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Higher Education

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Rob McKenna's Savvy Positioning Puts Democrats in Attack Mode

    When Republicans cut money for education in a budget they pushed through the Senate late last week, the state Democratic Party sent out a blistering missive--aimed at Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob McKenna. The Democrats have a point, but it's also evident that McKenna's savvy positioning of h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    University of Washington Offers Lesson for U.S. Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case

    University administrators are "wringing their hands" over the U.S. Supreme Court's announcement that it will hear a case that could result in restrictions on race-based admissions, according to NPR. But the University of Washington's experience suggests that doing away with affirmative action needn' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    A Word About the NY Times' Sunday Story on UW's Decision to Increase Foreign Students at the Expense of Washington Residents

    I don't want to get all Pat Buchanan here, but Sunday's New York Times Page One story on how foreign students, the Chinese in particular, are going to the head of the admissions acceptance line so poor old UW can make ends meet, nets at least a 9 on my infuriation scale.

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Varlalmos Pizzeria's Calzones are Priced to Play

    ​Varlamos Pizzeria refers to their calzones as 'football-sized,' but 'toddler-sized' might be more accurate. 'Toddler-sized' would, however make less sense as a Monday night promotion. I've seen growing teenage boys repeatedly defeated by the size of this dish. It's as if a large, thick-crust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Misguided Amazon Users Demand Removal of Jerry Sandusky's Book Touched

    ​If the allegations are true, then no decent person should buy anything from child-raping former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. That, however, doesn't mean people should go around banning his book.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    UW Plans Largest Tuition Hike Ever; Here Are Eight Way Cheaper Other Local Schools

    ​On Thursday, the University of Washington Board of Regents announced that they would raise tuition at UW by a whopping 20 percent for in-state undergrads--setting the price at $10,574 per year, not counting room, board, books, etc. The raise comes after two years of double-digit tuition hikes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Gov. Gregoire Bows Out, Won't Seek a Third Term, Likely Pitting Insley Against McKenna

    No 3rd term​Updated, 10:20 a.m. Chris Gregoire, who lost her first election tally as governor - then won in a double recount - won't seek a third term, she announced today. "It's time for me to go on and do something else," she said at a press conference on the gubernatorial mansion steps in O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Predicted Decline in Culinary School Enrollment Not a Concern for Many Restaurant Pros

    ​Lyle Hildahl, executive director of the Washington Restaurant Association's Education Foundation, isn't a foe of formal kitchen training. But he fears the current glamorization of professional cooking, advanced by the Food Network and glossy food magazines, has inspired young college students ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Seattle Central Community College Weighs Axing Its American Sign Language Interpreter-Training Program

    ​Due to the brutalizing state budget just passed by legislators, Seattle Central Community College must cut approximately $4 million in spending. A number of worthy programs face possible elimination, and college President Paul Killpatrick has vowed to listen to feedback at a public meeting t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Michael Young, Incoming University of Washington President, Earns Nearly $300,000 a Year Less Than Media Reports Have Suggested

    ​Michael Young, the incoming University of Washington president, does not earn $723,595 a year in his current role as head of the University of Utah. This bears emphasizing, because The Seattle Times and a handful of other papers have reported that Young made just that for the 2009-10 school y ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    Cloud Nothings

    ​Michael Young, the incoming University of Washington president, does not earn $723,595 a year in his current role as head of the University of Utah. This bears emphasizing, because The Seattle Times and a handful of other papers have reported that Young made just that for the 2009-10 school y ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2011

    Guster

    ​Michael Young, the incoming University of Washington president, does not earn $723,595 a year in his current role as head of the University of Utah. This bears emphasizing, because The Seattle Times and a handful of other papers have reported that Young made just that for the 2009-10 school y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Law School Graduates May Face Nothing But "Shit Jobs"

    ​Everyone knows lawyers make a mint, right? And if you're laid off and looking for a new career, law school is probably looking pretty good to you. Well, do not do a single thing before you've read yesterday's New York Times expose on law schools and their false promises of prosperity. And the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    UW Employees Empty Trash, Dip into Student Fund, in Order to Get Around Budget Cuts

    ​Times are tough at the University of Washington, which like every public institution is hurting for funds. Employees are subject to an out-of-state travel freeze instituted by the state legislature. And the university has been scrimping even on bare necessities--like vacuuming the floors. So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Gary Taylor, Drama Teacher, Accused of Filming Female Student in Dressing Room

    ​The 20-year-old student first noticed the camera on Tuesday, while she was changing in the dressing room of Green River Community College's theater. When investigators played the tape, they say they saw 71-year-old drama teacher Gary Taylor putting the hidden camera on a shelf, then walking a ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 29, 2010

    Preguntale al Mexicano

    ​The 20-year-old student first noticed the camera on Tuesday, while she was changing in the dressing room of Green River Community College's theater. When investigators played the tape, they say they saw 71-year-old drama teacher Gary Taylor putting the hidden camera on a shelf, then walking a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2010

    Dinosaur Feathers

    ​The 20-year-old student first noticed the camera on Tuesday, while she was changing in the dressing room of Green River Community College's theater. When investigators played the tape, they say they saw 71-year-old drama teacher Gary Taylor putting the hidden camera on a shelf, then walking a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    70 Percent of College Freshman Enter School With Macs

    ​OK, so it probably won't surprise anyone to hear that kids entering college prefer Macs to PCs. But in the realm of things that could be bad news for Microsoft, the fact that seven out of 10 college freshman prefer the competition is right up there with "we're releasing an iPhone competitor t ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2010

    Best of Seattle 2010: Merf Ehman

    Best Watchdog for Tenants

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Today in Sex: Turns Out, Love is A Drug

    ​Can you imagine, just days after being dumped by someone you considered the love of your life, sitting through an experiment that entailed getting hooked up to a machine called an fMRI and looking at photos of your beloved over and over again? This torture is exactly what about fifteen studen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2010

    X-Ray Press

    ​Can you imagine, just days after being dumped by someone you considered the love of your life, sitting through an experiment that entailed getting hooked up to a machine called an fMRI and looking at photos of your beloved over and over again? This torture is exactly what about fifteen studen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2010

    Introducing

    ​Can you imagine, just days after being dumped by someone you considered the love of your life, sitting through an experiment that entailed getting hooked up to a machine called an fMRI and looking at photos of your beloved over and over again? This torture is exactly what about fifteen studen ... More >>

  • Food

    December 23, 2009

    Brotherly Grub

    ​Can you imagine, just days after being dumped by someone you considered the love of your life, sitting through an experiment that entailed getting hooked up to a machine called an fMRI and looking at photos of your beloved over and over again? This torture is exactly what about fifteen studen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    UW Coeds Ranked Least Prone to Sexual Harassment

    Yet another reason why Ivy League educations are overrated​Spirits may be low over at the UW, what with a looming tuition increase and impending cuts in, well, nearly everything. But here comes news from something called the Campus Toleration Foundation, who in a recently completed study(PDF ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Fun With Statistics: State School Superintendent Gets Creative to Make State #1 in Test Scores

    ​You can tell a lot of stories with numbers, and the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction just told one of them. In a release entitled, "State SAT Scores Lead the Nation Again" the office notes that, among states in which more than half of high school graduates took the SAT ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 24, 2009

    Artopia: The Hot Dorks of Drumline

    Titanium Sporkestra: bringing sexy back to marching bands.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    I've Been Listening to Kate Nash, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, & MGMT

    Kate Nash; Made of Bricks: I was introduced to Nash by the editor at my first post-college job. "You have to listen to this song," he said. "It reminds me you." He played for me "Foundations," an infectious pop gem about a girl in a futile relationship. I wasn't pleased with his assessment of my li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Today's Economic News: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 25, 2009

    Ask a Mexican

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 18, 2009

    Mexico Still Hasn't Discovered Tampons

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    "Drinking Age Not Working" - No Joke!

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Wanted: A few good hippies

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    Old School

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    Tonight: Henry MFA Opening Celebration

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2008

    Death By Metro Bus

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2007

    From the archives: February 7, 1990

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    Charity...that's so hot

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • News

    March 21, 2007

    Lovin' "The F-Word," Missing the Women

    The good: In keeping with a recent semi-trend of semi-good news, GE and Citibank didn't do as horribly as expected in their latest earnings reports. The bad: Paul Krugman, like Flavor Flav, says don't believe the hype, arguing that the news is still consistently bad, the good reports smell funny, ... More >>

  • Diversions

    November 22, 2006

    Old Weezy Gets Bit

    Remembering the first horse in King County to die from the West Nile virus.

  • Diversions

    October 25, 2006

    Around Occidental Park

    At 2 a.m., Pioneer Square is where you'll find the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2006

    Deluxe Violence

    At 2 a.m., Pioneer Square is where you'll find the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.

  • Arts

    June 21, 2006

    Musical Chairs

    Six UW Music School positions may be at risk.

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Media, University of Washington

    Six UW Music School positions may be at risk.

  • Food

    August 25, 2004

    Aug. 25-31, 2004

    Six UW Music School positions may be at risk.

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Blowing the Lid Off

    Six UW Music School positions may be at risk.

  • News

    December 11, 2002

    This Is No Laughing Matter

    Six UW Music School positions may be at risk.

  • Food

    October 2, 2002

    The New Food Revolution

    Drop that tasteless corporate-grown tomato! These Seattle foodies are creating a safer, healthier, more savory food chain.

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    "With a few artsy-fartsy exceptions, Ballard is wonderfully unhip. I hope it stays that way."

    Drop that tasteless corporate-grown tomato! These Seattle foodies are creating a safer, healthier, more savory food chain.

  • Arts

    August 4, 1999

    Estrogen-X

    Separating the good girls from the bad.

  • News

    February 10, 1999

    Letters

    Netting the Republicans

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