By Alissa Vanlandingham Joining schools across the country, Western students protested gun violence on Wednesday, March 14, by participating in a walkout from 10-10:17 a.m. Each minute marked each life taken in last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. On a damp gray morning in Bellingham, approximately 200 […]
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By Hailey Jostmeyer The dangers of an earthquake might seem like a far off problem, but experts warn that the big one could hit any day. A 2010 Hazard Identification Vulnerability Analysis states Whatcom County is in moderate to critical risk of an earthquake due to its proximity […]
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The dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Brent Mallinckrodt, will be stepping down at the end of this year, according to Western Today. Provost Brent Carbajal will be appointing an interim dean with the goal of having them appointed before the end of the year, […]
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By Max Brunt People who don’t identify with the gender they were assigned at birth can often be placed in a dilemma when forced to choose between entering a male or female restroom or changing room. The Wade King Student Recreation Center provides a family/gender-neutral changing area next […]
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By Roisin Cowan-Kuist Western’s National Alliance on Mental Illness chapter has severed ties with Western’s Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee after releasing a public statement to their Facebook page on Feb. 24. Lack of communication and trust between student leadership and Counseling Center staff were among reasons for the […]
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By Katja Tunkkari Despite recent renovations on Western’s campus to improve accessibility for students with disabilities, students say more work needs to be done. Junior Kaylee Martig, a member of the Associated Students Disability Advocacy Committee, said major physical accessibility issues on campus include the lack of ramps […]
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By Sarah Porter Students, faculty and experts on campus security are questioning Western’s preparedness for an active shooter. Some Western faculty sent emails to President Sabah Randhawa in response to a statement he made on preventing gun violence. In these emails, which were obtained by the Front through […]
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By Zoe Buchli Five Western students have started a project that will bring more tiny houses to Bellingham. Project Zero Net Energy Tiny House (ZeNETH) will be the first tiny house project at Western, and is a student-led venture to create a home with a special feature not […]
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By Kayna Dean This April, students will be able to vote on whether to revitalize ethnic studies, make Western a smoke-free campus and change allocation of the Student Technology Fee. The Associated Students Board approved these referendums at its Wednesday, Feb. 28 meeting, and put the Sustainable Action Fund […]
Read moreBy Zoe Buchli Out of the 535 U.S. Congress members, 106 are women, according to the Center for American Women and Politics. And of those 106 women, 38 are women of color. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Young Democrats of WWU club hosted a discussion on women in […]
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