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| The starfish are dying, and no one knows why | Something is killing starfish up and down the West Coast and no one knows what. A mysterious illness that first appeared in June in Washington state has now spread from Sitka, Alaska, to San Diego. Starfish first waste away and then "turn into goo," divers say. Whatever is… |
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| Ten Who Cared: Pam Kuntz uses dance to share stories, build community | Most people, or maybe just the lucky ones, seem to have that one thing that they can't live without. At least that's how dance instructor and arts advocate Pam Kuntz sees it. For some, a sport like running offers a euphoric feeling that becomes something they crave. For Kuntz,… |
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| In memoriam: Jerry Flora, 1928 - 2013 | |||
| Pcard audit at Western | |||
| Personal holiday must be used by Dec. 31 | |||
| What a geologist can teach us about better science education | Here’s a novel idea that could flip high-school science education on its head: Instead of teaching biology as the first course for high-school freshmen, start instead with physics. That’s one of the many ideas burbling from the mind of Scott Linneman, a geology professor at Western… |
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| Scientists search for clues in sea star die-off | In their waterproof orange overalls, Hannah Perlkin and Emily Tucker look like commercial fishermen or storm-ready sailors. But they are biologists on their way to tide pools along a remote stretch of northern California coast. There they are searching for the cause of a mysterious and… |
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| 45-year Western ceramics professor retires | |||
| Here is why deconstructing Zionism is important | The final sequence of Eran Riklis' poignant 2008 film Lemon Tree, based on actual events, is symptomatic of the hidden dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel's defence minister, who moves with his family to a new house on the occupied West Bank, deems the neighbouring… |
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| In the basement, insects by the thousands |