Interview with a Palenstinian Student Student Sumbmission BY KRISTINA ERICKSON How many times have we heard the same first-world voice in every ‘free Palestine’ article? These articles, which set an academically pretentious tone, are a great way to deliver your best Lakshmi Singh impersonation, but they also repel the complacent […]
Glass Blowing: Not Just for Bongs
Student Submission BY SOPHIE KRAUZA Are you a student, staff, or faculty member interested in learning more about glass art? Well, you’re not alone. Anyone in the community interested in learning more about glass art should join in and help me persuade faculty, admissions, and the deans that a glass […]
Confessions of a Fangirl
My Unapologetic, Critical Love of Pop Music BY SERENA IMANI KORN For the first 10 years of my life, I was passionately dedicated to the boy bands and pop divas of the 1990s. I wasn’t ashamed that I could lay out an entire dance routine to my favorite Backstreet Boys […]
The Beef at The Reef: The Reuben vs. Tot-chos
We all know that the students and faculty at The Evergreen State College often have a penchant for disagreement. We sit in classrooms and heatedly debate politics, gender roles, colonialism and which fungi spores are the most essential. We are taught by faculty to not make assumptions but to research […]
Burrito Breakdown
Faculty Submission by Tom Womeldorff I’ve seen a lot at Evergreen since arriving as a sophomore transfer student in 1977 with the belief that there was a positive and causal relationship between late-night dorm behaviors and my learning. I lived through the years of the cheap black beans and rice […]
Our Fountain In The Desert
Student submission by Matthew Elswick A sustainability note to new students: your backgrounds in sustainability issues are likely to be rich and varied, and as undergrads at Evergreen, will no doubt become broader and deeper. This is one of the frequently touted benefits of an Evergreen education. In many ways, […]
How to ‘Barry’ Your Demons
Lynda Barry graduated in 1979 from the Evergreen State College, where Matt Groening (The Simpsons) previously published her comics during his term as Editor-in-Chief at the Cooper Point Journal. From the 1980s to present, Barry’s plays, novels, and cartoons have earned her and her alma mater considerable notoriety. Barry’s new […]
Breaking Quorum in the GSU
By Colby Fisher, Representative, Geoduck Student Union 2013-14 To my constituents: An open letter concerning the GSU quorum-busting on November 21 On November 21, I walked out of the Geoduck Student Union [GSU] meeting in order to prevent a motion from passing. I was joined by Representatives Khadija Hassan and […]
Catalyst for Change: The Cascadia Freedom Caravan
By Nora Mahto Knutson The Cascadia Freedom Caravan brought people from Olympia, Portland, and Las Vegas to the Tear Down the Walls National Activist Gathering in Tucson, Arizona, where over 400 people came together to strategize on building a more unified, powerful movement for transformational change in the U.S. […]
Extra Wasted Advice: 11/21/2013
Hello loyal (ha!) readers: We know you’ve been craving advice on all the trials and tribulations in your life, and that we haven’t delivered as of late, so here you go, an extra heaping bottle full of answers to guide you on this crazy journy we call “a hangover.” I’m […]