Other commenters are correct that Evergreen is quite a “hippy” and “alternative” college, but I believe the core reason this happened is Rachel Corrie.
Evergreen school administrators may have been more amenable to students’ demands because of Rachel Corrie, who was a 23-year-old Evergreen student when she was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer while she and others sought to protect a Palestinian home from being demolished in the Gaza border town of Rafah
TESC has always been a pretty radical place, but you’re not wrong that there’s a bit of a legacy with Palestine there. (Source: am alumnus.)
Though the college more recently had a problem on campus with protesting that involved a professor being effectively chased off campus and the administration managing to both use the police and not use the police wrong.
They previously handled radical protests pretty well, but had lost their step after some key administrators retired. Seems they’ve found their way again.
Other commenters are correct that Evergreen is quite a “hippy” and “alternative” college, but I believe the core reason this happened is Rachel Corrie.
Seattle Times
TESC has always been a pretty radical place, but you’re not wrong that there’s a bit of a legacy with Palestine there. (Source: am alumnus.)
Though the college more recently had a problem on campus with protesting that involved a professor being effectively chased off campus and the administration managing to both use the police and not use the police wrong.
They previously handled radical protests pretty well, but had lost their step after some key administrators retired. Seems they’ve found their way again.