Weekly Reads: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics
In honor of January being Mental Wellness Month, I read “Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Book” by Dan Harris, which was recommended by one of the counselors […]
Arts & Features
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Building a More Inclusive Campus: The Mission of Bellevue College’s LGBTQ+ Task Force
Bellevue College’s LGBTQ+ Task Force consists of a diverse group of “multi-gendered, multi-racial, multi-ethnic, inter-generational LGBTQ+ community members and allies.” Together, members “work to advocate, educate and support gender equity […]
Achieving Your New Year’s Resolutions at Bellevue College: Resources and Opportunities for a Successful 2023
With the start of a new year comes New Year’s resolutions. A New Year’s resolution is a commitment to do something differently in the new year. According to LinkedIn, approximately […]
Personal Life Balance Workshop Hosted by Peer Educators Program
Hoping to aid Bellevue College students in their balancing of work and school, BC alumni Noah Laxton shared tips on how to healthily manage one’s personal life, education and employment. […]
Weekly Reads: Almond
“I have almonds inside me. So do you. So do those you love and those you hate. No one can feel them. You just know they are there. This story […]
Advice for Students Amid Recent Technology Company Layoffs
Seattle is a hub of technology corporations, including multi million-dollar companies like Amazon and Microsoft. Nationally, large tech companies have had mass layoffs, with about 10,000 by Amazon, 11,000 by […]
Bellevue College Hosts Mary Coss “Sound the Siren” Art Exhibit
The Bellevue College Gallery is currently showing Mary Coss’ exhibition, Sound the Siren. This is the first exhibition since June. Coss has been working since early October to create a […]
Mohamad Zohar Shares Story of Past Difficulties During International Education Week
Nov. 14 to 18 was International Education Week at Bellevue College. The week was meant to be “a celebration of international and intercultural partnerships and communities,” where students could come […]
RISE Learning Institute Highlights Volunteer Opportunities in Bellevue College Area
The holiday season is the time of year when everyone wants to give back and help others. Bellevue College has many resources you can utilize for volunteering. BC makes finding […]
English YouTubers Spotlight Joys of Embracing Other Cultures
The YouTube channel “The Korean Englishman” has amassed 4.55 million subscribers since joining the platform in 2013. The creators Josh Carrott and Ollie Kendal started the channel to form a […]
How BC Students Will Celebrate the Holiday Season
With finals quickly approaching, the Bellevue College student body is getting ready to celebrate the upcoming holiday season in their own special ways. “I have this family tradition where I […]
Weekly Reads: How to Win Friends and Influence People
There are millions of books in the world, but very few are as useful as the classic “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. The principles of […]
Tips for Handling the Upcoming Winter Months
After the driest summer on record, with only 0.5 inches of rain falling between June 21 and Sept. 21, Seattle saw its first storm in months. Oct. 21 brought 0.31 […]
How to Manage the Holiday Stress
As much fun and excitement as the holiday season brings, it is also accompanied by a great deal of stress. Thursday, Nov. 3, marked the beginning of a series of […]
Avoiding the Dangers of Large Crowds
On Oct. 30, an estimated tens of thousands of people flooded into an area in Seoul, South Korea. They were there to celebrate the first Halloween since pandemic restrictions were […]
Rain Garden Presents Valuable Volunteer Opportunity
On Nov. 1, Bellevue College Grounds Crew workers Brandon Ellsworth and Kolin Poss organized a volunteer opportunity that I decided to attend. On the south side of the T Building […]
Weekly Reads: When Breath Becomes Air
“If time dilates when one moves at high speeds, does it contract when one moves barely at all? It must: the days have shortened considerably” – Paul Kalanithi, “When Breath […]
Resources for National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
This November marks the National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. In King County in 2019, there were 11,199 homeless individuals. Worse, 47% of them were sleeping unsheltered, meaning they were sleeping […]
Managing a Stressful School Life
On Tuesday, Oct. 25, a Bellevue College counselor was in the library talking students through different ways they could manage stress and giving examples of different activities they could do. […]
Bellevue College Students Welcome to Participate in Math Competition
The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Student Math League (SML) is a competition and a wonderful opportunity for math-inclined students. Collegiate individuals compete first as individuals, then they […]