Marvel babies hits comic stands

Hard core Marvel Comic fan boys are mouth breathing with glee to the launch of marvels newest character design; the Marvel baby.
 

Months of teaser images left us all wondering what they were thinking taking their shot at another flop but now the Lithographs and variant covers are here and being grabbed of the shelf with super speed. Marvel, being as cool as a polar bear’s toe nails, released A-babies versus X-babies which show case baby Avengers fighting baby X-Men.

 

The tots have a neighborhood royal rumble after Cyclops of the X-Men takes Bucky Bear away from Captain America’s crib and won’t give it back.
 

With over 40 fan-favorite characters appearing in the book, it’s bound to make anybody appreciate Marvel a little more for their shear genius. But don’t forget to thank Chris Claremont, who pioneered the way over 22 years ago.
 

This led to a type of x-babies in the late 90’s that portrayed the characters to be between the ages of eight and 10 and was highly unpopular, also occurring during a time when Marvel was facing bankruptcy.These babies are between the ages of four and six, which leaves it even more unrealistic for super heroes, but so cool because they don’t have adult personalities like they did previously; they are completely child-like.

“I under ordered because I had no idea they would be so hugely popular; it was a mistake, I know, because almost everyone that comes in asks about them and right now I am sold out until my new shipment arrives,” said the owner of Mill Geek Comics.
 

If you’re a Marvel fan I suggest you Google image these terrific tots and get on board.
 

Story by Danny Taylor

What does the end of the quarter mean to you?

For each person, the quarter ending might mean something a little bit different.

For some students that haven’t been here long, or running start students, it could mean just another set of credits and onto another quarter. For those graduating it may mean the finishing of a chapter and starting a new one.

“It means freedom and I get to sleep in and I get more money, but most importantly freedom. I am super overwhelmed with school taking four classes, I can’t wait for break,” said Stephanie Zucchero, a student at EvCC. Zucchero will be coming back for one more quarter before graduation.

Taking more than full time course credits is strenuous and plenty of work. The unique thing about EvCC is there are a variety of ages at all different stages of majors or degrees they want to accomplish. 

“[It] means I have more time for myself, more time for work, since doing work and school is pretty hard and time consuming,” said Ricardo Hereda. He is working construction with a framing company, and the quarter ending means spending more time with the family and friends.

The fall, winter and spring quarters are 10 to 11 weeks. Summer quarter is only eight weeks long, making it a vacation quarter for most students.

Especially being busy with holiday events with family, having a break before winter quarter starts up again is better for health.

“A 2012 study by the American College Counseling Association found that 37.4 percent of college students seeking help have severe psychological problems, up from 16 percent in 2000,” said Business Week reporter Di Meglio in an article on college students dealing with stress.

Students attending college these days have overwhelming issues. Going to school is stressful and costs of tuition are rising. Graduating students have jobs to locate and some have loans to pay back.

Even though school can be stressful, having a break can make attending bearable. Everyone needs a break every now and then.

Story by Jamie Jacobs

A staff writer’s semi-biased take on the debate

Dictionary.com defines a debate as a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints.

Your humble narrator defines the Oct. 22 foreign policy debate as a discussion, on national television in which two candidates manage to completely agree with each other on foreign matters and still find ways to bash each other for an hour and a half.

This was the nature of Monday’s debate.

Polls may swing one way or another in regards to who really won last night’s debate. Style-wise both candidates kept reasonably cool, a drastic change from the last debate. But as far as content, both candidates lost.

Governor Romney just restated foreign policy positions that are already in place in the current administration. He failed to point out any significant changes he would institute abroad besides the ones we have already been told time and time again.

The fact is, both candidates know that foreign policy doesn’t win elections. Joe and Jill Everyman aren’t as concerned with the Syrian revolution as they are with domestic issues.

So that’s why Romney and Obama took every opening they could to emphasize their economic plans.

Perhaps, more-so Romney considering he agrees with almost everything the president is doing abroad, he just isn’t supposed to act like it.

In some cases he actually praised the president. He commemorated the killing of Osama Bin Laden, and he came out as a bona-fide certified supporter of drone strikes.

Romney also emphasized how Obama’s foreign policy is projecting weakness abroad. He pointed to the president’s apology tour, in which the president toured the Middle East and met with their leaders.

I’m looking forward to Romney’s “No Apologies” book tour; let’s see how that one pans out in the Middle East.

Obama also reiterated his domestic policy over his foreign policy at any given opportunity. Obama worked in the same lines we’ve heard for the last couple months, but to be fair they both did.

If you paid attention very closely you would have seen Obama’s pink banded wrist. Knit-picky stuff, but Romney wasn’t wearing a breast cancer band. Let the record state: Romney cares about fighting breast cancer just as much as the president does … as long as Planned Parenthood isn’t involved.

Obama slammed Romney for his investments in Chinese companies. That’s a pretty low-blow considering everybody making as much money as Romney invests in Chinese companies.

Obama stepped forward as the auto industry’s savior, and attempted to paint Romney as the Grinch of Chryslerville and he did his best to convince voters that Romney is a flip-flopper on the issues. But I’m sort of disappointed he didn’t diagnose the governor with Romneisa. Oh well.

The debates are finally over. Romney may have come out a bit ahead considering his momentum probably wasn’t stymied by the president’s performance last night. But I’ll call it a tie-ish. Obama had a few pretty good zingers. Nothing like Biden’s “malarkey” but that’s okay.

So the final debate score is:

Romney – 1

Obama – 1

Neither – 1

Now it’s up to you, the voters of this great nation. So let me say something neither of the candidates can: go effing vote.

Story by Christian Zerbel 

Staff writer pushes for new voting system

The Electoral College is dumb, and no it isn’t a place.

Voting through the Electoral College was an effective way to distribute power among states in the U.S. back when our founding fathers wrote it into the constitution.  The Electoral College gave incentives for presidential candidates to campaign abroad. With this system the candidates wouldn’t only focus on densely populated areas.

However, that was hundreds of years ago. The Electoral College doesn’t spread out presidential campaigning geographically, at all. 

Ask yourself: how many times have any of the candidates visited Washington state?

The answer is six times since June 12. That’s not so bad, unless you compare that to Ohio’s 86 visits, or Florida’s 81.

With the Electoral College the election is decided by whichever candidate can receive at least 270 of the 538 total votes.

Each state gets a number of electoral votes in relationship to their number of representatives plus senators. But no state can have less than three electoral votes. 

With two exceptions, Nebraska and Maine, every state awards electoral votes in a winner-take-all fashion. So if a candidate scores 51 percent of the popular vote, all of the electoral votes go to that candidate. 

So if you’re like my dad, a staunch conservative, who’ll be voting for the Republican ticket this year, you’re vote won’t count. Washington has been a blue state since 1988 and when Obama gets the popular vote here, which he will, anybody who voted red will be forgotten. All of the electoral votes will go to Obama and any Republican votes (from Washington) can’t influence the election any further. 

That’s how, in 2000, the Electoral College put in place a president that didn’t win the popular vote. Think how different the world would be if Al Gore had taken his rightful place in the Oval Office. I can tell you we probably wouldn’t have gone into Iraq. 

Anyway, the general public votes for electoral middlemen called electors to represent them in the Presidential election. These electors must take the collective votes of the state, down to Washington D.C and vote for whichever candidate the public chose.

That is unless you live in Arizona, New York, Texas or 21 other states that actually don’t require their electors to vote according to the popular vote. In which case only one vote matters, the electors. In instances, appointed electors decide to vote against the popular vote, this is individual is called a faithless elector. 

It should be noted that only once in history that faithless electors have changed an outcome of an election. But faithless electors have changed their minds 85 times in history due to personal preferences.

 I’ll admit that back in George Washington’s day, the quickest means of communication was by horse, and it made sense to elect representatives to vote for their general state-wide population. But considering information now darts across the country instantly, there really isn’t an excuse for letting 538 individuals choose the president.

America needs to find a better Democratic system that will represent the public fairly. 

Story by Christian Zerbel

Presidential race heats up after recent debate

An oratorical showdown leaves Obama in a better place. Well, at least a less worse one.

We saw a different president last night. Still reeling from a massive debate flop that cost Obama the popular vote, the president came to Hofstra University prepared and with a hunger for redemption.


According to break-out polls, it worked … kind of. Obama was polled the winner in last night’s, town-hall style, debate. However, the results were much closer than the Oct. 3 debate.

The moderator, Candy Crowley, struggled to keep the candidates in check. At one point, President Obama spoke over Crowley and Romney noting, “I’m used to being interrupted.”

The president came off aggressive at times, but so did Governor Romney. In fact, at one point in the evening the candidates circled each other, bickering like siblings on a road-trip.

The first question led to an oratorical fire-fight that left both candidates on edge. Their body language became pointed, jagged and their speech became more and more critical as the candidates fought to get the last word in on their opponent.

Obama retorted often throughout the night, “What Mr. Romney said simply isn’t true.”

Romney urged the viewers to “look at the policies opposed to the rhetoric” when it came to the president.

The candidates had their way with the questions, often disregarding the point of the question and instead using it as a jumping-off points to emphasize their campaign objectives.

For example, one audience member asked the candidates their stances on gun control, specifically automatic weapons. Romney weaved in his stances on education and two parent house-holds while making note of the president’s inferior policies.

When Crowley pressed Romney to answer the question more clearly, he surprisingly changed his stance from one he held during his term as Massachusetts Governor.

However, Tuesday’s debate did in fact contain intense conversation, even if it was rough around the edges. Here are a few main points:

• Romney was able to clarify his tax plan to the American public.

• Obama took responsibility for the embassy deaths.

• Romney conveyed to voters that the president’s policies have been hurting not helping economic growth.

• Obama painted Romney as a man who shifts on the issues.

• Romney attacked the president’s foreign policy, making the case that it conveys weakness abroad.

• Obama told the public that Romney, and the GOP, intends to advantage the rich and put the burden on the middle-class.

Both candidates did their best to reach out to women voters who will ultimately swing the election. Romney may have slipped up though when he uttered the phrase “binders full of women.” The inter-web was all over that before the debate even ended.

To be fair, Romney was referring to a high number of applications and recommendations for his Massachusetts cabinet appointees and the comment was in no way meant to be insensitive.

Obama was able to step in and press Romney over his reluctance to say whether or not he would have signed the Lily Ledbetter bill. Obama also made a, perhaps, more emotional case, "I've got two daughters and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have."

However when it came to deciding a winner, polls show Obama just slid past Romney. Obama was able drive his points a bit more effectively.

So was this debate the saving-grace that the Obama campaign needed to lock-in another four years?

Not really. Obama blew that chance with his lack-luster performance in his first rhetorical tango with Romney on Oct 3. As a consequence, Obama must fight for every inch his re-election. But, he was able to redeem himself. And he certainly won the most improved award for the night.

As of now, national polls haven’t swung either way due to the debate but they do show that, while Romney leads in the popular vote, the projected Electoral College favors Obama. Perhaps the president will win his re-election by pulling a Bush*. It’s looking like that may be the case.

Now we look forward to the last of three presidential debates scheduled for Oct 22 at Lynn University, Florida.

*The act of winning a national election that you don’t really deserve to win because of the outdated Electoral College system’s failure to quantify public votes in a rational manner.

Story by Christian Zerbel

Take the steps and vote

Not bothering to vote is like expecting a bullseye and never throwing a dart.

Your last chance to register for voting is Monday, Oct. 8.

Registering is the first of the two-step process in participating in this beautiful federal constitutional republic. After you register, you must complete the last step: actually casting your ballot.

Pick an issue, any issue, if you don’t care who wins or you don’t know who to vote for. Vote according to a party’s stance on it and stick with them. Your party typically won’t change their minds on it, or budge even a little bit.

If you’re against gun control, vote Republican.

If you’re pro-choice, vote Democrat.

If you’re for military spending and lower taxes, vote Republican.

If you’re for a hands-on government approach to healthcare, vote Democrat.

You could go green if you don’t feel like going red or blue – whatever floats your boat.

If you didn’t catch the first of four presidential debates on Wednesday that covered domestic issues, that’s okay. I’m sure Fox News or NPR can fill you in or you can watch it on YouTube yourself.

There is a make-up though. John Stewart and Bill O’Reilly will be holding a live debate on Saturday, Oct. 6.

So vote. Let your voice be heard, because there is nothing worse than a person who complains about the system and won’t take five minutes of their time to help change it.

Follow this link to register to vote, unless the clipboard-strapped activists outside Gray Wolf Hall have already gotten to you.

Story by Christian Zerbel

Sonics fans fight back

When the Seattle City Council voted yes on the Sonics Arena proposal, many of the crestfallen basketball fans were jolted back to life. Beer flowed and glasses raised to Chris Hansen outside of FX McRory's to celebrate the rebirth of basketball, and to usher in the possibility of Seattle hosting a professional hockey team for the first time since the 1920's.

Down the block, at the corner of Edgar and Dave, the Seattle Mariners took the news a different way, and that has come back to bite them in a big bad way.

The Mariners joined a group of maritime-business leaders in objecting the new arena, which sent seething Sonics fans into a rage, taking to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to tell the Mariners how they really feel.

The Mariners Facebook feed has been bombarded the last few days with angry pro-arena supporters making sure the Mariners organization feels their ire.

Fans are finally fed up. "After years of bad teams and bad decisions, now you have to object to the Sonics Arena. I'm done. I'm completely fed up with your complete misunderstanding of Seattle sports fans and their desires," stated one Facebook user.

Today, the arena talk on the M's Facebook page is quiet. Whether or not they're trying to sweep this under the rug is one thing, but sports fans in the Pacific Northwest have made it brutally clear that they are not happy with the Mariners.

Story by Henry Yarsinske Jr.

Need-to-know information for graduates of 2013

Are you not sure how to register to graduate? I’ve got the scoop and a couple tips from an inside source. As diverse as your degree or certificate can be, it’s all the same process.

To get started, walk to Enrollment services in the Parks Student Union building to pick up a “Diploma/Certificate” application, which you will need to fill out

Graduating students can participate in the 7th annual EvCC commencement ceremony being held on Friday, June 14, 2013 at 7 p.m. in the Everett Community College Fitness Center. You must RSVP before or on April 5, 2013 through Student Activities.

There is only one ceremony for any quarter you graduate through the year. You can purchase a cap and gown from the bookstore and tickets. The last step is to arrive at Whitehorse hall at 6 p.m. with your cap and gown, both of which are your ticket to get in the door.

Jennifer Rhodes, director of Student Activities gave tips for students who will be going through the process. “My request to students would be to one – read the information on the graduation site, two – pay attention to and follow the deadlines and three – make sure that Enrollment Services has your most current address and phone number so that we can contact you about graduation.”

Story by Jamie Jacobs

Suspected car thief arrested

Police arrested a man late on June 1 who attempted to steal a car from an EvCC parking lot.

Off-duty Campus Security Officers noticed an individual having difficulty getting their car to move and approached the individual to ask if they could help, said Bob Wright, director of campus safety and emergency management.

“As they were talking to the individual, another vehicle pulled up and an occupant exited the vehicle, shouting ‘that's my car!’” said Wright. Officer Kikuchi managed to take the keys away. 

“The suspect fled on foot but was subsequently located and apprehended by Everett Police Officers,” Wright said.

The victim, an international student at EvCC, said that he was playing badminton at the Student Fitness Center when a man approached him, asking if he had hit his car in a parking lot. He told the man that he was talking to the wrong person. The man asked where he had parked his car and he told him.

After finishing playing badminton, he realized that he had lost his car key and searched the gym without success. His friend suggested he check his car and drove him to the parking lot.

“When I arrived, [the suspect] was trying to reverse the car,” said the victim. “We shouted and the guy ran away.”

Together with the campus security officer, they chased the suspect but he fled into a house. The officer then called the police, who arrested the suspect.

“I was so glad that the campus security officer and the police acted quickly,” said the victim.

Story by Johan Chandra and Shireen Gul

Is Running Start right?

On the EvCC website there is a page titled “Welcome to the Running Start Information and Resources.” The information on that page is factual but abrupt.

It is good information but, if I were still a sophomore in high school trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life (or at least the next few years), it would scare me away.

I, on the other hand, am not scary. I am a student in my sixth and final quarter at EvCC and a high school senior.

In a few short months I will receive my high school diploma and an associates degree before I head off for what I consider my real first stint in college at a university.

I offer up my advice, as a person who sat and considered what to do with my education two years ago and who has now been through five and a half quarters of community college as a high school student, and the opinions of other students on the ups and downs of Running Start.

A major perk of Running start is that if you plan it out correctly you can essentially jump two years ahead in your education.

This is great financially. Under the current program students are not responsible to pay tuition for up to 15 basic credits, which is considered a full course load.

Students are still responsible for books and regular campus fees.

The regular tuition cost for 15 credits this year at EvCC is $1,171.90.

The College Board reported that the average college budget at a public university for the 2011-2012 school year is $21,447.  

Although Running Start doesn’t make college entirely free it can feel like it is. Brenna Tait, a Running Start student at EvCC in her junior year of high school said “I mean, free college … you can’t do better than that.”

Story by Karoline Schaufler

A staff writer's tips to finding peace in your life

“You get peace of mind not by thinking about it or imagining it, but by quieting and relaxing the restless mind.” - Remez Sasson

These days life has become so busy that we hardly get to spend some time with ourselves, which I think is very important. No one knows you better than yourself so it’s good to spend some time with yourself so you can evaluate yourself and have some peace of mind.

So today I would like to share my own few favorite tips that I do when I am looking for more peace and calmness in everyday life than I have used on a daily basis.

• The very first thing that you need to do is set certain limits in your life. You may need to stop doing some of the least important things that you think are important (Facebook for sure). Don’t hold yourself to “perfect” standards.
• Now find a relaxation technique that works best for you. I like to go on a walk with slow music on and think about all the good that I had in my life.  Long walks, music, yoga, meditation or going for a swim? Find out what works for you.
• Don’t make mountains out of molehills. This can create a lot of unnecessary stress. When you feel that something is bothering you a lot ask yourself a few questions: Does someone on the planet have it worse than me? Will this matter in five years? These questions help you realize that such things are worthless.
• When we think too much about the past it can ruin our present and future. So remember yesterday, dream for tomorrow but don’t forget to live for today. If something happened in the past and it’s still bothering you, then accept that feeling and let it go. If the lesson is learnt it should not bother you anymore.
• The last thing is another quote from Remez Sasson: “Your nature is absolute peace. You are not the mind. Silence your mind through concentration and meditation, and you will discover the peace of the Spirit that you are, and have always been.”  
  
  Story by Shireen Gul

Ciscoe Morris kicks off EvCC's Earth Week events

Ciscoe Morris speaks in front of Gray Wolf Hall.

King Five’s Gardening with Ciscoe host, Ciscoe Morris, shared his secret to growing the fastest and ripest tomatoes on campus today outside of Gray Wolf Hall as part of Everett Community College’s Earth Week.

About 60 people, from students to faculty and staff, gathered around under the sunshine to get the latest insight from Washington’s favorite gardener.

“Ohh-la-la!” Ciscoe exclaimed his favorite phrase as a crowd formed around him, and fans rushed to take a photo with the guest speaker.

He started off with a personal story of how he picked up his “Ohh-la-la” catch phrase.

Years ago he was traveling around France on bike with his wife. At one point they stopped at an outdoor bathroom, which he described as a “plastic igloo.” He explained that it cost two franks to use the restroom.

His wife first paid the two franks. When she came out she exclaimed how clean the restrooms were. Instead of closing the door and paying two extra franks Ciscoe simply went in. Apparently the bathroom was self-cleaning, so when the door shut water began spouting from all directions.

When he managed to escape he was completely drenched. A French man wearing a beret gave him a queer look only saying, “Ohh-la-la!”

The crowd had difficulty suppressing their smiles, while Ciscoe told his stories and shared how he learned to plant that perfect tomato.

According to several taste tests that Ciscoe conducted, he concluded that Sun Gold brand was the number one tasting tomato.

His talk covered all aspects of a tomato’s life from seed to stem, and was as detailed as what temperature they should grow in and tactics to protecting it from Washington’s winter weather.

He offered tips on other gardening questions as well, and two lucky people walked away with mementos. One with Ciscoe’s book Ask Ciscoe, and the other with a T-shirt designed by his wife that said, “Eat your brussel sprouts!”

Events promoting a greener planet will be occurring all week and can be found on calendar events at EvCC’s website.

Story and photo by Claudia Furmanczyk

Walk held at UW to raise suicide awareness

The Out of the Darkness walk began at University of Washington's Denny Field.

A moment of silence passed among the nearly 200 people that gathered on Denny Field at the University of Washington last Saturday for the campus’s first suicide prevention walk, called Out of the Darkness.

Beth Adolphsen, an Everett Community College health science instructor, asked those attending to raise their beaded necklaces, which were different colors. Slowly hands began to rise. Each represented a loss to suicide and recognition of mental illness.

Red stood for the loss of a spouse or partner, gold for the loss of a parent, white for the loss of a child, orange for the loss of a sibling, purple for the loss of a loved one or friend or relative, green for those currently struggling with mental illness and blue for those supporting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

In addition, silver beads were held up in honor of the military and first responders that lost their lives in duty and red, white and blue beaded necklaces were raised to show support for our troops.

Adolphsen raised her white beads. She both spoke and walked at the event.

Since Adolphsen lost her son a year ago to suicide she has done three walks, including this one, as a way to cope and bring awareness to the issue.

According to the AFSP, suicide is the second leading cause of death in college students.

As of Saturday the event raised $10,591, surpassing their goal of $5,000. This came purely from donations, as the walk was a free event.

Since the event donations have continued. As of Monday, the cause has raised $11,791.

Donations will continue to be collected until June 30, and can be made by visiting www.campuswalk.org and finding the University of Washington campus walk.

Julia Borges, a UW student and co-director of the event, explained that the online total does not match their actual total because the site shows online donations exclusively.

Story and photo by Claudia Furmanczyk

A memorial for Morgan Livingston

The memorial bench near Gray Wolf Hall.

You walk out from Gray Wolf towards Parks after a busy day. On your left before the University Center office you see a bench with a pot of flowers next to it. It is black and brown in color, with a carving of flowers on the side. There is a plate saying “In Loving Memory of Morgan Livingston.”

Morgan Livingston was a professor for Human Services Professionals and community services at Western Washington University and Human Services 101 at Everett Community College.

A memorial bench for Livingston was installed April 9.

Jennifer Rhodes, director of Student Activities, and her friend Babette Babich coordinated the gathering of funds not long after Livingston passed away.

“The two of us coordinated the actual gathering of the fund. We were the places where they dropped the money off to and there was a group of alumni and current students that were the one that selected the bench and actually did the ordering,” said Rhodes.

By mid-February, around $700 was gathered from approximately 40 people. A group of alumni and current students selected and ordered the bench online.

“We decided to do a bench because Morgan was just a type of person that would do something that is relaxing. She would like to do something that allows people to have a conversation. So, we decided on a bench to honor her and to honor her long-standing effect that she hand on the lives of so many of us here in the campus,” added Rhodes. “We also picked something that was unique in design because she was a very unique person.”

The bench is made of recycled material and is supposed to last for quite a long time.

“Morgan was a very environmentally conscious person. That was the other reason we chose the bench that would be environmentally conscious, just like her,” explained Rhodes.

For Rhodes, the whole action to honor and respect Livingston had a sentimental reason.

“She was my professor, my father’s professor and my husband’s professor. The three of us are graduates of the program,” said Rhodes. “She was a very special person.”

Story and photo by Johan Chandra

Mysterious shape appears outside Whitehorse Hall

Photo by Ian Buck

A group of engineering students on campus have been working on this as part of their electrathon race car project.
Stay tuned for more info on our main site at www.clipperonline.info

A day in the life of EvCC's library

National Library Week is being celebrated by hundreds of libraries throughout the country by taking part in Library Snapshot Day: A Day in the Life of Your Library.

This program originated in New Jersey and in 2010 at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, the ALA Advocacy Coordinating Group along with the Chapter Relations Committee and Chief Officers of State Library Agency decided to make it a national event.

Right now 38 of the 50 United States take part in this event and last year in Washington State alone there were over 200 libraries that participated with just under 150,000 patrons visiting these locations during the weeklong event.

Each library chooses one day during the National Library Week to participate.  Throughout this one-day they keep track of how many people visit their location.  This is then broken down into how many children, adults and students participating in various events and services offered one that day.  They also tally total circulation for the day (how many books, etc, are checked out and returned).

If you went down to the library in Parks on Wednesday, April 11 you may have noticed the table in front of the circulation desk with red balloons and survey sheets to fill out.  There was also a drawing that you could enter to win bookstore gift cards.

This is EvCC’s first year participating in the event and they are hoping to make next year’s Snapshot day more eventful, according to Mary Ann Lee who works the Reference Desk in the library.

The numbers should be tallied up later this week and there will be an update on these statistics as soon as that information is fully gathered and evaluated.

Story by Merritt Wgeishofski

Google introduces Project Glass

Google's official site for Project Glass.

 It's apparent that we live in the era of technology.

While we're still a little ways off from living like the Jetsons, we're still looking through the lens of the future...

Literally.

Google introduced "Project Glass" via a blog post and a short video on Wednesday.

What is Project Glass?

Imagine the love child of a smart phone and some glasses: this is Project Glass. Though the project has been in the works for a few years, Google decided to reach out to the public through Google + to see what thoughts and concerns there were.

In the video released by Google, a man finds subway schedule information, arranges a meeting with a friend and video chats - all with the help of the glasses.

When would these be available? There's no set release date, but there's speculation that they wouldn't be made available for another year.

People are constantly tuned in, wehther it's by phone, computer or another device. Can you imagine being tuned in to the web by way of glasses?

The idea raises obvious concerns: how would this contribute to distracted driving accidents? How would this affect one's eye health? Don't we have enough people walking into things already?

In the school setting, instructors have enough trouble keeping students off of their current devices in the classroom. Can you imagine regulating someone's eyewear?

For more information, go to the official link: http://g.co/projectglass

Story by Olivia Houseman

Male EvCC student arrested after sneaking into women's locker room

A male student from EvCC was caught entering a female restroom by a staff member Thursday, March 15, in the afternoon.

The staff member was suspicious when she saw a man wearing a wig entering into the bathroom. She followed him in the bathroom to find two women were in the restroom.

Once inside the restroom she asked the two women to leave while she detained him until police arrived.

According to the police report “The suspect was arrested. He was as wearing a wig, a bra and when he was searched the discovery of women’s underwear were in his pocket.”

The suspect allegedly told investigators he showered in the women’s locker room, according to Everett police Lt. Robert Goetz.

According to the police report, the detective said the suspect admitted to another voyeurism case at the same location.

The suspect has not been charge but has been arrested for viewing with intent of arousing or sexual gratification of the two females without their knowledge or consent in a woman’s bathroom.

In the Herald article “Bra-wearing man found in women's locker room” John Olson, vice president of College Advancement and executive director of the EvCC Foundation said "In general, student conduct violations can meet with a range of disciplinary actions from a warning to dismissal.”

 

Story by Winonna Saari

End of the world?

Less than two months ago people celebrated the turn of the New Year. The calendars are marked boldly with the numbers 2012. Superstitions, surrounding the Mayan calendar, suggest that December 21-23 is the world’s expiration date.

The “end of the world” isn’t a new concept. It’s been tossed around and has stricken fear in millions of believers throughout history.

For instance, in 1524 astrologers in London predicted that a great flood would come. An elevated safe haven was built at Priory Church of Bartholomew the Great, and 20,000 people fled there for safety. Ironically, 1524 was later described as an “unusually dry year.”

This is among hundreds of failed predictions, including the recent rapture in which Harold Camping predicted that the end would fall on May 21, 2011. It was based on several reasons, including biblical and numerology evidence. 

People raised over three million dollars to spread the word; some quit their jobs and left their families to embrace humanity’s final days.

True or not, many of us seem to be fascinated with apocalyptic images, captivated by ideas of collapsing ecosystems, polar shifts, biological catastrophes and the swarm of some awesome, unavoidable force.

Movies like “2012” and books like Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization’s End  by Lawrence Joseph feed into the hype.

Will 2012 become another failed prediction? 

Story by Claudia Furmanczyk