University of Edinburgh philosophy professor Michael Cholbi, who has a doctorate in philosophy joined Whatcom Community College’s Philosophy Club to discuss the topic of grief during a public Zoom meeting May 6. “We should adopt an optimistic stance regarding the value of grief, that on the whole it tends to…
Club Focus: Grief and Philosophy
Club Focus: Serving Growing Student Interest
A new club hopes to serve students an opportunity to play a beloved sport. The group first started off with casual meetups in the student recreation center with a capacity of 10 students. These started informally back in December 2021, during the end of the fall quarter, and began to…
Whatcom Partners with Museum to Bring REDress Project to Community
Whatcom Community College recently partnered with Whatcom Museum to bring a display of empty red dresses to downtown Bellingham. The REDress Project is designed to bring awareness to the data, or lack thereof, regarding missing and murdered Indigenous women. Métis Nation member Jaime Black began the original REDress Project in…
Welcome Back, April 18
What is ASWCC Student Senate?
There are many places around campus that put student funds to good use, one of them being the Associated Students of Whatcom Community College Student Senate. ASWCC Student Senate is a group of students at WCC authorized to make choices on student money spending. A treasury is allocated to the…
Club Focus: What is Neurodiversity?
There’s a new club on campus. “Awareness, Acceptance, Advocacy,” a handmade sign advertises a new organization for WCC. One of Whatcom Community College’s newest clubs hopes to create a safe space for neurodivergent students. Per Harvard Health, neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around…
Music Review: Is Wet Leg 2022’s Hottest Band?
The eponymous debut from one of 2022’s hottest bands arrived on April 8. When Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers found themselves on top of a Ferris wheel one night in their native Isle of Wight, it was the culmination of a friendship that started in college ten years prior.