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State employees are paying their share of health care
3.10.10
In the media
benefits | budget | health care | opinion
WWU President Bruce Shepard posts new blog entry
2.25.10
Campus news
Bruce Shepard | Bruce's Blog | discussion | funding | opinion

Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard has posted a new blog entry titled "Stop using my taxpayer dollars to support an activity that is insulting, offensive, and errant."

Read the latest blog entry on Bruce's Web site at http://www.wwu.edu/president/blog/posts/8.shtml.
Now is not the time to give up on school reform | The Bellingham Herald
2.8.10
In the media
CST | faculty | opinion | Pinky_Nelson | smate
As I grew up, I dreamt of being many things, including an astronaut. I was fortunate to attend schools (in Minnesota) that encouraged, challenged and prepared me for success in college, work and beyond, and in 1978 realized my childhood dream, eventually flying on three NASA space missions. When I retired from NASA, I chose to dedicate myself to improving the education system. Schools should help each student obtain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to stay in school and pursue whatever path they might choose after high school graduation, be it an astronaut or auto technician.
We’re putting Washington’s future at risk Legislature needs to think of the long-term impacts of cutting education funds | The News Tribune
2.8.10
In the media
budget | budget | funding | Legislature | opinion | tuition
For Madeline Corrado-Din and Trina Griffis, the debate over higher education funding in the Washington Legislature is far from academic. Madeline is the first in her family to attend college. Trina is a single mom, balancing parenthood, work and school. Both came to The Evergreen State College to earn a bachelor’s degree so they can compete for higher-paying jobs today and in the future and give something back to their state and their community. For them, access to a baccalaureate education is critical. But that access is at risk.
Martin Luther King Jr. built on American tradition of organization and protest | The Seattle Times
1.19.10
In the media
faculty | Johann_Neem | opinion
IN the 1950s and 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and thousands of other Americans from all backgrounds took to the streets to advocate equal treatment for all Americans. The civil-rights movement was organized from the grass roots. Voluntary groups — from African-American fraternal clubs and churches to student associations on college campuses — mobilized ordinary citizens to demonstrate and to march peacefully for change. The streets echoed in the halls of government. Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson both felt the heat, and they responded to it.