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Expected $1 million in cuts
The Olympic College Budget Committee is expected to announce recommended cuts to college programs totaling nearly $1 million.

The Valentine’s Day Club Fair in the Bremer Student Center was canceled at Olympic College Tuesday due to lack of participation.
The club fair was originally scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., but at 11 a.m. only five clubs had set up tables and the decision was made to pull the plug on the event.

Sally and Paul Taylor, a retired couple from Rochester, New York, starred in their own movie called “Hear and Now,” which was recently shown at Olympic College. The event was held in the Bremer Student Center during the evening of Feb. 9.

The author of “Breakfast at Sally’s” gave a speech at the Bremer Student Center Thursday to a full house.
Richard LeMieux, 68, spoke about his life during and after being homeless in Bremerton for two years before deciding to write his book.

At the end of January the Associated Students of Olympic College President Jason Gontinas and Executive Vice President Travis Thomas were brought under Judicial Review to determine their eligibility to serve as representatives to the student body.

The administration at Olympic College held a forum Wednesday to gain input from students about what should be included in the upcoming revised campus weapons policy. The policy currently in place applies to students only, and Derrell Galloway, Associated Students of OC vice president of Poulsbo, said it was unfair for the policy to apply only to students, and not impose the same restrictions on staff and faculty.

During an interview Feb. 18 with The Olympian, the new Associated Students of Olympic College President announced a possible plan to reduce the current stress on the Executive Council.

The Associated Students of Olympic College Vice President of Student Affairs resigned Tuesday morning, creating a second open position in the student government this week.

The Olympic College Board of Trustees held a meeting Jan. 24 to discuss student achievement and other topics from their cancelled Jan. 17 meeting.

Well known author Michael Eric Dyson spoke in the Bremer Student Center Jan. 30. He is the author of several successful books, and currently lives in Washington, D.C.

Olympic College students, teachers and volunteers gathered at the Gallery at OC Friday, to admire the finished mural on the gallery’s walls, titled “Bremerton in Color.”
The mural depicted some of the key areas in Bremerton such as the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Navy hospital.

The story of Stone Soup is told in many different cultures, according to Rhodes Lockwood, director of the Sophia Bremer Child Development Center. However, they all share the same general concept.