INTERNATIONAL STUDIES STUDENTS TALK HOMEWORK, CULTURE, AND PHILOSOPHY WITH PEERS IN CHINA Faculty Submission BY HIRSH DIAMANT Next year, evening and weekend students will have an opportunity to enroll in the program Business and Culture Along the Silk Roads. This program will include an international studies component with Evergreen students […]
Comedian Hari Kondabolu is Waiting for 2042
BY SERENA IMANI KORN When comedian Hari Kondabolu performed at Evergreen in April of last year, there was a mad dash for tickets. They all sold out. But now, nobody has to fight for seats to Kondabolu’s shows. Kondabolu’s debut album, “Waiting for 2042,” brings his stand-up straight to your […]
Artist Profile: Galen Riggs
BY JAIME NADEL Student Galen Riggs has been taking art classes at Evergreen and has quickly progressed in the printmaking technique of intaglio while studying with faculty Lisa Sweet. Originally from San Francisco, the city which shaped him, where young people participate in a culture and environment where life is […]
Hot Tears: “the chorus”
Hot Tears holds an important place in Olympia’s music scene. In the midst of the city’s impressive music communities, it’s easy to break off into cliques. Different styles of music can sometimes feel unwelcoming and exclusive to outsiders, but Hot Tears evades genres and resists categorization. The group recently returned […]
Resisting the New Plantation
BLACK PANTHER SPEAKS ON PRISON INJUSTICE A Student Submission BY JOSEPH BULLINGTON What does he look like? That’s what a friend wondered when I told her that Robert H. King, a Black Panther and one of the Angola 3, would be speaking at Evergreen. I was curious too. What does […]
From France, With Love
BY PATRICK STEWART The sirens blared as they loaded the woman onto the ambulance. The twisted wreckage of her moped lay to the side, still making dying noises, while the woman herself made no noises at all. I could not tell for certain that she was dead, but with the […]
The Procession of the Species: Olympia’s Finest Tradition
BY EMILY McHUGH With the annual Procession of the Species just around the corner, founder Eli Sterling recalls his own discovery of myth and how it inspired him to begin Olympia’s finest tradition. The Procession of the Species has for years been a staple of Olympia cultural life, exposing the […]
Evergreen Wrestles with Budget Problems Amidst Dropping Enrollment
By ISSAC SCOTT Due to falling enrollment, Evergreen is in a budget crisis and will have to cut costs over the next several years. At a recent community meeting, Evergreen President Les Purce announced the crisis and lead a discussion by outlining the issues, the sources of the crisis, and […]
TEDX Event Highlights Sustainability
BY NICHOLAS BENSE “Ideas worth spreading,” is the focus of the TEDx events taking place all over the globe. The acronym refers to Technology, Entertainment, and Development. Topics concerning these subjects are presented by public speakers, often in narrative format. On April 21, the event came to The Evergreen State […]
Faculty Votes to Limit Independant Study Contracts
DROPPING ENROLLMENT NUMBERS PROMPT ADMINISTRATORS TO RE-THINK THE EVERGREEN CURRICULUM, BUT A RECENT DECISION TO LIMIT CONTRACT CREDITS SPARKS DEBATE BY EMILY McHUGH In January, the Evergreen faculty voted to limit the number of credits individual students can earn from Independent Learning Contracts (ILCs) to 48 from an originally unlimited […]
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