Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian A running joke in the cycling community is that we always have free parking. As long as there’s a sturdy pole in sight, cyclists can forego the hunt for parking spaces and evade the clutches of prowling meter maids. At a time when daily commutes are more daunting than ever, sparked by the growing pains…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian The recent success of Bird Box (2018) has made Netflix more popular than ever before; that film alone was watched by 45 million Netflix subscribers on its opening weekend, the highest debut of any Netflix film to date. The streaming giant has also managed to produce numerous quality TV shows which have garnered their own…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian In a mass email alert sent to students and staff the morning of Friday, January 18, Seattle Central’s Public Information Office (PIO) stated that “on Thursday [January 17], a person on our campus accessed secure areas and stole several items.” The message continues on to state that “surveillance video shows that this person has little…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian In November 2017, former Mayor Tim Burgess unveiled the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA), a plan to combat rising housing costs by creating 50,000 new residential units by 2025. HALA’s crown jewel is the Mandatory Housing Affordability program (MHA), a plan to rezone 27 of Seattle’s neighborhoods and impose new requirements on developers in…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian At some point between the evening of Friday the 11th of January and the morning of Monday the 14th, an unidentified person or persons opened six gas valves in biology lab room 303 of the SAM building at Seattle Central’s Broadway campus. Around 6 am on Monday morning, the head of the biology lab arrived…
Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby | The Seattle Collegian You’ve been held hostage by the endless news coverage on #Realign99, the #SeattleSqueeze, and #Viadoom for the past several months. You’ve tried to tune it out. You can’t pick up your phone without seeing #Viadoomsday tips in your newsfeed or turn on your radio without hearing your favorite programming interrupted. But you listened. We all…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian On January 31, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Seattle Central will be hosting Engineering Mentor Night in the 1st floor atrium of the Science and Math (SAM) building. This event, which is co-sponsored by Seattle Central College and the Puget Sound Engineering Council, gives engineering and pre-engineering students the opportunity to meet engineering professionals from…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian There’s a brand new on-campus Wi-Fi procedure for Winter Quarter and heads up: it’s a little buggy In previous terms, the WiFi password was non-user specific; it was posted publicly in the halls and changed at the beginning of each new quarter. Unfortunately, this didn’t keep non-students from popping their heads in, getting the new…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian In recent years, Netflix has produced an impressive number of original films and television shows, thereby establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the world of media entertainment and increasing member loyalty . The media giant’s ability to produce really good TV shows and films such as Daredevil, Making a Murderer, and Stranger…
Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby | The Seattle Collegian Attending college can be prohibitively expensive. Tuition alone can be a barrier to some, but for others, it is the actual cost of attendance that is the issue. Maybe your Pell Grant covers tuition here at a college like Seattle Central, but what about all of the other associated costs? Some people are able to…