By Monique Everett A union 101 event called: “What’s In It For Me?” invited panelists and speakers to educate community members about union history and its importance on Oct. 30 in Syre 104. In the meeting, collective power of workers and its ability to create change in the workplace was…
Strength in numbers, unions in the work place
WACTCSA ensures student voices are heard
By Monique Everett The Washington Community and Technical College Student Association is a legislative advocacy group that represents student voices. Ian Ferrer, a Whatcom student and Northwest Regional Director for WACTCSA, attends the WACTCSA executive committee meetings, and gives tasks to regional delegates as part of his duties. “Each community…
Lunchtime open mic brings student talent
By Monique Everett The Music Department hosted a lunchtime concert featuring work from the Contemporary Ensemble and Collegiate Choir on Oct. 25 in the Syre auditorium for their monthly performance and open mic. Melanie Sehman, Music Faculty, oversees all musical disciplines at Whatcom, and hosts the lunchtime concert. “It’s a…
“Romeo, You Idiot!” is coming soon to Heiner
By Monique Everett The play “Romeo, You Idiot!” a comedic spoof of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” will be playing in Heiner Theatre on Nov. 16 and Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. “It’s a successful show,” Gerry Large, drama full time faculty, said. Written by Tim Kochenderfer, the comedic…
WCC Engineers Without Borders give a dam
By Holden Sandal In the summer of 2017, three Whatcom students traveled to Kenya as part of the volunteer relief organization Engineers without Borders. Ross Hunnicutt, Irene Mahoney and Roderick Kimball traveled to the small town of Kiritiri in the Eastern part of Kenya. A rural community of mostly self-sufficient…
Compass 2 Campus directs kids
By Holden Sandal Whatcom’s class Compass 2 Campus mentors to children of low income families. The Compass 2 Campus Program places mentors with kids grades 5-12 in schools traditionally from underrepresented and low-income backgrounds. The goal of Compass 2 Campus (C2C), is to encourage students to graduate from high school…
By Jeremy Short Student athletes come from all around the globe to come play for Whatcom and represent the community the athletic program has built. Whatcom is much smaller than most colleges, making it hard to go out and recruit for their athletics program. Whatcom has three sports to offer…
Whatcom welcomes new division chair
By Monique Everett Rhonda Daniels, English teacher, and previous head of the English Department at Whatcom is the new Arts and Humanities division chair. “I’m excited about learning new things, and developing new relationships with people on campus that I haven’t worked with before,” Daniels said. Overlooking budgets, and…
Holocaust survivor speaks at DOCtober
By Holden Sandal As part of their month long documentary event Doctober, the Pickford Cinema brought back the 2016 historical documentary Big Sonia. The winner of six different film festival awards was shown on Oct. 14th. Directed by Leah Warshawski and Todd Soliday, ‘Big Sonia’ is about 90-year-old Sonia Warshawski,…
Documentaries take over the Pickford
By Monique Everett Whether it’s endangered species, the melting ice caps, or holocaust deniers, Doctober, a film festival of documentaries, brings awareness to important issues in our world. With a lineup of 57 documentaries, the Pickford Film Center holds the annual event in October, while offering Doc-Ed, challenges, special guests, filmmaker…