Posts Tagged ‘national news’Occupy Bellingham draws hundredsFriday, October 7th, 2011Gina Cole and Kyle Gootkin // THE WESTERN FRONT Hundreds of people flooded downtown Bellingham this afternoon as part of Occupy Bellingham, modeled after the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City. The Bellingham protests started at 4 p.m. today, and within half an hour, about 450 people were marching between the Bellingham Federal Building and Bank of America. (more…) Midnight press briefing gives details on the death of bin LadenMonday, May 2nd, 2011Caleb Hutton // THE WESTERN FRONT As a followup to yesterday’s post, here’s another press release we received regarding the death of Osama bin Laden. It contains the transcript of a press briefing from people identified only as “Senior Administration Officials,” presumably from the CIA. The text comes from the Office of the White House Press Secretary. It’s about 3,400 words long. But I wanted to post it in its entirety, because while the officials appeared hesitant to discuss some details, the briefing paints a picture of the raid itself, as well as what the CIA envisions what its aftermath will be. Here, the officials say the “loss of bin Laden puts (al Qaeda) on a path of decline that will be difficult to reverse.” The full briefing: In Oregon, college to be guaranteed for high school students with good GPA, SAT scoresSaturday, March 26th, 2011Caleb Hutton // THE WESTERN FRONT If you’re from Oregon and you want to go to a state university, you need two things: a 3.4 grade point average in high school and a good SAT score. A new automatic admissions policy, passed by the Oregon University System Institution this month, guarantees that any student who meets those requirements will be accepted into one of the state’s eight universities. On finances, college presidents put more trust in administrators, trustees than in students, faculty and alumni, survey saysMonday, March 7th, 2011Caleb Hutton // THE WESTERN FRONT About 80 percent of university presidents believe that administrators and Board of Trustees members have been a far greater help during the financial crisis of the last two years than students, faculty and alumni, according to a survey of 1,000 presidents by Inside Higher Ed. See chart at this link. Public university presidents were also more likely than their private university counterparts to suggest increasing teacher work loads as a way to deal with dwindling budgets. NYT: Public universities beginning to sever some ties with statesThursday, March 3rd, 2011Caleb Hutton // THE WESTERN FRONT In an effort to sidestep “the complicated web of state regulations” that public universities often find themselves entangled in, some colleges are seeking new sources of income to make up for huge cuts in state funding, the New York Times is reporting. Arizona pushes bills to allow guns on college campuses, about a dozen other states may follow suitSunday, February 27th, 2011Caleb Hutton // THE WESTERN FRONT Three bills in the Arizona Legislature aim to arm professors and students older than 21, with several other states looking to do the same, the New York Times is reporting. Texas also appears likely to pass a measure that would allow for concealed handguns on campus. The Associated Press is reporting that more than half of Texas’ House representatives have signed on as co-authors of the bill. U.S. House votes to extend Patriot Act, Intelligence Reform billThursday, February 17th, 2011Brianna Gibbs // THE WESTERN FRONT The U.S. House of Representatives got right to business Thursday morning. Three provisions were extended in the Patriot Act and Intelligence Reform bill, which would have expired in March, CNN is reporting. Earlier this week, the Senate approved a bill that would have extended the Patriot Act through December, but the House shortened the expiration date to May. The provisions allow for greater wiretapping authority, among other things. The House bill passed 279-143. President Barack Obama still needs to sign the measures into law. |
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