All of humanity across the world’s various cultures have different attitudes, traditions, and folklore surrounding what comes after death. Who draws the line between the living and the dead? 

Between the Living & the Dead was part storytelling, part crafting, and fully community building. The event was held from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Building 8’s Intercultural Center (ICC). There, attendees had the opportunity to learn about other cultures’ perceptions of death as well as sharing their own.

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Highline College decided to ring in their 10th annual observation of the holiday by holding a multifaceted celebration.

Elder Roger Fernandes of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe began by telling traditional tales such as “The Fly”, a long passed down story about how even the smallest community members can make a difference.

The Q Center, Highline’s multifaceted resource center and social space for the LGBTQIA+ community and beyond, recently orchestrated an event that was part scavenger hunt, part open house.

While the purpose behind a scavenger hunt is usually to find items on a list, the Q Center scavenger hunt directed students to various buildings and departments on campus with specific questions for answering, such as “Is the Women’s Programs only a program for women?” and “Where is one gender neutral bathroom on campus?”

Technology and the way sports are played have changed a lot over the past few years and so has the college recruiting process. From recruiting camps to social media, aspiring college athletes have several ways to get the attention of recruiters.

Many high school athletes may already be performing at the college level and reaching college-level marks, yet still have no scholarship offers, haven’t visited campuses, or haven’t even talked to a college coach. This raises an important question: How do athletes get the attention of college coaches?

With the season approximately a third of the way over, the reigning Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks’ season isn’t shaping up the way fans were hoping, tallying a mediocre 3-3 record over the first six games.

The quest to become repeat champions (an achievement that has only be accomplished by two teams since the turn of the century) has been hampered by costly turnovers and a stagnate offense.

The brand new movie “Clayface” (directed by James Watkins and written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini) hit the silver screen on Oct. 23, 2026 to mixed, but leaning positive, reviews.

It’s the latest addition to the James Gunn DC Cinematic Universe, however, it’s far from your average superhero movie. “Clayface” takes a body horror angle on the classic Batman villain and titular character, a rarity for superhero movies.

“Silent Hill Townfall” is the 13th major game in the “Silent Hill” series. It takes place in the fictional town St. Amelia set on a Scottish island. You mainly play as a new protagonist Simon Ordell who just woke up onshore and two other side characters, Nurse Zoe Ellies, and Richard Shaw.

The game excels with its atmosphere, the first person camera combined with the empty streets and the fog gives you a dreadful feeling as you walk down St. Amelia.

Fiction lives to show us possibilities of what could be, while horror presents us with numerous atrocities beyond us, monsters that we fear are a reflection of ourselves and our society.

Throughout history, much has changed in the genre, whether it be the books we read, the movies we watch, or the tales we seek. From the oral stories our ancestors told, to the first visualizations of these words, we have always sought the pleasure of being scared.

Tommy Wallach debuted with his 2015 novel “We All Looked Up”, and despite the soap opera written on the page, between the lines is a story about philosophy, the meaning of life, and that you never have to let the world define who you are. It’s a book that can simultaneously make you roll your eyes and make you bawl on the same page. 

The book centers around high school kids in Seattle who are very archetypal in their characters.

Recently, scientists in Germany at the University of Bonn transformed an 80 year old’s blood cells into 20 year old neural stem cells, reversing around 60 years of aging. This occurred when the Bonn team reprogrammed red blood cell precursors (an immature stage of red blood cells, called erythroblasts) into neural stem cells, observing the cells over the course of 100 days.

A two-step method has already been found to reverse cellular aging, but it happens very quickly. According to the University of Bonn, “…it had previously only been observed when reprogramming took place in two steps … a blood cell is taken and converted into a pluripotent stem cell, which has virtually all ‘career paths’ in the body open to it.” The cell is then guided to develop into a neural stem cell, which can grow into brain cells.

Machine learning, or AI, used in the field of medical research has helped advance several frontiers. Predictive analytics for disease prevention, diagnostics and medical imaging, along with drug discovery are among the many promising areas of application for these new AI tools. 

Some people may take it as a comfort that this technology is being used for good, while others may find it disconcerting. A 57% majority of Americans say AI is bad for society. Without federal regulation on AI it continues to develop, and is being integrated into most other technologies, regardless of the public’s opinion toward it.

With midterms just around the corner, many college students have found themselves voting in their first Primary or General Elections. Most students don’t exercise their right to vote, though.

Highline students, this is your call to get out the vote. There is a ballot box on campus next to Building 1 in the bus loop. Ballots in ballot boxes are accepted until 8 p.m. on Nov. 3. 

Happy voting season, Thunderbirds!

“A Poet” is a film about men who confuse sensitivity with identity, about artists who transform pain into a personality, the desperate need for recognition, and a brutally contemporary question: What happens when the world only rewards what can be sold?

There are films about successful artists, geniuses, talent, and inspiration, and then there’s “A Poet”, a film that dares to show something far more uncomfortable. The failed artist is not the typical misunderstood genius romanticized by cinema, no, here we see something worse. We see a man who perhaps does possess the genuine sensitivity to be a true poet, but who avoids facing the world.