Dan's Broken Heart Speaks:

Why girls should wear nametags

Romeo Gayle

Ebbtide Staff Reporter’s Broken Heart

Yes, it is true. I, Romeo Gayle, was broken. Into two pieces I was split. Sundered by the swift stroke of that merciless villain known as love. A tender soul torn in two by circumstances beyond my control. I shall tell you my tale, but beware! Some may not be able to withstand the emotions that shall well up from within and flow outward into your tear ducts. You are forewarned.

Not long ago, I was asked to participate in a dancing workshop. We would be learning the dance known as the Charleston. As fate would have it, there were several lonely and unattached females in need of dancing partners. My sympathy for the poor helpless souls cried out and I, Romeo, looked deep inside and decided that I must help alleviate them of their need.
Read More

What I Think About the War On Drugs

Chaim Eliyah

Ebbtide Staff Reporter

I must first say that I believe locking people up is never the key. Instead, education about life choices, consequences, dangers of addiction, and above all training people for the job market so they can make a living without considering crime goes a lot further. Remember that the money spent to combat these problems is, as in Colombia, pitted against an equally well-supported and ruggedly organized financial base within drug culture. This kind of alternative income appears lucrative to desperate, isolated, misguided or runaway youth who generally commit themselves to a life of crime once they realize they have eliminated most of their choices from their own lives.
Read More

Will Someone Please Crack a Window?

Sumie Wakai

Ebbtide Staff Reporter

Spring has already come and the weather is getting nice and warm. The streets are a riot of color. People are going outside in less and less clothing everywhere to enjoy the fresh air. What a nice season in Seattle! Most students love this season. It is good time to drive around Seattle and its surrounding areas. However, this may be the beginning of a tragic season for students who don’t have a car, such as myself. I have ridden a bus to go to school for almost five years.

I came here five years ago from Tokyo, Japan. The metro and transportation systems in Tokyo are well organized, with convenient trains running every few minutes. Unfortunately, the cities of Seattle and Shoreline don’t have a great metro system like that of Japan. Do you know how students feel having to take a bus every day to go to school? Maybe students who have a car will say, “who cares, right?” But for those who do ride the bus it is very stressful waiting to catch the bus to school.
Read More