By: Mario Pimentel Staff Writer  Students can feel safe at Green River thanks to all the work Campus Safety does.

Upcoming Fall Sports by Kealoha Rose Iosefo Upcoming Fall SportsFall quarter sports are starting up after summer quarter. The men’s sports will be basketball, golf, and cross country. Women’s sports will consist of basketball, golf, cross country, and soccer. The basketball team had their highest scoring  win at 98 points to 92 points against Wenatchee Valley at Port Angeles. Last year, the Golf team was placed at 4th for the NWAC Preview on Oct. 22 to Oct. 23. Cross Country’s team runner, Matthew Nechiporuk, ran the 8k at 18 minutes and 14 seconds, making it the fastest time of the season. Shannon Percell, the…

The Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) Track and Field Championship Meet between top colleges in Washington and Oregon took place on May 21st and 22nd at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon. Overall, eight athletes represented the Green River Track and Field team at the championship meet. Those athletes were, Michaela Evelyn-Wahl, who took sixth in the Women’s 400-Meter dash and seventh in the Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles. Frances Nguyen took eighth in the Women’s 400-Meter dash. Alicia Medley took fourth in the Women’s Discus throw and eleventh in the Women’s Shot Put. Matthew Neoporchuk placed eleventh in the Men’s 800-Meter Run and eighth  in the Men’s 3000-Meter…

Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat has developed technology designed to clean up plastic from the ocean. Improperly disposed of plastic will often end up in the world’s oceans. The dumping of plastic has formed accumulation zones of waste products, the largest being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). It is located roughly halfway between California and Hawaii and covers an estimated area of 1.6 million kilometers, according to The Ocean Cleanup, Slat’s organization. To put that in perspective, that is twice the size of the state of Texas. Plastics enter the ocean in many ways. Whether that be through littering, dumping,…

Maria Arciniega 5/31/18   With Racial discrimination at an all-time high, Green River students question whether or not they are safe from racism on campus. In the current political climate, we have seen a rise in blatant racism towards people of color. Racism is something that has existed for a while but the level it has gotten to in recent years is startling. On a global perspective, we have seen it in Charlottesville with the Charlottesville riots, we have seen it in New York where a man berated employees and customers for speaking in Spanish and threatening to call Ice.…

America’s opioid crisis is getting worse, leaving the government and the public scrambling for a better understanding of drug addiction and better ways to treat it. Now two years into his presidency, Donald Trump and his administration have yet to produce a concrete plan to address the opioid crisis in America. Despite this, he has recently claimed that opioid abuse is way down following the allotment of $6 billion by Congress to address the crisis. There is no current evidence to support his claim. For opioid abuse victims and their families and communities, this lackadaisical approach to major campaign promise…

Victor Melendez at his artist talk on May 8, explained his journey with graphic design. Before coming to the United States, Melendez lived in Mexico City where he learned most of his English through American TV shows. After relocating he had to work very hard and do several jobs to attend college. But, despite all that Melendez succeeded. Melendez chose to attend Green River where he originally majored in Engineering. Art Director, Cindy Small encouraged him to pursue. “I did encourage him to pursue the arts…” Small said. After delving more into the art field Melendez decided to pursue graphic…

Green River’s very own Focus, Inspiration, Share, and Hook (FISH) club partnered with World Vision and Krispy Kreme to start a fundraiser for communities around the world who are in need of clean water. Specifically, children and individuals in Tanzania, Africa. Every year, the FISH club donates money to an orphanage in Tanzania. This year, FISH sold Krispy Kreme Donuts for their annual fundraiser. Krispy Kreme has been an advocate for fundraisers and has raised money for important causes since 1995. In 2017 alone, Krispy Kreme raised over 40 million dollars for educational, religious, and charitable organizations. The FISH club is…

With colleges increasing their tuition prices, employed Green River College students are grateful to have a source of income. The cost of higher education has never been more expensive. Adjusting for inflation, a 2017 study by College Board found that tuition for public four-year institutions has increased by 213 percent over the last 30 years. For Green River students planning to transfer to a four-year college, the steep cost of living can be daunting. With employment, however, the threat of drowning in college debt can be somewhat neutralized. Green River students work in an array of industries. Among the most…