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Seattle Times
WA universities want enough money to keep growing (WWU VP Sherry Burkey quoted)
News 1130 (Vancouver, BC radio)
WWU's Hart Hodges disputes report blaming Canadians for higher gas prices near the border
Lynden Tribune
Nonprofit seeks to lower dropout rate (alumna Leslie Dykstra featured)
Cascadia Weekly
(p. 17) Three for the show (summer rep includes WWU faculty member Mark Kuntz and alumna Erika Godwin)
(p. 10) Passages: WWU student Janet Harding named Miss Washington
Sequim Gazette
Culture clash splash (profile of incoming student Danika Duncan)
Campus Announcements
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