From its roots in Yosemite Valley in the 1920s, rock climbing today has taken to new heights, and not only because of how high rock climbers have climbed, literally, but also because of the amount of people who are rock climbing professionally and recreationally.
Posts tagged as “Washington”
Labor Day, 1993. Jonathan Borovsky’s kinetic sculpture, Hammering Man, which resides outside the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), bore a new attachment: a seven hundred-pound, 19-foot circumference ball and chain, constructed of sheet metal and plate steel. Its cuff was lined with rubber, so as not to damage Hammering Man. There, the guerilla art piece stood for two days, a statement against working-class oppression, before it was removed on Sep. 8 by the Seattle Engineering Department. And as the attachment was detached, the legend was born.
When the tip of the pencil touches a blank sheet of paper and begins to dance, a story is born. And that’s the way John Nez likes to tell them – through scribbles that take…
For the first time in 21 years, residential waste generation exceeded commercial generation
Tássia AlmeidaAfter living in the United States for a year, among many other things, I was struck by the number of packages delivered daily to my building and passing through the streets of Seattle. It's easier to find stacks of boxes on my neighbors' doors than to see the sunrise. I can't lie, I also get a lot of boxes. More than I should. I have bought more online here than I have ever in my entire existence.
Nowadays, the way you speak and the words you use can be used to identify which side of the political spectrum you are on. As a queer immigrant living in Seattle, I personally identify with…
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” — The Emperor, Mulan Spring is finally here in Seattle! After the wet and gloomy winter quarter has ended with this…
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine last month, residents of Seattle have rallied in protest of the war. On March 19, protesters marched from Seattle City Hall to Seattle Center to show solidarity with Ukraine.
Inspired by NASA and companies like SpaceX, BlueOrigin, and Virgin Galactic, Seattle Central College (SCC) students have their own hands-on opportunity to experience the exciting world of rocketry. Sometimes building from kits and other times…
The school system is its own ecology, and just like biological ecosystems, the structure of a community college is sensitive to change.
This is a developing story and there is still information that needs to be gathered. The Seattle Collegian will work diligently to make the voices of students and faculty heard as they are the ones…