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Such "soft money" spending is hard to track. It's even more difficult to determine who is behind it.
"You can't just go to the Federal Elections Commission to easily find where they're spending the money," said Todd Donovan, a Western Washington University political science professor.
Midfielder Kellan Brown scored the winning goal in overtime and had two assists, and forward Gibson Bardsley scored three goals in becoming the second-leading scorer in school history as Western Washington University defeated defending champion Saint Martin's University, 4-3 in overtime, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's soccer game Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Lacey.
Students, faculty and community members are holding a rally and march Thursday at Western Washington University to protest proposed cuts to state education.
It’s part of a statewide and national Day of Action to Defend Public Education.
The rally at Western is scheduled begin at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 7.
A body believed to be that of college freshman Dwight Clark has been found in a pond near the Western Washington University campus where the straight-A student had been attending classes for only a few weeks.
The body of missing Western Washington University student Dwight A. Clark was found off a dock near the former Georgia-Pacific log pond Wednesday morning, Oct. 6.
The U.S. Coast Guard pulled the body from the water shortly before 12:30 p.m. A driver's license belonging to Clark was found in a pocket, said Bellingham Police spokesman Mark Young.
The 18-year-old freshman from Auburn was last seen leaving a party in the 1000 block of Indian Street about 2 a.m. Sept. 26.
Sister Julia Shideler had no idea what to expect as Afina, one of her students in East Timor, led her on a four-hour walk to her home village in the mountains. When they got there, many of Afina’s relatives and neighbors were happily surprised that Shideler had walked all the way to visit them. They saw it as an act of humility that she had not come by car, though she had the means to do so, but had chosen instead to walk in their footsteps. “Her family graciously received me and opened up their way of life, their poverty and culture to me,” says the missioner from Spokane, Wash.
Police say the body found Wednesday in Bellingham Bay is Dwight Clark, the 18-year-old Western Washington University student who has been missing for more than a week.
A body found off a dock by the former Georgia-Pacific log pond is believed to be that of missing Western Washington University student Dwight A. Clark.
The U.S. Coast Guard pulled the body from the water shortly before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6. The body appears to be male, and identification belonging to Dwight Clark was found in a pocket, said Bellingham Police spokesman Mark Young.
The 18-year-old freshman was last seen leaving an Indian Street party about 2 a.m. Sept. 26.
A college student who earned straight A's and sent thousands of text messages to his family and friends each month has vanished in Washington, where authorities are scouring a university campus for the missing 18-year-old.
Dwight Clark was last seen in the early morning hours of Sept. 26 when he left an off-campus party at Western Washington University to go back to his dorm, less than a mile away, according to authorities in Bellingham, Wash.
Friends of missing Western Washington University student Dwight Clark will be on campus every day this week fundraising and passing out flyers to help find their friend.
Clark is an 18-year-old freshman at WWU and went missing more than a week ago. He was last seen leaving a friend’s house at 2 a.m. on Sept. 26. He headed back to his dorm but never made it.
The WSU students running the table are friends or are from Clark’s hometown, Auburn.