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.

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,…

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…