Father chooses disabled baby over wife
Early Feb. 2015, an Armenian woman reportedly divorced her husband and gave up her baby upon learning the child was born with Down syndrome. After the fact, the mother, Ruzan […]
February 2015
Running start student publishes his first novel
Richard Li, a high-school senior in the Running Start program published a novel last year called “Find True North.” In Li’s story, protagonist Hwa Yunsang lives in Pyongyang, North Korea. […]
BC session offers scholarship details
The price of education is rising. According to an article by Huffington Post, “college tuition and fees have increased 1,120 percent since records began in 1978,” and the Associated Press […]
“Battle of the Seasons” – Drag queens at the Showbox Sodo
As a big fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race, a sensational drag race hosted by actor and model RuPaul, attending the Battle of the Seasons Tour in Seattle was a no […]
Rooster Teeth takes a stab at anime with RWBY
Volume two of “RWBY,” an American anime production, made its long-awaited debut on July 4, 2014, airing three months before the season finale aired later on Oct. 30. Like most […]
Ride Match offers incentives to students who carpool
The BC Ride Match service has been around since the fall of 2012 and since then, the service and those working with it have been committed to bringing students into […]
Keanu Reeves returns as Russian speaking hitman
Keanu Reeves is back for his best action movie since the Matrix trilogy, and does not disappoint. “John Wick” stars Reeves as the protagonist John Wick, a retired hitman seeking […]
“Emotional Intelligence” leadership seminar
The Leadership Institute had their second “Cookies and Learning” seminar of the winter quarter on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The name and subject of this seminar was “Emotional Intelligence,” and was […]
Health and Beauty: Sleep, sleep, sleep
In today’s nonstop moving world, sleep has become more of an annoying nuisance and less important as there are more and more things to get done, with just not enough […]
Downfalls of procrastination
Putting off work and getting to it last second is common among students, and instructors should know this for a fact. According to a 2007 meta-analysis collected by Piers Steel, […]
Fifty Shades of No
In 2011, author E. L. James published the first book of her Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. Over the last four years, it has grossed over $90 million dollars. It […]
2K Games continues popular franchise with“Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel”
On Oct. 2014, “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel” was published by 2K Games and released for the PlayStation, Xbox and PC. Developed by Gearbox Software along with 2K Australia, the is both […]
Rapping lyrics on “2014 Forest Hills Drive”
J. Cole, the first artist Jay-Z signed to his Roc Nation record label, released “2014 Forest Hills Drive,” his third commercial album, early last December. Named after the street where […]
Psychedelic folk with Sylvan Esso
Sylvan Esso is one of those bands that got real big real fast. Composed of singer Amelia Meath, also a part of the folk trio Mountain Man and Nick Sanborn, […]
MTV brings murder and dating sites with “Eye Candy”
A serial killer who stalks his prey on a dating website, that’s predictable. But a girl who goes on dates with suspected murderers in order to catch them red-handed, that’s […]
Students attend annual rally in Olympia
On Thursday, Feb. 4, a group of BC students took a bus down to Olympia for an annual rally. From, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., students held a rally coordinated […]
Muslim Student Association wins indoor-soccer tournament
The African Student Association hosted its first indoor soccer tournament, Tuesday Feb. 10. The competing teams were drawn from various Bellevue College organizations, programs and clubs including the African Student […]
Kevin Powell speaks for Black History Month
Bellevue College kicked off Black History Month with a keynote presentation by Kevin Powell. He has made appearances on television such as “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and other media to […]
BC coach inducted into hall of fame
Stella Orechia is a professor in the physical education department at Bellevue College who was recently inducted into the hall of fame at her previous school, the College of San […]
Contractors cited for death
In July 2014, Evergreen Erectors employee TJ Merrill fell to his death off the roof of BC’s new Health and Sciences building. He was 31 years old. While Merrill was […]