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 Broadway Performance Hall and Erickson Theater have existed as public arts spaces on campus since the start of Seattle Colleges in 1970. The theater has been a community arts space dedicated to an inclusive variety of performances through an assortment of owners and subcontractors, including current stage manager Darrell Jamieson. It has also been subject…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian If you haven’t noticed already, there is a staggering growth of houseless and resource insecure people throughout the city. Seattle has a scattering of shelters for youth and adults but a vastly limited amount of resources exist in the Capitol Hill area. Previously, near what is now the Cap Hill Goodwill, we had Peace on…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Starting June 28th, KEXP will be partnering with WildRose bar to curate a musical event weekend highlighting queer femme artists in the Pacific Northwest. This will be the second year KEXP has partnered with Pride for an event, but the first time partnering with WildRose– seemingly Seattle’s lone lesbian bar. The three-day event will include…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Theft of Knowledge on Unfounded Contraband Concern: The benefits of education in a correctional facility can be an essential tool for a convict to successfully re-assimilate to a life beyond bars. Books to Prisoners is a non-profit organization that since 1973 has provided the service implied by their name- putting pages into prisoners hands. Books…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian Just a short drive from Seattle Central, North Seattle College participated in the district-wide all-campus walk out on April 16th, 2019. These coordinated walk-outs are connected by the American Federation of Teachers, an organization that has been comprehensive in the support of staff at Seattle Colleges. Their “(Re)invest in Our Colleges” (ROC) campaign has three…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian On April 12th, 2019, the Department of Defense began to implement Directive-Type Memorandum 19-004, an action that will prohibit openly transgender people from serving in the United States military. This bill began circulation on April 23rd of 2018, and is now being put into practice by our Armed Services. In response to this, a number…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian This coming Thursday, March 14th marks the start of Emerald City Comic Con. ECCC is a three day gathering at the Washington State Convention Center that by their own description “delivers the best that the comics and pop culture industry has to offer directly from the creators”. The con features booths highlighting a diverse range…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian The Seattle Weekly, formerly a weekly tribune, discontinued their run as The Stranger’s predecessor and only alternative press rival, as of March 1, 2019. The last hard copy version of the paper was printed on Wednesday, February 27th. From their humble beginnings as an alternative to mainstream Seattle newspapers, the Weekly’s relevance as a print…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian On March 6th, a rainy Wednesday evening, The WildRose bar hosted a Seattle Tenants Rights Bootcamp for members of the Capitol Hill community from six to eight PM. Fitting for the venue itself, this workshop was curated specifically for LGBTQ tenants and citizens of Seattle living on Capitol Hill . Presented as an opportunity for…