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9,2006
STUDENT GOVERNMENT COMMENTARY, PAGE
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TREKKING IN CENTRAL ASIA. PAGE 7
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On Monday, March 13, two items were
put to the Evergreen student body for a vote.
The polls will remain open until April 7.
One vote concerns the ratification of the
Geoduck Student Union Constitution. If the
constitution is rati fied, Evergreen students
will have a government for the first time
since the student "c ultural caucus" was
declared unconstitutional by the Washington
Attorney Genera.1in 1991 .
The other vote concerns the reaffinnation
of the quarterly WashPIRG fee . Because the
fee is voluntary, students must reaffinn it by
vote every two years. This year students are
voting to affinn an $8 fee, up from $6 two
years ago and the first increase in twelve
years.
So far students have shown overwhelming support for the constitution's ratification.
As of Wednesday evening, there were 929
votes in support of ratification and 79 votes
against.
WashPIRG reaffirmation is more controversial but still widely supported. Again as
of Wednesday evening, 773 students voted
in support of the WashPIRG fee and 146
voted agai nsl.
Both items up for a vote need 25% voter
tum out, 1064 total votes, 10 pass.
South Dakota
What it means to
By Paul B. Osterlund
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London
Photographed b~ Christina Weeks, Freshman
Enrolled in Madness and Creativit~
FILMING INSIDE IRAQ. PAGE 10
On March 6, South Dakota marched
ahead of its peers in the controversial battle
to overturn Roe v. Wade, a subversive movement that has only strengthened in light of
this legislation. After its passage in the State
Senate in February, Governor Mike Rounds
confinned a bill that bans the vast majority
of abortions, with exception to only those
that directly threaten the life of the mother.
Rape and incest, however, are not included
as exceptions. The new law stipulates that
doctors in violation could receive up to
five years in prison. The measure is seen as
counterproductive by pro-choice advocates
in South Dakota, a state in which less than
1,000 abortions are perfonned annually in
a single clinic. Amendments that would put
reproductive rights decisions in the hands of
the voters were struck down, as well as further exceptions to this stringent measure.
The impetus for such a law seems to be
part of the nationwide pro-Ii fe movement
bent on overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973
decision overturning most laws that previously restricted abortion. Governor Rounds '
comments regarding his decision mainly
stemmed from his belief in the necessary
protection of the unborn. "The sponsors and
supporters ofthis bill believe that abortion is
wrong because unborn children are the most
vulnerable and most helpless persons in our
society. I agree with them ."
Lucy Daumen from the TESC Women's
Resource Center shares the concerns of those
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
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Issue 20
Volume 34
Mar. 16, 2006
Funding
WashPIRG:
Where does your
money go?
By Sam Jessup
.f.
OlympIa, Washington 98505
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
State of
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By Sam Goldsmith
WashPIRG wants your money. They
want it to buy supplies, they want it to pay
for their office, and they want it to pay staff
sa laries. And they want $2 more of it.
The every-two-year election to renew
Was hPIRG 's funding started on Monday.
For the first time since 1994, WashP IRG
proposed an increase in their quarterly
fee, from $6 to $8. The WashPIRG fee
was established on campus in 1983 , and
the biennial fee election has been around
ever
si nce. But how does WashPfRG spend
One of many voting booths set up around Eve rgreen campus, Photo by Curtis Randolph .
your money?
Poll operators staJ1ed counting the number poll operators have remained vigilant, but ,
Most st udent groups at Evergreen are
of students using polling stations em Tuesday. in an interview Wednesday, November I funded through a quarterly student activiBy a rough estimate, most voters are using expressed frustration at the impotence of ties 'fee imbedded in the cost of tuition .
the elections commission and the absence WashPIRG is different. They are part of
the poll ing stations.
Since Monday, WashPIRG campaigners of policies pertaining to campaigner behavior ' a national non-profit organi zation with
I chapters in 100 colleges and universities.
have been handing out voting information during elections.
Despite hi s frustration, November made it : WashPIRG is the Washington chapt er of
and "WashPIRG 'yes'" stickers near polling stations and going door-to-door in the clear that he believed WashPIRG campaign- StudentPIRG, and has two chapters- one
ers were "behaving very well" given there at Evergreen and one at Uw. They rece ive
dorms.
To ens ure a fair electi on, Elect ions are no guideli nes governing their conduct.
no fund ing from student activiti es.
Commissioner Adam November and
WashPI RG isanacronym for Washington
WashPIRG agreed to a twenty-foot butTer Sall1 Jessup is a junior enrolleJ in Data to Publi c Interest Research Group. Founded
around polling stati ons. For the Illost pat1, Information. He is also the Ne ws Cuurdinu - 30 years ago, Studen tPIR G is a watchdog
campaigners have respected the buffer and tor. jvr the Cooper Poillt ./ournal.
group that works on campaigns relat ing to
the environment , consum er protection and
gove rnment relo rm .
The proposed $8 stud ent fe e would
giv e W'lsh PIRC, <It Evergreen an S8S,OOO$90,000 budge t next yea r. depending on
how many studen ts opt out ort he fee. Tile
budget is broken down into three areas:
campaign expenses, ope rati onal expenses
and stalT salaries.
Blair Anundson may look like a student,
but he's not. He's a fulltime WashPIRG
employee and the WashPIRG campus
coordinator at Evergreen. He took the
job right after grad uating from college
in Pennsylvania in 2004 and will leave
Evergreen in June . A new full-time coordinator will replace him in September- if
st udents renew the fe e.
Cuntinued un Page -I ..
in opposition of this recent legislation. "My
biggest concern is that individual states
will follow suit and the national law will
become obsolete. The significance (of the
South Dakota law) is pretty high." Despite
the buzz surrounding this potential threat to
reproductive rights nationally, women in
the State of Washington should not worry.
The current state of reproductive rights in
the Evergreen State includes provisions
regarding privacy. As it stands, Initiative
120 affirms the right of a woman to receive
an abortion as well as to maintain privacy
regarding reproductive health. "We are
very fortunate in Washington ," Daumen
says, " It is very progressive in its reproductive rights."
Sources:
Cnn.com, March 7, 2006
Paul B. Osterlund is afreshman enrolled
in Legacy of the American Dream: Media
and Nature . .
New Community Language Lab
By Caryn Ice
(
In Seminar II, A3116A )
Monday, March 6, 2006 marked the
opening of the first ever Community
Language Lab on The Evergreen State
Co llege campus. The lab saw a nurry of
activity as curious students, faculty and
staff came to check it out.
The new lab is a resource for students,
staff, faculty and community members to
hang out and learn new languages, brush
up on old ones and network to create a
stronger language community on campus.
The lab also has a lounge area where people
can speak and learn from each other, utilize
program tutors and use foreign language
computer software.
The language software is available for
over ten languages, ranging from Arabic to
Latin . The lab also has so ftware for languages regularly taught on campus such
as French, Spa ni sh, German , Russ ian and
Japanese.
Susan Fiksdal says, "We envision the
lab as a loun ge with a purpose. When
people come to the lab they' " be able to
network with others who are interested in
a particular language, create conversat ion
groups, find tutors , as well as study at
individual lab stations . This is a unique
concept that supports the notion of com munity that Evergreen has always tried I,
provide."
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act as the general representative of :
the student consensus."
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"Solve world hunger and animal
cruelty ... and clean out my
• shower- it's REAL MOLDY."
MARCH 16, 2006
STUDENT VOICE
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With the importance of education ,
scholarships pl ay a v ital rol e i n
improvin g th e c o mpo si tion of our
society and th e li ves of individu als. Student Projects for Clean
Not only is thi s concert an opportunity
Energy on Campus
to support schol ars hips for Everg ree n
students, but also an opportunity to be
As you prob ably know, g ree nhouse
entertained . The Jude Bowerm an B and,
gasses are causing wh at sci enti sts are
" High Energy Funk y Groov es," and calling g lobal wa rmin g. A s most peopl e
Ali ce St uart & Th e Form erl ys , " Good k now, one of th e main ca uses of g lobal
Rockin ' Blues," will pl ay at 6: 30 in th e
warming com es f ro m cars and tru cks,
C om Building's Ex pe r im ental Th ea ter but w hat many peopl e don't kn ow i s th at
following a " hearty"' rece pti on startin g at co ll eges and universiti es emi t their fair
5: 00 p.m. T ickets are $ 10 for the rece ption share of greenhouse gasses.
and $ 18 for th e conce rt and th ey ca n bc
So at Everg ree n we are doing our part.
pu rcha sed at bu yo ly ni pi a. com , O r ca Rece ntly Eve rgr ee n stud ents have vo ted
Books. th e Everg ree n Bookstore and th e
to buy on Iy g ree n tag energy or encrgy
box offic e t wo hoursprior to th e concer t. th at is the mos t f ull y effi cient energy.
A II procee ds go to The Evergreen State T he Eve rg reen State Coll ege has won
College Found ati on Scholarshi ps.
an aw ard for thi s. Now it is t i me to go
furth er. In additi on to buy ing all gree n
tags, Th e Eve rgree n St ate Coll ege i s
loo kin g to build energy so urces ri ght
here on ca mpu s. We have grant money
th at will be use d for thi s proje ct. Part
of thi s graIit money will go to stud ent s'
proj ect s. T here has bee n a committ ee
es t abli shed t o se t gu i de lin cs, pi c k
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CaSSie Barden is a super senior
enrolled in Foundations of Visual
Arts
... ... ..... .....
"I want them to
. atte nd meetings pant-less. And then
appoint a representative for Evergreen at the state level." J Reid Johnson is a senior enrolled in
Foundations of Performing Arts
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:. "It would
:. be great to have more food
. sources after hours for Evening
and Weekend kid s and robots in the
computer ce nter."
"I think
....... . . " ... "they should
get rid of the Greenery and
give freshmen back their
ovens."
Ashlee Wac tor is a senior enrolled in
Beats, Bukowski and Dorothy
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Neal Sauer is a fresh man enrolled in Res'
Publica
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:'''1 want the government to
. bri ng co hesion to the Ever- ".
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"If they could get ANY: THING done, I would be happy." . . green com munity by provid.
- Ch ris Jennings-Shaffer is a junior
ing a public foru m."
...
enrol/ed in Math Syste ms
Veronica 017 Happy' is a
sophomore enrolled in, •.•
Ceramics
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journali st , t r an slat o r and hum a n
ri g hts activi st representing t he Iraqi
g ro ups Wom en's Will and Women ' s
Ca ll for Peace, wi II be spea ki ng on th e
situati on in I raq as part of a nation al
tour. She arri ved on M arch 5 as pa rt of
a delegati on of Iraqi women with th e
aim o f sharing th eir experi ences wi th
th e A mer ic ans and in cit i ng U.S. and
U. N. o ffi cials to crea te a pe n r ig ht s
violati ons by both U.S. and I ra qi forces
and has reg ul arl y publi shed ar t icles on
women's cond it iOlls in Iraq i si nce the
U. S. -l ed invasion. She \vill be appear ing
tw ice on Frid ay, M arch 17: f rOIll 12:30
to 2:00 p. m. in Sem 1/ 011 07 and at 7:
30 p.m. at Uni ted C hurches (11 0 Il 'h
Ave SE). 8 0t h eve nt s are f ree and open
to th e publ ic.
Rachel Corrie
Commemorative Events
O ly mp ia n and Everg ree n stud ent
Rachel Corri e died on M arch 16,2003. To
mark t he third anni ve rsa ry orM s. Corrie's
death , three publi c events are being held
in O ly mpi a. A t Evergree n, th ere w ill
be a read ing of her word s from noon to
2: 00 p.m. in Se m II E3 105. At 7: 00 p.m.
a re membrance and vigil w ill be held ·
beginning in th e First Chri sti an Church
(701 Franklin St. SE) and mov ing to
Percival L anding for the vig il. L as tly, at
9 :00 pm there wi II be a memori al dance
party at Yes Yes (320 41h Ave W) with
OJ PHA N.
• MARCH 10, 5:45 P.M.
An Evergre en officer drew
h is firearm o n a mot orcyc l e
driver af ter a f our minute
pursuit lea d ing off campus.
Th e d ri ver was using the Fir e
La ne near the Soup a nd sped
past a pa t r o l unit after an
attemp t ed initial sto p. ThA
officer b egan p u rsui t and
fo und the bike and driver in a
ga ra ge on Ra i nwood Dr ive where
he was taken i n to custody after
t h e officer d rew a gU ll . Yes .
A gun .
• MARCH 11, 1:32 A . M.
Respo nding to a nO ise
compla i n t in T Dorm , off i cers
found a man with blood on h is
hands, casu ally lighting a
ci gare tte , fil ter s id e out.
Wh e n as ked what h e was d oing,
he stated he wasn't aware he
was smokin g th e filt er. The
man was arrested for MIP and
is sued a t r es pas s warning Eor
TE SC . His br eatha li zer result
at the stat i o n was .205%.
• MARCH 10, 12:24 P.M.
A student ravaged Aramark
f o r $3.29 after leaving the
d el i withou t payin g fo r a
juice drink . The student made
a point that thef ts fr o m big
corporations really didn't
affect socie t y becu a se they
can simply "write off their
los ses." This i s the third
t h e f t reported from food
service th is week .
• MARCH 09, 3:14 A . M.
Incunabula
Thi s Sa i nt Patri ck 's D ay, wh y not
stumbl e over to the HCC to take in some
" mind mending a ural manipUl ati on?"
Dea fchild , 8 acc hu s and Jaco b Am an
w ill be pl ay ing " psyc hedelic electronic
mu sic " desc rib ed as " bo oty - shak in ,"
" in sa nely cool " and the product o f a
" res ident ex tra-t erres tri al," res pecti ve ly.
Promoti onal literatu re spec ifica lly insists
thi s event be " substa nce free ." With a
suggested donat ion of $5, th is eve nt w i II
run frolll 7:00 p.m. to I :00 a.m.
An o n - d u ty RD c o n tacted
Po lic e Servi ce s f or assista n ce
d ur ing a h o u si n g c h eck i n B
Dorm when she located a multi co l o r ed s moki n g dev i ce and an
Ai rso f t Gun . The own er of the
items' actions were forwarded
to the grievance officer.
• MARCH 14, 10:15
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A man slipped and fell down
a stairwell in SEM II. When
officers arrived o n s cene the
man said he may have i njured
his ankle . He was t ransported
to Health Se r v i ces.
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Funding WashPIRG
Continued/rom cover.
43 percent of th e WashPIRG budge t ing, nat ional campaign supplies, th e of only $35,000 to $40,000 annually
pay s A nundson 's sa lary, and a portion salary of a national campaign manage r, depending on the level of student parof his boss's . Anundson 's salary and and a Was hPIRG website .
ticipation in the fee .
A nund son says StudentPI RG 's stratl"", neftt package is roughl y $25 ,000 for
Anund so n say s the la ~ge discrepancy
egy is to have activi sts both on and off in Eve rg reen and U W 's bud ge ts is
t h ~ academic year. The $2 fee increase
would give Anundson's s ucce ss or a co ll ege ca mpu ses working o n the same becau se UW has an opt-in system versus
s li g ht cost of li ving
, our opt-out system . Thi s
in crease in th e fall.
mea ns th at student s at
" We wouldn ' t be
WashPIRG Budget Breakdown
UW hav e to go out of
ab le to be as strong
th ei r wa y to pay the fee, .
wi th out a full - tim e
unl ike Everg ree n where
coord i na tor," s a y s
stud en ts have to sig n a
Anund son . He say s
wa ive r to not pay it.
WashPIR G is abl e to
Anunuson
s ays
do "a lot more for th e
UW cover s th ei r ow n
o Pl! roJ Li o n i:ll
co mmunity per dollar"
P1RG
ex pe n s es ev e n w ith
2]%
than o th er s tud e nt
a sma ller budget , but
Dl! Vl! lu pm c n l
groups becau se of the
d oes n ' t contribute as
full-time coordinator
much as they should to
pos ition. Hi s job is to
larger off-campu s cammanage ca mpai g ns ,
paigns for a university or
organize volunteer s
their size. A nundson says
and " train students to
U W's sma II budget does
be kickass activi sts ."
not mean the Evergreen
Operat i on a l
chapter could run on a
expenses
account
smaller budget.
for 23 percent of the
The biennial vote · is
wages
WashPIRG budget.
WashPIRG's. "biggest
43%
This pays for office
grassroots outreach on
supplies, a phone line,
campus. It takes a lot of
photocopies, travel to regional events, campaigns . Off-campus campaigning is time to coordinate," says Anundson,
advertisements in the CP J and other not directly related to Evergreen, but " but if you really want to build a long
related costs. They also pay rent for part of StudentPIRG's larger effort as term group, you need a stable fundtheir office in the CAB because they are a watchdog group.
i ng source, and there's no more stab Ie
not funded through Student Activities.
Roughly 85 percent of Evergreen stu- source of funding than students."
Rent for Anundson's cubicle runs just dent s pay the quarterly WashPIRG fee .
A nundson says Evergreen is an example
under $100 per month .
Campaign expenses account for 34 of how successful StudentPIRG chap- Sam Guldsmith is a senior enrolled in a
percent of the budget. This money goes te rs can be at getting funding from stu- contract lilled Writing the News.
to national staff recruitment and trai n- dents. UW, for example, has a budget
Blair Anundson: "Here
are a few examples
of campaigns and vic tories over the last 2
years. "
• During the 2004 election season, WashPIRG
registered 500 Evergreen
students and contacted
over 1000 more during our
get-out-the-vote drive.
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• WashPIRG worked
on the campaign Power
Evergreen on Clean
Energy.
• WashPIRG worked to
pass the Clean Cars for
Washington Act, requi ring tougher emissions
standards for automobiles
in Washington.
• WashPIRG members
have raised money for
groups who are working to fight hunger and
homelessness. They have
raised funds for tsunami
relief, Hurricane Katrina
relief, Bread and Roses,
and more.
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the federal government
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News Commentary
The big question:
What now?
By Jacob Berkey
Time to get motivated! The quarter with
the sunny weather is just around the comer.
Spring is the perfect season to get out there
and engage in some community action. So
what will get you out there?
Guilt can motivate some towards action
'" with so much going on and so much left
to do, just sitting around this spring quarter will leave you feeling guilty forever.
Every morning the eyes peering back at
you in the bathroom mirror will fill you
with frustration and disgust. Not only will
you be so severely racked with guilt that
you will be unable to function, but you
will also be unable to forgive yourself for
all the wasted time. A good guilt trip may
motivate you to act.
Pride is what gets some people involved
... imagine helping others. The joy and
wo nder on their faces as you brin g a
change to their life. Internall y the pride
wells up in yo ur soul beca use you know
that yo u are totall y awesome . Finally all
that hard work has paid off. Your privileged position- as a college student- is
being used for increasing the good in the
world. Your actions have fund ame ntall y
changed the life of another forever. Pride
may be your motivator.
It could be that you are motivated by
fe ar ... nuclear war, death and pestilence
are everywhere. Governments with blood
on their hands di senfranchi se the masses
under the cloak of corporate perso nhood. People are starving and freezing
in the streets. Noone cares and soon the
world will end- burning and screaming.
The 'revolution ' will tear it all down so
everything will start new- a better way, a
brighter tomorrow. Fear motivates some
to action.
Here at the Center for Community
Based-Learning and Action (CCBL&ASem II E2125) we help motivated students
get involved. Depending on what your
inspiration is we can hel p you find an
avenue to get real-world experience in
the field. There is a lot that needs to be
done to make the world a better place for
everyone. We work with many community
groups to connect students with opportunities to get going.
Make us
your ,jrst
S$op to •••
We provide opportunities, guidance and
sometim es even tuition awa rds ! With the
Students in Action (SIA) program we can
offer tuition awards to student s who are
involved in their community. Money can
be a motivator too, and with thi s sweet deal
you'd be silly to take a hi ghe r pl ane and
pass it up-spots are limited.AII it requires
is signing up at the Center.
Students, whatever your motivation ,
the Center is here for you. There are all
kinds of good things happening out there.
We ' ve already helped many students find
their ca lling and students have helped us
find ours as well. It really is a cool place
to be.
So maybe you're motivated to stop on
by and say hi. Maybe you are not interested
because of gui It, fear, pride or money matters . This spring quarter will turn out to be
one of the most action-packed yet. Li ke it
has been stated before, there is a lot to be
done and a lot going on.
By J. Reid Johnson
If the votes continue on the trend set by
the first two polling days, the 'Geoduck
Union' constitution will be rati tied . Which
makes this the perfect moment to ask the
pressing question: What wi II our student
union do?
Contained in the proposed constitution
there is a noted lack of specifics, although
that is exactly as it was intended. Co-author
of the constitution, Brad Bishop, said in an
interview: " We didn 't want this process to
be about what we perceive as the failure of
the last attempts. Which is that you spend
the Whole campaign figuring out what it
is that you are trying to do. "
Taking the question strai ght to the
student body I found that many believe
it should confront the administration on
an assortment of iss ues, anything from
smoking shelters to curriculum with food
service railing somewhere in the middle ...
as to how representatives would go about
enacting said changes, no one is sure.
Speaking with admini strative staff I
was slightl y surprised at their excitement
at the prospective formation of a student
government ... though now I reali ze how
troublesome it must be attempting to fulfill
the needs or four thousa nd plus indi viduals
when one cannot be sure of their collective desires.
In talking to various student s affiliated with student groups, it secmed some
believe that the union would ostensibly
carry forward the agendas of their groups
with the extraordinary power of representation ... although what exactly is stopping
them from gathering representation for
themselves, I am not sure.
Carrying the student union forward has
been the concentrated dismissa l regarding
function . At this stage in the proceedings
it appears the question will be answered
by the representatives themselves. That
being said, I certainly do not look forward
to guessing which twenty-one candidates'
collected stance might be productive ... or
at the very least, not destructive. Nor do I
have the sl ightest envy for the unfortunates
upon whom it wi II fall to answer the big
question: What do we do /lOw?
Prior to undertaking thi s story I had
done a fairly respectable jo b or avoiding
the Student Activities offices altogether.
Similar to many students. I instinctuall y
feared that once passing too fa r beyond
those glass doo rs, some part of me m igh!
ne ve r make it out. My in stincts were right.
Like a mi st just above the cubicle wa ll s,
my trepidati on will fl oat for who knows
how long.
1. Reid .Jvhnson is a senior enrolled in
Foundations or Performin g Arts. He has
also apIJoimed himself as th e 'Specia l
Correspondent tv Emerging Demvcracy '
and will continue 10 cover Evergreen :\.
siudent union process.
New Community Language Lab
Continued/rom cover . ..
Upcoming Events:
The Gleaners Coalition Community
Day March 25
Neighborhood Action Week
April 24-28
Jacob Berkey is afirst-year MPA siudent.
"This is an initial step," Pat Krafcik says. "Our greatest wish is that people will come
and use the lab ... we hope the campus community will respond to this so that the lab
can grow and be<;ome a staple of the campus."
The lab is the result of the hard work of Susan Fiksdal, Judith Gabriele and Pat
Krafcik, who represent over thirty faculty who teach languages. The lab is located in
Seminar II, A3116A and is open six days a week, Monday through Saturday.
Caryn Ice is a junior enrolled in Language and Law and an independent contract
called Advanced Studies in Latin .
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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FEATURES
Summer seminars in Central Asia:
Mosques, Mountains, and Minarets
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"The perception of pervasive corruption
at the top seems to many to justify the
unprincipled quest to succeed at any
cost in their own lives, and the
widespread cheating in our culture
renects this sad truth. The oppressive
effect of the prevailing market moralities
leads to a form of sleepwalking from
womb to tomb, with the majority of
citizens content to focus on private
careers and'be distracted with
stimulating amu$ement~. "
Tickets available 'at www.TicketsWest.com or at the following locations:
Rainy Day Records
2880 W Harrison
mpia 360.357.4755
QFC
4101 49th Avenue NE
Tacoma 253.925.5040
Wall of Sound
315 E Pine Street
Seattle 206.411.988.0II!I!III
Thi s summ e r, a g ro up of ve ry fit ,
very adve ntu ro us a nd very inqui s iti ve
Evergree n stud e nt s w ill be ex pl o ril1g
some o f our ma rve lo us pl a net 's mos t
exoti c cu Itural and ph ys ical land sca pes.
Heavy bo o ks , heavy ba ckpac ks, hi gh
temperatu res, hi gh a ltitude cl imbs. bli ste rs, sweat, bu shwh ac kin g and fa ti g ue
awa itthem. Eve n more exc iting, howeve r,
is th e fact that yo u too still have tim e to
j oin us on thi s trip of a lifetim e. Seve n
weeks of intensive on-campus hi stori ca l,
cultural and literary surv eys w ill prim e us
for three weeks of our field component in
Central As ia. Not onl y will yo u have th e
opportunity to earn 16 credit s fo r th e full
summer offering (combin ed A and B term),
but yo u can do so .for an ext rao rd in aril y
reaso nabl e pri ce ( max imum in- co untry
ex pe nse , $2,00 0). But w hy wo uld yo u
wa nt to do so , yo u mig ht ask? Fo ll owing
is a short li st or th e appea l: un iqu e Sil k
Road oasis cities, stagge rin g alpine bea uty,
pro found remoteness, ex pos ure to fasc inatin g cultures and peo pl es , befri cndin g loca l
sh~ph e rd s and reg iona l Eng li sh-s peakin g
co llege students who w ill be hi king w ith
us, ex pl orin g Ce ntr al As ia's vas t c ultu ra l and geog raphi c d ivers ity, tre kkin g
through hi gh a lpin e settle ment s, a nd of
course, ho ldin g se minars around ni ghtl y
camp fires.
So yo u still re main un convin ce d? Keep
in mind that on e need not be a seaso ned
mountain ee r to a pprec ia te th e in co m pa~
rabl e bea ut y of th e reg ion and th e equ all y
impress ive hos pitali ty of our hos ts. Asa nUsa n Pea k, fo r exa mpl e, comm a nd s a
presenc e th at is so mag ni fice nt . so very
phys ica l, as to make even th e boldes t egoist
bow to th e power of th e sublim e. Simil arly,
eve n j aded tra velers will be so ft ened by
th e a uth en ti c war mth o f th e Kyrgyz
shep herds wh o free ly proffe r de li c ious
kum yz (fe rm ent ed mare's milk ), butt er
and yogu rt to th ose of us who are me rely
pass ing through. Im ag ine fi nd in g yo urse lf,
if yo u can, rec lining on your back in a lu sh
10,000' hi gh alpin c meadow and gazi ng
skywa rd to.adm ire anot her 6,000 ' o f sheer
"ranite wa ll s loomin g above . Then s imply
~OILyouI}{ead a few deg rees and take in th e
im men"se 'purjty ofa nea rby 19,000' glac i,
, ': Py ramid Peak , a ll of whi ch
; h""<;;';;' h~ " r" ,' ,r! ,by. th e home-bake d bread
hospita li ty of our grac ious semi ~s:. Yo u are li ke ly to fee l as if
th e first ex plo rers to wa lk
. y alley.
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re in th e far reaches of th e
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many hi ghli g hts
,al pin e environ' ibutes o f both
not tec hni ca ll y de mandin g,' anyo ne who
has reg ul a r back packing skill s wi ll fee l
at home, so long as th e ir fitn ess leve l is
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to p-n otch.
If th e diffi culti es already so un d too
da unt ing 'to ent ice yo u to trave l to th e
reg ion, bu t i f a n intc res t in Ce n tra l
As ia n hi story, po liti cs a nd c ulture still
intri g ues yo u, read on, for Everg ree n's
summ er co urse, "Ce nt ra l As ia: Mosques,
Mo unt a in s, a nd M in a re ts ... a nd
Back packs," in vit es a ll st ud ent s wh o
wish to lea rn more about an in creas in g ly
criti ca l- and still re lati ve ly unkn ow nreo ion o f th e wo rl d. Stu de nts will be abl e
to ~a rt1 16 credits e ntire ly via on-ca mpus
academi c study, or via a combin ati on of
on-campus and on-locatio n stud y. Those
who choose th e latt er optio n w ill spend
one week ex pl or in g th e exo ti c a nc ient
Silk Road citi es o f Tas hke nt, Samarkand
and Bu kho ro, as we ll as two weeks hig h
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As ian lJsan and Pyramid Peak fromlile Karas li Valley.
in th e Pamir Mountain s, one of th e wo rld 's
greatest ranges. Those who c hoose not to
join th e class on th e trave l com po nent will
complete in tc nsivc resea rch pro jects du ring
th e sa me pe ri od. Beca use th e co urse w ill
also o fTe r a var iab le credi t opt io n, students
who des ire to joi nth e tri p, fo r exampl e, but
who do not des ire or need to ea rn th e full
16 credi ts can opt to reg ister fo r as few as
2 credit s up on adva nce consult ati on w ith
th e fac ult y.
T h is summ er 's co urse is e nvis ioned
as a prev iew to 2006-07's yearl ong progra m " Ru ss ia and Euras ia: Empi res and
Endur ing Legac ies," As expec ted , some of
th e st ude nt s who are jo ining thi s uniqu e
trip ar e co min g to it wi th th e deta iled cultu ra l, lin gui sti c and hi storical know ledge
that th ey learn ed dur ing 1004-05's Russ ia
progra m, whereas oth e rs s impl y des ire
to ga in an in trod ucti on to Ru ss ia n a nd
Ce nt ra l As ian st udi es. Regardl ess of yo ur
prepa rati o n, parti c ipati on re ma in s ope n
to a ll reg istered s umm er stu de nts. That
is, no academi c prercqlli site is req ui re d
fo r the co urse or th e trek component , but
ma turit y, exce ll ent ph ys ica l condition and
a willin gness to endu re un expec ted phys ica l a nd cultural hards hips are a must for
th ose who choose th e trave l compo ne nt.
Robert Smurr, a spec iali st in Ru ss ian
and Environm ental History, will be teacliin g th is summer co urse and lead ing the
trek . He has led num ero us co mm ercia l
ex pediti ons to the reg ion and has arranged
to offer an en hanced tr ip to stud ent s for
a grea tl y redu ced pri ce . (Thi s mea ns, of
course, no air-co ndit io ned bu ses, lower
quality hotels, etc.) Togeth e r w ith Patr icia
Krarc ik , a spec iali st in Ru ss ian literature
and fo lkl ore, Ro b has bee n teac hin g th e
academic yea r Ru ss ia progra m eve ry oth er
yea r sin ce 2000-0 I.
Pat and Rob have a im ed to co nvey the
bea ut y, enormit y and g reat div ers ity of
th e fo rm er Ru ss ian (a nd Sov iet) empire
to stu de nt s vi a texts, lectures and fi lm
in eve ry Ru ss ia program th at th ey have
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on a backpackin g trip to Siberia 's remote
Altai Mounta in s. There we had a cha nce
to sample th e di ve rse ethnic , re l'i g i o~, sand
reg ion th at has see n only a handful o f Cent ra l As ia rath er th an return to our beaut iWes tern ers, stud y in g it s hum a n a nd ful but famili ar No rth we9t ho me.
natura l hi story, a nd s har in g our da il y
Much lies in sto re for stud en ts befo re the
ex pe ri e nces w it h Kyrgyz a nd Uzbe k hiking porti on o f our j ourn ey ac tu all y ge ts
frie nds . But w he re , yo u m ig ht ask, ' underway, howeve r. Indeed, the trip begins in
are the Pami r Mou nt ain s, Kyrgyzs tan Tas hke nt , Uzbe ki stan's eno rm ous and a lways
and Uzbeki stan, and what makes th em vibrant ca pital c it y- for mer ly th e thi rd -I argso spec ia l? All are located in th e very est c it y in th e entire Sov iet Uni on. Here we
heart o f Ce ntral As ia, direc tl y nort h of meet ou r hos ts a nd ge t a to ur of the city.
Afghanistan a nd so uth of Kazak hstan. The fo llow in g day we board a fli ght to the
The Pa mi r-A la i Mo untain s are fo und anc ient Sil k Road cit y ofB ukhoro. The shee r
at th e nort he rn ext reme of th e Pamir num berofanc ient architec tura l mas te rp ieces
Range, it se lf an enorm ous Cha in that th at have su rvived th e ce nturi es in thi s oas is
fo rm s' th e core of th e ~o - ca ll e d Ce ntral- is as toundin g in its ow n right , but th e vas t
As ian knot: th e Himalaya, Karakorum, ense mble is so we ll prese rved and authenti c
Pamir, Tien- Shan, Hindu Kush and Kun th at yo u w ill ex pect to see Marco Polo's caraLun Ra nges all spin o ff ga laxy- li ke in va n- or Ta me rl a ne 's troo ps- aro un d any
eve ry dir ecti on fro m th is ce nt e r. No t corn er. We' ll have tw o full days to ex pl ore
su rpri sin g ly, th en, Kyrgyzs tan has one th e ancie nt khan ate's mosques, back all eys
of th e wor ld 's hi ghest ave rage co untry and spice ma rke ts before we d ri ve across th e
elevati ons, and it s indi ge nous peop le sta rk and for bi dd in g Kyzy lkum (Red Sa nd)
have long so ught refuge in its iso lated Desert to th e most famo us of all Silk Road
va ll eys fro m some o f th e wo rl d 's most ci tie s, Sa mark and .
powe rful in va ders , in clu d in g Ge nghi s
Sim ply im ag in e: yo u and you r class mates
Khan and Tamerl a ne.
are now standin g in Reg istan sq uare, the heart
Certa inl y the Pami r-Alai'sgcograph ic of Sa mark and. In fro nt o f yo u loo m three of
iso latio n is a llurin g in it s own rig ht , bu t the wor ld 's g reatest exa mples of Timuri d
it is th e might of thi s range , togeth er with arc hit ec ture, the She r-D or, Till a-Ka ri a nd
it s mag ni ficc nt pea ks, remote va ll eys Ulu gbek Ma drassas , th e la tt e r of w hi c h
and anc ient nati vc peop les th at make dates to th e 15'" cen tury, There are few s ites
th e reg io n so uniqu e. Fo rtun ate ly for in the wo rld th at can riva l th e grandeur of
us, th e wea th er durin g our late August th e architectura l harm ony found here. O nl y
trip wi ll be idea l: day time te mpe ratu res if th e Fre nch chose to bui Id two more NOI re
in the mount ain's wi ll ra nge from 50 to Dame cath edra ls to stand s ide by sid e w it h
80 deg rees , and ni ghts are unli ke ly to th eir ex istin g mas terpiece wo ul d the Reg istan
drop be low freezing, eve n at o ur hi gher Sq uare have a wo rthy competifor.
camps. Add to thi s eq uat ion th e compl ete
The goa l o f th is program, and eve n mo re
abse nce of mosquitoes, th e probab ility so of its trave l compo nent , isto g ive st uden ts
of on Iy short an d sporad ic rai'n showers, a dee per unde rstandi ng il r 6u'r' wo nderfu I and
and yo u get a sense of the alpine paradise wo nderfull y di ve rse plan'et'.; F,rankl y speakth at awa its yo ur ar ri va l. O ur tre k wi ll in g it s rea l age nda is' to trans form stu den ts
also be bl essed by surpri si ng ly lu sh fl ora int~ ge nuin e wo rl d ' c i ti zen s ,~:O n es who are
at every turn and every altitud e, fo r here cur io us and compass'io'Bate a~3ut a ll peop les
we'l l enco unter a profusion o f di ve rse in all pl aces. Aga in ,: kee p in· ;n ind th at thi s
wildfl owers, gnarled anCient juniper and course and its assoc iate'd, trav'el componen t
cedar trees, and e n d iess'.y~ k iind sheep- is open to all int e re~ tetd :s'ttid~ nt s. Fo r furgrazed meadows. ';
th er informa ti o n, pl easrEori t'~gt Rob Smu rr
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I've been watching
TRL much of these past
wceks, my Evergree.n
education rcally, and
aside from all the physical ailments and side
effects resulting, I feel
that I need to have sex
wi tb the lead singer
of th e All-American
Rejects and I'm consuming massive quantities of
Coca-Cola™, which is
odd 'cuz I'm straight and
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Prospect
Hummer
[CD-single E.P.]
Animal Collective featuring Vasht i
Bunyan
Fat Ca t [Caroli ne]
Relcased May 24, 2005
Thi s is a more appropriate ven uc
for Vashti Bunyan . Although hcr previously mentioned solo album rcleasc
seems quite modern yet tim eless. th e
instrumentalism provided by th c Anilllal
Collective makes thi s relca se just seem
somehow more fitling. Wilh slranger,
less traditi ona l backdrops for her voice ,
the music seems to ha vc thi s quality that
Vashti Bunyan has always anticipated for
her music th at I have convinced myse lf
she has always desired. This prospect
hummer, which I have yet to receive ,
only sweetens the deal. The other
prospect hummer, not fe llatio related,
is equally relevant 'euz I prospec tively
see myself humming this in the future.
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Some danced around the fire ,
some sat by the altars, some circled
around the whole space a nd others lay
During
quietly on the floor.
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Synergy week, I parWhen the musi c came down, we gathticipa ted in two different dance ered and sat in a circle again and spoke
events, both held at th e Longhouse. The of our experiences. Somehow I'd forgotfirst was the GypsieNation Ritual Dance. ten how important dance is for me. I 'd
The second was a Ceili (Kay-lee), a Celtic spent a good portion of my life with only
social dance ritual.
dance as my focus, but for the past few
The GypsieNation dance was held years I've been away from it, busy in my
during the afternoon. It was to be a ritual head. If nothing else, I was grateful for
dance for purification and healing. As we having been reminded ofthe power dance
crossed the threshold of the front entrance has for me , to connect me, to center me,
of the Longhouse, we were told we were to lift me out of my physical. The kind
entering a non-verbal space : No talking. of energy tapped into and raised can be
There was a fire burning in the fire-pit, powerfully cleansing a nd help to process
and altars with 'candles' (battery-oper- all kinds of emotions. With focused in tenated) were set up in a few places. People tion, a gathering of people can affect not
had been encouraged to bring items that only the molecules inside of them, but
were significant for them to place on the even those outside. I left in silence filled
altars. Days before, I'd chopped off 15 with emotion and filled with a se~se of
inches of my hair, representing specifi- the possible.
cally the last 5 years of my life, and genThe second dance I participated in was
erally the last 10. I ' d considered bringing the Ceili, a completely different ex periit, but just having my bare neck with me enee. A Ceili is an interactive social dance
was enough. I was still reeling from the with partners,
effect of it, and this was to be the first time
s teps
and L3 ~
I would dance without my hair.
patterns to
..
As we entered, somewhat ambient be
followed ,
'music was playing over the speakers, and much direct
it was a time for warming up . After awhile eye
an d
the head dude, Skywalker, gathered us all
hand contact
into a circle and spoke to us about dance with friends
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as ritual. Dance has always been a part of
we ll as
ceremonies in many cultures througho ut sastrangers.
It
history, for purposes of worship, heal was nighting, rites of passage, as \vell as for soc ial tim e
and
occas ions. At thi s 'GypsieNation dance , there was a
we were to focus on lelling go, puri fica- li ve band,
tion and healing. We all took a moment to Fiddlehead,
focus, and Skywalker suggested we call complete with Ui ll ea nn pipes, to encourourselves back to our chosen intentions age us. To ge t a nd keep everyone going
throughout the tim e we were dancing. The th ere was a 'ca ll er', Patti Martig. She
music the n began.
no t on ly ca ll ed o ut what we were to do
All kinds of world ambient hip reggae nex t, she first taught us all th e basic steps
etc. kept folks swi rling and groov ing for we needed to know to get anyw here at a
abou t .90 minutes. Most eve ryon e was Ceil i.
within themselves and in th e music. There
Being part Iri s h, I had to dress app rowere some children who danced with pri a tel y. I debat e d between my lon g
each other, and so me adults inte rw ove, green with sub tl e Ce ltic flavor skirt and
but mostly it was a so lit ary experience. m y short white co llon wen(;h blouse, or
T his suited me fine , as I am accustomed m y new used neve r-wo rn-by -me short
to it. Dance and music and I go back all woolen kilt sk irt , with my big w hite
the way. For me dance has a lw ays be en a cotton poets/pira tes/Ce lts s hirt. I opted
non-verbal form of comm unica tion with for the short wool combo. The only other
myself, with my emotions, and with some pers on dressed like me was a guy with
part of The Mystery. This time I could not long hair and a beard. He looked good in
help but focus on the wound at the back of his kilt skirt and his white co tton po e ts/
my neck, and all that went with my missing pirates/Ce lts shirt, and I started to have
hair. I found it was like dancing without an identity crisis . There I was , short me
one of my limbs. Much to let go of, much with my kilt and my boots on, looking in
to break through to. I allowed myself to go the mirror at this tall bearded long-haired
inside completely and to connect with the dude, wearing the same outfit. To add to
unspoken, the pain as well as the hope. It that, my friend had come with me wearseemed that many did the same, though I ing her flouncy fairy dress, so naturally I
Su fjan Stevens
Asthmatic Kitty
Released Jul y 5, 2005
Basically, I have a problem, or rather a difficulty. The problem lies in the fact that it's 6:30
a.lll. and I'm sti ll writing thi s crap; the difficulty li es in that I ca n' t find all th e sad songs on
thi s album I- I was gonna say reveled in, but apparently that's a synonym for being drunk
and I'm already that so where docs that leave me? Stranded, that's wherc. The fucking lexicon
left me high and dry once again- indulged myself in, the night none of you will remember
because none of you were there. This particular night I did not get laid, but a very good fricnd
and I made the perilous journey to Princeton because we had nothing else to do. We did get
lost, and there were some sad songs that have since been mislaid by me, presumably along the
road, that I'm fishing for now. So now I am lost in all of this nonsense, but like that fateless
night in January, Mr. Sufjan Stevens will save me, and hopefully you as we go on hitchhiking
on some God-forsaken abandoned stretch of road of destiny. He believes in Jesus, which is the
secret to our salvation, but I don 't- I'm an atheist- so I think we're all fucked. Hopefully in
his quest to redeem us all, particularly by doing so state by state via conceptual albums, he'll
save us all; hopefully he ' ll do Washington since we all need it. "For the Widows in Paradise,
for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti" is the most poignant song evcr written. Yes, I know it's not on
this album, but since I can't find any of the aforementioned songs I'm indulging myself in
this one, Like mc, as I was saying before, (before I so rudely interrupted myself) somewhere
we all lost our way and Sufjan Stevens will find it for us .
The original pressing called for Superman to be on the cover, but copyrights were not agreed
upon and that sniveling bastard Jerry Seinfeld won out. It's probably not his fault , almost
more than likely it isn 't (I certainly don ' t want to get sued, again, which is a lie, I've never
been sued . . . yet) but you gotta blame somebody. So I'm gonna blame thi s on Princeton in
the after-hours and dcdicate thi s to Mandy who won't approve but will be forever e nveloped
in that playground glow of Mr. Stevens on foreboding winter nights and who led me down
s lides that I more than don ' t regret. This albulll was released on Sufjan's labclwhi ch is nallled
after a kitty 'who sutTers from asthma nam ed Sara. Oh it's all too cute, someday I' ll have a
kitten named Suffy.
( Im port)
Bor is
Di sk Union
Relea scd November 24, 2005
Apparent ly, peopl e who bought thi s albulll ha ve als() bo ught The New
Pornographers, Sunn 0))), Q ueens of th e Stone Age, thc An imal Co llective
and C lap Your Hand s and Sa y Yeah, qui le an ec lec ti c hodge-podge of ge nres
for one band . Perhaps the o nl y band they rea ll y hold any similarities to is
Su nn 0))). who ope ncd for them at the Yes Yes somewhat recently. In fac t,
it was the night of th e GZA, whkh many of you probably remember. And I
stupidl y saw the GZA suck whe n I could 've see n Bo ri s kick motherfllckillg
ass. Well , li ve and learn. Boris is a mi x of sorta-psyc hede li e post-rock noise,
met al, pure straight-up rock and roll and what-ever the fuck else they wan t to
b.: . Pink is thei r new.:st expedition into , .. 1'1Il not goi ng to finish thi s sentence,
in fact I'm goi ng to move on to anot her one. Pink tend s to vcer more into
the stra ight up rock and roll unlike their pre vious releasc Feedhacke f; which
prctty much sounds li ke it says. Still reveling in their muddy guitar mucking,
Boris kicks it up a notch with th eir riffage (thi s one goes to II ) more attuned
to Akll/llU flU U la. I'm actuall y a little relucta nt to finish thi s re view as I'm
afraid I wvn ' t do it justice and thcn have to face mock age from my oh so elitist
friends (who am I kidding, I don't have any friends) who might not approve .
Trying to pretend you 're cool is a bitch . Anyway, thi s album provcs (not that
it needed to be proven) that the Japanese can out-rock any Amcrican band
any day, and we're just a funny funny joke to them.
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Vashti Bunyan
Dicristina Stair
Released October 25, 2005
I would like to stat e foremost that Ms.
Vashti Bunyan (a descendent of the late,
great Paul Bunyan) has the yarbles to tell
Jimmy Page, despite hi s patronage to the
unrecogni zed folk sin ger, that she would
rather record her own song to one he had
written for her. I would also like to further
sta te "Fu ck Jimmy Page ," and you can
quote me on that. These lilting, sunlit lullabies arc for slceping children now grown.
These are not nocturn es or aubades, but
sunny afternoo ns for that day care center
in all of us . It's all so dreamy, when you ·
wake up, the sun is setting but still aloft
so you can go out and play before your
mothcr picks you up and you go home to
dinner, which you hopc is corn-on-the-cob.
Afternoon fading to even ing. Favorites of
the likes of such minds as Joanna Newsom
and the Animal Collective (see below, but
later). Humming bits on a sidewalk street,
gentle mOlher Maggie lyrics. Don ovan
(Slimmer Day Reflection Sungs) down on
Nick Drake but a woman, in fact feminine
and motherly. I dun ' t think tha t I would evcr
stoop so low so as to say that someone 's
voicc is angc li c. so I won ' l say ii , but thi s
mean s I have to impl y it , or just use a di fferenl word , li ke beatific , whi ch is eq ually
reprehensible. To me, in subject transition
as I think abou l my summer vacation at
the beach like a dream. thi s is th e ES[l ers. I
kinda wanna know what espers mean s, 'cuz
that 's an awesome word, wi Ih out gypsy
mel odie s. So I' m gunna go read Beatrix
Pa ller, ha ve a nap and Ihen ha vc apple
juice and graham crack ers when I wake
up , enviable and decadent truc e noug h,
bUI th at's the life of a music reviewer. Or
at least it shou ld be . So me where in this
album is a children 's book I'll write onc..: I
actua ll y have children. Try it, you ' 1Iluve it.
Moreover, thi s has become the wonderful
mcm ory of being hungovcr on a summer
hill with a ce rtain so meone who made it
all right de sp ite the hang ove r I ha ven' t
see n the likcs of s incc until I w;lke up thi s
morning, whose l:yes l1I ade me forgct thc
terrib le ache beh ind Ill y own. Whatever,
go listen to Belle & Sebas ti an, you know
Isabe l Cambell's go ne so so me how it
no longer dull s the pain . Well , I suppose
there 's always Ibuprofen.
By the way, apparcntly Espers isn 't actually a real word, alth ough I think it might
be some kind of trcc, or at least it should
be, maybe.
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was in a wheckhair. They seemed to ha ve
come together wi th some fri e nds. I won dered if I cou ld sp in a wheelcha ir arou nd ,
if and when he beca me my partn c r. The
group aro und th em was doin g a g reat job
of it, and thc y were all ha vi ng a grcattim e.
On one of the breaks, th e two kilted lads
raced eac h other ou t to the ni g ht air- the
one in the chai r seemed to start it, and
the other, as if they were loving brothers,
good- naturedl y ran to catch up , and just
barcly passcd him as they sai led into the
darkness o uts ide the upen doors .
Another favo ril e moment of min e
happe n ed just after a female friend of
min e offered to be my gent. Of course
I accepted, and we had just heard th e
caller tell us to follow the example of the
couple opposite us. We turned to look at
said couple, only to catch them as they
plunged their tongues into eac h others
mouths while in heated mushy em brace .
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had to be the dude. I was having a gender
crisis. During one dance we worked our
way around th e CIrcle and. wound up WIth
a new partner at the end of e~ch s~quence;
eac h ttIT~e I got to my nex t g Irl I would
a utomatIcally c urt sey, eve n though I was
supposed to be the guy. The funny thing
was that the gIrls would automatically
bow back to mel
As thm gs went on , people la ugh ed
m~re and more, though th ere were tunes
of relattve. s llcnce whde everyone was
eoncentratmg really hard , or Just trymg
to ca tch their breath. .
.
Jeez, no wonder gIrls used to famt
all the time l SWlrhng around, laughtng
ridIculously, loaded down wJlh skIrts and
underthings a nd corsets and hair, ,dancmg
in tight spaces WIth 011 burntng for hght,
and probably very hltle aIr .. .
.
The Cellts always make me thtnk of
Dickens- "Mr. and ~rs. Fezziwig, top
couple'~-:- the thumping and cla~pJJ1g
and sml hng and laughmg. There s no
way not to laugh , if you're dancing at all,
that ~s ... I can imagine being miserable
all I1Ight long as you watch the one you
want dance off WIth some other one .. . .
But surely even then there must be heahng
in having your
community
dancing and
feeling such
merriment
around you .. .
h as
or m e dance
a 1ways b een a non-verba 1
.corm of communication
with mysel f, wi th my
emotions, and with some ,
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other, astonishment un our fa~es, and
wondered aloud if we were meant to do
that! We la ughed instead, and go t on wit h
our dancing.
I wonder how it must ' ve be e n back
when this was no t an unc om m on way to
spend a Friday ni g ht with many friends
and families, everyo ne fairly mcrry and
full of good fee ling toward all .. . As it
was , my head was c lea red, the stars were
out, I felt light a nd con tent.
Dance ha s a way of brin g in g people
into a place where they can open to themselves and to e;lch other. Solitary dancing,
even s trictl y couples dancing, can be of
value for the unity of th e individual, as
can co uple dan c ing for the pair. Hut thi s
group experience is tha t to the power of
10. At a Ceili in particular, each person is
part ofa creation of interlacing cunnective
circles, like those found in Ce lti c art. We
weave in and out of eac h other, touching
hands and eyes, while musicians keep
us going 'round and 'ro und ... Within a
community, where we touch each other
and laugh together at the same things,
including ourselves, without enough time
to think abo ut anything besides the next
move, the next rhythm , the nex t flourish, dance can make us all forget what
separates us : ou r thou ghts have no lim e to
se ttl e in o ur minds, no time to fester into
co nclusions and judgmcnts. We s pe nd at
It:ast those hours in a pcrfection ufunity
with e ith er ourselves a nd/or a group of
beings.
Whclher in ritual space or sucial space.
with specilic int e nti on or just for pleasure,
a lone o r in company, dance is a pure form
of being that lifts the ph ys ical inlo th e
spiritua l. Wc all necd to remcmber our
source, and ollr commonalities , and w ith
music and movement we ca n go beyond
words, whic h so often trap li S in th e life
of Ihe mind .
So, to quote one orm y da nce tcac her 's
favorite T-s hirts , I say Ic t us: Shul up and
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n a ll errort to get hi s ow n se nse o r
th e con niCI beyond what was bei ng
How video games actually impact us
ofrered hy ol hers in Ihe media, Mike Shil ey,
False perceptions held by many
advent lire trawler and fi Imm al--er. Iraveled
10 Iraq . Going as a freelance journa li st by
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siriking a dea l with hi s loca l A I3e a ffili ate
in Portland. OR . Mr. Shiley made hi s own
press pa ss al Killko's and ca shed in hi s
frequent Il yers to make the trip. Not on ly did
Mr. Shiley produce the docuillentary film
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" In side Iraq : T he Untold Story ," but he a lso
sati sfied hi s adve nturous s id e. Traveling una rm ed
throu g h Iraq for two mo nth s. he was ab le to join
a ta nk unit and , embedded wi th U.S. lo rc es, help
patrol the Sy ri an bo rd er, engag ing in a li ve-fi re
ope rat iOIl, and for hi s errort was awarded a c ivi Iia n
combat award. Hi s Rim has been re-cdited lo ur
tim es to refl ect the changes in the war in Iraq
a mi will be shown today, March 16 at 6:30 p.m .
a t th e Cap it o l Theater (206 5th Avenue SE).
Mo re inform atio n about thi s film call be founcl at
www.insideiraqthemovie.co lll
I'd like to think my world revolves around
video ga mes. Your world may not, but there
are millions of us out there that play games
every
da y
of o ur lives .
Unfortunate ly, there
are
many
people trying
to s low my
abi lity to live
my life by
censoring and
even trying
By Jacob Stanley
to shut down
certain types of video game·s . I recently
read an interesting history of the comics
industry that I feel is rather relevant to our
current situation on the issue of video games
and violence.
Com ic books got extremely popu lar after
the Second World War and as the people
reading them grew up, so did the stories
they read about in them . By 1954 there was
a crash in the comics industry after a book
was published by Dr. Fredric Wertham ,
a German-American psychiatrist, called
"Seduction of the Innocent." In this book he
attacks com ic books with violence or sexual
themes in them, saying that they encourage
youth to imitate this behavior and are a
hazard to society. This book created fear of
federal legislation and led to the creation of
the Comics Code Authority (CCA). It was
a strict set of decency laws created by thc
industry to slow the production of violent or
sexually themed comic books in the United
States, wh ich effectively shut down several
genres ofcomics immedi ately.
I mention this history because it took more
than thirty years for the comic book indust ry
to really recover from such a st igma ofreg ulat ions, and even now they aren't as popu lar
as th ey might have been had certain parental
paranoia about a book been disregarded . The fir st emerged have now grow n up wi lh
video game industry is in a si mil ar pickle vide o gall/ es in th eir li ves. The legis'lathese days with its own reg ulations. Luckil y tors are tr y in g to say th at yo uth are bein g
it already has a rating system th at isn't too corrupt ed , that they're go in g on killin g
hars h and is used by all video ga me publ ish- sprees because video games Illude thelll
ers if they want to se ll ga mes on the mass wunl to. T hat's bullshit, Kid s wa llt to kill
market. Pe ople st i11m isunderstand the way other kids becuuse sc hoo l suck s and li fe
video ga mes work, though , and continue to gets too hard for folks th at have dep respush the idea that they encourage violence sion issues, but video ga mes can be a good
in the rea l world . The rating system was outlet for th at anger if one lets it.
created for a reason: so you'd know what
No matter the spouted "facts" of congressyou're buying and for what ages such a game men and lawyers, crime has been going down
is appropriate. Parents have apparently not this past decade and video game sa les are at
caught onto th is fact.
their peak. The media would like us to believe
The idea that an imaginary world would that games are the problem and that they are
further violence and sexual misconduct is leading usdowna path towards violence perperather outlandish to imagine. I would liken trated in the name of Co linter Strike or Grand
it to saying that watching a fi 1m, such as "A Theft Auto. Violence has always existed and
Clockwork Orange," would make you want there are plenty of crazy people to go around,
to go out and kill or rape someone if such but crazy people have hobbies too, and just
mediums were thought to create unsavory because a few of them might play video games
behavior. Recently video games have been on their off time that doesn't make their hobby
called "different" than books and movies evil. Hitler liked to paint, butt hat doesn't make
because you're actively participating in the all artists fascist sociopaths or the practice of
act of violence or mi sconduct. I feel thi s art a way to train one's imagination to depict
idea is also a moot point because the rat ing violence in the world accurately enough to
system mentions specifically what the game want to perpetrate it.
is going to entai I as far as poor conduct goes,
Dungeons and Dragons was once berated as
and the description on the back of the box "satanic" by Christian groups, but it is merely
will give you an idea of what actions you a game where your imagination is allowed to
may be participating in . Don't buy Call of flourish. So are video games and perhaps that
Duty 2, a WW2 theme game, and not expect is why legislators are so again st it. If we are
to have to kill a German or two when you given a chance to participate in a world we
begin the missions.
truly enjoy and desire, such as World of WarIn any case, when one buys a video gamc, craji, 0&0. or any number of games. com ics
it is used as a tool to escape reality, not pre- or books that have enveloped our lives, then
pare for a way to re-enact it later. Video we might just get tired or the way this world
ga mes are being looked at as so methin g is working and try to change it.
th at peo pl e with so me so rt of ment a l
problem or anger issue participate in to
slow their immortal rage to kill . The fact
of the matter is that th e medi an age of Ja cob Sianley is a sophu/l/ ore enrulled inll
ga mers these days is around 25 becau se few f our -credit Rems to Xe! (/ I 3 creativity
th ose that were raised when video ga mes m odirer.
Idl e c uri os it y prompted m e to fl ip
through Eve rgree n's Extend ed Educa tio n
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th at ending rich should necessaril y be the
goal of any smart woman, man or person
of any gender.
Allow me to provide my revision of the
phrase that somehow became the titl e ofa
college course. Smart women live in ways
that uphold their beliefs. A smart woman
stops, and recognizes the wealth th at she
already has in her intellect and abilities.
Smart women, at the finish - ind ee d ,
all people- rea li ze that' rich es do not li e
in fi nances.
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, The Voice of the Poem and Other
Musics presents : "Maledelto" for
seven virtuoso speakers by Kenneth
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show to mark·the release of their new
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"ud open to all ages . 8:00 p .m. at the
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