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Western’s brand new Mario Kart Club
By Sam Pearce | November 5For Nintendo lovers and casual players alike, a new club has started at Western Washington University: the Mario Kart Club.
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New gender-affirming care program introduced at Western
By Lilian Furlong | November 5Western Washington University is now hosting a new Gender-Affirming Care Team as a collaboration between various departments on campus including LGBTQ+ Western, the Student Health Center, the Counseling and Wellness Center and the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.
Campus
Posters on campus resurface 2016 sexual harassment incident involving Western professor
By Nate Sanford and Emily Bassett | November 5On Wednesday, Nov. 3, posters appeared on Western Washington University’s campus reading “WWU Protects Sexual Predators.” The posters pictured Paul Stangl, a professor of urban planning and sustainable development at the College of the Environment.
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AS Productions shows “Little Shop of Horrors” for Fall Family Weekend
By Sam Pearce | November 3In honor of the Halloween season, Associated Students Productions of Western Washington University hosted a showing of the film “Little Shop of Horrors” as part of this year’s Fall Family Weekend on Friday, Oct. 15.
City & County
Students see a whole latte downtown during the off-campus study spot tour
By Lilian Furlong | November 3On Oct. 1 the Counseling and Wellness Center at Western Washington University held their first Bellingham Study Spots Tour highlighting various public and private study locations downtown.
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Candidates for Bellingham City Council make their case on eve of election
By Jonathan Tall | November 2On Oct. 28, Incumbent Bellingham City Councilmember Michael Liliquist and candidate Kristina Michele Martens stopped by Miller Hall and gave their final campaign pitches at a forum hosted by the Office of Student Engagement.
Business & Economy
Zoe’s Bagels is coming back...eventually, once Aramark finds enough workers
By Joshua Solorzano | November 1Zoe’s Bookside Bagels is coming back, but it might be several months before Western Washington University students can enjoy coffee and bagels in Wilson library again.
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Bassoon Apocalypse concert returns to Western
By Sam Pearce | October 22The Western Washington University Bassoon Ensemble will be reviving the Bassoon Apocalypse concert this fall after a year off due to COVID-19. The concert will take place on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center room 155, the Concert Hall. The event is free for all Western students.
Campus
International enrollment rates decline as students return to campus
By Lilian Furlong | October 21International student enrollment has gone down significantly at Western Washington University as students returning to campus face COVID-19 related challenges including changing travel restrictions and closed U.S. consulates.
Associated Students
Brief: Western’s AS Executive Board wants to get students and people of color more involved in the Huxley College of the Environment name change discussion
By Katie McNabb | October 20At their meeting on Oct. 15, the Associated Students Executive Board members discussed potential ways to get more students and people of color involved in the conversation about the Huxley College of the Environment name change.
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Western sees a dozen car prowls and 11 bike thefts in first two weeks of fall quarter
By Joshua Solorzano | October 17On Monday, Sept. 27, a Western student parked his $3,000 Sentinel bike at the bike rack underneath the Wilson Library skybridge and secured it with a combination cable lock. It was 3 p.m. The student entered the library, but after less than an hour they were interrupted by a text from a friend with alarming news: Somebody was riding the student’s bike around the other side of campus.
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Where can I attend my zoom classes on campus?
By Luisa Loi | October 16This Fall, Western Washington University has welcomed fifteen thousand students to campus, but several courses have remained remote synchronous. Students attending Zoom classes may need to connect from campus, as they may not have an adequate space or internet connection in their residences, or because they have an in-person class right before or after their virtual one.
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Brief: Western’s Board of Trustees delay final decision on renaming Huxley College
By Katie McNabb | October 15The Board of Trustees discussed the potential name change of Huxley College of the Environment at their meeting on Friday, Oct. 8 but decided not to make a final decision.
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After four years and concerns over lack of progress, organizers look to reevaluate structure of Western’s Sustainability Action Plan
By Katie McNabb | October 15Sustainability leaders and organizations on campus are planning to come together to reevaluate Western Washington University’s progress on the Sustainability Action Plan nearly four years after the document was created.
Recreation
Viking Band plays first game in two years
By Sam Pearce | October 14On Thursday, Sept. 30, at the women’s scrimmage volleyball game, the Western Washington University Marching Band performed together for the first time since winter quarter of 2020.
Campus
As students return to campus, concerns rise from overcrowded buses
By Erik Anderson and Max Larsen | October 12The start of fall quarter brought thousands of students to Western Washington University’s campus for the first time in over a year and a half, putting a new wave of commuters on Bellingham’s public transportation.
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Watch: Guide to Western's fall 2021 clubs
By Cameron Martinez , Kyle Tubbs and Liz McLane | October 1On Sept. 20 and 21, new and returning students gathered on campus for the fall info fair, an event that hasn't been held in person since 2019. The info fair featured over 135 groups, clubs, departments and associations from Western.
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Do I need to wear a mask while walking outdoors on campus?
By Brianna Poulos | September 28Western's current COVID-19 compliance criteria include an agreement to wear masks in required spaces on campus, but some wonder if they are required outdoors as well.
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BRIEF: Bond Hall closed after bomb threat posted to Discord; UPD says threat is non-credible
By Emily Bassett | September 13Bond Hall was closed over the weekend after a bomb threat was posted to Discord on Friday evening. The university says the incident is not viewed as a credible threat to health and safety of campus.
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The university requested bonds for nine capital projects
By Kaleigh Carroll , Courtney Gullett and Teya Heidenreich | September 3This article expands on a story about Western's newly funded campus longhouse and efforts to increase Native student enrollment. Read the full story here.
