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For the first time, Viking Swing and Western Americana Music Group are coming together to host a Valentine’s Day event. The Sweet Heart Swing Dance will be held in the Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room on Feb. 12th from 6 to 8 p.m.
Students at Western Washington University say they are questioning how safe campus spaces feel following a flashing incident inside Wilson Library on Jan. 28.
Bellingham is a predominantly white city, but it’s lucky to be home to notable Black-owned businesses from various industries.
Western Washington University is at a crossroads when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). Ask anyone on campus; faculty and students alike will tell you how controversial AI is.
Every Monday evening, basketballs bounce, wheels skid and players holler across Court A inside Wade King Student Recreation Center. Many things change from week to week; players fluctuate, different drills are run. But one thing about the WWU Adaptive Sports Club stays the same: an undeniable sense of community.
Bellingham’s R.G. Haley International and Cornwall Avenue Landfill sites, more commonly known as Glass Beach, are currently undergoing construction amid contamination cleanup efforts.
Western’s Student Health Center will be switching to an insurance-based billing model, and with it comes a way to help under-insured students pay for their healthcare on campus.
This season, Western’s debate team has ranked in the top tier at every competition it has attended, with five finals placements, and will continue to compete for the national championship.
“We protect each other.”
When the clock expired on the Seattle Seahawks’ 27-31 NFC Championship victory over the Los Angeles Rams on the evening of Jan. 25, 2026, it wasn’t just to the delight of the uproarious home crowd affectionately known as the “12s.” In sports bars and living rooms across the country, Seattle fans raised their arms in relief and rejoiced. The state of Washington itself seemed to celebrate the advancement of its team to the biggest stage in American sports: Super Bowl LX, facing off against the New England Patriots.
As transit fares are set to rise in the fall of 2026, Western Washington University student advocates and local officials are debating how public transit can be funded through existing tax revenues, rather than requiring additional financial contributions from the community.
Over the next few weeks, Western Washington University’s Arts and Music Productions (AMP) will provide students and community members with free film showings. Hosted in VU 552, these showings run bi-weekly starting on Jan. 15 and ending on March 12 from 7-9 p.m.
The Rage Magazine celebrated its sixth issue with Ragefest: a fashion runway, presenting eight collections at Worn Again Thrift in Bellingham, Washington, on Jan. 30. Doors opened at 8 p.m., and seats were first come, first served; free Red Bull was provided for all attendees. By 9 p.m., the building was at full capacity.
At Western Washington University’s north area front desk, winter quarter moves quickly. Students tap their ID cards, ask for packages and leave within seconds. Those brief exchanges add up to lengthy shifts of emotional labor for Samantha Andry, one of the student employees behind the desk.
On Jan. 16, the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced a five-day full road closure of Mt. Baker Highway (SR 542) beginning on Monday, Feb. 2, following this season’s delayed opening of Mt. Baker Ski Area.
Combining traditional sound bath meditation and floating, Western Washington University’s Wade King Student Recreation Center is hosting a floating sound bath on Feb. 3 from 6-7 p.m.
Along the Nooksack River, countless farms and homes faced severe short and long-term damage after mass flooding the second week of December.
Many Bellingham businesses showed their support for the nationwide “Ice Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom” demonstration on Friday, Jan. 30, closing their doors as a show of support and solidarity.
Not many universities can say they have a towering evergreen forest just steps away from campus. The Sehome Hill Arboretum is a major element of what makes Western Washington University’s environment unique.
It was a hot August morning in 2024 when a beef cow, only a few months old, famously escaped her trailer, beginning her two-month-long career as an escape artist wandering the Barkley Village neighborhood.
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