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Mohamed Ibrahim went to high school in a warzone. After that, college was easy by comparison.
Ibrahim will be graduating in Spring 2022 with an honors associate’s degree in Community Health and Wellness and a certificate in Clinic Service Representative.
Ibrahim grew up in East Africa, where he faced many challenges, he said.
Andrea Guiton represented Highline all over the Northwest but rarely set foot on campus.
Guiton played on the Highline’s women’s soccer and tennis teams. She will be graduating this spring with an associate of arts degree from Highline. She plans on getting a degree in education to eventually become a P.E. teacher.
Going to a two-year school wasn’t on Guiton’s radar at first. The athlete from Auburn played soccer and tennis in high school but planned to drop the student-athlete title to go to a university. But the desire to play sports while pursuing an education led her to look further and ultimately choose Highline.
Join Arcturus, Highline’s literary arts magazine, for its in-person launch party and celebration this Thursday, June 9.
The celebration will include Arcturus 2021, which received an award in design from the Associated Writing Programs. This award is given to one college or university in the United States, with a $1,000 cash reward.
Cube (1997, directed by Vincenzo Natali) is a surreal experience dripping in atmosphere and tension, while also delving into the human psyche.
The film is about a seemingly random group of people who’ve been kidnapped and thrown into a large cube structure full of different rooms. What makes the prospect even worse is that some of the rooms are rigged with deadly traps meant to kill a person when they enter.
For Wambui, the Personal Fitness training programs and the work at student government are not totally different things, but they are connected.
“In fitness, it’s all about being able to work with people on their personal journey in fitness. It needs empathy, advocate, and needs to understand people. The job at student government and personal fitness complement each other.” Wambui said.
Arcturus, Highline’s literary arts magazine, will be hosting a celebration on Thursday, June 9 to commemorate Arcturus’ recent achievement. The literary arts magazine entered the Associated Writing Programs contest last June and won the top national prize in design.
In a tradition practiced since the days humanity spent its time in caves, Highline community members gathered to paint rocks on Tuesday outside Building 8. However, unlike the cavefolk, Highline people got 60th anniversary socks, courtesy of the Highline Foundation.
The second floor of the Highline-Central Washington University Higher Education Center (Building 29) was scattered with red tables and tents last week.
Central Washington University representatives excitedly manned the crimson booths, which were dedicated to the university’s computer science department.
Stacy Soderstrom, assistant director of International Student and Scholar Services, explained that Central Washington University is launching a joint computer science curriculum with Highline.
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers is a film with so many clever ideas and concepts, but is marred by sticking too close to the Disney formula.
From 1988-1990 there was a show on the Disney Afternoon called Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers. The show was about Chip and Dale along with their friends Monterey Jack, the muscle who’s a cheese addict; Gadget, inventor and brains of the operation; and a fly named Zipper who spoke in buzzing sounds and squeaks.
This year a movie based on the show was released to Disney+. The movie is simply called Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), directed by Akiva Schaffer.
Highline offers more than 30 different computer science programs, including certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor’s degrees. With so many options, it can be confusing to decide which program is right for you.
Many students who plan to transfer from Highline to a four-year university opt for an associate degree. Highline offers an associate of science and an associate of arts, both with an emphasis in computer science.
Melchizedek Belihu is an associate of science student aiming for a career in software development. He chose the AS track to transfer his credits to improve his job prospects.
Renton Civic Theatre will turn back to the clock to the age of flower power with its new production of Hair.
The groundbreaking 1968 musical created the genre of rock musicals and created quite a stir when it reached Broadway in 1969. It featured nudity, drug use, environmentalism and pacifism at a time when such things were new and uncertain.
The play was written by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, with music by Galt MacDermot.
Free Guy is a bit of a surprise, as I thought I was going to hate it, but it turned out to be quite an enjoyable film.
The film is about Guy (Ryan Reynolds), an NPC (non player character) in a Grand Theft Auto-style video game called Free City. After randomly falling in love with a player in the game named Millie (Jodie Comer), Guy deviates away from his normally standard life, and starts to gain sentience and consequently realize that something is strange about his world.
The Highline student body has elected a new ASHC president, but the vice-president position remains vacant.
Nestor Reyes-Garcia is the new president-elect of the Associated Students of Highline College, whose future responsibilities will include representing Highline students, but his position is not set in stone.
The president and vice-president of the student government are chosen in an election open to Highline students, but will not be finalized until approved by the ASHC council on June 7.
Some films become cult classic films by accident, and some films that clearly try to become a cult classic. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984, directed by W.D. Richter) is one of those films.
The film is wholly original and isn’t based on or a sequel to another film, despite the title naturally leading many to to think otherwise.
The film is about Buckaroo Banzai (played by Peter Weller, most well known as Robocop), brain surgeon, rock star, and adventurer.
Highline engineering student Andy Kieu has a productive hobby: 3D printing.
Keiu’s 3D printing journey began last summer, when his parents were looking for a new projector screen. When Kieu’s family went to the seller’s house to pick up the screen, they found out that the family was moving away and selling many other items as well. Among them was a 3D printer.
“Initially it was 30 percent off its MSRP, or Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price,” said Keiu. “But as time went by, the owners became a bit desperate and we ended up buying the 3D Printer at around 80 percent off its MSRP.”
Highline librarians are trying to connect with the larger community by thinking small.
The librarians will be unveiling their first unofficial in-person Little Free Library next Thursday, May 19 from 1-2 p.m. in Building 25 on the third floor.
Little Free Library is an organization that gives people in communities the opportunity to donate or exchange books with others and build relationships. Since this is Highline’s first year holding the event, the Little Free Library is unofficial as of now.
Highline Information Technology Services has a new protocol for dealing with malicious, high-risk phishing emails.
Phishing is a type of online scam that uses “social engineering,” or manipulation, to trick you into revealing sensitive information or infecting your device with malicious software.
I talked to Ishaan, a cybersecurity enthusiast and Math-Computer Science major at UC San Diego, to get more information about how phishing attacks work.
Highline professor Susan Rich is releasing her new book, Gallery of Postcards and Maps: New and Selected Poems, at an event in West Seattle later this month.
“Gallery of Postcards and Maps: New and Selected Poems collects the essential and award-winning poems from my four previous books of poetry but also includes a generous selection of new work,” said Rich.
A reading and workshop with acclaimed author and poet Naomi Shihab Nye wraps up National Poetry Month at Highline today, May 12, at 10 a.m.
Nye is the author and editor of many award-winning poems and books. A few of Nye’s most recent books include Cast Away: Poems for Our Time (2020), The Tiny Journalist (2019), and Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners (2018).
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness feels like a much crazier and darker film that’s trying to break free from the constraints of the Marvel formula.
This movie is a sequel to the first Doctor Strange movie, simply titled Doctor Strange (2016). This new film promises to put Dr. Steven Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) through an even crazier adventure than last time.
Social institutions in the United States may have already labeled Black boys and men as problems within neighborhoods and school campuses, a visiting professor said here last week.
Sociology and Africana Studies professor from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dr. Derrick Brooms presented his lecture, “Navigating the Stakes: The Lives and Experiences of Black Boys and Men,” for the final event of the 25th Annual Unity through Diversity Week last Thursday. Unity Week is Highline’s annual week-long series of events that bring students, faculty, and staff together as one by discussing the issues diverse communities may face.
When a group of Highline students went to Baltimore, Md., they were strictly business.
Highline’s DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) team competed in nationals and left as finalists, with one student placing second.
Highline’s Business Club had four students – Najib Yasin, Anh Luu, Nigel Herbert, and Samuel Sullivan – who competed successfully at the DECA event in April.
Stanley Kubrick was one of those rare directors that, depending on who you ask, never had a bad film in his entire directing career.
For those who don’t know, Stanley Kubrick was an American director who made a large number of film classics. He died in 1999.
He was also infamous for being very controlling over his film set. He had a vision of what he wanted the film to be. If you didn’t give him exactly what he wanted, then it was time to do another take until you got it right.
Join Highline’s National Poetry Month committee for the last event in celebration of National Poetry Month 2022. The reading and workshop will feature long awaited guest, Naomi Shihab Nye, author and editor of many award-winning poems and books.
A few of Nye’s most recent books include Cast Away: Poems for Our Time (2020), The Tiny Journalist (2019), and Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners (2018).
If you ride the Metro or light rail, be sure to look out for the Burien Actors Theatre’s ad, “less screen time, more play time” for a chance to win a free dinner.
The Burien Actors Theatre is hosting a contest to promote its upcoming show, The Play’s the Thing, which will be coming to South King County parks in the summer.
The Play’s the Thing was first adapted by P.G. Wodehouse of Ferenc Molnár’s 1924 Hungarian play.
Marie Elguira is all about networking. Now she wants to network with Highline’s network.
Elguira is Highline’s new program manager for international marketing and recruiting. She will be responsible for recruiting new international students.
Elguira is from California, but she has a multicultural background, having lived in three different continents. Since she was exposed to other countries from her childhood, she said she understands students’ concerns about living in another country, and also parents’ concerns about sending their children abroad.
I miss my brother.
My twin brother and I were super close when we were younger. We used to do everything together.
My brother was basically my role model. Whatever he did, I copied his actions and choices.
Like the characters that star in them, the Muppet movies are timeless and fun to watch at all ages.
For those living under a rock, the Muppets were a group of puppet characters created by the late Jim Henson that starred in The Muppet Show (1976-1981), as well as Sesame Street.
The show’s plot revolved around the Muppets trying to interview a real life celebrity and do skits while everything is going wrong.
When Czarl Jalos tests a pen, no ink is involved.
Highline student Jalos is studying cybersecurity and is enrolled in the Network Security Engineer associate of applied science degree program.
Today, he is employed as a pen tester at Accenture, a popular information technology company. One of Accenture’s main clients is Amazon.
The Achieve Program helps people with learning challenges.
I know this because I am one of the students.
My struggles are not being super confident talking to new people, for example, students from my class, or not being super confident in general.
Highline’s CS (Computer Science) Club hosted the Thunder Hacks, a coding competition called hackathons, only for Highline students from March 12-14.
Highline CS club is a community of students that aims to connect students interested in computer science to relevant workshops, job opportunities, and other events. They participated in several different internships, mentor programs, workshops, and hackathons.
The purpose of the Thunder Hacks was to provide an opportunity for Highline students to gain hands-on experience in building software applications.
As the Burien Actors Theatre waits patiently for a new performing arts space, the company continues on with its shows and performances.
Burien Actors Theatre lost its performing space two years ago and its shows and performances have been on Zoom ever since. The building, which had been home to the theater for more than 40 years, was demolished by the City of Burien because it was determined that the old school facility was no longer safe to occupy.
After the comedy troupe known as Monty Python proved how funny they were on TV with their show Monty Python’s Flying Circus, they’d truly make it to the big leagues by making a series of films.
Monty Python consisted of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. They mostly focused on absurdist and outrageous humor, where the audience couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
The first film they made was Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) which was directed by two members of the troupe, Gilliam and Jones.
A game of trickery and misdirection, a story of who is the hunter and who is the hunted, with adultery and murder in the air. Accomplice, an award-winning play published in 1990 by Rupert Holmes, playwright, lyricist, and composer, will be performed at the Renton Civic Theatre starting April 15.
Holmes is the author of the 1985 Tony-Award winning musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which was based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel. Holmes is also known for his No. 1 Billboard hit, Escape (The Piña Colada Song), which was released in 1979.
Accomplice isn’t quite as fluffy as that song.
A Highline professor wants to see your art, and she wants to show it in her own gallery.
Britt Greenland is an award-winning impressionist landscape artist and opened her art gallery in downtown North Bend, Wash. last summer. Greenland is also an English language teacher in the ECLAP department of Highline.
The show, “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” is open to all artists 18 and older of all experiences that can drop off and pick up accepted works in person.
John Grisham’s stories can be just as entertaining as movies as when they’re books.
As you may know, John Grisham is an American novelist who mostly writes about legal dramas. Here are three that might be worth a watch.
A Time to Kill (1996), directed by Joel Schumacher (known for directing The Lost Boys, Falling Down, and Batman & Robin) is a courtroom drama that deals with race issues in America.
A bachelor’s degree in youth development may not make you rich, but it can give you a rewarding career helping others, a professor in the program said.
“If you’re driven by being able to make solid money, which many people are, youth development might not be the best choice. I’ve made a big career out of it, and I don’t have any complaints, but it’s not like going into a business setting,” said Fred Capestany, a professor of Human Services at Highline.
Capestany said students who aren’t only driven by money might consider the program – people who are interested in helping people and enjoy working with young people.
Achieve students at Highline say that the program has helped them in many ways.
“I meet with my Achieve adviser once a week. She is really nice and it’s fun to talk with her. She helps me with planning my classes and with any other questions that I have about clubs at school, social things, and more.” said Cameron Rawlings, the president of the Cooking Club at Highline, and an Achieve student working to get a food and beverage certificate.
The Suicide Squad films show how studio meddling can make or break a film.
The concept for Suicide Squad originates from the DC comics and is a different idea for a “superhero” team, in which the team is almost entirely composed of villains.
The idea is that super villains already in prison are sent to go on highly dangerous government black ops missions in return for months being taken off of their sentences. The idea is that in case a mission goes bad, the U.S has plausible deniability and can just blame everything on the villains.
Despite the impact of COVID-19, Ceramics classes were conducted face-to-face in Winter Quarter. Julie Le, top, glazes her creation before Bisque firing, the last step of the project. Ceramics instructor Rob Droessler, right, demonstrates how to use a pinch building technique. Ceramics will be offered again in Spring Quarter.
A Buddhist altar, usually used as a focal point for prayer, meditation, and sacrifice. Incense is burned to communicate one’s prayers and wishes. However, one might view it as a product of tradition, and an object used to worship made-up entities that came from the human imagination.
Jenn Ngeth, who won first place in Highline’s 10th annual poetry contest, wanted her poem, Self Portrait as Incense During Worship, to shine light on and question the credit given to gods for the creation of humans, hence her focus on an object that is used to worship them.
The new Batman film, simply titled The Batman (2022) and directed by Matt Reeves, is a unique superhero film with a lot of strong elements.
The film is about Bruce Wayne (AKA Batman, played by Robert Pattinson) trying to track down a new serial killer in the city of Gotham named The Riddler (Paul Danno), who goes after corrupt politicians and people of power. With the help of one of the few honest cops in the Gotham police department, Lt. James Gordon (Jeffrey Wright), and a cat burglar by the name of Selina Kyle (AKA Catwoman, Zoe Kravitz) Batman will unravel a conspiracy that threatens to unravel all of Gotham.
Students from Highline’s Umoja community participated in a candle-making workshop earlier this week. The workshop was conducted by Colina Bruce, founder of Noir Lux Candle Co. Bruce, above, shows the students how to make a candle. Students, left, explore possible scents for their candles on their way to creating them.
A handful of Highline students participated in the national AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges) math competition last week.
Their scores haven’t been released, but the students said they were glad for the experience. Students from a dozen different colleges in Washington entered the event, along with over 140 schools throughout the United States.
The Kingsman films, for the most part, are fun action adventure films filled with espionage, action, and sharply dressed individuals.
The first film Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), was directed by Matthew Vaughn (who directs all the other films), and is based off the comic book series, The Secret Service, by Mark Millar.
The demand for childhood educators is increasing, said the head of Highline’s Early Childhood Education program.
“With this degree there’s kind of a wide range of things that people could do,” said Jodi White, head of the program.
The job market is not only in need but also really broad which means there is a lot of flexibility there too, she said.
Robins Williams was a real treasure, as a human being and as a stand-up comedian.
But something he was great at was being versatile as an actor. He could slip into the comedic or serious role fairly easily. It also helps that he was always so likable whenever he was on screen.
The first film in this Robin Williams retrospective is Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) directed by Barry Levinson.
After a year of being closed, the Renton Civic Theatre is now scheduled to have live performances of Into the Woods, by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim.
Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist.
Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist and is among the most highly regarded in Broadway history.
Into the Woods follows the story of a baker and his wife who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk.
The Pirates of the Caribbean movies are prime examples of each subsequent film becoming more and more ridiculous and subsequently dumber as they go on.
The films themselves are inspired by the Disneyland ride of the same name.
The first movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, was released in 2003 and was directed by Gore Verbinski.
The Toy Story films are one of those rare movie franchises in which every film is at least good. There are no bad films, it’s just that some are better than others.
Each film was created by the legendary CGI studio Pixar, the masters of making their audiences cry. The films feature an all-star voice cast, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, John Ratzenberger, Joan Cusack, Estelle Harris and the late great Don Rickles and R. Lee Ermey.
Highline and United Way are looking for volunteers to help people file their income taxes this year.
Volunteers will help people keep more of what they earn by leveraging anti-poverty tax credits and preparing their taxes for free.
Many couples have to go through the harrowing journey of finding a movie that both of them will enjoy, and still fits the feeling of a date night.
Fortunately, there are such films.
The first example is, A League of Their Own (1992), directed by Penny Marshall, and starring Geena Davis, Lori Petty, and Tom Hanks.
The Burien Actors Theater, which lost its performing space two years ago, is in the early stages of creating a new performing arts center.
The new performing arts center will be built in South King County, but there is no physical site for the center yet.
The new space will include a 200- to 300-seat auditorium. It will also have an art gallery, small performance space, coffee shop and bar, as well as several other spaces that will be useful for all types of arts.
The Amazing Spider-Man films are probably one the hardest watches I’ve had to do for a review. What made them so hard to sit through was not because they are the worst films ever made, but because they are forgettably bad. They are the plain white bread of bad.
After the disappointing reception of
The first film in this new proposed series is, The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb and released in 2012.
Arcturus, Highline’s literary magazine, is looking to showcase the college’s unique voices.
The literary magazine is currently accepting student, staff, faculty, and alumni submissions for the 2022 edition.
Creative submissions of written pieces such as poetry, stories, and essays, as well as artwork submissions such as paintings, graphic/digital art, drawings, and photography will be accepted.
The film Groundhog Day is remembered not only as a good holiday movie, but a great movie in general.
The film was released 1993 and was directed by the late Harold Ramis (AKA Egon from Ghostbusters) and starred Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliot.
The film is about a Pittsburgh weather man named Phil Connors (Played by Bill Murray) being sent over to cover the Groundhog Day celebration in a small town named Punxsutawney. Going along with him are his producer Rita (Andie MacDowell) and his cameraman Larry (Chris Elliot).
Highline’s 10th annual student poetry contest is accepting poem entries from current students.
Cash prizes will be awarded to contest winners. First place will be awarded $200, second place will receive $150, and third place will get $100. Several honorable mentions will also be awarded $75.
Aviso, a new software that tries to aid student retention, is being implemented to help students, faculty, and staff at Highline.
Student retention is the measure of students’ academic success, or completion at the same school. An institution with an improved student retention rate indicates that the school is improving the student experience.
The student retention software identifies students who may be struggling and provides alert features to staff and faculty, who can then provide support and guidance to the students.
Even though the later Die Hard films have absolutely nothing to do with Christmas, that doesn’t mean they’re not without tidings of comfort and joy.
The first Die Hard film to buck the trend of setting a film around Christmas was the third film, Die Hard with a Vengeance(1995).
John McClane (still being played by Bruce Willis in this and all subsequent films) is back, and now he’s returned to his home city of New York. An off-screen separation between him and his estranged wife Holly causes him to go into a downward spiral of drinking and he is suspended from the police.
Highline’s new head of Student Services said she intends to put students first.
Dr. Jamilyn Penn was named interim vice president of Student Services earlier this fall. She previously served as director of transfer education in the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
Student Services oversees a number of functions at the college, including Advising, Admissions, Running Start, Women’s Programs, Funding Services, TRiO, International Student Programs, Athletics, the Center for Cultural and Inclusive Excellence and the Center for Leadership and Service.
Highline hopes to go study abroad in Vietnam in spring 2022.
Jenn Ritchey, the manager of Global Initiatives at Highline, and Sam Kaplan, director of the Center of Excellence for Global Trade and Supply Chain Management, hope to travel to Vietnam with students this spring if conditions permit, and, if possible, to also visit companies in Washington state.
The whole idea of the study abroad program is to follow the supply chain, so what they will be doing is following products that have some kind of connection with products that originated in Washington and also Vietnam.
Highline STEM students who want to learn more about physics are invited to get PHATT.
PHATT is an acronym for Physicists of Highline – Association of Thinkers & Tinkerers. Advised by Dr. Aleya Dhanji, the club aims to help students actively engage in the study of science in general and physics in particular.
Dr. Dhanji is a physics professor at Highline and teaches a variety of courses from conceptual physics for non-STEM majors to calculus-based engineering physics.
Central Washington University is bringing its bachelor’s degree program in computer science to Highline’s campus beginning next quarter.
The program has been co-developed by CWU and Highline. There will be a soft launch in Winter Quarter 2022 and a full launch in Fall Quarter 2022, CWU officials say.
Bruce Palmquist, Ph.D., interim chair of the Computer Science Department at CWU, said the program has been designed for students who are seeking careers in that field.
Deadline for Highline’s 10th annual Poetry Contest is Feb. 11.
Cash prizes will be awarded, including $200 for the first-place winner, $150 going to second, and $100 dollars going to third place.
An additional $75 will go to seven honorable mentions/runner ups.
This week we’re going over probably the best Christmas film of them all, Die Hard and its first sequel Die Hard 2.
The first film, Die Hard (1988), was directed by John McTiernan, and based on the Roderick Thorp novel Nothing Lasts Forever.
This was a sequel to his previous book, The Detective. It also got adapted into a film by the same name, The Detective, in 1968 and starred Frank Sintara, but that film has nothing to do with the film Die Hard.
A huge paper cutting art by Barbara Earl Thomas, an American visual artist based in Seattle. Thomas’s artwork is not only paper cutting. Her work has a wide range such as writing, glass, egg tempera, painting, and sculpture. The purpose of her artwork is to tell the story of her experience and observations of the world affected by politics. The Exhibition “Barbara Earl Thomas, the Geography of Innocence,” will run until Jan. 2, 2022 at Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Ave., Seattle. Tickets for students are $15.99. The museum is open on Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Many films have left their mark in the pop culture landscape, but very few have done so well to have a TV show continue their stories.
The first example, is a blockbuster of a film called Stargate (1994), directed by Roland Emmerich, most well known for directing Independence Day (1996) and the infamous American adaptation of Godzilla, Godzilla (1998).
A young crescent moon appears to wave toward Venus in the evening sky recently over Poverty Bay in Des Moines. Unfortunately, such glorious if chilly evenings will be replaced by rain through this weekend, with highs in the mid-50s.
Highline offers a BAS in global trade and logistics for those interested in the industry of international trade.
According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, Washington state exported $41.3 billion worth of goods in 2020, making it the ninth largest exporting state in the U.S. In the same year it imported $48.9 billion worth of goods, making it the 15 largest importing state in the U.S.
Top commodities traded include aircraft parts, medical instruments, automobiles, video game consoles, petroleum oils and distillates, and soybeans, wheat, and various other agriculture products.
A Highline professor has just published her third novel in a series that she said tries to address the issues of young women breaking into roles that men have traditionally held.
Jamie McGillen, who teaches in the English Department, has just released In the Heart of Paradise, the third book in the Rainier Series, which follows the adventures of 19-year-old Anna Gallagher, a young woman with mountaineering dreams but who faces the pressures to marry well and soon.
The series is set in the late 1800s after the Great Seattle Fire.
A lone fisherman rows his boat across Des Moines Marina during a moment of calm weather recently. Weather forecasters are expecting rain again today, Thursday, but dry skies and cool temperatures for the rest of the weekend.
Plane, Trains, & Automobiles (1987) is well known for being “the only good Thanksgiving movie.” But that statement is selling the movie short. It’s not just, “the only good Thanksgiving movie” but also a good comedy with a lot of heart in it.
The film was written and directed by John Hughes also (known for writing the first two Home Alone movies, and writing and directing Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science.)
The Man with No Name trilogy is famous for popularizing spaghetti western films, but some aspects of the films have aged poorly.
The Man with No Name trilogy is a set of westerns directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as a bounty hunter who’s name is never given (though he is given a nickname in each film).
Each film is very loosely connected, the only constant being the main character, the reusing of several actors in different roles, the same director, and all having excellent music by Ennio Morricone.
The Winter Quarter COVID-19 Financial Relief Fund applications are scheduled to open Nov. 8 at 8 a.m.
Students who have had financial hardship due to COVID-19 and are enrolled in Winter Quarter 2022 can apply for the Winter Quarter relief fund.
Each eligible student may receive a maximum of $1,000 for winter and may use the funds to pay for tuition and fees, books and course materials, food, rent, childcare, health care, or other educational needs.
VelociPastor (2018) is a clear cut example of a B-Movie.
The film follows a pastor named Doug Jones (Greg Cohan), who has the ability to turn into a dinosaur. He gained this ability after taking a trip to China, during which he stumbled upon a dying woman, who was being chased by ninjas. She gives him a mysterious artifact that he accidentally bleeds on while fleeing from the ninjas.
The three different movie adaptations of the Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend are three different beasts with their own victories and failures.
All three films share the same general plot. Each film follows a doctor who is, to his knowledge, the last living human on earth because of a disease that either killed or turned everyone else into a vampire-like creature. The doctor has since made it his mission to hunt down the creatures during the day (since they hibernate at that time due to being sunlight sensitive) and find a cure for the disease.
Highline Public Safety warned people on campus to secure their vehicles after an increase in car prowling and crime in the college’s parking lots.
Highline’s new budget director said its budget can help unite the college.
“My goal is to work with all the different departments and create a process that is consistent and works for every department,” said Marco Lopez-Torres, who was named the new budget director earlier this fall. He added that the budget should “Create a culture of fiscal responsibility and bring all divisions together to achieve Highline’s goals.
The second trilogy “Of the Dead” films, while not as good as the original, still have some bright spots.
After releasing the final film in his original trilogy of zombie movies, Day of the Dead, George A. Romero took a break from zombie movies throughout the ‘90s. During the early 2000s however, a new zombie craze began to take place in cinema. It was during this craze the granddaddy of the modern day zombie threw his hat into the ring.
The late George A. Romero’s “Dead Trilogy” is one of those rare families of films where all three movies are great.
The “Dead Trilogy” are three zombie films written and directed by the grandfather of the modern zombie movie himself, George A. Romero.
Each film came out a decade apart and focused on the human drama, and less on the zombies.
The trees are changing color as the weather cools down in Western Washington. Forecasters are predicting cloudy skies with temperatures in the 50s until the rain returns on Sunday.
The Fireside Bistro in Building 8 is now expected to open next week.
The opening was delayed while the college waited for the delivery of essential equipment, including a point-of-sale register and an espresso machine.
Pre-pandemic, food service was operated by a series of outside vendors who bid on the contract for the college. Food service included the Bistro on the top floor of Building 8, as well as the Union Cafe on the ground floor and Cafe 29 in Building 29.
Star Wars: Visions has done the seemingly impossible, and takes Star Wars in a unique and new direction, with mixed results.
After the polarising reception of their sequel trilogy, Disney went to seven different Japanese animation studios and gave them an offer they couldn’t refuse.
Highline students say they are happy to be back on campus this fall.
After more than a year of taking classes online or via Zoom, several students who took live classes this quarter say it’s good to be back.
Highline sports teams are off to a strong start as the fall season is in full swing.
The women’s soccer team is on fire, starting the season 5-0-1. Andrea Guiton leads the team with five goals.
“Andrea is super calm on the ball, she takes time to focus on her technique and placement which I really admire,” said teammate Isabelle White.
More than a year and a half after Highline’s closure due to the pandemic, the campus has re-opened for Fall Quarter.
Open again are many student services, allowing students to access the services in-person.
Support services for students such as financial aid, enrollment, advising, TRIO, cashiering and career services are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Coaching volleyball is a rite of passage for the Littleman family.
Forty years ago Coach John Littleman coached Highline’s women volleyball team, and for the past 11 years his son, Chris Littleman, has continued the tradition.
For John Littleman he began coaching volleyball at the High School level where he took home four State Championships.
Sound Transit’s Federal Way expansion project will not be delayed, even in the wake of the pandemic’s economic downturn.
The project, which began last year and will include a station close to campus, came to a sudden albeit not long-lasting stop in the early days of the pandemic. The work stoppage did not last long enough to seriously hinder the construction timeline, but Sound Transit’s worries did come in the form of some financial obstacles.
Local elections in the city of Kent will feature three city council seats up for election alongside the race for mayor in this year’s August primary.
City governments provide a variety of services, such as taking care of parks, police, planning, and maintaining local roads.
Kent’s current mayor, Dana Ralph, has served as mayor since 2018, and is running for re-election. She is being challenged by Dawn Bennett, an advocate for education and criminal justice reform.
Several city council seats are contested in Federal Way heading into the November general election.
King County’s elections filing week ended the evening of May 21. May 24 was the last day for candidates to withdraw.
Of Federal Way’s seven city council positions, four are up for grabs.
Whatever happens with this year’s election, the city of Des Moines will begin 2022 with a new mayor.
The city of Des Moines doesn’t have a separately elected mayor, as it has the council-manager form of government. With this system, the mayor is first elected to the city council and from there selected by the council to represent the city and take on various duties. This was the case for the city’s current mayor, Matt Pina.
Student Employee of the Year Heydie Martinez Gonzalez attributes her award to the hard work she’s put in, and those who have helped her along the way.
Martinez Gonzalez was announced as the 2021 student employee of the year on June 1, by the CASE Center.
She’s worked at the Transition Success Center for two years, since her start in 2019 at Highline.
Lupin III: The First (2019) feels like a person combined James Bond and Indiana Jones and made it into a 3D animation.
The film is based on the now 50-year-running anime (japanese animation) series Lupin III, which started in 1971.
The series is broken up into parts, similar to Bond films. There’s no big overarching story, it’s just the characters in different eras.
The Associated Students of Highline College will hold its 2021-2022 elections beginning Wednesday, June 2.
Finalist Maribel Torres Jiménez has been chosen as Highline’s dean for academic pathways and partnerships.
Hunter White gives his son Eddie a gentle toss at the pier at the Des Moines Marina recently. Boats float in the harbor while the pier itself appears to reach nearly all the way to Vashon Island. Cloudy weather is expected to continue before giving way to some sun breaks this weekend.
Highline spring sports have come to a close on a mostly positive note, with games able to be played and not cancelled for COVID.
For Highline’s new director of budget and grant services, the college does many things right – and like all things – has room for improvement.
Jack Hutchinson began as the new director on May 3.
Hutchinson previously worked as the internal audit director for Sound Transit, as the internal audit manager for the Port of Seattle, and as finance director for the City of Fircrest.
Sound Transit is extending its Kent/Des Moines transit development survey through June 7.
The Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy are prime examples of great British wit, action, and passion for the craft of filmmaking.
The trilogy is an anthology, composed of films that don’t connect storywise, but instead were made and starred the same people. The Cornetto reference is to an Italian ice cream cone (much like a Drumstick) that makes a cameo in each of the films.
The people involved include director Edgar Wright, who also wrote all three films along with Simon Pegg. Pegg also starred in all three features, along with co-star Nick Frost. The final person to have the same job throughout all these films was producer Nira Park.