By Alex Kawaguchi I think it is common among my peers to have a love/hate relationship with our institution of education. When someone I knew came to tour our beloved Evergreen, the first thing they asked me was, “What is the worst part about it?” and I laughed and said, […]
Riverwater At Summer’s End
By: Iggy Rey Cello Once upon a time in the 1980s there lived a car salesman who went to a conference about environmental science. This man lived in the Yelm school district, and talked up the idea of setting up a program to teach kids about the natural ecology of […]
Honoring Our Queer Ancestors!
by Aster Hall Having taken place on November 20th this year, I’d like to celebrate Trans Day of Remembrance by remembering the stories of Sylvia Rivera, and Marsha P. Johnson. Us gays owe whatever liberation from the closet we have to these fierce queens. They are both maybe best known […]
Washington Student Association Conference – Juniper Campbell Geoduck Student Union (GSU) Director of Legislative Affairs
This past winter during this year’s legislative session, I went into the belly of the beast to lobby the state legislature on behalf of the Evergreen student body as a part of an organization known as the Washington Student Association (WSA). If you saw my article in the 2024 February […]
Editor Replies: The Biggest Story from 44 Years Ago
From the Editor: In response to Kathy Davis’ submission (read here) Dear Kathy, As a student of the archives, I deeply appreciate your article in outlining what it was like to be a student in the 80’s at the Cooper Point Journal. I found myself excited to read of your […]
Letter From M.E.S.A on Palestinan Solidarity on TESC
To all TESC Staff and Students, Our Ethical Statement Members of the Master of Environmental Studies Student Association (MESA) proclaim our deep grief and outrage in response to the ongoing siege and genocide in Gaza. We recognize the inextricable linkages between colonialism, white supremacy, war, and ecological destruction. Settler colonial […]
THE COPS DESERVE YOUR BURNING HATRED
reprinted submission courtesy of the Arcade Projects This article first appeared as a submission in the 2023-2024 Disorientation Manual: a student and working-class guide to the Evergreen State College, a compilation zine written and edited over the summer of 2023 and distributed by the Arcade Projects. The following introduction and […]
Hello Readers! And Apparently, Board of Trustees Members!
We attended the latest Board of Trustees meeting via zoom webinar on March 8th and discovered that certain members of the board are regular readers of the CPJ. This delighted us! We have always viewed the CPJ as a gathering place for student voices. If you want to get a […]
On Strategic Planning at Evergreen
River Scheuerell As some of you may know, Evergreen is in the process of developing the college’s next strategic plan. This plan will influence where the college chooses to focus time, effort, and resources over the next five years. As such, it is crucially important work, and to this point […]
A Second Open Letter To Vice President Dexter Gordon
By Rowan Utzinger Dr. Gordon, When I wrote to you in January, I was grieving, and I was furious. I was watching my friends grieve for someone they loved, and I was watching my community reel from a tragedy that was obviously senseless. More immediately, I had just attended the […]