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TAR CAR
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FLAMING
EGGPLANT
We hear more
about what's going on at
the infamous cafe.
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THE BLOW
Find photos
and a recap
of the benefit
show featuring C.O.C.O. at
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ODDLY UNFUNNY
Find out for
yourself in the
comics by our new weekly
contributor, Jimi Sharp.
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Floods hit
Western
Washington
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by AMBER CARVER
Across the· country, the end of the
year is a time for family gatherings, shopping, and eating. In the
Pacific Northwest it is also a time
for dramatic weather. Some years
are characterized by snow, some by
wind, and some by rain. In 2007,
Washington saw a convergence
of all three, and the effects were
devastating. While the storms seem
like old news to some, many are still
cop ing with the aftermath and likely
have years of recovery ahead.
In late November, thick snow fell in
many parts of Western Washington.
This was quickly followed by heavy
rain, which melted the snow and led
to floods ten feet deep or more in
some areas. Homes were inundated,
possessions were washed away, and
residents were forced to take refuge
on roofs .
NIKI SABALU
THE FLOOD LINE OF THE
BOIST FORT VALLEY FARM
HOUSE IN CURTIS, WA
After the water receded, residents
were left to assess the damage. The
force of the water weakened or
destroyed walls and foundations,
and buildings were plastered in a
thick layer of silt. This, in combination with the loss or destruction
of furniture and other possessions,
rendered homes uninhabitable and
businesses incapacitated.
Chehalis and Centralia received the
brunt of the floods, largely because
around 70 percent of the city limits
are within floodplains. The cities
had experienced floods before, but
these were the worst so far.
Some blame this on overdevelopment, because Lewis County-
see FLOODS, page 4
MOTORISTS ON THE PARKWAY MAKE DO WITH DECREASED LIGHTING.
by JASON SLOTKIN
Students may have noticed a darker drive to
and from the campus, as recent copper wire
thefts have knocked out streetlights on the
Evergreen Parkway.
The thefts are believed to have taken place
over both the Thanksgiving and winter
breaks, the most recent one taking place over
the New Year's weekend. The only lights left
unaffected are the ones at the roundabout
and at Overhulse.
According to police services, eyewitnesses
claimed to have seen two suspects near a
parked green truck. On witness reported
seeing both a male and female, but with
maintenance workers regularly on the road,
it is hard to determine if these are in fact
the culprits. Other eyewitness reports have
already been dismissed as maintenance
workers.
As a result of these thefts, the Parkway
will have to be closed off beginning this
week. Workers will be removing the rest of
the damaged copper wire, and replacing it
for the next month. The streetlights run on
circuits that consist of several lights, which
is why the lights are out even though not all
the wire was stolen.
REPLACEMENT PLAN
The crews are working on the parkway one
section at a time, beginning with the road
that goes outbound to Interstate 10 I. The
crews anticipate spending one week working on each section. This division will create
smaller detours for students commuting to
school.
According to Mike Drennon of Utility
Services, the construction is estimated to
cost between $70-90,000, and the cost of
damage is still unknown, however, the wire
alone will cost $50,000 to replace.
The suspects are believed to have opened
panels at the base of the streetlights and used
insulator wire cutters to remove the wires. In
an email sent out by Ed Sorger, director of
Police Services, the suspects are believed to
be familiar with the handling of electricity.
Police also suspect the culprits worked
during the daytime, while the lights were
off to avoid electrocution. According to
Officer Pamela Garland of police services,
Lacey police have apprehended individuals
suspected of stealing copper wire, but they
have not been confirmed as the same culprits
behind the Parkway thefts.
Jason Slot kin is a junior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
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by SHIZUNOMARGOT WYNKOOP
On January 22 at noon the annual "March for Life," a "Pro-Life"
rally against reproductive freedom, will take place on the steps of
the state capitol. Usually 1500-2000 people bus in from all parts of
Washington to cheer on speakers consisting of women who regret
their reproductive choices and religious and political officials who
swear to put an end to abortions. There is always at least one "ProLife" democratic state official and the most recent stance for their
actions is that if one woman was hurt, then no woman should be hurt.
They work hard to overshadow people who feel positive about their
abortions, who had healthy children before or after their abortions
and who hold liberating perspectives about abortions.
see CELEBRATION, page 3
by BRITTANY NEWHOUSE
Every I 0 years, Colleges and Universities undertake the exciting
process of re-accreditation. Schools must be accredited institutions in
order to make the degrees they offer to you, the student, legitimate.
To maintain standards, colleges are reviewed over a variety of criterion, including curriculum and academic structure, faculty, government structure, finance, and the like. Writers of the report follow a
handbook of guidelines and questions to be answered. This academic
year Evergreen has been up for writing its' re-accreditation report.
The writers, together in a committee called the Key Point People,
have been working for the past six months to write the report that is
now available on a Wiki site ready for public viewing and comment.
see ACCREDITATION, page 3
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January I 7, 2008
CELEBRATION,Jrom cover
If this makes you want to show up with an
angry sign and a megaphone to tell the "prolifers" what you really think, you should also
know January 22 is the 35th anniversary of
the Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision. The reproductive freedom movement is
going to take a moment to celebrate the rights
we DO have and honor those who fought
hard to ensure them. Let's come together, eat
cake and share stories about how reproductive freedom has affected our lives. All are
invited to join the party Tuesday, January 22
around noon on the lawn at the foot of the
capitol steps. Not everyone is hurt by their
reproductive choices and there are different ways of living that embrace the natural
element of abortion that cannot be ignored.
January 22 is a day to celebrate and celebrate
we shall!
ShizunoMargot is co-organizer of TESCSC
and can be reached at tescsc@gmail.com.
ACCREDITATION,Jrom cover
One of the main tasks facing the committee was to represent Evergreen as clearly as
possible, including how our school is structured differently from other schools. It would
help the report greatly if students could read
the overall description of Evergreen and give
feedback as to how well the committee has
done in writing this piece. Other sections
for student feedback include academic and
curriculum structure, planning, Academic
Advising, Housing, Financial Aid and the
Library and other student services. These
sections make up a majority of the report
and the committee is hoping for a great deal
of response from students of different backgrounds to make sure that the student body is
equally represented. There are many ways in
which to respond. First off, the report can be
viewed at http://www2.evergreen.edu/wikis/
selfstudydraft. You can respond section by
section. The committee asks that you be as
specific as possible, with suggestions for
edits and changes. Secondly, there will be
two campus-wide meetings where some of
the writers of the report will be present to
answer any questions and take down feedback. The first will be held on January 28th
at noon, SEM II B 3105. The second will
be held on January 31st at 7pm in the HCC.
Lastly, the committee is holding focus groups
in February where PAID students will read
specific sections and provide more detailed
feedback to the writers. Look for the ad
running in today's paper for further instruction as to how to participate. Also check your
e-mail for more information.
Brittany Newhouse is a Geoduck Union
representative and a student at The Evergreen State College.
'llustees hear reports at
monthly meeting
by TREVOR KINAHAN
Don Bantz and Matt Smith started the
January 9 Board of Trustees meeting on
the Accreditation Self-Study Evergreen
is in the process of before the Northwest
Commission on Colleges and Universities
(NWCCU) comes in October. They will
evaluate Evergreen's academic achievements and the foundations that are in place
that foster such an academic curriculum
and spirit that matches the needs of our
world today. Evergreen is performing a
self-assessment, which asks faculty and
administrators to perform self-tests and
give synthetic descriptions of the present
and future advancements they are personally sustaining in educational practices.
They support a learning environment for
students to graduate with a degree that
competes with any other "big" name and
that prepares students to work at any level
in our ever-changing globalized society.
The self-assessments are due February 14,
from which time Mr. Bantz and Mr. Smith
will consolidate the results by April and
will subsequently print and report them to
the NWCCU by the July deadline. Then,
we all wait until October for the official
evaluation.
RENOVATION PROJECTS
Paul Smith, Facilities Director, reported
next on the current capital projects. Mr.
Smith told the Board of trustees that the
Daniel J. Evans modernization project is
on schedule and due to finish up- if all goes
well- in November 2008. The next two
projects, the Longhouse renovation and
the CAB renovation, are in the schematic
(planning) design process. Construction
is expected to begin September 2008 for
the Longhouse and February 2009 for the
CAB renovation.
Art Costantino, V.P. for Student Affairs,
and Sharon Goodman, Director of Residential and Dining Services, then gave
the Board of Trustees a self-assessment of
the improvements to the Freshman dorms
(i.e. the new elevators- including control
units-, new carpet, new hardwood floors,
new common area rooms: most spaces
used after kitchens were taken out last year
to maximize space and to reduce messes)
and the goals Art and Sharon have for
this year, one of which is to clear out the
maintenance and service vehicles from the
freshman form asphalted quad area which
will be transformed for student recreational
use and for a workshop for student-led
maintenance refurbishments.
After lunch Art Costantino comes back
to report on student retention. The most
important issue, pointed out by Laura
Coghlan, Director oflnstitutional Research
& Assessment (IRA), was stated in the
overview of the report and which was obvious in the retention figures of the past ten
years: "[Student] commitment to educational goals [at Evergreen] is increased
or decreased by the quality of their initial
academic and social experiences. As well,
in terms of retention programming, what is
good (and effective) for first-year students,
is ultimately and by extension, good for all
students, tied to the institutional mission."
All of IRA's figures can be found on
Evergreen's website.
FUNDING WOES
The update on the budget and legislative outlook came next. Governor Chris
Gregoire reduced her higher education
spending by 44 million this supplemental
session and, in effect, Evergreen did not
receive all the monies that were requested
through the Supplemental Budget Request
sent in last fall. Mental Health Personnel
and Enhance infrastructure for wireless
communication monies were ruled to be
"continuing costs," which implies that it
is not of immediate priority and will be
reviewed again in the next formal budget
session.
Furthermore, Faculty recruitment and
retention pool money was denied as well
as finances for an Emergency response
coordinator. What was awarded money
includes several categories of Campus
Safety & Emergency Preparedness and the
completion of the Evans building renovation. Feel free to look up any details on the
Evergreen Budget Office website or contact
particular personnel via Evergreen's online
directory.
Next, Don Bantz came back to formally
request the permission of the Board of
Trustees to extend Evergreen's tribal
reservation outreach to the Tulalip Tribes
areas. The motion was approved unanimously. The program plans on beginning
this Winter.
Afterwards, the Campus Master Plan was
formally proposed for the Board's approval
and, again, the vote was unanimous and
one of consent. The modified Campus
Master Plan can also be found online.
Once again, Art Costantino returned to
propose a motion to delegate to the president the authority to approve a contract
between the college and the Clover Park
School District.
The college is currently funding through
the contract (a six year one that expires this
year, thus the motion to approve another six
years) that includes "updating and expanding teaching resources, professional development activities for faculty and staff, field
trips, middle to high school transition, math
and science materials, partial support of
two career specialists, support for college
admission test preparation and fees, and
other material and activities" (taken from
the explanation section from the proposed
executive summary of the contract-renewal
request by the President's office).
STUDENT UPDATE
The meeting then turned to the President's
report where Ernestine Kimbro, Faculty
Representative, reported on the gettingback-on-our-feet moments this quarter
for the faculty. Next, Trevor Kinahan,
Geoduck Union representative, gave
a similar in-progress report with goals
for the next two quarters, including: a
comprehensive survey of the student body
life, a mediation of the 500 hazardous tree
controversy, a discussion on the banning of
smoking or the sale of cigarettes on campus,
a report on the special rights students have
in Housing and Dining~ and a proposal to
obtain a Geoduck Union budget account
independent from the S & A Board.
Trevor Kinahan is a Geoduck Student
Union representative and liaison to the
Board of Trustees. He is a junior enrolled
in Human Rights, Literature, and Theory.
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January I 7, 2008
Student group
spotlight:
SESAME
(Students Educating
Students about the
Middle East)
by RAINBOE SIMS-JONES
This year is the 60th anniversary of Alnakba, which means "the catastrophe" in
Arabic. Al-nakba meant the end of the
unified Palestine territories which created
the longest standing refugee crisis in the
world. nearly one million Palestinian
refugees were driven out of what is now
the state of Israel. This is represented
by the theme of this year's 5th annual
Middle-East Film Festival organized by
Evergreen's student group, SESAME:
Origins. Exile. Refuge.
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
SESAME wants to change the way
people at Evergreen and Olympia view
the Middle East: through the "orientalist
lens." This means not viewing the Middle
East as an exotic, objectified region with
a history of colonial exploit. People
are primarily informed of the Middle
East through skewed media and popular
books and movies steeped in colonial
history like Black Hawk Down and The
Kingdom.
"The.se movies make Arabs and people
of Middle-Eastern descent look barbarous
and savage," says Annamarie Murano,
co-coordinator of SESAME. "We have
the responsibility to challenge that."
All of the films for the festival have
political aspects and the selection was
influenced by what SESAME hopes will
better inform students and by what will
be well attended. Last years' film festival
was very well attended, and included the
film I Exist, which is the only film to be
repeated in this years line-up.
FLOODS,Jrom cover
where the cities are located-is one ofthe few
counties in which floodplain development
is still allowed. Thurston County banned
new development on floodplains 14 years
ago. After the flood of 1996---the previous
record for Chehalis-some locals fought for
tighter regulations on development in their
county, but talks stagnated in controversy.
The latest flood has rekindled the debate. It
remains to be seen if any changes will be
made to the development laws, but for the
time being home and business owners are
working hard to get back on their feet. They
face enormous obstacles, and many are seeking outside help.
The Boistfort Valley Farm, an organic farm
located west of Chehalis, was hit hard by the
flood. Water in the nearby river rose so fast
that the owners had to be evacuated. They
returned once the water had receded and
found that equipment had been scattered
and destroyed and that the buildings were
covered in thick silt. This was only one
of many farms that were devastated by the
flood.
Yet they are not without hope. Many local
organizations are pulling together to help the
EXTENSIVE SILT DEPOSITS LAY ON BOISTFORT VALLEY FARM.
farms pick up the pieces. The Olympia Food
Co-op and the Farmer's Market are accepting
donations for the farmers. The Farm Bank
Project- a Winlock-based organization that
promotes small farms- is also part of the
effort and encourages volunteers to visit
Lewis County and help where they can.
For more information on how to lend a
hand, visit the Farm Bank Project website at
Amber Carver is a junior enrolled in
Temperate Rainforests.
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by BRUCE WILKINSON
Global warming is the elephant in the room
that Americans for years have tried their best
to avoid noticing. Despite the great skill we
have at avoidance and distraction some problems just won't go away. The science predicts
a worldwide catastrophe of droughts, fires,
erratic weather, extreme temperatures and
strengthening storms. Most of us can recognize the chaotic weather patterns because
we've seen it in our own lives. Yet what do
we do about it?
The 1993 Isuzu Rodeo now covered in
stucco and painted black in the Evergreen
parking lot reminds students that climate
COMING TOGETHER
I Exist, sponsored by the Women of
Color Coaliton, is a film addressing
gay and lesbian Middle-Easterners and
their experiences. It will be shown on
the Day of Presence, a retreat organized
by First Peoples to build community and
honor diversity on campus. Other groups
involved with the film festival include
Mind Screen and Evergreen Hillel.
Besides the films, the festival will also
see SESAME, page 6
www.farmbankproject.com or call 360-7854927. You can also volunteer by visiting
the Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason, and
Thurston Counties at www.volunteer.ws and
clicking on "Volunteer Now!" or by calling
360-748-2500.
change is dead serious. The black car was
the product of three students creating global
warming activism art last spring. The owner
gave up his vehicle and pledged to never own
a car again until they are sustainable, if that
ever happens.
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Its interpretation has been mostly left to
the viewer. Is it against the war for oil? Is it
marking the death count of young people on
our nation's highways? Or does it describe
the end of an era, an era of over consumption,
status symbols and pseudo independence as
typified by the SUV? Whatever the viewer
decides that is what it means and more.
At the end of February the black car is
supposed to be towed away because of the
agreement with Evergreen's Campus Land
Use Committee. The Black Car Collective is
currently seeking an extension of the deadline
but they have to prove that the art is relevant
for students, staff and faculty. Please go
online and leave a comment on the website
in support of the artwork.
Websites:
http://autovid.blogspot.com/ OR
groups.myspace.com/blackcarproject/
Bruce Wilkinson is a CPJ contributor and
one of the artists behind the stuccoed SUV
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Dear Reader:
by GAVIN DAHL
The following are the first articles we have received so far about the 2008 presidential election. While we acknowledge the fact
that many news outlets, including television, radio, and other print publications, provide what may seem like gratuitous levels of
campaign scrutiny, we wanted to give the readers a chance to tell us what they think. If you would like to see more Evergreen
coverage of the candidates, the issues, and, at times, the vaguaries, please let us know by calling us at 360-867-62I3, sending us
an email at cpj@evergreen.edu, or coming by our office at CAB 316. If you think we're overstepping our bounds, we're open to
suggestions. Let us know. Sincerely, the Cooper Point Journal editorial staff.
Democratic Primary
Two of the early contests for deciding the Democratic Party's presidential
candidate show a tight race with Obama
taking Iowa and Clinton taking New
Hampshire.
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois won the
Iowa Caucus on January 3 with 38% of
the Democratic caucus goers' support.
John Edwards and Sen. Hillary Clinton
took second and third in the state caucus
with 30% and 29% respectively. It was a
big win for the Obama campaign, which
had been polling in a statistical dead
heat with Clinton building up to the
caucus night. Because of the neck-andneck polling, the large lead of Obama's
win was something of a surprise, as was
Clinton's third place finish right behind
Edwards.
Only five days later, on January 8,
Sen. Clinton of New York managed to
pull out a win in the New Hampshire
Primaries with 39% of the state's Democrats voting for her. Sen. Obama trailed
slightly with 37% and John Edwards
was a distant third with 17%. This
again was a big surprise due to weekend
polling that showed Obama with a tenpoint lead over Clinton among " likely
voters."
After the first two Democratic primary
contests, Obama barely leads the pledged
delegate count with 25 compared to
Clinton's 24 and Edward's 18. The next
state contest is Nevada on January 19.
-JUSTIN SHEPARD
Controversies in the
Primaries
Days after the Iowa caucus controversy
bubbled over in both the Democratic
and Republican campaigns, vying for
their party's nominations, Republican
Ron Paul pointed out that he was being
ignored by Fox News for the New
Hampshire primary Republican debate.
Fox had outlined three criteria for inclusion in the debates and one of them was
polling more than 5% in one of the last
four major New Hampshire surveys.
Paul polled 7% in a January 4 Zogby
poll, which had Fred Thompson at 3%.
Thompson was invited, having met other
criteria, though it hasn't been explained
why Paul wasn't. The New Hampshire
GOP withdrew its support for the debate
after the matter was brought to their
attention. The debate went on, without
Paul.
After New Hampshire primary votes
were counted, speculations started
buzzing around on the Internet about the
accuracy of the results. Various bloggers
and political watchers pointed out that
the results show a preference for Clinton in precincts where vote counting
machines were used and a preference for
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Obama in precincts where hand counting
was used. Some bloggers speculate that
there may be some unfair play going on.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich has requested that
there be a hand recount of the ballots to
ensure voter confidence. Many experts
point out that the machine ballot counters were used in more populated areas
and it may show Clinton garners more
support in cities than Obama.
-JUSTIN SHEPARD
RepubHcan Primary
A Justice Department audit released in
January revealed more than 500 bills to
pay for telecommunications surveillance in
five unidentified field offices of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation were not paid on
time, resulting in drops of wiretaps used
to eavesdrop on suspected criminals. In at
least one case, a wiretap used in a Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act investigation
was halted. FISA wiretaps apply to secretive
criminal and intelligence investigations, and
the audit found that late payments resulted in
carriers actually disconnecting phone lines,
resulting in lost evidence. The American
Civil Liberties Union pointed out in a statement that telephone companies were more
than willing to pull the plug on national security investigations when the government fell
behind on its bills, though when asked to spy
on Americans without warrants they obliged.
At the ACLU's national security policy
counsel, former FBI agent Michael German,
said, "To put it bluntly, it sounds as though
the telecoms believe it when the FBI says the
warrant is in the mail, but not when they say
the check is in the mail."
The Republican nomination process
seems to be much more of a frantic freefor-all without even a consistent top three
vote gainers after three contests.
Iowa Republicans gave a major win to
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of
Arkansas and a Christian minister, with
34% of their support. With big gaps in
caucus support, Mitt Romney had 25%
and Fred Thompson and John McCain
tied for third with a meager 13% each.
Romney had outspent Huckabee significantly in Iowa but is considered to have
lost due to the overwhelming support
Huckabee garnered among Evangelical
Christian voters.
Wyoming, though less publicized than
Iowa and New Hampshire. held its
Republican caucus on January 5. Mitt
Romney, the former Gov. of Massachusetts, took a staggering 67% of support.
Far behind were Fred Thompson, who
took 25%, and Duncan Hunter, who took
only 8%.
In the New Hampshire Primary, on
January 8, Sen. John McCain of Arizona
won with 37% of Republican votes, and
Romney trailed behind with 32%. Huckabee, despite his Iowa win, only captured
11%. McCain's win was seen by many
experts as one that revived a previously
struggling campaign. Since then, McCain
is seeing a surge in national polling
despite having been considered all but out
of the race by some only months ago.
The next Republican contest will be
held on January 19 in Nevada. Currently,
Romney leads the field, in terms of
pledged delegates, with 30. Huckabee
and McCain have 21 and 10 delegates,
respectively.
Federal Communications Commission
chairman Kevin Martin and the other
Republicans at the FCC voted December 18
to lift the long-standing ban on ownership
of both newspapers and radio or television
stations in the same city. Despite the testimonies and formal comments by thousands
of Americans at hearings around the country
and explicit opposition by FCC Democrats
Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps, the
Republican majority moved forward with a
plan to deregulate the print and broadcast
industry in the U.S. Cross-ownership is
perceived by media reform groups as a clear
threat to diverse ownership of outlets. Racial
and ethnic minorities make up 34 percent of
the US population, yet they own less than
eight percent offull-power radio stations and
less than four percent of television stations.
The problem is that numerous studies have
shown media consolidation leads to fewer
women and minority voices in boardrooms
and newsrooms. One argument used by
Republican FCC commissioners is that the
newspaper industry is in trouble, however
the newspaper industry does not even fall
under their jurisdiction.
As outlined in the Telecommunications Act
of 1996, the FCC is tasked with regulating
the public airwaves in the public interest.
More than 200,000 Americans have signed
an open letter to Congress, asking elected
officials to throw out the media ownership
rules approved by the appointed Republicans at the FCC.
-JUSTIN SHEPARD
-GAVIN DAHL
FCC decision threatens women and
people of color
Mind Screen is the Evergreen student
group dedicated to showing movies and
providing students with cinema education
and entertainment. As a new coordinator
during fall quarter, I ran into problems
with everything from budget to scheduling
to outreach to sound quality. The learning
experience paid off, and Mind Screen is
back in 2008 with a great lineup of movies
and a new relationship with the one-andonly Capitol Theater.
Our season kicks off Wednesday, January
23 at 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall I with Children ofMen, starring Clive Owen. If for no
other reason, see this movie for the Academy Award-nominated cinematography by
Emmanuel Lubezki. He was director of
photography for Sleepy Hollow, The New
World, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Ali and other
visual masterpieces. Children of Men is
currently the most requested movie in the
Mind Screen movie survey.
For the following two weeks, Mind Screen
is a proud co-sponsor of the SESAME film
festival. January 30 at 7 p.m. in Lecture
Hall 1, witness the brilliant film Battle of
Algiers, about resistance to French colonialism in Algiers. Mixed in with the Blue
Scholars hip-hop show on January 3I and
many other great films, Mind Screen is also
presenting Paradise Now on February 6 at
7 p.m. in Lecture Hall I. This film is rare
for Hollywood in that Palestinian characters are allowed identifiable personalities,
despite the storyline involving suicide
bombing.
If you are a student and concerned about
violence and profanity in thefirstthree Mind
Screen events of2008, look no further than
Valentine's Day for a reprieve. Though Sid
& Nancy, a fictionalized account of Sid
Vicious from the Sex Pistols falling in love
with an American groupie, features far less
violence, it admittedly contains close to
as many uses of the explicit word for sex
as Children of Men. Watch out for more
information about the Valentine's Day
movie, as it will take place in an unusual
location, and admission will be limited.
(Don't worry, the movie will end before
the Dead Prez show starts.)
MIND SCREEN SHOWS IN LH 1
Mind Screen and the Capitol Theater are
teaming up to bring Blade Runner: The
Final Cut to Olympia on Saturday, February 23 at 9 p.m. This show will be free for
Evergreen students with ID. Also, look out
for the Shot to the Face film competition, a
new endeavor Mind Screen is supporting.
The 72-hour competition is your chance
to have new work screened at the Capitol
Theater on March 8.
Gavin Dahl is a senior enrolled in Music
Technology and a contract called Coordinating Radio Volunteers at KAOS radio.
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include speakers and a musical performance by Blue Scholars. "We chose
them because Saba [one of the members]
is Iranian-American and they focus
on the messages of anti-war and antioppression," says Murano. most of the
films have speakers afterwards, including Joshua Assen who filmed I Love Hip
Hop In Morocco.
All in all, this years film festival is better
It's that time of the
year again: Flu season
"WE CHOSE THEM
by NATAN AUTOLIN
Influenza, commonly known as the
flu, is a seasonal contagious respiratory
infection caused by a virus. Most people
get sick 24 to 48 hours after exposure to
the virus. There are three main types of
influenza: A, B, and C. They have the
ability to mutate into different forms.
Every winter outbreaks of different
forms occur with varying degrees of
severity.
Common signs and symptoms include
chills and moderate high fever, muscle
aches, dry cough, sore throat, hoarseness, runny nose, headache and fatigue.
The virus is spread by personal contact
or indirect contact like sharing contaminated things like cups.
People who are stressed, have excessive
fatigue, poor nutrition, recent illness that
has lowered their resistance or chronic
illness, pregnancy (3'd trimester),
students, people who are in semi-closed
environments, and people who are in
crowded places during an epidemic have
an increased risk of getting sick.
There are a few measures to prevent
your risks of exposure to the virus. The
single best way to prevent getting the flu
IF COMPLICATIONS
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is to get a flu vaccine every year. Avoid
all the risks that I have mentioned above,
go get the flu shot, and avoid unneces-
than ever. With over ten films covering a vast number of issues, conflicts
and cultures we can't help but to get
educated. It's necessary. Murano says,
"We can't avoid the fact that the US is
on the brink of war with Iran. We need
to take that into consideration. We can't
dehumanize [the Middle East] experience." Hopefully the film festival will
help create personal connections that
may help end the occupation.
Natan Antolin is a student in the Medical Assistant Program.
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The Flaming
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by DAN BOLDUC
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
FLAMING EGGPLANT COORDINATORS
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So, it's been awhile since the Eggplant gave a proper update to the student
body. We have been doing so much work within the group that we have neglected
to communicate our progress to the student body. Much of our focus this past
quarter has been on orientin[J many new students and working on three major
projects within the group. We've made a lot of progress and the project is
finally becoming tangible. A lot has changed since our kick-of!party in October
and its time we got back in touch. First, to bring everyone up to speed and
provide some context, let's review what has gone on with the project so far.
Meettk
Eggplont
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Name: Sofa McDan Bolduc
Involved since: Fall '05
Favorite Food: Peanut butter/
banana wantons
Superpower: Getting away with it
Name: T-Claw
Involved since: Before you
were born
Favorite Food: Grizzle-grazzle
Superpower: Quantum Fiddling
Name: Kate Long (Short)
Involved since: Fall '07
Favorite Food: Soup
Superpower: Can take notes
before you can even think
Name: Julianne Panagacos
Involved since: Fall '07
Favorite Food: Pumpkin
Pancakes
Superpower: Grin reaper
Name: Jessica Gonzalez
Involved since: Fall '07
Favorite Food: Sushi
Superpower: Mellowing the
Machine
Name: Jay Standish
Involved since: Spring '06
Favorite Food: Ginger, Nutritional
Yeast, Tempeh and Quinoa
Superpower: Trans-temporal DNA
Name: Kate Morgan ·
Involved since: Spring '07
Favorite Food: Crystal water .
Superpower: Channeling the
Health Department
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-------------------------------------History --------------------------------The Flaming Eggplant Cafe started with
the student group SOFA (Students Organizing for Food Autonomy), which formed
in Fall2003. SOFA was organized to advocate for a college operated food service
when Evergreen was in transition from Bon
Appetit, its former food service provider.
The college had not developed the infrastructure necessary to make the transition to
a self operated food service at that time, so
Aramark took over the food service in Fall
2004. Their contract extends to 2009 and
will likely be renewed through at least 2013.
SOFA continued to hold forums with the
college to discuss food service issues and
hosted a weekly potluck in Red Square.
It was clear that although the college
would not be going "self-op" in the near
future, there was a real demand at Evergreen for an alternative food service that
could meet the unique demands of the
Evergreen student body. In winter quarter
2006, SOFA presented the idea to start
a student-run cafe to the 'student body
and college administration. The plan
was integrated into the proposed CAB
redesign process underway at the time.
THERE WAS A
REAL DEMAND AT
EVERGREEN FOR
AN ALTERNATIVE
FOOD SERVICE THAT
COULD MEET THE
UNIQUE DEMANDS
OF THE EVERGREEN
STUDENT BODY.
WINTER2007
The Flaming Eggplant writes its budget
proposal to apply to the S&A Board for
funding of the operation. It contains operational and start up costs, costs of each menu
item, labor schedule, and other essential
information. The budget is presented to
the board in March with a record turnout
of about 75 students. There are almost
enough falafel sandwiches to go around.
SPRING2006
Seven students join a group contract to
SPRING2007
write a business plan and feasibility study
The S&A Board denies the Flaming
for the cafe. Evergreen's long-term food Eggplant budget request, citing depleted
service planning committee agrees that reserves from funding the recent million
the cafe should be pursued. Students vote dollar childcare center renovations. Undein the CAB redesign plan, which ensures terred, organizers of the Cafe request a fee
a space for the cafe in the redesigned CAB · proposal be added to a student vote process
building. Group members decide that an already underway through the Geoduck
interim plan should be pursued before Union. The proposal requests $2 per credit
the CAB redesign is completed that will from each student registered in fall quarallow the cafe to open as soon as possible. ter 2007. The vote passes with near 90%
approval and grants about $120,000 to the
cafe for start up and operational costs.
FALL2006
The Campus Land Use Committee
The Evergreen Space Committee approves
the use of CAB I 09 for use by the Flaming approves The Flaming Eggplant to operEggplant. Since there is no serving area
near this space CAB I 09 will serve as a
see HISTORY,.page 9
prep kitchen for a separate serving location.
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January 17, 2008
----------------------------- Potential Pitfalls
THIS IS A MODEL FOR THE POTENTIAL HOME OF THE FLAMING EGGPLANT
CAFE. IT WAS PRODUCED USING PROPOSALS AND SUGGESTIONS RECIEVED
BY THE STUDENT GROUP WORKING TO GET THE CAFE ESTABLISHED.
f rom HISTORY,
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ate a vending trailer out of Red Square.
The trailer will have a facade to make it
more aesthetically appealing and a mural
on the back (See drawing). The cafe will
operate fall, winter and spring quarter
and be stored during summer quarter.
FALL 2007
The Flaming Eggplant's application to
the Thurston County Health Department is
submitted. This document required detailed
information about the infrastructure of the
cafe such as the production plan, specifications and drawings of the trailer and the
equipment inside, and other information
vital to the planning of the operation.
Thurston County has reviewed and
approved our application pending certification ofthe
proposed trailer by Labor and Industries.
Evergreen and The Flaming Eggplant
sign a Memorandum of Understanding,
a contract that stipulates the conditions
under which the cafe may operate. This
contract represents official approval
from Evergreen fo .. the Cafe to operate.
Current Projects and Near Future
There are two main projects we will be
focusing on this quarter. The first is working with campus Facilities to renovate
CAB I 09 and preparing Red Square for
the trailer. The second is working with the
pyrchasing office to find a suitable vendor
to build our concession trailer. The RFP
(Request for Proposal) process allows
outside companies to bid on the construction of the trailer. The data contained in this
RFP has been submitted to the purchasing
department and a first draft of the proposal
should be ready soon.
Prepping CAB 109 and Red Square for
our use involves working with College
Facilities. Current equipment in CAB
109 must be moved out and new sinks
and plumbing systems installed, as well
as refrigerators, freezers, and storage
shelves. In Red Square, we will need to
run a new electrical line from the tunnel
hatch in the Learning Garden to the Cafe's
location in front of the Lecture Halls.
------------------ Why is it taking so long?---------- ----------HIGH HOPES
The Flaming Eggplant has been identified
by the students, faculty, staff, and administration of Evergreen as a workable solution
to a demonstrated need. All of these parties
want to see this happen and approve its
operation. The cafe addresses the unique
food service needs of the student body,
provides a greater range of options on
campus (which will be especially important
during the CAB redesign), and has potential
to integrate with Evergreen academics in
the future. We have hit a strong stride and
things are looking positive for the project.
However, we would like to take some time
to address why the project was not able to
meet its originally planned opening date.
ROOKIE MISTAKES
Within our group, it is important to bear
in mind that everyone involved with this
project is an Evergreen student and is not
getting paid to do this (or not getting paid
much- group coordinators do receive a
stipend, like most student group coordina-·
tors). Everyone in our group either has an
outside job or attends class full time.
A !so, none of us are "professionals"that is, we do not have business degrees,
nor have any of us started a food service
establishment before. As such, we are
learning as we go along. Additionally, in
fall quarter we experienced communication and group dynamic issues that caused
inefficiency within the group. There was a
large influx of people into our group that
was difficult to manage until we gained
experience working together. In response
to these problems, we've been working
with a faculty member to improve our
communication skills. The results have
been very positive. We're getting back on
track and are committed to seeing this proj-
ect through to completion, and making sure
there are new students lined up to continue
work as old members leave. Two of the
group's coordinators for winter quarter just
joined this fall and are sticking it through,
bringing a breath of fresh air to our work.
Although we all have high hopes for the
Cafe, there are some potential roadblocks.
For one, we are entirely reliant on student
employees and coordinators in the opening
stages of the cafe. This presents several
problems. Students can only work I 9 hours
a week, their schedule changes every quarter, and they leave after four years at most.
This presents major scheduling difficulties,
not to mention the possibility that coordinators could leave with no one qualified
to replace them. The group is designed to
have three coordinators so that even if two
should leave, there will be one to carry on
operations and recruit new people. Once
we become financially stable, we intend to
hire a full time manager that would work
under the student coordinators.
Our other major issue is that our prep
kitchen, CAB 109, will not be available
--- --- ---- --- ---- -Students' Concerns -- ----------------- -----We know many students are upset about
the delayed opening of the cafe, we are
too! Students believed that the cafe they
paid for in fall would be open that same
year, when they would be around to enjoy
it. Some have expressed the sentiment that
if the cafe wasn't ready to start spending
the money immediately, we should not
have asked for it at the time we did.
However, it would not have been possible
to prepare an RFP or apply to the health
department without financial backing.
SIGNS OF LIFE
That said, the college has shown its
commitment to working with the Flaming Eggplant and we have been assigned
three advisors that meet with us regularly.
This has greatly increased our efficiency
as both our group and the college gain
practice in working with this project.
Despite these setbacks, we accomplished
some very important steps last quarter and
all of us are feeling great about the current
group. Everyone is up to speed and work is
proceeding effectively. We expect to have
a trailer at the college campus by the end
of this quarter.
Those are steps that are taken by a project that is happening, not a project that is
potentially happening.
We will begin using the funds this quarter
when we receive a response to our RFP for
the trailer.
Although it is disappointing to see the
project delayed, we ask the student body to
trust that we are committed to seeing this
project through, and to understand that this
is just as long as it has to take for a project
like this to happen.
For a full update, The Flaming Eggplant will host an open question and
answer session Tuesday, January 22 in the Solarium room of Student Activities
at 5:00p.m. We invite anyone with questions, comments, or concerns to come
have their voice heard. We also plan on more regular updates this quarter.
You can always reach the group at theflamingeggplant@evergreen. edu, or call
us at 867-6092. You are also welcome to join us at our meetings Mondays at
4:00 in CAB 108.
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We'll get you·there!
Need some fun off campus?
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
With the college, it is important to bear in
mind that state institutions are not meant to
change easily. Every major student initiated
project encounters difficulties interacting
with an established bureaucratic structure.
There is not an office or dedicated staff to
create new departments of the college.
Traditionally, projects of this scope would
be identified by a college DTF (Disappearing Task Force) and paid staff members
would be assigned to work on it. Instead,
we as students are organizing ourselves
and asking administration and staff for
their help or approval as it is needed. This
creates communication problems between
Evergreen departments and adds unanticipated work to the already full plates of
Evergreen staff and administration as well
as students.
after spring quarter of2008 due to the CAB
redesign. We decided to stick with this
location because other than facilities labor
costs, all our investment in that space as
a prep area can be reinvested somewhere
else.
This was the only area approved for our
use by the Evergreen Space Committee
out of the three that we applied for. The
college is currently scrambling trying
to find spaces for all the departments on
campus that use the CAB building. If a
suitable space cannot be found, the college
will already be renting several portables
and it is possible that the Flaming Eggplant
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for us to use. With a little luck and pressure a suitable space will hopefully come
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Benefit Show
with 111e Blow
On FridayJanuary II, there was a
concert with a cause at The Washington Center for the Perfonning
Arts. The bands played to benefit
the cause for antirecruitment in schools.
The bands from left to right were,
Saints ofEveryday Failures, Gumar and His Magical Midi Band
complete with a musical robot.
C.O.C.O and the Blow.
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Spice up your granola, buddy
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by LARRY MILTON
Last summer, one of the great sensations
of our time, the Spice Girls, announced they
were reuniting for a world tour. Millions of
twenty-something women and gay men all
over the world were sent into immediate
twitterpation! The London show sold out
in a mere 38 seconds and the others sold
out within a week. Four Evergreen students
fell deep into the hysteria and flew to LA
during Eval week to pay homage to their
goddesses.
This mighty group was made up of
myself, Larry Milton, a die-hard fan of the
girls since fourth grade when I started to
discover that I just wasn't like all the other
boys. I have a Geri Halliwell (that's Ginger
Spice) tattoo and place her high on my list
of heroes (on MySpace), just above God.
The next in the group was Heier Thoms,
a transfer student from Vancouver, WA.
While in grade school Heier would make
false accusations of being sick in order to
stay home and watch the Spice Girls movie
Spice World over a!T(I over until she memorized the script. To this day, she knows
most if not all of it by heart.
Katie Waldeck, a favorite of the Evergreen gays, was also in attendance. As a
child, Katie was Posh Spice when she and
her friends played Spice Girls. Although
Katie might not fit the traditional meaning of Posh, she is the very definition of
Evergreen Posh. No one makes old lady
sweaters and blue glasses look as HA WT
as she does. Our last member, Andrea
McCuiston, has been keeping her love of
the girls a secret. As if we all didn't know
anyway. Andrea's hobbies include dressing provocatively and playing with boys'
hearts. She dressed as Baby Spice growing up and did so at the concert as well.
Although, walking home from the Stap les
Center at midnight dressed as Baby Spice
a few people confused her with Hooker
Spice.
We all flew in at different times throughout
the day on December 6, and Katie Waldeck
and I made friends with some wonderful
Latina lesbians at Subway while we passed
the time. When Andrea came in we found
out just how big LAX really is. After a half
hour of constant walking, we finally found
each other. We headed back to Subway
where the lesbians tried to tell us about
the bus system, but we didn't listen. When
KATIE WALDECK, HELER THOMS, LARRY MILTON AND
ANDREA MCCUUISTON OUTSIDE STAPLES CENTER
Heier got in, we all hopped in a Taxi and,
$100 later, we found ourselves home at my
friend Taylor's house. On our way home,
Katie and I found out that the bus would've
cost us $4 each. The moral of the story,
always listen to lesbians when they give
you advice about public transportation.
We had read online that Terri Hatcher
had been in attendance at the show on
the fifth. The desire to spot a celebrity
was just too much to resist, and it got us
to the Staple Center two hours before the
show was supposed to start. We found the
VIP entrance quickly and staked it out
for a while. A stretch hummer pulled up.
It contained none other then 12 drunken
teenagers, a.k.a. a huge ass disappointment.
However, we noticed there was a television
crew from E! wandering around the center.
After making a quick yet expensive trip to
the merchandise table I approached them
and asked, "Are you looking for some kind
of hardcore fan or something?" "Yeah,
what's your story?" they asked. "I have a
Geri Halliwell Tattoo," I explained. They
then gave me a release to sign.
Loni Love, from "Best Week Ever" and
the "I Love The" series on VH I, was asking
the questions. After the first question,
"Which Spice Girl would you let drown on
the Titanic?" I could tell it wasn't going to
be a very positive HURRAY FOR GIRL
POWER interview, so I pulled out my gay
bitchiness skills. I told Loni that goddesses
couldn't drown and did the finger wave.
I showed her my tattoo. She asked me if
I was a homosexual. I asked if she was a
black lady on television. Most of it didn't
make it to air. If you're curious, there is
a video of it on YouTube from the user
OzianBoy.
The show itself was spicetastic! They
opened with Spice Up Your Life sporting the most fabulous little gold outfits,
revamped a few songs, did a few 70's
covers, as well as the new single Headlines
(my favorite). All five got a chance to show
off some of their solo work. I don't want to
give much more away till the show is on
DVD. We all danced, cried, laughed, sang
along, and held hands . The whole experience was one of the best of my life and one
I won't soon stop talking about.
I hope you'll all take a lesson away from
this article. Remember to spice up your
life every once in a while. I see too many
students working so hard in school, at their
job, and saving the environment on top of
that and they simply don't have anytime
for fun. This is college, folks, don't burn
yourself out on the serious stuff just yet,
there's plenty of time for that when you're
old.
Larry Milton is a student at the Evergreen
State College.
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2. Velella Velella - Flight Cub e.p.
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5. Tender Forever- Wider
6. Indigenous Resistance
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7. Omid -Afterwords 3
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The Earliest Blues Guitarists
27. Kumanu - Earth Patriot
28. Steel Magnolia - Something
Blue
29. Brian Bender and the Little
Shop of Horas - Eyn Velt
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Parish utilizes lyrical splendor in solo album
l!Ji BRANDON CUSTY
"I LIKE SONGS WITH DETAILS
The album, Ghosts in the Garbage, is fi lied
with diverse acoustic sound, rhythm, and
THAT YOU DON'T QUITE UNDERlyrical rhyme. Freddy Parish is an EverSTAND, BUT YOU FEEL YOU DO."
green student. He finished the solo album
late last year, recording and engineering
through the memory of a fishing trip.
it himself. The music is mainly acoustic, concealing their own.
with some necessary accompaniment in a
I had a chance to talk to, Parish at The
"I like songs with details that you don't
few songs. John Courage played lead and Reef restaurant, one of his favorite places know exactly what the singer is talking
bass guitar, Jared Arave was on the violin to hang out. Mostly we talked about his about, but you feel that you do," Parish
and saw, and Leila Ann-Brusseau played lyrics. He wears the same hat that he wore said about the two songs. Both songs use
the cello. Michael Bean played drums for on the album cover and drinks a Coors subtlety in lyrics to communicate a feeling
one song. Parish played guitar, drums, Light. I stick to the Blue Moon. He leans to the listener. A feeling that by excludharmonica, concert bass drums, marim- forward when he talks about "The May ing specific details, it allows the listener
bas, Wurlitzer, power tools, and a real Apt" and "Pheasant Feathers," two of the • to connect the emotions evoked, to the
bullwhip. This diverse instrumental sound songs on the album. "The May Apt" is specific events in their own lives .
The recordings were done in his current
allows the contrasting emotional mood of about watching crappy television in a past
the lyrics to be felt. The soft instruments apartment in Portland . "Pheasant Feath- home . The high ceilings and wood floors
reveal the complexity of the lyrics while ers" is about the loss of his uncle shown allow for effective acoustics. The song
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Metawar" was on last year's Evergreen
CD project. The lyrics often repeat and
contradict each other. "God is good and
Satan's bad, and this is this and that
is that, but what is that!" These lyrics
Miracle Elixir," we get more of the catchy progress through the song that is a war
by ALEX MORLEY
musical songs. "The Contest" introduces of metaphors. "Night is night and day is
Sweeney Todd is the tale of a murderous Sasha Baron Cohen's voice as Pirelli, which day, but in between I'll make my way,
barber, trying to get revenge from a jealous is quite amazing- a lot better than I expected. in the soft glow." Parish uses pauses to
judge who cast Benjamin Barker (Swee~y As a matter of fact, Johnny Depp, Alan Rick- accentuate the rhythm . During one pause,
Todd) out ofLondon. Sweeney Todd is played man, and Helen Bonham Carter all sang very the whip-crack of a bullwhip is heard. The
by Johnny Depp. Helena Bonham Carter well. The story gets increasingly interesting whip is used to spur the rest of the instru(Fight Club), Alan Rickman (Harry Potter when Sweeney Todd starts committing his ments into motion.
The Album title "Ghosts in the Garbage,"
series), and Sasha Baron Cohen (Borat) all murders and Mrs. Lovett's (Carter) pies
start doing exceptionally well. "By the Sea" is a reference to the terrifying memories
join in on this dark musical comedy.
According to Tim Burton, the songs is Mrs. Lovett's dream about creating a life and experiences that people block away.
performed were all done by actors with little with Mr. Todd, which her imaginations of Ghosts that come out of the metaphorical
this idea are very quite comical. All of the dumpster in the back alley of your mind.
or no musical background.
From the opening credits, ambitious music songs are very well done-there is just one The subject matter of the lyrics and sounds
is played-loud piano and gothic depic- that I am not too fond of: "Not While I'm that are created is rather depressing. Parish
tions. It reminds you of an old type of Boris Around." This is a duet of Mrs. Lovett and has a simple way to fix the problem .
"I like to throw a joke in the midst of
Karloffhorror film. I knew we were in for a Tobias. It is ·very, very, repetitive and it is
treat. The blood from the beginning of the kind of silly. Example being a little love really depressing shit lest it get almost
opening credit sequence lets us all know song between an elder lady and a very young cheesy. That is how a moment goes funny
that Sweeney Todd was going to be a come- boy, it seems a little too cliche. I like in the and sad things all at once." He does this
dic dark musical. The blood was animated film how Mr. Burton makes his film dark and well in "The May Apt," a song about
throughout the film, the death of the victims creepy. He really made the film great with how depressing the news and the world
were indeed quite eccentric, which made the the excessive murderous scenes when Todd can be, a memory about watching crappy
movie more comical. The movie begins with slices the neck open from his victims. The
their opening musical sequence of"No Place "Final Scene" is intense. The concluding
like London," which tells us the history of action swirls together all at once. The ending
Benjamin Barker (Sweeney Todd). Like most was done so well. Mr. Burton completed
musicals, there is very little dialogue that is another masterpiece with his ending of
not vocalized. Secondly, "The Worst Pie of Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd: The Demon
London" which introduces Helena Bonham Barber of Fleet Street is a tragic tale of a
Carter's singing voice establishes the come- barber. It is very well worth seeing. It is fun,
dic side of the musical. "Green Finch and the music is exceptional, the songs'are great,
Linnet Bird" introduces a young newcomer: and the actors are all fantastic.
Jane Wisener's soprano voice. "Johanna"
Alex Morley is a freshman enrolled in
shows us Jaime Campbell Bower's great
Evolution
in America.
voice-also a newcomer. During "Pirelli's
The Sounds ofSweeney'Ibdd
TV. "Some story about some floozy she
was getting her boobs done with maggots
instead of silicone, she looked more perky
that way." The song isn't that simple.
More importantly, it is a love song about
possession and taking control of one's
own life.
Throughout the album, Parish creates
an unavoidable feeling in every song,
a feeling of the mind working hard to
understand the world around it. It is like
dumpster diving through the ghosts in the
garbage. Each song has a feeling that can
be shared and interpreted differently by
everyone who hears it.
If you would like to hear Freddy Parish
play with the Motel Roses for free , he will
be at Le Voyer at I 0 p.m., Friday, January
18. You must be 21 or older. There will
also be an all age show at the Artisan's
Cafe on February 2, 8 p.m.
See www.myspace.com/freddyparish to
listen to the music. You can also catch
him on KAOS 89.3 , where his album was
ranked 18th last week.
Brandon Custy is a solid sophomore
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January 17, 2008
Assistance through education:
Patriot Act goes abroad:
Responses Freethe13
to the Iraqi of Suchitoto
refugee crisis
by ASHLEY HARRISON
& MATT LESTER
Over four million
Iraqis have become
refugees since the Iraq
War began: 2.2 million
Iraqis are displaced
within Iraq and over 2
million are externally r"""~=~~~-,...,
displaced, primarily
in Jordan and Syria.
Meanwhile, Congress
has promised to allow
7,000 Iraqi refugees
into the United States,
in a bill designed to
grant entry to Iraqis who have assisted
our armed forces. · That promise has yet
to be fulfilled. Only 1,608 Iraqis were
admitted by the United States during its
fiscal year 2007.
Those are dismal figures compared with
the 2,645 Cuban refugees who have been
accepted into the United States this year.
cane Katrina, "[O]ur primary goal is to
assist the schools affected by Katrina
through supporting the academic work
of their students." As a student body and
as a college, we have the opportunity to
assist Iraq's academic community in a
similar fashion .
This year, SESAME is petitioning Evergreen to grant three tuition and housing
waivers for Iraqi students seeking to
continue their education in the United
States. We are asking the college to
provide the waivers for the duration of
students' undergraduate status.
Our request for three waivers comes
from our belief that students will be
better supported if they are less isolated
within the community.
The Iraqi Student Project, an organization helping to place students at college
campuses across the nation, will recommend Iraqi students who meet Evergreen's current admission requirements,
and help them prepare for the SAT and
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign
BY GRANTING THE WAIVERS, EVERGREEN
WILL DEMONSTRATE ITS COMMITMENTS TO
THE FIVE FOCI OF LEARNING, EMPHASIZING
THE ASPECT OF PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT.
Adding more shame to the U.S. response,
Sweden accepted 8,950 Iraqis in 2006.
Tobias Billstrom, Sweden's migration
minister, adds that the number of Iraqis
accepted into Sweden "is the equivalent
of the U.S. taking about 500,000 refugees" when population size is taken into
account.
The educational implications of this
crisis are vast. According to UNICEF,
"an estimated 760,000 children were out
of primary school in 2006, and 220,000
more displaced children had their educations interrupted in 2007."
Many young people from Iraq face
incredible challenges to continuing their
education. Universities are closed or
difficult to reach safely, and those living
outside of Iraq as refugees have little
access to educational services.
During previous refugee crises, the Evergreen State College has helped students
needing to continue their education. Two
students attended Evergreen in the '90s
as part of the Bosnian Student Project.
More recently, five students from New
Orleans attended Evergreen when their
colleges were unable to reopen due to
Hurricane Katrina's effects. In both situations, Evergreen offered tuition waivers
to the students.
This precedent reflects a deep commitment to education as well as recognition
of the benefits of student exchange. As
President Les Puree stated after Hurri-
Language) in time to apply and enroll for
fall2008.
By granting the waivers, Evergreen will
demonstrate its commitments to the five
foci of learning, emphasizing the aspect
of personal engagement. We hope to set
a national precedent that will bring more
students to the United States to obtain
their degrees.
These scholarships alone would help
only these three students, but setting a
national precedent for other colleges
could help many others.
If colleges throughout the United States
replicate this process, several hundred
Iraqi students, now refugees, could
continue their education.
Students can become involved by coming
to SESAME Iraqi Student Committee
meetings at 3:15 p.m. in CAB 320 every
Wednesday; by signing the petitions
which are available at the SESAME
office and which will be available during
the film festival, by bringing this project
to the attention of other community, and
on a broader level by demanding that
our Congressional representatives accept
more refugees into the United States.
Finally, students can assist through their
efforts to address the cause of the refugee
crisis, and resist the ongoing occupation
of Iraq.
Ashley Harrison and Matt Lester are
students at the Evergreen State College.
by CALEB HOLLATZ
Yesterday, January I 6, tnarked the anniversary of the 1992 Peace '
• ..,.
Accords, an agreement
of calm signed by rebel
leaders of the FMLN
and members of the
Salvadoran
government. After more than
a decade of civil war, these two opposing
forces seemed finally to be at a relative
peace.
We see now in the new year of 2008,
that although a vicious military battle may
have come to an end in 1992, an increasingly intense economic battle is on the rise.
Formany years, the ARENA government
has toyed with the idea of privatizing the
national water system. Not surprisingly,
similar programs aimed to readjust publicprivate sectors throughout Latin American
countries have proven to decrease access
to clean drinking water, predominantly in
poor and rural areas (one of the most wellknown and documented accounts: Bechtel
Corporation in Cochabamba, Bolivia).
Two years ago, the community of Santa
Eduviges, a small, exhausted suburb of
San Salvador, called a town assembly.
After more than a month without running
water and numerous complaints that "fell
through the cracks," they had decided to
take justice into their own hands. During
the assembly, attention and angered
emotions were focused upon the director
of operations, Roberto Saprissa; supposedly, he was receiving the $7 water bill
each month on-time, but did nothing to
enhance the waterworks. Less than a week
later, the neighborhood community stood
together, blocking the eastern entrance
into the capital city on the Gold Highway.
Although dispersed after only one day of
protest, their demands were heard: "Give
us clean water and put our system under
government control." Eventually, the water
system of Santa Eduviges, was taken over
by the federal government.
Although somewhat ofa rare demand, there
is no scarcity of marches from concerned
peoples taking the streets to oppose water
privatization. On July 2, of last year, the
Salvadoran government disseminated one
of the most blatant attacks on activists that
has been seen in years.
Early on a Monday morning northeast of
San Salvador, the president of El Salvador,
Antonio Saca was set to pay a visit to
the small town of Suchitoto. The intention of this appearance was to launch the
municipal water system and along with it,
a "Plan for the Decentralization of Public
Services," which is viewed by many as a
step towards privatization.
On that same morning of July, a crowd
of young and old gathered in the same
town upon the highlands of El Salvador.
The crowd was non-violent, but wanted
to express their disapproval of the trendy
water privatization now occurring in their
country. Numerous groups and surrounding rural communities including CRIPDES
(the Association of Rural Communities for
the Development of El Salvador) and the
Union of Water Workers (SETA), organized the manifestation. Police arrived on
the scene, tear gas and rubber bullets were
fired on people attending and activists
arrested.
The first four activists whom were arrested,
never even made it to the demonstration.
Instead, they were targeted and stopped
in route to Suchitoto. The prematurely
arrested were all members of CRIPDES.
In fact, the four consisted of the CRIPDES
president, vice-president, and a CRIPDES
photojournalist. When news of their arrests
reached the crowd gathered in the plaza,
the rally moved from the town's center to
the local police station. The people began
to call on the police for information on the
whereabouts of their comrades. The police,
surrounded, claimed the protesters to be a
threat and called on "UMO" riot police to
disperse the crowd. In the end, 14 persons
were arrested, "25 injured by rubber bullets,
18 suffering serious effects of tear gas, 2
hospitalized, and an undetermined number
beaten by police officers."
However, the repression didn't stop within
the confines of this town. In the neighboring community south of Suchitoto, many
more were arrested and intimidated in
Guillermo Ungo. Again, police used chemical agents and rubber bullets to depress the
attendance of Suchitoto protesters. People
were chased into the surrounding hills and
hunted through forests both on the ground
and in the air with helicopters for upward
to 4 hours. The pursuing forces of UMO
riot police and the Police Reaction Groups
(GRPs) were to have even threatened some
of the detainees with being pushed from the
helicopter while flying over a nearby lake.
People's homes were entered by police
forces without authorization or warrants.
A disturbing resemblance to Suchitoto
as many bystanders were also injured.
Classes were cancelled in response to lasting effects of tear gas.
Aside from the tortures these people have
already seen, 13 ofthe 14 arrested in Suchitoto are now facing charges of terrorism.
Although now released from prison, the
community leaders and activists are awaiting trial on February 13, 2008. Because
those among the arrested are being tried
under the relatively new Salvadoran "AntiTerrorism Law", they are not -entitled to a
normal provincial trial. They will instead
be tried in tribunals set up especially for
such cases dealing with terrorism. The
charges brought against the Suchitoto 13
are very serious to say the least. According to Article 5 of the Anti-terrorism law,
which was modeled after the U.S. Patriot
Act and established in September 2006,
the defendants could face up to 60 years in
prison. Article 5 is a clause dealing with the
intent to cause harm to high public officials
such as the president, therefore constituting terrorism.
There is a whole lot to this case that I will
not go into great depth here. The fact is
this: people are being arrested and charged
extensively to dissuade any opposition
to the current government. C.I.S.P.E.S.
(Committee In Solidarity with the People
of El Salvador) has declared its solidarity
with the political prisoners of El Salvador
and has vowed to work towards a just
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January 17, 2008
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PATRIOT,Jrom 13
conclusion for this case. We, as CISPES,
an· continuing to build relationships with
Congressional Representatives around
El Salvador and show that water privatization is part of the neoliberal structure
steL'ming from the U.S. government.
1:1,: tactics of the militaristic forces in
El Salvador are extremely reminiscent
and familiar to the former El Salvador
throughout the armed conflict in the
1°80's.
tepression through intimidation, invasion of homes and persecution by way of
helicopter bring some of the most painful
and disturbing memories of the 80's to
the forefront.
The growing divisions between the
FMLN and the ARENA parties and
actions followed through by the police
forces against peaceful dissenters, represents a major deterioration of the democratic process that was outlined within
the Peace Accords of 1992.
The Olympia chapter of CISPES will
show support and solidarity to the Suchitoto I 3 with a rally on Saturday, Jan. 19
- lp.m. at Percival landing. This is a
national week of actions being carried out
by CISPES chapters across the nation to
demonstrate the right to voice opposition
and live freely without neoliberalism! To
get involved with Oly ClSPES come to
our meeting this Thursday, January 17
-6:30pm on the 3'd floor of the CAB.
Caleb Hollatz is enrolled in evening and
weekend classes at The Evergreen State
College.
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by VICTOR SANDERS
Last spring I was one ~~
of the representatives
on the student government that unanimously
voted to place the I
Flaming Eggplant fee
'----"--'
on the ballot.
I wanted to clarifY to students about why
they paid $32 last quarter to this student
group. I also wanted to publicly clarifY
to the students and the Eggplant cafe that
a contract exists between each entity,
he yummy
to proceed with the next phase of their
project, which was to build a trailer on red
square to serve food from. These approvals
included the land-use committee approval,
Aramark approval, and other campus entities 'okays' .
Regretfully, we never asked for a clearer
timeline or proposal which outlined exactly
where the money would go, when it would
be used, etc.
The agreement was that the money would
be used to start up the red square operation (which can encompasses a very broad
spectrum of uses). Before the vote some
Bottom line is that when they approached
us, it was assumed that the Eggplant was
prepared to build, and that is why they
needed this money. This is obviously not
the case, and I feel deceived as a former rep
that voted to approve this fee. We all paid
into a fund that will sit dormant for several
more quarters-it may even be held until
the new CAB is built.
I support the Eggplant's endeavors, but
I don't agree that they should have over
$120,000 of the student's money to build
their trailer whenever they get around to
it. The Eggplant's notion that it is not their
BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WHEN THEY APPROACHED US, IT
WAS ASSUMED THAT THE EGGPLANT WAS PREPARED TO
BUILD, AND THAT IS WHY THEY NEEDED THIS MONEY. THIS
IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CASE, AND I FEEL DECEIVED AS
A FORMER REP THAT VOTED TO APPROVE THIS FEE.
regardless if T-claw believes so or not.
The contract began when students voted to
approve this fee.
When the Eggplant group approached the
GU, we were familiar with their group,
and excited about them moving forward.
They presented us with documents from
administrators showing they had the okay
students will recall the eggplant throwing
around the winter quarter as an opening
date, but there is no evidence to support that
claim in any minutes of the GU. I believe
this was the date given to students when
they went to the ballot, however. Had they
promised that date, a refund could be in
order.
fault and that they need help from students
is understandable, but they should have
asked for student help before they asked
for student money.
Victor Sanders is a student at the Evergreen State College and the coordinator of
Late Night Transit.
Start .canng a out
Why candidates should pay attention to the next generation
by JUSTIN SHEPARD
Young
voter ... that
phrase many politicians
would have scoffed at
as an oxymoron in the
past. Sure, politicians
knew they were able
to get some energetic
sign wavers and even some seemingly
tireless ground pounders when it came to
canvassing streets. Who doesn't like doing
an occasional rally stop at a big college
to hear hundreds, maybe thousands of
students give you applause. Politicians
usually chose to skim the college crowds,
if only to get the handful of future political
junkies who could really contribute something to their campaign before someone
else does. By no means did candidates fool
themselves into thinking that the young
voter would ever deliver an election.
Truth is since the voting age was lowered
to eighteen, I 8-29 year olds year after year
had been deciding, up until very recently,
th,at this whole democracy thing was totally
overrated. After all, who needs ballots
when you've got parties and the latest bestselling videogame? Politicians knew this.
They knew you wouldn't actually show
up to vote. Added to that, it's not like your
going to toss some of your college loan
money to their campaign when that means
the difference between pizza and ramen for
you. Young voters were way more effort to
produce than the results warranted. So why
bother much with them?
With the past four years of hindsight, the
answer may be that 18-29 voters are actually starting to become a force. It will be a
while before our prowess reaches that of
the seniors, based on what percentage of
a demographic regularly shows up to the
polls, but we are growing in numbers. With
all the effort put forth by organizations like
Rock the Vote, The League of Pissed off
Voters, and student PIRG groups across the
nation, 2004 saw the first increase in young
voter turnout in about three decades. I
couldn't help but think, that President Bush
had a hand in helping bring young people
out in force as well. Thankfully, though,
NOW AS WE ARE
HEADING INTO
2008, ALL SIGNS
SUGGEST RECORD
TURNOUTS
strength in his "campaign for change."
Amazingly, it looks like they delivered, at
least with Iowa. Obama received 57% of
18-29 voters and there surge in that state
counted as a decisive factor in his big
lead victory over Sen. Clinton. Of course,
the very next day Clinton was in New
Hampshire making her own appeals to
the young voters. She then went on to win
New Hampshire. I don't think her attempts
to attract the State's youth suddenly did
it, (she is still way stronger among older
Democrats) but clearly, the Democrats are
very aware that they absolutely need the
support of the youth now. The Republicans
are a different matter.
Likely republicans haven't been as quick
to recognize the growing power of young
voters because younger voters tend to be a
bit left of center according to demographic
data. Though I'm sure, in time, we'll see
a change in Republican campaign priorities too. We do still have this election to
convert any non-believers.
The point is: 18-29 year olds are starting
to be a very recognizable power in voting.
This is good for us everywhere m the country no matter which party or lack thereof
we identifY with. Let's keep it up. After
all, if your vote didn't have power, all
these incredibly smart, even if somewhat
dishonest people wouldn't be willing to
beg so hard for it. Maybe youth are getting
involved because we've decided we want
to be heard. Maybe, as with many who
attend Evergreen we've spent so much
time watching the old guard fail to address
the things we see as problems that we are
actually deciding to start controlling our
country ourselves. If that is the case, we
might actually pull off being a new kind of
"Great Generation" instead of just the one
born after X.
Justin Shepard is a junior enrolled in
Practice and Community.
AMONG YOUNG
VOTERS AGAIN.
even after 2004 young voters decided to
"stay the course" and turn out in record
numbers for the midterm elections of2006.
Thus, 2004 didn't look like just a fluke.
Now as we are heading into 2008, all
signs suggest record turnouts among young
voters again. Both the Iowa caucuses and
the New Hampshire primaries saw record
numbers of citizen turnout, many of them
young and first time voters. Sen. Obama's
campaign has even been banking on them.
He has had a really aggressive push to reach
young voters and tout them as a major
Join the CPJ
Come into CAB316 to find out
more about becoming a
member of the CPJ.
cpj@evergreen.edu 360.867.6213
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Likely as a dildo in Texas·
by ERIN RASHBAUM
Vegetarian food in an r-----=~-...,_,
airport? You're about
as likely to find a dildo
in Texas (where they're
illegal ... ILLEGAL!).
Since I began my
bi-annual trek from '----'-----'--'----'
Washington to Florida, I've bemoaned
the lack of nutritious vegetarian options
in airports. This is year number four and
I've only just come upon a tasty, meatfree meal in transit.
Let it be known, you can and should
bring your own snacks, but I still like a
hot meal at some point during a dreary
day sitting on my tush.
My usual snacks include raw cashews,
crystallized ginger and dried mango.
Funny story: While waiting at my gate
during a Memphis layover, I drank green
tea, munched dried mango and was stared
at by a little boy with a flat-top.
After several minutes, he turned to his
YOU CAN ALWAYS ORDER YOUR SANDWICH
SANS MEAT IN ALBEQUERQUE, NASHVILLE
OR HOUSTON, BUT YOU'RE INEVITABLY MET
WITH A LOOK AS THOUGH YOU'VE JUST
ANNOUNCED THAT YOU HAVE A HAIRY THIRD
NIPPLE AND WOULD LIKE THEM TO SUCK IT.
mother and exclaimed, "Mama! That
lady's chewin' on a pig's ear." Oh, fuck
me in the eye. But, I digress.
Thank you, Denver! Burrito choices
include steak, pork, chicken and vegetarian. I've nary seen a vegetarian option en
route.
Of course, you can always order your
sandwich sans meat in Albequerque,
Nashville or Houston, but you're inevitably met with a look as though you've just
announced that you have a hairy third
nipple and would like them to suck it. You
are then served flaccid lettuce, flavorless
tomato slivers and some unintelligible
white stuff pretending to be cheese, all
on white bread.
Needless to say, this Denver veg
certainly lifts my spirits, even when the
woman behind the counter points to the
lackluster blob of steamed carrots, onions
and peppers and asks if I'd prefer the
chicken.
Gee, might the pope prefer to eat an
aborted fetus smothered in BBQ sauce,
because it's tastier than a Christ wafer?
No thanks. Overall, it's not half bad.
Green chiles provide the spice to make
anything tasty and extra guacamole lends
a creamy texture.
Granted, nothing is organic and the white
rice and tortilla leave some fiber to be
desired, but I'm happy to eat something
healthy and animal-free without suffering the "suck my third nipple" look.
An airport burger would certainly be
an easy way to go, but this veggie gal is
holding out hope that more airports will
smell what Denver is steppin' in. Next on
the agenda: Legalizing Texan masturbatory accessories.
Erin Rashbaum has been going to Evergreen for 3 years, on and off This article
was supposed to be about sex, but she left
her notebook containing it in Florida.
She apologizes and promises scintillating
sex talk next week.
Plutocracy, empty elections,
I'd rather have autonomy
by TRAVIS GREER
Georgy Katsiaficas's
historical analysis is
vitally
potent,
and
he brings forth ideas
of what the purpose
of today's resistance
movements play in the
libratory transgression of human society.
He explains that social movements of
today must not be geared towards wielding
power, but to dismantling it, and aimed to
"limit the powers of nation-states and to
create free spaces in which self-determined
decisions can be made autonomously and
implemented directly."
In his explanation of previous attempts
at socio political transformations he says,
"almost without exception, revolutionary
social movements in the twentieth century
have sought to conquer national political
power-either to take over nation-states
through elections or to overthrow them
through violence."
His critique of the current system is on
point stating that it at best "offers a fa9ade
of popular input into state agencies or
allows space for cooperative groups to
function within a larger context of obedience to the state and market profitability."
He emphasizes the worth of autonomous
movements whose goal, greatly transcending out of the revolutionary 1960's era
"is to transcend nation-states, not capture
them."
The idea of "no power to anyone" is
continually prevalent in autonomous movements which reject the spent and hopeless
modes of mainstream reformist change
offered by the professional and business
classes of society; instead they consider
decolonizing everyday life, "civil Luddism
and confrontational demonstrations to be
part of political action."
The essence of the psychology present
within these alternative political ideologies can be outlined as a "struggle against
political and moral alienation from life
and work--against the functionalization of
outside interests, against the internalization
of the morals of our foes," a struggle where
"people begin to sabotage, to change, the
political, moral and technical structures of
domination."
"With respect to nuclear power, housing
policies, abortion rights, and disarmament,
autonomous movements have clearly done
more to enact what is now recognized as
the popular will than did initiatives from
within the existin~ political system." The
militant, creative, revolutionary forms of
resistance historically employed by various human beings working collectively
and often spontaneously in step with the
evolution of society have focused greatly
on creating alternatives within the rapidly
changing world system, which a diversity
of political philosophers predict to see
crashing within the next l 00 years.
We cannot rely on the power structures
in Washington, or the corporations in Wall
Street, to save us from ecocide, inequality,
war or any other factors which severely
threaten our existence, and have already
diminished and continue to destroy hope
for millions of non monkey species and
disenfranchised humans to survive.
"In one year our species now consumes
more of the planet's nonrenewable
resources than we did in any five centuries
of antiquity, and in that same year, over
fourteen million children under the age of
five die from easily preventable causes."
As Alan Wolfe said in The Seamy Side
of Democracy: Repression in America,
the state "tends to support the interests
of the powerful against those who challenge them." There is no sense in allying
ourselves with the oppressors, we must
begin to understand, as autonomists have,
which I will cite examples of, that it is
necessary to create our own world within
this shell of dominance; subvert the mainstream idea of change/politic with our own
lifestyle and modes of resistance.
Within the feminist movement, free abortion and women's health clinics were estab-
lished as a base of revolutionary progress,
"women acted according to autonomous
decisions-not on the basis of law but on
what they considered to be right."
Due to the brutality of males, and the
state's patriarchal nature, militant autonomous feminist groups throughout Europe,
like the Red Zoras of Germany took to
militancy and direct action to push their
demands for justice.
"Since 1974, when they bombed the
Supreme Court building the day after the
court overturned the abortion law, the Red
Zoras have conducted militant campaigns
against pornography, international traders
in women, the Doctor's Guild, and drug
companies."
Throughout an 8 year period from 1979
until 1987, in conjunction with another
decentralized group the Revolutionaren
Zellen, the Red Zoras conducted over two
hundred attacks and "compelled Adler
Corporation, one of Germany's largest
clothing producers, to agree to the demands
of South Korean women textile workers."
They stated, "We do not fight for women
of in the Third World we fight alongside
them."
Commenting on prevailing trends of pacifism, the Zoras commented, "When the
refusal of violence is elevated to the level
of an inviolable principle where good and
evil are counterposed, it is not a question
of disagreement but of submission and
obedience."
Militant Squatter movements emerged
throughout Europe around the same time
period from Copenhagen, to Amsterdam, to
Berlin, to Paris, etc. Squatters in Copenhagen, who just recently fought for their right
to the Ungdomshuset youth house, literally
waged war on the corporate infrastructure
within their area and on police when they
came to evict activists.
In opposition to imperialist investments in
South Africa, on nights such as November
23, 1986 "twenty-eight Shell stations were
simultaneously attacked, causing damages
of about $200,000" autonomist groups like
RA RA (Anti-Racist Action Group) and the
BZ (Occupation Brigade) claimed these
actions and others against neo colonialist
multinationals.
The international Autonomen scored a
great victory in September 1986 "when
hundreds of people took over part of the
Osterbro neighborhood in Copenhagen
and held it for nine days despite repeated
attacks by police and fascists." The standoff
and liberated "cop free zone" was not all,
"one of the first acts was to torch a building owned by Sperry Corporation, a U.S.
multinational involved in the production of
Cruise and Pershing missiles."
Since September 1971 the squatted former
military base, now dubbed the Free Republic of Christiana, is continually inhabited
illegally, and the only authority which
counts there is the Ting, an ancient Danish
form of consensual decision making. In
Berlin, at it's height the squatter's movement controlled 165 houses.
When police came to clear squatted apartment complexes, enforcing irrational capitalist ethics of private property, huge battles
ensued as people barricaded themselves
inside the liberated spaces and retaliated
with cobblestones and Molotov cocktails.
"As living behind barricades became a
way of life for many squatters, the illegality of their everyday lives radicalized their
attitude toward the state and hardened their
own feeling of self importance."
Throughout Europe, opposition to the
ruling class's idea of progress was continual and has transcended into today. I lack
room for an ending, but we can take lessons
from what has happened before us, and use
them to our advantage. Build a new world
within the shell of the old, resist actively,
find your own way along with your allies,
and see that there is no sense in expecting
compassion from a system based on profit,
exploitation and war; subvert politics, don't
be conned into the lie!
Travis Greer is a sophomore enrolled in
an independent learning contract.
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Focus the Nation
is a nationwide
college and university
campaign to bring
communities together
to find solutions to
global warming
challenges.
Venue:
The Washington Center
for the Performing Arts
512 Washington St. SE
Downtown Olympia
Students
Thinkers
Artists
Activists
Citizens
Mow Will You Create a
Climate of Change?
A Community Forum on Climate Change in the
Pacific Northwest
VVednesda~Jan.30
Doors open 6 p.m.
Program 7-9 p.m.
Join us as we engage policymakers, scientists, civic leaders and citizens
to address climate change in the South Sound and beyond. You'll learn
more about global warming and take home practical tools for making a
positive impact.
FREE conservation tools: The first 500 people through the door will receive
an ENERGY STAR®qualified compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb courtesy of
Puget Sound Energy. All who attend will also receive a reusable grocery bag.
Daytime in-depth workshops and activities will be hosted at sponsoring
colleges. For details visit http://focusthenation.evergreen.edu or
call360-867 -6181 .
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January 17, 2008
events
of
for the week
January 17-24
THURSDAY, 17
• Sex Re-Education with Planned Parenthood Workshop and
Lecture: 7 p.m., by VOX. HCC
• Common Bread: This week experience a Quaker meeting
and potluck: 5 p.m. Longhouse
• Extinction Village. Ben Hawkes. Le Voyeur
• Plants and Planets. 6:30 p.m. Free. Traditions Cafe
FRIDAY, 18
• Foundation Activity Grant applications are due at 5 p.m. Late
applications not accepted.
• Slightly West - Evergreen Literary Journal. Deadline for
submissions. Email to slightlywest@gmail.com or drop off
at Student Activities in the CAB.
• Freddie Parish, Sonny Smith. I 0 p.m. Le Voyeur.
SATURDAY, 19
• Comic Book Night. 8- 10 p.m. HCC.
• Elvis' Birthday Bash. Performance by impersonator Robert
Washington and "How He Should Have Died" world premiere
6 p.m. $10. Capitol Theater.
• The Curious Mystery, Widower, Kite (Kendi). Le Voyeur.
• Police Accountability Forum. 7 p.m. Free. Traditions Cafe.
SUNDAY,20
• "Redeeming the Vision" MLK Day event with music, spoken
word, dance and a keynote address by Dexter Jordan. 2:304:30 p.m. Free. Urban Grace Baptist Church in Tacoma.
• Guitar Hero lll tournament, 6-8 p.m. HCC.
• Elvis Gospel Brunch. Live show by champion Elvis impersonator Robert Washington. II a.m. & I p.m . $15 . Plenty
Restaurant.
• People Noise. Le Voyeur.
MONDAY, 21
• Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Campus Closed.
• Jujutsu Classes. Beginners are welcome. 7- 8:45 p.m. Free.
CRC 17.
·People's Summit & March on the Capitol. Statewide Poverty
Action Network. 9 a.m. St. John's Episcopal Church (114
20th Ave SE, Olympia).
• Movie Night. Le Voyeur.
TUESDAY, 22
• "The New Orleans Monologues." Winter Diversity Series
Performance. 6-8 p.m. LH I.
• 35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Reproductive Rights
Counter-Demonstration to the "March for Life" rally. 12 p.m.
Capitol lawn.
• Killing the Dream, in concert with several opening bands.
7-10:30 p.m . HCC.
• Health, Twin, Midwife. Le Voyeur.
• Dirk Powell. 8 p.m. $18/ $12 students. Traditions Cafe.
WEDNESDAY, 23
• Community Opportunities & Internship Fair. 12- 3 p.m.
CRC.
• TESC Bike Shop Workshop: Overhauling Your Hubs: Disassembling, cleaning, and repacking your hubs is an essential
process that will make for a smoother ride and a longer-lasting hub. Come learn how to do it.
• Priorities for a Healthy Washington Lobby Day 2008: register@ http://pugetsound.org
• Campus Land Use Committee Meeting. 3-5 p.m.
• Children of Men. Hosted by Mind Screen. 7 p.m. Free.
LH 1.
·Trivia Night. Le Voyeur.
THURSDAY, 24
·Activist tools skill shares. 10-5 p.m. TESC Longhouse.
• Mosca and the Meaning of Life. Evening of animation &
performance art. 7-8:30 p.m. $19/ $5 students/free for Greeners with 10. Experimental Theater.
• The Organ Donors, Ben Kamen, Allan Boothe. Le Voyeur.
upcoming events:
5th Annual Middle East Film Festival, Jan 30 to Feb 13.
Students Educating Students about the Middle East.
Blue Scholars & Step Cousins Open the 5th Annual Middle East Film
Festival. Hosted by SESAME at the Longhouse, 8:30p.m. Tickets: Students
$10/$13 $15/$18. Available at Rainy Day Records & TESC Bookstore.
Day of Absence & Day of Presence, Feb. 8 & 13.
Supported by Appearing Task Force on Anti-Oppression.
Vagina Monologues, Feb 15 & 16.
Chibi Chibi Con Anime Conference. March 1 & 2 organized by the Giant
Robot Appreciation Society.
International Women's Week Mar. 3 to 8.
Organized by the Women of Color Coalition.
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Sendyour calendar listings to
cpj@evergreen.edu
group meetings:
MONDAY
Capoeira COM 209, 4:30-9 p.m.
Copper Point Journal CAB 316, 5 p.m.
EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance SEM 2 A21 09, 3:30p.m.
Flaming Eggplant CAB 108,4-6 p.m.
Student Video Garners Alliance CAB TV Lounge 3rd Floor, 6-9 p.m.
Women of Color Coalition CAB 206,4-5 p.m.
Yarn Pioneers SEM 2 D31 07 5:30-7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Amnesty International CAB 320, 12:30 p.m.
ATF Appearing Task Force on Anti-Oppression CAB 320, I p.m.
Bike Shop 2 p.m.
Chemistry Club LAB 2 2207, I p.m.
EARN Evergreen Animal Right Network
Vegan Potluck CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
Evergreen Hillel CAB 320, 3 p.m.
Evergreen Pre-Health Society SEM 2A3107, 12:30-2 p.m.
Evergreen Wilderness Adventure Group SEM 2 A31 05, 1 p.m .
Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
Geoduck Union SEM 2 CII07, I :30-3:00 p.m .
GRAS Giant Robot Appreciation Society Anime
Screening CAB 3rd Floor TV lounge, 5 p.m.
Hip Hop Congress Library Proper Room 3303, 4-5 p.m.
MEChA CAB 320, 4:30p.m .
Musicians Club CAB 320, I :30 p.m.
SESAME Students Educating Students about the
Middle East, SEM 2 E2107, I p.m.
SESAME Teach-In & Film Festival Committee, SEM 2 E2107, 4:15p.m.
SESAME Iraqi Student Committee, SEM 2 E2107 3:15p.m.
SDS Students for a Democratic Society CAB 320, Solarium, 6-8 p.m.
Umoja CAB 320 third Floor Pit, 2-3 p.m .
Women's Resource Center CAB 320, 1:30 p.m .
Writers' Guild, Writing Center, 4:00p.m.
THURSDAYS
Common Bread Longhouse 1002, 5-8 p.m.
Sabot lnfosquat Library Proper Room 3303, 4 p.m.
Generation Friends SEM 2 C1105 6-8 p.m.
VOX CAB 320, Solarium, 5-6 p.m.
SATURDAYS
Capoeira COM 209, 12:30-3:30 p.m.
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translated by CHARLES ASNER
Illustrations
by ERIN BIRGY.