BY EMILY McHUGH With the annual Procession of the Species just around the corner, founder Eli Sterling recalls his own discovery of myth and how it inspired him to begin Olympia’s finest tradition. The Procession of the Species has for years been a staple of Olympia cultural life, exposing the […]
Uprising or Rebellion?
REVISITING THE CONTROVERSIAL STORY Part Three in a Three-Part Series Click here for part 1, click here for part 2 BY JOSH WOLF Six years ago last Valentine’s Day, an estimated 200 students surrounded Evergreen Police Services Officer April Meyers, after she arrested black breakdancer Kaylen Williams. The students blocked […]
A No-nonsense Guide to Net Neutrality
BY SERENA IMANI KORN Internet neutrality and regulation is complicated. Part of the complexity of the issue is that it is an ongoing process and debate. We do not have the position of retrospect as we do with past debates over regulation. There is a lot within this subject that […]
An Island on the Sound
BY SARA FABIAN Many people move to Olympia because of its politics—the state capital can be seen as “progressive” due to its close knit community that are highly involved in political activism. Media Island is a house-turned-activism center that primarily consists of a “networking center for individuals, groups, and people […]
Exploring Me: LGBTQ Style & Identity
BY SARA FABIAN Identity is one of the most compelling and controversial concepts within human nature. Fashion is inevitably intertwined in the constructions and reconstructions of identity—how we represent the contradictions within ourselves in our everyday lives. Through style, individuals announce who they are and who they hope to become. […]
The Dead Prez Riot Part 2
Revisiting the Controversial Story BY JOSH WOLF Click here to read part 1 The Dead Prez riot has become commonly associated with The Evergreen State College. Yet, despite the number of students and police officers at the event, eyewitness reports are numerous and conflicting. Did Officer Meyers racially profile Kaylen […]
Water to Beer: A Timeline of Industry and Drinking
BY CASSIE JOHNSON-VILLALOBOS Olympia’s history as a brewery town goes back to just seven years after Washington turned from United States territory to a state of its own. A relatively unbroken legacy spanned from the 1896 establishment of Capital Brewing Company by Leopold Schmidt until 1983, when Olympia Beer […]
The Dead Prez Riot
Revisiting the Controversial Story Part One in a Three-Part Series BY JOSH WOLF Six years ago this Valentine’s Day, an estimated 200 students surrounded Evergreen Police Services Officer April Meyers. Meyers had just arrested black breakdancer Kaylen Williams, who was watching the crowd gather from the back of Meyers’ patrol […]
General Assembly Facilitates Dialogue on Student Power
The First of Three General Assemblies Opens Discourse on Student Issues BY AMANDA FRANK Students gathered on Jan. 13 for the first of several open forum student assemblies to share ideas and connect with other communities at Evergreen. The students discussed ways for the student population to work together to reclaim […]
Building Student Power
Working Toward Organizing and Democracy Within the University BY JAMES GUTSCH The plutocracy of higher education is so institutionalized that students are unable to have their voices heard within their own alma mater. Patrick St. John, a Pennsylvania native educated at Moravian College and currently residing in Boston, facilitated all […]