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 […]
FOUND PAINTING: Seeking Artist
Photo of found painting courtesy of the author. By Tzvi Silver A year and a half ago I was driving around with a friend and she spotted a free pile on Division Street that seemed especially lucrative. I slammed on the breaks. There was a huge canvas in the pile, done up in unpleasant colors: pukey purple mixed with […]
Evergreen Introduces New Scholarship Process
Photo: The Evergreen State College’s Scholarship Office sign. SHAYNA CLAYTON. By Miette Deschenes Evergreen has streamlined its scholarship application process this year. Hooray! Anyone who applied for a scholarship in previous years knows how convoluted the process used to be. Thankfully, applications have been simplified and it should be much easier to apply now. Here is a handy guide […]
Evergreen’s Food and Agricultural Path
By Kris Hill The Paths of Study were created to better support students who already know what field of study they want to follow by making curriculum in an area more visible and more repeatable. The Food and Agriculture Path is designed for students focused on the intersection of sustainable food production, […]