Story by Kevin Doucette The iLEAD (Leadership Education and Development) Whatcom program at Whatcom Community College fosters personal and professional development for students, and helps them build leadership skills through a variety of workshops each year. “It’s a way for students to receive free professional development,” said Laura Singletary, Whatcom’s…
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Local performance stars Whatcom grad
Story by Greg Lane How does one define another as “normal?” How different can someone be? Kuntz and Company, a Bellingham-based dance company, finished its second running of “Hello, my name is You,” an experimental performance about a woman’s journey with Asperger’s syndrome. The production, shown at the Firehouse Performing…
Victory on the horizon for Whatcom athletes
Story by Kevin Doucette School is back in session, the leaves are changing colors and the Washington rain is a reminder that fall is here, which means it is time for fall sports at Whatcom Community College. The men’s soccer, women’s soccer, and volleyball teams have begun league play. Both…
Student raises awareness of dolphin cruelty
Story by Taylor Nichols 18-year-old Giovanni Galarza, a student at Whatcom Community College, sat in the Syre courtyard Sept. 25 informing students of two issues which he is passionate about – the captivity of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), and the yearly slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. Galarza said…
October 15, 2013
Student Help Desk A student help desk staffed by the IT Professionals of Tomorrow, located in the Baker Hall foyer every Friday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. will do repairs, troubleshoot problems, and remove viruses from computers for students, staff and faculty. Scottish Highland Dance Competition The “Reel Competition”…
Affordable healthcare held hostage by government shutdown
by Andrew Edwards If you’ve tried to access any government websites, been unable to get tax forms for financial aid or paid attention to the news lately, you’ve probably noticed that the federal government has been mostly shut down. The reason for this is because the two houses of congress…
Whatcom Voices: Describe your summer vacation in three words
“Mexico, reading, family.” -Yelena Kashubin, 17 “Weather, haircut, v-neck.” -Jordan Hernandez, 18 Boring, busy, hectic. Andie Young, 19 “Working abroad, Norway.” -Jakob Pederson, 21
Why Syria matters: regional stability at risk
by Andrew Edwards After weeks of escalating tension surrounding the Syrian civil war and potential American intervention, military strikes seem to have been taken off of the table, at least for now, as the Syrian government has agreed to surrender its stockpiles of chemical weapons. While this unexpected development is…
Water, sand, and stone
by Derek Langhorn Perhaps the most recognizable sculpture at Whatcom Community College is the “Levitating Sphere” outside of Kulshan Hall. It is a 3,000 pound sphere that was crafted out of a giant boulder which sat in the center of Donovan Avenue in Fairhaven. The boulder, Donovan rock, was detonated…
Meet your student council
What are you most looking forward to this year? Lucas Nydam – 19 President “I’m most looking forward to establishing student council as something that matters and something that has power to actually make a difference in the campus community.” Marco Morales – 23 Vice President “What I’m looking forward…