by Miette Deschenes Due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Washington, The Evergreen State College has decided to switch to remote online learning for the entirety of spring quarter. This is in compliance with Governor Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order, which implores Washington citizens to stay at home except […]
Longhouse Closed for Repair
Photo: The Evergreen State College’s Longhouse, Shayna Clayton by Daniel Mootz The Evergreen Longhouse, tucked away on the edge of campus, is not allowing anyone in due to recent safety concerns. According to Christine Hoffman, Evergreen’s public relations outreach manager, a “heating and hot water utility failure” is to blame. The underground line in question connects the Longhouse […]
Evergreen’s Theater Community Facing Limitations after Budget Cuts
Photo: The Evergreen State College’s Communications Building, Shayna Clayton by Miette Deschenes In spring of 2018, the Experimental Theater, Costume Shop, and Scene Shop were shut down, and several faculty and staff lost their jobs, due to a budget cut in the performing arts department. Now, with only one full-time theater faculty remaining, students mostly have to rely on themselves […]
How to Advocate for Yourself: Campus Resources and Students Rights
Trigger Warning: This article mentions sexual assault, rape, and harm. by Mariah Guilfoil-Dovel As stated by the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (DOJ), one in four women experience sexual assault while in college. There are more than 19 million students enrolled in higher education in the United States of America, however, women make up the highest percentage of […]
Kimya Dawson: Former Evergreen Student Makes Legacy for Herself
Photo: Photograph of Kimya Dawson taken by Steven Keys of KeysPhotography.com. This photo is licensed under CC BY 3.0 by Miette Deschenes “You’ve come a long, long way and you deserve to be really happy.” These are the lyrics of anti-folk artist, activist, and former Evergreen student, Kimya Dawson. With 179,000 monthly […]
The Flaming Eggplant is 100% That Good
Photo: The Flaming Eggplant by Shayna Clayton By Mariah Guilfoil-Dovel “The Flaming Eggplant, what the heck is that?” If you know, then you know, but if you find yourself utterly confused at those words then you aren’t alone. The Flaming Eggplant is a cafe-style restaurant located on the Olympia campus of The Evergreen State College, in […]
Bunni Peterson-Haitwas: Welcome Woman
Photo: Photograph of the Welcome Woman, by herself, courtesy of Shayna Clayton. Interview by Marta Tahja-Syrett On Oct. 2 of 2019, Makah carver Greg Colfax and Skokomish artist Bunni Peterson-Haitwas revealed their beautiful restoration of the Welcome Woman—a joint project which they presented to the Evergreen community through a fall unveiling […]
Always Greener: A Look at Xing Wei’s Evergreen Partnership and the Radical Potential of Student Power in Practice
By Daniel Mootz Four years after opening in 2012, Xing Wei College, a private liberal arts school in Shanghai, partnered with Evergreen to develop an overseas exchange program. For four years that program has been going strong, and has expanded to include independent Evergreen courses, such as Arts, Culture, and […]
Remembering Rachel Corrie
Photo: “Rachel Corrie Peace Vigil”. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. CC BY-SA 3.0 By Jake Andersen If you’ve walked around Evergreen, I’m sure you’ve seen the Rachel Corrie Memorial on the third floor of the College Activities Building (CAB). The memorial, a bronze dove perched atop a steel pyramid, stands outside of the Student Activities […]
Stuff 2 Do: February Edition
By Miette Deschenes Winter quarter can be a difficult time. The sky is always dark, the air is cold and finger-numbing, and nobody wants to leave their dorms. And who can blame them? It seems like there’s no reason! Thankfully, there is actually a lot going on in the Olympia area this […]