DATE: December 3, 2008 9:04:43 AM PST
Western Weekly for Dec. 3, 2008
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Alaska travelogue
Biology faculty member Eric DeChaine, right, completed his fourth trip to Alaska this past summer as part of a five-year program funded by the National Science Foundation to research the effects of climate change. For a complete multimedia presentation of his trip done by the Office of University Communications' Matthew Anderson, including audio narration, still photos, and video, click here.
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The New York Times
- LA Auto show: For 22 competitors, the Automotive X-Prize is on
It wasn't quite like winning the lottery (or even "Top Chef") but there was definitely good news for some anxious contestants on Wednesday at the Los Angeles auto show. The Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize announced the first 22 competitors granted registered team status. They had cleared the first hurdle in a quest to win the $10 million prize for designing a clean and superefficient car of the future.
While the odd-looking Aptera 2e has already received a measure of notice, some of the other contenders have operated largely below the radar. But they put forth some interesting ideas. Lydell Industries claims to be able to capture waste heat to increase fuel economy. Avion is working on a gull-wing diesel car. And students at Western Washington University have run cars on biomethane from local dairy farms.
The Seattle Times
- Unlikely allies bond to aid Brazilian girls
Rita Conceição is an African Brazilian who grew up in the notorious shantytowns of Salvador, sprawling breeding grounds of poverty and violence.
Margaret Willson was raised in a middle-class home on the Oregon Coast and earned a master's in Anthropology from Western Washington University before traveling abroad to experience what she had learned in the classroom.
Unlikely allies, the two women met in Salvador and, over 17 years, formed a friendship based on mutual respect.
The Bellingham Herald
- WWU outfielder joins British national team
Western Washington University senior outfielder Morgan Parkerson has been selected to play on the Great Britain Senior National Softball Team that will compete in the European Women's A Pool Championships this summer at Valencia, Spain. Great Britain is ranked No.5 in Europe and hopes to finish in the top three in the European Championships in order to qualify for the 2010 World Championships.
- WWU to offer new degree programs in Everett
Western Washington University in Bellingham will soon offer three degree programs through the University Center of North Puget Sound in Everett. Huxley College of the Environment will offer a bachelor of science in Environmental Science and a bachelor of arts in Planning and Environmental Policy. The programs are designed for students who have completed two years of college. Western will also offer a Masters in Teaching degree starting next summer. The program will give people who have bachelor's degrees a certificate to teach at the secondary level.
- Western tennis club gets best of both worlds
Senior Sam Rechtin might well have been able to play NCAA tennis at least at the small-college level, but he has no regrets competing with Western Washington University's club team.
- Sports roundup
Men's hoops stays undefeated; women blow out Hawaii Hilo; Perry named Vikings top offensive player
McClatchy.com
- Students learn tourism done right
Some tourists pollute the environment they visit, and they often dilute the very culture they come to experience. This past summer Western Washington University students Tony Carrigan and Nicole Schierberl went to Peru to understand what happens when tourism goes wrong and study how to get tourism right.
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