Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian Windfall for the school! We’re rich! Well, not quite-but the Seattle Colleges recently received an unprecedented 1.4 Million dollars for student scholarships in this last week. $889,000 of that huge number came from a land sale to King County. Under the Open Spaces Plan the 35 acres will be maintained by King County as a…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian In the early evening of Wednesday the 22nd, a shooting happened at the corner of 3rd and Pine in downtown Seattle. This wasn’t a mass shooting. This was three people shooting at each other, poorly. And many other people being hit. A “mass shooting” is when someone enters a crowded public place, or at times…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian You can’t get there from here… Do you all remember a time before the internet? Where you had to actually look at maps, write things down, and even interact with strangers after leaving the house?…me neither. But I do remember when there was much less internet, and “friendster” was the main social media platform. This…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian Climate chaos… Oh Pacific Northwest fall…how we love you so. The chilly evenings, the morning mist the perpetual showers and the unending task of finding the right amount of layers to wear at any given time. The season is ripe for sweaty afternoons sandwiched by morning and evening chills, and your feet just never being…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian This is a special election results post from the Week In Review! Not all of the results are in yet, so you’ll be stuck with some of our crackpot theories about what will happen. Enjoy! Meet your new overlords! The new Associated Student Council has been elected, or chosen as the case may be. ASC…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian Bruce Riveland leaves Seattle Central Dr. Bruce Riveland, the now former Vice President of Administration at Seattle Central is leaving his position for another at Lake Washington Technical Institute. In an email announcing his departure, Dr. Riveland commented on his time in public education. “We do great work. Public education is the most successful path…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian Welcome to a new weekly Friday addition to the Collegian repertoire. Our Week in Review will give you snapshot looks at some of the biggest, and maybe the most underrated stories of the week. International news, national headlines and local tidbits boiled down by our own Managing Editor, Lena Mercer, will be found here every…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian The Associated Student Council is “the official government of Seattle Central” according to the school’s website. Traditionally, a Student Council is elected by the student body in an open and democratic process, but here at Central the twelve-member board is hired through a “rigorous peer selection process” for each fall quarter. This Fall, four of…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian In an email dated July 16th, Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, President of Seattle Central addressed the dire need for an updated emergency management system here on campus. She cited the June 24th lock-down and at least two false fire alarms in the preceding months that left many with cause for concern. A major issue outlined…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian I will fully admit to it, I jumped on the soccer bandwagon. Soccer was a sport of my youth, mainly watching but never really a player. I had the chance to attend all the youth events set up for the 1994 Men’s World Cup out at the New York City Giants’ stadium. I wish I…