On May 15th, American filmmaker Lynn Shelton passed away at 54 due to a previously undiagnosed blood disorder. Shelton’s partner, Marc Maron, said that she collapsed on Friday after several days of ill health and clarified that it had not been COVID-19. Shelton was born in Ohio and grew up…
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On May 14th, a Q/A session on COVID-19 hosted by MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, and Achievement) was held via Zoom. It featured Professor M. Elizabeth ‘Betz’ Halloran, the Director of the Center for Inference and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases (CIDID), based at Fred Hutch and the founder and Director of…
The coronavirus has taken several things away from us, especially from those of us who are still in school. Online learning has to scramble to the rescue when everyone from preschoolers to doctoral candidates is suddenly being forced to stay home. But is it working? Having everything transferred to the…
Not only has the coronavirus COVID 19 completely turned our lives upside down within the span of just a few weeks, but it has also exposed the various contradictions and hypocrisy prominent in the capitalist society. For a great number of working class people, life in the US is going…
It is evident that COVID-19 is impacting a lot of things in people’s daily lives but more so for the students that have traveled thousands of miles to be here. With the disease keeping them in the US, international students face uncertainty. Students from countries like China or Hong Kong…
On February 27th, a talk in the Conversations on Social Issues (COSI) series about restorative justice was held in Room A at the Seattle Central Library. The event featured Community and Youth Organizer of Washington Building Leaders of Change (WA-BLOC), Jerrell Davis,aka Rell Be Free. The talk focused on the…
On February 22nd, A Very Queer Health Fair was held in the MAC from 10 AM to 4 PM. It was founded by iDENTity, the UW School of Dentistry’s LGBTQTSIA+ Organization. The fair was an opportunity for the members of the queer community to gain insight into the many different…
A Student Open Forum was held on February 11, featuring President Dr. Sheila Edwards, VP of Student Services Dr. Yoshiko Harden, Dean of Student Development Ricardo Leyva-Puebla, and ASC Executive of Legislative Affairs Jung Ha Yoo. It took place in BE1110 around 12 PM. The attendees were welcomed warmly by…
On January 30th, a COSI event regarding the Census featured Community Organizer Sameth Mell. It took place in the Seattle Central library in Room A at approximately 12 PM. This discussion concentrated on the upcoming Census and how important a role it plays in policy decisions and the drawing of…
