By Georgie Hicks On Sunday May 14 a student called the Evergreen Police on two Black students, after a May 10 post in the “The Evergreen State College Class of 2020” Facebook group sparked intense debate and allegations of racism, leading to an offline confrontation among involved students. The two […]
New Positions Aim for Equity and Diversity
Hey guys and welcome to POC Talk, this issue we’re talking about potential Vice President and Provost of Equity and Inclusion candidates. The Vice Provost of Equity and Inclusion will serve as chair for the Equity and Inclusion Council, which was created by George Bridges in 2016 and is responsible […]
Self Care When you Want to Scream
Constantly being immersed in conversations about race and injustice will take its toll. The first time I took an African American history class, I started self harming. I found it completely overwhelming, just trying to deal with the pain caused by constantly thinking about the long list of traumas Black […]
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 […]
“RE: Equity, Inclusion, Silence and Fear” Faculty Emails Reveal Controversy Over Race and Diversity at Evergreen
Here at The Cooper Point Journal we are very invested in sharing information relevant to our campus community and strive to hold the Evergreen administration, faculty and staff accountable for their words and actions. As the Evergreen State College social contract states, the college “governance system must rest on open […]
Fuck Civility? Letter to the Editor
By Connor Quisenberry First off, let me say that I do not mean to offend anyone, or intentionally counter the opinions or beliefs of any group of people. I am writing this because I believe that the opinion piece from the February 1, 2017 issue of the Cooper Point Journal, […]
Police are Not Our Friends
By Georgie Hicks We received a letter to the editor by Connor Quisenberry in response to an opinion piece about the new Evergreen Chief of Police Stacy Brown. We do not want the discourse about whether or not police are bad to continue indefinitely, but did not want to publish […]
Women’s Basket Ball Coach Faces Allegations of Discrimination Students Criticize Administration Inaction
By Jennifer Hicks In October of this year POC Talk was contacted by a Evergreen Student and former Geoduck Basketball player about alleged racism and harassment they experienced while on the basketball team here at Evergreen. The reason for this request was that they felt that the school lacks transparency […]
Information from the Bias-Related Incident Response Team Letter to the Editor
This letter is in response to Forest Hunt’s article of October 12, “Protest Follows Year of Controversy over Racism at Evergreen,” in which the reporter provides information about the Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT). The article indicates that the BIRT is “Evergreen’s main body charged with confronting issues of oppression […]
Couple Arrested for Attempting to Bribe Stabbing Victim Defendants Believed to be Neo-Nazis
By Felix Chrome On October 5 at around 5:20 a.m. police raided two houses, which sit on the same property and share the same address, on the westside of Olympia. Two residents Cassie Hickam and Robert Fechtner were arrested on suspicion of attempting to bribe the victim of a stabbing […]