Several incidents of defacing posters for the Queer Film Festival at the Shoreline Community College brought a quick and clear response from college leaders.

“When one of us is diminished at our college, we are all diminished,” President Cheryl Roberts said on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 after learning of the incidents. “As a college, we respect each individual. This value speaks to the character of our college and gets to the heart of who we are as a community of learners. These actions are not who we are or desire to be. This is an example of who we are not.”

According to reports from faculty, a number of posters for the weekly film festival were ripped down or defaced. The festival is sponsored by Project Pride, a student body association-sponsored club. In at least one case, a biblical saying was written next to the word “pride” on the poster.

Vice President for Academic and Student Affair Bob Francis said that such anonymous quotes from religious texts have been historically used as threats toward members of the LGBTQ community as well as other marginalized communities and have at times been followed by acts of violence.

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From now until Dec. 5 Shoreline’s Automotive Programs are collecting toys for Toys for Tots. The donation will be made at the Northwest Toy Run at Pacific Raceways on Dec. 7.

You can donate new toys that will directly benefit kids in the PUB across from the espresso stand and FOSS building 5000 by the entrance/exit doors on the main level.

A huge thank you to everyone that came to watch, performed or helped put on the amazing Talent Show on Thursday, Nov. 20!

Check out the photo gallery on flickr.

The Public Employee’s Benefits Board (PEBB) Program’s open enrollment begins Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 30. All of the current medical and dental plans for employees will continue to be available in 2015.

New this open enrollment – If your spouse or registered domestic partner is enrolled in medical on your PEBB account for 2015 you must re-attest to the spousal premium surcharge for 2015. Why re-attest? – Because UMP Classic’s benefits and premiums are changing in 2015, you must determine whether the spousal premium surcharge will apply using 2015 plan information. You must make your comparison against the UMP Classic plan even if you’re enrolled in a different PEBB medical plan.

To make plan changes or re-attest to the 2015 spousal premium surcharge log into My Account on the PEBB website beginning Nov. 1 or submit a 2015 Premium Surcharge Attestation form to Ellen Pincus, Room 1015.  The 2015 Premium Surcharge Attestation form will be available on the PEBB website beginning Nov. 1.

Changes and attestations may be made online Nov. 1 through Nov. 30. If you are submitting a paper enrollment/change form or a paper attestation form, Ellen Pincus in the benefits office must receive the form no later than Nov. 30.

More information is available on the PEBB website and in the October For Your Benefit newsletter.

The Global Affairs Center is hosting a discussion on coping with conflict: reports from the Palestinian territories and Southeast Asia on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 12:30 p.m. in the PUB quiet dining room. The event is part of the Global Eyes series, organized by the Global Affairs Center.

Shoreline Professors Susan Barclay (Anthropology) and Tim Payne (Economics) have traveled extensively in the Palestinian territories and Southeast Asia, offer their observations about the individual effects of conflict in the Palestinian Territories (Susan) and in Cambodia and Laos (Tim).

This event is FREE and open to the public. (Small fee for parking is payable at the kiosks near the visitor parking lot).