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Students pay price as society forgets higher-education's value

As the Washington Legislature comes to a close on this session, there are new narratives and enduring myths about funding for our state's colleges and universities.

Perhaps the most ubiquitous charge is that students should pay more for college - and its corollary that earlier…

Budgets, workers comp focus of WA special session

With lawmakers knowing they'd be back after a weekend-long interim, Friday's ending to the regular legislative session was anti-climactic, to put it nicely. Usually, the gavels in the House and Senate are struck at the same time to signal the end. This year, the House went ahead of the…

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Vikings Hoffman earns weekly GNAC honor

Western Washington University's Michael Hoffman has been named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Male Track and Field Athlete of the Week for Apr. 17-23.

It's Hoffman's second such honor this season and third of his career.

US: What it means to be an American

Thornton Wilder, the great American playwright, wrote, “Theatre is the greatest of all art forms. It is the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being

US is a play comprised of short stories that were written, produced and…

Gregoire: Special session to begin Tuesday

Gov. Chris Gregoire said Friday she'll call lawmakers back into special session on Tuesday to try to finish what they couldn't in their regularly allotted time - balancing a Washington budget that is more than $5 billion in deficit.

"There is more work to be done, we are…

Bellingham fashion show makes trash look good

For anyone who has wondered what satin and empty pill packets have in common, Rebecca Maxim has the answer: they can both be used to make a seriously beautiful wedding gown.

Maxim, an HIV nurse from Seattle, was one of dozens of designers who created inspired ensembles out of recycled…

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Vikings break six meet records

Sarah Porter broke a 24-year-old school record in the women's 3000 meters, highlighting Western Washington University performances Saturday, April 23, at the 11th annual Viking Twilite track and field meet at Civic Stadium.

Porter won the event in 9:35.75, breaking the school…

The Tallest Man on Earth Brings Out His Inner Punk Rocker for an Eager Crowd in Bellingham

The Tallest Man on Earth, the nom du folk of Sweden's Kristian Matsson, is often compared to Bob Dylan on the basis of his gravely, emotive singing voice, and Saturday night at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center, he received a greeting worthy of Robert Zimmerman…

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