Hi folks, My name is Mallory Biggar and I’ll be the editor-in-chief for The Western Front this upcoming winter quarter! While I am absolutely stoked, I can’t do it alone. We’ll need a diverse, hard-working team that is dedicated to ethical, accurate and excellent journalism. We as a […]
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By Melody Kazel Residents of Lake Samish are concerned about safety on the lake, though their definitions of what safety looks like differ. On June 4, the Whatcom County Council passed an ordinance amending the county code related to wake zones on Lake Samish. Since then, there has […]
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Student journalists Erasmus Baxter and Julia Furukawa held a press conference on May 30 explaining the lawsuit along with Mike Hiestand, senior legal counsel for the Student Press Law Center. // Photo by Ray Garcia By Mallory Biggar Western journalism students have filed a lawsuit, with legal assistance […]
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Volunteers hoist the first wall into place during the tiny home build event at Safe Haven May 11, 2019. // Photo by Zachary Jimenez By Mallory Biggar HomesNOW! Not Later staff, along with volunteers, Safe Haven residents and a mayoral candidate, joined together to build the first of […]
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Photo by Mallory Biggar By Mallory Biggar The long-awaited event “Lies Feminists Tell,” drew over 150 people to the Communications Facility on May 9, many of whom were holding signs in protest of the event. The event, hosted by Western’s chapter of Student’s for Life of America, centered […]
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A “Homes Now Not Later” sign sits on a pile of pallets at SafeHaven on May 6, 2019. // Photo by Zachary Jimenez By Mallory Biggar Nearly a month after its transition from Winter Haven to Safe Haven, HomesNOW! is making plans to turn their tents into tiny […]
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By Mallory Biggar and Lauren Gallup On April 26, the Associated Students Executive Board heard proposals to create a Blue Resource Center and an advisory committee for food and housing insecurity. The board also addressed an anti-waste tax referendum, and funding the Queer Guild Summit on April 19. […]
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Illustration by Cole Sandhofer By Mallory Biggar Students for Life of America, an organization with a chapter at Western, is hosting the speaker event “Lies Feminists Tell” with Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America. In response, students in Western’s Feminist Direct Action group have […]
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Charlie Storr (Photo by Mallory Biggar) By Mallory Biggar The City of Bellingham has approved a permit for HomesNOW!, a local volunteer-based nonprofit, to move their Winter Haven project into spring. Winter Haven is a safe camping site for the homeless with 20 tents of either single or […]
Read moreThe Western Front is the official newspaper of Western Washington University published once a week each quarter. News content is determined by student editors. Staff reporters are enrolled in a course in the department of journalism, but any student enrolled at Western may offer stories to the editors. […]
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