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WWU cowboy shows fellow college students the ropes

An insistent whipping and thumping echoes across the Buchanan Towers lawn at Western Washington University. The sound stalls for a moment before the swishing of a lasso picks up again. A thud follows as it catches on a roping dummy, tightening as it would around live cattle.

Wearing a…

2022-06-24
Soaring gas prices, crime rates and homelessness: How will parties position themselves locally headed into primaries?

Early returns from this year’s midterm elections and public opinion polls point to the rising costs of goods, public safety and homelessness dominating political discussion headed into the primaries.

The outlook in Spokane mirrors that seen in urban areas across the nation, with soaring…

2022-06-13
Student story: A morning in the life of a coxswain on WWU’s rowing team 2022-06-10
Anthropology faculty and students awarded grants to support research 2022-06-09
WWU Professor of English Christopher Wise presents at two conferences in Africa 2022-06-08
Meet the 2022 Presidential Scholars 2022-06-03
Restoring pandemic losses will require major changes in schools and classrooms, superintendents say

Though kids are learning this year, many have fallen even further behind grade level. Our new report—which draws from a national survey of school districts—reveals how good intentions have collided…

2022-05-13
Research Recap: Linguistics article, biology research and a student panel at an interdisciplinary humanities conference 2022-05-03
WWU’s Caitlin Bannister is Western’s first Behavioral Neuroscience student to receive a coveted Goldwater Scholarship 2022-04-27
Brad Johnson Named WWU’s New Provost and Executive Vice President   2022-04-26
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