Information compiled by Nahrawend Gheribi and Mario Garcia. The Lunar New Year is fast approaching and Green River is preparing to celebrate. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year, is celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. This festival is the most important, longest public holiday in Asia and has been celebrated for over 4000 years.  The Chinese New Year animals are represented through the cycle of twelve signs. Each new year was marked by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals: the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey,…

Green River College’s Deborah Casey-Powell has been selected as a finalist in Olympic College’s  (OC) presidential search.   The current president of Olympic College, David Mitchell, will be retiring on Dec. 31 and the college is searching for a replacement.   Casey joins five other finalists, all of whom were selected from a pool of nearly 100 candidates, according to the Kitsap Sun’s report.    The process began early in April and will end later this month. The finalist will be announced in later Dec.  and will be subject to Board of Trustee approval.    In Nov., Casey and the…

Lady Gators dominates Shoreline in a historic performance. The Lady Gators defeat Shoreline in a non-conference game on Thursday. Head Coach Demetrius McQuarn and Assistant Coach Markeith Brown have developed a new culture in the Women’s Basketball program.The Green River Gators dominated the Shoreline Dolphins by scoring 113 points. That’s right, 113 big ones in one game. The Lady Gators did not just play offense, the Dolphins were held to only ten points the entire game. The game was electrifying.  The Gators are still undefeated while playing in The Swamp. They are 2-0 at home with another impressive win against…

With news being available on computers, phones, and televisions, the newspaper industry will continue to decline. The first newspaper called the Publik Occurrences was published in 1690 by Richard Pierce. From this paper, a tradition was started and was essentially followed by other American newspapers. Through newspapers, the country knew what was going on around them, and people continued to indulge into periodical publications as their only source of information. As newspapers ruled the industry for the next millenniums, radio news began to pave its way into the industry in the very early 1900s. However, at this time, newspapers were…

Friendships, relationships and personal bonds with people seem like a distant reality for many students. Whether this change could be caused by college priorities, work hours, or emotional walls, not having sufficient friends or a significant other is a common problem between college students. Focusing on spiritual health, maturity, and personal growth in life allows for control of circumstances and can help attract the right type of people. In terms of forming relationships, the most successful bonds are usually formed naturally and comfortably. Taking time to know one’s innermost desires and needs can help to discern what is needed in…

December’s artist spotlight, carefully chosen by the fine arts faculty, is Madison Tovar, 20, a pottery artist. Tovar is working towards an Associates of Fine Arts. She is unsure where she’d like to go after graduation this spring. Her heart desires travel so she is thinking that she’d like to get out of the state of Washington. Tovar is from Southern California and she has no desire to return. Four years ago she moved to Auburn to be with family during the mourning of her uncle. She currently works for Amazon in processing and sorts packages in the warehouse. With…

Green River College, along with a couple of other colleges and universities both here and internationally, offer a program called a Gap Year program. The program is described by the college’s program web page, on the new site, as “The Gap Year at Green River provides an opportunity for you to study abroad in the United States during the “gap year” between secondary education and university.” In basic terms students can take a nine to ten months to take classes and figure out what they want to do. All this while getting to experience and indulge in the country that…

The Sisterhood of Green River College is sponsoring a women’s health drive called The Period Project. This donation drive aims to provide and help homeless and impoverished women with adequate feminine hygiene products. Many times, women and girls living in poverty don’t have the means or resources to obtain the products they need. Feminine hygiene products cost a lot more than some people can afford, and it leads to a devastating lack of necessities for millions of people who get periods. According to www.period-project.org, in the U.S., there are around 40 million women currently live in poverty. People who go…