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Issue 22
Volume 35
April. 19, 2007

Hang up and drive
By Tori N eeder
Being seen with a cell phone behind the
wheel could cost drivers $101 in the near
future. After seven years of failed attempts,
in January, Washington will likely become
the sixteenth state to adopt a total or partial ban on cell phone use for motorists.
The bill, originally sponsored by eleven
senators, passed with a House vote of 5938. The legislation had already cleared the
Senate when it was passed by the House on
April II. Because of amendments the House
made to the bill it was shuttled back to the
Senate once more. After being approved by
the Senate with a 33-15 vote, the last stop
for the bill is the governor's desk. Barring a
veto, it will become law on January I, 2008.
"As hard and long as I've worked on this
bill, giving up just wasn't an option," said
Senator Sen. Tracey J. Eide, one of the sponsors of the bill, on her website. "Too many
people in my district and across the state
have contacted me with their support and
encouragement. 1 knew this was important
for keeping our roads and our families safe."
Most of the other states that have legal

restrictions on cell phone use behind the
wheel aimed legislation at minors or operators of public transportation. Other states
have chosen not to pass state wide legislation but to allow local ordinances against
cell phones behind the wheel to be enforced.
Washington's pending law would affect
all drivers. However, the law does relegate driving-while-talking to the level
of a secondary offence. Like the current
seat belt law an officer may only ticket a
driver for having his or her cell phone out
if they have been pulled over for a primary violation; speeding for instance.
Individuals that use hearing aids are
exempt from the law because of the difficulty they would face using a handsoff cellular device. Tow truck drivers,
emergency vehicle operators and persons using their phones in case of emergency are also exempt from prosecution.
Talking on a hand held cell phone has been
outlawed but legality of texting while
driving is still being debated in the Senate.

Tori Needer is a junior in Health and
Human Development.

Students speak out on CAB
By Jordan N ailon
When a call went out from the Geoduck
Union at the beginning of this quarter for
students to "Take Back the CAB," the coordinating Union members were surprised at
the large-scale response. All told, more than
twenty students showed for the initial meeting
held up in the solarium room of the College
Activities Building, where they discussed the
CAB project while basking in the faded sunlight that screens through the dusty and rain
smudged skylights that cap the deteriorating
building.
Last spring, a vote was cast to fund the
refurbishing of the architecturally outdated
CAB. The vote passed and as a result, each
student now pays $5.75 on every credit in
order to pay for the construction costs. A CAB
Redesign Committee consisting often students
and seven staff, faculty, and administrative personnel are now in control of the decisions that
will shape the CAB project.
Aaron Meola, a student representative
on the Redesign Committee is excited about

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working on the project. "I think it's great that
as students we get a voice, and that voice needs
to be a loud one." He added, "With the controversy surrounding how the student vote for
the self-imposed fee was handled, it's crucial
the students voice is given respect"
"The thing that really bothers me," explained
Niki Bilodeau, a student representative on the
Redesign Committee, "is the lack of concern
for a project of this size. Our money is going
to pay for this project- it's up to us to determine just how our money is spent."
Student redesign representative, Charles
Loosen echoed those sentiments. "Aside from
my objections to the election process last year,
I think that student oversight is essential. And
if this is a building paid for by us, we should
get a say." Loosen, however, wanted to avoid
rehashing old, and somewhat tumultuous turf
regarding the way the project has been handled
to this point and instead wants to focus on the
future. "What it comes down to now is making
sure that students needs are met."
And how exactly does this panel intend
on meeting the needs of students? After all,

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the student body in its entirety is paying for
the costs, yet only ten students actually have
a pedestal from which to voice their wishes
and concerns.
"We need to increase our visibility and
solicit feedback, develop a wish list, and speak
with students and faculty about sustainability,"
suggested Loosen.
Co-committee member Bilodeau agreed
that being available to students is a priority. "I
hope to bring this issue out into the spotlight
and raise awareness among the students." She
went on to add, "I'd be interested in an open
forum for discussion. If we have to stand out
in Red Square and talk to students, then we
should. We are working on getting an email
system up so that students can contact each representative easily."
The volunteer student representatives are
not lacking personal visions and ideas for the
project. Most of the student representatives
that I talked to had similar desires for the CAB,
including student social areas, student activities space, and sustainable, "green" approach
to construction.
Neil Garry, a student rep on the redesign
committee who is in his second enrollment
at the school after an initial Evergreen stint
beginning in 2001, elaborated on the construction desires. "If the new CAB is going to be a

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LEED Gold (most environmentally friendly)
building it's got to last. That's part of building
sustainability. I don't want this same situation
to happen 25 years down the road."
Student Rep Loosen had a very specific
list of desires for the building. Among those
items on his personal wish list were passive
solar panels, increased air filtration, a designated space for the Geoduck Student Union
and a revamping of the KAOS radio station
facilities.
Niki Bilodeau saw another area where student input could affect positive change. Having
a student run cafe is huge, so we don't have to
rely on processed corporate food.
Whatever your indifference, ideas, interests,
or concerns are with the CAB project, know
that as students, our legal tender contributed
to the fund connects us all, and the Redesign
Committee desires your input. Representative
Garry chides, "The student body gets hyped
about changing the world during seminar, but
refuses to take real responsibility for their community. I hope that we can serve as an example
of how student representation can address the
·concerns of Greeners."

Jordan Nailon is a junior enrolled in an
lndependant Learning Contract.

"Locked":
A debut feature film by Julie
C. Lasselle premiers at
Evergreen.
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R.I.P. Kurt Vo"negut
Evergreen students
commemorate the loss of a
great author.
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Baseball:
Geoducks are working on
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your crossword puzzle answers
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Comics:
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Be one of next year's Geoduck Union
representatives
Now is the time to declare your candidacy for the 2007-2008 school year. Being
a Geoduck Union representative is an awesome opportunity to make real change at
Evergreen. Work with other students to represent student interests at Evergreen and at
the state legislature. Learn how consensus
works. There are no presidents, secretaries
or treasurers, just 21 equal student members
working together to make change happen.
Read more about the Union and download
a candidacy form by heading to our website,
www2 .evergreen.edu/studentgovemment.
Visit http://www2 .evergreen.edu/studentgovernment/candidacy-for-2007-2008 to
download a Declaration of Candidacy. Make
sure you tum it in by Monday, May 7th by either emailing it to elections@evergreen.edu
or dropping it off in CAB 320. Questions?
Reply to geoduckunion@gmail.com.
Where is the student-run cafe?
Students have been organizing for over a
year to run their own cafe at Evergreen. The
Flaming Eggplant has come far in acquiring
a space, presenting a budget, and writing
a business plan. The Flaming Eggplant's
goal is to provide cheap food options and
use healthy ingredients that are grown locally and organically. The first menu will include rice and beans, falafel, soup and salad,
and sandwiches. The first face of the cafe
will be through an outdoor vending trailer.
When the CAB is redesigned it will include
a space for the cafe. Instead of waiting until
the CAB is rebuilt in 20 I 0 to get started, students have decided to get the falafel balls
rolling. What is needed is a solid showing
of student, staff and faculty support. You
can contact the organizers to get further involved at thetlamingeggplant@riseup.net or
call the office at (306) 867-6636. This can
be your cafe too, so if you feel passionately
about it, make your voice heard!
MindScreen free movie Wednesdays
Have you been goin g to the free movies

on Wednesdays? If so, then you know how
cool it is to get something back from your
student fees! A free film and popcorn is offered by MindScreen every Wednesday
at 6 p .m. LH 1. Week 4 features Alfred
Hitchcock's favorite of his own films,
"Rope." Week 5 is "Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's ... " err ... "Sorcerer's Stone"
for all of the Harry Potter fans on campus.
You know who you are and you have your
next book pre-ordered. Week 6 is a classic,
"Pocket Full ofMiracles," followed by Week
7, "Coffee and Cigare~es," featuring several stars including Tom Waits, Iggy Pop,
Bill Murray, GZA and RZA, Cate Blanchett,
White Stripes Meg and Jack White, Roberto
Benigni, and more. Weeks 8-10 have yet to
be announced and since the local mega-plex
wants nearly thirty dollars just for popcorn
a drink and some Goobers, come over to
LH I. Bring your own Goobers or win some
in the give-away drawing, and enjoy a free
film and free popcorn. It's your student fees,
enjoy them .
Scholarships Available for Alaska Field
Studies Program
Interested in studying natural history and
land management issues while backpacking
in Alaska's high mountains this summer?
Through generous donations by program
alums, scholarships are available for participation in the University of California Santa Barbara's Wildlands Studies Wrangell
Mountains field program, directed by former
Evergreen visiting faculty Ben Shaine. The
seven week program grants 15 quarter units
of credit transferable to Evergreen. Full program information, including a scholarship
application, is at www.wrangells.org (go to
the wildlands studies page from there) or by
contacting Jessica Speed at wmc@alaska.net
or by phone at (907) 554-4464 .
The program will include extensive
travel up the glaciers and ridges of Alaska's
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, habitat
for grizzlies, moose, mountain sheep and
goats. In partnership with the National Park
Service, they will be monitoring backcountry

conditions, with a focus on the effects of recreational use. In addition, they will work
with program faculty who are writing a natural history of the Wrangell Mountains and
studying the ice-age ecological and geological history of the area, including recent climate warming. Evergreen students in previous programs have researched alpine habitat, inventoried human-induced changes,
studied the relationships between the park
and local residents, and written collections
of poetry and stories about the area. This
summer's program will also include opportunities for related work in creative writing
and arts. In addition to extensive field work,
participants can look forward to discussions with agency staff, scientists, and local
guides; and an intensive writing workshop
leading to preparation of final reports on the
season's work.
Join the Evergleaners: share the harvest another year
Most people feel that everyone should
have enough to eat, simply by the virtue of
being a person. But it's clear that our current economic system does not respect this
human right. The results are predictable:
people in our community don't get enough
to eat and don't know where their next meal
is coming from. The Gleaners Coalition was
formed in 2005 to help combat the hunger
in our community. By partnering with local
organic farms, the Gleaners have distributed
thousands of pounds of fresh, organic fruits
and vegetables into the emergency food distribution network. The Evergleaners formed
last year as the Gleaners Coalition partners
on campus, and we've organized numerous
volunteer trips to help harvest food . Nothing
beats heading out to the farm, getting dirty
with some veggies, and bringing home a big
haul that will go to folks who need it. And we
need your help! There wasn't much veggie
picking going on in the Winter, but Spring
is here and there's still plenty of work. We
need volunteers to help out with TASTE,
a recipe demonstration project at the Food
Bank . We ' re also organizing a food preserva-

tion class. What else are we working on right
now? Well, that's up to you! Should we
bring rad speakers to talk about GM foods,
visit other gleaning organizations, or stencil
vegetables on our t-shirts? All of these
things and more are possible with your energy and ideas. So come join us, Wednesdays
at 1:00 p.m. in Red Square, by the hill. If it's
raining, we head inside and meet on the stairs
on the 2"d floor of the Library.
Evergreen to present Seattle Repertory
Company's production of "My Name is
Rachel Corrie"
The story of Rachel Corrie comes full
circle when Evergreen presents the Seattle
Repertory Company's production of "My
Name is Rachel Corrie" COM Experimental
Theater, April27 and 28 at 8 p.m. and April
28 and 29 at 2 p.m. as part of the Evergreen
Expressions Visiting Artist program. Tickets
are $30 for general admission and $20 for
seniors and students. They will go on sale
at noon on April 2 at Rainy Day Records,
The Evergreen College bookstore, online
at BuyOiympia.com, the Communications
Building box office, open from noon to 3
p.m. daily, or by placing a phone order at
(360) 876-6833. A special preview performance will also be presented free of charge
to Evergreen students.
Hokie Hope
Virginia Tech family members across the
country have united to declare this Friday,
April20 an "Orange and Maroon Effect" day
to honor those killed in the tragic events on
campus Monday, and to show support for
Virginia Tech students, faculty, administrators, staff, alumni, and friends. "Orange and
Maroon Effect" was born several years ago
as an invitation to Tech fans to wear orange
and maroon to Virginia Tech athletic events.
We invite everyone all over the country to
be a part of the Virginia Tech family this
Friday, to wear orange and maroon to support the families of those who were lost, and
to support the school and community we all
love so much .

State legislature passes bill to make textbooks cheaper
By Blair Anundson

Washington students may find that they
pay less for their textbooks next year, thanks
to legislation that was passed unanimously
last Tuesday in the Senate. The bill (SHB
2300) was sponsored by Bob Hasegawa
(D-11 ), and Derek Kilmer (D-26), and was
strongly backed by students across the state.
This bill requires publishing companies to
disclose prices and change-of-edition information when marketing course materials to Washington faculty. The Senate was
its last stop before being signed into law by
the Governor.
This effort was prompted by a new study
released by WashPIRG that shows that textbook prices are rising at four times the rate
of inflation. "Many students are already
really struggling to pay for college," said
David Hornbeck, a junior and member of
Evergreen's WashPIRG chapter. "The last
thing they need is to be forced to hand out

hundreds of dollars more each year to buy
textbooks. We need to let the publishing corporations know that students won't continue
to pay for their unfair business practices."
The group cites the finding by partner
MASSPIRG that publishers do not always
provide clear information about their prices
to faculty as one cause for the artificially
high textbook prices. An astounding 77 percent of professors surveyed said that when
they meet with publishers' sales representatives, they rarely or never volunteer the
price. Even when professors directly asked
for the price, only 38 percent of those surveyed said the sales representative would always disclose the price.
According to the study the average student pays $900 per year on course materials. The study also showed that 94 percent professors surveyed would prefer to
assign a cheaper book if two equally good
options were available, yet only 63 percent
said they typically know the price of books
they assign .
The cost of textbooks to students is
largely dependent on which books instructors choose to require. This research shows
that professors are willing to choose cheaper
books, but it also shows that they do notal-

ways know the information necessary to
make that distinction, said James Mellinger,
a sophomore at the University of Washington
and member of that school's WashPIRG
chapter. That is why this legislation was so
necessary.
Opponents of the bill, namely publishing
companies like Thompson Learning, state
that information on textbook prices is readily
available. They also claim that the market,
not regulation, continues to be the best way
to keep textbook prices low.
While there was some opposition, the
amount of grassroots student involvement in
the effort was more than enough to push the
bill through the legislature. Sponsors Kilmer
and Hasegawa worked closely with students
to develop and gain support for the bill. The
Washington Student Lobby testified on behalf of the bill in Olympia, and WashPIRG
student chapters across the state generated
hundreds of calls and letters from students
to legislators.
Proponents of the bill admit that it will
take time for the bill to have an impact on
textbook prices. In addition, the benefits to
Evergreen students may not be as big as at
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schools. What this means is that the prices
of books for some of Evergreen's most popular classes may not be affected," Hornbeck
said.
Still, this is a step forward and part of a
larger, national movement to bring textbook
prices under control. Connecticut passed
a similar law last year, and Washington is
now the second state to pass price disclosure legislation. Several other states across
the country are considering legislation this
year.
This is a huge victory for students, since
it will ensure faculty have the tools they
need to choose lower cost textbooks, said
Bryce M(~Kibben, the Student Lobbyist for
the Associated Students of the University
of Washington. Many students are already
struggling to pay for college, and textbook prices have become a large part of
college costs. Students are glad to see the
Legislature include this issue in its efforts to
make higher education more affordable.

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April 19, 2007

April is Sexual Assault
Awareness Month
By Ariel Brantley-Dalglish

against abuse by making a t-shirt with a
personal story and/or general message opposing sexual violence. Groundation will
be playing two different shows Friday April
27 at 7 p.m. (all ages) and II p.m. (21+), at
The Vault, tickets at the door.
Wanting a little creativity and a taste of
downtown Olympia? Join us for a workshop
on sexual violence prevention followed by
mask making. Chandra Linderman from the
Office of Sexual Assault Prevention will
be leading a workshop entitled "Imagine a
World Free of Sexual Violence." She will
lead participants through creative expressions for the purpose of imagining a world
free of sexual violence. This workshop is
open to all people. Once this workshop has
begun, it will be closed to ensure the privacy and security of participants. Saturday
April 28, noon to 2 p.m. at the Olympia
Freeschool.
Join us for mask making after the workshop. To honor our rights to safety and
freedom from violence, we will be marching
as Night Owls in the Procession of the
Species parade. Materials will be provided.
Saturday April28, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Olympia
Freeschool, 610 Columbia Street.
We look forward to seeing you at these
wonderful events. Be on the lookout for
more great opportunities from VOX, CASV
and the WRC. Be more involved. Come
to our meetings held every Wednesday
from I :30-2:30 in the Women 's Resource
Center CAB 320 . We are open and welcome to all!

Many of you probably caught last
week's article about one of April's secrets.
In case you missed it, April not only marks
the beginning of spring, it marks a time to
shed light on a topic that in many communities is rarely addressed. Last week students
around campus participated in art projects,
dialogues, workshops and vigils exploring
the significance and impact of sexual violence on our culture. The events were designed to educate and inspire and to heal and
prevent the pain of sexual violence nationally and in our communities. Thank you to
all who participated!
Bummed that you missed out? Not to
worry. There are more events happening
throughout April brought to you by VOX;
Communities for Choice, Coalition Against
Sexual Violence (CASV) and th.: Women's
Resource Center (WRC).
Coming next week:
Free screening of the film "Locked". This
film tells the "courageous, personal journey
of Anna; who is locked in her history, her
memories, and her silence due to the incest
she suffered as a child. This evocative story
of one woman's struggle to tell the truth
about her childhood and live freely in the
present is a call of hope for abuse survivors
everywhere." Next Thursday, April26, 6 to
8 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1.
Come get down with Groundation, a
roots reggae group from the Bay Area. The
Clothesline Project will be up and running
during the show. You may have seen the
Clothesline Project out in Red Square last
week. The Project provides opportunities
for anyone and everyone to take a stand

Ariel Brantley-Dalglish is a senior. She
is a Student Medical Assistant and Co-coordinator for VOX.

Take Back the Night is an event that happens nationally to bring awareness to violence and healing and strength to survivors. Evergreen's Take Back the Night march
began at the Library and progressed to the HCC where participants listened to the
music of"Felina'~

Premiere showing at Evergreen: ''Locked''
By Shaz Austin Davison
Hey Greeners! Since graduating from
Evergreen I have had the great pleasure to
make it down to Evergreen from Seattle to
share my art in film and audio stories but
this time, I bring to you a very special guest;
award winning indie film-maker, and dear
friend, Juli C. Lasselle. Five years ago I met
Juli in my doctorate program. I shared with
her and other colleagues a movie short I put
together from my recent pilgrimage to India
- a project of which I most proud and felt
warranted the praise my colleagues offered.
The next day Juli brought in her movie short,
"Man Meets Bull." Suddenly I felt like Charlie
Brown sitting next to Matt Groening and for
the next five minutes I was sucked into a visual trance fully realizing that in this moment I

was watching the work of an incredibly gifted
film-maker! Her movie's visual appeal was
absolutely stunning. Its overall content and
delivery: spot on! The layering of imagery,
and homoerotic undertones enmeshed with
rhythmic drone beats captivated me and drew
me into bull riding like I have never imagined.
This movie and her next, "Francesca." went
on to win awards at film festivals around the
globe for her innovative cinematography and
captivating storyline.
You have the opportunity to catch this
award-winning director and producer right
here at Evergreen! "Locked," Lasselle's first
feature film, will debut at Evergreen next
week. This is a special debut in honor of
Sexual Assault Awareness month and is cosponsored by student groups, The Coalition
Against Sexual Violence, Vox and The

Women's Resource Center. Lasselle will be
at the screening and will be available afterward for Q&A.
Juli C. Lasselle's austere imagery tells a
story without words, and there is no better time
to allow elongated, casting shadows to tell a
courageous story filled with secrets, shame
and hope. She brings a European sensibility
to her debut feature with stark cinematography
and subtlety. Packed with powerful performances by Jonathan Firth, Eugenia Yuan and
Seattle native, Brynn Horrocks, "Locked"
provides a catalyst for discussion as it gives
a voice to those who suffer from abuse and
brings Iight to others who have not.
"Locked" is the courageous, personal
journey of a young woman who is locked in
her history, her memories, and her silence
due to the abuse she suffered as a child.

"The Big Chill" meets "The Celebration," in
this evocative story of one woman's struggle
to tell the truth about her childhood and live
freely in the present. This 96-minute film is
done without gloom and doom and leaves the
door open for hope and understanding.
Juli will be a member of a panel along
with experts from the field on Sexual Assault
Awareness, where she will be discussing
her film at SafePlace during Arts Walk at 3
p.m. on Saturday, April 28. Her courageous
movie "Locked," will serve as the catalyst
for discussion. Lassale will be interviewed
on KAOS Wednesday, April25 and on April
26 from "Locked" will be presented at 6 p.m.
in Lecture Hall 1.

Shaz Austin Davison is an Evergreen
alumna (BA '96, MPA '99).

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April 19, 2007

kurt vonnegut

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BLESS
YOU,
MR.
VONNEGUT
By Jay Felton
I read an obituary for Kurt Vonnegut in
the San Francisco Chronicle today, and it
made me laugh. It recounted, among other
things, how in 1971, "'SlaughterhouseFive' was outlawed in Oakland County,
Mich., for its language and its ' degradation
of the person of Christ."' Mind you, though
I could say that the Late Mr. Vonnegut's
books have helped me hold onto the heart
of my humanity in these odd times, and
though I almost certainly owe my current
status of'living person' to having read certain of his books at certain key times, it is
not my opinion that matters. Ten years ago
I was in Albuquerque, NM hitchhiking out
to Tennessee to visit Short Mountain for the
fall. It had been a hell of a day, one of those
days where you walk all through downtown with a pack and can't find a place
to take a moment's rest, the food spots
are all empty, and it'll be a long time until
morning. I set myselftoward one of those
freeway spaghetti-wheels, with the sicklooking little shrubby areas no one really
cares about (some of the last holy and free
public places in the US along with the undersides of bridges).
Anyway, as I followed the little trashtrail toward the spot, I heard a guy laughing
in fitful spurts and stamping his feet,
seeming unconcerned if anyone heard him.
We were ~nder a freeway, so this didn't surprise me. I came out into the little clearing
and it was as if someone had installed stadium lighting- this little guy was sitting
there on a rock, with a book in his hand
whipping through pages, taking huge swills
from a liter of Potter's vodka, laughing
his ass off, and shining like a firefly that
had swallowed one of the Sydney Opera
House lights.
I noticed a small stream had begun to
form from what I assumed were his tears,
and was threatening to top the swale and
flow further into the countryside. I was a
little freaked out, but I was very tired, and
I thought nothing at this point could make
my life any weirder. Plus, I'm a bit of a
book-lover so I was curious to see what the
guy was enjoying so much. As I stepped
cautiously around the bush, he yelled,
"What the hell are you so shy about? Come
on over and have a drink kid."
"Okay," I said. "Un, hi."
"You want a drink of this?" he said,
waving the bottle around, droplets of blood
flying from his hand where he held the
bottle.
"Umm, sure." I said
Whatever came out of that bottle sure
didn't taste like Potter's vodka, but it kicked

my ass and left me gasping for air, and with
a sweet pain in my heart where the tastes
of honey sunlight and sex once met.
"That's damn good stuff," I said.
"Damn right," he said.
"What're you reading?"
"This?" he said, "I was just wandering
through and found this book here under the
freeway. I started reading it, and it's just so
good. I've been sitting here for three of our
days just reading it over and over, getting
more and more fucked up and laughing and
crying. I've read it 713 times so far. It's just
a perfect book- it touches my heart in that
place where I can feel everyone's heart a
little. That's like fuckin' gold to me, man .
I'm all about that. 'Slaughterhouse Five,'
by Kurt Vonnegut. What a book! How come
I haven't read this book?"
"Oh, yeah, I read that book in high
school, before I got kicked out. I think it
saved my life. It's been around forty-some
years now. Its pretty famous."
"Huh. Well, I've been kind of out of it.
There's so much ... well, you don't want to
know, kid."
"You want another drink?" he said.
"Sure," I said. That next drink set me
spinning, and I thought I wouldn't keep
standing, but he reached out a hand to
steady me. "Thanks, man," I said. "My
name's Jay."
"I know you," he said, "and you know
me, Jay Felton." He looked into my eyes
and sure enough I knew. He sure didn't
look like the pictures, any of them, but
it's just one of those things you know. It
seemed rather obvious, actually, all of it.
For a moment, anyway. That second drink
was a doozy.
As I lost consciousness, finding myself
sinking into a perfectly warm, dry and comfortable bedroll, He said, "Enjoy your life,
kid. Hey, I got some advice- if you get depressed, read some of that Vonnegut. That
guy's got a real good angle on things.
Things will get better, and you are
going to help. If it doesn't work out, so it
goes." He was laughing away and reading
as I passed out into a series of'dreams' that
I cannot speak directly.
This is why I laughed across history at the lawmakers in Oakland County,
Michigan.
This is why I can laugh amid some
tears that one of our great, rare, reluctant,
flawed saints is now dead as a doornail. Go
on, old man, free of illusion and possibly
non-existent in the usual sense. You're everywhere now, baby.

Jay Felton is a student enrolled in
Evergreen.

By Luis Garcia
On April II , 2007 Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
died in Manhattan New York at the age
of 84. Some part of me thought he never
would, so it goes. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. had
seven children, three of whom he adopted
after his beloved sister Alice died of cancer
just two days after her husband died in an
accident in 1958. He also had three children with his first wife Jane Marie Cox and
adopted one more child in 1982 with his
second wife Jill Krementz.
He studied biochemistry at Cornell
University and received his M.A. in anthropology in 1972 from the University of
Chicago only after Cat's Cradle was published and it was accepted as his dissertation in anthropology. He believed there
was no need to leave stories to the English
majors and encouraged his scientific extended family to express themselves in art
without yielding to any idea of literary or
artistic orthodoxy.
By far he is not the only Vonnegut or
Lieber (his mother's maiden name) in the
colorful history of his family to leave a
mark and a legacy on humanity. From the
first caffeinated beer, to German Nobility,
hardware kings, architects, they have a long
line of self-described free thinkers. His
children and wives have been no less extraordinary he and they can tell you about
it with, their books, art, photographs and
acting.
The subject of his family history and
that of himself and his immediate family
is one that Kurt Vonnegut Jr. shared with
his readers. He's shared with us where he
had come from, where he has been, what he

has seen. By becoming acquainted with the
novels, plays, doodles, paintings and short
stories of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. one is able to
experience something most rare: meeting
a man from start to finish, learning what
breaks his heart, gives him hope and eventually what to him redeems humanity and
makes life worth living.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. has became the honorary president of the American Humanist
Association in 1992 when his friend and
well known novelist Isaac Asimov, the
former president died . Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
spoke at Isaac's funeral then. He had this
to say:
"Being a humanist means that yo!..l try
to behave as decently, as honorably, as you
can without any expectation of rewards
or punishments in an afterlife. When we
had a memorial service for Isaac a few
years back, I spoke at it and said at one
point, 'Isaac is up in heaven now'. It was
the funniest thing I could think of to say
to an audience of humanists. Believe me,
it worked - I rolled them in the aisles. If I
should ever die, god forbid , I hope people
will say, 'Kurt is up in heaven now'. That's
my favorite joke."
So Kurt is up in heaven now, talking
it up with Saint Peter at the pearly gates
along with so very many of his favorite
fellow human beings. And he'd like you
to remember that "Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt." So it goes.

Luis Garcia is a jz.:"'ior in Writing
Beyond Language: Literature and the
Gods.

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April 19, 2007

I The Language Symposium

.. backwards it got yoU
by Jais Brohinsky
I seek to shake the foundation of captivity.
This page is an extension of a temporal imprisonment blanketing human consciousness. My understanding of life is shackled to a linear succession of
time. My perception of reality is necessarily limited
by the momentum of history. I am stuck in chronological time. I am trapped in this one-way linearity.
Humankind is caged in an assumption of time that
progresses always forward. Perhaps I aim to relay
a simple observation. I wonder if I strive to disorient, to prove a point, or both. Throughout all of
this I question my motives and/or intentions. The
reflection created will not exist without the original,
yet its character is something new and different.
Meanings morph with reordering and modification.
Writing backwards has a startling result.
No matter how one reverses, a linear progression
of ideas is inevitable as it is how we comprehend
writing. The inversion of sentences is my preferred
method of writing backwards because it avoids leaps
in sequence and, if done properly, still allows for
a linear reading. While the structural reversal of
paragraphs produces an interesting reading experience, the erratic movement is confusing and generally hard to follow. If the order of the paragraphs
is inverted so that the last paragraph becomes the
first and the first the last, a reader interacts with the
piece in a zigzagging timeline in which s/he begins
nearly at the original end, reads to that end, then
jumps back a bit farther, reads nearly to the end (the
start of the first paragraph), before jumping back
again and again until the beginning is reached. If
the words are reordered and presented as backwards,
then a reader is confronted with seeming nonsense,
and must reverse the piece back to its initial progression. If one reverses the letters of every word
in a piece, a reader will be forced to approach the
text as code, switching around the order until s/he
ultimately interacts with the forwardly linear original. To what extent does one reverse-paragraphs,
sentences, words, letters? Perhaps I should have introduced this question earlier.

Every sentence needs to be reliable and able to
convey meaning in and of itself without the support of preceding or subsequent points. Sentence
structure and flow is very important. Referential
terms like 'above' or 'below' need to be excluded,
and subjects must be continually clarified. Upon reversal, he has already been through an ordeal before
a reader even knows that he is John. Pronouns are
tricky, since one introduces a subject before supple-

This piece is like a reflection in a
mirror-it cannot exist without
the original. If backward exists,
then forward must so as well
and vice versa.
menting its name with she, he, or it. Subsequently,
individual sentences read with a choppiness that
will not consume the piece as a whole. 'Therefore',
'but', 'hence', 'in other words', and many other
transitional phrases or words must be avoided, as
they lose their sequential order when inverted and
will function only to confuse. One must avoid referential language.
While the death of a character followed by her/
his dying moments can be perplexing and may even
be desired, occurrences laden with perceived finality
must be tackled with extreme care. Events that consciousness deems final, e.g. death, will point to the
backwardness oftemporal progression. While language is an obvious obstacle, ideas are so as well.
Stories are very difficult to write backwards. The
result of essay reversals can be very interesting, especially when a conclusion is stated as fact and its
proof is then deconstructed back through to a hypothesis. It becomes repetitive to constantly reestablish proof, but without doing so a reader will be
lost. One must be careful not to build an argument
up to the point of incumbency. Essays are gener-

ally easier to switch than stories, though each has
its own disadvantages. The type of writing is very
important. There are a few guidelines that, when
adhered to, facilitate in producing an original piece
of writing that is adequate for reversal.
A resulting backwards piece should be imperceptibly exact in its Iinearity so much so that it reads
as if forwards. The original piece must be written
with a backwards intention in mind, so that changes
will not be needed. Any changes made to this piece
will result in a completely new work, whose linear
succession will be established not in reference to
the original, but only to itself, which will create a
new progression perceived to move forward. To
write backwards, one must first write forwards
and then reverse the written piece. Endeavoring
to write backwards seems easy at first, yet the pitfalls are numerous.
This piece is like a reflection in a mirror-it
cannot exist without the original. If backward exists, then forward must so as well and vice versa. If
a piece were written backward without first writing
it forward, the result would still be a linear progression from, say, point 8 to point A and would, for all
intents and purposes, be understood as written forward. The idea of backward is incumbent upon a
linear progression. For the beginning to become the
end, the two must be previously established as thus,
i.e. themselves. The beginning of a piece of writing
is wherever the writing physically starts. Backwards
and forwards are both referential to a static point
or place (in literature a beginning and ending) that
exists only within a self-contained world isolated
from constant universal change, which is to say that
they don't exist absolutely. Perhaps the notion of
backwards and forwards as necessarily relative is
not self-evident. I must first write this all forwards,
because one does not exist without the other. I am
going to write this article backwards.

Jais Brohinsky is a senior co-producing an
original student musical "Roosevelt Elementary, "
which will be performed May II and May I2 at the
Midnight Sun and May 15 at TESC 's Recital Hall.

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A Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center Puzzler

The Weekly Quantitative Reasoning Challenge
The Quantitative and Syrnbolic Reasoning Center (QuaSR) invites you to challenge your quanti,
tative reasoning skills by solving our puzzle of the week. Each week we will present a new puzzle for you
to solve. When you come up with an answer, bring it in to the QuaSR Center in Library 2304. If you are
one of the first three with the correct answer, we have a prize for you.

A little girl was hunting for monsters in the attic when she found a web full of spiders and
flies. She ran downstairs and told her little brother: "I found a web
One possible solution to last
with 16 spiders and flies on it!"
week's Challenge (note that any
"Gross!" said her brother. "How many were spiders and how many solution where all rows, columns
and diagonals add up to 65 is a
were flies?"
correct
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on the web."
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Cooper Point Journal

April 19, 2007

synergy

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Sustainable Living Confereh~e' 2007
Synergy:

The interaction oftwo or more agents or forces so
that their combined effect is greater than the sum oftheir individual
effects.(From Greek sunergia: cooperation and from sunergos: working
together.)

Why Synergy?

Webelievethatitisvitaltolookat
sustainability beyond any one specialized area ofinterest. Thars why
we've chosen to create a sustainability event that combines issues of
culture, design, ecology, agriculture and socialjustice (themes that have
conventionally been looked at in isolation). By recognizing the interconnectedness ofthese issues, we can work beyond our individual interests
to create a vision, and ultimately a model ofsustainability.

What is Synergy? TheSynergyconferenceisafree
three-day event that takes place at The Evergreen State College (TESC)
in the spring. It is paid for by TESC student activities fees and supported
by donations, as well as by many academic programs and community
organizations. It was created by a diverse coalition ofstudents in a collective effort to create a holistic learning experience and a model for a
sustainable world.

Radical Women for Change
By Margaret Philipsborn

//Itt,,, hy Nick Baker

health and the ability to provide for oneself.
Anna Marie Carter is a force to be reckoned
It is a rare, yet exceptional moment when with, a powerhouse of energy, and a light ilyou listen to someone give a presentation luminating the future by arming our future
that sends chills down your arms. Words that generation with knowledge and skills that we
shoot inspiration through your body, driving all need to survive.
Coming to Evergreen this Friday evening
your mind in a million directions with all of
the possibilities that exist for you to make for the Synergy Conference's Radical Women
change in the world. This is a voice of pas- for Change fundraiser event, Anna Marie
sion; this is Anna Marie Carter, "The Seed Carter is guaranteed to educate, uplift, inspire
and motivate. With an opening by another
Lady of Watts."
Upon seeing her speak at the Eco-Farm courageous, extraordinary woman, Patty
Conference in California last year, a former Martin, founder of the grassroots organizaEvergreen student said that at the very least tion, Safe Food and Fertilizer, has brought
attention to agrishe is "a very capcultural issues that
tivating and moving
Anna Marie Carter is a
affect every one
speaker with an inforce to be reckoned with,
of us . The subject
nate character that
of
Duff Wilson's
just makes you
a powerhouse of energy,
"Fateful Harvest,"
want to root fo r her.
and a light illuminating the
Martin was once
She will make you
the
mayor of
laugh , she might
future by arming our future
Quincy, WA and
make you cry, but
generation with knowledge
the subject of great
above all, she will
controversy reinspire you."
and
skills
that
we
all
need
to
garding toxic ferA University of
tilizer being used
survive.
California Master
on our fields and
Gardener, and
founding CEO of The Watts Garden Club, in our food supply.
The Radical Women for Change event
Anna Marie Carter practices direct action, organic, urban gardening in Watts, California. begins at 6:30, doors will open at 6 p.m. at
Watts is a district in South Central Los the Longhouse. Tickets can be purchased in
Angeles, stricken with crime, drugs, gangs, advance at the TESC bookstore or online at
and a socio-economic standing that would www.buyoly.com. All of this money goes
appear to most as a city destined for failure. towards keeping The Sustainable Living
Teaching classes on 'the value of the seed' in Conference a free, student-run, annual conthe Jordan Downs Housing Projects, Carter ference here at Evergreen.
Be prepared to be amazed! This event is
began her work where it was needed most and
continues to strengthen her community by guaranteed to leave you wanting more!
teaching through the medium of gardening.
For more information and complete
There is so much to be learned from
women like Anna Marie Carter, the sheer pas- bios on these two women, or any other presion that she has towards life and her work is senters at the Sustainable Living Conference
something that everyone can gain from being please go to our website at www.evergreen.
in the presence of. The importance of her edu/synergy.
work is extraordinary, as food security conMargaret Philips born is a senior enrolled
tinues to be a hot topic and increasingly important issue in the United States. Gardening in Nonprofit Development.
in Watts is about basic freedoms; it is about

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Cooper Point Journal

April 19, 2007

9

Friday, April20
Sandor Katz

Paul Horton

"Fermentation: An Introduction to
Working with our Microbial Allies"
10:00-Noon
Sem II B1107

"Joining the Human Race:
Developing a More Powerful
Campaign for Climate Solutions "
I 0:00-11 :30
Sem II BIIOS

"Salvaged Building
Material Panel"
I :00-2:30
Sem II DIIOS

Patty Martin
&Anna Marie
Carter
~~Radical

Women for
Change"

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Michael Beug

Doors Open at 6.
$S/students
$8/general
admissions
TESC Longhouse

Camp Quixote Forum:

"The Importance of Community
and a Social Consciousness in
Building a Sustainable Future:
Making the Technical Solutions Work"
1:00-2:30
Sem II AliOS

"Creative solutions to
homelessness in Olympia,' what
can you do?"
3:00-S:OO
Sem II AI lOS

Alexia Stevens
"Bird Language"
3:00-4:30
Sem II EIIOS

Saturday, April21
Shelly Vendiola

Richard Gammon

"Conscientious Allies:
Cross Cultural Organizing"
10:00-Noon
Longhouse

"Facing Climate Change: the
Transition to Sustainability"
10:00-11:30
Sem II AIIOS

"Sustainable Business
Forum"
I :00-3:00
Sem II AliOS

Sandor Katz
~~Food Activism:

Building
Sustainability into
Daily Sustenance"

Karen Sherwood

Chris Stafford

"Ancient Foods to New Traditions,
Acorn Preperation Then and Now"
1:00-4:00
Longhouse Meadow

"What is a 'sustainable ' or
'green 'building? "
3:30-S:OO
Lecture Hall #3

6:30-8:00

John Bellamy Foster

Lecture Hall # 1

"The Revenge ofNature"
3:30-S:OO
Lecture Hall #I

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Sunday, April22
Mary M. Kirchhoff & Terry
Collins, PhD, MSc

Diane Kurzyna
"Recycled Art in the Pacific Northwest"
10:00- Noon
Sem II CIIOS

Cecile Andrews
"Sustainability and the Slow Life "
10:00-Noon
Sem II C1107
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"The Challenge of Green Chemistry"
II :30-3:00
Lecture Hall #I

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Dr. Joseph Pizzorno
"Healthcare: What Works, What Doesn ~
and a Plan for a Sustainable Future"

The Sprockettes
Red Square
2:00

Amy Sills
"Gardening for the
First Time"
Organic Farm
1:00

3:00-4:30
Lecture Hall #I

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"Gardening for Women s
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Francesca Lyman
"Twelve Gates to the CarbonNeutral City"
6:30-8:00
Lecture Hall #I

Corrine Boyer

Anna Marie Carter

"Medicinal Herbs"
Organic Farm
2:30

"Portable
Organoponicos"
3:30
Organic Farm

"Cookingfrom the
Garden "
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Organic Farm

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Aeril 19, 2007

The argwnent for intolerance
By Casey Jaywork
Idealism, I think, is one of
the biggest problems present at
Evergreen. Indeed, a major part
of what I've learned this first
(and last) year here is to recognize the absurdity of some of my
more implausibly romantic ideas
by seeing them embodied in those around me .
Anyone who cares to improve our society- that
is, more efficiently restructure our public behavior
patterns towards whatever they consider to be goalworthy-would do well to start by disavowing impractical idealism; that is, that a belief may be demonstrably false but still valid on the basis of being "nice
to believe." Reality, by definition, doesn't pause for
the skeptical. While I would dearly like to believe in
my own ability to fly unaided, a Ia Superman, should
I actually adopt this belief I will find (or die while
finding) that the laws of gravity are no more flexible
than the other, less visible laws which dictate our universe, like economics or evolution. The only difference between my attempts at flight and, say, abstinence-only sex ed. or post-Soviet attempts at communism is that the latter two carry more wiggle room
for bullshitting oneself.
Despite these and the discouraging abundance of
other examples of unreason, it seems there must be
some collective sanity; the term "wishful thinking"
can only exist because we can all agree, on some level,
that a person will sometimes avoid or refuse seeing
what is right in front of their eyes. When this occurs
on a small scale- like a parent refusing to believe
their child has died, or a drug addict pretending to be
in control and healthy- we call it denial. When it occurs on a large but historical scale, as with the Church
resistance to the Copernican solar system or the ease
with which Austrians suddenly converted to Nazism
when Hitler invaded, we simply shake our heads and
wonder how people used to be so stupid.
But when denial occurs on a large, contemporary scale- like the hope that making drugs illegal
will somehow effectively halt their use- the intuitive understanding of diplomacy that every healthy
seven-year-old possesses allows us to arrest our critical reason as needed (Orwell coined this as " doublethink"). One might hypothesize that from an evolutionary standpoint, it makes more sense to acquiesce
to a collective fiction than be the social black sheep,
and the easiest way to do this is to be predisposed to
actually believe in "common sense." The wide belief
in the literal truth of the Bible, entirely absent (and

in conflict with) evidence, is an example of this; so
is the liberally fashionable admiration of fundamentalist pacifism, despite the existence(s) of Hitler, bin
Laden and Anna Nicole Smith.
While different cliques of society define their identities based on how they differ from one another (ex:
pro-life vs. pro-choice), it's rare to find a complete
absence of either rationality or dogma within any
given group. For instance, pro-lifers tend to ignore
things like the 67,000 women who die annually in unsafe abortions (usually because of abortion prohibition) and the self-sovereignty issues that arise when
you start legislating what a woman can do with her
body. Yet these same people have no problem recognizing that unsupported objects tend to fall to the
center of the Earth, or that urinating in an undesignated area (like a bank lobby) is a generally unwise
thing to do.
Pro-choicers, on the other hand, tend to portray a
woman's control over her body as fundamentally inalienable; this is problematic because it ignores the
necessary limitations on liberty entailed by living
in civil society (i.e. "My right to swing my fist ends
where your nose begins") While most pro-choicers

So the question facing us is, how
might society most efficiently
pursue truth, maximizing understanding while minimizing
error?
probably wouldn't be sympathetic to killing a newborn, they tend to brush over the fact that there's no
cognitive difference between a newborn and a fetus at
9 months, or the potential value of requiring a woman
considering an abortion to be informed of exactly
what it would entail. But again, you will still find a
marked lack of public urination or refutation of basic
physics among these people.
Both of these groups believe themselves to be
right and the other to be wrong, despite demonstratable flaws in each argument. While this example is
likely to frustrate readers since most are members of
one group (probably the latter, at Evergreen), please
don't miss the larger point: our beliefs about the world
are a constant tension between what is and what we
want to be, and the fastest route to the latter is abandoning critical analysis for faith.
The Pulitzer-winning psychologist/philosopher
Ernst Becker defined meaning as an abstract representation of the possible interactions between the Self

and whatever is being assigned meaning. It exists in
the human experience as a constant struggle to understand as much as possible (like whether that bus will
hit me if I stand in front of it, or what I ought to do
with the rest of my life) while minimizing the potential for error (i.e. faith) in that understanding. (Selfdescribed "people of faith," you will notice, are not
indiscriminate in that faith; they're still interested in
truth.) In other words, while varying degrees of criteria for valid knowledge exist, everyone (save the
mentally ill) strives to believe what is true rather than
what is "nice;" otherwise, we'd all be trying to fly.
So the question facing us is, how might society
most efficiently pursue truth, maximizing understanding while minimizing error? While there are
many approaches, faith is certainly not one of them.
Are there things beyond the understanding of science? Of course, and it would be unscientific to ignore this. Does this make it reasonable to believe in
an invisible, all-powerful man in the sky with a flying
zombie son? No-yet this is exactly what millions of
Americans literally believe.
A moment's critical analysis reveals that faith
(and uncritical, conversational acceptance of faith)
necessarily undermines the importance of reason and
evidence in discourse. It is this undermining which
allowed the Inquisition, the Crusades, the Holocaust
(which, while not explicitly religious, certainly
didn't suffer from an excess of reason) and innumerable other historical tragedies whose horror is only
equaled by their absurdity. More recently, puritanical ideas about sexuality kept homosexuality on the
list of mental diseases until a few decades ago. Even
today, consider how many millions upon millions of
human beings are killed by the irrational Christian opposition to safe sex education. Consider the endless
bloodletting that results from religious wars around
the world, every day.
What I am proposing is not a prohibition of faith,
but a conversational intolerance for it. If someone
tells you they don't believe in gravity or that human
life likely originated in Africa, you demand reasons
for these. Why is the realm of religion given a carte
blanche in this?
We are living in a world that is not safe to be
run by children; in the presence ofHIV and WMDs,
childish ideas about what is true and how we ought
to live must be recognized and abandoned as such.
The alternative, it is clear, is torture and extinction.

Casey Jaywork is a freshman enrolled in Life and
Consciousness. He can be reached at burch_9030@
yahoo. com.

The day they took the sky a~y
By Gar Russo
Those drummers out there
in Red Square beating their tomtoms are throwbacks to the ancients who sought magic, inspiration and revelation in the
natural world . The amazement
in the bright eyes of the mushroom hunters bending over and
looking close have less impact in tne modern world
than a whipped cream pie in the face of a technomogul. The prints from their waffie boots squashed
into the wet dirt in the forest 's secret places melt in
the rainfall. The shocking brilliance of the bird songs
disappear like raindrops into moss and have less
impact in the modern world than a cell phone's demanding attention with "All You Need is Love."
Time was when the sky was believable and
viewers could lie on their backs, stare in wonderment into the blackness, and feel a connection with
the universe in seeing the sparkles that were millions of light years old finally reaching their thirsty
eyes. The stars' tiny bytes of warmth could be imaged like the thoughts of the ancients who wondered
about the same specs in the darkness .
But alas, the day came and went when even the
very sky was deflowered and corrupted. It was a day
of realization and epiphany when the wonderment of
creation was replaced with wondering if the specs in
the sky were stars or satellites. It was a day of gloom
and disillusionment. Some day no one will have any
memory of a sky without technolights, and the day
they took the sky away will not be known because

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the sky never was . The sky could become a monument to greater technology and the wonderment of
humans as creators and controllers of all existence.
All those stars seemingly randomly placed could be
remade into some useful image like a happy face.
Maybe technobosses could position glowing satellites in the sky to read: 'Buy more hamburgers,' or
'Vote for O'bama.' Last year, r saw one that seemed
to be flashing red, white and blue.
Down here on earth, satellites seem to be vital
to existence. If ever a word reached thru time to
describe the modern world, it has to be 'Babylon'
(pronounced : 'Babble on'). Those frivolous and
annoying one-sided conversations bouncing off
the fake stars in the sky must be the height of arrogance. It used to be that people walking around
talking into the air were called schizophrenic, but

Maybe technobosses could position glowing satellites in the sky
to read: 'Buy more hamburgers:
or 'Vote for O'bama:
now it's hard to tell the schizophrenics from the
normal people.
I met 'Sally' on the bus and we commiserated
about cell phones. I was telling her how the evolution of cell phones was a difficult one for Darwinists
to explain. "They claim that they evolved from a
simple one-celled cell phone and that all the new
features resulted from natural selection in the marketplace," I told her. "But the cell phone has a sym-

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satellite evolve together with the cell phone separated by such vast distance?" We both agreed that
was a quandary for Darwinists.
She told me how irritating those cell phone
conversations were on the bus. "They don't talk
like normal people," she said. "Like they have to
yell to be understood. Sitting next to someone or
across the aisle, you can talk in a normal tone and
the event is an exchange and sounds normal to my
hunter/gatherer ears," she said, "but there is no response in those walkie-talkie conversations."
She told me about her cell phone jammer. She
bought it at spymode.com for $160, she said. "I
just love to shut down cell phones," she told me .
"It is great entertainment. I love it when they keep
talking like somebody is listening. I can tell I shut
them down because they don't respond to a voice
on the other end, they just keep talking. So funny."
We both laughed at that one.
Sally bought a signal booster for her jammer at
Target for ten bucks, she said. "I was distressed at
a restaurant one day when my jammer was on and
a cell phone rang anyway. It was very irritating. I
don't know if the signal booster boosts my jammer
signal, but it hasn't hurt any.
"Sometimes I' m mean," she said. " I shut down
the cell phones for the sake of shutting them down,
but mostly I only shut down the obnoxious ones.
Those satellites are the key to shutting down cell
phones,' she said, ' but meanwhile I act locally and
think globally."

Gar Russo is a senior at Evergreen.

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sports

April 19, 2007

Geoduck BasebaJl Terun focuses on improvements

Roger Champana

Gavin Dahl throws a pitch to catcher Dan Visser April1 during a Geoduck baseball game against Seattle University. Antonio Olguin looks on from
center field and the short stop Is Trevor Kinahan.

By Arland Hurd
With a record of 0-10 the Geoduck baseball team focuses on improvements and
trying to get into their groove for their
last games of the year. The team has acquired losses while playing Western, Seattle
University, Eastern and the University of
Oregon, but with nine strikeouts against
Eastern in one game and power hitters
like returning player Antiono Olguin, the
Geoducks are showing they can get a win.

This year the team has been building like . the Geoduck spirit alive. New players like
any good organization has to do. "We just Trevor Kinahan and Megan Edwards are
got done with our best series," Gavin Dahl creating a team that is feeling like a team.
said. Having players on the bases every in- "Hearing support from other team memning up till the seventh inning has been a bers has the power to carry the team's moblessing for the team, who are working on tivation," Dahl said. With the remaining
bringing around the clutch hitters to get runs games against Central Oregon, the team will
counted for those players that get on base.
have to rely on that support if they want to
There are only three players returning achieve their goal of beating last year's refrom last year, giving the team the expe- cord of one win.
rience and knowledge that they need, but
The Geoducks play over at Olympia
there are many new players that are keeping High School when they are scheduled for

home play. The last games of the year are
home games on April 28 and 29 against
Central Oregon Community College. "The
games are going to be exciting for the spectators." You have the opportunity to see
the Geoducks build team ethics and try for
their first win. Go online for information
about the team at Geoduckbaseball.wordpress.com.

Arland Hurd is a senior enrolled in Mind
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On Campus

Club
Meetings
Thursday, 19
Fashion Club
Mondays, noon
CAB 2"d floor

7 to 9 p.m. Speaker on
sexual assault and women
of color, Aishah Simmons.
Longhouse 1007, 1007A,
B, and C. Hosted by
WOCC, VOX, and CASV.

4 p.m. Medicine & printmaking workshops with
Benjamin Pixie. CAB 110.
Hosted by Carnival.

TESC Democrats
Mondays, 3:30p.m.
CAB 3rd floor
tescdemocrats@gmail.com

5 to 7 p.m. Multimedia Lab
workshop: Final Cut Pro Pt.
2. LIB 1404.

Prolegomena to a Future Poetics
evening literary reading series
Mondays, 7 p.m.
SEM II, A 1105

5 to 9 p.m. WashPIRG
meeting. LH 2.

Healing Arts Collective
Tuesdays 3:30 to 5 p.m. Info
Shoppe, 3rd floor Library

6 to 9 p.m. Environmental
justice and racism panel
discussion and lecture.
SEM II, B II 05. Hosted by
ERC.

Evergreen Spontaneity Club
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m.
SEM II, DII05
All experience levels welcome

7 to 9 p.m. "No! The
Rape Documentary." LH
1. Hosted by WOCC and

Narcotics Anonymous
Tuesdays, 8 p.m.,
LAB I, 1047 and SEM II, 3107A
Sundays, 6:30p.m. CAB lounge
SEED
Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
CAB 3rd floor pit

For Synergy conference
event, see pages 8 and 9.
Noon to 1:30 p.m. Push and
Pull: Free Trade and the
Immigration Debate discussion. SEM II, D 1105.

6 to 9:30 p.m. Radical
Women for Change:
Anna Marie Carter &
Patty Martin. Longhouse.
Students $5, general admission $8. Hosted by Synergy.

Student Video Garners Alliance
Tuesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
CAB TV lounge

Thursday, May 3

Chemistry Club
Wednesdays, 1 to 2 p.m.
LAB I, 1037

6 p.m. Vipassana
Meditation. Longhouse.
Hosted by Common
Bread.

Geoduck Union
Wednesdays, 1 to 3 p.m.
SEM II, B1105
geoduckunion@evergreen.edu

6 to 10 p.m. Financial literacy workshop in SEM
II, E3107. Hosted by
Umoja.

Saturday, May 5

Friday, 27
10 a.m. 20th Annual
Bubble Blow. Red Square.
Hosted by Campus
Children's Center.

Synergy
Wednesdays, 3:45p.m.
CAB 320

The Outdoor Adventure Club
Wednesdays, 4 p.m.
CRC rock climbing gym
Meditation workshop
Wednesday 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cedar Room, Longhouse
Open Mic Poetry Reading
Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

vox

Thursdays, 2:30 p.m .
CAB 320 solarium
lnfoshoppe and Zine Library
Thursdays, 4 p.m. LIB 3303
TESC Chess Club
Thursdays 4 to 6 p.m.
SEM II, Cll05
All skill levels welcome.
Evergreen Animal Rights
Network
Thursdays, 4:30 p.m.
CAB 3rd Floor
WashPIRG
Fridays, 4 p.m.
CAB 320, conference room

Monday,23

6 p.m. Mindscreen movie
night: "Rope." LH 1.

5 to 6 p.m. "Elements of
Alchemy" creative writing
workshop. LIB 2304
6:30 to 9 p.m. Gypsie
Nation: Freespirit dance.
SEM II, El107.

Tuesday,24
4 to 5 p.m. "Grammar
Rodeo" grammar skills
workshop. LIB 2304.

It's time for Olympia's longest running show, IMPROV-a-THON! Members oflmprov Robot, Olybased troupe, will perform for 26 hours NONSTOP! Begins Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m. and goes
until 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 at Midnight
Sun, downtown Olympia. Cost is $7 for a oneentrance ticket and $1 0 for a re-entry bracelet.
All-ages, prizes, and exciting blow-yer-mind
improvising.

10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Spring
Writer's Conference, a
day-long event of writing
workshops and discussions. Organic Farmhouse.
Hosted by Writer's
Guild.

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Remember to check out the 4th Annual TESC
Science Carnival on Friday, June 1 and Saturday,
June 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's free, fun,
hands on, and welcome to everyone. There will
be student demonstrators about all aspects of
science at all levels.

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Grab a friend and hit the town!

Thursday, 19

Saturday, 21

Monday,23

Tuesday, 24

11 a.m. Farmer's Market
stage
Dirk Ronneburg

6 to 10 p.m. The Red House
Eats Tapes, Lucky Dragons,
Powdered Wigs, Joey
Casio, Foque Mopus

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Activate
West Olympia: Mondays
for Peace vigil
Corner of Black Lake and
Cooper Point Blvd

7 to 10 p.m. "Where do we
go from here?'' community
discussion
Traditions Cafe

Friday, 20
Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesdays, 4 p.m.
LAB I, 1047
Fridays, noon and 7 p.m.
LAB I, 1047

3 p.m. Bicycle mechanics
workshop on wheel truing.
Bike Shop, basement of
CAB.

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Society for Trans Action
Resources
Wednesdays, 3 p.m.
SEM II, D31 07
Writer's Guild
Wednesdays, 3 to 4 p.m.
SEM II, C building lobby chairs

2 p.m. The Sprockettes,
the world's first mini bike
dance team perform. Red
Square. Hosted by Carnival.

Sunday, 22

Special Announcements

Thursday, 26

Students for a Democratic
Society
Wednesdays, 2 p.m.
SEM ll, E31 05

For Synergy conference
event, see pages 8 and 9.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Community garden at
Sunrise Park, Evergreen
Village on Division, 41 bus
route. Hosted by CCBLA
and GRuB.

Upcoming Events

4 p.m. Medicine & printmaking workshops with
Benjamin Pixie. CAB 110.
Hosted by Carnival.

Students In Action workshops
Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m.
SEM II, E2125

Wednesday, 25

For Synergy conference
event, see pages 8 and 9.

Friday, 20

2:30 p.m. Camp Quixote
forum on homelessness community. SEM II,
A1105.

vox.

Saturday, 21

8:30 p.m. Eagles Ballroom
Clinton Fearon and the
Boogie Brown Band

Sunday, 22

Wednesday, 25

10 p.m. Le Voyeur
Cicero, Blanco Bronco

7 p.m. Food Not Bombs
Yes Yes, 4th Ave

Send your calendar events to Calendar Coordinator
Lauren Takores at cpj@evergreen.edu.

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Cooper Point Journal

15

Aprill9, 2007

Hey comics creators I
The CPJ comics page will be hosting an
event inspired by 24-Hour-Comics-Day
(24hourcomics.com). The idea is that a
group of comics creators get togethor
and attempt to create 24-page comics in
twenty-four hours. This is very difficult,
but will also be lots of fun!
If you're interested, start think:i.ng about
your comic and watch this space for
details. Beginners are welcome.

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Coo cr Point journal

Illustration by

Arielle Wildau

Apri l 19, 2007

Anelle Wildau is a.fteshman current!J; traveling abroad in Egypt
and Turkey as part qf her program
Silk Roads.

Contribute your artwork
It's easy to contribute artwork to the Cooper
Point Journal. Email your work to cpj@evergreen.edu or drop by the office, CAB 316.
If you're sending in photographs please provide captions that describe what's happening
in the photo.
If there are people in the photo, please include
their names when possible.
If you're sending in a different form of visual
art, don't forget to indicate the title and please
include some information about the work.

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