By Logan Portteus A Western student was assaulted on campus just after midnight Tuesday, Nov. 14, according to a Western Alert issued Tuesday night. The assault happened when the female student was walking from Wilson Library to Nash Hall on north campus, the report stated. The suspect was […]
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Logan Portteus University Police were called Wednesday, Nov. 8, in response to a student protest of television show “American Horror Story” actress Naomi Grossman’s “Disability and Media” presentation at Western. The activist who spoke prior to Grossman’s presentation, Lulu, identified as a member of the Bellingham Deaf […]
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UDPATE, Jan. 16, 2018: Prosecutors dropped charges against Gregory J. Ward in December 2017. According to Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Erik Sigmar, the man who was initially filmed attested that it was consensual. Sigmar said it appears filming the woman was not intentional. By Logan Portteus A former University Dining Services […]
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By Logan Portteus Dance and shedding light on social justice issues were combined by Seattle’s Spectrum Dance Theater in a performance of “Shot” at the Performing Arts Center on Tuesday. A segment of “Shot,” a dance piece on police brutality, was performed before an audience of roughly 120 […]
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By Logan Portteus “[Harriette Shelton Dover] was someone to be respected, somebody with poise, someone who was a true leader.” Patti Gobin, Natural Resource Treaty Rights representative for the Tulalip Tribe, teared up while speaking about her personal mentor, grandmother figure and focus for the school year’s first World […]
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By Logan Portteus The Pickford Film Center’s annual Doctober event is now the biggest documentary film festival in the Pacific Northwest, marketing manager at the Pickford Lindsey Gerhard said. The success of the monthlong event is especially welcomed following the worst summer for cinema industry revenue in roughly […]
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Fallon Acosta Running for vice president for student life Major: political science Below are excerpts from an interview with The Western Front. Why do you want to run for the AS? “Basically I, like many other students on campus, don’t feel safe. I want to make Western a safe […]
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Winter quarter, for many Western students, is a time to practice something vital to well-being: self-love. It is a concept that everyone understands and practices in different ways, the key is finding your own. “I try to spend time with other people,” sophomore Ryan Thon said. “It gives […]
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Housing concerns, community cohesion and the City Council ordinance to make Bellingham a sanctuary city were among topics covered in a meeting between Councilmember April Barker and the public. Hosted by the Western Local Issues Team Tuesday, Feb. 14, the meeting caused mixed responses from attendees. The Bellingham […]
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Tell me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like! As chants rang through Red Square, people in the crowd held signs stating “I stand with Planned Parenthood” and “My body! My choice!” Their collective purpose was to express opposition to the Trump Administration’s defunding of […]
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