BY SARA FABIAN Springtime is often seen as a time of growth, renewal, rebirth and of the cycle of life starting once again. The signs of change are all around us. Flowers illuminate parks, the days are longer, brighter, and warmer, and our emotions are lifted by the raised temperature. […]
Top Instrumental Movie Soundtracks to do Homework to
BY SERENA IMANI KORN With the right kind of music, a homework session can prove very successful, but students are often divided on whether or not they like to study while listening to music. Some people need to listen to something—anything. Other people need specific types of music. Then there […]
Hula Hoops and Wizard Sleeves
CRC and GO Team Up to Create Some Magic JAMES GUTCH For those of us, such as myself, who have not picked up a Harry Potter book in a while, or who have never even touched the things (the first four were good, after that they go downhill pretty fast), […]
Net Neutrality Now
BY SERENA IMANI KORN Internet neutrality is a big deal. I’ve only recently been able to really wrap my head around it. Now that I’ve cut through the complexity of the issue, I understand the severity and importance of Internet regulation. We have the position now to voice our concerns […]
Smokers Under Fire
On-Campus Smoking Debate Continues BY NICHOLAS BENSE The Evergreen State College currently permits smoking in designated outdoor areas. There are 10 of these smoking spots spaced fairly evenly around the campus. Currently, dialogue is rising regarding whether or not Evergreen’s smoking policy adequately addresses every persons’ needs and concerns in […]
Is the Grass Greener on the Common Side?
BY RAY STILL It is the dawn of a new technological age at Evergreen. The ancient dinosaurs of the TESC Talk and TESC Crier listserv will soon be extinct, and the Greener Commons thread-styled forum will rule the campus as the new option for students to communicate. The project to […]
Oh, Rose: That Do Now See
BY JOSH WOLF Wandering between shivering vibratos and dreamy swoons, Olympia band Oh, Rose will shake your bones. The vocals can lift you away in hypnosis, as easily as they can command your attention, and although there is some solid instrumentation in the release, the vocals carry the songs. In […]
Book Review: The Ruins of Mars
BY RAY STILL Evergreen alum Dylan James Quarles has always been fascinated by the reports of canals seen on Mars through mankind’s first telescopes. These reports, which later proved to be optical illusions, fueled Quarles’ imagination to write and publish “The Ruins of Mars” trilogy. Only the first two books, […]
Artist Statement: Serena Imani Korn
(two last names, no hyphen, and no, I have NO affiliation with koRn) BY SERENA IMANI KORN Uh, I am an artist. I guess. I really have never considered myself an “artist.” I make art, so I suppose that makes me an artist? But I’m far from classically talented. I […]