By Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos Let’s start out this review out by making some bold generalizations, and we’ll get to the subtleties later. First, any music critic worth their snuff knows genres are meant to be broken. And second, art is the only accessible form of time travel humanity has right now. […]
Budget Crisis Advice for Evergreen from the CPJ Business Dept.
BY CASSANDRA JOHNSON-VILLALOBOS National college enrollment is down. At Evergreen, we lost 100 students between winter and spring. Student groups and student-run businesses, such as the Cooper Point Journal, are already feeling the lack of student activities funding. You see, the little bit of “tax” students pay with tuition allows […]
Quileute Tribe Brings Treaty Rights Dialogue to Campus
BY CASSANDRA JOHNSON-VILLALOBOS Panel of speakers gathered on campus Feb. 28 and discussed the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s treatment of treaty rights. The current agreements allow three non-Quileute tribes to hunt in Quileute game areas, which compromises Quileute access to food and resources. Organized by Evergreen State College […]
“I Survived All Freakin’ Night”
by Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos All Freakin’ Night was born in 1989, during the 6th annual Olympia Film Festival[OFF] OFF just turned 30. This year and last year, the all-night horror and gore marathon kicked off the Capitol Theater’s largest annual event. Evergreen alumnus Kenrick Ward hosted All Freakin’ Night 2013, throwing […]
Don’t Miss!–Calendar Events Between Print Issues
By Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos On November 20, The Evergreen State College’s Student Activities and President’s Offices are presenting the film “Inequality for All” to campus. The documentary is a winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize. It features Robert Reich, former US secretary of Labor, and his take on […]
Connecting Botany, Empire, and Reproductive Rights
By Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos When required reading becomes a personal favorite, it’s something worth sharing. Londa Shiebinger’s 2004 publication Plants and Empire: European Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World exposes European botany’s ties to colonial expansion. Schiebinger uses “bioprospecting”and “biopiracy” as monikers for English, Dutch, Spanish, and French environmental explorations and exploitations […]
Interview with John Ford
By Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos As the station’s Development Director, John Ford raises awareness of KAOS’ campus and community resources. He jokingly calls himself the station’s “master of propaganda.” Before graduating from Evergreen in 1997, he did academic contracts for comedy writing, which led him to a career in radio broadcasting. After […]
Interview with an American Fourtracker
By Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos Independent artist and producer John Vanderslice is having an exceptional year. Throughout the first part of 2013, Vanderslice left his record label, self-released two albums, embarked on a “living room” tour, and began building a new recording studio in Oakland, Calif. Now the Bay Area-based musician is […]
AKA and the Heart Hurt Goods
By Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos “You would’ve never thought I was capable of this, if you met me in person,” opens one of the most emotionally potent tracks on Heart Hurt Good, the new CD from Olympia hip hop band AKA and the Heart Hurt Goods. The 12-song LP is a meticulously […]
Recipe: Spicy-Sweet Green Aïoli
Ingredients 2 large egg yolks 2 teaspoons fresh apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons water 2 small avocados 1/2 teaspoons ginger syrup 1 teaspoon dijon mustard 1 teaspoon sea salt ½ tsp cayenne, grated fresh horseradish, fresh or dried ginger, lemongrass, and/or other herbs of your choosing 1 cup extra virgin […]
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