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Snow day An unexpected snowfall blanketed Bellingham last night dumping up to a few inches of new powder on campus. Today's weather calls for increasing clouds and a high of about 40.

Coming soon

CBE to host Murray Dow this afternoon

Today at 11 a.m. in PH 441, Murray Dow, President of Dow Hotel, will give a talk entitled, "Crisis Management: Hurricane Ike and a Hotel" which will detail the experience and lessons learned from a natural disaster at the Sheraton North Houston in 2008.  This talk is free and open to the public.

Fraudulent diversity press release is circulating

A "press release" generated by an entity outside of Bellingham has been circulating on and off campus, making distorted claims about extremely low diversity levels at WWU. The press release contains inaccurate data about diversity at Western based on a study from an institute that cannot be verified and may be a hoax. The press release references the decision to eliminate the football program at Western. The fall 2008 student body was comprised of 18 percent from ethnic minority groups, due to new enrollment and improved retention. Twenty two percent of new freshman and 19.6 percent of new transfers self-reported their racial or ethnic identity as Black/African American, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.  Slightly more than 25 percent of Fall 2009 freshman applications are from students in these racial and ethnic groups.

Athletics this week

Thu., Feb. 26 - Women host Alaska Fairbanks - 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 28 - Women host Alaska Anchorage - 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 28 - softball hosts Central Washington - noon Sun., March 1 - softball hosts Central Washington - noon

Huxley to host Grizzly expert today at 3 p.m.

The Huxley College Speaker Series is hosting David Knibb, a former U.S. Forest Service employee, practicing attorney, and author of Grizzly Wars: The Public Fight Over the Great Bear.  Knibb will discuss "Saving Endangered Species: What Grizzly Bears Have Taught Us."  This presentation is free and open to the public, and is being held today in Communications Facility room 420 at 3 p.m..

Campus Community Coalition to meet March 3 The Campus Community Coalition will host a "Let's Talk" forum on March 3 on "Living Together in Bellingham: Student Parties, Enforcement Practices and Neighborly Relations." The discussion will begin at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, March 3 in the Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies Auditorium on the WWU campus. Free parking is available in the nearby gravel C lots after 5 p.m. The discussions, which are free and open to the public, give both students and long-term community members an opportunity to share their perspectives and hear each others' views in an informal but structured setting. Community members, students, rental owners and managers, and law enforcement personnel are all encouraged to attend. For more information about the Campus Community Coalition, visit www.coalition.wwu.edu.

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