By Josh Wolf The Pacific Northwest has a strong history of protest, and on May 1, Olympia, Seattle, and Portland will continue the tradition of marching in the streets to celebrate May Day. While celebrating May Day in the region is anticipated and established, the manner of celebrating can vary […]
White People and Racism… Sometimes It’s Okay to Laugh
By Seth Leuck On Friday April 10, at Evergreen’s Longhouse, comedy was king. In front of a packed house, headliner and famous Australian comic Aamer Rahman, and openers Khadija Hassan and Abraham Tadesse brought the audience to their knees with jokes about everything from race, religion, and privilege, to masturbation and […]
Next Generation A Sober Look at the Generation PsYchedelic Conference
By Ira Zuckerman It was a beautiful spring weekend—birds were singing, weed-whackers were whacking, music was pumping out of the Circus Resurgence Club’s speakers—but the attendees of the Generation PsYchedelic (GenPsY) conference, a three-day symposium on integrating psychedelics into society and culture, where natural beauty was constantly raised to divine […]
Track House Changes Hands After Years of Shows Olympia’s Busiest DIY Venue Loses Dedicated Show Organizer After Rent Dispute
By Josh Wolf In December of last year, Elena Kent realized her time as the Track House’s keeper was coming to an end. Over the past four years, Kent hosted over 400 events at her venue and home, the Track House. Before moving into the Track House in 2011, Kent had […]
Blowing Clouds The Business of Vapor in the E-cig Scene
By Ira Zuckerman For the sole purpose of this article, I inhaled the vapors at the South Sound Vapor Lounge. Usually, all an outsider sees through the heavy fog are scattered crowds of hunched-over smokers. Once through the door, I entered a world of vapor. Now, it was the outside world […]
Local Stores Gear Up for Record Store Day
By Blaine Ewig This April 18 will mark the ninth annual Record Store Day in the US. Record stores all around the country will be hosting free in-store performances, throwing parties, having sales, and selling special Record Store Day releases. Inspired by Free Comic Book Day, Record Store Day aims to […]
All-Campus Mentoring Day
By Kathryn L. Herron The process of writing an academic statement is a relatively new responsibility for Evergreen students. According to faculty member Shaw Osha, the academic statement initiative was the first requirement Evergreen passed in almost forty years. “Since students don’t get to declare a major, the practice of […]
A Visit With The Green Lady How a Pot Shop Thrives in Olympia
By Garrett Bekemeyer Over where Pacific Avenue switches from the eastside into Lacey sits Green Lady Marijuana, a shop with the distinction of being the first recreational marijuana store to grace our dear city with its presence. The drive over was pleasant—a brisk day in February, carrying the scent of […]
Get Caught “Green-Handed”Recyclemania at Evergreen
By Devon Merriman How well do Greeners live up to their green reputation? Find out in this year’s Recyclemania, an annual 10-week recycling competition between colleges around the U.S. and Canada, beginning the first week of February. Washington State University and Eastern Washington University are also participating. “It’s a great […]
Hands On Children’s Museum Shows off Local Brews
By Seth Lueck While finding oneself highly inebriated at the Olympia Hands On Children’s Museum is usually the culmination of a series of increasingly poor life choices, once in a blue moon, it’s something absolutely fantastic. Friday, Jan. 23 was Beer Craft 2015, an annual 21-and-over event hosted by the […]