by Sako Chapman A Historical Perspective on the Evergreen State College 2017 Protests ORIGINS: In 1972, Dr. Maxine Mimms, one of the first Black women hired at the Evergreen State College, began the grassroots outreach that would become Evergreen’s Tacoma Campus. Mimm’s program was designed to meet the needs of […]
Gabby Davis Artist Interview
Interviewer: So, just give me a little introduction to yourself; just who you are, your year at Evergreen and what you study. Gabby: My name’s Gabby Davis, I use they/them pronouns, I am 3 years at Evergreen but I am a super senior, 5th year in college, all together, because […]
Archive Spotlight: UJAMAA SOCIETY, Evergreen’s First BSU
By Sako Chapman, February 14th 2024 THE ORIGIN: Contemporary American Minority (Fall 1971 – Spring 1972) In the first year of Evergreen, 1971, a year-long ethnic studies-type program titled Contemporary American Minorities (CAM) was hosted by Rudy Martin, Medardo Delgado, and Darrell Phare. The faculty brought an emphasis on Black […]
A Frankenstein Mash-up of Old Drafts for my Grad School Personal Statements
Writing is an act of trickery. All my work is coming at you from the wrong direction – multiple wrong directions at once. I have two modes – ideas as abstract as a dream or words wielded as a blunt instrument. I do my best when I have either the […]
RE: On-campus Palestine Actions and Information Distribution – Beldaan Solidarity Network
The genocide in Gaza perpetrated by Israeli Occupation Forces has murdered, injured, and disappeared over 100,000 Palestinians since October 7th, 2023 (WHO). Palestinians, in occupied territory and diaspora, are experiencing the destruction of their homes, primary schools and universities, places of worship, orchards, and lifeways all while the world watches. […]
Evergreen Eye on Science
I Could Do this, I Could Do this as a Job… Some Personal Experiences from the ACS Career Event Hero Winsor Graduating college is scary. There’s no real way around it. You’re armed with a bachelor’s degree and a dream. As June grows closer you might be anxiously checking your […]
Ouroboros: Together/Apart A Retrospective of Graduating Seniors
During the foundational years of the class of 2024, artists created in isolation only to slowly be reintroduced to each other in person. As we prepare to graduate after four years of remote, hybrid, and in-person learning we finally have a shared space to exhibit our works together and collectively […]
Message from a GSU Representative
I am the Director of Legislative Affairs of the Geoduck Student Union, and the GSU Representative to the Board of Trustees, my name is Juniper Campbell, and below is a report on what’s up with the work I have been doing with the legislature. After years of being out of […]
Letter from the Coordinators: Are enough people asking, “How is the CPJ?”
Dear Underclassmen, I have overheard on many occasions, the tour guides in the middle of the CAB; student workers told to deliver the years-old script promising “hundreds of clubs and an active student life.” We all know that this is false advertising. I also know that at one point, the […]
On Cringe
A trans woman’s reflections on societal otherment By Maeve G. Howser In 2016, a year oft remembered by trans women my age for its online political culture, I was coming off the heels of being (mostly) open about my identity as a trans woman, a lesbian, and a furry, until […]