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…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian The CDC now recommends using a face covering whenever available while out and about, particularly while in proximity of other people. This is due to the droplets that COVID-19 can be spread through, coming from the nose and mouth, being blocked by the mask. A common misconception is that the mask is there to protect…
Mark Nowlin As people around the world are self-distancing at home and practicing good social distancing behavior in public, the city of Seattle is making permanent the temporary closure of some of its streets to allow residents to use them for outdoor exercise opportunities while maintaining their distance. Continuing on after Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order is…
Carlo Allegri On May 15th, American filmmaker Lynn Shelton passed away at 54 due to a previously undiagnosed blood disorder. Shelton’s partner, Marc Maron, said that she collapsed on Friday after several days of ill health and clarified that it had not been COVID-19. Shelton was born in Ohio and grew up in Seattle. After attending Oberlin…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Across Washington State, public academia mobilizes strategies for uncertain COVID-19 fall status. As the Washington State economy reopens through the summer, many speculate a second wave of the COVID-19 crisis will overwhelm the U.S. this coming fall. As regulations ease, academic institutions have become wary of the social urge to integrate students back into the…
Alex Su On May 14th, a Q/A session on COVID-19 hosted by MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, and Achievement) was held via Zoom. It featured Professor M. Elizabeth ‘Betz’ Halloran, the Director of the Center for Inference and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases (CIDID), based at Fred Hutch and the founder and Director of the Summer Institute in Statistics…
Jordan Somers | The Seattle Collegian The West Seattle Bridge (officially the Jeanette Williams Memorial Bridge), is the primary route of access between West Seattle and the rest of the city. Constructed in 1924, then reconstructed between 1981 and 1984 after damage sustained in a 1978 vessel incident, the bridge spans the east and west channels that form the mouth of…
Anna Bleker Little Richard, the self-described “king and queen” of rock ‘n’ roll, died Saturday at the age of 87 in Tullahoma, Tenn. Born Richard Wayne Penniman on December 5, 1932, in Macon, Georgia, Little Richard would become a pioneering powerhouse, inspiring generations of musicians like Prince, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Otis Redding, and Elvis Costello. His…
Jordan Somers | The Seattle Collegian As we approach the midway point of Spring quarter, Seattle Central College continues to shift its communication methods and standards in an attempt to bridge the gap of uncertainty among its student body. The stay-at-home order remains in full effect (now through at least May 31st at the time of this writing), and the school…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian As Washington sees the Covid-19 stay-at-home orders extend towards the end of May while other states rush to re-open the economy, schools are faced with distance learning for potential quarters to come. Seattle Central faces uncertainty as accommodations to technology and expected budget cuts during quarantine become increasingly anticipated. As the global pandemic pressures the…