In the Media
Larry Clark comes from an artistic family: his mom was a commercial baby photographer. Clark learned photography at an early age, and apparently often went along with mom when she tromped around peddling her services door-to-door in Tulsa, Okla.
Then he’d hang out with his friends, bringing along his camera — which produced a whole other type of kid photo.
Lustrum Press published a collection of photos of his friends in a thin book, Tulsa, in 1971. And it caused a sensation.
The fight to privatize liquor sales in Washington just got a lot more expensive. Costco has dumped another $9 million into the Yes on Initiative 1183 campaign. That brings the wholesale giant's total spending to more than $22 million –- a state record for a ballot measure.
In Washington initiative politics, $1 million checks from deep-pocketed interests are fairly common. But an $8.9 million single contribution? Now that's historic.
The Western Washington University Filipino American Student Association's 17th annual Heritage Dinner will be Saturday, Oct. 22.
Western Washington University's College of Fine and Performing Arts presents a performance by Vancouver, B.C.'s Rainbow Creek Dancers at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.
Blake Surina shook his head as I told him about some of the money I’ve spent recently in the name of physical fitness.
Personal trainer: $45 per hour. Gym membership: $115 per month. Body composition test: $50.
“You shouldn’t have to spend a fortune to be in shape,” he said.
One of Surina’s passions is trying to make fitness and exercise science more affordable and accessible to his community, Fircrest. That’s why when he opened the Exercise Science Center in 1985, he charged just $25 per month. And that’s why 26 years later, dues have increased only $10.
Western Washington University shot a final-round 293, the second-best of the tournament, to tie for third among 16 teams at the Chico State Wildcat Men's Golf Invitational which ended Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the 7,256-yard Sevillano Links in Corning, Calif.
The Vikings, ranked No.10 in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America/NCAA Division II Preseason Coaches Top 25 Poll, were eighth after Monday’s opening round and sixth following the second round that wasn’t completed until Tuesday after being suspended because of darkness.
The 19th annual Western Washington University Blue/White men's basketball intra-squad game takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the WWU campus. Admission is free.
Western Washington University's College of Business and Economics will host Greg Pepin, vice president of Boeing International and president of Boeing Turkey, on Thursday, Oct. 27.
Pepin will deliver formal presentations entitled "Competing for the Future" from noon- 1:50 p.m. in Frasier 3 and from 2-3:50 p.m. in Communications Facility 110. Both presentations are free and open to the public.
Western Washington University's Alexandria Taylor has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the Week for Oct. 9-15.
A dream of an education in the United States and an urgent need to escape a harrowing past presented Western Washington University's Dak Riek with a chance encounter to compete in a sport that has opened a world of opportunity for the Sudan native.
"If there is ever anything that is ever bothering me, I put on my shoes and take off," Riek said in a phone interview. "I use running as a medicine for me."