Green River students and administration collaborate to deal with Anthony Parish and speakers like him in the future. In response to the May 15 free speech forum, students of Green River are coming up with new ways to combat speakers like Parish. Several clubs have started working on solutions to combat hate speech speakers. The Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) and the Black Students’ Association (BSA) have started collaborating alongside Green River administration to try and solve the issues surrounding Parish. The two associations held a meeting two weeks ago to discuss other ways to deal with Parish. Aisha Mohamed, president of…

Rosie is the new collaborative vice-president and although she is less authoritative, her leadership style lies in making others feel valued and listened to.What made Rosie to want to be vice president is that she is currently serving as a judicial board senator of the student government, a peer mentor, and a vice-president of a peer volunteer organization. These experiences have come to inspired her to dive deeper into community involvement and have given her the know-how to do so competently. Her plans for the Green River campus is that she aims to create an open system of communication in…

Virtual reality (VR) is a fast-growing technology but remains inaccessible to many. Why are we sitting here instead of attending class virtually from home? How could we do that? Virtual reality is a computer-generated environment. It can be almost anywhere or anything. This environment is often presented and experienced using some combination of computer monitors, 3 dimensional (3D) goggles, stereo headphones, and even tactile feedback through the use of various devices. The term “VR” is popularly used for commercial systems created to work with high-end personal computers, usually including 3D goggles, stereo sound, position sensors, and a pair of input…

Heavier Than Air Productions is presenting the critically acclaimed musical “Oklahoma!” Taking place in the early 1900s, the musical, made by well-known composer Richard Rogers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II, was brought to Broadway in 1943. Based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs, an American playwright, screenwriter and author, the musical takes place in the Oklahoma territory. It’s a two-act play, telling the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her budding relationships with a cowboy, Curly McLain, and antagonist, Jud Fry. The period of time when “Oklahoma!” was first presented was known as the “Golden…

     The Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) is a pledge to the chemistry department to incorporate the 12 green chemistry principles in chemistry courses.  This commitment has two components: “greening” the labs and preparing the students for chemistry in a world that is increasingly focused on sustainability and safety. The “greening” refers to the reduction of waste and change of reagent choices in the chemistry lab experiments. The 12 green chemistry principles will be added into science classes to address the learning objectives outlined by Beyond Benign, the foundation that created and maintains the course materials. During the last two decades,…

Tensions rise as Green River College (GRC) deliberates further action for an on-campus childcare center facility for students.   Over a year ago, GRC’s childcare center was shut down, with most of its patronage coming from non-GRC-affiliated customers. The childcare center, hosted by the school, was actually run by a private third-party childcare company. The Children’s Home Society, who would send staff and faculty to manage the facilities and provide childcare services and expertise, was previously managing the childcare facilities before the project was put on hold by the college.   The land for the childcare facilities was donated to…

Rob Pedicone, 27, has been the man behind the mask of the Green River College Gator Mascot since the winter of 2017. Pedicone, who has been working as the Recreation and Athletics Coordinator for about one year now, says he decided to start working at Green River because of the fresh new leadership of President Dr. Johnson as well as the school’s positive and healthy environment. Pedicone has recently taken over the role of mascot as Slater the Gator from student AJ Patel, who was Green Rivers’ Gator mascot previously. The relatively new addition to the ever-increasing onslaught of initiatives…

    What Occurred    May 9, around noon in front ofthe Student Union (SU), AnthonyParish and his associate Ramonpreached their ‘gospel’ against ShariaLaw to students. They used theirright to free speech in Green River’sfree speech zone.Parish wore a fake Immigrationand Customs Enforcement (ICE)uniform. He is in no way associatedwith law enforcement. His uniformwas incomplete ‘with differentpants,’ according to Ramon.Around Parish and Ramon werefour signs, two stating that Parishwas not a real ICE officer. He alsowore a body camera on his chestthat he explained was for protectionso that he had proof if anyonedid anything illegal.Ramon wore jeans and a blackshirt…

For 19 year-old freshmen, Austin Wiebe, ever since he could remember, basketball has been a way of life for him and his family. Growing up in a family like Wiebe had, it would’ve been difficult not to love basketball. With the torch being passed from his parents to him, basketball goes with the Wiebe’s like butter goes with toast, “My family always loved basketball.” Wiebe said, “My mom was a high school basketball coach and it was my dad’s favorite sport as well.” Being exposed to the sport as much as he did when he as younger, its no wonder…

Marijuana has been around for ages, but it is becoming a hot topic in the beauty community in particular. Both Cannabidiol (CBD) oil and hemp oil may be beneficial to those with skin problems, such as inflammation or acne. Like other skin care products claim, they can help with wrinkles because they contain high amounts of vitamins A and D, which are vital to skin health. Vitamin D absorbed through the skin can be metabolized into the hormone calcitriol, which helps the body absorb calcium. Vitamin A contains important compounds known as retinols. These encourage skin cell turnover and prevent the breakdown…