying ness due to depleted uranium poisoning.
We decided to change our slogan around Noise Brigade, a well known collective of
ciency. "With the quality of infrastructure ecology (sustainability, evolution. bioand
organize a "Support the Truth" day at drummers, performers, singers and blowand communication at present, Thailand is diversity, eco-agriculture, botany and
the
Capitol
Theater_ We see it as a chance ers of brass created in Seattle in 1999 to
almost no longer a third-world country," ecosystems).
to hear some uncensored facts about the .. .prepare for tlie World Trade Organization's
Frank states. Media coverage was informacurrent state of Iraq. We see it as a chance ministerial. Many of us remember how
for people sickened by this conflict to reg- important this Brigade was to us during
ister their opposition_ We see it as a chance that great victory over the WTO.
for little groups like ours to gain strength
Much of this event has been made
by seeing others who are also determined possible thanks to the sponsorship of the
. to mobilize their neighborhoods, stop the BRICK student organization at SPSCC and
the Heroico Batallon de San Patricio. The
war on Iraq and bring our troops home.
We ' ve been lucky enough to secure event has been endorsed by the Veterans
two great keynote speakers, Scott Ritter for Peace, the Olympia Movement for
and Dahr Jamaii. Mr. Ritter is the former Justice and Peace, and the 100 Thousand
weapons inspector in Iraq for the United . and Counting campaign.
See you at the Capitol on Friday night,
Nations and a former major in the U.S.
Chibi Chibi Con, Evergreen 's annual Marines. He is the author of several books, February 18, at 7 p.m. And if you've got
anime convention, is coming up Saturday including Frol1lier Justice: Weapons of $5.00 or more as a donation, bring it along
and Sunday, February 26 and 27, and we Mass Destrllction and the Bushwhacking to help cover costs.
really need volunteers leading up to and of America.
The show starts at 7 p.m., but you during the convention! If you like anime
Dahr Jamail is an independent journal- Dan Leahy is a member of the Evergreen
better be early. The Vagina Monologues and are interested in helping out and ist who has spent a total of eight months faculty. He is teaching in Contemporary
is coming up Friday-Sunday, February 11 , having a fun time, call {360) 867-6036 in ocoopied Iraq. Mr. Jamail will have Social Issues and generally f ocuses on
12 and 13, in the recital hall in the COM and leave a message, or you can email just returned from Iraq after covering the p olitical economy and social movements.
building_ Parking is $1 .25 during the week, us at ninja@just-peachy.com. Meetings U.S.-sponsored elections in Iraq. As part
and donations of $6 worth of feminine will be every Friday night at 6 p.m_, just of this talk, he'll present a slide show of
products will be accepted at the show. before anime nights. Feel free to show Fallujah.
The donations-anything from shampoo up if you ' re curious! Even if you can
to tampons-will be given to SafePlace only spare an hour or so, we will work
around your schedule, and any help at all
and the YWCA .
is appreciated!
Thanks!
By Adrienne Barrett
'-I avo id any hum an cont act."
Robbie Francs
Juni or
FO/ll /{ I(/ t iOJls of Visual Arts
SupP.o rt the truth:
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FEBRUARY 3, 2005
Oldham and Sweehey's Superwolf
°IS full of florold fretwork
By Christopher Alexander
all my life?Or, more to the point, where
have they been throughout each other's?
Bonnie "Prince " Billy
Will Oldham has certainly been to the
and Ma({ Sweeney
son ic mountaintop severa l times und er
Superwolf
both his Palace and " Prince" Billy moniDrag City, 2005
kers, but lately he's been in a slump. Sings
It's no secret that critics overwrite. Greatest Palace Music may have been perI don't think that any sane person sits haps the most divisive album released all
through a play, as I did this week, and last year, with this writer finding himself
act ually says to themselves, "My, this square ly in the angrily confused camp,
actor is spry, bounding across the stage, but it was useful for washing everyorie's
and ravenous in his giddy unraveling of memorv of 2003's underwhelming Master
the case." This thought oni,y occurs to a and E';eryone. Matt Sweeny has fared a
special breed of human: one who struggles Iitlle better, as C havez' protean i ndie
to make the words as punchy
rock and Zwan's retro wheeas the performances ; one ' ,.," ', .",", ', h J NN ,"'\<''' O> '" U " dly-deedly were perfectly
with a well-thumbed thesaupleasant, but ultimately both
'"~ '
projects are relegated to also rus, who does silly things like
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ran status.
read other reviews to see i f
they ,overlooked anything ; , . ~/a ~:-:-'
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writers are paid to make the most ord inary
things sound ext(aordi nary. I enjoyed the
play, but it wasn't even the highl ight of
my weekend. Judging from my effusive
review, though, you'd be forced to say I'd ,
prefer it to, say, Palestinian statehood .
Well, thaI's my job, {H)d I do it well, and I
am sorry. When something comes along
that is extraordinary, though, watch. Watch
as a former sesquipedalian bore morphs
into a fumbling fanboy, undeterred by
reason, rationality or dictionaries. It 's
quite a sight, and you're about to witness
it, because the new Bon nie " Pri nce" Bi lIy
and Matt Sweeny collaboration has made
me absolutely lose my shit.
Seriously, where have these two been
,nelng!'
Karaake!
8ingol
loads of Fun!
Dailv HapPV Hour 4-8!
out of January. His florid fretwork on the
album is equal parts Robbie Robertson
and Lyr.yrd Skynyrd: by turns intensely
understated, intricate and regally majcstic.
He provides the prettiest bed of music ever
made for Oldham, and it's to Oldham's
everlasting credit that he rests in it so we ll.
True, he left his wannabe Appalachian
croak behind on 1S ee a Darkness, but he's
never sounded this rich , this unapologetically plaintive, this ... tuneful.
That's the thing about Superwoll: It 's
not that the two bring out the best in each
other, it 's that they bri ng out a range I had
no idea either art ist was even capable of.
It's hard to imagine Sweeny's work on the
glorious "My Home is the Sea" being half
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
morning cold
settochorus. Likewise, thegospelchorus
that erupts from nowhere on "Goat and
Ram" gets no small amount of heft from
By james avalon
the windmi ll guitar chorus.
Finding more example s is only a
9: 18 a.m. Monday
matter of waiting for tracks to start: the
morning and we ' re all
minimali st harmony of "Rudy Foolish"
dying .
(wh ich bears more than a pass ing resemBlue is the co lor and
blance to Corgan's "Mayonnaise"), the
red are, my dreams,
elegant suspended arpeggios of " Beast For
i am walking through
Thee" and " Bed is for Sleeping" underlinpainted landscapes remembering:
ing some of Oldham 's best lyrics: "Bed is
cowboys in the d'istance melting on
for sleeping/ Love is for making /and YOll
the dashboard.
know love I' m/yours for the taking." His
words explode' in technicolor on SuperYou sit there moving your mouth,
wall' This is the sou nd of a man in full
" i can 't hear you" my mind is say ing.
rapture , and it's no coincidence that the
ace musicianship hosts his best vocal
Birds are flying far away as planes _
performances ever.
cras h into clouds,
Are there any problems with thi s
and where am i?
record ? Well , if I'm reaching, I could
Postcard watercolor
say that there cou ld be more drums. The
portraits,
drums ' entrance on "My Home is the Sea"
trees gray and there 's
takes it from critical moment Beta- palms
green here.
on critic's temples, mouth agape- to crit ical moment Alpha: critic brought to' hi s
My hands camouflaged
feet, expletive on lips. It lends the albun1
and yo u turn sick colors
an ea rl y, sustained high note, and it never
as my head spins waki ng from a
look s back. It would've helped the Neil
dream.
Young-esque "B lood Emb race," at least.
At eig ht minutes and two chords, this is
Blue is the cblor and red are my
the on ly conceivab le misstep on the album ,
dreams,
even wit h Oldham's riveting meditation
driving away from painted landon infidelity.
scapes,
It shou ld be emph asized that I'm
and i know thi s
reachi ng. EVen at its sparest, SUJ7erwoll
place:
is imbued with such texture, such god skin to sk ill.
damned heal/ t)' that the nadirs can be
my face below
as easily blamed on the album 's yo uth.
your collarbone,
Th is is the kind of record that rem ind s
breathing in
me why I spend so much time on music,
mouthfuls of fle sh.
why I choose to write about it even when
it leaves me bereft of words. Words are
i'm not scared anymore,
s uperfici al in the face or thi s.
my silly Valentine in monday morning co ld
Chriswpher Alexander is the Cl'J Coordiclothed in fog.
noWr liJl' th e II rts and Entertainment Sectiol1. He is (/ senior enm/led il1 Patience james avalon is a ./i'eshman <!n/'(}!led il1
and is stlldl'ing \I'/'iting
Waste and Want. He is study ing writing.
sustainable agriculture and y,el1del:
FEBRUARY
shouted or muted.
The ending to Angel Street
is often changed, Pujeaund told
me after Saturday'Ssold-out performance , The OLT's production
is no exception: after a thrilling
confrontation betw~ e n husband
and wife, the director gives us
a darker ending than the one
in Patrick Hamilton's original
British script, in wh ichjustice is
meted out by the proper authori ties . It 's a signi ficant change,
but it's to bot h Ham i Iton and
Pujeaund's credit that the play's
overall tone isn't affected in the
least. The play pulls hairpin
turns an'; surprises 'ti I the end,
and it's fitting that there should
be surprises for even those
familiar with it.
bow for making the improbable believable.
"Victorian England of the 1880's is
The audience encloses the
synonymous with beautiful clothing, opu- stage of the Olympia Little
lent homes, and an educated aristocracy," Theater, effectively maki ng
Pug Pujeaund says in her Director's Notes every wall the fourth wall. The
to Angel Street, "But let us not forget the stage design makes exce llent
suffocating pollution, rampant drug addic- use of these proportions, aided
tion, and oh yes, Jack the Ripper."
by lavish sets and costumes,
Indeed , the first twenty minutes of authentic down to the absi nthe
the period thriller play like an Ibsenian spoon - a touch perso nally
feminist allegory: Bella Manningham is added by Pujeaund. The actors
subjected to bipolar treatment from her also lend surprisingly nuanced
patriarchal husband, Jack (played superbly performances. Leading the
by Christina Collins and Paul Edward ensemble is Jeremy Baird's Performances of Angel Street will be running through Christopher Alexander's sole
Smith). Doting one moment, hectoring Sgt. Rush, the spry detective February. 4, 5 at 8 p.m. and Febn1ary 6 at 2 p.m., at (he Olym- experience with theatre criticism
the next, Jack thinks that her "reason is directly responsible for the pia Little Theater, 1925 Miller Rd. NE. For more information is memorizing the sequence in
slipping," acute Victorian parl ance for ISO-spin twenty minutes into visit http://www.olympialittletheater.org
Woody Allen's Love and Death
going batshit crazy. A picture frame inex- the play. He bounds across the
where A lien's character critiques
plicably disappears behind a bureau, and stage, so ravenous in his giddy unravel- the opulent Manningham household. Mr. a revolutionary Russian Army health play.
we learn not only Bella's alleged history ing of the case that he helps himself to Smith is right behind him, though, imbu- He is the CPJ's A&E Coordinator and a
of misplacing innocuous items, but also of every luxuriant snack he comes across in ing lack with an uneasy menace, whether senior enrolled in Patience.
he rmother ~ death in the insane asylum. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She histrionically pleads for her husband 's
Directions in Music (Herbie Hancock)
depending on seats, and the show is all
affection, only to be threatened with the
Directions in Music was formed in '01 ages:
nuthouse if she fa ils to find a grocer bill
by Herbie Hancock, tenor Saxophonist
Michael Brecker, and Trumpeter Roy Leo Kottke
before Jack leaves.
The seq uence is raw and suffocating,
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thi n knowledge of Bergman movies to Skerik
their births. They performed .compQSi- appearances this week. The first is at the
draw compari sons. Then an Irish detec- Saxophonist and loca l Seatt le favorite tions inspired by
Admiral Theatre in Bremerton on Friday,
tive walks in , and the entire tone of the Skerik will be performing at Nectar in the two le gends
February 4. He will then be at the Everett
play shifts startlingly but effort lessly from , Seattle on Thu rsday, February 3 for only a nd , in that s pirit,
Pac in Everett, WA on February 5 and at
pedantic character study to an engaging $5. Skerik, ifyoLi are unaware, is a member took such composithe Metropolitan Performing A rts Center
thriller. The quick and ' witty Sgt. Rush of Garage-a-trois, Cr itters Buggin', the tions into completely
in Spokane on February 6. I was able to
informs Bella thatthe house she was cowed Syncopated Septet, and even Co l. Les new and innovative
find little info about these events, but if
into buying was the scene of it murder ofa Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade. He has sat musical and compoyou caught Leo's show at the Washington
rich heiress, and one of the suspects bears in with the likes of Karl Denson, Pri,mis, siti onal directions.
Performing Arts Center downtown last
more than a passing resemblance to Mr. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Bernie Worrel, The co llaboratio n
year, or especially if you were unable to,
Manningham. Her transformation from etc. Nectar is located next to the Ballroom resu lted in a soldit may be worth looking into for you. The
possibly infirm to adroit sleuth is well in Fremont. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the out worldwide tour
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FEBRUARY 3, 2005
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Out on the weekend: local fun
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I wa nt to be a house wife,
todd ler at hip,
muffin tin in hand.
I wa nt to have dinner ready
by 6:30 and the di shes do ne
by 8:00.
I don't understand why
it eve r we nt out of style.
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I wa nt an apro n
thaI says " ki ss th e cook"
Jnd a bio log ist wi fe that docs
every time she reads it ,
then she lets me keep my peni s.
I wa nt to bring rice kri spy treat s
and ju ice to soccer ga mes.
I wa nt my rose ga rde n envied.
I wa nt to vac uum every Tuesday.
I wa nt to be a housew ife .
toddle r at hi p.
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I~terrogating the unspoken
By Julian Gerhart
Julian (JerlwrI is
LUUPt.K PUlNl JUUKNAL
ji-esllllllll7 enrol/ed in Old and New World s. He is sllIi/rin;;!, ways
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tufind a hiologisl wile
letter to a Boomer
Thi s, as yo u know,
By Jim Jordan
Is what makes thi s countr y so great.
As ch ildren you yell ed "Revol uti on I"
You got what yo u as ked for.
Now, as ad ult s. yo u have you r wo rld,
Bu t you r ch iIdren a re no\\' ravaged by
wa r.
What you sa id yea rs ago
Scared yo ur par.:nts by the Illa ~se s.
What in essence, yo u told th.:m,
Was for th em to k iss you r asses.
As children of yo ur gcncration .
We don't appl'ecia te it much ,
That yo u're sin ging the ;.; al il e tUll e
To those who ar.: in your clut ch.
Please try to n: lll cln bc r
That you bro ught us herc.
A nd don't evcr fo rget
How much a child needs an ea r.
For we are not all crazy.
We just don't know what to do.
Yo u tell us to follow yo ur prin ciples,
When rejecting th ~111 is what is ta ug ht
by you .
Ali I ca n say,
Is that we' re hurt ing inside.
Your war- to rn babie s
Are abuut out of pr ilk .
Cheap and Easy
Rut there is something that is lead ing us
And it 's teaching us to hate.
" Who is it :' I wonde r.
"That's lead ing our k ids today')"
l3 y defin iti on. a leade r
Is one who shows the way.
Up to th is po ill!
This has bee n you r job.
Now stop for a Illom cnt,
And look a rou nd at thi s 1110b.
Of our childrell yo u ha ve raised
Wi th " Rcvolutio n! " as your cry.
Now yo u'vc wo n yo ur wa r,
l3ut yo u ha ve n't stopped ye lling.
AliI ca n do is ask " Why?"
But, as a favor to your chi ld rcn
I do' have a req uest.
That yo u li sten to yo ur chil d re n,
And give the ye lling a rest.
.Jilll .Jordall is ajullim'il'cllior (' nmff"d
By Christopher Alexander .
Thursday, February 3
. Roma nteek , P.S. I Love Yo u, Dance
Attack. ') p.m ., Jak e's, 311 4t h Ave. E..
no pri ce give n.
T ha nk Go d ROlll ant cek changed
th e ir na me. Th e o ld o ne wa s plain
awful , in addi ti on to be ing offensive,
a nd it kept thi s w rit er away fro rn a guod
dance band in a town that has too many.
Thi s is their CD release part y. Jake's is
alway s a good tim e, regard less.
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p.Ill ., T he C li pper, 402 4'" Ave. E.
Doo rs at ') p.rn . £5.2 1 plu s.
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Trac in g Eig ht , Falling Wint er. 8
p.m. , T he Va ult . 425 Frank lin St. S.E.,
no pr ice g ive n.
Sil ent 0 ppos'itio n, On the Last Day,
The Pharmacy, Hospi tal Haunt s. 8 p.m .,
Cap itol T hea tre l3 ack stage, 206 5'r, Ave.
S.E. , $5.
Encyc lopedia o lTun , Nicky Cli ck,
OJ TBA. 7 p.rn ., Ca lli ope, 1333 Ove rhul se Rd" $ 10.
Featurin g cos tuill es by The O lympi a Clothing Proj ect and food fro m Asia
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Hoo k and the Daught el's, Other Ghost.
9 p . m .~ ~- he Maniulll, Jeflcrson an14'"
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Sive Sty le, Th e Shutgu n, Natio n of
Love, Manchild. The C lippe r, 402 4'"
Ave. E. Doors at 9 p.l11 . $5 . 21 plu s.
Sive Sty le fea tu re ex-membe rs of
Su nn y Day Rea l Estate, Foo fi ghters
and The Fi re T heft. That mea ns they
have ap prox im ate ly three mo nth s
before they break up. Ma nchild play
Nintendo punk , and I' ll be rev iew ing
their seve n-i nch next week.
Oh SIIY' Ca ll Ch ristopher ,,1Ie-x(lnder SfC. h)' Pat ie nce's figlll , \I'hal.l(J
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prog ram, exp lored se\ua lt aboos_ inc luding necrop hili a. homo sl:\ uill ity and S&M .
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On November 29, the Services
and Activities student board fully
funded the Synergy Conference
for over $20,000 -- giving the
group the board's confidence that
Synergy has the potential to put
Evergreen on the map as a school
serious about sustainability. This
year they have speakers and work.'shops on a variety of topics, from
forests, to clean cars, to sweatshops and recycled fashion. Enjoy
this 4-page pullout guide courtesy
of the CPJ and the students who .
are working hard to bring you the
Synergy guide this year.
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Writing Wurkshop with L'luril ';Piecc" Kelley
4 :]()-6:00 pm
(pl'c-ccgislr-.llion Require.:! Call H67-6493)
6:()()..7:00 pm
Dinner Break
Apyaya Fire Ritual
7 :00-8 :00 pm
Free on Red Square
Spoken Word and Music wi Piece & Her Band
8:00-10:00 pill
(In The ulngh,)usc- Tidels $3 Ad" ul TESC B,)(}k"iole)
.
With wisdom's ammuniti'on: "Piece" brings spoken word to Synergy
ing in s lam poetry competitions when
she was 14 and joined the Seattle Poetry
Slam Team in 2000, With the Seattle
Li stening to spoken word
team , Piece performed in 'the National
poet Laura "Piece" Kelley is
like loung ing on a stiflingly ~oetry Slam Compet ition and brought
the team to third place among 56 other
hot , humid day.
cities. Piece has worked with countless
Her rhymes slide
poetic vanguards and hip-hop warriors,
like sweat down
including Saul Williams, The Roots,
the s pine and
Blackalicious, Les Nubians, Gill Scott
caress muscles
Heron, Dialated Peoples, Spearhead and
warm and loose
in the sensuous heat. But Gwendolyn Brooks.
When she's not throwing down passionpassions can loose from
ate rhymes that showcase her intelligence
the soft, rhythmic pulse of
and integrity, Piece uses her empowering
overheated blood, and Piece
presence as arts coordinator and creative
breaks from lazy flows with
writing teacher for a grassroots organiiaa sometimes sudden biting
tion called Powerful Voices. She works
articulation, her voice
with at-risk youth iri Juvenile Detention
always strong, sometimes
to help them develop life skills through
strident, sometimes gasping ,
artistic expression. Piece has a uniquely
with whispers of pause.
honest and powerful charisma that comes
Piece began performfrom her belief that social change can
By Cassie Barden
Laura "Piece" Kelly, as illustrated by Cassie Barden
Former Gap sea mstress
to discuss sweatshop
conditions at conference
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happen through progressi,ve art.
Her performances pulse with the inspiration of everyday things and the emotion
of a talented artist who believes in the
power of words. Piece last performed at
Evergreen with Saul Williams in 2004 .
This Wednesday, February 9, Piece and her
band will open up the Synergy conference
with poetry and music. She will also hold
a writing workshop Wednesday afternoon.
Between workshop and performance, fire
dancing troupe Apyaya will perform a
complex narrative through fire and ritual.
Explore the power of the voice, the body,
and of yourself with a night of soulful play
and passion.
Cassie Barden is a senior doing an
independent contract called Developing
Nonfiction Articles For Publication. She
is studying writing and environmental
studies.
Chuck Penis
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Michael palmer
3:00 pm- 5:00 1"11
"On the Sus"lining of Culture in Dark Times"
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5:00 pm- 7:00 pm
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7:00 (,m- 9:00 pm
Carmencita "Chie" Abad
Thursday, February 10, 1:15-2:45 p.m.
Title! Behind the Labels
Paul Stamets
"Medicinal
MII~rooms:
AIlje,. for He-oling I'fople- ond Planet"
LOblhou~
Forest defenders share stories February 10
Carmencita "Chie" Abad will discuss the
horrible working conditions she endured in
the U.S. territory ofSaipan while making
By Angie Kubalek
clothing for the Gap. In her struggle to .
unionize workers, she was forced to leave
While most of us live happily in our
the island and is now working to educate comfy Olympia bubble, the chain saws
Americans about inhumane factory condi- keep sawing away at our neighboring fortions occurring worldwide, including on ests that make the Northwest a treasured
U.S. soil. Chie will tell her audience what land.
A small group of dedicated humans
they can do to help eliminate sweatshop
scattered throughout our bioregion rise
abuses occurring worldwide.
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every day to meet the challenge of preserving our fragile ecosystems, and they
have a blast doing it!
Come hear stories from multiple forest
defenders about past and present camp~igns of success that have overcome the
grinding machine of progress. These amazing beings will share easy-to-comprehend
details about the often brain-frying bureau-
cracy of forest management. Be sure to
be at the forum at 10 a.m. on Thursday,
February \0 in Seminar II A3 \05 lest you
be caught up a tree without a descender.
Angie Kubalek is a sophomore enrolled in
Introduction to Natural Sciences. She is
focusing on environmental studies.
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Radical Wome-:- for Change
On the sustaining of culture in dark times:
Michael Palmer
By Cassie Barden
Poet Michael Palmer, a keynote speaker at
Synergy: The Sustainable Living Con ference ,
will address issues faced by writers and artists
in the current climate of anti-intellectualism
and anti-creativity. Palmer asks: "At a time
when culture and enlightened thought are
gravely threatened, how do we construct an
alternative space for action , reflection and
community?"
Michael Palm er's poetry has the unnerving
ability to displace the reader. He challenges the
meaning oflanguage and of individual words
themselves by strippin g th em of familiar
meaning or by changing that meaning. He
recognizes words merely as strings ofletters,
representations only, rather than the words
containing inherent value.
In this way, "nature" is not an inheren'tly
meaningful thing; it is a concept created
by culture and a concept as amorphous as
culture. This id ea of nature, as well as the
experience of it, is different in the mind s of
an early 20,h- century conservationist, a rock
climber, an indigenous tribal elder, and a
tree-sitting forest activist. Additionally, our
individual experiences are not merely philosophical, but tied to the senses as well. The
mind and tongue, ear, eye, nose and sk in are
constantly involved in a complicated dance
of interpreting and translating exper ience for
our own understanding. In an attempt to put
our experience into language, Palmer's poetry
"sets up a radical drama between philosophical and personal , sense and sensual." (Joshua
Clover, Village Voice, May 3, 2000)
It is at this point that poets and activists have
a similar task: After we synthesize our experiences on a personal level, how do we transfer
experience and meaning from our minds to the
minds of others? This is, indeed, the ultimate
task oflanguage in any form. For environmentalists, how can we communicate a concept of
nature that is worth saving? How can we instigate global change to an audience as varied as
human experience? As much of human soc iety
becomes more disconnec ted from the natural
world, when our senses are engaged by smooth
p I as tic ,
he ady ca r
exhaust and
chern icall y
enhanced
food , how
can we hope
to translate
the tactile
and se nsual
experience
of the living
planct ~
Much of the "nature" and " political" poetry
of the '60s and '70s is accused of attempting
to inject truer experience into conventiona l
poetic form s, undermining the uniqueness of
the experience and diffusing the very horror
or beauty the poem is trying to communicate.
The result is a poem that demands and expects
deep social change through the story that it
tell s, without allowing the story to change
even the structure of the poem itself. On the
other hand , " poetry has the ability, perhaps
even the obli gation, to interact with events,
Amy Goodman and Graciela Monteagudo
Saturday, February 12
objects, matter, reality, in a way that animates
and alters its own medium- that is, language."
(Marcella Durand, 2002)
Palmer delights in playing with structure in
h is poetry. He breaks the rules and dislodges
the reader and con founds all understanding of
proper poetics: It's enough to send the reader
reel in g into an unfam iIiar and hyper-focused
space, a space where Palmer's efforts at relating experience, physical and metaphysical , are
perhaps both strange and successful.
In a time when " plain talk" is the limit of
pub lic di scourse and scri pted entertainment
homogenizes experie nce or destroys the
chance for real experience entirely, there
see ms no more perfect moment to shake
th ings up. If speak ing in the language of a
broken system is failing, then perhaps it is
t im ~ to alter the language. If we are failing to
tran slate our experiences for the minds of our
chosen audience, perhaps it is time to break
th e rules and step outside convention.
Mi chael Palm er's poetry de mand s hi s
. aud ience dismant le the invi sible fence s of
"proper" poetry to discover a new understanding of personal experience. From poetry
to pri sons, it may be time for activists and artists to alter their medium so as to successfully
communicate their vi sions and yearnings to
the greater soc iet y.
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Mycophobia: You can recover
By Adrienne Barrett
Cassie Barden is a senior doing an independent contract called Developing Nonfiction
Articles For Publication . She is studying
wriling and environm enlal sllIdies.
Gilbert Walking Bull to speak at Synergy
BV Chris Homanics
I love Synergy and you should too
By Cassie Barden
I first found out about Synergy last year
because I had a crush on one of the coordinators. There's nothing
like infatuation to
encourage yourself
to learn about new
thin gs . You know
how it is: In those
brief. intoxicating
and vulnerable days
you vow to lea m
everything you can about Buddhism, eggplant, purebred cat shows or Th e Simpsons.
The point, of course, is to either fake coincidental commonalities with the object of
yo ur obsession or to prove yo ur desi re and
willingness to let th eir shining star become
the crux of yo ur ex istence. I had an internet
boyfriend for all of a week in junior high,
and I've still got the Faith No More CDs to
prove it.
Occasionally, in the midst of all this extracurricular activity (that, let's be honest, borders on stalking), you actually come across
something that you really, truly are interested
in, something that awakens your passion
more than even the dreamy eyes ofa poten-
tiallover handing out sc hedules or lounging
in the shade of a geodesic dome.
For me, the crush on the Sy nergy coordinator faded, but the ex hil aration I felt during
and after the conference remained. I was so
fired-up by those four packed days of ideas '
and innovators that I knew I had to have
a hand facilitating Synergy the following
year. I started volunteering in winter quarter. Being a part of Synergy, and especially
being a part of the amazing community of
students involved with it, has been wonderfully rewarding.
Attending the conference last year was an
exercise in entici ng choices. There is just so
much to see in four days that no one can do
it all. I was able to see animal rights activist
and author Joan Dunayer, but I still regret
mi ss ing anarcho-primitivi st John Zerzan.
The eco-vi lIages panel was exciting and
informative and planted the seeds of future
possibilities in my brain, and after seeing
pemlaculture expert Toby Hemenway, I marveled at the fact that I had just learned about
sustainable gardening and sacred geometry
in the space of an hour.
Everyone at the conference seemed to
be drawn to at least one person they had to
see. For me, not knowing who most of the
speakers were, the realization didn't come
until afterwards, when I was able to process
'everyth ing and everyone I'd seen and the
multitude of new ideas and concepts I'd
been exposed to. The single most important
influence from those four days was, for me,
see ing Derrick Jen sen.
For those of you fortunate enough to have
seen Jensen speak at the Capitol Theater on
Friday, January 21, you may understand what
a format ive experience it was to see him last
yea r at Synergy. He is a compelling speaker,
and hearing his ideas for the first time is lik e
catching a boulder with your chest. It can be
quite a jolt, and I sure needed to catch my
breath afterwards. Since then: Jensen's work
has influenced me more than anyone else in
the past year.
Each speaker at Synergy last year had a
dramatic effect on at least one person. Every
single speaker thi s yea r has the power to
reach someone, wh ich is why none of them
should be mi ssed. I f it were humanly possib le to experi ence every panel, speaker,
workshop and performance, I would recommend without qualm that every student at
Evergreen do so. You will not leave Synergy
unchanged.
What excites me the most about helping
put on this great, huge event, however, is that
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there wi ll be students who, like me just one
year ago, might not yet know what permaculture is, or how to replace a tire on their bike,
or who have never heard s lam poetry. It is
these students who were my prime motivation ·
for volunteering. I hope that everyone takes
time during Synergy to learn about mushrooms, green design, activi st puppetry or to
just strut their trashy self during the Trashy
Fashion Show. Ifit hadn't been for that fateful
affair of the hea rt, I may not ha ve attended
Synergy last year, which, in hindsight, would
have been a lost opportunity.
So I'm telling each of you, tree-s itters and
poets, chemists and actresses, anthropo logi sts
and politicians, pacifi sts, ELF s, pothead s,
hipsters, punk s, word nerd s, Li nux geek s
and the cra zy foo ls who play socce r in the
field in January: Come to Sy nergy. whether
you've got your eye on one of the charming.
crush-wol1hy c().ordinators or not.
Cass ie Barden is a senior taking an independent contract called Develop ing Nonficti on
Artic les for Publication . She is studying wriling and environm ental sludies.
"Our modern world with all its tecl1l7ology has caused man to destroy the earlh
ami to forge t how sacred this land ;'.1'. If we
continue to praclice the teachings of my
people, Greal Sp irit "rill see to it thaI His
creation will be restored and He will rejuvenate Ihe ail; waleI' and earth. " - Gilbert
Walking Bull
Gilbert Walking Bull was raised by the
traditional way of the Lakota Sioux by his
elders and his grandparents in the hills of
South Dakota . He is the lin eal descendent
of Moves Camp, a Lakota Sacred Man,
the great grandson of Sitting Bull and, on
his mother's side, related to Crazy Horse
and Black Elk. While many .of his contemporaries were corra ll ed into government
school s, taught to shun their native culture
and language and puni shed for practicing
it, he was instead deliberately taught by hi s
elders the tradi tional healing ceremonies and
so rigs of hi s culture.
It was not until he was 16 years of age that
he learned Eng li sh and of the American way
of life . Gil bert represents a tradition, part
0.1' a cu ltural lineage that sti ll remains true
and intact in the face of a larger society that
largely no longer has any understanding of
its rel ationship with the natural world and
its inner workings.
He represents a hope, not only to his
elders but to all of us, a hope that this way
of life, this way cifknowing the World, will
not die out. Gilbel1 was willing to learn and
pass on these gifts that were given to him, in
order to help others of all co lors understand
a better way of life. His willingness to share
these teachings from hi s heart with all who
wish to learn is a special opportun ity that
should not be missed l
Gilbert Walking Bull is the author offour
definitive book s on a uthenti c traditional
Lakota cu lture. Since 1992, he has shared
the imact traditional ways of hi s upbringing
with Wilderness Awareness Sc hool, though
a un ique mentorin g c ulture. In 2000 he
founded Tatanka Mani Camp with his wife
Diane Marie and Marilynn Bradley.
During thi s lecture, Gi lbert will be drawing upon teachings that were handed down
to him from hi s elders. In thi s workshop,
participants wi ll ga in insights on how to live
in a holistic way and ho w to rout ourselves to
the sacred land we Iive upon, as well as how
to gain wisdom from all li ving things. People
from all backgrounds can apply these teachings to their daily li ves, which will show how
love for the natural world can deepen your
spiritual connection to creat ion. Gilbert feels
these teachings are essential for life in this
modern world.
He will be speaking on Friday, February
II at I: 15 p.m . in Seminar II B 1105.
Chris Homanics is a junior enrolled in In
Search of Sustain abi lity. He is studying societal sustainability. communi!y forma tion.
psychology and consciousness sludies.
antiviral treatment.
For the past two years, Paul has been
active in severa l NIH spo nsored research
efforts using hi s strains of mushroom s in
treating breast cance r, HIV, and combating viru ses. As the so le source supplier
of medic inal mushroom s for the first·two
clinica l studies using mushrooms in the
U.S., Paul is an ~.~visor to the Program
of Integrat ive Medicine at the Universi ty
of Arizona Medical School. He has been
act ive in the U.S. Defense Depart,ment
l3ioshi eld Program and ha s di scove red
mu shrooms res ident in the Old Growth
fore sts of Washington State active against
Pox viruses. In parallel research at the
Glad stone Institute of Virology, some of
his strains, individually and in combination,
show potent ac tivity against HIY. Both antiviral studies are now mOiling into in vivo
stages at Gladstone and the CDC.
Most recently, Stamets has been studying the use of mycelium, the complex interwoven root system beneath the mushroom
sprout, in adjunct therapy to strengthen the
immune system. Mycoremediation, the use
of mycelium to help 'elim inate biological
and chemical agents from the environment,
is another one ofhis current interests. Next
week he is presenting to a forum of MDs
on Mercer Island. From there, he will be
trave ling globa lly to give lectures and prese ntations about his work.
At Evergreen's Synergy cunference,
Paul Stamets will be giving a presentation
ca lled "Natural Intelligence" on Thursday,
February 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. His latest
book, Mycelium Running : How Mushrooms
Can Help Save the World, will be for sa le
at the conference.
Are yo u afraid to walk alone in the woods
at night for fear of the complex world that
lu rks beneath the soil ? Does a strange pang
of excitement and angst jolt through your
circuitry at the sight of a mushroom patch
growing atop a compost pile? Do you cringe
at the tone of th e word " fungu s"? If so, you
may be a suffering from a condition called
mycophobia.
"Thi s rational fear of mushroom s duminates western thought," says Paul Stamets.
the founder ofloca l company Fungi Perfecti,
explains. His company, Fungi Perfecti , holds
classes and di stributes products that educate
and instruct people on topics including the
cultivation, use and biologica l and cultural
importance of fungi. Stamets is not only
a local expert, but also a world renowned
mycology pioneer. Mycology, as the sc ientific field of fungu s is called, is of grow ing
importance in medicinal, agricultural, and
sp iritual practices.
" I believe in natural intelli gence," Paul
Stamets states, describing hi s personal philosophy, " My best support for thi s is in my
work with fungi." Stamets says that it was
first his interest in Shamanism that led him
to studying mushroom s.
"S hamans for millennia have recogni zed
the importance of mushroom s as our all ies,"
Stamets explai ns, " Mushroom s are part of
the paradigm sh ift steering our ecosystems
toward sustainabi lity," Ecosystems represent
a community of organi sms and their habitat. Like any living organism, ecosystems
have an immune system. In Paul's words,
"Fungi are the guardians of nature's immune
system."
"They are so il magicians, the great di ssemblers of plant s. Through these processes, Adrienne Barrell is a sophomore enrolled
they increase the bio logical compos iti on of in In Search of Sustain ability, Introd uction
the soil. Engaging them can increase the soil to Eco logy ~and Environmental a nd
depth and overall sustainabi lity in biological Community Journali sm, She is .I'll/dycommunities. Learning how they do this can ing ecology (sustainability, evolution,
lend us insight revealing a more sustainable biodiversity, eco-agriculture. botany and .
path." Applying these attributes to medicine ecosystems).
and agriculture, scientists are researching the
use of fungi in toxic waste breakdown and
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Peace as conflict resolution: A response to Israeli/Palestinian articles
By Riley Woodward'- Pratt and Joanna Ware
We hav e rea d
eac h s id e o f t he
rece nt spate of op-ed
pi eces on the Israe lil
Pa les tini an con lli ct
with- moun tin g sadness. In it, we have
seen ve ry lilli e in the
way of either hUlll an
rea so n or hum a n
compass ion, the twu
Ih ings that we see as
essenti al, es pecially ir
we want to end Ihis
hnrr il ic conll ict ", ilh
peace and justic e,
T ho ug h
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re c o g n i ze the ri g ht
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o r Pa leslini all s to the same hum an ri ghts as
anyone else, \ \C have Illlllld ourselves sickened
by th ose who wbuld cl aim tu rep resent Ihis
posili on, For instance, Ja cob Stanl ey's rati onale
th at sui cide bo mbin gs are acceptable because
every Israe li is call ed upon to serve in th e Israel
Defe nse Forces was shocking to us. We find th e
j usti ti cali on for th e wanIon ki ll ing of i nnoeent
people for po litical ga in atroc ious in any contex!. Furth erm ore, one would ex pec t thai Mr.
Stanl ey would be cogni zanl enough of th e situatio n to reali ze th at hi s delense of lhe actions of
Palestini an ex tremi sls is a mirror im age o f th e
ju stificati on of peo ple li ke Sharon and Begin
for the ir state terrori sm aga insl Pa leslinians:
alternately, that th ey either all are lerrori sts o r
simpl y all potenti al terro risls.
Views such as these do aboul as mu ch good
for the cause of justice for Ih e Palestini ans as
th e sui cid e bo mbings Ihelll seives. Palestini ans
will not achi eve the ir IlIlI nan ri ghts and sec urit y
by stripp ing Israe lis of lhcirs. Israe l cannot be
expected to acquiesce Ie) Palestinian de mand s
d ue to s uic id e bo m bing s any 1\1 0 rc than
Palestin e can be ex pected 10 submit.to Israeli
dominati on du e 10 the v i o le n e ~ of th e occ upation. Yo ur hateful sup porl of Ihe murder of
Israe lis, ils ill1mom lity asid e, onl y plays into
th e popul ar slereoty pc of thc Pa lestini ans and
the ir supporters as lerro ri sts and supporters o f
terrorism.
On the olher side of th e issuc arc CO lllment a·
tors Iike Dani e l Fleck, J-I is \ icw , arc about as
ralio nal an d hum ane as ~ lr, S t:tn le ~ · ' s.;\ sin g k
point of his sholl id ,e rvc t\) in dic ate the gencral
na tu re uf his P\l>i lion, He asscrb th at " If thl'
Pa ll' sti ni 'llh fe lt th c) had h: g, ilill lall.! gr ie \ 'Wl c c:-"
thl') should hmc ad('pted thc ta ctics " I'Gand hi
or rvlart in Lu ther King Jr, This is >ll illelh ing
thcy ha \ c never tried, allli co nsequcnt ly, :In)
j ustice there c\e r \l as inlh c PalL'stini:ln ca li se
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re fu tat ion oflhi s po int. Fi rsL \I e m USI a>k th ai
if yo ur C<l USC call onl\' be just if yO lO sup port
it non- viole ntly, does th is th en mean that Ilt c
call s lo r civi l right s Ii-om I\ lak o lm X in his
mi lilant stage we re mea ningless'} Did those
Je ws who engaged in violclll res istance to th e
Na z is- e ,g " in the Warsaw ghett o -no longer
have a leg itim ate cause in o ppos ing the labor
and exterm in ati on camps? Il ad , hypoth etical ly.
a pr isoner at Abu Ghraib slruck o ut al oll e of
hi s tormentors, wo ul d that make hi s pain any
less rea l, hi s treatm en l any less unj ust and his
Opposil io n to it wro ng'} i\ nolh er, simil ar questi on pres en Is itself: Why is Israe l not he ld to
th e sallle sta nda rd'> If the Pa leslini ans must be
absolu tel y and uniformly non-vioienl 10 have
a legilim ate cause, Ih en shoul dn ' t th e Israelis
also have 10 end all lo rms of vio lence agalnsl
Ih e I' ales li nians in orde r 10 leg itimate th e ir
cause? Extrapola ti ng from his own log ic, \\c
IllUst assum e that I\ t r. I' lcck fcd s thai Israe l.
bcgu l as it wa s among th e violen ce of Il agan ah
and more ex tremi st group s like Irgun, is an ille-
The Student Union and enrollment: Diluting 'our community
By Adam Hilton
The new Stu dent
Uni o n was created
10 serve Ih e interests
of the Evergreen students, but th e Uni on
accepted a proposa l
that serves the State
Leg is la lur c
a nd
thr ea te ns to d i lute
our communi ty.
I think it goes without say in g th at co mmunity is what Everg reen is all about. In fact,
Evergreen 's missi on statement proudly voices
th at student s will find " co mmunity -base d
learning ... focu sed on issues and probl ems
found within students' comlllunities." In last
week's CPJ. an articl e introduced students 'to
the new Student Union and a chance for us a ll
to make Evergreen " much Illore Evergreeny"
by taking advantage of our power and influence
as students, asking rhetorically, " If we do not
learn how to build power and influence here
at school, how will we ever learn to build it in
our communities?"
Firstl y, th ey ' re co rrec t. I think stud enl
government is exactl y what this campu s
and we, the stud ent s, need for a pi ethora
of reasons, But interesting ly, ri ght ne xt to
this same artic le appears another ann ouncing th e Student Uni on's plan for enrollm ent
growth. It 's reported that th e Washington State
Legislature has " put pressure on Evergreen to
grow the student population from ju st under
4,000 stude nt s to 5,000 stuclent s by the 20 1415 sc hool year. " Eve rgree n. in past years, has
bee n g ro win g- inc rementall y a nd with o ut
press ure- by about a hun dred ne w studcnlS
pe r year. Their pro posal 10 put such a plan into
aCli on is direc te d through th e Un ion's task of
"ex panding " ,curri culu m 10 acco mmodate and
all rac t new stu de nls.':
" Expandin g curriculu m" is a fishy phrase,
T he arti cle is no more c lear on what ex pansion mi ght mean th an it is on how our fac i lilies
might accomm odate a 25% growth in pop ulati on, Such vague lang uage leaves students
in th e dark, hoping th ey ' re not talking about
"waterin g down" our prog rams and making us
more like other sc hoo ls in hopes of allracting
more students.
There 's an interesting relati onship between
an institution and its people. Whil e we' ve got
Eve rgreen , Evergreen al so has us , 'It is our
parti c ipatory experience in th e instituti on
that form s our community. People make the
place.
Personally, I have never felt a greater sense
of communi ty than here at Evergreen, and I
know many of you feel the same . Community
is not phys ically where one li ves o r bow many
people live there, Community is an ex perien ce,
one that's felt wh en you've found your own
little niche in the bi gge r pi cture. I agree with
the Uni on and the Evergreen th eory that if we
don 't harn ess co mmuni ty here we ' re rea ll y
mi ss ing out. In creas ing the student populati on
is anti- Evergreen in all thai we, as a ti ght-k nit
community and a progress ive institution, stand
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Letters to the Editor
trash
Barga in sho ppe rs be w a re: You r shit is o ld
hat beca use the d um pste r d ive rs are co m ing up!
D o n ' t take my wo rd for it, tho ug h; come to the
CA B building at 5 p.m . o n Fr iday, Feb ru a ry II
and watc h th e " Pa ri s Esque" ru n way show as
part of Sy ne rgy, T he Fo urth A nnua l S us ta inabl e
Livin g Confe re nce. Co me gape a t the m o de ls o r
pa rti c ipa te yo urse l fb y c reatin g yo ur o wn '"Trashy
Fas hi o n" courtesy o f Rayo na Vi squee n, the c reator o f " Haute Tras h."
.
R o bin Wor ley, a ls o kn ow n as " R ayo na
Vi squee n," is a fin e a rti st a nd fas hion des ig ne r
who h as been wo rking togeth e r w ith and o rgani z in g th e ta le nts of Tra s h Fas hi o n Des ig ne rs
all a ro und th e world fo r a lm os t two decad es to
bring yo u the unfo rgetta ble a nd th o ug ht provo king Pe rfo rm a nce Art & Fas hi o n M aste rpi ece :
Haute T ra s h . Ha ut e Tras h w o rk s with m a ny
no n-p ro fit e nvironm e nta l an d yo uth orga ni zati ons th ro ug hout N o rth e rn C a l i fo rni a, O rego n,
Was hing to n a nd H awai i to edu ca te a nd e nt e rta in a t consc io us ness-ra is in g eve nts. Rob in is
a cos tume des ig ne r by trade and wa s em pl o yed
as Head De sig ne r 'fo r the Un ive rs ity o f I la wa ii
Th eate r. S he now li ves in Seattl e a nd cOlllinues
to free la nce w ith he r des ig ns.
A t las t yea r ' s H ,O .P. E.S ( H o li s ti c O pti o ns
in Pl a ne t Ea rth S us ta in a bilit y) Co nfe re nce a t
the U ni ve rsity of O rego n in E ug e ne, the Tras hy
Fas h ion show was a g reat s uccess th a t b ro ug ht
200 s pectato rs to w atc h 60 Tras h- c lad m od e ls
strut down th e run way in the ir new de sig ns. T he re
w as a Dav id Bowie look-a like in a futuri s ti c
pirate o utfit strai g ht Ollt o f Mad Max: Beyond
Thunderdome a nd a no th e r in a s uit o'ut o f o ld
stuffed an imal s, just to na me a fe w.
So if you have s pecial pieces that y ou think
will m a ke a parti c ular socia l comm enta ry, beg in
co llectin g them now. Des ig ne rs w ill work w ithin'
the tneme of the s how througho ut th e day during
the Tras hy Fashion workshop in the HCC . Ha ute
Tras h will provid e a ll tras h and recycled m ate rials, so a ll yo u have to bring is a good att itude
and a dirty mind.
Afte r th e run way s how, t he local O ly mpi a
dan ce punk ba nd Othe r G hos t w ill play the ir
ene rgeti c set. Whe n I as ke d O the r G host 's g uitari st Grant Fa irbroth e r how he fe lt abo ut thi s
new wave o ffas hion, he sa id th at " We have be en
advo cating tras hy fa s hi o n fo r a lo ng time a nd we
are ha ppy to fin a ll y s uppo rt it in a live setting ."
Othe r Ghost will rel ease a full-l e ngth a lbum in
mid- spring on the labe l Rad io is Down. For m o re
info , vi s it http: //www. oth e rg host. c Oln .
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This winter's hot
By Forrest Peaker
( i" lllk:r:
Build",£
Tom J:ly
LETTERS AND OPINIONS _ _ _ _cO_O_P_E_R_P_OI_N_T.::.,..JO_U_R_NAL
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gitimate entity by virtue of such an un-Gandhi- whi ch must be so lved as one issue.
li ke hi story, We will not dwe ll mu ch on the
Mr. Stanley, we ask yo u to ask yo urse lf,
hi stori cal in acc uraci es, th ough whole books how does the killin g of Israe li school chil d ren
could be wri ll en on Ih e subj ecl, but it shoul d advan c e the ca use of Pa lestin e? Can yo u
sufli ce to say th at the hudn a (" armi stice," as honestly call Ihi s ju st, no' matt er that they
we ll as "ca llll , qui et" in Arabic ) has nol bee n may one day serve in ,the IDF? (Let us not
unknown 10 eve n ex tremist groups li ke Islami c forge t the exempli ons for Hared i Jews and th e
Jihad and the AI-Aqsa rvl art yrs Bri gade, all of ' man y re fusniks who o ppose co nsc ripti o n,)
which pani cipated in a forty- fi ve day, un il ateral
Do you It onestly thin k that eilher Israel will
cease- lin: in tht: sUlllm er of 200], a cease- fir e be deslroyed- and if so, thai thi s is a goud
Israe l di d not rcsp<'c l. (This is to say nothi ng thing- or th ai Ih cse actions will do anyt hing
Df the large ly non· viok nt intifilu a of the latc mo rc thall prov ide justili cati ol) for 1I1 0re II lF
ei ghti cs.) Additi \lIl al l) . C\ cl1t ho ugh it has bt:en in(ll rsions illto Pal estinian c it ies?
, h\l\\ n thai Ihe enlire l) o f Palestinian soc iet\
~ Ir. Flec k. call v() ut ruly fi nd no legitimacy
i, ca pable ul ' pan icip,alin g in a slI',p cnsion of in th c' I' aicstin ia n en for Ihe ir hll nHln riglt ts
\ iole ncl', it i, lI nl:ur to insi, t tha i eVer) ' ingle " I' sel r-de terminati on. \ 11' rr cedonl of speech
111<:'l1 her pf :1 p:mi eli lar gr\lllp . pa rt icli larl\
and Ih ll lO glll , o r hUll1a ne li\ ing cond ilions so
,l ne \lith Ill illi l"ls u l 'l1 clll he rs. confnr' l1 tn \\()l,rll ll) :Ibsent rroll ' Ih e o\'en:rowdcd ci lics
a pa rt icul ar he ha \ io r I) r. Ki ng" nDn-\'io- and rd 'uger canl ps'.' Ca n yo u sec no hll 'llanle nt \I (lr ~ It,,' l'il il ri ghts \l hi ch !\ 1r. Flec k it ~ in th e C) c, o r cll ildrell lookin g OI,t rrom
c k arl) ad l11irc, . a, \I e ;) 11 do · \1<\ , not made' tlt e camps \l ho \\ ill ne\ er sec a nc\\ schUl' 1.
il legi tim ate b) Ihe \ i"knt ac tio n, o l thc Hlac.k
a ru ll ~ stocked cl inic or a life fr ee fro m ka r
I' anther I'a rt) an)' Ill ure Ih an Ihe ac li" itic s uf of attack so long :I S thi s bruta l exchange or
peaceful I' ak , ti ni an <lc li \ ists in Ta'av lI sh, the vio lence co nt il)ues',)
ISI\ L Ihe J<; wi sh'I'a lcsti nian vil linge uf Nevc
We ask everyo ne to I'UI dowlI their ha ired,
Sha lom- Wa hat al-Sa la lll and ( 'olll edy lo r Peace pul aside Iheir Gil ls fo r revc nge nnd Ihe ' ~ iu s
arc invalid:\lc d hy the viol enl ;)clions ta ken fly tic<:!" of the bomb or gun and work together
Ilalll ils.
for real cl)nistencc. Israel is not go ing away.
We writ e th is not with the int cnt olallacking Th e Palcs tinians arc not go ing away, The only
indi vidual s, but in an el'l011 to enco urage self- solution for us is 10 li nd a way for all sides 10
eva luation. We must all recognize the hClerogc- li ve in a peaceful and j ust coe xi stence. This
neity o f each side. NOI all Palestini ans are ter- co nfl ict will reac h th e cnd nOI through haired
ro ri sts, Not all israe li s;;up porilbe occupal ion. an d violence, but by Ihe recogni tion on bolh
There arc tli ose who want peace and j ustice on sides Ih al th ey share with th e i r "enem y": a
both sides, gi vin g th e ir all so th at their voices co ml11 on God (by and large), a co 111 111 on love
may be heard above Ihe constant din ofvi olcnce. of democracy, a common thirst for a r eace lltl
This co ntli ci is so em oti onall y weighted thai Ide , a comm on connecti on to the land, and most
all in volved should take a step back, lose th eir import ant ly. a COllllllon hum anity:
id ent ities as Z ioni st or I>a lcslin ia nnati ona lists,
or however Ih ey i d e nt i l ~' Ih cmse lves . ;\mll ook /li/t'.!' II i ll)(/o O'lIr d - /'m l/ IIlId .lOO IIII{l II ;//'t, {In!
at Ih e true human cost on bOlh sid es. Israe li s arc l i (' \IIII I(' 1I ~ I /I ,, /It'd I II Cultura l Landsc3pes :
sulTe ring. Pa lestinia ns arl' sullc ri ng, Th ese are f' <:o plc, Places i\/l d I'ower.
not Iwd sep:u:lt e problem" but ralher a single,
inseparab le nlass 01' in tricacies and co nfl icts
A clarification of nonviolence
By Alan Williams
I' d li ke to re spond
to Jac o b Sta nl ey 'S
"~Jj:r4 gross mi sunde rstand ing oC the word s paei / is/ and II OIIl 'i o l en e!' ,
S ianl ey men ti o ns
th at he " ". te nd[s]
......__.....-=_ .......Ut!.,.. to on ly suppo rt vi ole nce when it comes
10 revolution and radica l refo rm in government,
not when done to achi eve persona l means that
co uld be solved in nonvio lent way s." First of
all, a pacifis t does not support vi olence in any
situation, case closed, Secondly, the nature of
revo lutions and wars is th at th ey are both personal and group-ori ented, so Stanley will not
find a revolution that is to hi s liking. Thirdl y,
revo lutions and wars tend to be inherently violent; otherwi se, they would be called strikes.
When Gandhi orchestrated th e Indi an population's refusal to work as a nonviol ent measure, for exampl e, this was not a revolutionary
measure, except in the sense that it was "new."
In regards to nonviolence, yes, Gandhi could
only have su cceede d with the backin g of
for. What makes E vergreen Evergreen are th e
interdi sciplinary programs and the people these
progressive ideas attract. We are a mosaic of
people brought together by a shared taste fo r th e
unusual. In creas in g Ihe stud enl body to sati sfY
the State Legislature is a poo r fir st step fo r our
new Union and will dilute the expe rience of our
community. The Student Uni on is not "working
on th e issues most important to [us]" as they
th e Ind ian popu lat ion. Strengt h in numb ers
is indeed he lpfu l for change, But Stan ley is
conru si ng the goa ls of Ih e Indi an Nati onal
Co ng ress - whi c h wa s se lf-rul e·- w il h
Gan dhi 's goa ls. T he und erl yi ng purp ose o f
nonviolence fo r Gandh i was not to usher out
the Bri tish and " radica ll y reform governm ent,"
but to ge t at th e hearts of th e British, to break·
the lis-them mentali ty altogether. Only Ihen will
tomorrow's confli cts be postponed inde1i nile ly.
Was Gand hi too optimi sti c of hum an nature?
Perhap s. But to c laim that the Palesti nian people
have no choice but to be violent, as Stanl ey
argues- because nonviolence somehow on ly
funclions if there is strength in \\lImbers- is to
totally mi sconstrue th e utility of nonvi olence.
GandTii told the British that they should see
the wi sdom in leaving India, but, more importantl y; he wanted them to leave as fri end s,
Because of these misc oncepti ons, Stanl ey
reduce s the Israeli /Palestinian conflict to
a "differenc e in c ulture." He falls pr ey
to e xa ctly wh at he a dvo cate s aga in s t.
Alan Williams is ajunior enrolled in Nietzsc he:
Life, Times, Work. He is studying anthropolugy
and philosophy
claim they to be, Unfortunately, in their firsl
term of existence, our Union is already tak ing
orders from above and shunt ing the ideals of
the students.
Adam Hilton is a sophomore enrolled in Power
in American Society.
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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It 's in the air.
News of it is invading te levision commercial blocks and
video stores alike.
They're girls ". and
they ' ve gone wi ld . I
feel the need to alert
e campus
sp reading phenomenon, to
warn that more and more schools contain young
women that are going wild and Evergreen could
be next. This would be a crisis of epic proportions and I will do every thing in my power to
prevent it.
I know; I was shocked too. Like yo u, I also
fo und myself askin g, "W hat co ncentric circle
of Hell have Ijust stepped into, where ordinary
girls have gone wild?" Reports are pouring in
from all over the country on this phenomenon
a'nd the ads in ·their attempts to describe it
only make it more eni gmatic .•Describing the
women in question as, "dozens of real college
girls, uncensored and totally out of control",
the young women in question come off as
frightening and scandalous, the kind, as the
late Rick James put it, "that yo u don't bring
home to mother."
A few things you should know abo ut those
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going wi ld so you too can be on the lookout:
'The women in question do not seem' to have
names or specific attribut es. They are merel y
portrayed as belonging to specific phyla such
as "co llege ctHies." "sorority sweethearts." and
"hot, sex'! co-eds." Don ' t be foo led by such
deceptive adverti sing. The ads are making the
timeless media mi stake of lumping people
together and not presenti I1 g the necessary facts .
Many of the girls are cuties, yes, bu t what if
they are onl y takin g part- tim e classes? Do they
still qualitY as co llege cuties?
For that matter, what if they're on finan cial
aid and are not full y paid up, thereby qualifying
themse lves as students? What then ? You do not
wind up looking lik e that eating Top Ramen,
beli eve me. And how do ihey know which gi rl s
belong to soro rities? Do th ey ask th em as they
go wi ld? Eve n if th ey are in sororiti es , many
of them don 't really look like sweethearts to
me. Some of them look kind of unpleasan t and
homely, like th ey wou ldn' t help you change
your tire. Not really sweethearts. Some of the
co-eds look hot but not quite sexy, others sexy
but not entirely hot. Deceptive advertising if
eve r I heard it.
And yet they are go ing wild l So many questions bombard the mind of the viewer of the
ads: Who are these girls? Where did they come
fro.m? Why are they going wild? What is ca us-
deployments are an integral aspect of maintainin g a forward U. S. military prese nce,
In May of 2004. ensurin g operati onal readine ss to res pond
th c O lympi a C it y to cr is is. and preparing Nati onal G uard and
Co un c il exp ress ed Reserve Forces to prepare th cir wart ime misco ncern abo ut the si\)ns" (Ce nt er fo r In ternati onal Poli<:y: hll p:
pro poscd vis it o f I·' www.e iponline.org ).
the nuc lear powered
Ncw H o r i ~o n s ' o pe rati ons in l ' ent ra l
US S .-\ Illcrica and th ~ Ca ribbea n Islan ds claim to
su bma rine
Olympia. Ultimatel y. buil d sciwols . cl inics. roads and water well s.
E:..._ _.J the Navy ca ncelld
While there is agre ea bl e te stim ony to th ese
its vis it due to safel) concern s for citi ze ns operat ions. they arc not always ·wa rrant ed.
of Olympia as we ll as the sublll arinc' s cre w. wclcomed or in vited. O riginall~ th e program
Duri ng the same timc. the i'nrt of Olympia ha r- \\ as ca lkd " I:"crl c, Ca rnin o, Slro ng Roads."
hored its li rst i\ hi ita " ~e al in(.ollln ta nd (\ tS( ') c.' .:mpl il) in gl SSOl ' III('()\ t's dcte rm in<lu'"l
~ra n ' pOrl ship in 17 \ cars. the SS ( 'a pe Is land.
tn turn Indi !!.c nolls iand in Cc ntral .· \ merica into
: he ncws of thesc e\erllS alened m ~l n \ orus in tactical llli lita r\· te lTar n mu ch like the lJerman
I' hurs ton ('o unty ablllll Olympia 's role in the ,\ ut<1b ahn ;Ind the ( nited State, Int erstale
Bush Ad mini stra tilln' s gillba l \\ ar un te rro r.
S> stem . h)r nlan) people in th c hosl countries.
"i nce ' tav. the port has h~l r bored li\c n1<1<'<.: Operati on 0: e\\' Hori/llns is an illeg it imate
\ tSC ships. inc lu di ng the SS Cap e Intrepid and neuse I'll I' the LS militar) tll maintain a prcsthe \ tV Cape K n o~. \\'ith ca rgo tra vel ing toa nd ence whi ch is assnciated nl't wi th hUllI ani tarfrom Ihe ~ lidd lc Eas!. T" S:l V that oLlr po rt is i.lIl wo rk bllt wi th pur, uing th,' in tcre sts ufthe:.
becomin g an increasingly illl lllirt :lI1t appcnd- ,\ ll1crican im per i~ 1 agc:. nda.
age "it h whi ch tn deplm Inil itar) presence
Ilaiti ha s becn an unlu ck\ recip icn t il l' ''
:11 1 ova th e wo rili wo uld 1I0t bc out of line . Opcrati oll l'\ew Ho ri ~o n s fo r ~ca r s .ln the tlm n
Clearly it is. In I)cc':I" b<:r. thc Departmcn t 0 1' of I\ til o!. ma) or t< lo ise .lean- Char les is vet:
Ilo mel an d Security (DI IS I passcd Iegi ~ l at i o n criti ca l of US SO UTHCOM 's intrus ivene ss .
to create a "pcrm anent sec urity zo ne" in Budd "I I' they continuc co nstrllui on without gelling
Inlet to protec t "vital nati onal sec urit y asset s." permi ssion, we will tear down all th e construcwhi ch is perhaps the most acute indi"ation of tionthcy do there," said Jean-Charles in regards
escalating usage (Federa l Register/ Vn l. 69. No. to an unapproved orphanage called "Children
".'..17/ Friday. December to. 2004). This means of Promise." Ne w Hori zon's Co mm and er in
·th e Unit ed States Coast Gua rd (USCG) now charge of Haiti at th e tim e. Michael Brennan.
pa trols and monit ors Budd Inl et as we ll as admitted to the unauthori zed building, stating
the Po rt of Ol ympi a with sec urity boats with that hi s engineers had "volunteered their sermou nted machin e gun s l Now. virtuall y any vice ... at the request ofa U.S. non-governmenmilitary shipment. for any reason. place and tal organization" (i laili I'rogress. i\ ugus t 9-15 ,
time, can pass through Olymp ia protected by ".'.OOO).There are num ero us art icles connecting
the USCG. The port commiss ioners. director New Hori zo ns with NA FTA, CAFTA and the
and citi zens. to whom the port bel ongs. have FTA A. Plan Pueblo-Panama. an instat lmen.l of
no say in the matt er.
corridors and industrial manufacturing plants
Recently, like so much else in the media, to be used by multi-nilliona l corporations, is
the phrase "humanitarian aid" has been used to perhaps the most widely discussed operatior.I
describe a variety of operati ons. 7i11! O~Ylllpiall , in connec tion with New Horizons.
in articles such as " Humanitarian Supplies Ship '
As long as we li sten unquestioningly to
Out from Olympia," has misled many read ers what Th~ Olympial/ and others print about the
into believing th at the military's use of th e port (prese nt author included), the USCG will
Port of Olympia is now being used for posi- continue to patrol our home wi th our silent
tive. much needed assistance ab road by loosely approval. Furth ermore. military shipments to
using language with widely accepted meanin g Iraq. Ce'ntral America and anywhere else will
(The Olympial1. Jan uary 14,2004) . Not only are continue to ori ginate fr om our downtown . We
the new shipments mislabeled as "humanitar- share a unique respon sibility as citizens of
ian." they are an indication of diverse military Olympi a and the world to demand that our port
deployments we can expect to see in the future . be used for serv ices which promote peaceful
It is not difficult to read beyond nit! Olympian's
welfare at home and abroad.
statements to di scove r the extent of humaniAction/Information : • Port commistarian aid that actually occ urs through the s ioner meetings: second and fourth Mondays,
United States Military Southern Command 's 5:30 p.m. at III Market St. N.E. • Olympia
(USSOUTHCOM) "Operation New Horizons." Movement for Justice and Peace port comWithin the language of Humanitarian Civic ' mittee meeting, Sunday, February 6, 2 p.m. at
Assistance (HCA) , the Department of Defense Olympia Freeskool , 808 Jefferson St.
states that "the deployment's primary purpose
must be training of U.S. forces , readiness Andrew Beck is a senior taking a contract in
exercises or military operations ... Overseas Alhenian democracy.
ing this behavior? Does it come in DVD?
Finally, one slow and listless Sunday afternoo n after much personal and spiritual ruminati on, I came to th e fo ll owing conclusions:
I.
Liquor is present in all the sc'enes
co ntainin g th ese girls.
2.
Judging by their behavior, the g irls
who "Go Wild" ,have each co nsumed mass
quantiti es of the aforementioned liquor.
3. ' Each of th e ads dea ling with these
"Gi rl s Gone Wi ld" serve as proof th at the g irls
have been doc umented , filmed , and copied on
VHS and DVD whic h are avai lable for the
low, low price of $ 19.95 plus shippin g and
handling.
4.
Order and purchase of the videos
requires age of no less th an 18. No C.O.D. 's
accepted .
I ordered a copy of the G.G . W. for my own
personal study. I suggest you do the same. The
things I witnessed were naturally all I needed
to co nfirm my sus picions. 'These girl s were
indeed going wild.
Watching the footage itself is like watching a train wreck. Or pro wrestling. You k'now
what you're see ing is awful, damaging, even
repu lsive, and yet you can 't stop you rselffrom
wanting to watch it. Ac tually, it 's a lot like pro
wrestling. Crassness, show ing off, superficiality alid over-tanned ski n that would make
Geo rge Hamilton cringe.
Can yo u imagine what it would be like if
Evergreen went wi ld? The very fabric of tim e
and space wo uld warp, producing a dozen or
so mini-sup ernovas and 'a tr'iple ea rthquake
on every known fau lt line as layers of thrift
store cloth ing, hemp unde,,"ear, leg warmers.
t-shirts with the names of obsc ure bands on
them and more bracelets, beads and neckwear
than a ' Masai warri or would be shed with a
portentous indi fference. Beauty is in the eye
of the beholder, yes, but th is wou ld not be the
.
prettiest of sights.
Many people believe th at Eve rgreen is not
the type of sc hool to go wild. For one thin g, it's
too cold to go wild. No use go ing wild when
it 's too cold. Some also say that Evergree n's
female population is, by its very nature, simply
not the kind of crowd to go wild ; in all se rious ness, I believe th at is one of their hi ghl y
ad mirab le traits.
But we ' ll see about th at. Don 't say I didn't
warn you.
Lee's New Rule of the Week: Idols are
everlasting. I don't think the new season of
Amel:ican Idol is something to get worked up
about seei ng as th e former winners of the show
are people about which Americans ca n neither
remember nor g ive a rat 's ass!
Lee Kepraios is a senior at EI·ergreen.
Sexual violence is a men's issue .
By philipe lonestar
I have heard a lot
of peo ple re fer to
se xual vio lence as
a "wo men's iss ue. "
Wh ife it is true that
female people are
sex ua ll y ass a ult ed
at a llIuch higher rate
th an ma le pe o pl e.
th e trllth is that se~ u al vio len ce affe cts us
all. Currentl y th ere are few stati stics about
tfnnsge ndercd and ge nderqueer survivors. yet
pe rsonal accoun ts rc\cal the intensity ofse ~ual
\ iolcncc towa rd gendcr \a rlant people. es pecia II) whcn tran sphob lcl is a part or tha t opp ressio n. II is impo rtant t'o kn o'" th at people o ra ny
cl ass. race. gen der. "hi lit\. u tlture. sexua lity
and geographic a re~1 can be per pc trators and
, un Ivurs ot' s e~ual an CI dlll nestic vio len ce.
It is import ant that malc peopl e are not left
out of the di sc ussio n abou t s c ~ ua l violence
beca use "a re ec nt nation a l eS lim ate sugge, ts th at one out oj' evcrv eight men wi ll be
sexually assaultcd during hi s life time" (http :
;;www.aardva rk.org ). As with women and
tran sgcndercd peop le. most mcn are sex ually
assa ulted by ot her men. Thi s is another reason
that it is so illlpOl1<lm that we see sexual violence
as a men's iss ue. Most men arc not perpetrators.
yet most perpetrators are men. Ac tivi sts like
Jackson h:atz (http :!(wwwjack sonkatz.colll )
recogni ze that men must be a part of the so luti on to endi ng male vi olence in our society. He
is wide ly recogni zed for his grollndbreaking
work in the field of gender violence prcvention
educati on wi th men and boys, particularly in
th e sports culture and the military. He also has
films ava ilable through the Office of Sexual
Assau lt Preventi on abou t men. media and
violence.
Aa rdvark, a website wi th informati on about
sex ual violence, notes that "as with men who
rape women, men who rape ot her men are
motivated primari Iy by a desire to do violence
and to assert power. " Sexual violence is about
power and control rather than sex uality. It is
also true that women can sex ually abuse people.
A II types of relati onships can be affected by
sexua l viole nce. whether they are queer, heterosexual , bisexual. pansexual, polyamorous.
lesbian or gay.
There are spec ial challenges that men face
. in getting supp ort around sexual violence.
Because of gender roles that are perpetuated
in our society by forces such as the media, men
ofte n rightfully fear they will not be believed if
they speak up about violence th at they are surviving or have been through in the past. They
may have heard people say "Men should be able
to defend themselves.," or "Men who get beat up
are sissies." They may fear the assumption that
men should always want to have sex, especially
with women. Men may have' valid fears that
people will assum e they are gay eve n th ough
they idemi fy as heterosex ual. Men who are
gay, bisexual or queer may worry that people
wi ll attribute their sex uality to the abuse. eve n
though iIi reality people 's sexual ity is inlluenced by man y co mpli ca ted factors. There
are fewer sex ual assa uIt age ncies th at se rvc
men and fewe r mal e empl oyees that work in
the sex ual as sa ult preventi on field . With aJ I o j'
these myths and stere ot ypes men fiKe , it ca n
be hard to speak up and reac h out for support
and serv ices as a man. The Evergrecn Officc
of Sex ual Assault Pre ve mi on serves mcn and
incl udes me n as staff. in tern s and vo luntee rs.
Safep lace. Oly mpi a 's local domestic violence
and sexual assault preventi on agency, serves
me n on their crisis line at 754-6300.
In 2002 , stati sti cs cll mpiled by th e U.S.
Departm ent oj' J usticl:. l3 urea u of Jus ti ce
Statistics. show that ove r 3 1.000 males over
the age of 12 re po rted be ing the victim of rape
or sex ual assa ult. r hi s number ca n onl y be a
small part of total aClllal sex ual assault s aga inst
men . Onl y' 1)4% of all victims of all ge nd ers
repo rt sex ual assau lts. :Vlost survi vors knew
th eir pe rpetrator. They could be a date, fr iend .
partn er. teacher. co-worker. classmate or service provider. (http ://www. aardvark. org )
The Eve rgree n Offi ce of Sex ual Assa ult
Prevention is here to serve all communities
and indi vidua ls who need support. informati on and ed ucat ion aro und the iss ue of sex ual
viole nce. I f you have lived through violence
of any kind, emotional , physical or as a witness, yo u dese rve support. Trained advocates
are available. You do not have to report what
happened to the police to access our services.
We are here to support you in whatever you
choose, whether that is telling your story. getting medical attention. referrals to therapists.
help with talking to faculty about how th e
violence is affecting your academic "York ,
infomlation about the legal system, healing and
more. The Office of Sexual Assault Prevention
is located in the Seminar I building in room
4121. A II services are free and confidential. If
you are in need of services or if you'd just like
to talk, please call extension 5221 to schedule
an appointment. If you need support immediately or after the offi ce is closed, please call
Police Services at extension 6140 and request
to speak with an advocate from the office of
Sexual Assault Prevention. You do not have to
report the violence to Police Services to 'reach
an advocate. If you are in danger, call 9-911
immediately or 9tl from off-campus phones.
philipe lone star is a senior enroUed ill all
independenl contract on 16 mmfilm and animation production. Zhe is studying gendel; sex
and graphic and //loving image media. Zhe is
also the Peer Educatioll Student Coordinator
at the Evergree n Office of Sexual Assault
Prevention.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2005
The Curmudgeon: Greeners Gone Wild
Port of Olympia and global militarization
By Andrew Beck
LEITERS AND OPINIONS
Emotional roller
coas~er
fellow student next to me told me the S.O.
g uard Brad Coen was going to come off
Both opponents were in the top 25; both a pick and shoot the three for win. I told
opponents were in th e top three in the con- him he was crazy, and if th ey were smart
ference ; both opponents were coming off th ey'd take advantage of Co llins' absence
a win; both opponents were trailing with and lob strai ght into Washington for an
under a minute left in th e ga me, and both easy two. Maybe I s houldn ' t have talked
opponents should ' ve lost at the C RC thi s , so loud because Washingt on proceeqed to
past weekend. " Should have" is th e key rec eive the ball and work his mag ic aga inst ·
phrase as # I 0 South ern Oregon (S.O.) was undersized senior Josh Peterso n and tie the
able to squeak out a 75-72 win in a double game as the buzzer so und ed.
In the first overtime both teams fe lt
overtime thriller last Friday ni ght.
I was a sked to make a prediction each other out as they eac h on ly scored two
before th e Friday ni g ht ga me a nd I'll points but S.O. jUlllped out and scored the
admit, I said S .O . wo uld win by 19. first five points of the seco nd overtime and
Look a t the numbers : Evergree n loses never looked back. Se ni or captain Walter
by an ·average of 13 points, plus S.O, is Tucker led th e team in scoring for the tenth
led by a second team A ll-American and tim e thi s seaso n w ith 20 as teammates
last week's national pl aye r of the \~eek , Giovonne Woods and Doug Dietz help o ut
Shea Washin gton . How in the world cou ld with 13 and II res pectively. After tbe game
Eve rgreen win ihi s ga me? Answer? Let Southern Oregon coac h Brian McDermott
Washin gto n do hi s thin g an d shut down sa id, " We g utted one out toni g ht. We eas iIy
the re st of the S.O . squad with a mi xtu re could've lost by 20 based on Eve rgreen 's
of a full court press and a two- three zo ne determ inat ion."
The next ni ght , a ll the ing red ie nt s
to confuse the Raide r offen se. Was hington
were
present for anoth er loss. N umber 15
proved his dominance with 28 points and
eight boards while eve ryone else took a Oregon Tech, winners of 13 out of their last
16 gallles coming in fre sh off an 18-point
backseat chipping in when they could.
win
against a team th at would be deflat ed
Evergreen did th e best th ey cou ld ,
a
lier
a gutsy 50-minute battle the previous
rushing out to early 20- 11 and 34-22 first
half It:ads a nd shooti ng a remarkable 63 night. The first ha lf, neither team was ab le
percent from the field . I n th e seco nd half to really break away from the other and
the mom e ntum continued as Eve rgreen Eve rg reen was stari ng at a seve n point 33 went on a 14-0 run to open the up the lead 26 halftim t: defi cit. But s imilar (0 the night
at 50-37 before tail spinning downward. before, Evergree n s howed (he detenninaSenior Barson Collins fouled out at the ti o n that th e South ern Oregon coac h had
8: IS mark, and while hi s box score may menti o ned and went on a 12-0 run to tak e
not ha.ve as impressive as rece nt outin gs. the lead . Both tea ms went back and forth
his presence was sore ly mi ssed. With three from tllen on in a game that di s played te n
ticks left on the clock. S.O. was given one ti es.
Senior leaders hip was o n d is pla y as
last chance and I stood in the corner looking at how they set lip for th e final play. ;\ captain Walt Tucker (Jack son, MS) once
in the CRC
By Kip Arney
I'hOi o by Kip Amey
Men s Baskethall split their games this weekend aRainst Southern OreRon and Oregon
Tech. very close galll es with intel1.l e determination displayed by the Geoducks.
aga in led the team in sco rin g witLl 16 and
Barso n Co llins was close on hi s hee ls with
13 . No two points were bi gge r for Tucker
w he n with 16 seconds left, he was o n th e
receiv ing end of a perfect Princetonesque
backdoor c u( and was fou led, se ndin g him
to the line foJ' two free throws. With ice in
hi s ve in s. Tucker sa nk both free thro'ws,
giv ing the Geoducks a 64-63 lead . That
ve ry s core became f in al, as Oregon
Tech 's final sho t rimm ed off and se ni o r
Julius Marsha ll was ab le to pull down th e
rebound for a victory.
The s pl it over th e weekend se nt
Evergreen's record 10-16, matching t hei r
I",intotal for all of las t year with fiv e games
remaining . The Geoducks will head out
o n the road for (he finaltillle this reg ul ar
sea son as they tak e on Co ncordi a and
Wt:stern Bapti st thi s wee kend .
KII) Arney is ajllninr enrolt..:d in Forens ics
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FEBRUARY 3, 2005
Events This Week
Thursday, February 3
10 a.m.-ooon. The Angry Eye will be
shown in Lecture Hall 4.-
Saturday, February 12
7 p.m. The Vagina Mon%gues will
be performed in the recital hall in
the Communications building. Bring
donations of feminine necessities.
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1:30-3:30 p.m. Day of Presence AntiOppression Training will be held in the
Library Building. Exact location to be
announced.
3 p.m. SESAME presents I Exist from
the U.S. Lecture Hall 3.
'"
6 p.m. SESAME presents The Virgin
Diaries from Morocco. Lecture Hall 3.
Friday, February 4
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Day of Absence
off-campus potluck will be held at the
Lacey Community Center.
9 a.m.-noon. The workshop White
Folks: Anti-Racism and the Web
ojOppression still has spots available. Contact Jean Eberhardt at
eberharj@evergreen.edu or 867-S62 I.
Monday, February 7
2 p.m. GAIA Day, or Earth Day,
Brainstorm Meeting in CAB 320.
Tuesday, February 8
7 p.m. Umoja presents a poetry slam
in Library 1000.
Wednesday, February 9
I p.m. Tacoma Community College
is holding a Black Student Union
Summit. A van leaves the Library
Loop at 1 p.m .. If you want to go,
ema il baukan 19@ evergreen.edu.
Friday, February II .
7 p.m. The Vag ina Mon910gues will
be performed in th e recital hall in
the Communications building. Bring
donations of fem in i'ne necessities.
8 p.m. Come see Dan Blunck Jazz
Noveau at the Spar.
Sunday, February 13
7 p.m. The Vagina Monologues will
be performed in the recital hall in
the Communications building. Bring
donations of feminine necessities.
Weekly Group Meetings
Monday
4-6 p.m. The S&A Board meets in
CAB 3IS ..
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.
6-8 p.m. Racqqetball League in the
CRe.
7 p.m. Improvisational Theater,
Sem inar II C II OS .
7:30 a.m. Yoga Club, CRC 116.
9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at the
C Re.
/
Tuesday
4 p.m. Prison Action Committee
meet s in CAB 320, Workstation 10.
4 p.m. STAR,. Seminar II B2109.
4 p.m. Racquetball in the CRe.
4:30 p.m. The Evergreen Compost
Club meets in the Organic Farm
workroom. for more info, email
carjayI3@ evergreen.edu .
5 p.m. Yoga Club, CRC 117.
5 p.m. Soccer in the Pavilion.
7 p.m. Students for Christ, Seminar
II A2100 ..
5 p.m. Gaming Guild, CAB 320.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in .
the Longhouse.
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9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at the
CRe.
4 p.m. Women's Resource Center,
CAB 31S.
4 p.m. Racquetball in the CRe.
Wednesday
4 p.m. CPJ paper critique. Come
7:30 a.m. Yoga Club, CRC 116.
voice concerns about the week's paper.
1 p.m. Evergreen Queer Alliance,
4 p.m. ASIA meets in the CAB third
Sem i nar " e21 07.
floor conference room .
1:30 p.m. Environmental Resource
5 p.m. Yoga Club, CRC 117.
Center, Seminar" E3IOS.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
1:30 p.m. Radical Catholics meet in
the Longhouse.
CAB 320.
5 p.m'. Dodge ball in the Pavilion.
1:30 p.m. Native Student Alliance
Come play! .
meets in CAB 320, Workstation 13.
6 p.m. EARN meets to discuss animal
2 p.m. Evergreen Capitalists Orgarights in CAB 320.
nization, Library 1308.
6 p.m. Men's Center meets in CAB
2 p.m. VOX - Communities for
320 in Workstation 2.'
Choice, CAB 320, Cubicle 17. Office
7 p.m. Percussion Club, basement of
hours: Wednesday, 1-2 p.m., CAB 320, the Library Building. All are welcome
Cubicle 17.
and drums are provided!
3 p.m. Jewish Cultural Center,Semi- 7 p.m. Geodance meets in the bottom
nar II E2IOS.
floor of the Library.
3 p.m. SEED, Seminar II E3109.
7 p.m. Juggling Club, Sem inar II
3 p.m.·Women of Color Coalition ,·
B1107.
CAB 206.
6-8 p.m'. Olympia Men's Project
3 p.m. Writer's Guild, Seminar II
meets every second and fourth ThursAI 107.
day at UCAN. For more information,
3:30 p.m. Environmental Alert ,
call (360) 3S2-237S.
CAB 320 <:>n the couches. H~lp '
9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at the
defend Arctic National Wildlife
CRC.
Refuge .
Friday
4-6 p.m. The S&A Board meets in
3 p.m. CPJ Friday Forum. Come
CAB 315 .
.
put your ethics to the test, learn about
4 p.m. EPIC, Seminar II A2IOS.
journalism.
4 p,m. CPJ production night. Come
5 p.m. Electronic Music Collective,
participate in putting together your
Sem inar.1I C2107.
student newspaper.
7 p.m. Giant Robot Appreciation
5 p.·m. Evergreen Irish Resurgence
Society, Seminar II AliOS.
Element meets in CAB 320, Worksta5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
tion 4.
the Longhouse.
5 (l.~. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
5 p.m. ASTESC Student Uni?n
the"Longhouse.
me.ets in CAB 320:
5-7 p.m. Scrabbelicious presented
by the Writing Cen'ter in CAB 108.
Sunday
Coffee, treats, and prizes!
1-3 p.m. Ultimate Frisbee in the
6-8 p.m. Racquetball League in the
Pavilion.
CRC
3 p.m. Kickball on. the field next to
9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at the
the HCC.
CRe.
5:30 p.m. Yoga Club, Lecture Hall 3.
Thursday
6:30 p.m. Common Bread, Long4 p.m. Carnival, Seminar II DII07.
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