By Sylvie Chace On Thursday, May 18, author of “This Changes Everything” and “The Shock Doctrine”, Naomi Klein will speak at the Costantino Recreation Center. Naomi Klein is a Canadian journalist and climate justic activist well-known for being critical of corporate globalization in relation to climate change and other social […]
Rising Spring Convergence Conference Brings Discussion of Pipelines, Colonization to Campus
By Sylvie Chace The Black Cottonwood Collective is hosting the Rising Spring Convergence, an event spanning three days, from April 21 to the 23. The Rising SPRING (Stopping Pipelines and Resisting Infrastructure on Native Ground) Convergence is an event and opportunity to listen to and learn from indigenous water protectors. […]
Day of Absence Changes Form
By Chloe Marina Manchester Together, Day of Absence and Day of Presence make up an annual two day event for all members of the Evergreen community to explore issues of race, equality, allyship, inclusion, and privilege. This year’s theme is “Revolution is not a one-time event; your silence will not […]
Police Program to Shed Light on Campus Safety Safer Steps Program Designed to Bring Awareness to Police Public Service
By Chloe Marina Manchester Safer Steps is a new program designed to raise awareness of the public services offered by campus police, such as unlocking doors, jumping cars, and escorting students who are afraid to walk alone around campus. Prior to the program, police already offered many of these services, […]
Day of Absence & Day of Presence Students Engage in Conversations About Race and Racism as Part of Annual Event
By Chloe Marina Manchester On April 6, Students, staff, and faculty celebrated the annual Evergreen Day of Absence event, followed two days later by its counterpart, Day of Presence. These events were created to address issues of race, inclusion, diversity, privilege, and allyship on the Evergreen campus and beyond. For […]
Stuff To Do
By Ruby Love, Sarah Bradley, & Jasmine Kozak Gilroy WEDNESDAY 4/20 MEXICO: Government Repression Grows Against Indigenous Self-Defense Forces Evergreen Library. 6:30 pm. On Wednesday, a panel of speakers will meet in the Library to “explore the politicized incarceration of Nestora Salgado, neoliberalism, and the Drug War in Mexico as well […]
2016 Liberal Arts Forum Guest Speaker Stephanie Coontz Speaks About Changes in Family Structure and Social Norms
By Aria Cummings The Liberal Arts Forum takes place every winter quarter, centered on a different theme deemed significant to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. This year’s focus was the changing nature of the American family structure and how the idea of “traditional family” has evolved over time. […]
I Got Drunk and Went to Chibi Chibi Con for the Sake of Journalism Or: In Praise of Sweet Carol
By Jules Prosser We went undercover. We didn’t know why or how, but we were on a quest for “the truth”. Carol got a fancy secret recorder from Media Loan, and I didn’t even have to ask her to do that, even though I considered it. I needed her—she was […]
White People and Racism… Sometimes It’s Okay to Laugh
By Seth Leuck On Friday April 10, at Evergreen’s Longhouse, comedy was king. In front of a packed house, headliner and famous Australian comic Aamer Rahman, and openers Khadija Hassan and Abraham Tadesse brought the audience to their knees with jokes about everything from race, religion, and privilege, to masturbation and […]
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