As the wild Washington weather cancelled afternoon classes for a lot of students, attendance was remarkably high for last Friday’s Green River College Drag show commencing the end of the second annual National Coming Out week. Through out the second week of Fall Quarter, Green River College’s Student life implemented five events for each day of the week. On Monday, students were asked to click the like button on the Student Life Facebook page resulting in a free t-shirt giveaway. On Tuesday, over 300 cupcakes were distributed to students as well as with a large Halloween candy bowl with…
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The GRC Foundation hosted a reception to honor its scholarship winners for academic year 2016-17. On September 29, scholarship recipients gathered in the River Room of Student Union building. It was a casual open-house style event with refreshments available for all attendees. Along with the students, the College and Foundation staff and the selection committee were present at the event. The scholarship was divided into several categories: General, need based, program based, single parent, veterans, and merit based. The awards ranged from $300 to $3,000 per student, with the total budget of $527,000. This amount was divided between 248 recipients. Among…
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The ASGRC is being led by a new president, Patricia Argie, 17, who is an international student. She has been on the public relations committee and judicial board for a month. She is partnered with Harjot Singh, 17, who is the vice president. He is a domestic student and was on the finance committee last year. They want to make Green River College a place where people communicate more. Argie said such a lack of communication was reflected in the Q5 movement last year. Having more communication among faculty, administration, and students would have made the problem a lot smaller, she said.…
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The faculty have decided to go on an Unfair Labor Practice strike against the college and its administration due to concerns about potential program cuts and the handling of finances. Jaeney Hoene, United Faculty Coalition president, said the plan is to strike for three days and then return to work. Jamie Fitzgerald, English division chair, said the faculty are striking because of the administration’s refusal to communicate. All the faculty’s attempts to get the administration to listen to them have failed, and Fitzgerald said the strike is a signal to the state. “We know the administration won’t do anything,” Fitzgerald said.…
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A strike could be imminent as the faculty bet on their last horse in the race. Who will come out on top? No one. At this point, no one is going to be coming out without scars, having sacrificed something important. If the administration allows this strike to occur without talking with the union or the faculty this could further send Green River into financial straits. Right now we have a $4 million debt due to poor spending and even worse planning. A strike means students will not be able to finish their classes and some will not be able…
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Tense air permeated the halls of the faculty offices with picket signs resting against the open doors. They read “Tell the College…To Value US, To Listen To US, To Work With US. We want to make GRC better.” Last Wednesday, May 11, President Ely confirmed the fear of many students and faculty alike – programs will be cut. The decision to do so has left many in question whether or not their programs will be existent next year, but more presently, whether a strike will be taking place in response. A button reading “I don’t want to strike but I…