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…
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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…
Whatcom shows support despite DACA termination
By Kai Vieira da Rosa Despite the chaos surrounding the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Whatcom is determined to show undocumented students they are not alone during this termination process. “As a collective community, Whatcom is standing with undocumented students,” said Amy Riedel, Associate Director for…
Food pantry looking back on one year anniversary
By Holden Sandal The Syre Student Center got a new attraction on Oct. 2016, the Orca food pantry. This service was created by the Associated Students of Whatcom Community College (ASWCC) and Jackie Rumble, Whatcom Director of Campus Advocacy. The pantry was created so students at Whatcom who are having…
Famous librarian visits Whatcom
By Monique Everett Nancy Pearl, a well-known icon in the literary world, was featured at Whatcom Thursday, Sept. 21, where she discussed her debut novel, “George & Lizzie.” The audience was composed of book lovers, writers, musicians, and fans of the Chuckanut Radio Hour, a variety radio show broadcast on KMRE,…
Orca sports have historical roots at WCC
by Justin Busby Before 1995, athletes attending Whatcom Community College either had to play for other colleges or not play at all. That changed when basketball became the first sport to represent Whatcom in the Northwest Athletic Conference. In anticipation of adding sports to the curriculum, a $3.3 million pavilion…
Guest Column: Sun in here, grades in fear
by Dustin Chavira Summer’s slowly approaching, which means a good number of students are likely to take a break from Whatcom in order to pursue hobbies, work or other things. Speaking from experience, I can say that this is also the point in the quarter when I begin to relax…
Writers jam with musicians at Make.Shift
By Kai Veiera da Rosa Whatcom’s first Writers and Musicians show occurred Thursday, May 25 at the Make.Shift project space in downtown Bellingham. Dr. Melanie Sehman’s Contemporary Music Ensemble and Professor Joanna Kenyon’s creative writing class combined song and poetry to create WCC Writers and Musicians event. At the beginning…
Whatcom dancers en pointe
By Sophia Crossley Whatcom Running Start students, Delci Syvertson and Henry Winslow, were featured in The Portland Ballet Spring Concert recently. Syvertson and Winslow are both from Bellingham. Syvertson began dancing at age 4 and Winslow began dancing at age 10. The choreography pieces for the evening were a tribute…
ASWCC President reflects on final term
By Simon Thomas Jarrett Martin has attended Whatcom Community College for the past four years and has been the Associated Students of Whatcom Community College (ASWCC) president for the last year. Martin originally came to Washington from Arkansas to attend Digipen Institute of Technology, a private college in Redmond, Washington,…