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S&A Board members appointed
Last Thursday, October 12, this year's
S&A Board (Services and Activites
Fee Allocation Board) members were
appointed. They are: Jayanika Lawrence,
Rory Johnson, Chris Hord, Dale Mickel,
Alex Valin, Anna Stoerch, Sam Runckel,
Max Bauval and Cara Maldonado.
The Board will "go live," according
to Utah Newman, the S&A Board
Coordinator, on November I. Until then
the board members will be going through
training every Monday and Wednesday
from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (the same times
they meet for the rest of the year) and
go on a weekend retreat for training and
team building.
The S&A Board serves a vital
function at Evergreen, distributing
funding not only to student groups, but
to KAOS, Recreation and Athletics, the
Campus Children's Center, and the CPJ.
Two years ago, the S&A Board allocated
$4.85 million dollars; this year, they are
Photo by Curtis Randolph
The new S&A Board members at a training
expected to handle about $5 million.
in the Solarium on Wednesday, October 18.
(The organizations Iisted-not student
groups-operate on a bi-annual budget, . Sabrina Wilbert, S&A office manager; S&A Board members are paid a stipend
which accounts for the large figures and Ryan Stevens and Jesse Gonzalez, of $300 per quarter.
every other year.)
past S&A Board members.
Interviews were about twenty minutes
The board will join members of
"I think they're great," Newman said long each. Applicants faced seven or
Tacoma campus's S&A Board for a of the new board members. They are fairly eight interviewers, including those who
retreat at University of Washington's diverse, she remarked; a number of them made the deliberations, with questions
Pack Forest from October 26-28. On the have international backgrounds, some about their personal history, commitment
retreat, they will be doing team building are "non-traditional" students, some are level, why they want to be on the board,
and trainings, including "What to Look studying science and some humanities. ideas on outreach, experience working
for in a Proposal" and a communication A few of them were on similar boards with diverse people, level of commitment
workshop. They will also establish group at their previous schools, and already to consensus decision-making, and their
norms-kind of like a loose constitution have budgeting skills, whereas others understanding of conflict of interest.
for how they will operate as a group. A have never even applied for this kind of
"There were some difficult decisions,"
large part of their training, both here and position.
remarked Newman, and not because of
while on retreat, is both creating and
Applicants for a position on the board a lack of desirable applicants. "Overall
must be full-time students, and be able to [they were] highly qualified," she saidfielding mock proposals.
Thirteen applicants interviewed on commit to the position for a full academic it was a "dilemma of abundance."
Monday and Wednesday last week, with year. Board members need to be able and
deliberations taking place on Thursday. willing to work with a diverse group of
Calen Swift is a junior enrolled in
They were selected by Newman; Tom people, but as Newman said, "are not Memory of Fire. Feedback is appreciated;
Mercado, director of student activities; unilaterally skilled in any one thing." e-mail swical13@evergreen. edu.
Haunted Hike at Priest Point Park
By fan McGuffick
TESC
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Volume 35
Oct. 19, 2006
Vote,
damn you!
By Galen Swift
"You're about to enter a landscape
being destroyed by humans," warned the
wizard at the trail head. Standing under a
majestic tree, adorned with a white beard,
staff, robe and pointed hat, he reminded
community members "the future is in
your hands."
Children and parents alike stormed
Priest Point Park in droves, Saturday
October 14, as Olympia's "Haunted Hike"
provided its unique blend ofentertainment
and lessons in conservation. The
event, planned by Patricia Pyle from
the Olympia Storm and Surface Water
Utility, was said to be a major success in
its second year.
"This year was way better. Last year
was the first Haunted Hike, and we
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Mr. Lawnman makes his yard sick using lawn chemicals. Eric
Christensen as Mr. Lawnman, Brenda Griffin as Dandelion, and
Jasmine Yost as One Grass Blade.
expected about 500 people," Pyle said.
"900 [people] ·ended up coming, and
when it got dark, we had to send about
200 home."
This year everybody was able to hit
the trail, with hiking groups leaving
every five minutes between 4 and 6:30
p.m. While waiting, children-dressed
as tigers and bears, goblins and ghosts,
princesses and pirates-plucked candy
treats from booths, got their faces
painted, and gathered around to ·hear
stories. Parents looked on and browsed
booths set up by local organizations like
Thurston County Environmental Health
and WSU Master Gardeners.
By Sap [Sam] Bryson
This is an interview with James H.
Staples. He is the owner of The five
Corners metaphysical bookstore in
downtown Olympia. I wandered into
his store a couple weeks ago and ended
up listening to him talk for about three
hours. This encounter was enough to
convince me that he is a man whose voice
shouid be' heard. I interviewed him in the
interest of our nation. It went as follows:
Sap: "James, I want you to tell me why
you think it is important for young people
to vote. in the November election."
James: "I'd say there are a lot of
reasons, the most general and broad being
that it is a right and a privilege that lots of
people have fought and died for. And no
matter what argument that can be given
that voting doesn't make a difference or
doesn't make as much of a difference as
it should, there is no argument that says
that not voting is better than voting. If
you don't vote, you essentially ~urrender
the power that you are given to have any
say in how this government works. This
country will only be a democracy if the
people make it a democracy. Something
a lot of people don't understand,
particularly a lot of young people, is that
we as individual people hold all the power;
all the power the president has, that the
Congress and the courts have and that
the Constitution has, comes from us. Our
forebears set up this government in a way
that we the people would be the source of
all the power. But this will only continue
to be the case if each of us specifically
owns and exercises that power. Any
problems this government has, and it has
plenty, are there because people didn't do
hing to fix it. If you don't vote, you
are allowing another generation of the
people who screwed up the government
in the first place to continue screwing it
up. You not voting is just as bad as you
voting for them.
"The most persistent avoidable threat
to your freedom is you. The reason
you should vote is that you will have
the experience of being an empowered
individual who is part of what's going
on. If the people who are in power right
now could talk you into not voting, they
would. The fact that there are a million
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"What do you think of
our current two-party
political system?"
By Sean Paul/ and Lindsay Adams
By Sky Cohen
We the members of S.E.S.A.M.E,
(Students Educating Students About
the Middle East) are here to educate.
Our purpose is to raise awareness
about the M idd Je East in context of
human rights violations, regional and
religious conflict and to further the
understanding of the complexities
of the region. S.E.S.A.M.E. will be
sponsoring and co-sponsoring events
throughout the year culminating with
the Middle East Film Festival which
will be held in early February. As the
time nears, more information will be
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"I think that it's a farce concealing the
dictatorship of capital. It channels the
people's energies into safer avenues that
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revolutionary change."
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Paul French, junior
Imperialism
"I don't think it's representative of
every view that should be
represented."
May your travels be fruitful.
Sky Cohen is a freshmen enrolled
in Culture in the Public Sphere.
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Math in the History ofScience
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BRIEFS------------------------------------------------------OCTOBER 19, 2006
Road work on Evergreen
Parkway
Lecture and Q & A with Jock
Smith
Construction to modify the Evergreen
Parkway at the south end of the college
property near 17th Street began on
Monday, October 16. The goals of the
project are better roadway safety. The
work will improve the connection of the
•Parkway to the county road and widen the
shoulder for bicyclists. In addition, the
contract requires a mor4e gentler grade for
the connection to the county trail system.
This project will take approximately 30
days, but the schedule may vary because
of seasonal weather. Expect minor
traffic delays during the project. No
road closures are planned. Questions
for this project may be directed to Rich
Davis, college engineer, at x6136.
TESC - Tacoma will host a lecture by
Jock Smith, lawyer, civil rights leader
and author of"Ciimbing Jacob's Ladder,"
a memoir of Jock's father Jacob Smith, a
prominent black lawyer and political and
civil rights leader in New York in the
segregated 1950s, who was assassinated
when Smith was eight years old, and
a chronicle of Jock's evolution from
struggling student to successful lawyer.
The event is Tuesday, October 24 from II
a.m. to I p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit
Smith on the web at www.blairpub.com/
bio&memoi r/cl im bi ngjacobsladder.htm
Evergreen Infoshoppe returns
The Center for Community-Based
Learning and Action is hosting a native
plant restoration trip to the Chehalis
River on Saturday, October 28 from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This event is for all
interested students and community
members. This restoration project was
started, in part, by a study conducted
by an Evergreen student. Bring a lunch,
appropriate clothing, boots, and any tools.
RSVP with Lindsey by Oct. 21 to arrange
transportation. Contact x6866, feuerl@
evergreen.edu
The Evergreen Infoshoppe is being
revitalized and reborn, with the goal of
being the campus hub for free radical
information and literature, workshops
and skill shares, as well as a meeting
space for local activist groups. Interested
in having a place to make your own zines
for free, or a place to get it distributed?
Come to the next meeting on Monday,
October 23 at 2 p.m. on the third floor in
the Pit of the CAB.
Kate Bornstein workshop and
performance
Hosted by the Evergreen Queer
A II iance, a workshop on gender issues
followed by a solo performance by Kate
Bornstein will be held Friday, October 20.
The workshop begins at 5 p.m. in Seminar
II A2109, and the performance will be at
8:30p.m. in Lecture Hall I. Kate Bornstein
is an author and performance artist
whose published works include the books
"Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and
the Rest of Us," "My Gender Workbook,"
and the cyber-romance-action novel,
"Nearly Roadkill" with co-author Caitlin
Sullivan. Kate's books are taught in over
120 colleges and universities around the
world and she has performed her work
live on college campuses, in theaters and
performance spaces across the U.S ., as
well as in Canada, the United Kingdom,
Germany, and Austria.
"Battling Castanets" is an open mic
night hosted by The Writing Center
on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. in the
evening writing center located on the
second floor of A dorm. This is an open
mic for poetry, which may also be seen
as a writing circle. People may bring
songs, poems (both self-written and
by other poets), distribute zines, create
contacts and seek a supportive audience
for that work which is personal and may
have otherwise been unheard.
Pandemic awareness
information session
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Police Reports
Case number: 06-1889
10-13-06 at 2139 hours
A minor, yelling loudly and
holding a 1.75-llter bottle of
Potter's brand vodka, while on
probation for preVious minorln-possession charges, pleaded
With an officer not tooe arrested,
but was anyway.
Case number: unavailable
Help the salmon breathe
Campus Sustainability Day
events
On Wednesday, October 25, there
will be a barter fair and live web cast for
Campus Sustainability Day. At 9:30a.m.
there will be a live web cast in CAB 110
entitled "Where is Your Campus on the
Continuum of Integrated Sustainability
Planning?" This program will feature
presenters and case studies from Arizona
State University, Grand Valley State
University, Harvard University, and Pima
Community College. Then from 5 p.m. to
7 p.m .. there will be a barter fair in the
pavilion past the soccer field. Parents
made you take a bunch of dumb stuff to
college with you? Trade it for something
cool! All items not traded will be donated
to local charities that provide goods to
individuals and families in need at no
charge. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. there will
be a second showing of the Iive web cast
in the Housing Fishbowl, A Building, 2nd
Floor.
Camping skills, outdoor games
with CENSE
This weekend, October 20 to 22,
The Center for Environmental and
Natural Skills Education (CENSE)
will be hosting a 3-day campout in I
the Olympic Peninsula featuring a full
schedule of workshops and games. Skills
such as shelter building, fire making,
understanding bird language, hide
tanning, and more will be taught. The
campout is $5-10 sliding scale to cover
costs and add to CENSE's next event.
Student-only vans will be leaving Friday
at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. from the
library loop. CENSE will be leaving the
campsite Sunday at 6 p.m. Registration
is required for the vans or you can join
~ENSE's listserve, cense@lists.riseup.
net to make other arrangements. For more
information, a supplies list, and directions
to the campsite, visit the CENSE website
at http://academ ic.evergreen.edu/groups/
cense/com ingevents.htm I
Weekly open mic night
McLane Fire Chief Steve North and
TESC Emergency Response Planning Police serVices was contacted
about a possible attemQted
Coordinator Steve Craig are presenting a
entry into the Lab 1 main a.oor.
pandemic, or a serious health epidemic, It appeared as though someone
awareness session to discuss this issue had damaged the metal door
and how it applies to the college and its handle. Itnad been forcibly
pulled out from the door1 but
surrounding area. The event is Thursday, only by about l/8Lh of an 1nch.
October 26 from II a.m. to 12 noon in What now, He-Man?! In the
CAB 110. North and Craig will present battle of science over muscles,
background information as well as the science wins again.
current pandemic situation along with
health preventative measures people Case number: 06-1894
can institute now. Additionally, Craig
10-14-06 at 0010 hours
will give an update on the worldwide
pandemic situation that he obtained from The faulty and junked-up Ahis recent attendance at an international dorm elevators 1nadvertently
de bar ked an officer and RA
disaster conference in Rome. To register onto a floor that reeked of burnt
contact training@evergreen.edu
mar~juana. They followed the
smell to a dorm room with
the
door wide open and the
Mingle, organize, and create resident's
back turned to it.
They knocked on the door and
indy media
asked the resident why the room
. smelled of burnt mar~;uana.
The Greener's Independent Media
Group will host its first student group
meeting this Thursday, October 19, from
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Housing
Community Center. Focus will be on
bridging individual innovations through
collaborative efforts. Target interests
range in categories like film, video, sound
design, script writing, theater, graphic
design, photography, web design, and
storyboarding. This meeting will be an
opportunity to check out the office and
the resource and software library that
is available. Additionally this will be
a chance to meet like-minded students
who have an extra curricular interest in
varying platforms of media interested
in working together to organize fun
multimedia related events, trainings, and
field trips.
The resident stated that he had
not smoked a& marijuana that
night. The off1eer said yes you
did, and told him to admit it. The
resident.admitted to smoking
marijuana, and handed over a
glass pipe and a plastic bag full
of green vegetable matter. He
asRed if he would be getting his
Ripe back. When he was told
that it would be destroyed, he
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OCTOBER 19, 2006
The Language Symposium:
The phenomenology of abstraction
an engagement that lends itself to the
creation of meaning. For a Writerly text,
I he phenomenology of abstractiOn the reader is, in a sense, the author of
can be a memoir illuminating a single meaning.
moment, an occurrence of explorationThe previous examples illuminate this
movement, or a moth beckoning a distinction. "Journal ofAlbion Moon Iight"
beam of light in the silent desperation is a Writerly text. If you've read the whole
of unattainable desire. The text can be book, perhaps you haven't finished it. If
a monument to teleology, or perhaps, a you've read the first sentence, perhaps
deep vibration that requires the holding you've read the whole book. When you
of breath, the closing of one's eyes, the close the text, perhaps you haven't heard
silent rumination of a human life pulsing what the author is telling you, because in
the Writerly text, you have reached the
without the constraints of time.
Consider the first paragraph of destination after you have read the first
Kenneth Patchen's "Journal of Albion word.
In "Leviathan," the reader is presented
Moon Iight":
fragmented information, just enough
The angel lay in a little thicket. information to compel the reader to ask
It had no need of love; there was some questions: Who is the man? Why
nothing in the world could startle did he build a bomb? What was he up
it-we crm lie here with the angel if to? And in the text, this Readerly text (a
we like; it couldn't have hurt much wonderful read, by the way), Paul Auster
will tell us exactly what happened and
when they slit its throat.
why.
Writing evolved as a form of
Consider the opening scene of Paul
communication.
Writing in this sense
Auster's "Leviathan":
is teleological.
Words, sentences,
paragraphs,
books,
are all railroad
Six days ago, a man blew himself
tracks that move ideas from one place to
up by the side ofthe road in northern
another. It is on these railways that words
Wisconsin. There were no witnesses,
travel, these means to ends, and connect
but it appears he was sitting on the
with the reader to illuminate meaning,
grass next to his parked car when the information or "who did what."
bomb he was building accidentally
But I remember when we were
went off
children, before we had ridden a train, we
would sit on the tracks, put our ears to
In "S/Z," Roland Barthes provides the cold steel and Iisten, bounce rocks on
a distinction. A text, he says, can be the rails and hear the low reverberation
"Readerly" or "Writerly." Readerly texts arch in pitch and disappear down paths
require a sort of passivity. There is little that led to distant places of our creation,
room for ambiguity or interpretation. places we called our own. The railroad
Writerly texts, on the other hand, require tracks were our refuge, our solace. They
an active participation of the reader,
By Grant Miller
Smoke
By Sumiyuki Miyahara
In the consciousness hazy I sunder myself from my lair
I fly out to the morning air, pulling my favorite out
In the three-inch locale off my face the vermilion's a-glare
From my mouth in the air the appeal of exhaling spreads out
My two batteries strongly recharged with the spirits of gods
And my head gets unsteady and winsome lines waver in streams
As my brain is regaining intensive perception by odds
The profound indistinctness around me clears off like a dream
We are these days oppressed by the nosy because they do not
Have affairs but to sing how they're healthy, contented, and light
In addition to splitting us by the unseen prison house from our tots
Do they dare to wipe out our remaining and miserable right?
Thus today by imagining such things aloud to cold winds
I am bringing about the blest rings for a-wringing the blinds
Sumiyuki Miyahara is an exchange student from Japan.
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were not means of travel, they were not
means to an end-the railroad tracks
were ends in themselves.
Often, Writerly texts that don't
confine themselves to the rudimentary,
Aristotelian structures of language or
narrative styles are considered to be
"experimental" or "inaccessible," and this
inaccessibility is shunned as "elitism."
But this is misleading. "Experimental"
writing is not elitism, but exploration.
There was an early monastic technique
of prayer called Lectio Divina, which
is Latin for "spiritual reading." The
intention was to achieve communion
with God and to achieve a state of peace,
contemplation, and spiritual exploration
and insight through engagement with the
text. The actual reading of the words on
the page, the configuration of language,
the oral repetition of the same passage
over and over again-this was supposed
to help one commune with God.
It turns out that God may be a muscle,
roughly the size of a small coin called
the Wernicke's area. This muscle is
also known as "the language muscle."
The Wernicke's area is connected to the
Broca's area by a neural pathway called
the arcuate fasciculus. It is the Wernicke's
area and the Broca's area that allows us to
explore and finally comprehend language,
and it is language that helps us to explore
and comprehend reality.
And if it is through language that
we construct and interpret reality, the
phenomenology of abstraction may be
an approach to a haze, a borderland
between signifiers and signifieds dressed
in meaning-clothing, shivering in the
"Yes" of an eternal and cosmic discourse
of explosions, often misrepresented as
violent, but orgasmic in thei rsheerdefiance
of grand narratives and their tracing of
seemingly concrete interpretations of
metaphor back to metaphor and back
to metaphor and then further still, back
to the beginning, or the end, or back to
the silence of a single word on a single
page that may transmit the infinity of
possibility.
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All-women museum in Washington D.C.
may accept Pacific Northwest artist
By Lisa Hubert
The only museum in the world that
features all-women artists is located in
Washington D.C., and is classically titled
"The National Museum of Women in the
Arts." Finding a solution for what other
museums rarely manage to notice is a
problem; the NMWA brings female artists
to the forefront in artistic movements
from the 16th century to the present.
This is something not often seen in maledominated art history. The permanent
collection is comprised of more than 3,000
works and is constantly growing.
The progress America has made in
light of equal rights for men and women
(although this is not all-inclusive, we still
have a ways to go) allows for women artists
to now step up into the spotlight.
Just as the job market was once
permeated by successful businesswomen
- when before it had been primarily
businessmen-so should the world of art
now be permeated by recognized and
successful women artists.
Located within the NMWA is a Library
and Research Center whose function it is
to bring knowledge and understanding
to the public by providing thousands of
resources and research materials. Another
very interesting aspect of this library is that
it houses a few hundred 'book arts.' This is
when a book has been handmade, designed,
or created by an artist. Many times these
books are actually sculptural pieces. Others
are illustrated by a featured woman artist.
The library holds more than 600 of these
works by women artists, and also some that
were collaborated upon with men.
The
award-winning
quarterly
publication produced by the NMWA at
one point "... was named Best Book by the
American Association of Museums in its
2001 Publications Design Competition,"
according to the museum website. It
outlines the work of the museum and the
on-going exhibitions there.
Take a look at what's going on here
in our own gallery at Evergreen. Why it
seems as though we are featuring a woman
artist by the name of Louise Williams of
Lacey, WA who also seems to have been
a great supporter of women in the arts' A
close friend of Louise and Evergreen grad
Connie Simpson is compiling a revised
introductory video about the artist to send
to the museum. She will be offering, if
Williams is accepted, that the museum may
have the 15 plus works that Simpson herself
owns for its permanent collection.
What an amazing thing if accomplished!
It would just be another victory for every
woman artist out there. I'd encourage all
artists at Evergreen to take an active role in
pursuing goals like these. If enough people
feel passionately about something, then
nothing is impossible.
Visit the NMWA's website to learn more:
http://www.nmwa.org/
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Independent study in Ireland
The Phoenix
right to us in a nearly endearing manner.
I've only just begun to be able to sleep
Over the spring quarter of 2006, I through the noise. We're now going on
traveled to Ireland through ani ndependent . our fourth week here, and I imagine once
learning contract to study responsible and I leave I will miss my avian alarm clock.
sustainable tourism. I spent a total of two As roosters go, he's quite handsome and
months in Ireland living on the Dingle exceptionally personable.
While he 'l l never let you actually touch
Peninsula and traveling throughout the
country. The opportunity to engage in him, he will follow you around while you
independent, hands-on research while wander the yard or hang out while you
fulfilling a dream to explore Ireland was weed the gardens. He'll pick up worms
extraordinary. The story that follows that have been unearthed and sometimes
is an essay that describes some of my he'll even look at you in a way that seems
to say, "You do like me, right?" Then I
experiences.
Each of our mornings here is distinctly nod and am glad that I live in middle of
colored by the rooster's endless cock-a- nowhere Ireland and have a rooster as a
doodle-dooo, beginning no later than the companion.
The rooster's bird friends include his
first light, which our northerly latitude
brings quite early. Sometimes he sits on the lady chicken and two not-so-friendly
railing of our porch and eyes us through geese that sit on eggs and hiss when you
the window, projecting his rooster call come too close. Then there are the more
By Laurie/ Schuman
Laurie! Schuman
Rooster and cat sharing milk
cuddly animals I live with that include
three dogs and four cats, which all vie for
your attention in the same manner that
burrs stick to your socks.
They too follow you around on your
daily activities, so in the end you will
have no less than four animals within
a few feet at any one time. So, while
there may be few people around to keep
you company,· there is always plenty of
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Yet the Haunted Hike was the event's
major draw: An entertaining stroll through
one oft he parks looped trails offered an array
of costumed critters including raccoons,
mice, ogres and tree fairies. At each stop,
confronted by characters, attendees were
given an animated display coupled with a
lesson in sustainability.
At the beginning of the hike, children
were given bags filled with what the actors
called "drops"-small blue stones. At
different points throughout, as part of a
_themed game, they were asked to acquire
or give up these drops depending on their
living habits.
In the "Waterhog Family" production, a
man, presumably "Mr. Waterhog," blasts his
faucet while his teenage daughter complains
that her 20 minute shower was cut short. A
disgruntled raccoon soon emerges and puts
the Waterhog's'wasteful habits in check.
After breaking into song, the actors told
children the scenario: "Ifyou take baths, give
up a drop," said the girl from the shower. "If
you take short showers, five minutes or less,
you can keep them."
The game and its lessons continued
throughout the hike: Mr. Lawnman and his
plants sang their anthem "Can't get Water
from Chemicals." Children dressed as mice,
surrounded by scattered doggy bags, asked
Jessica Lawrence, Jeni Parreno and Evelyn Carlson are the voices
of the trees. When the trees die, so do the fairies.
attendees to pick up their pets poop. !none
lively skit, a gardener leaves ivy in the forest
to compost. Hikers soon see her mistake
as the discarded weeds give life to power
hungry ivy zombies.
"This forest is hereby claimed by the Ivy
Empire," the monsters shouted, rising from
a grave of vines.
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Jonathan Stewart was also glad that he
brought his two kids. "Although," he said, "I
do think it was a little morbid at times and
preachy."
Stewart referred to a portion ofthe hike
where a frog character tells children that
"the forest will disappear and so will you."
This is followed by a grim reaper character:
"Close your eyes and feel the darkness all
around you," it says.
Behind the reaper, a tree fairy, after
pleading for humans to help her, drops
dead.
Pyle, who wrote the haunted hike
script, said the event was, in part, meant
to reach people who are not necessarily
environmentally friendly. Gravestones,
cobwebs and scary acts were meant to go
along with the Halloween premise.
"When I planned this event I thought
about my seventy-eight year-old mother
and trying to explain something like ground
water to her," she said. "How many people
do you think would have showed up if we
told them it was about ground water?" she
added, "Probably about nine."
Ian McGuffick is a senior enrolled in a
contract called Print Journalism.
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and be a part of it," said event organizer
Patricia Pyle. "A Jot of people there had
never even been to Priest Point Park before.
I wanted it to be wacky, clever, educational
and reach out to a wider group of people."
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The end of the Haunted Hike featured
the land of change.
Here were four tables where hikers were
asked to make pledges-walk instead of
drive, practice natural lawn maintenance,
conserve water and remove harmful weeds
like ivy.
"This was a lot of fun," said mother Julie
Hanks, accompanied by seven-year-old
son Nathan. "I think [Nathan] and I took in
some valuable lessons. He was asking me
along the way about how we can conserve
water and about removing the ivy in our
yard," she said.
company to be had.
When my boyfriend, Daniel, and I first
came to The Phoenix at the end of April,
we were looking for work. We love the
countryside and were looking for jobs
that were more than just a paycheck. We
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Milltown Saturday Market, Daniel Cassell is selling homemade
vegetarian pates and bread.
IRELAND
both for personal consumption as well as
to sell at market on Saturdays. My bread
making education consisted of, "Here,
take some yeast, put it in this mixing
bowl, pour in warm water, and then start
adding flour until it's the right consistency
to let it rise."
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find myself making the rounds sampling
goods and making conversation about
the area. My two favorite stopping places
were the handmade cheese table, which
was like no cheese you can find at home,
and the lady that sold chili sauces and
spreads, one of the only places to buy
anything with spice in it.
The other part of what I do at The
Phoenix is work in the cafe kitchen and
wait on tables. My years of restaurant
experience have come in handy, but at the
same time the style of service is totally
different. Here in Ireland, ignoring the
customer is almost expected, but I try
to strike a balance with what I think is
terrible service and giving the customers
their space.
The best part is talking with the guests
when I get a chance. There are many
locals and tourists and they all come to
The Phoenix knowing that it is unique
and interesting. Most people will walk
around the gardens and play with the
animals, and they always appreciate the
atmosphere.
By having the opportunity to live
of all the people that told me sustaining
a vegetarian diet would be difficult in
Ireland, and it reminds me that when
traveling, people's individual experience
is completely colored by what they're
looking for.
I found good food and alternative
culture and lived as part of it in an
amazing place. I have been inspired by
my experience and will take much of it
with me as I journey into new adventures.
~fter living here for over a month and
loving it, we have chosen to move on
in a few weeks and travel by bicycle
throughout France and Spain. another
inspiration that came from our time here.
I'm happy I came here, and I know that
I'll miss it. I think most of all, I'll miss
the rooster.
If you would like more information
on opportunities to study abroad, please
set up an appointment with Michael
Clifthorne in ~cademic ~dvising (ext.
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year and it would be great to see you
there!
establishment that we felt was a positive
contribution to the community.
and work here, I have to say that I have
The Phoenix was just such a place,
changed in many ways and learned more
an organic vegetarian cafe and bed and
than I could have imagined.
Laurie! Schuman is a senior enrolled
breakfast that grew their own herbs and
What consistency would that be? "Oh,
I have to laugh a bit every time I think in Political Ecology of Land and is a peer
many vegetables, brought homemade justagoodone~~ndth~wasit. Luckily,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
goods to market and was run by an I picked it up quickly and what was
eccentric family for the past fourteen once a pretty scary undertaking is now
demystified and quite fun, something
years.
From the beginning, our taste buds that I will continue to do when I return (continued from last week)
were intrigued. Unfortunately, the owner home.
in front of you, you know, that feeling
Then there are the incredible vegetarian By Bob Spilsbury
had no paying work for us, but did make
when
the world is yours and you've got it
an offer to have us stay working in pates and soups that Lorna has taught
Danielle was off in her own world all in your hands.''
exchange for room and board until the me to make, which has only inspired
I told her I thought it was a shame
season picked up and paid work might · daydreams of selling such goods at the listening to Bruce Springsteen on her
iPod
and
singing
"Born
in
the
USA''
to
that
she thought she had experienced
market
in
Olympia.
become available. While our need to
merican,l
thought
"This is your first time being
herself.
What
a
proud
A
everything.
My instr'uction in these foods was
make money was a bit dire, our bellies
to
myself;
she
probably
doesn't
even
in
Switzerland
isn't it? Don't tell me
similar to the bread, but I have the general
won the debate.
realize
the
song
you've
experienced
skiing in the Swiss
is
about
a
Vietnam
War
In the end, we chose to stay, knowing idea now and can't wait to develop a few
veteran
who
A
is
criticizing
the
things
his
Ips
before,
because
I know you haven't.''
we would have an interesting summer of my own. On the weekends, I sell the
country
did
rather
then
endorsing
them.
She
was
silent
for
a
moment, then said,
in an absolutely stunning place nestled food at two local markets, one in Milltown
between the mountains and the ocean and the other in Castle Gregory. ~t the On the chairlirt, Danielle talked about "You're right. I wish I had brought my
on southwest Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. markets, I have the opportunity to meet how it was going to be her twenty-second digital camera up here, because I never
So here we are, four weeks later, living locals selling everything from organic birthday in less then a ·week. ''I'm going want to forget these mountains. they arc
with more animals than people and meats and handmade cheeses, to the to celebrate with lots of tequila shots,'' so beautiful.''
I kept thinking of Bob Dylan's song
the absolutely crazy owner Lorna, her most delicious cakes and treats you can she said. ''Although, as each year goes by,
·'Forever
Young" after hearing Danielle
I've
begun
to
hate
my
birthday
more
and
husbanl:l Billy, two of their children # Kim imagine.
more
because
it's
just
a
sign
I'm
getting
talk
about
aging. lie wrote: "May your
Many regular customers come in
and Kyle, and a German guy named
and make the rounds, while occasional older. I hate the feeling of aging! Nothing hands always be busy. May your feet
Matthias.
Since our first arrival in ~pril we have tourists find their way in and relish the shocks me anymore, and I feel like I've always be swift, may you have a strong
had many incredible and life ch<).nging experience of something different. When experienced all that there is to know of foundation when the winds of changes
the customer flow slows down, I often life. I miss that feeling of being sixteen
experiences~ Twice a week I bake bread,
SEE "SWITZERLAND" PAGE 8
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Iron deficiency and anemia
By Rachel Evick
Chances are, you know some o ne
who is anemic. Although rare in men
(fewer than 2 percent), a startling 4 to
'10 percent of pre-menopausal women
have anemia. Defined as a · decline in
circulating red blood cells, anemia
results in a reduction of the ability
of the blood to transport oxygen to
tissues. Because all cells depend on
oxygen, this could cause a variety
of symptoms such as pallor, fatigue,
heart palpitations, shortness of breath,
headaches, inability to regulate body
temperature, and more importantly
for students, it can impair your ability
to concentrate. While there are many
different types of anemia, the most
common type is caused by a lack of
iron.
One of iron's main functions in
the body is to transport oxygen as
part of hemoglobin and myoglobin.
Hemoglobin, which is present in red
blood cells, is critical for transferring
oxygen from the lungs, to the tissues.
Myoglobin found in muscle cells,
accepts, stores, transports and releases
oxygen in the muscles. Iron is also used
as a component of the cytochromes,
which are essential for respiration and
energy metabolism, and as a component
of certain enzymes, synthesis of some
neurotransmitters, collagen, and even
DNA . In addition, iron is needed for
proper immune function .
Wo men
in the ir
ch ildbearing
years are at the greatest risk of iron
deficiency be cause of blood loss
from menstruation , the de mands of
pregnancy, a nd childbirth.
Heavy periods, or any conditions
that contribute to heavy periods such
as fibroids, put women at a particularly
increased risk for iron deficiency
anemia. Also, inflammatory bowel
conditions,
celiac disease,
hemorrhoids,
and
ulcers
can cause iron
deficiency.
Other causes
are
poor
absorption
of iron in the
diet, or from
eating a diet
that does not
contain enough
iron.
The
recommended daily allowance (RDA)
for women ages 19-50 is 18 mg per day
and the RDA for men ages 19 and up
and women over the age of 51 is 8 mg
per day. Some studies argue that the
RDAs for vegetarians should be higher,
33 mg per day for women, and 18 mg
per day for men.
Many people assume that all of the
iron they ingest in a meal is absorbed,
but the degree of absorption depends
on the type of iron eaten and if it's
eaten with any other foods that affect
its availability to the body. There are
two types of iron found in food, heme
a nd non-heme iron.
A pproximately 40 percent of the iron
in meat is heme iron, and 60 percent
of the iron in meat and all of the iron
in plant foods is non-heme iron. Heme
iron is absorbed well; the body will use
about 20 percent of that ingested. Foods
containing
large amounts
of heme iron
are
clams,
oysters, organ
meats,
beef,
pork, poultry,
and
fish.
Anywhere
from 2 to 20
percent
of
non-heme iron
is
absorbed
from
food,
good dietary
sources of non-heme iron are dried
beans and peas, iron-fortified cereals,
dark green leafy vegetables, dried
fruits, nuts, blackstrap molasses, and
seeds. One reason that there is such
a varying degree of absorption of
non-heme iron is that the amount of
non-heme iron absorbed by the body
is very sensitive to several dietary
factors. Consuming vitamin-C rich
foods with non-heme iron can enhance
people
66 Many
assume that all of the iron
they ingest in a meal is
absorbed, but the degree
of absorption depends on
the type of iron eaten 5) 5)
absorption. Certain factors also impede
the body's absorption of dietary iron.
Polyphenols found in tea, coffee, red
wine, berries, apples, and chocolate,
as well as phytates found in foods such
as seeds, dried beans, soy, and bran
could interfere with absorption of iron.
In addition, calcium in foods such as
milk and cheese impair the absorption
of heme and non-heme iron. Calcium
from supplements and antacids impair
the absorption of iron from food. Also,
according to the Linus Pauling Institute
Micronutrient Information Center, soy
protein, such as that found in tofu, has
an inhibitory effect on iron absorption
that is not related to its phytate content.
Cooking in cast iron pans and skillets
is thought to increase iron content of
food because the iron from the pan is
transferred to food cooked in them, and
boi I i ng, steaming, or otherwise cooking
in pans composed of any material can
increase the release of non-heme iron
stored in vegetables.
Because there are many types of
anemia, all withdifferentandsometimes
very serious causes, it's important to
see a medical provider if you suspect
you are suffering from anemia. With
awareness of personal risk factors and
the appropriate screening your provider
will be able to determine a suitable
treatment.
Rachel Evick is a senior enrolled in
the medical assistant program.
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Mexica Tiahui
celebrate~
These are some of the pictures from the joint efforts of the Native Student Alliance (NSA) and El Movi
the Western Hemisphere. (Not shown here is Suzan Harjo, a powerful speaker, whose photos were too low
Columbus. Columbus and his fallacy of discovery must forever be condemned by all people. Indigenous A
the myth of Columbus's discovery. Mitakuye Oyasin (todos somos relacionados/we're all realated/nous so
Jesse Blu Wakpa Johnson Flores-Mata is a senior enrolled in Heritage and contributed both photos
Aztec dancing requires concentrated prayer, and of course,
strength and stamina. Mexica Tiahui (Meshika Tee-a-wee)
illustrate all of these qualities.
Photo by By Sap [Sam] Bryson
James H. Staples, owner of The Five
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new young people who were too young to vote in
the last election but can now scares the shit out of the
current administration, as it damn well should. It's
important to know that you can make a difference.
A good example to show that your vote does matter
An Indigenous Warrior encourages all people to
acknowledge the land that we walk upon as sacred and holy.
is in '84 when Reagan was running for re-election.
"He won with an overwhelming majority, and he
used that to announce that he had won 'a mandate
of the people' and he used that to justify all the
horrible things he did during the last four years of
his presidency, in which he sent us deeper into debt
than we had ever been, he destroyed the employment
rate etc ... The mandate he won was the result of
something like 23 percent of the votes that could
have been cast being cast.
"Ronald Reagan won the vast majority of those
votes, which means that he became president on the
strength of like, 15 percent of the population voting
for him.
"The only reason 15 percent of the population gets
you elected is because of the 75 percent that didn't
freaking vote.
"Right now in our government, the White House,
the House of Representatives, the Senate and the
Judiciary are all dominated not only by Republicans,
but by hardcore right wing Republican ideologues
who have been single handedly responsible, since
Reagan, fordemolishingthe middle class, making this
country the most hated nation on Earth, increasing
terrorism, according to the intelligence community
of this very administration," he thumps on the table
enthusiastically, "increasing terrorism in the world,
increasing the threat of terrorism in the world.
"The bottom line is we need to unlock the
Republican hegemony that controls this country right
now. The only way that is going to happen is if lots
and lots of people vote. It is statistically very probable
An altar, set on a Mexican blanket, holds sacred items to the
Aztec people. They sing a song for Tonanzin (Toe-nan-seen),
our Earth Mother.
that the fewer people who vote in this election, the
more votes will be for Republicans.
"There is about 23 to 28 percent of the population
that's going to vote hardcore right-wing Republican
no matter what.
"No matter about all the scandals, no matter what's
going on with the war, no matter how the economy
is, they will vote for Bush and his party. They will
vote for Republicans in this election because that is
what they do. Those people will vote, I guarantee it.
"So an overwhelming number of people need to
vote in opposite directions. And bottom line, the best
demographic the Democrats have is young people. So
all you young people out there Iisten very carefully to
me; this is important.
"If the Democrats win the House of
Representatives, just that, in this upcoming election,
it will mean that Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from
(Northern) California, will become the Speaker of
the House.
"If the Democrats overwhelmingly win power in
this election, it will be very likely that the president
and vice president will be impeached. By the way, if
one of them is impeached, they both will be.
"There is no way one could get away while
another takes the blame. If the president and the vice
president are both impeached and convicted, it will
mean that the Speaker of the House will become
president.
"And at that point the Speaker would be Nancy
Pelosi. In other words, my young friends, if enough
people vote Democrat in the coming election we
could see the first female
be Hilary Clinton.
"Finally, I want to say
is a little cynical but I wa
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OCTOBER 19, 2006
, Indigenous Peoples'
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ento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) for our 3rdannual celebration oflndigenous Peoples' Day of
n quality.) The purpose of our actions is to celebrate ourcultures and heal from the wounds of Christopher
mericans urge you to change your thinking in this regard, as well as the institutions that continue to exploit
mes tout apparente).
d text.
Presenting offerings of a concha shell, gourds, herbs and
maize in all seven directions, East, South, West, North, Sky,
Earth and Time.
Displaying the sacred white hawk tail feather.
president, and it wouldn't without a doubt the most important election in my
lifetime. And it is so critically important that people
one other thing, and this show up at the polls.
'If enough people show up at the polls, the kind
ant to say it anyway. This
~eceived from my parents of voter fraud the Republicans would have to pull off
fi ll thank them for this and to turn this in their favor would probably be the very
feel. Taking advantage of impetus we need to start the revolution that has been
at we all have to voice our a long time coming in this country.
"Sothat'swhatlsay.Ifyoudon'tvoteonNovember
nions valid. The fact that
7,
you
can't expect t<;> take part in the revolution on
Bush only becomes really
at 1 did vote for somebody November 8. That's what it boils down to.
"People who don't like this country being the
, if you don't vote in this way it is need to vote, people who think elections are
nt to hear from you, and crooked need to vote, the more you're convinced that
le who don't want to hear your vote doesn't matter the more you need to vote,
.I don't care what happens because if everybody votes then it'll start mattering
on you like got elected, if again.
I
"I don't even see how anyone who was alive when
pt elected, I don't care. You
oinion anymore. You were Clinton was president can say that Democrats and
took it, you threw it on Republicans are the same and that the outcome of
elections doesn't really make a difference.
ped on it.
"When Clinton was president, this country
ld I expect any of your
ny validity? To quote the had a budget surplus, when Clinton was president
hultz, who you can listen unemployment got down to 2.3 percent, when
Clinton was president the minimum wage finally
~90 AM, 'If you don't vote
don't understand how you went up. However, in the six years that Bush has been
President, there have been eight different attempts to
elf an American.'
Ls right now. This election raise the minimum wage.
.
"They've all been shot down. Since Bush has been
I beheve,
and I've heard
o, is the most important president unemployment has more than doubled.
ory. It's certainly the most We are currently in a situation where American
past hundred years, and is productivity over the last year has increased 33
rou
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percent, and American wages have decreased 4.5
percent. George Bush has single-handedly created
more debt than every other United States president
combined.
"The reason that state of affairs was possible
is because young people didn't think that voting
mattered and so they didn't turn out. We need to vote
because the situation is crappy.
"Even if you do believe your one vote doesn't
matter, how many other people are going to see you
and think it's cool and then vote themselves? Maybe
by you voting you will get five or six other people to
vote who wouldn't have.
"The more people who vote in this election
on November 7, the more likely the Republican
stranglehold on this country will be ended. If you
don't vote, you are letting everything that is wrong
with this country continue to be wrong."
So if you give a damn please vote for the Dems.
I know the Democrats aren't perfect, and I know
we can't expect politicians to fix everything for us.
People like you and me have to make the difference,
and the way I look at it, if we vote for the Dems, it
will be easier.
Samuel Bryson is a first-year student enrolled
in Understanding Species. He is also trying to stop
being a lazy bastard.
Also, Impeach Bush!
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petition-sign.cgi?DropBush
shift. May your
heart always be
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joyful, may your
song always be sung, may you stay forever young,
torever young."
When we got back to the Balmers hostel we
found out that Greer, Guyan and Hally hadn't gone
skydiving because of the fog, and they were feeling
quite disappointed. I played Guyan in a few games
of billiards, but he was distracted and couldn't stop
thinking about the failed skydiving adventure. "At
least they're giving us our money back, but I don't
think I'm going to get another chance to come back
here and go skydiving," he said. Soon after, at the
7 p.m. Happy Hour, we drank several rounds of
Amstel Light- only 2 Euro on tap-and talked until
the night wore down. Overall, Switzerland was a trip
that all of us were glad we took, even if we had to
take an all-night train back, and in the middle of the
night get off in Florence just in time for an 8 a.m.
class. It was worth it. Greer and Hally even decided
to go back and skydive in the last few weeks of our
study abroad semester and returned raving about the
Balmers hostel all over again.
':May your hands always be busy. May your feet
always be swift, may you have a strong foundation
when the winds of changes shift. May your heart
always be joyful, may you: song always be sung,
May you stay forever young, forever young"
-Bob Dylan
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OCTOBER 19, 2006
Criticism of CPJ's
drug testing coverage
By Dave Weber
Editor:
Evergreen's drug policy and had not yet
begun its work. To give Hurd an idea
Arland
what some of our thoughts were going
Hurd's article,
into the process, I shared some ideas with
'' W r i t t e n
him.
drug testing
One of these was that Evergreen would
policy
not
examine the policies, readily available
implemented,"
on the internet, of institutions around
(as seen in CPJ
the state, including Central Washington
in the October
University, a like-sized, state-affiliated
12 issue) was in no way an accurate school that had already been through
representation of the conversation I had the process of writing and implementing
with him on September 28, an interview its drug policy. He all but quoted me as
he tape-recorded.
saying it is a done deal that we are in fact
From the lead sentence, in which copying Central's policy and goes on
Hurd portrays a meeting of "the leaders to state that "Central Washington is an
ofthe athletic department" specifically to . NCAA school and holds values that do
discuss drug policies "one year ago," the not match Evergreen's values."
facts go out the window.
Leaving aside the fact that for several
The meeting in question was conducted years Evergreen >vas also an NCAA
on May 23, fewer than five months ago, member before returning to the NAJA
which Hurd should have known because for cost-containment reasons, I am at
he requested and received a copy of a loss as to what "values" Central's
the minutes from me. Furthermore, athletics program would have that ours
the meeting was not a specially-called does not. The parallel I described with
single-subject meeting. It was simply Central was not based on what national
one of the Athletics & Recreation governing body it belongs to, but its status
Department's biweekly staff meetings, as a Washington state-affiliated college
at which all staff members, not a select of just slightly more students.
group of"leaders," discussed, during one
Hurd seems to understand that
part of the meeting, a recent drug-related Evergreen does have a responsibility to
incident involving a student-athlete and the state that supports it, but his detour
the potential for using testing as a means · through last year's senior theme, Ralph
to curtail further problems.
Waldo Emerson, the legislature, the
Prior to this year, athletes at Evergreen American College Health Association and
have routinely signed a waiver granting his own views is extremely confusing.
the college the option of testing for
Evergreen continues to study drug
drugs. This year, we decided to go testing of student athletes as a part of
away from NCAA terminology in the the Athletics & Recreation Departmerl!'s
old form to one more specific to our "value" of making participation a positive
campus. Student athletes have been experience for the athletes that reflects
informed that this new waiver is in the well on the college as a whole. We have
works and will be distributed to them not come to the end of that path yet. If
when it is completed and approved by the we have not completed our work on a
state Attorney General's Office.
timetable suitable to Hurd, he is entitled
Hurd miscasts comments I made to him to his opinion. However, while I realize
about our plans to, in fact, implement a the CPJ does not claim to be journalism
written drug policy covering Evergreen's per se, but a forum for the ideas of all
student athletes.
students, the work published should at
I was very clear with him in our taped least be accurate.
interview that a study group consisting of
athletics staff, health center staff, student
Dave Weber is the Director ofAthletics
athletes and other student affairs & Recreation.
professionals had been formed to clarify
Author responds
By Arland Hurd
I wrote a story
[October 12] that
was not clear
in its intentions
and that changed
pertinent facts.
My
concern
was
for
the
mental welfare
of student athletes who might get kicked
off the team and the image that we were
representing to the state that supports
us. I apologize to the student body for
putting quotes into a context that gave
new meaning to what they were intended
to mean. I apologize for not conveying
the factual information of the story that
I wrote. This will lead me to include
no opinion and more factual news in
future stories. I understand that getting
information from a news source that
is supposed to provide knowledgeable
information is confusing when you find
out that it is not. For that confusion that I
have put out, I also apologize.
Arland Hurd is a senior enrolled in
Mind and the World.
&OPINION
Talking the invisible
elephant, Herpes,
into view
I remember rearranging my future
in my mind; it was like rearranging
furniture in a burnt-down house.
I remember thinking that no one
One in five
would ever love me.
American
I've learned now that I was wrong.
adults is living
I can still lead a full, happy life. still
with
genital
have meaningful relationships (and/or,
herpes.
Most
with a few precautions, hookups). My
of them don't
purpose in writing this is to teach you
know it.
what I have learned:
I f
t h i s
I. Herpes comes in two flavors:
doesn't scare the shit out of you, you're Simplex One (oral) and Simplex Two
not paying attention.
(genital). Some estimates put the orally
I'm writing this not as some infected population at around 80% in
disgruntled religious zealot concerm!d the United States (i.e. you probably
for the "morals of youth;', nor as an have it). The rarity of outbreaks coupled
ivory-towered "health advocate" who with its widespread presence makes it
couldn't get laid if he wanted to. I'm not worth worrying about (although
writing it as a student who has been you may not want to play tonsil hockey
living with genital herpes for the better with someone who has an open cold
part of two years.
sore). Genital herpes is less prevalent:
Yes, I have it.
the CDC estimates that about one in
And I've got to tell you, the hardest fom women and one in five men have
part hasn't been the painful outbreaks, it.
the medication, or the difficulties of
2. Condoms aren't terribly effective.
managing a relationship with someone Herpes is not like HIV, where bodily
who isn't infected.
fluids are the culprit of transmission .
It's the stigma.
All that's required is skin to skin
Imagine that you're at a party (si nee contact, and it can sti II be transmitted
I hear that you college kids go to such even when sores are not present (though
things from time to time), and someone it's unlikely). Take my word for it; I've
cracks a racist joke. At best, they'd never had unprotected intercourse in
probably be shunned; at worst, beaten.
my life, and yet I still caught it.
Now imagine someone cracks a joke
3. Having genital herpes is not the
about STDs ("I wouldn't borrow her end of the world. It can't be spread by
cigarette, Philbert. You might catch shared toilet seats or handshakes, and
herpes!"). What happens? Everyone the people who arc really you r friends
laughs , and about a quarter of the will remain so even after you tell
people in the room suddenly look really them you have it. Sex is a bit trickier;
uncomfortable. What are we supposed however, I've found that creativity in
to do? Invite ridicule and social leper- the bedroom (or car, or dorm) can more
status upon ourselves by interjecting? than make up for what you lose by
Hell, no! I'm gonna drink my brew, being safe.
keep my mouth shut, and be sure to
4. As with most taboo subjects,
laugh especially hard the next time there's really only one correct response
someone says that, so no one wi II think to this issue: earnest discussion. As
that I have it.
long as genital herpes (and STDs in
Folks, I've done that for a long general) remain an invisible elephant,
time, and I'm finished. In our country, two things will continue happening:
we purportedly refuse to tolerate the people will keep getting infected, and
oppression of a group based on color, . more importantly, tens of thousands
gender, sexuality, or any other condition will feel the shame and isolation that
which is outside of their control. Why comes with sexual "impurity."
then do we stand for the omnipresent
I'm no saint, but what sins I have
stigma against people living with the committed are between me and
already challenging condition of an whatever God there may be; I will not
incurable STD?
stand to be vilified and degraded by
We do it because we're scared: the people whom I have never met, who
more scared we get, the less we want have no idea what my life entails. I
to know; the less we know, the more urge anyone reading this: take a stand.
scared we get. Much like the arms race It's virtually guaranteed that you are
and mandatory freshman meal plans, friends with someone who has genital
this vicious cycle has got to stop.
herpes, and it's far from inconceivable
I remember the day I was diagnosed: that you have it yourself. Start acting
chain-smoking
outside
the
ER, like it.
exhausted from crying, my mother
Start talking about it.
comforting me ... oh, and the young
woman to whom I had unwittingly
Casey Jaywork is a freshaman
given it was also present. That was enrolled in Tradition and
fun.
Transformation.
By Casey Jaywork
LEITERS
& OPINIONS
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
11
OCTOBER 19, 2006
A survival guide for students of color
By Tenzin Tingkhye
Ifyou identify as
a student of color,
this article is for
you. Now, seeing
as you've made it
this far through the
year, you're clearly
employing some good techniques. But in
case you've been slipping and need a little
faith, or are just looking for some extra hints
on living in this little universe, you've come
to what I hope is the right place.
This knowledge does not belong to me,
it has been obtained through the shared
stories and collective wisdom (but not
collective opinion) of students of color at the
Evergreen State College. Remember, the
choices you make and the actions you take
represent your people. Choose wisely.
1)
If a stranger with extremely
baggy, saggy pants that expose
frightening territory below the hips
(not the hippie or anarchist Greener,
but another stereotype of young
white male) comes up to you and
says, "What's up, my brothal" the
appropriate response is:
A.
Jump him.
B.
Ignore, walk away.
C.
Pull down his pants, run away. (On
second thought, just walk. He won't be able
to catch up anyway.)
D.
Politely inform him that he is no
relation of yours, and advise him to pull up
his pantaloons, as he may catch" cold. (Are
Fed up
Unpalatable
Aramark meals
By Amber Carver
don't know
how widespread the
sentiment is, but it
seems to me that the
Greenery has gone
downhill. When I
came to Evergreen
two years ago, I
was not put off by the quality of Aramark's
food. It did not strike me as great, but it was
palatable. Last year, I moved off campus
and ceased eating from Aramark almost
entirely.
When I enrolled in "Introduction to
Natural Science" this year, I decided to
renew my block meals in order to spend less
time cooking.
I bought the smallest plan possible, ·
expecting to add more to it later. Tonight I
used my last block meal, and I honestly don't
have any desire to renew my meal plan.
In my opinion, the food at the Greenery
has become ghoulishly bad. Their dishes are
depressingly bland, because the only spice
that gets thrown in once in a while is curry
powder. There is no theme to the entrees;
they are a perpetual buffet of leftovers.
Aramark serves chicken burritos-with
none of the accoutrements that burritos call
for-next to boiled carrots.
There are three separate stations:
vegetarian, omnivore and other, and they
almost invariably carry the same side
you sure you're a person of color?)
E.
Throw him gangsta hand signals
and give a confident nod of your head. (Be
warned, this may freak out the young man,
and he may report you to the police for
aggressive behavior.)
2)
You are in a room of mixed
company, and have been smoking a
green substance. Someone you don't
know (or thought you knew better)
starts talking about channeling spirits
and a desire to bond through a sweat
lodge experience, then turns to you
and asks you to confer upon them "a
tribal name, man," you:
A.
Destroy them with your tomahawk.
If they're across the room then you use your
bow and arrows.
B.
Light sage and commence
chanting.
C.
Bestow upon them the name
"Dumbfuck of the Forest."
D.
Light their dreadlocks on fire. Just
a little.
3)
You open the bathroom door
and encounter the rancid smell of
unflushed urine. This is the twentythird time this quarter (you know,
because you've kept track, because
you're just that anally organized of an
Asian). You:
A.
Make a large, Kinko's printed
poster going through the proper hygienic
steps of bathroom behavior.
B.
Patientlyexplaintoyourroommates
that you simply don't care that there are
dishes. Tonight it was curried peas, carrots
and mushrooms. The entrees were a choice
of rubbery meat, which was literally
impossible to cut with a butter knife, or
hot-pockets. Nearly all of my friends have
contracted food sickness at least once from
something they ate at the Greenery.
I am not naturally inclined to complain,
and my purpose for writing this article is
not to advocate disposing of Aramark. My
only goal is to let other students know that
water shortages in Third World countries. If
they don't shape up, some asses are going to
be getting kung-fu'd up in here.
C.
Construct a chart detailing the
bacteria buildup that occurs after repeated
lacks of flushing after urination. Since they
don't clean the bathroom, they should at
least maintain it as well as they can.
D.
Drink coffee and Mountain
Dew all morning (a Friday or Saturday,
preferably). Pee in the toilet around midday.
RESIST URGE TO FLUSH. That night,
one (or more, hopefully) of your roommates
comes home drunk beyond the 'healthy'
point. Wait for them to visit the Porcelain
King, and enjoy the sounds of them retching
uncontrollably.
4)
You are on the second floor
of the CAB, waiting for a friend to
get out of the restroom. As you lean
nonchalantly against a wall, a campus
member walks by and spills their
drink in front of you. After releasing
a couple expletives~ they look at you
apologetically. They ask if they can
be of any help, to which you respond
with a crinkling of eyebrows and
confusion. They squint and lean in
a little, speaking in a louder tone of
voice. Finally they give you a nervous
smile and nod, and walk away. You
are left with the remnants of orange
soda and ice at your feet. You:
A.
Continue waiting for your friend,
then tell them about the weird thing that just
happened, and leave the premises.
B.
Waste the mofo. They got it on
your shoes!
C.
Lap up the soda. You just lost your
job. You can't afford to pass up nutrients like
this!
D.
Wave at the other Mexican in the
CAB to come clean up the mess (they're
actually Filipino, but whatever).
5)
Your teachers let the class
take a ten-minute break, and you try
to make it to the bathroom before the
other 20 students. Unfortunately, you
are stuck in line. As you are casually
staring at a dot on the wall, you
can't help overhearing a fascinating
conversation about a trip a girl in
your class will be taking. "I'm going
to have such an awesome summer!
Guess what I'm doing ... I'm going to
Africa!" The other girls make excited
noises. You:
A.
Wait patiently. There must be
more.
B.
Can't hide your look of shock. Why
would anyone want to go there, unless with
the Red Cross or something?
C.
Still wait for more information. She
can't possibly mean she is going to Africa,
can she? As in, all of it? Not a specific place,
like one of its fifty-two countries?
D.
Ask her to give a big "Hi" from
Evergreen to all the Africans.
6)
You're on a class field trip and
folks are loosening up like they're
supposed to.
The class clown/
trickster/funny kid frolics into the
room, and people turn their heads to
see what's next. "Look,, everybodyl
Don't I look so Asian?" The student
has their eyelids scotch-taped in
what looks like a painful way. "Hi,
I'm Oriental! Wait, is this Japanese or
Chinese eyes I'm doing?" As people all
around break into laughter for a good
20 seconds, you:
A.
Smile, the ever-patient wallflower.
B.
Were laughing right along with
them. I mean, the kid practically p~ses for
being multiracial now. Isn't that cool?
C.
Glower in silence.
D.
Do your favorite impression of
a white person: "Try being objective, it's
e~y ... just strip away any self-awareness
of national identity, ethnic background,
racial identity, cl~s history, sex and
gender personas, age,. mental and physical
diversity- now you've got a perspective
worth paying attention to."
1
Tenzin Tingkhye is a senior enrolled
in Tradition and Transformation and is a
member of the newly formed group Queer
People ofColor (QPOC).
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bad, and it needn't be so horrible now.
I imagine that Aramark is trying to cut
operational costs by purchasing cheaper
ingredients and making fewer dishes at each
mealtime.
. Yet these measures are only serving to
dr~ve away potential customers such as
myself; ifl can avoid eating there for the rest
of the school year, I will gladly do so. On the
other hand, if Aramark were willing to up
its food planning and preparation standards
a modest amount, I would be more willing
to eat there.
Few of us really have the time or money
to cook our own food, and Aramark knows
this. It knows that many of us will continue
to eat there, no matter how bad the food
gets, and it knows that we won't complain,
because we don't have the time to pursue
change.
A lot has been done in this department
by a core group of extremely motivated
individuals, and we will have a student-run
cafe some time in the future, if all goes as
planned. In the meantime, we don't have to
put up with so much dietary abuse. Demand
some common decency from Aramark, and
if you feel as I do, don't keep on taking it as
if you had no choice.
Amber Carver is a sophomore enrolled
in Introduction to Natural Science.
Smells like Evergreen
By Emily Uhlig
This is a notice
to anyone who
doesn't use soap,
thinks showers are
a special occasion,
and doesn't wash
their
clothes
because they think
they have a better use of seventy-five cents.
You know who you are and everyone else
knows it too.
Your body odor is distracting your fellow
students. I walk in a classroom and it's like
getting punched in the nose.
Every time I come back from a break
it's like getting knocked out again. I can't
concentrate on my schoolwork because the
fumes coming from my classmates make
me dizzy.
A lot of students here seem to think
that avoiding all uses of the word soap is
a way of asserting their anti-conformity. If
you Iive and go to school here then you are
conformed.
If you don't want to be like society, then
go all the way and leave. Whether you like
it or not, there are reasons why our society
functions the way it does. Showers, clothes
washers and soap evolved out of human
desire to live close and interact with each
other.
A society does not function very well if
people can't stand to be in the same room as
each other. People who reject these customs
are also rejecting connections to other
people.
Keeping yourself clean shows other
people that you have respect for them. You
respect them enough to present yourself to
them as well as you can. You care about
their opinion and want them to see you at
your best.
But personal hygiene is also about
having respect for yourself, because tfyou
don't respect anyone else, how cat you
respect yourself?
How can you expect anyone top spect
you? If you care about yourself, you p esent
yourself as well as you can. You warft o see
yourself at your best. You have pot ~ ntial
and you don't throw it aw<w You're vorth
more than that.
Emily Uhlig is a junior enrolled in
American Literature.
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SPORTS
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Men's Soccer:
Evergreen Men soccer
ACI (8-5-1) vs. Evergreen State ( 4-8-1)
Date: I 0/ 14/2006 •
Weather: 63 Cloudy
Attendance: 72
Goals by period
I 2 Total
ACI.................
2 I- 3
Evergreen State..... I 0 - I
Women's Soccer:
Canceled due to referee no-show.
Photo by Arland Hurd
Geoduck defender Rob Hippensteal in a game against Albertson College on October 10.
Women·'s soccer coach resigns
By Arland Hurd
Paolo Mottola, The Evergreen State
College women's soccer coach, resigned after
the October 7 win against Warner Pacific.
Two weeks after he took the position of
head coach, Mottola's wife told him they
were getting a divorce.
Mottola is also the coaching director of
South Hill Revolution Soccer Club, where he
will continue to coach.
Coaching at South Hill will allow him to
be closer to home. In a telephone interview
on Monday Mottola said, "I was concerned
about my mental health. It was the best thing
for me to resign."
Mottola was commuting from Fircrest to
Evergreen- about a 60 miie round trip- to
make it to the 6 a.m. women's practice. In
the Monday interview Mottola recalled that
he "wasn't doing a good job in the state [he]
was in."
He led the women's team to a 6-9 overall
record and a 4-4 Cascadia Conference record
(which should be enough to get the women
into the NAJA playoffs later this month).
Mottola, who played professionally, will
leave the women under the leadership of
former assistant coach Luise Frank, who
will be guided by the men's head coach John
Purtterman.
The women have one more game, which
will be at Kirkland.
Evergreen Cross-Country
Women's Sk!Rank Team
I Portland State University
Total Time: I :35:22.45
Average: 19:04.49
I Corban College
Total Time: 2: 12:51.45
Average: 26:34.29
2 Corban College
Total Time: I :36:09.49
Average: 19:13.90
2 Portland State University
Total Time: 2:12:58.24
Average: 26:35.65
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3 Oregon State
Total Time: I :36:51.40
Average: 19:22.28
3 Evergrt?en State College
TotalT1me: 2:18:43.26
Average: 27:44.66
4 Portland 8
Total Time: I :39: 18.53
Average: 19:51.71
4 Warner. Pacific College
Total T1me: 2:26:47.39
Average: 29:21.48
Evergreen State College
Total Time
I :22: 16.72*
Average: 20:34.18
* Total for four people
Arland Hurd is a senior enrolled in Mind
and the World.
Men's 8k!Rank Team
CALENDAR
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Thursday
Friday 20
19
I to 5 p.m . Mushroom ID Field Workshop, hosted by CENSE. Sem II BII07.
7 to 8:30p.m. Greener's Independent
Media Group student meeting. HCC.
3 p.m. Men's Soccer home game, Geoducks v. Concordia University.
7 to 9 p.m. Olympia Movement for
Justice and Peace presents "Forum
on Iran: Next Imperial Target?" First
Christian Church, 701 Franklin St. SE.
Free and open to the public. For more
information call (360) 280-6198.
5:30 to 7:30p.m. "The Mask of Masculinity" workshop by Evan Hastings.
CRC Building. To register call (360)
867-5221.
6 to 8:30p.m. Day of the Dead Workshop, hosted by Queer People of Color
and MEChA. Sem II A2105.
Saturday 21
Monday
9 a.m. Vans to CENSE Olympic Peninsula Earthskills Cam pout leave
library loop.
22
10 a.m. Men's and Women's Cross
Country meet, Pete Steilberg Open.
Tuesday
23
7 p.m. "Road to Colossus: A
Documentary by Erik Burke" film
screening. LH I.
Next Week: Friday, Oct. 27, 6:15p.m. American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section presents Dr. Carolyn Fisher,
speaking on "Spices and Herbs: Chern is try and
Health." Sem II Bl105.
8 to 10 p.m. "Loves, Desire and the
Envy of Eternity" lecture, hosted by the
Phrontestarians. Recital Hall.
7 to II p.m. South Sound Project for
Military Resistance and Justice and
Veterans for Peace #109 present "An
Evening in Solidarity with Military
Resisters and Those Who Seek Justice
in the Military." Eagles Ballroom, 805
4th Ave. E. $10 to $30 sliding scale.
8:30p.m . " On Men, Women, and the
Rest of Us!" Performance by author
Kate Bornstein LH I.
Wednesday 24
2 p.m. The Evergreen lnfoshoppe's
second planning meeting. Third
floor of the CAB in the Pit.
8 p.m. Clamor Music Fest, to benefit Clamor Magazine and Books to
Prisoners. Manium, 421 4th Ave.
Featuring Tricrotic, Rigamortis,
Juha, Swift. $8-10 sliding scale.
Mixed-genre punk/hip hop/folk with
hot soup and bread to eat.
6 p.m. Vans to CENSE Olympic Peninsula Earthskills Cam pout leave library
loop.
Weekly/Ongoing
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Annual
Graduate School Fair. Library
lobby 2nd Floor.
Battling Castanets open mic series,
poetry reading
Wednesdays, 8 p.m ., the evening writing center, A Dorm, second floor
3:30p.m. Consensus Decision
Making, Working Together in
Groups, with Grace Cox. CAB
108. Open to all students.
Students for a Democratic Society
Wednesdays, 2 p.m., Sem II E3105
Wings of Recovery Narcotics Anon.
Tuesdays, 8 p.m., Sem II 3107
Narcotics Anon. Helpline, (360) 7544433
Geoduck Union public meeting
Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m., Sem
II AliOS
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host of Democracy Now. North Thurston Performing
Arts Center. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
Sunday, Nov. 5, 3 p.m. Seattle Opera
Young Artists, to perform "The Maid
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Zoo photos
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Joseph Becker is a graduating senior interning at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.