Photo by Jordan Somers For the better part of the last year, Seattle Central College has been planning to create a key-card entry system effective enough to implement on the entire school, save the entry of Broadway Edison and the Buzz Cafe. As complicated as any all-school system may be, the key card system presents a number of challenges,…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian In Washington state, homelessness has become an epidemic. For homeless college students, having to navigate educational institutions brings additional intersecting challenges. According to a 2018 report released by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, “Of 43,000 students surveyed at dozens of two and four-year colleges and universities in 20 states across the U.S.,…
Lena Mercer | The Seattle Collegian On Thursday of last week, a press release was sent out by the Seattle Central College President’s office condemning an instance of racist graffiti on campus. The graffiti was reportedly found in a women’s lavatory in the Fine Arts building, and was found by a student. The vandalism was a racist message encouraging violence against…
Roy Nam | The Seattle Collegian After Seattle Community College’s decision to cut down their budget, several departments of the SCC will be merged. IT help desks have been experiencing this, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs might undergo the same, as the International Education Program Offices of North, South, and central campus will be merged into one. This…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian The Transgender Day of Remembrance was first observed in 1999; organized by Gwendolyn Ann Smith to memorialize the murder of Rita Hester. This event has evolved from a web-based project to an international day of action. This event, which commemorates and memorializes the transgender individuals who have died as a direct result of violence against…
Zuheera Ali | The Seattle Collegian Climate chaos… Oh Pacific Northwest fall…how we love you so. The chilly evenings, the morning mist the perpetual showers and the unending task of finding the right amount of layers to wear at any given time. The season is ripe for sweaty afternoons sandwiched by morning and evening chills, and your feet just never being…
Morgan Wigmore | The Seattle Collegian For a lot of us who are socially minded and generally balk at the history of Thanksgiving, a lot of traditional films leave us feeling guilty and hollow. With this in mind, I present my picks of movies that demonstrate intersectionality, support indigenous directors, and are wholesome enough to watch with your whole family. Hunt…
Harley Rose | The Seattle Collegian Director of Student Support Programs, Molly Mitchell, oversees Seattle Central’s re-entry program for former or currently incarcerated students. Located on the third floor, the reentry program supports students navigating their new lives on the outside by offering referrals to school counselors, acting as a liaison between students and corrections officers and helping students overcome common…
Harley Rose | The Seattle Collegian On Wednesday November 6, 2019, a longstanding figure in the Seattle hip hop community came to Seattle Central College to discuss how music and activism have played a major role in his life. As part of the Speaking Up, Speaking Out series, Gabriel Teodros, a musician, KEXP DJ, and former student at Seattle Central came…
Thomas McKenzie | The Seattle Collegian The mission of Seattle Central College’s Behavioral Intervention Team’s (BIT) is to provide a safe environment for the campus community through collaboration, information collection, risk assessment, and intervention. BIT’s history began in the Spring of 2011 as a way to address reports of students being disruptive, getting angry or being threatening — but also to…