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 […]
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 […]
Albums of the Year
By Jacob Anderson-Kester 2019 marks the end of the decade. Music has been through a lot in the 2010s: a marked decline in the popularity of rock music, the rise of trap music and a proliferation of its sonic qualities, and the absolute dominance of music streaming platforms. Music continues to diversify […]
Socialist Trucker Joshua Collins says Hell with Heck
By Daniel. Joshua Collins is a truck driver, a democratic socialist, a small business owner and he’s running for congress – at 26 years old. Collins is challenging incumbent representative Dennis Heck in the Democratic primary. Heck, an Evergreen grad, has represented Washington’s 10th congressional district since the state legislature […]
Guns Aren’t Just for White Conservative Men
How Gun Ownership Revolves Around Power, Self-Sufficiency — Not the Liberal and Conservative Divide By Marta Tahja-Syrett. When marginalized people are deterred from gun ownership, they are actually being deterred from a particular avenue of power. This same avenue has long been utilized by the United States government, and individual […]
Artist Interview: Jeweler M. Quarrels
By Brittyana Pierro. How long have you been doing metal work? 1 ½ years. How did you get into it? I was scrolling through the class catalog and nothing sounded really interesting. I’d been doing a lot of like 2d art already. So, scientific illustration and environmental science art. Everything […]
Black Students in Low-Diversity Areas: High School Activism
By Brittanyana Pierro. The summer of 2014, I remember, was a good one. I was 15, gaining independence and had my best friend Samantha to spend the summer with. My sister Melodi was still in town before she left for college, and the two of us got to spend an entire month […]
Police Services Purchased Cameras Disguised as Smoke Detectors
Although police purchased the cameras in response to break-ins, the school has scant policies on covert surveillance use. Evergreen and Washington State Patrol documents obtained by public records requests used in this story are available at the bottom of this page. By Daniel. Evergreen Police Services purchased three surveillance cameras disguised as smoke detectors and […]
Artist Interview: Ruka Verbena
Brittyana Pierro Ruka Verbena is a local portrait artist based in the Seattle/Tacoma area. Though Verbena is originally from San Bernardino, CA, they have blessed the Pacific Northwest with their presence for the last five years. Verbena’s portrait style can be classified as abstract linework. It took time to develop […]
Evergreen closes pool GSU to hold meeting today
By Joshua Williams Evergreen Administration will suspend all open and lap swimming until early 2020. The pool website provides more details about the decision, saying, “Current resources, both fiscal and personnel, informed the difficult decision to suspend all open and lap swimming for the next twelve months.” Summer camps, new or current […]