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The 2012-13 ASUW board of directors (BOD) held their final meeting of the year Thursday night.

New book shapes environmental health through storytelling

A fairytale-like account of a Native American woman and her baby is serving as a new kind of teaching tool.

Year in review

As the academic year comes to a close, The Daily looks back at some of the most notable moments of the past nine months.


Sports

Three javelin throwers close out season at NCAA championships

After nearly 40 track and field events and three days of intense competition, and seven months of exhausting indoor and outdoor meets, the Washington track and field team was down to one event and three competitors.

Goethals notches another top-five finish at NCAA championships

Babcock, Miller wrap up impressive UW careers

Taiwo edged out in decathlon, finishes second

Jeremy Taiwo likely needed a personal best in the decathlon 1,500-meter, to be named the nation’s best overall-athlete.


Opinion

Stand up for what you believe in: Everyday activism

Amid massive and ongoing protests in Turkey over the past few days, three individuals put into motion an entirely crowdsourced fundraising campaign for a full-page ad in The New York Times meant to show support and serve as a call for solidarity. In less than two days, more than $98,000 has been raised, far exceeding the goal and amount needed for the ad.

Stand up for what you believe in: Grassroots complaints

Canvassing, as an institution, is generally a necessary evil.

Stand up for what you believe in: A personal protest

Protesting can be empowering, but it can also be an intense, draining experience.


Arts & Leisure

Film Review: ‘Man of Steel'

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a reboot!

An audience with the king

The Daily had the opportunity to speak with Seattle local and “The Kings of Summer” star Nick Robinson, and asked him a few questions in the spirit of Creative Commons.

Ear to the Streets: ‘Even If It Isn’t Right,’ Michal Menert

“Hi, my name is Michal. I’ve been a writer, arranger, and producer for around 15 years. From disco to rock ballads, the tempos all vary, and each cut is played to the drum drop …”


Features

Casting a line to Guatemala

Red ink from a dry-erase marker covered the white board as Justin Brown and a group of engineering students planned their upcoming trip to Guatemala. The to-do list grew from a few items to 21 as the group brainstormed ways to improve one village’s fish hatchery.

A generation indebted

Growing up under the burden of student loans

Researching the rules

It was not long after UW alumna Sarah Timmons undertook a project for the Undergraduate Research Symposium that she realized it would not be an easy journey. Studying medical anthropology and global health, Timmons decided to conduct her research on the lived female experience of urinary tract infections among women ages 18 to 26.


Science

Campus pulse

News from the UW medical community

No life on the red planet

Early Mars might not be as hospitable to life as previously thought, according to recent studies by UW scientists.

Whales that shake the earth

UW researchers use earthquake sensors to track movement patterns of fin whales


Double Shot

new advice columns

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