In the Media

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - PR-Canada

With profound sadness, EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) announces the passing of Dean Olmstead, president of EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., after a courageously fought battle with cancer.

Dean joined EchoStar shortly after the company's spin-off from DISH Network in January 2008, and was instrumental in building the foundation and guiding the strategic course for the company's then-nascent satellite operations.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - History News Network

Many Americans are worried that America’s Christian heritage is being threatened. Even if the threat is more perceptual than actual, it has mobilized important religious leaders and politicians to question the separation of church and state. Indeed, many conservatives construe efforts to separate church and state as an attack on America’s Christian majority. Many liberals, on the other hand, treat the separation of church and state as solely a political issue, a way to protect the state from religious influence.

Monday, October 18, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

Forward Molly Shannon scored in the 28th minute as Western Washington University blanked Western Oregon University 1-0 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's soccer game Saturday, Oct. 16, in Monmouth, Ore.

The Vikings improved to 9-2-2 overall and 6-2-1 in conference play as they rebounded from Thursday's 2-1 loss at Saint Martin's that wasn't decided until the final seconds.

Monday, October 18, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

Nationally ranked Western Washington University hit .385 and served 12 aces as it swept Saint Martin's University, 25-12, 25-15, 25-12, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match Saturday, Oct. 16, in Lacey that took just 1:13 to complete.

The Vikings, ranked No. 16 in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll, improved to 13-2 overall and remained tied for first place in the GNAC with Seattle Pacific at 10-1. It was their fifth straight win and ran their consecutive set victories to 15.

Monday, October 18, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

The ways in which people fail to see what's in front of them when distracted by a task is the focus of a Wednesday, Oct. 20, talk by Ira Hyman, a psychology professor at Western Washington University.

His talk, "Unicycling Clowns, Train Wrecks and Pilots Forgetting to Land: Adventures in Inattentional Blindness," will start at 5:15 p.m. in Communications Facility 110, on campus. The free event is the first WWU Turning Points Faculty Lecture of the season.

Monday, October 18, 2010 - Sky Valley Chronicle

Western Washington University has hit a record enrollment of nearly 15,000 students for the fall quarter.

Although the plan had been to hold enrollment to fall quarter 2009 levels, the school says overwhelming responses by admitted students as well as increased retention of current students resulted in an additional 400 students.

Fall enrollment at Western is 14,979 students, including all full-time, part-time, undergraduate and graduate students and students who attend Western programs in Everett, Port Angeles, Bremerton, Seattle and Anacortes.

Monday, October 18, 2010 - KGMI 790-AM

Starting next week, the Port of Bellingham will have a new Executive Director at the helm.

Port Commissioners officially appointed Charlie Sheldon to the post during a meeting Thursday.

Monday, October 18, 2010 - KGMI 790-AM

There’s another candidate forum in Bellingham Monday evening – but this one has a different twist.

It features people running for legislative seats in the 40th and 42nd districts, and is organized by high school students.

“This forum is a joint partnership between the City of Bellingham and the Ralph Munro Institute for Civic Education, which is housed at the political science department at Western,” said Jen Reidel from the Ralph Munro Institute.

Monday, October 18, 2010 - The Seattle Times

Initiative campaigns are largely a phenomenon of America's Western states, said Todd Donovan, a political-science professor at Western Washington University who has authored books and articles on the process.

As the West was settled, he said, populist groups such as miners, the Grange and labor sought to limit the power of government institutions and political parties.

Washington adopted its initiative law in 1912, and two years later voters faced a slate of seven initiatives — still a record.

Friday, October 15, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

The public is invited to a memorial service Sunday, Oct. 17, for Dwight Clark, who was found dead in Bellingham days after starting his freshman year at Western Washington University.

The body of Clark, 18, of Auburn was found in Bellingham Bay last week, more than a week after he was last seen leaving a party near campus.