OLYMPIA — After about two years at community college, I started to look around for a four-year university. As I searched, I gradually realized most colleges refused to accept many of my credits – sometimes even up to a full year of work. An extra year seemed too long at the time…

OLYMPIA — When I first heard the rumor that one of Washington’s leading universities gave two-thirds of their child care slots to faculty and staff, I refused to believe it. Surely universities wouldn’t lobby for increased student child care funding while giving the majority of available slots to teachers and administrators…

OLYMPIA — It was a snowy Valentine’s Day on the Northern Illinois University campus. Students went to classes, wrote papers and studied for tests. And then a man walked onto their campus and into their lives. Before the day ended, he had killed five students…

OLYMPIA — When the sixth person called about septic tanks, I thought I’d had enough. Not many people whittle away their lives conversing about septic tanks. On the other hand, it would have been less painful if I hadn’t had to discuss a shellfish bill earlier in the day…

OLYMPIA – With the committee cutoff for bills in the house of origin on Friday, the Legislature has finished its first sprint of the 60-day session. At this point, any bills that have not been heard and passed out of policy committees are dead for the year…

OYMPIA — Once more a sports stadium is ruling public attention and the public pocketbook. Last year, the Sonics begged for tax dollars to finance their multimillion dollar lives. This year, the University of Washington is asking for help building a $300 million Husky stadium…

OLYMPIA — Child care is dominating the Washington Student Lobby agenda this legislative session. We all know families who struggle to feed their children and take classes, but sadly, Washington universities probably will not collect as much money as they would like…

OLYMPIA — A few years ago, someone in Olympia suggested allowing Washington universities to raise tuition by 20 percent each year. Our tuition only goes up 7 percent. We’re students, we complain – about textbook prices, financial aid, childcare, etc. But we have a lot to be grateful for…

ASWSU President Kasey Webster remembers walking to the French Ad with Vice President Tommy Simmons to formally meet President Elson S. Floyd on his first day as WSU’s acting president. “Tommy was asking, ‘Are you nervous?’” Kasey said. “And I’m like ‘Tommy…

ASWSU voted Wednesday to break their contract with the Washington Student Lobby to more effectively use student money and represent branch campuses in the state’s capitol. Although they play to rejoin the WSL, the extra money generated by a more generous contract will be used to create an additional organization to lobby soley for WSU interests…

The Division of Distance Programs will discontinue its flexible enrollment classes after next semester and will move the entire DDP program to semester-based courses. Originally designed to give students a flexible option, DDP administration and advisers felt students were not succeeding in the lenient environment of flex classes…

Snow was falling heavily by noon on Sunday. By 1 p.m., two heavy equipment crew members from Plant Services began clearing campus roads. Soon afterward, they were joined by two others. Plant Services Director Dennis Rovetto supervises the crews that keep campus snow-free during the long winter months at hilly WSU…

WSU student Nicole Gray grew up separated from her American Indian culture and people. Now, thanks to Ku-Au-Mah, the American Indian committee of ASWSU, she feels like she is finally regaining her heritage. “They helped me feel proud of who I was,” Gray said…

The decision by WSU to turn down the invitation to host the 2008 vice presidential debate left faculty surprised and disappointed. Elizabeth Siler, English as a second language specialist in the English Department, said she could not believe WSU had turned down the opportunity…

The ASWSU Senate appointed two new justices to the Judiciary Board at its Wednesday meeting. The J-Board enforces the bylaws for the ASWSU Senate and executive branches. The senate appointed students Nick Honn and Thomas Chmura, both of whom said they were excited for the opportunity…