By Georgie Hicks The last issue of this publication included an interview of Stacy Brown, the new Evergreen chief of police. Within that article Brown made several comments that I found unacceptable and in need of dissection. Brown says that in her time as a student at Evergreen–she graduated in […]
Olympia Women’s March Attracts Crowds, Controversy
By Jon Fitzgerald On January 21, people on every continent gathered in a series of women’s marches as a declaration of unity and power. The marches, spawning from the original event planned for Washington, D.C., gained massive momentum as over three million people worldwide participated in what is now being […]
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 […]
Fracking Sands Shipment Blocked from Leaving Port of Olympia 12 Arrested in Police Raid of the Train Track Encampment
By Chloe Marina Manchester On November 11, a group of anti-fracking protesters, collectively dubbed Olympia Stand, blocked a train coming from the Port of Olympia carrying frackings sands, or proppants. The train was successfully blocked on that first day, then protesters erected a blockade where they camped on the tracks […]
Northwest Post-Election Protests Many Express Fear, Anger, and Frustration
By Rachel Carlson, Chloe Marina Manchester, Tari Gunstone, & Felix Chrome Since the election of Donald Trump it seems like the meme-worthy craziness of 2016 is only set to continue into the new year. This year has been characterized by contentious battles and increasingly disparate rhetoric on issues from police […]
A Port of the Problem How the Olympia Port Connects to NoDAPL Protest
By Pauline Allen This September the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere permanently surpassed 400ppm (parts per million). The safe level of CO2 is 350ppm (like the climate justice organization named 350.org, if you’ve never heard of it I recommend you check it out). The first reading assignment in […]
Initiative-837 Rally for Safer Policing
By Tari Gunstone Around 200 people gathered on the steps of the Capitol on Thursday, October 22 to demand accountability for police violence, specifically against black lives and native lives in Washington state. The gathering focused on promoting Initiative-837 (I-837), which would rephrase a Washington statute that makes it incredibly […]
Confrontation at Convocation Student Protest Highlights How Evergreen Addresses Conversations About Race
By Jon Fitzgerald Before Orientation started, I had set out to write an article about DisOrientation Week, a series of student-organized workshops bringing social justice issues to the forefront that’s put on by the Black Cottonwood Collective, an anarchist student group. But I can’t talk about DisOrientation, or Orientation, without […]
Abortion Rights (Counter) Demo
By Anonymous Organizers of the Pro Abortion Rights Protest This January marks the twenty third anniversary of a feminist milestone; the Roe v Wade court case establishing legal abortion access for women in the United States. Though abortion access has always been heavily regulated, the past several years have seen […]
A Statement on the Killing of My Cousin During Paris Attacks
By Miriam Padilla My cousin, Nohemi González, was one of the victims killed during the attacks in Paris on November 13. Nohemi was a bright shining light in our family, a proud, outspoken, and talented first-generation Mexican American and first-generation college student, studying abroad for a semester at a French […]
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