By Jeremy Short Student athletes come from all around the globe to come play for Whatcom and represent the community the athletic program has built. Whatcom is much smaller than most colleges, making it hard to go out and recruit for their athletics program. Whatcom has three sports to offer…
Month: November 2017
Whatcom welcomes new division chair
By Monique Everett Rhonda Daniels, English teacher, and previous head of the English Department at Whatcom is the new Arts and Humanities division chair. “I’m excited about learning new things, and developing new relationships with people on campus that I haven’t worked with before,” Daniels said. Overlooking budgets, and…
Holocaust survivor speaks at DOCtober
By Holden Sandal As part of their month long documentary event Doctober, the Pickford Cinema brought back the 2016 historical documentary Big Sonia. The winner of six different film festival awards was shown on Oct. 14th. Directed by Leah Warshawski and Todd Soliday, ‘Big Sonia’ is about 90-year-old Sonia Warshawski,…
Documentaries take over the Pickford
By Monique Everett Whether it’s endangered species, the melting ice caps, or holocaust deniers, Doctober, a film festival of documentaries, brings awareness to important issues in our world. With a lineup of 57 documentaries, the Pickford Film Center holds the annual event in October, while offering Doc-Ed, challenges, special guests, filmmaker…
Chuckanut Radio Hour is out of this world
By: Monique Everett In celebration of Whatcom’s 50-year anniversary Nathalia Holt spoke about her new book “Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars,” in Heiner theater on Oct. 5. “When your 200 miles above the planet looking out the window…