Over the years, the Evergreen community has been at varying levels of anti-establishment and anti-corporation. This isn’t news to me and it probably isn’t news to you. For many students, I am sure that was a huge plus coming to school here. One of the corporations that Evergreen students seems to […]
“This is why I stand with Maddy Pfeiffer…”
“They’re asking us who believes in things.” – L.A. Times, “Anarchists targeted after Seattle’s violent May Day protests”, Oct. 19, 2012 Seattle certainly observed Law/May Day this past spring as both sprightly celebrations were contested by the very disorder the observances dispute. As protesters from the Black Bloc broke from their […]
Re-Election Equals Hard Work for Change
“A mix of minorities, young people and educated white professionals has now driven him (Obama) to two majority-vote presidential victories – the first Democrat to pull that off since Franklin D. Roosevelt,” taken from an NPR article. So the elections are over. I was starting to feel like that kid […]
‘Capitalism’ Rebuttal, the Beauty of Community Living
While I agree with last issue’s opinion piece (“Capitalism: America’s Misunderstood Economic Outcast”) on the unappealing nature of government cheese, I have to take issue with the author’s endorsement of capitalism as a political-economic system worth keeping around much longer. The grievances of capitalism’s critics are well known: environmental destruction, […]
Where Did the Spirit Go, Greeners?
We all come to Evergreen for one reason or another, be it the close proximity it has to our homes, the education it gives students that’s unlike anything else in the college-universe, or that it was super easy to get into. Regardless of any of these reasons I can safely […]
Horoscopes: 10/19/12
Aries – Trick: Your competitive nature is leading you to feel high-strung and anxious this week. Treat: Phone it in for a day. Last minute Halloween costume: Occupy Olympia protestor Taurus – Trick: You feel that those closest to you are being frivolous and flighty in a way you can’t […]
Why Bother?
“All that once was directly lived has become mere representation.” – Guy Debord To borrow a line from Politics is not a Banana, Barack Obama does not exist. Neither does Mitt Romney. Nor Joe Biden, or even that studly Paul Ryan. Sure, there are people with these names, but there […]
The Sad Reality
It’s the 2012 elections and this year marks the first year that I am able to vote for the next U.S President. For many this would be exciting, but for me it is just a reminder of the sad reality. Of the 20 years of my life, I have already […]
What We Need is Humanism
This is the problem with the election: the two-party system we have is not substantially different from a one-party system. Sure, we may have more angry people on screens telling us why the other half of the country is wrong than we would if this were a dictatorship, but in […]
Let Them Debate!
Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested outside of the second debate Tuesday, October 16 after attempting to enter the debate hall at Hofstra University, but were turned away due to lack of credentials. Stein, who is running on the Green Party ticket, will be included in […]