Joel Raphael | The Seattle Collegian So, a new year, a new batch of students who don’t know basic elevator etiquette. I went over this a little in a previous op-ed, but my observations in the first few weeks of the quarter leads me to write about this topic again. You all don’t seem to realize what the purpose of the…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Oddisee’s performance last Tuesday night was nothing short of a powerful display of individuality and self-liberation. As one of his most popular tracks NNGE opens “I mean what is there to fear? I’m from black America, this just another year” Oddisee shows us through his unique style of poetic political narrative that the path to…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian This November, something new is coming to Seattle Central’s Broadway Performance Hall: Seattle Arts & Lecture (SAL), a nationally-known organizer of literary presentations and education programs, is bringing the 18th season of their Poetry Series to Central. Rebecca Hoogs, Associate Director of SAL and curator/manager of the Poetry Series says that the move is intended…
Emilio Chavez | The Seattle Collegian The peak of this year’s flu season is rapidly approaching, anticipated to be in full swing by December. As the weather turns colder, the sniffles from your classmates are getting louder. There are several things you can do now to prepare yourself for the season, including making sure that you’re informed about the basics. Influenza…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian Hello gentle readers! A brand-new academic year is in full swing here at Seattle Central, which I hope is treating all of you well thus far. To those of you just beginning your journey here at Central, I bid you a warm welcome. To those of you returning, welcome back. For us here at The…
Sepia Katsoolis | The Seattle Collegian I believe that personal style is a dichotomous artform. If you choose to, you can uncover your psyche while covering your body. Clothing is both an armoring and a laying bare, a defense and a vulnerability, a liberation and a cage. It is an opportunity to break the rules while conforming to society’s expectation: the…
Joel Raphael | The Seattle Collegian Let’s face it: our world is built on a foundation of gender and sexism. Gender inequality, demeaning stereotypes, diminished role expectations, pigeonholes, misogyny, oppression and glass ceilings are all products of a gender-based society. Since the dawn of recorded history, “man” has been finding ways to manipulate what would otherwise be just body parts into…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian Ten years ago, there were no compost bins at Seattle Central, greenhouse gas emissions from utility use weren’t being tracked and there was no such thing as the Sustainability Council. While individual students, faculty, and staff cared about the environment and made pursuits towards conservation, there was not one staff member solely dedicated to overseeing…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian Few knew what the acronym DACA stood for before the February 14, 2017 detention of then 23-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina following his arrest in his father’s Des Moines, Washington home. But for 800,000 youth in the US, it has been an important pseudo life-line since 2012 when it was introduced by President Obama. Deferred Action…
Joel Raphael | The Seattle Collegian I almost never carry cash. Most everywhere I want to do business, a debit card is accepted, and it keeps the lines of my pants slim to not have a giant wad of ones and a jangling pile of coins bulging out of a pocket. As has become a beginning of the quarter tradition though,…