Zippy's: A dog-gone good time

By Chris Munroe
Graphic Designer

Along the road of Hewitt Avenue is a Java Lounge that houses youthful creative expression and a diverse range of culture. Thursday night is open mic night at Zippy’s Java Lounge. You may find somebody passionately speaking poetry over a quit attentive crowd or you may here someone letting the chords from their guitar filter out their emotion. Along with spoken word artistry and aspiring musicians the walls are covered with local works of art that further anchor your creative mind to the atmosphere of the coffee shop. Marilyn Rosenberg is the proprietor of this soulful coffee house that showcases young peoples’ expression.

Harlem Gospel Choir visits Everett

The Everett Civic Auditorium was alive with the impressive music of the Harlem Gospel Choir

By Joe Menish
Staff Writer

Live at the Everett Civic Auditorium, Jan. 30, The Harlem Gospel Choir walked on stage at 7: 00 p.m. and almost immediately, a soulful rhythmic bliss swept the packed house like angels of love candy.

The Harlem Gospel Choir performance on Tuesday night was a wonderful adventure in biblical inspiration by 11 musicians who had tremendous vocal range.

Gregoire's proposal to freeze tuition for two years

By Peter Robinson
Staff Writer

Governor Christine Gregoire plans to freeze current college tuition costs for two years in an effort to make education more accessible and affordable for students as part of her education focused capital budget proposal.

The governors’ operating and capital budget proposals will focus on quality education with 61 percent of her $29.9 billion budget aimed at colleges and freezing tuition expenses.

Education plays the lead role in the governor’s plan, and she hopes to open the doors to college and universities to more students, according to the SBCTC legislative news.

“We’re going to make education more affordable, we really need to freeze tuition at our community and technical colleges… we need a tuition policy that gets predictability to students and their families,” Gregiore stated according to SBCTC legislative news.

Global warming scare raises concerns over alternative fuel

By Jennifer Littlejohn
Staff Writer

The United States is currently the largest contributor of carbon dioxide emissions in the world. A large percentage comes from petroleum fuel efficient vehicles. A solution to reduce CO2 emissions is to switch from petroleum based gasoline to a more environmentally friendly alternative known as ethanol.

The United States has already begun the transition from gas to ethanol. A small percentage is mixed into gas in some regions and Washington State Gov. Christine Gregoire signed a bill in March 2006 that will require fuel sellers to include 2 percent of ethanol in their product.