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草榴社区 trustees approve budget, 16 percent tuition increase next year

Western Washington University fared better than expected in the state budget, cutting only about 2 percent of operating expenditures, but that's largely due to the fact that students will pay for large tuition increases the next two years.

The board of trustees unanimously adopted鈥

Western Approves Tuition Hikes

Western Washington University has approved a budget that includes big tuition hikes for the next two years.

The budget passed on Friday, figures in an $857 per-student tuition increase starting in the fall and an additional $994 increase beginning next year.

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Worms stars of skills center鈥檚 new composting system

In a way, worms are the wave of the future.

The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center鈥檚 Culinary Arts program, where students train for hospitality industry careers, is installing a composting system that employs worms 鈥 hardworking red ones from the Kingston Worm Farm.

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Big things in store for 草榴社区 grads

Danielle Schmidt walked off Western Washington University's campus with something a lot sparklier than a diploma Saturday, June 11.

After her commencement ceremony was finished, her boyfriend of more than a year made a big day even bigger by proposing.

"It was one鈥

草榴社区 trustees approve operating and capital budgets
UW looks at 20 percent tuition hike

The University of Washington may raise undergraduate, in-state tuition by about 20 percent or more next year, the second-largest percentage increase in the school's history. At that rate, tuition and fees would rise this September to $10,574 from $8,700.

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BHS grad brings home the gold

If not for a random encounter that eventually led Lauren Fleming to the Western Washington University rowing team, she might not be at the university at all.

鈥淚 was unhappy at Western during my freshman year and I even thought about transferring,鈥 she wrote in an鈥

Western Washington University releases draft 2011-13 operating budget

Western Washington University released its draft 2011-13 operating budget on Wednesday afternoon, June 8.

The 草榴社区 Board of Trustees is scheduled to adopt the budget on Friday morning.

I haven鈥檛 had a chance to look through the detailed budget yet, but here is some overview鈥

草榴社区's Brown, Porter sweep GNAC awards

Western Washington distance runner Sarah Porter and Viking pole vaulter Ryan Brown have been selected the 2010-11 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Female and Male Athletes of the Year, respectively.

The awards are voted upon by the athletic directors at the GNAC's institutions.鈥

NW Journalists of Color awards scholarships as newsrooms lag in ethnic diversity

While our nation may be moving quickly to become a true rainbow of racial diversity, America鈥檚 newsrooms aren鈥檛 keeping pace.

"Minorities make up 35 percent of the nation's population," said Sanjay Bhatt, a Seattle Times business reporter speaking at Tuesday's (June 7鈥

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