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News

5:11 AM 7.30.10

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced a new regulation on July 12, changing the rules about how veterans can qualify for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment and compensation.

‘Bodies’ banned from Seattle

5:09 AM 7.30.10

Western students, professors discuss the controversial exhibit

BT deadline unlikely to be met

5:05 AM 7.30.10

Onsite manager and LEED coordinator quit project

Retired and rehired

5:04 AM 7.30.10

Loophole lets Western employees receive both pensions and salaries

Professor tenure at Western more than twice national average

4:57 AM 7.30.10

Fewer college instructors in the United States have tenure than ever before, and that number is expected to keep going down. At Western, however, tenure remains common.

WWU X-Prize Team Out of Competition

4:54 AM 7.30.10

Western’s team is no longer in the running for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize after mechanical problems caused them to fail the lane change and braking event in the final safety trials.

Sports

Ascending arborists

5:26 AM 7.30.10

Caution tape and crowds surrounded five trees at Elizabeth Park. Everyone around the trees tilted their heads back, and some shouted up into the branches.

Playing dirty

5:24 AM 7.30.10

Hundreds of runners race in muddy marathon