In the media
05 13 13
The Bellingham Herald
Four decades ago, while his father was a regular figure in the national media, Rick Merrill was living a news-free existence on a farm in Vermont.
His father, William Merrill, was the assistant Watergate special prosecutor who brought members of the White House "plumbers unit," also known as the "dirty tricks squad," to trial for violating the civil rights of Daniel Ellsberg.
Ellsberg was the man who leaked the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War. The so-called plumbers violated his rights by burglarizing the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist in search of disparaging information.
05 13 13
The Bellingham Herald
Steve Card, who last week was named interim director of athletics at Western Washington University, has announced that he will not coach the men's golf team during the 2013-14 season after 20 years heading that program.
Taking over Card's coaching position on an interim basis will be former Viking player and current assistant women's golf coach Luke Bennett.
05 13 13
The Bellingham Herald
One of Lynda Goodrich's favorite poems is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
The poem speaks of one who decides to journey along a path less traveled, and concludes that doing so "has made all the difference."
Goodrich's 42 years at Western Washington University as women's basketball coach and Director of Athletics have mirrored Frost's words. She's taken the road less traveled, and has made a major difference.
05 13 13
The Olympian
Washington lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday to finish their work on a two-year state budget, but with no deal reached during their two-week interim, the special legislative session could take its full allotted 30 days, if not longer.
05 13 13
The Bellingham Herald
Lynda Goodrich has always been a competitor.
From the time Dr. G. Robert Ross hired her to lead the Vikings' athletic program 26 years ago to when Goodrich's retirement was announced Monday, May 6, she's aimed to make Western Athletics a powerhouse while placing an emphasis on academic excellence.
05 10 13
The Seattle Times
In an unusual twist, a student-led committee at the University of Washington says that if state lawmakers don’t boost funding for higher education, the school should raise tuition by 3 percent — and use all the money to give faculty and staff a raise.
“It’s our sense, at this university, that if this wage freeze doesn’t end this year, it will have serious implications,” said Michael Kutz, a junior majoring in computer science and economics who chairs the Provost’s Advisory Committee for Students.
05 10 13
The Bellingham Herald
Bellingham playwright and musician Mike Rostron has written a new work, "Evermore," a sci-fi rock musical set more than a thousand years in the future. The play is performed at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, May 9-11, at Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., in Mount Vernon; and at 8 p.m. May 17 and 18 at Whatcom Community College's Syre Theatre.
05 10 13
The Olympian
After a two-week break to refresh and hear from constituents, state lawmakers will return to the Capitol Campus on Monday to finish the work they couldn’t accomplish in 105 days: passing a budget. We hope legislators used this time to step back from party politics and return next week with a single-minded focus to do what is best for all people in the state of Washington.
05 10 13
Bellingham Business Journal
Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics will host Saul Weisberg for its Ethics and Social Responsibility Executive Strategy Speaker Series at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 10, in Room 115 of WWU’s Communications Facility. The presentation is free and open to the public.
05 10 13
Yahoo! Voices
When I graduated from high school, my future opened to many possibilities via a college degree, I just had to decide which one I wanted. I had saved my money through high school years working as a babysitter, at the Woodland Park Zoo and McDonalds. So I started taking general university requirements while working and commuting from my parent's home.
The first crisis I encountered was my forty-hour a week work schedule interfered with school because I would get off work sometimes as late as four a.m. in the morning then have to turn around and drive an hour to the University of Washington for classes at eight a.m. I managed to negotiate three days of closing on the weekend instead of midweek but my exhaustion level was high and then I would come home to study and find too much noise.
