Campus
BREAKING: WAWU strike ends after two days
By Jack Glenn and Julia Hawkins | May 22The student union signed a tentative contract agreement with Western Washington University on Wednesday night.
Jack Glenn
Jack Glenn (he/him) is a copy editor for The Front this quarter. He began working at the Front in the spring of 2022 as a sports reporter.
Campus
BRIEF: WWU shuts down campus again as snowfall continues
By Jack Glenn | January 18Students woke the morning of Thursday, Jan. 18 to another canceled school day. For the second day in a row, Western Washington University’s campus is shut down, due to continual snowfall and icy conditions on campus.
Sports
Viking women’s soccer triumph for fifth West Regional Final
By Jack Glenn | November 18Western Washington University women’s soccer won their fifth West Regional Division II Final, outplaying Concordia University Irvine on Thursday, Nov. 17. The 1-0 Viking victory moves Western on to the elite eight to play Colorado School of Mines this Saturday, Nov. 19, at Harrington Field.
Sports
Viking XC gunning for regional success following conference sweep
By Jack Glenn | November 16Western cross-country men’s and women’s teams are heading into regionals with high hopes after sweeping the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships in Monmouth, Oregon on Saturday, Nov. 5. These first-overall placements for both teams mark their second GNAC sweep in the last three seasons and second in program history. Division II cross-country West Regionals are set for Nov. 19 in Billings, Montana.
Sports
Western student developing into mountaineering prospect
By Jack Glenn | November 9Evan Redman never witnessed anything so beautiful, never felt so rewarded. At 10,188 feet, life seemed to transform for the 16 year old as he crept out of the stone, high-altitude refuge at Camp Muir on Mount Rainier.
Sports
Viking basketball legend Emma Duff playing overseas in Germany
By Jack Glenn | November 1Stepping off a plane in a completely foreign country, Emma Duff, a highly accoladed Western Washington University alumna, is taking a leap of faith as she begins her pro basketball career in Germany.
Sports
Western men’s rowing launches new season
By Jack Glenn | October 19Western men’s rowing is back on the water and looking to compete after medaling at the American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta in May. The club brought both gold and bronze medals back to Bellingham in the spring. Being the first national placements in club history, it was a major triumph and motivator for the Western men’s crew team. After a summer off, the club hopes their victories last spring will propel their performance forward this season.
Campus
Juggling it all: The balance of social and academic life at Western
By Jack Glenn | October 11At almost 11 p.m. on the first Wednesday school night of October, dozens of Western Washington University students - many of them first-year students - gathered for an impromptu party at the campus sculpture popularly known as the “Stairs To Nowhere.” Away from their parents, first-year students at Western are getting a taste of what adult life is and the liberty that comes with it.
Campus
BRIEF: WWU State of the University Address
By Jack Glenn | September 30Western Washington University’s State of the University Address, held Wednesday, Sept. 28, took a look back on the 2021-22 academic year and described new goals set for 2022-23.
Sports
Western men’s rowing strike gold, bronze at collegiate club national championship
By Jack Glenn | June 2For the first time in club history, the Western Washington University men’s rowing club won gold and bronze during the American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta on Sunday, May 22, in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
