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Issue 7
Volume 35
Nov. 2, 2006
Community action
focus: Chehalis
River restoration
By Jacob Berkey
Saturday, October 28 witnessed
October's Community Action Day:
Chehalis River restoration. Fifteen
Evergreen students from on and off campus
participated in building trails, lasagna
gardening, clearing brambles, spreading
compost, and using a power auger to make
140 holes for children to plant trees in. It
was a fantastic day, go Geoducks, go!
This project with the Chehalis River
Council started as an internship that
Evergreen student, Abbey, participated in
last year. After sampling many sections of
the south fork of the Chehalis, it became
apparent that there were problems with
dissolved oxygen and elevated temperatures By Jake Levin and T. Claw
near Boistfort School. With this information
Cyclists
from
Olympia
and
in hand, the Chehalis River Council and
a group of interested elementary school surrounding areas converged in their
scientists began the restoration project. By monthly ride to support safe nonplanting willows, alders, cedars and other motorized transportation. This particular
varieties of trees the school and Chehalis bike parade was larger than any have been
River ·Council hope to choke out the in over two years in Olympia. The last ride
canary grass, add oxygen to the water, and with near this level of participation was
decrease the river's temperature. Once the after the 2004 election. The ride began
water is cooled down and well oxygenated, at 4:45 p.m., leaving The Evergreen State
College Red Square with 75-80 cyclists.
the salmon will love it.
The
stint of the ride stretching from
There were many discoveries made
Evergreen
to the intersection at Harrison
a out the south fork of the Chehalis River
and
Division
held little to no dangerous
on Saturday. The Chehalis River watershed
or
aggravated
behavior by cyclists or
is the second largest in Washington State,
motorists. The motorists appeared to
treat the mass of cyclists with respect and
SEE "CHEHALIS" PAGE 5
Critical Mass accosted
a general tone of support.
Throughout the ride one or two
cyclists would stop at intersections, and
signal to motorists to slow down and stop
allowing the entire group to get through
the intersec.t:ions safely.
In the past, when large rides occurred
in Olympia the OPD chose to escort the
rides and hold back traffic at intersections
for the group's safety. Those rides were
successful, non-violent and quite fun. At
the Halloween Critical Mass the OPD
acted in the contrary.
As the group descended Harrison hi.ll
into downtown the parade of cyclists
picked up approximately 20 additional
cyclists and stretched to the length of
three to four city blocks. The group
made one circle around each roundabout
to allow the group to catch up and stay as
one unified parade. The roundabouts were
occupied for less than one minute each
for the group's safety and then proceeded
to ride down the 41h Ave. bridge.
After the first light had turned red
while the mass was still passing under
it, a cop shouted not to run a red light
and blocked the mass halfway through
by holding his bicycle out in front of the
cross walk.
On the other side of the intersection,
one CM participant was being issued
an $81 ticket for riding more than two.
abreast. One rider noted that "police were
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Unionization of Evergreen faculty
By fan Humphrey
A small gathering was held in Red
Square this Tuesday announcing the
unionization of our school's faculty. The
union is called the "United Faculty of
Evergreen" (UFE), and is a branch of the
United Faculty of Washington State.
Approximately twenty-five people,
two of whom looked younger than thirty,
watched as the announcement was made
while costumed students paraded past.
Laurie Meeker, a faculty organizer
and film professor announced that, "with
an 82 percent attendance rate, the vote to
unionize had won with a 55 percent to 45
percent majority."
Reading from a written statement,
Meeker stated that faculty aimed to
"form a faculty union to protect our best
traditions of collaborative governance and
to strengthen their ability, as faculty, to
have a voice in the future of public higher
education in our state."
In an interview following the
announcement, Nancy Allen, a humanities
professor, said that this is not the first time
TESC
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that a teacher's
union has existed
on campus.
Allen recalled
serving one year
as president of
an earlier union,
the
Evergreen
chapter of the
A m e r ic a n
of
Federation
Teachers (AFT).
Because the
AFT did not
have the ability Laurie Meeker reads a statement from the UFE,
to bargain with accompanied by fellow faculty member Jose Gomez.
the administration, it "petered out after 10
years," Allen said. She added, "It was little
more then a teacher's group."
The UFE is different from the AFT
because in 2002 the state of Washington
passed a bill allowing employees to bargain
collectively.
As a result of this legislation, teachers
who chose to unionize can make decisions
(rather than recommendations) when
dealing with the administration.
Unionization
was
first
o f f i c i a 11y
proposed
by
the
Faculty
Gove r na nce
DTF, over the
course of two
meetings held in
spring of 2006.
Two
follow
up
meetings
were held over
orientation week
leading up to the
vote on Tuesday.
Proponents of unionization hope it
will give faculty more leverage in salary
negotiations.
Brian Walter, Chairman of the Agenda
Committee, said in an interview that the
salary paid to faculty at TESC is "the
lowest among public state schools." He
added later that the difference in salary
was "considerable."
Another
concern
was
the
recommendations made by DTFs
(Disappearing Task Forces), particularly
those DTFs focused on growth. In 2005,
the Enrollment Growth DTF decided that
the student body needed to grow by five
thousand people.
The Faculty Governance DTF decided
that they would be unable to guarantee
such a growth immediately but would be
able to do so in increments, the first one
being 300 people.
Citing Evergreen's curriculum structure
and its commitment to a low student
teacher ratio, the Faculty Governance
DTF was unsure about how to allocate the
additional faculty required for such a leap.
The Enrollment Growth DTF also said
that in order to draw more people there
would need to be more offerings available
to prospective students, specifically
focusing on business and health studies
which, in the words of Allen, "made
the faculty nervous," or worried that
"Evergreen might lose its atmosphere."
The faculty voted to wait until fall of
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really good, it reminds
me of when I was in
third grade and I was a
strawberry in my dance
recital. And may I ask
why is academic writing
so boring?"
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Rosie Math • Academic Writing, Conversational Hebrew,
Current Issues in Public Health, Ballet
"I don't have any contentions with my program.
Coming from a very
structured scholastic
environment, I appreciate the student's responsibility to their programs.
However, not everybody
is 20 years old, sometimes we go 3-4 hours
without a break. I don't feel I can digest the
information without adequate [breaks]. Otherwise, I feel blessed to be on campus."
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"The first class I ever
took tainted me because
no other class could ever
compare. But this class is
pretty darn good."
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"I wouldn't change anything about my program.
It's great. But I wish
there was a music program that was 16 credits
and one quarter long."
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Alec Hannes, Senior • Hybrid Music
"I would like to see more
integration with the
campus; we spend so
much time at the CAL. I
like what Evergreen has
done with technology,
but there's more that
can happen to bring the
technology to the students."
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Chris Hord • Post-Baccalaureate, Data to Information
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the most stress, is the
imbalance in the workload week to week."
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Maurice Assolin, Junior • Transfer student
"All my classrooms are
freezing because I take
night classes, they must
turn off the fricken
heat. I don't enjoy
studying with goosebumps."
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"I would cut the time
in half, my class is 11-5
and it's too long. We
never get out on time,
we get out at 6:30.
Plus, make the lunch
longer - we only get 25
minutes t o eat . Maybe
the faculty could provide snacks and drinks,
preferably Koolaid. Lime Koolaid."
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NOVEMBER 2, 2006
David·Hlavsa book
signing event
Voting discussion
roundtable
In "An Actor Rehearses: What to
Do When and Why," David Hlavsa,
Theatre Arts Professor at Saint Martin's
University in Lacey, shows how to make
a vital connection between becoming
a better actor and becoming a better
person: · more compassionate, more
vital, more alive. "An Actor Rehearses"
demonstrates how leading a purposeful
life on stage can help us to lead more
fulfilling lives off stage. Hlavsa reads
from his new book at 7 p.m. on Saturday,
Nov. 18 at Orca Books, 509 Fourth
Ave. E., Olympia, (360)352-0123, www.
orcabooks.com. Hlavsa will also sign his
book at the event. Hlavsa's book leads
actors and dire<:tors through a process
that is presented simply, sequentially and
in detail, starting before rehearsals begin
and continuing through the first readthrough, blocking rehearsals, technical
rehearsals and performances.
Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition's
Night Out will be Monday, Nov. 6 at First
United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion
Way SE. A potluck is at 5:30p.m., then the
discussion is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Onsite
childcare and travel reimbursement
available. Share what you know about the
candidates and initiatives. Learn what
others know. Bring your voter pamphlets
and/or ballots. If you are not registered
to vote, come and get registered so you
can vote next election. There are also
volunteer
opportunities.
Volunteer
meetings are every Wednesday afternoon
at 1:30 p.m. at the Olympia WROC
office in the Payne Room of the First
Christian Church, 701 Franklin St SE.
Outreach will be Thursday mornings in
November at the Olympia welfare office,
6860 Capitol. Be available to those who
might want a witness and to let people
know more about their rights. Monday
morning, Nov. 6, WROC will be at the
Shelton welfare office.
Alumni photography
exhibition
Evergreen Galleries is celebrating
its 35th anniversary this year with
a photography exhibition featuring
former Evergreen students. The opening
reception will be this Friday at 5 p.m.
with a panel discussion at 7 p.m. The
gallery will be open November 6 through
December 7 on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday of every week 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday the gallery will
be open from noon till 4 p.m. There is no
cost and the event is open to the general
public.
You can contact the Evergreen Galleries
at (360) 867-5125 or visit them at www.
evergreen .edu/gallery.
Flu shot time
GetAFiuShot will be on campus on
Nov. 9 from II a.m. to I :30 p.m. in the
2nd floor CAB lobby conducting a clinic
for flu and pneumonia shots. Unlike
previous years, vaccine supply is plentiful
for the flu clinic, however some doctors'
offices are experiencing flu vaccine
shortages. Everyone 12 and older is
encouraged to get an annual flu shot. Flu
shots are $30 and pneumonia shots are $45, which must be paid by cash or check
at the time of the vaccination. Medical
insurance carriers may reimburse for all
or part of the vaccination cost. Contact
your medical insurance to determine
their requirements. For more information
on the flu vaccine please see www.cdc.
gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm.
Video fundraiser
The Independent Media Group is
having its first fundraiser. They are
creating 'VIDEO-TURKEY-GRAMS' to
send to your friends and family. They will
be shooting these vid~os from II a.m. to
1 p.m. on floor two of the CAB Building.
Cost is $6 per video, or $5 if you bring in
sealed non-perishable food items. Videos
can be sent to family and friends or you
can post it on the Internet for the world
to see. The Independent Media Group
is a student group that supports student
organizations with creating digital media
projects and is located in the Housing
Community Center.
You can get in touch with the
Independent Media Group at (360) 8675570 or email them at img@evergreen.
edu.
Tacoma campus event
On Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. and 6
p.m., TESC-Tacoma will host a lecture
with Peter Irons, author of "A People's
History of the U.S. Supreme Court"
and a widely respected authority on
the Supreme Court and constitutional
litigation. Irons has written and edited
12 books, including, most recently, "Jim
Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of
the Brown Decision." Irons is Professor
of Political Science at the University of
California at San Diego (UCSD). He
received his undergraduate degree from
Antioch College and his Masters and
Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston
University. He earned his Juris Doctorate
from Harvard Law School.
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10-14-06
An officer made contact with
a person who identified himself
as Josh and as over 21. Josh,
like most outwardly belli,~erent
people who are over 21, did not
have his ID with him. While
s_peaking, the subject stated
that he was drunk and that
he did not want any problems.
Moments later the subject
abruptly turned and fled on foot
"Qroceedin,Q; north bound toward
Cooper's Glenn Apartments.
The officer chased the suspect
until he ran into the woods,
where he was able to escape
in the dark and shrubbery.
Fortunately the suspect d1d
not get a hold of any heayy
firepower, and the situation did
not escalate into another movie
of Rambo.
Case number: 06-1893
l 0-14-06 at 000 l hours
During a walkthrough by
housing and_police, a student
exited the A Dorm elevator on
the second floor. As he turned
the corner he vomited on the
floor. He stated "Oh, sorry" and
began to walk away. The vomit
smelled stronglv of alcohol. The
student was as'ked how much
he had to drink and he replied
"A little." He stated that he had
eaten a strange fish called "Ahi"
(the Japanese word for "tuna"!
at a restaurant in Oly:m.pia, and
was sick with fever. Tfiroughout the conversation the student
was trying to walk away so
the offiCer decided to stand. in
front of the exit. The student
was told to tell the truth. He
was asked how much he had
to drink, and he stated he did
not have anything to drink.
This conflicted with his earlier
statement1 and was obviously
not the truLh.
Mter much lying
coercion, and the discovery ot
marijuana on his person, the
student was finally let off with
grievance.
Case number: 06-1915
10-17-06 at lOll hours
An officer was dispatched
to check up on a fire alarm
that came from one of the
dorms. They were able to trace
the route of the alarm to a
specific room number. Along
with the fire department, a
sweep of the dorm was done to
cheeR for people still inside. In
observing the room, it emitted
the stron,Q; odor of marijuana
smoke. Tfie officer contacted
the resident of the room and
asked about the smell. The
resident was forthcoming and
willingly provided the officer
with
an kinds of incriminating
paraphernalia
and green
vegetable matter. The officer felt
the need to remind the resident
that this was a serious offense.
The resident was given a date
for a grievance meeting.
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Case number: 06-1957
l 0-20-06 at 1907 hours
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Police Services were notified
by dispatch of a reported
vehicle vs. deer incident on
Evergreen parkway at l 7th
Avenue. Dispatch relayed that
the deer was alive injured and
"Qartially blocking the roadway.
They located the animal
a):!proximately 200 feet south
ol the intersection of McCann
Plaza near the "CAUTION DEER
CROSSING" sign. The vehicle
that struck the deer was gone
upon arrival. The deer appeared
to be grievously injured. The
front right shoulder blade was
misaligned with visible rib
trauma. There was blood and ·
clear fluid seeping from the
animal's nostril and mouth. The
deer appeared to be gasping for
breath and its breathing was
labored. Upon checking the
deer, it was apQarent that 1t was
beyond aid and in considerable
pain. Utilizing a department
1ssued firearm, the deer was
dispatched in accordance with
department procedures. Mter
completing the deedhthe animal
was removed from t e roadway
and traffic flow was resumed.
The grounds were notified
of the location of the deer for
cleanup.
Case number: 06-1916
10-17-06
An officer arrived on request
· to find a Resident Director
talking with three individuals.
On the bench seat with them
were three Air Soft type replica·
guns. These replica guns had
oodies that were clear plastic
and were clearly not real
weapons. The three persons
had oeen engaged in a game
between themserves and had not
targeted other individuals. They
also were wearin,Q; safety
equipment to reduce tfie chance
onnJury. However, the housing
weapons policy states that
anything tfiat shoots ]:)rojectiles
counts as a weapon. Therefore,
the weapons were confiscated.
The owner was allowed to get
them from the police services
safe and transport them
somewhere off campus during
normal business hours.
Case number: 06-1984
10-25-2006
Two dogs eloped, to go on a
little saunter:
one a chocolate lab, and a
collie with no collar.
They had a fine old time, 'til
they got to Evergreen,
then the police arrested them.
These tallies represent year-to-date totals.
Traffic stops
Minors in possession of
alcohol
Possession of illicit drugs
or paraphernalia
Cars booted
Cars jump started
Burglaries
Bike thefts*
Assaults
Deer struck by cars
•accounts for theft of a bike seat
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Image by Aaron Bietz
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Critical Mass participants near Division and Harrison.
CRITICAL MASS
CONTINUED FROM COVER
waiting at the bottom of the hill.
Anticipating our presence." It was later
learned that they were not present due
to a commuter call. One participant
who was badly injured describes, "They
caused everyone to stop suddenly,
turning a perfectly safe situation in to
a very dangerous one. I couldn't stop in
time and hit the person in front of me.
After a nasty fall, I heard one of the
policemen say, 'That's what you get for
trying to run a red light.' They made
absolutely no effort to see if I was okay
bicycle cops herded up the group
stopping traffic completely on 4th Ave.
Officers were witnessed ordering and
physically pushing cyclists into other
cyclists.
People reported a hissing noise on
the sidewalk. While police harassment
was heightening an officer was seen at a
mad dash up to the front of the mass and
proceeded to assault a participant with
a flying chokehold to the pavement. The
participant offered no signs of struggle
then was handcuffed and dragged into
the police car.
Participants were later informed that
I'll give them a show if you
know what I mean. What's
the matter, can't you talk?"
Not until two hours after his
arrest, was he read his Miranda
rights. Officer O'Neil told
him he was, "being charged
with malicious mischief in 1'1
degree ... I only know what I
saw, and all I saw was a bunch
of officers arresting you, and
suddenly you were in my car."
The officer later asked: "Did
Luke Nobl e
you slash the tires and if you
Two OPD officers give a Critical Mass rider a citation
didn't, who did, and why were for riding more than two abreast.
you standing so close?'' The
arrested participant replied, "I
· Olympia has built an impressive
would like exercise my 51h Amendment infrastructure to support bicycle
rights to not answer that question."
commuters.
Many large cities such
As a statement of the legality of the as Seattle, with thousands of bike
ride these state laws are being cited.
commuters do not have such amenities
As per the Revised Code of available. However, it is the motorists '
Washington (RCW 46.67.770):
awareness of bicycles on the road and
I) When traveling slower than traffic, the respect they deserve on the road that
cyclists should ride as far right as safe, still needs work. Day-glow clothing and
except when: a) preparing to turn, b) nightlights can only go so far.
when passing another vehicle, c) when
Cyclists everywhere are harassed and
on a multi-lane one-way road.
routinely having their lives endangered
2) Cyclists may occupy the middle of without provocation. The road is meant
the lane when: a) traveling at the speed to be shared, and Critical Mass has for
of traffic, b) when the lane is too narrow 12 years been an effective and largely
to permit a car to share the lane, c) when safe way to raise that awareness. As the
road conditions (poor surface, drain saying goes: "We're not blocking traffic,
grates, parked cars, etc.) prevent riding we are traffic."
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Bicyclists sarcastically clap for Olympia Police Department officers ajier an arrest.
or apologize for causing my accident."
After the group picked up more
cyclists at Heritage Park the ride
continued as more police officers were
picking people off to cite them for minor
infractions. This aggravated the group,
because they were participating in a
peaceful and joyful bike parade.
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conversing with Police officer, "I think
that offering citations is making the
group more aggressive and the situation
more dangerous overall." The officer
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who knows, there might be commuters
calling in angry and they want to see us
cracking down."
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who was enquiring about the situation,
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Open letter to Art Constantino from the Appearing Task Force
The dynamics of this problem are
exemplified by the disparities in awareness
ofon-campus racism between white students
and students of color: when shown the
petition attached to this Jetter, many white
students were quick to question the existence
of such a problem, whereas students of color
almost always signed promptly.
Questions:
• How will you acknowledge to the
campus your recognition (and intolerance)
of covert campus violence?
• How do you actively seek to incorporate
faculty as well as TESC staff in the campus
struggle against oppression, with the
intention of developing a safe space in
seminar?
• How do you plan to incorporate or
invite all students and staff of color into the
campus dialogue about race, not just a select
few?
• How do you plan to incorporate
oppression that occurs within lower campus
housing into upper campus anti-oppression
action?
• How can we create a platform where
all students, not just faculty and staff, can
have the opportunity to give input into the
Race, Class and Gender Diversity Series?
For this year's speakers, students were not
consulted, asked to give feedback or have
any say in the current series.
Needs:
• Actively and visibly address incidents
with means of creating a safe space in
"maintaining the conditions under which
learning can flourish."
Commitment to anti-oppression
consciousness throughout the campus
by means of training; e.g.: mandatory
orientation week anti-oppression training
for every first year student joining the
campus.
Development of an immediate
emergency anti-oppression workshop/
conflictresolutiontobeavailableforstudents/
members ofTESC community. This will be
implemented when problematic situations
develop either in classroom settings, within
the community or at an event, with the
direct intention of deconstruction to achieve
accountability and sustained restoration.
• Creation of an alternative group to the
currently developing group of disappearing
task force, which is directly open to all
students/staff at TESC as an ongoing forum
Dear Mr. Costantino,
A congregation of students convened on
Monday the 23rd of October 2006, with the
working title of the Appearing Task Force,
with the intention of working in solidarity to
verbalize growing apprehensions in regards
tooppressionand, more importantly, effective
acknowledgment of the problematic climate
of The Evergreen State College Olympia
campus. This coalition is not speaking for.
any individuals. Furthermore, this coalition
does not have the intention of pertaining
this meeting to any one past incident which
has occurred on this campus, due to the
danger of speaking for an individual and
thus silencing or tokenizing an individual's
,story. Instead, as accountable members
of the student body, we aim to be allies of
scape-goated individuals and address the
campus consciousness of violence as well
as facilitate the accountability of all bodies
on TESC Olympia campus.
Attached to this letter you will find
copies of the petition collectively drafted
and signed to demonstrate the breadth of
student distress. The statement reads:
By signing this, I agree that as a student
our concerns as to the unresponsive
and complacent nature of Evergreen
administration regarding incidences of
racism, sexist and hate speech violates our
purpose in creating a safe space with which
to continue our dedication to educating each
other (especially on a predominantly white
campus). We reaffirm our commitment to a
liberal arts education that encompasses the
often uncomfortable growing pmcess that
multiculturalism entails.
We will continue this form of direct
advocacy until our demands and needs for
a healthy living and learning environment
are met in a timely, respectful and effective
manner.
Concerns:
As a collective coalition ofstudent groups
and individual students, we are concerned by
the administration's lack of direct response
to incidents of harassment, exclusion and
violence - particularly in cases of racism,
sexism and treatment of other marginalized
communities. By not contextualizing
individual experiences into the broader
campus environment, the administration is
breeding complacency, thus perpetuating
a covertly hostile environment and further
isolating targeted students.
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of oppression at Evergreen with the purpose
of visibility and support for student voice.
• More support for Day of Absence/
Day of Presence and faculty's dedication
to support events, such as mandatory class
participation at these events.
We request Art Constantino, in his
position as Vice President ofStudent Affairs,
to effectively acknowledge our questions
with answers or address of concerns within
one full month of our meeting.
The coalition of the Appearing Task
Force pledges to continue this form of
advocacy until our demands and needs for
this healthy living learning environment
are met in a timely, respectful and effective
manner.
If The Evergreen State College truly
wants to live up to its ideals as a progressive
educational institution, it's necessary to
bring so-called "marginalized" issues to the
forefront of campus dialogue. Furthermore,
if minority retention is a priority at the
school "because learning is enhanced when
topics are examined from the perspectives
of diverse groups and because such
differences reflect the world around us, the
college strives to create a rich mix in the
composition of its student body, staff, and
faculty, and to give serious consideration to
issues of social class, age, race, ethnicity,
(dis)ability, gender, religious preference and
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only the Columbia is bigger. Boistfort
School is part of school district.number one,
making it the first in the state. One hundred
years ago the world's largest hop farm was
on the site, and the guy who owned the hop
farm drowned when the ill-fated Titanic
went down! All of the participants put the
participatory into research.
The Center For Community-Based
Learning and Action (CCBLA) organized
the event and brought everyone to the site.
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2005 before making any final decisions.
The actual choice was left to the
administration, which decided to move
forward with the project. Teachers were
hired and are working here now.
The administration's action intensified
union discussions amongst the faculty.
Rachel Hastings, a humanities teacher in
her second year here, noted that by ignoring
the Enrollment DTF's recommendation,
the administration "made a lot more people
come forward" in the arguments over
unionization.
Those arguing against unionization
are concerned that the "buddy buddy"
relationship between the faculty and the
administration might suffer. Many felt
that this might create an "us versus them"
environment. One particular concern was
that the new administration/union dynamic
would put the rotating dean system at risk.
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sexual orientation," it is then imperative that
administration makes an example of taking
a stand on visible incidents of oppression in
order to model active anti-violence. When
overt oppression is directly confronted,
covert oppression will have less space
and encouragement to manifest. Visible
intolerance for such behavior sends a
clear message to potential perpetrators
of harassment as well as letting targeted
victims know it is safe to come forward for
support.
The process of questioning, critiquing
and re-building the status quo cannot be
left within the confines of theory during
class-time. Putting these ideals into action
means accepting the discomfort that comes
with true learning, and then communicating
and working together to build classroom
and campus environments rooted in the
awareness that what we say and do does
matter. We are participants in a microcosm
of society. As outlined in TESC's mission
statement, "supporting student learning
engages everyone at Evergreen-faculty
and staff." We as a campus must pledge
ourselves to the necessary discomfort that is
inherent to the learning process of building
coalitions in a community of diversity.
Sincerely,
A concerned student body
(Appearing Task Force)
Everyone had a good time and contributed
to the school kids' restoration project, their
own knowledge of habitat restoration,
and the many different geographies of the
area. This is just one of a series of ongoing
projects, Community Action Days, that will.
be occurring over the course of the year. If
you are interested in future projects contact
CCBLA at ext #6137, Sem II E2125.
Jacob Berkey is a second-year MPA
student. He can be contacted at sis@
evergreen.edu.
At most colleges, once a person is
appointed a dean, they leave the ranks of the
faculty forever. However, The Evergreen
State College Faculty Handbook says deans
are "solicited from within the faculty,"
and serve three and four year deanships,
allowing them to rotate in and out of the
position.
Allen ' broke down the votes, saying, "If
you thought the administration was cool or
part of the gang, you voted for the union, ·
but if you felt the administration wasn't
representing you, then you voted union."
The students have thus far been largely
silent on the issue. Those who were
interviewed were surprised to hear about it
at all. "I didn't know," said Bernard Feinsod,
a freshman here. He concludes, "I'm
surprised no one's really talking about it."
Ian Humphrey is a freshman enrolled in
Sign, Symbol and Symptom. Email him with
any responses at humian05@evergreen.
edu.
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
6
NOVEMBER 2, 2006
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Language Symposium:
One Nation Under God
By Sumiyuki Miyahara
I'm not at all a poet, still less your foe
And every time you make a sneering praise
Between us builds a sturdy wall of woe
And soon my words of riddle fade to haze
The more I knot the thread of words for you
The more the sense of what I want to share
Becomes the isle left on the deep of rue
As japes, facetious, fail to take the air
The highway, everyone can easily find
And know already, doesn't need my tongue
Because the only path which' II cross my mind
Is Bifrost, leading into that place sung!
I want to weave the wor(l)ds which only you
Can see in blue by clews ofmo(u)rning dew
Haters: from Yahweh to G.W.
By Jais Brohinsky
Throughout the Old Testament, God
destroyed or punished those who disobeyed
or offended Him. He flooded the earth to
purge the great wickedness of mankind and
rained brimstone and fire from heaven to
incinerate Sodom, Gomorrah and all their
sinful citizens. In Egypt, when Moses
called to the pharaoh to let His people go
and was met with stiffness, God struck the
land with ten plagues. Even the Israelites,
the children of God, were left to the Kings
of Canaan when they failed to heed their
Lord's commandment:
You shall not make for yourself an idol,
or any likeness of what is in heaven above
or on the earth beneath or in the water
under the earth. You shall not worship them
or serve them; for I, the LORD your God,
am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers on the children, on the third
and the fourth generations of those who
hate Me, but showing loving kindness to
thousands, to those who love Me and keep
My commandments.'
family for generations. This is substantiated
by the reverse assertion: that those who keep
His commandments love Him and will be
granted kindness.
Well done, Sir, well done. In one strung
out sentence God manages to draw one of
those proverbial lines in the sand. On one
side He denotes the lovers, the followers and
keepers of the commandments, the ones fit
to be loved. On the other side, however, God
shoves the haters, the evildoers who deserve
more pain than one generation can afford
for breaking these commandments. 'Don't
be a hater,' God taunts us. But to avoid this
social stigma and its consequences, we must
necessarily comply with His order. Slyly
done, God. Nice move.
Nice moves, however, have been stolen
for centuries, be it the Moonwalk or the
labeling of minorities as subhuman as
an excuse to oppress them. Well this
savvy show of ideological severance is no
exception. This A or B, line-in-the-sand
ultimatum has permeated the political
terminology presented by the presidents of
the United States. Most famously, perhaps,
we can look to Harry Truman at the brink of
the Cold War:
Most striking about this excerpt is the
dichotomy set forth by God. One either loves
At the present moment in world history
or hates Him; there is no middle ground.
nearly every nation must choose between
·First, He establishes His commandmentalternative ways oflife ...
no idols, no worshipping of them-because
One w~ of life is based upon the will
He is jealous and will visit iniql!ity upon .
ofthe majority, and is distinguished by free
generations of those who hate Him and
institutions, representative government,
. . . wait. Did you catch that? Let's go back
free elections, guarantees of individual
through that. No worshipping idols (the
liberty, freedom of speech and religion,
commandment) because God is jealous
and freedom from political oppression.
(wants complete attention) and will bring
The second way of life is based upon
the will of a minority forcibly imposed
wickedness to those who hate Him. How'd
upon the majority. It relies upon terror and
we get here, to those who hate Him? The
oppression,
a controlled press and radio;
reading implies that those who don't give
fixed
elections,
and the suppression of
Him their full attention hate Him- those
personal freedoms. 2
that worship others necessarily hate Him by
doing so. But this worshipping is breaking
Can the world truly be divided into two
a commandment. Therefore, to break a
such notions? If a society does not fit into
commandment is to hate God, and to hate
one, does it necessarily fit into the other?
God visits iniquity upon you and your
nonsense of poetaster
Sumiyuki Miyahara is an exchange student enrolled in
Prolegomena to a New Poetics
Notice Truman's language, how the will
of the minority is forcibly imposed upon
the majority while the will of the majority
is what, graciously welcomed by the
minority? What happens when the majority
is reduced by a system, divided into zones
and weighted by populations that actually
represent the minority as seen in the 2000
presidential election? Well, to be obvious,
we get a president who, one and a half years
later, warns the world: "You are either with
us or against us in the fight against terror." 3
Like any good author, these presidents (or
their speech writers) disguised and dressed
these with-us-or-against-us propositions in
the rhetoric of the times. Truman substituted
God-hating idolaters with freedom-hating
communists, while Bush has invented
freedom-hating lslamofascists. Though the
labels have changed, the message is the
same: don't be a hater ... or else.
What is the nature, the character of these
divisive proposals? To simplify (perhaps
oversimplify) Hannah Arendt, there is a
distinction between authority. and power.
Authority is recognized legitimacy: a parent
has authority over children when telling
them it is bedtime. Power. however. is
illegitimate, being exercised only through
coercion or persuasion: ifl pull a gun on you
and demand you to give up your wallet or
take a bullet in the head, I have no legitimate
authority over you, only power.
In a time when haters are defined by not
loving and are dealt with as God did Sodom
and Gomorrah, one needs to question. How
much legitimacy does a god have over
anyone through presenting two options:
either abide by my commandments or suffer
iniquity for generation after generation?
How much legitimacy does a president
have when presenting two options to the
world: either join our cause or suffer the
consequences?
This article was brought to you by the
Evergreen WritingCenter(Library2304,8676420), as part of the Language Symposium.
Please contact us at languagesymposium@
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Jais Brohinsky is a senior enrolled in
Tradition and Transformation. He is a
Writing Center tutor.
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By Bob Spi/sbury
When the ferry docked at Elba, it
let out a huge roar with its foghorn. We
debarked behind a stream of Italian
passengers with their pet dogs.
I wondered how many of these people
were travelers and how many actually
had homes in Elba. We ate lunch at a local
pizzeria, and the owner turned out to be
from Florence. When he asked us where
we were from and we answered Florence,
he said, "lo sono di Firenze, forza Viola!
Luca Toni e il mio gioccatore favorite."
(I'm from Florence. Go Viola! Luca Toni
is my favorite soccer player.)
The owner was a round, fat man, who
looked as if he had decided to escape the
crowded city for this beautiful, remote
island for the remainder of his days. But
the pizza he served us was pretty soupy
and not that tasty. Still, we were all
starving, except for Lance who said he
felt seasick from the ferry ride over.
Dave and I split the rest of Lance's
pizza and then we caught a bus to the
other side of the island. We went from the
north tip ofPortoferraio to a camping area
on the south coastal area called Marina di
Campo.
Our bus driver pointed us in the
direction. Once we got to the camp, we
discovered that most travelers there had
campers or trailers and hardly anyone
was sleeping in tents. It must get cold here
at night, r thought to myself, anticipating
the night ahead without any covers.
People had the most decked out
campers I had ever seen, with mosquito
netting and lawn chairs.
The campground's receptionists were
pleasant and said we could camp there
for just 10 Euro a night and we could pay
before we left.
As we set up our tent, wed iscovered our
location was on a bunch of rocks. None of
us had brought air mattresses and Lance
was the only one with a sleeping bag, so
right away we knew we were screwed.
It turned out the tent Pat had rented
from his school was covered in mildew
and smelled quite revolting.
Nevertheless we set up camp borrowing
a hammer from the front desk to drive
in the stakes. Our tent for the night was
barely big enough for four people.
We were glad it was a warm, sunny day
and took off our shoes for a walk along
the sandy beach of Marina di Campo. I let
the waves roll over my feet and felt the icy
waters of the Mediterranean Sea-cold
enough for me to decide I was not going
in for a swim.
A few Italian parents relaxed on lounge
chairs, watching their children build sand
castles. We climbed up to the main pier
that stretched way out into the ocean and
talked for a while. It amazed me how far
we had traveled in just one day.
Now it was pushing late afternoon,
with the sun waning and waves crashing
down on the do<>k while seagulls flew
above our heads.
We agreed to walk along the beach to
the next town called Monte Poro. Once
there, we strolled leisurely, ate gelato, and
then had dinner at a seafood restaurant. I
shelled out 20 Euro on calamari, octopus
and other fish. I had to try these delicious
Mediterranean seafood once more before
leaving Italy.
Bob Spilsbury is a junior enrolled in
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Candidate interviews for the 3rd ~
Michael Messmore
Messmore, a Republican cadidate running for the
3rd District seat in the House of Representatives,
discusses the war, environmental issues and the
rraxis of evil"
Interview by Drew Vance
Drew Vance: Why are you running
for Congress?
Michael Messmore: Basically, four issues
. . . homeland security, immigration control,
family wage jobs, affordable healthcare,
taxation and supporting the troops.
DV: If you say something like
'support the troops,' most politicians
will agree with that. What would you
do differently?
MM : I wouldn't vote one way and do
another, I wouldn't vote for a war and
support lack of funding. A well-equipped,
well-trained
military
is
extremely
important ... keeping promises to vets.
There's been a lot of changes over the last
several years now, with vets entered with
one plan for retirement and it changes on
them during the course of enlistment.
Also, there's not enough services for the
families of soldiers.
DV: What will you do to represent
the interests of Evergreen students?
MM: There's been a lot of pull down
lately on the accessibility of grants and
loans; those have been very good at
promoting higher education in this country.
r would ensure that those grants and loans
continue, and I want to make them more
affordable ...
DV: What in your life has prepared
you for representing the Third
District?
MM: A lifetime of small business
ownership. A lifetime of being an airline
captain: I had to make hundreds of decisions
every flight that affected the safety and
ives of my crew and passengers. Owning
nanufacturing companies overseas.
'{eal estate companies here, construction
~ompanies here. Hiring people, signing the
fronts of peoples' paychecks. A lifetime
)f flying overseas and seeing a variety of
;ystems, economic and social, that work
and some that don't work. Some are good,
some are bad, some I don't want coming
here, and in some ways there are people in
this country that want us to impose systems
that fral)kly, I've seen that don't work in
other countries .
DV: What should we do, as a
country, about global warming and
what will you do in Congress on that
issue?
MM : The jury is out ... there have
been several global climatic changes
throughout the earth's history. It's a
dynamic environment. We may be addi ng
to something that is already happening,
we may not be affecting it at al l. However,
dependence on fossil fuels [is] probably
not a good thing .. . I want to reth ink our
dependence on foss il f uel s . .. most of the
countries are hostile to us, we're funding a
lot of people that don't like us very much.
So we need to maintain in the interim ... a
dependence on fossil fuels, [while] looking
for more fossil fuels that are accessible to
us however developing alternate sources
quickly ... I'm just old enough (I'll be 60
years old next year) to remember the '72
Arab oil embargo.
Everybody said, 'It's a good thing,
power plant. 80 percent of their energy
needs come from nuclear [plants]. If France
and Germany can do it, we can do it.
DV: Do you think there will ever be
100 percent certainty on an issue like
rr ... look, a gay or lesbian lifestyle is exactly that,
it is a lifestyle. And that's just fine. Everybody
is free to pursue anything they want to do, just
don't ask me to codify that as a civil right. It's
not a civil right."
because we've only got 25 years of oil left
anyway.' Well, that was wrong, there's
plenty of oil left. They just discovered
another 28 billion barrels reserved in the
Gulf of Mexico. That's 15 percent of our
needs for years to come. We need to get off
this fossil fuel train, we do ... in western
Europe you fly over clean modern nuclear
power plant after clean modern nuclear
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global warming? How much certainty
do you need before you're convinced
that action may need to be taken?
MM: I willing to take action even on the
chance that we may be responsible, that's
a given. I'm just saying there's enough
scientific evidence out there. I just look at
who's providing the evidence. Right now,
the American Academy of Sciences is by
no means anybody that I lend credibility to
at all.
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They are, for the most part, pretty much
[the most] agendized guys out there .. .
DV: I couldn't find your position on
gay marriage anywhere in the press
or •..
MM: I have worked throughout my
career in the airline industry with gays and
lesbians. I have a lot of friends who •are
gays and lesbians, not many transgenders
or whatever the new acronyms are now,
but lots of gay and lesbians. I've sold real
estate to them and built homes for them
and I have absolutely no problem at all with
gays, with lesbians, with lifestyle choices,
with anything they want to do ... look, a
gay or lesbian lifestyle is exactly that, it is
a lifestyle. And that's just fine. Everybody
is free to pursue anything they want to do,
just don't ask me to codify that as a civil
right. It's not a civil right. You have lots of
black churches down in the southern United
States now that are offended by gay and
lesbian groups saying, 'It's our civil right to
have these issues conferred upon us, to be
issued a marriage license.' ...
DV: But in Congress, would you be
willing to amend the U.S. Constitution
to ban gay marriage?
MM: No. You have to understand the
constitutional process. Every amendment
of the Constitution, with the exception of
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ongressional State Representative
Jed Whittaker
Whittaker, an Evergreen graduate a writein candidate for 3rd District in the House of
Representatives, discusses the importance of
ending the war in Iraq and the importance of a
representative democracy
Interview by Charlie Daugherty
The following interview took place on
Evergreen campus Monday, October 30
with an additional interview ovet"the phone
Tuesday, October 31.
Charlie Daugherty: Why are you
campaigning for Congress?
Jed Whittaker: You have to ask the hardest
question first? The purpose of my candidacy
atthis point it: time is to show Congressman
Brian Baird which way the wind is
blowing. 60 percent of Washingtonians
want immediate withdrawal from the war
in Iraq. Congressman Baird voted against
authorizing President Bush the power to go
into Iraq but continues to vote to fund it. He
has also changed his position with regards
to his position in Iraq, telling reports
different things on different weeks.
CD: In regards to Brian Baird, he
was quoted as saying you are not
a serious candidate. What is your
response to that?
JW: My response to that is
Congress was only in session for 87
days for the last 365 days. 655,000 Iraqi
men, women and children are dead as a
result of this illegal and immoral war.
Is that not serious?
[Washington] state statute. When a
candidate in a statewide election gets five
percent of the total vote, that 's the threshold
to become a major party.
As a strategy, the more Green Party
candidates running on all levels would
bring out the vote and get the total electoral
vote to be higher. The South Puget Sound
Green Party refused my candidacy.
CD: Why do you think they refused
you?
JW: I really don't know why. I have
some speculation but I don't know why ...
so then I decided that I would become an
Independent. I garnered I,233 signatures
to get on the ballot as an Independent
candidate.
We don't have a representative
democracy in Washington State. The
election law is written by Democrats and
Republicans for their own benefit. As an
Independent, I have to get 1,000 signatures
in order to get on the ballot.
A Democrat or a Republican does not
have to do that. It's a violation of the Wh
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
one week of the end of your nominating
convention, you must submit your 1,000
signatures.
The elocutionist tells me they can
State.
So because the end of my nominating
convention fell on a Saturday I believe
that not only did I have a week but nine
days because they were closed on
weekends.
I didn't even get a full week. There
was the Saturday and Sunday and then
the following Saturday and Sunday.
So I actually should have had 10
days. But that was not the opinion of the
Attorney General's office. Their presumed
opinion is a statutory week is six
''We don't have a representative democracy in
Washington State. The election law is written by
Democrats and Republicans for their own benefit."
CD: In the past few months
what have you been doing for your
campaign?
JW: Well, my candidacy has been an
odyssey. My candidacy began as an effort
to gain major party status for the Green
Party.
There are major and minor parties.
The Green Party is a minor party by
protection under the law. The election law
in Washington State, if you are running
as an independent or minor candidate,
requires that you have a nominating
convention in which you only h~e a week
to get 1,000 signatures. I did that. But,
there's also another stipulation, another
obstacle, another trial and that is within
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certify all those signatures within one day.
I turned it in on a Saturday. I had a week.
Seven days to turn it in.
Elections office is only open Monday
through Friday. Furthermore the Secretary
of State is the only person by law that I can
turn the signatures into according to the
instructions provided by the Secretary of
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prohibition, has been inclusive of the
individuals' rights. You're not going to get
an amendment passed that is exclusive of an
individual's rights. Nobody is going to go
down that road.
DV: What went wrong in the
diplomacy with North Korea?
MM: Nothing went wrong with the
diplomacy with North Korea, but Iran and
North Korea have proven themselves to be
untrustworthy. Let's take Iraq. First of all,
the intended original purpose was to go
in and unseat Saddam Hussein, a vicious
violent man killing, brutalizing his people.
He killed 250,000 of his own people,
invaded Iran and killed millions of people in
Iran. Now, a little history lesson, I'm sorry,
I don't want to preach to you - I don't want
it to come across as that. Iran, if you look
back at it's history, they were mad at us for
supporting the Shah of Iran.
They were mad at Jimmy Carter for
allowing him to come here for medical
treatment ... so they teach him a lesson by
invading and capturing all of our embassy
staff in Tehran, hold them for 445 days.
Unintended result was, that helped Ronald
Reagan get elected . . . Reagan said, 'fair
enough, you want us out of there, we're out
of there, have fun have a nice life good luck
to you.'
What happens? Saddam turns around
and invades Iran. Now Iran blames us for
that. We go into Iraq with the intention of
unseating Saddarn Hussein. We do, and now
we're fighting a proxy war with Iran, in Iraq.
Syria and Iran are supplying munitions, they
are supplying troops.
Not supplying troops but supplying
Jihadists in Iraq. That's what the violence in
Iraq right now is. It's being fueled by Syria
and Iran, and I pity the poor Iraqi people and
I almost fault the Bush administration for
not having seen an unintended consequences
coming down the pipe ...
To get back to the original question, Iran
is not a trustworthy state. You have a guy,
Ahmadinejad, that is predicting the end of
the world.
That is talking about the tenth imam
coming or the thirteenth imam coming and
he wants to facilitate that over the next three
years. Gee, that's kinda scary. That makes
Ronald Reagan sound like a Sunday school
teacher.
He was lambasted for calling the Soviet
Union an evil empire, he was lambasted for
promoting a missile defense shield, which
now everybody is saying is probably going
to be the greatest deterrent against the threat
in North Korea . . . Iran and North Korea,
neither of them are trustworthy nations.
In 1994 Jimmy Carter goes over
there, brokers a deal with the Clinton
administration and the pot-bellied pig in
North Korea, Kim Jung II, and says 'Ok,
in return for a light water reactor, food and
some energy you will not pursue nuclear
technology.'
Fair enough, done deal; it was an
unverifiable agreement. Turns around, turns
out that in about 1998 they start going,
Hmmmm, we think we wanna break this
deal and start working on nuclear technology,
developing nuclear weapons.'
Now they are saying, 'It must be the Bush
administration's fault for calling them an
axis of evil.'
Gee, Bush hadn't even been elected yet
and they had already broken the agreement.
They broke the agreement in 1998 or 1999,
at the latest. They might have even done it
earlier than that. So, for Jimmy Carter to
come out and say today in the New York
Times, he says that what North Koreas doing
right now is a direct result of George Bush's
calling them an axis of evil, which flies in the
face of what he agreed to under the Clinton
administration for them not to do that.
DV: So, where does that leave us
now? It seems like Bush's diplomatic
efforts and his efforts in Iraq, his
foreign policy, hasn't worked out as
planned. Should we stay the course?
MM: We will stay the course, anything
less than that would provide a means for them
to export the terror. They would see it as a
victory. If you read the national intelligence
estimate, you would have to read it all. You
would have to read the conclusions, and the
conclusions state very clearly while there
has been some short term recruiting going
on because of the Iraq war.
There was short term recruiting going
on in many countries. There was recruiting
going on well before 9/11. There was
recruiting going on in Spain when they
bombed the trains. There was recruiting
going on in Bombay when they bombed
the trains in Bombay. There was recruiting
going on in Beslan Russia when they took
1,200 hostages, injured 400 and killed 350
children.
You don't need Iran as an excuse for us
to stop those violent extremists to recruit
guys. You look at Palestine. Yassir Arafat
systematically, over the course of his
leadership, created a class of disenfranchised
young people and blamed it on Israel, created
a class of suicide bombers by purposely,
through corruption, however he wanted
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to do it or could do it, to impoverish those
people. He told them 'This is what you have
to achieve freedom, you have to strap bombs
to your body and you have to go kill as
many Israelis as you can.' Well, now that's
morphed. Now you have disenfranchised
young men from a variety of Arab countries
who have actually been brainwashed.
They're illiterate, they 've been told
by some imam that this is what the Koran
says, this is what it means, and 'your only
salvation is through me telling you what to
do, I'm telling you the only way you can save
yourself and your country is to strap bombs
to your body and go kill people. As many
people as you can.'
Now, if we pull out early from Iran, well
guess what, those people are going to be
infiltrating our country, over 3,000 people a
day come into this country illegally, 3,000
people a day ... that's why we need a secure
border, enforce the laws we have here, find
employers that knowingly hire illegal aliens
DV: What Would you say to a
soldier about to leave for Iraq?
MM: I have talked to many soldiers
who left for Iraq, I flew a lot of soldiers ...
I listened to them. I'm not gonna tell them
anything, they're the ones who stepped up
to the plate. If you look at recruitment and
retention, that's the best thing you can do
right now. They have met and exceeded all
goals. So, these kids were eager to go when
I flew them over there, and they were proud
to have served. When I brought them back,
I didn't hear discontent. I heard engaged
intelligent young men and women who were
eager to go and happy to have been there.
Drew Vance is a sophomore enrolled in
Fire and Water.
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WHITTAKER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9
days. When I say presumed it's because
when I asked for freedom ofinformation,
the Freedom of Information Act to get
that advisory opinion, I was informed
by a lawyer in the Attorney General's
office that he advised the division
elections telephonically, information
that was privileged lawyer client
information .
I was summarily rejected from being
on the ballot because according to that
advisory opinion, which I cannot recite
unfortunately because it is privileged
lawyer client information that I could
not have access to the ballot.
They would not certify the signatures
because the advisory opinion was that
it was turned in late.
So then moving on to where I am at
now: the issues of today are too great.
We need to impeach Bush and end the
war. We need to balance the budget and
have universal health care. So I became
a write-in candidate.
CD: My next question for you
in relation to being a write-in
candidate is how long have you
been in politics?
J W: That's a very good question.
Longer then I care to admit. I placed
second as a Green Party candidate in
a Senate race against Alaskan Senator
Ted Stevens in 1996.
That is a unique historical footnote
in that a third party candidate had not
placed second since Buckwheat did it
in New York in 1971.
CD: So back then you were a
Green Party candidate?
~ W: I he Iped found the Green Party
in Alaska in 1990.
CD: Do you still support the
Green Party today?
JW: I have evolved. I believe that
sometimes parties use power instead of
principle, even the Green Party. I think
it would be better off if candidates ran
for office without the labels so that
citizens would have to vote for the
NOVEMBER 2, 2006
person and not the label.
A label is a shortcut in people's
thinking pattern and I think it's not
a healthy situation . Representative
democracy in America is failing.
Politics is an industry. Less then
one tenth of one percent of American
people contribute more then $200 to
campaigning. Where does the money
come from? It comes from corporations,
special interests and the rich. Congress
is basically for sale. The media plays
a role in this too because if you don't
have money the media doesn't see you
as credible.
CD: If you were elected what
would be your first action as
congressman?
JW: The articles of impeachment.
Impeach President Bush. I'd like to
point out that only Congress, by the
Constitution, can declare war. Congress
has not declared war in Iraq.
The legislation that authorized
President Bush the power to go to Iraq
should be repealed because our system
of government is based on a system of
checks and balances.
If Congress does not keep the
president in check you end up with a
dictator.
CD: In regards to President
Bush, I noticed after Googling your
name, I found an interesting blog
that said in the past you had been
arrested for protesting against
Bush. Is this true?
JW: That's interesting that you found
that. That's true. I paraded in a Fourth
of July parade in Anchorage Alaska
with a sign that saic\ President Bush is
a tyrant and a war criminal. I believe
that the Fourth of July is a celebration
of freedom. Fourth of July parades are
supposed to be about a celebration of
freedom.
I was arrested. I think I was going
to be charged with parading without a
perm it. The salient point here is that the
Fourth of July belongs to everybody.
The charges were dismissed.
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CD: As an Evergreen graduate,
what has your education taught
you that you are using in your
campaign?
JW: Learning is a lifelong process.
You are never too old to learn and that
I had wished that I had spent four years
here instead of being a transfer student.
I only spent one year here and this is a
first-rate school.
CD: This is a question that
is being asked to the other
candidates. If you could pass one
law into Congress, what would it
be and why?
JW: Just one? To pass one law it
would be to make the public airways
more public: TV and radio.
In a free society, in which I mean
a democracy that America is, we
need an informed citizenry. Currently
the airwaves spout propaganda, not
information.
CD: How do you think logging
should be handled in the Third
District?
JW: I like President Clinton's
roadless forest initiative. It's not
common knowledge but a majority of
timber is harvested today off private
lands and not public lands.
What a lot of people don't know
is Lewis County is 96 percent forest.
Because of the Wildlife ?reservation
Act a lot of people have lost jobs. Now
I support the idea of jobs.
However, I am also on the side of
protecting the forest because it's too
easy to destroy it. Our long-term policy
ought to be much more conservative in
regard to protecting our environment.
CD: What do you think of the
Initiative Measure 933?
JW: I'm going to vote against it. It's
a question of commoners vs. private
property owners. It would bankrupt
municipalities and counties from
imagin ary losses for private property
owners.
CD: Next question I feel is really
important. What do you have to
say to Evergreen students who
feel indifferent about voting?
JW: A free society requires informed
citizenry that' actively participates in
the electoral system.
The most liberal document in
America is the U.S. Constitution.
Evergreen students pursing a liberal
arts degree should do everything they
possibly can to hold up that document.
That means voting.
CD: My last question would be
why should people vote for you?
JW: Congressmen Brian Baird is a
politician who waits to see which way
the wind is blowing.
When he sees a majority of the
people want to end the war in Iraq,
he'll make a position to be in front of
the crowd.
People should vote for me to show
Brian Baird which way the wind is
blowing. I want to end the war in Iraq.
CD: I think that's all the
questions I have for you today. Is
there anything you'd like to add at
this time?
JW: Thanks for interviewing me.
.
After the interview on Monday
had a discussion with Jed Whittaker In
which Jed brought up "The first rule for
radicals is to work with the system." I
then asked the following question.
CD: So do you consider yourself
a radical?
JW: Radical in the sense-in the
words of Clinton the United States
Constitution is an ideal that we
have yet to achieve. That we are still
working towards. We should not be
discouraged that we have not achieved
the ideal but should be working
towards it continually. Revisiting my
arrest, I persevered. You've got to keep
fighting.
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Open letter on p.c. bullshit
By Tenzin Tingkhye
am sick of the
p.c.
bullshit
on
this campus. Let's
not piss off the
minont1es,
right?
Let's make sure that
feminists, people of
color, and lesbians get to talk first. And
Muslims ... well, they pose a difficult
dilemma ... I mean, we're supposed to
support Palestine, but then feminists have
some difficulty with Islam, right? So
what's the p.c. thing to do? Just ignore it;
the Middle East will eventually fall apart
on its own.
As an Evergreen student burdened
with "minority privilege guilt" (patent
pending on this term), I have drawn the
line. I simply will not put up with any more
bullshit from "liberal" students, faculty
and staff here. Why does the liberal net
cover everyone except for straight middle
and upper-class white males? Where's
their safety net?
I write this article for every white boy
(I mean, Caucasian male . . . is that the
term these days? That includ~s MiddleEasterners, though) ... for every white boy
sitting in front of his Ikea desk, frustrated
near to tears by Patricia Hill Collins.
What is she talking about, Afrocentric
feminist epistemology? Why does bell
hooks insist on literally minimizing her
name?
I speak for the Evergreen students with
their brand new Beamers, Volvos and
Volkswagens. It was very, very hard to
fill out the application for this institution
of higher learning.
I look with compassion at the Iittle boys
in the dorms, old enough to get wasted and
scream "FUCK THE PO-LICE" and spew
irrationalities relating to free speech, but
not quite old enough to clean their own
bathroom-one underprivileged white
boy living on campus had his mother
clean his bathroom for him at the end of
the year.
But please! Before you raise your
voices to taunt him, look at all he has
achieved-The White Boy doesn't rely
on his race card, gender card, class card,
ableist or age card. He got to where he is
through his own smarts and strength, no
handouts thank you very much.
That said, I have a confession to make.
It's eating me up inside (sorry, veggie
folks). I got into Evergreen because of my,
er, rather extraordinary looks. I know, I
know, you were wondering when I was
going to admit my awesomely stunning
features-my head is 24 inches round at
its widest point, quite a large amount of
protrusion from my neck.
But I'm talking my 'A~ian' looks ...
or, to be more vague, my "Hello I'm a
foreigner coming to a better country"
looks.
Hey, don't hold it against me. I mean,
I have white friends (you know who you
are). And they've never complained, so
why should you? Seriously, I have, like,
20 white friends (that guy I lent my pen
to last week counts, right?), and race has
never been an issue with us.
They don't mind that I get special
breaks as a 'person of color,' just like I
don't mind that they all look alike. You
see, we accept there are differences
between us, and therefore there are
differences in our lives. It's all about
tolerating diversity.
When you get down to it we're
all equal human beings. I reall~ don't
even agree with this whole scholarship
handout, affirmative action bullshit.
So what if my fellow Asians (we like
to distinguish themselves as Pacific
Islander, Central Asian, Southeast Asian
'
etc ... sometimes even going so far as to
insist on acknowledgement of a specific
country) ... so what if us Orientals (most
of us hate that word, it reminds us of rugs,
but really, who has the time to keep all the
labels straight?) have a long, documented
history of being treated like shit?
I mean, it just goes side by side with
the long, documented histories of all other
non-white, non-heterosexual, you-nameits in this land. Heterosexual middle
class white people have suffered too. It's
called human suffering. You know, real
life stuff, not this made up, documentary
drama bullshit minorities throw at regular
Americans like badges of honor.
Honestly, though. We do need to
get past our p.c. bullshit, as well as our
regular bullshit- if you think something
is fake, call it, but don't be too cowardly
to follow through on that call.
From my own side, I think things like
"we're all equal, I don't see color,'' "I
love Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho,
therefore I'm not racist," "It must be hard
to live your life, mind telling me all about
it?" is what the real bull shit is.
And it is all the minorities who have to
keep it p.c. and smile and nod, and give
a nice, non-offensive little answer that
will go into that person's "exotic/foreign/
other experiences" portfolio. I hope folks
understand the focus of this writing is not
on any distinguishable group of people,
but rather on perverted mentality.
So will the real folks get up? I know
you're fed up ... (if these lines sound
familiar and you can that name that tune
you get a little Black History button. You'll
have to wait until February, though).
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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Trick-or-treat, give me
something good to eat
By Alexandra Tobo/sky
When the tradtion
of"Hallowmas" began two millennia
ago, it was a celebration of the new
year. Created by the
Celts in the parts of
what are now Ireland, northern France
and the United Kingdom, and falling '
on the last day of October, Halloween
marked the end of summer.
The first day of winter, associated
with death, was thought to possess the
presence of the dead returning to earth.
At Hallowmas, our pagan ancestors
dressed up in costumes, channeled
this psychic energy to tell each other's
fortunes and created mischief to scare
evil spirits away from the new year. After
nearly 800 years, Christianity replaced
Hallowmas with "All Hallow's Eve"
November l's "All Saints Day," a day ;o
honor saints and martyrs, and November
2's "All Soul's Day,'' a day to honor the
dead. These three days of celebration
became known as "Halloween."
Two thousand years later, Halloween
is full of candy, costumes, rotten eggs
and keeping your kids inside and out of
trouble after dark.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for free
candy. In fact, my first sentence was
ordering my Dad to stop eating my candy
and return my bucket to me. ("Gibid duh
mee:: My father denies he was eating my
candy; he alleges that he was only holding
it in escrow for me).
In
other countries,
Halloween
focuses on the dear departed, and is
commemorated by such traditions as
leaving bread and water out for the ghosts
of dead family members, putting chairs
out by the fire for them, hiding knives so
they won't fall and hurt themselves and
lighting bonfires to help them find their
way. In the very few countries that do
share our tradition of trick-or-treating,
it is after much celebration, and often a
trick is received.
Maybe it's just me, but I never received
a trick instead of candy in my eighteen
years of trick-or-treating. Which raises
the question: why has America stopped
associating holidays with spirituality and
replaced it with food?
The answer may be that America is the
big melting pot of the world. As a result
of our freedom to choose what religion
to practice, or hybrid, or none at all,
religious holidays have lost much of their
original meaning.
The paralyzing fear of controversy
and causing offense in our big melting
pot simmers away what's left of religious
tradition. Halloween is now full of candy
and costumes; Christmas is an entire
season of tinsel and candy canes; Easter
is a week of chocolate bunnies and egg
hunts.
Food and family are the only things
religious holidays all have in common.
This is ecumenicalism, the celebration of
our common ground. After all, who can
argue about roast turkey and eggnog? But
we should consider mutual respect for our
differences as an alternative approach to
holiday celebrations.
One idea I've considered is that
melting pot concept. We've had to create
and develop our own culture, thousands
of years after most others. With America
being a country of immigrants, many
came to escape war, poverty and famine.
Perhaps on the minds of many is, as
perfectly expressed by Scarlet O'Hara, "/
will never go hungry again."
However, I think that notion, along with
most of American culture, has morphed
from good intentions to something
ugly and unrecognizable. In too many
countries to list, people barely or don't
have enough to eat to live. Americans
live to eat. That scares me more than any
costume.
Alexandra Tobolsky is a second-year
transfer enrolled in The Age of Irony
and The Heroism of Ordinary People.
She is also the CPJ Letters and Opinions
Coordinator. She can be e-mailed at
TobAle24@evergreen.edu.
Don't let 1-933 happen to you
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You've been good
and are registered
to vote and ready
for November 7.
But it's not as easy
as dragging your
behind to the polling
station, you also need to know what it is
you'll be voting on.
If you are one of those who have
heard about "Initiative 933," then you
are probably also one of those that are
confused about it. This is no accident and
you don't need to feel guilty of initiativeincompetence. The people who got 1-933
on the ballot were counting on exactly
that confusion to get them more Yesses
in the election.
1-933 is called the "Property Fairness
Act." This sounds very nice and sweet but
it doesn't tell the whole story. Basically,
the ·initiative says that if a private property
owner is prevented from using their
property to its fullest extent by a rule
or regulation, then compliance with the
regulation either needs to be waived or
the property owner has to be compensated
for the financial loss caused.
Since this may sound like a bunch of
legal gibberish to you, let me give you a
few examples.
Your neighbor wants to start a
hazardous waste dump on their property.
The state either lets them do it or pays
them however many thousands of dollars
it would have made the owner.
Land that is now protected as open
space or farm land can be built on because
either the state allows development or
they pay the money that the development
would have been worth. Sounds Iike a
very costly act? It is. You can go on www.
NOon933.org if you want to read more.
Anna Stoerch is a junior enrolled in
Political Ecology of Land.
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SPORTS
NOVEMBER 2, 2006
Player profiles:
scored eight points. Shawn Ghrisham is one of these two players
with this bragging right. Shawn is constantly hustling on the
field and always has a word or two for the referees if they are
not keeping a watchful eye on the game. His presence on the
field is a helpful addition to the seasoned upperclassmen and
with his poise of a true athlete, he brings a dramatic display to
the crowd.
Name: Shawn Ghrisham
Position: Forward
Year: Freshmen
High school: Steilacoom
Hometown: Steilacoom, WA
This year Evergreen has
been blessed with some talented
Freshmen, two of them have
Q. What is your favorite thing about playing for The
Geoducks?
A. The team is relaxed and everyone is pretty chill.
Q. How long have you been playing soccer?
A. About 16 years.
Q. Who has been your toughest opponents this season?
A. University of British Columbia; the guys were huge. All
of them were over 6 feet tall.
Q. What are you upcoming goals for the team?
A. I'd like to finish strong, end the season on a positive note.
Q. Do you play any other sports?
A. I play other sports, just not competitively.
Senior Emily Peterson is Evergreen Volleyball's lead scorer.
With an impressive 66 goals to date and 161 kills (a hit over the
top of the net) her experience in the sport shows. She averages
2.44 kills a game and is a nightmare for the opposition. She
hopes to get into education after she graduates.
Name: Emily Peterson
Position: Outside hitter
High School: Tenino
Hometown: Tenino, WA
Q. What are you studying?
A. I'm in Heritage, my focus is Native American studies.
Q. What is the best thing you like about playing for the
Geoducks?
A. The way we all get along.
Q. How long have you played volleyball?
A. I have played for about 10 years.
Photos and profiles by Arland Hurd, a sophomore enrolled in Health and Human Development.
Cross-country competes
By Emily Uhlig
The Evergreen cross-country team heads for
Eastern Oregon University in LaGrande, Oregon
for the Cascade Conference/NAIA Region I meet
this Saturday. The race is the last regular meet of
the season and the national qualifier.
The women's team faces tough competition at
the regional level running against the top ranked
team in the NAIA, Simon Fraser, as well as
University of British Columbia, ranked 1Jlh, and
Lewis and Clark, ranked I3th. Evergreen will run
a full team for only the second time this season
and will work to improve on their lOth place finish
at last year's regional meet.
The men's team toughest competition comes
from Albertson's College of Idaho, ranked 12th,
and Concordia, ranked 15th. The men's team has
been growing all season and has a deep enough
base to challenge for a good placing.
National qualifiers go to the top four or five
men's or women's teams depending on the national
rankings, and the five fastest men and women not
on a qualifying team.
Evergreen's top runners compete to be among
those individual qualifiers but will face tough
competition from Northwest University, Southern
Oregon and Corban. A year's worth of training
comes down to one shot.
Emily Uhlig is a junior enrolled in American
Literature.
THE LAW OFFICES OF SHARON CHIRICHILLO, P.S.
Sports briefs
By Arland Hurd
This week's sports came with some upsets and some gratifications.
The women's soccer team won two of their three play-off games.
The women are now on their way to the regional semi-finals with
Concordia.
The men's soccer team tied one of their games against WPS, but
came up short when they played Corban with a 4-1 loss.
Women's volleyball also had a split of happiness, with one win
against Cascade College and one loss to Concordia. The women are
sure to keep tabs on the remainder of their season.
Arland Hurd is a sophomore enrolled in Health and Human Development.
Men's Soccer
Evergreen State vs.
Warner Pacific College
Date: Oct. 26, 2006
Attendance: 124
Weather: clear, cool
Goals by period
Evergreen State
Warner Pacific
120T02Tot
I I 0 0-2
02 0 0-2
Corban vs. Evergreen State
Date: Oct. 28,2006
Attendance: 76
Weather: 50 cloudy
Goals by period
Corban
Evergreen State
12Tot
22-4
I 0-1
Women's Volleyball
Evergreen vs.
Warner Pacific
Date Oct. 27, 2006
Attendance: 47
Time: 1hr. 37min.
Game I
Game 2
Game3
Game 4
28-30
30-21
30-19
30 22
Evergreen
WPC
WPC
WPC
Women's Soccer
Cascade Conference Tournment
Albertson College(6-10-2)
vs. Evergreen State (7-11-0)
Date: Oct. 281'2006
Attendance: 72
Weather: Sunny
Goals by period
Albertson
Evergreen State
12Tot
I 0-1
20-2
Evergreen State vs.
Eastern Oregon University
Date: Oct. 25, 2006
Attendance: Unknown
Weather: Unknown
Goals by period
Evergreen State
Eastern Oregon
12Tot
02-2
00-0
Evergreen State vs.
Concordia
Date: Oct. 28, 2006
Attendance: 132
Weather: Unknown
Goals by period
Evergreen State
Concordia
12 Tot
00-0
22-4
Evergreen vs. Cascade
Date Oct. 28, 2006
Attendance: 98
Time: lhr. lOmin.
Game 1 9-30 Evergreen
Game 2 17-30 Evergreen
Game 3 17-30 Evergreen
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CLICK!
FLASH!
WHIRRR!
The CP J is looking for a new photo coordinator. If you
are interested in photography, like taking pictures and
want to learn, congratulations. You've just qualified
for photos cordinator! See page 2 for contact info.
HARON CHIRICHILLO IS AN EVERGREEN: 1993 GRADUATE
WE ARE A FULL SERVICES LAW FIRM
Evergreen Grievance Hearings
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Charges
Reckless and Negligent Driving Offenses
Minor in Possession (MIP) Violations
Department of Licensing (DOL) Hearings
Driving While License is Suspended (DWLS) Violations
Drug Offenses
Property Crimes
Traffic Citations.
Aggressive representation with compassionate counsel
WE PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE
OVERWHELMED BY THE COURT PROCESS.
(360) 943-8999
www.olympialawyers.com
State & Sawyer Law Bldg 2120 State Avenue NE Olympia, WA 98506
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NOVEMBER 2, 2006
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY
11/02/06
6 to 10 p.m. Fertility Awareness Lecture,
hosted by VOX. LH I.
3:30p.m. SESAME presents Yehuda
Shaul, former Israeli soldier, "Breaking
the Silence." Sem II Bll07.
11/03/06
5 and 7 p.m. Photography at Evergreen:
Celebrating 35 Years. Opening reception
and panel discussion with exhibiting
artists. Evergreen Gallery
SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY
11/04/06
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Women's basketball,
Geoducks vs. Westminster College.
CRCGym.
12 to 5 p.m. Body Care Day Workshop,
hosted by Healing Arts Collective.
Organic Farm.
7 p.m. to 2 a.m: CISPES will host a
night of poetry, music and dancing,
and political education. El Guanaco,
Water St. $10-30 sliding donation is
requested.
11/05/06
I to 9 p.m. Fertility Awareness
Workshop hosted by Women's
Resource Center. Organic Farm.
MONDAY
11/06/06
12 to I p.m. Kathryn Egawa,
candidate for the Teacher Educator
Faculty position, open meeting. Sem
II B2107.
12 to2 p.m. CISPES presents
Oswaldo Nataren, a member of the
Roque Dalton University Front of the
University of San Salvador. LH 5.
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. "What the Plants
Teach: Pro-Active Health and Gaian
Evolution" by Morgan Brent, hosted
by the student group Healing Arts
Collective. Sem II C2109.
II a.m. to 1:30 p.m. GetAFiuShot will
be on campus. 2nd floor CAB lobby.
11/07/06
8:30a.m. to 12 noon Deans' Meeting.
Deans' Conference Room.
10 a.m. a~d 6 p.m. TESC-Tacoma
will host a lecture with Peter Irons,
author of''A People's History of the
U.S. Supreme Court" and a widely
respected authority on the Supreme
Court and constitutional litigation.
I:30 p.m. "Iraq For Sale" film
screening. Sem II A3107.
7 p.m. ''American Blackout" film
screening and discussion. LH l.
11/08/06
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Board ofTrustees
Meeting
I p.m. SESAME presents
"Palestinian Voices" with
Mohammed Khatib and Feryal Abu
Haikal. SEM2 Ell07.
NEXT WEEK
11/09/06
TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY
11/11/06
12 noon to 5 p.m. "Medicine Making"
tincture making workshop, hosted
by Healing Arts Collective. Organic
Farmhouse.
11/14/06
7 to 9 p.m. Omoyele Sowore lecture
on oil companies in Nigeria, hosted b)
EPIC. LH 1.
6 p.m. "Baraka" film screening,
presented by Mindscreen. LH I. Free
popcorn.
IALAN
Geoduck Union public meetings
Wednesdays, 1 to 3 p.m., Sem II A I 105
geoduckunion@gmai !.com
Battling Castanets open mic series, poetry reading
Wednesdays, 8 p.m., The Primetime Writing
Center, A Dorm, second floor.
Registration and Records Office open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9.
Road construction updates: southbound (towards 101) lane of Evergreen Parkway will remain closed at the
roundabout 24 hours-a-day until Nov. 10. Marked detour route is onto Overhulse Rd., then right onto 17th Ave.
NW for access to 101. Enhanced signage is being installed this evening. Northbound lane (from 101 to the college) is not affected.
Next year's course offerings are up online, http://www.evergreen.edu/catalog/2007-08.
Students for a Democratic Society meetings
Wednesdays, 2 p.m., Sem II E3105.
Wings of Recovery Narcotics Anonymous
Tuesdays, 8 p.m., Sem Il3107
Narcotics Anonymous Helpline, (360)754-4433.
THURSDAY
OFF CAMPUS
FRIDAY
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Women of Color meetings
Wednesdays, 5:30p.m., CAB 206 (right next to the
marketplace)
Queer People of Color meetings, arts night
Mondays, 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. CAB 206.
Student Video Garners Alliance
Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., CAB TV lounge.
Thursday, 2
6 to 8 p.m. Olympia-Rafah Sister
City Project meeting.
610 Columbia NW, across from
Olympia Hardware.
Actively promotes and fosters
friendships between the people of
Olympia and Rafah, Palestine.
CENSE Forest Walks
Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m., meet-up by clock tower in
Red Square.
(360)867-6784, cense@evergreen.com
Yoga and Meditation Club
Every weekday at 7:30a.m. to 9 a.m. CRC 116.
Evergreen Animal Rights Network
Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. CAB 3'd Floor.
SUBMIT EVENTS
Contact Calendar Coordinator
Lauren Takores about including an
event in The Cooper Point Journal's
calendar.
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E-mail: cpj®evergreen.edu
Phone: (360)867-6213
Friday, 3
I to 4 p.m. HIV Testing at UCAN
147 Rogers St., (360)352-8526
Anonymous, confidential, sliding
scale fee.
7:30 p.m. Olympia Film Festival Opening Night Gala,
"C.R.A.Z.Y."
Capitol Theater, 206 5th Ave. SE
In French with English subtitles.
Saturday, 4
8 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. Voter Celebration Party
The China Clipper, (360)5560314
There will be free give-aways
from over 20 local merchants, a
community drum circle and two
live bands, Aeolian and Danny
Kelly and Friends.
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Sunday, 5
3 p.m. "The Maid Becomes the
Mrs. (La Serva Padrona)" live
opera
St. John's Episcopal Church, 114
20 1h Ave SE, (360)352-8527
By donation.
6 to 9 p.m. Food Not Bombs
Media Island, 4th and Adams
Cook at MI starting around 4ish,
share food down on 4th Ave.,
afterward cleanup at MI.
MONDAY AND
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Monday, 6
9 p.m. Monday Movie Night
Le Voyeur, 404 4th Ave. E,
(360)943-5710
21+, free
Wednesday, 8
7 to 9 p.m. Skateland Dollar
Night
2725 12th Ave. NE
$1 w/ skates, $2 without skates.
Tuesday, 7
Election Day
7 p.m. Olympia Movement for
Peace and Justice meetings
Free School, 610 Columbia St.
(360)867-9237
"If liberty and equuality, as is
thought by some, are chiefly to
be found in democracy, they
will be best attained when all
persons alike share in the government to the utmost."
-Aristotle
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Photos by_ Hunter Bickel, a senior
enrolled in Heritage and Way ofHaiku.