By Allegra Simpkins Congratulations! You’ve been admitted. You’ve signed up for classes. You’re scared shitless and you have no friends…yet. But you’re interested in a lot and would like to meet like-minded students with similar interests and maybe even make some lifelong friendships. The question is, HOW? By joining or […]
Moving Out: Reimagining Homelessness
Photo: “Washington State capitol” by Stephen Colebourn is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original By Daniel Mootz Human grief, and its burdens, compound. Loss begets tragedy in malignant cycles that are all newsworthy, and that are each inherently profound. All grief is linked together in different chains of events, recurrent and impactful, heavy and immense. Everyone is, to some degree, both part […]
Maren Moreno: Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Maren Moreno Note: This article contains a discussion about sexual assault and its representation in media. Maren Moreno is a filmmaker attending Evergreen whose body of work provocatively confronts societal topics. Her latest film, Revenge Angels, tells the story of Fern, a naïve college freshman whose world is completely altered after […]
Indigenous Activists Demand Climate Action
Photo: Protesters holding sign on Capitol steps. Courtesy of Paul Chekoten By Alice McIntyre On Oct. 5, Indigenous climate activists of Washington held a rally of over 200 at the State Legislature to demand the declaration of a climate emergency. Demonstrators holding banners and signs critical of Governor Inslee’s environmental policies gathered peacefully to listen to several speakers, primarily from Indigenous […]
Horoscopes
By Your Cosmic Best Friend Aries (March 21 to April 19): The cosmos are in YOUR favor! Take some strong risks and go out on a limb this week. That insecurity that’s been holding you back, time to let that ish gooooo. This is the time! Fall is the season […]
Hey There! with @HeyMariah
Photo by @HeyMariah Welcome to Evergreen! Fall 2019 Whoop-Whoop! Is it just me or does it feel like it’s already been an entire school year since we last had classes? Probably because here at Evergreen our classes don’t start until OCTOBER, which just seems wild. It seems like every other student in […]
Mason Dillon Artist Interview by Brittanyana Pierro
Photo: Art by Mason Dillon Mason Dillon is a rapper, student and more recently Streetwear artist originally from a small suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dillon came to Evergreen in 2017 as a freshman, and found inspiration to pursue his art in a variety of ways, including clothes-making. Over the Summer, Dillon released his […]
By Night in Oly Olympia’s Karaoke & Open-Mic Scene
Photo: “YOYO” by Pat Castaldo is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original By Daniel Mootz As Fall begins and the school year starts back up, downtown Olympia offers a number of unique venues for creative and artistic expression. From bars to dispensaries, coffee shops to street corners, people gather not only to hang out and catch a few bands, […]
Evergreen Not Alone in Class(room) Struggle
Photo: “LWSD One-Day Walkout” by David Schott is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original and resized By Alice McIntyre Over the last year, public school teachers throughout the country have had a strike wave, with teachers’ unions taking to the picket lines coast to coast. A total of nearly 300,000 teachers took action in a series of statewide strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona, […]
Amazon on Fire: Political Tension & Climate Change in Brazil
Photo: Public domain photograph of the Amazon Rainforest, created by NASA By Allegra Simpkins Media was set ablaze with commentary last month, as news of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest and other areas of South America sparked controversy among environmentalists around the world. The initial panic has calmed down, but the aftermath has many people confused about global policies surrounding wildfires, […]