Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian Late last Wednesday morning, faculty discovered that someone had placed a large sticker which read “it’s okay to be white” on psychology instructor Charles Jeffreys’ office window, obscuring a poster that claims composer Ludwig van Beethoven was of African ancestry. The poster is mounted behind the widow’s glass and was not damaged. Jeffreys, who is…
Dan Facundo | The Seattle Collegian All-gender stall doors are being shortened in length Campus facilities have been taking down the stall doors in the All-Gender and Family restroom located on the 3rd floor of the BE building and temporarily replacing them with plywood. They plan to adjust the doors, making them sit 9-inches above the floor, allowing security to detect…
Dan Facundo | The Seattle Collegian On March 1st, a keynote on marginalized and disenfranchised Black youth was held in BE 1110 and led by Dominque Davis, CEO of Community Passageways (CP), a non-profit organization based in Seattle. Just within the past 12 months, CP has been able to expunge 22 high-end felonies—gun charges, shooting incidents, stolen vehicles and drug possession—out…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian Seattle Central College students and faculty walked out of classes Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM to observe a 17-minute vigil for the 17 students slain in the Parkland, Florida shooting on February 14th. MaryAnn Barker and Omar Osman, from the Associated Student Council, read one victim’s name at the top of each minute of the…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian Students at Seattle Central come from a wide variety of backgrounds but for 15% of the student body their home life includes the care of a dependent child. Besides providing an extra set of responsibilities on top of studying, raising a child incurs significant financial stress, notably the cost of childcare. Student-parents have access to…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian The Black Student Union’s Legacy Festival, held February 23rd, continued the organization’s tradition of encouraging collaboration and community for Seattle Central’s students of African descent. Featuring outreach organizations such as SOAR and Seattle Cares Mentoring Movement, the festival maintained a focus on coalition building between students at Seattle Central and the greater Seattle area. Jacob…