School is cool, fool
In an ideal world, everyone would be able to get a full, interesting, stimulating secular education before even having to think about how to be employable. Unfortunately, for a generation …
Articles by Elizabeth Ballinger
A vanishing species in The Dining Room
Fifty-six characters, ten actors, six chairs and one pianist. Bellevue College Drama Dept.’s production of A.R Gurney’s The Dining Room chronicles through time the humor, drama, and human experience of …
ASG Report: 05.05.09
The May 5, 2009 Associated Student Government (ASG) meeting began at 3:30 p.m., with no corrections to the agenda and an announcement that Burke Colquhoun, emerging technology and entrepreneurial representative, …
Earth Week at BC
A Clothing Exchange, Green Fashion show, Green Car show, an organic cooking presentation, a field trip to one of the Puget Sound wind farms, and presentations on toxic environmental pollutants, …
Election 2009: Future in next ASG’s hands
It took Americans three years to publicize, politicize, polarize, prod, and after it all, pick who would run their government. Beginning April 28, we will have ten days to decide …
ASG Report: April 14, 2009
Lori Saffin, instructor and Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) advisor, sponsored by Amanda Alva, ASG president, requested that the ASG approve $4,030 to cover a guest speaker for BC Identities Week. Vicki Waiking Ma, VP of finance and communication, motioned to allocate $460 from the club’s 1984 Reserve account to pay students a stipend for volunteering to serve food during the upcoming ASG Election Barbeque. …
How to soften budget cuts: Get a state tax
As Americans, we have an irrational phobia of taxes. And as Washingtonians, we need to get over it. We need a state income tax. Here’s an example of why. Our …
Editor’s Letter
Hi Everyone, “To everything there is a season.” I learned that from The Byrds. This year, still in it’s prime, has brought unprecedented obstacles and monumental promise to us as …
Debate heats over condom sculpture
In appreciation for the college’s enthusiastic support for their Valentine’s Day newspaper condom campaign, Planned Parenthood will be donating a life-size marble replica of male genitalia, decaled with a limestone …
Student Art Showcase
The student artist has been staring at the daisies for three hours. Passersby stop to look at his blank canvas positioned in the halls of the C building, underneath 20 …
Student victim of hit and run on campus
By Elizabeth Ballinger. BCC Public Safety and Bellevue Police are still looking for the driver of a maroon hatchback who reportedly hit and abandoned a pedestrian on BCC campus February …
Longest time teacher will leave BCC after 43 years
By Elizabeth Ballinger. After 43 years at BCC, Rober Purser, the college’s longest-time teacher, will be leaving the college next quarter. The art instructor and former art department director will …
Next transfer fair set for April
By Elizabeth Ballinger.BCC’s next transfer fair will be held April 16th. Thirty baccalaureate colleges and universities are expected to lay out information tables marked by their school colors, and compete …
Students, faculty take message to Olympia
By Elizabeth Ballinger.In a state Senate hearing in Olympia last Monday, representatives from BCC went before the legislature to testify on behalf of the senate bill that would allow BCC …