Letter to the Editor: ASG
In the 2011- 2020 Strategic Plan, Bellevue College lists the core values of the institution, which includes promoting student excellence, embodying pluralism, as well as collaboration and shared decision making. […]
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Letter to the Editor: White Privilege
I’m not a college student at Bellevue College, and after reading Chris Robertson’s blithely offensive take on white privilege, I’m glad I don’t go there if THIS is the sort […]
Vital Nature: High-strung seas
On May 23 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center forecasted an “active,” or “extremely active” hurricane season this year, which begins June 1. During the upcoming six-month […]
Strangled with protection
Our system of justice is a series of checks and balances in which everyone is held accountable in some way. We could imagine it as a web where everyone is […]
The Weekly World: Two Obamas?
My appreciation for some of President Obama’s policies is a veritable wellspring of debate and disagreement with some of my more conservative friends. I frequently cite his soaring defense of […]
Vital Nature: Bugs for dinner
The U.N. is fighting hunger, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions all in one shot. But this force of this triple-threat may be hard from some to swallow—entomophagy. OK, so […]
Vital Nature: Metro budget cuts
King County’s Metro is projected to face tremendous budget shortfalls in 2014, with route reduction and deletions that will affect two out of three routes. Metro depends on sales tax […]
Is there a reason for white guilt?
Some of the most athletic leaps in logic I’ve experienced have been in discussions about race and gender. Lines become blurred as differences of personal perspective become synonymous with “fascism” […]
The Weekly World: In defense of courage
In 1963, Stanley Milgram verified with empirical observation what historians and philosophers have postulated for centuries. In his experiments on obedience to authority, he found that 65 percent of […]
Vital Nature: Combat allergy season naturally
Allergy season has struck. It may have slapped you in the face, hit you in the nose or punched your eyes. However it attacked, there’s no doubt you’re motivated to […]
What do we mean by “safe”?
One of the most common of logical fallacies is that of “equivocation.” In the narrow sense, equivocation is the use of a word with more than one meaning in a […]
The Weekly World: Small step for Britain
South Park slipped in a joke aimed at the United Kingdom in its famous Scientology episode where, after Stan calls the religion a scam and deems Tom Cruise’s acting to […]
Canvas: Not as bad as we thought
With the start of spring quarter, not only did we receive new class schedules, but we also received the transition from MyBc to Canvas for all things school related. To […]
The power is in your hands
The first time I heard about vandalism at Bellevue College was about a year ago. A friend of mine who was in charge of the Jewish group on campus had […]
Vital Nature: Let your voice be heard
Let your voice be heard, Washington! The work of legislative representatives has one key ambition: to represent you. Their objective is to reach consensus regarding a wide range of issues […]
The Weekly World: “Accountability” in Syria
It’s been nearly a year since Obama’s famous “red line” comment about the use of chemical weapons in Syria—that any use of agents like sarin or mustard gas would […]
BC’s sports are going unnoticed
Do the students know about BC sports? Bellevue College is the home of many great programs including a very strong athletic department. However, many students don’t know that we even […]
Point: Boston marathon
April 19 marked the 18 anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombings, a terrorist attack that killed 168 people and injured over 800. The one word never used to describe the […]
Counter point: The perils of equivocation and bombs
Thinking is hard work. Sometimes it’s unpleasant. Often it forces us to admit we’re wrong, but worst of all, it occasionally necessitates disagreeing with other people. This is never more […]
Vital Nature: Water Monopoly
You’re thirsty. Imagine yourself plucking a dollar from your wallet, slipping it into a machine that slurps it up, and watch a plastic water bottle plop into a cache that […]