By Sarah Bradley Feb. 17 marked Jose Gomez Farmworker Justice Day at The Evergreen State College, organized by The Olympia Farmworker Justice Collective. The annual event, named in remembrance of a longtime Evergreen faculty member, brings farmworker’s voices to the student body through panel discussions and workshops. The day’s events […]
Winter Student Ballot Vote on a New Proposed Fee and Student Union Reform
By Chloe Marina Manchester The upcoming Evergreen Winter Ballot will be available to vote on through your my.evergreen.edu account soon. Two of the items up for voting are a proposal to reform the Geoduck Student Union (GSU), as well as the Student Education Investment Initiative. The Student Education Investment Initiative […]
Workshops and Advice at Mentoring Day
By Felix Chrome Evergreen’s Mentoring Day will take place on March 2, at 1:30 p.m. beginning in the library lobby. The event is designed to help students navigate Evergreen by working with faculty and peers. All undergraduate students are invited to attend workshops and meet with teachers to help advise […]
2016 Liberal Arts Forum Guest Speaker Stephanie Coontz Speaks About Changes in Family Structure and Social Norms
By Aria Cummings The Liberal Arts Forum takes place every winter quarter, centered on a different theme deemed significant to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. This year’s focus was the changing nature of the American family structure and how the idea of “traditional family” has evolved over time. […]
Urban Farming After EvergreenEvergreen Graduate Jessica Schilke Goes Onto Direct The Urban Farming Program at Microsoft
By Devon Merriman It’s Happening, What Now? took place at Evergreen last month. The event is a series of presentations about climate change. Jessica Schilke stood in front of a room full of Greeners and spoke about her job growing fresh produce for Microsoft at its Redmond campus. Two years […]
Cover Artists Taylor Sikorski & Blaine Ewig
By Felix Chrome Blaine Ewig is a poet and photographer. An Evergreen graduate, she used to work at the Cooper Point Journal as our Arts & Culture Editor, and you can find her photographs in many issues of the CPJ. Taylor Sikorski, also an Evergreen Alum, is a comedian, videographer, […]
Spring Brings New Art to Evergreen
By Ruby Love March is almost upon us, and with it (hopefully) will come a little bit of sun and the campus will start exiting its sad grumpy state of hibernation. Come out of your caves, Greeners! Don’t be so sad! Sun or not, March also marks the beginning of […]
Ready, Set, Play Adults Enjoy a Night of Fun at the Hands on Children’s Museum
By Sara Fabian We’ve all experienced the joys of being a kid. With no responsibilities, other than making sure you push every elevator door button, dirty every white shirt, stare aimlessly in a sandbox, and play with every toy imaginable. A carefree childhood is something we often crave, but rarely […]
I Got Drunk and Went to Chibi Chibi Con for the Sake of Journalism Or: In Praise of Sweet Carol
By Jules Prosser We went undercover. We didn’t know why or how, but we were on a quest for “the truth”. Carol got a fancy secret recorder from Media Loan, and I didn’t even have to ask her to do that, even though I considered it. I needed her—she was […]
Change I Don’t Really Believe In The Case for Voting in an Unjust System
By Asa Kowals-Rose I was seven when I cast my first vote for president. It was Election Day 2004, and all the students in my elementary school were given a mock presidential ballot to fill out. I’m pretty sure I accidently voted for Bush, but this was an elementary school […]
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