Weekly Reads: Persepolis
“One can forgive but one should never forget.” Marjane Satrapi, “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” “Persepolis” is an autobiographical series written about the author’s life during the Islamic revolution. […]
January 2022
Video Game Review: Inscryption
The evolution of virtual card games has been really fun to watch, as developers try to find new ways to tell the stories they want to tell through the same […]
Movie Review: Disney’s Encanto
The legacy of Disney animated films requires no explanation, having released box office hits time and time again that date back several decades. Already in the 2020s, Walt Disney Pictures […]
New Year’s Resolution Ideas for College Students
2022 has finally arrived! It’s the time when everyone leaves their lazy and procrastinating habits back in 2021 and we start a new chapter in our lives to help us […]
NASA Announces New Astronaut Candidates
On Dec. 6, NASA publicly announced the newest astronaut class, Group 23, who will report for duty in 2022. However, all astronauts that are selected must go through training to […]
Psilocybin Being Examined for Psychotherapeutic Use
Researchers from the University of Washington have been working on answering the question of whether or not psilocybin can help relieve the mental health burden being carried by clinicians who […]
OPINION: Uncertainty Sparks with New Opening of NFT Museum
On Jan. 14, Seattle tech entrepreneurs Jennifer Wong and Peter Hamilton will open the city’s first-ever Non-Fungible Token, or NFT, Museum. Titled the Seattle NFT Museum, or SNFTM, Wong and […]
Reports Find Potentially Harmful Metals in Bottled Spices
Most of our spice cabinets are full of bottled spices because they’re simple to use and to buy. But can these spices harm our health? Recently, Consumer Reports ran tests […]
Seattle Protests Over Controversial Supreme Court Case
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court began to hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that could possibly overturn Roe v. Wade. Discussions of the possible ramifications […]
BC Foundation Scholarships Now Open
Applications for the Bellevue College Foundation Scholarship opened on Jan. 4 and will run until March 7. The BC Foundation Scholarship provides funding for the upcoming school year, with the […]
Dobbs v. Jackson has Massive Implications on Women’s Bodily Autonomy
On Dec. 1, the Supreme Court first heard arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which is a case that many argue has the possibility to […]
The Importance of Boosters and Quarantine Due to COVID-19
Due to the introduction of the Omicron variant, there has been a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases and breakthrough cases. Studies have shown that the booster vaccine dose has become […]