HONK! Fest West is a free, community-driven music festival held annually in public spaces across Seattle. Honk! Fest West can be found on Facebook and Instagram. Honk! The festival has been around for over two decades, beginning in 2008. According to the Honk! Website, the festival became federally recognised as a 501(c) non-profit in 2021,…
Staff, faculty, and students made three things clear at the walkout on Thursday, May 1, “f— the furloughs,” “tax the rich,” and “get ICE off campuses.” Furloughs are temporary layoffs, forced, unpaid “time off.” Currently, Governor Ferguson has suggested almost all state employees take one forced day off per month for two years, 12 unpaid…
Idaya Zyndra | The Seattle Collegian In case you’re not a mega-nerd, “Sid Meier’s Civilization” is a game series that first debuted in 1991. In it, players play as a historical culture or nation and attempt to fulfill a victory condition. These range from conducting the first moon landing, establishing the world’s most influential culture, converting every civilization to the player’s…
Idaya Zyndra | The Seattle Collegian The Seattle People’s March is the successor to the Womxn’s March, which had over 100,000 participants in 2017. This year, the rally began at 9 a.m. in Cal Anderson Park. The march started shortly after 11 a.m. and ended at 12:30 p.m. at the International Fountain in Seattle Center—a two-mile march from Cal Anderson Park….
REUTERS | The Seattle Collegian David Plouffe, an advisor for Obama, and more recently Vice President Harris, stated, “we thought the phrase was: ‘if you find yourself in a hole, keep digging.” The aide, cursing his team, elaborated, “nobody corrected me, nobody told me the phrase was ‘stop digging!’” This comes after Democrats concluded an-eight year study, finding out that…
Idaya Zyndra | The Seattle Collegian After 3 hours of standing ovation from Seattleites, Mayor Bruce Harrell commented, “I would love for the applause to continue, I know I am doing God’s work, but we must now turn this into law.” smiling as he approved the laws. Following the immediately popular SODA and SOAP laws passed in Seattle’s City Council just…
Idaya Zyndra | The Seattle Collegian Seattle Central College’s Unity Fair took place outside the Broadway Performance Hall on the South Plaza on Thursday, May 23. Along with music, games, and prizes, this year’s fair featured an activity by the Mitchell Activity Center: lifting a very large tire for a prize. Students struggled to do so but remained committed to the…
Idaya Gruenwald | The Seattle Collegian Protestors at the University of Washington’s United Front Liberated Zone prepared to defend their encampment from a Sunday, May 12 counter-protest, organized by The Pursuit NW, a local church with a location in the University District. The counter-protestors held a rally in Red Square called “United for Israel.” Though the protest grew heated with chants,…
Idaya Gruenwald | The Seattle Collegian To protest the University of Washington’s ties with Israel and Boeing, students from the university’s Progressive Student Union (PSU), led by Mathieu Chabaud, started an encampment on the quad that they’re calling the “United Front Liberation Zone.” On Monday, April 29, students began setting up tents, posting signs, and offering free access to food and…