Things kick off on campus at 1PM, I recommend taking the bus out there to avoid the traffic and parking mess that is graduation day.

The guest speaker is exciting this year, it's Dr. James W. Loewen who wrote the book, 'Lies My Teacher Told Me'.

Someone is going fishing. Via email:

It has come to my attention that a citizen has filed a public records request with the Evergreen State College to collect all material and communications concerning the events that occurred the evening of Feb. 14th (The Dead Prez Concert).  Therefore, Academic Dean Ken Tabutt is requiring that all staff disclose "investigative files; email between staff members; email from and to staff members; all communications with outside agencies, etc." that are relevant.

In light of the high level of publicity a particular professor has received due to some of his public comments and the information another has revealed following interviews with anonymous sources, this measure has been taken with definite targets in mind.  This appears to be the first of possibly many attempts to utilize coercion in order to produce information which could ultimately prove incriminating for parties involved. This breach of privacy facilitated by the Evergreen administration, which has repeatedly lied and distorted the events of the evening to remain in compliance with law enforcement, should not be taken lightly.

Let's be there to support staff who refuse to comply on this matter and ensure that the administration knows that people in this community will not idly stand by while our rights of privacy and speech are usurped.

It will be interesting to see what they come up with. The Seattle Times did a similar request to the University of Washington earlier this year regarding the head football coach. A lot of interesting, if not important, stuff came up. 

Check out Ruby Reusable's post on a very cool local recycled art installation: Cycle/ReCycle

you caught yourself a super bug and don't know what to do
antibiotics just aren't working and you're feeling worse than blue

you are sniffing round the internet
and much to your surprise
there is talk of a cure
right before your eyes

yes these phages are viruses
that cause no harm
and they surely love to eat
all the bacteria causing infection
that keep you off your feet

in fact right up the street
in the college so green
world renowned research is unfolding
do you know what I mean?

so here is a shout out to Kutter
Guttman
Braddan
Raja
and their crew
we appreciate your labor
and now we have a clue

(I wrote this to help me understand what I was reading and also as a way to pass on the word, really really bad rhymes and all. Any mistakes are my own.)

Silent Killers: Fantastic Phages?

Fair warning: I'm not against locking down comments on this post. If you'd like to have a bit more free reign, go somewhere else (your own blog, maybe) or head on over to the Olympian. I'm starting this post to point to some of the first hand accounts I can find.

If you have a first hand account, please share it here in the comment threads.

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