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I make my way outside towards Red
Square, not su re of what to expect. Today,
November 2 , is supposed Iy a national
walk-out day, a day where students, workers, everyday people will walk out of their
classes and their jobs to retaliate against the
Bush administration .
A small horde of people have positioned
themselves in front oft he clock tower, eas ily
overlooked if it wasn't for the collection of
drums they're banging with a determ ined
fervor. One person holds a loud-speaker;
this turn s out to be Rachel Graham , th e
coordinator of this event.
" It's not th at great of a turn-out," Rach el
says, looking somewhat deflated at the smattering of curiou s observers but few active
participants before her. Surpri sing ly, student
activist groups li ke Student s Aga inst War,
who coordinat ed the walk out on Eve rgreen's behalf, face a significant amount of
resistance from the Evergree n campu s.
" People were like, 'This is a communist
group,'" Rachel continues, telling me about
how posters appeared on campus in opposition to the fluorescent green World Can't
Wait posters urging student involvement.
One observer expressed dissent concerning Evergreen's walk-out, stating, "I'm not
convinced that current protests , especially
this one, will achieve driving out the Bush
adm inistration ."
Eventually the small procession reaches
what is supposed to be a crescendo. Rally
leaders try their best to whip the thin crowd
into an uproar.
"Hey everybody," one coordinator says,
" Thanks for coming." This receive s a
healthy guffaw from the crowd . He then
chants phrases like " We 're here becau se
when they se nd recruiters to lie in our
schools , we ' ll say ... ?" This is promptly
answered by a " Hell no! " from the activists
circling him. More calls to passers-by; their
evident lack of interest solicits an indignant
"Whatever," from one of the campaigners .
Activist Christian Osgod explains their
civil rights to walk-out participants as
they assemble to make their way over to
Seattle to march to the federal courthouse
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James Preiss is a freshman enrolled in Consuming Utopia.
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address
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Requested
or remain in Olympia for a poster rally:
Tend to follow orders, if the police begin to
infringe on one's civil liberties there will be
legal liaisons created by lawyers at the ready.
Organizers have permits that allow the right
to protest. Remember to take a drum .
Jess Tweedy is one of the activists who
volunteered to drive students to the protest in
Seattle. Angus Tierney, Christopher Holly,
Brad Bishop and myself pile into Jess's car
tagged with bumper stickers. On the way
there, Brad adm its that the protest may be
an inconven ience to others, but that whatever
inconvenience caused is justified:
" Yes, but [the protestor's] cause is important enough to assert their power and authority in order to get.. .media attention and wake
people up."
We arrive at Westlake Mall in Seattle,
navigating our way through pedes trians
and glassy con g lomerate facades. Some
hundreds of people have amassed on a block
flanked by some impressive stone fountain.
The crowd is eclectic: old gentlemen in
their winter trenchcoats lean on anti-Bush
signs, teenage girls clumped together to
collectively holler "Fuck Bush!", parents,
children , dogs , thirty-somethings, retired
hippies, punks , young hippies playing
hackeysack , bohem ians, diehard activists
in costume, young urbanites and vendors
selling anti-capitalist badges.
The scope of complaints against the
Bush adm inistration cover a wide range
of topics:
"No murderous War."
"No Theocracy/No Suppression of Science."
"No Bigotry, Greed or Intolerance."
"No Attacks on Abortion , Reproductive
Rig hts."
At II a.m ., some speakers ascend the stage
and awkwardly try to drum up partisan furor
yet again . Some words are said ; only those
pressed against the stage seem to be able to
hear a coherent speech . Evergreen students
are scattered throu ghout: more have shown
up at the actual event than at the preliminary meeting at Red Square. Brad Bishop
estimates that about 50 Greeners pepper the
righteous throng.
The anti -war march crosses a street in downtown Seattle.
A fter all of the planned speakers are
exhausted , the rally takes to the streets,
Evergreen being one of the fi rst schools
to be deployed. Police have assembled on
bikes , motorcycles, bicycles, horses and
foot , awaiting the march with stoic expressions. When approached, almost all officers
recite similar lines about not being able to
give any interviews while on duty. Most
afford me some mumbles about policy with
averted glances. I ask one ifany officers are
off duty today. He shakes his head no: the
protest calls for the entire police force to be
on patrol.
And so the march begins . Officers clear
the street ahead while reporters litter the
sidewalks, trying to snap the perfect picture,
climbing on top of architectural edifices, bike
ports and the backs of van s. The protesters
commence with a collective chant of "Drive
out the Bush regim e!" and later, "Hell no, we
won 't go." One anti-war advocate attempts
to sta rt, "All we are say ing is give peace a
chance," but it fail s to catch on . Students
from Ingraham High School , equipped with
drums and empty plastic water jugs, provide
the protest with a rhythm to which peoples'
chanting ~ecomes powerful , the excitement
contag ious. As the protest proceeds down
2nd Avenue, employees are drawn from
the innards of corporate buildings to hover
behind reflective glass surfaces , occasionally flashing peace signs.
Most responses from strangers are sensible but positive; one man watching from a
light post proclaim s, "I think it's fabulou s."
He also add s, "[I 'm] doubtful [that anything's going to change due to this protest] ,
but unless more things like this happen , the
world won 't change."
A police officer catches up to me by bike,
interested in sharing some off-the-cuff
remarks about his specific involvement in
the protest.
"I'm just a monkey in a suit," he replies to
queries about implications of pol ice involvement in grassroots movements. When asked
about his thoughts of police officers being
perceived as the enemy, the young officer
shrugs, stating, "Police have always been the
enemy and always will be," before riding off
to monitor the rally's steady advancement
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through the street.
Outside a fancy-lookin g hotel stand s an
older man watching the passing parade of
political dissent with an impassive expression upon his face . In halted English , he
declares, "Change Bush, come anoth er
Bush .. .You can't change nothing. You just
have fun for today." I ask him why he is
so pessimistic towards the protest, and he
grumbles a response about being present
before the Russian Republic.
The march eventually reaches Seattle's
federal courthouse, where ,the police have
already assembled. There is a temporary
outburst of "Fuck the police! " as the body
of protestors meet "The Man" on the steps
of the courthouse. The speeches are agai n
inaudible from more than a few feet away.
Calls to " Speak up!" and "Can't hear you! "
ricochet from the back of the throng. Some
protestors perform an "exorcism" on a wh ite
guy in a grey suit, who is m eant to represe nt
George Bush. The actor hi sses and quivers,
claiming to be possessed by the evil forces of
Dick Cheney. One onlooke r remarks, "This
is messed up."
The next orator dwells upon homeless ness, the War on Terror and police brutality,
to which one student blindl y replies, " Fuck
the man ."
The march to the fe de ral courthou se
finishes with the comm e ncement of the
march to Broadway. Later, rumors of three
arrests begin to circulate, and the d emonstration qu ick Iy wastes away to a few
hardcore members. As darkness blankets
Seattle, the march still persists, its body of
20 people dogged by the police following
on bicycles.
R. Yazmin Shah is laking Bel ief and Truth .
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NOVEMBER
STUDENT VOICE
3, 2005
Voices of Color
NEWS
FROM THE EAST HOUSE OF LIGH T
May wisdom dawn in us
So we may see a ll things in clarity
"On a person-to-person basis, yeah.
As a whole we preach it more than
practice it."
Jaala Smith
Sophomore
Foundations of Performing Arts
you!
" Yeah, I thi nk so. Fo r exa mpl e,
there's a drum c ircle right over there
with all sorts of people ."
Ben Hawkes
Freshm an
Voice of the Poem
FROM THE WEST HOUS E OF TRANSFORMATION
May wisdom be transformed into rig ht action
So we may do what must be done .
FROM TH E ABOVE HOUS E OF HEAVEN
Where star peop le and ancestors gather
May their blessings come to us now
FROM THE BELOW HOUSE OF EARTH
May the heartbeat of her crystal core
Bless us with harmonies to end all war
By Brad Bishop,
Zac Merten and Serah Stetson
Synergy is a student organized and
student-funded conference with a fiveyear history at Evergreen. The TESC
community comes together every year
to create an event on campus that brings
together issues and ideas around sustainable living, eco-design, culture, gender,
" I think it does . Whether they go
about it the right way or be true to it
is a di fferent story."
Jamia Rae
Seni or
Multicultural Counseling
FROM TH E CENTER GALACTIC SOURCE
Which is everywhere at once
May everything be known
as the light of mutual love
" I think peop le try too hard ."
Daniel Bolduc
Freshman
Public Works
Ah Yum Humab Ku Evam Maya E Ma Ho!
Ah Yum Humab Ku Evam Maya E Ma Ho!
Ah Yum Humab' Ku Evam Maya E Ma HOI
Ivan Gonzalez is a senior enrolled in Introd ucti on to
Natura l Sc ience. This poem is a traditional prayer to
celebrate every day, but in particular El Dia de los
Mu ertos, The Day of the Dead and is credited to D,: Jos e
Argiiel/es and the Foundationfor the Law of Time.
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Editor,in-chief ....................................................... Eva Wong
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people feel their opinion holds higher
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Seni or
Multicultural Co unseling
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" Do you think this campus embraces diversity ?"
FROM THE NORTH HOUSE OF NIGHT
May wisdom ripen in us
So we may know a ll from within
FROM THE SOUTH HOUSE OF THE ETERNAL SUN
May ri ght action reap the harvest
So we may enjoy the fruits of planetary being
NOVEMBER
Vox Populi
By Charlie Daugherty and Corey Young
PRAYER OF THE
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DIRECTIONS
Submitted by Ivan Gonzalez
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Comment on that week's paper. Air comments,
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CPJ bothers yo u, this is the meeting for you!
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economy and more. This event includes
world-renowned speakers, co mmunity
organizations and eve n Greener grads.
The name Synergy was chosen to reflect
our goat of bringing issues and ideas typically considered in isolation into a forum
where Evergreen, the Pacific Northwest and
communities throughout the world can
come together to make something larger and
more powerful than the sum ofthose parts.
This event occurs on campus, March I
to 4, 2006. But this is not just another
conference; this is a collaborative and
evolutionary process where our community works together to build a strong
vision for a healthy, beautiful and
just future, and th e n brings the tools
to create that future to our campus.
TESC STUDENTS : Whatever your
skills or interests, there is a place for you
in this event. Whether your passion is photography, graphic design, gardening, computers, writing, drawing, media, mus ic, art
or anything else, we could use your help.
Take a moment and think. Have you
been reading an author you would like
to hear speak? Who inspires you? Who
entertains you? What community groups
are you working with or want to know
more about? Do you have connections
to people who you want to see here on
campus? Think big, think small. There are
no wrong suggestions. We need to know
what you want to see, and if you have contact infonnation, that's even better. Don't
worry about getting in touch with them at
this point, but please do participate in the
.'
Members of the Olympia co mmunity gathe r on 4th Ave. on October 30 to protest the Iraq War as .
the number of US casualities reac hes 2,000.
brainstorming process. If you do know
the person, let us know, and if the gro up
chooses them as a presenter, we wilt contact you. This is your opportunity to help
create an event tailored to yo ur interests.
Co"trol
WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED? Email synergy@evergreen.eduandgeton the
e-mail list to receive notice of meeting times , vo lunteer needs and participate in creating this wonderful event.
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Services it1clude:
The time is coming to lay it out on the
table. Securing keynote presenters and
the mass of other presenters that will be
the body will be happening Wednesday,
November 9 at 5 p.m. in the CAB.
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Bradley Bishop is a senior enrolled in
Public Works. He is the coordinator of
the campus sustainability student group
Greener Futures and an advocate with the
Student Advocacy Center.
Zac Merten is studying Sustainable
Society and Eco-Design. Zac coordinates
Students at Evergreen for Ecological
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Class
Date
Time
Room
Prerequisites
Dreamweaver IV
Nov. 4
1-3 p.m.
MacCC
Drea mweaver III or equivalent
Excel I
Nov. 10
6-8 p.m.
General CC
Comfort with keyboard and mouse
Flash I
Nov. 4
3-5 p.m.
MacCC
Comfort with keyboard and mouse
Flash II
Nov. II
3-5 p.m .
MacCC
Flash I or equivalent
PowerPoint
Nov. 9
6-8 p.m.
General CC
Comfort with keyboard and mouse
Wheth er you wa nt me to go over wha t a ll
or Evergreen 's servers are ror, or to clear up
quantum computing in 800 wo rds' or less,
I' m yo ur man. If you 're luc ky, I mi ght just
be able to make th e printers print too.
Computer problem(s) of the week:
Due to some recent serv er probl e ms, all
We b-Cross ing users must re-create their
accounts. Go to www.evergreen .edu/webx
to fi nd o ut how.
Person of the week: It is onl y fittin g
th at my first person-of-the-week should be
A Ian Turi.ng, the father of modern compute r science. Not only did he design th e
first stored-program com puter a nd he lp
break Enigma, but he also defi ned a test
for co mputer senti ence while st ill in the
1950s. The man was so ahead of hi s time,
he wrote a chess program berore a computer existed that cou ld run it. Lame ntabl y,
in an e ffort to "cure" hi s homosex uality,
the British governm ent forced estroge n
injections upon him. In response, Turing
ate a cyanide-laced appl e. Think about
that the next time yo u see Ap pl e's logo (a
rainbow-co lored apple wi th a bite taken
o ut of it).
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Joe Wagn er is a junior enrolled in Molecule
to Organism. He is a computer consultanl
and a chem istry tulol: YOlf can col1laet him
at wagjos08@evergreel7.edu.
TRPC considering solutions to traffic problems on
Capital Boulevard
By Tom Slater
The next time you get a free minute,
take a ride downtown and enjoy the view
of Mt. Rainier from our 4'h Street Bridge.
Look north and take a gander at the
Cascades, south and towards our beautiful capitol. Power up the hill and look
around the capitol campus, being careful
to stay off the grass. Just beware when
you cross Capital Boulevard on the way
home-you' re running the risk of spending as much time waiting to cross as you
are in transit, getting hit by a car or even
worse-a ticket for illegal crossing. An
important regional thoroughfare that carries commuters by bike, foot, car and bus
through the old town Olympia neighborhoods and into downtown proper, Capital
Way between 14th and Carlyon has been
getting used beyond its designed flow and
is often bogged down in traffic, making it
frustrating and dangerous for commuter,
cyclist and pedestrian alike.
After being made aware of the issue by
concerned citizens, the Thurston Regional
Planning Council (TRPC) started inves-
ti gating solutions to the traffi c probl ems
on the stretch of Capital between 14th and
the city limits. Open to the public, the
workshop they held in late May yielded
a range of concerns; most notably speeding, with hiker/biker safety a close second.
Citizens also took issue with the frequent
accidents at the curve just south of 25 th
Street. Keeping the current width of the
road, preserving the trees, keeping noise
pollution low and increasing sidewalk
usabi lity were all of secondary importance
for those at the meeting.
Keeping in mind the results of the
public brainstorming session held in June,
the TRPC has developed three plans of
action, from which one set of plans will
be chosen for implementation. The first
would leave the roadway itself unaffected, simply adding Qike lanes between
Washington Street and Carlyon and adding
pedestrian crossing islands the full length
between 14th and Carlyon. The relative
advantage of this plan is that it requires
no widening of the roads, allows no new
auto traffic and makes pedestri an/bicycle
travel safer and more convenient. The
di sadvantage, of course, is for the daily
drivers : the bicycle lanes and crossing
islands would mean that their lanes are
narrower. The second plan would change
the stretch from two lanes each direction
to one lane each with a center left-turn lane
and pullouts at one-third of the bus stops
each direction. It is projected that the bus
pullouts, allowing motorists to pull past
the busses, would save twenty seconds per
car in each direction. While negligible in
terms ofa time difference, the act of passing a city bus might make the commute
seem more palatable. This option would
not be expected to last beyond 2015, by
which time population growth would drive
traffic beyond the capacity of two travel
lanes. The third option is a sort of hybrid:
converting to three lanes with pedestrian
islands and a bike route being established
on side streets. By 2015; the roadway
would need to be converted back to four
automotive lanes with none for cyclists.
The TRPC 's final meeting on the issue
of traffic along Capital Boulevard is scheduled for December 12. City Council will
be briefed on the outcome of the meeting
and a decision will be rendered based on
criteria of traffic flow, pedestrian safety
and longevity. It seems likely that the first
option will chosen, adding bike lanes and
pedestrian islands to the stretch between
14th and Carlyon. By the end of 20 15 it is
projected that the Capital Corridor, as the
stretch is known, will not be able to function with one lane in each direction. By
2025 , the end of the Planning Council ' s
"planning horizon", it is possible that even
four lanes of traffic wi II be insufficient.
The TRPC has made no mention of possible contingencies if Olympia grows past
the capacity of the four lanes provided on
Capital Boulevard.
Tom Slater is in his third andfinal year and
is enrolled in Res Publica: Examining the
Body Politic.
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By Suzanne E. Reed
The 18th annual Stude~,is Against
Another stereotype people have of
Hunger and Homelessness conference homeless people is that they brought it
will be held from November II to 13 at on themse lves throug h drug use . "B ut
Seattle University. The goal is to make sure drugs are a symptom, not a ca use," said
that our political leaders keep their prom- Provencher. She said drugs are often used
ises made at the " Make Poverty History" by homeless people as a coping mechaconference last summer. Eight different nism.
countries, including the United States,
Provencher said that sou p kitchens
met in Scotland in July 2005 to discuss were good, but that in order to eliminate
ways they can alleviate the conditions of homeless ness, long-term so lutions were
poverty.
needed . She said that more peopl e needed
Among the speakers will be Paul Loeb, to be aware of Section Eight, which helps
author of The Impossible, a collection of homeless people to get an apartment by
essays on how ordinary people were able paying the difference between 30% of
to affect change in their societies. He is their income and their actual rent. " Many
also the author of Soul of a Citizen : Living homeless _people have to pay 80% of their
With Conviction in a Cynical Time, a book income to rent," said Provencher. Another
about community activism. Also speaking solution suggested by Provencher was to
will be Michael Stoops, a longtime activist raise the minimum wage. Blair Anundson
with the National Campaign for Hunger of Evergreen's WashPIRG office said that
and Homeless ness Coalition. There will he had been passionate about social justice
also be panel s of homeless people and since he was five years old . " I grew up in
people who were formerly homeless at rural Pennsylvania, where people did not
the conference.
have enough to eat," he said. " I helped
with the food bank
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Provencher,
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there all the time."
student at Seatt Ie
Anundson sai d
' People who are homeless work
University and an
it was ridiculous
80 hours a week, and they are sti II
organizer of thi.s
that the wealthiest
home less,' Provencher says. 'This
conference, talked
nation of the world
destroys a stereotype that many
about her personal
still co uld not feed
people have th at homeless people
experiences wi th
its people . " We
are lazy peop le. '
homelessness and
have the resources
discussed some of
to, and it 's insane
the many misconthat we aren ' t,"
ceptions peopl e
he said. Anundson
have about homelessness. Provencher thinks the cause is an economic system
was a college stud ent in San Diego when that places profits over people. "The drive
she was exposed to the realities ofhunge"r for profits breeds inequality," he said. " We
and homelessness through a Women and focus on crime and punishment instead of
Poverty class. " People who are home- prom oting a system th at promotes the
less work 80 hours a week, and they are common good. Another problem is that
sti ll homeless," Provencher says . "This corporations have a lot more power th an
destroys a stereotype th at many people the people do."
hav e th a t h o me less p eop le are lazy
people."
If yo u are interes ted in going t o
Provencher says that people don 't real- the conference, please con ta ct blair
ize how quickly someone can fall into the @ washpirgstudents.org , attend meet vicious cycle of homelessness. She said ings on Mondays at 5 p . m . on th e
people were a s ingle catastrophic event third floo r of CA B, or call (360) 867away from becoming homeless. " It can 6058.
be the loss of a job, getti ng a disab ility
or a med ical emergency," she explained.
Jesse Stark is a senior transfer student
" Many peopl e are two paychecks away and is the WashPIRG media intern.
from becoming homeless."
The Evergreen Ex pressive Arts A II iance
(E.E.A.A.) is calling for submissions for
a Student Art Show to be held in the new
Seminar Building during Evaluation week,
Dece mber 15,16, 17 and 18. The submission
deadline for the Student Art Show will
be November \9; for information about
submi ssion guidelines, please email the
Eve rgree n Expressive Arts Alliance at
eeaa@ evergreen .eduand attend a meeting.
Meet ings for the Eve rgreen Ex pressive
Arts Alliance are held every Wednesday
at 12:30 p.m. between the Wood and Metal
Shops in the Arts Annex (for directions,
please call x6228).
The Evergreen Ex pre ssive Arts
Alliance will be holding a Basic Needs
Drive to support the Olympia Food Bank
and Olympia's Safe Place Shelter, as well
as other organizations that, together with
Safe Place, gather donations to distribute
to the community to provide support and
to meet the additional needs of families
and individuals in our community. The
drive will take place the entire months of
November and December. Please look for
the boxes as they appear a round cain pus
and give all that you can.
Charitable donations of non-perishable
food ite ms, pe rsonal hygiene products
(including feminine hygie ne products),
bus passes, g ift certificates (Costco, Home
Depot, fast food, movie passes, gas cards,
phone cards , etc.), 13 gal. trash sacks,
twin blankets , welcome blankets to be
given to every child at Safe Place (fleece,
fuzzy, lap type for easy packing), Game
Boy a nd hand-held electronic games for
youth, intact games, craft material s, model
kits, contemporary board games (intact),
c urrent movies on video (non-violent a
must), pillows (new), sweats (new or like
new in small and medium sizes), kids '
underwear (new in package, all sizes),
60 watt Iight bulbs, ladies' underwear
(new in package, all s izes), umbrellas,
TOILET PAPER, hair products for women
of color, planners/journal s, non-tox ic
household cleaner~, new toys in packages
(for Christmas gifts), warm clothing for
children (youth and women all sizes, new
or like new), books and videos (youth 12+,
non-viole nt a must), youth 12+ magazine
su bscriptions , Kleenex, paper towels,
infant hyg iene care products, latex and
non-latex gloves, mattress covers (twi n
size, waterproof), Ziplock bags (new in
package, all sizes), cell phones (used , do
not need to have service, all old cell phones
dial 911), liquid soap/ laundry detergent/
spot treatment products (non- a llergeni c)
will be accepted . If you have someth ing
to donate that 's not on the Iist, give us a
ca ll and we w ill help you find a place to
donate it.
If yo u wo uld like to make a monetary
donation, please do so directly w ith the
organization. If you need help contacting
them, give the EEAA a call at x64 12
and we will put you in touch with them ,
because state law restricts us from raising
money for off-campus organizations.
On November 4 the Eve rg reen
Ex pre~sive Arts Alliance will be attending
the Seattle Metals Guild-hosted Northwest
Jewellery/Craft Symposium to be held at
the Seattle Art Museum. Members of the
E.E.A.A. have raised funds to attend the
Symposium through bake-sale donatiof1~
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know prec ise ly how T ESC differs from th e
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in what ways Everg ree n is so und ly in side
the box.
Our compu ter ce nte r is much lik e any
ot her co llege's compu ter ce nte r, exce pt
bett er in every way . No oth er co llege ca n
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their wind O\\·. Most stu dent s al ready know
about the CC, but some people have never
hea rd or us.
That 's where I come in . As one or
those ub iqui tous green-vested co mputer
cons ultan ts, my job descr iption invo lves
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everyone know what's go ing on over at
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computer die and leave you with just the
hardco py of your 40-page paper? Spare
yo ursel f the tedium of retyping it and let us
turn it into a new text document. We have
everything from video and so und-editing
software to Dreamweaver and InDes ign.
Right now we are o n the fourth fl oor of
the Iibrary, but we ' re neari ng th e end of our
temporary dislocation. In November we
wi ll be moving into our new home on th e
second floor or the library. Through it a ll ,
we' re still striving to be a better comp uter
center. In add it ion to hiring 15 new consultants, we ' ve recent ly added Omn ipage, a
program that wi ll help us more efficientl y
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and will be attending the day of lectures
with speakers Dee Fontans (wearable
a rt/multimedia), Lee Rum sey Haga
(metalsmith), Ela Lamblin (co-founder
of Lelavision : scu lpture , music a nd
movement), Richard Mawdsley Ueweller)
and Michael Monroe (Exec utive Chief
Director/ Chief Curator Bellevue Arts
Museum). The group will also be receiv ing
a docent-led tour of the Tiffany exhibit at
the Seattle Art Muse um . Members in
atte ndance will be recounting the trip at
the first E.E.A.A. meeting following the
Sy mposium.
I f you are interested in art, make art
or are just curious about how you cal} get
involved with the-arts at TESC, come find
your place with the Eve rgreen Expressive
Arts Alliance . We are dedicated to
providing a rti stic support to student s
pursuing the expressive arts at T ESC. T he
Evergree n Ex pressive Arts Alliance does
not discriminate; all a re welcome.
Suzanne E. Reed is a senior enrolled in
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The difference between theater and film
A Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center Puzzler
By Joe Hansen
I came back to Evergreen this
September, excited to be involved in the
theater again. I had spent a good chunk of
the summer in Bellingham helping an old
friend of mine who was directing a film.
This was my first time working on a film,
my experience being in stage productions.
It was an interesting and informative experience, but it remind ed me why I prefer
the stage.
Originally, I came up to observe the process and just generally help out. My friend
wanted some advice on working with the
actors, as he didn ',1 hav.e much experience
acting or working with actors. When I got
there, an actor had dropped out, so I ended
up filling in for him .
Acting for a film is 'a very different
experie nce from acting on the stage; not
nearly as much rehearsal, and quite a bit
more sittin g around doing nothin g. It
seems to be much less of a commitment,
as many ofthe actors were only needed for
a day or two, though it was a very intensive
day or two. My own experience involved
sitting on a couch for around eight hours,
occasionally saying my lines, but mostly
waiting on the lighting people to get the
lighting perfect, or the camera guy to get
the camera into position and focused. The
next time I was acting (my character was
only in about three scenes), I had to eat
oatmeal for around eight hours. I would not
recommend that experience; I was unwell
by the end of the shoot.
I think maybe it's the stage rehearsa ls I
missed. The director spent most of his time
working with the lighting designer and the
cinematographer, rarely working with the
actors. I suppose it made the. experience
quite a bit more impersonal.
The lack of an audience was also hard.
I didn't like the impersona l feeling of
performing for whoever might happen to
watch the movie when it's done. It didn ' t is done, someone sees it and they talk to me
even really feel like performing. When about it. And at that point, I' d be lucky to
there's an audience, you can feel their get anything more specific than either " It
reactions, even if you can't see them. was great," or "It sucked ." On the stage,
Their energy feeds your energy, and you know how the audience reacts because
there is a connection. It's direct person- you're there with them.
That's the connection I missed . Without
to-person communication. It 's something
the performer and the audience experience that audience connection, it's much harder
for me to perform, because it feels like I'm
together.
I think that's what threw me off working performing for no one. It's very difficult to
on the movie: I expected it to be like a play. find ways to connect to an audience that
It didn ' t occur to me till later exactly how isn't there.
Maybe I'll think of some ways to do
different the forms are. A play is an event;
it occurs at a speci fic place at a speci fic that while I'm here doing things for the
time. It 's a coming together of people to stage again.
share an experience. A movie is different;
it's more like a document, like a book . It's Joe Hans en is a senior at Evergreen and is
created, and then it 's passed on to other enrolled in a contract sponsored by Arlin
people to ex perience at their leisure. I think . Chandra.
what I mi ssed was the immediate feedback.
I won't know how people feel about my
performance in the movie unti Ithe editing
The Definite Article: Baudelaire hated clocks
(and other fascinating tidbits)
The Evergreen Tutoring Center (ETC) invites you to challenge your
quantitative reasoning skills by solving our puzzle of the week. Each week we
will present a new puzzle for you to solve. When you come up with an answer,
bring it to the ETC in CAB 108. If you are one of the first three with the correct
answer, we have a prize for you .
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weight at one end. At the other end hangs a
monkey of equal weight. What happens to the
weight. if the monkey starts to ascend the rope?
Assume that .the mass of the rope and pulley are
negligible, and that the pulley is frictionless.
Week 5 Answer: 6 + (1-(3 + 4)), The solution is unique.
By Kylin Larsson
I've bee n thinking about what r<:scarch when I discovered thi s und erused resource
really is as 1' 111 up to my eyeballs in that I had passed by nea rl y eve ry day in
scho larly journals, govern me nt docll - th e library w ithout a seco nd thought.
As I' m smack dab in the middl e of
ments, loads of books and my bel oved
two
research projects for two classes,
encyclopedic note s. To re-s ea rch: to
look again. To research is to engage in I'm having fun ran sacking the reference
schol arl y or scientific investigation or section . The dizzying range of immense
inquiry. Researching requires a close a nd stores of information in the encyclopedias
careful study with the goa l of presentin g does a fair job keeping up with my eclectic
the object of th e search with a deta iled, interests, not to mention the information
accurate manner in mind . The roots of I need to glean for my political philosothe word research a re from old French: phy program and my creati ve nonfiction
class.
recercher, to search closely.
The reference area spans the new front
I discovered something this week that
in the library plus the arep behind
lobby
is helping me search closely in a new way:
I encou ntered the reference section in the it, accessible throu g h the secret squirrel
library. More spec ifically, I enco untered door leadi ng to the old lobby. I found
e ncycloped ias. Now, by encounter I don 't the following treas ures on a qui ck trip
mean that I whacked my funny bone on throu gh th e reference' area. I learned in
a stack of encyclopedias, causing me to Th e Encyclopedia of Tim e that " By night
spew vil e curses at the offending pointy or by day, [Charles] Baudelaire's hatred
volume. I mean that I encountered these for the clock rema ins unequivocal. " There
texts and had some kind of re lationship are hundreds of biographic encyclopewith the m . I think of books as a peculiar dias-seriously, hundred s of collections
species of humanity. When I' m reading, of information on
I'm really having a conversation with the people and the things
they did-neat, huh?
story or the text.
Encyclopedias are some of the most I n the Encyclopedia
informative people I 've ever m e t. of th e Unexplained,
Encyclopedias are a great place to acquire I found out about the
a foundation of knowledge on a research Montespan Affair, a
topic . But what really puts icing on the French satanic scancake is that they are so splendiferous-Iy dal in the 16 th century.
specific. Specificity is a vibrant and pow- On the shelves nearby
erful thing in a research paper. Without it, lurked thirteen volsentences and whole paragraphs cower in umes in the Dictionary
bland, even passively-voiced statements of the Middle Ages .
library
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that don't really get anywhere. They sort The
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something concrete to latch themselves in the Con temporary
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boon to any literati ,
information to the resc ue!
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w ith prose in desperate need of substan- volumes of Twentieth
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I've done it a lot. So imag in e my glee Encyclop edia ,
The Weekly Quantitative Reasoning Challenge
/-list orical, Cultural and iI1uitiethnic ' the plus s ide, thi s li st willl11ake it easy to
Approaches to Ural Tradition Around the do your bibl iography. My all-time fav orite
World. There, I found out that frogs are research tools are index cards. Buy th em
" hi ghl y symbolic amphibians associated
with the moon and appearing in Myths
and Fairy tales around the world."
I' d never have known if I hadn ' t
flipped through and found that tantalizing bit of specific information.
The process of gathering all this specific research can be a Iittle daunting.
Take a deep breath, relax, and pick a tip
or three from the following to incorporate
into yo ur research process. Give yourself
plenty of time by starting early because
nothing frazzles people like starting out
late a nd feeling behind .
Organize, organize, organize- keep
you r research notes for each project in
a separate place, like one notebook or
fold er for each paper. Another way to stay
organized is to keep track of what you've
already looked at in a list so you don't
have to waste time looking it up again . On
and use them to organize each s ig nifi cant
so urce yo u have. When you get to the analyzi ng part of your research, write how
each source relates to your thesis.
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by all this knowl edge at my fingertip s.
Encyclopedias are some of my new best
friends, and my very favorite people of
the paper and ink persuas ion.
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Giving respect
to the locals
An amazing
book beyond
criticism
Bv John Morgan
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
Penguin Classics
ISBN: 0140188592
By Connor Moran
Bruno
Christopher Baldwin
h tto :l/ www.bruno s trio· com l
bruno.html
Little Dee
Chri stopher Baldwin
http://www.littledee .net
In a world where newspaper comics
pages are dominated by a few ancient
strips and it 's virtually impossib le
for newcomers to break in , comics
with origina lity and uniqueness
have found an outlet 011 the web.
One of the best, most unique and longest-runn ing of these is Bruno, by
Christopher Baldwin. Since
Ba ld win happens to live in
Olymp ia right now (soon
he is moving to Seattle),
I thought it would be a
good time to give him
some attention. Both
Bruno and Baldwin's
other str ip Little
Dee are available
for free on the
web.
Bruno te lis
about a woman
named Bruno,
a
wandering,
uepressed, romantic type. The strip takes
the form of a si ngle panel,
usually in the size of a
standard com ic st rip.
This format gives the
com ic a different tone
than almost any other I' ve
read. Each strip shows no
motion, only thought or conversation. As a result, Bruno feels
like a lazy sit on a Sunday afternoon.
The art is unique and beautiful, with
highly distinct characters set against often
very detailed backgrounds. Special fun are
outdoor strips set in actual places using
photo reference. There's even a short series
where Bruno visits Olympia, complete
with some true Olympia sights.
The characters are perhaps the
strip's strongest su it. Bruno herself
is extremely well developed, idiosyncratic, neurotic, yet still relatable.
The minor characters Bruno has
found along
her
journeys are also delightful, from
the young cousin whose eyes she
opened while babysitting to the
shut-in novelist whose porch she
collapsed .on. These supporting
characters grow and develop
as much or more than 'Bruno
herself, even when they spend
years off-camera.
Very different from Bruno, yet
also brilliant, is Little Dee. Developed to
sell to newspapers, lillIe Dee is proof
that the newspaper comics world
is out of its mind. I would be
hard-pressed to point to
a strip more charming
anywhere . Little Dee
is about a mute little
girl who, while lost in
the forest, is adopted
by a bear, a dog and
a vulture. The strip's
sense of childlike
whimsy is irresistible.
highly
I
recommend
both Bruno
and Dee. It
doesn't cost
anything, and
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mUS1C: Exodus
By Colin Reis
Okay, I know I ve been slacking, but I
wanted to make sure y all had enough time
to thoroughly check out each and every
album I mentioned in my last review. Over
the past couple of weeks I ve been going
through all my music and realizing there s
at least five more albums that should have
made the li st, so here it goes:
This album continues to bump on my
system on a regular basis even though I
picked it up six years ago; it s that hot.
I m sure you ve heard of Mos Def, and
maybe even Talib Kweli. Put them together
and you have one of the illest duos in hiphop hi story. Mos Def brings a tasty R&B
flavor with hi s soulfu l rh ymes, and the
ability to slow it down to match Hi -Tek s
beautiful beats. Then there s Kweli. Most
prefer Mos , .but I m a dedicated Talib
fan. eve n if hi s new shit s kinda wack.
One of my favorite Iines of his goes Iikc
this: "Perception is deception , without the
facts you keep guessing, that s an image
in the mirror so we Eterna l Retlection."
This album is solid front to back; if you
consider you rself a hip-hop fan and don t
have this album, then you re not ' Pick this
shit up.
7 . Figltt lor YOllr Milld
Ben Harper
Virgin Records
Released August I, 1995
If you go to Evergreen, you probably
ear intrigued for days. "Power of the
Gospel" sticks out as the track that sends
chills down my spine, even though 1m
the most non-religious person you II ever
meet. The track is simply incredible.
8. Moment of Truth
Gang Starr
V i I' gin
Records
,
Released - ,
March 31, ;"
1998
It s weird to
see two Virgin
Records back
to back; I
think of myself as an underground
head, but maybe not .... Every now
and then two people meet and collabo rate to create some thing far
more powerful than either co uld
make on their own. This is one
of those duos. OJ Premier is
what you cou ld call the true
essence of hip-hop. He was
one of the first to bringjazz
into the mix with all the
classic horn and pian o
samp les he dug up .
Then th e re s Guru.
Please don t pick
up hi s solo album
(it s pathetic),
but Momellt of
Trutlt is a wo rk
of art. He spits
na sty
flows
while covering some real
life shit. "Why
do bad things
happen to good
people ? Seems
that life is j ust
a co nsta nt war
between good
and ev il."
Tracy .
Chaplllan
Tracy Chapman
ElektralWea Records
Released April 5, 1988
know about Ben Harper, but I wanted to
add this incredible album just to make sure.
I m not feeling Ben Harper s new music
so much ; I think he lost his inspiration
somewhere between Bum to Shine and
Diamonds on the Inside . But Fight for
Your Mind has enough powerful lyrics
mixed with amazing music to keep you~,
the nicest. I hope
I don t even need
to mention that he
was the lead man of
the Fugees, which
brought Lauren
Hill s vocals to a
couple of tracks. I
think my favorite
track of the album
is one in which he
rhymes in French,
but does it masterfully.This is simply
a fun album, one to throw on to get the
party hyped or just to get yourself hyped ,
9.
This album brings more taboo issues
to the table than you might be ready for,
particularly racial ones. Chapma n speaks
from a modest , innocent and extreme ly
honest point of view, which I love about
the album. "Fast Car" is the well-known
track of the album in which she describes
her complicated situation and her thoughts
of getti ng away from it. The music sou nds
beautiful combined with her voice. There s
eve n an a cappe ll a tracksuper intense-in which she
describes nightlife in the
ghetto. This album is her first
Cki nda old), but the best J ve
heard by Chapman to date.
John Morgan is a sophomore enrolled
in Data to Information. Jfyou would
like to learn how to make a "Dead Baby
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A music review,
continued: Top #6-10
6. Black Star
Black Star
Priority Records
Released February 19, 1999
How do you review what may be the
best book you have ever read? Seconds
after finishing it, soul still silly with
vibrations you can't fully describe ,
you're searching for words that may not
exist to tell everyone just how beautiful
this moment is , how beautiful this book
is. Not since I cried softly on the morning bus as I finished the Unbearable
Lightness of Being has a book given me
that transcendent emotion, that essence
of life that Gravity'S Rainbow has given
me. That morning, wrapped in the
melancholy of Milan Kundera's denouement, after having spent a night wandering Portland city streets , 1 was having
one of those life affirming moments
that never .cheapens with recollection,
lost in my own mess of trying to understand unconditional love, sniffling, eyes
averted; that is what a great book can do.
Thomas Pync»on's Gravit/s RainConnor
Moran
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a third-year modern mythology. Hi s characters are
student
at radiant, his plot is enthralling, his writEvergreen (sorta) ing is pure art; he is funny, insightful ,
and is enrolled in poignant and wildly entertaining.
This work is epic but intimate.
Language and the
Law. Weekly Comics Pynchon's voice is vivid, sharp and reso Review also appears at nant. He writes 'in a fluid way, Iike many
http:// www. weeklycomic small streams flowing into a great river.
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commentary and suggestions are be ashamed if initially it seems disappreciated. Connor Moran also produces jointed, difficult to decipher. For the first
the comic "The Angriest Rice Cooker in hundred pages it may be hard to track
the World", which is available at http: plot lines and distinguish characters.
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interconnect, themes pervade; a great
Monday-Friday.
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
10. Tlte Carnival
Wyclef Jean
Sony Records
Released June 24. 1997
This is one of those unheard
of hip-hop albums that goes up
to twenty-something tracks and '
never gets old. In fact, some
of the . last couple tracks are
rollin in your ride. This man writes all hi s
rhymes, produces a lot of hi s beats and
sp ills hi s heart out. For that you gona give
him props. This album will stay in your
player for a while, if yo u actua)ly decide to
pick it up, you broke ass bum! But hey, one
of yo ur friends must ha ve it, and I know
yo u ve got a CD burner .... Wyclef s gOlla
be a millionaire by now, right?
Co/in Reis is a junior ill Reconciliation .
By Mike Treadwell
Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Exodus
Released October 4, 2005
Nuclear Blast America
3.8/5 Stars
Before the tim e of the terrible reign of
Metallica, there was Exodus. These guys
were once the kings of the San Francisco
Bay Area thrash/speed metal scene. Then
when Hetfield and Co. released their Kill
'em All, Exodus slipped to the lower tier
of bands, say in the realm of Slayer. Bad
luck followed the band when their record
company held the release of their debut
a lbum for over a year. But unl ike that
crappy band ca ll ed Metallica, Exodus
kept shredding out .killer riffs via Gary
Holt and Rick Hunolt, the H-team. Thi s
is simply the best two-gui tar attack in
the genre, Hanneman and King includ ed.
A Iso, when was the last tim e Metallica had
anything worthy? Maybe 17 or 20 years
ago- if they ever had anything worth
li sten ing to! For a band that has bad luck ,
the 2005 album shows just how much or
the bad luck Gary Holt was, because on
Shovel Headed Kill Machin e, he is the
only original member or the band left .
Lee A Itll S, Paul Bostaph and Rob Bukes
occupy the role of gu itars, drums and
vocals. I thought thi s album was gonna
suck hard, but the shock of the year is that
it doesn ' t. Tempo of th e Damned (2004)
had some great tracks on it, but the worst
track s derailed the end orthe album. This
album showcases a harder, tighter, faster
and slightly less melodic band. The drumming is simple as hell, but is virtually like
Bostaph is teaching a clinic in how long
to hold the double-bass for and how to kill
your cymbals . The guitar riffs are hard for
some of the verses, but there are st ill some
of those classic riffs that they were known
for on Bonded by Blood (1985). The vocal s
are raspy as hell, possessed sounding, and
have that inescapab le hardcore element to
them. No high screams here. Not too much
grunti ng either. Most of the vocal register
is in the mid-range. Songs like the almost
nine-minute track, "Deat hamphetami ne"
are catchy and are surprisingly unrepetitive. A II in all, it 's a decent elTort that wi II
grow on yo u as YOll listen to it time after
time, eac h time finding a new riff that you
missed before. Fast, occasionally melodic
and always raising your blood pressure the
healthy way (unlike speed), and almostmiddle-aged men rocking harder than thei'r
younger peers; what more showmanship
cou ld yo u ask for?
Mike Treadwell is taking his fo urth year
at Evergreen and is enrolled in Asian Art
and Culture.
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
10
NOVEMBER
3, 2005
Three new albums
reviewed
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Dorian Sky Douma
NOVEMBER
The good, the bad and the
ugly:
11
3,2005
Because in film you only get it three ways
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The Clientele
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Dorian Sky Douma © Ph oto courtesy of Mauhel\' Allison
Dorian Sky Douma / A Great White Bird
Air Traffic Records
The Clientele 2 © Nicholas Burnham
Sirange Geometry
The Clientele
Merge Record s
Released October II, 2005
You can almost feel the rain fall in between the tremulous notes. Actually, I can
hear the rain fall like static on an old record outside my window. It's so gloomy outside- I think, anyway- I have the blinds drawn, but this CD leads me to believe that
it is (upon furth er inspection, it actually is). Organs and tremolo-lined guitars fill me
with lone Iiness, yet warm yo u like dry ing off after com ing in from a downpour. I just
finished talking to thi s girl I dated over the summer and now I am feeling alone and
nostalgic. Mellifluous memories of making out in the rain and getting her drunk on
champagne (hey, that's almost lyrical) as we dri fled on the river- so we couid make
out the first time we met- arise to each tremolo-wavered note and vocal recollection
of some romantic reverie. It's like sitting in a diner pining for some lost lover that
never was, except the diner is a noir-esque sidewalk under a streetlamp in the rain,
and somehow the world has turned black and white. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, where
ever you are. The string arrangements (Louis Phillipe) make it seem even more like
a forties romance movie. Hints of the Byrd's influence are also everywhere on the
album. This came as a surprise compared to their previously released albums. In fact ,
the song " K" sounds just like "Wasn't Born to Follow", which you may remember
from Easy Rider, if you're that cool. It's just quiet dream pop for you lonely, lovelorn,
hopeless romantics . ))<>((
I met Dorian a. k.a. Pema a.k.a . A Great White Bird in Victoria , Be. He was
working at the hostel we were stayi ng at and I was struck by hi s totally earnest
niceness or friendline ss-somethi ng that , as an American , I'm just not used to.
More int erest ing was hi s eagerness to show us around Victoria , which is probably
one of the nicest places in Canada. Oddly, he took us to an all-night tea shop/cafe
instead ofa bar or something of that nature- I had already put down a few, so that
was more than fine with me. He had already given me a CD collection of hi s music
for free and 'was just cordial and pleasant the whole time I was around him.
On the ferry back to America (sigh ... ), I put the CD on and was absolutely amazed
by the quality, as well as how fitting it was to my surroundings. It 's a blend of
ambient electronica in the vein of Autechre, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin or
even Tangerine Dream . In fact, it 's what Boards of Canada would sound like if
they were actually from Canada. He himself is a versatile OJ and is well known
around Victoria for his wide variety of projects in all sorts of electronic genres. I
personally find his work to be more enjoyable and, well , better than anything the
aforementioned groups have produced. A lot of it seems Iike it should have been
a soundtrack to some sick National Geographic documentary or March o/the
Peng uins ; it certainly would've made the movie more interesting. Perhaps this is
because of the many samples pulled from nature documentaries that on Iy add to
the great ambient feel to his music. He recently posted some new songs from his
latest effort, My New Tapedeck EP, which is some of his best work yet.
You can find downloadable mp3s on his website, http://www.agreatwhitebird.com.
where you can also get in contact with him and perhaps obtain a CD. This comes
b.igbb: recommended .
Matth ew Allison is a sophomore enrolled in Asian Art and Culture.
Boards of Canada
The Campfire Headphase
Boards of Canada
Warp Records
Rel eased October 18,2005
An interesting effort by this Scottish duo, although not entirely different from anything
they've done previously. It comes offwith a warmer bucolic feel inst ead of strange, almost alien
sound scapes, perhaps because of the use of a folksy sounding acoustic guitar and bird noises
sampled throughout a lot of the songs. It seems like a return to the more standard, basic 10M
sounds of Twoism - which is not their best work, albeit their first- while moving a completely new direction. While most critics will recommend Music Has the Right
10 Children or Geodaddi (my personal favorite), this one seems more accessible and even more pleasant to listen to. A good starting point for anyone who hasn't previously heard BoC before delving into the deeper, darker world of their other releases. Dorian would like to express his love for this album as it's been a big influence
on him most recently.
Boxing has fallen on bad tim es recently.
In my childhood I battered the heavy bag,
li stening to my father imitate Muh amm ad
Ali as Iron Mike tore up the heavyweight
divi sion . It was a heady tim e for the sweet
science, a time when an interest in box ing
was every American tough guy 's duty and
passion. Now, the Greatest is a sad caricature of him self, Tyson a lunatic and "tough
guys" watch pro wrestling, but not for its
homoerotic content. Certainly not. And iJ'
yo u di sag ree with them they ' ll sho ut al yo u
fro m their suped -up lave nde r Accord and
throw the ir Taco Bell trash at you. So what 's
a li ght fan to do') Well , here's one suggesti on
and two not- so-suggestion s.
The Good: Raging Bull
1980 : Martin Scorsese is in his prime and Robert De Niro is still a leg itimate actor; this gritty ta le based on Jake LaMotta's
own biography debuts, already certain to be one of the decade's best. Rag ing Bull is every thing one wants in cinema: not a film
about boxing, really, but a film about a man who happens to be a boxer. De Niro is un savory but sy mpatheti c; as Lamott a, he
embodies that bittersweet tonic of drive, determination , obsess ion and depress ion th at fuel s many of the world 's ll1()st success ful.
It lost th e Best Pi ctu re Oscar to Robert Redford 's tear-jerker Ordinary Peuple in 1981. Hey Academy, hi story is here to repossess
your credibil ity.
Arbitrary subjective score : Zero bat hroom breaks.
You might like if yo u like: Taxi Driver, Straw Dogs, Midnighl Cowboy.
Not suggested if: Black and white filming or unpleasa nt characters turn yo u off. De Niro's Lamotta is anything but a nice guy.
Favorite Quote: "Come on, hit me. Harder. Harder."
The Bad: Rocky //-V
Kind of an easy target here. Basically, if you want crap, you've got it in all sizes
and shapes in the Rocky series. The original Rocky was as much an underdog
as its titular character, but starting with II, the, film became nothing more than
a poorly orchestrated cash grab for Sylvester Stallone. Weak script, redundant
plot and some of the most embarrassingly bad fight scenes ever put to film. For
those who have never see n a boxing match , but have seen any of these awful
films, you might be surprised to know that in a real boxing match combatants
do not simply square off and deliver hay-maker after hay-maker until someone
drops. Perhaps worst of all, none of these films are so bad as to be entertaining
in a Toxic-Avenger- after-a-six-pack sort of way. Short of brain damage, I don't
know what one can do to improve these films.
Arbitrary subjective score: 3 p.m. Sunday broadcast on the USA network,
between a Stargate SG-I Rerun and Dolf Lundgren's magnum opus, Th e
Punisher.
You might like if you like: The WWE, noogies or coloring books.
Not suggested if: You have any appreciation of boxing, as almost
every aspect of this film series is an insult to the sport.
Favorite Quote: " He's not human. He's like a piece of iron."
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I won't leave you waiting. I picked this for the Ugly because it is one of the most aggravating films I have ever seen. There is
nothing uglier than a bad film masquerading as high art. Really, where to start? The plot, built around an underdog woman boxer
who, thanks to her wizened trainer, skyrockets up the ranks, is patronizing and not just a little bit sexist. The performances are
wooden. The direction is fine but unspectacular. And when two-thirds into the film Hillary Swank's Maggie Fitzgerald has her
neck broken in the climactic title fight- the fight is unbelievably dirty, a complete discredit to the sport of boxing and particularly
sexist in that it implies a woman champion couldn't really know how to box, but instead must cheat-this mediocre film becomes
absolutely intolerable. Not a character in this film has an ounce of depth, each containing about three traits: Swank spunky, determined, ingenuous; Freeman humble, noble, wise; Eastwood grizzled . .. wait, no, that's it. This film won the Oscar last year for
Best Picture and many may be compelled
to say it is a good film because of this,
but I compel anyone to name to me what
is so damn good about this wretched
garbage.
Arbitrary subjective score: Five " What
the fuck is this crap?", four dollars
wasted, three objects thrown at screen
in frustration, two hours of my life lost
forever and one more reason the Academy
Awards is completely bogus.
You might like if you like: The works of
P.T. A nderson, Corona beer or the Dave
Mathews Band, all of which I hate.
Not suggested if: Morgan Freeman's
omnipresent voiceover work is beginning to creep you out, too.
Favorite line: "Girlie, tough ain't
enough ."
John Morgan is a sophomore enrolled in
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12
NOVEMBER
SPORTS
3, 2005
Evergreen Kung Fu hits hard with first competition of
the year
By
Devon Waldron
Harding handily defeated thei r first ro und
opponents. Whi Ie A. Harding got a secondround bye, thank s in part to teamm ate
Kibby- Deck's hee l ki ck, Edl eson- Stein
was in vo lved in a heavy-hitting second
round match that eventually resulted in hi s
opponent's di sq ualifi cation. Blood ied but
un fazed, Edl eson-Stein competed against
A fte r a year-long hi at us fro m the West
Coast tournament c irc ui t, Evergree n's
Bak Shao lin Eag le C law competiti on
team returned in full force with a solid
perfo rmance at the Bi II Hunter's Western
Canadi a n Mart ia l Art s Cha ll enge
(WCMAC) in Va ncouver, Briti s h
Co lum bia. Led by team captain Devon
"Dakota" Wa ldron, Team Evergreen's Dan
"Doj" Ed leson-S te in, Aubrey Hardi ng,
Darius Hard ing and Cary Kibby-Deck
competed in both trad iti ona l soft forms
and fighting.
Origi nall y slated to compete in the
novice for ms division, Ed leso n-Ste in ,
Harding, Harding and Ki bby- Deck were
moved up at the last minute to the intermed iate di vision. All fo ur did very we ll ,
with A. Harding tak ing second place and
Edleson-S tein narrow ly edging out KibbyDeck fo r thi rd. In advanced brow n be lt
forms, Waldron too k second place, aft er a
close run-off decision for first. In the blac k
belt soft form s divi sion, Andrew Bresnik,
fonne r team captain and Evergreen alumn i,
took fi rst place.
In novice point fight ing . Tea m
Evergree n tho rough ly domi nated the
competi tio n. D. Harding, in hi s fir st
tourna ment ma tch. fough t a good clean
tight. whic h wa s eventua ll y taken by
hi s oppo nent in sudden death overt ime .
Kibhy-Deck, a lso in hi s first ma tc h.
fough t we ll but was di sq ualitied when he
landed a hee l-k ick to the race. breaki ng
hi s opponent 's nose, Edlcson-Stein andA,
place, with Edleson-Stein taking second .
C urrent tea m ca pt ain Wald ro n and
fo rmer team captain Bresnik competed
alongside three other form er team captains,
Sam Haskin, Owen O 'Keefe and Jesse
Harter, in the continuous and point fighting
rings. Three other Nationa l Team members
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Team E\'erg.ree ll takeS it tu the top at the Wc , !ern (';1I1 adia n iv tartial Art s Cha llen g.e.
A. Harding in the nov ice po int fig hti ng
champion ship match . A fter a cl ea n and
compet itive fi ght that we nt into ove rtim e.
A. Harding came out on top. win ning first
ca me to fight as we ll : Noa m Re ininge r.
Nate Sonn~nbc rg and Eve rgreen alu mni
Shasta Smith .
The team swept the black be lt co n-
tinuous middl eweight and heavyweight
divi sions with Sonnenberg, Smith and
Reininger taking first, second, and third
plac e in middl ewe ig ht , an d Bres nik ,
O' Keefe and Harter winning the top three
spots in heavyweight.
The tea m showed up stro ng in th e
po int fi ghting divisions as we ll. In the
midd lewe ight division. Sonne nberg took
third afte r a hea ted match with a top
Canadi a n fi ghte r. I n th e heavywe ig ht
division, Eve rgree n's Waldron we ilt the
farthest, narrowly being edged out in a
close match for thi rd.
Looking forward to another strong and
successful year, Tea m Evergreen would
li ke to thank Grandmaster Le ung Fu and
Sifu Dana G. Dani els ro r thei r tireless and
unOagg ing efrorts in teac hi ng Bak Shao lin
Eag le Claw. T he energy generated at the
WCMAC will help all the parti cipa nts and
the members of Team Evcrgrecn through
anot her c ha ll eng ing a nd co m petitive
yea r.
The Eve rg ree n Ba k Shao lin Eagle
C law Kun g Fu Cl ub and Co mpe tition
Tea m mee ts Mo nday thro ugh Friday.
Contac t Team Captain Devon Wa ldro n at
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LETTERS AND OPINIONS
Tragic sex: reasons to play safely
Lea rning
that yo u have
a sex ua ll ytran sm itt ed
infec ti o n
(ST I)
IS
tragic. So is
smothering
you r w ife
wh o,
yo u
were fa lsel y
inform e d ,
was unfaithful. So is murder ing your children to punish your estranged husband. So
is stabbing your fa ther, sleeping with your
mother, then blinding yourself. I shall now
present the facts about STls by coupling
them with tragic literary figures . STls are
nothing to sni cker about ; however, it 's a
good way to make people pay attenti on.
The point here is not to be litt Ie, but to
educate in an ente rtaining manner. To be
or not to be safe ISN'T a question.
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Acquired Immune Deficie ncy Sy ndro me is an incura bl e di sease cause d
by the Human Immunodefi ciency Viru s
(H.IV), wh ich destroy s the body's abil ity to fi ght off in fec tion. About 900,000
people in the United States are infected
with the A.I.D.S. The first case of A. I.D.S.
was diagnosed in 1981. It is ge nerall y
spread through sex ual activity, sharing
needles, poisoned wine or dueling with
poi son-tipped swords. Like the cast of
Hamlet, everyone infected will eventually perish at its hand .
The first symptom s of sy phili s are mild
and spontaneous. On e might not yet rea lize the da mage of being infected with
Tre pon ema Pallidum . T he n a chanc re
will appea r on the genital s or possibly
the hands, mouth or anus. This is a painless open sore, li ke not yet reali zing yo u've
killed Dad and boned Mom. At its height
HerpeslH SV, Orpheus
Thi s contag ious viral in fec ti on affec ts
one of four Am ericans. Like marriage, it is
not uncommon, but Orpheus has a pretty
bad case. Ty pe one of the Herpes Sim plex Virus is mostly ora l, but can still be
pain ful, like yo ur wife perishing on yo ur
wedd ing night. Type two is generally geni tal and far more di stressing, as would be
going to Hades to retrieve her and angering the god s. The worst part is that the
virus remains in certain nerve cell s of the
body for I ife, causing one to experience
periodic sy mptoms or to be pecked apart
and live eternally as only a head. In fec tion can be acquired by sexual cont act
with someone who may unknowingly be
hav ing an asymptomatic outbrea k. It can
also transfer from mouth to genitals, so
don't head down below if you have even a
small sore, or the tendency to look beh ind
yo u. Herpes CA NNOT be caught fro m a
toil et seat, so stop squatting.
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g loba l economics, poverty, internationa l ins ti t u t ions , NGOs,
organizat ions, and cultu re - w ith a spec ial emphas is on rhe prob lems
fac ing d eve lop ing count ries.
Chl amydia can be spread th ro ugh vag ina l, anal or oral contact, so Ii ke Antigone
stuck in the middle of her fa mily feud ,
yo u're sc rewed no matter which way you
go. It can also cause wo men to develop
Pelvic Infl amm atory Di sease ( PID) or
even infertility. An infected woman may
give birth to an infant with pneumoni a
or a neonatal eye infection. The di sease
is most preva lent in yo ung women 15 to
19 years of age. It is the most com mon
bacterial STI in the U.S ., with nea rl y fo ur
ll1illionnew cases each yea r. Men are only
ca rriers of the di sease, and even women
generally have no noti ceable sy mptoms.
But if you learn that yo u've been infected,
don't go the way of dea r Anti gone- it ca n
be treated with anti bioti cs.
Genital Wa rtsll-l PV, Othello
Hum an Papil oma Yirus is one of the
most commo n STls in thc wor ld, wit h
ove r 24 mi ll ion A me ri cans infected .
T he re are over 60 types of thc viru s.
but ha II' of those infec ted have no visib le symptoms. It di dn't look to Othello
that his wife was being unfaithful , but hc
knew that she had genit al wa rt s and lago
planted wa rt s on Cass io to make it look
as though they'd had relat ions. Ce rt ain
strand s cause wa rts, whi Ie ot hers lead to
cervica l and other genit al ca ncers. It ca n
be passed without e ither party know ing
th ey' re infected . There is no cure, but
treatments range from lase r or chern ica l
therapy to cutting or freezing the warts
off to se lf-applied creams.
Gonorrhea, Medea
Gonorrhea causes di scharge : in thi s case,
fro m the vagina or peni s; in Medea's case,
fro m her husband . It is worst in wo men,
ca using PID and infertilit y whi ch, whil e
extre mely unpleasant, are bett er than killing your kid s. About 400 cases of Neisseri a Gonorrhoeae infection are report ed
in the U.S. eac h year. Penicill in was once
an effecti ve trea tm ent , but li ke there was
no remo rse in Medea, antibiotic resistance
has emerged in the last decade.
Hepatitis, Penth eus
Pamela Ande rson attempted to avoid
STls and Pentheus forbade the wo rshi p
of Bacc us, but Hepat it is and Bacc us we re
just too powerfu l! She acq uired Hepatiti s
C, whi ch ca uses chroni c li ve r di sea·se.
O nl y f ive pe rce nt o f th ose in fected
with Hepatiti s have type A, as it is only
transmitted through oral/feca l contact.
In Pamela's case, thi s wo uld be mueh
funni er. He patitis B (HBY) is the most
popular and easy to tranSJil it, with 200,000
ne\v in fections each yea r, half ofwhich are
tranSIll itted through interco urse. Severe
com piieat ions include cirrhosis and Iivel'
carci noma, and one-th ird orthose infected
wi th HBY also have another ST I. Type D
is sex ually tran smit ted. bu t rcqu ires the
presc nce of Hepati tis [3 for it to lIlut ate.
Pa mela still has her fi gure. plastic thoug h
it may be, but PenthcllS didn' t fare so well.
l ie wa s L:ATEN by his moth er and her
friend s in a [3accll s-wQrs hippi ng frenzy!
!\y caramba !
STI test ing is avai lable on campu s at
the Hea lt h Cc ntcr on Wed nesdays, free
of charge. You ca n a Iso go to Planned
Parenthood, thc Thurston Count y Hea lth
De pa rtm ent or, fo r wo men, yo ur OB I
GY N. If yo u are sex ually ac ti ve, even if
yo u use protect ion, get tested every six
month s or aft er any ri sky acti vity. Do n't
be a trag ic fi gure. Use a condom. Protect
yourself. It's worth it.
For more inlorm at ion on sex ually transm itted infections, pl ease rerer to:
www. pl annedpare nthood.org
www. med ica l-information.org
www.4wolll en.gov
Erin Rashba um is slitl a freshman. Sh e is
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since the mid-80s. But that's no reason
to write off the bacterial infection caused
by Hae mophilus Ducrey (it even sou nd s
mea n). Within a wee k of ex pos ure or
di sown ing your daughter for her honesty,
sy mptoms will occ ur. T hese includ e
painful open sores on the genitals, swollen ly mph nodes, and insanity brought on
by yo ur guilt and yo ur other daughters'
bet raya l. Women may expe rience pa in f ul
intercourse, uri nat ion or de fecat ion, vag inal disc ha rge or anal bleeding. An anti biotic treatme nt plays 't he Frenc h Arm y
coming to save your sorry, bleed ing ass .
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LETTERS AND OPINIONS
CALENDAR ____________________C~O~O~PE=R~P~O~I~N~T~JO~U~R~N~Al=___________________________
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Gathering flames to cancel Matt
Groening"s Frankenstein
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Thursday, November 3
By John Morgan
Puget Sound Blood Center-On Campus Blood Drive at 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Lecture Hall Rotunda
I quote it. It
cultured me.
In its time,
it may have
been the best
television ever
made. And I
say what I am
about to say
with all the
joy that I put
my beloved dog to sleep with. Entering
its sixteenth season, it is time that "the
Simpsons" be cancelled. Put out to pasture. Fed to the saark it jumped five years
ago. Ended before it may further sully
its own history. These past few seasons
have been so bad that one can't help but
wonder if maybe we were mistaken the
whole time. Maybe "the Simpsons" was
never that good. But lo! Say it ain't so!
"the Simpsons" brilliance is undeniable.
But what will be remembered: those
cunning first two seasons when subtlety
and subversiveness ruled, those mid 90s
episodes that were funny, confident and
smart, or this insipid decade's output? This
late-life cash grab. The self-parody, the
lack of ideas, the fact that at this point the
show is worse than a series that blatantly
rips off "the Simpsons": "Family Guy".
God, how it pains me to elevate that awful
show above anything, but it is true! "The
Simpsons" is now worse than "Family
Guy". God, the humanity: WORSE THAN
"FAMILY GUY " !
So how can we do it? Here is a simple,
four-step plan to put Matt Groening 's
Frankenstein out of its misery :
I. Stop watching . You do not likely
have a Nielsen box , but your viewership
is important regardless. A show needs
people to know and care about it, to talk
about it and keep it relevant. The moment
you stop watching, the show loses the lifeblood that keeps it on air: an audience.
This weekend mark s the show's 16th
season premiere, and that means another
Friday, November 4
o
CISPES 2005 Fall Tour "Countering Repression With Organizing and Alternatives" 1:00 p.m. Sem II
B1107
Jewish Cultural Center Meeting at 5:00 p.m. in Sem II E2105
Palestinians and Israelis working together to fight the occupation at 6:30 p.m. at the United Churches,
110 111h Avenue, Downtown Olympia
Saturday, November 5
Halloween Special. It will suck; mark my them down, tell them that many years ago
words, it will suck balls. So instead of "The Simpsons" was funny. Watch them
watching it, read a book, write a poem, learn, watch them laugh; pilfer their wallet
take a walk, shoot heroin, watch The while they're distracted. Buy some cheap
Family Guy Movie-wa.it, don't do that Mexican Chiba and die in a bathtub.
3. Boycott; "the Simpsons" has never had
last one. Be part of the solution by simply
very good ratings. While shows like "Who
stopping being .part of the problem.
2. Educate the young. Some may not Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "Friends"
remember or have never known how funny make tons of money from advertising, "the
it was to hear Rainier Wolfcastle cry out Simpsons~' has always been more successthe first time, "My eyes! The goggles ful through merchandising. Krusty the
do nothing!" Or remember the late Phil Klown brand merchandise has been an
Hartman's Lionel Hutz: "Well, he's kind ongoing act of self-parody. You can buy
of had it in for me ever since I accidentally almost anything and for only twice its
ran over his dog. Actually, replace 'acci- value get it " Simpsons" endorsed. Chess
dentally' with 'repeatedly,' and replace sets, books, notebooks, shirts, canteens,
'dog' with 'son.'" Or know the hilarious colostomy bags a'1d double-ended dildos;
malpractice of Dr. Nick. "Well if it isn't all bearing some "Simpsons" trademark,
myoId friend Mr. McGreg, with a leg for all out just in time for the holiday season,
an arm and an ann for a leg." Or remem- because no one would buy this crap for
ber when Homer was funny and not just themselves. Don't buy it. Don't buy
a jackass. "Television- teacher, mother, another lousy "Simpsons" product until
secret lover. . ." But you can change that. . the series is dead like ajunkie after doin'
"The Simpsons" runs about 83,745 times up some China white.
4. Sign my petition . "The Simpsons"
in syndication every week; if a funny
episode comes on, find someone and sit is in a Greener's blood. Matt Groening
attended this college in the seventies and,
until one of us breaks through, is our
most famous alumnus. It is incumbent
on us to start what must be done: to end
"the Simpsons" before it can unravel its
prestigious history, before it can destroy
the memory of its own former greatness.
Send me an e-mail at THE SUB S
T_ I_T_ U_T_E@hotmaiLcom with you-;:
name, and I will add you to the petition to
end "the Simpsons". If you have any web
skills, help me make a website so I might
reach people across America and across
the world to help us kill this beast. We
must stop "the Simpsons" before it forever
destroys the memory of the greatest show
ever on television : "the Simpsons".
Since
November 2000,
there has
been
a
nationwid e
university
divestmen t
campaign
against
the state of Israel along the same lines as
the boycott of South Africa's apartheid
regime. Student groups from Harvard to
Un ive rsity of Michigan who have joined
this campaign are working to divest university funds from companies that profit
from the illegal Israeli occupation.
The Evergreen State College Foundation, the school's fund from which
Everg reen scholarships are given, had
3.9 million doll ars invested in 2004 and
gave 1.6 million dollars to the Evergreen invest its money in things that contribcommunity in scholarships and grants. ute to a more sustain able, peaceful and
"Since Jul y 2002," the foundation 's web humane world .
The first step towards that goal would
site states, " the Evergreen State College
be
the adoption ofa resolution by both the
Foundation has invested its endowment
with the University of Washington's Con- Board of Trustees (BOT) and the fund's
Board of Governors , stating that Eversolidated Endowment Fund (UWCEF)."
green should
The UWCEF
invest
the
invest ment
money given
pol icy has no
to
the school
mention
of
The fitst step towards that goal
only in things
human rights .
wou ld be the adoption of a resoluthat promote
Instead ,
it
tion, by both the Board of Trustees
human develfocuses
on
(BOT) and the fund's Board of Go vopment.
This
long-term
ernors, stating that Evergreen should
resol ution
invest ments, a
invest the money given to the school
would allow
diversified portonly in things that promote human
for the school
folio and "taking
development.
to
invest in ,
advantage of
"
global market
i neffi c ienc ies"
(a.k.a. neoliberalism) . While
a focu s on long-term investments and' a
diversified portfolio are key indicators of
good investments, Evergreen should also
"
among other
th i ngs , sustainable businesses and
companies with a proven track recordof
human rights. It would force divestment
in corporations that' profit from Israel's
Sunday, November 6
Zen Meditation Retreat Day 2 at 7:00 a.m. - 9:00p.m. 3441 Mud Bay Road, Olympia
John Morgan is a sophomore enrolled in
Data to Information. Jfyou would like to
learn how to make a "Dead Baby Boy" or
share afew rounds, contact him at THE_
S_ U_B_S_Tj_T_ U_T_E@hotl'nail.com.
Divestment from the Israeli occupation:
An idea whose time has come
By Lee Gillentine
Political Improv Comedy-"Fools Guide to Democracy" at 8:00 p.m. Capital Playhouse, 612 4th Ave,
Olympia
Lost Film Festival at 8:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1
Dave Shriver, Malcolm Clark Quintet at 8:00 p.m. Matrix Coffee House $15
Zen Meditation Retreat Day I at 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. 3441 Mud Bay Road, Olympia
Gleaners Coaltion Fundraising Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Eagles Hall 805 East 4th Ave
occupation of Palestine, along with other
companies that profit from war, death and
destruction .
Given the Evergreen community'S
focus on peace, justice and human rights ,
it seems only natural that we put our
money where our mouth is, and pressure
the BOT and the Evergreen Foundation
Fund's Board of Governors to adopt a
resolution supporting human rights and
development.
The next Board of Trustees' meeting is
on November 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
the third floorofthe library. Refreshments
are provided and there is a spacefor public
comment at the end of the meeting ... In
other words, show up before 3 p.m., grab a
cookie and tell the board what you think .
Also, there is a meeting about the Israel
divestment campaign at 7 p.m. on the same
day in Seminar II 2107.
Lee Gillentine is a sophomore enrolled in
Introduction to Natural Science.
Monday, November 7
Ward Churchill at 7:00 p.m. Lecture Hall 1
Olympia Film Society Presenting "Wall," a film documentary by Simone
Bitton regarding the Israeli separation wall at 6:30 p.m. 206 5th Avenue
Olympia
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The Voice of the Poem and Other Musics Poetry Reading at 7:00 p.m.
Sem II EI105
From Wall by Simone Bitton
Tuesday, November 8
Study Abroad Workshop at 4:00-5:00 p.m. Sem II E1107
Wednesday, November 9
Student worker Union meeting at 5:00 p.m.
Synergy Speaker Dicission at 5:00 p.m.
Student Activities Center
. SOFA Potluck at 12:30 p.m. Red Square
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