Campus Safety officers are encouraging students to report suspicious activity in retaliation against a rise of criminal activity in and around campus. Safety works closely with the Auburn Police Department (APD) and college officials to ensure the safety of all students and staff. However, the campus’s urban location and proximity to surrounding neighborhoods where crime is more intermittent presents challenges to those who frequent the college. “We’ve been having a small rash of robberies around campus,” said Marvin Viney, assistant director of campus safety. Reports of muggings, according to Viney, occur almost exclusively off-campus, but close enough to the school…

Green River College freshman Amaechi “Choco” Medani was recently featured in an April Fools T-mobile commercial. Choco, 19, was born in Seattle but comes from a Nigerian background. With accumulating more than 50 videos on his YouTube channel “Choctivity”, Choco has managed to surpass 200,000 views on his channel., where he regularly posts comedy videos of his own making. He also has an Instagram, “chocovsameachi,” which has over 8,000 followers. Some of his posts have thousands of views. In May of 2017, Choco decided to join Seattle Talent to take his talents and passion of acting to the next level.…

Written By: Nathan Eskridge No longer a thing of science fiction, artificial intelligence is a rapidly-evolving technology that could change the future as we know it. Artificial intelligence, also known as AI, has been an idea ever since we started dreaming up uses for computers. The idea of AI grew with computer processing power and slowly became a reality. Computers today are powerful enough to run the complex thought processes needed to make artificial intelligence a reality. AI is here and probably here to stay with the way things are going. Almost everybody with a smartphone has a basic version of…

The Thai and Burmese Clubs celebrate the new years and display their festival and show off their unique culture. In Southeast Asia, the new year starts the second week of April. These days usually coincide with the hottest days of the summer, so people in that region have come up with a way to celebrate the new year and stay cool. This holiday is practiced in many Southeast Asian countries. Songkran, as it is known in Thailand, or Thingyan in Burma, is a festival that marks the new year. The festival lasts five days. People celebrate the holiday with demonstrations…

Tim Adams, a 23-year-old sophomore outfielder from SeaTac, Wash., has been crushing the ball thus far for the Green River College baseball team. Ever since Adams picked up a baseball bat and glove for the first time, the sport an integral part of his lifestyle. He got his start in tee-ball, but instead of it being forced upon him by his parents like most people, he had a different motivation to get out on the field and do work. Growing up he always looked up to his brother. Since his brother played baseball, Adams followed in his footsteps because he…

Ron Bayer, 62, is retiring after many happy years at Green River College as a music professor. Bayer was a professor and the division chair of the Fine Arts Division. He taught classes such as music theory and ear training which each have four levels, and computer music class that taught students how to write music using computer programs and software such as “Finale” and “Reason”.   He also taught the jazz choir at the school for a period of time and helped organize numerous events designed to foster young musicians to do live performances. One of these events is a…

Artist David Jaewon Oh’s collection of women in combat sports is featured in the Helen S. Smith Gallery, depicting the struggle these women face in a male-dominated sport. Oh’s artwork can be seen in the gallery with several different portraits of women staring at the viewer. At first, it can be a bit intimidating but after looking through the artwork their message can be seen.Combat sports are the center of this collection due to Oh’s own experience with women in the sport. He recalls a woman who was singled out in “fight teams.” He explains that “Gyms usually have ‘fight…

Written by Krishna Shrini  With strong themes such as identity, communication, and overall sexual pleasure, the “I ♥ Female Orgasm” event was an informative, sensitive, and interactive talk. This event was hosted by sex educators Lindsay Fram and Marshall Miller. Fram and Miller unpacked the topics of masturbation, sex myths, consent, and the female orgasm. The event was powered mostly by audience participation, but each topic was supplemented with an informative powerpoint.  Fram and Miller used humor through metaphors and movie clips to break the ice for the audience when introducing new topics. The talk itself opened with the iconic “I’ll…

Written by Janel Steele A nature walk and honeybee visit is the perfect spring quarter event. Every Monday, Daniel Najera, biology professor, and some of the biology team take a hike to study the nature around campus. They write things down in their notes, take pictures, and do other things as simple as listening to birds in the trees. Najera and his team also take this opportunity to check on the honeybee colonies. While students have never been able to join in before, they are are now invited to join in on a walk into Green River Campus’s forests. The…