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Boobtore moves for CAB renovation
Ballot Initiatives
not yet decided
by MADELINE BERMAN
by JASON SLOTKIN
The Evergreen bookstore has
moved out of the College Activities Building (CAB). The store
will be closed until May 20.
During this time the store will
be set up in the trailers behind
the Longhouse.
A major renovation of the CAB
building begins in July, and all
of the building's occupants need
to be out by then.
Both th~ Marketplace cafe
and conference services have
already moved to other locations on campus.
According to Dick Clintworth, Faciltes project manager,
facilities met with the bookstore
manager to find an ideal time for
the bookstore to move. After
determining when the bookstore
would move, they had to determine how long it would take.
Clintworth said that midquarter was the best time for
the bookstore to move. It gave
students time to both buy and
return their textbooks.
CPsay:
KAOS will move later this
month and all student groups
will have to leave by mid-June.
The bookstore will remain
in the trailers until the CAB's
expected re-opening in August
2010.
Jason Slotkin is a senior
enrolled in an independent
learning contract.
Although the Geoduck Student
Union (GSU) elections are
scheduled to begin next Thursday, the GSU is facing a number
of issues that might affect what
is decided during the election.
One issue has been a disregard for several GSU bylaws
intended to make elections run
in a timely manner. This disregard has caused the GSU elections to fall behind schedule.
One such bylaw, determines
that information about initiatives and student fees will be
provided to students two weeks
prior to elections. Another
states that representatives must
decide which issues will be on
the ballot by week five. It is
now week seven and initiatives
are still being discussed and no
information about initiatives
has been released. There are
also no bylaws determining
when a commissioner needs to
be hired, an action that sets the
process of elections in motion.
Th problem in
etermin-
ing which issues will be on
this year's ballot is a lack
of representative attendance
during meetings. If not enough
members are present to meet
quorum an official decision
cannot be made. Which initiatives will be put on the ballot is
one of the decisions that must
be made during quorum.
An example of this occurred
at this week's meeting when
GSU reps waited over an hour
before quorum was reached.
Once it was, the discussion was
mainly focused on reinstating
the WashPIRG fee (see sidebar
on page 4).
An emergency meeting has
been scheduled for 3 p.m. in the
basement of the library Thursday, May 14.
For updates on the GSU elections, visit www.cooperpointjournal.com
Madeline Berman is a sophomore enrolled in Image &
Sequence.
Protest tactics evokes VP response
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its community by giving
its readership the information they need to be
informed citizens. The
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and commentary on this
news that are not found
elsewhere.
A newspaper better
serves its community,
when it helps readers
understand how and why
decisions are made at the
paper and how the paper
works.
When readers
better understand how
the paper works, they
can better understand the
information within it and
how it gets there. This is
how papers can evolve
to better serve their
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This is why .the CPJ has
started a regular column
dedicated to informing
students about the CPJ
and our many processes.
This will be one of the
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contributor can interact
and learn about the CPJ.
So please come to our
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The Mideast Solidarity Project (MSP) held a protest in
Red Square this past Wednesday. Using fake guns, army
fatigues and a fake wall, they sought to raise awareness
about the treatment of Palestinians in Israel. They shouted
at people and demanded identification in order to mimic
an Israeli checkpoint.
Art Costantino, Vice President of Student Affairs,
acknowledged this protest and sent out an e-mail to the
campus prior to the protest, recommending counsel----------
ing services if campus members felt unsettled by the
protestors.
"While demonstrations of this type may be unsettling it
is protected speech. As is the case with all demonstrations
on campus, we will monitor the activity in the interests of
trying to ensure appropriate time, place and manner."
When approached, the protesters declined to comment.
- MADELINE BERMAN
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Meet the Icarus Project· .
very open ended and may include listening to Madness radio segments, planning
events, and walking meditations. The
As of February 2008 the Evergreen one element that remains constant in
and Olympia communities have their all meetings is "emotional forecasting."
very own Icarus Project. Icarus is a This practice allows everyone present to
nationwide group dedicated to redefining share feelings, thoughts, and anything
and questioning the concept of "mental else that comes up. Part of the mission
illness." The group gets it name from a oflcarus is to create a safe environment
Greek myth in which Icarus makes wings for people to cast off self doubt and
of wax and escapes from his captors. He insecurity. Emotional forecasting helps
is soon overcome by the joy of flight and create this nurturing atmosphere. Along
goes too close to the sun. The sun's heat with caring for individuals, the group
melts the wings and sends him falling also seeks to reach out to the broader
to his death. This myth is a metaphor community.
showing both the perils and powers of
Mad Week, planned for the first week
those that are popularly referred to as the of June, is intended to spread the Icarus
"mentally ill."
message and to "come out" to whomHowever, instead of the phrase "mentally ever is interested. This is a big step to
ill" many lcarites refer to themselves as many members, several of whom are
having "dangerous gifts." According to just now coming to terms with their
their website (theicarusproject.net) the own state of being. Just as people in the LAURA ZARA HEALER (LEFT) AND ROSIE MATH
MADELINE BERMAN
goal of the project is to create "a new LGBT community deal with the issue of (RIGHT) OF THE ICARUS PROJECT
culture and language that resonates with hiding or masking their sexual orientaour actual experiences of 'mental illness' tion, many people with dangerous gifts money left over and has no use for it, don't. In the words of Laura Zara Healer,
rather than trying to fit our lives into a go through the same process. To come Icarus would happily accept it.
Icarus needs people "to come together
conventional framework."
out is to become empowered and help
Be on alert for flyers and people dressed and help us create a strong, sustainable
The local project is coordinated by shift the common misconception that in wings. If you are interested in learn- community of healers and visionaries
students Laura Zara Healer and Rosie "mental illness" is something abnormal ing about alternatives to main stream and anyone who falls in between."
Math. These two seniors have built this and to be feared. The plans for Mad Week psychiatry, harmful labels such as mental
If you want further information go to
group from the ground up. In the begin- are not definite but there will likely be a illness, and learning how to "navigate the the Evergreen Icarus website: theicarusning, meetings consisted of a dedicated potluck, an open-mic, movie screenings, space between madness and brilliance," project.net/icarusprojecttesc.
few but recently gatherings have grown and winged people handing out zines. then you should check out an Icarus Projas many as twenty people strong. These Whichever events are decided upon one ect event. Everyone is welcome to this
Jan Pereida-Perry is enrolled in
meetings are held every Tuesday in Com thing is certain: the group needs fund- group- those who identify themselves as Academic Writing and Orissi Dance
lounge room 307. Meetings are generally ing. If any student or student group has possessing dangerous gifts and those who
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CAB renovation update
The renovated College Activities Building may have more features than expected.
According to Larry Ahem, an architect from the firm working on the renovation, the
market is now offering more competitive prices for the contract.
Ahem told this to the committee that oversees the redesign on May 13 at the meeting.
The original estimate for the CAB renovation was much higher. Ahem attributed the
original estimate to a rapid inflation for materials and a change in the market.
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SLOTKIN
Initiative to reinstate WashPIRG on ballot
by MADELINE BERMAN
An initiative to reinstate the WashPIRG fee
is officially on the ballot for this year's GSU
elections.
WashPIRG is a student interest lobby
group. Prior to this year, TESC students paid
an eight-dollar opt-out fee, which paid for a
PIRG representative to work with students on
the Evergreen Campus. This past fall quarter,
no representative was sent until week six, by
which time the GSU had decided to refund
the fees that had been collected.
Since then, though the fee has not been
paid, a PIRG representative has been present
on campus to teach students about lobbying
and push to get the fee reinstated. WashPIRG
collected the signatures necessary to be
placed on this year's election ballot, yet there
was still a resistance from the GSU to do this
because the wording of the initiative.
WashPIRG had collected signatures by telling students that the eight dollar opt out fee
would be reinstated and voted to be renewed
every two years. GSU reps argued the need
to renew every year and for the fee to be
made opt-in. They felt this way due to the
lack of service from WashPIRG in fall. For
several weeks, the two organizations have
been discussing this difference of opinions.
Ultimately, the GSU voted to put the initiative on the ballot because WashPIRG had
met the requirements needed to do so and it
was determined that the GSU does not have
the discretion to reword the initiative once it
has been petitioned.
Madeline Berman is a sophomore enrolled
in Image & Sequence
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The 6th Annual
Evergteen Science Carnival
is Finally Here!
Ward ChurclW1 speaks at SPSCC
Author and former University of Colorado
professor Ward Churchill spoke Thursday in
Olympia at South Puget Sound Community
College. An outspoken scholar and Native
American rights activist, Churchill gave a
lecture entitled "Colonization, Genocide and
Education." Churchill became the subject of
national media attention in 2005, following
widespread circulation of his controversial
essay, "On the Justice of Roosting Chickens." In the essax, Churchill referred to
some victims of the Sept. 11 attacks as "Little
Eichmanns," a reference to the Nazi Adolph
Eichmann. Churchill was dismissed from the
University of Colorado in 2007 on grounds of
academic misconduct including plagiarism
and falsification of research. Churchill sued
the university, claiming he was fired because
of public backlash over the essay. On April
2, a Denver jury ruled in Churchill's favor,
finding that Churchill's political views had
been a "substantial or motivating" factor
in his dismissal, and that the university had
violated the professor's right to free speech as
protected by the First Amendment. Churchill
had testified in court that his comments were
not intended in support of terrorism, but
were meant as a call for the United States to
reexamine its foreign policy. A Denver judge
will rule if the university must reinstate him,
or alternatively, pay him an annual salary for
a period of time. Churchill is the author of
numerous books on colonization, genocide,
racism and government repression of political movements.
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sixth year in a row the Evergreen Chemistry Club is hosting the annual Evergreen
Science Carnival. The Evergreen Science
Carnival is a community outreach event
held at the Evergreen State College in
order to spread the wonder and joys of
science to the community. There will
be demonstrations, hands on activities,
liquid nitrogen ice cream, presentations
of research being carried out at TESC,
rockets, explosions, geysers, the Kids
in Chemistry event, and of course the
new and improved volcano. The event is
designed for anybody who wants to have
a great time, learn about science, or both!
We will be located on Red Square and in
the lab buildings on multiple floors. All
ages are welcome and admission is free!
The science carnival lasts for two days,
so start clearing your calendar!
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Be. Part of It, Evergreen~
Olympia Community Connections
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Are you interested in volunteering your
ime at a local organization? Are you
oncerned about social justice issues affecting members of your community? Come
check out the Center for Community Based
Learning and Action (CCBLA)! We are a
!Public service center on campus located in
Seminar II £2125. We work to bridge the
gap between the campus community and
he greater Olympia community. We seek
to address social issues, while strengthening and enhancing student experience, by
supporting our community's ability to mee
critical needs. Whether you're looking for
long term or short term opportunities to
get involved the CCBLA is the place fo
ommunity! We organize monthly action
~ays to support students in making connecions throughout the community as well as
connect students with organizations for
long term internships. Help us to build
stronger community partnerships while
~eeting the needs of our community!
Our community is asking for your help!
Be a part of it!
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Community Events
Action Days
• Saturday, June 6th, one of many Commu- a G.l. coffeehouse owned and operated by
• Saturday, May 23rd, the CCBLA and
Camp Quixote will be hosting a cooking nity Volunteer Days hosted by Harmony Hill, recent vets; it is the second G.l. Coffeehouse
party and barbeque at the Camp. We'll be a place for transformational healing experi- to open since the Vietnam War. In addition
getting together at the current home of Camp ences for mind, body and spirit in a natural to coffee, computers and free wifi, they hold
Quixote, Westminster Presbyterian Church, retreat environment. The volunteer days concerts, events and movie nights. There are
1925 Boulevard Rd SE, Olympia, WA 98501 are centered on the concept of cultivating also resources for active-duty soldiers, their
at 2pm. We'll be preparing a meal and barbe- community and gardens and each will include families and veterans facing service-related
cuing at the camp arofmd 5pm. There will a free whole foods lunch. For more informa- issues such as deployment, PTSD, sexual
be a van and carpools leaving the Evergreen tion about Harmony Hill and how you can be assault, and command grievances. Coffee
Library Loop at 1:30pm. Call the CCBLA at a part of their volunteer days please call360- Strong serves as a safe space to discuss issues
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such as the war, deployment, PTSD, and the
• Saturday, June 20th, Stonewall Youth is hardships of life in the military. They are
to pre-register.
On Campus Events
hosting a Drag Show and are accepting acts seeking interns and volunteers to help with
• Thursday, May t4t", The Myth of the for review through May 31. For more infor- outreach, promotion, fundraising, and to
Welfare Queen: Destroying Stereotypes and mation contact Rachel, Christina or Amber at work as baristas. If you are interested, please
Illuminating Privilege with P.O.W.E.R. at 360-705-2738 or e mail events@stonewal- contact Seth Manzel at 253-228-8912 or sethmanz@hotrnail.com. The faculty contact for
5pm in Lecture Hall2. Childcare and Potluck lyouth.org
Dinner will be provided. Hosted by the TESC
contracts is Zoltan Grossman 360-867-6153
Community Requests
• G.I. Voice is looking for interns or volun- or grossmaz@evergreen.edu. More informaWomen's Resource Center (WRC)
• Saturday, May 16th, Anti-Oppres- teers to work at its recently opened internet tion online at www.givoice.org.
sion Training with Dr. Leticia Nieto from cafe, Coffee Strong located in Lakewood
9:00am-5:00pm. Location given with regis- within blocks ofFort Lewis. Currently Coffee
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There is a Sliding Scale Donation for registration, $5-$20.
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• Monday, May 18th. Prison
ere in this column please feel free to add your thoughts by contacting Hilary Hacker at hackerh@evergreen.
du or call (360) 867- 6137.
as a form of Violence Against
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Bridges, not walls
by CASSIE ANDREOTTI
Very few people are well informed about
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and the raids
they carry out regularly,
"Terrorizing
immigrant communities and
separating thousands
of families
across
the country." I was
unaware of the extremity of the situation
until my coworker told me about an organization helping law-abiding immigrants
get their well-deserved lives back. I felt
compelled to delve deeper into why people
join organizations like Bridges Not Walls
(BNW), and the importance of informing
others.
A few months ago, my coworker Niki
began discussing her plans to drive to
Tacoma for a vigil at the Northwest Detention Center. I wondered why she would be
spending her free Saturday there; I could
tell she was excited. Niki began by telling
me about BNW, a group she had heard
about through a friend.
"The stories I heard about the people he
tutored were horrible, they (immigrants)
are treated so poorly. I just believed it was
wrong so I began going to group meetings
with BNW. It was my first time with an
activist group, they were so welcoming
and insightful I continued to go."
Bridges Not Walls is "a coalition of
community members who have united to
address issues of immigration in [their]
community in the face of increased federal
immigration enforcement activity." Their
purpose is to enlighten people about the
violation of immigrants human rights. I
later asked Niki what her purpose was for
Cautiously walking along the sidewalk, as
if being hunted, we arrived at a small foldjoining BNW.
"The group mentality towards immi- ing table set up at the front gate. Behind
grants, mainly in the white community, the jumbled table stood two middle aged
is that immigrants are bad. Hopefully by people holding what appeared to be a sheet
organizing people together and educating with the words "GEO PRISON-GUILTY
them about the need to change immigra- OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE" painted
tion laws we can slowly make a difference. in huge black letters.
The group who had gathered in front of
Right now we are just spreading the word,
trying to build our numbers up, organiza- the detention center were not the young
tion is an important step. It may take a activists I had expected. They were in their
while but people need to know immigra- forties or older and I soon found out many
had been involved in human rights movetion rights are a big deal."
I knew it would be worthwhile to visit the ments since the 60's. They were thrilled to
detention center myself and see what all hear about my interest in their cause and
the hype was about. I had heard the vigils began telling me the history of the vigils
were usually held the second Saturday of and their organizations.
It
began
three
every month, but
this one happened
WE CAN'T STOP NOW, years ago with the
to fall on February
group
Community
WE MUST CONTINUE to
14'h.
Needless to
Community
Development;
a
say when I left work
woman-led coalition,
TO INFORM OTHERS
that afternoon I was
based m Bellingnervous to tell my
boyfriend about the
AND FIND THE TRUTH ham, "committed
to systemic change
plans I had made for
our Valentines Day. He was not thrilled to and to creating strategic alliances that
say the least, but realizing it was important strengthen local and global movements
to me, he grudgingly agreed to go. During towards social, economic and environmenthe drive his curiosity got the better of him; tal justice." (Community to Community,
one more unassuming person had been http://foodjustice.org/wp/index.php) The
commute to Tacoma began to wear on
enlightened.
The center, located off 1-5 among indus- them; knowing it was crucial to keep the
trial buildings in the Port of Tacoma, sits vigils going they began reaching out to
at the end of a dilapidated road surrounded local activists.
Several people from the International
by fence and razor-wire. Men and women
guarding the facility wore head-to-toe Action Center (lAC) and the local Rainier
fatigues equipped with batons, mace and Valley Unitarian Church began holding
what looked to be high-power paintball the vigils themselves. One woman, Ivy,
guns. I felt extremely intimidated and from the lAC had been attending regularly
slightly threatened; it seemed we had for the past eight months. She, herself an
stumbled upon a high security, third-world immigrant, knew that someone needed to
keep the torch burning at the Northwest
refugee camp.
dFIV.E IN
AYS'''AM'D •.•,
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Detention Center and continues to inform
those who are interested about the importance of community involvement.
Ivy told her history of activism starting
with the Civil Rights and Women's Movements. She has seen results from protests
and marches but admits that change usually
occurs quite slowly. Once she became
enlightened about the subject of human
rights back in the 60's it was something she
could not tum off.
"We can't stop now, we must continue to
inform others and find the truth. People
need to be aware of what is going on in
their communities; change can happen. We
need to build the number of people who are
aware, then we will begin seeing results."
Evelyn, another activist, believed that
change, though not dramatic, could happen
as well. She said once people are informed
they help create the presence that is necessary to start change. None of them that day
believe that change will happen quickly,
they all know it will take time. They know
it is critical to create awareness in others
for movements to begin. By informing just
one person you have opened the circle of
awareness.
Some disagree with the organizations that
fight for the rights of immigrants. They
are usually those who feel threatened by
immigrants and want as many of them
deported as possible. That is why people
create and continue to join coalitions set
out to improve our immigration and justice
systems. Niki, Ivy, Evelyn and others hope
that their efforts will bring a new understanding to the issue of immigrant's rights.
With our desire to spread awareness the
possibility for change can begin.
Cassie Andreotti is a student enrolled in
Academic Writing.
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10 COOPER POINTJOURNAL 2009
Giant omicrOn pancakes
A vv1ZARD~S EPITIIET
by PATRICK T. WALSH
Do you ever wonder about alternate
realities? Have you ever come to a critical juncture of decision around which you
felt the world wrapped
its fabric of spacetime? I would like to
bring to your attention
one such upcoming
conjunction. We have a chance to redefine our Geoduck Student Union's
Constitution around the principles of
direct democracy and labor union organization. The choice that stands before us
is just as much a question of our identity
as it is our worldview.
Although Police Service's request for
rifles, etc., shows up at the top of this
year's debate, a dialogue on empowerment and overcoming oppression
dominated the sub-conscious realm of
discourse among Union representatives.
While the gap between supporters for
and dissenters of rifles grew throughout
the year; a community, based on the principles of inclusion and empowerment,
worked to build bridges across differences. It is this spirit that guides the path
of our Union's new Constitution.
Before I entered the GSU, the discourse
seemed like some surreal echo of the War
on Terror where the terrorists, instead of
plotting to end American freedom, were
now replaced by some "shadow group"
that conspires to tear down posters. It
is my strong opinion that policies made
with a mindset that some "other" group
of people is the enemy work to create a
culture of fear, tend to remove individual
freedoms, and justify crimes against
humanity. So I joined to change the
direction of discourse.
Let's assume that the fluid-space of
inter-subjective political perspective is
analogous to pancake batter. In America,
this pancake batter is always best cluttered with yummy objects like chocolate
chips or blueberries. As folks express
themselves, they drop their favorite
items into the bowl. Sometimes, someone
black; the need for change becomes not
only obvious and urgent, but it is also
dictated by Evergreen's core values of
the Social Contract.
You can't stay neutral on a moving
train. Right now we have an opportunity
to jump from the tracks of governance to
those of organization. When A. Phillip
Randolph chose to organize, he helped
re-create the black middle class, which
supported the civil rights movement
in the 1960's. This critical shift-from
governance to organization-takes the
Union from telling you, "Stop doing
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throws something in there that ruins the
whole mix. Certain scares have soured
more than a few flapjacks. So I've got a
new interactive recipe: Sometimes twohundred twenty-two size type is all it
takes to { }.
The current Union Constitution works
to reinforce the oppression of historically marginalized voices. The Tacoma
Campus enrolls one-quarter of Evergreen's students and yet it holds only one
of twenty-one seats in the current Union.
This fact alone shows how the Union's
current policies don't align with the
principles of representative democracy.
And when we consider that the students
attending Tacoma's programs are mostly
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stupid shit." and instead asking, "What
can we do to empower you?"
This brave new Union will put its
power right where it belongs-with the
students. The most powerful body in
this new Geoduck Student Union is the
Popular Assembly, which includes every
student. All students of the Evergreen
State College are currently members
of the Union; the new Union also gives
every student the power to vote on any
issue. Online resources will work to
identify issues that are widely supported
among students and those that are more
divisive. To avoid an exclusive group of
us from bogging down a debate, students
can vote directly on the issues that effect
Keepin'it real: Hunter Lovins an
green capitalism
by CAMERON HOSTETTER
Listening to Hunter
Lovins
speak at
Synergy shed some
new light on the
ongoing debate I've
been having in my
head and with other
students about "greening" the economy.
I myself have been on the fence about
the viability of a "green economy".
For example, Simon Dresner in The
Principles of Sustainability talks about
a green economy from a tax perspective; David Orr in The Nature of Design
criticizes it as being destined to meet
the same pitfalls as all capitalism (this
didn't stop Lovins from using a building
Orr designed for Oberlin College in her
presentation); and many people, including the ones who hung up a banner reading, "Fuck Green Capitalism" in front of
the library the night of her speech, are
also hesitant to believe in the virtues of
a "green" Wal-Mart.
So at the end of her presentation, I
mustered up the courage (she is really
intimidating, cowboy hat and all, which
probably comes in handy when persuading big-wig CEOs to "go green") and
I asked her what she thought about an
economy in which large corporations
were "going green" because it makes
them money, not because it is the right
thing to do from an ethical standpoint.
I was intrigued with her answer, which
was that this "green movement" is the
starting place, not the end goal. There are
huge evil corporations that have a lot of
influence in the world, and so if they go
"green", they are still a huge corporation
but their evilness begins to be uprooted.
Her explanation to my question is that
this is how we can move towards a
values based economy; but you have
to start somewhere (She borrowed the
ideas of green economist Bob Willard,
and you should check him out for more
clarification on this argument).
This of course begs the question: do
the ends justify the means? Plus, if you
consider that many activists at our school
are in favor of radical change rather than
incremental change, I could see why they
would be unimpressed with her answer,
hence the banner that was flown above
the library. But she also pointed out
that Sam Walton once said, "We don't
want continuous improvement, we want
radical change". Another major concern
is how we prevent companies like WalMart from "green washing" and then
continuing with business as usual? She
didn't have much of an answer for this,
other than explaining that what WalMart has been doing is actually pretty
good. A "greener" global economy will
without doubt require a lot of regulation
though, and as Cradle to Cradle puts it,
regulation marks a design failure.
Hunter spent the first part of her
presentation explaining how greed and
unchecked growth caused the problems
we are facing today, and yet she hailed
that those businesspeople that "go
us most. After deciding the direction
of the Union's interest on an issue, the
Assembly elects and orders members of
the Action Committee to work.
The Action Committee is a group of
students enrolled in a collective independent learning contract (ILC). This group
doesn't debate issues; it just carries out
the orders given by the General Assembly.
Each role has specific responsibilities,
so that it's easier to hold folks accountable. The Action Committee always
works on your behalf.
Furthermore,
every twenty-three students elects a
Union Steward (US), who acts to help
the Action Committee and to hold them
accountable to the students in their learning community. (For more on US go to
http://anewunion.org.)
Many of us will decide to vote yes
because we feel union organization is an
effective means to assert students' interests. Many of us will vote yes because we
believe that a representative democracy
means equal representation-regardless
of where you attend class. And at least
one of us will vote yes simply because we
have appetite for change that can only be
satisfied by giant omicron pancakes. Are
you hungry yet? Let's eat! Vote {YES}
for the new Geoduck Student Union
constitution!
Patrick T. Walsh is a representitive ofthe
GSU and a junior enrolled in Computibility and Formal Language Theory.
THE RIFT IN THE FABRIC
OF PARALLEL UNIVERSES
IS STILL CONSUMING
SPACE IN THE STUDENT
green" will be rewarded by becoming
the next billionaires. Despite the contradictions with her arguments, I think that
Lovins is doing a good thing by guiding
the next g~neration of businesspeople
towards recognizing that there are other
forms of capital besides money and
posessions. Business definitely has to
change in the coming years, and Levins
is helping to point it in the right direction. She didn't really talk about what
we can do to empower and strengthen
our communities to make them more
sustainable, which I think is more
important to Greeners, and she probably
didn't win over the people who hung the
anti-capitalism banners due to the fact
that they're probably anti-capitalism
in whatever shape or form it comes in.
But I am really glad I got to ask Hunter
Lovins a tough question that has been
weighing on my mind for quite a while.
So just try to keep in mind that this
whole "green" movement is just a phase
to get the mainstream flowing in the right
direction, and not the end destination
for what we can achieve. Meanwhile,
it is up to us to keep the companies in
check. And if you want nothing to do
with a green economy, that's okay; just
recognize how much positive change
can be done just by working in our local
communities, and leave the rest up to
Hunter Lovins.
PAPER AND YOUR HANDS
Cameron Hostetter is a sophomore
enrolled in Green Studio.
CPJ@EVERGREEN.EDU
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ENTERTAINMENT~
~ COOPER
THE HUMAN
FACTOR
ARTIST JOJO CORVAIA SHARES WlTH US
WH.AT WE SHARE WITH :EACH OTHER
Corvliia has presented his collection of
portraits, interviews, pray recordings and
video with the intention of showing our
commonalities and "the universality of
the human experience."
The images presented at Monarch Studio
range from large to massive, verdant to
monochromatic, but Corvliia's use of
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of belief. Reading the responses is a
startlingly intimate experience, and used
in tandem with his photographs Corvliia
achieves his concept gracefully.
His work seeks to bridge the gap between
art and sociology through multimedia
projects. "I intend to explore the human
mind and intellect through the creation
"IN A QUIET WAY, MY PARTNER TAUGHT ME THAT
by JILL
STORLIE
When you walk
into the Monarch
Studio at 312
South Washington in Seattle you
may at first feel
a little underwhelmed. Don't
worry, the feeling
will pass. The
gallery is small,
and white plaster
walls jutting off
at every angle
heavily segment
its
available
space. The first
thing that will catch your eye is a bank
of six crisp, glossy 20x30 inch color
portraits featuring men of all ages, occupations and ethnicities. To your left hang
six corresponding statements, reproductions of a questionnaire each model in
the series of 70
WHATEVER WE RECEIVE WE MUST SHARE." CORVAIA.
completed.
This is the work
WRITES, "WHEN WE ENDURE AN EXPERIENCE, THE
of multi-talented
visual artist Jojo
EXPERIENCE CANNOT STAY WITH US ALONE. IT
Corvlihi, Venezuelan born and
MUST BE EXPOSED TO THE AIR; IT MUST BECOME
re~ently
transplanted to SeatAN OFFERING; IT MUST BE GIVEN AND SHARED."
tle.
Corvliia's
work in the fixed lighting and plain backgrounds of sound and multidimensional visual
human project draw the individuality of his subjects to projects, focusing on the way we act and
is in response to the forefront while simultaneously apply- think as a group, and the way we impact
the tragic pass- ing to them the context of shared human each other's life and environment."
ing of his partner experience: The clean straightforward
Jojo Corvliia's exhibition runs until June
Eddy Mcintyre aesthetic of his portraits is reminiscent of 28, 2009 at Monarch Studio, located at
in February of passport photography but shares none of 312 S. Washington St., Seattle. Gallery
2007. "In a quiet its weaknesses. The lighting constructed hours are Thursday through Saturday
way, my partner imbues the models with luminous clarity llam-5pm.
taught me that and depth. Their gazes penetrate.
whatever we receive we must share."
The models are given a voice in the
Jill Storlie is a junior currently enrolled
Corvliia writes, "When we endure an work by Corvliia's inclusion of their in The Lens Based Image.
experience, the experience cannot stay handwritten interview, which includes
with us alone. It must be exposed to the information on their name, age, occuair; it must become an offering; it must pation, nationality, ethnicity, religious
be given and shared." In Eddy's memory views, and most notably their statement
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Lawn Chair
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Flight of the Lawn Chair Man first
appeared on stage at the New York
Musical Festival. This the Northwest
premiere. Evergreen's Experimental
Theater performs a lot of wild and
wacky plays. "Flight of the Lawn Chair
Man, directed by Walter Grodzik, is no
exception. It is the first full musical in
Evergreen's history.
No one can remember the last time
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ard, director of last December's "The
Balcony." Corbin Smith from Evergreen
Improv and Generation Friends is also in
the show. Marc Alford, of Riot to Follow
and Evergreen Improv Fame brings a lot
of talent and energy to the cast and plays
the lead role of the man who goes on a
lawn chair flight.
With so much talent I would imagine
rehearsals are displays of perfect professionalism. Grodzik says the show is
"Beautiful and visually stunning."
WITH SO MUCH TALENT I WOULD IMAGINE REHEARSALS ARE DISPLAYS OF PERFECT
PROFESSIONALISM. GRODZIK SAYS THE SHOW
IS "BEAUTIFUL AND VISUALLY STUNNING."
Evergreen put on such a marvelously
extravagant show. Grodzik is utilizing to
their fullest a cast and crew of over 30
people.
The show stars such Evergreen celebreties as Gus Marshall, of Ballz Out Booze
·Band. Marshall also played Tieresias in
the "Baochae"last Spring. Amy Sheph"l
This Northwest premiere uses colors
and balloons and the stage actively. The
show fills the theater with vibrant life and
energy. Grodzik is a brilliant director.
He utilizes Anne Bogart's Viewpoints
Technique of ensemble stage movement,
to create blocking and action that is
interesting and dynamic.
The students and staff are working
harder than ever to make this show
live up to its expectations. The musical is competing with "The Producers"
at SPSCC, which has the same running
schedule. This student expects both to be
top flight productions.
Brandon Custy is a senior currently
enrolled in The Producers: The Borscht
Belt To Broadway. Brandon is also the
A&E Coordinator for the CPJ.
Above: Experimental Theater Technicians hoist a plane
Below: Actors argue over the use of the chair
PHOTOS: BRANDON J. GUSTY
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To Eat, To Sleep, To Live!
i\ siiC)I:.ti'
Camila Martin
vvoRK C)F FICJTIC)N!!!
Bittersweet Reminders
The young man pulled into his stall at Commerce Hill lights on or take off his coat. The only sound was the
Apartments.
young man, chewing.
His hunger was nearly unbearable. In one movement he
Over the months he began to visit the Plum street Jack
grabbed the warm Jack in
in the Box location more and
the Box bag and yanked VERY SLOWLY HE LEANED TO THE LEFT.
more and was, at this point, a
up on the parking break.
savagely loyal customer.
A turn of the key shut
HIS HANDS HELD HIS WEIGHT AS HE
He looked at the final morsel
between his fingers and finally
off the stereo and the
brought it to his mouth. Like
only sound was the
LOWERED HIMSELF TO LAY DOWN,
a switch, his emptiness was
papery crinkle of his
filled.
meal. His key was in his
TRYING NOT TO MOVE TOO FAST.
hand before he reached
With the last bite began a
the door, the bag discarded and the burger unwrapped whirlwind climax of the senses. He relived every detail of
before he sat down, and the first bite chewed before he the experience, from his time in the drive through, to his
settled into the rut of the couch.
anticipation in the car ride home, to just moments ago.
The taste was sheer bliss. As he chewed he recalled how
He was reliving his very first bite as he chewed his last.
warm the wax paper felt in his hand as he sat down, the It tasted so good that he thought it was almost wasteful
anticipation of the fatty flavor of the cheeseburger before to swallow it.
He felt a warm center began in his stomach and spread
it was even ready to be eaten. He noted how pleasing the
sauce to meat ratio was as warm ketchup dripped onto his through his entire body.
He sat for a moment, but the immense satisfaction he felt
pinky.
There were several resounding plops of sauce hitting was nearly overwhelming.
paper as he leaned forward over the wrapper on the floor.
Very slowly he leaned to the left. His hands held his
The apartment was dark, save for the blue glow coming weight as he lowered himself to lay down, trying not to
move too fast.
Tomorrow he would look for a job and make up for the
THE TASTE WAS SHEER BLISS.
missed opportunities of the day, but for now he gave in to
sleep that was a welling tide.
AS HE CHEWED HE RECALLED
HOW WARM THE WAX PAPER FELT
MR. Weertz is Michael Weerts, Weerts is a former Evergreen
Student who will be taking classes again next fall.
His words on m!::f lips .
Are strangel!::f refreshing
Like a pkone call
From an old friend.
The state whose nature
Once encompassed me
In its tascinafin.~ beaut!::f
Now seems milol~ pale
Compared to a nome
I was once desperate to leave.
The school
whose teachers
Once held me in their
Arms of knowled.~e,
Now also have ta3ed
Into the past.
His words
That were once an
ac9uired taste
Now pleasantly
Spend time on m!J1ips.
His words that
Introduced me to a
World I love
Are now bittersweet reminders
Otpeople
I painfull!::f miss.
Dedicated to Doranne
Crable, E:rnestine Kimbro,
and William Shakespeare
from the TV.
He was so anxious to eat that he neglected to turn any
The New A&E "ART" PAGE is accepting contributions!!! Send your photos, stories, poems, quips, witty art
reviews and any other artsticly natured content to cpj@evergreen.edu please put "ART' in the subject line.
Sincerely BrandonJ. Custy A&E Coordinator, CooperPointJournal
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Opening May 2Ist at'Ihe Kevin Meinhart
THE PRODUCERS
"Who do you have to ~~ to get a break in this town" Max Biyalistock
Sha~ Osha Enlightens
Evergreen
A,rt can be an encounter; it can disorient,
it puts us in touch with a part ofthe world
that lacks form or language. -Shaw Osha
by JILL STORLIE
Shaw Osha is an Olympia based
painter and fine artist. She recently
received her MFA from Vermont
College of Fine Art. On Tuesday she
gave the sixth of seven lectures in
the Evergreen Guest Artist Series.
"As a kid I used to take the Greyhound
bus or Amtrak from New York to Boston
on weekends to visit my father. Either end
In addition to text sources Osha also
creates paintings from photographs she
has collected. Whether it be discarded
polaroids from the hospital where she
works as a nurse or tabloid images of
CEOs and politicians, Osha transforms
the images into dynamic verses of color.
"In terms of material, I ask how does a
photograph of a painting differ from the
painting from a photograph differ from the
original photograph and its context? How
do these forms read differently? I found
resonance in what each medium suggests in
the other, the space in between mediums."
by BRANDON CUSTY
The Producers is funny. The Producers is wacky, wild, wierd, entertainment. Mel Brooks
wrote and composed it. Brooks is an irreverent maniac. He can literally say anything,
write anything, and do anything. He puts it all there in The Producers which starred
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. The Tony Award winning Musical was adapted
into a movie with Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Therman, and Will Ferrell.
Roger Bart, Broadway star ofYoung Frankenstein, played Carmen Ghia and Gary Beech
was Roger DeBris. The wonderfully terrible director.
The Producers at SPSCC is phenomenal. The college partnered with Olympia Chamber
Orchestra. Don Welsh and Claudia Simpson-Jones are co-directors, She orchestrates he
blocks and directs actors. Jon Robbins the director of Evergreen Expressions plays Roger
DuBris wonderfully and Nicholas Zervas plays Ghia, they are a hilarious duo. Ulla is
played by the spunky and spirited Mandy Wickline.
Harrison Fry plays the shy accountant Leo Bloom. Harrison is a fairly well-known local
actor and has worked with Robert Coral, who plays Max Bialystock, before. Coral played
Tevye while Fry played Matl in Fiddler on the Roof.
The Producers opens the same night as "Flight of the Lawn Chair Man." Both Musicals
will be a great laughs.
Brandon Custy is a senior currently enrolled
in The Producers: The Borscht Belt To Broadway.
photos from the producers
All photos by Brandon J Gusty
of the trip was cause for anxiety but during
the ride I was in a state of suspension, of
being in-between with images and glimpses
of lives going by through the window.
Staring off into the blur has the potential to
open up a peripheral way of thinking where
things are momentarily understood or seen
more clearly." Osha said of her childhood.
"My interest resides in this contradiction of
a blur as a place of clarity and as something
that can't be distinctly remembered or
articulated because it moves too quickly. I
look to painting as an option to slow down
seeing, as a response to the ubiquitous
glossy imagery of photography and video."
Osha works primarily in spray and oil
paints, creating on a grand scale "portraits
of people in moments of profound circumstance." Osha often utilizes obituaries
as reference material. "Obituaries are
like cropped portraits," she noted as an
explanation of her series of tightly framed
paintings of eyes, which Osha displayed in
public spaces throughout Olympia. "Eyes
have the capacity to reveal and to deceive."
"The idea of inter-subjectivity is at the
heart of what I want out of my practice
but saying it doesn't make it so. From
my end I work with big and tangential
ideas about intangible relationships I try
to ground in a style or a body of work in
a specific language. I think about how it
could be perceived and try to be involved
from the viewer's perspective." With
her painting 'Speak to a Work and Clear
to a Blur' Osha challenges the audience
to view the twenty by eight foot work
peripherally, to absorb and discuss it
outside the normal context of viewership
by arranging the gallery benches at a 90
degree angle, not unlike the seats of the
busses she rode as a child. Seeing the
painting projected on the screen of Lecture
Hall I did little justice (though probably
more than seeing it reproduced here) but
nonetheless it spurred discussion, a fact
which I am confident she would enjoy.
Jill Storlie is a junior enrolled
in The Lens Based Image
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The Difference Between
The End?
Climbing the wall and the Slope
by NI CHOLAS PACE
Intercollegiate and club sport competition for the most part is over. The women's
by NICHO LAS PACE
line, self arresting, and other basics of things?
and men's basketball, volleyball, soccer,
snow travel. We did field trips where
cross-country, and track & field teams
Etengoff: Learning that I can climb, have completed most of their competitions
When I first walked into the climbing we spent two nights up at the Muir
wall area in the CRC, the first ques- snowfield . The third part is the rock and that there are other girls out there this year. Yes, it is only the middle of the
tion I asked was: where are the ropes? module, where we learn the basics of who want to climb and do a sport that third quarter, but remember we don't have
Sure there's plenty of padding to help rock climbing. We learned both indoor is usually male dominated. Being able intercollegiate softball, baseball, golf,
you with a fall, but how is one going climbing as well as outdoor climbing. to do something that is really amazing, tennis, or any other Spring sports. As far
to learn how to climb a real rock when
as well as climbing to the top of a rock as club sports go, crew is pretty much
that option is vacant? I've asked several
Pace: What locaface. I now also look done for their season, as well as baseball.
people who occasionally go to the climb- tions have you been
WE'VE BEEN UP TO at rocks and other That could all change next year, but only
ing wall, and the majority of them don't to?
high objects and ask time (and initiative to create these opporeven know how to set up a top line.
THE MUIR SNOWmyself "I wonder if tunities for student athletes), will tell.
Etengoff: We've
This week I interviewed sophomore
I could climb that"
With the exception of Eric Jones and
Hannah Etengoff on her m~mntaineering been up to the
Dianne Leo, conference marked the end of
FIELD ON RAINIER
experiences. While this is not necessarily Muir
snowfield
Pace: If there could college track and field. It was a season that
related to club or intercollegiate sports, on Rainier, and AND WE'VE BEEN OUT be one principle in inevitably said goodbye to several people,
Etengoff and her co-students have done we've been out to
mountaineering that and left much of the responsibility of keepplenty of outdoor activity. Ettengoff is McCleary cliffs and
TO THE MCCLEARY sticks in your mind ing the team going to several new members.
member of the Olympia Mountaineers Spanway to practice
and you'd want Take for example the fact that on the
association, which teaches those who our rock climbing. CLIFFS AND SPAMWAY everyone to know women's side there are three freshman and
boulder but can't find someone to teach
before climbing a two seniors to graduate. Unless an upcomthem how to use the harness which sits
Pace: What skills
TO PRACTICE OUR rock what would it ing junior or senior decides to join the
have you learned
be?
women's team, all of next year's women's
in their closets.
that have stood out
ROCK CLIMBING.
team will be sophomores and freshmen.
Pace: Could you give me a basic over- in this program?
Ettengoff: Safety This season says goodbye to almost half the
first! It sounds cheesey and most people team and half of the sprinters. Eric Jones,
view of Olympia Mountaineers?
Etengoff: Learning basic safety of want to just get out there and climb, Dianne Leo, Ana Casillas, Lindsey Farah,
Etengoff: It's basically called intro- climbing. Learning how to do such but it is a dangerous activity and it's and Jason Shoemaker will have graduated
duction to climbing. We go through an amazing outdoor activity safely and real easy to want to skip going through before track season, making recruitment
three different modules. The first is learning from people who have years stupid safety regulations but in the end a possible top priority next year. Jones,
being safe is having fun, nobody has fun Cassilas, and Leo will leave with the
an introduction to climbing where we and years of experience.
Academic All-Cascade Conference awards,
when someone gets hurt.
learn basic knots, belaying, repelling
Pace: Was this a course which gave
which recognizes their performances
and other safety. The second is a glacier
From the Organization: "The Olympia on the field of play and the classroom.
module where we learn the basics of you any life changing experiences?
snow travel, how to travel on a fixed Were there any new ways of looking at Mountaineers is the South Sound connec- As opposed to basketball and soccer, track
tion to The Mountaineers, a Northwest & field, or cross-country for that matter,
tradition over one hundred years in the isn't the first sport you think or when you
making . We invite you to join the Olym- hear about Evergreen, even for students
WWW .COOPERPOINT JOURNAL.COM
pia branch for hiking, skiing, sea kaya- who are above freshman class standing at
king, snowshoeing, backpacking, and Eyergreen.
Many student athletes have joined crossclimbing. For over 45 years the branch
has offered activities and classes based country or track & field through word
locally in the South Sound. As a branch of mouth. Some of these runners and
member, you can get out and explore sprinters have even mentioned that they
with a community of adventurers from occasionally get the response from their
the South Sound and all over the North- peers, when mentioning that they are on
west. We are outdoor enthusiasts and track & field or cross-country, that they
environmentalists looking for adventure didn't eve; know Evergreen had a Track &
with a goal of preserving and enjoying Field team. Hopefully that might change
all the wilderness that the Pacific North- next year, with the future recruitment and
west has to offer. Branch meetings are more promising solutions with the school's
economy.
held quarterly."
On a positive note, there is the
summer to look forward to which
For more information:
should include a number of practice
http://www.olympiamountaineers.org/
camps, when training for many athletes
Nicholas Pace is a junior enrolled in commences for fall and winter quarter.
This will be my last article for the CPJ this
India: Tradition & Beyond
year, since I'm studying abroad in Chennai. If anyone wants to fill my shoes, the
CPJ and I have open arms.
Continue the Momentum
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Thursday, May 14
C-23 Audio Installation/Release Party
12:00 a.m.-3:00a.m., Sizizis
UniTEA with Wonder Collective
Free tea & bake sale, student performers.
12:30 p.m. -3:00p.m., Red Square
The Myth of the Welfare Queen:
Eradicating Stereotypes and Illuminating
Privilege. Potluck dinner provided!
5:00p.m. -7:00p.m., Lecture Hall2
Show presented by Olympia All Ages
Featuring General Surgery, Midnight,
Engorged, and Funerot.
9:30p.m., The Big Room 508 Legion, $8
Friday, May 15
Anarchism for the 21st Century
Building Movements for Lasting Change
with Andrej Guubacic. Presented by Northwest Common Action.
12:00 p.m., Sem II ~l105
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Generation Friends Goes on a Picnic!
Sketch Comedy Show.
7:00p.m., Recital Hall, Free!
Contra Dance
Presented by Folk Dance Alliance.
7:30p.m.- 10:30 p.m., CRC Gym
The Smaller lmprov Show
Featuring Golden Girls Reunion, Gobble
De Goose Jambaroo, Watermelon Kitty
Factory, and Mark and Corbin Hate Each
Other.
10:30 p.m., Lecture Hall!, Free!
Saturday, May 16
"a face in the crowd" midnight film
Presented by Olympia Film Society
12 a.m., Capitol Theater
Generation Friends Goes on a Picnic!
Sketch Comedy Show.
7:00p.m., Recital Hall, Free!
Show @ Northern
Features Old Time Relijun, The Curious
Mystery, and Immaculate Machine.
8:00 p.m., The Northern (321 4th Ave),
$7
The Smaller lmprov Show
Featuring Golden Girls Reunion, Gobble
De Goose Jambaroo, Watermelon Kitty
Factory, and Mark and Corbin Hate Each
Other.
10:30 p.m., Lecture Hall!, Free!
Sunday. May 17
Tie-Dye Bonanza!
3:00p.m., Main Evergreen Field
Anarchism for the 21st Century
Building Movements for Lasting Change,
with Andrej Guubacic. Presented by Northwest Common Action.
7:30p.m., Traditions Cafe
Prison as a form of violence against
women
For more information: wrc@riseup.net.
5:00p.m. -7:00p.m., Lecture Hall2
Psychogeography and Space multimedia presentation
Come learn about the relationship
between space and spectacle, confinement
and insurrection, squares and circles.
7:30p.m., Sem II Cl,.l05
Show @Northern
Features Polka Dot Dot Dot, Shenandoah
Davis, Sleep Together, and Karczol.
8:00p.m., $5 all ages
Hopium: Confronting Fascism in the
ObamaEra
Radical Films with subMedia's Franklin
Lopez, aka the stimulator.
7:00p.m., Lecture Hall2, Free!
Checkpoint: Afghanistan
Featuring speaker Travis Roberts, a
veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan
wars.
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m., Lecture Hall3
Creative approaches to the essay:
"Essays as Storytelling"
Presented by the Writing Center.
2:30p.m., L2310
C99f¥K~ S?WN
Eliyahu and the Qadim Ensemble
Mystical music of the Near East
7:30p.m., Recital Hall, $10
Thursday, May 21
Wednesday, May 20
"Flight of the Lawn chair Man"
8:00p.m., Experimental Theater, $5
Public Hearing for Proposed Rules/
College Policies
Topic: Required and Emergency Medical Leave Policy. Contact Wendy Endress
at endressw@evergreen.edu for more
information.
3:30p.m. -4:30p.m., Lib2207
Gay Parenting Panel
Q&A session presented by Evergreen
Queer Alliance.
4:bo p.m.-5:00p.m., Sem II B2109
Homeland Security presents: Eprhyme
Shomer Salaam record release party with
Evergreen One, AKA, Smoke, and DJ
Deadbeat.
9:00 p.m., The Royal (311 N. Capitol
Way), $5, 21+
Olympia World Affairs Council
meeting
Speaker Jack F. Nevin will address the
topic of "Dictatorship to Democracy."
7:30p.m., Olympia Center Room 101
French conversation group
All levels welcome!
6:00p.m., Black House (519 Puget St.)
WEEKLY STUDENT GROUP
.MEETING TIMES
Monday, May 18
Tuesday, May 19
Anti-Oppression Training
Beyond Inclusion with Leticia Nieto,
PhD. Register at sesame@evergreen.edu;
location is given upon registration.
9:00a.m. -5:00p.m.
Center for Community-Based Learning and Action Recognition Event
Celebrate students' achievements in the
community and enjoy refreshments!
5:00p.m.- 7:00p.m., Sem II E2125
Mondays
Cooper Point Journal CAB 316, 5 p.m
Hillel meeting CAB 320, 3:30p.m.
Men's Resource Center CAB Solarium, 6 - 8 p.m.
S&ABoard CAB 320, 3-5 p.m
Tuesdays
CapoeiraAngola CRC 316, 5:30p.m.
ERC Environmental Resource Center CAB 320,
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FolkDance CAB 320cubicle4, 10a.m.
Ffeedom of Consciousness CAB Solarium, 8:30lOp.m.
Greeners 4 Christ SEM TI Bll 05, 7 p.m.
HABOOL1B2147,4p.m
Men's Resource Center CAB Solarium, 1 - 2 p.m.
OuParaPo Sem TIA2109, 12:30-2 p.m.
S.T.A.RSemTIA3107, 7p.m.
Wednesdays
Amnesty International CAB Solarium, 1-2 p.m.
Anime Club HCC, 6-9 p.m.
Barrier Breakers Oub LID 2318, 1-3 p.m.
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CENSE Nature Walks Clock tower, 1p.m.
Chemistry Club Lab TI 2211, 1-2 p.m.
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El
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Clean Energy Lab TI 1250, 3 p.m.
Evergreen Queer Alliance SEM TI A2109, 4 p.m.
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