submitted anonymously First, To be accountable to friends and peers we should not use a sudden death for personal gain. I don’t want to use my friend’s death as an opportunity for attention. Or see his death, my grief, as a strategic moment for organizing. I am not saying that […]
Begonia
A/N: Abigail told me his favorite flower was a begonia. A begonia sits in our apartment, and is nurtured by her every day. To the administration at Evergreen, and the people who were supposed to keep Jonathan Rodriguez safe, I hope you feel immense amounts of shame for what you […]
Evergreen Housing Survey Report
“Olympia’s housing market is an inconvenient truth that the Evergreen administration has to face. Evergreen wants to enroll more students, but where are they supposed to live?” Grace McClarty in ‘Collecting Data on Evergreen’s Housing Crisis,’ published in the October 2023 CPJ Undergraduate Capstone Researchers Grace McClarty and Jaina Nehm […]
Letter From Editor
Since the Cooper Point Journal last went to print, our community has been grieving the loss of Jonathan Rodriguez. Jon was 21 years old. He was a brother, son, lover, and friend. Jon was excited to graduate this spring. Jon, you are deeply cherished, deeply loved, deeply missed. We put […]
Horoscopes
Hey Aries! You have been working hard and doing a lot these past few months. Remember to slow down and take care of yourself but also sit in some reflections. Ask yourself: What in my routine is working for me right now? What is getting in my way? Are there […]
Cursed Items at the Trade Blanket? It’s More Likely than You Think…
by prize-winning teller of truths Hero Winsor At the most recent trade blanket, Greeners swapped a variety of items. Makeup palettes were exchanged for chachkies, chachkies were traded for ancient cassette tapes. This may seem harmless; however, according to a few students, more sinister items had been obtained during the […]
Evergreen Horrors: Whispers…
The sleepless Greener’s bane, a low murmur promising gossip, just to deliver incoherent flicks of the tongue and fade. Clawing itself up and down the aimless maze of pipes in the Evergreen dorms without destination or purpose. It exists to exist, and taunts us for our delusions of more. Name: […]
On Love and Liberation
By Sofía Isabella Malo “At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love.” – Che Guevara When I was 18, I lost my best friend. They had also just turned 18 and had already used up more […]
Beef in El Barrio ; A notice from La Familia
Dear Evergreen Faculty, During one of La Familia’s weekly club meetings in El Barrio last month, there was an incident where a faculty member exited his classroom multiple times commenting on the noise level of a Familia meeting in progress. We obliged after he exited the first time by ceasing […]
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 […]