Western Today for Thursday, July 9
Work continues on Chemistry Building addition
The first major remodel to the Chemistry Building (originally built in 1993) are now under way.
A 4,300-square-foot addition will provide additional chemistry and biology research and instructional space is being added to the west side of the building.
Stay updated on construction projects by visiting FAST Online.
Photo by Adam Cochran / WWU
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Event highlight: SYTI showcase performance
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At 7 p.m. Friday, July 10, The Summer Youth Theatre Institute will hold a showcase performance featuring students in grades 6 to 12.
Showcase performances are free and are held in the Old Main Theatre.
For more information, visit the WWU Events Calendar.
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USA Today
- Couples study debunks 'trial marriage' notion of cohabiting
Most unmarried couples who live together aren't trying to test their relationship. They just want to spend more time together.
That finding, from a new national study of dating and cohabitation, seemingly contradicts the popular wisdom of cohabitation as a trial marriage. It's among early results from the study, scheduled to continue for years, and it gives researchers new insight into the burgeoning number of couples who cohabit.
Sociologists Jay Teachman of Western Washington University in Bellingham and Daniel Lichter of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., say the new study is promising because it asks detailed questions of young adults and can monitor relationship progression from dating to cohabitation. Both sociologists study cohabitation; neither is involved in the new research.
The Seattle Times
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Has Washington crossed the Rubicon on high tuition at state universities?
The budget cuts to our public higher-education institutions this biennium were deep enough to cause some to suggest we have crossed the Rubicon — a point of no return.
Are we entering new territory in which our public institutions rely primarily on tuition revenues and operate largely as private entities? Do we need a new public/private funding model? Or will we confirm there is a fundamental public purpose to higher education that merits a public investment?
In 2009-2011, for the first time in history, four of Washington's six baccalaureate institutions will receive more operating revenue from tuition and fees than from state appropriations. They are University of Washington, Central Washington University, Evergreen State College and Western Washington University.
The Seattle Medium
- Tiana Townsell To Represent Washington In Miss Black USA Pageant
Tiana Tamara Townsell, 24, the daughter Rudolph Valentino Townsell II, retired Naval Officer at NAS Whidbey Island, and Norma Lee Townsell, a Field Technology Officer with Homeland Security, earned the title of Ms. Black Washington USA 2009 earlier this year and will compete for the title of MISS BLACK USA 2009 later this month in Washington, D.C.
She received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration - Marketing with a concentration in advertising and a minor in Theatre from Western Washington University with a 3.4 GPA in 2006.
The Bellingham Herald
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo to perform at Western
Ladysmith Black Mambazo returns to Bellingham for a concert of traditional South African tunes and Christian gospel music at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre (scroll down for story).
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