El Centro Latino hosts celebration of culture
On Thursday June 8 in the Bellevue College cafeteria, El Centro Latino held an end-of-year event to celebrate Latino culture. Admission was free and vouchers were available to purchase to …
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ASG calls for reallocation of tech fees
The ASG has been dissatisfied with where the funds from BC student’s technology fee is going and are trying to change where it goes. The funds are going mostly towards …
BC student wins NWAC golf tournament
The Bellevue College golf team took second place at the NWAC Golf Championships from May 21 – 22 at the Home Course in DuPont, Washington. BC sophomore Isaac Hall won …
Learning the history of Seattle’s Chinatown
On Saturday May 27, the Asian Pacific Islander Student Association hosted the Touch of Chinatown tour, as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. During the neighborhood walking …
BC honors Memorial Day
On Wednesday May 24, the Bellevue College Association of Veterans held an event in honor of Memorial Day. All were welcome to come, and lunch was free for those who …
Fair provides students with volunteer opportunities
On Tuesday, May 16, Peer to Peer and Tiered Mentoring organized a volunteer fair, bringing several non-profit organizations from the Puget Sound region to Bellevue College. In the BC cafeteria, …
Former BC student announces debut novel
Tara Sheets, former Continuing Education student, wrote her debut novel “Don’t Call Me Cupcake” which will be released May 2018. The book won Sheets the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary …
BC creates virtual tour of campus
From Tuesday May 9 to Wednesday May 10, photographers took pictures of the various large public areas of the Bellevue College campus to put in an online campus virtual tour. …
Board of Trustees asked to remove VP of Human Resources
On Wednesday April 26, the Classified Union Staff asked the Board of Trustees to fire Aaron Hilliard. In attendance were BOT members Richard Fukutaki, Merisa Hue-Weller and Vice Chair Steve …
Power of One conference builds leaders at BC
From April 20 to 22, Bellevue College hosted the 2017 Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Region V Power of One Conference: Coalition through Community. This was the first time …
BC holds Earth Week events
From Tuesday April 18 to Friday April 21, Bellevue College’s Office of Sustainability and Environmental Advisory Committee will hold its 18th annual Earth Week. Earth Week consists of a series …
“Peanuts” characters mature in “Dog Sees God”
Stage Fright Productions will be performing the play “Dog Sees God” for the first production of spring quarter. “Dog Sees God” will run from April 13 to April 15 at …
BC learns the ways of the samurai
On Friday, March 10 in room B204, guest speaker Lynn Miyauchi presented a lecture called Samurai Undressed, which centered around Japanese samurai. Miyauchi gave a lecture on the history of …
BC tastes soul food
On Tuesday Feb. 28, there was a History of Soul Food event in D106. The event took place as a part of Black History Month and was organized by Beabe …
BC DECA members gain career experience
On Feb. 23, DECA students went to the Embassy Suites in Eastgate to participate in the Pacific Northwest Career Development Conference. Students who attended had the opportunity to gain experience …
PewDiePie is being misrepesented by the media
Felix Kjellberg, more famously known by his YouTube username PewDiePie, recently lost two major partnerships that he had acquired during his time on YouTube, Disney’s Maker Studios and YouTube Red, …
BECU campus ATM replaced by Bank Mobile
Recently, the Bellevue College BECU ATM near the parking garage was removed. Many students who frequented the machine thought they lost the only way to deposit, withdraw, and transfer money …
Black Solidarity Conference
On Feb. 18, the Black Student Union traveled to the 22nd Annual Black Solidarity Conference at Yale University. Students of the Black Student Union traveled to New Haven, Connecticut on …
BC nurses head to Olympia for Nurse Legislation Day
On February 13, nursing students in their fifth quarter of the full-time nursing program traveled to Olympia to attend Nurse Legislative Day at the Washington Center for Performing Arts to …
BC speech and debate prepare for Oregon State University
On Feb. 18-19, Bellevue College’s Speech and Debate Society will attend the 11th Annual Earl Wells Memorial Speakeasy at Oregon State University. Tony Penders, Bellevue College’s debate coach, said that …