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  What can the past tell us about the future of the PAC-12?

  Pour one out for the PAC-12. Or... the PAC-4. Who knows, by the end of the day it may be the PAC-2. The prestigious west coast college athletics conference imploded last week as two pacific northwest schools jumped ship for bigger rivals and even bigger paychecks. Washington and Oregon will join the Big Ten starting in 2024. But while realignment of this scale is seismic, it isn't unprecedented.
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  Words In Review: 'Follow your passions!'

  Hey, grads: University of Washington psychology professor Sapna Cheryan explains why following your passions is not enough or why it might send the wrong message.
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  The comedy and complexity of campus life: Sonora Jha's 'The Laughter'

  The plot of "The Laughter" twists and turns around issues of Islamophobia, sexism, and the changing culture of campus life. Author Sonora Jha, a Seattle University professor, discusses her newest novel and why she chose to make her main character so unlikeable.
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  SPU trustees ask judge to dismiss LGBTQ hiring lawsuit

  Today four members of Seattle Pacific University's board of trustees asked a judge to throw out the case against them.
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  College voters: Increased importance and expanding turnout

  Since the 2016 presidential election, voter turnout among college students has been steadily increasing. Take the last midterms for example: In 2018, 40 percent of registered college students voted. It’s too early to tell if that trend will continue during this midterm election, but what can this trend tell us about the power of college students as a voting block?
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  Seattle Colleges' multi-million dollar budgeting blunder draws ire of staff

  Typically, a college system would be happy to discover millions of dollars in savings. But the recent revelation that Seattle Colleges was only facing a fraction of its projected budget deficit is causing frustration among staff, who faced the threat of job loss and program cuts.
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  DIY rape kits are gaining popularity on college campuses. But are they reliable?

  Commercially sold, do-it-yourself sexual assault kits are gaining popularity on college campuses. Makers of the kits have marketed them as an alternative option to sexual assault kits conducted in a hospital setting. But health officials and some sexual assault advocacy groups say the kits stand to create more problems than they solve, and are warning people not to use them.
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  Fall semester is underway. That's when most campus sexual assaults happen

  The window between the start of fall semester and Thanksgiving break is what advocates against sexual violence refer to as the "red zone." More than half of all campus sexual assaults occur during this period, according to the sexual assault advocacy group Shattering the Silence.
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  Biden's student loan forgiveness plan provides more than just debt relief

  There's a lot more to the White House's plan than debt cancellation for folks making under $125,000 per year, including a big change in how student loans rack up interest under some repayment programs.
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  With the PAC-12 shakeup, what will happen to UW and WSU?

  Paige Browning talks with sportswriter Art Thiel about what the recent PAC-12 shakeup means for the University of Washington and Washington State University

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