Jade L Seattle Central College students and faculty showed up in a sign of support for the protesters and anyone in need at the South Plaza at Broadway and Pine. Starting Sunday, June 7, 2020 to Monday, June 15, volunteers will be handing out basic first aid, snacks, water, menstrual products, masks and anything else they can…
Jordan Somers Seattle city officials announced Wednesday their decision to withdraw a request that would lift eight years of federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department. This change came on the heels of pressure from community organizers, political leaders and demonstrators calling for measures to defund and demilitarize Seattle police. Meanwhile, thousands continued to march downtown and…
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VDU Blog It seems that things are not getting any easier in the year 2020. Earlier this week, #Ebola was the number one trending topic on Twitter in the United States. On June 1, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusthe, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), tweeted, “A new #Ebola outbreak detected in western #DRC, near Mbandaka, Équateur…
Tracy Yorker, Seattle Central Interim Security Lieutenant Capitol Hill has become a hotspot for protests as many meet every day outside Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct by 11th and Pine. Some have taken the tense energy of the crowd as an opportunity to vandalize and damage Seattle Central’s campus, alongside other businesses in the area. Earlier this week, Seattle Central’s Mitchell Activity…
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Smile Tongkaw | The Seattle Collegian In response to the novel coronavirus outbreak, colleges and universities nationwide have moved classes online. An anonymous comment on Twitter stated, “We cannot learn math through a screen!” Many statements throughout social media show that not only students but professors too are struggling trying to adapt to the sudden transition to virtual learning. That includes…
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