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COOPER POINT JOURNAL

Issue 26
Volume 34
May 11,2006

Student
noves
'orward
By Sam Goldsmith
Jake Erwin stands behind a sign painted
in red and black letters. "It's my platform
for student government," he says. The
sign reads:
FUCK CAPITALISM
FUCK WAR
FUCK THE MAN
VOTE J. ERWIN

Red Square Presents: Rocky Votolato

Seattle oased singer/songwriter Rocky Votolato performed on Red Square Wednesday afternoon.
Votolato was at Evergreen as part of the second annual "Red Square Presents" concert series, hosted
by The Musicians' Club and KAOS. The series w i l l continue next Wednesday with Gina Young.
photo by Aaron Bietz

Jake is one of between 22 and 30 candidates who want to be elected as representatives of the first student government
since 1990.
When asked what capitalism, war, and
the man have to do with student government, he says:
"Nothing."
When asked what he thinks student
government will do, he says:
"I have no fucking clue, but I'm running anyway because I think students
deserve a voice in the administration of
their school."

Continued on page 6. . .

Spray cans found
Seminar II
By Sam Jessup
More than a week after vandals struck,
mysterious spray cans continue to appear
in Seminar II.
On Monday, a janitor found one spray
can on the third floor of Seminar II. Three
more were found Tuesday on the roof by
cleanup crews. No new graffiti was discovered.
Susan Cpprecht, Seminar II building
manager, has no idea why someone would
discard spray cans without using them, but
she is certain the spray cans found this week
were not left by the May Day vandals.
Because facilities staff patrol the
Seminar II building regularly, it would
be unlikely for spray cans discarded on
the roof of Seminar II to go unnoticed for
eight days.
5/4 CORRECTIONS
In "Graffiti at Evergreen" there
were two factual errors. The name
of the case officer on the vandalism
case is Lana, not Dana, Brewster.
Richard Britz, who was interviewed
for the story, saw a suspicious person
at the scene at 5 p.m., not 3 p.m.

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Lana Brewster, the
officer assigned to the
vandalism case, would not
comment about the spray
cans beyond saying she
lifted prints from them.
The prints were
sent to the Washington
State Patrol crime lab.
Brewster does not expect
the fingerprints will lead
her to a suspect unless the
owner of the prints has a
criminal record.
When asked what it
will take to catch the vandals, Brewster said, "It'll
probably take somebody
giving us some good
information."
In a community outreach effort, Evergreen
police have posted fliers
around campus encouraging people to come forward
with information about the
identity of the vandals.

photo by Sam Jessup

Thurston County Crime Stoppers,
which was—incidentally—co-founded by
current Evergreen police interim director
Ed Sorger, is also offering a monetary
reward for information that leads to the
arrest of anybody connected to the May
Day vandalism.

Opprecht said that removing as much
paint as possible as quickly as possible
is the most important step in the cleanup
process.

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STUDENT VOICE

MAY 11, 2006

Interview with a Greener:
Mr. Brad Bishop

Incoming freshmen
why did you choose
Evergreen?
By Aaron Bietz and Jordan Lyons

By Sebastian Stratton
Thjs is my second installment of the
string of interviews I plan on doing for
hopefully another two years. Speaking
to Les Puree was a wonderful experience,
and I am excited to share an interesting follow-up article regarding music at
Evergreen about a group of people called
"The People." But that will be for next
issue (actually the issue after next, as this
has to be a bi-weekly thing due to stress).
This week I was fortunate to speak
with a graduating senior who has been
deeply involved in our community and
done wonderful things to help improve
the ethics of our institution. Brad Bishop
played a major role in the creation of the
Clean Energy Committee and all that the
group has to offer. Early last year we the
students voted to pass a bill (or whatever
we the students vote for) that would give
a solid amount of money from our tuition
to go toward making the school and our
community more environmentally friendly.
With the impending problems of "global
warming" (the federal government has
now acknowledged the problem—see
climatescience.gov for their conclusions)
we are facing a moral dilemma and action
must be taken sooner rather than later. To
this end, Evergreen has created a lively and
strong beginning.
Brad spoke of how the funding we voted
for has been distributed, with the majority'
going to investment in Green Tags, which
provides Evergreen with 100 percent
renewable electricity. Yet this is only part
of the great success created through this
funding. Along with having fully renewable energy, Evergreen also has a healthy
pot of gold for students who are looking
to start projects that have to do with sustainability. As Brad said "We have this'
100 percent, and then we also have this
chance to be innovative, to create some
local solutions for renewable energy that
work for our community and that educate
us about how it works, and help us maybe
create something that's never been created
before." This is a grand opportunity that is

lying somewhat dormant in our community,
with an allocation of around 25 Gs a year
(yes, Gs) for students to create some truly
impacting alternatives. Brad mentioned
that if this weren't his last quarter here, he
would love to participate in the opportunities more. Specifically he was interested
in looking into finding a way to move our
Central Utility Plant from natural gas, to a
more sustainable biodiesel or vegetable oil
alternative. While this would take a great
deal of work, as finding other investors in
the area would probably be necessary, the
funding for such an endeavor is there. The
possibilities with this endowment are endless, and Brad's main point in our talks was
continuously "Proposals!" The proposals
are available in the third floor of the CAB
at the main desk of the student affairs area.
This is also the place to turn a completed
proposal in. The process for reviewing
student ideas is rather liberal and focused
around making ideas become reality. This
means that the committee is more inclined
to work with a student to improve a proposal and make it more manageable than if
it were more of a grant-like system, where
you would simply get a flat out no. To get
more information about the Clean Energy
guidelines, initiative, or other info, check
out their website on the student groups
page under "Greener Futures."
Another important action Brad has
taken during his time with us as a student
was working with the group Common
Ground Collective, to help those affected
by the New Orleans tragedy. He and four- •
teen other Greeners spent their spring break
volunteering to help those in need in the
New Orleans area. He expressed his passion for the effort: "People need to think
about ways to organize, finding the means
to stand up when people need your help,
you know, that's what solidarity's all about,
and that's what education's about." The
group he was working with, Common

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BRIEFS

MAY 11, 2006 •

Fifth annual Evergreen Herbal Fair

A night of community celebration

Come enjoy this two-day herbal healing
extravaganza presented by the Evergreen Healing
Arts collective. Beginning Saturday, May 13, at the
Longhouse there will be an Introduction to Herbal
Medicine with local herbalist Corinne Boyer from
12 to 1. From 1 to 3 there will be a walk through
Evergreen Woods with attention paid to wild
herbs and edibles, again with Corinne. From 3:30
to 5 Dr. Haosheng Zhang of National College of
Naturopathic Medicine with be holding forth on
the "Energetics of Food and Herbs According to
Chinese Medicine."
The fair starts up again on Sunday, May 14, at
the Organic Farmhouse. From 12 to 2 David Platt
will be conducting a Kombucha rnaking workshop
detailing the history, properties and production of
this health promoting fermented tea drink. Lastly,
from 2:30 to 5 there will be a "bodycare" workshop
on making healing salves, lip balm and Bath salts
with Sarah Jones and Leilani Wong.
Reservations are appreciated but not required
as they will help in the planning of the event. The
organizers can be contacted at (360) 867-6143 or
hac@evergreen.edu.

Spend a night listening to a host of local reggae performers in support of Olympian non-profit organization
this Saturday, May 13. Headlining this event is Clinton
Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band, a group combining former Gladiators, Defenders and Roots Reggae
Band members. Seattle's The Dub Championz will be
opening with Olympia's own, Covenant. This is a "fund
and awareness raiser" for Gateways for Incarcerated
Youth, Culture Seed and other local non-profits. (The
Eagles Hall, 805 4th Ave. Olympia, WA. Tickets are
$9 advance and $12 at the door. Kids under 12 with a
parent get in for free at this all ages event. Contact Nick
at ulotrichi@bigstring.com)

Spring star stories and
songs of Puget Sound

Prominent Native American storytellers and musicians, Johnny Moses and Pauline Hillaire, will share
stories and songs of Puget Sound at Evergreen. This
rare opportunity to see Johnny and Pauline is part of
the Spring Star Stories liberal arts series that includes
topics such as: a sense of place and season, plants and
healing, environmental studies and awareness, education, traditional arts, ethno-poetics, indigenous political
For kids fighting cancer, students and social issues, and cultural diversity. Johnny Moses
and Pauline Hillaire will be at Evergreen for two days.
cut hair am raise funds
On Tuesday, May 16, from 6 to 8 in Seminar II, D1105
Would you cut your hair for a bet? How about they will be presenting"Spring Star Songs and Stories."
for charity? Rob Fiala and Felix Nau have both On Wednesday, May 17, from 6 to 9 in The Longhouse
vowed to have their long hair trimmed short in they will be speaking on "Healing Plants and Humans."
Red Square next Friday, May 19. Rob and Felix Admission to both events is free.
are acting through The Evergreen Chemistry Club
Evergreen's slurp champion
to inspire a general fundraiser for the American
Cancer Society. Donations are being accepted at
If you see our president, Les Puree, congratulate
Lab Stores (Lab 12059) and elsewhere. One of the
Chemistry Club SA officers has pledged to donate him on his recent victory of the Shellfish Slurp on
his stipend "to get the ball rolling." Rob and Felix Sunday at the Fish Tale Brewery Bash in downtown
will donate their hair for children who have sufr Olympia. The returning champion, he won the event
fered hair-loss as a result of cancer therapy. The for the second year in a row by sucking down seven
hair will be given to Wigs For Kids, a nonprofit oysters in 5.1 seconds.
company founded by Jeffrey Paul, a hairdresserThe spring ceili
rurned-philantriropist who developed a kid-proof
wig. People under 20 make up 12,400 of America's
A ceili (pronounced: Kay-LEE) is a large, highnew cancer patients each year. The public is encouraged to attend the public haircutting May 19 in Red energy, I rish social dance with a 1 ive band and a cal ler to
Square at noon and to bring donations. Want to teach and lead dances. Olympia's Burren Boys will be
donate your hair? Visit www.wigsforkids.org and on hand to provide music, and local Irish dance instructor Patti Martig will call the dances. No prior experience
show up next Friday.
is necessary, as Patti will teach the basic steps before
the dancing starts and go through each dance before it
The Olympia Social Forum
begins. Evergreen's Irish Resurgence Element has been
A lot is happening in the world today and there holding these dances quarterly for many years now, and
are many different ways of looking at what is going a great time is always had by all. Come participate in
on in said world. One place to get some perspec- Evergreen's best-kept secret: the magic that happens
tives concerning this planet earth is at the Olympia when you throw together a sizzling-hot traditional band,
Social Forum. The Olympia Social Forum is being an experienced dance caller, a nice hard floor, and a
hosted by the Global Citizenship class on May 20 bunch of your fellow Earthlings looking to have fun.
and is based loosely on the World Social Forum. You won't regret it! This Friday, May 19 from 7 to 10 in
Here issues of global and social justice are to be the Evergreen Longhouse. Tickets are $2 for Evergreen
discussed, with many different socially aware students/staff/faculty, $5 for adult community members
organizations holding workshops and informa- and free for those 18 and under.
tion panels in attendance as well as live music.
Hurricane relief presentation
We'll have Jim Diers (a community builder who
was formerly part of Seattle's Department of
Over spring break 14 Evergreen students and
Neighborhoods) and Gilson Schwartz (the Director
of the City of Knowledge, University of Sao Paulo, faculty member Terry Setter traveled to New Orleans
Brazil) as keynote speakers during the event, and to help with the rebuilding of the city after Hurricane
the best thing is that anyone is welcome to show Katrina.
Volunteering with Common Ground Relief, they
up and see what's going on. This event replaces
the Liberal Arts Forum and is taking place at the worked on several projects such as gutting houses and
Olympia Center from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and can be working to re-open schools and medical clinics, in an
contacted at contact@olysocialforum.org. Hope to effort to help bring the life of the community back to
normalcy. Furthermore, members of the group helped
see you there.
various political groups working on behalf of the
Dancing!
residents. They will be giving a slideshow and telling
Karaose!
stories of what happened this Wednesday, May 17, at
Bingo!
7 in the COM Building Recital Hall.

THE

EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Police Reports

CASE NUMBER 06-0930
05-05-06 at 2128 hours
An officer stopped a car that
was swerving between lanes
in a 35 mph zone, and speeding at over 50 mph. The car
had a California license plate
and two other passengers in
the car. The officer asked the
suspect why he was driving
so erratically on the road.
The suspect stated, "I was littering." He explained that, "I
couldn't throw my trash out
the passenger window so I
pulled over to the other side of
the road and threw my trash
out on my side." The officer
observed in the car an alcoholfilled 12 ounce bottle wedged
between the front seats, over
a dozen open beer cans in the
back, an opened 750-nl bottle
of Burnett's brand Raspberry
flavored vodka, and five
unopened cans of beer. The
officer asked why the suspect
had so many opened cans
of beer in his back seat, he
replied, "Because I don't like
- to litter." Apparently he didn't
mind littering on concrete,
and those cans were from
earlier in the meadow. He presented a Florida state driver's
license, but did not have insurance. The suspect was asked
to do a field sobriety test, and
was found to have been driving without shoes, which is
a crime. The test returned a
positive 0.106% blood alcohol
level, and the other passengers had similar results. He
was given a warning about
the seven infractions and let
go with a stern warning. Ha,
just kidding.

CASE NUMBER 06-Oa?
05-O5-O6 at 0800 hours
A woman who was walking
along the beach with some
friends reported that as they
were walking a man walked
out of the forest towards
them. He was approximately
6' tall, of medium build with
a beer belly, balding or with
very short hair, carried a
Jansport backpack, and
wore white socks, but nothing
else. As he approached her he
placed his hands on his penis
and proceeded to masturbate.
She was upset by this, so she
pulled out her cell phone to
call the cops, and then the
suspect got scared and ran
away, although she didn't
actually get cell phone reception out that far. This kind of
event has beenhappeningfrequently, the incidents involve
different suspects, usually
acting alone. Victims are
encouraged to report these
incidents as soon as possible.
MEDICAL CASE
05-06-06 at 2358 hours
There was a report phoned in
of a woman who was unconscious and not breathing.
They arrived to find that the
woman was sort of okay. They
also found a woman who was
passed out in the bathtub.
They were transported someplace safe. The party going on
at the time was shut down,
and people arriving late were
told to leave. Officers cleared
the scene and responded to
various complaints of people
yelling in the Housing area.

CASE NUMBER 06-OSB5
05-O6-06 at 0323 hours
An officer observed a group of people standing
around the Mods. One of them had an open 1gallon container of wine. At 0358 hours the suspect submitted a sample of his breath. The result
was .151 percent. Suspect was underage.
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
MAY 11, 2006

Keeping it growing:
Revolution disguised as organic
gardening
By Jesse Dutton Miller
For thousands of years, humans have
known how to build houses that stay warm
in the winter and cool in the summer. You
can visit traditional indigenous cultures
and see this in many parts of the world. But
almost all of us live in houses that aren't
designed for our local climate at all. That's
evident here in all the houses that can't
make it through a winter without getting moldy. It's common to see houses
with the big windows on the north side,
and there are a good number of houses
in Olympia that aren't even insulated.

Tourism in
Chile
Balancing
wealth and
integrity
By Margaret Flickinger
South America is not a prime destination for tourists. Despite an abundance of historical, anthropological,
and ecological sights, South America
remains off the radar for most American
travelers. The other end of the world is
just too far away. To solidify their role
in the global market, the country of
Chile has recently attempted to boost
their tourist appeal. Brimming with
beaches and cultural artifacts, Chile
has much to offer. Unfortunately,
what Chile has realized is that such
avid marketing of their culture could
inadvertently damage the integrity of
the nation. Tourism has the potential
to exploit their culture.
For one week, eleven students
from Evergreen discovered what it
is like to be a tourist in the nation of
Chile. Based in the coastal town of
La Serena, they trekked to neighboring Andean towns during the day and
enjoyed the seclusion of an off-season
beach in the evening. While there, they
encountered the interest and curiosity
of the locals. They were also asked to
be ambassadors to their country—they
had to approach events with bright eyes,
inquisitive minds, and positive attitudes.
As astute ambassadors, these students were
granted privileges that were both equal to
and beyond the scope of a typical vacation. Not only did they visit wineries and
museums, they were also granted access to
restricted areas and invited to local dance
parties. The students quickly recognized
that the locals were eager to expose them
to their culture. What the students began
to wonder, however, was if these towns
could market to tourists without risking
self-exploitation.
The Chilean town of Andacollo is
an example of how tourism endeavors
could potentially exploit the culture of the
people. Isolated in the high peaks of The
Andes, the town once had little to offer
the world but resources from their copper
mines and artifacts of faith. In Andacollo,
there stand two giant Catholic churches.
One church was'meant to serve the people
daily while the other was built to house
thousands. While these structures were
initially constructed to serve the faith of
the people, Andacollo is now attempting to
market their faith to the masses worldwide.
Andacollo is exploring religious tourism.
With the hope that religious pilgrims and

Permaculture is a new word for the old
practice of designing our living places and
landscapes to meet our needs using natural
patterns. Permaculture is a popular word
today but sometimes it means different
things to different people. It's not a dogmatic philosophy of agriculture but rather
a way of looking at the world that allows
It's not that humans don't know how to
for different interpretations. A date farmer
build buildings that suit our climates, it's
in California defines it as "accepting all the
just that somehow we think we can afford
plants that want to grow, and then coming
to build inefficiently and then buy climate
up with a strategy to manage them to meet
control to make up for it. This method is
your needs." An urban gardener in Arizona
more costly than just building consciously
describes it more generally as "the art and
in the first place.
science of working with nature."
There are a few
basic design strategies that a lot of
permaculturists use. Stacking functions means having parts of a design
that have more than one function so
that a living place supports itself and
produces food through a web of bioconnections. An example from the
Evergreen farm is having free-range
ducks that help with pest control,
fertilize the orchard, and produce
eggs and meat. Such systems
resemble natural ecosystems more
than a conventional farm.
A permaculture landscape is
designed so areas that get more
attention (like the kitchen herbs,
lettuce and greenhouse) are closer to
.the central living space. Next could
be vegetable beds, with the orchard
farther out. Elements of the system
are placed with awareness of how
they will be used to minimize the
effort needed to make things run.
Permaculture is adaptable to anywhere. There are books about urban
permaculture design (think long vertical trellises). Humans have basic
intuitive skills and knowledge, and
when economic structures around
the world fall apart, people revert
to the old ways in which we take
care of ourselves, take care of each
other and take care of the land.
Examples of this were presented
by Greener grads Ethan Schafer and
Sarita Role who toured permaculture communities in South America
last year. Autonomous and communal at the same time, permaculture
lies at the intersection of politics,
social issues, land management,
architecture, agriculture, forestry,
and economics. It can redesign the
economic and ecological structures
of the world.
In classes on field vegetation
ecology, Evergreen professor
emeritus Al Wiedemann advised
Students in the practice of sustainable agriculture program eat together at
his students to "sit down and look
our weekly potluck at the farm house. Nutrition and agricultural pracaround...think about things." This advice
tices are inseprable; food can only have minerals if the soil has minerals.
goes for permaculture too. It saves energy
tourists alike will travel to the town's nothing else to supplement its economy. to contemplate before you begin shoveling
sacred monuments, the town is diverting At the peaks of the Andes, the land offers the dirt.
its funds to support its tourism endeav- little opportunity to expand the town or to
Here at Evergreen we have a permaors—a museum and a gift shop already develop agriculture. This lack of resources culture to design site that is a learning
exist in one church while a luxury hotel has made the two desperate to market their space available to all students. Demeter's
is being constructed to accommodate the culture in order to survive. Unfortunately, Garden is on the site of the old commupotential visitors. Additionally, Andacollo what the town hasn't realized is that they nity gardens; the Developing Ecological
plans to build an enormous cross over the cannot rely on the exploitation of their faith Agriculture Practices (DEAP) student
sole entrance to the town. Whether or not as their sole medium of financial support. group oversees it. Students are currently
Andacollo's tourism endeavors are sucIn Andacollo, the people don't appear to working to update the original design and
cessful, the town has decided to morph its be bothered by monetary concerns. Every crafting creative strategies for dealing with
faith into an enterprise.
day, the people congregate in the center of buttercup and comfrey which are a little
When the eleven Evergreen students town to attend mass and to celebrate their out of control. If you'd like to get involved
visited Andacollo, their titles as ambas- faith. If Andacollo continues to pursue you can contact the coordinator, Forest, at
sadors granted them access to the town's religious tourism, the atmosphere of the freerangehuman23@hotmail.com or come
plans for the future. They were given a town will be quite different—foreigners, by Demeter's garden next to the Evergreen
power point presentation that articulated camera flashes, and Christian-themed Organic Farm. Work parties often occur
the town's financial goals. Images detailed postcards will flood their once-sleepy on Thursdays, says Forest, but there are
how tourists would visit their sacred monu- streets. Andacollo might become a reli- opportunities to get involved whenever
ments, experience local culture, and enjoy gious Disneyland.
your schedule permits.
the comfort of a fine hotel. The town projWhat Andacollo and the country of
ects that all of its future income will rely on Chile need to do is determine how to
Jesse Dutton Miller is a senior enrolled
their tourism aspirations. While a hotel and develop tourism without risking the purity in Practice of Sustainable Agriculture. He
the funds of foreign visitors could theo- of their culture. They have a lot of work works at the campus children's center. Please
retically provide the town with'substantial to do.
send feedback to zapatilla@riseup.net.
income, ultimately, their tactic is flawed.
Some inspiration for this article came
Andacollo aspires that tourism will be their
from Alan AtKisson 's interview with Bill
sole income generator. Once their mine is
Margaret Flickinger is a sophomore Mollison, which is available online, along
tapped of minerals, the town will have enrolled in Transforming Consciousness. with all the other permaculture resources
you could ever use.
The situation is pretty similar for our
food supply. Humans have had the ability
to produce our food locally without poisonous chemicals or major soil loss forever.
Even before the "agricultural revolution,"
whenever you draw that line, people have
been working with their environments to
maximize food supplies for a long time.
But somehow in our economic sense of
things it makes sense to buy less healthy
food from farther away rather than design
our homes and communities to provide for
our needs.

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NEWS

MAY 11, 2006 •

Student
government
?

Spray cans found
Article continued from cover

paint as possible as quickly as possible
is the most important step in the cleanup
process.
Article continued from
Spray paint becomes more difficult
cover
to remove from concrete as time passes
because concrete is porous and easily
"I don't know either, but I'm runabsorbs paint.
ning too," says Rebekah Thornburg,
Some of the graffiti has been on the
who is campaigning next to Jake.
walls
of Seminar II long enough that it will
Rebekah is the only Tacoma campus
probably
never be completely removed.
student running for student governFacilities contracted with Washington
ment, and says she wants to have a
State's Department of General
louder voice for Tacoma students.
Administration to do the clean up.
Neither Rebekah nor Jake know
Red Square was alive and kicking on Wednesday afternoon with rock and roll, incoming
Workers started cleaning the Seminar
what that voice will be, or how it
freshmen
and
their
parents,
religious
demonstrators,
student
government
canidates
and
plenty
II
walls
on Thursday of last week. They
will be heard, but Jake is confident
of sunshine.
were
originally
using a chemical product
that, "we'll figure it out when we
photo
by
Aaron
marketed
as
a
graffiti
remover.
get there."
Opprecht
said
workers
stopped using the
This is the present state of student gov- ment must write and propose its bylaws
product
after
people
complained
but was
ernment at Evergreen.
by Spring Quarter 2007. Recognition of
not sure how many people complained, or
Three things happened this week in the the student government by the Board of
what precisely they complained about.
push to create a student government at Trustees means the college considers the
Robyn Herring, campus safety officer,
Evergreen, the first developments since the government legitimate, granting them
said
she fielded one complaint about fumes
Geoduck Union constitution was ratified at power.
from
the graffiti remover.
the end of week one. The constitution was
The third development was student
Workers
are now power washing
approved 1279 votes to 112 votes through government's receipt of $9,644 from the
painted
walls
with a mixture of water and
a student election that had a 33 percent S&A board to operate next year—$4,338
baking
soda.
voter turnout.
of which will be spent on a retreat sched- Article continued from page 2
Whatever remains of the graffiti after
The first development happened uled for fall quarter. At the retreat, the
Monday at midnight when forms to declare new government will write and define its Ground, was created in the wake of the the power washing is finished will most
candidacy were due via email to student bylaws, the policies by which they govern. hurricane because of the lack of action by likely be covered with a layer of paint or
election commissioner Adam November. The purpose, scope, and power of the gov- those supposedly responsible. This truly cement.
Price estimates on the clean up vary
grass-roots organization is also looking
When asked Wednesday how many ernment will be decided at this retreat.
widely.
Last week, Paul Smith, facilities
to
expand
their
volunteer
program
to
students submitted applications by the
"That sounds dangerous," says studirector,
estimated the cleanup would cost
the
international
stage,
hoping
to
work
Monday night deadline, November said dent Stephenie Mansperger who took
between
$6,500 and $7,000.
with
governments
and
countries
that
are
"between 22 and 27." The exact number time to meet and talk with candidates on
Opprecht
chose not to guess the amount
also
constantly
impacted
by
these
awful
of candidates has not yet been determined Wednesday afternoon. "It's not going to
by November, but Brad Bishop and Jayne be democratic. You don't just put people natural phenomena. Brad has some very of the final cost. She said the price tag
Kaszynski—coordinators of the student in power and let them decide what that interesting opinions about why and where depends on whether the college chooses
these phenomena come from. To learn to cover paint stains or pay more money
group that wrote the student government power is."
At the end of this week, we know more more, contact Brad or research the possi- to remove the paint completely.
constitution—report the official count is
In Officer Brewster's estimate, Seminar
than ever what an Evergreen student gov- bly devastating future of global warming.
30 candidates..
II
security
problems have already cost stuCommon
Ground
has
a
website
with
all
the
The second development was rec- .ernment will look like, but big questions
dents
$60,000
in stolen media equipment
ognition of the student government by about how the government will govern information for volunteer opportunities at
this
school
year.
www.commongroundrelief.org.
And
if
you
the Evergreen Board of Trustees. The still remain.
Add these new cleanup expenses to the
are interested in learning more from this
board stipulated that the student governtab,
and more people are starting to worry
friendly
student,
Brad
can
be
contacted
at
Sam Goldsmith is a senior at Evergreen.
about
how the campus's newest building
omegaseed@gmail.com.
- He is the Letters and Opinions coordinator
will
be
secured.
And
again
I
must
mention
my
email
of the CPJ.
"Clearly this is something we are going
is sebstrat@yahoo.com, and I am really
looking for more people doing more to have a discussion about," Opprecht
things, especially in the area of science said.
and maybe if anyone is interested in talking
Sam Jessup is a junior enrolled in a
about possible mural ideas for Seminar II
or something. But, really, anything would contract called Spreading the News. He
be appreciated, give me a write, and title has a rectangular pannier.
the email something like CPJ blablabla.

Interview
with Brad
Bishop

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MAY 11, 2006

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Student Run Cafe
Fix the Building
Seismic Upgrade
Move the Bike Shop
New Lounges
New Information Kiosk
Improved Connection to Outside
LEED Silver
New Red Square Entry
Remove the Bridge
Create a Living Room
Dedicated Performance Space
Art Gallery
Bigger Dining Area
Improved Atrium
Student Activities Growth
LEED Gold
Sustainable Dynamic Atrium
Edible Landscaping
Solar Hot Water
Composting Toilets
Outdoor Performance Space
Green Landscaping & Stream
Rainwater Harvesting
"Evergreen Stream"
Natural Ventilation
On-site Waste Water Treatment

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faculty have been working with the architects of
Perkins & Will to re-design the CAB (College
Activities Building) to be more enjoyable and
environmentally sustainable. On May 22 the
voting on the CAB re-design will begin and students will be asked
to vote on whether they are willing to pay for the renovation with
student fees. Students will also be asked to choose which of the
three designs they prefer to see enacted should the fees be approved.
Enclosed in this pullout is an in-depth look at each of the three
designs and how much they would cost students on a yearly and
per credit basis. Check out these plans and be ready to make a
decision on the future of the CAB starting May 22.

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Design features: plan A
This plan involves a renovation of building systems, seismic upgrades and
improved food services. It addresses some of the requests for expanded spaces
by adding 3,700 square feet. It adds two new elements—an information booth
and a student cafe". The outdoor appearance of the CAB would be relatively
unchanged. While being better at conserving energy, it does little to incorporate
additional sustainability features.
How green is plan A?
Plan A will be designed to include sustainable materials and healthy indoor
paints and coatings. The windows and the mechanical system will be upgraded
to make the building more energy efficient.
Breakdown:
• Small to no growth in most program areas
• Main kitchen/servery expands by 40 percent to accommodate
current undersized condition
• Student Activities grows by 8 percent
• New 2,400 square foot student-run cafe
• New information kiosk
• New addition of 3,700 square feet
How much will this cost?
Total project cost
Requested state funding
Student contribution
Student fee
16 credits x 3 quarters x $3.25

NEW STUDENT RUN CAFE INCLUDED IN PLANS A.B&C

$14,184,000
$4,900.000
$9,284,000
$3.25 per credit
$156.00 annually

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areas, a dedicated student performance space, additional lounge areas, a dedicated student performance space, an art gallery and an expansion of the dining
area. In this plan an open atrium is created to all three floors. A new face for
the building is constructed by creating an expansive glass frontage and an outdoor dining area on Red Square. The bridge connecting the Campus Recreation
Center is removed to create a new outdoor performance space and a visual link
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Total project cost
Requested state funding
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Design features: plan C
Plan C incorporates all the previously mentioned features, but does so in
a fashion that meets the requests of all the square footage requests of current users by adding 14,500 square feet of new space. It also incorporates
additional lounge space facing the forest to the north and extends dining
services and an outdoor dining area towards Red Square. With the bridge
removed this option creates a new welcoming back door for access from
housing and the Campus Recreation Center. Additionally this plan creates
a dramatic and light filled atrium that makes the sustainability of the building visible and a north-sided landscaped rainwater stream that brings the
forest to the building.
How green is plan C?
Plan C will incorporate Gold standards in sustainable building. The
design brings rainwater from the roof through the building, captures it,
and uses it to reduce domestic water consumption and provide irrigation
to outside gardens. An atrium water feature will make the rainwater reuse system visible. Plan C also incorporates other green features such as
edible landscaping, solar hot water, and natural ventilation. A photovoltaic
solar demonstration will be proposed.
Breakdown:
• All program areas grow to reflect future needs
• Main kitchen /servery expands by 40 percent to accommodate
current undersized condition
• Student Activities grows 25 percent
• Dining areas grow by 50 percent
• A new 3,200 square foot student-run cafe
• New information kiosk
• New addition of 14,500 square feet
• Student lounges grow by 25 percent
• New dedicated indoor and outdoor performance space
• New dedicated art gallery space
Bookstore space addition for a new copy center
How much will this cost?
Total project cost
Requested state funding
Student contribution
Student fee
16 credits x 3 quarters x $5.75

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$4,900,000
$16,070,000
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"Rock and Roll
is dead'
Men Women & Children Men'Women & Children
Reprise 2006
I don't even know what
the fuck this is. The album
starts off with loud shitrock crazy riffage and then
goes straight into KC & the
Sunshine Band, and not in a
campy fun time kind of way,
it's just a shitty blend, like
coffee and mayonnaise. It's that
flawless entrance from one genre to
the next, as previously noted, that will
keep me from ever listening to that song
or album ever again.

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MAY 11, 2006
By Matthew Allison

White
Rainbow - Box
Marriage 2006
This is a complete box set, all
on one CD, although they're all
data files, it's just too much music
(5 hours and 8 minutes worth). It's
intriguing and a little mysterious.
Very ambient, similar to Apolloesque Brian Eno or Harold Budd.
Adam Forknersolo project. I've heard
tell of a critic actually sitting through all
of it, without inflicting any damage upon
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himself
and experiencing no long lasting side effects.
Forkner's a
bit of a burn out and has some bizarre New Age ideas about hippie nonsense, but
then a lot of people from this part of the world do, which in some respects is shown
through his music and is annoying. The album itself is a bit exhausting especially
for ambient music; you will find however, that there is a great blend of soundscapes spread throughout this epic collection (perhaps the largest in the
world) and due to its extensive selection there should be something
Matthew Allison is a
for anybody remotely interested in this kind of sound.
sophmore enrolled in
Inventing Systems.

Georgetown Orbits - My Baby's OK
DeadEnd Social Club 2006
I refuse to ever listen to ska if I can
help it. You'll never be able to convince me it's good, either.

The Vacation The Vacation
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The Darkness
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Luckily, rock and
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two films are both documentaries that
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audience, and both tell you what to expect
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SPORTS

MAY 11, 2006

Evergreen wins... on a technicality
ByKipArney
Call Sherlock Holmes, the offense for Evergreen's
baseball team has completely vanished. After a weekend
in Seattle where runs were scored and hits were piled
up, the Geoducks followed up that performance with
two games against Western Washington where a total of
three hits and zero runs were produced. Again Evergreen
flirted with being no hit and making the opposing pitcher
look like major league talent, but from my eyes, he was
anything but.
The first game featured Western's pitcher Adam Bloom
hurling a one hit shutout in a 12-0 victory for the Vikings.
Western gradually put runs on the board but never pulled
away until the top of the fifth inning when a single to left
field shot under the glove of Doug Dietz and rolled all the
way to the wall. By the time Dietz retrieved it, the Western
batter had rounded second and greedily was on his way to
third base. The throw from the outfield beat the runner but
was a bit low and bounced off third baseman Nick Grant's
glove towards the mound. Pitcher Kip Arney was backing
up on the play and since the ball took an awkward bounce
he had to race over to get it and threw the ball back to Grant.
But the throw was wide left and the runner advanced home
having turned a single into an inside-the-park home run.
The second game was more of the same as Western's
onslaught of runs continued and the game finally ended
with a final score of 26-0 with Evergreen being held to two
hits, a single up the middle by shortstop Antonio Olgyn,
and a double down the left field line for outfielder Whalen
Dillon. You can't pinpoint the cause of our defeats—meaning, it wasn't one thing that let us down. Our offense was
anemic, our pitching erratic, and our fielding, well that's
something that can be praised minus that one play that
happened during the first game that I wrote about earlier. Both Jeremy Harrison-Smith and John Each made
"SportsCenter" top ten-quality highlight reel catches in
the outfield saving the final scores from being worse than
they actually were.

Before the games even started on Saturday, Evergreen
received notice that conference opponent Seattle
University had been forced to forfeit all their previous
games for not having turned in their team roster and just
like that, Evergreen's record went from 0-15 to 6-9. Is it six
wins in the record book? Yes. Do I wish it had happened?
Yes and no. Ok, so now we can say we won games, but
it'll always come with an asterisk. I want to win a game
on the field, not because the Seattle coach is so lazy that
he doesn't turn in an official roster. People will ask, what
were the scores of your victories? And I'll have to respond
with, well, we only won because of the other team's forfeits. On the field we still lost to Seattle and even though
on paper the wins go to us, I'll never say I was a part of
Evergreen's first victory. Unless it happens in our final
series next weekend against Seattle University. I realize
you're probably scratching your head over this so let me
lay it out for you.
Back on the first weekend in March, we were supposed
to host a series with Seattle. But we postponed it because
we felt we weren't ready to play the games and we wanted
more practices under our belts. Seattle said, hey we're
ready to play, and if it's not the weather that's postponing
the games, then we're going to take the wins via forfeit,
so they did. Now at some point during the season, they
agreed to make up the games down here but they would
be counte'd as exhibition games and Seattle would get the
wins no matter what happened on the field. Then the news
came out that Seattle must forfeit all their games against
all their opponents, but the games down here will still be
played on May 20 and 21. It'll be one last chance for the
seniors to put on the Geoduck uniform and legitimately
win a game. And I will not let that chance go to waste.
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Wednesday, May 17
Tech N9ne
Touring in support of his new album,
"Absolute Power."
(The Capitol Theater, 206 E. 5 th Ave.
Olympia. The doors are at 8 and the show
begins at 9. Tickets are $21 and can be
bought at Rainy Day Records)

Saturday May 13

Rebecca Pearcy, Calvin Johnson
and Glacier Park
SDS

Thursday, May 11
Mirah
Supported Spectratone International and
The Toids. There will also be film shorts by
Britta Johnson. (The Capitol Theater, 206
E. 5th Ave. Olympia. Tickets are $8 for OFS
members and $10 general admission; they
can be bought at www.buyolympia.com
and the box office. Doors are at 7 and the
show is at 8. All ages)

(Yes Yes, 320 E. 4lh Ave. Olympia, at 8, all Students for a Democratic Society will
ages, $5 admission)
be holding their first meeting. Contact
maslauskas@riseup.net for more inforFriday, May 12
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Eligh and Luckyinm
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With comedians Brett .1 and Tyler Boeh. and Pickster One. (Chop Suey, 1235 E. Edan and Prefuse 73
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Slam
Starring poet/actor/musician Saul Williams
as "Ray Joshua," Slam "tells the story of a
gifted young rapper trapped in a war zone."
Ray "copes with the despair and poverty
by using his wits and verbal talent." S&A
Productions has organized a screening
of this movie at Lecture Hall 1 at 7:30.
Admission is free.

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music, dance, workshops, storytelling,
food and more. There will be 21 events
on three stages. (Lutheran Church of the
Good Shepherd, 1601 North Street SE,
Olympia, WA. A $5 donation is asked for
admission. Performances will run from 10
a.m. to 8 p.m.)

"Acts in patch-cord bondage and acoustic
torment" presented by Electrosow.
(COM 110 at 7)

Gina Young
"Riot Grrrl. Folk Queer Politics and Punk
all in one."
(Red Square at 1 p.m.)

PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
The Movie

Words make sense of a world that won't.
*STARRING*

SAUL WILLIAMS
AWARD-WINNING POET/ACTOR/MUSIOAN

Friday, May 12.
7:30

2006

PM @ L e c t u r e H a l l
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#1

SLAM (1998) tells the story of a gifted young rapper trapped in a war zone.
He copes with the despair and poverty by using his wits and verbal talent.

ADMISSION - FREE

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MAY 11, 2006.

By Curtis Randolph

Kibitz

BANTS

• Ah, Conrad
Hourvisson is such a
pretentious twit.

Oh, Gimpy, you're
such a card!

tx

Dammit Gimpy! You're supposed
to be the world's greatest
infiltration unit, not a failure!
What happened? You did so well with
the prime minister of Oregon...

Shit, take some more
performance enhancing drugs
and get us out of here!

X
understood
as
as pie..
OA1/CS

//£/-/T

-o until X.

CHARLIE DAUCrHERTY

SEE I TOUO XA YOU

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MAY 11, 2006
by tim yates

part 1 of 5!!!!

Hey fc/Wy.'
^'. JVC, fct«-*N

The angriest rice cooker in the world

"
http://www.angriestricecooker.com
How many rice cookers
does it take to screw in a
light bulb?

Connor Moran

What part of rice cooker
don't you understand?

r>—^tf

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Photographed by Kelsie Pottenger
a senior enrolled in information landscapes

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