Here’s what we think you should be listening to. By ISSAC SCOTT While everyone fawns over Portland, Chicago and Austin as hot spots for new music, Olympia quietly ferments the kind of sublime weirdness that has contributed disproportionately to overall “alternative culture,” whatever that means. Obviously, themes established by riot […]
Best Study Spots
Cooper Point Journal employee, Felix Chrome, studying at Caffe Vita downtown. BLAINE EWIG By SERENA IMANI KORN They call it “homework,” but for many students, studying and completing coursework can be challenging at home. I can’t seem to concentrate enough to finish work at home. There’s something too relaxed and […]
Academic Freedom Threatened at Evergreen
AN OPEN LETTER AND EXPRESSION OF CONCERN Faculty Submission [two_third]Facts and context: During spring quarter 2014, eight students have been writing and rehearsing, and are prepared to perform, an original work of musical theater entitled “The Quisney Project presents: O.U.T.: Once Upon a Time.” The project is registered for credit […]
Geoduck Student Union at Standstill
DISCUSSION OVER CONSTITUTION CONTINUES BY NICHOLAS BENSE Recently, there has been much discussion concerning the current structure and effectiveness of the Geoduck Student Union as a representative student body of power. Examining one of the GSU’s many websites, an observer would find outdated meeting locations and membership information, with a […]
Reproductive Health Vending Machines on Student Ballot
BY AMANDA FRANK AND SERENA IMANI KORN Geoduck Student Union ballots are open and available through MyEvergreen student accounts. Students have through week 10 to vote for their representatives and weigh in on different initiatives. One of those initiatives concerns access to emergency contraception and other sexual and reproductive health […]
‘Fruta Amarga’ in the Skagit Valley
WORKERS STRIKE AT WASHINGTON BERRY FARM BY EMILY McHUGH “Keep your hands upon the dollar, boys, and your eyes upon the scale” – 1930s union folk song The strawberry season in the Skagit Valley stretches for two weeks at the end of June. Workers on the West Coast circuit come […]
“Les Flics Sont:” May Day in Paris
MAY DAY IN PARIS BY PATRICK STEWART It was drizzling lightly in Paris when I woke up at the crack of 11:00 a.m. on May the first. A full three hours passed when I had planned on meeting the Confederacion Nacional de Trabajo (National Confederation of Workers, or CNT), an […]
FCC Shifts Position on Net Regulation
NEW PROPOSAL ALLOWS PRICE DISCRIMINATION, THREATENS OPEN INTERNET BY SERENA IMANI KORN A new proposal of Internet regulation from the Federal Communications Commission could threaten the notion of an open and equal internet, known as net neutrality. The new proposed guidelines from the FCC allow content companies, like Netflix, to […]
From Earth Day to May Day
BY JOSH WOLF AND RAY STILL Some came to demonstrate for workers and immigrant rights. Some came to celebrate the coming of spring. Whatever the reason, May Day in Olympia turned Sylvester Park into a small hub of music, community discussion, and activism for anybody aiming to reform local and […]
Beyond the Barbed Wire
“I’D PUT PRISON NEXT TO COLLEGE AS THE BEST PLACE FOR A MAN TO GO IF HE NEEDS TO DO SOME THINKING. IF HE’S MOTIVATED, IN PRISON HE CAN CHANGE HIS LIFE.” – MALCOLM X BY JAMES GUTSCH When I first heard about Gateways for Incarcerated Youth three years ago, […]
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