August 8, 2007
The hottest days of a Seattle summer beckon to local sun worshippers. Clad in bikinis and board shorts, they're desperate for golden tans to chase away the winter blues and snow-white skin.

March 7, 2007
Since being released by Apple in 2001, the iPod has steadily become a fixture on college campuses.

March 6, 2007
"No More War" and "No More Torture" posters lined the walls of a Kane Hall lecture room last night as two speakers presented their opinions on the Bush administration and the Iraq War.

March 1, 2007
Hydrogen fuel cells may be the solution to pollution that our gas-guzzling nation desperately needs, and a group of mechanical engineering students has spent the quarter researching this potential alternative energy source.

February 28, 2007
It would be difficult to find a college student in the United States who is unfamiliar with Bill Nye the Science Guy.

February 22, 2007
For a pair of UW graduate students, two years of research culminated in a first-place award for best paper at a global conference on nanoelectronics.

February 22, 2007
While it is one of the most important student positions on campus, the job of student regent is often overlooked and the purpose of the position is unfamiliar to many students.

February 21, 2007
Think back to the days of playing tag on the playground and comparing flavors of Capri Sun at lunch. Remember those elementary school lessons on the solar system and creating off-scale mobiles and models of the planets, where Pluto was often only half the size of Earth?

February 14, 2007
The approximately 35 trees scheduled to be cut down to make way for a new, redesigned business school building and parking lot have caused concern among environmental activists on campus, and may change the process for future expansion planning at the UW.

February 14, 2007
It's Valentine's Day, which means it's that time of year when the shelves of the local drugstores are overflowing with red cellophane-wrapped candy boxes, chalk-textured candy hearts and stuffed animals that dance while singing "Wild Thing.

February 7, 2007
When Facebook was created in February 2004, it was a social network for Harvard students.

January 31, 2007
"I usually get 'Oh, camera? Like click, click?'" said Kambra Larsen, referencing the common mispronunciation of her unique name, which she says was given to her by her hippie parents.

January 29, 2007
Every April, pink and white blossoms brighten the Quad, signaling the end of another gray Seattle winter and the arrival of spring at the UW.

January 24, 2007
Part of being a college student is dealing with the post-University reality of finding a job. Not just any job, though, but a career that pays well enough to eliminate student loans and create a solid base for the future.

January 17, 2007
World War II was coming to a close and the Cold War was just beginning.

January 17, 2007
The high-speed, technological generation of the 21st century needed a more efficient, easily accessible way to research than a set of their parents' old encyclopedias. Wikipedia, an online version of its printed predecessor, solved that problem when it became available in early 2001.

January 10, 2007
The year is 1998. Dim lighting and craft store decorations set the mood in the spacious gymnasium.

January 5, 2007
A blade glides across the smooth surface of the gleaming ice as newcomer Michelle Kwan prepares for a double axel at the 1994 World Championships.

January 3, 2007
Students demonstrated their opposition to the Vietnam War in the '60s and '70s by organizing rallies and sit-ins. In the 21st century, protests have taken a technological turn as students are representing their points of view on the U.S. government and the war in Iraq by joining groups on Internet sites, such as Facebook.

November 27, 2006
The Spanish language and culture at the UW and Seattle has just been given an added boost with the opening of the Cervantes Institute (IC), created through a partnership with the UW and the Spanish government.

November 27, 2006
The Internet has already made keeping in touch easier through e-mail, and the amount of research opportunities are immeasurable.

October 13, 2006
Apartment-dwelling students who fear for the well-being of their massive CD collection or tricked-out computer may find comfort in renter’s insurance, which can be purchased to insure their belongings in off-campus apartments.