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Before leaving Bellevue College, every one of its students needs to take a cultural diversity class. Up until six years ago, language classes fit into this category, but “fell off […]

Apple and Microsoft are two of the biggest technological companies in the world and are competitors in the market for computers and phones. Here in Washington where Microsoft was founded, […]

Last Sunday, my brother and I got up at the crack of dawn and spent four hours shoveling a truly massive amount of horse crap. Why? Because he and I […]

What does the concept of poetry call to mind? Some may think of confusing lines of rhyming nonsense that they are forced to squeeze meaning out of for an A […]

Some parts of the world are moving towards the elimination of cash and replacing it with exclusive use of digital currency. I personally don’t think that this is something that […]

We were six weeks into a trail building project in Phoenix and I was looking for something to do. My teammate handed me a book, a little paper-bound novel with […]

Look at the coverage of any major news event and you will see a wide variety of perspectives. Every news organization and medium will have a different way of telling […]

When people learn that I speak Hungarian as well as English, their expressions automatically transform into one of awe or appreciation, as though they never do something as “amazing” as […]

US presidential elections, despite seeing the highest voter turnout and having the greatest media coverage, are traditionally a binary enterprise that offers little to voters beyond reminding them of the […]

The new quarter has begun, and with it comes new challenges and sometimes daunting opportunities for personal growth. How many times have you been in a new class and had […]

Whenever someone who drinks coffee everyday tells me they don’t want to drink coffee anymore, I’m always so confused. Of course, caffeine is known to be addictive and there are […]

On March 11, amid chants of “F-you Trump,” liberal progressives everywhere celebrated the shutting down of political discourse and self-expression. Neither side is blameless, neither side is innocent, and neither […]

In the past few decades, studying abroad has become a lot more common. Now, most colleges and universities offer a variety of study abroad experiences ranging from short-term to quarter-long […]

It’s happening again. In front of nearly every Safeway, Haggen and Fred Meyer store, young girls can be seen shivering in front of tables stacked high with boxes upon boxes […]

It seems to me like there’s not much of a community at community colleges. I’m an international student, and I hadn’t been taking classes at BC for more than a […]