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No sign of agreement as districting committee enters final phase 2016-04-07
Discord over Whatcom County Council districts could lead to court

When voters approved splitting Whatcom County into five districts for county council elections, did they also approve a strict interpretation of the districts described in the voters’ pamphlet?

The answer to that question has largely divided the partisan members of the Districting…

2016-03-14
Markworth writes math book for PreK to second grade students 2015-11-19
In memoriam: Al Froderberg, 1935-2015 2015-11-09
Al Froderberg, interim WWU president, dies at 80

Albert “Al” Froderberg, the mathematics professor who rose in the administrative ranks at Western Washington University, is being remembered for his steadying performance when he suddenly became campus president after G. Robert Ross died in a plane crash in 1987.

“It was a traumatic…

2015-11-09
Bellingham woman wins world title after battling injuries

Bellingham’s Daphne Sluys, 55, earned the title of 2015 world champion in the women 55-59 400-meter run with a time of 67.32 seconds at the World Masters Association Outdoor Championships in Lyon, France.

At the championships, held Aug. 4-16, athletes representing 65 countries competed,…

2015-09-28
McDowall research cited in journal Nature 2015-07-21
Out With Kids: See science demonstrations at Ace Hardware

Proving that science has everyday applications and isn’t some magical mystery that happens in a laboratory, Ace Hardware’s Shawn Bjorback conducts monthly demonstrations and experiments using everyday items.

2015-03-03
Intro to new math course to involve hands-on fractals, origami 2015-03-02
WWU students use math to pick top college coaches

Who is the best coach in Division-I college sports? If you polled the population of the United States, you'd no doubt hear names like Pat Summit, Bear Bryant and Mike Krzyzewski a few times, but there would be a wide variety of answers.

Two teams from Western Washington University…

2014-05-27
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