El musical de Emilia Pérez fue uno de los más criticados por la comunidad Mexicana por la mala representación del director y los actores. 

Muchas críticas rodearon la película por falta de diversidad e inclusión de actores hispanos, y muchos argumentaban sobre la forma en que los actores no interpretaron bien el vocabulario de las palabras en español especialmente los “mexicanos”.

Congress has had their sights on starting off with the expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) along with the tax foundation to provide the insight and analysis on the policies at stake since the enactment in 2017. 

They have overlooked some of the weaknesses and strengths of the TCJAs. “We have also analyzed fundamental reforms that would dramatically improve the U.S. tax system to support economic growth as well as greater efficiency and simplicity,” said the writers of tax foundation.

The Light Rail has a lot of goals to meet by the end of 2026 in hopes to benefit the community later on in the future. However, many obstacles stand in the way of meeting that deadline, including that they have to buy more land – often ousting local business that have been in the community for decades.

The Federal Way Light Rail will be making alternative routes to meet the Tacoma Light Rail. One of those routes will go behind local shops on Pacific Highway. Another route even goes through where local shops used to and currently reside. The Light Rail has made offers to buy part of this land from Federal Way Tire City.

The groundwork and grading took longer than they expected because they had to level out the hill coming from Highway 99, and the construction workers ran into trouble because what they saw in a drawing was different from what they actually had to do.

“I think it just had the stack up of contractors. The number of people coming through just was not gonna happen with the scope of work that needed to happen over here on the north side versus our south side work,” said Barry Halldorf, Director of Facilities & Operations.

When dusk falls on Oct. 31, the stage is set for one of the world’s most captivating holidays: Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead. For two days, Latinos of all backgrounds welcome back departed loved ones through deeply-rooted traditions blending Aztec rituals with Catholic influences.

Day of the dead is celebrated in Latin culture to commemorate those that have passed away, and celebrate who they were by bringing out the person’s favorite dish or a symbol of their hobbies or activities.

October has been designated the month to recognize victims of domestic violence and to raise awareness about the impact domestic violence has on thousands of people. This month acknowledges domestic violence survivors and allows victims to speak out about what they experienced and ways they learned they were in a domestically violent relationship.

Millions of Americans live silently fearing within their own home that the person they love the most will hurt them. Many children that are exposed to violence in their homes will suffer from mental health problems, or they risk being violent in their future relationships.

Highline’s student integrity conduct manager held a learning table for students open to learning about the do’s and don’ts when it comes to alcohol. 

Isabelle Wroblewski, the student integrity conduct manager, held a learning table outside of the Cafe Bistro in Building 8 on the second floor to spread awareness about having a responsible relationship with alcohol, and to teach students about the proper serving sizes of alcohol.

Sound Transit has partnered up with Highline to construct a roundabout on campus to be linked to the Kent-Des Moines Link light rail extension that also connects to the Federal Way Link extension. 

The contract to build this part of the Sound Transit project was settled in 2019.

“The construction of the roundabout is included in Sound Transit’s F200 Design-Build contract for Federal Way Link extension. The contract was awarded in 2019,” said David Jackson, a public information officer for Sound Transit.

The remodel of the landscape and buildings around campus are in full swing at the moment for their June 30 deadline. 

The remodels that are happening on campus are removing dead or diseased plants and trees that can cause damage to the buildings, vehicles, or that could hurt students and staff walking on campus.

The first phase of the tree-cutting project started at the beginning of the spring quarter by removing the trees and bushes from the north entrance of the east parking lot.

The north section of the east parking lot had to undergo construction over the spring break to get a head start before the May 1 to June 16 project deadline for an upcoming even larger project on campus.

“The project scope is going to take longer to complete than expected so Sound Transit (Kiewit the General Contractor) approached us and asked for an earlier than expected start time in order to try and have this overall project completed by the start of fall quarter,” said Director of Facilities Department Barry Holldorf.

One aspect of the construction in the north end is digging out a hole to re-route the watering system and drain out the water through the storm pipes from the parking lot. The goal is to have it be done before the water makes it into the pond that is located past Highline’s tennis courts on campus.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn more about what UBUNTU means from Umoja.

UBUNTU is an event that highlights the students with African backgrounds, where they can gather with other students with similar backgrounds, and share what it’s like to be African and to know what it’s like to be part of a community.

The meaning behind the word UBUNTU is that we are all one, one person through the African community and that community is valued equally.

Campus View is where Highline students that chose to live on campus usually reside, but the dorms are going to create some housing problems for students this upcoming quarter, since they are currently at capacity for the winter quarter.

Rent has increased 12% since 2019 and it has been an issue for a lot of people in the greater Seattle-King County metro area to find affordable housing, and it affects students as well.

Highline Winter enrollment has opened for new course registration, so don’t wait until the deadline to sign up.

There are different registration dates for different groups of students based on how many credits they have completed so far in the fall.

Domestic Violence is something that many experience in silence, but Highline offers victims a voice.

“During October we elevate the voices and experiences of ALL survivors through art expression, and we encourage you to join by engaging in our clothesline project and learn how you can help survivors of domestic violence,” said Izzy Wroblewski, M.A. Student Conduct Manager.

Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner, it can be physical, emotional, sexual, economic and psychological abuse and it can happen to anyone, including kids.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and it brings to light an issue many people suffer from in silence.

Bullying is when an individual or a group of individuals seek to harm, intimidate, or intentionally put someone in a vulnerable state.

“Bullying is not an unfamiliar concept, especially for nearly 20 percent of students aged 12-18. According to the Mental Health First Aid curriculum, one in five American high school students reports being bullied at school each year,” stated The Mental Health First Aid website.

The south end of the East Parking Lot sees renovations over the summer, but this is only one part of a bigger project for the Highline campus.

Over the summer the south end of the East Parking Lot entrance was under construction making more spaces available for staff and students to park on the East Parking Lot of campus. This is a project Sound Transit pitched in on.

Highline students and staff report a great start to the Fall 2022 quarter after almost two years of online school through a pandemic.

“Most of my classes were all online, but when I started working as a barista I noticed campus was really quiet, there weren’t that many people around,” said Summer Koenig, barista at Highline’s Fireside Bistro.

Due to COVID, a majority of classes were held online which made a lot of students feel isolated from other people.

Most of the in-person classroom time was limited for certain periods of time and it restricted how many people could attend in-person classes.

One on-campus student, Vanya Madrigal said, “It’s easier to learn with other students around to ask questions to, there’s more connection with in-person classes.”

Laneeka Hall would not give up on school or her life outside of school.

Hall will be graduating from Highline this spring with a bachelor of applied science degree in Youth Development.

She is the mother of four girls. Being a mother didn’t stop Hall from wanting to enroll at Highline in 2015. Her inspiration to work with kids started off when she took a human relations class, and from observing young people who came into the Starbucks where she worked.

Registration for this year’s Female Summit closes this Friday, May 6.

The Female Summit is for young women of color to come out and learn more about self-identity and anti-racism for high school and college-age students. The event happens 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 14.

The goal of this summit is to empower and motivate young women of color to feel good about themselves and who they are, organizers say.

The event has two separate parts: Young Women Advocating for Change, which will meet in Building 29 and YELL, Young Educated Ladies Leading, which will meet in Building 8. YWAC invites white-identifying women to attend, whereas YELL is aimed at young women of color.

The deadline to apply for next year’s Highline scholarships is May 8 at 11:59 p.m.

Highline is offering more than 30 scholarships for the 2022-23 school year.

“The number of scholarships offered and amounts change annually, this cycle, we have 32 different scholarships available, some of them offer multiple awards,” said Tanisha Williams, scholarships and alumni relations program specialist at Highline.

The scholarships include:

The American Association of University Women scholarship, which aims to help female students entering or re-entering college. The award requires a minimum 2.0 GPA.

The Highline women’s tennis team blanked Spokane over the break, and now head toward a rematch with arch-rival Bellevue on Friday.

Highline beat Spokane 8-0, winning every match without dropping a set. They are undefeated in NWAC play this season.

At No. 1 singles, Highline’s Celeste Parker beat Spokane’s Madison Forbes, 6-1, 6-1.

At No. 2, Selah Carlisle defeated Taylor Rising, 6-0, 6-0. Andrea Guiton won third singles over Sophie Greybill, 6-2, 6-1, and T-Bird Daniela Maqueda downed Spokane’s Jaycee Osborn, 6-4, 7-6.

The Highline women’s tennis team beat archrival Bellevue 8-1 last Friday.

The ladies won five out of six singles matches, and all three doubles matches. Bellevue was short-handed and forfeited one singles and one doubles match, and suffered an injury in the middle of a singles match.

“The Bellevue players were talented and we faced some styles of play that we have not seen much yet this season,” said Head Coach Laura Rosa. “I was really pleased with the discipline of the T-Birds to trust our game plan enough to stick to it even in close matches.”

Highline women’s tennis team earned one win and two losses on their trip to Oregon last weekend.

The T-Birds lost 8-1 against Pacific University, won 6-3 against Willamette University, and lost 6-3 against Lewis and Clark.

“It was also great to see the top end of our lineup be able to compete so well against some of the best college tennis players in the Pacific Northwest. Mia Rosa at No. 1 and Celeste Parker at No. 2 legitimately match up against the best out there and T-Bird Captain Selah Carlisle is going to be tough to beat at the No. 3 spot,” said Rosa.

The Highline women’s team plundered the PLU Vikings 6-3 last Saturday, giving Highline its first win of the season.

Highline was led by Mia Rosa, who beat PLU’s Taylor Stokes 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 at No. 1 singles. The T-Birds took four out of six singles matches, with victories by Selah Carlisle, Andrea Guiton, and Celeste Parker.

Sound Transit’s current financial troubles won’t delay its light rail expansion from Angle Lake to Highline and Federal Way, an agency official said this week.

Scott Thomson, public information officer for the regional transit agency, said that the agency’s declining fare revenue will not delay the planned 2024 opening of the extension of light rail south from Angle Lake.

Since 2019, fare collection has fallen from 32 percent of riders to 5 percent in 2021. Passengers are supposed to buy tickets before they get on the train, or use an Orca card, but fare enforcement consists of occasional checks by Sound Transit employees. The agency counts on 40 percent fare collection to meet its budget.