Opinions

The ban on gay scouts or gay scout leaders in the Boy Scouts of America is close to its end. This has been a timeless tradition for the BSA, and […]

Recently, 15-year-old Oregonian   Jadin Bell died after attempting to hang himself in an elementary school playground. Bell was rushed to a hospital and was taken off life support after […]

In this modern day and age, we can observe that water fluoridation (dosing the water supply with one of three commonly used fluoride compounds) is a prevalent phenomenon in the […]

Inquiry runs on diversity of mind. I am much more likely to mend the errors in my own thinking if I am freely exchanging ideas and reasons with people who […]

Last week I was working in the newsroom when someone I’d met a couple quarters ago at the smoke huts passed by the window. We recognized each other immediately and […]

Is the diversity movement inclusive of disability culture?  Will the archaic medical model and institutional/patriarchical viewpoints be cast off for the social justice model that individuals with disabilities prefer? The […]

Not once, not twice, not even three times, but on five separate occasions have I been so lucky as to find a hair in my Bellevue College cafeteria food. I […]

In the midst of a domestic energy boom, livestock are falling ill in a timely correlation to the surge of hydraulic fracturing, a procedure known as fracking. Scientists have more […]

In the realm of political dialogue, there are very few terms that carry the derogatory weight of the accusatory label “neocon.” In debates, calling someone a neocon is often all […]

I have been going to Bellevue College for almost two years now. In my time here I have taken gender classes, sociology classes, obtained a job as the director of […]

“Don’t send our daughters into combat,” proclaimed Kathleen Parker in last Monday’s Seattle Times, describing the decision to allow women to work in combat roles within the military as an […]

Off the top of my head, I can think of about seven things I’d rather talk about than my future, and five of them involve eating dirt. However, transfer applications […]

On Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, I was going into the girl’s bathroom across from B-105 while on break from my class. Someone came up behind me and shoved me with […]

In an interview with CNN, Miss America contestant Alexis Wineman tells the interviewer “My autism isn’t what defines me.” She is absolutely right. She is a human being, and people […]

We should all be thankful that the proposed “Christmas Present” of East African Policy proposed last year didn’t pass, but the battle is far from over.  Indeed, the ever-controversial anti-homosexuality […]

On our side of the U.S., most of us are cranking up the heat and layering up in response to the frosty outdoors, but for many plants in the eastern […]

A recent altercation on the Bellevue College between two African-American students and one White student has received a lot of attention after a video of it was leaked on YouTube. […]

“I sat in my chair, stated my opinion and then I shut up,” said Aaron Malec from his office chair in the Veteran Office in Student Programs last December.  “I […]