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Issue 24 '
Volume 34
Apr. 27 , 2006
CAB pre-design
plans getting a
final touch
By Dan Edleson-Stein
Big things are happening in the CAB
pre-design project. On April \8 , the executive pre-design team had a tinal chance to
look at the plans for the renovation of the
College Activities Building before the '
architects at Perkins-Will submit their
final plans in early May. In the meeting
the architects presented three different
schematic designs to the students, faculty
and administration of the pre-design team.
The designs differ in their extensiveness
and therefore in cost, and will be proposed
to the student body on May 22 when students will be able to vote on Gateway on
whether or not to approve the use of student
funds foi' the project, and if so for which
design.
The three plans'-while all taking into
account previous student input--vary quite
a bit. The low-cost pl an deals with the
bas ic renova tion of th e building but does
110t add on any extra square footage. The
main things that are added are a student-run
cafe and large lounge spaces overlooking
the forest. The lounges and cafe were added
into the building by relocating certain lIser
Article continued on page 15 .. .
News Commentary:
Past dreams of
a student government close
in on reality
By Paul Osterlund
Nature Vs. Nurture
" While stud e nt s have experime nt ed
with different kinds o f student governance
in the past, there is curre ntly no student
government. " Thi s sentence appears on the
Evergreen website, located near the bottom
in the "tenns and conce pts defin ed" secti on.
It seems li ke th e typi cal way o f life here,
at leCist on campus- to flirt with an idea
but not ac tuall y set it in stone, regardl ess
of im po n anee . The Greene rs for St ud ent
Govern ment arc nea ri ng th e closest point
to cha nging th at.
The student govern ment movement is
one that has been pushed along w ith fe rvor
as we ll as possessing notabl y progress ive
and contemporary ideas. Jayne Kaszynski
of th e Greeners for Student Governm ent
attributes the success to those w ho work ed
to make it happen. "This year we had a
gro up of people we rking really hard to get
the word out," Kaszynski noted. As of April
7, when online polls closed, the movement reached its zenith when Evergreen
students overwhelmingly voted to ratify
the Geoduck Constitution. 92 percent of
Article continued 011 page 15 ...
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
by
Michael Sargent
Address Service Requested
Soon Kim Zangar will leave this chair for good.
photu by Aamn Bietz
Switching it up in
Police Services
Evergreen still seeks permanent Police Services director
By Sam Go/qsmith
Kim ZangaI', interim 'direetor o f Police
Services, w ill leave Evergreen on Fri day
atier six months w ith th e co llege .
Comm ander Ed Sorger o f th e Lacey
poli ce depal1me nt w ill start 0 11 Mo nday
as the new interi m direc tor. Sorger wil l be
th e thi rd interim director in one year.
The college has bee n witho ut a permanent director of Po li ce Services s ince th e
th e permanent positi on, bu t w ithdrew her
ap pl icati o n fo r personal reaso ns.
The hirin g committ ee, cha ired by Steve
H linter, assoc ia te vice presi den t for e nro ll men t serv ices, re-opencd th e searc h a nd is
now si ft i ng through a new rOllnd o f appl ications. " We arc movi ng th e process al ong
qui ckl y," sa id Hu ntcr. Fi nali sts will come
to Eve rgreen be fore th e e nd of spring quarte r for interviews, a nd
a hi rin g decis ion w ill
be made th is s ummer.
Iluntcr says th e current
appli ca nt poo l is both
large r and stro nger th an
the lirst.
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departu re of Steve HuntsbelTY in spring of
2005. Director o f Po lice Services is the
hi ghest-rankin g offi cer on campus. They
oversee th e departm ent, its officers, and
parkin g serv ices: Za ngar repl ac ed th e
first interim di rector, Bri an Jones, during
fa ll quarter.
A hiring committee of stafl~ faculty and
one student conducted a national search for
a director. Two applicants were selected
as finalists and came to campus for interviews last quarter, but neither was ofFered
the position . .Zangar initially applied for
<ItTa irs, is the dec ide r
fo r th e hirin g . He
elected not to offer the perm ane nt pos itio n
to ei the r first round fi nali st, say in g th ey
we ren't the ri g ht fit for th e college.
'~ J was n' t excited about either of them
coming to campus:' sa id Costantin o, "so
we kept searching. It is potenti ally disrupti ve to the departm ent, but I would rather
keep looking for the ri ght person."
The right person, says Costantino, is
someone with "excellent communication
skills to bridge Police Services with the
rest of the campus and make interactions
mo re th an j ust lega li sti c." li e stresses Ihe
need for a di rec tor who will "i ncrease profess ionalism" in the department. .
Costantino says the: camp us has nol suffe red from instab ility in Police Services
ove r th e last year. " The two int erim
directors have done more th an maintain
th e status quo of th e departme nt," says
Costantino, " they have ad vanced it." .
JOnt:s, said Costantin o, began im pleme nt ing changes suggested by an external aud it o f th e depal1ment, a nd Zangar
c larifi ed officer res ponsibi li ties .
Se rge ant D a rw in Ed d y is bo th a
me mber of th e search comm ittee an d the
I.:vc rgreen po lice_ Whe n asked if the hig h
rate of tu rn over is disrupti ve to po licing the
ca mp us, Eddy eq uated it to an academic
program with a new fac ult y eac h q uat1er.
" It 's un easy," he says. " \ 'ou have to lea lll
th e di fferent manageme nt styles, but tha t 's
normal in any type o f job. "
Sorger, th e newest interim director has
nearl y 40 years ex peri ence w ith the L~cey
po tice, where he stat1ed as a cadet in 1967.
He plans to enroll at Evergree n as a seni or
to fini sh hi s bachelor's degree. He will be
considered for the pennanent pos ition.
Sam Goldsmith is a senior at Evelg reell.
lie is the Lellers and OpiniollS coordinator
of the CPl.
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APRIL 27, 2006
Greener community to be
greener
Interv;ews with Les Puree
Film. "Loye in Action"
What are you doing to be
a part of the solution?
By Sebastian Stratton
This is the first in hopefull y a long and
bountiful string of interviews and ideas.
I have noticed in my two years here at
Evergreen th at th ere a re many things
mi ss in g in our comUJunity, and many
things already going on and passing by
withou t much notice. Here I hope to make
j ust a small impact in th is civic defi cit by
sharin g know ledge, ideas, action s and
beli efs tha t w ill idea ll y impro ve our
overall community. Things th at this could
in vo lve include such missing pieces as a
fi shing club, a caving club, an alternati ve
tra nsportation awareness day of fun and
ac ti vi ties, a fac ulty band or chorus, an
Evergreen wilderness explorati on group,
or a yearl y mus ic fes ti val (good idea,
Les). This vague endeavor will also pose
as a place to share details about people's
projects or actions that they are already
doing or plan on doing. Thi s co uld range
any where from info about some sort of
Evergreen promotion cl ub, to events that
desperat ely need adverti sing, to groups
that no one really knows about. With that
dull introdu ction , I am hopin g those of
you Greeners who are doing great things
or have great ideas will, as some crappy
mov ie star said, "help me help you." So
please e-mail meat sebstrat@yahoo.com
if yo u would like to share with our greater
Evergreen community. With that, here is
an interview with one of our wonderful
Eve rgree n members-- th e thought s and
hopes of President Les Puree.
Speakin g to Les Puree proved a wonderful idea, for although he is a very busy
man with little time fo r ex trac urric ul ar
ve ntures , he has been kee pin g secret,
some inspiring, dreams for our Evergreen
and Olympia community. The first thin g
he immediately brought up was his desire
to help cre a te some so rt of " ori g in a l
mus ic ga th ering." As Ill a ny G ree ners
know, music festi vals are always a blast
and where would be a be tter pl ace to have
one than our ow n backyard. Les strongly
be lieves th at " it is somethin g nat ural
for our communit y,': and while music is
eve rywhere in Olympi a and Evergrel; n,
we have yet to create a sort of Arts Walk
for music here . He also elaborated on the
idea by throw ing out possibilities li ke a
guitar or instrument swap, concerts in the
park, workshops, and maybe even getting a
famous musician or two. Thi s I agree is an
important pi ece of our community that has
not yet materi alized, and th at with a bit of
planning could easily become a wonderful
tradition (maybe to celebrate the wonderful
spring). We already know th e pres ident of
the school is all fo r it , and while he fi rml y
believes it should be "a nun-profit ve nt ure"
the specifics of how it could be paid for and
who wo uld help sponsor such an event still
need to be work ed out. He was also ve ry
adamant about hav ing the event not Just be
for Evergreen but fo r the whole Olymp ia
community. He sa id, " I don' t care where
it happens, but I think it wo ul d be great to
have the college be a part of it. "
Along the same lines he also has dreams
of anoth er creati ve ve ntu re. He believes
we are missing an honorary day oflit erary
beauty in our Evergreen/O lympia cul ture.
Bringing together all sorts of authors in
an inspiring day o f literature and writin g
including everything fro m poetry, stori es
and novels to cart oons, comics, and oth er
sorts of creati ve writin g woul d strengthen
the culture of our lovely neighborhood.
Prese ntin g ideas is onl y one sm all
step in th e greater goa l of grow in g our
evergree n State Co ll ege int o a full er,
sturdil; r tree of creati vit y and li beral arts
opportuni ty. If yo u agree with the hopes o f
Mr. Puree, and wo uld like to help take th e
nex t step he wo uld love to hear fro m you
at Purcel@e ve rgreen.edu, or you can catch
him on the third fl oor of the CAB building tw ice a month where he spends lime
meeting with anyone whu will givc hi m
some time (in fo on th ose t imcs is posted
via ema il priur to the meeti ng). Aga in, I
am look ing fur more ideas and act ions that
y'a ll are workin g on or wu ul d like share.
So e- mail me' It onl y takes a sec()nd' And
it's free'
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by Jordan Lyons and Charlie Daugherty
KNAPP
"To pollution? Or What?"
LEADERSHIP ON THE WILD SIDE
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"Eating org anic, locally-grown foods."
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JUNIOR, NATION AND NARRATION
DAN MIES
"Trying to start a student store th at sells
exclusively student -created products."
FRESHMAN, REENACTING CONFLICT
NATALIE UL LMAN
"If we' re going to remodel the CAB, we
should go all out. Scheme 3, the most
expensive and best design possible for
Evergreen."
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Comment on that week's paper. Air
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something in the CPJ bothers you, this is
the meeting for you!
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Business
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Starting in the fall quarter of 2006,
the G eoduck Union will consist of 2 1
elected student r e presentatives . Th e
Union will be non-hierarc hical - a ll
repres e ntativ e s will be on e qual
footing and all d e cision making will
be consensus-based . All Evergreen
students are eligible for candidacy and
encouraged to run. Applications can
be picked up in CAB 320 and mu s t
be returned by Monday, May 8. There
will be a candidate fair on Red Square
during Week Six. Candidate application
statements will be published in a Voter's
Guide during Week Seve n . Voting
Begins May 22 . For more information
e- mail greengov@ evergreen .edu .
The Irish (G aelic) lan g u ag e is one
of the olde s t writt e n l a ngua ges in
Europe, with a rich body of lite ra ture
and tradition. Join Evergreen 's Iri s h
studies professor Sean Williams for an
exploration of the Iris h language , a nd
a glimpse into the culture of Ireland .
Learn about the background of the Irish
language, some basic vocabulary and
grammar, and maybe a song. I f you a re
thinking about taking the ever- popular
Ireland program next year yo u should
check this out. T hursday, M ay 4 in SE M
II Cl105 from 4:10 - 5 p.m.
Bicycle Commuters
Film Collaboration
Opportunity
FRESHMA N, INTERNSHIP
Contact
Sell your student work at a consignment
store run by you. This general interest
meeting is an opportunity to discuss
matters including location, coordinators,
operation, funding, a website, and a
spring bazaar. Examples of products:
ceramics, woodworking, jewelry, zines,
CDs , books, broadsides, sculpture ,
paintings, photography, mixed media,
metalworking, or anything you would
like to sell that was produced for a class.
Wednesday, May 3,3-5 p.m. in Seminar
II Al105.
Irish: Remembering the
Forgotten Tongue
MAR/SA MONTEVERDE
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
The Cooper Point Journal
A screening of the documentary with
director Morgan Jon Fox-an opportunity
for "deepening the dialogue." Fox will
show his work in progress "Love in
Action" documenting the story of how a
16 year old from Memphis, TN was sent
to Love in Action, a reparative therapy
camp to make him straight. Follow the
story of how the queer community,
allies , and the media responded . Fox
is particularly interested in expanding
his work to promote more dialogue and
understanding around highly charged
issues- come and participate in the
unfolding conversation! Wednesday,
May 3 at 6 p .m. in Lecture Hall 5.
Student Store
Why Don't You Run for
Student Government?
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Student Group Meeting 5 p.m. Monday
Find out what it means to be a member
of the student group CPJ. Practice
consensus-based decision making.
Content Meeting 5:30 p.m. Monday
Help discuss future 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.
Editor.in.chief ................ ................... Eva Wong
Managing editor............. .. .. .. ..... Kate DeGraaf!
Arts & Entertainment ...... .... ...... Randa Saills
Briefs......... ......... ............. Francesco Di Stefano
Calendar........................... Francesco Di Stefano
Comics ....... .............................. .....Chelsea Baker
Copy editor.... ... .. ...............................Calen Swift
Letters & Opinions ............ Sam Goldsmith
News ........... ............................. ,....... Sam Jessup
PhotoS ....................... ................. .. .. Aaron Bietz
See page ........... ........... ... ... Christina Weeks
Student Voice ... ..... ..... .. ....... .. ...... ..unfilled
Reporter ......... ....... ...... .. .. ...... Paul Osterlund
DeSign ....................................Charlie Daugherty
Curtis Randolph
Victor Sanders
Advisor............. .... .. ... ..... ...... Dianne Conrad
Film is a curious thing. It is a medium
that I as an illustrator am not familiar
with , but something I have sought to
unders ta nd . I have been profoundly
a ffected by film when the message
portrayed is true and clear. Film and
video is an art and it takes an artist to see
with the video ca mera and make these
things come to life . It is a great medium
to educate people about a vision and to
show them the hope s a nd drea m s for
this vi sion to manifest into reality. I am
seeking someone with video proficiency
to assist m e in creating th e reality of
my vi sion for a proj ect about nature and
education that I a m doing thi s qu a rter
and possibly into fall. I f you are a video/
filmmaker let 's ta lk about my vision and
your vision a nd see if we can collaborate.
Interest in nature and education is a plus.
If you a re intere sted , ple ase c ontact
Dinea at dineanature @juno.com or call
(253) 227-8074 and leave your name and
number and I will call you back.
Starting Monday, May I 'Thurs ton
County is holding a cont~st whereby
bicycle commuters will record th e
miles they ride for work and errands
in exchange for prizes. This Bicycle
Commuter Contest (BCC) is part of an
effort by Thurston County transportation
authorities to determine what is and is
not "working" for bicycle commuters.
Registration forms a re available online
by acce ssing Intercity Transit's website
at www.intercitytransit.com and pape r
copies are available at the Park ing Office
in Se m ina r I. This ye ar, Eve rgre en 's
C ommute Trip R e duction (C TR)
program is subsidi z ing BCC 's $ 7.50
re gistration fee for Evergreen students,
staff, and faculty in conjunc tion with the
Spring Qua rte r Commuter Contest. For
thi s qu a rterly contest the CTR will be
surveyin g commuting habits during the
week of May 15 through 19, including
driving a lone , biking , carpooling ,
riding the bus, walking, compressed
work week, telecommuting, and other
creative commuting methods. For the
Spring Quarter Commuter Contest
forms will be handed out on Red Square
and available at mail stops and in the
parking office.
Delia and Mark Owens
Hands Off Immigrants,
Workers and Families
This May D a y you h a ve the
opportunity to "stand in solidarity" as
pa r t of a pl anned Immigrant Worke r
Genera l Strike. The re will be speakers
from numerous groups, among them " Un
di a sin immigrante " (A Day without a n
Immigrant), Industrial Workers o f the
World a nd Bread and. Roses. Mu s ica l
groups Fast Rattler, Citize ns' Band and
Rosa Aura Seg ura will be performing .
Last Word Books , Yes Yes, Rec th e Pl ace
and other communit y orga ni zatio ns will
be running "interactive tables." Monday,
May I at 3 p.m . at Sylvester Park (Ca pitol
Way & Legion Way, Olympia) .
In 1986 th ese zoologi sts di scove red
poachers were shooting 1,000 elephants
per year in remote North Luangwa Park ,
Za mbia . The Owe ns stopped poaching
by providing alt e rn a tiv e jobs , he a lth
ca re, education and agriculture for local
village rs. With poaching controlled ,
Delia and Mark conducted the longestrunning research project ever fi elded on
a severely poached e le phant populati on.
They will be spe aking on the subject of
.. Hi g h Stakes Con se r va t iOIl : Say i ng
E lephants by Gi ving A Itern ati ve Job s
to Poach e rs ." Pres ent e d as p a rt of
the Rachel Carson fo rum , a n a nnual
event organi zed by Everg ree n's Mas ter
o f Environm e ntal Studi es Pro gr a m
members, in which a n e nvi ro nme ntal
iss ue is publicly deb ated . Music by The
New Prohibition Band will beg in at 6: 15
p.m . with the presentation beginning at
7 p.m. This free event will take place
at the Long house o n Tuesd ay, May 2
for free.
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APRIL
27, 2006
WRICOPS
Keeping it growing
Our most valuable possessions
A review on safety at
Evergreen
new staff member to oversee compost.
It would also mean finding a permanent
source
of funding for the compost project.
By Jesse Dutton Miller
Would you be willing to pay an extra $2
It's a funny world we live in where the resulting worm shit is used to fertilize per quarter with your tuition to keep the By Sam Jessup
gold, a weak and relatively useless metal, the farm and community gardens. But the compost cooking?
In January of 2005, consultants from
is considered most valuable while we flush wQrm bin broke, and we are waiting until
Maybe so much time has passed since
by
The Western Regional Institute for
our shit away fast as we can. The thing is it is fixed to begin composting again .
Evergreen started compo sting that most
that gold can't do much except look pretty,
Evergreen's compost facility cur- people around here don't remember how Community Oriented Public Safety
Evergreen 's rather radical (WRICOPS) came to Evergreen to assess
composting project got the quality of community policing at
started. But Jonathan Pavley Evergreen.
Former director of police services
does . He recalls how stuSteve
Huntsberry was the one to request
dents began collecting their
WRICOPS
assessment.
the
food scraps in five-gallon
After
interviewing
students, staff and
buckets and dumping them
administrators,
after
tagging
along with
in an abandoned lot near
line
officers
on
their
campus
patrols
campus. Eventually the
.
and
after
interviewing
police
service
operation got big enough
that the administration got employees, the WRICOPS consultants
word of it and said it would put together a report.
The report describes things like the
have to stop; students chalorgani
zational structure and climate of
lenged them to make room
.
police
services, as well as the nature of
for a sulution on campus
TESC
community's
perception of police
land, and the Evergreen
services.
The
report
concludes
on a posicomposting project was
tive
note,
stating
that
police
services
is
born. Since then it has grown
doing
a
"good
job"
and
has
a
"good
start"
photo by Aaron Bie~ into its current form, thanks
to many dedicated student towards community policing.
Community-oriented policing stratevolunteers and minimum
whereas shit, and other forms of dense rently functions under an exempt permit
gies emphasize open communication and
organic matter, can heat our houses and from the Thurston County department of wage workers, and support from Evergreen
cooperation
between law enforcement and
fertilize our crops. That's why I'm telling health, which allows us to forego the more housing, facilities, and academics.
the
community
whereas problem-oriented
If you're starting a garden this spring
you that dense organic matter is the most rigorous testing than other municipal and
policing
IS focused primarily on respondvaluable thing in the world. (Yes, besides commercial compost facilities undertake. but haven't made any finished compost yet,
ing to .. .problems.
It also requires that we use worms on all there are options for buying some although
Love of course, Greeners .)
The WRICOPS report identifies two of
Shit is worth more than diamonds, compost maGe from post-consumer scraps, you can't buy anything as good as what
the Evergreen community 's main safety
but it 's easy
concerns.
to Ignore it
The first concern was " the aCl:ess uf
because we ' re
non-college indi vidu als to the campu s
raised thinking
who engage in ill ega l beha vior or di rectl y
th a t flu s hing
threaten the safelY of T ESC comlllll nit y
it into rivers is
members. "
the only way
When as ked for ex ampl cs of slich i \leto deal with it.
gal acti viti es the current intl:rim din:cl or or
Thi s w int er 1
police services, Kim Zilnga r, ciled an ea rl y
had the pleasure
2006 Winter Quarter inc ident In whi ch a
of spreadin g a
pe rs'on who cam e fru m u fT campus to
c ubi c ya rd o f
attend a party in th e dorms assa ult ed an
full y cu mp os Evcrgree n stud ent.
ted h u ma n u re
In an effo rt to 'improve th clr res punse
(yo u
know,
to incidents lik e th e une Zan gar ciled,
human -manure)
T ESC PS co\l abora ted with ho using and
on the garden at
created an "ac ti ve community policing"
Dancing Ro cks
cummitt ee compos ed o f ho us in g a nd
Permaculture
police services staff.
c o mmunity
No members of the committee cuuld
in
Tucson.
be reached for comment at the tim e of thi s
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article's writing.
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at all. I ran my
Zan gar said TESCPS has managed
hands through
to
reduce the level of speeding on the
you
can
make
at
home.
The
farm
will
be
it greedily, wishing that I was as rich as which explains our current situation. We
Parkway
by heavily patrolling the area.
allowed
to
sell
compost
and
worm
castings
are currently exempt because we're a nonthose wise people.
After
the
recent theft of equipment from
It's not very hard to set up a bucket col- commercial, closed facility that composts as soon as our soil tests are returned. Until Seminar II, one line officer questioned the
lection system and then compost your shit, using worms and does not collect food- then, Black Lake Organic on Black Lake amount oftime TESCPS spends patrolling
Boulevard just south of town is a great
although if you do that in an incorporated scraps from off campus.
place that can supply all your gardening the Parkway, saying Parkway patrols were
When
I
came
to
visit
Evergreen
for
the
town you'll probably be in violation of
reducing the amount of time officers spend
laws. Once upon a time people just left first time, our campus tour guide talked materials from seeds to soil. After a couple on campus .
their shit under their outhouses, where it about our "state of the art," world-class of slow seasons, they're having trouble
Zangar dismissed the notion that
naturally composted, but in these modem compost facility. But that's not such an staying in business- please support them TESCPS was spending too much time
days of overpopulation and fecal coli- accurate description anymore. According because they ' re the best. Remember that out on the Parkway.
form water contamination, it 's important to Melissa Barker, the farm manager, our where you choose to spend money shapes
She said that after the theft of approxito speed up the process by managing a compost facility is stretched tu its capac- the world around us.
maiely
$15,000 of media equipment, police
Life is participation in compost. Happy
compost pile in a manner that won't allow ity at the moment. There's more stuff out
services
"re-analyzed where emphasis was
there we could be composting but don 't fertilizing, and I'll talk to you next week .
leakage into groundwater or rivers.
placed"
by line officers but did not
being
Don 't forget to stop by the farm stand on
A lot of us already know that compost- have room for.
see
the
need
to
significantly change th e
It's time for Evergreen to decide how Red Square Tuesdays and Thursdays, II
ing food scraps is another great way to
way
line
officers
patrol.
a.m. to 5 p.m. (or whenever we sell out) .
enrich our local economies. It just makes important composting is to us. If the stuZan
gar
added
that in the past few
It isn't exactly harvest season yet but we
sense; when you take the nutrients off- dents think that composting at Evergreen is
do have the best salad greens, tulips and weeks, TESCPS has started to keep more
site, you ' re depleting your soil. That's a priority, it's time to build another, larger
detailed records of building walkthroughs.
eggs
in town .
why a lot of us have been disappointed facility and get it pennilted . Then we could
Zangar said the object of these new records
in the temporary closure of Evergreen's increase the amount of composting that's
is mainly to "give [officers] credit" for the
Jesse
Dutton
Miller
is
a
senior
compost facility that continues at the time happening on campus and incorporate all
work
they do.
enrolled
in'
The
Practice
of
Sustainable
of this writing. Normally, our food scraps the leaves, woodchips, etc. generated by
Agriculture.
He
works
at
the
campus
Sam Jessup is a junior enrolled in a
go through three heat treatments during the dedicated grounds crew. But this would
children s center. Please sendfeedback to contract titled Spreaaing the News. He is
composting and are then fed to red worms; cost money and would involve hiring a
zapatilla@risellp.net.
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By Ruth Moss
Last winter, the stream of my life grew
into a river, flowing deeper and wider and
stronger than ever before. I moved into
a cooperative house on five acres with a
ceramics studio, a glass studio, a metal
shop, an organic garden and two happy
dogs. We have a whole forest to play in.
We are working hard to make good things
happen.
It's a beautiful life. It's making me
dream big dreams. I'm dreaming about
what may come. I'm wondering what the
world will be like in ten years, in twenty
years. What will our lives be like when all
of this hard work has paid off'? What may
come of the things we are learning now?
What may come of our intention, of our
words, of the love we pour into the relationships that we are building everyday?
I am beginning to think the future we
dream of is not so far away as it seems.
If you haven't felt it yet, I will tell you
that a powerful new time is upon on us .
If you listen to the wind you will hear it.
If you listen to your heart you will know
it. We are perched on the edge of our own
enormous potential to affect change and
shift the eneJID' of our culture in positive
ways.
I live .with a visionary, a ceramic artist,
a yoga,teacher, a photographer and a sculptor. We collectively call ourselves and the
work we do CULTURESEED. We've been
thinking about connecting our ideas and
beliefs with our lifestyles in creative and
satisfying ways.
This May, CULTURESEED is preparing a very special celebration to harness our
collective energy and realize our dreams.
We want you to share and celebrate with
us. You are invited to "What May Come,"
a time of boundless creative energy.
We will open on Tuesday, May 2 with
a musical potluck at our home on Cooper
Point, dedicated to sharing and creating
music with our community in a friendly
and welcoming environment. On Friday,
May 5 is our Cinco de Maya celebra-
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tion at the Olympia Eagles Hall on 4th
Avenue. CULTURESEED will bring the
uplifting music of Ka'n 'Nal, Lunar Fire,
and Luminous Fog to Olympia. This will
be an extraordinary evening of transcendental sound, sacred fire performance,
high-energy music and an after-hours
Latin Dance Party. "Emergence" .is the
theme for our culminating event the
following Friday, May II, with musical performancc<s by local and traveling
bands including Blue Tech, Surrounded
by Ninjas, and The Mellonballer Quartet.
There will also be multiple art exhibits
including a win9ing outdoor sculpture
garden, interactive games, intentional
collaborative art projects and lots of
surprtses.
Leading up to and during "Emergence"
will be a diversity of skill sharing workshops and open house days on our land
to assist our efforts to live healthy and
creative sustainable lifestyles. This series
of events are designed as a fundraiser to
further our mission . CULTURESEED
exists to provide opportunities for social
and cultural change by supporting artists
in the production of unique and engaging
events. We operate multimedia art studios
based on shared learning experiences and
want to encourage community interaction
in creativity, cooperation, companionship
and compassion . .
Time IS art, and life is a creative act. We
are each one of us shapers and creators,
with the capacity to dream new ways of
life and press forward into the future with
the immense power of our imaginations .
It's time to see what may come .
For more information or advance tickets, check out www.cultureseed.org
Ruth Moss is ajunior doing an internship at cultureseed.org.
Hands-on
Health:
Evergreen's Unique Student
What does Santo Tomas, Medical Assistant Program
Nicaragua have to do with
the Evergreen community?
By Carmon Jenkins and Kenari Breshem
By Carrie Stellpflug
For the past ten years, numerous
Evergreen students have been part of
a relationship of solidarity with Santo
Tomas, Nicaragua, formed by the Thurston
Santo Tomas Sister County Association
(TSTSCA) as a response to the U.S.funded contra wars in the 80s. Since 1988,
TSTSCA has worked with the Center for
Community Development (CDC) in Santo
Tomas to foster personal relationships
that transcend the military and economic
violence carried out by the United States.
Though rooted in the struggle against the
Contras, TSTSCA believes that the economic oppression carried out by NAFTA,
CAFTA, and such institutions as the IMF
and World Bank is a form of violence as
well, and solidarity continues to be necessary even though this is a kind of war
that doesn't make as many headlines .
Members of the broader community and
Evergreen student delegations have had
the opportunity to go to Santo Tomas and
see first-hand the day to day struggles that
are a result of U.S. foreign policy while
at the same time be inspired by the tenacity and determination of our friends and
comrades. Delegation members have the
opportunity to work alongside Tomasin@s
in various projects such as the Children's
Free Lunch Program, which serves .a free
meal to over one hundred kids a day; an
organic farm, which grows food for the
lunch program as well as to sell in the
market; the Clinica Popular, or People's
Clinic; and a wide range of other projects
aimed at strengthening the community and
promoting self-sufficiency.
Many citizens of both Thurston County
. and Santo Tomas do not have the same
opportunities to travel outside of their
respective country. For this reason, del-
egations north from Santo Tomas are an
essential piece to continue this cultural
exchange and to introduce our friends to
our community here .
On April 19, TSTSCA welcomed the
eighth delegation north from our sister
city in Santo Tomas. Our guests, Rosa
Aura Segura, Facunda Zeled6n Nunez,
and Maria Salvadora Gonzalez, will be
in Olympia until May II . While here,
our guests will be working on various
projects in the community, hoping to
gain some knowledge to be brought back
with ihem to Santo Tomas as well as
imparting knowledge to us and sharing
some of their experiences with the community at large. Their stay here will also
include visits to Evergreen classes and an
exciting speaking event at Evergreen on
May 3 about the water crisis and water
privatization in Nicaragua. They will be
joined by Nicaraguan activist and director
of a peasant farmers' organization, Elvin
Castellon. See the announcement section
for further details!
We can read all the books and articles
we want. but the opportunity to meet and
connect with the people whose lives are
directly impacted by the issues we read
about, watch documentaries about, and
protest about is a precious one. Please
support TSTSCA and our guests by
coming to the public events listed and
help make this delegation as good as, if
not better than. the previous seven! See
TSTSCA's website for further details:
www.olympiasantotomas.org.
Carrie Stellpflug is a senior enrolled in
Labor History, Photography, Musicianship,
and Ballet.
Have you ever considered a career in
medicine or the health services? Did you
know that there is a possibility to work at
the Student Health Center? As a Student
Medical Assistant, or SMA, students take
an active role in helping to provide health
care to our campus. Each spring, a group
of students are selected to work at the
Health Center for the following year. This
is a one of a kind program, and a unique
and wonderful opportunity for students
interested in hands-on experience in the
medical field, including some exposure
to alternative approaches to medicine.
Besides acquiring valuable experience
in the practical application of healthcare
skills, students will also earn academic
credit and an hourly wage.
Training' for the Student Medical
Assistant Program takes place during the
lasltwo weeks of summer vacation. For the
upcoming academic year, training starts on
September II and goes through September
22 . During this rigorous and informative
training, the new student medical assistants
will leam how to take vital signs, draw
blood, give injections. perform basic lab
procedures, and medical reception duties.
Once school starts, each SMA works a
regular schedule of 12 hours per week.
Included as the academic component are
weekly in-service trainings on a wide
variety of medical topics . SMAs also participate in Peer Health education, which
provides outreach to fellow students.
This is a wonderful first exposure to
the healthcare field; a great opportunity
to gain practical knowledge that will help
you decide if medicine is right for you. At
the end of the year-long program, SMAs
will be certified as health care assistants
in the state of Washington. This certification makes you eligible to work in other
medical and research facilities. Many
SMAs have continued their education
and become medical doctors, nurses,
and biomedical researchers; others have
become naturopathic doctors, herbalists,
and practitioners of acupuncture/Chinese
medicine.
Ifthis sounds like something you would
like to do, come pick up · an application
from the front desk at the Health Center
in Seminar 1 2110 (across from Police
Services). Applicants must be willing
to learn and be ready to apply theory to
practice. Work, volunteer and life experience are all taken into consideration.
Applications are due May 24 by 5 p.m.
If you are interested you should come
by our table at the academic fair on
Wednesday, May 17 from 4-6 p.m. You
are also welcome to join us at our open
house at the Student Health Center on May
17 from 3-6 p.m. Come chat with current
SMAs, meet our staff and tour the clinic.
We're looking forward to meeting you, and
excited about the possibility of working
with you next year!
"I would do this program even if I was
not being paid ." Lela Altman, Graduate
Medical Assistant Coordinator 20052006.
"I can't believe I can draw blood ."
Carmon Jenkins , Student Medical
Assistant 2005-2006
Carmon Jenkins is a junior enrolled
in Jefferson's American West and Kenari
Breshem is a senior enrolled in an individual learning contract on cll/tllral identity. They are both in this year s Student
Medical Assistant program.
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How the Japanese found success in Brazil
By John G. O'Donnell
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Weekends in Silo Paulo are alw ay s
a whirl and a buzz of excitation. The
city 's numerous plazas become choked
with people . Vendors arrive carly to
con struct makeshift te nt s and stages
where they wIll hawk theIr wares and
ne got ia t e pnce s. Mu s ician s , pi ckpockets and beggars congregate in the
crowd, huping to etch out a livelihood
in their sad symbiotic way. A visitor to
the market is guaranteed to have their
li ve senses overwhelmed and pleasured,
and navigating a path through the noisy
mob can be both a test in patience and
observance.
The market in the Liberdade this past
weekend shared all the glorious energy
that sparks and consumes the regular Sao
Paulo marketplace. but there was something quite different added to the affair:
the presence of the Japanese.
Liberdade is Brazil's largest Japanese
neighburhood and nothing and nobody
there escapes the immigrant touch .
Bookstores and newsstands sometimes
sell exclusively Japanese texts, Buddhist
temples replace Catholic cathedrals and
shark fin soup fills bowls which otherwise might hold the feijoada or bean
stew of traditional Brazil. The weekend
market is, of course. no exception to the
influence.
In 1908 a meager 165 Japanese families landed in the Brazilian port of Santos
; to begin their new life, and unbeknownst
to them, develop the roots of a grand
subculture. These first immigrants had
come to work as farmhands on coffee
plantations but were soon the owners
and operators of their own production
facilities. The ggricultural competence
practiced by the new arrivals flowered
into an industrial, economic and cultu ra l
strongh old .
Today therc an.: roughly 1,228,000 in
Brazil. Thc size of this Japancsc population is second onl y to the number of
Japanese citizens who prcside in Japan
itself. Most of th ese Nippo-Bra zilian s
are economicall y sound , middle cla ss
citizens with acti ve parti c ipation in
ti on anu stubbu rn isu lati u n. The y
havc managcd to becomc JapancscBrazilian , neither solely Japanese in
Brazil or Brazil ian with a Japanese
past.
It secms they have trul y ereatcd a
new blend of culture that is equal parts
Latin American and East Asian.
Th e in te r-r aci al ma rria gc ra te
amung st the Japan esc ho vers at a
~908 a meager 165 Japanese families landed
in the Brazilian port ofSantos to begin their new
life. .. Today there are roughly 1,228,000 in
Brazil. . second only to the number ofJapanese
citizens who preside in Japan itself.
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Brazilian life. They are involved in the
management of nearl y 19 percent of all
Brazilian-based companies and hold
more than 10 percent of the teaching
posts at the prestigious and huge Silo
Paulo University. They are leaders in
agriculture, industry, art and politics. It
inight be said that the Japanese in Brazil
are the epitome of an immigrant people
finding their success.
As the United States struggles to find
answers to its own immigration status
it might be enlightening to explore a
case in which the relocation of a people
occurred with relative smoothness and
positive results in this context.
The Japanese in Brazil have found
their,success by finding a healthy middle
ground between complete as simila-
healthy 40 percent-proving an obvious exch ange of social interactions
between those of Japanese origin with
Europeans or Afro-Brazilians. Even
in the Japanese-dominated streets of
Liberdade one can find other, nonJapanese working and living amongst
the sushi restaurants and karaoke bars.
Whether the acceptance of Japanese
people and culture in Brazil is the
cause or result of their success is
harder to determine.
The Japanese here are not looked
down upon or simply tolerated . They
are admired and emulated. In contrast,
many Brazilians look with dismay upon
the Argentineans and Paraguayans, but
here lies a long history of bloody labor
disputes and nervous proximity. Even
thuugh thl;! Brazili ans may be more simil ar
tu their southcrn ncighhors physica lly the
politics are too strong to create a comfortahle relationship as of yet.
There was a si milar te nsion \\,1 th th l;;
Japa nese residin g within Brazil dunn g the
Second World War : Braz il was amongs t
thc Allied forces and there was nervou s
suspici on that the Ja panese in Braz il mI ght
actually be spies. Fortunately, th is pen od
of mutual paranoia passed without leaving
any deep scars. Even with these momellls
o f agitation the Japane se have man aged
to game r the success that immi grati on
longs for.
As I wandered the plaza yes terd ay I
found it difficult to place thi s kind of
cultural kin ship and respect in the U. S.
platform of assimilation . But it didn ' t
strike me as an impossibility, onl y as
a mode of wishful thinking a long way
o ff. I think that the robust new cult ure
created in Liberdade, th at high leve l of
respect and cooperation so obvio us ly
present , took a little humilit y on both
sides of the exchange. The Japanese spent
decades trying to take root and succeed in a
strange tropical society, and the Brazilians
in tum gave the new arrival s the room and
opportunity for growth and entrepreneurship. Sometimes processes that don 't occur
overnight might appear as failure, when
it is in fact the arduous gears of struggle
churning towards success.
John G. O'Donnell is a senior in Transform ing Consciousness.
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Immigrants in Latin America
l;1y Maggie Flickinger
America is the land of immigrants.
North, South, and Central America were
founded by the drive and desperation of
migrant workers. While the Americas were
once the land of opportunity for entrepreneurs and struggling families alike, the
presence and purpose of migrant workers
is now a pressing concern throughout the
land. The United States is at the forefront
of this issue. For the last few weeks, the
country has been demonstrating and debating over the rights ofimrnigrants who live
and work in the U.S.A.
Unlike in the States, immigration is
hardly a problem in South America. There
are no demonstrations or debates. In South
America, the problem is that the dream of
migrant workers is, ultilnately, to leave
their homes for greater opportunities in
the northern hemisphere.
Immigration serves a different purpose in South America. Throughout the
continent, immigrants follow a pattern of
circular migration- workers migrate to
a country, accumulate their needed sum
of money, and return to their homelands.
The goal of South American immigrants
is not to gain citizenship in the country
where they work. Immigrants exist in
South America because people will work
anywhere in order to support their families
back home.
~ presence andpurpose ofmigrant workers is now a pressing
concern . .. there is no conclusion to this story. People become
immigrants because they need to make their lives better for both
themselves and their families.
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In Chile, the population of migrant
workers is primarily of Peruvian origin .
Like other immigrants in South America,
these people work in C hile in order to
support their famili es . C hil e is an ideal
place for Peruvians to work. Unlike in
the United States, Peruvian s do tak e
well-paying Chilean jobs- people prefer
to hire immigrants because they are not
required to provide them with social
benefits. While Chileans need health care
and social services, immigrants only work
for their wages. Peruvians are hired over
Chileans because they are more cos t elTective to their employers. Not surprisingly,
(his does upset some Chileans . Like in the
United States, a small sector of Chileans
believe that immigrants are stealing their
jobs, importing illicit substances, and damaging the cultural integrity of the nation .
Fortunately, most Chileans do not follow
this school ofthoughl. They recogni ze that
Peruvians only wa nt to be good workers,
thus, they' re happy to hire and help th em
ac hi eve their ultim ate goal.
Unfortunately, most immigrants in Latin
America do not achieve their ultimate goal.
While Peruvians happily work in Chile to
su pport the ir families back home, these
immigrants truly desire to make enough
money to find a new home. South America
is still part of the " third world." Immigrants
know that their lives will never be ideal
in Latin America, hence, they strive to
move to the northern hemisphere. North
America,
Europe, and Japan are their prime des·
tinations. Not surprisingly, an exorbitant
amount of money is needed to move to
the other half of the world . It's not an
option for South Americans to be illegal
immigrants. They need visas, plane tickets,
and proof of reso urces in order to mi grate.
Most immigrants cannot affo rd s uch a
migration, therefore they have to work
and live near their hom elands.
There is no conclusion to this s to ry.
People become immigrants because they
need to make their li ves better for both
themselves and their famili es. While coun tries in South America do provide some
opportunities , the north ern hemi sphere
is still the ultimate dream. Until conditions improve in their homelands, people
will be forced to do anything possibl e to
survi ve .
Maggie Flickinger is (/ sophomore
enrolled in Tran sforming Co nsciousness.
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By Laura Holtan
On March 3, 2006, nine members of
the Evergreen chapter of the Committee in
Solidarity with the People of EI Salvador
(CISPES) traveled to El Salvador to monitor
the mayoral and congressional elections. We
went as part ofthe national CISPES delegation, which included 27 people from across
the United States. The Salvadoran pe<;>ple
called for the presence of international
observers at the elections, echoing the 1992
peace accords, whieh call for international
observers to promote a transparent electoral
process. Before the elections, we met extensively with social organizers, union activists,
university students, and politicians from the
FMLN (the revolutionary party) to learn
al10ut the current state of El Salvador. They
all talked about the devastating effects of
U.S. imperialism in their country, specifically
focusing on the Central American Free Trade
Agreement (CAFfA), the International Law
Enforcement Academy (ILEA), and the elections.
Under CAFTA, public services are
all open to privatization. In fact, CAFTA
requires public institutions to open bidding
to U.S. corporations under the guise of"equal
treatment" for transnational corporations. If
the government does .not allow for privatization of state-nut services, transnational corporations can sue the government for giving
itself preferential treatment and demand the Salvador change its penal code to accompart ofthe national budget that goes to these modate CAFTA by outlawing the selling of
services. The privatization of essential ser- copyrighted goods. Not only is this a direct
vices such as health care, education, and • violation of Salvadoran national sovereignty,
water proves deadly for many Salvadoran but it criminalizes the informal sector, which .
people, who will not be able to afford these makes up 50 percent ofEI Salvador's workservices after privatization. FMLN mayor ing population. These people feel trapped,
Roger Blandino Nerio expressed to us the because without their informal jobs they will
people's concern over massive privatization not be able to feed their families, but due to
under CAFTA saying, "They haven't yet CAFTA they face large fines and up to six
found a way to privatize the air or the rays years in jail for selling copyrighted goods.
of the sun, but if they could, they would."
Because CAFTA places foreign profit
Moreover, the U.S. government made El over the Salvadoran people, the people
o
are rising up in protest. In the words of
Guadalupe Erazo, a peasant representative
ofthe Popular Social Bloc, "They've passed
this agreement in the middle of the night,
behind the backs of the people, but we will
hold our government responsible for the
devastating effects this agreement will have
on the people ofEI Salvador."
This brings me to the creation of ILEA,
a U.S. taxpayer-funded police training academy in EI Salvador. The Salvadoran people
believe that ILEA will be used as a tool to
suppress resistance to CAFTA, through
police intimidation. Many see the ILEA as
an extension of the U.S.-sponsored School of
the Americas, which is infamous for training
Latin American soldiers to go back to thei r
countries and suppress resistance to U.S.
imperialism by torturing and killing those
speaking out for self-determination and justice. In the last two years, union organizer
Gilberto Soto has been murdered and Omar
Chavez, son of a prominent activist, has been
"disappeared." The Salvadorans with whom
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Nothing is
cool
By Matthew Allison
Matthew Shaw - Convenience
Burning Buildings Recordings, 2005
I'll be honest, this CD makes me cringe. I have been
so reluctant to listen to it, having only done so once a
while ago. I have now put it off to the very end . Here it
is, I'm listening to it, it's pretty good, so why was I so
reluctant? Ehhhh. It's cute and corny, but I would just
never listen to
it, ever, can ' t
caught wind
say ~hy. l've
ofBnght Eyes
aspirations
and similarities ascribed
by critics and
Shaw himself,
which
are
entircly false ,
more
like
the Apples in
Stereo with
Frooty Loops
but
honestly who
b eats ,
wants to be
Bright Ey es,
I think Bright
Eyes makes it
blatantly obvious that even he doesn't want to be Bright
Eyes, It is hella mopey, here comes the mope, I guess I
could get down with that but I also want to tell this sap
to go whine somewhere else. The synth pop beats keep
making me think my phone is ringing. Ok, I'll admit, I
kinda like it, but don't tell anyone. Today] realized that
I am the asshole.
The Veronicas - The Secret Life of...
Sire, 2005
There's an endorsement from Teen Vogue on the
cover, this one's already a winner. Double your pleasure
with these Aussie twins, although for jailbait teen pop
stars, they're really not that hot. The Secret Life _of ..
starts off a wee bit bad ass, but by the first chorus turns
into Hilary Duff, Ashlee Simpson or sadly, the Donnas.
Much of the album has a minute kick, heavier rock-outs
than the average
MTV
band,
except I don't
recall ever seeing
the Veronicas
there. This band
won't
make
it, especially in
America; expect
to stop hearing
anything
on
them two weeks
Come to think
from yesterday.
of it, I haven't
actually heard
shit about them in probably over a month, when I was
given this CD. They might make a TV theme for the
WB in a few years, I wait with bated breath. They cover
Tracy Bonham, "Mother Mother," saying much on the
shoddiness of their influences, hence the shitty album I
suppose is the implication. Whoever Sire uses to write
these songs is actually not so bad at times, sometimes I
think that it could be a decent song, but then I'm wrong.
I'm sorry, I have to stop listening to this now.
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Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
Subpop,2006
Is that a Radiohead reference in the title? I can't tell .
I had the privilege of seeing this band (of horses?)
open for Sam Beam last winter, the album sounds '
pretty similar to the live perfonnance as I remember it,
. ~h!ch is a ~ood sign; There seems to be a slight mimIcking of JIm James s sonorous tenor. The music is of
a pretty standard indie caliber, similar to My Morning
Jacket I suppose. However the vocals seem to have
this 80's hair
metar reverb
to i~, like Van
Halen or Ozzy,
whIch completely ruined
en tire
experience for
the
me. It's actually not so bad
upon a second
listening, but
on third listen
does detract
from
the
quality
of
the
album.
Overall
there
.
IS
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resounding in each song. The guitar sound
IS cnsp and clear, as well as some pretty, acoustic balladry but uhhh, the vocals, godcktmmit, if only they
had used a different reverb. "Funeral" is a stand-out in
~ead-n?dding catchiness and sorta rocking out. There
IS nothmg really new to be found on this album, it's
just good. Simple as that.
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Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
Fierce Panda, 2005
"We ' re gonna be the band who writes the ~ong that
makes Israel and Palestine get along."
That pretty much sums it up. Think the Buzzcocks or
the Clash's first release meets a little bit of the Libertines
with one of the cleverest lyricists this side of Morrisey
and the emcee from the Streets gone punk rock topped
with a little bit of tongue-in-cheek irony and cheeky
English
.
humor.
"Rusted Guns
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of Milan" is
the best song
about not
being able
to get it up
ever written,
the only one
J can think of.
In
your
face, snotty
Buzzcocksesque sweetn e s s ,
and roll.
anti-rock rock
Perhaps the
only band to
state directly
a dis-preference
of
the Velvet
Underground, particularly in song fonn. The talk-sing
vocals, while setting it apart-a direct affront to singers
. who sing-_also work against the album as a whole. Art
Brut doesn't care however, cuz they're gonna write a song
as universal as happy birthday that will let you know that
everything is gonna be alright again. You will die a little
lonelier and pathetic if you do not own this album.
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David Byrne and Brian Eno - My Life in the
Ghost of Bushes
Sire 1981, Nonesuch 2006
Sounding like the earliest beat boxing old school
hip-hop meeting David Byrne-weirdness and Brian
Eno-Enoing. There is almost no trace of any Eno
ambi·
..
.
ence
on the
album
unless
you
listen
very
carefully
in the
b a c kground,
it' s
hiding
under
the
drums
and
vOIces
and
romping
bass
lines,
as this
. .... see m s
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driven project, with Eno in the co-pilot producer seat.
Byrne brings in hints of world music, not as extreme
as, say, Paul Simon, and thankfully not to the horrendousness of New Age coffee shops and nature
documentary soundtracks.
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If we want to construct a cube
with twice the volume of the
original cube (a volume of 2
cubic units), what should be the
length per side?
x*x*x
2
Bring your solutions to the QuaSR (CAB 108) and win a prize if you're one
of the first three people with a correct solution.
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The Subways - Young for
Eternity
Sire, 2005
There's a lot of hype around this
band right
now, for
s 0 m e
reason,
but I don't
see
it.
They've
been on
the OC,
b r 0 ;
take that
Spoon.
For wannabe indie rockers (yawn).
What else you got?
Airport Cathedral - Jetlag
Burning Buildings Recordings, 2005
I hate airports. I'm in one ri~ht now. It's awful.
I'm really not anticipating thIS flight, however,
I must say, that I am really enjoying this CD.
Breathy,
nice fuzzy
happy music
for a cloudy
day. It wraps
me
up
inside
of
itself, like a
hug. There
blanket or a
nite Pedro
is some defithe Lionism going
on here, but
less mopey.
NeutraI
Milk Hotel
comparisons
would also
be accurate, only more accessitlle, poppy, and
less bl~ak. "Cure-alls" and "TKO" are obvious
stand-outs on the album-at the same time I can't
find a weak track on the album. Could easily be a
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Hey. Have you seen any good movies
lately? Been to any concerts or plays?
Visited a local or student art show? If
the answer is yes, you should write a
review. Tell us what you think, and we
will put it in the CPJ! E-mail Arts and
Entertainment coordinator Randa Sams
at samran15@evergreen.edu.
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May 6
Steven He.n dricks's workshop is called Structure Combiilatorics
and will nm from 10:45 a.m. to 12: 15 p.m. Drawing on concepts and
methods employed by the Oulipo and in pat1icular lIalo Calvi no, the
workshop gives palticipants the opportunity to play with strategies
for broad manipulations of narrative structures, to experiment with
combinatorial approaches to developing lictions, and to use these
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College. He teaches writing, book arts, and letterpress printing. Leam
more about him at http://academic . evergreen.edu/h/hendrics~
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Atter a break for lunch, we'll reinvigorate our brains and bodies with Painted
Word from I :30 p.m. to 3 p.m . Paper, paint,
and brushes will be available to explore the
meaning of words through an action other
than writing. ~pplies for making altered
books will also be available. Altered books
are pieces where the artist takes 1m oid bOOK
and uses it to tcll a new story. The artist can
use some or none of the original text and
pictures. Paint, collage, string, and ink are a
few of the objects used to alter books.
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Bill Ransom will lead us in the "50 Percent Solution"
trom 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. This workshop offers both
poets and prose writers tips and exercises for effective
revision of a fresh draft. Attention to a few very simple
details pays excellent results in both styles. Bring rough
drafts of your work or results of previous in-class writing
exercises, from any writing workshop anywhere. Bill
Ransom is the author of six novels, six collections of
POelnS, numerous short stOlies, and articles. His poetry
was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National
Book Award. He is also teaches writing at The Evergreen
State College. Learn more about him at www.sfwa.org/
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for community members, and are available
at the Evergreen Bookstore ti·om Aplil 24 to
May 3. This event is co-sponsored by The
Writing Center, located in CAB 108, (360)
867-6420.
Kylin Larssol1 is in A
Novel Idea, a co - coordinator jor The Wriler's
Guild, and graduating in
spring 0/2006.
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of the back room at the old Fishbowl. I
ordered a pint of organic amber and proceeded to write for hours. This seemed to
work just as well as being in a cafe drinking coffee, but I decided that becoming an
alcoholic wasn't much of an upgrade .
By Victoria Larkin
. A number of years ago, I'd managed
In keep- wl:1en I was old enough, coffee and tea to stop drinking the stuff altogether. I had
ing with the became my constant companions: a cap- actually gotten myself to a dang near raw
.. Spring thing, puccino or two in the morning, and a pot of diet, most certainly Ital (natural, pure and
.and
what tea after work. After darice class, nothing ·. clean: Rastafari). What happened? I don't
ens I a v'e lasted better than a ta'n iced cappuccino. Of know. It's as if this one familiar thing in
. ments I need course, as with so many things as one gets my ever-changing life is my only sense of
to be Iiber- older, the results ofthis long-term relation- constancy. It grounds me.
ated from: I ship are really beginning to show now: the
I read in some group health magazine
would have skin inside of my mouth begins to pucker recently that coffee is actually good for
to say that dry after about 12 ounces; the lining of my you: two to three cups a day provide necone of my worst is coffee. It's not so stomach is sharpened and raw.
essary antioxidants! Imagine that! And all
Coffee is, though delicious , not good this time] thought it was rotting my bones
much the caffeine-why, I can drink a
mug of it and go right to sleep--merely for me. I ingest it daily, which is more than and decaying my teeth. You say, oh, that's
proving that coffee has reached toxic levels ] can say for fruit. It's this bizarre choice the sugar. But] don't use sugar!
It does seem unfair that this one little
in my system and no longer functions as I make, willingly, cup in hand, about to
it would/should/could in its role of helper refill, between Life and slow Death. Since pleasure should be so bad for my body.
drug. What actually has me addicted is the it doesn't even grow in this northern cli- But really, it's the lack of moderation that
thick, rich, sublimity of it: the smell, the . mate, I almost hope for the day the shit does it. Once in a while would make it a
taste, the warm cozy feel, especially on hits the fan just so I won't have access special treat; daily makes it enslavement.
a chilly rainy day. It's also the ritual: my to it anymore. But, like a true addict, if] Perhaps my dedication to freedom will
favorite·place to write is in cafes, a h!lbit smell it, 1 have to drink it: it's my default filter through one day, and with all things
begun long ago in NYC. ] can barely focus beverage.
I espouse liberation from, I will finally
when I'm at home, but give me a seat in a
Someone recently told me th at one of include my own personal daily dose of
noisy cafe, a nice cup of joe, thickened up his difficulties with quilting smoking is. decay. Meanwhile, each morning I race
with some half and half, and the voices in that cigarettes are part of his self- identity: downtown on my bike to spend my money
the background become a soothing mur- he imagines himself, and he's holdin g a on this voluntary contract with my chosen
muring as I scribble away. CoHee is part cigarette.l feel the same way abo ut coffee: mastet, a drug that is easier and cheaper to
of the dark little hole] go into when I have 1 imagine myself writing, and I'm drinking get than anything else, besides sugar.
Water? What's that? Pass the hot acid,
pen in hand: steamy, engrossing, fragrant. coffee. I imagine myself reading, and] 'm
Of course I'm silting here drinking a mug drinking coffee. It's pavlovian: words on please.
of it as I write.
paper equal coffee.
Vi9toria Larkin is a senior enrolled
I've been drinking coffee like it's water
Once, after a long and crazy day trip to in Arts, Environment, and the Child and
for decades. It started when I was a kid Mt. Rainier, I got back to Olympia too late Orissi. She is also a tutor in the Writing
in NYC and hated the taste and smell of in the evening to find a cafe where I could Center.
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ten tongue, perhaps we can start to recall
others as well. Even today, there are more
being forgotten than remembered, washed
clean by continuous tidal waves of poverty,
shame, emigration, cultural oppression,
and MTY. For an example, look no further
than your own back yard. There are 296
By Zane Haxton
indigenous languages on record in North
so-called Dark Ages, is still evident today America, and most of them are either gone
The tide in the rich body ofIrish-language song and or fading fast. Bruce Subiyay Miller, the
gone out for verse that have been passed down, from Skokomish artist and tribal leader who was
good/thirty- generation to generation, since antiquity. also involved with Evergreen's Longhouse
one words Yet, while Latin is a standard component Education and Cultural Center, was one of
for seaweed! of most high-school curricula, Irish barely the last native speakers of the Twana lanwhiten on the merits a passing mention in this country. guage. With his passing in 2005, his native
Not considered part of the received canon tongue is on the brink of extinction.
foreshore
of Western thought and cultural tradition,
On a landscape scale, cultural diversity
it is simply ignored.
--Aidan
is just as important as biotic diversity,
Irish was the second-highest reported Languages are not just systems of comCarl Mathews, On the Death oj Irish
What happens when a language is ancestry in the 2000 census (after munication; they are records of thought
forgotten, a new one thrust in its place? German), with 34.5 million claimants . and history that profoundly shape the
Does life carry on as usual? Are the same A large proportion of the Irish arriving world view of their speakers. Each
emotions and ideas, songs and stories in America, particularly in the immediate indigenous language is intimately tied
transcribed flawlessly into the new tongue, wake of the famine , spoke Irish fluently, to the place where it is, and was, found.
with as much ease as the changing of a and many knew no other tongue. Washed Thirty-one words for seaweed persisted
burned-out Iightbulb? Or is something up on the shores of a foreign land, they in Irish because they were important for
lost, immediately and irrevocably? More adopted Anglo-Saxon customs and lan- the material and spiritual well-being of
importantly, generations later, how do we guage for their own survival, and left much people eking a meager living from the
replace what was lost? How do we remem- of their culture buried beneath a coat of harsh Atlantic coast, but they have little
whitewash a~d a badge of American relevance in a climate-controlled office
ber the forgotten tongue?
The Irish language, better known here citizenship. Nonetheless, we remember in building. When we remember a forgotten
in the States as Gaelic, is part ofthe Celtic our speech what we have forgotten in our tongue, we recall other ways of knowing
family of languages and thus shares kin- conscious thought. We dtuig (dig) Shaft, and living, and the ancient knowledge that
ship with Scots Gaelic and Welsh, to name buy Chistmas presents go leor (galore), is desperately needed in today's troubled
a few. While at one time Irish was almost ceap (cop) a feel, and drink uisce beatha times. The voices of our ancestors call to
universally spoken among the native (whiskey) in the sean teach (shanty). The us, as they always have. Who, now, will
Gaelic population, centuries of cultural Irish language in America is an important answer them?
and political oppression have taken their cultural legacy, hidden though it is, and a
toll, and the number of native speakers has part of our nation's history that must be
Event alert!
dwindled precipitously with each passing told.
"Irish: Remembering the Forgotten
The oft-tragic story of assimilation Tongue."
generation. The decline continues today,
despite the best-or worst-efforts of and alienation is a common enough one
An Irish language and song workthe Irish government and a resurgence of in America. What is unique to the Irish shop with Irish-studies professor:;ean
interest in traditional Irish culture, both in is that, whereas most ethnic groups have Williams, presented by the Evergreen
forgotten their language, many Irish- Irish Resurgence Element (EIRE).
Ireland and abroad.
Americans
have even forgotten that they
The facts still surprise me, sometimes.
where: SEM II C 1105
have
a
language.
The melting-pot ideology
The Irish language boasts one of the oldest
when: Thursday, May 4 (week 5), 4:
and richest literary traditions in Europe, has been challenged in recent decades, but 10-5 p.m.
and in the contest for the first European for one onhis country's first white immihow much: free!
written vernacular it is beat out only by grant groups, it ought to be challeng~d a
Greek and Latin. The Gaelic cultural tradi- little more. It is time we stopped forgettmg,
Zane Haxton is a senior enrolled in
tion, which reached its highest flowering and started remembering.
Hydrology. He is also the co-coordinator
And when we remember this forgot- o/EIRE.
while the rest of Europe stagnated in the
Ode to ·c offee?
Have you ever wanted to take a creative
Sandra Yannone will give a workshop on line
writing program ·or c)ass at Evergreen and
bre~ from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Writing poetry
found it full before you say "Hey! Where'd
requires consummate juggling skills: attention
to sound, metaphor, form, and individual words.
my pen goT' Have you ever wanted to go
In fact, writing poetry requires keeping so many
to a writer's conference on a student budget
balls in the air that'a few tend to get overlooked
price? The Writer's Guild feels your pain,
and we have done something about it.
in the blur of motion. Her workshop will focus
, Th.e Writer's Guild is hosting the
on a key aspect of poetry, the line break. Sandra
First Annual Spring Writes Writer's
Yannone is the Director of the Writing Center
Conference Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m.
at TESC. She has published book reviews and
to 6:30 p.m. at The Evergreen State College
poetry in Prairie Schooner, Plough.shares, Calyx,
Longhouse Cedar Room. Tickets are on sale
Connecticut Review, The Lallrel Review, and 13'"
April 24 through May 3 at the Evergreen
Moon in addition to her poetry chapbook TiJp,
Bookstore. Tickets are $5 for students and
published by Ultima Obscura Press. She is the
S7 for community members. There is limrecipient of both the AWP Intro Award and the
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Remembering the forgotten
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Asexuality
and gender
politics
I've written
once
before about
the idea of
. "asexuality,"
which ] will
try to summarize as I
detail a misconception ]
have found to arise in the discussion over
its place in the realm of gay politics within
legislature. A group known as the "Asexual
Visibility and Education Network"(AVEN)
was founded a few years ago online as a
place for people who identify sexually as
"asexual." But what is asexuality?
There isn ' t an agreed-upon definition,
but it is basically a desire to be with someone emotionally, no matter their gender,
without involving the act of sexual intercourse. It is also believed that most asexual
people have no desire for sexual activity
since they gain no arousal or feeling from
the act. So why make a big deal about
someone choosing not to have sex? There
is an emphasis in our culture over sex, be it
as a means to achieve adulthood, or just to
be "normal" as far as modern psychology
is concerned.
The cultural emphasis over sexuality is
one that pigeonholes sexual identity into
.~ay"or'.stra~ht,"~noringanynumber
of different gender affiliations or choices
that one might make towards sexuality in
the future. It's seen as "masculine" to not
be a virgin in most of our society just as it
is seen as "feminine" to go out and find a
man and settle down witlj a husband. As
much of this campus knows, though: those
options are discriminatory and limiting to
people of any sexual orientation.
Some happen to believe that asexuality doesn't deserve to be classified beside
gay, straight, or bisexual orientations in
the scheme of sex politics. They feel this
way because asexuals are supposedly not
discriminated against if they happen to
want to get married, unlike gay couples
in our society. I feel this is a false assertion
because asexuality makes no distinction
between sexual attraction, which means
that an asexual person may be attracted to
a person of either sex and therefore may
choose to marry someone of the same
sex, too.
Asexuality is just as easily discriminated against as any other orientation '
within our culture because of the narrowminded view of how sexuality and marriage are intertwined at a heterosexual
limit. Sure, most right-wing Christians
would applaud same-sex couples for not
having sex, seeing as that is usually considered a way to avoid the "sin" of acting
on homosexual desires, but they would
still not approve of a marriage between a
couple of the same sex on the principle that
anyone might claim to be asexual and then
proceed to have sex to avoid their draconic
laws against same-sex marriage.
The role sexual identity plays in our
society may not be one of great importance to many, but to those who are being
discriminated l\gainst it is something that
alters the very way they might cnoose to
live their life. Marriage has its value to
those who place importance on the concept, and to deny anyone the ability to join
together for the rest of their lives because
they love someone is to halt a right any
human being deserves in our supposedly
"free" culture of ideas .
JacobA. Stanley is a sophmore emn/led
in Fiction Laboratory.
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groups to different areas ofthe building,
effectively cutting costs for new construction. T he middle-cost plan also brought in
a student run cafe, coupled with an edible
garden, as well as creating large yet cozy
lounges for students to study and re lax in .
Other aspects of interest in the mid-cost
plan were the addition of an o utd oor performance space on the side of the building
fac ing the CRC , and th e removal of th e
bridge connecting to the CRC in order to
create a more scenic setting for th e outdoor
performance space. Another intriguing
e lement in this plan was to create large
windows in the roof to let in more natural
light, as well as opening up a large portion of the second floor in order to give
the first floor a more inviting feeling. The
third and most expensive plan had many
things in common with the m iddle-cost
plan. However, more square footage was
added onto the building as well as several
other things of interest. A water catchments
system that flowed through the middle of
the CAB integrated rainwater into the
design, numerous plants were placed into
the building to bring green inside, and even
more roof space was opened up for natural
lighting. The plan also beautified the forest
facing side of the building, bringing in a
stream and a more softened and natural
feel to the place where students living on
campus usually enter the building.
Before the architects went back to the
drawing board to final ize their plans they
opened up the discussion to the student
body in order to get a better feel for what
Greeners liked and disliked . On April 20,
two days after presenting to the executive design team, Perkins-Will architect
Amanda Sturgeon came and held an open
forum with students in which she presented
the three plans. A healthy turnout of students feasted on cookies and wontons and
after a short presentation by Ms. Sturgeon
the forum was opened up to students in
order to hear th e ir thoughts . Students
were positive overall in their opinions of
the plans, and in a mock vote all but one
of the students chose to add student fees
to pay for the CAB renovation, the majority actually ravoring the more intricate
and ex pensive plans. While much of the
feedback was pos itive, students did have
concerns about the plans as well. Several
s tudents voiced a strong urge to have
more green features incorporated into the
cheapest and mid-range plans, and there
was some confusion about the idea to take
out the CRC bridge. Overall the presentations went well and everyone involved in
the project is excited and eager to see the
final plans when the architects hand them
over in early May.
To see the CAB pre-design plans for
yo urse lf you can check out the CAB predesign blog at www.2.evergreen.edu/
cabpredesign A Iso be sure to check out
the st udent- created CA Bin fa kio s k o n
the second floor of th e CAB , which in a
few weeks will be home to the final pl ans
being voted on by students. On May 22
the vote on th e lise of'st ud ent fund s ror the
CAB pre-design wi II be hel d on Gateway.
Twe nty-five pe rcent o f th e stud ent bod y
Illust vote in o rder ror th e vote to be legit imate. C heck out th e CAB plans on line and
then be sure to votc o n Gateway on May
22 and make yo ur vo ice heard'
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students who voted did so in favor, which
made a great impact. " It was not only the
mobilization, the percentage of those who
voted ' yes' was very high," said Stephen
Engel, also of the Greeners for Student
Government. The constitution does not
contain any complicated bureaucrati c
jargon or unreasonable .demands . " We
put together a simple proposal," Kaszynski
noted. The Greeners meeting that took
place on Monday, April 24 featured discussions of increased visibility on campus, in
reference to encouraging students to apply
to run for a representative office. It calls
for a governing body of 21 represe ntatives, all with equal power. They can be
any student, regardless of class. There is
also no supreme position of power that
is weighed heavier than others . It wi II
then be the representative 's task to write
bylaws and construct a workingoperation.
Voting for representative candidates begins
on May 22.
Decisions are mad e on basis of consensus, not majority rule. Majority rule is
obviously the more timely option, but the
Greeners for Student Government ins ist
that consensus will force elected represe ntatives to make the best dec is ion possi ble
and make deci s ion s that truly refl ect the
interests of Evergreen students.
When asked about the school's position
regarding student government, Kaszynski
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the school will see a res urgence in student representation, and the beginning of
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we met believe that this sort of brutal
repression will only increase under IlEA.
As the CISPES delegation learned firsthand about the current state of EI Salvador,
we also learned first-hand about systemic
electoral corruption. Multiple Salvadorans
informed us that President Tony Saca has
been abandoning his presidential duties for
months to campaign for ARENA. Moreover,
he abuses access to government funds and
media to ARENA's benefit. Not only is this
an unethical use of power, it is unconstitutional. As president, Saca is also the head
of the military, and the Salvadoran constitution states that no member of the military can
campaign in any e lection.
The people with whom we met also
expressed concern about the way ARENA
manipulates its affiliation with the U.S .
for electoral gain . All over EI Salvador
were pictures of President Saca holding
President Bush's hand . Under the picture
there were words reminding Salvadorans
that Saca renewed temporary protection
status (TPS) for Salvadorans working in the
U.S. ARENA relies on the racts that many
Salvadorans depend on family members
working in the U.S. for income and that the
U.S. favors ARENA forthe ad's success. The
ad recalls the 2004 presidential elections in
which Representative Thomas Tancredo of
Colorado "threatened to introduce legislation
that would control the flow of rem itlances"
should the FMLN win .
On election day, the CISPES delegation
spread out between five municipalities to
monitor the elections as accredited international observers. There we witnessed a lack
of voting privacy, evidence of vote buying,
under-reporting of FMLN votes, buses of
Hondurans showing up to vote, and con-
stant comlllunication between "objective"
electi on officials and ARENA pal1y Ill cmbers. However, it testifies' to the people's
commitment to the FMLN that even with
the rraud, the FMLN won in many Illun icipalities. This includes San Salvador, in whi ch
FMLN mayoral candidate Violeta Menji va r
won to become the capital city's first fem ale
mayor.
After the elections, the CISPES del egation went to the U.S. Embassy to ex press our
concern with the U.S. government impeding
se lf-determination EI Salvador. We ta lked
about the negative implications of CAFTA
and ILEA for the Salvadoran people, and
U.S. intervention in social and economi c
affairs. The politica l assistants who met with
us downplayed our concerns, and eventually
cut us off and stormed out of the meeti ng.
This frustrated us, but did not cnlsh our hopes
for positive social and economic change in
EI Salvador. As CISPES , we und erstand
that authentic change will come only from
the Salvadoran people. The Salvadoran
groups with whom we met confinlled this
by providing real alternatives to capitalism
and by practicing direct democracy and
selr-determination. They exe mplifi ed the
popular saying: THE PEOPL E, UNITED,
WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED'
I f yo u wi s h to learn more abo ut EI
Salvador or become a ~art of CIS PES , come
to our report-back on May 15 at 7:30 p.m.
at Traditions Cafe, on the comer of 5th and
Waters St. Or, ror more informati on, contact
CISPES at (360) 867-6724.
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Monday, May 1
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Shock G
May Day Celebration
Made famous with his band Digital
Underground's song, The umply ump
Dance, Shoc
will be performing at the
Northwest Noise Beat Battle. (Bric City
Pro ect, 754 Pacific Ave. Tacoma, at 8:
30, $8)
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Cutler
By Kip Arney
" e used to be a classical pianist, then
something went wrong ... " Come en oy
"Pun ' roc , classical, country, '70s roc ,
patriotic music and god nows what else."
( Yes Yes, 320 4'10 Ave. E., Olympia, at 8,
$5)
Friday April 28
Pizza T's ZKamp Experience and
Leoh House
The second game was much more
entertaining and competitive and we gave
our fans reason to cheer despite losing 144. Aller trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the
first , centerfielder Jeremy Harrison-Smith
wasted no time getting the Geoducks back
in business as he ripped a double down
the left field line, before scoring on a
wild pitch and letting Oregon know that
we weren't going to roll over and die.
Starting pitcher Will Rockwell fought his
way through two and two-thirds innings
pitched of solid baseball, keeping the game
in check but found himself in deep water
with the bases loaded in the bottom of the
third and Oregon ready to break the game
open. However, Kip Arney took over on
the mound and got the first battcr he saw
to routinely fly out to right fi eld to end the
inning and the game was still only 7-1 in
Oregon's favor.
This weekend, Evergreen travels to
Bobby Morris Field to take on Seattle
University who has a win loss record 5-1 0
and is definitely not in the c lass of Oregon
and Western Washington, which makes me
excited and confident that we can take at
least one from them. The ir record is actually deceiving because threc of their wins
came via forfeit against us because we
felt like we weren't ready to play bac k in
early March and anticipated that Seattle
would allow the games to be rescheduled
for later on. But apparentl y Seattle saw the
opportunity to stcal some wins and w hile
it was in their right to do so, I personall y
believe that was a bush leag ue move 011
their part and I'm going to use my anger
and put it forth on the fie ld agai nst them. A
double-header is scheduled Saturday with
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A poet and Russian translator born
in U raine and raised in New Yor ,
Turovs aya is the author of Calendar, and
her poetry and translations from Russian
have been widely published. Come hear her
spea in this event sponsored by Animated
Visions. (Seminar II , C 11 05 at 7)
Stick Figure Strippers, Meru
and Feedbackarach will be giving a
free concert. (Le Voyeur, 404 41h Ave. E,
Olympia, at 10)
ot tips for a successful ob search presented by the Career Development Center.
12-1 in he Solarium, CAB 320. There will
be a second seminar on May 23.
Wednesday, May 3
The Writer's Guild
Students and alumili are welcome to participate in this group's wee Iy Wednesday
meetings. For more information visit CAB
108 or e-mail wrtsgld@evergreen.edu.
(Seminar II C II 07 at 4)
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Saturday April 29
Child and Infant Car Seat Check
A great opportunity to have your child's
seat chec ed or installed for free and to
ge t updates regarding safety concerns.
(ROllers Auto Center, 2225 Carriage SW
Olympia, 10-4)
Tic ets are $7 at the door and $5 with an
Olympia Film Society card. Advance ti c ets can be bought at www.buyolmypia.com.
(A t the Capitol Theater 206 5th Ave SE,
Olympia, doors at 6:30, show at 7)
FAX: (360)754-7165
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and Director of the Federation for the ~
Integral Development of Peasant Farmers ~
(FEDICAMP) of Nicaragua will be joined ,"i
by the delegates from Olympia's sister city ~ .
of ,anto Tomas to speak about the water " ;
crisis and water privatization in Nicaragua I' .
as well as FEDlCAMP's plan for the refor- ,'f:!
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privatization. Lecture Hall 3 at 6.
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Director Morgan Jon Fox will be at
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Lecture Hall 5 at 6 p.m .
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Tuesday, May 2
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Brown Bag Seminar
In the National Club Baseball
Organization, the 'rule goes, if a team is
leading by ten or more runs after fiv e
innings of play, the mercy rule goes into
effect and the game is over. So after another
inning where only one run was given up
to Oregon and we were matching that run
on a Doug Dietz opposite field homerun,
being down 8-2 after four innings of play
gave us confidence that the team desperately needs. But that feeling got put on
ho ld for a bit as Arney, who remained
on the mound, let the game get away in
the fifth and Dietz came in to finish off
the inning- but not before Oregon had
chalked up six on the board and it was
now 14-2 . The never-quit attitude led to
a rally in the bottom of the fifth as Dietz
brought in two more on a two out single
to c lose the gap but was stranded on first
when the game endcd and Evergreen fell
to 0-9 on the season.
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Play two, lose four and a windshield in
the process
You ever hear the saying that officials
don't decide the outcome of ballgames?
While I generally believe that statement,
I think I may have found the exception.
It's amazing--even without playing the
game, we still lose baseball games. The
baseball team was scheduled to host a
double-header against the University
of Oregon on Saturday but the umpires
failed to show for whatever reason, and
as dumb as it may sound, the home team
forfeits the games when that happens and
after Saturday, Evergreen baseball was still
winless at 0-7.
But then Sunday rolled around and
another double-header was schedule to
make up for the rainout that occurred earlier in the season down in Oregon, and this
time the game was decided on the field .
But Oregon wasted no time showing th eir
dominance as the very first pitch of the
game was taken out of the ballpark by
Oregon's Matt Oss, and the rout was on.
Oss went on to later hit a grand slam and
lead the Ducks in a 24-0 beat down after
five innings, which showcased four home
runs. including one that smashed the rear
windshield of car in the parking lot beyond
left field. The ball was literally resting on
the back seat surrounded by shards of glass
when I found it.
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