Financial Problems at SCC Date Back 6 Years
Juan Páez and Joshua Groom
June 12, 2020
For the past six years, SCC has netted losses every year as a result of increases in administrative staff along with planned overspending and understaffing in a key financial department. The college did not publicly acknowledge the financial losses until March 2019. SCC’s financial department is 30-50% small...
ASG In Review — June 12, 2020
Juan Páez, News Editor
June 12, 2020
The Associated Student Government (ASG) is holding board meetings through Zoom for the rest of the spring quarter. As usual, meetings are held every other monday, and students are welcome to join to voice concerns or speak to their representatives. This meeting was held on June 1 and was the last meet...
Falcon 9 Launch Summary: What you Need to Know
Nova Clark, Editor-In-Chief
June 12, 2020
It was a historic weekend for human spaceflight. On Saturday, May 30, SpaceX launched NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley en route to the International Space Station (ISS) in the first manned launch from U.S. soil since the shuttle program was discontinued in 2011. The goal of the...
Student Positions Face Furloughs Amid COVID Concerns
Kamryn Scurry, Staff Writer
May 29, 2020
As SCC transitioned to virtual learning to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, the college also moved a number of traditionally in-person services online. Due to that lack of on-campus presence, a number of student held jobs now face furloughs. SCC’s Ray Howard Library adapted to the ch...
The Ebbtide Wins Seven PNAJE Awards
Nova Clark, Editor-In-Chief
May 29, 2020
The Ebbtide won seven awards and one honorable mention at the 2020 Pacific Northwest Association of Journalism Educators (PNAJE) contest. As a publication, The Ebbtide won second place for Best Website. The judges pointed specifically to the paper's "strong and rare editorial leadership." Edit...
State Finds SCC Lax on Accounting Standards
Joshua Groom
May 15, 2020
The Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO) found SCC to be out of compliance with generally accepted accounting procedures in an audit of the college’s finances completed last month. A draft of those audits, obtained by The Ebbtide, stated that SCC had “material weaknesses in internal contr...
Cheng Elected ASG President, Outlines Plan to ‘Rekindle SCC Economy’
Juan Páez
May 14, 2020
Sunshine Cheng will be instated as ASG president starting summer quarter. (Photo Courtesy: SCC Student Life) Sunshine Cheng has won the 2020 ASG presidential election. Cheng received 63 votes, while Yuan Dong trailed behind with 24 votes. The results were announced at Monday's ASG board meeting. Chen...
Gregory Cranson Named Acting Security Director
May 8, 2020
Gregory Cranson has been selected as SCC’s acting Director of Safety and Security through August 31, effective immediately. The move comes after former Director Edwin Lucero left the college to pursue a new position elsewhere, according to an announcement from the college. Cranson praised Lucero’s work as “superb.” Lucero had worked at SCC for more than 20 years, a number of thos...
ASG In Review — April 30, 2020
Juan Páez
May 1, 2020
The Associated Student Government (ASG) is holding board meetings through Zoom for the rest of the spring quarter. As usual, meetings are held every other monday, and students are welcome to join to voice concerns or speak to their representatives. This meeting was held on April 27. The next meeting wi...
Honors Director Safe in New Recommendations for Budget Reductions
Joshua Groom
May 1, 2020
Honors Director Mari Kosin’s job is no longer on the chopping block in SCC’s final budget reduction recommendation. The Ebbtide had previously reported that her position was slated to be eliminated. In a presentation on the final recommendations at an April 22 Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting, ...
Dental Hygiene Program to Relocate to UW
Joshua Groom
May 1, 2020
SCC has partnered with the UW school of dentistry to house SCC’s displaced dental hygiene program. The decision was announced last week at an SCC board of trustees meeting. “We’re happy we’re going to continue somewhere,” Program Director Maryrose Bellert said. The new partnership caps a turb...
Spring Athletics Suspended, Returning Players Retain Eligibility in 2021
Ed Strong
April 17, 2020
SCC’s spring athletes will get a chance to replace their lost 2020 season. The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) has joined the other major U.S. collegiate athletic associations (most notably the NCAA) by not charging athletes a year of eligibility for the spring season of 2020, according to a press release. As long as they continue to be enrolled, stud...
