Arts & Features

By Brittany Butterfield.Snow, floods, and freezing temperatures shouldn’t be stopping you from getting out of the house. There is no reason to go stir-crazy, our neighborhood is Bellevue, it’s full […]

By Lance Braud. Well here we go, a science column in The Jibsheet. I’ll try not to bore you with the details of RNA transcription or neurological pathways. But I […]

By Brittany Butterfield. “She had apple bottom jeans, and boots with the fur” hit single, and hit fashion for the 2008-2009 trend. This winter’s fashion has hit big with tons […]

By Brittany Butterfield. The PC vs. Mac topic has got to end. Some prefer PCs, some people prefer Mac, although I can’t imagine why. I have a PC, it allows […]

By Brittany ButterfieldCelebrating New Year’s is no quiet matter. It’s a holiday that has it all, dancing, drinking, fireworks and making a New Year’s resolution. This is one of my […]

By Kaitlin Strohschein. “An Achilles Heel is a person’s only vulnerable spot; a serious or fatal weakness,” according to the Oxford University Press Dictionary of Idioms. Achilles, son of Thetis […]

By Kaitlin Strohschein. At BCC, students may receive failing grades and ultimately be expelled for cheating and plagiarism, according to the Arts and Humanities Division Web site. “It’s [plagiarism] an […]

By Kimberly Absher.Americans are being forced to adjust to an economy that is less than what it was in terms of unemployment, and skyrocketing prices of everyday items. And the […]

By Kaitlin Strohschein. The BCC philosophy department will be offering two new global philosophy courses in the winter 2009 quarter. One of these courses will focus on Buddhist philosophy, and […]

By Kimberly AbsherTwo programs within the umbrella of Continuing Education that offer non-credit courses are “Explore! Personal Enrichment” and Art Zones. Explore! offers a variety of classes, said Kristen McConaha, […]

By Machiko Kaya and Kaitlin StrohscheinBCC was opened on the campus of Newport High School on Jan. 3, 1966. Currently, the school owns a 96 acre, 11 building main campus, […]

By Kimberly AbsherBCC’s Associates Degree in Nursing prepares students for entry level clinical practice as registered nurses and it prepares students to take the registered nurse examinaton, according to the […]

By Kimberly Absher.In spite of efforts made by students, staff, Multi-Cultural Services’ LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, questioning) division, and the GSA club (gay-straight alliance), some students who are gay, […]

By Kaitlin Strohschein. People pay taxes. Then, they die. The above idiom suggests that death and taxes are among life’s unpleasant inevitabilities. Two authors are credited with invention of the […]

By Lance Braud.Although returning to school after an extended absence can be daunting, that is exactly what over half of the students attending BCC have done. The average age of […]

By Hannah Ander and Kaitlin Strohschien The BCC Library Media Center owns 47,525 volumes of printed books, 3,024 items of media materials and subscribes to 400 titles of print periodicals. […]

By Kaitlin Strohschein “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” is a pithy saying with such distinctly pious, Catholic origins that perhaps it is written in stained glass somewhere. […]

By Brook StallingsSteve Ferreira says lots of people know him at BCC. He is a 20 year old man with cerebral palsy who gets to class in an electric wheelchair. […]

By Kimberly AbsherThe BCC Public Safety Web site offers directions on what to do in a variety of emergency circumstances, from natural disasters to acts of violence. “The information on […]

By Alex Couture “BCC Reads!” is the title of the campus-wide reading program that aims to encourage students to read a particular book every year that can be discussed and […]