Seattle University worked with Capitol Hill’s Queer Youth Space to commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR)—a day that focused on life. The event on Nov. 20 reflected on the victims and the systemic issues of trans violence and discrimination. Transgender Day of Remembrance comes annually on Nov. 20, memorializing those killed around the world ...
A recent study published by The New York Times revealed that the number of students studying abroad is rising quickly across the planet. In some nations, however, those rates are rising much quicker than in others. The reasons behind the disparate rate increases remain somewhat murky. In China, 26 percent of students study abroad at ...
SGSU President Eric Chalmers and Chair of the Tobacco-Free Campus Exploration Committee (TFCEC) Austin Kawano explained that the 1-day trial for a tobacco-free campus was an exploration to see what Seattle U would look like without tobacco. But many people didn’t pay any attention to the trial. The Tobacco-Free 1-Day Trial was hosted in conjunction ...
Seattle University’s campus just got a little bit greener. This November, Seattle U celebrated the grand opening of a new greenhouse just off campus. Students will use the greenhouse to study plant taxonomy and physiology in biology classes and in undergraduate research projects. In addition, the Seattle U Grounds Department will use the greenhouse to ...
Stocking up at The Cave in the basement of Campion Hall is a common practice among students at the end of the quarter. Items disappear off the shelves quickly as students rush to spend the remaining money on their meal plan. This quarter, however, one freshman decided to take control of where her money is ...
It’s dead week. Everyone is talking about their mountains of stress and terrible amounts of things to do, and everyone has their own methods of stress relief. Maybe there are people who like to kill aliens endlessly in video games. Maybe someone else likes to paint their nails to give their brain a break. Others ...
Greetings Dallasaurs! Fantastic news from the world of Hardball Factor 360 this week…we made contact with the eponymous mother of our column and we’ve been shaking in anticipation of sharing the news with all of you. Chris Matthews, longtime host of the popular MSNBC program “Hardball with Chris Matthews” somehow found himself speaking at Seattle ...
This week Seattle Police Department arrested more than 30 suspected drug dealers and gang member near Westlake Mall—the result of an undercover assignment dubbed “Operation Happy Holidays.” But happy for whom? Not the 30 people who now sit behind bars. And ultimately, not really for anyone. The arrests were made after increasing violence toward retailers ...
A global spotlight is shining down on Seattle in response to the election of self-proclaimed “socialist” Kshama Sawant to City Council in place of democratic council veteran Richard Conlin. Seattle may have earned itself a liberal reputation after years of uninterrupted democratic power, but even in the land of cyclist preeminence and legalized marijuana, a ...