Student Body Association elections around the corner
Barefoot president leaves footprint on SCC campus Contributing Reporter It’s a frigid, stormy day at Shoreline Community College. Students are bundled in jackets you’d expect to see in the Arctic, bracing themselves against the harsh wind. Inside the Administration building, SCC’s Student Government is having its weekly meeting. Elliot Newlin, president of the Student Body Association, is sitting in the chair adjacent from his yellow nametag, listening intently to a speaker who is requesting money for a trip. He writes something on a piece of paper while his bare left foot tap-tap-taps underneath the table. The heels of his feet are rough and callous from years of walking on all kinds of terrain. Legislative Director To be completely honest, when I signed up to run for Student Government in 2004, my motive was to purely attain a staff parking pass. Once elected as a senator, I began to wholly fathom the arduous task I had undertaken. |
Ebbtide Staff
Did you know that the attractive ground cover you see around Shoreline, English Ivy, is a bad noxious weed? It is so aggressive that it threatens nearly all forested habitat up to 3000 feet in elevation in the northwestern U.S. English Ivy cover is rapidly reaching catastrophic levels, especially in urban and near urban areas of the Pacifi c Northwest. Without prompt action, many thousands of trees will be toppled or killed in the next decade. During this time of increasing global warming, we need our trees more than ever.
Folk singer Dana Lyons to play at SCC
Ebbtide Staff
Dana Lyons, folk singer, will be performing in the courtyard at SCC on Th ursday, April 27th at 11:30am – 1:30.
Ebbtide Staff
Irecently attended Seattle Mayor Greg Nickel’s announcement of recommendations for Seattle to reduce green house gas emissions in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol. To me it was an important, historic event. Mayor Nickels is leading the world in this grassroots eff ort. Many dignitaries were there showing support including former Vice President Al Gore, Denis Hayes, founder of Earthday, Carl Pope, executive director of Sierra Club, congressman Jay Insley and many others.
Election applications now available
Applications are now being accepted
for the 2006-07 Student
Government.
If you want to run for President,
Legislative Director, Treasurer or a
student senate position, applications
are due on April 19 no later
than 12:30 p.m.
If you are interested in becoming
Vice President, Secretary or Student
Advocate, applications are due
no later than May 9. All applications
must be submitted to the Student
Government office.
Applications, as well as job descriptions
are available on the bulletin
board located next to the Student
Government office.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity
to be a part of the SCC student
government.
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