Opinions

This year, Thanksgiving was unique because  it fell out on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. This phenomenon is the result of the Gregorian solar calendar overlapping with the  lunar calendar. […]

It’s never a good sign when there aren’t words to describe what has happened to you.  It’s never a good sign when scientists around the world stop trying to measure […]

It’s that lovely time of year again—college application time! I wasn’t a very active applicant in high school, mostly because I already knew I was going to go to BC. […]

  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 Those talks have been replaced by the discussions […]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 […]