Western Today for Thursday, April 16
| Three-time Pulitzer-winning photographer to speak at BVJC in July
Michel du Cille, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and assistant managing editor for photography at The Washington Post, will speak at the Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference sponsored by Western Washington University's Department of Journalism. See below for more.
Michel du Cille photo
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| Sen. Patty Murray on campus today |
| Sen. Patty Murray will be on campus today to discuss her push for legislation on personal finance education for youth, and will speak on the research and work done in this field by WWU's Pam Whalley and a quartet of WWU students at 3:15 today in Parks Hall 441. |
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The Seattle Times
- Q&A: Why do lawmakers want to raise tuition?
Q: What proportion of a student's education does tuition cover? Has that changed over time?
A: The University of Washington says tuition and fees cover about 58 percent of a student's education, up from 43 percent earlier this decade. Western Washington University says tuition and fees, which are lower than at the UW, cover about 40 percent of a student's education, up from 28 percent five years ago.
The Bellingham Herald
- Pulitzer-prize winning photographer coming to WWU conference
Michel du Cille, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and assistant managing editor for photography at The Washington Post, will speak at the Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference sponsored by Western Washington University's Department of Journalism.
The conference will take place at Western on Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18.
- Take Back the Night rally planned for tonight at WWU
The streets of Bellingham will be reclaimed Thursday night, April 16, for the annual Take Back the Night march. The event, which focuses on making public spaces safe and worry-free for women, will begin with a rally, spoken word and self-defense basics at 7 p.m. in Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall.
The rally will be followed by a march through downtown at 9 p.m. and a meet-up at 10 p.m. in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room.
- Koppenberg is GNAC player of the week
Western Washington University's Jake Koppenberg has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's Golf Player of the Week for Apr. 12-18. Koppenberg took medalist honors and teammate Thomas Jun finished in a three-way tie for second as the Vikings placed third among 16 teams at the 36th annual Jim Hanny/Cal State Stanislaus Invitational Men's Golf Tournament which ended Tuesday at the Turlock Golf and Country Club.
- The Wall comes down
"Icons of a Border Installation: Photographic Search for Traces in Today's Berlin," a touring exhibition that commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, is on display Tuesday, April 21, through June 2 at Western Washington University's Wilson Library.
The Olympian
- Tax-day rally is largest of the year at Olympia
The protesters' signs made their message crystal clear: No. More. Taxes. The national Tax Day Tea Party brought the largest rally of the year to the Washington Capitol on Wednesday, with the State Patrol estimating the crowd at more than 5,000.
Todd Donovan, a Western Washington University political scientist, said the Boston Tea Party was a natural choice for a rally theme. He said modern use of revolutionary themes dates to the rise of free-market and limited-government conservatives who rose to prominence during the Reagan era.
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