Western Weekly for Nov. 5, 2008

DATE: November 5, 2008 9:08:33 AM PST

Getting ready for winter

Deming Burdette, a maintenance mechanic with Western's Facilities Management, rolls a new coat of 'sculpture red' paint onto the 'For Handel' sculpture by Mark di Suvero in the Performing Arts Center Plaza on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

Matthew Anderson/WWU

Did you know?

Western's radio station, KUGS, got its start in the Ridgeway Complex in 1974. The first transmitter was housed in a janitor's closet.

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Designs from annual ReMade project go on sale Friday

The junior Industrial-Design class has completed the designs for its annual ReMade project, which challenges the students to produce commercially viable items from industrial waste. The designs go on sale Friday at the WWU AS Bookstore, Ideal in downtown Bellingham, and online at www.widg.blogspot.com.

Bellingham Herald

Holocaust survivor to give WWU lecture
Holocaust survivor Noemi Ban will share her experiences of being in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp as a child during a special lecture Monday, Nov. 10. The talk will start at 6 p.m. in Western Washington University's Arntzen 100, the day after the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, "The Night of Broken Glass," that marked the unofficial beginning of the Holocaust.
WWU women picked fourth in GNAC hoops
The Vikings hope to bounce back from an injury-riddled season in which they posted their first losing season since 1992-93 and failed to qualify for the regionals for the first time since joining the NCAA ranks.
Blog: WWU debaters win tourney
Western Washington University's two-person varsity debate team placed first at the Lewis & Clark Debate Tournament, Oct. 10-12.
Weekend sports roundup
It was another great weekend for WWU sports, as the football team's win pushed it closer to postseason play; the volleyball team won its fifth straight with a rout of archrival Central; the men's basketball team won a tuneup game against the WWU alumni squad, and women's soccer won on the road against MSU-B.

Seattle Times

WWU alumna Shannon Harvey receives national teaching award
Harvey, who grew up on Whidbey Island and graduated from South Whidbey High School before going on to Western Washington University, Seattle University and Seattle Pacific University - where she received her doctorate - said she had no idea what she'd done to deserve the award.

WWU News Releases

WWU, Local Students Participating in Physiological Society's 'PhUn Week'

WWU Industrial-Design Students Produce and Sell Products Made from Garbage

WWU Blood Drive Has Largest Turnout Since 2001

WWU Students Spotlighted in Northwest Science Journal

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