The Study Abroad Program at the college is accepting students interested in studying in Japan.  This opportunity will allow students to gain 15 credits in art, photography, and humanities. Classes offered at Art 100: Art Appreciation, Photography 111: Beginning Digital Photography, and Humanities 186: Japanese Cultural Studies.  In Art Appreciation, students will learn to understand artworks and styles across time and cultures of the world with a special emphasis on Japanese art. It will introduce the basic elements,  the principles of art, and the media with which artists create. These include themes such as visual culture, entertainment, technology, nature, mortality…

Many students that attend Green River College have a goal to transfer to a four-year university, and the college promotes the many universities available to them each quarter at the Transfer Fair.  On March 1 in the Lindbloom Student Union was packed with many different universities that want the students of Green River to transfer to their school. Universities in attendance at the winter quarter Transfer Fair include Bastyr University, Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Evergreen State College, Pacific Lutheran University, Saint Martin’s University, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, University of Washington (Seattle, Tacoma, Bothell), Washington State University, and…

What is your official position at the college? How long have you been at the college? “I’m a Chemistry instructor and I’m full-time tenure now, and this is my fourth year being full-time. I was an adjunct here for a year prior to that, so a total of five years but they weren’t consecutive.” How did you come to teach at Green River? “My husband got a job in Seattle, and we were in Illinois working on finishing up with my graduate degree. So, since we were moving out here I had to start finding some teaching positions and Green…

Green River College hosted Nikkita Oliver, an attorney, writer, and organizer for Seattle’s “No Youth” Jail and the Black Lives Matter movement.  Her visit was on Feb 28 in the Lindbloom Student Union and was organized by Student Life. Oliver’s speech began with an introduction about herself, her religion, her ethnicity, where she came from. She does that to acknowledge her identity within the system she’s living in. “Intersectionality help us think about how is interaction and privileged is placed around us in the world, “ Oliver said. Oliver believes that there is an impact of identity on her job.…

  Allison Jansen – Political Science, 19 years How have you liked it so far? “I love Green River. I love the forest appearance of the campus. I absolutely love being in the classroom I still get excited about teaching.” Why Political Science? “Politics have been a part of me for as long as I can remember. I come from a hard-working family and I remember we got three newspapers and the news was always on. Radio news in the morning TV news in the evenings I grew up with a real awareness. Plus I grew up in the Vietnam…

All around the globe, TEDtalks unite those interested in technology, education, science, and creativity by recruiting experienced speakers to talk about a niche subject. These talks are typically 18 minutes or less in duration.  This organization began in 1984 and has been growing ever since. These talks are available to attend in person but are subsequently uploaded to the internet and have subtitles available in 100+ languages, according to ted.com. On March 9 in the Lindbloom Student Union, the International Ambassador, James Chen of the college held one of these TEDtalks for students. There were three speakers: Sione Sausau, Memi…

With Contributions from: Mariya Mubeen Editor-In-Chief editor@thegrcurrent.com In a highly politicized climate, even the college is not safe from targeted messages and has fallen victim to political vandalism campus-wide. Messages such as “#feminismworsethancancer” or “Black Lives Matter = Hate Group” have appeared in places such as the men’s bathroom on the first floor of the Student Affairs Building. It has also appeared in the art critique space on the second floor of Salish Hall, this being the most recent. The President of the college, Dr. Suzanne Johnson, was caught unaware of the incidents that occurred until approached for a statement.…

Travis Doerge hosted a mixed martial arts (MMA) event on campus.The event was called Redemption 12 cage fights. Doerge has been into MMA fighting for about 26 years where he started out as a kickboxer. “When I was kickboxing, I turned professional in 1999 and quickly moved up the ranks,” Doerge says. “And before switching to MMA fighting, I was ranked 18th in the world.”Not only does Doerge have his own gym that he operates, but he also has merchandise such as shirts related to fighting. The clothing booth could be seen at the event.For those who don’t know the…

Eric Burghard, 39, is the artist spotlight for this issue. Burghard is originally from New York and moved to Washington state in 1992. After moving, he attended and graduated from Auburn Senior High School where he discovered his love for art.In 2005 Eric started attending Green River College where he pursued “a civil engineer type careers”, but he ended up being dissatisfied with it and chose to seek other career paths. After leaving for a while, Burghard decided to head back to Green River in 2015 where he attended classes in the hopes of getting a transfer degree in computer…

Despite finishing just 1-13 in the 2017-18 season, the Gator Women’s Basketball team had their fair share of solid contributors to the team overall.The Women’s hoops squad exhibited solid contributions from two of their biggest stars this season, particularly from Ariana Dougall, a sophomore guard, and Dayna-Joy Calubaquib, the second-leading scorer on the Gator Women’s Basketball team. Dougall, who was arguably the team’s go-to option on the offensive side of the ball, finished with averages of 15.3 points for the 2017-18 basketball season. Calubaquib ended her versatile season with averages of 9.3 points while leading the Gators Women’s Basketball team…