By Miriam Padilla My cousin, Nohemi González, was one of the victims killed during the attacks in Paris on November 13. Nohemi was a bright shining light in our family, a proud, outspoken, and talented first-generation Mexican American and first-generation college student, studying abroad for a semester at a French […]
Thanksgiving Hell(p) A Poorly Thought Out Guide to Dealing With Your Family
By Chloe Marina Manchester It’s the time of year for the great migration to wherever your base of operations is. It’s also the time of year for you to see all of your relatives at the same time. All of them. For some people, this can be pretty fun. For […]
Starting Out on the Wrong Feet
By Genivieve Adabelle I was sitting at a cafe in downtown Olympia, listening to a plaid-wearing man in his forties play what I think was a fiddle, and talking to my mother, who had driven down from her Port Townsend home to see me. We had ordered coffee and were […]
The Compassionate Generation
By Asa Kowals-Rose September saw me pass a major milestone in my life, as I packed my things, and departed for The Evergreen State College. Moving away from my parents was a major change in my life, as it surely was for many other new Evergreen arrivals. For me, however, […]
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By Sam Miller Hi, my name is Sam Miller. I am a transfer student from Grays Harbor College. I’m 32 and I have lived in Olympia for 20 years. I have been completely sober for 7 years. I went to school to be a State licensed Chemical Dependency Professional. I […]
White Supremacy and the Police
By Caro Gonzales On May 21, Andre and Bryson Chaplain, two unarmed young black men, were shot by white Olympia Police Officer Ryan Donald. Luckily they both lived, although their injuries resulted in ongoing medical complications. The Thurston County Sheriff Department investigation of the incident was incomplete and focused on […]
Letter from the Editor
In the way that most are taught to practice journalism, the ethical responsibility to fair reporting is considered giving equal weight to two sides. We are also taught that objective journalism means that a writer must remove themselves as much as possible from their own perspective in order to avoid […]
Clean Energy Committee Funding Awards
By Paisley Gallagher Clean Energy Committee Outreach Coordinator I would like to send out a big “thank you” to all who applied for Clean Energy Committee funding. We saw a variety of project proposals from research, building projects, and speakers. The applications that were awarded are as follows: Daron Williams, […]
Luis Pedraja is Who We Need President Endorsement
By Issac Scott Evergreen’s new president will take office next year during a time of major transition for the college. Les Purce’s successor will be asked to steer Evergreen out of a multifaceted quagmire. Enrollment hasn’t been this low since the 1990’s, and needed state education funding is tangled in a […]
Farmworkers and Students Picket at Olympia Grocery Store, Demand Boycott
By MEXA de Evergreen and the Evergreen Farmworker Solidarity Collective As students, members of the Olympia community, and consumers of food, we picketed in front of Safeway, on Saturday February 28th, 2015, to demand that the store respect the boycott of Driscoll Berries, Haagen Daazs and Yoplait. This boycott was […]