By Josh Wolf Food Not Bombs – the activist group for food justice – has existed since 1980, and has over 1,000 chapters all over the world. I wanted to learn more about their work, so a few days ago, I spoke with Izzi, a third year student at The […]
Album Review: Mister Tang – Baby’s First EP
Maybe it’s the combo of Portland sewage overflow and the nuclear waste facilities upstream, but there’s definitely something in the water in Vancouver, Washington. Case and point: the pure rock n’ roll mindfuck that is Mister Tang. Their live show, as captured on their first proper release Baby’s First EP, […]
Government Shutdown Affects Financial Aid, Veterans
On October 1, the nation saw the United States government furlough an estimated 800,000 federal employees and begin closing down the Department of Education, Internal Revenue Services (IRS), the Environmental Protection Agency, national parks and museums, and other federal programs and agencies. “The impact to the college and higher […]
Composting Solutions with Cedar Creek
By Joe Anderson For the last ten months, The Evergreen State College has been in a struggle to manage the school’s food waste in a sustainable manner. The school is now investigating other community connections to handle this waste. Silver Springs, the commercial composting facility that previously received Evergreen’s compost, […]
Album Review: The Celestials – Peach Noise
Local psych rockers The Celestials show their knack for mellow indie pop on their debut full-length album Peach Noise. The quintet presents accessible, hipster-friendly fare while demonstrating the kind of inventive musicality that should put them on every music-lover’s radar. All lower-case song titles? Check. Far out existentialist lyrical content? […]
Food Bank Satellite Challenges Misconceptions
Every Tuesday, from 4 pm to 6 pm, the Thurston County Food Bank Satellite opens it’s doors to Greeners and other community members. The satellite was launched on April 9, 2013, and is based in Seminar II, building E2115. “This project began in Police Services as the ‘Food Pantry’,” said […]
Oysters, Tides, and Boots (Knee High) – That’s What Shellfish Club Is Made Of
The beach was filled with the squish of boots wading through low-tide mud as the Shellfish Club hosted its first work party on the beach. On October 6, at midnight, the club took about twenty-five students to learn about how clams and oysters are farmed at the Evergreen State College, […]
New Moon, New Ownership
In August, the New Moon Cafe at 113 4th Avenue opened its doors under new ownership. The local Black Moon Collective spent February through April in negotiations with then-owner Dylan Elkhart. The collective officially purchased the restaurant in May. “Ultimately it’s about creating a job for ourselves,” said Kat Darger, […]
A Conversation on Positive Politics
Sometimes it seems like we can feel so separated from government and its mechanisms. But not everyone feels so. Recently I had a chance to meet Mary Ellen McCaffree (left), a former Washington State representative. She was the only woman in the leadership group during the Daniel J. Evans (right) administrations […]