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…
Whatcom soccer heads to playoffs
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…
Pickford hosts Doctober film festival
By Kaila Cove The Pickford Film Center’s annual Doctober film festival runs this year from Sept. 28 through Nov. 1 and features documentaries about subjects as diverse as rodents and ballerinas. “[Doctober is] Pickford’s month-long documentary film festival,” said Cole Wilder, who works at the theater. “This year, we’re playing…
Another Ski to Sea in the books
By Ken Johnson Ski to Sea happened May 27, engulfing Bellingham in a festive and intense atmosphere. The Ski to Sea race has seven different events: cross country skiing, downhill skiing or snowboarding, running, road biking, canoeing, cyclocross biking and sea kayaking. There is a method to this athletic madness;…