By: Lamar ToppinStaff Writer As the quarter comes to an end, it is time for a new editor-in-chief to step up and take charge for next year’s paper. Dakota Farnsworth is a student from Tahoma High School and is planning to graduate next Spring. Farnsworth was the former opinion editor for The Current. Now, they have decided to take the next step forward and take on the role as editor-in-chief for the newspaper. Farnsworth has some experience in the journalism field alongside being the former opinion editor. They have already started their job by shadowing the former editor-in-chief, allowing them…

By: Ryan Childress Staff Writer Sports bring students together as well as promotes good health and would benefit many student athletes if they continued their sport into college. In today’s world, it can be hard to balance the craziness that achieving an education can bring, friendships and occasionally a job. To make a student’s load even more grueling, many Green River students are athletes. To non-student athletes, this workload may seem crazy and unachievable, but these students have explained why they continue to work through the large amount of extra-curricular activities. To some student athletes, the first and foremost reason…

By: Satchit DahalStaff Writer The area surrounding Green River College is a great place to go fishing during the summer. A fisherman might be seen equipped with a fishing rod, some bait and maybe even a boat, but what hides in plain sight is their plethora of patience. There are several things you need in order to go fishing: fishing rod, bait, hook, net, and patience. “Patience is definitely a requirement for fishing,” said Jennifer Gile, a student at Green River College who adopted fishing as a hobby. “You’re sitting around the table with everyone and you are eating what…

By: Sarah DeesStaff Writer Several students were signed to play at four-year universities in the fall on sport scholarships, our own Alexis “Lucky” Backus being one of them. Backus played for the Green River girl’s soccer team, but is soon to be transferring to Evergreen State College come August. “It’s going to be a big change for me. I’ll be moving out on my own which will be a new experience and living in a brand-new city. I’ve grown up in Auburn since I was 2, so leaving will be a massive change,” Backus said. Backus started playing soccer in…

By: Ritwan AbdinorStaff Writer Olivia Camarillo is a 26-year-old Hispanic artist from Yakima, WA, who works primarily with pen work art. Her journey as an artist began when her grandma discovered she had a knack for art. Camarillo recalled how her grandma would make her choose a book and an animal. “I loved zebras so I would draw that, and that’s when my grandma saw my skill and decided to invest in it,” Camarillo said. “She bought me pencil sets, and I would rip pages out of my books…and my grandma would say ‘we don’t have any more books’.” It…

By: Austin ButlerStaff Writer The River Room on the second floor of the Student Union (SU) is known to some students as “The Game Room”. It has several TVs with HDMI inputs for students to bring their own consoles and play games, and plenty of table space to bring your own tabletop or card games. There are pool tables to play with, couches, and big comfy chairs for students to relax in . The gaming crowd at Green River has claimed it for their own, and it has become the go-to location for any kind of gaming activity. From Super…

By: Abdirizak AbdiStaff Writer Green River offers a diverse sports program with a variety of competitive and recreational sports teams, however, there is a notable absentee in Gator athletics: men’s soccer. Soccer has always been a popular sport in colleges, arguably being the number one sport worldwide. With rising popularity, soccer is steadily closing in on the big three American sports: basketball, baseball, and even football. Consequently, one may wonder why Green River College doesn’t have a competitive men’s soccer program. After doing some digging it turns out that the college did have one, up until a few years ago.…