By Kaila Cove Teresa Taylor was appointed by Governor Jay Inslee to serve a five-year term as a member on the board of trustees at Whatcom Community College in October. “Trustees face the exciting challenge to seek out, consider, and balance many diverse values and interests as they engage in…
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See the world, study abroad
By Apple Parry Students who are interested in seeing the world, meeting new people, and trying new foods should check out the study abroad program at Whatcom Community College. “It’s definitely worth it. I can almost guarantee it’s something you won’t forget for the rest of your life,” said Ulli…
The Olde Fashioned Christmas shines
By Kaila Cove The Olde Fashioned Christmas, which is held at Pioneer Park, is an event that includes live performances, holiday cookies and refreshments, horse-drawn sleigh rides, games, arts and crafts, baking, and a visit from Santa to kick-start the holiday season for Whatcom County. This event is held by…
L’Editor: Give me education or give me debt!
By Ken Johnson Community college helps to bridge the chasm between the American dream and the American reality. The United States, more than most other countries, prescribes a narrative over the lives of its citizens: grade school, university, career, retirement, and then an uncomfortable death at an unfamiliar hospital, doped…
Whatcom digs archaeology
By Apple Parry Whatcom Community College held its fourth annual Archaeology Fair in the Syre Auditorium on Oct 30, where Whatcom’s anthropology faculty and the Association for Washington Archaeology welcomed students and staff from Whatcom and Western Washington University to show a variety of educational displays. The fair had tables…
At Whatcom, we dance if we want to
By Kaila Cove Hannah Andersen, a professor at Whatcom Community College, runs the dance program at Whatcom. Andersen grew up in Spokane, Washington, where she first learned how to dance. At the age of 11, in the midst of Andersen’s dancing career, she changed from ballet dancing to competitive Irish…
Support and service for Whatcom veterans
By Brock Seaman The veterans center is a campus resource for veterans and veteran’s dependents to receive help navigating through college. The veterans center is an area for veterans to study in groups or ask questions. It provides a safe space for all veterans. The aim of the center is…
Men’s soccer wins North Conference Title
By Kaila Cove The Whatcom men’s soccer team has won the North Conference title, a competition between regional community college soccer teams. The team has defended this championship title for the second year in a row. Bakary Dibba, a forward on the Whatcom men’s soccer team, is satisfied with the…
L’Editor: Matthew Whitaker: tall tales of toilets and time travel
By Ken Johnson Matthew Whitaker is the acting U.S. attorney general. He is a criminal, equal parts boner-pill hawker and H. H. Holmes. His antics are entertaining and stupid, but fundamentally Midwest horrible, like Chick-fil-A pumping legions of children to obesity. He is the personification of the land of all-American…
Remembering Fran Hudson
By Catherine Wallace Fran Hudson, who helped students navigate their network accounts, who calmed faculty when their computers crashed, and who warned the campus community as a whole NOT to click on that email, died Oct. 16, five days after suffering a stroke at her desk at Whatcom Community College….