By Sally Linn Have you ever wondered about the mysteries* behind the Eastside/Westside feud between Big Tom’s of the Eastside and Eagan’s (Pepsi Fry) on the Westside? So did we and decided to put each drive-in to the test, burger on burger, shake on shake, so you know where to […]
Around Town As an new student, you’re about to dive not just into a new school but into a new city. Our staff has pulled together a compilation of their favorite spots.
Priest Point Park Just east of Downtown lies 314 acres of lush winding woods along Budd Bay. Follow steep trails of Douglas fir, bigleaf maple, and red alder through ravines hugging teal water inlets, or take a leisurely walk on the saltwater shorelines. Watch out—Priest Point Park is known for […]
Campus Vending Machines Provide Off- Hour Snack Option A Quest for the Sweetest Deal$
By Nix Chace and Sarah Bradley It is not much of a secret that our little campus, tucked away in the woods, is lacking when it comes to accessible food at all hours of the night. Sure, there is the lower-campus POD, open seven days a week for a dorm-dwellers […]
A Shared Space: Darby’s Moves into Three Magnets Brewery
By Sara Fabian On my drive from SeaTac to Olympia I asked my friend if she had any new gossip to share about what I’ve missed since mid December. She thought about it for a second, and then told me Darby’s was gone. “gone?! GONE where?” I demanded. And as […]
New Food Review:
The Hot Box
By Ira Zuckerman The Hot Box is one of only a few places that deliver late night food to Evergreen. But the convenience of delivery sandwiches is about the only thing it can deliver on, as there’s much room for improvement in this institution of grease. Although there are seven sandwiches […]
Cheap Eats West$5ide
By Zachary Newman Having moved from the dorms to our house off Division Street, my friends and I have had quite the cuisine around Olympia, without having to go very far (downtown is far- It’s, like, two roundabouts away.) But unlike our cute neighbors and the very nice community we […]
Fermenting Local Culture OlyKraut Expands Reach Beyond the South Sound
By Cassie Johnson-Villalobos Sash Sunday began sharing her small batches of homemade sauerkraut with friends in 2005. The former Evergreen student now manages the production of much larger batches of raw, fermented products and distributes from Seattle to Portland—as the founder and owner of the growing local business OlyKraut. Since […]
Harvest Festival
By Zachary Newman “This is the fourth Harvest Fest we’ve played, and it’s always been cloudy!” Stephen Smitty, guitarist and vocalist of local favorites Camp Wisdom, told the crowd before his band launched into their set. It was not a complaint. Even as the skies opened up and the rain came […]
Cheap Eats: 4th Ave for $5
By Ira Zuckerman Like many students, I got lost on move-in day. I got lost in the thick of downtown Olympia with a dorm-mate trying to find an inexpensive dinner, something to settle the shock of leaving home. Like two blind vultures, we wandered in circles, looking for the perfect […]
Food and Education
By EMMA ROTOLO There is an increasing struggle among college students to afford and access food as well as maintain housing. In a research article by Dr. Danielle Gallegos and Kai Ong claim “There are different levels of food security from worrying about where your next meal is going to […]
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