This week, Seattle Central Archaeology students were treated to an over-the-top experiential educational opportunity. Susan Barclay, the instructor for several anthropology courses here at Central, including Medical Anthropology, was a last minute substitution to teach ANTH 204 this quarter, replacing tenured instructor Mohamad Al-Madani, who is taking this quarter off. Barclay’s classes are often highly
You might recall the name Nikkita Oliver from the most recent mayoral election. I had no clue what she was about other than that, but I had an opportunity to witness her in action at a recent event here at SCC, and as it turns out, Nikkita Oliver is kind of hard to pin down.
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a government program which allows young recipients to have legal protection in the U.S.A. It is currently waiting on a judicial ruling that was initiated by then President Barack Obama in 2012 and under threat of being shut down by now President Trump. Recently, a few lawsuits have
The Central District, known to locals as the CD, is one of Seattle’s most historically diverse areas. It began as a Jewish neighborhood at the turn of the 20th century, but by the mid 1930s a large Japanese population had begun to call the CD home until executive order 9066 saw that community interned in
This summer, Gov. Jay Inslee issued an easy challenge to Washington state students – register to vote, then fill out and turn in your ballot. The schools with the highest voter registration and voter turnout will be invited to Olympia and recognized by the Governor and the Secretary of State, Kim Wyman. If you still
Few knew what the acronym DACA stood for before the February 14, 2017 detention of then 23-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina following his arrest in his father’s Des Moines, Washington home. But for 800,000 youth in the US, it has been an important pseudo life-line since 2012 when it was introduced by President Obama. Deferred Action
In the fall all counselors will move into a centralized space with the creation of a counseling center. The idea behind having a center is to give students the space to visit with privacy and confidentiality as well as more of an opportunity to meet with a counselor of their choosing rather than the one
After a lengthy and thorough review process, Seattle Vocational Institute’s (SVI) cosmetology program is slated to be shut down today, marking the end of the spring quarter. Liliana Orbulescu is just one of four students graduating from the program this Tuesday. “We’re the last who made it through and it’s going to be sad to
Expect the north elevators in the BE building to be out of service for repairs for an extended amount of time. Currently, elevator #2 is out of service, and though elevator #1 remains in service, facilities expects it to fail soon. It has already failed once the week of April 6th. The school has budgeted
Seattle Central College has added to its ever expanding list of student clubs. For students majoring in computer science, or with an interest in tech, there is now a Computer Science Club to help them explore the field. Club activities include taking apart and reconstructing computers, mock interview problems and the procedural methods of solving
