By Zoe Buchli and Tris Anderson Following the death of a 23-year-old man at Wade King Recreation Center last Friday, Jan. 25, a WWU Campus Advisory emailed to students went to many people’s spam inboxes rather than their main inbox, leaving them without further details regarding the incident. An […]
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Students ask questions to during a sit-in on Tuesday to protest the administration’s response to racist graffiti appearing on campus. The students waited for three hours until President Randhawa appeared to answer their questions. // Photo by Oliver Hamlin By Julia Berkman In 2015, several students made racist […]
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By Samuel Fletcher In winter 2016, Edens North residents were left without reliable hot water for three months total, and no hot water at all for a chunk of that time. The students were compensated 51 cents a day in Viking Dollars for the days without hot water […]
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By Julia Furukawa Note: This is a continuation of the piece, “Vehicle design legacy on line,” originally published in the print edition of The Western Front on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Nestled in a far corner of the Ross Engineering Building is the second home of a […]
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By Anjali LeGrand Western’s Faculty Senate has begun a new mentorship program focused on pairing incoming faculty with experienced faculty on campus. A new initiative focused on providing mentorship for new tenure-track faculty members, by pairing them with more experienced faculty, has been launched by Western’s Faculty Senate. A […]
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Ramirez filed a wage claim requesting her unpaid wages. // Photo courtesy of Ana Ramirez By Ian Ferguson Ana Ramirez, an undocumented student, is taking legal action against Western after failing to receive $7,408 in wages for her work as part of the Associated Students elected government. The […]
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By Zoe Deal A Western employee has been fined after a Washington State Executive Ethics Board investigation found she used her position to secure special privileges in the hiring of an employee, according to the stipulation. The hiring process in question began in late December 2017, when Assistant […]
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Madison, a Western student and survivor. // Photo by Taylor Nichols By Asia Fields and Melissa McCarthy Content warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault. Eight survivors of sexual assault who are current or former Western students say the university needs to better address sexual assault and […]
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By Asia Fields Some professors at Western have expressed concern with classroom safety for years, saying if there was an active shooter on campus, they would face a lack of options. In some classrooms at Western, a single door is the only way in or out. And in […]
Read moreBy Aaron Gillis Amendments have been made to two Washington Administrative Code (WAC) regulations regarding demonstrations on campus and firearms and dangerous weapons. The changes will need to be reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees, Jennifer Sloan, Western’s rules coordinator, said. The Board will be meeting […]
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