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The Veteran's Event Social is a great opportunity for Veteran's to meet others who have served and are going to school. If you are not a Veteran, it is a good opportunity to meet people on campus who are.

This workshop, sponsored by the AS Ethnic Student Center, offers students a chance to attend two workshops: Academic Advising and Finals Prep. 4:00-4:15: Academic Advising Presentation4:30-6:00: Individual Academic Advising Sessions5:00-6:00: Finals Prep/Study Tips Workshop

At around 11:10 p.m. Friday night, a man was shot and killed at the intersection of Ivy Street and...

Executive Strategy Speaker November 20 - Frank (Sandy) McIntireMcIntire is the former Managing Director for Johnson & Johnson's interests in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (the former Soviet Union), where he served from 2000-2007. He has more than 30 years of experience working for top U.S. multinational corporations, and received his MBA from the University of Virginia in 1976. His talk will be from 3-4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, in Academic Instructional Center West 210.The WWU College of Business and Economics Strategic Management Executive Strategy Speaker Series brings senior business leaders to campus to interact with students and local business leaders and share their perspectives on strategic management and leadership, and is presented by the CBE's Center for Excellence in Management Education.

The Western Gallery will present artist Geraldine Ondrizek's "The Sound of Cells Dividing" as its first major exhibition of the 2009-2010 academic year. The exhibit will be on display from Sept. 28 through Nov. 25."The Sound of Cells Dividing" will exhibit Ondrizek's recent film "Cellular" and its corresponding set of drawings of a blastocyst, a multiple-cell embryo, as well as her "Sound Wall" installation, which was created for the Center for Art and Technology (CAMAC) and housed in a 17th century monastery in France. "Sound Wall" will be recreated for the Western Gallery. In conjunction with the exhibition, Ondrizek will offer a lecture about her work on Wednesday, Oct. 21. For information on the time and location of her lecture, visit http://westerngallery.wwu.edu or call (360) 650-3900.Both the lecture and the exhibition are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Wednesdays, when the gallery is open until 8 p.m., and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Live music and poetry readings frequently are presented in the Gallery on Wednesday evenings. For more event details, visit http://westerngallery.wwu.edu/.

Many of our readers will remember Sam Chaltain’s article, “Ways of Seeing (and of Being Seen): Visibility in Schools,” that we published in our winter 2008 issue of the journal on the theme, “Schooling as if Democracy Matters.” Sam is the National Director for the Forum for Education & Democracy. In his article, he describes the current state of invisibility so many students experience in our schools and lays the groundwork for rethinking the role of school leadership. “The central challenge in any organizational culture," writes Chaltain, "is to help people become more aware of the inner place from which they operate." Chaltain has now developed his ideas further in a new book, American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community, published by Rowman & Littlefield Education and featuring a foreword from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. If you are interested in reviewing this book for a future issue of our journal, please contact CEP-eJournal@wwu.edu We are thinking about experimenting with a new video review format. If you have the expertise and would like to try this new format, let us know.


Below are some of the advance reviews of the book:


"Our country's ongoing commitment to democratic principles can only be actualized if democracy lives in our public schools. This book reveals how schools can help students and teachers see and hear one another, create a strong community, and develop the sensibilities and skills for democratic life. It provides a framework for democratic leadership that is accessible, actionable, and grounded in good pedagogy."—Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University

"Sam Chaltain expects schools to do more than merely give their students knowledge of the world. By helping them to make themselves known to the world, he believes that they will be able to meet the democratic goal of taking responsibility for it. This book offers ideas and practical examples."—Ted Sizer, founder, Coalition of Essential Schools and former Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education

"A powerful concept provides the organizing theme of this refreshing book: our nation's school leaders must strike the right balance between freedom and structure in order to create healthy, high-functioning learning environments. But there is a pervasive, more subtle one that slips along with the turning of the pages: the curriculum provides knowledge and skills relevant to daily functioning, but the persona of the teacher powerfully shapes the becoming of each unique being."—John Goodlad, president, Institute for Educational Inquiry

"Sam Chaltain has written a provocative, daring book, one that tangles with how best to create community and tolerance within the walls of a school. Chaltain is on to something - that an understanding of freedom is essential to creating active, engaged citizens, and that supporting individual freedoms need not negate an orderly, structured environment. I urge you to read American Schools."—Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here

"I want to thank Sam Chaltain for writing this book. I wish I had the guidance of his ideas when my colleagues and I created our own network of public schools. Sam explains through personal stories and case studies how the visible can become visible, how the disengaged can become engaged, and how structure and freedom can complete a well-rounded education. Sam shows education leaders how student achievements can be enhanced, how teachers can be supported to use their talents and interests to learn from one another, and how the larger community of parents and citizens can be mobilized to become part of the ongoing creation of powerful schools. What separates this book from others on school leadership is its clear set of doable practice focused relentlessly on the public purpose of schools. Sam is a much talented writer; lyrical in his descriptions, humorous in his candor, and greatly respectful of educators who try each day to be true to their larger calling."—Carl Glickman, professor at the University of Georgia

WWU's Wind Symphony will perform with guest artist Roshanne Etezady.In addition to the Thursday evening performance, Etezady will present an open master class for composers from 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18 in room 47 on Lower Level II of the Performing Arts Center.

There is a reason the talented actor Nicolas Cage has taken such stupid roles in such stupid movies over the past few years. Apparently he's broke. According to CNN: "Nicolas Cage brought about his own financial ruin with a spending spree that included two castles, 15 palatial homes, a flotilla of yachts and a squadron of Rolls Royces." Poor baby.

The Outdoor Center and the OC Bookstore will be hosting Craig Romano, adventure guidebook author, to give a presentation promoting his newest guidebook "Day Hiking Central Cascades." Books will be available for purchase. He will be discussing hiking in the Northwest in correlation with his guiding books and promoting a deck of cards called "Winter Hikes Deck" that feature a different NW hike on each playing card.

Guide book writer Craig Romano will speak about his upcoming book release and local hikes/excursions.

Sponsored by the Western Animal Rights Network, this Thanksgiving feast is all vegan.

Western Washington University is offering a travel course to Costa Rica, from March 20-29, 2010. The course, "Tropical Eco-Farming and Sustainability in Costa Rica," will examine how the country is using ecologically sound methods of growing food. Attend an information meeting on Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. in WWU-Fairhaven 343, or Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. in WWU-Communication Facility 225. For details, visit http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/eesp/costarica/index.shtml or email eesp@wwu.edu.

The Whatcom Transportation Authority board voted 6-2 at a public hearing Thursday to include a sales tax increase on the...

Protestors denounced the WTA board's initial plan to cut extensive county routes