Arts & Features

No matter what one’s personal opinion is of Michael Jackson, most would agree that his untimely death on June 25 was shocking and unexpected. While newspapers, magazines and blogs scramble […]

On June 23rd, at around two in the morning in Iranian time, an anonymous Tehran blogger wrote this onto a Twitter page: “It’s been two days now and my brother […]

The Fourth of July is just a few days away, so if you don’t have plans yet, now is the time to start making them. Luckily, the Puget Sound area […]

German Cubillos, a student at Bellevue College, is seen here sporting a Calvin Klein VNeck, with a black tuxedo vest. Cubillo has Rocco Express jeans complimented by a pair of […]

As the weather began to heat up, student life at Bellevue College changed dramatically. On Monday, April 20, Bellevue woke up to clear sunny skies, and hot temperatures – something […]

The Campus Crusade for Christ has a long history of catering Christianity to the college audience. The organization was founded in 1951 on the UCLA campus by a man named […]

One of my favorite characters in film is Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp, which he portrayed in dozens of silent films. Chaplin was one of the greatest slapstick artists of all […]

According to the Seattle Times, higher education funding took a big hit last weekend in the final hours of Washington State’s legislative session. Colleges got operating budget cuts of six […]

Unemployment is now at 9.2 percent statewide. A job search can take a lot of time and effort when the job market is this competitive. Many students do not know […]

The demise of Worker Retraining has been greatly exaggerated. While the program has indeed run out of funds, as reported in the April 5 Seattle Times, the new fiscal year begins July 1. […]

I had a difficult time writing this. I wanted to give equal time to male attitudes about beauty in this series of columns, and frankly, I was embarrassed to talk […]

Who watches the Watchmen? Students at Bellevue College do. English classes that are teaching “Watchmen” like literature are giving serious graphic novels a long-due comeback. Just like eating Cookie Crisp […]

By Jamie Johnson: The money in your wallet keeps disappearing. The price of gas is higher, the cost of living has gone up, and soon breathing will be a dollar […]

This week, I’d like to write about beautiful women. Well, not just that. I also have serious questions I want to ask. How do we try to control how others see us? Is the image we project really so important? Is a portrait art, or a reflection of the subject’s soul? […]

Dear Tyra Banks, You, ma’am, are ridiculous. I used to like you. Heck, I will go as far to say I respected you. But my feeling all changed once you started opening that pretty little mouth of yours. […]

Amidst a Western war in the Arabic world that has propagated both prejudice and acceptance between the two cultures, little is still understood in the United States of the mysterious […]

Meet Laurel Cooper. She’s a second-year Bellevue College student getting ready to graduate. You might recognize her from seeing her bright orange hair around campus. […]

This will be a little different, so please, bear with me. Elegância is the name of my new column, in which I hope to call attention to routine beauty and […]

Do you know what a keffiyeh is? You probably wouldn’t at first, but you could probably spot one if you were reminded of a few of the keffiyeh’s misleading western […]

Elvis sat on the recycling bin at the smoking hut at the back of the C building.  He wasn’t smoking. He was playing a 12-string guitar. He stopped for a […]