submitted anonymously First, To be accountable to friends and peers we should not use a sudden death for personal gain. I don’t want to use my friend’s death as an opportunity for attention. Or see his death, my grief, as a strategic moment for organizing. I am not saying that […]
Begonia
A/N: Abigail told me his favorite flower was a begonia. A begonia sits in our apartment, and is nurtured by her every day. To the administration at Evergreen, and the people who were supposed to keep Jonathan Rodriguez safe, I hope you feel immense amounts of shame for what you […]
Studying abroad by myself through an Evergreen ILC was one of the best decisions I have made at this school. I want to tell CPJ readers about it.
My first Dispatch from Greece Monday, October 9 I have been in Greece for three weeks: eleven days in Athens, and ten days on the island of Chios. In Athens, I went to a punk rock show at the Agricultural University of Athens and saw what Evergreen could be. The […]
Shark Meat and the EU
by Troy Ritter One of the major hot topics in ocean conservation today, especially as it relates to seafood, is shark fin soup. Condemned by Humane Society International (HSI), the dish dates back as far as the Ming Dynasty (mid 1300s) as the soup of emperors. Still considered a delicacy, […]
“Collecting Data on Evergreen’s Housing Crisis”
By Grace McLarty In class, in the smoking shelters, on Discord, we all hear stories of Olympia’s nightmare housing market. Friends move out of town due to rising rents, students post desperate pleas for rooms for rent on social media, you hear about people giving up on Evergreen and moving […]
Holding – Quinn Kotara
Many people ask Why do you keep holding onto the past? Why are you holding on to those beliefs or those thoughts about yourself? I would posit that the question should be How are you holding? How are you being held? The past is. Each moment, we are everything we […]
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 […]
The Rainbow Washing of Bud Light: 500 Bills and Counting
By Dave Moore Cultural commodification is a long-standing capitalist pastime. Every facet of human identity, expression and circumstance can be packaged and used to feed emergent consumer markets. This is not a new phenomena, nor is it particularly unique compared to some of the other permutations of late-stage capitalism. It […]
On Passing
Author’s note: On Passing makes explicit mention of transphobia, cissexism, bigotry, eating disorders, drug abuse,and mental illness. As the author, I can’t in good conscience recommend that you engage with this article if these are difficult points for you. By Maeve Howser (she/they) In the early hours of July 22nd, […]