By Jeremy Rick As the end of January nears, rugby season is right around the corner. The members of the Chuckanut Bay Rugby Club will prepare for their 2014 spring season when practices begin Feb. 4 at 8:30 p.m. on Whatcom Community College’s Orca Field. In the early 1970s a…
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You are what you eat
By Jake Knight Students interested in health and nutrition can sign up for Nutrition 101 next quarter, a math-science credit class taught by Kimberly Reeves and Laurie Gill at Whatcom Community College. Nutrition 101 focuses on the effects nutrition has on the body, one’s nutritional needs, how food is digested,…
This club means business
By Caleb Remington Whatcom Community College’s largest student club is the Business Club, with 56 students in attendance at this year’s first meeting Oct. 9. The club is continuing to grow and receive applications for new members, said the club’s faculty adviser John Fasler. “We keep having to get bigger…
Furthering education in another nation
By Max Singer This spring quarter, Whatcom Community College’s International Programs department will be taking a trip to Prague, Czech Republic for the first time. Whatcom’s Associate Director of International Programs Ulrich Schraml said he was happy to see “lots of first-time international travelers” in the group. Schraml said…
January 28, 2014
Tue. Jan. 28 Central Washington University information table Laidlaw foyer, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri. Jan. 31 Working with student success data Laidlaw 212, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. iLead Whatcom workshop Syre 216/217, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sat. Feb. 1 Basketball vs. Peninsula College Peninsula College Women’s…
Who stole the American Dream?
Story by Andrew Edwards “Today we are two Americas … We are divided by money and we are divided by power,” said Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hedrick Smith at a Nov. 19 lecture at Whatcom Community College. Smith, a former reporter and editor for the New York Times, came to Whatcom…
Whatcom Women’s Soccer finishes a strong season
Story by Derek Langhorn Although they both made it to the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) semi-final match-ups, Whatcom Community College’s men’s and women’s soccer teams had very different seasons this year. The Orca men finished the season with a record of five wins, nine losses, and three…
Go your own way
Story by Anna Browne The Independent Study Program, also called learning contracts, is a program for students interested in becoming more independent in their learning, said Beth Tyne, the coordinator for learning contracts at Whatcom Community College. “A learning contract is a mode of learning,” Tyne said, adding that Whatcom…
Against all odds
Story by Greg Lane “Fish are friends, not food,” said Bruce the shark in Pixar’s movie “Finding Nemo.” The Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, also known as NSEA, shares this philosophy and aims to protect the salmon of Whatcom County and the Bellingham area. NSEA is a nonprofit and community-run organization…
ASL teacher finds home at Whatcom
Story by Anna Browne Lewis, who is deaf, said through an interpreter that she has come to love Whatcom and enjoys her job. She said that she loves everything about the college, especially how easy it is to receive and use an interpreter when needed. “Whatcom feels like…