BY RUBY THOMPSON For the past two years, I have been illustrating articles for the Cooper Point Journal. I love the challenge of creating art based off someone else’s vision. About half of the artwork I create is illustration. In the past I have worked for two other student publications, […]
Geoduck Student Union at Standstill
DISCUSSION OVER CONSTITUTION CONTINUES BY NICHOLAS BENSE Recently, there has been much discussion concerning the current structure and effectiveness of the Geoduck Student Union as a representative student body of power. Examining one of the GSU’s many websites, an observer would find outdated meeting locations and membership information, with a […]
Reproductive Health Vending Machines on Student Ballot
BY AMANDA FRANK AND SERENA IMANI KORN Geoduck Student Union ballots are open and available through MyEvergreen student accounts. Students have through week 10 to vote for their representatives and weigh in on different initiatives. One of those initiatives concerns access to emergency contraception and other sexual and reproductive health […]
Skyping with Students in China
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES STUDENTS TALK HOMEWORK, CULTURE, AND PHILOSOPHY WITH PEERS IN CHINA Faculty Submission BY HIRSH DIAMANT Next year, evening and weekend students will have an opportunity to enroll in the program Business and Culture Along the Silk Roads. This program will include an international studies component with Evergreen students […]
Artist Profile: Galen Riggs
BY JAIME NADEL Student Galen Riggs has been taking art classes at Evergreen and has quickly progressed in the printmaking technique of intaglio while studying with faculty Lisa Sweet. Originally from San Francisco, the city which shaped him, where young people participate in a culture and environment where life is […]
Resisting the New Plantation
BLACK PANTHER SPEAKS ON PRISON INJUSTICE A Student Submission BY JOSEPH BULLINGTON What does he look like? That’s what a friend wondered when I told her that Robert H. King, a Black Panther and one of the Angola 3, would be speaking at Evergreen. I was curious too. What does […]
Evergreen Wrestles with Budget Problems Amidst Dropping Enrollment
By ISSAC SCOTT Due to falling enrollment, Evergreen is in a budget crisis and will have to cut costs over the next several years. At a recent community meeting, Evergreen President Les Purce announced the crisis and lead a discussion by outlining the issues, the sources of the crisis, and […]
TEDX Event Highlights Sustainability
BY NICHOLAS BENSE “Ideas worth spreading,” is the focus of the TEDx events taking place all over the globe. The acronym refers to Technology, Entertainment, and Development. Topics concerning these subjects are presented by public speakers, often in narrative format. On April 21, the event came to The Evergreen State […]
Faculty Votes to Limit Independant Study Contracts
DROPPING ENROLLMENT NUMBERS PROMPT ADMINISTRATORS TO RE-THINK THE EVERGREEN CURRICULUM, BUT A RECENT DECISION TO LIMIT CONTRACT CREDITS SPARKS DEBATE BY EMILY McHUGH In January, the Evergreen faculty voted to limit the number of credits individual students can earn from Independent Learning Contracts (ILCs) to 48 from an originally unlimited […]
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