Balancing Direct Action & Political Pressure By Ray Still When Alyssa Estec was 12, she convinced some of her friends to destroy some construction equipment that was tearing up the forest in her hometown. Alyssa Estec: I lived in a rural area. The whole reason we lived there was because […]
Take Some, Leave Some
By Ray Still The philosophy of The Evergreen State College’s Free Store – take something, leave something – is meant to inspire Greeners to share and reuse their clothes, utensils, books, and even electronics. The Free Store reopened this year on Jan. 9, after being closed since spring quarter last […]
Dollarocracy vs. Democracy: The Political System of America
by Ray Still Evergreen alum Robert McChesney (class of ’77) and John Nichols, well known media critics/scholars, spoke to a filled library basement on Nov. 13 about their new book “Dollarocracy,” which explores the political power of the dollar. McChesney explained how the term dollarocracy captures the “crisis” in American […]
Navigating the System: An Analysis of the Sexual Misconduct Policy and Due Process
by Ray Still Around 65 percent of sexual assaults and rapes go unreported nationally, according to a 2012 Department of Justice report. There are many reasons why sexual assault and rape go unreported, but it begs the question – how many cases of sexual assault go unreported at The Evergreen […]
The History Of The Memorial
By Ray Still Ten years after the her death, the Rachel Corrie memorial was dedicated in ceremony on October 23, 2013. The reflective stainless-steel pyramid is the first permanent memorial at Evergreen to the student activist who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003 […]
Return To Evergreen
Over 270 alumni and students attended the Second Annual Return to Evergreen event on Oct. 19. Among the speakers and seminar leaders were Maia Bellon (’91), the director of the Department of Ecology for Washington State, Craig Chance (’81), a senior vice president at Columbia Bank, and Dan Black (’91) […]
Whistleblowing and the Fifth Estate
Ex-CIA analyst turned activist Ray McGovern spoke about government accountability and whistleblowing as an act of patriotism. “Do you know why the sun never sets on the British Empire?” Ray McGovern rhetorically asked his audience, re-enacting what he said was the first thing he ever learned about empires. “Because the […]
The GMO Debate – What Do Greeners Think?
Initiative Measure Number 522 (I-522) is an initiative proposed in the General Election on Nov. 5. The initiative would require “most raw agricultural commodities, processed foods, and seeds and seed stocks if produced using genetic engineering, as defined, to be labeled as genetically engineered when offered for retail sale”, according […]
Government Shutdown Affects Financial Aid, Veterans
On October 1, the nation saw the United States government furlough an estimated 800,000 federal employees and begin closing down the Department of Education, Internal Revenue Services (IRS), the Environmental Protection Agency, national parks and museums, and other federal programs and agencies. “The impact to the college and higher […]
Food Bank Satellite Challenges Misconceptions
Every Tuesday, from 4 pm to 6 pm, the Thurston County Food Bank Satellite opens it’s doors to Greeners and other community members. The satellite was launched on April 9, 2013, and is based in Seminar II, building E2115. “This project began in Police Services as the ‘Food Pantry’,” said […]
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