The election is still more than a week away, but tens of millions of Americans have already cast their votes. The 2020 election is projected to have the highest voter turnout in over a century: 150 million people and 65% of the nation’s registered voters according to Forbes.
There is no less voting buzz at Whatcom Community College as there is for the rest of the nation this election season. ASWCC has been holding panels to answer questions on how to vote and register, and they have created a Get Out the Vote program through social media, according to ASWCC President Hannah Oliver.
COVID-19 has canceled many things,
and for the music industry, which relies heavily on in-person gatherings, some
have found creative ways to engage their audiences and use music as a way to
connect.
For local musicians like trumpeter Pace
Rubadeau, music has not been canceled – it’s just found a new venue.
For 53 days, Rubadeau stood in the
mostly empty parking lot at the corner of C and Girard streets, serenading the
neighborhood with tunes from his trumpet.
Throughout the past couple of weeks, trails and other outdoor areas have begun to reopen. Like most of us, I have been looking for a way to safely get out and experience something other than the inside of my home. A great place to check out to get some safe exercise is the Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve.
Whatcom Community College’s Visual and Performing Arts
courses have been functioning online this quarter for the first time due to the
state’s stay-at-home order, according to Whatcom’s visual art discipline lead
Rob Beishline.
Beishline has been working at Whatcom since 2001 running the 3D art classes. In his time at Whatcom, he said has never taught online.
2020 has been a very different year
than normal for all of us. COVID-19 has affected everyone in ways we never
thought would happen, and for the most vulnerable of our communities, it has
made life even harder.
For many in our community, the shutdown means no job, no opportunity to earn money, and no guarantee of food on the table. Nearly 20% of Bellingham visits the food bank on a regular basis, according to data released by the Bellingham Food Bank, and COVID has only made it more difficult for already struggling families to get the food they need.
