DATE: March 4, 2009 9:00:48 AM PST
Western Weekly for March 4, 2009
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Preparing campus for spring
Western Washington University gardener Randy Godfrey spends part of his sunny Wednesday afternoon high among a couple of London plane trees in Red Square on campus. Godfrey was thinning branches from the trees. Forecasters expect a mix of sun and rain through the weekend, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s.
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On campus tonight
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 Turning Points Lecture Series: Environmental studies associate professor Grace Wang will discuss non-timber forest products and how different groups of people have gathered them throughout history at 5:15 p.m. in Communications Facility Room 110.
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Coming Thursday
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Through March 17
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An exhibition of student work will be on display in the SMATE foyer on the WWU campus through March 17. The art was created using the the university's scanning electron microscope and traditional digital cameras. For more info, click here.
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The latest in sports
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Three Vikings were named GNAC academic all-stars Wednesday. Also, both men's and women's basketball teams retained their fifth-place rankings. For the latest athletics news, visit the WWU Athletics Web site here.
Games this week:
Thu., March 5
- Men's basketball visits Seattle Pacific University (7 p.m.)
- Women's basketball visits Western Oregon University (7 p.m.)
 Fri., March 6
- Softball hosts Montana State University-Billings (1 and 3 p.m.)
Sat., March 7
- The track team is at the all-day Puget Sound Invitational in Tacoma.
- Softball hosts Montana State University-Billings (noon and 2 p.m.)
- Men's basketball hosts Central Washington University (7 p.m.)
- Women's basketball visits St. Martin's University (7 p.m.)
Mon., March 9
- The men's golf team is at the UC San Diego Invitiational.
Tues., March 10
- The men's golf team is at the UC San Diego Invitiational.
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The Bellingham Herald
- Architects suggest blend of port, Bellingham waterfront plans
Nine local architects will present a plan Wednesday, March 4, that they hope will resolve differences between the city and Port of Bellingham over waterfront redevelopment issues.
"We are optimistic that this report will enable the final pieces of a master plan to reach a successful conclusion," the report states.
- Big names in children's lit come to WWU
Fans of children's books will be busy this week at Western Washington University. Starting Monday, March 2, Western's Children's Literature Interdisciplinary Collection will host a variety of events leading up to the Bond Children's Literature Conference from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, in the Performing Arts Center. Western English professor Nancy Johnson, who started the conference six years ago, refers to this year's event as a literary stimulus package. Every year, librarians, budding writers, parents and teachers come to the conference to take a lesson from four prominent writers or illustrators in the field of children's literature.
- Interim VP of Finance named at WWU
Kathy Wetherell was recently named the interim vice president for Business and Financial Affairs at Western Washington University. The current vice president, George Pierce, is retiring March 24. Wetherell, who is the assistant vice president for Business and Financial Affairs, will start her duties the next day.
- Athletics news: Vikings move up to eighth at women's golf invite; Koppenberg is GNAC Player of the Week; Vikings sweep Central in softball; Men beat MSU-B on the road; Women lose basketball heartbreaker at home; Vikings steamroll Nanooks; Graham leads Vikings to big win; WWU men, women hoops both ranked fifth
Globe and Mail (Canada)
- Is the elliptical as good as running?
A forthcoming study by Western Washington University exercise scientist Kathleen Knutzen used elliptical machines with force plates on the pedals to determine that, even at a fast stride, the forces on the lower legs were comparable to walking, and two or three times less than running.
"That's a real benefit if you're prone to repetitive stress injuries," Knutzen said.
The Seattle P-I
University of Buffalo
- "Border Barometer" assesses U.S./Canada border performance
A Border Barometer released by the University at Buffalo Regional Institute and the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University reports on several key border performance indicators for major regions along the U.S.-Canadian line, including trade flows, vehicle crossings, binational governance networks and even NEXUS enrollment.
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