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 […]
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 […]
THERE IS NO HATE LIKE CHRISTIAN LOVE
by Shem R.W Evergreen’s New Christian Ministry @TESC_CRU “Cru is a Christian college ministry on over 700 campuses nation-wide. We are taking steps to start it at [The] Evergreen State College.” We have all participated in a little bit of e-stalking. That’s exactly what I was doing one afternoon this […]
Yes, everything IS about being trans!
By Maeve G. Howser There are spaces of public discussion in which the perspective of the oppressed writer/speaker is considered inextricable from the statement or idea itself, and her countless identities are considered as definitive to what she sees—your campus darling CPJ seated well among them. What she sees is […]
Tribal Relations, Arts, and Cultures returns to Acedemics
On April 19 student leaders received an email from President John Carmichael outlining leadership changes in administration that are planned for this summer. One of the most striking changes was that the Department of Tribal Relations, Arts, and Cultures will be re-joining the Academics Division after former President George Bridges […]
It Returns! The Re-Birth of The Evergreen Bike Co-op
By Rowan Utzinger The Evergreen Bike shop returns with a few changes: a greater focus on student-led, student-focused learning, and a brand stinking new name: The Evergreen Bike Co-op! The last that many of you may have heard from the Evergreen Bike Shop was a touching eulogy published by this […]
I think I’ve had enough – Reflections on Equity at TESC
By Sako Chapman Equity Symposium: “YOU ARE ENOUGH.” Healing Towards Belonging and Collective Liberation. April 19-20, 2023. The first thing I want to say about the Equity Symposium is that it wasn’t any different than what I had expected. It brought a successful amount of events together, had a lot […]