Vrindha | The Seattle Collegian Located on bustling 5th Avenue, the Museum of Illusions made its debut in Seattle in summer 2023. It quickly captured the public’s attention due to its prime location, photogenic spaces, and mind-bending exhibits. The museum promises a minimum of 45 minutes of fun, confusion, and interactive entertainment to its guests, but the question remains: does…
Sean Behl | The Seattle Collegian Sean Behl, 21, is the Vice President of Community and Technical College Student Affairs in the Washington Student Association (WSA). As a political science major, he is currently attending the University of Washington in Seattle, where he serves as the Director of Legislative Affairs for the undergraduate student population. He is also the political director…
Andre Bacon At only 18 years-old, Andre Bacon, a Seattle Central student majoring in Computer Science, operates the Seattle Monorail, which runs from Westlake Center to the base of the Space Needle.The structure was built for the 1962 World’s Fair in order to shuttle people from the densely populated downtown area to, at the time, the underdeveloped…
Juan Miguel Jocom | The Seattle Collegian I’m going to be honest with you – I don’t know a lot about Macklemore. I know that he’s a Grammy award-winning artist from Seattle, and one of the people behind the song “Thrift Shop,” but that’s all. So when photos announcing Macklemore’s free show at Neumos circulated my social media feed yesterday, I wasn’t too stoked to get out of bed.
Ana Bungag | The Seattle Collegian There are plenty of stories that need to be told, whether it be about Capitol Hill’s most beloved cat, or the struggle of international students. But unfortunately, being a journalist involves more than just writing stories, and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. To get a sneak peek of what the industry’s like, I spoke with Chase Burns, a Seattle-based journalist, who used to be an arts and culture editor for The Stranger and is currently the editor for The Ticket, a Seattle Times calendar website.
Juan Miguel Jocom | The Seattle Collegian The M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery is currently featuring the work of students from the Seattle Central Woodworking program. The show, organized by filmmaker, photographer, and Seattle Central Carpentry student, Shann Thomas (they/them), includes wood creations accompanied by poetry. The exhibit will run until Jan. 26.
Ana Bungag | The Seattle Collegian I recently talked to my mom over the phone about how we are financially overcoming the pandemic. We had both giggled about the irony in the fact that the price of college textbooks in the U.S. is the same as the average monthly salary of a citizen in Ukraine, where we are from. That is…