MCS hosts student success discussion
Last Wednesday, Henry Amaya and the Multicultural Services hosted their annual Student Faculty Café in C-120. Of the over 1,000 faculty members working both full-time and part-time at the Bellevue …
May 2013
School collects LGBTQ demographic info
As a result of the efforts of LGBTQ, pluralism activists and other Washington collegiate community members, an updated enrollment form that includes gender neutral options and self-announced pronouns will become …
OSLA recognized by Washington Student Association
In early May, the Washington Student Association acknowledged Bellevue College’s Office of Student Legislative Affairs with two awards. The first recognized BC’s OSLA for having the “strongest coalition work in …
Women leaders prepare for conference
On May 29, 2013, five of Bellevue College’s women leaders will get the chance to represent BC at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders in Maryland. Due to …
Interim VP position filled
The Associated Student Government selected an interim Vice President of Finance and Communication at their Board of Directors meeting on Thursday May 23. Vice President of Finance and Communication Elect …
Meet Chief Justice Elect Komalpreet Sahota
Komalpreet Sahota, the Associated Student Government Chief Justice Elect for the 2013-2014 school year, is the youngest person on the ASG. A Running Start student from Kentridge High School, Sahota …
Legislative director appointed president of WACTSCA
Kristin Velez, Bellevue College’s current serving legislative director of the Office of Student Legislative Affairs, was appointed president of the Washington Community and Technical College Student Association on May 4. …
Baseball team makes playoffs
The Bellevue College baseball team had a miracle season that just came to a close. The team overcame numerous problems from the beginning of the season to make it into …
Strangled with protection
Our system of justice is a series of checks and balances in which everyone is held accountable in some way. We could imagine it as a web where everyone is …
Creative outlets on campus
For those who love to write, for those who love to read, for those who love literary magazines… Belletrist, Bellevue College’s online literary magazines, is worth taking a look into. …
Faculty profile: Michael Korolenko
Rarely do you meet a teacher that literally practices what he preaches, but that is exactly the case with Michael Korolenko. He has been a film and communications teacher at …
Review: There’s a yeti on the loose
I know, I know. You’ve had enough of the frozen yogurt craze. If you hear “froyo” or some other truncated name for that unsatisfactory substitute for ice cream you’re going …
The Weekly World: Two Obamas?
My appreciation for some of President Obama’s policies is a veritable wellspring of debate and disagreement with some of my more conservative friends. I frequently cite his soaring defense of …
Vital Nature: Bugs for dinner
The U.N. is fighting hunger, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions all in one shot. But this force of this triple-threat may be hard from some to swallow—entomophagy. OK, so …
Review: “Into Darkness”
Most of us are all well aware of Gene Rodenberry’s masterpiece, “Star Trek” and its history. For those who are a bit rusty on their Trek-trivia, the epic series was …
BC softball hits it out of the park
The Bellevue College women’s softball team has been tearing up the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges league all season–their efforts have earned them the first place position in the …
Town hall held to address LGBTQ issues
On Tuesday, May 14, in D-106, Bellevue College held a town hall to discuss the struggles within the LGBTQ community. This forum was a way to bring up how to …
ASA vies for program status
The Asian Student Association, currently a club, is on the road to hopefully becoming a program at Bellevue College. As of right now, it is solely operated and coordinated by …
Student government VP resigns
With only four weeks left in the quarter, Dustin Boehlke resigned from his position as the current Vice President of Finance and Communications for the Associated Student Government on May …