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By Brook Stallings. On Wednesday in room C120, Vice President of Administrative Services Rachel Solemsaas gave BCC faculty and staff an “Update of Budget Strategies” Tuition and class fees at […]

By Brook Stallings. Students and faculty gathered in room C120 last Wednesday for the winter 2009 Coffee, Tea, and Politics discussion, entitled “Health Crisis in America: Politics, Economics, and the […]

By Brook Stallings.At last Tuesday’s Associated Student Government (ASG) board meeting, the ASG voted unanimously to give the Business Leadership Club (BLC) $1,962 for the “2K Walk and Roll for […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger.BCC’s next transfer fair will be held April 16th. Thirty baccalaureate colleges and universities are expected to lay out information tables marked by their school colors, and compete […]

By Patrick Farricker.A documentary examining issues regarding masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in modern hip-hop culture by Byron Hurt was shown last Thursday in place of a scheduled presentation by […]

By Brook Stallings.Why is Black History Month important? Boots Riley, hip-hop artist and political activist, gave 140 BCC community members his answer at his speech on Wednesday at N201. “History […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger.In a state Senate hearing in Olympia last Monday, representatives from BCC went before the legislature to testify on behalf of the senate bill that would allow BCC […]

A memorial service will be held this weekend for Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz, the BCC instructor found missing from a Bainbridge ferry the night of January 13. Although Seattle police consider Stafford-Yilmaz […]

By Patrick Farricker. Wednesday, BCC President Jean Floten delivered a “Budget Planning Update” at Bellevue’s Carlson Theater. The presentation addressed BCC’s gloomy revenue forecast, which projects additional cuts and reductions […]

By Brook Stallings. In a speech that spanned 10 billion years and disciplines as diverse as agriculture and computer science, Dr. Leroy Hood explained Darwin’s theory of natural selection and […]

By Brook Stallings. Black Student Union President Robin Bailey wants to know if you know who invented the traffic light. If you don’t, you will soon have the opportunity to […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger. The bill proposed in the state legislature last Thursday to allow one-way tolling of up to $3.25 on the Highway 520 bridge would put a weighty burden […]

By Katie Drahos. Students walking by might see the bright rainbow posters hanging up on bulletin boards around campus. Or, as of late, they might find them in a more […]

By Brook Stallings. During a senate hearing last Friday, the University of Washington (UW) officially opposed the bill that would let BCC become a four-year college. The bill would grant […]

By Brook Stallings. BCC has begun the process of developing three new degrees in progressive fields: Green business practice, Dissymmetry, (a new technology in nuclear imaging), and a four-year radiologist […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger. Reluctant to cut jobs, BCC’s administration will have to lay off teachers and other faculty to meet their $3.5 million target cut for the next two years. […]

By James Storbeck. On Monday and Tuesday, the International Student Association (ISA) brought the Chinese New Year in with a celebration held in the cafeteria here at Bellevue Community College. […]

By Brook Stallings. The Associated Student Government (ASG) hosted two “Budget Cut Student Forums” this week to explain how Washington State’s projected $7 billion deficit will likely affect BCC students. […]

UW: Turning down spring applicants:The University of Wahsington (UW), due to a 13 percent expected state cut and current over-enrollment exceeding 1,000 students, will be closing it’s doors to all […]

By Brook Stalling. At Tuesday’s ASG Board of Directors meeting, ASG President Amanda Alva and other board members challenged ASG Director of Legislative Affairs Vanessa Pantley at length regarding her […]