by Elise Grage and Dave Moore Over the last several weeks, we have witnessed the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, with more than 150,000 Ukrainians fleeing the country following attacks on Kyiv. As of February 26th, 2022, Russian military convoys are flooding the Russia-Ukraine border after orders to broaden […]
In Loving Memory of the Evergreen Bike Shop
by Clayton Roessle, edited by L Kravit If you don’t visit the Evergreen campus very often, you might not have noticed that our former storefront has been wiped of any trace of our DIY bicycle cooperative. I am going to tell you how this happened, but first, a bit of […]
A Request to Appeal
The following is based on a true story of a real problem at Evergreen. CW: This piece mentions campus feeling unsafe due to sexual harassment and assault. APPEAL TICKET 000000000 In the appeal plea area, add your reason for the appeal and upload any documentation you feel relevant to your […]
I Think You Should Know About Edward Bernays
A Proper Propagandist & Instigator of Hedonia in America by Chase Patton The field of public relations is associated with the “engineering of consent” based on the Jeffersonian principle that “in a truly democratic society, everything depends upon the consent of the public.” However, is consent truly consent when systematically […]
Artist Interview: Paige Pettibon
by Natalie “Lee” Arneson Paige Pettibon is an artist based in Tacoma, Washington. Her medium focus is acrylic painting, but has extended to fiber art, beadwork, digital design, and other media. Paige is Black, White, and Salish (from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes). She is influenced by her multicultural […]
Crisis-Friendly Cooking: Mug Cake!
by Adam Nichols We’re finally on the last leg of the Washington Seasonal Depression era, and sometimes we just need a little nudge to make it through with our mental health somewhat intact. For me, this usually means making something sweet, and low-effort desserts are my favorite form of self-care. […]
Wet City, USA
Part Three of ERRATICA: From the Desk of Fiore Amore, Esq. The Olympia structure, also known as the Legislature fault, is an 80km long gravitational and aeromagnetic anomaly separating the sedimentary deposits of the Tacoma Basin from the basalt of the Black Hills uplift. It is not known to be […]
A Night at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
by L. Kravit-Smith Olympia theater is back! After a long-awaited pandemic setback, shows at the Harlequin Theater are going steady once more. Harlequin has updated their regulations when it comes to seeing shows with a mandatory mask and vaccination requirement. They’re not allowing max capacity in their theater and are […]
Quo Vadis, Aida? – A Review
by Alden Nagel 9/10 Quo Vadis, Aida? is a piercing meditation on the nature of cultural and historical trauma as seen through the eyes of its perpetrators, the intermediary bureaucrats actively participating in the necessarily banality of evil while retaining their individuality, and the victims of such events in such […]
A Cacophony of Cum
by Michael Richards On the evening of Dec 11, I had the pleasure of attending a performance of “LINGUA II: Maledetto” by Evergreen’s Experimental Music Ensemble. To summarize the summary provided in the show program penned by “Maledetto” author Kenneth Gaburo, it is an attack attempting to reconstrue one’s meaning […]