By Mona Ghorbani-Aghdam Bold-colored lowrider vehicles and bikes made their way onto Red Square one by one as the sun beamed, music blasted and various food and art vendors filled the court. The “Ridin’ Low in the 3-6-0” event was organized by Western’s chapter of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx […]
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Train tracks span the perimeter of Bellingham and Fairhaven. // Photo by Cassidy Tamburro By Cassidy Tamburro Western students and Bellingham residents are all too familiar with the sound of the train chugging along the waterfront, and some are starting to inquire about the train horn. Why does […]
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Photo by Mike Oh By Mona Ghorbani-Aghdam “Culture Shock came as a way to showcase Western’s underrepresented community for the rest of campus,” Daniela Tierra, cultural education coordinator for the ESC, said.Bright colors, traditional clothing, poetry and spoken words. The Ethnic Student Center kicked off their two-day block […]
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Photos by Mona Ghorbani-Aghdam By Mona Ghorbani-Aghdam One hundred and four years have passed since the Armenian Genocide, and Western students are sharing their personal feelings of loss associated with the genocide that killed 1.15 million Armenians from the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. As of today, only 30 […]
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Customers enjoy the upstairs seating, where floor to ceiling windows bring in lots of light. // Photo by Emily Porter By Kayla Sousa When people first walk into Makeworth Market, they are greeted by expansive white walls with neutral black and gold accents and plump, green succulents on […]
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Kindergartener Olivia opens a string cheese provided by the Breakfast in the Classroom program at Carl Cozier Elementary School. // Photo by Hailey Hoffman By Cooper Campbell As eight o’clock rolls around, Amy McAuliffe’s kindergarten class trickles in through the door of Carl Cozier Elementary School. McAuliffe, a […]
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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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Birchwood Food Desert Fighters stand outside former Albertsons grocery store three years after its closing in protest. // Photo by Aryonna Willoughby By Aryonna Willoughby Protesters rallied in front of the Birchwood neighborhood’s former Albertsons grocery store to mark the third anniversary of its closure and to protest […]
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Darrel Hillaire, executive director of CSSP, smiles while fishing in 2018. // Photo Courtesy of Jon Carroll at Children of the Setting Sun By Chris Johansen After the Treaty of Point Elliott was ratified in 1859, Frank Hillaire, head of the Hillaire family of the Lummi Nation tribe, […]
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By Allyson Roberts The campus community was alerted to the presence of a man who had what appeared to be a rifle slung over his shoulder via Western Alert on Tuesday, May 14, around 5 a.m. According to the alert, University Police responded to the incident after a […]
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