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By Maya Elson
Boise Cascade, a large corporate logging
company that suppli es our school with
paper products, began logging Monday,
Oct. 10 in th e Wenatc hee National Forest
in Easte rn Washing ton. It has just complet ed logg in g th e e ntire timber sale
desp ite the fact that the Forest Service
Environmental Assessme nt categor izes
much of the area within this timber sa le as
old growth habitat. Boise made an agreement, displayed as official company pol icy
on its website, that they would never again
log old grow th. Although Boise was fully
aware that a large number of trees were
illegitimately marked to cut, it proceeded
with logg ing.
In the sum mer of2004, the Fischer Fi re
burned up a big chunk of the We natchee
National Forest. The classification of
the area puts it und e r jurisdiction of the
Forest Service; many previous attempts
had been made to put these trees up for
sa le. In compari ng t he maps of the orig ina l
proposed ti mbe r sa le a nd'lhe boundaries
of the forest fire. one w ill find interesting similar ities: the areas match a lmost
exactly. Especially interesting is the fact
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Controversial figure Ward Churchill
speaks at Evergreen
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By Jordan Lyons
november 2
by R. Y. Shah
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R. Y Shah is a sophomore enrolled in Belief and Truth.
Trade Center to Nazi war criminal Adolf
Eichmann. To many, his struggle with
It seems that wherever Ward right-wing character assassination came
Churchill goes, controversy invariably to symbolize a crisis facing intellectual
follows. Earlier this year, the professor freedom in this country. To others, among
of ethnic studies at the University of . them Bill O'Reilly and Rudy Giulliani, as
Colorado at Boulder incurred the wrath well as countless legislators, commentaof conservative pundits and politicians tors and bloggers, his comments amounted
across the nation for writings which to treason .
described the terrorist attacks of SepAnd the perceived danger of his incenditember II , 2001. In these writings he ary intellect was still visible at his speakinvoked Malcolm
, calling ing engagement at Evergreen on Monday.
the day's events
Two squad cars camped outside the lecture
hall. The event's co-sponsors-EPIC, the
"chickens
Native Student Alliance and the Environcoming home
mental Resource Center- received one
to roo s t," and
cryptic
instruction from authorities: " no
lik e ned those
sticks." Churchill himself joked about
killed in the
the warning with the audience.
W 0 rid
Churchill sta rted hi s speech summar iz ing his 9/1 1 essay. From there he
meandered through his own experience in Vietnam, thoughts on the war
in Iraq and colonial hi story of the
United States.
Throughout the fi rst hou r, it was
difficult to see why th ere was so
much fuss about this man and hi s
work . While he resisted the surge
of post-9I 11 patriotism, he was
far from the only dissenter, and
although his historical anecdotes
were heartbreaking, genocide in the United States is
hardly a revelation,
However, in a question and answer
session that s panned more than two
hours , things became more emotional. Responding to a grim outlook
with few specific solutions, students
advanced pointed questions, challenging Churchill's views, his lifestyle, even
his status as an indigenous person.
Churchill was equally aggressive,
espousi ng vitriol ic criticism of the left
and " ritual" forms of resistance, such
as protesting and voting. The audience,
for its part, alternated between spirited
applause and silent tension.
Perhaps the police anticipated that
students, impass ioned by Churchill 's
words, would stage a coup d'etat. At
the end of the event , though, the room
lacked enough unity to cosign an open
le tte r, much less revolt . As a revolutionary leader, C hurchill is wanting;
he seemed Lo have no interest in rally ing the troops. But as someone who
stirs the pot, he was a fantastic success,
and hi s words a nd ideas will no doubt
be repeated and refuted on campus for
months to come.
Jordan Lyons is a senior enrolled in
Central America: Poetry and Politics,
Behind the
ffWall"
By Jonathan Coleman
Monday night, the Olympia Film Festival screened French-Israeli filmmaker
Simone Bitton's new documentary,
" Wall'.'
Bitton is an Arab-Jew who was born in
Morocco, raised in Israel and educated in
France. Virtually all Israeli citizens are
required to serve in the military : Bitton
served during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
She says the experience turned her into
a peace activist. Her previous films have
been quite excellent. Among them is "The
Bombing", which explored how Palestinian suicide bombings affect families of
both the bomb victims and the bomber.
Anyone with much knowledge of this
conflict can immediately tell from the
title of her new mov ie where Bitton 's
sympathies lie: Israeli propagandists call
the barrier "a fence"; Israel's critics refer
to it as "a waiL" It is both. So it did not
s urpri se me to see that the aud ience was
primarily comprised of my pro-Palestinian friends (many of who III are Jewish). I
did not see any of the more vocal members
of our community who, just a couple yea rs
ago, were so concerned with combat ing
the "climate of anti-Semiti sm" that suppo sed Iy pervaded Oly m pia followi ng
Rachel Corrie's murder.
This really is too bad , because " Wall" is
a really wonderful piece offilmmaking.
The very first scene of the movie was
memorable; "Wall" opens with a long,
Wall is continued on page 5
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NOVEMBER
STUDENT VOICE
10, 2005
Who rocks the ceili? We
rock the celli!
Vox Populi
What do you thInk of the initiative ban
Fiddly -diddly diddly dee
I was born 10 p lay Ihe fimky ceili ...
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Dann y O' Hanl on and tiddl er extraordinaire Eddie Pare nte, special guests from
Portl and , OR. They will be joining local
ca ller Patti Marti g in providing a terrific
evening of entertainment fo r the discerning
Greener. It j ust mi ght be the most fun you
have all quarter.
Music starts at 7 p. m. , dancing instruction starts at 7:30 p.m .• and we ' re c losing
up shop at 10 p.m . As always, students!
staff!fac ult y and folks under 18 get in
FREE, and eve ryo ne else pay s just a
meas ly three bucks. So rea ll y, why not
check it out ? Yo u could get through a fe w
more chapters of yo ur seminar reading, or
you could have the night of yo ur li fe . The
ce ili comes but once a quarter. And thi s
Friday, it 's on.
t hap pens abo ut thi s tim e every
qu ar te r, reg ul ar as th e f irs t
rain s of a utumn . The norm all y
qui et Longhouse is loaded with
mo un ds of audi o eq ui pme nt. Student s
fi Iter in , fl ee ing the crunch of looming
deadlines. and are joined by community
members in search of a diffe rent kind of
Friday ni ght. As the music stal1s up and
the hard-dri ving fid dle li nes- the orig inal
da nce mus ic- reverberate through th e
ha l., something happens that is mag ic in
its simpli city. Peop le start dancing together
in long lines and circles. four-hand stars Za ne Haxto n is a se nior enrolled in
and eight- person sets, frolli cking through Te mpe rate Rain fo rests. He is also the
the Waves of Tory and the Siege of Enni s. coordinator of EIRE.
And th ey continue all ni ght long. Thi s, my
fri ends, is a cei li.
On Friday, Nov. II (which, for those
of yo u who keep track of such th ings ,
is TO MO RROW ). yo ur fri end s at the
Eve rgree n Iri sh Res urgenc e Element
(E IRE) will be repeating the experiment,
and we once again aim to leave you anything but di sappointed.
Got something that doesn't quite
For th ose of you wh o have not yet
fit in the other sections? Something
heard of the fa bulous Iri sh ' soc ial dancthat defi es con venti on and definiing ex peri ence we call ceili , th e formula
tion? Well , now there 's a pl ace for
is simple: a live band to bang out the jigs
it. There are an infinite number of
' n ree ls, an equall y li ve caller to show
things you can contribute.
you the ropes and a lot of other peopl e
Stud ents groups are de finite ly
who, like yo urselves, are simply out fo r
encouraged to submit any events,
a good old time. If you've never had the
fundrai se rs, upd ate s, meeting s,
j oy of see ing a bunch of dirty Greeners
briefs, articl es, or any other goinggetting, in a very literal sense, jiggy with
ons and happenings in their group.
it, there's no better tim e to start th an now.
May be yo u' re part of a program
Better yet, get off your lazy ass and join in
that's doing som ething particularly
the dancing action yo ursel f. You' ll be glad
neato and you ' d like to share the
you did . Abso lutely no prior experience or
wealth . Thi s page is a lso now the
coordination is necessary, and the music
proud hom e o f Voices of Colo r,
sounds way better when it's pul sing down
whi ch is a lways ta ki ng submi syour spine and out through your fee t.
sions.
Not as if the music will need any embelIishment. Join us as we welcome guitari st
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smoking in public places?
"1 was just talking about that and I think
it's complete bull shit. When I go to a bar,
I ex pect smoking to be part of the scene.
It's infringing on business owners' ri ghts."
Kell y Vin sant
Seni or
Business and Society
"The initi ati ve is bi ased. Are they
going to stop peopl e from drinking
too?"
Kin shash a Banks
Senior
Making Yo ur Place
" It will be better for the empl oyees but I
wish it wo uldn 't ex tend to outside."
Dan Brackett
Senior
Sacred Mons ters
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have agreed. Now that I have a baby to worry
about, I think it's a good idea."
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On Nov. lOin Lecture Hall I at 7
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is hosting a presentation by Pl anned
Parenth ood about issues concerning
reproduct ive and contraceptive rights.
Thi s presentation will be informational
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Come see "Walmart:
The High Cost of
Low Price" for free,
Sunday night
The Evergree n State Co llege Labor
Education and Research Center, United
Food and Commercial Workers 81 and
367. and Medi a Island proudly present
th e pre miere of Ro bert Greenwald 's
doc um e nt ary, "Wa lm a rt : The Hi gh
Cost of Low Pri ce" . The event will
take pl ace at 7 p.m. at the Olympi a
Hi gh Sch oo l Perfo rming Arts Center
Lecture Hall. located at 1302 North St.
SE il) Tumwater. Parking is avail able
on the Carlyo n Ave. side of the school.
A discuss ion will foll ow the film. This
eve nt is free and open to the public.
The tilm takes the viewer on a deeply
personal journey into the everyday li ves
. offamilies strugg ling to fi ght the largest
corporation in America. From a family
bus in ess ow ner in th e Mid wes t to a
preacher in Ca li fo rni a. from wo rk ers in
Florida to a poet in Mex ico. film crews
on three continents bring together the
intensely perso nal stories of an assault
on famili es and American values. This
will chall enge the way you think, feel
and shop. The film premiere is part of
a national grassroots screenings campaign~ver 3,000 screenings are already
scheduled to be held during the week of
Nov. 13-19. For more on the campaign,
see www.walmartmovie.com.
Computer Center
Moving Nov. 12-14
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Logging:
"Boise
Lies, Old
Growth Die"
Continued from page 1
that for an undisclosed reason, firefight- sued over the mis-marked trees ; however,
ers were unexpectedly delayed in arriv- Boise's promise was not legally binding.
ing at the site. Also, the Forest Service The activities of the Bush Adm inistration
intentionally set fire to part of the forest lawyers in Washington DC changed the
in a supposed attempt to prevent the first purpose and need of the environmental
fire from spreading. There may be logic in assessment so that it only includes the
these tactics; however, something seems profits of logging companies, not taking
to be awry.
environmental degradation into account.
Soon aft er the Fischer Fire, the Forest Boise cut it all as fast as possible so that
Service established
th ey will hav e
the Roll in' Rock
the trees no
timbe r sale for
matter what the
" fire salvage". The
outc ome of th e
Forest Service was
law s uit. T hey
required by law to
have already cut
ma rk o nl y dea d
the entire timber
or dyin g tre es to
sale , with onl y
cut, supposedl y to
29 trees remain lessen the impact
ing.
the
forest
ecoon
The Olympi a Kas hmi r Reli ef Assoc ia tion
is hosting an earthquake reli ef bene fit. A sys tem. Ampl e
scrumptious dinner will be served by the evidence indi cates
Environmental groups are working to
Mehfil Restaurant of Lacey. Thi s will be that standing dead trees, or snags, are vital
members of the forest, providing habitats put public pressure on Hoise, push fo r a
th e first event he ld in Ol ympi a to show
for wi ldlife and , once they fall , becoming widespread boycott and ra ise awareness
th e community's support for the vict ims
logs. Laws regarding this particu- o f their policies. They hope th at in the
nurse
of earthquakes in th e Kas hmir reg ion. It
lar
tire
salvage sale state that trees with future, cutting old growth will become a
is important to help the peopl e o f thi s
"greater
than fiv e percent green" cannot detrim ent to Boise's profits. In addition to
area quickly because the winter weather
After
both the Forest Service and compromising Boise's ability to do things
be
cut.
will soon be settin g in. There will an
O ri ss i da nce pe rfo rm ance by Ratn a Boise Cascade ag reed not to cut live trees, like thi s in the fut ure, more press ure has
members of the Seattl e Rainforest Action been put on the Forest Service, moti vati ng
Roy of th e Urvas i Dance Co mpany.
Group
(Sea RAG) and the Environm enta l them to change their practices.
Ti ckets a re ava ilab le at Ra in y Day
urce
Center (E RC) fo und dozens of
On Wednesday, Oct. 19 members ort he
Reso
Records and Traditi ons, pr iced at $20
shin
g
pond
erosa
pmes
marked
to
n
ouri
ERC
held a huge ban ner over 1-5 on the
fo r students and $30 far non-stude nts.
cut. whi ch they 1lagged with green-stri ped Capital Boulevard bri dge. It said, "Boise
ribbon. A Fo rest Service silvi culturali st Lies,. O ld Growth Di e". Th is coin cided
was sent in and ag reed that the trees had with banner drops in Portl and and Seattl e
indeed bee n mi s-marked. Boise and the and has co ntri buted to growi ng med ia
Forest Service dec ided to go ahead with attenti on on thi s issue.
logg ing anyway, before a fores t ecolog ist
Students who wish to learn more can
Do yo u have que sti ons abou t STI's was ab le to fini sh hi s analysis. So far, mis(scx uall y transmitted infcc ti on s), diet, marked trees have been fo und in every sa le attend the ERC meetings on Wednesdays at
general hea lth. etc.? Maybe yo u' re just unit we've survey ed, totaling at ove r 170. I :30 on Red Square ifit 's sunny, or upstairs
wo ndering, "What's that bug that' s goin g The Forest Se rvice claim s they did not see in the CAB pit if it 's dri zzly. Ca ll 867-6784
aro und campus ri ght now?" Email your ·t hese trees as hav ing signi fi cant potenti al to contact the ERC coord inators.
questi ons to us! The Student Med ica l for regrowth . Due to a cl osure on the area
preventing unauthorized persons from re- May a Elson is u sophom ore em'ulled ill
Ass istant s at The Eve rgreen Stude nt
Hea lth Center are proud to announ ce our ente ring the site, hundreds of mi s-marked Altern ati ves to Capital ist Global izatio n.
new student out reac h service through e- trees have not been ide ntili ed.
T he fores t need s the dyin g trees to
mai I. Stud ents ca n sen d ano nymous
deco mpose and help the fores t rege nerate.
hea lth-related questi ons to pee rhea lth
@eve rgree n. edu. The Student Med ical Eco logists claim that forests need lire, and
Ass istants wiII post the questi ons anon- that after a fire it is crucial that the forest be DOG/HOUSE SITTER WANTBl:
ymously and prov ide answers throug h left alone. The Fisc her Fire has been cited Two toy poodles, two labs, and
the CPJ in arti cles entit led " Peer Hea lth
by the Forest Service Research Center as
miniature te rrier need a mama
Q&A". The hea lthca re prov iders at the an exampl eof an idea l fire,s imil arto those
Stude nt Hea lth Ce nter. as well as current that occurred be fore Europea ns invaded who spoils them and treats them
as family. If you are nea t,
the North west.
med ica l resources, wi ll be co nsul ted for
Bo ise Cascade is the on ly company that compassionate, honest,
inform ati on to ensure accurate answers
to the questi ons. We will attemp t to
bid on the sa le, eve n though the Forest affectionate, have a specia l
answer any question, though due to space
Serv ice had catego ri zed areas wit hin
relationship with nature, call
lim itations, we may not be able to answe r the timber sa le as old growth. Two years
Alexandra
(360)264-2235
all of the questions we rece ive. We look ago, the CEO of Boi se Cascade made an
fo rwa rd to heari ng from you, and look ag reement with environ men talists to stop .r...........79_
fo r our upcoming articles!
logging old growth. Thi s agreemen t was
the cul mination of a four-y ea r long campai gn by environm enta l gro ups, in which
the company's majo r customers were lobbied to boycott Boise. Boise's promi se,
displayed as com pany po licy, was a huge
l!;;;;;==============;J vi ctory for the protection of old growth
forests in the Northwest.
There is currently a laws uit bei ng purTo accommodate the number of areas that
need to move to temporary or permanent
locations , the Computer Center and
Academic Computing will be moving
from the 41h floor and L2204 to a newly
remodeled area in L2606 beginning Nov.
12 and ending Nov. 14. The Computer
Center L4300 and L2204 may be closed
on November 12-14. Network Services
and TSS will be working during the
weekend to ensure services are restored
in a timely manner, minimi zing the affect
on students and programs.
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Relief Association
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I have been interested in mythology all
my life. But until a year ago, my interest
never became a passionate pursuit. Myth,
to me, is the infrastructure of the first and
last stories. My stories, always taking a
fantastic and visual nature, could never be
as strong as they are without my respect for
myth. When I first started to write fantasy
stories, my frustrations were issues of originality, especially in the concepts of heroism .
Finally an idea dawned on me that in order
to be a truly unique fantasy writer, or any
writer for that matter, I needed to venture in
a new perception: non-American and nonWestern . After a visit to The Evergreen
State College's library, I turned to African
epics like the Congolese Mwindo epic, a
ta le of a hero born walking and talking. I
read the epics of Wagadu, a place where
a Serpent ruled the gold and rain, where
the ea rly kings of Ghana began an empire .
The Epic ofSanjara. an inspiring story from
Mali . And one of my rece nt favor ites, an
~p ic of a Zulu princess with a name th at
I've just ma ste red the pron unc iatio n of.
Umb aLlza- Wokogin gwa) (I. These mysterious languages and culturc ~ inspired in
me a longing for an eve n deeper connection with Africa. I did n't want to write an
A froce ntric story with A frican im ages unt iI
I experienced it first hand. And I didn 't want
to regurgi tate myoid work and then splatte r
A frocel1lric sauce a II over it. The purpose
is to bring to li ght a ge nre that is virtuall y
ignored in the Western world and reshape
the genera l concepti ons and archetypes of
heroi sm , because the mythologies of Africa
do have different arc hetypes.
I f I lea rned anyth ing between readi ng,
wri tin g, and putting my feet down in the
roads and paths orthe richest lands on eanh,
irs that the study of myth ology is a ve ry
interdi scip linary study, and th at thi s schol arship crosses as many borders and be lief
syst~m s as it does centuries of tim e. Cu lt ul'e
is an immense word. Many Afri can epics or
folk lorc fro m a western-world li brary have
their footnotes and refere nces, but th ese stories can't a lways be completel y understood
by someone with a [lragmati c or sc ientific
nature. There is a difference between se nsiti vities about \\hat 's ri ght and what's wrong.
Tru th is deeper than hi story if the roo ts ot'
M
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research
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thin gs, but
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onc-on-o nes with the Poet Laureate of
Z imbabwe. Rev. Paul B. Damasane, and
the hi storian , Pathisa Nyath i. Add th e
oldest chief in Z im babwe to th e mix and
something beg ins to hap pen in my thinking that I can't put on paper yet. but will
one day.
One common mi sconce ption is that of
the word " tribe". Afric ans I met would
respond with sil ent confusion across their
face s if asked , "What tribe do you belong
to?" The sim ples t definition I can offer is:
a tri be is made up of clan s that have an
unkn own or mythological cOlllmon ancestor. A nation is somet imes called a kingdom,
whi ch is made up of one trib e rul ed by a
kin g. A clan is a Illore western or modern
use o f the word chie fdom.
The Euroce ntric differe nc e be tween
a clan and a tribe is that a c lan can trace
thei r common ancestor through surnam es.
So a clan is generat ions ofa fam ily name.
T he term tribe has a negative bearing
because of its former connotation. For
example: the on ly Europea n grou[ls th at
were ever ca ll ed tribes were co nsidered
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stories are given the same value in telling
and receiving. Mythology, when presented
through a racist filter like Hollywood or
bigoted academia, comes across as infantile as Disney tales, simple enough to be
understood by any child, but the complexity
of symbolism is hidden behind a myriad of
ancient cultures having nothing to do with
the foundations and images these history
shapers would have us believe.
I would say myth (not in the sense of the
word that means untruth), especially in the
form ofthe epic, written or not, is the most
intricate fonn of literature, because there
are countless true ~nd untrue stories behind
what is oral or written down. We know this
because mythological stories point directly
to the history and religion within their culture. Thousands of years and peoples can
be indirectly manifested in the smallest,
seemingly insignificant myth . Cultural
literacy is the biggest problem I have with
most mythologists because the majority of
people recording arid writing about this
subject
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barbarians . The word tribe comes from
the Latin word rribus, which is one of
the three groups into which the Romans
were originally divided . The Germanic
Tribes were considered uncivilized to the
Romans as they advanced into the status
of an empire. The Vandals, where the word
vandalism has its roots, were members of
an East Germanic tribe. Clan replaces the
word tribe when Europeans think people
are civilized, regardless if the definition
does not match.
The first place I stayed, after living a
whole two days on airplanes, was a hotel in
East London, South Africa. From outside,
the peach colored building, with long arched
balcony windows, sat in the middle of a
street festooned with palm trees. Its central
interior looked something like a loggia, with
tropical vegetation, climbers and fem brushing the rectangular beams of the gallery.
My first image of Africa was a dusty sunset
from the plane. I could see nothing but a
crimson semi-circle stretched across a thick,
black sky;
I've never
seen the
sun look
so much
like fire
before. The
s ky it se lf,
w hen I was
on gro und,
was lowcr,
a nd mo re
s urr o unding; it seemed morc dcnse. And wherever I
went , th e dirt had an orange reddi sh hue. A
coup le o f people sa id th at on cCl1a in trees,
th e so iI is actua ll y eatable and hea lthy- a
good so urce of iron .
Our group, the cultural exchange program Impact Internat ional, was compri sed
of just six people: Sister Lucy, her daughter
Timbalani , Isis, Micah, Mother Etla and me.
This year- I think- was th e smallest th e
g roup has ever been , because they were
accept ing up to 2 1 people to go. The goa l
of th is organi zed tour is to estab lish cult ural co nn ect ions and exchanges bet \Vecn
people through a g loba l and hol isti c
understanding and experience.
Micah and I, being the only
g uys. alway s had to s leep
in the same rooill. Our
room had twin
beds righ t next
J,
to each other, one long dresser taking up a
side of the wall and a small, curtained sliding window. Micah always left the light on
when he went to bed, waiting, because I
usually stayed up an hour or two after him.
At East London, sometimes we couldn't
sleep because ofa nightclub across the street
booming techno music. One time I woke
Micah up with a nightmare that technoraving aliens were abducting me.
One exciting morning we got up and
stepped outside to see the sunrise on the
Indian Ocean. The other night Micah was
going on about how beautiful the sunrise
was; I was convinced I' d be seeing a
completely different sunrise than in the
States. Even though I shot the scene with
a still camera, this could never match the
dynamic sprawling fire ofthe true image of
sunset. The colors seemed tangible because
of their dimension. The motion and intensity made me feel engulfed. A tension like
something enormous and distant skulked to
embrace me. The sunrise and sunset seem
to happen so fast, and even faster when
looking directly, undistracted. At one point
it was blood red, another moment a shade
of orange and yet another pink, while the
clouds stretched these colors across the sky.
You would think the s un would be enough
natural Iight, but I had to put the camera on
ni ght mode because I cou ld look at the s un
for so long without having to turn away.
It wasn't a fl ari ng brig htness th at wo uld
penetrate th e eye .
A lIhrey flardi n.1!. i) (( Ikillg (/11 inc/iI'idl/a/
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Industry. The a ho\'e is on excerpl ji"oll1 lris
body ofll 'ork, 011 lire Red Earlh. A IIbrey is
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traveling hand-held shot of a concrete section of the separation barrier. As the camera
pans in that opening shot, we hear sounds
of laughing children, birds singing and
then conversation. Bitlon asks, "What's
this?" A girl answers, "The wall." Bitton
asks, "What for?" The girl replies, "They
shoot Arabs from here." Then a second
girl corrects her. "No, Arabs shoot at us,"
she says . And then Bitton asks pointedly,
" Who shoots at whom?"
For the next hour-and-a-half, Bitton
visits sites along the wall's construction route, interviewing Palestinians and
Israelis living along the path of the wall
about their thoughts and feelings about it.
Most of the people she interviews have
nothing positive to say about the project,
although there is one memorable scene
where an Israeli military spokesperson
recites the official reasons for its construction.
The actual reasons why this wall is being
constructed are complex . Many Jews- in
Israel as well as here in Olympia- in all
honesty believe that the primary reason for
its construction is so Israelis can protect
them selves against suicide bombers. There
can be no doubt that these grisly attacks
have inflamed passions, causing great
psychological harm to a number of Israeli
citizens, and have helped Sharon purs ue
a criminal set of policies not dissimilar to
those of the Bush administration following 9/ 11 . But the wall is no more about
protecting Israe li citizens from s ui c ide
bombers than the invasion of Afghanistan
was about protectin g U.S . citizens from al
Oaeda. First and for()most, lhe wall is about
theft. Thi s film makes thi s relatively clear,
alt hough for viewers unfa m i liar with terms
like "the green line," parts of the film can
be a bit confusing at times.
The wall also has a great deal to do
with demographics, but the film does not
really touch upon this . Supporters of Israel
love to remind anyone who will listen that
Israel is "the on ly democracy in the Midd le
East. " A f~lct th at re ce ives less attention is
that in order for Israe I to be both a democracy a nd a Jew ish state. Jews have to be
th e majo ri ty rhc Pales tinian population of
the West Bank and Gaza stri p represent a
major th re at to the Jewi sh nature 01' Israel,
fo r because 9f Israel 's exp ropriati on of
the most productive agricultu ra l land and
water resources, the viab il ity of a futu re
state of "Palestine" has really gone out the
window. Were the West Bank and Gaza
incorporated into the state of Israel, and
all the Palestinians living there given full
Israeli citizenship, Israel would soon cease
to exist as a "Jewish" state.
Officially, Israel now claims to support
the fonnation of an independent Palestinian
state. But there isn't going to be one-not
a stable, suStainable, truly independent
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Palestine, the way all these two-state solution folks have been talking about for so
many years. Instead, Israel has decided to
build a massive wall/electric fence, expropriating as much land and water for themselves as possible and pennanently sealing
the Palestinian popUlation into ghetto-like
areas not unlike the ones South Africa's
ruling whites constructed for blacks during
that country's era of apartheid.
Were the fi 1m to come out and say
that, the way I just did, it might be less
confusing. But it probably wouldn't make
the film any more effective, for recitation
of political facts and figures- how much
the wall costs, how many hundreds of
square miles of prime agricultural land
it is expropriating for Israel, how many
suicide bus bombings have happened since
its construction got underway, despite the
fact that it is supposed to stop these- really
aren't very effective. People hear what
they want to hear. I go see movies that are
sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians,
because I want to know about this. The
staunch supporters oflsrael , the ones who
called Rachel Corrie a flag-burning traitor,
don't. This is another "wall".
I found the series of images that close
the film particularly moving. The camera
pans along a sect ion of the wall that is not
yet complete, where Palestinians talk to
one another throug h gaps in the wall. Then
the camera setlles on a section of the wall
where it is possible for people to climb
over. Old men and women duck under
barbed wire, then climb over thi s five-foot
section. A ' thud' is he ard as they drop to
the other side. One man, as he struggles
to climb, ca ll s out to the camera. "Keep
filming ," he yells. " Show the world what
is happe ning to us." A man holding a small
baby approaches the section, hoping to
somehow climb over. The camera catches
a sense of desperation in the man 's eyes.
Then a nother climber reaches down to
help, and the man passes the baby up to
them. "Thank you, " he says in Arabic.
There have heen manv doc um enta ries
made in recent years alt~mpt ing to s ho\-~
the world the incredible cruelt v of the
Israeli occura ti on. "\\"all" is a t'least a~
good as any o((he mher ones l"ve sel"ll.
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The Definite Article
Theproblemofpostmodernpunctuation
By Grant Gerald Miller
Often, when relieving myself in public
restrooms, I find I have a maniacal compu lsion to insert commas and apostrophes
into strangers' poorly constructed locutions
abo ut my mother. This is the reason I don't
carry a Sharp ie. I dO Il ' t want to be caught
with my pants down , scri bbling on a wa ll ,
muttering curses abou t some stranger 's
misuse of possessives.
Lynne Truss, the author of "Eats, Shoots
& Leaves"- the best book on punctuati on
I' ve ever read- refers to thi s phenomenon
as the "The Seventh Sense," or the abi lity to
see errors in punctuation that other peopl e
can' t see, simpl y don 't care to noti ce or
are sim ply unaware of'. Some of yo u will
relate, some of yo u won' t, and that's fin e.
I' m not here to compl ain abo ut peopl e's
misuse of the apostrophe; I would just like
to explore the nature of punctuation and try
to better understand 'why it's now in such a
post modern cri sis.
Punctuation hasn't been around forever.
Speech and language may possibly be an
inn ate biological function, but writing is
not, and punctuation has been, somewhat
arbitrari Iy, tac ked on along the way. In
fac t, most earl y written languages, including Ancient Greek and Latin, had no form
of punctuation . Many of these languages
didn 't even have spaces between word s,
which as yo u may imagine cou ld make
translat ion ambig uous. As Philip K. Dick
points out: "godisnowhere" could eas ily be
read as either "God is now here," or "God is
nowhere." The difference between the two
is fa r fro m subtle.
A ristophanes of Byza nti urn is cred ited
with introducing the first system of form al
punctuation. H is was a three-part system
of notation that advised actors when to
breathe during a play. Thi s system consisted of a m edia disli/1(;W (a short pause),
subdislincto (a longer pause), and distincto
(an even longer pause). And that was that.
Simplc, yet useful. A bit later, the Roman
Emp ire fe ll , the Jud eo -Chr istian God
came int o the scene and Western Europe
lapsed into a lengthy peri od of illiteracy
and intellectual hi atus. Perhaps they were
too concerned with thei r wretched soul s
. spending etem ity in hell than with reading
and writing- a nd ri ghtl y so. But around
780 C. E. , Charlemagne became deeply
conce rned abo ut the chaotic nature o f
wri tten la nguage. He hired his minister
of education, Alcuin of Yo rk, to solve the
"God isnowhere" problem, and by the ni nth
century he established and impl emented a
writing style for all the sc ribes in the Holy
ROIll::Jn hn p lrt~, comple le with lowe r-
case and capital letters, paragraphs, and
(thankgod) spaces between words.
But it wasn' t until the 1430s when
Gutenberg invented the printing press that
we got punctuation marks as we know them,
and it wasn't until the late 1600s that we got
some of the punctuation we use today. The
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries gave
us q uotat ion mark s, the apostrophe, the
exc lam at ion point and the dash, and in the
eighteent h and nineteent h centuries punctuation went thc way many human endeavors
do: it got a littl c out of hand. Then, to get
a handl e on all the excessive punctuation,
Henry Watson Fowler and Francis George
Fowler publi shed a nifty littl e book ca lled
171e King s English , which establ ished the
current practice of light(er) punctuation.
Today, in America, the King 's Engli sh
is ca ll ed Standard American Eng li sh. But
now, popular culture, e-mail, text messaging and the internet have plunged punctuation into a sort of postmodern crisis. And
by default , the presc riptive structures of
S ta nd ard Ameri ca n Eng li sh a re be ing
challenged.
For instance, a colon used to say "insert
strong pa use here; what comes nex t is
ugly:
Personally, I find myse lf stuck somewhere
in the middle, While chall enging prescriptive structures is lots of fun , so is cOmmunicating. Language itse lf is already so
arbitrary and con fusing that it 's amazing
we comp rehend each ot her at all. So I can
see the importance of punctuation. But no
matte r what technology, text messag ing or
e-mail brings us in the way of punctuation,
let's at least keep the spaces between words.
comm un icationi sd iHic ulte noughasitis.
. But if we 're going to eliminate punctuation altogether, let's also el iminate writing
on bathroom walls. But until that happens, if
yo u' re going to write about people 's mothers on the wa ll s of the john, first read "Eats,
Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss and learn
how to use an apostrophe . If yo u don 't feel
like read ing an entire book on punctuation,
which is understanda ble, then come see me
in the Writing Center.
Please :)
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The Evergreen Tutoring C<:ntcr (ETC) invites you to challenge your
quantitative reasoning skills by solving OUT puzzle of the week. Each week we
will pre~ent a n(,~w 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
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You have 10 stacks of coins, each consisting of 10 half~
dollars. One entire stack is counterfeit. but you do not know
which one. You do- know the weight of a genuine half-dollar
and you are also told that each counterfeit coin ,vcighs one
gram morc than it should. You may \veigh the coins on a
pointer scale. What is the smallest number of \veighings
necessary to dctcnnine which stack is counterfeit?
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The Chron: " The Big Lebowski"
Like a fi ne creeper, "T he Big Lebowski" starts off simple but afte r
a few minutes nothing makes a ny se nse at all. One orthe reason s
thi s fi lm is so cond ucive to li ghting- up is that the Coen brothers,
makers of thi s and many more fin e film s (" Miller's Crossing" , " Raising Arizona", "Fa rgo" ...to name a few), a re big potheads. Does that
surprise yo u? It shouldn 't. While some arti sts use pot as a crut ch to
attract an aud ience (think the COllon Mouth Kings), most stoners do
not rese mbl e Jeff Bridges' the Dude, but are just normal people, some
talented, some burnouts. Speak ing of Bridges, has there eve r bee n a
better casting job than his as the Dude in this movie? I'd be willing
Th e Big Lebo ll'ski © Unive"sol Siudios to put money on the fact that in an altern ate uni verse Bridges is thi s
guy- playing keys in a Doors' cove r ba nd named Crys tal Ship. Enough of my high abst rac t ions of David Deutsch's theories; let's get to the tail of the tape.
Arbitrary Subjective Score: Super Silver Haze.
Yo u might if yo u Ii ke: The poetry of Mike Topp, Cheeto dust or bowl ing.
No t suggested if: You like yo ur films to make se nse, have meaning, or be uplifting, touching, fee l- good, etc.
She's not rea l but : I still kind of have a crush on Maude.
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My jaw fee ls like it took a hook from Ja ke Lamotta, but that great clicking sou nd yo u hea r is not my wisdom tee th
impact ing, but rat he r the sound of two mill iOIl people in greater Denver spark ing up thei I' fi rst legal bowls. That's rig ht,
in a city election on November 2, Denver voters narrowly passed a bill all ow ing a person to possess up to an ounce of
ma rij uana. If yo u're any th ing like me, which is to say if you are an irretrieva ble stoner, th is is news of the best kind.
Marijuana laws are anachroni sti c, represe nt ative ofa puritanical and raci st America that has mostl y died out. Whatever
you r individua l opinion of the stick y green, thi s is a not just a victory for stoners, but for fa ns of social justice. Hundreds
of thousand s of Americans sit in state pri sons, hav ing never done anything more sini ster than sell grass, often wi th longer
sentences than rapists and murderers. So since I am in such high spirits, not onl y will thi s week 's GBU be dedicated to
movies about stoners, but rathe r than the usual categories, I present the chron, the dank and the schwag.
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The Dan 1<: "Dazed a nd Confused"
So me Richard Linklater film s embody the sorl of mindless pretcnsions endemic to the bakoid. Thi s mov ie, thankfully, is more about
yo uthfu l exuberance than it is the form er. If I wa nted to hear pot
driven rambling, I'd wander the dorms on a Saturd ay night , thank-youvery-m uch. Thi s film lau nched a number of ca reers incl uding Matthew
McConaughey, Ben Affleck and Mili a Jovov ich. Wiley Wi ggins was
not one of them, ::Jnd whi le I'm sure to thi s day he gets bought drink s
by leather daddi es in bars across the country, I think Hollywood rea lly
mi ssed out on thi s yo ung man's virtuoso tal ent. I mean, ca n yo u not
see how pained he look s when they are beat ing hi s ass with paddl es?
That's acting, bitches.
Arbitrary Subjective Score: Northern Lights.
D{/~ed and Confused © Uni versal Sl lIdio.1
You might if you like: Chillin', cruisin', smokin ' ...you know, whatever.
Not suggested if: You 're high more often than sober, because kid s, that's a good sig n that yo u have a prob lem.
You may have seen this before: On Fox's "That 70's Show". Oh, for the life ofa Hollywood hac k- or at least the job.
McConaughey at hi s creepiest: "That's what I love about these high schoo l g irls, man ; I get older, they stay the sa me age ."
The coolest belt buckle in the wo rld : Belongs to Randall " Pink " Floyd .
Sad but : A fte r ten yea rs, I still have that handshake memori zed.
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By John Morgan
" Venus in Furs"
Leopold von Sacher-M asoc h
Penguin Class ics
ISBN: 0140447814
This work was groundbreaking in its
description of a man who finds ultimate
sex ual pleasure from be ing enslaved by hi s
bel oved. Richard vo n Kra ft-E bbing thusly
used the au th or's Ilame 10 describe th is
procli vity, that being the sex ual fu llillment
wro ught by submi ssion a nd suffering, in
hi s " Psychopathia Sexualis" - a fun read
if you can find it- twenty years later, and
the term "masochism" was born.
In reviewing this book, two separate
qualities must be evaluated : one, on the
quality of its story telling; the other, on
the value of its philosophy. This is a rather
short story, all of 120 pages. Masoch is an
able writer, and if the work gets ensnared
by philosophical di gression, it does so
less than other works of allegorical fiction I have read. He does well to explain
his thinking with his characters' actions,
and even the simpering lead, Severin von
Kusiemski, manages to remain sympathetic. The plot is quick moving and does
10,2005
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Thi s article has been brought to you by
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Grant Gerald Miller ,,'arks
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The good, the bad and the
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"Venus in Furs":
Book Review
Many of us know that the Marquis de
Sade is an eponym for the term sadist,
De Sade's crue lty being so infamous that
hi s name is leant to the social and sexual
desc ription of those who get off on making
others suffe r. What I doubt many know is
from where a sadi st's antithesis, the masochist, is derived.
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch published
his seminal work "Venus in Furs" in 1870.
important," but now, coupled wit h a parenthesis, it signifies " happy" :) or "sad" :(.
The semicolon is now recogni zed as "that
thing that Microsoft Word is always telling
me to do." Thanks to tex t messag ing and
Attenti on Delicit Di sorder, "sec you later"
is now written as C U L8R. And I haven 't
gotten an email fi'om a friend , student or
teacher in months that contained a capital
letter. These mediums may make our li ves
eas ier, but they threaten the nature of punctuation as we have come to unde rstand and
control it.
Personall y, I'm comfol1ab le with change
and a lack of control. But therc a rc those
gramm ar ians who de fend pre sc riptive
punctuati on with their li ves and, at the
same time, will argue about the seven·
tee n different uses of the comma. On the
other hand , there are social theorists who
denounce punctuation completely. Lynne
Truss, for example, suggests that we " fi ght
like ti gers to preserve our punctuation,"
but Helene C ixous attacks punctuation as
a patriarchal , masc uline construction that
should be di ssolved.
I' m sure there are good reasons to fi ght
for both sides of th e punctuation issue .
a reasoll abl ej ob uf kee ping it s cent ral idea
fre sh and its story ullp rcui ctab le. Wanda
von DunJj.; w, Severi !l's m istress, mai 11tains enough my<;te ry to re main interesting, but is far from a compl ete character;
she is instead sort of a personification of
Masoch 's devia nt desires. Perhaps racy by
19th century standards, the book is very
tame compared to mode rn erotica. Thi s
is really neither a good nor bad thing ;
just don't expect tawdry steam scenes.
Intercourse is, at most, impli ed.
On to the important part: Masoch made
waves with his frank portrayal of a man so
enthralled with the love of a women that he
was, well, enthralled by the women . After
publishing "Venus in Furs", Masoch was
flooded with letters from adoring men who
found his character Severin to be a bit ofa
Venus continued on page 7
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The Schwag: " Bongwater"
What we have here is a crappy, by- the -book Holl ywood love story
wrapped in a Rizla paper. Thc fir st time I saw thi s, I was at a dealer's
house and it alm ost seemed like an ok movi e. Needless to say, upon
second vi ew ing it didn't have the sa me advant ages. What can be sa id
about this thoroughl y mediocre film? Andy Dick is kind of funny in
hi s pre-caut ionary tale phase. Ser iously, if William Blake is right,
Dick must be li vin' in the Taj Ma hal of wisdom. Jack Black may have
act uall y been paid in doobies for hi s role as Tony.
Arbitrary Subjective Score: Resi n.
You might like if yo u like: Drinking bongwater.
Not suggested if: You read the book, which is way stonier, brah.
On a completely separate note: Are bumper- stick ers the la ziest for m
of political protest ever?
BonglVater © Im age Enlerla inme nl
John Morgan does not encourage smoking pot, but rather vaporizing il. NOI jusl for the heallh benefits, bUI as his boss al
Pizza Hut once said, "Smoking is like flying a plane, vaporizing is like riding on the wing." Whatever that m eans.
Venus: Topping
from the bottom
kindred spirit. History has preserved thi s
image of Masoc h as the patron saint of men
who love femdom to this day, but perhaps if
history spent more time read ing, it wo uld
come upon another conclusion.
The proble ms are these: rea l femdo m
is affirming and confidence building for a
woman; Masoch s Wanda is reall y Just doing
what the man she loves is obiigating her lO.
Frequentl y through the book she protests
Severin s desire to be her slave , but Severin
makes it clear to her thaI hi s ultim ate desires
can onl y be met at herfeet. This is what we
in the kink communit y ca ll "topping from
the botlom." While Masoch may h,tve sent
many men s hea rts afl utter wit h his desc riptions of restraint and wh ipping at the h::J nds
of the beautiful Wanda, hi s overall portrait
of the femdom lifestyle is rather muddled. In
summation, the story is in fact a cautionary
tale about the d::Jngers of letting a wo man
assume too much cont ro l. The present from
which Severin recounts his experience wit h
Wand a finds him terrorizing his chamber
maids: "I rea r her with the knout , she adores
me." Add ing "That s how you have to train
women
Masoc h later fou nd h is ow n Ve nu s in
Furs, one Aurora Rum elin . Upon m::Jrrying him , she took on the name Wanda von
Sacher-Masoch and soon after hi s death
published the work : "Confessions of Wanda
von Sacher-Masoch". In thi s she describes a
stressful existence in which she fou nd herself as both harried housewi fe mising their
children and the cruel woman uf Leopold s
fanta sies. Femdom indeed , no real liberated
woman would allow stich an injuslice and no
self respect ing Domina wou ld put up with
Leopold s shit.
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
10, 2005
NOVEMBER
Jello Biafra and the Melvins play the Capital
A live show and album reviews
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By Matthew Allison
Mega Mountain Man!
Littlewings/Mount Eerie live at the YesYes
"So, for the first part of today I was wearing my
underwear back wards and .. ."
(crowd member interrupts) " Was it cool?"
" I don't know, do you guys have a new defin ition of
'cool'? No, it just felt like something was wrong, and
I couldn't figure it out. But now I feel like a million
bucks: I sw itched 'em!"
This sums up my night at the Littlewings, Mount
Eerie show at the YesYes Tuesday night. That is Phil
Elverum speaking between songs. But before I get into
that, I beli eve I should start at the beginn ing. In fact,
that would be the best place to start, and that is the
Littl ewings show. Littlew ings' guy Kyle is an outdoorsman. You ca n tell from his healthy tan- even though
it 's November- and. well. it's hi s general appearance
which comes through in hi s music, not as some lame,
K Records
hippy, folk singe r, although he does sing some touching folk music. Elverum accompanied him on the drum s--ad-l ibbed. as they had decided on hi s playing
roughly three seconds into the show. A strong stage prese nce and some really beautifu l songs, as well
hi s own comic bit about telling a guy who hated hi sjob that he should get a bonus. and so the guy does
and jet ski s across the world with food dropped to him ; I don't get it either, but it was hilarious. He also
maintai ns that you have to have a beer with him first.
I sat watching Phil and I was really quite blown away at hi s childishness: not in a loolish lIarve way,
but rather the innocent way he quietly watched everything li ke a bird , and his genera l sweetness. Phil
was amazing; I always get so lost in hi s music. Last year he played with the Evens at the Eag le Hall and
Ilay enrapt on the floor, staring at the cei ling tiles for what seemed like eternity. Prior to thi s, I had gone
and tried to make a move on Woelv after her set while she was selling merchandise, but she is actually
Elverum 's wife as I later found out- I thought I had gotte n a positive response at the time, which fueled
my high spirits, oh foolish me. The YesYes show was quite different; it was much more personal. He had
the light s off, which totally set the mood, and unlike the Hall show, which consisted of serene acoust ic
guitar/percussion melodies, he decided to actually rock out, ruining my previous concept ion that the
toys he played with as a child directly correlated with his music, although I sti ll believe in general that
they do. He claims to have been very outdoorsy (and sti II is: I mean, a concept a lbum about Mount Eerie
in Anacortes, from whi ch hi s name derives) and played with blocks and Legos, puzzles, too. He loved
puzzles, especially thi s pu zzle of the United States that contained each state in its shape, so he learned
hi s geography very ea rly. He certainly wouldn't make music of hi s sort if he played with G. I. Joes or
Micro Machines. That's more lor rock and roll.
Most songs were played with chords F, G and A minor (he claims to have copyrighted them) and were
probably improvi sed, more musical poems than songs. some spann ing seconds while others went on
long enough to be considered long. I couldn't stop smi ling and laughing through the whole set. I was
overwhelmed with the Glow because that 's Phil. He ended with a sing-along that I suspect is ac tually a
Bjork song (" Undo" from the album Vespertin e) and then played another song and we aU went home.
Someday I hope to bui ld with blocks with Phil Elverum.
Takk
Sigur Ras
Geffen Records
Released Sep. 13, 2005
Thi s album is a complete ama lgamation of all prior albums. It contains the ambience of Vall, the solid
layers of ARaetis By rjun, pieces of the minimal ism of (), and the chi ld like electron ica of Bu Da Ti Ki Di
Bo and Frakklll; whi le adding a strong heaviness under all the etherea lity standard to their music. After
spurning an American tour dur ing the height of the Nu-metal phase, even after a shocking ly poor sale
of their debut (i n their own country alone, they sold on ly 600 copi es), feel ing that A m e ric ~ would not be
able to appreciate their music (fair enough), it has been admitted that most of the band is into metal. This
is not su rprisi ng as there is an strong influence on this album , not shitty thrash or speed metal , but more
of a slow, droney metal more prevalent in northern Europe, which is highly superior. There is also much
stronger orchestral work, making g reater use of their string quartet and more diverse instrumentalism.
I could go on, but space is a factor. Takk, meaning thanks in Icelandic, thanks you for your support and
probably more likely the purchase of the album, if you've in fact purchased it (wh ich you should, fucker).
Also keep an eye out for the Ny Balleri EP soon to be released.
A Girl With A Guitar
Charlotte Thistle
Released lan. I, 2005
There's not much to say about this album. In fact , the album title says it all : its just a girl with a gu itar.
While there's nothing rea lly bad about the music, I found it to be generic of most acoustic "open-m ic"
acts and , while pretty, has no other real redeeming qualities. I happen to find it a little boring, but there
are those that wi ll love this album , and you know who you are, espec ially if yo u're already intrigued by
the title. Meh ...
Matthew Allison is a sophomore enrolled in Asian Art and Culture.
By Ian McGuffick
9
10, 2005
.
I stumbled up to Capi tal Theater like a haphazard train wreck . The ad renal ine seemed
to pulsate through my blood stream, giving me a delightful sense of false courage. After
sitting in the dormitories watching computer generated dinosaurs on the Discovery Channel
for hours, my cou nterparts for the night, Sarah and Jordan,joined me in braving the ghastly
weather on a venture into town. Thi s night was going to be fantastic. I could feel it. We
were here, after all , to catch one of the most colossal team-ups punk rock has recently seen:
the II1famous former Dead Kennedys' fro nt man Jello Biafra coupled with the hard-hitting
post-al ternative metal giants The Melvins. My teen angst was born anew and leveled off
~t skyrocket i~g levels. As Sarah went to conjure backstage passes and Jordan ominously
Inhaled the tatl end ofa cigarette, I violently swung my arm s like a chaotic wind mill into
the night's cold air. Feel ing like a barbaric warrior now, I was ready for the show to begin .
A fter a decent openi ng band played, we heard the Melvins begin from in side. Ear shatter~ ng power chord s and chaotic drum beating galore; they sounded like an ang ry lion trapped
In a blender. Funneling into the theater now, we pushed our way through a sea of awkward
teens and old- time hipsters to the front section.
I looked up to see Buzz Ozborne, the Melvins' front man, cranking his guitar. Shaking hi s
enormous mop of clown- Iike hai r up and down, he looked like some sort of psychotic bobble
head. Bass pl aye r Kevin Rlitm anti s spo rted thick-rimmed glasses and a red muumuu wit h
while flower print. A masking tape ' X' was plastered to hi s chest. He rocked hi s head from
side to side while nonchalantly powering out bass lines of sweet intensity. Drummer Dale
Crover handled hi s sti cks with such fury ; it looked as ifhe was combat ing a mortal enemy.
The crowd, obviously ti ck led with pl easure, was roped in from the start. With the slothful
heavy sound s ringing in our ears, head bobbing and body spasms became uncontrollable.
A fter a few back-to-back songs of the Melvin's slow paced grungy rock ing, they paused
momentarily. Screech ing distortion penetrated those in attend ance. Kevin pulled a ski mask
over hi s head, a fin e compliment to the flowery muumuu. Buzz did the' same in addition
to a ful l-fl edged camouflage suit. The crowd knew what was coming. With an er uption of
"woos," the legendary lello Biafra charged the stage like a disgruntled elephant sea l during
mating season. Wearing what resembled a surgeon's coat sta ined in blood, he grabbed the
microphone with deliverance. The crowd was instantaneously hyped as lelia's signatu re snide, high-pitched , mosquito-like howling sounded out through the theater. The Melvins, now backing, accordingly stepped up the pace. Playing at a rampant speed
uncom mon for these boys, they transgressed to meet the California punk rock style the Dead
Kennedys trade marked during the 1980s. The energy spread through the crowd as an array of
approving middle fingers and fists shot into the air. I jumped up anq.let out a yelp of joy like a
pampered puppy dog, then immersed myself in the pit of high-spirited, sporadic dancing.
Jello entertained all with his on-stage antics, including the usual erratic gestures and contorted facial expressions ofl unacy. Faci ng hi s back to the crowd, he ripped off the bloody smock
reveal ing a stitched American flag shirt; cynical punk rockers laughed and applauded the irony.
At one point he threw himself into the air, collapsed on the stage and, lying on his back, began
to pl ay dead. As he lay lifeless, Kevin humorously poked at lello's potbelly with the tip of his
bass gu it ar. When the next song
began, Jello promptly sprang back
up li ke an animated overweight jack, in -the-box. Attendees chuck led with
....
1 enthusiasm at the awkward ex hibi. .. .
tion of randomness.
Of course, there was no shortage of Jello's political comme ntary
in between songs. Rhetoric ranged
from the Iraq warto voter disenfranchisement. Jello's personal vendetta
agai nst SU Vs was touched upon as
well , kicking off a crowd favorite,
" Yuppie Cad illac."
" Why do I use up so much gas,
why do I cut you offthe pass, why do
I drive Iike such an ass," Jello snottily
yodel ed wh iIe aggressively paci ng
the stage. Other highlights included
" McG ruff the Crime Dog", a song
Atlantic
that uses the circa 1980s pooch as a representative
for an oppressive Americanjustice department and
a tribute cover of Wesley Willis' "Rock N Roll McDonald's."
The set came to an end with a Dead Kennedys favorite, "Holiday in Cam bodia." Fans danced around in a craze in
hearing what stands as a time honored punk rock classic, live and unpolished. It was the perfect song to finish off what
had been an epic set. Afterwards, lello peeled his sweat drenched shirt from his projecting belly, kneeled in front of
the drum kit and squeezed the excretion onto his balding head. The crowd cheered and jeered at the detestable, yet
glorious, display of madness.
The Melvins and Biafra team up makes for an ideal blend of maniacal personas. When together, they strike an earth
shattering mixture with the Melvins' grimy, obscurity-laced harmonies and Jello's brand of zany, politicaly-oriented
vocals. The Melvins first approached lello about a possible collaboration after witnessing the Dead Kennedys' reunion
which, after legal disputes and infighting, occurred absent of its lead man . Jello's return to the stage comes as a long
awaited treat for diehard DK fans. Many have reflected that they represent the sound the Dead Kennedys would play
now if they had not disbanded.
The show at Capital Theater was part of a sma ll tour Jello and The Melvins planned in order to promote their new
col labo rative effort, Sieg Howdy. The album features remixes from their first insta llment Never Breathe What You
Can't See in addition to five new tracks.of sonic brutality. The rockers will play one show in Oregon before moving on
to California, wrapping up the tour in Los Angeles later this month.
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were captUred by a death squad; Evergreen faculry member Bill Ransom
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political work in this evening event.
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NOVEMBER
10, 2005
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
NOVEMBER
Baird disappoints by
supporting salvage bill
Dear Editor,
Boards Of
CanadaThe
campfire
'Better than
. Geogaddi.'
Psychic
I' m disappointed and
ashamed
to see that
my
co ngressman,
Brian Baird
(D- WA), is
promoting
forest and animal habitat destruction
by co-sponsoring the Wa lden-Baird
Salvage Bill. This bill would make
logging after natural di s turbances
easily accessible, and logging companies would be able to bypass the
public comment periods and waive
the National Environmental Policy
Act. Logging these sensitive recovering forests degrade s aquatic habi-
Pararnount-
Gamelan Into
MinkS~-
natural
'Harshing y,our
mellow.'
'Rainy~ax
..sunshlne.
tats through sed iment run-off int o
streams, sp re ads in vasive weeds ,
and ca us es the loss of biolo g ica l
legacies s uch as large live a nd dead
tree s lhal are vital in the recovery
proce ss .. Baird ha s betrayed e nvi ro nm en tali sts, like the Sierra C lUb ,
who helped campaign to get him in
office. P Iease ca II yo ur representatives a nd urge them to oppose the
Forest Emergency and Recovery Act
at (202)224-3 121 or have a let ter
writing campaign to urge Congress
NOT to pa ss this bill.
Sincerely,
Tyga 1. Hunt er
Tyga 1. Hunt er is ajl/nior andformer
co-coordinator of th e Environmental
Reso urc e Ce nt er.
EARN's video display
'Soulful
electronic
summer:
By Edith Nash
FourTet-
Ev~irtg
Dear Editor,
Ecstatic'
'Stoned, bright
colors:
,
V
I
I
to be turned off. Having a cause that yo u
are willing to fight so strongly for is noble
and respectable, but [ lose a Iittle respect
for EA RN every day that I come into that
area and see that the animal slaughter loop
is st ill playing. ['m not say ing that it isn't
sad and horrible, because it is. But I lose
respect for any group that forces their opinions on me, whether it's Bible thumpers,
aggressive conservatives or EA RN. When
is freedom of speech inappropriate? [ bet
a horrific abortion loop in the cafeteria
would last about three minutes. I respect
their right to be vegetarian; I wish they
would respect my right to be an omnivore.
Let me eat my lunch in peace.
When I was
accepted into
Evergreen
la st year, I
was thrilled.
Finally:
a
• •~:!:..-.l school where
all opinions
are respec ted and welcome. I came to
understand Evergreen as a completely
non-judgmental and accepting learning
environment. Recently, however, this
belief has been shaken. I am referring
to EARN's video di splay in the CAB
lunch area. When I first saw the gr uesome animal slayings being broadcast Edith Nash
out to the unwill ing student on break, I
thought, "More power to 'em! " But it has Edith Nash is a senior enrolled in Membeen five weeks, and it's time for the TV ories, Dreams and Bel ief Systems.
International Day of Action
By Ryan A. Tompkins
II
lllallY worthwhile album s cam e
ill Ill e yea r 20()!l. The three
writ ers of tllis art icle thought it would be
ni ce to pui llt sO llie of th ese albums out to
you CI'.J reildLTs ill II() parti cular order. We
cou ldl l't full y rev iew each of these albu ms,
as Illill 1V0u id take too lon g, so we boil ed
trwrn down to three· word s apiece. So me
III iII gs III ight come off as a bit abst ract , bu t
trust us: they're accurate. We disilgree on
some of the particula'r;s, but th e Illajority
of these records were enjoyed hy a \I of
us. SOll1 e of them you may have heard of,
alth ough it's unlikely you have heard of
them all. This is true for us as well. This
is by no means a definitive list , but it's a
rough guide to whClt was undoubtedly a
grea t yea r for music.
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Buttons
'Damaged
synthsong:
Over a dozen protestors gathered to
send a message to Victoria's Secret that
Nov.
3
clear-cuts are n't sexy. Victoria's Secret
marked th e reli es on wood fibre from the Canadian
International Boreal to produce its catalogue, 395 milDay
of Iion of whi ch are sent out each yea r. As a
Action for the
group, we launched a banner held by balBoreal forest. loons that read, "Logg ing Old Growth isn't
Ca nada' s
Sexy," and passe d out fliers in the mall to
Borea I forest interested individua ls until security ask~d
holds 25 per- LIS to stop. Most reactions were very posi ~~---' cent
of the
tive, and peopl e were interested in what
remaining intact forests and stretches over was goi ng on in the Boreal. Our action
an area the size of 12 Californias. [n the was one of around 350 that happened on
Canadian Boreal forest are one-third of all Nov. 3.
songbirds in North America, as well as a
The Boreal is being cut at over two
whole slew of animals including grizzlies, acres per minute, every day, all of the
wolves, lynx and caribou, which rely on
time, and only 8 percent of the forest is
the forest's habitat. Unfortunately, logging
protected. It is ridiculous that actions like
is destroying this valuable ecosystem.
this should have to happen to call attenFor the Boreal Day of Action, cor- tion to the foul play of big business, but
porations that use its resources, such it is necessary for people to know what is
as Xerox; Kimberly-Clark, the makers happening and have a way to be involved.
of Kleenex; and Limited Brands, who If you are interested in becoming involved
own Victoria 's Secret, were targeted by with forest defense, contact the ERC by
groups like Greenpeace, Forest Ethics, the calling (360)867-6784.
Rainforest Action Network and the Natural
Resources Defense council. Evergreen's Ryan A. Tompkins is a third-year stuEnvironmental Resource Center took part dent enrolled in Introduction to Natural
in the day of action by holding a protest Science.
at the Victoria's Secret in the Ol-ympia
Westfield Mall.
11
10, 2005
The appropriateness
of using humor
to confront r*cism
By Shaw Lathrop
.. The
Minorities are
Com ing," read
the front page
of the Arts and
Entert a inment
sect ion of The
Olympian last
-"'-...........___-' Friday. Outrage s pread
throughout the quiet town of Olympia
as citizens opened their papers to find
"N*gger, W*tback, Ch*nk" boldly displayed in ink.
Those who chose to read on before
calling The Olympian headq uarters would
discover that the article was not mea nt to
spew vi Ie and derogatory remarks, but
to discuss an upcoming performance of
" N*gger, W*tback, Ch*nk", a touring
production presented by The Washington Center for the Perform ing A rts on
Wednesday, Nov. 9.
" N*W*C*" - the show's abbreviated
name- is a comedic blending of humor,
drama and real-life events centered around
the topic of race. The show is performed
by three of its co-writers- A lIan Axibal,
Rafael Agustin and Miles Gregley- each
of whom drew on personal ex periences to
create the poignant scenes and dialogue
that make up this 90-minute piece. The
performers met at UCLA where they were
attending college, and collectively decided
to create a performance piece that would
present racial issues from new perspectives. In the words of N*W*C*: "This
show traces the origins and evolution of
three derogatory terms that shaped our
lives and took the place of a full understanding of our distinct cultures. Creating
our own brand of theater, we've used these
stories to get us to a better place. We hope
they get you somewhere, too."
As [ read through the Olympian article,
the N*W*C* press release and countless
reviews from various publications, I kept
coming across the same facts about this
performance : posters were defaced all
over nlllnerous towns; racial stereotypes
were paraded about; Allan Axibal wants
to be Tom Cruise; the performers are
A frican-A merican, Fi lipino -A merican
and Ecuadorian-American; humor is
used to discuss dreadfully taboo subjects.
Despi te my researc h, the questions that I
was most interested in were not addressed,
such as: 's it appropriate to use humor to
deal with tragic and controversial subject
matter? Does making light of race issues
reinforce racism? [f [ laugh at the show's
jokes, does that make me a racist?
In order to find the answers to these
questions, [ decided to consider the bound-
aries between humor and controversy. It
see ms to me that in our modern cultu re
there is a clear separation bet ween comedy
and tragedy: tragedy is se rious and sa cred ,
whi Ie hum or and comedy is "light." When
comedy is used wi thin traged y, it is genera lly for comic relief. In the past it was
recogn ized that co medy is not se parate
from rea l it y; rath er, it provides another
perspective on the world, a perspec ti ve
that is eq ua ll y as valuable. As Mark
Twain remarked, "The sec ret so urcc of
humor it se lf is not joy but sorrow. There
is no humor in heaven." Certai nl y there
must be a common ground in our cultu re
where humor and sorrow have bl ended
before now. In my sea rch , I went to the
library and checked out a six-CD set of
the recordings of Lenny Bruce.
Forthose who don't know, Lenny Bruce
was a comedian from th e 1950s whose act
caused more controversy and charges of
obscenity than any other comedian in history. Lenny made a career of di sc uss ing
subj ects that were hidde n far away from
public discourse. Being a fan of Lenny
for several years, I always bel ieved that
humor was a vit a l tool for getting people
to loosen up and actually talk about our
fears and prejudices. Many people wo uld
prefer not to talk or think about se riou s
subjects such as race, either telling themselves that racism is no longer a problem or
refu sing to confront the racist tendel.cie s
withi n themselves. As I saw it, h' 'nor
was a means to catch people off ~ i ard ,
and get people thinking without b ling
depressed, helpless or attacked. De', pite
my high regard for Lenny Bruce, I h,. d to
wonder: Was it appropriate for a wh ite man
to make light of the str uggles and p' n of
different races?
When the time finally came t see
the anticipated event, I was thorol .hly
pl eased. Each of three of the peTfOi lers
possessed superb com ed ic and dra atic
acting skills, seam lc ~ ~ ly stepping i an
out of stereotypes in an attempt to di ,. rm
them. The integrat ion of corned) an d
drama was very well constructed , "erving to focus attenti o.l on the ha l'll Jnd
pain caused by raci ::1J prejudices, ' lil c
crea t ing solidarit \ n those lall! Ing
together at oppressor ,. By displayi l th e
incongruence between racial sterec pe ~
and their individu al c' l racters, the ~\ ter.;
and performers sh : i the messag ha
the only race that
lers is the I~ na'
race.
Shaw Lathrop is a sl'l1ior doing an Idependent contract f or !!ar- training e i.'.
also enrolled in Aud io Recording I.
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
12
NOVEMBER
SPORTS
10, 2005
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
CALENDAR
NOVEMBER
13
10, 2005
2005-06 basketball season begins
By Sara Whitney
aturday, November 12 will
be the Men's and Women's
Basketball season opener
here at the Evergreen State
College. Starting off the
day will be the men at 2:30 p.m., taking
on Linfield College (McMinneville, OR).
This year's team will be lead by new Head
Coach Tom Kenna, who most recently was
the Associate Head Coach at University of
California: San Diego. But Kenna is notthe
only newcomer to this year's squad: with
only three returnees (seniors Doug Dietz,
Wes Newton and Durriell Jones), we have
eleven recruits who signed. With Kenna's
previous line-ups holding the "distinction
of being the number one defensive team in
the nation," we can look forward to seeing
some great basketball-old school Boston
Celtics style.
Tip-off for the Evergreen Women will
take place at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday vs.
Concordia-Irvine (Irvine, CA), marking
the second day of the King-Oscar Classic
Tournament (Northwest University,
Concordia-Irvine and Evergreen).
At 6 p .m . on Friday, November [I,
Northwest and Concordia-Irvine will be
battling each other in Evergreen's gym .
This will be the second non-conference
game for the Lady Geoducks (the first one
having taken place on Tuesday, November
8 vs. Saint Martin's) in a season, which,
if all goes as planned, should be recordbreaking. Since Head Coach Monica
Heuer took over in 2001, the women's
team has seen improvement each year
(last season finishing 16-14). With seven
returnees and four newcomers, this year 's
squad has added strength inside and outside of the perimeter. Geoduck fans should
be ready for an upbeat and exciting season
of women's basketball.
For more information on Men's
and Women's Basketball, go to
www.evergreen .eduJathletics.
Sara Whitney is a senior and is doing an
internship with the sports information
director and the head coach of women s
soccer.
• Faculty Candidate Presentation "Hormonal ·Control of Insect
Molting" by John Ewer, Ph.D.
from 12-1 p.m. in Lab 1 1050
• Women Speak Out event
- hosted by Women's Resource
Center from 7-9 p.m . in Lecture
Hall I
• "The Contemporary Women's
Performance Series" presented
by Planned Parenthood of Western Washington at 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1
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• Art Workshop - hosted by students and faculty of
Arts, Environmenl and the Child: Walking the Wh eel
of the Seasons. 5-7 p.m. in CAB 110
• M EChA Meeting at 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Sem 2 C 1105
• Kashmir Earthquake Benefit: Eagles Lodge Ballroom 805 41h Ave, Olympia $30 for Public, $20 for
Students, Tickets avai lab le at Rainy Day Records and
Traditions (or call 867-6389 for reservations), 6:30
p.m.
• Free Verse - Open Poetry Jam : Last World Book s
2 11 41h Ave, 5-8:30 p.m.
Men's 2005 Soccer
Tue
Sat
Sat
• Art Workshop - hosted by students and faculty of Arts, Environment and the Child: Walking the
Wheel of th e Sea~pns. 1-3 p.m. in
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OPPONENT (press Release)
Morningside College
Alumni
Arno Zoske Tournament
Concordia vs. UBC
PLU
PLACE
GAME TIME / SCORE (Box Score)
Olympia, WA
Olympia, WA
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Concordia vs. PLU
UBC
Olympia, WA
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Whitman College
Western Washington
University
Northwest University
Albertson College
at Cascade College
Concordia University
Corban Coll ege
at Warner Pacific
College
Northwest University
at Albertson Coll ege
at Concordia Uni vers ity
Cascade College
Simon Fraser
University
Warner Pacific Col lege
Corban Co ll ege
NAIA Region I
Tournament
Co ncordia University
Olympia, WA
Olympia, WA
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Kirkland, WA
Olympia, WA
Port land, OR
Olympia, WA
Olympia, WA
Portland, OR
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Olympia, WA
Caldwell , ID
Portland, OR
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Burnaby, BC
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Sa lem, OR
Camas, WA
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• Music : James Whiton and
the Downtown Apostles
$5 Eastside Club 4\0 E 41h
Ave at 9 p.m.
• Documentary: Wal-Mart - The
High Cost of Low Price
Olympia High School Performing
Lecture Hall, 1302 North Stree SE,
Tumwater at 7 p.m. Free Admiss ion
• Evergreen Tacoma Campus
Pre-Law Club "Tenants
Rights Symposium" Tacoma
Campus 1210 Sixth Ave,
Tacoma 98405 from 1-3:30
p.m .
• Deadline: Last day for submissions for the Writing
Guild's Autumn Themed Zine. Accepting: Poetry
50 lines max, prose fiction and creative nonfiction 100-500 words,
and images that reproduce well in black and white (photos, comics,
drawings, etc). Maximum of3 submissions per person , I submission
per genre.
• Fall Advising
Festival - Meet
faculty across the
curriculum as well
as academic advising, and career
development staff.
In the HCC from
4-5:30 p.m.
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• Meet Captain James Yee, author of the book For God and Country.
detailing capital charges he faced while doing his rightful duty in the
military. ORCA Books 509 E 41h Ave, Olympia at 7 p.m .
• Ceili- An evening oflrish dance and fellowship. hosted by the stu7-10 p.m . in the Longhouse
• WashPIRG - PIRG Day
9-5 p.m. Cab 315
• Documentary : " Live
Nude Girls Unite!"
Regarding Strippers
Unionizing
1:30 -3 :30 p.m Sem 2
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• A day of relaxation
and refl ect ion
Evergreen al um Joe Gjertsen was named
Rookie of the Year finalist for his pl ay
with the Vancouver Whitecaps.
www.evergreen.edu
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furnitu r e ma ki ng a nd tra ditional Japanese woodcraft
at Evergreen sin ce 2000 .
Enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1998 and received
t raining as a Ground Radio Repairman. Deployed to Kuwait
in 2003, his unit was a Forward Service Support unit in
Operation Iraqi Freedom . Attained the final r ank of Sergeant.
Evergreen Student
Phillip Holt
Evergreen Student
Stephen Seaworth
Joined the U.S. Army in 1996 and served with the
75th Army Ranger Regiment. In 1999, left active duty
and joined the Washington National Guard. Deployed
to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 where he served
a 12-month tour. Resumed his studies at Evergreen
a fter returning from Iraq and Is planning to graduate
t his winter.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, deployments Include Operation
Enduring Freedom-Philippines and Operation Joint Forge In
Bosnia. Entered the Army in 1993 and spent 3 years in the
18th Airborne Corps and 4 years in the 1st Special Forces
Group. He Is studying Polltlce.l Economy and Social Change.
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
14
NOVEMBER
COMICS
10, 200S
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
COMICS
NOVEMBER
Cthulu & G
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a consi s tent character, but reality
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an ancient pagan holiday, which was coopted first by
Christians, then by American Capitalists to become your
modern "Halloween."
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wallet and am politely returning it! I'm
not even taking the money out and jus
retuming the ID cards, I'm returning
the WHOLE THING!
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Hello? Fourth ranger? WE
FOUND THE WALLET!
Karl! The wires broke
But while you're out there round up as
many wallets as you can and bring
them here! This man has been under
TRAUMA!
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I think I finally understand.
My creators were too busy
trying to figure out if they
could, they didn't stop to
think if th~ should.
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any minute now.
Life finds a way.
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