Morgan Wigmore | The Seattle Collegian 2020 felt like an eternity for many – but fittingly, streaming sites became packed with several lifetimes’ worth of content. It was a year to learn about the little things about culture that we enjoyed, and for me, the fact that I miss occasionally seeing a movie in-theater snuck up on me. I predicted back…
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Jordan Somers | The Seattle Collegian On the night of Tuesday, Dec. 15 and morning of Wednesday Dec. 16, occupants of the houseless community at Cal Anderson Park, as well as coalition groups, volunteers and advocates for the homeless, prepared for an anticipated full-scale sweep by the Seattle Police Department after weeks of escalating complaints and property destruction. Those involved in…
Alexa Villatoro Awaiting an imminent sweep of houseless occupants residing in Cal Anderson park, homeless advocates who claim they are “here to advocate for people who are unsheltered” in King County, and particularly Seattle held a press conference on Thursday Dec. 17. Held in front of a foreclosed house on 11th and Denny currently occupied by demonstrators,…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Full-time international student and Seattle Collegian staff writer, Alex Su, met an unwelcome fate when she arrived in the United States to begin classes at Seattle Central College in the winter of 2020. Two of her classes had been cut, endangering her F-1 visa status. “It was frustrating,” says Su. “I went to apply for…
Alexa Villatoro Early on the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 10, opposing protest groups gathered at Olympia, WA in a confrontation anticipated by both groups and the city, where one man was shot. Conversations disclosed on Twitter show expected violence from at least one of the groups- Trump/“Stop the Steal” protestors. In opposition, anti-fascist-style protestors also organized with…
Jordan Somers On a brisk, sunny winter day December 5, 2020, a crowd of neighborhood residents stood amassed outside the corner of 24th Avenue and Union Street, awaiting the grand opening of Communion Restaurant & Bar. Chef Kristi Brown and her son Damon Bomar, the owners of Communion, mingled and celebrated with friends and family just outside…
Danny Barber | The Seattle Collegian On Monday, December 7, and Tuesday, December 8, an unknown person used rocks and other objects to break through the windows of the MAC building on Seattle Central’s Campus. The incident took place on the Nagle Place side of the building, across from Cal Anderson park. The perpetrator caused roughly $30,000 worth of damage to…
Harlow Poffenberger Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Councilmember and self-identified Socialist, will head to the Washington State Supreme Court this coming January to continue her appeal of a recall effort made against her. Capitol Hill resident and LGBTQ+ activist, Ernie Lou, submitted the petition for recall of Sawant on August 18, 2020. Lou said that Sawant was “the…
Alex Su On December 3rd, the Associated Student Council (ASC) at Seattle Central hosted a student open forum via Zoom. It featured college president Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange; VP of Student Services, Dr. Yoshiko Harden; and the Dean of Student Development, Ricardo Leyva-Puebla. The event was hosted by Alex Roque, the Executive of Issues and Concerns for…