By Natalie “Lee” Arneson On May 3rd, The Evergreen State College celebrated the 16th José Gómez Farmworker Justice Day. The opening ceremony, beginning at 10am, was held in Evans Hall with speeches from Kara Briggs and Evergreen faculty members Prita Lal and Alice Nelson. Briggs’ speech was a timely and […]
It Returns! The Re-Birth of The Evergreen Bike Co-op
By Rowan Utzinger The Evergreen Bike shop returns with a few changes: a greater focus on student-led, student-focused learning, and a brand stinking new name: The Evergreen Bike Co-op! The last that many of you may have heard from the Evergreen Bike Shop was a touching eulogy published by this […]
SLIGHTY WEST
SLIGHTLY WEST LIVES! Missing and presumed dead for the last 10 years, Slightly West is a student-run literary publication, featuring students’ creative literary and visual works easily printed in black and white. We want your poems, stories, pulp, flash fiction, satire, secret magic spells, original chain mail, homemade recipes, manifestos, […]
2084: CYBORG ANCESTORS OF AI GODS
Digital Environments and Instructional/Developmental Programs : Brain-Computer-Interfaces and AI Chatterbots – Part II By Jason Stone There are many people who claim to have had anomalous experiences of seeing or hearing things which were unexplainable. Even more people consider their experiences from the perspective of spiritual interactions or extra-terrestrial encounters. […]
The Plant That Could Learn!
By Hero Winsor If you’ve ever been to the lab buildings on campus, you’ll know how much of a liminal space it is. Going down to the basement this is amplified. The long 70s corridors lead you down a hallway with hanging prints from the printmaking studio in lab II. […]
These Valley Girls Have Farmworker Solidarity
Over the years I have evolved my answer to the question “Where are you from?” Originally, I would name the nearest town to mine that people might actually recognize, but now I simply say, “Skagit Valley, Washington.” In all honesty, the valley itself is my home. I reside in and […]
An Interview with Activist and Poet Lenée Reid
Authoritarianism is accelerating as is climate change and environmental degradation. Fire season has started early in the South-West United States. We sit back and watch as the Earth is pillaged for its resources, wars are fought over them, there is a new mass shooting almost every day, often targeting Black […]
Students for Justice in Palestine
By Caroline Keane Evergreen has a long history of solidarity with the Palestinian liberation movement. The Evergreen chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is planning some events for Israeli Apartheid Week. They are seeking new members, and can be reached through their Instagram page @beldaan. The CPJ spoke with […]
CRISIS IN UKRAINE
by Elise Grage and Dave Moore Over the last several weeks, we have witnessed the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, with more than 150,000 Ukrainians fleeing the country following attacks on Kyiv. As of February 26th, 2022, Russian military convoys are flooding the Russia-Ukraine border after orders to broaden […]
Moving Olympia’s Unhoused: From Deschutes, the Mitigation Site, to Ensign Road
by Miguel Louis For the last month, local city and council meetings have been defined by a series of debates between citizens and their local governments that will define the future of unhoused Olympians and residents of Thurston County. One of the primary concerns was the Mitigation Site, a small […]