BY MASON SOTO Talauna Reed is the eldest of Yvonne McDonald’s nieces. I sat down with her to talk about growing up with her mother’s sister and the daunting events surrounding her aunt’s death in Olympia on Aug. 7. She offered an invaluable account of the love that surrounds Yvonne, […]
Chaos In & Near City Hall: Dir. Simmons Did Not Communicate With 501c3s, Council
BY VINCENT AWKERMAN & DANIEL The Olympia Police Department (OPD) continues to clear camps on city property and enforce bans on sitting or lying on sidewalks, despite a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which found anti-camping ordinances to violate the Eighth Amendment. According to the City’s […]
Student Conduct Code Revised: But Not By Students?
BY SAMANTHA LUNA-PATTERSON On Sep. 18, the revised Student Conduct Code — now titled the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities — came into effect. Over the course of the summer several a committee held several meetings in order to finalize the language and technicalities of the revisions to the […]
Body Party: Burning Questions About UTIs
Hello! Welcome to BODY PARTY, a space to talk about sex, relationships, health, identity, and being a freak! Each week, our anonymous resident Body Partier will take YOUR questions and answer them, judgement free! To have your questions answered in print, send us a Q at ask.fm/CPJBodyParty! Body Party! […]
Wasted Advice: People Get Hit By Cars and Die
Wasted advice is a column written by our editorial staff while legally drunk. Presented unedited, raw, and uncut. Send questions to https://ask.fm/wastedadvice. Hey what if I like this girl but she likes girls not guys? And I’m a guy by the way. It’s called fish, and there’s plenty of ‘em. […]
Strong, Dreamy, and Sleepy: Artist Nashesha Rowberg says “Heal the Land, Then Heal the People.”
By Brittanyana Pierro Nashesha Rowberg is a sophomore at Evergreen, focusing her degree on sustainable agriculture. Rowberg grew up in Arusha, Tanzania, with a local mother from the Pare tribe and an American immigrant father. Rowberg went to the very ethnically diverse local international schools. She says this was nice […]
The CPJ Explains: Student Employment
BY DANIEL PFEIFLE At up to 900 bucks a month — not including whatever your meal plan costs if you have one — living on campus can be expensive, and even if you’re not living on campus, some extra money is always nice. So how do you find a job […]
Explaining the 2016 Election, Again Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 Connects Flint’s Water to Washington’s Swamp
BY MARTA TAHJA-SYRETT It is opening night for the film Fahrenheit 11/9. The theater at Century Olympia is nearly full as many people wait for Michael Moore’s most recently debuted film to begin. (a) Michael Moore is most famously known for producing films such as Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit […]
WASTED ADVICE: Tits or Booty?
Wasted advice is a column written by our editorial staff while legally drunk. Presented unedited, raw, and uncut. Send questions to https://ask.fm/wastedadvice. wasted advice tits or booty? por que no los dos? steps for dismantling the patriarchy? stop fucking cis men demand that you cum demand that you cum!!! […]
Yvonne McDonald: Community Organizes After Tragic Death
By Mason Soto & Marta Tahja-Syrett Candles and flowers shrouded a framed portrait of Yvonne McDonald at a vigil in her honor on Aug. 23. More than a hundred people came to commemorate her life and demand justice for the circumstances of her death. The vigil was one of many […]
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