Opinions

Four hundred dollars goes a long way if you’re a college student. I slipped into an experiment in my own education last quarter by forgetting to buy my course textbooks […]

I was walking down the street in Seattle last week when I saw a man approaching, his hand raised near his mouth and the glint of a small silver tube […]

Sometime in the early afternoon on Feb. 5, a foreign-looking man in his 20s, dressed as a postal deliveryman, rung the doorbell of 70-year-old Lars Hedegaard, a conservative Danish journalist […]

February is National Eating Disorder Awareness month. According to the National Eating Disorder Association, one out of every five women suffers from disordered eating or an eating disorder. Like many […]

Rumors run rampant about the resignation of the recent pope, Mr. Joseph Ratzinger, aka Benedict XVI. Since he hasn’t officially stepped down yet—it’s more like a papal two-weeks notice, not […]

It’s no shock that of today’s non-sugar sweeteners, aspartame claims approximately 50% of all sales by United States consumers. Aspartame is roughly 200 times sweeter than conventional sugar thus providing […]

If you are reading this article before 12:30 p.m., you can attend a lecture right here at Bellevue College in D-106 today about the pervasiveness of a somewhat ambiguous blight […]

North Korea may just be one of the worst places to live in the entire world. Known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by the people of the country, […]

The question, “are violent video games bad for people?” has been very active for the past few years. People have linked these game behaviors to a rise of aggression, lack […]

As modern advancements and evolution in technology and engineering rise, the practice of direct water recycling and treatment processes becomes all the more real. Today, water treatment has become increasingly […]

In previous and recent issues of The Watchdog, topics regarding the LGBTQ Resource Center and the queer community on Bellevue College’s campus have been covered, reported on and eventually discussed […]

“The Internet is quite simply under assault,” was the way Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell put the situation last month. As early as last February, McDowell had been warning […]

In a relatively safe and affluent area like Bellevue, it is easy for students to forget scary numbers.For example, in 2011 there were on average more than 392 violent crimes […]

The ban on gay scouts or gay scout leaders in the Boy Scouts of America is close to its end. This has been a timeless tradition for the BSA, and […]

Recently, 15-year-old Oregonian   Jadin Bell died after attempting to hang himself in an elementary school playground. Bell was rushed to a hospital and was taken off life support after […]

In this modern day and age, we can observe that water fluoridation (dosing the water supply with one of three commonly used fluoride compounds) is a prevalent phenomenon in the […]

Inquiry runs on diversity of mind. I am much more likely to mend the errors in my own thinking if I am freely exchanging ideas and reasons with people who […]