.,- lt~ftives . ~" ~ The Evergr=~~~ Olympia, shington 98505 THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE o!Jmpia, washington COOPER POINT JOURNAL ISSUE 21, VOLUME 36, APRIL 17,2008 "Rainboe is neat." "-'I!!II!IIM!"'IM""'!!III!!IW!!II!ii!lfR!~Mii CAB designers take comments from students, staff Design for CAB renovation becoming specific Briefs l!Ji JASON SLOTKIN However, the schematic design Gender Neutral has yet to be reviewed by the board Members of the architecture of trustees. The design would have Theme Housing firm that is redesigning the CAB to be approved before the next stage Residential and Dining Services met with various students, the of development could officially (RAD) will offer gender~neutral Bookstore, and the Greenery on begin. housing options for the 2008- Wednesday. Members of the CAB committee 2009 school year, according to a The representatives of the firm must also decide if the building recent email sent by RAD direc­ went over floor plans with student should include upgrades such as a tor Sharon Goodman. groups and student activities staff geothermal heating unit. The unit The current policy, regulated to determine if the designs met the would be more energy efficient but by Washington state Jaw, needs of the CAB occupants. would cost more than retaining the provides that students may not Dick Clintworth, of facilities CutTent heating system. be randomly assigned to mixed­ refers to the CAB being in a transi­ The CAB redesign committee gender housing. Students of tion period. This is a period where will meet with the architecture firm different genders may choose the committee is narrowing down on April 30, at 2 p.m. to live in the same room (or the final floor plan and working on STUDENT LEADERS REVIEW STUDENT ACTIVITIES FLOOR the same hallway in freshman the particulars of the design, such as JasonS/otkinisajuniorenro//edin PLANS FOR NEW CAB DESIGN WITH DESIGNERS FROM housing), provided the students the building interiors and offices. an independent learning contract. DLR GROUP, THE FIRM HIRED TO HEAD UP THE REDESIGN take responsibility for all of the ----- -- rooms in that housing unit and students agree to live in mixed­ gender housing. STUDENT VOICE Prez concert. Green Week is intended to be Gender-neutral theme hous­ a chance for our community to be uplifted, ing provides that identity is not to express our pride and appreciation for a factor in assigning students Evergreen. to rooms, "making it a ... safe A collaborative effort on all sides, Green living environment for members Green Week will include workshops, guest speak­ of the LGBTA community," says ers, live music, art galleries, games, activi­ the email. ties and more. Applications for theme housing healin a week One of the main events planned is a Red are available now in the Housing square concert series that will broadcast live Office and are due by June I. e,a k fu on KAOS, a collaboration ofKAOS and the Musician's Club. A swing band will kick off Monday's events, followed by Latin music ewFaculty Two months later, it's still not clear where on Tuesday, rock on W dnes a , un on • we go from here, but Roze ll Townsend, a Thursday and hip-hop on Friday. Two months ago, when a group of over­ student at Evergreen, has a plan that he hopes When asked if he was worried about the Two faculty hiring Disappear­ zealous people turned over a police cruiser will pave the way to peace. Townsend and moratorium banning musical events on ing Task Forces have made final in the early hours of the morning, no one his colleagues at The Musicians Club, Hip­ campus, Rozell stated that he is not at all decisions on eight new faculty could foresee the long lasting effect on Hop Congress, KAOS, S&A Productions worried. He is on the concert policy review hires. The decisions are the the Evergreen community. Students were and other groups including Synergy, Mind­ committee investigating the school's poli­ result of a concentrated effort arrested, the virtues of the police were screen, and Sabot Infoshoppe are organizing cies and procedures and says they are nearly to meet the academic demands questioned, and the Evergreen community an event called Green Week. finished with their work. "We had to revise of the faculty and to address an was split. Not only were students divided Taking place in Red Square May 19 to 23, it quite a bit." The focus was on security extensive and qualified appli­ over the punishment of their fellow students Green Week will be an opportunity for the and policies for facilities. cant pool. but students and the administration were Evergreen community to come together and The themes for Green Week are sustainabil­ Positions filled include Spanish divided over the President's request to celebrate our achievements and success ity, unity, community, social justice, school literature and language, Classical the S&A Board that student fees pay for this year. The goal is to end the negativ­ spirit, the arts, and solidarity. Townsend Studies, Public Health, Teacher reimbursement of damages to the Thurston ity Evergreen has been facing since the education - Language arts, County Police department. incident following the February 14 Dead see GREEN WEEK, page 6 Teacher education - ESL, Queer Studies, Feminist Economics, and a Dean for Library & Media Geoduck Student Tragedy on campus Services. Union update INDEX by CASEY JAYWORK Student passes awf!Y April15 . I VOX POP ................. 2 Early in last week's meet­ AD MORE ABOL T l!Ji MADELINE BERMAN According to Edwina Frinfrock, "She ing, Vice President for THE:. GEODUCK was a lovely person; a powerful spirit" STUDENT VOICE .......... 3 Student Affairs Art Costan­ STUDENT Uf\.ION, Evergreen freshman and passionate "Anna was never hesitant to comment BLOTTER ................. 4 tino announced that gender INCLUDING filmmaker Anna Rosenfeld, 18, of Israel, on the latent beauty and intelligence of the neutral housing will become INFORMAi'ON passed away Sunday in her room in E world," says Matthew Fredrick, a fresh­ FEATURES ................. 7 available fall quarter. ABOL;T BECOMING dorm of the Evergreen campus. man, "She took Jots of pictures and always LEITERS & OPINIONS ..... 10 A major item on the GSU A REPHESE:NTATIVE, Her passing is a tragic loss for the Ever­ wanted to talk about things. She was very ON f''\GFS ~- .. 6 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT .. 15 agenda recently has been green community. observant and was the kind of person to Evergreen's potential affiliation with the Washington Known to her friends for her compassion, speak up when no one else would." SPORTS ................. 16 Student Lobby. One question was whether to back her ability to keep an open mind and her After missing for several days, friends CALENDAR ............... 18 adding the WSL's push to get a wavable $3-per­ passion for social justice, Anna Rosenfeld student fee onto the ballot, in order to make Evergreen was a valued member of our campus. see ROSENFELD, page 6 COMICS ................. 19 see GSU, page 4 SEEPAGE ................ 20 (X):\'1 Rl!H'TE "10 TilE COOPER l\>INTJOURNAL. CALL (360 _1 BG7-G213, EMAIL Cl~J(?.i ; EVERGREEN.EDlJ, OR s·roP BY C.:AB 316 TESC PRSRT STD Olympia, WA 98505 US Postage Paid Address Service Requested OlympiaWA Permit #65 •" . ...· ..... '." .. ·. , ........ ·..~ ...., , ·. \-~ "~ .. .. .._ . ,.._ .. .. · · 2 ~·vox pop· · · · · · ·· · · · · · · · · · · ·· · · ............................................................................ .......................................... ............................... ................................................................... ........ ~.?.?.P.~i.:~?!n.:t)?~~~-~1. April 17, 2008 -. ' .-. ... ,·,. vox pop -. ···•· by MADELINE BERMAN Is grCf~Jiti art? Wiry or wiry not? What is the difference? CPl .• Business . Business manager· · · .Cc ri~ PaJ.(llantcc,r :. ·-----------------------------, ·----------------------------- ' ' ' Assistant business mairaget. ' ' ' . · Carrie Ramsdell ·- · •. ., Ad proo(er . "Yes, it can be art and ' available ' · · · 1 a fonn of expression. "It's not art because I I .•-~~- I f Ad rcprcscnta\iv~ . , However r don't think it's spray paint. it joshua Katz • it's all necessary." doesn't count." '- ' . Cir{;ulation manager Gavin Dahl ' · Distribu tiot'r manager · · ~-----------------------------· availabL; · ·. I\..ekoa Ka \nva Junior i\I ichac·l Albert I l·reshman News : I Editor-in-chief l\ faking Space and l.Jsing it Basic Biltam Seth Vincent · · _ Managing editor David Railc!triu . Arts & Entcrtainp1cnt coordinator ·-----------------------------, ·-----------------------------, Brandon Cust}· ' ' ' ' Calendar coordinator AmbcrRoic "Of course it is. Any - ~ visual media expression Comics coordinator·· Tabitha Brown . : should be deemed as art. "It's the best kind of art-it The school should start cuts out the middle man." Copy editor · a new graffiti wall or a 1\ lari c Landau community mural space." 'cop.y ~ di. tor' · Achin\ .Jrsstql· utters & Opinions coordinator Julie T\:rkmczian Alexand1~ r Petje / · Fn·shman Billie Bnrlock l;re~lllttall Photo coordinator I B~ linda 1\fan Sustainable Aquatic I::cosystents E\·c ning and \\'cckcncl ''• . • L·', I, '·'':' •-·<.., ::_., ::....' rj; '· .. ·. · :. · SpllrtsJiohrd~ta~tiv ". ·· Zach Lidtt Student \'oicc coordinator~ ~------------~---··---------- -- ~ Rain hoc Sims:Joncs 1\ladrlinc BtTJll<lll "Yeah, there's good ' "It can serve the ' "!- and horrible art. I think function of marking your Reporter ' the college would be territory but it can be . available ' ,' . better off if they let