Day in the life of a 911 operator
Jacoy Willis, Feature Editor
May 21, 2015
A flashing red light appears at the bottom of one of the eight computer screens on the desk, a quick tone sounds in your ear. You quickly poise yourself above one of the four keyboards and say, “911 emergency.” The highly trained staff at NORCOM, operating out of Bellevue City Hall, works tirel...
Day in the life of a principal
Jacoy Willis, Feature Editor
January 23, 2015
This issue I decided to stay a bit closer to school for my ‘Day in the Life of…’. I didn’t really know what the three administrators Vicki Sherwood, Kristin Rose and Jon Stern did all day except for the few times I’ve seen them in classrooms or in their offices. So I asked to follow them for ...
Day in the life of a news anchor
Jacoy Willis, Feature Editor
January 22, 2015
These days people primarily get their news from social media or other online sources, but that doesn’t mean other forms of news are irrelevant. Though printed newspapers are slowly going out of style, televised news is still a large industry. For this issue, I was very fortunate to shadow King 5 news...
Day in the life of a police officer
Jacoy Willis, Feature Editor
November 6, 2014
Police officers have a lot of responsibility, both on and off the clock. Recently, Kenmore police officer Gary Zornes took me on a four-hour ride-along to observe what it would be like to be a police officer. The first thing I realized was that the job is different than what you see on TV. “This ...
Rory Knettles, A&E Editor
August 23, 2020
On Aug. 12 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden chose Californian Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate for the upcoming presidential election. This decision comes...
