BY MARTA TAHJA-SYRETT After the long awaited move from the Library Building, the Student Equity and Arts Lounge (SEAL) is now located in a naturally-lit room on the third floor of the College Activities Building. The SEAL celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 4. I met with Samuel Silvestro, the peer […]
Rules and Regulations, Again: Please, Cut Me Some Slack
BY DJ PFEIFLE Editor’s note: this is a correction to a previous CPJ article. So, it turns out those rules and regulations I discussed in our first issue of this year were more or less correct, but I was informed by a staff member at Residential and Dining Services (RAD) […]
Spotlight: Latoya Johnson Revisited
BY BRITTANYANA PIERRO For our last issue I sat down with Latoya Johnson, Administrative Assistant to the Director of Police Services and former Assistant to Vice President of Equity and Inclusion, to talk about her time here at Evergreen and her understanding of equity on campus. This is the continuation […]
A Review of the Food in the Greenery
BY DJ PFEIFLE We all know the Greenery doesn’t have the best food, but what is the best of the worst exactly? For you, dear reader, I embarked on a tireless journey to the Greenery to help you all understand what is good and what is bad. To make things […]
Horoscopes: Oct. 17-31
BY MARIAH GUILFOIL-DOVEL Aquarius January 20 – February 18 This is a time for new growth and new style. That haircut you’ve been too indecisive to get? Today is the day. That person you’ve been meaning to talk to? Time to take the leap. The job you’ve been dreaming of? […]
Celebrating Culture & Building Community: The Arab Festival Returns to Olympia
BY STEPH BECK FEY “Our goal is to bring Arab culture closer to home.” This is the mission statement from the program of the Olympia Arab Festival, hosted biannually during Artswalk by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice. This year marked the fourth festival since 2012, and “each […]
Equity Symposium: Cultivating Inclusive Excellence
BY ZAE This past week, The Evergreen State College held its first annual Fall Equity Symposium, designed to deepen the dialogue on equity and inclusiveness on campus. Held by Evergreen’s Equity and Inclusion Department, the two day event was, “designed to empower the Evergreen community with tools to create a […]
Opinion: Parking Services Misunderstood
BY JACK STROUD In the winter of 2016 the Geoduck Student Union (GSU) put forth a vote to defund Evergreen’s Parking Services. Nothing came of this vote, and Parking Supervisor Susie Seip is glad. “Everyone would have paid a parking fee out of tuition whether you drove or not.” said […]
An Interview For Yvonne McDonald: Yvonne’s Niece Talauna Reed Reflects On Her Aunt’s Life And A Tumultuous Investigation
BY MASON SOTO Talauna Reed is the eldest of Yvonne McDonald’s nieces. I sat down with her to talk about growing up with her mother’s sister and the daunting events surrounding her aunt’s death in Olympia on Aug. 7. She offered an invaluable account of the love that surrounds Yvonne, […]
Chaos In & Near City Hall: Dir. Simmons Did Not Communicate With 501c3s, Council
BY VINCENT AWKERMAN & DANIEL The Olympia Police Department (OPD) continues to clear camps on city property and enforce bans on sitting or lying on sidewalks, despite a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which found anti-camping ordinances to violate the Eighth Amendment. According to the City’s […]