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AS to show Sherlock Holmes 2 outdoors Thursday

"Sherlock Holmes 2: Game of Shadows" will play outdoors Thursday, May 17, in an Associated Students Films event scheduled for 9 p.m. on the Communications Facility lawn.

This event is free for the WWU community.

Gov. Gregoire congratulates WWU men's basketball team

The NCAA Division II national champion Washington University men's basketball team traveled to Olympia on Friday, may 4, to receive congratulations from Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire.

WWU head coach Brad Jackson presented Gov. Gregoire with a basketball signed by the entire team.

The Vikings became just the second collegiate men's hoop team in state history to win a national title and the first since 1976. They finished with a school record 31 victories.

AS election season ends today

The spring elections for the Associated Students of Western Washington University end at 2 p.m. today.

On the ballot are races for the seven student government positions, a referendum on the Alternative Transportation Fee and three initiatives, on Higher One, the print quota and the on-campus sale of water bottles.

Here's what the students are voting on. For more information and results once they're available, visit http://as.wwu.edu/elections/ballot/ or http://as.wwu.edu/asreview/welcome-2012-election-issue/.

Alternative Transportation Fee

Children ages 2 to 5 have art on display in Wilson Library

Children ages 2 to 5 are currently displaying their artwork on the fourth floor of Wilson Library, next to the Reading Room (also called the Harry Potter Room).

Some of the artwork created by the children, students of the Associated Students Child Development Center on campus, is accompanied by photos of the little artists during their creative process. Art from the older students is accompanied by personal descriptions of the pieces.

Western community gathers to heal

Western Washington University students, faculty and staff and members of the Bellingham community gathered on campus Wednesday night to remember student Timothy Crossan, who fell to his death Monday from the roof of Nash Hall. The Whatcom County Medical Examiner has ruled Crossan's death a suicide.

Various speakers encouraged the gathered crowd before a candlelight procession to Red Square. Among the speakers was Crossan's mother, Susan, who asked attendees to do good deeds in Timothy Crossan's name.

WWU celebrates Men's Basketball Championship
Solar panels installed atop Environmental Studies

A student-funded solar array is being installed atop the Environmental Studies Building at Western Washington University.

The $167,500 project, funded by the student Green Energy Fee and proposed by a team led by Matthew Moroney, is being installed on the building's south-facing roof. The 5-kilowatt array will be visible from the Academic Instructional Center skybridge, where students can view info station on the project and an interactive display of the array's power output.

Spring quarter under way at WWU
Hundreds celebrate winter 2012 commencement

Timothy Egan, award-winning author and columnist with the New York Times, received Western Washington University’s honorary doctorate degree at winter commencement Saturday, March 17, in Carver Gymnasium.

Egan also gave the commencement address; graduating senior Bethany Fromong of Enumclaw will gave the student address.

Students prepare for winter final exams