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Varsity Sports
Sports roundup
By The Front and Ian Ferguson | December 5Western cross country competed in challenging conditions at the NCAA Division II National Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The women's team placed 20th overall in a field of 34 teams, led by sophomore Jane Barr and junior Sophia Galvez who finished side by side for 65th and 66th place. The men's team placed 26th overall, led by sophomore Eric Hamel who placed 58th out of 261 total runners.
Professional Sports
Skiing is believing
By The Front and Ian Ferguson | December 5He was raised on the mountain, by the mountain, learning to use its natural contours to soar through the air, navigating between tight trees and over massive cliffs, and documenting it the whole way through.
Arts & Music
Cartoon Caption Contest!
By The Front and Cole Sandhofer | December 2Hey Western! We know you all have some good one-liners. Why not get them published? Submit your caption to the unlabeled cartoon below and you could be featured as the winner in this week's issue of The Western Front.
People
Former Western student returns for book debut
By Stella Harvey and Samuel Fletcher | November 28
Varsity Sports
Western basketball gobbles up competition
By The Front and Mitch Farley | November 28The record books show a perfect weekend for Western basketball. Not allowing the turkey coma to slow them down, both the men’s and women’s team went 2-0 at Sam Carver Gymnasium.
People
Seattle International Comedy Competition takes Bellingham
By Stella Harvey and Emily Erskine | November 20Contestants in the Seattle International Comedy Competition made their last semi-final stop in Bellingham. // Photo by Kenzie Mahoskey
Varsity Sports
Women's volleyball snag NCAA Division II West Regional Championship
By The Front and Andrew McClain | November 20Head Coach Diane Flick-Williams said that at the beginning of the women’s volleyball season she circled the NCAA West Regional Division II Championship Tournament on her calendar. Then, after going 0-3 to start the season, she buried that calendar and never looked at it again.
Club Sports
Judo club gets ready to sweep the leg
By The Front and Brooke Wilson | November 20After spending five months practicing judo in Japan, senior Nathan Swanson-Dinsmore returned to the U.S. with a reinvigorated passion for the sport and an ambition to revitalize the judo club that once thrived on campus.
City & County
Track and Field gives back to community
By The Front and Kamiah Koch | November 20With a goal of raising $1,200 and collecting 700 pounds of donated non-perishable foods, the Western Track and Field team challenged themselves to a race off the track.
Varsity Sports
Vikings shine with win in NCAA Regional Championship volleyball game
By The Front , Oliver Hamlin and Andrew McClain | November 18Check out more action shots from the Vikings' win below!
Varsity Sports
Women's volleyball sweeps their way to NCAA Regional Finals
By The Front , Oliver Hamlin and Andrew McClain | November 17Check out the hard work of the women's volleyball team in these snapshots from their Friday, Nov. 16 win against Cal State Pomona Broncos.
