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Don’t Ms.: Shameless Karaoke, The Whistleblower, Gender Odyssey and More!

Today is my first day at Ms., and I’m feeling blissfully overwhelmed by the wealth of feminist knowledge in this office—including information on hundreds of upcoming feminist or women-centered events. Below are my top six picks for this week. Here’s hoping you live near one of these cities:…

2011-08-03
Cherry Point coal-export port hits two setbacks on environmental front

The controversial proposal for a major coal-export port to be built at Cherry Point near Bellingham hit two big setbacks this week: environmentalists broke off talks with the developer, SSA Marine, which was also caught building a road through forested wetlands without proper permits.
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2011-08-03
WWU's 'The Planet' Magazine wins two awards in national journalism contest 2011-07-19
Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference begins July 15 at WWU 2011-07-06
Journalism students work with InvestigateWest on coal terminal story series 2011-06-24
Should Washington become the king of shipping coal to China?

Have you ever had to wait for a train at, say, Broad Street in Seattle, right by the SAM Sculpture Park? Or anyplace else along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks that hug the coast of Puget Sound?

Imagine roughly doubling the train traffic on that railroad.…

2011-06-24
Sheila Webb honored by Association for Education In Journalism and Mass Communication 2011-06-10
NW Journalists of Color awards scholarships as newsrooms lag in ethnic diversity

While our nation may be moving quickly to become a true rainbow of racial diversity, America’s newsrooms aren’t keeping pace.

"Minorities make up 35 percent of the nation's population," said Sanjay Bhatt, a Seattle Times business reporter speaking at Tuesday's (June 7…

2011-06-09
What's on your 'bucket list'? Whatcom County residents share theirs

In the 2008 movie "The Bucket List," two terminally ill men set out to do the things they wanted to do before they died. Critics gave the movie a mixed reception, but audiences ate it up.

Having Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as co-stars didn't hurt, but I wonder if the…

2011-06-06
June 3 presentation to focus on innovative teaching methods in 'teaching for tolerance' 2011-06-02
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