By Garrett Bekemeyer The night began with the purchasing of two bottles of Johnny Bootlegger and a pack of cigarettes, followed by a hasty drive to the Eastside fueled by Little Big Town singing to our caravan the tales of being born and raised in the boondocks. We arrived at the […]
Artist Interview: Scott Young
By Phoebe Celeste Thomas & Jamie Nadel Scott Young is a visual artist and musician in the Olympia area (whose art is featured on our cover). He uses a variety of mediums such as drawing, collage, painting, and, more recently, photography, and is in the bands GAG and TransFX. He grew […]
What is Arts Walk?
By Blaine Ewig Arts Walk: you’ve probably heard a lot about it. Chances are, you’ve been to one. It happens twice a year here, in the fall and spring, and both season’s festivals are, for many, Olympia’s most anticipated local events. But what exactly is it, why do we do […]
Artist Interview: Jean Nagai
By Phoebe Celeste Thomas Jean Nagai is a visual artist living in Olympia and an Evergreen graduate who has had a number of solo exhibitions in the Washington area and across the country. His art is featured on our front and back cover. He is inspired by nature and what […]
System Change Not Climate Change
Voices From the People’s Climate March
By Matt Fu For the last 10 years, I have been a part of a civil lawsuit in New York City over the wrongful and illegal detainment conditions almost 2,000 of us endured during arrests at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Despite our lawyers’ claims of unjust treatment, the experience […]
Cheap Eats: 4th Ave for $5
By Ira Zuckerman Like many students, I got lost on move-in day. I got lost in the thick of downtown Olympia with a dorm-mate trying to find an inexpensive dinner, something to settle the shock of leaving home. Like two blind vultures, we wandered in circles, looking for the perfect […]
A Brief Statement from the Flaming Eggplant Collective Cafe
Local, Organic, Sustainable, Progressive, Small Business, and Cooperative are buzzwords we often hear in association with horizontally structured projects such as The Flaming Café. We want to acknowledge that although these are things we value, we also want to challenge and subvert capitalism as an economic and sociopolitical system that […]
Street Style: Fall Arts Walk Edition
Words By Sara Fabian Photos By Blaine Ewig Autumn is here at last. The air is clean and crisp. Green spring leaves have turned hues of gold and red. Coffee shops open their doors to hoards of people, their crowded ambience reflects the jubilations of students’ return from their summer […]
Search for New College President Raises Questions
By Cody Byre A search is currently underway for a new president of The Evergreen State College and students can influence the outcome. The search is being led by the Presidential Search Disappearing Task Force, which is made up of representatives from the board of trustees, faculty, staff, students, and […]
Food and Education
By EMMA ROTOLO There is an increasing struggle among college students to afford and access food as well as maintain housing. In a research article by Dr. Danielle Gallegos and Kai Ong claim “There are different levels of food security from worrying about where your next meal is going to […]
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