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SUVs and vans lined up outside dorms, packed high with clothes, pillows and bits and pieces from home as students flocked to Western Washington University for move-in weekend Saturday, Sept. 17.
It was a thrilling - if not a little bittersweet - day for kids and parents alike.
"I'm excited and I'm kind of nervous," said Morgaine Angst, a freshman moving into Eden South. "I'll have to fend for myself now and buy my own toilet paper."
The Western Washington University men's soccer team was shut out 4-0 by Simon Fraser on Sunday, Sept. 18, at Burnaby, B.C., the first time the Vikings were held scoreless this season. It was the Great Northwest Athletic Conference opener for both schools.
As Western Washington University students return to campus, they will have access to two areas that have been under construction for the last couple years: Miller Hall and the addition to Buchanan Towers residence hall.
Both construction projects were started in summer 2009, but the opening of the residence hall addition is a year late.
The Buchanan Towers 37,000-square-foot addition includes five stories and space for 105 students. The addition features four- and five-person suites and shared kitchen and laundry facilities on each floor.
The bleak revenue forecast could mean a health-care disaster for thousands of poor people in Washington, with potential cuts to programs that have already lost major chunks of funding, community advocates said this week.
The state's Economic and Revenue Forecast Council lowered its tax revenue prediction Thursday, by as much as $1.4 billion. That means the state's just-approved, two-year, $32 billion budget is now almost $1.3 billion in the red.
Boeing is building planes, Microsoft is making record profits and the state’s farmers are doing pretty well.
So why is Washington’s economy still stuck, causing the state to revise its revenue forecast downward by $1.4 billion?
Arun Raha, executive director of the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, said Thursday the fact that the construction industry is still on life support is contributing to the continued economic woes, as well as the fact that state unemployment remains above 9 percent.
The bleak revenue forecast could mean a health-care disaster for thousands of poor people in Washington, with potential cuts to programs that have already lost major chunks of funding, community advocates said this week.
The state's Economic and Revenue Forecast Council lowered its tax revenue prediction Thursday, by as much as $1.4 billion. That means the state's just-approved, two-year, $32 billion budget is now almost $1.3 billion in the red.
The dire news sent lawmakers scrambling for answers, ranging from asking voters to increase taxes to putting programs for poor people back under the knife.
Governor Christine Gregoire said she's not calling for a special session yet, despite more troubling news about Washington state's finances.
Figures released Thursday by the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council set up another round of budget troubles for state lawmakers.
A revenue projection from three months ago estimated that the state would have a $163 million buffer for the two-year budget cycle that started in July, so the new numbers indicate that lawmakers will now have a hole of about $1.2 billion.
They weren't just the big kids on campus. They were the only high school seniors in town.
Everett High School's class of 1961 will gather Friday and Saturday for its 50-year reunion. Friends will look back on a different era.
Cascade High School had opened by 1961, but hadn't graduated its first class. Mariner High School wouldn't be built for nearly another decade. Jackson High didn't open until the 1990s.
Kim’s career includes being a varsity coach for volleyball and softball. As head softball coach for the Wildcats she has taken the team to the district playoffs. In the community Kim founded the Thunder Select Fastpitch Team. Kim is familiar with the duties of athletic directing as she was Interim Athletic Director in 2007.