Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian The Seattle Collegian is having an Open House on Friday, October 8th at 3 pm. Book your calendar and come join us. WE ARE HIRING STAFF WRITERS! What to expect in the Open House? You’ll get to meet the editorial board members and learn about our roles You’ll get to learn about the publishing process,…
Collegian Board and Staff and Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Okay, so let’s face it, 2020 majorly sucked for just about all of us. We here at the Collegian have the greatest hopes that 2021 will be a drastic improvement, but we still harbor a certain amount of trepidation. We shall have to wait and see. But hey! Did you know that the Collegian staff…
Astro Pittman and Collegian Board and Staff | The Seattle Collegian Happy New Year to all of you! Welcome to 2021 – continued quarantine and closures ( does anyone even remember what the inside of a nightclub or sports stadium looks like?), Winter quarter (ugh), a new president (maybe?), more stimulus checks (yay!), new laws (what?!), the hope of vaccination (thank God) juxtaposed against continually climbing…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian In the midst of the hateful rhetoric coming from both sides of the political aisle, I want to take a moment to pause and reflect on the deep seated issues running rampant through our country, the election process, and the entire globe that have made themselves more plain over the past few years than I…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Hello. My name is Astro, and I am both a student here at Central and the editor-in-chief of our student-run news publication, The Collegian. As I begin, I first want to acknowledge that we live on stolen land and honor my indigenous ancestors for the violence they endured. We must remember and learn from our…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian This month has stirred up some very mixed emotions within me, and I have found myself spending an inordinate amount of time trying to sift through and make sense of them. I am a Queer Person of Color who is also an essential worker, so I have been feeling some type of way about all…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian On Friday June 12 the Capitol Hill Trader Joe’s #130 on Madison St. closed its doors early. That afternoon, a sign posted on the store’s front door stated that the store was closed “indefinitely”. According to an anonymous group of the store’s employees, this was a direct result of the employees’ request to take time…
Nate Gowdy On Sunday, June 7th, Seattle Gay News publisher and editor-in-chief George Bakan was found dead at his work desk. He was 78 years old. George was a much-beloved trailblazer, activist and leader in the LGBTQ+ community, spearheading many of the LGBTQ+ social movements we take for granted today. George was active in the HIV and…
Jordan Somers As I sit here reflecting on this historic and catalytic moment in time, I cannot help but think that this is this generation’s revolution not yet fully fledged. The old adage of “it will get worse before it gets better” also comes to mind. Of course, I am grieving, mourning, saddened and angered. And in…
Tiffany Tablang Some severe Star stuff is happening this month, my dear asteroids! Saturn is retrograde in Aquarius beginning the 10th, Venus is retrograde in Gemini beginning the 13th, Jupiter goes retrograde in Capricorn beginning the 14th, Mercury enters Gemini on the 11th, Mars enters Pisces on the 13th, the Sun enters Gemini on the 20th (before…