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Issue 21
Volume 34
Apr. 13, 2006
Media equipment
stolen from Sem II
By Sam Goldsmith
Roughly $15,000 in electronic equipment
was stolen from Seminar [lover spring
break . On Saturday, April I. employees of
electronic media services discovered a projectorand two amplifiers were missing from
the AV control room in Cl105.
Officer Pam Garland, lead investigator. filed
a report documenting the theft. stating, "The
suspect would have to have i Ilside knowledge
about the security mechanisms. schedules,
alarms, etc. to commit this crime."
Garland says " serious holes in the key
system" made the theft possible. There was
no forced entry to the control room, meaning the suspect used keys. After the theft
was discovered, media services employees
inventoried their keys and found that one
set was missing. Keys are checked out to
stude nt employees for regular equipment
mai ntenance.
The ceiling mount that held the pr~iector
was taken as evidence and is in the process
of being fingerprinted. Garla lld asked the
eighteen student employees of media services to conside r voluntary fingerprinting
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to rule themselves out as suspects.
Peter Randletle. head of electronic media
services. says the college needs to find a
better way to secure the buildings that house
expensive equipme nt.
After Seminar II opened. the college went
from eight AV classrooms to over fifty. said
Randlelle. Media services hired only one
additional staff member and received no
additional funding to manage Seminar 11.
He says the building could be better secured
using electronic door systems. and stresses
the importance of Evergreen police patrolling the building more frequently.
Garland suggests security cameras be
installed to monitor the building. She
says police services can't provide constant
patrol of the expanding campus a nd that
technology could be used to beller protect
equipment. "We need to review protocols
of how buildings with \'aluable equipment
arc secured," she said.
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Cornel has' sp·o ken
By Blake Hamann and Dan
Edleson-Stein
By Sam Jessup
"They just said: Haulem-Out- Without-Hurten-Em ... "
Photographed by Laura Donohue, sophomore
Enrolled in Advanced Floristics Research
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On the evening of April 8, Dr. Comel
West spoke to an audience of just over
1,700 in the Evergreen gymnasiwn. West
is the Professor of Religion at Princeton
University, the author of seventeen books,
and a renO\\11ed orator.
Artee Young, a mem ber of the Tacoma
campus faculty and Evergreen's chair of
faeuity, kicked olTthe evening by welcoming the audience and saying a few words
about the college. Young described the
co llege as an institution that prepared students for "a life of civic engagement. " She
co ncluded her introduction by predicting
that, in the spirit of Eve rgreen's philosophy, the night's program would be one "of
significant learnin g."
Phyllis Lane, Dean of Students and
Acade m ic Support , spokc after Young .
Lane began with severa l acknowlcdg ments. Notably, Lanc ackno\\'lcdgcd Tavis
Smiley, host of 7l1e fhvis S'miley Shuw ,
who reportedly traveled to O lympia at th e
last minute to pay West a s urprise visit.
Before she introduced West, Lane also
made a point to thank the Evergreen janitorial staff for the work they did to prepare
the gym for the night's even!.
When West approached the lectem, the
aud~ence ' rose for a standing ovation. In
his introductory remarks West said he was
happy to be speaking at Evergreen, which
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: "We arc the leaders we've been looking for."
he described as " the last great experimental college in the American empire."
Before he started in on his speech, West
asked Smiley to speak to the audience.
"I came here for the same reason you
came here," Smiley said when he reached
the lectem . In his brief remarks, Smiley
praised West's work and told the audience
to expect a breathtaking perfonnance.
,. ' Life is not measured by the breaths
we take,' " Smiley said, quoting Dr. Bob
Ever feel like this campus is missing
something? Maybe better food? Maybe
a couch to take a nap on behveen your 8
·a.m . seminar on the homeopathic tendencies of male honeybees and that fourhour Wednesday afternoon drum circle
marathon? Fear not, my patchouli-scented
friend , thy prayers hath been answered I
In fact, the person who will answer them
is you, on May 22 , when the vote on the
College Activities Building renovation
takes place .
For the last four months a group of
students, faculty and administrators have
been working \"ith architects frol11 the finn
of Perkins and Will in order to develop
designs that accurately reOect the desires
of the di verse groups on campus while at
the same time c reating several differcnt
plans that fit into three distinct budgets.
The vote on May 22 will allow students
to pick between a high budget plan , a
medium-sized one, a small one and also the option of nothing at all, meaning that
the CAB stays as is with its broken kitchen
and dank lighting.
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This six-h oltr Consent work shop
will engage in a community -w ide
conversation on sex ua l assault.
Through · th e model of Theater of the
o ppr,ess'ed , workshop part ic i pa n t s
will train in building skill s to confront
sexism and sex ual violence within
their personal lives and in socie ty at
large. The workshop component will .
run four hours, from 10 a.m. until
2 p.m. The finl)l performance will
begin at 4 p.m, ~nd will include time
for participants to share' any skits they
creat'e~ in the morning, and will be
followedJ,ya Forum Theater piece~nd .
a self~r~velatorypiece entitled Fruit.
In the Forum theater piece, ' a play is
emlcteaand the audience is invited to
intervene and change the outcome of
the'ac~ion through impro~isation .Fruit
is a: 111)\0 performance by Evan Hastings
addressingmale-on-mille rape and male
gender sQcialization,
The facilitators for this event include
Evergreen alumni and· current students
Katherine Murphy, Amber Cotton, Mara
Surel a.n d Evan.Hastings ..
If you have questions or if you need
assistan~e to attend, please call (360)
867-5221 or for TTY, WA Relay 1- 800-
play i s m ono log ue-based. rehea rsa ls can
be tailored to fit indi v idual schedules.
No preparation is required. T here are
seve n ro les to be fill ed, wome n ran g ing
in age rro lll th eir mid - t ee ns to l at e
sixties. A uditi ons will be held rro m 5-7
p.m . today and f rom 2-4 p.m . Friday.
A pril 14 in the Library Media Room s.
Fo r those o f you who don ' t kn ow \V here
th ose roOI11 S are th ere w ill be sig ns to
direc t you. For m ore info rm at ion contac t
toran isa@ g m ail.co l11 .
Venezuelan Solidarity Week
Co ry Fisher-Horfman and Greg
Rosenthal , in conjunction with m ember s
from the Seattle-based NOW, will
give a comprehensive analysis o f th e
history and current situation of women ,
anarchy, and other revolutionary issues
in Venez uela, as well as strategies of
supporting th e Bolivarian Revolution .
This event i s part or Venezu e l a n
Sol idarity Week, and other events can be
found in the Cal endar section. This event
is Saturday. April 15 at th e Olympia Free
School (downtown at 610 Co lumbi a SI.
. ) from 5-10 p.m .
them re -creat ed w ith movement. mu sic
and di alog ue." Each month thi s group
Student Group Meeting 5 p.m. Monday
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Help discuss luture content, story ideas,
Vox Populi questions and possible long
term reporting projects.
ThurSday Forum 4 p.m. Thursday
Discuss ethics, journalism law and
conflict resolution .
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The · C.loth~slineProject
SatiJrday,~pr,I~9
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Qo~iifowrtblym'pia-Syl'-:ester
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Park '
On f oot patrol 1 n th e
f ore st, o f ficers came up on
se r v ic e agency " to partic ipate . T hi s
a group of women wh o ask ed
m o nth th e C II O ICE Regi onal Ilea lth
if it was OK f or p eo p le to
Network wi ll be th e co ll abl)rator i n a
wal k nake d in the woods .
performan ce on th e subject o r "Stori es
They were ass u red tha t i t
ofllclping O th ers ." T his Friday. Apri l 14
and tol d o ffiat Trad itions (300 5'1. Ave. SW) at 7:30 was not,
cers about a man wa l k i ng
p.m ., sugge sted donation $5-$ 10.
d own the trail in t h e nud e .
Witness es o n th e beach said
the suspect was not naked,
but wearing a pair of l av Toy Piano Recital
e nder s hor ts, aJlowi n g hi s
A rec it al arranged in th e hope of genitals t o "dangle ou t."
The witness e s were relieved
explo ring "the possibilit ies o f the toy
piano as a mu sical instrum ent." Beyond it s wh en the man did no t attempt
to speak to them .
in c lu sion in Reggae music, thi s reporter
ca n think o f few popular uses for thi s
dim i nuti ve musical in strum ent. Th ere
w ill be a wide variety o f per fo rm ances
on th e toy piano ranging from classica l
mu sic to improvi sational ex perim ental
mu sic. There will also be a si lent auction
or toy pianos. Th is rec ital and auction is
a benefit ror Olympia Copwateh, a local
o rga ni za ti o n d ed ica t ed to ensuring
po lice accountability in Olympia, and
Work s in Prog re ss, a free volunteeroperated progre ss iv e community
newspaper based in Olympia . Ad m iss ion
to and partic ipatio n in the event i s free .
T hi s mu sically innovati ve event is being
~r y()uJ o, de§lgnyour own
Sta~dingin the Need of Care:
Film/discu'ssion April 25, Tuesday
5 to 7:30 p,m~ Location t6 be announced.
A Verm'a family reunites from around the
world for a wedding in India. This is a
beautiful film containing many stories, one
that.is surprisi.ngl~ healing.
Pre se nt ed by T ht: E nv iron m ental
Re so urce Ce nter, Evergree n Po liti ca l
I nro Center and M ind sc reen. The "Yes
Sexual Assault in the Black Community
. Dr. Carolyn West and Mon~queDouglass.
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Tacoma campus.
Men " are se l f - de sc ri bed "pol it i c al
pran ksters im personating corporate
criminals cutting the corporate crap."
Andy " The Yes Man" Bichlbaum will
IS d€<slgned to explore htstoflcal and
lecture in conjunction with a multimedia
presentation th is Friday, April 14 from
factors that influence
Black
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. w0"1~n's;experience with sexual violence,
aw~f~;'tJ,i~t~lbi~'d~splaycontains Inte~s~/ .' Asurviyor will share her story of sexual
and~~we~(urc6nient Information ind abuse and healing.
sLipp6(t'is 'ay ailab!e at the event table.
Monsoon' ~eddi"g .
A student was taken into
custody at the Market when he
attempted to r ob food service
of a veggi e sandwich-with rice
fil ling. Va l ue: $3 .29.
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in v it es a " g u est a rti st, co mmun it y
o rga ni za ti o n and art s prog ram or soc ial I
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SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
T hursday of Winter and Spring Quarters.
It
togethe r as a
comm unity to
m ake c hange.
Wltllout other
people, you are
up against a
very pow erfu l
enemy."
Consent
at Evergreen and the Mid night Sun in
O ly mpia at the end o r May. As thi s is
perfo rm er s and aud ience. Peop le tell
moments rro m th eir li ves, then wa tch
The Yes Men
Meetings
Contact
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I ig ht o n an i ss ue w h ich is so hig h Iy
po litic ize d . T he shO\v will be produced
Playback Theatre i s a gro up
described in p ro m otional literat ure as
"a sp on taneous collaboratio n betwee n
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''' We are all
born between
urine and feces'. The
guy in fron t o f m e was
so blown away he fell
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supremacy and
male superiority."
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pl ay " C ho ices." Based o n a se ri es of
interviews w ith wo m en abo ut their
abo rti o n s, th i s st ud ent-w ritten play
prese nt s intimat e st or i es, fe eling s,
and ex peri ences, shin in g a p erso na l
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Playback Theater
Auditions a r e b ei n g h e ld for the
Join your cC?mmunity is examining
'causes of sexual violence and solutions
to ending it. Evergreen's Office of Sexual
Assault Prevention (OSA P) and student
groups Women 's Re so urce Ce nter,
Women of Color Coal ition, Coalition
Against Sexu'al Violence and Evergree n
Queer Alliance a're bringing you many
opportunities to create change. T hi s
week, The Wom en's Resource center
and OSAP bring you .. ,
By J esse Dutton Miller
teach th e acadcm ic portion of our program .
A nother sprin g has sprung and anoth er M eli ssa Ba rk er, th e fa rm manage r who
group of stud ent s has begun learnin g how
fac ilitat es th e intern ship portion of our
to grow food at the Eve rgreen Organic Farm . j: la ss, has been bumped up to full -tim e to
The Praclice o./Su.I'lainahl e AgriclIIllire is
help out w ith th e tra nsition.
an Evergree n tradi ti on; thi s is approx imately
Si nce a lot of G reeners aren' t eve n awan:
the th i rty- fi rst year th at st udent s have grow n th at th e Organ ic Fa rm ex ists, th ough we're
food here.
just a shor t walk through the Douglas firs
Our qu arter got off to a dramatic start
fro m upper ca mpu s, I ' ll tell yo u a littl e
when an Evergreen academic dean e-mailed more about why I think growi ng food here
stud ents fi ve days before classes started, to matters.
tell us th at PSA was go ing to be cance led
Within ou r lifetim es we w ill experience
thi s yea r beca use
major
c hanges
no facul t y was
In the t:conom lc
avai lablc to teac h.
stru ctures t hat shap.::
John Navaz io. last
o ur li ves.
As o il
yea r's PSA fac ult y,
suppl ies di mini sh and
bacl-;ed out of pl ans
transport at ion co st s
to teac h thi s yca r's
in crease dramati ca lly
class th ree weeks
in th e n.::x t decades,
before th e qu arter
the sys te m s that
began, wh en he
c ur r ent ly suprl y us
wa s offere d a job
w ith stap le foods wi ll
managi ng the farm
in cu r radica l cha nges.
at Prescott Co llege
Di st a 11\ monoc ult ure
in A ri zona.
ag ri cult ure currentl y
It's a shame th at
sup pl ies food for most
Tu lips will soon be reaJ)' fo r ha rws t: they· tt he
Everg reen couldn 't availahle "hen the tlUlll stand orcns up on rcJ A meri ca ns; it is, for
hold onto John , <In squarc on Tuesdays and '1It ursd:t ys 1"ICr Ihi s exa mple, th e pr incir le
expe rt see d- sav.::r lTIonl h
land sc are of my home
who is known and res pect ed around th e stal<: of Kan sas. Monocu ltu re agr icullUr.::
wor ld. It ·s hard to bl ame him tor feav ing relics 100 heav ily on oil and it s derivati ve
a tcmporary. half-tim .:: po siti on when hc chemical s wh ile fai li ng to adapt to loca l
got l,rkred somethin g bctt.:: r. evcn th ough eco log ies or en ri ch loca l .::co nom ies, th us
it meant kav in g Casca di a, one of th e bes t limiting it s cfficiency.
regions in the world for growing food .
In the future'. Im:all y grow n fo od w il l be at
The lesson is th at Evergreen ne.::ds to support a prcmium . and it w ill be III our collective
the Su st ain ab le A g riculture Prog ralll , a ad vil ntage to ha ve many pearle \\" ho an:
pi ll ar ort he co llege that draws student s rl'Olll I-;n owkdgea hle in the art and scie nce of
around th e co untry. by provid ing funding I()I' agl· iculture. A nother terlll lor thi s concept
a fu ll -time, per manent f;lc ult y member.
is "food securit y."
It III rtl S out th at th i ngs arc wo rl-; i ng out we II
Bes ide t he a fore ment ion.::d a!1proach i ng
for us thi s quarter. A ft er a choru s of student
parad iglli shift /g loba l freak - out , it ju st
prot.::s t at th e cancel lation announcc m.:: nl. Ill al-;cs sen se to grow food because loca llood
th e co ll ege hir ed Gai lil ec Ca rli sle, an pro vi des better nutrition and tas te th an food
cxper ienccd farm cr and Eve rgrccn alull1 . to th at hilS bee n trucl-; ed in from C alifornia.
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Women's Theater Audition
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away from Dr.
Cornel West's
speech at
Evergreen?
The Organic Farm learning community
is only a short walk from campus
13, 2006
HC,a ling Workshop
For Us: Tranz Survivors Healing from
Sexual AssaultlAbuse, Trans Identified Community, Gender Variant Health
Project. · Thursday, April 27,
. 5-7 p.m,--Iocation to be announced.
Discussion, activities and learning
about what works to help heal from
violence. This workshop is focused
on the needs, culture and experience
. of gender-variant-identified folks .
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7-9 p.m . in Lecture Hall I , free or
charge.
Near the party in N Dorm,
o ff i c ers responded to an
RA's ca ll fo r ass ista nce
because of a fig ht that
had occ u rre d. According to
one of the s uspects who was
b l eedi ng f r om abrasions, it
was a "consensual fight " with
a roommate, Officers doing a
f ollow-up i nvestigaton later in
the day foun d that the stories
ha d changed. One suspect was
al-reste d, and ad mitted to
being worr ied that he may harm
someone wh ile "b lac ked out."
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Organic farm
Continuedfrom Page 2
Beside the aforementioned approaching
paradigm sh ift/global freak-out, it just
makes sense to grow food because local food
provides better nutrition and taste than food
that has been trucked in from Ca lifornia .
Despite the hard work, man y of us Ii nd the
work fun and rewarding. In Los Angeles, for
example, rich people pay serious money to
do "horticultural therapy."
The outspoken ag ricu ltural vocalist and
philo sopher Wendell Berry has pointed
out that our culture currently disregard s
ag riculture as a pro letarian occupati on
un suitable for upstil ndin g citi ze ns. Thi s
subtk class ism helps ex plilin wh y so fe ll' of
us hu ng ry Am eri can, choost: to grow our
food. and wh y th ose of us who do are ort en
disregarded as sturid red necks. or conversely
as stupid hip pies who hm (' chose n to throw
off our pri vi leges and get dirty.
The truth of the matt er is that ag ri cullun: is
an incredibly compl ex sc ience; il is a lifc's
work . In the seasonlh at Ill )' class mates and I
will study agriculture at Evergree n. we will
not becom e masters of it. Annu al cropping
is a practice plagued by cmp diseases, pests,
so il mineral imbalances. inA ated rea l est al C
pri ces, and other pol il ica l and cnvi ronJ11 ental
challen ges. So me of us look to perenni al
poly-culture systems for solution s 10 some of
the problems endemic 10 annual agric ultu rc,
but the design of such systems also entails
a subli'me understanding of local ecology
and politics.
I'm just getting started. The rest w ill have
to wait for future issues. I'll be writing an
agriculture-re lated article in the CPJ every
week to help bridge the gap between upper
campus and the farm . In the meantim e.
come on down to visit the farm , volunteer
or grow you r ow n on a plot at the commun it y
ga rden . You can find the trail to the farm
off the service road beh ind Lab II . Come
on down and say hi . We' ll be here.
.Jesse /:" lII el"S (I/I Sec/ll tl ia ,'l l' lII jJe rl'ir (' ns
Dlllton Miller is a senior enrolled inl'raci icc'
of Susta in able Agriculture. Please s('lId
/i:eJhack 10 ::opolillu'll risellp.II C!1.
Snlnc I'SA students t a k ~ a minute In lean onlh~ i r hoo:s while preparing a hoop-house for spring planting. In one or our t c ~ tbook s Ste ve Solomon
points out that hoc-leaning. a time fo r rcllcct ion and meditation is a"a vi tal gardening chore. equally as important as hoe sharpcning... don' t k t an yone
call thi s la/ incss."
Are You Prepared?
t
Putting Together a 72-Hour Emergency Kit
r
Thank you all for your patience and
understanding.
Midway through last quarter you may
have noticed a certain smell coming from
somewhere in your pad. After searching
everywhere for odor origins, you found it!
Your compost bucket! So, as all compost
comrades do, you took its contents to the
closest compost station and what?!
No buckets! Buckets.
The compost facility has had a string of
bad luck lately. Our manure spreader broke
for a short time but that didn't stop us . We
kept composting. Then it was fixed.
"Awesome! We're composting, composting, yeah compost!" we all shouted.
Then the worm bin broke, which is the last
component ofthe active composting phase .
Buckets! Then the manure spreader went
down for a second tim e, and that spreader,
comrades, is the machine that mixes
our material into the 'Forced Aeration
Reactors ' for hot composting.
" Hmmmm, looks like the sys tem is
down." sa id Johnny Com poster. "That's
right:' agreed J ill Com poster.
Without these pieces of equipment the
facility cannot operate. Do not despairwe are working very hard to get the system
back online. On the brighter note, we are
trying out a sifter to recover the larger
woodchips out of compost that is curing.
Presently we are co ntinuin g positive
support here at Evergree n Com post by
confronting, act in g, and dissolving our
limitations.
For investigation of home composting,
goog le WSU plus compost and search on
the site for home composting.
Attention
Compost
Comrades!
The Compost
Crew:
• Melissa Barker, farm
manager/compost manager
• Jonathan Pavley
• Jonathan Breger
• Christine Burgess
• Jay Carmony
• Alex Slakie
Please take note that the administrators
and facilities employees are working hard
to address the current and future goa ls of
composting, as well as fixing problems
li sted above.
FYI : There is an exciting curriculum
for spri ng lined up for the farm and COI11post: the programs Praclice ()(Sustainable
Agriculture and Composting Sy stems, a
continuation of EcologicaL Agriculture.
Co mpo sters unit e for questions on
Tuesday, Apri I 18at 3 p.m. at the Compost
Facility, located on Lewi s road at The
Eve rgreen State College Organic Farm.
Thank you for composti ng!
--Com post Crew
5
Help Evergreen without
leaving your chair
By Brooke McLane-Higginson
Here 's what you can do to help Evergreen
improve its academics and student support
services: complete the Evergreen Student
Experience Survey (ESES) that may soon
arrive in your inbox or mailbox . Yeah sure,
you say, like filling out a survey has ever
made anything change. But thi s survey
does make change.
Completing the ESES is like writing
an evaluation of the entirety of Evergreen,
except that it takes only ten minutes and
you only have to make checkmarks in
boxes. The su rvey inquires into faculty,
classes, workload, student employment,
diversity, the Everg reen community,
activities and events, and yo ur overall
sat isfaction. The last ESES results revealed
that many sophomores were unable to
enroll in their top-choice program s, and
Evergreen's administration immediately
opened more sop homore sea ts in th e
curriculum. See? Change.
T he ES ES is ad mini s tered by
Evergree n' s Office of In stitutiona l
Research , which collects, evaluates, and
distributes its result s to other otlices and
services . The survey aims to evalua te
many aspects of Everg ree n, but certain
committees are particularly int erested
in its res ults. The 2006 ESES contains
questions to be used by the Diversity
DTF, C urriculum Dean , and Commu te
Trip Reduction Co mmittee, as we ll as
student se rvi ces s uch as the Library,
Advising, and Housing. It is up to each of
these committees and services how they
will use the survey results, but without
such results- that is, without students
completing this survey-there will be little
student input on how to improve .
The ESES, like most surveys, wil! not
be administered to all students, but to a
stratified random sample--c1ass standings
of those sampled is proportionate to
Evergreen's population--of 1200 students.
All students in the Tribal ReservationBased Program will be s urveyed for
purposes particular to that program, and al l
students who completed the New Student
Survey during their first year at Evergreen
will also be surveyed so that Evergreen can
compare students' first expectations with
those same st udents' experiences.
If you receive an ESES , please,
complete it. It doesn't take long. It 's easy.
It's a great way to procrastinate whi Ie still
doing "school work ." You ' ll be entered in
a drawing for a $200 gift certificate to
our lovely bookstore. You ' ll be helping
Evergreen. And you'll be taking a first
step toward changes you want to see.
Results of Evergreen 's past surveys,
including ESES , Evergreen New Student
Su rve y, and the National Su rv ey of
S tudent Engagement , are avai labl e
on the Institut iona l. Research webs ite:
www.eve rgreen.edu/ institutionalresearch/
studentsurveys.ht m. For more information
about these surveys, contact Jenni Minner
at minnerj @evergreen.edu or 867-6 \86.
Brouke Mc Lane-Higginson is a senio r
in Classical Studies and LegaIPhilosoph)!,
c urrently enrolledin a conlraCI , Legal
Fictions.
By Linda Colwell
I n the past year, we have seen how
government agencies can easi ly become
overwhelmed during a disaster. It may take
emergency response teams at least three
days, perhaps longer, to provide yo u with
services after a disaster. In order to survive
a disaster well, you need to do some prior
planning and preparation.
You can ask yourself a series of questions to begin the process:
• What do I need to survive for three
days wi thout goi ng to the store')
• What if I' m caught at work or schoo!
and can't get home?
• What one thi ng wi II I m iss the most if
I don ' t have any power?
• Do I know my neighbors and their
needs and skills?
• Where do I start?
You can start by putting together a 72hour emergency kit. It doesn't need to be
done all at once. You can plan and purchase
items every time you go shopping. You can
even purchase a complete 72-hour emergency kit online. The following is a list of
basic items for your kit. You can add to it
to personalize it as necessary.
What to put it in?
I put my kit in a backpack I got from a
thrift store for $2. It 's portable and holds
everything I need for three days.
What to put in it?
• Food: small pouches or cans of meat;
dried or canned fruit; pouches of instant
oatmeal or cold cereal; granola or power
bars; instant drink mix, coffee mix. or
tea bags; hard candy or chocolate; perhaps some dried camp food. You can get
pouches ofspaghelli, scrambled eggs, and
ice cream. You can get a few M REs--Meals
Ready to Eat can be found at military surplus stores and online. Pack what you eat,
don ' t pack something because it 's good
for you. In an emergency, you won't want
to eat stuff that doesn't taste good to you.
Most of your food should be able to fit into
a one-gallon Ziploc bag.
• Water: pl an on one gallon of water
per d?y per person. That's hal f a gallon to
drink, and haif a gallon to cook and wash
with. Four one-liter bottles will work.
• Can opener, di shes-you might want
paper plates and bowls, or a small Boy
Scout mess kit that has everything in it, a
pan for boil ing water and heating food.
• First aid kit and supplies. It 's a really
good idea to get Red Cross First Aid- and
CPR-certified and keep your certification
current.
• A change of clothing--rve included
extra underwear and socks.
• Sleeping bag or blankets.
• Flashlight and extra batteries.
• Battery powered radio or television . I
got a small portable radio for $5. It takes
.the same size batteries as my flashlight.
• "S pecial needs" items, such as infant
formula, medications in their original
bottles--I renewed my prescriptions three
days early so I had three days worth of
pills--and eyeglasses.
• Toys, books, puzzles, and games.
• Paper and extra pens and pencils.
• Extra house keys and car keys.
• List of contact names and phone Illltllbers.
• Copies of important documents--birth
certificates, licenses, insurance policies,
etc.
Those are the basics. You can store the
following for home emergency use:
• Barbecue or cam p stove.
• Fuel for cooking--charcoal or propane.
• Plastic knives, forks, spoons; paper
plates and cups; paper towels; aluminum
foi I.
One last thou ght: keep some ca sh
stashed in your kit or yo ur car. If there's
no power, there are no ATM machines or
banks. Keep your gas tank at leas t hal f
full all the time in case of an evacuation
order, or you and hundreds of other peopl e
will be trying to gas up for the run out of
town-all at the same time. Give everyone
in your family an emergency contact card
so you have all your vital information in
one place--I'II havc those avail able in the
CAB for you--and identify an out-of-state
emergency number that everyone can call
to check in.
I know this is a huge list, but start where
Sanitation supplies:
• Large plastic trash bags for trash, water you are and build over tim e. I have my
protection, and human waste disposal--get kit in the trunk of my car and a small kit
the strongest bags you can find--Iarge trash with food, water, and a few utensi ls in a
drawer at work . And I don't have everycans with lid s.
• Bar and liquid soap; liquid hand di s- thing on this list in my kit. But I have what
infectant, like Purell; shampoo, toothpaste is important to me and will susta in me for
and toothbrushes; feminine hygiene sup- .at least three days. If yo u'd like to see my
plies; diapers; toilet paper; and household 72-hour emergency kit , I' ll have it in the
bleach with no additives to purify water-- CAB on Tuesday, March 21, along with
ten drops of bleach per one gallon of clear extra copies of the Disaster Preparedness
water and let it stand for at least thirt y Handbook that has this li st in it.
minutes.
Other things you may need :
• Sturdy shoes; gloves for cl ear ing
debris; a tent; an ax, shovel or broom;
crescent wrench for turning off gas;
screwdriver, pliers, hammer; coil ofrope;
plastic tape and sheeting; and knife .
Transit is your ticket
to life off campus!
Your current Evergreen student 10 is your Intercity Transit bus pass. Just show
it to the driver when you board and you're on your way to lots of great
destinations. (Fare required for service to Tacoma.) For more information, just
check our website or give us a call.
Route 41
Route 48
Dorms, Library, Downtown Olympia
Travels to downtown Olympia via Division
and Harrison, serving destinations such as:
Alpine Experience
Bayview Thriftway
Capitol Theatre
Danger Room Comics
Falcone Schwinn
Grocery Outlet
Hollywood Video
Iron Rabbit
Mekong
OlyBikes
Olympia Community Center
Olympia Art & Frame
Rainy Day Records
Santosh
and more!
Library, Downtown Olympia
Travels to downtown Olympia via Cooper
Point Road, serving destinations such as:
Bagel Brothers
Bayview Thriftway
Blockbuster Video
Brewery City Pizza
Capital Mall
Danger Room Comics
Earth Magic
Falcone Schwinn
Goodwill
Grocery Outlet
Heritage Park
Hollywood Video
Iron Rabbit
Mekong
Olympia Community Center
Olympia Art & Frame
Rainy Day Records
Rite-Aid
Safeway
Santosh
The Skateboard Park
Traditions Fair Trade
and more!
Linda Colwell is all Evergreen seniol:
The in/ormation in this article was
taken from the "Disaster Preparedness
Handbook, an emergency planning and
response guide. "
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Moorhead, " ' but rather by the moments
that take our breath away' ... what is about
to happen is going to be rich, so I hope you
inhale. " With that, Smiley stepped off the
stage and West approached the lectern to
another standing ovation.
In his speech. West illustrated his sharp
analysis of American society with jokes,
aphori sms, and references to such artists
as John Coltrane, Dostoyevsky, W.E.B. Du
Bois, and Ralph Ellison. West spoke without notes. His words were strung together
effortlessly.
" What does it mean to be human?" West
asked at one point, adjusting the collar of
his black suit jacket. "P ut on a three-piece
suit if you want but it was your mamma 's
love push that got you out. "
At another point, West denounced the
number of American children living in
poverty. He called the situation a "crime
against humanity" and in the following
pause between his words, the si lence of
the audience was palpable. "What kind
of nation are we really, if we take off
the mask? What kind of human are you
rea lly?" Grinning, West conti nued, "We've
got a se riou s problem . It's lik e talkin g
about life and death in Di sneyland. "
West concluded hi s speech by ask ing
the audience what it will take for America
to 1001-.: at the ' night side ' of life without
Center for Community-Based Learning and Action
Eastside
South Capital
-flower bed planting
-bike path mamtenence
-data analysis for bikeability
-interviews of board
members, photo project
'neighborhood entrance
sign project
-interviews of board
members, photo project
!ueS l1 ay
ApriTi5
We l1 neS l1 ay
Castlewood
Wildwood
Goldcrest
-Assist ing elderly neighborhood member with
ivy removal
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Enjoy Arts Walk and
Procession this weekend
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Community action focus: Ban boredom
By Jacob Berkey
Bored? Listless? Nothing doing? Do
you often reflect on your five-year plan
and realize that it 's not going anywhere?
When you fill out your resume is there a
lot of blank space? Maybe you don't have
any real world work experience, It's possible th at you don't have any connec tion s
to the community. Maybe you just can' t
take another evening with the idiot box.
Let's get togeth er and ban boredom.
The Cen ter for Comm unit y -Based
Learning and Action can set you up wit h
a place to get out there . Having real wor ld
work/volunteer exper ience is increa singl y
important in today 's world outside of college. Many employers rel y on skill sets th ai
aren 't d~veloped in today's classrooill s. By
getting out there it 's poss ible that you'l l
meet people you like. You can also find
something more fulfilling than beating
level ten.
We all have ski ll s that can benefit the
com munity. Whether you're a techi e or
an enviro, a thespian or a jock, th ere is
something out there for you . If yo u are
a student who works outside of sc hool
there are opportunities for you too. No
amount of excuses or blaming will fill in
tho sc blanks on your resume when you ' re
looking for th at real job. You 've read thi s
far - why not stop by? We're located in
Seminar II E::! 125.
CCBLi\ has helped student s get out in
th e cO lllmunity and participate in more
than 4,000 hOllrs of communit y action
so far thi s year. That's 100 weeks at fort y
hours a week--murc than two yea rs or
th e average worker's life. This action is
chang ing the face of our community and
is a reflection of our time. If you want a
hand in this change it's up to you. Because
really, how can we comp lain unless we ' re
putting theory into practice?
So keep your eyes peeled for the flyers
around campus. Sign up to participate in
a community action project. Stop by th e
center and earn yourself a tuition award.
Ban boredom forever and wa tch what a
beautiful world we can create.
Neighborhood Action Week is hap.pening later this month, April 22-27. It
is a week long ce lebrat ion of community
in vo lvem ent. Your loca l ncighborhood
associat ion is looking for a hand during
that wee I-.: to help meet its criti ca l need s.
T here has never been a better tim e to
get into the spirit of Earth Day and th e
Process ion of th e Species. Participation
during thi s weeI-.: ensures that tho se guilty
fCelings or not doing enough can be conquered before they ari se.
Upcoming Action Events:
Neighborhood Action Week, April 2227: banning boredom
Northwest Neighhorhood, Saturday,
April 22: planting, bike path maintenance,
bike abi lity assessment
Sout h Ca pitol Neighborhood, Saturday,
April 22: story col lection and photo project
Go ld crc st Neighborhood / Han sell
Elementa ry, Wednesday, Apri l 26: COIllpost bi n con struction
Cornel West in the CRC on last Saturday night.
growing cynical, what it will take for
America to look at all the suffering in the
world and not become overwhelmed .
As he stepped away from th e lectern,
the aud ience rose to its feet for a fi nal
resounding ovation.
' '
By the time Artee Young was exp laining to the audi ence how the Q&A sess ion
wou ld work. some audi ence members were
photo by Aaron Bietz
already beginning the polite shuffl e
toward s the microphone.
The Q&II. line wa s long. The questi ons askcd were often pre raced with
detailed biography so th at, lil-.: e an airport bathroom line during th e holidays,
the line inched forward at a di stressingly
slow rate for those who were farthest to
th e back .
t
Evergreen president Les Puree
yesterday expressed concern in an
e-mail to faculty and staff about an
enrollment shortage for next year.
Evergreen has received 10 percent
fewer applications this year. School
funding from the state is tied to
enrollment. The following is the
content of the e-mail:
Washington state colleges and
universities are receiving fewer
applications for admission this
year. Statewide, the public baccalaureate institutions report that
You may recall that at Convocation
last fall I talked about challenging
enrollment trends , including the
expansion of four-year liberal arts
programs at the branch campuses.
We all have a role to play in responding to these trends . One part of our
response was implementing the
recommendations of the Enrollment
Growth DTF. We also need to work
at deepening our relationships with
the community colleges that provide many of our students. This has
historically been one of Evergreen's
great strengths.
I want to thank all the faculty and
staff who are working hard to respond
to our changing environment. We will
keep you informed as our fall enrollment numbers become more clear.
Salll Jesslip is lJ illl/iur el/mlled ill a contrulcr entitled Spre;ldillg th e News.
A similar th ert occurred short ly after Scm II
opened in ear ly 2004. "Projectors are beCO!lling a
cOlll modlty among thieves," says Randlette. because
they are expensive, small and easy to sell. He says
colleges aro und the Sound regularly report los ing
projectors to theft.
Media equipment is no! insured by the co ll ege,
but Randlette says the sto len items will be rep laced.
The budget for new equipment is already tight, he
says, and having to replace these items means buying
other needed equipment will have to wait.
"Thi s money could have bought five new palmcorders, or a digital video editing system," he sa id.
"N ow students won 't get these things."
The se ri al numbers of the stolen items were
entered in a pawn shop database, but Garland suspects the electronics wi II likel y be " sold on th e blacl-.:
markeL" She expects to make an arrest based on
lead s. "Th i ngs are com ing together," she says.
Concerns over declining enrollment
Beyond our immediate concern for
improving fall enrollment , it is important to ask what has led to this drop
in applications . Undoubtedly there
are many factors that affect applications system-Wide: the state of the
economy, the rising cost of tuition ,
the proliferation of for- profit degree
programs, to name a few.
Two factors have a particularly
pronounced effect on Evergreen's
enrollment. Enrollment in. the state's
community colleges appears to have
declined . Because two-thirds of our
entering class each year is made up
of transfer students, Evergreen is
naturally affected.
At the same time, the tremendous
growth of the branch campuses
undoubtedly plays a role. We are
now seeing some of the effects of
the first class of freshman applications to branch campuses. The branch
campuses in Tacoma , Vancouver and
Bothell have received at least 950 total
applications so far this year.
People whose question s ram bled were
heckled wi th shout s of "Wrap it up! " and
" What 's your question!?" West' s responses
\~ere all respectful. And whenever a questioner approached the edge of the stage for
an autograph or an embrace, West would
oblige.
Continued fi-om front page
I
jaco/) /Jerke)' is alirst-year /IIPA sllident.
applications from high school students
are down 5 percent while applications
from transfer students are down 13.5
percent.
Evergreen is not immune from this
trend. To date, we have received 10
percent fewer applications this year.
We have noted declines in applications from both high school and transfer students.
It is still early enough in the year to
improve the enrollment outlook for
fall. I asked the Vice Presidents to
take steps to enhance our recruitment efforts and improve our retention. Staff in Admissions and College
Relations are taking some additional
steps to further enhance our outreach
to potential students. Student Affairs
staff are working to strengthen our
retention of current students by
reviewing and enhancing our ongoing retention programs. The Provost
will be asking faculty to talk with their
continuing students about their plans
for next fall.
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13, 2006
Continued from front page
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Reflections on travels
through China
By Dylan Cerling
lcara~ua:
Creating regional food
systems through solidarity and
renewable transportation
By Mary Ellen Donaldson
"I believe th is VIS IO n is oj' g rea!
importance. As a yo ung person, carry
this to your count ry, and us too, as Nica rag uans, united here today, we hm'(' a
vision also, ofrising above. Yes, we say,
"Carry our desires to other cOllntries. "
"Yes, to other f armers." I believe this
point that you are carrying fro m here,
f rom us: the vision of Nicaragua and the
Nicaraguan smallfarmers- the position
that we carry, the goal ojjarmers against
CA FTA- including that we don 't know
the p eople that agreed to it, or where
they did, but it comes fro m one of the
strong countries, we know where. It is
squeezing, little by lillIe, the Nicaraguan
Small Farmer- and if we don 't unite our
countries ? ..
-Juan Guerrero, President of the
cooperative of Santa Rosa , personal
communication, July 2005.
"On the world level we are fightingso that all of us farm ers unile logelher.
So thai we can stand up to this fight, this
huge capitalist economic crisis-that 's
finishing us off-and putting us into the
most terrible poverty in the world. I am
observing, and learning, from what you
are presenting, and it makes me smile,
because until the whole world arrives to
know the small farm er- and the capitalist reality is for a poor person-from
then on they will breathe differently.
Now we are beginning. We hope that
we don 't let up this fight and we unite
together to make one sole alliance ofall
the poor countries of the world. "
- Cesar Ruiz, Secretary of the cooperative of Santa Rosa Nicaragua, personal
communication, July 2005.
n s ummer 200 5, I left an in th e wes te rn h e mi s p h c~e , afte r Ha iti.
in s pir a ti o na l fi ve -m o nth Fa rm e rs make up an es timated 50 perinte rn s hip wo rk in g with ce nt of the populati on, a nd are producing
U NAG (the Union Nacional 80 percent of th e coun try's food . Th e
de Awicultores y Gan ade- proj ect conti nues to coope rate with over
r o.\· de N ic arag ua, th e 100 campesino.\' in ·th e communit ies of
Nati onal Union of Farmers Nue va Segov ia - farm e rs a nd smalla nd Ranche rs of Nicaragua) sc al e produc e rs of s uga r cane , corn ,
in the Project for Access to Market s. We bean s, maicil/o (sorghum), coffee, avo would drive out in the countryside , lit- cados, mangos , zapote, marac uyci (paste red w ith tras h, rai n a nd mud, donkeys, s ionfruit), gra nadilla, platano, ayote,
and vill agers, m igratinglike some amaz- chayote, pipicin anQ,oth er tropical fruit s
ing fore ig n da nce troop, with huge piles a nd vege tables.
of wood , or sack s of beans, or baskets of
vegetabl es on the ir heads . The greener
With the loom ing tiger, CA FTA, tt' be
than g reen hazy mountains of Nue va let loose on the tied-up burro (donkey)
Segovia hold hand s there, form i ng the of Nicaragua , the Project for Access to
little valley of the community of Santa Market s is striving to create marketRosa, where, once a week, we discussed , savvy, associated, small-time commuand drew with stinky permanent mark- nity capitalists out of the talented , poor,
ers on huge pieces of white paper, maps beyond organic producers of Nicaragua.
and graphs- of thei r products, where We talked with farmers about CAFTA ,
they sell, their transportation costs , and what to do next. We proposed
their cultivation costs, the prices of their together to really change economic
produce, rising and falling - as long as situations for farming families.
they were willing to build into their lives
In my time there, our major mission
the goals of this project, written in red
an'd blue marker on a flimsy piece of - was CAFTA education outreach-prowhite poster paper: I) to associate--to jecting onto the whitewashed adobe walls
form groups of producers to be able to of village common houses a documencreate more market sway, sell wholesale, tary on the TLC and Nicaragua, El Tigre
maintain a community network of mar- Suelto y El Burro Amarrado (The Tiger
keting producers, etc. 2) to elevate their on the Loose and the Tied-up Donkey).
capacity to market, and 3) to increase Walker Wise, Alejandra Castillo and I
were among those who translated and
their families' incomes.
subtitled the film in English. It is showOf the 5,400,000 inhabitants of ing this Sunday, April 16 as a fundraiser
Nicaragua, 70 percent of the popula- for the Nica Greentruck Project.
tion "lives in misery " (data from La
Last November, farmers in Santa Rosa
Universidad Latinaamericana online).
Nicaragua is the second-poorest country cooperatively took out a loan from a
Spanis h NGO to buy a co mm e rc ia l far m
truck for transporting their ha rvests to
bas ic g ra in buyers in EI Sa lvador and
Ma nag ua. I n cooperation a nd sol id arity
with the Project for Access to Markets,
the Nica Gree ntruc k Proj ect (NG P) is
forming an exchan ge betwe en North
America ns and Ni caraguan s that will
work with th e Santa Ro sa fa rme rs'
c ooperative to conv e rt their die se l
farm truck to run on \lsed vegetabl e o i I.
With a vegetabl e oi I fa r m truck , Sant a
Rosa will have the sustain abte mea ns to
tran sport and market produce without
the high costs of diesel or gasoli ne, and
the farmers will have control of when
they sell, where they sell and of sellin g
at a fair price.
NGP is committed to exc hanging
knowledge between farmers in the
U.S . and Nicaragua, creating sustai nable solutions to poverty and fossil fuel
dependence, and to promoting local fOQd
systems and alternatives to free trade.
The Nica Greentruck Project is raising
$2 ,00P for the cost of mechanical parts
for the vegetable oil conversion .
Please come out this Sunday to see
the documentary and support renewable transportation for regional food
systems in Nicaragua. El Tigre Suelto
& El Burro Amarrado, a Nicaraguan
documentary and farmer's theater skit
about CAFTA shows at the Capitol Theater Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. There
is a $7 entrance charge.
Mary Ellen Donaldson is a senior in the
Ecological Agriculture Program ,
C ho ngq ing is a c it y o n th e c us p of
change- w hil e the most freque ntl y v isited secti ons of th e c ity a re co smo po li tan to the ex treme, its att rac ti on rea ll y
lies in the poorer a reas , as ep hem e ra l
a nd tra nsito ry as they a re. Cho ngqing
is c urrentl y in th e proc es s of be in g
co nve rted into a " mod e rn c it y," a nd
my first ex pos ure to it (as w ith most
fo rei g ners) was in thi s g ui se.
Travi s a nd I arrived in C ho ngqin g
in the late Frid ay a ft ern oo n, afte r a
five- hour bu s rid e from o ur hom e cit y
of C hengdu . We ori g in a ll y pl a nned to
stay in the downtown a rea , but beca use
we were dropped off at a sig nifi cant
di stance from the ce nter of the cit y, we
decided to scout o ut th e s urroundin g
are a for potential res tin g- spot s . We
s ucc e eded , and fo llowin g a rou s in g
mea l of Hot Pot (a wes te rn- C hin ese
s pecialty dish ) , we dove into th e
Chongqing nightlife.
Foreigners are not the most common
of sights in western China, a nd we we re
even more of a spectacle here than in
Chengdu, This came as som ething of
an advantage, however, becau se at the
very first club we stopped in , we ended
up meeting some ex tremel y friendly
Chine se busin es sm e n , with whom
we conversed in broken Ch i nese and
even more broke n Engl ish. They were
so friendly , in fact, that we ended up
drinking and smoking quite a bit more
than we ori g inally inte nded. We were
not , however, quite intox icated enough
to take them up on their all too kind
offer of "x iao jie," which tra nslate s
literally to " little s is te r" and ver y
non - literally to "hooker."
The next morning was surprisingly
pleasant for a po st-debauch. It was
one of the few sunny days I've experienced in a Chinese c ity- norm a lly the
lack of environmental laws makes for a
basel ine of " extremely gray, with very
low visibility," with one's snot becoming a gradually more festive black as
the day goes on . We started quite late ,
breaking our fast slightly before the
C hinese lunch , which run s from I I:
45- 1 with surpri s ing regularity . For
what it 's worth, the meal was excellent, far more than we could eat, and
totaled slightly less than a dollar fifty
for both of us.
We spent the next six hours wandering
around the city. We started out heading in a definite direction, but soon
got sidetracked through one interesting-looking little street, then another,
and then another, until we had no real
idea as to where we were. Fortunately,
I believe now that we didn ' t start out
with anything resembling a correct
idea of our location . Because of the
idiosyncrasies of the only map we
had, and the rapidly changing nature
of Chinese cities, trying to seriously
find our way around was significantly
more challenging than any navigating
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I have tri ed so far. Plu s, it's a lot less
fun if you actually end up whe re you
set out to go.
I'm s ure I'm not the only person to feel
somewhat disappointed at how accessi ble travel is. There is a sort of thri II
to " being the first " to experi ence something- to get the f irst outside perspective on a culture, or climb a mountain ,
or trek across an " i mpassable " desert.
Because of the times we live in , "explorin g" is really not the same as it used to
be. At the same time, however, there
ex ist an absurd amount of opportunities to do the opposite. I can' t say I' ve
explored - I can't say that I've ever
been the first to be somewhere, or to
do something. However, I can definitely
say that I'm one of the last to ever experience this side of China. Being the last
to do something, and knowing it, is in
many ways more exciting and rewarding
than being the first. I suppose saying
that is kind of silly since don't exactly
I have anything to compare it to, but it
certainly is a wondrous experience.
We saw a way of life that is becoming less and less common as China
becomes more and more industrialized-people singing songs thousands
of years old as they deconstructed old
buildings. China has taken to certain
trappings of Western culture with a
vengea nce-whole old neighborhoods
are bein g knocked apart, with massive
new apartment complexes taking the ir
place s in a matter of months . Even since
I've arrived in Chengdu (which was less
than two months ago), buildings have
been des troyed , and other buildings
have gone from foundation to finish.
We explored old abandoned buildings,
collecting both astonished looks and
black on es as we did so . We ta lked to
barefoot me n in bu siness suits as they
hauled block s of concrete su s pended
from ba mboo poles. We wandered
through rubble and broken buildings,
then ewok villages with narrow streets
perched precariously at the edge of
cliffs. We saw a massive waterfall ,
dumping its load of sewage-infested
greasy liquid several thousand feet
through the air, and we ambled through
a beach resort on the edge of the riverthe rock and sand covered in umbrellas,
and blanketed in the enticing scent of
ordure and rotten meat.
Right about here is where I should put
in some sort of summary about what I
learned , or how the world needs to be
changed in order to be a better place.
Really, though, I can't put down anything as simple as that without feeling
more than a wee bit hypocritical. I don't
know what I learned-but I do know
' it 's nothing so simple as to be s umm ed
up in a few pa ragraphs . I'm al so not
s o sure that th e world needs to be
changed- the world is con stantly in a
state of change and rea lly doesn 't seem
to get much better or worse as it gets
older. I do bel ieve that so me people lead
easier I ives than others. I also bel ieve
that as soon as eve ryone leads an e asy
life, the world won ' t be a ver y interesting place to live in an y more . I a lso
be l ieve that I'm pretty ti red ri g ht now,
a nd that I'm starting to write more a nd
more pretentious things while stray ing
farther and farther from what I set out
to portray. So maybe we better just end
this now, eh?
As much as I love you all, the reason
I wrote this wasn' t to share my experience with you- it was to clarify it for
myself. In this purpose I have failed
completely (though I'm not all that sure
that that's a bad thing) . I hope you found
it interesting reading. If not, too bad.
I'm in China, and there's nothing you
can do about it .
Dylan Cerling is a junior study ing in
China through a program that is not
affiliated with Evergreen.
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Easy living in Havana, Cuba
Conlinlledfrom page 10...
.' ~ By Marie Landau
1 hoppcd onto the 66 bu s, ju st barely
catchi ng it before it departed up the
hill toward my ho use . Slightly o ut of
breath , I dropped my fare into the slot
and lookcd arou nd for a seat. All of a
sudden , I felt very uncomfortablc- all
eycs were fixed on m e a nd the o nl y
sound to be heard was the manic c hewing of a cand y bar coming fro m a young
man in th e back. My an xiety sub sided
aftcr a few moments , however, w he n I .
rem embered that th is is usually ho w
buses arc here. Silent , wi th th e passcn gcrs sta rin g stra ig ht ahcad to avoid cyc
contact wit h stra ngers .
My transition from life in Havana ,
Cuba , back to life in Olympia was
large ly m a rk e d by ex p er ie nces I ike
th is one, which cxe mplify thc major
difference betw ce n Cuba and the
United States . C ub a's hot , muggy, a nd
thc reso urces are scarc e, the e nd resu lt
being a sca ntily clad pop ulation wi th
plent y of at titud c to go aro und . T hc
buscs nrc neve r si lent , because t hey arc
usually overflowin g with pcoplc. peoplc
who have grow n up ch attin g comfortab ly wi th s t rangers every day - it ' s
emb edd ed in th cir cultu re. You havc Lo
ta lk to strangc rs , oth erwisc with who m
will yo u sha rc your frustrations about
long lin es and s hitt y transportation
when your fri e nds aren 't around? And
of course, thc long wait in the bus lin e
is the perfect place to bitch about shitt y
transport at ion .
I n the United States, there are a lot Icss
inconveniences th an there are in Cuba .
But th erc is also a lot less camaraderie . People don ' t interact as much he re
because they don ' t need to, w hereas in
Cuba , people interact with each other all
th e time, largely because they de pe nd
on c ac h o th er. 1f so meonc docsn't havc a
phone , thcy usc th cir ncighbor's phone .
II' someo ne doe sn' t havc a car, and few
peoplc do , they m LIs t ncgoti atc thc bus ,
catch a maquina (tcn pcso taxi) packcd
,,,ilh o th er pcoplc , or hitchhi ke w ith
SOIllC Good Samaritan .
Hitchhiking is so com ll1 o npl ace th aL
the Cuban gove rnm e nt ac tually spon sors it to m ake it eas ier. Becaus c many
pcople drive work vc hi clcs that arc
ow ncd by the go vc rnm c nt , th ey are
ob liga ted to pick people up who are
going in th c same direction. And why
wouldn ' t th cy? Car's paid for, gas is paid
fo r. Mig ht as well have some company.
But to make this process more efficient,
there are people hired by the government stationed on th e sides of roads to
m ake sure those state -ow ned cars are
put to opti mum use . They organize
trave lcrs int o groups , flag down work
vc h ieles wi th a stop sign and then make
sure that every body go ing north gc ts a
ride in th at direction and so on.
Not on ly is hitchhiking ill ega l in mos t
part s of th c US ., it is prac ticcd Icss and
less bcca use of th e r isks one mu st take
to d o it. W ho kno\vs wh at kind of lllurderous lunatic yo u're going to get a ride
wi th? Who k nows wh at kind of thicvi ng
sca m art is t you 'rc go ing to pick up w ho
will stea l all you r s tuff whcn yo u stop
to usc the bathro om?
Con tinued on next page ...
People catching rides in Cu ba are doing
just that-catching rid es . A lthough there
is a fair amount of petty th eft that goes
on in Cuba, it is directed mostly at tou rists . Violent crime, moreo ve r, is ve ry
uncommon. I didn ' t feel scared walking,around alone at night and although I
sometimes got s ick of being commented
on every time I walked down the stree t,
I knew that nothing was going to happe n
to me . Here , a man do es n ' t need to say
anything to me as I walk down the street
at nig ht to m ake me fcel threate ned . His
being a man is quite enou g h .
T he reason I feel intimidated here if a
man says something to m e on the street
is that 1 am re mindcd of the risk I am
ex posed to as a femalc in a violent and
sex ua ll y repressed soc ie ty. In Cuba , sex
e du c ation is not tabo o, people make out
in public and no body carcs , people arc
no t as ha mcd of th cir bodics, and v iolent c rim e is virtu a ll y no n- exi ste nt. So
if a stranger tell s yo u th at yo u're hoL
hc mi g ht just want to Ict yo u know. Of
co urse, the re's a good chance hc might
also be try ing to ge t laid . but there 's no
ha rm in tryi ng, is th ere')
Eve n th oug h I apprec iate an o pen soci e ty, I have to admit I wasn 't prepared
for the ve ry bold in s tan ce of public
cxposure th at 1 came across. Whilc si tting on th e wall of the Malecon , int c nt
o n finishing Gabriel Ga rc ia Marquez's
rove in Ihe f'im e o/Cho/era bcfore th c
Slln sct ovcr the sea and my vis ion , I
was inte rrupted by the familiar, " Pss t
psst psst." A lthoug h ve ry wcll-train ed
in ignoring that sound , ubiquitou s with
catca llin g, I was distracted by my
rcading and instinctively g la nced to
my left -an d regretted it imlll e diatel y.
Standin g on the rocks below mc was
a m an furiously rubbing himself, w ith
th c obvious intent of frcaking me out
(whic h probably would have been , um ,
hclpful to him ). I did so rt of frcak out,
in my head at least, but simply swun g
my legs over thc side of the wall and left
him to his own dev ices. As the realit y
of what just happene d settl ed in , I could
feel my face flushing with hea t. I was
startled, shaken, kind of piss ed , but
mostly embarrassed and just hoped it
didn 't show. I hadn 't been flashed since
the third grade when a friend and I were
selling lemonade on the street corner
and a creepy old man dropped h is pants
from across the street.
I don 't know which instance was more
shocking, but I do know that the latter
was more threatening. 1 do hear that
instances of public masturbation are
sort of common in Havana but make
up a minute fraction of the catcalls.
So, even though Cuban men are famous
for catcalling women on the street, they
are unlikely to take thei r ac tio ns bcyond
that.
I me t a gro up of Am eri ca n stude nt s
stud yi ng at the University of Hava na,
who couldn ' t quite appreciate the tradeoff like I did. The fe male st udents ('cit
as thoug h they were be i ng objectified,
intimidated, disres pected . As an American female , I unders tood their qualms,
but tried to
ex pl ai n to
th em th a t
difth e
fercnces
bctween the
two co untri es (most
notabl y
the Issue
of sex u a l
\' iolc nce)
prod u ccd
according ly
different int e ntio n s bchind co mm e nt s
from m cn. A nd by comm cnt s, I mean
thin gs like, "Qlle /I/u/a ," "Ho /a . l1li1a ,-'
"QlIie res 1117 nOl'io'? " with occas ionally
somcthing morc crcn ti vc if yo u' re wcnring so methin g sho rt o r tight.
I also rcminded them that they arc fo reig ners and obv iou sly so . Wc forcigners
are subj cc t to n lot more nttention fro m
C ub an men beca usc wc might jus t be
their tickct o ut , or at least a financial
op port unit y for thcm . In th is case , forc ig n mc n ge t catcalled ju st as much ns
women--refrcshing , don't yo u think ')
Howcvcr. th e stude nt s, both ma le and
becaus e I h adn ' t been exposed to as
muc h deception as they had . Of course
[ h ad bee n "to uri sted" a few tim es and
man y g uys I me t we re pote ntial wouldbe grooms , but I wasn ' t imm ersed in th e
touris t indu stry. I was li ving w ith my
s ister in a middle-working class ne ig h bo rh ood , taking the bus and ten-peso
tax is, try ing to dress and s pea k like a
Cu ban .
Because of
my s hort
h air
a nd
t a tt oos ,
was
s till
pretty obv i0 u s y fore ig n but not
obviousl y
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,
'. \much Ic s s
con s pi c uous th a n a big, mos tl y blond, gro up of
Engli s h- spea kers . Unfortunatel y, th e
lifes ty le th at thi s g roup of studcnt s led
left th c m with a so ur ta stc of C ub a in
th e ir mo uth s. Ma ny pcop lc who have
s imila r (touri st) expcr ie nccs in C uba
Icave w ith th e sa m e impression and
thcn propaga tc a n im age of a ll Cub ans
as oppor tuni s ti c, grcc d y profi tccrs .
HO\\'cver, th c sca mming th at goe s o n
in thc to uri st indu stry th erc is not nt all
exclu sive to Cuba . it 's n visible sy mptom
of any to uri s t area. Bc sides , \\hil e a fair
a lll o unt of pcoplc li ving in C ub a ma ke
their mo ney sca mlllin g touris ts, a fa ir
thin g a ll C ub ans have to deal w ith on a
daily basis - lin es . There arc lin es for
every thin g the re an d , lik e the Cubans ,
foreigners bitch abo ut th e lines to no
avai l. Some of the longes t lin es are the
line s for Coppelia , a multi-floor ice
c ream complex wit h several differcn t
places to enjoy yo ur ice cream and thus
several lin es . Apparently it was someo nc getting in front of him in a Co ppcli a
Iinc th at broug ht o ne of the st udents to
h is bo iling poi nt. Because some of the
rooms req uire seati ng of four, a coupl e
had go ne in front of him after asking the
perm iss ion of anot her g ro up of two, but
no t him . Why he pi cke d thi s in sta nt to
unl eash his symptoms of culture shock ,
I don 't know, but he told th e couple th at
th ey should ha\ e as ked him (he would
of have sa id " yes ," of course) and that
it was ve ry rude that they didn 't. W he n
I asked h im why he had fe lt the need
to con fro nt people over so me th ing so
innocuous, he rep li ed , " Well , I' m ju st so
sick of this rud e shit. No body respec ts
o rd er aro und here and it 's pro bab ly
because nobody ever says any thing . So,
may be if I say somethin g --" I coufdn't
help myse lf. L laug hed . He gri m aced . f
co uldn' t bel ieve that he ac tu all y tho ug ht
a fo reig ne r who eo u Idn 't handl e waiting
would mak e a diffe re nce to peo ple th at
have been spe nt a lifetim e negotiat ing
lines and li ve d th ro ug h the early days
of the Specia l Period , w hen state-ofe merge ncy -like scarci ty ove rwhelm ed
th e island.
It 's true that lines . don ' t rea ll y mean
shit th ere unl ess the lin e is unnecessa ry
to begin w ith . Ifeve rybody is s ure they
will get what th ey want or need -- a rare
occas ion i nd ee d- - th e lin e remains
intact. Should the in ev it ab le truth be
discovered , the line is sure to di sso lve
in am atter o f second s.
Some of m y American co mrad es
became so attach ed to their cu ltura l
g rips that th ey failed to appreciate
where they were a nd w ha t th ey could
learn from it. [ de ci ded , however, on my
first day in Cuba to le t go completely,
o r as much as humanly possible, of a ll
expectations . [ submitted to the reality
that things were not going to be easy for
. me in Havana, and e nded up having a
much e asie r time becau se of it.
female, had serious issue s with this as
well. They were tired of people try ing to
marry off their cousins and brothers and
nieces to them , tired of people try ing to
take advantage of them, tired of having
to watch their backs (apparently their
maids were stealing frolll them),
I couldn't really argue this point ,
a mount of people living in the United
States (those working in insurance ,
banking , advertising etc.) make their
money seamming thcir neighbors .
As if the tourist industry wasn 't frustrating enough for them , th e studcnts'
frustrations were compounded by some-
Marie Landau is a sophomore
enrolled in Ideas Made M anifest: Art
and Philosophy of the Middle Ages.
CJC\
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the United States ,
there are a lot less inconveniences than there are in
Cuba. But there is also a lot
less camaraderie.
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was the ethical choice to make when creating this particular
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two refugee families from Somalia, director Anne Makepeace
never announces her presence. In fact, unless you're looking
for her, she is invisible in Rain. But I was looking. And that's
' why some of the scenes in Rain were a little uncomfortable
to watch.
There were two scenes in particular that had this effect.
The first was with the chicken. A mother and son want to have
chicken ror dinner. They first go to Taco Bell and try to order
a whole 'round chicken.' The Taco Bell worker takes thi s as
'one chicken' and tell s them what they owe ror a chicken
taco. The mother thinks it's ridiculous to pay without seeing
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They leave and head to the groce ry store where they end up
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Sce nes lik e these, whi le compelling. make me wonder
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someone ha d exp lained to the mOlher and son what was go ing
on. And then I worried about thc: Kids in a seenc: MaKe pcacc:
filmed whil e the children were wa lking to sc hoo l. A little girl
run s into the shot and says, "I want to be on came ra'" One of
the chi ldrc:n say s in return , "You aren't African, you ha ve to
beAfri can. " The little girl says, " But l' mAfrican-American! "
The child says, "No yo u aren't." And the little girl says, "Yes
I am! I'm brown!"
Though I found myse lf upset, knowing that someone was
there, MaKepeace, see ing all of these things happen· someone
who could explain, yet didn ' t seem to ever do so- I see the
other side of the story as well. Makepeace wouldn't have been
abl e to show as truthrul of a situat ion if she had stepped in.
She wanted to be invi sible to show what was actually going
on. And she has, and her film will make a difference, yet I' m
st ill not quite sure what to think. I still don't know what is
the most ethical choice sometimes. At what cost do we make
our films ? Maybe they will help in the long term, but is there
a way to compromise and satisry short term needs as well
without taking away from emotional impact? Who knows,
may be Makepeace does know the secret. After all, we don't
see what happens when the camera is orr.
Rain in a Dry Land
USA - 2006,83 minutes
Directed by Anne Makepeace. Produced by Anne Makepeace.
By Kate Knappett
8By Kate Knappett
"welcome to realitywood"
This is what you will see if you visit the
official website for Full Frame Documentary
Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), a festival hailed by many, including Th e New York
Times, as the prem ier documentary fi 1m fe stival
in the United States.
So what were you up to last weekend, specifically ApriI6-9? These were the days Emerging
Pictures, Th e New York Times and the Cap itol
Theater/Olympia Film Society presented the
second annual nationally syndicated edition of
the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival- at
your very own Ca pitol Theater in downtown
Olympia, one of the onl y ten theater venues
in the country selected to scree n Fu ll Frame
documentaries. Yes, you mi ssed out' Let 's just
say, the turnout was low enough that I won
during a raffle. And I don't win things. Hey,
I' m happy to win a slice of pizza and a soda
pop any day, yet without someone to share the
experience with it's not quite the same (a lso
true in movie theaters).
Full Frame is now in it s ninth year and
screened films like Asparagus! (A Sta/kIImentary), Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A
Hip .Hop Head Weighs in On Manhood in
Hip-Hop, Filthy Gorgeous: the Trannyshack
Slory, Rain in a Dry Land, and The Boy in the
Bubble among many others. Documentaries
do more than simply entertain and teach. You
discover all sorts of things you would never get
to experience otherwise, learn about important
issues, get to sit back and look at Iife from
someone else 's perspective for a little while ,
and you may leave inspired, perhaps with your
own perspective in some way changed.
If you missed this year's Full Frame there's
always next year. You can find more information on the Full Frame Documentary Film
Festival and the films screened this year at
www.fullframefest.org and www.olyfilm.org.
Kale Knappell is a senior in SOS Media .
This is a documentary about identity. Though it takes
place at an underground cabaret known as Trannyshaek,
Fi/thy Gorgeous is more about the people than the various
environments and objects they surround themselves with.
A fter all. where we are and what we like to wear, collect,
and say are all parts of what makes up our identities. They
are how we want to be perceived, how we present ourselves
to the outside world . Filthy Gorgeous makes the poi nt that
identity goes beyond surface presentation.
Everyone interviewed had a difrerent interpretation of
what it means to be a drag queen or king. One performer
believed that being a drag queen is homage to women, not
a parody. Many other performers see their drag identities
ina com pletely d irferent way. One sa id that Trannyshack
is all about irony and not taking yourselrtoo seriousl y.
Another performer, Rentt ecea, think s of him se lf as a
clown when he goes on stage. He claims he has nothing in
common with his nighttime persona, says he's not feminine
in any way during the day. And the things Rentt ecca surround s him se lf with, how he dresses and speaks during
the day arc dirferent than how he prese nts him se lr in the
evening, based on how he wi shes to be perce ived. Glamamore brings thi s idea up again later on, say ing that he feel s
as though he has a split personality, quiet during the day
and outspoken by night. Near the beginning a performer
says how it's exhausting having a persona people can find
out.
Though Filthy Gorgeous was fi Im ed ina fairly traditional
documentary film style - talking heads, etc.- the footage
from the actual Trannyshack shows makes this film unique
and va lu able. And some of the editing choices seem to
ask us what surface prese ntation means to a person's
identity. There is a scene that particularly shows this
theme: Vinsantos is lying on her furry bedspread being
interviewed , wearing chunky white heel s. In the middle of
the interview they cut to the chunky white heels, absent of
Vinsantos. This isn't just a stylish choice, but also serves
the purpose of putting emphasis on the shoes and the furry
bedspread- the art and composition or drag, the outer
appearance.
Filthy Gorgeous is a great documentary- evocative,
runny, informative, and clever.
. i
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Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Slory
USA - 2005,87 minutes
Directed by Sean Mullens.
Produced by Deena Davenport.
Kate Knappell is a senior in SOS Media.
Kate Knappelt is a senior in SOS Media.
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You're Invited!
ROTTERS AUTO CENTER AND TOYOTA SCION
OF OLYMPIA INVITE YOU TO
COLLEGE
P8cB*
APRIL
13, 2006
CAB to be
redesigned
NiGH. ON APRIL 13TH!
Stop by and see the Pontiac
Vibe, g6, Solstice, and Grand
Prix, the all new Toyota
Yaris, Prius, F J Cruiser, and
Matrix, and the Scion Xa,
Xb, and TC.
SpecialColl·e ge
Pricing available
for this evening.
Take a break from
homework, eat good
food, meet others,
and sit behind the
wheel of one of these
fine vehicles.
Drawings to be
held throughout
the night!
Stop by between
4pm and 7pm
PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE AT
ROTTER'S AUTO CENTER,
SW, OLYMPIA, WA
2225 CARRIAGE ST
98502. SHUTTLE SERVICES
WILL BE PROVIDED BETWEEN THE TWO SITES.
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Even if students don't approve any of
the three plans, the CAB will still undergo
a renovation to deal with the structural ,
electrical and ventil ation systems which,
after thirty-five years, are in heavy need
of an upgrade. What the students will be
asked to vote on come May 22 will be
whether or not they are willing to add a
self-imposed fee in order to pay for more
ambitious plans to make the CAB a more
enjoyable and use ful space. Some of
the features in the st udent-funded plans
include a student-run cafe, more study/
lounge spaces, an edible roof garden and
more space for Student Activities.
As federal and state budgets for higher
education are tightened, students across the
country are approving increased fees for
non-academic buildings that otherwise
would not get built. In Washington State
a number of schools have approved such
funding plans.
• At WSU that includes two fees of$120
each per semester to fund the Compton
Union Building and the campus Recreation
Center. Students last week al so approved
an additional $25 per semester to pay for
renovation of Martin Stadium.
• Central Washington students pay $95
per quarter for their Recreation Center
and $64 per quarter for the Student Union
building.
• Western Washington students pay $89
a quarter to fund their Recreation Center
and $35 per quarter to fund a variety of
non-academic buildings.
The Back Story: A History of the
CAB Redesign
Remodeling the CA B is an idea that originated in the Campus Life Study Group,
which convened in Fall 2003 and included
students, staff and faculty members. Thi s
study group was convened to "examine cocurricular (primarily out of class) quality
of life issues related to the building of
community, the enhancement of social and
recreation spaces, provision of adequate
dining areas, the improvement of signage
and creation of welcoming environments
for faculty, staff, day and evening students and visitors." During Winter 2004
the study group created and distributed a
survey entitled "Future Campus Spaces:
Your Vision" to get feedback from students
on a variety of space and facilities related
questions. They received 405 responses
which revealed several strong poi nts
of agreement among the students who
responded.
• 62.9 percent of respondents strongly or
mostly agreed with the statement ") think
that Evergreen's limited resources should
be spent on ensuring that study and social
spaces are furnished with comfortable
furniture and adequate lighting."
• 67.2 percent of respondents spent time
in the CAB eating. This was more than
any other place or activity, including 66.2
percent at the Library building for class
or pursuing academics, or time spent in
the Evergreen forest, which was 43.2 percent.
Photo by Aaron Bietz
• 62.9 percent of re spondents also
strongly or mostly agreed, " I think
Evergreen needs a student union building (a building dedicated to socializing,
relaxing, eating, participating in clubs or
organizations, et cetera)."
Following the survey the Study Group
contracted KM B architects to conduct a
series of Campus Social Spaces Charettes
to get a more detai led view of student
needs and preferences. K M B met with
four distinct groups representing daytime
. students, housing students, evening and
weekend students and faculty and staff.
Several themes and speci fic requests
emerged during these design exercises.
"A recurring theme in all the meetings
is the aspect of ownership of the student
union," stated KM B architects. " It was
made clear that in order for soc ial spaces to
serve the needs of students, that the spaces,
and in particular, larger spaces need to be
reserved for spontaneous social activity
and not scheduled for academic programs
or conferences."
Among the many specific recommendations expressed, some ofthe most agreedupon were: the creation of additional
performance space, moving student organizations to a more visible location, and
the need for a centrally located information
kiosk to provide current events, activities
and way-finding information. On the topic
of food, students had a lot to say. There
was a strong desire for longer food service
hours and a greater variety of dining spaces
and food providers.
Given this input from the survey and the
charettes, the primary recommendation
to come out of the Campus Life Study
Group was to create a redesigned College
Activities Building. Its work completed,
the Study Group was di ssolved, and last
quarter the CAB Pre-design Committee
was formed.
Several student members of the committee worked last quarter on student
outreach for the CAB pre-design. They
produced a pair of surveys, held a Q&A
with students and the architects, held a
design charelle where students brainstormed features they would like to see
and designed that nifty kiosk in the CAB.
This feedback from the student body, in
addition to the earlier survey and charetles
has informed the architects at Perkin s &
Will and is evident in the plans they are
creating.
In a recent meeting with thc twenty-odd
members oftheCAB pre-design committee, the architects unveil ed some basic
schematic ideas for the CAB renovation.
Included in each of the plans was a studentrun cafe, an idea that a lot of students and
student groups have been working hard
to create for a long time. Also included
in several of the plans were large student
lounge spaces. One idea that went over
well with the pre-design comm ittee was
relocating the market to a different location and maximizing the view of the
forest that the Market's current location
monopolizes, by giving that area back to
students as a lounge area, perhaps coupled
with student activities space. Other ideas
included adding more windows to the roof
to allow more light to come in, opening
up the second floor to create more natural
lighting on the first floor, and creating an
outdoor atrium/performance space on the
side of the CA B that is faci ng the CRe.
What Now?
On April 18 the architects at Perkins
and Will are going to present more detailed
plans, so look out for the student forum that
week, that will be your last opportunity to
give feedback to the architects before the
final plans are unveiled.
If you are interested in learning more
about the CAB re-des ign there's a sweet
information kiosk located on the second
Iloor of the CAB (you may be stand ing
nex t to it right now) or you can contact
th e students of th e pre-design team at
CAB predesign@eve rgrcen.edu . By the
end of this week there will also be a blog
up and running where you can vent a ll
your CAB joys and sorrows to the world .
The ad dre ss is vvww2 .evergreen .e du /
cabpredes ign. Whe ther yo u thin k the
CAB just needs a li ttle work or feel like
it needs a couple-million dollar facel ift,
it's important to votc. A minimum of one
fou rth of the student body must vote for
th e decision to be co nsidered legitim ate.
So take a minute or two on May 22 and
go vote. It may lead 10 a barbeque telllpeh
sandwich down the line, or better yet, a
nap .
Sources cited
I. Campus Life Study Group Report,
September 2005
2. Campus Life DTF Survey Preliminary
Results data processed and summarized by
the Office of Institutional Research, April
21 2004
3. The Evergreen State College Campus
Social Spaces Charettes, prepared by K MB
Educational Faciliti es Group, April 2005
Blake Hamann is a senior enrolled in
Silk Screening and Photography Dan
Edleson-Stein is u senior enrolled in
Foundations of Vi sual Art.
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2006
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The blame game and
responsibility to hate
I hate when blame gets shifted out of
polite reasoning. It isn't so much that I
hate ethics and morality, as I hate the
role that the
responsibil ity
of an individual
p lays in how
mora lity
IS
vie wed.
If
so meone fires
a machine gun
at a civilian
and kills them , By Jacob Stanley
I don't think
it's right or wrong. I only care that the
soldier involved takes the blame. That
they are honest enough with themselves
to say: I killed them , do what you will.
Although I don't think they 're right or
wrong, I do happen to desire that they
follow the rules that the U.S . once tried
to lay down and has done nothing but
dismantle over the past fifty years. When
people say, "Support the troops," I think,
"Fuck the troops," immediately after for
a variety of reasons.
" The troops aren't at fault for the war,"
you say? I'm of the feeling that if you
don 't want to support someth ing, such
as war, then don't participate in it. I
know a lot are in it for the money, but
that doesn't excuse them from being to
blame. To make a shitty comparison: if
Hitler had some of his troops joining the
Nazi army because their families would
get a benefit once the soldier returned
and went to college for cheap, then he's
not to blame for his actions either. What
you participate in determines how you
are viewed by others, and rightly so. If
you participate in an imperial regime's
attacks on the globe, then you are at fault
as much as the leader. I don 't think what
you do is right or wrong, just that you
take the blame for it when it comes
down to it. Don 't sit back and say, " I
hated every minute, but I did it anyway."
Take the blame and be responsible for
your actions. What you participate in is
your dt;cision and how other people view
it means squat, so stand up for what you
participated in as a val id choice because
you cannot change the past.
Maybe you'd like me to show some
compassion here and tell you I really
do appreciate their efforts or at least
their situation in all of this. In the game
of pol itics, I respect an honest man, no
matter what he does, and perhaps that's a
flaw of mine. I f yo u k ill ami Ilion people
and adm it to it, my hat's off to you for
being honest. I might not support the
reasons you did it, but damned if! don't
respect your willingness to tell me up
front. A man like that took responsibility
for his actions; he didn't shift the blame
saying there were flaws in the chain 0'
command. He stood up and said, ~'I did
it, so what? Give me the punishment you
think it's worth."
Now perhaps you're thinking, butJacob,
not all of the troops even participated in
torture, firebombing, or mass genocide.
I'm well aware and I' m not going to
blame those not responsible. Which
brings me to my next point: we' re all
responsible, so stop pussyfooting around
th e issue. As the newer propaganda
drug commercials like to say, " If you
buy marijuana, you support terrorism."
Well guess what: if you pay your taxes,
you support terrorism , too . With every
bill you pay towards the government
you support genocide in other countries,
torture in our own , and untold horrors
you cannot even begin to fathom .
I f you elect someone who supports
the war and furthers funding towards it
then you have given your support to war
by the U.S . If you didn 't vote for them ,
that's fine, but yo ur money is still being
used without your consent and until you
reclaim its use yo urself (via petitions
towards legislation, letters to congress,
or running for office under a platform of
tax reform) then you are effectively still
supporting the war and the government's
actions. I think that if we bomb Iraq, and
I have paid my taxes that year, and an
Iraqi terrorist organization comes here
and blows up my car because I supported
a war on their country, effectively
paying for the murder of their friends,
that they are justified. I may not want to
die, but neither did they. If! cared more
about my country's actions I might've
killed my leaders, worked for a coup,
tried running for a party myself, but
I didn ' t , so I became just another
person who remained silent while my
government acted out with my consent.
So guess what: we ' re all to blame .
When I say, " fuck the troops," don ' t
think I'm being a dick to them because
they ' re military members: I blame all
of you . I' m to blam e as much as the
next guy, but I'm o kay with it. We 're
all to blame here and try ing to shift it
to the president, or the ge neral s, or the
congressmen underm i nes the issue at
hand . We all have a role to play in th is
horror that is I ife. I f you want to be an
evil bastard, so be it, I will support you
till the end. If you want to be the next
Gandhi, go for it, I' ll pat you on the
back there too. The role moral ity plays
in life is one of convenience, as our own
country exemplifies, and responsibility
is the only agreement that need s to be
met in this time of lies.
Jacob Stanley is a sophumore enrolled
in Fict ion Laboratory.
PIRG report suggests increase in student debt and
a need for more education funding
A new report by the National PIRGs
has fou nd that 23 percent of publ ic
college graduates entering the teaching
profession have
too much debt,
as well as 37
percent of social
workers. For
private school
graduates, the
figures are 38
percent
for
By Jesse Stark
teachers and
55 percent for social workers . These
categories are not alone; these figures are
true across the board. For Washington
state, these figures are even higher.
33 percent of public college graduates
entering teaching have unmanageable
debt, as well as 50 percent of social
workers.
Most students who leave college must
pay food , rent, and utility bills as well
as college debt. For a student who has
taken out $20,000 worth of loans, the
. monthly payment is usually around $200
a month .
Despite all this , politicians in
Washington, D.C. are continuing ahead
with their plans to cut student aid . In
February, Congress approved $12 billion
worth of cuts to student aid as part of a
so-ca lied "defic it reduct ion package."
But in the same package, they included
$70 billion worth of tax cuts to upperincome individuals.
" I have a four-year-old daughter, and
I see education as a way of getting her
opportun ities," said Suzanne Reed, a
senior at TESC. "I was a waitress for
seven years before I came here. Without
education, I would have no choice but
to continue being a waitress in a lowpaying job; the state of public high
school education only prepares you for
low-paying jobs." These federal cuts to
student aid are happening despite the US
Department of Education's own figures,
which show that people who graduate
from college make 75 percent more
than people who do not. This can add
up to more than $1 million in lifetime
earnings. In addition, people who are
better educated spend less on health care
and contribute more to tax revenues.
Our society is becoming increasingly
dependent on knowl~dge- based
jobs. More jobs require computer
programming or technical skills or
knowledge of the law and what is
legaland what is not. Students who do
not graduate from college will be at a
major disadvantage because they will
have much more difficulty proving
to prospective employers that they " Unfortunately, high student loan
have the skills necessary to do skilled debt can prevent many students from
tasks.
embarking on critical yet low-paying
College-educated
voters
are careers."
also more likely to participate in
This is a problem impacting students
the political process . The Center nationwide. Nickalous Reykdahl,
for I n format ion a nd Research on a student at Central Washington
Civic Learning and Engagement Un iversity and an active member of
has found that less well-educated voters the Washington Student Lobby, stated,
are much less likely to vote or participate " I have excessive loan debt and I want
in politics than their better-educated to be a teacher when I graduate . The
counterparts.
debt burden is a huge strain and keeps
The National PIRGs study also many other students with an interest in
found that college debts have almost teaching from pursuing their career.
doubled over the last ten years, going We risk our future by limiting the
from $9,000 ten years ago to $ 16,000 young people who can give back to our
today. In addition, two-thirds of communities."
college students graduate with
Ifour government fai Is to act, our longstudent debt, compared to one-th ird term prospects are equally bad. The
ten years ago.
report estimates that two million new
I n the worst-case scenario, students teachers will need to be hired. Therefore,
will default on their student debt, if schools cannot h ire qualified teachers
resulting in wage garnishment and bad to fill their vacancies, students will be
credit. This means that they will not be . less educated and not be able to get
able to borrow money for things like the sk ills necessary to get or ho Id a
computers, cars, and houses. This will high-quality job. Th is could result in
also mean that they will be much less a vicious cy~le where students cannot
able to start a family or to support one get the education they need because
effectively if they did. "Public servants of a lack of teachers, and the students
like teachers and social workers are vital who are well-educated refuse to enter
to the success of our communities," said teaching because of the unmanageable
Blair Anundson, PIRG Field Organizer. debt burden.
Where i·s Your
Spring?
Riding my bike past the rich sweet scents
of spring blossoms, passing by all the wet
wrinkled newborn leaves, and the bright
yellows, purples
and
fuchsias
of
sudden
f10weri ngs , I
think
about
the possibility
of rebirth : all
this new life,
unfurling into
myriad flavors By Victoria Larkin
and attitudes,
introducing itself, sprouting from the
dormancy, from trunks or shrubs thal
appeared dead : browned, dried , and
shriveled. Breathing all this in as I
coast down the hill s and glide around the
corners, I wonder about what is within me
waiting to blossom?
It is Spring. II is Ihe time of Passover
and Easter: Jewish and Christian Spring
Ritual Festivals profoundly linked 10 each
other and 10 the season we are in . Most
likely Passover began as two se parate
Spring celebrations in Jewish tribes: one
from the nomadic shepherds who would
sacrifice the new lambs, the other from
the settled agricultural tribes and their
first barley harvests. These festivals are
all about new birth, and at some point Ihe
tribes got together, and the story of the
Exodus from Egypt got Woven into the
celebrations.
Passover became the celebration of
the people's liberation from slavery, or
'constraint' (mitzrayim) , as told in the
Torah, or the first books of the Bible.
Moses was sent by "I am becoming what
I am becoming," or 'G-d,' to the Egyptian
Pharaoh to demand freedom for the Jewish
people, who had been enslaved in Egypt
for about 400 years. The Pharaoh refused,
as he had grown accustomed to the fruits
of the free labor of the Jews, and 'G-d'
• brought plagues onto Egypt until the
Pharaoh was so angered and freaked oul
that he decreed all first-born Jews were to
be slaughtered come the next Illorning of
the Spring Full Moon. T his decree was
taken from Pharaoh's mouth to be the next
plague on Egy pt. The Jews were cautioned
to smear the blood of a sacrificia l lamb on
their doorposts so that G-d and this plague
would pass over their hou ses sparing their
first-born . The next day the Pharaoh, hi s
first-born dead, relented and let the Jewish
people depart with whatever they could
carry. However, even as they left, thi s
stubborn tyrant changed his mind and
hunted them down to the edges of the sea.
II is here that Moses parted the waters .
The Jews ned through and the waters
closed on the Egyptians, thus leaving the
Jews free to wander in the desert, unti I
they came to Mount Sinai where Moses
received the Ten Commandments. But
that is another holiday altogether.
This story of the liberation and birth
of this group of oppressed peoples has
resonated for many over the centuries,
most notably Africans enslaved in the
United States, who were likewise enslaved
for about 400 years. The spiritual "Go
Down , Mos'es (Let ~y People Go)" was
written by black slaves in the 19 th century
and is often sung at modern Passover
celebrations.
A more mystical perspective might
look at the Ftory this way: the Pharaoh
represents the tyrant within , that voice
that is always demanding and punishing,
while Moses is the voice of the conscious
'I' who will ultimately demand freedom .
Moses hesitates at first; he argues with 0.d, claiming he is not worthy of the task of
going to the tyrant and demanding such
a thing as freedom. After all, who is he
but a stuttering desert rebel who'd already
killed an Egyptian overseer? And whom
do we think we are to go against the voices
of the authorities that play on the tapes in
our heads? But the voice ofG-d, that voiee
A similar problem will happen in the
social services sector. More and more
social workers wiII be needed to care
for our increasing elderly population.
However, our unmanageable debt burden
means that fewer and fewer students will
want to enter into the social services
sector, damaging the quality of life for
our elderly people.
The report offers several solutions to
the problem:
• Make student debt more affordable
by lowering interest rates on Federal
Student Loans.
• Pass laws protecting students
and parents against predatory lending
practices such as misleading them
about high interest rates and hidden
charges.
• Give financial rewards to colleges
who keep down tuition costs.
• Increasing Pel! Grants. This wiII
reduc'e the amount of money that
students will have to borrow.
In recent years, Congress has passed
loan forgiveness programs to benefit
certain teachers that teach in highdemand categories, such as math and
of true spirit Ihal wails It.>I" us in Ihe silenl
places, is the voice that will givc us Ihe
courage to face thai tynllli. This voice will
be there beside us, inside of us, al alii imes ,
through all the unknown to come.
Let us turn to the plagues to consider
what happens when something inside of
us demands life. If we remain in patt.erns
that don 't allow this.-tew Ide, we often
have things beg in to happen to us : we get
sick, we suiTer catastrophes, we eventually
kill orf the new life waiting to come into
the world . But once we choose to make
the journey toward Iile, Ihings open up
for LIS. The parting of the Red , or Reed,
Sea, and the passing through it to Ihe other
side is like being birthed. One goes from
fClllowing the orders, the ways and rules
of others, to unfamiliar bUI liberating
territory, where we I isten to and follow
what is within our own hearts. No wonder
many of the Jews wanted to go back to
their masters: at least in Egy pt Ihey kn ew
the deal. Out in the desert belween whal
is known and what is to be , it ca n get
very sca ry, and sometimes even lou sy
food is food, even if it does come with a
Whipping.
This year Passover and Eas ler arc
scheduled Ibr the same weekend, and I
love it when that happens, because in
fact, that is the way.it happened, according
to 'the book.' Jesus was a Jew, a Rabbi ,
and the Last Supper was a Seder he was
conducting. Jesus was in Jerusalem to
celebrate the Passover Feast. The bread he
broke was matzah. This is the unleavened
bread that the Jews ate the night they left
Egypt; they were in haste and had time
only to bake the dough, not to let it rise
first. The wine was the wine drunk by the
Jews as they ate the lamb they'd sacrificed
and roasted. They also ate bitter herbs (like
many spring herbs), to recall the bitterness
of slavery as well as the green of Spring,
with all of its possibilities. Jesus was the
ultimate sacrificial lamb: a first-born , a
science. But this only benefits a single
sector and does not cover other sectors of
employment. A comprehensive student
aid plan must make college affordable
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Jesse Stark is a senior transfer student
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Jew, and a sacr ifice . Th e crucifix ion and
rcsurreclion of Jes us re pn:senl Ihl.: sa III I.:
Ih I.: Illes as t he en sla ve ment and Iiberal ion
orlhe Jews. Sacrifice orlhc Illundanc, IhI.:
cnslawlllcnt 10 wha tever holds us back.
Illusl be made if we afl.: to be reborn to (lUI'
higher selves, our spiritual and trul.: naturl.:.
if we are to become who we are, if we arl.:
10 blossom like the lilies (and daffbd il s)
(AND English daisies) in the fi eld .
So I ask: what is your true spir il" Whal
is waiting to burst forth out of you ')
Where are yo u being confined . made 10
loil mi serab ly inlhc name ofolhers- thcl r
demands, their ideas, their ex pecl ation s,
their law ~; and Iheir rules') Whal idols do
yo u worship') Whal outside of you has
power over your autonomous self'J As you
see nature around yo u slrive to becomc
itself, as you encounter all the flowe rs and
fruits exploding out of Ihe constraints of
Ihe cold ground, out oflhe tighlness oflhe
buds, out of seemingly dead tree Irunk s
and branchcs, consider how you luo can
blossom.
Going from one stal e ofbeing 10 an olher
is painful , frightenin g and difficull , but
we ha ve stories of how others ha ve done
it before us, and they show us how much
there is to be gained and shared with Ihe
world when we become our true se lves.
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13, 2006
BSEC's Team Evergreen
roars at the 2006 Tiger Balm
Internationals
By Devon Waldron
In their biggest competition of the academic
year, Evergreen's Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw
Kung Fu team traveled up to Vancouver,
Brit ish Co lumbia to compete in their
fo urth tournament of the season, the Tiger
Balm Internationals, a huge internationally
recognize d eve nt with some of the top
competitors on t.he continent. Led by team
captain Devon " Dakota" Waldron , Team
Eve rgreen's Dan " Doj " Edl eso n-Stei n,
Aubrey Hard ing, Darius Harding and Cary
Kibby-Deck competed in both traditional
With six competitors in the division , Bak
Shaolin Eagle Claw showcased a range of
knowledge with forms from several di fferent
styles. Andrew Bresnik burned through a
vicious Choy Li Fut routine, Sam Haskin
thundered across the ring w ith Shao lin
Mantis, and Harte r, Sm ith and Wa ldron
showed the power and flow of Northern
Shaolin Eagle Claw. Nate Sonnenberg took
gold with his Eagle Claw Lohan , show ing
once aga in why he is a world champion.
Off to a strong start, the team picked it up
for Black Belt Point Fighting in the aftern oon.
Team Evergreen '5 Au brey and Darius Harding and Doj Ed lcson-S lcin on lhe victory podium.
soft forms and fighting. Team Evergreen was
joined by Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw National
Team members and Evergree n Alumni Sam
Haskin , Jesse Harter and Andrew Bresnik,
all former Team Evergreen captains. Also
present from the National Team were Nate
Sonnenberg and Shasta Sm ith of Man hattan
Beach , Ca liforn ia. Two members of the
Phi nney Ridge Kung Fu Club. Bak Shaolin
Eag le Claw's Seatt le branch. Brandon Ward
and Damon May, we re also in attendance.
The first day of th e compet it ion bega n
with the Black Be lt Soft Form s division.
In the lightest weight class, Shasta and Nate
fought hard . Nate, in a spectac ularly close
match, droppcd a crescent-axe kick on his
op ponent 's head in the final seconds of
his last match, earning him bronze. In the
hcavyweight division, Andrew fought first,
taking it to his opponent and sai ling on into
the next round . Waldron was matched up
against Sukwi nder Ma nhas, the well-known
coach of Team Canada, and though he lost on
points he pounded his opponent. not letting
him go unscathed. Then Harter was up, and
he too, blew away the opposition. Andrew
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fought the renowned Bill Hunter in a rematch
from three weeks ago, and though fighting
hard, was denied by the two-time world
champion . The fighter that was punished by
Waldron in the first round received similar
treatment from Jesse Harter in the second,
paying a heavy price for winning on points.
Harter fini shed third, taking home bronze,
with Bresnik right behind him in fourth.
In the super-heavyweight division, Sam
Haskin awed not only his competition,
but the other fighters in the room, with an
unprecedented display offinesse. Undefeated
in three fights , Haskin went on to take home
the gold in his division . The point fighting
Grand Championship that came next saw
Sam and Bill Hunter line up against each
other in a heated bout where Hunter took the
final Championship after a tense 4-2 match .
After the Black Belt Point Fighting ring
was done, it was ti me for Team Evergreen to
show their stuff in the underbelt Traditional
Soft Forms division . It was a clean sweep,
with Aubrey Harding in third, Doj Edleson
in second, and Brandon Ward of Phinney
Rid ge in first pl ace with the go ld , for
his performance of Shaolin Power Fist.
In the fi nal event of the day, the Black Belt
Continuous Sparring, Sam Hask in edged out
h is opponent and took another fi rst place. In
lightweights, Nate was forced to forfeit the
third and fourth pl ace round for draw ing
blood; Shasta, though the dominant fi ghter
in the fi rst and second place round, received
silver because of excessive contact. In the
heavywe ight division, it was ligh tning-fast
and hard-hitting. Bresnik was up fi rst, and
rocked his opponent with smashing ehoy Li
Fut. Waldron dom inated his first opponent
in a match that was hard enough that both
fig hters were nearly disqual i fied. Harter
also showed how dangerous he could be,
blasting his opponent despite a broken toe.
Eventually, Waldron faced off agai nst Harter
in a very close match, resulting in a win for
the newest Evergreen team captain. Andrew
slammed his way through his next opponent,
right into the final bout for first and second. In
a brotherly rival match, Andrew and Devon
fought for the gold, with Devon eventually
coming away with the win in th e end ,
thanks in part to some excellent coaching.
The second day of the tournament finall y
saw Tea m Evergree n compete in th e ir
untlerbelt point fighting divisions. In the
lightweight division, Darius Hard'ing picked
off his opponent in a clear win. Aubrey
Harding defeated Edleson-Stein for a chance
at the gold. In a final , brother-versus-brother
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match, Darius displayed smart and strategic
fighting and took the gold. Doj was awarded
bronze after his opponent forfeited the match.
In the heavyweight ring, John Cary dominated
his first opponent with strong kicks and quick
hands. Kibby-Deck opened up in his fi ght,
making quick work of the opposition and
earning a place in the first and s.econd match.
The final match, Cary Kibby-Deck versus
JohnCary, saw a long' bout in which John
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time ran out. Once again Team Evergreen
swept the beginner point fighting divisions,
with two golds, two silvers and one bronze.
Team Evergreen looks forward to continuing
an already stron g andsl,Jccessful' yea r. The
team wo uld like to thank G randm as ter
Leung Fu and Sifu Dana G. Daniels for
their tireless efforts in teaching Bak Shaolin
Eag le Claw. The energy ga ined at the 2006
Tiger Balm Internat iona ls w ill help all the
participants and the me mber s of Team
Evergreen achieve eve n greater heights in
another challengi ng and competitive yea r.
Next up, the team will return to Vancouver,
B.C. for the Western Martial Arts Open on
April 8. The competition season will continue
with a string of regional and national events
through the spring and summer quarters
until its finale at the MAAD Cha llenge in
Portland which will take place during the
annual Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw summer
camp in June. Be sure to check them out!
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meet s Monday throu g h Friday. Contact
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