by Adam Nichols Hello, hungry reader, and welcome to the crisis-baking column! Here I personally tailor recipes to serve a single distressed, depressed, or otherwise baking-inept liberal arts student, keeping accessibility of ingredients, number of dishes, and overall prep time in mind to give you a relatively easy, and hopefully […]
Slouching Towards Evergreen
by Clara R. Riggio I’ve been spending a lot of time walking around campus lately, probably making up for the time I lost to the virus. I’ve also been reading a healthy serving of Joan Didion and her style of writing has influenced my own voice and the ways that […]
CAFÉ FUN
by Michael Richards The door to Café Fun was a troublesome one to open. It had been built a hair too large and stuck against the frame, which made a terrible cracking sound when you tried to push it. If you could get past this, the door would fly open […]
IT CAME FROM THE FRIDGE…
Part One of ERRATICA: From the Desk of Fiore Amore, Esq. The return to campus has assuredly been a turbulent time for everyone. In this foul and plague-ridden year of our lord, 2021, even that which we’re closest to remains unfamiliar. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw […]
Horoscopes – November 2021
brought to you by….. Your Cosmic Comrades NOTE: For the purposes of our predictions, we suggest that you focus on your chart’s Ascendant sign, though you may find it helpful to read your Moon and Sun, as well. If you do not know your rising sign or would like to […]
Feasting in Evergreen’s Forest
by L. Kravit-Smith As we begin to approach late fall on the Evergreen State College campus, trick-or-treating isn’t the only chance for collecting candy during fall; mushroom season is upon us! These fall and winter months are the most productive season for many mushrooms in this area, and after the […]
A Word With the Haki Farmers Collective
By L. Kravit-Smith Mercy Kariuki-Mcgee’s passion for social justice and farming shone through my laptop. Despite the screen I felt her presence, much like how it felt hearing her perform in her Afro-fusion band Mazigazi before the pandemic. A year later, I interviewed her about her newest project, the Haki […]
SPOILER WARNING: ‘Becoming Confused, Again’ with ‘Psycho 2’, a Review
by Brock Holes What better way to kick off Halloween season, and my tenure at Spoiler Warning than to review a bizarre and uncalled for sequel to a beloved classic? For this October column, I want to introduce the uninitiated to “Psycho II” (1983). Directed by Richard Franklin and scripted […]
Poem: Where Softness Lives
by lee 이 therese I live in tea tins, jars of money meant for saving, fairy lights, art & photo plastered walls, scratched cd cases, & half-read books This is my eclectic safe-haven When I was younger, I wanted to live like Arrietty tiny, petite, bright-eyed, & surrounded by plants […]
Artist Profile: George Galvez
by Caroline Keane Photo: George Galvez’s Mural at the Alano Club, GEORGEOUS MURALS. Over the past two years, the walls of downtown Olympia have become much more colorful. Murals and graffiti covered boarded up shops. This shift began when the pandemic hit and the Black Lives Matter uprising followed. This […]