Photo: Hobbit Hole by Jewel Martin By Jewel Martin Dean Shakked is a local musician and former Evergreen student who is firmly embedded in the local Olympia music scene. Along with his various musical projects that cover a wide range of genres, he also operates a music venue out of his house, called The Hobbit […]
A Glimpse into Evergreen’s Rare Books Room
Photo: Book available in the Rare Book Room by Allegra Simpkins By Allegra Simpkins Just across the top of the stairs, on the third floor of the library lives a calm and quiet room that oozes a welcoming ambiance. Framed poetry and artwork reside on the walls, the natural wooden shelves and warm lighting makes it almost impossible not to be coaxed […]
Halloween Stuff 2 Do
Photo: Fall Leaves on The Evergreen State College’s Campus by Shayna Clayton By Miette Deschenes It’s that time of year again. October has come around, bringing chills and thrills to everyone’s doorsteps. Halloween is just around the corner, and for many Greeners, it may be hard to find a good way to celebrate. Maybe you […]
Hey There! with @HeyMariah
THE TOP 10 HALLOWEEN COSTUMES YOU WILL SEE ON OCT. 31 Here’s a fun new game. When you go to your Halloween festivities play your own game of BINGO and whenever you see one of these costumes (which you will), then go ahead and take a shot of pumpkin juice […]
Greener Foundations: Your New GF
Photo: Greener Foundations by Shayna Clayton By Sonia Boeger During 2019 fall and winter quarters, first-year Greeners enrolled in specific 16 credit academic programs will take a pilot program called Greener Foundations (GF). This program is described by the Irrepressible Bodies-Greener Foundations Week 1 presentation as a “holistic first-year student success course.” It is […]
The Flaming Eggplant: Re-Opening on the Menu for Evergreen’s Beloved Restaurant
Photo: The Flaming Eggplant by Alice McIntyre By Allegra Simpkins A beloved Evergreen establishment, The Flaming Eggplant, will re-open its doors this coming Winter quarter, after a brief closure to implement some changes to the café. These changes are preceded by ten years of operating at a loss that ultimately generated a serious budget crisis and a debt […]
Hot Spot Fixed: William Ward, Evergreen Students Share Their Thoughts
Photo: Hot Spot by Brittanyana Pierro By Miette Deschenes The beloved hot spots on campus, which had been around for years and reached dangerously high temperatures, were repaired over summer break. Student reactions to the repairs vary wildly. According to William Ward, Associate Vice President of Facilities Services, the repairs have been a long time coming, despite […]
How to Form a Student Group
By Allegra Simpkins Congratulations! You’ve been admitted. You’ve signed up for classes. You’re scared shitless and you have no friends…yet. But you’re interested in a lot and would like to meet like-minded students with similar interests and maybe even make some lifelong friendships. The question is, HOW? By joining or […]
Moving Out: Reimagining Homelessness
Photo: “Washington State capitol” by Stephen Colebourn is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original By Daniel Mootz Human grief, and its burdens, compound. Loss begets tragedy in malignant cycles that are all newsworthy, and that are each inherently profound. All grief is linked together in different chains of events, recurrent and impactful, heavy and immense. Everyone is, to some degree, both part […]
Maren Moreno: Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Maren Moreno Note: This article contains a discussion about sexual assault and its representation in media. Maren Moreno is a filmmaker attending Evergreen whose body of work provocatively confronts societal topics. Her latest film, Revenge Angels, tells the story of Fern, a naïve college freshman whose world is completely altered after […]