Kaepernick does not need football
JACOB MOORE | Evergreen columnist
April 30, 2017
People view him as either a hero or a degradation to heroes.Colin Kaepernick ventured into the blender of sports and politics in August and, much like the few athletes who have gone there before, he did not come away unscathed.In a preseason game on Aug. 14, Kaepernick made a firm decision to refuse to...
The US should lower the drinking age to 18
RUSSELL BEHRMANN | Evergreen columnist
November 18, 2015
A proposed ballot initiative in California that would lower the state’s minimum drinking age to 18 has been cleared to collect signatures and could be voted on by April 2016.The initiative, like most of its kind, will likely fail due to the provisions of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 198...
Cross-generational integration
PHILIP GROSSENBACHER | Evergreen columnist
October 28, 2015
Amazing things happen when you put preschoolers inside a nursing home. Since the release of a video of preschoolers playing with elderly men and women in an “intergenerational learning center,” the idea has gone viral.As adorable as the video is, the topics addressed by filmmaker Evan Briggs are...
Kill or be Killed
Philip Grossenbacher | Evergreen columnist
September 23, 2015
Kill or be killed: that’s the reality for many families in villages in the African country of Botswana in the two years following the illegalization of trophy hunting.Animals such as lions and elephants have been allowed to run rampant, taking their toll on the livelihood of some of the poorest com...
antiques
John Walker | MCT Campus
March 5, 2015
Much of the decor Charleen and John Mullen use in their home in Mariposa, California, are items they found at second hand stores, junk shops, yard sales, antique shops or salvaged by John, a contractor....
Waiting to say “I do”
Christina Theel| Evergreen Columnist
January 21, 2015
According to a Pew Research Center (PRC) study last year, the Millennial generation is waiting to say their “I do's” longer than previous generations.Only 26 percent of our generation is married. When they were the age that Millennials are now, 36 percent of Generation X, 48 percent of Baby Boome...
Tracking butterflies with convicts: A WSU research story
BY HALEY WATKINS | Evergreen reporter
September 18, 2014
Max security prisoners located at the Washington State Penitentiary are setting butterflies free this week.David James, Ph.D., is an entomologist at Washington State University, has inmates volunteering to participate in one of his studies.The inmates recently began releasing the butterflies in the or...
Flat meals gain dimension with global pancake variety
Maxwell Reister | Evergreen food columnist
February 24, 2014
When your brain speed is slower than chilled sap, your stack of assigned reading rivals a tree for height and density, and you’re all out of tucker, then it’s time for pancakes.Pancakes are beloved the world round with regional variations available in almost every country and culture.The Spanish m...
Nutty for granola
Maxwell Reister | Evergreen columnist
February 17, 2014
People rarely consider what food sounds like.Taste and smell may be the main culinary senses, but don’t underestimate importance of hearing when seeking out a satisfying meal. The bubbling of a pot of stew, the tinkle of ice cubes in a glass, the sizzle of a steak – each of these contributes to your ...
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