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 […]
What Evergreen Alumni Say About Their Educational Experience 5 to 15 Years Later
by Shira Moch Alumni are letting us know how they feel about their time here at Evergreen… and they have had time to reflect. The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment here on campus just put out a report of the 5, 10, and 15-year undergraduate alumni survey they administered in […]
Artist Statement | Native American Dream: Weaving of Two Cultures
by Amanda Frank The print started in a comical way for me. I have this obsession with the term “American Dream.” The American Dream is this idea that if we can just overcome obstacles in life, then we can achieve overall wealth and prosperity. This is generally only possible for […]
What Took So Long?
A COLLABORATIVE STATEMENT BY THE STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE STUDENT GROUP Several weeks ago, Evergreen unveiled a memorial to a deceased student. It was far from a typical memorial, however. The art piece commemorates the life and legacy of Evergreen student Rachel Corrie, who was killed by the Israeli […]
Connecting Botany, Empire, and Reproductive Rights
By Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos When required reading becomes a personal favorite, it’s something worth sharing. Londa Shiebinger’s 2004 publication Plants and Empire: European Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World exposes European botany’s ties to colonial expansion. Schiebinger uses “bioprospecting”and “biopiracy” as monikers for English, Dutch, Spanish, and French environmental explorations and exploitations […]
When It Comes To Permaculture, Evergreen Gets DEAP
By Jacklyn Hashimoto Hazelnuts, apples, quinces and jostaberries, blackberries, salmonberries, salal and zucchini, potatoes, hops, nasturtium and lavender, lovage, mallow and sage — all these and more grow in Demeter’s Garden, a project of the student group Developing Ecological Awareness Practices (DEAP) on campus. While the 2-acre plot once hosted […]
What Does it Mean to be an Educated Human?
It is uncommon to pause during your education to seriously consider all you have learned. It is even more rare to consider what your learning means. The collective consciousness around education does not usually make space for deep reflection. Most of us are not taught to ask, “What have I […]
Free Food
By Josh Wolf Food Not Bombs – the activist group for food justice – has existed since 1980, and has over 1,000 chapters all over the world. I wanted to learn more about their work, so a few days ago, I spoke with Izzi, a third year student at The […]
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