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Seattle Genetics has been a pioneer in cancer treatment ever since it came on the market. Recently, the biotech giant announced that it was offering public stock in an effort to raise money to fund further drug research and development. Seattle Genetics set the initial offering at $480 million dollars. The company, headquartered in Bothell, decided to increase the public offering to $522 million dollars. Clay Siegall, CEO, decided to increase the amount due to the enormous outcry and interest…

a total of two state championship games. Then he went on to play basketball at the University of Texas at Austin after high school. Just after one year of playing college basketball, he was drafted 2nd in the first round of the draft to go to the Seattle SuperSonics. Then the team later moves to Oklahoma and renamed to the Oklahoma City Thunder. At the moment Kevin Durant is playing on the Golden State Warriors. He has many accomplishments such as being the NBA finals MVP and NBA champion in…

people, others called for the end of hostilities with the government in Washington. Seattle, a Squamish and Duwamish chief, delivered a speech in 1847 that embraced the latter. In this oration, Seattle expresses his acceptance of what he considers to be his people’s preordained destiny, while also reminding the usurpers of the American West of the responsibility towards the land they now control. In doing so, Chief Seattle…

to try Jacquelynn Beckmans best dessert. 2. The “Earth to Seattle” article is a little misleading. I think Seattle mag should focus on things you can do and see in Seattle. The article and photos made me want to visit this exhibit, and I was dismayed to find that it is a personal collection and will not be shown anytime soon to the public unless they get enough funding. 3. On the “Mind Over Stress” article, the subhead states that “Seattle kids are 800 percent above average in anxiety..” Yet…

Chicago and Seattle: Two Different Stories Chicago, Illinois, is a huge city trying to work for people of all different races working to conduct business, while Seattle, Washington, operates for the same cause. They both operate under the same Constitution which was drawn up by the Founding Fathers of America centuries ago. They also operate under the same President, which is controversially a good leader. While this is true, both cities in the United States have different stories regarding…

Team Loyalty vs A Championship Winning Career: The New Challenge for NBA Players Should I stay or should I go? That’s the question every Hall of Fame worthy star asks himself at some point in his career in the league. Now to be fair,the answer depends largely on the team you were drafted to and the overall potential to win a championship. At the end of the day, professional basketball is a business first and entertainment second, so each team views players as small puzzle pieces; get the right…

Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic University and law school founded in 1891. It is a private non-for-profit degree granting institution. The institution is a master’s college (more master’ degrees than doctorates) that offers more than 160 programs. The university is located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill. In order to make an assessment on Seattle University (SU) 2013-2018 Strategic Plan, we have to first identify the fundamental values that drive and set direction to this institution and…

coexist and harmonize they create the beauty that this world has a necessity for. This beauty has been preserved and examined by a few environmentalists such as John Muir and Chief Seattle. John Muir wrote a great essay, known as the “The American Forest” which spoke about the great beauty of nature and Chief Seattle gave a great speech known as the “Environmentalist Statement” which spoke about sustainability and the respect we need to provide and invoke. Both environmentalists were great…

Two summers ago, superstar forward Kevin Durant stunned the entire sports world and joined the Golden State Warriors. At the time, the Warriors had won 73 games and beat his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games in the Western Conference Finals. Many sports fans were not happy with Durant’s decision and thought that he was taking the easy way out to win a championship. Fast forward to June 2018 and Durant is a two-time NBA champion and two-time NBA Finals MVP. Even though he…

In Seattle there has been an increasing population of homeless people. I see them in almost every neighborhood. Many time there are more than one person to a street corner. As the population of the homeless increase, the more I don’t know how to help. I want to give them money but giving them money leaves me unsure about what they are going to do with it. Money could be helpful or harmful. I know that there are government funded programs like homeless shelters or food banks that are supposed to…