By Lincoln Wallace Tribal leaders and scholars from across the country came to the Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Nation as part of an event to discuss reconciliation for indigenous people in Washington State. The panel, which was held on Oct. 18 and co-hosted by Whiteswan Environmental, Northwest Indian…
Lummi Nation hosts truth panel
Street law provides free legal counsel
By Kaila Cove Street Law provides the community with free legal advice. Street Law, which is held by Law Advocates, a Bellingham nonprofit, gives counseling on a drop-in basis and is held several times a month in the Heiner Center at Whatcom Community College and at the Bellingham Public Library….
Whatcom soccer heads to playoffs
By Kaila Cove The Whatcom men’s and women’s soccer teams are doing well this year— both teams have earned themselves a top position in the playoffs in the NWAC division. These Whatcom teams encourage students to come out and support them as they head into the playoffs. Women’s Soccer: Kiley…
Bleedingham: the PNW’s Cannes of chills
By Brock Seaman Bellingham’s biggest horror film festival, Bleedingham, is back at the Pickford Film Center for the seventh year running. Filmmakers from all over the world show their short horror movies at Bleedingham — however, many of the people who submitted are locals from Washington State. Bleedingham has a…
L’Editor: Climate Change: Endgame
By Ken Johnson I want to point out something that might not be obvious: Climate change is going to screw up the world — irreparably. There are three, not four, horsemen of the apocalypse: climate change, immigration, and nationalism. These harbingers of the end times are compounding each other, building…
L’Editor: The U.S. Supreme Court is jammed with villains
By Ken Johnson The Supreme Court is supposed to be the Super Friends: wise, fair, and moral. That’s the impression my American Government class left with me. The executive branch might be brutal. The legislative branch might be corrupt. But not the judicial branch, not the Supreme Court, they weather…
Libraries: hallmarks of freedom, democracy
Guest column by Trish Navarre In March when I headed to Beijing for another teaching stint on behalf of Whatcom Community College, my wallet held an international VISA card from WECU, a recent “upgrade” from my conventional card. Little did I realize that this card would prove almost useless, while…
Art show highlights environmental issues
By Brock Seamen The Whatcom Art Museum is currently holding the “Endangered Species: Artists on the Front Line of Biodiversity” art show. The exhibit features sculptures of wolves and dodo birds, paintings, photography, and such from the 1700 and 1800s through today. A diverse array of species is represented in…
Bellingham gets an arcade upgrade
By Ken Johnson Over the past year, three gaming lounges have sprung up around downtown Bellingham, which is a little weird, because “gaming lounges” didn’t seem to exist five years ago. College towns are magnets for odd business ideas. Some of these ideas, like Hops N Headz, a taproom with…
Smaller construction plans near end
By Joe Zimmerman Many general repairs were done on Whatcom’s campus over the summer, but there were two major capital projects started that won’t be done for quite a while. General repairs include upgrading an engineering classroom in Kulshan Hall, exterior LED light fixtures on Cascade Hall and crosswalk improvements…