Campus
Campus
Zoom-ing through class: student's first week of spring quarter
By The Front | April 15By Mazey Servin
Housing & Development
Western lays off all RAs and apartment advisers
By Nate Sanford | April 1This article was amended on April 1, 2020, to reflect a change of language. Washington’s Employment Security Department (along with several of our Facebook followers) makes a distinction between employees who have been laid off (and who will not be replaced) and employees who have been fired (and will be replaced). This article will be updated as more information comes in.
Administration
Western suspends in-person classes for duration of spring quarter
By Nate Sanford | March 19President Sabah Randhawa announced that classes at Western will be conducted online for the entirety of spring quarter in an email sent to faculty and staff on Thursday afternoon.
Campus
YAF reports stolen signage
By Nate Sanford and Mazey Servin | March 14This article was amended on April 7, 2020, to remove the name of a source who was subjected to online harassment after the story was published. The Western Front condemns all forms of harassment, and strives to minimize harm in our reporting.
Courts
Charges dropped for naked athletes
By Nate Sanford | March 8The state is moving to dismiss charges against four runners from Western’s track team, who were charged with public indecency for running naked on campus in January.
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
NASA donates $190,000 to Western
By The Front | March 7By Calvin Lowe
Administration
Board of trustees looks to expand Waterfront District to tenants
By The Front | March 6By Ashlyn Farnworth
Campus
Brief: Man’s body found near The Outback Farm
By Nate Sanford | March 5A Western student found the body of a man in his mid-20s outside the fence of The Outback Farm, according to university spokesman Paul Cocke, Police Chief Darren Rasmussen and a Western Alert message sent out just before 4 p.m. The incident was reported to University Police at 1:58 p.m. Thursday, March 5.
City & County
71-year-old man assaulted in the arb Feb. 26
By The Front | March 4By Andrew Montgomery
Administration
Future WWU grads face tough decisions due to four ticket rule
By The Front | February 28By Naileah Abarca
