Green River College is known for its international student program and inclusive nature. Students come from all over the globe for education and opportunity, such as Zarlasht Behnawa and Salma Sharify, two students from Afghanistan. In Afghanistan men and women are not considered to be equal. Women are usually less educated than men. They marry young, and have many babies and prefer boys over girls. Afghan women, in general, do not work outside the home. They must always wear a scarf covering their head that is tied firmly under the chin. Male and female roles are strongly defined and…

Dia de los Muertos is a celebration of life and death that is deeply important to Latin people all around the world. Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead in English, is a deeply spiritual two-day event in which people remember and reconnect with lost loved ones. The name can sound like it’s supposed to be a Halloween or scary type of holiday but it isn’t. “It’s not necessarily like Halloween, it’s not a scary holiday it’s more of a festive celebration” said Erin Fernandez Mommer, a faculty adviser for the Latino Students Union (LSU). The holiday got…

The Neighbourhood, an alternative rock-band releases a new extended play two years after their last project. The Neighbourhood’s dark, bass accentuated EP, HARD, came out on September 22, 2017.  The subversive collection of five songs, “Noise”, “Roll Call”, “Sadderdaze”, “You Get Me So High” and “24/7”, indicate a new phase of the band, moving towards a harder and more intense direction. The Neighbourhood, composed of five members, Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, Mikey Margott, Brandon Fried and Jeremy Freedman, always stay true to their visual aesthetic, delivering on the black and white promise they made back in 2012 with the release of…

Research proves that incorporating Affirmative Action to make historically disadvantaged groups competitive against white populations is not enough.Throughout history, white people have been set up to be recognized as the cultural norm in America. People of color, on the other hand, are most definitely not the usual and needed programs such as Affirmative Action to be able to compete.Minorities have been suffering from years of oppression. Race-related societal privilege was something they simply did not have.  Minorities must work much harder to be able to compete with white people, not to mention to be considered as their equal. Even with…

Each year, Green River College holds a Halloween party for students the week before Halloween. On Oct 27, students lined up outside of the Student Union at 8 p.m. The Student Union had been transformed from its usual bustling student-center to a club-like atmosphere for the party.There was multi-colored lights and and a large wooden dance floor in the room. Around the perimeter, there were students dressed in bright yellow shirts, permitting other students out of the building. They would not be allowed back in if they decided to leave. In order to enter again, the student would have wait…

Green River College officials will not fight the Department of Education’s findings that they violated a federal campus crime-reporting act for six consecutive years.  The Clery Act mandates the reporting of crime and fire statistics on campuses. Colleges must follow these guidelines in order to receive Title IV funding.  GRC, in funding, received $13 million for the school year of 2015 and 2016. In Nov of 2015, auditors from the Department of Education (DOE) arrived on campus to review data and policies concerning the Clery Act and the DFSCA. In their review, they found that from 2008 to 2014, the…

Green River College has multiple financial aid resources available to all students.“Green River College Foundation provides resources to assist Green River College achieve education excellence,” The Green River College Foundation website said in their mission statement.The foundation focuses on four strategies: access, capacity building, flexibility, and the success of the students. Recently, the foundation has added 100 additional scholarships to their program. The Green River Foundation scholarships, TRiO scholarships, and The Husky Promise scholarship, which is great for any students who have plans to transfer to The University of Washington, are all options for the many different types of students.…

The Green River College (GRC) men’s golf team performed impressively in their league match at Druids Glen, which took place from April 23 to 24. On the same date, the women’s team played at the Lake Wilderness course, and then at the Washington National Golf Club (WNGC) in Auburn. The team struggled for the past couple of games, generally due to some players not being able to participate, as well as adverse weather causing some difficulty in play. At their Druids Glen match, however, all six players on the men’s team were able to play for the first round, although…