Photo: Equity Symposium Event Coordinators pose for photo booth picture by Britt Pierro Workshop by Carolyn Prouty, Article by Allegra Simpkins Carolyn Prouty told her audience that “there is no biological marker, or indicator, to differentiate race,” during her lecture last Friday at Evergreen’s annual Equity Symposium. Her workshop, entitled The Paradox of Race, dove into the world of misunderstanding and misinformation regarding […]
Evergreen’s Equity Symposium: The Social Construction of AZN
Photo: Amira Caluya’s Equity Symposium presentation by Britt Pierro Workshop by Amira Caluya, Article by Miette Deschenes “There is no monolithic Asian American experience.” This was one of the most prominent messages of The Social Construction of AZN, a workshop that was held Friday morning during the Equity Symposium. The workshop was hosted by Amira Caluya, Trans & Queer Center coordinator at […]
Byron Howard: Evergreen Alumnus Finds Success as Disney Filmmaker
By Miette Deschenes With the recent launch of Disney+, Disney’s new online streaming platform, over 500 films are available to watch (for those who are willing to add another $6.99 a month to their collection of streaming services). It’s an exciting development: Disney has always been notorious for having a limited number […]
Spoiler Warning: Pulp Fiction Blows, Actually
Photo: “Uma Thurman playing Mia in Pulp Fiction (1994)” by Davide Moroni is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 By Alice McIntyre On Oct. 13 of 1994, one Demian Parker reviewed what he called “the motherfucking movie of the decade,” Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, in the pages of the Cooper Point Journal. 25 years […]
Life After the Intellectual Dark Web
Photo: “Dr. Jordan Peterson delivering a lecture at the University of Toronto in 2017” by Adam Jacobs is licensed under CC BY 2.0 By Daniel Mootz Professors have always paved the way for discussion—for debate, doubt, and dialogics. It is what makes them invaluable to the learning process. They assert, assess, […]
Inclusive Excellence Dialogue Featuring Chassity Holliman-Douglas
By Talia McCaw In the wake of the protests of 2016 through 2017, The Evergreen State College created the vice president and vice provost for Equity and Inclusion position. This position inevitably brought Chassity Holliman-Douglas to our school. Throughout her time here, she has worked to implement equity and inclusion for the […]
Spoiler Warning Joker: A Review
Photo: TDK Wallpaper by Luke M. Schierholz is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Cropped from original By Alice McIntyre Incel panic swept through the media in the days before the release of Joker. Some argued that the film, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, would inspire real-world harm. The film’s depiction of the descent of a mentally ill clown-for-hire into violence recalled […]
Care and Contracts: Providence Nurses Battle the Bosses
Photo by Shayna Clayton By Alice McIntyre On Oct. 30, nurses at St. Peter Hospital represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 21 voted to authorize a strike, after five months of contract negotiations and a June 27 protest. The nurses also voted down a previous contract proposal in 544-1 […]
Evergreen Facing Labor & Industries Fines: Facilities Services Program Set to Restructure
Photo: Courtesy of Britt Pierro By Allegra Simpkins The Evergreen State College’s Facilities Services program is currently undergoing significant changes within its organizational structure. Many issues have arisen over the last six months, generating massive concern regarding the program’s ability to serve its employees and the campus community. This past September, the college was […]
Evergreen Alumna Lynda Barry Receives Grant for Inspiring Engagement
Photo: A comic by Lynda Barry featured in The Cooper Point Journal in the 1970s, Marta Tahja-Syrett Cartoonist, teacher, and Evergreen alumna Lynda Barry has been awarded a $625,000 grant by the MacArthur Fellows Program. According to the MacArthur Foundation, her award is for “inspiring creative engagement through original graphic works and a teaching practice centered on the role of image making in communication.” “The […]