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By Elizabeth Ballinger.The Investigation continues into the disappearance of Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz, the BC instructor found missing from the Seattle-Bainbridge ferry last Tuesday. Stafford-Yilmaz’s personal belongings

By Elizabeth Ballinger.Canoeing around their neighborhood streets, BC employee Susan Kingsbury and her husband spent last Wednesday afternoon trapped by an overflowing river surveying the damage of the flood that […]

By Elizabeth BallingerA recent Gallup poll determined 56 percent of U.S adults report believing racism against blacks is still a rampant problem. A gap, however, was found between races on […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger. BCC is expected to lose at least $2.6 million in state money over the next few years, and Amanda Alva is trying to get students interested in […]

Forty-six years after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial and told 250,000 civil rights supporters of a very particular dream he had, members of […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger.A BCC employee was arrested on campus at 5:31 am, December 9, for incidents of theft spanning the last several monthes. The suspect, who was caught in the […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger. For the next two years, Governor Chris Gregoire has proposed a $300 million dollar cut across the board for community and technical colleges, a total 8.3% cut. […]

The following was sent as an email to BCC faculty and staff.Dear Members of the BCC Community,I have notified President Floten that I will resign as Executive Dean of Instruction […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger.After next week, BCC’s new science building may be just a

By Brook Stallings.The Associated Student Government (ASG) is exploring ways to provide a comprehensive health insurance program to all BCC students. ASG President Amanda Alva said they will ask students […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger.BCC may face up to $6.7 million in state budget cuts over the next two years. In response to a report issued last week by the Washington State […]

By Brook Stallings.The Campus Activities Board and the Peer to Peer Mentoring Program will host the Winter Destress Fest from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at […]

By Elizabeth BallingerFor 10 days in Xi’an China, Nathan Brown will be a Saudi Arabian. Brown, along with six other students from Aslam Khan’s Model United Nations class, left Saturday, […]

By Elizabeth BallingerA new fee will be added to registration costs beginning winter quarter, creating a pool of money for students to turn their campus green. The Student Environmental Sustainability […]

By Adam MagnoniBCC’s Associated Student Government (ASG) met on Nov. 11 for the weekly Board of Directors (BOD) meeting. The board funded the open gym program, heard again from Katie […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger. Textbook prices might not be as expensive for next year’s students. A motion to adopt a course material cost saving policy was passed at BCC’s board of […]

By Adam Magnoni. The BCC Associated Student Government (ASG) held their weekly board of directors meeting on Nov. 13. The board was set to pick up the tabled funding request […]

By Brook Shielding. In a talk on Nov. 13, retired school administrator and Iraqi expatriate, Aida Kouyoumjian said to an audience of 15 that Iraq was a civilized country with […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger The Associate Student Government (ASG) approved funding for a diversity workshop to be held during Martin Luther King Week in February at their recent Nov. 6 Board […]

By Elizabeth Ballinger Akrem Rebhi never planned on being a teacher. This year, however, Rebhi is hosted by BCC as their seventh annual International Scholar-in-Residence. Rebhi will spend a year […]