“I mean..how much does he have left? A year? Why do it now? Why didn’t they try sooner? Like, I mean, twelve months…what else can [Trump] do? I don’t see much point [to] it. […] If they did it before, like two years ago, I would say that makes sense,…
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The most common analysis of Asian-Americans is that we’re smart, right? Being an Asian student, a “model minority,” can be difficult because claims like this actually limit our livelihoods and our future aspirations. Many argue that the name model minority is misleading because performance scores do not accurately represent many…
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…
There’s no better place to see a showdown on the global stage than from the front row. Growing up in Hong Kong and Mainland China alike, I had the best seat in the house to a decades-old conflict that has recently escalated to new heights. Here is one thing I…
Broadway Performance Hall and Erickson Theater have existed as public arts spaces on campus since the start of Seattle Colleges in 1970. The theater has been a community arts space dedicated to an inclusive variety of performances through an assortment of owners and subcontractors, including current stage manager Darrell Jamieson.…
I was raised by film nerds. High school English teaching, music playing, hippie film nerds. So when, at the age of eight, I thought I was being rebellious by saying I wanted to watch horror movies, my mother devised an age-appropriate viewing schedule. I was shown King Kong, silent films,…
If you haven’t noticed already, there is a staggering growth of houseless and resource insecure people throughout the city. Seattle has a scattering of shelters for youth and adults but a vastly limited amount of resources exist in the Capitol Hill area. Previously, near what is now the Cap Hill…
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…
Block Party 2019 has come and gone, but I’d bet it wasn’t much more than a blacked out weekend on most Central Student calendars. Although the festival engulfs the hub of our home, it’s sometimes easy to feel that the party isn’t meant for us. Block Party offers a lucrative…
This month, marginalized communities everywhere have much to celebrate. June is, of course, PRIDE Month, and also holds space for Juneteenth and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. There is an intercultural significance between these three events for people like myself. As a Queer-identified Person of Color, an avid advocate for…