MAY DAY IN PARIS BY PATRICK STEWART It was drizzling lightly in Paris when I woke up at the crack of 11:00 a.m. on May the first. A full three hours passed when I had planned on meeting the Confederacion Nacional de Trabajo (National Confederation of Workers, or CNT), an […]
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 […]
‘Clam’tastic: Evergreen Dominates on Senior Night, Bids Farewell to Coach Heuer
BY JAMES GUTSCH Evergreen Women 61 / Pacific Warner College 59 Just days after long-time Women’s Basketball Coach Monica Heuer announced her retirement, and while Evergreen was still fighting for home-court advantage in the playoffs, the Geoducks knew it was not the time to let up on the gas pedal. Sammi Clark […]
The Dead Prez Riot Part 2
Revisiting the Controversial Story BY JOSH WOLF Click here to read part 1 The Dead Prez riot has become commonly associated with The Evergreen State College. Yet, despite the number of students and police officers at the event, eyewitness reports are numerous and conflicting. Did Officer Meyers racially profile Kaylen […]
The Dead Prez Riot
Revisiting the Controversial Story Part One in a Three-Part Series BY JOSH WOLF Six years ago this Valentine’s Day, an estimated 200 students surrounded Evergreen Police Services Officer April Meyers. Meyers had just arrested black breakdancer Kaylen Williams, who was watching the crowd gather from the back of Meyers’ patrol […]
Marauding Mollusks
Clams Take Three of Four in Basketball Doubleheader BY JAMES GUTSCH Evergreen Women v. Northwest Christian University The last time the Evergreen Women played on their home floor, they fell in a double-overtime heartbreaker to the 20th-ranked Oregon Institute of Technology. They weren’t going to let it happen again. Instead, […]
A Year in Review
2013 was not a golden year in sports at The Evergreen State College. However, despite the losses and disappointments, there are some diamonds in the rough. Evergreen volleyball fans can finally take the bags off their heads and hold their siphons high as the team ended a streak of 51 […]
Let It Snow! Olympia Winter Fashion Guide
by Sara Fabian | photos by Blaine Ewig Drink coffee. Put on another layer of dry clothes. Repeat. This is the formula to warm inside and out. When the temperature starts to reach “winter hibernation” phase, it’s most common for citizens of Olympia to drink excessive amounts of coffee, turn all […]
Education First
American Nightmare “I saw a sign in the street for EF (Education First). So I parked my car and went to the office,” Ahmed Masih explained about his first steps to changing his future. Working as an attorney in his home country of Egypt, he finally decided he needed to […]
Union Strike at The Evergreen State College
OLYMPIA – The Evergreen State College is at a standstill as members of the Student Support Services Staff Union (SSSSU) urge community members to join and observe the strike. Participants are gathered at all 12 entrances to the college to block traffic and encourage passengers to join the cause or […]
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