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News >  Spokane

Ewu Wants More Brain For The Buck

Eastern Washington University administrators want to stop students from signing up for classes and then withdrawing at mid-term for frivolous reasons.
News >  Spokane

Gu Students Gear Up For Work Force

Gonzaga University student John Line takes a recumbent bike for a spin during the School of Engineering's Project Day open house on Friday. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Spokane

Former Student Sues Gonzaga

A Pierce County man is suing Gonzaga University, charging the school discriminated against him because he is disabled. Darin Dressler, 27, claims he tried to get a degree from Gonzaga, but never was given enough help to overcome his disability. He suffers from dyslexia, a reading impairment that makes it difficult to see the proper sequence of letters, words or numbers in a sentence.
News >  Spokane

Contract Approved By Ewu

The Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees unanimously approved a collective bargaining agreement Friday with the school's faculty. EWU becomes the first four-year college in the state to enter a contract with its faculty. The 7-0 vote follows months of talks. Mike Ormsby, chairman of the board, said the contract lays out what he calls a game plan for improving the quality of education at EWU.
News >  Spokane

Conference On Chicano Issues Opens

As many as 700 delegates from around the country are expected in Spokane this week for a conference of the National Association for Chicano Studies. The conference, based at the Ridpath Hotel, started Wednesday and continues through Saturday night. Sessions include panels on the latest research on Chicano issues. For example, one session will focus on the political future of Chicano communities in the Yakima Valley.
News >  Nation/World

With 8 Days Left, March Already Wettest On Record

It's already the wettest March on record, and there still are eight days left in the month. A total of 3.81 inches of precipitation have fallen at Spokane International Airport. A small amount of snow - 0.7 inch - fell early this month.
News >  Spokane

Wet And Mild Weather Experts Predicting Wet Spring, Hot Summer

An imaginary river runs through it. Jan Sadlo runs through the motions of a double haul with Marianne Klugman during a rainy fly fishing lesson Saturday at Cannon Hill Park. Klugman is enrolled in a seven-week course sponsored by the Spokane Fly Fishers Club. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Spokane

In Like A Frog? Rains Set Record

The heavy rain that fell in Spokane on Tuesday and early Wednesday set a record for the most rainfall in a 24-hour period in March. A total of 1.05 inches of rain fell at Spokane International Airport in the period ending at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
News >  Spokane

Highway Project Will Tie Up I-90

Motorists will be slowing down again this year on Interstate 90 between downtown Spokane and the Medical Lake interchange. Work begins Monday on the second year of a two-year resurfacing project on the freeway west of downtown. The resurfacing will be on the eastbound lanes. Last year, the westbound lanes were resurfaced.
News >  Spokane

Neighbors Balk As Gu Talks Growth

Neighbors of Gonzaga University are getting a little nervous. The university is talking about the possibility of expansion, and neighbors aren't sure they like the idea.