Student Senate members meet every other Thursday to discuss issues on campus, such as funding student trips to conferences, granting clubs and organizations funds, and establishing gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. Photo by Meg Jackson.[/caption] The Student Life Office at Whatcom Community College is in search of qualified students to fill…
Category: FEATURES
May Horoscopes
by Gena Wynkoop Aries (March 21-April 19): No one can make the earth move like an Aries, and now you’re especially tuned into your personal drive. Even if you’re working a 9-to-5, you find a way to put your individual stamp on all that you do.
Gamer’s Corner: The Elderscrolls V: Skyrim
by Calvin Schoneck and Tyler Bergen Calvin’s rating: five stars The Elderscrolls is one of video-gaming’s most beloved franchises, and now that we find ourselves in the era of the fifth scroll, its fan-base is stronger than ever. Skyrim is hands down one of the best games ever made, I…
Bob Riesenberg announces retirement
by Isabel Loos At this point in the school year, most students are counting down the days left until summer. For Bob Riesenberg, June will not only bring the end of the school year but also the end of his career. After 23 years at Whatcom Community College as a…
Hey Fairhaven, who’s your daddy?
Hundreds gathered at Village Green Sunday Apr. 26 to celebrate and honor Historic Fairhaven’s founding father, Dirty Dan Harris. This year’s 13th annual Dirty Dan Harris Festival included a wide variety of local food and merchandise vendors, competitions, Dirty Dan lookalikes, live music, a beer garden, and a chili cook-off. …
‘Small studio, big sound’
Local musician helps students record music at a lowered price by Tyler Bergen Joe Douglas, 25, is the man behind Big Hare Studios. Big Hare is a recording studio Douglas uses to help artists record their music. Over the last 8 years, the Fairhaven based studio has helped friends, bands…
Barry Maxwell, the poli-sci guy
by Tyler Bergen Barry Maxwell, 59, teaches political science, economics and history classes at Whatcom Community College. Known by one of his colleagues as the “godfather of sustainability,” he even designed a course called The Science, Economics and Politics of Sustainable Resource Use. Maxwell has been a full-time instructor since…
Lucas Nydam: The man around campus
by Alex Martinez Lucas Nydam, 21, former student body president at Whatcom Community College has been hired as the new Admission Outreach Recruiter. Nydam was born in Bellingham and raised in Lynden, went to Lynden High School and graduated in 2012, and started at Whatcom in the fall of 2012.
Mini computers for the masses
By: Greg Lane The IT Professionals Club at Whatcom Community College successfully assembled and disassembled a supercomputer made up of 32 Raspberry Pi (RPi) boards on May 30.
Drag show fundraises for Bellingham’s Pride Festival
By: Lynette Martinez *Note: The Horizon editorial staff formally apologizes for the wrong inclusion and referal to ‘Betty Desire’ in the Article.* Men in high heels with long lashes and elegant dresses were placed center stage when Whatcom Community College’s Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA) presented its annual “Drag and Variety Show”…