Click the link to read the newest issue of The Current: https://issuu.com/thecurrcentgrcc/docs/thecurrent_4.23.19
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By: Hinata Kokobun Staff Writer With the perceived lack of garbage cans around Campus Corner Apartments (CCA), Green River College reviews other efforts to clean up cigarette waste around campus.
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By: Ritwan Abdinor Staff Writer The Green River Gator Grill team is striving to achieve good healthy options for students of the Green River community.
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By: Satchit Dahal Staff Writer The TRIO at Green River provides many necessary resources and help to students that are eligible.
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By: Lamar ToppinStaff Writer Ricko Sample is a 15-year-old student who is attending his final quarter at Green River this spring. Sample is an aspiring actor, an author, dancer, musician and singer. Sample’s father is mixed, was born in Missouri and is a Stage IV cancer survivor. His mother is from Indonesia. Both his parents moved and met each other in Washington before having Sample. Sample is currently working on getting an AA but plans on transferring his credits to New York Film Academy (NYFA), at the Los Angeles campus. He hopes to get a bachelor’s degree this coming Fall.…
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By: Sarah DeesStaff Writer Student Gretchen Immel produces a variety of art despite having two jobs. Immel has enjoyed art ever since she was a little girl. When Immel was 4, she colored in the lines instead of scribbling across the coloring book like other children. However, when Immel first got into art, she would look at her friends’ drawings and compare them to her own. She was critical of her own art. When she was younger, kids at school would bully her for being the “nerdy kid” in class. But, when she went to art class, her teachers noticed…
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By: Abdirizak Abdi Staff Writer In many classrooms today lingers the unabating obsession with grades, and the consequences impact how students view learning and themselves. “A good number of our students come and share concerns about their grades,” said Elizabeth McKinney, a counselor at Green River. “Some students are after a perfect grade while others are just concerned with passing a class.” The drive for grades has supplanted the primary objective of schooling—to learn. Fixation on grades can be attributed to many factors. A primal reason is everyone’s favorite flaw: perfection. The begrudging admiration for perfection is not only in…
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By: Ryan Childress Staff Writer On the early morning of April 2, an audible snap shook the internet.This snap came from the release of tickets to the newest Marvel movie, Avengers: Endgame.
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By: Satinder Rehal Staff Writer Green River College held their One Book lectures and workshops in the Student Union lead by Dr. C. Nicole Mason on the topics of intersectional feminism and how it connects with sharing narratives.
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By Kellyn Costello Staff Writer A vital part of campus life, Veteran Services, needs more resources to expand what they can offer veterans.