Archive for the ‘EVENTS’ Category
Athens Boys Choir
Story and Photo by Victoria Clack Harvey Katz uses a mixture of spoken word and storytelling, in his show in Hiener Theater at Whatcom Community College on May 21, to shed light on lives that rarely get airtime, as well as makes sure the multi-cultural community is properly represented at colleges around the country. Katz [...]
Annual Fairhaven Festival Attracts Crowd Of 20,000
Story By Corban Brantley With “Eye of the Tiger” playing on the loud speakers the announcer shouted, “Everybody make some noise” as Zsolt Szadovszki, the winner of Bellingham’s annual Ski to Sea race, started up the beach to ring the finish bells, signaling his team’s victory and the unofficial start of the Historic Fairhaven Festival [...]
Percussion Expert Teaches Sudents About Latin Music Influence On Contemporary Culture
Photos and Story by Alix Le Touzé Whatcom Community College’s World Languages Department, with the help of Humanities Washington, invited a percussion expert, Antonio Davidson-Gómez, to give a free presentation at Whatcom on May 21 about the migration of Latin music into the U.S. This presentation was part of the Global Awareness Project, a project [...]
Visiting Author Sheds Fresh Light On Life Of Muhammad
Story and Photo By Taylor Nichols “When I see a magnificent story, I want to do justice to it and this is what I tried to do here. I wanted to know who Muhammad was,” said Seattle author Lesley Hazleton during a discussion about her most recent book “The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad” [...]
From Ski To Shining Sea
Story by Corbin Brantley The annual Ski to Sea race will be held on May 26 with about 5,000 racers competing in a relay race from Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay. The race has seven legs which are, cross country skiing, downhill snowboarding or skiing, running, cycling, canoeing, mountain biking, and kayaking. The race’s relay [...]
Smoking On Campus Forum
Story by Ryan Tipper Students on Whatcom Community College’s campus will notice that the courtyard between Laidlaw Center, Heiner Center and Syre Student Center usually has a thick, musky smell of smoke and tobacco. This is because there are two designated smoking areas within the courtyard that are usually overflowing with smokers. This leads to [...]
Awareness Saves Lives: Campus Events Shine Light On Causes Of Suicide
Story By Derek Langhorn, Photo By Tim LaRiviere The purple shirts worn by students on the Whatcom Community College campus the week of April 22 to 26 were not a fashion statement. Wearing purple shirts was a way to raise awareness of suicide and was just one part of Suicide Awareness week at Whatcom. Suicide [...]
Surviving Whatcom- Workshop Helps International Students Succeed
Story By Alix LeTouze The International Office at Whatcom Community College established three workshops in April and May called “Survivor” to help international students who struggle in their academic studies be more successful. Beth Robinson, the international student advisor and Iris Metzgen-Ohlswager, the community college initiative advisor, created this event to help international students “ [...]
Reduce And Reuse so you can Refill
Story and Photo by Faith Ulate Clothes, dishes, books and other used items were lined up on tables in the courtyard at Whatcom Community College in a garage-sale fashion for the Reduce and Reuse Sale on April 23 and 24. The sale was put on by the Sustainability Club. Its purpose was to give students [...]