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further discuss
the effectiveness and
legitimacy of the Olympia
Port Protests ~ PAGE 7
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I!Ji TREVOR KINAHAN
The Board of Trustees met Wednesday, November 27 to discuss a number
of issues. The meeting began with an
update on the sale of the President's
Olympia residence, which entailed a
frustrating discussion on the lack of
interest of the property. The directors
of Capital Projects - Mr. Hurley and
Mr. Smith - reduced the sale price
from $750,000 to $620,000.
The developers of the Campus
Master Plan presented to the Board
an updated version that includes
the feedback sessions that ZimmerGunsui-Frasca Architects facilitated
with faculty, staff, and the student
•body. The reactions to the presentation
were of appreciation and satisfaction
for the hard work and the scrupulous
details that the Campus Master Plan
contains. This draft is just supposed
to be a vision of what Evergreen may
look like in the year 2020 - with a
carbon-neutral footprint, a faculty
housing community, and several
building renovations. The final draft
will be proposed during the Board's
January meeting and is expected to be
approved at that time.
Evergreen Summer Sessions were
discussed next. The emphasis was on
the decrease of attendance and the
minimal profit being made, which
leads to the contemplation of deeming the summer sessions worthy of
continuation.
Representatives of the Master
in Teaching Program and the
Professional Certificate Program
presented their state evaluations
of the program and then proposed
a new master's degree in education. The MIT program evaluation
received high acclaim and met all
categories with satisfaction and six
with excellence, including experience working with diverse faculty
and retention, among others. The
Board was impressed by the MIT
program figures and subsequently
approved the development of the
Master in Education degree, which
will begin its heavy recruitment
next year.
The Board of Trustees discussed
the quarterly financial statement of
the college after lunch. The Board
requested another document for
further clarification that itemizes
see TRUSTEES, page 3
Running on vegetable oil and d
· FromAiasb to Afseutina, one Cadillac is on a mission
by AMBER CARVER
It was a Thursday. Outside, students went
about their business, few aware that an
unusual vehicle was parked in one of the
lots nearby. Upstairs in the CAB, the Cooper
Point Journal had convened for its weekly
post mortem. T e usua crowd of editors,
reporters, and photographers were there, but
this week they were joined by two unfamiliar
faces. As the meeting progressed, the strangers waited patiently for their chance to speak.
At a sigAal, they announced that they were
the owners of the unusual vehicle and that
they had an exciting project to tell us about.
The vehicle is a 1967 Cadillac converted
to run on straight vegetable oil. The project
is Cadillac Americas, a journey from Circle,
Alaska to the tip of Argentina via the PanAmerican Highway. The travelers were only
be in town for one day, and they wanted to
share their story with the CPJ.
Johnny Cadillac has spent three years on the
road and calls no place home. He has been to
the Middle East, Africa, and all over Europe.
At this point, he said, it's cheaper to keep
traveling than to settle down in one place.
He is now an Evergreen student, stringing
together independent learning contracts to
keep himself on the road.
Maria is from Berlin and has been traveling
most of her life. She says that, in Europe,
traveling is not unusual. She is now in
college, but she is taking a short break,
because, she explains, "Travel is the best
education that I've found for myself." She
met Johnny while traveling, and after some
long-distance courting, they decided to take
a trip together.
The idea for the Cadillac Americas project was conceived some time ago. Johnny
and Maria decided to make it a reality this
summer. Johnny tracked down an old Cadillac in Alaska, converted it to diesel and modified it for straight vegetable oil. Johnny said
he chose the Cadillac because he "wanted
the most ridiculous vehicle possible."
A few parts had to be ordered, and Johnny
and Mana killed time by traveling around
northern Alaska. Once the parts arrived and
the finishing touches were put on the car, they
hit the road and promptly encountered engine
problems. "I'm not that great an engineer,"
Johnny said. "Realistically, I'm an "anlateur
mechanic." But he got the car working, and
they finally headed south in July.
Johnny and Maria have proven that travel
doesn't have to cost much. Johnny explained
that there are three main costs associated
with travel: fuel, lodging, and food. Their
fuel has been free, because they use old oil
that restaurants are going to get rid of. "Their
garbage is our golden water," Johnny said.
Whenever they need fuel, they knock on the
back doors of restaurants. Most establishments have been very willing to help out and
support the project.
As for lodging, Johnny and Maria boast that
since the official start of their trip, they have
only spent $10. They pull this off by staying in people's homes. There is a network of
people who are willing to open their homes to
travelers, and they advertise through websites
see AMERICAS, page 3
Geoduck Union shifting focus to improving student involvement
by SETH VINCENT
As the quarter comes to an end, the Geoduck
Student Union is attempting to increase student
involvement with the Union in the winter. The
Union is attempting to move away from focusing on what they call "internal matters" and
are hoping- to start working on campus issues
that affect students. Two of the internal matters
that the Union has been working on are the
removal of inactive members and the filling of
those seats.
"Right now we're more concerned about
gender-neutral housing, indoor air quality,
access for all students - especially during
construction, safety for all students, financial
oversight and prison labor," says representative
Brittany Newhouse, citing some of the Union's
focuses. "So while the removal process is
important there are other things I feel I would
like to be working on."
The Union representatives, all of which are
new this year, are still getting acquainted with
their positions, but are attempting to address
issues that affect students. The Union doesn't
have much student support, says representative Sarnmi Webster, "and our organization is
so new."
"This is only our second year," said representative Jay Standish. Despite being new to
the positions, reps have been able to address
a few concerns that students have on campus.
Members have been working to make a strong
connection with the Tacoma campus, have
held Town Hall meetings to hear student
concerns, and have been working with Focus
the Nation - a teach-in scheduled for January, 31 2008 which will engage students and
faculty at educational institutions across the
country in a discussion about global warming.
They have been addressing Housing concerns,
working with other students, to request genderneutral housing. There have been other Union
successes, according to representative Charles
Loosen, but as addressed at their last meeting,
those successes aren't being presented effectively to the student body.
"I'd like to know how you'll get more student
voice in these meetings," asked Evergreen
student Andrew Jones at the Union's weekly
open meeting on November 28. Jones voiced
concerns about how it is difficult to attend
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such as couchsurfing.com and hospitalityclub.
org. The network of homes helps people
travel and forms connections among people
STATEltffl.l6£ who would not otherwise meet. Contrary to
what one might think, most of the homes are
friendly and welcoming. Johnny said that
only about one in 500 are bad, and he has
never felt truly threatened. He describes the
network as "eBay meets Myspace meets a
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couch."
Food has been the only big expense on the
trip, but Johnny and Maria say that many
AGREED
hosts cook for them. But they add that it's a
On 10/22, officers stopped a vehicle
good idea to share the cooking as a way to
failing to signal along the parkway.
repay the hosts for their generosity. The best
After making contact, the officers
way to save money is to buy food at grocery
noticed a six-pack and a multi-colored
stores and not eat out very often.
One of the most important ways to keep
bong on the floor of the passenger seat.
costs down, Johnny says, is to simply resist
After being cited for paraphernalia,
the temptation to spend a lot of money.
the person said, "Maybe this is a sign
Don't get into the "vacation" mentality
I should stop doing this stuff."
and spend every night wining and dining.
Moderation pays off in the long run and has
MESSED UP
not kept Johnny and Maria from having a
good time. They have met so many interestAround midnight on 10/21, a Cooper's
ing people that the contact information fills
Glen resident called police services to
several notebooks.
report three males vandalizing a vehicle
Even at this early stage in their trip, Johnny
with a baseball bat in F Lot. Officers
and Maria have encountered a few problems. Johnny is quick to emphasize that he
and Crimewatch responded, but were
does not advocate vegetable oil as a longunable to locate the suspects. The vehicle
term solution to the fuel crisis and does not
sustained damage over $2500 dollars.
suggest that vegetable oil-fueled vehicles
are practical for all students.
WEIRDEST THING
The bigger message that Johnny and Maria
have to share is that travel is possible for
EVER
students and that there is no need to wait.
On I 0/17, a woman called police
They assure that there's no reason to be
services to report an odd encounter. The
scared; just inform yourself so that you can
woman, who was waiting for a bus on the
handle anything that might come up. The
Parkway, observed a green vintage-like
internet is a powerful tool, because it can
help you find out about the place you're
van speeding past her, then stopping
going and locate a home to stay in.
abruptly. The driver jumped out of the
Language can sometimes be an issue.
vehicle, ran towards her with "hostile
body language," and then handed her a hot Maria speaks four languages. Johnny speaks
two and a half. But they say that it is rarely
pink Gerbera Daisy. The driver then got
necessary to know other languages, because
back into his van and drove off, without
almost everyone knows someone who
saying anything. The woman indicated
speaks a little English. Also, with guidethat she had never seen the person before.
books and a little creativity, there are ways
to express one's needs even if an Englishspeaker can't be found.
PDORMBAR
As for funds, Johnny said, "Money will
always come." You can find work just about
Officers responded to P Dorm for a noise
anywhere if you look hard enough. It also
complaint on 10/14. After being allowed
helps if you have a particular skill, such
entry into the dorm, the officer observed
as
carpentry or welding, because it will be
about 12 people, and various kinds of
easier to market yourself as a laborer. Prior
alcohol, such as Monarch, Bacardi, Bud
to a trip, consider making money by buying
Light, and the classic Arbor Mist.
and selling. Johnny accrued some of his
funds by buying old cars, fixing them up,
and reselling them. Be creative and willing
XXX-POSED
to work hard, and money should never be
Police Services received a call
an issue.
from a person who was a victim of
When asked where they would most like to
go in the world, Maria said "Mongolia," and
an indecent exposure incident at the
Johnny said "Southeast Asia." They said this
Evergreen beach. The suspect was
without a trace of doubt as to whether they
allegedly naked and masturbating. He
would someday go there. Both have traveled
is described as a white male, with a
extensively, and it's true that people become
short beard, in his 60's with red tinted
exponentially more comfortable with travel
sunglasses, for added creep-o effect.
as they gain experience doing so. Yet the
fact that two people in their mid-20s have
managed to go to as many places as they
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION. have indicates that travel is a possibility,
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meetings, and that asking students to come
to the Union open meeting felt abrasive. I
would really like a way for me, without actually being here, to know what's going on and
to get involved," said Jones. "How are you
letting people know what you're doing?"
A recent town hall meeting was canceled due
to a scheduling error. It was double-booked
with the regular Tuesday open mic in the
HCC. Upon realizing the error minutes before
it was to begin, representatives canceled the
meeting.
The website for the Union, www.evergreen.
edu/studentgovemment, is currently outdated,
due to representatives having problems with
the learning curve of the website's management system. Students can keep up with what
the Union is doing by subscribing to the list
serve. Go to www.evergreen.edu/lists and
elect to start recieving regular Union updates.
The Union also has a cubicle in CAB 320
with posted office hours.
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an independent/earning contract. He is also editorin-chiefofthe Cooper Point Journal.
TRU S TEES ,Jrom cover
the statement with a summary of it on
top.
An assessment report on the enrollment for
Fall 2007 followed. This year Evergreen
has an all-time high of entering freshman
and of the student body in general at 4,538
total students.
The results of the National Survery of
Student Engagement were presented next.
They indicated that while a serious lack of
involvement on the part of seniors and firstyear students was observed, seniors are as
prepared or better for any profession in any
job market. Details of the survey should be
updated on the college's website shortly.
The Board then approved the minutes
from the September and October meetings
and then approved the meeting schedule for
2008. The next meeting is January 9, 2008.
Both the meeting schedule and the updated
meeting minutes should also be on the
Evergreen website shortly.
Finally, the President's report consisted of
the faculty liaison presenting the details and
accomplishments of the Faculty Retreat at
the Little Creek Casino and Resort from
November 8-9 and then the Geoduck
Union's liaison presented the Union's
current iiltenial developments and also a
brief description of all the committees and
the goals that each have for the year.
The meeting adjourned at roughly 3:20
p.m.
Trevor Kinahan is a junior enrolled in
Business, Culture, and the State in the U.S.
and Latin America. He is also a Geoduck
Student Union representative and is the
Geoduck Student Union liaison to the
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Students converge on Capitol for change
by ELISA OTTER
Van Jones spoke to the crowd in their
support of our efforts.
November 2, 2007, 5,500 students
On Monday, November 5, 2,000
from across the country gathered outside students rallied on Capitol Hill
Washington D.C. at the University of and flooded the congressional halls
Maryland campus to create Power Shift. asking our senators and representaThis was the largest student organized tives to sign bills taking measures
convergence addressing issues that to address climate change.
are causing global
We lobbied under
climate change.
the 1Sky platform
All weekend studTHIS GREEN WAVE (www.l sky.org)
ents
and
youth
that has just been
flooded classrooms,
This
launched.
IS SWEEPING THE
where over 200
platform is asking
panels and workfor the developCOUNTRY AND IS
shops were held,
ment of green jobs,
informing and eduan 80% drop in
cating each other JOINING PEOPLE OF
carbon emissions
on the social and
by 2050 and no new
environmental
coal infrastructure.
ALL BACKROUNDS
injustice and how
This was the most
to take action. The
beautiful
, inspirTOGETHER.
titles ranged from
ing and hopeful
"Greening up Your
moment of my life.
Campus" to "Corporate Responsibil- We all look back at the 1960s as an
ity" to "Faith, Indigenous Knowledge exciting, revolutionary time of justice.
and Climate."
r felt that surge in ener'gy reemerging,
Organizations such as the Sierra bringing together the social justice and
Student Coalition, Energy Action environmental movements to move
Coalition, Greenpeace, and Rainfor- towards a sustainable future. We stand
est Action Network helped put on the right now at a pivotal point in human
event. In the evening speakers such history, and we as youth are the ones
as Ralph Nader, Nancy Pelosi and to lead this movement ... and we will.
This green wave is sweeping the country and is joining people of all backgrounds together.
At Evergreen, we are leading the way
towards sustainable living. We have the
opportunity to teach other campuses
about the things we are doing.
If you want to get more involved,
come to the ERC meetings at 3:00
as a place to start or any other active
student group. We are all fighting for
the same cause.
Elisa Otter is a student at The Evergreen State College.
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ELISA OTTER
STUDENTS GATHER IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR POWERSHIFT 2007.
Bio-Piastics come to Evergreen
by HALLI WINSTEAD
Evergreen continues to increase their
spending on sustainable products. Some
of those products are ready to use in
the Market and Sem II Cafe. The new
plates and beige colored spoons, forks,
and knives are made out of byproducts
and natural materials and are 100%
biodegradable.
StalkMarket plates are made from a
byproduct of the sugar refining process
called bagasse. Before making products
from bagasse it was routine to get rid of
it by burning. By making usable, 100%
compost-ready plates from bagasse we
are participating in the reduction of
waste and the harmful effects of burning
this byproduct.
Forks, knives and spoons are available in the Market that are comprised of
compressed potato starch. This product
is called SpudWare and is also 100%
compost-ready.
Also available in the Market and Sem
II cafe are Greenware cold cups and lids
that are made of a biopolymer derived
from corn starch with a process that was
developed by Nature Works.
NatureWorks LLC developed the methods used to make the plates, spoons,
forks, knives and Greenware Cold Cups.
NatureWorks is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill.
They are distributed from Portland, the
plates are made in Blair, Nebraska, the
plasticware is made in China and the
Greenware is manufactured in Michigan,
Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
All products require high heat to break
down, and it is not uncommon for a
medium to large pile to reach sufficient
temperatures to adequately break down
the products.
-The problem with composting these
items is the sheer volume; without a
moist, nitrogen-rich input to balance
the pile, it cannot heat up to break down
the products. Down at the farm, the
composting facility is unable to handle
such volumes of dry matter; lucky for
the students at Evergreen, the majority of
these compostable products will be taken
by Reed Farms.
Reed Farms is located in Olympia and
currently processes all the food scraps
from the student side of the Greenery
with an innovative, vertically stacked
composting system.
The Evergreen
Organic Farm takes and composts the
food scraps produced during the making
of the Greenery food.
The impacts of the integration of
compostable products into the Evergreen
food system will have an impact on
the waste generated here at Evergreen.
One would hope that these actions will
contribute to Evergreen reaching the goal
of becoming carbon neutral in 2020.
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Hill of Tara, in the spiritual and historical
center of Ireland's history and landscape.
There is over 5000 years of oral, mythological, and archaeological history here,
and this is where the High Kings and
Queens of Ireland ruled over the 4 ancient
provinces of Ireland: Ulster, Leinster,
Munster and Connacht, representing the
directions ofNorth, East, South, and West,
from the ancient fifth province of Meath,
the Center. And all over the landscape there
are sacred tombs and mounds that point to
the sunrises and sunsets of solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarterly Celtic feasts of
Imbolc, Beltain, Lughnasa, and Samhain,
and whose entrances point to each other: a
sacred grid upon the earth.
It is now Samhain, the Celtic New Year,
the time when the veil between the world
of the physical and the world of the spirits
is the thinnest. It is now that the spirits
of the ancestors may visit us and we may
commune with them. A costumed and lively
crowd has gathered around the creation of
a bonfire on the clear but breezy evening
of October 31. This night, this fire, and this
place are unlike any other.
For in ages past, all the fires in all the
homes across Ireland were let to go out
nearing this time of year, and on this
evening, a bonfire was lit on Tara that
could be seen for miles around. Beacon
bonfires spread from hilltop to hilltop, and
the people would relight their fires across
the country when they saw the sacred flame
spread from the hill of Tara. And with
seven beacon fires surrounding the hill of
Tara, we were bringing to life a ceremony
forgotten for 2500 years.
Around our circle, faces painted and
pained, fireworks, foreboding, and an
intense attitude of celebratory protectiveness can be seen around the circle. For Tara
and the surrounding valleys are in trouble.
A large motorway is being built through
thousands of years of archaeological and
sacred sites: the most destructive route of
the I 0 proposed. This road is illegal against
European Union law, as the area is recognized as a world heritage site.
Sadly though it never benefits a nation to
sacrifice her heritage, the Irish people and
infrastructure will not even benefit from
the road economically, as it will be a toll
road which will feed all of the profits to a
foreign company (whom Haliburton has
shares in incidentally) till2045.
To heap insult upon injury, there is no
independent archaeological examination
being undertaken. What few excavations
are being carried out are rushed and biased
towards the interests of the contractors who
are footing the bill. In some instances, only
a written "inventory" is made before sites
are bulldozed. And there are even stories
of newly found archaeological sites being
bulldozed at night so that their significance
is not found. In one story, an archaeologist was carefully examining the skeleton
of a woman with a gold torque around her
neck indicating was of high social status.
She was buried with a very large dog and
a horse, and this context suggests that she
was a priestess. When the archaeologist
returned the next day, the bones and the
site had disappeared.
Brave people are on the ground defending Tara, and the Irish government is less
prepared logistically to confront non-
LAURA DONOHUE
violent action than other nations. However,
after centuries of invasion, colonization,
famine, and war, Ireland is being caught
up in an economic boom alathe American
Clinton era. The larger cultural atmosphere
is one of resignation, apathy, powerlessness, busyness, and greed.
However, according to the only independent survey undertaken, most of the local
people of the area affected are against the
road. I have met people who have lived
for six generations or more near the hill
of Tara, whose courage and deep-rooted
foundation give me hope.
Nearly every artist who has visited the
Hill of Tara as of late has written a song
or poem about her plight: here is just one
excerpt.
"When the earth sheds its skin, the energy
within is unstoppable creative force I And
if you're driving a machine through the
Tara-Skryne your race has run its course I
We're singin 'up the land, not afraid to take
a stand to let Creation shine through I High
above that money-mad-mile under the Tara
sky so blue ... "(From "Tara's Eye: MoneyMad-Mile" by Flowers' Liamo)
I wandered the landscape, sitting under
her ornamented fairy hawthorn trees, and
among the winds of night, to the sacred
Rath Lugh (Fort ofLugh: the sun king and
god), and seen the post-holes of an enormous wood hedge that is perhaps upwards
of 5000 years old that is being excavated
hurriedly. 'fhe phallic Stone of Destiny
awaits the true king of Ireland to sit upon
it before an earth-shattering scream will
be heard in the four comers of Ireland. I
have sat at the sacred vigil fire that has
been living and tended continuously for 17
months.
I have always been against the injustice
and genocide that has been wrought against
the First Peoples of North America in my
mind and my heart, but now it hits home,
to my gut, my spirit, what it feels like to
have places that are sacred to my family's
lineage destroyed. It has become clear to
me that this is not jlf§t a conflict in the
physical realm of politician against pagan,
contractor and local, but in the spiritual as
well: a conflict that is being repeated the
world over as I write. I will return to my
home in Cascadia with a new sensitivity
to the sacred places all around me that are
also under threat.
Right now Tara needs us, and frankly,
we need Tara. I appeal to those who claim
Celtic ancestry, those who follow the
seasons, those who value the old ways:
visit Tara, with here sacred ring forts and
remains, the Stone of Destiny and the
Mound of the Hostages, and help those
on the ground. You can also help here, by
assisting monetarily to fund the activist,
archaeological, and legal needs of this
campaign, and by informing yourself and
by spreading the knowledge of this atrocity
through not just the local haunts of activists, but in the ears of the 40 million Americans who claim Irish blood: your parents,
your friends, your dentist. For if those of
us who are immigrants and whose presence
has been an invading force upon this land
lose our sacred places and the sacredness
of our places of pilgrimage, what hope is
their for peace ~Ptd a sense of place in the
land we now live and protection of her own
sacredness?
Laura Donohue is a senior enrolled in
Family: Inspiration. She is currently studying ethnoastronomy in Ireland.
by RAINBOE SIMS-JONES
What is GRAS? It's not a pithy reference
to drugs, nor is it the green stuff under
your feet that grows so profusely up in
the Pacific Northwest. GRAS is a student
group here on campus at Evergreen, and
the acronym stands for the Giant Robot
Appreciation Society. You may be imagining a group of zany robot enthusiasts dancing around a giant robot idol, but that's not
what they're about. GRAS is dedicated
to Japanese culture, and most specifically
Japanese animation, or anime.
GRAS has been a presence on campus for
ten years. Every Wednesday you can find
them in the CAB TV lounge, from 7 to 9
showing anime films, which is- of course
- always open to everyone. However,
GRAS, in association with the Evergreen
Gaming Guild and the Student Video
Garners Association, is most popularly
known for hosting the Chibi-Chibi Con
- a conference dedicated to the showing
of Japanese culture and language through
music, art, comics and animations. The
conference will be held this coming February and Evergreen students are encouraged
to contribute their Japanese inspired work.
Now in its eighth year, the Chibi-Chibi
Con is the longest running annual event
hosted by any student group at Evergreen.
"We really focus on not letting it die," says
Mondana Madjdi, a member of GRAS.
It has drawn crowds of up to 4500
people, making it a wonderful networking
event for like-minded individuals. Generally, other anime conventions charge $60
to $70 dollars, but Chibi-Chibi Con is
free to Evergreen students, faculty and
the community, though donations are
appreciated. Despite its popularity, the
Chibi-Chibi Con has always been a local
event; hence its title of "chibi," which
means "small" in Japanese. Considering
past attendance, describing the ChibiChibi con as "small" is quite contrary. An
event this size that draws so many people
needs lots ofhelp. So, if you are interested
in contributing your work or volunteering
to help with this amazing event, you need
to move fast! GRAS is planning now.
The best way to get involved is to come to
their Wednesday meetings in the CAB TV
lounge from 5 to 7; after each showing,
they have a pre-planning meeting. You can
also email them at gras.tesc@grnail.com.
Rainboe Sims-Jones is a sophomore
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The Casalini Brothers new album, Burn it
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experience. Evergreen student Joey Casalini put the final additions on the new album
this summer with the help of the rest of the
group, his brothers Nick, 22 and Mario, 15.
Remembering the experience, Joey said "It
was gratifying ... a bonding experience for .
us brothers. I am not the main guy, it's all
of us."
The tracks pulse with life. The melody
flows fast with electronic drums mingled
with bass recorded in the closet of their
house in Seattle. The album is dedicated to
the memory Matt "Bhive" Smith and the
last beat is for him as well.
Muriel Montgomery adds her beautiful
voice to the brothers' freestyle and beats in
tracks two and three.
"Way Back in the Day" is a song in reminiscence of the past. They rap about grade
school and times when they had to copy
of their neighbor in class. Montgomery's
chorus "Records still spin and cassettes
still play." The next song, "Tetris" uses a
beat from the Nintendo Game of the same
name.
that has been moving through the family for
years. Mario yearns for the chance to drive
the car and raps about that desire. The car
is currently in Joey's possession and can be
seen somewhere in F Lot.
They rap about Ninja Turtles, grade school,
THEY RAP ABOUT NINJA TURTLES, GRADE
SCHOOL, CRAPPY CARS AND TETRIS. THEY
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Joey was sitting playing Tetri& and decided
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for better or best I Gettin' drunk off the tap
water puttin' hairs on our chest."
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Sound," featured some of the brothers'
friends. Mario made the beat for it, and the
beat is infectious.
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The band is working on a new album that
will "be more focused on saying something
more meaningful." They need time together,
like they spent this summer, to work on the
new album. "What we really need is hella
money to upgrade our equipment, 'cause its
hella janky."
Joey's two other projects, Balls Out Booze
Band and Ganja Plane, can be seen at the
Gateway prom Saturday, December I.
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November 29, 2007
Quotas from march
on Novembar 17
AFTER
11
DAYS
OF
PROTEST AT
THE
PORT
OF
OLYMPIA, DEMONSTRATORS AND MEMBERS FROM
THE
TO
OUTSIDE
MARCH
COMMUNITY
TROUGH
PIA,
ENDING
ISTS
MADE
AT
THE
THE
SPEECHES
"I was pleased that protesters made
such a visible imprint this past week
in Olympia."
-Martin Hogan, Evergreen Junior
"I noticed that [The Olympian]
gave space to quotes saying that the
protesters are being war-like when
they're anti-war. The people who
are accused of being war-like do
not have guns, armor, and chemical
weapons, when the police do."
-Jason Marreon
"I just came today because I had
to."
-Hali Panneton
STREETS
PORT
ABOUT
"The community is coming together
against the war and in support of
those who have been victimized."
-Catilin
EsworthyEvergreen
Senior
CAME
TOGETHER
OF
WHERE
THE
PAST
OLYMACTIVWEEK.
"I'm rather proud of my friends that
participated and I wish everyone
was as gutsy."
-Tyler Ball, Junior
"This is just a spark and now we must
continue to fan the flames of lasting
change and freedom from oppression and continue the revolution."
-Shizuno Wynkoep, Junior
"There were 39 women arrested
during
non-violent
civil
disobedience."
-Carmella Fleming, Senior
"We didn't bring this war home, they
brought it to us."
-Speaker at Saturday's march
~compiled
Excessive Force
lry CASEY JAYWORK
"Those who see
their lives as spoiled
and wasted crave
equality and fraternity more than they
do freedom. If they
clamor for freedom,
it is but freedom to establish equality
and uniformity." -Eric Hoffer, The True
Believer
A glance through the November 15
edition of the CPJ reveals mostly sympathetic reviews of the recent Olympia port
protests. Joel Morley observes on the
front page that, "Some would say that it
becomes harder and harder to receive the
pepper spray, aerosol pellets and nightstick blows nonviolently." On page six,
Eran Rhodes quotes Master Yoda, talks
about the power of love a bit, and says,
"Police made the decision to use violence
against non-violent protesters." Even
yours truly writes on page seven, "Maybe
they will help stop the port, or even the
war in Iraq."
What we Greeners seem impervious
to recognizing is the other side of the
story: police and port workers yanked
around on overtime to accommodate
the mass of angry children blocking the
protesters (many of whom valued my
freedom of speech despite disagreeing
with me). A mob running wild through
downtown Oly, smashing and shouting
like a carousel flung off its axel. I was
shoved by batons, hauled by riot cops,
shot with rubber bullets to the thigh and
chest and chin, hosed down with pepper
spray - and I did not once see a police
officer act with excessive or inappropriate force. There's a point where you've
got to ask yourself, "What else could they
have done? Give up? Out of the goodness
of their hearts, just abandon the law and
allow us to control port transit?"
I don't mean to undermine the genuine
courage of peaceful protesters who sacrificed their safety and comfort to engage in
civil disobedience; I still argue that even
the nonviolent human blockades were
neither effective nor justified, but doing
the wrong thing for the right reasons is
still admirable.
No, it's the acceptance and, indeed,
applause that those who went still farther
have received that truly infuriates me. I
was there, listening to the virulent chants
of thugs masquerading as revolutionaries,
wearing the masks of hidden cowards like
Klansmen, dehumanizing others by group
status (in this case, cops) like neo-Nazis. I
watched as my peers cease to be individu-
lry]ASON SLOTKIN
ASK YOURSELF, "WHO WAS ACTUALLY HARMED
BY THE PROTEST? BY THE RIOTS? WHAT DID
On Cannabis and the
Grievance System
lry ROBERT GORDON
As a freshman, it has taken me some
time to really read
through the CPJ
and to fully come
to
terms
with
whose perspective
it represents. As
a new student at
Evergreen I had the presumption that
because TESC is such a "liberal" school
I would no longer have to combat editorial pieces targeting the recreational use
of marijuana.
I had this crazy idea that at Evergreen
the students would not buy into the
propaganda that floods tl'l-e mainstream
media. Unfortunately after the event in
which a handful of students were forced
to drop their course due to a breach in
contract resulting from their choice to
smoke a small amount of cannabis on
a field trip I was forced to come to the
realization that many students, including
ones that openly admit to have smoked
cannabis in the past, felt as though it is
justified to punish students academically for a non-violent crime. This is
unacceptable.
After reading the other editorial articles, I understand that when one signs
a written contract they are committing
themselves to the terms of that contract.
The issue I see here is the fact that at the
beginning of a course you are forced to
sign the contract and agree to a series of
rules without ever having an opportunity
to exempt a substance like marijuana
from the wording of the document.
Since the U.S. government defines
Cannabis sativa as a Schedule I
substance, the school does not give the
students the opportunity to make a decision about what type of punishment is
justified for a crime that students regularly commit. Instead students are forced
to go through the bureaucratic grievance
system and face losing not only credit
but also an opportunity to learn about a
subject that is of their interest.
The reality is that marijuana affects
people differently! For some people
smoking a joint before class is no different than drinking a cup of coffee and
to others it is incapacitating. It does
not mean that because you choose to
smoke cannabis before class that you
are not interested in the topic and even
more importantly it does not mean that
because you are high you cannot fully
participate academically in the course
of your choice. There are plenty of
lawyers, physicians, real estate agents,
journalists, artists and even teachers that
are able to smoke cannabis on a dai!.Y
basis and still fully participate in their
respective occupations.
No adult deserves to lose an opportunity to participate in an academic course
because of his or her choice to consume
marijuana even if that choice is right
before class. After all, the premise of
not allowing drug users to participate
in the academic setting is simply to
isolate those that cause problems in the
classroom and if cannabis users show up
for your class, participate and do their
homework then it makes no sense to
punish them for anything at all.
Robert Gordon is a freshman enrolled
in Colonialism and Decolonization.
EITHER ACCOMPLISH, FOR EITHER ANTIWAR PR OR DEMILITARIZING THE PORT?"
ASK YOURSELF, "WHAT ARE MY MORAL
RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER HUMAN BEINGS?
ARE COPS HUMAN BEINGS? IF NOT, WHY?
port. Hate speech against cops. Cement
poured across train tracks. Trash cans
and dumpsters (which someone has to
pay for) hurled in front of vehicles (being
driven at high speeds in a frantic attempt
to avoid protesters who seem hell-bent
on getting hurt). A mob running riotous
across downtown Oly. Smashed US Bank
windows. Shattered police car windows.
Olympian photographer Tony Overman
being cornered and threatened by protesters. The adults who brought their prepubescent children and an infant to the front
line of the human blockade. And - oh
yeah - a bunch of self-appointed representatives of "the people, united" acting
as though they are above the laws of the
people of Olympia. There's an obscene
irony in Students for a Democratic Society -a self-righteously aggressive minority - doing their damndest to undermine
local laws created by the democratic
process. (If they were a majority, or actually spoke for the people, they could just
get the city counsel to legally close the
port to military use.)
I was at the port Tuesday night, and
what I saw was soul wrenching: A line
of all-women sitting at the front of the
blockade, ostensibly to undermine sexist
assumptions about who may protest (and
I'm guessing the knowledge that the
police would use the kid-gloves on them
didn't hurt, either). Swaths of my peers
shrieking "Die, pig," (which is just as
much hate speech as "Die, faggot"). Both
compassion and hatred, maturity and
idiocy, from both protesters and counter-
als and instead become a mob, sacrificing
individual responsibility for group solidarity, using 'Everyone Else' as an excuse
to make Oly a personal playground (and
to hell with anyone harmed by it). I've
seen first-hand what we can - and have
-become, and it haS"to stop.
You want to be a revolutionary? Start by
thinking for yourself instead of imitating
Che Gueverra. Ask yourself, "Who was
actually harmed by the protest? By the
riots? What did either accomplish, for
either anti-war PR or demilitarizing the
port?" Ask yourself, "What are my moral
responsibilities to other human beings?
Are cops human beings? If not, why?
Do I have the ethical right to destroy or
commandeer the property of other individuals? Does US Bank have the right to
smash my front window? Why or why
not?"
Ask yourself, What would I say if someone asked me why I was there-not just
how I feel about the war, but how the
protest and riots would accomplish any
of my ideals? What if they asked about
my right to forcefully (or even violently)
impose my will on my community?
Would I just pull the Stalin argument,
that you have to break eggs to make an
omelet, end a war?
Ask yourself, Who am I, and what do
I believe? What are my responsibilities,
and what are my rights?
I wish more of us knew.
Casey Jaywork is a student at the Evergreen State College.
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Tell that to the 80% of children, born in these few decades.
two countries, that are classified unhealthy
There are currently I 03 active nuclear
On April 26, 1986,
by medical professionals. Tell that to the power plants operating in the U.S., and the
the fourth reactor at
• families of Eastern Europe, begging that their Nuclear Regulatory Committee, tasked with
siblings, their spouses, and their children be regulating the construction and operation
the Chernobyl nuclear
returned to them.Within five days, radiation of new nuclear facilities, is expecting an
power plant exploded in
the Ukraine, beginning
from Chernobyl was detected all over the unprecedented number of applications for
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Further, the nuclear industry was clever
U.K, Greece, Israel, Kuwait, Turkey, Japan, enough to sneak a cute little provision into
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India, and the United States.
an energy bill passed by the U.S. Senate this
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ON DECEMBER AND
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No one knows for sure
how many people died, although the InterSTUDENTS PRESENT "VOICES OF CHERnational Atomic Energy Association has put
forth insultingly conservative estimations
NOBYL," A SERIES OF MONOLOGUES ADAPTED
("57 people") geared towards duping us into
FROM INTERVIEWS WITH CHERNOBYL
thinking that nuclear energy is a safe option
for the future.
No one knows for sure how many people
SURVIVORS, COLLECTED BY SVETLANA
were contaminated, uprooted, or worse,
although the U.N. estimates seven million.
ALEXIEVICH, A BELARUSIAN JOURNALIST.
What is clear, however, is that the devastation ofChernobyl is incalculable.
We have yet to grasp the full extent of June, stating that the Department of Energy
Nuclear energy seems attractive when damages, and it's no wonder: in 1959 the will make taxpayers responsible for paying
you're seduced by the myth that atomic International Atomic Energy Association 100% of all loan guarantees required to build
energy is actually capable of saving us and the World Health Organization agreed new plants, and up to 80% of the cost for new
from global warming and foreign conflict, that the World Health Organization would reactor construction. This occurred after the
so attractive that it's been advertised as the not issue "warnings to exposed populations," six largest investment banks in the world told
and refrain "from researching health conse- the Department of Energy that nuclear power
penicillin of our century.
Tell that to the two or perhaps three million quences emanating from atomic, military, is not a stable investment of their money.
Belarusiao and Ukrainian orphans who and civilian use of the atom."
Nevertheless, loan guarantees backed by
suffer from debilitating birth defects as a
For this and other reasons, Chernobyl is not taxpayers' dollars will secure the financial
result of ionized radiation poisoning, some used as a substantial factor in detennining future of nuclear energy and will drain funds
with cerebral palsy, some without lymphatic the energy policies of developing nations, reserved for the development of innovative
systems, some with their brains growing and rising numbers of politicians are decid- energies, such as solar and wind. These offioutside their skulls in viscous sacks the size ing that nuclear energy will hold up the cials have ignored the human cost of nuclear
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power, and consequently, we are facing a
nuclear renaissance. Chemobyl might just
end up happening in our backyards if we're
not excessively and irritatingly loud. There is
no better time to hear the voices ofChernobyl
than now. On December 6 and 7, Evergreen
students present "Voices Of Chernobyl," a
series of monologues adapted from interviews with Chemobyl survivors, collected by
Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarus ian journalist.
This summer I traveled 7000 miles with
a group of Greeners to see Chernobyl for
myself, and these stories enabled me to grasp
what maps of radionuclide dispersion could
not. They are part of the intricate fabric of
human suffering, and the book has won
numerous awards for its incisive and terrifYing poignancy.
Ukrainians and Belarusians who suffered
from this disaster were left to fend for themselves, and we want to share their message
with the world and communicate that nuclear
power is not the answer.
We want people to understand that if they
would NEVER want any of these tragedies
to befall their family or friends, then they
should step up and demand publicly to their
community and their government that they
won't tolerate the development of nuclear
energy in our country, in our world.
Please join us for "Voices of Chernobyl,"
December 6 and 7, Thursday and Friday, at
8 p.m. in the COM Building Recital Hall.
NIRS, Nuclear lnfonnation and Resource
Service, will have a table in the lobby.
Sammi Webster is a junior enrolled in an
independant learning contract for Voices of
Chernobyl Monologues. Stephen Engel is an
Evergreen alumni.
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the newJpaper and student groujJ, Cooper Point Journal.
COMICS COORDINATOR: Recruits comics artists for the
comu·s section. LEDER & OPINIONS COORDINATOR:
Encourage fillow students to submit their opinions about
the issues that ajjr:ct them as Evergreen students. CALENDAR COORDINATOR: Compiles the
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November 29, 2007
Geoduckspe
by DAVID RAILEANU
Watch out, Greeners, the Geoducks are
on fire!
With the convincing win over the Lutes
of Pacific Lutheran last Tuesday night,
the men of Evergreen State are off to an
undefeated season. They open their early
home schedule with three straight wins
following the electrifying defeat of St.
Martin's University, an exhibition game
played before the regular season.
While the three teams that Evergreen
has defeated so far have been non-conference opponents, the Geoducks have not
been shy about showing what they are
capable of. So far, the men in green have
at home
won by an average of 19.7 points per
game, outrebounding and outstealing
their opponents and turning in conference
leading efforts in several categories.
Sophomore guard Nathan Menefee
(Lacey, WA) has led all scorers for the
first three games of the season and is
averaging 20.3 points per game. Playing
in his first year for Evergreen, Menefee
replaces last year's leading scorer, Adam
Moore, who put up the same kind of
numbers. Menefee has also stolen the ball
five times and has pulled down twelve
rebounds.
Sophomore center Julio Feliciano
(Tacoma, WA) turned in a double-double
Tuesday night, adding to his season
SPORTS
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totals of rebounds (26) and points scored
(31 ). Feliciano is also tied for second in
the conference for rebounds per game
(8.67).
"The best thing about this team," said
first-year coach John Drinkwine after
Tuesday night's victory, "is that they all
can score." The run-and-gun offense,
anchored by Menefee, junior guard
Michael Ward, and returning senior David
Howard, often causes opposing teams to
take "one bad shot," as Coach Drinkwine
describes it, and leaves many defenses
stumbling in the dust.
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The Evergreen State women's basketball team won their first game last
Tuesday night at Pacific University in
Forest Grove, OR. Senior forward Jennifer Solberg led all scorers with 17 points
as the Geoducks overcame a second-half
four point deficit. The ladies improve to
1-5 on the season and will face their next
opponent in a women's and men's home
doubleheader on Friday, November 30.
David Raileanu is a senior enrolled in
Molecule to Organism.
CROSS COUNTRY
Eric Jones, a member of the varsity
cross country team, was named as one of
the 2007 Daktronics-NAIA Cross Country Scholar-Athletes by the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Over 100 member schools were represented in the award announcements
including colleges and universities from
across the nation. Award recipients are
nominated by their respective institution's head coach and must qualify with
a GPA of 3.5 or better. Jones finished
second for Evergreen in the recent NAIA
Region I Cross Country Championships.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
A coach's job in college football is just
about as secure as a hole in the wall.
Duke UIJ.iversity, Indiana, Colorado
State, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M,
Arkansas, Southern Mississippi, Michigan, Houston, and Washington State
all were looking to fill vacancies in the
BELINDA MAN
DAVID HOWARD TAKES ANOTHER ONE OF HIS TEAM-LEADING 9 OF 15 FREE THROWS AGAINST ST. MARTIN'S.
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can be bewildering, they are likely to
create even more as coaches vacate
positions in order to fill posts elsewhere.
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November 29, 2007
This week's events
Thursday, Nov 29
7 p.m. Honoring Palestinian and Local
Native American Struggles, multipurpose room B, Olympia Community
Center, 222 Columbia St. multipurpose
room B.
Friday, Nov 30
5 p.m. leave Evergreen. Critical Mass
bike ride. 5:30 p.m. leave Harrison and
Division.
Saturday 1 cont.
performing at the Home School 805
Jefferson.
3 p.m. An Introduction to Self-Defense
(Armed and Unarmed), Prime Time
A-dorm.
2 p.m. Afro-Brazilian Arts Fest, SEM
2 BII07.
7 p.m. Riot Folk, Hail Seizures HCC
7 p.m. Derrick Jensen will be speaking
after a performance by The School of
Rock Show Bank, Longhouse.
7 p.m. School of Rock musical
performance. Longhouse. Hosted by
Musician's Club & EPIC.
7 p.m. The Evergreen Orissi Dance
Ensemble, joined by the Urvasi Dance
Company and faculty member, Ratna
Roy, along with Arijit Mahalanabis and
his Gandharva Music Ensemble for an
evening of Hindustani music and Orissi
Dance. COMM Experimental Theater.
Tickets at the Bookstore or call x6833.
Saturday, Dec 1
8 p.m. June Madrona, Gumar and his
Magical midi band, and Millenium T,
Sunday, Dec 2
United Communities Aids Network
(UCAN) Candlelight vigil, Olympia
Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
2pm
2 p.m. Afro-Bazilian Arts Fest Percussion & Movement Workshops. Longhouse. Hosted by Capoiera Angola.
Wednesday, Dec 5
6 p.m. Fertility Awareness Follow-Up,
CAB I08.
7:30 p.m. Self-evaluation workshop.
Prime Time, A Dorm. Presented by the
Writing Center.
Student Group Meetings
Flaming Eggplant
Mondays, 3 p.m.
CAB320
Chemistry Club
Wednesdays, 1 to 2 p.m.
LAB 11,2207
Evergreen Queer Alliance
Mondays, 3:30p.m.
CAB 315
The Phrontisterions
Wednesdays, I to 2 p.m.
SEM II, A21 05
Women of Color Coalition
Mondays, 4 to 5 p.m.
CAB206
Geoduck Union
Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m.
SEM II, EI105
Center for Radical
Education
Bi-weekly Mondays,
4:30 to 6 p.m.
SEM II, E31 07
Students Educating Students
About the Middle East
Wednesdays, I :30 p.m.
CAB320
Capoeria
Mondays, 5 to 9 p.m.
COMM209
Mind Screen
Mondays, 6p.m.
LH I
Percussion Vibe
Tuesdays, 6 to 9 p.m.
COMM209
Greeners 4 Christ
Tuesdays, 7 p.m.
SEM II, 2I07
Women's Resource Center
Wednesdays, I :30 p.m.
CAB 313
Musician's Club
Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m.
CAB320
Evergreen Hillel
Wednesday, 3 p.m.
Workspace I 5
Umoja
Wednesdays, 2 to 3 p.m.
CAB 3rd floor TV lounge
Amnesty International
Wednesdays, I2:30 p.m.
CAB320
Environmental
Resource Center
Wednesdays, 3 p.m.
CAB320
Appearing Task Force
on anti-oppression
Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
CAB320
Writers Guild
Wednesdays, 4 p.m.
LIB 2130, next to
Writing Center
Society for Trans
Action and Resource
Wednesdays, 4 to 5 p.m.
SEM II, D2107
Hip Hop Congress
Wednesdays, 4 to 5 p.m.
LIB 3303
Gaming Guild
Wednesdays, 5:30p.m.
CAB320
Giant Robot
Appreciation Society
Wednesdays, 5:30p.m.
CAB 3rd floor TV lounge
Generation Friends
lmprov Club
Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m.
SEM II, E1105
Sabot lnfosquat
Thursdays, 4 p.m.
LIB 3303
Slightly West
Thursday, 4 p.m.
Writing Center
Common Bread
Thursdays, 5 to 8 p.m.
Longhouse 1002
Circus Resurgence
Thursdays, 6 to 9 p.m.
LIB lobby
Capoeria
Saturdays, 12 to 2:30p.m.
COMM209
Friday, December 7
Campus Activities Building (CAB)
2nd and 3rd Floors
11:00 AM-4:00PM
Exquisi.te basketry
by m.aster artists,
unique bags and jewelry,
SaIish textil. es, photo graphy,
fabulous eadwork, casual wear,
prints, s unn1ng glas pieces,
pottery, shawls, paintings and more!
Saturday, December 8
Long house
12:00 PM-5:00PM
Kuteeyaa Dancers
will perform at 1:30 PM
For more information call 360 867·6413 or 867·6718
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