Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian A week ago, I received a message from a friend, asking me, “Is it great to study in America?” Since the definition of “great” varies from person to person, there cannot be one answer to that question. Instead I made a list of things I wish I had known before coming here from the perspective…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian At a glance, the fact that my dad worked as a ramp agent for the airlines before I had, and that he’d worked in security before both my brother had and I do now, seemed highly coincidental, even a little flattering–the ability to bond with our estranged father over shared experiences in employment. My relationship…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian In the fall all counselors will move into a centralized space with the creation of a counseling center. The idea behind having a center is to give students the space to visit with privacy and confidentiality as well as more of an opportunity to meet with a counselor of their choosing rather than the one…
Nhu Mai | The Seattle Collegian Written jointly by Riley Mai and Trang Nguyen, with additional reporting by Joshua Scott. For the past two years, Seattle Central College has been in the process of implementing a mobile app for the school in partnership with OOHLALA Mobile, a Quebec based mobile software company. Despite being available on both the App Store and…
Sepia Katsoolis | The Seattle Collegian Apparel design student Rachel Crane let me follow her in the process of constructing a bomber jacket from scratch. From moments of doubt to moments of success, her experience in the Seattle Central Apparel Design and Development program has been one that won’t leave her for the rest of her life. Crane planned to go…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian Expect the north elevators in the BE building to be out of service for repairs for an extended amount of time. Currently, elevator #2 is out of service, and though elevator #1 remains in service, facilities expects it to fail soon. It has already failed once the week of April 6th. The school has budgeted…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian I do a lot of walking. After bussing downtown, I walk about a mile to school each day, but the vast majority of the walking I do is in and around campus. My classes are often in various disparate locations, and it is not uncommon for me to have to go from the fourth floor…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian Happy Pride Month! Have you ever wanted to walk in the Pride Parade? Whether you already have or want to, come join the Seattle Colleges faculty, staff, students, family, and friends. Show your pride as LGBTQIA+ student of one of the Seattle Colleges. Allies are also especially welcome to walk with us. Meeting time is…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian Once upon a time, in a land not too far from here called Pioneer Square, there was a set of stairs that led into underground enchantments. Only known to certain people, what these stairs led to was kept a secret from all others. This place would reveal a truth that the land would not be…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange explained that she introduces herself as the president of Seattle Central Community College, she said at an open forum hosted for faculty on May 17th. While Seattle Central College officially dropped “Community” from its name in 2014 to bolster the resumes of students graduating from the institution with bachelor’s degrees, Dr. Lange…