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Health & Wellness

Building and healing during Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Lilian Furlong | November 8

Western Washington University’s Counseling and Wellness Center hosted a series of events throughout October to call attention to Domestic Violence Awareness month. As stated on their website, the events were focused on raising awareness of the issue of domestic violence, honoring survivors, encouraging action in ending domestic violence and sharing resources. 

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Campus

Letter from the editor | Nov. 6: Zoe's is overrated

By Cameron Martinez | November 6

My first year at Western was right before the pandemic hit so I remember those last normal moments when students would fill the room to get in line for bagels. If I’m being honest, I think it was overhyped.

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Campus

Western’s brand new Mario Kart Club

By Sam Pearce | November 5

For Nintendo lovers and casual players alike, a new club has started at Western Washington University: the Mario Kart Club.

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Campus

New gender-affirming care program introduced at Western

By Lilian Furlong | November 5

Western 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.

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Campus

Posters on campus resurface 2016 sexual harassment incident involving Western professor

By Nate Sanford and Emily Bassett | November 5

On 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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Campus

AS Productions shows “Little Shop of Horrors” for Fall Family Weekend

By Sam Pearce | November 3

In 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. 

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City & County

Students see a whole latte downtown during the off-campus study spot tour

By Lilian Furlong | November 3

On 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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Campus

Candidates for Bellingham City Council make their case on eve of election

By Jonathan Tall | November 2

On 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. 

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Business & Economy

Zoe’s Bagels is coming back...eventually, once Aramark finds enough workers

By Joshua Solorzano | November 1

Zoe’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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Campus

Bassoon Apocalypse concert returns to Western

By Sam Pearce | October 22

The 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.

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Campus

International enrollment rates decline as students return to campus

By Lilian Furlong | October 21

International 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. 

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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 20

At 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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Campus

Western sees a dozen car prowls and 11 bike thefts in first two weeks of fall quarter

By Joshua Solorzano | October 17

On 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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Campus

Where can I attend my zoom classes on campus?

By Luisa Loi | October 16

This 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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Campus

Brief: Western’s Board of Trustees delay final decision on renaming Huxley College

By Katie McNabb | October 15

The 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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Campus

After four years and concerns over lack of progress, organizers look to reevaluate structure of Western’s Sustainability Action Plan

By Katie McNabb | October 15

Sustainability 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. 

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Recreation

Viking Band plays first game in two years

By Sam Pearce | October 14

On 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. 

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Campus

As students return to campus, concerns rise from overcrowded buses

By Erik Anderson and Max Larsen | October 12

The 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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Campus

Watch: Guide to Western's fall 2021 clubs

By Cameron Martinez , Kyle Tubbs and Liz McLane | October 1

On 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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Campus

Do I need to wear a mask while walking outdoors on campus?

By Brianna Poulos | September 28

Western'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.