Sophia Bruscato | The Seattle Collegian In the last couple years of middle school, I had just discovered the wonders of wearing headphones at all times. As I became an older teenager, I switched from my obsession with Katy Perry to Pink Floyd and other figures of classic rock. It was also during those years that my depression developed. At 13,…
James Andrew Carroll | The Seattle Collegian If there’s one thing we should be talking more about after the Supreme Court ended affirmative action this June, it’s the Southern Strategy, says Professor Carl Livingston. The Southern Strategy has its roots in the 1960s, when strategists and leaders within the Republican Party decided to give up on attempting to appeal to Black voters,…
Christian Laporte The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded Seattle Central College (SCC) a grant to build a curriculum for a veterans affairs course in the humanities department. One may ask why this is needed? On the surface, veterans receive a great deal of benefits upon their separation from the military, including compensation for any injuries…
Mo Dulitz | The Seattle Collegian Streaks of sunlight falling through redwood branches, the space before me painted deep green, a living breathing landscape. I can still smell the wood and the earth; rich, sweet, wild. I can remember the feeling of presence washing over me. Noticing every fragment of light, the feeling of warm wind breezing through the open window,…
Rey Sivakumaran | The Seattle Collegian Vagina. Cunt. Coochie. It goes by many names, but its most infamous – and most influential – is Pussy. You may have gotten flushed, embarrassed, or even slightly excited when you saw it in the title. Pussy has a lot of definitions and even a mind of its own as a societal motif. Its vulgarity…
Sophia Bruscato | The Seattle Collegian Coming of age rituals are an ancient and common human practice, present in many, if not all, cultures in some way or another. Romans would offer their bullas (protection necklaces given to them at birth) to the guardian deities and embrace becoming official citizens of Rome between ages 14 and 17. Spartans underwent the krypteia,…
Kayvon Bumpus | The Seattle Collegian To start off, Dunham shut the door on right-wing “Seattle is Dying” narratives that have inevitably been stirred from Lewis’ death. “The guy [Cooney] had a concealed carry. He was a citizen, he was ‘normal’, he wasn’t homeless,” he scoffed.
JayAre Quezada | The Seattle Collegian Under gray looming clouds, protesters representing different generations of queerness and allyship gathered at 4 p.m. on Mar. 31 at Volunteer Park. Even as attendees exhibited contagious smiles, a sense of grief hung over us like a veil. The reason lies in the 435 anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been introduced to states nationwide. Families, friend…
Johnny Horton Those who frequent the sidewalks of Capitol Hill may have noticed the absence of one tent that usually stands outside the apartment building on the southeast corner of Broadway East and East Denny Way. Or you may have seen and smelled the charred remains that have since been removed after a man set fire to…
Rey Sivakumaran | The Seattle Collegian According to a research article in BMC Public Health, the stigma of mental illness is higher among ethnic minorities than among majorities. Stigma is an intricate problem that involves self, public, and structural components. It affects people dealing with mental illnesses, their support systems, and healthcare services. Knowledge of mental illness and cultural relevance mitigate…