Capricorn: Howdy, sea goat! The new fall season is upon us. Your excitement for the new school year is uplifting your spirit. Stay with that. Make sure to spend plenty of time outdoors before the days get darker sooner. Your ruling planet, Saturn’s, retrograde in Pisces is a reminder to […]
Welcome to BLISS
By Sako Chapman The office of BIPOC & LGBTQ+ Intersectional Support Services (BLISS) is the newest name for an office that has existed in support of students from historically marginalized groups since the early years of Evergreen’s existence. Student advocacy over the decades has brought to light the need for […]
BLOCK COP CITY: From Atl to TESC
Sako Chapman and Kaylee Padilla Weelaunee Forest Defenders of the Stop Cop City movement visited Evergreen on Monday, 10/2 as a part of the Weelaunee Worldwide: Mass Action Speaking Tour. To a lecture hall filled with more people than seats available, forest defender Sam gave a presentation on the upcoming […]
Navigating the systems and social life of Evergreen through the lens of Familia, a latine club @ Evergreen State College.
Familia has been at Evergreen for less than a decade. Originally created to financially support undocumented students on campus, it disbanded during 2020 when the pandemic started and has been absent on campus for about 3 years. Beginning fall of 2022, a group of students joined together to reimagine and […]
“Collecting Data on Evergreen’s Housing Crisis”
By Grace McLarty In class, in the smoking shelters, on Discord, we all hear stories of Olympia’s nightmare housing market. Friends move out of town due to rising rents, students post desperate pleas for rooms for rent on social media, you hear about people giving up on Evergreen and moving […]
Beldaan Solidarity Network Response to John Carmichael and Dexter Gordan
On October 11th, the Evergreen State College President’s office widely sent a statement titled “Engaging one another in Empathy and Civility.” Beldaan Solidarity Network, which is built up of Evergreen students, finds this statement gravely concerning, and we reject and condemn Evergreen’s attempt to remain apolitical on this issue in […]
Holding – Quinn Kotara
Many people ask Why do you keep holding onto the past? Why are you holding on to those beliefs or those thoughts about yourself? I would posit that the question should be How are you holding? How are you being held? The past is. Each moment, we are everything we […]
Evergreen Outdoor Report
My name’s Elise and welcome to the Evergreen outdoor report, the CPJ’s newest column! A place for greeners to talk about and show all the cool outdoor adventures they go on! As of this issue, it’s just some of my hiking and backpacking trips but all outdoor sports are welcome. […]
Evergreen Horrors: Moon Eyes
Resident of the Evergreen woods and wanderer of realms beyond. Some have taken to calling this entity Moon Eyes. On the surface it is seen as one of the more mundane oddities that reside in Olympia. Said to be some accursed fey or alien visitor, it’s always on the move, […]
Artist Spotlight: Luz Peña
“I’m Luz, I’m a mestiza artist of Peruvian, Spanish, and Native American descent expressing my heritage through my art. I love colors, and used them to convey feelings in my work! My main medium is my signature sharpie art, as well as dabbling in fiber art and collage!” CPJ: So, […]