It took most of the game before U.C. San Diego scored the only goal in the match, but it was enough to end the season for Seattle Pacific University's women's soccer team.
With respect to Sara Sense-Wilson's request to remove "Brave New World" from the language arts list of books taught in Seattle Public Schools, banning the book is a short-sighted mistake.
Justin Aaberg, 15. Billy Lucas, also 15. Seth Walsh and Asher Brown, both 13. Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old freshman at Rutgers University in New Jersey. These are just a few of the many kids across our country who have killed themselves because they were tormented, bullied, outted or believed to be gay.
Who knew you could be emotionally attached to a checking account? I didn't until last Wednesday when I got the call from the fraud department of our bank. It seemed someone else liked our checking account too and was on a little shopping spree.
A passion for social justice is a deeply held American journalistic tradition, although you might not know it if all you read is The Seattle Times.
That shot of cold air over the weekend was a quick finale for the flaming colors of autumn in our gardens. Scudding grey clouds and the smell of snow in the air made even the raking of the fallen leaves a thankless chore.
Playing in repertory with "Hamlet" at Seattle Shakespeare Company, David Davalos's comedy "Wittenberg" depicts Hamlet at University in the days preceding his father's death and his subsequent return to Elsinore. Fresh from playing Homer Wells in Book-It's "Cider House Rules," Connor Toms brings his considerable boyish charm to the role of Hamlet, an "undeclared" senior who, torn between the influences of his professors Martin Luther (Michael Patten) and John Faustus (Chad Kelderman), prefers to focus on his tennis game.
We heard the sirens in the distance and knew exactly what to do. We had done it before. Many times. You have, too.
"Faster." That has to be one of the lamest movie titles since "The Bounty Hunter."
This may be Jim Carrey's year.
A Top Pot barista walked from her Capitol Hill apartment to work atop Queen Anne in the dark hours early last Tuesday morning. "Someone has to pay the rent," she explained. Others in Queen Anne and Magnolia were recovering from commutes as long as 12 hours that began Monday afternoon.
Almost the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas tree lots began blooming around the neighborhood like dandelions after a spring rain. Where there were only vacant lots a few days ago, now stand row after row of Douglas firs and other assorted evergreens, ready to lend holiday cheer.
I'm always amused and incredulous when people defend Seattle's paralysis during minor snow "events" ("storm" usually not being very applicable) with the following claim: "Well, those places back east that get a lot of snow, they're all flat. Seattle has hills."
After the hullabaloo about Mayor Mike McGinn selecting the former Sunny Jim peanut butter factory site along Airport Way South last month for a semi-permanent homeless encampment, The Seattle Times recently reported that the property is contaminated with petroleum byproducts and toxic solvents. As such, the state Department of Ecology is placing the SoDo site on the list of contaminated places that need to be studied. But it won't be anytime soon: Public Health - Seattle & King County has a waiting list of about 400 sites, according to The Times.
Keep retirement age at 65Dear Editor:Besides volunteering for the Community Council and the District Council, I chair the Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans, the Seattle Area Retired Public Employees and the Washington State Client Assistance Program (an advocacy program for people of disability). I have always believed in thinking globally and acting locally so I needed to bring the national concerns to my neighbors in Queen Anne and Magnolia.