Opinions

  Rays of solar warmth, long days, and plenty of green trees to provide peaceful shade means it must be summer. This is the time of the year everyone whips […]

In Re: BC tests interim food program (The Watchdog, July 30, 2013) Thanks to those of you from The Watchdog for covering the efforts to establish an EBT terminal on […]

  Meet “schmeat.” Years of stem-cell research and culinary concoctions have made it possible. Lab grown meat, which researchers from around the world have been experimenting with for years, is […]

I’m sure if you heard the name Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, most of you would immediately know who I was talking about. The current suspect for the Boston bombings, this man is […]

In Egypt there is both rejoicing and mourning. There are Egyptians celebrating fulfilled demands and there are those who mourn, grieved with the departure of a democratic elective system that […]

Politics affects all of us. The decisions our government makes about taxes, alcohol limits and thousands of other things affects our daily lives. Recently I was invited to a barbeque […]

Privacy: the fundamental aspect of our nation’s Fourth Amendment and security rights and the foundation of respect and dignity. Since Sept. 11, 2001, efforts to stop terrorists in their tracks […]

For many students taking summer quarter at Bellevue College, vacations are not planned for the upcoming weeks due to responsibilities at school. Arguably the most common substitute for the mental […]

Attention students (particularly white males): there is a nefarious “diversity cult” lurking in the administration of this college. They are bent on taking your money and power and giving it […]

After my phone battery died once again after 30 minutes of use, I finally had enough. Frustrated at my Android, I contemplated making the switch to an iPhone, since at […]

Given that the insane rise in tuition rates over the last few years is, by ASG polling from last November and by anecdotal consensus, the most important issue for students, […]

A recent medical revelation could lead to babies of the relatively near future having three biological parents. How, you might ask? The controversial technique is called IVF, which uses DNA […]

It’s July, the same month that our nation declared independence from the British Empire centuries ago, an event we now celebrate as Independence Day. With such a nationalistic holiday, however, […]

The fair housing law was created to protect people from being discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, familial status and disability. Property management can’t […]

It’s been ages since you’ve seen one of your closest friends. You go to a nice diner or café to chat about your new internship, romantic partner or perhaps about […]

Trees and wildlife, the exponentially vast ecosystem that surrounds us is made up of millions of life forms, both plant and animal. Forest restoration and preservation groups work together as […]

Whether you’d like to save money on cleaning agents, cut back on your toxic load or decrease your exposure to carcinogens, this is a page for you. It’s a blatant […]

I applaud BC for its creation of alternative pricing options for students in terms of parking after it introducing paid parking permits in 2011. True, the paid parking permits help […]

With summer, a lot of people decide that it’s the time to be carefree, to just let loose and act as if life has been paused. But I’ll let you […]

Many reasons exist for learning new languages. Learning a country’s national language is often required in order to obtain citizenship. Before vacationing to a foreign country, it may be helpful […]