Green River Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator Benjamin Lealofi and his team welcome all to the college’s diverse campus. Green River College is not only home to a diverse group of students but strives to make them all feel welcome. With  19,113 students currently enrolled in Green River College, diversity is embraced. The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) staff members are here to help students. Lealofi has been the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion coordinator for three years, starting out as the program coordinator office manager overseeing the front desk. Lealofi´s passion to help students…

  Students claim music can help keep you on task and motivated while studying. Some students prefer the classical music genre when studying or completing assignments for class. This type of music can great to have on in the background with any given task at hand. If you’re the type of student who can’t focus while there is music with lyrics playing, try out classical music. There will be no distraction from words, and it can be soothing. Start with the “Exam Study Classical Music” playlist on Spotify for a variety of classical music by historically renowned composers. On the…

  High school students should be grateful for the Running Start opportunities provided to them by their school district. The Running Start program gives juniors and seniors the option to not pay tuition for two years of their college experience. Students from high schools have the chance to go to community colleges, finish their high school requirements, and hopefully get their associate’s degree by the time they graduate as seniors from high school. The major factor that makes people want to be in the Running Start program is that there is no tuition to pay. The only costs that would…

As tax season begins, many international students are left clueless when it comes to information they need. Due to the lack of knowledge about filing taxes and how confusing that process might result. As an international student, students are considered non-U.S. residents under U.S. tax law and are required to file 1040NR return form. “I don’t know anything about it,” Sharon Obioma, an international student at Green River College. Students might face some difficulties and confusion when filing a tax return by themselves, which is why Lewermark, a company for international student health insurance has partnered up with Sprintax, a U.S. tax return preparation tool designed…

Music Monday lifts spirits and starts the week off on a high note. Every Monday, until March 5 there will be a live musical performance in the Student Union building at 12:00 p.m. “It was fun to watch the performance” said Arthur Mendoza, student. The Student Activities Board has been inviting local and national touring artists to come perform for our school. Artists come in and perform their music for whoever is sitting in the SU building. This week, local singer, songwriter, and vocal loop artist, Paris Williams performed. “It went great, it was very encouraging to see people dancing…

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…