evergreen tuition

On Dec. 9, Gov. Gregoire released a budget proposal that drastically cut state tuition assistance, including the State Need Grant program. About 20% of the Evergreen student body relies on the State Need Grant. Testimonies to the Governor from students poured in. Below is one such testimony. It is important to recognize that LeAnn Brinkman’s story is not unique.

I’m a single mom to six children, four of them still school age (16, 9, 7 and 6) and in the home.

Econvergence, a conference adressing the current political, economical, and environmental problems, brought together Pacific Northwest activists in Portland, from Oct. 2–4. The keynote speaker was the ubiquitous Noam Chomsky, his presence exciting the sold-out audience and even bringing the man who introduced him, American University economics professor Robin Hahnel, to tears. For a man who is eight decades old, Chomsky resonated with authority during his speech, though he used humor to ease the density of information he presented.