Photo: A copy of “Race After Technology,” courtesy of Daniel Mootz By Daniel Mootz A report published in Science (vol. 366) on Oct. 25, 2019, revealed alarming racial disparities in a cost-based (proxy) algorithm “widely used” by healthcare providers. Dr. Zaid Obermeyer and his colleagues found that “the choice of convenient, seemingly effective proxies for ground truth can be […]
Life After the Intellectual Dark Web
Photo: “Dr. Jordan Peterson delivering a lecture at the University of Toronto in 2017” by Adam Jacobs is licensed under CC BY 2.0 By Daniel Mootz Professors have always paved the way for discussion—for debate, doubt, and dialogics. It is what makes them invaluable to the learning process. They assert, assess, […]
Debt and the Politics of Scholarship
Photo: The Evergreen State College’s Financial Aid Office by Shayna Clayton By Daniel Mootz Every year, millions of students across the U.S. choose to study at colleges and universities in hopes of earning a degree and landing a meaningful job. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), nearly 20 million people will enroll this fall at either a public […]
Moving Out: Reimagining Homelessness
Photo: “Washington State capitol” by Stephen Colebourn is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original By Daniel Mootz Human grief, and its burdens, compound. Loss begets tragedy in malignant cycles that are all newsworthy, and that are each inherently profound. All grief is linked together in different chains of events, recurrent and impactful, heavy and immense. Everyone is, to some degree, both part […]
Editorial Board: We Reject the Spying.
COOPER POINT JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD Related: Police Services Purchased Cameras Disguised as Smoke Detectors Evergreen has both a long history of political activism and a recent history of police surveillance and intimidation. These cannot coexist. A look at the Cooper Point Journal archives displays this foundational history: students in the 70’s […]
Letter: Support WashPIRG
This week, a very important election is taking place on campus, as we once again must decide if we want to keep WashPIRG at Evergreen.
Viewpoint: A food justice success story
With the harvests winding down and the winter season upon us, it’s time to celebrate our commitment to food justice this year!
Opinion: Parking Services Misunderstood
BY JACK STROUD In the winter of 2016 the Geoduck Student Union (GSU) put forth a vote to defund Evergreen’s Parking Services. Nothing came of this vote, and Parking Supervisor Susie Seip is glad. “Everyone would have paid a parking fee out of tuition whether you drove or not.” said […]
Body Party: Burning Questions About UTIs
Hello! Welcome to BODY PARTY, a space to talk about sex, relationships, health, identity, and being a freak! Each week, our anonymous resident Body Partier will take YOUR questions and answer them, judgement free! To have your questions answered in print, send us a Q at ask.fm/CPJBodyParty! Body Party! […]
BODY PARTY: From URL to IRL
Hello! Welcome to BODY PARTY, a space to talk about sex, relationships, health, identity, and being a freak! Each week, our anonymous resident Body Partier will take YOUR questions and answer them, judgement free! To have your questions answered in print, send us a Q at ask.fm/CPJBodyParty! Dear Body Party, […]