By Sylvie Chace & Felix Chrome Wednesday 5/17 Blessed is the flame: Concentration Camp Resistance & (A)Nihilism Sem II D1105. 6 p.m. Free. Author of the recent book “Blessed Is The Flame” is coming to Evergreen to facilitate a workshop and discussion about the relation between nihilism and resistance. The […]
Nine Arrested in Mayday Action Property Damage and Clashes with Police in Downtown Olympia
By Sylvie Chace The evening of May 1 brought with it broken glass and clashes with the police, a time-honored tradition in the Northwest. Nine were arrested after the march, which police dubbed ‘a riot’, snaked through downtown, blocking traffic and damaging some property. A little after 6 p.m. demonstrators, […]
Evergreen “Welcomes” New Chief of Police Chief Brown Discusses Protests, Fears, and Plans for Future
By Jasmine Kozak-Gilroy On January 11, 2016, the new Evergreen chief of police, Stacy Brown, was set to be sworn in. Brown, who graduated from the college in 2006, was hired out of the Lewis County Deputy’s office where she had been working for 20 years, the last seven of […]
Trump Inauguration Prompts Protests & Demonstrations What’s Going Down in Olympia
By Felix Chrome Nationally and locally January 20 seems to have the potential to be a wild, action filled day, with a wide variety of events planned. There have been calls for protests and demonstrations of various forms to take place across the country on inauguration day, many using the […]
DisOrientation Week
By Sara Fabian Running parallel with activities at Evergreen’s Orientation Week, Disorientation Week is an extravaganza filled with a series of events that stand in opposition to common administration narratives. Organized by The Black Cottonwood Collective, an anti-authoritarian student group at Evergreen, their goal is to provide desired resources and […]