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A death in the family of a band member has caused the band Gogol Bordello to cancel its sold-out concert at Western Washington University.
The concert had been set for Friday, April 22; it's one of four West Coast dates canceled because of the death, according to the band's website.
A $32.1 billion state budget proposal outlined by Senate Democratic and Republican negotiators Tuesday evening includes reforms that some lawmakers in each party have sought for years.
Sacred cows are among the targets of an estimated $4.8 billion in cuts. They include a 3 percent pay cut for public school teachers, early release of state prison inmates and closure of two state facilities for the developmentally disabled.
Now, the budget negotiations can begin in earnest.
On Tuesday, the state Senate unveiled a bipartisan approach for erasing a projected $5.1 billion budget deficit that cuts more dollars from education, health care and human service programs than the House.
It also trims less from corrections and though senators want larger tuition hikes imposed than do representatives.
Western Washington University's Dylan Goodwin had his sixth top 10 finish of the season, tying for seventh in medalist play, and the Vikings moved up two spots to tie for sixth in a 20-team field at the 38th Annual Jim Hanny/Cal State Stanislaus Men's Golf Invitational Tournament which ended Tuesday, April 12, at the 6,642-yard Turlock Golf and Country Club in Turlock, Calif.
Western Washington University improved by 24 strokes over its opening round, but was able to move up just one spot in placing ninth among 21 teams at the Doc Housewright/Tarleton State University Women's Golf Invitational Tournament which ended Tuesday, April 12, at the 7,300-yard Harbor Lakes Golf Club in Granbury, Texas.
Gasoline prices rose to an average of more than $4 a gallon in Bellingham Tuesday, April 12 - about 85 cents more than a year ago.
"It's outrageous," said Western Washington University student Sam Cho, who paid $4.07 per gallon for regular unleaded at the Starvin' Sam's on 12th Street.
The price for gas has been steadily rising since mid-February, but analysts say the increases should stop by the end of May.
I heard about this show from Lisa Kinoshita from Mineral Gallery. It's part of the amazing, on-going Spaceworks Tacoma, and it's called The War Experience Project. See it at 906 Broadway in downtown Tacoma. There will be an open house this weekend, April 15-17, and works from the project will be on view there until April 30.
Western Washington University theater faculty member Mark Kuntz directs David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning play, "M Butterfly," inspired by Puccini's opera "Madama cq Butterfly," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, April 14-17, continuing April 21-24 at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave.
After retiring briefly in my early 60s, I decided to resume teaching, this time at Western Washington University. It wasn't long before I was faced with an entirely different kind of role - that of caregiver.
When I began looking after my dying husband, I could not begin to understand the depth and breadth of what was before me, although I had raised six children. My life was no longer my own.
The state House has passed a 2011-13 biennial budget that calls for raising tuition by 11 to 13 percent at state-funded colleges and universities, meaning college students and their families will have to dig even deeper if they want to get a degree.
For a full-time, in-state Western Washington University undergraduate student, that increase is equal to an additional $263 per quarter during the 2011-12 school year.
The House budget proposal would raise tuition by 13 percent each year at WWU, University of Washington and Washington State University. Tuition would be increased by 11.5 percent each year at Eastern Washington University, Central Washington University and The Evergreen State College. Tuition would be increased by 11 percent each year at the two-year community and technical colleges.