Lavender Menaces club navigates the past and present of sapphic exclusion
By Lynn Piefer | August 15Editor's Note: This story was written last quarter. The author was a member of The Front's spring 2025 staff.
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Bachelor of Fine Arts students explore their identity through The Western Gallery
By Adah Bassok | May 25The Western Gallery presents its annual art showcase after a year-long process spearheaded by graduating students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program.
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WWU Japanese Student Association to host first heritage dinner in nearly a decade
By Adah Bassok | May 14Western Washington University’s Japanese Student Association (JSA) will host its first heritage dinner in nearly a decade on May 18. The event will include food, live performances and a mochi-pounding demonstration.
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College in the High School: Top of its class in benefits
By Jaimee Wacker | May 9Increasing amounts of U.S. high school students are taking college courses in high school, according to the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships. Western Washington University hopes to be a part of this continued trend by becoming more active in the College in the High School program.
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Seven months into Western Safe app and other safety changes
By Hailey LeRoy | May 7Western Washington University’s new campus safety app, Western Safe, has reached over 850 downloads.
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WWU’s Merriman Financial Literacy Program aims to educate students in money management
By Jaimee Wacker | May 6Many college students struggle with managing budgets and understanding financial literacy. According to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), only 40% of college students have taken a personal finance course at four-year institutions.
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WWU launches new portal to centralize scholarship application process
By Adah Bassok | April 20On April 9, Western Washington University launched a new application portal for students to apply for financial aid and scholarships.
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The Bellingham Farmers Market returns for the season
By Lynn Piefer | April 19As springtime rolls into Bellingham, the town sees an uptick in community events and activities throughout the city, including the Bellingham Farmers Market, a weekly event featuring over a hundred booths of vendors, farmers and artisans.
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Students for Ecological Restoration Club works to rehabilitate Sehome Hill Arboretum
By Natalie Jones | March 25The idea for the Students for Ecological Restoration Club originated in spring 2024, when students Caleb Barville and his friend Bruce Cudkowicz realized Western Washington University didn’t have an ecological restoration club. With environmental science professor James Helfield as their faculty advisor, the club began hosting activities in the fall with Barville as director.
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Exploring the unconventional: WWU’s most unusual classes
By Kaitlyn Ward | March 3At Western Washington University, students are diving into some of the most unique and unexpected classes in higher education. While many universities are known for offering the typical mix of courses in fields like history, biology and business, Western has become a university for students seeking to expand their horizons with something a little more unconventional.
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Navigating the land of introverts
By Allie Van Parys | March 3Editors note: This story has been edited to correct an error regarding Max Plante's previous school, Central Washington University, which was initially incorrectly identified as Eastern Washington University.
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Dollarbird emerges victorious after first round of Western’s Battle of the Bands
By Natalie Jones | February 26The crowd danced and sang along with Dollarbird during their set at Battle of the Bands in the Underground Coffeehouse at Western Washington University on Feb. 19.
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All signs point to clean
By McKenna Kilayko | February 20Western Washington University first-year Maxwell Richards didn’t expect cleaning nursery signs for Bainbridge Gardens would kickstart his project to clean every sign on campus – but that’s exactly what happened.
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Unstable connections: WWU students struggle with unreliable campus Wi-Fi
By Natalie Jones and Kaitlyn Ward | February 19Editors note: Aidan Hollander's name was changed to Violet after publication and has aptly been changed in the story to accurately identify them.
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Flushed away to your new favorite restroom
By Allie Van Parys | February 10Kaiser Borsari Hall’s gender-neutral restrooms swept the polls for the best bathroom at Western Washington University.
