Category: Opinion Pieces

Celebrating Free Speech: The Significance of Free Speech Week

Every year on the third week of October, America comes together in unity to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate our right to free speech and free press. This non-partisan annual event most commonly known as Free Speech Week aims to “raise public awareness of the importance of freedom of speech and of a free press in our democracy – and to celebrate that freedom,” as the official Free Speech Week (FSW) organization states on their website.… Read More Celebrating Free Speech: The Significance of Free Speech Week

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Students Deserve a Say in Campus Safety, Opinion Piece

Written by: Dahlia Bergen; Cascadia student and Mumina Ali; UWB student Dear UWB and Cascadia Community, The Advisory Council on Campus Safety, (ACCS), is a joint University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College group that aims to address and represent perspectives from both UWB and Cascadia communities on campus safety issues. This council includes members… Read More Students Deserve a Say in Campus Safety, Opinion Piece

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Reaching Out Saves Lives: On the Importance of Speaking about Student Mental Health, Opinion Piece

It is imperative that we open more dialogues around mental illness on the UWB campus—and on all college campuses throughout the state of Washington—beginning with our administrations. We cannot move forward and create honest healing within our community without first acknowledging the harm our community is experiencing.… Read More Reaching Out Saves Lives: On the Importance of Speaking about Student Mental Health, Opinion Piece

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In Defense of a Humanities Education, Opinion Piece

Back when I was applying to colleges back in the fall of 2017, what I was looking for above all else were outstanding programs in the humanities, as I wanted to major in English (or something similar) and become a teacher due to the extremely positive experiences I have had with teachers, and particularly English teachers, since I started going to school.… Read More In Defense of a Humanities Education, Opinion Piece

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3 Credits is Not Enough: Why UW Should Give Diversity Classes More Importance in Their Curriculum, Opinion Piece

The University of Washington’s Undergraduate Advising website says that the university requires “all undergraduates to take a minimum of 3 credits, approved by the appropriate school or college, that focus on the socio-cultural, political, and/or economic diversity of the human experience at local, regional, or global levels.”… Read More 3 Credits is Not Enough: Why UW Should Give Diversity Classes More Importance in Their Curriculum, Opinion Piece

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