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Bellingham's Most Violent Visitors

Posted by Bookgirl | | Sunday, February 28, 2010
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Bellingham is known for its breathtaking scenery and active community. Views of Mount Baker and Bellingham Bay, a diverse population and a vibrant downtown district showcase the area as serene and friendly. But when the lights turn off, businesses close for the evening and everyone goes home, walking Bellingham at night can be a bit creepy- and for good reason.

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State senate extends tuition authority

Posted by Bookgirl | | Saturday, February 13, 2010
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A proposed bill that would change university tuition control passed the Senate Finance Committee Monday night.

The bill will give university Board of Trustee boards the authority to set tuition rates for the undergraduate state-residents at Western, the University of Washington and Washington State University. Currently the state Legislature has this power. Undergraduate state-residents make up 86 percent of Western's students.

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Learning the importance of dining etiquette

Posted by Bookgirl | | Friday, February 12, 2010
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Etiquette may no longer be a required class, but that doesn't mean it is unimportant. Students enjoyed a three-course meal Wednesday night at the Viking Union Multipurpose Room while learning how the rules of etiquette can make or break a job interview.

The etiquette dinner is held every winter quarter the night before the career fair. Effie Eisses, employee relations manager for the Career Services Center, said the event gives 140 students the opportunity to sit down with and have a meal in a professional social setting and network with potential employers who sponsor the event.

Eisses said proper etiquette is an important job skill to have, as employers often look to see how applicants interact with other members of their in the final interview process.

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Illustration imagined

Posted by Bookgirl | | Thursday, February 11, 2010
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*For those of you who follow me on twitter, I apologize for my empty promise of a new post last week. To make up for it, I'll be posting more stuff tomorrow!

Artwork from children's book illustrators around the world will go on display alongside Columbia Elementary School forth and fifth graders' art starting Feb. 10 in Wilson Library. More than 70 artists from 30 countries illustrated original book covers for the exhibit, which challenges the idea of judging a book by its cover.

The exhibit, commissioned by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany, is titled "An Imaginary Library: Children's Books That Do Not (Yet) Exist."

The twist: the books haven't been published yet. This is the last stop of the exhibit, and the only West Coast venue, before it returns to Germany.

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