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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
In Our View: Higher (Costs) Ed
Learning centers in Grays Harbor County and at Lower Columbia College are being phased out. … the community college route offers little sanctuary for parents suffering sticker shock.
The Columbian, May 15, 2009
http://www.columbian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090515/OPINION02/705159954&template=printart
Iraq war veteran to put degree to work
He decided to leave the stresses of WSU for Walla Walla Community College, where he could be closer to friends and family and focus on earning an associate's degree.
Tri-City Herald, May 15, 2009
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/579067.html
Pontoons are on the way
The Daily World, May 14, 2009 (Grays Harbor College, Ed Brewster)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/05/14/local_news/doc4a0c5d79965c4056705666.txt
Gregoire Brings Good News to Grays Harbor
NewsTalk 1450 KBKW, May 14, 2009
Link to sound clip at lower right: http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=368
WSU president on governor’s new “Council on Aerospace”
The 14-member council includes Charlie Earl, SBCTC executive director.
Spokesman Review, May 14, 2009
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/olympia/2009/may/14/wsu-president-governors-new-council-aerospace/
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Extra, Extra, Go to WWW...
Internal university communications continue migrating to all-online formats, driven, in part, by budget cuts.
Inside Higher Ed, May 15, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/05/15/publications
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Fees going up for students, most businesses, and yes, Christmas tree growers…
The vast majority of the increases, however, involve higher education. The Seattle Times has posted a list of the fee increases in the budget this year.
Spokesman Review, May 14, 2009
Washington now has an official state 'varmint'
News Tribune, May 12, 2009
http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/05/12/washington_now_has_an_official_state_var
FRIDAY LITE
More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas
A new Department of Labor report finds personal outsourcing is revolutionizing how Americans don’t do their own work.
The Onion, April 21, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaZ57Bn4pQ
Stench from rotten refrigerator sickens 28; San Jose office evacuated
Mercury News, May 13, 2009
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12351992?source=most_viewed
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