By Sarah Bradley & Danny Loose Here in Washington, weed dispensaries have become a welcome addition to otherwise typical shopping centers. The sale of recreational marijuana to the public began on July 8 2014. Even though it has been a while since initiative 502 passed, which licenses and regulates the […]
Legal Weed Moves West Two New Recreational Marijuana Stores Open on Olympia’s Westside
By Danny Loose On Monday March 28, town hall held a public hearing for the approval to license two new recreational marijuana retail stores. Hearing Examiner Mark C. Scheibmeir approved the two prospective shops “Gypsy Greens” set to open on Division Street and “THC Olympia” on Martin Way after a […]
Legislature Passes Supplemental Budget, Punts on McCleary
By Asa Kowals-Rose On March 29, Washington lawmakers adjourned their 2016 legislative session. As with last year’s, this session ran longer than expected: it was scheduled to adjourn on March 10 until Governor Inslee called a special session so that legislators could pass a supplemental budget. The supplemental budget—meant to […]
Greener Days Concert Series Brings Music and Performance to Red Square
By Sarah Bradley The sun was out last week, marking the start of Spring quarter at Evergreen. The warm temperature brought a bevy of students, staff, and circus performers out to red square. If you were part of the crowd soaking up the sun on Wednesday of week one, you […]
Cover Artist: Ruby Thompson
By Ruby Thompson If you’ve picked up an issue of this newspaper in the past four years, you have seen at least one thing that I’ve drawn. When I came to Evergreen, the Cooper Point Journal was just going back into print form after being solely web-based, and the editor-in-chief […]
Capitol Theater Characters & Stories from the Olympia Film Society
By Andrea Pardo A week before I relocated to Olympia for a writing program at the Evergreen State College, I woke up to an email from my professor, stating I was required to secure a venue for observation three days a week in order to produce a story, and by […]
Longhouse Anniversary Show
By Ruby Love This past Thursday marked the opening of sgʷigʷialʔtxʷ at 20: Building upon the Past, Visioning into the Future, a new exhibit at Evergreen Gallery celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Longhouse. I arrived early, and there were already people milling around outside the gallery doors, peering through […]
Rally in Solidarity with Political PrisonersStudents Demand Release of Leonard Peltier and Nestora Salgado
By Chloe Marina Manchester “Obama don’t let Leonard die, for the crooked FBI” chanted the crowd, as students and community members gathered in Red Square to protest the continued imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, Nestora Salgado, and all political prisoners on February 24. This rally was organized by the Free Nestora […]
Evergreen Floods Due to Burst Pipe Flooding Leads to Nearly Two Million Dollars in Damages and Ongoing Mechanical Problems
By Felix Chrome Last Thursday night, Feb. 25, a sprinkler pipe burst in Seminar II and the water flooded the system of tunnels that connect campus buildings.The next day campus was closed as they worked to ascertain the source of the flooding and asses the damage done. While campus reopened […]
Stuff to Do March 9 – April 5
By Sarah Bradley SATURDAY 3/12 Waking of the Queen Festival Fertile Ground Community Center. 3pm. $5-$10. The first annual Waking of the Queen Festival is is in honor of the Queen Bee as she lays thousands of eggs—a process which begins in mid-February. This family-friendly event will feature a day […]
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