Whatcom Voices: Where would you go in Bellingham if there was a zombie apocalypse?

Where would you go in Bellingham if there was a zombie apocalypse? Courtney Martin, 21 “Sehome Arboretum, so I could be able to see from all sides and shoot downwards.”   Andres Parra, 53 “Any place where I could find food and water.”   Derek Quenneville, 19 “King Hill because…

Outdated law costs U.S. in international affairs

by Andrew Edwards The U.S. lost a considerable amount of the positive influence it had concerning world affairs Friday as it was stripped of its voting rights in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO. The agency acts as the cultural arm of the United Nations and…

Letter to the Editor: “Gathering Fountain”

The “Gathering Fountain,” designed by artist Gerald Tsutakawa, was a commissioned piece of art by the Washington State Arts Commission in 1998. The artist, who apprenticed under his father, a local Seattle area resident, studied sculpture and fountain work for ten years before creating his own works of beauty. His…

Letter to the Editor: A Fine Neighbor

We are retired, and have lived in the Cordata neighborhood for about three years.  Our first and current impressions of Whatcom Community College are identical: it is a fine neighbor. The physical campus resembles a carefully maintained park.  Lawns, trees and shrubs surround the academic buildings.  The architecture of these…