BY DJ PFEIFLE We all know the Greenery doesn’t have the best food, but what is the best of the worst exactly? For you, dear reader, I embarked on a tireless journey to the Greenery to help you all understand what is good and what is bad. To make things […]
Celebrating Culture & Building Community: The Arab Festival Returns to Olympia
BY STEPH BECK FEY “Our goal is to bring Arab culture closer to home.” This is the mission statement from the program of the Olympia Arab Festival, hosted biannually during Artswalk by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice. This year marked the fourth festival since 2012, and “each […]
Equity Symposium: Cultivating Inclusive Excellence
BY ZAE This past week, The Evergreen State College held its first annual Fall Equity Symposium, designed to deepen the dialogue on equity and inclusiveness on campus. Held by Evergreen’s Equity and Inclusion Department, the two day event was, “designed to empower the Evergreen community with tools to create a […]
An Interview For Yvonne McDonald: Yvonne’s Niece Talauna Reed Reflects On Her Aunt’s Life And A Tumultuous Investigation
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, […]
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 […]
All Those Regulations You Didn’t Read
By Daniel Pfeifle As a new student living on campus, there are a lot of rules you were supposed to have read, which you didn’t. Well you’re in luck, because we did! Some of the rules that will be covered include drug and alcohol regulations, housing rules, and fire safety. […]
CPJ staff reccomends foods & drinks
By Georgie Hicks, Morrissey Morrissey Welcome to Olympia! If you’re new in town you’ve probably already heard about some of the local favorite spots like the Reef, Vic’s and Old school. Your friendly CPJ staff are here to give you the scoop on other places we like to go for a […]
Sheriff Declares No Wrongdoing in Death of Olympia Woman
By Mason Soto On February 7, Vaneesa Hopson roamed outside her apartment building before dawn, barefoot, searching for help, frantic and out of her normal state. She pulled a fire alarm, and a neighbor called the police. Within hours, she was handcuffed and held down on her cement parking lot […]
Single Payer Health CareSecond Chance for Washington Reform
By Sebastian Lopez Two weeks ago in Texas, 38-year-old second grade teacher Heather Holland became the center of an ongoing discussion regarding healthcare costs after she died of the flu. According to Holland’s husband, the teacher died due to the out-of-pocket price of the antiviral medicine prescribed by her doctor […]
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