Teach-In, Speak-Out, Rally for higher ed.

Four buses, carrying up to 232 students and a message, will depart for our state capitol in Olympia on Nov. 28, and Student Government (S.G.) wants you to be on one.

Students concerned about rising tuition, larger class sizes, and fewer faculty members will convene with protesters from other colleges at a special legislative session during which lawmakers will be deciding what to cut from our state's budget.

The message? Don't cut higher education.

It may seem simple, but the stakes are high and the choices the legislature have are few. [...]

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Honored SCC vet gives back

President of SCC's veteran's club Bradley Brown was one of four service members honored at this year's Veterans Day celebration at the Shoreline City Hall.

Brown served as a medic for six years with the army, in multiple deployments to Afghanistan. In his first quarter at SCC, he's still got service on his mind, as he helps Veterans Engaged for Tomorrow at Shoreline (VETS club) plan this year's fundraiser to put care packages together for service men and women abroad.

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Investors sign with SCC president to build dorms

Shoreline Community College is building a 400-bed dorm. SCC President Lee Lambert recently signed a memorandum of understanding with investors to push the idea forward.

Lambert explained that the administration has been working with David Lee & Partners, who will invest allowing the project to happen. "The way we are structuring this, the college probably will put up little or no money," Lambert said.

The goal of creating the dorm is to accommodate an expanding student body. Last year the school announced its aim to expand the number of international students from 600 to 1000 by 2015. [...]

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News Briefs

Sexual Assault may not have happened

A sexual assault was reported Nov. 10 at the SCC Parent-Child Center, but the pre-school-aged child who described inappropriate touching occurring at the Parent-Child Center later said the alleged "man" was "not real."

That, with other elaborations from the child, has afforded the parents enough ease to keep the child enrolled at the center. [...]

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5 ways to save money

Being a college student is not an easy task. Most of us have to have jobs to pay for living. Going to work and school is more challenging then it seems. Since most of us have minimum wage jobs while we go to school for our dream jobs, we have to live on budgets. There are a few things that I've learned from living on a budget. One of those things is to look for discounts in every aspect of your life. Here are some of the basics.

Transportation

Instead of wasting gas driving around campus to find a parking spot, just park at the Sears lot and take the shuttle. Another good option is to ride the bus, which is a lot cheaper than gas. If you really must drive to school, try to carpool with friends and share the expenses. Remember to come early, it will save you time and gas in the long run.

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IDS 200 adds instructor

Former student Dan DeMay recently recalled his experience in States and Capitalism (IDS 200). "This is one of the best classes I have ever taken.

It spoiled me for the lull of survey history courses I have to take as prerequisites now," he said. This class is taught once a year and will be offered this winter.

Geography instructor Chip Dodd will be joining the team of instructors who teach this course. [...]

"This is one of the best classes I have ever taken."

Dan DeMay, Former SCC Student

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Is WikiLeaks nearing a Wiki-Pocolypse?

WikiLeaks is facing quite a predicament.

WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit organization, formed in 2006, that "leaks" private classified information provided by whistle-blowers and other news leakers.

To say that WikiLeaks has shocked us all, while pushing the meaning of investigative journalism, would be an understatement. In the last few years WikiLeaks has released many files containing controversial classified information:

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Remember, remember the 5th of November

On November 5 of this year, a movement created by folks echoing Occupy Wall Street called for the end of banking as many of us know it.

But not really. As most people know by this point, major banks such as Bank of America, Well's Fargo, and Chase benefited from the "bail out" plan our government put into action back in 2009.

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Johnson paints dreamy scene

Though the sunny beach scenes depicted at SCC Art Gallery's exhibit "Air and Water" may be a bit foreign to Seattleites as winter grabs hold here in the Northwest, they do offer a unique perspective on the interaction between land forms, bodies of water and people.

The gallery, which is comprised of paintings by Nancy Johnson created in the span from the 1980's to the present, features works on paper, oil on canvas and watercolor.

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Conspiracies come alive in Thrive

I'm sure that you have heard about crop circles, right? What about 9/11 being an inside job? The illuminati?

While I'm sure that many of you have come across these and other conspiracy theories, I can say without much doubt that you probably have never heard that these theories are just part of a mega conspiracy; unless you have seen the new documentary entitled: Thrive: What on Earth will it take?

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S.A.M. displays timeless Asian artwork

Luminous, a word defined as radiating, full of light, enlightening or wise, is definitely the perfect name for Seattle Art Museum's current exhibit of Asian art.

In a city that is already home to its own Asian Art Museum and the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, you'd think it would be difficult to draw in a decent crowd for a new Asian art exhibit.

You'd be wrong. [...]

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Review Corner: Meloncholia

A visually stunning movie that one could only describe as an artistic science fiction drama about what happens to a dysfunctional family in the face of the impending apocalypse.

Lars Von Trier, who some may remember from the multiple award winning artsy horror movie "Antichrist" and is known for beautifully filmed but sometimes controversial work, both wrote and directed "Melancholia." [...]

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