Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian Late on March 15 2020, Governor Jay Inslee released a new mandate on COVID-19 precautions. Bars were to close, restaurants would go to take-out service only and gatherings of over 50 people were banned. In King county, the effect took hold immediately and the rest of the state would wake to yet another change of…
Jordan Somers It’s a difficult world for the faint of heart, for the indecisive, for the misguided, for those who have experienced traumas of relative, substantial proportions. I satisfy all of these criteria, as many of us do. What makes the journey all the more difficult, and perhaps paradoxically so, is my pursuit of knowledge, my conscious…
Jordan Somers | The Seattle Collegian “We don’t have that privilege to shutdown,” said Becca, an employee of Information Central. “I have two kids at home, so I have to make money regardless.” This was said in the wake of Seattle Central College’s move to remote operations on March 7th, 2020. The following week, Governor Jay Inslee extended the date to…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian Dear Governor Inslee, We are deeply concerned by the dangers the COVID-19 pandemic creates for our incarcerated population in Washington. We have already seen COVID-19s devastating impact on the residents at LifeCare. Our nursing homes house many of our older and often medically fragile community members and we recognize that social distancing measures are essential…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian Seattle Central College Bookstore, located across Seattle Central’s Broadway Edison Building, has been providing Seattle Central College students access to get textbooks more conveniently on campus for years. On February 4th, 2020, the Associated Student Council of Seattle Central (ASC) sent an email to students stating the forthcoming closure of Seattle Central College bookstore. The…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian From the eerily smooth traffic to the glares one gets from a cough or sneeze instead of a “bless you,” it’s becoming clearer just how heavily the COVID-19 outbreak looms over the city of Seattle. As of this writing, Governor Jay Inslee is calling for a ban on events of 250 people or more, a…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian It is evident that COVID-19 is impacting a lot of things in people’s daily lives but more so for the students that have traveled thousands of miles to be here. With the disease keeping them in the US, international students face uncertainty. Students from countries like China or Hong Kong are finding it difficult to…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian Continuing Education classes on the Seattle Central Campus will finish out this week despite moving to mandatory on-line modalities for credited classes. Seattle Central offers a wide array of non-credit classes designed for working and older students. The classes are paid in full by the students and do not qualify for financial aid. The classes…
Jordan Somers | The Seattle Collegian Seattle Central offers a wide variety of classes. The difficulty is finding the right one for you, your budget, your schedule and your sanity. Worse yet, one might and often does find themselves stuck in a boring, but requirement-filling class that goes for three hours – through lunch time, with only a 10-minute break in…
Tournaments and Games Once again, the Seattle Central College Tournament and Games Team hosted their Winter Showcase called “Seattle Central’s Got Talent” on Friday, March 6th, from 5-8 p.m. The showcase was a perfect opportunity for Seattle Central students to walk out of their comfort zone, and express their talents live on stage at the Broadway Performance Hall…