Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian If you’re into the Japanese culture of anime and manga, you would have had a great time at Sakura-Con. Sakura-Con is an annual three-day anime convention held in early spring at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. The convention, which is traditionally held over Easter weekend, is the largest anime convention in the Northwest…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian Late last Wednesday morning, faculty discovered that someone had placed a large sticker which read “it’s okay to be white” on psychology instructor Charles Jeffreys’ office window, obscuring a poster that claims composer Ludwig van Beethoven was of African ancestry. The poster is mounted behind the widow’s glass and was not damaged. Jeffreys, who is…
Dan Facundo | The Seattle Collegian All-gender stall doors are being shortened in length Campus facilities have been taking down the stall doors in the All-Gender and Family restroom located on the 3rd floor of the BE building and temporarily replacing them with plywood. They plan to adjust the doors, making them sit 9-inches above the floor, allowing security to detect…
Dan Facundo | The Seattle Collegian On March 1st, a keynote on marginalized and disenfranchised Black youth was held in BE 1110 and led by Dominque Davis, CEO of Community Passageways (CP), a non-profit organization based in Seattle. Just within the past 12 months, CP has been able to expunge 22 high-end felonies—gun charges, shooting incidents, stolen vehicles and drug possession—out…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian On the evening of March 10th, the African Student Association hosted a spectacular event with poets, dancers, artists and much more to celebrate their cultural values. The African Cultural Night was held in the One World dining room, and the was packed with diverse students from the moment I stepped in. Carl Livingston, Political Science…
Taylor McManus | The Seattle Collegian According to U.S. immigration law, international students are only allowed to work on-campus for a maximum of 20 hours per week. Other than that, international students are not allowed to work off-campus without permission. However, US universities also have a special policy; if international students want to go to work, they must be legally employed…
Sepia Katsoolis | The Seattle Collegian On February 10th, the College Republicans of the University of Washington hosted a rally at Red Square featuring Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson. One year ago, the College Republicans hosted alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and a demonstrator was shot . Though we were concerned with our own safety, my photographer Izzy Bennett and I attended this…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian Seattle Central College students and faculty walked out of classes Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM to observe a 17-minute vigil for the 17 students slain in the Parkland, Florida shooting on February 14th. MaryAnn Barker and Omar Osman, from the Associated Student Council, read one victim’s name at the top of each minute of the…
Zahid Ali | The Seattle Collegian Without in-state tuition grants, pending asylum applicants at Seattle Central College find it difficult to get an education. These are individuals who have fled war-torn countries, leaving everything behind to start a new life. Most of them are separated from their families and have to wait for years in the U.S to get their asylum…
Joshua Scott | The Seattle Collegian It’s past midnight on a bitter November morning, and Kristina Sawyckyj is in her wheelchair, studying in one of Seattle Central College’s doorways. She’s pulling an all-nighter for her upcoming exam, using the light from the doorway and the school’s Wi-Fi to study. Sawyckyj, pronounced “suh-vit-ski,” has been living in her van for the past three-and-a-half…