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RSP workshop series continues with discussion on non-federal funds 2016-04-19
Low, Canada: Northern neighbor’s economy sags

Sitting here in the Northwest, we can be forgiven for having a distorted picture of Canada.

Seattle has more than a little Vancouver envy, looking at a nearby city so prosperous, so beautiful, so cosmopolitan — and yet so tolerant in that Canadian way.

2016-04-18
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
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
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
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
Survey: Health care tops list of needs for vets in Whatcom County 2016-04-01
Second quantum revolution a reality with chip-based atomic physics

A University of Oklahoma-led team of physicists believes chip-based atomic physics holds promise to make the second quantum revolution--the engineering of quantum matter with arbitrary precision--a reality. With recent technological advances in fabrication and trapping, hybrid quantum systems…

2016-03-31
Submissions being taken for Western Libraries Undergraduate Research Award 2016-03-30
Online sales slow in Whatcom border towns as loonie falters

It’s clear fewer British Columbia residents are shopping at Whatcom County stores since the Canadian currency has weakened, but it appears they also have cut back on having online products shipped here.

2016-03-29
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