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By Ian Humphrey By Alexa Steele On the morning of January 23, Standing in line at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, I was quite confident that the Greenery staff were surprised to everyone else at some point or another was thinking the same thing: was find that approximately 80 wrapped this really worth it? I started out at the CRC and walked all the way past the sandwiches had gone missing in the snaking line of people past the back ofthe COM building, past SEM II to middle of the night. No other food was C Jot, just to find its end. Forty-five minutes I waited in the cold thinking I missing. could be taking advantage ofthe three-day weekend, savoring the prospect of A quick investigation found that there having a Monday off. I could have been catching up on homework, or better was a ladder outside of the Greenery yet, sleep. But I was determined not to miss this once in a lifetime opportu­ in the hallway near the elevator. The nity so I stuck it out. About 3,000 other people had the same mindset. assumption the police are working off of These 3,000 people pressed into just half of Evergreen's gymnasium to is that the burglar, or burglars, climbed hear Dr. MayaAngelou, 78 years old and still full of spunk, speak and share the ladder, lifted up one of the ceiling of her words of wisdom. I was fortunate enough to find a friend who had tiles and climbed a distance of maybe saved me a seat (I am forever grateful to her) so that I did not have to stand 25 feet into the Greenery. Once inside, in the back or sit on the floor like so many others in the audience. Finally, the suspect(s) had access to all unlocked about half an hour late due to the unexpectedly enormous crowd, the intro­ inner areas. ductions were made by Evergreen's president, Les Puree and Executive This tactic has been used before. Director of the Tacoma Campus, Dr. Joye Hardiman. Excitement mounted Last school year, over fifty sandwiches but nothing could have prepared me for what was to come. Dr. Angelou's were stolen in the exact same manner. clear, deep voice broke out in short bursts of song between verses of poetry, "It was burglarized in the same fashion immediately captivating her audience. Over the next hour and a half the as this year, so we kind of have a trend famous author, actress, singer and poet provided life lessons with hilar­ going here," said Officer Justin Cripe ious and sometimes saddening anecdotes. Here are just a few of the things in an interview. No suspects were I learned that night: apprehended. • Old school can be cool- to some, Edgar Allen Poe, or "EEP" as she In an attempt to stop further incidents fondty called him, is simply another dead poet. But Dr. Angelou brought Maya Angelou speaking to a crowd of over and to aid in suspect apprehension in the 3,000 Sunday night. ANGELOU PAGE 3 future, Sgt. Darwin Eddy has requested that a video monitoring system, or sur­ veillance cameras, be placed there. As of yet, no cameras have been installed. Immigrant farming conference draws nationwide farmers to discuss economic Two weeks ago, Crime Stoppers, a local organization which puts -out and environmental sustainability through culturally appropriate agriculture rewards for information on cases such as this, was alerted. A $250 reward was ByJulie Hudak farmers. N JFJ is a project of Heifer International policies. The current Farm Bill is called the Farm negotiated, and fliers were placed in the and the Kellogg Foundation. The coalition's mis­ Security & Rural Investment Act of2002. Library, the CAB, A dorm, and the infor­ The first annual National Immigrant Farming sion is, "Rooted in diverse immigrant farmer The Farm and Food Policy Project (FFPP) is a mation podiums outside of the library. Initiative (NJFI) conference was held February experience, NIFI strengthens the capacity of coalition ofsustainable agriculture policy makers Three to four days later, it was dis­ 11-14 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The con­ immigrants to farm successfully and to advance and advocates nationwide working together to covered that someone had gone around ference drew over 170 immigrant and refuge sustainable farming and food systems." NIFI formulate a collective platform for the 2007 and taken down every flier. According farmers from over thirty states around the United was formed by the growing demand of support Farm Bill. Within the FFPP there is a Diversity to Police Services, the fliers will be States. The conference was held by NlFI to bring services for those working with immigrant and Coalition working to develop policy recommen­ replaced soon. together immigrant and refuge farmers as well refugee farmers. There are over twenty projects dations that will serve socially disadvantaged Officer Cripe, who is in charge ofthe as non-profit, state and federal support staff that nationwide working with immigrant and refugee farmers and ranchers nationwide. The NIFI con­ investigation, said in an interview, "who work with the farmers. The conference was the farmers. NIFI increases the visibility of immi­ ference was a key event for the Farm and Food we catch, we're going to file felony first of its type to begin to build a coalition of grant farmers, providing funds and technical Policy Project's Diversity Initiative to collect charges ori, unless for some reason advocates supporting the rights of socially dis­ assistance to immigrant farming projects and grassroots input for federal policy recommen­ there's a deal struck. I don't see that hap­ advantaged farmers. The immigrant and refugee helping to share models and strategies among dations. One ofthe challenges of the Farm Bill pening. This is an ongoing problem. The farmer attendees wer.e mainly Latino (Mexican, these projects. workshop of the NIFI conference was to articu­ tolerance meter is falling." He said that, Guatemalan, El Salvadorian, and Peruvian), The NIFI conference workshops included late the relevance of federal policy to immigrant while he is unsure at this point," I think Hmong and Somali. such topics as producing ethnically appropriate and refugee farmers as well as to encourage civic this was a two person effort." The conference agenda was organically cre­ crops, direct marketing strategies for farmers, engagement among conference participants. When asked how he's going about ated Monday morning using "open space tech­ and how farmers can access federal resources to The NIFI conference illustrated the power of investigating the case, Cripe said that nology." Each participant had the opportunity to fund agricultural endeavors. One of the greatest the emerging national movement of immigrant "at this point we're waiting on leads. suggest informal conversation topics. The idea attended workshops was a discussion on the and refugee farming to further the goals of sus­ Literally, at this point, without leads, I behind the alternative format was to empower 2007 U.S. Farm Bill and how the legislation can tainable and local community food systems. The have nothing. So leads are really what conference participants to initiate conversations be written to better serve the socially disadvan­ movement of immigrant farming is centered we're waiting on. Leads always get the they wanted to have rather than attending con­ taged farming population. The workshop was on ideas of economic development for under­ ball rolling and right now we're waiting ference sessions and potentially never saying a lead by sustainable agriculture policy advocates served populations, environmental sustainability for the ball to roll." word. The majority of conference participants focused on creating federal agricultural policy through agriculture and community development However, he was clear that he's "con­ had never been to a conference before and the that serves the needs of socially disadvantaged based on culturally appropriate solutions. fident that, through our investigation event organizers wanted to value their crucial farmers. Periodically Congress reauthorizes a and the Crime Stoppers program, we voices in dictating the needs of the underserved variety of farm and food laws through a multi­ Julie Hudak is a senior currently doing will actively pursue this and we will immigrant and refugee farmer population. year, omnibus farm bill. This omnibus bill (a law an ILC, studying the labor movement history catch who's doing it." The National Immigrant Farming Initiative which covers many different subjects, or has had of Mexican farmworkers in the US. She has (NIFI) is a coalition of organizations throughout many unrelated additions tacked onto it) creates studied Sustainable Agriculture Policy andLatin Jan Humphrey is a freshman enrolled the U.S. working with immigrant and refugee laws that affect nutrition, agriculture and land use American Studies at since the fall of2004. in Sign, Symbol and Symptom.

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All students will be required to activate their @ever­ In China, music, dance, and martial arts capture the heart­ Committee e~lores green email address beats of common people in everyday life, while J?Oetry, Beginning in March, Evergreen will use your college painting, calligraphy and visual arts further the sense ofjoy late night options email address ([email protected]) to communicate with and beauty in a flourishing community. As amateur prac­ you. Important messages, which previously have come by titioners and avid learners of Chinese culture, the students paper mail, will now come via email. These include tuition would like to share with you these vivid reflections and vi­ billing notices, financial aid notices, registration deadline re­ brant activities of Chinese life and aesthetics to the best of By Tori Needer minders, and emergency updates. Many ofyou have already our abilities. activated, and now use, your @evergreen email address. If The event will be held on Friday and Saturday, The Geoduck Union Transportation committee is exploring you have not activated, please do so at my.evergreen.edu. February 23 and 24, at 7:30p.m. in the Recital Hall of the the viability of providing a college-operated shuttle to students for You may choose to auto-forward mail from this @evergreen Communications Building. late night and weekend transportation. The Union has been inves­ address to an email address ofyour choice. Ifyou choose to tigating expanding transportation on nights and weekends since forward, note that you are responsible for the ongoing via­ Calling all visionary artists! late November. bility of the forwarding address. On April 14 a collection of students are hosting a vi­ Extended transportation serv.ife was originally introduced sionary culture gathering at Evergreen. There will be var­ because of concerns over student' safety. Representatives fear that The Dances of Universal Peace ious artists, musicians and thinkers from our bioregion, col­ students are leaving bars late on Friday and Saturday nights without On Feb. 22, Evergreen's interfaith ministry Common lectively seeking to initiate Evergreen into the emerging vi­ a safe way to commute back to campus. "[A shuttle] would really Bread will sponsor The Dances of Universal Peace. sionary culture. Evergreen does not seem to be connected reduce the number ofDUis around campus and around downtown, It's a chance to communally experience group energy to the established visionary culture. And yet, it possesses because so many people walk or drive or bike home drunk" said in a safe. friendly environment. The dances use simple all of the elements, though they may be disjointedly repre­ representative Anthony Sison. chants and music that evoke the spiritual essence of sented in the student body. The shuttle would likely be under fifteen seats because special each participant. l11ey come from spiritual traditions the You can participate! At present, there will be a number licensing is required to operate a vehicle that carries fifteen or more world over, focusing on the collective experiences of hu­ of artists, musicians and art collectives from Portland to passengers. The committee is currently investigating purchasing a manity. Samuel Lewis, a Sufi Murshid and Rinzai Zen Vancouver, B.C. attending, but it would be good to see the bio-diesel van from the organization that operates Shared Ride. Master, began The Dances of Universal Peace in 1970s Olympia and the Evergreen community become more of a Previously the committee attempted to extend the public bus ser­ Berkeley. center for visionary culture. To this end, it is requested that vice between downtown and the college. However Intercity Transit There he saw the hippie culture in full swing and was Greeners throw their spice into the mix of visual art. So informed them that in order for service to run later, students would inspired to become their guide. Since then it has grown submit! The selection will not be rigid. It is up to you to de­ have to foot the entire bill ofoperation. The cost ofextended service into a global movement, with people teaching the dances cide whether or not your art is suitable for submission to the and operation would have exceeded one million dollars a year. in schools, prisons, hospitals, and retirement homes. The sacred environment that is being prepared. The themes are Since learning the potential price of extended public transit, the dances are designed to be simple enough to learn in a minute simply community building, spiritual process, honest love committee has explored other options. Commute Trip Reduction, a while working to heal the global community. Jo Jibrila and and peace. Here are the submission instructions: state wide program that promotes alternative commuting options, is Thornton Curtz will lead the dances. They have been coming Go to www.podcollective.com or www.elfintome.com to working with the Union to research grants that could defer the cost here every quarter for a few years now and lead dances in check out the sort of visionary art being talked about; of purchasing a private shuttle. Olympia twice a month. Email [email protected] (if you have digital or The cost to students would likely be passed on through a new scanned art, please feel free to attach). If you have ques­ fee or an increase of five to twelve dollars in the existing transpor­ Opening reception Friday tions, call (360) 570-5000. tation fee. Any fee change proposals would be voted on by stu­ The Evergreen Galleries will be displaying Mike dents in the spring. Moran's work. This exhibition surveys the artwork of Evergleaners share the harvest another year Mike Moran, created during the time that he has been Most people feel that everyone should have enough to Tori Needer is a junior enrolled in Health and Human managing the ceramics studio and teaching art at The eat, simply by the virtue of being a person. But it's clear that Development. Evergreen State College. His influence on students over our current economic system does not respect this human the decades has been profound, and his own non-stop right. The results are predictable: people in our community art-making has flourished. He paints, sculpts, draws, and don't get enough to eat and don't know where there next ANGELOU FROM COVER prints with free-flowing, instinctive color, line, marks, meal is coming from. and shapes. His images and sculptures of female figures, The Gleaners Coalition was formed in 2005 to help him back to life by hip-hop rapping his chilling poem "The horses, birds, and landscape elements dance lyrically, stride combat the hunger in our community. By partnering with Raven," bringing tears of laughter to the entire gymnasium. forcefully, give form to myriad expressive states: joyful­ local organic farms, the Gleaners have distributed thou­ • Regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or any of the ness, pensiveness, contemplation, anguish, rest, and more. sands of pounds of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables into many ways in which people choose to discriminate against one With stylistic references ranging from Giacometti to classic the emergency food distribution network. The Evergleaners another, you are capable of being more powerful and influential Etruscan urns, Moran balances ancient with contemporary formed last year as Gleaners Coalition partners on campus, than you will ever know. Dr. Angelou, a six foot tall, elderly black to create content-rich, figurative artworks. and they've organized numerous volunteer trips to help har­ woman whose bad knees meant using a cane and sitting for most of Moran's elongated figures are permeated with the sen­ vest food. To them, nothing beats heading out to the farm, her speech is a fme example. Every time she made the effort to stand sation of passionate and transformative experiences of a getting dirty with some veggies, and bringing home a big at the podium, rising to her full height, I knew it meant she was about life lived. These works evoke the recognition of a state haul that will go to folks who need it. to say something important and I paid attention more intently. of being, familiar and well acquainted. In some sculp­ There isn't much veggie picking going on in the winter, • The old Afiican proverb "never accept a shirt from a naked person" tures, Moran applies pigmented cement to bent steel ar­ but spring will be soon and there's still plenty ofwork. They - I'm still trying to figure this one out. matures, utilizing the consciously weathered metal skel­ need volunteers to help out with TASTE, a recipe demon­ • Thank anyone and everyone who ever influenced you, then be eton, sometimes including additions of broken glass stration project at the Food Bank. They're also organizing that person for someone else-you wouldn't be where you are now or clay, to transfix potent and primal images to atten­ a food preservation class. What else are they working on without at least one other person's help and it doesn't take much to uated human forms. In this manner, Moran transfuses right now? That's up to you. Should they bring speakers to change a life other than your own. his work with animal, mystical, and visionary content. talk about GM foods, visit other gleaning organizations, or "1 am a human being, so nothing human is alien to me." Dr. Mike Moran has exhibited extensively in the Northwest stencil vegetables on t-shirts? All of these things and more Angelou stressed this· quote from Terentius, imploring the audience and throughout the United States, and his work has been are possible with your energy and ideas. to never say "I could never do that." We are all human and therefore reviewed in such publications as Sculpture, American The Evergleaners meet on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Red are capable of everything, no matter how unimaginable. Deriving Ceramics, Studio Potter, and Ceramics Monthly. Square by the hill.lfit's raining, they'll head inside and meet from the same statement, Angelou stressed that we are all the same You can see his work in Gallery IV, lo­ on the stairs on the 2nd floor of the Library. underneath. We eat and we drink. We cry and we laugh. We love and cated on the 4th floor of the Library Building. we hate. Whether or not we are daring enough to say them out loud, The hours are Monday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 a.m.- 2nd Annual Oscar Contest we all share the same fears, the same dreams. Dr. Maya Angelou 6 p.m., and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday from noon-6 Do you enjoy the Oscars? It's that time of year for spoke to a crowd of 3,000 yet made each individual person feel as p.m. The exhibition will be up from February 23 to March 16. an Oscar Contest - open to the Evergreen Community. though she were talking to them alone. To me, her most moving story There will be prizes (fabulous chocolate or carob bars!) was her own aspiration to work in the United Nations building, even Nights of Chinese culture for guessing the most correct ... and incorrect. Ballots are though as a pregnant, unmarried 16 year old she knew it would never The Evergreen academic program "Searching for available in StudentActivities: CAB 320, or you can down­ be possible. In 1995, however, she walked into that same building Modern China" is hosting an evening of Chinese cul­ load the ballot and drop it off. Ballots must arrive in CAB as an honorary speaker at the UN's golden anniversary. It caused a tural demonstrations. The program will feature a se­ 320 by February 23 at 5 p.m. Look for the big Oscar box! surge of confidence as everyone realized, no matter where I come ries of solo and group performances in many different If you download the ballot, please also write an e­ from, no matter who I am, I can do anything I set my mind to. This genres of Chinese origin: Chinese music, dance, theatre, mail address on the ballot so you can be notified of may sound like I'm preaching the "world is your oyester" speech folk song, poetry recitation, martial arts and visual arts. your Oscar score, and if you've won. Remember bal­ but it's true .. Just sit and think about it. And maybe while you're at All the artists/performers are students of the pro­ lots need to be completed in full to be considered valid! it read some poetry and give yourself a little extra motivation. You gram who have studied Chinese history, lit­ You can get the ballot online at http://aca­ never know what it might inspire you to do. erature, religion and arts since Fall Quarter 2006. dem ic .evergreen. edu/c/ corna/oscarballot. pdf=20. Alexa Steele is a sophomore enrolled in Looking Backwards.

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2006 to assist the residents in relocating, but came up against sev­ eral problems. By Victoria Larkin To begin with, rents has skyrocketed since Katrina. One reason for this is that many of the low-income areas were destroyed and have The stage is flooded in red/fuschia/purple: not been repaired yet, so there are not as many low-income places hot red lights glow on lush red satin covering to choose from and the landlords can charge more. Another reason matte black boxes; a central red drape hangs for this is that many out-of-town property groups view the aftermath behind, framed on either side by black. It is of Katrina as an investment opportunity. This, combined with the throbbing, waiting. The music is bump in', no gentrification that is occurring in New Orleans, causes places that one is sitting still, an-ti-ci-pation fills the sold may have been affordable before the storm to be inaccessible now. out, chattering, electrified house. Residents of the Woodlands Apartments who could not possibly pay Others having been turned away, I made any more for rent and did not have Section 8 rarely found places that it in by fortuitous moment: someone didn't they could go, and were forced to move in with family, or were left show, and I am thankful to whoever that at the mercy of New Orleans shelters and community groups. was; for across that stage were to march the That's not to say that those with Section 8 vouchers were much freshest and most inspiring Vagina Warriors better off. Finding an available, desirable place to live that accepts I've ever seen. Section 8 can be a full-time job in itself. Once a place is finally The directors: Wendy Eleanor Effertz found and the applicant is approved, they are forced to wait weeks Tougas, Devon Haynes, and Emily Pieper, for an initial inspection before they can move into their apartments, stepped out to an enthusiastic roar, and spoke By Elizabeth Hendren and William Saguil as there are only three HANO (Housing Authority of New Orleans) of giving voice to women and peoples who've inspectors for all ofNew Orleans. Since most places do not usually been silenced. They mentioned hearts and va­ Common Ground ofNew Orleans started out as a relief organiza­ pass the initial inspection, residents are forced to wait even longer ginas and red and chocolates. Without a doubt, tion in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In response to the med­ for their landlords to fix the problems highlighted by HANO, and this was the hot place to be this weekend! ical and social crisis, co-founders Malik Rahim and Sharon Johnson then several more weeks for another inspection. To give you an idea Every Vagina Warrior was dressed in var­ opened a free health clinic out of their home in Algiers within days of how long this process can take, a woman with Section 8 whom ious combinations of red, black, and touches of the storm. Since then, it has grown into a nationally recognized we worked with in December who had already been approved for of white: short little dresses, cool sexy dresses, non-profit organization with multiple community-centered pro­ an apartment waited three weeks for her initial inspection, another short skirts, slips, boots, heels, sneakers, sti­ grams and services. four weeks for her landlord to return from wherever he'd disap­ lettos, sweaters, polka dots, and one unforget­ Common Ground has been well recognized for its free health peared to and fix the problems of the apartment, and is still awaiting table mechanics outfit, complete with black clinic and house gutting services, but what are often overlooked her second inspection. While she waits, she lives in a shelter with plastic surgical glove. are its long-term community-building programs such as a women's her two young children, across the river from where she works and Our tuxedoed guide through the var­ shelter and the House of Excellence, which provides free legal ser­ where her children go to school, paying a dear 200 dollars a month ious folds was Andrea Robbins. Her hair for This is ust one of many similar stories. shone white in dark silhouette, but was a vices, computer access and training programs. .------Among these long-term community-building projects was the mass of dark curls about her suave and ex­ Woodlands Apartment Complex in Algiers. Prior to Hurricane pressive face. Her fans whistling her on, her Katrina, the apartment complex was virtually abandoned and al­ raspy tones changed with the moods of each though it did not suffer flood damage, was dramatically impacted monologue. by wind damage. Due to this destruction, the owner was willing to One performance after another was red and allow Common Ground to assume management of the complex with vibrant and so fresh that I began to doubt I'd the verbal agreement that Common Ground would be able to buy heard or read these monologues before. the complex at a later date. Common Ground jumped at this oppor­ This crew of younger and older Wimmin tunity and in the spring oq006 hired members of the community to seemed entirely cohesive. The depth and begin restoring the apartmeRts, moving in low-income residents at color and energy flowed through every per­ pre-Katrina rates as soon as the apartments were restored. formance. The fluidity and consistency, the Between May and November of 2006, over a hundred families passion and subtlety gave testimony to the were able to move into the Woodlands Apartment Complex under the weaving skills of the directors. Every perfor­ management of Common Ground. A drop-in center for youth was mance was moving, some were hilarious. A restored on the property and hosted several community events. The few left the audience in palpable silence, only murder rate dropped in what had been one of the most violent neigh­ fmally lifting their hands to acknowledge the borhoods in New Orleans, and at resident meetings for the complex, gift from the performer. many residents for the first time expressed feelings of belonging to a A trio of females, Shelbi Chew, Lenora community. I (Elizabeth) had the privilege of visiting the Woodlands As you can imagine, these situations lead to huge numbers of Peyton and Katie Waldeck, were like in August of 2006 and was extremely moved by the rapid progress people without homes, and as a result, many shelters in New Orleans Valentines, weaving compilations of vaginal of restoration and sense of camaraderie between the residents. are currently full. Additionally, there are no shelters that address the sentiments throughout the tapestry. However, by late November of2006, two events gave the hope needs of homeless men unless they are elderly, disabled or have an The first performance that blew my mind and progress created by the Woodlands a terrible blow. The first was addiction. The father of one of the families we worked with wrestled was by Katherine Hinderlie. She performed the mysterious vandalism of the center for youth, which forced the with the decision of whether or not to pretend to leave his wife so that the Vagina Workshop monologue, in which center to close down for what was initially believed to be a temporary his family would have a better chance of getting into a shelter. a woman is led to discover the beauty of her period. Shortly after, Common Ground was informed by the owner of Combining the state of the shelters in New Orleans with the fact own folds. Katherine played it like the super the property that they had been out-bid for the Woodlands apartments · that many peoples' families are in equally desperate situations means efficient career woman who just is too high­ by an out-of-town property group, and that all of the residents would that several families at the Woodlands, and all over New Orleans, powered to have time for things like her va­ be evicted. Since Common Ground had had a verbal agreement with literally had/have NOWHERE to go. It is true that while we were gina. While watching her I kept wondering the owner of the Woodlands, which is legally binding in the state of there, several churches and organizations stepped up to offer tempo­ what film set they'd taken her from. Her per­ Louisiana, the case was taken to court. Unfortunately, the owner is an rary housing or one month's rent to the Woodlands residents, which formance was nothing short of brilliant. She attorney and had managed to find several loopholes in the laws that was greatly needed and appreciated. But the problem remains that seemed to be speaking from her own head, establish the legality of a verbal agreement, and Common Ground after the month is up, there are still not viable housing options for just telling us about this experience she had lost the case. They are still in court negotiating restitution for over a low-income people in New Orleans. one time. But for her bio, I would still be won­ million dollars spent on repairing the apartment complex. Losing the Woodlands was a hard blow for its residents, Common dering which part of England they flew her The residents of the Woodlands Apartments were given until Ground and anyone who was inspired by the hope and community in from. The roar that followed her offstage January 5, 2007, to move out ¢their homes. They were told that that they witnessed there. But through all the darkness, still stands was a testimony to her verve, and complete­ there would be no flexibility wi'th this date, and that the police would a ray of light. Common Ground and the Woodlands residents cre­ ness of character. be at the apartments at midnight of the 5th, throwing any remaining ated a safer environment for themselves, as well as a strong, self­ Another high-powered performance items into the street and arresting anyone they found on the prem­ reliant community. We were fortunate enough to be able to attend was by Kekoa Ka'awa, who did My Angry Vagina. is~s. We went to New Orleans in December and early January of church with one of the evicted residents of the Woodlands, and were amazed and extremely touched by her ability to still find reasons She came on in stilettos, short suspender to praise God during her time of hardship. We witnessed this posi­ pants, and a black corset. She was on fire tive mindset as a widespread characteristic of the people we worked from the start, kicking a chair over with one with and it is something that we cherish, appreciate and have learned stiletto, calling incredulously into question from that community. all those devices they devise for our vaginas. Although we have lost the Woodlands, we have not lost the ex­ She switched in and out of angry and sexy perience gained in achieving our goal of building this community. so believably that one could see how the two With the right resources and continued support from across the na­ co-exist. tion, we can still provide and recreate that community. We have not Peggy Schimmel brought a whole new di­ forgotten those affected by Katrina. Their suffering is our suffering, mension to having 'Bob' look at her. Her sar­ and we are a part of the solution. casm - "Here, right here ... " and "What the Malik Rahim, along with displaced Katrina survivors from fuck are you doing, Bob?" and general sense of Seattle, will be speaking at the Eagles Ballroom at 4th and Plum on inhibition about herself before 'Bob' allowed Thursday, March 1, at 7 p.m. They will talk not only about the con­ us all to experience the difference a man's at­ tinued problems faced by Katrina survivors, but also solutions and titude towards our vaginas can make. how you can help. Candie Heidelberg switched tenses bril­ liantly in her voyage through snapshots of a Elizabeth Hendren is a junior enrolled in Memory of Fire. William Saguil is a senior enrolled in Turning Eastward. VAGINA PAGE 5 www. commomgroundrelief org arts & entertainment Cooper Point Journal February 22, 2007 5 Album review Naked poetry :------: ______'

By Casey Jaywork to Buddy, who MIGHT have space, and THE I thank him without holding my breath. The flashy part is, I did a poem in front (This is what you might call a hidden of forty people. Naked. blessing). Rewind: before that, I'm hightailing it Fast-forward: after the opening night USED through Seattle sidewalks to meet a bus slam, where I cry for joy for the first time on its way out of the city so I can start since leaving poetry-happy Denver last hitching towards Vancouver B.C., when summer, I'm balls-out at the Anarchist my cell does its beepy-beepy and suddenly Slam. This is not as risky as it sounds: I'm spitting conversation with Buddy no Molotov's or red-and-black flags, just Wakefield. coffee-shop performance poetry that takes This is the man who does with spoken its queue from slam but disavows the rules words what Plato did with daydreams. (time limit, ban on props, etc.). The com­ By Brandon Custy case of the lyrics. I could tell the crowd was In his car, bald and gay and electric, monly reoccurring joke during all of this really into it, which showed their energy he and Danny from Seattle rehearse their is "you can do whatever you want; you There is something I might've said about as well as their sound. It is pretty simple pieces to each other and we all sprinkle can get naked on stage if you feel like it this live CD+ DVD. At the end oflistening to music, but it flows in a chaotic way that is anecdotes like pepper. What I know about ... "presumably nudity is the most extreme the nine live tracks and watching the DVD, I very catchy. Buddy now is that A) he had wicked jock deviation these people can think of; no one felt used, I only say that in a futile attempt at The DVD is the part that fans ofThe Used itch during 2007 Indie World Poetry ever actually gets naked. being clever. No, despite what I expected, I should be excited about. The Vancouver, B.C. Slam, B) he was totally cool with telling Rewind: fall quarter I do my final re­ actually liked the music and the live footage show is included, which demonstrates the en­ EVERYONE about it, and C) this guy who search project on the Beat Generation, of the concert as well as the behind the scenes ergy with which the band performs. drives a mid-nineties sedan and sleeps five those drugged-out, grammar-killing freaks footage was up to par. It also has behind the scenes video of people to a hotel room offered to pay my of the fifties. Specifically concentrating "Berth" was released February 6 to the tour and the making of the last album. lunch bill because I was vaguely stressing on Allen Ginsberg, I learn how he once accompany the Taste of Chaos tour that The DVD has interviews with vocalist Bert my budget. responded to a heckler by spontaneously started on the February 15 The band is cur­ McCracken, guitarist Quinn Allman and Rewind: I'm knee-deep in self-pity stripping bare on stage; this is supposed rently working in Los Angeles with producer bassist Jeph Howard. There is a halfhour seg- and school work, growing more cynical to be some big metaphor for artistic hon­ John Feldman on their as- ment in which the band by the deadline. Even though I haven't esty, but really, folks only do that stuff yet-untitled third album. members answer ques­ got the money or time for it, something for attention. The CD + DVD was re­ tions from their fans. inside me (probably the part that wants Fast-forward: on stage, I have every­ corded and shot during the The Used There is one occa­ to want to live) decides that half a year ones attention. band's headlining tour in sion where Jeph Howard in Olympia's black hole of slam poetry is Rewind: He says, "First up is ... KC! Vancouver, B.C. "Berth"- CD/DVD pays a visit to one of the fuckin' enough, and so, last minute as al­ Let's give him a hand ... " I had never listened people calling in, be­ ways, and without transport or lodging, I Then I say, "You said we can get naked, to The Used until 3 a.m. Reprise I We a cause they were both gear up for Vancouver (which, by the way, right? .. is everyone okay with that? .. . this morning when I put in Vegas at the time. is the closest thing to the Emerald City management, is that okay with you? .. . it in to accompany me 2007 They also have a seg­ I've ever seen in three dimensions. Those a~rone object in the audience? ... okay through a late night essay ~ent filmed when they Pacific Canucks got style). Contacting a event. It could've been the went to Japan. U BC student through the mystical and Through the solid wall of window be­ anger that I felt at myself I know all bands say omniscient Internet, I secure a couch hind me, daylight streams in from the for putting off my homework, but the music that they care about the fans and the music, for snoozin' and place my faith in seren­ street of Vancouver to illuminate jeans and meshed melodically with my feelings. The but from this DVD these guys really show dipity and the Seattle slam community undies tangled around my ankles. live CD is not very long and I found my­ it. for a ride. My dick has never been smaller. (Must self listening to it four times during that all I look forward to their new CD and for Bad idea, I'm later reflecting. After be the Canadian air.) night session. now am happy that my musical horizons several tenuous affirmatives to my Fast-forward: to me sharing a bed with "I Caught Fire" is the third track. This have expanded a little bit. Or maybe I am emailed inquiries about transport, they an anarchist couple, all of us guests of song shows the bands ability to play more just happy that I finished my essays. call to tell me they're out of space-­ the kindest poets in B.C.; to Buddy being subdued riffs with less ofthe screaming. The on the day we're all leaving. The slam eliminated in the first round of finals be­ fourth track, "Taste oflnk," sounded similar Brandon Custy is a freshman enrolled in master promises to pass my number on cause he went on stage second Uudges al­ to track three with more melody and a show- American Experience. ways score higher as a round progresses) and the mic crapped out during his poem; to me and the other fifteen birthday­ suited men and women packed into a por­ VAGINA FROM PAGE 4 table sauna at the end-of-festival party, sweating and laughing and finally not ter­ rified of our bodies; to the Seattle folks woman's experiences from ages 6 to ·maturity in The Little Coochie taking me as one of their own, twice in Snorcher That Could. their hotel room and once in the car to I was especially pleased that My Vagina Was My Village was per­ Seattle and always during the poetry formed in one voice, by Jhaleh Akhavan. The poignancy and pain were events; to me telling over a dozen people so simply woven into this one person's life, the connect and disconnect a how much I love them, and I'll see them woman experiences with her own sexuality once it has been violated be­ in six months at Team Slam Nationals; yond our imaginings. to finally, after ten hours of battling my A performance that sparked some controversy was Kathleen Kelley way through Washington transit, returning Hutchinson's, who did The Woman Who Liked to Make Vaginas Happy. home to my dorm, and realizing just how Kathleen pushed the boundaries, beginning by swaggering onstage wearing much I hate it here. a mechanics outfit and grabbing her crotch repeatedly. Like Katherine, In the six months I've lived in Olympia, Kathleen also inhabited her material, sounded like she was just telling us I've been trading faith for cynicism like her own story. Her moanings were mostly hilarious and all energetic. I've an economist on amphetamines. Partly heard t~at her final choice of moan- orgasming while masturbating a large it's been giving up my nomadic lifestyle; rubbensh cock (black, I must say-what is up with the black cocks in pro­ partly it's being walled in by the ivory ductions lately?) was controversial, and not vaginally correct for some. One tower of higher education; partly it's at­ man I know said he thought it detracted from the sensuality of moaning, tending a "school" that treats classes like and.I heard that one woman said this is supposed to be about vaginas, not hobby clubs and grades like cotton candy. pen1ses. I don't know how I feel about that, but the act itself pushed the Before going to Vancouver, I got to where boundaries for everyone in that Theater. And that is what I loved about I was by a piece of wood rolling down a this whole production. hill, but those four days of slam reminded . The directors and the actors went beyond lines drawn, pushed bound­ me what God and Love and I am. anes of gender, and filled the stage with diversity: of colors, of ethnici­ So I'm not real sure what to do from ties, of sexualities, of ages and of shapes ofWimmin. here; there are lot of problems and solu­ The 2007 spotlight monologue, What Happened to Peace?, performed tions are limited. Maybe UW next quarter; by Dawn Ovalle, actually moved me to reconsider humanity; to consider maybe dropping out of school until I figure the p~ssibility that this generation might move beyond the framing, and out why I'm going in the first place. we mtght actually achieve peace in our world some day. Now, though, I remember where I'm The overall effect of this production of Vagina Monologues was lush, headed, and more importantly, that it's swollen and throbbing with life blood, birthing bursting with energy. worth g_etting to. I cannot remember a more inspiring and exciting night at the Theatre. Here's to all those Vagina Warriors- Casey Jaywork is a Freshman enrolled in Tradition and Transformation. Victoria Larkin is a senior, writing tutor, and is enrolled in a contract titled Dance as Signifier. 6 Cooper Point Journal February 22, 2007 communiques from lib 2304 THE LANGUAGE SYMPOSIUM ------~' A blanket map tUrned in on itself and slightly desecrated

By Grant Miller of the Symbolic Order and cease to be questioned. Shortly thereafter a father woke a up by emitting Early on a was carpet, a blanket, a tuft of hair. A a subtle vibration into a ear. He lifted a out of a A first memory is of a time before a was born. It hid in a surroundings to avoid death, which was the blanket, careful to gather up all the fragments of a. wasn't a memory then, and maybe it still isn't, but first noun a father wrapped a in. The first noun that A was afraid he would leave certain fragments be­ there was a certain flux that accompanied the drifting seemed comfortable wrapped around a shoulders. hind, and a began to cry. A father placed an adverb in this cavern where a father would attempt to de­ And then a became afather, and was confused mere in a mouth to silence a. liver order through a tiny vessel. There were no ob­ moments later when a became a mother. But shortly ject/hearts to be distinguished. Nothing required in­ thereafter a confusion gave way to understanding We all take a significant part in this symbolic terpretation. But a father still sent vague symbols-­ when a realized a was a tiny finger, a subtle and pink order whether we are aware of it or not. We all deal solitary Xs and other variables, tiny units ofmeasure­ arm, a flexible round leg. A presumed being broken with signs, symbols, images and language. Blanchot: ment, streamlined sequences ofvibrations. A thought andfragmented was better than being dead. A began " ... if I write [paint, draw, collage, speak, doodle, nothing of them then. A just passively absorbed. to sleep more soundly. etc.] I am the one making the common meaning adhere to language [paintings, drawings, collages, Everywhere we go, everyday, all the time, we are If language, symbols, and signs, talking, doodling, etc.], and in this act of signification navigating a map of images called "culture." And it I carry my forces, as much as I can, to their highest is through these signs and symbols that "culture" be­ transmit, interpret and even create point of effectiveness, which is to give a meaning." comes culture. Anzaldua: "Culture forms our beliefs. In this way we become alchemists of sorts. If lan­ We perceive the version of reality that it communi­ our understanding of reality, then guage, symbols, and signs, transmit, interpret and cates. Dominail.t paradigms, predefined concepts that we are taking the elements that even create our understanding of reality, then we are exist to us as unquestionable, unchallengeable, are taking the elements that constitute this reality and transmitted to us through culture." We hear acoustic constitute this reality and manipu­ manipulating, shaping, forming, them to give the concepts and we see images, and it is these that tell lating, shaping, forming, them to world new meanings, new interpretations. us how to understand and interpret the world. give the world new meanings, new He then took a fragments and held them in front of Upon birth a was immobilized immediately, and interpretations. a mirror. Magically, there I was. Myself looked at me if it weren't for a mother and father a would have and watched as my pieces morphed into each other died. A doesn't know how true this is now. Back then and became a single pronoun. My father grinned a assumed a was everything else. At first a thought The surrealists believed that in objects (and su­ and let me go. I fell to the ground and inched my a was a series of colors, various shades of light peregos) there is a "certain but unspecifiable in­ way toward the mirror and reached for it. My fa­ and darkness ranging from reds and blues, whites, tensity that [has] been dulled by everyday use and ther wrapped me in a paranoia blanket and left me greens, the indescribable color of flesh. A had no utility." The surrealists wanted to use language and there to dissolve in madness. He didn't return for a mother or father, and from day to day a absorbed a images to provide new ways of seeing and being season, and the only thing that remained ofhim was into a surroundings. in the world. For Breton, re-framing the symbolic the letter he always left, and I was too young then to order meant privileging your engagement with the climb up his trunk and read it. I felt a certain burden Lethem simplifying Heidegger: Heidegger called world as world. For artists like Magritte, reframing on my shoulders. this interpretation (or lack thereof) of signs and signi­ was about beauty: an inverted mermaid with a fish's fiers "enframing." We begin to see things in a certain head on human legs, a blue sky with drifting ba­ Grant Miller is a senior enrolled in an indepen­ way, generally in terms of their use-value, and they guettes. For politicians, re-framing is about con­ dent learning'contract and is a tutor at the Writing become fixed, static, "natural." They become a part quest and profit. Center.

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Mathematical disco'\l"'ety is seldom a single step process. Often mistakes arise as people attetnpt to aru\ver the most basic of questions. A classic proof was developed that contains a critical tiaw in its rea5oniog~ Can you £lnd it? Proof 2=11 If x=l and v=l then: x=v Solution to last week's 1. l\ilultiplying each side hv x gives: x=A~ challenge: 2. Subtracting vfrom each side gives: x-y=xv-v 3. Factoring each side givest (x+v) (x-v) =y (x-v) 4. Dividing out the omon tenn (x -y) gives: x+v =v 5 ~quares 5. VJhen we put the itiitial values back in pla.ce \\re get: l +1 =l Tirere (on Z -= 1 letters & opinions Cooper Point Journal February 22. 2007 7 Tea for two, but three for me: other being sexual with someone else- if not What's in a nan1e? A guide to during the act itself, often afterward. Even if you're not monogamous, knowing this happens successful and seeing it are two entirely different things. By Alexandra Tobolsky If a couple does add in a third party, it's best if threeso1nes not planned -just allow it to happen naturally. Last weekend I had the fortune ofhearing MayaAngelou speak Ifless thought goes into it beforehand, it's likely at Evergreen. To poets, she's an inspiration. To women, she's a By Erin Rashbawn that less will after the fact. A threesome should heroine. To audiences, she's unforgettable. Though reading a play not be used to revive a relationship. There are or piece of poetry can be enjoyably entertaining, there's a reason What could be hotter so many other ways to spice up a sex life other why most tenth grade students sleep through their Shakespeare than being pleasured by than adding someone new into the mix. Try new homework only to realize in college that it is potentially life­ two people at once? It's positions, role playing, public places, S&M, changing. Stripping the voice from written word that is meant to Ml.dl ._.," ,-. · one of the ultimate fanta­ etc. Sex should never grow stale. Be creative. yell leaves only a silhouette of what it could and should be. sies. For all its delicious There's an endless amount ofsexual exploration Hearing Angelou sing the words on a page that she lovingly put there added more possibilities, however, cer­ to do with one other person. Talk to friends, get depth to them than any book or other speaker is capable of doing. What struck me tain complications easily '------"-~~__.____J a book, buy a toy, watch a good porn together, most about her is how intimate she was. She stood before an entire gymnasium holding arise when sleeping three-to-a-bed that you you'll get ideas. far more people than the fire code could possibly have allowed, and I felt the whole may never have considered. I've compiled a set Never have a three-way just because your time like she was talking to just me. The respect she had for herself, her work and her of suggestions for a steamy, stimulating, suc­ partner wants it. If a couple is adding a third, ability to perform it was awesome. One frail, old woman had every single person in cessful threesome: there needs to be attraction all the way around. her presence laughing, having fun and worry-free. But I'm confident that not a single Seeing your boyfriend get a hand job from an­ one forgot who she was and all she's done 1. The Suck-On-My-Tits-Factor other girl could suck; however, watching the for the world they now live in. This is where people new to threesomes tend hand job while you're sitting on his face, she's Among many other things, the differ­ Stripping the voice from to get thrown off. There will be times in every biting your nipples and you're fingering her, ence between a good poet and a great poet threesome when two of the people are going could be unbelievably sexy. is that the latter knows how to manipu­ written word that is at each other and the third is kind of off to the late words to wrench the soul. "Diarrhea" meant to yell leaves only side. This happens to each person at one point S.lntoxication & Protection is the most beautiful word in the English or another and it's your job to keep yourself en­ Do more threesomes happen under the in­ language to non-English speakers. For a silhouette of what it gaged. Throw yourself in there! Suck on some fluence? Yeah, probably. This can be a good those who do speak English, that word is could and should be. titties! Don't just sit back and wait your tum. thing, because lowering your inhibitions may probably as unpleasant to hear as nails on Such is not the nature of a threesome. All three allow you to open yourself up to new experi­ a chalkboard. When a baby is learning to people are sexual with each other all the time. ences. Hooray for trying new things! The neg­ speak, he cannot associate an object with what it is not. Telling him that the cup he's That's the point! ative side, of course, is the possibility of doing holding is not the plate he calls it will change nothing. Telling him that the cup he's things you'd regret, like not using protection or holding is really called a cup is how he'll develop communication. The same applies 2. Mutual Attraction boning good friends, exes, exes ofgood friends, to poetry. Until we hear what miraculous poetry really is we'll never think to ques­ The attraction factor must be paid attention etc. If sleeping with one person may expose tion what isn't. before the threesome commences. Let's say you to various Sexually Transmitted Infections Language holds the power to invoke a thousand words per picture. It raises the ques­ Scooby, Shaggy and Fred are thinking about (STI), adding another partner doubles these tion of exactly how much power a word really has - whether a word takes a meaning doing the Doo. It may sound fun, but if Fred chances. BE SAFE. or if a meaning takes a name. Shakespeare (though, I'm one of the kids who slept just isn't that attracted to crime-solving dogs, through it and didn't realize this until several yea,rs later) raised the same question in he needs to let the other two know, rather than 6. Communication the way that only a real poet can. Juliet, distraught by Romeo's last name separating embark on an awkward-as-hell adventure. No As always, communication is the key to safe, them, asks, "Whats in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would Scooby treats for anyone. exciting, erotic exploration. Even if you meet smell as sweet." I don't know how to even begin answering that. But I do know that a few people at a bar and take 'em home, you after Maya Angelou recited a poem including the verse below, I promptly went out 3. No Penetration should still discuss protection, boundaries and for a cheeseburger. A strict no-penetration rule can remove much mutual attraction. Getting this talk out of the ofthe awkwardness associated with threesomes. way beforehand will make the entire experi­ "No smoking signs, raw mustard greens, You may be groaning at this, but here's the rea­ ence more enjoyable. Communicating does not Zucchini by the ton, soning: a) penetration throws off the balance, necessarily equal planning, however. Don't try Uncooked kale and bodies frail because intercourse is more of a two-person to plan a threesome in advance. It's much more Are sure to make me run game, b) protection is needed with penetra­ fun just to let it happen when it happens. Three­ tion where it may not be without, c) it's just way sex isn't something you should force. It is to messy. Oral sex is perfectly acceptable, easy to always, ALWAYS hotter when unexpected! do with three or even more people, and leads to These guidelines are certainly not meant Loins ofpork and chicken thighs just as many (if not more) orgasms. I say keep to frighten anyone out of having a threesome. And standing rib, so prime, it safe and comfortable by saving penetration They are absolutely worth exploring, but can be Pork chops brown andfresh ground round for one-on-one time. Who needs it when you quite complicated. These tips are simply things (/crave them all the time). " can have multiple mouths and hands going at to keep in mind in order for you to have a posi­ you a1 once? tive experience. Keep an open mind, Greeners. Those are some powerful words to say to a Greener. You are in college, after all. Experiment! 4. A Couple+ 1? Alexandra Tobolsky is a second-year transfer student enrolled in Russia and Eurasia, Most of the time, this is a bad idea. You and Erin Rashbaum is a third year student en­ Thucydides and Democracy, Understanding the Legislative Process and Evergreen your partner may enjoy the idea of bedding rolled in Poetry Practice. Have a sexual topic Singers. She can be emailed at [email protected]. someone together, but often one or both of you you'd like her to cover? Maybe a specific ques­ will feel strange about seeing your significant tion? Send 'em to [email protected].

chew. You accuse us of diverting attention stance, is a concept foreign to Aristophanes. be clear, the girls in the dance number didn't from the anti-war message of Aristophanes' What you assert to be a definitive reading of get naked, didn't get near-to-naked, which ''Lysistrata'': "Lysistrata" by over-sexualizing it. You claim "Lysistrata" is at best near-sighted, and open you don't mention-they showed their un­ that "Lysistrata" has "historically" been "a to debate. You say you're targeting our inter­ derwear and twirled their cardigans. I'm sur­ provocative play challenging ideas of war pretation, but more than frequently your ar­ prised that such upstanding moralists like and gender and the interaction between the ticle is unclear about what or whom you're yourselves, who argue that "the unavoidable a response to two." You tout this thesis, and call us irre­ targeting. Is the Phrontisterion's adaptation ignorance of every person should not be fur­ sponsible. But gentlemen, you've diverted irresponsible? Or is Aristophanes irrespon­ thered by fantasy, misrepresentation or spec­ attention from the fact that you don't know sible? Are we irresponsible simply because tacle," would stoop so low, would leave so play haters squat about this play, because you insult us we produced such a play? Or are you at­ much to the imaginations of your readers, without ever showing how we've departed tacking society at large? capitalizing on rumor instead of being di­ from the historical tradition of "Lysistrata" Your opening line reads: "Heard about rect or honest. But of course, you had the you claim to know the striptease, full­ best intentions. By Stephen Engel something about. frontal nudity and In short, there's plenty more to be said. You distract Is the Phrontisterion's enormous black You've brought serious allegations- allega­ Have you read the us with Adorno, adaptation irresponsible? Or erections?" You pass tions of sexism, racism, homophobia- alle­ blistering analysis of the Brecht, Butler, these off as despi­ gations we do not take lightly. I appreciate Phrontisterion 's produc­ Clark, Greenblatt is Aristophanes irresponsible? cable things, unac­ your concerns, and want them addressed in a tion of "Lysistrata," the and Mahmood to as- ceptable in them- public forum where slanted rhetoric won't do priggish article written sert that there's such selves, and do your violence to straightforward dialogue, where by two of Evergreen's a thing as a standard of responsibility, but best to paint them exploitative, wrong, even exchange of ideas is not ping-pong of printed premiere theater-ethics you fail to sufficiently define it, and conse­ racist. But rhetoric aside, if you were re­ word. The Phrontisterion holds weekly sem­ buffs, loaded with pretentious, abstract lan­ quently, you fail to employ it to any substan­ sponsible writers, you would have informed inars, and next week we'll host a seminar on guage and journalistic tricks? If you have, tial end. So you resort to deception. You pass your readers that the full-frontal nudity and Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," open to all in­ bear with me, because I'll directly respond off what's inherently crass or offensive about enormous erections belong to Aristophanes' terested parties. We'll meet this Monday, to its authors, not with full-blown defense, Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" for our adaptation "Lysistrata" itself, to the William Arrowsmith February 26th, in SEM II C2109 from 3:30- because there's more work to be done, else­ of it. You lead your readers to believe that translation we were working from, published 4:30 p.m. Questions? Email thephrontiste­ where. Public discourse will have to take everything inappropriate about our produc­ by Meridian. [email protected]. over where we leave off, so this will be my tion was a mutilation of this once-respect­ You're so eager to indict us that you for­ only printed reply -short and to the point. able play, from its once-respectable mes­ feit your integrity in your first sentence. Yes, Stephen Engel is a senior enrolled in For all your source material, you don't get sages, which you claim are "opposition to the "striptease," as you call it, was ours. Mind and The World. He played Chipper far. Your scathing critique reads more like a war and the challenging of gender roles." But We like dance numbers. We have a dance in "Lysistrata, " helped produce it, and co­ fit of pomposity. It's hard to understand be­ you do a poor job at it, because you misapply number every year. For that, gentlemen, we coordinates The Phrontisterion. He likes to cause it's clogged, like a mouth too full to your lenses. Your concept of gender, for in- repent,. we repent with all our hearts. But to collaborate.

sp_orts Cooper Point Journal February 22, 2007 9 Geoduck men topple Cascade The most prolific teamwork came form three of our freshmen athletes Jesse Norris, The excitement in the Cascade/ Evergreen Rahiti Marere and Lloyd Jackson. The pass men's basketball game was non-stop; the plays they put together challenged Cascade's men ended up toppling Cascade 78-37. defense and showed a total of 18 points be­ Going into the half, the Geoducks' passing tween the three of them, 25 percent of the game remained strong with a flawless dis­ team's total points that game. The freshmen play of teamwork, which included all the triad of teamwork still came second to the players on the court. The key is where the total points for Adam Moore, who scored 19 players make free throw shots: the players points against Cascade. The following eve­ dribble from the top of the key to drive the ning the men went up against the number lane for lay-up and slam dunks, and the men two Warner Pacific, where they suffered a drove the lane with a skill that kept the crowd loss. However, the men had enough wins to cheering though out the game. losses (9-20) to make it to playoffs.

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By Arland Hurd The following evening the women went up against Warner Pacific and brought an­ The bewilderment in the CRC this otherlosswithascoreof58-54. Thewomen -- weekend was huge for women's basketball, closed the season with a record of3 wins and due in part to the Geoducks falling short to fifteen losses, a record which ensures the Women's basketball Men's basketball get the wins needed to making it to the play­ women will not be included in the Cascade TESC vs. Cascade College offs. The first game of the weekend against conferences playoffs. The clearing for the Date: February 16, 2007 The box scores for the Cascade closed with a score of 55-61 and next season will now begin as the women try Attendance: Not Given mens basketball team allotted the women their 14th loss of the to forget this losing season. The players will I st 2nd Total were unavailable at the season. Jennifer Solberg, a junior, scored be heading in to class only with the memo­ ; TESC 24 37 55 time ofpublication . 19 points, leading the offensive push for ries that they formed on the court with their Cascade College 34 21 61 Evergreen. While the Geoducks put the first teammates. The women's Geoduck team will only u points on the board, the failures on defense lose one senior this season, so the teamwork rjJ TESC vs. Warner Pacific College shut the women down. The evening wasn't that hosted some good pass plays and strong Date: February 17, 2007 a total loss for the spectators. During half offences will only get stronger next year. ~--· Attendance: Not given time a free throw competition gave partici­ .... o· ··.-~ 1st 2nd Total pants chances to win prizes for their basket­ Arland Hurd is a senior enrolled in Mind tv".' Warner Pacific College 19 39 58 ball shooting skills. and the World. ~ ...... -~ TESC 23 31 54

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On Campus Upcoming events Off Campus

Thursday, 22 March 2 Friday, 23 Monday, 26 7 p.m., "Waging A Living" film and dis­ Six Masters of Irish Music will 9 p.m. 99 Men, YOWZA!, BOOM 7 to 9 p.m. at Skateland, Queers on cussion. Hosted by the Labor Center. congregate in Olympia to per­ ChiC KiN. Wheels: A queer skating night open to HCC. form at 8 p.m. in the Experimental 4th Ave. Tavern, 210 East 4th Avenue. queers of all ages and genders. Sponsored Theater, sponsored by Evergreen $3 cover. 21 + by Olympia Men's Project and Stonewall 7 p.m., Dances of Universal Peace, Expressions. Tickets are $20 for Youth. $3-$5 donation, but everyone will hosted by Common Bread. Rotunda. general admission and $10 for Saturday, 24 get in seniors. Students with ID are ad­ 9 p.m. Mercuri us, Western Aerial, Bimm Friday, 23 mitted free on the evening of the Quaid. 8 p.m., Defiance Ohio, This Bike is a Pipe A Basket C.A.S.E. performance. 4th Ave. Tavern. $3 cover. 21 + Bomb, Pink Razors. Basket weaving fundraiser and pot­ Eagles Club Ballroom, 805 E. 4th Ave. luck. Arrive between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., March 2 to 4 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Westside Co-op Free Longhouse. Women in Capoeira Angola Store Spring Cleaning. 8 to 10:30 p.m. Tune Stranglers. Conference, Longhouse. Friday 921 N. Rogers. Bring donations in good The Brotherhood Lounge, 119 Capitol 5 to 7 p.m., opening reception for Mike from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday from repair and be prepared to take stuff WayN. 21+ Moran, surveying 1982-2007. Gallery 4. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday from home. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free to students, Wednesday, 28 SESAME film festival $20 general admission. Sunday, 25 7 to 9 p.m. Skateland Dollar Night 7 p.m., screening of "The Road to 7:30 p.m., Iron Lung, The Endless 2725 12th Ave. NE Guantanamo." Co-sponsored by Prison Blockade, Hatred Surge, Funderot, $1 w/ skates, $2 without skates Action Committee. Guest speaker Capt. Rocket Attack. James Yee. LH I. The Manium, 421 4th Ave. 9 p.m. "Bedwin Hacker" (tentative). Co­ sponsored by QPOC. LH 1. Evergreen recreation Saturday, 24 Annual conference of the Society for Winter 2007 schedule, CRC building Ethnomusicology Northwest Chapter. Registration is $5 for students and $10 for teachers and independent scholars. Monday Send your events to: Conference registration and events are Racquetball, 12 to I p.m. at SEM II, C1105. Basketball, 3 to 5:30p.m. Late Night, 9:30 to II :30 p.m. Calendar Coordinator Monday, 26 Tuesday 4 to 5:30p.m., Winter Advising Festival Racquetball, 12 to I p.m. Lauren Takores and Ice Cream Feed hosted by Prime Indoor Soccer, 5:30 to 7:30p.m. Time, Academic Advising. HCC. Late Night, 9:30 to II :30 p.m. via [email protected]. 5 to 7 p.m., Independent Media Group Wednesday Walleyball, 3 to 5 p.m. will be holding an info session and Late Night, 9:30 to II :30 p.m. workshop on film making basics in ------·----- SEM II, B 1107. Thursday Racquetball, 12 to I p.m. Special announcements Wednesday, 27 Late Night, 9:30 to II :30 p.m. 6 p.m., "Running with Scissors" Friday (2006) Sponsored by Mindscreen Racquetball, 12 to I p.m.

Student Group. LH 1. .~- 1 - Remember to check out the 4th Annual TESC Science Carnival on Friday, June I and Saturday, Sunday June 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's free, fun, hands on, and welcome to everyone. There will be Volleyball, 6:30 to 9 p.m. student demonstrators ab<;>ut all aspects of science at all levels.

Evergreen Spontaneity Club SEED The Outdoor Adventure Club Club Meetings Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., SEM II, D 1105 Wednesdays, I p.m., CAB 3rd floor pit Wednesdays, 4 p.m., rock climbing gym All experience levels welcome Students for a Democratic Society Open Mic Poetry Reading Narcotics Anonymous Wednesdays, 2 p.m., SEM II, E31 05 Wednesdays, 8 p.m. TESC Democrats Tuesdays, 8 p.m., LAB I, 1047 and SEM II, Mondays, 3:30__p.m., CAB 3rd floor 3107A Society for Trans Action Resources lnfoshoppe and Zine Library tescdemocrats(glgmai !.com Sundays, 6:30 p.m., CAB top floor lounge Wednesdays, 3 p.m., SEM II, D31 07 Thursdays, 4 p.m. LIB 3303 Students In Action workshops Gyspie Dance Nation Student Video Garners Alliance Writer's Guild Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m., SEM II, E2125 Mondays, 5 to I 0 p.m., SEM II, E II 07 Tuesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., CAB TV lounge Wednesdays, 3 to 4 p.m., SEM II, C building lobby cha1rs Evergreen Animal Rights Network Prolegomena to a Future Poetics evening Meditation workshop Thursdays, 4:30 p.m., CAB 3rd Floor literary reading series Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m., CRC 116 Alcoholics Anonymous Mondays, 7 p.m., SEM II, A II 05 Wednesdays, 4 p.m., LAB I, 1047 TESC Chess Club Geoduck Union Fridays, 12 noon and 7 p.m., LAB I, 1047 Thursdays 4 to 6 p.m., SEM II, C1105 Healing Arts Collective Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m., SEM II, B II 05 All skill levels welcome Tuesdays 3:30 to 5 p.m., Info Shoppe, 3rd floor [email protected] Library

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Grafitti Box

Simone Fowler is a freshman Simone Fowler enrolled in Heritage.

These are pictures of the graffiti box. It's at the end of the path between the field and the soccer field.