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December 5, 1991 Volume 22 Issue 10

Satanism in our backyard?

E«Jak*4flgfam, as seen by millions on the Sally Jessy Raphael show Monday. Ericka's father, Paul Ingram, hashas been the focus of the Another Washington, a series by our own Chris Bader. See the final installment of theseries on page 5. photo by David Mattingly

Auto theftsuspectsarrestedin P-dormby Leann Drake

Officers of the Thurston CountySheriff's Department arrested two autotheft suspects in P-dorm late Tuesdayevening. Christopher Dailey andKevin Evans, both Seattle residents, arebeing held in Thurston County Jail.According to jail officials, bail forDailey, who had outstanding warrants,has been set at $5,000 cash or bond.Bail was set at $2,500 for Evans. Thetwo men may also be charged with thepossession of additional stolen property.

The vehicle, a silver Mazda RX7,was stolen in the King County area, andwas parked in the Cooper's GlenApartments parking lot at the time of thearrest, according to Campus SecurityOfficer Darwin Eddy.

A caller from T-dorm, concernedabout what appeared to be a weapon inthe possession of the two men, notifiedCampus Security. Thurston County wascalled and arrived on the scene. The"weapon" was later found to be acigarette lighter that resembled a gun.

Thurston County Jail denied rumorsof murder or drug possession charges.These charges seem to have no basis infact.

Leann Drake can type, copy edit,and even write under pressure.

Evergreen feels crunch as cuts hit campusby Giselle Weyte

As the first step to reducing aprojected budget deficit of nearly $900million, Gov. Booth Gardner ordered allstate agencies to cut their budgets by2.5%, effective December 1.

The full effect of these cuts onEvergreen is not certain at this point, butin order to prepare for these cuts ahiring freeze was implemented inSeptember, as well as a freeze onequipment acquisition. Now that the2.5% cut is official, further cutbacks arebeing implemented.

According to Bill Zaugg,Administrative Assistant to the Budget,some of the specific ways that these cutswill be felt at Evergreen are as follows:

-Academic Advising and FirstPeoples Advising will now share one fulltime employee, instead of each having ahalf time employee, so one person willwork both half time office support jobs.This is to save money on benefits:approximately $4500 dollars.

-Housing is cutting $5000 from theireducational programs (safer sexworkshops, etc) to supplement the VicePresident's budget.

-The Grievance Officer, previouslyan on-call position (usually filled by afaculty member, such as a psychologyprofessor) is permanently abolished, andgrievance mediators will be paid hourlyfor time spent, saving $4,000.

-Rec Center staff hours will receive

less state funding, so the Rec Center willbe more dependent on money fromsummer sport camps, and other outsideincome.

-Student application fees will be useddifferently: state funds will no longer paythe salaries of admissions staff, soapplication fees which were used forcatalog publication fees, and software tospeed processing and transcript retrievalwill now be used to pay admissions staff.

-The Counseling Center will have twofull time and one half time counselorinstead of three full time counselors.

-The Media Production Center will beopen 15 fewer hours per week.

-The Library will purchase 350 lessbooks for the year and 80 less periodical

subscriptions, and abolish the three-fourths time cataloguer position (currentlyvacant).

-Additionally, financial aid statewidewill be reduced: 1500 students inWashington will receive less aid.Evergreen is preserving as much studentemployment as possible, but there willbe 12 fewer student positions on campus.

Of the state's $15.7 billion budget,$7.5 billion is protected from reduction.This $7.5 billion funds basic education(K-12), debt service on state bonds andstate pension contributions, which meansthat the cuts must come out of the 8.2billion remaining. Higher education

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Gardner appointsboardmembersEVERGREEN-Governor Booth Gardnerannounced the appointments of FrederickHaley of Tacoma and Edward Kelly ofVancouver to The Evergreen StateCollege Board of Trustees.

Haley, the chairman and chiefexecutive officer for Brown & Haley,replaces Herb Gelman of Tacoma, whoseterm expired.

A leader in higher education issues,Haley has served as a member andfounding chairman of the South PugetSound Higher Education Council and onthe advisory committee for the Universityof Washington in Tacoma. He has alsochaired and been a member of numerouscivic organizations.

Haley holds a bachelor of artsdegree from Dartmouth College and didpost graduate work in businessadministration at the University ofWashington.

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Kelly, a general practice attorney,replaces Allan Weinstein of Vancouver,whose term also expired.

Kelly is a member of the board ofdirectors of the Clark County CommunityAlcohol Center and a member of theAmerican Legion, Vietnam Veterans ofAmerica and the Greater VancouverChamber of Commerce. He holds abachelor of science in accountancy and alaw degree from the University ofIllinois.

Haley's and Kelly's terms as trusteesexpire Sept. 30, 1997.

New Child CareFood ProgramEVERGREEN--The Evergreen StateCollege Child Care Center announced itssponsorship of the US DA Child andAdult Care Food Program administeredby the Office of the Superintendent ofPublic Instruction (OSPI). Meals will bemade available to enrolled children at noseparate charge without regard to race,color, handicap, age, sex, or nationalorigin. Parent's income determines the

SECURITY? BLOTTERTuesday, November 19

1610: Evergreen's men's groupcoordinator reported harassing remarkwritten on the groups' office blackboard.2358: Alcohol overdose reported in C-Dorm. 911 was called and fire fightersarrived.

Wednesday, November 201429: Person reported to have fallen offthe steps in the Library lobby and wastransported to St. Peters hospital.1806: Male subject was reported to belasciviously gazing at women in theLibrary.1909: Student reported to be having aseizure in the CRC weight room. 911was called.

Thursday, November 210258: General fire alarm pulled on thethird floor of A-Dorm.

Friday, November 220021: Vehicle reported to have had itsrear wing window broken out whileparked in F-lot.0830: Person reported her black pursestolen from computer lab.2008: Black purse reported stolen wasrecovered.

Saturday, November 23A relatively quiet day for campussecurity.

Sunday, November 242040: Popcorn was reported to bespewed all over the Deli's floor due toan attempted theft.

Monday, November 250440: Stop sign on Overhulse Rd. founddamaged. Grounds maintenance wascalled.1835: Person reported skateboardersskating on back board(s) torn from thelow walls of the CRC.2111: Custodian reported the Deli'smicrowave was still outside of the Deliafter it closed.

Tuesday, November 26A relatively quiet day for campussecurity, part II.

Wednesday, November 270636: Person reported vandalism to fieldnumber five.

1017: Drug search and seizure in studenthousing (see related story, on cover).1222: Housing maintenance was reportedto have accidentally pulled a general firealarm in A-Dorm.

Thursday, November 28(Thanksgiving)

1859: Person reported an unknown manreaching through the Deli's locked gateto steal food. Nothing was reported taken.

Friday, November 290026: Students in the ceramics studioreported two unauthorized men in themetal shop.1148: Double arrow traffic sign reportedknocked down near Wood and OverhulseRd.1437: Resident was transported to CapitalMedical Center due to gashed finger.

Saturday, November 30A relatively quiet day for campussecurity, part III.

Sunday, December 11840: Resident in S-Dorm reported thathis room was burglarized and itemstaken.2144: Resident in A-Dorm reported thathis room had been burglarized and itemstaken.2155: Vehicle towed from fire lane in thenew housing area.

Monday, December 20018: Advising Center in Library wasfound unlocked.0701: Parking booth attendant reportedassault and robbery (see related story, oncover.)0800: Soft drink machine in theCommunity Center was found robbed.0903: Fire alarm went off in CentralUtility Plant due to welding in basement.1116: Fire alarm went off in S-Dorm dueto burnt toast.1704: Fire alarm went off in R-dorm tosteam from a tea pot boiling over - therewas no fire.

Security performed 130 publicservices (unlocks, escorts, jump starts,etc.) during the last two weeks.

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Any person who believes that he or shehas been discriminated against in anyUSDA-related activity should writeimmediately to the Secretary ofAgriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.

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Protestorscall forMitsubishiboycottby Christopher Fondots

The Olympia Rainforest ActionGroup is once again planning to picketoutside of Olympia's most obviousMitsubishi dealership and calls oneveryone interested in this issue tosupport the rainforests and the peoplethat depend upon them, by coming outand joining us in this action.

This demonstration is part of thecontinuing international boycott of theMitsubishi Corporation called for by theRainforest Action Network. The boycott'spurpose is to draw attention to theMitsubishi Corp.'s excessiveenvironmental destruction of tropicalrainforests, particularly those in the stateof Sarawack in Borneo, Malaysia.Round-the-clock logging operations in

this region are threatening the continuedexistence of several tribes of indigenousforest dwellers, whose land-rights arebeing blatantly disregarded by thegovernment of Sarawack and by theMitsubishi Corporation.

Most notably the Penan, Iban,Kenyan, and Kelabit cultures arepredicted to fade into non-existencewithin only six months to three years ifthe massive deforestation that theMitsubishi Corporation and othercompanies are involved with is notcompletely halted.

Mitsubishi is by far the singlegreatest perpetrator of this deforestationand hence the easiest to target. Thisboycott is a last ditch effort to help savethese tribes, and follows five years ofunsuccessful and ineffective letter writingto both Mitsubishi and the government ofSarawack.

The picket will take place rain orshine on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. outside Hanson Mitsubishi at2300 Carriage Loop, S.W. Olympia inthe Capital Auto Mall. Please help ushelp these people by coming out for thepicket with lots of signs.

LSD bust at TESCby Bryan Connors

An LSD search and seizure occurredWednesday, November 28 in studenthousing. Three hundred doses or "hits"were confiscated in the raid.

Sheila D. Landers, a student andresident of Evergreen, was arrested byThurston County Sheriff's Departmentfor possession of a controlled substancewith intent to deliver, according tocampus security. Her bail was set at$5,000.

Officers from the Washington State

Patrol, the Thurston County NarcoticsTask Force, and Evergreen campussecurity participated in the "bust."

"This is the first major bust we'vemade in a long time," said SergeantLarry Savage, of campus security, onMonday, Dec. 2, "but there is going tobe much more to come."

Landers has been released on herown recognizance while awaiting trial.

Bryan Connors covers security issuesfor the CPJ.

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budget, from coverspending represents 27% of the amountremaining.

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an estimated shortfall of $224 million; inmid-November the revenue forecastcouncil announced a further decline inthe state's projected revenues, and anactual decline in revenue collections.The biennial shortfall is now estimated tobe $694 million.

The state also faces mandatory costsin the areas of welfare and prisoncaseloads, and other critical supplementalrequests that total $320 million. Theseadd up to more that a billion dollars thatwould need to be cut from the $7.5billion available for cuts.

According to Steve Trotter, EvergreenBudget Officer, these principles havebeen followed in making budget cuts:

To the extent possible, the cuts willpreserve the quality of instruction at TheEvergreen State College.

Passing on costs to other units is notan acceptable reduction strategy.

To the extent possible, positions forstudents, including work study andinstitutional, will be preserved.

To the extent possible, staff and facultypositions will be preserved.

by Bryan ConnorsA parking attendant was assaulted

and robbed the morning of Monday, Dec.2, while opening the McCann Plazaparking booth, according to campussecurity.

Booth attendant Tracey Payton wasreportedly struck from behind with aunknown weapon as he prepared to openthe booth for the day, security said.

Stunned by the blow, Paytondropped a bag containing the booth'scash box. The unidentified assailant thenpicked up the bag and fled in thedirection of C-lot.

The box and bag were latterrecovered and approximately $70 in cash

was missing, security said.There are no suspects at this time,

but the assailant is identified as a whitemale, approximately five feet nine or teninches tall, medium build, sandy blondhair, and wearing a tan-colored jacketand black jeans.

According to campus securitySergeant Larry Savage, the assailant"probably had watched and set up apattern of when the parking boothsopened and closed."

Campus security says that this is thefirst robbery of this kind in Evergreen'shistory.

Bryan Connors covers security issuesfor the CPJ.

In examining reduction plans, everyattempt should be made to look atalternative ways in which the unit canmeet its requirements/service delivery inthe most cost effective manner. Thiscould include combining similar servicescurrently being delivered by multipleareas/people into a single area/person.

Emphasis is being placed onmaintaining direct services to faculty andstudents such as programs and facilities,and at the 2.5% level no enrollment cutswill be made. This will mean anincrease in faculty load by 1/2 studentper faculty. Faculty chose to increasetheir student load rather than take losefunding for program secretaries, xerox

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15 further reductions will be discussed bythe Board of Trustees. At a 5% cutlevel, more student services will beaffected; student enrollment will need tobe reduced from 3178 to 3050 andreductions will be made in administrativeas well as maintenance and groundoperations.

Trotter says that cuts above the 2.5%level will probably mean a tuitionincrease as well as further cutbacksacross campus.

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World War II 50th anniversary nearsInternationalstudent looksback on PearlHarbor

by Naoya Kawashima50 years have passed since Japan

attacked Pearl Harbor. I'm writing thisarticle to present a Japanese view on oneof the saddest incidents in history whichtook place between Japan and the UnitedStates. As an international student fromJapan, I feel the need to look back onthis historical event, to ponder on it andto deeply regret the events that took livesand caused distinction at Pearl Harbor.Every year on this campus, quite a fewof we Evergreen Japanese students,including EF language students, do ourbest to share our culture which stillremains mysterious to most of you. ButI have noticed that very few of ourdiscussions are about historical warevents between the United States andJapan.

This article is basically a compilationof two Japanese magazine articles,written by Naoki Komuro and MichihiroMatsumoto, that I have translated. I hopeit will give Japanese and Americanstudents a springboard for discussingPearl Harbor and other historical events.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt,from a Jewish family himself, wasconcerned about the spread of Nazi's

power throughout Europe. He was verymuch against Hitler's anti-Jewish policy.In order to destroy Hitler's power, hethought the United States needed to jointhe Allies and participate in the war. Butaccording to the Monroe Doctrine, theUnited States was not supposed tointerfere with European countries. Herepeatedly spurred Hitler on to fightagainst the United States. One of theactions he took against Germany was tourge Congress to pass the Lend-LeaseAct which enabled the U.S. navy to shipweapons to England. Since England wasat war with Germany, this action wasclearly against international law eventhough the Lend-Lease Act condoned theshipment. In this way, the United Statesdisregarded her neutral policy andtempted Germany to fight the UnitedStates.

So the United States wanted to begina war against Germany, not Japan. Iwant to make this point clear, in thisarticle.

But Hitler was not spurred. Hewanted to avoid starting a war with theUnited States at that time, when Germanywas just getting control of all of Europe.When President Roosevelt was re-electedto serve as president for a third term, hepromised that the United States wouldnot begin any war. Anti-war sentimentwas very strong in the United States atthat time. It was only this president anda handful of people under him whowanted to have a war with Germany. Mynext point is very important: President

Roosevelt thought about the TripartitePact between Japan and Germany, andbelieved that if a war broke out withJapan, Germany would get involved andtherefore the United States could attackGermany.

President Roosevelt then planned howto begin a war with Japan. He started

So the U.S. wanted tobegin a war againstGermany, not Japan.

imposing an economic sanction againstJapan on Aug. 7, 1938. The followingyear, the United States chose to break theJapan/U.S. trade agreement. In 1940 theUnited States cut off vital exports toJapan: scrap iron, coal and staple goods.U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hullstated in public that the United States hadbeen putting economical pressure onJapan during the past year, and its effecthad started to appear. This statementproves that the United States intended toput Japan into an economically desperatesituation. On top of these, the UnitedStates imposed an oil sanction to Japanthrough Holland. To me, these sanctionsare almost a declaration of war. PresidentRoosevelt spurred Japan on to attackingthe United States. Today's state ofJapan/U.S. trade friction is not muchdifferent from 50 years ago. If Japanbegan to import rice, she would lose herself-sufficiency in growing and could be

easily controlled by the United States.The majority of the U.S. government

officials, the military and Americancitizens were against war. It was onlyPresident Roosevelt and his supporterswho wanted war. Cordell Hull, who wasunder President Roosevelt's influence,had talks with a Japanese ambassador,Nomura. Hull was very firm during theirtalks and implied the United States'intention to engage in a war againstJapan. Both the Japanese government andNomura took Hull's words to be theUnited States' majority opinion andoverreacted to his viewpoint. This officialmeeting, which the Japanese mass mediareported with alarm, enhanced the anti-United States movement already createdby the media.

So here is my conclusion. The attackof Pearl Harbor could have been avoidedif the Japanese Ministry of ForeignAffairs had correctly analyzed the UnitedStates' situation and the real intention ofher economic sanctions on Japan, and ifthe Japanese mass media had reported theofficial talks between Hull and Nomuramore calmly and rationally.

50 years have passed since Japaneseattack on Pearl Harbor. I have no directexperience of war in my life, and thisfact reinforces the importance of myknowing the war, which did happenbetween my country and the UnitedStates. I deeply feel the regret for thosewho lost their lives during World War II.

Naoya Kawashima is an EvergreenInternational student.

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Blame it on the devil: Ingram lawsuits beginby Chris Bader

It was not without muchconsideration that I chose to write aboutthe Paul Ingram case.

First of all, it is a very complexstory, and I wondered whether I couldmanage a cohesive retelling of it. As itstands there is much more to this casethan could appear in a small set ofarticles. At least I feel that I haveprovided an alternate view of the storywhich appeared in the Daily Olympian.

My second concern was that I waswary of touching on the subject of childabuse, especially since the evidence, orlack thereof, in the Ingram case seems torefute many of the victim's claims. Icertainly do not want to be accused ofdiscounting the evidence of victims insexual abuse cases.

I finally decided, however, thatrefusing to discuss cases like Ingram'swill only hurt the future credibility ofchild abuse investigations. In fact, casesinvolving satanic hysteria are serving tohurt the credibility of all sexual abusevictims.

Despite what you may hear onGeraldo or in the tabloids, there hasnever been any conclusive, or even

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nearly conclusive, evidence that largesatanic conspiracies are operating in ourmidst. Certainly there are isolatedincidents of satanism, but nothing on thescale proposed by those fundamentalistChristians who believe in a nationwidenetwork of devil worshippers.

not apply in cases involving satanism,because satanists are so good at hidingtheir evidence. In other words, there isnever any evidence in satanism casesbecause satanists never leave evidence.That is more commonly called a circularargument.

Another Washington I The Thurston CountySheriff's Department is atfault for letting the Ingraminvestigation move from acriminal case to a witchtrial, blurring the linesbetween church and state.

When the devil is brought into asexual abuse case, it only obscures thereal issues involved. Parents abuse theirown children, physically and sexually,every day, without the help of an evilspiritual agent.

For some reason, many lawenforcement organizations latch on tosatanic conspiracy theories, even if thereis no physical evidence to accompany theclaims. Perhaps it is comforting to blamecrimes on the devil; an ultimate evil thatis easy to categorize. But one's belief inthe devil should not affect the standardprocedures of a criminal investigation.By continuing to seek a spiritualexplanation for a social problem, weonly avoid dealing with it.

Paul Ingram's case is a textbookexample of satanic hysteria at work. TheThurston County Sheriff's Department isat fault for letting the Ingraminvestigation move from a criminal caseto a witch trial, blurring the linesbetween church and state.

Paul's pastor, John Bratun, wasallowed to counsel all of the members ofthe Ingram family and to interrogatePaul. Bratun admits that he provideddetails of Paul's confessions to hischildren and vice versa, and told Paul toimagine events that he couldn'tremember. Bratun called his style ofinterviewing the "crossover technique." Itis more commonly called witnesscontamination.

Neil McClanahan, who headed theIngram investigation, went on record withjournalist Ethan Walters with his beliefthat normal law enforcement practices do

By handling the Ingram case in suchan unprofessional manner, the Sheriff'sDepartment has destroyed any chancethere was to determine what reallyhappened to the Ingram children. Perhapsthere was a real incident of abuse in theIngram family. If so it has becomeinextricably muddled with seeminglycoerced claims of satanism. In fact, thereare significant parallels to draw betweenthe Ingram case and the infamousMcMartin Preschool Trial.

The McMartin hysteria began in theearly 1980's, when a mother claimed thather child was molested while attendingMcMartin Preschool in California. Localpolice issued a controversial letter, tellingparents of McMartin students that theirchildren had probably been abused.

The charges quickly escalated. Soonchildren were telling stories of animaland human sacrifice and of a satanic cultoperating in tunnels underneath theschool.

Despite the lurid stories, however,authorities could never find any physicalevidence. There were no bodies, no ritualimplements, and no tunnels were everfound, although the entire floor of theschool was excavated.

When the case went to trial, thesocial workers who interviewed theMcMartin children were thoroughlychastised for using leading methods ofquestioning and for offering rewards tochildren in exchange for stories. Thedefendants were found to be innocent.

The McMartin trial was the mostexpensive in California's history. But thereal tragedy is the way the children's

stories were handled. Police allowed thefirst claim of abuse, which did notcontain any satanic elements, to escalateinto a full scale panic. We will neverknow what, if anything, really happenedto that child.

From observing the manner in whichthe Thurston County Sheriffs Departmentconducted its interrogations, it seems thatthey were taking lessons from theMcMartin investigators.

And yet the investigation continues. Infact, one could say that the ThurstonCounty Sheriffs Department was thewinner of round one.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars havebeen spent on the Ingram case to thispoint. Neil McClanahan and the rest ofthe Ingram investigators are consideredcult experts. They are heroes to many;the only people to ever capture a satanicabuser.

Meanwhile, Paul Ingram bides his timein a prison in New England and the livesof Jim Rabie and Ray Risch aredestroyed beyond repair.

But the lawsuits have begun.Gary Edwards, Neil McClanahan, Brian

Shoening, Dr. Richard Peterson, JoeVukich and the rest of Thurston County'sresident "cult experts" will be on trialthemselves come Sept. 8, 1992, whenthey answer to the suit filed by JimRabie.

Depositions are being gathered at thismoment. John Bratun, exorcistextraordinaire and ex-pastor at the Churchof Living Waters was interviewed as hewas preparing to leave town. Dr. RichardOfshe visited Olympia the first week ofNovember for his interview.

Paul Ingram, meanwhile, has filed avery strong appeal. A lawsuit from himwill likely follow.

Get ready for round two.

(7 would like to extend special thanksto the following people for their help orinformation during this series: SaraBader, Matt Love, Ethan Walters, BradAiken, Jim Rabie, Paul Ingram, BurnetiaWhite, Curtis White, and the staff of theCooper Point Journal.)

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AmnestyInternational

by Jeff CraneIn March of this year Amnesty

International started the Women's Rightscampaign. This campaign was designedto counter commonly heldmisconceptions of men being the primaryvictims of human rights abuses due topolitical activity. Women serve on theforefront of social movements andpolitical change throughout the world.As women, they are battling not only theoppressiveness of a particulargovernment, but also the roles womenhave been forced to accept throughoutthe world and in various cultures.

Sex-specific torture such as rape isnot considered rape by manygovernments and until recently was notby our own government. But it iscommonly used as a form of torture.Guatemala, El Salvador and Syria arejust three of many countries of which thegovernment uses rape against womenactivists and the wives and girlfriends ofmale activists. There was and still is alack of recognition on the part ofgovernment officials and the populace ingeneral of the brutal nature of rape astorture and its use as a form ofoppression.

A commonly known case in

Amnesty circles is that in which afederal judge refused a Guatemalanwoman refugee status. She had told thestory of her being raped by agovernment soldier participating in acounter-insurgency sweep againstguerrillas. The judge's response was thatthe soldier was acting merely on his ownsexual interest and she was not thevictim of government persecution. Hedenied her asylum. Fortunately,Amnesty International, through a stormof letters, was able to intervene and shewas granted refugee status and allowedto stay in this country.

With the campaign coming to aclose, the campus Amnesty Internationalgroup has decided to tighten the focus onthe issue of women's rights and in linewith that will be offering somepresentations in the winter dealing withthis issue. The group has also set thegoal of writing 500 letters by Marchresponding to human rights abuse casesdealing with women.

Monday, December 10 is HumanRights Day and the campus Amnestygroup with the Olympia group willsponsor a potlatch/letter writing party. Itwill be in room Cab 110 at 7 pm. Thisis a wonderful opportunity to stop by andask any questions you may have andwrite some letters.

Jeff Crane writes a regular columnfor the CPJ. He was missed at deadlinethis week, but we still love him. Nextquarter he will be co-authoring theAmnesty International column withGiselle Weyte.

'Tact head" history

In this week's column, I havedeigned to enlighten you, the reader,with the secret history of Brain Boy.

But first, let me assuage The Grinchand The Lorax. They wrote me askingabout Dr. Seuss' real name and the dateof his death. He was Theodore Geisel,and died on Sept. 20, 1991. Thisquarter's student concert on Dec 6-7 willbe a tribute to him. I recommend ithighly.

Sadly enough, several celebritieshave died this during this quarter. Tomy knowledge they were: Dr. Seuss,Gene Roddenberry, Redd Foxx, MilesDavis, Fred MacMurray, and FreddyMercury.

Now, as to the origins of my being.

Once I was a normal lad, playingkickball and tag on the mean streets ofNew Jersey. But then, gradually, itbecame apparent that I wasn't like the

other children. It was around mythirteenth year when I had the earth-shattering realization that / was unable toforget anything! Shopping lists,television credits or phone numbers-allwere retained with no expenditure ofeffort. At first I tried to forget, but asthe months wore on I came to embracemy memories, treasuring them all.

I gathered more and more facts. Iread encyclopedias in one sitting withmy breakfast. I watched hundreds ofhours of Batman and What's Happenin'?reruns. Local neurologists were baffledby my ability to generate new neuronsand were equally stymied at the elasticnature of my cranium. Tag names werebandied about: "Fact Head," "Smarty,"or "Sex Engine" (I'm unsure of thissource). But I knew the truth, I knew mymission, and I knew my name.

I was Brain Boy.The rest is documented in the pages

of this newspaper. Edward Martin IIIdrew the portrait of me which graces thiscolumn each week (thank you, Edward,oh god of cartooning). With your supportand wealth of enquiry, I subsist. In alllikelihood I will return in 1992 (and getaround to answering some '91 questions).Thank you.

Brain Boy is the brainchild (ouch) ofMike Mooney. He doesn't quite look likethat, but Mike doesn't really know howhe looks. He's working on it.

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Scarfies ponder New Zealand dating scene

by Claire LittlewoodCompared to young people in the

States, kiwi's date a lot less for anumber of reasons. The first being thatthe age people get married in NewZealand seems to be younger than in theStates. Ben Caradoc-Davies, aUniversity of Otago student, speculates,"The average age of people gettingmarried here is around 18 years, and it'smainly because our economy is so bad,but it is improving."

James Hagen, an accounting studentat the University of Otago says anotherreason is there are not very many placesto go out. "Aside from the pubs andmovie theatres there really aren't manyplaces to take girls out to. Restaurants

are quite dear (expensive)." Hagen sayshe prefers to go out to the pubs with agroup of people. "It's heaps more fun tobe out with my mates. I get all nervouswhen I'm alone with someone, and thereare always expectations. Y'know what Imean?"

Erika Petersen, a University ofOtago Law Student, had lots to say onthe subject of dating in New Zealand,"You have to be careful when talking toguys here, 'cause the next thing youknow they'll be naming your children.It's really awful. I mean there was thisguy called Chad and I thought he wasreally yummy, and anyway I asked himto the Law Ball, y'know I'm a ninetieswoman. But these guys here, they allhave egos. I mean, if you say 'no', theyeither think you're playing hard to get,or they're utterly offended that you'veattacked their male ego, and they'llprobably never speak to you again.Anyway, this Chad fellow started callingup every five minutes. I'd walk throughthe door and hear the phone ringing. Itwas terrible. I mean he had plans for ourhouse drawn up. I wanted to tell him,'let's take it slow, maybe start by going

in reverse.' But it didn't work. He wascrushed. He thought I was the meanestperson on this earth. And he hasn'ttalked to me since. He avoids me allthe time and tells all his friends that I'mreally mean. No. There's no such thingas dating here."

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brother of Ben Caradoc-Davies, thinksthere is dating in New Zealand, althoughhe thinks that too much is expected frompeers. "Everyone thinks if you take aperson out just once, all of a suddenyou're hitched." Caradoc-Davies agreeswith Hagen that there aren't many placesto take a date. "Yea, there aren't many

restaurants, and scarfies (students) can'tafford them." Caradoc-Davies said he'dmuch rather go out with a group offriends.

Petersen, who is twenty years old,says a lot of her friends are alreadymarried or living together. "Yea, one ofmy girlfriends up in Auckland has beenliving with some guy for two years now,and they only met playing volleyball.She's always asking me when I'm goingto get serious about some fellow, and Itell her when I'm a rich lawyer andliving in New York."

Petersen sides with Ben Caradoc-Davies on the theory that people getmarried younger in New Zealand foreconomic reasons, "Definitely, they getmore money from the government ifthey're married." Petersen went on tosay, "I think it's also because most NewZealanders are farmers, and they like tokeep the farms in the families. So somefellow will be handed part of the farmfrom his dad, then all he needs to find isa wife."

Claire Littlewood w a dag birdchocka stories about New Zealand.

"Chundering your brew" and other Kiwi slangby Claire Littlewood(with help from Louis S. Leland, Jr.)A:act the goat - means someone who isplaying the foolage of consent - 16 yearsAll Blacks - Take the World Serieswinners, combine them with theSuperbowl champs, add the prestige of avictorious Olympic team, and you havesome faint idea of what this carefullychosen National representative Team ofNew Zealand's best Rugby Playersmeans to the nation. Note that these men

s are all amateurs;there is almost noprofessional sport in New Zealand,all flossied up - all tarted up, all dressedup...(slang) "loaded for bear"alpine sticks or frankfurters - hot dogs,longer than the average American hotdoganti-clockwise - counter-clockwiseAre you being served? - Can I help you?

B:backside - the politest term (it isn't verypolite) for that portion of your anatomyon which you rest while in a chair...evenless polite "bum" or "arse"balaclava - a ski mask that covers all ofthe face and head except for the eyesbarracks week - a week of voluntaryROTC for high schoolersbastard - an all purpose adjective. Itmeans what you think it does, but canalso be used as a term of endearment oradmiration..."You're a right bastard aren'tyou?"bathroom - literally means a roomcontaining a bathtub, a sink, and nothingelse. So if you're looking for atoilet...ask for that, or a loo, or a dunny.(I've) been inside - I've been in prison.berk - is a jerk. "That berk tried tochange lanes right, in front of me." Canalso say "clot"bickies - biscuits, crackers, cookiesbird - there are two kinds...the feathered,and the unfeathered...in other words, a

Biro - a brand name that has become anoun...it's a ball point pen.bit of fluff - an airhead...fluff wherethere ought to be brainsbloke - a manbloody - basically the same as saying"damn"bog - a sojourn on the toilet

bollicking - a chewing out...being shoutedatbonkers - nuts. Someone who has a fewscrews loose.bottle store - attached to every licensedhotel, and most pubs is a separate shopwhich sells your home supplies of booze.In other words, a liquor storebox of fluffy ducks - "I am a box offluffy ducks" means "I'm just as happyas can be."boxer shorts - they don't wear themhere...You'd have to go to Australia orget them sent from home 'cause chancesare the sales clerk wouldn't even knowwhat you were talking aboutboys on the hill - members of parliamentbraces - suspendersbrew - a glass of beer

brolly - an umbrellabugger - a term of derision. When usedas a noun, it refers to someone you don'tlike. When used as a verb, it refers tothe male act of sodomy with a memberof one's own sex and species.buggered - exhausted, worn out, beatbugger off - go awaybuggering around - wasting timebum - what you sit onbush - forest or junglebushwacker - someone who works in thebush

call - means to come in person, it doesnot mean to telephone...for that you'd say"tinkle"...Tll give you a tinkle"capping - graduation ceremonycapsicum - green peppercardigan or cardie - sweatercark out - to go to sleep—usually as aresult of alcohol intake or exhaustioncar park - parking lotcassia - cinnamonCellotape - scotch tape, sticky tapecentral heating - "Not bloody likelymate!" In this country a 65F house is awarm housechampers - weddings, wedding breakfasts,celebrations of all kinds calling forchampangeCharlies - slang term for the physicalcharacteristics which identify the femalehomo sapien as a rnammal...Breasts!

chat up - talking in an animated andengaging way...you're usually putting themoves on someone when you're "chattingthem up"cheek - someone who has the "gall" tocomplain about food (for example) whenthey've been invited over to eatcheesed off - angry or annoyedchin wag - a chatchippies - potato chipschocka - means "fuU"..."The pub lastnight was chocka."choppers - teethchuffed - a combination of cheered upand puffed up...proud and happy. "I wasreally chuffed to see my name in thepaper."chunder - term used freely by peopleengaging in massive, over-indulgence inalcoholic beverages.. .regurgitate...technicolor yawn...chunky hiccups...youget the picture!clapped out - exhaustedcocky - is a New Zealand farmer...Youcan have cow cockies, sheep cockies...convert a car - In this genteel society'down under' one does not do anythingso crass as to "steal a car," one merelyconverts it to one's own usecorker - "That's a corker"...very verygood...crim - a criminalcrook - sick. "I feel crook" I feel sick

dairy - much like a "7-11 "...a cornergrocery storedear - expensivedinner - Nope, rather say "tea" or"supper." Dinner would probably be usedfor a special occasion like Christmas.dipped out - faileddog ranger - is a dog catcherdog - To most North Americans a dog isa friendly, tail-wagging pet...not sohere...to most kiwis, a dog is a workinganimal, an integral part of a farm'sequipment and thus has no more place inyour home than does a horse or atractor.

crutch (crutching) - the crutch is thegroin and crutching is the removal offecal matter adhering to this area of thesheep...important sheep terminologycuppa - a cup of tea or coffee..."Have acuppa"...friendly Kiwi greeting andinvitation.

D:dag - Literally this refers to a clot offecal matter sticking to the tail end of asheep. It has, however, become part ofthe language as in, "What a dag!"~anadmiring statement directed at someonewho had done something risque.

dole - unemployment benefitdomain - public landdone in - beat, tireddoorstops - Nothing to do withdoors...rather they are sandwiches, bigsandwiches.drawing pins - thumbtacksdressing gown - bathrobedrongo - A drip...This refers to a person,nothing to do with plumbing.drop kick - a field goal attempt in rugbydunny - toiletduster - blackboard eraserdustman - Garbage collector...and watchout they move awfully fast as the jobpays by the number of streets not by thehour.

But wait, there's more to come...ClaireLittlewood promises more installments inthe future from A Personal Kiwi-YankeeDictionary by Claire and Louis S. Leland,Jr.

Kiwi joke cornerby Claire Littlewood

The Kiwi's don't mind theAustralians, but they do have somerather funny jokes about them. Here area few:Q: What's the main geographicalproblem with Australia?A: It's above sea level.Q: What do you call 10,000 Australiansunder water?A: A good start.Q: Why do seagulls fly upside-downover Australia?A: It's not worth crapping on.Q: Why wasn't Jesus born in Australia?A: They couldn't find three wise men ora virgin.


ColumnsFiguring grains of wheat on a chess board

by Rafael MarinoThis is the problem that I proposed

in my last column: How many grainsof wheat are necessary to place one grainof wheat on the first square of a chessboard, two on the second square, four onthe next one and so on until the lastsquare of the board is covered? Try tojustify the formula you use in yoursolution with a proof without words.inthe Pythagorean way.

The number of grains that we needare: 1 + 2 + 4 + ... + ?

Since there are 64 squares in a chessboard and there is supposed to be 1 (=2°)grain in square number 1, 2 (=2!) grainsin square 2, 4 (=22) grains in square 3,and so on, there must be 263 grains insquare 64. Therefore, the number ofgrains we need is

1 + 2 + 22 + ... + 2« .The reader may know the formula

for the sum of the geometric sequencewhich we need to find the answer to ourproblem:

1 + 2 + 22 + ... + 263 =264 . i .But even if we remember the formula

THEImagine now that all these dots

drop to a lower level.

1 + 2 + 22 + ... + 2" = 2«+l - 1we may not remember how to prove itand might also have doubts about itscorrectness. Here is one pictorial wayin which we might convince ourselvesthat indeed the formula is correct.Imagine the numbers 1, 2, 4, ... , 2"represented by dots, with the first one ontop, the next two one level below, thenext four one level below, all the way tothe 2" dots in a last level, forming akind of an upside-down tree (the 1 ontop is the root)

1

This last level of dots are, of course, allthe 1 + 2 + 22 + ... + 2" dots. Howmany are there? We could visualizethem as what the next level of our treewould have been, that is 2" +1 . Well,almost. There is one dot missing.

1

So we do have 2n+1 - 1 dots, asclaimed by the previous formula.

By the way. Is it really true thatking Shirham could not satisfy Sissa'srequest to fill a chess board this way?2« . 1 =18, 446, 744, 073, 709, 551, 615which is approximately 18 quintillionsor better yet about 2 x 1019 grains.Today's world production of wheat isabout 500 million metric tons, that is500, 000, 000 tons = 5 x 10« tons =5 x 1014 grams (i ton is 1,000,000grams). One gram of wheat has about60 grains and therefore the worldproduction of wheat is about 300 x 1014

grains or 3 x 1016 grains. So, wewould have to use the entire worldproduction of wheat (at today's levels ofproduction) during

2 x 1019 a 1Q43 x 10!6

years, that is about during 10 thousandyears, to satisfy Sissa's request. It isclear that Sissa knew his mathematics.

Rafael Marino is the MathCoordinator at Evergreen.

World AIDS Day remembers the victimsby Tod Streater

The following is a speech I gave atthe Capitol Rotunda on December 1,World AIDS Day. I was contacted byThe Olympia AIDS Task Force becauseit was felt that World AIDS Day, inaddition to being a day of mourning,needed something to spark a politicalfeeling in the audience.

For those of you who don't know, Ihave been HIV positive since August of1988 and I have been fighting for theright to live and die as I choose eversince. I have watched several of the mostinfluential people in my life die theslow, painful and helpless death ofAIDS; I have watched the governmentignore my Mends in their time of need;and I have watched, as this school hasdone so little in the battle against AIDSin students.

I can't just sit around and let myfriends and fellow students get thishorrible disease while they remaincomfortable in their ignorance. My goalis to raise awareness of all the issuessurrounding AIDS including gender bias,racism, class issues and of coursehomophobia. During Winter Quarter, lookfor many more articles in the CPJ.They will be current, accusatory, andvery informative.

Hello, my name is Tod and I wantto thank everyone for being here,especially those who do volunteer work.Volunteers help to extend the lives, andthe comfort of lives, all around theworld. I usually speak my piece throughfilm or video but as today, Decemberfirst, is a day without art, I am simplyspeaking.

The reason we have a day withoutart is co commemorate those we havelost to the AIDS pandemic, so rememberthose who have died and help othersremember by covering a piece of artwith black cloth.

There are two major emotions thatthis AIDS pandemic creates in me:

I'm sad because there was so muchmore to be learned from Guy, and hewas taken away by two diseases that wedon't need to have, bigotry and AIDS.

I'm mad because my long range lifeplans have been savagely curtailed.

I'm sad because Michael Cherios isdead.

I'm mad because this world tells mein subtle ways that because I'm gay Idon't deserve to be happy.

I'm sad because my good friendUpchuck is dead.

I'm mad because still in this day andage there are people who won't shake myhand because I'm HIV positive.

I'm sad because James is dead.I'm mad because the fear of queers

by the government has caused 200,000deaths in this country.

I'm sad because Giro is dead.I'm mad because two-thirds of the

teenage suicides in this country areattributed to a fear of being queer.

I'm sad because Bill is dead.I'm mad because my father has

known that I'm HIV positive for fouryears and he can't deal with it untilMagic Johnson tells the world that he isHIV positive.

I'm sad because Todd is dead.I'm mad because I have to sleep 12

hours just to have enough energy to work4 hours.

I'm sad because Chris is dead.I'm mad because a scared woman in

Florida is able to prey on the fears ofour Congress to make them try tolegislate health care professionals out ofa job.

I'm sad because Alex is dead.I'm made because we don't have a

health care system for everyone in thiscountry.

I'm sad because Steve is dead.I'm mad because women die five

times faster than men from AIDS.I'm sad because Jessica is dead.I'm mad because there are one

million people infected with HIV andthey don't even know it.

I'm sad because Frank is dead.I'm mad because teens are the fastest

growing group being infected with HIVand still parents are afraid to havecondoms at school.

I'm sad because Sam died at the ageof 21.

I'm mad because when I tell somepeople that I'm HIV positive they say,"What's that?"

I'm sad because Jon is dead.I'm mad because when I tell people

that they are bigoted because they tellgay jokes or AIDS jokes, they don'tunderstand what I mean.

I'm sad because Mark is dead.I'm mad because in 1977 someone

died of what was to be called AIDS, andin 1991 we still don't have a cure.

I'm sad because Jim is dead.I'm mad because the government will

pay for my allopathic physician butrefuses to recognize my naturopathicphysician in the same way.

I'm sad because Justine is dead.I'm mad because the established

medical treatment I was undergoing mademe sicker than I have ever been beforeor since.

I'm sad because Tommy is dead.I'm mad because being gay now means

I have to constantly fight for my life.I'm sad because Monty is dead.I'm mad because my lover and I are

making plans for our old age and thechances are I won't be there.

I'm sad because Winn is dead.I'm mad because my ex-lover once told

me that he is afraid to touch me.I'm sad because Freddy Mercury is

dead.I'm mad because I can't get insurance

or monetary backing for my film projectsbecause they're afraid I'll die duringproduction.

I'm sad because Robert is dead.I'm mad because is takes 14 years for

the medical profession to recognize thatwomen with AIDS have differentsymptoms than men.

I'm sad because Melissa is dead.I'm mad because drug users and queers

are considered expendable.I'm sad because Kaspar is dead.I'm mad because people come up to

me on the street to tell me they are sorryand then think they've done their part inthe fight against AIDS.

I'm sad because Hans is dead.I'm mad because I am thought of as

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I'm sad because Taiye is dead.I'm mad because people come up to

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I'm sad because David is dead.I'm mad because every person in this

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I'm sad because Ferdoz is dead.I'm mad because nobody thinks that

AIDS will happen to them and they goaround murdering indiscriminately.

I'm sad because Jonathan is dead.I'm mad because all it takes is a

little education to prevent wholesaleslaughter of our people and we still can'tfind the funding for it.

I'm sad because Randy is dead.I'm mad because my college teaches

only 500 out of 3600 students aboutsafer sex and considers that a goodstatistic.

I'm sad because Lady Gray is dead.I'm mad because HIV infection is a

radically different experience for awealthy white, childless man than for alow-income Latina mother.

I'm sad because Scotty is dead.I'm mad because treatments for HIV

that are not profitable are ignored.I'm sad because Paul is dead.I'm mad because the government

considers war tools more important thanan AIDS vaccine.

I'm sad because Harry is dead.I'm mad because 70% of all teens

are sexually active, without the propersexual education.

I'm sad because yet another Jon isdead.

I'm mad because big churches tellthe world that people that people withAIDS deserve it.

I'm sad because Nathan is dead.I'm mad because a women may not

insist on condoms if she fears that theman may beat her up~or leave her.

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ForumCreep slowly to Seattle the cheap wayby Byron Cook

If you're trying to get to Seattle, butyou can't find a ride on the ride board,there's a better way than takingGreyhound that a lot of people don'tknow about. It's kind of complex andextremely annoying, but $3.50 is reallycheap.

Where the bus stops are:Olympia: On Fourth Avenue at

Columbia, in front of the Sweet OasisMediterranean Bakery (diagonally acrossfrom InterCity Transit's Columbia StreetBus Station)

Lakewood Park and Ride: On 1-5somewhere before Tacoma

Tacoma: llth and Market. When

you transfer to the north-bound Seattlebus, you have to cross to the other sideof the street; but both south-bounds areon the same side.

Seattle: The bus to Seattle goes upFourth Avenue, and crosses fromJefferson to Olive, and the streetsbetween. The bus leaving Seattle goesdown Second Avenue; you should boardat Pike, Union, Spring, Cherry or SouthWashington.

To Seattle from Olympia:At 7 am get on the 601X to

Tacoma, which arrives at 7:56 am. Thenboard the 590X at 8 am to Seattle.

At 4:08 pm, get on the 601X to theLakewood Park and Ride, which arrives

at 4:51 pm. Then board the 592X toSeattle at 4:55 pm.

At 4:37 pm, get on the 601X to theLakewood Park and Ride, which arrivesat 5:20 pm. Then board the 592X toSeattle at 5:25 pm.

To Olympia from Seattle (on Second andPike)

At 5:41 am, get on the 592X to theLakewood Park and Ride, which arrivesat 6:45 am. Then board the 601X toOlympia at 7 am.

At 6:43 am, get on the 593X toTacoma, which arrives at 7:43. Thenboard the 60IX to Olympia at 7:45 am.

At 3:22 pm, get on the 590X toTacoma, which arrives at 4:43. Then

board the 601X to Olympia at 4:45 pm.

Traffic really screws things upsometimes, and could leave you with alengthy lay-over.

From Seattle, at 4:07 pm and 5:12pm, there are a couple buses, but theconnections from Tacoma only take youto the mall (South Sound Center) on theother side of Olympia. I think there is abus from there to downtown.

Byron Cook ran into the CPJ officewith this article, and then ran away. Ifyou're still confused, and have more timethan money, you can get more obtuseinformation from Pierce Transit, 1-800-562-8109.

ResponseResponding toSgt. Savage

A few weeks ago I wrote a letter ofoutrage about an unfortunate experiencewith campus security. As most of youknow, Sergeant Savage responded to myletter in a less than helpful way. I havewritten him a letter in return and wantedto share it because I was veryembarrassed by the personal attack heprovided. I am also afraid that becauseof the sergeant's reference to misuse ofsecurity services, other students mightnow be afraid to call for "help" in caseswhere they are clearly able.

Dear Sergeant Larry Savage,After reading your response to my

CPJ letter, I wanted to write youpersonally. First of all, in reference tothe public services you mentioned, I'djust like to say that I wonder how manyof those other 2,000 assistances wereperformed as negligently as the one Iwrote of. I know not everyone sits downto write such an emotional letter asmine, but I can assure you it hashappened to others.

I also think that any time you areforced to jumpstart a car it should beconsidered an emergency. I don'tpresume you agree with me but the pointis, your officer did not know we weretalcing the car to a mechanic, and shouldhave treated our situation with as muchprecedence as any other.

As for the issue of security helpbeing called in only an emergency case,I refer to the description of CampusSecurity in The Evergreen StudentHandbook 1991-1992: "A call to CampusSecurity at any time of day or nightmight lighten your load. The staff canhelp you into a locked car and juice up

your battery," (p. 10). The descriptiongoes on but there is never any mentionof using security's "help" in onlyincidents of dire need. The 1991-1992Evergreen catalog goes on to say:"Campus Security is open 24 hours aday, seven days a week and is staffed byofficers trained in law enforcement andproblem resolution skills," (p. 106).

I found your officers lack of trainingfar less than "personally satisfying," asyou suggested and did not feel his"assistance" worthy of appreciation. I didnot write my letter simply to dump oncampus security. My hope was that Iwas pointing out a problem of ill-trainedofficers that I personally do not trust anddo not think should be armed. I'm afraidmy letter has not accomplished that goal,but merely sparked you into a fit ofname calling.

Lastly, I would like to leave you withsome food for thought. Just how"euphoric" do you think it is for studentshere to be hundreds of miles from homeand not feel safe? After all isn't thatwhat your job really is and aren't we theones who pay your salary?Melissa Schomaker

Take time tolearn to spell

I realize that the American schoolsystem is inadequate in a lot of respectsand a lot of people get by withoutnecessary communication skills, but whydon't the large numbers of people whocannot spell well take the time to learn?I continually read various handwritten ortyped posted flyers on the walls andhalls of this campus which containspelling mistakes. These mistakes areeasily correctable. It seems to me that ifsomeone is willing to take the time todesign and distribute a bulletin then that

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Submission deadline is Monday noon.We will try to publish material submitted thefollowing Thursday. However, space andediting constraints may delay publication.

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person would also be a bit concernedabout how the message will be received.Unfortunately, I cannot take the bulletin'smessage seriously if I am distracted byobvious mistakes. Correcting spellingmistakes involves a very simple process:picking up a dictionary and using it. Ifthe most striking feature of a message isthe inability of the person who wrote thepaper to come across in an intelligentway, then something is seriously wrong.Communication is essential; and avaluable, fundamental tool of it isaccurate spelling.Rebecca Talbot

Bike lockersreconsidered

For the last two and a half yearsI've written a bicycling column for theOlympian, providing a bicyclist'sperspective on a variety of issues. Mylatest column, concerning the purchase ofbicycle storage lockers at South PugetSound Community College, is the first tobe censored, apparently because itcontradicts the paper's view on thesubject.

It's unfortunate that the paper failedto obtain a user's perspective on thedifference between bicycle racks andcovered, theft-proof bicycle lockers. Instories on Nov. 19 and 21, and aneditorial on Nov. 24, the papercontinually referred to the lockers as"racks." Bicycle racks and lockers areentirely different animals: racks are

acceptable for short-term, fair weatheruse but lockers are required for securestorage.

The Nov. 24 editorial recommendedbuying cheap bicycle racks rather thanbicycle lockers, calling the purchase"outrageous." Yet bicycle lockers costapproximately 1/10 the average cost ofproviding urban automobile parking,based on state surveys. Obviously, abicyclist's perspective is lacking.

It's especially unfair to pick onbicycle facilities for students, many ofwhom have few other transportationoptions or money to spend on replacinga damaged or stolen bicycle.

Our community has goals toencourage non-automotive transportation.The Olympian, in a SepL 3, 1991editorial entitled "WE ALL MUST BEWILLING TO FORGO AUTOS" stated,"All of us are going to have to changeour driving habits. Businesses andgovernments are going to have to becreative in their thinking. Every option--from subsidized transit passes toallowing some employees to work athome-must be considered." Morerecently the paper ran an investigation todetermine whether public officials areusing efficient travel modes.

Lockers and other specialty facilitiesfor bicyclists are essential for meetingthese goals. Our community must becommitted to providing the tools thatbicyclists need. It's unfortunate that bothsides of this issue are not fully aired.Todd Litman

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Arts & EntertainmentRomanovsky and Phillips mix Cher, sodomyby Andrew Hamlin

Ron Romanovsky, from Pittsburgh, metPaul Phillips, from New Jersey andelsewhere, in San Francisco's GoldenGate Park quite a few years ago, andthey've been singing sweetly ever since.They bring their peculiar brand ofpolitical folk singing to Evergreen thisSunday evening at 7 pm in the LibraryLobby, their Olympia debut. Paul quicklysays "I hope people won't get theimpression that we're dry, dull, andboring"--not likely when one-half of theact (Paul) is sometimes found in Cher-Barbara Bush drag" and selections include"Don't Use Your Penis For A Brain" and"The Sodomy Song," which is marked"don't play" on KAOS's copy ofEmotional Roller Coaster due to FCCboneheadism. When I called the duo at afriend's house in San Francisco, they werewatching Larry King. "He's got twopeople from Queer Nation on andsomebody from Crackerbarrel la southernrestaurant chain accused of discriminatingagainst gays]," Ron said excitedly, butthey broke away from the TV to say a fewwords.

ON THE ROAD

Ron: We're tired but we're keeping up.We were on a gay cruise ship downaround Palm Beach for a week.

How was that?

Paul: Not so good. I got seasick, for onething, when we were crossing the openocean and I was high on Dramamine.

Ron: And most of the other acts, I won'tmention any names, didn't have muchthought behind them. We actually gotdisinvited to a cocktail party because ofsome anti-George Bush remarks we made.Doesn't sound like a party we'd want tobe at in the first place.

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

Paul: Our eyes met, we smiled at eachother. I kept walking, I thought it wasjust too happy to work out or anythinglike that I went to the bus stop and Roncame coasting down on his bicycle. I goton the bus and he followed it for ablock~our eyes were locked on eachother. I got off the bus at the next stop.He came up and said, "It's only a block,you could have walked."

GROWING UP GAY

It says here that Ron's high schoolclassmates "figured out he was gay longbefore he did." How true is that?

Ron: I certainly had an early sense thatI was different I knew that I wasattracted to men at an early age, but Ididn't think that was an option, because Inever heard the word gay.

Paul: It doesn't say that for me, but I beta lot of people go through that.

Ron: I didn't get much support from myschool~the counselor would say I shouldcarry my books by my side instead ofover my chest. No one ever validated thatthese people [at the school] were crazy.I ended up in a mental hospital when Iwas 14 because I couldn't deal with it.My mother-my father had died-justreally didn't know what to do.

Paul: My father's dead now, but I thinkhe was at peace with the fact that I wasgay. If my mother had her choice Iwouldn't be gay, but I think that's lessher moral feeling and more that she'safraid for my health and for the mentalanguish I have to go through. My motherwas a teacher at my high school, and shewas loved by the students, so even if theythought I was a sissy and a queer, they

Paul (left) and Ron: Success is a serious matter. Not. photo by Irene Young

respected me enough. And I got awaywith murder. I got straight A's, but wasMrs. Phillips' son, so I could be out inthe hallway without a hall pass.

"HOW DID YOU START OUT PERFORMING

INDIVIDUALLY?"

Ron: My first time was in a high schooltalent show which was a pretty awfulexperience. I started out in bars andcoffeehouses in San Francisco and wasvery afraid, and it wasn't until I sawanother gay man, who was "out" onstage, that I realized part of my stagefright was a fear of being found out asgay. With Paul I discovered I could makepeople laugh, and I feel when you do thatyou have some control over what's goingon. An audience's applause alone doesn'ttell me enough.

Paul: I came out of my mother's wombin performance mode. I was an Rhnegative baby and had to have atransfusion, my thumb and my big toewere swollen. Then I went home and mymother had to stay in the hospital anothertwo weeks, because I was a very bigbaby--9 pounds 11 ounces out of a 5 foot2, 110-pound woman, [to Ron] Ron, doyou feel like you're a natural on stage,like a fish takes to water?

Ron: Yeah, not that I always do well, butit's what I like to do most.

Paul: See, for you it's been learning howto let go on stage, learning to trustyourself...

Ron: I always wanted that sort ofattention, but I'd had so much negativeattention it was terrifying. It's been hard

for me, I'm shy in a lot of situations.

THE POWER OF THE ROCHES

Paul: That day in the park Ron invitedme back to his house for coffee. He hadthis two-room cottage that was yellowwith red trim, with a rainbow painted onthe wall inside, and the first thing I sawwas the Roches [a vocal trio of sisters]album at the front of his stack of records!I went to see the Roches at their veryfirst New York concert, at Folk City, andI've always loved them.

Ron: The Roches made me fall in lovewith vocal harmonies, the trio singing.We probably would have been a trio ifwe'd found a third person willing to workas hard as we were.

ON AIDS

Ron: On our first tour in '83 a lot of ourconcerts were AIDS benefits. I thinkwe've been privileged, if that's the rightword, to watch AIDS awareness as itmoved from the big cities into the smallercommunities. We travel so much, we getto see that. I can remember when itwasn't in the papers or whatever, ithadn't hit them. When they thought theywere safe as long as they didn't sleepwith someone who'd been to SanFrancisco or New York. In the early daysin the big cities, there was a lot of fear,despair, hopelessness almost. At this pointI think we're into a whole new phase, it'sbeen with us over ten years, and it'sbecome an accepted part of lie.Fortunately and unfortunately both. It'ssad, but you don't have to have total fearand total hopelessness.

Paul: Now with Magic Johnson, the thingis coming home-real people get it, andreal people can cope with it. Most of thepeople I know who are HIV positivethink of it as being no different thandiabetes. It's controllable. A lot of thehopelessness is from internalizedhomophobia-we are told from the startthat we are bad. I say this over and over:I am so proud of any gay person wholives until 40, because the amount of shitthey have to take is enormous. I don'tknow any other minority that gets putthrough what we get, in this day and ageanyway.

(Romanvosky and Phillips play Sunday at7 pm in the Library Lobby. Their fourthand most recent album, Be Political NotPolite, is available on Fresh FruitRecords, as are their first three records,/ Thought You'd Be Taller, Trouble inParadise, and Emotional Roller Coaster)

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Rock critic Kurt drones on and on and on andby Andrew Hamlin

BAT CHAIN PULLER: ROCK AND ROLL IN THEAGE OF CELEBRITYBY KURT LODERNEW YORK: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 377 PP.,$19.95

Them's that gave Robert Gulp in the"Demon With A Glass Hand" episode ofThe Outer Limits "movement, but not life"also gave Kurt Loder competency, but notbrilliance. Bat Chain Puller resounds withfacts, well-placed quotes, and tightorganization. That may be its problem.

In his earnestness to be earnest, Lodereschews the limb for the trunk of thetree; his book has none of Lester Bangs'incidiary outrage and outrageousness, noneof Dave Marsh's pigheaded proselytizingfor soul music as God's manifestation ofItself on Earth, none of RobertChristgau's mind-numbingly stupid four-second dismissals of forty-minuterecordings. Precise and sensible, Loder'sprose is a hollow vessel gaping folorn forsome irrational passion. And as Christgauonce said of Paul Simon's early work,"Each song is perfect. And says nothing."

With that caveat, I still recommendthis book as, if nothing else, anengrossing review of the nineteen-eightiesfrom musical, cultural, and sometimespolitical standpoints. MTV, for whomLoder now works, heaved itself up onAugust 1, 1980, forever altering the waymusic, culture, and politics did business.In his introduction the author wonderswhat relevance rock can have when "therock secen and the art scene even theliterary scene [become] cheap feedinggrounds for a new and voracious celebrityindustry...Rock stars were no longerlooked upon as cultural prophets or youthspokesmen or any of those other tired

Sixties concepts. Now they were merelyfamous-like Broke Shields, like RalphLauren, like everybody else accepted forentry into Studio 54, and inundated withtalk show invitations..."

Although he doesn't take theimplications of his overviews far enough,what he sees is often fascinating in itself.Here's Chrissie Hynde of the Pretendersshoving her pants down in front of Kurt-

-to put on a knee brace-while leadguitarist James Honeyman-Scott discusseshis cirrhosis and his heroin addiction.(Honeyman-Scott was 23 at the time; hedidn't live to see 26.) ElsewhereHumphrey Bogart babysits Billy Gibbonsof ZZ Top, and David Bowie learns ofthe exploding opal miner. Loder'scoverage of the "Popeyes" and"Blockheads" who haunt the New York

all-night movie theaters vibrates withslime (although, like other pieces here, itneeds the photographs that accompaniedthe original magazine article), and the"Dress Right!", an overview of the BritishNew Romantic movement, fascinatesbecause that movement never took off inthe U.S. Duran Duran made it big, butthey ditched the makeup after Rio cameout.

For a Who profile, done for theband's deceptive "farewell" tour in 1982,the author writes, "[the band] have signeda lucrative sponsorship deal with Schlitzbeer... [and] will receive a pot of money.Every little bit helps." What? One ofrock's greatest acts takes the money andruns? Even if "compensation becomesessential—when ninety people are eatingand sleeping off a band's profits," I'd liketo see just a little bit more than blitherecitation of facts. Someone might get thevery wrong impression that things werealways like this, or that there's nothingwrong with things continuing like this.

The profile of Deborah Harry andChris Stein, ex-doyens of Blondie, showsus love surviving loss of money, loss offame, and the spectre of death throughdehabilitating illness. Rolling Stonerejected that last one, by the way,partially because "Rockbird, the DeborahHarry album that occasioned itsassignment, expired pretty much uponrelease." It reads much better than someof the other entries, where Loder ends uptrying to make and Never Say NeverAgain and Don Johnson's Heartbeatsound good, but presumably the magazinehad more photogenic celebrities to coverthat week. How sad that a decent humanbeing, chronicling two other decent humanbeings, falls victim to the very malaise heset out to document

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Streater, from page 8I'm sad because Mary is dead.I'm mad because I'm perceived as a

pitiful creature at least once a week.I'm sad because Pat is dead.I'm mad because Milwaukee police,

when faced with a young man who wasbadly beaten and bleeding from his butt,call it homosexual love and send himback to be brutally murdered.

I'm sad because Lewis is dead.I'm mad because Dr. McCoy can

make a vaccine that actually makes thelesions go away before your eyes andI'm left with AZT.

I'm sad because Dr. Ben is dead.I'm mad because we have to vote on

a right-to-die initiative before we haveequal health care for everybody.

I'm mad because some people thinkthat coming to a few speeches at theCapitol building is enough to stop thespread of this horrible disease.

Every day I'm sad because my bestfriend Guy is dead.

We must continue to fight AIDS,especially now that it is in the news somuch. Here is our chance to work withwhat the world has given us. A famousheterosexual basketball player has thecourage to stand up and try to change theway we look at AIDS. We must grab allthe newspaper and TV and Radiocoverage while we can.

Our society has never been moreready to take on this cause, be we haveto encourage ourselves constantly.Everyday we have to turn to someoneand ask, "What have you done in thefight against bigotry and ignorance?""Did you read that article about AIDS inthe paper today?" "Did you read thatarticle about health care in thatmagazine?"

Think of all the people that can't behere today because they're dead, ourfriends and family that once we couldhug and hold and now all we can do isopen a box of that person's belongings,and try to remember by the scent whatthey were like. We can all find the

courage to wear an "Ask me aboutAIDS" button and carry a list ofThurston County AIDS serviceorganizations in our pockets. We can allcarry some condoms and instructions withus everywhere. We can all tell someoneelse about someone who has died to helpthem see the sadness in this disease.

Today is a day to mourn our deadfriends and gather strength for the future.This disease and its accompanyingprejudices are very hard to fight. Ourmorals are carefully ingrained in us fromthe time we are born, but this is not awar of morals. This is a war for basichuman life. Someday, if we keepfighting, we'll all be fighting on the sameside and then this particular war will beover.

Tod Streater is a local AIDS activist,Evergreen student, filmmaker, andmember of the Lesbian/Gay/BisexualPeople's Resource Center on campus.

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Arts & Entertainment

Sniff or Sludge or whoever have a fine albumby Leilani Johnson

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A completely obscure band (oncewhen I mentioned the name I got askedif that movie was any good), Slintintersperses descriptive lyrics with someof the most agonized guitar riffs andmoody drumming this side of Zeppelin.Slint pioneers a new sound on Spiderland,music that can best be described as slow,hypnotic, easy-listening grunge (if thelatter can be a term),,

Like the true meaning of the number23, Slint is rather exclusively known. Theone-word name brings either anenlightened ahh!, or blank, clueless stares,followed by, "What was that...Sludge?Sniff?" For those who know of the bandhowever, life is a much richer experience.

The voice of Brian McMahn, changesdramatically throughout the album, gratingand evil on "Don, A Man," then toeasier-going storyteller on "Washor." Henever sings, not in the true sense of theword, but the screaming all through"Good Morning Captain" is the mostprimal I've ever had the privilege ofhearing. Additionally, he can plead withhis voice in ways mat send a shiver upthe spine.

McMahn "sings" about personaltorment, neurosis, anguished love, therealization of mistakes made and how tofind the strength to transcend them. It'sodd stuff, but with the epic narration stylethe band uses, they manage to pull it offin a way no other band previously has.

I listen to Slint and feel like I'vebeen through a cathartic experience. Thisband is incredible; carrying a great dealof power in David Pajo's guitar and BrittWatford's drumming. At times McMahn'svoice is covered with the interplaybetween the guitars and drumming,creating an interesting layered effect thatmakes you feel like you have to hunt forthe vocals. The lyrics slip free at the right

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So, Slint is hopefully now less of amystery band and these four lookers withgood music will finally get some of therecognition they deserve. Spiderland is anexcellent album and the only bad wordsI have to say about this album have to dowith the picture of the spider on the backjacket.

Leilani Johnson wants to know what a"derd niffer" is.

Slint on a leech-gathering mission in Zurich, photo by Will Oldham

moments though, phrases like thewhispered "I'll make it up to you", rightbefore McMahn belts out an "I miss you"with a sincerity that leaves the listenerhanging on, waiting for more.

This band is very powerful; at timesvery much in the face, other times asrelaxing as a warm, hot bath. Some songsare very slow and melodic, rhythmic andlulling, while others will assault yoursenses in a way previously unknown.More often than being one or the otherthough, their songs incorporate bothtechniques, taking easy, yet powerfullygrinding climaxes, into contrastingly softdrum and guitar solos. I don't knowwhere they got the idea from, but it'simpressive.

The band, from Louisville, Kentucky,

is making little underground waves, whichwill hopefully swell higher and breakthrough, so the band can be found with abit more ease in record stores. WhileReckless Records in the Haight-Ashburydistrict had at least heard of Slint, theyunfortunately didn't have any copies instock, and Washington stores seem to bepretty dry. However, many record storewill special order Slint for you.

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THE ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP (ARF)meets Tuesdays at 7 pm in Library 2100.Topics of discussion include vegetarianismand animal testing.

THE JOB CLUB, concerned with thespecifics of finding a job, meets Tuesdayat noon in Library 1406A. Sponsored bythe Career Development Center. Info:866-6000 x6193.

THE LESBIAN/GAY/BISEXUALPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER(LGBPRC) meets Tuesday afternoons at5:30 pm in Library 2101. Info: 866-6000x6544.

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WOMEN'S OPEN MIKE tonight and thefirst Thursday of every month (exceptJanuary 9) tonight at 7:30 in the TESCFaculty Lounge* first floor of the CAB.Participantsplease'"sign 'up by 7 pm.Musicians, poets, comedians, and actorswelcome. Info: 866-6000 x6162.

STAR TREK MOVIE MARATHONtoday, celebrating the release of Star TrekVI: The Undiscovered Country, todayfrom 5 pm to 1 am-ish in the Edge(second floor of A-dorm across from themailroom). Star Trek: The Motion Picturestarts at 5 pm, Star Trek II: The Wrath ofKhan at 7:30, Star Trek III: The Searchfor Spock at 9:30, and Star Trek IV: TheVoyage Home at 11:20. Everyonewelcome. Free chips, bring your ownnonalcoholic drinks.

WORKS IN STEEL AND WOOD fromEvergreen student Michael K. Bern'ssenior exhibit, today through December 28in the college's library foyer.

FRIENDS AGAINST RATE INCREASE(FARE) wants people to help fight fareincreases on Intercity Transit next year.Info: Chris at 956-9123.

FIRST AID KITS for home or office usenow available from the Student HealthCenter, Seminar Building 2110, for $5each. Info: 866-6000 x6200.

6 FRIDAY

THE EVERGREEN STUDENTCONCERT for Fall Quarter happenstonight and Saturday night, 8:30 pm bothshows, in Evergreen's ExperimentalTheater, COM Building. Highlightsinclude On Beyond Zebra, an opera basedon four books of Dr. Seuss, composedcollabortively by Teresa Jaworski, BillWolford, Kent Oiwa, Linda Hallgren, andAndrew Buchman. Free. Info: 866-8922.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONALAUCTION today from 7 to 9 pm at St.John's Episcopal Church, 20th and CapitolWay. Items and services for auction

include a Ceylonese rice and curry dinnerfor six, a handmade bird house, giftcertificates for local shops, framed prints,a canoe ride on the black river, and more.

SHRED TO THE EXTREME is a multi-media and dance benefit for the ThurstonCounty Food Bank, at 9 pm tonight inCab 108; musical guest is Mothermayl.Admission 99 cents with one non-perishable food item.

BRANFORD MARSALIS, Grammy-winning saxophonist and one helluvasnappy dresser, plays two shows atWestern Washington University'sPerforming Arts Center tonight, at 6 pmand 9 pm. Tickets $10, $8 for students.Info: 676-3738.

THE SPINNERS GUILD sale of hand-made knitted mittens, hats, etc. goes ontoday and tomorrow, 10 am to 6 pm bothdays, in the lobby of the Hotel Olympian.Info: Mary at the Urban OnionRestaurant, 943-9242.

TIM NOAH, the most non-boguschildren's entertainer, does a holidayshow tonight with his band tonight at theWashington Center at 7 pm. All seats $8.Info: 753-8586.

SLIDE SHOW OF OLD OLYMPIA withSusan Parish, owner of the JeffersCollection of historic Olympiaphotographs, tonight at 7:30 at FourSeasons Books, 421 S. Water. Info: 786-0954.

"WOMAN AND GODDESS, THE WELLS O U R C E O F O U RTRANSFORMATION" is a talk by DonnaMicha ne Lona and Emily Licastro,tonight from 6:30 from 8:30 pm inLibrary 3500. Free. Sponsored byInnerplace and Radiance as part of theFriday Night Spirituality Series.

teaches drum and dance workshops fromnoon to 1:30 pm (drumming) and 4:30 to6 pm (dancing) today in the Dance Roomof the Evergreen Recreation Center. Spacelimited. To register: Scott at 943-5804.

SPINNERS GUILD sale of knitted stuff10 am to 6 pm today in the lobby of theHotel Olympian (see Friday's listing fordetails).

11 WEDNESDAY

THE JURASSIC GROUP NEEDSVOLUNTEERS to help with drug abuseprevention and recovery on campus. Dropby each Wednesday from 6 to 8 pm inSeminar Building Room 2109, or call 866-6000 x6800.

8PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT GROUPmeets Wednesdays from 3 to 4 pm inLibrary 1406A. Sign up at Library 1401

SUN DAY or call 866-6000 x6193.

GAY DUET SINGING ACTION tonightwith Romanovsky and Phillips, knowninformally as the "gay Sonny and Cher"(let's hope they don't fight as much),make a stop at Evergreen, tonight at 7pm in the Library Lobby, on a tour insupport of their album Be Political, NotPolite, on Fresh Fruit Records. Sponsoredby KAOS. Tickets $10, $7.50 for studentsand KAOS subscribers. Advance ticketsavailable at Positively 4th Street Records,the Bookmark, The Evergreen Bookstore,the Imprint Bookstore in Tacoma, andBeyond the Closet Books in Seattle. Info:Tom at 943-1810.

FOLK MUSIC AND DELTA BLUEStonight at the Asterisk Cafe from 4 to 6pm with Tom Maddox, who insists he isnot a "blues fanatic," and Cloud Wells.Free, but donations emphatically accepted.

THE EVERGREEN POLITICALINFORMATION CENTER (EPIC) meetsWednesdays in Cab 108 at 3 pm. Comeand share your ideas about politicalactivity and increased awareness. Info:866-6000 x6144.

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7 SATURDAY

STUDENT CONCERT FEATURING OnBeyond Zebra tonight at 8:30 pm in theExperimental Theater (see Friday's listingsfor details).

AFRICAN DRUMMER CHATA ADDY

AUDITIONS/INTERVIEWS FOR TWOSPRING QUARTER PROGRAMS today--Moving Image Theater, taught byDoranne Crable, and Freedom in Control:Stylized/Naturalistic Production, taught byRose Jang. Info and audition formsavailable in Com 301, or call Rose 866-6000 x6705.

THE PEACE CENTER NEEDSVOLUNTEERS to develop an agenda andplan future events, such as an April tripto Nevada in protest of nuclear weaponstesting. The Center meetings are Mondaysat 5 pm in Library 3220. Info: 866-0000x6098.

YULETIDE ACOUSTIC MUSICEXCELLENCE tonight with guitarist EricTingstad and reed player Nancy Rumbel,tonight at 8 pm in the COM BuildingRecital Hall. Sponsored by KAOS.Tickets $10, $7.50 for students, seniors,and KAOS subscribers. Advance ticketsavailable at Rainy Day Records, Positively4th Street, The Bookmark, and theEvergreen Bookstore. Info: 866-6000x6397.

THE NEW KLESMER TRIO from SanFrancisco plays tonight at 8:30 pm atStudio 321, 321 Jefferson N.E. inOlympia. Tickets $7, no smoking, minorswelcome. Mo: 754-3525.

13 FRIDAY

TIMBER: A LIVING NEWSPAPERABOUT DEFORESTATION ANDREFORESTATION is a musical originallywritten for the Federal Theatre Project;it's been revised and updated by Olympiaplaywright Bryan Willis. It plays thisevening at 8 pm at Stage II of theWashington Center for the PerformingArts. Tickets $8/general, $6/seniors.Sponsored by the Capital High SchoolEnvironmental Club. Info: 753-8586.


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