What is home for you? A place that makes you feel comfortable, a place that holds everything you love, or a place that helps you grow?
As an international student who has studied at Whatcom for two and a half years, I hadn’t gone back to my home country until last December.
I must confess that I was a little bit afraid of going back Hong Kong, because I know that it has changed a lot in these last two years.
Not just the environment in Hong Kong, but the people and the status.
As a Hong Konger, I always think about what it is that my home country really needs. To be independent? To uphold our freedom, human rights and the rule of law till the end? Or to obey China unwillingly? Continue reading →
Whatcom Community College’s Pride Club held a drag show in Syre Auditorium on May 24. Two drag queens, Betty Desire and Shanita Blough, both Whatcom alumni, hosted the event filled with multiple drag performers.
The show raised over $600, which was divided to be donated to Queer Youth Project, PFLAG, Lifelong, and Planned Parenthood.
The drag show was preceded by a Drag Trans Panel with panelists Betty Desire, Autumn Wilfong, Desmond Pounder, Will Cousineau, and facilitator Hannah Thomas.
“That was something important to us as a club and to everyone who was performing because there is a disconnect between the drag and trans community,” said Wilfong of the panel.
“Not necessarily just in the public space, but internally as well and we wanted to bring everyone together beforehand, so it was an important part to the show.” Continue reading →
The Associated Students of Whatcom Community College Student Government held an end of year report and first ever succession ceremony for the ASWCC Executive Council on June 3.
The ASWCC Executive Council will be almost entirely new in fall quarter.
The only role not being passed down is Vice President for Clubs. The role will be held by Surabhi Subedi, who has been in office since fall 2018.
“I loved working with clubs so much that I’m returning,” said Subedi.
Subedi, an international student from Nepal, became a Whatcom student in summer 2018. Continue reading →
I wish I could tell you this story is being overdramatized, or that some of it was made up, but, this actually happened to me. It’s been pretty hard to talk about, but I’m finally ready to share it.
On March 9, 2019, my friend Maggie and I decided to go and enjoy the sun, not the warmth though, the weather in Bellingham is kind of bad.
We headed out to Clarke’s Point—if you ever need directions just have Clarke point it out. After admiring the view, we made our way down to the train tracks.
On one side of the train tracks, is a whole lotta bay. On the other side is a small lagoon connected to the land by large rocks, as most of the coastline is. Continue reading →
For students who are interested in self-learning, Whatcom Community College offers a Learning Contract that will design individual course content, or possibly take a course from the catalog for students.
This means students can have more control over their learning, such as negotiating the pace of learning, the learning methods and evaluation with a self-designed contract. Continue reading →
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