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Photos: 300 take part in inaugural Great Puzzle Hunt 2016-04-14
Debating the Democratic Party's superdelegates and their role in 2016

"Rigged!" shouts MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. "Rigged," declares a New York Post headline. "Disenfranchised," blasts Donald Trump.

Some folks on the left and right are heaping scorn on the presidential primary systems.

For Democrats, Saturday's…

2016-04-13
Brenda Miller to read at Village Books April 15 2016-04-13
Faculty Drop-In Center grand opening is today 2016-04-12
Should using your mobile phone while walking be outlawed?

As beneficial as they are to our lives, mobile phones also present a legitimate threat to public safety – and not because of on-road use or radiation.

Many mobile phone users now text, or intently perform some other function on their phone, while walking. This is commonly seen in public…

2016-04-12
Faculty invited to attend spring commencement at Civic Stadium 2016-04-12
U.S. linguist works with indigenous women to preserve Paraguay’s Guana language

Linguist Shaw N. Gynan, from Western Washington University, has been working with four indigenous women in northern Paraguay’s Rio Apa community to preserve the endangered Guana language.

Roughly half of Paraguay’s 7 million people are bilingual in Spanish and…

2016-04-11
Skagit Valley College instructors take new approach to teaching

Students in Tony St. John’s chemistry 163 class at Skagit Valley College are actively engaged in their education.

Previously, St. John taught the class in a traditional lecture style: him in front of the class showing PowerPoint slide after PowerPoint slide.

Now, students work…

2016-04-11
Bemoaning Political Attacks Won't Fix the Problem

Almost everyone bemoans the attacks and finger pointing that have become an inevitable part of virtually every political campaign. Candidates who agree on little else claim to share this frustration. Bernie Sanders has emphasized that he’s “never run a negative ad in his life,” and Ted Cruz has…

2016-04-07
WWU jazz trumpeter Kevin Woods plays April 8 at Eat Restaurant

Growing up, Kevin Woods was surrounded by music from the swing era, in part because his dad was a trumpet player with a big band in Walla Walla.

“He gave me a bugle at age 2, a cornet at age 5, then a trumpet in junior high school,” Woods says.

2016-04-07
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