Opinions

President Rule and Board of Trustees: We the undersigned are new faculty in our first year of the tenure process. We are writing to express our support for our colleagues […]

Now that the minimum wage dispute is settled, Seattleites can rest assured that high school kids do not need to go to college. Why would they, since the minimum wage […]

A recent sobering milestone was passed. While the federal government does not keep exact records, statistically it’s a safe bet that more Americans have died in America at the hand […]

The Obama Administration released an energy proposal as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s massive 645-page plan to combat the effects of global warming. The proposal plans to cut down […]

Thailand has had 19 military coups since 1932, more than any other country. For seven months there has been civil unrest between pro and anti- government sides up until two […]

GMOs are one of the biggest hot-button topics and equally one of the most misunderstood. What is a GMO? GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism, which really is a very […]

Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs are plants or animals that have been genetically changed with DNA from bacteria, viruses or other plants and animals. All GMOs are changed […]

Now, let’s not lie to ourselves – everybody loves shopping. Everybody. There’s an unexplainable sense of satisfaction that comes from getting a really nice jacket or a coveted pair of […]

People, including teachers, bus drivers and police are protesting in front of the World Cup Stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil. There are concerns that the government is not meeting the people’s […]

If you wanted a job so badly would you do anything to get your foot in the door, would you write to them, publicly? Social media has become the new […]

Communism is still prevalent in China. The current ruling party, the Communist Party of China, is responsible for many decisions, most notably censorship in nearly all forms of media and […]

To President David Rule and the Bellevue College Board of Trustees, We, the undersigned, are all faculty in the Social Science Division, and we are writing to you out of […]

Doctor visits are never fun. You have to sit in a crowded room full of people who are either way more sick than you are or just make you downright […]

Bitcoin has been trying to take a firm grasp in the global market as one of the first and definitely most popular virtual currencies. With no single entity controlling Bitcoin, […]

The situation in Ukraine has been going only what can be described as “downhill.” Two states fighting over the ownership of territory is one of the oldest stories in history, […]

Cinco de Mayo, which means May 5 in Spanish, is widely celebrated across the United States as a holiday that over time has begun to represent Mexican culture and an […]

For over a decade, net neutrality has been a topic of heated discussion in the technology world. Put plainly, net neutrality means that everybody can access the same Internet in […]

A 16-year-old Texan boy killed four people in a drunken car crash and claimed in court to be a victim of “affluenza”: the ignorant and unsustainable product of efforts to […]

Imagine going to work, reading the daily paper, enjoying a latte from Starbucks… All of this while behind the wheel. Sounds really dumb and dangerous, right? Well, by 2017, we […]

The brain is an extremely complex organ with cells called neurons that intertwine in a multitude of directions. Neurons communicate with the body an one another with chemical and electrical […]