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by Kristin Dellavecchia

Campus Life News 

Students Implement On-Campus Sustainability

March 7, 2016September 18, 2017 Ledger Staff 94 Viewsby Kristin Dellavecchia, Classes, Sustainability in Action 2 min read

Sustainability in Action (TESC 301) is a course that challenges students to plan and implement environmental sustainability on the UWT

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Campus Life News 

UW Tacoma Husky Card Expansion Will Cost Over $65,000

February 29, 2016September 18, 2017 Ledger Staff 119 ViewsBlackboard Transact, by Kristin Dellavecchia, Ed Mirecki, Husky card, Paul Weed, Student Tech­nology Fee Committee, Surtida Shelton 3 min read

The university is in the midst of planning the expansion of the Husky Card. The card currently provides students, faculty,

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News 

Automatic Voter Registration Would Increase Polls by 400,000

February 22, 2016September 19, 2017 Ledger Staff 182 Views2016 presidential race, by Kristin Dellavecchia, Voter Registration, Voting 2 min read

A more advanced method for US voters, called automatic or universal voter registration, was recently passed by the House in

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News 

Tacoma Community House Strives to Empower

February 16, 2016August 21, 2018 Ledger Staff 136 Viewsadvocacy, by Kristin Dellavecchia, Community resources, Sarah J. Roemer, Tacoma Community House 2 min read

106-year-old, Tacoma Commu­nity House (TCH) continues to better Washingtonians through a variety of support programs. TCH is a non-profit organization

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News 

$3.4 Billion Methanol Plant Possibly Coming to Port of Tacoma

February 1, 2016August 22, 2018 Ledger Staff 133 ViewsBill Gaines, by Kristin Dellavecchia, Charla Skaggs, Con­nie Bacon, David Mueller, enviornmentalism, LNG Plant, Melissa Malott 3 min read

Northwest Innovation Works (NWIW) proposed the construction of a $3.4 billion gas-to-methanol pro­duction plant to replace the Kaiser Aluminum Smelter

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Campus Life News 

Researchers Find High Cellphone Use Results in Lower GPAs

January 25, 2016August 22, 2018 Ledger Staff 144 ViewsAndrew Lepp, Aryn Karpinski, Brian Heaton, by Kristin Dellavecchia, grades, Jacob Barkley, Kent State University, Study tips 3 min read

“If college students want to excel in the classroom, they’ll need to lay off using their smartphones,” says Brian Heaton,

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Campus Life News 

UW Professor Retires from Writing and Pauses Teaching Career

January 19, 2016August 23, 2018 Ledger Staff 114 Viewsby Kristin Dellavecchia, Facculty, Matt Misterek, Patrick O'Callahan 2 min read

After teaching as a part-time pro­fessor in communications for five years and working as an editor for the News Tribune

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Campus Life News 

National Science Foundation Grants UW Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) $16 Million

January 11, 2016August 23, 2018 Ledger Staff 118 Viewsby Kristin Dellavecchia, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, National Science Foundation, Rajesh Rao 2 min read

The University of Washington is in the midst of inventing a device that will allow those paralyzed from injury or

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SAFC Knowingly Uses Unapproved Bylaws

January 4, 2016August 23, 2018 Ledger Staff 120 Viewsby Kristin Dellavecchia, Mark Pagano, policy, SAFC, Sophie Nop, Student Governemtn 3 min read

Friday, Nov. 13th, 2015 ASUWT organized a meeting with ASUWT Finance Director, Bronwyn Clarke; Vice Chancellor of Student & Enrollment

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UW Sues CIA After Declining to Provide Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Documents

December 7, 2015August 23, 2018 Ledger Staff 163 Viewsby Kristin Dellavecchia, Center for Human Rights, CIA, Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights, Salvadorian Civil War, Sigifredo Ochoa Perez, Transparency 2 min read

On Monday, Oct. 5th, the UW Center for Human Rights (UW CHR) and the Human Rights Institute of the Central

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