Review: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Like many others, I spend countless hours perusing random videos on Youtube. Charlie McDonnell, Alex Day, Chris Kendall, Danisnotonfire, and the Vlog Brothers are some just of my favorite Youtube […]
2013
Review: Chaco Canyon
Stepping into Seattle’s Chaco Canyon preferably with bare feet, either in West Seattle or its original U District location will warm your senses with sights, smells and friendly ambiance. The […]
Rubin’s Happiness Project: Time gets to us, but what really matters?
New York author and former lawyer Gretchen Rubin is riding a city bus when she has a life-changing epiphany. Rubin has everything: the coveted New York apartment, the blossoming career, […]
Sustainability up for national award
Bellevue College has been nominated as a finalist amongst 19 other colleges and universities for the 2013 National Climate Leadership Award. Each school nominated was recognized for their efforts in […]
Undocumented, unafraid and unashamed
On March 13, Andrea Torres, an undocumented student at Bellevue College, celebrated the passing of the Washington DREAM Act through the Washington State House of Representatives. She, along with BC’s […]
BC’s starving students
Every day he wears the same tan shorts and a green bandana, his handlebar mustache a dead giveaway. Rain or hail, he sports a smile and waves at every passerby […]
How to buy textbooks
At the start of every quarter, lines extend out the door of the Bellevue College bookstore with people waiting to purchase and pick up their required textbooks. However, along with […]
BC students set their sights on transferring
Spring break is over, which means it’s time for another ten weeks of days holed up in the library and long, coffee-fueled study sessions. One week into the quarter, Bellevue […]
We aren’t over our language problems
Over the generations that this country has seen, the views and perspectives of women in higher education have changed drastically. There have been many progressive steps taken over the past […]
Women’s golf team on a winning streak to success
The Women’s Golf team at Bellevue College has the passion, dedication, and experience necessary for success, carrying four members for the spring season. All the players have played a […]
Model UN goes national
On March 24, 2013, the Bellevue College Model United Nations sent 22 students to attend the National Model United Nations conference in New York City. This conference brings together over […]
Students board the ASG campaign: What does it take to be a candidate?
Spring quarter has just begun and it’s yet again that time of the year; time for Bellevue College’s ASG elections. With responsibilities varying from being the voice of the students […]
Through the eyes of the director: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Whenwinter quarter came to a close with Bellevue College’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors”, the Theatre Arts Department had to quickly transition to Stage Fright’s production of “The Last […]
Cirque du Soleil’s “Amaluna”
It was a dark and cloudless night when our car pulled into Marymoor Park. At first glance I felt confused, if it wasn’t for the signs and the traffic, I […]
Vital Nature: Bacteriophages
Bacteriophages have been utilized by humanity within agricultural, medical and dietary fields of experimentation and implementation for decades. After recent strikes of rebellion by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, they are reemerging in […]
The Weekly World: New CDC study won’t change minds on vaccines
Purity, sanctity and self-righteousness are normally the attributes of the moral compass we associate with the reactionary right—religious zealots and gun toting, flag-waving ideologues who battle against science and reason. […]
The “Monsanto Protection Act”
It’s spring; plants are giving wing to their seeds, love birds are in the air, people are tilling their gardens and sowing their crops. You might be sneezing more than […]
Film review: “The Croods”
Dreamworks’ latest movie, “The Croods” tells a story of a family set in a prehistoric area known as The Croodaceous. Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage) is an overprotective father […]
Cures for old problems?
Modern medicine has been making leaps and pursuing feats that may wind up monumental. From a newborn being dosed to successfully “cure” him of HIV within 30 hours of birth, […]
Pam’s Kitchen: Restaurant review
For my friend’s birthday dinner, we dined at one of the Seattle U-District’s Caribbean and Trinidadian cuisine hotspots, Pam’s Kitchen. The place was completely packed, wedging our party of eight […]