At Seattle Central College, international students pay $4,341.66 per quarter for 20 credits compared to the $1,945.70 domestic students pay for the same. Altogether, international students fund 5% of Central’s total operating revenue and often…
Posts published in “Opinion”
OP-ED: How listening to happy music helped me through my depression, and why I think it’ll help you too
Sophia BruscatoIn the last couple years of middle school, I had just discovered the wonders of wearing headphones at all times. As I became an older teenager, I switched from my obsession with Katy Perry to…
Affirmative Action and the Southern Strategy: A Talk with Professor Carl Livingston
James Andrew CarrollIf there’s one thing we should be talking more about after the Supreme Court ended affirmative action this June, it’s the Southern Strategy, says Professor Carl Livingston. The Southern Strategy has its roots in the…
The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded Seattle Central College (SCC) a grant to build a curriculum for a veterans affairs course in the humanities department. One may ask why this is needed? On…
Streaks of sunlight falling through redwood branches, the space before me painted deep green, a living breathing landscape. I can still smell the wood and the earth; rich, sweet, wild. I can remember the feeling…
Inside the Perfect P*ssy Complex: Summer’s Eve won’t save you
Rey Sivakumaran | The Seattle Collegian
Rey Sivakumaran | The Seattle CollegianVagina. Cunt. Coochie. It goes by many names, but its most infamous – and most influential – is Pussy. You may have gotten flushed, embarrassed, or even slightly excited when you saw it in the…
Coming of age rituals are an ancient and common human practice, present in many, if not all, cultures in some way or another. Romans would offer their bullas (protection necklaces given to them at birth)…
Setting the story straight: The brother of Elijah Lewis speaks on his death and legacy
Kayvon BumpusTo start off, Dunham shut the door on right-wing “Seattle is Dying” narratives that have inevitably been stirred from Lewis’ death. “The guy [Cooney] had a concealed carry. He was a citizen, he was ‘normal’, he wasn’t homeless,” he scoffed.
Under gray looming clouds, protesters representing different generations of queerness and allyship gathered at 4 p.m. on Mar. 31 at Volunteer Park. Even as attendees exhibited contagious smiles, a sense of grief hung over us…
Those who frequent the sidewalks of Capitol Hill may have noticed the absence of one tent that usually stands outside the apartment building on the southeast corner of Broadway East and East Denny Way. Or…