Western Today for Thursday, July 16

BPRI, WWU students conducting truck-crossing research at the border

WWU's Border Policy Research Institute is conducting research this summer on the truck usage of the FAST lanes at the northern border, and why the percentage of trucks using these lanes is dramatically lower here than at other border crossings such as Detroit and Buffalo. WWU students are working with customs agents to get information about each truck, its destination, manifest, and usage (or not) of the FAST system.

Hugh Conroy/WWU

Graphic designers move to University Communications

Graphic designers Chris Baker and Shona Fahland have moved from their former offices in the commissary building to the Office of University Communications suite at 300 Old Main due to a reorganization within the University Relations Division.

The work of the two graphic designers, which had been charged to campus users on an hourly basis because the designers formerly were part of the self-sustaining Print and Copy Services, will no longer incur charge-backs to campus users. Read more at FAST Online.

Did you know?

Jennifer Purcell, a marine scientist at WWU's Shannon Point Marine Center, is working with the Around the Americas project to conduct research on jellyfish populations. Follow the progress of the research vessel Ocean Watch as it circumnavigates the Americas from the Arctic Circle to to Cape Horn capturing scientific data, stopping at 31 ports before returning to Ballard next June.

Western Card office moving for the summer

The Western Card Office has a new temporary location. From Friday, July 17, until Sept. 25, the Card Office will be in Wilson Library Room 165 (on High Street across from the bookstore). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call ext. 7414 or visit http://housing.wwu.edu/wcard/.

The Bellingham Herald

Officials complain about northern border policy
Officials from the United States and Canada say that American northern border policy, shaped by terrorism concerns and Mexican border issues, is negatively impacting Pacific Northwest communities.
Donald Alper, a Western Washington University political scientist and director of the Border Policy Research Institute, said his research shows a significant decline in cross-border travel since tighter security measures were imposed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
He also said communities that had developed close cross-border cultures have seen those relationships erode as the U.S. limited access. (Note: Don Alper was also a guest yesterday on Vancouver's AM 1410, discussing border issues; segment is not available online)

KGMI Radio

Bellingham adds five new dog-waste stations designed by WWU students
In an effort to keep the bad stuff from dogs from polluting streams, City of Bellingham Public Works crews are installing five new dog waste collection stations this week along Railroad Trail. Students in the Industrial Design department at Western Washington University designed the collection stations.
The project was funded by a grant from the Department of Ecology, intended to address high levels of fecal coli form bacteria found in Fever and Whatcom Creeks.

WWU News Releases

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