(OLYMPIA, WA – 4/23/2025) — Today, the Washington State House read a resolution recognizing Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi’s life and activism. Her family attended the reading of the resolution and spoke at a press conference afterward. On September 6, 2024, an Israeli sniper killed 26-year-old Washingtonian activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi as […]
INTRO//PRACTICE OF ORGANIC FARMING PROGRAM
The Organic Farm is one of Evergreen’s most iconic institutions, founded in 1972 as an answer to the back-to-the-land movement and concerns about industrial agriculture. It has always served as an outlet for hands-on learning, ecologicalstewardship, and community engagement. After a COVID-related lull, the farm is prospering anew. A host […]
May 7, 2025 Port Angeles, WA
Forest Defenders Blockade Against Clearcutting of Endangered Legacy Forest In the Elwha Watershed Port Angeles, WA — Forest defenders launched a blockade this morning in order to halt the clearcut logging of one of the last low-elevation mature forests in the Elwha Watershed. This century-old forest, located on the Olympic […]
How Immigrant Labor Replaces Jobs Degraded by Union Busting
May 2025 The presence of immigrant labor in the United States is a response to degraded labor that was rejected by U.S. born workers. As the U.S. born reject jobs with poor labor conditions, these sectors experience labor shortages, harming these sectors. In response, employers seek out migrant labor to […]
Greenery Interview
The Greenery, known by on-campus students because of the mandatory meal plans, is both an all-you-can-eat asset, and a common student enemy. Through Evergreen’s contract with Aramark, they have reserved their role as Evergreen’s sole food provider. Found also in the P.O.D. and Einstein’s, it is the single provider that […]
A Conversation With Dr. Angela Davis: Collective Struggle in Critical Times
By Sylvie Delaney On the dark, rainy evening of February 21st, I sought light and cover and found both — in more ways than one — at the conversation taking place at the Capitol Theater. Dr. Angela Davis, long standing freedom fighter and progressive scholar, held a talk at the […]
Washington State Legislature Headlines 2025
Cooper Point Journal January With the commencement of the new year, Washington State enters the 2025 legislative session. Two prominent figures enter the legislative session this year–Cyndy Jacobsen and Phil Fortunato. Cyndy Jacobsen is a State Representative for the 25th district whose prefiled bills seek to heavily attack trans rights […]
A System is What a System Does: CPJ reporting on December 11th
During Spring Quarter 2024, the CPJ released a series of three articles in our physical editions documenting and reporting in greater detail on the carbon monoxide poisoning that occurred on campus last December, hospitalizing two and killing fellow student Jonathan Rodriguez. Here, this reporting is compiled into one. Part 1: […]
Investment and Grant Policy Task Forces Charged
MAY 21, 2024 The Evergreen State College released the charges for two of the four Disappearing Task Forces (DTFs) outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment and members of Evergreen Executive Leadership. These charges provide the guidance and structure for the Task Forces. Below […]
Make change at Evergreen – Join student governance for next year
By: Kayla Mahnke Hargett and Natalie Arneson, Student Activities staff Student governance positions will soon be accepting applications for next year! There are over 20 positions for students to serve in a wide range of capacities across campus. These roles put certain decision making in the hands of students and […]