Tips from a local to make living in Olympia easier for us all By SERENA IMANI KORN So, you’ve decided to move to Olympia and attend The Evergreen State College. As an Olympian, born and raised, I’d like to welcome you to our wonderful community. I offer you a gift […]
Orientation Week Issue 2014
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Best New Music: Stephen Steinbrink – “Arranged Waves”
STEPHEN STEINBRINK – ARRANGED WAVES (Melodic) Inspired by years travel across North America and Europe, Olympia-based singer-songwriter Stephen Steinbrink crafts wistful, introspective pop rock songs on his latest album Arranged Waves. Here, the Arizona native’s sublimely meditative tunes are brought to life by a cast of Olympia musicians including Tom Filardo, […]
Best New Music: You Are Plural – “Rabbit Rabbit”
YOU ARE PLURAL – RABBIT RABBIT (Side With Us) By ISSAC SCOTT Though Olympia trio You Are Plural have established themselves on the West Coast over the past several years, their new album Rabbit Rabbit is a first in many ways. It’s their first full-length album after two shorter EPs, […]
Best New Music: Globelamp – “Star Dust”
GLOBELAMP – STAR DUST By BlAINE EWIG Globelamp is the solo project of Elizabeth Le Fey, and this psychedelic witch-folk princess means business. The California transplant has already proven that her musical aptitude is more than worthy of our attention. With previous projects including Olympia’s Meowtain and Los Angeles-based group […]
Officers Question Legality of Dorm Walkthroughs
ADMINISTRATION PROMPTED TO CHANGE POLICY BY RAY STILL The threshold between public and private at Evergreen is only as thick as a doorway—college administration has said that students should not expect any privacy out in the hallways of their dorm. Resident advisors, resident directors, and campus police patrol the hallways […]
ALBUM REVIEW – Mirah: ‘Changing Light’
EVERGREEN ALUM’S NEW, FIFTH SOLO ALBUM ADDS TO ROBUST BODY OF WORK BY BLAINE EWIG Before I began listening to the album, I knew that I would inevitably be comparing “Changing Light” to Mirah’s masterpiece of a debut, “You Think It’s Like This, But It’s Really Like This” (2000)—the light, […]
Evergreen Has a Rugby Team?
BY JAMES GUTSCH That was the running joke whenever we tried to advertise for the Evergreen Rugby Football Club. Despite having flyers across campus, bake sales on a regular basis as well as practices that left the Evergreen fields looking like Sasquatch had lost a contact—rugby could never quite get […]
Israeli Supreme Court Hears Rachel Corrie Appeal
FAMILY APPEALS DECISION EXONERATING ISRAELI MILITARY IN STUDENT ACTIVIST’S DEATH BY ISSAC SCOTT Eleven years after Rachel Corrie’s death, the Israeli Supreme Court heard arguments appealing the decision that found the Israeli military was not responsible for the death of the Evergreen student in 2003. On May 21, the Corrie […]
What is an Evergreen Education Worth?
The Student and Alumni Perspective BY SERENA IMANI KORN and AMANDA FRANK The value of an Evergreen education rates differently on different scales. Some rank it as being worth more than you can study, and others say it’s a terrible return on investment. But Evergreen is such a unique educational […]
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