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The Arabic Club is one of the only groups at Highline still meeting despite the pandemic.
The club is overseen by faculty adviser Sam Alkhalili, a Business Technology instructor at Highline, and co-President Sareen Alhaj.
Alhaj said that anyone can join the club; there are no cultural requirements.
Highline’s poetry contest winners say writing is much more than a hobby for them.
Winners of the annual contest were announced recently. The first-place winner was Patheresa Wells with Decasia, second place went to Arrionna Townsel for My Truth, and third place was Kiera Golden with Journal Pages. Seven honorable mentions also were awarded.
First-place winner Wells said the contest marked a return to poetry for her.
Sue Frantz missed seeing her colleagues around the watercooler.
Frantz, a Highline psychology professor, responded by creating watercooler sessions via Zoom and other platforms, inviting co-workers from all over campus to meet and chat.
Amid the pandemic, with nearly everyone at Highline working from home, students, faculty and staff don’t get much chance to talk to their acquaintances at school.
Young writers who want to be good writers first need to read, a former Highline professor said.
Retired writing and journalism professor Susan Landgraf will be leading a poetry workshop, via Zoom, along with current professor Susan Rich, on Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. at https://highline.zoom.us/j/81308212731
The pandemic took the entire country by storm, and while schools and colleges were quick to reopen online, many of us don’t really feel like we’re back in class.
Don’t get me wrong, the massive workload does bring back a sense of normalcy, but I miss awkward eye contact in the library, having to walk too far too early in the morning, and hanging out in the Student Union.
Local retail workers say the pandemic has changed the way they work.
Some stores were shut down while others remained open at local malls.
“Whenever the mall says we’re open, we will be open.” said Olivia Edwards, from Earthbound at Southcenter. “Unless there is like inclement weather.”
The deadline for Highline’s annual Poetry Contest is Feb. 12 at 4 p.m.
The contest is a lead-in to the college’s celebration of National Poetry Month in April.
All Highline students are eligible to enter the contest.