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By: Greg Lane The IT Professionals Club at Whatcom Community College successfully assembled and disassembled a supercomputer made up of 32 Raspberry Pi (RPi) boards on May 30. An RPi is a cost-effective, credit card-sized computer developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It can plug into a monitor, keyboard, and […]
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By: Greg Lane The IT Professionals Club at Whatcom Community College successfully assembled and disassembled a supercomputer made up of 32 Raspberry Pi (RPi) boards on May 30. An RPi is a cost-effective, credit card-sized computer developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It can plug into a monitor, keyboard, and […]
By: Lynette Martinez *Note: The Horizon editorial staff formally apologizes for the wrong inclusion and referal to ‘Betty Desire’ in the Article.* Men in high heels with long lashes and elegant dresses were placed center stage when Whatcom Community College’s Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA) presented its annual “Drag and Variety Show” May 30 in Heiner Theater. […]
By: Max Singer Whatcom Community College’s drama classes are teaming up with the Drama Club again this year to produce both full-length productions and shorter segment plays. This spring quarter, Whatcom’s annual One-Act Play Festival was held June 5 through June 7. One of the six student directors of the festival, Katie James, 19, […]
By: Kelly Rockey After being discontinued ten years ago, Whatcom Community College once again offered its students a course in marine biology this spring, Intertidal Marine Ecology. Taught by Doreen Dewell, Biology 130 gives the class a chance to study the diverse coastal marine life in the Bellingham area, in a hands-on manner. “I want […]
By: Jamie Leigh Broten The Criminal Justice Leadership Program (CJLP), a club at Whatcom Community College, is thriving with opportunity for students interested in a career in the criminal justice field. The club advisor and program coordinator, John Taylor, said that the CJLP takes field trips each quarter that allow students hands-on experience in the […]
By: Tyler Kirk Aslan Brewing Company, Bellingham’s first 100 percent organic brewery, opened its doors to the public on May 19. Pat Haynes, 28, is the general manager and a co-owner of Aslan. He explained that the brewery’s origin came from the simple love of beer that he and the rest of Aslan’s founders and […]
By: Tyler Kirk The local music scene in Bellingham features an arguably extensive and diverse collection of musicians in the area. Two Whatcom Community College students, Henry Dotson, 18, and Teo Crider, 24, have been writing, recording, and performing music in the Bellingham area for years. “I’ve been playing music for over a decade,” said […]
By: Lynette Martinez Efforts are being put forth at Whatcom Community College encouraging faculty and staff to incorporate international aspects to their current class curriculums and propose ideas to create new international courses. “The future is internationalization. The more faculty, staff, and students know about different cultures the more successful they will be in the […]
By: Kelly Rockey Whatcom Community College hosted a community forum on Social Security June 5 in the Syre Auditorium, with a variety of guest speakers. President of the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) Terry O’Neill and Rep. Rick Larsen (D) of Washington’s 2nd Congressional District were among the speakers who discussed Social Security and […]
by Jamie Leigh Broten Since the recession of 2008-09, budget cuts have been made across the board, and states all over the country lost significant portions of funding for, among other things, childcare. The Child Development Center (CDC) at Whatcom Community College was closed in spring quarter of 2010 due to financial issues when the […]
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Welcome to the Horizon, a student ran newspaper course offered at Whatcom Community College for those interested in the major of journalism, just wanting to voice some opinions from their day to day lives, or maybe even sharing something really important with the rest of the community...and yes the world! As journalists it is our job to report the news, we show the facts and must investigate a great deal before arriving at the most ideal way to share the information. If you want to know more about what's going around Whatcom campus, getting out there and interviewing people with a multitude of fascinating experiences and benefit from the developed writing and opinions that you acquire in the class--then this is something you should definitely look into.
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