Idioms: Achillies’ Heel
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 […]
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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 […]
By Kaitlin Strohschein The next time you burn your tongue on a steaming cup of tea remember, “No pain, no gain!” Although this idiom and tea may at first appear […]
By Hannah Ander Bellevue Community College gives students a variety of study abroad opportunities in distant countries. A different study abroad location is offered each quarter, and the programs are […]
By Brook Stallings The Academic Success Center in room D204 has helped tens of thousands of students in the 29 years it has operated, according to Scott Bessho, co-director of […]
“Begging the question” is a trick to winning arguments without using logic; it is a logical fallacy. Encarta Encyclopedia defines a logical fallacy as “a mistake made in the process […]
By Kimberly Absher Bellevue Community College has made some major changes in recent years in order to become more environmentally-friendly. The whole construction of the R building was made with […]
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