My first Dispatch from Greece Monday, October 9 I have been in Greece for three weeks: eleven days in Athens, and ten days on the island of Chios. In Athens, I went to a punk rock show at the Agricultural University of Athens and saw what Evergreen could be. The […]
Alpine Lichens; the Newest Victim of Climate Change?
Elise Grange Vascular plants, and fungal communities are experiencing big changes in alpine areas around the world. While the effects of warming temperatures in alpine zones has been documented in regards to vascular plants, little has been said on one of the region’s most common organisms, lichens! Lichens are a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Beldaan Solidarity Network Response to John Carmichael and Dexter Gordan
On October 11th, the Evergreen State College President’s office widely sent a statement titled “Engaging one another in Empathy and Civility.” Beldaan Solidarity Network, which is built up of Evergreen students, finds this statement gravely concerning, and we reject and condemn Evergreen’s attempt to remain apolitical on this issue in […]
Holding – Quinn Kotara
Many people ask Why do you keep holding onto the past? Why are you holding on to those beliefs or those thoughts about yourself? I would posit that the question should be How are you holding? How are you being held? The past is. Each moment, we are everything we […]
Yes, everything IS about being trans!
By Maeve G. Howser There are spaces of public discussion in which the perspective of the oppressed writer/speaker is considered inextricable from the statement or idea itself, and her countless identities are considered as definitive to what she sees—your campus darling CPJ seated well among them. What she sees is […]
THERE IS NO HATE LIKE CHRISTIAN LOVE
by Shem R.W Evergreen’s New Christian Ministry @TESC_CRU “Cru is a Christian college ministry on over 700 campuses nation-wide. We are taking steps to start it at [The] Evergreen State College.” We have all participated in a little bit of e-stalking. That’s exactly what I was doing one afternoon this […]
PSYCHIIC REVIIEW #XXIII: BEAU IS AFRAID
By Jason Stone Guten tagen fellow Greeners! After fulfilling a permanently temporary exiile from sociiety ii had an opportunity to view Beau Iis Afraid, a three-hour long fiilm from Arii Aster. Aster, more well known for hiis horror films Heriiditary and Miidsommar, explores the adjacent space of surreal, comedy horror […]
The Rainbow Washing of Bud Light: 500 Bills and Counting
By Dave Moore Cultural commodification is a long-standing capitalist pastime. Every facet of human identity, expression and circumstance can be packaged and used to feed emergent consumer markets. This is not a new phenomena, nor is it particularly unique compared to some of the other permutations of late-stage capitalism. It […]