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  • Helwig: ‘We just don’t get a lot of respect’
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:25am

    With just two games remaining for the Rangers (2 - 18 overall, 2 - 11 league), head coach Tammy Helwig said she is still baffled by the inconsistency of the team.
    “It is really just hit or miss for what game they are going to show up for,” she said.
    Olympic College won their first game of the season Feb. 4 and followed that up with another win against Edmonds Feb. 6 but have since been on a three game losing streak.

  • Men out of the hunt
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:24am

    The men’s and women’s basketball teams have some eerie similarities this season. Both have been very up and down, both have had to overcome what the coaches have called “selfish play” and both seem to not have much respect from the referees.
    The Rangers (7 - 16 overall, 4 - 9 league) have won seven games this season but have yet to come away with back-to-back wins. The past few games have shown their inconsistency.

  • New coaches come back to OC
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:21am

    Erika Quint and Karli Baumgartner return to Olympic College softball, this time not to play but to coach.
    Quint and Baumgartner replaced Jessica Cabato, who in four years as head coach had an overall record of 91 - 64 at OC. When the former OC star heard of the opening, Quint applied for and got the job as head coach.
     “When I heard about (the opening) I called (Quint),” said Baumgartner. “She had already applied for the job and wanted me as the assistant, and from there it all fell into place.”

  • He’s the student leader for Poulsbo
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:20am

    Derrell Galloway, vice president of Poulsbo, said he didn’t always picture himself working for student government at Olympic College.
    Galloway said he always imagined himself working as a director in a studio or doing something involving news, but eventually decided he wanted to do more.
    “It wasn’t until I went to film the election speeches for student government,” said Galloway. “It was then that I knew I wanted to make a difference.”

  • The Chuck keeps on rockin’
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:19am

    The Charleston is one of those venues you get when you condense an entire local scene into one building.
    For the hardcore, metal and punk scene of Bremerton, however, it’s home, and home was jam-packed Saturday, with 132 paid attendees turning out to see a live show consisting of 11 bands for only $7, a rate unheard-of at most clubs.

  • Quick, hide - The ‘80s showed up
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:18am

    Disco lights, Afros and platform shoes were the evening’s theme at the Hi-Fidelity Lounge Sunday.
    The retro disco dance party was hosted by Red Star Events, the Hi-Fidelity Lounge and Michael Goodnow, who played 70s and 80s music, including funk and disco hits, starting at 4 p.m.
    Although the night started off slowly, the music was loud and upbeat, and a multitude of colorful spinning lights, as well as a disco ball, shone over the Hi-Fi’s small dance floor.

  • Campus News Briefs
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:12am

    Expected $1 million in cuts
    The Olympic College Budget Committee is expected to announce recommended cuts to college programs totaling nearly $1 million.
    The announcement came as part of the college’s effort to cut the 2012 - 2013 budget by $1.5 million, according to an early February email sent by OC President David Mitchell. The cuts also came in response to a request last fall by Governor Chris Gregoire that all state agencies prepare for a projected budget shortfall by submitting plans for 10 and 15 percent cuts.

  • I want to bring all of my weapons to school
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:06am

    Olympic College is working on a new weapons policy to comply with a new state law requiring a school policy to be available on request.
    Depending on how the policy is written, students’ ability to carry a firearm on campus could become a little more reasonable. Now, I’m not saying that everyone should be allowed to carry a .45-caliber automatic in the classroom but I do think a student should be allowed to keep a firearm in his or her car as long as it is properly stored in accordance with the current state law.

  • Another talent wasted
    Feb 21 2012 - 10:01am

    A funeral service for Whitney Houston was held Feb. 18 for approximately 1,500 mourners in Newark, NJ.
    Fans have complained about not having a large memorial service like the one held for Michael Jackson’s fans.
    So freaking what? Why is there this incessant need to flock to an overly elaborate memorial for a pop star? And why would they fly the flag at half-mast? She didn’t cure cancer, perform a heroic act or sacrifice in combat, serve in office or work as a first responder. She sang. Granted, she sang well, but in the end, she was just a singer.

  • I am worth representing
    Feb 21 2012 - 9:58am

    The student body president elected by students is out; in his stead our new representative of the student body is a student leader who was not put into office by an election, but was hired by a committee.
    This is the second time in two years this has happened.
    Maybe being represented by a student who didn’t contend in an election is fitting; our ousted student body president was elected with 50 votes, less than 0.6 percent of the 7,800 students that quarter.
    What is truly sad is this is a fairly common turnout.