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GSUUpdate

Uncertainty
surrounds reView
board appointment
by JASON SLOTKIN
By the end of the January 29
Geoduck Student Union (GSU)
meeting, the group had not made
the any appointments to the Police
Service Community Review Board
(PSCRB).
After the GSU had interviewed
two candidates for the remaining
positions on the board, the discussion digressed into what some
GSU members described as attacks
and
disrespectful
statements.
The most recent contention involving the GSU and the PSCRB
involves representative Tez Stair,
who, despite dissent from representative Kate Schiffinan, decided
to join the PSCRB. During the
recent PSCRB forum, he identified himself publicly as a member
of the review board along with
Tasha Glen, the student who had
been recommended by the GSU to
fill a student seat on the PSCRB.
Earlier this year, Art Costantino,
Vi Pr sid nt of
1d nt A tfairs,
bad delegated to the GSU the
responsibility of finding students
to fill vacant positions on various
campus comittees, including the
Student Conduct Code Disappearing
Task Force, The Campus Land Use
Committe (CLUC), and the Polices
Services Community Review Board.
GSU representatives also had
"right of first refusal" for any open
student positions these committees.
"Right of first refusal is confusing," said GSU representative
Josie Jarvis. Representatives also
choose which committees they
would be in charge of recruiting
and interviewing students for.
During the most recent meeting,
representative Charles Loosen said
that right of first refusal was used
by representatives Jake Mixon and
Randall Hunt to join as student
members of the CLUC. According to Loosen, at the meeting these
appointments were done before
other students could apply. The
current process involves filling
out an application, a one-on-one
inteview by a representative,
and an interview by the entire
GSU. The GSU than has to come
to consensus over an applicant
before recommending a student
to any committee on campus.
According to Tim Markus, chair
of the PSCRB, some students
who were interested in joining the
review board had contacted him
about joining. He had referred

their applications to the GSU, as
was brought up by Loosen. Shyam
Khanna, the representative who
had volunteered to find students
for the review board, said he did
not know about the students who
had gone straight to the board.
Earlier this year, Khanna had been
criticized in. a letter by student
Je:lfrey Luxmore sent to the GSU,
about how Khanna was recruiting
students for the review board. The
letter drew attention to an email
Khanna had sent the the Sabbot
lnfoshoppe mailing list. Luxmore
in his letter argued that Khanna
had misused " his power and influence to forward his own personal
agenda."

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Tuition hike still on table
by MADELINE BERMAN

The second budget forum of the year was tation about the budget cut process, followed by
The letter had been read into
held on Wednesday January 28 in the Recital administrators answering questions from the audience
the record during the previous
Hall. Speakers included Evergreen President and finished with a timeline for decisions about the
GSU meeting by Stair, who
Les Puree, Steve Trotter, Executive Director for budget.
also voiced similar concerns
Operational Planning and Budget, Don Bantz, "These decisions should reflect the college's commitduring the most recent meeting.
academic provost, Art Costantino, Vice President ment to teaching and learning in interdisciplinary/
At the meeting Khanna said that
of Student Affairs, John l;.lurley, Vice President of interactive programs and courses for a diverse commuhe felt a process was developed.
Finance and Administration, and Lee Hoemann, nity of students, faculty, and staff," said Trotter. "At
Representative Randall Hunt said
Vice President for Advancement.
the same time we need to focus on the needs of current
it was " too late · the discus-~,~~... ''"' e age a consiste o a ower oint presenre
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sion in the discussion" for these
concerns. " I feel like this is the
discussion we should have had."
a
very loose
"It's
process,"
said
Jarvis.
and Phil Chinn, representing the campus had been very divided as
by MADELINE BERMAN
The GSU has not developed any
opposition to the purchase. They to whether the police should be
bylaws on how to recruit students
The Police Services Community questioned the need for purchas- armed at all, and it came down
for committee positions, standard
Review Board (PSCRB) hosted ing rifles during the current budget to a single vote in favor of police
questions for interviews, and what ·
a forum on Monday, January 26 crisis and spoke of the idea that armament.
Jarvise calls other "specificities".
Members of the audience then
in Lecture Hall 1. This forum is allowing Police Services access
The process for filling the empty
the second one this month~and to more firearms would increase asked if they could vote on it
seats on the PSCRB and other the first forum hosted by the the militarization of the police.
again. The answer to this quescommittees is intended to "get all PSCRB-with the proposed rifle
The forum was then opened for tion was lost under the noise
the students with sufficient conflicts purchase as a subject.
questions. Many raised concerns of shouting in response to the
of interests out of the pool."
Those present included members about when the rifles would be question.
When Stair announced he planned
For more information about
of the Police Community Review used and where they would be
on joining the PSCRB, Khanna had
Board, Students for a Demo- stored. Others wanted to know the rifle purchase proposal, visit
two more applicants ready to be
cratic Society, Evergreen Police about what the school will do to www.evergreen.edu/policeserinterviewed by the GSU. Several Services, and Thurston County ease the tension and bridge the vices/responseproposal.html or
members argued that Stair's appligap between Police Services and cpj.evergreen.edu/pdfs.html and
SWAT.
cation had already been blocked,
click on the "week 3" link.
Police Services chief Ed Sorger students.
but Loosen said that Stair was was present and spoke on behalf
During the question-and-answer
free to join the board as a student, of the rifle purchase, citing the potion of the forum, Art Costanand did not necessarily have to
campus' liability to protect the tino, vice president of student Madeline Berman is a sophomore
go through the GSU's process. students and the school's current affairs, spoke about how Police enrolled in Image and Sequence.
Whether or not any GSU member lack
of active shooter response Services came to be armed
has acted with misconduct is
originally.
training.
still being debated by various
According to Costantino, the
Next to speak were Billie Burlock
members, but uncertainty seems
to permeate the whole process. I
"We didn't decide if who we
say gets on the board, gets on the
board," said Jarvis.
Letters and Opinions: Critical perspectives- Student VOice: Contribute to the Students

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Jason Slotkin is a senior enrolled
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cultural community during the Days ofAtr
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of Color Anthology Page 3
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Sustainable-business
events with the Center
for Sustainable
by BRENDAN DELANY and BEN

ANDERSON
This past week at the Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (CSE), we met with
Evergreen alumnus Bob Mcintosh, the
founder of STARangers, an organization
with aims congruent to the CSE. STARangers helps students find ways to start and run
businesses in a sustainable and conscientious way. Since both of our groups have
only recently gotten off the ground, we
hope to form a bond that will strengthen
both and offer the greatest resources to the
community.
We have a couple of big events coming
up. First, we are offering a field trip to the
Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI) on
Bainbridge Island. BGI is a great place to
check out if you're interested in business
but unsatisfied with the traditional teachings of "profit, profit, profit." BGI offers
MBAs in sustainable business, one of only
a few graduate schools in the country to
do so. If you're interested in seeing what
these people are all about, shoot an email
to cse@evergreen.edu. The trip is planned
for February 7, 2009 and there 'are still
spots left in the van.
Secondly, the CSE is working with several
faculty members to host an event titled
"The New Economy: Green and Sustain-

a.m. to 8 p.m. The event is focused on finding solutions to today's problems through
the power of sustainable entrepreneurship,
and will include many speakers in both
lecture and forum formats. There will be a
free movie showing of The Great Squeeze.
There will be plenty of chances to drop in
and learn about the future of the economy
as more and more people become aware of
the need for socially and environmentally
responsible business. As an added bonus,
popcorn will be provided.
At our next meeting, we will be visited
by Evergreen entrepreneur Bill Raynes,
executive director of the Youth Connection
of Puget Sound in downtown Olympia-a
nonprofit organization that provides activities to keep youth out of trouble. He will
be talking about the dynamics of running
a nonprofit organization. If you think you
want to learn more about nonprofits or are
interested in starting one, this is a great
opportunity.
The CSE meets every Wednesday from 2
to 4 p.m. In SEM II A 2109.
Brendan Delany and Ben Anderson are
both juniors enrolled in Advanced Foundations of Successful and Sustainable
Businesses.

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Hip Hop Congress is back and ready to
start 2009 off with ambition and style.
Having recently become an official chapter of the National Hip Hop Congress,
we are organizing and ready to take serious actions towards doing more for our
Evergreen student body and surrounding
communities.
We have booked a show for March 11
to be held on-campus at the CRC. It will
feature Josh Martinez and headliner One
Be. Lo. One Be. Lo. is a nationally known
rapper out of Pontiac, Michigan. We are
fortunate enough to have him perform
for our event the day before he has to fly
back to North Dakota for another show.
The March 11 show will be held in the
back bay of the CRC. There will be no
bags allowed and large jackets will have
to be patted down. Please tell anyone
planning to attend-we do not want to

have to tum people away because they
brought bags. But please stop by, listen to
some dope music, have a great time, and
support your local hip-hop community.
Also, Hip Hop Congress will be
giving weekly Facebook and MySpace
announcements as well as submitting
more in the CPJ with artist and recent
album reviews. In the upcoming weeks
we will also be writing bios of the artists
performing at the March 11th show,
along with all the music and info you may
want to know before the show. Hip Hop
Congress will also be posting a monthly
Calendar around campus, which will
included many campus students groups
events.
KEEP CHECKING US OUT! Hip Hop
Congress meets every week at 3:30p.m.
in the lecture hall rotunda. Please come
to our weekly meetings and chill .. .
Chris Foster is a student at The Evergreen State College and a member of
Hip Hop Congress.

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OF COLOR!
Contribute to the Students
of Color Anthology
Hey, students of color! Did you know
that Evergreen has had seven past
anthologies written by student of color?
Due to lack of student involvement,
there hasn't been one since 2000. That's
almost a full decade gone by without
this valuable means of expression. That
is far too long to be sitting quiet! I am
calling out to you, Evergreen-Olympia,
Tacoma campus, and reservation-based
programs-let's bring back the students
of color anthology!
There are several different ways to
get involved in the project. You can
contribute your writing, two-dimen-

sional artwork or photography by sending a copy to palcer29@evergreen.edu,
or you can join the Student of Color
Anthology council. The council will be a
core group of students who will plot the
course of the making of the anthology.
The first meeting of the council will be
held Thursday, January 29 in the First
Peoples' Unity Lounge at 4:30p.m.
Also, for those of you attending
the Tacoma and reservation-based
programs, I understand that it is often
difficult to meet here at the Olympia
campus, so please, if you are interested
in being involved in the project, send
me an email and we can get your voices
heard.
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Progress and problems
at Flaming Eggplant:

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The Flaming Eggplant is now into its
eleventh week of business.
"The Eggplant is doing well. We're still
excited to be serving food," said coordinator Julianne Panagacos. Since opening
early fall quarter, Panagacos feels that the
Eggplant has made great strides in overall
functionality. "We definitely have a better
handle on things. We've learned how to
work at the college."
The Eggplant has yet to break even
because they must first cover the initial
cost to set up the cafe.
"We lost $5,196.58 in operations fall
quarter," said Panagacos. "Our goal is to
break even operationally by next November. It's definitely a goal we're going to
have to work towards."
To reach this goal, they have set standards
for food cost. The cost margin for food
from the grill will ultimately be more than
food that doesn't take as long to prepare.
In regards to what they're not doing"We're not marking up kombucha."
The Eggplant is also starting to set up
farm contracts for next season. They are
working 'Yith different local farms in order
to make sure that the farms grow enough
food for the Eggplant to buy. Farms include
The Evergreen State College organic farm,
Wishbone Farm, and Pigman's.

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"We hope to have more and more local
food as time goes on," said Panagacos.
Along with buying locally, the Eggplant
is striving to be more organic by now serving coffee from Olympia Coffee roasters,
"the only entirely organic coffee roasters in
town," according to Panagacos.
Students at Western Washington University are trying to start a food co-op on their
campus. Planning is still in early phases,
but they are using Flaming Eggplant documents and bylaws as a starting point.
The Eggplant also recently had a board
of advisors meeting. The board is almost
finished approving night operation for
winter quarter. "The remainder of winter
quarter will be a trial period in order to find
out what works best for the employees and
when it makes sense to be open."
The Flaming Eggplant is also planning
approach the S&A board for funding for a
full time staff position and more money for
coordinators.
The Flaming Eggplant Cafe is located on
Red Square and is open weekdays from 8
to 10:30 a.m. and 12 to 2 p.m. For more
information, visit http://academic.evergreen.edu/groups!flamingeggplant or call
(360) 867-6092.

Madeline Berman iS a SOphOmOre enrolled
in Image and Sequence.

THE FLAMING EGGPLANT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR NEARLY 11 WEEKS

Students talk budget cuts at Capitol
Evergreen students, along with representatives from other schools ail over the
state, converged on the Capitol Building to
discuss the higher education budget cuts that
are expected to raise the Evergreen tuition
7%. Among the assembled was the newly
reformed Evergreen WashPIRG. The budget
cuts are part of plan by Governor Gregoire
as a response to the national economic recession, caused by the Bush administration's
subprirne housing debacle.
Senator Ken Jacobson put the question in the
foilowing terms "do we want to help the poor,
middle class, advanced students ... what's the
philosophy?" The student speakers were
represented the full economic spectrum from
ail over Washington. The sub-committee's
working assumption was that some cuts
would have to be made, inviting the students,
in a somewhat patronizing tone, to "play

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kombucha''
by MADELINE BERMAN

January 29, 2009

lobbyist" and help them hammer out the
details. Student opinions ranged from a "7%
ceiling" for tuition increase, to saving money
for financial aid, and to openly protesting the
budget cuts.
Evergreen reps were culled from WSL
(Washington Student Lobby) and WashPIRG (Washington Public Interest Research
Group). WashPIRG had been on hiatus since
last year after organizing issues and questions
over students voting to fund the national
group (see New WashPIRG organizer). The
new organizer "hopes to establish WashPIRG on campus again this year". The group
is currently pushing against the budget cuts
and is helping to finance food for the poor
through the local Bread & Roses chapter.
~ANDY

ROSENBERGER

NawWashPIRG rep

on campus
Rachel Erstsad is the latest WashPIRG
representative on the Evergreen campus.
Though the school currently has no contract
or PIRG chapter on campus, Erstad's director sent her to TESC to rejuvenate interest
in WashPIRG. According to Erstad, she has
had some very positive responses, especiaily
during presentations in classrooms.
"Some had reservations on WashPIRG.
They heard about what happened last fail."
In order to see WashPIRG reinstated on
campus, the majority of a 25% student vote
must be in favor of a chapter presence at
Evergreen. For now, Erstad plans to help
work on campaigns, such as a program cailed
Recycle Mania and give students resources.
~MADELINE

BERMAN

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Academic Advising presents
the Winter Contrad Cafe

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The next Cafe is coming up right around
the comer, on Wednesday, February 4
from 3-5 p.m. in the Library Lobby. The
Contract Cafe is a new event full of
creativity, elegance, and a welcoming
cafe atmosphere. Last quarter our first
Contract Cafe was a great success. Close
to 70 students who were planning future
contracts attended this event! We hope
that this event will encourage students
to work proactively and carefully plan
individual study so that the experience is
thoughtful, creative, and rigorous. Please
encourage anyone you know who may be
thinking of future contracts to attend this
event.
The Contract Cafe is aimed at helping students learn about individual
study-internships (INTs) and Individual
Learning Contracts (ILCs) and plan for
the following quarter or beyond. The
Contract Cafe is a collaboration among
Academic Advising, The Writing Center,
Career Development, The Center for
Community-Based Learning and Action
(CCBLA), the Academic Deans' Office,
and our faculty, and will provide information, creative brainstorming, and
proactive planning for students who are
considering undertaking an INT or ILC
in a future quarter.
We'll also feature students who have
successfully completed ILCs and INTs.
These students will showcase their work
1lnd share their accomplishments with
the Evergreen community. Please contact
Academic Advising if you are interested
in sharing your experience with individual learning contracts.
At the Contract Cafe, students can
get answers to their questions, such
as: What is individual learning? How do

I write a contract? How do I make my
ideas become realities? How do I turn
theory to practice? How do I design my
own syllabus?
At the Contract Cafe, students can learn
from academic advisors about the process
for constructing a contract and using the
online tools which have been developed
by the college. The Writing Center staff
will be on hand to provide help on writing
clear, concise learning objectives. The
Career Development Center and CCBLA
staff can help to generate ideas about
potential internship sites. Faculty will
be there to discuss students' ideas and
add their own suggestions. This will be
an opportunity for students to learn more
about potential faculty sponsors with
expertise in their areas of study.
The Contract Cafe's objective is to
support students as they plan for high
quality individual study. We hope that
many students, staff, and faculty will
attend. Please feel free to contact Dalya
Perez at (360) 867-6308 if you have
any questions of if you are interested in
participating.
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SBrA Board's Special Initiative
(5.1.) fund update

The Writing Center presents The Grammar Garden, a series of four workshops
that build upon each other. We begin with
nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and prepositions; go on to verbs and adverbs; then forge
ahead to sentences; and finally wrap it up
with Punk-tuation! These workshops have
On December 10 of last year, the S&A Board spent the last of
been designed to illuminate the underlying what was available in the Special Initiative fund, leaving the
structures with which all writers work, thus fund balance at -.35 cents, but that wasn't the end for student
giving them a basic understanding of what ' groups wanting money. On January 7 the Board conducted
is happening in their sentences and how to budget sweeps based on their advisor's recommendations.
umavellinguistic knots.
Unused funds from Geoduck Union, S&A Productions, S&A
These workshops are actually fun; there Board, The Phrontisterion, Yam Pioneers, Musician's Club,
is very little "lingo" involved, because it's and the Student Video Garners Alliance were deposited back in
not about the lingo, it's about language to the Special Initiative fund, totaling $26,524.34.
empowerment. When learning about oil
painting, it's important to understand paint,
Winter quarter, the S.I. Fund budget began at $26,523.99.
strokes, and texture; when learning about
The S&A Board has funded the following groups so far:
writing, you need to know about verbs,
adjectives, and comma usage.
M.A.S.H.-January 7
For just four hours out of your life,
Total Rewarded:
$2,188.13 in goods and services

weeks four through seven (Wednesdays
at 2 p.m.), you will gain a better grasp of

Evergreen Anime Club -January 12

your own style. Grammar Garden takes
Total Rewarded:
$1714.16 in goods and services
place in LIB 2310, right inside the Writing Center. Come on in and try it out. You
The S&A Board is using a modified system to better meet the
won't be sorry.
I needs of student groups. For those unfamiliar with the Board's
normal procedures, normally a group has five minutes to present, ten minutes for questions and answers, and 20 minutes
for the Board to deliberate and award funds at the end of the
deliberation.
- VICTORIA LARKIN

Now instead of deliberating on each proposal individually,
the Board will be deliberating on several proposals at the same
time, assuring that each group has a more equal opportunity
to get some money from the pot. The Board feels that this is a
better solution than their normal first-come first-served strategy
in which there would not be funds available to groups that were
signed up for a hearing at a later date.
Due to the large number of proposals already received (ten!)
and the limited amount of funds in the SI, the Board is no
longer accepting budget proposals. However, a sign-up sheet is
available outside the workstation for groups to be contacted if
more money becomes available in the Sl.
The S&A Board meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 to
5 p.e. in the CAB Solarium. On Wednesday, February 4, the
Board will meet from 2 to 5. All meetings are open to the
public. If you were unable to attend a meeting, minutes are
posted next to the KAOS bulletin board on the 3'd floor of the
CAB.
The S&A office manager, board coordinator and Board
Members are always available to help you with any questions
and concerns! Office hours are posted outside our cubicle in
Student Activities CAB 320, Workstation 6. You can also call
us at x6221, or shoot an email to saboard@evergreen.edu.

- RAINBOE SIMS-JONES

ConSict ftSOlution

Essay workshops in the
Writing Center
Beginning on Wednesday, January 28, the
Writing Center is launching a new four-part
workshop series, Creative Approaches to
the Essay, which will run from weeks four
to nine. This workshop series is designed
to facilitate the process of essay writing, be
it in the form of seminar papers, synthesis
essays, personal narratives, or research
papers, through a variety of different
stages. The series begins with exploring
what an essay is, moves to organizing
ideas, follows with framing papers, and
concludes with revising and editing. The
workshops will take place between 3 and 4
p.m. on Wednesdays in LIB 2310.

- C. V. ROTONDO

School sets
timeline for budget

skiDs workshop
As a part of our commitment to providing relevant information and training about
how to effectively deal with conflict to the
Evergreen community, the CARE Network,
in conjunction with the Dispute Resolution
Center of Thurston County, is sponsoring a
Conflict Resolution & Basic Communication
Skills workshop on February 9 from 3 to 6
p.m. This is a great opportunity to learn some
new and valuable skills as well as brush up on
past learning experiences or learn more about
the CARE Network and our role within the
community.
Space is limited to only 30 seats. Send your
name, email, and phone number at which you
can be contacted to Sara Sohn, sohnsar26@
evergreen.edu, by February 4. You will
receive a confirmation email with additional
details.

-AARON LEE

BUDGET,Jrom cover

and future students."
"There have been no decisions made
at this point," said Puree. He stressed
that those working with the budget are
very open to suggestions from the entire
Evergreen community.
According to the flyer passed out, the
next steps will be for the divisions to
continue to develop budget-reduction and
tuition-increase scenarios. Then in early
March, the Vice Presidents will finalize
I

a draft budget reduction plan. There
will continue to be updates throughout
March, including another campus-wide
session.
During spring quarter the president
will recommend the 2009-2011 budget
plan to the campus community and the
Board of Trustees will approve it by
June 10.For more information, please
v1s1t
http://www.evergreen. edu/presidentlbudget/home.htm

Madeline Berman is a sophomore
enrolled in Image; and Sequence.

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GREENERS BECOME
RECYCLEMANIACS

Permaculture's

EVERGREEN ENTERS FRIENDLY
RECYCLING COMPETITION
by COLLEN UUEREB

Evergreen is, for the first time, participating in the national annual event known as
RecycleMania. According to the RecycleMania website, it is "a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and
university recycling programs to promote
waste reduction activities to their campus
communities." Colleges of all sizes, no
matter what their current recycling or waste
reduction interest, can take part during this
ten-week time period.
Rather than competing against other
colleges and universities, the newly formed
RecycleMania committee at Evergreen has
decided to use this time period to enter the
"Benchmark Division" and focus on creating awareness while at the same time being
able to compare efforts to other schools
of similar size. Categories the committee
especially wants to target focus on waste
minimization and food service/organics.
"We are in the Benchmark Division ... to
build infrastructure and institutional excitement about recycling, compost, and general
waste diversion," said Halli Winstead,
sustainability intern with Aramark Food

THE ULTIMATE
GOAL IS ... TO BE
A ZERO-WASTE
CAMPUS BY 2020
Services. "Our focus on food service
organics is due to the fact that we have a
very limited understanding of what our
compostable volume is at Evergreen."
During the next ten weeks, all aspects of
Evergreen's solid waste will be weighed
and entered into the national RecycleMania database. Fortunately, facilities staff
on campus already collects and weighs
all landfill and recyclables generated on
campus. However, more data needs to be
collected regarding our organic waste.
"We currently do not have a record-keeping practice in place [for compostables]
and RecycleMania is a good span of time

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to develop one and give the campus a much
more clear idea, with raw data, of what and
how much we compost," Winestead added.
"This picture is essential for us to plan and
develop a closed-loop campus compost
system in the future."
As a side benefit, by entering in the information into the event database, Evergreen
will also be able to see how it ranks on a
weekly basis compared to other schools.
The RecycleMania committee is made
up of people with a variety of experiences
and backgrounds. Interns, faculty, facilities staff, and both undergrad and graduate students have all taken interest in this
event and have divided areas in which to
concentrate. Some have developed new
signage to help educate, some are introducing composting within offices, and
others are working with students residing
on campus.
Evergreen already has a recycling program
in place, a'Free Store (where students can
take reusable items), and a composting
program where food waste either goes
to the Organic Farm or to Silver Springs
Organics, but more can still be done.
This time period is a great opportunity to
educate students, faculty, and staff on solid
waste issues on campus. After all, the ultimate goal is eventually to be a zero-waste
campus by 2020. Just within the next ten
weeks, there will be an increase in clearer
signage around waste collection areas all
across campus. Take a few more seconds
and put waste in the correct receptacle. To
become more involved, contact Lindsay
Raab at raabl@evergreen.edu; to learn
more about the event visit
www.recyclemania.org.

Collen Uuereb is a Masters of Public
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In September 2008, a group of 115 people
came together on the Kitsap Peninsula
north of Olympia. They danced in the
fields, taught under the trees, and talked
late into the night about the state of the
world and the simple solutions they had
at their fingertips.
"A spirit of excitement and cooperation
[was] in the air," said Michael Pilarski, a
founder of the gathering.
It was the first Permaculture convergence to happen in the Evergreen State
for many years,
and it was a muchcelebrated success.
From the viewpoint
of many environmental and social
justice activists, it
is sadly apparent
that
modem-day
humans have a
tough time living
on the planet. Look
through the long
view of history,
through the current
destruction of vital
ecosystems,
or
through the eyes of
oppressed peoples
globally, and it is a
trulyanoverwhelming feeling.
One thing that can
be agreed upon,
though, is that the
typical
lifestyle
in this country
could use a big,
humbling dose of
reality. Consumption rates, resource use,
and empire lust affect the entire world.
Rather than be overwhelmed by this,
many people use this as a starting point
for changing lives and attitudes.
One of these movements is Permaculture education. To promote sustainable
futures, first many of us must learn how
to live responsibly on the planet: how
to grow food, build shelters, process
wastes, save water. These skills are
not new to humans, but may have been
I
lost, ignored, or devalued. Permaculture
seeks to re-empower a common sense
that includes sustainable human habitats.
This common sense acknowledges that
the health of the ecosystem is intrinsic to
the health of our future generations.
Back in 1982, The Evergreen ·State
College proudly hosted the only International Permaculture Convergence held
in the United States. These events today
draw thousands. In 1982, TESC hosted
the founder of permaculture, Bill Mollison, and Masanobu Fukuoka, author of
The One Straw Revolution, and an amazing array of teachers.
But what is happening in the local
Permaculture movement lately?
"Many balls were sent rolling which

will yield results for years to come," said
Pilarski also of the recent Convergence.
One of these is the almost-launched
Washington Permaculture website to
network all statewide projects. This will
compliment the Seattle Permaculture
Guild's website, and our-ever useful
online forum, Permies.com. (Also of
note, Permies.com is offering internships
for Evergreen students. Find out more at
the Career Development Center.)
As for local projects, Thurston County
is teeming with them. Terra Commons is
transforming area lawns into abundant
food forests. Fertile
Ground Guesthouse
is hosting a series
of freeskool classes
and continues to be
the most sustainable
guesthouse in the
region.
Olympia's
very own Queen
Bee, a.k.a. Marisha
Auerbach, continues
to teach Permaculture Design Courses
throughout
the
Northwest. There's
also an Olympia
Permaculture Guild
on GoogleGroups.
As
for
events,
there is some exciting news-Austrian
permaculturist
Sepp Holzer will
be staying in Thurston County for a
month this spring.
His amazing projects in Europe have
inspired leagues of
food foresters, aquaculturists, and plant
and animal breeders. To check out his
work, look him up on YouTube. Keep an
eye out for specific workshops he'll be
teaching; they'll be posted in our online
listings mentioned above.
Also, the Permaculture movement is
keeping a keen eye on Olympia, as a town
that has -birthed many fun projects. Last
summer Olympia hosted the first Village
Building Convergence in Washington
State. It was a weekend of fun building
projects through GRUB and Oly Salvage.
Also, for barter enthusiasts, there is now
a Westside option at Nature's Creation
Farm that provides an alternative to the
long haul to Tonasket. Olympia's Barterfaire may grow and expand this year.
As always, check out current Permaculture Design Courses and other events in
the online resources above. Keep up the
great work, and see you at Synergy.

TO PROMOTE
SUSTAINABLE

FUTURES, FIRST

MANY OF US MUST
LEARN HOW TO
LIVE RESPONSIBLY
ON THE PLANET...
THESE SKILLS

ARE NOT NEW

TO HUMANS, BUT
MAY HAVE BEEN

LOST, IGNORED,
OR DEVALUED

Kelda Miller is an Evergreen alumna
and co-founder of the Seattle Permaculture Guild She now lives in Puyallup on a one-acre urban farm. She
can be contacted at kelda@riseup.net.

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January 29, 2009

AH, SIZIZIS, SO MUCH MORE THAN A PALINDROME
by SAMANTHA SERMENO
I
don't
like putting
the
things
that. I
love
in a
box.
But sometimes it's just easier to share
that way, more portable. Kind of
And though SIZIZIS is rather lacquer boxlike,
it's also pretty special, at least to me and to the
many who haunt it during the foggier hours
of the morning. It's open all the time, you
see. Besides Denny's and Top Foods on the
Westside, SIZIZIS is one of the few places
I know that's open 24 hours a day, each day;
I'd like to think it's a bit more popular than a
manufactured diner and grocery store, too.
"SIZIZIS" or "Sih - Zeh - Ziss"
Is located on the left hand side of 4th
avenue and Plum Street, nestled between
Cicada Restaurant and Lit Fuse Tattoo.
It rarely, if ever, closes. The staff even
hosted a show on Christmas Day. Maybe
they rearrange their eight dark tables and
perform jigs at 4:35 each morning when
no one's looking. Or roller-skate. Regardless, they're here, and you could be too.
As a cafe more focused on beverages,
particularly teas, SIZIZIS serves cupcakes,
cookies, some coffee, and more tea than
you could hope to sample and tire of (even
after a couple of months). Their menu
includes varieties of green, black, red,
aromatic, herbal, healing, artisan, decaf
and Yerba Mate' teas along with espresso
and coffee alternatives (and French roast).
Also, their variety of aprons are more akin
to rear-less dresses that one would expect
wayfaring peasants to wear. With ruffles.
I'd also like to point out that "SIZIZIS" is a
palindrome, even upside down. If this dark,
wood paneled tea-room were inverted, you'd

be dancing on an assortment of glass knobs
and mirror-filled portholes. I'd imagine that
it would defy gravity in that odd way that
overturned canoes (or Tupperware containers) retain
pockets of
air
when
swiftly
tipped
over
and
submerged
underwater;
w h i c h
1s
good
news, since
oxygen is
especially
needed
when one
dances. The
bathroom
is just as
intricately
flourished
with woodwork and
sage
and
cream hues
of marble.
Somewhat
Gothic,
fl a U t i - SIZIZIS CAFE

outside. I hear wafts of pt<ople's conversations drift from opiates, Che Guevara, Coco
Rosie, employment, and the Green Lantern;
which is neat, but maybe that's just Olympia.

cal, and Art Deco in feel, the fact that they
offer two different kinds of soft toilet paper
makes me want to braid them a friendship bracelet. Or a tapestry complete with
gnomes, dryads, and beads (the iridescent
glass kind). Even at one in the morning,
the fogged up windows and dim lighting
contrast with the cold and relative silence

I converse with a quiet and amiable Ben,
barista and tea-server extraordinaire, for ten
or so minutes. After concluding that we're
not sure what we'd like to talk about, we
settle on the topic of music. SIZIZIS has
had a few live shows already, and it plans to
integrate more regularly- scheduled musical
rformances; Ben even hints at more ~hi-

THREE FINE POLKA DOfS
by CATHERINE KANA

The audience in Eagle's Hall was still and
tranquilly captivated by the sweet melodic
tones of Firs of Prey and the melodica.
Grey Anne's angel wings and smooth
angelic voice followed this act. Her drum,
slowly swinging hips, and simple hand
gestures wooed the audience into such
transfixion that she asked the tech men
to make the sound "a little bit quieter." A
hand jive to "We Will Rock You," several
beats slower and quieter; and later a single
match flickering in the dim light that Grey
Anne held at her chest moved the audience
into a kind of magic enlightenment.
Christopher Francis introduced a different
order of musical pleasure with his powerful expressiveness and assertively-plucked
guitar strings. The audience embraced his
free-spirited liveliness as he pronounced,
"What are we doing with our lives?'' and
shook his head goofily like a wet dog or
an honest child. His outwardly passionate
and unapologetic expressiveness reached
an apex as he vigorously pounded a dustpan and his entire left leg on the floor. The

audience was jovially entertained when
Christopher played Beyonce's "Crazy in
Love" for a "misplaced belly dancer" from
downstairs who joined him on stage.
Polka Dot Dot Dot's Ked sneakers
accentuated sparkling red and black polka
dot dresses in the same way that an air of
humbleness accentuated the ballroom's
classy elegance. An angled sleek black
guitar and three microphones echoed
the balance of the fine a cappella trio.
Jordan's crack that Olympia was a "postapocalyptic eco-utopia" cast the audience
into a state of loving reverence. The love
deepened at the sound of the banjo and
toy microphones that sung "something
we just can't put our little fingers on." "A
Ghost Waltz" about love and loss and an
eerie majestically-bowed saw enthralled
the listeners. The Dots were swayed to
an encore by the crowd's deep intake of
breath, preceding loud applause after the
final song.

Catherine Kana is a sophomore enrolled
in (Re) Imagining the Middle East.

OLGA PETRUS

ent or "spaced out" music on a regular basis.
For now, any of SIZIZIS' staff can book
music shows, or be go-betweens in the booking process (should anyone organized and
motivated enough tap into this resource). Ben
tells me that each barista tea-server works six
hour shifts, the hours between nine and one
a.m. being the busiest. He admits that there
isn't much that he doesn't like about working
here; everything's really laid-back and enjoyable. He especially enjoys the variety and
freedom of booking live music and playing
whatever matches his whimsy, the creative
and otherworldly design of the space, and the
general atmosphere of people enjoying all
sorts of tea and coffee. When I bumble around
the topic of how SIZIZIS is doing economically (I cringe a bit, hoping I'm not hitting
a sensitive nerve), he says that they haven't
made much of a profit yet, though business
is slowly increasing. Just how messy rooms
often get messier before they start to appear
cleaner, I figure the investment and general
start-up period of any independently owned
business suffers a bit before they financially
start to profit. I ask about plans for SIZIZIS'
future and am told that they'd like to eventually obtain a liquor license which would
entail some bar-hours (age exclusive is yet
to be determined) in which a select variety
of alcoholic beverages will be served. Soon
SIZIZIS' own herbal tea blends will be
available for sale in those nifty metal cylindrical containers, too! But for now, Sizizis
is present and a pretty place to daydream.

Samantha Sermeno is a Sophomore
enrolled in French and Japanese Media
and an independent learning contract titled
Comics As Commentary.

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1. Various Artists - Guilt by Association Vol. 2
2. A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
3. Saffire the Uppity Blues Women - Havin' the Last Word
4. Kelleigh Mc"kenzie - Chances
5. Animal Collective - MenM!eather Post Pavilion
6. Bobby Jones Featuring the Mannish Boys - Comin' Back Hard
7. Coco and Lafe - Cafe Loco
8. Fake Problems - It's Great to Be Alive
9. Greensky Bluegrass - Frve Interstates
10. Jorma Kaukonen - River Of Time
11. Paul Rishell and Annie Raines - A Night in Woodstock
12. That Handsome Devil- A City Dressed In Dynamite
13. Tony Furtado - Deep Water
14. Amy Obenski - From the Deep
15. Bill Evans and Megan Lynch- Let's Do Something ...
16. Gaye Adegbalola - Gaye Without Shame
17. Hello Saferide - More Modem Short Stories from Hello Saferide
18. Various Artists - Northem Faction 4
19. Mark Olsen and Gary Louris - Ready For the Rood
20. Matt and Kim - Grand
21. Ohnostereo - self· titled
22. Pablo Menendez- Havana Blues Mambo
23. Script- self-titled
24. Various Artists - Fest 7
25. I Are Droid - I Are Debut
26. Shirock- Everything Bums
27. Various Artists - Habitat
28. Alice Russell - Pot Of Gold
29. Kokoura - Anitie
30. Beirut- March of the Zapotec and Real People Holland
- NICKY SABALU

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Day of Absence/Presence

WHAT WOULD
THIS CAMPUS

Check out this year's highlights for our
programs and remember that events that
have asterisks require pre-registration.
So register as soon as you can.

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CURRICULUM? .. WHO
WOULD BE MISSING
FROM CAMPUS?
Although many of us focus on issues of
diversity each and every day, the entire
campus is asked to think about racial
diversity and community for two days
each year when we observe the Day of
Absence and Day of Presence.
These events are designed to discuss
relevant cultural community issues.
Although the spirit of the two days is a
constant, for us to be a stronger community, the methods are varied. In the past
we have had:workshops, guest speakers,
films, plays, readings, concerts, comedians, dancers, artists, panel discussions,
week-long activities
The programs that are collaboratively
created by an open committee of staff,
faculty and students are created to
explore and celebrate issues of diversity,
culture and community at Evergreen.

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Full descriptions can be found on our
website:www.evergreen.edu/multicultural or on displays around campus. You
can also call First Peoples' Advising
Services directly at 867-6467.

Raul Afiorve is from Instituto de
Educaci6n Popular del Sur de California
(IDEPSCA). He will be giving a lecture
on Wednesday February 18 at 7 p.m.
in Lecture Hall 1. He will also have an
interactive workshop earlier that same
day called, The Liberation and Oppression Puzzle at 9 a.m. in Seminar II in

One of our special events this year will
be the educational concert from Correo
Aereo on /Day of Presence, Wednesday,
February 6 from 1-3 p.m. in Lecture
Hall!.
Correo Aereo (Air Mail) is an award
winning multi-instrumental and vocal
Latin/World Music Duo plus stand up
bass, performing traditional and original
music of Latin America; primarily of
Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina.
Together, Abel Rocha and Madeleine
So sin combine a stunning array of string
and percussive instruments with silken
vocal harmonies described as "locked in
carnal

room Cl105. Participants must register
for this workshop as space is limited.
Based on Popular Education formation,
IDEPSCAhas worked toward developing
programs around five general themes:
Education, Poverty, Immigration, Work,
Health and Gender. Raquel Salinas, a
coordinator for First Peoples Advising
Services, describes how IDEPSCA's
mission has influenced the organizations
direction: "to create a more humane and
democratic society by promoting the
socioeconomic, cultural and political
realities of disenfranchised individuals
through self-organizing, self-development programs using popular education
methodology."
Afiorve explains that "our collective
knowledge is not for sale. Instead of
packaging it, marketing it, and profiting from it, we have sought to create it
and recreate it for the benefit of human
development. Reflecting on a common
experience - action-reflection-action
- we generate knowledge, and through
this process of knowledge-production
we learn that a particular experience is a
systemic one and not isolated to any one
individual. This is a dialectical process
that helps anyone who seeks social truth
- from a day labourer to an activist, to a
college professor- to find it."

- RAQUEL SALINAS

embrace" by the Austin Chronicle. Abel
plays harp, guitar, cuatro and quinta
huapanguera. Madeleine plays violin,
maracas, bombo and jarana. Evan Flory
Barnes adds hot stand up bass.
Their music is richly polyrhythmic,
soulfully melodic; fiery, haunting,
joyful! Correo Aereo performs both as a
duo or trio.

- RAQUEL SALINAS

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Day of Absence schedule of events
What is Day of Absence?
The Day of Absence was originally a unity dinner
celebrated by our African American faculty in the early
70's. It grew to become an opportunity for all students,
staff, and faculty of color to gather off-campus for an
educational community-building retreat.
The idea for the Day of Absence came from a play of
the same name by African American playwright Douglas Turner Ward.

What is Day of Presence?
In 1992, the Day of Presence was added by students
and staff of color in order to reunite the college community and honor diversity and unity as a whole campus.
The programs that are collaboratively created by an
open committee of staff, faculty and students are created
to explore and celebrate iss11es of diversity, culture and
community at Evergreen. Check out this year's full
schedule online for our programs and remember that
most events require pre-registration. So, sign up right

away.
Full descriptions can be found on our website: www.
evergreen.edu/multicultural or on displays around
campus. You can also call First Peoples' Advising
Services directly at (360) 867-6467.
This is info for Day of Absence on-campus events.

•

I Day of Absence
Friday, February 6

I All

events are free. To attend any of
these workshops, pre-registration is
;required. Space is limited. To register
Nashira Knight at (360) 867-6467 or
email her at knightnra)cvcrgrcen.edu.

participants will then embark to various locations, travel is by bus or van.
(Directions about where to meet will be
announced at noon in the space above.)

1-5 p.m.
Community Service Dedicate an afternoon of service locally and learn what is
already being done to address racial and
social justice issues.
Many of the sessions run concurrently.
Participants will need to sign - up by
calling or emailing Hilary Hacker at
9-11:45 a.m.
the· (360) 867-6137 or hackerh@evergreen.
edu. by February 3.
·cansPresenter: Janet Partlow
Organizations include but are not
Longhouse 1007C
limited to: Books to Prisoners, De
Colores Books, Evergreen VISTA,
Squaxin Child Development Center,
[ 9 -11:30 a.m.
Camp Quixote Meal/ P.O.W.E.R.
~Mindful Of Privile~e: Stren~then­
Orientation (Parents Organizing for
·n~ the Vow to Anti-Racist Action
Welfare & Economic Rights), CIELOresenter: Fletcher Ward
Latino Empowerment and Community,
Longhouse 1007
Enhancement Evergreen Elementary
Dual Language program.
9:30- 11:30 a.m.
Mirrors Of Privile~e Film & discus1
1-3 p.m.
~ion presenter Andrea Seabert
Re-envison.
Re-create. Re-unite.
I L~cture Hall 1
Respark! Community Quilt makin~
Presenter: Talcott Broadhead
9.30 -11 a.m.
Campus Activities Building, 3'd floor
Stuff White People Like Workshop
resenter: Art Costantino
pit
Longhouse 1007 A & B

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9:45- 11:45 a.m.
Whiteness Studies: Healin~ From
acism
Workshop presenter: Chris
,C iancetta
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10- 11:30 a.m.
Creativity Play in
esilience and Resistance? Presenter:
Susan Oreene
SEM 2 E 1105

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11:45 a.m.
Intersections of Race & Gender
k~orkshop presenter: Talcott Broadhead
l'~onghouse 1002

Noon- 1 p.m.
Reflections & Orientation to CommuI
nity Service Facilitators: Ellen ShortSanchez, Hilary Hacker, Jean Eberhardt
I SEM 2 A 1107
After meeting for a short reflection,

Off-Campus
Community
of
Color Retreat
Lacey Community Center at Woodland
Creek Community Park at 6729 Pacific
Avenue SE
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
We hope you can come and join us for
a wonderful day of community building
and sharing!
We will provide vans if you need a ride
to the site (email or call us by February
3). Everyone brings a potluck dish and
it is a great place to meet up with old
friends or find new ones. The theme of
the day is always educational, always
fun, and always about our community.
Mostly though, it is about ourselves.

This year we have some wonderful students and staff sharing their
talents and wisdom with us, along with
special guests. We are looking forward
to addressing youth issues, as well as
building intergenerational community
strength and unity.
Updates and specific times for events
will be provided later.

Day of Presence
Wednesday, February 18
All events are free. To attend any of
these workshops, pre-registration is
required. Space is limited. To register
call Nashira Knight at 867-6467 or email
her at lm_i.ghln.@~YJ~J:gi.!eS<!J._&Q.\!.
Also, on this day in the library lobby
you will be able to walk a labyrinth and
collaborate in the. making of a paper
quilt. Times for these events will be
announced.

8:30-9 a.m.
Welcome Reception Presenter: Raquel
Salinas
SEM 2 C 1105

3:15-5 p.m.
Allowin~ Silence and Stillness. Actin~
with Compassion Presenter: Fletcher
Ward
Library 3201 A & B, President's office
board room

3:15-5 p.m.
Confirmation Bias, Co~nitive Disso~
nance and the Challen~e to Re-envision and Re-create the Brain's Wirin~
Presenters: Sonja Wiedenhaupt, Dalya
Perez & Norma Alicia Pino
SEM 2 C 1105
3:15-5 p.m.
Arab and Muslim Detention
Presenters: Therese Saliba and Jose
Gomez
Lecture Hall 5
4-5 p.m.
A Rosetta Ouilt:The interpla~
between unity and difference in our
community
Presenter:Joe Tougas. Meet in front of
the mural which is along the front of the
library towards SEM 1

9-11 a.m.
The Liberation and Oppression
Puzzle
Workshop Presenter: Raul Afiorve
SEM 2 C 1105

4-6 p.m.
Skin Deep Film and
presenter:Andi Seabert
Lecture Hall 1

10-11 a.m.
And Justice For All Film and discussion: Presenter: Andi Seabert
Longhouse 1007 A & B

7 - 9 p.m. Oueremos Vivir Sin Miedo
(We Want to Live Without Fear)
Presenter: Raul Afiorve
Lecture Hall 1

10 a.m. -noon
Star Power Workshop Presenter: Art
Costantino
Longhouse 1007 C
12:15 -1 p.m.
Community Choir Evergreen staff,
faculty and students
First floor of the library bulding lobby
in front of the new wall sculpture
1-3 p.m.
Correo Aereo Educational Concert
Lecture Hall 1

discussion

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©COOPER POINTJOURNAL 2008

STOP
BITCHING,
BITCHES

Guilty pleasure
by ERIN GRAY

by YONATAN ALDORT

group are phrasing things appropriately.
Everybody is touchy-feely and gets
"When Jena 6 don't
offended by just about any goddamn
thing (whoops, better apologize to the
exist, tell him that's
when I'll stop saying
religious folk for taking the lord's name I
in vain). How the fuck are we supposed
bitch."- Jay-Z
1
The title of this
to accomplish anything if all we can
talk about is why one person or another
article, which I hope •···· ·.
\ has caught your attention, is not meant phrased something in a way that didn't
to apply to women as a group or any quite seem right to us?
worn 1 specifically. I am using the word
Motherfuckers, people were assassibitch '1ere to describe an unfortunately nated for preaching change and peace; \
large portion of my fellow students they were shot with fire hoses, had
who we undertaken to be obsessively their houses bombed and shit-and
bitcl> guardians of excessive political you're too fucking soft to get through
corrr t 1ess. "We shouldn't say the word a conversation without crying about the
bitch J l'ause it's patriarchal." "Should words your fucking allies use? Bitch,
we sav [ lack or African-American?" "Is please. If you really want to spend your
it ~e:: 'ly fair to blame white people for time mincing around semantics without I
every th '1g?" These are just a few of the having any depth behind your words, go
stup1d -.;s things I've been hearing from be a fucking politician, because that 's
an inc. easingly oversensitive and thin- all they've been doing and guess what:
skim < d student body that accomplishes nothing fucking changes.
I
stunr gly little to actually remedy the
The fact is, when real changes are
racisr and sexism that pervades our made, negative words lose validity, not
the other way around.
societv
I
Now, I want to make clear that I am not
We hve in a nation in which the
dominant group has swept racism and by any means advocating the use of racial
sexism under the
slurs in conversa- 1
tion, because those
rug, denying that
these tssues exist RACISM AND SEXISM are
completely
even -; the actions
unproductive and
can only accomplish
continue. Racism
ARE COVERED BY
hate and division.
and sexism are
covered by a thin
But it is fucking
A THIN VENEER
ridiculous to seize
veneer
bullshit
Ithat bee mes transon words or phrases
OF BULLSHIT
which were never
parent
anyone
meant to insult an
who h 1 ever been
THAT BECOMES
entire group based
a vic1
f either or
on immutable traits
peop
o actually
TRANSPARENT
and have a variety
open.
eir eyes
TO ANYONE WHO
of meanings m
to the r 1lities of
Amenca
society.
conversation.
For example, if
This !iih y denial
HAS EVER BEEN A
of the tr h comes
we never say bitch, \
through
extreme
VICTIM OF EITHER then wouldn't it
also be appropripolitico
correctness,
)rds gain more focus than ate to avoid the word bastard due to its
allowing complete inaction potential to insult men without fathers? I
actwr
There is no fucking point to this line of
I issues.
on the
icians and reporters avoid thought. A bitch will be a bitch whether
While
words li~ s hetto" in favor of "densely we call them that or not, and if you need I
an centers" or other such further proof, take a look at Anne Coulpopulate•
crap-tal.
Jhrases, one in three black ter, Sarah Palin, Condoleezza Rice, and
men go t> 1 in their lifetime, and poor Bill O'Reilly's racist ass. These are all
Latino
1borhoods are subject to first-class bitches, and will continue to
( E raids that violently tear be so whether we call them that or not.
aggressi
Thus, in the interest of shaking things
families r
But that >ot what's important, is it? up, I encourage those of you who engage
1
We shou
ebate how to phrase these in this bitchy PC-hawking to break your
problems propriately so we can avoid obsessive spell by venting your anger at
actually c .g anything. Fuck that shit! me for writing this with vile shit talkActions s1 ak a hell of a lot louder than ing. Call me a fucking asshole, a mothwords, ar · how rosily we phrase injus- erfucker, a bitch, whatever. Shit, call
me a dirty Jew, a kike, a Christ killer; I
tice make. o fucking difference.
It is for t 'e reasons that I get pissed don't give a fuck if it breaks you out of[
oti when c nversations about solutions your own PC bitchiness. Because. to me,
get caught 1 a mire of political-correct- looking at history and who made real
ness haw! in I have seen the scenario changes, I just don't see real changes
all too < • 1: a group of students ever being made by._the people who sat
d1scussing ch issues agree on virtu- around debating how to phrase the chalally every •1g, but instead of chan- lenges they faced.
neling tha agreement to accomplish
Yonatan A/dart is a junior enrolled in
something, orne bitchy asshole has to
bring up whether certain members of the Decolonizing the Mind.

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I don't know about
anyone
else,
but
growing up in a rural
area, 45 minutes from
the nearest grocery
store and most of my
friends, cars and the
magic age of 16 creates freedom. There
is a special bond between driver and car.
My first car made it so I didn't have to
be trapped in the car with my mother, or
listen to my older brother's shitty music
every time I wanted to leave the house.
That first car was a little purple Geo
Metro and I loved her. Her name was
Dylan, because she was just spunky
enough to pull off a boy's name. She and I
had lots of fun. We went to drive-ins, met
up with friends and she was always there
for me when I needed a place to make out
with my high school boyfriend. We lived
happily together until an unfortunate
tragedy struck about two years ago.
While I was sitting on Harrison waiting for the car in front of me to tum into
the Westside Mart, some stupid lady
rear-ended me. I was just fine; Dylan
had taken all of the damage to keep me
safe. The woman hit us so hard that it
bent Dylan's frame and our days together
were over.
I got a new car about a month later, a
Saturn of some kind-it's light blue with
vinyl seats. I tried to connect with the
new car but something always seemed
to interrupt the connection. It was as if
the car hated me. I have been driving this
car since I lost Dylan, and until recently I
had forgotten how fun it can be to drive.
My .recent rediscovery of my love of
driving was prompted by my Saturn's
malfunctioning, a most outrageous
attempt to declare its hatred for me. My

father came into town and did what a
good dad should do; he took my car to
try to fix it and left me with his vehicle.
My father drives a truck, a giant black
behemoth of a truck. This truck is huge
not because it is jacked up or tricked
out-it just IS. I shouldn't admit thisevery part of me that is green wanted to
reject it-but I LOVE that truck. It is
like being king of the road. Even though
I have to hoist myself into the driver
seat using the steering wheel, and I am
completely incapable of driving it, I love
it. I felt majestic, noble, and powerful
driving this truck.
When I drove in town I felt as if I had
to rein in the power of the truck. When I
finally got to take him out on the freeway
it was a dream. It had so much power, it
was like it drove itself.
That's when I realized I was driving
a stallion. I named him Black Beauty.
Within a week I had named my father's
truck something I had failed to do in the
two years I had been driving the Saturn.
Last week I had to trade back. I handed
. in the keys to Black Beauty and received
the keys to my Saturn and a tear came to
my eye. I drove home no longer feeling
like a king, but fearing for my life as I
stared down the wheels of a semi-truck.
The worst part of all this is that the
Saturn, once no longer in my father's
care, ceased to malfunction. The
mechanic to whom he took it didn't even
find anything wrong with it, so I was
at least relieved that there would be no
future problems. But I was wrong. As if
to slap me in the face not a day after I
had the car in my possession, it wouldn't
even start. I am now convinced that this
car has it in for me.
Erin Gray is a senior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.

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A two-state solution
by ERIC MAPES

In a political culture
in which expressing
sympathy for Palestinians or condemnation
of Israeli government
policies is grounds for
charges of anti-Semitism, it's not hard to see why so many
public figures maintain uncritical support
for Israel regardless of what decisions are
taken in Tel Aviv. As a result, billions of
our tax dollars go annually to support the
occupation and expropriation of Palestinian
land in defiance of international law, the
U.N, and world public opinion generally.
The Palestinians (also a Semitic people,
F.Y.I.) are supposedly unworthy of sympathy because some among them use "terrorism," a vague term our leaders refuse to
define, but seems to refer only to violence
perpetrated by official enemies. Never
mind that for most of the occupation, the
vast majority of Palestinians have confined
themselves to non-violent resistance.
Never mind, either, that Israelis pioneered
many of the violent tactics used by groups
like Hamas. The Irgun, a militant Zionist
faction, used marketplace bombings and
assassination, even killing other Jews. They
and the Haganah, forerunner of the Israeli
Defense Force, carried out numerous civilian massacres and used Jewish civilians as
human shields in their nationalist struggles
against the former British occupiers and the
Palestinians. The Israeli air force introduced
hijacking to the region in 1954, holding
hostage the hapless passengers of a Syrian
airliner.

Since non-violent demonstrations are
routinely crushed by the Israel Defense
Force (IDF) and ignored by U.S. journalists, it is hardly surprising that some
Palestinians tum to violence. The hateful
anti-Israeli rants of the insurgency's bitter
survivors may be well-known here, but I
wonder how many readers are familiar with
the following:
" . . . [S]trike mercilessly, women and
children included. Otherwise the reaction
is inefficient. At the place of action there is
no need to distinguish between guilty and
innocent."- David Ben-Gurion, first Israeli
Prime Minister
"You [Palestinians] shall continue to live
like dogs, and whoever wishes may leave."
- Moshe Dayan, L~d Defense Minister
"[I wish that Gaza] would just sink into
the sea." - Yitzhak Rabin, Labour Prime
Minister
" ... [T]he borders oflsrael are where Jews
live, not where there is a line on a map."
- Golda Meir, Labour Prime Minister
"[T]he Palestinians must be made to
understand in the deepest recesses of their
consciousness that they are a defeated
people." - Moshe Ya'alon, IDF chief of
staff
"[The ceasefire] harms the Israeli strategic goal, empowers Hamas, and gives
the impression that Israel recognizes the
movement." - Tzipi Livni, Israeli Foreign
Minsiter
These don't exactly sound like people
sincerely interested in a peaceful, two-state
settlement.
The record shows that Israel and the U.S.
routinely reject proposals by world leaders
for a peace treaty based on the pre-1967

border, proposals supported by 98% of the
U.N. general assembly, the Arab League,
even Hamas and Hizbollah (and, on the rare
occasions when our deceitful media system
informs people about them, a majority of
the U.S. population, too).
The ID Fbreaks more cease-fire agreements
even than Hamas. The latest U.S.!Israeli
proposal, condemned by the world court
and understandably rejected by Hamas and
Arabs generally, is to cram the Palestinians
into nine resource-starved cantons separated by walls, cameras, and checkpoints,
and then let them call it a state-or if they
prefer, "they can call it fried chicken," as
Netanyahu's communications director
David Bar-Illan bluntly put it.
Europeans horribly persecuted Jews for
millennia, culminating in the Holocaust.
History records that about 1900 years ago
the Romans brutally evicted them from
the "Promised Land," where they had
lived since their mythological ancestors
committed genocide against the previous
inhabitants.
Present supporters of Israel apparently
believe that these facts justify the use of
violence by modem Jews to take control
of some (or maybe all) of their ancestors'
conquests on the eastern Mediterranean,
build "settlements" there, and treat "like
dogs" the native population, whose roots
there go back "only" thirteen centuries.
Israel's right to self-defense, they maintain,
extends to indiscriminate retaliation and
collective punishment of occupied people.
They further assert that people unconvinced
by this tortured reasoning really just hate
the Jews.
To sympathize with Israeli civilians living

under constant threat of rocket attack but not
Palestinian civilians living under constant
threat of house demolition, arbitrary arrest,
and aerial bombardment-including with
illegal cluster bombs and white phosphorous-requires more moral dexterity than
I possess. Nor am I agile enough to avoid
the question of why U.S. taxpayers should
subsidize this dangerous undertaking. Why
should we send Israel attack helicopters,
F-16s, tanks and military bulldozers-even
nuclear arms-for free? Why should we
finance new "Jewish-Only" developments
on occupied land? Besides being immoral,
this dubious "support" actually increases
both the probability that Israel will be
destroyed in a cataclysmic war and the
frequency of "terrorist" attacks.
The success of the Northern Ireland peace
process depended on direct negotiation with
"terrorists" (or "resistance fighters" as such
people almost invariably see themselves),
leading to an agreement that substantively
addressed the grievances of the occupied
Irish.
I hope that President Obama has the
wisdom to see that, in this case too, peace
is possible. Iflsrael negotiates in good faith
with the Palestinians' legitimately-elected
representatives, a viable agreement based
on the pre-1967 border could be reached.
People who care sincerely about all human
life, Jews and Arabs included, will push for
such a settlement. People who want another
catastrophe in the Middle East, for whatever
reason, will seek to stay the course.
Eric Mapes is an alumnus of The Evergreen State College.

A tiny doo1 way beckons
PART ()NE ()F T\V()

by CASEY JAYWORK

If you've known
visions ofDirty-Harry
six-shooters snubbed
tight and chilly against
the concave sweatpool of your temple,
or ever wondered how
many sleeping pills you could devour in
one pivotal moment, then you get where
I'm coming from. Or-let's be honest-if
you can listen to My Chemical Romance
without irony, then, yeah, we're on the
same page.
(This is only funny because it's being
discussed from the outside. Tragedy plus
distance equals comedy.)
The question- The Question. Hamlet's
catchphrase. What Camus calls "the
fundamental question of philosophy."
For Dostoyevsky, it was a plot device; for
HunterS. Thompson, a final appendix. For
you and I, it's a tiny doorway situated in
the back of the closet, hidden behind piles
of dirty laundry and old shoes, carefully
out-of-sight, and yet somehow beckoning, like a fire escape or a drug, daring us
to plunge.
It's 3:30 a.m. and the walls creak and
mumble around you, a graveyard of
battered drywall and deadwood. The
tiny doorway rattles, hungry. Gusts of
undiluted wind rush past the other side,
tantalizing and ineffable, an uncharted
country of virgin waters and un-judging
peers, arms outstretched toward your

prone, naked body. Dutiful, you turn away
and plug your ears"It's a permanent solution to a temporary
problem," you whisper, like a prayer-but
the bed-sheets shackle your pale body,
and the mattress beside you is as empty
as a glass, and gazing heavenward reveals
no god, only cracked plaster and a dusty
movie poster.
That tiny, rattling door remains. It will
not be outgrown. No matter how much ratpack refuse or sand or poetry we fling atop
it, despite oceans of alcohol or Prozac Qr

Suffering, turned off. Imagine the silky
caress of oblivion doing its work on worry,
fear, hurt, anger. No bad vibes (man). No
worries.
What exactly is it we're longing for?
Is there an important difference between
this imagined world and death?
Buddha: "Life is suffering."
Us: "Yes. Where can I find a gun?"
You, too, find your armpits angled at
90 degrees, palms outstretched, in both
welcome and farewell, like that famous
_wv
old=t_he original wrist cutter. He,

self-help text we drown ourselves in like
liquid armor-still, it will not stay locked.
Suicide-it's an enduring option.
This may not be a bad thing. Imagine
a world without the terrible freedom of
the choice to live or die. Imagine a dog
at the end of a leash, sk;ipping joyously
or cursing the day it was born or maybe
just eating its own shit, then locked safely
away in a state-of the-art pet facility at
the end of the day, cared for, protected,
helpless.
Imagine a world without pain or angst.

of course, had help; and, more importantly,
had God. Had access to God, the guarantee of Truth, Purpose, and Meaning. His
reality included something divine, something eternal, as more than just a theoretical flourish. For that man, the script was
already written, and the only choice was
how much to improvise, if even that.
There was no leap of faith, no terror of
freedom, possibilities and responsibility
spawning like an infinite horizon of trials
and verdicts, no tortured nights festering
under the agonizing absence of something

greater. There was only the weight of
destiny, Atlas crucified and emancipated,
a divine cog ex machina, wheeled out in
effigy-a symbol for himself.
Our position is perhaps closer to Judas:
swinging wretchedly from his tree branch
in the careless wind-and yet even he
has his consolation, having touchedkissed!-the divine and thus knowing that
something matters, some Value endures,
and this life is not only a "vast, never
appeased emptiness."
And so an old question resurfaces: is
it better to be, not damned or saved, but
damned or forgotten? "And therefore,
since I cannot prove a lover to entertain
these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain." Or, "Which is
worse, hell or nothing?"
But maybe this is a dead end, no pun
intended, because hell is just as fictionalto our situation- as heaven and choirs of
seraphim and JC's foretold super-hero
return. Whatever wisdom Judas may have
found is inapplicable to our lives. What if
God did come back? What could he be but
the neglectful parent, head hung, whining
and conniving for his children's forgiveness- that is, sanction- for his ongoing
irresponsibility?
How is a good God possible even in
principle?
Casey Jaywork is a senior enrolled in
Nietzsche: Life, Times, Work.

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January 29, 2009

Should the Evergreen police get riflesl
A CRITICAL PER.SPEC~Tl\/E
by BILLIE BURLOCK

Tech (2007), Delaware State University although they were unarmed. In 1995,
(2007), Louisiana Tech College (2008), Art Costantino and the Board of TrustEvergreen
Police
and University of Central Arkansas ees approved the "limited arming" of
Services
wants
(2008), the probability of an event like Evergreen Police Services, despite much
rifles-three AR-15
this happening on a specific campus each student outcry, a 1200-signature student
semi-automatic rifles,
year is P(x)=0.0003 or once in every petition, and then a direct action civil
plus gear. These are
3,140 years. So the estimated probability disobedience campaign.
being requested to be
of death by active shooter in any given
We can draw from the past to get a
able to respond to an
year of(Px) = 0.0000005.*
decent idea of how these weapons will
"active shooter" on campus, such as a
Meanwhile,
be used (or misused).
Virginia Tech-type situation. Strangely in the past six
THE PROBABILITY
The police are already
enough though, when the Police Services years, there have
armed with tasers,
Community Review Board (PSCRB) been 31 reported
OF AN EVENT LIKE
the "less-than-lethal"
asked Ed Sorger if the police force instances
of
weapons that have
having rifles would have prevented the sexual assault (the THIS HAPPENING ON caused deaths in this
situation at Virginia Tech, he responded number of unrecountry. Tasers were
"No."
ported instances
A SPECIFIC CAMPUS pulled on students
Wait, back up. How did the subject of is probably many
last year with some
rifl~s come up, anyway?
times that). Also, EACH YEAR IS ... ONCE frequency,
generThe Campus Safety Enhancement Bill suicidal students
ally in situations
was created in response to the shootings have been denied IN EVERY 3, 140 YEARS where the victim was
at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois counseling
at
neither committing a
University. Washington's six four-year Evergreen due to lack of funding . In violent crime nor physically threatening
public institutions of higher education fact, we are in a time of possible grave the officer. Two students were tasered in
with police departments in Washing- budget cuts, when every TESC depart- two separate events one week last school
ton collaborated to complete these ment is being told to think about what year. The PSCRB still hasn't come up
self-studies.
it would look like to run with a 10% cut with any conclusions pertaining to this
Evergreen Police Services chose in budget. But the police are requesting issue by way of police accountability.
to investigate the threat of an active $10,000 for rifles and gear, plus $2000 a
Note that besides the threat of an active
shooter. Rather than the immediate year for additional training. Looking at shooter, we are not dealing with hyposafety concerns facing our community the facts, where do our priorities, finan- theticals. Police everywhere are abusive,
on campus (such as sexual assault), they cial and otherwise, lie?
which should be taken into account when
chose to investigate this hypothetical,
For much of the history of The Ever- considering this proposal. On New Years
improbable situation.
green State College, there was no Day 2009, a University of Washington
Let's look at this critically. Using police department or police services on student in Seattle was shot to death by
university shooting statistics from the campus. There were simply "Campus the police. Two months ago a young man
past six years, including Case Western Safety" officers. Eventually they were named Jose Ramirez was shot to death in
Reserve University (2003), Virgina replaced with formal police officers, his back by the Olympia Police Depart-

ment in his car (the police involved have
not received any formal repercussions).
When asked about racial profiling in
the community, Police Chief Ed Sorger
commonly responds that he has never
received a complaint. Several students
have recounted to the authors stories
of their having confronted Ed about
concerns with racial profiling. As for
official complaints to ~n organization,
students who feel abused and threatened
are not likely to go to that organization's
department to file a complaint with them.
The lack of complaints should be more
indicative of an inadequacy in this channel of voicing concern, rather than being
indicative of a lack of concern.
There are concerns about racial profiling on campus. Last year a statement
signed by 14 student groups condemned
the methods the Evergreen Police were
using to catch graffiti artists as racial
profiling. Racial profiling gives students
of color a particularly different experience on campus.
I urge you to do your own investigation.
Learn the facts and history. Consider:
where is this money coming from? What
else, exactly, can it be used for? How
were the police armed in the first place?
Should we even have to focus so much
effort on an improbable scenario when
police abuse and other tangible issues
stick out like a sore thumb?
Billie Burlock is a student at The Evergreen State College.

The politics of neutrality
and genuine student power
by C.V. ROTONDO

Political
divisions ,.....,,....,,....,_,._ -~~
came to the fore at
the recent Geoduck
Student Union (GSU)
meeting, particularly
over Tuesday night's
forum on the proposal
from Evergreen Police Services to
purchase 10,000 dollars' worth of rifles,
ammunition, training, and other equipment. While this contentious proposal
would understandably arouse conflict
between representatives of differing
political and experiential viewpoints,
concerns much larger than the immediate
issue are at play.
Since the onset of this school year, the
GSU has struggled to define its guiding principles and goals, engaged in a
constant battle over a political framework. This conflict has managed to fetter
any substantial gains for students and
their faculty and staff allies on campus.
In my analysis, this stalemate enables
administrators and police to continue to
define policy and practice at Evergreen.
The last GSU meeting proved a watershed in an ongoing struggle in which bold
statements of purpose and direction illuminated often-obscured political agendas.
The larger conflict between members
of the GSU is one over frameworks for
political action, over our roles as representatives and of objective neutrality as
we act in our positions. Fellow members
of the GSU, students, and I, have argued

that this position is not only impossible, discussion of the recent student forum
but serves to perpetuate the power imbal- (why you might not have access to our
discussion) and Art Costantino's whisance that already exists.
I define my role as a representative by pered inquiries as to Charles Loosen's
the only portion of the GSU's constitu- attendance at meetings (Loosen was
tion that I feel carries much political absent that day).
Also, implications were made that radiweight, the portion that sets the GSU on
a mission to seek a "balance of power" cal voices on campus constitute dogmatic
between administrators, faculty, staff and bullies, unwilling to hear a diversity of
students. If action guided by the spurious views and silencing those who disagree
hope of objectivity or neutrality reifies with them through menace. Jake Mixon
the existing power imbalance, then taking and Alexandre Chateaubriand's comments
such a position, as certain members of the were illustrative here. These diatribes
GSU have, is to negate one's purpose as against radical dissent and alternatives to
a representative. The student body needs campus policy do not, despite the claims
a keen understanding of the balance of of the progenitors, seek "safe," open
forces; who espouses and supports what dialogue, but instead marginalize certain
political agenda, especially within the voices and experiences; the same voices
GSU, in order to make informed deci- and experiences marginalized by the
sions about how to politically engage on broader power structure, particularly by
campus.
police harassment and violence.
Given the Cooper Point Journal's
Much debate at the meeting focused
milquetoast descriptions and selective on the creation of "safe" space, yet
quoting from the event, I attempt to briefly genuinely "safe" dialogue about campus
outline the array of forces here.
policy was not the true aim of those
Whether intentionally or not (and espousing neutrality. "Safety" must be
past actions can inform the distinc- given context. In the current historical
tion), members of the GSU proclaiming moment on campus, that context includes
neutrality or objectivity support the unaccountable, racist police (potentially
entrenched power of administrators such with high-powered rifles), the dismanas Art Costantino and his allies in Police tling of social services such as counselServices (who benefit from his histori- ing and sexual assault prevention, the
cally pro-armament policies). I will offer proven threat of sexual violence, and the
my (admittedly non-neutral) perspective disempowerment of students, faculty,
and staff to meet the needs of an adminas a participant in the meeting.
Of particular interest was Tez Stair's istrative bureaucracy and their salaries.
request that the tape recorder used to The Geoduck Student Union is the body
record meetings be turned off during our heralded by these administrators for the

channeling of student dissent and alternative visions.
Part of my argument for a powerful, political stance from the GSU is that nowhere
in the founding documents of the GSU are
its powers and scope adequately defined.
During the negotiations following the
sit~in last spring (in which I participated),
this proved a point of much contention.
Costantino argued that the GSU was the
only legitimate avenue for student voice.
The sit-in negotiating team argued that
the GSU's was illegitamate given its
ambiguous scope, lack of ·real power,
and historic support of administrative
initiatives against the dissenting voices of
students. I would argue now that it is up
to an organized student body to define the
power and scope of the GSU. The same
forces which have historically bent it in
favor of the administration and its allies
are now undermining this possibility.
As a representative, I am committed
to pursuing my radical politics (which
does not constitute bullying or making
spaces "unsafe"), and through them
dismantling the -current power imbalance
on campus, which is weighted heavily
against students. In that spirit, I denounce
implicit or explicit alliances with Costantino or the police and obscurantist claims
to neutrality and objectivity, in favor of
the radical political agenda upon which I
was elected.
C. V. Rotondo is a is a senior enrolled in
Non-fiction Workshop.

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An open
letter to
Police
Services
by KATRINA HANSON

My name is Katrina,
and I was at the
active shooter forum
Monday, January 26.
I noticed that over
and over, students
were asking about
where their school funds are going, and
I have heard these same questions from
students all over campus: "Why don't
we have more funding for counseling
services?" "Student activities?" "Photoland?" "The library?" "The art studios?"
And over and over, professors who have
been here for decades are asking why they
don't get pay raises when housing prices
rise, why they don't get more health care
coverage as health costs rise, why they
don't get raises when the general cost of
living rises.
Yet, we were just at a forum discussing
whether we think it appropriate for campus
police to spend $10,000 plus $2,000 each
subsequent year on rifles, ammunition,
and training for a possible emergency.
A possible emergency.
Isn't it an emergency that professors can
no longer live near the schools in which
they teach because housing costs are
too high, forcing them to drive to work
instead of walking? Isn't it an emergency
that students are being denied education
because they don't have sufficient scholarships and funding for their education?
Isn't it an emergency that student groups
like Women's Resource Center and
Women of Color Coalition, who bring in
speakers to talk about combating racism
and facilitate workshops to prevent sexual
assault, no longer have enough money
to do so? Isn't it an emergency that art
facilities like Photoland are getting their
budgets cut so that students who cannot
afford their own art materials can no
longer do the art they love?
Isn't it, above all, an emergency that
numerous students, including many of my
friends, have been denied access to the
Evergreen Counseling Center, even when
they needed help the most, because the
counseling center doesn't have enough
money to hire additional counselors? An
emergency that, if prevented, would allow
students who are depressed, suicidal, and
going through traumatic experiences to
talk to someone and receive help; something that would prevent them from lashing out at other students- perhaps as an
active shooter on campus!
Many students of the Evergreen campus
are outraged that our school funds are
being used to pay for more weapons and
more police training, instead of going
where we need funding most: to help the
students from the inside out, so that we no
longer need an outside force "protecting"
us.
·• I urge you to decide, for the health of
the campus and its students, faculty, and
staff, not to give more funding for police
weapons, and instead to use that funding
to do what a college is supposed to do:
educate.
Thank you for your time,
Katrina Hanson
Katrina Hanson is a junior and an intern
at the Women sResource Center.

Prop 8, black voters, and the
Democratic party
IF LIBERALS EXPEC:'"f BLACK PEOPLE 'T'O VCYIE AGAINS'f 1'HEIR
PRINCIPLES, ·rHEY'RE GOING ·ro HAVE ·ro ASK, NICELY
black heterosexuals' antihomosexual
sentiment exists as a means of countering the perception of black sexuality as
The
2008
elecperverse
in order to survive and gain
tions were historic: '·.
respectability and acceptance by the
America elected its
majority."
first black president.
Others simply blamed stupidity in
Voter turnout neared
the black community.
Columnist
all-time highs, with
Wayne Besen of 365gay.com wrote in
black voters coming
out in record numbers to support liberal a November 7, 2008 blog, "I believe
our failure with the African American
Democrat Barack Obama.
The elections were also an example of vote ... has more to do with education
black social conservatism coming into levels than race. In general, people
conflict with liberal ideology. In Califor- with lower levels of education-of any
nia, the same black voters who voted for race-do not vote for gay rights. White
Obama, voted seven out of ten in favor people are twice as likely to graduate
of Proposition 8-a proposed amendment college as black people."
Aspiring social commentators in the
to the state Constitution, restricting the
definition of marriage to a union between Evergreen State College newspaper, the
Cooper Point Journal, weren't as refined
the opposite sexes.
Liberals erupted with shock and outrage in their arguments.
In a November 13, 2008 article, Colin
over the "insensitivity" shown by the
black voters. Liberals were scrabbling Bartlett's in-depth analysis lead him to
to understand and explain their perceived the prolific conclusion, "To the 70% of
irony in the black voters voting for African-Americans who voted in favor of
"discrimination."
Proposition 8 ... I say f**k you."
Some blamed the history of racial oppresThe vitriol in the CPJ didn't stop there .
sion in the black community. Huffington In the November 20, 2008 CPJ, Jeffrey
Post blogger Leonce Gaiter wrote in his Luxmore wondered if "certain" groups
October 21, 2008 blog, "Throughout should be voting at all. Luxmore wrote of
American history, black men could not the blacks who turned out for Obama who
protect themselves, much less their fami- voted in support of Prop. 8, "Talk about
lies, from the predations of the majority, unintended consequences."
Luxmore
who could own, rape, maim and kill continues, " ... what if everyone voted?
you and yours at will... Once we began Forget about who will turn up at the
to develop some sense of self-respect, polls and who won't. Everyone casts a
we overcompensated with a black buck vote, we tally them up, and that's it. That
hypermasculinity that's still apparent would be a step towards participatory
today. From blaxploitation movies to democracy. But do we even want that
gangsta rap, it's been a constant in the to happen ... " Among Luxmore's apprehensions concerning full participatory
images with which we're entertained."
Some blamed racism and religion (the democracy, is the fear that abortion might
black church). In his November 8, 2008 be outlawed. Apparently, nothing is more
blog, Huffington Post blogger Terrance horrible to Luxmore than if more people
Heath quoted Horace Griffin's book Their wer~ born to participate in the oppressive
Own Receive Them Not: African American practice of democracy.
Lesbians And Gays in Black Churches:
Anti-Christ to the religion of liberalism,
"Following slavery, the racist attitudes Ann Coulter once wrote, "Democrats don't
that defined black men as sex predators want black voters, but they need them."
caused black men extreme hardship and According to the sentiments expressed by
death ... Given the majority culture's Bartlett and Luxmore, Coulter is right.
Aside from the temper tantrums and
racism and sexual attitudes, African
Americans soon learned that their very calls for voter suppression spewed in the
survival depended on distancing them- CPJ, of the three legitimate reasons cited
selves from 'sexual perversions.' Much of by liberals-racism, religion, and stupidby JARED TEER

THERE WAS NO D OR

R NEXT TO PROP. 8

1

ON THE BALLOT, SO
NATURALLY BLACKS
VOTED FOR THEIR
PRINCIPLES
ity-stupidity seems to be the only cause
that blacks and liberals can play an active
role in assuaging.
Since the 60's, blacks have block voted
for liberal Democrats-mainly because
of allegations of Republican racism and
lofty promises of government handouts.
It's not that 70% of black voters in Califorma are dummies, it's just that when left
to their own faculties, black people have
no idea that they should support liberal
causes. There was no D or R next to
Prop. 8 on the ballot, so naturally blacks
voted for their principles. Liberals' ideas
are so out of sync with black notions of
common sense, that if not informed by
liberals beforehand how they should vote
on an issue, blacks will tend to oppose
that liberal issue.
If liberals expect black people to vote
against their principles, they're going to
have to ask, nicely. Hurling n-bombs
and vandalizing churches-as has been
reported in California-probably won't
win support in the black community.
Don't ask me what the LGBT community's message to blacks should be, because
I don't know-! just know "F**k your
religion ni**er," won't cut it.
I also know that most in the LGBT
community-like blacks-are Democrats, and attacking blacks in such a way
could have repercussions for the entire
party.
So, maybe some concessions
and compromises are in order, because
perhaps another of the dreaded Ann
Coulter's assertions about blacks is true:
they're "The only thing standing between
the Democrat Party and oblivion."
Jared Teer is a student at The Evergreen
State College

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Thursday. January 29
Annual Homeless Census
Go out in teams to designated areas to look
for homeless people and camps, and conduct
survey. Breakfast and lunch provided. Drexel
House (604 Devoe Street SE) 8 a.m. -noon
Gingerspice Yoga
HCC 10 a.m. - noon
Campus Police Officer-Lateral communityforum
Lecture Hall4 noon-1 p.m.
"Songs of Freedom" Day of Absence/Presence meeting
Come to these organizational meetings leading up to Day of Absence/Day of Presence
music collective each Tuesday and Thursday.
LIB 1003, noon-1 p.m.
Vagina (monologue) meetings
You know you want to. Sem I Annex F
(Rainbow Lounge) noon-1 p.m.
Guerilla marketing workshop
Led by Evergreen '81 Alum Peter Epperson.
CAB 320 Solarium4-5:30p.m.
Wymon 's writing circle
Musing, creativity, and tea! Thursdays CAB
solarium 3rd floor 4:30p.m.
POWER workshop
Know your rights workshop presented by
Parents Organizing for Welfare & Economic
Rights (POWER), sponsored by the WRC,
with childcare provided by WRC volunteers.
SemiiA3105, 5 p.m.
SESAME Middle East Film Festival:
Belonging
Lecture Hall5, 5:30p.m.
Open mic night
Sign-up starts at 6 p.m. HCC 7-9 p.m.
SESAME Middle East Film Festival:
Palestinian Identity Abroad and in the
Diaspora
Lecture Hall5, 6:30p.m.
Asian Studies Development Program and
Public Forum
Leading scholars in the field of Asian Studies and Indian Culture Through the Lens of
Dance program through Saturday. Longhouse 7-9 p.m.
SESAME Middle East Film Festival: 33
Days
Lecture Hall5, 7:30p.m.
"Sins ofthe Mother"
Tickets $12-$33. Harlequin Productions (202
4th Ave. E). Thursday- Saturday 8 p.m.
Blackbird Raum
Come enjoy this musical performance hosted
by student group Carnival. Featuring the Hail
Seizures. HCC 9-10 p.m.

Friday. January 30
Hatha yoga practice
Free community yoga! CRC 314,3 p.m.
Ethnic Night: Korea!
HCC7-9p.m.
SESAME Middle East Film Festival:
Slingshot Hip Hop
Lecture Hall5, 7 p.m.
Free music show near Timberland
Library
Featuring musical talents of Margy, Peppers,
Socks and Sandals, and Cacuey. Media
Island (816 Adams St. in the studio behind
the house) 8 p.m.
Gateways for Incarcerated Youth Prom
The Gateways Program aims to provide
opportunities to incarcerated youth to pursue
educational goals and develop and strengthen
cultural identities. Featuring hip-hop artists
Gabriel Teodros and Canary Sing. Tickets
are $10 ahead of time (tickets available in
CCBLA in Sem II E2125, TESC Bookstore,
or the CAB every weekday from noon-1
p.m.) or $15 at the door. 2nd floor LIB lobby
8:30p.m.- midnight
Hip Hop Healers for Gaza: Breakbeats
that break walls
A South Sound Save GAZA campaign event
featuring musical talents Mohammed Al
Farra (from Palestinian Rapperz), Gabriel
Teodros, Abeer Alzinaty (aka Sabreena da
Witch), Skim, and Def poet Mark Gonzales.
Tickets at Rainy Day Records are $10 in
advance and $15 at the door. Loft on Cherry
and 5th Ave. (525 Cherry St. SE) 8:30p.m.
Saturday. January 31
Holistic Health Expo open house
Various presentations on healthy foods, nutrition response testing, thermography, martial
arts, body alignments, and energy methods
of healing. To reserve a space call (253) 5768278. Lion's scout cabin (301 YelmAve. W.)
11 a.m. -4p.m.
Movie Screening with a Purpose
HCC 1-4p.m.
Icarus Meetings
"A radical mental (health) support collective." All are welcomed. Media Island (816
Adams St. SE) 5 p.m.
Weekly film screening
HCC 7-10p.m.
.lffilm showing
Come watch this 1969 Cannes Film Festival
winner of boarding school student uprising
and anarchic ideology. HCC 8 p.m.
Music, cider and cookies
A $3 show featuring musical talents Punch,
Killywell, Generifus, and June Madrona. 721
Rogers St. NW 8 p.m.
Westside Arts Walk music and art show
Featuring musical talents of MC Firedrill,
Duke Midnight, Moon Runners, and Feather
Mountain. Free. Stump House (132 Decatur
St.) 8p.m.
1\vig Palace music show and milkshakes
A free show featuring Eleanor Murray, Benjamin Blake, and Briana Marela. Milkshakes
·
1for sale, too! 337 Thomas St, 9 p.m.
Sunday. February 1
Karaoke night!
HCC6-8p.m.
Substance-Free Sunday Movie
Hosted by I & J housing. HCC 8-10 p.m.

360.943.8044
www.eatatvics.net
233 Division St NW
Olympia Washington
WiFi Available

Monday, February 2
Evergreen forest clean-up
Join the Environmental Resource Center and
help care for and clean up the forests we all
know and love. Clock tower (Red Square) 1
p.m.
Hatha yoga practice
Monday yogic philosophy discussion and
subsequent community yoga. CRC 314,
discussion at 2 p.m. and yoga at 3 p.m.
S&A Board meeting
Open forum CAB 320, 3-3: 10 p.m. and business meeting 3:15-5 p.m.
Waste awareness concert
Hosted by Sustainability housing residents,

free performance. HCC 7-10 p.m.
Le Voyeur movie night
Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave.
E) 10p.m.
Thesday. February 3
"Songs of Freedom" Day. of Absence/Presence meeting
Each Tuesday and Thursday. LIB 1003,
noon-1 p.m.
Self-defense techniques
Part 2 of the self-defense series, taught by
Officer April Meyers and Director of Office
of Sexual Assault Prevention, Talcott Broadhead. Beginners welcome. HCC 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday. February 4
Grammar Garden essay "Bits" workshop
"This week is all about untangling verbs:
tenses, gerunds, adverbs, and the ominous
subject-verb agreement." LIB 2310, 2-3
p.m.
Hatha yoga practice
Free community yoga! CRC 314, 3 p.m.
"Insurgent Architect or Let's Get Organized" essay workshop
This "Creative Approaches to the Essay"
workshop will help anyone organize and
write through brainstorming and discussion.
LIB 2310,3 p.m.
S&A Board meeting
Open forum CAB 320, 3-3:10 p.m. and business meeting 3:15-6 p.m.
Big Lebowski night
Hosted by Mindscreen. Free screening of
Cohen awesomosity and encouraged costume
contest. Lecture Hall 1, 6 p.m.
National teach-in on global warming
Lecture Hall3, 7-9 p.m.
Century Masters Series pianist concert
Benjamin Moser, the first prize winner of
2007's Young Artists International Auditions
will be performing some Beethoven, Liszt,
and Rachmaninoff. For tickets, call753-8586
or go to Washingtoncenter.org. The Washington Center for the Performing Arts (512
Washington St. SE), 7:30p.m.
Le Voyeur: trivia night
Le Voyeur Cafe and Lounge (404 4th Ave.
E) 10p.m.
Thursday. february 5
Open mic night
Sign-up starts at 6 p.m. HCC 7-9 p.m.
Common Bread: Dances of universal
Peace
Community meeting and workshop on dances
of universal peace, singing, and chanting.
Lecture hall Rotunda 6-8 p.m.
Homeland Security Seattle Hip Hop 206
Legends Show
Featuring Nite Owls (Barfly of Oldominion
and Gatsby of Cancer Rising), Mr. Hill, Billy
the Fridge, DJ Bad Cuzin, and Deadbeat. $5
at The Royal (311 N. Capitol Way) 9 p.m.

C(u6 meetiritJ times:
Mondays
Women of Color Coalition (WOCC)
CAB 206, 3 p.m.
S&ABoard
Open forum CAB 320 3-3:10 p.m. and business meeting 3:15-5 p.m.
Hillel meeting
CAB 320, 3:30p.m.
Greeners for Truth and Reconciliation
Sem II B3109, 4 p.m.
Cooper Point Journal organizational
CAB 316,5 p.m.
Thesdays
FolkDance
CAB 320 cubicle 4, 10 a.m.
Black Student Union
3rd floor CAB (TV Lounge) 3 p.m.
HABOO
LIB 2147, First Peoples lounge, 4 p.m.
Student Video Garners Association
3rd floor of CAB (TV lounge) 6-9 p.m.
Greeners 4 Christ
Sem 11 Dl107, 7-8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays
Students at Evergreen for Ecological
Design (SEED)
CAB 320 cube 17, 12:30 p.m.
Amnesty International
CAB 320 Solarium 1 p.m.
Barrier Breakers club
Outside of the Assistive Technology Lab, for
students with disabilities or those interested
in learning about disabilities. LIB 2318,
1-3 p.m.
CENSE Nature Walks
Front of clock tower 1 p.m.
Chemistry Club
Lab II room 2211, 1-2 p.m.
Folk Dance Alliance
CAB 320 (cube 4) 1 p.m.
Geoduck Student Union
SemiiE1105, l-4p.m.
Synergy
CAB 320, cube 17, 1:30 p.m.
Women's Resource Center
CAB 320, 1:30-3 p.m.
Black Student Union
3rd floor CAB (TV Lounge) 2 p.m.
Center 4 Sustainable Entrepreneurship
SemiiA2109, 2 p.m.
Students Educating Students About the
Middle East (SESAME)
CAB 320, 2 p.m.
Clean Energy
Lab II 1250 (on January 21, February 4 and
18) 3 p.m.
Pre-Health Society
Lab I room 3033, 3-4:30 p.m.
Freedom of Consciousness Club
3rd floor of CAB (the pit) 3:30p.m.
Committee in Solidarity with the People of
El Salvador (CISPES)
Please note this new weekly meeting time.
3rd floor CAB 4 p.m.
EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance
Sem II A2109, 4 p.m.
Hip Hop Congress
Lecture Hall Rotunda 4-5:30 p.m.
Writer's Guild
LIB (Writing Center) 4 p.m.
AnimeClub
For more info, contact: EvergreenAnimeClub@grruiil.com. 3rd floor CAB 6-9 p.m.
Socialist Alternative
Sem II C3109, 6 p.m.
Thursday
Zionist group
3rd floor CAB 3:30p.m.
Global Medical Brigade
Sem II E2109, 4 p.m.
Common Bread with centering prayer
Come to Common Bread's weekly meeting
of chanting, eating, and meditation. Longhouse 1002 (Cedar Room) 5:30-8 p.m.
Gaming Guild
CAB 320, 5:30- 9 p.m.
Friday
Carnival club
CAB 320,4-5:30 p.m.
Evergreen Student Productions/MEl
3rd floor of the CAB (TV Lounge) 5:15p.m.
Saturdays
Animeclub
3rd floor CAB (TV Lounge) 7-9 p.m.

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oh what have I ever done, ye gods!?
which of you have forsaken me, causing such a sensation?
-I haven't been out too long nothing close of cruelness
and still, can't know
I was walking to the bakery and it was a normal day.
The peaches were fiailing inside pastries
and I was on my way.
Said to myself, "looks like it's time to for a say,"
as I left the sun a ray;
and I was on my way
fiash forward
light stars bright tonight
a starry delight too right
bright light trite stars
rainbow prism spider cars
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