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Students can buy classified space online

Classifieds run $10 for two weeks. Contact our ad manager for more details. 253-833-9111 ext. 2376

Find Your Dream Room Mate!

Rather than waste your time (and money) on bulletin boards all over the place, post your room for rent here and get better results! Call ext 2376 and have your ad up in an hour!

WANTED: Reporters and Photographers

The Current is currently on the look-out for students with a flair for writing and a love of basic digital photography (or more advanced). If you, or someone you know, is available MWF from Noon-1PM, please enroll Winter quarter and get an activity credit to boot.

ROOM AVAILABLE

Room for rent in Covington mobile home. Private bathroom, shared kitchen. No pets or smoking. $500 covers rent, all utilities and high speed internet. Parking included, furnished or non. Owner willing to take yard work for partial payment, and payments in monthly or quarterly installments. Please call Sherry (206) 795-0305 for more information.

PRODUCTION BEGINS ON DEATH RACE 2‏

PRESS RELEASE One Race, Three Days and 20,000 Rounds of Ammo PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR DEATH RACE 2 BEGINS IN SOUTH AFRICA Universal City, California, March 1, 2010 – Start your engines…and load your weapons. Full story

PR: Everybody Wins! Campaign in Final Round of Ideas for Change in America

PR: Everybody Wins! Campaign in Final Round of Ideas for Change in America FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Everybody Wins! Read to Kids Campaign Advances to Final Round of Change.org's Ideas for Change in America BOSTON, March 2, 2010 -- Everybody Wins! USA, a nationally recognized literacy and mentoring organization, finished second in Education Ideas for Change with its Read to Kids campaign on Change. Full story

Let’s Write About Love

International Student Association (ISA) has established a writing contest for Green River students. Both domestic and international students are welcome to join this event and have an opportunity to win gift cards from the Paper Tree Bookstore! “Love” is the theme of this writing contest. Full story

Phi Theta Kappa, a great opportunity for students

If you have a 3.5 or above cumulative GPA at Green River Community College, congratulations, you are able to join an amazing academic background club, Phi Theta Kappa(PTK), an excellent opportunity for exclusive scholarships and leadership involvement. Full story

NEWS

Recycle mania hits Washington campuses

Recycle Mania kicked off Jan. 17 for its 10th annual competition between colleges and university recycling programs. This friendly battle between any colleges who entered will be going until the March 27 for a total of ten weeks of cleaning up trash.

Port jobs program getting more funding

The Port Jobs program has been successful since 1993. The non-profit organization is intended to educate and train individuals into airport, building and construction careers. Unfortunately, the support of the organization is diminishing as well as funding to continue.

Student loan policies changing, or are they?

Originally the Democrats in Congress made it seem like the government was going to be in charge of student loans and take that responsibility from the current private lenders. Obama had planned to do this as a way to give more loans to students and to take away the profits from the private lenders. 1 comment

Gregoire plans to increase worker retraining

With unemployment in Washington State on the rise, Governor Gregoire proposes certain actions be taken in the educational level. Those actions she is proposing will not appease students attending colleges or universities. “It’s a new day and a new time,” she states.

The search for a new GRCC president continues

Feb. 4 – The Board of Trustees of Green River Community College met to discuss the preferred and most outstanding characteristics of which the college looks to find within candidates applying for the position of president. The college’s current president, Rich Rutkowski, will be retiring on July 30, 2010 after 26 years as a leader at the college.

OP ED

Hollywood complains about making millions

People screw up. It’s a known fact that if you are human and you have a pulse you will screw up at some point. The only major difference is that if John Johnson, tax accountant screws up, not many people outside of the world of John Johnson notice or care.

Advance Warning for Class Options

Students are strongly encouraged by almost every level of Green River to map out their classes so they have a plan for their graduation. Counselors use the degree planning worksheets, students spend hours planning out their classes alone, and some teachers even give warning when a successive class will or won’t be offered.

Campus Corner Apartments: overpriced and not enough activities

For $24.57 a day you can live at Campus Corner Apartments and be within walking distance of the college and live in a university like atmosphere, partying and all. Not only do you pay $2040 a quarter to live in a 9 x 9 bedroom, but you also get up to 3 roommates that you will either hate or become best friends with. 5 comments

Are budget cuts really the answer?

Green River Community College (GRCC) has 7 percent more students this year than it did last year. This is more than likely due to the poor economy Washington state is going through right now. With employees getting laid off, they come to GRCC for enrollment with the training programs provided.

SPORTS

Pitchers seem to be key, as Green River Fastpitch prepares for a great season.

Fastpitch season is coming up at Green River Community College, with the first game being against the Central Washington Junior Varsity team on the 6th of March. Since the season is about to start, people have been talking. As a result of the discussions about the fastpitch team, it was reported that the team was actually short on players and would not be able to play if they were to not find any more players.

Lady Gators gave a good effort

Needing a win on Saturday in order to keep pace with the division leaders in the NWAACC west, the Lady Gators knew they had to take advantage of a scuffling South Puget Sound Lady Clippers squad. After taking a slim three point lead into halftime it looked as if the lady Gators were on the right track and headed towards a victory.

Men’s basketball takes a loss, but hopes for a quick turnaround

Heading into Saturday’s game on the road against South Puget Sound the Gator Men were looking to continue their recent hot streak and move into a tie atop the NWAACC west standings. Unfortunately, the Gators they got off to a slow start and were never able to recover as they lost to the Clippers 78-71.

GRCC men’s basketball starts off the New Year by beating the No. 4 team Tacoma CC.

After a disappointing 3-5 start to the Gator’s Men’s Basketball team, the New Year seems to have brought Green River new life. Green River’s Men’s Basketball team began 2010 playing just a day after the start of the New Year against Grays Harbor.

CAMPUS LIFE

Cafe Night‏ cooks up good tunes

Friends, family and coworkers all gathered last Thursday at the campus corner apartments for the laid-back Café Night event. Most of the event comprised of a small concert with touring singer/songwriters Andrew Belle and Allen Stone. Jamie Choe, the special events coordinator, and part of the Community Leadership Education and Outreach Program known as CLEO, organized Café Night.

Valentine’s dance a smash hit

Last Friday, the cafeteria in the Lindbloom was filled with music, dancing, decorations and seniors. It was the annual senior citizen’s Valentine’s Day dance, which meant good times for both students and senior alike. “This is our seventh year putting this on” says Jamie Choe (who organized the dance this year) “The people who come to the dance come back every year and wait all year for it.

Sea of red invades GRCC

Students, faculty support National Wear Red Day

National Wear Red Day is a day when Americans take women’s health care to heart and show their support by wearing red. According to a study done by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute in 2006 heart disease is now the number 1 killer in women, regardless of race or ethnicity.

Holocaust Remembrance Day

On January 27, Green River’s Commencement Achievement Program (CAP) put together an event to raise awareness for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Before this year they had never done an event like this before, and it wasn’t until the last minute that the program decided to go along with it. 1 comment

Diversity blog launched on Blogspot

Martin Luther King Jr. is a great man known for his powerful speeches. He said a lot of things to end segregation and ensure that America remains the diverse country it was destined to be. For this purpose, we celebrate his birthday on the third Monday of every January. 1 comment

FEATURES

Life transition helps students

Life Transition Program is a free non-credit class which is hosted by the Green River Community College Women’s Program. This class is open to Green River students and the community. Since the class has already started this quarter, people who are interested in taking it must sign up for next quarter.

Let’s write about Love

Phi Theta Kappa, a great opportunity for students

Teacher Spotlight: Gary Oliviera

With his interest in photography and design, Gary Oliveira has enjoyed teaching at Green River Community College (GRCC) for 18 years. He is now teaching photography and art classes. Oliveira completed his bachelor of fine arts at the University of Dayton and received a master’s in Photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Philosophy club sparks interesting discussions at Green River

Whether you’re an avid philosophy buff, or you think its all rubbish, the best way to state your opinion on the matter is to join Green River’s official philosophy club. Veritas, the name of the club, is from Latin, which means "truth.

Commencement Achievement Program is here for students

Peer navigators in CAP (Commencement Achievement Program) are working hard to help students succeed in their educational goals on campus. CAP helps all Green River students, but they are specifically geared towards helping the under-represented groups such as international, minority and non-traditional students.

79-year-old student gets his diploma at GRCC

With somewhat of a soft spot for the elderly, when the task of interviewing an army veteran who earned his high school diploma at the age of 79 was brought to the table, I immediately took it. I love the stories of past generations and I must say that when I spoke to Master Sergeant Daryl Rothfus, he did not leave me disappointed at all. 1 comment

Rain scale inoperable at the moment

The Rain Scale was constructed in September of 2008 and designed by artist Gary Bates. The sculpture stands a surprisingly 26 feet tall. Green River wanted a piece of art that was both representational and interactive for their students. The purpose of the Rain Scale is once the halo has collected over 2 cups of water, gravity causes a teeter-totter effect pouring that water out. 1 comment

SATIRE

Women everywhere thanking Tiger Woods

A new surge has been caused in the consumer market today after the release of the new “male chastity belt” which sold over one million belts after only a week of production. “I love the man belt” says satisfied customer Nikki Johanson “now I can leave the house with my mind at peace knowing my husband won’t try to go out and bang the first thing he sees. 1 comment

America's newest holiday: The Super Bowl

It wasn’t too long ago that the Super Bowl was just another Sunday not much different than any other, but it is hard to remember back to those days. For this year’s Super Bowl season, people will be getting out more decorations than ever, so don’t forget your little football lights to hang all over the house! At one time Christmas was considered to be the big shopping holiday for the year but now that seems so long ago since the Super Bowl has taken its spot.

A & E

Apple's iPad not for the new generation

Apple recently introduced the highly anticipated iPad, and will be in stores as soon as March this year. The iPad is a multimedia device on which the user can browse the web, read eBooks, send and receive e-mails, play games and much, much more.

Lea Hill Food Market opens

The new Lea Hill Food Market that’s located right up the street from Green River Community College (GRCC) is trying to sell foods that the students here can enjoy, and they’ve asked The Current for help. Luckily, we were able to discover that all over campus, students’ consensus is that they want variety.

Is MAG a bigger hit than Call of Duty?

The video game takes place in the year 2025, three PMC (private military contractors) battle it out to see who gets the biggest paycheck. These “Big Three” companies are named Valor Company Inc., S.V.E.R (Seryi Volk Executive Response), and Raven Industries.

With Grammy’s right around the corner, who will win Song of the Year

The Annual Grammy Awards are coming up this January 31st at 8pm on CBS and that can only mean one thing, endless speculation on who should win, who will win, and the outrage in the end when the one who you wanted to win doesn’t. This Songwriter’s Award is important to acknowledge because a song wouldn’t be a song without words.

Green River students talk about their favorite TV shows

It is common knowledge Green River hosts a very well rounded student body and that isn’t in reference to size or shape. With so many differing cultures interacting on a daily basis, of course there are a handful and more of different shows being watched on TV.