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Higher Education

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Local Take: Raising Interest Rates on Federal Stafford Loans at UW Could Come at a Cost

    The "fight" over federal student loan interest rates rages on in Washington D.C. Both Republicans and Democrats - including President Barack Obama and his imminent Republican challenger in November, Mitt Romney - seem to agree that keeping the interest rate from doubling on federally subsidized Staf ... More >>

  • Film

    April 25, 2012

    The Five-Year Engagement: Jason Segel and Emily Blunt Can't Commit

    The "fight" over federal student loan interest rates rages on in Washington D.C. Both Republicans and Democrats - including President Barack Obama and his imminent Republican challenger in November, Mitt Romney - seem to agree that keeping the interest rate from doubling on federally subsidized Staf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Seattle Start-Up Releases Food Delivery App

    A Seattle start-up believes its app could revolutionize how eaters make their food delivery decisions, but what customers apparently like most is the company's cute name. "People like the name," says Justin Seeley, founder of Omnom. "That's the number one feedback." Seeley and his two partners - a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    WSU Pi Kappa Alpha Frat Boys Arrested for Sorority Silly-String Raid

    It probably started as a funny idea: Let's get few of our frat brothers and go break into the nearby sorority house and spray silly string everywhere. Yeah, bro! Beer me! But apparently someone forgot that five dudes kicking a door in on a house full of sleeping young women might end badly.

  • Food

    June 8, 2011

    A Little Raskin: Cutting Class

    Less funding for culinary schools could be good for restaurants.

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Gov. Gregoire Signs Bill to Increase College Tuition by Double Digits That's Called The "Higher Education Opportunity Act"

    ​Good news, college hopefuls! Washington Governor Chris Gregoire just signed a bill that will create new opportunities for higher education. In fact, the bill she signed is called the the Higher Education Opportunity Act! For example, students will now have the "opportunity" to pay 16 percent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Everett Cheerleaders Suspended for Forcing Newbies to Wear Diapers and Endure Hot Dog Beatings

    ​Folks who think that brutal hazing rituals only exist in big university frats and sororities should be glad they didn't try and become a cheerleader at Jackson High School in Everett.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Why Leave a "Real" School for an Online One? Jean Floten Explains Herself

    ​Jean Floten, president of Bellevue College (formerly Bellevue Community College, a name she helped change), is jumping to a gig as chancellor at Western Governors University, an institution that, unusually, is both online and nonprofit. We caught up with her over the phone to find out why.

  • News

    May 4, 2011

    Michael Young's Paycheck

    The University of Washington's new president's raise is bigger than you think.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Fox News' Megyn Kelly Thinks Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes Is the Worst Thing Since Karl Marx

    ​For more than five years now, Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative has festered in the city's law books, unexposed by the Liberty Enforcement Squad at Fox News. But no longer! Fox host Megyn Kelly has unearthed the law from the city's webpit and is none too pleased. She's spent the la ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    The Art of War

    Seattle's Art Institute rakes in federal cash from the GI Bill.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Colton Harris-Moore, Indicted on Five Federal Charges, Seattle Still Left With Lame Ass Burglars

    ​Colton Harris-Moore, the infamous "Barefoot Bandit" knew how to do it. He stole private planes, sports cars, and boats. He broke into people's homes just to eat ice cream. When he finally got caught, he was in the freaking Bahamas. Unfortunately, since his capture in July and his indictment o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds Play McCaw Hall in a Million-Dollar Fundraiser for JustGive.org

    ​Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, the dudes who filled your college dorm room with acoustic renditions of "One Sweet World," "Jimi Thing," and "Say Goodbye," are asking you to open your wallets for JustGive.org. If you shell out for a $135 ticket to the intimate show at McCaw Hall, they'll give ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Breaking News: The University of Washington Is Full of Liberals!

    ​Before you send your impressionable teen off to the University of Washington, there's something you should know: it's full of liberals. Liberals who are (looks around to make sure no one is watching) biased. That, at least, is the conclusion of a wrongheaded "expose" by CampusReform.org, a co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    The UW Goes Green With Help From City Light and the Guy in Suite 13

    Warning students: this is probably not on the list of approved dormroom appliances​Earlier this month, the Seattle City Council voted 5-4 in approval of a 13.8 percent hike in City Light fees. Now the utility company announces that it will partner with the University of Washington to test an a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Ragin' Asian: Meet Amber, Belltown's Classiest Broad

    ​Amber (2214 1st Ave) looks like an Aspen ski cabin that a celebrity might show off on MTV Cribs. It's spacious with high ceilings, decorated in warm tones, and has a four-sided bar that's bigger than most college dorm rooms. The crowd however, consists more of professionals in their mid to la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    When It Comes to Paying for Stuff, What a Tangled Web We Weave

    Christine Gregoire says it's cool for state universities and community colleges to raise tuition, which the universities and colleges say is necessary because the legislature is going to cut their funding, which the legislature is doing because we don't have enough revenue, one of the reasons for wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Yes, We Did

    Christine Gregoire says it's cool for state universities and community colleges to raise tuition, which the universities and colleges say is necessary because the legislature is going to cut their funding, which the legislature is doing because we don't have enough revenue, one of the reasons for wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Halloween in Columbus, OH

    Christine Gregoire says it's cool for state universities and community colleges to raise tuition, which the universities and colleges say is necessary because the legislature is going to cut their funding, which the legislature is doing because we don't have enough revenue, one of the reasons for wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Pornstar Convicted

    Christine Gregoire says it's cool for state universities and community colleges to raise tuition, which the universities and colleges say is necessary because the legislature is going to cut their funding, which the legislature is doing because we don't have enough revenue, one of the reasons for wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Drink, Slip, Sue, Repeat

    Christine Gregoire says it's cool for state universities and community colleges to raise tuition, which the universities and colleges say is necessary because the legislature is going to cut their funding, which the legislature is doing because we don't have enough revenue, one of the reasons for wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Pizza and Philanthropy - There Really is No Down Side

    Christine Gregoire says it's cool for state universities and community colleges to raise tuition, which the universities and colleges say is necessary because the legislature is going to cut their funding, which the legislature is doing because we don't have enough revenue, one of the reasons for wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    The Maxim Review: Bryan Adams

    Christine Gregoire says it's cool for state universities and community colleges to raise tuition, which the universities and colleges say is necessary because the legislature is going to cut their funding, which the legislature is doing because we don't have enough revenue, one of the reasons for wh ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Monkey Bar Is a Break From the Ave.

    Muffin tops and grad students already have their spots.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2008

    The Daily Wire: Sounds of the Future

    Muffin tops and grad students already have their spots.

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    Pullman: Sex, Limes, and Videotape

    How a night with a porn star turned into a rape case.

  • News

    November 21, 2007

    Still No Bruce Lee Tribute at UW?

    Students have been crying racism for almost 30 years

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    Back to school reminder: share music at your own risk

    Students have been crying racism for almost 30 years

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2007

    This Just In: College Students Don't Know Everything About Everything

    Students have been crying racism for almost 30 years

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2007

    Universities Crack Down on Downloaders

    Students have been crying racism for almost 30 years

  • News

    March 14, 2007

    The F-Word

    Dissecting hipster Seattle's most loathed,least defended figure: the frat boy.

  • Film

    January 10, 2007

    Stomp the Yard

    Opens at Pacific Place and other theaters, Fri., Jan. 12. Rated PG-13. 115 minutes.

  • Diversions

    August 2, 2006

    Weiya Zhang

    Best Med Student in a Tiara

  • Diversions

    May 24, 2006

    Summer: Same as It Ever Was

    Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Self-Diagnosis

    UW launches a lessons-learned probe of a medical scandal that just won't go away.

  • News

    June 9, 2004

    Everybody Knew

    The full story of the University of Washington Medicare-fraud case has not been told, says a whistle-blower. For starters, clerks were ordered to forge doctor signatures and re-create old records. Fear of firing, meanwhile, kept everyone quiet. Almost.

  • Arts

    March 10, 2004

    Frat-Boy Confidential

    Goat rises above Animal House, but just barely.

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Biotech Land Rush

    A glut of development is planned in Seattle, Bothell, and Rentonenough to accommodate tens of thousands of life-science researchers and other 'knowledge' workers. Are there enough tenants to go around?

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Advanced Degree of Angst

    The real scandal at UW might be funding inequity on a campus of fiefdoms.

  • News

    February 5, 2003

    Buzz

    The real scandal at UW might be funding inequity on a campus of fiefdoms.

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    Brain Damage

    The billing scandal at UW Medical is far from over, and the penalties could be in the tens of millions of dollars.

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    Learning with the stars

    Inside the country's first college of astrology.

  • News

    June 6, 2001

    Brain drain

    World-class profs leave UW.

  • News

    November 8, 2000

    Labor lessons

    Grad students threaten to strike as the UW refuses to recognize their union.

  • News

    August 23, 2000

    Loggers' revenge

    The Endangered Species Act hits liberal Seattle.

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Graduation altercation

    Evergreen + Mumia = angry politicians.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Show me the money

    If you think Washington football has declined, wait 'til you see Washington bookball.

  • News

    June 3, 1998

    Innovate or perish

    UW's Innovation Fund is supposed to keep the beleaguered university on the cutting edge. Is it too little, too late?

  • Arts

    March 11, 1998

    The Master of the Almost-Factual Essay

    Jo Ann Beard's stunning debut limns the gray area between fact and memory.

  • News

    March 4, 1998

    Not so lucky

    A UW whistleblower gets sacked after reporting more mishandling of med-school money.

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