topic : The Evergreen State College
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August 2008
By Andrew Robbins, Hudson Munoz, and Ashley Harrison
Over 4.4 million Iraqis have been displaced by the occupation of Iraq by the United States military. Those who leave Iraq are forced to rearrange their lives with little support and resources; the lives of those who stay are broken by violence, diminished access to natural resources, and a debilitated community. While the United States government works to extend its reach in Iraq, a group of students and community members in Olympia, Washington have responded to the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II.
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March 2008
by Tony Zaragoza
I was at the Dead Prez show on the night of Thursday, Feb. 14, and have been a fan of rap/hip-hop since the mid ’80s. I arrived at Thursday night’s show around 10 pm. Through the night I saw nothing happen at the concert that was out of the ordinary. I didn’t see any of the scuffles that are mentioned in the accounts below. I left at 12:40 am, and as I was exiting the CRC I saw a female officer standing and talking with a white man who was seated on the ground. At that moment I wondered what was going on, but I couldn’t imagine what would happen later, and was quite surprised . . .
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March 2008
by Pete Bohmer
I would like to expand and explain more the comments I made at the February 19, 2008, noon forum called by Evergreen President Les Purce to discuss the events connected to the Dead Prez concert. Although I did not attend the concert, I have spoken to many eyewitnesses and I am also relying on the eyewitness accounts collected and posted by Tony Zaragoza, Tuesday morning on the TESC Talk mailing list [and reprinted here on page 1]. President Les Purce in setting terms for this forum in his opening comments, focused on the overturning of the police car, not what led up to it. This . . .
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