Sports Recreation
Sports
Sports Roundup: Dec. 16, 2018 - Jan. 5, 2019
By The Front and Haley McLendon | January 9Men's basketball head coach Tony Dominguez gets pumped-up during win over SPU. // Photo by Oliver Hamlin
Varsity Sports
Vikings end four-game losing streak with win over top-20 ranked SMU
By Dante Koplowitz-Fleming and John Olson | January 6Junior forward Trevor Jasinsky led all players with 25 points in a 75-68 win over Saint Martin's University. // Photo by Oliver Hamlin
Varsity Sports
Men’s basketball loses first game of the new year against hot-shooting opponent
By LauraPlace and Andrew McClain | January 4Junior forward Trevor Jasinsky hitting a layup. // Photo by Andrew McClain
Health & Wellness
Throwing beauty standards out the window
By The Front and Andrew McClain | December 5Maintaining a positive body image can be a challenge for anyone. For female-identifying athletes who compete in strength-based events, that challenge is combined with the need to maintain a strong physique.
Varsity Sports
Sports roundup
By The Front and Ian Ferguson | December 5Western cross country competed in challenging conditions at the NCAA Division II National Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The women's team placed 20th overall in a field of 34 teams, led by sophomore Jane Barr and junior Sophia Galvez who finished side by side for 65th and 66th place. The men's team placed 26th overall, led by sophomore Eric Hamel who placed 58th out of 261 total runners.
Professional Sports
Skiing is believing
By The Front and Ian Ferguson | December 5He was raised on the mountain, by the mountain, learning to use its natural contours to soar through the air, navigating between tight trees and over massive cliffs, and documenting it the whole way through.
Arts & Music
Cartoon Caption Contest!
By The Front and Cole Sandhofer | December 2Hey Western! We know you all have some good one-liners. Why not get them published? Submit your caption to the unlabeled cartoon below and you could be featured as the winner in this week's issue of The Western Front.
People
Former Western student returns for book debut
By Stella Harvey and Samuel Fletcher | November 28
Varsity Sports
Western basketball gobbles up competition
By The Front and Mitch Farley | November 28The record books show a perfect weekend for Western basketball. Not allowing the turkey coma to slow them down, both the men’s and women’s team went 2-0 at Sam Carver Gymnasium.
People
Seattle International Comedy Competition takes Bellingham
By Stella Harvey and Emily Erskine | November 20Contestants in the Seattle International Comedy Competition made their last semi-final stop in Bellingham. // Photo by Kenzie Mahoskey
