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Thefts
becoming a
problem on
campus
Evergreen hosts Take
Back the Night events
on Thursday, April 14
Latest reports coming
from the Student
Activities floor
By Joe Jatcko
During and since Eve rgreen's spring
break, a number ofthefts have taken place
on campus.
Laptops have been the main item that
has been targeted, but bikes and many
other items have been stolen as well.
Reports of thefts are common during
breaks from school , but thi s year they have
carried into spri ng quarter, particularly
around the student activities offices.
Within the last two weeks an additional
two laptops have been stolen: one from the
WashPIRG office and one from MEChA.
In addition, an Xbox has been taken from
the Gaming Guild, over $300 in DVDs
from GRAS, some books from th e Jewish
C ultural Center and an expensive paper
cutter from the floor.
" It 's petty and really sad," sa id Dolly
England. who works on the floor. "Those
things belong to some people who a lready
don't have a lot. I know one of the people
who had their laptop stolen 's parents had
to take out a loan to pay for it."
Some arrests have been made, but the
thefts have not subsided. Right now, the
best thing for students to do is to not leave
their things unattended , especially around
the Student Activities cubicles.
.Joe .latcko is a junior enrolled in
Democracy and Free Speech. He is the
News coordinator at the CPJ.
Evergreen
Lacks Policy
On Student Sex
Offenders
By Ben Tabor
By Teresa Acevedo
Daisy was my/irst drawing using Photoshop. Right now I'm a senior enrolled in Tom Foote and Evan Shopper's program, Fiction and Nonfiction. I want
stories, real and imagined. I like to paint, make digital animations, and wrilemostly write. I'm turning 40 this year and I 've LIVED! I have so much life to share, to write akout, to make people smile or shed a tearto entertain. After all, I'm a Geminithe entertainer and communicator.
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Would you be told if a registered sex
offender enro lled in the same class as you?
What if you were going to share the same
dorm as them ? How about if they were
your roommate? Un like other Washington
State Co lleges, Evergreen lacks school
policies that explain how to dea l with sex
offenders on campus.
Ph y lli s Lane. The Dean of Students
and the acting interim Vice President of
student Affairs. said th at the lac k of policy
rega rding sex offenders "does not mean
thal the college is not responding to the
seriousness of it. "The Vice President said
that Evergreen follows state laws regarding sex offenders. However, state law only
requires police to notify schools that a sex
offender has enrolled. After that, it is left
to schools to address the specifics.
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Volume 33
April 14
News In Brief
Senior Projects Grant
Program
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If you are currently a senior (you ' ve
completed at least 132 credits), and you ' re
working on a se nior project this quarter,
you may be e ligible to receive a $250 grant
from The Friends of the Evergreen State
College Library. Ten grants will be awarded
to seniors who will apply the funds directly
to the production and completi on of their
project this quarter. Gran t recip ients must
agree to di splay their project at a library
exhibition on Super Saturday.
To apply, you must subm it a o ne-pa ge
description of your senior project signed
by yourself and your facu lty to the library
reference desk o r to Jules Unsel in Library
2306. Please remember to include current
contact inform atio n. Application s are
due Friday, April 29. The grants will be
awarded on Tuesday, May 3.
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Photo by Eva Wong
Students observe and participate in The Clothesline Project. The Clothesline Project
is part of Sexual Assult Awareness Month and will be on campus all this week. Any
suvivors ofsexual assult can make a t-shirt to be put on display, and anyone can view
the project on Red Square or in the CAB, depending on weather.
. Thursday, April 14,2005 in Seminar II
A2 105. Evergreen has celebrated TBN for
seven yea rs. TBN on campus is inclusive
Ap ril is Sexual Assault Awareness. of ALL people and aims to support and
Month and, once again, Evergreen will be recognize the experiences of ALL who
hosting Take Back the Night. Take Back face violence in their lives .
the Night is celebrated internationally by
The evening will begin at 5 p.m. with
women, men and children as a way to stand
snacks and socialup agai nst sexual"
izing, fo ll owed by
vio lence and unite
Reva on acoustic
together in end ing
guitar. Reva is an
Community
and
campus
the silence around
Everg reen a lum
members come together
these
is s ues .
and a former
in this ritual that illusCommunity and
emp lo yee
of
campus members
trates our power to take
Safe place. She
come together in
back the night and make
ha s played at
this ritual that illusTBN
for the past
it safe for everyone.
trates our power to
four years . The
take back the ni ght
Female Hip Hop
and make it safe for
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Alliance (FH HA )
everyone.
wi ll also be playing. The Female Hip
Take Back the Night originated in Hop Alliance originally formed to "get
England as women gathe red together and their voices, ex peri ences a nd stories out
rallied and marched to make the streets safe there ."
from sexual violence. The first Take Back
There will be two guest s peak e rs:
the Night celebration in the U.S. took place
Rosalinda Noriega and Philipe Lonestar,
in San Francisco in 1978.
both Evergreen graduates.
The Office of Sexual Assault Prevention,
Noriega has been doing domestic viothe st udent group CASV, and Safeplace, lence and sex ual assault prevention work
Olympia 's sex ual assault and domestic
vio lence shelter, wi ll be sponsorin g Take
Back the Night (TBN) at Evergreen on See Take Back the Night. Page 3
By Aiden Seraphim
The Evergreen State Co llege doesn't
request or co llect any information about
the c riminal or psychiatric history of
enrolling students. Ohly when app lyi ng
fo r Federal Fin ancia l A id are students
as ked if the y have rece ived any drug
re lated con vi ction s . Steve Hunts berry,
chief of the Evergreen State College Police
Department, sa id that he has worked with
Evergreen students who are registered sex
offenders, He couldn't recall a situation
where a level-three sex offender, which
is a convicted violent sex offender, has
been enrolled as a student at Evergreen.
However, he has worked with level-two
of1e nders, considered by police to be primarily non-violent but still a threat to the
ge neral population.
About two y ears ago, a young man
introduced himsel f to Chief Huntsberry
and explained that he was a convicted
level-two sex o ffender. "He came in and
introducec;i himsel f to me and said, ' Thi s
is the deal. This is what happe ned and a ll
I want is to be a student.' A very personable guy."
A few days later, The Evergreen Police
Summer work study
If you are interested in work study this
summer, now is the time to submit your
app lication. You can pick up the app lication in the Student Employment Office or
the Financial Aid Office, both on the first
floor of the Library. Everyone who submits an app lication by Friday, April22 at 5
p.m. will be given equal consideration- no
awards will be made until afte r this deadline. If there are more qualified students
than funds available, then work stud y
will be awarded randomly amongst them .
Applicants will be notified and summer
work study jobs posted on May 2.
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HEY LADIES!
The Women 's Resource Center is publishing our zine, The Ovarian, this quarter,
and we need you r submissions! Photos,
short stories, interviews, rants, recipes,
erotica, creative whatever I Submiss ions
are due Wednesday, April 20, at CAB 313.
If you ' d like to help with publication, contact Erin or Lloyd and 867-6162.
And even more fun news: The WRC is
holding a Stitch & Bitch on Sunday, April
17 at 6 p.m . Call the WRC for locati on
and carpool info. See you there!
-B ri ef submitted by Erin Wajer- Lang
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FOPA Drag Show
Foundation s of Per fo rmin g Arts IS
Proud to Present the FOPA Drag Show.
FOPA students are fundrai s ing for a class
field trip to Ashland, O rego n. The FO PA
Drag Show will be fi lled wi th da nc ing.
si ngi ng, mon ologues and s poke n wo rd.
Volunteers who would like to participat<.:
are more than welcome, and a re e ncou raged to contact Jacl yn or Ka tie at 866- 1496
or hulaling@gma il.com. The show wil l be
taking place on Monday, Ap ri l 25 at 7:3 0
p.m . in the COM Building Recital Hall.
The deadline for volunteers is April 18.
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Forced steri li zation and other eugenics-influenced
policies are pieces of psychic trauma that I ha ve
inherited as an indigenous woman , During the first
hair of the 1900s, these laws had a proround effect
on my Melungeon- mixed-indigenous people from
Appalachia- an cestors , Even in the second half of
the 1900s, indigenous women con tinued to be the
targets or coerc ive sterili zation, In the 1970s, Dr.
Connie Pinkerton-Uri (Choctaw-Cherokee) was one
or the first people who brought to ligh t the rampant
sterili zation th at occurred to native women at the
hands of Indian Health Services ( IHS),
IHS "care" is a pan of the implied health care
to be g iven to native people as a part or the federal
trust re lationship, In 183 1, Supreme Co urt Justice
Marshall deemed Native Americans " domestic
dependent nations" and said that their relationship
with th~ U ,S , government was "that of a ward to his
guardian," It is clear that sterilization was able to
occur because or the paternalistic relationship that has
been dictated by the U,S , government. The role that
doctors played in sterili zation was consistent with the
legacy of paternalism, Doctors used several rationales
in order to justiry sterili zation , They were economic,
assimilationist and reactionary. These perspectives
were widely held because of the predominant status
of care providers being middle or upper class . They
made judgments about Indian family life that were
based on white middle class standards, They were
reactionary members of the backlash against the visible move toward self-determination, empowerment
and sovereignty that was happening amongst Indian
people at this time, Dr. Pinkerton-Uri believed that
this epidemic sterili zation occurred because of "the
warped thinking of doctors who think the so lution to
poverty is not to allow people to be bom."
Women were coerced into thi s procedure in several
ways , They included threats concerning the loss or
children and/or welfare benefits, Other methods
used were s uggesti ng the procedure for the first
time and demanding an answer while women were
in intense moments in ch ildbilih or were sedated
during a Caesarean birth , Another common ta cti c
was to counse l women and give them co nsent
forms in English when their first language was an
indigenous one , Some women were sterilized and
informed only aft er the procedure was finished,
Many doctors railed to convey the irreversibi lity
of the operation .
Clearl y, forced sterilizati on has had a ge nocidal
effect on native comml1I1i ti es, Estim ates vary, but
25 to 42 percent o rnat ive women of childbearin g
age were steril ized during this era . Myla Carpio,
an Apache woman, declares that it is important
to remember that part of a generation is missing
because of these sterilizations, She writes, "These
people could have been co nduits of ceremony,
language and tradition," Sterilization must be
understo od as a part or the constant rea lity of
occupation and genocide th at native people have
endured since colonization, This is the new face
of small pox blankets, adoption of native children
into white homes and forcible removal of native
children to boarding schools, Many native people
realized the connection that the government was
simultaneously trying to decrease the population
and the land holdings or indigenous people; both
of these tactics bolstered the decline of the other.
Women or All Red Nations (WARN) declared,
"The real iss ue behind sterilization is how we are
losing our personal sovereignty," Until all forms of
colonization end, indigenous people WIll continue
to combat the effects of interge nerational trauma
ca used by practices such as these ,
Lora Clem i~' a senior enrolled in Approaches to
Healing and Spanish, She is stuiiyillg Womell:"
Healih.
"Beef.. . lots of beef."
Roisin Mooney
Freshman
Marching
"Hmmm. " I' m all for the self-s usta iningjunk, There are a lot of students here
with the know-how to make it possible,
The reason it 's getting rought is because
the administration wants to suck money
out of the students."
Gabe Majeski
Freshman
Framing Film
"Organic, simple, affordable and
have good hours . Hoperully loca l
and independent."
Siena Dobson
Senior
Popular Economics
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"Something that supports the local
businesses [and] has more fresh
fru it s and vegetables, and also the
workers always seem unhappy, so
they should pay them more and treat
them better."
Emma Keener
Junior
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Let me take yo u on a strange journey, a
place where there is no time, where light
is dark and where all physical properties previously known to man have been
proven false.
Well, not rea ll y, The journey was
strange, but it dicln't involve trave l to an
alternate dimension. Instead, it in vo lved
the glorious trek of ten courageous individuals to San Diego, Their quest was to
seek out th e American Chemical Society
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Organizational Meeting
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for the last decade throughout western
Washington . Currently, she is facilitating
a sexual violence prevention project with
youth who are homeless and other service
providers in Olympia.
Lonestar is a radical genderqueer multimedia artist, internationally screened
filmmaker, gender performance artist,
seamstress and sex educator. Zhe organized the 2003 Olympia Sex conference,
the first sex education conference fully
inclusive of trans and genderqueer people.
When not shooting, dreaming and editing
colorful film creations, Philipe works as a
domestic violence and sexual assault prevention advocate at Safeplace in Olympia
and as the Peer Education Coordinator at
the Evergreen Office of Sexual Assault
Prevention.
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Comment on that day's paper, Air comments,
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CPJ bothers you, this is the rneeting for you!
Friday Forum
3 p.m. Friday
Put your values to the test! Discuss ethics,
journalism law and conflict resolution,
All meetings are in CAB 316.
National Conference,
From March 13 - 16 , ten s tudent s
braved the dangerous wi lderness that is
San Diego, all in th e name of science.
They attended lectures on geochemistry,
the secret life of enzymes, green chemistry
and other fascinating topics, Other hi ghlights included undergradu ate poster sessions, where undergrads from around the
nation presented their work. Post-doctoral
poster sessions were in the evenings at th e
science mixer, Such enco unters could have
Take Back the Night
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person . The same is true for level-three
offenders , In addition, fliers featuring the
names and photographs of level-three sex
offenders are posted at different points
around campus.
Level-one offenders, co nsidered by
law enforcement to be the least dangerous, are not subject to public notification .
However, a student or member or the
staff can request to see infonllation abollt
leve l-one sex offenders on camp us, In
all of these situations, the ofrenders are
informed what ac ti on s th e campus will
take. Depending o n what school they
attend, a registered sex offender could be
subj ect to varying degrees of public notification, However, without a written policy
at Evergreen, there is no way of predicting
what type of treatment an offender might
receive after enrollment or how much notification, if any, the campus community is
entitled to.
Neither Vice President Lane or Chief
Huntsberry said th at they knew of any
plans to form school policy about registered sex offenders at Evergreen, However,
Huntsberry said that if the number ofregistered sex offenders coming to Evergreen
increased, campus policies might be created,
For more information about sex offender
registration and tracking in Washington,
visit http ://www.ThurstonSheriff.org,
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Free Events
All are inv ited to two free events next
week. First, on Wednesday, April 20, Diana
Abu-Jabar will be reading rrom her new
book The Lang'uage a/Baklava: A Memoir
in Lecture Hall I at 7 p,m, Diana's previous works inel ude Arabian Jazz and
Crescent, winner of th e 2004 PEN Center
USA Award for Literary Fiction and th e
Before Co lumbus Foundation 's American
Book Award ,
Then, on Thursday, Apri I 2 J, Eth e l
Long-Scolt will be speaking on th e
healthcare crisi s at 7 p.m, in Seminar II
AliOS . Ethel is the Executive Director o f
the Women's Economic Agenda Project
(WEAP), and was awarded one of Essence
Magazine 's first "Street Warrior" awards,
"for her courage and sacr ifice, vi s ion
and commitment to community and the
advancement of our people",
Both of these events are free and open
to the public . Sponsors inc lude MEChA ,
TESC Labor Center, Umoja, VOX and
several of Evergreen's academic pro grams,
• • • • •
Olympia Men'S Project
Movie Night
Olympia Men's Project, a community
building group for gay, bi , and queer guys
is having a movie night upstairs at OffThc
Chain on Thursday, Apri I 21, We wi ll meet
from 7 p.m. until 9ish, Off The Chain is it
queer-owned Internet coffee shop located
in downtown O lympia on 5th street, on the
same block as Hannah's and Chopsticks,
OMP has movie nights every 3rd Thursday
at Off The Chain, For more infonnation,
or to suggest a movie, give us a call at
352-2375 or email mpowermentoly@ ya
hoo,com.
-Brier submitted by Joseph Bonnell
Bell Tabor is a senior interning as a news
reporter at KAOS 89,3 FM.
Chemistry Club sees the science in San Diego
By Katie Thurman
American Places
Voices of C%r is a column written by any student of color who wants to for the given
week, It was created recognizing that people of color and many concerns unique to
communities of color in the U,S. are underrepresented in mainstream media , It is a
place for students to share their experiences , with the intent offurthering understanding of ra ce issues within the immediate Evergreen community,
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were sent the official police record on the
student by the Thurston County Sheriff's
department. ChiefHuntsberry said that he
spoke fairly often with the young man to
see how he was doing in his classes. "Other
than the fact he was a convicted felon and
a registered sex offender, it was a very
normal relationship."
Chief Huntsberry said that he prefers
to deal with st udents who are registered
,s ex offenders on a case-by-case basis .
Depending on the offender's background,
Huntsberry might notify the campus
childcare center or contact the recreation
center. If the registered offender is living
in Housing, he may inform Housing stafT.
On at least one occasion, the police posted
flyers indicating that a registered sex
offender lived in campus housing.
Chief Huntsberry said that th e current lack of written policy regarding sex
offenders on campus allows him a great
deal of flexibility in dealing with registered sex offenders, "You have to work
with that individual to get them to come
to the college to get an education and be
successful. "
In her work as Sexual AssaultPrevention
coordinator rrom 1993 to 1999 , Mary
Craven took reports of sexual assaults on
campus and often worked closely with
police on incident. investigations, She
couldn't recall any occasions when police
What sort of food service do you think is right for Evergreen?
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notified her of registered sex offenders on
campus. Ms. Craven couldn't say for sure
if the information would have helped her
in her work. However, she believes that
students should have a right to know if sex
offenders are on campus. "Students who
live on campus need to know who's living
around them."
Ms , Craven said that she s upported
having specific campus policies in pl ace
that would determine who is informed
when a sex offender enrolls as a student.
At the same time, Ms, Craven had a lot
of questions about how the notification
process should be handled."So what do
we do? Should we say, 'This person is a
level-one, but here is the story'? Or does
that come with an explanation, 'Let's
not tell that person's story because [their
offense] is pretty minor' ?"
While Evergreen has been d ealing
with the issue on a case-by-case basis, the
nearby South Puget Sound Communit)"
College has very clea·r policies on the
issue of sex offenders on campus. Tony
Simone, Director of Campus security at
South Puget Sound, said that the schoo l
has a special committee that reviews
the potential threat that a convicted sex
offender poses to the campus and decides
what actions to take. For example, when a
level-two sex offender registers for a class,
Mr. Simone contacts the president and vice
presidents and the child care center director, School security also notifies students
and faculty that would be in class with the
experiences working within the anti-sexual
violence movement, how they have been
Aiden Seraphim is senior enrolled in
Multicultural Counseling, He is doing an
internship through the Office 0/ Sexual
Assault Prevention,
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If such a journey interests yo u, perhaps
impacted personally and ideas about where
we can go now in working to create a world looking into the Chemistry C lub would
free from sexual violence that respects and be beneficial. The students in the club us on our strange journey.
embraces ALL people,
are always working hard to put on cool Katie Thurman is a junior enrolled in
After the speakers, we will gather for events for the students of Evergreen , The Introduction to Natural Sciences, She is
a candlelight march through campus . Chemistry Club meets every Wednesday studying to be a doctor and enjoys long
The clothesline project will be displayed at I p,m, on the second floor of Lab I. Join walks in the Jorest,
throughout the night. The event should be r-------------------~----------
over by around 9 p.m. Please come out and
join us as we unite against sexual violence
and make our voices heard!
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Bear w ith
me,
dea r
rea d e r.
[
was wr itin g
a n e ntire ly
diffe r e nt
css a y ab o ut
A rundh a t i
Roy, f ic ti on
v s . non - f iction, etc. , etc. But I kep t ru nning int o a
sy nt act ica l p rob le m, and , much to my
dismay, the essa)' was n't that good anyway.
So here's my di gress ion.
Language, li ke everyth ing else in the
natural world, evo lves. Language adapts
to the vicissitudes of its users in the same
way that animals and hum ans adapt to
th eir surro undin gs for s ur v iva l. Eve ry
year words are added to and eliminated
from the di cti onary. G ra mmatical rul es
are always shifti ng and changing at the
whims of writer;, and edit o rs. And th is is
a good thin g.
T he lin gui s t Stephen Pin ke r says ,
" T here a re S to ne A ge soc ieti e s, bu t
there is no such thi ng as a Sto ne Age
la ng uage. " Wheth er yo u're spea kin g
Standard America n Englis h, the " Pidgin
Engli sh " of the mode m Sout h Pac itic, or
Ebonics, all langua ges are equall y compl ex
and simi lar in their constructio n. From a
li ngui stic perspect i\e, gra mmar is " th e set
of elements and ru les thal make up a language ," an d grammar is broken down in
three ways: lI1(' ntal grammar: descript ive
gra mmar; .met p rescripti ve gram mar.
Mental grammar is a speaker 's linguistic competence, or the ability to produce
grammatic a l uttera n ce s . Desc riptive
grammar is an obj ective approach to ho w
peopl e actuall y talk. E.g., SO /1/e English
speakers starl senlences with conjunctions.
Prescrip tive gra mmar makes up th e rul es
o f employ ing language , or how peo pl e
say yo u should talk . E. g., You shou/un 't
.I'tal'l a sel1lence with a cOl/j unctio n. What
['m go ing to briefl y ex plore is prescripli ve grammar as it pertains to Slanuaru
American English.
Prescrip tive grammar is a n arbitrary
social construction , and if we like, we can
change it. But in order 10 break the rules
of grammar you ha ve to know the rul es.
Consciously breaking the rules o I' grammar
is much like creating a "person-sized hole"
in order to tunnel through a wall and steal
food from the campus food service without
getting caught. Unconsc iously breaking
th e rul es of grammar is like going into the
Market and askin g the ge neral manager to
wa tch whil e yo u stuff yo ur pockets full of
over-pri ced sand wiches and under-cooked
pizza. Once yo u kn ow the rul es of grammar yo u can bend th em, and eve n break
the m, as it suits yo ur bell etri stic needs.
That said , let's deconstruct one o f the
sentences that gave me so much tro uble in
the essay I previou sly aba ndoned:
" The God 4 SI11 <1II Things is so we ll
wrilt en that it wo uld make any mpiring
lI'!' iter want to bang Iheir head agai nst their
vo mit-colored wall fo r ho urs."
If yo u look closel y you' ll notice that
aspiring writer is non-gender specific and
is singul ar, whereas the following Iheir
and theil', which both pertain to a5piring
write!; are non-gender spec ific but plural.
The pronouns don ' t agree, and thi s is a
grammatical no-no. If this sentence were
to be g ra mmati ca ll y acc urate, I wo uld
have to say :
" Th e God ol Small Th ings is so we ll
written that it would make any aspiring
writer want to bang his or her head against
his or her vo mit-colored wall for hours."
Or, ''The God ofSmall Things is so well
written that it would make any aspiring
writer want to ban g one s head again st
one:~ vomit colorcd wa ll for hours."
The fir st se ntence is grammati cally
inaccurate because the pronouns don ' t
agree, but it has a better fl ow. The next two
scntences are grammatically accurate, but
aw kward and sli ghtl y obnoxious- that's
just not the way people use language in a
discursive context.
So what is to be done about thi s prescripti ve probl cm?
Most m ain strca m publi cati o ns shift
bac k and forth betwee n he/hi s and her/
hers from paragraph to paragraph when
dcsc,i bing a thco reti cal , non -ge nd ered
c ntit y. Fo r in s tan ce , they wo uld say,
'· ... aspiring lI'J'iter .. . his." And in the nex t
parag raph they wo uld say, .. ... aspiring
lI'J'iler .. .her .. . .. Thi s so lut io n is better
than using gender spcc ific pro nouns, but
it onl y seems to fix the symptoms of the
probJ em as opposed to actuall y fi xi ng the
probl em.
[1', for example, theiJ; ·they, they'd, them,
and my newl y con structed neolog is m
themself- [ just added it to my Mi croso ft
Word dictionary- were accepted as singular pronouns, then this problem would
disappear. Thus, the prescripti ve structure
would change to suit the needs of its users,
instead of the users altering the way they
speak to suit the fancy o f some arb itrary
grammatical constructi on.
Language adapts as necessary to sui t
speakers and writers, but there are some
essenti a ls to communi ca tive s ur viva l.
Things such as the parts o f speech, periods and commas are as crucial in effecti vely communicating Standard American
English as the senses are to any species'
survival. But things such as whether or
not to start sentences with conjuncti ons,
the difference between wh o and whom , or
where to put the hyphen in the term " nongender spec ific" are idi omati c customs
constructed for th e purpose of g ramm atical elegance. These arbitrary constructi ons
can be manipul ated, changed or th row n
out altogether to pave th e way for a new
grammatical elegance that bettcr suits the
needs 0 [' its use rs in a perpetuall y changin g worl d.
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Was It Good For You?
Kava, Damaina and KY, oh my!
By Erin Rashbaum
Sinc e
began writing
this column ,
se vera l sex re lated que sti o ns hav e
come
my
wa y. [ plan
o n a nswering
s ome
o f the se que stions e very few weeks ,
so if you ha ve any, please send 'em to
sexualqueri es@gmail.Com .
What are some herbal aphrodisiacs?
Kava kava, damaina and yohimbe supposedl y increase sexual desire and prowess , as well as the sensations of orgasm.
Of these, I've only tried kava. It chilled me
out, but [ didn ' t notice any sexual effects. It
does, however, tas te awesome in tea.
K ava k a va ro o t is native to th e
Polynesian [slands. It relaxes the. spine,
producing relaxation and euphoria without impairing the mind. Damaina leaf is
a stimul ant from the southwestern United
States and Mexico. It acts directly on the
reproductive organs and al so strengthens
the nervous and ho rmon al systems . As
a tea, it is said to have an effect similar
to low doses of cannabis. Damaina and
yohimbe are both traditionally used to
treat sexual dys function and impotence.
Yohimbe is an African tree whose bark
has been eaten for centuries. [t works as a
sexual stimulant by increasing blood flow
to the genitals. It also has hallucinogenic
properties when smoked.
These herbs can be helpful, but aren't
necessarily a quick fix . Overall health is a
major factor in sex drive. Regular exercise
and a healthy diet will undoubtedly lead to
more fun in the bedroom. Kelp is particularly rich in vitamins and minerals, including iodine. A lack of iodine can cause a
lowered sex drive as well as physical
fatigue. You can buy 250 vegetarian tablets
.of kelp for $3 .61 at vitaminlife.com.
Why docs sex hurt so much ?
(asked by a woman)
Eek' I f sex hurts, you shouldn 't feel like
you have to do it' Of course, if you enjoy
feelin g pain, that's a different story and
more power to yo u. [ ass ume, however,
that what's hurting you is penetration. You
should never be penetrated before you feel
ready. A flower needs some TLC before it
blooms ' The point of foreplay is to get your
body and mind ready for intercourse. You
should be wet before even a finger goes
inside you. If you know what turns you on,
clue your partner in on it. Communicating
one's likes and dislikes is the magic bean
in many happy sex lives . Get up the nerve
and have that talk. An open and honest
conversation may be an aphrodisiac unto
itself. At worst, you get to say what it is
that hurts so much.
Perhaps kissing hipbones or between
your collarbone and neck excites you .
Get to know your own body. It isn't fair
to expect your partner to know what you
like if you aren't even sure. Masturbate .
You can do it alone or together, but figure
out how you like to be touched. Then , of
course, there's always lubrication. Lube
can be your best fri end. It eases penetration
and is pleasurable for both partners. Keep
the bottle on hand, however, because it's
possible that if you use it at the beginning
of your boning session, yo ur body will
think it doesn' t need to produce anymore .
Of course, if you don't have any lube,
you can just go down on him first and get
similar results . Yep, I said it.
Erin Rashbaum is afreshman enrolled
in Exploring Play, Ballet and A froBrazillian Dance. She is drinking a lot of
pineapple juice to find out if the rumors
are true.
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Kno\N your status:
tips on common STDs
The Definite Article:
The structure of (grammatical) (r)evolution
By Grant Gerald Miller
14, 2005
Eighty-five percent of those cases are
among 15-24-year-olds.
Chlamydia is the most common STD
Last week
i attended a in the United States . Chlamydia is a
workshop at bacterial infection , which means there
the Health is a cure. However, you can contract it
multiple times. The biggest reason why
Department.
where
I chlamydia is the # I STD in the United
saw a lot of States is because in most cases it has no
very graphic symptoms .
The reported gonorrhea rate in the
slides
on
STDs. Now, United States remains the highest of
I like to think of myself as a little bit of any industrialized country: roughly 50
a know-it-all, but I learned some things times that of Sweden and eight times that
that I definitely did not know, and that's of Canada. An estimated 650,000 people
why I' m going to share them with you . become infected with gonorrhea each
In the United States, more than 65 year in the United States. These bactemillion people are currently living with ria can infect the genital tract, mouth,
an incurable sexually transmitted disease and rectum of both men and women .
(STD) . An additional 15-16 million Symptoms include bleeding associated
people become infected with one or more with vaginal intercourse, painful or burnSTDs each year, roughly half of whom ing sensations when urinating, yellow or
contract lifelong infections. Yet, STDs bloody vaginal discharge, white, yellow,
are one of the least-recognized health or green pus from the penis with pain, or
problems in the country today.
swollen testicles. Lucky for you there's
Those are some scary statistics. But a cure.
do you really know exactly how big that
An estimated 5.5 million people
is? 65 million people roughly amounts become infected with the Human
to the total populations of Washington, Papillomavirus (HPV) each year in the
Oregon , California, Alaska, Hawaii , United States, and an estimated 20 milArizona , Utah , Wyoming, Montana , lion Americans are currently infected.
New Mexico and Texas. That's multiple Th e re are ov er 100 s train s of HPV,
time zones, people!
some that cau se warts and some that
While extre mel y common , STDs cause cervical cancer. Both are common.
are difficult to track. Many people with However, when yo u have the kind o f
these infections do not have symptoms HPV that causes cervical cancer, you
and remain undiagnosed . Even those that are a female, for obvious reasons, which
are diagnosed are frequ ently not reported means that HPV is a sexist bastard . [n
and counted . These " hidden" epidemics fact , most STDs disproportionately
are magnified with each new infection affect women for a few reasons . One is
that goes unrecognized and untreated. that symptoms are not always present for
It helps to explain why there are 15-16 women ; also, women have more mucus
million new cases each year in the U.S. membrane surface area that is vulnerable
By Dolly England
to infection.
While there is no cure for HPV, the
thing that really gets me is there isn ' t
even a test for men. They can be carriers
of the virus, but because they have no
cervix, the cancerous form ofHPV does
not affect them . Chances are that if you
have slept with more than four people,
you probably have HPY.
An estimated one million people
become infected with herpes each year
in the United States, and an estimated 45
mi II ion Americans are currently infected.
Ninety percent don ' t know they have it.
Oral herpes, an infection caused by the
herpes simplex virus, is estimated to
be present in 50 to 80 percent of the
American adult population.
I'm not telling you all this to scare
you; I' m telling you this to inform you
of the number of people that are living
in the United States with an STD. This
does not exclude Evergreen . In the last
few months [ have had several people
confide in me with their newfound STD
diagnoses. It got me thinking about fear
and judgment against those that might
have something. As you can see by the
numbers, many people are infected with
some form of an STD. Chances are they
are in your class, working at the grocery
store or maybe even your best friend .
This is all the more reason to have conversations with partners before you hook
up. We should not judge these people for
having an STD, we should thank them
for knowing their status. [f more people
knew their status, there would be less
and less people contracting STDs each
year.
I f you have a partner that discloses to
you that they have an infection, thank
them for their honesty and willingness
to be open with you . Know that there
are many ways to have sex safely, even
with an infected partner. But most importantly, do not judge them, because one
in five Americans will contract an STD
before the age of25 .
[f you want to know your status, you
can get tested at the Health C enter 's
sexual health clinic on Wednesdays from
1-3 p.m . The Thurston County Hea lth
Department also provides services, as
well as Planned Parenthood . The State
of Washington has this nifty little program called Take C harge that allow s
anyone with an address in the state, and
who makes less than $600 a month, to
receive free sexual health services, i.e .,
pap smears, STD screenings, birth control and vasectomies. There 's no reason
for any of you to not know your status .
Wrap it up and Be Healthy, YO!
Dolly England is a senior doing an
internship with the Thurston County
Health Department. She is the coordinator of Umoja.
How should' we handle racial tension at Evergreen?
By Liz Egan
In
the
•beginning
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Evergreen, a
com m i tm ent
to developing a culture
of. race consCIOusness
was renewed through a campus-wide
conference series on the theme of "Race
~t!pe ~enter of EducatiQn." As a young
t~tutJOn, Evergreen. has 'plenty of freedom to elevate the paradigms and lenses
concerning race and diversity issues within
institutions.
Following this well-intentioned focus
on divers ity iss ues was an event that
undermined the gains of the dialogue surrounding the " Race" conference series.
[n November 2004, an Evergreen dorm
resident perched in his eighth-floor dorm
window and shot at a group of students
with a pellet gun. One resident advi sor
was hit within an inch of her eye after
several others were hit, some on the head
and leg.
After a confrontation , the police arrived
and a criminal charge- fourth-degree
assault- was filed with Thurston County
against shooter Tyler Carr. (The fourthdegree assault charge was dropped and
' Carr is on probation.) The group that was
shot at pressed for attention to the nature
of the crime and called for a reconsideration of the charges. It was a " hate crime,"
some victims maintained: The shooter
was white, and at least 15 members of
the group he was attacking were people
of color. The challenge: Evergreen has no
. additional penalties for hate crimes ..
The students of color called u'pon the
administration to allow the victims to have
a mediated session with the perpetrator to
discuss the hate crime aspect of the case.
The administration initially denied the
request , even though the shooter was
willing to mediate. The administration had
claimed such a mediation would compromise the school 's neutrality on the issue
and subject the shooter to " liability," but
by refusing to allow the mediation, the
administration did choose sides . The
No follow-through en either of these
school hid behind its policy, abandoning
events
has been reported in either the
its commitment to models of restorative
justice to allow the criminal justice system Olympian or the Cooper Point Journal ,
but many students, speci fically students
full investigative control.
Rec.e ntly, a similar event occurred of color, have united to discuss the afterat Black Hill s High School. According math of the still-unresolved incident, and
to the January 22, 2005 headline of the the school administration continues to stall
Olympian, a Somali student was beaten up on the issue. Many schools are not good
by some white students. The Olympian s at handling racially charged incidents,
headline was " Race Possible motive in according to Evergreen's grievance offiSchool Fight," because the assailants cer, Joe Tougas, "Evergreen is not as good
allegedly told the victim to '''stay out of as we could be." Without early mediation,
there are many opportunities to for these
[their] homeland .'"
The Olympian 's angle reflected the kinds of incidents to escalate.
No criminal charges were filed against
response of some of the other high school
students. Several youth held signs out- the student that confronted and fought
side the school , protesting the school on with the shooter; this seems reasonable
behalf of the white students; the dissent- since the shooter not only shot at a group
ers wanted passers-by to know that their of students moments before the confronfriends attacked thei r classmate, but it was tation, but was also brandishing a pair of
not because of racism. Interestingly, during scissors at one point during the confrona December 10, 2004 meeting at Evergreen tation. However, the administration has
to discuss the administration response to decided that the Evergreen student who
the shooting, several white students came confronted and fought with the shooter has
to defend their friend , who at that point violated Evergreen 's Conduct Code. The
had already admitted to shooting at the student has refused the terms of the campus
students of color, but they maintained that
See Racial 'lcnsioll , Pagt' 6
they know him and "he's not racist. "
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Anything but corporate food service
We can do better than this, whether
it's self-op, co-op or something else
By Kenari Breshem
would
Iike to respond
to some or the
ideas that Art
Cos tan t ino
put forth in
his le tt er to
the editor last
wee k . As a
st ud e nt who
has been active in vari ous groups th at
address the food service issue ror the past
two academ ic years, including administrati ve committees and Students Organi zing
fo r Food Autonomy, I have studi ed the
issue quite cl ose ly.
Takin g the difficulties that Art refers to
into account, I nonetheless feel strongly
that it is ethically wrong to support corporations like Aramark given any other
choice. There are other possibiliti es out
there, and it is our responsibility to find
them. In the scheme of things, Evergreen
is in a very privileged position. We are not
powerless, and we should be able to com e
up with a better solution to the old problem
offood service. It would be uncreative and
lazy to maintain that corporate food service
is the only solution avail able to us.
Art 's argument against se lf-operated
food service revolves around what he
perceives as lac k of fin ancial viability for
the near future. Thi s is a practical and very
real concern . While I am not parti cul arl y
hap py to have Aramark here right now,
if it is a necessary part of an intenti onal
process to move away from corporate rood
service ASAP, Aramark can be tolerated
ror the time being. In the long run, though.
the continual procrastination on the part
of the ad ministration to make proacti ve
steps toward positive change in th is area
is disappointi ng. to say the least.
I nstead, we are orrered small gest ures of
appeasement, such as Aramark 's very strateg ic willingness to take small measures
of susta inab il ity at Evergreen. Corporate
dec isions that address susta inabi lity ca n
make small di fferences, but they are generally meant on ly to pacify the customer.
Since profit is the bottom Iine and sustainability is cxpensive according to the ir
meas ures, the on ly measures they take wi II
be supcrficii:ll. Profi t syste ms like corporati ons are by nature anti-sustainable in an
envi ronm ental and soc ial sense.
Ulti mately, having a large corporati on
running any aspect of our lives, espec ia lly
our food, is expensi ve to our com munity
in many ways. O ur money is sucked away
by the vac uum of di stant concentrations
of wealth and other pl aces we do n't necessaril y want it going- such as political
campaigns and wars- instead of stay ing
here to s upport local community. Our
liv·in g standa rd goes down in terms or
working conditions, quality of food and
sovereignty. These points may sound theoretical and idea li stic, but there are real-li fe
manifestati ons of the theory.
In more practical terms, if Evergreen's
situation is not viable for a self-op food
service, it isn't going to be vi abl e for a
corporate-run service in the long run either.
Our history corroborates that. Bon Appetit
didn 't have a hi gh incentive to cover costs
with the contract under which the college
fronted the losses. Aramark does, so they
have managed to cut costs in critical places
lik e labor, not surprising ly resulting in
worse working conditions ror the employees . Aramark is still losing money, though,
and even in a business sense, the deal may
not work out parti cularl y sati sfactoril y ror
either the coll ege or the corporation.
Regardless of who runs thc food servicc, changes need to be made, such as
those Art menti oncd. inc luding re novat ion of our agi ng. inc fficie nt fac iIit ies .
Alternative sourccs of funding need to be
explored. The idea of a studen t fee , whil e
init ia ll y difficult to swa ll ow, may be a
more fa ir distribution of fi nancial responsi bi lit y than increasing the mandatory meal
plans for incom ing first-yea r students. II'
that were to be the case, a staff and fac ulty
Aramark
By Jesse Dutton Miller
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wr iting
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res p onse
to
Art
Costa nt ino' s
a r tic l e ,
"A ddress in g
the feas ib il ity of a se lfoperated food
servi ce," in the April 7 CPJ . An unde rl ying ass umption in Constanti no's arg ume nt
against a sel f-operated coll ege food service
is that our current cOl;ltract wi th Aramark
is somehow an acceptable situat ion. Th is
opini on is not shared by most Evergreen
students: Any stude nt who has had a mea l
pl an for a coup le years can tell you about
the signi ficant drop in food quality since
last year 's Bon Appetit food se rvice.
Thi s is espec iall y di sturbing when yo u
consider that thi s is the same food that i::
IS
fee also wo ul d be fa ir, since those groups
benefit fro m hav ing a food service on
cam pus as we II.
The exc use tha t the col lege has no
experience ru nning food serv ice, or that
thc co llege is not in the business of providing food service, is often repeated. Is the
coll ege incapab le of hi ring ex perienced
indi viduals to manage the food service?
Furtherm ore, it may be a fund amental
error to think of the college as being in
th e business of anything. Education is
not busi ness. Food can be, but should it
be? As Art points out, SPSCC does have
experi ence running their food service and
is losing money. They figure those costs
into the operat ion costs of their culinary
program. Perhaps food costs are simply a
necessary cost of running a college.
Self-op is not necessarily the only way
to go, although the disappeari ng task force
charged with the task did spend a lot of
tim e researching thi s issue four years ago,
and their recommendation that sel f-op be
seriously looked into thus seems like a
logical first step to follow. Granted, some
things have changed, but my interpretation
of the ensuing events is that they only add
to th e already accumulated evidence that
corporate-run food service doesn 't work
for us. Self-op is actually one of the less
radical suggestions, as the model keeps the
hierarchy of management and just turns the
reins over to the coll ege instead of distant
corporate management.
Other poss ibilities include partnership
with SPSCC, an Evergreen community
food servi ce coope rati ve and partnership
wi th loca l resta urants. These possibil iti es
have been given cursory attenti on before,
but have never been taken seriously enough
by those with the power to make dec isions
to fa irly rul c th em oul. I beli eve the same
is true of se lr-op. As a community we need
to come togethcr to refuse corporate food
service and fully explore our options.
Kel1ari Breshelll is a senior enrolled in an
independent contract, Publi c Hea lth and
the Latino Community.
not an option
Peopl e have been conducting self-operbei ng served to our babi es at the TESC
ated food servi ce operations since before
Child rens' Center.
And then th ere are th e serious ethi- the origins of cooking about 1.9 million
cal iss ues surrou nding Aramark , which years ago. Most people do self-operated
came out even in the proposal meeting food service in our homes every evening.
Aramark conducted during spring quarter When did such an ancient practice as local,
last year. A student said that she was fed independent food become an impossibil. Aramark food in a jail once, and it was ity? Evenjust a couple years ago, students
some of the worst food she ever ate. An were operating a successful independent
Aramark executi ve responded by imply- sandw ic h shop and convenience store
in g th at Arama rk be lieves pri so ners in the Housing Community Center, and
deserve lower-quality food than students. SOFA has been having successful weekly
Evergreen's food service is currently being potlucks in Red Square thi s quarter.
Costantino says that he hasn't seen any
conducted by an organ izati on that doesn't
be lieve all humans deserve even the most "rea listic business pl an" for self-op, but I
don't recall any public call for such plans.
basic rights. li ke nutrition'
Cos tan ti no 's cla im th at Ara ma rk Certainly organizing a food service will be
incorporates "susta ina b Ie practi ces into a big job. But hey, we' re in coll ege. Surely
their operations" is spin . A few motions we can fi gure out how to feed ourselves.
of susta inabi Iity don't beg in to weigh out
Aramark 's slew of ethi cal issues, includ- Jesse Dutton Miller is a junior studying
ing prison labor. These issues have been ethnobotany, sustainable agriculture and
discussed recentl y in thi s paper, so I won 't history.
go into more detail.
wh ich by the late 1700s was fac in g a
crisis: Its penitenti ari es were fill ed to the
bursting point with convicts sentenced to
death, largely for minor property crimes,
and political dissent from rural England
and the Iri sh resistance . These convicts
were becomi ng increasing ly un fas hi onable to dispose of by public hang ings. So a
dec ision was made, after the Crown could
no longer se ll them into inde ntured servitude in the new ly independent Ameri can
co loni es . to dump them at the end o f
the- only barely- known wo rld in what
is now called Australi a. aller considering
but rejecting the use of Afri ca.
The first Oeet landed at Botany Bay
near present day Syd ney on January 26,
1788, with 700 male and fema le convict
survivors of a horr ifi c journey. Many died
on the first and subseq uent voyages in what
were cond iti ons not unlike a slave ship .
Th e contractors sec ured by the Crown
for transportati on fo und they could make
extra profit by depri ving the convi cts of
By Aaron Hartwell
Grievance Officer, Joe Tougas, and is now
sched uled for a panel hea ring, whose decision is fi nal and binding.
. C onfl icts are in ev itab le and pred ictable, says Tougas, since "Evergreen tries
rea lly, really hard to bring peopl e toge ther
of many di ffere nt backgrounds to be herc
to be educated ." Many stude nts carry wit h
them institutionali zed racism, but Tougas
mainta ins that the goal should not be to
j ust identify people with racist attitudes,
feelings or beliefs and remove them fro m
our community, but in stea d to include
those people in cri tical di scussions about
racism, to allow them to feel safe enough to
express their mi stake n opinions, and then
to educate them by getting them to see their
mistakes. But is thi s process of education
taking place at the expense of the security
of students of col or on thi s campus?
"C learly, in that pe ll et gun shooting
case, there was racial impact. Whether or
not there was racial intent or not, there was
racial impact," Tougas said. "[It] was a violation of the sense of safety that students
of color are entitled to have here on thi s
campus . .. it's really important for us to do
whatever we can to create that."
Are we equ ipped to dea l with these
situations? Do we have an infrastructure
to deal proactively and collaboratively
with students who ex press hateful opinions and support those who are affected
by such actions? At thi s point, there 'is an
especially hard extra burden on people of
color to do the educating and initi ating.
Yes, we need a network of skilled people
to activate soluti on-based agendas, but
offi ciall y. the soft ed ucation ap proach is
the standard.
Public actions and private actions could
be ta ken to deal wit h hate crimes and there
are diffe rent strateg ies and diffe rent constraints fo r each method. Aga in, quoting
Tougas: "The difficulty is mostl y unde rstanding what is poss ible, and it makes
the job compli cated and frustrating, and
it means that peppl e who are interested in
pursuing that [hate crime legislati on] have
to really educate themselves and be prepared for learning a lot of stuff and think
carefully through compl icated issues."
Most of the really offensive speech that
people are concerned about on campus
does not cross the Ii ne from speech protected by the t irst Amendment. In other
words, most racist speech is not illegal. But
a concerned community has a responsibility to improve the learning atmosphere by
"confront[ing] peopl e who are preaching
hate and articulate our moral outrage at
their ideas," says Tougas. "That's how the
first amendment works."
Racism- be it institutionali zed, blatant
or unintentional- is here at EV(;fgreen
and nothing is going to change until we
do away with it proactively. The question
then ·is whether w ~ want to continue to
cooperatively educate raci sm out of our
school or go t. ugh a lengthy and diffi cul t
process of designing '"hate crime legislation" to prevent crimes like this that sever
the trust and sense of securi ty for students
of color on this campus.
Liz Egan is a senior/ocus ing on indigenous studies.
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An ally in war and disinformation:
Australia, Pt. 1 of 3
Racial Tension
Continued from page 5
14, 2005
In times when so much focus is on our
supposed national enemi es, who is pay ing
attention to our alli es?
Bush & Co. spend vast reso urces
focusin g the publi c's att ention on our
supposed enemies with much assistance
fro m co rporate med ia. But neit her our
govern ment nor any corporate med ia wi ll
disc uss j ust who the allies in our coalition
of the wi lling rea ll y are, beyo nd the taci t
implication that all oLir all ies are "good"
because they are "with us." It seems to me
we ought to know our coa l ition alli es at
least as we ll as our supposed enem ies, and
the Australi an government under Prim e
Mini ster John Howard is as fa ith ful to the
Bush Crusade as they come. So, in the
interest of learning a bit more about our
Australi an all y, let's gain some hi stor,i cal
perspective on the land down unde r.
January 26 is Australia Day, and I
had the good fortune to be in Melbourne
fo r its ce lebration. This holiday is something like our Independence Day minus
the indepe nde nce, as Australi a is still part
of the Briti sh Comm onwea lth. The only
ex planati on to be heard on the mainstream
news that eveni ng was that it ce lebrates
Austra li a's fo unding. But that exp lanation leaves much out; in fac t, it ignores
everything th at the " fo Linding," or more
appro pri ate ly co lon izati on, meant to those
who li ved il.
Austra li a was colonized by England,
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their already meager rati ons and se lling
them at a premium once they dumped their
human cargo.
What did the convicts experience after
arri va l? The Crown wished to encourage
se l1lement of the new col ony by wealthy
English, and so offered them large tracts of
la nd and convict labor to enti ce them. The
majorit y we re put to wo rk lo r free settlers
who used them to increase their wea lth in
fa rmin g and ranc hi ng. Their trea tm ent by
the settl ers and government ranged fro m
adequatc to horrifi c. and if th ere wcre any
further offenses. such as not working as
fas t as an overseer thought they should ,
or hav ing in th eir possess io n foo d or
drink not authorized by the authorities,
they could be sent to work in chain gangs
with reduced rations, or be fl ogged. The
fl oggings were often so brutal that the fl esh
was completely removed from the bac k,
exposing the bones and killing the recipient after some extended peri od of suffering. Even for the convi cts who surv ived
their se ntences and went on to ac hi eve
so me fo rm of wea lth and power in the
Australi an colony, they were continually
dogged by thc prej udi ce of the settlers who
had arrived free and pro fited handsomely
from the conv ict labor.
The tra nsportation system wasn't dismantled until 1886 by imperi al England.
That might be a beller date to celebrate
than the foundin g, as it marks a beginn ing
of opportunity for many Europeans whose
descendants enjoy today, or wo ul d that be
a threat to, an A ustralian governm ent th at
is sti ll co nstrained at th e highest level by
the Crow n. Would it open a can of worm s
for a govern ment more interested in a
whitewi:lsh of hi story than a hard look at
the present state of affa irs with honest historica l context. and what it has meant and
does it continue to mean fo r the people of
Australi a today? Thi s arti cle co nsciously
foc uses on whi te European males. In the
second of these articles I' ll pi ck up with
what the fo unding of Australia and hence
the Celebration of Australia Day meant to
the women of th e colony, followed by the
effects on Abori ginals, whose long struggle aga inst coloni al polici es and for their
survival are being fought even today.
Aaron Harlwell is a senior fin ishing
un indi vid ual learning conlraC I which
involved study abroad in Australia. He is
inleresled in geo-politics.
Info at : 786-1309
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Greg's Finds
By Greg Fiennes
Thursday, April 14
TAARKA
FLOWMOTION
activism,
rooted in the earth
Atmosphere , POS of Doomtree and
Grayskul will be performing at Neumos on
Capitol Hill. There's a huge following for
Atmosphere's Slug a nd Ant out here, so I
probably don't need to say much about the
underground hip-hop legends but that they
will be playing with local favorites Graysk ul. Grayskul has recently released their
first album for Rhymesayers and includes
members of Oldominion. Show is $ 15 in
advance and $ 18 day of show. Doors are
at 8 p.m . show starts at 9 p.m. and is 18+
bar wi lD.
Queens of the Stone Age will be performing at Premier in Seattle. Apparently,
the show is at 8 p.m., but it must be sold out
because the only info that I can find about
tickets anywhere is for tickets that are online
and being scalped: that is, unless the tickets
actually cost $100 originally. Also, last that
I had heard, Mark Lannegan, ex-Screaming
Trees vocalist and part-time vocalist for the
Queens, had left the tour due to illness. I
have no word on ifhe will be attending the
show or not. [Coordinator 's note: it 's my
understanding that Lannegan has left the
Queens entirely. I could not confirm this as
the article wen/to print.)
Saturday, April 16
Presented
by the
Evergreen
State College
&
S&A
Productions
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APRIL 24, 2005
8:30PM
STUDENTS TICKETS $7 VS.
AT B.OOKSTORE ONLY
$10
G ·EN. ADMISSION $10 VS. $13
AT RAINY DAY RECORDS
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Toots & the Maytal s are going to be
at the Showbox on 1st St. in Seattle. Toots
is a reggae legend and is a very active and
physical performer, especially for his age.
If you are not familiar with Toots and the
Maytals, you may be interested to know that
he actually coined the term " Reggae" and
was the first to use it in a song called " Do
the Reggae." Toots will be performing with
Rapper Wisdom and DJ Kid Hops. Tickets
arc $20 in adva nce and $25 day of show.
Doors open at 8 p.m. 21 +.
Robert Walter's 20th Congress at the
Tractor Tavern in Ballard. If you haven 't
heard of Robert Walter's 20th Congress,
you're m issing out. Robert is the keyboard ist
from critically acclaimed San Diego group
The Greyboy Allstars, which also included
saxophonist Karl Denson. The 20th Congress continues the jazz funk style that the
Greyboy Allstars are known for. You may
even remember seeing Joe Russo from the
Beneventol Russo Duo as the Congress' old
drummer. If you're in the mood to dance, this
is definitely the show to hit up. ARISAWKADORIA will be opening up. I've never heard
them but I have seen their drummer, Kev in
Sawka, and he is possibly the most amazing drummer that I've ever seen live. He
plays with Tangletown, Siamese, and LIVE
EVIL He also goes by KJ Sawka, the guy
who opened for Amon Tobin. The show is
$15, doors are at 9 p.m ., and it is 21+.
Mix Master Mike will be at Neumos with
Electric Six and VHS or Beta. I was reluctant to advertise this show for one reason . ..
it's FREE!!! That's right, so not everybody
is going to get in. Show is at 9 p.m. and is
21+.
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The S&A Board Coordinator's term of service
will begin in May of 2005. From May to June the
Coordinator will go through orientation and
training. The Coordinator will receive a stipend
of $200. The appointee will take on the position
of Coordinator in September of the following year.
Specific duties will include:
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Facilitating the Board member selection committee.
Recruiting an office manager.
Facilitating Board meetings and general operations.
Preparing agendas.
Managing the Board's budget.
.Submitting the S&A Board developed budget for
administrative review and approval by the
Board of Trustees.
• Training new Board members.
Wednesday, April 20
GURU will be rappin' it up like a
Christmas present down at the Chop Suey
on Madison St. up on Capitol Hill in Seattle.
That 's right, the Guru of Gang starr fame. DJ
Premier will not be there; however, I'm sure
that he will be playing his beats and doing
Gangstarr tracks along with tracks off of his
revolutionary Jazzmatazz Volumes I & 2.
The man's a legend; he got Roy Ayers to be
on his album. You should check this out. I saw
KRS ONE a few weeks back at the Chop Suey
and it was amazing. These cats are known as
legends for a reason and the Chop Suey has
been consistently putting on quality shows
since they opened up three years and one
week ago. Also on the bill are By'rdie and
Cancer Rising. Tickets are $16 in advance
and doors open at 9 p.m. 21+.
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The S&A Coordinator must be a full-time
Evergreeen student throughout their year of ·
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cultural genocide. The A& E CoordinalOr is
extremely jealous that he saw KRS ONE.
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Reggae legend Toots performing. Make the effort to see Toots & the Maytals in Seattle
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Guidelines. The Coordinator should have strong
organizational, communication, facilitation and
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Stephanie Coontz will appear at Barnes and Noble April 30
By Nadia Ayesh
Stephanie Coontz, a noted faculty
member, will be doing a book signing at
the Phoenix Rising Scholarship Book Fair
on Saturday, April 30, at
the Barnes and Noble on
Black Lake and Cooper
Poi nt. Coontz has written
several books, including
able at the signing, Coontz's latest book,
Marriage, A History: From Obedience to
Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage-to be released May 23-questions
the true mean ing of marriage. Marriage has
changed more in the last
thirty years than in the
previous five thousand .
For most of history, marriage was not a relationship based on mutual love
The Social Origins of
between a bread-winning
Private Life (1988); The
husband and an at-home
Way We Never Were :
wife, but an institution
American Families and
devoted to acquiring
the Nostalgia Trap (\ 992);
wealth, power and propThe Way We Really Are:
erty. Romance, intimacy
Coming to Terms with
and personal happiness
America 's Changing
became a standard marital
Famili es (1997); and
expectation in the 19th
America 's Families, a
century and, curiously
Multicultural Reader, coenough, people began to
edited with Maya Parson
STEPHANiE
COONTZ
demand the right to leave
and Gabrielle Raley, who
unhappy marriages . In
were Evergreen undergraduates at the ti me of Stephanie Coontz' latest book, her book, Coontz shatters
publ icat ion.
Marriage, A History Published dozens of myths about the
past and future of married
Although not avail- by Viking Adult.
life and shows why marriage, though more centers. Next year she will be in st ructfragile today, can be more rewarding than ing Growing Up Global, a program that
explores the origins and complex ities of
ever before.
"Five years ago I realized I had never contemporary issues associated with raisfully traced the history of marriage and ing and educating children, reaching adultthat this was very i mporhood and the changing
tant to do, given claims
role of youth in a global
that were and are being
society.
advanced about what 'the
Look for Scholarship
traditional marriage' is
Vouchers in The Cooper
supposed to be," Coontz
Point Journal next week
and the week after. By
replied when asked why
marital studies were of
using this voucher, 15
interest to her. The topic
percent of your purchase
stemmed from her fasciat Barnes and Noble will
nation with family history .
go toward the Phoenix
since the mid 1970s.
Rising
Scholarship
Stephanie Coontz has
Fund.
been a faculty member
at The Evergreen State
Nadia Ayesh is a senior
College since 1975, gives
enrolled in a contract
public talks and. worktitled German History
shops, and occasionally
and its I nfluences on
Literary Culture. Sh e
tutors. Her students often
is studying teaching,
work with service in
. http://academic.evergreen.edu
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library science and pholow-income after-school Stephanie Coontz, Everg reen tography and works in
faculty and writer.
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found
Ou·t on the weekend: local fun
By Sebastian Delrieu-Schulze
By Christopher Alexander
Fragments found
Change Is Fac t
The poster wa rn s: it is a terribl e mi stake
Chaos of da iIy co nfro nt ati ons
Ange r ha s ebbed to resignation
Deerhoof, Warbler, Le Ton Mite, The
Punks
Friday, April 18,8 p.m.
Eagles' Hall. 80S 4'10 Ave L, $8
Conc rete guard towers. loom above
lJ pholds hum an dig nit y ora culture of
.;cant simil ari tie s
I: li ckered wi th bordel's
r he gray say th t: atmosphen:
Turned to their sta rti ng point
Wa r, there is a whim sica l
l\J umb di sb(!l ief
Se hu.I't iun U e /ric l/ -S cil/I /::e i.l' u .I'cnior
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and fl"!' uri .
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On Thinking
Differently
Before I write thi s nrt icle. I need to
turn my stereo dow n. I was rocking out
to Glenn Bra nca's Th e Ascensiol1. Are
you fn miliar with him , the avn nt- gnrde
comp ose r who pionee red mi crotonic
composition and "p rcpared guitar," using
ense mbl es with as many as ei ght guitars
tuned to sound like bell s a nd percussion?
No? Well. .. wait. now my roomm ate's
music is too louel . li e's li stening to a CD
where Willi a m C ull en Ha rt re cord ed
th e whol e thin g with a mi c ro phon e
und erground. It 's fa irl y interesting, but
di stracting. Let me move the computer
to the living roolll .. . great . now my other
roommnte is li stening to Foque Mopu s.
our frJ ends' improvisati onal noi se band.
Ca n't a writer get a minute's peace? Call
it an occupati onal hazard. I guess. Let me
go to the CPJ off-i ce.
i\ h, Illuch better. Now. as I was about
to say: Deerhoofare fu cking weird , elude.
The fo ur-piece haiIs from Sa n Franci sco,
In (l rd n lil r on(! to have
though t ind ividll all y.
Ol le Illil st h,lVL' dec ided to
Ljuesti on.
(J lll', t ipn II hat it is to ht:
do ing the things
That \l'e do. allli do w(!11.
Occa sio nally our findin gs arc
not II hat would he seen as pleasant.
Th e~ arc !,! I\lSS.
We some how feel the need
to revo lt.
l ~e l ll(: lll hcr what re volut ion
.filii .IordU Il i.l' U .I'el1 ior enro lled
ill Foundations of Performing
Art s.
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our puzzle or the week . Each week we will present a new puzzle for you to challenge your quantitative reasoning
skills. When you come up with an answer. bring it to the ETC in CAB \08. [f YOLl are one orlhe first three with
the correct answer. we have a pri ze (or YOLl.
By Kip Arney
Sitting at Zip 's restaurant eating burgers with teamm ates and watching Will
Marchand feverishly go after a stuffed
pheasant in the arcade game where you
control the cl aw and try and pick up a
stuffed animal, I think back upon the past
30 hours. Those 30 hours involved cramming 15 ballplayers in a van at 6 a.m. on
Saturday and speeding through the state
of Washington trying to hit up the Eastern
Washington University campus by noon in
time for game one of a double header. And
then, after a rowdy night on the town and
catching some Zs at the Willow Springs
hotel, we finished off with another game
before heading here to Zip's to prepare
for the long, five-hour trip home. Oh, did
I mention all games were beat downs in
Eastern's favor?
Actually I take that back. We weren 't
beat down by the Eagles. We beat ourselves
with sloppy play in the field and failing to
swing the bat when times called for run
producers. Over the course of the three
games. Eastern outscored Evergreen 416. However, at least half of those runs were
unearned and could have been prevented.
"So what?" you say. When a pitcher feel s
he has to do it all him se lf, it puts great
strain on hi s ann and his psyc he tryi ng to
strike every batter out. Eri c Smith, Whalen
Dillon, James Stippi ch. Will Rockwell and
Sean Presley all did their best trying to
shut down the Eagl es' lin eup, but over the
long haul the Eag les just got the better of
them .
It may sound like Evergreen didn 't put
up a fight at all , but I'm sorry if! ' ve given
off that impression . In the early stages of
each of the three garnes, Evergreen was
within fighting distance to take over the
games but just couldn 't get over that hump,
and mental brain farts began to kick in.
Ross Trainor and Ryan O'Hern kept the
scores from bei ng a lot worse than they
actually were by some ' f"'**ing amazing
catches in the outfield, and even utility
outfielder Anthony Atlas was awarded
the game ball for his circus catch in left
field, resembling Willie Mays.
At the plate it was the James Stippich
show, as over the three-game series he
went five for ten with three doubles. It was
unfortunate that his teammates couldn't get
on base at the times of his plate appearances for RBI chances.
Despite his solid hitting, he was most
proud ofthe scratches on his arm from rob-
"fr oto by AntfrollY Atlas
Pilcher Sean Presley shut down the Eagles' lineup in six innings of work while
giving up just six hils and sirikinf!, oul/wo,
bing an Eastern player from a sure hit by
eating dirt and throwing out the runner at
first base for one of his 13 putouts.
Next weekend it's another travel session, as the boys in green go down to
Eugene- sorry for the stupid rhymeand take on the University of Oregon for
three games. Oregon walked all over the
Geoducks when they came up here last
month and introduced us to the 2005
season with runaway victories. The skills
are there for this team; we just haven't put
them all together in one showing. I mean ,
when you have a team with players who
have nicknames like Cadillac, Malibu ,
Stip, Sockless 1M , Ni ght Train , Golden
Baby, Rock and Kiedi s, you just know
we can 't be held down for much longer.
Kip Arney is a junior enrofled in Fiction
and Nonfiction and Quirky Characters and
Sizzling Stories. He is sllidy ing creati ve
writing
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Answer to last week's puzzle
Take the goat across. Go back alone for the cabbage. Take the goat back with you to get the wolf Since you
nre there. the wolfw'ill not eat the goat. Leave the goat and bring the wolf across. then go back alone to bring the
goat across.
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distort s. warp s. or alt ers a perso n
1'01' tht: lI orse.
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know \l' hat to do with the knowledge they
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cra7.y.
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through the ga untl et of knowl edge
Spew ing entiti es must
attempt to chnnge the world for
the better l
and have a sound that may best be really funny, actually.)
Deerhoof are signed to Olympia
described as No Pop, much like the stark
and atonal No Wave movement in the early label Kill Rock Stars, and have released
1980s wns a reaction to the then-burgeon- a stri ng of very good records- 2003's
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crnze . No Wave
the best- that
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prehe nd . Th ey
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a nd frac t u red
out standing li ve
th e m to make
show, as anyone
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of conventi onal
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be in the middle
nnd rh y- thm s.
of pi cking next
but places them in such an incongruous year's editor-in-chief. Or playing weirdo
contcxt to render it .. . well , weird .
badm inton. one of the two.
(Speaking of weird . prese ntly my colleagues nt the CPJ are playing badminton
Christopher Alexander is th e A&E
in the office, using ping pong paddles. And Coordinator of Ih e CPJ He is a senior
n 12" ruler for the dividing line. And a enrolled in Patience, sludying the ol1lology
small plush golden alien as a shuttlecock. olm eth odology and the pedagogy ol D ell Renata and Joe keep lunging in a play- !eron om)'. He's also not ·nearly as clever
ing a ren that is mnybe eight feet long. It's as he thinks he is. us \ '0/ / can see,
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labeled incorrectly. You have no way of"yeighing the boxes,
seeing what is inside the boxes. or telling the volume in side
each box . What does each box contain')
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Awesome Upcoming Events
CRe.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
the Longhouse.
7 p.m. Improvisational Theater,
Seminar II Cl105.
Wednesday, April 20
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:15-4
p.m. Puget Sound Blood Center
will be on campus in the Lecture
Hall Building Rotunda.
5-7 p.m. Scrabbelicious presented
by the Writing Center in CAB 108.
Coffee, treats and prizes!
9:30-1l~0
p.m. Late Night at
the CRe. Come join in late night
activities like Badminton, Ping-Pong,
Basketball, Volleyball, and 4-Square.
6-8 p.m. Racquetball League in the
CRe.
9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at
the CRe. Come join in late -night
activities like Badminton, Ping-Pong,
Basketball, Volleyball, and 4-Square:
Tuesday
Thursday, April 21
7-9 p.m. Queer guy movie night
at Off the Chain Coffee Shop. For
more information, call 352-2375.
4 p.m. Prison Action Committee
meets in CAB 320, Workstation 10.
4 p.m. STAR, Seminar II B2109.
Thursday
4 p.m. Racquetball in the CRe.
4 p.m. Carnival, Seminar II DII07.
5 p.m. Soccer in the Pavilion .
Friday, April 22
8 p.m. Calvin Johnson with The
Weeds and Birdie will perform at
the Capitol Theater.
Saturday, April 23
The Chemistry Club will be taking
a van down to the American
Chemical Society Undergraduate
Symposium at Seattle Pacific
University. If you are interested
in attending, please let us know!
Poibri 16@ evcrgreen.edu
4 p.m. Women's Resource Center,
7 p.m. Students for Christ, Seminar
II E1105.
CAB 315.
5 p.m. Gaming Guild, CAB 320.
4 p.m. CPJ paper critique. Come
voice concerns about the week's paper.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
the Longhouse.
4 p.m. ASIA meets in the CAB third
floor conference room.
6 :30 p.m. Hunger and Homelessness
group meets in S&A office.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
the Longhouse.
7:30-9 p.m. Ping Pong in the CRC
6 p.m. EARN meets to discuss animal
rights in CAB 320.
9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at
the CRe. Come join in late-night
activities like Badminton, Ping-Pong,
Basketball, Volleyball, and 4-Square.
6 p.m. Men's Center meets in CAB
320 in Workstation 2.
7 p.m. Clean Cars Legislation
Organizing Group meet s in the S&A
office.
Wednesday
7 p.m. Percussion Club, basement of
the Library Building. All are welcome
and drums arc provided!
8-9 a.m. Swim Club
Sunday, April 24
8:30 I).m. Joules Graves and
Taa rka Flowmotion perform in the
-Lo ng hou se. Tickets $7 for students
at bookstorc.
Tuesday, April 26
7:30 p.m. Alasdair Fraser & The
San Francisco Fiddlers will play
in the Washington Center. Tickets
for students are $21 .00. For more
information call 753-8585.
Wednesday, May 4
I p.m. The Chemistry Club will
present a Women in Science
Symposium. It will be held in Sem
II B 2105.
1 p.m. Evergreen Queer Alliance,
Seminar II C2 107.
7 p.m. Geodance meets in the bottom
floor of the Library.
1-3 p.m. Dodgeball in the field next to
the HCe.
7 p.m. Juggling Club, Seminar II
B1107.
1:30 p.m. Environmental Resource
Center, Seminar II E3105.
6-8 p.m. Olympia Men's Project
meets every second and fourth
Thursday at UCAN. For more
information, call (360) 352-2375.
1:30 p.m. Radical Catholics meet in
CAB 320.
1:30 p.m. Native Student Alliance
meets in CAB 320, Workstation 13.
9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at
the CRe. Come join in late-night
activities like Badminton, Ping-Pong,
Basketball, Volleyball , and 4-Square.
2 p.m. Evergreen Capitalists
Organization, Library 1308.
2 p.m. VOX - Communities for
Choice, CAB 320, Cubicle 17. Office
hours: Wednesday, 1-2 p.m., CAB 320,
Cubicle 17.
Friday
8-9 a.m. Swim Club
3 p.m. Jewish Cultural Center,
Seminar II E2105.
3 p.m. CPJ Friday Forum. Come
put your ethics to the test, learn about
journalism, and discuss issues in
journalism and group dynamics.
3 p.m. SEED, Seminar II E3109.
3 p.m. Women of Color Coalition ,
CAB 206.
Groovy Group Meetings
8-9 a.m_ Swim Club
4-6 p.m. The S&A Board meets in
CAB 315.
4-6 p.m. The S&A Board meets in
CAB 315 .
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
the Longhouse.
4 p.m·. EPIC, Seminar II A2105.
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. Racquetball League in the
7 p.m. Giant Robot Appreciation
Society, Seminar 1\ A 1105.
3:00-5:00 p.m. Soccer
3:30 p.m. Environmental Alert ,
CAB 320 on the couches . Help
defend Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge.
Monday
5 p.m. Electronic Music Collective,
Seminar II C2107.
3 p.m. Writer's Guild , Seminar II
. AI 107.
4 p.m. CPJ production night. Come
participate in putting together your
student newspaper.
S p.m. Evergreen Irish Resurgence
Element meets in CAB 320,
Workstation 4.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
the Longhouse.
5 p.m. ASTESC Student Union
meets in CAB 320.
Sunday
1-3 p.m. Ultimate Frisbee in the
Pavilion.
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CALENDAR
6:30 p.m. Common Bread,
Longhouse Cedar Room.
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But we aren' Catholic, 80 why
does it matter to us? People
die all the time.
Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning
Center.
Location: Evergreen Tutoring Center,
CAB 108, next to the Greenery
Phone: (360) 867-5630
Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 10 a. m.-8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon-6 p.m.
Writing Center- Olympia
Location : Evergreen Tutoring Center,
CAB 108, next to the Greenery
Hours:
Monday-Thursday : 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday: II a.m .-4 p.m.
Sunday: Noon-6 p.m.
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Location: Library Building, Room
1407
Phone: (360) 867-6464
Email: KEY Student Services
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Special appointments can be arranged
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Hours:
Monday through Friday: 6 a.m.-9 p.m.
(pool opens at 8 a.m.)
Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday: Noon-4 p.m.
Academic Advising
Location: Library Building, Room 1401
Phone: (360) 867-6312
Email: Advising
Hours:
Monday- Thursday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Drop-ins:
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Location: A-Dorm, 205
Hours:
Sunday-Wednesday: 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Writing Tutors:
Sunday-Thursdaf. 6 p.m.-9 p.m .
Academic Advisor:
Monday-Thursday: 6 p.m.- 9 p.m.
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Career Development Center
Location: Library Building, Room 1407
Phone : (360) 867-6193
Email: Career Development
Offke Hours :
Monday-Friday : 8 a.m.-5 p.m .
Drop In Appointment Hours :
Tuesday & Thursday: 9 a.I11.-11 a.l11.
Wednesday: 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
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