DEAR SCC, Three years ago, I didn’t think that I’d be at your doorstep. My future after high school was unknown; riddled with countless choices — which is a nightmare for an indecisive person like me. A community college just north of Seattle wasn’t in the cards for me early on — until I saw…
“I urge you to reconsider your stance toward student journalists on your campus.” This line opened up a letter sent last week by Beth Slovic, the Pacific Northwest Association of Journalism Educators (PNAJE) president, to Central Washington University (CWU) regarding the ethical escapade that the college’s student journalists currently face: pre-approved interview questions. Slovic stated…
How To Be Culturally Sensitive What’s scarier than cultural appropriation? When people do it consistently at the same time every year. Halloween features candy, children and costumes. The latter is what most people seem to enjoy the most: dressing up as something they’re not. Halloween is the peoples’ chance to become whoever they want because…
Cultural Appropriation at Home and Abroad Halloween tends to come with laughs and a couple of innocent scares, but some costumes can be offensive to certain cultures, religions and ethnicities. One way cultural appropriation can manifest is wearing a specific culture’s attire that isn’t one’s own in an offensive matter or without addressing the fact…
The Dangers of ‘Nextdoor’ Communities are meant to bring us together, but sometimes having a platform can bring out the worst in people. In 1960, an episode of the classic science-fiction anthology “The Twilight Zone” brought this concept to life. It was called “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” and it displayed the universal…
What a summer for American politics! President Donald Trump has been in power for the better part of three years now and things haven’t calmed down. Actual fact: The U.S. president is currently undergoing impeachment proceedings. The president’s defense has been to muddy the waters of truth so that his supporters will claim the president…
In defiance of the cloudy Seattle weather, clumps of teens huddled throughout Cal Anderson Park on Sept. 20, decorating the lawn with colorful signs filled with a variety of expletives. Kids in grades as young as elementary school bubbled with energy, while a few clipboard-wielding adults gave monologues about the housing crisis in the hope…
HOW A LOCAL STAPLE LET ME DOWN Sometimes for music festivals, the cons outweigh the pros and people are left empty-handed. Bumbershoot — Seattle’s biggest music, comedy and arts festival — takes over Seattle Center every year over Labor Day weekend. It is an event that many Seattleites look forward to every summer, featuring big…
HOW TO BE THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED Summer is nearly upon us: It’s time to relax, party hard and relax some more. But it can’t all be fun and games because you need to stay on top of your intellectual game or else you might end up returning to school having forgotten everything…
LIFE PLAYS OUT ON THE DIGITAL FRONTIER Video games can be a blast, but often get a bad reputation from certain… sometimes older… people. Despite their potential pitfalls, video games serve as a platform to practice skills that adults use to navigate myriad professional industries. The content and direction of video games is limitless, spanning…