Archive for July 2008
BCC’s jazz talent booms out to Seattle »
Written by: Emma Sargeant Egan's Jam House in Ballard on Wednesday, June 24, had drum beats racketing out to the streets luring the cool jazz kids into the venue. Egan's hosted the John Teedle quintet, featuring a smooth sax and trombone blowing beats with the inspiration of Miles Davis, piano, drums, and double bass. The players formed their [...]
Bumbershoot: It’s coming back for the rain »
Written by: Kayla Mochikuzi The anticipated 38th Annual Bumbershoot festival is a little less than three months away. Bumbershoot is a three-day art festival with several different venues including the following: music, film, literary arts, comedy, dance, theatre/performance, visual arts and kids programs. The name "Bumbershoot" comes from an [...]
BCC: A culturally accepting college? »
Written by: Elizabeth Ballinger When students in her English class ask first-year student Fahima Mohamed where she's from, she usually says Seattle. "
New bill allows access to more student loan money »
Written by: Elizabeth Ballinger New legislation may enable more students to have expanded access to unsubsidized student loans. After reports over the last year that several small banks have begun limiting participation in new federal student loans due to declining liquid resources to back up funding, the U.S Department of Education has developed [...]
BCC welcomes new Sister School »
Written by: Sumedha Majumdar The Beijing University of Agriculture (BUA) officially became BCC's sister school on Tuesday, June 24. It all began in 2005, when BCC President Jean Floten, along with three faculty and administrative members, traveled to China to visit five universities, one of them being the BUA. The purpose of the trip was to find [...]
The Digistar 3 brings the universe to BCC »
Written by: Adam Magnoni Saturday, June 21 was a quiet day on the BCC campus. It marked the last weekend before summer classes began, yet there was a group that ranged from young to old, from student to employee to professor, all on hand to propel themselves out into the stratosphere and explore the mystery that is our universe. BCC's own [...]
Combating global warming »
Written by: Chris Wood Can you name one thing that people do to combat global warming? Sure you can, in fact you may be buying "green" products or even offsetting your carbon footprint. But that still doesn't change the fact that these products are made by electricity generated by various polluting sources. That they are being shipped across [...]
The freedom to be naked »
Written by: Susanna Pehrson I am a strong believer in nakedness. I am. But there are times when it is good to be naked, and there are times when it is, how do I say this, totally crazy to be naked. As a Swede, I have had many discussions about this issue, since many nationalities seem to believe Swedish women and men are so liberated that they [...]
Cornish fresh »
Written by: Emma Sargeant Cornish College was founded in Seattle in 1914 by Nellie Cornish, pianist and vocal instructor, with the intention of allowing the arts to be explored liberally and personally with less pressure from the constraints of technicality. Within three years of its commencement, the school had 600 students and was the [...]
Strip off your clothes – body painting is more »
Written by: Emma Sargeant It's hot, involves bare skin, looking decorated, body painting; yes, do it. The Fremont Solstice Parade, which occurred on Saturday famously, highlighted the popularity of the art of body painting. Each year the parade commences with a troupe of nude bicyclists, painted extravagantly by each other at an organized body [...]
