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 […]
Lilly Bay
January 12, 2025 January comes each year, renewing the land of sunlight one minute more each day. Resolutions are made, new habits adopted, sprouting life begins to incubate below the rigid ice of midwinter. As students start conceptualizing their next endeavors for the new year, they may ask themselves “What […]
In Defense of Evergreen
By Alex Kawaguchi I think it is common among my peers to have a love/hate relationship with our institution of education. When someone I knew came to tour our beloved Evergreen, the first thing they asked me was, “What is the worst part about it?” and I laughed and said, […]
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: […]
Evergreen Terrors: 2 Chibi Chibi Con
Ritual Festivity 15/03/2024 I don’t know, nor would I dare ponder, how it was Matcha came to ascend beyond the confines of printed paper. But I am certain they are now a force greater than those who willed it into existence. Ideas are such fickle things–one moment an extension of […]
My Dread and My Academics
Hello. I am the creative director of the CPJ, co-coordinator to the hard-working and fast-moving Sako Chapman. Where do I even begin? This issue of the CPJ is being assembled and laid-out in the second week of the spring quarter. The workload seemed to overwhelm me before it began. As […]
Archive Spotlight: DAY OF ABSENCE
by Sako Chapman A Historical Perspective on the Evergreen State College 2017 Protests ORIGINS: In 1972, Dr. Maxine Mimms, one of the first Black women hired at the Evergreen State College, began the grassroots outreach that would become Evergreen’s Tacoma Campus. Mimm’s program was designed to meet the needs of […]
Hello Readers! And Apparently, Board of Trustees Members!
We attended the latest Board of Trustees meeting via zoom webinar on March 8th and discovered that certain members of the board are regular readers of the CPJ. This delighted us! We have always viewed the CPJ as a gathering place for student voices. If you want to get a […]
Writing Center Call for Ceasefire: Divestment
March 10, 2024 Staff of the Writing Center To the Evergreen Administration, We members of the tutoring staff at the Evergreen Writing Center are writing today as part of a wider student movement to proclaim our solidarity with the 2.2 million citizens of Palestine currently under siege, as well as […]