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Violence brings
The Soup to a boil
Issue
14
Volume 34
Feb,2,2006
Students flock to internship fair
Fights send two students to hospital;
another is arrested
By Sam Goldsmith, John
Morgan and R, Yazmin Shah
Shaving cream doe sn't seem like
something to fight about. But it was
last Saturday night when a fight erupted
outside J Dorm, sending two Evergreen
students to the hospital. The fwo injured
students drove themselves to Capitol
Medical Center where one was treated
for a broken nose and the other received
stitche s on his upp er lip.
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Roughly 60 people attended the party
on Saturday night. Witnesses, victims and
police reports suggest that the fighting
erupted over the playful use of shaving
c ream. Deval Nesbitt , a non-stude nt, was
arrested by Evergreen police early Sunday
morning and issued a criminal trespass
citation, baring him from re turning to
campus. Two other non-students are under
investigation a nd will likely be arrested
a nd charged.
" The assailants appear to be off-campus
folks," said Art Costanti no, vice president
for stude nt affairs, Costan tin o sent an
e-mail to a ll st udents, faculty and staff
on Monday to inform the cam pus about
events of Saturday night.
The fighting started inside J Dorm ,
where one of the three non-student perpe trators complained that shaving cream got
on his shirt. At one point he addressed the
room, demanding to know who wielded
the shaving cream. Witnesses describe
one partygoer jokingly saying he sprayed
the shaving cream. A fight then erupted in
the middle of the dance floor. One witness
recalls looking over a nd seei ng a student
pinned onto a couch by an attacker, who
used his free a rm to punch him repeatedly.
The actio n m oved outside where th e
man who originally complai ned of shavi ng
cream on his shirt approached a st ude nt
holdin g a shavi ng cream ca ni s ter. T he
stude nt turned aro und a nd , mi sta king the
man's open palm for a request for a handful of sh av ing cream, dispensed a dollop
of shav ing cream into hi s h and , The m an
then slu gged him in the face. He fell to
the ground as the man , along with others,
begin kicking and beati ng him,
Pholo by Eva Wong
Over 130 COlTIlTIUnity, state and national
organizations were on hand for Evergreen's
largest internship fair ever.
Opportunities in conservation, ecology,
media, the arts, marketing, design and
human services were present for interested
students. Internships link academic theory
with real world experience.
I Story continued on page 51
WashPIRG helps fight hunger
Group plans trip to New Orleans to work in conjunction with Hunger Cleanup
By Jesse Stark
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Michael Yates, the new WashPIRG coo rdinator for their Hunger and Homeless ne ss
campaign, says he has always been interested in hunger and homelessness issues.
" I don't understand why we are the richest
nation in the world and we still can't feed our
people," he said, Yates' interest was sparked
when he worked at a YMCA and dealt wi th
homeless teens who came th ere every month
fo r meals and clothes. Yates is a junior tran sfer st udent from Seattle Cent ral Community
College and is taking Alternat ives to Capitalist Globalization this quarter,
WashPIRG is planning a trip to New
Orleans over spring break between March 26
and April 2 and will be organizing a fundraiser to help pay for the trip, Volunteers
will be doing flood-relief work for Hurricane
Katrina victims. In addition, Yates plans to
organize volunteer efforts once a week to
help with hunger and homelessness issues
and work with Hunger Cleanup to raise
additional funds for local groups.
The Hunger Cleanup is a national effort
by the student PIRGs to raise money for
hunger and homelessness, and will be held
April 9. Yates says tha~ 50 percent of the
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Olympia, WA 98505
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money raised wi ll go to the local Gleaners
Coal ition, a gro up that vis its area farms and
food banks and takes leftover food so that
they can feed the homeless , Of the remaining funds, 35 percent wi 11 go to the nationa l
Hunger C leanup organization and 15 percent
to international causes,
Hunger Clea nup has raised over
$ \00 ,000 a year for local cha riti es. Proceeds go towards things like buying infant
formula for local fami lies and beds for rapidly expa nding homeless missions, Over
120 schools and 10,000 studen ts across th e
country raise the money, and 800 age nci es
have benefited from this program.
Thirty-five percent of the money goes
to the national Hunger Cleanup organization. The money will be used to educate
student s about hunger and homelessness
issues and train them to become acti v ists
for the homeless.
Fifteen percent of the money will be used
to support international projects. Among the
projects are operations to get food, water
and sanitation to refugees in Sudan. Another
project supported by Hunger Cleanup
internationally is the Child Girl Network, a
project in Zimbabwe developed by the International Development Exchange, The Child
G irl Network protects over 3,000 women
and gi rl s in Zi mbabwe from the dangers of
physica l and sex ual ab use.
T he O lympia G lea ners was featured in
the Oct. 3, 2005 Olympian , The founder,
Barry Ca nnon, had worked in th e restaurant
indus try and had seen the massive waste of
food that ta ke s place there. The Gleaners
head to local farms every two to three weeks
to pick up food left behind by even the most
efficient harvesti ng ope rati ons and gives it
to the hungry and homeless_
T he a rticle pointed out that over 40 perce nt of al l food harvested in this country
is not consumed, T he G leaners help reduce
that level; they have donated 4,000 pounds of
food to the Thurston County Food Bank and
2,000 pounds offood to Safeplace, They are
planning to open the Gleaners' Cafe, whic h
would provide fresh food at low prices to
people in poverty.
For more info, please call M ic hael Yates
at (206)313-8992 .
WashPIRG meetings are every Monday
5:00 @ 3,d floor of CAB.
Jesse Stark is a senior transfer student and
is the WashPIRG media intern,
Chinese Lunar
New Year Celebration at Longhouse
By Grace Defoe
La ~1
year [ had the privilege of attending
the C hinese Lunar Ne w Year, which was
held in the Longhouse on The Eve rgreen
State College cam pu s . That three - day
event had the abi lit y to change my perspective in m any ways. The hi g h energy,
warmth a nd com p assion ema n ated by
Master A I Huang are a treasured memor y
th at I enjoy to this day. My first m eeting
was when h e walked in a nd greeted the
assemblage of people from s und ry ethnic ities a nd walks of life with his innate abi lit y
to make everyone feel as i f they had known
him for years. Many had come from Oulof-state to savor one of hi s Tai Ji
I Story continued on page 51
CORRECTIONS
In the 1126 issue, the article
"Sustainability gets a new charge
at Evergreen" was not printed in its
entirety. Apologies to the author.
More infonnation about sustainability at Evergreen can be found on page
three of this issue,
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Why do you think 25%
of Evergreen's first-year
freshmen leave after just
one year?
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Absence
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By Miki Foster
fo r th e greater part of the las t 30 years.
One of the rea sons why I go to the Day of
Student s who id entifi ed them se l ve s Absence is because I bel ieve that diversity
as people or color constit ut e 15% of th e and understanding diversity are im portan t
population of the O ly mpi a campus and things to th e community of color, as we ll
18% of total stud en ts enroll ed, including as th e greater community as a whol e. We
th e R ese rv ati on Based and Tacollla very se ld ol11 get an opportun ity to speak
programs. People o f co lor make up a about th ese iss ues, and only once a year
signi ticant minority and, in term s of th e are we actually abl e to di scuss th ese iss ues
larger context of the state and nati on, with the entire community present. Day
we are not a population that is going to of Abse nce is an opportunity for us to be
di sappear or go away; thu s, it would seem intentional as a com munity and be together
important, if not absolutely necessary, for as commun ity.
th ere to be so me und erstand ing of our
On the Day of Abse nce faculty, staff
experienc es with in th e contex t of th e and student s of co lor are encouraged to
world.
leave campus for a day long retreat focused
Wh at doe s th i s hav e to do with ' on building community and confron tin g
th e Day of Presence and th e D ay o f issues relevant to our co mmunity of color
Absence? Every thin g. D ay of Presence here at Evergreen. In rece nt yea rs stud ent s,
is a day- and the onl y sc hool-sa nct ioned stall and facult y on ca mpu s have start ed
day- dedicated for th e entire sc hoo l to organi zin g eve nt s on ca mpus on Day of
di scuss th e issue of race and diversity. It is Absence to con front the iss ue or w hite
a day th at is im portant lo r our comlllunity. priv il ege and di versity as we ll as prov ide
I go to th e Day o f Presence beca use I lik e sO lll e furth er ed ucat ion abo ut diversit y.
to see that oth er peop le care abo ut the way O f course, only so Illuch can be done in
ou r school deal s w ith diversit y and L as a day, but th ese day s do stand as a mean s
a member of th e Evergreen communit y. fo r the campu s to ge t in tentional about
wish to contri bute to the effort to crea te these issues.
so li darity on thi s campus. So lid<lrity is a
II' yo u ' d lik e to att end or ge t mOl'e
word that is thrown around a lot on thi s information abou t Da y o f Presence l
ca mpu s, and it see ms that a lot o f peop le Day o f Absence, ple ase contact Fir st
would rather talk about th eir iss ues th an
Peop les' Advi sing Servi ces bye-mailing
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MOR E important for peop le w ho want to 867-6467.
orga ni ze to do so w ith any opportunity we
arc given.
Day of Absence has been a cr uci al
co mmuni ty-bu il ding eve nt for facul ty, Miki Fos l L'l' is II sel1iol' wlGl is ellmll<!£! il1
staff and stud ent s of co l or at Evergreen
Bord ers of Identity.
"They learn that what they are looking for
is not here."
SENIOR, RELIGION & SOCIETY
TURKINGTON
"They are not ready for the Evergreen
lifestyle, or the interdisciplinary study. A lot
of kids stili need the structure. "
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ZACH ZIMMERMAN
"Because flippin g burgers high is easier
than reading hi gh. "
FRESHMAN,COLORPHOTOGRAPHY
SARINA CORPUZ
"I think freshmen leave due to their lack
of self-discipline and motivation . You
real ly have to know a lot about this school
before you get here."
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Producer John de Graaf will sc reen
his newest documentary, " Buyer Be Fair:
The Promise of Product Certific ation,"
at Traditi ons Cafe on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m .
Perhaps best known for hi s PBS spec ials
"A ffIuenza" and "Escape From Affluen za,"
thi s newest film takes viewers to M ex ico,
the Netherland s, the U K , Sweden, the
United States and Canada to explore how
conscious consumer s and busin esses
can use the market to promot e social
justice and envi ron mental sustainab i lity
through product labeling, with a focus on
Fair Trade coffee and Forest Stewardship
Council certified wood . " Buyer B e
Fair" is an inspirational but balanced
television special that reaches beyond the
choir to present the promise of product
certification to a wide audience. de Graaf
will be available for discussion after the
film. Admission is free. 705-2819
Sustainability Workshop
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Staff
Business
Business manager.. ....................... .Corey Young
Assistant business manager.. .. ... Jordan Lyons
Business apprentice ............. ... Lindsay Adams
Ad proofer and archivist.. ...... Carrie Ramsdell
Circulation managerl
Paper archivist.. ....... .................. R.Yazmin Shah
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News
Editor-in-chief. ............ .............. ....... .Eva Wong
Managing editor... ... .. ..... ... .. ...... Kate DeGraaff
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Are you interested in stud ying in Japan
at one of Evergreen's exchange partner
institutions? The deadline for app li cations
is fa st approaching : Feb. 10, 2006 by 5
p.m. Application materials are ava ilabl e
onli ne at www.evergreen .edu/studyabroad/
exchange.htm or from Michael Clifthorne,
Coordinator of International Programs &
Se rvi ces, Library 2 153, 867-6421.
Recycling Volunteers
Thurston County is seek ing volunteers
to help spread the word about waste
reduction, reuse and recycling. The county
will train each volunteer how to become a
community resource on solid waste issues.
In exchange for 18 hours of free training,
participants agree to spend 36 hours during
the following year working as community
volunteers. The spring course will be held
from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesdays, March 1,8,
15 and 22. The classes will be held at the
Thurston County Courthouse complex in
Olympia. The group will also meet from
9 a.m. to noon on two Saturdays, March 4
and March 18, for field trips. To become
a Master Recycler, volunteers must attend
all six sessions. The course qualifies for
18 hours of continuing education credits
for teachers. Class size is limited to 20.
To reserve space in the program , contact
Mark Koster at (360)654-4111 ext. 6785 .
TOO call 754-2933. More inform ation
is ava i labl e at www.co.thurston .wa .us /
wwm .
On Friday, Feb. 3, the Sustainability
Task Force will be hosting a workshop on
sustainability. This is a great opportunity
for students to learn about the work
of the Task Force and participate in
the advancement of sustainability at
Evergreen. The final work of the Task
Force will be submitted to Evergreen's
Master Strategic Plan and will help guide
the actions of the college over the next five
to 10 years. However, sustainability can be
vague, and there are no existing guidelines
on how to become a sustainable campus.
Because of thi s, the Task Force needs to
captUre your thoughts and ideas. With
your participat ion, it is enti rely possible Basketball Game
for Evergreen to become a national leader
in sustainability-based initiatives: The
This Friday at 9:30 p.m ., go out and
workshop is free and open to all. It will
be held from 1-2:30 p.m. in the SEM " B support th e TESC Men 's and Women 's
Baske tball Teams in the HCC (it 's free)!
3rd floor meeting room (the big room).
For more information , contact John A fterward , come get down with pl ayers
Pumilio at pumjoh31@e vergreenedu or and fan s to some hip-hop, R&B and funk.
call 867-5582.
Umoja, in co - sponsorship with Housing,
Also, join the sustainability li stserv will be hosting an after-game JumpOff
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Meet with lESC President
There are open meeting time s with
Thomas L. Purce, President of T ESC. " I
conti nue to sc hed ul e tim e for inform al,
open di scuss ions wi th members of the
campus communi ty. I plan to be availab le on the dates and tim es listed below
in the area near the Deli in the CA B . [
invite students, sta ff and faculty to join
me at those tim es to sha re concern s, ask
questi ons or get acquainted. T here may
be occasions when last minute scheduling
conflicts prevent me from bei ng ava ilable.
If you corne to see me at a schedu led tim e
and I am not there, please call my office
extens ion 6100 to confirm my next scheduled time." Wedne sdays Feb. 22, 3:30 - 4:
30 p.m . and March 15,3:30- 4:30 p.m .
JANUARY 25, 6:53 p . m.
A r ude c i ti zen' keyed the
side of a Green er ' s car in
B lot . She was un s ure of who
woul d do s u ch a thing .
JANUARY 28, 7:20 p.m.
A call was made to police
services after someone in the
CRC observed two Evergreen
students looking th ro ugh
womens' purses. The student s
were later tracked by Police
Services, but they denied the
allegations.
New Mascot Unveiled
Join us in the introduction of our new
and improved, one-of-a-kind Geoduck
Mascot! A fun family event with prizes
and a peformance by our own Evergreen
Si ngers! Be at the Evergreen Men's
Basketball Game (vs. Concordia) at 7:30
p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, 2006.
Seattle Higher Ed Hearing
The Department of Ed ucation Secretary
Margaret Spellings has se t up hearin gs
across the co untry that are trying to determine w hy co ll ege tuiti on is increas ing so
dramatically. Thi s is a great opportunity
to recomm end increased leve ls of funding
for hi gher ed ucati on and stud ent aid. Join
Evergreen 's WashPI RG chapter in demandi ng more money for higher ed ucation! Feb.
7 from 9 a.m .-4 p.m . at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel , 1113 6th Avenue, Seattle. There
will be a car load of folk s leaving at 9:30
a.m. from the Library Loop. Ca11867-6058
or e-m ail blair@washpirgstude nts.org.
JANUARY 29, 3:00 a.m.
Two men were arres ted
for M.I.P. At the station,
officers patted one of them
down, and green vegetable
matter fell to the floor,
The man said that en route
to the station he was able
to move the substance from
his pants pocket and into his
groin area, even though he
was handcuffed .
JANUARY 29, 12:08 a.m.
A party near J dorm e nded
in a mUltiple in jury fight.
See article on fr ont page.
JANUARY 31, 5:00 p.m.
$1 ,1 00 worth of turntable
and mi xer equipme n t was
stolen from a n Evergreen
student . The st ude nt said
it is possible someone could
have broke n i n through the
window.
JANUARY 31, 11:40 p.m.
Dispatch contacted police
services abo ut a fire
alarm j,n one of the dorms .
When police arrived , th ey
contacted t he resident of
the dorm, who later admitted
to being "pretty high . " I t
was his highness tha t caused
the alarm .
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Violence brings
The Soup to a boil
Fights send two students to hospital;
another is arrested
Continued tram page 1
At this point, Evergreen student and
partygoer David Aistrop raced over to
the mob with other students. Together
they attempted to pull the student out of
the mob that had encircled him. Punches
were exchanged.
"I got socked in the face ," Aistrop
explained. "I kind of backed off at that
point." He explains that his roommate
was "dragged into it and got stomped for
a while. They hit him in the face and he
fell to the ground. His head got smacked
into the concrete. They were kicking him,
stomping him, punching him . Pretty much
everything."
The fight eventually subsided. Aistrop
recalled that his roommate "got up and
made a run for it. He fell over a couple of
times because his face was busted up."
Students retreated to thei r dorms. A istrop went back outside and was abruptly
punched in the face. He hit the ground
as the three main suspects began kicking
and punching him . One of his attackers, later identified as Deval Nesbitt ,
was arrested soon after when Evergreen
police arrived.
Costantino convened the Bias Incident
Response Group, a committee to determine if racial or other bias was a factor.
They reviewed the incident and determined that "the events of Saturday night
did not appear to have racial motivations,"
Costantino said. No evidence was found to
support that these people were from Fort
Lewis, either.
Costantino says that students should
be cautious about advertising on-campus
parties to non-students.
"You never know who might show up,"
he said.
Sam Goldsmith, John Morgan and R.
Yazmin Shah are enrolled in a contract
titled Writing the News.
5
2, 2006
FEBRUARY
Commentary:
House signs budget bill
slashing Financial Aid
By John Morgan
The House of Representatives voted 216214 in favor of a budget bill that will cut
Financial Aid to students by $12 billion .
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the cuts are the largest in the loan
program's history. The cuts are part ofa $39
billion deficit reduction plan that will also
affect Medicaid. Reports of an addendum
outlawing literacy and homclessness have
not been s ubstantiated .
The United States Student Association
states that over 70 percent of the financial
aid cut will result in increased interest rates
on student loans . Stafford Loans will jump
from a 5.3 percent to a 6.8 percent rate of
interest, while PLUS (Parent Loan s for
Undergraduate Students) loans will also ri se
from 7.9 percent to a fixed g.S percent rate
of interest. Both could cost parents and st udents thousands of dollars extra. However,
if you want to wage illegal war in oil-rich
countries, they will actually pay YO Il .
According to the New York Times, the
vote is a victory for President Bush, his
Republican base and especially for acting
House Majority Leader Roy Blunt of Missouri. Blulll, apparent heir to the lower
throne of evil, is the frontrunner in a competitive race featuring Plague of Four Horseman fame, the reanimated corpse of Texas
Representative Ralph Hall and dark-horse
candidate , the golem-constructed-out-of-
Rush Limbaugh's- Iiposuction-leavins'.
The bill has already passed the Senate,
edging a 51-50 vote on Vice President Dick
Cheney's (a.k.a. the Penguin) ti e-brea king
vote, and it is believed it wi ll be promptly
ratified by President Bush (a.k.a. The Joker).
The vote is believed to have been so close
in an attempt to fool the 11 Americans and
three Bengalis who st ill think democracy
exists in the United States.
Fiscal con servat ives look at th e bill as
a necessa ry meas ure to stem a mOLl nting
national debt. Later this week they will vote
for a bill promi sing $70 billion in tax cuts to
the wea lthi est Americans, furth er narrowing the gap bet ween America and a banana
republic. Outraged Eve rgreen stud ents will
undoubtedly contact their state Senators
Patty Murray, (202)224-2621 , and Maria
Ca ntwell, (202)224-3441·, or, yo u know,
smoke a bowl and watch V HI.
Student aid represents less than one half of
a percent of federal spending. This bill will
make higher education impossible for many
poor fam i Iies. Those not payi ng at tention are
st ill waiting for the punch line.
Some afthe facts in this story are erroneous.
but the shit about the financial aid budget
being cut is painfully real. I'm not sure this
cOllntry can be saved, bllt I'd rather die in
the flam es than choke on the fumes.
Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration at Longhouse
Continued tram page 1
Movement Workshops. His reve renc e for
lite was evident in th e way he connected
with his pupi'ls and made each of us feel
singled out for indi v idual attention. Once
Chungliang was introduced to someone,
he remembered his or her name as well
as personal anecdotes that had been
shared, regardless of ethnicity, creed or '
superficial societal order in life. Everyone
who attended left with the realization that
we are all one and the same.
The Chinese Lunar New Year is an event
that was and is celebrated internationally,
regardless of perceived differences. It is
a chance to come together, learn and
acknowledge our fellow persons. Master
Chung liang Al Huang is a universal
goodwill peace ambassador who shows
through teaching Tai Ji and his worldrenowned writings that we may all find thi; year's festiviti~s for another chance
a common ground any time we come to learn additional ways in which I can
together during the course of any activity, learn, grow, share and spread the respect
and respectfully understand and accept our and acceptance of self and others in our
fellow beings. J look forward to attending evolving multicultural community.
Dog
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Some Information about the Chinese
Lunar New Year at The Evergreen State
College:
Lion Dance:
The lion dance takes place
frequently during the first few days
of the lunar year. Lion dancing brings
good luck to any place where the lion
dance team visits. Lion dancing is a
two-person dancing team, a guide
for the lion, and a small group of
musicians to provide the loud music of
drum, gongs and cymbals. Tradition
demands explosive firecrackers to
accompany the touring of the lion
dancers. However, due to campus
policy, there will be no firecrackers
during the celebration at The
Evergreen State College.
Year of the Dog festival time:
This year, the first day of the Lunar
New Year will be on Saturday, Jan.
29. Traditionally, the celebration is a
IS-day event beginning on the first
day of the Lunar Year. The Evergreen
State College will celebrate on Friday,
Feb. 3 and Saturday, Feb. 4 at the
Longhouse. The Year of the Dog is
considered to be a good year. May
the good dog bring you a prosperous
year.
Reference :
http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/
walkingthewheellLunar.pdf
Grace Defoe is a senior enrolled in
Multicultural Counseling.
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FEBRUARY 2, 2006
'Disaster in Cjuatema(a
Caught in I}{urricane Stan
By Kyle Merslich
The wh o le s ituati on was ve ry surreal.
I had just set out o n a road tri p with my
fri e nd Wes thro ug h Mex ico and C entral
Am e ric a. I was to stud y Spa ni sh and
photo g raph y a nd d o re search for a n
upcomin g book. One-third of th e way
into my three-month , 13,500-mi Ie road
trip, the rain hit us in th e mo unt ain s of
Guatemala. Everything had gon e s o
perfectly thus far; if anything didn ' t g o
exactly according to plan , we just kept
going wherever the road took us .
The road took us to Lake Atitlan , a
large lake nestled in the Guatemalan
Highlands. Only a week after our arrival
it would make headlines throughout the
Western Hemisphere, not because of the
war zone it once was, but rather because
of the war zone it again resembled.
Guatemala came under attack from
Hurricane. S~n.
The rai.n s kept coming and coming;
it was a four-day deluge that never let
up. We were never even given a break
to dash the 150 meters to the nearest
restaurant. By the fourth day, all our
clothing was damp and smelling lightly
of mildew. The power outage gave us
both the opportunity to catch up on
sleep, read, write and practice our trick
photography.
By the time the ra in s had cea sed , we
had found out that Hurrica ne Sta n had
made la ndfall pro ceeding directl y over
o ur heads. The local s said that it brought
more rain th a n the destructive Hurricane
Mitch in 1998 . There we re rumors of
landslides a nd flooding all over the
country, but our little town of Sa n Pedro
had sustained only minor damage . We
were truly isolated from the rest of the
world ; we had no idea if our families
knew anyth ing about the situation, and
had no way of contacting them .
The first evening after the rain had
ceased, we made our way through
town and stepped into a small store in
search of candles. Our main source of
light, they had become scarce after five
days without electricity. We spoke to a
few locals, one in particular who was
obviously inebriated. He told us that
he had lost two brothers in Panabaj,
only three miles away. This grown
man of 35 was weeping on a stranger's
shoulder-mine. He said many were
dead, buried under landslides during
the rains. After purchasing our candles,
we left the store, aware of the gravity
of the situation.
Rumors had spread like wildfire
through the town ; no one was really
s ure about th e exte nt o f th e destruction.
We hea rd that on e of th e three 9,00011 ,000 ft . vol ca noes th at lin e th e lake
had beco me active. In th e ni g ht, it had
se nt bo iling , water dow n th e mountain
into Pa na baj a nd burn ed a ll th e people
to d eath . We quickl y learned that rumors
we re rampant.
The following day, the weather was
beautiful. We cros sed the lake by boat
to the Indian village of Panabaj with
some other tourists to assist in the
relie f effort. As we approached shore,
we saw a landslide above the city and
the jumbled ruins of a handful of houses.
We followed a carpenter we had met
into town rather than head up in the
direction of the landslide. We were
under the impression that we would be
assisting the carpenter in the fabrication
of coffins and perhaps digging graves.
Continuing on, unsure of what our
tasks were to be or where we were
to go, my imagination began to run
wild, thinking about how the day
would unfold. I imagined digging
graves surrounded by dozens offamily
members weeping for their lost ones . I
knew it was a bit dramatic, but I d idn ' t
know what else to expect.
As we continued on through town,
we bega n to see th e mud. It was n ' t ve ry
deep at fir st, just in th e streets cov e rin g
the front ste ps of th e ho m es. As we .
continued on, boards now to o k th e pl ace
of th e trail; the soft mud had be'c ome
deeper as we follow e d the carpe nte r
down the middle of the muddy street.
The mud now seemed to be just over
two feet deep. A dead dog lay bloated
just to the right of our path, a victim of
the hurricane.
We continued through some trees
to an unexpected clearing. To th e left
was the volcano, and far to the right
lay trees. I n between the two lay a
few patches of rickety homes that
surrounded fields of mud two and
three times the size of football fields.
Each field of mud had come through
with so much force that trees had been
taken down like toothpicks and homes
had been totally erased by the large
mudflow. No one spoke; everyone
just kept walking, unsure of what to
say or how to respond to the sight.
Ahead lay an expanse of mud nearly a
ki lometer wide and as deep as 18 feet.
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More than 200 men in groups of 50 were
sinking in the mud or standing on tree
limbs so as not to sink farther into the
mud. As soon as I arrived , I grabbed a
shovel, put my head down and began
to dig. I was standing in a mass grave .
Over 500 people were thought to be lost
in this landslide alone ; whole famili es
lay buried as they slept. With a ll this
racing through my head and hundreds
dead below my feet, I didn ' t know what
to say or how to respond to th e situation. I just dug and lost myself in my
thoughts.
As the sweat began to drip off my
face and blisters began to form on my
hands , I stood up to look around . The
entire town seemed to be there . The
sten c h of decaying bodi es w as in th e
air and.l had braq; d mysel f to , at a ny
mome nt. un cov e r an a rm , leg o r hea d.
Fortunatel y, I d idn ' t make a ny gru eso me
di scov e ries. Instead I soon di scove red
ma ny of th e local s we re s harin g lau ghs
and jokes . The y seem e d to ce lebra te
life rather than lo se th e m se lv es in
des pair over th e tragedy. It was their
way of coping; behavioral e volution
after a brutal thirty-yea r c ivil war a nd
a multitud e of natura l calamiti es. Th ey
have learn ed to embrace life and loo k
forward.
Wes and I were e vacuated from the
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Reviewing
ANGER
By Lynn Oha Carey
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" Nothin g worthwhil e g row s in a my own anger: I co nte mplated its mesc lim ate of A N G ER," by Jo Uhlm an, sage, comparing it to what I've le arned
is hanging in The Painted Word sho w about ange r s ince it came to inhabit the
currently in the library. The show will space carved out of my life for somecome down on the Lunar New Year, this one else. I have become friends with my
weekend.
anger, and have learned to welcome it,
I interviewed Jo in her studio, sur- to appreciate its messages, and to use
rounded by he r art and the work of her it to help me see more clearly and to
mentors and calligraphers she admires : act more sanely. I have also learned to
Carl Rohrs, John Stevens, Christopher claim responsibility for it, and to breathe
Calderhead , and .the late Fran Strom it back to the universe . Jo and I talked
and Leana Fay. Jo cre ated this piece about anger; she read to me from Julia
in the early 2 000s while "dealing with Cameron's " Walking In This World ",
an anger issue. " In her words, " I think describing ange r as making room for
a rt offers a lot of o pportunity for e mo- ourse lves, the size we really are . Not
tions: e x pre ss in g and dealing with puny, large. Able to use an ger as fu e l.
them . Ma kin g art whil e thinkin g a bo ut Re-v ie wing thi s pi ece fro m he r c urrent
a n emotio n ca n he lp reso lve it, in stead perspectives, Jo fe lt it "co uld be indicaof hi tting some body or desrroy ing pro p- t ive of pote ntia l gro wth. "
e rty." Jo fee ls th at " th e ultim ate rewa rd
T he powe r o f thi s pi ece sto pped me
fo r my a rtwork is no t w hat I get for it, in my trac ks. T hat a ll o wed tim e for it
but w ho I become as th e creat ive pro- to wo rk o n me . T he contrast o f the ca lcess unfo lds a nd th e joy that ma nifests li g raphi c sty les, th e beg innin g of Jo's
itse lfw hen interac ting w ith othe rs abo ut " two ha nd s" sty le, evo kes, curi o us ly
it. " Jo is a " bi g be li eve r in synchroni c- a nd s imulta neo us ly, both rage a nd a
ity"; th ese wo rd s ca me fro m he r fri end dee p ge ntl e ne ss o f ca rin g. Red a rcs
Ru th Tay lor.
a nd d ot s create m oveme nt , c irclin gs
Th e large, sc raw led letters of A NG ER a nd po ints a lo ne. As if a nger c mboda ppear in near ly o pa que w hite, raw and . ied both a big blo ttin g-out mess and a
roug h-edged, ove r a rapid-bru shed red ha rm o ni o us, de li ca te. inte nse, mov in g
sc ribbl e, c rosse d ba c k o n it se lf a nd sense of c ha nge, m irro ri ng Jo's in s ight
nea rl y o blite ratin g th e bl ac k bac k- of pote ntial g ro wth.
ground . Nea rl y, but not quite, as if th e
Bl ac k, red and w hite are, acco rding to
fie rce hotn ess o f red was but a gaseo us Jo, traditiona l calli graphic co lo rs: white
acc umulati on in dee p space. Graceful paper, black ink, re d acce nt. In li ght o f
arcs of inte nse red nea rly contain the thi s, " ANGER" can be fe lt as a fo rce of
anger, a nd the carin g wo rd s, a nd move fee lings w iping everything c lean, back
beyo nd th e m, o pe nin g, breakin g into to the cl ear white pa per on w hich th e
bright so lid red dots, foreground to the te xt o f o ne's stori es are to ld .
deepest bla ckn ess. T h is piece s poke to
Photo courtesy 0/ Lynn Oha Carey
Lynn Oha Carey is a re!urningJourth-year TESC student enrolled in Art 's Sources
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hate cri mes OCC UlTin g aga in st Musli ms in
Seattl e, farah Nlll isheell fel t strong ly the
need for cult u ral bridge s ill th c fo rm nf
movies. Sea rching bl-oad ly_she se lected
enough excel lent rr lm s rrom va riou s
countries to creal<: a ver y pop ul a r mult i- day
As she spoke, her g lance dart ed around
and shifted down , provoking a se nse of
standin g in th e shadow of a n adult ma le. I
ached as a very a rti cul ate woman spo ke of
releas ing her goa l of a doctora te, c hoosi ng
in stead to ra ise a family and " k ar n from
th e cha racters of my childre n" (w ho
appeared to be a ll ma le), and to stud y
th e Koran_ I wa s not a lone in fru strat ion :
The liveliness of th e women's deba tes.
pa ss ionate ye t res pec tful , was in spirin g
WH'w. ar ahfillll . COlli
and e ncourag ing. Eac h wo ma n walked
showi ng of movies abo ut Mu slim wom en _ and ta lked her own edges of li vin g trut:
to her fa ith , he r famil y. her co mmunit y or
But eac h of th ese IllOV ies was abo ut one
culture, and herse lf. Bro ug ht toge th er they
co untry or cu ltu re; none cove red th e
parried , sorting o ut th ei r re lig ion fr om th eir
wide ran ge or Muslim cultures_ Fara h fe lt
cultures,
dete rmined and willing to accep t
th~t gap stro ngly enough that , w ith no
respon sibilit y for chan ge in their Mus lim
expe ricn ce in fi 1111 m ak i ng. she bought
cultur es; or to COIllt' to term s with it <1S it is;
one came ra . jo ined force s w ith Rita '
Meher. and spread th e wo rd in th e Sea ttl e or-to deve lop the ir re li gious c ultun:s_ fro m
perso nal ji hads to comm un it \' £le i ivism _
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cultural conve rsa t io ns and debates allOlv
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intim ate ins ig hts int o Mu slilll wo mens'
mov ie, created by two wOllle n start ing from
var iety of ex per iences, beli efs and wor ld
scratch , inspired il cO llllllunit y of 11'0111 en
views_ I ago nized as oll e you ng wo man
to con tri but e the ir illn er mos t th oug ht s il nd
at a Muslim school hes itant ly cl a im ed
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ca me ra s a nd labo r. III th e years since, fa rah
c ircum stances, th en aCl:eded to tradit io n
and Rita ha ve establi shed Tasvecl- (http :
in ge nd er se para tion in th e mosqu e.
//www.tasveer_org) .a nin depe nd ent 111111
orga n izati on in Seatt Ie, \Vh ich ga thers
short s, ex perim e ntal flll11 s, doc um entarie s
and nar rat ives for mon th Iy screen in gs
a nd a yea rl y film test iva I. "South ;\ si<ln
Wome n Film focu s" (March 2-1 -::'6)_
F<lrah mos tl y sc reen s lilill s 11 0 11' while
working on a cOLlple of shor ts_ Rit ~ ga ined
her educati on in filmm a kin g a nd 11 011'
work s in telev is ion pmdLl cti ll n_ F~rah
noted "Nazrah"'s affect on aud iences :
fi lm ed in 2001 , it s first showings provok.:d
shock and outragc at inc lu s ion of a les bia n
Mu slim wO lll a n_ In fact . exce rpt s we re
used to address thi s i ss u ~ in va ri ous
Mu slim cOlllmunitie s_
In th e fo llow ing ye ars. " Na zra h"
sparked hea te d debat e on the I\ ' e~ rin g o f
head sca rve s ( II ijaabs) . Fa rah :1nd Rita
hold hop<: for a future sequel. as th e lilm
is a lm ost hislori ca ln ow_ Co n v~ r sa ti on s
~ m ong Mu slim wo men ha ve changed
sig nifi ca ntl y. l: spccially post- Iraq
invasion _"Naz rah" has carned it s place
a mong fil ms that can s hin th ~ \\'orld\'iL'\\
of it s watchers (th e fina l int erv i.:\\
knocked m)' thin ki ng cap o fl) , a I'ivid
e.\<lmpil' ofli lrn a li llwi ng us to pa ss
respec tfull y beyond cLlltul'a l bo rd ers.
SESA ME can be reac hed at R67-67XI or
sesarne @ ri se up _net.
LY I7/1 Ollll Corey is (I re/llr/lillgji !llrlli-l 'l' ur
TESC student enl"ll/l,," in ;\ rl 's SO LI rce s
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Thi s pa st weeke nd I picked Ull an
armload o f z inc s fr o m the O lytl1pi a
l ine libra ry in s ide I. as t Word Boo ks
downtO\\ll _ Of course I found numero us
titles that piqued my intere st. so I too k
so me home to read in bed ,,,hile the rain
outside washed away e i\'ili za ti o n (In I
wi sh). Gallon of Scotch, Velvet Grass and
Milk were a few o f the titks I perltsl'd .
the first one be ing a short personal zinc
Ii-om an ex-drunk in Chi cago. Good stull.
Somehow I managed to bring home two
or three zincs about Ne w Orleans. \\hi ch
was intriguing_ Rocket Q ueen (i ss lll' If!.)
W<lS o ne (If th ose_
Thi s zine is a ll about slt-i ppin g and strip
11I"1.~(·-'ml/lli"( (('I (i"I'I·I ' "I' ·
clubs in Ne \\-Orleans. 1' 111 t! lIess in t! th e
lirst iss ue PI' Rocket Queen \\-as <!I so abput
strippin g, but the auth or has ,iust I11m'ed to thL: Ne\\' Orlean s SL:e ne and we <Ire
getting her new L'xperiences. She is very critical ofherjub and is inlL'nt on g i\ ing
read ers all angles on the lik o fa stripper. She has obviously done StHl1L' rL'search
on the hi story or prostitution . brothel s and strip clubs in the New Orlean s arL'a.
and the zinc is pac ked with hi storical pictures of the New Orleans sce ne. From
explaining the mechanics o ra lap dance 10 ana lyz ing thc usc of the word "whore"
in our soc iety. I th ought she did a nice ,iob of appeal ing to th e voye uri sti c readers
and at th e sa me time creat ing positive dialog on the sex-worker industry. Rock et
Queen is fu ll or cra/.Y stories in the VI.P. room. co mm ents on other strippers,
patrons , club owners, the police and eve n a horri ri c ta le o r Mardi Gra s. Add in
the eye-catching artwork and layo ut and
it's a damn good zine _
DY:
My hope is that I will keep this a weekl y
contribution, writing a n.:view ror a different zinc every week . Anybody who
wou ldlikc a rree copy sho uld stop by the
. Infoshoppe in the student acti viti es are a
(CAB 320, Cubic le 10) . The Inroshoflpe
has weekly mccti ngs at 12: 15 p.l11_ on
Wednesday, so if yo u arc interested in
zinc s and o ther alte rn ati ve lite ratu re.
cOllle help us create a radlibrary_
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Imagi ' I rom NO ('/,:I'f
Pyschocandy
Jesus & Mary C hain
Wa rn er Bros/ W E;\
Ori gina ll y releast'd 1986. recc ntl y re-released
Thi s is where it a ll began . Thi s is the beg innin g of shoe-gaze r. Shoe -gazer is
probably one or th e Ill ost ove rl oo ked and und erapp re ciated Illu sic ge nl-es since th e
beginning of rock a nd ro ll. T hough it enj oyed so me commercial s ucc ess in its day.
-' most of those ba nds are forgott en sig nposts on th e one-hit wonder tra il , desp ite
utt crly brilliant releases. I. oa ded with en oug h dense ly laye red fu zz. squealin g
fee dback and reverbed eve ry thin g to w rap yo urse lf in like so me comfortably
prickl y ve lveteen blank et on co ld days, l}s\' c h ()(, (//7 (~\' is aptl y ti tle d. There 's
somethin g so sweet and ta ntal izing abo ut thi s albulll that is a lso just s lig htl y ofTkilter, mos t li ke ly d ue to the all too ce rt a in influenc e of th e co nt emp orary heroin
tre nd _As Bill Ga rver states in Kerouac's Desulation Angels. on junk one ca n just
look at ones shoes all day and be ent ert ain ed . Not to advocate heroin , thi s music,
u nl ike " traditional " psyc hed el ic mu sic, draw ing g reater infl uence from the Velvet
Undergrou nd , is for sta rin g at small point s on the bl ank wall or floor or eve n yo ur
shoes (hm-mlll) .
Briti sh j ournali st I3arbara El len was once heard to rem ark , " I will not marry
yo u if you do not own thi s [zeit-gei ~ t defining] a ibulll _"
Mol'c S'/ifflel' is {( se lliol' cll/'()f/cd ill
Reconciliation .
(!I I ( ' f 'lI ::' /1/( '
DanCIng!
Future Days
Ca n
Mute U.S.
Re-re least'd Jun e 28 , 2005
O rig in all y released in 1974 . thi s tluid a lbum became the crownin g ach ie vemen t of
the lege nd ary Kraut- rock gro up e ll1 . Thi s a lbum was obviou sly a large influence for
the group A ir. whose " Fe mm e D-A rgcnt" seems an ove rt hom age to this album 's title
track, while th e rest of th e AroO/l Slljill'i album shares a retro similarity in a so rt of
kit sch\' WiI\, _ In !!e ncral.the a lburn is pl-etty j,lIllm y, o r rather, prelly andjammy. Thi s
is Ca n',s m~s t m~lod i c work , smoot ha . sp'a~ie r and less funk y. Pers iste nt percuss ion
is th e mainstay ofe'leh song whi le str ing swells dip and soar in the di stance. Sy nth
bits and Eno- esque so un d effec ts tend to make up the den se r foregro und , just und er
the percussio n_ whik the guitar pe ri odically appea rs on th e hori zon as ifh ea rd from
another song. Put so meth ing new into your pipes.
Mal/hew Allison is a sophomore enrolled in Voice of the Poem _
Murmurs
Caroline
Tem porar y Re sidenc e
To be released March 7, 2006
Thi s is th e kind of a lbum that jocks wo uld beat yo u lip for li sten in g to in
middle school (assLlming yo u're a g uy), but damm it, I'm not afraid of th em
any more. This is th e so ftest , cuddliest mu sic ever recorded (int eresting ly
enoug h, becau se it 's on th e sa me labe l as Ex plosion s in th e Sky and Mono).
with cloud-lik e beats and w ispy, drowsy voca ls_There is an aroma of Bj ork ,
Frou Frou, th e Softies and Mum all wa fting about thi s album . In particular, the
cove r art seems to be homage to Bj ork herse lf. Like Joa nn a Newsom , Ca rolin e
is possessed ofa very childlike vo ice, onl y Caroline's vo ice is sweeter and gen tler, alm ost soporifi c_ Murmurs' down-point is that it so metim es exceeds th e
cute leve l of sa ppi ness, point in case: ''l'11 leave my heart beh ind", in wh ieh she
sounds Iike Mandy Moore- sugar pop _ It 's strange enou g h not to be considered
a pop album , but it wa lk s th at line precariously.
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12
FEBRUARY
ord
of the
By Paul C. Whitney,
a.k.a. Captain Lexicon
hoi polloi, n.
The common people; the masses
Definitions f rom dictionary com.
" What are one's chances, really, of separating one's self from the hoi polloi? Not
everyone can write a great literary masterpiece, star in movies or play pro sports.
No, I prefer to wallow in cynical misery
in my one-bedroom apartment , a g rumbling misanthrope complaining about lost
opportunities and what could have been."
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
The Weekly Quantitative Reasoning Challenge
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.
LJ
The Law of Conservation of Mass decrees that in a chemical
reaction, the mass of the products equals the mass of the
reactants. To balance a chemical equation, you must place
various coefficients (which multiply the subSCripts of each atom,
i.e. 4C02 yields 4 carbon and 8 oxygen) in front of each
chemical until the number of each type of atom is equal on each
side of the reaction. Balance the chemical equation below.
Bonus: Is there an algorithm for balancing chemical equations?
Week 3 Answer: Thejluctuations in the scale·s readiJlg resultJrom the up-and -down movement. oj your
blood·s center oj gravity as your heart pumps.
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-Ca ptain Lex icon
Sy nonyms for hoi polloi in clude:
co mmon people, commonalty, g reat
unwashed, lower class, mob, multitude,
oth er half, proletari at, pu blic, rabbl e, riffra ff, trash . Very fe w are fl attering.
Come bac k nex t time for the Word of the
Week you ' re waiting fo r: misanthrope !
Write on, fri ends !
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
FEBRUARY
Change the swimming
pool's policies
toward nudity
A Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center Puzzler
ch
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& OPINIONS
Clothing optional
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Week ~
2, 2006
LETTERS
Don 't forget to check out the Write r 's
G uild, eve ry Wedn esday at 3 :30 in Sem
II C 1107.
Academic Wriling
"O utlin es and O rga ni zati on"
3-4 p.m.
Workshop Wedn esdays for Wee k Fi ve,
Feb. 8, in Sem II B21 09:
Scientific Writinx
Grammar Rudeu
Determined by needs of students atte nding.
" When Is a Verb Not a Verb: Understanding
Verbals"
2-3 p.m.
Creative Wriling
Prim e Tim e Writing Tutors in A Dorm,
Winter/Spring
S unday-Wednesday, 6-9 p.m.
Brought to you by the Writ ing Center, in
The Evergreen Tutorin g Center
CA B 108
867-6420
www.eve rg recn.edu/w rit ingcenter
By Alex Ludwick
As
long
as
I can
remember,
swimm ing
has been one
of my favorite
activities .
I've
also
always been
repressed by
puritanical swimming culture, with all
of its taboos and restrictions. My mother
recounted to me once a story of one of my
first incidents with pool authority. I had to
use the bathroom, specifically, to pee. I, then
about four years old, told my mother, who
was with me at the swimming pool, about
my problem. and asked her to accompany
me to the washroom since I was not allowed
to go into public restrooms alone. She was
occupied in conversation, and was irritated
by my request. She curtly told me to "Just
go in the pool!" I climbed out of the water,
walked over to what seemed a good place
near the middle of the pool , dropped my
trunks around my a nkles , and peed in the
pool.
Needless to say, I was severely
reprimanded for something that every
child does, but I was punished because I
failed to hide it. What hypocrisy! From
that day, I began to have a bitter resentment
of pool authority and regulations. It isn't
just swimming pools- it's the very nature
of our society, We seem to revile nudity,
and I can't see where this stems from. Like
profanity, nudity is given its power by its
very prohibition .
I thought this might just be a hum an
tendency towards modesty, but I reca ll a
day in France a couple years ago when I was
sunbathing nude on a secluded riverbank,
and an old man in scuba gear emerged
suddenly from the. water and began talking
to me in French . I was really shocked, not
just by the strangeness of that coinc idence,
but especially by the fact that he didn't seem
to make anything of the fact that I was naked.
When he realized I didn't speak French, he
explained to me in English , " I just swam
23 kilometers! I'm very tired. Good day!"
and he removed his flippers and walked off
into the woods. Imagine how awkward this
scene could have been if the same thing had
happened in Tennessee or Chehalis!
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2,2006
We can only benefit from trying to strive
towards a more rela xe d a nd acce ptin g
attitude towards nudit y and sexuality, like
th e one I experienced in the south of France.
This is why I believe that the CRC pool
should be a clothing-optional swimming
pool. I would like to use the pool more
often , but I am really irritated by having
all the inconveniences that a bathing suit
brings. It's uncomfortable. It takes time to
dry. If I put it in my locker with a wet towel
and leave it for several weeks, they become
mildewed. I have to carry it home to wash
it, and for what? What does a bathing suit
actually mean? Does it somehow keep the
water cleaner by not letting it touch your
genitals? No. What are bathing suits for?
They're mechanisms for maintaining an
archaic, absurd and dying system of antihuman hatred.
Some may say, "But I don't want to
look at nudity! It offends me and my
misinterpretation of my religion! And what
if there are obese or unattractive people
naked? I don't want to look at them nude!"
I apologize for my inclusion of this, but
I do so because this is, very, very sadly,
a major complaint of many dull-witted
anti-nudity activists. And I say, as this is a
democratic society, we must accommodate
all of its members, no matter how silly their
feelings . We must respect them and guard
them against being offended; the FCC can't
do it all , you know.
That's why I say ther e should be a
schedule, so that most of the time the pool
is clothing-required, but that there be at least
several hours a week, ideally at least two
hours each day, that those who don 't want
to trouble with bathing suits can swim in the
CRC, free from the angry eye and waving
baton of the morality police. Warnings can
be posted to keep away those who somehow
think a human without clothing is wrong
or immoral, di sg usting or unh ea lthy for
the pool. If you want ed to sh ield people
to a preposterou sly overprotective leve l,
blinds could even be in st alled to cover the
windows, so that passers-by won't have to
be traumatized by the realization of what a
human being actually looks like. I anticipate
administration officials citing the cost of
these blinds as a reason to shoot down
my idea, But I promise I will personally
hold bake sale after bake sale to pay for
blinds that will do exactly what their name
entails- blind people from nUdity, from
reality.
If, after petitioning, this request is still
denied, I propose that students protest by
swimming in whatever level of clothing
they wish , at any time, until this repressive,
fundamentalist oligarchy sees reason. I've
never actually tried to swim nude in the
pool, but I've been told repeated Iy that it is
not allowed. It's time to resist for the sake
of freedom .
Please take me seriously and support
me in my request for this. Contact me by email, epicurus68@yahoo.com, if you want
to help or have any ideas or criticism s.
I really beli eve seeming ly insignificant
progres s ive measure s like these ar e
important for transforming perceptions of
social convention s, and just for the gene ral
promotion of freedom and happiness on
campu s and in the world . Start small. I
th in k th e stronges t piece of support for
my a rgum ent, for those of you who aren 't
fa miliar with it, is our in stitution 's very
motto. We should strive to do thin gs in the
spirit of those who founded th e Evergreen
State College, and live by this motto, both
in a literal and figurative sen se. "Omnia
Ex/ares! ..
Alex Ludwick is a sophomore enrolled in
Sacred Monsters.
"F iction"
Confronting the
racism within
ourselves
By John Morgan
Diversity
.
a major
concern for
Evergreen
students ,
Diversity
of pigment,
that
IS.
Many longwinded and carefully projected diatribes
reverberate across campus, down halls,
. over classrooms and across eateries
about Evergreen's lack of diversity of
pigment. High sounding and perhaps
well-intentioned rhetoric that will boil
down to this: Evergreen is too white.
The paradox this thinking creates is
clear upon examination: IfGreeners are
so accepting, progressive and informed,
than why do we treat so-called people
of color like they are different, special
or even alien? At once we try to accept,
while unconsciously isolating, people
who look different than us. We welcome
people of color, but forget that "people of
color" is a euphemism for them. Them:
.IS
dead6ne is tuesday, feb. 7 @ 3pm
those who are not us. [n thi s case, those
who are not part o f Everg reen 's white
majority.
It might be a matter of white guilt
run amok, a generation of self-centered
people so hyper-self-conscious that a
different looking person terrifies them.
Consumed by a need to be perceived
tolerant Trembling inside a mind that
knows no s!"lame like that of being
branded with a scarlet "R", but that is
exactly what it is .
Racism. Everyone of us, without
regard to color, class, nationality,
rei igion, ad infinitum, are prejud ice.
Humans are prejudice. Before we had
the luxury to worry about such concerns
as diversity, we needed to be prejudiced
to survive: Prejudiced towards animal s,
like spiders, Prejudiced towards food
that looks bad and may make us ilL And ,
yes, prejudiced towards people who look
dangerous and may do us harm , because
if someone wishes to rob or kill you,
you nary have the time to really get
to know them. It is not prejudice that
is our problem, but racially motivated
prejudice. Prejudice that springs from
ignorant or biased thought.
This prejudice came to form our
racism. The second we decid e d to
separate ourselves from others because
of pigment, we began the process of
turning us, humankind , into them, those
who do not look like and the refore mu st
al so not be like us.
Th a t is ri g ht, I am ca lling you a
rac ist.
My fath e r is an overt raci st , not
afraid to use bigoted language or ma ke
outrageou s and divi s ive claims . My
father also has had a number of black
and Latino friends .
My mother is not an overt racist. Her
guarded [iberal tongue would rather taste
arsenic than speak a slur. She Iives in
New Hampshire, a state so white it
could be bleached. When confronted
with people of different ethnicities,
my mother acts as if they are quaint or
subtly backward. I have never known
my mother to have anything but white
friends.
My father's words. and my mother's
attitude have influenced my thinking,
and because of that, I, myself, am racist.
[ am racist because [ was born into a
racist culture. I am raci st because on
some fundamental level it is natural to
make distinctions between us and them.
It is by no means something I am proud
of, but Iike an allergy or di sease, raci sm
can be best treated when it is und erstood
and accepted. I know the evil seeds sown
into my conscious, and because of this,
intellectually I may transcend them , to
,
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be better than my upbringing, bette r than
my weaknesses.
While it is my father who would
more like[y be decried , it is my mother's
rae ism that does more harm. My
mother's racism is deniable and deepseated , It motivates he r actions without
guilt and shields he r from questioning
her motivations. T h is is th e raci sm [ find
at Eve rgreen : The rac ism of presumptio n
a nd fear that is rac ist for fear o f be in g
th o ught rac is t. Whi c h is rac is t fo r
comfo rt of igno ra nce. The com fo rt o f
ig noring our ow n fa ilings. The co mfo rt
of ignoring our own s ins .
Conquering my raci sm is a continuous
struggle, and ['II tell you : it's hard and
it hurts. Maybe that is why my mother
denies it altogether. Maybe that is why
most of us deny our capacity for racism
too. [t is easier to think of racists as them
and never us.
The next time you hear a person
decry Evergreen 's lack of diversity,
ask them what they mean. Do they
mean diversity of thought? Diversity
of cu Iture? Dive rsity of expression? Or
diversity of pigment? ( for one see a sore
lack of diversity regarding the first three,
but that is a subject for anothe r article.
As for diversity of pigment, [ think the
less we emphas ize it, the mo re we will
see.
.John Morgan understands sOllie of this
sounds self-righteo us , but thinks the
p oint m ore import ant than p eoples'
p erceptions of him. He in vitesfeedbai.;k
of all kinds and can be contacted al
l11 orjoh26@evergreen.edu.
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
SPORTS
FEBRUARY
15
2, 2006
Road trip unkind to women's basketball
By Kip Arney
I said it last week and I'll say it again: The
women's basketball team can't keep giving
away winnable games. Over the weekend,
the Geoducks traveled to Oregon and Idaho
and gave tough battles against both schools,
but came up on the short end of the stick
both times. However, despite their secondhalf plunge on their current 10-game losing
streak, they still remain a single game out,
and hope lives on tor this team standing at
5-17, 3 - \0 in the conference.
Eastern Oregon hosted the Geoducks on
Friday night and came away with a 73-61
victory. But this game was more lost by
Evergreen than won by Eastern, as has been
the case many times this sea~on . Evergreen
built an early 23-12 lead fresh off an 11·0
run, but turnovers plagued them and, at the
half, the Il-point lead was whittled down
to two at 29-27. Turnovers and offensive
rebounds for the Mountainee~s were the
cause of the loss as Evergreen gave the
ball away 22 times, which led to 26 points
for the home team, and let'Eastern snag 18
offensive rebounds keeping them in the
game early on.
The second half was even-steven until
about the IO-minute mark when Eastern
decided to start pounding the ball inside
and going to the free throw line, which
eventually caused Evergreen's three top
scorers, Jenny Olson, Rachel Ross and La La
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61 points, to foul out. Going in, Eastern had
four players averaging above double figmes,
but who would've guessed senior guard
Andra Peterson would plow out her season
average of three points a game with 13 and
• five rebounds, proving to be the diffe rence
in the game?
The next night , Albertson contributed
to the Geoducks road woes a nd beat them
handily, 68-40 . First-half shooting of 19
percent found Evergreen down 27-18 at th e
break, but it was the 20-4 Albertson run
that began the second half that did them in.
Cold shooting was the story: they finish ed
the game shooting 20 percent, including
Olson and Gomez, to combine for five of26
from the field. Ross came off the bench lor
yet another double of 10 points 10 rebounds
while Danielle Keenan made her presence
felt with a team-high II boards to go along
with eight points.
Evergreen is just 1-10 on the road and
ihey'll probably have to win at least two of
their remaining three contests away from
,~,he CRC to' claim a spot in' the conference
post-season tournament. Their final home
stand of the season starts tomorrow, Friday,
Feb. 3 against Concordia at 5:30 p,m. before
ending the home campaign against Corban
College Saturday night.
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By Kip Arney
Stunned. Geoducks dictate pace. T he two
phrases that find themselves atop Eastern
Oregon and Albertson College of Idaho's
athletic websites as the Geoducks upset
both teams last weekend. The sweep back
east marked the first time they've done so
since January of 2002 during their Cascade Conference championship run, and
improves their reco rd to R-15 overall , 4-9
in conference. The weekend bega n Friday
night in La Grande, Oregon as once again,
the Geoducks held thci r opponent to unde r
50 point s in a 55-43 victory.
The Geoduck defense , which now ranks
number o ne in the country in sco rin g
defense, was th e focus as Easte rn committt:d 22 turnovers and shot a season worst, 35
percent from th e field. Eve rgrecn wa sn't too
hot from the field them selves, shooting only
34 percent in the first half, but with such
stingy defense, they allowcd themselves
more room for error as they took a 24-20
lead into the locker room at hal f. The score
remained close throughout the second half
as Eastern sophomore Mark Carollo, who
finished with a team-high 15 points, connected on three of three free throws, making
the game 44·40 in Evergreen's favor. But
two Eastern turnovers on their nex.t three
possessions helped the Geoducks fi n ish the
game on an 11 · 3 run and snap a three-game
losing streak.
Pat Mattson led his team in scoring lor
the eighth time this season with 16 to go
along with 10 rebounds. Joining Mattson
in double-figure scoring was senior Doug
Dietz who finished with 12, all coming from
beyond three-point territory. Wes Newton
also chipped in with a nice all-around game
of 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and
two steals.
The following night, travelin g to another
time zone, the Geoducks took on my oid
school, Albertson Co llege of Idaho,looking
lor revenge against the Coyott:s after a 28point blowout at the CRC back in December.
They achieved it with a 72-59 win behind the
hot shooting, or should I say, perfect shooting of Thomas Cook, goi ng nine of nine
from the field for a team - high 18 points .
The team as a whole shot 58 pe rce nt , XO in
th e second ha lf. and had threc teammates
not na med Pat Mattson sco re ten or mon:
along with Coo k . Dietz, Luke I-Ialll mond
and New to n fini s hed with 17, II and 10
respectively. Mattso n finished with nin..:
and co nti nues to lea d the team in scm i ng,
ave raging II per co nte st.
The biggest di ITerence bet ween Sat urday
ni ght 's game and when the two team s met
back in December was Albertson's inablit y
to connect on what they pride themselvt:s
on, the three-point shot. As opposed to back
in December when Albertson was able to
connect on 12, Evergreen held the Coyotes
to only four, including the conference's
premier three-point shooter, Ike Stafford,
who earlier had torched the Geoducks lor
25 points with five long bombs. Saturday,
he was held to five points with no threepointers.
The pair of wins was the Geoducks ' firs t
back-to-baek wins since early December
against two OIon-conft:rence opponents, but
they still sit in ninth place'behind Concordia
and Corban, who just happen to be the next
opponents that wdl be showered with Jeers
.as they come tQ the CRC this Friday and
Saturday night.
Kip Arney is a ~·tmivr enrof{ed ill Foundation
of Performing Arts : Music and Theater.
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