By Abbey Myrick Olympia’s Capitol Lake is a manmade body of water created when the Deschutes river was dammed in 1951. Environmentalists are calling for removal of the 5th Ave Dam and reversion to an estuary, citing such issues as invasive species and poor water quality being a direct result […]
Interview with VP/VP of Equity and DiversityChassity Talks Day of Absence/ Day of Presence
By Georgie Hicks On January 10 President George Bridges announced a new equity symposium that will be happening later this year. In the email Bridges states, “For almost 20 years, our college-wide program, Day of Absence/Day of Presence, provided a focal point for this important work each spring. This year, […]
Farmworkers Cultivate Resistance Immigrant Workers Push For Accountability in H-2A Program
By Mason Soto From a worker’s death over the summer in Sumas to a sexual harassment case against an agribusiness manager in Lacey, farmworker activists are working to expose experiences of exploitation happening behind the scenes of the local food supply chain. For the annual Farmworker’s Justice Day on January […]
NewsMay Day Protesters Charged
By Morrissey Morrissey After almost a year, prosecutors have charged four of the nine people arrested following the May Day protest in Downtown Olympia in May of 2017. The charges include misdemeanor rioting, pedestrian obstruction, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct. One year ago, protesters in Olympia gathered at […]
CommunityFar Right News Outlet Targets Community Planned Event
By Georgie Hicks On April 27, a flier containing details for a Day of Absence / Day of Presence event at TESC was picked up by far-right news organization Breitbart. A community-run version of the event is being held in response to the official cancellation of the event by the […]
HoroscopesWeek of May 1st
ARIES: Whatever is going on in your social or private life is making it hard to respond or even recognize your goals. You’ve a little stuck right now but you haven’t gone off track yet. Don’t let shared intimate or financial issues push you to the point of saying too […]