This past weekend, Whatcom Community College (WCC) hosted a home basketball game that doubled as Sophomore recognition night. Both men and women Orcas played in their final home game against the Skagit Valley College (SVC) Cardinals on Feb 22, from 2-6 p.m. The event catered free pizza with a voucher…
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Do Humans Have Free Will?
These past two weeks, students gathered in Heiner 103 to try to answer the philosophical question of free will’s existence – the prompt being “does free will truly exist, or are our actions caused by our brain’s internal programming?” Meeting on Fridays in Heiner 103 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.,…
Lending a Helping Hand: Drug & Alcohol Awareness Event
For those struggling with substance abuse, sometimes the best resource is a friendly face extending a helping hand, offering support. For students at WCC, a helping hand was one of the many offerings on Thursday, Jan. 30 at the special tabling event arranged by the WCC Counseling Department. In honor…
Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate Department of Education Raises Concerns
Bellingham, Wash. — President Donald Trump’s recent initiative to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has sparked significant debate nationwide, with potential repercussions for educational institutions in Whatcom County, including Whatcom Community College. According to AP News, the administration is drafting an executive order to initiate the closure of the…
The ASU Hits a High Note Celebrating Lunar New Year
Attendees of the Lunar New Year karaoke celebration on Tuesday, Jan. 28 were greeted with friendly faces, light refreshments, and Chinese New Year scratch-off cards that offered students and staff good fortunes. The Asian Student Union (ASU) held this special karaoke event in the Simpson Intercultural Center (SIC) to celebrate…
WCC student speaks during city-wide MLK event
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 19 – Students, staff, city employees, and community members gathered in the sunny cafeteria of Bellingham High School this past Saturday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy during a service day event. The event was coordinated by the Community Consortium for Cultural Recognition, which includes Whatcom…
Free Speech at WCC: Oppressed or Expressed?
Political activity on college campuses has been on the rise throughout many major institutions across the country, but has WCC’s campus followed those same trends? For a variety of reasons, WCC’s inclusion and support for free speech activities, also known as “expressive activities,” seems muted, with space and guidelines for…
Student activism on US college campuses
A Brief history of the past 100 years While the height of student protest seemed to occur during the turbulent 60’s and early 70’s, very few people are aware that some of the first politically motivated expressive acts on college campuses began in the 1930s. Prior to 1932 student expressive…
After the Polls: Talkin’ Stories Conversations
On Thursday, November 15 at the Simpson Intercultural Center (SIC), students and staff came together to discuss the recent presidential election at a Talkin’ Stories: After the Polls open conversation. Attendees discussed concerns and solutions, and offered support to others as they considered what this transfer of power means for…
Donating Old Threads and Finding New
On Nov. 13-14, WCC’s club Sustainability Oriented Students (SOS) held its annual Clothing Swap, where students were able to donate old threads and pick out new ones. SOS President, Austin Williams, says the club’s desired end result was to get all extra clothing donated to We Care, a non-profit thrift…