OPINION: How to Escape the Debt Trap
College or university students find themselves in a position where they are expected to establish the foundation for their adult lives. This comes with many costs and financial responsibilities. Students […]
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Opinion: Daylight Savings is Harmful to Us
On Nov. 6, daylight savings time ended in Washington, setting all the clocks back an hour and giving everyone a much-needed extra hour of sleep. But does this benefit outweigh […]
Opinion: Combat Inflation by Optimizing How You Spend Money
Many BC students have felt the impact of the recent inflation. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, between June 2021 and June 2022 consumer prices rose by 9.1%, […]
Opinion: No, Censoring Dangerous Opinions Isn’t a Rights Violation
To what extent are social media platforms responsible for the content their users put out? Should harmful ideologies be given a platform? Deplatforming is a method platforms are using to […]
Opinion: Take Advantage of Your 20s to Get a Step Up on Life
“Youth is wasted on the young” is a saying used to illuminate how many young people fail to understand how lucky they are to have their whole lives ahead of […]
OPINION: Is Online Learning Good For You?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning became mainstream and it continues to be a popular form of learning. However, this change has a variety of adverse effects on students’ mental health. […]
OPINION: AI Is Powering a New Type of Addiction
“I started using social media when I was 12 years old,” says Emily J., a Bellevue College student. “At first, it was just for fun. But it quickly became addictive. […]
OPINION: On Halloween, the Treat is the Trick
Halloween is just around the corner, and while it may appear to be filled with the joy of dressing up and collecting candy, there are multiple overlooked dangers that plague […]
OPINION: How Meditation Helps Academics
For a lot of college students, school can be really stressful, and focusing in class can be really difficult. But what if there was a way to make it easier? […]
OPINION: The Role of Standardized Testing in College Admissions
On Oct. 12, I sat at a folding table with three sharpened #2 pencils, a calculator and multiple pieces of paper. I took the PSAT/NMSQT, or the Preliminary SAT, which […]
OPINION: The Issue with Fast Fashion
Fast fashion is the name that has been given to the quick turnaround of ideas from what celebrities wear or what appears on the catwalk into items of clothing. These […]
OPINION: “Community” Accurately Represents the Community College Experience
“Community” is an American sitcom revolving around a group of students attending the fictional community college, Greendale. The show ran from 2009-2015 and was created by writer Dan Harmon about […]
OPINION: Trauma and its Significance
Most of us have gone through something traumatic in our life before, regardless of whether we remember it or not. However, trauma rarely gets talked about enough. There are many […]
OPINION: The Emotional Surprise of Transferring From Community College to a University
As I and other Bellevue College students begin to transfer from BC and enter traditional four-year universities, the societal and personal emotional response is much greater than I anticipated. Fellow […]
OPINION: Logical Thinking is More Effective than Emotional Thinking
There are two prominent types of thinking — emotional and logical. While these two are essential to different circumstances, they should be used in correspondence to specific situations. However, that […]
OPINION: Artificial Intelligence Still Poses More Potential Issues than Benefits
In the past decade, there have been a lot of technological advances in society. However, with all these advances, conversation about the cost and damages done by these same advances […]
OPINION: Mass Shootings at Educational Facilities Have Become Normalized
In the America we call home, it is not uncommon for mass shootings to be directed at schools and educational facilities. This disheartening truth reflects the lack of value we […]
OPINION: Parental Emotional Fulfillment on the Internet is Needed
May and June marked the celebration of two national holidays that aim to recognize those in our lives who serve as mother and father figures. Mother’s Day celebrated in May, […]
OPINION: Video Games with Violence Shouldn’t be Introduced to Young Children
Video games are a huge industry in the United States that are part of the majority of childrens’ lives. Although some say that men tend to play video games more […]
OPINION: Generation Z Could Have a Dire Impact On Our Future
Generation Z is the first generation to share the collective experience of war, pandemics, financial instability, and climate change. The cohort of up-and-coming world leaders born from 1995 to 2010 […]