Photo: Talk Show Studio. VAZHA DESPOTASHVILI. Labeled for reuse on pexels.com By Daniel Mootz Al Jazeera’s English News network has a new talk-show program without a host. Studio B, Unscripted, consists of “just two notable individuals from different walks of life and ideas to share,” according to aljazeera.com. The first episode aired Nov. 15, 2019, and featured public intellectuals Marc […]
Evergreen Introduces New Scholarship Process
Photo: The Evergreen State College’s Scholarship Office sign. SHAYNA CLAYTON. By Miette Deschenes Evergreen has streamlined its scholarship application process this year. Hooray! Anyone who applied for a scholarship in previous years knows how convoluted the process used to be. Thankfully, applications have been simplified and it should be much easier to apply now. Here is a handy guide […]
Evergreen’s Food and Agricultural Path
By Kris Hill The Paths of Study were created to better support students who already know what field of study they want to follow by making curriculum in an area more visible and more repeatable. The Food and Agriculture Path is designed for students focused on the intersection of sustainable food production, […]
No Fare is Fair: Bobby Carleton on Fare Strikes, Police Brutality, and Direct Action
Photo: Olympia’s Transit Center by Shayna Clayton By Alice McIntyre Bobby Carleton is an Evergreen student and Olympia resident that has been involved with various community organizing projects around housing justice, food justice, and reproductive rights and is currently focused on advocating for fare-free public transit. Given Intercity Transit’s recent decision to eliminate fares starting on Jan. […]
Emily Grugel: Artist Interview with Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Emily Grugel Emily Grugel is a member of the Olympia community who finds a great deal of reflection and expression through art. She is a member of the band Defect Play, which is one of her key focuses in the arts; she also makes collages, as well as a variety […]
Spoiler Warning: The Room is a Hetero Nightmare
Photo: “Tommy-Wiseau-2” by Tommy Wiseau is a public domain photograph By Alice McIntyre “I did not hit her! I did not! Oh, hi Mark.” This is one of many strange lines of dialogue found in Tommy Wiseau’s oddball cult classic The Room, recently screened at the Capitol Theater by the Olympia Film […]
Olympia Needs a Tool Library
Photo: “Over 2000+ tools available at our Tool Library” by Institute for a Resource-Based Economy (IRBE) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 By Daniel Mootz The rise of intentional exchange economies highlights a growing interest in eradicating poverty and strengthening community, at the local level and in a global sense. For example, Community Supported Agriculture farms work to provide fresh produce to patrons on a regular basis, and non-profit organizations make knowledge […]
Finding the Hygge: Hey There! With @HeyMariah
hyg·ge, /ˈh(y)o͞oɡə,ˈho͝oɡə/, noun a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture). Shout out to my favorite teacher I’ve ever had Steve (not sponsored) for telling me about the Danish cultural tradition of hygge. It’s definition, […]
Paths of Study: Evergreen Seeks Navigability with New Program Structure
By Miette Deschenes A new system called Paths of Study has been introduced at The Evergreen State College (TESC) this year. Paths of Study, as described on TESC’s website, are “[a] sequence of programs in a particular broad subject area that have been planned out four years into the future.” Paths of […]
Nurturing Roots: An In-Depth Look at Evergreen’s Panel
By Khristine Sandwith On Nov. 22, 2019, faculty members Suree Towfighnia and Maria Isabel Morales presented their panel Nurturing Roots – Culture, Sustainability, Land, and the Role of Media and Art in Shaping Narratives at the Communications Building’s Recital Hall. The panel was created to educate their research project with Instituto Oaxaqueño […]