CRC and GO Team Up to Create Some Magic JAMES GUTCH For those of us, such as myself, who have not picked up a Harry Potter book in a while, or who have never even touched the things (the first four were good, after that they go downhill pretty fast), […]
Net Neutrality Now
BY SERENA IMANI KORN Internet neutrality is a big deal. I’ve only recently been able to really wrap my head around it. Now that I’ve cut through the complexity of the issue, I understand the severity and importance of Internet regulation. We have the position now to voice our concerns […]
Oh, Rose: That Do Now See
BY JOSH WOLF Wandering between shivering vibratos and dreamy swoons, Olympia band Oh, Rose will shake your bones. The vocals can lift you away in hypnosis, as easily as they can command your attention, and although there is some solid instrumentation in the release, the vocals carry the songs. In […]
Book Review: The Ruins of Mars
BY RAY STILL Evergreen alum Dylan James Quarles has always been fascinated by the reports of canals seen on Mars through mankind’s first telescopes. These reports, which later proved to be optical illusions, fueled Quarles’ imagination to write and publish “The Ruins of Mars” trilogy. Only the first two books, […]
Brooklyn Quintet Fuses No-Wave and Hip-Hop
BY ISSAC SCOTT Ava Luna hails from the heady Brooklyn music scene that favors the often impossibly intricate and angular experimental rock evidenced by Dirty Projectors, Akron Family, and Battles. Listening to these bands, it is clear they emerge from the epicenter of every musical style from no-wave to hip-hop. […]
An Island on the Sound
BY SARA FABIAN Many people move to Olympia because of its politics—the state capital can be seen as “progressive” due to its close knit community that are highly involved in political activism. Media Island is a house-turned-activism center that primarily consists of a “networking center for individuals, groups, and people […]
Geoducks to Start Offseason 0 for 2 After Latest Departure
BY JAMES GUSTCH Evergreen Basketball has another vacancy to fill as Men’s Head Coach Arvin Mosley Jr. announced his resignation last Wednesday. Mosley coached the Geoducks for four years and had an overall record of 15-91. Mosley inherited a team that had qualified for the post-season for four consecutive years […]
‘Clam’tastic: Evergreen Dominates on Senior Night, Bids Farewell to Coach Heuer
BY JAMES GUTSCH Evergreen Women 61 / Pacific Warner College 59 Just days after long-time Women’s Basketball Coach Monica Heuer announced her retirement, and while Evergreen was still fighting for home-court advantage in the playoffs, the Geoducks knew it was not the time to let up on the gas pedal. Sammi Clark […]
Water to Beer: A Timeline of Industry and Drinking
BY CASSIE JOHNSON-VILLALOBOS Olympia’s history as a brewery town goes back to just seven years after Washington turned from United States territory to a state of its own. A relatively unbroken legacy spanned from the 1896 establishment of Capital Brewing Company by Leopold Schmidt until 1983, when Olympia Beer […]
Homelessness at Evergreen
Student Submission BY KATARZYNA SLIWINSKA, Homelessness Census intern at the City of Olympia My interest in homelessness among students of higher education was sparked by my work as an intern, contracted to conduct the Thurston County Homeless Census Report. As we were nearing the end of January, I began my research […]