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To whom will it be accountable?

Gov. Chris Gregoire recently appointed a Higher Education Task Force. It has many laudable goals, including making higher education funding more reliable and making colleges more affordable.

Ready to feel old? Meet the Class of 2014

Each year, college professors have to mentally review their cultural references and figure out which ones these young whippersnappers will understand. Luckily, they have the help of Beloit College in Wisconsin.

Ever since 1998, Beloit has released a "Mindset List" to introduce…

In memoriam: Larry De Lorme, former ²ÝÁñÉçÇø professor and provost
Larry De Lorme, former ²ÝÁñÉçÇø provost, dies at 73

Roland L. "Larry" De Lorme, a retired Western Washington University administrator and history professor credited with starting several campus programs, died Sunday, Aug. 1. He was 73.

Happy ending for Burien Books as new owner takes over

"A collective sigh of relief from Burien-area book lovers has mixed with the standard spring breezes of late as the news spreads that Burien Books will continue to operate under the ownership of Allison Lee-Moore.

Following the death of Virginia Pearce, who founded Burien Books and…

If Greeley and Lincoln were alive today, they wouldn't recognize the Republican Party

The Maine Republican party has recently adopted a new platform that challenges the principles of national sovereignty and active federal government. The platform invokes the 1854 words of New York newspaper editor Horace Greeley that the then new Republicans were “united to restore the Union to…

American Museum of Radio and Electricity, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø to present multimedia lecture on radio's history May 15
Mart Stewart has essay published in 'Radical History Review'
Sequim teacher to be principal in Oroville

"Sequim High School teacher Gary Pringle will become principal of a 300-student elementary school in Oroville next school year.

"I'm pretty pleased, pretty excited" about his first job as a school principal, said Pringle, 47, on Wednesday.

Pringle, who had not…

Local authors to discuss Fairhaven's early history, including 1889 population boom, at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø April 15
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