By Felix Chrome In a move to lessen the penalties for drug possession, House Rep. Sherry Appleton has filled a new bill in the Washington Legislature that would reduce most drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor. Rep. Appleton, from Port Orchard, filed the bill ahead of the Legislature’s […]
Black Lives Matter A Message to My Fellow White People
By Serena Imani Korn Several weeks ago, a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo. announced it would not indict officer Darren Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown, a black teenager. Protests erupted across the country and many solidarity protests were staged across the world. Not long after, a New York grand […]
Know Your Rights: What to Do When the Cops Come to Your Party
By Felix Chrome Before every punk show, zine release, or birthday party we plan, my whole house sits down to talk about the logistics, mostly what to do if a bunch of wasted randos show up or our neighbor calls the cops. Most recently, as soon as we sat down […]
Party Patrol Raids Student Fundraiser
Arrest of 51 Sparks Student Outrage
By Issac Scott Just before midnight on Friday, Oct. 24, police vehicles descended on a Westside house, where students were throwing a benefit show featuring local bands. With a search warrant, the police entered the house and ordered everyone over the age of 21 to get out. Those who were […]
Uprising or Rebellion?
REVISITING THE CONTROVERSIAL STORY Part Three in a Three-Part Series Click here for part 1, click here for part 2 BY JOSH WOLF Six years ago last Valentine’s Day, an estimated 200 students surrounded Evergreen Police Services Officer April Meyers, after she arrested black breakdancer Kaylen Williams. The students blocked […]
The Dead Prez Riot Part 2
Revisiting the Controversial Story BY JOSH WOLF Click here to read part 1 The Dead Prez riot has become commonly associated with The Evergreen State College. Yet, despite the number of students and police officers at the event, eyewitness reports are numerous and conflicting. Did Officer Meyers racially profile Kaylen […]
PASS Holds Forum to Discuss Assault Rifle Petition
History repeats itself at Evergreen with the discussion of arming our campus police with semi-automatic rifles. The student group, Police Awareness and Student Safety (PASS), has created a petition in support of arming campus police in reaction to the recent number of mass shootings across the country. On January 28, […]
Armed for the Job
“We don’t trust you with the guns you have,” a statement made by Austin Nolan during a live Q13 Fox report, is a statement based on false and sensationalized institutions of fear, paranoia and angst. I walk on eggshells everyday, painstakingly mindful of my vocabulary, tone, and what ideas I […]
Student Group’s Public Records Contrast with Mission Statement
During last year’s Spring Student Activities Fair, students might have witnessed a unique event: in addition to all the student groups tabling in Red Square, two of Evergreen’s police officers were also present, allowing students to ride the police department’s Segways. The college had purchased several of the easily-recognizable vehicles […]
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