Opinions

  This is my first year at college and it’s been a difficult transition. I recently acted on an impulse, resulting in actions that I would have never done four […]

My name is Erin Hoffman and I worked for The Watchdog for a year before transferring to the University of Washington. Now that I’ve been at the UW for a […]

As a college campus in the Pacific Northwest, Bellevue College is the perfect environment for coffee drinkers. Anyone on campus only needs to walk a maximum of five minutes to […]

Dear Editor, I need your help! I wouldn’t ask, save I know that you are in a position to do so; at no trouble or cost to you; and, it […]

Bellevue College has a plethora of different sports ranging from basketball to baseball to golf to soccer to softball to volleyball. Not only do we have all these programs, but […]

Bellevue College is a transfer school. Its student population consists of people who come in order to leave. There’s nothing wrong with that, I know that was my mindset. But […]

It’s a couple years old, but there’s a single statistic that I believe sums up the need for an issue like this. One out of every 10 transfer students in […]

  My boyfriend and I met at Bellevue College. This is his first quarter at UW and our lives are really different now. It’s hard adjusting to him having a […]

Ignore the upcoming festivities… please. As November fast approaches we are moving on from our talk of Halloween parties, costumes and decorations. Those talks have been replaced by the discussions […]

Sometimes, I wonder if it’s too late to save the country from big business. While saying that may stretch my credibility dangerously thin, bear with me. I don’t mean to […]

Recently, a girl in my friend group started dating a guy I had a brief thing with last quarter. A lot of people say she knows that we had a […]

  If an organization claims to support the values of curiosity, academic freedom, and open debate, or is obliged to in spirit by the very nature of the institution, then […]

October, as expected, brought a plethora of Halloween decorations to the shelves of stores and the front porches of homes. I was also able to buy a 250 piece Hershey’s […]

When I read the Oct.  29 Watchdog paper I was surprised to see a quote from me. At no one time did any one from Watchdog ask for an interview. Food […]

Ahh, Halloween. It’s the one day a year where even the loneliest person’s doorbell rings again and again, if only by thieving little children who only want you for your […]

If you go to the lunchroom you can find a vast assortment of foods. From bananas to donuts,from cereal, to even pizza.  So much food is available, but most of […]

  Dear Rachelle, “I recently got out of a really, really intense relationship that was bordering unhealthy. But I’ve started something with someone new and I’m scared that I’ll never […]

Whether you attend a traditional four-year college or a two-year school, college is an exciting time. It’s a time for fun. For experiencing firsts For self-discovery. For learning, For succeeding. […]

I am writing to express my concern over the recent OP/ED article “Grinding to a halt” published in the BC Watchdog on Oct. 15, 2014 which provided some inaccurate information […]

  Going into college you generally have a pretty good assumption about the challenges that you have ahead. An example of this would be  mountains upon mountains  of homework, studying, […]