Cinco de-not-a-thing-o
Cinco de Mayo, which means May 5 in Spanish, is widely celebrated across the United States as a holiday that over time has begun to represent Mexican culture and an […]
Articles by Brian Tockey
Board of Trustees
A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Bellevue College was held on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The six trustees, president David Rule, assistant attorney general, presenters and public […]
Subjective vs. Objective
Greg Damico hosted a lecture redefining what subjective means versus objective on May 6. The purpose of the lecture was to provide a starting point from which people can utilize […]
Autism Spectrum Navigation Program
On May 19-20, members of the Disability Resource Center will be traveling to Waikiki, Hawaii to hold a workshop at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity titled […]
Paying to make Internet unequal
For over a decade, net neutrality has been a topic of heated discussion in the technology world. Put plainly, net neutrality means that everybody can access the same Internet in […]
Triple Brutal is very brutal
On April 1, the new Austrian Death Machine album hit the virtual shelves across the Internet and actual shelves in select retailers. Triple Brutal is the third album from the […]
When and where does it all end?
Before Netscape was acquired by AOL back in what some call the “good old days,” the source code was released and rewritten by the Mozilla project into what would become […]
New weird band from Japan
A new musical group from Japan is making waves that are starting to reach the shores of America, and it’s like nothing anybody’s seen before. “Idol music” is a uniquely […]
A rising trend: E-cigarette usage on campus and vaping indoors
E-cigarettes are a relatively new and increasingly popular method to get nicotine or to help quit smoking. Bellevue College students are no exception, and e-cigarette use on campus has increased […]
Austrian Death Machine: Totally brutal
Arnold Schwarzenegger fans and death metal fans rarely find mutual ground on which to celebrate their loves. Lucky for them, there actually are Schwarzenegger-themed death metal bands that bring new […]
Obamacare and apathy
The Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) is, to put it lightly, a colossal failure. Characterized by broken promises, a comically inadequate rollout and seemingly daily reports of […]
“Titanfall” release less than a month away
Announced at the 2013 E3 expo, “Titanfall” is the first game to be released by Respawn Entertainment, founded by Jason West and Vince Zampella, co-founders of Infinity Ward, developer of […]
Sonic: New fans, new look
Sonic the Hedgehog is a familiar part of the childhood of many a college student. Hundreds of collective weekends spent back when Sega actually made platforms making that little blue […]
Minimum wage: Solution or problem?
Over the last six years, the economy has been in the news almost daily. The housing bubble, bailouts, taxes, Occupy, recession, recovery, too-big-to-fail and healthcare have been buzzwords that […]
Politics with buses and all that jazz
Recently, Metro Transit has announced a budget shortfall of about 75 million dollars, and is planning to cut 600,000 service hours in response to this. As of press time, Metro […]
The Stanley Parable
Blockbuster, big-budget video games always seem to revolve around the same general themes: guns, aliens, fast cars, sports, explosions, mythical creatures and epic adventures. Adrenaline is the order of the […]