By Evan Leahy As November’s Presidential election continues to draw closer, the tone of the race between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination continues to intensify.
Category: OPINION
Goodbye Marshawn Lynch
By Alex George After eight seasons in the National Football League, spending five of those as Seattle’s starting running back, Marshawn Lynch has decided to retire, making the announcement by tweeting a picture of his lime green cleats hanging on a telephone wire after the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
By Katie Linton Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn’s “Cowspiracy: the Sustainability Secret” is a game changer as well as a five out of five star documentary. I went into it thinking it would be another one of those documentaries that try to scare you out of eating meat by showing…
Letter from the editor: Boycott China
By Calvin Schoneck I doubt that there is a single person reading this letter who doesn’t own at least a handful of products that were manufactured in China. I know that I myself do, and unfortunately it is nearly unavoidable since almost every cellphone, computer, and appliance on the planet…
Levitating life in new directions
Mary Louise Van Dyke A gigantic boulder, flecked with smaller stones, spins in front of Kulshan Hall here on Whatcom Community College’s main campus. Water trickles down its side. Known on campus as the Levitating Sphere, the ball is cradled inside of a large, rough-hewed stone. In a crazy way,…
What are you most excited for this summer?
No way out: An argument against the death penalty
by Calvin Schoneck Reasonable people can disagree about whether or not capital punishment is a morally appropriate sanction for the most heinous of crimes. However, there is little argument about whether the death penalty is the ultimate price one can pay for a crime, and those who support capital punishment…
What’s your favorite thing to do on a sunny day?
Letter from the editor
by Calvin Schoneck There are few issues that have sparked the political interests in young people more than the recent controversy surrounding legal use of marijuana. Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in our state, a much larger portion of the public has come to view marijuana use more favorably…
Letter from the Editor
by Calvin Schoneck How many people can look back at their time at community college and honestly say that it was instrumental to their success or even what made them who they are? Is community college really a place for people to learn? Or is it just a place for…