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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Big microscopic donation / WVC foundation receives 13 high-tech tools
Wenatchee World, Feb. 12, 2009
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090212/NEWS04/702129828
Romantic chemistry and the buzz of love
Federal Way Mirror, Feb. 12, 2009 (Highline CC)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/lifestyle/39535434.html
State Budget Cuts Could Mean Less Faculty and Classes for YVCC
KNDO/KNDU Yakima, Feb. 13, 2009
Enrollment at YVCC is up with 720 more students than last year, but more budget cuts are on the way. Students worry this could interfere with their career. ...
http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9844212&nav=menu484_2
New Lots May Not Ease College Parking Crunch
KAPP TV Yakima, Feb. 13, 2009
YVCC says enrollment is up by more than 700, as laid-off workers go back to school to learn new skills. "That student enrollment keeps growing, ...
http://www.kapptv.com/news/?sect_rank=1§ion_id=22&story_id=12376
Everett Community College saying goodbye to its old gym with its storied past
The Herald, Feb. 14, 2009
http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20090214/SPORTS/702149876/0/ETPZONELT
Jean Floten | We must train our own for the jobs at home
Bellevue Reporter, Feb. 14, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/opinion/39562154.html
BCC drama students, stage production honored by Kennedy Center
The Washington, D.C.-based John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has awarded Certificates of Merit to four Bellevue Community College drama students.
Bellevue Reporter, Feb. 14, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/entertainment/39561619.html
Turbines top new Clark College building
The Columbian, Feb. 17, 2009
http://www.clark.edu/news_events/documents/CTCTurbinesColumbian02-17-09.pdf
Local view: Community colleges provide engine toward recovery / by Robert K. Knight, Clark College president
The Columbian, Feb. 17, 2009
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090215/OPINION03/702159985/-1/OPINION
Social service cuts hit where it hurts
Tell Jennie Marker that it's nothing personal, that it's just the economy causing someone like her to be dropped from a program that provides child care to parents going back to college.
The Herald, Feb. 17, 2009 (Everett CC)
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Students Aim for Gun Rights on Campus / Group Advocates for Concealed Weapons to Protect Against College Shootings
Wash Post, Feb. 15, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/14/AR2009021401668.html\
Questions on Tuition for New GI Bill
Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 16, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/16/gibill
Proposed Plan: Affording College Costs with Community Service
KESQ TV, Palm Springs, CA, Feb. 16, 2009
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=9854128&nav=9qrx
Northwest Indian College will hand out first 4-year degrees this spring
Bellingham Herald, Feb. 17, 2009
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/794901.html#Comments_Container
College costs soaring — even for a 1-year-old
Seattle Times, Feb. 17, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008751056_get17m.html
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
In our view Feb. 14: Cheers & Jeers
A few legislators aim to reduce minimum wage; others have wrong idea about financial aid
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090214/OPINION02/702149978/-1/OPINION
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