Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian 3 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) Seattle Central has a drama department, and I wish more people knew about it, especially after seeing them perform The Laramie Project. Reinstated in 2015, Central’s drama program has been putting up student-performed plays for the…
Lena Mercer and Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian The April 16th walkout to “[Re]invest in our colleges” at all Seattle Colleges institutions may be over, but for many their fight for funding has just begun. At 8:30 am on Tuesday, April 16, Seattle Colleges walked out. At Seattle Central College (SCC) it wasn’t massive, at least at first; many teachers had informed their…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian 5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) Award-winning Seattle actor Gin Hammond has returned to Book-It Repertory Theatre — where she previously acted in such shows as “Treasure Island,” “Huckleberry Finn,” and “Dog of the South” — with a hauntingly beautiful original play of…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian On Wednesday, March 20 at 11:35 pm, the Seattle Police Department released a statement announcing “homicide detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed in … [Cal Anderson] park Wednesday night” due to a “disturbance in the basketball courts.” Witness calls to 911 began a little before 10:00 pm that evening, after which…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian At 9:15 on the morning of March 15, the fire alarm in Seattle Central’s Science and Math building (SAM) went off. All students and staff in the building evacuated and waited for nearly 30 minutes as the fire department arrived, cleared the building, and left. According to the Security Office at Central, no evidence of…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian On Wednesday, March 6, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and several members of the American Security Project (ASP) non-profit participated in a panel on climate change and its effects on national security. Inslee, who recently announced his 2020 presidential run, has long been an advocate of clean energy, and while the talk was intended to…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian At 4:00 pm in the afternoon of Wednesday February 20, approximately 15 police officers arrived at Seattle Central in anticipation of a protest against Trump’s border wall. The protest never happened. In the wake of the president’s February 15 decision to declare a state of emergency to secure funding for his proposed wall without going…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian If you’re familiar with the reviews that the Seattle Collegian has published until now, then you’ll notice that we’ve altered our formatting slightly — most importantly, we’re introducing a star rating format. This has been implemented to give readers (like you!) an easy understanding of our reviews from the get-go that’s standardized across the board….
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian If you plan on taking any classes at Seattle Central College in Fall 2019 or beyond, prepare yourself for some major changes — the school is locking down. Approximately a year ago, Central’s administration decided to change the door policy for all Central-affiliated campuses. Instead of all doors staying unlocked until 7:00 pm, as has…
Eugenia Montsaroff | The Seattle Collegian In a mass email alert sent to students and staff the morning of Friday, January 18, Seattle Central’s Public Information Office (PIO) stated that “on Thursday [January 17], a person on our campus accessed secure areas and stole several items.” The message continues on to state that “surveillance video shows that this person has little…