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  • gay marriage UWT hosts opinonated gay marriage panel

    The "Marriage equality bowl" also known as the superbowl, was a term coined by David Ward of Legal Voice, describing the superbowl as a sort of humorous milestone for gay rights, seeing as both teams come from states where gay marriage is legal.

  • A look inside the Campus Safety office. CPTED, an integrated approach to campus safety at UWT

    CPTED, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, is a strategy UWT uses to keep the campus safe for everyone. You may not know it by looking around but almost every plant, light fixture and walking path has been chosen specifically to follow this strategy. According to our Director of Campus Safety, Susan Wagshul-Golden, CPTED is "the proper design, effective use and maintenance of the physical environment that may reduce incidences of crime, the fear of crime and improve safety."

  • Diversity summit will be first ever

    If you are looking for an engaging, multifaceted way to learn about stewardship and diversity, look no further. The first Annual Diversity Summit on February 17 is presenting the New Wilderness Project, a collection of performing artists who talk about stewardship, diversity, and action.

  • Kiva provides sustainable donation

    The Global Business Society hosted an event On February. 2 during lunch hour, educating students about Kiva, a non-profit organization which enables anyone to lend money to aspiring women and men in difficult circumstances around the globe. One needs only $25 and a PayPal account in order to help someone start a business and improve their own standard of living with little risk due to the 98.88% repayment rate.

  • Unity among brother and sister huskies

    There is no ‘i' in the word team, but the there is a ‘u' in the words club and unity. The clubs here at UWT have found a way to pull together and utilize their strengths and differences by meeting with one another on a regular basis to help each other.

  • More on the Hood Corridor

    The Hood Corridor is a portion of the historic Prairie Line that runs through our beautiful UWT campus. The area is currently very bland, but the university and the city are planning to change that. On January 30, a forum was held in William Philip Hall focusing on three alternative designs for the Hood Corridor created by architects from Atelier Dreiseitl and SRG Partnership Inc.

  • ASUWT logo Lowe named new Elections Admin Chair

    Among the frenzy of preparations for The Huskies on the Hill event, ASUWT didn't neglect to appoint a new member. Rhonda Lowe was officially named to be the best candidate for Elections Administration Chair, and in turn, was unanimously voted into the position. ASUWT President Bowers noted her experience with ROTC being a relevant source of job experience.

  • Cynthia Parrot Meet and Greet

    Meet Cynthia Parrot

    Meet Cynthia Parrot. Parrot is a Native American from Chief Leschi. What's her tribe you ask? Squaxin. Her father is Mohawk Indian and her grandmother is Chehalis Indian. Cynthia has always been a Huskies fan and it has always been her goal to become one herself. She is 18 (almost 19), and is a typical teenage college student. She loves Apple products and would never use anything else. After UWT she plans to go on to law school and one day hopes to go into corporate law, maybe with Apple.

  • Tacoma City Council proposes cuts to Tacoma Police Department

    In an effort to decrease the city of Tacoma's $31 million debt a number of cuts are being proposed, one of which is to the Tacoma Police Department. The proposal would be to eliminate 56 positions through layoffs. These layoffs would not only affect the city of Tacoma, but the UWT campus and community as well. Our campus has held a good relationship with, and support for, the Tacoma Police Department over the years and the UWT Criminal Justice Department saw a need to advocate on their behave.

  • Huskies on the Hill Huskies on the hill garners student support

    Huskies on the Hill, held February 3, allowed for all three University of Washington campuses to voice their concerns over the potential burden it will place on students to pay for the education should the state legislators decide for further higher education budget cuts. At the event, the students learned that these potential budget cuts would mean a reduction and even loss of the Dream Project, which helps unconventional people of low socioeconomic status get an affordable education, especially when it comes to higher education. Also, that there are bills on the table that will help build revenue for higher education. It is for us, students and non-students alike, to support them and to convince these state legislators to get behind them.