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ARAB WOMEN WRITERS VISIT EVERGREEN, PAGE 9

The Community Day of Natural
Medicine is a one-day free clinic providing
appointments with a naturopath, chiropractor, acupunctur ist, herbalist, midwife or
physical therapist. The event is offered for
peop le who are low-income or uninsured
or otherwise don't have afTordable access
to natural medici ne. Students are we lcome.
At the event, participants will have a choice
of which practitioner they would like to
see for an introductory 30-45-minute visit.
This visit will focus on an assessment of
the participant's needs and a discussion
of how natural medicine modalities and
preventative/ self-care can help. Plans for
low-cost follow-up care can be worked
out between
Community Day of patient and
Natural Medicine
practitioner.
Eventually,
Saturday, May 28
the
network
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
of people
First Christian Church,
working
701 Franklin St.,
on
this
Downtown Olympia
event hope
to create a sustainable way of making
naturalmedicinc accessible to uninsured,
low-income and homeless people. One
possibility is estab li shing a permanent

See Natural Medicine. Page 4

Pho/O by I:'va WOllg

WorkoUI and Le Push (nol piclured) played y eslerday as a pari of Ihe " Red Square
Presenls." "cancerl series pul on hy Ih e Musicial1.l· 'Club. Th e Ihree- week series .l'larled
lasl Wednesday and j inishe.l· lip nexi Wednesday, May 25 wilh SO'eel To Nowhere, an
acouslic acl j i"Oll1 Oakland, CA . Caplion provided by Spens er Russell-Snyder

since Evergreen doesn't have homecomThe setting is tropical, the mood festive, ings, I wanted to get it back so alumni
and the beer served is Olympia's own brew could get reacquainted and hang out and
tell old college stories and such."
- Fishtale Ale.
A committee was thus fo rm ed, and
Welcome to the Alumni Association 's
then
the real work began : convinc ing the
annua l Greener Oasis Beer and Wine
administration
that a beer and wine garden
Garden, held in conjunction with Super
Saturday on June 10 from noon to 6 p.m. on campus could be done in an orderly
in the Greenery on the tirst floor of the and responsible fashion, working not only
with the Washington State Liquor Control
CA B.
This is the third consecutive year the Board, but also with the Presi dent's Drug
Association has hosted the scho larship and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Advisory
.
Board.
fundraiser, after a five-year hiatus .
" Going before the President 's Advisory
The mastermind in getting the event
Board
was initi ally a tirst step in bringing
started up again was Chuck McKinney,
the
beer
garden back on campus again ,"
Assistant Director of Housing, who graduMcKinney said.
ated in 2000 with his BA
After learning all th e
and is walking again in
legalities
and responsibiliJune after earning his
in host ing an
ties
involved
MPA .
event
involving
alcohol,
McKinney rememWelcome
the committee procceded
bered the fun times at
to tht!
with caution . Thcy wan ted
the bee r ga rden from
to
do everyt hing in the ir
years pa st a nd started
power
to makc sure evcry
di scu ss in g the posof
the bee r and winc
aspect
s ibilities of rein stating
in accorda nc e
garden
was
the event with longtime
wi th the law.
A lumni Assoc iation
"We didn 't wan t to take
Board of Directors
chances," Mari e said .
any
member and adm ini stra"We
wanted to ho st an
tive ass istant to the Vice
event
where people could
President for Finance and
relax and have fun , ye t at
Administration , Bonnie
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nnillgham
the
same time we knew it
Marie.
was
imperative to have a
Carrie
Slephens
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class
of
'0-1,
"1 used to go to the
safe
and control led enviis
helping
in
the
setup
fo
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Ih
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beer garden, and th at's
ronment.
"
where I would see people Greener Oasis.
When the adm ini strafrom the first couple of
its
approval,
a date was set for the
tion
gave
years that I went to school," McKinney
Washington
State
Liquor
Control Board to
said. "It'was sort of like a reunion, and
conduct a training session for the Greener
Oasis volunteers.

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Volume 33
May19 ,2005

News In Brief
Geoduck Guide Nominations

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By Victoria L. Cunningham

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Nominations are currentl y bein g
accepted for Geoduck Guides, who servc'
new stud ent s and their familie s durin g
Orientation We ek by se rving at th e
information tablc , conducting tours, ancl
guid ing them through the cvcnts. Thi s i ~
a paid positi on.
Geoduck Guidcs must be nominated by
a faculty member and must be available
on June 6, September 16, and a minimum
of 15 hours during orientation week. To
qualify, the nominee must be a returning
student in good standing. S/he must have
a warm demeanor and strong verbal communication sk ill s. Faculty should submit
their nominations by June I .

Alumni Association's Super Saturday beer garden

By Meghan McNealy

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The committee then pu shed up
their sleeves and began to get to work.
Recruiting volunteers was the easy part.
They now had to answer questions such
as who would supply the beer and wine?
How many customers would attend? How
many supplies were needed? What kind of
food would be served?
"That first year was totally done by trial
and error, and we didn't make a protit,"
Marie said.
The next year wa s better. Instead
of barely breaking even, the Alumni
Associat ion rai se d $1,656 for student
scholarships. This year their goal is even
higher.
" I think we' ll get a bigger turnout each
yea r we do this, " said Marie. "As the
tradition grows and the word gets out to
our alumni and community, hopefully our
event will rai se more and more scholarship dollars. "
II new aspect to the beer gard en thi s
yea r is the TESC Alumni Association 's
own private labeled wi ne, which wi ll se ll
at the evc nt for $3 a glass.
Domesti c bcers se ll for $3, whi Ie microbrews are priccd at $4.
A barbecued chi cke n sand wich with
baked bca ns and co leslaw will also be
avai lab le for $6.
However, remember, since alcohol is
being served, the Greener Oasis is not for
everyone. Only those 21 and over wi ll be
adm itted- no minors allowed. No excep- .
tions.
Vic /aria L Cunningham is an alumna
who gradualed in 2004 wilh an emphasis
in public relations. She is Ih e secretary
oflhe TESC Alumni Association Board of
Directors.

Evergreen
Commuter
Contest Begins Next Week
The Evergreen Com muter Contest starts
Monday, May 23 and runs until May 29.
By recording how you commute to the
col lege for the week, you can win one
of $700 in gi ft certificates and help the
college obtain grants to fund alternative
commuting programs.
Despite its name , the contest is not
just open to alternative commuters.
Participation from people that drive alone
is very important for providing grant statistics and developing commuter programs.
Turn in a comp leted survey by June 3 to
Parking Services, or complete one online
at http: //www.evergreen .ed u/comm ute
and receive a $1 drink card for use on
campus.
- Brief submirted by Brady Clark

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Importance of
Being Earnest:
Seminar II, May 21-22

Down the Rabbithole/Bunny George
Productions presents Th e Imporlance of
Being Eamesl by Osca ~ Wilde on Saturday
and Sunday, May 2 1 and 22 in Seminar II
E4 115. Doors at 7 p.m., curtain at 7:30.
Tickets are $3 for students and $7 ge ne ra l
ad mi ss ion . Come join us for a li ve ly romp
th ro ugh the 19 ' h -century countryside.
- Brief s ubmitt ed by Ravenna
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CORRECTIONS
In the 5/ 12/05 issue of the CP J, a biography incorrectly described student Cameron
Anderson. It should have described him as
a former male to female transsexuaL

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Vox Populi

MAY

Housing's Annual
Play Party

Do you think Evergreen's fundi~'g priorites
are in the best interests of students?

By Tenzin Pelzom Tingkhye

By Yazmin Shah and Adrian Persaud

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Everg ree n's Housing staff will be
throwing their annual , world-famousand free! - play party, taking place this
Saturday, May 2 1. Break out the harness
and prepare to rei ieve so me stress. We
know yo u' re sleep-deprived, overworked
and suffering from spring fever. Hop on
our mechanical bull and ride out the last
days of spring quarter in sty le .
If being on top isn' t your bag, try to
coordinate your way beneath sweaty
Greeners at our monster Twister championsh ip. Once you've worn yourself out, be
sure to recharge yo urse lf with one of the
man y offerings of food we'll have avail-

I think it would be in the best interest
of Evergreen to make sure that they
continue to do things that make students
hav.e all necess ities before making a
decision and making the process more
democrat ic .
Rashad Norris
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It '5 not necessary to gut the kitchens.

More money should be spent on art
suppli es and media loan equipment.
Morgan Rozacky
Sophomore

ab le. Whistle your way through a ;naze of
games, obstacle courses, and folks dunking popular sc hool fi gures, all over the roar
of the Battle of the Bands and DJs.
This eve nt takes place out o n the
field and insi de the Pavil ion, ri ght by the
Housing Co mmunity Ce nter. Just wa lk
down the steps past the CAB and CRe.
down the winding path, and turn ri ght at
the three-way stop- there will be signs at
thi s lovely location.
Ten:!.in Pel::om Tingkhye is a sopholilore
faking an independenf contracf {)n / )rodllcing a film abouf race iss lies ill fh e classroom, and a Tibefan language cluss.

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confuse everyone, so no.
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vidco equipm ent for those programs .
Ben Jaynes
Junior
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News

The roundabout project is a total
waste of money. There should be more
funding fo r at hletes and an in vestment
in a cafe with good food.
Danielle Keenan
Freshman

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It 's not in th e best interest of student s at
al l. It 's making the schoo l look good.
More money shou ld be going to math
and ph ys ics. bcc<llI SI: th e schooljusl
doesn't cut it.
Gregorio Rosada
Junior
('OI1l/'(/('f : AII/bienf Wafer Monitoring

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Persons in need of more than one copy shoutd contact the CPJ business
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Meetings
Our meetings are open to the Evergreen
community. Please come and discuss with us!

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

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The new face of evil is
pleasant-looking:
Aramark's new campus director
By R. Yazmin Shah
C rai g Ward sit s at a table lookin g
sl ightl y nervous. He shakes hands before
bracing him se l f for the first question. The
third campus director this year, Ward
appears to be inheriting a daunting job,
facing hostility from students who might
descri be Aramark as the spawn of ev iI. A
press release mentioned Ward's plans to
integrate envirQ:ilmental and communityfriendly practices into Aramark's organization at Evcrgreen: " ... [Ward] will be
working hard to keep everything moving
forward includ ing the relationshipwith the
organic farm, loca l food sourcing, composting, [and] the food committee ... "
When questioned on hi s progress thus
far, Ward reported that Aramark is buying
all the food the organic farm wishes it to
consum e, eggs being the on ly exception:
The organic farm suppo sed ly requests
that Aramark buy more eggs during its
down seaso n, whi ch Ward is promptly
see ing to.
And composting? Ward says that its
temporary hi atu s was not because of
Aramark. Why it was suspended briefly,
Ward does not know. But composting is
back, he stressed, and with Aramark 's full
support.
Ward is a lso working to get a ll of
Aramark's produce through Washington 's
Food Alliance. He expressed Aramark's
wishes to concentrate everything foodwise through Washington State before

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looking elsewhere if necessary.
Every Friday, Ward atte nd s a meeting
conducted by one of the two Evergreen
Food Committees: spec ificall y, the
commission wherein representatives of
Aramark are pelted with suggestions and
comments from the Evergreen community.
The other food C0111m ittee, whic h Ward
does not attend , addresses the iss ue of
organiz,ing a different kind of food service
to be implemented on Evergreen 's camplls
some time in the future .
What about vegans and vegetarians?
There have been past co mpl a ints that
Aramark 's cu isine did not offer Illuch variety for stud ent herbivores. To thi s, Ward
proudly motioned toward a station near the
salad bar in the Greenery, an area dedicated
solely to nouri shi ng vegans and vegetarians. A testament to flow hard Aramark is
working to provide more culinary opt ions
for non-omnivores. Ward also added that
vegans can take anything they wi sh from
the salad bar and saute the hell outta it
upon request.
In case any readers inhabit the underside of a rock , one may note the tension
between the st ud e nt body a nd its co ng lomerate food serv ice provider. Upo n
hearing the steps Evergreen's food service
provider has taken to weave sustainahi lity
into its corporate practices, some studen ts
allege that Aramark is simply doing thi s to
appease environmentally- and humanitarian-m inded students.
When asked for a response to these
suspicions, Craig Ward asserts that the

Frustrated
with Housing?

News In Brief

Want s.ome cottonpickin' answers?

Argentinean writer to
visit Evergreen

By David Hornbeck
Many, many people ou t th e re a re
annoyed with I-lousing. From pulling the
kitchens out of B dorm to rai sing dorm
rent to con s iderably downsizing June
cleanup, they've definitely been making
some controversial decisions over the year.
Well now 's yo ur chance to ask "Why?"
Next week, I, David Hornbeck, will be
conducting an interview with John Lauer,
Director of Housing and Food Serv ices.
The interview will consist of questions
that students submit. You ca n submit the
questions to the email address interview
questions@writeme.com. Include in the
email your name , program and year and
where you live . This is yo ur chance to
get informed about yo ur community with
minimal effort. Oh, and try not to make the
questions too inflamm atory.
David Hornh eck is a /i'eshman enrolled in
Popular Economics.. Ill' is fh e PaKe Two
c(Jurdinafor for the (,PJ and next year :v
WashPfRG freasurer

continued!
Esteban Magnani, an Argentinean
journalist and wr iter, wi ll be speak ing at
Evergreen next Thursday, May 26, at noon
in Seminar II D1107. He wi ll address the
crisis u/neuliheralisl1I in ArK(!ntina and
new grass roufs II/ovements in additi on to
s elrurguni:::afion, selrmanagement (lnd
p ossibilities in Ih e re cuvered jac fories
lIluvelll ent in Argenrina. Magnani wil l al so

be speaking at Traditions Cafe- on the
corner of 5th and Water- on Wednesday,
May 25 at 7 p.m. Both even ts arc free.

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Missing mural wall
Your assistance is requested in locat ing
a large, white mural wall that is missing
from the scc ne shop. The waiL whic h was
last seen on the evenin g of Friday, May 13,
is supposed to be used by Seatt le 's Center
Sc hool (high school ) students. The wall
should be returned to the scene shop loading dock .

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Help Create an
Evergreen Play Day

An Evergreen Play Day has bee n
corporati on is not enct'orsing sustainab ility
proposed
for Saturday, June 4. The event
Just for show. Yes, admits Ward, Aramark
is responsible for a financially sound busi- would potentially feature free games,
ness. But Ward has a vision, a vi sion to performances or even workshops put on
create a financially sound food service with by students. I. f thi s sounds. Iike someth in bn
a conscience. I f successful , Ward proposed you wOlild like to con tribute to , e-ma il
that the sustainablc mcthods exerci sed here baukan t9 @evergrecn .edu with your
at Evergreen might slowly spread to other ideas.
branches ofA ramark . Already he's gotten - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a few ca ll s from other Aramark directors roborated Ward 's assertion, asserting that
on critica l suslai nab ility issues like . ..com- gutting A through C dorms was so lely the
posting. Not significant for Evergreen, but college 's deci sion. Lauer explained that the
kitchens were outdated and poorly mainbaby steps, people, baby steps.
The reaso n Paul Magllent- the last ta ined. They were difficult, not to mention
Aramark campus director- left remains an expensive, for the co llege to preserve. The
enigma. H is repl acement cannot say what college was relTIoving kitchens away from
prompted Magne nt to look for employment dormitories long before Aramark atta ined
elsewhere, ot her than explaining that it was a cont ract as the col lege 's food se rvice
hi s "persona l deci sion." Ward suggested provider. Alth ough it's obvious to see
that Housing and Pood Services Director, that the e radicat ion of dorm kitchens is
John La uer, could know more abo ut still continuing in Aramark's presence ,
Magnent's departu re. But Lauer claims to the col lege admi ni stration attests that it 's
know nothing about the departure either, to advance the col lege 's mandatory meal
plan for first year st udents. By doing this,
as previously reported by the CP J.
One of the most surpri sing discoveries It helps to further provide a stab le funding
of the interview was Ward 's statement base for the college's food program.
Ward was also interrogated about
al legi ng that Aramark had absolute ly nothing to do with the removal of the kitchens A ram ark 's pol icy towards student shopin A, Band C dorms. Aramark bore no Iifters. This yea r some students caught
innuence on the removal of st uden t 's
shared c ulinary centers. John Lauer corSee Aramark Director. Page 4

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Editor-in -chief ..
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5:30 p.m. Monday
Managing editor.... . .
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Help
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future
content,
such as story
Arts & Entertainment coordinator. Christopher Alexander sells display and classified advertising space. Information
ideas,
Vox
Populi
questions
and
possible long
about advertising rates, terms and conditions are available in CAB
Briefs coordinator.. ....... ...... .. .. .... Kate DeGraaf!
term
reporting
projects,
as
well
as
other things
316 , or by request at (360) 867-6054 .
Calendar coordinator .
...................... Katie Thurman
needed to help the week along.
Comics coordinator.
... ....... ...... Chelsea Baker How to Contribute
Copy editor .. . .. .. .. . .
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Paper Critique
Contributions from any TESC student are welcome. Copies of submission
Copy editor. ...
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4 p.m. Thursday
Letters & Optnions coordinator..
...Sam Goldsmith and publication criteria for non'advertising content are available in CAB
316,
or
by
request
at
867·6213.
Contributions
are
accepted
at
CAB
316,
or
Comment on that day's paper. Air comments,
News coordinator. . ...... .. .....
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Photo coordinator
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concerns, questions, etc. I f something in the
Seepage coordi nator .
..Ikuko Takayama the acceptance or rejection of all non-advertising content.
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...... Meredith Lane
Vox Populi coordinator
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"All the News Fit to Print":
Evergreen students get free copies of the Times
By Joe Jatcko
The Evergreen Offi ce of Student Affairs
has begun prov iding students with complementary copies of th e New York Tim es at
th ree d iffere nt locations on campus. It is
part of a program ca ll ed th e " Aca demic
Readership Program" created by the Tim es,
which gives co lleges the opportunity to purchase copies of the Tim es at a discounted rate
to prov ide fo r students.
The racks have been placed at three prominent localions on around campus: one in
the CAB (College Acti vi ties Building), one
in the HCC (Hous ing Communi ty Center),
and one in the Sem inar II Cafe. One hundred
total copi es are distributed to these locations
dai ly.
The Vi ce President for Student Affa irs,
Art Costant ino, described the subscriptions
as an effort to provide students with more
in fo rm ati on about nat ional and international
events.
The Offi ce of Student Affairs plans on
providing the papers for the rest of spring

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quarter and aga in next fall , and will re-eva luate th e program at that point.
Costantino added that the Times offers
addition al services in conj un cti on with
the program, such as supplying curricu lum
guides fo r teachers, as we ll as poss ib ly providing speakers and fac ulty deve lopm ent
wo rkshops.
In surveys the Times has done on the program, it has found that readership of school
news papers (ahem) also goes up when the
rac ks are placed in close prox imity to on e
another.
The Offi ce of Student A ffa irs is loo kin g fo r fee dback on th e program as we ll
as wheth er members of th e Everg reen
community wo uld li ke to see any of th e
other fea tures of th e pro gram un iti ze d.
Comme nts can be directed to Art Costa ntino
at costanta@evergreen.ed u.

State of the port: one year
after the USS Olympia
By Crystal Lorentzson

Since the demon stration at th e Port of
O lympi a wh en th e USS C ape inlrep id
docked bac k in November, there have been
few deve lopments in the struggle to end the
Port of Olym·pia's military shipments bi g
enough to catch publi c and medi a attentlol1 .
The stru ggle noneth eless co nt inu es ,
a lth ough mu ch more qu ietl y. The Port
Response Steerin g Comm ittee (PR SC),
operating unde r the umbre lla of the Olympia
Movement for Ju stice and Peace (OMJP),
has been working to better understand the
im pli cations of militari zation at Olympi a's
port. Commi ttee members have been both
ca ll ing on the Port Commiss ioners to share
in fo rm ati on with th e publi c and seeking
inform ati on independently when the commi ssioners either cannot or have refused to
Joe Jalcku is a jl/nior enrolle!d in Democracy help them.
and Free Speech. He is Ih e News Coordinator
Just days after th e las t port update was
a t th e C PJ a nd c an be reach ed a t publi shed in th e C PJ in ea rl y Fe bru ary,
jaljos08@evergreel1. edl/.
the PRSC submitted a request to the Port
of Olympia under the state Open Records
Act. They requested all records related to
the use of the port by any military age ncies,
Continued from Page 3
the transportation of military equipm ent,
pres ence of military vesse ls, materials and
stea ling foo d from the corporation faced
personnel. and th e establishm ent and operaa penalty of receiv ing a third-degree theft
tion of a security zone. In over 700 pages
on their criminal record, something that
of docume nt s, committee members did not
wo uld ma ke e mpl oy ment diffi cult for
lind any port planning or poli cy doc um ent s.
said stude nt in the fu ture, espec iall y in
Continued from Cover
There were no cost/benefit , fi nancial, enviretai I. WiII A ramark consider Evergreen's
ro nm ental, hea lth/safety or other analyses.
gri evance process if a sim ilar event occurs
There was nothing to indicate any internal
again? To thi s, Ward stall ed, expressing free natu ra l medi cine cl ini c in cOOl·d ina- age ncy discuss ions or po li cy deve lopm ent ,
his des ire that such hi story shoul d not be tion with the Ne ighborhood Free Med ical nor were there any records of communi care peated. But when pressed, Ward fin all y Clini c in Lacey.
ti on with ex tern al age ncies, inc luding the
repli ed that Aramark was not obli gated
In additi on to olTering donated care, one military, rega rd ing the resumpt ion of mil italY
to do such a thing. "Stealing is wrong,"
of the goa ls of thi s eve nt is to im prove trade th rough the port fo r the first tim e since
Ward said . " It 's not our role to be sec urit y access to natural ined icin c as part o f a 1987. There was no ment ion of a security
guards. We [Aramark] shouldn 't have to greate r mo veme nt fo r edu ca ti o n, di a- zone, no menti on of th e Departm ent of
make those dec isions," he later ex pl ained. log ue and empowerment. To thi s end, th e Homeland Secu rity's proposed or fin al rule
Ward hopes not to personall y arri ve at such Community Day of Natural Med icine will to permanentl y mili tarize the port and no
a situat ion, me nti oning th at puni shing offer works hops on tak ing charge of one's menti on of the USS Olympia.I
stude nt offenders was " uncomfortabl e for own health and on the connections betwee n
The PRSC found it unbelievable that the
all." But if it ever does ari se, Ward plans health, environm ent, and social justi ce. Port had absolutely nQ,documented commuto "dea l with it responsibly."
Topi cs include Affo rd a ble Nutriti o n, nication with the military. After further presAs for SOFA's (Students Organi zing for Meditati on, Spine Strengthening/Posture, sure, the Port released the names of docuFood Autonomy) acc usations of human Tincture Making, Insurance/Leg islat ion, ments that they withheld and their reasons for
ri ghts abuse and campus rumors of poor Cooperat ive Insurance, and Envi ro nment withholding them, which they are required to
treatment of empl oyees, Ward emphasized and Health.
do und er the state Open Records Act. Seven
that employees are paid around nine to ten
Vo lunte ers a re needed to help se t minutes of meetings between military agendollars an hour, depending on where they up and run the event. If yo u have any cies and the Port of Olympia were withheld
work. Full-tim e empl oyees also get health qu es ti ons or a re inte re sted in.. vo lun- as "security-se nsitive information. " These
care benefit s. As for human rights abuse, teering, please contact Leil ani Wong at were "pre-op" meetings regarding the ships
Wa rd reported that he has not seen any won lei 17@evergreen.edu or 867-0 152 or Cape Island, Kennedy , Orlando, Intrepid,
incident that would corroborate that all ega- Sarah Jones at jonsarO I@eve rgree n.edu Hurn and Knox.
ti on. In regards to the stud ent group SOFA, or 259-95 85 .
Th e PR SC membe rs ha ve directed
Ward wo uld much rather wo rk with SOFA
their questions and concerns to the Port of
than have any remaining anim osity.
Sarah J ones and Leilani Wong are co- Olym pia commiss ion ers, Paul Telford, Bob
coordina ting this e vent as part of the ir VanSchoori and Steven Pottle, at their biR . Yazmill Shah is a freshman enrolled ill work in the p rugram Local Kn ow ledge.
wee kl y meetings as well as via email and
Thinking Straight and Illustrati ve Narrat i\"C.
telephone. PRCS m.'! mbers have been dissatisfi ed with the commi ss ioners' responses
to their queries about the various aspects of
the military's presence in the pon- including the establishment of the sec urity zone,
the rights of the militaty and the port within
the security zone, the costs and nat ure of the
shi pment s, and the poss ib ility of de pleted
uranium. Pres ident of the Port COlll mission
Bob Va nSchoorim ai ntains that alth ough the
Port was un awa re of the estab li sh ment of
the sec urit y zone, "we have a great wo rking
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relevant information for operations." He also
states that "the rights and responsibilities of
the Port have not changed in any way, nor
has there been or will be any costs re lating
to this zo nin g change. " However, when
asked for documentati on of the Port's communication with the Coast Guard, or records
that indicate the details of the Port 's rights
under the new ly established pemlanent security zone, VanSchoorl was unable to prov ide
any2 The commi ssioners altern ate ly state
that the Port 's affi liat ion wit h the mil itary
is a strictly economic issue- that the Port
should not be in volved in making " mora l
j udgments"3 - and that "th e revenue is nol
the overriding issue of all ow ing the milita ry
to use the Port .''"'
The PRSC has also ra ised concern s about
security measures that may be im plemented
now th at a "sec urity zo ne" has been pennanently establi shed at the Port of O lympi a.' In
February 2005 th e Associated Press re leased
an arti cle tit led "Coast Guard un vei ls pow erful sonar system to protect ports." The
sonar system wo uld be used to " protec i
th e nat ion's port s from te rrori st attack s
by scuba di ve rs." Enviro nm ental acti vists
have ex pressed concern about th ese powerful sonar systems, whi ch have been kn ow n
to be extre mely harmful to marine life. The
Comllli ss ioners ha ve repeated ly stated , in emails as we ll as at their meetings, that they
wo uld be '· extremely surp ri sed if a sonar
system wo ul d be necessary or even functional at th e port given ou r shall ow wa ter
depth s ."" Ilow eve r, cOlll mi ss ione r Paul
Te lford has also stated th at he and , presumably, the other cOlll missioners are "not pri vy
to the detail s of the security Ill easure they
[the Coast Guard] take..."
PR SC members do no t fee l sati sfi ed with
the comlll iss ioners ' responses and continue
to pursue in dependent inves tigati on abou t
issues related to the lllilitalY shiplllents. They
will be holding a forum abo ut the Port's mil itary acti viti es on Tuesday, May 3 1 from 79 p.lll. at the Olympia Community Center
(222 N. Co lumbi a Street) in Room B. If
you would li ke to learn more about the Port
or be a part of the Port Res ponse Stee ring
Committee, emaillorcry 14@evergreen.edu .
The Port Commissioners hold their meetings
second and fourth Mondays at 5: 30 p.m. in
the LOTT Board Room at III Market St.
N. E. For more ge neral inform ation about
the Port's rel ationship with the military in
the last few yea rs, look on the Olympi a
Mo vement for Justice and Peace's website
at http ://www.ollljp.org/OlyPort.html.
Crystal Lorent=son is ajl/nior at Evergreen.
She is currently sllIdyingfeminist theOl')' in
an independel7l contrac/. She can be reached
at lora l' 1-I@eV('rgreen. edll.
(Footnotes)
I To S ~e a copy of the PRSC's requ est, visit
IVWIV.Olll iD.Ol"!l and cl ick on the port of O lympi a
link.
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MAY

19, 2005

The Curmudgeon: Another
shameless self-promotion
By Lee Kepraios
Ma n y
peop le ask
me , as a
g ra du a tin g
se ni o r, what
I pla n to do
after I gradua te .
Li ke
yo u act uall y
g ive a shit.
Sometimes I tell peo pl e, "1 pl an to move
to Yemen, start a ragt im e band and marry
a blind land deve loper." Sometimes I say,
'Tm go in g to ado pt an island off the coast
of China, shi p convi cted criminals to it one
by one and force them at gunpoint to hunt
me down and try to kill me in a kind of
ghouli sh laby rinthine funhouse of death ."
Sometimes I even say, " I' m going to be a
surgeon ." A nd peo ple act surprised! "You?
A surgeonT
My pass ion is stand-up comedy. I' ve
bee n do ing it since I was fift een. I've been
writing my own material since I was seventee n. I've been making people laugh with it
since I was twe nty. I' ve been fe eling good
about my ac t since .. . what day is thi s?
So I was fo rtunate enough to be able
to put together a show on campus. The
show, t itl ed " Don' t Forget to Try th e
Veal," whi ch will play this Friday through
Sund ny, May 20-22, in Lecture Hall I at
7 p.m. for a $3 ad m iss ion, is something
I beli eve showcases my talent- or lac k
thereof- acc urately. I wa nted thi s to be a
seni or thesis project, but you had to get it
going a year be fore the quarter, so I bl ew
it on that acco unt. But I was sti II abl e to
get thi s go ing. And honestly, I' m thankful,
goofy as it ca n be, th at the school I attend
all owed me to do that. Credit must be given
where cred it, is due.
I've bee n tes tin g th e ma teri a l out
wee kly all this quarter at comedy clubs.
I' ve been making the ro unds of the amateur nights and open mi cs, working with
the bit s, trying to make sure every bit was
rehearsed and worded just ri ght.
Beca use I have no soul , I'm using thi s
0pp0l1unity to tell yo u personall y about my
experie nce with thi s project. Sure, quite a
ride. I bombed many a time, was forced
offstage by the empty silence fro m a crowd
that wo ul d rather watch Merl e Haggard eat
a Mc Ri b sandwich that watch me try to tell
jokes. It was certai nl y rough.
But stand-up is the real answer to the
questi on. I do n' t kn ow how or for how
long or where or when, but that's what
I' m goi ng to do.
For a whil e, I was unsure about thi s,
as I' m sure many of yo u probabl y we re

Got veal?
Or, why dairy is
awful

By Sam Goldsmith

5

geneticall y eng ineered and fed growth hormones in order to prod uce huge qua ntiti es
of
mil k.
I think it's
or are. At one po int , I did n't wa nt to be a
The av"e rage cow now prod uces almost
pre tt y safe
comic. I wa nted to wo rk in a cheese fac twice
as much milk as she did 30 years ago,
to say th a t
tory. Then I wanted to be a brew master.
nearl
y 100 tim es more than she wo uld
and
no t
ma ny
Then I wa nted to own a bow ling all ey. At
peop le know produce naturall y.
one po int, I wa nted to deliver pi zzas in
A typical fac tory-far med dairy cow will
th a t with o ut
Cabo San Lucas. For a while, I wa nted
g
ive
birth three or fo ur times in her fi veth e
mil k
to own a New Orlea ns brothel. K ids and
year
life.
None of her babies will ever taste
indu stry, th e
their ambit ions.
her
milk.
Separating the cows and ca lves
notori ously
But I di scove red , eve ntu all y, th at I
c ru e l vea l causes traum a and ang uish to both baby
could make peop le laugh whether I was
industry could not s urvi ve . The two are and mother.
d o in g so methi ng funn y or not. S ure,
Most cows are kept in feces- and uri neintertwined, partners in crim e, like Bonnie
th ey we re n't always laughing with me,
saturated,
grass less, barren "dry- lots" of
and Clyde, Di ck and W., and Bori s and
but laughter is laughter. So now I have a
dirt
and
mud
. When they' re being mil ked
Natasha. Together, they are responsible for
rea ll y good opportunity to reach a large
egregi ous cruelty and immense suffering. two or th ree times a day, they' re forced to
audience with an offi cial ve nue. It's also
If yo u care at all about animals, you should stand on hard concrete, attac hed to mi Ik going be a chance fo r me to vent a little
ing mac hines, which g ive them pa inful
kick the dairy out of the diet.
bit in term s of opinion, to go off on why I
electric
shoc ks.
Look. We all know vegans who talk a
think eve rything has go ne wrong and can
G
rowth
hormones and unnat ural milklot of smac k a nd lead with a hol ier than
probably never be fix ed. Sure, my first
thou , exc lu sive attitud e . G rowin g up ing schedul es ca use th e cow's udde rs to
obligation is to be funn y. I f I can also get
around vega ns, I was always subjected becom e painful and so heavy that they
you to think, well , that's j ust tubes.
to their prose lyti zing pundi try and snide so me tim es eve n drag o n th e g ro und ,
It 's gonna be a mothafucka.
remarks, a nd I ha ve to say tha t despite res ultin g in fr eque nt infection s. Milk
all the ir ya kkin ', I never reall y took what fro m these cows contains large amounts
they sa id terribl y seri ously. I mean, I knew of bacteria, viruses, and pus. Yeah, yo u
Lee's New Rule of the Week:
the meat industry wasn't all sunshine and read that right, pus.
Stop say ing we co uld e nd rac ism if
Look, it 's simpl e. If yo u eat dairy prodeve ryo ne on Earth kept screw ing until da is ies , but co me on .. . I. rea ll y lik ed ucts, yo u are sustaining the reprehensib le
cheese I
we were all one race ' Thi s over-simpliLong story short , I was tota ll y shocked vea l industry. T here is a lot of stig ma
fied , idioti ca ll y id ea li sti c view, whi c h
to lea rn- a nd tota lI y ignora nt of- the a round vega ni sm, I kn ow, and takin g
many peopl e actually seriously beli eve,
on the titl e of vegan means constantl y
fo ll ow ing:
is the kind of fooli shness that ca n onl y be
Cows g ive milk for the same reason defending yo ur views and dea ling with
attributed to someone with a higher ed ucathe hassles involved . But you don' t have
tion. Onl y someone with or wo rking on a hum ans do: to fee d their babi es. Dairy to "go vega n" to give up da iry . .. Just stop
fanners artifi cially impregnate cows every
college degree wo uld beli eve so meth ing
yea r in order to keep up a steady suppl y buying it. If yo u think it's wrong to treat
that phenome na ll y stupid . Is t.hat rea lly
o f milk . In the natural orde r of things, the anim als thi s way, rea lly, you ' ve got no
the way yo u want things to be? Eac h o f
cow's calf would drin k th e milk , but on other choice. Yeah, some companies may
us bein g the same color, loo king the same,
today 's fac tory fa rm s, ca lves a re separated treat their cows better, but there's no way
with the same features? Thi s is the way we
from their mothers within a day or two of knowi ng unl ess .you see for yo urse lf,
can achi eve rac ial peace? Sounds pretty
o f birth so that hum ans can have the milk and as far as selling male calves for vea l,
fasc ist to me. Sounds like we can't actuthey' re gu ilty until proven innocent. The
natu re intended for the calves.
all y really make an effort to learn to love
Newborn male ca lves are of no use to point is that if you're concerned about
one another, so we just make it so we can ~
the dairy industry; some are slaughtered a nimal c ru elty, a di et with da iry j ust
hate each other. Kind of lets hum anity off
soon after birth and others are take n to a won' t fl y. You condone the unjust with
the hook, doesn't it?
place comparabl e to any Nazi concentra- every sip of a skim milk latte or bite o f
Wh at's more, it 's ty pi ca l of po!itical
ti on camp. They are chai ned by the neck to cheese pi zza . And hey, soymilk lattes are
correctness at its wo rst, be li ev in g that
a stall in a tiny, da rk crate- an inhumane every bit as tasty and caffeinated as skim,
we' d be treating each other as equal s ifwe
confinement system that has been banned and Vic's on Harri son and Di vision makes
·were all really the sa me. Confusing equalone hell ofa vegan pi zza. There's just no
in the United Kingdom since 1990.
ity with sameness. The re wi II always be
They li e in their own feces and cann ot excuse fo r dairy.
rac ism. It 's never going to go away. Rac ial
even stand or turn a round in their stalls.
hatred has been a part of humanity since
They are fed an iron-poor diet and ke pt Sam Golds mith is ajunior fro m Salt Lake
hum an li fe ori g in ated . Your c ute littl e
anem ic so th at th e ir fl es h is th e pa le City, Utah, enrolled in Arab and Muslim
bumper sti ckers th at say " End Rac ism"
milky-white shade favored for veal. The Women Writers. He is Ih e coord inalora re proof of ignora nce. Sure, yo u ca n
ca lves take their first weak, wobbly steps e lect of th e Eve rg reen A n im a l Righ ts
c rusade against rac ist acts, yo u can try to
to slaughter when they are between 16 and Network (EARN). He eats a vegan d iet,
decrease raci sm, and I wish you the best
b ut p refers to be referred to as "Sam "
18 weeks old.
o f luck. Reall y. But try rooting for a rea l
Fe male ca lves a re raised to become ralher Ih an " Vegan. " Sam loves rool beer
pla n rather than a goo fy fant asy. Screw ' til
milk produce rs like their mothers. They and people who do sweet things fo r him.
we' re all one race. That's like ending ra pe
a re put through a produ cti on schedul e S ometimes he goes by th e nam e limoth),
by cutting o ff guys' dicks.
th at rivals any sweatshop. T he current but only wh en he ~. g rumpy.
hi gh de mand for dairy products requires
L ee Kep ra io s is a se nior enro lled in
that ani mals be pushed beyond thei r limits,
a n ind ep end en t c ontrac t on s tan d-up
comedy.

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MAY

19, 2005

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

LEITERS AND OPINIONS

MAY

I ' ve been
doing a lot
of research in
th e last few
months about
the increa s ing number
of African
American s
b e i n g
infected with HIY. As a hete rosexual
African American female , it is alarming
to me that stati stically, I am at the greatest
ri sk of contracting HI V. I was given a book
called On Th e Down Low by J.L. King.
King uncovers a whole world of Black
men who live straight lives but sleep with
other men. There is reason to believe that
the " Down Low" or " DL" movement is
contributing to the increasing rates ofheterosexual African American women who
are becoming infected with HIV
What is the "Down Low"?
There are many terms used to describe
these men. "Under Cover Brothers," " Low
Down," "Down Low Brothers ~' or " DL"
are men, not necessarily Black, who live
perfectly heterosex ual lives , except that
they quietly have secret sex with other
DL men. They do not consider themselves gay, and culturally they certainly
are not : They have no association with
the gay com munity or its cultural norms.
DL men are di stinct from men who are " in
the closet" because they do not consider
thei r sexual behavior to be relevant to a
sex ual identity. Rather, their male sexual
relati onsh ips are just something they do on
the side . It 's more of a matter of behavior
rather than identit y.
Me n who a re havin g unprote cted
sex - unprot ected being th e imp ort ant
part of the se ntence- with men but not
labe ling thcmsdvcs gay are also having

unprotected sex with women, thus spreading HIV and increasing HIV rates among
heterosexttal women. Women are getting
infected by their husband s and boyfriends,
who are not telling them that they are also
having sex with men. These men are living
life on the DL. They come in all shapes and
sizes and colors. They are so undercover,
so in denial , so "on the down low," that
they are behind the closet. These brothers
don 't even want to be called DL . They
will not openly ad mit their desires fo r
men. Even if caught in bed with another
man, a DL man will deny that anything
remotely homosexua l is goi ng on. He
will blame it on drugs, liquor, lack of sex
from his woman, depression , his weakness or the need for attention- anything
but being homosexua l. "Denial " is the
operative word .
DL men cannot and will not be associated with anything that would raise any
questions about their sexuality. They will
not say they are gay, because those three
Ii ttle words evoke so much fear. Those three
letters have them afraid of being ostracized
by their community, by their church and
by their family. If they tell the truth and
say they're gay or bisexual, they will be
called a " fag:' That 's the worst word you
can call a Black man. When a man is called
a fag, it hurts. It basically strips away his
manhood. You're telling him that he is less
than a man. You ' re saying he 's soft, that he
wants to be a woman or that he acts like a
woman. Being a man is the most prideful
thing for Black men .
It's not hard to see that there is extreme
fear and ostracism in Black communities
arou nd homose xua lit y. It 's a fear of
unknowing . But who do we as Black
people have to look up to') There have
been several wh ite movie sta rs, athletes,
politicians, and business leaders who have
come out and who continue to do th eir job
without bac klash. It's a hell of a lot eas ier
fo r white fo lk s to acce pt homosexuality,

because they have their "out" Elton Johns
and Ellens, their Queer as Folk and Will
and Grace. They ' re not tripping. Could a
famous, popular B lack athlete ever come
out like the Olympic diver Greg Louganis
did and get the same treatment? " I don 't
think so," King says in hi s book. He brings
up a good point. Who do we as African
Americans have to look up to as positive
gay role models in popular media? Rupaul?
And does Rupaul rea lly count?

who cheat, men who are bi sex ual, and
men who are on the DL. You should let
any prospective lover know that you 're
aware of the behavior and that you either
do or do not want to be involved with a
man on the DL. And most importantly,
you must make it clear that you practice
safe sex . Suggest that you and your partner
get tested together so that you can have
peace of mind and share intimacy more
completely with him .

What women should know ~
In his book King suggests that "One of
the first steps women can take in protecting
themselves is to not be desperate to have
a man in the first place. I know it sounds
harsh, but far too many women define their
se lf-worth by whether or not they have a
man. It makes it easier for some men to get
away with leading a double life." As much
as it pi ssed me off to read that, I knew he
was right. I know I'm not the only girl,
Black or White or whatever else you may
be, who sits around bitching about how
bad I need a man . I know damn well that
I don ' t "need " a man. I just want a man.
But for the same reasons I want a man,
a man is looking for a women. The only
di fference is that DL men want something
that a woman can NEVER give them, and
that is sex with a man .
"1 encourage women to restore sex to its
rightful place as a sacred act," says King.
As women, we have a tremendous power
in the sex department. It is OUR decision
when it comes to who we will be intimate
with and our terms and guidelines for sex.
11 may sound harsh, but I like to call it the
"Power of the Pussy." Make him work
for it. I don't give up to just anybody, and
you shouldn't either. As woman we need
to start out ou r rel ationships as friends,
without having sex .
Talk to him about sex ual habits and
past sex ual partners and ex pect him to do
th e same. Share how you feel about men

What DL Men should know
If you're a DL man, the most important
thing you should know is that safe sex is
the best sex. All men who are having sex
should protect themse lves, regard less of
sexual orientation. The facts speak loud
and clear. H IV is real. It doesn't care anything about what you drive, or where you
work, or how much money you have. The
only thing that can be done to save yoursel f
and anyone you're having sex with is to
use a condom, rubbers, rainjackets,jimmy
hats, whatever you want to call them. Wear
them, do the right thing, save a life. All it
takes is you making the right choice, particularly if you are not going to give your
woman the choice.
The reaso n why I wrote thi s article is
because I have been approached by DL
men here at Evergreen. They don't know
that I know they are DL men, but I do. If
this can happen to me, it could happen to
you. It really pisses me off that someo ne
would put me at risk. I don'tcare if you're
White, Black, Hispanic, whatever. I don 't
care if you're gay, straight, bi, trans- it
doesn't matter to me. But when ·it comes
to my sexual health, I' m in charge, 'and it is
unfair to withhold information about yo ur
sex ual hab its from partners.

By Christopher Alexander
C hris l op h er ;/Ie.t a nde r : I know yo u
g ll)'s Ollck er and gulla riSI / vocalisl Ca rrie
Bro\l'nsle il/) lII e l while YO Il were silldying al
Eve rg reeh. Whal did YO Il sludy?

Cori n Tucker: I took a bunch of different thin gs. My Co re program was Soc i e ly,
Social (, Ir(lli ge and Ih e Expressive Arls. Do
the y still hav e co re programs at Evergreen?
CA : 1IIIink so: Il rall:>!erred in as ajllnlor, so,
I neve r look on e. / To som eon e in Ihe CPJ officej
Do \I'e .1'11// ft {)\ ·(, Core progra l/ls ? leah ? Okay.

CT: O kay. so yo u haven' t had the rullon expcriell<,:e . I too k Po litical Econo my
(lnd Social Ownge . Do they st ill have that ?
C/\ : l'eall. Illy }i'ie nd 's in Ihalno w, aCluaI/v.

CT: Do th o::y still haw [name unintelligibl e[
teaching Recording and S irucillre in Ughl and
SO lllld 0

C /\ : I dOlI'1 kll o\ll I/ Ift ey hav e l!tat
}(/(' II 1/.1',

CT: I took tha t as we ll.
CA : Vid FOil desigll your OIVn program
fo r YOllr degree. or d id .1'011 jllsi lake Ihe Arls

degree?
C1': .l ust tile Arts degree .
C /\ : Did or £Iv YOII lIave a day-job Ili al
IIlili: e s allyllring Illal YO Il le arned h ere, or
(//Ivllllllg like Iftal )

CT No. [I. aug ht er] I think I really learned
a lot about doi ng yo ur oIVn art and just having
the pass ion to pursue it. Tha t's une of th e main
things Ihat I learned .
CA : Did ),0 11 Icarll abo lll any a l·tlsls
(1IIlIslcally or VlS Il(/I/I ~ ft cre Ih al YO Il wOllldn'l
J/{1l 'e learned otherwise?

l'l: We had a 101 ofrenlly great guest artists.
..:spccially in my cure program . Orcou rsc, nunc
o rwho s ~ names I can rememher. bUllherc were
a lut or great Northwcst art ists that came and
sroke and evcn people who taught at Evergrec n
lI'cre real ly g re at. It 's a reall y unique edu cati on
for sure .
l' /\ : IJIdl 'olll"I\'e 0 1/) ' mllsical backg ro lllld
I,rillr III jO ill ilig
l1elsy:'

Dolly England is a senior enrolled in
an internship with the ThurSlon CO l/i7Iy
Health Departm ent.

What exactly
arc urinary
tract infections and how
should they be
prevented?

Ur inar y
tract infec'----' tions (UTI) are
about as fun as waiting in an hour-long
lin e fo r the bathroom when you really,
really gona go. They occ ur far more frequently in wOlllen than men, due to the
closeness of the lower bowel (anus) and
the urethra (tube that carries urine from
the bladder). The infection is caused by
bacteria from the vagina or anus entering
the urethra, then making their way to the
bladder. These bacteria can be shoved into
the urethra by the movement of the penis
during sex ual intercourse. Therefore, sexuall y act ive women are more likely to get
infect ions. The bigger the cock, the more
likel y thi s is to happen . Sucks, don 't it'1
A bout fi fty percent of women have
had a UTI. The most common signs are
the need to urinate much more than usual ,
burning or cramp ing during or immediatel y after urination and the feeling that
the bladder won't empty completely. It is
imperative that you see a doctor instead

ofsel f-di ag nos ing yo ur lil'st UTI, because are one of the unlucky lad ies who have
se ve ra l se xuall y tran smitt ed infections recurrent infecti ons, take go ldenseal and
(S T! ) have similar sy mptom s. Even if cone no wer every day to avoid a relapse.
In order to bypass all that crap, just take
yo u are not sc.\uall y active, an untreated
in fecti on can cause kidney probl ems. the proper precautions to avoid infecting
Antibi oti cs are diag nosed depending on your urinary tract. These include:
what type of bacteria is found, and the
• Drinking at least eight glasses of water
infect ion should clear up in one or two
each day
• Urinate frequently
day s. I however, you have rec urrent
in fect ions, meaning three or more, you're
• Avoid tight shorts/pants
• Wear cotton undies during the day and
likel y to keep getting 'em. In this case
you will be prescribed an antibiotic to
none when you go to bed. Let your little
take either immediately after intercourse
lady breathe!
• Practice good hygiene. Wash in the
for two days each tim e yo u begin to feel
shower instead of the bath tub, and
symptomat ic , or daily for six months. But
remember, kids, always wipe front to
that can be a pain in the ass .
back!
There are dipsticks available without
prescription, which change color if there
• Don't use feminine hygiene sprays
or scented douches . They're a crock
is an intection, They detect nitrate in urine
and are 90 percent accurate when used fi rs't • anyways. The vagina is a self-cleaning
oven.
thing in the morning. You can treat your
• Have both sexual partners wash hands
infection with herbal therapy by combinand goodies before intercourse. Both
ing one of the herbs in each of the three
should also urinate before and afterfollowing categories into a tea and nurse
ward.
it from the first sign of sy mptom s to three
• Be aware which sexual positions tend
days after they have gone.
to cause UTls and avoid them.
• Urinary antiseptics: uva ursi, buchu,
Menopausal and postmenopausal
th yme lea f
women
may have increased risk due to
• Urinary astringent: plantain
thinning
vaginal or urethral lining. These
• Urinary demulcent: co rn silk, couch
women should discuss infection prevengrass
Marshmallow root is also helpful. Soak tion with their doctors.
While they usually affect women, men
a tablespoon overnight in a quart of cold
water, then stra in and add to tea . If you are not immune to UTls. In males, they

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1'111 Fom Ne ll' Jersey originally, and allhe lilli e
I lived ve ry close 10 Middle lo wn , NJ, wlrich
Iw .' Ihe disllll cilon 0/ being Ih e p lace Ih ol 10.1'1
Ihe III OSI p eople as a rcst/II of Ihe 9- 1I a llads
(;\flddlelown Is Ihe bigg esl clly in "'OIlIll Olllh
Ca ll Illy, NJ. olld is on ideal s lIbllrban local ion
fo r pe ople working in A1anhal/all because il ·' ·
a lII ere olle- h ollr Irain ride 011 lire No rlh Coos I
I.ine j. so I was c llriolls 10 hear 1/.1'011 Iwd OilY
persvnal cOllllecll on Ihere. Bill Ihal 's good 10
heal' Ihal YOllr bmill el' gol 0111 vfllre re sa/e ly.

CT: Yea h.
CA: .· Ibollilhe lIe w record, IlVas wOlldering
whal YO II gll)'S were lislening 10 11'lwn y o II lIIade
it:? I Ireard a 101 0/ /lllIe Clreer in/illence. bil l I
cO llld be cOlllplelt'lI' wrong lI hOllllhlll.

CT: Wait. whu did yuu hear')
CA : Bill e (,hea, lII id-six IIe.' or carly-

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sC I'e llli es likl! , I d Oli 'I knolV, Slo ll L'r rock or
sOlllelhing.

CT: Well. when I mo ve d to O lympia I
started go in g to every single punk rock show
th at happened. All of them were at the North
Shore Surf Club, an d Ca lvin [Johnson. head of
K Records and former member of Beat Il appeningj put on all the shows down th ere. Ijust li:lt
sort of immediately th at I had found my peopk.
Evcnt ually I saw oth er women who were my age
playing in bands. and I thuught , " I could du that."
So, I just did.
CA: Wh ere were YO /l ji'olll before Oly //lela .?
CT: Eugcne .
CA: Whal didyoillisiel/ (0 before plink rock

CT: [Laugh ter[
CA: Bllillrere 's d~/inlle~v 111 01''' , like, billesy

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came along ? Wh alever was on Ih e radio:)

CT: Weill was big into, lik e. "co ll ege mu sic"
back in the eighties when I was in high school. I
wa s really intu R.E. M. and like. umm ...
CA: Tire Smil hs, sllIff lik e 11I{// ~
CT: Yeah . I al so liked Si nead O'Cun nor. I
th ough Lion and Ih e C obra wa s really killer.
CA: Cool. So. Ihere's a lin e In YOllr song
"Faraway," /fr om 2 ()() 2's One Bea t alb um!
which obviollsly is aboul Ih e imllledilile afiermalh 0/9-1 I. Anyway , Ihe lin e Is "I look 10 Ih e
sky and I ask il nOll Orain on /IIy }i:lIl/i~)' lonig hl . ..
I was wondering I/yoll lIad a ny fa/llily F O//l Iha l
area. or i/f/ol whal thai lyric meanll o )' Ol< ~

CT: I think that was morc about being a new
mom at the time. My son was six month s uld at
thc time I wrote that so ng, and I wa s just li:eling
powerless, in a way, to protect my fam ily from
this prett y inten se situation . So th at 's just sort
of Ill y prospective nn it. My hu sband and I ha v.:
a brother-in-law that was near the World Trad..:
Ce nler when it happcn..:d . Fortunately, he wa s
one of Ihe fir st peop le ou t of hi s huildin g. W.:
did know a lut uf peuple that we re in Ih at an:a.
hu t th ankfully we didn 'l lose anyone.

HE
MAT
·SUMMER
GIGI

are caused by obstruction due to a urinary
stone, an en larged prostate- ALL men
should take a Iycopene supp lement to
combat thi s problem- or a medical procedure involving a catheter. Ifmen experience any of the symptoms, they should see
a doctor immediately. Lengthier therapy is
required to cure a man 's infection because
negligence can lead to prostate infecti on.

or, really fiu low-elld sOllnding slll}/as opposed
/() your earlier record!1'.

CT: Yeah. we were li stenin g to a lot of I,ed
Zeppelin. Cream . Jefll:rsun Airplane ...
CI\ : _,"resume .
CT: Yeah : stoner rock. th at's clelinitely a
good way to rul it.
C;\ : Is Ilial where lite eXl e llded IIIl1s ical
il/lerilldes calli e frolll ? Becalls e a 101 of Ihal
mllslc de/inile ly had lik e, YO Il kIlOW, lir e sidelong jam session or somelhing

CT: Oh yea h. Al so. we had been doi ng an
improv at our shows lor a while. We ca lled "Tho::
Di g Me Ou t Jam ," because we wou ld Icad into
"Dig M..: O ut" with it o::very ni ght on the Pear l
Jam lour. Play ing lVith Pearl Jam meant that we
IVne playi ng these much larger arcnas th a n we
were used 10. so having uur mu sic in th os.: kind
ur se ttin gs gave it thi s other kind of pcrspecti ve of what it wuuld suu nd lik..: to do the whole
art:na- ro ek thing. It lVas really cool, and we r.:ally
lik ed ii , and I think that has an innuCl1 ce on the
new reco rd too.
C/\: I reme mber YO Il gu),s doing Iha l
dldn 'l see YO Il on Ih e Pearl .Jam IOllr bill I did
see Y O II play wilh /Jlolldr Redhead ill Ne w )'ork
Cily 011 IIIf! day of Ihe big alii i-wal'l'roleSI / Feb
12, 20113 / and I rrlll em be rlh ai ja m before "/Jig
/\Ie (Jill. ,. I g lll'SS I have Iwo qllesllolls: The
.firsl is, do YO II Ih ink liIal Ihe newfollnd foc lls
() Il instrumental jJassages signifies ),011 f.!oin illg
11 /01''' cO I//idence p layiJlg liS a band~ Th e second
is, why Is llial passage IIIlI ch //l ore differellilhall
Ih !! oll e Iltal apPl'ared Oil lite record:)

having thc confidence to do it in front of the Pearl
Jam fans was pretty ballsy. you know?
CA : I agree.
CT: I mean. they didn ' t kilO": who the heck
we were. But fur us it was kind of. I dun' t know.
a statement of freedom , thi s total world of fn:edom . I th in k we wanted tu put that ou t on the
record , but we had to write the songs fi rst a rouml
it , you know? I mean , we had to wr it e new songs,
because we couldn ' t ju st have it gu ing into "D ig
Me Ou t" on the n:cord . So we had to write songs
th at wou ld incorporat..: that on the new record .
and so we kept wri ting until we had that.
If

C /\ :
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wanl
Illy

CT: That was written by Rick Mo ody
[author of Tire Ice Sior/ll and Garden S ia le. lu
whi ch the muvi..: is not n: latedl .
C/\: Hea //)'~ We ll , Rick Afoody 's a cool
glly. ! I lik e Rick ,\f oody a s lrili-o,,"-} I \I'us
wondering. hall' imporl alll is .1'0111' local 1011 10
YOIl gllYs ~ You slar/ed oul in O ly mpia and noll'
yall're in Porlland. so IrOIl' IIIIICir does Ihal p lay
in your music ?

CT: I th ink it 's a hug..: part of uur identit y.
W..: recently played wi th Wileu at New Y..:ar·s
Eve in Madisun Squa re Ga rden (in New York
Cit y) and it was rea ll y funn y just how noi sy and
skronky we were compared to everyone else. Wc
werejust like. " rawug hl" Reall y raw-so unding,
and I think it ha s a lot to do with being from the
Pac ific NOrlhw.: st. It 's nut hi gh ly pulished and
it 's not ve ry prell y sounding. I think it 's alway s
been weirdly natural but amplified.
CA: Kind of dirly and IIm vas h e d ~
CT: Y..:ah l So we were like, wow, we reall y
arc different
CA: Why did YO ll gllys de c ide 10 work
wilh David Friedma n as opposed 10 J o hn
Coodmans on , lik e you g llys had in Ihe pose

CT: Well , Ilhink we re ally wanled to push
uurselves and do something totally different and
get out nfour com fort zone in terms of recordin g.
Working with a tot ally new producer wa s part of
th at Janet [Weiss. drummer] had met Dave at a
Tape Op conference in POrll and a nd really li ked
hi s philosophy un recordi ng. and hi s personal ity
in general seemed good (which it is). But Carri e
and I hadn ' t met him before we went OUI Iherc
andju st worked with him . We reall y hi t it uffand
it was good to co ll aborate with him.
CA : Ho w is il differenl work ing wilh him ?

CT: We ll . I think we 're sort of di scovering
it as thi s new dir~ctioll f()r ourselves. I think that

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of e mph asis Oil h olV yo u g u vs are f rom
Ih e Nor lhlV esl . Lik e, 'Th ey ca lli e fro m Ih e
NorlhweSI " Is used really repeliliously ...

Do you love Ben @ Jerry's ice cream?

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works pelfe c lly.
op inion ,
h ili ..

CT Nice.
CA: III yo "r hlo , II, e r e's a

Are you concerned about the
environment?

Is there sperm in pre-cum?
Pre-ejaculate or "pre-cum" is a lubricant produced in the Cowper 's gland,
which is not a source of sperm. However,
if there is sperm in the urethra from a
previous ejaculation, it can show up in
pre-cum. This is yet another reason you
should pee after boning. Get rid of the
stragglers. Though it is unlikely that precum will have the power to impregnate, it
can certainly infect. Pre-ejaculate is actually MORE likely to spread STls, because
it is more concentrated than sperm. The
pull-out method is bullshit. Make the little
guy put on his speedo before he jumps in
the pool!

Erin RashbaulIl is afi"eshman enrolled in
Exploring Play and Afro-Brazillian Dance.
She will be turning twenty-one this week.

)'()I /I '

l'T: Well my Dad plays mu sic as sort of a
hobby. So therc's alw ays music happe ni ng at my
hllll SC. so it didll 'l scell1 lolally oul urthe qucstiun

Was it goo·d forJou?
Love your oven, avoi infection
By Erin Rashbaum

b ill IIIeY sti ll Irave lir e program .

CA: Thai '.I' goo d 10 heal'. I ask beca lls e

for me to pick up a g uit ar.
CA: Whal does YO llr dad pllly ~
CT: I k plays guitar.
CA: Did he p lay in bal/ds or a l/)'Ihillg:)
CT: Yeah. I mean, he g igged as a folk sin ger
in the sixt ies for a bit. Su yeah. h..: wuuld try and
teach me a little. and I wou ld get fru s) ratcd . So
when I wa s a tee nage r I decided I wuuld do it
eventuall y. yo u know?
CA: Righi. So Ihe n. was il sOlllelhlng Ihal
YO Il j llSI picked lip orollnd Ihe hOllSe, or
Ihal p link-rock was happening, al/d Ihal
YO Il dec ided 10 pick illlP or wh[l{ ~

7

19, 2005

Sleater-Kinney's
Corin Tucker speaks

The low down on the "Down Low"
By Dolly England

COOPER POINT JOURNAL

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COOPER POINT JOURNAL

Sudden Change:
a creative nonfiction tale
By Kip Arney
Imagi ne you rselr los ing one or yo ur fi ve
senses ror a two-week period, whethe r it be
hearin g, see ing, smelling, tasting or fe eling.
Just imag ine what it wo uld be li ke. How
wou ld yo u reac t to th is sudden loss? Say,
fo r insta nce, yo u've li ved ror 18 years and
you're off at yo ur fi rst yea r of coll ege in a
diffe rent state, li ving on yo ur own wi th new
peop le, and sudde nl y yo u lose the ability to
hear. Who ca n yo u rely upon? Are peopl e
go ing to un de rstand w hat you 're go in g
thro ugh? Will they help yo u? Will yo u fin d
out who you r true fr ie nds are? My name is
Kip Arney, and thi s is my story.
It all started back in the olden tim es of
2003 . I know, I know. You' re rea lly go nna
have to st retch yo ur mind to thin k bac k to
the days when the wo rld as we now know
it didn't ex ist. Back during the days whe n
new Friends ep isodes were runn ing on NBC,
back when the Red Sox we re still in their
state or mi sery and we re the Ya nkees' bitch.
But try yo ur best.
I was just a meas ly rres hm an ent erin g a
new world in thi ratty town ca ll ed Ca ldwe ll,
Ida ho, wh ich is abo ut a hair hour ou tside
or Boise. The place wa s ca ll ed Albe rt son
Co llege or Idaho, and yes. it was renamed
a fter the grocery sto re guy. No one rrom
my high schoo l lVent with me to this crazy
place, but they'd a ll hea rd abou t it. They'd
all rece ived those stup id coll ege brochu res in
the mai I, and the one that stood out th e most
was a tin y collegc that prese nted a different
type of recipe invo lving potatoes on eac h
page, along wi th co nvinc ing arg ume nts of
why thei r schoo l was so great. I wa nted to
go somew here slna ll and become a legend ,
so I applied- a nd got in- before my se ni or
year eve n started.
Upon arrival I d iscove red that if you've
never branded a call ie or yo u do n' t wea r
jea ns. you're a fore igner. Rut I 'was accep ted
an yway. I made frie nds fast. I mean, whe n
the studc nt popu la ti on is o nl y 800 a nd
change, you prett y muc h lea rn eve rybody's
na ill e by the second month of' yo ur tenure.
I became known mai nl y fo r my love
fo r basketba ll . Eve ry mome nt I had ava il able I spent in the gy m, that is, when the
gy m was n' t in usc -lo r stupi d functio ns lik e
Ca ldwe lil-l igh Sc hoo l's prom . I ba ll ed wi th
students, I ba ll cd wi th fac ult y, I ba ll ed with
the team. I ba ll ed with the eoac h - who, if

yo u do some research, yo u wiII discover
was draft ed in the NBA by th e Portl and
Tra il Blazers bac k in 1985, when th e draft
lasted for seven rounds.
Well , one day I was pl ay ing agai nst some
Iitt Ie ten-year-o lds who thought they could
take me because of the way I looked. Yeah,
th at's the way it is with everyo ne, isn't it?
Judgea person by their cover. Hell , I' ll ad mit
it, I do it too. There are some things I' ve seen
here that cause me to shake my head and
frown. But whatever, these two boys made
the mi stake of underestim ati ng my ability.
I was surpri sed with the ir pe rsistence
despite getting beat dow n. They ke pt wa nting to pl ay. It 's good ( 0 see playe rs still pl ay
for the love of the game and not the score.
I crossed that line a lo ng tim e ago. I pl ay to
win . I have to win. In the midst oC the game,
I began ex perimenting with some moves I' d
seen on the AND I Mix Tape DVDs, and
that's when it happe ned.
I do n ' t re membe r exac tl y how it a ll
played ou t, bu t desp ite me being a foo t
ta ll er than him , our heads co ll ided und my
wor ld wen t blank. The crazy thi ng is thu t it
wasn' t a violent co li is ion. It was the so nes t
or taps, but the react ion was eart h-shattering.
Suddenly the world around Ille was qui et.
It's not like my hearing aid had nevc r been
hit before. It's tdken qui te a beating over
th e years bccause of my passion 1'01' phy sica l activity and contac t. I didn 't think Illuch
or it at li rst. I thought muybc it had gotten'
sw itc hed to th e o fTposition or Ihe cord may
have popped ou t, but that wa s no t the casco
It hadjust stopped worki ng. My mi nd began
to swi rl. It was al'Ound ear ly Apri l \\'hen thi s
we nt dow n. so I had abo ut a nw nth.<lnd a ha lf
le n o f school. Schoo l' How the he ll was I
go ing to keep goi ng to classes? Il ow wa s I
go ing to lace th e lear of w;l lki ng aro und in
pub lic and risk sOllle strange r trying to ta lk
to me and I wo ul dn't be ablc to respo nd')
I slow ly gathered Ill y stu ff. put Ill y hood ie
over my head and slow ly wa lked bac k across
camp us to my roo m with one th ought go ing
th ro ugh my mind. My mom is go ing to kill
me.
Part 2 ne xt week

Kip Al'I7e), is a junior el1mlh'd ill Fi ction
and No nfi cti on alld Qu irky Charac tc rs. He
is .I'tl/(/l'inr, creative ll'ritillg

Collage #15
By Sebastian Derlieu-Schulz
I realized I never really
had a choice in the matter, due to
attempting
A new route
has no cure for decline
Should be knowledgeable on no w
to ha lt vanishing Gen e ration s
Le a ve us alone.
Und e rs tood th e prin ci ple o f th e
ho me land is a fragm e nt ary pi ece
of d e nted scal e
Re prese nts not t ra dit io n b ut the ba d o ld d a ys
Bri ng t o world a t te nti o n, lost cre d ibility.
Sehu.I'tioll DL'J'liL'II -Schll/: is u sellior enrol/ed in a COl1lruct 1111
col/age'. dada all11 pop urt . / Ie We!CIIII".'.I· CO /llII/ elll.l· alld reLlctillllS (J{ de!.I'eh / 7 a l'l·ergreel1. edll .

5 C D. Al so appearing is AC Lewi s of Suntz u
Sound .,More info is to be announced. Tickets
are $ 15 in advance and the show is 2 1+.

If yo u see a Gr<;g's Finds printed in the
CPJ, then that means that I saw something
th at I wo ul d reco mm e nd or that I th ink Saturday Ma y 21 st
mi ght be wort h check ing out. Sometimes
nothing strik es me, and so I write nothing.
Singer/songwriter John Prine performs at
Thi s week I saw onl y two. I wo uld li ke to the Paramount Theatre in Seattl e. When he
apologize, however,
was d isco ve red by
beca use the re have
Kri s Kri storfe rso n,
bee n a co uple o f
Kri sto frerso n was
noted as say ing that
rea ll y great shows
late ly a nd I ha ve
he knew what it must
have fe lt li ke w he n
been too caught up
Dy la n was di scovin perso nal issues to
ered. Pri ne, although
give yo u a heads-up
he never reac hed
abou t them. One in
pa rti c ul ar was th e
his popul a rit y, was
hail ed to become the
M . I. A. a nd LC D
nex t Dy lan a nd st ill
Soundsystelll show I
beca me a legend in
saw at the Showbox
h is ow n r ig ht. His
las t week. I r yo u
so und is ha rd to
have an opportunity
ca tegor ize, but he
to catc h e ithe r of
has rece ived num e rthese ac ts. I hi ghI y
Ph oto courtesy OM Records
o u s G I' a 111m y s 1'0 r
s ugge st it. I a lso
fo lk music. Il is fi rst
highl y suggest th at
DJ Mark Farina :sets down Ii'ith it Cit the
a lbu m is a maz in g
yo u help in Illy
Chup SlIe), un Frida.
and has so ngs s uch
req uest to have one
as " Ill egal S mil e ,"
01' both of lhem play
wh ic h is a cou nt ry- so unding t unc a bou t
here on ca mpu s.
eat ing LSD. He is on tour now prom oti ng
Fri(lay, May 20
his fi rst studio release in four yea rs. Show
is at 8 p.m. and tickets cost $32.50. S37.50.
l),J Ma rk Farina wi ll be performi ng at the
and $47 .50.
Chop Suey in Sea tt le. far ina prides himse lf
on lindi ng and spinn ing rare albums that he Greg Fiel1lJes is ujuni()r ('lIml/ed in Pat ience.
fea rs will slip into obscu rity. He is on hi s He is curren/I)' stlldying ahIlUl'lIIa1li.ITCho/Ogl '
Mushroo m Jazz tour and will be playi ng and aspects o/li)l'eign .whc lilt I/ re ullcI Cllit lira/
a com plete three-hour set to ce lebrate the genocide.
re lease o f hi s new" IlI.I'hl'Oolll Ja:z Volum e

Olympia's second
Sacred Snuggle is coming
up on Saturday, May 28!
By Ryan Jackson
In Da nte's Hell , a ma n s uffers eterna l
thirst whil e standin g chin dee p in water.
We are surro unded by peo ple yea rning fo r
authenti c conn ec ti on and nurturing touch,
ye t ofte n fee lin g c ut o ff a nd un ab le to
nia ke cari ng, nurturing connec ti ons. It is
a sy mpto m of the do min ant , o ppress ive
cul ture, whi ch disco urages sharin g- from
materi al goods to simple touch- and which
has cO llllll odi fi ed and comm e rcia li zed our
bod ies and sex uality and created a scarci ty

Corin Tucker
continued from page 7
CT: Well David is like a rock scie nt ist.
He speaks alm ost in code, and it took In c a
very long tim e to eve n understand what it
was that he w;] s even sayi ng. He rea ll y live s
in hi s oll' n head conce rni ng what he th ink s
the songs sho ul d be like. He's very much
like a col kge professor - I mea n he teaches
ou t tilerr:. and he's very proressor ial in a lot
of ways. So he's rea ll y great to work with.
.ioh'1 is reall y rea ll y grea t to work wit h too,
but II' IIa; it is is that John knows us so well.

9

19,2005

Arab women writers share their
abilities an .d experience~ at Evergreen

Greg's
By Greg Fiennes

MAY

mentality that is not rea l- and that can lead to
alienati on, unhap piness, depression, agg ression and fear.
The Sac red Snugg le is an all - inclusive,
no nsex ua l eve nt th at creat es a tru stin g
environment ror human contac t without the
pressure of sex ual come-ons or inte ract ion.
Please come with an open mind and a playful ,
creative spiri t. We recomme nd peop le wear
loose, comfo rtable clothing such as pajamas
or sweats. Th ere is a requested do nation of
$5 as we ll as a snack to share. but no one will
be turned away. Thi s eve nt is located on the

and we' ve worked with him so much and we
come fro m the same pl ace in a lot or \\'ays.
that he's almost got a n inside perspec ti ve on
the band . He's rea ll y great and rea ll y supportive. but Dave has an out side pe rspective that
was much more cri t ica l. T hat rca lly helped
us and chall enged us, fo r SlIrE.
CA: Wlra t does til e' lU ll' Th~ \Vood s
signify?
CT: We ll, firstl y, th e place that \\ e
recorded the record was rea lly remote and
in the woods lite rally. But also a lot or th e
image ry th at comes from thinki ng about the
wood s ki nd of seemed to suit the things th at
we re going on in this record. So. there are
the fee lings of iso lat ion and lone liness and

with im ages of societal drowning and cul - of co lor are seen as representati ves of their born ofthe sam e music and carried its tones
tural drought. Her experience growing up race. Hammad commented that "we are only and harmonic structure in their blood. It was
On Friday, May 6, Olympi a embraced a as a Palestini an-American woman refl ects given one perception of nati onality." Thi s is the music of Ih e universe and it came fro m
melodi c breeze of Arabic literature, brid g- the commonpl ace experiences of young refl ecti ve of the reception the West has with the highest freq uency, Ih e realm where fles h
and spirit were one." (pg. 36).
ing the literary wo rld of Arab women writ- women of color growing up in the United Eastern writers.
The expl oration of fl esh and spirit has
Alem, Salem and Hammad use a wideers and the Pacifi c North west. They spoke States. Her stories are wet with metaphors
to an audi ence of 250 at United Churches in and allow a personal account of life grow- range of sy mbols in their stori es. A comm on been the strongest theme of these women's
wo rk s . T he y hav e
downtown O lympi a, thoroughl y e ngag ing ing up with Palestinian refugee parents in th e me is wate r,
expl ored the chanthe audience with secti ons from their wo rk . Brooklyn.
linked to purity and
ne ls of metaphori Three wom en cast their lives into books,
Recentl y, all these women have trav- tra ns form a t io n.
ca l re ve re nce as
whi ch have received critical accl aim . They e led to the Pacifi c Northwest to vis it Ha mm ad ca ll s it
'.
th ey co ntinu e t o
are Raj a Al em, Ibtihal Sa le m and Suheir Hedgebrook, a non-profit organi zation " t ra n s r0 rm a t i ve
reac h across oceans
liquid
Hamm ad. Their ancestry goes back to the offering a retreat for women to come and powe r...
of
literacy. Through
Middle East; however, as writers they emerge find solitude and inspiration for their writ- to stea m ." A le m
th e ir pass ion s for
on a transnational sca le of communi cati on. ing. Raja, Ibtihal and Suheir accompany s upp o rt s thi s in
re prese ntati on, a n
Each wo man has her own way of writing, three other women of the Arab world in a her nove l, Falin a,
intim ate history of
and ye t, coll ectively, they have reached a series of Arab women writers. The group when the protagose If is un co ve red .
of women met for a two-hour di scussion ni st is bitt e n by
wide-ranging audience.
Arab wom e n writRajaA lem, born in Mecca, uses what crit- with our program, Arab and Muslim Women a ve ry pO Iso no us
ers have continued
ics ca ll "mys tic reali sm," using a leg ion of Writers . Prior to the meeting, we engaged snake and fa lls into
to rapture an ecstasy
metaphors and dreamlike scenarios in telling in the authors' works, and afterwards we a co ma, o nl y to
of visionary appeal,
stor ies that chall enge linear literary de velop- were abl e to create a deeper connection to di scover herselfin a
reveali ng an underrebirth of the senses
ment. In Fat ma. A NOl'e/ o/Arabia, her use the writing from the writer herself.
,.,
ly in g so li da rit y
o f myth bridges the ga p betwee n the linear
Censorship has been a common idea and body. The fluid
among
women. The
works o f Eng li sh and the circul ar mysti cism when we ex plore the relationship women movements of her
way Alem im ag ines
and me lod ic frequency of Arabic. Her story wri te rs have with a patriarchal di scourse. body co m pi ime nt
the liquescence of
of Fa tl1l a reflec ts th e
"Those involved the eve r-cha ng ing
snakes crea tes the
d izzy ing trans formation
wi th ce nsors hip co lors and textures
sa me flui d mot ion
of
her
sk
in
and
her
of wo man-to-scrpent, as
do not read,"
or writing with the
sa id Raj a Al em. he ig ht e ned se na ve nomous snake bit es
body, ve nturi ng into
A most comm on siti vit y to so un d.
a new bride and she is
the unde rl ying lanform of cen so r- Ha mm ad also uses
left sul kin g in newfound
Photo co u r l e,\y Pennie /J lIm ruflgs iri
f
.
guage 0 ou r spi nts,
ship is assi mi- wa ter as a lin ki ng
powers.
tively embracing the
la ted identity. metaphor to thc fl ux or li fe a nd exp lores co Il e c Ibt ihal Sa lem writ es
sa
me
harm
oni
c
struct
ure.
Whe n works are the violence orwate r in the raw. un reserved
a co ll ectio n of short stoT he wo me n's tri p to O lympi a was a
brought from the conduction or the spoken word, ac hi ev ing
ries in her com pil ati on,
unique
opport unit y to hear readings fro m
rn
the
sa
me
pote
ncy
in
he
r
a
ut
ob
iography.
East
to
Weste
Childrell oj' the Waters.
,
1.1
, '
prev
ious
wo rks as we ll as learn about new
read
e
rs,
o
ft
e
n
Sa
lem
uses
wate
r
as
a
yo
uthful
channel
into
Ile r de nse stori es com.
~
insp
irati
ons
that have emerged rrom the ir
.
'1
of
childhood
essence.
She
paints
the
ocean
as
a
the
depi
ction
bine a power ful fu sio n
,r ,
Hedgebrook
retreat. When they spoke in
writin g refl ects safe have n for ex press ive freedom and gives
of sy mbo ls re fere ncing
we re able to li sten with our
O
lympi
a,
we
the country a nd children th e predominance of that ex pl oracontemporary Egypti an
th e oppre ss io n tion due to their co nfide nce in trusting the eyes and se~ the intensity of their stre ngth
iss ues. Her stori es take
in writing. T he audi ence was able to hear
of that country free enviro nment.
on an instancy of refl ecthe
wa velength of identities streami ng fro m
and
not
the
indiRaja
Alem
arranges
a
beauti
fu
l
assortt io n, d irec ting readers
Saudi
Arab ia, Egy pt and Palestine. Alem,
vidual writer. Alia ment or sound, move men t and sc ript in
toward iss ues or class,
Salem
and
Hammad left an incredibl e impact
Mamdouh , a n Fatm a . She uses dark ness as a palette for
gen de r a nd po li t ica l
Iraqi woman with undi scovered languages , when sight bows with their honest refl ecti ons on po liti ca l
pers pect ives . Sa le m
Photo courtesy Pennie B ll m/'lll1~s iri
the Hedgebro6l((JQwn to so und, and it is the frequency of the autonomy, ge nd er dyna mi cs, censorship
ca ptivates the yo uth ful
fervor th at we so oflc n rorget, whi ch all ows series, says that when Arab work creates a room that must be observed. The character and bein g a woman writer.
for a deepe r apprec iati on of the subtleti es place for itse lf in the West, it is because the Fatma ex pl ores the da rkness with her snake
Pennie Bumrungs iri is in her third year al
"writer or book pl eased and delighted the compani ons:
of life.
"and w h en th e s n akes m oved. th ey Evergreen and is enrolled in the p rogram
Suheir Hamm ad uses raw, hi gh-e nergy Westerner with an exoti c quality." Western
prose, creating a space ro r wo men's repre- readers pi ck out what they like best and in voked the ri ver ~' music- power/iii. p uz- Arab and Muslim Women Writers. She is
sentati on. In her fi rst boo k and autob iogra- tend to focu s on the analyti cal rather than zling. a lmos t unbearably perfect harmonies foc using on identity consciousness and postphy, Drups of Th is Story, Ham mad uses the sy mbo li c meaning of the text. It is th e beyond th e range of human.l'enses- a/lthe colonia/ literature.
images of water to fl ood the reader's mind fault of identity ass imilation when people m ore strange because h umans. too, were

By Pennie Bumrungsiri

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Evergreen State Co llege ca mpus. For locati on de ta il s and for more info, pl ease RSVP
at htt p://events. lovetri be .0rg/SacredSn uggle.
Our fi rst eve nt in March was a great success,
and we hope thi s one wi II be j ust as good!
Ryan Jackson is a junior enrolled in Loca l
Kn ow ledge.

mys te ry, but there are a lot or mag ica l and
interes ting th ings that ca n go on th ere too.
So yo u just never know.
CA: Las t question .' do ),0 11 ever miss
OI\'1!1p ia ?
CT: Yea h! Ithink Olympia is great, a nd
we had a great tim e pl aying at the Coll ege
(i n Febru ary). Yea h, I had a rea ll y a mazi ng
time in Olympia, it was a rea ll y big part in
my [g rowth ) because it had such a supporti ve
at mosphere and it rea ll y helped me . A nd I
hope that ot her yo ung people are still doi ng
that ki nd orthing.
CA: Awe.lome. lid/thanks a lot fo r yU /ll'
tilll e Corrin.
CT: Than k you'

By Taj Schade and Dan Thompson

cheapandeasyfood@yahoo.com

Solar iced tea

Summer is coming and ice water is
so passe!
Fill a largejar, clear glass is best, '... . ~ith fresh
water and add a teabag for each ".~ pint of
water. An~ of ~our favorite teas will work., mix and
match for ~our own blend, Set lidded jar in the
sunlight (keep the lid b ose but t~e jar covered)
nd let it steep for severa l hours In 'the sun . The
longer the stronger! Put the jar in the fridge after
removing the tea bags, sweeten to taste. Tr~
add ing a sp'rig of fresh lavender or rose petals, or a
few dried cloves or cardamom pod fo r spice.

COOPER POINT JOURNAL

10

MAY

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

19, 2005

MAY

U n t i tie d

Composing Creation
!\ II to ach ieve t he beau ty he w ishe s

By Jacob Stanley
The Cll mpost:r draws up hi s wa nd s
and I()oks (\ ut at the orc hestm
Sl) \\'ide and ta ll that it appeared t W()dime nsiona l.
but the size o f the noise created in hi s
head on ly wakes him up.
lie ha s an epiphany over the poss ibilities of com p(\s in g such a mo nster
because he k nl)\\ s the de struct ive
SO lllll1s it could pruduce
would fri!.!.hten.c ve n the god s to a
!lu ster.
lie stands and read s the idea l song
he 's mea nt to produce,
o nly to thumh hi s nose at the idea
and close hi s eyes as he lies baek
down to dwell in his truth ,
T he sound o f th e sy mpho ny Iight s up

In roars
loud enough to ri va l the Dresden
bombi ng trageuy he once igno red .

to crea te oh th e page
knllwin g he ' ll onl y dcll>rlll hi s iu eal
by prouucing it o n stage.
The composer loo ks to the om i nou s
sky w ith a uefiant eye
taunting the gods w ith hi s blasphemous di rection,
lie rejects the \",or ld that ha s be set
limit s to hi s creation s
and prays whil e compos in g hi s masterpie ce w ithout n;velati(\n ,
The gods reply back to hi s heretical
noi se with admiration ofa sor t.
as they info rm the com poser of the
rea lit y: that he'lI never be able to
retort.
The creator continues to demand
stn:ngth from th e so und s a ll aro und
but on Iy awakens to rca Iin; hi s
dream ca nnot be found.

Sorry to not have w ritten . "

Sorry to not have written.

Ju st anot her t ime I" ve said

By Zane Haxton

nut yo u know ho\\ it is,

'Tm sorry" for so me thing I did ,

First the laundr y need s some doing,

Or didn' t do in stead ,

Afte r th e craziness ort he Midwinter
Ce ili , who co uld blame us for slacking off
a bit'! That was some party. The riotous
crowd of 100 + peop le nearly tore the roof
off the Longholl se, and the floorboard shalle ring sou nd of dClllC ing fee t hilling
the floor was rn ista ken, rn iles away, for
a herd or charg in g elephants, And once
we closed up shop and hit the afte r-part y,
the night got eve n beller/worse. Throll gh
the drunken haze, certa in memories
corne fl o<lt ing to the surface: the singing
of songs, " a tripped-out van ride through

Then I gatta take a \\ iz .
So rr y to not have wr itten ,
Sorry tll Il\)t ha ve \,\ ritten ,

So rr y to not have cal led,

Suc h a goud way to beg in -

Sor ry for a ll the things

I certainly don' t Illean it.

I' ve never done fo r yo u at al l. ..

nut I thought I'd throw it in So rry fo r al l the meal s I neve r cooked
Sorry to not have 'vvr itten.

while yo u were sick ,

Oh, but yo u k now how I alll,

Sorry fo r that time I sat there

I make so Illany pro m ises.

W hil e yo ur bl ood wa s runnin g thick,
Sorry fo r the sca r I left yo u

Sorry to not have wr itten,

Ovcr you I' left eye.

nut I'm reall y ju st a cad ,

Sorry fo r the ti Ill es I left yo u

Yo u thought I wa s a ge ntleman ,

Il angi ng hi g h a nd d ry,

I~ut

I take after Dad.
Sorry ' bo ut that baby

in Co ntemporary Iss ue s, I/c is ill/l'/'-

Sor ry tll not have wr itt en.

Who Illy te mper made you k ill.

csted il7 h is/on ', glJl 'C l'l1l11e111 , !,oli/in',

But I really do not care.

8 ut I cou ld n't let t he prom ise

I Jot''''.\', I'is//(/I

I j ust say thin gs like "I'm sorr y"'

Oflhat li fe be fulfilled.

steam
to th e sno\\-covered mountain peak s
in the moon li ght 's g leam ,

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t

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To give myse lf a car in g air.

• • • •
~- '

....

Sorry to not have writt e n,
Sorry to not ha ve written ,

But yo u kno\\' I have no love ,

(ieel, I ho pe )'o u're st iII a l ive,

Whe n it comes to yo u I ta ke ,

I know yo u're awfully lonel y,

a nd take
and take

l1ut you'll probably sur viv e,

.

downtown to enterta in our Iri sh guests at
Cl n Clll-night diner." and us having to kick
out thi s di soriented guy who was coming
down ofT or 'shrooms because it was 4:30
a,m , and dude, we rea lly need ed to sleep,
So, il'youthought we we re sleepwa lking Olll' way through spring qu arter. lost
in a daydream of fiddle tunes and cheap
beer. ,. you were right. But fe ar not: The
juggernaut that is the Everg reen Iri sh
Resurgence Element (E IR E) is ba ck in
ac tion , and we're de termined to onl:e
again se t the bar for Everg re en event
excell ence,
So we'd like to invite yo u all to One

Last Ballyhoo, our fi na l event thi s year.
Ba llyhoo is an old American terrn from the
Iri sh />ai/hi , meaning party, and party is
just what we shall do, We'll have a potluck,
a dance- with a ca ller to teac h dances and
hopefully some live accompan iment- and
a lot of ga mes, music and ot her cra zi ness
in between, So bring yo ur favorit e dish and
yo ur songs. stories, mu sica l instr ume nts
and anything else that you ca n th ink of
and join in on the fun l
One Last 8allyhoo is a free t:vcnt ami
takes place r'riday, May '27 at the Organic
Farmhouse, Doors open at:; p,m" pot luck
<lro und 6:30, danc ing in slrll clioll start s
around 7:30 and iI's homeward or onward
by 10, See you thert: 1

Tht: Fvc rgreen Tutor i ng Cente r (ETC)
Ilvitt:s YOll to chal lenge yo ur quantit ati ve
\Ild sy mboli c reasoning skill s by so lving
ur puz zle of the week. Each week we
vii i pre sent a new pu zzle to chall enge
'Oll. Wh en you come up wit h an answer,
ring it to the ETC in C/\B 108, If yo u
re olle or the first three with th e correct
In swer. we ha ve a pri ze for you.
Answer to last week's puzzle (The
'ork in the ruad)
A lork i 11 t he road, one lo rk !cadi ng to
he QuaSR Ce nte r in CAB 108, which you
leed to gel to. Identi ca l Iwins guard the
)at hs, You can onl y ask one of them one
uestiol1 , What question do YOll ask?

Point to one of the t\VO ways, and ask
one brother, "Would your twin say thi s is
the way to the QuasR in CAB I0 8? "
Ifit 's the right way, the twin who lies
would say no, becau se in truth , it is. The
twin who tell s the truth wou ld say yes,
because that twin always tell s the truth,
If it 's the wrong way, the twin who
lies would say yes, because in truth it is
not. The twin who tells the truth wou ld
say no.
So if the answer is 11 0, go the other
way to CA B 108; if the answer is yes, go
confident ly down that road to the QuaS R
in CAB 108 and get some help from th e
friendl y chemi stry tutors.

The

Word

of the

Week

By Paul C. Whitney, a,k.a, Cap 'n Lexicon
quatrain (K W/\-train or k wa TRAI N), n:
A stanza or poem or four lines.
(Defini tion from W('h.l'ter\ NL' I\' Co //egiotc
DiCfionwy)

"Do you know how rough it is.
Have yo u eve r kit the pain,
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Inner-tubing in Olympia
By Meredith Lane
It 's getti ng warme r outside, and a few
of yo u have realized that getting a tan
might nOI be s uch a bad idea. ff lying out
in th e sun on lower fi eld isn't your cup of
lea, grab an inner tube, a few friend s and
a couple cars and explore the local rivers 'One of Ihe mosl popular rivers to float
down is the 'Desc hutes.

Places to start from:
The Tumwater Valley Municipal Golf
Cours~: It 's g.o t a great parking lot and
areas that are safe to enter and exit the
river. If yo u want to actually go through the
co urse, you'll have to hike a little bit.
Tumwater Falls Park: There are a
co upl e way s to ge t he re. From Capi tal
Lake, just keep following the lake aro und

Target: located in the Target Plaza.
from Downtown Oly. From Tumwater,
follow the freeway like you' re going to (They ' ve actually even got a floating
get"o n 1-5 north, onl y keep going down cooler, so your food can tube with yo u too.)
Boater 's World Di scount Marine Center:
the hill .
There are other places to start from if located next to Barnes & Noble.
There are also plenty of online resources
you want to get further away, but th ese
are wi thin 10 minutes of campus. Make where yo u can find them at better prices.
The Everg reen Outdoor Program has
s ure yo u follow safety re gulations put in
place by o ur local law enforcement. On more information on other rivers and
vesse ls under 19 fee t, it 's required to have maps in the area if yo u ' re interested in
life vests "on board" for everyone, re gard- making it a longer trip . Check 'em out if
less of age. If you ' re under the age of 13 , you have n't gotten a chance to yet! They're
yo u' ve galla have them on. Don ' t try to located on the first floor of the CRe near
get out of thi s one. Water sa fety violations the front desk.
have pretty hefty fines. It also he lps if you
can sw im. Now that I've done my duty Meredith Lane is th e Sports Coordinator
to the Park s Department, here are a few for the CPJ. She'd love it ifmore students
who are interested in writing and sports
places that se ll in~ e r tubes.
Big 5 Sportin g Goods: located on would gel a hold of her aboul articlesfor
the CPJ! cpj@evergreen.edu
Cooper Point across from Toys "R" Us.

The church of baseball
By Wes Mize
By any measure available, Minnesota
Twins right-hand er Juan Rincon is one
of the best relief pitchers in baseball . In
2004, his second full season in The Show,
Rincon proved vital to the Twins' s uccess, amassing a terri fic 11-6 record with
a 2.63 ERA and 106 strikeouts thrown in
lor good measure. Pitching in 82 innings
over the course of 77 games, Rincon also
proved to be something of a workhorse,
a fact that the Twins used to their advantage all year. When all was sa id and done,
Minnesota won the 2004 American League
Central division title with a 92-70 record,
a nine-ga me differential over their nearest
competition, the Chicago White Sox. And
although the Twins tielded a solid team in
all facets of the game, the importance of
Juan Rincon to the team 's middle-relief
corps should not be overlooked. He was a
critical component in helping his team win
its third consecutive division title.
But Juan Rincon is more than just a
solid relief pitcher. He is also a documented user of performance-enhancing
drugs, having been suspended under Major
League Baseball's new testing policy on
May 3 of thi s year. In the process, Rincon
ensured that in the future, his name would
conjure up far more unsettling images than
opposing hitters flailing wildly at his devastating sl ider.
Rincon was not the tirst playe r suspended under baseball 's new testing
policy. (That would be Tampa Bay Devil
Ra ys centerfielder Alex Sanchez, the
owner of a woeful .386 s lugging perce ntage in 2004.) Nor will he be th e last. But
Rincon 's suspension serves as a painful
reminder that the use of perform apceenhancing drug3 is a fixture of Major
League Baseball in 2005. To think of
Rincon 's ac tions as an anomaly is to deny
the writing scraw led across the outlield
wall from ·S eattle to Boston: that the use of
performance-enhancing drugs has become
as much a pal1 of Major League Baseball
as Wrigley Field 's bleacher bums and the
pinstriped polyester uniforms of the New
York Yankees.
As a 23-year-old man who long ago
chose the church of baseball as his place
of worship, I view my religion 's addiction to performance enhancing drugs
with considerable chagrin. Growing up
in Northern California, I spent many a
summer evening transfixed by the ferocious intensity contained within former
A's slugger Mark McGwire'sbat, amazed
by the slugger's uncanny ability to hit
homeruns. Watching McGwire refuse to
confirm or deny his use of steroids before
a congressional committee two months
ago, I was transfixed all over again, this
time overwhelmed by a profound sense of
sadness at what had become of the man I
used to cheer so heartily.

But McGwire is far from the only di sappointment. Indeed, it is Major League
Baseball itse lf that is responsible for my
greatest feelings of dismay. In looking
the other wayan matters of steroids for
.50 long- the c rackdown that resulted in
Juan Rincon 's s uspension is, in fact, the
first policy the s port has ever had for
those who would abuse performanceenhancing drugs- Major League Baseball
effectively placed their desire for greater
profits ahead of the so ul of the ga me. To
think that moments that cemented my faith
may have been based on fal se pretenses
is a painful but necessary consideration. I
hope with the utmost conviction that my
memories will endure as the genuine joys
I first experienced them as, but I have no
. way of knowing for sure. To some degree.
the lack of definitive answers is the most
painful aspect of the equation. It is also the
one most likely to endure.
I n a larger sense, however, the use of
steroids in Major League Baseball has
done little to diminish the reverence I hold
for the game. Yes, I have a favorite teamspending thi s past year in Washington has
done nothin g to detract from my love for
the Oakland A's- and yes, there are many
players whose careers I follow with the
utmost interest, A's southpaw Barry Zito
being at the top of that list. Be th at as it
may, my love for the league is minim al at
best. It is not Major League Baseball that
stirs my so ul each spring, it is baseball
itself. I enjoy the opportunity to spend a
Friday night in May along the right-field
line at Safeco Field, but I am enthusiastic
about the dynam ics of the confrontation
that exists bet"Yeen a pitcher and a batter.
Mark McGwire homeruns were undeniably thrilling, but it was no less a fantastic
sight to see my older brother make perfect
contact with the ba ll during his three years
in Little League.
The smell of freshly cut outfield g rass,
the lump in my throat whenever a runner
on second glances back at the pitcher and
then promptly takes off for third- these
are not rewards unique to Major League
Baseball alone. Indeed they are a component of baseball no matter where it
is played , from an urban high school in
the Bronx to a small field populated by
ten-year-olds in Kerkhoven, Minnesota.
And it is these components that establish
my status and ensure my dedication as a
parishioner within the church of baseball.
I loathe the presence of steroids at the
game's highest level, but in the end, their
effect upon my love is minimal at best.
Major League Baseball, both its organizations and its players, has earned my enjoyment. But it is baseball itself, its rituals, its
strategies, its very essence, that has earned
my devotion .

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Awesome Upcoming Events
thursday,

may

nineteenth

7 p.m. Have a homework break with
Napoleon . Join Evergreen Students for
Christ for Alex Davis' presentation
Napoleon Dynamite and the Secrets of RexQuan-Do: The SurpriSing Social Relevancy of
the Film. Sem II D II OS.
7:30 p.m. Andrew Desmond O'Rourke,
Professor Emeritus of Agricultural
Economics at Washington State
University, will speak on Globalization:

thursday,

twenty-sixth

may

6-10 p.m. Dot the Landscape, the
artistry of Terrance Stearns, will be
presented in the Lecture Hall Rotunda .

friday,

5-10 p.m. Eire presents One Last
Ballyhoo, an event not unlike the Ceilis
of fall and winter quarter. Doors open
at 5 p.m., potluck at 6:30, and dancing
instruction begins at 7:30.

7-9 p.m. The Olympia Movement for
Justice and Peace will present a forum
on the potential for a U.S . attack on
Iran, which could occur as soon as June.
Olympia Community Center, Room B.

8 p.m., but doors open at 7:30.
Old Blind Dogs play at the Capitol
Theater. Tickets are $1 S.

satu rda y,

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may

Noon-5 p.m. The Longhouse and the
Evergreen Galleries are pleased to invite
you to enioy and exhibition of work by
Native American Woodcarvers in Gallery
IV.

2-7 p.m. Come to the 10 Annual
Community Showcase and Resource Fair,
titled Strategies for Renewing & Restoring
Community. TESC Tacoma Campus, 1210
Sixt h Avenue.

4 p.m. Prison Action Committee
meets in CAB 320, Workstation 10.

7 p.m. Student Advocacy Center meets
at Vic's Pizza .

4 p.m. STAR, Seminar \I B2109.

9:30-11 :30 p.m. Late Night at the
CRe.

may

S p.m. Gaming Guild, CAB

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The Evergreen Commuter Contest starts
today and runs until the 29 th • By recording
how you commute to the college for
the week, you could win $700 in gift
certificates and help the college obtain
grants to fund alternative commuting
programs. Turn in a completed survey to
Parking Services or complete one online
at www.evergreen.edu/commute by
Friday, June 3.

may

tuesday,

twenty·fourth

6 to 7:30 p.m. Grant Writing
Workshop at Art House Designs, 420 B
Franklin Street S.E.

wednesday,

may

twenty-fifth

6:30 p.m. Self-Evaluation workshop in
The Edge.

7 p.m. Esteban Magnani will speak on
The Crisis or Neoliberalism in Argentina
and the New Grass Roots Movements and
Self-Organization, Self-Management and
Possibilities in the Recovered Factories
Movement in Argentina. Traditions Cafe.

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4 p.m. Carnival, Seminar II D II 07.

4 p.m. Women's Resource Center,
CAB 315.

6:30 p.m. Hunger and
Homelessness group meets in S&A
office.

4 p.m. CPJ paper critique. Come
voice concerns about the week's paper.

7 p.m. Students for Christ, Seminar
II EIIOS .

4 p.m. ASIA meets in the CAB third
floor conference room.

7:30-9 p.m. Ping Pong in the CRC

5 p.m . Evergreen Kung Fu meets in

the Longhouse.

9:30-11 :30 p.m. Late Night at the
CRe.

6 p.m. EARN meets to discuss animal

rights in CAB 320.
saturday,

may

twenty-eighth

10 a.m.-S p.m. Community Day of
Natural Medicine will be a one-day free
clinic providing appointments with a
naturopath, chiropractor, acupuncturist,
herbalist, midwife or physical therapist.
The event is offered for people who are
low-income, uninsured or otherwise
don't have affordable access to natural
healthcare. Volunteers are needed to
help set this event up. For more info,
email wonleil7@evegreen .edu or
jonsarO I@evergreen.edu. The event will
take place at First Christian Church, 710
Franklin St., Downtown Olympia.

monday,

may

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6 p.m. Men's Center meets in CAB
320 in Workstation 2.

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6-8 p.m. Olympia Men's Project
meets every second and fourth Thursday
at UCAN. For more information, call
(360) 352-2375 .
7 p.m. Clean Cars Legislation

Organizing Group meets in the S&A
office .
7 p.m. Percussion Club, basement of

the Library BUilding.

CAB 320.

7 p.m. Geodance meets in the bottom
floor of the library.

I :30 p.m. Native Student Alliance

meets in CAB 320, Workstation 13.

7 p.m. Juggling Club, Seminar \I
B1107.

2 p.m. Evergreen Capitalists
Organization , Library 1308 .

9:30-11 :30 p.m. Late Night
CRe.

2 p.m. VOX - Communities for
Choice, CAB 320, Cubicle 17.
3 p.m. Jewish Cultural Center,
Seminar II E210S.
3 p.m. SEED, Seminar II E3109.

8-9 a.m. Swim Club

3 p.m. Women of Color Coalition,
CAB 206.

3 p.m. CPJ Friday Forum.

3:30 p.m. Environmental Alert,
CAB 320 on the couches .

S p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
the Longhouse.

s

5 p.m. The Cooper Point
Journal meets in CAB 316. 6-8 p.m.
Racquetball League in th e CRe.

S p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets in
the Longhouse.

7 p.m. Improvisational Theater;
Seminar II C II OS.

S -7 p.m. Scrabbelicious presented
by the Writing Center in CAB 108.
Coffee. treats, and prizes!

9:30-11 :30 p.m. Late Night at the
CRe.

waterfront

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6-8 p.m. Racquetball League in the
CRe.

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Pavilion .

7 p.m.· Advanc~d Poetics poetry

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4 p.m. CPJ production night. Come
participate in putting together your
student newspaper.

4-6 p.m. The S&A Board meets in
CAB 315 .

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Society, Seminar II AliOS.

4 p.m. EPIC, Seminar II A210S.

8-9 a.m. Swim Club

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Collective, Seminar II C2107.

3 p.m. Writer's Guild, Seminar II
A1I07.

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CAB 315.

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the Longhouse.

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Resource Center, Seminar II E31 05 .

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the HCe.

6:30 p.m. Self-Evaluation workshop in
The Edge.

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Seminar \I C2107.

II a.m. to Dark. Thurston County
ProgreSSive Network presents the
Spring Networking Picnic at Tumwater
Historical Park. For more information,
email Glen@olywa.net or call 491-9093.

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thirtieth

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7 p.m. Esteban Magnani will speak on
The Crisis of Neoliberalism in Argentina
and the New Grass Roots Movements and
Self-Organization, Self-Management and
Possibilities in the Recovered Factories
Movement in Argentina. Sem II D II 07.

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Implications for Agriculture and Food Supply.
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By Jorda'n,:" Richa,rds ', '

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Jordan Richards is a junior enrolled in Work and the ,Human Co~ditiQn and Positi~~ psycho)l;lgy, '
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