By Marta Tahja-Syrett. Leslie Johnson’s position as a mental health therapist at The Evergreen State College requires her to play many roles. In addition to doing individual therapy sessions, Johnson co-facilitates and runs groups centered around mental health. Along with this, she works on staff at Evergreen’s Evaluation and Referral […]
Police Services Purchased Cameras Disguised as Smoke Detectors
Although police purchased the cameras in response to break-ins, the school has scant policies on covert surveillance use. Evergreen and Washington State Patrol documents obtained by public records requests used in this story are available at the bottom of this page. By Daniel. Evergreen Police Services purchased three surveillance cameras disguised as smoke detectors and […]
Editorial Board: We Reject the Spying.
COOPER POINT JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD Related: Police Services Purchased Cameras Disguised as Smoke Detectors Evergreen has both a long history of political activism and a recent history of police surveillance and intimidation. These cannot coexist. A look at the Cooper Point Journal archives displays this foundational history: students in the 70’s […]
Activism at Shelton High: Students and admin clash over National Anthem
By Marta Tahja-Syrett. The Shelton High School community is debating whether or not it is appropriate to play the national anthem for a Native American veteran. On March 6, Shelton held an assembly honoring Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually treaty rights activist and environmentalist. Prior to the event, several students […]
Artist Interview: Rocky Thomas
By Brittyana Pierro. Rocky Thomas is a multimedia artist and first-year student at Evergreen. She recently transferred into the Studio Projects: Land and Sky program in order to pursue her love for art. Right now in class she is focused on a wood-carving project. The process of the project is […]
Horoscopes: The Wise Words of Lizzy McGuire
Live your dreams! You’ve just taken one more trip around the sun and you are glowing!
Evergreen Ranked as U.S.’ Top College
By Marta Tahja-Syrett This story is part of our April 1 edition. Since its establishment in 1967, The Evergreen State College has not once waned from its consistently favorable position in the public eye. Evergreen is a college renowned for its remarkable public relations, lack of hipster clientele, and ample faculty pay. The school also boasts of its […]
Highlights from the Spring 2019 Catalog
By Mason Soto & Georgie Fehringer. This story is part of our April 1 Edition. I’m Not Sure What This Is About But Everyone Keeps Nodding Much of our time as students, as people, as living beings, is spent not knowing what is going on. In this program, no one understands, and yet we sit and nod together […]
Notes on Style: Evergreens New Identity Standards & Branding Politics
By Mason Soto. This story is part of our April 1 edition. In a recent swipe of the Invisible Hand that guides the choices of this brutalist institution, trickled down from the offices of President, Public Relations, Marketing, and so on, comes word of a newly sanctioned Style Guide for The Evergreen State College Community at large. #nice In the […]
Horoscopes Are Never a Joke. They are always very serious.
This story is a part of our April 1 edition. Aries (March 21- April 20): Your horoscope: IT’S ARIES SZN GET READY You: OH FORK YEAH IT IS Taurus (April 21- May 21): Your horoscope: Now that it is Aries season… You: Oh no, my roommate’s birthday is this month. They’re an Aries. I’m gonna have to move. […]