Friends and community members blocked the intersection of Broadway Avenue and Pine Street to call for justice in the recent road rage incident that took Elijah Lewis’ life and injured his 9-year-old nephew.

Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was struck and killed by a speeding police car on Jan. 23, in a crosswalk at Dexter Ave. North and Thomas St., South Lake Union. Kandula was an immigrant from India attending Northeastern University where she was earning her master’s degree. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, KIRO-TV reported.

Bang the Gong is a monthly drag show that highlights a number of API drag queens from the Seattle area. Featured in this month’s shows were Kylie Mooncakes, CaraMel Flava, Kungpow Meow, Rowan Ruthless and Beau Degas.

On Thursday May 27, students at Seattle Central College’s first in-person Unity Fair since before the coronavirus pandemic suffered an unappetizing experience after they participated in a hot sauce challenge.

Seattle Colleges District Chancellor Shouan Pan, Ph.D., along with Terrence Hsiao, the Seattle Colleges District Vice Chancellor of Finance and Operations, broke the news to almost 200 participants in a video conference that Seattle Central is “spending money at an unsustainable rate” and this might spell the end for the college.

There are many elements that make a good cup of coffee: top quality beans, state-of-the-art machines, proper technique, and, arguably the most important of all, happy baristas. After their Mar. 22 win as the first Starbucks location in the state of Washington to unionize, the Starbucks at 101 Broadway E. might be getting closer to brewing the perfect cup of coffee.

Held on Dec. 7 at One World, the first Seattle Central College (SCC) holiday party since 2019 was a success! Organized by the combined efforts of the President’s Office and Seattle Culinary Academy (SCA), students and faculty members came together to celebrate the holiday season.

If you’re looking for a spot in Capitol Hill to wait out the never ending rain, or perhaps a place where you can romanticize yourself as the main character of the book you’re reading with a warm cup of coffee, I got news for you. After more than a year of being closed, Little Odd Fellows in Capitol Hill is back in business.

Last year, we all heard the pots and pans around Capitol Hill in protest against the threat of Seattle Central’s administration closing down the Seattle Culinary Academy (SCA). Students and the community spoke out; they want this vital program to remain. This doesn’t mean that the risk of it being on the chopping block isn’t a possibility in the future, however.

On Friday, Feb. 4, the Seattle Central Griot featured a message from Interim President Dr. Yoshiko Harden in which she assured the community that Seattle Central College would not be ending its 56-year run in Capitol Hill. “We have no plans to close the college,” Harden said. “We are not discussing or contemplating any such possibility.”

After the initial date of March 21, Gov. Jay Inslee held a press conference on Feb. 28 announcing that Washington will be joining the states of Oregon and California on shortening the timeline of the indoor mask mandate lift, which will be now on March 12.

WA Gov. Jay Inslee held a press conference last Feb. 17, announcing that by Mar. 21, the state of WA is lifting its indoor mask mandate. The governor laid out his plans “in to regaining what we consider a much more normal life.”

A video recording of a Jan. 12 online public forum with Seattle Colleges Chancellor Shouan Pan, Ph.D., and Vice Chancellor of Finance and Operations Terrence Hsiao that was shared by the Chancellor’s Office is no longer available on the original link provided to the community.

Last week’s COSI (Conversation on Social Issues) session hosted by the Seattle Central Library on October 28 via Zoom focused on the intersections of policing and healthcare.

Moderated by Reference and Instruction Librarian Kimberly Tate-Malone, the session highlighted the bitter reality of inaccessibility and the poor quality of healthcare experienced by those in prisons and hospitals.

October is Filipino American History Month. This week’s COSI (Conversations on Social Issues) session sponsored by the Seattle Central College Library held at 12 p.m. on October 21 reminded me of the historical struggles to gain and maintain democracy in the Philippines.