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ISSUES, VOLUME 37, OCTOBER 23, 2008

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Posters attempt to keep sexual assault a topic on campus
by R. YAZMIN SHAH

There it is, on large white paper
with big block letters filled in
with crayon. "Do Not Rape"
it declares, its sparse message
clearly visible within the packed
bulletin board. It appears again
along the makeshift walls of the
Library hallway. "Rape keeps
happening. We live in a culture
of violence. STOP." reads one
pasted over a green silhouette's
head.
Stefanie Gottschalk, Marysia
"Mish" Walcerz, and Rena Levi,
all active within the student
group Infoshoppe, are the
people behind the creation and
distribution of the hand-drawn
anti-rape posters. They say they
made the posters in an attempt to
raise awareness and get students
talking about sexual violence.
Gottschalk and Levi both bristled when describing the student
body's short-lived concern after
hearing about the reported rape
on campus earlier in the year.
"[A] lot of the discussion and
emails that are going around
that students were writing were

centered around things like fliers
discussing political ideology ... "
Levi explained. "We wanted to
kind of make people ... wonder
why aren't they talking about
violence or rape. It's such a
damaging thing compared to
someone's political ideas."
The group considered both the
Evergreen administration and
police to be lacking in support.
"The administration hasn't done
anything," Gottschalk said.
"There hasn't been any talk
about it." She also noted that
many people she knew would
be too scared to call the police
to escort them home after a
night of drinking.
"The crayon posters that we
put up came out of a desire of
a couple of individuals who
happened to be affiliated with
a lot of groups on campus. A
desire to bring it more into the
public discourse around sexual
violence," Mish explains.
They hope that the posters
will help push for a mandatory
consent workshop that will be
taken by all Evergreen students
at the beginning of every year.

see POSTERS, page 4

R. YAZMIN SHAH

FLIERS SUCH AS THIS ONE HAVE BEEN SPREAD OVER
THE CAB AND LIBRARY IN RECENT WEEKS

Library ConstRiction Update
by MADELINE BERMAN

There is an end in sight for
construction on the Library
building. According to Paul
Smith, Director of Facilities,
"the project is on schedule
and we' 11 start moving back in
around mid-December."
Smith also said that the renovation is unaffected by the
Governor's spending freeze for
all state agencies, which has
been in place since October 7.
"The project is fully funded,"
says Smith.
Some of the renovations for

the library include the addition
of two classrooms on the first
floor and two seminar rooms
on the second floor. Also, the
gallery space that was on the
fourth floor will now be located
on the second. The sheet rock
hallway at the main entrance of
the library will be dismantled
and there are no plans to replace
it with a similar space for
continued graffiti forums.
Madeline Berman is a sophomore enrolled in Health and
Human Development

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Contra dance this Friday
by NICOLE CIPRI
Are you tired of the bump-and-grind, badtechno beat of Friday night bars in Oly?
Do Kelly Clarkson and MIA just not hold
your interest anymore? Are you looking for
good times without Jell-0 shots, and dancing without strobt? lights?
Friday, October 24, the Evergreen Folk
Dance Alliance and Common Bread student
groups are going to host a contra dance. It
will be held in the east bay of the CRC
building starting at 7:30p.m. This all-ages
event is free, but donations are welcome.
Contra dancing has roots in French,
English, Irish, and Scottish folk dancing.
These forms mingled together and were
hybridized in America. It was most popular
in the 19th century, and has recently experienced a big revival. Many of the songs and
dances have existed in the same form for
over a hundred years. It is high-energy and
a lot of fun; think big-band swing dancing,
but folksy.
The music is always performed by a live
band; it's best described as a mix of bluegrass and old-time sounds. A leader, known
as the caller, directs the action of the dance
from the stage. For each dance, the caller
will usually lead the dancers through a

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The Evergreen Queer Alliance is looking for a co-coordinator! Think you have the stuff
to make it happen? Come to EQA's group meeting next Wednesday October 29! Same
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MEChA (Movimiente Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan) is one of the oldest groups on
campus. Its purpose is to connect to the community by working for immigration rights,
promoting higher education for youth and educating community on Chicano/a culture.
They support human rights and people's autonomy, specifically in communities of color
and in Mexico and South America.
On November 1, MEChA will be hosting Dia de las Muertos (Day of the Dead) with a
band from Los Angeles called Ars Poetria whose music is along the lines of Mars Volta
and De Facto. Keep your eyes peeled for times and locations.

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walk-through of the steps. To shake things
up, there are occasional waltzes, polkas,
and square dances.
There have been two contra dances at
Evergreen in the last year. Both times,
about 70 people showed up. Pictures of the
last contra dance can be found on Common
Bread's blog (www.cbread.blogspot.com).
The Evergreen Folk Dance Alliance is a
new student group, formed with the intent
of making all forms of traditional dancing
available and accessible at Evergreen, and
to the larger Olympia community. One of
our goals is to start hosting free monthly
contra dances, as well as workshops in
other forms of traditional dance.
This Friday, we are pleased to announce
that Mike Schuh will be calling, and the
band RiffRaff will be playing. Experience
is not necessary, but before the dance there
will be a quick lesson on the basic moves.
It's time to shake up your Friday night
routine. We promise you'll have a good
time.
If you have questions or want to get
involved, contact folkdance@evergreen.
edu.
Nicole Cipri is a junior enrolled in Order
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Posters bear antirape messages
POSTERS,Jrom cover
at the beginning of every year. Currently
there are several sexual violence prevention workshops loosely related to the
posters, in that the same people behind
the posters also had a hand in organizing
the workshops. The most notable of these
is the Kicking Rapes Ass Working Group
that plans to meet on Wednesday at 2:30
p.m. in the CAB.
"The groups are more about education
and consent." Levi explained, "The posters are just to get people to realize that
students actually care and will respond to
this thing. And we're not gonna be silent
about it."
Levi further reflected on their purpose
behind the posters, "I think that it's a
deeper issue, y'know, rape and all that. It's
really complex but I feel like if we're here
and we know what happens - and that was
just one case that [rape] was reported- I
think it's important for us to just really go
out and do what we can to stop it."
There have been several anonymous
comments written in response directly on
some of the posters lining the hallway to
the library. One reads "this is witch hunt
level justice." Another, written several
different times, reads "Find him, take his
picture. Put it on this wall with a sign."
Mish said the comments "are pretty
negative."
"I think that maybe they didn't get
the message that we were trying to put
across." Levi said, " ... They are [a] little

kind of like, shocking ... it wasn't meant
to make people upset ... we just want to
show that we care and we found this a
problem and we don't want to perpetuate
rape culture."
When asked about a particular written response that essentially read "Stop
reminding us [of rape]." Mish calmly
stated "[That comment] speaks to the
culture that we have here that normalizes
sexual violence and makes it okay to trivialize the subject. I think it's pretty indicative of the culture we have on campus. I
think that comment's really indicative of
the sort of attitude people have towards
sexual violence in the first place; that they
don't want to be confronted with it and
that they're annoyed by the fact that we're
trying to bring it up."
"What some people might have gotten
from it is that they think it's a painful
thing to think about, and it is, and that
wasn't our intent." Levi added. "I mean, I
feel that you can't ignore it because if you
just ignore it and don't talk about it and
don't discuss it or try to fix it, you're not
going to get anywhere."
When asked whether Evergreen does
enough to guard against sexual violence,
Mish answered pointedly, "Personally I
just don't think Evergreen does enough."

R. Yazmin Shah is a junior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.

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Students are well aware that for a city
of Olympia's size, local public transit is
exceptional. Of particular note is Nightline, which shuttles after-hours passengers
between downtown and campus on Fridays
and Saturdays, offering a safe alternative
to drunk driving or wandering pitch-dark
streets.
Nightline got underway in spring
2008 when the Geoduck Student Union
motioned to increase the student transit fee
by $3 to fund late-night service to and from
the college. Finding overwhelming support
from the student body, the project was then
contracted out to Intercity Transit (IT),
which provided buses, drivers and supervisors. The initial testing period proved
Nightline a great resource for the community, so the contract was renewed for fall
quarter 2008. Ridership for the program
continues to soar, with up to 600 people
boarding during any given weekend.
Amidst Nightline 's resounding success,
however, a new operational problem has
emerged; drivers report that certain riders'
conduct has been less than stellar, while
supervisors have traveled station-to-station
to warn those about to board that disruptive
antics could potentially shut down Nightline service.
IT operations manager James Merrill
says that this message may have been
slightly misconstrued. "At any given time,
we don't have to bid on the next contract...
that could be taken as a threat, but it's
not our intent; it's just the facts." He and
student coordinator Victor Sanders agree
that although Nightline may be known

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colloquially as the "drunk bus" (or, adds
Sanders, the "vomit comet"), it's essential
to the program's functionality that passengers remain calm and collected while
riding.
"Although it may be hard for you to
believe," says Merrill, "we were actually young once. But we've had several
complaints, and these drivers are union
guys doing good work for the community;
help them out."
Sanders echoes that sentiment. "I know
that when I was a freshman, it was crazy
to be here alone. But it's reasonable to ask
people to be respectful and quiet on the
bus."
Adds IT marketing and communications
manager Meg Kester, "What you wouldn't
do around your grandmother is probably
what you shouldn't do on the bus. These

instances of disorderly behavior appear
to be the exception rather than the norm,
but regardless, we have to be very direct
in how we respond. We want to make sure
that it doesn't become the norm, or else we
cannot operate."
Sanders is optimistic that the drunken
hijinx will subside as Nightline "becomes
more of a staple in the Evergreen environment as a promised way of getting around;
I think that'll change the atmosphere [for
the better]."
With ridership increasing significantly
throughout the whole system, IT representatives also spoke at length about the
learning curve public transit organizations
are presently experiencing.
"It's a really interesting dynamic we're
in now," remarks Kester. "Because of
gas prices, the economic downturn, and

additional concern and behavioral change
because of climate change and global
warming, people are turning to transit like
never before-<:ertainly in this community
it would be fair to characterize it that way.
And because we have better service on the
street, we have more opportunity for people
to [ride the bus] later, on the weekends, et
cetera."
"Sort of the perfect storm, though,"
adds IT planning manager Dennis Bloom,
"because we rely on local sales tax to help
fund the system, and the local economy is
starting to fall off."
"We're still in good health financially,"
Kester says, "but we're in a situation where
we don't see a major change in our revenue
for at least a period of time ahead of us.
At the same time, we anticipate significant new demand for our services. We're
constantly playing catch-up."
Bloom observes firsthand that Evergreen students have played a major role
in IT's heightened presence in and around
Olympia and hopes that all parties continue
to cooperate. "Over the last year, student
ridership has increased by 25% and I'd say
that historically, the agreement [between
IT and Evergreen] has proven itself very
well."
As for Nightline, Kester emphasizes the
service's partnership aspect. "The students
deserve credit first and foremost for funding this service-they're the ones making
it a reality; they own it; they use it, and
we will work with them and the college to
make sure that it's successful."
Charles A. Zaillian is a junior enrolled in
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Academic Atheism
Making your professors work for you .

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by R. YAZMIN SHAH
Thanks to a turbulent
academic career stemming from undiagnosed (or unacknowledged) ADD, I have
more often than not
antagonized, and have
been antagonized by my teachers. Because
I did not have the grades to prove otherwise, many teachers assumed me stupid.
They never announced so, but the patronizing way they addressed me was enough.
They never suspected that I studied them,
their mannerisms, their delegation, the way
they exercised their authority and dispelled
their information. None were aware ofhow
carefully I dissected them in my head.
I watched them encourage their favorites
and condemn the rest. I noticed the traits
that won their sympathies or incurred their
hatred. I witnessed them laud contempt on
the fragile egos of my peers. While they
subtly inferred their judgments, I hated
them with a studious fascination.
And I wasn't the only one: all smart
students studied their teachers in order
to gauge how best to manipulate them. I
refrained from doing this manipulation
due to a mixture of principle and pride.

But while teachers tend to be our petty
overlords, professors are our gods. Maybe
it's the venerated atmosphere of college,
or the fact that they have PhDs. It's likely
a combination of both, and several more
reasons I haven't touched upon. Whatever
the case, it is time they were demoted from
gods back to humans, for their sakes and
ours.
I have never fallen under the spell of
professor-worship, thanks to the strong
vein of skepticism running through my
soul. My philosophy is: prove yourself and
I will follow you. If I cannot tell why you
are revered, I will despise your undeserved
authority over me.
I have met professors who are tightly
wrapped in a veil of self-interest, even
self-fascination. There are professors who
publicly humiliate, unjustly interrogate,
and verbally assault whoever they think
deserving. It is an unfair, unlicensed
form of punishment, and it is abhorrent.
These professors, who bask in enamored
students' admiration, with their inflated
yet brittle egos, tend to teach poor classes.
Their lessons are inflexible and unilateral
because they have focused all attention
on themselves. They bristle at a student
who mistakenly challenges their favorite
philosophies, ideas and theories that they

MY PHILOSOPHY IS PROVE YOURSELF AND I
WILL FOLLOW YOU. IF I CANNOT TELL YOU
WHY YOU ARE REVERED I WILL DESPISE
YOUR UNDESERVED AUTHORITY OVER ME

YOUR PROFESSOR IS NOT A GOD
YOUR NEW FATHER OR MOTHER
OR AN ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY
now observe as dogma.
I have also found that these professors will drum up a band of dedicated
support within their class. Students will
defend their actions, no matter how petty
or misguided they are. Perhaps there is
something about the professor's swagger,
her audacious lack of humility or charm,
which ignites a masochistic fervor in some
students. Perhaps these students think that
the professor does a fine job despite her
horrible countenance, and that dichotomy
is alluring. They forget that to teach is a
social profession. And professors should
be critically judged on how (or whether
they can at all) connect to, and inform their
students. If you are confused, it is as much
your teacher's fault as it is your own.
Another more Freudian reason for student
fascination is that it is tempting to find a
parental figure in an intellectual authority.
For those of us who didn't understand or
bond with our fathers and mothers, the
chance to win a professor's approval is
strangely and perversely fulfilling.
But remember, despite your fervent wish
to have a grand, benevolent guide to life's
mysteries, you are a student, and you seek
truth. And the truth of the matter is these
professors are human, just as confused and
frightened as you and I, and there is a limit
to how much they can give us. The rest
is still our burden to carry, to understand,

and solve. Your professor is not a god,
your new father or mother, or an absolute
authority.
So how best to address your professor?
With respect, of course, as you would
anyone. If they have enlightened and
encouraged you, it is fine to admire them.
But
if your teacher is a self-involved,
ego-tripping, power-hungry bastard, I
would encourage you to politely and civilly
destroy him. Not physically of course
(how base), purely in an intellectual sense.
You are a student. Your needs are not being
met. You paid for his new car. And why did
anyone give this fuck tenure?
Follow the rules of the game and surpass
them. Study harder than you're expected
to, know more than you're required to,
and rip his faulty lesson plan to shreds. Be
prepared. Question him. Ignore his angry
glares. Dare he stifle your intellect? Refuse
to be quiet. Stick to your principles. Ironically, the business of intellectually obliterating one's professor makes for a better
student.
But the best thing to do is to select your
course wisely. Ask around for friends'
opinions, and finally, meet your professorto-be at the academic fair.

R. Yazmin Shah is a junior enrolled in an
Independent Learning Contract.

I don't wanna
by ERIN GRAY
It seems like only
yesterday I was hiding
drunk: in my A-5 suite as
RAs and campus police
did
walk-throughs,
a college freshman
newly separated from
the womb of my parents' home.
Now graduation is sooner then I would like
to admit and I don't have a clue what I want
to do with the rest of my life. My back-up
plan was always to become a starving artist, a
noble and achievable goal, but with a possible
economic depression on the horizon, starving
is all too literal. So here I stand poised to
graduate, all requirements filled, and I do not
feel prepared for the rest of my life.
I know the statistics: the average person will
change careers three to five times, and going

BUT A SAPLING MUST
SURVIVE THE FIRST
WINTER TO BECOME
A GREAT TREF

back to school is likely to be a part of those
career changes. This information should be
freeing, but I cannot shake the feeling that
the move as a recent college graduate into a
career is a golden opportunity. I need to take
advantage and make one seamless step from
college to the real world.
I have no idea how to do this, so I have alternatives to avoid this problem altogether. The
alternatives are graduate school - expensive
and requires me to have an idea of what I
want to do with my life; graduate and keep
working the same minimum wage job - not
only lame but puts me in the realm of starving; there is always the ever-popular, just
not graduate - although the simplest, it does
drain finances and it would make me feel
as if I had chickened out. Then there is the
dreaded graduate and move back in with my
parents- I dop't need to tell you of the utter
humiliation that comes with living under my
parents' roof again.
What do I do besides freak out? My uncle
would tell me to "make a plan step by step."
His advice also would have been to start this
plan when I started college. So I have done
what I can and have attempted to make a
plan. Step one find an internship and get
some real world experience. Step two begin
search for job, with newly acquired real-

DEPRESSED FROM MY LACK OF USEFUL
SKILLS I FALL BACK ON THE ONE THING I
KNOW BEST, FREAKING OUT ... I DO KNOW
WHAT I ENJOY AND WHAT I DO FEEL I
CAN DO WELL OTHER THAN FREAK OUT
SO THAT IS THE DIRECTION I WILL GO
,world skills. Step three- graduate. Step four
-somehow get hired.
A simple enough plan but not as easily
executed as formulated. Step one is terrifying, the possibility of rejection on a cosmic
scale from the real world terrifies me. As
I look at possible internship on CODa I
cringe as I read the requirement section.
All my graduation requirements are filled
but I cannot fill the requirement of a simple
internship. Depressed from my lack of useful
skills I fall back on the one thing I know best,
freaking out.
I need to uproot myself Take the first step
and the risks that come with it, even though
I feel like a fragile sapling. But a sapling
must survive the first winter to become a
gre<~t t"ee This metaphor makes me think

of my motherand her description of me a
"budding." a sickening idea that I have just
now accidently used to describe myself
So right now I wish I would have planned
ahead, but there is a reason I didn't plan
ahead. I didn't know what I wanted, and I am
still not sure, which may be the main cause of
my stress. I do know what I enjoy and what
I do feel I can do well, other than freak out,
and so that is the direction I will go. Wish me
luck, and if any advice should be taken from
this it would be to plan ahead, at least a little.

Erin Gray is a senior currently enrolled
in Work and the Human Condition and
an Independent Learning Contract titled
Homer and Hi>; Wrrs.

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by NATHAN BROCKETT

THESE GANGLY GARGANTUANS ARE NEXUSES OF A VIBRANT

A peculiar phenomSOCIAL SCENE, SANCTUARIES FROMJUDGMENT, SHELTERS FROM
enon
has
been
observed on campus
THE CRUEL ELEMENTS, AND SACRED SOLACES RESERVED AND
recently:
students
passing
designated
CONSTRUCTED SOLELY FOR THOSE OF THE SMOKING ILK.
smoking areas assuming slightly greenish
suffering any visible change in color, what seemingly as fleeting and temporary as
Nonsmokers are so jealous of the divine
complexions.
What
could possibly explain this phenomenon?
giant Technicolor mushrooms after a favoritism evinced by the powers that be
makes this phenomenon even more
No, it's not school spirit; it's nothing less heavy rain, they are much more than meets that many live in fear that they are being
perplexing is that it is almost exclusively than jealousy. Nonsmokers are going green the eye. These gangly gargantuans are punished by the deities of tobacco for not
nonsmokers who blossom this verdant with envy at the vainglorious splendor of nexuses of a vibrant social scene, sanctuar- sacrificing their bodies as smokers do.
tinge. Many theories have been suggested
The greatest Greener philosophers have
to explain this anomaly, but all hypotheses
bent their minds to these concerns hoping
I have heard are hot air.
to offer some resolution to this disease of
The most popular explanation has been
worry and green envy.
that the toxic fumes of tobacco smoke are
The conclusion: because not all smokers
actually asphyxiating the delicate constiuse the designated areas, the energetic
tutions of these poor students. Although
ingratitude is creating a reciprocity mirror
this conclusion seems reasonable, is not
effect that is making nonsmokers enviconsistent with my own observations. If the
ous ... of something that is not even for
cancerous fumes alone were responsible
them. This is what causes the extreme
for making nonsmokers sallow and green,
envy. The only way to restore peace to
then any exposure to secondhand
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jealousy for something that
That's right, no hint of green.
Furthermore, nonsmokers who are hanging the designated areas. You thought they ies from judgment, shelters from the cruel they can't even use.
out with smokers in the designated areas were just shoddy shelters? Think again. elements, and sacred solaces reserved and
rarely show any greenish leanings. If these Although most appear to be a spindly heap constructed solely for those of the smoking
Nathan Brockett is a peer educator on
individuals are breathing smoke and not of canvas and poles, rickety to the extreme, ilk.
smoking.

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Tillman Clark is too big to fail
by TILLMAN CLARK
The current financial
crisis has an important
aspect that experts and
news sources seem to
ignoring-my student
loans.
Apparently,
my ability to receive
credit from private and public institutions
to fund my education is not a big deal to
them. Well, it is to me-and like Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac, Bear Steams and
now the entire financial system, Tillman
Clark is too big to fail.
I, like many other college students,
have and have had a serious plan for my
future that involves a college education
funded mostly by loans. I will be leaving
Evergreen with a hefty amount of debt,
and the double standard that exploitative
domestic financial companies should be
immediately "bailed out" while I am left
on the precipice of a cliff as a terrifying
financial storm inches closer by the second
deserves a resounding rebuke.
But, it is for this reason that I actually
support the bailout as a short-term necessity. If there were any other solution that
would reconstruct the financial system
adequately and quickly, I would not
support the bailout. But right now, there
is no sign that the knee-jerk reaction of
capitalism will not continue its historic
role of bailing out big business and ignoring the problems of the rest of us. (A study
conducted • S years rgo '1)' intematioml

economists Winfried Rulgrock and Rob
Van Tulder found, that at least 20 companies in the top Fortune 100 would not
have survived if they had not been saved
by their respective governments-meaning, this is nothing new.) Without radical restructuring of the way people get
resources, our economy will be fueled
by a financial industry that is dominated
by private entities. Without a bailout,
these private entities would go bankrupt,
collapse, and millions of college students
like me would go bankrupt and collapse
as well.

future students.
It is generally accepted that one of the
problems with taking student loans is that
the high interest rates and high amount
borrowed forces graduates to focus on
finding the highest-paying job instead
of applying their learned skills in the
appropriate and desired area. Part of the
problem is that student loan repayments
are scheduled in monthly terms.
Restructuring student loan repayment
as a percentage of future income instead
of monthly payments could alleviate
this. Payments would be made over

I LIKE MANY OTHER COLLEGE STUDENTS
HAVE AND HAVE HAD A SERIOUS PLAN FOR
MY FUTURE THAT INVOLVES A COLLEGE
EDUCATION FUNDED MOSTLY BY LOANS
I would like to demand that all my
student loans are forgiven and wiped off
the accounts for various obvious reasons.
But that seems highly unlikely. A more
pragmatic approach is to reform the way
student loans are dispersed and, more
importantly, paid off. Several suggestions
are out there, but one stands out to me as
extremely sensible and relevant: "Income
Contingent Repayment Plans." While it
does not address the problem of the credit
crunch, it does address the problem of
repayment something that is important
to me 1'1d to .-.1rre 1• (.o!'eg.- 8tJd.!'lL, n0t

a certain period of time that could be
restructured, such as 10 to 20 years, but
based on employment and income. In
any lending, the value of the anticipated
repayments must equal the amount lent.
If some borrowers, due to low earnings,
could not repay at the required deadlines
or rates, there would be subsidies either
from other borrowers or from an outside
source (presumably the government or
taxpayers), and the low-earners repayment would be pushed back.
Some would cry redistribution and
"-•,dfarc," a<; , nl'lT'ber of lo\\--e·1ming

borrowers would not be able to immediately repay the true cost of their loans.
As such, the income-contingent loan tilts
borrower subsidies not to all who borrow
but to those for whom the personal investment in higher education did not work
out.
This is hard to qualify, as many low-earning jobs are extremely socially useful and
thus worth subsidizing and creating incentives to encourage it. But more importantly, this program would allow people to
truly choose the jobs that they want and
for which their educations trained them.
It would also diversify and increase the
skilled workforce, and diminish the stress
of debt. This model is already working
excellently in Sweden and Australia.
As it stands right now, I am not being
bailed out of my huge student loans and
the economy does not look as though it is
going to be able to provide me with "assets"
(salary) in comparison to my "liabilities"
(loans), as it has done for dozens of financial firms in view of this crisis, unless I
sell my soul to work at a corporate firm.
If the next government will not forgive
my loans and bail me out, then it should
at least recognize that I, and millions of
other students, are too big to fail and that
this country must commit to reforming the
student loan finance industry.

Tillman Clark is a semor enrolled in
Venezuela· Building Economic and Social
Juo;ti~,.

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Toure Kunda
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All Girl Summer Fun Band
Looking Into It
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Buena Vista Social Club
At Carnegie Hall
Various Artists
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After the Carnival
Stacy Epps
The Awakening
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Jewell Ridge Coal
Cedric Burnside and Lightnin'
Malcolm
2 Man Wrecking Crew
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Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping
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CPJ WlltdlasiiiOVIas so JOU don't hlrve to
by GAVIN DAHL
War, Inc. starring John Cusack is new on
DVD this week. W., starring Josh Brolin is
out in theaters. You should skip them both
and read a book instead. May I suggest
The Tyranny of Oil by Antonia Juhasz?
Americans spent $10 million to sit in two
thousand theaters watching the excruciatingly boring new Oliver Stone movie on
opening weekend. The screwball comedy
Cusack co-wrote only opened in thirty
theaters, grossing half a million dollars. I
wanted both movies to be over half way
through.
Still, the gruesome depths of the dark
satire at play in War, Inc. and the emotionless, bland story onscreen in W. are surprising. Leftist Oliver Stone should be making
waves, with controversial depictions of
Abu Ghraib, illegal wiretaps, Karl Rove's
dirty tricks or Bush dodging his Texas Air
Guard time. John Cusack is supposed to
make romantic comedies and talk to the
camera about his favorite songs. What's
going on here?
Both movies do include solid perfor-

mances: W. features Thandie Newton as
Condoleeza Rice and Jeffrey Wright as
Colin Powell. War, Inc. features Marisa
Tomei as a liberal reporter and Ben Kingsley as a shadow government power player.
Unfortunately, the good acting seems
buried in episodic storytelling and weak
scripts. Neither movie musters much of
a narrative. The tanks in War, Inc. carry
around advertisements; Dan Akroyd videoconferences on the toilet; the plot is a series
of non-sequesters. W. jumps back and forth
from W's first term, to 1966, to his first
term again, to 1972, and then to whenever
it was that W lost his bid for Congress. It
is supposed to seem really important when
he says, "There's no way I'll ever be outTexan-ed or out-Christian-ed again."
John Cusack's character takes a leak, and
a futuristic message from the high-tech
take-off on Big Brother comes on in the
bathroom: "Freedom is a myth, employees
wash hands before returning to work."
With its bizarre and ·ridiculous sets and
slow-cooked madness, War, Inc. is so farout, I was impressed it even got made. It
gets points for sheer audacity.
W. is not a bad movie, but the only mildly
interesting characterizations are centered
around Colin Powell trading opinions with
other members of the cabinet. Powell:
"So what is our real exit strategy, Dick?"
Cheney: "There is no exit, we stay."
Powell: "Spoken like a true oil man." W
offers little comedy, suspense, or even
drama, though Stone does include footage of the largest protests in world history
from February 15, 2003. But otherwise,
the least-popular US President in modern
history, (still in office during the film's
release), gets away with every corrupt
thing in this depiction. Cheney, played
badly by Richard Dreyfuss, convinces W
to sign off on torture over a baloney sandwich served on a silver tray. Cut to W on
his ranch working a chainsaw as country
music plays on the soundtrack. Torture,
what torture?
War, Inc. and W. are at opposite ends of
the Hollywood spectrum. Cusack's movie
was ignored, with only Hillary Duff really
I scheduling promotional appearances. Not
only Josh Brolin, but Oliver Stone himself
appeared on Saturday Night Live on opening weekend. Are we supposed to take W.
seriously because it doesn't challenge the
official line, and reject War, Inc. because
it goes too far? Sometimes Hollywood is
really confusing.
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Apples reddening on the roadside
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Dripping from the branches
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Indigenous, normal names
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Sheltering ancient trees
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Cafencfar!
Thursday. October 23
National Day of Action for Troy Davis
In Red Square from 6-7 p.m., Amnesty
International will be collecting signatures,
petitions, writing letters [to the Georgia
(U.S.) board of parole], handing out
literature, and urging the cessation of this
death-row-sentenced former Evergreen
Graduation speaker's kangaroo trials and
impending death-date.
Film Showing: "Naturally Successful"
Hosted by TESC's Center for Sustainable
Entrepreneurship and Clean Energy Fair,
this film will feature "entrepreneurs that
have motives beyond making a profit such
as bettering the environment and running
a business in a socially and economically
responsible manner." The film starts at 4
p.m. in Sem II Dll05.
Yoga Club Potluck
Yes, it exists! Come to their first potluck
of the year! (Bring and share food!) In
the Longhouse, Cedar Room from 5-7:30
p.m.
1-69 Resistance
"I-69 is a NAFTA superhighway, already
constructed from Canada to Indianapolis
and projected to extend down into Mexico.
This highway is intended for the mass
transportation of goods and resources,
to further exploit workers and the land,
and to lessen companies' accountability
in terms of human and environmental
rights ... Come learn about the ongoing
resistance." This Sabot Infoshoppe and
ERC hosted event's presentation will be
followed by a discussion. It all begins at 6
p.m. in Sem II A1105.
Open Mic Night!
Karaoke, only with more amps and better
pitch! In the HCC from 6-9 p.m.
Exploring Social Dance of the 20th
century
Lecture! Film! Exploration of "urban
social dance in the 20th century." Sponsored by Hip Hop Congress. Lecture Hall
3 from 7-9 p.m.
Obsessed With Hate: Challenging
Anti-Muslim Propaganda
"Council of American Islamic Relations
(CAIR) & Muslim Student Association
of University of Washington (MSU-UW)
speak on how their communities are
fighting anti-Muslim propaganda in their
campuses & in their communities. Join
the conversation and discuss our community's response to Islamophobia." In Sem
II Ell07 starting at 7 p.m.
Pouring Tea
Narratives from "Sweet Tea: Black Gay
Men of the South, a one man show exploring racism, coming out, transgenderism,
sex, and masculinity." Tickets ($5-$1 0)
can be purchased at TESC Bookstore,
Rainy Day Records, and BuyOlympia.
com. Come see E. Patrick Johnson in the
Experimental Theater (COM) from 7-9
p.m.
Athens Boys Choir
Spoken word and hip-hop artist Katz will
be performing at Jake's on 4th Ave! The
show starts at 7:30p.m. ($3 ages 21+)
Comedy in the Box (w/ Dwight Slade)
At the Washington Center for the
Performing Arts (512 Washington St. SE)
starting at 7:30p.m.
Lura
A unique, lyrical musician of "French
Afro-pop, Brazilian rhythms and earthy,
traditional African music" mixed with

a "streetwise, urban sensuality [and]
passionate roots in Africa" will be at
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts! (On Stage I, 512 Washington
St. SE). The show starts at 7:30 p.m.
($15. 75-$30)
Antony and Cleopatra
Monique (from Evergreen's costume
shop) knows how cool the costumes are!
The tragedy will unfold at Harlequin
Productions (204 4th Ave. E) starting at 8
p.m. ($12-$33)

The Olympia Bicycle Film Festival
Sponsored by Capital Bicycling Club
there'll be three film showings: the Southem California (X-Treme!) BMX documentary "Take It or Leave It", the inspirational
story of a blind mountain biker "The Way
Bobby Sees It", and Seattle's own "Fast
Friday." Tickets are going at $10-$12 at
most bike shops in Olympia. It all starts at
the Capitol Theater (416 Washington St.
SE) from noon to 3:30p.m ..
BFG!
Yes, the magic continues .. Best Friends
are forever. At SPSCC (in the Kenneth
J. Minnaert Center for the Arts) at 1 and
then at 4 p.m.

The Waybacks and Special Guest
Danny Barnes
Their hybrid sound of "Memphis Soul,
honky-tonk, Parisian swing, classical
music, and vintage blue pop" from the San
Francisco Bay area and Danny Barnes '
Troy Davis Vigil
Folktronics will be at the Capitol Theatre!
Please Come! The Heritage Fountain
(416 Washington St. SE). The show starts (downtown) from 4-6 p.m., Amnesty
at 8 p.m. Tickets are going from $10-$15 International will be collecting signatures,
at Rainy Day Records, BuyOlympia.com, petitions, writing letters [to the Georgia
or in the box office right before the show. .(U.S.) board of parole], handing out
literature, and urging the cessation of this
death-row-sentenced former Evergreen
Friday. October 24
Graduation speaker's kangaroo trials and
Dance Class: House
impending death-date.
Sponsored by Hip Hop Congress, come
dance! In CRC (116) from 1-2 p.m.
Camp Quixote Fundraiser
At St. John's Episcopal Church (114 20th
BFG!
Ave. SE). A dinner, silent auction, movie,
Yes, the magic continues ... Best Friends and camaraderie all-around. 6 p.m.
are forever. At SPSCC (in the Kenneth J.
Minnaert Center for the Arts) at 7 p.m.
Sex and Candy Halloween Shindig
"Make your own costume/sexual health
fiesta! Free condoms, free candy, free
Contra Dance
Sponsored by Common Bread and Folk fun!" In the HCC from 7-9 p.m. (Tell me
Dance, there'll be live music, a caller and how that goes .. )
social atmosphere, and of course: folk
dancing! In the Gymnasium of the CRC
Olympia Union Gospel Mission:
from 7:30-10 p.m.
Dentists Go Broadway!
A collaborative effort on behalf of the
Antony and Cleopatra
Olympia Jazz Senators, professional tap
Monique (from Evergreen's costume and swing dancers from the Olympia and
shop) knows how cool the costumes are! Portland community, and various musiThe tragedy will unfold at Harlequin cians and dancers from Olympia's very
Productions (204 4th Ave. E) starting at 8 own dental community! The proceeds
p.m. ($12-$33)
of this benefit will go to "no-fee emergency dental care for the impoverished
Ballroom dance
and uninsured of Thurston County." The
Hosted by the Dance Club of Olympia, magic begins 7:30p.m. on Stage 1 of The
the dancing goes from 8-11 p.m. All ages! Washington Center for the Performing
At the Eagle's Ballroom (805 4th Ave. E) Arts (512 Washington St. SE) Tickets are
going at $20.50-$27.50.
2nd Annual Zombie Walk!
Will Baby Batman return? You should
Antony and Cleopatra
Monique (from Evergreen's costume
come and see, regardless how dead you
are! Prizes go to "best" costume! The shop) knows how cool the costumes are!
freaky fun begins in Red Square at 8 p.m. The tragedy will unfold at Harlequin
Productions (204 4th Ave. E) starting.at 8
To All Researchers: Hurry! Hurry! p.m. ($12-$33)
Faculty-sponsored research applications
are due! At the Academic Grants Office.
Uncle Bonsai
This acoustic folk-pop trio are known for
Band Against Drugs: Battle of the their tight harmonies and one-act-playBands!
like stories within their songs! Come see
Stretch out, you can't afford a hand them! Traditions Cafe & World Folk Art
cramp when the prize is an $100 Guitar starting at 8 p.m. (300 5th Ave. SW)
Center giftcard for the winners! Also,
glory. In the HCC from 9-midnight!
Sunday. October 26

Saturday. October 25
Street Medic Training!
"Get certified to be a street medic!"
Street medics are "individuals with various levels of first-aid training willing to
enter areas deemed 'unsecured' by the
police. All street medics are required
to go through this 20-hour training."
Sponsored by M.A.S.H and the Woman's
Resource Center, this intense course will
continue on Sunday, both sessions from
9:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. at TESC Farmhouse
(at the Organic Farm). Pre-registration
is highly recommended. Contact Chris
at: gr.~.!<hr..l.4..@.teY~Jgr.~-~J:L.~.QJ!. Bring a
change of clothes and a bicycle-type
water bottle.

BFG!
Yes, the magic continues .. Best friends
are forever. At SPSCC (in the Kenneth J.
Minnaert Center for the Arts) at 1 p.m.

Monday. October 27
Becci Crowe Adventure Art Show!
Opening event: Original pen and ink
pointillism by this pointillist, world
traveler will be on display at Reflections
Gallery (422 Capitol Way S) starting
today at 10 a.m.!

Tuesday. October 28
You should submit events so more people
know what's goin' down, homes.

Wednesday, October 29
Grammar Garden Workshops
Weeks 4-7. In the WC-Over:flow room,
LIB 2310 from 2-3 p.m. "Wednesday's
workshop will be an epic quest to untangle
verbs! Amaze your professors and your
parents in just four weeks! Four one-hour
sessions get you creative Punk-tuation,
the Its and Bits of grammar, and basic
sentence construction. Minimal jargon
involved."
Self-Defense Workshop for Red
Ribbon Week!
Learn to be more swift and agile! Also,
learn to protect yourself. In the HCC
from 7-9 p.m.
Critical Analysis of the Presidential
Elections
Sponsored by TESC clubs including
Amnesty International, MECHA, SDS,
(and more) ,this event will explore the
presidential candidates' stance on issues
ranging from foreign policy, immigration, and human rights. This is tentatively
planned as of now. For further questions
contact Jenna or Marissa at jcnnawesra)
hQt.mill.\.&.Qill and marissaluck@yahoo.
com

Thursday. October 30
Willie Baptist to speak on Movement
Building for Economic Human Rights!
Sponsored by various TESC programs
and student clubs, this event will feature the
formerly-homeless father Willie Baptist.
He'll speak on the economics of human
rights and Camp Quixote, a moving tent
city that shelters part of Olympia's homeless community. Come learn and help! 10
a.m. at TESC's Longhouse. (Free!)
Guantanamo Bay Demonstration: End
Terror With Justice!
From noon - 1 p.m. Amnesty International will be making a powerful statement to remind people that the U.S. is
violating human rights by using physical,
emotional, and psychological torture on
people imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay.
Contact Adam at: :fleada29fa)evergreeen.
edu
Open Mic Night!
Sign up at 6 and start wooing at 7! In the
HCC from 6-9 p.m.
BFG!
Yes, the magic continues ... best friends
are forever. At SPSCC (in the Kenneth J.
Minnaert Center for the Arts) at 7 p.m.

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