BY JAMES GUTSCH For the burnt-out high school athlete who didn’t make the jump to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, college club sports is an opportunity to relive past glory, while still clinging to those precious drops of youth. Playing without the pressures of varsity athletics allows players to focus […]
It’s Time to Advocate for Your Own Education
Please Fill Out the National College Survey You Will Get Student Submission BY SHIRA MOCH Greeners have a reputation as students who are interested and involved in the decision-making process here at Evergreen. But what if this isn’t actually true? Only 20 percent of our first year students and 28 […]
Slices of Life in Occupied Palestine
Interview with a Palenstinian Student Student Sumbmission BY KRISTINA ERICKSON How many times have we heard the same first-world voice in every ‘free Palestine’ article? These articles, which set an academically pretentious tone, are a great way to deliver your best Lakshmi Singh impersonation, but they also repel the complacent […]
Glass Blowing: Not Just for Bongs
Student Submission BY SOPHIE KRAUZA Are you a student, staff, or faculty member interested in learning more about glass art? Well, you’re not alone. Anyone in the community interested in learning more about glass art should join in and help me persuade faculty, admissions, and the deans that a glass […]
Confessions of a Fangirl
My Unapologetic, Critical Love of Pop Music BY SERENA IMANI KORN For the first 10 years of my life, I was passionately dedicated to the boy bands and pop divas of the 1990s. I wasn’t ashamed that I could lay out an entire dance routine to my favorite Backstreet Boys […]
The Beef at The Reef: The Reuben vs. Tot-chos
We all know that the students and faculty at The Evergreen State College often have a penchant for disagreement. We sit in classrooms and heatedly debate politics, gender roles, colonialism and which fungi spores are the most essential. We are taught by faculty to not make assumptions but to research […]
Artist Statement: Anders Rodin
BY ANDERS RODIN I grew up on an island. Always having the ocean in view is kind of like looking at a photograph of the earth from space. It reminds you that there are limits, that we live on a finite amount of space with shorelines and atmospheres that protect […]
Local Punk Band Gag Detests Police, Embraces Sex & Violence
Student Submission BY DAVID JAQUES “Put your gun to your head. Pull your trigger–now you’re dead.” “I’m a punk. I’m a freak. I hate you and you hate me.” “Ha ha ha, blah blah blah; either way you die.” These are the lyrical maxims of GAG, amongst others, expressing nihilistic […]
New Monthly Open Mic at HCC
BY BLAINE EWIG Walking into the usually empty and harshly-lit Housing Community Center building for its first installment of a monthly open mic series, it was surprising to find a relaxing atmosphere complete with mood lighting, music and a good-sized crowd. The night kicked off with beatboxing and freestyle rapping […]
State Supreme Court to Lawmakers: More School Funding Now
New Order Turns Up the Heat on Lawmakers to Ensure Quality Education for all Children BY ISSAC SCOTT The Washington Legislature is under new pressure this month to increase funding for education after the state Supreme Court issued an order for lawmakers to do more to provide basic minimums for […]
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